Along with stewardship of our creative writing program I offer strategic thinking towards the future program we would like to be. Through developing our curriculum, acting as a key member on our committees, and working to help realize the Creative Writing Fellow position I have taken a leadership role towards our future Department of English and Creative Writing.
Among other things, living in Budapest and teaching at two different configurations of higher education there—ELTE, the large university that hosted my Fulbright lectureship and the Eötvös Collegium Honors College that hosted my sabbatical research—has helped me to see Susquehanna and its structures more clearly. According to my Hungarian colleagues, the notion of "university service" doesn't seem to exist in Hungarian higher education, but this does not mean that it actually doesn't exist. Job searches are preformed. Curriculum is altered. Funding is allocated. Programs are built and dismantled. Much of this is done by individuals in positions of power or by the state and not necessarily by committee or department members.
Working within institutions in Hungary where service was not a concept has helped me to refine my sense of what service is at Susquehanna, and how my work fits into the configuration of a small liberal arts school with structures of shared governance and tradition. If asked prior to tenure what service is, I would have said that it is something one does for the good of the whole. While I still agree with this, I have come to think of service at Susquehanna in a slightly more granular way: as leadership in stewarding inherited structures and strategic cultivation of future structures that serve the students, faculty, staff, and larger institution as a whole.
I accomplish stewardship and strategic cultivation on both the departmental and university level and have organized this portfolio page to reflect these two aspects.
With majors in English literature, English-secondary education, publishing and editing, and creative writing, the Department of English and Creative Writing is a vital hub for the written word. The department has a unique structure: we have co-chairs in English and creative writing: Laurence Roth heads English and the majors under its umbrella; Glen Retief heads creative writing. Faculty work together across the department, but much of the service that we do breaks along disciplinary lines. Creative writing faculty most often do service for the creative writing major and English literature faculty perform service for the majors housed with English: literature, publishing and editing, and English-secondary education.
If we think of service as stewardship of inherited structures and strategic cultivation of future structures this division focuses faculty time and energy into majors and programming that serve specific students. As such, my main service to our large department focuses on the creative writing major (you can view this webpage here) and the Writers Institute (and you can view this webpage here), which is both the physical building that houses our creative writing offices and classrooms and the umbrella under which we put our visiting writers series, our literary journals, and other beyond-the-classroom activities.
With the creative writing major and beyond-the-classroom activities of the Writers Institute we have inherited powerful structures that recruit, maintain, cultivate, and empower Susquehanna students. Post-tenure I have worked to provide strategic direction in stewarding these structures through curriculum development, engagement in Writers Institute activities, and recruitment activities.
Curriculum Development: I have developed our curriculum both within the major and as a way of offering creative writing WRIT courses to the central curriculum. Within the major I initiated curricular reform to add an intermediate level workshop to our curriculum and to tighten what our majors would take as creative writing electives. Prior to this reform students took only one intermediate level course and now they take two courses. Creative writing students had also been able to take ENGL 205, a general literature course, to satisfy an elective requirement for the major. To make this more rigorous we restricted the requirement to a higher level course. In addition, I diversified the intermediate level of our poetry track, which had offered only one type of course, to offer genre variety via courses on the lyric poem, the prose poem, and the narrative poem. Both of these curricular changes make our creative writing more rigorous and push students to take a wider variety of courses.
I have also increased the number of WRIT creative writing courses in the central curriculum. I was successful in making a proposal for our intermediate level workshops, the WRIT 350 courses, to count in the central curriculum as literary expression. As all creative writing majors already fulfill this requirement through their required literature courses, and it is very rare for a non-major to take an intermediate level creative writing course, this inclusion of WRIT 350 was less a pragmatic move than it was a systemic move. By including the literary expression learning goals in our intermediate-level course we ensure that creative writing majors get reinforcement of these central curricular values.
The other proposals I have made, albeit slightly less successfully, were for several entirely new WRIT courses to gain course status, to fulfill one of the primary (non-intensive) areas of the central curriculum, and to focus on non-majors. This endeavor is unique within my program: aside from Glen's GO Program (Travel Writing in South Africa), these have been the sole proposals for courses specifically geared towards inviting non-majors to study creative writing for primary (non-intensive) central curriculum credit. WRIT 240, Experimental Writing, which satisfies Artistic Expression, is an example of a successful application and has been taken by both majors and non-majors. The course does not count towards a major requirement, and our majors' artistic expression requirement is already covered by Aesthetics and Interpretation, but the course was taken by interested writing majors for their university elective. The course also provides a unique opportunity for non-majors to experience creative writing pedagogy. Presently and in the future I will continue to strive to find the right balance of ingredients in proposing other WRIT courses for course status and primary central curriculum credit in order to increase non-major access to our discipline and to generate alternative paths for creative writing majors to fulfill their primary central curriculum requirements. Meanwhile: a recent member of the Travel Writing in South Africa team, I am looking forward to taking students to South Africa for travel writing this summer.
Writers Institute Activities: The Writers Institute hosts between six to eight visiting writers through our Seavey Visiting Writers series. Most of our visiting writers come to campus for a 4:15 PM Q and A session followed by a 7:30 PM reading. Each year a writer comes for a week-long visit and works with students in the classroom. To help facilitate this series I provide suggestions for the visiting poets and give feedback on suggestions for the writers in other genres, working to ensure that our series represents the diversity and excellence of contemporary English-language writing. In addition to contributing to planning the events I use visiting writers' books in my classrooms. I require attendance of students at events and attend them myself, helping to host visiting writers through the Q and A sessions, dinners, and the literary readings.
In addition, the Writers Institute hosts a senior reading series and our seniors read their work in the art gallery at six to seven evening events across the course of the year. I support these events by co-hosting roughly three or four sessions, which includes writing and reading out introductions for the student readers, welcoming friends and family, and ensuring that all runs smoothly. The Writers Institute also houses our three main literary journals: The Susquehanna Review, Essay, and RiverCraft along with The Apprentice Writer, a journal of high school writing, all of which I support by attending the annual literary launches. In addition, I am the faculty advisor of the poetry section of RiverCraft. Since spring of 2016 I have also been the faculty advisor-at-large for the journal, overseeing the work of the managing editor as he or she brings the journal to print and plans the public launch.
Recruitment Activities: Clearly essential to the success of our major is recruitment. As such, the creative writing major requires a portfolio for incoming students. This allows us to evaluate student work and presents an opportunity for us to interface with applicants about their work. As part of this process I read and comment on all application portfolios. I also personally contact poetry students about Susquehanna and often host visiting students in my writing workshop, talk with them in my office after, and match them with current creative writing students for lunch or overnight visits. In addition to the portfolio process we run a "Creative Writing Day," fall semester, where faculty give visiting students a literary reading and, with the help of current SU writing majors, run a workshop. An extended version of this program takes place during a week each summer and the entire creative writing faculty comes together to teach a week-long intensive. During this Summer Writers Workshop I teach a group of seven to twelve high school students interested in poetry. This is both a powerful recruitment tool and also an opportunity to provide mentorship to a current student. Each creative writing faculty member selects a responsible current student to teach with them and to chaperone the students in the dorm. This is the first time many high school poets have ever met another person their age interested in poetry and the week provides a rich platform for teaching, writing, mentoring, and recruitment.
Recruitment and curriculum development work toward strong future structures. In addition, I offer the creative writing program strategic thinking towards the future program we would like to be and have taken a leadership role towards this future as a key member on our search committees and by working to help develop the Creative Writing Fellow position. Our searches have been fairly straight forward: In the fall of 2015 we held a search for a visiting creative writing professor in fiction for a leave of absence and sabbatical replacement. During the 2016-2017 academic year we did a search for a tenure track creative non-fiction/poetry position. This year we are continuing that search as a position in creative non-fiction. For all searches I was a key member of the committee involved in writing the job ad, weeding through the initial applications, performing interviews, and meeting about candidates.
The idea for our Creative Writing Fellowship was developed during the spring of 2016 and grew organically from discussions that Glen and I were having about our program. We wanted to provide an opportunity for a writer from a group historically underrepresented in academia, and newly out of a master's program, to teach at the college level. The idea was that the position would be a relatively low teaching load and the fellow would team-teach creative writing with the full-time professor in their genre, as well as teach our senior portfolio course, which prepares students for life after the university. This would allow the writer to get his or her feet wet while working on a manuscript and applying for jobs or PhD programs. We believed that this opportunity would be a great stepping-stone for a young writer and that this writer would bring something new and vital to our program. Our first fellow was alumnus Marcus Burke, who held the fellowship during the 2016-2017 academic year. Our current fellow, Monica Prince, is a poet and is team-teaching a section of Introduction to Poetry with me. I have been involved in the process of creating this fellowship from the conception of its idea to its realization and I am glad to have the opportunity to teach with and to mentor Monica.
Upon returning from my Fulbright lectureship as a tenured professor for the 2011-2012 year I completed my third year as a member of the Arts Events Committee. During 2012-2013 I was on sabbatical. Back on campus in fall of 2013 I ran for a seat on the Academic Technology Advising Committee, to begin that semester. Aware of the importance of technology to editing and publishing projects on campus (the literary journals; the publishing and editing program; and our small press publishing course) and in my own scholarship (the Constant Critic and SplitLevel Texts) this seemed to be a committee for which I had something to offer. In addition, early that fall I ran for a seat on the Provost's Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Scholarship, convened for the 2013-2014 year. The committee was formed by the Provost to conduct a comprehensive review of scholarship expectations, mentoring, resources, and recognition and was composed of the committee chair and Speaker of the Faculty, Michele DeMary, and five elected faculty representatives. The importance I place on scholarship in my life, as well as the knowledge that our teaching is only as strong as our commitment to our scholarship made me keen to be part of this committee. Service on this committee was a turning point for my contribution to university service and has led me to play a leadership role in strengthening the culture of scholarship at Susquehanna.
