250 US armed forces to join local Syrian forces to combat ISIS. Image Courtesy – http://www.pbs.org.
President Barack Obama on Monday declared the arrangement of 250 U.S. military staff to Syria to help the local Syrian troops attempting to displace Islamic State terrorists. He addressed that the move was very crucial keeping up energy against the terrorist group. There are 50 special operation troops present in Syria right now. It will grow up to 300 approximately.
Obama uncovered his choice a week after Defense Secretary Ash Carter reported that more than 200 U.S. troops would soon start their journey for Iraq, where neighbourhood forces are additionally combating Islamic State terrorists who control various corners of the nation. He said none of the new forces for Syria would confront directly with the terrorists.
President Obama mentioned that the troops would not take a leading role to battle; instead they would help and prepare the local forces accordingly. The president told this in his speech while he was on a tour in Germany.
Senior U.S. authorities have been touting the achievement of the current U.S. strengths in Syria, incorporating their viability in helping nearby powers and producing basic insight that aides the US-drove coalition against IS target rebel. Ben Rhodes, Obama's 'deputy national security advisor', told that they needed to boost up their plan and process.
Obama said that US-European joint effort must reach out to the risk postured by IS. As he declared more profound US association, he encouraged Europe to venture up as well. The president told that he would utilize a meeting on Monday with the leaders of Great Britain, Germany, France and Italy to request so that those countries could venture up their commitments to the air battle against IS and to prepare the local forces. He said he would look for more financial help to modify parts of Iraq recovered from IS. He also told that Europe and NATO could even now accomplish more. He gave a clarion call to make every effort to stop the militants.
Obama talked about his troop choice quickly amid a more extensive discourse on US-European relations and the significance of proceeded with European solidarity. Obama encouraged Europe's leaders to focus on salary imbalance. He said that it used to make wedges among people, and different issues including training for youngsters and equivalent pay for equivalent work for ladies also.
The president's plead for Europe to stick together came days after he made an intense contention while in London against Great Britain leaving the European Union. Britain is likely to leave the European Union nearly in June. In the midst of local terrorist danger and the Syria evacuee emergency, strength of European solidarity has come up in front of a big question.
Libya was likewise anticipated that would be a point of talk at Obama's 'high-level' meeting with German Chancellor 'Angela Merkel', British Prime Minister 'David Cameron', French President 'Francois Hollande' and Italian Prime Minister 'Matteo'. Obama had a discussion on Libya during separate dialogue with Cameron and Merkel. He expressed that inability to proper planning after Libyan leader 'Moammar Gadhafi' was toppled in the year 2011 was his one of the biggest mistakes. Libya since has plunged into turmoil and turn into a base for IS. Obama has expressed that he has no planning to send in ground troops in the North African nation.
A week ago, Carter declared that sending of an extra 217 US troops to Iraq would increase the total number of forces to a little more than 4,000. Eight Apache helicopters were also being sent to Iraq to battle with IS terrorists for the first time. Both the movements were proceeded to help Iraqi forces for being in a commanding position in the northern city of Mosul.


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Practice your putting at this $3.65M Tribeca penthouse, featuring three outdoor spaces
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This duplex at 73 Worth Street in Tribeca comes with three terraces, one of which has been converted into a private putting green. Despite boasting a true rarity, the unit has a history of being competitively priced in one of Manhattan's most expensive neighborhoods: It last sold in 2010 for $2.475 million and is now seeking $3.650 million, making it the only four-bedroom with outdoor space currently available in Tribeca under $5 million.
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Fast Friends was a short lived game show that aired for one series on BBC One in 1991. Hosted by Les Dawson, it was an adaptation of an unsold pilot produced for US television in 1984 by Jay Wolpert.

Gameplay
Two teams of thirty people sat on stage. Les would ask who they had elected as their team captain and the captains would come up on stage.

Each captain had thirty seconds in order to select four people for their team. The seconds would appear on what Dawson termed 'The Bridge' just above the set. The catch was that the captain had to split the thirty seconds into four different time limits and then choose which friend would answer the question. If they were wrong, they had to select someone else. If they were successful, that friend would be on the team.

In the next round, the 'friends' and captains were all asked individual multi-choice questions. If the friends were right, they would stay on the team; if they are wrong, however, they would be sent, in Dawson's words, "off to the dump dock". However, a lifeline was offered, whereby if the captain was correct, the friend remained. The captain was never sent to the Dump Dock, but if he/she gave a wrong answer, he/she had to select a friend to send there. The first captain to lose all his/her friends lost the game, but everyone received a Fast Friends address book to take home.

In the final round, the winning captain was joined by all his/her friends once again and they were given a selection of answers to a question on the video wall. Only one of the answers was incorrect and this must be avoided in order to ensure victory. Each of the friends would suggest an answer and the captain would decide whether to go with it or choose an alternative answer. If the team could choose all the correct answers, the captain won a holiday; otherwise, everyone won a mini-TV and of course the address book.  The captain also won £25 for each correct answer, and the friends who gave correct answers that the captain accepted also won £25.

External links
Fast Friends at UKgameshows.com

BBC television game shows
1990s British game shows
1991 British television series debuts
1991 British television series endings

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Darfur refugees attack aid workers
Refugees in West Darfur have attacked aid workers with sticks and stones amid accusations of irregularities regarding registration, United Nations agencies say.
About 200 aid workers are to register refugees in eight camps
The attacks on Friday came as aid workers tried to register refugees for food rations, the agencies said.
Registration had come into effect at the request of refugees who said some of those claiming aid were not bona fide recipients.
World Food Programme (WFP) spokeswoman Christiane Berthiaume said camp dwellers had pushed for the registration because outsiders sometimes come to the temporary settlements to try to get a share of the food for displaced people.
About 200 aid workers, from UN agencies including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the WFP, were trying to register 100,000 people in eight camps around El Geneina.
"They were attacked with sticks and stones. At least eight people were wounded," Berthiaume told a news briefing in Geneva.
One aid worker was hospitalised with minor injuries.
Berthiaume said that some local leaders are believed to have encouraged the attacks but that aid groups did not know why they had been targeted.
Aid workers pulled out
Ron Redmond, spokesman of the UNHCR, said troops from the African Union were escorting the workers and their damaged vehicles back to El Geneina, capital of West Darfur.
"Some minor injuries have been reported as well as damage to vehicles"
Ron Redmond,
spokesman of the UNHCR
"Some minor injuries have been reported as well as damage to vehicles," Redmond told reporters.
The UNHCR, WFP and other aid groups pulled staff out the camps after the beatings, he said.
"We'll have to see what the security situation looks like before continuing the registration," he added.
The region holds 60,000 to 70,000 of the two million people driven from their homes since rebels took up arms against Khartoum in early 2003.


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January 9, 2021 Edmund Schluessel (CWI in Finland) Sweden
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (Photo: The Presidential Press and Information Office (Russia)/CC)
As 2020 came to a close, the Swedish health care system reached a point many feared. Nurses in Sweden's hospitals, strained from months of 13-hour shifts and with no end in sight to the rampant COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden, began resigning from their jobs, unable to carry on.
The COVID death toll in Sweden has passed 9,000, which is more than 15 times that of either Norway or Denmark. Months after the Swedish state chose a heterodox "herd immunity" strategy to keep its businesses open and make profits for the rich, public pressure finally forced the prime minister, Stefan Löfven, and public health chief, Anders Tegnell, to admit their error and change direction.
More and more capitalist voices are turning against Löfven and Tegnell, as well. News media outlets like Forbes, Fortune and the Daily Mail, who sang the praises of Tegnell in April and May, have now declared the Swedish strategy a failure. Eight months after the CWI raised alarms about duplicity in Sweden's statements on the crisis, Foreign Policy magazine now finds "a pattern of apparent official obfuscation" in the response. Even Sweden's theoretically "apolitical" monarch, Carl XVI Gustaf, has chimed in with his publicly voiced disappointment!
Swedish health care workers knew what was coming. Over a year ago, doctors were lamenting "Awful things are going to happen…everyone is terrified about what is going to happen here". This was in the wake of job cuts at Sweden's major public hospitals, coupled with cuts in the number of intensive care beds and a sell-off of public reserves of PPE. Sweden's government ran headlong into the Coronavirus pandemic and neglected its effects while the virus ran rampant through care homes and immigrant communities. The number of dead is greater than from any single event in Sweden in the past hundred years.
Even while the Swedish government now imposes restrictions on the country, its leaders still show contempt for the people they govern. Both Löfven and finance minister, Magdalena Andersson, were caught flouting the new restrictions in separate incidents less than a month after the new rules were imposed. Anders Tegnell, in an astonishing display of defiance of his government's own rules, continues to resist the public acceptance of face masks. Only six per cent of Swedes say they have confidence in Dan Eliasson, a leading official in the Swedish government's Corona response team after he followed up the beginning of travel restrictions with a private holiday to the Canary Islands.
Swedish workers are absolutely right to distrust their government. As in the USA and in the United Kingdom, the Swedish government has provided inconsistent and contradictory advice, implemented badly and with insufficient resources. The needs of Sweden's population have been put behind the wants of Swedish capitalism, at every step. It is no wonder that some layers of the population see the new restrictions as a totalitarian power grab by a corrupt and selfish regime.
Sweden's workers are in a dire position. Even with drastic action, many more lives will be lost due to the wilful mismanagement of the COVID crisis. The capitalist-backed state, however "neutral" it tries to appear, is constitutionally incapable of putting the interests of the majority of society first.
The way out
In order to regain control of the situation, Swedish health care workers need to take charge of the healthcare system: allocate available labour, vaccines and other resources based on the democratic decisions of the community and obtain more, without regard for monetary expense. Unions should shut down schools and other workplaces where distancing is impossible, run essential services such as supermarkets on a safety-first basis, and demand full pay and rent freezes for all affected workers.
Over seven per cent of the Swedish population now tests positive for having had COVID-19. Even if the pandemic were to stop dead in its tracks today, thousands will continue to suffer from long-term effects for the rest of their lives. Capitalist mismanagement has broken Sweden's health care system. How much more can Swedish society take?


