CENTRIA, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is an industry leader in the design, development and manufacture of sustainable architectural metal wall and roof systems. In addition to its Pittsburgh location, the company also has four additional manufacturing plants in Kentucky, Arkansas, Ohio and Pennsylvania. In total, CENTRIA has over 800 employees across its five locations.
The distributed nature of CENTRIA's print environment made it difficult to manage, especially since there was not a dedicated IT person at each location. Any necessary changes to printer drivers or settings had to be made on each print server separately, requiring costly visits to each site.
"With five locations and lots of employees visiting multiple locations—not to mention contractors and outside partners—installing and managing printers for everyone had become a huge challenge," said Jaison Bailley, Senior Systems Engineer at CENTRIA.
After seeing a demo of PrinterLogic at a conference, CENTRIA signed up for a free trial. The value of the platform was evident immediately, and CENTRIA selected PrinterLogic as their Enterprise Print Management solution company-wide.
CENTRIA relied on print servers at each of its distributed locations. As a result, CENTRIA's IT team had to deal with the complexity of deploying new printers at remote locations, as well as the extremely time-consuming task of managing printer drivers consistently across multiple print servers.
"PrinterLogic has drastically reduced the time we spend managing our printers and copiers, and it has all but eliminated printer-related service desk calls—so the return on investment with PrinterLogic has been incredibly strong."
PrinterLogic gave CENTRIA a simple, web-based solution for managing their entire printer environment. CENTRIA can now monitor and manage all of its printers across all five locations, all through a single console. And PrinterLogic was the only solution capable of eliminating all of CENTRIA's print servers.
As a leader in the commercial construction industry, each of CENTRIA's locations frequently had different traveling employees visiting, along with contractors, customers and partners—all of whom need to print while on site. CENTRIA does not have full-time IT staff at each site, so the IT helper at each site spent a majority of their time helping visitors install printers so that they could print.
PrinterLogic's easy-to-use self-installation portal makes printing incredibly easy for all users, without the need for any technical expertise. CENTRIA now has a single, consistent printer installation portal across all of its locations, which enables users to quickly and easily pull up a floor plan map to locate and install the printer closest to them.
"Anyone on our network can use the PrinterLogic portal to find and install the closest printer to them, enabling them to install and print with a single click," says Bailley.
Like most organizations, a high percentage of CENTRIA's service desk calls were related to printers going down or people having trouble installing printers. CENTRIA also faced the common problem of managing many versions of printer drivers and ensuring that each printer in the organization always had the latest updates.
PrinterLogic enables CENTRIA to manage all printers—across all offices and all domains—from a single console. PrinterLogic also manages and automatically pushes printer drivers to all workstations, ensuring that drivers are always up to date and that printers are ready to receive print jobs.
By deploying PrinterLogic's application, CENTRIA has significantly simplified and streamlined its printing environment. CENTRIA is now able to easily monitor and manage its entire print environment—across five locations and 800 employees—from a single pane of glass with PrinterLogic's simple, web-based solution. And all of CENTRIA's employees are able to quickly and easily print regardless of location, without any technical knowledge required.


