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Seagull PGE Project Progresses
Thunder Bay, Ontario; East West Resource Corporation ("East West") has received an update from Black Panther Mining Corp. ("Black Panther") of its activities on the Seagull property. As referred to in the Company's news releases dated November 5, 2008 and February 3, 2009, Black Panther acquired a 30% interest in the 159 claim unit Seagull Property from East West and Trillium North Minerals ("Trillium"). Black Panther also has the right to increase its ownership in the Seagull Property to a 51%, 60% and 75% interest, respectively, by incurring additional exploration expenditures on the Property.
Black Panther, who is earning an interest in the Seagull Property, located approximately 90 km north-northeast of Thunder Bay has recently staked additional claims and expanded the Seagull Property from 159 claim units to 359 units. As a result, the Property now encompasses the original Seagull Proterozoic ultramafic intrusion (the "Seagull Intrusion") discovered in 2000, as well as numerous newly discovered feeder dike features along the western flank of the original claims.
From 2000 to 2004, there were three platinum-palladium-nickel-copper disseminated sulphide "layers" discovered in the Seagull Intrusion. In April 2004, Platinum Group Metals Ltd. (who previously held an interest in the Seagull Property), announced the discovery of a new platinum bearing layer, or "reef", within the Seagull Intrusion. At that time, Platinum Group Metals reported that drilling confirmed the northern half of the Seagull Intrusion as a target area for expanding platinum reefs discovered to date, and as well stated, that the mineralized horizons found within Seagull Intrusion compared favourably to the famous "Merensky" reef in South Africa.
More recently, in a news release dated April 22, 2009, Magma Metals Limited of Australia ("Magma") reported the discovery of PGE's hosted in feeder dikes on Magma's claims which are located 10 km to the south of Seagull Property.
All of the ultramafic intrusions (like the Seagull Intrusion) are related to the "Mid Continental Rift" event that occurred between 1000 to 1112 ma (million years). The Seagull Intrusion has been dated at 1111 to 1112 ma and represents magma that has been derived from deep in the mantle; hence the platinum-palladium values are almost 1:1 and are contained within the nickel-copper sulphides
Company Results To Date
In December 2008, the Black Panther completed a $650,000 phase one core drill program on the west side of the Seagull Intrusion (see February 3, 2009 news release). In January through to March, 2009, additional claims were staked to the west. Recent prospecting has been successful in identifying several potential feeder dikes, and as well, numerous boulders and outcrops of dike material have been discovered within the claims block. The Qualified Person for the Project, Mr. Robert Middleton, P. Eng., Geophysicist, states that "these newly discovered dikes are likely the conduits linked to the larger bodies such as the Seagull Intrusion and others in the immediate area".
2009 Plans
Subject to the completion of its financing announced on July 3, 2009, Black Panther intends to proceed with a detailed airborne magnetic survey, followed by additional drilling. Black Panther has budgeted $350,000 for this program, which will bring its total exploration expenditures on the Property to $1 million (thereby resulting in Black Panther earning a 51% interest in the Seagull Property).
This news release has been reviewed and approved by Mr. Robert Middleton, P.Eng, Geophysicist, and is the Qualified Person supervising this project in accordance with regulations under NI 43-101.
M.J.(Moe) Lavigne, President and CEO
Certain information regarding East West Resource Corporation contained herein may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements may include estimates, plans, expectations, opinions, forecasts, projections, guidance or other statements that are not statements of fact. Although East West Resource Corporation believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. East West Resource Corporation cautions that actual performance will be affected by a number of factors, most of which are beyond its control, and that future events and results may vary substantially from what East West Resource Corporation currently foresees. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration results, continued availability of capital and financing and general economic, market or business conditions. The forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The information contained herein is stated as of the current date and subject to change after that date.


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Data analysis expressions
Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) is the native formula and query language for Microsoft PowerPivot, Power BI Desktop and SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Tabular models. DAX includes some of the functions that are used in Excel formulas with additional functions that are designed to work with relational data and perform dynamic aggregation. It is, in part, an evolution of the Multidimensional Expression (MDX) language developed by Microsoft for Analysis Services multidimensional models (often called cubes) combined with Excel formula functions. It is designed to be simple and easy to learn, while exposing the power and flexibility of PowerPivot and SSAS tabular models.
The Data Analysis expressions (DAX) language provides a specialized syntax for querying Analysis Services tabular model. DAX is not a programming language. DAX is primarily a formula language and is also a query language. You can use DAX to define custom calculations for Calculated Columns, Measures, Calculated Tables, Calculation Groups, Custom Format Strings, and filter expressions in role-based security in Tabular models. The same Analysis Services engine for Tabular models is also used in Power BI and Power Pivot for Excel. Power BI also uses DAX for conditional formatting expressions and other dynamic properties of visual components.
DAX was developed by the SQL Server Analysis Services team at Microsoft as part of Project Gemini and released in 2009 with the first version of the PowerPivot for Excel 2010 Add-in. Both DAX and MDX can be used to query PowerPivot and Tabular models, however only MDX may be used to query multidimensional SSAS models (cubes) in versions of SSAS up to SQL Server 2012 RTM. Future versions of SSAS (both multidimensional & tabular models) will support DAX natively. 2016 marks a significant improvement with the rapid adoption of Microsoft Power BI and SQL Server 2016. Power BI is a subscription-based self-service analytic tool and Power BI Desktop is a desktop analytic and report authoring application. SQL Server 2016 includes a new release of SQL Analysis Services Tabular with many improvements over previous versions. Enhancements to the DAX language after 2015 include support for calculated tables, automatic date table generation, variables and a total of 340 functions.
