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William Everly is a certified financial planner whose office is in Austin, Texas. Currently a registered advisor at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc, Everly has 13 years of professional experience as a financial advisor. Everly maintains a Series 66 license, qualifying the advisor as both a securities agent and an investment advisor representative. Everly is registered to work with customers in California and Texas. Everly has worked their complete career at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and operates out of 161 additional offices throughout the United States. In aggregate, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc oversees $244 billion in assets dispersed across 1,268,997 client accounts and employs more than 13,020 people. The level of assets currently under the firm's management places it among the biggest investment advisory firms in the nation. The firm manages 603,208 accounts on a discretionary basis, meaning the advisor makes investment decisions at their discretion. Currently 3% of the investment firm's clients are high-net-worth individuals, meaning they have greater than $1 million in assets. Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc can offer financial planning services, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for institutional clients, pension consulting services, selection of other advisers, publication of newsletters, educational seminars and other services. The firm may charge clients asset-based, hourly and fixed fees.


Isolate the driver from irregularities in the road surface.
Define the ride and handling characteristics of the vehicle.
The front suspension absorbs the impact of the tires travelling over irregular road surfaces and dissipates this energy throughout the suspension system. This process isolates the vehicle occupants from the road surface. The rate at which the suspension dissipates the energy and the amount of energy that is absorbed is how the suspension defines the vehicles ride characteristics. Ride characteristics are designed into the suspension system and are not adjustable. The ride characteristics are mentioned in this description in order to aid in the understanding of the functions of the suspension system. The suspension system must allow for the vertical movement of the tire and wheel assembly as the vehicle travels over irregular road surfaces while maintaining the tire's horizontal relationship to the road.
This requires that the steering knuckle be suspended between a lower control arm and a strut assembly. The lower control arm attaches from the steering knuckle at the outermost point of the control arm. The attachment is through a ball and socket type joint. The innermost end of the control arm attached at 2 points to the vehicle frame through semi-rigid bushings. The upper portion of the steering knuckle is attached to a strut assembly. The strut assembly then connects to the vehicle body by way of an upper bearing. The steering knuckle is allowed to travel up and down independent of the vehicle body structure and frame.
This up and down motion of the steering knuckle as the vehicle travels over bumps is absorbed predominantly by the coil spring. This spring is retained under tension over the strut assembly. A strut is used in conjunction with this system in order to dampen out the oscillations of the coil spring. A strut is a basic hydraulic cylinder. The strut is filled with oil and has a moveable shaft that connects to a piston inside the strut. Valves inside the shock absorber offer resistance to oil flow and consequently inhibit rapid movement of the piston and shaft. Each end of the shock absorber is connected in such a fashion to utilize this recoil action of a spring alone. Each end of the strut is designed as the connection point of the suspension system to the vehicle and acts as the coil spring seat. This allows the strut to utilize the dampening action to reduce the recoil of a spring alone. The lower control arm is allowed to pivot at the vehicle frame in a vertical fashion. The ball joint allows the steering knuckle to maintain the perpendicular relationship to the road surface.
Front suspensions systems utilize a stabilizer shaft. The stabilizer bar connects between the left and right lower control arm assemblies through the stabilizer link and stabilizer shaft insulators. This bar controls the amount of independent movement of the suspension when the vehicle turns. Limiting the independent movement defines the vehicles handling characteristics on turns.


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Q: Angular - Module 'angulike' is not available! Error - don't know why? I am trying to use angulike and have included it in my dependencies. I am also using gulp so there can't be a loading /script issue.
I keep getting the error:
[$injector:modulerr] Failed to instantiate module FullstackGeneratedApp due to:
Error: [$injector:modulerr] Failed to instantiate module angulike due to:
Error: [$injector:nomod] Module 'angulike' is not available! You either misspelled the module name or forgot to load it. If registering a module ensure that you specify the dependencies as the second argument.
If I 'move' 'angulike' to the end, I sometimes get the same error but it says 'fsaPreBuilt' is not available instead..Its so frustrating and I don't know why this is happening!
window.app = angular.module('FullstackGeneratedApp', ['fsaPreBuilt', 'angulike', 'ui.router', 'ui.bootstrap', 'ngAnimate', 'ui.materialize', 'angular-input-stars', 'angular-stripe']);

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Port Orange, FL-A milestone this evening for the Riverwalk Park project in Port Orange with a ribbon-cutting for Phase 1A. City spokesman Kent Donahue says this includes a kayak/canoe/paddleboard launch, a new boardwalk, and refurbishment of the existing fishing pier. It also includes a 12-foot-wide trailhead with a restroom facility, new lighting, landscaping, and irrigation.
Phase 1A is located at the north end of Riverwalk Park. The event is open to the public and begins at 5:30 PM. Parking available at the Riverside Pavilion at 3431 Ridgewood Avenue. Portions of Phase 1A were funded by grants from the Florida Inland Navigation District and Volusia ECHO.