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Bobcat Research in RI and Project Status Update
By Sarah Riley in DEM's Wild Rhode Island
The forests of New England have been home to bobcats for centuries. Although their reclusive nature makes them a rare sighting, every so often they can be observed hunting in backyards or walking across a street.
Bobcats are the most numerous and widely distributed wild felids in North America. They can be found in the boreal regions of Canada, almost every state in the U.S., and even down into southern Mexico.
Over time, this species has adapted to live in a variety of habitats, including swamps, grass or shrubland, forest, mountains and agricultural land.
There are several sub-groups which vary slightly in habitat, appearance and prey selection.
Those found in New England (Lynx rufus rufus) average between 13 and 30 lbs. and measure between 32 and 34 inches long. Their fur is reddish to tawny brown with black spots and stripes along their body; large white spots adorn the back of their tufted ears.
The tail is "bobbed" and only about four inches long on average, although it can be a bit longer.
Individuals found in the Northeast tend to have less spotting on their coat than bobcats in other parts of North America, causing them to be mistakenly reported as mountain lions.
In New England, the bobcat's diet relies mostly on cottontail rabbits and snowshoe hares, but they will also eat small mammals such as meadow voles, mice, chipmunks and birds. They will even kill and eat a white-tailed deer, attacking it while it is bedded down.
The mating season begins in February or March, and birthing will begin in May or June, when a female will have 2 to 5 kittens and rear them by herself.
As they are primarily solitary animals, the only time they spend in groups is during the mating season, or when a mother is with her kittens. The kittens will often stay with the mother through their first winter, sometimes until the breeding season. The young males tend to leave the maternal home range earlier than their female siblings.
Recent research suggests a nationwide increase in bobcat populations. In 2009, 40 states reported evidence of stable or increasing bobcat populations.
Florida was the only state which reported a decreasing population, which may be correlated with land development and habitat loss (Roberts and Crimmins, 2010). Rhode Island seems to be witnessing a continued increase in population of bobcats.
The Division has been monitoring bobcat sightings since 1999 and since then, there have been zero sightings in Bristol County, 20 in Kent County, 3 in Newport County, 37 in Providence County and Washington County received the most, with 57 reliable reports, often accompanied by photographs.
Somewhat surprisingly, the most reports were from South Kingstown with 25 total reported sightings, more than twice as many as Westerly, which received the second highest number of reports.
There could be many reasons why there have been more bobcat sightings; habitat loss and fragmentation in their historic ranges could force them to live and hunt closer to people, or it could be that reports are more likely to be made in areas where people do not expect to see bobcats, such as the less-forested, coastal neighborhoods.
Bobcats have large home ranges, requiring them to cross roads frequently, potentially causing them to be seen more often. Due to their habitat choices and diffident nature, getting a reliable estimate and evaluation of the population is not easy.
However, a team from the Division of Fish and Wildlife and the University of Rhode Island (URI) is working on just that. The Division is working in conjunction with URI to research southern Rhode Island's bobcat population.
Using radio collars and GPS technology, the biologists can collect data and analyze bobcat distribution patterns, home-range sizes and relative abundance. Information on how landscape patterns influence bobcat movement and habitat choice will be essential for the future of bobcat management in Rhode Island, particularly in the face of urban development.
Most of the research is being conducted in Washington County within the state wildlife management areas.
Large box traps are set up in areas where the cats are likely to travel. Brush and leaves are put on and around the trap to disguise it and various baits and lures are put around the trap to entice the bobcats.
Bobcats are very visually oriented, so the team has even put baubles hanging from strings around to appeal to their natural curiosity.
So far, the team has caught and collared one bobcat, although there have been many photographs taken by trail camera around the traps. Unfortunately, after four months of tracking, that bobcat was struck by a car and killed in February.
Thanks to a group of concerned citizens, the collar was retrieved and the team was able to recover all of the data that was collected on the bobcat's movements. The team still has many traps and cameras set up to capture any movement through the research area in the future.
Rhode Island is fortunate to have such a beautiful and important animal living within its borders. It is essential that we properly manage this apex predator for the health of our wildlife communities and ecosystems.
If you spot a bobcat in your area, or if you have questions about them or the research conducted by the Division and its partners, please call our office at (401) 789-0281.
Roberts N. M. and S. Crimmins. 2010. Bobcat Population Status and Management in North America: Evidence of Large-Scale Population Increase. J. of Fish and Wildlife Mgmt: 1(2). Young S. P. 1978. The Bobcat of North America. Wildlife Management Institute Publishing. 1st ed
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Chile: high court blocks Patagonia hydro scheme
Chile's Supreme Court on May 11 issued a ruling blocking construction of the Cuervo hydroelectric dam in Patagonia until further environmental studies have been carried out. The dam was one of three hydroelectric plants proposed by Energía Austral, a private joint-venture between Anglo-Swiss mining giant Xstrata Copper and Australia's Origin Energy, to supply power to copper mines in the area. The court found that the project failed to file a required soil study with the National Geology and Mining Service, overturning a decision earlier this month by Aysén region's Environmental Evaluation Commission giving the project the green light. The environmental advocacy group Chile Sustentable welcomed the decision, hailing it as "a tremendous achievement for the citizens." Chile, the world's leading copper producer, needs to double its electrical generating capacity in the next decade to meet requirements of a planned massive expansion in the mining sector. The two remaining hydro-plants in the Energia Austral mega-scheme, Blanco and Cóndor, still await approval. (International Water Power, May 14; Jurist, May 13; Reuters, May 11; AFP, May 8)
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Jim James & the Claypool Lennon Delirium Unveil Co-Headlining Tour
The North American trek will hit Vancouver this summer
My Morning Jacket's Jim James and the Claypool Lennon Delirium have announced a co-headlining tour, with the artists both hitting up Canada and the U.S. this summer.
The joint trek is a brief one, with the artists just doing nine dates. It will all kick off in late June and wrap in early July, with one date in Bonner, MT, even including Built to Spill. Along the way, the tour will hit Vancouver for a show at the Commodore on June 25.
"For over 150 years, the firm of Claypool and Lennon has been providing clients with only the finest in rock and roll delirium and stark raving madness," James said in a statement. "This summer, I am excited and honored to say that we will be teaming up to offer a brand new twist on one of the most time tested and proven methods for inducing beautifully swirling and whirling delightfully delicious delirium: the healing power of rock and roll!"
Les Claypool added, "Tour pairing is often a challenge in my world but I think we have a good package with The Delirium and Jim James. Jim's music, from my perspective, is palatable to the masses yet has just enough eclecticism to keep an oddball like me intrigued. I look forward to shambling around the country with him."
Check out the full list of dates down below.
The last album from James was 2018's Uniform Clarity, while the Claypool Lennon Delirium's most recent album was this year's South of Reality.
You can read Exclaim!'s recent Questionnaire with the Claypool Lennon Delirium's Sean Ono Lennon over here.
06/21 Salt Lake City, UT - Eccles Theater
06/22 Bonner, MT - KettleHouse Amphitheater *
06/24 Seattle, WA - The Showbox
06/25 Vancouver, BC - The Commodore Ballroom
06/27 Portland, OR - Oregon Zoo Amphitheater
07/02 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
07/03 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
07/05 Paso Robles, CA - Vina Robles Amphitheater
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How this movie slipped through the cracks boggles my mind. The Iceman is the story of real life hitman/serial killer Richard Kuklinski who killed over one hundred people between 1964 and his arrest in 1986. He is expertly portrayed by Michael Shannon who turns in another great cold and offbeat performance. Shannon has emerged as one of our most unique and reliable actors of the past decade. It's a shame that The Iceman features one of his best performances and so few people have probably seen it.
It also features unexpectedly surprising turns from Ray Liotta, Winona Rider, Chris Evans (Capt. America is actually playing a contract killer who is in competition with Shannon's Kuklinski until they join forces), Stephen Dorff and James Franco. One is never truly sure what to expect when a movie disappears this quickly from cinemas and from the public conscience and appears on Netflix, but The Iceman is a buried treasure that should be discovered.
The early scenes with Michael Shannon as the title character are very effective as we see him kill people in such a cold matter of fact manner that the "Iceman" name he receives is extremely fitting. But then as the movie progresses and Kuklinski eventually marries his wife (Winona Rider, her best acting in years) and has two daughters, Michael Shannon still plays him very cold and detached but there is a certain amount of tenderness we see beneath his eyes as he slowly becomes more attached to his family and does not want to hurt them and let them know about his job and his true nature.
The Iceman is currently available for streaming on Netflix. Watch the trailer below.
Thanks for recommending The Iceman. You are right, it did slip through the cracks. I watched the trailer and it looks great… true story, the cast. Can't wait to watch it!