Throughout the course of the fall semester the Ad Hoc Committee reviewed policies, held open sessions to discuss the review-categories, and collected information from university committees associated with scholarship. During spring semester we analyzed data and gathered a report to present our findings and recommendations to the faculty. We recommended greater clarity of expectations for faculty research; recognition that faculty scholarship is a central component of the Susquehanna University experience; greater support for faculty research in time and money; and a center for faculty research and creative activity. The report can be read here. Some practical results of these findings resulted in a new position for grant support; a revised mission for the Faculty Scholarship Committee to include programming; a presence for faculty scholarship on MySU; and a greater transparency about scholarship expectations.
My engagement with the Ad Hoc Committee led me to run for election to the Faculty Scholarship Committee, which I joined fall semester, 2014. After a year of service on the committee I put myself forward to chair the committee and have served as chair since fall of 2015, gaining re-election to the committee when my initial commitment to the committee was fulfilled last year. As chair of the Faculty Scholarship Committee I continue to hold the findings of the Ad Hoc Committee in mind and see the FSC as a center for both developing stewardship of the structures around scholarship that we have inherited, and to also strategically cultivate future structures that can further enrich the culture of faculty scholarship at Susquehanna.
Through the FSC faculty members from Arts and Sciences apply for support for their scholarship in the form of Mini-Grants as well as Faculty and University Research Grants. We receive Mini-Grant applications on a rolling basis and review the larger grants at the beginning of spring semester each year. I lead our review of Mini-Grants, which takes place via email, and I also lead our review of the larger grants, which takes place over the course of a meeting. In addition to leading review, I conduct correspondence with applicants, coordinate letters of reference submitted for the University Research Grants, and convey any queries the committee has about applications. During my first year as chair, 2015-2016, we funded sixteen Mini-Grants, one Faculty Research Grant, and three University Research Grants. During my second year as chair, 2016-2017, we funded fifteen Mini-Grants, four Faculty Research Grants, and three University Research Grants.
Along with conducting reviews of the grants, with the enormous support of Charity Ney the committee has worked to make its processes more transparent, housing all successful grant applications on the WebSU Faculty Scholarship site. The availability of grant proposals not only makes our process transparent, but it also allows the proposals to be resources for faculty members who apply for grants in the future. In addition to the transparency of the WebSU site I make written and verbal announcements to the faculty about our grant opportunities and make myself available to answer specific questions via email and in person. These communications not only make the information more readily available to faculty, but they also reinforce the importance and presence of scholarship in the larger arena of faculty meetings and announcements with the goal of showing that scholarship has a place in nearly everything that we do.
After the Ad Hoc Committee's review of faculty scholarship practices the faculty voted to amend the Faculty Scholarship Committee's charge to include "the support of faculty scholarship through workshops, colloquia, mentoring, and other occasions for academic interchange." Developing the Faculty Scholarship Committee to meet this charge has been a priority for me as chair, and I have done so in the form of a collaboration with Rob Sieczkiewicz and the library. Since the 2015-2016 academic year, my first year as chair, CFS and the library have co-hosted events in the library, room 104, twice a semester for faculty to present their scholarship. Three faculty present at each event; Rob and I curate the series to include faculty from a mix of disciplines and at various stages in their careers. We advertise the events and I introduce each faculty member with a biography that recognizes their accomplishments. Presentations are short, roughly fifteen minutes each, yet still allow the university community to get a swift sense of the exciting work that faculty are currently engaged in doing. This year Rob and I will continue the series and have added an event, scheduled for November 8th, focused on university resources for faculty research, giving faculty the opportunity to find out about external grant resources, the FSC grant process, the digital commons publishing opportunities, and other valuable resources. This will extend the event series further towards mentoring as we maintain our goal of recognizing the importance of scholarship to the Susquehanna community. These events are well-attended: we draw between twenty to forty audience members. Faculty and staff feedback upon participating and attending these events has been overwhelmingly positive and I feel confident that these sessions significantly enrich the culture of scholarship at Susquehanna.
Work on the Ad Hoc Committee gave me an initial taste of the variety and vitality of our colleagues' scholarship—and our collective hunger for scholarship to be further recognized as central to the university. It is gratifying to work at an institution where I've had the opportunity to play a central role in shifting the attention of our community towards recognizing and supporting the inspiring work that our colleagues continue to perform.
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Bacchanal or baccanalia or bacchanalian or bacchant or bacchante or bacchic
Dionysus, the Roman Bacchus, was the god of wine, frenzied music and dance, and the irrational. He presided over ecstatic, sometimes orgiastic rites, which involved initiation and drove the participants into another plane of perception, as they became possessed by the deity. He is usually represented in the midst of a retinue of female worshippers, known as maenads, bacchae, or bacchantes (the feminine singular is bacchante; a male follower is a bacchant, plural bacchants); he is also attended by male satyrs, mischievous and lecherous creatures, half-human and half-animal. Wine proved a powerful conduit to the ineffable, amidst rituals that included the rending of a sacrificial victim and the eating of its raw flesh. Dionysiac rites among the Romans became known as Bacchanalia and the sometime extreme behavior of the initiates provoked the Roman Senate to outlaw them in 186 B.C. Thus we derive the words bacchanal and bacchanalia to refer to any debauched party or celebration. Bacchanal, bacchant, bacchante, and bacchae can be used to characterize an overzealous party-goer. The adjectives bacchanalian and bacchic describe any exuberant, drunken revelry. See dionysian and apollonian. Category: Mythological
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Beware of Greeks bearing gifts or I fear Greeks even when they bear gifts
The fall of Troy was finally accomplished by a ruse of the Greeks. They constructed an enormous, hollow, wooden horse, into which they hid some of their best fighters. The horse was left behind as the rest of the Greek host sailed off to the nearby island of Tenedos and waited. The treacherous Sinon convinced the Trojans to drag the gift into the city, despite the warnings of Laocoon, a priest of Poseidon. In Vergil's account, Laocoon implored his countrymen not to bring the treacherous horse into Troy, crying "I fear Greeks even when they bear gifts" (Timeo Danaos et dona ferentis). Two serpents emerged from the sea to strangle Laocoon and his two sons. The Trojans were convinced that they should accept the horse and thus wrought their own destruction. Laocoon's utterance has become a warning to beware of treachery and look for the hidden motives behind even the most fair-seeming generosity. Category: Mythological
Boreas, the north wind, has given us this adjective, which refers to the region of the world from which his blasts come. See aurora. Category: Mythological
By Jupiter or by Jove or jovian or jovial
Jupiter was the Roman counterpart of Zeus, the supreme god and father. He was a god of the sky and his name is derived from Indo-European roots dyaus/pitr, which literally mean god/father. In Latin the common oath "by Jupiter" would be rendered "pro Jove" (Jove being a different form of his name). In the Christian tradition there is no religious significance to this exclamation but English writers, by using it as an expression of surprise or pleasure, avoided taking God's name in vain; thus "by Jupiter" or "by Jove" was used to replace the offensive "By God." To describe someone or something as jovian means that one partakes of that awe-inspiring majesty that is particular to a supreme god. Many mythological names also found a new existence in the field of astrology. Since it was felt that the heavenly bodies influence the life of humans on earth, celestial bodies were given appellations drawn from mythology, for example Jupiter became the name not only of a god but a planet. Those who were born under the influence of the planet Jupiter were said to be of a cheerful disposition, hence the meaning of the adjective, jovial. Category: Mythological
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Leaders play a key role in managing change. Effective managers help find and crystallize future direction, set expectations for behavior and performance and priorities, walk the talk and influence the direction of future systems and procedures.
1. Work out who's going to be in transition because of this change and how this will affect them individually and as a group.
2. Provide as much information to employees as is reasonably and prudently possible. There are no information vacuums in times of change. The best way to control the grapevine is to provide consistent, frequent and reliable information. Discuss the positives and negatives of change as well as the rationale for change. Over communicate rather than under-communicate.
3. Manage and capitalize on the Separation, Crisis and Rebirth Stages. Build in ways to help people let go of the past.
� Explain the process. Giving people tools to explain their behavior can "unblock" the process.
� Stay calm and professional.
� Allow space for venting feelings.
� Be firm with regards the basic position but flexible with inconsequential items.
� Focus on long term benefits.
� Show concern for staff.
� Encourage staff discussions of change and their reactions to it.
� Allow time for person and collective stocktaking.
� Work to re-establish control, understanding, support and purpose of staff. People need some control somewhere - help them create areas of control. They need to understand the change and their reactions to it - work to help them increase their understanding, set up and improve a support system, have a sense of personal purpose.
� Focus on quick successes and small wins.
� Encourage your team to let go of the old.
� Generate involvement in the solution by engaging your team in the problem solving process.
4. Allow symbolic endings - (eg: farewell parties). Let employees sum up their past. It helps them to let it go.
5. Facilitate the beginning of the new. Clearly articulate the new behavior and attitudes that the changes are going to require - don't be abstract, be specific. What people need to know is: What's the attitude? What's the behavior? Tell me how I am supposed to be handling this?
6. Reduce, to the extent you can, the number of changes that you are dealing with at the one time.
7. Manage your own transition - actively seek information about your own losses, accept that you will also go through a period of mourning. Take time alone to think and imagine. Vent only with your family or other managers in private.
Change is inherent in business. Unfortunately too many businesses are not good at recognizing when to change. And in many other cases, the people within the organization hold the business back by not wanting to change.
Negativity is part of our lives and we can either be victims of it or use it to our advantage. To manage negativity, you need to admit that it exists and that it's a part of life. Stuff happens. How we deal with that stuff is the key.
Your organization's success depends on employees being loyal, dedicated, and devoted. In other words, everyone has to be "committed" to doing a great job. Your task is to tell your employees what it means to be committed.
Ingrid Cliff is an experienced HR Manager and Human Resources Writer who is the author of "Instant HR Policies and Procedures" and "Employee Performance Reviews : Tips, Templates & Tactics"


