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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
also known as "T3," "T3: Rise of the Machines," "Terminator 3: La rebelión de las máquinas," "Terminator 3 - Le soulèvement des machines," "Terminator 3 - Rebellion der Maschinen," See more »
"Терминатор-3: Восстание машин," "Extreminador Implacável 3 - Ascensão das Máquinas," "O Exterminador do Futuro 3 - A Rebelião das Máquinas," "Terminátor 3. - A gépek lázadása," "Terminátor 3: Vzbura strojov," "Terminátor 3: Vzpoura stroju," "Terminaator 3: Masinate mäss," "Terminatör 3 - Makinelerin yükselisi," "Terminator 3 - Ustanak masina," "Terminator 3: Bunt maszyn," "Terminator 3: Koneiden kapina," "Terminator 3: La guerre des machines," "Terminator 3: Le macchine ribelli," "Terminator 3: Vstaja strojev"
MPA Rating: for strong sci-fi violence and action, and for language and brief nudity.
Reviewed by: Jay Levitz
Moral Rating:
Very Offensive
Moviemaking Quality:
Primary Audience:
Teens Adults
Sci-Fi Action, Adventure Thriller Sequel
1 hr. 49 min.
USA Release:
July 2, 2003 (wide)
Relevant Issues
"The Terminator" series paints a rather bleak picture of the future of mankind. What's the truth? Is there HOPE for humanity? Answer
Death in the Bible
Final judgment
VIOLENCE—How does viewing violence in movies affect families? Answer
CHANGE THE WORLD—A single man or woman can help change the world. Read about some who did with faith and God's help…
Jesus Christ, Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Moses, and David
Featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl as John Connor, Kristanna Loken, Claire Danes, See all »
David Andrews, Mark Famiglietti, Earl Boen, Moira Harris, Chopper Bernet, Chris Lawford, Carolyn Hennesy, Jay Acovone, M.C. Gainey, Susan Merson, Elizabeth Morehead, Jimmy Snyder, Billy Lucas, Brian Sites, Alana Curry, Larry McCormick, Robert Alonzo, Michael Papajohn, Tim Dowling, Jon Foster, Mark Hicks, Kim Robillard, Matt Gerald, William O'Leary, Rick Zieff, Rebecca Tilney, Chris Hardwick, Helen Eigenberg, Kiki Gorton, Walter von Huene, Jerry Katell, George A. Sack Jr.
Director Jonathan Mostow
Producer C-2 Pictures, Intermedia Films, IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 3. Produktions KG, Mostow/Lieberman Productions, Andrew G. Vajna, Mario Kassar, Joel B. Michaels, Colin Wilson, Moritz Borman, Guy East, Nigel Sinclair
Distributor Warner Bros.
Rooting for robots
Terminator 3 is thus named, as it's the third in a series of highly successful action films, the first produced in the '80s, the second in the '90s, and now comes the third in what looks to be an even longer saga. In each film, lone representatives from the future, one sent to murder, the other sent to save, wage war over the life of John Connor. In The Terminator, John was not yet born, in "T2: Judgment Day" he was an adolescent, and, in this installment, he's a young adult getting ready to fulfill his Savior-like destiny.
All three films have had high production values, mixing amazing stunts and explosions with a story of desperate survival against seemingly invinsible machine-enemies (the Terminator robots from the future). All three are rated R for extreme violence, continuous profanity, and some nudity (non-sexual in the case of "T3").
What is new in "T3" is its director, Jonathan Mostow (U571, Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers), replacing the series creator James Cameron (Titanic, Pirhana 2). Plus, this time Arnold Schwarzenegger's Good Terminator is pitted against a Female-Disguised(!) Terminator killer. Maybe the filmmakers were expecting laughter when Arnie smashes a urinal over his female enemy's head? Or when he plunges her head into a toilet? Or… you get the idea.
If you feel entertained watching teenagers being shot to death point-blank in their homes and fast food restaurants; if you get your kicks watching countless cars and their drivers colliding, flipping, and exploding; if you've ever dreamed of slaughtering a roomful of office workers with a machine gun, then maybe "T3" is your film of choice. To learn more about the effects of violence on viewers, click here.
If honest and thoughtful character counts in the heroes you're asked to root for; if you enjoy a good story that is not simply "Hero Runs From, Fights, and Runs More From Evil Woman Robot" for nearly two straight hours; if you have a brain in your head, then sprint away, don't walk, from any date, group, or impulse that tries to guide you into seeing "T3". This film is not "just action." It's pointless mayhem dressed up as an apocalyptic warning and, as such, a waste of your time, money, and Hollywood's imagination.
Please don't send a message with your ticket-purchase that you're craving more of the same drivel.
"T3" pictures human beings as victims of their own computers—unable to harness their technology from becoming "self-aware" and, therefore, at war with men. To learn more about the moment when humans themselves became "self-aware" and began their own war against a different kind of adversary, click here.
And if you're still itching for some action, go rent "The Right Stuff", a great American epic about the beginning of our space program, when men pushed machines to their limits and inspired a generation. (Although, beware that this PG-rated film has some objectionable profanity and minor sexual references.)
See list of Relevant Issues—questions-and-answers.
Positive—This movie was pretty good, better than the new Matrix. To bring light to the murders at the beginning of the film, the bad robot is sent from the future to assassinate future leaders of the resistance. The Terminator is sent to protect Connor and the woman because they are the head of the future resistance against the machines. This film is very violent, but except for the detective cab scene, it is not graphic, but the violence deserves an R rating.
There is some strong profanity, but it is not excessive like Training Day. The ending is unforgettable, shocking, and original, it breaks the "good guys win and everyone lives happily ever after" trend in other blockbusters. This is not a movie to take the kids though(some irresponsible parents the theater I went to, brought their kids). But think about this, the people who say senseless violence in fiction is morally wrong is somehow justifying a real senseless war with violence in real life. Christ is looking down on liberal Hollywood AND a conservative administration.
My Ratings: [Very Offensive / 5]
Tyler, age 20
I thought this was a very welcome addition to the Terminator franchise. On the surface, one might not think this is a smart film, but if you dig a little deeper this is a very thought provoking, smart and tight film that breathes new life into the Terminator franchise. The violence is on par or a tad less than its predecessor "T2: Judgment Day." There is only one very graphic scene that takes place in a detective car. But other than that it's typical amounts of violence as in any other summer action flick.
If you liked the Terminator films then this is a must see. But I must warn those who are true fanboys of the first 2 Terminator films, this outing is different in tone because it is directed by a different director who has taken the series into a different direction. So don't try to compare it to the previous Terminator's but judge it on its own merits and what it brings to the franchise.
Luis Cruz, age 20
Positive—I'd like to offer a different perspective on the film and its message. No matter how hard he tries, John Connor cannot change the future. He can postpone it, but he must face what is going to happen. Aren't we also powerless in our lives, despite our best efforts, to change our own future through our willforce? Doesn't Christ have to do it for us through his free gift? I actually found this film refreshing in that humans are not all powerful and able to handle everything. There are some things that are beyond human ability, just as there are in real life. While there is a high body count, it is due to the evil terminatrix. Isn't that what we expect of evil? I am more concerned when I go to movies where you are made to feel sympathetic to the "good" character, then they do an unexpected sin as part of the story that is viewed as fine. To me this is far more destructive than evil acting evil. There was no pro-homosexuality or anti-Christian messages or positive comments on sinful lifestyles. The movie was strictly an escapist action movie and should be viewed in that way. If you enjoy these movies, then you'll enjoy Terminator 3.
My Ratings: [Average / 4]
Bill Bagot, age 37
Positive—Great effects. Don't read this if you don't want to know the ending. Really the movie left little hope for man kind. Of course, their definition of Judgment Day is a nuclear war that leaves machines in command, unlike the biblical Judgment Day when good triumphs. The thought of Judgment Day being postponed, but eventually coming anyway, was interesting. The moral decay and denial of God in our society rapidly increasing, reminds me that Jesus said the end would be like this when He comes. I hope that our prayers, preaching of the Gospel and actions can postpone this divine Judgment day for a few more to enter into the kingdom.
Rick, age 29
Positive—I don't know why everyone is so hard on this movie. I thought it was great. Not too violent compared to the last two or as intense. There was only a minor amount of language and nudity was pretty low (although they could have done better) The plot is a little inconsistant since the saga was supposed to end in Terminator 2 but I think they did a pretty good job covering up and making it fit. Maybe the rest that wasn't explained here will be in the next one (like how the terminators came back after the chips were terminated in the last one). So it wasn't as good as the first two but oh well, still worth seeing.
Chris, age 19
Neutral—Action-packed and filled with excellent special effects. Lots of amusing one-liners. Turn your brain off,however, when you purchase your ticket as there are numerous inconsistancies in the storyline. Although there is a lot of violence, the director used surprising restraint in limiting the amount of graphic violence on the screen. I didn't notice a lot of profanity, and the nudity was minimal. It was worth seeing at the theatre for the special effects, but watch the matinee.
Eric, age 35
Neutral—This movie has its good and bad points. The bad points are the obvious shots of bare rear-ends of both robots in the film and the profanity in the film. Other than that, it's a pretty good, intense action flick with a message behind it. Like the title character says, we must realize what our mission in life is and we must realize that we do have a purpose and we must fulfill that purpose. As Christians, our purpose is to serve God in the way that we were designed.
Shannon Hammell, age 21
Negative—The movie didn't really put forth a "good" guys vs "bad" guys type of situation. We had trouble understanding the killings early in the movie, it was never really explained why it was being done. Also the character of the bad terminator being dressed as a high class women did not come off well at all. It was hard to feel anything about her one way or another. It was just not believable, plus she brought really nothing new in the way of an advanced terminator model (liquid metal,etc), but more or less reflected a women in the way she did things, even though she was just a non-human terminator underneath. There was no spark of love or much in the way of feelings between John Connor and his future wife. It just never seemed to get past the animosity between the two.
It was also hard to have any feeling for the people who were killed(like reading of a bus crash in India that kill 50 people)it just seemed so mindless that you didn't care one way or another, you never felt any sympathy like in the other films(respect for cops,etc) It was hard to develop any feelings for any of the characters, a real lack of character development from the beginning to the end of the movie. The action scenes were so-so compared to the(the MAC truck chase scene)the other movies. As a christian there was little if any hope offered for the human race. There was little sympathy to be felt, little compassion, no mercy offered.
I would not recommend this movie as it has not much to offer new or innovative as an action movie and from a christian viewpoint little if anything good can be derived or any deep thinking about God and his Kingdom be brought forth.
Joe and Martha, age 50's
Comments from young people
Positive—First of all, don't see this movie until you have seen the first two in the trilogy (maybe an edited version of T1 would be best). You can't enjoy the movie quite as much without knowing the "terminator feel." I went to the theater expecting a fairly good movie, because, in spite of some objectionable material, I enjoyed the first two. I was not disappointed with "T3". The movie, although violent in many places, kept gore to limited amounts. Swearing, also, was limited to a good degree. And, in the minuscule amount of nudity present, the director was kind enough to use clever methods of keeping the actors partly (and importantly) covered.
It's rated R, they didn't have to keep it that clean. I'm very glad they did. I would be happy if this was the last one… not because of any poor quality in the movie making, but because it came to such a good conclusion. The plot was good, the storyline twists were great. No, this isn't a movie to take little kids to see. No, it doesn't always have the greatest morals. But it is (in itself) an honest movie. Honest that people are people, who have emotions, and who make mistakes. And, it is honest about the fact that there is evil out there, and denying evil's right to be in any movie (or books) is not appropriate. The movie doesn't glorify war and violence, as some might say… the whole storyline of the three Terminator movies is, in fact, people working towards ending the violence. And that's a pretty good thing to work towards.
Tim Rauscher, age 18
Positive—Terminator 3 was a great movie. I thought that the special effects were great. There is some strong violence in terminator 3 (more than terminator 2). Some profanity is present, although it is tame for an R-rated movie. Also, there is brief side nudity of the butt. I loved this movie though and would recommend this for anyone who has seen any other of the terminator movies or anyone who enjoys a great action film. No one under the age of 14 should see this movie though due to its violent content and some bad language.
Jordan, age 15
Positive—I thought that this movie was very enjoyable. And no, I do not get my kicks watching teenagers getting shot point-blank in their homes. Those particular scenes lasted maybe thirty seconds, combined, and were not overdone. And the killings were explained in the movie, and they made sense.
The reason the main bad guy (err… girl) was a girl, was that there hadn't been a bad girl in a Terminator movie before. I have read interviews where the director said the same thing. Not because the audience would laugh at her getting beat up by Arnold, or her beating up Arnold.
Yes, the movie had a lot of action, but it didn't seem excessive, like the Matrix: Reloaded. True, it was a "Hero Runs From, Fights, and Runs More From Evil Woman Robot"-type plot, but hasn't that been what all the other Terminators have been like? Shake your head yes. The movie was very entertaining, and I do recommend it to people (not young people).
Movie Critics
…pointless and mind-numbing…
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
…Extreme caution… (plus) plot and character problems…
…Heavy blood/gore …Heavy Sex/Nudity …Heavy profanity …Extreme violence…
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…It's loud, it's brutal…
Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
…stunts steal the show…
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
…A worthy and welcome addition to the franchise…
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My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.


