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Interview: Jean-Stéphane Bron, director of The Paris Opera
– October 16, 2017Find Others: Director, InterviewGet More: Documentary, Film Movement
Last week, Disc Dish had a chat with Swiss filmmaker Jean-Stéphane Bron, best known on these shores for his documentaries The Blocher Experience (2013) and Cleveland vs. Wall Street (2010). His latest film, The Paris Opera, is a feature-length chronicle on the venerable French institution, which produces numerous operas and ballets each year that are performed at the Opera Bastille and the Palais Garnier.
Disc Dish: Okay, after watching The Paris Opera, I must first ask you: Are you an opera lover?
Jean-Stéphane Bron: No. Not at all. I knew nothing about opera prior to this film.
DD: So you went into this not even being a casual fan?
Bron: That's right. The first day I ever went into an opera house was early on when we were just considering making the film. Certainly, I was curious. I wanted to capture the society that exists in this world of the opera. The only opera I have ever seen is Shoenberg's Moses and Aaron, which the Paris Opera was rehearsing when we shot the film. I saw all the rehearsals…
DD: You take such an expansive look at the Paris Opera—the performers, the administration, the costumers, the musicians, all the personalities… My first reaction to the film was that it is not easy to create great collaborative art!
Bron: It takes a lot of work. And a lot of pain. I saw at the Paris Opera that there are moments where people are together and that they must fight, and then they must work together to accomplish what they create. And then there are moments these artists are fighting with themselves—that comes from the passion of being an artist. Yes, the creation of art takes a great deal of pain…and passion.
DD: Your previous feature-length doc was 2013's The Blocher Experience, wherein you followed the controversial, right-leaning Swiss politician Christoph Blocher across the country as he campaigned. How did The Paris Opera get in line as your follow-up project?
Bron: It was a way to cure myself from the prior years spent with Blocher! I spent three years with him and it was hard to handle his kind of populism when basically it sticks deep into the heart of democracy. I wanted to find a place where I could show something different – something democratic, something where everyone had a common goal; something that was the opposite of Blocher—where everyone wanted to do something together. When my producer, an opera fan, told me about all the changes going on at the Paris Opera—a new director, a new choreographer and so on—I thought it might be a good time to do something there.
DD: Obviously, when one hears about your film, one is reminded of Frederick Wiseman's La Danse: The Paris Opera from 2009, which also documents you-know-what. Full disclosure: I haven't seen La Danse, but I'm sensing that you take a more all-encompassing look at the Paris Opera than Wiseman does.
Bron: The Wiseman film, which was great, was more about the work of the dancer and the choreographer—it captured the spirit of worked created at the Garnier. And Wiseman is observing from a very specific, very narrow view—his own! Unlike Wiseman, I wanted to include both the Garnier and the more modern Bastille opera house and all that happens in the two. But I treated it all as one world—it was one world for me—so I didn't identify either of them when they were on the screen.
DD: So rather than seeing the Paris Opera through the director's eyes, we're seeing it through the character's point of view?
Bron: Yes! I had done the "casting" early on at the Paris Opera and I knew who I wanted to follow. It was those characters that led me in certain directions and then to the "show." They provided the story. From the beginning I knew I had to find characters I could identify with. And I wanted all "layers" of the opera's society
DD: Like the young bass-baritone Micha Timoshenko?
Bron: For me, it was Micha, a Russian who didn't knew France, Paris or even the language. Watching him as he auditioned and tried to make his way into the society of the Paris Opera—I felt the closest to him. I wanted the audience to see the Paris Opera through his eyes. When we focus on [choregrapher] Benjamin Millepied, we see it through his eyes.
DD: And then there's Stéphane Lissner, the director of the Paris Opera…
Bron: Stéphane Lissner—his job can't be compared to any other job in the other! The Paris Opera puts up nineteen shows a season–operas and ballets–and he is involved in every one of them. Building the season, casting, set and costume designs, dealing with visiting artists, the choreographers….And then he has the business side of it. He has to be involved in the artistry and the business of everything! Seeing the Paris Opera through his eyes–that is an extraordinary thing.
The Paris Opera, distributed by Film Movement, opens theatrically in New York City and Los Angeles this week and San Francisco, Washington D.C. , Boston and additional markets over the coming weeks. See www.parisoperafilm.com for further information.

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The Saint-Alban-2 power station is an old hydroelectric power station located on the Sainte-Anne River at the level of the Sainte-Anne River Gorges in Saint-Alban in province of Quebec (Canada). It was built between 1925 and 1927 to replace the Saint-Alban-2 power station, which was destroyed by a flood in 1924. It was in use until 1984. It was built at the start of the 2000s to be included in the Portneuf Regional Natural Park.
The power station, the balance chimney, the penstock as well as the dam were cited as heritage building in 2002 by the municipality of Saint-Alban.

History

The Saint-Alban-1 power station was built between 1911 and 1917 by the Portneuf Hydraulic Company. In 1924, a flood destroyed the powerhouse, causing the bankruptcy of the company. A new power plant was built by the Portneuf Power Company, a subsidiary of the Shawinigan Water & Power Company between 1915 and 1927. The new power plant incorporates elements of the old power plant, including the arch dam . She built new structures, including a power plant further from the falls, a penstock and a balance chimney.

In 1963, following the nationalization of electricity, the power plant passed into the hands of Hydro-Québec. It was closed in 1984. A new powerhouse was built at the new dam in 1996 by Algonquin Power Fund. In the early 2000s, the site of the power station was set up to accommodate one of the sectors of the Portneuf Regional Natural Park. The Saint-Alban-2 generating station was cited as a heritage building by the municipality of Saint-Alban on April 2, 2002.

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Appendices

Related articles
 List of the real estate heritage of the Capitale-Nationale
 Cave of Cascatelles
 Portneuf Regional Natural Park

External links

Buildings and structures in Capitale-Nationale
Former hydroelectric power stations
Buildings and structures completed in 1927
1920s architecture
Historic buildings and structures in Canada
Hydroelectric power stations in Quebec

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M&S aims to give breasts a retro cone shape thanks to specially constructed padding.
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I have acquired a RF60 to use with my V6 transcievers. In the download area it is stated that "For use with Cactus V6, use firmware version 142 and earlier".
My RF60 came with FW 202, which seems to work fine. I updated to FW 204 and haven't seen any issues... is there any reason NOT to use the latest SW when using V6 and RF60 together?
To use RF60 with V6 (original version), you need to update their firmware to the latest version, which is V2.04 for RF60 and V2.1.001 for V6.
I've been using RF60 v.142 and V6 v.1.1.019 for many years without any troubles. At one time, I played with some newer versions of the firmwares but finally decided to stick with the firmware versions listed above. It's time consuming and can be frustrated. I've just bought (2) RF60 and would like to upgrade their existing v.124 to my preferred v.142. The new firmware updater doesn't allow me to get the older firmwares (meaning v.142 doesn't show on the list). How do I get the old firmware updater? Please help.
@ngoctran We have uploaded the V.142 at your request. The updater is now able to show the older firmware of RF60.
Thanks so much for helping loyal Cactus customers. While waiting for your response, I've tried V. 205 for RF60 and V. 2.1.001 for V6 (I use Fuji X-E2 and Nikon D600 cameras) and except two misfires (RF60 fired randomly by itself without receiving any signals), they seems to be rather stable firmware releases. To be safe, I'll switch all my RF60s and V6s to my preferred firmwares. Would you also help us to have the new Updater show the legacy V.1.1.019 for V6? Those two firmwares (V. 142 for RF60 and V. 1.1.019 for V6) interact flawlessly, as I said, after using them for many years without any troubles. I think you know why: I care less for HSS and TTL. When I really need to go HSS, I'll switch my system to V6II and RF60X. Thanks for your help.
No problem. We have re-loaded the V1.1.019 in the server.