Size F-OR SIZE YOU REQUIRE TO OBTAIN GAUGE.
GAUGE: Size F Hook-4 sts = 1 in.; 6 rows = 3 ¼ ins. To check gauge, see pattern book page.
Because of the different number of tones or colors and the length of each in Ombree Yarns and the variability of an individual's work, different and unique pats. may be formed. This can be controlled to some extent by loosening or tightening the work where necessary.
Green Ombree–a 4 tone Ombree Yarn –was used to make this afghan.
If you will maintain 2 sts of darkest green at each side of each strip, loosening or tightening where necessary, the striped pat. will develop.
Slight drifting of colors will not detract from pat.
For Any 4 Tone Ombree Yarn and co-ordinating colors for Band C, follow instructions as written.
For Confetti Ombree and co-ordinating colors for Band C, ch 32 with Color B, then using Confetti Ombree in orange, red, brown, blue, green, yellow sequence, draw up center of orange section through loop on hook, ch 2 more and continue as written for row 1, for different pat.
For Green/Orange Ombree and co-ordinating colors for Band C, ch 32 with Color B, draw up center of orange through loop on hook, ch 2 more and continue as written for row 1, for a different pat.
When joining a new ball, make sure the colors will be in the same sequence as the previous ball.
Beg. with either inside or outside of the new ball, join at same part of same color so that length of color and sequence remain the same.
NOTE: When working dc, always draw loop up about ⅝ in.
First, 3rd and 5th Strips-First Ombree Block–With size F hook and B, ch 32 loosely for lower edge.
Row 1–right side–Using A, draw up center of darkest color section through loop on hook and ch 2 more with A, break B, work 1 dc in 4th ch from hook and in each remaining ch; 33 dc.
NOTE: Ch 3 at beg. of rows counts as 1 dc.
Row 2–Turn, sl st in first dc, ch 3, 1 dc in 2nd dc and in each remaining dc, end with last dc in top of ch 3; 33 dc. Repeat row 2 until 12 rows–about 6 ½ ins. from beg., end on wrong side. Fasten off.
Solid Block–Row 1–right side–With loop of B on hook, sl st in top of first dc, ch 3 and continue to work as for row 2 for 12 rows. Fasten off.
2nd Ombree Block–Row 1–right side–Using A, with center of, darkest color form loop on hook; sl st in top of first dc, ch 3 and continue to work as for row 2 for 12 rows. Fasten off. Continue alternating A and B blocks in this manner until 9 blocks have been completed, end on wrong side at upper edge with A. Fasten off.
Left Edging–Row 1–From right side, beg. at upper left corner, with loop of C on size E hook, work 1 sc in top of corner st, ch 2, 1 sc in base of same st, * ch 2, 1 sc in base of end st of next row; with care to keep work fiat, repeat from * to lower left corner. Fasten off.
Row 2–right side–With loop ,of C on hook, work 1 sc in first sc, * ch 2, 1 sc in next sc; repeat from * to end. Fasten off.
Right Edging–From right side, beg. at lower right corner, work to correspond to left edging.
2nd and 4th Strips–Solid Block–With size F hook and B, ch 35 loosely for lower edge.
Row 1–right side–Work 1 dc in 4th ch from hook and in each remaining ch; 33 dc. Work to correspond to first, 3rd and 5th strips, beg. and end with B. Work edging in same manner.
FINISHING–Block each strip to about 9 by 61 ins.
With care to have lower edges of strips all at same end, matching sts and keeping seams elastic, from right side, with C sew strips tog. through top loops only.
FRINGE: Wind A, Band C around a 5 ½ in. cardboard. Cut at one end, see pattern book page. Matching colors, knot 3 strand fringes in every 2nd st across upper and lower edges of A and B sections, 2, 3 strand fringes evenly spaced across each end of C stripes, as illustrated.


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TODAY: Commission to Consider Appointment to Fourth Appellate District
If confirmed, Judge Truc T. Do would be the first Asian American woman justice to serve on the Fourth District Court of Appeal.
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Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced that the commission today confirmed six appointments by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. to the Courts of Appeal.
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Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments, announced that the commission today confirmed Judge Gail Ruderman Feuer to the Second Appellate District.
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In framework of implementation UAC PSC Concept on February 9 and 10, 2017 in Tupolev PJSC Business Center first part of training session on fundamentals of lean production was hold.
25 UAC PSC factories heads – enterprise directors, first deputies, deputies for production and quality - took part in educational program.
The lecture was presented by specialists of Moscow Aviation Institute. The program included theoretical course according to which listeners were familiarized with key points, tools and approaches of lean productions. Analysis of practical situations, ongoing projects and problem points of methodology Lean implementation at UAC PSC was also observed.
"Lean production is one of the most effective tools of labor productivity increase at UAC PSC factories. The result of "Lean" implementation at some enterprises exceeds ten-millions dollars", - Vice-President for production and technical development UAC PSC Sergey Yurasov noticed.
In the result of the training course UAC PSC enterprises top management will learn methods and tools of "Lean", influence of its implementation on effectiveness increase, mechanisms and algorithms of actions sequence for effectiveness increase, will shape conception of leader role in ambience formation and up-to-date approaches to effectiveness increase.
3.03.17UAC PSC President Yuriy Slusar made a working visit to KAF n.a. S.P. Gorbunov – Tupolev PJSC affiliate on February 9, 2017.


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RFS: Clint Mephisto's Road Show
Clint Mephisto's Shit Kickin Road Show Episode 213
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Join Clint as he brings you the finest in Rockabilly, Psychobilly, vintage Country spanning the 1920's to 1960's and other related acts.
Radio Free Satan's own cowboy from hell rustles up the devil's herd with a mic in one hand and a bottle of whiskey in the other. Join Clint as he brings you the finest in Rockabilly, Psychobilly, vintage Country spanning the 1920's to 1960's and other related acts. Tune in each and every week cowboys and cowgirls, because even Clint himself doesn't know what he's gonna say or do.
Publié le mercredi 13 juin 2018 à 05:03 par Clint Mephisto
Durée : 1:33:26
Tags : Clint Mephisto's Road Show, Featured, Arkey Blue, Bob Fryfogle, Bobby Bare, Buddy Knox, Demented Are Go, DUANE EDDY, Eddie Noack, johnny cash, Johnny Gash & The Graverobbing Two, Lee Hazelwood, lsd, Marcel Bontempi, Mr Sunshine, Nekromantix, Porter Wagoner, Sanford Clark, The Andrews sisters, The Black Rose Phantoms, The Coffinshakers, The Goddamn Gallows, The Hillbilly Moon Explosion, The Koffin Kats, The Louvin Brothers, The Reverend Horton Heat, Wendell Austin
Clint Mephisto's Shit Kickin Road Show Episode 213, Your ol' drinkin' buddy Clint rustles up a Hellbilly Hootenanny featuring songs written about drugs, booze and murder! haunting classics from Sanford Clark, Eddie Noack, Buddy Knox and The Louvin Brothers along with modern tales of despair and debauchery from Demented Are GO!, The Hillbilly Moon Explosion, Johnny Cash, The Goddamn Gallows, Koffin Kats and more!
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Matt The Cat presents the soul that came before rock and roll: 1950s rhythm and blues. Each week, this underrated and rollicking music plays on that old Rockola Jukebox in the back. If you wanted to hear rhythm & blues during the 1950s, you couldn't get it from the juke box in the front. No, no! In order to hear that glorious, down and dirty R&B, you had to go to the low-lit, spit-shined "Juke In The Back." These songs are the building blocks of rock n' roll. These are the records that inspired Elvis and single-handedly led to the rock n' roll explosion of the mid-1950s. Big Joe Turner, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, Wynonie Harris, LaVern Baker, Roy Brown, Joe Liggins, Professor Longhair and many more take center stage on The Juke In The Back. Matt The Cat hosted a similar program on XM Satellite Radio called "Harlem" and now he brings this great music and information back to radio.
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Emanating from KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles, Head …
Emanating from KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles, Head Room is a wide-open venue for exploratory rock and roll, be it psychedelic pioneers such as the Grateful Dead, vintage prog, contemporary jam-rock, new music from myriad experimental, improvisational, accidental, avant-freak, wyrd-folk, and psychedelic cabaret artists or any other aural anomalies emanating from the nethersphere. Special emphasis is given to interesting offbeat local acts currently making the scene in Los Angeles.