DAX data types
DAX can compute values for seven data types:
Date (datetime)
TRUE/FALSE (Boolean)
The BLOB (binary large object) data type is managed by the Tabular model but cannot be directly manipulated by DAX expressions.
DAX has a powerful type-handling system so that you do not have to worry much about data types. When you write a DAX expression, the resulting type is based on the type of the terms used in the expression and on the operator used. Type conversion happens automatically during the expression evaluation. However, if an expression might return different data types depending on the conditions, then the data type of the expression is defined as Variant.[1]
^ The Variant data type is used for expressions that might return different data types, depending on the conditions. "Variant DAX Data Type". dax.guide.
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Tennick, Art (2012). Practical PowerPivot & DAX Formulas for Excel 2010. McGraw Hill Professional. ISBN 9780071746854.

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Remember his rant about his team looking like a JC softball team after the Cougars dropped their first two games, including a loss to FCS foe Eastern Washington in the opener?Earlier this season, he also accused Arizona State of stealing signals and suggested local police were unfairly targeting Washington State players after three incidents involving alleged assaults by players.Thats one of the reasons we love playing for Coach Leach and respect him so much, said Gabe Marks, Washington States record-breaking senior receiver. You know exactly where you stand with him, and if you do your job, hes going to have your back.You better be able to take the truth if youre going to play for Coach Leach. Its the reason this team is so tough. How many teams would have been able to come back the way we have after those first two losses? A lot of teams would have folded. Not us. Im not worried about playing anybody. Were down to play anybody who wants to play.Its no coincidence that Leach is close with Steve Spurrier. Neither has much of a filter, and while Leach doesnt play golf, they both have been known to keep odd hours for coaches. For example, Leach might not get to the office some days until noon. Hes a renowned night owl and doesnt leave the office sometimes until 1 a.m. or later.And to the surprise of nobody, Leach has a life-sized statue of a singing pirate in his office. Leachs often repeated approach to life is to Swing Your Sword, which is also the title of his book. He said Bob and Pat Knight gave him the pirate (along with a leg lamp made famous in the movie A Christmas Story), and Leach returned the favor by giving Knight a Ulysses S. 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In fact, each of Washington States past four APR averages have been the highest for the program, all coming under Leach.One of the biggest misnomers about Leach is that because he runs an Air Raid system on offense and throws the ball so much, he runs a finesse program. Second-year defensive coordinator Alex Grinch found out pretty quickly that nothing could be further from the truth.He wants a tough football team, Grinch said. When you see an offense like this, you assume finesse. I know I did. But you go back to Mike and his background. Youre talking about a guy from Wyoming, and hes not a football guy in terms of playing the game. Hes a quarterback guy and wants to throw it. Thats just his philosophy in terms of how to move the football. Thats not his philosophy in terms of what he wants.He wants tough, freaking guys, and hes hard on the guys that way.The only thing Leach abhors more than finger-pointing and excuses is political correctness. Hes a friend and supporter of Donald Trump and sent him a text the day after the election, congratulating him and telling the president-elect he was ready to be his Secretary of Offense.Leach, who doesnt hold back on his team, said the country would be better off if people could speak freely.Wed be a lot better. A lot more problems would be solved, Leach said. What weve done in this country is we value not offending anyone, even one individual, over solving big problems for masses of people. Weve diverted all of our attention from solving problems to searching for little offenses and not even discussing problems because somebody might be offended. Its the most counterproductive thing in the world. Its a historical disgrace and sad. I hope that changes some with Trump.No, Leach isnt campaigning for a position in Trumps cabinet. For one, he has unfinished business at Washington State.Not only would a win over Washington give Washington State a chance to win its first Pac-12 championship since 2002, it would give the Cougars 14 Pac-12 wins over the past two years. Theyve never won more than 13 during a two-year stretch in school history.Washington State has invested in the football program, too, something that hasnt gone unnoticed by Leach. Martin Stadium was remodeled, including the addition of premium seating, in time for the 2012 season, while a new football operations building was ready for the 2014 season. All told, Washington State spent $140 million on the upgrades.Were an evolving program and still are to some degree, said Leach, dismissing the notion that the Cougars werent on many peoples radar when he arrived in 2012 on the heels of eight straight seasons without a winning record.Weve just got to make sure were on our own radar. Its an exciting place to go to school, to begin with. 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Were glad hes our coach and glad hes not just like all the other coaches.Leach, 55, isnt sure what hed be doing if he werent coaching.He has his law degree and said the easy answer would be practicing law somewhere.But as time has evolved, maybe Id write more, said Leach, who reads at least 12 books a year. Maybe Id be an artist. It would also be fun to be a filmmaker and make a film from start to finish.If the Cougars win the Apple Cup on Friday for the first time since the 2012 season, his first film might be a given. ' ' '
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The collection of similar elements stored in adjoined memory locations is referred to as an array. They are stored in such a way that the position of each element can be easily computed using a basic formula. The position of each element is determined by its offset from the start of the array and therefore the first element is always at position 0 because it has no offset.
A stack is a data structure where inserting and deleting items happens at one end from the top of the stack. These stacks access data through the Last In First Out or LIFO approach. Push, pop and display are the three primary operations that can be performed on stacks. Push relates to putting something on the stack, pop takes off something from it and the last operation is for displaying the contents of the stack. One of the example of stack is in UNDO operation where the last operation is undone.