Future Hiring Needs: Are You Prepared?
Your hiring needs for this month are covered. You're steadily on track to replace every departing employee and you're bringing in new recruits in perfect pace with your expanding business. You have not a single pair of hands beyond what you need, and as soon as Sally retires and Steve says goodbye to care for his growing family, you'll have new employees already lined up to take over their desks.
So this day, week, and month are locked down and accounted for. But what about next year? What will you do when Steve's replacement starts gunning for a promotion to the next level? If you can't accommodate her, what will you do when she leaves in search of a company that can? What will you do if your new product line starts selling beyond expectations and you need to hire more staff to keep up with a flood of orders? And will happen when your new orders suddenly dry up and you need to contract your workforce back to affordable levels?
The answer, as always, lies in planning ahead. Instead of taking a lean, just-in-time approach to the staffing process, try to use all the data at your disposal to determine what your staffing needs will look like in one, three, and five years.
You may not have a crystal ball that can tell you when your employees might leave the company, but you can certainly make educated guessed about promotion readiness. When your top executives leave or retire, have someone in mind who you can groom and prepare for the role. Have others in mind to replace those, and so on down to the entry level. The harder you work to cultivate and retain the links in this chain, the more closely reality will adhere to your expectations.
Consider hiring contingency, temporary, independent, and part time staff for roles with an uncertain future. If you don't know how long an expansion will last, or how a new product will be received by the marketplace, limit your risks and control your workforce growth. That way you won't have to make promises or take on full time employees that you can't keep. Contingency staffing can also help you ensure a personality and cultural match before you make a long term commitment.
For more information about staff development, hiring, pipeline building, and long term planning, contact the experts at Merritt.
You've been working steadily for several years now, or maybe you've been making your way through a few years of college course work. You've been applying yourself to daily tasks all week long and then socializing on the weekends with no particular need to merge these two activities and no desire to force an overlap between your social life and your professional ambitions.
But now all of that is about to change. Soon, you'll be leaving your current routines behind and facing the job market…and that means you'll need to start the process of "professional networking", a form of social career-building that can inspire anxiety even among extroverted and outgoing job seekers. But don't panic just yet. There are plenty of ways to keep this process natural, organic, genuine, and even easy. Try the moves below.
Keep doing what you're doing. Just do it better.
Carry on your normal mode of socializing…just dial up your level of effort and pay more attention to the details of other people's lives. Work harder to remember names when you're introduced. Don't walk away from someone at a party just because their story doesn't interest you. Listen harder, remember more, and actively engage with those who may not seem to have much in common with you at first. If you reach out and listen, you'll learn more about the world outside of yourself. You'll also make a better impression on those you meet.
Ask people where they're from. Ask them what they do. Ask them how they feel and what they think about various topics relevant to the moment. But most of all, ask people about their experience with the kinds of things that can support your own career growth. If they can help you in any way, or if they know someone who can, they won't necessarily volunteer this information without prompting.
Offer favors before you ask for them.
If you listen when people talk, you'll catch valuable information about the things they need and want. If you can provide any of these things, you'll place yourself in good standing later when the tables are turned.
When the time comes to ask for help instead of offering it, step up to the plate. This can be very difficult, and we've all felt a moment of hesitation when requesting a favor from someone we just met, or a long-lost contact, who may respond with a blank stare. But reach out anyway. Most of the time, this feels far more awkward from our own position that it does on the receiving end.
For more on how to build your network in a way that is both effective and genuine, reach out to the staffing and career-building experts at Merritt.


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Q: TYPO3 (with extbase) fluid: display image src with absolute path For an XML Export I need to output the absolute path of 2 images. Image1 is located in /typo3conf/ext/app/Resources/Public/Images/image1.png
and Image2 is located in /uploads/tx_extensionname/image2.png
For the life of me I cannot find a way to get the absolute paths of the images. What I tried:
<f:uri.image absolute="1" src="EXT:app/Resources/Public/Images/image1.png"/>

Which returns the following error:
Argument "absolute" was not registered.

I also tried f:uri.resource , which works for image1, but, of course, doesn't for image2 because there is no extensionName.
Any hints?

A: The absolute argument for the f:uri.image view helper was added only recently in TYPO3 7.6.0. See the changelog:

Feature: #64286 - Added absolute url option to uri.image and image viewHelper
The ImageViewhelper and Uri/ImageViewHelper got a new option absolute. With this option you are able to force the ViewHelpers to output an absolute url.

I'd suggest upgrading to TYPO3 7.6.
If that's not possible for you for any reason, you can extend the f:uri.image view helper. The code below is untested, but should work for 6.2 LTS (I've borrowed parts of the code from TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Service\ImageService in 7.6):
namespace Vendor\ExtensionKey\ViewHelpers\Uri;

use TYPO3\CMS\Fluid\ViewHelpers\Uri\ImageViewHelper;
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;

class ImageViewHelper extends ImageViewHelper
{
    public function render(
        $src = null,
        $image = null,
        $width = null,
        $height = null,
        $minWidth = null,
        $minHeight = null,
        $maxWidth = null,
        $maxHeight = null,
        $treatIdAsReference = false,
        $absolute = false
    ) {
        $uri = parent::render($src, $image, $width, $height, $minWidth, $minHeight, $maxWidth, $maxHeight, $treatIdAsReference);

        if ($absolute) {
            $uriPrefix = $GLOBALS['TSFE']->absRefPrefix;
            $uri = GeneralUtility::locationHeaderUrl($uriPrefix . $uri);
        }

        return $uri;
    }
}


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Q: Wifi connect and socket client in one button click I have 2 buttons in my app.

button 1:  connect wifi
  button 2: create a client socket

with individual 2 buttons this functionality works.
void WifiConnect() {
        String networkSSID = "HI-LINK_DA79";
        String networkPass = "12345678";
        WifiConfiguration conf = new WifiConfiguration();
        conf.SSID = "\"" + networkSSID + "\"";   //ssid must be in quotes
        conf.preSharedKey = "\""+ networkPass +"\"";
    WifiManager wifiManager = (WifiManager)getSystemService(WIFI_SERVICE);
    int  r1 =-1;
     r1= wifiManager.addNetwork(conf);
     Log.d("Client", "add Network returned " + r1 );

    boolean b = wifiManager.enableNetwork(r1, true);
    Log.d("Client", "enableNetwork returned " + b );

    boolean d= wifiManager.reconnect();
   Log.d("Client", "wifiManager.reconnect() returned " + d )

}

`Button.OnClickListener buttonWifiConnectOnClickListener = new Button.OnClickListener() {
    public void onClick(View v) {

    WifiConnect();

    }
};

Button.OnClickListener buttonConnectOnClickListener = new Button.OnClickListener() {
    public void onClick(View v) {

        if (socket == null) {
            Log.i("Client", "socket():Creating --");
            new Thread(new ClientThread()).start();
            //connect.setText("Disconnect");
        }
        else
        {
        try {
            socket.close();
            socket=null;
            Log.i("Client", "socket():closed --");
        //  connect.setText("Connect");
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        }

    }
};

`
But this don't work if I combine them in one button click
`Button.OnClickListener buttonConnectOnClickListener = new Button.OnClickListener() {
    public void onClick(View v) {

        WifiConnect();    //WiFi connect

        if (socket == null) {
            Log.i("Client", "socket():Creating --");
            new Thread(new ClientThread()).start();
            //connect.setText("Disconnect");
        }
        else
        {
        try {
            socket.close();
            socket=null;
            Log.i("Client", "socket():closed --");
        //  connect.setText("Connect");
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        }

    }
};

`
looks like my thread to create socket is not not called here, don't know why.

