Marai GE, Leigh J, Johnson A., Immersive Analytics Lessons from the Electronic Visualization Laboratory: a 25 Year Perspective,IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, To appear 2019.
Johnson J. A., Lodhi M. K., Cheema U., Stifter, J., Dunn-Lopez, K., Yao, Y., Johnson, A., Keenan, G. M., Ansari, R., Khokar, A., Wilkie, D., Outcomes for End-of-Life Patients with Anticipatory Grieving: Insights from Practice with Standardized Nursing Terminologies within an Interoperable Internet-based Electronic Health Record, Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing 19 (3), pp. 223-231, 2017.
Dunn Lopez, K., Febretti, A., Stifter, J., Johnson, A., Wilkie, D.J., Keenan, G., Toward a More Robust and Efficient Usability Testing Method of Clinical Decision Support for Nurses Derived from Nursing Electronic Health Record Data, International Journal for Nursing Knowledge, June, 2016.
Bui, H., Jung, E., Vishwanath, V., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Papka, M., Improving sparse data movement performance using multiple paths on the Blue Gene/Q supercomputer, Parallel Computing, Vol 51, pp. 3-16, 2016.
Dunn Lopez, K., Wilkie, D. J., Yao, Y, Sousa, V, Febretti, A, Stifter, J, Johnson, A, Keenan, G. M. Nurses' Numeracy and Graphical Literacy: Informing Studies of Clinical Decision Support Interfaces. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, Vol 31.2, Aug 2015, pp. 124-130.
Aurisano, J., Reda, K., Johnson, A., Marai, G. E., Leigh, J., BactoGeNIE: A Large-Scale Comparative Genome Visualization for Big Displays, BMC Bioinformatics 2015 16(Supl 11):S6.
LaFond, C., Vincent, C., Corte, C., Hershberger, P., Johnson, A., Park, C., Wilkie, D., PICU Nurses' Pain Assessments And Intervention Choices for Virtual Human And Written Vignettes, Journal of Pediatric Nursing Vol 30.4 (July-August 2015), pp. 580-590.
LaFond, C., Vincent, C., Lee, S., Corte, C., Hershberger, P., Johnson, A., Park, C., Wilkie, D., Development and Validation of a Virtual Human Vignette to Compare Nurses Assessment and Intervention Choices for Pain in Critically Ill Children, Simulation in Healthcare. Vol 10.1 (Feb 2015), pp. 14-20.
Keenan, G., Yakel, E., Yao, Y., Xu, D., Szalacha, L., Tschannen, D., Ford, Y., Chen, Y., Johnson, A., Dunn Lopez, K., Wilkie, D., Maintaining a consistent big picture: Meaningful Use of a Web-based POC EHR System, International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, Vol. 23.3 (October 2012), pp. 119-133.
Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Renambot, L., Advances in Computer Displays, Advances in Computers, Vol. 77, Elsevier/Morgan Kaufman, (2009) pp. 58-79.
Ge, J., Sandin, D., Peterka, T., Kooima, R., Girado, J., Johnson, A., A Point-based Asynchronous Remote Visualization Framework for Real-Time Virtual Reality, International Journal of Image and Graphics, World Scientific, Vol. 8.2 (April 2008), pp. 189-207.
Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Virtual Reality on the Internet: Collaborative Virtual Reality, Internet Encyclopedia, 2004, H. Bidgoli Ed, John Wiley & Sons, Vol. 3, pp. 591-599.
DeFanti, T., Sandin, D., Brown, M., Pape, D., Anstey, J., Bogucki, M., Dawe, G., Johnson, A., Huang, T., Technologies for Virtual Reality/Tele-Immersion Applications: Issues of Research in Image Display and global Networking, Frontiers in Human-Centered Computing, Online Communities and Virtual Environments edited by Earnshaw, Van Dam, Vince and Guedj, Springer-Verlag London, (April 2001), pp. 137-159.
Lewis, M., Thiruvathakal, G., Vishwanath, V., Papka, M., Johnson, A., A Distributed Graph Approach for Pre-processing Linked RDF Data Using Supercomputers. In the Proceedings of Semantic Big Data 2017, May 19, 2017, Raleigh, SC.
Marrinan, T., Renambot, L., Leigh, J., Forbes, A., Jones, S., Johnson, A., Mixed Presence Collaboration using Scalable Visualizations in Heterogeneous Display Spaces. In the Proceedings of the 20th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW '17), February 25 - March 1, Portland, OR.
Aurisano, J., Kumar, A., Gonzalez, A., Leigh, J., Di Eugenio, B., Johnson, A., Articulate2: Toward a Conversational Interface for Visual Data Exploration, In the Proceedings and as a poster at IEEE Vis 2016, October 23-28, 2016, Baltimore, MD.
Kumar, A., Aurisano, J., Di Eugenio, B., Johnson, A., Gonzalez, A., Leigh, J., Towards a dialogue system that supports rich visualizations of data, In the Proceedings of the 17th Annual SIGdial Meeting on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGDIAL 2016), September 13-15, 2016, Los Angeles, CA.
Bui, H., Malakar, P., Vishwanath, V., Munson, T., Jung, E., Johnson, A., Papka, M., Leigh, J., Improving Communication Throughput by Multipath Load Balancing on Blue Gene⁄Q, In the Proceedings of 22nd annual IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC 2015), December 16-19, 2015, Bengaluru, India.
Bui, H., Jacob, R., Malakar, P., Vishwanath, V., Johnson, A., Papka, M., Leigh, J., Multipath Load Balancing for M x N Communication Patterns on the Blue Gene⁄Q Supercomputer Interconnection Network, In the Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Workshop on High-Performance Interconnection Networks Towards the Exascale and Big-Data Era (HiPINEB) 2015, September 8, 2015, Chicago, IL.
Lee, S., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Renambot, L., Jones, S., Di Eugenio, B., Emotionally Augmented Storytelling Agent - The Effects of Dimensional Emotion Modeling for Agent Behavior Control, In the Proceedings of the Intelligent Virtual Agents 2015 Conference, August 26-28, 2015, Delft, NL, pp. 483-487.
Ito, E., Higgins, S., Morin, P., Jenkins, C., Cheng, Y., Lee, J., Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Renambot, L., The CoreWall Tool Suite: An integrated approach for data discovery, description, visualization, and correlation of lacustrine cores, in the Proceedings of the 4th International Limnogeology Congress, Barcelona, Spain, July 11-14, 2007, pp. 208-209.
Ge, J., Peterka, T., Kooima, R., Vishwanath, V., Sandin, J., Johnson, A., A Distributed Volume Rendering Pipeline for Networked Virtual Reality, in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Network-based Virtual Reality and Tele-Existence (INVITE 2007), Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, May 21-23, 2007.
Park, K., Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Cho, Y. Design of Awareness Interface for Distributed Teams in Display-Rich Advanced Collaboration Environments, in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Collaboration and Technology 2004, San Carlos, Costa Rica, September 5-9, 2004. pp 105-120.
Cho, Y., Park, K., Moher, T., Johnson, A., Mediating Collaborative Design for Constructing Educational Virtual Reality Environments: A Case Study, in the Proceedings of Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering, First International Conference (CDVE 2004), Palma de Mallorca, Spain, September 19-22, 2004, Published as Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 3190 Springer 2004, pp. 30-37.
Moher, T., Haas, D., Kim, J., and Johnson, A. Designing Digital Phenomenaria: The Bee Dance, in the ACM SIGGRAPH 2003 Educators Program, July 27-31, 2003, San Diego, California, 1 page on CDROM.
Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Park, K., Nayak, A., Singh, R., Chowdhry, V., Amplified Collaboration Environments, in the Proceedings of VR Grid Workshop, November 26, 2002, Daejun, Korea, pp.77-85.
Kapoor, A., Leigh, J., Wheless, G., Lascara, C., Johnson, A., Park, K., DeFanti, T., Cave6D: A Tool for Collaborative, Interactive Immersive Visualization of Environmental Data, in the Proceedings of the third international conference on Collaborative Virtual Environments (ACM CVE 2000), San Francisco, CA, September 10-12, 2000.
Shenai, K., McShane, E., Johnson, A., DeFanti, T., Advanced Electronic Visualization and Virtual Reality Technologies for Education and Research Training, in the Proceedings of IASTED Int'l. Conf. on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education '98, Cancun, Mexico, May 27-30, 1998, pp. 3-6.
Roussos, M., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Barnes, C., Vasilakis, C., Moher, T., The NICE Project: Narrative, Immersive, Constructionist / Collaborative Environments for Learning in Virtual Reality, In the Proceedings of ED-MEDIA / ED-TELECOM '97. Calgary, Canada, June 14 - 19, 1997, pp. 917-922. pdf version. This paper received one of the 'best paper' awards given at the conference.
Video in SIGGRAPH 99 Electronic Theatre, Los Angeles, California, August 8 - 13, 1999.
Video shown at Ministry of Culture Media Arts Festival, Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 25 to Mar. 2, 2000.
Video in SIGGRAPH 99 Screening Room, Los Angeles, California, August 8 - 13, 1999.
Video shown as part of the art exhibition at Virtual Worlds '98, Paris, France, July 1-3, 1998.
Video shown as part of `DIGITAL', Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, June 13 - August 15, 1998.
Video shown as part of Eurographics '98, Lisbon, Portugal, August 31 - September 4, 1998.
Video shown as part of Lisbon Expo 98, Lisbon, Portugal, 1998.
Video shown as part of the Sixth Annual New York Digital Salon, Visual Arts Museum, New York, NY, November 9 - 23, 1998.
Video in SIGGRAPH 97 Screening Room, and in the SIGGRAPH Video Review (issue #124), Los Angeles, California, August 3-8, 1997.
Video in SIGGRAPH 96 Screening Room, and in the SIGGRAPH Video Review (issue #119), New Orleans, Louisiana, August 4-9, 1996.
Virtual Anthology number 2, Revue Virtuelle.
Johnson, A., Nishimoto, A., Febretti, A., Aurisano, J., Immersive Geospatial Analytics. short paper at the NSF Workshop on Geospatial Data Science, July 25-26, 2016, Urbana, IL.
Lawrence, J., Schmidt, B., Winslow, L., Doran, P., Kim, S., Walker, C., Buffo, J., Skidmore, M., Soderlund, K., Blankenship, D., Bramall, N., Johnson, A., Rack, F., Clark, E., Kimball, P., Stone, W., Insights into Ice-Ocean Interactions on Earth and Europa. poster at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec 2016, San Francisco, CA.
Aurisano, J., Kuman, A., Gonzales, A., Reda, K., Leigh, J., Di Eugenio, B., Johnson, A., Show me data. Observational study of a conversational interface in visual data exploration. Poster at IEEE InfoVis 2015, Oct 25-30, 2015, Chicago, IL. This poster received an Honorable Mention at the conference.
Ye, A., Ajilore, O., Febretti, A., Johnson, A., GadElkarim, J., Magin, R., Kumar, A., Leow, A., Using Dimensionality Reduction to Explore Virtual Reality Lobectomies. e-poster at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine conference, May 30-June 5, Toronto, CA.
Ye, A., Ajilore, O., Febretti, A., Johnson, A., GadElkarim, J., Yang, S., Magin, R., Kumar, A., Leow, A., A Virtual Reality Exploration of Brain Connectivity Metrics using Dimensionality Reduction. Abstract at the Society of Biological Psychiatry's 70th Annual Scientific Convention and Program, May 16, 2015, Toronto, CA.
Dunn-Lopez, K., Stifter, J., Febretti, A., Sousa, V., Johnson, A., Wilkie, D., Keenan, G., Formative and summative usability testing of nursing clinical decision support prototypes. Abstract at the 10th Biennial Conference of ACENDIO 2015, April 16-18, Bern, SW.
Febretti, A., Richmond K., Doran, P., Johnson, A., Parallel Processing and Immersive Visualization of Sonar Data. Poster at the 4th IEEE Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization (LDAV), November 9-10 2014, Paris, FR.
Aurisano, J., Reda, K., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Bacterial Gene Neighborhood Investigation Environment: A Large-Scale Genome Visualization for Big Displays. Poster at the 4th IEEE Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization (LDAV), November 9-10 2014, Paris, FR. This poster was awarded best poster at the conference.
LaFond, C. M., Vincent, C. V., Corte, C., Hershberger, P.E., Johnson, A., Park, C. G., Wilkie, D. J., PICU Nurses' Beliefs Regarding Children's Pain and Their Pain Management Choices for Virtual Human (VH) Vignettes: A Comparative Mixed-Methods Study. Abstract at the Midwest Nursing Research Society 38th Annual Research Conference, March, 2014, St. Louis, MO.
Keenan, G., Stifter, J., Febretti, A., Lodhi, M., Dunn-Lopez, K., Yao, Y., Khokhar, A., Johnson, A., Ansari, R., Wilkie, D., Well tested electronic care planning system produces powerful evidence for nursing care decision. Poster at the Advocate Health System Research Day, April 9th, 2014, Chicago, IL.
Marrinan, T., Johnson, A., Liegh, J., Linnenger, A., Long, L., Cover of Physics Today, Vol. 66.7, July, 2013.
LaFond, C. Lee, S., Johnson, A. Vincent, C., Virtual human vignettes for evaluating pediatric nurses' pain assessment and intervention choices, Abstract at the Midwest Nursing Research Society 37th Annual Research Conference, Chicago, IL, March 7-13, 2013.