Queues are an important data structure concept and follow the First In First Out (FIFO) approach to show how it accesses data. While queues are open at both ends, one of the ends is used to insert data or what is known as enqueue, and the other is used to remove data or what is referred to as dequeue. The process in the Computer are scheduled using the queues.
Hashing is a technique that helps in converting a range of key values into a range of indexes of an array. It helps maps large amounts of data into smaller tables using the hash function and therefore the efficiency of the mapping activity in hashing would depend on the hash function used. It is the hash function which helps map a given value with a corresponding key for faster access of the elements. For instance, hashing is used in handling (encryption and decryption) digital signatures as it helps in retrieving items quickly from a database.
A heap denotes a tree-based data structure in which the tree is a complete binary tree and each element is assigned a key value. Heaps are classified into the following two types: Max-Heap structure: In the max-heap structure, the root node has the highest key and the lower value keys always have a parent node with a higher value key. The key present at the root node must be of the highest value among the keys present at all its children. Min-Heap structure: In the min-heap structure, there exists a reverse structure rule where the key present at the root node is of the least value than the keys present at all its children.
A linear data structure is dubbed as a Linked List where the elements are not stored at adjoining memory locations. Such a linked list contains of nodes where data fields and reference links are associated with each node and all the elements in the linked list are connected using pointers.
A binary tree is a form of tree data structure where each node has just two child nodes, referred to as the left child and the right child. In a binary tree, every node will display this attribute of having at most two nodes. Binary tree has the combined benefits of a linked list and an ordered array and as a result insert in binary tree and delete operation in binary tree is quite fast.
Advanced Data Structures
Advanced Data Structure involves the storage and management of complex data in an efficient and organised manner. Doing so, helps in quicker access and modification of data. Tries, Disjoint Sets, Segment Trees, are examples of advanced data structure. Trie, for instance, is an advanced data structure that stores strings consisting of nodes and edges that can be visualized as a graph. Trie derives its name from the reTrieval action and is also called a digital tree. Each node in a Trie representation will consists of different branches consisting of keys. A Trie helps in the alphabetic ordering of the data and information retrieval is typically faster in a Trie data structure.
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In Fairmat every day we calculate risk/return profiles for more than 9000 structured retail products providing useful information to Funds Managers, IFAs and Investors through our product comparison services and our products testing reports. This is a strong commitment for our team, and we aim to include more than 20,000 new products by the end of this year.
Besides that, In the past months, several users manifested interest in structured portfolios construction and analyses. We were already providing structured portfolios fair values and Greeks monitoring tools, and we realized we could try to offer some improvement with respect to the actual structured portfolios construction techniques used in the industry.
Currently, the construction of structured portfolios is usually performed empirically by experts or by the means of heuristics. This is mainly due to the several implementation challenges staying behind the construction of a quantitative implementation.
Our accurate terms/payoffs database, the availability of market data and the expertise spread on our team provided us all the ingredients to develop a quantitative framework for testing risk / performance profile of any structured products allocation.
Testing the risk/return profile of a portfolio allocation requires the joint simulation of the underlying risk factors (which could be performed with Monte Carlo based forward looking methods or with historical based bootstrapping methods), and the mapping of the non linear relationships between the risk factors and the products payout (which can be derived from term terms data). As you may notice these types of analyses require a lot of market data (underlying history, issuers credit scoring, terms information), plus robust simulation models and computational power.
We bundled this framework into the Fairmat Cloud platform within our new portfolio designer tool which enables users to assess given structured products allocations or to generate products allocation proposals (or rebalancing proposals) for different risk aversion levels just by specifying design goals, as it happens in shares/funds asset allocation packages.
Figure 1: In the figures risk/return profiles for structured products are indicated in grey, while the current products allocation and four different proposal are indicated in orange.
Our structured portfolios designer tool will propose efficient portfolios starting from simple input like the initial selection of products, the allocation budget, and the preferred risk measure. Every other detail is handled by the platform including market data and the access to a curated database of retail products and the possibility of autonomously mapping custom OTC products.
If you want to know something more you can read this presentation or instantly try the Fairmat Cloud platform which also works with a pay-as-you-go mechanism in which users can start to use the platform gradually and are billed just for the valuations they request.


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Background: The contest, in its fifth year, is open to students enrolled in Kentucky public and private high schools for the 2013-14 academic year. Winning entries are on display at the Department for Environmental Protection's Training Center at 300 Fair Oaks Lane in Frankfort. There were 67 entries from 10 schools, and nine prizes awarded.
Why they wanted to enter: Nicole said, "I do like the outdoors and nature, and it upsets me when people pollute. I wanted to make a statement that it's not OK to do that." Madison said, "I've always been a fan of animals and the environment, and of taking care of both. I also love art and sculpture and I wanted to bring those together."
The message in their artworks: Nicole's uncle in Shepherdsville once rescued a baby deer, and she has seen deer come to his yard to feed. "I wanted to make a visual representation that when people pollute they are harming not just animals, but water and the environment," said Nicole. Her drawing is called "Trappings."
Madison's process: "I wanted to find something natural to sculpt." Madison's research brought her to the Greek mythological figure Hippocampus, half horse, half fish. She recycled chicken wire and cardboard to create a papier-mâché sculpture, and she added birch tree bark to add texture. "The horse part represents Kentucky, the fish tail represents water, and the bark represents the earth and land. We have to take care of the land and water together, because litter ends up in the water eventually," she said. The sculpture represents Kentucky because "we have farms, fields, and the Ohio River." Her piece is called "Uwoduhi," which is the Cherokee word for beautiful.
