Speaking of quality, it can be viewed in so many aspects and different forms but presenting the life abroad and especially in China university, we speak of educational quality, city and life quality, university quality, language quality and cultural quality.
All the mentioned above are presented to a student who has probably the first time been to China and therefore he or she has to know how to cope with all these and how to live a quality life in the quality presented to him or her.
The university study and life are two things that a student in China should be very careful with and must learn how to live the right way. A student must learn how to keep up with the pace during studies of whichever course he or she choose, because the university studies are very competent and also have other students from different countries who also compete to be the best in class.
Get a good attendance in class and work hand on hand with the lecturers to obtain the best a quality success.
The university life however is very nice, especially with a lot of international students because you will learn a lot throughout your years of study, from different people in different countries, get time to share the culture and build study groups together.
Some of which are business men and women, others are students and tourists at large. as a student you can have ample time to visit different city places with best views such as the great wall in Beijing or the buried army in Xi`an, big towers in Guangzhou and many more.
All these will increase the experience of your life in China in both studies and life experience.
Culture being one of the quality life presented in China, especially for a student who just joined in one of the China`s university for studies. The country has an amaizing culture which is also known worldwide, such as the Gongfu and various of Tibetan culture and the Chinese plays.
The culture life gives the students a space to feel free and practice their own towards the Chinese spectators.
The most crucial and important means of communication in China and every other country, except each country has their own primary language of communication.
For the Chinese people it Chinese language, and it has been famous worldwide, to an extent where any student joining the country has to study the Chinese language in form of HSK levels so as to master the language and minimize language barrier.
It is very important because at the end of your course you have to complete HSK 4 examination test in order to receive your certificate and graduate from the university you are studying.


Everyone knew that it was going to be hot, hot, hot, BUT that didn't deter many folks from hitting the fossil-collecting trail. I underprinted the Hold Harmless Agreements, but 112 people did sign one AND I know of at least 3 people that did not. So, no telling how many people we actually took out to the creek. There were 62 cars though. We had visitors/members from Oklahoma City, Houston and Austin that I know of.
The good news is that spring rains had really exposed plenty of new material. The bad news was that the landowner had dammed the creek in several places to provide water for his livestock, so we had much more water than normal AND the creek was continuing to flow at a good pace. Consequently, some of the best collecting 'seams' weren't accessible, so no shark teeth this trip.
Most people brought their own fossil transport so I was glad that I only had a dozen 5-gal. buckets to hand out WHICH attendees proceeded to fill. I couldn't get around to photographing all of the findings, but James Townsend did find the best Salenia Mexicana that I've ever seen from that site – just perfect. Several people found at least parts of Phymosoma texana. Of course, the Oxytropidoceras ammonites and Epiaster and Heteraster echinoids were abundantly available. At least 3 what we believe to be bison bones were found – 2 femurs and a vertebra.
After lunch and DPS provided watermelons, we headed upstream. The echinoids here were mostly in large slabs of the harder limestone, but in colonies of a dozen or more. Those taken should prep out nicely. The creek bed itself was a pavement of ammonites, but the water flow limited their access.
Thanks to Nonette Barnes for helping with crowd control and for bringing watermelons and to Alan Marchant and Ming Lee for sending photos.
For those of you who did not get the handout from the trip, click here to download.


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Patricia "Patty" Halliwell es un personaje ficticio de la serie de televisión Charmed. Patty Halliwell es la madre de Prue, Piper, Phoebe y Paige en la serie. Es interpretada por la actriz Finola Hughes.

Biografía

Patty nació el 5 de abril de 1950, es una bruja hija de Allen Halliwell y Penelope Johnson. Es una descendiente de Melinda Warren y poseía el poder de Inmovilización Molecular.

Patty aprendió de su madre el sagrado arte de la brujería. Cuando tenía nueve años, Patty inventaba hechizos para contrarrestar los que su madre lanzaba.

Patty se casó con el mortal Victor Bennet, y dio a luz a Prue, Piper y Phoebe. Cuando Victor supo que era una bruja, y que sus hijas eran también brujas, paso tiempos difíciles. Fue por este tiempo que Patty y su guía blanco, Sam Wilder, comenzaron a verse de manera romántica. Irritado por el constante involucramiento de Sam en sus vidas y la magia en general, Victor abandono a su familia frustrado por algunos meses.

Durante la separación, Patty fue raptada por un brujo llamado Nicholas. Sintiendo que estaba embarazada de su tercera hija, Nicholas forzó a Patty a darle inmunidad a los poderes de su línea familiar en cambio de la vida de sus hijas. Esa es la razón por la cual Patty y su madre Penny tuvieron que atar los poderes de las chicas para que Nicholas no tuviera acceso a ellas.