Dunn-Lopez, K., Stifter, J., Febretti, A., Johnson, A., Wilkie, D., Keenan, G., Improving Usability of Evidence Based Information in Clinical Decision Support, Abstract at the Midwest Nursing Research Society 37th Annual Research Conference, Chicago, IL, March 7-13, 2013.
Stifter, J., Dunn-Lopez, K., Febretti, A., Johnson, A., Wilkie, D., Keenan, G., Identifying Nurse Preferences for Presentation of Evidence Based End of Life Pain Management Information, Poster at the Midwest Nursing Research Society 37th Annual Research Conference, Chicago, IL, March 7-13, 2013.
Dunn Lopez, K., Febretti, A., Stifter, J., Johnson, A., Wilkie, Keenan, G., Predicting Nurse Preferences for Clinical Decision Support Forms, Paper presented at American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium, Washington DC, November 16-20, 2013.
Doran, P., Stone, W., Priscu, J., McKay, C., Johnson, A., Chen, B. Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic ANtarctiC Explorer (ENDURANCE), Poster at American GeoPhysical Union Fall meeting 2007, San Francisco, California, December 10-14, 2007.
Hill, A., Johnson, A., Withindows: A Single-Authoring Framework for Desktop and Immersive Interfaces, Poster at the 2007 IEEE symposium on 3D User Interfaces, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 10-11, 2007.
Morin, P., Kirkby, K., Campbell, K., Hamilton, P., Schmidt, B., Svistula, D., Leigh, J., Renambot, L., Johnson, A., Flat Earth, Round Earth: Two New Visualization Systems for Formal and Informal Geoscience Education, In GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 38.7, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 22-25, 2006.
Wortman, S., Tornqvist, T., Mateo, Z., Whitehouse, P., Johnson, A., The GeoWall as a Research Tool: 3D Virtual-Reality Analysis of Later Quaternary Shelf-Edge Evolution along the Southern African Margin, Poster in the New Geoscience Applications for Advanced Visualization Methods, 3-D, Web-Access, and Large Databases session at the Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, 39th Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 37.5, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 19-20, 2005.
Nayak, A., Vernon, F., Kent, G., Orcutt, J., Kilb, D., Newman, R., Eakins, J., Smarr, L., DeFanti, T., Leigh, J., Renambot, L., Johnson, A., iCluster : Visualizing USArray data on a scalable high resolution tiled display using the OptIPuter, geon 3rd annual meeting, San Diego, California, May 5-6, 2005.
Flower, M., Johnson, A., Khan, S., Sandoval, E., Sandoval, C., Sultan, M., Progress Report for the TETHYS Database: Advancing Data Management for Orogenic Systems, geon 3rd annual meeting, San Diego, California, May 5-6, 2005.
Schwarz, N., van Keken, P., Renambot, L., Tromp, J., Komatitsch, D., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Distributed volume rendering of global models of seismic wave propagation, Poster at American GeoPhysical Union Fall meeting 2004, San Francisco California, December 13-17, 2004.
Nayak, A., Vernon, F., Kent, G., Orcutt, J., Kilb, D., Newman, R., Smarr, L., DeFanti, T., Leigh, J., Renambot, L., Johnson, A., High resolution visualization of USArray data on a 50 megapixel display using OptIPuter technologies, Poster at the American GeoPhysical Union Fall meeting 2004, San Francisco California, December 13-17, 2004.
Davis, B., Morin, P., Renambot, L., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., GeoWall: Low-cost 3-Dimensional Display Technology for the Remote Sensing Sciences, Abstract in the Proceedings of the International Workshop on Earth Observation Technology and Application - Prospects for Cooperation in Earth Observation, 18th Committee on Earth Observing Satellites (CEOS) Plenary Meeting and Associated Events, Beijing, China November 17, 2004.
Leigh, J., Morin, P., Davis, B., DeFanti, T., Ito, E., Johnson, A., Orcutt, J., Rack, F., Renambot, L., Thorleifson, H., Emerging Computing Technologies for Data-intensive Geoscience Research and Education, Oral presentation as part of Geologic Time and CHRONOS: Databases, Tools, Outreach, Education, and the Geoinformatics Revolution II Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2004, Denver CO, Nov 7-10, 2004.
Morin, P., Leigh, J., Davis, B., Ito, E., Johnson, A., Rack, F., Thorleifson, H., Its too Big and too Diverse: Current Issues in Geoscience Data Exploration, Oral presentation as part of Geologic Time and CHRONOS: Databases, Tools, Outreach, Education, and the Geoinformatics Revolution II Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2004, Denver Colorado, Nov 7-10, 2004.
Rao, A., Kamp, B., Noren, A., Ito, E., Schurrengerger, D., Morin, P., Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Renambot, L., Rack, F., CoreWall: A Visualization Environment for the Analysis of Lake and Ocean Cores, Oral presentation as part of Geologic Time and CHRONOS: Databases, Tools, Outreach, Education, and the Geoinformatics Revolution II Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2004, Denver Colorado, Nov 7-10, 2004.
Morin, P., Leigh, J., van Keken, P., Johnson, A., The State of the GeoWall, American GeoPhysical Union Fall meeting 2003, San Francisco CA, December, 2003.
Leigh, J., Morin, P., Johnson, A., DeFanti, T., Brown, M., Sandin, D., Rack, F., Vernon, F., Orcutt, J., Davis, B., van Keken, P., Smarr, L., GeoWall-2 : A Scalable Display System for the GeoSciences, American GeoPhysical Union Fall meeting 2003, San Francisco CA, December, 2003.
Johnson, A., GeoWall Experiences in K-12 Education, American GeoPhysical Union Fall meeting 2003, San Francisco CA, December, 2003.
Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Renambot, L., Nayak, A., Lindquist, K., Kilb, D., Newman, R., Vernon, F., Using 3D Glyph Visualization to Explore Real-time Seismic Data on Immersive and High-resolution Display Systems, American GeoPhysical Union Fall meeting 2003, San Francisco CA, December, 2003.
Roussos, M., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Barnes, C., Vasilakis, C., Moher, T., The NICE Project, Image on the cover of "Virtual Reality Technology, 2nd ed." by G. Burdea and P. Coiffet, John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2003.
Roussos, M., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Barnes, C., Vasilakis, C., Moher, T., The NICE Project, Image on the cover of "Understanding Virtual Reality: Interface, Application, and Design" by W. Sherman and A. Craig, Morgan Kaufmann, 2002.
Nayak, A, Lieigh, J., Johnson, A., Russo, R., Morin, P., Laughbon, A., Ahem, T., ., WiggleView: Visualizing Large Seismic Datasets, Poster at the American GeoPhysical Union Fall meeting 2002, San Francisco CA, December, 2002.
"The Round Earth Project", still from the SIGGRAPH Electronic Theatre, weekly ASCI magazine (japanese) 9/8/99 issue, p 155.
"NICE", image in center colour section of Networked Virtual Environments: Design and Implementation, by Sandeep Singhal and Michalel Zyda, Addison Wesley, 1999.
Johnson, A., Fotouhi, F., Adaptive clustering of hypermedia documents, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Vol. 63, supplement 26, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 1998.
Bizri, H., Johnson, A., Vasilakis, C., Slide from Las Meninas. In the slide show of Eurographics '98, Lisbon, Portugal, August 31 - September 4, 1998.
Bizri, H., Johnson, A., Vasilakis, C., 'Las Meninas:' Seeing and Being Seen, In the technical slide set of SIGGRAPH '98. Orlando, Florida, July 19-24, 1998.
- arcade game on the 'Ultra Pack Volume 2' CDROM - included with all shipping Ultra Creator / Creator 3D workstations from Sun Microsystems Inc.
- arcade game on the Indizone 3 CDROM - was included with all Indy and Indigo2 workstations shipped after March 1996 from Silicon Graphics Inc.
Leigh, J., Johnson, A., "CALVIN." In NCSA access, Vol. 10.3, Fall 1996, pp. 10-11.
Johnson, A., Invited to be Session moderator for "Envisioning the Future Classroom" at the 3rd Chicago Booth Education Management Conference, Gleacher Center, Chicago IL, February 16, 2018.
Johnson, A., Invited to be a panelist at CHIVR meet up - Virtual + Augmented Reality for Social Impact at Microsoft Chicago, Chicago, IL, October 25, 2017.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk on "Peering Under the Ice in Antarctica" at UIC's GIS Day at UIC, Chicago, IL, November 13, 2017.
Johnson, A., Invited to talk at the CRIM Analytics Symposium on "Immersed in Analysis - Collaborative Room-Sized Visualization Displays at the UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory" at UIC, Chicago, IL, March 31, 2016.
Johnson, A., Invited to be part of the Cognitive and Immersive Systems panel at the IBM Cognitive Computing Colloquium at Rensselaer Polytechnic's EMPAC Center in Troy, NY, November 18, 2015.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk at Workshop on Enhancing GeoMapApp and exploring other options for visualization and analysis tools for solid earth science research and education, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, New York, June 2-3, 2014.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk at KDD 2013 Big Data Analytics Camp on Introduction to Visualization, Chicago, IL, August 10, 2013.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk as part of the Adler Planetarium After Dark panel on Inventing the Future - Astronomy and Visualization, Chicago, IL, July 18, 2013.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk as part of Big Data Volumes in the Sciences at Big Data Week Chicago, "Visualization at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory", Chicago, IL, April 25, 2013.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk at CA Technologies, "Visualization at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory", Lisle, IL, November 9, 2012.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk at the Heritage and Cultural Learning Hub at the University of Birmingham, "evl's Cyber-Commons", Birmingham, UK, July 17, 2012.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a research seminar presentation in the UIC College of Nursing, "Realistic Virtual Humans for Healthcare Research and Education", Chicago, IL, January 19, 2012.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a Plenary talk at Southeast Asia International Joint Research Training Program in High-Performance Computing Applications and Networking Technology, "Future Me - Human Augmentics for Sustained Wellbeing", Taichung, Taiwan, December 1, 2011.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a Plenary talk at Southeast Asia International Joint Research Training Program in High-Performance Computing Applications and Networking Technology, "Cyber-commons - A High Resolution, High Bandwidth, Collaborative Lens for Focusing Attention to Solve Data-rich Problems", Taichung, Taiwan, November 30, 2011.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a Research Colloquium talk at DePaul University's College of Computing and Digital Media, "evl's Cyber-commons", Chicago, IL, September 30, 2011.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk at the Next Generation Imaging Workshop, Lincoln Imaging Sciences Center (LISC), "Cyber-Commons - a high resolution, high bandwidth, collaborative environment for managing scale and complexity", Dedham, MA, May 23-24, 2011.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk at the Clinical Robotic Surgery Association's 2nd Worldwide Congress (CRSA 2010), "Visualization Wall: a Tool for the OR of the Future", Chicago, IL, October 1-2, 2010.
Johnson, A., Invited to give the Plenary talk at the 2010 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS 2010), Chicago, IL, May 17-21, 2010.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a research seminar presentation in the UIC College of Nursing, "Designing User Interfaces for Data Entry and Visualization", Chicago, IL, April 13, 2010.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk at the workshop on University-Science Center Partnerships, "RainTable - EVL and Minnesota Science Museum", Philadelphia, PA, May 30 - June1, 2008.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk at the Chicago Biomedical Consortium Imaging Forum, "Interactive Visualization with Ultra-Resolution Displays and High-Speed Networking", Chicago, IL, November 9, 2007.
Johnson, A., Invited to give keynote talk at CollabTech 2007, Seoul, South Korea, July 13, 2007.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk at GIST (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology), Gwangju, South Korea, July 12, 2007.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk/demonstration on the GeoWall to the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Swarthmore College, June 29-30, 2006.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk/demonstration to the Chicago Map Society, May 23, 2006.