Their home lives: Nicole lives between Pleasure Ridge Park and Shively with her mother, Judy Peckham. Madison lives in Okolona with her parents, Heather and Mike Mattingly, her brother Bradley, 14, and sister, Aislynn, 6.
Teacher Quotes: Teacher Cheryl Wilhoit said Nicole "is a very poised and focused young lady who receives instruction eagerly and works with purpose." Teacher Colleen Reasor, who has taught Madison for three years, said she has watched her grow and accept new challenges. "It was interesting to discuss her ideas with her and then watch it take form."
Future plans: Nicole says she is going to college, and although she isn't sure where or what career she will pursue, she says "art is something I want to do." Madison intends to attend a local college to get her general education requirements and then transfer to the University of Kentucky, where she plans to study equine studies or animal sciences and either major or minor in art. She thinks she might like to become a horse trainer.
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CoinDesk began publishing in May 2013, and was founded by serial entrepreneur Shakil Khan. Khan is also an investor in BitPay, a bitcoin payment processor. In September 2013, Jon Matonis, former executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation, joined CoinDesk as a contributing editor. CoinDesk also provides guides to bitcoin for those new to digital currencies. In January 2016, CoinDesk was acquired by Digital Currency Group for an estimated amount of US$500K-600K. In January 2017, the company acquired Lawnmower, a blockchain data and research platform.
The CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (CoinDesk BPI) was launched in September 2013. The Bitcoin Price Index is an average of bitcoin prices across bitcoin exchanges, and began by using price data from Bitstamp, BTC-e and CampBX. Although Mt. Gox data was not used initially, due to withdrawal concerns for US customers, in November 2013, Mt. Gox was added to the BPI due to "a reduction in the risk premium and the option of additional deposit/withdrawal methods". The Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange was eventually removed from the index in February 2014 after its "persistent failure to meet the index's standards for inclusion".
Publications which have referenced the Bitcoin Price Index data or price include the BBC, WSJ, Reuters, NY Times, CNBC and Bloomberg.
4th Nov 2013 12:00:00 UTC: The minimum acceptable volume criterion was amended so that each exchange must represent at least 2% of the total 30-day cumulative volume for all exchanges in the BPI.
7th Nov 2013 00:00:00 UTC: CampBX was removed from the BPI due to sustained diminishing volume and a lack of regular 24-hour trading activity.
28th Nov 2013 12:00:00 UTC: Mt. Gox was added to the BPI due to a reduction in the risk premium and the option of additional deposit/withdrawal methods.
10th Feb 2014 15:30:00 UTC: The sixth criterion for inclusion in the BPI was amended to include the option for bitcoin transfers to be completed within seven days in place of fiat transfers.
10th Feb 2014 16:00:00 UTC: Mt. Gox was removed from the BPI for failing to meet its criteria.
13th Mar 2014 16:00:00 UTC: Bitfinex was added to the BPI.
30th Mar 2014 00:00:00 UTC: End-of-day open, high, low and closing BPI is now based on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) time. The BPI does not adjust to follow British Standard Time.
30th Jun 2014 15:00:00 UTC: LakeBTC and Huobi were added to the USD and CNY BPIs respectively.
31st Oct 2014 15:00:00 UTC: LakeBTC was suspended from the BPI for 30 days.
In February 2014, CoinDesk released its first 'State of Bitcoin' report. The aim of the report is "to provide an overview of key cryptocurrency trends, challenges, and opportunities, while also highlighting the most important developments over the last year". A follow-up report in Q2 2014 highlighted that venture capital investment in bitcoin companies was up 28 percent compared to the previous quarter, and that VC investment was pouring into European Bitcoin startups.
In April 2014, CoinDesk released an iOS app. The app includes news stories and editorials, as well as its 'Bitcoin Price Index'.
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Jeffrey L Burnside, BS, CCP, FPP
Email Jeffrey L Burnside, BS, CCP, FPP
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Learn more about Jeffrey L Burnside
Jeff Burnside BS, CCP, FPP, is a member of the Cardiovascular Perfusion Department at The Heart Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital (NCH). After receiving his Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from Ohio University in 1983 he worked as a research assistant in the Wexner Pediatric Research Institute at NCH. In 1989 he was accepted into The Ohio State University's Circulation Technology Program where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Allied Medicine/Perfusion Technology in 1991. Jeff then became a member of the perfusion team at NCH in August 1991 as a staff perfusionist . In 1992 he completed the NCH institutional ECMO program and in addition to his cardiopulmonary bypass duties became a member of the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) team. He has also been the academic affairs coordinator overseeing all aspects of our student perfusion educational rotations and is a clinical instructor for three major perfusion programs in the US. He was responsible for instituting and maintaining the accreditation of our perioperative blood management program through The American Association of Blood Banks for nearly 18 years. His research interests focus on minimization of extracorporeal circuitry and techniques to aid in the achievement of bloodless pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery. Jeff has authored several papers on novel techniques for improving currently available pediatric CPB devices. He is also a member of the American Society of Extracorporeal Technology (AmSECT).
Date of Appointment at Nationwide Children's Hospital: 01/15/1988
The Ohio State University Date Completed: 06/30/1991
Ohio University Date Completed: 06/30/1983
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He spoke to a nation that has grown increasingly fearful: Since Obama's last address, terrorism has emerged as Americans' No. 1 concern, edging out perennial worries about the economy and jobs.
It's not surprising that we are afraid, in the wake of attacks in San Bernardino, Paris and Boston. And yet, as the president said last night, fear stifles our innovation and saps our strength. Worse, we worry too much about the wrong things. And the remedies on offer—particularly those served up by Donald Trump and others hoping to capitalize on Americans' fear—will not make us any safer.
