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Directed by: Pierre Morel
Starring: Famke Janssen, Leland Orser, Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Revealing mistake: When Bryan pulls up in front of the store to buy the karaoke machine, a group of people across the street can be seen watching the scene being filmed, some taking pictures as well. (00:01:30)
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Suggested correction: Or they could just be people waiting to cross the road. From the image posted it can't be seen that they are watching the scene being filmed only that some are looking in the same direction, eg. across the road they're waiting to cross.
Revealing mistake: At the end of the movie when Bryan is fighting the guy with the blades on the yacht, the part where Bryan jumps over the couch you can obviously see it's a stunt double. The stunt double looks Chinese, he has black hair and slim while Bryan looks bulky and has light brown hair.
Suggested correction: In whole fight sequence with the guy with blades Bryan never jumps over the couch. He did it while the black guy was shooting at him, and even then he never looked Chinese.
Plot hole: When Brian is on the boat, we see 3 girls from the auction being ushered into the sheikh's stateroom. He eliminates all the bodyguards, the last of who is the leader with the knife, and who is the only person who knows which of the girls is Kimmi. When Brian enters the stateroom, the sheikh is holding her at gunpoint. How did he know she was Brian's daughter?
Suggested correction: This is a question, not a plot hole. It is possible the man who bought Kim at the auction had to explain to his boss, the sheikh, why he bought her. He probably told him about the troubles he has had and the possibility that this man is still searching for his daughter, the girl in front of him. Hearing the fighting going on the sheikh correctly assumes this is the same man and tries to use her as a shield against him when he enters and threatens her with a knife.
Don't think so - lot of probable's. The Sheik's right-hand man would have assumed Brian was dead as St Clair's men had captured him, but he spotted him on the boat and only told his boss he would 'kill the dog', not which girl he had come for. Agree correction - she was held by knife-point.
He bought a girl he was not instructed to buy, for a lot of money. Of course he had to explain that to the Sheikh.
Not a plot hole, not even a contrivance. The sheik just grabbed whichever girl that was with him. It didn't matter who she was, it was just a case of "let me go or 'll kill this random, innocent girl." The fact that it was Kim was a simple coincidence (1 in 3 chance).
Continuity mistake: When Brian rents the car, he drives out of the agency driving an Audi. When he is at the construction site, the car has changed to a Mercedes-Benz.
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Suggested correction: We don't see him arrive at the construction site, only standing in line to enter the building. He uses a Jeep SUV to get away, and the bad guys are driving trucks and a Mercedes SUV. He probably stole the Jeep for the getaway after confirming before he got in line that the workers left the keys in the vehicle.
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Other mistake: In the scene at the construction site, the guy in front of Liam Neeson gets a card with the number 4. When we see him inside, he walks past the number 4 room.
Suggested correction: The guy who gets a card number 4 is not in front of Liam, he was in front of the guy who was in front of Liam, so we never saw which room he actually went into.
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Continuity mistake: When Kim is kidnapped, she describes the man "Beard. Six feet. Tattoo right hand, moon and star." When Bryan listens to the tape in the jet, she says, "Mustache. Six feet. Tattoo on right hand, moon and star. Dad!" (00:27:50)
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Bryan: I was told I have 96 hours. That was sixteen hours ago.
Jean Claude: Okay, first we should find the spotter.
Bryan: I found him. He's dead.
Jean Claude: You found him that way? Bryan, you cannot just run around, tearing down Paris.
Bryan: Jean Claude, I will tear down the Eiffel Tower if I have to.
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Question: What would have eventually happened to Marko after Bryan left him in the basement? Would he just have died and continued to have current surge through him till someone found him? Would he eventually burst in to flames? Would his heart explode? I know he dies, that much is obvious. Just curious as to what happens in the longer term.
Chosen answer: Depends on how much current is actually running through him. Since it didn't kill him right away, even after a few jolts to get him to talk, it's unlikely it was enough that he would ever burst into flames or that his heart would explode. Most likely, he just slowly cooked until he dried up and burnt like a turkey left too long in the oven.
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When Bryan is interrogating the man using the electrical chair, after he flips the switch the first time, Bryan is seen taking off his tie. However, after Bryan flips the switch the second time, in one of his closeups Bryan is wearing the tie, but in following shots the tie is gone again.
Bryan: I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have is a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.


Normal>The sexual assault this past winter on CBS correspondent Lara Logan reveals the pressing need to understand something very important about human nature. Ms. Logan shared her experience with us this week on "60 Minutes," and we have a duty to learn from it.
She was attacked by a mob of frenzied men in Cairo's Tahrir Square, and she spent days recovering in a hospital. In The New York Times last week, she said: "What really struck me was how merciless they were. They really enjoyed my pain and suffering. It incited them to more violence."
The perverse pleasure that her frenzied attackers exhibited has many variations among people, involving levels of misconduct that extend from cruel to criminal to barbaric. This perversity is produced by unconscious processes that are part of human nature and common to us all.
We humans have a dark side in our psyche that makes us capable of vicious, evil behavior. One aspect of this dark side is the perverse, intoxicating pleasure that is available to us when we exult in feelings of power over a helpless victim or a passive group or population.
According to classical psychoanalysis, we all have an inner drive known as libido, through which we create and experience various forms of pleasure. This pleasure is not just sexual but broadly based. For instance, we can "libidinize" the satisfaction of helping others or the gratification of our physical or intellectual achievements.
However, libido can also dip into the dark side. This causes the pleasure to be experienced perversely, as when we take pleasure in seeing others suffer or when we feel righteous or morally superior in our negative judgment of others. In another example, unhealthy narcissism can be understood as the "libidinization" of self-centeredness.
On the surface, rapists and pedophiles get their gratification sexually. Their perverse pleasure, though, is more psychological than sexual. Their big "turn on" is the feeling of absolute power they have over their victims.
This same dynamic is at play with perpetrators of domestic abuse, children and adults who mistreat or torture animals, schoolyard bullies, and bosses or supervisors who mistreat their subordinates. Violence, terrorism, and vengeful actions are fueled by perverse pleasure. In another example, moral degeneracy arises when members of a ruling class produce perverse gratification in feelings of superiority and power over the people.
It is also easy for children and adults to "libidinize" behavior that is culturally or morally forbidden (for instance, in experiencing the thrill of lying, stealing, and being defiant).
Terrorists and criminals can find perverse pleasure in acting violently toward others. Inwardly, they are very weak. Their sense of self is degraded by inner conflict and unresolved negativity. They don't value the feelings and lives of others because they don't value themselves. They produce victims out of their unconscious determination to feel like victims themselves or to feel helpless.
Hence, such individuals are seduced by illusions of power. T hey feel a pleasure, thrill, or manic excitement when they produce this phony power that covers up or denies their victim mentality. Terrorists, for instance, employ an unconscious alibi to this effect: "I am not helpless against those with power. I, too, have power. I enjoy the thrill of defiance, the power of destructiveness, the certainty of my righteousness , and fearlessness in the face of death ." Though the ir pleasure is completely perverse, it provides an emotional foundation for irrational beliefs and subsequent mayhem.
Hundreds of variations of perverse pleasure are wrecking havoc on personal and national levels, and I describe some of them in my e-book, Why We Suffer: A Western Way to Understand and Let Go of Unhappiness (Amazon).
Here's another example of how perverse pleasure is evil's facilitator. In recent years, Jewish groups have been investigating hundreds of lesser-known killing fields in Eastern Europe where some 1.5 million Jews met their deaths during World War II. Many of them were murdered by their neighbors. A spokesperson for the International Institute for Holocaust Research said, "In many cases, locals played a key role in the murders, probably by a ratio of 10 locals to every German. We are trying to understand the man who played soccer with his Jewish neighbor one day and turned to kill him the next."
Psychoanalysis can explain the phenomena. When German officers appeared on the scene brimming with officially sanctioned fascist authority, the locals would have had to access integrity and self-respect to maintain their dignity and protect their Jewish neighbors. Out of inner weakness, they failed to do so. In fear and passivity, they became pawns of the fascists. To save face, they fooled themselves into believing that they were cooperating with the fascists out of their own free will. Instead of identifying with their Jewish neighbors, they now identified with the fascists. Their unconscious rationalization or alibi would have proceeded along these lines: "I am not passively submitting to the fascists. I align myself with them out of my own free will, and I enjoy it. This is what I chose. This is what I want." The locals ma de a pleasure out of what would normally be grotesque and repugnant, thereby saving face and avoiding recognition of their inner weakness. The locals, in order to be certain they would not identify at all with the helplessness of their victims, fully "libidinized" their murderous aggression: "I am not helpless or wanting to feel helpless--look at how much I enjoy the power of destroying these Jews!"
We are responsible for our evil, however unconsciously it arises. To resist the appeal of perverse pleasure, humanity has to become more conscious. We have to break out of our egocentric self-image in order to see ourselves objectively.