Johnson, A., Invited to give 2 remote guest lectures as part of AE 684 Virtual and Synthetic Environments and Applications course, "Collaborative Virtual Environments", at Old Dominion University, Nov 22, 29, 2005.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk at the Moritz College of Law conference on Building Democracy Through Online Citizen Deliberation. "Advanced Collaborative Visualization Tools", at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Nov 18, 2005.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk at the University of Chicago Computations in Science Semainar Series, "Visualization Techniques for Big Data on Big Displays" at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Nov 10, 2004.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk and demonstration about the GeoWall as part of TeacherTECH at Chicago State University, Chicago, IL, July 24, 2003.
Johnson, A., Invited to give a talk and demonstration about the GeoWall at the Summer 2003 Revitalize Workshop, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Urbana, IL, June 25, 2003.
Johnson, A., Invited to present at 3rd GeoWall Summit, Flagstaff, AZ, June 1-3, 2003.
Johnson, A., Invited to give remote guest lecture as part of AE 684 Virtual and Synthetic Environments and Applications course at Old Dominion University, April 5, 2003.
Johnson, A., Invited to present at University of Illinois at Chicago ITL Conference 2003, March 18, 2003.
Johnson, A., Invited to present at 2nd GeoWall Summit, Minneapolis, MN, June 6-7, 2002.
Johnson, A., Invited to present at the First AMPATH International Conference, Valdivia, Chile, Apr 10-12, 2002.
Johnson, A., Invited to present at Science Education and Visualization: International, a Gordon Research Conference, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, August 5-10, 2001.
Moher, T., Johnson, A., Baez, V., Peterson, J. Invited to present at National Education Computing Association 2001 conference, Chicago, IL, June 25-27, 2001, Supporting School-Based Learning and Teaching with Advanced Visualization Technologies.
Johnson, A., Invited to present at the Workshop on Molecular Visualization in Science Education, Arlington, VA, January 12-14, 2001.
Johnson, A., Invited to present at University of Illinois at Chicago ITL Conference 2000, March 13, 2000.
Johnson, A. Invited to participate in Silicon Graphics' Innovate Online interview conference, August 13, 1997.
Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Invited to participate in Silicon Graphics' Innovate Online interview conference, June 4, 1997.
Johnson, A., Invited to speak at the Cross-Industry Working Team (XIWT) meeting on collaboration, Nashua, New Hampshire, August 13-14, 1996.
Roussos, M., Leigh, J., Johnson, A., "Approaches to constructive K-12 playtime/education in the CAVE: the N.I.C.E project" Presentation and networked demonstration in the CAVE, on the Immersadesk, and on the Infinity Wall at the VR Workshop for Educators, organized by the Education and Outreach Group at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, July 16, 1996.
Johnson, A., "Towards the Holodeck: Advanced Visualization and Collaboration Environments" Tutorial as part of the Newberry Library's Teachers as Scholars program, Chicago, IL, October 20 and 27, 2003.
Johnson, A., Creating Tele-Immersion Environments, tutorial at the 11th Annual Workshop on Interconnections Within High Speed Digital Systems, Santa Fe, NM, May 21-24, 2000.
Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Visualization in Tele-Immersive Environments, tutorial at IEEE / ACM Supercomputing '98, Orlando, Florida, Nov 7-13, 1998.
Johnson, A., Leigh, J., CAVERNsoft tutorial at Alliance 98, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, April 27-30, 1998.
Johnson, A., SAGE2 - Encouraging Collaborative Work on Large High-Resolution Shared Displays Presentation at UIC IT Professionals Forum, April 28, 2015, Chicago, IL.
Johnson, A., and most of EVL, Talk and demonstration of SAGE2 and CAVE2, at EVL for Chicago Ideas Week, October 13, 2014, Chicago, IL.
Johnson, A., and most of EVL, Talk and demonstration of CAVE2, at EVL for Chicago Ideas Week, October 14, 2013, Chicago, IL.
Johnson, A. Cyber-Commons Classrooms: Teaching and Learning Spaces beyond the Traditional Multimedia Classroom Presentation at UIC TechTeach 2013, October 10, 2013, Chicago, IL.
Dunn Lopez, K., Febretti, A., Yao, Y., Stifter, J, Johnson, A., Wilkie, D., Keenan, G. Clinical decision support alerts forms: Nurse preferences and relationships with nurse characteristics. Presentation at the American Medical Informatics Association, Annual Symposium, November, 2013, Washington, DC.
Wilkie, D., Keenan, G., Khokhar, A., Yao, Y. Johnson, A., Meaningful Use of End-of-Life Data in EHR Systems: Multidisciplinary Challenges and Opportunities Panel at AMIA 2012, November 5, 2012, Chicago, IL.
Dunn Lopez, K., Arora, V., Johnson, A., Boyd, A., Keenan, G., Wilkie, D., Electronic Tools for Cognitive Support During Resident Handoffs: State of the Practice and Future Directions Presentation at AMIA 2012, November 5, 2012, Chicago, IL.
Johnson, A., and most of EVL, Talk on Turning Science Fiction into Reality and demonstrations of various EVL projects, at EVL for Chicago Ideas Week, October 8, 2012, Chicago, IL.
Johnson, A., and most of EVL, Talk on Visualizing the Future and demonstrations of various EVL projects, at EVL for Science Chicago, February 21, 2009, Chicago, IL.
Johnson, A., and most of EVL, Tactile hardware and applications, demonstrated at American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, February 12-14, 2009, Chicago, IL.
Aguilera, J, Johnson, A., Unfolding Space, demonstrated at SVR 2007 IX International Symposium on Virtual and Augmented Reality, May 28-June 1, 2007, Petropolis, Brazil.
Aguilera, J, Johnson, A., Unfolding Space, Virtual Reality Art show at the LiveBox Gallery, Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago IL, October 21 - November 25, 2006.
Leigh, J., Renambot, L., Johnson, A., Rao, A., Chen, Y., CoreWall demonstration at the NSF sponsored CoreWall workshop, Washington DC, May 8-10, 2006.
Johnson A., GeoWall: Off-the-Shelf 3-D Visualization for the Classroom, Presentation at the NSTA Midwestern Area Convention, Chicago, IL, Nov 11, 2005.
Johnson, A., Collaborative Visualization using High-Resolution Tile Displays Presentation at Visualization of Astrophysical Data: Bringing Together Science, Art, & Education, University of Chicago/Adler Planetarium, May 25, 2005.
Johnson, A., Carter, B., Virtual Harlem as part of "At Harlem's Height" at the University of Iowa, February 18, 2004.
Mir, R., Kadanoff, L., Johnson, A., Landers, S., DeJong, T., Building Collaborations for Growth and Success: Using Virtual Reality Technology in a Museum Setting as part of Illinois Association of Museums Annual Conference September, 26, 2003.
Johnson, A., Carter, B., Sosnoski, J., Virtual Harlem exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science of Industry as part of CyberRhythms: Black Innovations in Technology, January 17, 2003 - March 2, 2003.
Nayak, A., Morin, P., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Wiggleview demonstration on the GeoWall at the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 6-10, 2002.
Johnson,A., Macintosh GeoWall demonstration as part of the 2nd GeoWall Summit Minneapolis, MN, June 6-7, 2002.
Johnson, A., AGAVE / GeoWall demonstration as part of the 2nd International Meeting: Science, Culture and Education over Internet 2, and the First AMPATH International Conference, Valdivia, Chile, Apr 10-12, 2002.
Moher, T., Johnson, A., First-Person Science Inquiry in Virtual Ambient Environments, poster as part of Poster Fair on Teaching, Learning, Technology & Teacher Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, Jan 11, 2002.
Johnson, A., Moher, T., Lin, Y., Cho, Y., QuickWorlds, Virtual Ambient demonstrations on an ImmersaDesk as part of National Educational Computing Association conference 2001, Chicago, IL, June 25-27, 2001.
Johnson, A., Lin, Y., Lewis, M., Lopez, B., TeleImmersive Learning Environments using TIDE2, part of "The Adventure of CAVE: Seven Programs from EVL, University of Illinois at Chicago" at the NTT InterCommunication Center (ICC), Tokyo, Japan, June 22 - July 29, 2001.
Sawant, N., Scharver, C., Leigh, J., Johnson, A., TIDE : Tele-Immersive Data Explorer, networked demonstration on multiple immersadesks at IEEE / ACM Supercomputing '99. Portland, Oregon, Nov 13-19, 1999.
Leigh, J., Lau, S., Johnson, A., CIBR-view, networked demonstration on multiple immersadesks at IEEE / ACM Supercomputing '99. Portland, Oregon, Nov 13-19, 1999.
Leigh, J., Johnson, A., DeFanti, T., Brown, M., Exploring CAVERNsoft Tele-Immersive Collaboratories through the I-Grid Portal at IEEE / ACM Supercomputing '98. Orlando, Florida, Nov 7-13, 1998.
Johnson, A., Roussos, M., the Round Earth Project, networked demonstration as part of 'Guerilla VR' at SIGGRAPH '98. Orlando, Florida, July 19-24, 1998, pp. 128-129 of the visual proceedings.
Roussos, M., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Bizri, C., Vasilakis, C., "NICE", networked demonstration on multiple Immersadesks, and "Las Meninas" on an Immersadesk at the ThinkQuest awards ceremony, Washington, D.C., November 22-25, 1997.
Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Costigan, J., "CAVERN demonstration" Networked multi-way demonstration on multiple Immersadesks, and several remote Immersadesks and CAVEs, and networked CAVERNsoft based GM VisualEyes at IEEE / ACM Supercomputing 97, San Jose, California, November 15-21, 1997.
Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Roussos, M., "NICE" and "CALVIN" Networked demonstrations on the Immersadesk as part of the Internet 2 General Meeting, Washington, D.C., October 7-9, 1997.
Bizri, H., Johnson, A., Vasilakis, C., "Las Meninas" A virtual reality art piece, part of virtual spaces, shown in the CAVE and on the Immersadesk as part of ISEA 97, Chicago, IL, September 15-27, 1997.
Roussos, M., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Vasilakis, C., Barnes, C., "NICE" Networked demonstration on the Immersadesk at the ThinkQuest awards ceremony, Washington, D.C., November 22-25, 1996.
Roussos, M., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Vasilakis, C., Barnes, C., Moher, T., "NICE" networked demonstration on multiple Immersadesks as part of NCSA's Research Exhibit at IEEE / ACM Supercomputing 1996, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 17-22, 1996.
Leigh, J., Johnson, A., "CALVIN" Networked demonstration in the CAVE and Immersadesk at the Symposium on Virtual Reality in Manufacturing Research and Education, Chicago, Illinois, October 7-8, 1996.
Roussos, M., Leigh, J., Johnson, A., "Story Sculpting in Virtual Landscapes" Networked demonstration on multiple Immersadesks as part of Neither Here Nor There' in 'the Bridge' and in the 'Digital Bayou' at SIGGRAPH 1996, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 4-9, 1996.
Leigh, J., Johnson, A., DeFanti, T., Kelley, M., "Transcontinental Collaborative Design in a Shared Virtual Environment" Networked demonstration in the CAVE in the GII Testbed, IEEE / ACM Supercomputing '95 , San Diego, California, December 1995. Johnson, A., "CAVE battalion." CAVE piece shown as part of EVE4, May 9-19, 1995.
Johnson, A., Fotouhi, F., "The SANDBOX: scientists accessing necessary data based on experimentation." Demonstration in the VROOM at SIGGRAPH 94, Orlando, Florida, July 24-29, 1994.
Photo from the ENDURANCE project won the The American Geosciences Institute's 'Life as a Geoscientist' Photo Contest in 2016 in the Data Visualization category, December 2016.
"Medicine's next frontier - 3-D imaging can be a giant leap for health care", Chicago Sun-Times, June 26, 2010.
"Going to school in cyberspace." 2 minute segment segment on national Fox News, Monday March 6, 2000 and local Fox News, Saturday March 11, 2000.
"The Round Earth Project", Cover story in EECS highlights, Spring 1999.
"Creating a Virtual Masterpiece". Computer Graphics World User Focus Section, Vol. 21.12, December 1998, pp. 52-53.
"a NICE way to Learn". Computer Graphics World Tech Watch Section, Vol. 21.5, May 1998, pp. 16,18.
The NICE Project, 1997 Global Information Infrastructure Awards Finalist, Next Generation category.
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"Don't knock being NICE", Graduating Engineer & Computer Careers, p.6, November/December, 1997.
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Las Meninas. mention in Chicago Tribune Tempo section, pp. 1,5 September 22,1997.
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We've got a bit more time than at Night & Day, so we'll be able to play all the new stuff from the album, plus some old favourites.
Support will be provided by Teri & the Electric Blues Parade playing psychedelic blues / jazz ahead of their upcoming Moroccan tour!
Thanks to Sean McGinty for our first radio play of a track from the new album!