Durante este tiempo, la relación de Sam y Patty creció, y Patty quedó embarazada. Ella dio a luz a otra niña, Paige. Como las brujas y los guías blancos no tenían permitido involucrarse, este hecho tenía que ser mantenido en secreto para los Ancianos. Así que, para proteger a su joven hija de ambos lados de la magia, ella dejó a la bebe anónimamente en una iglesia.

Patty y Victor se divorciaron tiempo después.

El 28 de febrero de 1978 durante un intento de destruir a un demonio acuático en el lago de un campamento de verano, Patty fue distraída por un Sam sobreprotector. Ella se vio forzada a congelarlo, pero el demonio usó su última oportunidad para hundirla junto con él. Años más tarde, su idea de usar una combinación de electricidad y congelamiento para destruir al demonio fue llevada a cabo por Piper y Prue.

Patty se convirtió en un espíritu después de su muerte y le ha sido permitido tomar forma corpórea ocasionalmente entre los vivos. La primera vez ocurrió cuando le fue permitido asistir a la boda de Piper y Leo Wyatt, como una disculpa de los Ancianos por causarles agonía.

Le fue permitido tomar un cuerpo de nuevo cuando le habló a Piper y Phobe acerca de su cuarta hermana Paige Matthews, después del funeral de Prue, y otra vez cuando ella fue convocada por la abuela para que mediara entre Victor y ella sobre si Leo era un peligro para las chicas. Ambas, Patty (procedente del pasado, y aún viva) y la Abuela regresaron a ayudar a Piper en el final de la serie.

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Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 October 2017
Yesterday – Wednesday October 4th, 2017, was red letter day for Sierra Leone's Public Service Commission (PSC) as it presented its 2016 annual report to President Ernest Bai Koroma at State House in Freetown.
Sierra Leone's civil service has in the past thirty years become a constant source of public ridicule for successive governments, after failing to meet the expectations of he public. It is regarded by many as the bedrock of corruption in the country.
So, what's in this report that is not already known? Has the civil service performed better in the last ten years under president Koroma's supervision and control, or has it performed much worse?
According to State House Communication Unit, receiving the report yesterday, the president pledged to address the concerns of the PSC, assuring them of government's continued support. He commended the PSC for the ongoing transformational strides taking place within the civil service, and urged them to continue the measures being put in place.
"We must try to professionalize the civil service as much as we could," he said, adding that the ongoing transformation of the service is being done against the background that Sierra Leone needs a very efficient civil service, because government can only perform to the extent of the capabilities of the civil service. "
"That is why our focus on energizing the public service is not displaced and we believe the measures you have put in place are on track," he pointed out.
But who is independently monitoring and measuring the performance of the civil service to ensure that it is value for money and fit for purpose?
President Koroma said that although a lot of professionals are still attracted to the private sector due to improved conditions of service, he encouraged the PSC to recruit the very best – wherever they are. "We are not yet there but we will continue to make the public service more attractive to entice more people from the private sector, like it's happening in countries like Singapore.
He also lauded the efforts of the commission for the tremendous work they have done to make the civil service more active than before. He indicated that the current moratorium on recruitment in the public service should be looked into, because it is also not helping the civil service in terms of capacity building.
Chairman of the PSC Dr Amadu Max Sesay spoke about the challenges facing the commission, including budgetary constraints. He highlighted the need for a modern, purpose-built PSC House to accommodate a new PSC, a PSC with an oversight and regulatory mandate over the public service.
He said that although the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has commenced the disbursement of funds for the project, the allocations are too small to commission even the demolition of the current building.
The current moratorium on recruitment in the public service he said, "is compounding the situation of unemployment for our graduates".
Dr Sesay said that history will smile kindly on President Koroma for what the PSC chairman described as waking up the huge constitutional beast (PSC) that went into inglorious slumber for over two decades.
"In some of my early writings on the PSC, your Excellency, I have employed the use of the famous fable, Humpty Dumpty, as a metaphor to capture the experience of the institution. Before you, Humpty Dumpty has a great fall. But since 2008, Sir, the President's men have been busy at work, putting Humpty Dumpty back together again," said the PSC chairman.
Presenting an overview of its 2016 annual report, Dr Max Sesay spoke about a number of issues, including scaling up internal reforms, supporting human resource management in the civil service, enforcing discipline and accountability in the public service as well as fostering sector and policy collaboration in the public service.
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Home » » Due to uncontrolled violence, 40 more families flee from Garza Congregation, Tamaulipas
Due to uncontrolled violence, 40 more families flee from Garza Congregation, Tamaulipas
By Chivis 11/29/2019 02:31:00 PM 8 comments
Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat TYGus from ElSoldeMexico
Reminiscent of Mier exodus---
Inhabitants of the Garza Congregation settlement, known as El Charco Escondido de Reynosa, are leaving their homes because they feel unprotected by the authorities of the three government orders.
So far there have been 40 families that have left the ejido to look for better opportunities in the city; feeling helpless they leave their homes and everything they managed to work for many years.
On Tuesday, a truck that pulled a trailer with cattle, another vehicle where they were transporting furniture and electronic devices.
Another inhabitant who had a business decided to close it and move to another place with his family. They will look for a place in the city of Reynosa.
Little by little, families that have suffered violence in their own homes begin to flee seeking security and justice.
Family killed in Garza Congregation
Last Saturday night, four members of a family in Garza Congregation were ambushed, the attack left three dead and one wounded.
Witnesses said the family was returning from a christening and were shot dead while driving through a gap.
Through ambulances, the injured were taken to the Maternal and Child Hospital for their attention but, according to witnesses, the injured were not received due to lack of beds and were sent to the General Hospital.
All these situations and the enpt, controlled by Cartels president, is not demonstrating good citizenship to it's people.
Inlaws lost everything there last night...they pulled up and took everything from the house and tienda..it is a stones throw from Texas...sad...Mexico so close to the USA but so far from God
So? The USA is great because it has and shall continue to use Mexico and Latin America as its backyard dump ground.
The more Mexico is humiliated, weakend, marginalized and unstable ( 15 years ago Mexico had less homicides than our great nation, that can't be, thank God uncle Sam fast and furious fix that) the more the USA wins.
Now that Mexico is a terrorist state we should carpet bomb Monterey, Guadalajara and Mexico City and block all of Mexico's ports with the Navy .
And Target the Latino/Mexican population like we do with Muslims and send them to Guantanamo or concentration camps and sterelize them for snuggling illegal drugs and aliens and killing Americans.
Amlo this what u r doing to your people. Hope u can sleep at night u sorry SOB.
Got to give Almo credit, he does a great job for the Cartels, they r proud of him.
Amlo doesn't need the army anymore he's got the Cartel. Lol
Yaqui November 30, 2019 at 2:46 PM
This is one of the hardest things for me to swallow.
Especially hard where folks have lived on the land for generations.
Chivis November 30, 2019 at 6:32 PM
I remember the kids of Mier, Tamps in the lions club shelter. Seemingly normal until they spoke of the violence. Empty eyes, staring off, speaking in monotone, slowly, the saddest thing to see, knowing they will never get the help they need to work through PTSD .
We had Benito interview the kids. They opened up to him because he himself was a kid of 14 years, he is my assistant's son
One kid about 10 spoke of the bad guys bursting into their home taking his father who he never saw again.
then his thoughts turned to "someone else"---he wondered if his dog was ok, because they had no room to bring him along.
How fucking sad it is for these children. Children of wars.


