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A hung parliament? It might be the best we can hope for
A long and uninspiring election campaign comes to an end. The latest polls suggest that the best renewable energy and the climate can hope for is a hung parliament, given that the Coalition has given no indication it has moved beyond the Abbott era.
Giles Parkinson Posted on 1 July 2016 19 July 2016 23 Comments
Read also: How to vote renewables in Saturday's poll; The potential implications of the federal election for clean energy; and Big utilities may push for another RET review if Coalition wins.
Nearly three years ago, on the eve of the last Federal election, this web site warned that a Tony Abbott-led Coalition government presented a grim outlook for clean energy and climate change, and we warned too that it could be even worse than most people feared.
It turned out that we were right. And the outlook for the current election is similarly grim, whatever the optimists want to think about Malcolm Turnbull and his ability to swing the far right of his party. There is nothing, in the party's policies or rhetoric, that suggests a change from the Abbott era.
And what did the Abbott era deliver? The carbon price was trashed, the renewable energy target was effectively brought to a halt and then cut savagely, Direct Action was introduced and promptly handed out a billion or two to projects that were mostly already happening, the Climate Council was abolished, and the Climate Change Authority was ignored.
Abbott has gone and been replaced by Turnbull, sparking hope of a change for the better. But Turnbull's past – including his pledge to never lead a party that did not take climate change seriously, and even his support for 100 per cent renewable energy proposals – are now but a distant memory.
Turnbull did not even bother to release an energy policy in this campaign, but it is still the Coalition's intent to strip the remaining $1.3 billion in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (if it can get approved in the Senate).
It will also retain Direct Action and its world-trailing emission reduction targets, and wants voters to "trust them" when it comes time for a review next year. Only the Clean Energy Finance Corp has been saved, mostly it seems to serve as some sort of giant pork-barrell for election promises.
The rhetoric is also little different. Australia, Turnbull says, will not do more on climate change until others do. Any proposal to increase Australia's targets and to strengthen renewable energy targets – including by Labor and the Greens – are met with Abbott-style scare campaigns about soaring costs.
The renewable energy target remains stuck in the stalls. The Coalition now declares itself to be a supporter of "renewable energy" but – even if it wanted to – could not find a single photo of a wind farm or solar farm that it has caused to be built in its three years in office.
The best it could do is to show a photo of Barnaby Joyce "turning the sod" on a wind farm near Glenn Innes, a 175MW project that he has had to embrace – despite his dislike of wind farms – because it is in his own electorate and he is facing a tough contest from independent and former member Tony Windsor.
And so we go to the polls again. The polling and the pundits suggest a tight race, with the two main parties running neck and neck, with a big potential increase for small parties and independents, encouraged by the low hurdle of a double dissolution.
The pundits favour a small majority to the Coalition. Turnbull is supported by both the Murdoch media and Fairfax (the Australian Financial Review, the Age and the SMH). The Senate is anyone's guess, with minor parties and independents likely to attract at least 20 per cent of the vote.
The Greens remain the only political party with the policies that resemble the science, and match the ambition and the reality of what is happening overseas, as the major economies put the brakes on fossil fuels, and coal in particular, and fast-track investment in wind, solar and storage.
They propose ambitious renewable and carbon abatement policies, incentives for battery storage, community energy and solar for public housing, and a transition plan for affected coal communities. No one else comes close, and yet The Greens are branded as "extreme", even as their policies are the very same adopted by major international companies.
Economists and businesses talk of the huge opportunity that Australia has in leading the world when it comes to renewable energy, but while Labor has embraced this at a sub-national scale – the ACT's 100 per cent renewable energy target, South Australia's world leading push into wind and solar and Victoria's recent embrace of a zero emissions target – its federal body seems strangely cautious.
True, they have a 45 per cent emissions reduction target that is the minimum needed to get close to the Paris target, and it proposes a 50 per cent renewable energy target for 2030.
But it also favours the removal of $1 billion in ARENA funds, and it has been reluctant to make climate and clean energy a major issue a big campaign bogged down by the minutae of future budget numbers.
That seems a waste in an election campaign where all the surveys point to massive support for renewable energy. Survey after survey point to overwhelming support for solar and other renewables, for more biting policies to save the Great Barrier Reef and to address the risks of climate change.
The Greens are expected to retain their numbers, but their influence over the Senate may be diluted by the gains made by the Nick Xenophon Team.
Xenophon supports higher renewables and emissions reduction targets, but he has a thing against wind energy. It is not clear to what extent he will be a help or a hindrance, or even if he will give the issue much thought.
Glenn Lazarus may also be returned, which will be a potential plus for renewable energy. But then so too may Jacqui Lambie (with a running mate) and Pauline Hanson. And that would be bad.
It seems, then, that the best we can hope for in this poll is a hung parliament. If Labor wins the lower house, hopefully it will push forward with its policies with vigour and have the Greens and other independents in the Senate to keep it honest, and on track.
If the Coalition wins the lower house, then the hope is that there are enough votes in the Senate to stymie the worst of its policy atrocities, because there is nothing to suggest that Turnbull has the ability, or even the will, to sweep aside the protestations of the hard right of his own party and the Murdoch media.
And if that's the case, then Australia's renewable energy industry will become almost entirely dependent on state-based policies – the initiatives set up by the ACT, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland.
That may just suffice for now, but the states, and the regulators, will need to be strong as they face up to the extraordinary market power of the energy oligarchs, who exercise almost complete control over market pricing and are already pushing for a review of the renewable energy target.
What the industry really needs is a clear national strategy. But barring a major surprise tomorrow, it won't occur any time soon.
That leaves individual household and businesses, and local communities, to do what they can. Hello more solar, hello storage.
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Brunel	4 years ago
The most important thing that the Greens should demand is that AUS move towards having taxpayer funded elections.
I do not know how stupid Josh Frydenberg is, but he said on TV very recently that coal is a cheap source of energy in India.
I think he was probably paid to say that?
There is actually a drought in India and thus a few coal power stations have shut down due to a lack of water. Fancy that.
And solar power in Dubai is of course US 3c/kWh.
Correct he did say that and with landed coal from the Carmichael Basin being at over $70 a tonne good luck with that project it is never going to fly.
Pedro	4 years ago
Agree you 100% on that one. We have to get corporate vested interest out of politics
Rod	4 years ago
I'm afraid you are right. I wonder how long before the Mad Monk topples Turnbull.
When I look at ICE TV's most popular TV for the past Month, top of the list is Houserules!
The nearest show that would inform the public about anything useful, Mad as Hell, comes in at 13th.
Says a lot for the intelligence of you average Australian voter.
Frankly i find Rush the funniest program on TV.
"Rush follows the lives of members of the prestigious Tactical Response
team (TR), which is based on the real life Victoria Police Critical
Incident Response Team, a highly mobile unit that fills the operational
gap between general duties police and the SWAT-like Special Operations
Group. The team is seen responding to violent incidents such as
carjackings, suicides and armed offences"
Doesn't sound very funny to me. I might be missing something?
Oops big mistake it is Rake i should have said.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/rake/
Now Rake a whole different situation a totally dysfunctional person who somehow or other usually gets out of a jab and survives.
Try watching one of the episodes they are well worth it.
MaxG	4 years ago
What intelligence?
I am glad I arranged my life as I need it, and no longer give a thing.
Like you Max, I have taken steps to be more self reliant in energy, water, food etc. but unfortunately we need Federal Governments for the big picture stuff like Public Transport, Health, Defence. The COALition is not good for our health and to see them giving money to the big polluters irks me but doesn't seem to rate a mention with many voters.
is unfortunate that politics permeates our life, whether we like it or
not. As such, it is intertwined with my life; however, from today
onwards I will try to 'ignore' politics as much as I can tolerate. In
principle: the system is rigged towards the incumbents; the people are
stupid; or shall I say the majority; neither polies nor people
understand what needs addressing, nor is there a vision for the future.
as a root-cause analyst and systems thinker: the problem originates way
back… pre and post war WWII; it started with US foreign policy,
followed by free trade, then neoliberalism. The latter is grabbing hold
of everything, and is destroying the
very fabric of society. — There was this 14yo on some TV singing show
in AU; when she was asked to sing a song from the Beatles, she said she
never heard of them. The same with politics: why would anyone believe
for a second that people would understand what paved the way for today,
when "it" happened before they were born. Then add the people who lived
during these times, but never understood what was happening either.
… why I no longer give a thing; it is pointless.
Ian	4 years ago
An ugly American with big ears and a bad beard, said " Democracy is government of the people, by the people ,for the people" Australians work hard, are educated and are very responsible and careful about their personal, family and national lives. They are very intelligent and trustworthy, they will vote as they want to vote, thank you very much.
Full Definition of intelligence
1 a (1) : the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations : reason; also : the skilled use of reason (2) :
the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to
think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (as tests)
Unfortunately, I don't think that applies to the average Australian voter.
Lincoln also said. "Upon the subject of education,…., I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in."
I don't consider shock jocks, the Murdoch media or reality TV an ideal source of educational information.
I would highly recommend a B grade movie called "Idiocracy"
"Mike Judge makes his second directorial foray into live-action comedy with IDIOCRACY. When a none-too-bright fighter pilot volunteers for a military experiment that propels him 1000 years into the future, he finds himself in a dumbed-down society in which he is the smartest member."
Chris Fraser	4 years ago
The test is tomorrow … Good luck Tony Windsor, good luck all the Independents and all the minor parties that believe. Hope your faith is rewarded by us electors.
onesecond	4 years ago
Vote Green! If you don't believe change is possible, then change will truly become impossible.
I think it looks like a narrow victory for the LNP in the lower house with many more cross benchers in the Senate. This would be considered an appalling result for Malcolm Turnbull, and I can not see him lasting out the next year as PM. We are likely to get Abbott back. With any luck the Renewable Energy Party may get a significant proportion of the Senate vote and prevent the worst that the LNP can do.
I think your more than likely correct as Malcolm has corrected some of the derisive output from his party, however I feel Abbott has no chance of making a comeback.
If the Liberals were to turn back to him it would be a very poor and myopic vision held view indeed of the party.
I do not think the Renewable Energy Party will get anyone elected.
I think you are right John about the Renewable Energy Party. The party was too new to gain the grass roots support it needed. With our limited financial resources, lack of campaign experience and the time frame to build a campaign I think we did OK in WA at least. It has given me encouragement to carry on for the next election and I for one will be much better at it.
Overall I am delighted with the election result so far. The LNP and its policies have been rejected although not for the reasons I had hoped for. And the double dissolution election called by Turnball has backfired on him spectacularly.
Very true on all counts.
It definitely was not the best decision however the projection of support from the polls was down from the high Malcolm had when the took over so he took a punt and it worked out badly.
I was so hoping that Turnbull could change the direction of the LNP with regards to Climate and RE policy, but it was clear 3 months ago that he is not the leader we need.
Analitik	4 years ago
What do you offer over The Greens besides vote dilution?
Anyway, there were loads of new "parties" on the senate ticket with Climate Change and Renewable Energy as core pollcy areas and none achieved anything of substance and The Greens have lost a senate seat.
Meanwhile, One Nation has a definite senate seat and possibly 2 more – does this tell you anything about the views of the wider population?
The REP is pro solution. As a party we focus on solutions to climate change and will not be distracted by other divisive political stances. And lets face it, you can not sort out climate change unless you have a planned phase out of burning fossil fuels. The FF generators are not the enemy, they are going to be part of the solution after all they have all the expertise, infrastructure and resources to make the change. they just need to change trajectory.
As for One Nation they appeal to a certain segment of society who are ignorant of and fear people of different culture and race. These issues have been whipped up by the media for the past 15 years and as yet I doubt Australian can have a truly rational and sensible debate on refugees. I will say that if you think the refugee issue is a big problem now, just wait until sea level rises 1 meter, there will be up to 150 million displaced people. Just in our region we are looking at many Pacific island nations that will simply disappear. Those people will have to go somewhere and I hope, not in Australian detention centers.
This: 'The Greens are branded as "extreme", even as their policies are the very same adopted by major international companies.' is very true, and sad at the same time… also related to not having a voice… with the corporate press bashing every thing that is actually good for the public.
Robert Comerford	4 years ago
Unfortunately Tony Windsor got wiped out. The amount of pork barreling in the New England and the constant recorded phone calls from the LNP must have had an effect. And the dirt thrown at Tony with some very expensive slick TV ads that said nothing about policy had to have an effect. Maybe the best that Tony can hope for is that he forced the LNP to make a rash of promises they will now be held accountable for.
Hopefully the LNP has to rely on independents so issues get examined on their merits again.