Downtown Newmarket has seen many changes over the last few years - including the creation of a bit of a restaurant district. Find out how this has all come together and how you, as a business owner can take advantage of the financial incentive program to be part of this downtown Newmarket trend.
Cheers to romance! Did you know Newmarket was once named one of the Most Romantic places in Canada? This week's blog explores why Newmarket is the perfect place to fall in love.
Whether grabbing a bite with friends, sharing holiday meals with co-workers or catching up with the extended family- there are many great and unique places to celebrate in Newmarket this winter. We've shared a few of our favourite restaurants in Newmarket for your dining pleasure.
Nov 14 Let's Roll: In search for the 'perfect' sushi in Newmarket.
Let the good times roll- that is, sushi roll, at some of Newmarket's top sushi spots. Food blogger Amanda Lee shares her favourites in town and what to be on the look out for if Sushi is on your mind this weekend.


Heart of a human body is an extremely crucial part of the human body. The main function of the heart is to circulate blood throughout the body, removing carbon dioxide and other wastes and supplying oxygen and other essential nutrients to the tissues of the body. The heart pumps rich in oxygen blood from the lungs to the body and also receives oxygen-deficient blood from the body. Unhealthy food and detrimental lifestyle can cause the blockage of the arteries of heart which can increase the pumping of the heart, can result in heart attack or heart muscle damage.
As the heart is one of the most prominent parts of our body, so to keep the heart salubrious is the major task. Daily practice of Yoga is the most renowned practice for the healthy functioning of the heart and lowers the stress of the body. 15 to 20 minutes of breathing yoga exercise is always excellent in lowering the risk of heart attack by removing the heart blockage. Pranayama in the morning also improves the circulation of blood and boosts beneficial HDL cholesterol. But over practicing of Yoga by heart patients should be avoided.
Pranayama helps in reducing the risk of heart attack and other heart related diseases. To manage hypertension, breathing with an exhalation twice as the span of inhalation is a spanking exercise. Breathing deeply can help in reducing blood pressure and calms your nervous system thus becomes an effective tool for a good heart.
Sukhasana is also referred to as mini meditation and focuses on inhalation and exhalation of breath. This pose is very much aids on the relaxation of our heart after the workout. This yoga asana helps in attainment of serenity and calmness to the mind and reduces hypertension which in turns accelerates the healthy working of our heart.
Standing with your feet parallel and breathing deeply during this asana will help in improving the blood circulation throughout the body. This pose is also helpful in attaining the tranquil state of mind with an increase in the focusing power of the mind.
Beneficial in mild depression and asthma disease, this poses comprises of inhaling and exhale with standing in Mountain pose with hands on the hips and folds forward. This pose helps in reducing high blood pressure, enables the proper flow of blood to the head, and heals the blood tissues. The symptoms of anxiety, stress, fatigue, and mild depression can ease up by daily practicing of this Yoga asanas.
Inhale and exhale and bending from hips from the mountain pose helps in chilling out of mind and relieves stress. This pose of yoga eradicate anxiety and improve the supply of oxygenated blood thus reducing the workload f our heart. This yoga practices increasing the density if muscles in our body thus reducing the harmful fat present in our body.
Possess the calming benefits, this inverted "V" position asanas is a very good exercise for a healthy heart. This posture calms the mind, and useful in curing headache, insomnia, and fatigue, which is not good for the proper functioning of the heart. This yoga posture helps in toning the body muscle and reducing the harmful fat responsible for the cardiac arrest. It increases the spine and the lung capacity which in turns helps in the appropriate circulation of blood inside our body.
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana is basically lying down on the back, and your palms touching the earth with bending knees and arms at the side. This asnas is useful infighting from the symptoms of Asthma, high blood pressure, anxiety, fatigue and insomnia. This posture is known as a good therapy in remedying hypertension, osteoporosis, and sinusitis. It also helps in improving and increasing the blood circulation and resting the muscles of the heart, thus preventing the arterial blockage or cardiac arrest.
This stretching hamstrings asanas with lying on the back will result in relieving your stress level and anxiety. Considered as the best therapy for high blood pressure patients, this pose reduces depression and calms your brain.


