Guess what? I am currently in Mexico, soaking sunshine in my bones and digging my toes in the sand. It's awful…really! Seriously though, I'm taking a short vacation and will be back in a few days. When I return, I'll give you guys all the juicy deets—promise! We've had this vacay planned for awhile and I found an ahhh-mazing deal for it online, which I'll also explain soon.
In my other life, I was totally a travel agent.
In the meantiiiiiiiiiiiiiime….how about a huevos rancheros wrap? And maybe a la paloma? It is Friday, after all.
This is totally one of those "recipes" that isn't really a recipe at all and to be totally honest, I feel a little silly even posting this when it's just something I make for lunch for myself on pretty much a daily basis.
Okay, maybe not daily basis…but definitely three-times-a-week-basis.
Ever since my neighbor turned hair stylist (yes, you heard that right) gave me some farm fresh eggs, I've been a total egg monster. Scrambled eggs for breakfast, huevos rancheros wraps for lunch, omelets for dinner…I'm on a roll and cannot be stopped.
If you have been reading this blog for more than three days, you know about my obsession with cilantro. I ADORE cilantro! But did you know that some people actually have a genetic aversion to it? To them, it tastes just like soap.
My biggest issue with making these wraps is rolling them up after I've overstuffed them with eggs, beans, salsa and avocado. You'd have thought I would have learned my lesson by now, but I'm still rollin'. And rollin'…and rollin'….
But when you wrap it up tightly in tin foil, it becomes the perfect little portable meal to go! I love when things work out like that.
I'm always trying to help our generation (I'm 25!) understand what a travel consultant can do nowadays!
awesome! i just got back from Mexico a couple of weeks ago. I loved it!!!!! What part of Mexico are you visiting?? this wrap looks delicious…I'll have to try it out!
It looks amaazing. Cilantro is my favourite herb and I don't know how I would cook so many of my favourite dishes without it!
That looks delicious! I can't wait to try it. I am a huge egg fan. I buy my eggs from SAMs in the 36 count.
This looks like the perfect breakfast! I never understood how people did not like cilantro until I learned about the genetics too. I'm glad I don't have that gene!!! Have fun in Mexico.
Mmm tasty! Have a wonderful time in Mexico Jenna, and I can't wait to hear about it!!
If so, hope you brought Dexter along to serve as ring bearer.
I'm crazy about farm fresh eggs, too! You're wrap looks delicious- definitely something to add to my lunch repertoire.
i love these kind of recipes, simple and delicious!
Yummy!! Definately making these this weekend. Have so much fun on your vacay… so jealous, you'll be tan in March!
I am so jealous!! I'll just make this and pretend I'm there, a la It's a Wonderful Life.
mmmm sounds delish. I will have to make these soon!
So glad I'm not one of the cilantro-avese – I love that stuff! And you are so right about farm fresh eggs being the absolute best thing ever. I've started craving them for every meal!
Have fun in Mexico! Geez, when you live in California, isn't the nice weather vacay enough? 😉 I'm just jealous! This belly filling deliciousness is perfect for a Saturday morning. PS I have a friend who can't eat cilantro for that very reason. Feel so bad for him.
I feel so sad for people who don't like cilantro. They're seriously missing out! I LOVE it, and pile it onto any Mexican dish I make.
Exactly what I was going to say. Love cilantro!!
Have fun in Mexico! This looks too good to pass up-looks like a hearty, anytime meal!
Enjoy Mexico ~ can't wait to hear the juicy deets! My family jokes that I'm their travel agent since everyone is always asking me to plan their trips. Ha!
Anyway this recipe is super timely. Just last weekend, my husband was begging me to make huevos rancheros. I never have and now I don't have anymore excuses. Thanks!!
This looks like a perfectly amazing breakfast. I cannot wait to try it.
And, I cannot wait to hear about your Mexican vacation deal. I could use some sand in my toes. 🙂 Happy Friday!
Ooh…..have a lovely rest of your holiday in Mexico, you lucky girl! I'm currently staring at a blanket of snow and not really liking what I see. LOL!
And as for these Huevos Rancheros Wraps…yay! I am a huge fan of eggs and find it oh so easy to prepare for myself. However, I tend to be pretty boring and just scramble up some eggs. Loving this equally simple, yet so much more interesting egg dish. Definitely going to try this one out!
I love wraps. They are so versatile. And, I'm incredibly jealous. Have fun and travel safe.
This wrap ain't messing around!
Yea, I'm one of those people who doesn't like cilantro. I've tried. Boo. But other than that, the wraps look awesome!
I've heard that about cilantro with some people. I have to say I am SO glad to not be one of them. I could eat that stuff straight from the ground in mouthfuls. Ok, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration but seriously, it makes everything so tasty! Enjoy Mexico, I'd kill for some sand + sun right now!
I am totally making these sometime soon. It looks delicious!!
I also adore cilantro. I used to work as a cashier and whenever anyone bought cilantro I would take a huge deep breath to take in the delicious scent.
I would be so sad if cilantro tasted like soap.
That is a really interesting fact about the cilantro! I really like it, but know many people who HATE it! I love the combination of eggs and avocado (and tomato)- I should start bringing wraps like this for lunch!
Have a great Vacay and come back all recharged !
I pack a similar version for school lunch with my 7 yr old . Such a healthy and nutritious meal for active little ones!
Yes, YES Please! Love meals exactly like this. This is what I order out usually.
Have fun in Mexico, Jenna!!! You deserve it and glad you found a great deal on it, too.
Enjoy your time down there!
Oh how fun! I've never been to Mexico-I'd really be interested in all the details of your trip-hope you post lots of pictures! And I will def. be making this wrap for breakfast tomorrow. With plenty of cilantro.
Oh wow I despiiiiiise cilantro, it really tastes just like soap to me, blegh, aaand my mum and aunts are exactly the same!! I never knew it actually was a genetic thing?! I never understood how people even like it, let alone love it! Good to know!
I love extended weekends in Mexico! And Mexican food… and the fact that this is a super easy little breakfast to make, wrap up and take to the beach here in SoCal. You know, for the weekends when hopping on a plane isn't an option!
I could eat eggs for every meal. And I am a chronic egg burrito over stuffer. Its a curse.
This wrap looks delicious! I really need to branch out with my breakfast. I usually have oatmeal everyday!
Huevos Rancheros are awesome! I love putting salsa on eggs so adding beans and cilantro makes it all better.
A beach vacation in Mexico is necessary for March. Enjoy!
So jealous – I could totally go for some tropical sun right now!! And these sound AMAZING!!
Sounds amazing!!!! Live it up girl!
Wraps are the greatest way to take your meal on the go! Ever since I tried those spinach wraps at Starbucks a few years ago, I tried my hand on one at home and they are my favorite thing to wrap in a warm tortilla.
Have fun in MEXICO! Adios!
I love cilantro … I can't imagine having that aversion to it! And the wraps look delicious. I also have a difficult time wrapping my wraps. 😉 They always want to fall apart!
Apparently the "genetic aversion" is a not yet proven theory. I think for some it is an acquired taste. I used to HATE it with a passion, and thought that it smelled and tasted like soap. Now… I'm obsessed, too, and can't get enough of it. I don't know how/when the change occurred, but it did.
