Take one look at this photo and what do you see? A happy child, idyllic setting, blue skies…. you'll probably also notice the sandy face and unkempt hair, the fact that the child is very possibly (definitely) naked in a public place and a tantrum about all that sand is no doubt on the horizon. Welcome to my life. My perfectly imperfect, happy life. Because here's the thing: perfect is NOT possible. No such thing exists. We're all chasing it all the time but while we're chasing we're missing all those perfectly imperfect moments inbetween.
Maybe I see it more as a blogger, laying my life bare for all the world to see. I've done this for six years now and in that time I've seen various parenting trends come and go, but one has remained steadfast: the wish to idealise parenthood and family life, and make our own lives seem just that little bit more perfect than the next person's. It's natural I guess, that's life in a competitive digital age.
As a blogger, there are practical and often devastatingly tempting side-effects to portraying this idealised vision of parenthood and family life: money. It always comes down to money in the end, doesn't it? The more perfect our life might seem, the more brands might wish to buy into it and the more money we'll make from sponsored posts and ad campaigns. It's the dirty secret that many bloggers don't wish to share, but it's there as clear as the light of day.
There's nothing wrong with showing the good side of family life. I'm as guilty as anyone of showing my "edited hightlights" on Instagram and the like. But the thing I want you to know (whether you're a blogger or not) is that it's just that – edited. For every money shot, there are countless others when my children didn't want to pose angelically or my husband was too grumpy to take the photo. That's family life – not just for me but for EVERYONE.
The other thing to remember is that many of us know this. We're not stupid. When we read magazines and look at the beautifully styled photo shoots we know we're looking at an airbrushed form of reality. And while some brands who work with bloggers simply want to regurgitate this version of perfection onto an online ad campaign involving bloggers, there are many others out there interested in really connecting with real parents. They want to hear about the funny parenting moments and mum fails that we ALL go through on a daily basis and they realise they might have a more engaging campaign if they embrace that reality.
Monday was such a brilliant day. We went to the beach (never going to tire of living in South Devon) with friends. We had a picnic looking at the sea, then got a boat across the water to a nearby town and walked along the seafront, playing penny slot machines on the pier and eating icecream. In every sense it was perfect. Except it wasn't, because the kids inevitably had a pointless argument about whether a piece of driftwood was a "bone" or "wood", not all the penny slot machines paid out and the icecream made a huge mess where one particular toddler was concerned (mine).
I tell you this because, for me, it was still a brilliant day. We have a tremendously happy life, despite the regular kid dramas and minor marital bickering about the home of dirty socks. And I'm sure we're not the only ones.
So here's to perfectly imperfect happiness, accepting who we are, being true to ourselves online and off and not giving in to the temptation of comparison.
If you need any more persuasion that this is the key to happiness (and success) then I urge you to have a read of this brilliant post by my pal Brummy Mummy of 2.
Anyway, here are some photos of our day out on Monday. These were taken about 20 minutes from where we live. I can't imagine ever living anywhere but South Devon and it seems bonkers we've only been here three and a half years. And if you want to see the reality behind the photos, head to the video embedded at the bottom of this post, showing a regular family Sunday involving an impromptu party.
So true Molly. Life is not perfect, no matter how much we try to make it look like it is. And actually, like you say, perfection isn't really all that – it's happiness that matters most, and I am very happy (despite being quite stressed right now!).
And I'd just like to say that even covered in sand or ice cream, that little face is absolutely perfect in every way! Sooo adorable!
Ah, I love a bit of arcade action! Belle and I have spent many a happy hour playing two pence slot machines!


In a fast moving world new technologies and industries are brought to life every day. Companies that are the leaders in the innovation process are often young small companies called startups. Startups don't have much history and are often not profitable in the first stage of their existence. Investing in startups is considered high risk, but offers high potential rewards, which is why more and more investors are interested in investing into startups.
Based on our experiences, we adapted valuation approaches used in developed capital markets to value startups at the conception (early stage or proof of concept), for the purposes of the first seed round, when investors are first entering into a startup, or valuation of startups for investors interested in entering in later stages (Series A and beyond).


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#define BENCHMARK "OSU MPI%s Allgather Latency Test"

#include "osu_coll.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    int i, numprocs, rank, size;
    double latency = 0.0, t_start = 0.0, t_stop = 0.0;
    double timer=0.0;
    double avg_time = 0.0, max_time = 0.0, min_time = 0.0;
    char *sendbuf, *recvbuf;
    int po_ret;
    size_t bufsize;

    set_header(HEADER);
    set_benchmark_name("osu_allgather");
    enable_accel_support();
    po_ret = process_options(argc, argv);

    if (po_okay == po_ret && none != options.accel) {
        if (init_accel()) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Error initializing device\n");
            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }
    }

    MPI_Init(&argc, &argv);
    MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &rank);
    MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &numprocs);

    switch (po_ret) {
        case po_bad_usage:
            print_bad_usage_message(rank);
            MPI_Finalize();
            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        case po_help_message:
            print_help_message(rank);
            MPI_Finalize();
            exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
        case po_version_message:
            print_version_message(rank);
            MPI_Finalize();
            exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
        case po_okay:
            break;
    }

    if(numprocs < 2) {
        if (rank == 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "This test requires at least two processes\n");
        }

        MPI_Finalize();
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }

    if ((options.max_message_size * numprocs) > options.max_mem_limit) {
        options.max_message_size = options.max_mem_limit / numprocs;
    }

    if (allocate_buffer((void**)&sendbuf, options.max_message_size, options.accel)) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Could Not Allocate Memory [rank %d]\n", rank);
        MPI_Abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD, EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
    set_buffer(sendbuf, options.accel, 1, options.max_message_size);

    bufsize = options.max_message_size * numprocs;
    if (allocate_buffer((void**)&recvbuf, bufsize,
                options.accel)) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Could Not Allocate Memory [rank %d]\n", rank);
        MPI_Abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD, EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
    set_buffer(recvbuf, options.accel, 0, bufsize);

    print_preamble(rank);

    for(size=options.min_message_size; size <= options.max_message_size; size *= 2) {

        if(size > LARGE_MESSAGE_SIZE) {
            options.skip = options.skip_large;
            options.iterations = options.iterations_large;
        }

        MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD);
        timer=0.0;
        for(i=0; i < options.iterations + options.skip ; i++) {
            t_start = MPI_Wtime();
            MPI_Allgather( sendbuf, size, MPI_CHAR,
                           recvbuf, size, MPI_CHAR, MPI_COMM_WORLD );

            t_stop = MPI_Wtime();

            if(i >= options.skip) {
                timer+= t_stop-t_start;
            }
            MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD);

        }

        MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD);

        latency = (double)(timer * 1e6) / options.iterations;

        MPI_Reduce(&latency, &min_time, 1, MPI_DOUBLE, MPI_MIN, 0,
                MPI_COMM_WORLD);
        MPI_Reduce(&latency, &max_time, 1, MPI_DOUBLE, MPI_MAX, 0,
                MPI_COMM_WORLD);
        MPI_Reduce(&latency, &avg_time, 1, MPI_DOUBLE, MPI_SUM, 0,
                MPI_COMM_WORLD);
        avg_time = avg_time/numprocs;

        print_stats(rank, size, avg_time, min_time, max_time);
        MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD);
    }

    free_buffer(sendbuf, options.accel);
    free_buffer(recvbuf, options.accel);

    MPI_Finalize();

    if (none != options.accel) {
        if (cleanup_accel()) {
            fprintf(stderr, "Error cleaning up device\n");
            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }
    }

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
/* vi: set sw=4 sts=4 tw=80: */

