When building a game, there are lots of input solutions to choose from. You could use Unity's built in Input Manager, my Easy Input asset, or any number of assets on the Asset Store. That means I can't lock my assets into using just one solution.
The way my assets support any input solution is by wrapping the input solution in an 'Input Source'. This way, my code can call a function like IsJustPressed and not care if the function uses Unity's Input Manager, Easy Input, or another input solution. We just care if IsJustPressed returns true or false.
Since all input sources implement my IInputSource interface, it doesn't matter which input solution you use with my assets. I just care that it's an input source.
Input sources are wrappers around input solutions that implement the IInputSource interface. This means we can use the IInputSource properties and functions and not care if they are referencing Unity's Input Manager, Easy Input, or something else.
IsEnabled – Determines if the input source returns user input.
MovementX – Horizontal movement caused by user input. This could come from the AD keys, the left and right arrow keys, the left stick on the Xbox controller, etc.
MovementY – Vertical movement caused by user input. This could come from the WS keys, the up and down arrow keys, the left stick on the Xbox controller, etc.
ViewX – Horizontal mouse movement. Typically, we use this to control the camera rotation and view.
ViewY – Vertical mouse movement. Typically we use this to control the camera pitch and view.
IsJustPressed – Determines if a key, button, or action alias is just pressed. This lasts for a single frame. It's the moment the button is pressed down.
IsPressed – Determines if a key, button, or action alias is currently pressed.
IsJustReleased – Determines if a key, button, or action alias is just released. This lasts for a single frame. It's the moment the button stops being pressed.
GetValue – Returns the current value of the input. Typically for a key or button this is 0 (not pressed) or 1 (pressed). However, some input controls like analog sticks provide a range of values.
I can't possible own every input solution on the Asset Store. So, I'm not able to make an input source for each one. However, I have made one for Unity's Input Manager, Easy Input, and others have created input sources as well.
Unity Input Source – This input source comes for free as a part of any of my assets that require user input.
Easy Input Source – This input source comes as part of the Easy Input asset. Its an advanced input source with additional features.
Rewired Input Source – Built for the Rewired asset and available on the ootii Vault.
Easy Touch 5 Input Source – Built for the Easy Touch 5 asset and available on the ootii Vault.
I call this 'Unity Input Source' and I include it in most of my assets.
you can now assign the input source to the 'Input Source' property on other objects.
My code will then use this input source to get information about key presses, button presses, etc.
Is Input Enabled – Determines if this input source will return user input.
Is Xbox Enabled – Determines if we'll get input from an Xbox controller as well.
View Activator – Determines when the ViewX and ViewY properties of the input source returns values. We use the ViewX and ViewY properties to provide mouse movement information that typically changes the camera view. So, this property would determine when we rotate the camera.


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The greatest challenge in developing a permanent exercise habit is finding motivation that lasts. It's easy to get to the gym when you're preparing for that big beach vacation or want to look great for your high school reunion. But what about the rest of the time?
Start to hate the way I look.
Hit the gym with a vengeance for a few weeks.
Start to look noticeably better.
Smugly enjoy my new found vanity.
Lose motivation and stop working out for a few weeks.
Vanity, it turns out, isn't a great longterm motivator for most people. It wasn't until I associated exercise with rewards beyond physical appearance that I was able to get myself to the gym 5-6 times a week without any lapses.
To help you bring consistency and enthusiasm to your exercise schedule, here are some powerful reasons to work out that have nothing to do with looking good.
This one is mostly for the gents (sorry ladies) and it applies to weight training. Testosterone is the essence of manhood. When you lift weights and gradually increase the level of resistance, your muscles produce testosterone. This gives you the energy, stamina, and aggressiveness you need to take on the world.
On days after a big weight training work out, I've experience a significant increase in energy. I tend to pop out of bed (I'm usually groggy) and feel more vigorous over the course of the day.
An active body has been linked to an active mind. The more consistently you exercise, the less prone you'll be to grogginess and lapses in concentration. As anecdotal evidence of this, my best cure for writer's block has always been going for a long walk, run, or hitting the gym.
Exercise is a time to let your mind unwind while your body does the work. Strangely, when you stop actively trying to solve a mental challenge, the solution often pops into your head. Exercise is an opportunity for your subconscious mind to put together the pieces.
Working out needn't be seen as a chore or obligation. There are tons of enjoyable ways to exercise. For example, if you live in a scenic area, going for a run or bike ride along a beautiful route can brighten things up. Since I moved to Los Angeles a couple months ago, running on the beach has gotten me out the door much more frequently.
Other great options include: using exercise as a chance to spend time with friends and family, playing a sport or game, striving to achieve new personal bests, week after week.
Have you ever gone a couple weeks without exercise and noticed that you begin to sweat an exorbitant amount? That's because sweat, along with toxins, tends to build up over time. Sweating regularly through exercises removes these toxins and will help you feel more comfortable.
Studies have shown that exercise improves sleep. I love my sleep, so this is big for me.
When you choose to exercise, you're making an investment, not just in your present physical appearance, but in the rest of your life. People who exercise regularly live longer and stay healthier into old age. If not for yourself, consider the family members that love and depend on you.
Exercise has also been shown to reduce stress. This is a combined result of the benefits of cleansing, reflection, and a physical outlet for frustration.
About 4 years ago I went through a rough stretch where I gained 15-20 pounds in only a few months. Being unfit drastically changed the way I could move my body. It threw off my balance and made everyday tasks more difficult and uncomfortable. By exercising regularly, you'll be better able to live and act, and in the event of an emergency, seize the moment.
The sum of all these benefits is self confidence. (And, yes, looking good will help here too.) Greater self confidence is drives success, so its value can't be underestimated. Exercise and fitness are an enormous part of reaching your potential.


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Robots: stealing our jobs or solving labour shortages? | Robots
As the coronavirus pandemic enveloped the world last year, businesses increasingly turned to automation in order to address rapidly changing conditions. Floor-cleaning and microbe-zapping disinfecting robots were introduced in hospitals, supermarkets and other environments. Some enterprises found that, given the new emphasis on hygiene and social distancing, robotic operations offered a marketing advantage. The American fast food chain White Castle began using hamburger-cooking robots in an effort to create "an avenue for reduced human contact with food during the cooking process".
With the worst days of the pandemic hopefully now behind us, the jobs story has turned out to be unexpectedly complicated. While overall unemployment rates remain elevated, both the US and the UK are experiencing widespread worker shortages, focused especially in those occupations that tend to offer gruelling work conditions and relatively low pay. Even as a quarter of a million of British workers who held jobs in 2019 remain unemployed, job vacancies are up 20% from pre-pandemic levels as employers struggle to fill many positions. The reasons behind the worker shortages are not entirely clear. A common assumption is that extended payments to furloughed workers allowed people to remain out of the workforce. However, evidence from a number of US states that moved to discontinue unemployment benefits early suggests that the extended payments may not have played a major role. Many workers may have simply reassessed their willingness to do difficult and often unrewarding jobs in return for low pay. In the UK, Brexit has greatly exacerbated the situation. At least 200,000 EU nationals, primarily from eastern Europe, who once filled roles in areas such as agriculture, transportation and logistics, have left the country and may never return.
