Our own or someone else's children may be behaving badly, e.g., snatching, hitting, bullying, etc. Since we are naturally concerned about the children's future, we often try to correct the children's behavior using whatever method we think appropriate in the context. But such a "correction" can backfire and aggravate the situation.
Our relatives may be fighting for an inheritance, openly or in a subtle manner. For most of us, the best inheritance of a deceased person is simply being a part of our lives. Unfortunately, there are people who are more interested in the money or other possessions left behind. It is sad, but we hear such a story over and over, across time and place. We may want such people to be transformed into more spiritual beings.
Our friends may be suffering from serious illness. While such an event naturally saddens us, that may also be a great opportunity for them to do something they were unable to do earlier, e.g., mending broken relationships. When we notice this, we try to help them, e.g., by giving them a book that might be useful for them. Even if they appreciate the book (and maybe our compassion), they may not even take a look at it. We might think why they are wasting their opportunities.
These scenarios must sound familiar to many of us. Under these and many other circumstances, we would want to bring about changes in other people. However, after trying, we often feel defeated. Could we really do it?
Regardless of what, if we try to force other people to do something, it will definitely backfire. The reason is simple. Nobody wants to be forced to do things. If we can find a potential exception, there may be some other (possibly hidden) reasons for it. For example, if a child appears that she is willing to be forced to do something, she may actually be doing it because of some indirect benefits. The problem with forcing is not limited to person-to-person situations. Be it an organization, an ethnic group, or a country, none of these is willing to be forced to do things against their will. If a group of people are forced, it is quite possible that some sort of violence will break up.
How about advice? In general, we don't want to hear advice of other people when we are not seeking one. Unsolicited advice won't work. What about if we actually feel like one, e.g., expert advice on financial or medical issues? Even when we are actively seeking advice, we already have a certain predisposition and tend to accept only advice that would fit it. So, acceptable advice is more like just affirmation. If the advice goes against our wish, even expert advice would not work.
Just expecting someone else to do something for us seems completely ineffective. Nevertheless, we do this all the time. Of course, an expectation itself is harmless. However, we are often so much attached to the outcomes of such an expectation that when the others do not act accordingly, we get upset. This feeling can, in turn, upset the others. From their point of view, it is almost impossible to even realize other people's expectation. There is virtually no chance for us to act according to other people's expectation.
So, especially looking from the other people's perspective, it is quite obvious that none of force, advice, and expectation work in a way we might hope. From time to time, we notice our desires to affect other people. This is natural. However, our desires are just our desires. If we try to implement them using a variety of approaches, it will fail. As long as we understand that these wouldn't work, that is fine. However, in many cases, we are so much attached to the outcome, i.e., the change in other people, this time, we will suffer.
But wait a minute. We also need to see the situation in the other direction. Other people may well be trying to change us. But we may not even be aware of their wish and attempt. Even if we notice that, unless we like the idea, we will actively ignore it, strongly resist it, or violently crush it.
Then, could we really bring about change in others? We don't want to rely on violence. Violence only creates more problems and never solves a problem. How about subtle modes of control, such as punishments and rewards? Although these are extremely common, e.g., among parents, teachers, and employers, these won't work either (Kohn, 1993). The only true driving force for change seems to originate within other people and within ourselves, i.e., intrinsic motivation (Deci, 1995). Intrinsic motivation is not the kind of thing we can instill in other people or within ourselves. It must be there at that moment. Then, the best we can do would be the following. We try not to destroy intrinsic motivation in others and within ourselves. We need to be sensitive to other people's and our intrinsic motivation and do the best to protect it. Furthermore, we need to create environments that are conducive to intrinsic motivation. But wouldn't it be too passive and ineffective? I do not think so. In fact, there are many ways we make good use of intrinsic motivation, as can be seen in the examples below.
In the context of education, Dennison demonstrates an extraordinary capacity of being sensitive to his students' development (1969). Note that his approach strongly contrasts with more conventional approaches to education, i.e., controlling students based on the teachers' (or whoever's) agenda. The free school in New York City which Dennison founded was full of students with various "troubles" in their previous schools. While the teachers there helped their students learn conventional academic materials, the students were never coerced to do so (as in the spirit of Neill, 1960). In fact, before even starting to do some academic work, the teachers there needed to address the students' well-being first (as in Harrison, 2002). One of the major factors involved was to eliminate the students' fear deeply ingrained during their prior schooling (refer to the point made by Krishnamurti, 1953). The teachers patiently observed the students, identified their needs and interests, and guided them accordingly. At one point, when a fight between two students broke up, Dennison did not "solve" the problem by force. He actually let them continue to fight. His detailed description of this event clearly shows that Dennison is certainly not for violence; completely the opposite. Nevertheless, he thought that while closely monitoring the students for safety issues, letting them experience the raw emotions and bodily sensations would heal these wounded students. And indeed, this event was a turning point for a dramatic change in the students. They have most likely realized that their futures are in their own hands, not dictated by others.
Another, more recent example in education is John Hunter (2013). He is the creator of World Peace Game, where officials of four imaginary countries tackle fifty (!) complex, interlocking problems, along with homeless tribes and international organizations. Once this attractive but extremely challenging context is set, he skillfully guides the students without telling them what to do. Even when he felt that he was making a mistake of not instructing them properly, he trusts the students' collective wisdom and patiently waits for a meaningful outcome. And in the end, his students always came up with a solution after overcoming confusion and frustration.
In the context of counseling and therapy, Rogers describes an approach called "active listening" (e.g., Rogers and Farson, 1987), based on his humanistic approach (Rogers, 1961). Under normal circumstances filled with judgment and demands, patients tend to be defensive and elusive. However, by listening to the patient empathetically and non-judgmentally, the therapist will be able to build a rapport necessary for the patient to trust and open up to the therapist with honesty. This way, both the therapist and the patient will be able to recognize the patient's genuine and underlying emotions and feelings. With this recognition, the patient will be able to grasp the reality and that can lead to a change. In other words, people won't change unless underlying obstacles are removed, e.g., by the process of active listening.
Active listening is not limited to patient-therapist relationships. It applies to various other people-oriented functions including customer service and crisis hotline volunteers. In fact, to almost all conversations, we can apply "active listening." As we develop this skill, we can even apply the same attitude to actively listen to ourselves, as will be seen shortly.
In the context of parenting, Arbinger Institute/Company proposes an approach called "parenting pyramid" (1998). When a parent wants to "correct" the behavior of her child, the parent cannot forcefully fix the behavior, as it would backfire. The parent needs to "teach" the child somehow. However, to be able to "teach," the parent needs to be in good relationship with her spouse and other adults in the environment. To be in a good relationship with her spouse and others, she must be in good shape herself, emotionally and cognitively. In other words, unless parents truly understand themselves and improve their attitudes and behaviors, it would be impossible to "correct" their children.
We can extend the discussion to parenting very young children, including infants. According to attachment theory, pioneered by Bowlby and Ainsworth (historical overview by Karen, 1994), the development of desirable "attachment" patterns depends on how the parent/caregiver responds to the child, regardless of what the child does. If a parent tries to "correct" her child, e.g., based on her expectation, the child will grow to be insecure. If the parent "actively listens" to the child, not at the auditory level, but at the physical/biological level, the child will become securely attached to the parent. In a sense, active listening can be applied to human interactions at all levels.
An analogous point can be observed on the topic of forgiveness. Warner, the founder of Arbinger Institute, argues that true forgiveness is not to "forgive" the offender (as if we were a superior) but to forgive ourselves for blaming the offenders (2001). That is, as long as we blame others for whatever happened, including really horrible things, we will never be at peace and never be able to change.
In the area of trauma and addition recovery, it is often perceived that patients are powerless and that someone else (including gods) must be in charge. Even here, however, experts are discovering that one of the essential ingredients in a successful recovery process is patient's self-directed attempt to get better (van der Kolk, 2014; Maté, 2010; Peele, et al., 1991). Also to help people with mental illness, caregivers and family would need the skills of active listening , addressing the intrinsic motivation of the patients, and develop a plan collaboratively (Amador, 2012). In the school and other contexts, when there are children's behavior issues, teachers and counselors would normally try to control them badly. However, a better approach seems to actively involve children in the problem solving process (Ross Greene, 2008). According to Greene, children "already know how we want them to behave" and "already want to behave the right way." So, in these additional cases as well, the best thing would be to change our attitude and adopt the most appropriate method.