Anyway, oddly, I was just reading about huevos rancheros on a recipe website. I like this version!
My stomach is growling just looking at these pictures. It's breakfast time in Beijing…and I'm starving!
We had guacomole today too! So delicious. And those doggies are adorable.
OK it made not be a true recipe but I would love to have some one have it ready for me in the morning. Looks delicious. Being in New England the Huevos Rancheros are no where near where they need to be.
That looks like home-made salsa! Would love a recipe for that too! And maybe a mango salsa…mmmm….
YUMMEE! I have a certain soft-spot for breakfast wraps. These look incredible. Gorgeous photography, as always. Thanks for sharing!


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Been a rough 39 years for the mutts but has the last two years really broken the fanbase this much?
Baby UGAy was awful scared there against some real competition.
Ha!!! And they thought they belonged in the playoff.
What thread of yours was anchored, alter?
My Dad told me he hates me and that I am a loser again today.
I took out my frustration by starting 20 threads about UGA and 1980 under several different alters who reply to each other. Then I played video games.
I went back to the Rant and discovered that my threads got anchored.
I raged like an 8 year child and kicked the dog. Now Dad says I have to move out.
This is all UGA fans' fault!
Sad for Auburn to be the punk of such an underachieving team.
I think constant trash posts about one subject is a cry for help and a much better example of "broken"
I think this one got anchored too.
The truth is you're one of the most pathetic pieces of sh*t ever, and you have entirely too much time one your hands.
I've had plenty of anti-UGA threads not get anchored. Maybe you just need to make better threads.
OP obviously needs some "help"


Have you ever thought about how the duration of and financial compensation during your maternity leave affects your long term career and your family life?
I've had the benefit of working in both the US and Canada where parental leaves could not be further apart in both time off and financial support.
I, unfortunately, chose to have kids in the country with the least family friendly policies where the majority of benefits (pay, or additional time off) are left to the discretion of an individual's employer.
In the U.S., there is no required paid maternity or paternity leave (parental leave). In 1993, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was passed that required employers to provide a job-protected unpaid leave to employees for 12 weeks to care for family members; maternity leave falls into this category. Any extension of this, whether it is paid or longer than 12 weeks is at the discretion of the employer.
In my experience, 12 weeks was only an option if I had an issue with the birth of my child that required a longer leave. My leave coordinator started calling me at 6 weeks asking when I was going back and requiring documentation from my doctor to extend it to 12 weeks (I live in Illinois). Because I was fairly new in the company, my time off was unpaid.
Canada offers 55% of an individual's pay up to $485/week for 50 weeks, 15 weeks of that is maternity leave + 35 weeks of parental leave which can be shared with the father. The payment comes from an individual's contribution to Employment Insurance (EI), the U.S. equivalent of Unemployment Insurance. There is an additional two weeks of unpaid maternity leave which totals one year of job-protected leave for a new mom or dad. It is then at the discretion of the employer to 'top up' an individual's pay as an added benefit.
There are only four countries in the world that have no national law mandating paid time off for new parents: Liberia, Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, and the United States. There are a couple of states in the U.S. that offer a portion of your pay (55%/66%) for a period of time (generally 6 weeks or less), California and New Jersey. In Hawaii, New York, and Rhode Island, pregnancy is treated as a disability and so a portion of your pay covered for a period of time.
But how does all of this affect you personally?
For me, it meant becoming a stay-at-home mom, which is counter-intuitive. Don't get me wrong, I chose to be a stay-at-home mom and I'm fortunate to have had a choice. But up until the birth of my first child, I really didn't know what I would decide to do, it wasn't until I got the call from my leave coordinator at 6 weeks post-partum that I thought there was absolutely no way I could commute for 3 hours a day when I wasn't even sleeping through the night. I felt like crap!
So, I passed up my job and didn't look back and was all the happier for it. However, I couldn't help but think, what if I was a single parent? What if I was the bread winner? What if I didn't have the choice? Six, even twelve weeks is an extraordinarily short amount of time for maternity leave and depending on who you work for, a very long time to go without compensation.
Aside from the obvious benefits that the Canadian standard 50 weeks of paid parental leave affords a new family, a very common way for a person just starting out was to take over for someone on maternity leave (a one year contract). You could start with a company, prove yourself for that year and then move to a new role within the company. Many of my friends have said their careers advanced faster because they were able to take advantage of opportunities while others were out on maternity leave.
The flip side of that of course, is the impact to your career while being out for a year, not to mention the impact to a company. Multiply that by 2 or 3 children, and it adds up to a significant amount of time. However, you still have the benefit of coming back to your job, or one like it.
I'm not sure what the ideal situation is; both seem to have their flaws. But for the average American family, having no financial support at all after having a baby seems outdated. According to Amanda Peterson Beadle on Thinkprogress.org this does not reflect the current state of American families where 50% are dual income and 26% are single parent families, suggesting that couples or women must forgo a substantial portion of their income to start a family.
How do you feel about all of this and how has it affected you personally?
Sarah is a mom of three awesome kids who make her laugh, cry and pull out her hair. She observes the world around her; applies her own experiences and then writes about them. She thinks shes pretty funny sometimes, but she could just be delusional and need to tweak her sleep/coffee ratio. Sarah waves the NAFTA flag having lived in small town NJ, San Diego, Seattle, Chicago and Mexico City and is now back in her hometown of Toronto.
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Question: Meaning Of -A In Vcftools Vcfutils.Pl Varfilter?
Note: Some of the filters rely on annotations generated by SAMtools/BCFtools.
The description of -a seems counter intuitive, why would you want two alternative alleles as the default?
Is this better written "minimum number of alternate reads supporting each alternative allele "?
That would at least make sense as an option to have.
P.S. anyone know which filters rely on annotations generated by SAMtools/BCFtools?
The help message wording may be confusing, it should read, as you suggested, the "minimum number of alternate reads supporting the alternative allele".
The most useful annotations in v0.1.19 are RPB, MDV, QBD, QUAL and SnpGap from vcftools. The exact combination of annotations depends on the data, a bit of experimentation is needed.
Meaning Of Samtools 'Vcfutils.Pl Varfilter -Q'?


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Prime Minster Shinzo Abe's reforms seem to have put Japan's economy on the track to recovery, with exports, employment, and inflation figures looking rosier. However, Japanese manufacturing and financial services companies operating in the United Kingdom could face some discomfort due to Brexit.
British Prime Minister Theresa May recently said, in reference to Brexit, that "no deal is better than a bad deal."1 Yet it turns out that some Japanese business executives are uncomfortable with this sentiment. Indeed Japan's Keidanren, which is a powerful business lobbying group, issued a statement asking that Britain give "deeper consideration" to the impact of Brexit.2 Japanese companies employ roughly 140,000 people in the United Kingdom, many in the manufacturing and financial services sectors. They have long seen Britain as a gateway to the rest of Europe. There is now fear that, depending on the terms of Brexit, they could lose their competitive advantages—especially as German companies are also expressing concerns about remaining in the United Kingdom. Nissan, the Japanese auto maker, was able to get a commitment from the British government that it would not face onerous consequences from Brexit. The details of that commitment are not known. Nor is it known whether Britain can afford to provide a similar commitment to every foreign company operating in the United Kingdom. Moreover, if that commitment entails subsidies aimed at offsetting any new tariffs, this would be seen as a violation of World Trade Organization rules and could lead to legal action by the European Union.