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Goldman Sachs' CEO DJ'd a party in the Hamptons that is now under investigation
By Matt Egan, CNN Business
Updated 12:42 PM EDT, Tue July 28, 2020
Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall of The Chainsmokers perform during the 'Safe & Sound' Drive-In Concert Fundraiser Presented by JAJA Tequila and In The Know Experiences In Partnership with Bumble at Nova's Ark Project on July 25, 2020 in Water Mill, New York. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Safe & Sound)
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Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon opened for the Chainsmokers at a benefit concert in the Hamptons last weekend. Now that concert is under investigation after videos showed packed crowds disregarding health guidelines.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo slammed the drive-in concert in Southampton for "egregious social distancing violations."
Solomon, who in addition to running one of the largest and most powerful investment banks in the world, is also a part-time electronic dance DJ who goes by the name D-sol while spinning records at clubs in New York and Miami.
Last Saturday, he performed early and left before the show ended, Goldman Sachs (GS) said.
"The vast majority of the audience appeared to follow the rules, but he's troubled that some violated them and put themselves and others at risk," a Goldman Sachs spokesperson said in a statement.
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon was known to spin at clubs in New York and Miami before the pandemic under the EDM name DJ D-Sol.
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The Wall Street bank added that organizers for the benefit concert "worked closely with the local government and put strict health protocols in place."
New York State, one of the hardest hit parts of the United States during the pandemic, has prohibited non-essential gatherings of more than 50 people.
Organizers for the Safe & Sound event promised a "safe & controlled environment setting the bar for all events to come," according to a website promoting the concert. That included encouraging guests to wear masks when going to restrooms and a requirement for guests to arrive together and follow social distancing guidelines. It's not clear how these protocols were enforced, if at all.
The Petronas Twin Towers, center, stand next to the Menara Maxis building, second right, which houses the country office of Goldman Sachs (Malaysia) Sdn., in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. Malaysia is demanding Goldman Sachs Group Inc. bear the brunt of the 1MDB scandal, opening up another legal front for the Wall Street firm over its role raising money for the investment fund. Photographer: Nadirah Zakariya/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Goldman Sachs agrees to a $3.9 billion 1MDB settlement with Malaysia
Ticket prices started at $225 and went up to $2,500 per person for the "Rockstar package" that included a private RV for 10 guests. The Chainsmokers, who played after Solomon finished his gig, are a Grammy award-winning DJ duo.
Cuomo said he was "appalled" by videos that showed packed crowds at the concert. New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker sent Southampton's supervisor a letter Monday saying he was "greatly disturbed" by reports of "thousands of people in close proximity, out of their vehicles," along with "a VIP area where there was no pretense of a vehicle." He also added that concert attendees were "generally not adhering to social distancing guidance."
The concert raised money for a several charities, including No Kid Hungry, according to organizers.
Authorities are investigating reports that social distancing rules were violated during a benefit drive-in concert in the Hamptons.
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Chainsmokers concert in the Hamptons under investigation after video shows packed crowds
The concert took place just one day after Goldman Sachs agreed to a $3.9 billion deal with the Malaysian government to settle claims into the bank's role in a huge corruption scandal known as 1MDB. The Wall Street bank arranged and underwrote deals for 1MDB, a sovereign wealth fund that had $4.5 billion stolen from it, according to the Justice Department.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was sentenced to 12 years in jail on Tuesday and fined $49 million on charges related to the scandal.
Solomon replaced Lloyd Blankfein as CEO of Goldman Sachs in 2018.
"[I] kind of stumbled into it as a hobby, and now I just do it for fun," Solomon said in a podcast in 2017.
CNN's Laura Ly and Hollie Silverman contributed to this report


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module LetterCase
  module StringExtension
    # @return [String]
    def UPCASE
      upcase
    end

    # @return [String]
    def snakecase
      gsub(/([a-z])([A-Z])/) { [Regexp.last_match(1), Regexp.last_match(2)].join(DELIMITER) }.downcase
    end

    def snake_case
      snakecase
    end

    # @return [String]
    def force_pascalcase
      split(DELIMITER).map(&:capitalize).join
    end

    # @return [String]
    def pascalcase
      gsub(/\w+/, &:force_pascalcase)
    end

    def PascalCase
      pascalcase
    end

    # @return [String]
    def camelcase
      gsub(/\w+/) { |chunk|
        (+'').tap { |s|
          chunk.split(DELIMITER).each_with_index do |word, index|
            s << case index
                 when 0
                   word.downcase
                 else
                   word.force_pascalcase
                 end
          end
        }
      }
    end

    def camelCase
      camelcase
    end
  end

  refine String do
    import_methods StringExtension
  end

  module SymbolExtension
    %i[UPCASE snakecase snake_case force_pascalcase pascalcase PascalCase camelcase camelCase].each do |method_name|
      # define_method can't be used here for Ruby 3.1 import_methods behavior
      module_eval(
        %Q!
          def #{method_name}
            to_s.#{method_name}.to_sym
          end
        !, __FILE__, __LINE__ - 4
      )
    end
  end

  refine Symbol do
    import_methods SymbolExtension
  end
end

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Rex Willis
Full name William Rex Willis
Born October 25, 1924, Ystrad
Died January 19, 2000, Pontypridd (aged 75 years 86 days)
Major teams British and Irish Lions, Wales
All Tests 1950-1955 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 6 1 72.91
Wales 1950-1955 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 1 73.80
British and Irish Lions 1950-1950 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 66.66
Five/Six Nations 1950-1955 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 1 76.31
Test debut England v Wales at Twickenham, Jan 21, 1950 match details
Last Test France v Wales at Colombes, Mar 26, 1955 match details
Scotland sneak All Blacks draw (Nov 12, 1900)


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Юозас Тубяліс (; 9 квітня 1882, Ілгалаукяй, Ковенська губернія, Російська імперія — 30 вересня 1939, Каунас, Литва) — литовський державний діяч, голова партії «Союз литовських націоналістів», прем'єр-міністр Литви від 1929 до 1938 року.

Життєпис

Народився на хуторі Ілгалаукяй Ковенської губернії 9 квітня 1882.

У 1893 пішов до Єлгавської гімназії, яку покинув через три роки через небажання читати молитви російською мовою.

З 1898 по 1902 навчався в Лієпайській гімназії, після чого один рік вивчав медицину у Варшавському університеті.

У 1908 році він закінчив Ризький технічний інститут, отримавши диплом агронома. Після навчання він не зміг знайти роботу за спеціальністю, тому два роки працював вчителем та землевпорядником у Ризі.

У 1915 його призвали до російської армії. На посаді інтенданта Тубяліс сприяв діяльності Литовського комітета допомоги жертвам війни.

У 1918 він почав працювати в комісії по освіті Литовської Таріби.

11 листопада 1918 став міністром сільського господарства у новоствореному литовському уряді.

7 лютого 1919 одружився з Ядвігою Чадакаускайте — сестрою майбутнього президента Литви Антанаса Смятони. 12 березня 1919 його зняли з цієї посади, проте вже за місяць 12 квітня призначили на іншу посаду — міністра освіти.

19 червня 1920 разом з тогочасним прем'єр-міністром Ернястасом Галванаускасом пішов у відставку.