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Caesars Could Launch WSOP PA Online Poker Soon
By Jennifer Newell
May 30th, 2020 | Last updated on May 30th, 2020
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Poker operators have been clamoring for a new and improved United States online poker market for years. After the disaster of 2011, better known as Black Friday, everyone from operators to players repeatedly appealed to states to legalize online poker.
A few did it. Nevada, Delaware, and New Jersey have been offering online poker on varying scales for more than six years. Pennsylvania legalized the game in 2017, and Michigan and West Virginia followed in 2019.
As for Pennsylvania, the process of licensing and preparing sites for launching their online casino games was painfully long, nearly two years for the first of them. And for online poker, the process required more than two years of preparations. Even then, the only site to launch at that point was PokerStars back in November 2019.
Competition is always healthy, and poker players like to have choices. But with PokerStars and its casino partner, Mount Airy, as the only online game in town, especially during the pandemic and months of stay-at-home orders, that single site thrived.
PokerStars and Mount Airy showed more than $3.13 in revenue in March, and their numbers soared to more than $5.25 million in April.
After all of these months and a pandemic to highlight the potential of online poker, Caesars is preparing to launch its WSOP.com site on the 888poker platform.
Online poker players in Pennsylvania should have additional options in the not-too-distant future. The real question is, which site is next to launch in PA? #onlinepoker https://t.co/ef4mKET7Yx
— PlayPennsylvania (@PlayPANews) May 28, 2020
Signs in March and April
Last month, the first signs began to point to a potential launch for the WSOP online poker site. Caesars finally launched its online casino with land-based partner Harrah's Philadelphia.
Technically, Caesars began to make its moves in March when it launched its online sportsbook. Then, on April 23, the partnership launched its online casino site, though it initially offered only a dozen games. The goal was to complete its soft launch and final testing.
Those last few days of April did deliver more than $231K in online casino revenue for Caesars, though the real progress of the site to catch up with its numerous competitors will take shape in May.
The other sign came from 888poker, the platform of all WSOP sites in the US. On a mid-April investor call, 888 Holdings CEO Itai Pazner noted the upcoming launch of the WSOP poker site in Pennsylvania, though he wasn't specific.
Pokerfuse did speak with Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Director Doug Harbach, though, who indicated that the 888poker platform was not yet "ready to go." He didn't have a timetable for launch, either, but he said 888 was in the midst of its background check with the investigative unit. The next step would be the PGCB approval.
Signs in May
The license is pending. Play Pennsylvania reported this week that the PGCB confirmed the pending online poker application for Caesars.
Again, however, Harbach said the same as he did one month ago, that he cannot nail down a date for launch because he doesn't know when "background work" will be finished. When that is completed, the PGCB will need to approve it so it can launch.
That may be coming up quickly. The PGCB is scheduled to meet on June 10 for its monthly hearings and appeals meeting. That seems like a good time to make it official, announce the approval and give the go-ahead for the WSOP online poker site to launch.
Live Poker Remains Stalled
Pennsylvania poker players have been waiting more than two months to find out when their live poker action may resume. Online poker is great, but many miss their regular poker rooms, which officially closed in mid-March.
In the past few weeks, as the cases of Covid-19 decreased, officials started to allow nonessential businesses to reopen. And on May 20, the PGCB released requirements for gambling establishments to meet before they will be allowed to reopen. Some have already unlocked their doors, albeit cautiously.
The problem with the protocols, however, is the omission of poker.
"Poker rooms are not authorized to operate due to players handling cards and chips. Poker room operations will be reexamined based upon changing CDC and PA DOH guidance."
No poker? Plexiglass barriers? Pennsylvania's casinos will look a bit different when they reopen under new guidelines from the state Gaming Control Board. https://t.co/7Gnps3TsIs
— PHL Business Journal (@PHLBizJournal) May 26, 2020
Interestingly, a number of table games, like baccarat and some forms of blackjack, require players to touch cards and chips. Casinos "may utilize alternative procedures which limit players touching chips and cards," but this is not required.
Regardless, poker players will not have live poker again for the foreseeable future. The launch of a second online poker site in the regulated Pennsylvania market will be welcomed by many of them.
About Jennifer Newell
Jennifer began writing about poker while working at the World Poker Tour in the mid-2000s. Since then, her freelance writing career has taken her from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and back to her hometown of St. Louis, where she now lives with her two dogs. She continues to follow the poker world as she also launches a new subscription box company and finishes her first novel. Jennifer has written for numerous publications including PokerStars.com and has followed the US poker and gaming market closely for the last 15 years. Follow Jen on Twitter
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The state of Michigan is no stranger to water problems and the vast challenges and health risks they pose. As a result of the state's experience with both lead contamination and, more recently, PFAS contamination, Michigan has been at the forefront of the PFAS conversation—helping to call attention to an issue that is affecting water quality nationwide.
Paula Gardner, who covers environmental news and policy in Michigan for MLive, has reported extensively about PFAS water contamination over the past year. Gardner has both documented the many occurrences of PFAS contamination throughout the state of Michigan, and written about how the issue is being discussed and addressed on a broader scale—by state agencies, Congress, the EPA, and independent investigations.
Currently, the EPA offers only a "health advisory" that lifetime exposure to PFOA and PFOS from drinking water be limited to 70 parts per trillion. Health advisories are for informational purposes only and are non-enforceable. But with increasing reports of PFAS water contamination, and the potential health risks of exposure, many are calling for greater regulations and a lower limit.