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Tunnel vision: higher education policy and the Office for Students
April 14, 2022 by SRHE News Blog Leave a comment
by Rob Cuthbert
In January 2022 the Office for Students published three sets of consultations, 699 pages of proposals for the regulation of student outcomes, the determination of teaching excellence, and the construction of indicators to measure student experience and outcomes. These were not separate initiatives, but part of a co-ordinated programme which needs to be seen in the context of the long-awaited government response to the 2019 Augar report, finally published in March 2022[1].
The OfS consultation announced that numerical thresholds will underpin requirements for minimum acceptable student outcomes at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Universities and colleges not meeting these could face investigation, with fines and restrictions on their access to student loan funding available as potential sanctions. For full-time students studying a first degree, the thresholds require: 80% of students to continue into a second year of study; 75% of students to complete their qualification; 60% of students to go into professional employment or further study.
Not just numbers? OfS say: "we recognise that using our indicators to measure the outcomes a provider delivers for its students cannot reflect all aspects of the provider's context … If a provider delivers outcomes for its students that are below a numerical threshold, we will make decisions about whether those outcomes are justified by looking at its context. This approach would result in a rounded judgement about a provider's performance."
But then: "… such an approach may present a challenge for some providers. This is because they must only recruit students where they have understood the commitment they are making to support their students to succeed, irrespective of their backgrounds. … Most universities and colleges relish this challenge and already deliver on it. However, some do not. While some may offer opportunities for students to enter higher education, we also see low continuation and completion rates and disappointing levels of progression to relevant employment or further study." A warning, then, for "some", but not "most", providers.
The OfS approach will be fine-grained: "We would consider whether a provider has complied with condition B3 in relation to each separate indicator or split indicator. This enables us to identify 'pockets of provision' where performance in a specific subject, for students with specific characteristics, or in relation to partnership arrangements, falls below a numerical threshold".
'Selecting' universities might think that 'contextual judgment' will rescue them, but may still decide to play safe in subjects where the numbers don't look so good. 'Recruiting' universities, especially in 'levelling up' areas, might be looking at the numbers across many programmes and considering their strategy. Everyone will be incentivised to play safe and eliminate what are numerically the most marginal candidates, subjects and courses. And everyone thinks this will discriminate against disadvantaged students. For example, the University Alliance response published on 16 March 2022 said: "The University Alliance is gravely concerned that the proposals outlined by government could have unintended consequences for the least privileged students in society."
Sally Burtonshaw (London Higher) blogged for HEPI on 26 January 2022: "As the dust begins to settle on the 699 pages of Office for Students' (OfS) consultations and accompanying documents published on Thursday and providers across the sector begin to draft responses (deadline March 17th), it feels like there is a gaping chasm between the sector and its regulator. Language in the accompanying press release with references to 'crack downs', 'tough regulatory action' and 'protecting students from being let down', jars with a sector which has contributed so much throughout the pandemic."
Diana Beech (London Higher) blogged for HEPI on 7 March 2022 about the government response to Augar and the OfS consultations: "… what we are facing now is not a series of seemingly independent consultations concerned with the minutiae of regulation, but a multi-pronged and coordinated assault on the values our higher education sector holds dear." Diana Beech was a policy adviser to the last three ministers for universities.
SRHE Fellow Peter Scott summed it up like this: "This … 'direction of travel' is … based on the assumption that we should continue to distinguish between FE and HE, vocational and academic tracks, in terms of their social bases and costs. Of course, that is the current reality. Universities, especially Russell Group ones, draw a disproportionate number of their students from socially-privileged backgrounds, while FE is badly under-funded. This is why it makes (economic) sense for the Government to try to divert more students there. But is that sustainable in a country that aspires to being both democratic and dynamic? Most other countries have moved on and now think in terms of tertiary systems embracing HE, FE, on-the-job training, adult and community learning, the virtual stuff … bound together by flexible pathways and equitable funding – and, above all, by fair access. In the UK, Wales is setting the pace, while Scotland has had its 'Learner Journey 15-24' initiative. In England, sadly, there is no echo of such positive thinking."
Status hierarchies must, it seems, be maintained, and not just between HE and FE, but also between universities. Contrary to expectations the Teaching Excellence Framework will rise from the ashes of the Pearce Review via the OfS's second consultation. Earlier versions of TEF did not reliably reproduce the existing status hierarchies; some Russell Group institutions even suffered the indignity of a bronze rating. Clearly this could not be allowed to continue. So now: "The proposed TEF process is a desk-based, expert review exercise with decisions made by a panel of experts to be established by the OfS. The panel would consider providers' submissions alongside other evidence. … TEF assessment should result in an overall rating for each provider. The overall rating would be underpinned by two aspect ratings, one for student experience and one for student outcomes but there would be no rating of individual subjects within a provider." Such undifferentiated provider-level arrangements will surely be enough to ensure no further embarrassment for those with the highest reputations.
There will still be gold, silver and bronze awards, but not for all. The OfS script is worthy of Yes Minister: "… our minimum baseline quality requirements establish a high quality minimum for all providers. Therefore, quality identified that is materially above the relevant baseline quality requirements should be considered as 'very high quality' or 'outstanding quality' … 'Outstanding quality' signifies a feature of the student experience or outcomes that is among the very highest quality found in the sector for the mix of students and courses taught by a provider. … 'Very high quality' signifies a feature of the student experience or outcomes that is materially above the relevant minimum baseline quality requirements for the mix of students and courses taught by a provider." Is the difference clear? If not, don't worry, because the TEF Panel will decide.
As Sir Humphrey might have put it: it's like the Olympics – not everyone will get on the podium. And it's like ice dancing: judges hand out the marks based on how they rate the performance. The table of "features of excellence" spells out the criteria, for example: "The provider uses research in relevant disciplines, innovation, scholarship, professional practice and/or employer engagement to contribute to an outstanding academic experience for its students." Whereas for high quality: "The provider uses research in relevant disciplines, innovation, scholarship, professional practice and/or employer engagement to contribute to a very high quality academic experience for its students." Is the difference clear? If not, don't worry, because the TEF Panel will decide.
Nick Hillman blogged for HEPI on 21 January 2022 about the OfS initiatives, reflecting on the limited success of previous attempts to shift evaluation towards metricisation, and Debbie Mcvitty blogged for Wonkhe on 24 January 2022 with a helpful potted history.There will be no surprises in the outcomes of the consultations. Whether or not the Titanic is sinking, we are consulted only on how to arrange the deckchairs. As HEPI's Nick Hillman said: "I vividly recall what Les Ebdon, the former Director for Fair Access, said a few years ago when he was asked, "What will the Office for Students do?" His answer was, "It's very simple. I can tell you exactly what the OfS will do. It will do whatever the government of the day wants it to do." And so it has proved."
Let us, then, look not at the entirely predictable outcomes, but at the style the OfS has adopted to reach them. The consultation on regulation of outcomes is telling. It takes 100 pages to assemble a rational-bureaucratic edifice in rational-bureaucratic language, with chapter headings including: "… making judgments about compliance with condition B3 … Addressing statistical uncertainty in the assessment of condition B3 … Taking regulatory action when a breach is identified …". There could have been headings like: "How do we know how good the performance is?" or "What if something goes wrong?". But that would have exposed the deeper questions, for which answers have already been decided. Instead we are drowned with bureaucratic detail. Details are always necessary, but we should be reminded of why they are needed. Instead these documents do their best to obscure the fait accompli which is their starting point, with a grinding remorseless pseudo-rationality which encourages you to lose sight of purposes and values.
In 699 pages of consultation the OfS has done its bureaucratic best to profess transparency, openness and rigour, while diverting our energies and attention from what an experienced ministerial adviser called the 'assault on the values which our HE sector holds dear'. The consultations amount to a detailed enquiry about how exactly these values should be assaulted. We are in a consultation tunnel with only one track. What we can see is probably not the light at the end of the tunnel, it may be the lights from an oncoming train.
Rob Cuthbert, editor of SRHE News and Blog, is emeritus professor of higher education management, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and Fellow of SRHE. He is an independent academic consultant whose previous roles include deputy vice-chancellor at the University of the West of England, editor of Higher Education Review, Chair of the Society for Research into Higher Education, and government policy adviser and consultant in the UK/Europe, North America, Africa, and China.
Email rob.cuthbert@uwe.ac.uk, Twitter @RobCuthbert.
[1] Covered elsewhere in this issue of SRHE News. SRHE members can read this and previous editions of SRHE News via https://srhe.ac.uk/my-account/
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First look: Young homeless people create 'mind-bending' illusions for Edinburgh exhibition
Organisers of the exhibition hope every photograph 'can be seen in more than one way.'
Brian Ferguson
Published: 10:21 Updated: 16:42 Wednesday 18 December 2019
Photographic illusions created by young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness is to be staged in Edinburgh over the festive season.
A group of 16-25 year-olds worked with a leading illusionist to create the images for a new exhibition, which will run across two venues in the Old Town from 22 December.
Every photograph featured in the exhibition has been specially created to be "seen in more than one way."
The Power of Perspective show was instigated as an outreach project by the Edinburgh International Magic Festival.
Organisers say participants learned new skills to create each image for the show. It is also hoped it will help tackle "myths" surrounding homeless.
Organisers joined forces with The Rock Trust, a youth homeless charity which has been running in Edinburgh since 1991. Part of its work involves working with other groups and organisations to help develop the skills of the young people they work with.
All the participants in 'The Power of Perspective' were aged between 16 and 25.
Illusionist, magician and psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman worked with the teenagers and young adults to create the images for the exhibition, which will open ahead of the start of the magic festival on 27 December.
The images will be on display at the Scottish Storytelling Centre on the Royal Mile, while visitors can see how they were created at the nearby Museum of Edinburgh.
Wiseman said: "Illusions help people perceive the world in a different way and I hope that will happen here. It's important we make myths surrounding homelessness vanish and replace them with a more accurate way of seeing what's really going on.
"I really enjoyed working with these young people – they had such enthusiasm and imagination. The pictures they have created are superb and it will be really fun for visitors to see if they can work out how some of the illusions were created."
The exhibition will be running for more than a month at the Museum of Edinburgh and the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
One of the participants in the project said: "Being involved in this project and having the opportunity to play a small part in how homeless young people and homelessness are viewed has been very humbling and rewarding.
"I hope this exhibition will show we are just young people who have had bumps in the road and no one is safe or immune from the grasps of homelessness, it can happen to anyone. This exhibition and these illusions aim to show how we feel and our opinions."
Svetlana McMahon, creative producer of the magic festival, said: "Looking at these photos you can see straight away how much the young people have learned – it takes a lot of skill to create photographic illusions
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"This was a brilliant way for them to gain confidence by getting involved with something that is really creative, lots of fun and got great results. They have every reason to be very proud that the illusions they have created are being included in a public exhibition.
Reflections in water were among the effects used to create images for the exhibition.
"We really hope that the project can help these young people to be seen and heard and contribute to their transition to adulthood while avoiding or moving on from homelessness."
It is hoped that the exhibition will help some of the myths surrounding homelessness 'vanish.'
Magic festival organisers said participants in the project learned new skills to create each image.