A: If you want both operation to work on a single button click, then add a BroadcastReceiver for listening to Wifi connection state, as shown in below. & in the onReceive() method do the socket connection. Your socket connection is not working when in same button click because Wifi connection takes time & without first Wifi being connected socket connection is being created, so it might throw an exception.
Checking for whether Wi-Fi is enabled, that doesn't necessarily mean that it's connected. It just means that Wi-Fi mode on the phone is enabled and able to connect to Wi-Fi networks.
This is how listening for actual Wi-Fi connections in Broadcast Receiver:
public class WifiReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        ConnectivityManager conMan = (ConnectivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
        NetworkInfo netInfo = conMan.getActiveNetworkInfo();
        if (netInfo != null && netInfo.getType() == ConnectivityManager.TYPE_WIFI) {
            Log.d("WifiReceiver", "Have Wifi Connection");
                    //If connected do socket connection here
            }
        else
            Log.d("WifiReceiver", "Don't have Wifi Connection");
    }
};

In order to access the active network info you need to add the following uses-permission to your AndroidManifest.xml:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />

And the following intent receiver (or you could add this programmatically...)
<!-- Receive Wi-Fi connection state changes -->
<receiver android:name=".WifiReceiver">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE" />
    </intent-filter>
</receiver>

& make sure that network activity is done on other thread than Main thread. Also you'll have to register & unregister the BroadcastReceiver appropriately. Don't forget to unregister it when not needed.


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Israel Folau's 'GoFundMe' Site Is Gone, Down But Not Out
Date: June 24, 2019Author: lance goodall 1 Comment
Israel Folau's fundraising Gofundme page has been removed from its website, and the company is issuing refunds to all his donors, saying the campaign breached its terms of service.
Question: What are your terms of service? How were they supposedly breached?
Their statement reads "Today we will be closing Israel Folau's campaign and issuing full refunds to all donors. After a routine period of evaluation, we have concluded that this campaign violates our terms of service," GoFundMe's Australia regional manager Nicola Britton said.
"As a company, we are absolutely committed to the fight for equality for LGBTIQ people and fostering an environment of inclusivity. While we welcome GoFundMes engaging in diverse civil debate, we do not tolerate the promotion of discrimination or exclusion.
Question: How has Israel's 'gofundme' breached or stomped on your 'values' of equality?
"In the days since Mr Folau's campaign launched, more than one million dollars have been donated to hundreds of other campaigns, large and small, across Australia. Those acts of kindness are the heart of GoFundMe.
RELATED: Fierce reaction to GoFundMe's move
"Our platform exists to help people help others. Australians have shown themselves to be among the most kind and generous people in the world. We look forward to helping more Australians fundraise for causes they care about in the coming months and years."
According to the terms and conditions on the website, users may not attempt to raise money "for the legal defence of … intolerance of any kind relating to race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, sex, gender or gender identity, or serious disabilities or diseases".
Question: What about raising funds for a court case where a citizen has been terminated from his/her employment for his religious beliefs?
Since the shutdown Martyn Iles of the Australian Christian Lobby has posted a Facebook message declaring the fundraising battle would continue. "Yes, GoFundMe has pulled the page. People are actively working on a solution," he wrote.
"For now, I won't be able to keep updating beyond this as things are completely insane at my end."
Israel Folau with Australian Christian Lobby managing director Martyn Iles. Picture: FacebookSource:Facebook
Folau was widely criticised over the weekend after asking the public to donate $3 million to fund his legal fight against Rugby Australia, which terminated his contract in May over Instagram posts claiming "hell awaits" gay people.
He has launched legal proceedings with the Fair Work Commission, and is seeking up to $10 million in damages.
When news.com.au last viewed Folau's page this morning,more than 9800 Australians had given him a total of $760,000. That was before GoFundMe removed it.
There are still 137 pages related to Folau on the website. A number of them are raising money for pro-LGBT charities, though others are more gratuitous.
The backlash against Folau also extended to Change.org over the weekend, where 95,000 people signed a petition demanding GoFundMe remove his campaign.
Comment: Ahhh …..And there's the rub, The spirited and intolerant left caused the off shore US company through the Change.org petition to review its 'policy' and come up with an excuse to boot Falou off the gravy train.
"Like anyone else, he had an employment contact. As an adult, he made a conscious decision to breach that contract by discriminating against various groups of people globally," said the petition's organiser, Jay Taylor.
"He is entitled to be religious. He is entitled to free speech. What he is not entitled to is disgraceful behaviour, blatant discrimination and to expect the public to mop up his mess when he most certainly has the means to do it himse(l)f."
Comment: Well guess what happens now, falou like him or hate him will probably have a new site up in days, and like the blues in last nights NRL State of Origin will run away with donations over $1.5 Million.
RELATED: Lisa grills Australian Christian Lobby boss
RELATED: Liz Ellis explodes at Netball Australia over stance on Folaus
Folau has no shortage of defenders. Liberal National Party Senator James McGrath reacted swiftly to GoFundMe's decision today.
"The true test of a democratic nation is not how we treat those with whom we agree but how we treat the rights of those with whom we disagree," he said.
"Freedom of speech is timeless and should not be restricted by the leftist gormless oxygen thieves of GoFundMe."
Senator Eric Abetz phoned in to Ben Fordham's show on 2GB this afternoon, calling it political correctness "gone absolutely mad".
He said GoFundMe was still willing to host "the funding of a mosque in Western Australia" on its site, so "clearly it's not an issue of religion".
"The hypocrisy and doublespeak is there for everyone to see," he said.
Yesterday, Folau posted an update to his GoFundMe page, thanking those who had donated to his cause.
"Unsurprisingly, I have been criticised by Rugby Australia and some members of the media," Folau said.
"I have received thousands of messages from supporters who believe discrimination in the workplace is wrong and has no place in Australia or anywhere else.
"While the attacks against me have shown I have a big fight on my hands, I will stand strong. Your support and my faith will give me strength."
He told people who were not in a position to donate that he would also value their prayers and messages of support. "Every little bit will help," he said.
Mr Abetz's leader, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, told reporters in Perth he thought the Folau issue "has had enough oxygen".
Martyn Iles, the head of the Australian Christian Lobby, said people were "working on a solution" in response to GoFundMe's move. The organisation was backing Folau's fundraising effort, and Mr Iles has been his most vocal supporter in the media.
Israel Folau won't wear the Wallaby jersey again. Picture: AFPSource:AFP
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One of Gods True Warriors says:
You know what, the oh so intolerant left will one day have their smug smiles wiped well and truly clean off their faces when Yeshua returns. Then they will all find out how wrong they have been, and how dumbed down by satan they became. Gods moral laws will trump every man made satanic law in the end Lance. Its what we cling to, when dealing with the blatant hatred for God, his bible, his laws and christians by the left and the militant lgbt mob. God will not be mocked. They may think they have won this war, but satan is just deluding them all, so he can take every person not on Gods side to hell. Once there they wont be thinking its the great place where all the cool people will be, and they will be able to party with them all. Cant tell you how many times we see those against God, post crap like that. They will be in hell one nanosecond, and will be wishing straight away they changed their minds beforehand about God and his laws.It sure is getting hard to have any semblance of compassion for those hurtling so fast to hell, when its their own reprobate minds and hearts sending them there. You tell them the truth, and their way of dealing with it, is to viciously attack God, the bible and christians with such nastiness and hate. You can surely see the character of satan and demons spewing forth out of people in today's world.
Just like God said would happen. Look at the scriptures to do with the end times, and every single one of them are so correct of our world.
1This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God
People say God doesn't exist. Well then how come he prophesied just what the world and people would be like in the end times, a couple of thousand yrs beforehand. God sure got it right, because he doesn't lie , only satan does. Sad that the majority of the world today and many in the church, have fallen for satan's lies.Because its gonna cost them an eternity in heaven if they never repent,but it will be too late then to do anything about it.