First, we need a clear-eyed understanding of the dangers we face. We are justifiably afraid of violent attacks, as evidenced by the growing police presence at public events. But we are less focused on threats to the systems that meet our basic needs, such as food, water and power. Those systems are extraordinarily vulnerable—not just to terrorism, but also to extreme weather events and other disruptions.
Part of the problem is that our highly centralized and automated systems are "too big to fail." Take food, for example. Large farms with over $1 million in sales account for only 4 percent of all farms, but two-thirds of all production. That means the failure of those mega-farms would have an outsize impact on our food system. And the globe-spanning supply chains that bring food to our table can be readily disrupted—intentionally or otherwise.
Or consider water, which we truly cannot live without. America's nearly 1 million miles of water distribution lines rely largely on automated technologies to track and manage the transport and treatment of water. Those lines are highly vulnerable to sabotage, cyber or otherwise, says Michael Deane, executive director of the National Association of Water Companies. If the taps go dry—or the water is contaminated – our communities could face massive financial losses and—most important—threats to public health and safety.
And then there is our sprawling power grid. We have learned the hard way about the grid's vulnerability to everything from extreme weather to squirrels. Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has said that a major cyberattack on the grid is a matter of "when," not "if." Taking down the grid would be perhaps the quickest way to cripple the American economy and decrease the effectiveness of the United States military.
Given these challenges, we need to make sure the systems we rely on are resilient. But what does that mean, exactly?
Resilient systems tend to be decentralized, with networked units that can stand on their own in a crisis. For example, local "microgrids"—powered by renewable energy, such as solar and wind—can keep the lights on when the larger grid goes down. This is the "energy of the future" that President Obama referenced last night. There's more: on-site water systems, urban agriculture and farmers' markets can supply food and water when national and global supply chains are broken. With American ingenuity and investment, we can lead the world in developing technologies and systems to make our communities sustainable and resilient.
Investments in community resilience will make us safer and stronger in the face of terrorist attacks, climate change and other threats. And they would generate other benefits, too: These are the same solutions needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, put people back to work, reduce poverty and create a better, stronger economy.
Of course, in addition to strong political leadership, this will require a substantial financial investment. But, keep in mind that the U.S. has spent $6.7 million every hour on homeland security since 9/11. Strategic investments in resilience could advance national security at less cost.
In these fearful times, demagogues offer simplistic proposals: a wall on our southern border; a plan to bar Muslims from the country. Some of these plans are morally abhorrent; others would be ruinously expensive. None would help us weather the shocks and surprises of the future.
So let's address Americans' fears—as the president said, not by "turning inward as a nation, and turning against each other as a people." Instead, let's choose hope by making our country stronger, safer and more resilient.


1. One in three Europeans now living conceived on Ikea beds.
2. If all the furniture this manufacturer put on each other, then it will be possible to get to the moon.
3. If all the people who work in manufacturing furniture settle in one place, it will take the whole city.
4. originally Production of furniture housed in a shed in the back yard of the creator - Ingvar Kamprad.
5. A daily walk in the nearest complex Ikea furniture can replace a hike in the gym.
6. In order to avoid all the furniture stores IKEA the world will need a minimum of 5 years, if you do it on 8 hours a day.
7. On the transfer range of furniture IKEA read aloud needed without interruption for two days.
8. If all the furniture and set fire to assemble Ikea, the released energy will be enough for heating small country.
9. If you decide to sleep every night at the new IKEA bed, then you will need 122 life, to sleep on the already produced.
10. If you collect all the wrapper with pimples on the packaging of the furniture manufacturer, is to burst the pimples need the help of the world's population in the last month.
The slogan of the company states: "The furniture should cost as much as are the materials from which it is made." How can we make sure Ikea manages to keep prices roughly in this range. What effort? What's the difference!
Due to low prices and competent marketing policy, Ikea furniture is becoming more popular among the middle class, on him and it is focused. One may argue about the merits and demerits of various solutions, one thing is clear - Ikea wiped her nose all the furniture manufacturers, to prove in practice that the possibility of quality and affordable furniture.
It also applies as in the very beginning of the company - with the help of mailing.
The prices of all products in the IKEA catalog are frozen for a year, you can be sure that the purchase of any of the objects represented in it for the very price, which is listed on the pages.


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Racing Vendee Globe: 100 Days and Counting
Vendee Globe: 100 Days and Counting
Less than 100 days remain before the Everest of Sailing kicks off, and the entry list is set with 28 skippers from 10 countries.
By Vendee Globe
With the qualifying events in the books, the lineup of skippers is set for the next edition of the Vendee Globe. Thierry Martinez
Friday marked double digits in the countdown to the Vendee globe – less than 100 days to go. Fourteen weeks and forty-eight hours, a mere drop in the ocean in relation to the four years between each edition. If a number of the skippers are allowing themselves a few days' respite this summer, it's also because they know that it's the last opportunity to take some time out before the final rush for the start. Indeed, September will be very hectic with the sailors obliged to be present in Les Sables d'Olonne with their boats on the eve of the opening of the race village, which equates to a noon deadline on 14 October 2016 at the latest.
With some 100 days until the start, the first thing to note is that the fleet of participants is stronger than ever, since there are some twenty-eight skippers, registered and qualified, whilst 'just' twenty sailors took the start in 2012. As a result, we're set to be close to or equal to the 2008 record of thirty skippers.
Added to that, the twenty-eight sailors who have qualified will represent a total of four out of the five continents and ten different nations: France (19), Spain (1), Hungary (1), United States (1), England (1), Switzerland (1), Holland (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (1) and Ireland (1).