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"INTO THE WOODS" ANNOUNCES DATES
By StageLight | October 7, 2014
ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY
Announces Dates For
The McCarter Theatre Center and Fiasco Theater Production of
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
As reimagined by Fiasco Theater
Directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld
Previews begin December 18, 2014
Official opening January 22, 2015
Limited engagement through March 22, 2015
Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
"I fell head over heels." – Ben Brantley, New York Times
Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the performance schedule for the upcoming Off-Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine's Tony Award-winning Into the Woods.
Into the Woods begins preview performances Off-Broadway on Thursday, December 18, 2014 and opens officially on Thursday, January 22, 2015 at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street). This is a limited engagement through Sunday, March 22, 2015.
Into the Woods has been reimagined by Fiasco Theater and is directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld. This production premiered in May 2013 at the McCarter Theatre in association with the Fiasco Theater, and was subsequently produced at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, CA.
The full cast & design team will be announced soon.
With only 10 actors, one piano and boundless imagination, this witty and wildly theatrical re-invention is Into the Woods like you've never seen it before! This stripped-down, unplugged, thrillingly clever new version includes all the dazzling classic songs like "Children Will Listen" and "Giants in the Sky." Mind the wolf, heed the witch and honor the giant at this extraordinary musical about the power of wishes and what happens when they really do come true.
Roundabout has a long relationship with Stephen Sondheim having produced five Tony Award®-nominated Sondheim revivals including Company (1995), Follies (2001), Tony Award® winning Assassins (2004), Pacific Overtures (2004) and Sunday in the Park with George (2008). In 2005, Roundabout honored Sondheim with the Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theatre for the indelible impact his life's work has made on the theatre. In 2009 Roundabout presented a one-night only gala concert reading of A Little Night Music. In 2010, Roundabout presented a special Broadway musical tribute to Sondheim entitled Sondheim on Sondheim conceived and directed by Into the Woods' librettist James Lapine and in the same year, renamed Broadway's Henry Millers' Theatre in honor of Mr. Sondheim.
Tickets for Into the Woods are available by calling 212.719.1300, online at www.roundabouttheatre.org, and in person at Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre Box office (111 West 46th Street). Single tickets for Into the Woods are $99.
Into the Woods will play Tuesday through Saturday evening at 7:30PM with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00PM.
Into the Woods is made possible with major support from Ms. Elizabeth Armstrong and Ted and Mary Jo Shen.
Into the Woods benefits from Roundabout's Musical Theatre Fund with lead gifts from The Howard Gilman Foundation and Perry and Marty Granoff.
Musicals at Roundabout are supported with generous gifts from: The Bok Family Foundation and Cynthia Wainwright and Stephen Berger.
Fiasco Theater is an ensemble theater company created by graduates of the Brown University/Trinity Rep M.F.A. acting program. Past shows include Cymbeline, Twelfth Night, and Into the Woods. Cymbeline was presented Off-Broadway twice, for nearly 200 performances, and was honored with the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for best revival of 2011/2012. On February 28th they will premiere their current production, Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, at the New Victory Theatre through March 16th. This spring they will present a new production of Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Folger Theatre in Washington, DC. This summer their critically acclaimed production of Into the Woods will be presented at the Old Globe in San Diego before its New York run at Roundabout. Fiasco has been in residence with the Sundance Theatre Lab, NYU-Gallatin, Duke University, Marquette University, and LSU. Their work has been developed at the Orchard Project and the Shakespeare Society, and they have led master classes at Brown University and NYU. Since 2008, Fiasco has annually offered the Free Training Initiative—a conservatory-level classical acting intensive for professional actors, completely free of charge to students. www.fiascotheater.com