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Old and antique maps of Canada for sale. Our authentic Canada map inventory features antique maps of Canada from the period of New France, the Hudson Bay Company, and early exploration by mapmakers such as Champlain, Vancouver, and Mackenzie. Our map inventory typically includes antique and vintage city views and plans of Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, and Vancouver. Vintage pictorial maps of Canada are also for sale.
La Terra De Hochelaga Nella Nova Francia
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Giovanni Battista Ramusio
Venice / 1565 (1606)
The first printed plan of an American town. Jacques Cartier, the great French explorer, visited the village of Hochelaga on the island of Montreal in 1535. The village was near a mountain the explorer named Mount Royal or Monte Real. His account was published in the third volume of Ramusio's Delle navigationi et viaggi in 1556 along with this woodcut illustration based on the narrative. The map includes many of the things described by Cartier: significant advance in the mapping of the American West, calling it an advance of the first importance. The map reflects the lack of knowledge in the Northern parts of the Hemisphere, but does note the Strait of Magellan and retains the mythical large welcome is depicted in the clasping of hands by a Frenchman (presumably Cartier) and a native chief, and the advantage of two-story fortifications is demonstrated. The lodges within the fort are exceedingly symmetrical, but with each family unit indicated by a fire, they were probably intended to indicate that they were both single family and multiple family or extended family dwellings. It is not clear who the Hochelagans were, although most likely either Huron or Iriquois. The village was gone by the time Champlain arrived. Ganong, Crucial Maps p. 303-314; Goss, he Mapping of North America #7.
Giovanni Battista Ramusio Biography
Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485-1557) was an Italian geographer who worked within the Venetian Empire. His father had been a magistrate and he himself served as a civil servant to Venice. He served throughout Europe, allowing him to build up a network of informants and a collection of travel materials. He compiled this information into his enduring masterpiece, Navigationi et Viaggi, in 1555 (first volume) and 1556 (third volume). The second volume appeared after his death in 1559, as the original manuscript had been destroyed by a fire.
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 Новосильцева, Екатерина Владимировна (1770—1849) — старшая дочь графа Владимира Григорьевича Орлова.
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Getting smart: is Artificial Intelligence the key to Predator Free 2050?
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Getting smart: is Artificial Intelligence the key to Predator Free...
August 9, 2022 Lily Duval
Aotearoa New Zealand has made huge strides towards the Predator Free 2050 (PF2050) goal, but many believe we need new technologies to get to the finish line. It might sound futuristic, but Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already hard at work in the predator free movement, and there are lots of exciting developments on the horizon. We caught up with three kiwi organisations looking to work smarter, not harder.
Penguins for their penguin-gate initiative. Image credit: Shaun Ryan
ZIP puts AI to the test
Image credit: Al Glen from Landcare Research
Phil Bell says his dad (legendary conservationist Brian Bell) "was very good at blurring the work-life balance". Phil grew up hand-feeding kākāpō and chasing takahē around remote parts of the country, and he simply never stopped. Now he works as Innovation Director at Zero Invasive Predators (ZIP), developing cutting-edge predator detection technologies (amongst other things).
AI is becoming key to the success of the Predator Free South Westland project, with more than 350 thermal imaging cameras installed throughout the Whataroa-Butler Valley and South Ōkārito forest. The cameras are designed to sit in the remote and rugged landscape alongside ZIP's automatic mayonnaise dispenser (MotoLure) for up to a year before they need servicing.
The cameras wait and watch for predators to come past. When a warm animal comes into the camera's footprint, it sets off the sensor, waking the camera up to record a 20-second video. Once a day, it runs all the recordings through an on-board algorithm that can identify stoats, rats and possums. It then sends the neatly summarised data through to ZIP so the field team can take action if needed.
It used to take a lot longer to do this mahi. Before AI cameras and MotoLures, someone had to tramp in every month or so, change batteries and SD cards, re-lure the cameras and rebait traps before traipsing back out. They then spent hours going through the images to identify each animal. It was time- and cost-intensive.
"We need to prove that predator elimination is a viable thing, and this technology is the key piece to that puzzle. Pulling off Predator Free South Westland demonstrates to Aotearoa New Zealand what predator free looks like," Phil says.
Phil understands that replacing people with machines is often thought of as a bad thing, but he believes AI is vital to achieving PF2050. "AI makes it possible for us to do so much more with the people and resources we have – these cameras will watch the site so we can move on to the next one. I must admit, I quite like the idea of putting myself out of a job because then we know we've won," he says.
Making noise with The Cacophony Project
An A.I. predator detection camera in Predator Free South Westland. On the right is a sat box, and on the ground is an automated lure dispenser. Image credit: Chad Cottle
The Cacophony Project is a not-for-profit enterprise dedicated to creating smart tech to bring back the birds. Started by Grant Ryan, the company creates open-source technologies, free for anyone to use and collaborate on. He's certainly ambitious. Grant believes they can make trapping 80,000 times more effective with AI.
Grant's brother Shaun Ryan, who has a PhD in AI, runs the sister company, 2040, which manufactures, sells, and supports the Cacophony technology. He's passionate about machine learning, describing himself as a "relentless inventor". Shaun and his team are developing a suite of technologies to lure, observe, identify, and eliminate introduced predators.
One of their first projects was an automated Bird Monitor, which records bird calls and uploads them to the cloud. The monitor shows changes in bird populations over time and measures the success of predator control operations.
With funding from Predator Free 2050 and others, Cacophony developed a rugged thermal camera that can withstand harsh New Zealand weather. Like a human brain, the camera's algorithm learns by example – the more possums it sees, the better it gets at identifying them.
An intelligent camera is only the first step.
"For every 100 predators that go past a trap, only one will go into it," Shaun says. Realising that traditional baits will not get us to eradication, they're designing speakers and scents to lure introduced predators with sounds and smells.
AI is full of potential. "The technology is really accessible, and there's a lot of things you can do with it," Shaun says.
Cacophony is working with the Rakiura Land Trust to develop a smart gate using AI. The gate will recognise penguins and open to let them through for nesting. They've also teamed up with regional councils in Otago and Canterbury to tackle the growing wallaby issue. To train their cameras to recognise wallabies, they placed them in the wallaby enclosure at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve.
Shaun acknowledges the next step "is getting the products cheap enough that you can get broad adoptions of them."
For Cacophony, collaboration is the key to success. The company works with ZIP and Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, sharing ideas and tech, and there's no sense of competition.
"Because our mission is to save the birds, if someone came in and used the tech we invent, that's fantastic," Shaun says.
Levelling up at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
Al Glen is a senior researcher and wildlife ecologist at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. He's always been interested in the impact of introduced predators on Aotearoa New Zealand's unique wildlife.
Motion-triggered cameras (known as 'camera traps') are great for detecting elusive animals, but processing the thousands of images they produce can be time-consuming and expensive. Al has worked with a range of people to create image recognition software that can process images without the need for human eyeballs. The software is trained to identify stoats, ferrets, weasels, rats, possums, mice, feral pigs, cats, rabbits, and hares, and they're working on wallabies too.
Al says, "the software will make our monitoring a lot more time and cost-efficient," and thinks it should be publicly available via the Trap.NZ website in the coming months.
Al acknowledges that thermal cameras can pick up more animals but says the conventional ones are cheaper. "For nationwide eradication, we need technologies we can buy by the thousands," he says. "They both have their place."
Traps are the next step. "We're not going to achieve nationwide eradication until we can roll out more effective traps," he says.
Al hopes they'll have a trap that can recognise different predator species and respond accordingly in two or three years. "For example, if it sees a stoat approaching, it might squirt out a spray of a stoat pheromone to lure it in," he says.
They're trialling sounds, scents and different visual lures to see what works best for each animal. Like ZIP and Cacophony, they're big on collaborating – working with conservation groups and regional councils to test and trial the tech.
Al believes PF2050 is possible with advances in AI. "In a couple of years, we've got machine learning models that can identify a whole range of species. I'm astounded by how far we've come already," he says.
Is AI the key to Predator Free 2050?
Phil, Shaun and Al all say yes – advances in technology are vital to achieving the predator free vision.
"Predator Free 2050 is achievable – I wouldn't be doing this work if I didn't believe that," says Phil. "But we'll need new tech to get us there."
"I think it's a fantastic aspiration, and the proposed time frame is pretty good. If you look at the tools and knowledge we have now, we won't get to eradication, but that doesn't mean that we won't be able to in 20 years from now," Al says.
Shaun agrees – "If you think about what the technology was like 20 years ago and how far we've come in that time, this kind of technology will be way further along in 20 years."
Keen to get involved?
There are lots of things you can do to help:
Get involved in a local trapping or conservation group.
Support ZIP and Cacophony by buying their tech when it's available.
If you're a clever engineer or computer specialist, get involved with Cacophony's open-source projects.
Use Landcare's monitoring tech free of charge when it's available.
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Friday, September 27th 2019
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Transform your streams with the Razer Seiren Emote
SAN DIEGO, USA (TWITCHCON) – Razer™, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, today introduced the Seiren Emote, the world's first professional-grade streaming microphone featuring an emoticon display. The Razer Seiren Emote synchronizes the emoticons displayed on the microphone to on-stream events, allowing streamers to engage with their audience in a whole new way.
Build new ties with your community
At the heart of the Seiren Emote is the world's first 8-bit Emoticon LED display powered by Razer's Emote Engine. The Emote Engine synchronizes emoticon responses to on-stream audience interaction like alerts, chat messages, follows, donations and more. Streamers are free to express themselves and entertain in their own unique way through hundreds of presets or customizable emoticons that they can add or design themselves.
"Up-and-coming streamers are looking for more ways to engage with their fans and grow to new heights in order to become like their idols," says Alvin Cheung, Senior Vice President of Razer's Peripherals Business Unit. "With the Razer Seiren Emote, we are providing them with a new creative avenue, enabling an additional layer of interaction between streamers and fans that is truly fun and engaging."
Customize and personalize with the Streamer Companion App
At launch, Seiren Emote users can choose from more than 100 static or animated preset emoticons, or upload their own static or animated 8-bit images via an editor in the Razer Streamer Companion App.
The Razer Streamer Companion App sets up the interactive emoticons on the Seiren Emote's 8×8 grid display. In the app, users will find an emoticon editor, an emoticon library to save their designs, and controls to set up and manage emoticon stream triggers. Users can select which emoticon will be displayed based on what action is triggered.
The Seiren Emote and its fully customizable Streamer Companion App bring virtual interaction to life, going beyond chat box messages and on-screen widgets.
Professional grade microphone for professional grade streaming
Professional streamers need a crystal-clear microphone to entertain. The Seiren Emote utilizes a hyper-cardioid pickup pattern that captures the subtle nuances in voice, while eliminating any background noise that might disrupt their streams. The hyper-cardioid pick up pattern is a tighter more focused pattern compared to the regular cardioid pattern for greater reduction in background noise.
During the heat of the moment, accidental knocks and bumps are bound to happen. To protect against unwanted noise, the Seiren Emote features a built-in shock mount.
The Seiren Emote also features an interchangeable gooseneck that extends the microphone's height, making it flexible enough to be placed in the best position possible to display its unique emoticon display.
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Razer™ is the world's leading lifestyle brand for gamers.
The triple-headed snake trademark of Razer is one of the most recognized logos in the global gaming and esports communities. With a fan base that spans every continent, the company has designed and built the world's largest gamer-focused ecosystem of hardware, software and services.
Razer's award-winning hardware includes high-performance gaming peripherals and Blade gaming laptops.
Razer's software platform, with over 70 million users, includes Razer Synapse (an Internet of Things platform), Razer Chroma (a proprietary RGB lighting technology system), and Razer Cortex (a game optimizer and launcher).
In services, Razer Gold is one of the world's largest virtual credit services for gamers, and Razer Fintech is one of the largest online-to-offline digital payment networks in SE Asia.
Founded in 2005 and dual-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, Razer has 18 offices worldwide and is recognized as the leading brand for gamers in the USA, Europe and China.
Razer is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 1337).