All of this has created a powerful incentive for businesses to invest in automation as a way to adapt to the worker shortage. As British farms confront the absence of seasonal workers who once flooded in from eastern Europe, interest in agricultural robots is growing. The UK-based startup Small Robot Company, for example, has developed two robots capable of killing weeds in wheat fields while cutting down dramatically on the use of chemical pesticides. The first robot autonomously prowls a wheat field, and with precision and patience that no human could match analyses each individual wheat plant using several cameras, mapping the exact locations where weeds are beginning to encroach. Once this data has been collected, a second, somewhat frightening, five-armed robot follows, killing the weeds by administering a powerful electric shock.
Today's most advanced distribution centres employ fully autonomous robots. Photograph: vanit Janthra/Alamy
Another startup company, Xihelm, which received venture funding from the UK government in 2018, has built a robot capable of harvesting fragile fruits and vegetables in greenhouses. The robot can, for example, carefully pick tomatoes after using artificial intelligence to identify only the ripest fruit. In the US, where the worker shortage has hit the restaurant industry especially hard, the White Castle chain has introduced french fry automation to work alongside its new hamburger robots, while the national restaurant chain Sweetgreen acquired a startup company that provides robotic kitchen technology. McDonald's restaurants in the Chicago area are experimenting with an artificial intelligence-powered voice system that can process customer orders in drive-throughs.
The overall impact of artificial intelligence and robotics on the job market is likely to be significant
There can be no doubt that the pandemic and the associated worker shortage are accelerating the drive toward deploying artificial intelligence, robotics and other forms of automation. In the UK, the trend is being further amplified as Brexit's impact on the workforce becomes evident. However, the reality is that most of these technologies are unlikely to arrive in time to offer a solution to the immediate challenges faced by employers. Xihelm's tomato-picking robot, for example, remains in the testing phase; the machines are not yet generally available for purchase. Some of the most critical worker shortages the UK are in transportation and logistics. By one estimate, the country is currently short of at least 100,000 truck drivers. As has been widely publicised, this has led to shortages of everything from petrol to McDonald's milkshakes. No robots will be coming to the rescue in the near future. While a number of startup companies in Silicon Valley and elsewhere are working on self-driving trucks, the technology remains at several years away from commercial viability. Add time for governments to craft the necessary regulations or simply to get the public to accept the idea of fully loaded trucks navigating local roads without a driver at the wheel and the wait could easily be much longer.
Over the course of a decade or more, however, the overall impact of artificial intelligence and robotics on the job market is likely to be significant and in some specific areas the technologies may lead to dramatic change within the next few years. And many workers will soon confront the reality that the encroachment of automation technology will not be limited to the often low-paying and less desirable occupations where worker shortages are currently concentrated. Indeed, many of the jobs that employers are struggling to fill may prove to be highly resistant to automation. At the same time, better-paying positions that workers definitely want to retain will be squarely in the sights as AI and robotics continue their relentless advance.
Get the patty started: a hamburger-cooking robot in Los Angeles. Photograph: Miso Robotics
Consider, for example, the distribution centres run by Amazon or the online grocery retailer Ocado. As online shopping has accelerated, these warehouses have become an employment bright spot, providing jobs for many thousands of workers. Less than a decade ago, facilities of this kind would have been animated by hundreds of workers continuously roving between tall shelves containing thousands of different items. The workers would have included "stowers" tasked with taking newly arrived inventory and storing it on shelves and "pickers" responsible for retrieving items in order to fulfil customer orders. The activity would have been a continuous mad scramble, perhaps resembling an especially disordered anthill, in which a typical worker might trek a dozen or more miles over the course of a single shift.
In today's most advanced distribution centres, this bustling motion has become almost a mirror image of itself. It is now the workers who remain stationary – doing the picking and stowing – while the inventory shelves speed about, conveyed between destinations by fully autonomous robots. Amazon now operates more than 200,000 of these robots at its distribution centres worldwide, while Ocado employs more than 1,000 at a single facility in Andover in Hampshire.
Companies such as Amazon and Ocado continue to employ massive human workforces largely because the robots are – so far – unable to perform the picking and stowing operations that require human-level visual perception and dexterity. This is certain to change, however. Both companies, as well as number of well-funded startups, are working on building more dexterous robots. Indeed, Amazon's CEO, Jeff Bezos, speaking at a conference in 2019, said: "I think [robotic] grasping is going to be a solved problem in the next 10 years." In other words, a great many of the hundreds of thousands of workers now employed in these facilities are likely to become redundant in the relatively near future. And as robots advance, they will likewise be deployed ever more frequently in restaurants, supermarkets and other environments.
Startup company Xihelm's harvesting robot is capable of picking fragile fruits and vegetables in greenhouses. Photograph: Xihelm
More educated white-collar workers will quickly discover that they are by no means exempt from the rise of AI. Any job that involves the relatively routine analysis or manipulation of information is likely to fall in whole or in part to software automation. Some of the world's largest media organisations, for example, already use AI systems that automatically generate news articles, while intelligent legal algorithms analyse contracts and predict the outcome of litigation. AI is even beginning to demonstrate a talent for routine computer programming. In many cases, knowledge work will prove to be easier and less expensive to automate than lower-paid work that requires physical manipulation. When the job is focused purely on working with information, there is no requirement for an expensive mechanical robot and no need to surmount the difficult technical challenges involved in replicating human dexterity or mobility.
More educated white-collar workers will quickly discover that they are by no means exempt from the rise of AI
In the long run, as advancing technology shapes our post-pandemic future, the workforce will increasingly be divided into winners and losers. The losers will be those who focus largely on routine, predictable tasks, regardless of whether these activities are physical or intellectual in nature, and often independent of education level. The winners are likely to fall into one of three general groups. First, skilled trade workers, such as plumbers and electricians, who do work that requires dexterity, mobility and problem-solving ability in highly unpredictable settings. The same is true for a care worker who assists an elderly person with his or her daily needs. This type of work is far beyond the capability of any existing robot and these jobs will remain safe for the foreseeable future. Second, those workers whose occupations require the development of deep, sophisticated relationships with other people will be relatively safe. This might include caring roles, such as nursing, or business or educational occupations that require complex human interactions. While AI is making progress in this arena – for example, there are already chatbots that can provide rudimentary mental health support – it is likely to be a long time before machines can form truly meaningful relationships with humans. The final category includes intellectual work that is creative or activities that are otherwise genuinely non-routine and unpredictable in nature. For these workers, artificial intelligence will be likely to amplify, rather than replace, their efforts. Within many professions, a winner-take-all scenario might unfold; the most creative individuals will rise to the top, while those focused on more routine activities will face a growing threat from automation.
The best advice for individuals is to transition from routine, predictable work and towards one of these winning categories. There are real questions, however, about the viability of this advice when applied to society as a whole. Historically, advancing technology has tended to drive most workers from routine work in one sector to routine work in another. As agriculture became mechanised, workers moved from farms to factories, but they continued to do routine work. Later, workers moved to routine jobs in the service sector. The rise of artificial intelligence will require an unprecedented transition in which a large fraction of the workforce will have to find and adapt to roles that are genuinely non-routine. It is unclear whether a sufficient number of these jobs will be created – and, even if they are, many workers will likely lack the inherent talents and personality traits required to take on creative or relationship-based roles.
Designing a society that can adapt to the rise of artificial intelligence and allow everyone to thrive as these changes unfold is likely to be one of our most significant challenges in the coming years and decades. It will require an emphasis on retraining and education for those workers who can realistically undertake the necessary transition, as well as an improved safety net – and perhaps an entirely new social contract – for those who will inevitably be left behind.