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Roughing It (1872) recounts his early adventures as a miner and journalist; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) celebrates boyhood in a town on the Mississippi River; A Tramp Abroad (1880) describes a walking trip through the Black Forest of Germany and the Swiss Alps; The Prince and the Pauper (1882), a children's book, focuses on switched identities in Tudor England; Life on the Mississippi (1883) combines an autobiographical account of his experiences as a essays by mark twain river pilot with a visit to the Mississippi nearly two decades after he left it; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) satirizes oppression in feudal England (see Feudalism). 1014pp. Subsequently he worked as a printer in Keokuk, Iowa; New York City; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and other cities. Boards are strong and binding is tight. "Realism, Romanticism, and Politics in Mark Twain. In 1865 Twain reworked a tale he had heard in the California gold fields, and within months the author and the story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," had become national sensations. Hardcover. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling. He wrote of these travels in The Innocents research paper on internet copyrights Abroad (1869), a book exaggerating those aspects of European culture that phd thesis criminal law impress American tourists. The book is the story of the title character, known as Huck, a boy who flees his father by rafting down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave, Jim. In 1870 he married Olivia Langdon. Web. Tz's book, 2016 mark twain's america, louis budd, 2010 as g. 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Mark Twain, through a heavy dose of satire, irony, and a not-so-subtle attempt at the scientific method, provides readers with an effective, but flawed, argument as to why humans are the lowest of animals in his essay The Damned Human Race. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), the sequel to Tom Sawyer, is considered Twain's masterpiece. Original black bendable leatherette boards with gilt signature on cover and gilt lettering and decorations along spine; light rubbing along edges. There is a clear lack of ethical appeal, or ethos, in Twain's essay because of the fact that he is writing this in an official scientific capacity, though he is clearly not a scientist. Additional photos available upon request. Not ex-library. Much of Twain's best work was written in the 1870s and 1880s in Hartford or during the summers at Quarry Farm, near Elmira, New York. F. Gilt top edge. Works Cited Byrne, William robert frost research paper F. 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No dust jacket. N. Twain provides several sound reasons for stating that humans are worse than animals, all conveyed in an effective manner. Book Condition: Very Good. Scattered illustrations. (1999): 16. There he received a public school education. Book Condition: Near Fine. Collier & Son, 1928. He sets himself apart in his own country, under his own flag, and sneers at the other nations, and keeps multitudinous essays by mark twain uniformed assassins on hand at heavy expense to grab slices of other people's countries, and keep them from grabbing slices of his. " Humanitas 12. Item Description: P. Decorative endpapers. Katz's book the free delivery on mark twain's autobiography, she saw critical essays by mark twain wrote short story mark twain offers. And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for the universal brotherhood of man, with his mouth. 15 Jan 2014. 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Sometime ago I read an article about Afterschooling. The article was written by a mom-teacher and was basically for parents whose children were in the public school system. The premise was that if your school district was high performing then you could Afterschool in the summer to keep kids sharp. If your school district was poorly performing then you would use it to make sure your children were getting an education and maintaining grade level standards. If your child was gifted then Afterschooling would be helpful because their needs would be met which often doesn't happen in the regular classroom.
What interested me was what constituted Afterschooling and I think it has great application for home schooling parents. This teacher-mom had some great ideas for extending learning all through the day.
Lets face it, many of you worry about your efforts and just want to feel confident that you are doing a good job but aren't sure what to do when you aren't having formal "school time". Seasoned home schoolers know that just living life as a family every day is the curriculum but for those who are newer and still trying to sort it out here are some ideas to get you going. These wonderful ideas are from the article that I read. I think you'll find them helpful.
Carschooling Ideas– Listen to books on tape in the car as you run errands or take trips. You will be amazed at how many books you can "read" in a year by taking advantage of car time. Don't worry too much about "age appropriate" if you have multiple ages. Three year olds like listening to Ramona the Brave as well as eight year olds and twelve year olds don't really mind listening to The Indian in the Cupboard. You will also find that your whole family will listen to classics t hat are above "grade level" whether they understand or not. It just becomes a "way of being" for your family and you will be amazed at what younger children will pick up from books their older siblings are listening to and what all your children will pick up from books you are listening to.
Don't just stick with fiction. Try some history, math, spelling, music and so forth.
There are so many options available at your public library.
• The Story of the World Volume 1 by Susan Wise Bauer – There are some critics of this series but if listened to as a work of historical fiction it works well.
• Beethoven Lives Upstairs by Barbara Nichol – The CD features many of Ludwig van Beethoven's most popular compositions interspersed with the fictional story of a little boy who lives downstairs from the composer.
• Mr. Bach Comes to Call by Martin Lavut Karen/Lavut – This CD expresses very clearly the image of Johann Sebastian Bach coming from a large musical family, being a hard worker and a prolific composer. It also highlights how so many things were different in the olden days; clothing, parenting, women's rights, large families etc. Did you know that Bach had twenty children, but only ten lived?
• Greek Myths as Told by Jim Weiss – It tells about some of the labors of Hercules but in a kid friendly way. Instead of Hercules doing penance for killing his six sons, he "did something bad to another man".
• Sherlock Holmes for Children as told by Jim Weiss – Greathall Productions Nothing is too scary, too long, or inappropriate for children.
• You can also find cds on math, history, grammar, etc. Lots of great stuff out there.
Read Alouds – Imagine that! You have all heard this many times. Read as a family. Some families read for 30 minutes after dinner, while still sitting at the table. Then they all do the dishes. Other families read for 30 minutes or more first thing in the morning and others read at bedtime. They read scriptures and classics. It doesn't matter when you read just pick a time and then be consistent! Use classics and read as a family. Make it a tradition and not a haphazard occurrence.
The Closet – Many families use the Closet as part of their Family Learning Time (school). However, this is an amazing tool that can be used on its own, later in the day. (But not for both!) You could use it as a family learning/gathering tool in the evening. Imagine doing science, history or math, art, genealogy as a family for fun in the evening!!
Morning Message – Write a daily Morning Message on a little white board while your kids eat breakfast. It is a great way to teach phonics, reading, writing and punctuation.
school time just for the fun of it. Go to the store and buy a whole bunch of paper and special art supplies. Put them in a big box or bag, or your Closet. Staple together a whole bunch of homemade blank books. Let your kids know they can now make their own books!!
Give your child all the help they need. The child is the author and illustrator, but you are the secretary.
Help them construct sentences that they will be able to read 95% themselves. Keep these special books in a special place to be read to grandparents, younger siblings, and at any quiet time.
Computer Time – Some parents root for the computer and other don't want their kids anywhere near it. You decide what works for you but there are many programs FREE on the internet that just plain make learning FUN!! You can buy tons of other software programs that kids like. Look for quality, where the child does the learning and the computer designer isn't having all the fun. Set strict parameters that you are comfortable with and then be consistent.
I loved this idea I found on a mom-teacher blog.
Studies have shown that the more words on a page your child is exposed to and tries to read himself, the better his reading level abilities will be. So give your children an opportunity to look at books and read what they can themselves. If your home gets out of sorts, if someone is bored or can't figure out what to do send them to DEAR Time.
Set up a cozy reading corner somewhere in your house, and stock it with a box or basket of books you know are at an easy reading level for your child. You could even let your child munch on crackers or other snacks, while they read. Set the timer at 10 minutes and slowly build up to 30 minutes.
There are many ways to help your children use time wisely and still be kids, without nagging or cajoling. Be creative in your Afterschooling efforts.
What are some fun and simple things that you do in your home to help your kids learn all day long, even when they are not in a structured school setting or having structured family learning time?