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 При произвольном  и  существует единственная с точностью до изометрии -мерная односвязная пространственная форма  кривизны . Если  то это -мерная сфера радиуса , при  это евклидово пространство и при  это -мерное пространство Лобачевского.
 Универсальное накрытие любой -мерной пространственной формы кривизны  с поднятой метрикой изометрично .
 Иначе говоря, любая -мерная пространственная форма кривизны  может быть получена из  факторизацией по дискретной группе  движений, действующих свободно (то есть без неподвижных точек); при этом два пространства  и  изометричны в том и только в том случае, когда  и  сопряжены в группе всех движений . Тем самым проблема классификации пространственных форм сводится к задаче описания всех несопряженных групп движений пространств ,  и , действующих дискретно и свободно.

Свойства сферических пространственных форм
Исчерпывающая классификация сферических пространственных форм получена в

 Если  чётно, то единственным движением сферы  без неподвижных точек является центральная симметрия, переводящая каждую точку сферы в диаметрально противоположную. Факторпространство  по группе , порожденное этим движением, есть вещественная проективная плоскость с метрикой постоянной кривизны (также называется пространство Римана или эллиптическое пространство). В частности
 Любая сферическая пространственная форма чётной размерности  изометрична либо , либо .
 Любая конечная циклическая группа может служить фундаментальной группой сферической пространственной формы (см. линзовое пространство).
 Чтобы нециклическая группа порядка  могла служить фундаментальной группой -мерной сферической пространственной формы, необходимо (но не достаточно), чтобы  было взаимно просто с  и делилось на квадрат какого-либо целого числа.

Свойства eвклидовых пространственных форм
Фундаментальные группы компактных eвклидовых пространственных форм являются частным случаем кристаллографических групп.

Теорема Бибербаха о кристаллографической группе приводит к структурной теории компактных евклидовых пространственных форм произвольной размерности:
 Для любого  существует только конечное число разных классов аффинно не эквивалентных компактных евклидовых пространственных форм размерности .
 Две компактные евклидовы пространственные формы  и  аффинно эквивалентны, тогда и только тогда, когда их фундаментальные группы  и  изоморфны.
 Например, любая двумерная компактная евклидова пространственная форма гомеоморфна (а следовательно, аффинно эквивалентна) либо плоскому тору, либо плоской бутылке Клейна.
 Абстрактная группа  тогда и только тогда может служить фундаментальной группой компактной eвклидовой пространственной формы , когда
  имеет нормальную абелеву подгруппу  конечного индекса, изоморфную ;
  совпадает со своим централизатором в ;
  не имеет элементов конечного порядка.
 Если такая группа  реализована в виде дискретной подгруппы в группе всех движений пространства , то  совпадает с множеством параллельных сдвигов, принадлежащих , и имеется нормальное накрытие пространства  плоским тором .
 Конечная группа  изоморфна группе голономии пространства .
 Компактная евклидова пространственная форма всегда имеет конечную группу голономии.
 Справедливо и обратное утверждение: компактное риманово пространство, группа голономии которого конечна, является плоским.
 Любая конечная группа изоморфна группе голономии некоторой компактной евклидовой пространственной формы.
 Любая некомпактная евклидова пространственная форма допускает вещественноаналитическую ретракцию на компактное вполне геодезическое плоское подмногообразие (см. теорема о душе).
 В частности класс фундаментальных групп некомпактных eвклидовых пространственных форм совпадает с классом фундаментальных групп компактных евклидовых пространственных форм.

Свойства гиперболических пространственных форм
 Компактные гиперболические пространственные формы размерности , имеющие изоморфные фундаментальные группы, изометричны.

История
Исследование двумерных гиперболических пространственных форм по существу началось в 1888, когда Пуанкаре изучая дискретные группы дробно-линейных преобразований комплексной полуплоскости  — фуксовы группы, заметил, что их можно трактовать как группы движений плоскости Лобачевского.

Проблема классификации -мерных римановых пространств произвольной постоянной кривизны была сформулирована , который назвал её проблемой пространственных форм Клиффорда — Клейна;
современная формулировка этой проблемы была дана Хопфом (1925).

Вариации и обобщения
Кроме римановых пространственных форм изучались их обобщения:
псевдоримановы, аффинные и комплексные пространственные формы и пространственные формы симметрических пространств.

Литература

Риманова (и псевдориманова) геометрия

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Kū (Rafael/a Luna-Pizano) is a proud two-spirit descendant from Pilipino and Mexica ancestors, stringing altars between the past and present to reconnect with the future. Kū plays with words, movement, song, and installation design to sculpt space, experience and dreams. He is a capoerista, danzante and wanna-be dancer who desires audiences to come together and realize themselves center-stage, performers of life and leave with agency back in their palms. Kū is currently working towards a masters in the Native Voices program at UW, focusing on uplifting QTPOC lives and creating seeds of advice for the coming generations of black and brown trans revolutionaries. He thanks the Duwamish and Coast Salish ancestors for allowing him to live on these lands.
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Vicente Montanez has been a resident of the Pacific Northwest for the past 20 years. He was born in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico on 1964. Since he was 13 years old on 1977 he joined his first company, Compañia Los Clásicos del Teatro, and performed musical and children theatre. In 1978 he was invited to create a mime company, Compañia de Pantomima Yesterday, and for six years with both companies he traveled around the country performing and participating in mime and theatre festivals.
In the 1980s, he met two of his most influential teachers, Sigfrido Aguilar and Rodrido Villamil. As an art student in CEDART school Morelia , Mexico he met Rodrigo Villamil and they founded the Taller de Investigacion y Experimentacion Teatral, honored nationally and internationally as one of the most innovative groups in Morelia, Mexico. The group toured for fifteen years around Mexico and Europe
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Xavier Lopez Jr.
Xavier Lopez received his MFA from the University of California, Davis, where he created the theoretical/artistic thesis the "Soft Cyborg." A Post-Pop Surrealist, he is part of a young group of artists who are seeking to move beyond "Pop," mixing sculpture, performance, theory and painting to create something enticingly new. He has shown artwork on both coasts as well as in Germany and France, he has come to be known for his own brand of "pop surrealist" painting and post-pop sculpture, especially his ghosts and tin foil mountans. "Cool," "Urban," "Goth," "Kawaii," "Pop Surrealist" or whatever definition you might want to come up with, Lopez' artistic style crosses over many boundaries and unsettles them all.
Most recently, Lopez' work has been described as "gleefully disturbing"--a cross between very old Fleischer cartoons and their animated nightmares, giving us a glimpse into the disquieting world that we all invent for ourselves before we have a chance to make sense of the universe and its vast contradictions. Within Lopez' world there are many landscapes: caves, a vast ocean, snows-capes, living trees, and always the sense that one has crossed over into the deep end.
"I want viewers of my work to feel as they do just before going over the cliff at Splash Mountain." Still, Lopez' work is all smiles. "That smile," he adds, "that is what draws people to my work, it is complex with just a hint of evil, that tells the viewer that there is something else going on here." It is the smile of the Muse and the multi-armed skeleton and it is the childlike darkness behind the Kawaii. Xavier Lopez' work is not just cute, there is always more. Continually, growing and evolving, fans of his work never know what to expect from the artist--there is always wonder, innocence and experience, but mostly a sense of fun that keeps drawing more and more viewers to play in the "Deep End" of his imagination.
Xavier Lopez' work can be found at various art galleries in the Seattle area, including Gargoyles Statuary and Echo Echo in the Greenwood Collective as well as appearing on many murals, posters and prints. He is also the author of a blog that covers the Alternative to Alternative Art Scene in Seattle for the online newspaper, the Seattle Post Intelligencer. Xavier's work has been shown in several publications and magazines including Hi Fructose, Catapult Magazine, Dark Beauty, Vex , Mad Magazine and two issues of Studio Visit Magazine.


Alvaro Morata is yet to complete his transfer to Atletico Madrid, yet a group of the supporters at the Wanda Metropolitano are already singing against him!
Alvaro Morata's time as a Chelsea player is coming to an end. We earlier reported that there are some difficulties in negotiations between us and Atletico, but the deal is still expected to go through before the transfer window comes to a close later this month.
Morata is set to embark on the next chapter of his career as an Atletico player. He may well be familiar with the city of Madrid, but it's a whole new challenge for him. We believe that, despite his struggles here, he can revive his career with Atleti. Their fans, though, aren't convinced.
According to AS, during the first-half of Atletico's clash with Getafe earlier on Saturday, chants of "Less Morata, more Borja Garcés" could be heard ringing around the stadium. Though the report claims that other fans whistled at the chant, a significant amount joined in to air their displeasure.
Borja Garcés is a 19-year-old academy product who has only ever made one La Liga appearance. Chelsea fans would have hoped to see Callum Hudson-Odoi ahead of Morata in the starting eleven at times, so this ought to be a familiar feeling for the Spaniard. Sorry, Alvaro!