Martin Ford is the author of Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything, published on 30 September (Basic Books, £20). To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. Delivery charges may apply
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Audioguide of Vitoria-Gasteiz
What to see in Vitoria-Gasteiz
Vitoria has a reputation of being a transparent city. So open that it has not even tried to slip a little lie in the history of its origins, as it is usually common in other cities. It doesn't claim to be founded by Hercules, nor by a hero of Troy, nor by any God. At the most, they say that it could have been a settlement that the Romans called Bélica and here is where they settle to fight against the Cantabrians.
Some talk about Visigoth Kings and identify Vitoria with Victoriaco de Leovigildo, but this information seems a bit weak. The truth is that, to our knowledge, the town was built in 1181 on the stones of an old village called Gasteiz, and the one with the idea of founding it was Sancho the Wise, a king of Navarra with such a name for a reason as he saw the strategic geographical importance of this place.
From here, Sancho controlled the busiest routes to the Pyrenees, to the South and to the West. They had to go through here one way or another, either to invade territories or just to buy bread.
They named it Nueva Victoria (New Victory), and a few years later, after the usual siege, passed to Castilian hands. The location and the walls that defended the town of Gasteiz must have been too tempting. So the usual thing to do in those days was to conquer it! Why not?
Since that distant year of 1200 until now, there has been no more changing of hands. Victoria lost the "C" in its name, and as it grew up, it saw plenty of influential people passing by, among them kings, Popes, and Napoleon. It also had time to become a tax-free fair trade, build a Gothic Cathedral, host an important Jewish quarter and be called by Ferdinand the Catholic a very loyal city.
Not to mention the illustrious people who were born here. Some of them as unique as Manuel Iradier, who inspired by the adventures of Henry Morton Stanley, went into deepest Africa several times and left a written record of the results of his explorations. Iradier, who was also a Mason, has a street called after him and a statue in a Vitoria that today is full of life and cultural diversity. One of the cities that always comes out in the top when talking about cities with a better quality of life.
The question is: was all this already in the head of Sancho VI the Wise?
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Montehermoso's Palace	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Araba 0.2 Km
Cathedral of Saint Mary	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Araba 0.5 Km
Burgos	101 Km
Ujué	Navarra 103 Km
Liérganes	Cantabria 103 Km
Valderredible	Cantabria 104 Km
El Astillero	Cantabria 112 Km
Covarrubias	Burgos 112 Km
Santander	Cantabria 115 Km
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Six Flags over Islam
For half an hour at about 2 p.m. last Friday, the main attraction at Six Flags New Jersey was not the Nitro, the "tallest and fastest roller coaster in the East," or the Superman Ultimate Flight ride. Within sight of the front gate, not far from the faux Revolutionary battlements of Fort Independence, a succession of blue tarps had been stretched. Prostrated on them, facing Mecca (and, unintentionally, the Cannonball Lemonade Stand) were hundreds of men, heads to the ground in sajda, Islamic prayer's gesture of submission to Allah. As hundreds more entered the park and took note, many set up individual prayer rugs or simply dropped to their knees. Great Muslim Adventure Day at Six Flags had commenced.
The website ad had been an attention getter. "Insha Allah," it enthused. "The New Jersey theme park, Six Flags Great Adventure, is set to be transformed as 'The Great Muslim Adventure Day' … ENTIRE PARK FOR MUSLIMS ONLY … Alhamdullilah [Praise be to God], tickets are selling fast!" It promised a "special dolphin show," leading into a talk by a well-known Islamic scholar, and the comic stylings of "Allah Made Me Funny: The Official Muslim Comedy Tour." Was this for real?
Well, yes. The first Muslim Day at Six Flags, brainstormed by the New Jersey chapter of the grass-roots organization Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), was in 2000. It drew 8,000 customers. The next did better, with co-organizer Tariq Amanullah proudly announcing the sale of 10,000 tickets. That was on Sept. 8, 2001. Three days later, Amanullah, a finance executive, was one of the dozens of Muslims who died in the World Trade Center. After that, observed ICNA's Farhan Pervez, "we couldn't do it for a time." But this year they decided to revive it. "It'll be a fun day for people to enjoy an environment they're comfortable in," said Pervez. "We're not trying to make a statement."
This being post-9/11 America, however, everything Islamic becomes a statement. The cottage industry that monitors Muslim websites publicized the event to a distinctly nonai??i??Muslim-friendly audience last week, emphasizing ICNA's alleged connections to terrorists and Islamic fundamentalists. (A Six Flags spokeswoman said the FBI assured her firm that "there is no link between the ICNA and terrorism." The group denies any.) Critics began threatening Six Flags with boycotts. A local talk-radio caller suggested that such a concentration of Muslims would make a useful bombing target.
Consequently, the park was sniffed for bombs, "Muslims Only" was struck from the website, and security at the gate was beefed up. None of that hampered the hybrid entertainment unfolding within. Boardwalk barkers persevered ("Arright, at the sound of the buzzer, you want to press both buttons on the gun") but competed with a bazaar offering stylish Islamic headwear and Koranic commentaries. Standard food concessions were shuttered in favor of ritually correct halal vendors like Shalimar and Kabob King. There was no opposite-sex canoodling, and halter tops and shorts were replaced by a vast array of hijab head scarves and ankle-length jilbabs and abayas.
Shireen Khan, 19, in running pants, a plain white shirt, Reeboks and a lavender hijab, was waiting in line for the Nitro with two female friends. She pooh-poohed the notion that the day's event might be a kind of refuge for an overscrutinized community. "It's not about that," she said. "I come here twice a year, and I like it, but today there's good halal food, and there's prayer. We have so many friends in the tristate area, we never see each other, and today everybody's here." Her cousin Soofia Tahir suspected there might be a bit more to it. Perhaps it's a pride thing? "No, it isn't," Khan asserted. "Yes, it is," said Tahir. "There's no pride," Khan shot back. "You mean like being vain? " "No," said Tahir. "I mean like bonding." She paused and gazed up at the Nitro's looming bulk. "If it's raining, I'm not going up on that thing."
But eventually they did. Higher and higher their car climbed–230 ft. and then 85 m.p.h. free fall. Khan's hijab flapped but held. "It was good," she exclaimed at the ride's exit. "I'd never been on a roller coaster at night before. When you open your eyes, there was just, like … nothing!" She smiled broadly. Then she made her way to the ladies' room, ritually washed her hands, face, arms and feet and found a small group of other women by the Ferris wheel. Turned into silhouettes by its dazzling illumination, they prayed.


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Fedcoin: A New Scheme for Tyranny & Poverty
Written by: Ron Paul
If some Congress members get their way, the Federal Reserve may soon be able to track many of your purchases in real time and share that information with government agencies. This is just one of the problems with the proposed "digital dollar" or "fedcoin."
Fedcoin was initially included in the first coronavirus spending bill. While the proposal was dropped from the final version of the bill, there is still great interest in fedcoin on Capitol Hill. Some progressives have embraced fedcoin as a way to provide Americans with a "universal basic income."
Both the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee held hearings on fedcoin in June. This is the first step toward making fedcoin a reality.
Fedcoin would not be an actual coin. Instead, it would be a special account created and maintained for each American by the Federal Reserve. Each month, Fed employees could tap a few keys on a computer and — bingo — each American would have dollars added to his Federal Reserve account. This is the 21st century equivalent of throwing money from helicopters.
Fedcoin could effect private cryptocurrencies. Also, it would limit the ability of private citizens to protect themselves from the Federal Reserve-caused decline in the dollar's value.