McCarter Theatre Center: Under the leadership of Artistic Director Emily Mann and Managing Director Timothy J. Shields, McCarter Theatre Center is recognized as one of the nation's premier theater companies. World premieres include Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2013 Tony Award for Best Play) and Miss Witherspoon; Tarell Alvin McCraney's The Brother/Sister Plays; Edward Albee's Me, Myself & I; Emily Mann's Having Our Say; Danai Gurira's The Convert; and Regina Taylor's Crowns. Other significant Broadway productions include Brian Friel's Translations; Nilo Cruz's Anna in the Tropics; and Electra, directed by David Leveaux. McCarter is supported by Princeton University, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and over 3,000 individuals, corporations, and foundations. www.mccarter.org.
The Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre opened in March 2004 with an acclaimed premiere of Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel starring Viola Davis, directed by Dan Sullivan. In the ten years since that landmark production, the center has expanded beyond the Laura Pels Theatre to include the Black Box Theatre and now a new education center. The Steinberg Center continues to reflect Roundabout's commitment to produce new works by established and emerging writers as well as revivals of classic plays. This state-of-the-art off-Broadway theatre and education complex is made possible by a major gift from The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust. The Trust was created in 1986 by Harold Steinberg to promote and advance American Theatre as a vital part of our culture by supporting playwrights, encouraging the development and production of new work, and providing financial assistance to not-for-profit theatre companies across the country. Since its inception, the Trust has awarded over $70 million to more than 125 theatre organizations.
Roundabout Theatre Company is committed to producing the highest quality theatre with the finest artists, sharing stories that endure, and providing accessibility to all audiences. A not-for-profit company, Roundabout fulfills its mission each season through the production of classic plays and musicals; development and production of new works by established and emerging writers; educational initiatives that enrich the lives of children and adults; and a subscription model and audience outreach programs that cultivate and engage all audiences.
Roundabout Theatre Company presents a variety of plays, musicals, and new works on its five stages, each of which is specifically designed to enhance the needs of Roundabout's mission. Off-Broadway, the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, which houses the Laura Pels Theatre and Black Box Theatre, with its simple sophisticated design, is perfectly suited to showcasing new plays. The grandeur of its Broadway home on 42nd Street, American Airlines Theatre, sets the ideal stage for the classics. Roundabout's Studio 54 provides an exciting and intimate Broadway venue for its musical and special event productions. The Stephen Sondheim Theatre offers a state of the art LEED certified Broadway theatre in which to stage major large-scale musical revivals. Together these distinctive homes serve to enhance Roundabout's work on each of its stages.
American Airlines is the official airline of Roundabout Theatre Company. Roundabout productions are supported, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Roundabout's 2014-2015 season includes Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing starring Ewan McGregor, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Josh Hamilton & Cynthia Nixon, directed by Sam Gold; Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink starring Rosemary Harris & directed by Carey Perloff; Coleman, Comden & Green's On The Twentieth Century starring Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher, directed by Scott Ellis and Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine's Into the Woods.
The 2014-2015 Roundabout Underground production will be Little Children Dream of God, a new play by Jeff Augustin, directed by Giovanna Sardelli.
Roundabout's production of Masteroff, Kander & Ebb's Cabaret, starring Alan Cumming and Michelle Williams, directed by Sam Mendes & Rob Marshall (co-director/choreographer), is playing at Studio 54.
Roundabout's 2015-2016 season will feature Stephen Karam's The Humans, directed by Joe Mantello.
www.roundabouttheatre.org
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For the first time during the trip we have to show our passports when crossing the border.
It is a remniscense of old times. How it used to feel when crossing borders. Sitting in the back seat of the car, pretending to play and trying to conceal the giant tv-set between your legs, while the custom's officer is eyeballing you through the window.
We cross the border between Slovenia (EU) and Croatia (soon to be EU) at Brod na Kupi. Then we climb from 250 meter to 720 meters above sea level.