The approach discussed so far can be dramatically realized when we attend to a person who is going to die. We often feel powerless. In many cases, the dying person still clings to her life and cannot let go of it. In such a situation, we always hope for a better turn in terms of the health condition but it is also more painful if we are attached to such a hope and cannot let go of the possible loss. If the situation is truly grave, we cannot really change the process of dying. In such a case, the only "healing" may be in the relationship between the involved people. Rather than trying to change the dying person, it is often the change in the surrounding people that could make it better for the dying. The process of dying can even be inspiring for the dying and others (Levine, 1982).
In the end, we can make the best out of the loss by understanding the limited span of our lives and not attaching to immortality. In many cases, the dying person (especially a child, according to Levine, 1982) worries more about the caregivers than themselves. Then, the change in the caregivers would certainly affect the dying. This kind of situation will make us realize that we cannot really change others as we would normally think. For the dying, it is best if we change.
Being with a dying person would inevitably make us realize that we too will die at some point; normally, we just don't know when this will happen. Then, our attitude toward dying people would translate to our attitude toward ourselves, who are also dying. This again suggests that we cannot really be changed by others (unless the others' change are already positively affecting us, as discussed above). We need to change from within. That is, we are the driving force behind a change, as well as the subject of change.
Recently, I watched a movie film, "The Soloist," which is based on a true story. In the film, the newspaper reporter, Steve Lopez, struggles to help the talented, schizophrenic, and homeless musician, Nathaniel Ayers, gain an opportunity to become "successful" in the usual sense. By writing a column about Ayers, Lopez helps Ayers to receive a cello as a gift, a place to live, an opportunity to perform, etc. But things do not go so well as Lopez expects; he gets extremely frustrated. We could even see that the "normality" of Lopez (conditioned by the conventional social values) appears abnormal and the "abnormality" of Ayers (schizophrenia) appears normal. In a sense, if the society is pathological, a normal person may not appear "normal" in that society.
In the end, Lopez realizes that what Ayers really wants is just his friendship and not paternalistic "charity." With this realization, Lopez becomes Ayers' real friend. This story clearly demonstrates what we have been discussing. A positive change emerged when Lopez himself, the person who was trying to change Ayers, changed. To me, the story is about Lopez who was healed first, which also helped Ayers.
As we have seen so far, the best way to bring about changes in other people seems to be our own change. As active listening is to attend the speaker without judgment, if we apply the same attitude to ourselves, that can be the most effective tool for us to change, which can in turn bring about changes in others. And the attitude of applying active listening to ourselves is basically the attitude of mindfulness. If we are mindful, we are in fact "meditating" albeit in a very informal way (relevant discussion in Gunaratana, 2002).
Through mindfulness, we can become aware of our attachments to various things, i.e., materials, feelings, status, relationships, etc. This can make us understand how we are conditioned by various external factors. When we realize this and when we can free ourselves from such conditionality, we could develop a kind of unconditionality, which would be a strong basis for bringing about change in ourselves and other people.
Now, let us turn to the problem of violence, or any other major problem for that matter. Actually, various forms of child neglect and abuse are by all means a form of violence. These are most definitely major factors in developing physical and mental health problems, including depression, anxiety, and addiction. Now, from the discussion so far, we should be aware that superficial "correction" would not really solve the problem. We need a principled approach. And the best approach, in my opinion, would be for us to be mindful of the situation and based on that deep understanding, to act responsibly. It would be impossible to tell exactly what would be the best action. It would all depend on our capacity to truly understand the source of a problem. For example, a deep-rooted and on-going conflict between ethnic groups would require the change of a lot of people involved in the conflict and may not take place overnight. Nevertheless, as the history demonstrates, there still is a possibility that even such a problem could be resolved through the intrinsic motivation of just a few people initially, and then that of more and more people eventually. Naturally, it will take an exceptional amount of effort. However, it would certainly be possible also to prevent future violence. If we are mindful of our attachments/limitations and act responsibly, it would be much more unlikely for each of us to act violently.
So, despite the problems with commonly-used approaches to bring about change in people, I do believe that it is possible to achieve this, albeit in a not so conventional and/or swift manner. In short, when we really want to bring about changes in people, the "people" we need to change first are ourselves, not others.
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Hollywoodreporter.com: Spike Lee has been named the head of this year's Cannes Film Festival jury, overseeing the official selection competition at the 73rd edition of the event.
The 62-year-old American filmmaker has had a long and at times fraught relationship with Cannes. Among his notable successes at the festival, Lee's first feature She's Gotta Have It, won the Prix de la Jeunesse in the Director's Fortnight in 1986, in 1989 Do The Right Thing was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or and Jungle Fever played in competition in 1991. Girl 6 screened out of competition in 1996, and Summer of Sam was part of the Directors Fortnight sidebar in 1999. In 2002, Ten Minutes Older was in the Un Certain Regard selection. After a long gap, Lee returned to the Croisette with 2018's BlacKkKlansman, which competed for the Palme d'Or and ended up winning the festival's Grand Prix.
"In this life I have lived ... my biggest blessings have been when they arrived unexpected, when they happened out of nowhere. When I got the call that I was offered the opportunity to be President of Cannes Jury for 2020, I was shocked, happy, surprised and proud all at the same time," Lee said in a lengthy statement.
He added: "To me the Cannes Film Festival (besides being the most important film festival in the world — no disrespect to anybody) has had a great impact on my film career. You could easily say Cannes changed the trajectory of who I became in world cinema."
As well as having success at Cannes, Lee has had his run-ins with the festival, most famously trashing 1989 jury head Wim Wenders when Do the Right Thing lost out on the Palme d'Or to Stephen Soderbergh's sex, lies and videotape. "Wim Wenders had better watch out cause I'm waiting for his ass," Lee said after the snub. "Somewhere deep in my closet I have a Louisville Slugger bat with Wenders' name on it." (He said in a 2013 interview with Pharrell Williams that the comment "was a very immature statement ... it was stupid.")
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in 2018, however, Lee maintained that Do the Right Thing was "robbed."
Cannes has also been the venue for some of Lee's most controversial statements. In 1999, he faced criticism for comments he made in France about actor Charlton Heston, then head of the National Rifle Association, and gun control in America. Speaking at Cannes in 2008, Lee criticized Clint Eastwood's war movie Letters From Iwo Jima for its lack of black soldiers. And in 2018 at a press conference for BlacKkKlansman, Lee excoriated President Donald Trump for not disavowing the Ku Klux Klan after the violent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.
Lee succeeds Alejandro G. Iñárritu, whose jury last year awarded the coveted Palme d'Or to Bong Joon Ho's Parasite, which has gone on to win global acclaim and numerous awards, as well as scoring six Oscar nominations on Monday.
The rest of the jury for Cannes' main competition will be announced in mid-April.
This year's Cannes Film Festival is set to run May 12-23.

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Using Drafts for iPhone to take the Data Diet mobile
This is part of our series of articles (RSS) where we share some of our favorite technology tools. Like you, we're pretty enthusiastic about new ways to geek out, and we hope to share some of that here. Let us know what you think.
A few days ago I was reading Paul Smalera's Medium essay entitled 'The Data Diet: How I lost 60 pounds using a Google Spreadsheet'. This interested me not only because of Paul's astounding progress in his health habits, but also because I had tried this before. Tried and failed. In addition to requiring you to add your weight to a spreadsheet each day, Paul's sheet template has a ten day rolling average, and I really liked that idea. But I still think it's a friction point to manually type your weight into a Google Spreadsheet. Google Docs is atrocious on mobile, so that's not really an attractive option for me. Yucky, yucky, yuck. [1]
My plan of attack? After briefly considering an Ifttt recipe, I settled instead on the very handy Drafts app because of its ease of use. This uber-trendy text editor (which costs $2.99/¥250 in the App Store) could be used to input my weight in a snap on my iPod Touch and send it directly to a file in Dropbox, using the 'Append to Dropbox' action [2] — or something similar anyway. But why Dropbox? We want our weight to go into our Google Spreadsheet, right? Yes, but I'll get to that in a moment. Under SETTINGS > CUSTOM ACTIONS > DROPBOX ACTIONS. I decided to make an entirely new action based on 'Append to Dropbox'. I called it 'Weight to Dropbox' and I defined the path for this file to be saved under /Public/Weight/. I made the file extension CSV, so that file can be easily imported later on from Google Docs. It's a bit of a hack, but trust me, it works like a charm.