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Taken together, the available results are mixed, with slightly more null results than overall positive findings of enhancement and evidence of impairment in one reversal learning task. As the effect sizes listed in Table 5 show, the effects when found are generally substantial. When drug effects were assessed as a function of placebo performance, genotype, or self-reported impulsivity, enhancement was found to be greatest for participants who performed most poorly on placebo, had a COMT genotype associated with poorer executive function, or reported being impulsive in their everyday lives. In sum, the effects of stimulants on cognitive control are not robust, but MPH and d-AMP appear to enhance cognitive control in some tasks for some people, especially those less likely to perform well on cognitive control tasks.
Smart Pill appears to be a powerful dietary supplement that blends ingredients with proven positive effect on the brain, thus promoting mental health. Some problems like attention disorders, mood disorders, or stress can be addressed with this formula. The high price related to the amount provided for a month can be a minus, but the ingredients used a strong link to brain health. Other supplements that provide the same effect can be found online, so a quick search is advised to find the best-suited supplement for your particular needs. If any problems arise, consult a medical doctor immediately.
Expect to experience an increase in focus and a drastic reduction in reaction time [11][12][13][14][15][16]. You'll have an easier time quickly switching between different mental tasks, and will experience an increase in general cognitive ability [17][18]. Queal Flow also improves cognition and motivation, by means of reducing anxiety and stress [19][20][21][22][23]. If you're using Flow regularly for a longer period of time, it's also very likely to improve your mental health in the long term (reducing cognitive decline), and might even improve your memory [24][25].
The placebos can be the usual pills filled with olive oil. The Nature's Answer fish oil is lemon-flavored; it may be worth mixing in some lemon juice. In Kiecolt-Glaser et al 2011, anxiety was measured via the Beck Anxiety scale; the placebo mean was 1.2 on a standard deviation of 0.075, and the experimental mean was 0.93 on a standard deviation of 0.076. (These are all log-transformed covariates or something; I don't know what that means, but if I naively plug those numbers into Cohen's d, I get a very large effect: \frac{1.2 - 0.93}{0.076}=3.55.)
The magnesium was neither randomized nor blinded and included mostly as a covariate to avoid confounding (the Noopept coefficient & t-value increase somewhat without the Magtein variable), so an OR of 1.9 is likely too high; in any case, this experiment was too small to reliably detect any effect (~26% power, see bootstrap power simulation in the magnesium section) so we can't say too much.
American employers are already squeezing more productivity out of fewer workers, so one wonders whether we might feel pressure to enhance our brainpower pharmaceutically, should the state of the art develop so far. Already, workers may be tempted to seek prescriptions for Provigil, a drug that treats daytime sleepiness. Provigil was originally approved as a treatment for narcolepsy and was subsequently approved for use by people who work swing shifts and suffer from excessive daytime sleepiness.
I ultimately mixed it in with the 3kg of piracetam and included it in that batch of pills. I mixed it very thoroughly, one ingredient at a time, so I'm not very worried about hot spots. But if you are, one clever way to get accurate caffeine measurements is to measure out a large quantity & dissolve it since it's easier to measure water than powder, and dissolving guarantees even distribution. This can be important because caffeine is, like nicotine, an alkaloid poison which - the dose makes the poison - can kill in high doses, and concentrated powder makes it easy to take too much, as one inept Englishman discovered the hard way. (This dissolving trick is applicable to anything else that dissolves nicely.)
Another popular option is nicotine. Scientists are increasingly realising that this drug is a powerful nootropic, with the ability to improve a person's memory and help them to focus on certain tasks – though it also comes with well-documented obvious risks and side effects. "There are some very famous neuroscientists who chew Nicorette in order to enhance their cognitive functioning. But they used to smoke and that's their substitute," says Huberman.
Smart pills are defined as drugs or prescription medication used to treat certain mental disorders, from milder ones such as brain fog, to some more severe like ADHD. They are often referred to as 'nootropics' but even though the two terms are often used interchangeably, smart pills and nootropics represent two different types of cognitive enhancers.
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An expert in legal and ethical issues surrounding health care technology, Associate Professor Eric Swirsky suggested that both groups have valid arguments, but that neither group is asking the right questions. Prof Swirsky is the clinical associate professor of biomedical and health information sciences in the UIC College of Applied Health Sciences.
Took pill #6 at 12:35 PM. Hard to be sure. I ultimately decided that it was Adderall because I didn't have as much trouble as I normally would in focusing on reading and then finishing my novel (Surface Detail) despite my family watching a movie, though I didn't notice any lack of appetite. Call this one 60-70% Adderall. I check the next evening and it was Adderall.
Though coffee gives instant alertness, the effect lasts only for a short while. People who drink coffee every day may develop caffeine tolerance; this is the reason why it is still important to control your daily intake. It is advisable that an individual should not consume more than 300 mg of coffee a day. Caffeine, the world's favorite nootropic has fewer side effects, but if consumed abnormally in excess, it can result in nausea, restlessness, nervousness, and hyperactivity. This is the reason why people who need increased sharpness would instead induce L-theanine, or some other Nootropic, along with caffeine. Today, you can find various smart drugs that contain caffeine in them. OptiMind, one of the best and most sought-after nootropics in the U.S, containing caffeine, is considered best brain supplement for adults and kids when compared to other focus drugs present in the market today.
If smart drugs are the synthetic cognitive enhancers, sleep, nutrition and exercise are the "natural" ones. But the appeal of drugs like Ritalin and modafinil lies in their purported ability to enhance brain function beyond the norm. Indeed, at school or in the workplace, a pill that enhanced the ability to acquire and retain information would be particularly useful when it came to revising and learning lecture material. But despite their increasing popularity, do prescription stimulants actually enhance cognition in healthy users?
Cognition is a suite of mental phenomena that includes memory, attention and executive functions, and any drug would have to enhance executive functions to be considered truly 'smart'. Executive functions occupy the higher levels of thought: reasoning, planning, directing attention to information that is relevant (and away from stimuli that aren't), and thinking about what to do rather than acting on impulse or instinct. You activate executive functions when you tell yourself to count to 10 instead of saying something you may regret. They are what we use to make our actions moral and what we think of when we think about what makes us human.
Barbara Sahakian, a neuroscientist at Cambridge University, doesn't dismiss the possibility of nootropics to enhance cognitive function in healthy people. She would like to see society think about what might be considered acceptable use and where it draws the line – for example, young people whose brains are still developing. But she also points out a big problem: long-term safety studies in healthy people have never been done. Most efficacy studies have only been short-term. "Proving safety and efficacy is needed," she says.
The peculiar tired-sharp feeling was there as usual, and the DNB scores continue to suggest this is not an illusion, as they remain in the same 30-50% band as my normal performance. I did not notice the previous aboulia feeling; instead, around noon, I was filled with a nervous energy and a disturbingly rapid pulse which meditation & deep breathing did little to help with, and which didn't go away for an hour or so. Fortunately, this was primarily at church, so while I felt irritable, I didn't actually interact with anyone or snap at them, and was able to keep a lid on it. I have no idea what that was about. I wondered if it might've been a serotonin storm since amphetamines are some of the drugs that can trigger storms but the Adderall had been at 10:50 AM the previous day, or >25 hours (the half-lives of the ingredients being around 13 hours). An hour or two previously I had taken my usual caffeine-piracetam pill with my morning tea - could that have interacted with the armodafinil and the residual Adderall? Or was it caffeine+modafinil? Speculation, perhaps. A house-mate was ill for a few hours the previous day, so maybe the truth is as prosaic as me catching whatever he had.
As already mentioned, AMPs and MPH are classified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as Schedule II substances, which means that buying or selling them is a felony offense. This raises the question of how the drugs are obtained by students for nonmedical use. Several studies addressed this question and yielded reasonably consistent answers.
Flow diagram of epidemiology literature search completed July 1, 2010. Search terms were nonmedical use, nonmedical use, misuse, or illicit use, and prescription stimulants, dextroamphetamine, methylphenidate, Ritalin, or Adderall. Stages of subsequent review used the information contained in the titles, abstracts, and articles to determine whether articles reported studies of the extent of nonmedical prescription stimulant use by students and related questions addressed in the present article including students' motives and frequency of use.
Analyzing the results is a little tricky because I was simultaneously running the first magnesium citrate self-experiment, which turned out to cause a quite complex result which looks like a gradually-accumulating overdose negating an initial benefit for net harm, and also toying with LLLT, which turned out to have a strong correlation with benefits. So for the potential small Noopept effect to not be swamped, I need to include those in the analysis. I designed the experiment to try to find the best dose level, so I want to look at an average Noopept effect but also the estimated effect at each dose size in case some are negative (especially in the case of 5-pills/60mg); I included the pilot experiment data as 10mg doses since they were also blind & randomized. Finally, missingness affects analysis: because not every variable is recorded for each date (what was the value of the variable for the blind randomized magnesium citrate before and after I finished that experiment? what value do you assign the Magtein variable before I bought it and after I used it all up?), just running a linear regression may not work exactly as one expects as various days get omitted because part of the data was missing.
However, when I didn't stack it with Choline, I would get what users call "racetam headaches." Choline, as Patel explains, is not a true nootropic, but it's still a pro-cognitive compound that many take with other nootropics in a stack. It's an essential nutrient that humans need for functions like memory and muscle control, but we can't produce it, and many Americans don't get enough of it. The headaches I got weren't terribly painful, but they were uncomfortable enough that I stopped taking Piracetam on its own. Even without the headache, though, I didn't really like the level of focus Piracetam gave me. I didn't feel present when I used it, even when I tried to mix in caffeine and L-theanine. And while it seemed like I could focus and do my work faster, I was making more small mistakes in my writing, like skipping words. Essentially, it felt like my brain was moving faster than I could.
Yes, according to a new policy at Duke University, which says that the "unauthorized use of prescription medicine to enhance academic performance" should be treated as cheating." And no, according to law professor Nita Farahany, herself based at Duke University, who has called the policy "ill-conceived," arguing that "banning smart drugs disempowers students from making educated choices for themselves."