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Hollowing tools come in a vast array of shapes and sizes: if you were to ask 10 turners for their favourite, you would probably receive 10 different answers! There are, however, a couple of issues on which many would agree, such as the difficulties encountered when trying to maintain an even wall thickness and the physical demands hollowing can inflict. The dangers of a catch are high. As the tip of a hollowing tool works its way down inside a piece, the effort needed to maintain control of the tool increases, the forces generated by having the cutting tip so far from the toolrest and, in some cases, hidden from view, may make hollow form work off-putting.
To combat these issues Monster created the articulated arm hollowing system. Unlike captured systems, where the tool is held between two parallel bars, this rig uses a free-moving articulated arm, which, by the use of thrust bearings, gives the tool a smooth and varied range of movement while maintaining the cutting tip at the correct height and angle of approach. By locking the tip into the tool the risk of a serious catch is greatly reduced. Included is a laser guide, which projects a dot onto the outside of the piece. While hollowing, the dot from the laser mirrors the position of the tool inside the piece of work. These features combine to create a tool that not only absorbs the forces generated from a long tool overhang, but also constantly informs the user where the tip of the tool is during turning.
The rig is supplied with a 270mm long, 20mm diameter boring bar, a 114mm extension bar and a range of hollowing tips, including a round carbide cutter, which allows hollowing on pieces up to about 280mm deep – even further with the extension. A range of other tool shanks such as the swan-neck tool, and optional tips including a teardrop shear scraper, are also available. The final trick up the Monster's sleeve is that, with the use of various adaptors, other brands of hollowing tools can be used in its arm. So, it incorporates their usefulness rather than replacing them!
The Monster arrived in two packages. These were well packed with the contents in perfect condition. I had ordered the rig to be compatible with my Jet 3520B; however, Monster can cater for a wide range of different lathes. Included in my order were some optional extras to complement the basic package including a swan-neck tool, shear scraper and a small range of adaptors for mounting other hollowing tools. Build quality appeared to be very high, the articulated arm was nicely machined and the thrust bearings very smooth in movement; the locking handles on the various adjustment points all appeared to be positive.
Setup was simple; I had received an email before the packages arrived containing instructions that were easy to follow. Everything fitted together well and in no time I had the rig clamped to the bed of my Jet 3520B in place of the tailstock. Setting the tip of the tool to centre height is critical but easily accomplished using the three locking nuts on the stem of the rig. Fine adjustment can be made by raising or lowering the toolrest, which is placed close to the work. The laser arm is set using the two locking arms on the top of the rig. The laser needs to be set at a distance from the tip of the tool that represents the required wall thickness.
There are three cutting heads included, all very effective for removing wood. I found that the four HSS cutting tips needed to be cut in half so that the spare steel did not protrude from the back of the tool's tip. The carbide ring cutter worked well straight out of the box.
Each tip is held in a holder that slots into the substantial 20mm boring bar. I was using cherry (Prunus spp.) and the smooth hiss of tool cutting wood was immensely satisfying. The ring cutter is supplied on a hexagonal shank; this locks into the rig by way of two locking nuts. Setting the tool's tip to the angle dictated by the shape of the shank set the tool at the optimum position for removing wood. The articulated arm is very smooth under load, and, while the downward forces generated are absorbed by the rig, the user still has to direct and control the tool. Hollowing still requires significant input from the user, but the possibility of a dangerous catch is minimised and, using the laser, there is no excuse for cutting through the side of a piece.
During hollowing, the laser dot edges closer to the outside profile of the piece being made. As soon as the laser dot disappears from the side of the piece, the required thickness has been achieved. Setting the laser correctly is vital, taking account of the position of the cutter, and where on the work you are cutting dictates the fine adjustment needed. I found myself taking a little time tweaking the laser's position as I worked down the piece, but this gets easier with experience.
Having tried the cutters included, I then switched to the optional scraper tip and swan-neck shaft. These allowed improved access to the shoulder on the form I was making. The scraper is supplied on a similar hexagonal shaft to the ring cutter. Again, using the predetermined angle created ensured the tool worked well; however, I would have liked the flexibility to increase or reduce the angle. A round bar shank is available as an option and would provide the user with this level of control. The finish in the inside of the hollow form was superb.
Finally, I wanted to try and attach some of my existing hollowing tools to the rig using the optional adjusters. I started with my Woodcut hollowing tools, which fitted directly into the articulated arm. Once set up to cut on centre, these tools performed well. Indeed, all the other tools I had that fitted the various adaptors worked perfectly. This is a real advantage as the rig, rather than replacing older tools, gives them a new lease of life. I hollowed out a small hollow form using my mini Kelton hollowers and, while this is something that I could do quickly by hand, having the laser guide and the rig to take the strain meant that I was able to focus more on the piece.
This is a fantastic piece of kit. It does what it sets out to do, helping turners to hollow pieces. It takes the guesswork away, and it helps to take some of the strain. By way of the optional adaptors it offers an alternative way of using the variety of other hollowing tools we turners always seem to amass. This isn't just a stand-alone hollowing rig, although it could be used as such. If it were the only hollowing-type tool in your armoury, it would do the job well, but combined with the various accessories, it becomes even more useful. The 20mm boring bar may limit just how small you make the opening to your pieces; however, its mass makes for smooth chatter-free hollowing at large distances over the toolrest. For anyone who suffers with gripping issues, or who is finding the physical effort associated with hollow form turning too demanding, this excellent design would alleviate some of the issues and could enable you to continue making these challenging pieces. The laser is an effective way of controlling wall thickness; after only a short time using this system I can confidently reduce wall thickness down to 3-4mm through the entire piece. I would thoroughly recommend this hollowing rig to anyone wanting to make hollow forms, both open and closed.


From 1 July 2018, responsibility for the administration of the early release of superannuation bene ts on compassionate grounds will be transferred from the Department of Human Services (DHS) to the ATO.
Since the ATO is responsible for most of an individual's interactions with the superannuation system, this change will enable the ATO to build on these existing relationships and provide a more streamlined service to superannuation fund members.
A key improvement under the new process is the ATO providing electronic copies of approval letters to superannuation funds at the same time as to the applicant, which will mitigate fraud risk and negate the need for superannuation funds to independently verify the letter with the Regulator.
Individuals will also upload accompanying documentation simultaneously with their application, rather than the current 'two-step process'.
Since DHS will accept early release applications up until 30 June 2018, there will be a short transition period where DHS will continue to process those existing applications and complete any necessary reviews.
Nonetheless, from 1 July 2018 the ATO will process all new applications.


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Sean O'Neal, Gwen Ihnat, Clayton Purdom, Kelsey J. Waite, and Matt Gerardi
Photo: NBC/Getty Images
Mary J. Blige, Strength Of A Woman
Mary J. Blige has been through some shit. Depression, addiction, abusive relationships—not only is she not afraid to talk about these things, but she's built a career out of it. Blige's latest record, Strength Of A Woman, arrives in the middle of her acrimonious and much-publicized split from husband/manager Kendu Isaacs, and there's a reason it's her highest charting album in years: It is ferocious, stacked with the kind of monumental, beat-forward confessional songs that Blige all but invented. When I saw her on the first night of the album's supporting tour last weekend, she was especially raw, embodying anthems of resilience like "Love Yourself" and "U + Me (Love Lesson)" with vulnerability, then delivering pure venom on missives like "Set Me Free." Mary J. Blige enjoys a modern relevance that few of her generation can, and Strength Of A Woman is a testament to that staying power. Twenty-five years on, she's still leaving it all in the ring.
[Kelsey J. Waite]
Mike, "Pigeonfeet"
Rap music was born in New York, but in recent years we've come to associate the city more with vest-wearing artisanal folk-rock than raw emceeing. The 18-year-old Bronx rapper Mike's new LP May God Bless Your Hustle is the best in a recent wave of bombed-out, spacey, poetic hip-hop that treats the city's mid-'90s heyday like an echo ringing throughout a megastructure. But like the best of that era, Mike's a striver; you hear it in his voice throughout the ghostly, collage-like record, as on "Pigeonfeet," which flips a William Basinski-like beat into a display of verbal firepower. Since the album's release, people have marveled over the maturity of his style, like the unconscious breath control throughout the entire first verse ("Harder to place, so I'm hard with the games / And the stars hold my faith, father god and my name") or the cantering playfulness of his delivery on the hook: "Niggas want war with me orally, nah / By now would be normally done, but I'm on." After a second verse the track mutates into something skittering and familiar, a bug alighting from concrete to skylight and out back into the city. It's one of the year's best rap records—smart, tough, and blindingly beautiful.
[Clayton Purdom]
Donald Byrd, "Love Has Come Around"
The late, great trumpeter Donald Byrd was an incredible musical chameleon. His roots are in bebop, but throughout his career he made classic albums in divergent styles, from the spiritual jazz of A New Perspective to the funk fusion of Black Byrd and his other Blue Note releases. As the '70s came to a close, Byrd's alchemical experiments no longer gelled as well as they had, and his post-Blue Note albums never attained the same luster as his past work. But as a sucker for cheesy post-disco numbers, I adore some of the songs that came out of that period. 1981's Love Byrd, for example, was less a Donald Byrd album than an Isaac Hayes album, with the latter handling most of the arrangements, playing many of the instruments, and producing. In principle, it's an artistic disaster for the jazzman whose name still graces the cover, but hot damn, "Love Has Come Around" is an absolute jam. Byrd's horn lines are perfectly laid down and placed to cut through the groove, and Hayes, meanwhile, bangs out a piano line that absolutely demands to be danced to. What really does it for me is the killer bridge, where a slap bass fights for the spotlight with warbling keys, only for both to be outdone by the vocal flourishes of the Hot Buttered Soul Unlimited quartet. Is it as lustrous or graceful as "Cristo Redentor"? No, of course not, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth a listen.
[Matt Gerardi]
Kodomo, "Son"
Kodomo, a.k.a. Chris Child, released one of my favorite albums of 2014, Patterns & Light, which found the NYC-based producer taking small samples of classical artists like Chopin and Debussy and feeding them through digital processors, creating meticulously realized mini-concertos that effortlessly straddled millennia of musical composition. His new Divider EP doesn't have that same epic sweep; it's largely a subdued, ambient exercise that's informed by field sounds and Arvo Pärt, and several tracks have more in common with patient minimalists like Loscil or Christopher Bissonnette. But it retains that impressive craftsmanship throughout, and on "Son," he puts all his considerable talents on display, building from a warped bass-bend groove to an explosion of sparkling arpeggiated synth and back again with a cinematic command of tension and emotion.
[Sean O'Neal]
The Beatles, "Helter Skelter"
I was understandably and justifiably rocked by my first and likely only time seeing Paul McCartney last week, which sent me down a bit of a Beatles/Wings wormhole. Like many idiot concertgoers, I am often plagued by the songs I didn't get to see; for example, McCartney performed my favorite Wings song, "Jet," for the next night's audience, but not for mine. Even worse than that, though, may be the omission of "Helter Skelter" (one playlist I looked up called it a McCartney concert staple, but again, not for me), which is why I've had it on an almost continuous loop ever since. The more I listen to it, the more I hear the beginnings of heavy metal, of punk rock, of anyone who just wanted to scream into a microphone. The fact that it was written by the same guy who wrote "Silly Love Songs" just makes it even more astounding.
McCartney said he was inspired by a 1967 interview in which The Who's Pete Townshend told Guitar Player he was going to write the loudest, dirtiest song, and then came up with the tame-in-comparison "I Can See for Miles." McCartney wanted to see how loud and dirty he himself could get; given the unbridled marathon recording sessions on the White Album, that mania comes right through in the studio. The harmonizing vocals seem to be making fun of The Beatles' earlier, sweeter songs, as do McCartney's lyrics, as he forgoes all his usual lovely floral language in favor of "Do you don't you want me to make you?" His savage vocals take lead, but as in the best Beatles songs, the rest of the band backs him up ferociously, with George Harrison in particular equalling McCartney's brutality on guitar. The song's cacophony then continues to fuck with you, as a few fake endings slide in and out until Ringo knocks over some cymbals and yells that he's got blisters on his fingers. The song's over, but a bazillion new rock genres are just beginning.
[Gwen Ihnat]
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Day 5: National Coconut Week – A visual celebration of coconuts - Sentry Air Systems, Inc.
As we wrap of National Coconut Week we would like to say thank you to all of those who followed our blog and participated in our social media discussions throughout the week.
We have re-posted all of the infographics from earlier in the week and summarized their content for easy sharing on Pinterest.
As always, if you have any questions or would like more information on activated carbon filtration or fume extraction solutions, give Sentry Air Systems a call at 800.799.4609, visit our website or email sales@sentryair.com.
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Q: What is the name of a component that combines a switch with a variable resistor? I had some lights with a rotating switch that would turn them on/off, and then continuing to turn the switch would make them brighter. What sort of switch is this called? (it had a physical "click" to it between switching on and off).