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Read today's news from around the state and country. Each day in the Roundup we cover politics, always with a side of bold humor. We think politics should be fun, informative and encourage us all to take action.
Thursday, October 4th
Romney's Lies: Last night Romney and Obama debated for the first time. Romney put on a good show, but the problem is not much that he said was true. For example, Romney said he does not have a $5 trillion tax cut plan. But the non-partisan Tax Policy Center found that the price of those cuts in the first year, $360 billion, will extrapolate to $5 trillion over the next decade. He also said he will not reduce the taxes paid by high income Americans, when in reality his policies will result in a net tax cut for the wealthiest Americans and a net tax increase for the middle class. Read more of Romney's lies here
Deb Plays Dirty: Two bills Deb Fischer sponsored in the State Legislature could have been conflicts of interest, State Dems say, because they had to do with a piece of land she and her husband had previously filed a lawsuit over. Deb Fischer sued her elderly neighbors back in 1995, over land that was owned by them and that they had been letting the Fischers use for years. The Fischers eventually lost the lawsuit. But it appears Deb never got over her unsuccessful landgrab, sponsoring legislation which could have been related to this tract of land. Fischer never disclosed her ties to her fellow legislators, which Democratic Chairman Vince Powers said was "the issue." Read here and here
Great-grandmother Eleanor Fairchild has been arrested for "trespassing" on her own land. Joined by actress Daryl Hannah, Eleanor stood in the way of an excavator to try to prevent TransCanada from tearing up her farm in order to plant a toxic tar sands pipeline. She has been fighting TransCanada since she first found out it would cross her land, and has been an inspiration. Read here
Wednesday, October 3rd
Battling Enbridge: Landowners in Michigan have been winning battles against Enbridge, the major tar sands pipeline company that was responsible for the largest inland oil spill in American history. Now trying to rebuild and expand that line that spilled a million gallons of dilbit into the Talmadge Creek and Kalamazoo River, Enbridge is running into resistance from landowners. Although Enbridge officials say they have overwhelming support from landowners along the route, they have already had to condemn 80 people's property in the first 50 miles. That's not such a good record with landowners if you ask us. These landowners, like Nebraska landowners, do not appreciate the way they have been treated by the pipeline company, and they are also wary of another spill like that which happened in the Kalamazoo. Considering Enbridge was just asked today to do more cleanup on the Kalamazoo spill that happened two years ago, they have good reason to be concerned. These landowners have already won lawsuits against Enbridge, but there are more to come in the battle against this "Goliath." Read here
Out-of-Touch: Remember the captured footage of Romney telling a group of wealthy donors that it is not his job to worry about 47% of Americans? (If not, here's a quick re-cap) It turns out that his running mate has a pretty similar view of the American electorate. In a keynote address, Paul Ryan declared that 30% of Americans are completely dependent upon government and have no will or desire to make their lives better–according to Ryan, they are reliant and/or dependent upon government assistance because they want to be. This is just about as dim a view of the American people as Romney's, and frankly, quite insulting. Watch here
"Nebraska's Energy Future": Last week, the Platte Institute hosted a conference on "Nebraska's Energy Future" in Kearney. This op-ed in the Kearney Hub does a great job of summarizing the very direct message of the conference–that alternative energies have a lot of shortcomings and that we only need rely on fossil fuels like coal and oil–and illustrating why this can't be the only answer. As the op-ed author notes, we cannot depend on these resources forever. While we are dependent upon them for the time being, it is necessary that we continue to develop renewable energy because the negative impacts of neglecting to do so, such as "climate change, regional instability and the inevitable rising costs of unlocking increasingly difficult petroleum reserves," are what face us if we continue dependence. Read here
Tuesday, October 2nd
"Climate Change and Nebraska": According to the High Plains Regional Climate Center (based at UNL), Nebraska, along with other states in the High Plains Region, will be seeing higher average temperatures of at least 8° over the next 75 years due to human induced climate change. This increase in temperature will be accompanied by a great strain on water resources, an increase in extreme events like flooding and extreme cold, and an increase in invasive species and pests. In a nutshell: this is terrible news for Nebraskans. We are an Ag state, so changes like this will have a strong negative impact on our state's economy, our livelihoods, and our security. This report brings to the forefront the importance of voting for New Energy candidates–and yesterday's debate between Bob Kerrey and Deb Fischer highlights who it is that will stand for Nebraskans on this issue–it's NOT climate change denier Deb Fischer. A presentation on the issues brought up in the report, Climate Change and Nebraska: What Does Our Future Hold?, will take place this Saturday from 9-12 at the Hardin Hall Auditorium on the University of Nebraska Lincoln East Campus–we encourage you Bold Nebraskans to attend.
Victory for Voter ID Fighters: Today a Pennsylvania judge ordered that the voter ID law Pennsylvania had enacted earlier this year could not be implemented during this year's general election. The type of voter fraud this law was trying to prevent is virtually non-existent, in fact, it has been shown that these types of laws would actually disenfranchise voters. The judgment was made on the grounds that there was no evidence to show that this law would not suppress voters. Read here
A Ruling Causes Uproar: This afternoon, a federal appeals court extended a temporary stay (issued last month) of an order by a district judge that barred the government from using the indefinite detention provision in the defense bill signed into law last year. During the time that the National Defense Authorization Act was being debated and eventually passed, there was uproar due to wording that many thought could lead to Americans' liberties being infringed upon. For example, it was argued that it is feasible that an Occupy Wall Street or Tea Party protester could end up jailed indefinitely and without a lawyer, and that journalists' free speech would be limited. That part of the law was blocked in May of this year, but now that ruling has been nullified. This has again raised concerns about infringement upon Americans' freedoms. Read here
Monday, October 1st
Politics Over Facts: The Governor continues to play politics with Nebraskans' health. A study by the University of Nebraska Medical Center concluded that taking part in the Affordable Care Act's provision to expand Medicaid "would bring "significant returns" to the state by cutting the number of uninsured in Nebraska in half and generating $700 million in economic activity." To say the least, Heineman was not happy with these results. He decided to bully university leaders and issue more threats to our state's education system, writing multiple letters essentially warning that expanding Medicaid would result in cuts in funding to the university and K-12 education. This is a completely unacceptable response to the results of study that was done to gather information–it's just politically inconvenient for the Gov. that the results showed his reluctance to expand Medicaid is going to make Nebraskans pay. Read here
Time to Vote: Early voting began today, and the deadline to register to vote is fast approaching. Go to our New Energy Voter Guide to register, as well as check out the positions of candidates on issues relating to energy, the environment, and more. Tonight will also tally up the number of debates between Deb Fischer and Bob Kerrey to three, with the debate happening at 7 p.m. It will be broadcast live on NET Television and NET Radio. Read here
Check out the launch of the 2012 Ride for Renewables, Defend America Stop Keystone Tour, starting at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Rider Tom Weis, the President of Climate Crisis Solutions will be delivering a letter signed by ranchers, farmers, and tribal leaders up and down the proposed KXL route to the campaign offices of Obama and Romney calling on them to not support the KXL. Watch here
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By Ben Gotschall
Energy Barn Update For the month of November, the New Energy Barn in the path of the Keystone Export pipeline produced 244 kilowatt-hours of electricity for Nebraska's public power grid. That's enough energy to charge the average cell phone for 7.6 years. As of December 1, the Energy Barn has produced 3.87 megawatts of electricity, […]
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Energy Barn Update For the month of October, the New Energy Barn in the path of the Keystone Export pipeline produced 305 kilowatt-hours of electricity, which is the energy equivalent of driving about 13 laps at the Monaco Grand Prix. To date, the barn has generated 3.74 megawatt-hours of electricity, which is the equivalent of […]
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Nicholas Hamm was born on December 10, 1957 in Belfast, Northern Ireland to parents Marian and Patrick Hamm. He later attended University of Manchester, receiving his B.A. in English and Philosophy.
Hamm began his career on the London fringe before becoming resident director of the Royal Shakespeare Company where he worked with contemporary playwrights, notably Howard Barker, Edward Bond and Arthur Miller. The latter which he would collaborate with again in his 1989 film directing debut, The Bottom Line, starring Dustin Hoffman.
Hamm continued to work in both television and film, most notably directing BAFTA award-winner The Harmfulness of Tobacco (1992), BBC's Catherine Zeta-Jones and Colin Firth starrer Play on One, Miramax's epic romance starring Polly Walker and Vincent Perez, Talk of Angels (1996), and Film Four's Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998) starring Joseph Fiennes, Rufus Sewell, Tom Hollander and Monica Potter.
In 2001, Hamm directed cult-classic The Hole, starring Thora Birch and Keira Knightley, in her feature film debut. Hamm went on to direct Lionsgate's thriller Godsend (2004), starring Robert DeNiro, Rebecca Romijn and Greg Kinnear. Hamm later produced and directed the 80's U2-centric comedy, Killing Bono (2011) for Paramount Pictures and Northern Ireland Screen, starring Ben Barnes, Robert Sheehan and Pete Postelwaite.
In 2010, Hamm formed his US-based television production company, Momentum TV, with development executive Sabrina Eisenstadt. Since its formation, Hamm has produced and directed DirecTV's Audience Network thriller Rogue, starring Thandie Newton, and Full Circle, from acclaimed playwright Niel LaBute. Both Rogue and Full Circle are in their fourth and third seasons, respectively.
Hamm partnered again with Northern Ireland Screen in 2015 to produce and direct IM Global's feature film, The Journey, a fictionalized account of Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness's political reconciliation, starring Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney as Paisley and McGuiness, respectively. The film garnered critical acclaim when it premiered at the 2016 Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals, where it was acquired by IFC for a 2017 theatrical release.
In late summer 2017, Hamm began filming Driven, collaborating again with The Journey's screenwriter, Colin Bateman. Driven follows the relationship between 1970's maverick car designer John DeLorean and his neighbor-turned-FBI informant, Jim Hoffman during the rise and fall of the DeLorean Motor Company which eventually ended in DeLorean's arrest for cocaine trafficking. The film starred Jason Sudeikis, Lee Pace, Corey Stoll, Judy Greer and Isabel Arraiza. Driven premiered as the closing film of the 75th Venice International Film Festival and was a special presentation at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.
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If you're not financially able to pay your tax debt immediately, you may be eligible to make monthly payments through an IRS Installment Agreement or Partial Payment Installment Agreement (PPIA).
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You can apply for an Installment Agreement online if you owe $50,000 or less in combined individual income tax, penalties and interest. If you owe more than $50,000, you must complete and mail Form 9465, Installment Agreement Request (attach PDF) and Form 433-F, Collection Information Statement (attach PDF). You may also file Form 9465 directly with your tax return.
The IRS implemented an additional payment option in 2005, known as the Partial Payment Installment Agreement (PPIA), for taxpayers who have outstanding federal tax liabilities. This new payment option became possible with the passage of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. The new legislation includes language amending Internal Revenue Code 6159 to allow the IRS to enter into installment agreements that result in full or partial payment of the tax liability.
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Reflections: Engaging Donors in our Racial Equity Efforts
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Tom Griffith, vice president of development, tells us about his department's efforts to learn best practices for how to discuss racial equity with donors and create a welcoming environment for donors of color.
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During a racial equity training I attended earlier this year, I was asked to share a story from when I first realized racial inequality was an issue in America. One of the times that I recalled was from 2nd grade when I asked my friend Fernando why the teachers called his older brother Harvey when his name was Javier. He replied that it sounded more American. For background, I grew up in a very small town in Central Illinois and Fernando's family was one of a very few residents who were not white. As I grew older and went out-of-town for high school and then to the University of Illinois for college, my perspective on diversity grew. In the Navy, I was stationed in Washington DC and that understanding grew more; there were so many new foods to try, cultures to explore and ideologies to consider. However, the discussion of equity and inclusion was not present for me then like it is today.
As part of the Community Foundation's on-going work on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), I participated in two national learning cohorts this year. The first, which posed the question above about when I first realized racial inequality was an issue in America, was entitled Courageous Conversations and was led by one of our partners in philanthropy, 21/64, along with the Nantucket Project. During six sessions over May and June, philanthropic, financial and estate planning advisors developed skills for having courageous conversations about race. The skills covered included listening, storytelling, feedback, and facilitation. We considered the following questions: What am I inheriting? Who am I? What do I want to do about it? Together this group discussed ways that we can change our narrative and how storytelling and conversation are powerful tools in doing that for ourselves and in our work with other people.