Hi there once again! This week over at Sunny Challenges and Creations, our very talented Kris supplied the sketch and the other part of the challenge was to use a background stamp or stamp a background. I used Night of Navy Card Stock, Very Vanilla Card Stock and Night of Navy and Sahara Sand ink. I decided I wanted to use the Open Sea set, and it came together ever so nicely I thought.
Very clever use of this set Gwen - I would never have thought it. Love how it has come together. Great card for the males.
Gwen this is really gorgeous. Love the way you have used the images in this set. Love the colours as well.


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» One Note Media
One Note Media
By Bill Sandry
The recent media proclamation that Russell Pearce is a "one note" politician got my attention. A cursory review of his record in our Legislature reveals that he was the prime sponsor for 438 bills from 2001 to 2011 (that doesn't count co-sponsored bills).
In addition to immigration these bills addressed dozens of issues. A partial list includes: spousal maintenance support; anti-abortion; DMV and ADOT issues; military family relief; juvenile adjudication; firearms; child prostitution; criminal justice; 10th Amendment sovereignty; domestic relations; Chicago Cubs spring training; health care; education; jobs; the budget and economy, just to name a few.
Has the press covered all these stories and the myriad of "notes" Mr. Pearce has played as a state legislator? NO! How many articles about these bills did you read by the One Note Media?
As Senate President, he guided the Senate to the first balanced budget in years. But in my opinion, his biggest contribution is his aggressive opposition to our loss of states' rights.
As Katy Abram said to Senator Arlen Spector in a 2009 town hall meeting, she is watching "the systematic dismantling of our country" by the federal government. Our system was set up with state powers to keep the federal government in check and protect us from the usurpation of our liberties. Who else would have the power to oppose the federal government but the states? Remove their political balance of power, and you have taken the power from the people at the local level of government.
In 1913 the constitutionally designed powers for the states to partially control the federal purse and hold Senators accountable was eliminated with the 16th and 17th Amendments. We were welcomed to the new world of unfunded mandates, and a greater and now unchecked use of pork and earmarks to buy votes and power – a gateway for corruption.
Before 1913 our legislature might well ask our senators why Arizona was paying for bike trails in New Jersey, or studying shrimp on treadmills? How many articles have you read by the One Note Media about the efforts by Russell Pearce to protect this very fundamental constitutional principle? Neither have I!
If there is a "One Note" player in this story it is the media that now complains of the "One Note" on immigration they repeatedly played. The media, en masse, from Laurie Roberts to Barry Young, focus on the immigration issue, presumably out of self-interest because they believe that is what sells papers and draws listeners. They play a "One Note" series of stories for years, ignoring everything else, and then criticize the candidate because that is all the public knows about him - as though that's all he's done.


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Mythology and the Art of Living
Steve McAllister
In our second meeting of the Sarasota Mythological Round Table Group, we discussed the collusion of art and mythology. Art captures mythological moments and enables people to move to that place. Artistic expression is an expression of our choice to be human, separate from the animals, and this is revealed in art, cuisine, and all of the unnecessary beauty we revel in as we celebrate our human experience.
Art, like mythology, is about discovering order and meaning, but also about articulating a realm of choice — morality, beauty, seeing and creating beauty in things. Telling stories through our art brings in the use of metaphors to help us transcend labels and get to the true meaning by bringing things into relationship that you wouldn't ordinarily draw the connections between. As we participate in our artistic process, we more greatly understand what it does to us as artists even before it effects those who may experience it otherwise.
Creativity is not so much about aesthetic — the art is in the experience of the work, getting caught up in the flow and transcending our egos just as the metaphors help us transcend the labels. When we allow the universe to move through us, speaking through us as artists, we become part of it, it becomes part of us, and we realize it for the immersive and transformative experience that it truly is.
Just as the only way to find out about anything is to write about it, the only way to truly discover art is to experience it, for the practice, like mythology, is an exclusively human activity whereby artistic arrest is part of it all coming together to reveal that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
To see an orchestra play together is an amazing example of this occurrence. While the Conductor is in control of orchestra, directing the energies of individual artists, each of the instrumentalists' energies work with each other to make something greater than themselves.
The achievement and tragedy of the Renaissance was the canonization of the artist. By placing artists on such a pedestal, we took art away from the folk craft and the art of living and made it exclusive to the elite. Folk music and similar art forms help people tap into collective stories, but for a long while, art has been largely removed from the general populous.
Yet the human experience is about movement, and art, like mythology, always implies some sort of journey. It is the collusion of Art and Mythology that work to create a domain in which we coexist. And the more that we realize the power that we have to explore these places, the more we can empower ourselves to bring about a renaissance in which art is returned to the people and mythology helps us to return to our higher Self.
Join us for the next meeting of the Joseph Campbell Mythological Round Table Group on the 3rd floor of the HuB at 5:55pm on Wednesday, January 28 as we continue to discover the power of myth.
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    using System;