Після державного перевороту в Литві 1926 року зять Юозаса Тубяліса Смятона став президентом. З тих пір як двоє політиків зійшлись у політичних поглядах, Тубяліс став другою найвпливовивішою людиною в Литві в 1930-х.

3 травня 1927 призначений міністром фінансів Литви. З 23 вересня 1929 займав цю посаду паралельно з посадою прем'єр-міністра. Трьома кабінетами міністрів (13-м, 14-м і 15-м) керував Тубяліс доки не покинув посаду прем'єра 24 березня 1938 року. Таким чином Юозас Тубяліс є прем'єр-міністром Литви, що найдовше перебував на цій посаді. з березня по 5 грудня 1938 він знову займав крісло міністра сільського господарства. Також у 1938—1939 був головою Банку Литви.

У вільний від політики час Юозас Тубяліс допомагав відкривати та керувати такими великими підприємствами як Lietūkis у 1923-му, Maistas у 1925-му та Pienocentras у 1926-му.

Помер 30 вересня 1939 у Каунасі.

Примітки

Джерела
 Vladas Terleckas. Lietuvos bankininkai. Gyvenimų ir darbų pėdsakai 1918—1940. Vilnius, 2001, Lietuvos banko leidybos ir poligrafijos skyrius, 42-57 psl.,
 Lietuvos bankas 1990—1995. Lietuvos bankas, Vilnius, 1995, 17 psl.,
 Simas Sužiedėlis, ed. (1970—1978). «Juozas Tūbelis». Encyclopedia Lituanica. V. Boston, Massachusetts: Juozas Kapočius. pp. 503—504

Міністри фінансів Литви


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Love Triangle Factor
Cliffhanger Scale
Fall 2014 Fierce Reads Tour Recap + Giveaway
Last Wednesday evening, I had the privilege of meeting three talented authors, Ann Aguirre, Caragh M. O'Brien and Marie Rutkoski, at the Fall Fierce Reads tour stop at Water Street Bookstore in Exeter, NH. This bookstore and entire town is completely adorable, and it was the perfect backdrop for an evening filled with conversations about books.
Of course, I didn't remember until the very end of the evening that I needed to take pictures, so I missed getting one of The Green Bean, an adorable café where I got to do a little pre-interview with the three authors. We sat outside in the lovely September evening and chatted about were-beasts and love triangles of course. Then we walked over to the bookstore for the main event.
Instead of outlining questions and answers from the evening interviews, I've listed out highlights from each author below. I apologize if I misheard/misrepresented anything. The main talk at the bookstore was moderated by Even in Paradise author Chelsey Philpot
Marie Rutkoski, author of The Winner's Curse and its upcoming sequel The Winner's Crime:
1) If the main characters in The Winner's Curse suddenly turned into were-beasts, Kestrel would be a Kestrel of course, and Arin would be a lean, sexy tiger.
2) Marie recommends Claire LaZebnik's The Trouble With Flirting, and says it's one of the best written love triangles she's read. It's also a really great retelling of Mansfield Park, probably the hardest Austen book to connect with.
3) In The Winner's Curse, the Valorian Empire is obsessed with the military. Marie said their culture was influenced by talks with her father and brother who have both served in the military.
4) There were a couple of moments in The Winner's Crime that broke Marie's heart to write. (I'm nervous already!) Books two and three will also have much more of Arin's POV.
5) Marie says she writes Young Adult because books aren't as genre specific, and YA readers are more open to reading any genre as long as it's good. Adult lit tends to classify more specifically, and cut off readers as a result.
6) The cover for The Winner's Crime was originally going to be red, but when marketing switched it to blue, Marie decided to put Kestrel into a blue dress in a pivotal end scene of the book.
7) Marie says she likes writing from the male perspective and her next book - after The Winner's Curse series - will have an entirely male POV. Though she's not saying if it will be Middle Grade, YA or Adult.
Ann Aguirre, author of Mortal Danger, the first in the Immortal Games trilogy:
1) If the main characters in Mortal Danger suddenly became were-beasts, Edie would be a honey badger, because she's vicious and doesn't care. Kian would be a dolphin, an animal that is helpful and altruistic, but also has a dark side. (I didn't know this about dolphins, and it prompted quite a discussion).
2) On love triangles: Ann believes many people see love triangles in books when they're not there. Like in her Razorland series, which was firmly a love T, with a third party looking longingly in on the building couple. She also thinks that triangles do make sense at times, especially when you're 16, though she doesn't often write them.
3) On book two: The Harbinger, a character mentioned in Mortal Danger, will play a much bigger role in the sequel. Readers do meet him in the first book, though they don't know it at the time (time to re-read!). Ann thinks he's going to gain his own set of fans, but she says it's not really a love triangle.
4) When asked a question about strong girl characters paired with bad boys, Ann says she doesn't really think that way about her characters, instead she likes to "write partners" into her stories. Characters who support each other - emotionally, physically, the balance between them flows back and forth. Each has moments when he/she support the other. Ann also says that Edie doesn't start off as a strong character, but she grows in strength as she learns to accept herself.
5) Edie's struggles with bullying came from Ann's personal experience.
6) Mortal Danger is set in the Boston area because it has a subway and a nearby area where one could invent a boarding school, but also because its seasons, history, and architecture helped with the creepy mood of the book. According to Ann, "California is just not ominous."
7) Ann decided to write YA when she kept being asked by her kids when she would write something they could read. So she started the Razorland trilogy where "monsters eat children."
8) Ann really cried when writing one scene in Mortal Danger (you can probably guess which it is). She briefly wondered if she'd gone too far with it, before deciding it had to be in the book. Her editor was really upset about that part, and wanted to know if the story had to be written this way. But Ann argued that was important for readers and the characters to realize that in this story, no one is safe.
Caragh O'Brien, author of The Vault of Dreamers:
1) If the main characters in The Vault of Dreamers suddenly became were-beasts, Rosie would be a "Poe-esque raven." Linus would be a wolf.
2) Caragh said if The Vault of Dreamers weren't the start of a series, she would have been happy with it as a standalone. She thinks the ending fits the book really well.
3) When Caragh writes stories, she likes to be surprised and says she would get bored if she planned everything out in advance. Most of her series planning ends up changing as she follows her characters and story.
4) Caragh talked a little bit about getting into the head of her teen character Rosie, and how she enjoyed writing a character who doesn't always see the world clearly, whose perspective could be skewed. As a budding filmmaker Rosie has the ability to see things as if through a camera lens. But she doesn't realize how the world sees her, as a private, difficult person. Rosie doesn't know how to make friends and is oblivious about guys, not understanding that this guy likes her.
5) The cover to Promised was being designed while Caragh was writing the book, and as a result she changed the jewelry one character wore to match the blue bracelet on the book's cover.
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yaescapefromreality September 22, 2014 at 8:43 AM
What a great event! Interesting about Marie's reasons for writing YA and I'm nervous about The Winner's Crime as well. Also interesting how Ann kept that part of her story that the editor didn't necessarily want. And finally, what is Caragh O'Brien talking about, that the ending of Vault of Dreamers fits the story and she would have been fine with it being a stand-alone???? What????? I still don't know what happened at the end. I wish I had been there to ask her to explain it to me. Great post! ~Pam
Karen Alderman September 22, 2014 at 11:43 AM
I'm completely terrified to read The Winner's Crime lol I requested it but ack! SO nervous.
Edie as a honey badger sounds just about right lol
Karen @ For What It's Worth
Lisa Mandina September 22, 2014 at 12:59 PM
I read the Vault of Dreamers and enjoyed it. I have heard so much about The Winner's Curse that I can't wait to read it!!! Thanks so much for the giveaway. I with the tour was coming to Kansas City this time.
PerksOfBeingABookWorm 1128 September 22, 2014 at 1:46 PM
I can't wait to read these books! They look so good. >.<
Steph F. September 22, 2014 at 2:12 PM
Would have love to have been there, all amazing authors. I've had all three of these books are on my and my daughters TBR and am eager to read.
This event I am sure was fantastic!! All the books are on my TBR list!!!!!
Mary @ BookSwarm September 22, 2014 at 2:25 PM
The Harbinger!!!! WOO-HOO! I do love the bad boy. And I really can't wait to see what happens in The Winner's Crime (especially the parts that broke her heart to write). Awesome event!
Carina Olsen September 22, 2014 at 3:10 PM
Beautiful post Lauren. <3 And I am so so so jealous that you got to meet these amazing authors :D I LOVE Marie. <3 So so much. Sniffs. She's awesome and her books are perfect. Dying for The Winner's Crime. <3 But aw. Mortal Danger. I had some issues. I loved her other YA series so much. But this. Sigh. And then. Book two, you say: "not really a love triangle." NOT REALLY is the same as a love triangle. Probably. At least in my eyes :( SNIFFS. Anyway. Thank you for sharing about this amazing event. <3
Christina Fiorelli September 22, 2014 at 3:11 PM
LOVE how all these authors give us insight into why they chose setting, or POV or genre!
Awesome interview :)
Kel September 22, 2014 at 4:15 PM
Thanks for the great interview recap! I just saw these three on Sunday, and they are certainly an entertaining bunch. :)
I'm glad that you had a great time at the event! It sounds amazing. Thank you so much for the giveaway :)
Samantha Wallace September 22, 2014 at 5:40 PM
Thanks for the chance to win three great books to read!! :)
I really need to get out of boring AL because nothing exciting happens here in bookstores. I would love to attend events and get books for my followers and myself. Glad you had a great time!
Jen Ryland/YA Romantics September 22, 2014 at 10:17 PM
Cracking up at these were-beast questions. And hmmmm on the "imaginary triangle" comment. But great job on the questions -- so fun!
Rachel September 23, 2014 at 12:32 AM
I agree with Ann Aguirre about love triangles making sense when you're 16. I think you're just so all over the place at that age. What a cute bookstore! I get so overwhelmed with these author events I forget things all the time, like taking pictures. Looks like you had a fab time, though! Great recap! :)
Jasprit September 23, 2014 at 5:35 AM
Lauren you are so lucky that you have so many fantastic author events near where you live. I love books which break my heart and leave me a mess, so I certainly can't wait to read The Winner's Crime and Mortal Danger, although I maybe a teensy bit scared too. Thanks for sharing this brilliant recap with us! :)
Suz September 23, 2014 at 1:11 PM
Wow - I can't believe you got to meet these 3 amazing authors! I love the answers from each author and found it interesting that Ann pulls from her own experience with bullying for Mortal Danger. I can't wait to read all of these books! Thanks for this super giveaway - I would love to win!
Lori Franklin Hopkins September 24, 2014 at 5:33 AM
This is a super sweet post! It seems like it was a blast, and I am glad you had such a great time, and got to meet these lovely ladies!
Glenn Woods September 24, 2014 at 11:56 AM
Thanks for for the interviews! I found them very interesting!
I've already read The Winner's Curse and I loved it. I can't wait for the sequel. The other two books are both on my tar and look interesting! Thanks for the giveaway!!! :)
cyn209 September 24, 2014 at 10:39 PM
what an amazing & generous giveaway!!!
congrats & much success to Marie, Caragh & Ann!!!!
Michelle Willms September 25, 2014 at 11:17 AM
I really enjoyed reading about the authors thoughts about their writing and books. I'm now a bit wary about reading parts of the books, though and know I'll have to re-read the one I've already read. I love that the authors don't flinch from including the harsh realities in their writing.
Jamie Cristobal September 25, 2014 at 2:07 PM
It must have been so fun to meet the authors. I would like to read The Vault of Dreamers. I have read Ann Aguirre's Enclave series and they were so interesting to read!
starryeyedjen September 28, 2014 at 10:16 AM
Sounds like an awesome event, Lauren! I love the were-beast question, lol. I definitely see Arin as a sexy tiger and Edie as a honey badger. :) I remember that post where Ann said readers were seeing a love triangle where there wasn't one, and I have to agree. And not just in that instance. It's one of the reasons I don't let them bother me because I feel like sometimes we see these things when they don't really exist and let it detract from an otherwise great story. Anyway, thanks for sharing this! I love your recaps...I always feel like I was right there with you. :)
Chelsea B. September 28, 2014 at 8:39 PM
Thank you for sharing! I love reading about events and inside scoop on authors and their books! These sound like great ladies and great books!
Amber Nicole September 29, 2014 at 1:30 PM
Thank so much for the amazing giveaway!
I wish the Fierce Reads tour was coming near me, I would absolutely love to meet all three of these lovely ladys! (:
Shyanne September 29, 2014 at 6:38 PM
I wish the Fierce Reads tour was coming near me, I would def go and meet everyone. Hopefully their at BookCon.
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My Shiro is 2 inch by 2.5 inch by 3.5 inch high. My Archangels are 3 inch wide by 2.5 inch by 2 inch. I think the thickness was 2 and not the height on that one. They are the only minis I own that can't fit in my battlefoam trays due to size.
is it weird I call this thing the Brian Cache?
Standing is nice but egg-crate foam is easy and relatively cheap to get cut to custom sizes.
You are not the only weird one to call your miniature collection/storage a Brian Cache (I do the same). I find it to be fitting as I am not getting much chance to use my minis in actual play at the moment.