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Cadmus was built in 1816 at Medford, Massachusetts. She made five complete voyages as a whaler, one out of Boston (1822–1825), and four out of Fairhaven, Massachusetts  (1831–1841). She was lost in 1842 on an uncharted atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago (), that for a time was known as Cadmus Island, and is now known as Morane.

Career
1st whaling voyage (1822–1825): Captain Nathanial Cray sailed from Boston in 1822. He returned in 1825 with 2000 barrels of whale oil.

2nd whaling voyage (1831–1834): Captain Frederick C. Taber sailed in 1831 from Fairhaven. He returned in 1834 with 2313 barrels of whale oil.

3rd whaling voyage (1834–1837): Captain William Crowell sailed in 1834 from Fairhaven. He returned in 1837 with 2063 barrels of whale oil.

4th whaling voyage (1838–1841): Captain Edwin L. Mayhew sailed in 1838 from Fairhaven. He returned in 1841 with 2002 barrels of oil.

5th whaling voyage (1841–loss): Captain Mayhew sailed from Fairhaven on 11 November 1841.

Loss
On 3 August 1842, Cadmus, Captain Mayhew, struck an uncharted reef whose location Captain estimated at . The vessel quickly went to pieces, but captain and crew made it to the island in one of her boats. The captain, mate, and four men subsequently sailed to Tahiti, making the over 1000 mile journey in an open boat.

Captain Mayhew and his boat crew arrived at Tahiti on 21 August. There he chartered Emerald, Christopher Hall, master, to retrieve the men still on Cadmus Island. Hall returned to Tahiti on 21 September with 18 survivors.

Cadmus had been out nine months but had only gathered 40 barrels of oil. Five of the rescued men then joined , on which Herman Melville had been a sailor until he and several other crew members had quit her in Tahiti, and had been charged with revolt and refusal to do their duty.

A report in an Australia newspaper stated that the American whaler Cadmus had been totally wrecked on St. John the Baptist's Island, near Pitcairn Island. It reported that she had 1200 barrels of oil aboard. The schooner Emerald had been despatched to bring the crew to Tahiti.

Captain Mayhew and the first mate, Mr. Norton, arrived at New Bedford prior to March 1843.