Fedcoin would not magically increase the number of available goods and services. What it would do is drive up prices. The damage this would do to middle- and lower-income Americans would dwarf any benefit they receive from their monthly "gift" from the Fed. The rise in prices could lead to Congress regularly increasing fedcoin payments to Americans. These increases would cause prices to keep rising even more until we face hyperinflation and a dollar crisis. Of course, we are already on the path to an economic crisis thanks to the Fed. Fedcoin will hasten and worsen the crisis.
Fedcoin poses a great threat to privacy. The Federal Reserve could know when fedcoin is used, who is using it, and what they use it for. This information could be shared with government agencies, such as the FBI or IRS.
The government could use the ability to know how Americans are spending fedcoin to limit our ability to purchase goods and services disfavored by politicians and bureaucrats. Anyone who doubts this should recall the Obama administration's Operation Choke Point. Operation Choke Point involved financial regulators "alerting" banks that dealing with certain businesses, such as gun stores, would put the banks at "reputational risk" and could subject them to greater regulation.
Is it so hard to believe that the ability to track purchases would be used in the future to "discourage" individuals from buying guns, fatty foods, or tobacco, or from being customers of corporations whose CEOs are not considered "woke" by the thought police? Fedcoin could also be used to "encourage" individuals to patronize "green" business, thus fulfilling Fed Chair Jerome Powell's goal of involving the Fed in the fight against climate change.
Fedcoin could threaten private cryptocurrencies, increase inflation, and give government new powers over our financial transactions. Fedcoin will also speed up destruction of the fiat money system. Whatever gain fedcoin may bring to average Americans will come at terrible cost to liberty and prosperity.
Article posted with permission from Ron Paul
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Dr. Ron Paul is an American physician, author, and former politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 14th congressional district, which includes Galveston, from 1997 to 2013 as well as the 22nd congressional district for special term between 1976 and 1977, when he lost reelection in 1978, and for 3 later terms, from 1979 to 1985. On three occasions, he sought the presidency of the United States: as the Libertarian Party candidate in 1988 and as a candidate in the Republican primaries in 2008 and 2012. Paul is best known for his libertarian views and is a critic of American foreign, domestic, and monetary policies, including the military–industrial complex, the War on Drugs, and the Federal Reserve. Paul has been married to Carol Wells since 1957. They have five children, 18 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Ron Paul produces a weekly column known as Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk and is the author of several books.


Real Estate & Planning Alumni and industry volunteers returned to the University in July to help RREF deliver the first Pathways to Property Summer School. The four day programme attracted 40 Year 12 (lower sixth) students from state schools across the UK who came to find out about careers in property and Real Estate & Planning courses on offer at Reading.
During the four day programme participants took part in lectures, a group project and site visits to The Oracle, Reading Station, Green Park and a talk from Reading Borough Council. We are extremely grateful to Alumni from a range of organisations including British Land, CBRE, DTZ, Cushman & Wakefield and Network Rail who took time out of their busy schedules to volunteer their time and return to campus to meet with participants and support students on the programme.
The Summer School received great feedback from the students who attended: 95% of attendees felt better informed about a career in property after attending the Summer School and over 60% said they are now considering applying to a property related course at higher education. Summer School participants now have the opportunity to pair up with a student mentor as well as gain work experience to ensure they continue to receive support and encouragement.
Toni Alofe from Enfield in London who attended the Summer School commented, "The Pathways to Property summer school was one of the best experiences of my life. It increased my knowledge about the variety of roles within the property sector and just how interesting a career in property would be. This experience also improved my understanding of the various ways to pursue a career in property and it gave me an insight into higher education courses in Property/Real estate."
"I took the long route into surveying; I don't remember hearing about it at all when I was at school. I believe more would enter into the industry if career opportunities were more widely known about. I hope the project will help draw people from non-traditional surveying backgrounds into the profession by giving them the opportunity to have valuable hands-on experience and guidance."
I decided to get involved in Pathways to Property as the surveying industry suffers from a lack of diversity. I feel that there is a wealth of talent from different backgrounds that are completely unaware of what a career in surveying is about. I hope this scheme will encourage new thought and new thinking into what is a very traditional industry. What excited me the most about the summer school was the participants passion and thirst for knowledge. It is amazing to see so many young adults giving up their free time to find out more about the industry.
The scheme is now entering its second year and, as well as delivering the next Summer School in 2014, the project will also launch a number of supporting activities to raise awareness of the real estate industry to a wider range of academically able pupils from disadvantaged and non-traditional backgrounds. Support from volunteers and firms will continue to be vital in helping to raise aspirations about careers in property and deliver the activities. If you or your company would like to find out more please contact Pathways to Property at pathways2property@rref.reading.ac.uk or tel. +44 (0)118 378 4096 for further information.


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Using our past to guide our future.
by Sekisui House on 23 05 2019 in West Village
Sekisui House's unique approach to sustainable development has been influenced by our Japanese heritage. The communities we create follow the ancient Japanese principle of SATOYAMA – the idea that when properly managed, both humans and the environment can exist alongside, and benefit from one another.
We know from experience that if communities manage and use resources sustainably, they'll be able to enjoy them well into the future.
The SATOYAMA principle teaches us about the importance of open green space and the preservation of biodiversity. Sekisui House combines this with a deep respect for the history of our sites to inform our master planning concepts. In each of our projects, we look to the past to guide our future.
The Peters Ice Cream Factory opened in the 1920s and created nearly seven decades of employment that shaped the character of West End.
At West Village in Brisbane's West End, the former Peters Ice Cream Factory is the cultural centrepiece of the project.
Here, we're bringing a piece of history back to life. Megan Barron, West Village's Sales, Marketing and Property Management Director explains, "it's all about creating an environment and foundation that enables communities to grow and evolve for generations to come."
In the process, we're creating new value for the residents and community through events like the highly successful Brisbane Ice Cream Festival. This festival has run for three consecutive years and has informed the design of the public realm to facilitate successful community events into the future.
Brisbane's first Ice Cream Festival was launched in 2017 by Sekisui House, filling the factory with ice cream for the first time since its closure in 1996.
Part of the factory has also undergone a warehouse conversion and is now a premium event space with a gallery of artwork by renowned artist David Bromley. All proceeds from this venue go directly to local charity and not-for-profit organisations.
"We're creating a landmark project that celebrates West End's diverse culture, incorporating world-best sustainability and design to acknowledge the site's importance to Brisbane."
Andrew Thompson, Project Director, Sekisui House Australia
In addition to the restoration of the heritage buildings, West Village has implemented many community-building initiatives like Creative Kids workshops, kids cooking classes, a construction school and laneway pop-up stores.
West Village will ultimately be home to 35 new retail, restaurants, food and beverage outlets, as well as a full-line Woolworths supermarket – the first full-line supermarket in West End in 20 years.
Discover luxury apartments now selling at West Village.
Find out more about West Village at www.westvillage.com.au
The Common at West Village has been described as an "urban forest" with mature trees, grassed areas and open spaces which sets a new benchmark for Brisbane's residential precincts.
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Very contagious, when an outbreak occurs on a team every member has a 30% chance of becoming infected.
One study showed that when wrestling athletes took 1 gram of valacyclovir each eay it decreased their chances of an infection by 89.5% regardless of whether she/he had a history of herpes infection.