A: I think you're being a bit hard on the OP- it's a potentiometer with a switch. If s/he were looking for a switch with built-in potentiometer the pickings would be slim.

A: It's just a variable resistor with a switch. It doesn't have a specific name to distinguish it from variable resistors without a switch.

A: It's called a "switched pot."
Google "switched pot" for a zillion hits

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The 7 Deadly Sins Of Management
Erika Andersen Contributor
A friend and colleague just sent me a blog post about David Ogilvy, the original Mad Man and legendary American advertising guru, and his ideas on management. Some of them are timeless and sharp; some seem dated (especially the conspicuous absence of any references to women). Some make me think he must have been a good guy; some make him sound pretty terrifying. But my favorite quote in the article is this:
If you ever find a man who is better than you are — hire him. If necessary, pay him more than you pay yourself.
-- David Ogilvy
In fact, when I read that quote, I thought to myself - Wow, hiring only people who are less good than you may be the worst manager behavior. But then I immediately though of six other terrible things managers do, those choices that "are, or are felt to be, highly reprehensible." (from Merriam-Webster's definition of sin.) Here then, are the seven deadly sins of management - the most destructive, least justifiable actions managers can take:
Hire weak people. The opposite of Ogilvy's advice. This is completely avoidable and completely selfish. Managers who hire weak, under-skilled people either don't care, or are so insecure that they can't bear the thought of someone being (or growing into being) better than they are. And it becomes viral in the organization: weak people hire even weaker people, until the organization grinds to a painful, incapable halt.
CYA. There are managers whose basic response to events is "not my fault," and who are willing to throw anyone and everyone into the fire in order to avoid blame or consequences. These people end up putting most of their energy into self-protection at any cost, and that means they have little to no energy left to do anything positive in their organization. Like the first sin, this breeds more of the same. With a boss who is constantly focusing on making him or herself look good, it's almost inevitable that his or her employees will try to continue moving the bad things downstream: it becomes a gigantic game of hot potato, with no one taking responsibility for mistakes or failures...which therefore never get addressed and resolved.
Steal Joy. Some managers just can't let anyone else shine. They seem to feel that success is a zero-sum game; that others' happiness or victory is their loss. You've seen this sin in meetings, where someone's brilliance shines out, and the boss pokes holes in it or dismisses it. ("I don't think that will work at all. You clearly haven't thought it through.") You can feel the energy and hope draining out of the room. Some other common versions of this crime against humanity: stealing credit for good work; taking away work from someone who is passionate about it and giving it to someone who doesn't care; responding to enthusiasm with cynicism and/or condescension.
Be Mean. The other day, somebody told me an awful story about her boss. She was going to let someone go in a re-structuring: his job wasn't needed long-term. But he was a good worker and great guy, so she made a proposal to have him transition out over a three-month period, in order to finish up some necessary projects, and to give him time to find something else. She showed how she could cover it in her budget. Her boss said no, and told her to fire the guy immediately, with very little severance. When I asked her why her boss was being so awful, she said, "Because he can." That's the essence of meanness. In the article about David Ogilvy, there's another wonderful quote - this one from a letter Charles Dickens wrote to his youngest son: "Never be hard upon people who are in your power." Amen.
Be Greedy. Some managers seem to think that whoever dies with the most toys wins. The shiniest toys, in manager-land, are resources, power and loyalty. Greedy managers want everyone to report to them, everyone to defer to them, and everyone to agree with them. It creates an environment where people fight simply to hold on to some semblance of independence: the greedy manager is like a black hole of "I want." And as with actual black holes, nothing escapes that pull. Whole organizations can disappear into one person's greed. (see: Leona Helmsley).
Don't Listen. The most egregious instance of this I ever experienced happened about ten years ago. In a team meeting, I watched a very senior executive make an articulate, impassioned case for something about which he felt very strongly, while his boss, the CEO, doodled on a pad of paper. When the guy finished, the boss turned to the person next to him, and asked (I am not making this up), "Do you know when they're serving lunch?" He never acknowledged what his employee had said, or even that he had spoken: it was as though he were invisible. Not listening is not only enormously disrespectful and demoralizing to the speaker, it ensures that the boss doesn't really know what's going on, and has to rely on assumption and past experience to operate the business: a dangerous and ineffective combination.
Rule By Fear. Fear is the bad manager's go-to emotion. It does work (which is why people keep doing it), but it works in the same way crash-dieting works: you can definitely take off 5 pounds in a week by drinking coffee and eating banana peels - but it's not sustainable, and it will eventually probably kill you. Managers who operate through implicit or overt threats of harm will get what they want, for sure - but the best people will leave as quickly as they can find a way out, and any true creativity or innovation will be stifled almost immediately. When employees are worrying about whether they'll be fired, humiliated or blamed at any given moment, their brains and hormones are in survival mode, not inventing-the-future mode.
We've all seen (and hated) these behaviors. And though it can be entertaining (just as with any bad behavior) to decry these things in others, the important thing about recognizing and cataloguing these management sins is that it gives us the opportunity to:
1) Commit to ourselves to never knowingly act like this,
2) Find people in our lives who will tell us immediately if they see us doing these things, and
3) Do everything in our power to be a role model to others of the virtues that are the opposite of these sins: hire great people; take responsibility; be kind; be generous; listen; and rule by hope and clarity.
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Published by Ministry of Higher Education and Science Bredgade 40 1260 Copenhagen K mail: ufm@ufm.dk Women comprised 56 per cent of new students enrolled on undergraduate degree programmes at universities in 2014. The female majority evens out at PhD level. For example, in 2013 the gender divide ofthose starting a Read more…
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'If you're in tech, buckle up—it's gonna be a tough ride': The analyst who says Big Tech's layoffs show 'a new reality' sees 'more cuts' ahead
BYAlena Botros
December 7, 2022, 8:37 PM UTC
Around 210,000 tech employees have been laid off this year, analysts wrote, citing TrueUp.
Courtesy of Jefferies
Silicon Valley's wave of layoffs and hiring freezes amid a faltering economy reflect Big Tech "acknowledging a new reality," investment bank Jefferies said in a Wednesday research note.
That's frightening, but what does that mean?
"The new reality is that demand is fading," Brent Thill, the lead analyst on the note, told Fortune. "And employee hirings have been so brisk that if we're effectively headed into a recession, it's only inevitable that we're going to have more cuts."
Around 210,000 tech employees have been laid off this year, with a whopping 40% of them coming in the fourth quarter, analysts wrote, citing data from TrueUp. Jefferies's analysis found the average company in its internet and software coverage universe has 36% fewer job listings now than at the start of this year. Thill said it's a signal of the "excess" that tech brought on during a "period of easy money."
Among the tech megacaps, Meta announced its plan to lay off 11,000 employees—a 13% headcount reduction. Amazon has started layoffs of a reportedly similar size, although it's still unclear how big the company will ultimately go. Meanwhile, Microsoft has announced two rounds of layoffs this year, with the latest in October cutting 1,000 jobs.
Google is the only mega-cap tech company that has not announced layoffs, Jefferies pointed out, although it noted that it implemented a hiring freeze earlier this year.
"You're seeing continued evidence that large, medium, and small companies are all in a rationalization period of what's happening," Thill said, adding that "the demand is not there and their cost pressures are out of line." The Jefferies note contrasted these big three firms' headcount in contrast with their falling revenues, illustrating the mismatch—and the rationalization that needs to happen.
Google, Meta, and Amazon's headcount growth versus revenue growth.
And the reductions in headcount stem from overhiring during the pandemic, which the analysts note are needed to "regain operating efficiency with a headcount that matches current demand trends."
"If your revenue per employee is failing because revenue is not there, then you slow headcount," Thill said.
And both Amazon and Meta underperformed in their third quarter earnings of this year—quite a shift from their pandemic-era success.
"I think this is kind of what really separates the true athletes from the amateurs," he said, reminiscent of Warren Buffett's famous "swimming naked" aphorism about how a down market exposes a lot of things. Still, Thill said there will be more layoffs to come, and he doesn't know how big that number will get—but it's going to be a lot higher.
"If you're in tech, buckle up—it's gonna be a tough ride," he said. "And you better make sure you show up on the top of the efficiency page because they're looking and this isn't the first wave of cuts."
Jefferies' house view is that the economy will head into a recession in the third quarter of next year. So the recession hasn't even hit, Thill said, and "technology companies have been notoriously too bullish."
"We're not trying to be dramatic," he said. "We're not trying to draw attention. We're just trying to be realistic, which is [that] these companies have to get the cost structure in line because in the economic downturn, if they can't control the revenue, there's only one thing that they can control. And that's expense. And the number one expense in tech are the people."
Still this "new reality" for the tech industry is a natural part of an economic downturn—and tech is not "immune," Thill said.