    class QuotesInStrings
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("The \"use\" of quotations causes difficulties.");
        }
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Probing Intermolecular Vibrational Symmetry Breaking in Self-Assembled Monolayers with Ultrahigh Vacuum Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Naihao Chiang, Nan Jiang*, Lindsey R. Madison, Eric A. Pozzi, Michael R. Wasielewski, Mark A. Ratner, Mark C. Hersam, Tamar Seideman, George C. Schatz, Richard P. Van Duyne
Ultrahigh vacuum tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (UHV-TERS) combines the atomic-scale imaging capability of scanning probe microscopy with the single-molecule chemical sensitivity and structural specificity of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Here, we use these techniques in combination with theory to reveal insights into the influence of intermolecular interactions on the vibrational spectra of a N-N′-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-perylene-3,4:9,10-bis(dicarboximide) (PDI) self-assembled monolayer adsorbed on single-crystal Ag substrates at room temperature. In particular, we have revealed the lifting of a vibrational degeneracy of a mode of PDI on Ag(111) and Ag(100) surfaces, with the most strongly perturbed mode being that associated with the largest vibrational amplitude on the periphery of the molecule. This work demonstrates that UHV-TERS enables direct measurement of molecule-molecule interaction at nanoscale. We anticipate that this information will advance the fundamental understanding of the most important effect of intermolecular interactions on the vibrational modes of surface-bound molecules.
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Employment-to-Population Ratio in US – Why the decline ?
For several decades now, the employment rate among prime-age U.S adults has been falling. Less-educated males have experienced the largest drop in employment, but the troubling trends in participation are not limited to this group. Employment rates among women, which had been rising since the late 1960s, have stagnated and in some recent years declined. These worrisome developments were exacerbated by the Great Recession, but their roots preceded its onset. Understanding the reasons behind these long-term trends remains a priority for labor economists and policy makers alike.
In this paper, we review the evidence regarding the role of various potential factors in driving the structural decline in employment-to-population ratios over the period 1999 to 2016, with an emphasis on the experiences of prime-age individuals. Our review is guided by two questions. First, what is the evidence on the causal relationship between a particular factor or set of factors and employment rates? Second, can changes in these underlying factors explain the trend in employment? Throughout our discussion of existing evidence, we highlight open questions on which more research is needed.
Population aging has had a notable effect on the overall employment rate over this period, but within-age-group declines in employment among young and prime age adults have been at least as important.
Our review of the evidence leads us to conclude that labor demand factors, in particular trade and the penetration of robots into the labor market, are the most important drivers of observed within-group declines in employment. Labor supply factors, most notably increased participation in disability insurance programs, have played a less important but not inconsequential role.
Increases in the real value of the minimum wage and in the share of individuals with prison records also have contributed modestly to the decline in the aggregate employment rate.
In addition to these factors, whose effects we roughly quantify, we also identify a set of potentially important factors about which the evidence is too preliminary to draw any clear conclusion. These include improvements in leisure technology, changing social norms, increased drug use, growth in occupational licensing, and the costs and challenges associated with child care.
Our evidence-driven ranking of factors should be useful for guiding future discussions about the sources of decline in the aggregate employment-to-population ratio and consequently the likely efficacy of alternative policy approaches to increasing employment rates.


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Q: Convert Cartesian coordinate system to polar coordinate system with multi-points I would like to convert many points from the Cartesian coordinate system to polar coordinate system.
This is my code:
import numpy as np
x = 1
y = 1
def cart_to_pol(x, y):
    rho = np.sqrt(x**2 + y**2)
    phi = np.arctan2(y, x)
    return(rho, phi)

print(cart_to_pol(x, y))

But I have many points in an array that needed to convert.

*

*Is there any method that I can covert all points at the same time without one by one?

*If the center is not at (0,0), but at (50,50) for example. How can I set the center of the circle in coding?

*The result from the code above the degree is in radius (0~2pi), but I need the degree in angle (0~360). I try
phi = np.arctan2(y, x)*180/pi
but the result is wrong. How can I fix it?

Thanks!!!
points = [(10, 43), (10, 44), (10, 45), (10, 46), (10, 47), (10, 48), (10, 49),
(10, 50), (10, 51), (10, 52), (10, 53), (10, 54), (10, 55), (10, 56), (11, 39),
(11, 40), (11, 41), (11, 42), (11, 57), (11, 58), (11, 59), (11, 60), (12, 36),
(12, 37), (12, 38), (12, 61), (12, 62), (12, 63), (13, 33), (13, 34), (13, 35),
(13, 64), (13, 65), (13, 66), (14, 31), (14, 32), (14, 33), (14, 66), (14, 67),
(14, 68), (15, 30), (15, 31), (15, 68), (15, 69), (16, 28), (16, 29), (16, 70),
(16, 71), (17, 27), (17, 72), (18, 25), (18, 26), (18, 73), (18, 74), (19, 24)]

A: numpy can handle matrix or 2D numpy array
import numpy as np
points = np.array([(10, 43), (10, 44), (10, 45), (10, 46), (10, 47), (10, 48),
(10, 49), (10, 50), (10, 51), (10, 52), (10, 53), (10, 54), (10, 55), (10,
56), (11, 39), (11, 40), (11, 41), (11, 42), (11, 57), (11, 58), (11, 59),
(11, 60), (12, 36), (12, 37), (12, 38), (12, 61), (12, 62),(12, 63), (13, 33),
(13, 34), (13, 35), (13, 64), (13, 65), (13, 66), (14, 31), (14, 32), (14,
33), (14, 66), (14, 67), (14, 68), (15, 30), (15, 31), (15, 68), (15, 69),
(16, 28), (16, 29), (16, 70), (16, 71), (17, 27), (17, 72), (18, 25), (18,
26), (18, 73), (18, 74), (19, 24)])

#passing the points[:,0] as x, points[:,1] as y, (a,b) as center
def cart_to_pol(points, a = 0, b = 0):
    rho = np.sqrt((points[:,0]-a)**2 + (points[:,1]-b)**2)
    phi = np.arctan2((points[:,1]-a), (points[:,0]-b))
    return rho, phi

#for center at (0,0)
cart_to_pol(points)

#for center at (1,1)
cart_to_pol(points,1,1)

Hope this will solve your 1 and 2 questions.
for last question..
func = lambda x : x if x>0 else (2*np.pi + phi)

phi = func(phi)
print(phi)

Please tell if this helps.