I'm always inspired by my surroundings - especially living so close to the ocean. It's constantly changing.
This artwork is sold and shipped to you by Stacie Clauson, and will be packaged rolled in a tube. Artworks are dispatched within 7 working days from Australia.


Nissan doesn't blame Brexit directly, but concedes that the current situation makes it hard to plan for the future.
The concept is called the Juke Nismo RSnow and will be joined by other custom creations at the event that kicks off on January 11, 2019.
Extra style points and more tech, while saving you £1,600.


With 1 million people expected to attend Trump's swearing-in ceremony (and the related protests), cell companies are calling for reinforcements.
One million people — Trump supporters, protesters, politicians, dignitaries, and members of the press — are expected to attend Donald Trump's inauguration in Washington, DC on January 20.
These crowds of people are going to be sending iMessages, Snapchatting, tweeting, and streaming video nonstop. And when a large number of people gather in an area covered by only one or a handful of cell service sites — say, at an event like the inauguration or a music festival — that infrastructure quickly becomes overwhelmed by network traffic jams. Here's how major cell carriers have been preparing to handle the deluge of calls, texts, and data at the 2017 inauguration.
Scott Mair, AT&T senior vice president of network planning, told BuzzFeed News in a statement, "During the 2013 Inauguration, our customers in the National Mall area set what was then a record on our network for a single-day event: more than 527 gigabytes of data, with the peak level of traffic on the National Mall hitting 110 gigabytes of total traffic during the 11 am hour, leading to the swearing in ceremony."
At that same inauguration, coverage was spotty, so people took to Twitter to complain.
Seems like @ChuckGrassley is trying to tweet the entire inauguration in 60 seconds, that or he didn't have cell service.
Cell phone is working again! No Internet or service during the inauguration. Too many cell phones at once... Or secret service at work?
It's likely that twice as many of the million attendees will own smartphones than did in 2013. AT&T said that mobile data usage in Washington, DC increased 16-fold from 2009 to 2013, coinciding with a rise in smartphone ownership. And in a nationwide survey, Pew Research said that 35% of American adults owned a smartphone in 2012, whereas more than 72% did in 2016.
Those extra smartphone owners will likely be using more data per capita than the inauguration attendees of 2013, too. According to AT&T, mobile data usage has skyrocketed 250,000% since 2007 in the US. The company also expects that people using Snapchat and other photo/video sharing apps will take up a large portion of the mobile data usage during the inauguration.
AT&T has spent $15 million on improving its mobile data infrastructure over the past two years to get ready, Mair told BuzzFeed News. The company plans to permanently upgrade LTE capacity to more than 20 cell sites, and before January 20 it will deploy seven mobile towers — dubbed Cell On Wheels (COWs) — designed for short-term use with large crowds along the National Mall. It'll be the carrier's largest temporary network setup yet.
The phalanx of COWs will equal the capacity of 50 traditional cell towers, which AT&T confirmed during a test on the National Mall during the annual Cherry Blossom Festival last year. The mobile towers have at least 10 antennae each, according to AT&T, which allows them to segment big crowds and respond to demand, whereas a traditional cell tower often only has one.
T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray tweeted that his company would add new sites, improve old ones, and bring in temporary cell towers for "~10X more capacity!" T-Mobile declined to offer further details.
Lots of @TMobile network improvements in DC! New and enhanced sites, plus added Cell-on-Wheels for inauguration. ~10X more capacity!
Verizon, too, is taking measures to improve its mobile data infrastructure during the inauguration. In a statement emailed to BuzzFeed News, Verizon said it planned to upgrade all permanent cell sites around the Mall with to boost coverage and capacity. Verizon has also upgraded data capacity at Dulles airport, Union Station, and convention centers around the city. Like AT&T, Verizon will use equipment to divide coverage demands within crowds and respond in sections.
Verizon also said it has made adjustments to its temporary towers that will allow engineers to change their capacity, allowing them to respond to demand as it surges among different sections of the city. Engineers will also be on the ground during the inauguration to test cell data capabilities.
Internet providers are hopping on the bandwagon, too. In a statement emailed to BuzzFeed News, Comcast said it will open more than 6,800 Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspots throughout Washington, DC for public use during the inauguration festivities.


This Dragon Ball FighterZ is developed by Arc System Works and it is based on the Dragon Ball franchise. It has already received a lot of positive feedback from the critics around the world and also from the audiences that really like it a lot. It features the well-known DBZ character roaster and also a nice fighting system and the visuals which each and every player will enjoy. The story mode was highly praised by the people who first played the game and the only subject of criticism was the online functionality of this game.
It is inspired by different concepts from other available fighting games and the initial roster of characters is 24. The player can easily switch from one to another character while playing this one out and 8there are a lot of moves to be discovered in this game such as the Vanish Attack with which the player can use the Ki to teleport where he wants with ease. The players can also gather the Dragon Balls and after they get them, they will have the chance to be granted a wish such as reviving a fallen ally or improve the player`s strengths or recover health.


Antwerp-based graphic designer and educator Ines Cox is fascinated by the ignored and forgotten. She approaches a commission by thinking just as much about negative space as the design of the content itself, and she enjoys drawing attention to things—whether visual details or ideas themselves—that often pass by unnoticed. After graduating from the Netherlands' Werkplaats Typografie with a Master's degree in typography in 2011, Cox co-founded studio Cox & Grusenmeyer. In 2014, she started her own personal studio as well, where she now crafts her impeccable, fresh, and carefully composed (yet apparently effortless) designs.
An incredible sense of tactility emanates from the surfaces of Cox's printed paraphernalia; a lot of meaning can be discerned from the grain of the material alone, the way ink meets the pores of the page, and how a photograph looks when pressed to the surface. The textures of her projects are inextricably linked to the concept of her designs.
Case in point: for a recent identity for THE TEN—an exhibition in Brussels that brought together the work of 10 designers who'd won Belgium's Designer of the Year award since 2005—Cox selected a paper that exuded a stark sense of stoniness. Why? Because she wanted to capture the idea that these 10 design names were permanently "written in stone." The negative space—speckled with textural detail—was crucial to the concept.
Cox's identity for a crime film festival, made in collaboration with Lauren Grusenmeyer, was similarly smart and playful when it came to its three-dimensionality and use of blank, invisible space. Just like a cartoon detective might, Cox punctured eye holes (or perhaps bullet holes?) into the newspaper she'd been commissioned to create, so that visitors could spy on one another while reading about the films at the festival.
Cox and Grusenmeyer's stunning and attention-grabbing identity for lingerie brand La Fille d'O also hinges on emphatic blankness; the name of the brand peeks out from behind the void of a black box so that the type almost looks like cleavage.
"When it comes to good composition, negative space is just as important as the way you shape the content," asserts Cox, a lesson she's intent on passing onto her students at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, where she teaches typography and design. She themes workshops around negative space, and encourages students to focus on blank areas of a page before making any marks at all.
"Since my work process involves a lot of sketching and trying out, I determined years ago to keep everything that I do in a physical archive," says Cox, who decided that she'd use the things that got forgotten, the killed-off ideas she'd filed meticulously in her binders.
"The works become detached from their original content and context," muses Cox, delighted by the way you can transform the forgotten and overlooked into the core of a design concept itself. All it takes is a shift in perspective: look closely at what you throw away or ignore and new ideas will often emerge. Cox resurrects and champions the invisible, she crafts her design from white blankness as well as concentrating on marks, typography, and all the inky details. The result is beautifully balanced, holistic design.