Helps you to fall asleep, go back to sleep.
Place a fingertip on the middle of the sternum, midway between each vertical end or sore spot on sternum.
Breathe fully, slowly throughout the exercise, doing the exercise slowly, in time with your breath.
Press down increasing the pressure incrementally for a count of 5.
increasing the pressure with each circular movement for 5 circles/breaths.
Hold fingertip still for 5 counts/breaths.
Continue this circular direction and easy up on the pressure less and less with each circular movement for 5 circles/breaths.
Make a circular motion with your fingertip in the opposite direction, increasing the pressure with each circular movement for 5 circles/breaths.
Hold fingertip still, maintaining pressure for 5 counts/breaths.
Continue this circular direction and easy up on the pressure less and less with each circular movement for 5 circles.
Place 2 fingertips, one above, one below the pressure spot and spread fingertips vertically away from each other 3 times.
Place 2 fingertips, one on each side of the pressure spot and spread fingertips horizontally away from each other 3 times.
Note: If you do this exercise in bed and fall asleep "half way through" stay asleep. Do not "wake up" to finish the exercise. Your body went into a deep healing process that resulted in sleep before you finished the circles: stay asleep.


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Q: Swapping keys and values with nested value items I have a list of standard names
standard = ["Richard","Robert","Nicolas"]

and a dictionary of aliases (in this case nicknames)
aliases = {standard[0]:["Richard","Rick","Dick","Rich"],
           standard[1]:["Robert","Roberto","Bob"],
           standard[2]:["Nicolas","Nick","Nic"]}

I want to make a new dictionary that I can put any of the alias names in as a key and it will return the standard name AKA swap the key and value
My only guess so far was this
t = {}
aliases = [t.update(zip(v,[k]*len(v))) for k,v in aliases.items()]
aliases = t

is there a neater or more readable way to do this (id prefer not having the temporary dictionary t).

A: I think this would be more readable:
rev_aliases = {}
for name, nick_list in aliases.iteritems():
    for nick in nick_list:
        rev_aliases[nick] = name

If you prefer some form of generator expression you can use these:
Python >= 2.7:
rev_aliases = {nick: name
               for name, nick_list in aliases.viewitems()
               for nick in nick_list}

Python < 2.7:
rev_aliases = dict((nick, name)
                   for name, nick_list in aliases.iteritems()
                   for nick in nick_list)

A: >>> standard = ["Richard","Robert","Nicolas"]
>>> aliases = {standard[0]:["Richard","Rick","Dick","Rich"],
           standard[1]:["Robert","Roberto","Bob"] ,
           standard[2]:["Nicolas","Nick","Nic"] }
>>> def name(nickname):
        return [n for n in aliases if nickname in aliases[n]]

>>> name('Bob')
['Robert']
>>>

List comprehensions are awesome.

A: dict((nick, name) for name, nicks in aliases.iteritems() for nick in nicks)

A: A fun way to abuse itertools:
>>> from itertools import izip, repeat, chain
>>> dict(chain.from_iterable(
        izip(iter(b), repeat(a, len(b)))
        for a, b in aliases.iteritems()))
{'Nicolas': 'Nicolas',
 'Richard': 'Richard',
 'Nic': 'Nicolas',
 'Robert': 'Robert',
 'Dick': 'Richard',
 'Roberto': 'Robert',
 'Nick': 'Nicolas',
 'Rick': 'Richard',
 'Rich': 'Richard',
 'Bob': 'Robert'}

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LOVELAND, CO and CEDAR PARK, TX--(Marketwired - December 14, 2016) - VanDyne SuperTurbo Inc. (VanDyne) and Fallbrook Technologies Inc. (Fallbrook) announced today that Fallbrook's NuVinci continuously variable planetary (CVP) transmission has been selected for use in the SuperTurbo™ for commercial vehicle applications. VanDyne will install a drive in two programs: a development program with a major diesel engine OEM and the Company's vehicle demonstrator, a Class 8 truck tractor, which as announced previously, is being co-developed with Allison Transmission Inc.
NuVinci CVP technology is a platform technology for a new class of continuously variable transmission (CVT) that utilizes spheres instead of gears or belts and can be deployed in a wide variety of applications to improve performance and/or system efficiency.
For the past two years, VanDyne has been testing a NuVinci variator in conjunction with a project for a major diesel engine OEM. "After two years of joint research, development and testing with the engine OEM, Fallbrook's NuVinci technology has proven itself," said Mark Herbst, President and CEO of VanDyne. "NuVinci technology's high efficiency and ability to shift ratios extremely rapidly, together with the availability of a production-ready variator from Dana led us to incorporate it into our next generation design."
Dana Incorporated (Dana) is a Tier-1, world-class automotive manufacturing supplier licensed by Fallbrook to develop and manufacture NuVinci technology applications for light vehicle transmissions. Dana markets its planetary variator under the brand name VariGlide®. More information is available at www.dana.com.
The SuperTurbo utilizes Dana's VariGlide variator coupled with a high speed traction drive to control turbocharger speed and allow for bidirectional torque transfer. Mechanically coupling the SuperTurbo to the engine either through the crankshaft or power take-off (PTO) eliminates turbo lag and enables turbo compounding, improving fuel efficiency and reducing emissions.
"This project is a prime example of efficient development through collaboration," said William G. Klehm III, Fallbrook's Chairman and CEO. "We are delighted that Dana's excellent engineering and development progress with continuously variable planetary transmission technology will enable VanDyne to demonstrate its next generation variable speed SuperTurbo Drive sooner than might otherwise have been possible."
VanDyne SuperTurbo™ specializes in the design, development and commercialization of SuperTurbos™ for the global automotive and truck markets. Founded in 2009, the company is headquartered in Loveland, Colorado and is a leader in the application of advanced driven-turbo technology. VanDyne's proprietary SuperTurbo system enables engines and vehicles to achieve important emission reduction, realize fuel savings and increase overall performance.
Fallbrook Technologies leads the world in innovation with its revolutionary NuVinci continuously variable planetary (CVP) technology, which enables performance and efficiency improvements for any machine that uses geared transmission systems -- from urban mobility vehicles to cars and trucks and from industrial equipment to marine applications. Fallbrook, has a unique collective development model and community through which NuVinci technology licensees share enhancements, which adds to the value of the technology and accelerates product development. Fallbrook is based in Cedar Park near Austin, Texas, USA and holds rights to over 800 patents and patent applications worldwide. For more information, visit www.fallbrooktech.com.


On an on-going basis, you should have regular contact with your attorney. Depending on the type of matter and any deadlines that are relevant to your matter, that contact can be monthly, weekly or even more often. Because there will be a cost associated with communication, in your initial client meeting you should discuss when and by what means communication will take place.


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Home Business Michael Cooksey Promoted to Executive Managing Director of Production at Mid America Mortgage
Michael Cooksey Promoted to Executive Managing Director of Production at Mid America Mortgage
Aug 22, 2019 7:00 AM EDT
(ADDISON, Texas) — NEWS: Mid America Mortgage, Inc. (Mid America) announced today that it has promoted Michael Cooksey, founder of Mid America's most successful branch The Cooksey Team, to Executive Managing Director of Production. In this new role, Cooksey will be responsible for overseeing and ensuring the success of Mid America's current network of retail branches nationwide, as well as recruiting and on-boarding new branches. In addition, Cooksey will continue to manage The Cooksey Team, which generates roughly $300 million in annual origination volume.
"Mid America has always strived to be a different kind of mortgage company, due in large part to the entrepreneurial spirit that the firm has maintained since its inception," said Mid America Owner and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bode. "As head of Mid America's most successful branch, Michael Cooksey has succeeded by establishing a unique vision and mission for his branch and developing essential leadership and management skills amongst his team members, which has allowed those professionals to grow and develop their own teams under The Cooksey Team and Mid America Mortgage umbrella. In his new role, Cooksey will be able to deliver this same mentorship and coaching to all Mid America branches to help them drive growth and achieve their goals."
Since joining Mid America, Cooksey has received numerous awards for excellence in the industry, including the 2017 HousingWire' "HW Insiders" award, the 2017 National Mortgage Professional "40 Under 40" award and the 2018 Mortgage Professional America "Hot 100." award. Additionally, The Cooksey Team was named one of North Texas' "Best Places to Work" by the Dallas Business Journal in both 2017 and 2018.
Under Cooksey's leadership, The Cooksey Team has achieved year-over-year growth in volume and profitability for the last six years, including a 30 percent increase in both overall volume and in the number of loan units closed in 2018. By using Mid America's internal eClosing platform and leveraging Fannie Mae's Day 1 Certainty(tm) program, the branch decreased its cost to originate by 14 percent last year, resulting in a 36 percent increase in branch profitability. These results translated into financial success for The Cooksey Team's production staff. More than 80 percent of Cooksey Team loan originators (LOs) increased their production in 2018, with some achieving as much as 100 percent growth over 2017.
"Leading by example has always been a core tenant of my personal management philosophy. It's something that I have put into practice daily as head of The Cooksey Team and that I will continue to do in my new role at Mid America," Cooksey said. "For me, it's not just enough to help a branch close more loans. The real growth happens when branch managers are equipped with the coaching and leadership skills necessary to develop their own brand and actually build a better business. Mid America truly allows branches to create and maintain their own culture, and it's my job to help them find what those things are and then help them create the roadmap in which to get there."
Mid America Mortgage is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, marital status or other characteristics protected by applicable law. For more information on joining Mid America Mortgage, contact Michael Cooksey at or (972) 767-5701 or michael.cooksey@midamericamortgage.com, or visit https://www.midamericamortgage.com/careers/.
In operation since 1940, Mid America has thrived by retaining its entrepreneurial spirit and leading the market in innovation, including its adoption of eClosings and eNotes. Click n' Close is Mid America's ultra-secure, digital mortgage approval and closing process that gets home buyers from application to closing within two weeks. With just a few clicks at closing, Click n' Close puts keys in the home buyer's hand in 15 minutes or less. Apply online at https://clicknclose.com.
Named a 2018 "Top Mortgage Workplaces" winner by Mortgage Professional America and a 2018 "Top Mortgage Employer" by National Mortgage Professional, Mid America is looking for tech-savvy, service-oriented mortgage professionals to join our growing team. We are dedicated to providing our employees with industry-leading tools and technology to deliver a great package of competitive pricing, programs and knowledgeable service. Want to join our team? Visit https://www.midamericamortgage.com/careers/.
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IGBO JOURNAL REVIEW
In Honor Of The Great Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike
Chukwuemeka Ike (1931-2020)
BY PRINCESS MIKKY ATTAH
I mourned within me late last year when I read of the death of Dr Ore Falomo, late Chief M.K.O Abiola's personal physician. That was because I had a secret to share with him I would never again be able to. But concerning this demise now, I will not keep this secret so that, possibly, a grieving widow's multiplied pains would be eased. In a most unsavoury way, I have stumbled on news that has led me to conclude that Professor Chukwuemeka Ike died from a grieving heart; one that was not only broken, but shattered by sorrows and pains of tragedies, in addition to family issues gone terribly wrong.
This is how it all went for me – upon hearing of the demise of one of Africa's greatest novelists, Chukwuemeka Ike, as many people heard too, I 'clicked online' to sympathise with my lifelong "Big Brother" , Prince Osita Ike, the only son of Chukwuemeka Ike. As I was browsing, I was making mental plans to support Prince Osita and travel to Anambra, their homestead for his famous father's burial, once he let me know the date.
The page on my phone opened and I was hit by what seemed like thunderbolt that struck me right in the forehead – Prince Osita Ike Dead! What? When? How? I was filled with grief, and was confused. I scrolled further down only to find out that he had even passed on since December 2016!
Where in the world have I been then? In the midst of my sorrow, my mind flew to his precious parents. Oh no, the trauma of losing your one son, I thought. And just three years later, Prince Osita's mother now becoming a widow! It was simply tragic. However, I got thinking and, knowing that Chukwuemeka Ike was also an Igbo monarch, his burial would not be done in a hurry. My resolve to attend, whenever announced became even stronger, in honour of the memory of Prince Osita.
A few days back, I went browsing again in search of news of the great wordsmith's transition arrangements. Firstly, I reckoned I should check for the Anambra airport, and flights going there. Big shock there – there is NO AIRPORT at all in Anambra – an old, old state, a state of renown; a bastion of national productivity! I was astounded. The nearest airport is Asaba Airport in Delta, state-built; even though that's a federal preserve. Worse, it's 32km away from Anambra, on federal roads that are notoriously dangerously dilapidated! Pressing on with my main task nevertheless, I got to discover a much sadder state of affairs with the Ikes, much worse than I ever imagined. In fact, reading through people's responses on social media to the whole scenario, l saw one saying that it all sounded "more like a movie script"- Tookool (Nairaland.com). One pointedly asked why the Prince's estranged wife would kill a son and also kill the father! I was reading from bottom up, so MORE questions came to my mind- estranged wife? Who is killing who, and killing who else?
But before all the mystery:
His Majesty, Eze Professor Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike OFR, Eze Ikelionwu XI, Ugwu Aro- foremost Nigerian novelist passed away in Nnewi, Anambra State on the 19th of January 2020 at 88. Chukwuemeka Ike was a distinguished scholar, renowned author, former Registrar of WAEC, university don as well as administrator; and visiting professor at the University of Jos. He was also the traditional ruler of Ikelionwu Kingdom of Anambra. Chukwuemeka Ike was a prolific novelist and author of: Sunset at Dawn, The Potter's Wheel, Toads for Supper, The Naked Gods, Expo 77, and Our Children Are Coming, among several others.. He was married to Bimpe; Ugoeze Professor Adebimpe Ike, librarian emeritus. They met as students in the then University College, Ibadan. Chukwuemeka Ike later lectured at his alma mater. He was the first Nigerian to hold the post of Registrar of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). He was also the first indigenous Registrar of UNN. He co-ordinated the Nigerian Book Foundation for many years. His wife, a library scientist, has a doctorate degree. His grandson, Chukwuemeka Junior, is named after him.
Prof Ike was just three months to his 89th birthday when he passed on in January 2020. Reports say his health went downhill after the sudden death of his son, Prince Osita in 2016. It gets even more tragic. The Ike family had for over a decade been denied access to their only grandson! Chukwuemeka Ike died of the heartbreak of it all!
What really happened was that Prince Osita had gotten married to Princess Osaru, the daughter of Professor Emmanuel Emovon , and they had a son as earlier said. Prof Emmanuel Emovon – CON, FAS – is the Ogbayagbona of Benin Kingdom. I also know that his wife is the daughter of an Edo king, as well as being an academic herself. But Prince Osita's marriage ended in bitter separation and he was in the process of getting a proper divorce before he died suddenly in 2016 of an asthma attack. When they separated, his wife took their son away to an unknown destination; this happened when the boy was 11 years old ( he is now 21). I never knew any of this till three days back when I made another attempt at getting any burial information, online and then through phone calls.
Attah can be reached via Twitter @mikky_princess
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Giannis Antetokonumpo and his parents BY ZACK WILLIS The Antetokounmpo family has a lot to be thankful for . Not only is Giannis the reigning MVP and leader of the league-best Milwaukee Bucks, but older brother Thanasis plays alongside him and Kostas has been in and out of the Lakers lineup all season. None of this would've been possible without the support of their parents. The Antetokounmpo brothers have been vocal about this since they entered the NBA. Charles and Veronica Antetokounmpo were both born and raised in Nigeria and emigrated to Greece early on, reports the Olympic Channel. As struggling immigrants, the Antetokounmpo family had to put up with a lot of racism and other hurdles, but this helped drive them toward the NBA. The family's Nigerian roots helped anchor their lives at home. In a country that treated them like they were unwanted, the family remembered its roots as it experienced everyday life. Giannis spoke about his home with The Undefeated. "Obviously, I
INTERVIEW: Ngozi Chuma-Udeh: Feminists Are Women Who Wash Clothes
Ngozi Chuma-Udeh BY HENRY AKUBUIRO Professor Ngozi Chuma-Udeh is the author of thirteen creative works, some of which include Teachers on Strike, Dreams of Childhood, Echoes of New Dawn, The Presidential Handshake, The Thing between Your Legs and Chants of Despair. Recently, she presented her latest work of fiction, Forlon Fate, to the public, witnessed by HENRY AKUBUIRO, who, thereafter, interviewed her on her writings, feminism and scholarship in Awka, Anambra State. Chuma-Udeh, a professor of English at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, is the proponent of the new feminism school called Beside Feminism. She told The Sun Literary Review that her own brand of feminism emphasises on developing the girl child alongside the boy child, as against the dominant view that behind every successful man is a woman. You started your writing career as a schoolgirl, who did you set out? In the years of growing up, you had a lot of dreams; you saw the world through the ey
Murtala Snatched Ogbemudia From Ojukwu
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Head of the Secessionist Biafra, flanked by his aides, attends a special parade at Ahiara, Biafra November 4, 1969, to celebrate his 36th birthday. Biafra would cease to exist in two months after the commemoration of his birthday. Image: Goldsmith/Associated Press BY EMEKA OBASI One young officer who understood his teacher well enough was Murtala Mohammed. As a cadet at the Regular Officers Special Training School [ROSTS] Teshie, Ghana, he emerged tops in Captain Emeka Ojukwu's Tactics class. Murtala left Teshie in 1959 for Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1961. Ojukwu had joined the Army in 1957 from the ranks even with a post graduate degree from Oxford University. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia was at Teshie in 1957 before proceeding to Mons Officers Cadet School, Aldershot, where he was also commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1961. The trio later served in the Congo as members of United Nations Peace Keeping
Class And Experimental Narration Define 'An Orchestra Of Minorities'
Chigozie Obioma. Image: Facebook BY LUCAS TAYLOR When is empathy evil? Appreciating others' experiences carves out the space for solidarity in which people with privilege take action. But imagining others' experiences implies the possibility of understanding their trauma. "Stepping into the shoes of others" requires one to assume they know what trauma is happening and how others would react. People's pain is often situated across boundaries of race and class. To empathize across those lines, one must squint to make out a fuzzy image of what is happening to others. They must further distort their own experience, alter their assumption of how the victims should react. On top of this, advocacy through publicizing others' trauma can erase and paper over the reality of others' experiences. But then, what's the alternative? Not empathizing whatsoever means victims' stories aren't heard. Could literature help create a more innocuous empathy? Obioma's "An Orchestra of Minorities" g
Nsukka Community Bans Osu Caste System
NEWSROOM BY ALOZIE MARCEL ENUGU (SUN NEWS) -- The journey routing the discriminatory Osu caste system in Igbo land did not start today. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe in his historic address to the defunct Eastern Nigeria House of Assembly in 1956 described the system as "devilish and uncharitable to brand any human being with a label of inferiority due to the accidents of history." This obnoxious practice in Igbo land has over the years, discouraged social interaction and peaceful coexistence among the people. Its continued observance in some places negates the level of modernisation in the region. Several communities last year banned the caste system in Imo and Enugu states. Recently, the people of Ede Oballa consisting of 29 villages in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State rose in unison and abolished the archaic practice. That fateful day, sons and daughters of the community gathered at the Otobo Umuogbe village square where the proclamation was made. The traditional
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This was Phish's day-after-Thanksgiving return to the UIC Pavilion for their 2nd show there in less than six months. Tickets cost $19.50 and, like 6/18/94, the show was sold out. Chicago '94 Soundcheck Jam from soundcheck consisted of an Including Your Own Hey Jam with Golgi Apparatus lyrics. Sweet Adeline from soundcheck was a partial performance by Trey only. Trey's Thanksgiving narration during Harpua led to what is considered the 1st ever glowstick war as he spoke of happy green beams and angry red beams of light. Harpua included alternative lyrics by Trey: "look, the angry red vocal hate beam is gone." This show and the previous UIC Pavilion show on 6/18/94 were released from the archives in July 2012 as part of the Chicago '94 box set, which includes Chicago '94 Soundcheck Jam > Dog Log from the 11/25/94 soundcheck. After this show, the band and crew traveled 417 miles overnight to Minneapolis, Minnesota.


Get ready for a Wild-West-themed adventure and play different missions in The Wild 3, a 5-reel 3-row 10-payline slot machine released in summer 2018 by NextGen. This is a level-based game where you earn Sheriff's badges by completing 3 unique The Wild 3 Bonus games including Lock n' Load and Any 5 of a Kind. Ultimately, there is a Big Win you can score of 25.000 coins if implement a proper betting strategy. Learn how to win and get some tips to help your progress after reading The Wild 3 slot review.
Want to see how The Wild 3 works? Select a recommended casino site from the list below and start playing for free or real – our screenshots will give you a sneak peek!
The main task is quite simple and standard: match 3 icons placed from left on adjacent reels to get paid according to the paytable. You can play for fun or for the real money, but both ways integrate a variety of betting combinations thanks to the coin denomination between €0.01 and €1 and wagers in the range from €0.10 to €100 per round.
When playing this game for the first time, you'll get a set of 3 randomly-generated missions including Big Win of 25x your stake, to trigger the Free Games Feature, get High 5 of a Kind (5 of any of the following: Vulture, Bank or Safe) of Low 5 of a Kind, Spin 100 or Win 20.
Instead of a single Wild, the game offers 3 unique symbols able to replace all other but the Scatter. We talk about the Wild Raccoon that appears on the reel 3 and turns all items into Wilds, the Wild Coyote that turns Cactuses of all colors into Wilds, and the Wild Bull that adds Multipliers of 2x, 3x, 5x or 10x applied to the line win. Interesting, all 3 Wild Features may appear simultaneously and the winners get to enjoy all those benefits at the same time.
When 2 Bonus icons and 1 Wild appear anywhere on the reels, the winners will receive 5 The Wild 3 Free Spins. Note that you won't be able to re-trigger the extra rounds, but your chances to score a big win here are definitely increased.
After all missions are completed, the winners will activate Rob the Rich feature – a mini interactive game where you have to choose 3 out of 18 cash bags to reveal prizes. This is the way to get Multipliers between 2x and 25x or up to 6 additional picks. An empty bag takes you to the base game.
You can play online using any mobile device on various NextGen Gaming sites since this release doesn't ask a player to download the iPhone app or the Android .apk file.
3. What is the RTP factor of The Wild 3?
The RTP official info is still to be announced.
This is a medium to highly volatile slot machine able to produce a massive amount of cash. With its interesting gameplay, attractive missions and tons of extra spins, we can see it as a massive hit no matter if you like the Wild West or not.


Download the current car parking prices on our 'Where Should I Park?' information sheet (click here). We recommend parking at the 'Care Park' located under the Novotel.
Enter via Cousins Lane, off Astor Terrace.
Turn into Cousins Lane from Astor Terrace, and follow this to the bottom of the hill and around to the left. The entry to Care Park will be on the left underneath the overpass. Note: Be careful not to enter the Secure Parking car park on your right as you enter Cousins Lane. Parking here will be more expensive for patients.
We have negotiated discounted rates starting at $10 for up to three hours, rising to $18 for stays longer than five hours. You will need to take a ticket from the barriers on entry to the car park. Please ask our admin staff for a discount voucher when you finish your appointment.
Walk out of the main car park entrance on Level B2.
Cross Cousins Lane and veer right to find the pathway beside the tall red brick building.
Follow the path uphill to reach Wickham Terrace.
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Noble Cafe Breaks Ties with Chef
Plus overdue bagels, new street-Korean in West Oakland, and an early farewell.
By Jesse Hirsch
Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 4:00 AM
You know last week's story on Noble Cafe's brand-new menu, created by Make Westing chef Melinda Vaca? Please scrub it from your brain, because it's not happening.
I talked to Dimitri Thompson five days before the story ran, and he raved about the exciting changes Vaca was bringing to Noble's food program. Two days later, he sent me a PDF of her proposed menu. Well, apparently everything went south within three short days, according to an eleventh-hour email from Thompson: "After long conversation with Melinda I decided not to go with her menu in near future. Please adjust that article!"
Thompson said he loves Vaca and her food but that a disagreement over pricing led them to part ways. He intends to find a new chef to create his menu.
In a phone conversation, Vaca said it was mostly an issue of time. As mentioned in the original story, she wants to train a chef who can prepare the new menu to her standards. Unfortunately, she said, she's too busy at Make Westing to perform that training right now. Vaca still hopes something can be worked out in the future: "It's a good menu, and I'd like to see it put to use."
Beauty's Bagel Shop Says: "Please Don't Forget Us"
The Express has been sounding the air horn on Beauty's Bagel Shop for almost a year, since shortly after Delfina chef Blake Joffe and his partner Amy Remsen started baking Montreal-style bagels at Addie's Pizza Pie in Berkeley. More recently, The Wall Street Journal, Bon Appétit, and Sunset have also given Beauty's shout-outs. There's just one problem: Beauty's shop still isn't open, and Remsen is afraid people are losing patience.
"I'm pretty sure we'll be open within a month," she said. "But we've been saying that for so long, it's probably hard to believe us now."
Beauty's moonlight operation at Addie's was supposed to be a short-term arrangement, where they would bake enough bagels to supply Wise Sons and Saul's until they got their own storefront. But every step of the way has been unexpectedly time-consuming and laborious, from finding a suitable location and getting the right permits to securing enough funding.
Now they have a space — at 3838 Telegraph in Oakland (the former home of Sushi Plus) — and they have the permits, but they're still waiting for final loan approvals. Remsen worries that by the time they are operational, nobody will care about Beauty's anymore.
I told her not to worry. The Bay Area has suffered through many years without enough bagel options; we can wait a little while longer. For updates on Beauty's progress, check Facebook.com/BeautysBagelShop.
Fusebox Opening Next Week in West Oakland
In a striking West Oakland industrial property, without a single restaurant or shop in sight, chef Sunhui Chang's new street-Korean experiment Fusebox (2311A Magnolia St., Oakland, 510-444-3100) is slated to open next week. Housed in a tiny space carved out from a former oxygen plant, Fusebox has preserved a stark industrial simplicity well-suited for the neighborhood.
Korean-born Chang said he based the concept on the soju bangs (literally, rooms for drinking soju) of Korea, which he loves for their obscure, industrial locales. For this particular corner of West Oakland, right near the Emeryville border, he thinks it will give neighborhood residents a cure for their cabin fever.
I stopped by for a preview meal last week, and was intrigued by many of the offerings, including the pork-chin udon soup, the bacon-wrapped mochi with pickled mustard seeds, the cubes of house-made tofu crusted in rice flour, the spicy-sweet fried chicken, and the array of pickled things (shitake mushrooms, sparkler radish, bok choy, etc.).
Chang uses well-sourced, organic ingredients, but he's keeping the menu mostly under ten bucks: "No elitism here," he said. He'll start with a lunch-only service, which he hopes will draw in neighborhood laborers (builders, cabinet makers, stoneworkers, East Bay MUD employees).
As summer approaches, Fusebox will expand to dinner hours. Chang also intends to expand the miniscule twenty-seat indoor space with an outdoor patio, replete with a soft-serve machine and grill.
As you may have inferred when Luke Tsai introduced himself as the new Express food writer, I'm moving on. I've received a few emails in the past week, asking for salacious dirt on why I'm leaving so soon. Sorry gossip-hounds, I don't have much to give.
Why am I leaving? Simply this: I live in San Francisco, and was offered a critic's position at the San Francisco Examiner. As my friend Molly says, "A shorter commute is worth its lack of length in gold."
But truthfully, I can't imagine a better place than the Express to have cut my teeth as a critic. This paper has some of the sharpest minds in the Bay Area, and I was blessed to work with such an embarrassment of talent (however briefly).
As I'm sure this week's review will show, you're in good hands with Mr. Tsai. Make sure to read his stories each week; I know I will.
Tags: Amy Remsen, Blake Joffe, Delfina, Noble Cafe, Make Westing, Melinda Vaca, Dimitri Thompson, Beauty's Bagel Shop, Addie's Pizza Pie, Sunhui Chang, Fusebox, What the Fork, Image
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Today's business environment is a mixture of technologies, multiple data sources, analytics and security needs. But with gigantic data centers, inert networks and legacy applications, how do you make a plan to change your surroundings while leveraging your existing investments? Register for this webinar and learn how your company can transition to more agile and flexible IT by streamlining infrastructure and taking advantage of virtual, cloud, and software-based architectures to provide more responsive, secure, and economical IT.


The purpose of Gateway's Foodbank is to express the love and compassion of God to the people of the communities around us by serving them in practical ways that touch very real felt needs. Those who attend the Foodbank are treated with dignity and respect, and their privacy is always maintained. The food we distribute is provided by Winnipeg Harvest as well as by contributions by people within Gateway Church. When requested, volunteers from the Foodbank are available to provide emotional or spiritual support, and when available, home visits.
The volunteers arrive each Saturday at 8.30am. The doors open for the clients at 9.00am, at which time coffee and donuts are served, registration beginning at 9:00am.
The Gateway Foodbank is open Saturdays, 9:00am - 10:30am.
If you are in need and would like to use Gateway's Foodbank, please call Winnipeg Harvest the week before you plan to attend at 204-982-3660 (with your 6-digit medical number ready), Monday to Wednesday, 9:15am-3:30pm, or on Saturdays, 9:15am-12:30pm. Please bring your Manitoba Health Card for identification whenever you attend.
Unless it is your first visit to Gateway's Foodbank, if you arrive at the foodbank without pre-registering the week before, you will be asked to wait until all those who have registered go through first.


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Day excursions with skipper Westberg and his boat Fiskelyckan. If you are longing for going out in the Åland archipelago you should go with skipper Westberg who has day excursions to the old pilot station Kobba Klintar.
KOBBA KLINTAR – is an old pilot station from 1862 and was built to assist the ships to the harbor in Mariehamn.
Wednesday-Sunday between 23 June – 19 August 2018. Duration about 2 hrs.
It´s possible to go on the excursions during the spring and autumn, please contact the skipper directly by email: bo-erik.westberg@hotmail.com or Åland Travel: booking@visitaland.com for reservations.
Due to safety reasons the skipper reserves the right to cancel excursions in case of bad or stormy weather.
Mit seiner schönen Aussicht auf das Meer, bietet Ihnen die Pension Solhem eine günstige Unterkunft in der schönen Natur, nahe der Schiffahrtsstadt Mariehamn. Das Zentrum von Mariehamn liegt nur 3 km entfernt.


The new year is upon us and we are getting ready to start back into a new term on Monday…where does the time go?
I am editing footage of work in progress on The Story of My Broken Heart and it's giving me positive vibes for the year ahead.
We are hoping to take CAN I FIT INTO THIS? on a small tour in 2014 and to talk to lots of people about our work. The aim for the new year is to make new friends who will support and contribute to our work at Rhythm Room and to continue making high quality, interesting and thought provoking integrated theatre.
There will be lots of visiting teachers this year but we are sadly saying goodbye to Meghan and wish her luck with her new venture The Integrated School of Theatrics.
Happy New year and watch this space!


Ten Keys, the top grass horse in Maryland the last several years, has been retired, owner Charles Linhoss said yesterday.
Linhoss said the 7-year-old horse has a fractured sesamoid bone and a torn suspensory ligament.
"It made all the sense in the world to call it quits," said Linhoss. "He certainly earned it."
The horse was one of the best claims in recent Maryland racing history, and his success allowed Linhoss to stop working full time as a carpenter. He was claimed in January 1987 by trainer Mike Pino for $14,500; he retires with earnings of $1,209,211, virtually all of it for Linhoss.
Ten Keys, by Sir Ivor Again, won stakes in nine states -- virtually all on turf -- and was named Maryland-bred turf champion the past two years.
Linhoss said Ten Keys will go to stud, but no arrangements have been made.
* What does a jockey wear to ride other than silks, pants, boots and a helmet?
If you're Andrea Seefeldt, you wear a new engagement ring.
Seefeldt, 28, was presented with the ring late Saturday night by Larry Knight Jr. The pair had entertained about 125 friends at a pig roast at Seefeldt's Reisterstown home.
"After we finished cleaning up, about 1 or 1:30, he said, 'I've got something for you,' " Seefeldt said yesterday before the Pimlico Race Course program. "I was surprised."
No date has been set, but Seefeldt, the leading female rider in Maryland in 1990 and 1991, said she expects the wedding to take place within the next year. They have been dating for about 16 months.
Knight, 30, is a manager for Larry Knight Construction, owned by his father, Larry Sr.


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Ken is President and CEO of CTSI-Global. Since acquiring the 25 year-old company in 1982, it has grown from a small but reliable freight audit and payment operation into a global supply chain solutions provider. Under Ken's leadership, starting with the purchase of the company's first computer in 1983, the company's investments in emerging technology have helped it to become a logistics industry leader. As a native Memphian, Ken grew up in one of the country's leading logistics hubs, graduating from the University of Memphis with a Bachelor's of Business Administration in 1975, building a successful career in industrial sales and forming a transportation consulting company before his work with CTSI-Global. Ken has co-authored two books, The Role of Transportation in the Supply Chain and The Role of Freight Bill Payment and Transportation Management Information in the Supply Chain Industry. The company was named to the Inc. 500 in 1988 and earned the Blue Chip Enterprise Award in 1990, which named Ken to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Council. One of his proudest honors was being chosen as one of 100 graduates chosen to represent the University of Memphis as its "Centennial Class" in 2012. Ken has years of service to the University of Memphis, St. Agnes Academy–St. Dominic School, regional Catholic Charities, and many other worthwhile organizations.
Donal joined CTSI-Global in 2006 with extensive knowledge in transportation and logistics, years of industry experience within the freight forwarding community in Ireland and the UK. In recent years, he was involved in many VMI projects for multinational companies in Ireland and the UK as well as the sourcing of raw materials from China. Donal's background includes providing consultancy work in reducing freight costs, identifying logistics opportunities and improving supply chain processes within many organizations. Donal is responsible for CTSI-Global's EMEA operations and is a key player in supporting our global clients.
Kristy has over 30 years of experience in logistics, project and operational management, process improvement, finance, and long-term strategic planning. Kristy joined CTSI-Global as a Financial Analyst where she provided executive support directly to the President and was later promoted to VP of Human Resources. During her tenure at CTSI-Global, Kristy has served as VP of Implementations and Quality Assurance and VP of Special Projects before accepting her current position, Vice President of Freight Payment Operations. Kristy oversees CTSI-Global's worldwide freight payment production operations. She and her staff are responsible for the efficient, accurate and timely processing and audit of CTSI-Global's client freight invoices. Kristy holds a Bachelor's of Business Administration in Finance from The University of Memphis.
Jay worked in and consulted on the internal operations and international development of CTSI-Global for years before being named Chief Operating Officer in 2014. Jay earned his B.A. in Political Economy from Tulane University's Murphy Institute as well as an I.M.B.A. in Global Supply Chain Management from the Daniels College of Business in Denver. Jay previously served as the President for the Rocky Mountain Region of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and is involved with philanthropic organizations including the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Memphis and Doctors without Borders.
Subramani has acquired in-depth knowledge of logistics and freight payment operations with CTSI-Global since 1998. He has worked extensively over nearly 40 years years in multiple areas of information technology including Mainframe, Midrange, Unix, Oracle, Ingres, and AS/400. Previously at Coats Viyella (UK) / Madura Coats, a leader in the textile industry located in Bangalore with a chain of locations, Mani handled many application areas including manufacturing, logistics, transportation, accounting, stocks, payroll, time office and retail sales systems in addition to major projects for Mascon Global in Chennai and Chicago. Subramani holds his Master's in Economics and Statistics from Indian University.
Lucille joined CTSI-Global in 2010 to focus on our International expansion and is now the Operations Director for the APAC and EMEA regions. She has been focusing on adapting our services, building international teams and creating new processes to support CTSI-Global as a true freight audit leader in these regions. Lucille has 15 years of experience in global projects, process optimization, business development, and local compliance. Prior to CTSI- Global, Lucille had been working and studying in Singapore, France, US, the UK and working in client services, sales, and marketing with large organizations such as Toshiba. Her education includes a Master's in Management at Audencia Business School and a Bachelor of Law at the University of Lille.
Josh joined CTSI-Global in 2000. Since that time, Josh has served as Audit Manager, TMS Product Manager and Director of TMS before promotion to Vice President of TMS in 2009. Prior to joining CTSI-Global, he spent three years as a Logistics Analyst for NexAir. Josh earned a B.S. degree with a concentration in Business Management from Christian Brothers University. Josh has been a key player in the growth and expansion of CTSI-Global. His focus is on optimizing TMS supply chain solutions in order to provide excellent value and service to our global customers.
As Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of CTSI-Global, Swapan is a financial executive with a background in Treasury, Corporate Finance, Risk Management, M&A, and IT, with over 25 years of experience. Swapan is a Certified Treasury Professional. Prior to joining CTSI-Global, he was the Group Treasurer at ADVA Optical Networking where he managed Global Treasury, M&A and Enterprise Risk Management for over 6 years. Prior to ADVA, he had progressive roles with increasing responsibilities for 17 years at Orange Business Services. In his last role at Orange, he managed the Global Cash Generation Program for the $7b+ company covering 200+ countries. Swapan holds an M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from the Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University, an M.S. in Computer Science from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in Electronics & Tele-Communication Engineering from Calcutta University, India.
Like many of his colleagues, Richard has spent his career at CTSI-Global. Starting as Client Services Manager in 2004, moving to Implementations as a Manager in 2010 and Director the following year, then into Product Management in 2014, he became the department's VP in 2016. Richard has been a technological leader at CTSI-Global, spearheading UI/UX modernization and projects regarding optical character recognition, business intelligence, and customer relationship management. In addition to his work at CTSI-Global, Richard has been the president of Nazarene Youth International at Grace Church of the Nazarene in Memphis and a life group teacher for high school students there.
Manish Rajagopalan comes with an overall industry experience of 18 years. Manish has worked as Project Manager in multiple domains for the past decade and has vast experience in multinational implementations, logistics and transportation, vendor contracts, client management, global procurement, facilities and administration, and personnel and office management. His strong organizational, operational and leadership skills have earned him accolades from past employers such as Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and Wipro. He holds an Undergraduate Degree in Commerce from the University of Madras and Post-Graduate Certifications in Supply Chain Management, Personnel Management and Industrial Relations.
Brian was instrumental in developing the CTSI-Global TMS, lending his logistics operational experience to the development team. He joined CTSI-Global in 1998 to lead the audit department following a five-year tenure with BMG Music as a Transportation Manager. He was promoted to Director of Consulting in 2002 and Vice President, TMS & Consulting in 2006 before taking on his current role. Brian holds a B.S. in Industrial Management with a concentration in Logistics from Clemson University.
As Chief Technology Officer, Trey leads CTSI-Global's Engineering and Development group. In addition to overseeing technology strategy, Trey helps to innovate by integrating new technologies with trusted systems and processes to ensure a modern and reliable approach to supply chain solutions. Trey has spent the majority of his career in managed IT services, developing and managing new product development processes and strategies, executing client-specific solution implementations for numerous IT services, driving major business process development and improvement activities, and directing personnel management and large-scale projects from concept to closeout. He holds an M.B.A. with a focus in Marketing / Product Management and Product Development from Lindenwood University, and a B.A. in International Studies with a Minor in Spanish from the University of Missouri-Columbia.


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require 'grabble/edge.rb'
RSpec.describe Grabble::Edge do
  describe '#new' do
    it 'stores two items' do
      test_edge = Grabble::Edge.new(1,2)
      expect(test_edge.vertices).to match_array([1,2])
    end
  end

  describe '#other' do
    it 'returns the opposite item' do
      test_edge = Grabble::Edge.new(1,2)
      expect(test_edge.other(1)).to eq(2)
    end

    it 'returns nil if the item is not found' do
      test_edge = Grabble::Edge.new(1,2)
      expect(test_edge.other(0)).to be_nil
    end

  end
end

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