The second cohort lasted from January to July of this year and was led by Community Wealth Partners. This was a group of community foundations from across the country that came together to consider how to engage donors with the racial equity grantmaking work that each are doing in their regions. I worked with Monica Merante, senior director philanthropic services, and Katrina Crocker, vice president, communications, to develop initial plans for how to approach donors about supporting racial equity and to identify initial places our organization may need to adjust its processes to create a welcoming environment for donors of color. This resulted in the creation of an equity communications guide, bringing current donors of color to the forefront in our events and publications, engaging in open-ended conversations with donors about racial equity, and the development of a cross-departmental process to identify organizations in our community led by people of color.
These two cohorts and the work that the whole Community Foundation team is doing on DEI will help us build racial equity into all aspects of our work, transforming our community impact for decades to come. Now, when I think about Javier feeling the pressure to change and assimilate to fit a more "American" mold, I more fully recognize that we all must work together to activate change within the systems that applied that pressure in the first place. Ultimately, this crucial work will allow us to live up to our vision of Central New York as a vibrant community with opportunity – and full inclusion– for everyone.
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GDP is the most widely used measure of economic activity, heavily influencing policymakers in setting economic objectives. But is GDP a good measure of well-being? Unfortunately not. In fact, GDP and well-being can go in opposite directions. Economists are attempting to develop a better measurement system. But to complicate things further, the rapid growth of the digital economy and the explosion of free goods has made, and continues to make, GDP an even worse indicator of well-being. As an alternative, we find that consumer surplus is a better indicator than GDP, and we are collecting large amounts of data in real time and conducting choice experiments to better capture and understand our economic well-being. Over the course of the next few months we will be experimenting with the use of Conjoint Analysis against our data set to explore a potential alternative to GDP that better measures the digital economy.
The fields of Social Robotics and Human-Robot Interaction are undergoing rapid growth, motivated by important societal challenges facing the general public, and the desire for intelligent machines to work collaboratively with people. In this talk, I highlight a number of provocative research findings that illuminate the social attributes of personal robots. This new "breed" of social robot interacts with people in an interpersonal way, more as a partner rather than as a tool, and opens new applications for socially intelligent machines in the future. I illustrate these possibilities by highlighting a number of research projects from my group at the MIT Media Lab. An important goal of this work is to use socially interactive robots as a scientific tool to understand human behavior, to design machines that can engage us on social and emotional levels, and to use these insights to create robotic technologies and platforms that can enhance quality of life with specific applications focusing on health, education, and telecommunication. The commercial aspects of bringing social robots to the home as a mass consumer product and as an open platform will also be discussed in the context of Jibo, Inc.
The World Economic Forum spawned the Personal Data Initiative, which has caused the emergence of a new asset class where individuals have the right to possess, control and dispose of their personal information. Personal data has "leaded" out everywhere, with a lot of celebrated breaches – some accidental, some hacked. Blockchain offers the promise of secure computation and encrypted data – at scale. This new paradigm for computing allows data to be exposed with encryption to a trusted 3rd party with decentralized ownership and walled gardens for an open platform. The MIT Engima (enigma.media.mit.edu) platform makes it possible to use and maintain data without holding that data.
Facebook, PayPal, Alibaba, Uber―these seemingly disparate companies have upended entire industries by harnessing a single phenomenon: the platform business model. Platform Revolution delivers the first comprehensive analysis of how platforms use technology to match producers and consumers in a multisided marketplace, unlocking hidden resources and creating new forms of value. When a company like Uber connects drivers with passengers, everybody wins― except traditional cab companies, which are scrambling to survive. Assumptions about operations, finance, strategy, and innovation all change. Platform Revolution explores the what, how, and why of this revolution and provides the first "owner's manual" for creating a platform marketplace. Revealing the strategies behind some of today's rising platforms, the authors explain how entrepreneurs―and traditional companies― can thrive in this new world. In cases as diverse as shoes, spices, dating, energy, home appliances, and education, Platform Revolution provides the essential guide to unlocking the potential of an economic landscape transformed.
Most companies learn about organizational strain only when it's too late; when employee engagement slips, productivity decreases, quality suffers, and key employees leave the firm. We are investigating how big data approaches can help companies identify and address strain before such negative consequences occur. As a first step we use big data to gain a finer-grained understanding of worker time use and productive efficiency and its relation with changes in workload. We will present preliminary results of this analysis in our talk.
US median wages have stagnated for 30 years, yet this masks a surprising amount of variation among different groups. A large literature documents that skill-biased technical change (SBTC) has led to substantial real wage increases on average for those with at least a college degree, and declines on average for those with less education. However, SBTC is not a single dimensional construct. We identify seven orthogonal dimensions of skill across 514 occupations and examine how the earning power of each skill changed over the period 2006-2014. We find that (1) different skills accrue different levels of wage, (2) these wage effects vary on both the actual use of IT in the occupation as well as the general level of IT intensity in the industry, (3) up to 32.9% of the college premium is due to skill-IT complementarity, and (4) the technology-skill effects on wage are nonlinear. We discuss implications for workers, educators and policymakers.
Andrey Fradkin: The Rise of Peer-to-Peer Marketplaces: What Have We Learned?
Peer-to-peer marketplaces such as Etsy, Uber, and Airbnb have experienced tremendous growth across a wide range of verticals. These marketplaces use technology to create trust and streamline transactions, allowing small, inexperienced and non-professional sellers to succeed in global markets. The rise of this model highlights three important shifts in the business environment. First, the role of brands is changing as trust in reputation systems and algorithms increases. Second, contracts between firms, workers, and consumers are increasingly arranged just-in time rather than in advance. Third, as competition for attention escalates, consumers demand experiences that minimize cognitive load. This talk will synthesize evidence on these factors and will discuss potential future directions for the peer-to-peer model.
Our research addresses the shortcomings of GDP in the context of measuring digital information goods. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the information sector makes up only 4-5% of the economy—around the same share it occupied before the World Wide Web was even invented. However, as a result of the innovation and technological change that brought about the Information Age, consumers have been finding increasingly value in digital goods, such as Google searches, Wikipedia articles, and Skype calls. But because the prices and marginal costs of these goods are incredibly low—if not zero—the wealth of products that we consume online is almost completely unaccounted for in the official statistics of our economy. In our review, we discuss how GDP has evolved to include intangibles, and also examine other areas where GDP falls short. We also evaluate three approaches that economists have used to estimate the value of digital goods: calculating Internet access fees, imputing barter transactions between consumers and advertisers, and appraising the amount of time that consumers spend online. These methods, we find, still underestimate the value of digital goods or are otherwise not ideal. We conclude that in order to properly account for these goods, we should directly measure consumer surplus using conjoint analysis, through which we could potentially find trillions of dollars' worth of value that is not currently included in GDP, and be able to better understand the sources of value in our economy.
The digital transformation conversation tends to focus on visible changes in customer experience, operations and even business models. Relatively little attention is paid to the organization behind these capabilities. In this research, we focused our attention on the way organizations themselves begin to change as they become more digital. Truly transformed enterprises don't just adopt digital innovations. They develop the capability to reconfigure both digital and human resources fluidly. They establish partnerships, identify talent, and find experts more readily than traditional firms. They can adapt quickly to narrow windows of digitally-driven opportunity.
Yet established companies are not known for being nimble and agile. So how can enterprises develop the dexterity to compete in a digital age? Over the past two years, we conducted interview- and survey-based research with our IDE sponsors to pursue this question. In this presentation, we'll share insights about organizational characteristics that collectively support an enterprise's current digital capabilities while also positioning it to incorporate successive waves of digital innovation.
The size distribution of firms is an important indicator of market concentration. Studying the distribution of sales for eBay's commercial sellers, this paper provides the first analysis of a firm size distribution (FSD) at an online market, further examining its evolution, and the underlying growth rate patterns. The evolution of eBay's FSD is characterized by increasing mass in its right tail, yet it remains better-fitted by a lognormal than by a power law distribution throughout our ten-year period of analysis. This is in line with a possible convergence towards a power law in the long run, while currently market concentration is lower compared to power law FSDs found in many traditional industries. Smaller firms are the fastest growing group of businesses, followed by large firms. Sellers' growth rate patterns obey Gibrat's Law only among the subset of top selling firms.
Traditional methods of screening potential employees struggle to measure individual traits that are essential in the digital world, such as creativity, initiative, and grace under pressure. However, big data analysis of individual micro-behaviors offers promise for better insights. In this study, we use video games to identify the traits that differentiate high from low performers in a set of occupations. These games infer personality traits from gaming behavior rather than the answers an individual gives in a formal assessment environment. We will report initial findings from studying call center representatives in a major financial services firm.
Extending the work of Yang and Brynjolfsson (2001) with more recent data, we update the standard growth accounting methodology to take into account the value of intangible assets, particularly those associated with the computerization of many firms in recent decades. We propose a modification of the production function, adopted from the q theory of investment, which treats the adjustment costs and costs associated with the creation of intangible complementary assets as investments instead of current expenditures. The national accounts do not include the value of the resulting intangible assets creation as part of output and do not include the capital gains accruing to the owners of these intangible assets as income. As a result, a revised calculation of total factor productivity (TFP), taking into account these growing intangible investments, reveals quite a different picture of the US economy from that estimated by the conventional methodology. In particular, we find that the magnitude of intangible capital investments that accompany computerization of the economy is plausibly substantially larger than the direct investments in computers themselves.
Behavioral science can lend insight into the implications of technology-mediated decision-making. Three projects based on experimental methodology unpack the effect of technology on choice. In the first project, we introduce the concept of CCX — Collaborative Customer Exchange — and provide a framework for identifying win-win value extraction. The second project extends previous research on "web morphing" to examine the effect of "Emotion Matching" between consumer states and media stimulus (using facial recognition technology). Our third project tests the impact of Co-Created Narratives in social media on persuasion. In toto, these projects underscore the importance of avoiding an under-socialized view of consumer behavior in digitally-mediated experiences.
Deep Learning is an exciting new technology to understand the information in big data. In this talk we examine the feasibility of using deep learning to assess opportunities for new products based on consumer descriptors and clicks. A synthetic data application is presented for credit card in order to assess the potential for new attribute configurations and recover the true preferences of the consumers in the data base. Advantages and disadvantages of deep learning are reported and next steps in the research program are described.
In studies ranging from behavioral science to medicine to social networks, humans exhibit social behavior that drives and derives action. A recent study in the noted journal Cell, Gillian Matthews (UCL, MIT) randomly isolated mice and gave some cocaine and some saline. She observed synaptic changes in dopamine neurons in the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus. Both groups experienced some changes, with the common factor of isolation. We inherit the neural pain of being alone, which motivates us to be social. In our own work we conducted an experiment that included more than 13 million runners in the US, measuring who runs, how often, why, when, where, how fast, along with weather, temperature, time of day, etc. One question we wanted to answer was "what peer motivation causes one runner to increase the amount of running?" The data show causality as one might imagine – social influence has a robust but declining effect on distance, duration, and pace. One interesting outcome was that increased activity by a "fat" friend, caused an outsized response by a "fit" friend. The reverse was not true. Let couch potatoes remain couch potatoes, and the motivated use anything to increase motivation.
The acceleration of technology has led to remarkable benefits for business and the economy, but what about people earning middle- and base-level incomes? Digital innovations can enable a broader population to share in the prosperity of the Second Machine Age. The Inclusive Innovation Competition identifies and celebrates those organizations that are inventing a more inclusive, productive, and sustainable future for all.