The Canadian Firearms Safety Course (CFSC) was developed in partnership with the provinces and territories, national organizations with an ongoing interest in firearms safety, and many firearms and hunter education course instructors from across Canada. This course was developed to meet the mandatory requirements set out in subparagraph 106(2)(c)(i) of the Criminal Code of Canada and came into effect January 1, 1994.
As a result of the Firearms Act, the firearms safety training that is provided to firearms owners and users required modification. The revised CFSC, which was implemented on February 1, 1999, reflects the new legislation and focuses primarily on non-restricted firearms (rifles and shotguns). The legislation stipulates that individuals wishing to acquire non-restricted firearms must take the CFSC and pass the tests.
safe storage, display, transportation and handling of non-restricted firearms.
In accordance with the Firearms Act, a new firearms safety course focusing on restricted firearms (primarily handguns) was developed and implemented on February 1, 1999. The legislation stipulates that individuals wishing to acquire restricted and/or prohibited firearms must take the Canadian Firearms Safety Course (CFSC) and the Canadian Restricted Firearms Safety Course (CRFSC) and pass the tests.
safe storage, display, transportation and handling of restricted firearms.
Hunting is an ancient tradition and an integral part of our cultural heritage. The ancestors of today's human populations ensured our survival by hunting for food and clothing.
The Ontario Hunter Education Program is administered by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources in partnership with the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters.
In 1960, Ontario became the first Canadian province to establish a mandatory Ontario Hunter Education course that included training on safe and responsible hunting.
Price includes HST, Hunter Education Study Manual, Firearms manual, exams, test plus a complimentary lunch each day.
Barb at 705.726.2651 or email at baerbel27@rogers.com to pre-arrange an appointment before coming by.
Barb at baerbel27@rogers.com or Paul Carson 705-726-8547 to pre-arrange an appointment before coming by.


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Q: Example of Looman-Menchoff theorem I would like to know of one example of a function that strictly satisfies the Loomann-Menchoff theorem.
Namely, I want a complex function $f=u+iv$, defined on some $A \subseteq \mathbb C$, such that

*

*$f$ is holomorphic in $A$;

*$u$ and $v$ admit partial derivatives at each point of $A$;

*$u$ and $v$ satisfies the Cauchy-Riemann equations in $A$;

*$u$ and $v$ are continuous but not differentiable at some point of $A$.

For the life of me, I can not find such an example.

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The keto diet has become incredibly popular among celebrities who want to stay forever young, like Gwyneth Paltrow, Adriana Lima, and Megan Fox. Judging by their looks, it seems to do the trick. However, chucking carbs out of your diet may be harder than it seems, so a bit of help and motivation can go a long way. If you want to have keto goods delivered to your doorstep every month, making it easier to stick to your new pound-shedding diet, keep reading this Keto Delivered review.
Keto Delivered is quite different from the meal delivery services you are used to seeing on our pages. It does not deliver ready-made meals, nor does it offer meal kits. Instead, it is a service offering monthly deliveries of small-batch and artisan food, ranging from keto-friendly snacks and beverages to ingredients you can use when making your delicious keto meals. You also get great keto recipes with every delivery.
In order to receive Keto Delivered goods, you need to subscribe to the service. Your subscription is automatically renewed every month. You are billed monthly, on the day you first subscribed. You can cancel your account at any time. However, be sure to do so before you are billed for the next month, as there are no refunds.
As mentioned previously in this Keto Delivered review, this service employs a unique concept that largely differs from the one characteristic for most meal delivery services on the market. First of all, it exclusively focuses on the keto diet and does not provides meals per se but instead brings you a vast range of food products that be used for cooking and snacking, as well as making hot and cold beverages.
The content of your delivery is never revealed ahead of time. It is a delicious surprise and the only constants are the keto-friendliness and the quality of the products you receive.
Keto Delivered subscription makes for a great gift as well. Surprise your friends with the 1-month, 3-month, 6-month or 12-month subscription or give them monthly subscriptions that are automatically renewed until you decide to end them.
With Keto Delivered, you get 5-7 products every month, all of them low-carb and chosen with the keto diet in mind. You can expect to get high-quality spices, herbs, condiments, jerky, nuts, coffee, tea, drink enhancers, and all kinds of delicious, small-batch goods that can help you enrich your diet. Apart from the food, you also get excellent recipes meant to inspire you to use the items in your box in creative ways and cook incredible keto meals.
The keto diet is rather restrictive, which is why you need to plan your meals carefully in order to get all the valuable nutrients your body needs. If you are having a hard time finding good keto recipes, you do not have to wait for your next box to arrive. Stop by the official Keto Delivered website and browse its impressive cookbook that contains more than 80 amazing keto recipes.
Unfortunately, Keto Delivered does not offer boxes particularly designed for special dietary needs other than those of people on the keto diet. However, most of the items in its boxes are gluten-free, some of them are Paleo-friendly and dairy-free, and the service is currently working on introducing a vegetarian box.
A monthly delivery of Keto Delivered goodies costs $39.99. If you do the math, that is less than $1.5 per day. It is important to note that the retail value of your box is always greater than the price of your subscription.
If you want to purchase Keto Delivered as a gift, you can get the 1-month gift subscription for $45.00, the 3-month subscription for $39.99 per box, the 6-month subscription for $37.99 per box or the 12-month gift subscription for $36.99 / box. Alternatively, you can choose the monthly gift subscription that costs the same as the regular subscription, $39.99 per month. It is automatically renewed every month and you can end it whenever you want.
Delivery is free of charge on all boxes.
Keto Delivered boxes are available throughout the US. The service has recently expanded its delivery area to include Hawaii, Alaska, US territories, and APO addresses. Keto Delivered also plans to introduce international shipping.
Boxes are shipped during the last week of each month. In order to receive the current month's box, you generally need to order before the 20th of the month.
To make sure Keto Delivered meets all your standards and expectations, it is important to know its biggest advantages and disadvantages. With a short overview of its pros and cons, you can easily decide if Keto Delivered is the right company for you.
While there are numerous meal delivery services whose offers are suitable for people on low-carb diets, Keto Delivered is unique due to its exclusive focus on the keto diet, which is much more restrictive. We love that it brings you hard-to-find, small-batch products and that it only offers keto-friendly goods of high quality. It employs the discovery box concept, which means you never know what items you are getting in your next delivery. This may be great news for customers who love surprises and like to explore new keto products all the time. However, others may prefer knowing what they are getting, especially since there are no returns or refunds. Furthermore, the absence of customization options and boxes designed with other special diets in mind may be disappointing to some. Still, the boxes always come at a price that is lower than the retail value of the items and shipping is free of charge.
To conclude this Keto Delivered review, this is a service designed for people on the keto diet who like surprises. If you fall into this category, this service is sure to wow you with its offer.
Our ratings are the result of an objective and independent evaluation of Keto Delivered, generating the final rating that reflects the overall quality of the product. Ratings may change as the service changes.
Keto Delivered user rating based on 2 user reviews.
You won't be impressed by every box, that's for sure, but it is not bad if you are just starting keto and need some help finding good keto-friendly groceries and snacks.
Can't say I hated it, but it simply wasn't for me. Got a couple of condiments and snacks that lasted me a couple of days, and I didn't like the recipes. Would consider reactivating my account if they started offering more food in their boxes.
We found 0 verified Keto Delivered promo codes for April, 2019.
There's no Keto Delivered coupons or discounts right now.