Trung joined Watsi on April 24th, 2017. Two years ago, Trung became the 2791st member to automatically support a new Watsi patient every month. Since then, 2,301 more people have become monthly donors! Trung's most recent donation traveled 1,900 miles to support Dirony, a boy from Haiti, to fund prep for cardiac surgery.
Trung has funded healthcare for 25 patients in 10 countries.
Dirony is a student from Haiti. He lives with his parents and three siblings in a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. He is in the fifth grade and especially enjoys math and science. Dirony has a cardiac condition called atrioventricular septal canal defect. A large hole exists in the center of his heart, causing blood to mix between all four chambers; this leaves him sick and short of breath. Dirony will fly to the United States to receive treatment. On May 2, he will undergo cardiac surgery, during which surgeons will use patches to close the hole in his heart. Another organization, HeartGift Foundation, is contributing $18,000 to pay for surgery. Dirony's family also needs help to fund the costs of surgery prep. The $1,500 bill covers labs, medicines, and checkup and followup appointments. It also supports passport obtainment and the social workers from our medical partner, Haiti Cardiac Alliance, who will accompany Dirony's family overseas. His mother says, "I am hoping that Dirony will not have to miss school so often once his heart is healthy."
Alex is a young student from Kenya. Alex's mother sells groceries to support her family. Alex has been diagnosed with encephalocoele, a type of neural tube defect in which brain tissues and overlying membranes protrude through openings in the skull. Encephalocoele usually results from a failure of the neural tube to completely close during fetal development. Without treatment, Alex is at risk of developmental delays, brain damage, or premature death. Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is requesting $929 to fund encephalocoele repair surgery for Alex. The procedure is scheduled to take place on February 11. Hopefully, the repair of this condition will allow Alex to grow up healthy. "The swell was really worrying us but we are happy to know so many people have had the same issue and got treated," says Alex's mother.
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Cherly is a young adult from Haiti. She lives with her husband and 15-year-old daughter in Port-au-Prince. She is not currently working due to her heart condition. Cherly has a cardiac condition called rheumatic mitral and aortic regurgitation. Two of the valves of her heart are damaged as a result of an infection she suffered a number of years ago. As a result, her heart cannot adequately circulate blood through her body, and she is in heart failure. Cherly will fly to United States to receive treatment. On November 21, she will undergo cardiac surgery, during which surgeons will replace two of the damaged valves in her heart with artificial valves. Another organization, the Heart Hospital Baylor Plano, is contributing $75,000 to pay for surgery. Cherly's family also needs help to fund the costs of surgery prep. The $1,500 bill covers labs, medicines, and checkup and followup appointments. It also supports passport obtainment and the social workers from our medical partner, Haiti Cardiac Alliance, who will accompany Cherly's family overseas. She says, "I am looking forward to this surgery so I can spend more time doing things with my daughter."
Candle is a seven-year-old student from Burma. He lives with his family in Htee San Ra village, Myawaddy Township, Karen State. During his school holiday, Candle was riding with his uncle and grandmother on a motorbike. While they were going down a hill, the motorbike slid and fell onto Candle's left thigh, breaking his femur bone. Currently, Candle is in pain, and he cannot move his leg. With the help of our medical partner, Burma Children Medical Fund, Candle will undergo surgery to reset his fractured bones and ensure proper healing. The procedure is scheduled for October 15 and will cost $1,500. This procedure will help Candle to be free from pain and walk again. His father says, "This is the first time that an accident has happened to someone in our family. We are both very upset to see our son suffer from the pain and as a father I feel sorry for him and I cannot sleep well."
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\section{Introduction}
Emerging low-latency class of applications has pushed network components close to user as cloud or edge servers. On one hand, there is an exponential growth in the number of devices being connected to the Internet while on the other hand, sophisticated software such as augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), running on those devices are able to consume data in the order of milliseconds. In this work, we attempt to find if these low-latency applications can be supported by edge clouds in cooperation with central cloud when resources such as bandwidth and computing power are limited and if so, what must be the right resource distribution to support an application with service quality guarantee. At the application front, surge in the demand of ultra-low latency applications for instance annotation based assistance using Augmented Reality (AR) pose strict bounds on compute as well as network latency. User Equipment (UE) running AR applications, in general, sends a continuous video or audio stream (along with metadata such as user velocity, location) to the server or cloud for processing and a calculated output is received by the UE based upon the application type which overturns typical HTTP traffic which is heavy-tailed, read-mostly model wherein users are the data consumers and server is the generator. The paradigm shift of higher upload traffic for certain applications than the download traffic is visible in AR/VR services where the UE receives only contextual outputs from server (cloud or edge) while server continuously processes each and every frame of the video stream thus requiring higher computation ability close to user in order to provide output in \textit{true} real-time.
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\section{Approach}
\label{sec:app}
In order to understand real-time applications' performance over edge cloud network, we developed a tool for city scale network simulations. We use Chicago city which is the third most populous city in US as a test-case considering locations of 11,00 Wi-Fi APs as shown in Fig. 1. Each AP is equipped with an edge server with a configurable compute resource capacity. A rack has limited capacity to support users for their computational requirements. For instance, an AR application requires computation to process video/image stream and receive the response back from the server. Therefore, upgrading an edge means deploying more machines to enhance capacity or simply updating the software. The central cloud server is placed at Oregon which again has a configurable capacity. For a system without edge clouds, the central cloud should be able to support all the users. In our simulation, we increase the resource density of already deployed edge clouds by removing compute resources from the central cloud. This method keeps the compute cost for the whole system unchanged. Therefore, the total system capacity including the central cloud and edge is constant in terms of compute.