Clarke and Sokoloff (1998) remarked that although [a] common view equates concentrated mental effort with mental work…there appears to be no increased energy utilization by the brain during such processes (p. 664), and …the areas that participate in the processes of such reasoning represent too small a fraction of the brain for changes in their functional and metabolic activities to be reflected in the energy metabolism of the brain… (p. 675).
Blinding stymied me for a few months since the nasty taste was unmistakable and I couldn't think of any gums with a similar flavor to serve as placebo. (The nasty taste does not seem to be due to the nicotine despite what one might expect; Vaniver plausibly suggested the bad taste might be intended to prevent over-consumption, but nothing in the Habitrol ingredient list seemed to be noted for its bad taste, and a number of ingredients were sweetening sugars of various sorts. So I couldn't simply flavor some gum.)
These are the most popular nootropics available at the moment. Most of them are the tried-and-tested and the benefits you derive from them are notable (e.g. Guarana). Others are still being researched and there haven't been many human studies on these components (e.g. Piracetam). As always, it's about what works for you and everyone has a unique way of responding to different nootropics.
l-theanine (Examine.com) is occasionally mentioned on Reddit or Imminst or LessWrong32 but is rarely a top-level post or article; this is probably because theanine was discovered a very long time ago (>61 years ago), and it's a pretty straightforward substance. It's a weak relaxant/anxiolytic (Google Scholar) which is possibly responsible for a few of the health benefits of tea, and which works synergistically with caffeine (and is probably why caffeine delivered through coffee feels different from the same amount consumed in tea - in one study, separate caffeine and theanine were a mixed bag, but the combination beat placebo on all measurements). The half-life in humans seems to be pretty short, with van der Pijl 2010 putting it ~60 minutes. This suggests to me that regular tea consumption over a day is best, or at least that one should lower caffeine use - combining caffeine and theanine into a single-dose pill has the problem of caffeine's half-life being much longer so the caffeine will be acting after the theanine has been largely eliminated. The problem with getting it via tea is that teas can vary widely in their theanine levels and the variations don't seem to be consistent either, nor is it clear how to estimate them. (If you take a large dose in theanine like 400mg in water, you can taste the sweetness, but it's subtle enough I doubt anyone can actually distinguish the theanine levels of tea; incidentally, r-theanine - the useless racemic other version - anecdotally tastes weaker and less sweet than l-theanine.)
It looks like the overall picture is that nicotine is absorbed well in the intestines and the colon, but not so well in the stomach; this might be the explanation for the lack of effect, except on the other hand, the specific estimates I see are that 10-20% of the nicotine will be bioavailable in the stomach (as compared to 50%+ for mouth or lungs)… so any of my doses of >5ml should have overcome the poorer bioavailability! But on the gripping hand, these papers are mentioning something about the liver metabolizing nicotine when absorbed through the stomach, so…
For illustration, consider amphetamines, Ritalin, and modafinil, all of which have been proposed as cognitive enhancers of attention. These drugs exhibit some positive effects on cognition, especially among individuals with lower baseline abilities. However, individuals of normal or above-average cognitive ability often show negligible improvements or even decrements in performance following drug treatment (for details, see de Jongh, Bolt, Schermer, & Olivier, 2008). For instance, Randall, Shneerson, and File (2005) found that modafinil improved performance only among individuals with lower IQ, not among those with higher IQ. [See also Finke et al 2010 on visual attention.] Farah, Haimm, Sankoorikal, & Chatterjee 2009 found a similar nonlinear relationship of dose to response for amphetamines in a remote-associates task, with low-performing individuals showing enhanced performance but high-performing individuals showing reduced performance. Such ∩-shaped dose-response curves are quite common (see Cools & Robbins, 2004)
The information learned in the tasks reviewed so far was explicit, declarative, and consistent within each experiment. In contrast, probabilistic and procedural learning tasks require the subject to gradually extract a regularity in the associations among stimuli from multiple presentations in which the correct associations are only presented some of the time, with incorrect associations also presented. Findings are mixed in these tasks. Breitenstein and colleagues (2004, 2006) showed subjects drawings of common objects accompanied by nonsense word sounds in training sessions that extended over multiple days. They found faster learning of the to-be-learned, higher probability pairings between sessions (consistent with enhanced retention over longer delays). Breitenstein et al. (2004) found that this enhancement remained a year later. Schlösser et al. (2009) tested subjects' probabilistic learning ability in the context of a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study, comparing performance and brain activation with MPH and placebo. MPH did not affect learning performance as measured by accuracy. Although subjects were overall faster in responding on MPH, this difference was independent of the difficulty of the learning task, and the authors accordingly attributed it to response processes rather than learning.
There is an ancient precedent to humans using natural compounds to elevate cognitive performance. Incan warriors in the 15th century would ingest coca leaves (the basis for cocaine) before battle. Ethiopian hunters in the 10th century developed coffee bean paste to improve hunting stamina. Modern athletes ubiquitously consume protein powders and hormones to enhance their training, recovery, and performance. The most widely consumed psychoactive compound today is caffeine. Millions of people use coffee and tea to be more alert and focused.
Supplements, medications, and coffee certainly might play a role in keeping our brains running smoothly at work or when we're trying to remember where we left our keys. But the long-term effects of basic lifestyle practices can't be ignored. "For good brain health across the life span, you should keep your brain active," Sahakian says. "There is good evidence for 'use it or lose it.'" She suggests brain-training apps to improve memory, as well as physical exercise. "You should ensure you have a healthy diet and not overeat. It is also important to have good-quality sleep. Finally, having a good work-life balance is important for well-being." Try these 8 ways to get smarter while you sleep.
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Working at Nordnet
Nordnet's Annual General Meeting 2017
Nordnets' Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday April 25, 2017. Below are the most important decisions from the meeting.
A dividend of SEK 1.00 per share will be paid for the fiscal year 2016 with record day 27 April 2017. The dividend is expected to be paid from Euroclear Sweden AB on 3 May 2017.
The board shall consist of six board members and no deputies. Until the next AGM, Hans Larsson was re-elected as chairman of the board, and Tom Dinkelspiel, Jan Dinkelspiel, Christian Frick, Christopher Ekdahl and Pierre Siri was re-elected as board members.
It was decided that a board fee of SEK 1,850,000 shall be distributed among the members elected by the AGM. Remuneration to the chairman Hans Larsson amounts to SEK 500,000, SEK 250,000 to Pierre Siri and SEK 150,000 each to the other four board members.
In addition, remuneration for work in the board committees is paid with SEK 25,000 per committee that the board member is attending. A remuneration of SEK 50,000 is paid to the chairman of each committee. However, remuneration for the work in the Risk and Compliance committee amounts SEK 150,000 to the chairman and SEK 75,000 to each of the other members of the committee.
No remuneration will be paid to a board member that is employed by the Company or its subsidiaries. The Board fee may, if it is cost neutral for the Company, and after a written agreement with the Company, be invoiced by the board member's wholly owned company and if so, the invoiced fee will be increased by an amount corresponding to social security costs and with value added tax. Fees to the auditors are paid on an ongoing basis.
The Company shall have one auditor and no deputy auditor. The registered audit firm Deloitte AB was elected until the end of the AGM that will be held during 2018.
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This chapter introduces joint beamforming (or precoding) and space-time coding for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) channels. First, we explain key ideas of beamforming and space- time coding and then we discuss the joint design of beamformer and space-time codes and its benefits. Beamforming techniques play a key role in smart antenna systems as they can provide various features, including spatially selective transmissions to increase the capacity and coverage increase. STC techniques can offer both coding gain and diversity gain over MIMO channels. Thus, joint beamforming and STC is a more practical approach to exploit both spatial correlation and diversity gain of MIMO channels. We believe that joint design will be actively employed in future standards for wireless communications.
The last decade has seen an increased interest in the study of smart antenna and multiple input multiple output (MIMO) channels. In particular, after Foschini (1998) and Telatar (1999) showed that multiple antenna systems are capable of providing large capacity increase in wireless transmissions, there have been an increased number of research studies for MIMO channels in various aspects, including propagations, space-time transmission schemes, and receiver design. Smart antenna systems are some of the particular examples to exploit the potential of MIMO channels. Beamforming techniques are crucial for smart antenna systems. Conventional beamforming techniques have been well developed for the signal reception to exploit diversity gain and/or suppress interfering signals (Winters, 1998). Provided that the channel state information (CSI) is known at the transmitter equipped with multiple antennas, beamforming is available for the signal transmission to provide spatial selectivity. In multiuser communications, this spatial selectivity leads to the spatial multiplexing gain and space division multiple access (SDMA).
Transmit beamforming can provide not only spatial selectivity, but also transmit diversity gain (Lo, 1999; Choi, 2002a). Transmit diversity can be achieved if multiple (independent) fading channels available by the transmitter. Generally, transmit diversity gain can be exploited by beamforming if instantaneous CSI is available at the transmitter. On the other hand, if statistical properties of CSI (e.g., the spatial correlation of MIMO channels) are only available, beamforming gain can be achieved, but not diversity gain. Thus, the CSI at the transmitter is often critical to exploit the transmit diversity gain. However, one general drawback of the methods relying on instantaneous CSI at the transmitter is feasibility and the need of feedback of CSI from the receiver to the transmitter.
Limited feedback issue becomes important for closed-loop transmit diversity including the beamforming methods relying on instantaneous CSI. In (Choi, 2002a; Love, 2003; Mukkavilli, 2003), beamforming methods are considered with limited feedback that provides partial CSI to the transmitter.
If CSI is not available at the transmitter, space-time coding (STC) can be applied. A number of STC methods have been investigated to improve the system performance (Alamouti, 1998; Tarokh, 1998; Tarokh, 1999a; Tarokh, 1999b). So called Orthogonal Space-Time Block Codes (OSTBCs) became quite popular in the context of space-time transmit diversity since they can provide a full diversity with low complexity, however mostly with the drawback of reduced data rates. It is known that the performance can be degraded if channels are spatially correlated (Bolcskei, 2000). The code designs criteria in (Alamouti, 1998) and (Tarokh, 1998) assume that transmit and receive antennas are uncorrelated and each element of the MIMO channel matrix fades independently. However, this is not necessary to be true in practice. For example, in outdoor wireless systems, the base-station (BS) antennas are placed high above the ground and close to each other. In such a scenario, the BS antennas are unobstructed and see no local scatterers leading to high correlation between the BS antennas (Salz, 1994).