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Big Tech monopolies — Facebook, Google, and Amazon control media in the interests of American militarism
Former Intelligence Officials, Citing Russia, Say Big Tech Monopoly Power is Vital to National Security, Glenn Greenwald, Substack 20 Apr 22,
When the U.S. security state announces that Big Tech's centralized censorship power must be preserved, we should ask what this reveals about whom this regime serves.
A group of former intelligence and national security officials on Monday issued a jointly signed letter warning that pending legislative attempts to restrict or break up the power of Big Tech monopolies — Facebook, Google, and Amazon — would jeopardize national security because, they argue, their centralized censorship power is crucial to advancing U.S. foreign policy.
The majority of this letter is devoted to repeatedly invoking the grave threat allegedly posed to the U.S. by Russia as illustrated by the invasion of Ukraine, and it repeatedly points to the dangers of Putin and the Kremlin to justify the need to preserve Big Tech's power in its maximalist form. Any attempts to restrict Big Tech's monopolistic power would therefore undermine the U.S. fight against Moscow.
While one of their central claims is that Big Tech monopoly power is necessary to combat (i.e., censor) "foreign disinformation," several of these officials are themselves leading disinformation agents: many were the same former intelligence officials who signed the now-infamous-and-debunked pre-election letter fraudulently claiming that the authentic Hunter Biden emails had the "hallmarks" of Russia disinformation (former Obama Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former Obama CIA Director Michael Morrell, former Obama CIA/Pentagon chief Leon Panetta). Others who signed this new letter have strong financial ties to the Big Tech corporations whose power they are defending in the name of national security (Morrell, Panetta, former Bush National Security Adviser Fran Townsend)………………….
Why would these former national security and intelligence officials be so devoted to preserving the unfettered power of Big Tech to control and censor the internet? One obvious explanation is the standard one that always runs Washington: several of them have a financial interest in serving Big Tech's agenda.
Unsurprisingly, Apple CEO Tim Cook has himself pushed the claim that undermining Big Tech's power in any way would threaten U.S national security. And there is now an army of well-compensated-by-Silicon-Valley former national security officials echoing his message. A well-researched Politico article from September — headlined: "12 former security officials who warned against antitrust crackdown have tech ties" — detailed how many of these former officials who invoke national security claims to protect Big Tech are on the take from the key tech monopolies:………………………………….
Big Tech censorship of political speech is not random. Domestically, it is virtually always devoted to silencing any meaningful dissent from liberal orthodoxy or official pieties on key political controversies. But in terms of foreign policy, the censorship patterns of tech monopolies virtually always align with U.S. foreign policy, and for understandable reasons: Big Tech and the U.S. security state are in a virtually complete union, with all sorts of overlapping, mutual financial interests:
Note that this censorship regime is completely one-sided and, as usual, entirely aligned with U.S. foreign policy. Western news outlets and social media platforms have been flooded with pro-Ukrainian propaganda and outright lies from the start of the war. A New York Times article from early March put it very delicately in its headline: "Fact and Mythmaking Blend in Ukraine's Information War." Axios was similarly understated in recognizing this fact: "Ukraine misinformation is spreading — and not just from Russia."…………….
there is little to no censorship — either by Western states or by Silicon Valley monopolies — of pro-Ukrainian disinformation, propaganda and lies. The censorship goes only in one direction: to silence any voices deemed "pro-Russian," regardless of whether they spread disinformation….Their crime, like the crime of so many other banished accounts, was not disinformation but skepticism about the US/NATO propaganda campaign………………
It is unsurprising that Silicon Valley monopolies exercise their censorship power in full alignment with the foreign policy interests of the U.S. Government. Many of the key tech monopolies — such as Google and Amazon — routinely seek and obtain highly lucrative contracts with the U.S. security state, including both the CIA and NSA. Their top executives enjoy very close relationships with top Democratic Party officials. And Congressional Democrats have repeatedly hauled tech executives before their various Committees to explicitly threaten them with legal and regulatory reprisals if they do not censor more in accordance with the policy goals and political interests of that party.
Needless to say, the U.S. security state wants to maintain a stranglehold on political discourse in the U.S. and the world more broadly. They want to be able to impose propagandistic narratives without challenge and advocate for militarism without dissent. To accomplish that, they need a small handful of corporations which are subservient to them to hold in their hands as much concentrated power over the internet as possible.
If a free and fair competitive market were to arise whereby social media platforms more devoted to free speech could fairly compete with Google and Facebook— as the various pending bills in Congress are partially designed to foster — then that new diversity of influence, that diffusion of power, would genuinely threaten the ability of the CIA and the Pentagon and the White House to police political discourse and suppress dissent from their policies and assertions. By contrast, by maintaining all power in the hands of the small coterie of tech monopolies which control the internet and which have long proven their loyalty to the U.S. security state, the ability of the U.S. national security state to maintain a closed propaganda system around questions of war and militarism is guaranteed………………………….
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The Special Election Contenders for House District 58!
As you may know, State Representative Simone Bell resigned from the State House in November, triggering a special election to fill her seat. This district runs from Midtown into Virginia-Highland, across Old Fourth Ward down into Capitol View and Sylvan Hills. It is a heavily Democratic district and the qualified candidate list so reflects.
The election is January 19th with a run-off if necessary held on February 16th.
As Jon Richards summarized earlier, Janice Frey Van Ness, a Republican, defeated Tonya Anderson, a Democrat and a House member who resigned her seat to run for the Senate seat. The special election was necessitated by the resignation of Ron Ramsey, who was appointed to the judiciary by Governor Deal.
Why is this so surprising? Because this district goes for Dems 75/25. Ramsey got 80% of the vote the last time he was opposed. It has a BVAP of 67%. This is not a race Democrats should lose.
This victory will be short-lived for Republicans, but its lessons for Democrats shouldn't be. Special elections are low turnout and they require real campaigns even in cases where the psychodemographics imply a cakewalk. The campaign disclosures will be enlightening to see how these candidates spent their money, but the early lesson is clear: you can't just show up.
Update: Anderson was the former Mayor of Lithonia and took only 68 votes from that precinct. That says it all right there.
Is Georgia Withholding State Aid from those that need it most?
The Georgia Department of Community Health is responsible for administering the Georgia Pediatric Program (GaPP) that is supposed to assist medically fragile children in this state in getting their healthcare needs met.
According to parents of those children it isn't doing so. Judges who have heard their Americans with Disabilities Act complaints agree, and the Commissioner of the Department wants it all to go away. Or so it seems, he won't answer the questions of Matt Pearl of 11Alive who broke the story.
11Alive requested an interview with commissioner Clyde Reese. The department refused.
We then requested an interview with anyone who could speak about the program. The department refused; its communications director, despite having received little background on the story, sent the following statement [unresponsive statement probably cut and pasted from a pamphlet removed].
The department refused to comment further.
The kids' stories are heart-rending and failing to provide the legally required assistance (mostly nursing care) is an unlawful attempt to shift the burden onto the parents. I'm assuming everything in the legal decisions and parents.
Every month, the Secretary of State (Brian Kemp) releases all the new registered voters on a disc so that various entities can update their records. This information is generally limited to names, addresses, and demographic information. But last week, the SoS decided to give out a bunch of information it has collected on you and everybody you know to anyone who signed up.
Their monthly CD for October contained the Drivers license number, social security number, full name, address, and everything else you need to steal someone's identity for every single registered voter in Georgia. All 6.1 million of us. It was not encrypted. It was not password protected. It was a gift for anyone who ever thought of doing wrong.
So just get the discs back and we will all be safe, right?
Wrong. These discs, called the "voter file", are automatically updated to a number of different databases, which are then replicated around the country for use in voter targeting and other means. So this data is now well beyond the discs.
From Jim Walls at Atlanta Unfiltered comes the story of what John Oxendine, former Insurance Commissioner, did with all that campaign cash he racked up when it looked like he'd be the Republican nominee for Governor way back in the year of our Lord 2010. Turns out he invested it in his own law firm, which is exciting I am sure to his many campaign contributors because I would assume they now own shares in that firm, and probably deserve dividends. Oh wait, no? He Just converted it? Oh.
But really, shouldn't we grade this on a curve? Alaska got the best grade in the nation and it was a C!
Many inside Georgia's government gave the report a chilly response in Walter Jones's piece on the matter. But demonizing lobbyists is always a good idea, so let's all do that, shall we? We can safely ignore the fact that, despite their obvious representation of an interested party, they are often experts in the area and conversations with them often bring about good changes to legislation, not bad.
In a result that was surprising to many observers, and on a night when its proposed neighbor to the east, Tucker, passed overwhelmingly, the city of LaVista Hills failed to reach the 50% needed for incorporation.
Why did LaVista Hills fail when Tucker succeeded?
Has any ballot for a new city failed previously? If so, when and where?
Simone Bell was first elected to the house in 2009 in a special election following the resignation of Robbin Shipp. She outlasted her opponents in a five way primary and won the runoff handily. She became the first African-American lesbian to serve in a state legislature – not just Georgia, the entire United States. As part of redistricting, she was drawn in with a fellow Democrat Ralph Long and defeated him in 2012.
She had a leadership role in the Democratic House Caucus and was highly respected by her peers.
State Rep. Simone Bell, D-Atlanta, is headed to Lambda Legal's Atlanta office as a Southern regional director. Bell had previously worked as a community educator for the gay rights group.
Happy Birthday to the first rapid transit subway (the IRT in NYC 1904), Silvia Plath (1932), Philadelphia, and Teddy Roosevelt (1858). It's also the date of the first Federalist Paper, the speech that launched Ronald Reagan's political career, and when, after too many margaritas, the United States annexed West Florida. Nevertheless, on to the reads!
Attention those who may be in the vicinity of the Lowndes County Courthouse on October 24th, the Rally to STOP the Muslim Invasion would like you to stop by.
It's at 11 am, so I assume tailgating starts at 9. I assume the Muslim Invasion itself is scheduled for sometime after 11 am or this rally will be a total waste.
Here's all the relevant info, except for the needed historical perspective and touch of humanity.
There's an election coming up shortly to determine whether or not the new city of LaVista Hills will come into being. The pro-cityhood group, LaVista Hills Yes! and the anti-cityhood group is Dekalb Strong.
One of the vexing issues in cityhood is that under current law, a city that is formed out of a county has no continuing obligation to contribute to the pension plans to support those county workers that have provided services to the area. So a potential resident of LaVista Hills, whose garbage has been regularly collected by a sanitation workers for years, can get out of paying for the costs of those employees even though they've enjoyed those services. In the extreme example, you can imagine a county being so carved up into cities that the pension liabilities fall on very few people, which just isn't fair.
Having said that, it's not a great argument in a campaign where one of the major electoral issues for many is which result leads to lower taxes.
What is a good argument is that your taxes will be lower. That's the argument the cityhood folks are making. But is it true?
The Carl Vinson Institute at the University of Georgia did a study on the viability of the city at the behest of the pro-cityhood folks. Their numbers show that the proposed city would operate at a $2 million surplus, thus creating the expectation that LaVista Hills could roll back taxes and still provide all the services their residents expect. The study essentially used the same millage rate and taxes collected by Dekalb, but then ran them against the projected budget of LaVista Hills. But that doesn't work. First, the city would be limited to 5 mills as a tax rate, not the 7.64 Dekalb currently charges. Part of that would be offset by the HOST credit, but it isn't clear how much. Saying that LaVista Hills would certainly run a surplus based on that study would seem to be a leap.
Voters will see a ton of mail in the next few weeks. Let's hope that the messages adhere to the bounds of truth and target what the voters want to hear.
On today's date, President Richard Nixon forced out both his Attorney General and his Deputy Attorney General, in an attempt to fire Archibald Cox, the Watergate special prosecutor. It's also the date of the Louisiana Purchase, Mickey Mantle's birthday, and the date Herbert Hoover died. But more important than all that, it's the date of the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash that killed three band members. On to the reads!
Georgia Tech was founded on this day in 1885. Remember to hug a nerd today.