But the 'Template' section was a little tricky. I needed to add the date, plus a comma to complete the our daily line of input (because we're creating a comma separated values file). Paul's spreadsheet has a date field, so I want it to match up with his formal. To do that, we just need to enter the following:
[[date|%m/%d/%y]],[[draft]]
The first part represents the date, and the second 'draft' portion will represent whatever we type in our Drafts entry, in this case our weight. If you'd like to get the action, it's here. Clicking on it once you have Drafts installed should do the trick.
So now, inputting my weight on a daily basis creates a simple CSV file that looks a little like this (after three entries, anyway).
Date, Weight
05/20/13,81.1
But by putting the file in my Dropbox public folder, that means my data is published to the web. And in turn, that means that by copying my Dropbox public link for that file [3], I can use Google Spreadsheet's import function to connect it to Google Docs directly, and have the spreadsheet update whenever I add a new daily weigh-in.
To do that, I added a new sheet to Paul's template called CSV. And in cell A1 I added the following data import formula [4]:
=ImportData("https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1234567/Weight/weight.csv")
…and BOOM! There's your data. Now to get those entries into Paul's spreadsheet template, you merely need to do use your '=' sign in Paul's sheet, and point it towards the corresponding cell data in your CSV sheet for that date (see below) [5]. And then apply that formula to all cells for the entire year.
And now once you have that, you get do lots of fun stuff. I added a couple of charts and published the entire sheet to the web. Now I can add that to my iPod homescreen for example, and easily access my chart anytime I wish (pictured below). It doesn't look entirely awful in landscape [6].
So far this system is working pretty well for me. I even bought a digital scales for better readings than my old analog scales. I'm only a few entries into my data recording, and I look forward to seeing if it makes an impact on my behavior and/or diet. I've been putting in more time on my desk-cycle after meals (did I not tell you about the desk-cycle?), so I hope I can myself keep in decent shape as a result. I'm considering another Dropbox action to log bike time, but that's another discussion!
Update May 30th – I thought perhaps there might be a way to get my weight chart to display on my desktop. And indeed there is! Geektool for Mac does the trick, with its image display function. Just publish your Google Chart as an image, and grab the image URL for use in Geektool. I also used a fun Doctor Who backdrop, and threw in the DateLine app as a fancier X-axis. I still need to adjust my graph's grid lines though. But I like how its coming along! (See below)
Some of you readers are probably yelling at your screens right now that the Withings wifi scales is the logical solution here. But really, where's the fun in that? Plus, I'm a writer. Writers are poor. ↩
As you may know, there's a collection of useful Drafts actions over on the Drafts website. ↩
For those of you with relatively new Dropbox accounts, you may have to enable your Dropbox public folder for proper web sharing. ↩
Note that this is not actually my link. I subbed in some random digits. But you get the idea. ↩
I realize that since Paul has a date field, it's not entirely necessary for me to add my own. But it's better to store my own date field in the CSV file, and keep the data a little bit more complete. ↩
You'll notice that I have a 'Chart2' in my picture here. That's Google's Time line chart, which just doesn't fly in Mobile Safari. Hence the regular Google Chart. ↩
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In Japan, mobile lookbooks help take the stress out of shopping
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Photo via iQon Japanese women are known for being fashion enthusiasts who love all things Kawaii. Fashion 'lookbooks' or coordination services are becoming an essential part of enjoying fashion in the digital age, especially in this corner of the world. One popular service in this space is fashion coordinating site iQon, which has over one million monthly users. Another popular fashion e-commerce service Zozotown has published its own original lookbook content, created by store staff and covering a variety of brands. And long before that, fashionistas have expressed themselves through their styles, uploading photos of daily look on their blogs. I recently came across another fashion coordinating site called Dre'Che, a service operated by Kakaku.com. Kakaku Group runs a range of websites including Japan's Yelp equivalent, Tabelog, and price comparison site Kakaku.com. Its Dre'che service was launched in August of 2010, four months after iQon was released. The concept of the site is very similar to that of iQon, with the goal of making it easier for users to discover cool fashion items. On Dre'che, users first answer questions about their age, height, favorite magazine, and what kind of clothes they wear. After answering these initial questions, they can…
Photo via iQon
Japanese women are known for being fashion enthusiasts who love all things Kawaii. Fashion 'lookbooks' or coordination services are becoming an essential part of enjoying fashion in the digital age, especially in this corner of the world.
One popular service in this space is fashion coordinating site iQon, which has over one million monthly users. Another popular fashion e-commerce service Zozotown has published its own original lookbook content, created by store staff and covering a variety of brands. And long before that, fashionistas have expressed themselves through their styles, uploading photos of daily look on their blogs.
I recently came across another fashion coordinating site called Dre'Che, a service operated by Kakaku.com. Kakaku Group runs a range of websites including Japan's Yelp equivalent, Tabelog, and price comparison site Kakaku.com. Its Dre'che service was launched in August of 2010, four months after iQon was released.
The concept of the site is very similar to that of iQon, with the goal of making it easier for users to discover cool fashion items. On Dre'che, users first answer questions about their age, height, favorite magazine, and what kind of clothes they wear. After answering these initial questions, they can browse looks that other users have created and then like or comment on them, or bookmark them for later reference.
Dre'Che released its iPhone app back in June of 2012, allowing users to easily take photos of items they own, and then use them to create their own looks. The app had over 7,000 items registered at its initial launch, thus offering a lot of value to first-time users who have not yet added/uploaded pictures of clothes from their own closet. Interestingly, this feature of creating looks is only available on smartphone. And as far as I can tell, there is not much interactions between users.
Another service, Bemool, takes a different approach. The site, which launched in July of 2012, has registered female stylists who pick out clothes for users. Users can answer questions about fashion tastes, including size, occasion, and budget. Subsequently they receive fashion coordination ideas from a stylist via email. This proposal process costs 3,000 yen, and then an additional 2,000 yen for each proposal. Bemool also provides a service to have the items shipped to home, and that's available for about 30,000 yen.
With the spread of mobile phones, online shopping has become an everyday activity for many Japanese users. However, many e-commerce websites remain just a gigantic collection of products, leaving many consumers with the challenge of finding something they like. Fashion lookbooks remove this hassle, helping users discover great clothes.
In the mobile market, there are no real borders. And other global players fighting for user mindshare in Japan and abroad include Pose and ZooLook. It will be interesting to see who will win out in this cut-throat war.
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After announcing new CEO last week, Japan's Mixi invests in two startups
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Yusuke Asakura
In the wake of announcing a new CEO last week, Japanese social network company Mixi (TYO:2121) continued a busy month by announced investments in two startups today. At its financial results briefing, incoming CEO Yusuke Asakura talked about future changes planned for Mixi, including aggressive investments in promising companies. The two investment disclosed today are CloudStudy and Reventive. CloudStudy will receive 72 million yen (over $700,000), which will account for 20% of its total funding to date. The figure for Reventive was not disclosed but it is somewhere in the tens of millions. The startup has other investors including Sunbridge Global Ventures and some angel investors, adding up to 70 million yen in total. StudyPlus is a social learning management platform that was released back in March of 2012. It hit the 100,000 user milestone after almost a year later in April of 2013 . Users can study languages or prepare for university entrance exams by recording their study hours and content, sharing progress with friends if they choose. The platform can be used anonymously, making it easy to connect with other users. The startup's CEO Takashi Hirose shared some interesting figures about their growth to date. So far they…
In the wake of announcing a new CEO last week, Japanese social network company Mixi (TYO:2121) continued a busy month by announced investments in two startups today. At its financial results briefing, incoming CEO Yusuke Asakura talked about future changes planned for Mixi, including aggressive investments in promising companies.
The two investment disclosed today are CloudStudy and Reventive. CloudStudy will receive 72 million yen (over $700,000), which will account for 20% of its total funding to date. The figure for Reventive was not disclosed but it is somewhere in the tens of millions. The startup has other investors including Sunbridge Global Ventures and some angel investors, adding up to 70 million yen in total.