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Ode to Women NL
Ode to Polish Women
Ode to Diversity
Sixty Seconds
Ode to Women
Dorota Tyniec and Stanisława Kuzio-Podrucka ©Ania Liesting
Polish Women
We are regularly threatened and verbally abused by men
Dorota Tyniec (65) and Stanisława Kuzio-Podrucka (44), Activists from Poland
We have been taking to the streets together for 5 years. It started with the 'Black Protest' in 2016, when for the first time people in more than 350 cities in Poland protested the government's proposal to introduce a total abortion ban. Since then, we often make our voices heard: for women's rights, LGBTI+, a free and independent judiciary in Poland and for the freedom of the media. Someone has to take the lead so that others get moving. We understand each other almost without words. Something happens, we look at each other and 'are we going?' 'Yes, we are going'.
Dorota: We complement each other well. Stasia is rebellious and doesn't mince words. I am calmer and think education is very important. At the moment I am committed to the case of the Stalag VIII-A. A place here in Zgorzelec, where there used to be a prison camp during the Second World War. There were more than 120,000 inmates, many of whom did not leave the camp alive. Now the political opposition party has decided to sell the land so that houses can be built on it. I find that unacceptable. We must not forget the people of the camp. We must never forget history.
Stasia: People from our circle support us. They know what we stand for, what we fight for. I've become something of a heroine in my neighborhood. People recognize me and yell when we go back out on the street or take other action. Even my mother, when she was healthy, joined the protests. But I also have a neighbor who has been ignoring me for years. It's different on the street. We are regularly abused by men: on the street, in the store. In such a small town you do not remain anonymous when you take actions. On social media they go further than just cursing, we are faced with a terrible threat. I was shocked to see that my home address and work address were shared on the internet. I felt very intimidated. My windows have been pelted with eggs. I filed a report, but the police didn't do anything about it. Since then I always carry tear gas with me. For at least a month I went to work in a taxi. I was too scared to be on the street.
Dorota: It's important to be socially engaged. People need to know what is happening and understand the consequences of certain government decisions. Stasia leads 1000 people through the city shouting 'Kurwa mać, Jebać PiS' (damn, fuck PiS) and on the other side of the city I start with 'dear ladies and gentlemen…' and teach history. Education is very important.
Dorota: Afghanistan has the Taliban, we have Minister Czarnek. He won't behead anyone, but as far as women are concerned, he has much the same vision as the Taliban: women are not partners. They are in favor of having children and sitting at home. It is appalling that neo-fascist organizations are funded from above. These organizations are encouraged by the government to act against protesting women. They do that by force. Our government has a lot on its conscience.
The so-called 'conscience clause' gives the doctor and pharmacist the right to decide for themselves whether or not to prescribe and sell the pill.
Stasia: You see that in Poland more and more young girls, 13-15 years old, are getting pregnant. A bitter consequence of government policy. Sex education in schools is banned, contraception is almost impossible in various places in the country and you can forget about the 'morning-after pill'. Recently I came into contact with a woman from Nowy Sącz. She needed the pill. She already had three children, all born by Caesarean section. Three extremely difficult deliveries and the last thing she wanted was to get pregnant again. In her city she could not get the pill. The so-called 'conscience clause' gives the doctor and pharmacist the right to decide for themselves whether or not to prescribe and sell the pill. The woman was terrified of another pregnancy and desperate. She already wanted to work with a medicine for stomach ulcers. I got her on the pill here in my city and sent it to Nowy Sącz by courier. I was able to help her, but how many women are there who are completely alone and powerless in this kind of situation? Women who risk their lives to dangerously interrupt an unwanted pregnancy.
Dorota: We can count on help from our German neighbor Görlitz. There live Polish women who, for example, give us the pill and also participate in the protests. Financial? We often arrange this ourselves. We pay small amounts ourselves, sometimes we receive donations from sympathizers. Protesting costs money. We can also count on legal and psychological help. Almost all of us get a ticket or are taken to court. The accusations are often absurd. But it has a huge impact on your emotions. You become insecure. Threats on social media and name-calling on the street also affect you a lot. Most of us need to seek psychological help to live with this.
Stasia: The protests have changed people's consciousness. The opposition is on our side and it has our support. But we don't want them to abuse our trust. Some politicians seek popularity through engagement in women's protests. We also monitor their work. We want them to remain loyal when decisions are made. We monitor them.
Dorota: We guard that we are all the face of the protests. It is not about one person or organization, it belongs to all of us. How do we get moving? Sometimes there are calls from Warsaw to take action: Then we take it to the streets. But much more often than not, political events are the trigger. If there is a new bill, we know that it has to be discussed and voted on within a certain period of time. Then we are ready to let you know what we think.
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MCES - The Economic Valuation and Governance of Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Services
CESAM Responsible researcher - Henrique Queiroga
Programme - PRODER-Sub-program; Promotion of K & D - Measure 4.1. Cooperation for Innovation. PA46223-Partnership 469
Execution dates - 2014-03-01 - 2016-02-28 (24 Months)
Funding Entity - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Iniciativa Gulbenkian Oceanos)
Funding for CESAM - 237360 €
Total Funding - 468720 €
Proponent Institution - Nova School of Business and Economics
The MCES research project will be guided by the following central research question:
What is the economic value of marine and coastal ecosystem services provided by the Peniche-Nazaré coast and adjacent sea?
In addition, the research project should also contribute to answer the following secondary research questions: (i) to include a MCES assessment for the whole Portuguese coast, and (ii) to launch, in collaboration with the Portuguese National Institute of Statistics - INE, a pilot study in natural capital accounting in order to incorporate the economic value of MCES into national environmental satellite accounts and/or into national tourism satellite accounts.
In what concerns the main research question, what is at stake is the sustainable management of the use of the existing ES provided by the study site, which encompasses two critical areas of research that aim at contributing to a better understanding of the links between management and use of natural systems and impact on human well-being: (i) how can we robustly model multiple and linked ecosystem processes and services in the context of human decision-making? (ii) how does conservation of ecosystems and changes in ecosystem service flows affect human well-being and what policy instruments can we use to manage human impacts on those services equitably and efficiently? (iii) how can we design policies and institutions to sustainably manage ecosystems and the services provided?
While progress has been made in the integration of economics and ecological sciences for understanding ES, this is still a field in its earlier stage. Our ability to deliver robust science for decision-making at the necessary policy relevant scales, while growing rapidly, remains limited. In order to comply with the objectives, the proposal is structured according to the following research topics:
A- Study Site Characterization and Policy issues: Assessment of the status and trends of marine and coastal ES at the study site - Peniche-Nazaré coast and adjacent sea, assessment of current anthropogenic impacts and relevant policy issues.
B- Valuation of ES at the study site: Total economic value of the selected MCES using the most appropriate valuation methods.
C- Modelling and policy issues: Using scientific results to answer policy questions concerning the study site. Integrated Economic-Ecosystem Models for MCES Policy Analysis.
D- Natural Capital Accounting of MCES
E- National Level Assessment of MCES
Therefore, while issues A, B, and C are instrumental to answer the main research question, issues D and E concern the secondary lines of research, as stated above. A multidisciplinary approach will be developed for this case study by building research teams consisting of economists and natural scientists. Therefore, permanent interaction between the two scientific areas (economics and natural sciences) is a distinguishing characteristic of the current project, as required by the Terms of Reference of the call.
Members on this project
Cristina B. Pita
Eduardo Marques e Silva Rocha de Oliveira
Fábio L. Matos
Graham John Pierce
Henrique Queiroga
João Serôdio
Juan Bueno Pardo
Maria da Luz Bandeira Rodrigues Fernandes
Maria de Fátima Lopes Alves
Marina R. Cunha
Ricardo Calado