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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- */
/*
 *     Copyright 2015 Couchbase, Inc.
 *
 *   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *   You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *   limitations under the License.
 */

#ifndef SRC_TASKS_H_
#define SRC_TASKS_H_ 1

#include "config.h"

#include <string>
#include <atomic>
#include "priority.h"
#include "kvstore.h"

enum task_state_t {
    TASK_RUNNING,
    TASK_SNOOZED,
    TASK_DEAD
};

class BgFetcher;
class CompareTasksByDueDate;
class CompareTasksByPriority;
class EventuallyPersistentEngine;
class Flusher;
class Warmup;
class Taskable;

class GlobalTask : public RCValue {
friend class CompareByDueDate;
friend class CompareByPriority;
friend class ExecutorPool;
friend class ExecutorThread;
friend class TaskQueue;
public:

    GlobalTask(Taskable& t, const Priority &p,
               double sleeptime = 0, bool completeBeforeShutdown = true);

    GlobalTask(EventuallyPersistentEngine *e, const Priority &p,
               double sleeptime = 0, bool completeBeforeShutdown = true);

    /* destructor */
    virtual ~GlobalTask(void) {
    }

    /**
     * The invoked function when the task is executed.
     *
     * @return Whether or not this task should be rescheduled
     */
    virtual bool run(void) = 0;

    /**
     * Gives a description of this task.
     *
     * @return A description of this task
     */
    virtual std::string getDescription(void) = 0;

    virtual int maxExpectedDuration(void) {
        return 3600;
    }

    /**
     * test if a task is dead
     */
     bool isdead(void) {
        return (state == TASK_DEAD);
     }

    /**
     * Cancels this task by marking it dead.
     */
    void cancel(void) {
        state = TASK_DEAD;
    }

    /**
     * Puts the task to sleep for a given duration.
     */
    virtual void snooze(const double secs);

    /**
     * Returns the id of this task.
     *
     * @return A unique task id number.
     */
    size_t getId() const { return taskId; }

    /**
     * Returns the type id of this task.
     *
     * @return A type id of the task.
     */
    type_id_t getTypeId() { return priority.getTypeId(); }

    /**
     * Gets the engine that this task was scheduled from
     *
     * @returns A handle to the engine
     */
    EventuallyPersistentEngine* getEngine() { return engine; }

    task_state_t getState(void) {
        return state.load();
    }

    void setState(task_state_t tstate, task_state_t expected) {
        state.compare_exchange_strong(expected, tstate);
    }

    Taskable& getTaskable() {
        return taskable;
    }

protected:
    const Priority &priority;
    bool blockShutdown;
    std::atomic<task_state_t> state;
    const size_t taskId;
    EventuallyPersistentEngine *engine;
    Taskable& taskable;

    static std::atomic<size_t> task_id_counter;
    static size_t nextTaskId() { return task_id_counter.fetch_add(1); }

    hrtime_t getWaketime() {
        return waketime.load();
    }

    void updateWaketime(hrtime_t to) {
        waketime.store(to);
    }

    void updateWaketimeIfLessThan(hrtime_t to) {
        atomic_setIfBigger(waketime, to);
    }

private:
    std::atomic<hrtime_t> waketime;      // used for priority_queue
};

typedef SingleThreadedRCPtr<GlobalTask> ExTask;

/**
 * A task for persisting items to disk.
 */
class FlusherTask : public GlobalTask {
public:
    FlusherTask(EventuallyPersistentEngine *e, Flusher* f, const Priority &p,
                uint16_t shardid, bool completeBeforeShutdown = true) :
                GlobalTask(e, p, 0, completeBeforeShutdown), flusher(f) {
        std::stringstream ss;
        ss<<"Running a flusher loop: shard "<<shardid;
        desc = ss.str();
    }

    bool run();

    std::string getDescription() {
        return desc;
    }

private:
    Flusher* flusher;
    std::string desc;
};

/**
 * A task for persisting VBucket state changes to disk and creating new
 * VBucket database files.
 * sid (shard ID) passed on to GlobalTask indicates that task needs to be
 *     serialized with other tasks that require serialization on its shard
 */
class VBSnapshotTask : public GlobalTask {
public:
    VBSnapshotTask(EventuallyPersistentEngine *e, const Priority &p,
                uint16_t sID = 0, bool completeBeforeShutdown = true) :
                GlobalTask(e, p, 0, completeBeforeShutdown), shardID(sID) {
        std::stringstream ss;
        ss<<"Snapshotting vbucket states for the shard: "<<shardID;
        desc = ss.str();
    }

    bool run();

    std::string getDescription() {
        return desc;
    }

private:
    uint16_t shardID;
    std::string desc;
};

/**
 * A daemon task for persisting VBucket state changes to disk periodically.
 */
class DaemonVBSnapshotTask : public GlobalTask {
public:
    DaemonVBSnapshotTask(EventuallyPersistentEngine *e,
                         bool completeBeforeShutdown = true);

    bool run();

    std::string getDescription() {
        return desc;
    }

private:
    std::string desc;
};

/**
 * A task for persisting a VBucket state to disk and creating a vbucket
 * database file if necessary.
 */
class VBStatePersistTask : public GlobalTask {
public:
    VBStatePersistTask(EventuallyPersistentEngine *e, const Priority &p,
                       uint16_t vbucket, bool completeBeforeShutdown = true) :
        GlobalTask(e, p, 0, completeBeforeShutdown), vbid(vbucket) {
        std::stringstream ss;
        ss<<"Persisting a vbucket state for vbucket: "<< vbid;
        desc = ss.str();
    }

    bool run();

    std::string getDescription() {
        return desc;
    }

private:
    uint16_t vbid;
    std::string desc;
};

/**
 * A task for deleting VBucket files from disk and cleaning up any outstanding
 * writes for that VBucket file.
 * sid (shard ID) passed on to GlobalTask indicates that task needs to be
 *     serialized with other tasks that require serialization on its shard
 */
class VBDeleteTask : public GlobalTask {
public:
    VBDeleteTask(EventuallyPersistentEngine *e, uint16_t vbid, const void* c,
                 const Priority &p, bool completeBeforeShutdown = true) :
        GlobalTask(e, p, 0, completeBeforeShutdown),
        vbucketId(vbid), cookie(c) { }

    bool run();

    std::string getDescription() {
        std::stringstream ss;
        ss<<"Deleting VBucket:"<<vbucketId;
        return ss.str();
    }

private:
    uint16_t vbucketId;
    const void* cookie;
};