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Tag: Jerome Powell
Fed Hikes Interest Rates for Third Time in Four Months
September 22, 2022 September 21, 2022 Wisconsin Daily Star Staff
The Federal Reserve has raised target interest rates by 75 basis points for the third time this year following a Wednesday meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee.
The new target range for the federal funds rate is anywhere between 3% to 3.35% up from the current 2.37%, making it the most aggressive hike since the early 1980s. The Federal Reserve is expected to continue this trend into March of 2023 as an attempt to curb ongoing increases in inflation, CNBC reported.
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China Tried to Plant Spies Inside the Federal Reserve and Kidnap Economist, Congress Finds
July 27, 2022 July 26, 2022 Wisconsin Daily Star Staff
China has carried out a sustained, decade-long economic espionage operation to infiltrate the U.S. Federal Reserve, according to a report released Tuesday by the Republican staff of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Chinese operatives have employed both bribery and coercion to garner influence with employees of the Federal Reserve system in attempts to get them to provide sensitive information about the U.S. economy to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the report shows. At least 13 individuals across eight of the Fed's 12 locations were identified as persons of interest in the report for having ties with Chinese government institutions and talent recruitment programs.
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Federal Reserve Chair Powell Says During Senate Hearing That a Recession Is Possible
June 24, 2022 June 23, 2022 The Center Square
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. could enter into a recession when questioned Wednesday during a Senate Banking Committee hearing.
Confronted about 40-year-high inflation and the Fed raising interest rates in response, Powell said he couldn't know for sure but said a recession, defined as a significant decline in economic activity over time, is possible.
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Fed Increases Interest Rates by Three-Quarters Percentage Point, amid Recession Fears
June 16, 2022 June 15, 2022 Wisconsin Daily Star Staff
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point.
The move is a part of the bank's strategy to aggressively combat record-high inflation rates that show no sign of slowing down.
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Jerome Powell Confirmed for Second Term as Federal Reserve Chair
May 16, 2022 May 15, 2022 Wisconsin Daily Star Staff
The Senate voted 80-19 on Thursday to confirm Jerome Powell to a second term as Federal Reserve chair, even as inflation has hit record highs under his watch.
The 19 "Nay" votes came from 13 Republicans and 5 Democrats and included a range of Senators from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
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Commentary: Joe Biden vs. We the People
The Biden Administration last June unveiled its "National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism." Despite its anodyne-sounding name, the "national strategy" was anything but anodyne. The pamphlet represented the logical culmination of the Left's cynical use of the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot as a means of ginning up large-scale, nationwide anti-Republican/anti-Trump voter sentiment.
The result, evinced again by Attorney General Merrick Garland's disgraceful October 2021 memo directing the FBI to intrude on local school board meetings and crack down on anti-critical race theory parental revolts, has been a roiling cold war waged by the ruling class against us "deplorables" and our political "wrong-think."
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Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates by Half Percentage Point, in Effort to Slow Inflation
May 5, 2022 May 4, 2022 Wisconsin Daily Star Staff
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced the central bank will raising interest rates by a half-percentage point, in attempt to slow the worst inflation in the U.S. in roughly four decades.
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Prices Are Still Rising Despite the Fed Saying Everything's Under Control
April 1, 2022 March 31, 2022 Wisconsin Daily Star Staff
The price of goods throughout the economy rose at its fastest level in decades despite assurances from Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Jerome Powell earlier this month that the central bank would get inflation under control.
The personal consumption expenditures price index (PCE) surged 6.4% in February on a year-over-year basis, the fastest pace since January 1982, the Commerce Department announced Thursday. The Dow Jones estimate projected core PCE, which strips out food and gas, would increase by 5.5%.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Powell Announcing Increase in Interest Rates This Month
March 3, 2022 March 2, 2022 Wisconsin Daily Star Staff
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will announce Wednesday that the central bank will begin raising interest rates this month – in an attempt to curb rising inflation expected to further increase as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
In prepared testimony to a congressional committee, Powell says the Fed will "need to be nimble" in responding to unexpected changes resulting from the invasion and the resulting sanctions, according to the Associated Press.
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Biden to Renominate Jerome Powell for Second Term as Federal Reserve Chair
November 23, 2021 November 22, 2021 Wisconsin Daily Star Staff
President Joe Biden will renominate Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to a second term leading the central bank.
The president, who was elected as a moderate, has faced pushback on Powell, who progressives feel is not tough enough on bank regulations or climate change policy.
Also in contention for the top job was Lael Brainard, who Biden will nominate to become the vice chair of the central bank's board of governors.
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Federal Reserve Governor Thinks Regulators Need to Tell Banks How to Deal with Climate Change
October 11, 2021 October 10, 2021 Wisconsin Daily Star Staff
Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard believes financial regulators should tell banks how to tackle climate change as a way to monitor threats to the overall financial system, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Brainard outlined in a speech how the central bank should prepare for climate change events like flooding and wildfires, which she thinks could deliver a shock to the markets and economy.
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Inflation Hits Another Multi-Decade High After Fed Boosts Projection
October 2, 2021 October 1, 2021 Wisconsin Daily Star Staff
A key economic index used by the Federal Reserve to measure inflation surged to another 30-year high in August as Americans continued to experience sticker shock.
The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index increased 4.3% over the 12-month period ending in August, according to a Department of Commerce report published Friday. The figure represented the index's highest increase since January 1991 when it surged at an annual rate of 4.5%, government data showed.
Minus energy and food prices, which are notoriously more volatile than other sectors, the PCE index increased at an annual rate of 3.6% in August, the Commerce Department reported. That is also the highest increase in more than 30 years.