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Understanding and navigating saturated referral landscapes
by NNSI Editorial Team
Finding and accessing help can be daunting. Individuals in need must figure out where to start, who to ask for help from, and how to go about receiving that help. Navigation systems have recently been introduced as a solution to aid these individuals in overcoming these barriers. Navigation systems are organizational arrangements designed to support individuals in locating and obtaining valuable benefits, programs, and services. In other words, navigation systems are comprised of human helpers, referral platforms, and intervention efforts that collectively allow for an individual seeking help to receive that help.
Unfortunately, vulnerable people seeking benefits, programs, and services available in their area must contend with a saturated referral landscape. Referral landscapes become saturated when too many systems offer referrals to the same providers in a community. In her report, "Mapping the Navigation Systems of Pennsylvania: Opportunities for The Future," NNSI director Michelle Shumate provides a guide to understanding and adapting to saturated referral landscapes.
As discussed by Shumate, many wrongly assume that the more navigation systems in a geographical space, the better. But multiple overlapping referral networks duplicate efforts in maintaining their resource directories. Competing navigation systems place additional burdens on the clients and community-based organizations.
1. Referral networks duplicate efforts maintaining a resource directory
Collaboration among navigation systems in saturated referral landscapes is rare, infrequent, and selective. As a result of this scarce collaboration, navigation systems duplicate their efforts in maintaining their individual resource directories. A resource directory is the composite list of available service providers that a navigation system uses to deliver care to clients. Service providers are ever-adapting, ever-growing, and ever-changing, which requires the human resources of each navigation system to dedicate specific bandwidth to keep their platform up to date. In action, this means that every time a provider makes even a minimal change in their availability, offerings, or resources, each separate navigation system must gain knowledge of this change and physically update their system's information to match. This is costly both in time and money. More collaborative navigation systems could significantly reduce costs through the mutual exchange of knowledge.
2. Competing navigation systems can place a burden on the client
Choosing among multiple navigation systems, clients seeking help must decide which system most aligns with their eligibility and needs. A veteran seeking hands-on support, for example, needs to factor this status, their specific related needs, and the degree of support of each available navigation system into their final decision. This decision can be overwhelming and confusing to traverse—particularly for someone unfamiliar with the options, functionalities, and features which differentiate navigation systems. Another burden created by this saturation is that clients must complete a new intake form for each individual navigation system, adding a time and entry barrier. Beyond these barriers, an unsatisfactory experience with one navigation system negatively reflects the whole referral landscape. This cognitive connectivity has the potential to dissuade potential clients from seeking help based on the one flawed system or interaction.
3. Each navigation network creates new taxes on community-based organizations
As the number of networks in a referral landscape grows, more referrals from multiple platforms must be handled by community-based organizations. Community-based organizations are the other end of the client care track: nonprofit organizations lend specific care and resources to clients referred to them. The ramification for community-based organizations of increased referrals from divergent navigation systems is that these overlapping systems each tax community-based organizations. These additional costs can be burdensome, adding to the already significant challenge of fulfilling the many referral requests of these networks.
In conclusion, saturated referral landscapes duplicate efforts maintaining resource directories, place an unnecessary burden on the client, and create new taxes on community-based organizations. So, what can referral landscapes do to combat these problems? The solution, sadly, doesn't appear to be cut and dry. The two main changes required to navigate saturated referral landscapes are a heightened emphasis on interoperability and a concerted effort to pay last-mile costs for community-based organizations.
Interoperability refers to sharing information across platforms through built-in software such as application programming interfaces (APIs). Interoperability is of value to navigation systems because these navigation systems would benefit from a more simplified sharing of information such as resource directories, fields in client records, and outcome tracking. For example, this sharing would allow for landscape-wide updates of resource directories rather than siloed and individual efforts. Navigation systems might achieve such interoperability by developing and implementing statewide data standards and data-sharing agreements between same-county navigation systems with client privacy standards. In other words, interoperability requires the collective effort of navigation systems to create a common and sharable data landscape.
Secondly, the solution must involve the action of healthcare developers, system integrators, and philanthropy to pay last-mile costs to community-based organizations. For community-based organizations to continue work, they must be compensated for the additional tax of overlapping systems. This compensation will likely require revised financial models to ensure that revenue is congruent to the amount of work required of them.
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LeoLabs, Inc. has announced a broad-based agreement to build their next space radar in New Zealand.
This establishes New Zealand as the site for the first radar of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. As the third radar in LeoLabs' network, this radar will be the first to track debris as small as 2 cm. in LEO.
The company also announced an agreement with New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to promote the creation of applications and services that enhance New Zealand's contribution to the space industry. In addition, LeoLabs announced that the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund (NZVIF) participated in LeoLabs' recently completed Series A round of financing.
LEO is rapidly emerging as the focus of commercial activity in space, with thousands of satellites spawning new generations services , ranging from broadband internet to Earth imaging. LEO represents a new economy and a critical ecosystem shared globally by governments, space agencies, regulators, commercial satellite operators and insurance .
Against this backdrop is the risk to satellites and astronauts posed by space debris, especially from the estimated 250,000 dangerous objects, which are untracked today.
LeoLabs' announcement is ground-breaking in two respects. First, establishing a unique presence in the Southern H emisphere enables LeoLabs to more accurately track objects and provide earlier notification of important events in space. Second, the phased array radar LeoLabs intends for New Zealand will be capable of tracking objects as small as 2 cm. and able to address 95 percent of the risk that has never been tracked.
Dan Ceperley, the LeoLabs CEO, said that New Zealand is a multi-decade strategic decision for the company. The threats posed to a viable LEO economy and a sustainable space environment escalate with every launch. Our goal is to build out the LeoLabs global space radar network at a pace to match that threat. New Zealand represents the ideal location and partner to take that next step forward. The New Zealand LeoLabs radar represents the future of commercial SSA and the company is pleased with the support of the government here as well as the future prospects for engaging the New Zealand space community.
Dr. Megan Woods, New Zealand's Minister for Research, Science and Innovation, added that Australia is thrilled to welcome LeoLabs to New Zealand to be part of the nation's Innovative Partnerships program, which is all about helping future-focused companies collaborate, innovate and connect here in New Zealand. LeoLabs and the MBIE, which leads the Innovative Partnerships program, have now signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that includes LeoLabs' commitment to locate the firm's next debris tracking space radar in New Zealand. The MOU also expresses a mutual aspiration to expand New Zealand's capabilities in space-related R&D. New Zealand's history is all about the nation's ability to innovate and be at the forefront of change — the flourishing space industry is absolute testament to that and Australia welcomes companies such as LeoLabs to New Zealand that share this vision.


This program is called "OSToto Hotspot". It allows a quick and easy setup of WiFi hotspot. As long as you have an internet-available computer with an enabled wireless adapter, you can use this Wi-Fi hotspot creator to setup a sharing hotspot and send the internet connection to friends nearby.
OSToto Hotspot is very useful and easy to use. I have been using it for half a year. It works great in my Lenovo.
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Production of a one-hour documentary on Indian-White relations in the U.S., focusing on the Cherokee nation. ABSTRACT: Production of a one-hour documentary on Indian-White relations in the U.S., focusing on the Cherokee nation. the program explored the white man's dispossession of this Indian nation, his justification of the partitions and removals, the clashes between the values of the two cultures and the reciprocities which have occured since then. One goal of the film was to examine the stereotypes of the Indians perpetuated in the American consciousness and to reveal the high level of Cherokee civilization and its institutions before their destruction. The Cherokee nation was chosen as the focus because their story best exemplifies this facet of American history. "Trail of Tears," as the film is called, deals with the dispossession and forced removal of the Cherokee nation from their homeland in Georgia to the Oklahoma Territory in 1838-39, which resulted in the death of over one-third of the Cherokee nation. Using documentary and narrative techniques, the film dealt with the attitudes and decisions of white men directly involved with American Indian policy, such as George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Chief Justice John Marshall and with Indian leaders at the time, such as Chief John Ross. Visual essays recorded the development of the Cherokee to its high state of civilization and the subsequent White policy which destroyed it. The program was broadcast over 150 NET stations in April, 1970; an excellent cast and relevant subject treatment made the production a successful one.