StudyPlus is a social learning management platform that was released back in March of 2012. It hit the 100,000 user milestone after almost a year later in April of 2013 . Users can study languages or prepare for university entrance exams by recording their study hours and content, sharing progress with friends if they choose. The platform can be used anonymously, making it easy to connect with other users.
The startup's CEO Takashi Hirose shared some interesting figures about their growth to date. So far they have 23 million monthly page views, with about 9,500 of their 12,000 active users recording learning activities every day with the app. That means 80% of all the users who log into the service enter a record, typically 3.5 times a day on average. StudyPlus is available both on the web, as well as via iOS and Android apps.
As for Reventive, its main offering is an app called Close, which is available on both iOS and Android. Close is sort of a Path equivalent, limiting the number of friends you can have to nine people. The app aspires to be the most secure place to connect and communicate with the most important people in your lives. There is a big update planned for June, so stay tuned to see what they have in store. Close is a graduate of KDDI Mugen Labo.
Written with contributions from Masaru Ikeda
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Japanese mobile livestreaming app TwitCasting raises $634,000
East Ventures
Masao Ito
Taiga Matsuyama
Yoski Akamatsu
See the original story in Japanese. Japanese mobile livestreaming app TwitCasting announced today that it has raised 64.8 million yen (approximately $634,000) from East Ventures, as well as Japanese serial entrepreneur Masao Ito who runs a web traffic analysis startup called User Local. In addition, East Ventures' co-founding partner Taiga Matsuyama and Masao Ito will join the board of directors for TwitCasting. TwitCasting was launched back in February of 2010 by Moi Corp. When we got in touch with the company back in March, CEO Yoski Akamatsu explained that the app's userbase has significantly grown since the latter half of 2012, acquiring more than 200,000 users every month. The number of users is currently 2.4 million, and it's expected to surpass 4 million by the end of this fiscal year. As the userbase continues to skyrocket, the startup has been suffering from a lack of resources in terms of infrastructure management and system developments. Akamatsu explains that they decided to pursue funding to intensify engineering resources so they could improve the service's back-end. He added: If our user base keep growing at this pace, it will definitely be about 4 million people soon. With this funding, we will hire more engineers and form a sound…
See the original story in Japanese.
Japanese mobile livestreaming app TwitCasting announced today that it has raised 64.8 million yen (approximately $634,000) from East Ventures, as well as Japanese serial entrepreneur Masao Ito who runs a web traffic analysis startup called User Local. In addition, East Ventures' co-founding partner Taiga Matsuyama and Masao Ito will join the board of directors for TwitCasting.
TwitCasting was launched back in February of 2010 by Moi Corp. When we got in touch with the company back in March, CEO Yoski Akamatsu explained that the app's userbase has significantly grown since the latter half of 2012, acquiring more than 200,000 users every month. The number of users is currently 2.4 million, and it's expected to surpass 4 million by the end of this fiscal year.
As the userbase continues to skyrocket, the startup has been suffering from a lack of resources in terms of infrastructure management and system developments. Akamatsu explains that they decided to pursue funding to intensify engineering resources so they could improve the service's back-end. He added:
If our user base keep growing at this pace, it will definitely be about 4 million people soon. With this funding, we will hire more engineers and form a sound development team. When we actually reach the target [of 4 million], we will look ahead to our next goal.
Taiga Matsuyama added his thoughts:
I've known Yoski since 2006, and his expertise are admired [by many other engineers]. The service's user base is also rapidly growing and has also penetrated the overseas market as well. We'll work with him to help them accelerate their business much further. I believe TwitCasting is a rare but precious startup that has big potential in the English-speaking community or even in the Asian region.
Interestingly, they actually are seeing 10% of their traffic coming from Brazil. Yoski isn't exactly sure why this is the case, but he also related a curious story about how traffic saw a big drop at when school started in April in Japan.
I called it "the school-entry season shock". Most likely our users must be busy making new friends, so that they didn't set aside time to livecast [with the app].
Currently Twitcasting is getting revenue from advertising and charging paid users. In terms the breakdown of mobile platforms, they have a more traffic from Android than iPhone.
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Japan's 'Social Party Robot Band' has a killer guitarist, will melt your face off!
Z-machines
See our report on this story in Japanese There appears to be no end to the things that Japan can do with robots. While many robots are for practical purposes on assembly lines, there are also some really fun robots out there too. Take for example, Z-Machines, the first 'social party robot band', which is scheduled to make its debut on June 24th at the Liquid Room in Ebisu, Tokyo. As you can see in their demo video above, the robot guitarist looks especially bad-ass, capable of playing at a speed of up to 1184 bpm. There's there are no shortage of picks or nimble fingers in this mechanized setup, although I'm curious to see what the entire band looks like up close. The band's profile shows a trio, including a keyboard robot and a drum robot too. I'm not sure if they will look much like the promotional graphics (see below), but I really hope so! So what kind of music will the band play? That's where the 'social' aspect comes into play. Leading up to its June 24th debut, Z-Machines will be accepting song submissions from aspiring musicians (in wav or midi formats) on PC or by using…
See our report on this story in Japanese
There appears to be no end to the things that Japan can do with robots. While many robots are for practical purposes on assembly lines, there are also some really fun robots out there too. Take for example, Z-Machines, the first 'social party robot band', which is scheduled to make its debut on June 24th at the Liquid Room in Ebisu, Tokyo.
As you can see in their demo video above, the robot guitarist looks especially bad-ass, capable of playing at a speed of up to 1184 bpm. There's there are no shortage of picks or nimble fingers in this mechanized setup, although I'm curious to see what the entire band looks like up close. The band's profile shows a trio, including a keyboard robot and a drum robot too. I'm not sure if they will look much like the promotional graphics (see below), but I really hope so!
So what kind of music will the band play? That's where the 'social' aspect comes into play. Leading up to its June 24th debut, Z-Machines will be accepting song submissions from aspiring musicians (in wav or midi formats) on PC or by using the Nana smartphone app [1]. The lucky winner will have their song played by Z-Machines during its debut.
The concept comes as part of a promotion for Zima, under the supervision of Tokyo University professor Yoichi Kawaguchi. Judging by his previous work, this looks like it will be quite a show!
Readers may recall that we featured Nana – an app that lets musicians collaborate on projects together using their smartphones – just a few days ago. ↩
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Kakaku.com: Japan's price comparison king
Japanese internet in-depth
kakaku
This is part of our 'Japanese internet in-depth' series (RSS). Stay tuned for more features that aim to explain what makes the internet unique in Japan. Japanese price comparison site Kakaku.com is a pretty essential tool for shoppers in Japan, whether you do your shopping online or offline. While sites like Rakuten or Amazon Japan are among the most likely online retail destinations, along with countless other lesser known e-commerce options. But in order to find out where the cheapest option is, Kakaku is your spot. From a business perspective, Kakaku.com essentially offers both price comparison listing (for which it charges a fee) and free product listing/aggregation. But from a consumer perspective, what I find to be Kakaku's best feature is its categorized product ranking. While this is a somewhat common features among product-centered sites these days, Kakaku executes it well, essentially removing any of the worry you might have that you'll buy the wrong product. If it's the top product or an editor's choice than it's pretty safe bet that you've made a good selection [1]. Kakaku has a decent mobile site too, so I find myself checking on prices even while in stores sometimes. The company does offer…
This is part of our 'Japanese internet in-depth' series (RSS). Stay tuned for more features that aim to explain what makes the internet unique in Japan.
Japanese price comparison site Kakaku.com is a pretty essential tool for shoppers in Japan, whether you do your shopping online or offline. While sites like Rakuten or Amazon Japan are among the most likely online retail destinations, along with countless other lesser known e-commerce options. But in order to find out where the cheapest option is, Kakaku is your spot. From a business perspective, Kakaku.com essentially offers both price comparison listing (for which it charges a fee) and free product listing/aggregation.
But from a consumer perspective, what I find to be Kakaku's best feature is its categorized product ranking. While this is a somewhat common features among product-centered sites these days, Kakaku executes it well, essentially removing any of the worry you might have that you'll buy the wrong product. If it's the top product or an editor's choice than it's pretty safe bet that you've made a good selection [1]. Kakaku has a decent mobile site too, so I find myself checking on prices even while in stores sometimes. The company does offer a bar code search app, although I have yet to give that a try.