In his recent decision in the case of Mills v. Green and Community Medical Center, No. 2011-Civil-5496 (C.P. Lacka. Co. March 23, 2012 Nealon, J.), Judge Terrence R. Nealon of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas addressed Preliminary Objections filed in a medical malpractice action pertaining to issues of informed consent, agency allegations, and Connor objections.
In his Opinion, Judge Nealon addressed the law pertaining to informed consent claims against doctors, agency allegations against hospitals, and Connor objections seeking more specific allegations in support of the Plaintiff's negligence claims.
Ultimately, the Court overruled the objection in the nature of a demurrer to the Plaintiff's claim for lack of informed consent against the medical doctor without prejudice to the right of the Defendants to renew that objection by way of a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings or a Motion for Summary Judgment.
With regards to the Preliminary Objections to the claims of agency liability against the hospital, as well as with regard to the connor objections, Judge Nealon granted the Plaintiff 120 days to conduct discovery on the issues of agency and negligence against the hospital so as to enable the Plaintiff to amend certain paragraphs of the Complaint within thirty (30) days thereafter in order to identify any actual or ostensible agents of the Defendant hospital by name or appropriate description and/or to provide more specific information regarding the hospital's alleged negligence.
Anyone desiring a copy of this decision by Judge Nealon in Mills v. Green and Community Medical Center may contact me at dancummins@comcast.net.