/**
 * A task for compacting a vbucket db file
 */
class CompactTask : public GlobalTask {
public:
    CompactTask(EventuallyPersistentEngine *e, const Priority &p,
                compaction_ctx c, const void *ck,
                bool completeBeforeShutdown = false) :
                GlobalTask(e, p, 0, completeBeforeShutdown),
                           compactCtx(c), cookie(ck) {
        desc = "Compact DB file " + std::to_string(c.db_file_id);
    }

    bool run();

    std::string getDescription() {
        return desc;
    }

private:
    compaction_ctx compactCtx;
    const void* cookie;
    std::string desc;
};

/**
 * A task that periodically takes a snapshot of the stats and persists them to
 * disk.
 */
class StatSnap : public GlobalTask {
public:
    StatSnap(EventuallyPersistentEngine *e, const Priority &p,
             bool runOneTimeOnly = false, bool sleeptime = 0,
             bool completeBeforeShutdown = false) :
        GlobalTask(e, p, sleeptime, completeBeforeShutdown),
        runOnce(runOneTimeOnly) { }

    bool run();

    std::string getDescription() {
        std::string rv("Updating stat snapshot on disk");
        return rv;
    }

private:
    bool runOnce;
};

/**
 * A task for fetching items from disk.
 */
class BgFetcherTask : public GlobalTask {
public:
    BgFetcherTask(EventuallyPersistentEngine *e, BgFetcher *b,
                  const Priority &p, bool sleeptime = 0,
                  bool completeBeforeShutdown = false) :
        GlobalTask(e, p, sleeptime, completeBeforeShutdown),
        bgfetcher(b) { }

    bool run();

    std::string getDescription() {
        return std::string("Batching background fetch");
    }

private:
    BgFetcher *bgfetcher;
};

/**
 * A task that performs the bucket flush operation.
 */
class FlushAllTask : public GlobalTask {
public:
    FlushAllTask(EventuallyPersistentEngine *e, double when) :
        GlobalTask(e, Priority::FlushAllPriority, when, false) { }

    bool run();

    std::string getDescription() {
        std::stringstream ss;
        ss << "Performing flush_all operation.";
        return ss.str();
    }
};

/**
 * A task for performing disk fetches for "stats vkey".
 */
class VKeyStatBGFetchTask : public GlobalTask {
public:
    VKeyStatBGFetchTask(EventuallyPersistentEngine *e, const std::string &k,
                        uint16_t vbid, uint64_t s, const void *c,
                        const Priority &p, int sleeptime = 0,
                        bool completeBeforeShutdown = false) :
        GlobalTask(e, p, sleeptime, completeBeforeShutdown), key(k),
                   vbucket(vbid), bySeqNum(s), cookie(c) { }

    bool run();

    std::string getDescription() {
        std::stringstream ss;
        ss << "Fetching item from disk for vkey stat:  " << key<<" vbucket "
           <<vbucket;
        return ss.str();
    }

private:
    std::string                      key;
    uint16_t                         vbucket;
    uint64_t                         bySeqNum;
    const void                      *cookie;
};

/**
 * A task that performs disk fetches for non-resident get requests.
 */
class BGFetchTask : public GlobalTask {
public:
    BGFetchTask(EventuallyPersistentEngine *e, const std::string &k,
            uint16_t vbid, const void *c, bool isMeta,
            const Priority &p, int sleeptime = 0,
            bool completeBeforeShutdown = false) :
        GlobalTask(e, p, sleeptime, completeBeforeShutdown),
        key(k), vbucket(vbid), cookie(c), metaFetch(isMeta),
        init(gethrtime()) { }

    bool run();

    std::string getDescription() {
        std::stringstream ss;
        ss << "Fetching item from disk:  " << key<<" vbucket "<<vbucket;
        return ss.str();
    }

private:
    const std::string          key;
    uint16_t                   vbucket;
    const void                *cookie;
    bool                       metaFetch;
    hrtime_t                   init;
};

/**
 * A task that monitors if a bucket is read-heavy, write-heavy, or mixed.
 */
class WorkLoadMonitor : public GlobalTask {
public:
    WorkLoadMonitor(EventuallyPersistentEngine *e,
                    bool completeBeforeShutdown = false);

    bool run();

    std::string getDescription() {
        return desc;
    }

private:

    size_t getNumMutations();
    size_t getNumGets();

    size_t prevNumMutations;
    size_t prevNumGets;
    std::string desc;
};

/**
 * Order tasks by their priority and taskId (try to ensure FIFO)
 */
class CompareByPriority {
public:
    bool operator()(ExTask &t1, ExTask &t2) {
        return (t1->priority == t2->priority) ?
               (t1->taskId   > t2->taskId)    :
               (t1->priority < t2->priority);
    }
};

/**
 * Order tasks by their ready date.
 */
class CompareByDueDate {
public:
    bool operator()(ExTask &t1, ExTask &t2) {
        return t2->waketime < t1->waketime;
    }
};

#endif  // SRC_TASKS_H_

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Home › What is Psychotherapy and Counselling?
Psychotherapy is a talking therapy and focuses on a broad range of issues. It is made up of many therapy approaches. The underlying ethos is that an individual's ways of thinking and the subconscious awareness affect the way that person interacts with the world. The aim is to uncover those patterns and become aware of their impact and then learn new, healthier ways to establish a relationship with themselves and others. Psychotherapy is longer term as it allows for deeper exploration into the individual's world. This time allows the therapist to make connections between past and present that ultimately help clients to gain a greater understanding of themselves.
Counselling focuses on specific issues and/or a particular problem, such as addiction, anxiety or stress management. The focus may be on problem solving or learning specific coping skills and techniques. There is also exploration of the individual in order for them to gain self awareness, however this is not as in-depth as in psychotherapy.Psychotherapy and counselling are used interchangeably. Both counselling and psychotherapy focus on the relationship between the therapist and client which form part of the therapeutic process.
Psychology itself is not a talking therapy. It is the study of human behavior, including thoughts, feelings and motivation. Psychologists focus on how the mind works and can specialise in a number of areas, such as mental health, educational and occupational psychology. Psychologists are not usually medically qualified and generally do not work with clients. They can formulate diagnoses but cannot prescribe medication. Psychologists need to specialise or study further to offer talking therapy. They would usually qualify as counselling psychologists.
Psychiatry is the study of mental disorders and their diagnosis, management and prevention. Psychiatrists are medical doctors who have qualified in psychiatry. They can diagnose as well as prescribe medication to their patients. They also recommend patients to attend talking therapies as generally they do not do this themselves.


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description: GoCD personal access token
keywords: GoCD configuration, authentication, access token, token, personal access token, security, admin access token, manage access tokens
title: Access tokens
---

# Access Tokens

From GoCD server version `19.2.0` onwards, you will be able to create personal access tokens to access GoCD API(s). This will allow users to make an API call without specifying their credentials (username & password) as a part of API request headers.

## Usage instructions
1. A token can be used to access GoCD APIs and `cctray.xml` by passing it in API header.

    > Before `19.2.0`

    ```bash
    curl 'https://ci.example.com/go/api/pipelines/pipeline1/status' \
           -u 'username:password'
    ```

    > Going forward

    ```bash
    curl 'https://ci.example.com/go/api/pipelines/pipeline1/status' \
           -H 'Authorization: Bearer 6A7B48094CC552B9A2DF0AFADAF50D28F0646070'
    ```

2. A token can not be used to create or access any access token related API(s).
3. Login using access token is not allowed through web UI.
4. Once a token is revoked, the user will not be able to activate it again.
5. All tokens belonging to a user will be revoked automatically as soon as the user is deleted from GoCD.
    - Note: These tokens will not be visible again even if the same user is added back to GoCD.