The herpes virus is a frequent cause of skin infections in wrestlers. Unfortunately, once an individual is infected with the herpes virus the virus is not rid from the body and the infection can recur.
These infections are easily spread through contact; however, herpes outbreaks are treatable and preventable with medication.
First time infections are usually more severe and often last longer than recurrences.
Typically, a recurrent infection will include typical vesicuopapular rash. In most instances, other symptoms are minimal in the patient with recurrent herpes rash.
When can a wrestler return to play after having Herpes Simplex?
No new blisters/sores may develop for 72 consecutive hours.
Any active lesion may not be covered to allow for participation.
What may increase the chances of a reoccurrence?
Abrasions, trauma, or other irritations to skin – especially facial.
Unexplainable lymph node swelling or feeling out of the ordinary for multiple days in a row.
Any rash or possible infection on the face, near the eyes, or along or in the hairline.
Skin lesions or growths know has Mollusca. Lesions are usually skin tone, white, or pink in color. Lesions may appear anywhere on the body. These lesions usually have a dimple or pit in the center, are usually hard and smooth, and are about 2-5mm long.
These Mollusca may appear along or in clusters.
Objects and equipment can be contaminated with the virus. Examples include clothing, headgear, mouth pieces, knee pads, mats, towels, shoes, razors, bars of soap, etc.
A person who has molluscum can spread it on their own body by touching or scratching a Mollusca then touching another part of their body.
Since the virus is only on the top layer of skin once the Mollusca's are gone the virus is gone.
Anywhere on the body – it is usually not found on the soles of the feet or palms or the hand.
When can a wrestler return to play?
Lesions should be curetted (scraped) at least 24 hours prior to participation.
Lesions should be covered with a gas-permeable membrane. These bandages can then be covered with pre-wrap or tape.
This virus is not like other viruses such as Herpes. It does not lay dormant in your body and reappear. Once the virus is gone it will not reoccur unless contracted again.
Keeping these lesions covered is important at all times. Although this virus does not reoccur once it is cleared, it can continue much longer if more lesions occur. If one Mollusca is uncovered a person is more likely to transfer the virus to another part of the skin and develop another Mollusca.
Red sores. Sores often pop and leave a yellow discharge and yellow crust.
Through mucus from the nose or throat – sneezing or coughing.
The bacteria may also be spread through people who do not currently have symptoms but do carry the bacteria in their throat, mucus, or on their skin.
Bacteria on inanimate objects such as shoes, knee pads, headgear, mats, towels, bar soap, razors, etc.
No active, oozing, draining, moist, or open lesions.
If symptoms do not improve in 72 hours re-consult a physician.
Irritations to the skin such as rash's, inflammation, itchiness, sometimes these can be caused by an allergic reaction.
MRSA is a strain of staph that is resistant to many antibiotics.
If a person is diagnosed with a staph infection and it does not begin to resolve within 72 hours after the beginning of an antibiotic they should be re-evaluated by a physician.
MRSA will not be treatable with the same medications as other staph infections therefore determining if a staph infection is a MRSA infection is important. This determination should be done by a physician..
MRSA can only be diagnosed through a culture (a special lab ordered by a health care provider) of the infection.
CA-MRSA refers to Community Associated MRSA. These infections occur in public rather than from a hospital.
Can sometimes have an appearance that may be confused with a spider bite – redness and inflammation on the skin. This may or may not have oozing, draining, discharge, or even a cavity. This may be hard or soft to the touch. This may be referred to as cellulitis or an abscess.
Bacteria on inanimate objects such as shoes, knee pads, headgear, mats, towels, bar soap, razors, whirlpools, saunas, lockers, etc.
Open wounds with improper hygiene/care.
At least 10 full days withheld from practice or competition while undergoing proper antibiotic treatment.
For MRSA specifically the treatment times may be longer as well as the return to play due to the bacteria's resistance.
No new lesions should have occurred in the preceding 48 hours.
The organism on inanimate objects such as shoes, knee pads, headgear, mats, weight room equipment, towels, bar soap, razors, etc.
Oral/topical treatment for 72 hours for skin lesions EXCEPT on scalp. Scalp lesions are the same treatment for 14 days.
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Much easier to work with in a small area than a tripod.
This product was very good. I strongly recommend it. 5 out of 5 stars.
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Is it possible to attach the pole to tripod for a super extendo tripod or is that already intended but jus doesn't say in detail/specs? If not is there a comparable option for use of the laser level above heights of 10 feet ( exterior of house or work on vaulted /hight ceiling plans?
Can this be used with the DeWalt Combilaser, DW0822?
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With minimal changes in personnel, there's a familiar ring to Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse in 2019, a situation they're banking on to give them an extra edge.
Introductions were not necessary when the Pulse assembled for the pre-season, all 10 having worked closely together in 2018. Last year's training partners Maddy Gordon and Elle Temu make the step up from Central's successful Beko Netball League team to join eight returning Pulse players from the team which finished runners-up in last year's competition.
In-circle defender Temu captained Central to back-to-back Beko titles while impressive midcourter Gordon pocketed the MVP award in the Grand Final while both were part of the Pulse team which won last year's Super Club tournament.
"It was quite a significant decision for us, not only about wanting to have continuity but given the season with its short turnaround, it just gives you a really strong base to start from," Pulse coach Yvette McCausland-Durie said.
In a condensed and demanding season which includes tight turnarounds, back-to-back games and the travel factor, quality recovery time has been identified as a key focus for 2019. With that in mind, the Pulse have restructured their programme to ensure there are adequate physical and mental breaks to maximise the players' recovery time.
Pipped at the post in last year's Grand Final and with their processes still largely intact, the Pulse will look to add variety to their product in 2019.
"Last season, we worked on settling players and combinations," McCausland-Durie said.
Still a young competition as the third season approaches, the Pulse coach believes there will be further improvement as all facets continue to be closely scrutinised.
"People have taken opportunities, not only the players around the game, but the other bits that add to the game, like analysis and other forms of technology that help you think a bit more about what you can do to advance athletes," she said.
"The players are fitter, faster and stronger and that continues to add value to the competition, and the fact that we have only 10 players per team but there's lots of variation coming through and new players coming in each season is also adding value. So, it will keep getting better.
"Because of the short turnaround, everybody is that much more tuned into netball and that makes a big difference. For 2019, I expect a tight start, a tight middle and a tight finish.
Karin Burger, Aliyah Dunn, Ameliaranne Ekenasio, Sulu Fitzpatrick, Maddy Gordon, Claire Kersten, Tiana Metuarau, Katrina Rore (nee Grant), Whitney Souness, Elle Temu.


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Court's voter ID ruling bolsters Mississippi law: Salter
Sid Salter
STARKVILLE – The most recent action of the U.S. Supreme Court would seem to suggest Mississippi will conduct our 2015 statewide elections with the state's voter identification laws in place.
Despite the dire predictions of a wholesale trampling to voting rights in a state with a historically bad record on protecting those right, Mississippi's voter ID laws seemed to survive their first test in the 2014 elections.
Now comes the U.S. Supreme Court with yet another ruling that seems to be accepting of voter ID laws, this time in Wisconsin. In that ruling, the high court refused to hear a challenge to Wisconsin's 2011 voter ID laws after a district judge rejected them.
The fact the state with the largest percentage of African American citizens was able to make the implementation of voter ID laws a political non-event was noteworthy. CBS News reported during the 2014 primaries that the state's American Civil Liberties Union reported no complaints from voters turned away at the polls in that election.