Photo: Gigazine
The other useful feature of Kakaku is that it shows you recent price fluctuations via a line chart that shows both lowest and average price over time. So if you have a big purchase planned this is something you might keep your eye on, to make sure you're buying at the right time. There are even some apps out there that will send you an alert when the price falls below a certain threshold.
Another major use of Kakaku is its kuchikomi user reviews. This is where users provide feedback about various products, giving you a little more insight into products you'd like to buy. To get a better idea about Kakaku's web interface, check out this video overview that I made a little while back [2].
The company has a pretty extensive repertoire of Facebook pages which really help if you'd like to stay up to date on new products in a certain category. For example, I like to keep an eye on new cameras that hit the market, and Kakaku's camera page is great for this.
Kakaku also has a number of interesting subsidiaries that you might be familiar with, including food-focused site Tabelog, Japanese movie information site eiga.com as well as travel-focused price comparison site 4travel.jp.
Interestingly Kakaku has been looking to offer its price comparison service in foreign markets, with sites already established and operating in Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines under the PricePrice.com umbrella. It will be interesting to see which markets the company looks to next.
Also relevant in the price comparison space is Aucfan which helps consumers find the best available prices on online auction sites.
For example, I just bought a bathroom scales yesterday. What do I know about which is the best bathroom scales? Absolutely nothing. But by going with the top ranked scales on Kakaku I know I got decent value. ↩
While this video is a little dated by now, it still serves as a good illustration since the website hasn't changed too much. ↩
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Internationally renowned coach Ms. Judy Van Zon is at Sri Sri University to train MA students of Good Governance and Public Policy in the areas of team building and leadership. Ms. Judy from Netherlands is an internationally certified professional coach and trainer with more than 20 years of experience in the areas of developing teams and training leaders to become efficient and effective. The Programme was inaugurated by Dr. Vijaya Lakshmi Mohanty and Dr. Pratima Sarangi.
The three day (3-5 November) intensive course for MA students of Good Governance at Sri Sri University was planned by the Department of Good Governance led by Dr. Mohanty in active consultation with Ms. Judy.
During this intensive certificate course Ms. Judy touched upon issues of group behavior, team building, relationship systems, effective team work and collaborative leadership. Students learnt several skills to self-reflect and assess their behaviors, patterns and skills. The students benefited immensely from the experiential learning method of the course and Judy has helped them to unlock their potential to be efficient and ethical leaders of tomorrow. The students said in the feedback that this course has immensely helped them discover their natural leadership traits and recognize their inherent capacity to respond to the existing and emerging internal and external challenges.
VC Prof Nand Lal speaking at the valedictory session appreciated the initiative of the Department and was happy that students learnt to think from within and beyond. Ms. Judy thanked the Sri Sri University and Prof Nand Lal for taking this initiative. She said that as a leadership trainer she usually works with corporate teams but working with these bright young students of Good Governance and Public Policy was a unique experience for her. She was impressed with the quality of students and thanked them for their full engagement, enthusiasm and willingness to learn which made the course a joyful experience.
In Vote of Thanks Dr. Pratima Sarangi thanked Dr. Vijaya Lakshmi Mohanty, Mr. Kamala Kanta Dash, students of both batches and above all to Ms. Judy Van Zon. She also thanked student coordinators Vishal Dewan, Priti Bhujbal and Spira Ram etc for their voluntary contribution in taking charge of different aspects of the course.
It should be noted that Sri Sri University has developed national and global partnerships to strengthen its unique MA programme in Good Governance and Public Policy. Students are trained in theory and practice of governance through lectures, field visits, interviews and various skill based labs. The first batch students for their summer research project have worked with many institutions notably including the Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad; PRS Delhi; Vision India Foundation, Delhi; Maharashtra Legislative Assembly; Pramanya Strategy; Vapi Municipal Council , Gujarat and NALCO, Odisha.


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If you're new to Fortnite and looking for parkour codes, you've come to the right place. These cheat codes will allow you to run and jump through the city without being spotted by other players. This article will cover the Easy Rainbow Funrun, Ruination City Slide, High Tower Escape 3, and the Faze Kaz code.
Ruination City Slide
Faze Kaz code
Mirror's Edge
If you're looking for a parkour map that's not too hard but is still rewarding, the Easy Rainbow Funrun in Fortnite is the course for you. It is simple, colorful, and easy to learn. However, unlike the other maps, this one is more challenging than others.
You can also complete the Deathrun. You must jump up to the sky to complete the circuit. To make it easier, you need to time your jumps properly. This is a fun challenge that requires patience. The game will reward you if you can finish it quickly.
Ruination City Slide is a new parkour code in Fortnite that you can use to improve your skills on the map. It's the first Parkour to use the sliding mechanic and can be played by up to 16 players. Players can use this parkour code to improve their skills on the Ruination City Slide and other maps.
This map is easy to learn and is also fun for beginners. You'll find that this map is more accessible than High Tower Escape, making it an excellent choice for parties. You'll be able to complete each level quickly and without requiring too much concentration.
This parkour map is a part of Fortnite's creative mode. It consists of various challenges and is based on the popular Temple Run game app. You'll find obstacles that make the map more challenging, and you'll also find platforms that blend in with the environment.
Another Fortnite parkour map is called the Sunset Island Deathrun. This parkour map includes many challenges, ranging from easy to complex. You'll have to compete against other players to finish the map, and the codes for this Parkour are in the Creative mode.
If you're looking for an awesome Fortnite game that will challenge your brain and your abilities, High Tower Escape 3 is the map for you. It is both an escape room and a parkour map that tests your brain and skills. You'll find hidden passages, tricky jumps, and clever room puzzles throughout this game. There are also previous installments you can play as well.
This parkour map is one of my favorites in the game. Playing with friends and challenging them to a parkour competition is fun. It's based on a round system, and you start at the bottom and play your way up. You will also have to stay alive as lava rises. While playing, you'll earn coins that you can spend on upgrades and advantages. You can also sabotage other players to gain cash.
Parkour map features easy, medium, and complex maps. Fast Parkour is a more advanced parkour map that will test your skills and challenge you. You can play the map with up to four players. The Easy Rainbow Funrun map is best for casual gameplay, requiring less concentration than the other parkour maps. It is also an excellent map for beginners who want to put less effort into it. Compared to other parkour maps, this one has checkpoints at every level, so you don't have to worry about getting stuck on a story.
There are various Fortnite parkour courses. The Faze Kaz code is one of them. It is a challenging parkour course that incorporates a trickshot element. It would help if you jumped from ledge to ledge, hit trick shots, and avoided falling off the map to beat the system.
You can get more information about parkour maps by visiting the official Epic Games website. It will also contain codes for the different maps. These codes are categorized by theme and name. You can easily find the map that will work best for you. In addition to that, all links in the list are directed to the official Epic Games website.
Mirror's Edge is an action-packed video game based on Parkour. This fast-paced sport involves traversing urban terrains by breaking traditional barriers. The game was released in 2008 when Parkour was reaching its cultural peak. This also marks the beginning of the game's commercialization.
The game is similar to the Matrix franchise but set in a sprawling city. Players are guided through jobs by operators. They must avoid law enforcement by using bullets to gain time. The objective of this game mode is to escape from the law, which can be challenging if you're unaware of your surroundings.
There are some great parkour maps in Fortnite, including Skyline Parkour and 12th Hour's Parkour. These maps are inspired by the parkour genre and allow players to move through different environments. These games also have a seamless design and are popular with the Fortnite creative community.
For example, one of the parkour maps in the game is Mirrors Edge, a densely detailed neighborhood. This mechanic makes running through the area look more dynamic and highlights interactive objects. In addition, the speed of the game is slowed down. The result is a much more challenging experience.
Fortnite's creative mode features many maps, from Deathrun maps to Parkour. In addition, you can also play different game modes in Fortnite's Creative mode, such as Mini Games and Free for all methods. For a more challenging map, try Escape the World parkour, which involves traversing many environments, with checkpoints at the end of each level.
The Fast Parkour Island code is 0887-5222-3332. It also has a significant Lazer Bundle, which features a Major Lazer Outfit, Lazer Wings Back Bling, and Lazer Axe Harvesting Tool. In addition, it includes Default Vibe and Fire Music as well as the Lazer Flex Emote.