Two other French sailors have also applied to enter, but have yet to secure their budget and their qualification: Jean Le Cam et Jean-François Pellet.
The ultimate showdown this year will be between the traditional hulls, and the new foilers. Gilles Martin-Raget
Rookies and repeat performers
Of particular note in this year's line-up is the fact that an extremely high percentage of these twenty-eight candidates for the singlehanded round the world race without stopovers and without assistance have already participated in a previous edition of the Vendée Globe. In fact, the entry list boasts as many rookies sailing the event for the first time as sailors who have already participated in the Everest of the Seas.
As such, some fourteen sailors will take the start of this planetary race for the first time: Morgan Lagravière (Safran), Paul Meilhat (SMA), Sébastien Destremau (FaceOcean), Eric Bellion (CommeUnSeulHomme), Fabrice Amedeo (Newrest-Matmut), Thomas Ruyant (Le Souffle du Nord pour le Projet Imagine), Didac Costa (ESP), Alan Roura (Un Vendée pour la Suisse), Stéphane Le Diraison (FRA), Pieter Heerema (No Way Back), Romain Attanasio (Famille Mary-Etamine), Kojiro Shiraishi (Spirit of Yukoh), Conrad Colman (100% Natural Energy) and Enda O'Coineen (Kilcullen Team Ireland). For these fourteen men, it will be a leap into the great unknown.
Among the repeat performers, the records are also set to tumble. Indeed, though there is just a single former winner of the Vendée Globe in the starting blocks – Vincent Riou (PRB, winner in 2004/2005) – some of the other candidates have also racked up a fair few miles. Four of these will be lining up for no less than their fourth time! Within this select group we have Vincent Riou, Jean-Pierre Dick (StMichel-Virbac), Bertrand de Broc (MACSF) and Briton Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss).
Six other sailors of repute will be setting sail on the Vendée Globe for the third time: Jérémie Beyou (Maître Coq), Sébastien Josse (Edmond de Rothschild), Kito de Pavant (Bastide-Otio), Nandor Fa (Spirit of Hungary), Arnaud Boissières (La Mie Câline) and finally Armel Le Cléac'h (Banque Populaire), whose track record speaks volumes with two second places in the last two editions of the Vendée Globe… Suffice to say that he will rank among the firm favourites.
Finally, four sailors will be lining up for the Everest of the Seas for the second time: Tanguy de Lamotte (Initiatives Coeur), Yann Eliès (Groupe Quéguiner), Louis Burton (Bureau Vallée) and American Rich Wilson (Great American IV).
With the 2016/2017 edition, all these repeat entries combined will amass a whopping forty-two participations in the Vendée Globe. However, given that no two Vendée Globes are ever the same, they too will feel the emotion that is synonymous with the start of another immense planetary adventure on both a competitive and a human scale. 100 days and counting!
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The snack industry is a vast one. I mean, just go into your grocery store, how many aisles are dedicated to snacks (chip aisle, candy aisle, cookie aisle, bakery aisle, etc)? Science however says there is conflicting evidence on the benefits of snacking. Yes, it can help in controlling appetite but at the same time, when snacking is done poorly, it also creates an opportunity to consume more sodium, fat and sugar. There is really no consensus on an ideal meal pattern and if 3 meals versus 3 meals with snacks in between are beneficial for maintaining a healthy weight. It really comes down to what fits in your lifestyle and the quality of the foods you consume throughout the day. If you feel that noshing on snacks in between meals helps you boost your nutrient intake while preventing you from overeating at the next meal and it fits in your daily schedule, then snacks sound like a good fit for you.
My #1 rule is that snacks should always serve a purpose.
There is a special formulation to optimize snack-time. That is, pairing fiber with a protein or pairing fiber with a fat. See below for examples.
Leave your comments below and tell me what YOUR favorite snacks are.


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Q: Directly take the difference of the metric between 2 groups after the treatment or doing a difference-in-difference? Assume we are doing a randomized experiment. The dependent variable is $Y$. Usually, we randomly put some of the subjects in the treatment group ($n$ subjects) and the rest to the control group ($m$ subject). Then, before the treatment, we measure $Y_i$ for $i\in T$ (treatment) and $Y_j$ for $j\in C$ (control). Then we give the treatment group the real treatment and give the control group placebo. Then after some time, we measure the $Y'_i$ for $i\in T$ (treatment) and $Y'_j$ for $j\in C$ (control).
Now we consider two ways of measuring the treatment effect.

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*directly take the difference between the 2 groups after the treatment $\sum_{i=1}^nY'_i/n-\sum_{j=1}^mY'_j/m$

*take the difference in difference $\sum_{i=1}^n(Y'_i-Y_i)/n-\sum_{j=1}^m(Y'_j-Y_j)/m=\sum_{i=1}^nY'_i/n-\sum_{j=1}^mY'_j/m-(\sum_{i=1}^nY_i/n-\sum_{j=1}^mY_j/m)$
If the randomization is perfect and if $n$ and $m$ are very large, then we should have $\sum_{i=1}^nY_i/n-\sum_{j=1}^mY_j/m=0$, which makes the 2 methods the same. However,if $n$ and $m$ are not very large, then $\sum_{i=1}^nY_i/n-\sum_{j=1}^mY_j/m\neq 0$, then which method should I use? Is there a superiority of one over the other?