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, a Republican, was more ebullient in his assessment: "99.9 percent of Mississippians cast their ballot by showing an ID. Only 300 voters out of 400,000 voters failed to return within seven days with a photo ID to verify their affidavit ballot. Mississippians came together and showed that we, as a state, could implement a voting requirement without federal intervention or oversight."
Hosemann believes the state avoided a lawsuit on the implementation of voter ID because his office was proactive in working with the U.S. Justice Department in devising a voter ID process that respected the Constitution and was as fair and accessible as possible.
When the Supreme Court ruled Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 must be a national approach rather than a narrowly drawn safeguard in nine Southern states or "covered jurisdiction," opponents lost a powerful tool to force those states to get federal permission before implementing voter ID laws.
In striking down Section 5, the high court ruled that requiring Justice Department preclearance for election law changes for only the "covered jurisdiction" states represented an unfair application of the law that ignored racial progress in those states over the last nearly 50 years. The court invited Congress to draw a new formula.
The divided Congress didn't touch that in a midterm election year and the Republican-led new Congress isn't moving toward any changes, either.
A total of 34 states have passed laws requiring voters to show some form of identification at the polls.
The sky didn't fall and chaos didn't ensue when Mississippians voted under voter ID requirements in 2014. The argument of voter suppression seemed wasted on the 2014 elections as well. If anything, the most conservative Mississippians argued there was an excess of minority voting in that election — particularly in the second Republican primary.
Rather than continue to beat the politically dead horse of voter ID laws — which have been debunked as the obstacle to voter participation that opponents claimed —why not turn the debate toward a more relevant discussion of the issue of early voting.
Mississippi is one of only 14 states with no early voting process. Traditionally, Republicans in Mississippi have favored voter ID and opposed early voting. Democrats have favored early voting and opposed voter ID. The suggestion that both election "reforms" don't have a strong basis in achieving partisan gain is simply ludicrous.
Nationally, after losing to Democrats in the last two elections cycles, many Republicans are actually supporting early voting as a means of improving their chances in the 2016 election cycle. Will Mississippi follow? Not likely until the 2015 cycle is complete.
Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him at sidsalter@sidsalter.com
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I was recently asked to share my reflections about the 2019 Called General Conference. In responding to the question, I realize that the 2019 General Conference is now a very controversial and mixed matter for United Methodists. Before attending the 2019 General Conference, I facilitated 3 presentations and after the General Conference have facilitated 7 additional public group conversations. My two goals in each one of those ten conversations were to present the actual facts and to try to get folks of varying perspectives to hear each other's perspectives. The commitment to hearing one another is of critical importance to me for several reasons despite my personal thoughts and feelings regarding human sexuality issues.
We MUST Listen to One Another, then process spiritually what we are hearing from another of God's children!
Some continue to state that, we prayed for God's will to be done and it was, so why are we now challenging the answer to the prayer?
In serving as the Rappahannock River DS, I see, hear, and understand the variety of reactions to the 2019 General Conference. I also understand that my responsibility is to be the DS of all the 18,000+ United Methodists on the district I serve. I also hope our 70 pastors understand their responsibility to do the same in their respective congregations. It's not that I don't have personal opinions, however, I was not called to force others to live by my personal opinion and/or perspectives. There have always been Book of Discipline paragraphs and polity I don't agree with, but I still love, respect, and even cherish our Global UMC, and I cherish a church of differing perspectives. I choose not to disavow parts of the BOD any more than I disavow parts of the Holy Bible.
I serve in a denomination that is still seeking to love All God's People! I see the churches of the Rappahannock River District as places that continue to wrestle with the most perplexing social and cultural issues, not as places that claim perfection. I still serve in a denomination that is truly global and is now wrestling with what that means. The RRD has 74 churches and two mission ministries that are seeking to love in Christian Agape style. I take some comfort in RRD UMC members who are also LGBTQ and LGBTQ supporters who have for the moment decided that they will remain with their local church because it was not their local church that inflicted the pain, hurt, and expressions of hate. For the remainder of my days as the RRD DS, I encourage every pastor and lay person to demonstrate that Christ's love is our core Value. I hope and pray that the pastors and churches of the RRD will keep Christ at the center and use Christ's love to prayerfully wrestle with every challenge before making declarations. After all, I think it would be a tragedy to now begin declaring an exclusive openness (of one group) rather than fight the sin that has led to historic exclusionary behavior in our communities.
Friends, we don't need the WCA, Reconciling Ministries, Good News, Confessing Movement or any other organizations to set an agenda for us or tell us what to do. We need more Christ focused salvation from sin and deep Christ centered relationship building beyond our personal perspectives.
That's my reflection resulting from the General Conference.
Thank You from Eastland UMC !
On behalf of our Eastland UMC congregation, we would like to offer a belated "thank-you" to our sisters and brothers in Christ who responded to Eastland's call upon the Builder's Club. Your generous contributions helped us to bring the building of our new fellowship hall to completion.
February 17 th was a special day in the life of Eastland UMC. We thank our District Superintendent, Rev. Ted Smith, for the inspiring and challenging message he delivered during our celebratory worship service and for his part in consecrating our new building for Christian use.
Again, we thank everyone who helped to make this possible. We hope you will join us in support of the current call upon the Builder's Club from Zion UMC and all future calls as well.
The Rappahannock River District Builder's Club has approved a call for Zion United Methodist Church. The request is for installation and foundation construction for a trailer (24' x 36') for use in their food pantry ministry.
Please see the letter from Zion Pastor Barry Blakley for additional information about this need.
Anyone can donate to this worthwhile project - simply send a check payable to: "Rappahannock River District" and mailing to Builder's Club, Rappahannock River District, PO BOX 100 Ladysmith, VA 22501 before April 30, 2019.
Easter Blessings Food packing for Stafford County schools will take place April 10th beginning 9am at St. Matthias UMC, 426 Deacon Road, Fredericksburg. Please join us!
The Betty Smith Gaskins Scholarship committee is having a pizza party and Mike DeGaetani will be hand-tossing the pizzas in the kitchen. Chef Lenny Gaskins and his crackerjack staff will be helping with all the fixin's and the serving! We invite all to come on out to celebrate Spring with all you can eat HAND TOSSED PIZZA. Delicious salads and tempting home-made desserts will accompany the pizza.
Members of the Scholarship Committee are: Betty Appleby, chair, Allison Cockrell, Heather Conley, Fran Gaskins, Bonnie Miller, Ron Goheen, Joyce Jett, and our newest member, Chris Sauer.
Since the scholarship began in 2012, we have awarded eight scholarships in Betty's memory to deserving second-year students from Northumberland County attending Rappahannock Community College. We hope you will continue to support this very worthy cause.
So, mark your calendars for Saturday, April 6th, 5:00 – 7:00 PM and bring your appetites and all your friends to Afton UMC, located at 5130 Hacks Neck Road in Ophelia. If you love NY style pizza , you will not be disappointed! It will be our pleasure to serve you; in return, we ask for your donations. SEE Y'ALL THERE!!
While other types of kits have been received in the past, UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) is currently focusing its efforts on Cleaning Kits (aka Flood Buckets), Hygiene Kits , and School Kits . Click buttons below for specific item listing and assembly instructions as well as our Kits for Conference logo for use to promote your efforts.