Can I buy XGSLab and then have training in-house to learn how to use it?
Does XGSLab includes a support?
Is XGS easy to use?
What are software and hardware requirements?
XGSLab works on Windows 64-bit?
What software apart from XGSLab is required?
Does XGSLab require any hardlock?
Which are the specific standards that XGSLab uses?
What is the frequency range of the phenomena that may be studied by XGSLab?
Does XGSLab consider multilayer soil model?
Why the double layer soil model is so important?
Why is so important to consider soil parameters frequency dependence?
Why is so important a model that considers both self and mutual impedances?
Is it possible modeling the soil using soil resistivity measurements?
What do "too short element" error and warning message mean?
What is the value that I have to input for Re in earthing currents tool?
How can I read the elements table?
Yes, you can. We provide courses on site on demand or Video Conferences.
Furthermore you can count on a complete and clear User's Guide with some very useful tutorial.
According to our experience a web presentation is more effective than a demo in showing XGSLab features in a short time.
You can arrange a web presentation contacting our Customer Service.
By the way, you can require also a demo application to us, simply filling this form.
Demo version is available as keyless license, is limited in time and features but can be useful to try XGSLab.
It depends on the modules, versions and licenses number you are interested in.
Each module is available in Light, Standard, Professional and Enterprise version.
The difference is the maximum number of elements it is possible to manage (Light 2000, Standard 5000 and Professional and Enterprise 16000+).
Moreover Enterprise version includes the multilayer soil model. Take into account that XGSLab is based on a boundary element method and divides the conductors network in many finite elements. The number of these elements is limited depending on the module version.
XGSLab is available in Single User and Network license.
The Single User license requires a local hardlock key installed in the PC where the program is installed and can be used only in that specific PC. The Network license requires a network hardlock key installed in a Server of the local network.
The program can be installed in many PC connected to the local network. The network license allows to use XGSLab simultaneously by a limited number of Users (1, 2 … op to 50) according to the license.
For more information about the cost you can ask our Customer Service.
Yes, XGSLab includes 12 months of support period.
The support includes software and documents updating, maintenance support and regular engineering applications support.
The support period may be renewed on an annual basis.
Very easy with basic applications, as for instance for grounding systems analysis with GSA. Advanced applications requires an adequate knowledge of the subject but anyway XGS User's Guide and Tutorial can help also beginners. Experience shows Users expert with competitors tool are able to use XGS immediately or, at most, with a few hours of web training.
XGS is convenient because the price is usually lower than competitors and training is web based, with interactive 1 hour sessions, and so really affective and cheap.
XGSLab is designed to operate on personal computer (PC) having the following software and hardware requirements.
RAM required depends on the size of the system to simulate and then on module and version.
Usually 2 GB are sufficient for basic applications with GSA Light or Standard, while advanced applications with GSA_FD and XGSA_FD/TD Professional or Enterprise can require up to 32 GB.
Install Windows VM on your MAC to use XGSLab.
XGSLab is distributed both 32bit and 64bit.
The 32bit version has better perfomance in terms of speed but it suffers some limits of memory (eg. 2GB).
While 64bit version is fast in calculation and it can manages all available memory (suggested).
XGSLab comes with Microsoft Server SQL Compact Edition, and Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 as well.
Both these softwares are installed with XGSLab.
XGSLab requires a USB protection dongle shipped via courier.
Delivery time is usually in the range 1 – 4 working days. The program can be downloaded from our helpdesk web site.
XGSLab has two possible versions of protection hardlock: one working on local PC, the other one working on a network.
XGSLab single user license may be installed into any number of PC's, but only the PC with the USB dongle attached can be used.
In network version license, the USB protection dongle has to be plugged in a Server of the local network. The Network license allows to use XGSLab on the local network simultaneously by a number "N" of users depending on agreements. User "N+1" can use XGSLab when one of the active users stops running the licensed software.
XGSLab is based on physic laws and uses standard only in some specific circumstance, for instance.
Reference Standards considered by XGSLab are accepted in many countries in the world.
XGSLab can be applied in a frequency range from DC to a few MHz.
A few MHz means about 10 MHz but validations indicate that in some cases, calculations are precise also at 20 MHz and more, depending on the soil resistivity.
In any case, the limit a few MHz is limit is conservative and should not be understood in an absolute sense.
This limit means that starting from a few MHz, calculation accuracy gradually decreases.
The frequency range from DC to a few MHz contains all power system frequencies and the most significant frequency spectrum of the electromagnetic transient as represented in the figure (corona effects are clearly out of the application range).
Starting from the release 8.0.1, XGSLab considers the multilayer soil model.
The implemented algorithm is powerful and rigorous and can considers a multilayer soil model with an arbitrary layers number without constraints (for instance on layer thickness multiple of the thinner layer).
The choice of the soil model is crucial in electromagnetic simulations and in particular in the grounding systems analysis.
There is much literature about the criteria to set an appropriate soil model which can be used for predict the performances of a grounding system.
XGSLab allows to use uniform, multilayer and multizone soil models.
A uniform soil model should be used only when there is a moderate variation in apparent measured resistivity both in vertical and horizontal direction but, for the majority of the soils, this assumption is not valid.
A uniform soil model can also be used at high frequency because in that case, the skin effect limits the penetration depth of the electromagnetic field to a few meters and so, the soil resistivity of the depth layers do not affect the results.
The soil structure in general changes both in vertical and horizontal direction.
The earth inhomogeneity can be considered with the Green functions.
The vertical changings are usually predominant on the horizontal ones, but to correctly apply this concept it is essential to consider also the grounding system size.
In case of small grounding systems (maximum size up to a few hundred meters), soil model is not significantly affected by horizontal changings in soil resistivity and usually a multilayer soil model is appropriate. The layer number depends on the soil resistivity variations in vertical direction and three or four layers can be sufficient for most cases.
In case of grounding systems of intermediate size, soil model is affected by both horizontal and vertical changings in soil resistivity and usually an equivalent double or triple layer soil model is appropriate. This is the most important case in practical applications.
In case of large grounding systems (maximum size over a few kilometres), soil model is significantly affected by horizontal changings in soil resistivity and usually a multizone soil model is appropriate. The zone number depends on the systems size and soil resistivity variations in horizontal direction.
In case of grounding systems of intermediate size, soil model is affected by both horizontal and vertical changings in soil resistivity and usually an equivalent double layer soil model is a good approximation.
The choice of an equivalent double layer soil model is often important for the following simple considerations that even a unskilled user can easily understand.
In case of large sites, the soil surface often cannot be considered flat.
In practical cases, a single soil model is not able to represent a large site, in all places and possible environmental conditions.
Therefore it is useless to refine soil models that inevitably are correct only in some specific point of the site.
A double layer soil model represents a good approximation because touch and step voltages depend mainly on the resistivity of the upper layer, where the electrode is usually buried, and the lower layers can be represented by one equivalent layer which mainly affects the equivalent resistance of the electrode.
In few words, in general, a double layer soil model is not a compromise but the only possible alternative to a uniform soil model.
In the following a true double layer soil model case.
The measurements at different sites indicate about the same model.
In the following some false double layer soil model cases.
The measurements at different sites indicate different models.
XGSLab finds the general equivalent double layer soil model.
In these cases, a multilayer soil model does not improve the calculation.
When frequency is over some kHz soil permittivity effects are not negligible and is important to take into account this soil parameter.
Moreover, when frequency grows, resistivity and permittivity change substantially with frequency and is fundamental to consider these effects in order to avoid large calculation errors.
There is not a general consensus about the soil parameter frequency dependence model.
In time domain calculation involving high frequency spectrum signals, if the soil parameters frequency dependence is neglected, calculation errors could be unacceptable.
As described in the previous FAQ about soil modeling it is clear is not possible to improve the soil model over a given limit.
In order to increase the calculation precision, is important to improve also the electric model taking into account both self and mutual impedances.
Self and mutual impedances can be known with high precision, rather than looking for a more detailed soil model, which is always an approximation of the real soil. Moreover self and mutual impedances weakly depend on the soil properties.
In general, neglecting self and mutual impedances can lead to very large errors.
Anyway, a parametric study showed that is not sufficient consider only self impedances.
The effect of mutual impedances can be significant and neglecting this parameter, the calculation error can be more than 25%.
In general, effects of self and mutual impedances grow with the grounding system size, with soil conductivity (inverse of resistivity) and with frequency.
More details in the web site and in the brochure.
Yes, it is possible to use both Wenner and Schlumberger resistivity measurements to obtain the soil parameters of uniform and multilayer soil models with an arbitrary layers number.
The on field measurements may be directly entered into the software including information about buried length of probes.
The algorithm to obtain soil parameters starting on resistivity measurements is based on the Trust region method and is very powerful and accurate and can manage constraints on results (results inside a given range).
First of all you have to consider this general principle: XGSLab works with "thin" elements. With the adjective "thin" we mean that the length of the element must be much greater than its diameter. We remind you of the fact that the element length depends on the number of divisions of the span that generates that element and on the possible crossing by the span of the soil layers surface division. The element diameter is obviously the same of the span's.
Warning message does not stop you because it is just an advice. Consider that this does not affect the calculation very much in all cases but especially if the number of the spans found with this warning is low in comparison to the total amount of spans.
And at the same time you have a double layer soil model with h = 1.9 m. In this case you have 2 elements 0.95 m long in the top layer and 1 element 0.1 m (=100 mm) long in the deep layer. This last element generates a too short element error because 20/100 > 1/6 and in this case you obtain nothing by lowering the number of elements to 2. So, in cases like these you have to force the diameter to a lower value (< 10mm) or force a slight modification in the soil model by setting h >= 2 m.
The preliminary calculation necessary to calculate Re is a proper calculation that has to be held with the soil model and with the layout that have been input for your project. The only arbitrary data is IE because in this case you have to choose an arbitrary value (usually 1 A) just to be able to obtain a value for RE. Once you have obtained RE you can use it to re-evaluate (in the tool Earthing Currents) the value for IE. Finally use the value that you obtain to set definitively the current and start the right calculation.