Is Abenomics working? Recall that Abenomics is the name given to the three-pronged economic policy of Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe. The three prongs, or arrows, were monetary stimulus, fiscal stimulus, and structural reform. Only the monetary stimulus has been implemented in a significant way. It has involved massive asset purchases by the central bank, combined with historically low, even negative, policy interest rates. The result has been a weak Japanese yen, low borrowing costs, rising asset prices, and a modest boost to inflation. So, again, is it working?
The answer may very well be yes. The Japanese government reports that, in the fourth quarter of 2016, real GDP grew at an annual rate of 1.0 percent and that, for all of 2016, real GDP was up 1.0 percent over 2015. In most countries, those numbers would seem quite disappointing. But remember that Japan has a declining population and, especially, a declining working-age population due to the aging of the population. Thus, real GDP per working-age population is rising at about 2.0 percent per year—a reasonably good number. Partly, this reflects rising productivity, but it also reflects a rising level of participation of working-age people in the labor force. That signifies a recovering economy. The growth in the fourth quarter was driven largely by a rebound in exports, itself likely due, in part, to the weak yen that Abenomics has created.
Lately, however, the weak yen was the counterpart to the strong US dollar, inspired by expectations about US economic policy. Also on the positive side, there was a pickup in business investment, a component of GDP that has until recently been disappointing. There was also good growth of government spending, likely due to the implementation of a new fiscal stimulus program. Interestingly, a decline in inventory accumulation cut 0.5 percentage points from growth in the fourth quarter. This is potentially good news in that it bodes well for expanded production in the coming months.
The growth in the fourth quarter was driven largely by a rebound in exports, itself likely due, in part, to the weak yen that Abenomics has created.
On the negative side, consumer spending growth was very modest, as wages failed to accelerate despite a relatively tight labor market. This is important as consumer spending is the largest component of GDP. If it fails to recover, it will be difficult to sustain strong growth on the basis of exports and investment. It has long been Abe's intention to boost the growth of domestic demand. Moreover, although Japan benefitted from expanded exports, there is concern in Japan's business community about the possibility of protectionist policies on the part of the new US administration. Abe's recent visit to US President Donald Trump's home in Florida, including a few rounds of golf, was seen as critically important in maintaining good economic relations between the two countries.
Although Japan benefitted from expanded exports, there is concern in Japan's business community about the possibility of protectionist policies on the part of the new US administration.
Japanese exports were up sharply in February, rising 11.3 percent from a year earlier, the biggest increase in two years. Exports to China were up 28.2 percent, while exports to the United States were up only 0.4 percent. Yet Japan's trade surplus with the United States increased, raising fears that this will lead to the US government seeking trade restrictions. Meanwhile, Japan's government is eager to negotiate a bilateral free-trade agreement with the United States in order to retain some of the benefits lost with the end of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Negotiating such a deal, however, will be difficult if the US administration is concerned about Japan's trade surplus with the United States.
For the first time since 2015, core inflation has returned to Japan. Consumer prices, excluding volatile food prices, increased 0.1 percent from December to January. If food and energy prices are excluded, prices were up 0.2 percent in January versus a year earlier. Headline inflation was 0.4 percent, driven largely by rising energy prices. Yet, aside from the impact of energy prices, economic conditions may be fueling inflation as well. The unemployment rate in Japan fell from 3.1 percent in December to 3.0 percent in January—nearly a 20-year low. In addition, the ratio of job openings to applicants remained close to a 30-year high. This suggests an extremely tight labor market that ought to generate wage acceleration. On the other hand, household spending declined in January versus a year earlier, while industrial output declined in January as well. This suggests that demand may not be sufficient to fuel further inflation.
Although inflation is starting to rebound in Japan, wage increases have been disappointing. The government had hoped wages would start to accelerate given tight labor market conditions, but, in fact, wage increases this year have been slower than in the past year. The problem is that although the labor market is tightening, big companies have large numbers of lifetime employees who are unlikely to depart even if wage increases are modest. Thus, employers don't have a strong incentive to accelerate wage gains. The government wants employers to boost wages in order to increase consumer purchasing power, something that's needed to shift the economy away from a dependence on exports.
Meanwhile, Japanese retail sales grew at a feeble pace in February. Sales rose 0.2 percent from the previous month, and only 0.1 percent from a year earlier. In addition, sales at supermarkets and department stores, Japan's main general merchandise retailers, fell 2.7 percent from a year earlier. At the same time, spending at petrol stations increased sharply due to the rebound in oil prices in the past year. In addition, spending on automobiles increased.
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Detailed study of the implications on the direct taxation of interests, dividends and capital gains and tax benefits for contributions made.
Declaration of assets located abroad and possibility of repatriation of funds.
Wealth Tax and Inheritance Tax Planning.
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There is still the Wealth Tax?
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The car wash on a high-crime stretch of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in southern Dallas is in the city's crosshairs once again.
The City Council will vote this month whether to ask the city's Board of Adjustment to start compliance proceedings to determine whether Jim's Car Wash, 2702 MLK Blvd., has an "adverse effect" on nearby properties.
Council member Kevin Felder, who represents southern Dallas and the Fair Park area, made his stance on the car wash clear Monday at a Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee meeting.
He wants its gone. He called it the "wild, wild west on MLK."
Police have described Jim's Car Wash as "a high-crime area known for the sale and use of illegal narcotics" and a "high drug and violent crime location in which individuals congregate at the location to use to traffic narcotics." It's been the subject of sparring editorials from The Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Observer.
It sits in one of 31 areas designated by Dallas police as crime hot spots.
In 2004, the city deemed the car wash a public nuisance and argued in a lawsuit that the owners should have done more to chase off bad actors. Then, state legislators made it harder for cities to blame owners for crime around their properties.
Dale Davenport purchased the southern Dallas property in the 1990s.
Owner Dale Davenport said he bought the property in the '90s. Since then, the area has been rezoned, and the new rules don't allow car washes.
The Board of Adjustment will use police reports, code compliance records and neighbors' testimony to decide whether the car wash has an adverse effect on the area. If the board decides it does, Davenport could be given a deadline to get the property into zoning compliance.
That would mean not operating as a car wash anymore — Davenport can keep the property, but he'd have to use it for something allowed under the zoning rules, or he could ask for a zoning change.
Tyrone Jackson dried his car after washing it at Jim's Car Wash off of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Davenport is. He defended his business and said it's doing well.
He doesn't dispute that the car wash is in a high-crime area, but says he's done all he can to keep crime at bay.
He said the car wash is the best-lighted business on the street, and a high-definition camera that the Dallas Police Department has access to is mounted nearby. He said he has worked with police to shoo off trespassers and loiterers who hang around his car wash.
"This is not about crime; this is about taking my land," Davenport said.
Dallas Police Association president Mike Mata said that Jim's Car Wash has been doing its part to curb crime.