Collection of the kits will begin Wednesday, June 19 from 4—8 p.m. and continue Thursday, June 20 from 8 a.m.—7 p.m., and Friday, June 21 from 8 a.m.—5 p.m. Contact Kit Collection Coordinator, the Rev. Morris Fleischer (Newport-Mt. Olivet UMC/Roanoke District), at (540) 544-7183 or morrisfleischer@vaumc.org with any questions. A volunteer sign-up page will be available soon!
If you prefer to make a financial contribution to enable UMCOR to purchase relief kits, you can contribute $75 for each cleaning kit; $12 for each health kit; and $11 for each school kit. Additionally, UMCOR asks for $1 per kit ($1.50 for cleaning buckets) to cover processing and shipping and $1 for toothpaste for each health kit. Please do NOT bring checks to Annual Conference. All checks (for processing and shipping, for toothpaste, and in lieu of providing kits) should be made payable to "Virginia Conference UMC," earmarked for "kits" and mailed to Treasurer, Virginia Conference of The United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 5605, Glen Allen, VA, 23058 any time prior to Annual Conference and no later than August 31. (If you don't see all 3 buttons, your browser has shortened the email - click "see entire message" at the bottom of your screen).
Easter Sunrise Service will be held on Sunday, April 21 at 6:30am at the Merchants Square Pavilion in the Spotsylvania Courthouse area. Please contact Carolyn at 540.538.0034 for more information.


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Abnormal release of fat progenitors: when the fat is under pressure!
The presence of ectopic adipocytes in the muscle is known to be detrimental to the metabolism. Until now it has been accepted that these fat cells came from the maturation of a local population of fat progenitors. This study published in Cell Reports shows that in mice in a context of caloric overload, subcutaneous adipose tissue abnormally releases adipose progenitors migrating to muscle, which participate in the formation of ectopic adipocytes and associated metabolic damage.
Adipose tissue has a remarkable plasticity that allows it to adapt to large variations in energy storage. This capacity, based on the increase in the size and number of adipocytes, is however limited and in a prolonged situation of energy imbalance it is frequent to observe an accumulation of lipids called "ectopic" because not associated with adipose tissue. This is particularly the case in skeletal muscle where, in addition to the appearance of small lipid droplets within the muscle fibres, real fat cells form between the muscle fibres and are associated with metabolic disorders such as insulin resistance.
Since researchers had previously shown that subcutaneous adipose tissue in mice was able to release adipose progenitors into the circulation, they hypothesized that ectopic muscle adipocytes could come from these mobilized precursors. To test this hypothesis, they deliberately induced the repeated release of adipose progenitors in mice by pharmacologically targeting with AMD3100 the system responsible for anchoring these cells in adipose tissue (i. e. cytokine CXCL12 and its receptor CXCR4). They then observed that the released fat progenitors had infiltrated the muscle to form ectopic fat cells that altered glucose metabolism in the same way as a diet enriched in fat. Therefore, even in the absence of caloric overload, the induced release of adipocyte precursors is sufficient to mimic the formation of ectopic adipocytes observed during the fat diet and the associated metabolic degradation.
The researchers then tried to modulate this event by limiting the release of these progenitors, with the objective of reducing the harmful formation of ectopic fat cells in the muscle. Mice fed a fat diet and given intermittent treatment with Pioglitazone, an anti-diabetic agent that also has effects on the CXCL12/CXCR4 axis, showed a significant decrease in the amount of ectopic adipocytes. The effects of the molecule on the one hand increase the retention of fat progenitors within the fat tissue itself and on the other hand decrease the migratory capacities of these cells.
In the context of metabolic disorders associated with obesity, this study could help to understand the regulation of the migration of adipose progenitors to skeletal muscle and open new therapeutic strategies. On the other hand, it makes it possible to consider the quantification of circulating adipose progenitors as a diagnostic and/or prognostic biomarker of the development of metabolic diseases.
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'Ghost Story' starring Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks & John Houseman is coming to DVD and Blu-ray for the first time in the U.K. on 7th December 2015 courtesy of Second Sight.
It was one of the most talked about horror films of the early 1980s, thanks, in no small part, for the wealth of Hollywood royalty nearing the end of their careers starring in what was, for many of them, the first and only horror film of their working lives.
The film, based on the acclaimed Peter Straub bestseller (rated by Stephen King as one of the finest examples of the craft of the late 20th century) stars screen legends Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr and John Houseman. Three of the four were making their final film appearances ever, with the acclaimed horror proving to be a fitting epitaph for their talents. The film also stars a haunting Alice Krige (Star Trek).
Ghost Story follows a quartet of elderly friends who while away the time in their dotage by telling each other spooky stories and creepy tales as part of their Chowder Society group.
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Robot Astronaut Robonaut 2 in this year's first went into space.
Currently, NASA makes preparatory operations whose purpose is to launch the space of a humanoid robot Rowboat 2 (R2). The robot will go to the International Space Station (ISS) in the mission Discovery STS-133 launch is scheduled for the month of September 2010. Rowboat robot 2, which we already told in the pages of our site was developed and manufactured jointly by scientists and engineers of NASA and the company General Motors (GM). 140 killogrammovy Rowboat 2 consists of a torso, head and two hands with tassels capture, performed like a human hand. The robot, in conjunction with the Canadian robot Dexter, will be the second robot to the ISS and the first humanoid robot in space.
At that time, as has already been installed on the ISS robot Dexter deployed outside the station, R2 will be installed in the premises of the laboratory Destiny, located in the U.S. segment of ISS. However, the subsequent modification of the robot R2 may allow him to move freely throughout the interior stations, and probably beyond. Existing robot Rowboat 2 not only has the shape close to a human, he can work as a member of the team. With such human hands and wrists, R2 can perform the same operations and actions, as well as ordinary people, in some cases even faster and better person.
"Using the robot Rowboat 2 on the space station is just the beginning of the process of automated research and space exploration, carried out jointly by humans and robots" – said John Olson (John Olson), director of NASA on the integration of research systems (NASA Exploration Systems Integration Office). "Working people and robots in the field of the solar system allow us to take a step further and achieve more than we can even imagine now."
"So far, R2 is a prototype, it lacks protection systems that will enable it to operate outside the station in outer space, in a change of extremely high and low temperatures. However, testing of the robot inside the station will be an important intermediate stage, at which the to test the robot in weightlessness, will be studied the effects of exposure to a cosmic radiation and electromagnetic field caused by the influence of solar radiation "- added Olson.
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The Arima Kinen in Nakayama is the last big flat race of the year and it will be the world's biggest betting horse race. About 230.000.000 Euro were wagered only in Japan last year.
This year the clear favourite is Orfevre and it will be the last race of his successful racing career. The son of Stay Gold had won the Japanese Triple Crown and the Arima Kinen in 2011 and became runner-up the last two times at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
As neither Japan Cup winner Gentildonna, the Arc-fourth Kizuna, Japanese St Leger gainer Epiphaneia, Eishin Flash nor Tenno Sho (Autumn) winner Just A Way will take part, the defending titleholder Gold Ship seems the only serious rival of Orfevre. The grey, also a son of Stay Gold, won the Japanese 2000 Guineas, the Japanese St. Leger and the Arima Kinen last year. In June he then won the Takarazuka Kinen ahead of Gentildonna, but totally disappointed in his two races after a break, finished only 15th in the Japan Cup. He will be ridden for the first time by Ryan Moore, who had just been successful with Gentildonna.
If both favourites would display signs of weakness, the veteran Tosen Jordan might be on the spot. After several disappointing runs he surprised the experts when just got third in the Japan Cup. Barely behind him finished Admire Rakti, the stayer had displayed great final speed several times before.