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Commentary: The Treacherous Road to Runaway Inflation
In January, 2001, America had a balanced budget, low debt, and was at peace. Here, briefly, is what lay ahead: war, financial crisis, civil unrest, massive growth of the federal government, and now severe inflation.
Never in the history of America has our government in its ineptitude created such a false economy, risking hundreds of years of hard work on unsound and unworkable economic policies. The Founders wisely relied on dispersion of power. They knew there would be dishonest and incompetent politicians but, in this case, the entire government is infected with deceptive leaders.
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Packed Meeting Debates AFC Wimbledon's Stadium Plans
Developers of proposed new ground are put on the spot
A public meeting called to give residents chance to quiz the development team behind AFC Wimbledon's new stadium plans packed out a school hall in the town last night (February 11).
The club wants to build a 20,000 capacity stadium, with an initial 11,000 seats, on the site of the current Wimbledon Stadium in Plough Lane.
Along with partner Galliard Homes, it also plans shops, a squash and fitness club, 602 homes with basement parking, 297 car parking spaces and cycle parking.
A rival plan for the site involves expanding the greyhound stadium to a 4,500 seat arena as well as building 550 new homes.
The meeting was organised by Merton Council at Ricards Lodge School to give residents the chance to hear directly from AFC Wimbledon and Galliard Homes about their plans.
Around 400 people attended the meeting, with most expressing their backing for the scheme. The only two bursts of applause during the evening came after comments made in support of the project.
Erik Samuelson, AFC Wimbledon Chief Executive, said his three key messages were that the scheme would embrace the cultural heritage of Wimbledon, be sustainable and offer substantial community benefits. He added: "It will allow the club to continue to grow, and in some ways Wimbledon will be coming home".
Some of the questions related to concerns over transport and parking issues, as well as the flooding risk on the site.
There will only be spaces for 75 cars, the meeting was told, which means no parking for general supporters. A survey carried out for the club in July 2012 showed there were 16,000 parking spaces within 2km of the ground, with 5-6,000 of those being vacant.
Panel member Duncan Parr, from Savills, who have submitted the planning application on behalf of AFC Wimbledon, assured residents expressing concern about potential parking problems that another transport survey would be carried out. If this did not validate the original survey, then a bigger check would be carried out.
"The vast majority of fans will come by public transport. Some will drive, but when the stadium opens there will be an on-going review of parking," he added.
Mr Parr also revealed that, if the plan gets the go-ahead, then work will start on the site in 2016, with the aim of the stadium being opened in September 2017. The residential scheme would be completed around a year after that, he said.
Mr Samuelson told the meeting that he "comfortably" expects to see AFC Wimbledon's crowds rise by an average of 55% to around 6,200. He also said the project would create 350 jobs for the site work, as well as an extra 50 paid matchday jobs.
In response to rumours that the new ground could be shared by a rugby club, he said: "We have no intention of ground-sharing with anyone and we have no intention of staging concerts."
Neil Milligan, Merton Council Development Control Manager, admitted it was more likely that the application would not to go planning committee before the May General Election. "We need to look into a number of issues, and I can't say exactly when it will be coming to committee. But March and April are likely to pass by," he said.
It emerged before the meeting that Mayor of London Boris Johnson has written to Merton Council stating that the principle of the development is in line with strategic and local planning policy. He adds that it doesn't comply with the London Plan on a number of issues, but there are possible remedies for all of these areas.
The issues he mentions include demonstrating that the proposals would not cause a flood risk; detailing the element of affordable housing; detailing the design of the children's play space and the site in general; more work on the transport arrangements.
He has asked Merton Council to consult with him again before a final decision is made.
It it understood that nearly 15,000 of the 20,000 comments made to Merton Council about the scheme are from a PeTA-backed campaign against the greyhound stadium plans. Nearly 400 people are thought to have opposed AFC Wimbledon's scheme, with more than 4,000 positive comments coming from football-related respondents and local residents.
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Chapter 22 : Principles and Guidelines for Developing Better Tuberculosis Vaccines
Author: Arthur M. Dannenberg, Jr.1
Affiliations: 1: Center for Tuberculosis Research Departments of Environmental Health Sciences, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, and Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Pathology, School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
Content Type: Monograph
Category: Clinical Microbiology; Bacterial Pathogenesis
Principles and Guidelines for Developing Better Tuberculosis Vaccines, Page 1 of 2
Tuberculosis vaccines have little or no effect on the establishment of a microscopic pulmonary lesion produced by the inhalation of a virulent tubercle bacillus. Such a lesion is established only when the pulmonary alveolar macrophages fail to destroy the inhaled bacillus. Alveolar macrophages do not expand their population in response to specific antigens. Therefore, the establishment of a microscopic pulmonary tubercle is not affected by vaccination. Effective tuberculosis vaccines may, however, stop the progression of a tiny established lesion, because the vaccination has expanded antigen-specific lymphocyte populations. These lymphocytes enter the early lesion, where they cause a rapid local delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) and cell-mediated immunity (CMI) response that often prevents progression of the disease. When comparing their relative efficacies, two or more live vaccines should be standardized for equal numbers of live and dead bacilli, equal numbers of log-phase and dormant bacilli, and equal numbers of clumps and isolated bacilli. If vaccines more effective than BCG are ever developed, they would probably produce in the host a higher CMI/DTH ratio, i.e., an expanded antigen-specific lymphocyte population capable of producing increased numbers of activated macrophages and decreased amounts of tissue necrosis. To do this, the improved vaccine would probably contain increased bacillary glycolipid-protein components and decreased tissue-damaging tuberculin-like protein components. The vaccine should also contain components that increase the Th1/Th2 ratio. Dendritic cell-vaccine carriers may find their best use as immunotherapy in immunocompetent patients with multidrugresistant tuberculosis.
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Q: validating a model in django-rest-framework I have a django model w/ custom validation code.  When I use django-rest-framework to try and create/update the model, the validation code does get run, but rather than output some JSON w/ error content it fails w/ a ValidationError.  Why doesn't django-rest-framework catch that error?
models.py
class MyModel(models.Model):
  is_default = models.BooleanField()
  type = models.CharField(max_length=64, choices=[("a","a"), ("b","b"), ("c","c")]