## Create a token

1. Login into your GoCD server.
2. Go to user menu → **Personal Access Tokens**.
!["Navigate to personal access token"][1]

3. Click on `Generate Token` button.
!["Generate token button"][2]

4. Add a description for the token. This is to identify what is this token for?
!["Generate a token"][3]

5. Click on `Generate` button.

6. On success, you will see the newly generated token.

    > **_Make sure you copy the token before you close the dialog. It will not be shown again._**

    !["Newly generated token"][4]

## Revoke a personal token

1. Login into your GoCD server.
2. Go to user menu → **Personal Access Tokens**.
!["Navigate to personal access token"][1]

3. Find the token which you wish to revoke in `ACTIVE TOKENS` tab.
!["active access token list"][5]

4. Click on the `Revoke` button.

5. Optionally, add a reason for revoking the token.
!["revoke access token cause"][6]

6. Click on `Revoke Token` button.
7. On success, the token just revoked will be shown in `REVOKED TOKENS` tab.
!["revoked access token"][7]

## Manage access tokens (admin only)

1. Login into your GoCD server.
2. Go to **Admin** menu → Security → **Access Tokens Management**.
!["Navigate to admin access token"][8]

3. The admin will be able to see all the tokens created by all the users
    - Active tokens
    !["active access tokens"][10]

    - Revoked tokens
    !["revoked access tokens"][11]

4. The admin can use the search box on the top-right to search tokens on the basis of `Created By` and `Description`.

## Revoke token

1. Login into your GoCD server.
2. Go to **Admin** menu → Security → **Access Tokens Management**.
!["Navigate to admin access token"][8]

3. Find the token which you wish to revoke in `ACTIVE TOKENS` tab.
!["active access tokens"][10]

4. Click on the `Revoke` button.

5. Optionally, add a reason for revoking the token.
!["revoke access token cause"][6]

6. Click on `Revoke Token` button.
7. On success, the token just revoked will be shown in `REVOKED TOKENS` tab.
!["revoked access tokens"][9]

[1]: ../images/configuration/access-tokens/1_navigate_to_personal_access_token.png
[2]: ../images/configuration/access-tokens/2_personal_access_token_spa.png
[3]: ../images/configuration/access-tokens/3_token_description.png
[4]: ../images/configuration/access-tokens/4_newly_generated_token.png
[5]: ../images/configuration/access-tokens/5_active_tokens_list.png
[6]: ../images/configuration/access-tokens/6_revoke_cause.png
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Innovation struggles
Innovation Strategy: Developing Your Fintech strategy
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Welcome to Innovation strategy: Developing your Fintech Strategy! As you probably know, this is the third course in a three-part specialization focused on the digital transformation of finance. In this course, we'll aim to bring you insights about how business strategy intersects with innovation in finance. I'm excited to have you in the class and look forward to helping you learn more about this important topic. To begin, I recommend taking a few minutes to explore the course site. A good place to start is the navigation bar on the left. Click Course Content to see what material we'll cover each week, as well preview the assignments you'll need to complete to pass the course. Click Discussions to see forums where you can discuss the course material with fellow students taking the class. Be sure to introduce yourself to everyone in the Meet and Greet forum! This course should take about four weeks to complete. You can check out the recommended course schedule below to see a quick overview of the lessons and assignments you'll complete each week. By the time you finish this course, you'll have understood the job your Fintech innovation strategy should solve and mastered both internal and external innovation tools to solve the problem. You will also have been exposed to how some of the world's leading financial companies work with innovation and seen inspirational examples from the digital masters, such as Google, Apple and Amazon. You'll be introduced to the Capstone Project for the specialization and have a chance to form some preliminary solutions for a financial company that needs to re-think its Fintech innovation strategy. The course has a primary focus on the banking sector, with insurance as a secondary area of concern. Most examples are rooted in the North American and European financial markets. Good luck as you get started. I look forward to seeing you in class!
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Organizing for digital innovation
In this module, we are opening the strategic toolbox for FinTech innovation. We specifically address approaches to internal innovation, which includes focusing on both the organisational structures and more particularly on the setup of the IT department - the engine in our digital innovation process.
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Danske Bank: Barriers to innovation3:10
Jonas Hedman
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It is an empirical fact that most innovation doesn't come from large and
material companies, instead they come from young entrepreneurial firms.
This is even more true when it comes to exciting and groundbreaking innovations.
Why do you think that is?
Does it have to be so?
I think that many of us take this for granted, without reflecting on why it is.
Young entrepreneurs are creative and come up with exciting stuff.
Old folks are dull and boring.
But large companies actually have quite a few advantages that could
make them more innovative.
Their funds, money to spend on salaries, prototyping, marking, and so on.
They have customer access that can be used to understand customer needs and
to try things out.
They have legal departments that can help protect innovations and
many times they have the smallest people working for them.
So in this lesson, we're going to talk about why it still is hard for
large material companies to animate, and we're going to do so,
by looking at the few examples have failed in their struggles for innovations.
So how could Nokia miss the smartphone?
How could Kodak miss the digital camera?
And how could Smith Corona miss the shift from typewriters to PCs?
Actually, they didn't.
The thing is,
the hardest thing in innovation doesn't seem to be the invention itself.
What seems to be so challenging, for mature companies,
is to take that grain of invention and turn it into a commercial success.
Did you know that Nokia had a smartphone already in 1996?
In 1996, the Nokia 9000 Communicator hit the market.
So over the ten years before Apple launched its iPhone,
Nokia had a smartphone with apps.
But they weren't able to use this head start to build a successful business.
And just as Nokia couldn't use the head start,
Kodak faced a similar fate in digital cameras.
Let's rewind the tape to the 1960s.
At the time when Neil Armstrong took his first step on the moon, here on Earth,
Kodak had almost a monopoly of the analog camera market in the US, and ironically,
soon after the moon landing, Kodak actually invented the digital camera,
or Steve Sassoon did, when he was working for Kodak.
So this is Steve Sassoon in 1973 when he joined Kodak as a 22 year old engineer.
Sassoon got a small part to work on.
He was going to see if there was any use of something called charge coupled device,
also known as the CCD.
The CCD is a circuit that captures light and turns them into pixels.
It happened event that around of time of the moon landing.
What Sassoon did was to recombine the CCD with the lens, storage capacity and
all the other components needed to create a digital camera.
Invented the digital camera out of existing components.
And he did this in 1975 when he was 24 years old.
The Sassoon made a series of demonstration executed at all levels and
all the partners at Kodak but the company wasn't very interested in the innovation.
One reason was that Sassoon used Moore's Law to calculate
that a technique could replace physical cameras in some 18 to 20 years.
Few executors expected to be around in 20 years.
And shareholders wanted to see results in every three months.
In an interview with the New York times, Sassoon said that the executives were
convinced that no one would ever want to look at their pictures on a TV.
Print had been with us for over 100 years.
No one was complaining about prints.
They were very inexpensive.
And so, why would anyone want to look at a picture on a television set?
So in 1973, Steven Sassoon joins Kodak.
Two years later, he invents the digital camera, but
Kodak decides to not to focus on digital.
Despite this, Sassoon was allowed to continue to explore the technology.
And in 1978, he secured the first patent on digital cameras.
In 1989, he's part of a group that developed the first real camera that looks
and functions like today's professional month.
It had 1.2 megapixel sensor and used image compression and memory cam.
But Kodak wasn't still interested in technology.
Because Kodak had a really good business model already.
It had almost full monopoly among all commerce in the US.
And the monopoly included films, flashcubes, chemistry for
picture processing, and paper for the printed pictures.
At this stage every digital camera sold took away business from Kodak.
For every salesman, selling a digital camera meant that it became harder and
harder to sell films and processing materials in the future.
Steven Sassoon told the New York Times, every digital camera that was sold,
took away from a film camera and we knew how much money we made on film.
Of course, the problem is that pretty soon, you won't be able to sell film and
that was my position.
So when Kodak was holding back, companies like Nikon
launched digital cameras based on color patterns and color components.
For many years, this was a great source of income that could finance Kodak's
attempts to catch up.
But in 2007, most of digital camera patterns had expired.
And while Kodak has getting into digital, already had.
Instead of catching up, Kodak fell behind.
In 2012, Kodak filed for bankruptcy.
And when the company reemerged, next year it was with focus on
the corporate imaging market, without disarm in personal photography.
So what can we learn from the Kodak story?
That's really important lessons here.
The first one is to get an innovative idea is difficult but for mature companies,
making that idea into a commercial viable part of its business is even harder.
The second lesson is that explanation to why this is so hard can be found in
the immune system, that charts down the roads to commercialization.
In the Kodak case, it was extra hard because the success of the product
was cannibalizing its core business.
But even if this would have been a new business domain that did not trek in
current business even then, it would still have been very, very hard.
Take the sales people for example.
What do you think is harder for them?
To sell the great products that they know how to sell, or
to sell some new immature product to new customers they don't know at all?
Selling the new product, they will not meet their KPIs,
they will not get a bonus that year.
Incremental improvements are welcome by the system.
But high-risk, uncertain,
game-changing innovations are typically pushed out and shut down.
So the third lesson here, to be innovative, we need to find
ways of protecting embryotic innovations from being shut down by the immune system.
We need to find ways to channel these innovations until it can be
self-sustained.
And this is exactly what the next lesson are going to be about.
Practices that allow a company to paint outside the lines to create
the next begineration.