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OSA Publishing > Optics Express > Volume 23 > Issue 5 > Page 6965
Experimental demonstration of propagation characteristics of mid-infrared photonic crystal waveguides in silicon-on-sapphire
Yi Zou, Swapnajit Chakravarty, Parker Wray, and Ray T. Chen
Yi Zou,1,4,* Swapnajit Chakravarty,2,3,4 Parker Wray,1 and Ray T. Chen1,2,5
1Microelectronics Research Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd. Austin, Texas 78758 USA
2Omega Optics, Inc., Austin, Texas 78759 USA
3swapnajit.chakravarty@omegaoptics.com
4These authors contributed equally to the paper
5raychen@uts.cc.utexas.edu
*Corresponding author: yzou@utexas.edu
Y Zou
S Chakravarty
P Wray
Yi Zou, Swapnajit Chakravarty, Parker Wray, and Ray T. Chen, "Experimental demonstration of propagation characteristics of mid-infrared photonic crystal waveguides in silicon-on-sapphire," Opt. Express 23, 6965-6975 (2015)
Spotlight Summary
Integrated Optics
Laser materials
Photonic crystal waveguides
Slot waveguides
Photonic crystal waveguides (130.5296)
Photonic crystals (230.5298)
Nanophotonics and photonic crystals (350.4238)
Original Manuscript: December 19, 2014
Revised Manuscript: February 20, 2015
Manuscript Accepted: February 26, 2015
April 20, 2015 Spotlight on Optics
We provide the first experimental demonstration of optical transmission characteristics of a W1 photonic crystal waveguide in silicon on sapphire at mid infrared wavelength of 3.43 μm. Devices are studied as a function of lattice constant to tune the photonic stop band across the single wavelength of the source laser. The shift in the transmission profile as a function of temperature and refractive index is experimentally demonstrated and compared with simulations. In addition to zero transmission in the stop gap, propagation losses less than 20 dB/cm are observed for group indices greater than 20 below the light line while more than 300 dB/cm propagation losses are observed above the light line, characteristic of the waveguiding behavior of photonic crystal line defect modes.
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Christian Reimer, Milos Nedeljkovic, David J. M. Stothard, Matthieu O. S. Esnault, Christopher Reardon, Liam O'Faolain, Malcolm Dunn, Goran Z. Mashanovich, and Thomas F. Krauss
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Yi Zou, Swapnajit Chakravarty, Chi-Jui Chung, Xiaochuan Xu, and Ray T. Chen
Photon. Res. 6(4) 254-276 (2018)
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Fig. 1 (a) 3D FDTD simulation of a short W1 PCW in silicon-on-sapphire for operation at 3.43 μm with a = 845 nm. The different parts of the transmission spectrum are indicated. (b) Set of 3D FDTD simulations of short W1 PCWs with different lattice constants a = 830 nm, 840 nm, 845 nm, 850 nm, 860 nm, 870 nm and 890 nm. Simulation for a = 845 nm is indicated by the dotted black plot. The output spectrum of our source ICL is indicated by the dashed black plot (right axis).
Fig. 2 3D plane wave expansion simulation of the dispersion diagram of a silicon based W1 PCW on sapphire substrate with air top cladding. The red dashed line indicates the PCW dispersion at the interface between silicon strip waveguide and W1.07 PCW. The reduced group index at the interface is indicated by the lesser slope (dashed blue lines) at a representative frequency a/λ = 0.246. Sapphire light line is superimposed.
Fig. 3 (a) Microscope image of the device showing input and output SWGs and PCW. (b) Top view SEM image of PCW and (c) side view SEM image of the PCW at the PCW-strip waveguide interface. Magnified top view SEM images of (d) input group index taper (e) PCW and (f) output group index taper.
Fig. 4 Schematic of the experimental setup used to characterize our device
Fig. 5 (a) Normalized transmitted intensity through an air-clad W1 PCW in SoS with r = 0.25a, as a function of a at λ = 3.43 μm plotted (a) in air (bold circles) and C2Cl4 (open circles) and (b) as a function of temperature at 25 °C (bold circles) and 60 °C (open squares). Inset in (b) magnifies the data for devices between a = 840 nm and a = 855 nm.
Fig. 6 3D FDTD simulated transmission spectra through a 50 μm long PCW in SoS in air (black) and C2Cl4 (red) for (a) a = 845 nm, (b) a = 830 nm, (c) a = 810 nm and (d) for a change in temperature from 25 °C (black) to 60 °C (red) for a = 845 nm. The transmission of the source laser is shown for comparison.
Fig. 7 (a) Transmission losses in W1 PCWs in SoS below the light line for a = 846 nm (■), a = 848 nm (▲) and a = 850 nm (◆) at λ = 3.43 μm. The three dash lines are the linear fit for a = 846 nm (black), a = 848 nm (blue), and a = 850 nm (red). Insets plot the propagation losses above the light line for devices with a = 855 nm (■), 860 nm (■), 865 nm (●), 870 nm (●) and 890 nm (□). (b) Solid line plot is the group index profile versus wavelength for W1 PCW in Fig. 2 with a = 845 nm. Estimated propagation group indices versus lattice constant are plotted with filled circles. Experimental propagation losses for measured devices are plotted versus lattice constant with open circles (right axis).
Fig. 8 3D FDTD simulated transmission spectra through a 50 μm long PCW in SoS at a = 845 nm for radius r = 0.25a (black) and radius r = 0.25a + 5 nm (blue). Short dashed lines indicate the positions of the light line and transmission band edge. The source laser spectrum is shown in black long dashed line.
Table 1 Summary of measured lattice constants and its corresponding propagation loss
Summary of measured lattice constants and its corresponding propagation loss
Lattice Constant(nm)
PropagationLoss (dB/cm) 18 15 12 320 370 510 680 320


The City of Hobart is seeking community input on the design of the Retail Precinct improvements for Augusta Rd shopping centre in Lenah Valley. If you live near there, transit along there, go shopping there, visit your doctor there.... click on this link and fill in the survey to have your say on the draft plan. The draft plan published for the consultation is the same as the one in the consultants' report which was published in January 2016.
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Puja organisers scurry to set up pandals before rain sets its foot in
PINAK PANI CHOWDHURY2 Oct 2019 5:42 PM GMT
BALURGHAT: Amid predictions of sporadic showers by the local meteorological department during four days of Durga Puja to be kicked start on Friday, the organisers are now busy to complete the rest of work for inauguration in Panchami.
Almost all the big-budget Puja organisers in Balurghat have forced to prepare makeshift shades for devotees in or outside the pandals for any emergency.
"Local Met officials have predicted mild showers during Puja days and that is why we are thinking how to tackle the situation. A temporary shade has been prepared with tarpaulin sheets so that the idols can be saved from rain. The devotees may also take shelter under the temporary roofs," said Gopal Bhattacharjee, a big-budget puja organiser of Kochikala Academy.
Puja organisers are not ready to mar this part of the revelry. "The nagging rain for over a week has hampered our preparations adversely. Since Tuesday afternoon the weather is slightly improved but there is every possibility of rainfall during Puja days and we don't want to take risk. We have kept adequate space inside the pandal to accommodate devotees. The entry and exit gates are extra wide for air circulations," said an organiser of Avijatri Club, Sanat Mohanta.
Apart from the Puja organisers, both district administration and police have made elaborate arrangements already for the grand success of the upcoming festive season.
It is learnt from a police source that in order to stop the use of high-sound producing music system and fire crackers during the Puja days, the police have decided to take steps if organizers are found violating rules provided by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB).
The Puja committees in their agreement part have mentioned that they are ready to abide by general norms strictly for not using powerful sound system and sound producing crackers near their puja pandals.
Recently, a meeting conducted among senior
administrative officials along with the concerned officials of WBPCB, police, Balurghat municipality and fire services officials in which it was decided that police would conduct a joint inspection to the big Pujas of the town to look into whether the guidelines are followed.
"The joint inspection started at least a week before the Puja days while at the same time, the police would not allow to hold the Pujas if we receive any complaint against the puja organisers for forcefully collecting subscriptions. We have also asked them to follow all the guidelines including the decibel of the sound system," said district police chief Prasun Banerjee adding that the department would also reward the puja organisers if following all the guidelines specifically.
The police and local administration have taken unanimous decision that there will be no restriction on four-wheelers and motorbikes during the four days of Durga puja in Balurghat.