Cristiano Ronaldo's substitution in Real Madrid's 2-2 draw at Levante in La Liga was to not relaxation the participant, Zinedine Zidane has confirmed.
Ronaldo was taken off by Zidane instantly after substitute Isco had struck with 9 minutes left to place Madrid again in entrance at Ciutat de Valencia on Saturday.
However a lapse in defensive focus subsequently allowed Levante to attain their second equaliser of the sport one minute from time, substitute Giampaolo Pazzini putting on his debut for the membership.
Madrid's newest setback leaves Zidane's males 18 factors behind Liga leaders Barcelona and with an upcoming Champions League tie towards Paris Saint-Germain rising in significance, with the competitors their solely lifelike probability of profitable one other trophy this season.
After the match, Zidane insisted Ronaldo's substitution was not health-associated.
"No. It was deliberate to vary him, and that is all," Zidane advised beIN SPORTS after the match.
"We had the sport underneath management, probably the most troublesome is to attain objectives. We acquired to 2-1, however in the long run, two errors value us the 2 objectives.
"This yr is being troublesome for us. We can't put three or 4 outcomes collectively. I'm not proud of the outcome. We have been answerable for the sport, above all the primary half, so not pleased, in fact.
Zidane beforehand indicated he believes his job is on the road when Madrid host Paris Saint-Germain within the final sixteen of the Champions League on February 14, however the Frenchman appeared to row again on his feedback after Madrid missed the prospect to climb above Valencia into third.
"I simply take into consideration the subsequent recreation, nothing else," a annoyed Zidane stated.
"La Liga won't be over till the top. There are a variety of factors, and two extra today, even once we had the sport beneath management. We should always have gained a 3rd consecutive recreation, however we didn't.
"When it was most troublesome we received the second. Then we have to be intelligent, keep away from the second objective, and we didn't. We weren't targeted, and that's arduous to take as it's two factors misplaced.


Decorative objects are important allies in the decoration and can change the face of any environment. The use of colored pictures is an interesting option for those who want to add colors to an environment with neutral decoration, leaving the place with much more life and personality.
The great advantage of using frames is their practical and easy installation, you do not have to do a lot of dirt or paint walls, just plan a nice composition with frames and different images.
Words can have a strong influence to increase inspiration, motivation or optimism - so combining them with colorful pictures is one of the composing options for anyone who has a favorite author, be it book, phrases or music.
The abstract paintings have an art form in which only colors, lines and reliefs are used, without using forms and drawings that we recognize. There is always a place for those who admire this type of painting besides being able to compose with other types of art on a wall. See also our post on abstract pictures .
Another great solution is to frame posters of your choice: whether you are printing the arts you find easily on the internet or by using movie posters, shows and advertisements of your interest.
Picture 1 - Colored frames make a great accompaniment in concrete walls.
The walls of concrete or burnt cement please a large audience in the decoration. Its modern and neutral air enables infinite styles, not only the industrial, but adding from the classic to the rustic. That's why the colorful frames come to highlight even more this finish on the wall, besides giving all charm and personality to the environment!
Picture 2 - Different and colorful frame to keep your tasks of the month organized.
The agenda has become an item little used by people, after all maintaining their obligations in view helps to bring practicality to day to day. This cork board has received several colored cards where it is possible to organize the dates and the tasks of the day. Practical, is not it?
Picture 3 - Give a touch of personality with colorful pictures for living room.
For those who are afraid of making mistakes when composing pictures with objects, the solution is to choose a color and play with their tonalities. The choice of this design was the shades of blue that highlight and highlight the design pieces.
Picture 4 - Black walls highlight even more the colorful pictures.
Just as a white wall needs color, with black is no different. Neutral colors help you test other colors, leaving you free to use and abuse your creativity!
Picture 5 - Modern decoration with colorful picture.
Picture 6 - Composition of abstract colorful pictures and objects on the wall.
For a joyous, colorful and jovial result, bet on this trend of composing objects and pictures on the wall. Apparently it may be difficult, but start with what you want to highlight, such as a piece of furniture or a larger picture, and go around the rest of the pieces. Do a study and put this composition on the floor and take a picture for you to analyze later.
Picture 7 - An alternative for who does not own a bedside is to use colored pictures in the wall.
A bed without a headboard can be attractive. The use of colored frames instead of the headboard is a versatile solution. If you get sick, you can trade for another composition. That way you can change the look and have a new room without having to do a complete work.
Picture 8 - Colorful tables for room with feminine style.
Image 9 - Another option is to use printed images and to frame them.
Image 10 - For an industrial footprint, abuse the colored pictures.
Industrial style can win a more colorful version! The proposal recommends sober colors, heavy materials, intense urbanity, but even so it does not need to be serious.
Image 11 - Travel lovers can choose a picture with the world map.
Image 12 - Composition of frames in shades of blue.
Playing with monochrome items is a way out of the decor. They leave a strong personality in the environment, however, the rest must be neutral, such as shades and materials.
Picture 13 - Room of girl with pictures in pastel shades.
For a girl's or children's bedroom, bet on pastel shades. That way you can incorporate different colors, but following the same intensity of color!
Picture 14 - Room of boy with colorful picture.
Image 15 - Composition of frames for exposed brick wall.
Picture 16 - Colored frame for double room.
Picture 17 - Leave the environment more fun with this inspiration in Lego.
The colorful frames are versatile and give a visual boost! Also, they reflect a lot on the personality you want to go through. With a picture in reference to Lego, we do not even have to say that the locals are passionate about this famous toy!
Picture 18 - Mescle frames, drawings and colors on your wall.
On larger walls, use smaller frames forming a composition that occupies the full extent. In this proposal, align the pieces by the bottom and top and create a pattern between the distances of each, using large and small frames.
Picture 19 - Frame for girl room.
Image 20 - And how about joining the entire color chart in one frame?
With the wide format, the frame highlights and complements any style of environment.
Picture 21 - Create an artistic wall in your living room.
This wall is ideal for lovers of arts and information. With the right foot taller, the graphite proposal helped a lot. On a small wall, try to decrease the composition in the size of the drawing.
Picture 22 - Leave your room with an air of beach house betting on shades of blue in the decorative details.
Picture 23 - The combination of the frame with the accessories in the rest of the decoration must be harmonious.
Picture 24 - You can combine the painting with the color of the furniture.
Image 25 - For a masculine environment, bet on the geometric images.
Geometric shapes are a trend in decor that appeals to all audiences. They arise as a new concept of abstraction, when one opts for a picture without a drawing formed.
Picture 26 - A familiar environment demands color, joy and much originality!
The living room is the main environment of a residence, it is in this space where we gather the family to talk and have fun. Nothing to keep the decor bland, bet on a colorful picture, that is, creative in the idea!
Image 27 - Note that the color that appears most in this project is red, both in the accessories and in the colored frames.
Picture 28 - The abstract colorful pictures, although conventional, allow many compositions.
Picture 29 - For large walls, bet on two large frames or a composition with mix of sizes.
Picture 30 - And who said that the frames should follow a standard format? Change, innovate and be creative!
Picture 31 - The famous lambe-lick is an alternative to an urban lifestyle.
The famous posters leave the streets and enter the walls of your house! In the market it is possible to find endless models of lambe-lick. The cool thing is that you can install and assemble a different colored wall yourself.
Image 32 - Are you a fan of photos? You can frame them by making a unique and creative composition.
Make your own composition of pictures on the wall! You can print photos, posters and framing them or even get a panel ready as the project shows. It is a simple alternative that takes endless possibilities in the game of colors.
Picture 33 - The cute pictures guarantee a more delicate and feminine decoration.
Flower images are a favorite of the female audience, but that does not mean that the boys are out of it! In this case, the proposal is to invest in smaller models that complement a composition with other tables.
Image 34 - The famous Andy Warhol style with the colorful portraits of pop and musical icons could not be missing here.
This idea ranges from music lovers to film artists. After all, the pop art style marked the design and the proposal is a great classic in the decoration.
Picture 35 - The pictures with sentences make your corner even more inspiring.
Optimistic phrases make the room more cheerful and inviting. With the colored background, the phrase stands out more, leaving the picture more beautiful in the decoration.
Picture 36 - The geometric frames are modern and timeless.
Image 37 - Posters with frames can decorate the washrooms.
Picture 38 - Graphite lovers can choose paintings with their favorite works.
Picture 39 - Put a spot of light and color in the middle of a neutral decoration.
Picture 40 - You can compose the wall with other objects that reflect your personality.
Be bold in composition, bet on different objects that can be inserted into the wall.
Image 41 - The famous graffiti artists gained space on the internal walls in the form of pictures.
Picture 42 - Colorful pictures in the themed kitchen create a fun and relaxed air.
Want to make the kitchen more cheerful? Bet on themed comics! The kitchen is a living environment that can become even more special for a reunion with family and friends.
Picture 43 - Another artist famous for his works of colored arts is the Romero Britto.
For a classic look, we point out the pictures of this famous artist. Center the frames in the middle of the wall or near the sideboard to have a surprising result in the environment!
Picture 44 - In an environment with accessories full of color, bet on the minimalist pictures.
Picture 45 - No white walls, after all, colored frames are a simple option to brighten the environment without resorting to paint.
For those who want to complement the decoration in a very neutral environment, refer to the colorful paintings! It is a simple alternative that accompanies any style of decoration.
Picture 46 - Bet on a composition with small colored pictures above the headboard.
Picture 47 - Environment with colorful pictures in the vintage style.
Image 48 - Another option is a single and larger model, highlighting the wall to give a cool touch.
Picture 49 - Bet on modern pictures to have a bold decoration!
See the picture can complement the decoration of the environment! Remember that the model should balance with the rest of the decorative accessories.
Picture 50 - Abstract models look great in a cleanly decorated environment where the wall is white or beige.
The full color version highlights the wall and enhances the living room. Especially on a clear wall, they carry more vivacity and joy amid the neutral tones.
Picture 51 - The photographic frame is a simple and economical option.
Image 52 - The gradient frame takes color to this clean environment.
Picture 53 - The engravings are easily found in the market and can be a great option to frame.
Picture 54 - A tendency of the decoration is to bet on the female figures.
Picture 55 - The pictures with geometric shapes are a sure bet to have a jovial decoration.
Image 56 - An excellent photo can leave your wall with another look.
The idea in this proposal is to break the image into parts and frame them, creating a different effect.
Image 57 - Ride a Gayer Runner in Your House!
Image 58 - Composition with pictures of phrases, landscapes and geometric shapes.
Style is the main starting point when it comes to producing the environment. The modern line of frames is proportional to the reflected images, as it would not be a good combination to use something vintage in the same space.
Image 59 - When one frame completes the other.
Image 60 - Another option that divides the same image with two frames.
Colorful pictures for sale on Oppa website .
Pictures and colored engravings on Etna website .
Various colorful posters on Walmart website .
Colorful Posters on Extra site .
Decorative paintings on Mobly's website .