2015 has been a long journey for me. A lot of things happened during that year. Sweet memories will be always in my heart and mind while for the bad ones, I just let it go freely since its new year.
Everyone have their own wishlists or goals for the new year, right?
As for me, all I want is to be happy and successful in my life. I want to prove that I can do whatever 'they' think that I can't do. Have my own money so that I can buy whatever I want without using my parent's money. Also get a part time job before I further my studies. Last but not least, gain more experiences in the blogging world.
And for my wishlists, I wanna have my own new camera so that it is easy for me to upload those pictures on my blog. Buying a new makeup and essentials stuff.
I hope you guys have a wonderful day with your loved one. Not to forget, happy new year to all of you.
May 2016 be your another wonderful and great year. InsyaAllah.
and all the best in 2016 dear you!


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Title: Rain events and recharge processes in the San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado
Author: Lanzoni, Michelle
Many drylands around the world are dependent on high-elevation snowmelt for aquifer recharge. Much of the groundwater in the American West relies on precipitation formed in the Rocky Mountains. Understanding how snowmelt-driven recharge may change over time is an important component to sustainably managing these groundwater resources. The San Luis Valley of southern Colorado is the highest elevation area in the United States used for industrial agriculture. Precipitation on the valley floor is 200 mm/yr, but its water resources are sustained by precipitation > 1,000 m higher in the San Juan and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, at the southern extent of the Rocky Mountains. This study asks, what are the main pathways and rates of recharge? Using chemical and isotopic tracers, what can we learn about the water's source? To answer these questions, the following chapters examine 1) atmospheric source water 2) groundwater 3) plant-water, and 4) soil moisture. Chemical and isotopic tracers from >400 samples are used to follow water pathways from condensation, points of recharge, and along flowpaths. For near-surface moisture, chemical and isotopic tracers and electrical resistivity tomography are used to examine water-plant interactions and soil moisture movement in the unsaturated zone. Over a three-year period from 2015 through 2017, >120 precipitation samples were collected and analyzed for chemistry and δ2H/δ18O in order to produce a valley floor Local Meteoric Water Line (LMWL) and a mountain pass high-elevation MWL. Chemical analysis demonstrates a pattern of acid rainfall, reaching greatest acidity (pH 3.9) over a two-week period in late summer. Rain in the early summer of 2015 showed as much as 4.3 mg/L NO3, 12 mg/L SO4, 3.1 mg/L NH4, and 4.6 mg/L K. Heavy metal analysis shows contaminants of health concern in rain, including Cr, Cd, As, Pd, W, Mo, and more than half the rainfall analyzed over three years shows the presence of uranium. Recharge to the confined aquifer is snowmelt-driven. Mountain block recharge, where infiltration occurs at high elevations in the San Juan Mountains appears to contribute the most recharge to the upper confined aquifer. Of those wells sampled > 274 m deep in the eastern side of the valley, the mean isotopic signature is closer to the valley-floor LMWL, suggesting recharge primarily occurs through infiltration at the base of the mountains, as mountain front recharge and as fracture flow. The highest rates of recharge occur in long-screen wells in the deep, unconfined aquifer layer at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Old groundwater from the upper confined aquifer sampled within a 25km2 area of the valley's sump shows a 2.5‰ 18O spread and sits significantly above the LMWL and high-elevation MWL. This water shows a mean deuterium excess (d-xs) of 17.6 ‰, which is nearly double the d-xs of the LMWL. This study argues that in addition to other human alterations to recharge pathways (such as dust-on-snow albedo changes to snowpack, etc.) 20th Century draining of playa wetlands and diverting of surface water have altered a source of recharge not previously considered. Most rain events in the San Luis Valley are < 2 mm and, based on time-lapse resistivity inversions, do not appear to penetrate to a depth sufficient to reach the water table. Soil profiles indicate most precipitation on the valley floor does not penetrate more than 25 cm. Two native phreatophyte plants of the San Luis Valley, E. nauseosa and S. vermiculatus, show distinct patterns of water use and seasonal shifts depending on water availability. Differences between the species are most apparent where groundwater is most accessible. However, where the water table has dropped 6 m over the last decade, both E. nauseosa and S. vermiculatus survive only on near-surface snowmelt and rain. At this site, shrub density is reduced by an order of magnitude, species diversity is lower, and the percentage of exposed, bare earth reaches 45%. This work presents evidence that a primary pathway for aquifer recharge to the San Luis Valley occurs at high elevation, and the mechanism by which it occurs may be changing over time. This dissertation employs traditional and non-traditional hydrological techniques to follow water in the San Luis Valley watershed as it moves through its air-surface-ground water cycle, and by placing hydrological insight within a human context, offers suggestions for the future stewardship of these significant groundwater resources.
Supervisor: Viles, Heather ; Edmunds, Wyndham Michael ; Stone, Abi Sponsor: Rotary Foundation ; American Geophysical Union
Keywords: Water Quality ; Groundwater Recharge ; Isotope Hydrology ; Groundwater Resources ; Wetland Playas ; Water Security