"As long as the business owner is working with the department to fulfill the promises and expectations they expect of him, he's the owner of a property, the owner of a business — you can't just in this country shut people down because you don't like what they do," Mata said.
The council is set to formally ask the Board of Adjustment to start compliance proceedings regarding Jim's Car Wash at the Oct. 24 council meeting.
Felder made the request to get the item on the agenda last month, and council members Mark Clayton, Scott Griggs, Omar Narvaez and Casey Thomas signed on in support.
Mayor Make Rawlings appointed Thomas to the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee on Monday, filling a vacant spot left by former council member Dwaine Caraway.
If the council votes to request the Board of Adjustment to begin compliance proceedings for the car wash, the process will begin with a public hearing to determine whether the business has an adverse effect on the area.
At that meeting, Davenport will be given a chance to defend his business and argue that there's no adverse effect.
If the board finds no adverse effect on the area, the case is closed, said Kris Sweckard, director of Sustainable Development and Construction. If it does, however, the board holds a second public meeting, where it will give Davenport a date to come into compliance with the zoning rules.


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Archaeological and Historical Investigation of Block 1184, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware (1990)
Archaeological Assessment of the Fort McNair Metrobus Garage Facility, Southwest Washington, D.C (1982)
Archaeological Evaluation of the Greenbelt Storage Yard, WMATA Construction Segment E-11, Prince George's County, Maryland (1988)
Archaeological Evaluation of the Outer Branch Avenue Segment of the Washington Regional Metrorail System, Prince George's, Maryland (1992)
Archaeological Survey of a Proposed Bike Path, Foot Path and Soccer Fields at Jones Point Park, Alexandria, Virginia (1985)
Archaeological Testing of Twelve Sites in the Proposed Felsenthal Navigation Pool and National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas (1984)
Archeological Mitigation Plan, Jenkins Farm Archeological Site (51SE4) Outer Branch Avenue Segment, Washington Regional Metrorail System, District of Columbia (1993)
Archeological Reconnaissance in the 50 Year Flood Easement Lajos (1983)
A Cultural Resource Reconnaissance of Four Federal Maintenance Dredging Projects in Dorchester County, Maryland (1981)
Cultural Resource Survey and Evaluation at Fort Belvoir, Virginia (1984)
Cultural Resource Survey of U.S. Route 113, Milford-Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware (1992)
Cultural Resources Studies Tuttle Creek and Marysville Flood Study Area (1977)
Draft Report: Phase I Archaeological Investigation of National Park Service Lands in the Vicinity of Chain Bridge, District of Columbia and Virginia (1982)
Drawyer Creek Site (7NC-G-143) Excavations State Route 1 Corridor, Odessa Segment New Castle County, Delaware (DRAFT As FINAL) (1997)
Excavation of the Indian Creek V Site: An Archaic Gathering Camp in the Maryland Coastal Plain (1991)
Excavation of the Two Guys Site(7S-F-68), Sussex County, Delaware (1996)
Excavation of the Whitby Branch Site (7NC-G-151), State Route 1 Corridor, Odessa Segment, New Castle County, Delaware (DRAFT As FINAL) (1997)
Farm Life on the Appoquinimink, Excavation of the McKean / Cochran Farm Site (7NC-F-13), New Castle County, Delaware, Volume I (DRAFT As FINAL) (1998)
Final Archaeological Excavations at a Late 18th-Century Family Cemetery for the U.S. Route 113 Dualization, Millford to Georgetown, Sussex County, delaware (1995)
From House to Outhouse: a Study of 19th-Century Households in Wilmington, Delaware (1985)
Historic Preservation Planning in New Jersey: Selected Papers On the Identification, Evaluation, and Protection of Cultural Resources (1984)
Intensive Survey of Cultural Resources, Gathright Lake, Virginia, Volumes 1, 2 (1978)
Interim Report of Stations 196+00 To 563+00, Cultural Resource Survey and Testing of the Big Creek Enlargement and Diversion Item 1, Crittenden County, Arkansas (1980)
Inventory and Evaluation of Archaeological Resources of Clinton Lake, Kansas and Mitigation of Potentially Eligible Sites (1979)
Level II Cultural Resource Investigation for the Texoma Distribution Enhancements Project, Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana (1987)
Life in Wilmington's East Side: the Standard of Living in a Late 19th Century Industrial Neighborhood (1993)
The Ordinary and the Poor in Eighteenth-Century Delaware, Excavations at the Augustine Creek North and South Sites (7NC-G-144 and 7NC-G-145) (Draft As Final) (1998)
The Ordinary and the Poor in Eighteenth-Century Delaware, Excavations at the Augustine Creek North and South Sites (7NC-G-144 and 7NC-G-145) Volume II (Draft As Final) (1998)
Phase I Archaeological Investigation of Segment J2 of the Franconia-Springfield Metrorail Line, City of Alexandria and Fairfax County, Virginia (1983)
Phase I Archaeological Investigation of the Fairfax Yacht Club Occoquan Marina, Fairfax County, Virginia (1983)
Phase I Archaeological Investigation of the H-1 Route of the Franconia-Springfield Metrorail Line, Fairfax County, Virginia (1983)
Phase I Archaeological Survey of Lake Houston Dam, Houston County, Georgia (1995)
Phase I Cultural Resource Survey of Borrow Pit and Wetland Mitigation Site No. 5, U.S. Route 113, Milford to Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware (1993)
Phase I Cultural Resource Survey of the Green Property, King George County, Virginia (1982)
Phase IB Archaeological Survey of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Branch (F) Route, Prince Georges County, Maryland (1996)
Phase II Archaeological Investigation of Sites 44Wg248 and 44Wg249 On the East Tennessee Natural Gas Company Transmission Line Expansion, Washington County, Virginia (1983)
Phase II Archaeological Investigation of Sites 44Wm164 and 44Wm182, Clifford Hutt Property, Westmoreland County, Virginia (1982)
Phase II Archaeological Investigation of the Naylor Road Site (18PR463), Green Line (F) Route, Branch Avenue Segment, Washington Regional Metrorail System, Prince George's County, Maryland (1996)
A Phase II Investigation of the Prehistory and History of Five Sites in St. Mary's County, Maryland (1983)
Preliminary Archaeological Assessment of Fourteen Department of Recreation Properties in the Anacostia Section, District of Columbia (1984)
Preliminary Archaeological Reconnaissance of Billingsley Road from Landfill No. 2 to Maryland Route 5, Charles County, Maryland (1988)
Preliminary Archaeological Reconnaissance of Maryland Route 213 Relocated, Alternate N1B, Kent and Queen Anne's Counties, Maryland (1990)
Preliminary Archaeological Reconnaissance of Maryland Route 29 from Jones Lane to Interstate 270 and Route 124 from Raven Rock Drive to Maryland Route 28, Montgomery, Maryland (1986)
Preliminary Management Plan for Central Resources Perry Lake (1977)
Preliminary Management Plan for Cultural Resources Perry Lake (1977)
Preliminary Management Plan For Cultural Resources, Perry Lake, Jefferson County, Kansas (1977)
Preliminary Report of Stations 0+00 To 50+60, Cultural Resource Survey and Testing of the Big Creek Channel Enlargement and Diversion, Crittenden County, Arkansas (1979)
Prioritization Plan for the Conservation of Historical, Archaeological, and Architectural Resources at Gathright Lake, Virginia (1979)
Reconnaissance Level Report of the Belle Fountain Ditch and Tributaries Project, Mississippi County, Arkansas and Dunlin and Pemiscot Counties, Missouri (1978)
Survey Level Report Ditches 70, 71, 21A, and 25, Channel Enlargement Project, St. Francis River, Mississippi County, Arkansas (1978)
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Графтон () — місто () в США, в окрузі Вустер штату Массачусетс. Населення —  осіб (2010).