Those who receive care for an injury or illness, are most often under the expectation that they are being led towards healing. Unfortunately, this may not always be the case, as doctors or medical staff can make misjudgements when it comes to your health. If you believe you have suffered due to a poorly handled treatment or surgical mistake, contact an experienced attorney, like a medical malpractice lawyer Salt Lake City, UT relies on, to help you. There are many signs medical malpractice may have happened to you, and are described in further detail below.
Death as a result of a medical error can mean a few things. A patient may have been prescribed the wrong medication, received the incorrect dose or their hospital needs went ignored.
Surgery can be a very complex task, and a simple misstep can result in serious consequences or even a fatality. Tools may not have been sufficiently sterilized, leading to a life-threatening infection, or patients received the wrong kind of surgery. An incision site may not have been closed properly, causing excess bleeding. There are many ways your doctor or the surgical staff could have committed a misjudgment.
Unhappy and inadequate staffing can quickly lead to negligence being committed by a medical team. Without sufficient support from coworkers, staff may not be able to tend to the needs of every patient or within an appropriate amount of time. Nurses or doctors who are wearing thin, can become less careful or precise when attending to the needs of their patients.
Prior to any treatment being performed, your doctor should be thorough and detailed when going over how the procedure is planned to go. Sometimes, a doctor may not fully explain the process with you, leading you to agree to something without understanding the full range of risks involved. A doctor should be attentive to concerns and answer all your questions. While in a hurry to get things moving along, your doctor and/or the medical team may not provide all the information needed in order for you to make the best decision for your health.
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Magazine | January 2018
Data science and data securityImage sensors and vision systemsArtificial intelligence
Peter Schelkens on artificial intelligence
"2017 was the year in which algorithmic and hardware innovations gave each other a mutual boost in the areas of AI and AR"
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Preface Luc Van den hove
John Baekelmans on the Internet of Things
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Piet Demeester on optical networks
Guido Groeseneken on transistor reliability
Paul Heremans on thin-film technology
Marc Heyns on the post-CMOS era
Peter Peumans on life science applications
Jef Poortmans on energy
Paul van der Heide on transistor metrology
An Steegen on CMOS and beyond-CMOS
Chris Van Hoof on health sensors
Piet Desmet on education
A 2017 recap - and outlook for 2018 - by imec's Senior Leadership Team
Peter Schelkens, group leader of ETRO, an imec research group at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), & expert in multidimensional signal processing and digital holography
2017 was the year in which artificial intelligence (AI) and new display technologies, such as augmented reality (AR), broke through to the general public. The hype surrounding AI reached a peak and is now part of our day-to-day lives, although sometimes we don't even realize it. Just think of Siri, the sophisticated assistant with voice recognition from Apple, or the personal recommendations that Google and Netflix dish up to us on a daily basis. There are also lots of devices on the market already that use various new display technologies. Microsoft's HoloLens, for example, has brought AR into our living rooms. But most of the commercial products with these new technologies are still expensive and need to demonstrate that they are more than just gadgets. But having said that, it has been a promising beginning.
AI and AR are areas in which imec is also involved. In the neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery department at the University Hospital (UZ) Jette, for example, we look into the introduction of AR glasses during surgery, so that surgeons could access additional patient information during procedures. This information is projected directly onto the patient's body. In the European project TherapyLens this technology is introduced in revalidation therapy. Together with Holst Centre, we also recently presented a novel sensing technology to track eye movement in real time. Imec's self-learning neuromorphic chip attracted a great deal of attention at the Imec Technology Forum (ITF), not just due to its great number-crunching compute power, but also because of its very low energy consumption. The imec Cell Sorter chip, finally, combines both technologies: holographic image-processing for on-chip cell detection, and AI to classify the cells correctly. The unique power of imec lies in its access to expertise in every possible area of application.
Liesbet Lagae, Program Director Life Science Technologies at imec, with the Cell Sorter chip. In 2014, she received an ERC grant for this research.
The makeable brain
Of great interest for micro-electronics are the recent strides made in neuromorphic computing. Our brains are perfect computers for recognizing patterns and processing information from our senses. Neuromorphic chips meet the challenge of imitating the complexity of this neural network in a so-called 'deep neural network', in an energy-efficient way. The ultimate aim is to simulate the way neurons work as is the case with deep learning software. Once we can do that, we will be able to integrate this architecture in a chip for neuromorphic computing in sensors and for AI-applications. Imec is already well on the way with the chip that we presented at ITF. This self-learning chip has the ability to compose music, while consuming only very little power. There is a real pioneering role for us to play in this area.
This may be a beginning, but there is still a long way to go before we have silicon "brains". The deep neural networks only simulate part of our brain activity. They are based on the visual part of data-processing and model it as a sequential pathway from the eyes to the visual cortex, where the information is processed. In reality, of course, this does not happen sequentially. But only if we understand how the brain works, we will be able to make any further progress. Also, current neuromorphic systems are still very dependent on the algorithms that we develop for them. At the moment they lack human creativity, emotions and our ability to reason when making moral decisions. Although progress is slowly being made, in the mean time we still need to learn how to cope with the limitations of AI. At the same time, we also need to take a close look at both the ethical and social issues involved.
With innovations in optics and photonics, the move towards miniaturization in AR is well underway. Thanks to technologies such as freeform optics and optical waveguides it is already possible to produce compact display devices, such as head-mounted displays. More miniaturization is on its way, but real breakthroughs are only possible by integrating hardware and software in the same way as with AI. 2017 was the year in which developments in algorithms and innovations in hardware began to work in each other's favor.
These once separated worlds now need co-optimization to allow for the next-generation products. Imec has expertise in both worlds and so is ideally placed to make this happen.
Integration is also important for processing the huge quantities of data involved with the new display technologies. A 4K 3D display with 100 viewing angles already has to control 800 million pixels; for holographic displays – depending on the supported angular field of view – it is even orders of magnitude more. Al needs to be able to place this information accurately, efficiently and with very short latency times on a display. For that to happen, we not only need to make progress in signal-processing, but also in the display technology itself. For example, with AI we can try to predict how a person will move in a certain virtual environment and where his gaze will turn to. We then only need to supply the data for those viewing angles. Light-field technologies, which direct light in a specific direction through a system of lenses and for which the first commercial products are already available, will probably be a stepping stone to holographic technologies.
Translation to industrial application
AI technology may well be promising, but integrating it into industrial applications requires a major reorganization for candidate-companies. 80% of resources will be spent on enhancing the quality of their data to a level that is suitable for injecting it into a deep learning network. All internal processes need to be geared toward achieving that aim. Companies will also have to hire a data officer so that they can transform themselves into a data farm where all the data generated can be organized correctly. This means that every company will have to assess as to whether it can – and wants – to make the investment required, depending on the generated performance gain and improved value proposition for its products.
The situation with AR is totally different. This technology is already mature enough to be used in a company as it is. And it will even become important for the manufacturing and maintenance sectors. A good illustration of this is the imec.icon ARIA project in which AR is used to carry out maintenance tasks. Imec is working on this with the chemical company Evonik at the Port of Antwerp. There we work towards a solution in which technicians use AR glasses that project digital information as an extra level on reality. By also using deep neural networks, we have succeeded in recognizing objects in this specialized industrial environment. For example, we are able to display step-by-step instructions to an engineer carrying out maintenance work on the facilities, while at the same time adhering to the relevant safety procedures. This strategy increases the efficiency in the company by significantly reducing the training time required in the company while providing ongoing support. The ARIA project gives us a sneak peek at what the future holds: the integration of AI and AR may make a real difference in industry. It also shows us how important the role of imec is in this revolution: we are, after all, uniquely positioned to bring together the various areas of expertise required.
Read more about ARIA (Augmented Reality for Industrial Maintenance Procedures) and TherapyLens (Augmented Reality in Rehabilitation)
Read the press release on the novel sensing technology to track eye movement in real time
Read the press release on imec's self-learning neuromorphic chip
Biography Peter Schelkens
Peter Schelkens currently holds a professorship at the Department of Electronics and Informatics (ETRO), an affiliated research group of imec at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). His research interests are situated in the field of multidimensional signal processing with a strong focus on cross-disciplinary research. In 2014, he received an EU ERC Consolidator Grant for research in the domain of digital holography. Peter Schelkens is member of the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG1 (JPEG) standardization committee, where he is chairing the JPEG PLENO standardization activity targeted at light field, holography and point cloud technologies. He is associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology and Signal Processing: Image Communication.
How the Web Failed Its Own Inventor
Imec uses hyperspectral camera to decipher Da Vinci code in Tongerlo
Paintings, pythons and pears: the spectrum of hyperspectral applications.
imec Magazine | November 2019
Preface November 2019
Imec reports monolithic thin-film image sensor for the SWIR range with record pixel density