A: Assume your dependent variable $Y$ is continue. Then
1: $Pr(\sum_{i=1}^nY_i/n-\sum_{j=1}^mY_j/m=0) = 0$
2: $Var(\sum_{i=1}^nY'_i/n-\sum_{j=1}^mY'_j/m) \ge Var(\sum_{i=1}^n(Y'_i-Y_i)/n-\sum_{j=1}^m(Y'_j-Y_j)/m))$ given $Cov(Y_i,Y'_i) > 0.5Var(Y_i)Var(Y'_i)$, and it is very common.

*So should use DID in estimate and test. The test can be carried out by performing the grouped (trt vs control) t-test on the individual difference ($Y_i-Y'_i$).

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We don't have all that much canonical information about Rebma as a place. What do you guys make of it?
Is Rebma a carbon-copy of Amber only with seashells, or is it more than that?
Aside from Moire, are there any Rebmaite natives? Can full-blooded Rebmaites survive for unlimited times out of water?
Is the whole place very alien and different and nautical themed, or is it just a regular place with an undersea twist?
How important is Rebma really?
And why on Earth did Erick originally want the first non-series-related sourcebook for his game to be Rebma?
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Wow, this is a really old thread, but, since I dealt with this in my game, I thought I'd toss in my thoughts on it.
Rebma is a reflection of the Amber in the water.
Tir-na-nog'th is a reflection of Amber in the clouds. (forgive me if my spelling is wrong, I didn't have my books handy to look it up.)
What nobody knows is that there is another reflection, in flame. Since my players never got around to looking for this one, I never nailed down exactly where it was. I was planning either on the other side of the "planet", reflected through the flaming core, or on the other side of the Sun. Or someplace else, depending on what would be the most interesting in the game. The only thing I was sure of is that it wouldn't be in the first place the players looked.
Now, the big change from what most people expect: Amber is the Primal Pattern reflected through the stone of Mount Kolvir. What most people don't realize is that, if you walk the Pattern of Rebma or Tir, you can transport yourself to a REAL place just as solid as Amber, only under water (Or in the air, or flaming, depending on which Pattern you walk. This is why Llewella spends so much time in Rebma. Unbeknownst to her siblings, she rules an undewater realm just as real as Amber on the other side of the Pattern.
In the "real" Rebma, Amber is just a shadow cast on the cliffs, and Tir is much the same in the air. The result is that the Primal Pattern is reflected four times, in Earth, Fire, Water, and Air, with 4 seperate realms. And in each of these realms, the others exist as reflections.
These realms are separate from each other, eventually 'merging' into the normal shadows somewhere outside their respective "Golden Circles." Anyone who has walked the ' real' Rebma or Tir Patterns could Shadowwalk to their realms, if they realize they exist. If you wanted to walk from Amber to the 'real' Rebma, you would have to travel beyond the Golden Circle, and turn around, attuning yourself to the Rebma pattern on the walk back.
Of course, Oberon would have been aware of this, but kept it from his children, because he knew that the four realms would no doubt the squabbling siblings would soon have them at war with each other.
I know it's not canon (although you can't find anything in the books that definitively disproves it) but it sure tossed a twist at my players they weren't expecting. (Especially when they found Dierdre with an army of Valkyries in Valhalla, behind Tir's Pattern. )
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I can shed some light on the matter, as I wrote the Rebma sourcebook for Phage Press.
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The Rebma I designed was much, much more than Amber with seashells. It was the undersea counterpart to Tir-na Nog'th, and as such had a great deal of importance. Moire was apparently powerful enough that she could offer sanctuary to Amberites fleeing Eric's wrath, and that says something about her importance.
Rebma had its own weird sort of magic based on mirrors, its own royal family and twisted history that had nothing to do with Oberon's family.
Since the city of Amber is approachable through two paths - land and sea, it would make sense that Rebma is as important as Arden in considering the defense of the realm.
Your mileage will vary about how important that stuff is.
It was never, never, ever planned as the first non-series book to be published by Phage Press, and what I pitched was only half the book I wanted to write.
I'd co-established (with Cort Odekirk) a fanzine called Trump Call that was the first such 'zine about the Amber DRPG.
I pitched Erick a book called As Above, So Below that would have been a flip-book covering Tir-na Nog'th and Rebma. Erick wanted to do the Tir book himself, so I did Rebma.
While working on Rebma, I got pulled off when the original manuscript for Shadow Knight proved unpublishable, and I worked on several pieces of it. Other Amber books that were in the works before I'd even heard of the ADRPG were as follows:
The Engines of Bright - Erick's "Corwin's Pattern" campaign book
The Beyonders - Don Anderson's huge campaign setting
Not the City of Brotherly Love - a city of Amber sourcebook
The Amber Master's Guide to Trump - written by Michael Kucharski, which was to be the first of many such guides about each power
Chaos Rules! - Erick's alternate core book based on the Courts of Chaos
Carol Dodd's Golden Circle sourcebook
A Castle Amber sourcebook (to wash the stain of the Visual Guide out of people's brains)
A sourcebook about the block city of Heerat
A collection of adventures
A Texorami sourcebook
None of those books (except for maybe Don's and Carol's) were ever completed. There were a few others that came up as well. I was the only author of that whole batch to turn in a publishable manuscript.
On Trump Call, we did six big issues, before Cort published an article about using playing cards in character generation. Even though it was written by a guy who was a part of Erick's gaming circle, Erick called Cort up on the phone to yell at him about publishing it, saying it was a violation of everything that diceless gaming was all about. Cort shut down the zine with the next issue, and refunded all subscription monies.