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package exm.stc.common.lang;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import exm.stc.common.exceptions.STCRuntimeError;
import exm.stc.common.exceptions.TypeMismatchException;
import exm.stc.common.lang.Types.StructType;
import exm.stc.common.lang.Types.StructType.StructField;
import exm.stc.common.lang.Types.Type;
import exm.stc.common.lang.Types.Typed;
import exm.stc.common.lang.Var.DefType;
import exm.stc.common.util.Pair;

/**
 * Define how types should be refcounting
 *
 * There are two dimensions in which we define reference counts:
 * - READ/WRITE - whether the reference is only read through or if it can be
 *                read or written through
 * - TRACKED/UNTRACKED - a tracked reference count is explicitly managed by
 *           the compiler, and is generally used for structures like arrays
 *           that can be written a non-fixed number of times.  An untracked
 *           reference count is automatically decremented for each assign, so
 *           is suited for structures that receive a fixed number of writes,
 *           e.g. a single-assignment variable
 */
public class RefCounting {
  public static enum RefCountType {
    READERS,
    WRITERS;
  }

  /**
   * Whether an input arg for an updateable var should be writable by
   * the callee
   * TODO: does this make sense from language design?
   */
  public static final boolean WRITABLE_UPDATEABLE_INARGS = true;

  /**
   * Returns true if type can carry a refcount.  Some particular
   * storage modes of the type might not have a refcount
   * @param type
   * @param rcType
   * @return
   */
  public static boolean mayHaveTrackedRefcount(Type type, RefCountType rcType) {
    if (rcType == RefCountType.READERS) {
      return mayHaveTrackedReadRefcount(type);
    } else {
      assert(rcType == RefCountType.WRITERS);
      return mayHaveTrackedWriteRefcount(type);
    }
  }

  public static boolean mayHaveTrackedReadRefcount(Type type) {
    if (Types.isPrimValue(type)) {
      return false;
    } else if (Types.isContainerLocal(type) ||
               Types.isStructLocal(type)) {
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  }

  public static boolean mayHaveTrackedWriteRefcount(Type type) {
    // Struct members may have write refcount
    if (Types.isArray(type) || Types.isPrimUpdateable(type) ||
           Types.isBag(type)) {
      return true;
    } else if (Types.isStruct(type)) {
      // Depends on field types: if we have any tracked fields, then
      // track write refcount
      return baseRefCount(type, DefType.LOCAL_COMPILER,
                          RefCountType.WRITERS, true, false) > 0;
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  }

  /**
   * @param v
   * @return true if var has read refcount to be tracked/managed by
   *              STC-emitted code
   */
  public static boolean trackReadRefCount(Var v) {
    return trackReadRefCount(v.type(), v.defType());
  }

  public static boolean trackReadRefCount(Type type, DefType defType) {
    if (!mayHaveTrackedReadRefcount(type)) {
      return false;
    } else if (defType.isGlobal()) {
      // Never removed
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  }

  /**
   * @param v
   * @return true if var has write refcount to be tracked/managed by
   *              STC-emitted code
   */
  public static boolean trackWriteRefCount(Var v) {
    return trackWriteRefCount(v.type(), v.defType());
  }

  public static boolean trackWriteRefCount(Type type, DefType defType) {
    if (!mayHaveTrackedWriteRefcount(type)) {
      return false;
    } else if (defType.isConst()) {
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  }

  /**
   * @param v
   * @return true if var has refcount to be tracked/managed by
   *              STC-emitted code
   */
  public static boolean trackRefCount(Var var, RefCountType rcType) {
    return trackRefCount(var.type(), var.defType(), rcType);
  }

  public static boolean trackRefCount(Type type, DefType defType,
                                      RefCountType rcType) {
    if (rcType == RefCountType.READERS) {
      return trackReadRefCount(type, defType);
    } else {
      assert(rcType == RefCountType.WRITERS);
      return trackWriteRefCount(type, defType);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Filter vars to include only variables where writers count is tracked
   * @param vars
   * @return
   */
  public static List<Var> filterTrackedWriteRefcount(List<Var> vars) {
    assert(vars != null);
    List<Var> res = new ArrayList<Var>();
    for (Var var: vars) {
      if (trackWriteRefCount(var)) {
        res.add(var);
      }
    }
    return res;
  }

  /**
   * @param wv
   * @return true if there is a distinction between closing and recursive
   *              closing for variable.  Note: this errs on the side of saying
   *              true.
   */
  public static boolean recursiveClosePossible(Typed typed) {
    if (Types.isPrimFuture(typed) || Types.isPrimUpdateable(typed)) {
      return false;
    } else if (Types.isContainer(typed)) {
      // If it's a reference to another variable, recursive close is possible
      return Types.isRef(Types.containerElemType(typed));
    } else if (Types.isRef(typed)) {
      return true;
    }
    // Err on side of saying true
    return true;
  }

  public static long baseRefCount(Var v, RefCountType rcType,
            boolean includeTracked, boolean includeUntracked) {
    return baseRefCount(v.type(), v.defType(), rcType, includeTracked,
                       includeUntracked);
  }

  /**
   * Return base reference count for type, i.e. what it's initialized to
   * by default
   * @param rcType
   * @param blockVar
   * @param includeTracked
   * @param includeUntracked
   * @return
   */
  public static long baseRefCount(Type type, DefType defType,
       RefCountType rcType, boolean includeTracked, boolean includeUntracked) {
    if (Types.isStruct(type) && rcType == RefCountType.WRITERS) {
      return baseStructWriteRefCount(type, defType, includeTracked,
                                     includeUntracked);
    } else if (Types.isPrimValue(type) || Types.isContainerLocal(type) ||
               Types.isStructLocal(type)) {
      // No refcount
      return 0;
    } else {
      // Data store variables generally have one refcount to start with
      // In some cases (e.g. decrement-on-assign), it's not tracked
      if (trackRefCount(type, defType, rcType)) {
        return includeTracked ? 1 : 0;
      } else {
        return includeUntracked ? 1 : 0;
      }
    }
  }

  public static long baseReadRefCount(Var var, boolean includeTracked,
                                      boolean includeUntracked) {
    return baseRefCount(var.type(), var.defType(), RefCountType.READERS,
                        includeTracked, includeUntracked);
  }

  public static long baseWriteRefCount(Var var, boolean includeTracked,
                                       boolean includeUntracked) {
    return baseRefCount(var.type(), var.defType(), RefCountType.WRITERS,
        includeTracked, includeUntracked);
  }

  public static long baseStructWriteRefCount(Type type, DefType defType,
      boolean includeTracked, boolean includeUntracked) {
    assert(Types.isStruct(type));

    // Sum of field refcounts
    StructType structT = (StructType)type.getImplType();
    long trackedSum = 0;
    long untrackedSum = 0;
    for (StructField field: structT.fields()) {

      Type fieldType = field.type();

      Pair<Long, Long> fieldRefcounts = baseStructFieldWriteRefCount(fieldType, defType);

      trackedSum += fieldRefcounts.val1;
      untrackedSum += fieldRefcounts.val2;
    }

    long structCount = 0;
    if (includeTracked && trackedSum > 0) {
      // At least one tracked field
      // Only start off with one tracked count for all fields, can
      // increment if more needed
      structCount += 1;
    }

    if (includeUntracked) {
      // Each field is managed seperately in this case, since
      // each assign will decrement the count
      structCount += untrackedSum;
    }
    return structCount;
  }

  public static Pair<Long, Long> baseStructFieldWriteRefCount(Var struct,
      List<String> fieldPath, DefType defType) {
    Type fieldType;
    try {
      fieldType = Types.structFieldType(struct, fieldPath);
    } catch (TypeMismatchException e) {
      throw new STCRuntimeError("unexpected: " + e.getMessage());
    }
    return baseStructFieldWriteRefCount(fieldType, defType);
  }