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\includegraphics[width=0.5\linewidth]{city.png}
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\caption{Access Point Distribution at the Chicago City}
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Application is modeled using a four tuple $<V,G,S,L>$. V: compute task, G: geographical block, S: availability of edge in a block and L: tolerable latency for an application. Compute at edge server and at the cloud is modeled using M/M/C queueing. Latency of cloud is given as ${{L}_{cloud}}=(\alpha +\delta )*{{D}_{\min (UE, APs)}}+(\beta +\gamma)*{{D}_{AP-cloud}}+{{d}_{node}}$, where distances from UE to AP and AP to cloud are considered with their respective factors based upon ping statistics and available bandwidth. Latency at edge is given by ${{L}_{edge}}=(\alpha +\delta )*{{D}_{\min (UE, APs)}}+{{d}_{node}}+{d}_{s}$, where $d_{node}$ is the sum of processing and queueing latency, and $d_{s}$ is the switching latency from one edge to another available edge. In the baseline approach, an edge selects an available neighbor while in the proposed approach, ECON, an edge with more available resources is chosen irrespective of geographical closeness with the UE. An edge or cloud is "usable" for a request $i$ if the latency for the user running an application a is below the latency threshold for given application. "Delay-constraint (\%)" of an edge-cloud system is defined as the number of requests out of hundred served below the application response time threshold. For a given threshold, Delay-constraint can also be interpreted as system capacity. For instance, a Delay-constraint of 10\% for a 15 ms threshold implies that system can accommodate only 10\% of the total requests and 90\% requests will only consume resources to lower the goodput. This means for 90\% of the requests, the assigned edge resources are "not usable". The system is analyzed for different resource distribution at edge and at the cloud, with different AP to cloud and inter-edge bandwidth, and various system loads. \\
Figure 2 compares the goodput of ECON vs. Baseline for different load and resource distribution. For a cloud-favored resource case, ECON optimizes the capacity of edge-cloud network by choosing any available edge as comapred to the Baseline. For Edge-favored resource case, ECON and Baseline have similar performance as finding a neighbor is equally good as finding the available edge \cite{sumit}.