Демографія

Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у місті мешкало  осіб у  домогосподарствах у складі  родин. Було 7177 помешкань

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 1,7 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 2,3 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 25,6 % — особи молодші 18 років, 63,6 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 10,8 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 39,2 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у місті припадало 93,9 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 91,4 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  долар США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  долар (медіана — ). Медіана доходів становила  доларів для чоловіків та  доларів для жінок. За межею бідності перебувало 5,7 % осіб, у тому числі 5,2 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 9,7 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило  осіб. Основні галузі зайнятості: освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 24,7 %, науковці, спеціалісти, менеджери — 17,6 %, роздрібна торгівля — 11,8 %, виробництво — 11,3 %.

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Tennessee State University Business Students, Faculty Offer Free Tax Service in Partnership with IRS
February 28, 2018 Emmanuel Freeman
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – For more than 16 years, Sonya Nicole Martin used private accounting firms to prepare her IRS tax return for a fee.
But the last two years, Martin got a break and is now getting her returns done for free by certified IRS tax preparers, thanks to a program in the College of Business at Tennessee State University.
"This is a big help," says Martin. "It is saving me a lot and I am able to give back to my family and spend that extra money that I am saving on other items."
A few years ago, TSU partnered with the United Way of Metro Nashville to administer VITA, or Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, an IRS initiative to offer free tax preparation services for low to middle-income individuals making $66,000 or less per year. Accounting students and other business majors in the COB, who have been certified by the IRS, along with their professors, administer the program.
The free tax service is available every Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. on the Avon Williams Campus. It will continue to the end of the IRS tax-filing deadline.
"The College of Business is very pleased to offer this free service to the community," says Dr. Millicent Lownes-Jackson, dean of the college. "This is also an ideal service-learning initiative of the college where our accounting majors are able to get practical hands-on experience while helping others."
According to officials, between 30-40 returns are prepared each Saturday, and this filing season it is projected that 400-500 returns will be prepared. That's up from 300 last season. Sixteen undergraduate and four graduate students are helping this year as part of their class work.
Professor John R. Powers, who coordinates the VITA program at TSU, right, works with senior accounting major Kathy Grant. (Photo by Emmanuel Freeman, TSU Media Relations)
To participate in the program, volunteer students must take and pass Tax-1, Individual Income Tax, a required course and be certified by the IRS. Students get three hours of college credit as an accounting elective.
John R. Powers, a CPA and adjunct professor of accounting and business law, is the coordinator of the campus VITA program. He is responsible for the final quality of returns and files the completed returns electronically.
"Although this is a free service, we try to maximize the refund of any client, and that's where I come in with my years of experience," says Powers, majority owner of a Nashville accounting firm, who has been in the business for more than 30 years.
For the students, Power says, this is life experience whether they want to go into the tax field or not, it prepares them from a professional development standpoint.
Kathy Grant has met all requirements to participate in the VITA program and is helping for the first time this year. The senior accounting major says she is enjoying the "double" benefit the program offers.
"I am doing something to give back to the community, and I am also learning in the process," says Grant, of Nashville, who wants to become a CPA "This is not just class, it is a business because I can use this education as I step out into the workforce."
For Mariam Sadat, a senior, human resources major from Cairo, she is encouraged by the satisfaction people get from the services she and her fellow students provide.
"They are just too happy to know that they have avoided all the potential headaches with the free service," says Sadat. "This is also a good practice for me to get this experience."
Dr. Stephen Shanklin, CPA and interim chair of the Department of Accounting, who supervises the VITA program, says great emphasis is put on the quality of students selected for the program.
"Students with As and Bs are the ones we are looking for," he says. "They can be from any discipline whatsoever in the college, but they have to have at least completed that course and have a desire to be tax preparers. And even at that they are not eligible until they interview with Prof. Powers."
"In essence, we are preparing these students for the workplace," adds Powers. "It is very important helping the community because we realize that the tax refund, no matter what amount, they are truly needed by the people who come here. So we prepare our students to do everything in accordance with the IRS code."
For more information on the TSU VITA program and the free tax service, go to http://www.tnstate.edu/business/contact_us.aspx
With more than 8,000 students, Tennessee State University is Nashville's only public university, and is a comprehensive, urban, co-educational, land-grant university offering 38 bachelor's degree programs, 25 master's degree programs and seven doctoral degrees. TSU has earned a top 20 ranking for Historically Black Colleges and Universities according to U.S. News and World Report, and rated as one of the top universities in the country by Washington Monthly for social mobility, research and community service. Founded in 1912, Tennessee State University celebrated 100 years in Nashville during 2012. Visit the University online at tnstate.edu.
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TSU expert urges taxpayers to study tax overhaul bill
December 21, 2017 Lucas Johnson
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – Taxpayers should learn as much as they can about the tax overhaul bill lawmakers have sent to President Trump for his signature, a TSU expert says.
Dr. Stephen Shanklin
Dr. Stephen Shanklin is a professor in TSU's College of Business, as well as a certified public accountant and chartered global management accountant. He says people can get information about the bill through their tax preparer, council member, or contacting the office of their congressional representative.
"You need to be aware as much as you can of how the law has changed and affects you, because the rules are different," Shanklin explains. "What worked last year, is not going to work next year."
Most provisions of the bill lawmakers passed on Wednesday won't take effect until the 2018 tax year, adds Shanklin.
The $1.5 trillion tax bill is the biggest rewrite in 30 years. It reduces rates on individuals, cuts the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, and overhauls the taxation of both small and large businesses.
However, all individual tax reductions will expire by 2025, but corporate benefits are permanent, according to the bill. The average taxpayer could see a benefit of $1,600 when they file next year.
Tax preparer Corey Jenkins says he began receiving calls about the bill when lawmakers were debating it, and agrees taxpayers should learn as much as they can about it.
"There's a lot in the bill," says Jenkins, who's been preparing taxes for nearly 20 years. "It's going to affect them greatly, especially over the next several years."
Shanklin says one of the biggest misconceptions of the bill is that "lawmakers say it's fair for everybody; that it will benefit the middle class."
"I think it actually benefits those with upper incomes, with greater levels of wealth, and business investments," he says.
Most provisions of the bill won't take effect until the 2018 tax year, adds Shanklin.
The latest polls show the bill is unpopular. In an NBC-Wall Street Journal survey, 24 percent of Americans think the tax bill is a good idea versus 41 percent who believe it's a bad one.
Opposition to the bill has jumped to 10 points in CNN's polling since last month, with 55 percent now against it. Only 21 percent say they'll be better off if the bill becomes law, and 37 percent say that their family will be worse off.
