The jewel of East African safari going, Kenya encompasses lion-dotted, cheetah-spotted parks in the midst of the Rift Valley. Scale Mount Kenya or hit the cities with a tourHQ guide.
Between the rugged glacial peaks of soaring Mount Kenya and the rolling plains of the verdant Rift Valley, visitors flock to this nation on the panhandle of East Africa to ride rickety matatu buses through the dusty safari tracks, engross themselves in traditional tribal culture, explore some of the most burgeoning metropolises on the continent, recline on the coral-white beaches, cool off in the Indian Ocean, or spy out roaming elephant, roaring lions or laughing hyena amidst the wilds.
If like many, you're heading here on safari, then be sure to get the low down from your Kenya tour guide on the veritable cascade of various game reserves and national parks that pepper the backcountry here; from the much-trodden expanses of Masai Mara, to the more off-the-beaten-track spots at Kisumu Impala and Buffalo Springs.
If, instead, you've come for a dose of culture East Africa style, then why not head to the lakeside districts of Kisumu, the sprawling Hindu temple complexes and ancient ports of Mombasa, or the bustling café quarters of seething, ever-expanding Nairobi.
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After his throwback and legendary performance live on HBO PPV this past Saturday in front of 7,000 plus fans at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, by which it felt and sounded like Husker Nation represented hard that night…. the question now comes just mere days after the champ out boxed, out smarted, and power punched his way to on paper his biggest threat to his undefeated record. So what's next????
As most ringside officials noted "Crawford's performance was simply un-real, his head, body and feet never stood still in order for Postol to even figure out a game plan". So what's next???
I'm not sure if the viewers or fight fans understand what it takes to be on your toes for 36 min straight, with just a few moments in between the 12 rounds to listen to instructions, catch your breath, sip of water or two, and then bam back out there for more. So what's next???
Once person that does understand at that's the champ, himself, Terence "Bud" Crawford. The pressure on his shoulders is immense now days, you see it no longer is just winning or becoming a champion, it's putting an entire state and the city of Omaha on his shoulders, awhile hearing that "He's the next boxing star to take over the sport". So what's next???
But just like great athletes do when the chips are on the line, our leader, "Bud", as known to thousands close to him, delivered with a one sided unanimous decision over the #1 rated and widely known as the Lucas Matthysse beast slayer, Victor Postol, whom had never been down as an amateur or pro before and was quickly placed on the seat of his trunks twice through ought the bout. So what's next?????
The answer has several pieces to it- so for first let's get the obvious out of the way. As mentioned earlier in my segment, the fight may have been easy, but the conditioning needed for this fight was intense, Coach Chet and Dez did a phenomenal job in getting "Bud" ready. The entire team of BoMac, Red Spikes, Esau, and especially "TC" himself, deserve a long break.
As the best in sports say after a big victory…we are going to Disneyland!!
Rest is just as important factor as being active in this grueling but spectacular sport.
3) Danny Garcia- Dream matchup and rematch of 2 close amateur fights will have to wait. Garcia rumored to face Berto in September or hold out for a possible Mayweather return. Plus, when it's ready that is definitely and on a key date.
4) Lucas Matthysse- still injured eye and rumor of heading to 147, plus with beating the man(Postol) that beat the man, doesn't make sense and the press would sure to bash the potential matchup.
6) John Molina- I really like this choice especially non PPV, let's say in Omaha this fall. He just upset Ruslan and dropped Matthysse twice in their war, also tko over Lundy, and tko over TMT's Mikey Bey.
8) Antonio Orozco- undefeated and fights this Saturday night on HBO Latino- I like this matchup as well in Omaha- Orozco come straight ahead Mexican style, nicknamed "relentless" oh and did I mention he's signed with Golden Boy Promotions, which means Oscar De La Hoya will pack the house, as if needed with Bud's ability to put 11-12k at Century Link.
So true, Harold, and that is why for now…. it's time to rest.


Ecologist Paul Wilkinson tells us what you can see out and about on our waterways after the floods.
The winter floods will affect waterway wildlife in many different ways. Some of the British species most vulnerable from the extreme flooding are likely to be those who hibernate on or near the ground, such as hedgehogs and dormice. It can't be very pleasant to be underground either, like our foxes and badgers, who can move to dryer grounds, although this can place them in conflict with other animals' territories.
Many birds will be able to fly to new areas and some wetland birds will be positively thriving with the amount of new feeding areas and soft ground to find invertebrates. However, the flooded ground could also be reducing the amount of seeds and ground insects that our resident ground feeding birds require, especially as we approach spring and the nesting seasons. Although we haven't been actively monitoring, it seems that our brambling (a ground feeding bird who mostly eats seeds) populations are lower than we'd expect. In regards to insects in the ground, the excessive flooding is likely to benefit mosquitoes and midges who prefer stagnant and isolated water- we really need an army of bats this spring to eat them!
Otters, being aquatic and very wide ranging, probably are the most well-adapted of our mammals to cope with the flooding, although the loss and subsequent search for new holts (otter homes) could force them into other otters' territories, causing conflicts.
How they behave in extreme events is little studied, possibly due to such extreme events being so infrequent. It could mean that otters forget their differences whilst there is so much water around, or that the reduced water area is likely to make them defend their areas more aggressively.
Otters do defend large territories, this is one reason why anglers shouldn't be worried about the return of our enigmatic otter, they will maintain a low density population based on very large areas, defending these areas to ensure that their prey (which includes a wide range of species) is sustainable.
Otters have not as yet out-competed their smaller introduced cousin, the North American mink, although impacts from mink are now greatly reduced or at least less reported. It seems that our established mink are now at much lower densities than during the 1990s, possibly as those animals who were released from fur farms have now passed away due to old age, and their offspring are at lower level due to pressure and competition from both the return of the otter, and the polecat.
There has even been a local increase or stabilising of water vole populations on some canals. It is hoped that our water voles have made it through the worst levels of predation by mink and perhaps have a more positive future now, but we can never be complacent. There are still huge holes in their population to fill, until we get back to a level that used to be so familiar along the water side during the 80s and 90s.
On a final note, Kingfishers could be up in numbers this year. The extra water everywhere could have made finding their prey more difficult. However, the mild weather has been a positive for them (as one of the major limits on their populations is cold winters), and so far we have had a mild winter. The extra power of water in our rivers has also carved out new river banks, possibly increasing their opportunities to find a suitable nesting sites this spring.
One of the most damaging consequences of flooding to Kingfishers and birds nesting near water is that of flooding during their nesting seasons, which generally starts in mid-April. What we have to remember is that nature can be very resilient and can often cope with these events providing that they do not occur too frequently.


Ryan Hayashi, a Modern Day Samurai and show-stopping magician is my Why Can't You? podcast guest this week! - Why Can't You?