  def clean(self, *args, **kwargs):
    # there can be only 1 "default" model per type
    if self.is_default:
      other_models = MyModel.objects.filter(
        type=self.type,
        default=True).exclude(pk=self.pk)
      if other_models.count() != 0:
        raise ValidationError({"default": "There can be only one default model per type.")
    super(MyModel, self).clean(*args, **kwargs)

serializers.py
class MyModelSerializer(ModelSerializer):

    class Meta:
        model = MyModel
        fields = ('id', 'default', 'type')

When I try to POST JSON data where type="d", I correctly get the following response:  { "type": ["this is not one of the valid choices"]}.
But when I try to POST JSON data where default=true (and there are already default models of the same type in the db), I just get the ValidationError raised instead of the nicely formatted JSON.

A: The first validation error works because DRFs raises it.
Only subclasses of DRFs own APIException are raised inside the framework. So you need to used it's APIException class to rise the error.
For example,
from rest_framework.exceptions import APIException

class CustomException(APIException):

    status_code = 400
    default_detail = 'There can be only one default model per type.'

Then you could do this in your model.
 if other_models.count() != 0:
     raise CustomException()

On a side note why are you are trying to create a unique together constraint on the model using code? You should do this as the database level using unique_together.
For example, on the model you could do something like this...
 class Meta:
     unique_together = ("is_default", "type")

Once you have run migrations it will consider them unique when together!