Shanklin believes one reason for the bill's unpopularity is partly due to lawmakers' rapid pace in passing it, and their lack of transparency. He noted that before former President Ronald Reagan signed his tax bill in 1986, there had been more than 350 days of discussion to craft a bipartisan proposal.
"This one was done in less than 45 days, with fewer than 10 percent in Congress ever seeing it," Shanklin contends.
To learn more about the tax bill, visit https://www.congress.gov. It should also be accessible at a local library that has access to government documents.
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Includes 3 Previously Unreleased Live Songs From 1994 European Tour
By Blue Note/UMe, Associated Press | Posted - March 6, 2014 at 3:41 p.m.
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 6, 2014--Cassandra Wilson's landmark album ' Blue Light 'Til Dawn ' helped to define a new style of jazz when it was released two decades ago. It went on to sell nearly one million copies and earned Cassandra the title of "America's best singer" from Time magazine. On April 29, Blue Note/UMe will release an expanded 20 th anniversary edition of ' Blue Light 'Til Dawn,' adding three previously unreleased live recordings from Wilson's 1994 European tour to the digitally remastered album.
' Blue Light 'Til Dawn,' Wilson's Blue Note Records debut, broke new ground by providing an alternate route to vocal jazz stardom, mining blues, folk and R&B. Along with three original compositions and innovative takes on blues and jazz standards, Wilson provided a radical treatment of popular music including Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey," Joni Mitchell's "Black Crow," and Ann Peebles' "I Can't Stand The Rain."
Wilson's unique approach to rhythm allowed her to blend unusual melodies and harmonies with a band that used inventive instrumentation and virtuosic performance to create a wholly original sound. Cassandra's album also opened a new door for jazz vocalists, among them Norah Jones, who has stated that she studied the album while composing and arranging her own Blue Note debut.
The original producer of the album, Craig Street, oversaw the remastering of this edition with Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, who has mastered albums by Bob Dylan, The Beatles and Paul Simon.
The Expanded Edition plays a key role in a big year for Cassandra Wilson, which includes a 'Blue Light To A New Dawn' tour of Europe and the U.S., a song featured on HBO's 'True Detective,' and a new album of Billie Holiday songs slated for release next year. She'll also sing and play guitar with the trio Harriet Tubman on select dates in March including the BRIC House venue in Brooklyn on March 16.
http://www.cassandrawilson.com/
The 75th Anniversary of Blue Note Records, the most-respected and longest-running Jazz label in the world, is being commemorated throughout 2014 and beyond with a broad range of special releases and events. Blue Note Records was founded on January 6, 1939, when a German immigrant and passionate Jazz fan named Alfred Lion produced his first recording session in New York City. Blue Note has gone on to represent The Finest In Jazz, tracing the entire history of the music from Hot Jazz, Boogie Woogie, and Swing, through Bebop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Soul Jazz, Avant-Garde, and Fusion, and into Jazz's numerous modern day incarnations under the leadership of Bruce Lundvall, who revived Blue Note in 1984, and the label's current President, Don Was, who took the helm in 2012.
Follow Blue Note Records • • • • • • •
Cassandra Wilson: ' ' (20 th Anniversary Edition) 1. You Don't Know What Love Is 2. Come On In My Kitchen 3. Tell Me You'll Wait For Me 4. Children Of The Night 5. Hellhound On My Trail 6. Black Crow 7. Sankofa 8. Estrellas 9. Redbone 10. Tupelo Honey 11. Blue Light 'Til Dawn 12. I Can't Stand The Rain
Produced by Craig Street
Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks: Live In Europe, 1994 13. Black Crow (Live) 14. Skylark (Live) 15. Tupelo Honey (Live)
Cassandra Wilson tour dates
March (Harriet Tubman + Cassandra Wilson Present: Black Sun) 3/14 – Bergen Performing Arts Center - Bergen, NJ 3/15 – Swyer Theatre – The Egg - Albany, NY 3/16 – BRIC House - Brooklyn, NY
April (Cassandra Wilson 'Blue Light To A New Dawn' tour) 4/05-06 – Gazarte - Athens, Greece 4/08 – Lisinki Concert Hall - Zagreb, Croatia 4/11 – Banlieues Blues Festival - Bobigny, France 4/13 – Krakow, Poland – Kijow Centrum 4/15-19 – Bern Jazz Festival - Bern, Switzerland 4/22 – Finlandia Hall – April Jazz Festival - Helsinki, Finland 4/25 – Jazzkaar Festival - Tallinn, Estonia 4/27 – Kaunas Jazz Festival - Kaunas, Lithuania
May (Cassandra Wilson 'Blue Light To A New Dawn' tour) 5/03 – Manchester Craftsmen's Guild - Pittsburgh, PA 5/04 – Evanston SPACE - Evanston, IL 5/07-08 – The Triple Door - Seattle, WA 5/10 – The Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, CA 5/11 – Musical Instrument Museum - Phoenix, AZ 5/13 – Kuumbwa Jazz Center - Santa Cruz, CA 5/15 – Oakland, CA – Yoshi's 5/16-17 – San Francisco, CA – Yoshi's 5/19-20 – Dakota Bar & Grill - Minneapolis, MN
CONTACT: For Cassandra Wilson:
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Amanda Perlstein,aperlstein@shorefire.com
Matt Hanks,mhanks@shorefire.com
For Blue Note/UMe:
Jennifer Ballantyne, 310-865-2350
jennifer.ballantyne@umusic.com
Management contact:
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Ed Gerard,ed@impactartist.com
Peter Himberger
KEYWORD: UNITED STATES EUROPE NORTH AMERICA CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENTERTAINMENT MUSIC CELEBRITY EVENTS/CONCERTS
SOURCE: Blue Note/UMe
Copyright Business Wire 2014
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SPAC Frenzy Takes Hold of Asia
by Fintechnews Singapore April 9, 2021
After explosive growth in the US, the craze surrounding special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, is now heading to Asia. Analysts believe that Southeast Asia, where the tech startup scene has thrived on economic growth and a need to boost financial inclusion, could very well be the next hotspot for SPAC acquisitions.
SPACs are blank-check shell corporations set up by investors with the sole purpose buying and reverse merging with a private company. Their growth has so far been mostly centered around the US with US-based SPACs raising more than US$64 billion through initial public offerings (IPOs) so far this year, representing 37% of global deal volumes, Refinitiv data show.
Data from industry tracker SPAC Research reveal that more than 400 SPACs are currently seeking targets, with many are eyeing Southeast Asia's highly valued tech companies, including Singaporean ride-hailing startup Grab, its Indonesian rival GoJek, and e-commerce giant Tokopedia, also from Indonesia.
Grab, Southeast Asia's most valuable startup, is reportedly finalizing an agreement with Altimeter Growth 1 to list in New York in the biggest SPAC merger ever. The deal would value the startup at about US$35 billion, the Financial Times reported earlier this week.
GoJek and Tokopedia, Indonesia's two most valuable startups, are being circled individually by SPACs, though recent reports suggest that the two are finalizing terms to merge together ahead of a public listing in both Jakarta and the US.