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Ms. Li Fenyu Tortured and Abused in Labor Camps for Eight Years
March 15, 2014 | By a Minghui correspondent from Jiangxi Province, China
(Minghui.org) When Ms. Li Fenyu was released from Jiangxi Province Women's Forced Labor Camp on September 24, 2013, she was in fragile condition, weighing only 88 lbs (40kg). It was the fourth time she had been sent to a labor camp for her belief in Falun Gong.
Ms. Li has spent over eight years in labor camps since the persecution of Falun Gong began. Relentless torture and brainwashing had pushed her to verge of collapse several times, yet she still refused to renounce her faith. The authorities had confiscated everything from her home, and her son and daughter became homeless as a result of the persecution.
Ms. Li Fenyu
Ms. Li Fenyu, 56, is from Nanchang County of Jiangxi Province. Her husband passed away at 39 years old, leaving her with their son, daughter and a large amount of debt. Her life was turned upside down.
When she started practicing Falun Gong in May 1997, her health was quickly restored and she had new hope for the future.
Appeals in Beijing Met with Arrest
Dark clouds reformed as her cherished practice came under attack by the Communist regime, with the nationwide launch of the persecution in July 1999. To stand up for justice, Ms. Li went to Beijing to appeal on March 9, 2000. She was arrested at the train station and detained at the local detention center. She went on a hunger strike and was released on April 30, 2000.
She returned to Beijing with other practitioners to appeal again on May 9, 2000. For holding up a banner, she was arrested and detained at Xuanwu Detention Center in Beijing. She was sent back to her hometown and detained at local detention center until her release on May 17, 2000, after she went on a hunger strike for 9 days.
She was arrested again at her home on July 20, 2000. She had done nothing to trigger the arrest, but it is likely that the arrest was made to prevent her from appealing, as it took place on the one-year anniversary of the persecution. She was detained for 15 days.
On October 6, 2000, she went to Beijing again and was arrested for distributing informational materials at Tiananmen Square. The police took her back to her hometown. At that time, there were so many Falun Gong practitioners going to Beijing to appeal the persecution that the detention centers could not hold them.
1st Labor Camp Detention, for One Year
Ms. Li Fenyu was arrested at the end of December 2000 and was sentenced to one year of forced labor at Jiangxi Province Women's Labor Camp. She was detained in a 6-square-meter cell, which she had to share with two others. They had to eat, drink, and relieve themselves in the same small cell, and it smelled terribly.
In March 2001, prisoner He Yun found clothing with words that exposed the persecution written on them and which were hidden in Ms. Li's bedding. To retaliate, the guard handcuffed and restrained Ms. Li on the "death bed." She went on a hunger strike for three days.
2nd Labor Camp Detention
Ms. Li went back to her parents' home in Sichuan Province after she was released. On October 26, 2001, she went to Beijing with other practitioners and unfolded a banner that read, "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good" and " Falun Dafa is good!"
She was detained in Beijing and then sent to Jianxi Province Detention Center. She was put in heavy shackles for more than 20 days.
In February 2002, Ms. Li went back to her parents' home to visit her daughter. On March 21, she was arrested when she was working on her parents' farm. She was sentenced to two years of forced labor at Nanbusi Women's Labor Camp.
In the labor camp she was tortured in various ways, including being forced to stand against the wall for a long time and kicked if she moved even slightly.
In October 2002, labor camp personnel beat her from 7 a.m. to midnight in attempt to force her to give up her belief in Falun Gong.
Her legs were put in the legs double-crossed meditation position and tied tightly. At the same time, she was forced to hold a broom above her head. The prisoners beat her when they saw her arms move. She was tortured this way from midnight until 4 p.m. the next day, about 16 hours.
The guards also tried to force her to slander the founder of Falun Gong. Ms. Li refused and was forced to kneel for 4 or 5 hours.
She was forced to drink 8 glasses of water every day and was not allowed to use the bathroom from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. If she could not hold it and relieved herself in her pants, she was fined 20 yuan each time.
The labor camp also denied her family members any visitation. Ms. Li's mother went to give her some clothes, but was not allowed to see her or give her the clothes.
3rd Labor Camp Detention, Three-Year Sentence
In July 2005, Ms. Li Fenyu was sentenced to three years at Jiangxi Women's Labor Camp. Her family members were not allowed to visit her.
She was forced to make rubber gloves. The working conditions were poor and they had to work for more than 10 hours every day. They had to use talcum powder which caused allergic reactions, making Ms. Li to cough and her nose to bleed.
In May 2006, Ms. Li was isolated and monitored 24 hours a day, every day.
Lu Xiuying and other guards brainwashed her and forced her to watch video programs that slandered Falun Gong.
For more than 20 days, she was subjected to brainwashing until after midnight. She had to get up at 5 a.m. to clean the floors. She was sleep deprived and exhausted.
The authorities also forced her 16-year-old daughter to come and pressure her to give up her belief in Falun Gong. Ms. Li was on the verge of mental and physical collapse.
4th Labor Camp Detention, Two-Year Sentence
On September 25, 2011, Ms. Li was arrested again because she distributed Shen Yun Performing Arts DVDs. She was sentenced to 2 years of forced labor at Jiangxi Women's Labor Camp.
She was tortured with forced standing for the whole day until midnight in May 2012.
On the evening of May 15, 2012, guard Lu Xiuying went into the cell and dragged Ms. Li out by her hair. She then slammed Ms. Li's shoulders against the wall.
In August 2012, Ms. Li was again forced to stand still for the entire day because she did not shout "report" when she walked out of the cell. Guard Xu Yanping grabbed Ms. Li's shirt collar and pulled her outside to stand in the hot sun.
On September 24, 2013, when Ms. Li was finally released, she had survived more than eight years of torture and abuse.
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Windows 10 vital to US Air Force preparedness
The 2016 LTSB version of Windows 10 will have mainstream support until 2021. (Source: Softpedia)
The US Department of Defense has stated that the United States Air Force (USAF) must ensure its computers are operating Windows 10 by March 31, 2018. The Microsoft OS is considered to be a crucial component in the overall readiness of the armed service branch.
Daniel R Deakin, Published 02/15/2018
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The US Air Force is under strict orders to upgrade all its computer systems to the most secure version of Windows: Windows 10. It's easy to forget (or turn a blind eye) to the fact that some of the world's most crucial information systems are operating on Windows. Consider how frustrating it is when that OS won't do something it is programmed to do and you're ready to throw your laptop against the wall. Now imagine that same situation but on a Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. The fact that the USAF is also the specialized armed service in regard to cyberwarfare highlights how important this issue actually is.
However, compatibility issues have stricken a large number of machines in the USAF, meaning a huge US Department of Defense purchase order is likely coming soon to replace computers that can't operate Windows 10. Apparently, the popular Microsoft OS is not compatible with some of the USAF's existing network, which of course could lead to potential cyber threats. The Air Force has until March 31, 2018 to migrate completely to Windows 10, otherwise compromised systems will be barred (or "quarantined") from the Air Force Network. This could be costly for the military, with the DoD having to dip into its half-trillion dollar budget.
Windows 10 operates on an estimated 600 million computers worldwide. It is important for the USAF to upgrade its systems to reduce the threat of hacking, which older operating systems are more susceptible to. For example, the infamous WannaCry attack of 2017 was particularly brutal on the thousands of computers used by the UK's National Health Service, which still mostly relied on Windows XP at the time.
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Ongoing; Seniors concerts, Hospital concerts.
"We have been fortunate to participate in a Senior's recorder group with Erica as our instructor and mentor.
Erica is an excellent teacher --- kind, gentle, pleasant, positive and encouraging, really smart, knows her students and their audience. She is skilled at encouraging, all the while cheerfully challenging one to move forward.
Erica is very community -minded, even arranging opportunities for the group to entertain others. She is very skilled at setting up the program and encouraging the participation of her own students and of everyone.
And that is a GOOD thing!"
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CBS4 News Director Offers Reasons To Give Thanks In A Difficult Year
By Tim Wieland November 25, 2020 at 2:38 pm
Filed Under:CBS4 Behind The Scenes, Colorado News, Denver News
DENVER (CBS4) – I love Thanksgiving. It's one of my favorite holidays, because it is all about gratitude. There's no gift giving or receiving, no decorations or songs. It is, simply, a time to pause and reflect on what we have to be thankful for in our lives. This year, for many in our community, giving thanks will be difficult. We have experienced a year of uncertainty, fear and loss — a global pandemic, demonstrations for social justice, a contentious election, and a destructive wildfire season.
Firefighters battle the Cameron Peak Fire, the largest wildfire in Colorado history. (credit: CBS)