"We have stressed on best possible security arrangement for the people of Balurghat so that thousands of pandal hoppers do not face any trouble while ushering the festive spirit. Apart from this, we are using drone-camera for the first-time for security reasons. Six such cameras will be installed for keeping close watch and immediate intervention," said a police officer.
According to a police source, adequate number of police pickets has also been put in place near Durga puja pandals across the town besides police assistance booths have been set up in case anyone wants to know the route or seek any other help.
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Q: Is figuring out the physical address an automated process Hey so I know that when the mmu converts a virtual address into a physical address it uses a register called page-table base register which contains the address of the beginning of the page table.
So to convert a virtual address to a physical one you just take this address and add the page number to it to get the address of the physical page address.
But is this process automated with a circuit in the mmu or does the operating system have to take control?

A: In typical modern computers, this process of translating virtual to physical addresses is done entirely by the MMU hardware.  The OS only gets involved if the virtual address turns out to be unmapped or the access is otherwise invalid, in which case the hardware signals a page fault which the OS software must handle.

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There has been talk about the impending legal battle concerning a petition filed by scientist-researchers from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). The petition has to do with the writ of kalikasan that was slapped on them by the Court of Appeals (CA).
The writ bans the scientist-researchers from conducting field trials for a genetically modified crop called Bacillus Thuringiensis (BT) talong. The writ was imposed based on a petition filed by Greenpeace, an international environmental organization.
The growing interest in the case, which is now before the Supreme Court (SC), is understandable. There are two possible outcomes here: the SC will grant the petition of the UPLB group, which would mean the lifting of the writ and allowing them to finish their field trials; or the SC will uphold the CA's position, which means that the ban on the field trials becomes permanent, which will prevent the UPLB savants from continuing their work.
Related article: Can GMOs restore habitats, save endangered species?
This is interesting, because the SC's cognizance of this issue may have transformed the global debate on modern agricultural biotechnology from a purely scientific issue into a purely legal tussle. The debate used to be only between Greenpeace and the local science community, led by the UPLB scientist-researchers.
When the honorable members of the SC look into this matter, they will view it through the lenses of the Philippine Constitution. They will ask whether or not the rights guaranteed under the law have been upheld and protected. They will examine whether or not the inviolable due-process principle has been followed.
If we want to find out whether or not biotechnology is good for a country looking for solutions to hunger and pests, we may have to stick to the scientific debate.


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Maleficent Review
Day 1 of D23's Convention last August was off the charts exciting.
I didn't think Idina Menzel's performance of "Let It Go" could be topped, but...
On Day 2 we went to the Let the Adventures Begin: Live Action at The Walt Disney Studios Panel. We got to see previews of the film Maleficent! When the final logo came up on screen, the auditorium roared with excitement. Low and behold, Angelina Jolie was introduced and talked about making the film. They showed the following clip and we were all instantly excited.
This scene is the pinnacle point and overall gem of the film.
Do not miss this part when you go see it.
The Review:
Disney has been modernizing their classic fairy tales. Traditional hero and villain roles have been getting turned upside down. Maleficent is still the strong, powerful woman we all love to hate...but maybe just a little less. Slowly the film peels away the layers of her persona that we might not know from the classic animated feature Sleeping Beauty.
The film begins by introducing Maleficent as a young fairy who befriends a human boy named Stefan. Stefan moves on from Maleficent's friendship and seeks great power. She becomes the most powerful fairy in the Kingdom of Moor. In a power play to ascend to the throne, Stefan betrays Maleficent.
Maleficent cinematography is beautiful. The camera lays out a gorgeous view of fanciful kingdoms. As Maleficent grows older and darker so does the cinematography and the costuming.
Maleficent work for fans of all ages, however small children may be scared of the final scenes. (No spoilers)
The film serves as a reminder that not everything can be fixed with true love's kiss.
FYI: Maleficent just grossed $70M at the box office opening weekend.
Go see it!
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Samsung has announced a new edition in their Note 8 phone, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 enterprise edition. The handset is designed for enterprise customers and Samsung says it comes with employer level guide, customization and control. The Galaxy Note 8 Enterprise edition changed into initially introduced in Germany and South Korea, so the declaration does not honestly mark a most advantageous for this precise model of the flagship.
In phrases of specifications, there are not any differences between the enterprise version of Galaxy Note 8 and the regular model. Software-smart, things are a chunk special, as the commercial enterprise-centric Galaxy Note 8 comes with Samsung Knox Configure and Samsung company Firmware Over the Air (E-FOTA), which Samsung says makes it faster and simpler to install updates to all gadgets in your company at the same time. The South Korean organization additionally promises to push month-to-month protection updates for the Galaxy Note 8 enterprise edition for 3 years.
In terms of features, Samsung Galaxy be aware 8 special edition aren't exclusive from the normal model. It still has were given a 6.3-inch Quad HD+ sAMOLED display and the same Infinity show as visible on the Galaxy S8 collection. Samsung has eliminated the bezels at the device to house the 18:9 factor show. Powering the beast is a Snapdragon 835 processor, 6GB RAM, 64GB storage (expandable), and a 3300mAh battery. The phone runs on Android Nougat out of the field.
You can find out extra details about the Samsung Galaxy Note eight Enterprise version over at Samsung. The hardware specifications for the handset are similar to the consumer model. The handset will retail for $994 per handset for commercial enterprise customers.
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"Over the past several weeks, the country has seen unacceptable and escalating threats and actual harassment directed at faith-based communities around the country, with a particular focus on threats to Jewish Community Centers. As a complement to on-going law enforcement efforts to investigate specific threats, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working closely with Jewish communities to advise and support on protective measures they can put in place to help keep people in their community safe. DHS has Protective Security Advisors (PSAs) in all 50 states who serve as liaisons to government, industry, and community leaders, and who provide expertise on protective measures, threat reporting, and security awareness. DHS PSAs support state, local, tribal, territorial and community entities across the nation to ensure they are aware of these important public safety steps.
"In light of the nature of the threats to Jewish Community Centers, I have directed DHS to heighten our outreach and support to enhance public safety. Today, DHS' National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) spoke with the Executive Directors of the Jewish Community Center Association of North America, who represents more than 150 community-based Jewish federations around the United States, which provide educational, cultural, social, recreational, and Jewish identity building programs. NPPD offered support from Protective Security Advisors in terms of training, protective measures, exercises, and information sharing.
"Our counterterrorism professionals stressed the renewed community-level outreach on the part of DHS and provided information on federal assistance available. These include a number of federal resources available, such as facility vulnerability assessments, as well as assistance to connect organizations with active shooter preparedness and bombing prevention training and guidance, tabletop exercises, protective measures, guides and other tools to strengthen security. Over the past 18 months, we've held active shooter preparedness workshops with Jewish Community Centers in San Francisco, Richmond, Va., Cherry Hill, N.J., and Miami, with more sessions planned in Columbus, Ohio, Wilmington, N.C. and Philadelphia. DHS has also hosted six exercises with members of the Jewish community to enhance contingency planning and response. Further, DHS provides this specialized assistance to houses of worship, schools, and community centers upon request.


As a medical marijuana patient, you may deal with frequent drowsiness due to your medication. Or, perhaps you want to try cannabis medicine, but you worry it will make you too tired to function. Either way, you want to know everything you can about cannabis and tiredness so you can medicate yourself in the best way possible. While marijuana can cause drowsiness, there are of ways to manage it. We'll give you the low-down.
Just like any other medication, weed can cause unwanted side effects. But, due to its versatility, medical marijuana has some side effects that certain patients consider a benefit. For instance, some folks want marijuana to make them tired so they can get a good night's rest. Other possibly beneficial side effects include increased appetite and reduced saliva production.
Other side effects generally don't help patients, but they tend to be mild and easy to handle. These include giddiness, anxiety and memory issues.
Overall, the positive effects of medicinal cannabis are typically worth the potential side effects. Marijuana has low potential for addiction, many ingestion methods and the ability to tackle a lot of symptoms at once.
How Does Cannabis Make You Sleepy?
To understand how marijuana causes tiredness, we have to delve a bit into the chemistry behind it. Cannabis contains numerous components called cannabinoids. When we talk about cannabinoids, we usually look at the two most prevalent ones in the marijuana plant: tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD).