And Traveloka, an online travel agency and another Indonesian unicorn startup, plans to list in the US this year using a SPAC, CEO Ferry Unardi told Nikkei Asia in February.
Growing interest from Asian investors
Asia is not only emerging as a hotspot for SPAC acquisitions, but Asian investors themselves are pouring billions into blank-check companies.
Asia-focused SPACs have raised a total of US$2.7 billion so far this year, almost double the entire volume for 2020, according to Dealogic data. Almost half the funding for three of the recent Asia-sponsored SPAC listings in the US came from Asia-based institutions, two people involved told Nikkei Asia.
Japanese tech giant SoftBank is backing multiple SPACs. Its Vision Fund listed three SPACs on the Nasdaq exchange in January and in March. They are targeting IPO-ready tech companies.
China's alternative investment management and advisory firm CITIC Capital raised US$240 million through a SPAC listing in the US last year, becoming the first state-owned Chinese company to do so.
Private equity specialist Primavera Capital, another Chinese company, raised US$360 million through a SPAC in January and said it was targeting a consumer sector company in China.
Malacca Straits Acquisition, also listed in the US, is backed by Hong Kong-based Argyle Street Management and focuses on Southeast Asia.
Last year, Singapore-based Vistas Media Capital (VMC) raised US$100 million through the listing of a SPAC on the Nasdaq. In March, the SPAC announced its merger with Anghami, a music streaming platform in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Craig Coben, co-head of Asia-Pacific global capital markets at Bank of America in Hong Kong, said interest in SPAC deals, whether in the US or locally, will only increase.
"We are seeing significant interest from the Asian investor community, as they now understand the full value of the product and the efficient capital recycling it provides," Coben told Nikkei Asia.
Goldman Sachs recently set up a team of SPAC bankers in Hong Kong to focus on the rush of SPAC deals emerging in Asia. Raghav Maliah, the global vice chairman of Goldman Sachs' investment banking division who leads the Hong Kong-based team, told Reuters:
"We are seeing a great deal of capital markets and M&A activity across the region, including increased SPAC involvement both on the IPO and M&A fronts … SPACs have become an incrementally relevant product for consideration when they think through ways to achieve their goals."
Asian bourses respond to SPAC frenzy
Bourses across Asia are moving to change their rules to allow the listing of SPACs with hopes to win over local tech unicorn listings.
Singapore Exchange (SGX)'s regulatory arm, RegCo, launched a consultation on SPACs last week, seeking feedbacks on a new regulatory framework which it hopes to finalize midyear. RegCo has proposed a minimum market capitalization of S$300 million for SPACs with up to three years of blank-check companies to combine with a target.
Pushed by the government, Hong Kong is said to target having a regime in place by the end of the year, reports Bloomberg. The plan, which is still being formulated, will set special conditions for sponsors of SPACs and will require SPAC acquisitions to meet the existing standards for IPOs.
Similarly, the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) said last month that it will be relaxing its rules this year, and pass regulations by July that would allow companies to go public using SPACs, reports the Jakarta Post.
South Korea and Malaysia are amongst the few Asian countries with a framework and regulations around SPAC listing, but these jurisdictions have not seen the interest captured by the US, according to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence.
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Meta researcher on a mission to make AI more equitable and inclusive
Daniel Shepherd May 2, 2022, 11:11 am May 11, 2022
Angela Fan, Meta researcher and Artificial Intelligence expert spoke to CNME Editor Mark Forker about how she is trying to use AI to ensure there is greater inclusion for marginalised and underrepresented groups on websites such as Wikipedia.
Can you outline to our readers how you are leveraging AI technology to improve gender representation on information-gathering websites like Wikipedia? How does the model you are deploying work?
To be clear, we are not deploying any model. We view our work as a starting point. We focus on mimicking the human writing process.
The human writer would decide which person to write a biography about and provide information about their occupation, and then the AI can read various articles on the web, predict the structure of the Wikipedia article, and write paragraph by paragraph the article. We then append which reference articles the AI used as citations to these paragraphs.
Your primary objective is to use AI to ensure that there is greater inclusion on Wikipedia, but in your opinion, and based on the comprehensive research you conducted why is there such social bias towards women and marginalised groups on prominent websites like Wikipedia – and what does that tell us about the claim that these social biases are fundamentally embedded in a lot of the hierarchical structures in which our society functions?
Fundamentally, there is bias in society. We don't live in a world where everyone gets the recognition for their achievements that they deserve. Wikipedia is based on credible, third party sources from the web, meaning that to have a Wikipedia article, there needs to be sufficient information available about that individual.
This makes it very susceptible to societal influence. Furthermore, the Wikipedia editing community is not reflective of society at large, which impacts the kinds of articles that are created. An easy area to recognise is that most Wikipedia articles are written in English, even though English is not the largest first language.
Many people have claimed that AI technology has only served to exacerbate racial and gender inequities, and that bias is baked into the outcomes that AI is asked to predict. Many feel the data used is being 'discriminatory' towards marginalised groups. How can you be sure that the AI you use will alleviate the challenges facing AI when it comes to levelling the playing field?
It's extremely important that AI is developed in a representative way. Looking at facial recognition technology, for instance, it's clear that some populations are not represented as well as others. This has a lot of impact on how that technology is used when deployed.
Thus, as a community, the first thing that we should be focusing on is measurement and understanding: how can we realise that the models we create are not representative? The dataset that we contribute in this paper is towards that goal. If we are able to understand and measure how differently models treat different groups, then we can make progress on developing more equitable and inclusive AI.
Despite some of the negativity that has been aimed at AI, we know that it is a force for good. How do you see the technology developing in terms of helping to create a society that better promotes inclusion and greater representations for those that are underrepresented?
I envision a world where people are recognised equally for what they have achieved, regardless of their gender or race or ethnicity or other aspects — and if they are notable enough to have a Wikipedia article, they should have one.
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He has considerable experience of and insight into the dynamics of degenerative spinal conditions and chronic pain, and gave a presentation entitled Pain in the Real World-The Litigant's Perspective to the inaugural Cambridge Annual Medico-legal conference in 2011.
He is interested in and quick to comprehend the medical issues in PI/clinical negligence cases, and is able to discuss these aspects proactively with the experts involved.
He intends to remain up to date, and maintain and foster his interest in medico-legal matters during his retirement.
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This week was full of Roman Coliseum fun, gladiators and a very interesting science investigation!
In Base 3 we have focused on writing in an engaging and entertaining way for the reader. We found out lots about the Roman Coliseum via video and text, then gathered and presented all our fab facts in our topic learning journeys.
We worked on texture in art to create a realistic Coliseum building in our topic learning journeys, combining the intact original Coliseum with the present semi-ruins that remain. Messy but lots of fun! Next week we will continue the children's excitement about the entertainment that took place in the Coliseum and focus on descriptive atmospheric writing.
Science this week was the set up of a very important investigation for us...effects on our teeth from various drinks. The children chose a range of items that recreate the tooth structure; hard outer layer and softer in the middle. The items being tested are: chestnuts, acorns, boiled eggs, smarties and mini pumpkins!! The liquids include Coke, no added sugar squash, milk, water and apple juice, all chosen and delegated by the children. This helped our maths skills too as we had lots of dividing and measuring to do in our science teams. We look forward to concluding results early next week.