A horse of interest could be Win Variation. The 5-year-old became second behind Orfevre in the Japanese Derby 2011. During a break of almost one and a half years he added 30 kg but was not disgraced when finished third ahead of To The Glory on his comeback in the Kinko Sho at the end of November. This Group 2 race was won by Curren Mirotic, who had given his racing debut. Like Admire Rakti also Curren Mirotic is a son of the former Arima Kinen winner Heart's Cry, it cannot be ruled out that he will surprise in Nakayama.
The field of the Arima Kinen is largely selected by a vote from racing fans. The top eight elected horses are invited to the race, the other half are determined by the amount of prize money they won.
The race is named after the former president of the Japan Racing Association (JRA) Yoriyasu Arima, who founded it in 1956 as Nakayama Grand Prix. Meanwhile it is a major social event in Japan, comparable with the Melbourne Cup or the Grand National.
The Arima Kinen is run in the inner circle of the Nakayama racecourse where the turns are pretty tight. The final stretch of the racecourse is only 310 meters short, but rises the last 200 meters.


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Der Arroyo Del Cerro Chato ist ein Fluss in Uruguay.

Er entspringt an der Grenze des Departamento Salto zum Nachbardepartamento Rivera westlich des Ortes Masoller. Von dort verläuft er in westliche Richtung, vorbei am Cerro Cachorro im Süden sowie dem Cerro Chato im Norden und mündet flussaufwärts des Paso Jouvin als rechtsseitiger Nebenfluss in den Río Arapey.

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Toyota Celebrates a Sedan Serious About Play: the All-New Avalon
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Today Toyota launches a national marketing campaign, titled "Serious Play," for the all-new 2019 Avalon that dares drivers to experience adventure, spontaneity and playfulness, and reminds all that the thrill of driving is the real prize. The campaign drives home the notion that the completely redesigned Avalon has everything drivers need to get more out of life.
The all-new Toyota Avalon – designed, engineered and assembled in the U.S. – embodies consumers' overarching desire for high-caliber, design-centric, technologically-savvy modes of attainable, premium transportation.
"The Toyota team has transformed the driving experience for our flagship sedan to set a new standard for the premium segment and satiate drivers' desire for authenticity, spontaneity and exploration," said Ed Laukes, group vice president, marketing, Toyota Motor North America.
Two of the "Serious Play" campaign's national 30-second TV spots, Let's Race and Trojan Horse, were directed by renowned director Craig Gillespie, most recently known for the award-winning film "I, Tonya." A third bold and daring 30-second spot, Catch Me If You Can, was directed by Daniel Azancot. The commercials were developed using multicultural insights aimed at a transcultural audience. The campaign also includes a series of digital videos including Roundabout, River Run, Scavenger Hunt, Waiting, Hybrid at Play, Musical Play, Performance Play, Group Play, Connected Play and Simon Says created to tell stories of an impulsive quest for adventure.
The fully-integrated campaign was developed between two of Toyota's agencies of record, including Saatchi & Saatchi and Burrell Communications.
The "Serious Play" TV spots will air in select targeted cable programming across NBCU, FOX Networks, Viacom, Turner and Discovery Cable networks. Additional elements of the campaign include dynamic digital, audio as well as print ads in high profile publications such as Esquire, Condé Nast Traveler, Food & Wine and Architectural Digest. New integrated media partnerships include Pinterest Pincodes, Discovery, Reddit/WBUR's "Endless Thread" Podcast series, and more. Additionally, spots will air within select movie titles in theatres nationwide throughout the summer in conjunction with National CineMedia. Overall, this campaign is slated to deliver 3.1 billion impressions.
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What Is Information Management?
Information management (IM) is "the collection and management of information from one or more sources and the distribution of that information to one or more audiences."
Information management can take on many forms. In fact, it's all around us. Your email inbox, the file system on your computer or phone, and even a physical filing cabinet are all examples of information management.
Still, with so many forms of information—such as text, audio, videos and more—along with swaths of new and old devices distributing it, it's hard to keep track of all that's coming in. This is especially cumbersome in a business environment, where up-to-date and accurate information is crucial.
Although the components of information management can be difficult to define, we'll break down this concept into three key categories: accessibility, storage and governance.
Accessibility in the context of information management comes down to whether or not data is easy for users to access when they need it. Features such as full-text search and metadata fields can support organization and search-ability, which are essential to making information available to users once they have access to a system.
For a look at how information management principles could play out in the physical world, let's use the example of a local library.
Here, the public can browse books organized alphabetically by metadata such as author and title. This way, if someone were looking for a work by one of their favorite writers, it would be accessible and easy for them to find. They can also always ask the librarian, whose encyclopedic knowledge of book titles, authors and famous quotes makes them almost like a human search engine, enabling them to find books even faster. A library not using these information management strategies might just have books of varying authors, titles and genres mixed, stacked and sorted any which way along with an unfortunately empty front desk—putting the burden entirely on eager readers to find what they need.
Storage and Preservation
Another key component of information management is ensuring that processes and methodologies are in place for the proper storage, maintenance and disposal of data. Certain laws and regulations even establish special retention rules for important or sensitive information types. In addition, it's imperative to keep data updated to avoid confusion and protect it in case of disaster.
Let's return to our imaginary library. To establish some retention rules, the library might only keep out the most recent five years of magazines and newspapers, and retire older issues to an archives room in the back of the building or in the basement—save for historically significant issues kept for students and curious historians.
The library might also preserve all issues, new and old, in a secure environment such as plastic sleeves to keep them from wear and tear.
Lastly, to ensure that reference materials have the most updated information, encyclopedias and dictionaries would be put under some form of version control—always available in the most recent edition, with earlier editions available by special request.
Good governance is about having controls in place to ensure that processes and procedures are followed. It's also especially important to establish and enforce security policies so that only those authorized to view or edit information can do so.
For a library to enforce strict information governance, it might need to take some controversial measures. For one, it might enforce access rights by keeping books under lock and key to make sure unauthorized users can't read or tamper with them. Second, to ensure information remains intact and reduce fraud, books would need to be returned by the person that borrowed them unless they get express written permission from the library. To track activity, the library might also want to install security cameras to make sure visitors are following the rules, and put trackers on each book that would beep in case of theft. Lastly, the classic check-in and check-out log practices might have to be revised to include permanent ink and a preserved archive of all logs for each and every book, in case this library was audited by a governing body and needed to present a thorough report.
Information Management Solutions for the Real World
It can be difficult to support information management principles in a non-digital setting. That's why organizations seeking to better manage information need a scalable solution that gives them the tools and capabilities for success.
With a digital system, not only can you easily create and follow the rules, you barely need to lift a finger with the help of process automation suites or digital bots that learn your day-to-day tasks. Most of all, a digital system can more accurately keep an audit trail for compliance purposes.
In terms of the future and innovations in the information management space, intelligent information management (IIM) is becoming increasingly popular. This methodology aims to take the core principles of information management and enhance them to account for new analytics technologies and forms of content, such as social media.
To summarize, information management, in a business sense, is a way for staff to easily access and share information, while also keeping it up-to-date, preserved and secure. While you can manage your information by conventional, paper-based methods, it is far more cost-effective to do so with digital, innovative solutions.
To learn more about how an information management solution can create impactful change for your organization, check out our white paper, 5 Strategies for Driving Digital Transformation.
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