Long Beach Vegan Eatery is in (you guessed it!) Long Beach. For such a large metropolitan area, I am surprised at the lack of vegan places to eat in this town. LBVE opened shop a little less than a year ago to help fill this void and received mixed reviews. Vegans can be a very supporting group of people, or they can be quite vicious. I was sad to see lots of the latter being directed at LBVE. I guess I'm just nice about presenting something I don't like. I don't want to be mean about it – unless it's totally deserved – like they lie about putting animal ingredients in something. Then I'll be perfectly content with letting the vicious vegans out to play.
I'm not really in Long Beach very often, but one day my vegan guy and I were driving from Orange County to LA and decided to stop in. We got the Quesadilla ($6.95) with Daiya vegan cheese and black beans. You can also get this with beefless crumbles, but I love beans, so my vegan guy had to just deal. I loved this (mainly because I am such a bean aficionado). My vegan guy would have liked it better with the beefless crumble (as he is not such a huge fan of this legume).
The quesadilla came with Chips and Salsa that we could have done without. The quesadilla is so huge, I don't know why it would need such a big side.
Keeping with the Mexican theme, we also got the Tacos ($6.50). It comes with refried beans, lettuce, cheese, and your choice of beefless crumbles or seasoned chicken strips. My vegan guy petitioned for the beefless crumbles, and that's what we got (although I still want to try them with the chicken). I liked these tacos – and trust me, there are more fillings underneath all that lettuce!
My vegan guy wanted the Hot Dogs ($8.95). It comes with a potato of your choice (I wanted the Sweet Potato Tater Tots) and Chili. I love vegan hot dogs, but I think this was too simple to pay $8.95 for. I wasn't a huge fan of the chili, either. The tater tots were good. I'd never had tater tots before (I was a PB&J kid and not a product of school lunches), so I don't know how they compare to other people's tots.
And finally, we got the Kid's Mac and Cheese ($4.95). We thought we were getting some tiny portion, but this thing is like a meal for an adult. I don't know what fat kids are coming in here and eating this whole thing!! And I say this knowing full well that I could have finished this as a kid! Whether you finish this or not, I liked it. I still think I've had better vegan mac and cheeses, but this was a great attempt. I'd get it again (especially for that yummy garlic bread!).
I hope you give Long Beach Vegan Eatery a chance. Just don't go in expecting healthy foods galore! This is more of a vegan fast food/comfort foods type place.