Not having a clear shot of your mug makes people think you've got something to hide, and no one wants to be catfished. It's always good to know what you want in a relationship.
Online dating apps are a special place where Friday night dreams go to die—but at the same time, they may be our greatest chance of meeting someone outside the two-block radius of our apartment/office.
So we keep swiping and hoping, fed on the stories of the happy couples who are *apparently* making it work through Tinder/Hinge/Bumble/what have you.
Recent years have seen an explosion of dating apps, and there seem to be incredibly niche ones launching every day. For some people, swiping through fellow singles and potential romantic partners is merely a bit of fun and a way to entertain themselves during TV ad breaks.While not a traditional dating app, Lulu lets users rate men in their social networks.


May 4, 2019, 8:30 am - 11:30 am at Kennard Dale High School.
This event is held at Kennard-Dale High School,Fawn Grove Pa. May 4,2019. I hold this event to Honor and Remember my son Michael who was KIA July13,2009. 5k run on the schools cross country course,1mile walk on the schools track.


Canadian Sport Institute Pacific is looking for volunteers for a study, help sports research and get some free testing to boot!
Competitive cyclists are needed for the final phase of a research study being conducted by the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific in Vancouver and Victoria. The purpose of the study is determine the impact of a short term heat acclimation protocol and hydration status on plasma volume, hemoglobin mass, and time trial performance in endurance trained cyclists.
Participants would undergo a variety of baseline measures, including VO2max, then train for 5 days in normal ambient indoor conditions with normal hydration before repeating the measures done earlier. Feedback is provided on all measures taken and threshold-based heart rate training zones with information on how to target the individual zones to help optimize your training would be provided at the end of the study. Participants must be healthy, less than 40 years of age, very fit (e.g., Cat 1/2 racer), and already training at least 90 minutes a day most days of the week.


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Der Vierzehntropfige Marienkäfer oder Blattfloh-Marienkäfer (Calvia quatuordecimguttata) ist ein Käfer aus der Familie der Marienkäfer (Coccinellidae).

Merkmale
Die Käfer werden ca. 4,5 bis 6 Millimeter lang und haben einen breiten, ovalen und gewölbten Körper. Ihre Deckflügel sind hell braunrot bis braun gefärbt und tragen je sieben weißliche Punkte, wobei jeweils vier, paarweise auf beiden Seiten der Flügeldeckennaht angeordnet sind. An das zweite Paar von vorne grenzen nach außen etwa auf gleicher Höhe je zwei weitere Punkte an, sodass insgesamt sechs in einer Reihe stehen. Das Halsschild ist ebenfalls braunrot gefärbt und hat in den hinteren Ecken je einen kleinen, weißlichen Fleck. Sowohl die Fühler als auch die Beine sind braun gefärbt.

Ähnliche Arten
 Licht-Marienkäfer (Calvia decemguttata)

Vorkommen
Die Käfer kommen in der gesamten Paläarktis und Nordamerika vor, sie fehlen aber im hohen Norden. Sie leben sowohl an feuchten als auch trockenen Stellen, wie zum Beispiel an Waldrändern und Wiesen. Sie kommen lokal häufig vor.

Lebensweise
Die Käfer überwintern meist im Bodenstreu. Wie die meisten Marienkäferarten ernähren sich sowohl die Imagines als auch die Larven der Vierzehntropfigen Marienkäfer von Blattläusen, aber auch von Blattflöhen.

Literatur
 Harde, Severa: Der Kosmos Käferführer, Die mitteleuropäischen Käfer, Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-06959-1.
 Jiři Zahradnik, Irmgard Jung, Dieter Jung et al.: Käfer Mittel- und Nordwesteuropas. Parey, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-490-27118-1.

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Sabrina Ionescu's unique rise to fame is about to revolutionize basketball
Henry Bushnell
April 10, 2020, 9:00 AM ·10 min read
Sabrina Ionescu doesn't particularly enjoy talking about herself. It's not that she's unfriendly, or even shy. It's just that — well, let her explain.
"I just try to represent myself to the best of my ability, just with my actions, not with my words," Ionescu told Yahoo Sports in December. "Because I'm not one to ... "
She cuts herself off, humility impeding full explanation.
"I don't know, I don't like talking about myself like that," she concludes.
And yet these days, an endless stream of people want Ionescu to do just that. To talk, via phone or video call from her family's Northern California home, about end-of-season honors and next week's WNBA draft. About Oregon memories and the sudden end. About Kobe and grief. About Steph Curry and … herself.
It's a natural consequence of a record-breaking college career, one that took the 5-foot-11 guard and her program to three Elite Eights and a Final Four. To back-to-back Wooden Awards and packed arenas. To 2,562 points, 1,091 assists and 1,040 rebounds, and more triple-doubles (26) than any other college player, male or female, ever.
In the process, she became, arguably, the most popular collegiate hooper in the country regardless of gender. "She runs in circles that I can only dream of," Oregon coach Kelly Graves said in October. And that was before she took down Team USA, before Curry started showing up at games, before she pressured Nike into selling her jersey, and before they sold out in hours. Before Sabrinamania swept the nation.
Now, as she prepares to turn pro, industry sources expect an unprecedented shoe deal. WNBA agents see a "marketing star" and an influential voice. Ionescu will join other iconic female athletes on Saturday's #WeKeepPlaying panel, which can be streamed exclusively on Yahoo Sports. A week later, she'll enter the WNBA with more transformative potential than any of her predecessors.
Streaming on Yahoo Sports
And it is all so refreshing, so energizing, for the entire women's basketball world, because it is organic fame. Ionescu has simply been herself. She's been intensely human. And an unsought spotlight has followed.
"She's just a kid who's doing amazing things," says Whitney Wagoner, a former NFL employee and current sports marketing professor at Oregon.
And in her authenticity, Ionescu has become the purest — and potentially the biggest — female basketball superstar.
What makes Ionescu so special?
She is not the first. Far from it. Boris Lelchitski has been representing basketball players since the WNBA's inception in 1997, and as he points out: "There have been Lisa Leslies, and Cheryl Millers, and Taurasis, and Pondexters, and Candace Parkers, what have you. There have been star players."
But he admits: "I think there are a few things making this, right now, different."
Sports marketing experts agree, and point to a variety of factors that have amplified Ionescu's popularity. It's her basketball prowess, of course, but also her backstory. The childhood spent hustling locals for Slurpees in pickup games at a nearby park. The work ethic derived from Romanian-immigrant parents. The middle school who told her she should be playing with dolls, not an orange leather sphere.
It's also her timing. It's "the rise of women's basketball and female sports in the first place," Lelchitski says. "Cheryl Miller was equally as dominant in her day," Wagoner points out. But in the 1980s, "We didn't have social media, women's basketball wasn't on national TV." We also weren't having the "broader societal conversations," as University of North Carolina professor Danielle Smith puts it, about gender equality and women in sports that we're having today.
"I mean, we're literally looking at lightning in a bottle," says Thayer Lavielle, a Wasserman executive who heads the agency's women's sports division.
Then there are "some other sociocultural things that people aren't super comfortable talking about," Wagoner says. "There's just been a lot of stigma around female athletes. Are you pretty enough? Are you too masculine?" It's far from the chief reason for any athlete's fame, she clarifies, and that doesn't mean it should be that way. But "if what we're talking about is marketability, and popularity ... whether we like to talk about it or not, some of those other elements are part of the mix."