For journalists, covering the big story — and all the emotion that surrounds it — is part of our daily work. But this year, it's personal too. Each person in our newsroom experienced the pandemic, the demonstrations, the election and the fires in a unique, personal way. The separation that typically exists between work and home was gone — as the pain and stress reported in our stories was often felt at home as well. This perspective often informed our editorial decisions, and gave us a new appreciation for the importance of accurate information in trying times.
CBS4 chief photographer Kevin Hartfield and reporter Brian Maass working on an assignment. (credit: CBS)
So this year, as I pause to give thanks, I am filled with gratitude for the journalists I am honored to work with each day. Working in television news is the ultimate team sport — so I would like to share a word of thanks for all of those who make up our team, and offer a glimpse behind the scenes at the passion and commitment that goes into producing the newscasts you see on TV every day or read about on our website.
Reporter Dillon Thomas works on an assignment. (credit: CBS)
First, I am thankful for our reporters and photojournalists working in the field. The things you consider "routine" are remarkable. I have seen you work long days and extra days. I have seen you take extraordinary steps to protect the health of your co-workers and the community, and I have seen you put your own safety on the line to report stories important to Colorado. I know the extra time it takes to clean your gear before and after every shift, to take inventory of the special equipment for socially distant interviews, and to make sure you're stocked up on masks and hand sanitizer. I have shared emotional Zoom calls with you as you've expressed fears of getting sick, or making someone in your family sick, as a result of exposure while on a story. A few of our field journalists did get sick themselves this year, and I know how hard it was to battle illness while isolated from loved ones — only to go right back into the field when you recovered.
CBS4 sports reporter and anchor Michael Spencer interviews Broncos safety Justin Simmons during a social justice rally in Denver. (credit: CBS)
I am thankful for our producers, directors and technical crew – the people responsible for putting our newscasts on TV and CBSN Denver every day. Working from home is rarely an option because of the nature of their work. That work is high stress, under multiple daily deadlines, and typically involves a lot of close contact — discussing, brainstorming, and arguing over stories and production; but this year, I've seen you respect social distance, wear a mask, wash hands, and clean up workspaces. I didn't think I'd ever get emotional watching someone clean their desk with a disinfectant wipe, but that happened this year — because I know you do it out of love; because you care about each other.
CBS4 anchor Britt Moreno interviews subjects virtually for a report. (credit CBS)
I am thankful for our news, weather and sports anchors, the "face" of our coverage on all these difficult stories. You are the epitome of professionalism — offering serious, honest reporting and not a breathless, artificially urgent presentation. These times call for you to be at your best, because that is what our community needs. There were days when I thought that I if had to deliver the news I might just freak out on live television — yet there you were, delivering the news with authority and compassion.
CBS4's Alan Gionet interviews a Colorado family during the pandemic. (credit: CBS)
I am thankful for our digital team — 24/7 journalists working a 24/7 story. The team working on our website like to say they're "always on" because "the internet is never full." During a year of unprecedented news, with constantly developing stories, CBS4 viewers were not content to wait for the next newscast — CBSDenver.com and our social platforms offered the very latest news and information, on demand. It may surprise you to learn that not a single member of our digital team has set foot in the newsroom since March. They developed entirely new workflows and communication systems so they could work from home, while ensuring our digital platforms never missed a single story. They didn't allow the challenging work environment to impact our product one bit — on the contrary, CBSDenver.com has broken records for web traffic month after month — a testament to their dedication and great work.
Assignment editor Audra Streetman (credit: CBS)
I am thankful for our video editors and assignment editors, the "engine" of our content production. Like the digital team, our video editors and assignment editors developed innovative tools to edit video, gather information and communicate with the main newsroom while working from home. There have been entire shifts when we did not have a video editor or assignment editor working inside CBS4, but you certainly wouldn't know it by viewing our news content. The next time you watch a CBS4 newscast, consider that nearly all of the video you're watching was edited outside our building — a fact that would have been impossible to believe just eight months ago.
CBS4 chief editor Steve Vriesman (credit: CBS)
I have a special place in my heart for our assignment editors — who subject themselves to a "firehose" of information all day long, constantly working to prioritize the most important stories, chase down leads and confirm critical details. It's never an easy job, but this year has been particularly difficult given the nature of the stories we've covered. I have seen you develop an appreciation for the healing power of a good cry and a glass of wine at the end of a long day, and I look forward to one day being able to toast your extraordinary work.
Reporter Mekialaya White (credit: CBS)
I am thankful to have a General Manager, Walt DeHaven, who fundamentally believes in news and has proven again and again that he will stand up for the toughest stories. This year, the social justice movement called upon our industry to take a hard look at diversity in our newsroom as well as unconscious bias in our coverage. Here, too, Walt has been a leader — providing the vision and resources, and pushing us to attain that vision.
An image from a recent virtual CBS4 news managers' meeting. (credit: CBS)
Finally, I am thankful to the newsroom managers. Managers don't get a lot of appreciation, and we know that going into the job. Our satisfaction often comes from a well-executed coverage plan, an innovative content idea, or a challenging goal for our news product — but mostly, it comes from helping other journalists grow and succeed. I have watched as the newsroom managers — in the middle of constant crisis — pushed our team to do the best work of their careers, providing all of the necessary support along the way.
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This year has required the team at CBS4 to spend so many days and nights away from loved ones –at a time when their loved ones needed them the most. I know the sacrifices they make for this job, and I am grateful to all of them. So, if you're searching for something to be thankful for this year — be thankful for our health care workers, emergency responders, teachers, delivery drivers, and other essential workers. And, I hope you will also be thankful for journalists. Happy Thanksgiving.
Tim Wieland
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What Is Information Management Technology (IMT)?
Information management technology (IMT) refers to the processes, systems, hardware, and software a company uses to conduct its day-to-day operations. Information management technology is also considered a professional discipline where a student learns to manage the selection, distribution, and organization of all the technology and related process in a business environment.
The budget line encompassing all those systems and the costs of setting them up and maintaining them is referred to as information management technology. Information management technology is also referred to as information technology (IT), and information management and technology.
Information management technology refers to the processes, systems, hardware, and software a company uses to conduct its day-to-day operations.
There are very few business processes that do not depend or cannot benefit from information management technology.
IMT allows companies to manage their data efficiently regardless of its form.
Implementing IMT not only allows employees to be more productive, but it can also be tailored to suit a company's specific needs.
Understanding Information Management Technology (IMT)
Information management technology is a critical part of every business. It enables the big data type insights that drive business strategies, the precision underlying retail supply chain management, the records retention policy for compliance, and much more. There are very few business processes that do not depend or cannot benefit from information management technology.
Since information comes in both tangible, physical forms as well as electronically—and therefore, intangibly—companies need a way to manage all their data. That's where information management technology comes into play. It gives companies a way to manage their data regardless of its form. To get the most out of IMT, companies must keep their business strategies in line with the technology that they put into place.
IMT is commonly found in financial management, service management, as well as configuration management. But any company that relies on IMT must ensure its technology is safe and secure. Without taking the proper precautions, systems may be vulnerable to cyberattacks by hackers. For example, organizations such as retailers must put safeguards in place so their customers' information such as names and credit card numbers aren't stolen.
By centralizing the process and equipment, companies can function more efficiently, by allowing employees to concentrate on their own jobs without having the need to tend to data management. Although IMT does, it can lead to the redundancy and elimination of certain positions within the workforce. That's because some of the tasks that were once done by human labor may be replaced by computers and network systems.