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To get an account on the computational linguistics lab machines, please send me an email.
You can then log in remotely to iliad.ling.utexas.edu or odyssey.ling.utexas.edu.
There is no course textbook. Readings will be from texts that are announced on the schedule page. These readings will either be freely available online, or they will be available online at the UT library, or they will be made available for copying.
As this is a seminar, there will be no midterm or final exams for this class. For due dates of project papers, and more information about reading presentations, please see the assignments page. A tentative schedule for the entire semester is posted on the schedule page. Readings and exercises may change up one week in advance of their due dates.
There has been work on characterizing word meaning in different areas: lexicography, theoretical linguistics, cognitive linguistics, philosophy of language, psychology, computational linguistics, and artificial intelligence.
The goal of this seminar is to compare and contrast approaches of word mening characterization from these different areas, asking how each area might benefit from the other areas' viewpoint.
Note that this is not a computational seminar, though we will include computational approaches. The main part of the grade will be determined through a course project, which may be theoretical, a corpus study, or a computational study.
This course provides an in-depth discussion of different models of word meaning.
Relations between word senses: We will discuss accounts of regular polysemy, and approaches in psychology that study relations between senses in the human mind.
Current theories of human concept representation: We will look at prototype, exemplar, and knowledge-based theories. We will also discuss how concept representation theories relate to word meaning.
Aristotelic concepts and concepts with "fuzzy boundaries": An old debate on whether concepts can be prototypes yields insights on the representation of composite concepts.
Reading presentation (30%): You will give a 20 minute presentation on one of the papers listed in the readings for the class, and lead the subsequent discussion about the paper.
Project proposal draft (15%): After about one third of the semester, you will propose a topic for your final project. You are encouraged to discuss this with the instructor in advance. The proposal will be in written form and should be roughly 2-3 single-spaced pages. The draft will be evaluated primarily on written expression, coherence of argument, and significance and difficulty of the project. The proposal should include at least 4 references. Feedback will be given both on writing and content.
Project progress report (15%): The progress report should be a revision of the proposal, and in addition contain information on progress to date. It should take into account comments given on the proposal. Expect it to require significant rewriting, as opposed to just editing the proposal. The progress report will be graded primarily on written expression and coherence of argument. Feedback will be given on both writing and content.
Project final report (40%): The final report builds on the progress report and presents the project results and conclusions. It should be 4-8 pages in length, and include at least 8 references. The grade will be based on the written report.
By default, 5 points (out of 100) will be deducted for lateness, plus an additional 1 point for every 24-hour period beyond 2 that the assignment is late. For example, an assignment due at 11am on Tuesday will have 5 points deducted if it is turned in late but before 11am on Thursday. It will have 6 points deducted if it is turned in by 11am Friday, etc.
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Montchâlons ist eine französische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) im Département Aisne in der Region Hauts-de-France (vor 2016 Picardie). Sie gehört zum Arrondissement Laon und zum Kanton Laon-2.