A: Just use complex math
import numpy as np
x = 1
y = 1
def cart_to_pol(x, y, x_c = 0, y_c = 0, deg = True):
    complex_format = x - x_c + 1j * (y - y_c)
    return np.abs(complex_format), np.angle(complex_format, deg = deg)

print(cart_to_pol(x, y))

(1.4142135623730951, 45.0)

Just pass your center coordinates to (x_c, y_c)  Or you could do it with 2d arrays:
def cart_to_pol(coords, center = [0,0], deg = True):
    complex_format = np.array(coords, dtype = float).view(dtype = np.complex) -\
                     np.array(center, dtype = float).view(dtype = np.complex)
    return np.abs(complex_format).squeeze(), np.angle(complex_format, deg = deg).squeeze()

print(cart_to_pol(points))
(array([44.14748011, 45.12205669, 46.09772229, 47.07440918, 48.05205511,
       49.03060269, 50.009999  , 50.99019514, 51.97114584, 52.95280918,
       53.93514624, 54.91812087, 55.90169944, 56.88585061, 40.52159918,
       41.48493703, 42.44997055, 43.41658669, 58.05170109, 59.03388857,
       60.01666435, 61.        , 37.94733192, 38.89730068, 39.84971769,
       62.16912417, 63.15061362, 64.13267498, 35.4682957 , 36.40054945,
       37.33630941, 65.30696747, 66.28725368, 67.26812024, 34.0147027 ,
       34.92849839, 35.84689666, 67.46851117, 68.44705983, 69.42621983,
       33.54101966, 34.43835072, 69.63476143, 70.61161378, 32.24903099,
       33.12099032, 71.80529228, 72.78049189, 31.90611227, 73.97972695,
       30.8058436 , 31.6227766 , 75.18643495, 76.15773106, 30.61045573]), array([76.90810694, 77.19573393, 77.47119229, 77.73522627, 77.98852161,
       78.23171107, 78.46537935, 78.69006753, 78.90627699, 79.11447295,
       79.3150876 , 79.50852299, 79.69515353, 79.87532834, 74.24882634,
       74.62374875, 74.98163937, 75.32360686, 79.07719528, 79.2611029 ,
       79.43898931, 79.61114218, 71.56505118, 72.03086026, 72.47443163,
       78.87081071, 79.04593736, 79.21570213, 68.49856568, 69.07549826,
       69.62356479, 78.51800865, 78.69006753, 78.85711014, 65.69545073,
       66.37062227, 67.0112832 , 78.02386756, 78.19756579, 78.366366  ,
       63.43494882, 64.17900803, 77.56043798, 77.73522627, 60.2551187 ,
       61.11341823, 77.12499844, 77.30041551, 57.80426607, 76.71513352,
       54.24611275, 55.30484647, 76.14858099, 76.32869287, 51.63251462]))

A: I didn't answer the bottom two questions, but this is how you can convert all points in one swoop. Just a for loop defining for x,y to get each point the tuple. Good luck!
import numpy as np
points = np.array([(10, 43), (10, 44), (10, 45), (10, 46), (10, 47), (10, 48),
(10, 49), (10, 50), (10, 51), (10, 52), (10, 53), (10, 54), (10, 55), (10,
56), (11, 39), (11, 40), (11, 41), (11, 42), (11, 57), (11, 58), (11, 59),
(11, 60), (12, 36), (12, 37), (12, 38), (12, 61), (12, 62),(12, 63), (13, 33),
(13, 34), (13, 35), (13, 64), (13, 65), (13, 66), (14, 31), (14, 32), (14,
33), (14, 66), (14, 67), (14, 68), (15, 30), (15, 31), (15, 68), (15, 69),
(16, 28), (16, 29), (16, 70), (16, 71), (17, 27), (17, 72), (18, 25), (18,
26), (18, 73), (18, 74), (19, 24)])
polar = []
index = 0
for x, y in points:
    r = np.sqrt(x**2 + y**2)
    phi = np.arctan2(y, x)
    polar.append((r, phi))
    index += 1

print(polar)