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\caption{Impact of Load on Goodput Ratio of ECON and Baseline in an Edge Cloud System for Real-time Applications for Different Resource Distribution}
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\section{Conclusion}
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In this work, a distributed edge selection (baseline) scheme is compared with a generalized decision (ECON) approach for various system load, edge-cloud resource distribution, inter-edge bandwidth and AP-cloud bandwidth parameters. A mechanism to choose operating point on a network with respect to the load is provided for instance when Load=7, a cloud-only system outperforms an edge-only 1 Gbps inter-edge bandwidth system. Delay-constraint enables an application service provider to choose the combination of edge and cloud resources with available bandwidth to provide best possible quality. The goodput analysis highlights the optimization avenues for a hybrid edge cloud system as for Load=8, Cloud-Edge 60\%-40\% resource distributed system, we can achieve at least 20\% more goodput than the baseline. We show that for higher inter-edge bandwidth and edge-favored resources case, a distributed edge selection is equally good as finding a central optimal whereas for cloud-favored resources and no bandwidth constraints, ECON provides lower average response time. Our study depicts that adding capacity to an existing edge resource without increasing internetwork bandwidth may actually increase network-wide congestion and can reduce capacity of the network. Future work includes analyzing the impact of mobility on the system capacity and edge placement.

\section*{Acknowledgement}
Research supported under NSF Future Internet Architecture - Next Phase (FIA-NP) Award CNS-134529

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This month, Amy B. Robinson of The Kresge Foundation, shares with LOCUS her blog describing the Foundation's experience with impact investing in practice and the lessons learned along the way.
This post originally appeared as a blog article on The Kresge Foundation's website. See the original version, here.
A foundation doesn't decide to begin using its dollars in new ways lightly. That includes the decision to try impact investing alongside a grant making strategy.
Kresge made that transition about 10 years ago. It wasn't always easy, but it was the right thing to do in terms of creating the most impact in communities around the U.S. There have been numerous lessons along the way, as we moved from doing our first, zero-interest program-related investments to human services organizations in 2008 to respond to the Great Recession… to today, when we're deploying $350 million through a mix of loans, guarantees, mission-related investments and equity investments in partnership with all seven Kresge program and practice areas.
Each innovation of our Social Investment Practice has had back office implications, from staffing to portfolio management, from monitoring to payments. Foundations are used to working in a set way to make grants, and that's perfectly fine. But working in new ways requires new processes, partners, flexibility and reflection. Here are the four key takeaways I share with other CFOs when asked how Kresge manages operations when it comes to impact investing.
I frequently hear from foundations that are wary to jump into impact investing because they don't have all the internal processes figured out, and I understand. But I also know from our experience that there is an element to building it as you go.
When we first started to make program-related investments, we had accounting staff who knew how to amortize a loan, for instance. But we weren't a bank, and we didn't have the software for it. Likewise, our general ledger didn't have the functionality to invoice someone, because we rarely needed to do that before. So, we had to create an invoicing process and build out a new module for our general ledger system. In addition, our practice was to pay grants on the 15th or the 30th of the month and rarely outside of those dates. Well, loans don't work that way; there are draws based on our borrowers' needs, so those could be any day of the month. You must adjust your system— or at least try to adjust your system — to be able to move money when the borrower calls it or it's ready to be drawn. We also had to properly account for PRIs on our tax return, including modeling out impact on payout as disbursements are made, repayments are received, or calls are made on a guarantee.
So, there were many learning moments. It probably sounds like an uphill climb, and sometimes it felt that way. But each one was a positive experience that ultimately made our team and work stronger. If you work collaboratively across departments — we work with social investments, program, investments, program operations and information management (grants management) and legal, just to name a few — to find processes that make sense for all stakeholders, solutions aren't hard to find. Having the attitude of being willing to make things work through trial and error, learning and tweaking along the way, and having strong, open communication channels were all necessary for success.
The lesson around consistency is to keep deal terms as simple as possible.
Early on, we had a lot of varied terms and bespoke, custom transactions. We still do, to a degree. But we found simplifying covenants helps the borrower understand our terms early on and helps our internal team with monitoring and reporting. Because whatever bespoke terms you have, you'll have to monitor against those. Communication between finance and program/social investments is key here, because sometimes the program/social investments teams will set up an agreement that can cause issues on the accounting end. Guarantees are a great example of this. Fair valuing guarantees is a complex area of accounting. It's important to build in a premium for each guarantee at inception to help support our valuation approach. You must have that line of communication open, so you don't run into issues later.
As our social investment practice got off the ground, we felt confident in what we were able to do to support it, even if some of our processes were manual. But as the portfolio grew to more than 50 investments, it became more of a strain on our finance team. With that many investments, it became difficult for the team to amortize, calculate monthly interest, do the invoicing, receive/disburse/reconcile cash for the transactions – it just got to be too much.
But what we've learned in that last year is that there are options. There are consultants and firms to which you can outsource these operations, when you hit that threshold. We're in the processes of moving many of our standard operations – monthly reporting, disbursements and repayments, sending invoices – to an outsourced firm.
No matter the size of your foundation now, anyone newly contemplating impact investing should think carefully about staffing. If you're not committed to adding a head or two, you will have to figure out creative ways to outsource that work. We've used consultants on due diligence, monitoring, legal and more. But we've also grown our team. We have a Portfolio Manager, who sits on the Social Investment team but manages the portfolio and works directly with my team on a near daily basis. We hired an Assistant Controller to shore up the Finance staff in other areas and spend a portion of time on this work. We now have in-house legal, which serves a variety of purposes, including assisting on impact investing. And we've done staff education for program and finance teams, as well as for our board, to better understand what these tools are and how to deploy them. Internal education is important.
Finally, thinking carefully about governance will be essential. Who approves a deal? What level of investment must go to your board for approval? Do you have a committee for approvals and does it include external members from your full board? What is the maximum duration of the investments, as the need for this type of capital tends to be very long term? How will refunds be managed – back into corpus or as additional capital for the social investments/programmatic work? These are questions we grappled with early on and that we revisit often. We just revised our process this year, in fact.
Impact investments are great tools to ignite social change. They're incredibly impactful, and they leverage a lot of money for good. And you can recycle the funds for future grants and investments. It's not the only tool or the only way to work, but with the right back office support, I believe more foundations could find their way to impact investing and be very satisfied with the results.
Amy B. Robinson is The Kresge Foundation's Vice President, CFO, and Chief Administrative Officer. She is also the president of the Foundation Financial Officers Group.