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Jonas Gwangwa's Music And Life Embody The Resistance Against Apartheid
By Joburg Post
When South African President Cyril Ramaphosa recently sent good wishes to hospitalised trombonist/composer Jonas Gwangwa, it represented far more than a routine official courtesy. Even before he became president, Ramaphosa relished the South African jazz that spoke for and of the country's liberation struggle. So it was no surprise that during inauguration speech in 2018 he famously invoked a Hugh Masekela song, Thuma Mina, isiZulu for "send me". And there are few musicians whose opus embodies the political spirit of South African liberation more vividly than the 81-year-old Gwangwa.
Resistance was the sub-text of Gwangwa's early musical endeavours. The Jazz Epistles, the first outfit to foreground his voice as composer and player, was also the first black ensemble in South Africa to record an LP. Black bands had previously been confined to the territory of the single, for the country's equivalent of the "race records" market. Race records were made exclusively by and for African Americans, especially from the 1920s to the 1940s.
The Jazz Epistles' repertoire asserted many characteristics that apartheid cultural policy suppressed: non-tribalism, originality and urban sophistication. But it also spoke of musicians' conditions of production, in the Kippie Moeketsi track Scullery Department.
Jazz Epistles track 'Scullery Department'.
This song was a dedication to themselves and their peers: good enough to play for elite white patrons, but forced to take their interval meal on the steps of the back kitchen.
Dinner apartheid
That meal-break apartheid was only one aspect of much broader repression. Gwangwa was born in 1937 in Orlando East, the first township of Soweto, formally founded six years earlier. As Gwangwa grew up, Orlando exposed him to both the oppressions suffered by every black community – police raids, arbitrary arrests, pass laws and impoverished amenities – but also to an intensely political cultural milieus.
Orlando writers, visiting journalist Anthony Sampson noted in his essay Orlando Revisited, were very clear about their African nationalist identity:
'We don't just want to be writers,' said Zeke [Ezekiel Mphahlele], 'we want to be non-white writers' – using the word in the proud way of people who are used to being non-every thing – non-Europeans, non-voters, non-travellers, non-drinkers, non-starters.
As Gwangwa began to work regularly in music, he was exposed to the routine brutality of the police. He recalled:
Sometimes those boere boys just get so mean and take [your pass] from you… Otherwise they would make you perform in the middle of the night. In the middle of the street you'd be tap-dancing at 3 am.
The vivid memories of that and more –- the segregated audiences for the musical King Kong; the privilege of white producers and promoters –- travelled with Gwangwa into exile first in London and then at the Manhattan School of Music.
When he arranged singer Miriam Makeba's Grammy-winning 1965 duo album with American artist Harry Belafonte, he was not simply supporting a fellow South African; he was participating in the politics of the project. He became impatient with the sometimes shallow understanding of the music's American patrons:
Because it was those back-to-Africa days, so you had to explain that it takes more than an Afro and a dashiki to be an African, you know? You have to think it and feel it.
ANC talent
So when in the early 1980s then ANC President OR Tambo called him to Angola to help develop the raw performance talent with which the ANC training camps teemed into a touring performance show for the movement, he did not hesitate. He brought everything he had learned about production and stagecraft in the States to bear on the project:
I knew I could create a show that would have universal appeal: the musical structure is very simple, the rhythm will get you, the dances are attractive…
Initially, the thought was to have a presentation of struggle songs; but Gwangwa and his team created a full musical. Theatrical interludes sandwiched the songs; the script was updated when political events (or musical fashions) in South Africa overtook it.
After a camp vehicle accident seriously injured his leg, Gwangwa began to spend more time in Botswana with his other band, Shakawe. There were politics there too: the politics of nonracialism and African regional solidarity, reflected in the mixed personnel of players, the outreach activities of Shakawe's umbrella parent, the Medu Arts Ensemble, and repertoire. That spoke of both current regional events, political themes, and the rich wellspring of Setswana tradition in songs such as the wedding anthem Kgomo di Tsile.
Jonas Gwangwa
'Kgomo di Tsile.'
South African military raids and death squads in the mid-1980s had forced Gwangwa away once more, to London. It was appropriate that Gwangwa was George Fenton's collaborator on the soundtrack to the Steve Biko movie, Cry Freedom, which went on to be nominated for an Oscar and to win an Ivor Novello and other awards.
'Cry Freedom.'
The politics of Gwangwa's music have stayed constant over the years, and are also apparent in the eight albums he has released in South Africa since returning from 30 years of exile. Reflecting on that, he toldjournalist Nechama Brodie:
Miriam Makeba organised me a Guinea passport. When that expired I got a Zambian travel document, then a Tanzanian one, then a Ghanaian passport. At airports you get immigration queues for 'locals' and for 'others'. I had always been one of the others. Then, one day, I got my South African passport. And it was valid for 10 years. It was like: wow, you know, yeah. Hallelujah!
Jonas Gwangwa's 'Freedom for some'.
But his lyrics have never been uncritical praise singing. As he regularly [sang](https://sonichits.com/video/Jonas_Gwangwa/Freedom_for_Some_(is_Freedom_for_None):
Freedom for some is freedom for none.
Perhaps that, as much as Thuma Mina, could also be a leitmotif for the Ramaphosa presidency?
This article was originally published by The Conversation
-JP
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One of the reasons I am interested in Robert Anton Wilson is because he was interested in many of the same things that I am. One of those interests is classical music.
A little of info about the commercial is here.
Anyway, Dec. 16 is Ludwig van Beethoven's presumed birthday because he was baptized on Dec. 17, and Eric Wagner sent out a "Happy Beethovenmas" message to me and a few others. RAW wrote a lot about Beethoven, as Eric has documented, and see also here and here, and search "Beethoven" on this blog if you want more.
Amazon has some extremely cheap Beethoven compilations; there are also cheap Mozart and Bach sets (as many of you know, Mozart appears as a character in the "Historical Illuminatus!" novels). And for what it's worth, Spotify is offering three months of premium service for 99 cents. Free Bach albums are available here and here. See also the links at my favorite classical music blog. Whatever you think about the digital music revolution, it's made life easier for classical music fans who don't have much money.
Zappa was a musical genius. I'm a big fan, thanks for this. Ludens cough drops recalls the Agape Ludens feast of the Discordians mentioned in this weeks Illuminatus! reading. Maybe that's why you posted it, or just a synch?


On behalf of the Indigenous Leadership Initiative (ILI) and the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN), in partnership with Environment and Climate Change Canada, we are pleased to announce the First Nations' National Guardians Gathering to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia on March 12 and 13, 2019.
The event will provide an opportunity for Indigenous Guardians to come together to advance the work of the Indigenous Guardians Pilot Initiative, discuss and endorse the work of the Pilot Joint Working Group, and formally launch the National Indigenous Guardians Network.
You will receive an invitation very soon with more details of the Gathering agenda, activities and special guests.
We ask that you save the date and hope you will join us in March.
Should you have any questions or comments, do not hesitate to contact us at Gathering2019@indigenousguardians.ca Looking forward to seeing you all at the event!


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Q: React data loading the previous state than what it is supposed to I have the following app structure for my application: App.js -> Filter.js -> ListModal.js. The data for me is a JSON containing table names as keys, with individual columns corresponding to these keys.
The Filter.js contains a search bar, which upon clicking loads up the ListModal, showing a list of 'table names' depending upon what's typed in the search bar. Upon selecting a particular table name, the name along with corresponding data has to go back to App.js, which then passes it on to other modules.
The Filter.js:
useEffect(() => {
    const allTableName = Object.keys(data)
    allTableNames.forEach((key,value)=>{
      if(key.toUpperCase().includes(phyName.toUpperCase())){     //phyName contains the user input
         searchedTables.push(key)
      })
      setSearchedTables(searchedTables)
}, [searchedTables])

const fetchTables = () => {    //Called upon clicking 'Submit' on the search bar
    setSearchedTables([])
    tableListModalShower()     //to show the modal
}

const setTable = (selectedTablename) => {
    setTableDataToReturn(data[selectedTablename])    //variable to maintain which table's data to pass to parent App.js component
    props.tableToPassInfo(selectedTablename, tableDataToReturn)
}

<ListModal searchedTables={searchedTables} onSelect={setTable}/>   // To load the modal

The Modal body:
<Modal.body>
    props.searchedTables.map(t=>(

{ props.onSelect(t)}}>{t}

    ))
</Modal.body>

App.js:
const [table, setTable] = useState({"tableName":"", "tableInfo":""})
const tableToPassInfo = (tablename, table) => {
    setTable({"tableName":tablename, "tableInfo":table})
    console.log(table)    //Here, I get the data for the table I searched for in the previous search, not the current one. Also, I do not get anything in the table name
}

<FilterSection tableToPassInfo={tableToPassInfo}/>

What am I doing wrong? Why am I getting the previous state of what I selected from the 'List Modal'? Any help is appreciated. Happy to provide more details if required!

A: I've done my best to update the code based on the comments
The Filter.js:
// I removed the useEffect on searchTables as it was set to run on change but was also changing within that method.

const fetchTables = () => {
    const allTableName = Object.keys(data)
    allTableNames.forEach((key,value)=>{
        if(key.toUpperCase().includes(phyName.toUpperCase())){
             searchedTables.push(key);
        }
    });

    setSearchedTables(searchedTables)
    tableListModalShower()     //to show the modal
}

const setTable = (selectedTablename) => {
    setTableDataToReturn(data[selectedTablename]);
    props.tableToPassInfo(selectedTablename, data[selectedTablename]);
}

<ListModal searchedTables={searchedTables} onSelect={setTable}/>

The Modal body:
<Modal.body>
    props.searchedTables.map(t=>(

{ props.onSelect(t)}}>{t}

    ))
</Modal.body>

App.js:
const [table, setTable] = useState({"tableName":"", "tableInfo":""})
const tableToPassInfo = (tablename, tableinfo) => {
    setTable({"tableName":tablename, "tableInfo":tableinfo})
    console.log(tableinfo)
}