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Die Gemeinde Montchâlons liegt zehn Kilometer südöstlich von Laon. Umgeben wird sie von den Nachbargemeinden Parfondru im Nordwesten und Norden, Veslud im Nordosten, Festieux im Osten, Arrancy im Südosten, Ployart-et-Vaurseine im Süden, Bièvres und Orgeval im Südwesten sowie Chérêt im Westen.

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Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Kirche Saint-Pierre, Monument historique seit 1928

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This module allow merchants to use mangopay payment gateway which support one click payment and an easy flow . If your country supports mangopay payment gateway , then it is a must have addon for your e-commerce site.
Admin can manage refund as well as payout process through module.
Admin can add multiple bank account details.
Using "Mangopay Payout" tab, admin can transfer the wallet balance to their account. Admin can select any of the added account from the dropdown.
Admin can refund the admin's wallet amount to payin/customer wallet from the module.
Mangopay payment gateway added to the store.
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Can set desired title which will be displayed to buyers.
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Enable/disable field to delete the Mangopay data at the time of un-installation of module.
Select transaction order status either as "payment accepted" or "delivered to manage the transaction from customer/PayIn wallet to admin's wallet.
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After clear-cutting trees, Mac Hammond ordered to restore bluff
Bob Collins June 12, 2017, 6:35 AM Jun 12, 2017
A case of clear-cutting trees along the Mississippi River in Crow Wing County shows that times are still pretty good for "Mac" Hammond, the megachurch owner and preacher of the prosperity gospel.
Hammond, who does a morning gig on WCCO called the "winner's minute", isn't shy about his wealth and spread a theology around it which insists that God favors some people with material wealth.
And Hammond and his Living Word Church have plenty of material wealth, Hammond and his wife own 10 acres of the land; the church owns hundreds of acres around it.
A neighbor insists the Hammonds wanted a better view so down came the trees. The Hammonds blame nature.
They've now been ordered to restore them, the Brainerd Dispatch reports.
"When we got out there and talked to the guys from the church, they didn't disagree," Chris Pence, environmental services manager for the county, tells the paper. "They didn't want to have any problems up there either. They're building a building up top, and the last thing they would want is to have erosion causing that to have any questionable issues."
The paper tried to talk to the Hammonds but got directed to a church associate pastor who said the Hammonds are on sabbatical, but are "mortified" by the tree clearing. They blamed a logger for clearing the area they said was created by a "blowdown."
A neighbor isn't buying it, based on the lack of evidence around the forest still standing.
"I think there are a lot of developers who would like to get their hands on it," associate pastor Brian Sullivan said. "We want to protect it. We think it's a good investment. At this point, we have no intention of selling it. It certainly—having that property has enhanced our loan-to-value ratio as a ministry. Really recognizing the value of that property in context to the river and the community has caused us to really, as a ministry, go, 'Let's continue to care for it. Let's continue to protect it.'"
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Q: jQuery-UI Resizable: scale all alsoResize elements in proportion with resizable div I have a resizable div which is positioned over a selection of elements which have been set to alsoResize.
Visually, the resizable element is a bounding box for the alsoResize elements.
I want to be able to resize the alsoResize elements in proportion of the resizable div. UI's default behaviour makes each element have a fixed left and top position when resizing:
http://jsfiddle.net/digitaloutback/SrPhA/2/
But I want to adjust the left and top of each AR element to scale with the bounding box as it's resized.
I first thought this wouldn't be too much hassle by altering the alsoResize plugin. This is  what I added to the resize: _alsoResize:
// Get the multipliers
var scaleX = self.size.width / os.width;
var scaleY = self.size.height / os.height;

newElW = ( parseInt(el.css('width')) * scaleX );
newElH = ( parseInt(el.css('height')) * scaleY );
newElL = ( parseInt(el.css('left')) * scaleX );
newElT = ( parseInt(el.css('top')) * scaleY );

el.css({ width: newElW, height: newElH, left: newElL, top: newElT });

As you'll see, the boxes lag somewhat:
http://jsfiddle.net/digitaloutback/SrPhA/4/
Something seems to be ballooning the figures and can't quite figure it out, any suggestions appreciated. Possibly discrepancy of decimal places between scripts & browser?

A: Maybe you need to rethink the structure..
You could insert the .lyr elements inside the .resizer element and position them inside it with percentage positions .. this way they will automatically resize while their container is changing size. (the plugin does not have to handle them)
demo at http://jsfiddle.net/SrPhA/65/

Update after comment
To de-couple the resizer from the alsoResize elements you will need to take a couple of things into consideration for the calculations.