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Dr. Gregory Duick: Receiving my scholarship was "a dream come true"
Dr. Duick (Knox College '68) co-founded Kansas Heart Hospital in 1999
In the fall of 1964, Gregory Duick (Knox College '68) boarded a Santa Fe train at Union Station in Chicago headed for Galesburg, Illinois. Wearing a red windbreaker jacket and suitcase in hand he arrived in Galesburg and walked to the Knox College campus… and the rest is history.
"My dorm room was on the second floor of the Student Union which once housed World War II soldiers; three students were assigned to a room. I was the last roommate to arrive, the bunk bed was spoken for and I got the mattress on the floor."
Since high school Duick knew he wanted to become a physician and so he pursued a degree in chemistry complemented by courses in art history, religion, philosophy, and history which are at the core of a liberal arts educational experience.
Cofounding Kansas Heart Hospital
Upon graduation, he completed his medical degree at the Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine and his cardiology residency at USC. During his 30-plus years of practicing interventional cardiology, he was an assistant clinical professor at the KU medical school in Wichita, active in the American Heart Association and chair of the cardiology department for 20 years at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital. His signature and most outstanding achievement was cofounding the Kansas Heart Hospital ("KHH") which opened on February 15, 1999.
As current chairman and president of KHH, Duick states that his idea to develop a heart hospital was rooted in his early years and a "desire for those of us who grew up in the 1960's to make a difference, challenge the status quo and try to make things better." For Duick, the changing medical landscape, which included increasing and intrusive government regulations and consolidation of hospitals into larger health systems, "tended to negatively impact patient care and those who provided that care, namely, physicians, nurses etc. I knew I wanted to do things differently."
Founding KHH was a welcome prescription and "we designed KHH from its beginnings to be a very high quality, patient focused, family friendly and nurse-centered'' facility. KHH was one of the first independent heart hospitals in the US and continues to receive the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services highest rating for overall quality and patient satisfaction which is awarded to less than 5% of all acute care US hospitals.
And it all began with the Pullman Foundation. "I would not have been able to attend a small private college like Knox without that scholarship," Duick maintains. "And attending the right college turned out to be really important to my personal growth and development." Receiving my scholarship notification letter from then-executive director, John Munger, was a "dream come true." Duick adds, "In 1964, Knox's room, board and tuition equaled $3,000, and my Pullman Foundation Scholarship equaled $800, which accounted for greater than a quarter of my expenses. That was huge."
As a Pullman Scholar, "I have much to be thankful for and I encourage all Pullman Scholars to remember those who helped them. Say, 'thank-you' to the Pullman Foundation and write a check and provide your service and time to the next generation of Pullman Scholars."
Make a gift today to support more scholars like Dr. Duick
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Olly, now age 22 is the oldest of three brothers and is a real all round waterman. Olly was the European junior freestyle champion in 2010, and became race youth world champion in 2012, defending his title in 2013. Olly took mens European Titles at age 15 &16 with numerous vice world titles & a bunch of World Sailing Final Gold medal places since. One of the top 2 ranked in the hydrofoil race world, Olly also shows his skills across the disciplines continuing to push the strapless freestyle & big air, most known more recently for his Huge Jump over Dawlish Warren Sand Spit.This epic jump reached BBC News & was the most watched video that day along with getting on all major national news all over the world. Olly is an International rider for flysurfer & is a member of the British Sailing Team aiming for 2024 Olympics.
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Steph (mum) is a five time kite race World Champion and for 2020 is stepping back from Hydrofoil Racing. She is self taught and has been competing at a national level since 2004 and an international level since 2007. She claimed the title of European champion in 2012 & 2013 and regained her world tittle in 2014. She was on the 3 shortlisted nominations for ISAF Rolex Sailor Of the Year in 2014 and took the stage with many of the sailing legends. Steph is also the holder of the Guinness world record for being the "fastest person to be towed by a car while pulled along water".Steph has won the RedBull Ragnarok on skis five timmes and also has taken the 5 x wins down-under at the Lighthouse to Leighton long distance Race. Steph is an active coach at Edgewatersports, creating pathways for youngsters, beginners & higher level coaching clinics. Acting as consultant for GB Kite4gold, Steph continues to push the sport all over the world while also embracing the local legacy with a new watersports centre coming in June 2020.
Eric, (Dad) as well as being a keen kiteboarder, has worked in the water sports industry for 18 years and is one of the founders of the BKSA Instructor Training Scheme Together with Steph, he runs a business in their hometown of Exmouth; Edge Watersports. The company teaches people of all ages and standards and are well known also for their Kite Safari trips to winter sun destinations. Eric is a constant mentor for the team and always ensure's their training to the best of their ability.
Eric plays cricket for a local team, loves to surf, foil & ride waves all winter days.


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