And then there is the final element, the most difficult to talk about, but one of the most impactful: an unspeakable tragedy that, as former sneaker executive Sonny Vaccaro says, "brought her story to the world."
Sabrina Ionescu is on her way to changing women's basketball. (Amber Matsumoto/Yahoo Sports)
Ionescu's triumph after tragedy
When Ionescu heard the news of Kobe and Gigi Bryant's deaths that Sunday in January, hours before a game in Corvallis, Oregon, she blacked out and broke down in tears. Her teammates and parents rushed to her side. Minutes before tipoff, she was still in the locker room. Somehow, she played 40 minutes, and engineered a win over rival Oregon State. But she doesn't remember any of it. Her brain and heart and soul were processing the loss of a friend, one she'd texted and talked with regularly ever since spending time with Kobe Bryant over the summer.
Millions of American basketball fans, however, did not know this until Ionescu was introduced to them at the public memorial service weeks later. Vanessa Bryant, Kobe's wife, had asked Ionescu to speak. She stepped to the podium at Staples Center. And "she was so eloquent, she presented herself so well, following up on what Diana [Taurasi] had said," Vaccaro says. "She was magnificent in her sorrow."
He's somewhat hesitant to draw lines between such tragic circumstances and Ionescu's popularity. Others, understandably, are too. But this, Vaccaro explains, is "the strangeness of marketing." Marketing is about resonant moments. "The tragedy of Kobe put [Ionescu] in the spotlight. She did all those things [on the court] before the speech. She was that good. And Oregon [was] pretty damn good. [But] I witnessed it, and that's what I felt, I felt a kinship to [Ionescu]. And my wife did. We all did. Because of the tragedy, and the way she comported herself. And then what she did that night."
After the memorial, Ionescu hopped on a plane. She landed in San Francisco a couple hours before a top-10 showdown with Stanford. Her father picked her up at the airport and sped southeast. Again, emotions overwhelmed her. Her body was drained. Minutes before tip, she was throwing up in the locker room.
A couple hours later, she was the first 2K-1K-1K player in college basketball history, and Oregon was victorious.
"On that day, all the stars, and everything in the heavens, pointed to her," Vaccaro says. "She had center stage." And she graced it with humility and emotion and strength. She didn't seize the spotlight. She didn't take advantage of anything. "She made a human appearance that day above her athletic appearance," Vaccaro says. "And to me, that resonated. She is really, really, really good. But she was human, she was tearful, she was sad, and she was grateful that she had the opportunity. That's something you don't write scripts for. That's something – that's who that person is. Actually, she's been a very quiet superstar."
She has, through it all, been Sabrina. Kobe didn't change that, nor have Curry's courtside appearances, nor LeBron James' tweets. But they've offered exposure and visibility, experts explain. Ionescu's Instagram following has more than tripled since the turn of the calendar year, with the steepest spike in February, around the memorial. The recognition from NBA stars, Wagoner says, "really matters."
"One thousand percent," Smith concurs. "It's just transference, right? From a marketing perspective, if I'm a fan of Steph Curry, and I see him bringing his daughters to watch this amazing female athlete, and I already follow Steph, and I already admire him, then I'm more likely to be a fan. Because he's transferring his support, and his fandom, and I'm more likely to do that myself."
The memorial, in this light, was a sad but significant breakthrough.
"It was one of those magical moments," Vaccaro says. "It's like, 'Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore.' We're in another world."
Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu (20) celebrates after a game against Mississippi State during the 2019 NCAA women's tournament. (Troy Wayrynen-USAT Sports)
Gauging Ionescu's starpower
It's a world where boys and girls want a picture with her. A world where thousands of middle-aged males, some of whom have never watched a WNBA game, know her name. A world where Wagoner's 75-year-old mother and Lavielle's teenage sons gush about Ionescu all the same. Her popularity spans ages and races, genders and sexual orientations, any demographical divide that you might expect to delineate women's basketball fandom.
"She definitely has been able to make that leap, from a relatively narrow group of people who are fans of collegiate women's basketball, to mainstream 'SportsCenter' sports fans," Wagoner says. "And that's a really critical jump."
She has dealt with the same institutionalized underexposure that all female athletes do. For all the hype, the Oregon women made five national TV appearances this past season. The men made 18. Similar discrepancies will follow Ionescu to the pros. They're why lucrative endorsements have eluded most women's basketball stars in the past, especially in non-Olympic years.
Yet there is a hope, perhaps even an expectation, that Ionescu will change that. She has said a shoe deal is coming, with either Nike, Under Armour or Puma, likely within two weeks. Vaccaro expects it to be worth more than any previous WNBA rookie sneaker contract. Lelchitski, the longtime agent, says a signature Sabrina shoe is a "no-brainer" for whichever apparel company does land her. (Nike is the heavy favorite.)
It is easy to forget that she's still only 22. She may or may not develop into a multi-time MVP. She may or may not win championships. "She's about to graduate college, and she has all the same butterflies about her future that every other college senior has," Wagoner likes to remind people. "She's young, and she's got real anxieties like anybody else has, so we should be empathetic."
But she has, organically, carved out a unique platform despite the engraved inequities. She is willing, and occasionally eager, to use her voice to challenge those inequities. She is positioned, marketing experts believe, to be the face of gender-equality campaigns and gender-neutral basketball campaigns alike. "She's setting a new precedent," Lelchitski says, "and can go down in history as one of the pioneers who helped change women's sports in the long run."
Says Vaccaro: "That platform, and her ability, is going to take it to a new level."
Because, he explains: "Marketing is that 'it' thing, no matter what the hell you say. And that's what my life has been — find 'it.' And she has 'it.' "
Perhaps most importantly, though, "it" isn't some contrived persona. It isn't polarizing self-importance. It's the opposite. It's just … Sabrina.
"You don't have to be anything different than who you are," Bryant said of her, and to her, in one of his last interviews before the crash. "Because you being who you are has brought on these expectations, because that's what you're capable of. You don't need to get in your own head about it, and say, 'I gotta live up to this, live up to that.' Just be who you are."
Yahoo Sports' Cassandra Negley contributed reporting to this story.
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We have made our internal walls using a pine structure and green olive branches. It has worked very nicely so here is a little guide on how we did it.
Firstly we built the structure using 70x100mm pine joists. We secured them to the floor horizontally and connected them to the first floor joists vertically.
We also drilled holes in the top and bottom joists to hold the olive branches in place.
When it was strong enough to push against with a bit of force we were ready for cob. To save time we didn't add any sand to our mix as we have about 50/50 sand/clay in our earth so its not a bad mix for a first layer. It will crack more due to its higher clay content but we are not concerned as this is just the scratch coat.
Working from bottom to top is easier we found. Wattle and daub is a great technique as you use less cob compared to a pure cob wall, and you can build from bottom to top without waiting for it to dry so it is much quicker.
You don't have to stick to straight walls either, we have seen people daub all manner of interesting shaped structures using this technique.