<FilterSection tableToPassInfo={tableToPassInfo}/>


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LINDA SIMON. NSW election candidates Stand Up for TAFE
By Linda Simon | On 18 March 2019
NSW goes to the polls on 23 March and the outcome is not clear at this time. There are many programs being highlighted and funding promised by the major parties, with TAFE an area of concern. The TAFE Community Alliance asked candidates to 'Stand Up for TAFE' and were overwhelmed with the strength of the responses from many candidates and not surprised at the lack of interest from others.
TAFE NSW is in crisis. The NSW Government's own budgetary figures have shown the cuts to TAFE funding and the drop in enrolments. At least $130 million has been cut from the TAFE NSW budget since 2014 with the 2018/19 budget figures indicating a further $8.8 million cut. At the same time September 2018 Budget Estimates revealed a drop of at least 13% in enrolments. Along with a poorly designed major restructure of the organisation and a student administration system that still does not work effectively, these cuts have led to a TAFE system in crisis. Morale of teaching staff is at an all-time low, and the organisation continues to struggle with increased new management positions filled by people with no TAFE knowledge or understanding.
Given all of these problems, NSW citizens might have hoped that the Government would use the upcoming elections on 23 March to target some of these problems. Unfortunately the Government continues to announce its fee-free places for apprentices and trainees, many of whom are already paid for by their employers. Nine new campuses have been announced, eight in the regions, but it appears that there are no actual plans or sites chosen in many of these areas. More local TAFE campuses to work with local industries and communities are a long way off.
The TAFE Community Alliance asked all candidates running for both houses of Parliament three questions. We had identified these as being issues that should be of concern to the community – funding, the competitive training market and access to a local TAFE college. The three questions were:
1. Do you support increased government funding to ensure a sustainable publicly funded TAFE NSW?
2. Will you work to oppose the continuation of the competitive training market in vocational education, and ensure TAFE NSW is supported as the public training provider in this state?
3. Do you support local TAFE colleges for local industries and communities, ensuring a wide range of hands on training facilities across this state?
Responses are still arriving, with already at least half of candidates answering yes to the questions, either personally or through their Party's response. Labor, the Greens, the Animal Justice Party, the Small Business Party, the Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party, and the Socialist Alliance Party, have all given a resounding yes to the three questions on behalf of all their candidates. There is a clear understanding of the effect of the budget cuts and loss of teaching expertise in the community. Candidates want a well-funded TAFE system in NSW with local accessible courses. They too have seen the damage caused by the creation of a government funded training market.
As well as the passion behind many of the responses, the Alliance has been interested to see the number of responses indicating a first hand or close family connection with TAFE, as a student, a teacher or in other working capacities. Candidates wanted the Alliance to know they had been or still were part of TAFE, they had seen the impact of underfunding and the poorly designed competitive training market, and they wanted changes.
Some of the responses included Party responses such as this from a Labor candidate:
TAFE needs to be restored. NSW Labor will revitalise the TAFE system after years of neglect from the Liberals and Nationals and ensure that TAFE is properly funded and accessible to all. NSW Labor will guarantee that 70% of all funding goes to TAFE NSW. We will invest $64.5 million and create 600,000 free TAFE places over 10 years.
The Greens also had this to say:
The government must commit to increased TAFE funding and rebuilding our public education system. The Greens will commit an increase of $50 million every year to TAFE. The subsidisation of the private training market can't continue, The Greens will ensure all money used for vocational education will go to TAFE. It's important to ensure that local industry is able to survive, especially by enabling local training and providing high-quality jobs to students and apprentices.
The importance of these responses as well as additional funding for TAFE as the public provider of vocational education and training, is the recognition of the need for sustainable funding. Fee-free courses that are perhaps one-off and are costly to administer may not be the best way of rebuilding and re-energising TAFE NSW.
The NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, recently said: "TAFE campuses are the beating hearts of our regional communities and provide access to the education and training people need to get a job and get ahead." However the TAFE Community Alliance's recent discussions with candidates standing for regional seats has indicated a continuing drop in TAFE enrolments and a lack of skilled tradespersons in the regions, problems the Government should have been addressing some time ago.
Two other comments indicate the type of responses from the election candidates.
As one candidate put it: "I too have been distressed and angered at the undermining of TAFE through harsh budget cuts and the seeming support provided to private industry groups that offer less ethical and efficacious training;"
"It is an absolute disgrace what governments, state and federal, have done to Australia's TAFE system and the way in which they have encouraged and supported private companies to enter and profiteer in a field of vocational and further education of such vital importance to this nation's future," said another candidate.
The NSW elections won't be the end of the story. With this level of response, the TAFE Community Alliance will take the issues up with candidates standing for the Federal elections, and hope that those who care about the future of TAFE will also be those governing the country after these elections.
Linda Simon has been a teacher in schools, TAFE and now at university. She currently teaches subjects relating to adult education at Charles Sturt University. She was Secretary of the TAFE Teachers Association for over fifteen years, and Federal TAFE President of the Australian Education Union for six years. Currently she is National Convenor for Women in Adult and Vocational Education (WAVE) and an organiser of the TAFE Community Alliance. She has served on the Boards of NCVER and BVET in NSW, and is an educationalist and researcher committed to equity and public education
Linda Simon
Linda Simon has been a teacher in schools, TAFE and now at Charles Sturt University. She was Federal TAFE President of the Australian Education Union and is an educationalist and researcher committed to equity and public education.
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Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have been set the stiffest solar energy targets by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have been set the stiffest solar energy targets by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. By 2022, Maharashtra, which has an installed solar capacity of 378.7 MW, will have to increase it more than 30 times to 11,926 MW. UP, with a solar capacity of 140 MW, will have to raise it more than 75 times to 10,697 MW.
With the stipulation that 8% of the power consumed by a state should come from solar sources by 2022, Maharashtra's target rises to 12,611 MW and UP's to 13,248 MW, though the shortfall could be drawn from other states.
The ministry recently sent out letters specifying targets and deadlines for renewable energy generation and absorption. MNRE Secretary Upendra Tripathy wrote to the chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories, setting out each of their targets so as to achieve the goals of 100,000 MW of solar power, 60,000 MW of wind power and a total of 175,000 MW of renewable energy (the rest coming from biomass and small hydro projects) by 2022.
He asked the states to respond with an action plan, breaking up their cumulative goals into yearly targets. "I propose to convene a meeting in the second week of March 2016 to discuss the State Action Plan 2022, a copy of which may be sent to me in advance," he said in the letter.
Tarun Kapoor, Joint Secretary in the MNRE, has written to Power Secretary Pradeep Kumar Pujari to ensure that all state electricity regulatory commissions cooperate in meeting the states' obligation of drawing 17% of their total power from renewable sources by 2022, including a minimum of 8% from solar sources. He has also written similarly to the principal secretaries (power) in all states and Union Territories.
Rajasthan and Gujarat and probably the best placed to achieve their solar energy targets. Rajasthan already has solar capacity of 1,264.35 MW installed and needs to raise it less than five times to 5,762 MW by 2022. Gujarat, with a solar capacity of 1,024.15 MW, has to increase it to 8,020 MW.
Overall, the northern region (comprising the states are UTs of Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, J&K, Rajasthan, UP, Uttarakhand and Chandigarh) is expected to contribute 31,120MW, the western region (Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli) to bring in 28,410 MW, the eastern region (Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, Sikkim) 12,237 MW and the southern region (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Tamil Nadu) 26,532MW. The remaining will come from the seven northeastern states to make up 100,000MW.
Only eight states have winds strong enough to produce substantial wind energy. Of these, Tamil Nadu is expected to provide 11,900MW by 2022, Andhra Pradesh 8100MW, Karnataka, 6200MW, Telangana 2000MW, Rajasthan 8600MW, Gujarat 8800MW, Maharashtra 7600MW and MP 6200 to reach the target of 60,000MW (with the difference coming from all the other states).