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Information management technology is, as mentioned above, a discipline as well as a corporate function. It is often housed under a science program, but it can be part of a disciplinary specialty like a bachelor of health administration with a major in information management technology. Generally speaking, these programs cover:
Data security and role management
Data organization and analysis
Systems analysis, design, and organization
Software and hardware assessment
There are also many specialties within information management and technology when it is considered as a career. Data scientists, for example, work with different data sources and sets to create insights, metrics, and key performance indicators.
Benefits of Information Management Technology
Information management technology is often considered to be a driver of organizational efficiency as technology has traditionally helped workers to be more productive with it than without it. As the applications of technology in business have multiplied, information management technology has been further segmented into more meaningful categories that capture the function of the technology being used. This includes the enterprise-class IMT like enterprise resource management, enterprise relationship management, and enterprise records management.
Any one of these sub-categories refers to a functional system that depends on hardware—computers, terminals, sensors, etc.—process such as training, auditing, and enforcement, and software. A large corporation will be running many of these systems, some of which will be purchased and some which are proprietary.
Workers in information management technology are considered part of the highly skilled workforce and are sometimes referred to as knowledge workers.
Computer network architects handle the creation and maintenance of a business's network, including administering remote access. Computer hardware engineers design hardware and configure machines in ways that optimize them for their specific function.
Enterprise Information Management (EIM)
Enterprise information management (EIM) refers to the optimization, storage, and processing of data created and used by a large business.
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Batch processing is the processing transactions that are processed in a group or batch as opposed to individually. It applies to the computation of information or data.
Understanding End-to-End in Business
End-to-end refers to a process that takes a method or service from its beginning to its end, delivering a complete functional solution.
What is Cybersecurity?
Cybersecurity refers to the measures taken to keep electronic information private, ranging from personal protection to complex government protection.
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Factors of production are the inputs needed for the creation of a good or service. The factors of production include land, labor, entrepreneurship, and capital.
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Dignified demeanour: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridigreeting Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj SIngh after India wonthe World Cup 2011 semi-final match at the PCA Stadium inMohali. — S. Subramanium
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India emerged victorious against Pakistan on Wednesday but Pakistan's skipper Shahid Afridi was the epitome of grace in defeat. He wished India well for the finals while apologising to his countrymen for the defeat.
It was this gesture that struck a chord with a friend who heads an automotive company. According to him, accepting a loss without making a fuss is the first step towards laying a solid base for victory in the future. "There are some very good takeaways from Afridi's leadership style in daily management, especially on those occasions when we have our backs to the wall," he said.
Here was a man trying to put a B Team together. Some of his country's top cricketers had been banned in an ugly match fixing controversy and nobody gave Pakistan even a ghost of a chance in this World Cup. The fact that it qualified for the semis is a tribute to Afridi and his faith in the team. Better known for his mercurial temperament, he stood tall at Mohali after the defeat.
Quite unlike the charismatic Imran Khan, who was suave and classy, Afridi is more of your buddy on the shopfloor. He is the one who would happily double up for you at work if you needed to take a brief snooze. He was not unaware of the fact that this game meant so much to his country, as it did to India, but took the result in his stride.
Remarkable for a man whose unpredictable mood swings make news more often than he would have wished.
This tourney brought out a new side to Afridi in the face of adversity. And for all we know, it could be the beginning of a rebuilding phase for Pakistan cricket. And where does that leave India? Sure, we won but does it hurt the crowd to cheer the opposition when they smack boundaries? What happened to the sporting Indian of yesteryear who would welcome a good game of cricket and applaud boundary hits by a Miandad or Richards? Every effort by Pakistan, or for that matter by any of the other teams playing India, was generally greeted with stoic silence across grounds.
Why are most of us attracted to the likes of Tendulkar, Dhoni, Kumble or Dravid? These are the people who remind us that this is a gentleman's game by the end of the day.
Sure, there is nothing as heady as success but the true trait of a leader lies in being magnanimous when his team is at the receiving end. This is where Afridi emerged tops.
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World Boxing News will be scoring live on site this Saturday as a triple bill of events take place in the United States and Canada.
In Oakland, USA, former pound for pound star Andre Ward bids to break back into the elite with a return victory against Paul Smith following a 19-month ring absence.
The 31 year-old, who ruled at 168lbs until a contract dispute stalled his career, holds a perfect 27-0 record and is a hot favourite to make it 28 this weekend.
At the world famous MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Adrien Broner and Shawn Porter collide in a clash that could potentially land the winner a shot at Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Fighting at a catchweight of 144lbs, Broner and Porter have boasted contrasting personas in the build-up, but looked all business and ready to go at Friday's weigh-in.
The third big card takes place in Montreal, Canada and could turn out to be the fight of the night as middleweights David Lemieux and Hassan N'Dam fight it out for the vacant IBF belt.
Both have only suffered losses once in their careers and are at the height of their powers as they prepare to trade blows at the Bell Centre.
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Erik The Red has been the rodent control officer aboard the ship for more than 15 years.
HALIFAX — An elderly orange tabby cat slept calmly on a table in the chart room of the CSS Acadia on Sunday as dozens of people dropped by to stroke his head and give him kisses in honour of his retirement.
The pair would spend the next decade and a half living together on the ship, with Erik sometimes leaving rodent surprises in Read's shoes.
The friendly feline has become a fixture on the Halifax waterfront, often dropping into gift shops and napping on the boardwalk.
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The 2015 Invention and Entrepreneurship in Robotics and Automation (IERA) award was shared by François Boucher of Kinova Inc., Canada and Tom Lipinski of Q-Bot Limited, United Kingdom.
Left to right: Raj Madhavan, Awards Chair and IEEE RAS Vice President, Industrial Activities Board, Tom Lipinski of Q-Bot Limited, François Boucher of Kinova Inc., and Raja Chatila, IEEE RAS President.
The 2015 Invention and Entrepreneurship in Robotics and Automation (IERA) award was shared by François Boucher of Kinova Inc., Canada and Tom Lipinski of Q-Bot Limited, United Kingdom. The award was announced on May 28th at the Award Luncheon of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) held in Seattle after the judging panel decided to jointly honor two of the finalists, Kinova and Q-Bot. The third finalist was Sander Karl of Fortschrittliche Robotertechnologie GmbH & Co. and the presentation was made by Björn Hein of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. The three finalists were selected from a pool of ten applicants.
As witnessed by the joint award, the judges had a difficult time in coming up with a sole winner. The six member judging panel consisted of Dominik Bösl (KUKA, Germany), Werner Kraus Jr. (Fraunhofer IPA, Germany), Raj Madhavan (Awards Chair and VP, IEEE RAS Industrial Activities Board), Mario Munich (iRobot, USA), Erwin Prassler (runfun, Germany), and Nicola Tomatis (Bluebotics, Switzerland). Rainer Bischoff (KUKA, Germany) and Alexander Verl (Fraunhofer IPA, Germany) both served as judges in the first phase to determine the three finalists.
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Q-Bot: "Mini JCBs" are compact, powerful and capable of operating in hazardous environments. These intelligent tools can remotely carry out operations that would otherwise be impractical and too cost prohibitive for humans to do so. The initial application is the retrofit of underfloor insulation. A market worth $20bn in England alone, and which is only practically and economically possible with robots.
In its eleventh year, the IERA award is jointly sponsored and organized by IEEE RAS and the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). It highlights and honors the achievements of inventors with value creating ideas and entrepreneurs who propel those ideas into world-class products. The entries are evaluated based on criteria that give equal consideration to both innovation and entrepreneurship. The winners were awarded a plaque and a $2000 cash prize, which will be shared by the joint winners this year! For additional details on the award and a list of the winners from the previous ten years, please see IFR webpage.