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Q: Can't uninstall Rails gem I was updating  rails version when I noticed that uninstalling rails still give you access to it (you can call $ rails new name). I used the following commands in terminal, (I am on OS X using rvm):
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rvm rubies

=> ruby-2.0.0-p594 [ x86_64 ]
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Rails 4.2.0
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capistrano-rails (1.1.0)
coffee-rails (4.0.1)
factory_girl_rails (4.3.0)
font-awesome-rails (4.0.3.1)
jquery-rails (3.0.4)
jquery-ui-rails (4.1.1)
rails-deprecated_sanitizer (1.0.3)
rails-dom-testing (1.0.5)
rails-html-sanitizer (1.0.1)
rails-observers (0.1.2)
rails_admin (0.6.0)
rspec-rails (2.14.1)
sass-rails (4.0.1)
sprockets-rails (2.0.1)
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Rails 4.2.0

As you can see, after uninstalling rails, I still have access to it. G  in gem list G rails is an alias for |GREP.
How to get rid of Rails?

A: The only way I've been able to completely purge rails from OSX/Ubuntu as of rails 4 is to uninstall railties, which will remove rails and any associated rails rubygem. If you want to remove a specific version (4.2.0 in your case), you can do the following:
gem uninstall railties -v 4.2.0


As one in ten children are growing up in this world without the loving care of a parent and the support they need, SOS Children's Villages has launched a worldwide campaign: No Child Should Grow Up Alone. SOS Children's Villages has joined hands with MBC Alamal to raise awareness across the Middle East and North Africa of the challenges facing vulnerable children today.
In more than 125 countries and territories worldwide, SOS Children's Villages supports families in crisis and provides loving families for children who have lost parental care or who are at risk of losing it. By supporting this campaign, you will help us provide thousands of vulnerable children with the care and loving support they need to fulfil their potential.
Every child has the right to grow up in a family that cares for them. We know that by investing in children at an early age, we are giving them the tools that they need to develop into independent adults who can play a positive role in society.
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SANTE FE, ARG (July 7, 2018) - Team Canada's U17 Men's National Team fell to Team USA 120-71 in the semi-final round of the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2018 in Sante Fe, Argentina.
Click here for full team roster.
Addison Patterson led the way for the red and white, scoring a team-high 15 points to go along with six rebounds and three assists. The USA was led by Jalen Green, who put up a game-high 25 points.
Canada's relentless defence led the way for the red and white in the opening frame as they found themselves with a convincing 28-21 lead heading into the second. However, Team USA came storming back in the second quarter, forcing a string of turnovers and earning themselves a 54-42 heading into halftime. A 29-13 run in the third quarter gave the USA an 83-55 lead heading into the fourth, where Canada eventually went on to take the 120-71 loss.
Canada will move on to compete in the bronze medal game tomorrow, as they get set to take on the Puerto Rico national team at 5:00 PM EST.
For the latest updates regarding Canada Basketball and the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup, follow Canada Basketball on Twitter.


Every Kiss Begins with K: Backing into the division title by losing is our old friends, THE BULLDOGS, who claim the Mike Martz trophy for most points scored. They also get a first round bye; no 'complaints' there.
December to Remember: H.Y.C recovers from some midseason injuries (no Rodgers!) and claim the 4 seed, looking to make a deep December run. The defending champ is in at #5, getting a shot for an unprecedented 3rd straight 'strap'.
You've got a friend in the Diamond Business: This year's Crappie Master trophy goes to last year's runner up, Can't Wait for Baseball, who scores the fewest points for the season. The name says it all.
For the second straight year, we are over last years totals for transactions and money, so this years champ will make more than the last 2 years. Good Luck to all!
#5 Hilty Two Times v. #4 H.Y.C.: Is the champ's run finally finished?
Spreadsheet is located here: LFFL stats.