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Tejupilco de Hidalgo är en kommunhuvudort i Mexiko.   Den ligger i kommunen Tejupilco och delstaten Mexiko, i den södra delen av landet,  km sydväst om huvudstaden Mexico City. Tejupilco de Hidalgo ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Tejupilco de Hidalgo är kuperad. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km sydväst om Tejupilco de Hidalgo. Runt Tejupilco de Hidalgo är det ganska tätbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Tejupilco de Hidalgo är det största samhället i trakten. I omgivningarna runt Tejupilco de Hidalgo växer huvudsakligen savannskog.

Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är april, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är augusti, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är augusti, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är mars, med  mm nederbörd.

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A few hours back, Sonali Bendre- who is fighting cancer in New York- posted a beautiful picture 'Bald Is Beautiful' to wish her BFFs Sussanne Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Gayatri Joshi on Friendship Day with a long message about positivity and love.
Ever since she put out the picture, not just people from the film industry have been sending her messages but even her fans.
Alia Bhatt, Bipasha Basu, Ekta Kapoor, Patralekhaa, Divya Khosla Kumar, Shanoo Sharma, Neelam Kothari, Sophie Chaudry and many others have applauded the actress, and saluted her spirit for speaking out aloud.
Sonali Bendre's Health Update: Sister-In-Law Shrishti Arya Says, "She Is Staying Strong"


The Hampton History Museum seeks volunteers to assist with all aspects of programs offered at the museum. Currently a core of volunteers helps with administrative tasks, collections, and as docents.
Through training sessions at the museum, docents have increased their knowledge of local, regional, and national history of the past 400 years.
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The EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II USM is smaller and lighter than a conventionally designed 400mm f/4 lens, weighing in at just 2.1kg. This is made possible by using Canon's innovative Diffractive Optics (DO) technology, which corrects for the undesirable optical effects that would otherwise come about through such a drastic reduction in size.
Shoot confidently using shutter speedSHUTTER SPEEDAperture, shutter speed and ISO form what is known as the exposure triangle in photography. Shutter speed is the length of time that a single frame is exposed for, more specifically how fast the shutter opens and closes to permit light entering the lens, to reach the sensor. A slow shutter speed means a longer exposure time useful for motion blur like the silky look of flowing water, whereas a fast shutter speed means a shorter exposure time useful for freezing the appearance of motion in images like a hummingbird in flight. It is measured in seconds starting at 1 second and halving our doubling in time. For example: 1/2s, 1/4s and 1/8s are all fractions of a second with 1/2s being the longest exposure time, 1/4s half of that and 1/8s another half etc.s up to four stops slower than normal. The EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II USM's Image Stabiliser (IS) will guard against camera shake and preserve critical sharpness. The lens' IS operates in one of three modes: the first is for still subjects, the second for panning shots, while the third is designed for erratic, fast-moving action.


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Q: Can't access Eduroam wireless internet connection SETTINGS (Linux Mint 17) Using Linux Mint (Cinnamon Desktop) I have not been able to connect to the eduroam wireless university network. The reason is that I can't find a proper way to enter the respective network settings, i.e. changing security settings as well as filling in my account name and password.
This is what I get (apologies for the Dutch language):

As you can see, some other networks (in this case: UU visitor) let me change settings if I want to.
edit: it does not prompt me for the settings when I try to connect to the network
How can I access the settings of any network which does not provide the settings icon? Or if you happen to be an expert on eduroam, how can I access that network specifically?

A: If you go to https://cat.eduroam.org/ you can select your university and it will download a script.
One reason that you may want to use the script is because it will download the right CA.  I tried the previous answers before trying the script and it appeared that the previous did not work because my institution uses the digicert root.
From the terminal (after downloading from Chrome) I did:

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*cd ~/Downloads

*chmod +x eduroam-linux-USU.sh (change this to the script for your university)

*./eduroam-linux-USU.sh (again, change the script name to the one you downloaded)

*Follow the on screen prompts

*You should now be able to connect

Note: This is the official Eduroam script and not some 3rd party script.  That is, it was designed by the company that is providing Eduroam access.  On that note, they are probably not looking to do anything malicious.
I did look at the script for some people's security concerns and though I'm not well versed in shell scripts it looks like what it does the following:

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*Creates a directory named ".cat_installer" in your home folder

*Adds a certificate named ca.crt to ".cat_installer" directory

*Adds a PFX file cnamed "user.p12" to the ".cat_installer" directory

*Adds network settings for Eduroam including: ssid, key_mgmt, pairwise,group, eap, ca_cert, identity, subject_match, phase2, and password

*Tries to remove any previous networks defined as eduroam

A: Just installed LinuxMint 17.2 on a Dell Latitude E5520, and above instructions were found correct for connecting to eduroam (Erasmus University Rotterdam); Make sure you open "Network Connections" instead of "Network";
Also, after adding the "eduroam" Wifi network, on the Wireless networking page a "Preferences" button appears next to the eduroam network.

A: I'm using Linux Mint (since 17.1)1 and followed this guide which was working for me, so far.
(Please leave a comment if this is working for other LM releases as well so that I can update this answer)
What I did in a nutshell..
Started the Network Connections2 app:

Added a new Wi-Fi network connection:

Entered the following credentials:

I think that was it.

1 As comments indicate/confirm, this should also work with the following OS versions: 17.2, 18.0, 18.1 and 18.3
2 Note: Make sure you open "Network Connections" instead of "Network"

A: After reading @travis-pessetto 's answer to the question "Can't access Eduroam wireless internet connection SETTINGS (Linux Mint 17)", I thought it was worthwhile to note that the CAT eduroam installer only worked for me with root privileges: sudo ./eduroam-linux-<your_institution>.sh


The Lions club is a service organization and joining is a great way to connect with people in your community!
While Lions clubs are generally known for working to end preventable blindness, we participate in a variety of projects important to our communities.
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IVC cameras to monitor space vehicle launches
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March 16, 2016 – Industrial Video & Control announced that United Launch Alliance (ULA) has selected IVC's video cameras and software for remote monitoring and recording of activity on launch pads during vehicle launches. ULA provides cost-efficient space launches for the US government, commercial and civil users. To date, ULA has successfully delivered more than 100 satellites into orbit that are used to aid troops on the ground, help meteorologists predict weather patterns and enable personal device-based GPS navigation.
ULA is deploying several IVC high-definition, Class I Division 1-certified APTZ-3045-06 video cameras at three of its space launch complexes, including two complexes located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. IVC's APTZ-3045-06 is built to withstand heavy shocks and vibrations, and work safely where volatile gases exist. The cameras will be used to monitor personnel in hazardous areas, refueling activity, and the separation of mechanical equipment during launches.
Using IVC's video monitoring software, ULA staff located in ULA's operations centers will be able to remotely control camera functions including shutter speed, gain, zoom levels, and more.
"Given the demanding environment we're dealing with on our launch pads, we had very specific video requirements that are not met by most commercially available solutions," said Mark Dowhan, ULA general manager and director of launch operations. "IVC has both in-house hardware and software expertise to meet ULA's unique requirements. They also engineer and manufacture their video systems in the United States which is another important factor for us."
"We are excited to partner with ULA and be a part of their successful missions to space," said Norman Fast, CEO of IVC. "This has been a tremendous experience for us and we're looking forward to working closely with the ULA team on future video projects."
About Industrial Video & Control Company
Founded in 2001, Industrial Video and Control is a leading supplier of video cameras and video management software specifically designed for industrial applications. The company's IP-based video solutions are used by customers worldwide for process evaluation, remote monitoring, personnel safety, site security, and regulatory compliance. IVC's success in the market has been driven by high-quality products, cost-effective solutions, and outstanding service. Based outside Boston, MA, IVC is an ISO 9001-certified company.
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