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Welcome to the October 4, 2010 edition of ACM TechNews, providing timely information for IT professionals three times a week.
Regulators Blame Computer Algorithm for Stock Market 'Flash Crash'
EU Seeks to Boost Defenses Against Cyber Attacks
Professor Wendy Hall Speaks
In New Project, Russian Universities Tap American Expertise in Tech Transfer
From 'Avatar' Playbook, Athletes Use 3-D Imaging
Multicore May Not Be So Scary
GOOOAAL! Students Scoring With Computer Science
Underwater Robot Swims Free Thanks to York U-Designed Wireless Controller
Tackling Insomnia Through Twitter
'Fabric' Would Tighten the Weave of Online Security
Middle School STEM Gets $12 Million NSF Infusion
Signing Made Easy
Tablet, Phone Software Developers Face Multicore Challenge
Computerworld (10/01/10) Lucas Mearian
A joint investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued a report calling the May 6 stock market flash crash the responsibility of an automated trade execution system that inundated the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's Globex electronic trading platform with a major sell order that triggered a nearly 1,000-point plunge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average in a half hour. "[A] large fundamental trader chose to execute this sell program via an automated execution algorithm that was programmed to feed orders into the June 2010 E-Mini market to target an execution rate set to 9 percent of the trading volume calculated over the previous minute, but without regard to price or time," the report says. "The execution of this sell program resulted in the largest net change in daily position of any trader in the E-Mini since the beginning of the year." The study found that under strained market conditions, the automated execution of a big sell order can induce extreme price movements, particularly if price is not factored in by the automated execution algorithm. "Moreover, the interaction between automated execution programs and algorithmic trading strategies can quickly erode liquidity and result in disorderly markets," the report concludes.
Reuters (09/30/10) Justyna Pawlak
The European Commission has made several proposals designed to counter large-scale cyberattacks that could paralyze the computer networks of European Union (EU) nations. The proposals include criminalizing the use and creation of malicious software and the possession of tools for breaking into computer systems. The EU also wants to increase penalties for cybercrime. Europe needs a unified approach to prevent and prosecute cybercrime, says Cecilia Malmstrom, the EU's commissioner for home affairs. Malmstrom says the EU also needs a long-term strategy to protect its infrastructure from cybercrime. "We are not totally defenseless," she says. "We have some tools ... and we are looking at it in our security strategy but this is something long term where we need bigger capacity. This is not something we can construct overnight."
Inquirer (UK) (10/01/10) Wendy M. Grossman
Wendy Hall, dean of the University of Southampton's new Faculty of Physical and Applied Sciences, helped found the Web Science Research Initiative for the purpose of facilitating a formal understanding of the Web. "Partly what I'm passionate about in Web science ... [is] what makes the Web what it is, how it evolves and will evolve, what are the scenarios that could kill it or change it in ways that would be detrimental to its use," she says. Hall says the need for the initiative was demonstrated when she discussed with Web pioneer Tim Berners-Lee why the semantic Web has failed to emerge. Berners-Lee determined that the semantic Web concept was commandeered by the artificial intelligence community for the purpose of solving massive problems, when what was needed was for the data to be freed up so that people's use of it could be observed. "What creates the Web are us who put the content on it, and that's not natural or engineered," Hall says. Among the subjects she says can be explored through Web science is how to construct a better future Web by predicting what people would and would not do with it.
Chronicle of Higher Education (09/30/10) Goldie Blumenstyk
The Enhancing University Research and Entrepreneurial Capacity initiative to promote stronger linkages between Russian academe and industry could help Russian universities adopt U.S.-style advancements such as business incubators and spinoff companies with an eye toward research commercialization. The project will partner several of Russia's national research universities with teams from four U.S. institutions to learn about technology transfer and other industry collaboration strategies. Over the next two years, teams from the U.S. universities will educate their equivalents at the two Russian campuses on subjects such as assessing the commercial potential of inventions and harnessing the expertise of their business schools and their local business and finance executives. The Russians will consequently train academics at other Russian institutions. The academic teams also will collaborate on the commercialization of technologies from the Russian schools, most likely innovations in disciplines such as computer science and nanotechnology. "It's a way to demonstrate some of the softer skills" that technology transfer entails, says the University of Maryland's Brian Darmody.
New York Times (10/02/10) James Glanz ; Alan Schwarz
Some Major League Baseball (MLB) teams are using advanced imaging technology to influence the way athletes train, perform, and recover from injuries. The technology is a combination of the systems that capture human gestures for three-dimensional (3D) animations, and orthopedic research on the most powerful and least damaging ways to throw a ball or swing a bat. The motion-capture technique produces a digital, 3D representation that can be viewed from any direction, run forward and backward, and analyzed to calculate precise limb angles and accelerations, stresses on joints, and ball speeds. The technique has become a recognized tool for helping athletes and nonathletes recover from injuries, says New York University professor Chris Bregler. At least three MLB teams are recording their players with the hope of avoiding injuries, adjusting pitchers' and batters' mechanics, and even helping players in slumps. As soon as the programs become more widely known, it could set off a technology race and give younger, more technically savvy coaches an edge over traditionalists, according to some experts. One of the most sophisticated applications of the technology enables football players to practice against a virtual defense, says EA Sports' Rob Moore.
MIT News (09/30/10) Larry Hardesty
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers built a system consisting of eight six-core chips that can simulate the performance of a 48-core chip, as a way to test if adding more cores continues to boost computing performance. The researchers tested several applications on their model, activating the 48 cores one by one and observing the results. The researchers found that at a certain point, adding more cores slowed the system down instead of speeding it up. However, slightly rewriting the Linux code so that each core kept a local count greatly improved the system's overall performance. "There's a bunch of interesting research to be done on building better tools to help programmers pinpoint where the problem is," says MIT professor Frans Kaashoek. "The big question in the community is, as the number of cores on a processor goes up, will we have to completely rethink how we build operating systems," says University of Wisconsin professor Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau.
Rowan Today (09/30/10)
Rowan University graduate students have developed Soccer Scoop, software that helps soccer coaches evaluate players. Soccer Scoop, developed as part of a graduate computer science class assignment led by Rowan professor Adrian Rusu, converts statistics into visual representations that reflect players' skill levels. A player's skill is rated from one to four and their skill levels are displayed on a picture of a soccer player. For example, the head on the picture represents the player's head ball skills. A green head represents a skill level four. Another feature of the system displays more details of a player's skill on the image of a soccer field. "In my courses, I am always looking for real-world applications for students to apply what they learn in the classroom," Rusu says. "The students realize their work matters well beyond their grades and become more motivated and creative, which results in improved grasp of course content."
York University (09/30/10) Melissa Hughes
A team at York University has designed and built a waterproof tablet for wirelessly controlling the underwater robot AQUA, which is designed to collect data from shipwrecks and reefs. Divers can control the AQUATablet using toggle switches and on-screen prompts. They also can program the controller to display tags onscreen, similar to barcodes read by smartphones, and the robot's on-board camera then scans the two-dimensional tags to receive and carry out commands. The researchers say AQUATablet enables divers to command AQUA as if they were using a video-game joystick. AQUA is connected to the tablet by an optical cable in this mode, and the robot can provide feedback from its camera to the operator. In a totally wireless mode, AQUA acknowledges prompts by flashing its on-board light. "This is a huge improvement on [a robot] having to travel to the surface to communicate with its operators," says York professor Michael Jenkin. "We wanted to develop a system where we could create commands on the fly, in response to the environment."
BBC News (10/02/10) Mark Ward
Lincoln University researchers are studying social networks such as Twitter and Facebook to determine if they can enhance existing treatments for insomnia, depression, and anxiety. The researchers say that continuous access to friends, family, and therapists could prolong the beneficial effects of treatment. However, existing computer-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) systems have not kept up with the changing ways that people use computers, says Lincoln's Shaun Lawson. "The way that people engage with social networks, how many times they do it in a day, it is very similar to the kind of ways that we would really want people to interact with CBT treatment," Lawson says. Initially, the project will study the use of social networks to map out a patient's pattern of activity. The researchers will pay particular attention to social network games and why they trigger such a loyalty from players. "What's interesting on social networks is that people are more likely to self-disclose on them," Lawson says. Social networking channels enable people to report their feelings in ways that might be inappropriate in normal conversations, he says.
Cornell Chronicle (09/30/10) Bill Steele
Cornell University professors Fred Schneider and Andrew Myers are developing a way to incorporate security in the programming language used to write computer programs, so that the systems are protected from the beginning. Until now, computer security has been reactive, Schneider says. "Our defenses improve only after they have been successfully penetrated," he says. Schneider and Myers developed Fabric, a computer platform that replaces multiple existing layers with a simpler programming interface that makes security reasoning more direct. Fabric is designed to create secure systems for distributed computing, such as systems that move money around or control medical records. Fabric's programming language, which is based on Java, builds in security as the program is written. Myers says most of what Fabric does is transparent to the programmer. "I think we can make life simpler and improve performance," he says.
THE Journal (09/28/10) David Nagel
The National Science Foundation's Math and Science Partnership Program recently gave a nearly $12 million, five-year grant to northern California middle schools to implement a program for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education that could serve as a national model for underserved students to pursue STEM subjects in higher education. Researchers at California State University, East Bay (CSUEB) will work with the Alameda County Office of Education to develop the San Francisco Bay-Integrated Middle School Science Project, which will target middle schools serving large populations of low-income and traditionally underrepresented ethnic groups. CSUEB will provide faculty-developed STEM materials and will integrate technology-delivered, real-time data from a range of government agencies. "This is all in the public domain, and can help in making science current, interesting, and relevant to the students," says CSUEB professor Jeffery Seitz. The project also will focus on teacher preparation. CSEUB says the program will reach 68,000 students.
National Science Foundation (09/27/10) Miles O'Brien
Georgia Tech professor Thad Starner is leading the development of interactive tools designed to make sign language easier to learn for both the deaf and hearing communities. Starner and his team have developed a cell phone application called SmartSign that provides videos of different signs to help hearing people who get stuck on a word. "You speak the word you want, it uses voice recognition, and it'll just bring up the video right for you," says Georgia Tech researcher Jeff Wilson. Another system, called CopyCat, is being developed primarily for classrooms. CopyCat involves the user wearing a pair of special gloves equipped with motion sensors. A camera tracks the user's hand motions and when a sign is performed correctly, points are awarded. "We've tested CopyCat in three different schools and each time, we're seeing significant results in just two weeks," Starner says. "The children actually were able to improve their ability to understand sign, be able to generate sign, and to repeat sign phrases."
IDG News Service (09/27/10) Agam Shah
Industry experts at the recent Linley Tech Processor conference said that writing applications for mobile devices could become more challenging as central processing units (CPUs) and hardware accelerators are added to mobile chips. Linley Group's Linley Gwennap says that much software development work is needed to extract better performance out of multicore chips. "What we're seeing on the phone side is applications having to change to use the second CPU," Gwennap says. "It's going to take some time before the software is ready for that." He says the latest mobile operating systems are partly ready for dual CPUs, which will make it easier for programmers, but applications development becomes more problematic as more cores are added to mobile chips. Adjusting for power consumption also is a major issue on mobile systems. "The software is very important in terms of driving power consumption," Gwennap says. "Everybody says 'oh, is my CPU good, is my CPU not good,' but it's what the software does with the CPU that makes a huge difference."