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Titans' injury woes worsen with 7 declared out vs. Chargers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)Tennessee's injury issues continue to worsen with Titans being declared out, including a trio of defensive starters, for Sunday's game at the Los Angeles Chargers.
Rookie wide receiver Treylon Burks did not practice all week and will miss his second straight game because of the concussion sustained Dec. 4 at Philadelphia. Burks suffered the injury on a touchdown catch when Eagles defender Marcus Epps hit him in the face mask.
Defensively, the Titans (7-6) will be short-handed in the secondary with starting cornerback Kristian Fulton (groin) out for the second straight game.
Starting safety Amani Hooker, who has filled in at cornerback in passing situations, did not practice on Thursday or Friday with a knee injury. He also was declared out, and rookie cornerback Tre Avery remains in the concussion protocol.
The Titans had hoped to defensive lineman Denico Autry, who leads the team with seven sacks, would return from the knee injury that has kept him out the past three games. He was limited Wednesday and Thursday, but did not practice Friday and also is out.
Other offensive players who also will sit out the game include running back Dontrell Hilliard, who was carted off the field in last week's loss to Jacksonville with a neck injury, and wide receiver C.J. Board (rib).
The Titans still have a day to possibly activate starting inside linebacker Zach Cunningham and safety Lonnie Johnson off injured reserve. Both started their 21-day return window this week. They've used 80 players, including 25 different defensive starters, this season.
Coach Mike Vrabel said there is a chance offensive lineman Dillon Radunz, who has started four games at guard this season, could play after not getting into the Jacksonville loss. Radunz was the 53rd overall pick out of North Dakota State in the 2021 draft.
"We will keep working with Dillon," Vrabel said. "He did some good stuff. He's played a couple of different positions for us. We will try to expand where he is at. We will see kind of where things lead on Sunday and there is a pretty good chance that he'll probably play multiple positions."
The Titans have given up 10 sacks combined over the past two games – both losses – after allowing only 25 sacks over the first 11 games this season.
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Palliative health care is offered to any patient experiencing a life limiting or life changing illness. The palliative approach includes goals of care, expert symptom management, and advance care planning in order to reduce patient suffering. Complex care can be provided by palliative care specialists while primary palliative care can be given by educated staff nurses. However, according to the literature, intensive care unit (ICU) nurses have demonstrated a lack of knowledge in the provision of primary care as well as experiencing moral distress from that lack of knowledge. In this doctor of nursing practice staff education project, the problem of ICU nurses' lack of knowledge was addressed. Framed within Rosswurm and Larrabee's model for evidence-based practice, the purpose of this project was to develop an evidence-based staff education plan. The outcomes included a literature review matrix, an educational curriculum plan, and a pretest and posttest of questions based on the evidence in the curriculum plan. A physician and a master's prepared social worker, both certified in palliative care, and a hospital nurse educator served as content experts. They evaluated the curriculum plan using a dichotomous 6-item format and concluded that the items met the intent of the objectives. They also conducted content validation on each of the pretest/posttest items using a Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (not relevant) to 4 (very relevant). The content validation index was 0.82 indicating that test items were relevant to the educational curriculum objectives. Primary palliative care by educated ICU nurses can result in positive social change by facilitating empowerment of patients and their families in personal goal-directed care and reduction of suffering.