Once I finished Rebma, Erick changed his mind utterly about what he wanted from the book, despite having approved the manuscript and having seen it come in week after week. (He'd assigned it to a different editor, who was working with him.) Erick told me later he'd even laid it out, then decided that he just wanted something different. There was some other rough stuff going on in his life at the time (the death of a beloved aunt from cancer, if I remember correctly), and he just couldn't work on Phage Press stuff any more. Erick apologized at least a hundred times for never publishing it, but at least he paid me some (about half) of what I was owed.
I've still got a file with all of the art done for Rebma, containing some new Kucharski Trumps, some stuff by Matt Howarth, another author whose name I didn't recognize, and stuff by the Shadow Knight comic strip artist/writer.
I admired Erick greatly, and considered him a friend. He was, and will always be, one of the great RPG designers, and a hell of a great person to be around. I learned a ton from working with him, and in a way he mentored me in the pen-and-paper industry, but in all honestly, he wasn't the easiest editor to work with. He drove me crazy with back-and-forth rewrites, and needing stuff added and rewritten at an insane rate. I was literally FedExing floppy disks of material I'd written for Rebma overnight every other day while it was in final development for a MUST BE OUT THE DOOR BY THE END OF THE MONTH deadline. This was previous to Erick having email (he wouldn't get it), so I was sending these disks full of revisions and new stuff 3-4 times a week for what must have been hundreds of bucks a month in fees (fortunately, I was using his account). I kept saying "Erick, you're a computer guy through and through... why not just get email?" but he didn't want it. So I have sheafs of typed letters from Erick from those days.
When I hear horror stories about bad freelancer experiences at Palladium, I get a curious sense of deja vu.
I know that's not likely a popular opinion to voice here, but I can only speak to my own experiences.
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I completely agree with this line of thought. I wish Rebma and Moire had a little more exposition in Zelazny's books, so it wouldn't feel like "Amber with seashells". An angle I was pondering was how Amber pretty much incarnate a European archetype (I know inside Zelazny's fiction, it's actually Amber hat shaped Europe but bear with me). So it could be interesting to assign other real world cultural aspects to Rebma and Tir Na Nogth.
Mmmmmh in a way I can see how it makes sense but I can't remember any implication of Rebma in Amber's military affairs. Is my memory failing me ?
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So it could be interesting to assign other real world cultural aspects to Rebma and Tir Na Nogth.
I went with a mix of Celtic and Greek influences.
Rebma facts!
- Brand, I believe, spent time in Rebma
- Llewella is from Rebma, and she's Moire's sister (some non-canonical sources state incorrectly that she's Llewella's mother)
- Martin is from Rebma, and technically heir to the throne should Moire die
- Luke/Rinaldo mentioned (though my memory is spotty) spending time there
- Random spent years in Rebma in exile
- Vialle, the Queen of Amber, is Rebman
- Eric contemplated making Moire an offer of marriage
- Moire has immense fondness for Benedict
- The stair down to Rebma is named Faiella-bionin. Eric/Corwin/Dierdre's mother was named Faiella.
There's never been an explicit mention of how Rebma plays into Amber's sea defense, other than Corwin noting how his sea-battle with Eric's navy was sending bodies down that watery way to Rebma.
However, an undersea kingdom parked offshore of a land-based kingdom would naturally be a huge factor in their naval activities.
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Moire is concerned, when Corwin plans to invade Amber, about the strife that will be reflected within her own realm. I forget if anything is mentioned about a reverse relationship,but if there were one, there'd be plenty of incentive for both kingdom's to stay on each other's good side.
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Other Amber books that were in the works before I'd even heard of the ADRPG were as follows:
Why? Why would you do this to us?
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Just setting the record straight when folks wonder why Rebma was thought of as the first big expansion, and to clear the air about what was going on behind the scenes at Phage Press.
I cannot tell how many times I've been asked "What the heck was wrong with the book that they couldn't publish it?"
The reality was that after Shadow Knight, Erick's heart wasn't in it any more. I don't think he'd have published Rebma, or any other book, in any state.
It's a pity. I'd love to take another whack at rewriting it with the experience I've got now... but I don't know for certain that anything will happen with the game.
Just setting the record straight when folks wonder why Rebma was thought of as the first big expansion...
Yeah, but me want. Me want!
That's fascinating, Jason. Thank you for your honest history of the events, and setting the record straight.
I don't think Erick would have particularly wanted us to deify him, and certainly, he must take at least some of the responsibility for the fact that in the over-a-decade period that he was running Phage press, no new sourcebooks were produced.
We can keep dreaming that someday, some version of some of these ideas for what would have been awesome sourcebooks can come to light.
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At one point I owned copies of all 6 issues of Trump Call, but my wife threw them out by mistake. (We were very close to violence when this happened. ) Do you know if there is any place one can still obtain copies?
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Not a clue.
I've got mine, buried deep in some magazine box in the garage, and when last I saw Cort, some eight years ago, he mentioned he'd given his last copies away to a fan.
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Now, that's kind of him o_O
Any chance that this material is made available as pdf for a few bucks ?
I'm almost entirely certain the answer is no.
I don't know if Cort has any of the original files from more than a dozen years ago, and if I recall correctly, we only asked for first publishing rights for articles and artwork.
As it's also based on an IP and an RPG which we didn't own, it's a very grey area selling content supporting it. We charged exactly enough to cover printing and postage costs, and I think Cort was actually a bit out of pocket on each issue.
Back then things were much looser. Now, not so much. The concept of unlicensed "for sale" content based on established IPs is, I would argue, a thing of the past.
I've given some thought to posting the stuff I wrote on a personal website, for free, but there's only so much time in the day and I'm barely able to get the things I get paid for done.


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