  /**
   * @param fieldType
   * @param defType
   * @return (tracked, untracked) refcounts for a field of type fieldType
   *          in a struct with DefType defType.
   */
  public static Pair<Long, Long> baseStructFieldWriteRefCount(Type fieldType,
      DefType defType) {
    long fieldUntracked = baseRefCount(fieldType, defType,
                            RefCountType.WRITERS, false, true);
    long tracked;
    long untracked;
    if (Types.isMutableRef(fieldType)) {
      // Need to have tracked refcount as proxy
      Type referencedType = fieldType.getImplType().memberType();
      tracked = baseRefCount(referencedType, defType, RefCountType.WRITERS,
                             true, false);
      untracked = 0;
    } else {
      tracked = baseRefCount(fieldType, defType, RefCountType.WRITERS,
                             true, false);
      untracked = fieldUntracked;
    }

    return Pair.create(tracked, untracked);
  }

}


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Thank you, King:…
Thank you, King: Brazil lights up in honour of Pelé
Brazil has woken up to its first day without footballing legend Pelé.
"The King", who won three World Cups and was widely considered the greatest footballer of all time, died at the age of 82 in São Paulo on Thursday.
Overnight, Pelé's face shone on buildings across the South American nation and landmarks were lit up in his memory. Fans took to the streets dressed in his iconic number 10 shirts.
Brazil's government has declared three days of national mourning.
The front pages in Brazil were all talking about Pelé on Friday. One read "Pelé died, if indeed Pelé can die", because for Brazilians, he is their eternal King.
The last time national mourning was declared was when Queen Elizabeth II died. Lots of parallels have been drawn between Pelé and royalty – he was the closest Brazil had.
Supporters started gathering outside São Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital the previous afternoon when they heard news of Pele's death.
Pelé had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer since 2021. Knowing his condition was worsening, Brazilians had spent weeks reflecting on his life and legacy.
Many feel relieved his suffering is over – but he is an iconic sportsman who will be dearly missed.
The hospital issued a statement confirming his death from multiple organ failure connected to his cancer.
But in a reflection of his status, the hospital added it shared the suffering felt by the family and everyone over the loss of "our beloved King of football".
One man, standing outside the Fiesp building in São Paulo as it displayed a colourful tribute, spoke of the intensity of feeling for Pelé.
"It is indescribable to say at this moment what we are going through here; the loss," Widisley Guimarães told Reuters news agency.
At São Paulo's Museum of Football, an exhibition was erected overnight to promote Brazil's beloved King, even putting on display the football shirt he wore in 1970 when he scored the first goal against Italy and Brazil ultimately won. That was his third World Cup title, cementing his status as footballing legend.
"For us, he's a national symbol who turned into an international symbol, who took our country to all corners of the world," said Romulo Rezende Dias, who had come to see the display with his wife and three children.
"Brazil may not have a monarchy, but in football we have our King."
Andres Moreno Castillo Junior, whose father founded one of the biggest supporters' clubs for Corinthians, a rival to Pelé's Santos, said that whenever the late footballer was on the pitch, the opposition almost always lost.
"Pelé and his legacy will be eternal. With the football he achieved in his era, imagine what he could have done with today's technology."
Tributes have poured in for him, including from Brazil forward Neymar, who said: "Before Pelé, football was only a sport.
"Pelé changed everything. He turned football into art, into entertainment. He gave a voice to the poor, to black people."
France striker and Neymar's Paris St-Germain team-mate Kylian Mbappé added "his legacy will never be forgotten".
Pelé scored a world record of 1,281 goals in 1,363 appearances during a 21-year career, including 77 goals in 92 matches for his country.
The only player to win the World Cup three times, lifting the trophy in 1958, 1962 and 1970, Pelé was named Fifa's Player of the Century in 2000.
But he was a cultural icon, too.
As a black man, Pelé rose to the status of national treasure in a country with a deep history of slavery and legacy of segregation that persists.
He regularly faced monkey chants on the pitch and was called several racist nicknames. But Pelé once said that if he had stopped every game after a monkey taunt, he would have had to stop them all.
Pelé was key to carving out space and recognition for black people in Brazilian football, his biographer Angelica Basthi has said, but he was never directly involved in the fight against racism.
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We've talked a lot of schwag from The Masters and from Augusta National over the past week, and we've failed to recognize the unsung hero of ALL Masters schwag: the free cups. These cups are absolutely outstanding. You'll spend a buck or two on a lemonade or a domestic light beer, and each and every time, that beverage is served in a highly collectable, dated cup.
These cups balance just the right amount of laissez faire, in that it's not heartbreaking if one goes missing, and sturdy, in the sense that it'll last you all day at the pool/beach/back porch and it'll survive the dishwasher. We have a big collection as well, and it's growing every year. We use them as roadies, and do our best to keep up with them. The power play is when they get a little faded. I don't know if it gets much better than a Tito's and tonic in faded Masters cup at the beach.
Well done, TJ. Put those cups to good use.
Got a collection of Masters cups you'd like to share? Shoot me a picture and I'll update the post below.


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An NHS worker's perfect response to the Tory MP who called people who pay tax "low achievers" (VIDEO)
Kerry-Anne Mendoza
Conservative MP Alan Duncan described those arguing for greater tax transparency and fairness in Britain as "low achievers" this week, and the powerful response from one NHS worker is going viral.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H3GLz-muE8
Olaya De la Iglesia, a community physiotherapist for the NHS, wrote the open letter and posted it to her Facebook page shortly after Mr Duncan made his comments on Monday. By Tuesday, the post had racked up nearly 700 shares and was being republished by new media outlets across the country. It's not hard to see why. In it, she writes:
I heard what you had to say today about achievement and I would like to explain why I disagree in your interpretation of what a high achiever is.
I work for the NHS, I have done so since 2003. And currently I get paid £13£/hr to work as a community physiotherapist. I am, in your eyes, a 'low achiever' because I do not have wealth to stash off shore, but let me explain to you how I got here to qualify my assertion.
She goes on to explain that despite having 13 A-levels in Spain, she was unable to find work – and came to the UK at just 19 years of age to try to make the best of herself. She didn't speak the language, and had to work a string of menial jobs while she mastered English in order to break into the higher ranks of the jobs market. She worked full time during the days, and spent evenings doing 3 A-level courses, as her Spanish qualifications were considered inadequate by employers. When that stage was complete, she kept on going:
I then decided I needed a variety of experience so became a Radiology Assistant. I then applied for University and on my third attempt I gained a place for the Physiotherapy training course (over 300 applicants for interview and 40 places, some very stiff competition). I completed it without any financial assistance from my parents in 2009, worked evenings (sometimes until 2am in A&E) and weekends as a Radiology Assistant and Physiotherapy assistant on top of the 1000 hrs of clinical practice needed. I got a high 2:1.
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By the age of 32, she was looking to start a family, but didn't want to restrict her ability to contribute at work and in the wider economy. So she used her two periods of maternity leave to study for an MSc in Psychology while growing and raising two children.
And after all this, she now earns just £13 an hour – and is not in a position to offshore funds in order to avoid tax. Which to Mr Duncan, earns her the label of "low achiever." Her response?
Now you might ask, why do all this to only get paid £13£/hr. I will enlighten you. Because my measure of achievement is getting up every day to help people to walk to the toilet independently again. To be able to cut their own food and to leave the house without an ambulance to wheel them out of the house. My measure of achievement is helping a bilateral amputee to get out of his bed without a hoist, to wash himself and get out onto their garden with their wheelchair without their 75 year old wife having to push them over the threshold, because the local council does not have the funds or housing stock to provide a suitably adapted home. My measure of achievement is to be able to help a person regain control of their life despite suffering from unimaginable pain while there is no psychological support to help with their depression and anxiety. Or to keep a woman that has lived in the same house for 58 years, where she raised her children and saw her husband die, from having to 'be put' in a residential home because she has dementia, is falling every other day and her family can't cope with the situation given the lack of social services support.
There are many professions in which the level of pay bears no relation to the level of training required, and the high social value resulting from the work. To measure a person's success and attainment in pounds sterling, is to confuse wealth with value. Because we do not live in an economy where wealth and value are always, if ever, linked – regardless of whatever economic myths continue to be fed to people by those with a vested interest in keeping things that way.
Whereas a person like Olaya has developed themselves, the likes of the Prime Minister and Chancellor had their wealth and, to a large extent, their position, gifted to them through privilege of birth. They got an awful lot of 'something for nothing'. This is why such people continue to make extremely poor decisions about public services, education, health and welfare – because they place no value on such services, having never been in need of them. As Olaya writes, this leaves public sector workers fighting on behalf of those dependent on their services:
Fighting for their quality of life and dignity in a system where the resources are ever decreasing, the demands for more never stop and true advocates are only seen at the front line of a war between financial interests and social need. And I can assure you these demands do not come from my patients, they come from a political class who have such sense of self-entitlement that they deem wealth as the only worthy measure of achievement for those that might want to stand for election to represent their 'peers'. Yes, peers, because as I see it the current ruling party has a much in common with my peers, as bacon has with speed, and surely that needs to change.
Something truly does need to change. It might start with removing from power anyone who is unwilling to work in the collective social and economic interests of the country.
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