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I'm off to Toronto tomorrow (Wed.) morning, and on Thursday will kick off a mini-marathon of moviegoing, interviewing, blogging and . . . well, not much else. I'll be sending frequent dispatches, and hope some of you will enjoy experiencing TIFF vicariously with me. Now all that's left for today is to sort out my screening schedule, at least for a few days. Sounds simple, right? Not so simple. On Thursday alone — and Thursday is traditionally a slow day at the fest, as it officially opens Thursday night — there are 39 press screenings. And those are just the official ones; there are also what I call secret screenings, usually of major movies, which you can get into if you call up a publicist and explain that you would absolutely love to see his/her Major Movie, but you are already booked at the time of its press screening. (Which is true.) So I am seeing a Major Movie on Thursday night, at a secret location, and I have promised not to blog about it until Saturday, which is most press people will see it.
But there'll be plenty to blog about. Here's what I'm tentatively planning on seeing in just my first two days: "Moneyball," "The Ides of March," "The Artist," "A Dangerous Method," "The Skin I Live In" and "Wuthering Heights," not to mention the aforementioned Major Movie whose identity will be revealed Saturday morning. And that's just through Friday night. Talk to you next from Toronto . . . .


We present a fast multipole method based on differential algebraic methods for the calculation of the self-fields of all charged particles on each other inside a bunch in tracking simulations. It relies on an automatic multigrid-based decomposition of charges in near and far regions and the use of high-order differential algebra methods to obtain decompositions of far fields that lead to an error that scales geometrically with the order. Different from direct summation, the computational expense scales linear with the particle number. Some simulation results are presented to illustrate the practical performance of the method for realistic problems.
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In advance of tonight's show at Stealth the guys over at dollop managed to catch a few minutes with the one and only CLAUDE VONSTROKE!
dollop: What do you think of the new hybrid of House, Dubstep and Techno that is coming out of the UK at the moment (eg. Julio Bashmore)?
CVS: Awesome. I love it. Finally something fresh to listen to.
dollop: And how is this hybrid of sounds received in the States?
CVS: We usually hear it for the first time just about the same time the trend dies in the UK. At the same time, we have our own trends. Maybe no one follows them like they do in London and Berlin but that's what makes us special, isn't it.
dollop: How is the dirtybird sound developing and what involvement do you have with that?
dollop: Which of your productions are you most proud of?
CVS: DB005 was the best 2 tracker combo I've done. All the way from goofy to emotional in one EP.
dollop: When did you start djing?
CVS: I had a radio show in High School which feels like about 100 years ago. There was no mixing involved with that. I would play a record then talk, then play another record. My show was called the Power Move and it was all hip-hop. I would give away a free pizza every show to get people to listen. It's not so common to have a radio station in a high school so i guess that was quite lucky.
dollop: Who is your role model?
dollop: What are you most afraid of in Detroit?
CVS: I'm not (which is the point of the track to begin with).
dollop: Have you revisited Detroit recently? How does it's current party scene compare to the past?
CVS: I don't feel comfortable being an "official" reporter on the Detroit scene because i moved away a while ago to San Francisco, but as far as I can tell it's been picking up again. Last time i went there i played for 2000 people which was quite a big jump from the time before for about 350 only a year ago. I may have to qualify that by telling you that "Mini-Me" was the 'MC' of that larger event which could have accounted for at least 30 extra people.
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In biology, roses are divided into seven main taxonomic levels called taxa. These division separate the different species or kinds of roses, of which there are many. Within these taxa there are many subdivisions, such as subclass or subphylum. Roses belong to the same kingdom and phylum as many other plants, but the division becomes more specific as you work down the taxonomic levels.
Kingdom is the vaguest division of the taxonomic levels and tells you little about the plants within it without knowing the other taxa as well. Roses are part of the kingdom plantae, which encompasses all plants, including trees, weeds and flowering plants. However, plantae are also divided into two taxa: broyophytes, which includes mosses, and vascular plants which includes roses.
Phylum divisions are marked by names that end in phyta. For example, roses are part of the magnoliophyta, or broadleaf flowering plants phylum. This phylum is characterized by the production of seed through flowering and in most cases, broadleaf leaves. The magnoliphyta is a large, diverse group of plants, with both woody plants, such as trees and shrubs and herbaceous plants.
Phylum can be further divided into class. Magnoliphyta plants are divided into two classes called dicots, or class magnoliopsida and monocots, or class liliopsida. The difference between these two is in the flowers and leaves. Dicots have net-like veins on their leaves and the flower parts are produced in multiples of four or five. The monocots have parallel-veined leaves and flower parts that are produced in threes. Roses belong to the class magnoliopsida. This large taxonomic class is separated again into six subclasses.
Roses are part of the order rosales which includes nine families of flowering shrubs, trees and herbaceous plants. This order also includes the mulberry family, the elm family and the nettle family, as well as five other smaller orders. These plants typically have alternate leaves with stipules and the flowers contain five sepals and petals, several stamens and produce a large amount of pollen and nectar. Rosales plants often have thorns or stiff hairs and the fruits of these plants are "achenes," or dry fruit, drupes or aggregates.
Orders are further divided into families based primarily on the similar reproductive structure of the members within them. The rose is part of the rosaceae family, which encompasses about 3,100 plant species. Rosaceae includes many fruit plants and other species of flowers as well. This family shares reproductive characteristics such as seed location and growing habits. In the rosaceae family, there are obvious physical differences, such as fruit that may be small seeds, pomes, drupes or clumps of drupelets, but they do share physical traits as well. For example, rosaceae members have five-petal flowers that are radially symmetrical. The flowers of these plants also contain several stamens and have a cup-like structure.
Beyond the family taxonomic division, roses are divided by genus and then species. The two are often grouped together because biologists use a binomial system in which the genus name and the species name are used together to identify a plant. Genera are groupings where members have more characteristics in common with each other than with any other genus in the same family. Roses belong to the genus rosa, which includes more than 200 species of plants. The genus is further divided by species based on genetic similarities, making the division so diverse it is difficult to describe each species of rose in general terms. Plants in one species are grouped together because they have fewer genetic differences within their species than they do with other species.