Ryan Hayashi is my Why Can't You? podcast guest today! Ryan is a modern day Samurai, a motivational speaker and a show-stopping magician. Ryan is a World Champion in Martial Arts Weapons and has appeared on multiple TV shows including "Britain's Got Talent" and "Das Supertalent" in Germany. In 2018 he fooled Penn & Teller on "FOOL US". Ryan talks about his inspirations and what continually drives him to be the best and not settle. As if that isn't enough he also does motivational speaking! If you are sitting at home and thinking, Why Can't I? You can! Listen in as he shares his remarkable journey!


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Company has internal or external factors that they believe could lead to potential value increase in the near future
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Radio-sensitizing effect of MEK inhibition in glioblastoma in vitro and in vivo
M. Houweling, U. K. Abdul, C. Brahm, T. Lagerweij, S. Heukelom, P. W. Koken, R. Honeywell, L. E. Wedekind, G. J. Peters, H. Verheul, P. Sminia, D. Noske, T. Wurdinger, B. A. Westerman
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Introduction: Glioblastoma (GBM) is an incurable cancer type. New therapeutic options are investigated, including targeting the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway using MEK inhibitors as radio-sensitizers. In this study, we investigated whether MEK inhibition via PD0325901 leads to radio-sensitization in experimental in vitro and in vivo models of GBM. Materials and Methods: In vitro, GBM8 multicellular spheroids were irradiated with 3 fractions of 2 Gy, during 5 consecutive days of incubation with either PD0325901 or MEK-162. In vivo, we combined PD0325901 with radiotherapy in the GBM8 orthotopic mouse model, tumor growth was measured weekly by bioluminescence imaging and overall survival and toxicity were assessed. Results: Regrowth and viability of spheroids monitored until day 18, showed that both MEK inhibitors had an in vitro radio-sensitizing effect. In vivo, PD0325901 concentrations were relatively constant throughout multiple brain areas and temporal PD0325901-related adverse events such as dermatitis were observed in 4 out of 14 mice (29%). Mice that were treated with radiation alone or combined with PD0325901 had significantly better survival compared to vehicle (both P < 0.005), however, no significant interaction between PD0325901 MEK inhibition and irradiation was observed. Conclusion: The difference between the radiotherapy-enhancing effect of PD0325901 in vitro and in vivo urges further pharmacodynamic/pharmacokinetic investigation of PD0325901 and possibly other candidate MEK inhibitors.
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Houweling, M., Abdul, U. K., Brahm, C., Lagerweij, T., Heukelom, S., Koken, P. W., Honeywell, R., Wedekind, L. E., Peters, G. J., Verheul, H., Sminia, P., Noske, D., Wurdinger, T., & Westerman, B. A. (2022). Radio-sensitizing effect of MEK inhibition in glioblastoma in vitro and in vivo. Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-022-04483-3
Houweling, M. ; Abdul, U. K. ; Brahm, C. et al. / Radio-sensitizing effect of MEK inhibition in glioblastoma in vitro and in vivo. In: Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology. 2022.
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Jon M. Chu To Direct Lucasfilm's "Willow" Series For Disney+
Posted by Chris on October 20, 2020 at 05:17 PM CST
JON M. CHU TO DIRECT LUCASFILM'S "WILLOW" SERIES FOR DISNEY+ WITH WARWICK DAVIS AND RON HOWARD RETURNING
BURBANK, Calif. (Oct. 20, 2020) - The magical world of George Lucas' "Willow," the epic fantasy adventure set in an age of swords, sorcery, myths and monsters, will be returning in a Disney+ series slated to begin production next year.
Jon M. Chu ("In The Heights," "Crazy Rich Asians") is set to direct the pilot, and will serve as executive producer along with showrunners Jonathan Kasdan ("Solo") and Wendy Mericle ("Arrow"). Jonathan Kasdan wrote the pilot.
"Growing up in the '80s, 'Willow' has had a profound effect on me," says Chu. "The story of the bravest heroes in the least likely places allowed me, an Asian-American kid growing up in a Chinese restaurant looking to go to Hollywood, to believe in the power of our own will, determination and of course, inner magic. So the fact that I get to work with my heroes from Kathleen Kennedy to Ron Howard is bigger than a dream come-true. It's a bucket-list moment for me. Jon Kasdan and Wendy Mericle have added such groundbreaking new characters and delightful surprises to this timeless story that I can't wait for the world to come along on this epic journey with us."
Chu directed the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical "In the Heights," which will be released in June 2021. He will also direct and serve as executive producer for the pilot of ABC's Medical Drama "Triage."
Ron Howard, director of the original "Willow" film, returns as executive producer on the series with Bob Dolman, writer of the original film, serving as consulting producer.
"It's creatively exciting to not only revisit the world and characters first conceived by George Lucas, Bob Dolman and myself but to see it take flight in such fresh, fun and cinematic ways through the imagination of Jon Kasdan and Team Willow," says Howard. "This isn't a nostalgic throw-back, it's a creative lean-forward and it's a blast to be a part of it all."
The series, which is Lucasfilm's first venture into non-Star Wars storytelling since 2015, takes place years after the events of the original "Willow" film. It introduces all-new characters to the enchanted realm of fairy queens and two-headed Eborsisk monsters, and welcomes back its namesake hero, Willow Ufgood, performed once again by the unmatchable Warwick Davis.
"So many fans have asked me over the years if Willow will make a return, and now I'm thrilled to tell them that he will indeed," says Davis. "Many have told me they grew up with 'Willow' and that the film has influenced how they view heroism in our own world. If Willow Ufgood can represent the heroic potential in all of us, then he is a character I am extremely honored to reprise."
"This is an exciting new era for storytelling at Lucasfilm," says Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. "Jon Chu's vision, coupled with the writing of Jon Kasdan and Wendy Mericle, is going to take Willow into new and exciting directions for the series. Reuniting Ron Howard and Warwick Davis in the world of 'Willow' is something that they've both wanted to do for some time, and I couldn't be more proud of the incredible team we've put together to bring this series to Disney+."
Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Jon M. Chu, Jonathan Kasdan, Wendy Mericle, Ron Howard and Imagine Television will serve as executive producers, with Roopesh Parekh and Hannah Friedman as co-executive producers. Additionally, Bob Dolman will serve as consulting producer with Julia Cooperman as producer.
The production plans to return to the dramatic and enchanted landscapes of Wales, where much of the original film was shot.
About Disney+
Disney+ is the dedicated streaming home for movies and shows from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and more. As part of Disney's Direct-to-Consumer and International (DTCI) segment, Disney+ is available on most internet-connected devices and offers commercial-free programming with a variety of original feature-length films, documentaries, live-action and animated series and short-form content. Alongside unprecedented access to Disney's incredible library of film and television entertainment, the service is also the exclusive streaming home for the latest releases from The Walt Disney Studios. Disney+ is available as part of a bundle offer that gives subscribers access to Disney+, Hulu (ad-supported), and ESPN+. Visit DisneyPlus.com to subscribe and/or learn more about the service.
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So many of us have felt like "the black sheep" in our families. We look at our parents, grandparents, and siblings and feel like we have no context for our personality, passions, and most natural instincts. This can result in us wondering if our real interests and motivations - those things that most embolden us - are actually our greatest flaws and pitfalls.
What a connection with our Ancestral Helping Spirits offers us is a broader perspective on who we are beyond the limited purview of our nuclear family, the interests (and wounds) of our parents, and even what the culture we've been born into happens to value during any particular era. Fads and trends come and go but the gifts and talents that make up our personal unique genius have been cultivated over many, many millennia before our arrival. Engaging our Ancestral Helping Spirits reminds us that no matter what we're being told, we matter, and we hold dear what we do precisely because it was held dear by many of them.
Indeed, we choose to be incarnated into our specific ancestral lines for a plethora of reasons, and to continue the cultivation of marvelous talents and perspectives is one of them.
I'm reminded of the famous comic panel depicting animals from seven different species all being expected to climb a tree. Though it's obvious that the bird and monkey have the greatest advantages, the circumstance that the goldfish is in is almost painfully comical. Being confined to a fishbowl, it's absurd that it's in this line-up at all, held up perilously at the top of a tree stump. Not only does the fish need to be re-membered back to water, its elemental home and proper context, but it needs to be back in the company of other fish.
The term "millennials" is getting a lot of traction these days with numerous bloggers and reporters investigating the habits and potential of the most recent generation of adult Americans. In a lot of ways, our collective story about this generation mimics the "black sheep" paradigm. Some are gratefully asking the questions that will best serve this group and the broader society while others focus on pointing blameful fingers for legacies left to them.
As unique as these times are, they are in many ways like all times before, begging the question of whether or not we will do what we have come here to do and whether or not we'll stand in the way of those who are trying.
I seriously doubted my own connection to music until resolving the spirit of my great-grandfather, a beloved multi-talented instrumentalist and music teacher. Other artistic forms just seemed a lot more viable for me to pursue. After helping him become an Ancestral Helping Spirit and clearing from my own life the ancestral pattern that been holding him back, music took on new meaning for me and I nearly found myself inundated with information about its connection to the arts I'd been studying.
If we feel amiss in our family - let alone in our society or culture - and it feels like our gifts and unique perspectives are a burden, it serves us to know that there are at least a dozen ancestors in our ancestral line waiting to cheer us on and let us know that not only are we valued and loved, but that that which we feel joy and passion for is not in vain. It was what they felt joy and passion for as well. We are the latest recipients in a relay race of genius cultivation and our engagement with these legacies as they exist inside us is our gift back to them and to the wider world. They can help us fill in the gaps in our understanding of our own belonging not only in this world, but within the context of our families as well.
I journey on behalf an unborn child and express her father's concerns about the context of her birth to the Ancestral Helping Spirit I'm greeted by. "He's afraid her being born at this time is going to tear the family apart." The old man removes his hat and with a twinkle in his eye tells me "This girl is going to bring this family together." He tells me of the rich gifts of song that she'll be bringing into this lifetime and how he's just a placeholder for her in-utero. Her real primary Ancestral Helping Spirit was a great singer in the 19th century and it is she who'll be tending the young girl most closely.
I'm shown holiday gatherings and other family festivities where the young woman's gifts will be on display. I'm shown collective fundraising efforts from diverse constituents within the family to get her the training it best serves her to have - all corners of the family rallying around the latest carrier of this gift of song in the ancestral line. I get the visceral felt sense of what this ancestor means and convey it to the child's father.
Not all of us have been fortunate to receive the kind of support the ancestor from the above journey envisioned for his descendant, but that doesn't mean our gifts are any less necessary for the times we've chosen to be born into. It is part of spiritual adulthood in our times to heal the wounded child who did not experience the appreciation and adoration for their unique gifts that they both needed and deserved so that we can come into right relationship with ourselves and no longer carry around the baggage that would keep us from being who we came here to be now.
Through engagement with our helping spirits, we can come to identify our own specific, unique gifts, step into fully owning them, and find the best vehicles through which to share them with the world. This is a path to self-love and to joy.
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Next to the old Salines, just one step from the beach with the same name, Chef Eddy Coquin offers world cuisine for lunch and an authentic Creole menu for dinner,.
The room, located at the bottom of a big rock, is Services and well-ventilated, with a wonderful view of the pond.
Open from 9am to 11.30am, from 11.30am to 4pm and from 7pm to 10.30pm.
Salty fresh air adds local spice to international cuisine.
Créole dishes featured at night with a full menu available all day.
Check out the classic roasted chicken with thyme and rosemary sauce, or the whole-roasted fish with créole and ginger butter sauce.
A reservation isn't usually necessary to check out this chill, coveted spot.
At the entrance to Saline Beach, Eddy, your Chef is there to welcome you to taste his savory Creole Cuisine for Lunch or dinner.


Leading the #MeToo movement in Bollywood, actress Tanushree Dutta named names and held no prisoners. She has been recently invited to speak at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts in the USA along with other members of the Indian community. Despite the consistent onslaught, Tanushree kept her voice ringing high and encouraged other members of the community to speak up against sexual harassment and exploitation by the rich and powerful.
Invited at the India Conference, along with Tanushree, are some very prominent names. Personalities include journalist Barkha Dutt, yogi Sadhguru, Bahubali director SS Rajmouli, MD Facebook India Ajit Mohan and Farid Ahsan, co-founder of ShareChat. Tanushree will use this platform to inspire "a call to action against tyranny, oppressive patriarchy and systemic abuse of power and will also share her spiritual journey of grace, surrender, hope and healing."Dutta spoke up against sexual harassment and named prominent names such as Nana Patekar which started a massive movement. Subsequently, many allegations surfaced against veteran actors such as Alok Nath, Sajid Khan, Anu Malik, and of late, Rajkumar Hirani.Tanushree encouraged several other women to come forward with their stories, leading to the names of many harassers from varied industries being brought out in the open, reports Mumbai Mirror. The movement initially began in Hollywood as allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour surfaced against Hollywood mogul, Harvey Weinstein.Tanushree took to Instagram to announce her participation in the event and said that she was 'invited to speak at the Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts … at the India Conference on February 16, a flagship event organized by the graduate students of Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School'.
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Kajou raises €1 million to accelerate its development in West Africa
Digital library | EdTech | Kajou

Kajou, a social enterprise created by the NGO Bibliothèques Sans Frontières, develops innovative solutions for distributing digital training and information content to populations with little or no Internet access. Kajou has just closed a €1 million financing round to accelerate its development in West Africa.

The Kajou application transforms smartphones into a real campus that fits in your pocket - Photo credit: Bibliothèque sans frontière-RR
50% of the world's population does not have access to an internet connection, does not have the ability to search or access information, training resources or cultural content online. Kajou responds to this challenge by combining a simple product with a high-tech solution developed with the support of the company Capgemini: microSD cards filled with content that can be inserted into the smartphone and, thanks to the Kajou application, transform it into an offline library or a real campus that fits in your pocket!
More than 20,000 recipients
Once inserted in the smartphone, the user can browse up to 32 GB of finely selected content, in local languages. The application allows him to share content with his friends, without using data. Through the application, Kajou interacts with users, sending them notifications, messages, polls or even news via Internet or SMS.
Once installed, the Kajou app gives users access to 32 GB of finely selected content in local languages - Photo credit Kajou-RR
With this fundraising, Kajou will intensify its presence in Senegal as of January 2021 through its subsidiary and the deployment of sales, technical and production teams in Dakar. It also hopes to deploy its highly innovative offer throughout the sub-region, particularly in Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Togo and Cameroon.
Putting information at the service of 3 million people in West Africa
Thanks to this fundraising from the main social impact players, Kajou aims to give 3 million people with little or no access to the Internet in West Africa the means to get information, to educate themselves and to develop their professional activity thanks to customized content.
"Kajou is a great tool to bring knowledge directly to your phone. It allows you to consult thousands of contents without using your internet data! We are knowledge activists. Because where there is knowledge, there is hope!" Jérémy LACHAL, founder of Kajou.
The social enterprise also deploys a range of off-the-shelf cards on themes such as education, health or entrepreneurship - Photo credit Kajou-RR
Kajou deploys its technology to NGOs, public institutions and companies such as Meridiam, Caurie Microfinance, UNICEF and the French Development Agency. It allows them to embed their training or awareness content on Kajou cards and distribute it to their stakeholders even without internet.
It also deploys a range of off-the-shelf cards on themes such as education, health or entrepreneurship, distributed to the general public in its partner network.
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Online training: Africa develops its offer
Published date : 03 Apr 2022
The booming African educational technology market is responding to the growing needs of young people seeking training… and jobs.
Uganda – An educational satellite to promote agriculture
Published date : 24 Aug 2020
The International University of East Africa (IUEA) in Uganda, is becoming the first in the country to use educational satellites. It wants to spread this technology throughout the country and the continent.
BRCK – A range of digital solutions that respond to the Covid-19 crisis
While the deployment of Internet is accelerating on the continent, it remains a luxury product for many people. Moja, a solution developed by BRCK, adapted to specificities of African market, responds to this double problematic: inform and deliver digital tools particularly useful in pandemic period through an Internet subscription model affordable to all purses.


The globe-spanning CMS leaders at Interwoven recently announced the availability of the enhanced Interwoven Collaborative Document Management, which promises to increase the actual agility of an enterprise. How? The real question is, how else? Of late it's the answer for everything: collaboration. To be precise, enterprise-wide collaboration of document-intensive business processes. Rafiq Mohammadi, chief technology officer at Interwoven, expresses the importance of business agility and speed. "As business cycles have become radically compressed, and customer demands and preferences shift faster than ever before, business agility and speed to market will make the difference between success and failure." And a business can't be agile or speedy without the assistance of Web 2.0. Collaborative Document Management includes a new version of WorkSite MP 5.0, a proprietary and much-touted document management app. WorkSite comes stock with multiple (and by now, quite familiar) Web 2.0 bells and whistles, including an AJAX-powered interface and enhanced search capabilities. Pretty things aside, the application also includes capabilities for better facilitating eDiscovery and email management, as well as Vista support, which grows increasingly critical for those making the big transition. With the built-in assistance of WorkSite and by facilitating team-oriented collaboration across multiple business processes like product launches, marketing planning, contract development, legal matters and customer support, the solution makes a cleaner cut in execution overall. In addition to a blinged-out app suite, Interwoven Collaborative Document Management also includes the Content Integration Module. This is a set of adapters on a flexible framework that provide automatic taxonomy building and quantitative Web publishing from WorkSite. The Module leverages both metadata and events to automate knowledge base creation and improve content consistency with collateral publishing. Finally, the Interwoven MetaTagger is a content intelligence application that systematically categorizes content, then extracts data based on business requirements, organizational standards, taxonomies and collective knowledge. This saves the unhappy admin from having to sit and tag information manually. "Interwoven Collaborative Document Management gets to the heart of this matter, by giving businesses a powerful engine for using content to integrate people and processes more efficiently," Mohammadi enthuses. "The solution transforms document-intensive processes from a burdensome experience to a competitive differentiator that can help an organization optimize operational efficiency and establish stronger customer relationships." To demonstrate the efficacy of the new document management offering, consider your average call center. Such an enterprise could use the solution to develop a Web-based repository for call center representatives, thereby ensuring each representative can access the appropriate information for clients. Additionally, each rep could create a personalized dashboard designed around the most frequent questions and requests -- which we imagine would just be a big REMOVE FROM LIST button across the middle of the interface. That example may not lend a sufficiently clear mental picture. For this reason Interwoven showcased its Collaborative Document Management at the last Gartner Portals, Content and Collaboration Summit in Florida from March 19-21. The solution became officially available on March 30, and by June 30 you can expect to find support for Microsoft Office 2007 and Vista for WorkSite. Start playing with Interwoven Collaborative Document Management now. Interwoven, a trailblazer in content management solutions, creates solutions that enable enterprises to best leverage their content potential, thereby creating more robust businesses. Over 3800 enterprises across the globe use their solutions, including Airbus, the Federal Reserve Bank, HSBC, LexisNexis and Microsoft. The accounts are in many good hands, as Interwoven boasts over 19,000 developers and 300 partners. Learn more about the company at the Interwoven website.


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Collegamenti esterni

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Politici del Partito Popolare Italiano (1994)
Politici della Margherita

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What are the costs associated with holiday home ownership?
The primary cost associated with holiday home ownership are the pitch fees. Our pitch fees for holiday caravans are due on March 1st each year. We do offer the facility to split the payment with a portion due March 1st and the remainder on July 1st. If you pay in full on March 1st we will apply a discount. Our total pitch fee is comprised of four main elements: the ground rent (covering the management and maintenance of the grounds), the local rates, waste & recycling and water. Pitch fees for lodges are due on May 1st as one payment and like the holiday caravans comprises the four elements (ground rent, local rates, waste & recycling and water).
Electricity: is supplied on a metered basis and invoiced during the season.
Gas: is available via LPG cylinders, additional cylinders are purchased when required via the shop.
Gas (piped LPG): is available on some of the lodge homes and is supplied on a metered basis and invoiced during the season.
Insurance: we operate a park insurance scheme under Compass Insurance. Cover is comprehensive, at very competitive rates and on a new for old basis. For a typical holiday caravan with decking and contents the annual insurance (including IPT) would be around £400.
For Holiday Caravans: the main season for the holiday caravans is from March 1st to October 31st and this is covered with the standard pitch fee. We also offer a 'winter use' which allows you to use your holiday home through the winter (November 1st to February 28th). During the wintertime however water to the holiday caravans is turned off, however you do have use of the heated toilet and shower block. For Timber Lodges: the season is a full 12 month season and the water remains functional through the wintertime.
What is the difference between a timber lodge and holiday caravan?
A timber lodge will have the following three criteria: built to residential specification (BS3632), be built with either full timber cladding or CanExcel cladding and have a full 12-month licence (where the utilities remain during the winter). The holiday caravans feature aluminium/rigid uPVC cladding. All holiday homes for sale will be listed as either holiday caravan or timber lodge.
No, we are strictly a holiday park and you are not permitted to use your holiday home as a primary residence. All holiday home owners must maintain another full time primary address (where Council Tax is paid) - proof of this will be required.
What is the BH&HPA Licence Agreement?
The licence agreement is created in accordance with the rules and regulations set out by the British Holiday and Home Parks Association. The agreement ensures that your holiday home can be kept on the park until at least that date.
What happens at the end of a licence agreement?
You can of course upgrade your holiday home at any point during the licence period and a new holiday home would be sold with a new licence. However at the end of a licence agreement you can upgrade the home or you can arrange to have the home moved to another park. It is also possible that you would be offered a year-on-year agreement – this would be reviewed annually and would be dependent upon the condition of the home and also what else was happening on the park at the time. However, we can only guarantee the standard licence period.
Is sub-letting allowed in the holiday homes?
No. Sub-letting is not permitted in the holiday homes. Non-commercial letting to family and close friends is however allowed. If sub-letting is permitted, it will be listed in the property details.
Does the holiday home require its own TV Licence?
No, unless you will be using you (or others) will be using the television at your home at the same time as your holiday home. If you will be using both simultaneously then you will need a separate licence for your holiday home. If not then you will need to complete a declaration with TV Licensing informing them that you won't be using the televisions in each location at the same time.
Will the holiday CARAVAN/TIMBER LODGE depreciate?
As they are not permanent 'brick built' structures, so they behave in a very similar way to cars, so will depreciate along with their licence agreement.
Does a holiday caravan/TIMBER LODGE require maintenance?
Other than wear and tear and minor breakages, today's modern holiday homes don't require much in terms of maintenance. We do ask that holiday home owners maintain their decking to a good standard and stain using the park approved stain type and colour. We also strongly advise that your holiday home is gas safety tested each year and that you get your home is drained down in the wintertime to prevent it freezing and causing damage to the pipe-work. We can assist with any maintenance so you can just sit back and enjoy your leisure time.
Does the park have rules?
We do have park rules and all holiday home owners must adhere to them at all times. These are available upon request.
Do holiday homes have warranties?
Brand New holiday homes will come with manufactures warranties, which can on some aspects of the home be up to 10 years. Further details on warranty for specific holiday homes can be supplied upon request.
Just what is inside holiday caravans AND TIMBER LODGES these days?
Today's modern holiday caravans aren't those you might remember from your summer holidays as a child. Modern holiday homes offer a true home from home experience, many offer bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms (yes, BATHrooms - some holiday homes offer full sized baths!) In addition to fully fitted kitchens with integrated appliances, fridge-freezers, dishwashers and even wine coolers. Holiday Caravans are supplied fully furnished ready for your Lake District adventure to begin.
Yes, we do allow pets. On the park we have a four-acre dog walking area on site plus there are lots of great walks in the local area.
Will Skiddaw View be for me?
The best way to find out would be to come and take a look around the park and you can view the holiday homes or the available pitches and see if Skiddaw View is the place for you. We can also answer any other questions, which you might have. We would be more than happy to show you around so please get in touch with us to arrange a visit by calling us on 016973 20919 or by emailing office@skiddawview.co.uk.


Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has warned against the use of non-professionals and substandard materials in the construction of buildings by builders, stating that the non-engagement of engineers and other related professionals and the use of inferior materials remain the major causes of building Collapse.
Governor Okorocha spoke on Sunday August 13, when he visited the site of a collapsed upstair building at Fire Service Area of Owerri, adding that his government would look into the cause of the building regretting that before now few other houses had also collapsed.
The three- storey building collapsed, killing four persons on the spot while three out of the seven survivors were severely wounded. Among the dead are 18 – month old baby girl, Osinachi Nnabu, a three -year – old boy, Amara and two adults. Two corps members and 40 – year -old man simply identified as Anoruo, who were trapped in the building when it collapsed are in coma and doctors at the police clinic, Owerri, battling to save their lives.
The Governor advised those who want to build to engage the services of professionals and ensure the use of quality materials, and equally advised that people should stop building on dredges, gutters and even sucker-ways.
He added, "The next building I understand is owned by the same landlord suffers the same fate. So, I have ordered that the two buildings go down without delay to safeguard against further occurrence and also to serve as a deferent to overzealous landlords and contractors who are involved in this type of mess".
"Government henceforth will setup building departments separate from OCDA for standards and regulation. Qualified Engineers are henceforth to sample, test and supervise every structure and their construction in the city and suburbs. We as a government can no longer fold our hands and watch landlords and unqualified engineers waste or endanger the lives of our people. All buildings must be inspected and given certification".
According him, "Owerri, being the fastest growing city in Nigeria is a good development but that is no reason for our people to build anyhow or anywhere for safety reasons. One of the survivors lost a child and I commend the commissioner of Police and the Red Cross for their early intervention. Government will strive to see avenues to find the survivors a means of livelihood while we pray that God grants the dead victims a sweet repose".


If you haven't already, read the Beginner's Guide. It will familiarize you with the cheat menu and how memory values work. Once you've used a couple of cheats, you're ready to start making your own!
There are two ways of making your own cheats, and I'll discuss the easy way first.
The easy way of finding cheats in an NES game involves using the built in cheating dialog. It can quickly find the values you're looking for.
Known values are the easiest cheats to make because you already know what you're looking for. In this example, we'll find the lives for the game Super C.
1.) Open up FCEUX, load Super C, and begin a 1 player game.
3.) Let your player fall from the chopper onto the ground, don't move him yet.
3.) On the menu, click "Tools" and "Cheats".
4.) In the cheat menu, click "Reset". This will fill the list with every memory value in the game.
5.) Now, we need to narrow this list down. You have two player medals in reserve, so first, put the number of lives you have into the "Known Value:" text box.
6.) Notice that the value is in hex. If you're not familiar with hex values, read the Hexadecimal Guide.
7.) Click the "Known Value:" button and your list will drop down to around 17 possibilities.
8.) Now go ahead and purposely kill yourself.
9.) After a new player falls to the ground, pause the emulator by clicking in the Menu -> NES -> Game Speed -> Pause. To resume your game, simply click on Pause again. You can also press the Pause button on the keyboard.
10.) Now, on the cheat window, enter your new lives, "1", into the "Known Value:" text box and click the button.
11.) You should now see only one value left in the list memory value 0053.
12.) Now that you know where player one's lives are stored, go ahead and make a cheat for it (as described in the Beginner's Guide).
And there you have it! A simple, but game-altering cheat!
I'd like to remind you that sometimes numbers in the NES games aren't exactly what they seem. When you begin Super C, it tells you that you have 3 guys, but when the game begins, you are using one guy, so you have 2 in reserve. That's why we searched for 2 lives, not 3. As you go about making new cheats for various games, you may need to try searching on values one lower or higher than what is displayed on the screen.
Searching for values that you already know is easy, but what about when you don't know the value you're searching for? Sometimes games display values as power bars instead of numbers. Take the classic game Mega Man for example. In Mega Man, it's hard to tell exactly how many hit point you have. This section will help you find the more ambiguous values.
1.) Start up FCEUX, load the Mega Man ROM, start a game, and go into Cut Man's level.
2.) Open the cheat menu and click "Reset" to start a new cheat.
3.) Head left, and get hit by the floating enemy, then immediately pause the game.
4.) On the cheat menu, click the "Less Than" button. This means that the value we're looking for has been decreased.
5.) Resume the game, get hit again, pause, and click the "Less Than" button again. Each time you do this, the list of possibilities should decrease.
6.) Once Mega Man dies, and the level resets you with full power, click the "Greater Than" button, since your hit points are now greater than they used to be.
7.) This should leave only one memory location left in the list 006A with a value of 1C.
8.) Make a new cheat named "Infinite Hit Points". The memory address is "006A" and the "Value" is "1C".
Now you have infinite hit points in Mega Man!
What if you have no idea what value is associated with the memory you're looking for? What if you don't even know if the value goes up or down? For example, getting a new weapon in Super C doesn't really increase or decrease any obvious stats. You can play with the cheat dialog all you want, but it will be difficult to find out where the gun is stored in memory.
Well, the hard way to find these values is to look at all of the NES memory in hex form and watch for changes to occur.
1.) Launch FCEUX, load Super C, start a 1 player game.
2.) Work your way into the game and shoot down the first power up (the machine gun), and stand next to it.
3.) Make sure there aren't any bad guys around, and save your game by pressing the letter "I".
4.) In the menu click "Debug" then "Hex Editor", and the Hex Editor dialog will pop up. Notice that values set with cheats will show up blue.
5.) Click back on the game window and load your game by pressing "P".
6.) Now, keep your eyes on the Hex Editor and pick up the power up.
7.) You're looking for a value that stays the same when nothing happens, but the moment you pick up the machine gun power up, it changes value to something else and stays that way.
8.) You probably won't see it at first, so reload the game to before you got the gun by pressing 'P', and get it again. Do this over and over again, while keeping your eyes on the Hex Editor.
9.) You may notice that every time you pick up the machine gun power up, memory address 00B8 changes from 00 to 01.
10.) To test whether this is really the gun, try changing the value to 02 and shooting.
11.) If done correctly, you'll now have the spray gun! Switch the value to 03 and you'll start shooting the laser!
12.) Now that you know where the gun is stored, you can experiment with it. Value 04 gives you the flame thrower, but value 05 gives you something really special, the charged up flame thrower!
13.) Value 06 lets you shoot the mini flames that the charged up flame thrower explodes into, and 07 will cause the game to crash.
14.) If you keep experimenting with power ups you'll find that rapid fire adds 80 to the value, regardless of what it is.
15.) Now you know how the guns work. So, you can add a cheat to let you always have a rapid fire spray gun by setting the address "00B8" to "82".
If you do this with the second player, you'll notice that player two's gun is stored right next to player one, at 00B9. It's a common practice to store player 1 and player 2 values next to each other.
There are several pages of data to look through in the hex editor. You won't always be lucky and find the value on the first page, more often you'll have to look through the first eight pages. However, most values that you're looking for will be found from 0000-07FF. Don't waste your time looking through memory addresses from 0800-1FFF, check the Unused Memory guide to see why.
As you play with the hex editor, you'll discover that, while it's harder to find values than the cheat menu, it offers a lot more flexibility for finding and editing different memory values.
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Hula the perfect tune-up for Victoria tenor
Lavigne's Christmas concert, Under the Mistletoe, takes place at the Royal Theatre Dec. 3
Nov. 27, 2012 12:00 p.m.
Ken Lavigne
Beyond his accomplishments as a tenor, Ken Lavigne strikes a poised and manicured image in a well-tailored suit.
In person, he is charming and well spoken, and on stage he sings opera and pop ballads alike with an earnestness hard to miss from the back row.
Difficult, then, to try to imagine him cutting loose doing the hula.
It may be funny but it's no joke.
Rather, hula dancing was just what the doctor ordered. The singing doctor that is.
Selena James has sculpted many of Victoria's most talented voices, and has earned a reputation both for getting results and for her frank critiques.
Lavigne calls it shooting from the hip.
He recalls being incredibly intimidated during his first lesson with James – who is now in her eighties – in 1997.
"I had been going through some vocal difficulty at the time and I was very nervous," said Lavigne. "We started to sing, and she got me to do the hula dancing in the first lesson. It loosened me right up … and it was as if somebody had just opened up a window and a gust of fresh air came through."
Fifteen years later, he's still visiting James. In the days leading up to his annual Christmas concert, he has returned for a tune up.
Before leading a series of scales at the piano, James explains the whole hula thing in this way.
"I'm always trying new things and for a while there I got bored," she said.
So, she took a job in Banff where she was mentored by an actor in what's called extended voice.
"He'd been a stretcher bearer in the World War and he'd been amazed by the range of the human voice that comes out of somebody when they are dying or when they sick," James said. "He could make a sound like a motorcycle or a baby, and it so reached me … and I'm hard to reach."
He got the whole body involved, she said. "When you're standing static, then everything seizes up."
Hence the hula.
"I've never heard that side of the story," says Lavigne. "I always thought it was because she likes to watch me wiggle my hips," he says, kidding with her.
James laughs.
Smartly dressed, she's sharp and full of stories about her international travels.
As a girl, James journeyed to New York and Europe as a pianist and singer.
In her 50s, she got her Master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music, and then came to the Victoria Conservatory of Music as the director of its opera studio. There, she taught Richard Margison, Benjamin Butterfield, and Barbara Livingston, among others.
Though officially retired, today she continues to coach her favourite students.
What distinguishes a singer is their ability to reach you with their words, said James. "There is some indefinable thing that makes the whole thing work, and usually it's the inspiration of the poetry and the music.
"There are four of five people who I said would have a career because they had this ability," she said. She counts Lavigne among them, but she's not all praise for her student.
She doesn't condone Lavigne using his voice to sing pop.
"If you're going to be an opera singer, you've got to develop more muscle because it is a muscular pursuit," she said. The style of pop and the use of microphones are at odds with opera, she explained.
For the past year, the two have been working on what Lavigne describes as a "vocal overhaul."
"Being on tour so much, you run into trouble," he said. Bad habits develop – such as pushing a high note – and become ingrained. It gets you through the concert, but can wreck your voice in the long term, said Lavigne.
Upon his return from touring, he got a scolding from James: "'My dear, what are you doing? You look like you just had a sour candy!'" Lavigne recalled her saying.
"She can really get inside a person's head … and challenge and cajole," said Lavigne. James cuts him off, adding "and bully" to her list of characteristics.
The two share another big laugh.
"I never learned the important things in my singing until somebody really hurt me," she said, simply. "But if you want to sing, you go back and try to find a way that you don't do those physical things that get in the way of natural singing."
This week, one of Lavigne's biggest challenges will be the carol O Holy Night.
"The last note goes on and on and on forever, and that's what I'm really going to be focusing on, is making sure I can hold that note far longer than anyone expects me to," Lavigne said.
James shoots him a look – "I didn't know about that."
Lavigne's Christmas concert, Under the Mistletoe, takes place at the Royal Theatre Dec. 3, and benefits C-FAX Santa's Anonymous. The show offers a range of traditional carols and humorous anecdotes. Tickets at the Royal Theatre box office, by phone at 250-386-621 or online at rmts.bc.ca.
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Audio: Opening of the Year of Faith
Categories: Homilies Diocesan
Bishop Morlino opened the Year of Faith in the Diocese of Madison by celebrating Solemn Vespers at St. Maria Goretti parish. His homily centered on evangelization through beauty as a way to observe the Year of Faith.
Evangelization through beauty can be accomplished by the Art of Living (witnessing to the truth of Christ in one's life) and by the Art of Celebrating the liturgy beautifully.
Bishop Robert Morlino
Robert Morlino was born December 31, 1946, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. An only child, his father, Charles, died while he was in high school, his mother, Albertina, in 1980. He was raised in northeastern Pennsylvania, graduating from Jesuit High School in Scranton.
He entered the seminary for the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus, and was ordained to the priesthood for that Jesuit Province on June 1, 1974.
His education includes a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Fordham University, a master's degree in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, the Master of Divinity Degree from the Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass., and a doctorate in Moral Theology from the Gregorian University in Rome, with specialization in moral theology and bioethics.
Father Morlino taught Philosophy at Loyola College in Baltimore, St. Joseph University in Philadelphia, Boston College, the University of Notre Dame and St. Mary's College. He served as an instructor in continuing education for priests, religious and laity and as director of parish renewal programs.
In 1981, Father Morlino became a priest of the Diocese of Kalamazoo and served there as Vicar for Spiritual Development, Executive Assistant and Theological Consultant to the Bishop, as Moderator of the Curia, and as the Promoter of Justice in the Diocesan Tribunal. He served as administrator of a number of parishes, and as rector of St. Augustine Cathedral in Kalamazoo.
Father Morlino was scheduled to begin a full-time faculty appointment as professor of theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit when, on July 6, 1999, Pope John Paul II appointed him the Ninth Bishop of Helena.
Bishop Morlino was appointed the Fourth Bishop of Madison on May 23, 2003. He was installed on August 1, 2003.
Bishop Morlino currently serves as chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Catholic Bioethics Center.
He is past chairman of two committees within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. From 2001 to 2004, he chaired the Bishops' Committee on the Diaconate, which deals with matters concerning the ministry of permanent deacons in the Church in the United States, and, from 2001 to 2004, he also chaired the Ad Hoc Committee on Health Care Issues and the Church, which assists the bishops in responding to moral and theological questions surrounding specific health care situations in their dioceses.
Year of Faith, Holy Spirit, priests, Jesus, Peter, James, John, Mount Tabor, glory, resurrection, Trinity, light, documents, Vatican II, transfiguration, New Evangelization, beauty, art, living, confession, charity, secularism, God, relationship, change, liturgy, eucharist, conversion


It's that time of that month again where we say: "You've got (something extra in your) mail!" If you've called home a pair or two of Fizzy Goblet shoes, we have popped in a little surprise gift for you—luggage tags in the shape of a mini jutti!
We've all been there, craning our necks near the baggage belt, looking at one generic black suitcase after another in hope to find ours. Make the struggle easier by hanging these easy-to-spot luggage tags around your bag.
Made from leftover leatherette from our workshop, the tags are in three colours: wine, tan and black. Each mini jutti is about the size of your palm and has a little message inscribed—Seeker of Everyday Magic, and have loops made of laces.
As part of our zero waste initiative, we like sending small things to you every now and then. In July, we made scrunchies made of leftover Fizzy G prints, and in August, we'd turned our laces into rakhis and bracelets. Through September, we'll be sending you these leatherette luggage tags with each order placed. You can personalise these tags with your contact deets by using a marker on the back.
All you have to do is pick out a Fizzy G shoe, hang your luggage tag around your bag, and off you go on an adventure!
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Research Artificial intelligence and big data can help preserve wildlife
Artificial intelligence and big data can help preserve wildlife
A team of experts in artificial intelligence and animal ecology have put forth a new, cross-disciplinary approach intended to enhance research on wildlife species and make more effective use of the vast amount of data now being collected thanks to new technologies. Their study recently appeared in Nature Communications.
Cécilia Carron 09.02.2022
© 2022 EPFL
The field of animal ecology has entered the era of big data and the Internet of Things. Unprecedented amounts of data are now being collected on wildlife populations, thanks to sophisticated technology such as satellites, drones and terrestrial devices like automatic cameras and sensors placed on animals or in their surroundings. These data have become so easy to acquire and share that they have shortened distances and time requirements for researchers while minimizing the disrupting presence of humans in natural habitats. Today, a variety of AI programs are available to analyze large datasets, but they're often general in nature and ill-suited to observing the exact behavior and appearance of wild animals. A team of scientists from EPFL and other universities has outlined a pioneering approach to resolve that problem and develop more accurate models by combining advances in computer vision with the expertise of ecologists. Their findings, which appear today in Nature Communications, open up new perspectives on the use of AI to help preserve wildlife species.
Building up cross-disciplinary know-how
Wildlife research has gone from local to global. Modern technology now offers revolutionary new ways to produce more accurate estimates of wildlife populations, better understand animal behavior, combat poaching and halt the decline in biodiversity. Ecologists can use AI, and more specifically computer vision, to extract key features from images, videos and other visual forms of data in order to quickly classify wildlife species, count individual animals, and glean certain information, using large datasets. The generic programs currently used to process such data often work like black boxes and don't leverage the full scope of existing knowledge about the animal kingdom. What's more, they're hard to customize, sometimes suffer from poor quality control, and are potentially subject to ethical issues related to the use of sensitive data. They also contain several biases, especially regional ones; for example, if all the data used to train a given program were collected in Europe, the program might not be suitable for other world regions.
"We wanted to get more researchers interested in this topic and pool their efforts so as to move forward in this emerging field. AI can serve as a key catalyst in wildlife research and environmental protection more broadly," says Prof. Devis Tuia, the head of EPFL's Environmental Computational Science and Earth Observation Laboratory and the study's lead author. If computer scientists want to reduce the margin of error of an AI program that's been trained to recognize a given species, for example, they need to be able to draw on the knowledge of animal ecologists. These experts can specify which characteristics should be factored into the program, such as whether a species can survive at a given latitude, whether it's crucial for the survival of another species (such as through a predator-prey relationship) or whether the species' physiology changes over its lifetime. For example, new machine learning algorithms can be used to automatically identify an animal. such as using a zebra's unique stripe pattern, or in video their movement dynamics can be a signature of identity." says Prof. MackenzieMathis, the head of EPFL's Bertarelli Foundation Chair of Integrative Neuroscience and co-author of the study. "Here is where the merger of ecology and machine learning is key: the field biologist has immense domain knowledge about animal being studied, and us as machine learning researchers job is to work with them to build tools to find a solution."