Videos – Professor Robert W. Heath Jr.
One of my innovations for 2011 (really 2010 but it got delayed) is to provide more video content. With the help of the Faculty Innovation Center at UT Austin, I am now able to stream pre-recorded videos for several of my research group's presentations. The links are also available on my resume. In general my resume contains more up-to-date links in the conference section and in the oral presentations.
Talha Khan, Ahmed Alkhateeb, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Energy Coverage in Millimeter Wave Energy Harvesting Networks," to appear in Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf. Workshops, San Diego, CA, USA December 6-10, 2015. Video of presentation.
Mohammed E. Eltayeb, Ahmed Alkhateeb, R. W. Heath, Jr., and Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri, "Opportunistic Beam Training with Hybrid Analog/Digital Codebooks for mmWave Systems," to appear in the Proc. of the IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP), Orlando, FL, December, 2015. Video of presentation.
Junil Choi, Keonkook Lee, D. J. Love, Taeyoung Kim, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Advanced Limited Feedback Designs for FD-MIMO Using Uniform Planar Arrays," to appear in Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf., San Diego, CA, USA December 6-10, 2015.
Sungwoo Park and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Frequency Selective Hybrid Precoding in Millimeter Wave OFDMA Systems," to appear in Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf., San Diego, CA, USA December 6-10, 2015. Video of presentation.
Sungwoo Park, R. Daniels, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Optimizing the Target Error Rate for Link Adaptation," to appear in Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf., San Diego, CA, USA December 6-10, 2015. Video of presentation.
Tianyang Bai and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Uplink Massive MIMO SIR Analysis: How do Antennas Scale with Users?," to appear in Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf., San Diego, CA, USA December 6-10, 2015. Video of presentation.
Talha Khan, Xinchen Zhang, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "A Stochastic Geometry Approach to Analyzing Cellular Networks with Semi-static Clustering," to appear in Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf., San Diego, CA, USA December 6-10, 2015. Video of presentation.
Jeonghun Park and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Threshold-based Antenna Selection Algorithm for Dense Cloud Radio Access Networks," to appear in Proc. of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf., San Diego, CA, USA December 6-10, 2015. Video of presentation.
Kiran Venugopal, M. Valenti, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Analysis of Millimeter-Wave Networked Wearables in Crowded Environment," (invited) to appear in Proc. of the Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers, November 8-11, 2015. Also available on ArXiv. Video of presentation.
Jianhua Mo and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Limited Feedback in Multiple-Antenna Systems with One-Bit Quantization," (invited) to appear in Proc. of the Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers, November 8-11, 2015. Video of presentation.
A. Thornburg and R. W. Heath, Jr."Ergodic Capacity in mmWave Ad Hoc Network with Imperfect Beam Alignment," Proc. of the Military Communications Conference, Tampa, FL, October 26-28, 2015. Video of presentation.
Vutha Va and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Basic Relationship between Channel Coherence Time and Beamwidth in Vehicular Channels," to appear in Proc. of the Vehicular Technology Conference, Boston, USA, September 6-9, 2015. Video of presentation.
Vutha Va and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Beam Switching for Millimeter Wave Communication to Support High Speed Trains," to appear in Proc. of the Vehicular Technology Conference, Boston, USA, September 6-9, 2015. Video of presentation.
P. Kumari, N. González Prelcic, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Investigating the IEEE 802.11ad Standard for Millimeter Wave Automotive Radar," to appear in Proc. of the Vehicular Technology Conference, Boston, USA, September 6-9, 2015. Video of presentation.
Jeonghun Park, Namyoon Lee, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Base Station Cluster Patterns for Semi-Static Multi-Cell Cooperation in Irregular Network Topologies," to appear in Proc. of the European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Nice, France, August 31 – September 4, 2015. Video of presentation.
Jeonghun Park, Namyoon Lee, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Performance Analysis of Pair-wise Dynamic Multi-User Joint Transmission," Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Communications, London, UK, June 8-12, 2015. Video of presentation.
A. Thornburg, Tianyang Bai and R. W. Heath, Jr., "MmWave Ad Hoc Network Coverage and Capacity," Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Communications, London, UK, June 8-12, 2015. Video of presentation.
A. Thornburg, Tianyang Bai and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Interference Statistics in a Random mmWave Ad Hoc Network," to appear in the Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Proc., Brisbane, Australia, April 19-24, 2015. Slides available here. Video of presentation.
Kiran Venugopal, M. Valenti, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Interference in finite-sized highly dense millimeter wave networks,"(invited) Proc. of the Information Theory and Applications, San Diego, California, February 1-6, 2015. Video of presentation.
Tianyang Bai and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Asymptotic Coverage and Rate in Massive MIMO Networks,"Proc. of the IEEE Global Signal and Information Processing Conference, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 3-5, 2014. Video of presentation.
A. Alkhateeb, G. Leus, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Multi-layer precoding for full-dimensional massive MIMO systems," Proc. of 48th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov., 2014. Video of presentation. Presentation slides.
A. Abdel Khalek, C. Caramanis, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Joint Source-Channel Adaptation for Perceptually Optimized Scalable Video Transmission," Proc. of IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf., Houston, TX, December 5-9, 2011. Video of presentation.
S. Akoum, M. Kountouris, M. Debbah, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Spatial Interference Mitigation for Multiple Input Multiple Output Ad Hoc Networks: MISO Gains," Proc. of the IEEE Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 6-9, 2011. Video of presentation.
B. Nosrat-Makouei, J. G. Andrews, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "MIMO Interference Alignment in Random Access Networks," Proc. of 45th Annual Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 2011. Video of presentation.
O. El Ayach, A. Lozano, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Optimizing Training and Feedback for MIMO Interference Alignment," Proc. of 45th Annual Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 2011. Video of presentation.
C. Chen, R. W. Heath, Jr., A. C. Bovik, and G. de Veciana, "Adaptive Policies for Real-Time Video Transmission: A Markov Decision Process Framework," Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Image Processing, Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 11-14, 2011. Video of presentation.
O. El Ayach and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Grassmannian Differential Limited Feedback for Interference Alignment," (invited) Proc. of the European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Barcelona, Catalyuna, Spain, Aug. 29 – Sept. 2, 2011. Video of presentation.
S. Akoum, M. Kountouris, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "On Imperfect CSI for the Downlink of a Two-Tier Network," Proc. of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, pp. 727-731, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, July 31 – Aug. 5, 2011. Video of presentation.
J. Starr, O. El Ayach, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Interference Alignment with Per-Antenna Power Constraints," to appear in Proc. of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, pp. 2892-2896, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, July 31 – Aug. 5, 2011. Video of presentation.T. Inoue and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Grassmannian Predictive Coding for Limited Feedback Multiuser MIMO Systems," Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Proc., pp. 3076-3079, Prague, Czech Republic, May 22-27, 2011. Video of presentation.
R. Bhagavatula and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Predictive Limited Feedback for Cooperative Transmission," (invited) Proc. of the IEEE Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, November 7-10, 2010. Video of presentation.
O. El Ayach and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Interference Alignment with Analog CSI Feedback", Proc. of the Military Communications Conference, San Jose, CA, October 31 – November 3, 2010. Video of presentation.
B. Nosrat-Makouei, J. G. Andrews, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "A Simple SINR Characterization for Linear Interference Alignment over Uncertain MIMO Channels," Proc. of the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, June 13-18, 2010, Austin, TX. Video of presentation.
R. Daniels and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Online Adaptive Modulation and Coding with Support Vector Machines," (invited) Proc. of the IEEE European Wireless Conference , Lucca, Italy, pp. 718-724, April 12-15, 2010. Video of presentation.
S. Akoum and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Limited Feedback Beamforming for Temporally Correlated MIMO Channels with Other Cell Interference," Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Proc., Dallas, TX, March 14-19, 2010, pp. 3054-3057. Video of presentation.
K. T. Truong and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Adaptive Transmit Antenna Selection in MIMO Amplify-and-Forward Relay Channels," Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Proc., Dallas, TX, pp. 3022-3025, March 14-19, 2010. Video of presentation.
S. W. Peters and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Orthogonalization to Reduce Interference Alignment Overhead in the MIMO Interference Channel", Proc. of the International Zurich Seminar on Communications, Zurich, Switzerland, pp. 126-129, March 3-5, 2010. Video of presentation.
R. Bhagavatula and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Sum-Rate Maximizing Beamforming in Multicell Systems with Limited Feedback," Proc. of the IEEE Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, pp. 1838-1842, November 1-4, 2009. Video of presentation.
O. El Ayach, S. W. Peters, and R. W. Heath, Jr., "Real World Feasibility of Interference Alignment Using MIMO-OFDM Channel Measurements", Proc. of the Military Communications Conference, World Trade Center, Boston, Oct. 18-21, 2009, pp. 1-6. Video of presentation.
R. W. Heath Jr., "A Practical Assessment of Interference Alignment," talk given at various companies and universities around the world.


I've been goofing around quite a bit lately. Specifically I love piggy back rides, walking around on dad's feet, and playing hide and seek in paper bags.
On Sunday, January 6th I headed out to BobBob's to get some quality time in before he flew over to meet up with Ta. We went to play on some inflatables then had some Taco Bell lunch. I love tacos!!! Then we went up to visit GGma Dard.
BobBob left for Thailand on Tuesday, 1/8 and we won't get to see him for 3 more weeks. He did make it safely over and hopefully gave Ta a huge hug for me. Just to keep you updated on some other important news, I'm officially potty trained (except for naps and bedtime) and have been accident free for about a month now. I've also graduated to a big girl cup. Oh, and I hit puberty and my mustache has filled in.
On Friday, I had dinner with my school best friend Matthew. We had dinner, but it wasn't a real date because we asked for separate checks. And of course we had ice cream afterwards. We rounded out the rest of the weekend with lots of jammy time and popcorn.


The next event in Wellington's "Lakeside Family Fun Days" series is set to occur on Saturday, December 15th, on Lake Wellington, located behind the Wellington Community Center (12150 Forest Hill Boulevard).
The event will feature a variety of FREE activities for the entire family to enjoy between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Attendees will also have an opportunity to visit with Courtyard Animal Hospital, and the Wellington Community Services Department. Guests are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped toy to the community services tent for Wellington's Annual Hometown Holiday Toy Drive. For details visit www.wellingtonfl.gov.
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Holiday character photo opportunities, including photos with Santa! Please bring a camera.
Following the Family Fun Day event, be sure to return to Lake Wellington for a Holiday Boat Parade! Come watch as local residents and boating enthusiasts light up the Lake with Wellington's Annual Holiday Boat Parade on Lake Wellington. Visible from behind the Wellington Community Center (12150 Forest Hill Boulevard), boats will launch from the Meadowland Cove boat launch at 6:20 p.m. and are expected to pass behind the Wellington Community Center around 6:25 p.m. Approximately 30 festive, decorated boats are expected to cruise in the parade.
Immediately following the boat parade, head on over to the Wellington Amphitheater for a FREE "Motown Magic" Holiday Show by N2 Nation, starting at 7:30 p.m. Don't forget to bring blankets and chairs for seating!
For more information on these, and other events, visit www.wellingtonfl.gov/Events.