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By Arnold Dillon, Head of Strategic Campaigns
With the European elections over, the focus of Ibec's campaign activity is shifting in light of developments in Brussels, London and Dublin. In Brussels, the European institutions are going through a process of renewal. We now have a new Parliament, but the European Commission will also change soon, along with the leadership of the Council. In London, a Tory leadership contest is raising the risk of a 'no deal' Brexit. While at home, our attention turns to October's Budget 2020, with the possibility of a General Election never far away.
Brussels: All change in Brussels with key roles up for grabs
The outcome of the European elections has disrupted established political alliances, but did not prompt a shift to the political extremes that many feared. Read our full analysis here. The European People's Party (EPP), where Fine Gael sit, and the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) have been in coalition since 1979, but will now have to seek new partners after losing ground. The Greens and the liberal alliances ALDE (just renamed Renew Europe) will have more sway. Over the coming weeks, Ibec will be sitting down with our new MEPs to discuss the priorities of Irish business in details. Ensuring strong Irish voices on key Committee is vital. Our focus also turns to the next European Commission, where the process of choosing a new President in underway. We have set out our key priorities for the future of Europe, and will ensure that Irish business interests are strongly represented in the EU-wide debate.
Dublin: Focus on Budget 2020, but eye to General Election
At home, the focus is moving towards the autumn budget. The possibility of a snap general election has receded somewhat, although nothing is certain.
Early next month, Ibec will set out our priorities for Budget 2020. The macroeconomic backdrop remains benign - no other economy in Western Europe had greater momentum coming into 2019.
However, a 'no deal' Brexit would significantly re-frame the economic outlook, and involve a major sterling depreciation, cancelled investment, falling consumer confidence, rising prices and significant trade disruption.
At the same time, changes to international tax rules may demand a significant domestic policy response. We will set out our detailed plans on how government should respond next month.
London: Tory rhetoric puts Brexit 'no deal' in spotlight
The failure of the UK government to ratify the Withdrawal Agreement, has left business with the complex task and enormous cost of managing the uncertainty of moving Brexit deadlines. Millions of euro has already been spent putting in place costly contingency plans. The Tory leadership contest is polarising opinions further, and is increasing the likelihood of a 'no deal' outcome. There is no sign of a break-through, and the imminent arrival of a 'Brexiteer' UK Prime Minister is unlikely to change that.
The objectives of Irish business have not changed: an orderly exit with a long transition, legal safeguards to protect the Good Friday Agreement and all-island economy, and close future EU-UK alignment. In the meantime, our work to support you as you put in place contingency plans continues - get in touch directly or visit our dedicated Brexit website for support.
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Has anyone had a chance to look at this game? The dice system looks complicated, using decks of cards. The art looks nice, but I can't tell if there's anything worth taking a deep look at.
From what I've gathered from the articles in Role and Roll and glancing through the rulebook, it's a high fantasy setting with the usual races, albeit changed up a bit. You play heroes that start off as weak little people and then grow stronger and have to save the world from darkness, etc. It seems like the inspiration for this game is much closer to Germanic or northern European folk tales, but I could be wrong.


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