Getting the word out about existing initiatives
The idea of forging stronger ties between computer vision and ecology came up as Tuia, Mathis and others discussed their research challenges at various conferences over the past two years. They saw that such collaboration could be extremely useful in preventing certain wildlife species from going extinct. A handful of initiatives have already been rolled out in this direction; some of them are listed in the Nature Communications article. For instance, Tuia and his team at EPFL have developed a program that can recognize animal species based on drone images. It was tested recently on a seal population. Meanwhile, Mathis and her colleagues have unveiled an open-source software package called DeepLabCut that allows scientists to estimate and track animal poses with remarkable accuracy. It's already been downloaded 300,000 times. DeepLabCut was designed for lab animals but can be used for other species as well. Researchers at other universities have developed programs too, but it's hard for them to share their discoveries since no real community has yet been formed in this area. Other scientists often don't know these programs exist or which one would be best for their specific research.
That said, initial steps towards such a community have been taken through various online forums. The Nature Communications article aims for a broader audience, however, consisting of researchers from around the world. "A community is steadily taking shape," says Tuia. "So far we've used word of mouth to build up an initial network. We first started two years ago with the people who are now the article's other lead authors: Benjamin Kellenberger, also at EPFL; Sara Beery at Caltech in the US; and Blair Costelloe at the Max Planck Institute in Germany."
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Aerial Wildlife Detection
DeepLabCut: markerless pose estimation of user-defined body parts with deep learning
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The topic of housetraining is one that comes up many times a day the world over when a new puppy or rescue dog joins a home. As it's a question we see a lot, I thought I'd do a blog post with the inside scoop on potty training. There is a lot of information out there in cyberspace on 'housebreaking'. Let's face it, we don't really want to 'break' our puppy or dog, so my top tips focus on the details that start good habits early and will benefit the relationship you will have with your dog.
Prior to bringing home your puppy consult with your breeder (and mark down) what has been the puppy's normal routine for feeding and pottying. If you have a rescue puppy or dog, try to find out as much as you can. Once home, take a few days to gradually change that schedule to better suit your own timetable.
Predictable patterns anticipating the puppy's need to potty will help to prevent accidents. Try and organize yourself to take the puppy out prior to the scheduled time. Most puppies will need to go out: once they wake up, immediately after a meal and another hour after that, after a big play session with you or another puppy and immediately after a swim. Think about restricting access to water 2 hours prior to your bedtime to avoid having to get out of bed in the middle of the night for a restless puppy.
Learn what is normal for your puppy. "Feature" is a two spot peeer and she always has been, right from the day I got her at 7 weeks old. I had her checked for a bladder infection because I thought it was strange. What I had to learn was that was "normal" for her. Learn what is normal for your puppy.
A simple, but not necessarily an easy lesson, is teaching your puppy to "potty" on leash. For the first 5 or 6 months of my puppies lives, I take them out to pee or poop on leash.
Not only does this encourage the puppy to seek out a particular area of the yard of my choosing to do her business, but most importantly, it teaches her it is a good thing to urinate and defecate while on leash, close by to me.
This means that I am not going to be one of those people at an agility trial (or anywhere away from home) out on a rainy night walking my dog back and forth on that tiny strip of grass at my hotel, begging and pleading my dog to pee or poop on leash!
Although this lesson is a simple one, it isn't necessarily an easy one. For anyone with a fenced in backyard, it may be much easier to just turn the puppy out off leash to work things out in his own time rather than stand around waiting for a leashed puppy to do his business. However, every behaviour has a consequence. Choosing to save a little time, taking the easy road with puppy today, means you will likely be wasting a great deal more time waiting for an adult dog to eliminate on leash tomorrow!
My dogs are raised with the understanding of the night time golden rule of "Don't wake da mama!". I establish this by making sure any time a puppy wakes me up, it is as uneventful as possible.
When I get a new puppy, I put her in her crate on top of a chair beside my bed at night. This way she sleeps right near my face. She can hear me breathe and practically feel my breath. As we both fall asleep, I stick my fingers through the crate door for a few minutes. I have never had a puppy cry or fuss at night, plus I get to fall asleep looking at my beautiful new puppy!
If the puppy conveys the need to go out I say nothing… I reach in and then I carry her outside to see if she needs to relieve herself. I do not allow the puppy the reinforcement of walking on her own. This is also the only time I do not interact with my puppies after they have pottied outside. I may quietly praise her, but I say very little and offer no other reinforcement as I pick the puppy up once again, go inside and return her to her crate without further interaction.
Making these midnight trips outside as uneventful as possible helps to make sure they do not happen very often. With my all of the puppies that I have raised, it has been rare that any one of them ever wakes me up more than one or two nights before they learn to sleep through the entire night.
This routine is to downplay the reinforcement the puppy receives for waking you up at night. Most puppies should learn bladder basics within a week or two. If this isn't your puppy make a chart of each time the puppy pees or poops so you can start to predict future events.
For these late evening potty trips, I use an oversized leash and clip it around the width of the collar so I don't have to get a tiny puppy lead clip onto a tiny puppy collar ring.
I'll share more on puppy sleeping arrangements and daytime routine in another blog.
Take the puppy on leash to the exact spot in the yard you would like him to continue using. Choose a word or phrase that you want to use in the future to prompt him to start doing his business. Wait until the puppy starts to eliminate and then quietly repeat your new cue over and over while he pees.
You can choose a single word like "potty" or "duties" or a phrase such as "hurry up" or "do your business". For the first couple of weeks, you can add a tidbit of a treat after the puppy is done his potty. Play time can follow each time as well as a fun reward (but only during waking hours!).
Some dogs like to defecate a long distance away from you, others may prefer long grass. I recommend you don't facilitate those puppy desires because there will be times when you do not have the option of removing your dog's leash to let him run away for his poop. Get him used to a new routine. Start as soon as the puppy comes home and clip him on leash every time you take him outside on so that he learns he can do his business on leash, with you close by any surface that is handy.
So there you have it, my top tips for housetraining your puppy or dog. Following these tips now will ultimately lessen the frustration of a dog who has 'accidents' in the home, or who 'won't potty on lead' …. the things that might annoy or even anger you as your puppy grows.
Getting to know your puppy's potty schedule and what is 'normal' for your dog will help you notice any changes that may be important for your dog's health.
Putting in the effort now will bring you many rewards in your life with your dog. Let me know in the comments your top tips for housetraining.
Today I am grateful for everyone who considers their dog an important member of their family.


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The Tevis College Arts Scholarships are awarded in memory of Dorothy Tevis, a devoted patron of the arts in Carroll County. One $1,000 scholarship is provided to each public high school to award to their outstanding student pursuing a college degree in the arts. Awards are based on artistic promise. For the purpose of this program, arts are defined to encompass vocal and instrumental music, music education, performance, music theory, composition, art, art history, arts education, creative writing, drama, theatre, media arts, film studies, dance, photography, graphic design, costume design, architecture, interior design and animation. The applications are collected by the CCAC, but a committee appointed by each school principal reviews the applications and chooses the winner from their school.
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