Maths this week has seen more shape work, mainly practical and interactive using computer games and activities. Some children have been revisiting 3D shape names and properties as well as problem solving with some challenging tasks involving squares! Others have focused mainly on 2D shapes and problem solving using their properties. Next week we will look at symmetry and reflection and continue some shape investigation.
PE has now changed focus into indoor athletics, beginning with hurdles. Most children are remembering appropriate kits so week done- please ensure indoor kit is in their bags!
Reminder of homework throughout the week, Tuesday- MyMaths or maths task in books. Friday- Literacy. Daily- reading, spellings and times tables.


You should have made that Panzer Grenadier wipe his feet on the mat before he got into the Hanomag!
Topic: I WROTE THREE OF THEM!
That is some very neat and tidy conversion work!
Topic: Painting service for 6mm in Australia?
I have both packs of those ships. They are quite good value for money. Of course all the classifications are identical...100 guns, 74 guns, etc. But painted up they look very nice.
OK...so I will help remove the fateful label for you and post!
But it is true....the term LP was often used in many military units instead of KIA. (Killed in Action). LP meant the person had been a LAST POST recipient regardless of the cause of death.
Admin Fella wrote: Sorry mate, lost me with that one?
The 'LAST POST' is played at all Military and Police funerals!
When you see someone listed as 'Last post' they have just died!!!
When you get to my age, one feels a bit uncomfortable when you see yourself listed under the 'Last Post'.
It brings on a gulp....! And you pinch yourself to make sure you are still alive!
That looks quite nice. It would be good to see some games from other states with well painted figures and a good theme.We can assist with scenery locally to avoid having to bring too much.
Did I post it twice?
No...I am not going senile...it was just kind of an ummmmmmm.....senior moment!
Wombat wrote: I really hope I can get over there. The chance to see let alone participate in a Leipzig.
I hope you can make it. Let me know if you need any assistance. There are accommodation deals etc.
Topic: Are wargames uncles needed?
Considering the mid set of some people these days, Vampire games, would probably be accepted as 'Historical'.
But it has to be nice scenery and the vampires and broken men will have to be painted!
paintpig wrote: Mal, do you know if Martin Rowe or Peter Birt will be putting on a game, I'm sure it will be something unique if they do?
At last I spoke to Martin, yes they will be.
Oh I dunno...? I've seen an attractive woman walk into a wargames convention and stop the room. I've seen a semi-attractive one stop half the room!
A dozen beautiful redheads in bikini's would be almost cruel. They could lead the gamers away by the tongues hanging out!
Of course to comply with the modern rules of equality, six of the redheads in Bikini's will be blokes Dave.
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This wingsuit flight is amazing. Talk about overlanding!
Here's the seaplane at the dock at Lake Union.
A couple of weeks ago I got on a seaplane docked at Seattle's Lake Union and flew to Victoria, on Vancouver Island, to pick up our truck, which we'd left behind when we sailed from Canada. It turned out that flying was the most convenient, quick way to get there. Sweet. The plane belonged to Kenmore Air and the flight was $140 one way.
Here are some photos of that trip.


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Q: flyway sessions locking itself I was trying to implement code through flyway:
create index concurrently if not exists api_client_system_role_idx2 on profile.api_client_system_role (api_client_id);
create index concurrently if not exists api_client_system_role_idx3 on profile.api_client_system_role (role_type_id);
create index concurrently if not exists api_key_idx2 on profile.api_key (api_client_id);

However flyway sessions were blocking each other and script is in "pending" state.
| Versioned | 20.1    | add email verification table                 | SQL    | 2021-11-01 21:55:52 | Success |
| Versioned | 21.1    | create role for doc api                      | SQL    | 2021-11-01 21:55:52 | Success |
| Versioned | 22      | create indexes for profile                   | SQL    | 2022-10-21 10:23:41 | Success |
| Versioned | 23      | test flyway                                  | SQL    |                     | Pending |
+-----------+---------+----------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+---------+

Flyway: Flyway Community Edition 9.3.1 by Redgate
Database: Postgresql 14.4
Can you please advice how to properly implement creating indexes concurrently in postgresql?
I've tried simply to kill blocking session and let the script to continue, however then implementation failed and scripts stayed in "Pending" status.


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UF Ranked As Nation's 6th Best Public University
WJCT News | By Cyd Hoskinson
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA VIA TWITTER
Arial view of the University of Florida campus.
The University of Florida has moved up while Florida State University drops down in U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of public universities released Monday.
UF moved up from seventh to sixth place this year to tie with the University of California-Santa Barbara.
Florida State is tied with three other public universities for 19th place, after being ranked 18th last year.
The top 5 public universities in the country, according to U-S News & World Report are:
The University of North Florida ranked 272 among national nniversities.
Flagler College in St. Augustine ranked fourth among southern regional colleges, while Jacksonville University was ranked 29th in the same category. Edward Waters College was placed in the lower end of the category, in a wider 70th-91st rank.
The complete list is available at this U.S. News & World Report webpage.
- WJCT's Bill Bortzfield contributed to this report.
Contact reporter Cyd Hoskinson at choskinson@wjct.org, 904-358-6351 and on Twitter at @cydwjctnews.
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WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome ("Jay") Powell didn't waste much time getting to the point at last week's press conference. "My colleagues and I have one overarching goal: to sustain the economic expansion, with a strong job market and stable prices, for the benefit of the American people," he said.
No doubt, Donald Trump is pleased. For months, the president has harshly criticized Powell and the Fed for raising interest rates. To Trump, the higher rates jeopardize the economy's expansion. Under Powell, who became chairman in early 2018, the Fed has increased its federal funds rate four times. Until now, the increases generally extended policies begun by Powell's predecessors, Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke.
Did Powell cave to Trump? At the press conference, Powell repeatedly denied it, asserting that the Fed makes policy based on its best professional judgment and doesn't consider politics. Still, appearances being what they are, there is now a convenient convergence of views between the president and the Fed.
It will also be harder for the Fed to pull away from Trump, especially because Powell suggested that its policies shouldn't hastily be changed. "We believe we can best support the economy by being patient in evaluating the outlook before making any future adjustment to policy," he said.
The trouble is that these goals sometimes collide. If the economy grows too fast, it may create inflation. Or if interest rates stay too low for too long, cheap credit may cause financial bubbles. The Fed's latest actions favor economic growth and job creation on the assumption that the dangers of higher inflation and financial instability have receded.
Powell cited all of these in justifying the unanimous decisions of the Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed's most powerful body. He also noted that inflation has remained close to the Fed's target of 2 percent and that indicators of "financial risk" had declined.
It would be a mistake, in this view, to miss an opportunity to rebuild the finances and confidence of millions of households, especially when inflation seems well behaved. Still, this is a gamble. Its success depends heavily on the Fed's ability to foresee the future, even though economists — at the Fed and elsewhere — have often been surprised by the economy's behavior.
Powell recognizes this, warning (as did Bernanke and Yellen) that Fed policies will ultimately be "data dependent," meaning that they are what they are — until they aren't.