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*Firstly, you need to use the starting dimensions/positions and not the current of the elements, so use start.width .height etc..

*for the positioning you need to translate the element to the origin (in regards to distance from the resizer) scale the left/top and then re-translate back to where they were..

the final calculations become
newElW = start.width * scaleX;
newElH = start.height * scaleY;
newElL = ((start.left - op.left) * scaleX) + op.left;
newElT = ((start.top  - op.top ) * scaleY) + op.top ;

It needs some more tinkering to handle the case were you scale the elements by dragging the top or left side of the resizer..
demo at http://jsfiddle.net/gaby/SrPhA/171/

Latest Update
to handle scaling in all directions use these helpers..
utils: {
        west: function(start, op, scale, delta) {return ((start.left - op.left) * scale) + op.left + delta.left},
        east: function(start, op, scale, delta) {return ((start.left - op.left) * scale) + op.left;},
        south: function(start, op, scale, delta){return ((start.top  - op.top ) * scale) + op.top; },
        north: function(start, op, scale, delta){return ((start.top  - op.top ) * scale) + op.top + delta.top; }
    }

Working example with all updates at http://jsfiddle.net/gaby/SrPhA/324/

A: Did you mean to use + instead of *?
newElW = (parseInt(el.css('width')) + scaleX);
newElH = (parseInt(el.css('height')) + scaleY);
newElL = (parseInt(el.css('left')) + scaleX);
newElT = (parseInt(el.css('top')) + scaleY);

A: I had a little luck by setting the margin-top and margin-left for positioning and leaving the 'top' and 'left' attributes at default for animation.
http://jsfiddle.net/SrPhA/97/

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Reimagined in 2021
In March 2021, a tight-knit friend family of five purchased the Quail Cove Lodge from its longtime owners and transformed it into The Outpost, a unique mountain lodging experience and event space on Big Bear Lake's beautiful North Shore.
This side of Big Bear Lake provides an escape from traffic and a gateway to adventure. Fish along the shoreline, cycle around the lake, enjoy world-class bird watching, hike the Pacific Coast Trail or take Rim of the World Highway to access some of the best OHV trails and off-roading in Southern California.
Our cabins offer the perfect setting for a getaway with family and friends or a romantic stay with your special someone. Each of our five cabins has a personality all its own. Amenities in each cabin include wood-burning stone fireplaces, hairdryers, clothing irons, WiFi, flat-screen Roku smart TVs, Direct TV, record players and a selection of records, board games, charcoal grills and fully stocked kitchens.
At The Outpost, you'll be close enough for a quick drive to the shops, restaurants, ski resorts and attractions of downtown Big Bear Lake, but far enough away to enjoy the solitude of the San Bernardino Mountains.
A Friend Family
Our story starts with a bike ride around Big Bear Lake in October 2020. That's when one of our owners noticed the Quail Cove Lodge, a historic property in the Big Bear area, was for sale. He immediately had a vision. That vision became The Outpost.
Our five owners -- Billy, Alyssa, Jolene, Becky and Tim -- are a tight-knit friend family with passion for the outdoors, action sports, travel, adventure, art and community. We're pouring that passion into The Outpost, a boutique lodging experience for all in Big Bear Lake's historic North Shore hamlet of Fawnskin.
The Outpost is a place to gather. It's a hub for the community. It's a destination for adventure seekers, nature lovers and creative types. It's a spot for escape, a place to unwind and a familiar return.
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Are you planning to bring your furry friend? We sure hope so! The Outpost is dog-friendly and the perfect location for four-legged guests. We charge a $20/night cleaning fee per dog and provide dog towels for use in each cabin. (We know they like to jump in the lake, too.) We ask that you please pick up after your pups while on the property and that you let us know if you leave them alone in your cabin. The surrounding area offers so much outdoor fun for all, we doubt you'll want to keep them cooped up inside, anyway.
Angler Accommodating
Traveling to Big Bear Lake to cast a line? You've come to the right place. The Lake's North Shore offers excellent year-round fishing. Right now, the best time to try your luck is just before sunup and in the early morning. Expect to catch Rainbow Trout, Bass, Blue Gill, Catfish and Carp. And if you get them biting and need a place to clean, prepare and cook your catch, we provide a fish-cleaning station on-site, complete with running water, as well as a full kitchen and an outdoor, charcoal grill at each cabin.
Celebration Worthy
We would love to host your event at The Outpost, the perfect location for small family reunions or weddings, birthday parties, kick-off events, media launches and multi-day retreats. Book all five cabins and enjoy the use of the entire property and work with us to make our space your own.
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The Sonnenspitze, also Ehrwalder Sonnenspitze, is a mountain,  high, in the Mieming Chain in the Austrian state of Tyrol with a subpeak, the Signalgipfel (2,412 m) to the south. An ascent of the Sonnenspitze is one of the most popular tours of the Mieming Chain.

Location
The Sonnenspitze lies south of the village of Ehrwald on the north-westernmost end of the Mieming Chain. To the west lies the village of Biberwier, to the east is the 1,657 m high lake of Seebensee. To the south over the col of Biberwierer Scharte (2,000 m) is the  Wampeter Schrofen (2,520 m).

Ascents
The summit may be ascended from the Coburger Hut (1,917 m) on an easy, but in places exposed climb (in places UIAA II) up its south side. The way is marked and secured with anchors and several pitons as intermediate belay points. In places the waymarks are hard to spot, which is why a good sense of direction for the ascent is essential. At the top there is another very narrow and very exposed summit ridge to cross in order to get to the summit cross. This absolutely requires a head for heights.

Another ascent runs from the Seebensee along the northeast ridge to the top. It can be used as a  descent when crossing. It runs for long sections through steep, grassy slopes and the uppermost 100 metres in height are a UIAA grade II climb in places. This section too is well marked in places and protected with new belays.

Several climbing routes run along the south arête and up the west face.

Literature
 Rudolf Wutscher: Mieminger Kette. Ein Führer für Täler, Hütten und Berge (= Alpenvereinsführer. Ostalpen.). Verfasst nach den Richtlinien der UIAA. Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 1989, , pp. 154–157.

External links

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 Tour description Coburger Hut
 Crossing the Sonnenspitze
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Two-thousanders of Austria
Mountains of the Alps
Mieming Range


It is known to whoever is familiar with Raphael Scott AhBeng's works that his interpretation of nature and beauty are different from the rest of his contemporaries.
This piece is engulfed in various shapes, colours and shades. Struck with visual wonder, the audience is left to discover more and more colours as they explore the canvas, each colour special and diverse, as trees and floras are in the forests. This variation of nature just seems to pull the viewer in, coaxing them to take a longer look, as there are many more colours to discover and to get acquainted with. Perhaps this is how Raphael Scott AhBeng sees plants, leaves and flowers collectively – he sees them as having their own aura, their own colour and own shapes in spite of their original and natural colour.