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This qualification, administered through University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations and British Council, is an essential requirement for overseas pupils wishing to study at UK universities or in other countries where English is the first language. As such it is expected that all overseas pupils will take it. The IELTS course not only prepares pupils for the examination with tasks that require realistic skills useful for university; it also helps pupils improve their overall level of English which underpins their other A-level subjects.
IELTS is a public examination and is taken off site, at a local university, typically in the Summer term of the Lower Sixth. Entry for the exam is facilitated by the Head of EAL who will accompany pupils to the exam centre.
Examination Outline
The exam consists of Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking papers, graded individually and combined to give an overall score. The scores are reported on a 9 band scale with 1 being the lowest and 9 the highest. Each UK or overseas university has its own minimum entry requirement. The exam's validity expires after two years, meaning that it must be taken no more than two years before the pupil starts at university.
At Mill Hill, there is a two-track system for this exam.
The vast majority of Lower Sixth pupils will do a one year course with three lessons per week covering the main skills, as well as lessons focussed on grammar and vocabulary. The course uses a variety of material and course books. Pupils are expected to be pro-active, independent learners. Lower Sixth overseas pupils will take the IELTS Preparation course in addition to three A-level courses and should expect to do the same amount of prep and independent study outside of the classroom as they do for their other subjects. They will take the IELTS examination at the end of the academic year.
For those who have taken IELTS before or who already have an IGCSE/GCSE English (first lan-guage) grade B or above there is a possibility of attending the Fast Track Programme. This runs from September as part of the Activities programme and is every Saturday morning in the first half of term with a view to taking the exam in the second half. If it is felt that a pupil on the Fast Track Programme is unlikely to achieve the band they need for their university of choice they will be asked to return to the main course.
Upper Sixth EAL
After completing the IELTS course in the pupils continue to be supported with their English in the Upper Sixth with one English lesson a week. This is to ensure the maintenance of their level of English, essential for their future university life and career, and to give them an opportunity to ask for help with English for their A-level subjects.
Ms K E Ferson, Head of English as an Additional Language
Sixth Form Subjects25
Sixth Form Enrichment1
Overseas Partnerships5
Higher Education3


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Q: PowerShell searching matches over 3 CSVs ... slow execution I have to find matches over 3 CSVs. It is to find out whether users have AccessRights on PublicFolders in Exchange 2016. For ease of use I have already searched and stored all the needed values in 3 CSVs

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*"PF-Folder_Full.csv": a list of all the Publich Folders (more than 5000)

*"PF-Mailboxes.csv": a list of all the users (around 50)

*"PF-Permissions.csv": the result of
Get-PublicFolderClientPermission -Identity $Folder.Identity

looped through all the Public Folders (that takes ages)
I have written a script that does the job but even on a fast computer it is extremely slow because it has too loop through all the Public Folders and through all the users and then find a match for both values in the permissions
$Folders     = Import-Csv -Path ".\PF-Folder_Full.csv" -Encoding Unicode
$Mailboxes   = Import-Csv -Path ".\PF-Mailboxes.csv" -Encoding Unicode
$Permissions = Import-Csv -Path ".\PF-Permissions.csv" -Encoding Unicode

foreach ($Folder in $Folders) {
    foreach ($Mailbox in $Mailboxes) {
        $Permission = $Permissions | where {
            ($_.Identity -eq $Folder.Identity) -and
            ($_.User -eq $Mailbox.DisplayName)
        }

        if ($Permission) {
            # some code
        } else {
            # some other code
        }

        Remove-Variable Permission
    }
}

Is there a way to speed-up things? Possibly through the use of regular expressions.
I couldn't find any example that allows for extended matches between multiple arrays.

A: As Kory Gill mentioned in the comments: build two hashtables from the Identity and DisplayName properties from the first two CSVs:
$Folders = @{}
Import-Csv -Path ".\PF-Folder_Full.csv" -Encoding Unicode | ForEach-Object {
    $Folders[$_.Identity] = $_
}

$Mailboxes = @{}
Import-Csv -Path ".\PF-Mailboxes.csv" -Encoding Unicode | ForEach-Object {
    $Mailboxes[$_.DisplayName] = $_
}

Then process the third CSV using these hashtables for lookups:
$Permissions = Import-Csv -Path ".\PF-Permissions.csv" -Encoding Unicode
foreach ($p in $Permissions) {
    if ($Folders.Contains($p.Identity) -and $Mailboxes.Contains($p.User)) {
        # some code
    } else {
        # some other code
    }
}

If you want code run just once per unique identity/user combination you could build a hashtable with the combined identity and mailbox name for filtering:
$Folders   = Import-Csv -Path ".\PF-Folder_Full.csv" -Encoding Unicode |
             Select-Object -Expand Identity
$Mailboxes = Import-Csv -Path ".\PF-Mailboxes.csv" -Encoding Unicode |
             Select-Object -Expand DisplayName

$fltr = @{}
foreach ($f in $Folders) {
    foreach ($m in $Mailboxes) {
        $fltr["$f $m"] = $true
    }
}

and then group the records from the third CSV:
Import-Csv -Path ".\PF-Permissions.csv" -Encoding Unicode |
    Group-Object Identity, User |
    ForEach-Object {
        if ($fltr.Contains($_.Name)) {
            # some code
        } else {
            # some other code
        }
    }