While THC causes the "high" we associate with cannabis, CBD does not. In large doses, THC can make you tired after you feel the initial high. It communicates with the receptors in your body and brain related to your sleep/wake cycle. As it interacts with those receptors, it causes a feeling of sleepiness.
Scientists also think a compound called myrcene contributes to weed's ability to sedate you. Some studies suggest that myrcene has a sedative effect and relaxes the muscles. It also seems it can enhance the effects of THC, making its sedative effect stronger.
Which Kinds of Cannabis Medicine Can Make Me Tired?
Just about any kind of marijuana product can make you feel sleepy, but some are more likely to do so than others.
The biggest defining factor for sedation is the type of marijuana strain used in the product. Indica strains have a higher chance of making you drowsy than the other type of strain, sativa.
Also, medications that affect the entire body or brain tend to cause sleepiness more than other ones. These include edibles and patches.
If you don't use marijuana medicine as a sleep aid, you have many options for managing the drowsiness. Patients who deal with sleepiness from weed medication usually don't have to discontinue their treatment once they figure out how to handle it.
The best way to manage cannabis sedation is simply to pick a strain that doesn't make you tired. As opposed to indica strains, sativa strains boost your energy levels. If you don't want that extra lift, you can choose a hybrid strain that balances the effects of sativa and indica strains.
In the case that you must use a medication that causes sleepiness, you can try taking it before your bedtime. You can sleep off the drowsiness. If you can't take your medication before bed, take the same precautions that you would with any drug that causes sleepiness. Don't operate anything that can cause harm like a car or heavy machinery.
Marijuana-related drowsiness mostly only impacts your short-term ability to perform tasks. As long as you manage it effectively, you don't have to worry about its impact after you finish taking cannabis medicine. Patients shouldn't worry about this side-effect having a long-term effect on their life.
As you can see, marijuana-related exhaustion is nothing to worry about. Check out the benefits of medical marijuana that make up for this side effect, and talk to a doctor who knows about cannabis for more information.


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"It can be said that the first wisdom of sociology is this—things are not what they seem" ~Peter L. Berger
"I had always looked down on sociology as this arriviste discipline. It didn't have the noble history of English and history as a subject. But once I had a little exposure to it, I said, 'Hey, here's the key. Here's the key to understanding life and all its forms.'" ~Tom Wolfe
Sociology is the scientific study of society--two or more people interacting with one another in the world around them. It is a social science which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity.
For many sociologists the goal is to conduct research which may be applied directly to social policy and welfare, while others focus primarily on refining the theoretical understanding of social processes. Subject matter ranges from the micro level of individual agency and interaction to the macro level of systems and the social structure.
Overview of Sociology
Death: A Personal Understanding
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More information to come regarding STEL's profit sharing & 403b(7) plans.
Vanguard Group is a 403(b)7 plan option for STEL staff members.
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In today's #SalesInsights blog post, I would like to talk you through our upcoming Salestrong Bitesize training events and explain the value we will be offering delegates throughout the sessions. Over the past year, I have been lucky enough to present this programme of fast-paced development sessions to many large corporate businesses and SMEs, and strongly believe the four areas we focus on will teach you the key innovative techniques guaranteed to improve your sales performance.
Great sales people are experts at recognising specific social styles and preferences in others. In sales, these preferences drive how your customer likes to receive and process information and how they make decisions. Being able to recognise these preferences is therefore critical in accelerating your chances of building relationships and closing deals.
In this session you will find out your own preferred social style, learn how to recognise the social style's of your customers and learn how to use this knowledge to collaborate more effectively with them for mutual gain.
Customers buy your products or service because they anticipate enjoying a value that they would not have in its absence. People don't buy products/services, they buy the results the product/service will give them. Selling on value, rather than price, creates better outcomes for both sellers and buyers. Many sales people know this and yet the majority still resort to discounting, or end up feeling "beaten up" on price.
So, imagine being confident enough in your value proposition that you can significantly reduce, or even avoid completely, discounting. In this session, we will share with you our revolutionary process for creating and quantifying value; helping you identify additional sources of value you've never even considered before and enabling you to confidently place a monetary figure on that value, thereby significantly increasing your own revenue and margin and positively impacting customers at the same time.
Negotiation Skills are needed for both winning and retaining business. In any negotiation, the party that is better prepared will typically enjoy significantly better outcomes, but there are two significant mistakes commonly made by salespeople when it comes to negotiation. The first is the belief that negotiation starts at the end of the customer's buying process and the second is that there's a sort of inevitability to the negotiation process (in their belief that, ultimately, they'll just have to end up sacrificing margin). This self-fulfilling mindset directly impacts the sales person's likelihood of tackling negotiation earlier on in the customer's buying process, at the point where real value can be created, communicated and recognised. The result is reduced revenue and margins for the salesperson and a lack of appreciation by the customer of the real value of the solution.
In this session, you will learn how to strengthen your negotiation position by communicating the differentiated value you bring. You will also learn the different tactics for price and value-based negotiation, allowing you to collaborate more effectively with the customer for better outcomes.
The key role of a sales person is to positively influence a customer to make a favourable decision and, whilst the majority of sales people recognise that "people buy from people (they like)", they have not explored the psychology that underpins buying decisions or why customer's prefer buying from some people over others and, therefore, how they can position themselves as somebody their customer would prefer to buy from.
In this session, you will learn the seven invaluable and ethical secrets from the science of persuasion and how to apply them in your own sales situations. Although these seven secrets cost the sales person nothing to employ, the majority fail to utilise them. This session will put you a step ahead of your competitors; supporting you in all aspects of the sales process, from initial introduction through to the final pitch and negotiation.
Each Salestrong Bitesize event will be split into four 90 minute group sessions covering these areas in depth to enable you to learn the pragmatic and effective tools and techniques that will supercharge your sales performance and growth. Guaranteed.
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Watermark Books & Café will host Meredith Jordan for an author signing of Below the Line on Thursday, Aug. 15 at 6:00 p.m.
Below the Line: Anatomy of a Successful Movie is a nonfiction narrative about how major motion pictures are made today using one movie as a vehicle. The author, a journalist embedded with the production of "Last Vegas," follows the people behind the scenes and stops along the way to explain the process and different aspects of the business. The movie stars are well known -- Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline, and Mary Steenburgen - but in this book, they play supporting roles. Instead, the leads are the people behind the camera, the director (Jon "The Meg" Turteltaub) and a huge cast of artists and artisans, designers and creators, overseers, office and logistical support, editors and musicians. Below the Line proves movies are a collaborative art form.
Thursday, August 15, 2019 - 6:00pm
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Adult Event - FREE


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Despite Pandemic, Military Trip to Thailand Scheduled for Drill Involving Bloodlust, Animal Killing
PETA Demands End to Guzzling Snakes' Blood, Eating Live Geckos, and More in Favour of Effective, Ethical Animal-Free Survival Training
London – Today, PETA sent an urgent letter to Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace urging him to demand that the organisers of the exercises held annually in Thailand – involving thousands of military personnel from around the world, including the United Kingdom – permanently replace the use of live animals in food procurement survival exercises with more effective and ethical animal-free training methods.
During Cobra Gold 2020, participants were killing chickens with their bare hands, skinning and eating live geckos, consuming live scorpions and tarantulas, decapitating cobras and drinking their blood, and otherwise revelling in the ritualistic killing and consumption of animals.
In its letter, PETA points out that the use of live animals during Cobra Gold poses a risk of spreading zoonotic diseases akin to COVID-19, endangering British troops and the wider public. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Approximately 75 percent of recently emerging infectious diseases affecting people began as diseases in animals". Examples of well-known diseases that have jumped from animals to humans are COVID-19, Ebola, Zika, SARS, MERS, and smallpox. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, likely originated in bats and was transmitted to humans via contact with an intermediate animal host.
"Shipping military personnel to Thailand to drink the blood of beheaded snakes is the kind of absurdity that could spark the next pandemic," says . "The crude killing of animals during this annual drill not only risks public health and endangers species vulnerable to extinction, including the king cobra, but also disgraces our troops."
PETA further notes that this training exercise – which is marketed as a food procurement drill but which officials have admitted is intended to build camaraderie among troops in a manner resembling a barbaric hazing ritual – could easily and safely achieve its goals through other means that don't involve causing animals to suffer and die.
PETA – whose motto reads, in part, that "animals are not ours to abuse in any way" – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. The group's letter is available . For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk.
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