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Progressive addition lenses with varying power profiles
1. A spectacle lens comprising a first surface having a first channel and a first channel power profile and a second surface having a second channel and a second channel power profile, wherein the channel power profile of the lens is the vector sum of the channel power profiles and the first channel and the second channel are displaced.
The invention provides lenses, as well as methods for their design and production, in which the power distribution between the distance and near vision zone substantially meets the requirements of the wearer'"'"'s eye path and refractive power. This power distribution is obtained without introducing additional unwanted astigmatism.
View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
2. The lens of claim 1, wherein the first surface is a convex progressive surface and the second surface is a concave progressive surface.
3. The lens of claim 1, wherein the first and second channel power profiles are substantially the same.
4. The lens of claim 1, wherein the first and second channel power profiles are different.
6. The lens of claim 5, wherein the displacement is about 0.1 mm to about 20 mm.
7. A spectacle lens comprising a first surface having a first channel and a first channel power profile and a second surface having a second channel and a second channel power profile, wherein the channel power profile of the lens is the vector sum of the channel power profiles and wherein the first channel and the second channel are displaced about 0.1 mm to about 20 mm.
View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
10. The lens of claim 7, wherein the first and second channel power profiles are different.
11. A method for producing a spectacle lens comprising the steps of:
a.) measuring a lens wearer'"'"'s eye path and refractive power requirement while the wearer is viewing an object at a distance, an intermediate, and a near position; and
b.) providing a lens with a channel power profile based on the lens wearer'"'"'s eye path and refractive requirement.
View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
12. The method of claim 11, wherein step b.) is performed by providing a lens comprising a first surface having a first channel and a first channel power profile and a second surface having a second channel and a second channel power profile, wherein the channel power profile of the lens is the vector sum of the channel power profiles.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first and second channel are aligned.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein the first and second channel are displaced.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein the first surface is a convex progressive surface and the second surface is a concave progressive surface.
16. The method of claim 12, wherein the first and second channel power profiles are substantially the same.
17. The method of claim 12, wherein the first and second channel power profiles are different.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first and the second channel are displaced.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the displacement is about 0.1 mm to about 20 mm.
21. A lens produced by the process of claim 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, or 20.
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The total sample size for this survey was 2152 adults.
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This survey has been conducted using an online interview administered by members of the YouGov Plc GB panel of 185,000+ individuals who have agreed to take part in surveys. An email was sent to panellists selected at random from the base sample according to the sample definition, inviting them to take part in the survey and providing a link to the survey.
The responding sample is weighted to the profile of the sample definition to provide a representative reporting sample. The profile is normally derived from census data or, if not available from the census, from industry accepted data.
The Exploring Islam Foundation recently commissioned YouGov to survey public perceptions of Islam, Muslims and the Prophet Muhammad. Here are the results.


Not sure this an official Lego product so who knows how long it will last (Can a smile be copyrighted?!) but any how they have missed a trick here. We love this fun little Lego tote bag. Carry all your bits and pieces (..of lego?!) in this fabulous smiley yellow bag.
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This report examines skills needs within the Professional and Financial Services (PFS) Cluster.
The PFS Cluster was highlighted in the Government White paper New Industry, New Jobs as an area where the UK had a competitive advantage and which offered the potential for growth across global markets. The cluster represents a group of industry strands contained within five Sector Skills Councils.
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A consultation exercise was then carried out with a small number of employers, as well as stakeholders, for example professional bodies, from across the cluster. This exercise aimed to validate the cluster by exploring its important supply-chain links, labour market commonalities, and geography. It also explored the future drivers of change in the cluster and the skills implications of these.
The report found that the cluster incorporated a diverse group of professional strands, but that there was a relatively strong commonality across the cluster around the extent to which firms competed for the same top graduate talent. There were also strong inter-dependencies between some cluster strands, however this was not universally true and some strands which were contained within the cluster were more peripheral.


MEXICO CITY – The son of a Mexican wrestling legend died early Saturday from a blow suffered in the ring, the Baja California state prosecutor's office said.
Pedro Aguayo Ramirez, known as Hijo del Perro Aguayo, fell unconscious on the ropes, apparently after receiving a flying kick from the wrestler Oscar Gutierrez, known as Rey Misterio Jr., according to video of the match in a municipal auditorium in Tijuana.
The match continued for almost two minutes before other participants and the referee realized Aguayo was seriously injured and tended to him.
He was taken to a hospital a block away and died about 1:30 a.m., according to prosecutor's spokesman Raul Gutierrez.
The state prosecutor's office said it has opened an investigation into possible manslaughter. The company that reportedly organized the event, The Crash, couldn't be reached for comment.
Mexico is famous for its colorful characters and costumes in professional wrestling, popularly known as lucha libre, where fighters perform daring aerial maneuvers inside and outside the ring.
Aguayo, 35, had wrestled for 20 years and was the son of the legendary Pedro "Perro" Aguayo, now retired and a member of the Aztec lucha hall of fame.
The younger Aguayo was also popular and led a group called "Los Perros de Mal," or the bad dogs. He won numerous titles, including national pairs with his father, a national heavyweight championship and the Consejo Mundial Lucha Libre world trios championship.


Rett Syndrome is a genetic neurological disorder that occurs almost exclusively in girls. After birth, girls with Rett Syndrome have 6 to 18 months of apparently normal development before suffering severe, rapid degeneration resulting in problems with language and communication, learning, coordination, eating and other brain functions. Girls can ultimately lose the functioning use of their hands, walking ability and speech. Other signs and symptoms that can develop include breathing abnormalities, seizures, scoliosis and sleep disturbances. The rapid period of regression is followed by a long period of stabilization that can last the remainder of their lives.
Rett Syndrome is caused from a spontaneous, random mutation of the MECP2 gene on the X-chromosome. In order to be properly diagnosed with Rett, girls will have a number of clinical symptoms and confirmation will ultimately come through genetic testing to see if they have the MECP2 mutation. The road to finding a diagnosis is long and tedious. Evelyn's journey to find a diagnosis included MRIs, EEGs, EKGs, X-rays, therapies, genetic testing, and countless doctor's visits.
Girls with Rett Syndrome will need lifetime assistance through therapies and other medical interventions. We are extremely hopeful that there will be a cure in our lifetime and we will be doing our part to find a cure! We have already seen major breakthroughs in technology, medication and genetic testing that have given positive results. We hope that this is only the beginning to helping Evelyn and all the other girls living with Rett!


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Speaking about Portfolio's organization I publish today a wonderful image by Woo Kim's project to show how we could prepare and organize a professional concept presentation.
So look at it carefully thinking about these 5 key elements and try on your own!
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recently I published on my FB page this old illustration I made while at Art Center College of Design. It was done for my Illustration course, a photo realism using gouache colors and brashes.
Several great comments about this work and I am happy about it, thank you!
Why was that Illustration course so important at school? I tell you why : with those exercises we learned about colors, tones, values, gray scales, cool and warm grays, composition on page, focal point, how to master highlights, how to work on details, how to reproduce reflections of background modifying slightly the colors to make them look real.
It took me about 40 hours to do it before presentation, it was not the best of the class because other classmates did even better.
You should all go through an exercise like this one before using colors on Photoshop because I believe it is the only way in school to get into colors' world to understand and master it.
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cool sketch right? It is work of Yasid Design, it is a good Photoshop sample for me so I wanted to show it and also tell you that you can find full tutorial of it by clicking: yasiDESIGN Photoshop tutorial video!
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