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Welcome to the January 23, 2009 edition of ACM TechNews, providing timely information for IT professionals three times a week.
Worm Infects Millions of Computers Worldwide
A More Attractive European Research Area But Stagnating EU R&D Intensity
SIGGRAPH Asia 2008 a Convergence of Different Media
New Administration, Congress Aim to Boost Federal R&D
IT Professionals See Salary Increase But Job Security Remains Top Concern
Overseas Tech Student Numbers Up
Crowd-Sourcing the World
Managing an Ocean of Data
Searching for Pervasive Computing's Middleware Middleman
New Report Reveals That Girls Have the Edge in New Technologies
Tests That Show Machines Closing in on Human Abilities
Human Face of the Human Interface
HP Grants Aim to Redesign College Engineering
K-State Computer Engineers Working on System That Can Use the Internet to Track Human and Animal Diseases by Extracting Information From Web Sites
How Google Is Making Us Smarter
New York Times (01/23/09) Markoff, John
A computer worm is infecting millions of computers in what could be the first part of a multi-stage attack. The worm, known as Conflicker or Downadup, has spread by exploiting a recently discovered Microsoft Windows vulnerability that involves guessing network passwords and using portable devices such as USBs to spread. Experts say the worm has led to the worst infection since the Slammer worm in January 2003, and it may have infected as many as 9 million PCs worldwide. Many computer users may not notice that their machines have been infected, and computer security researchers say they were waiting for infected computers to receive instructions so they can determine the intended purpose of the botnet. Infected computers may run programs in the background to send spam, infect other computers, or steal personal information. Microsoft released an emergency patch to eliminate the vulnerability in October, but the worm has continued to spread. Security researchers at the Qualys security firm estimate that about 30 percent of Windows-based computers attached to the Internet remain vulnerable because they have not been updated with the patch. "I don't know why people aren't more afraid of these programs," says Georgia Institute of Technology professor Merrick L. Furst. "This is like having a mole in your organization that can do things like send out any information it finds on machines it infects."
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European Research Area (01/22/09)
The European Research Area's new 2008 Science, Technology and Competitiveness report provides an overview of progress made from 2000 to 2006 in European Union (EU) research and development (R&D) investments. The report says the number of researchers in Europe is growing, as the EU has become a more attractive place for foreign researchers and private R&D investment from the United States. However, the report says that R&D expenditure as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP) has stagnated at 1.84 percent. Even with bigger investments from many EU member states and a more efficient research system, the EU is still well short of its target of investing 3 percent GDP in R&D. Both the Science, Technology and Competitiveness report and the 2008 Innovation Scoreboard say the EU must change its industrial structure, focus on innovation, and ensure more and better use of R&D. "In a time of crisis, it is not the moment to take a break in research investments and in innovation," said EU commissioner for science and research Janez Potocnik and vice president Gunter Verheugen in a statement released with the report. "The commission's initiatives to improve the EU's research efficiency, to stimulate innovation, and to develop high tech markets are putting the EU on the right tracks."
Asia Pacific Broadcasting (01/23/09)
One of the major features of the first ACM SIGGRAPH Asia Conference and Exhibition, which ran from Dec. 10-13, 2008, at Suntec Singapore, was the convergence of different media capitalizing on computer graphics. The conference's Art Gallery featured digital media artwork created using a variety of formats. ACM says half of the material displayed at the gallery was developed in Asia. ACM says that Asian submissions to the SIGGRAPH Technical Papers program increased 300 percent between 1998 and 2005. "Asia is fast making its mark globally in the field of computer graphics and interactive techniques, and SIGGRAPH Asia has the numbers to support this," ACM said. Animation fans were able to view special effects screenings at the Computer Animation Festival, where China, Japan, and South Korea contributed close to half of the 685 submissions. Some of the popular attractions included a Lucas Animation stand where attendants could hear speakers from Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, and the Autodesk Asia booth, where software for films, games, TV, and design visualization were being demonstrated.
HPC Wire (01/21/09) Feldman, Michael
The Obama administration and the U.S. Congress want to provide significant new funding for science and technology research and development. The America COMPETES Act, ratified in 2007, supported doubling the funding for basic research programs in nanotechnology, alternative energy, and supercomputing, but the funding never reached the levels stipulated by the legislation. U.S. government spending on physical sciences R&D has generally declined since the 1990s and President Obama has repeatedly urged a doubling of federal funding for basic research over 10 years. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, currently before Congress, would provide $10 billion toward science facilities, research, and instrumentation. The National Science Foundation would receive $3 billion, including $2 billion for expanding employment opportunities in fundamental science and engineering. It also would receive $400 million to build major research facilities for cutting-edge science, $300 million for major research equipment for institutions of higher education and other scientists, $200 million to repair and modernize science and engineering facilities, and $100 million to improve science, math, and engineering education. The National Institutes of Standards and Technology would receive $300 million for competitive construction grants for research science buildings at colleges, universities, and other organizations and to coordinate research efforts between laboratories and national research facilities by setting interoperability standards. The Advanced Research Project Agency would receive $400 million of the Energy Department's $1.9 billion to support high-risk, high-payoff research into energy sources and energy efficiency.
eWeek (01/22/09) Ferguson, Scott
The average IT salary rose 4.6 percent to an average of $78,035 in 2008, and by more than 5 percent to an average of $87,257 for IT professionals working in the banking and financial services industry, according to Dice. IT professionals with an IT management title earned the most with an average of $111,998. The 2008-09 Annual Salary Survey found that salaries increased significantly in major technology centers such as New York, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C., as well as in nontraditional tech areas such as Charlotte, N.C., and St. Louis. Dice conducted the survey between August and November, and also asked more than 19,000 technology workers about their concerns heading into the new year. Updating their skills was cited by some 22 percent, followed by layoffs at 20 percent, lower salary increases at 14 percent, canceled projects at 12 percent, and an increased workload due to staffing cuts at 10 percent. Dice also says there was a 67 percent increase in new resumes posted to its site in the fourth quarter of 2008, but adds that most job searches were "passive."
Australian IT (01/20/09) Bingemann, Mitchell
International demand for IT-related degrees continue to grow, and enrollments in IT-related fields has remained strong in Australia, with several universities recording significant increases. Queensland University of Technology (QUT) says it recorded a 65 percent increase in acceptances from international students looking to enroll in IT-related degrees this year. "Generally, when there are recessions, universities do well because people want to become more employable by attaining more knowledge and qualifications," says QUT science and technology dean Simon Kaplan. Griffith University School of Information and Communication Technology head Michael Blumenstein also expects to see a growth in foreign student enrollment. Local enrollment in IT-related courses also is strong at QUT and Griffith University. "When the economy was strong last year we experienced a 27 percent increase in IT enrollments," Blumenstein says. "At the very least we will maintain those numbers." However, James Thom, head of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology's School of Computer Science says the school is expecting a slight drop from 2008 enrollment figures. "There is still not enough students choosing IT as a career and once the economy picks up there will be a big shortage of IT graduates to take up the work," Thom says.
Technology Review (01/21/09) Greene, Kate
Santa Fe Institute research fellow Nathan Eagle is launching txteagle, a project that will distribute tasks using cell phones in an effort to leverage an underused workforce in some of the poorest parts of the world. Eagle says using text messages or audio clips to distribute questions to participants in developing countries could make some tasks, such as translating documents into other languages or rating the local relevance of search results, more economical while providing a source of income for those in need. Nokia has partnered with Eagle on the txteagle project, which Eagle says will demonstrate how companies can benefit from this strategy. For example, Kenya has more than 60 fundamentally different languages. Nokia wants to provide phones to everyone in their native language, but has no idea how to translate words, such as "address book," into each language, which could be done by the phones' users. Another application could be audio transcription. By sending users a short audio message, and having them transcribe that message and send the transcription back as a text message, audio could be transcribed for about $3 an hour, which is 60 percent cheaper than current transcription rates.
Dalhousie University (Canada) (01/20/09) Comeau, Billy
The Platform Ocean Knowledge Management (POKM) network enables scientists to combine research from multiple institutions to better understand issues such as coastal flooding and marine animal behavior. POKM is a partnership between the Dalhousie University Faculty of Computer Science and the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN). The Web-based platform will enable researchers to share scientific work and collaborate in real time regardless of their location. "The platform is ubiquitous to the worldwide community," says Dalhousie professor Raza Abidi. "Now information is not only accessible, but can be shared and moved from anywhere in the world in real time." OTN research director Mike Stokesbury says all end users will now have the same response and turnaround time regardless of their location or the location of the data. "We expect to discover relationships between marine life and their physical environments that no one has expected, let alone been able to test," Stokesbury says. Abidi says POKM's architecture provides a series of Web services divided into self-contained steps with unique functions to allow researchers to arrange them into any order to produce different outcomes.
Missouri University of Science and Technology (01/15/09)
The middleware concept could be the key to pervasive computing, says Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T) professor Ali Hurson. Hurson says that a middleware solution could be used to connect devices that would take on a greater role in the daily affairs of humans. Hurson is currently involved in an airport security project that would have a middleware application serve as the intermediary for cameras, chemical-sniffing devices, and motion sensors. The middleware program would be connected to the databases and information networks of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Security Administration, and local police, and would warn law enforcement agencies of any suspicious activity at airports. Hurson says sensors are capable of adapting to different uses because of their flexible design, and software agents could potentially be used to spread throughout a network and remotely reprogram nodes. "These networks have been created in isolation," he says. "Now we want to establish interoperability to serve future applications." Hurson also wants to create a pervasive computing laboratory at Missouri S&T.
University of Hertfordshire (01/20/09) Murphy, Helene
More girls are using computers at home than boys, and mothers are usually assisting their children with the technology, according to the new Learning in the Family report. In the survey of thousands of children aged six to 14, 94 percent of the girls said that they used a computer or laptop compared with only 88 percent of the boys. Fifty percent of children chose their mothers to help them use the computer, compared with 22 percent who chose their fathers. "Overall, mothers are more likely to engage with their children using new technologies especially when it comes to formal learning or research," says University of Hertfordshire professor and study co-author Karen Pine. Robert Hart of Intuitive Media Research Services, which commissioned the report, adds that "fathers join in to a lesser extent but encourage children with the fun aspects and help them with their hobbies." The study also found that 40 percent of children want their parents to help them more with computers.
New Scientist (01/22/09) Barras, Colin
Tests indicate that machines are coming closer and closer to mimicking human abilities to such a degree that people may mistake them for human. Computer animation and robotics have made strides in traversing the "uncanny valley"--the point where people are repulsed by objects that look close, but not close enough, to being human. University of Southern California researcher Paul Debevec developed an artificial character modeled after an actual person, and overlaid the character's face onto video of the person's body. Meanwhile, Osaka University roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro has developed androids that can replicate micro-movements produced subconsciously by humans, which adds to the illusion that they are real people. Some advances focus on emulating human skills, with one example being Continuator, a robot that can duet with live musicians in real time by "listening" to a musical phrase and then calculating a complementary phrase with the same playing style. Two years ago, University of California, San Diego researcher Lindsay Oberman and colleagues analyzed the brain activity of students watching video footage of a five-fingered robot hand and control footage of static noise, and discovered that the observation of the hand sparked activity in the students' mirror neurons, which are roused when they see someone performing a physical action they might perform themselves. "If we want humanoid robots to teach or have other social functions, we need them to trigger mirror neurons," Oberman says.
Inquirer.net (01/19/09) Grossman, Wendy M.
John M. Carroll, founder of the User Interface Institute at IBM's Watson Research lab and a professor at Pennsylvania State University, says the ability to pick up a new device and start using it without having to read a manual is a result of the hard work of human factors researchers. Technology interfaces have improved significantly over the years, Carroll says, who notes that the Web is well crafted in many ways for designing easy software. However, he says there are still several areas where designers miss. Too often, creating an "intuitive" interface means recreating something the user is accustomed too, but humans are constantly evolving and changing. "I think people think of help systems and user interface agents by constructing a theory of mind, and the problem is that if the theory of mind is very simple and boring then it might actually be useful--predictable, understandable," Carroll says. "But if you try to get beyond that, and especially if you lie--and by lying I mean cases where designers have gone to some effort to project intelligence that their software does not have in any serious sense--it may have it in an idealistic sense but it doesn't do anything intelligent, creative, human--you get a breakdown."
eSchool News (01/20/09)
Hewlett-Packard has made more than $2.4 million in cash and equipment available for its "HP Innovations in Education" effort, which aims to reinvent undergraduate computer science and engineering programs through the use of technology. HP is asking for proposals from two- and four-year colleges and universities that offer degrees in engineering, computer science, or information technology. Grant projects must explore the potential for innovation through the intersection of teaching, learning, and technology, with the ultimate goal of "re-imagining undergraduate engineering education." HP plans to award about 10 grants to public or private colleges or universities in the United States. Each grant will include more than $240,000 in HP technology, cash, and professional development. Proposals should describe how the technology will enable innovation in four areas: Leadership Capacity, or creating a global network of administrators and faculty to implement innovative approaches; Digital Learning Environments, or using technology to fundamentally redesign the learning experience in ways that increase student engagement in academic success; the Undergraduate Design and Research Experience, to make engineering real and relevant by involving engineering undergraduate students in design and research challenges that address the needs of society; and Pre-College Outreach, to encourage administrators, faculty, and undergraduate students to work with secondary-school teachers and students to increase student awareness and interest in high-tech programs.
Kansas State University News (01/13/09) Hsu, William
Kansas State University (KSU) researchers are developing a system capable of searching the Internet for information pertaining to disease outbreaks. The system can scour news stories and other public online information sources to find clues about where diseases have started, how many animals were involved, and how the diseases spread. This information could be used to plot outbreaks and governmental responses. KSU professor William Hsu says that developing the proper tools could allow such information to be presented as timelines or maps. A major challenge for the project, which is backed by a U.S. Defense Department grant, is that valuable pieces of information are often imbedded in the text of news stories and not in an easily read database. Many Web pages also have banner ads, making it difficult for computers to determine where the text begins and ends. Hsu says his system includes software that will clip text more accurately. Research on the system was presented at the International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering in St. Louis in November, and at the International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications in Turin, Italy, in September. Hsu also is working with professor Doina Caragea to create networks that link proteins to one another and genes to one another in an organism, which could be used to understand gene function.
Discover (01/15/09) Zimmer, Carl
Various articles have recently appeared that question whether blogs, text messaging, and the Internet are making people less intelligent. "As we come to rely on computers to mediate our understanding of the world, it is our own intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence," wrote Nicholas Carr in a recent Atlantic article. However, others say that few of the threats and warnings addressed in these articles are based in fact. For example, English linguist David Crystal disputes the idea that texting is ruining people's spelling by arguing that texting actually improves literacy as it provides more opportunities to practice writing and reading. Other warnings are based on popular misconceptions of how the mind works. Some argue that the Internet and technology are blocking the natural world from reaching the mind, but in fact that mind appears to be adapted for reaching out and making the world, including technology, an extension of itself. Two philosophers, Andy Clark and David Chalmers, explain the idea of the expanding mind by providing two examples--a women capable of remembering the address of the Museum of Modern Art after hearing about a specific display, and a man with Alzheimer's who must look up the address in his notebook after hearing about the display. Clark and Chalmers argue that the woman's brain and the man's notebook, and now technology, are fundamentally the same. The woman is capable of recalling information offhand while the man uses his notebook, a part of his extended mind, to recall information.
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