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Asia 17.04.2019
Tour operators told - how the demand for summer Indonesia has changed
Sales of summer tours to Indonesia have noticeably increased among a number of companies: the direct transportation and special offers from hoteliers encourage the growth of demand.
Russia is on the first position among all European markets in terms of growth of tourist traffic to Indonesia over the past years. So, by the end of 2018 the country hosted 125.7 thousand Russian tourists, which is 7% higher than last year's figures.
At the same time, more and more Russian tourists are choosing Indonesia for their summer holidays. In fact, experts say, the best time to visit this country is precisely the period from April to October: at this time there is minimal humidity and very comfortable weather conditions. Meanwhile, a rather sharp seasonality of sales of the destination was observed on the Russian market. Tourists go to Indonesia in winter, because in the summer months the Russians have the opportunity to visit the nearest mass beach destinations at attractive prices.
In 2019, as tour operators say, the situation is changing: summer sales of tours to Indonesia have noticeably increased. According to them, not the last role was played by the direct flight from Moscow to Bali, launched in 2018 and performed Rossia airline.
The direct flights from Moscow to Denpasar will continue in 2019. From April 1 to October 24, 2019, the flights will be operated twice a week from Sheremetyevo. According to experts, this becomes an incentive for the further growth of tourist traffic from Russia in the summer season.
Tour operators point out that direct flight to Bali is one of the main growth factors for Russian tourist traffic to the country. Those players, who do not have blocks of seats on the flights of other carriers, talk about the reorientation of customers for the direct flights of Rossia. So, the share of tourists of ICS Travel, choosing Rossia transportation, reaches 70%. High demand for these flights is also recorded among other tour operator, such as ANEX Tour, KMP Group, TEZ Tour.
The direct flight of Rossia noticeably shifted other air transportation to Denpasar. "For example, some companies that used to take blocks of seats on the flights of Singapore Airlines now did not take blocks for this summer season," the expert says.
Tour operators PAKS and Russian Express now have about 20-25% of sold tours to Indonesia on the basis of Rossia flights. According to analysts of these tour operators, the role of a direct flight for the destination is very large, since no one company, except Rossia, offers non-stop flights to Bali today.
New Fun&Sun charters will fly to Thailand
More than 90 thousand Russians visited Sri Lanka in 2022
Tourist flow from Russia to the Maldives decreased by 8,4%…
Demand for tours to Japan is gradually recovering
New Year's Sri Lanka entered the TOP sales of tour operators
Sales of tours to China started in Russia


This book presents key concepts in the structure and function of vascular smooth muscle cells in health and disease. Supplemental reading may be drawn from the extensive references listed at the end of each chapter. Vascular smooth muscle cell is the major cell type in blood vessels. Dysfunction of vascular smooth muscle cells is an important cause of vascular diseases, for example, atherosclerosis, hypertension, and circulatory shock. Vascular smooth muscle cells are phenotypically plastic, capable of switching between two major phenotypes – contractile/differentiated phenotype and invasive/proliferative phenotype in response to environmental clues. Chapter 1 introduces the major areas of research presented in this monograph. Chapters 2 to 4 address the structure and function of the contractile/differentiated phenotype of vascular smooth muscle cell. Chapters 5 and 6 address the developmental basis of vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype and structure and function of podosomes (invasive organelles) in the invasive/proliferative phenotype of vascular smooth muscle cell. Chapters 7 to 9 address the role of vascular smooth muscle cell dysfunction in vascular diseases – atherosclerosis, hypertension, and circulatory shock.


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PROXY_ART: Transient Havens
Valentin Ruhry is a "sculptor in the traditional sense, working with untraditional materials". Those materials have often been industrial in nature; in Untitled (wave), he uses naked fluorescent tubes to create a gentle wave of light that feels like it is about to push forward and fill the room.
Ruhry spent the summer teaching at the San Francisco Art Institute. His class, titled the Invisible Institute, prompted "students to question how their practice may function outside of the traditional studio or white cube, by encouraging the use of alternative materials and art processes." Ruhry happened to be living in Hayes Valley and often passed by and through PROXY. A chance introduction to a PROXY staffer led to Transient Havens, the upcoming exhibition of Ruhry's students' works at PROXY on Friday, August 1st from 5pm-8pm.
A full description of the exhibition is below.
A one day exhibition with works by Anonymous Artist, Noah Brill, Carl Martin, Valentin Ruhry, Christian Valla and Nancy Winkelmann.
Curated by Pierre-François Galpin and Marie Martraire.
Taking place within a fenced provisional placeholder for a future permanent building, the one-day art exhibition Transient Havens prompts viewers to consider the potentials for urban and social impermanence in the heart of Hayes Valley. For this exhibition, the featured artworks by Noah Brill, Carl Martin, Valentin Ruhry, Christian Valla, Nancy Winkelmann, and an anonymous artist take shelter in this transient haven privately managed by the design firm envelope A+D, yet overtly visible from the street. Together, the featured temporary art installations redefine perhaps fixed distinctions between private and public space in this hip neighborhood of small and portable "pop-up" style retail pods such as Proxy, among other fancy restaurants, and fashion trendy shops. Each taken individually, the artworks make visible common, yet distinct, concealed aspects of private life, and challenge different notions of invisibility, accessibility, and common understandings of territoriality.
From the cavern of a closed metal container, Noah Brill's sound installation shouts inner thoughts about the daily surroundings aloud. Similar to the "thought bubbles" in comics, allowing readers to enter characters' inner and secret opinions, Brill's piece invites viewers to put in perspective the shifting private/public status of the area.
Christian Valla's Neophytes is a video installation about loss of territory, roots and identity. The installation echoes the heritage of the Native American people of the Ohlone tribe, who lived in dome-shaped huts for thousands of years, until Spanish conquistadors burnt down their villages, forced the tribe to take Spanish sir names and convert to Christianity. By building a domelike, temporary structure as a display for the video, this heritage is connected to the present day where families are forced to evict their homes in San Francisco due to extreme living costs. Neophytes is a moment of reflection on the cultural consequences of these movements.
Wood-burning disturbed quotes from the story books that were read to us by our elders into the wooden rungs of a rope ladder, Nancy Winkelmann's work takes on the concept of escaping to a refuge by climbing through the harsh realities of life. The steps lead upwards to the idea of a safe haven found within the tree houses of our childhood, but also exists within each of us in adulthood.
Carl Martin's Heavy Reader installation features a familiar floor perforated by a series of books after violently falling from the sky, altogether telling the story of a man, and inviting the viewers in his surreal home.
For his work Territory, Valentin Ruhry installed an ensemble of flags along the space's fence, made out of found camping fabrics that he sewed together, suggesting notions of territoriality, property, and frontiers linked to this enclosed exhibition space.
Finally, a contribution by an anonymous artist, pre-existing to the exhibition, reminds of the area's temporality and daily use.
What was previously the path of the former San Francisco Central Freeway, is today, on August 1st, the site for transient havens created by each of these installations. As remnants of past, present, and future urban fabric of the neighborhood, each invites viewers to pause and rethink about the local urban issues in Hayes Valley, San Francisco, and the Bay Area at large, leaving in turn an imprint in the visitors' minds.
This temporary exhibition is organized by members of The Invisible Institute, a class of SFAI's public education program.
SFAI public education programs
envelope A+D
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts