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May 2022 – Hero of the Month: Jose Andres and World Central Kitchen
As I watched the trauma unfold in Ukraine over the last 60 plus days, I spent hours researching NGOs to determine where to best send financial assistance to the Ukrainian people (almost 4 million at last count) who fled to Poland, Moldova and their other European neighbors and the millions uprooted within Ukraine by the war started by the most evil man in Europe since Adolph Hitler. My attention was finally focused on Jorge Andres and World Central Kitchen (WCK). After reading the many tributes to his personal courage, tireless energy and tremendous impact, our family has contributed $25,000 to WCK and intends to do more in the year ahead, because the war and the needs and suffering of the brave Ukrainian people will not end soon. As I write this tribute, WCK hasdistributed 35,000,000 pounds of food and 100,000,000 meals utilizing 5,000 distribution centers throughout Ukraine and neighboring countries. I learned that Ron Howard directed a feature-length documentary on Andres and WCK called simply "We Feed People" that will premiere on Disney+ later this month.
Jose Andres was born in Spain and gained fame and success by establishing a group of outstanding restaurants in Washington DC and New York City where he created his unique cooking style and fabulous recipes. He founded WCK in 2010 in response to the truly devastating and catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. His and WCK's method of operation is to be a first responder and then to collaborate and galvanize solutions with local chefs to solve the problem of hunger immediately following disasters of various kinds. In addition to Haiti and Ukraine, WCK was one of the first to arrive in Puerto Rico after they were trashed in 2017 by Hurricane Maria, The Bahamas when they met a similar fate during Hurricane Dorian in 2019 and over the last 12 years he and his team have been in many countries (another example Beirut after the massive waterfront explosion caused by a stockpile of ammonium nitrate that devastated a vast swath of the city in 2020), as well as responding to many natural disasters here at home: in Houston TX following Hurricane Harvey, Ventura County, CA in response to the Thomas Fire, Butte County, CA teaming with the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company to provide Thanksgiving dinners for 15,000 survivors and fire fighters impacted by the Camp Fire, in Sonoma County, working with local chefs such as Guy Fieri, during the Kincaid Fire, in South Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, providing 50,000 meals to passengers stranded and quarantined on the Grand Princess cruise ship in San Francisco in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and among many others, transformed eight of his restaurants into soup kitchens to support the needy as the infection rates and deaths skyrocketed in 2020.
In recognition of his service, Time Magazine named him one of the world's 100 most influential people.
Jose says it best:
"Food relief is not just a meal that keeps hunger away. It is a plate of hope. It tells you in your darkest hour that someone, somewhere, cares about you. This is the real meaning of comfort food. We don't just deliver raw ingredients and expect people to fend for themselves. And we don't just dump free food into a disaster: we source and hire locally wherever we can, which also helps jump-start their economic recovery.
People begin exhibiting serious health and psychological complications if they go without meaningful nutrition for as little as three days. After a disaster, food is also the fastest way to rebuild a sense of community. At times like these, it is easy to feel overwhelmed by the scale of the challenges we face and the speed of each new crisis. But many complex problems have simple solutions. Sometimes you just need to decide to do something. Sometimes you just need to show up with a sandwich or some warm rice and beans. You would be amazed at the power of a plate of food."
If you too are looking for the right way to help those in need, check out the WCK website (www.wck.org) or watch the Ron Howard documentary.
God Bless Jose Andres and the hard-working and dedicated staff at WCK and all of the chefs who volunteer to help, crisis after crisis.
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Radolfzell, Wangen im Allgäu, Troisdorf, Mönchengladbach – National Instruments (NI) has honored the "ADAS iiT Consortium– Innovation in Test" with its 2018 Technical Innovation Award. The prize is awarded to partner companies who employ new NI technologies at an early stage, thereby reflecting their roles as early adopters who promote innovation in particular. The four partner companies in the ADAS iiT Consortium have pooled their expertise to create a unique one-stop solution for simulating and validating Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) for autonomously operated vehicles.
On National Instruments (NI) Alliance Partner Day in Fürstenfeldbruck, a town outside Munich, NI has honored the ADAS iiT Consortium with its 2018 Technical Innovation Award. In so doing, NI has recognized the innovative approach taken by the consortium, founded in 2017, in pooling their expertise to offer their customers a synchronized one-stop testing solution for the simulation and validation of autonomously operated vehicles in a virtual environment. The test solutions that were developed are based on the standardized platforms of National Instruments.
NI's Technical Innovation Award has been awarded since 2013. It honors partner companies that, in their role as early adopters, have deployed new NI technologies early on and have thereby particularly distinguished themselves in promoting innovation.
"ADAS iiT – Innovation in Test" is an amalgamation of four NI partner companies (Konrad Technologies GmbH, SET GmbH, S.E.A. Data Technolgy GmbH und measX GmbH & Co. KG) formed with the goal of making autonomous driving even safer. By cooperating, the partners have pursued a unique strategy to develop test solutions for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) in autonomously driven vehicles and in doing so, have pooled their skills and their many years of experience in the areas of sensor and radar simulation (Konrad), Hardware-in-the-Loop (SET), V2X communication, GNSS simulation (S.E.A.) and data management (measX).
ADAS iiT offers virtual test drives to check modern sensors and Sensor Fusion Electronic Control Units (ECU) and delivers turnkey-ready, flexible ADAS end-to-end solutions from a single provider — starting with system architecture and continuing through development, implementation, and validation, all the way to production. Such pooling of skills results in a one-stop offering that portrays real-life test conditions in the laboratory and thus offers the customer great technical, financial and time-related added value.
Founded in March 2017, the ADAS iiT group is the first to present cost-optimized consolidated ADAS test solutions for virtual test drive combining Sensor Fusion, Hardware in the Loop (HiL) , V2X Communication, GNSS Simulation and Integrated Data Management Systems.
This unique NI platform based concept will help bring autonomous vehicles to the market safer and faster than expected. Together, the exceptional expertise in ADAS Sensor Fusion of Konrad Technologies GmbH, on HiL of SET GmbH, on V2X Communication and GNSS Application of S.E.A. Datentechnik GmbH, and on Data Management of measX GmbH & Co. KG form a complete, flexible set of tools from design to development, implementation and validation to production.
Pleased about the award (l. to r., back to front): Ingo Schumacher (Systems Engineering Manager CER, National Instruments), Dr. Gerd Schmitz (CEO, S.E.A. Data Technology GmbH), Georg Plasswilm (Regional Sales Director CER, National Instruments), Michael Konrad (CEO, Konrad Technologies GmbH), Michael Dams (Regional Partner Manager CER, National Instruments), Tony Vento (VP Systems Assurance and Partners, National Instruments), Frank Heidemann (CEO, SET GmbH), Robert Morton (VP Sales & Marketing EMEIA, National Instruments), and Josef Eiswirt (Sales Manager, measX GmbH & Co. KG).


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Q: Is there a way to stop edits of specific properties in an object? I am building out a shopping cart component and have a function to add new items. My object structure looks like so:
 productsArray = [{
    "item": {
     "id": 001,
     "name": "dinner plate",
     "description": "white corningware plate",
     "collection": "dinner",
     "price": 50,
    },
     "qty": 1,
   }]

if my addProduct function is called on a different item, it pushes a new object to the array. However I want to ensure that if some code runs in the application such as delete, pop or an attempt to change a property's value - it will not change the object. I still, however, would like to be able to change the qty value if the addProduct function executes and there is a matching object (which will execute qty += 1).
I understand there are Object.freeze and Object.seal at my disposal but I am running into errors in allowing only the one property to be modified. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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March Library Office Notes
Posted on March 1, 2018 by klsimmns@illinois.edu
Unit Information Sheets
Business Information Services has Moved
BHRSC News
Faculty and AP Searches
IT Staffing News
Recent Application Updates
Facility Project Updates
University of Illinois Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon (March 3)
NISO Webinar: Library As Publisher, Part One: Current Status and Impact on Scholarly Communication (March 7)
From MARC to BIBFRAME: Linked Data on the Ground – Enhanced (March 7 – May 2)
Library 2.018: Design Thinking: How Librarians Are Incorporating It Into Their Practice (March 8)
Creative Connections (March 8)
Cultural Connections – Kenya, Senegal and Zimbabwe (March 9)
Science Fiction Movie Night+ (March 9 and 10)
NISO Webinar: Library As Publisher, Part Two: UX and UI for the Library's Digital Collections (March 14)
Copyright Coffee Breaks with Sara Benson (March 22)
Systematic Review Webinar Series (March 27)
CLIA (Community-Library Inter-Action) Workshop (March 27)
Tech Talks with Staff Development and Training (March 28)
The Tenure Process in Academic Libraries and its Alternatives (March 29)
Scholarly Commons to host Edward Ayers (March 29)
Cultural Connections: "Culture of Peace" (March 30)
Many of you will recall the Library's 2009 Master Plan, a building project that focused on a dramatic transformation of the Main Library and the repurposing of the Undergraduate Library building as a facility devoted to special collections. That plan was impressive and ambitious but, at more than $300m, was also beyond the means of most institutions. Read more…
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Unit Information Sheets
Scott Koeneman, Assistant Dean of Libraries for Advancement
Many of you have assisted Library Advancement by filling out the survey that allowed us to create our Unit Information Sheets. These sheets are distributed widely by Library Advancement to donor prospects who may have an interest in your units. They are also shared with major gift officers and regional gift officers from units across campus to be distributed to donors they work with.
It has been about a year since the last time we updated many of these. I would ask that you review your unit's Information Sheet at https://uofi.box.com/s/8o5nsohxk7y6m6prbeve5kt06xdgv199 and let us know if you have changes you would like to make.
If your unit does not have an information sheet, please fill out the survey at https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/889520 so that we can start the process.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Campaign Update
As of Feb. 27, Library Advancement has raised $3,633,039 in new business for the Library, 145 percent of our annual goal. We are at $13,885,853 for the With Illinois campaign, just short of 40 percent of our campaign goal.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Business Information Services has Moved
BIS has moved to the Main Library. Please help share the news and encourage interested users to schedule an appointment for research help (or to ask questions) by contacting the Business Information Services team at (217) 333-3619 or BIS@library.illinois.edu. Additional resources are available at http://www.library.illinois.edu/bis/.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: BHRSC News
The Business and Human Resource Service Center has exciting news to share…no more annual evaluation paperwork!
Last year, BHRSC teamed up with IT to build a new system which will allow us to streamline the annual performance evaluation and job description update process.
The development of the new system's architecture and technology will allow us to reduce paper, expedite turn-around time, and most importantly alleviate some of the stress involved.
The system is anticipated to be available in April, so if you would like to use this automated process we encourage you to hold-off on completing paper forms until then.
If you completed your evaluations for the year – THANK YOU! Be assured that those have been accepted and you will not need to duplicate your work.
Watch your email for additional announcements and information about upcoming training sessions. We hope you are as excited as we are!
You can view the February LTOTM email at:
http://illinois.edu/emailer/newsletter/158848.html.
The most recent meetings minutes of the CDC are posted at https://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/committee/collection-development-committee/.
The meetings minutes of CAPT (including work group reports) are posted at:
Please forward journal editorships or editorial board membership, elected and invited external service appointments, honors, and awards information to Heather Murphy.
HR NEWS: Faculty and AP Searches
Below is a summary of current academic searches as of February 28, 2018 (click on graphic below to enlarge). A more comprehensive listing is sent via LibNews each month.
Retirement of Jane Menkhaus (February 28, 2018)
HR NEWS: New Employees
Full-time at ILL/DD Aliya Paul (February 12, 2018)
Karen Dudas, passed away on February 23, 2018
IT NEWS: IT Staffing News
We are very happy to welcome Joe Troy to Library IT. Joe will be working with the Scholarly Communications and Repository Services Team as a Web Application Developer/Architect. Joe is finishing his PhD in Informatics, specializing in Bioinformatics. He also has a MS in Computer Science and many years of software development experience in the corporate world. In addition to his PhD work, Joe was most recently a Data Transformation and Database Specialist for the Technology Services' Social Media Analytics project, working with data in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. He also has previous experience working in the Library as a Visiting Program Manager for the Library's MINRVA mobile app.
IT NEWS: Recent Application Updates
Library IT has recently pushed out significant updates to the following applications:
Bitbucket (code.library.illinois.edu): mostly for programmers to manage their software code
Jira (bugs.library.illinois.edu): issue tracking and workflow management for various Library projects
EZProxy: provides access to library electronic resources from outside the campus network
Later this Spring we will be rolling out an updated version of PaperCut which provides Library patrons with access to public printing.
As usual, if you encounter problems or need help with any technology-related issue, please contact the Library IT Help Desk: https://www.library.illinois.edu/staff/it/
FACILITIES: Facility Project Updates
Library Programming and Conceptual Design – initiating project with Facilities & Services, reviewing comprehensive project schedule and initiating Illinois State Historic Preservation Office review.
Main Library – F&S – North and South Stairway "renovation" – stair tread cleaning and wall/ceiling painting – F&S funding approved. F&S Paint Shop will start work during Spring Semester 2018. F&S Building Services Workers – Flooring Crew will start their work after Commencement 2018.
For a complete list of projects in planning and construction, please see:
https://wordpress.library.illinois.edu/staff/facilities/.
To see the most up-to-date staff events calendar, please visit http://www.library.illinois.edu/calendar/staff/.
EVENTS AND TRAINING: University of Illinois Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon
March 3, 2018, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Krannert Art Museum, Main Level, Link Gallery, 500 East Peabody Drive
Despite its wide reach, Wikipedia suffers from a severe gender imbalance: since most editors are men, articles conform to men's interests and perspectives. In an effort to change this, we are gathering a diverse group together to celebrate women's cultural achievements.
We will provide tutorials for Wikipedia newcomers, reference materials, and snacks. Bring your laptop, power cord, and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. Stop by for a little bit or stay for the whole afternoon. No Wikipedia editing experience necessary!
If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things about Wikipedia.
Visit https://kam.illinois.edu/event/university-illinois-artfeminism-edit-thon for more information.
EVENTS AND TRAINING: NISO Webinar: Library As Publisher, Part One: Current Status and Impact on Scholarly Communication
March 7, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
428 Main Library
An increasing number of university libraries have assumed responsibility for scholarly communication activities and university presses. This event will bring together professionals from a variety of institutions, asking them to address what the challenges have been for them, name their successes, and articulate their vision for the future.
EVENTS AND TRAINING: From MARC to BIBFRAME: Linked Data on the Ground – Enhanced
All held in 428 Main Library from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
This series of six webinars builds on the introductory series From MARC to BIBFRAME: Linked Data on the Ground, which was presented in fall 2016 and is now available free of charge. It describes the continuing BIBFRAME initiatives taking place at the Library of Congress as well as within the broader information community.
Series sessions include:
March 7 – Library of Congress BIBFRAME Pilot: Phase Two
Updates the LC and BIBFRAME 2 implementation at the Library of Congress
Describes LC's continuing BIBFRAME work with special formats
Reviews LD4P (Linked Data for Production) initiatives and LC's involvement in them; the PCC (Program for Cooperative Cataloging) BIBFRAME Task Group; and RDA's influence on BIBFRAME 2
March 21 – Linked Data and Annotations: What We Stand to Gain
Explains how linked data can turn simple MARC textual notes into a navigable network of relationships as part of the of LD4P project
Describes Princeton University's shift to BIBFRAME and linked data to enhance the search experience
Shows how the WebAnnotation model is used to encode dedications and the effort needed to encode this type of annotation
March 28 – Performed Music & BIBFRAME: Enriching the Ontology
Introduces and describes the Performed Music Ontology and its relationship to BIBFRAME for recorded music
Describes the relationship between the ontology to other standards such as RDA and Doremus (DOing REusable MUSical Data)
Provides information on using the ontology for cataloging and current and future plans for the ontology's framework, governance and use
April 4 – ArtFrame: Extending Library Ontologies to Works of Art
Introduces the Linked Data for Production (LC4P) project and the ArtFrame domain-specific sub-project
Reviews existing descriptive cataloging standards for works of art and reviews use cases for describing art objects as linked data within a library environment
Discusses the work by Columbia staff including use cases, modeling areas, tools, outcomes and lessons learned
April 18 – Improve Discoverability of Non-Roman Materials
Explains how to provide subject access to non-English materials in the language of the script
Describes how to link non-English terms to external sources via linked data techniques
Demonstrates how users may search the catalog by subject in their preferred language
May 2 – Linked Data Description of Cartographic Resources
Describes the background and goals of the LD4P-CM (Linked Data for Production – Cartographic Materials)
Explains how Linked Open Data (LOD) and semantic web ontologies (BIBFRAME and bibliotek-o – a BIBFRAME extension ontology) can be extended to describe library cartographic resources including printed maps, atlases, digital geospatial datasets and other cartographic information resources
Illustrates how BIBFRAME 2.0 and bibliotek-o can be applied as base ontologies for describing geospatial and cartographic resources
EVENTS AND TRAINING: Library 2.018: Design Thinking: How Librarians Are Incorporating It Into Their Practice
March 8, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
This event is being organized in partnership with Steven J. Bell, who will serve as moderator for the opening panel and as the closing keynote speaker.
When IDEO, a globally recognized design firm, partnered with the Chicago Public Library to create the Design Thinking Toolkit for Libraries it greatly demystified the design thinking process and gave the library community a resource to more easily implement a design challenge in their own organization. Design thinking is a process designers use to thoughtfully identify problems and then, using a team-based approach, develop prototypes useful for implementing an elegant solution. In response to the growing interest in design thinking, this event will provide attendees with both insights into the process and examples of how librarians are integrating it into their practice. If you've been hearing about design thinking and want to learn more about how you can develop and lead a design challenge at your library, this is your opportunity.
We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to provide input and participate this event.
EVENTS AND TRAINING: Creative Connections
Thursday, March 8, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
EVENTS AND TRAINING: Cultural Connections – Kenya, Senegal and Zimbabwe
Friday, March 9, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Join the Library's Diversity Committee for an introduction to Kenya, Senegal and Zimbabwe. Guests of honor are: Anne Lutomia (Kenya), Mor Gueye (Senegal), and Jean Kanengoni (Zimbabwe). They will share culture and customs from their home countries.
EVENTS AND TRAINING: Science Fiction Movie Night+
Friday, March 9th:
•2:00-3:00 pm – A conversation with Elizabeth Bear (with Q&A)
Location: Grainger Commons
•7:00 pm – Westworld
Location: Illini Union 314 A
•12:30 pm – Science Fiction Quiz (as a warm up to the movie)
•1:00 pm – A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Locations: Illini Union 314 B
EVENTS AND TRAINING: NISO Webinar: Library As Publisher, Part Two: UX and UI for the Library's Digital Collections
Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Just how good (or how bad) are the Web-based interfaces encountered by library users these days? Having invested in the creation of significant digital collections, how can libraries enhance usage of those collections? How do scholars and students (especially those working remotely) expect to engage with this content online? What should the interfaces be designed to support? Is there a baseline that has been established? What room exists for innovation in the user experience (UX) and user interface (UI)?
EVENTS AND TRAINING: Copyright Coffee Breaks with Sara Benson
Thursday, March 22, 2018, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Sara Benson will be hosting a monthly lunch and learn in Room 428 at Noon, the last Thursday of the month. Please bring your lunch and come ready to learn about copyright issues.
EVENTS AND TRAINING: Systematic Review Webinar Series
Tuesday, March 27, 2018, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Staff Development and Training is pleased to offer three webinars on systematic reviews by Margaret Foster, AHIP, and Sarah Jewell, co-editors of Assembling the Pieces of a Systematic Review: A Guide for Librarians. Join us for the second webinar in the series, Selecting Systematic Review Software on a Shoestring.
Keeping current with systematic review software and identifying the best software for a client can be difficult. Learn the pluses and minuses of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Systematic Review Data Repository (SRDR), Rayyan, and other free software for supporting systematic reviews, best practices for saving and sharing files, and how to address data and project management issues.
EVENTS AND TRAINING: CLIA (Community-Library Inter-Action) Workshop
Tuesday, March 27, 2018, 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Presented by the Library Public Engagement Discussion Group, Library Diversity Committee, Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, and the iSchool Diversity Committee
Free – Register via Library Staff Calendar: http://il.evanced.info/illinoisedu/lib/eventcalendar.asp.
Attend the Community-Library Inter-Action (CLIA) workshop to learn about CLIA, a mindful practice for libraries to facilitate community dialogue and action of, by, and for the community that leads to social transformation. As anchors of our communities, libraries can work WITH their communities to address challenges they are facing and/or to welcome change through shared understanding, empowerment, reflection, and common action.
CLIA workshops, recently presented in Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Peru, Qatar, Spain and the US, enable library staff and volunteers to realign their thinking from being service providers and problem solvers to community connectors with the capacity to support shared goals and actions through the strengthening of community identity. The CLIA workshop engages interactive methods to teach staff and stakeholders from any type of library how they can strengthen their library's role as a community anchor by working WITH, not just FOR communities.
CLIA, an international partnership, was co-developed by library and community members and others in the United States and Colombia. To learn more about CLIA, a project of the Libraries for Peace initiative to advance peaceful and sustainable communities worldwide, go to: https://librariesforpeace.org/clia.
Faciliator:
Clara M. Chu, Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor
Mortenson Center for International Library Programs
University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign
EVENTS AND TRAINING: Tech Talks with Staff Development and Training
Wednesday, March 28, 2018, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
314 Main Library – Presenter – JJ Pionke
Would you like to know how to make quick video clips? Jing is an easy to use video software program.
EVENTS AND TRAINING: The Tenure Process in Academic Libraries and its Alternatives
Organizers from the Library and the iSchool invite you to attend a panel discussion on tenure and its alternatives in academic libraries. Panelists will share their experience with the tenure process, both here at Illinois and at other institutions. You will also hear about processes that are used as alternatives to tenure. The discussion will take place on March 29th from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. in iSchool 126 with a reception to follow.
EVENTS AND TRAINING: Scholarly Commons to host Edward Ayers
Please join the Scholarly Commons in 220 Main Library on March 29 at 4:00 p.m. for a lecture by Edward Ayres, the President Emeritus of University of Richmond. There will be a reception following the lecture. Edward Ayers began his first digital project just before the World Wide Web emerged, and is co-host of BackStory, a popular podcast about American history. More details are at https://www.library.illinois.edu/sc/events/speaker/. Watch your email for an announcement about his meeting with library staff on March 29th or 30th.
EVENTS AND TRAINING: Cultural Connections: "Culture of Peace"
Friday, March 30, 2018, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Main Library, Room 106
Join the Library's Diversity Committee for an introduction to the Culture of Peace.
Featured presenters:
Catalina Hernandez – PhD student, School of Art + Design – sharing experiences from Colombia as its engages in a formal peace process
Jean Kanengoni – PhD student, iSchool – sharing experiences of free speech, civil war, and apartheid from Zimbabwe
William Stewart, PhD – Professor, Recreation, Sport, and Tourism – sharing experiences about how parks contribute to community well being and peace
If you would like to submit content for the April issue of Library Office Notes, please submit it to Heather Murphy or Tom Teper by Friday, March 23, 2018.

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Q: Linear Mixed Model (LMM) with statsmodels library (syntax suggestion) I have a dataset that I tried that I want to analyised with Linear Mixed Effect (LMM). The Fixed effect is a binary classification (H and L), and the Block effect is Region (A, B and C). In other words, I wanted so see if Test1 and Test2 predict Code.
Conditions:

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*Category as fixed and the regions as block effect)

*Fitting method (REML)

My dataset (df):
columns = ['Region', 'Code', 'Code_new', 't/acre', 'Test1', 'Test2']
values = [['FN', 'H', 1, 15.0, 0.712862151688503, 23.5568811267605],
 ['BOP', 'L', 0, 8.7, 0.587254318046456, 36.4475715254237],
 ['MN', 'H', 1, 21.4, 0.569632310916364, 36.528769122807],
 ['FN', 'H', 1, 17.9, 0.79394644935972, 21.3874086075949],
 ['FN', 'H', 1, 15.0, 0.841279669762641, 23.974678095238],
 ['BOP', 'L', 0, 8.2, 0.587428337428337, 36.4475715254237],
 ['MN', 'H', 1, 15.0, 0.613690151101401, 35.8121337704918],
 ['BOP', 'L', 0, 14.6, 0.679920477137176, 20.078494117647],
 ['BOP', 'L', 0, 11.9, 0.608206746892878, 32.4547462295081],
 ['BOP', 'L', 0, 11.1, 0.606286033103961, 31.0558347540983],
 ['BOP', 'H', 1, 18.3, 0.667314418966187, 31.3314411940298],
 ['BOP', 'H', 1, 26.5, 0.734909244406922, 26.1845567123287],
 ['MN', 'H', 1, 16.4, 0.623185442649764, 45.9700361290322],
 ['FN', 'H', 1, 16.6, 0.849115302352712, 16.8659350588235],
 ['BOP', 'H', 1, 18.1, 0.5, 13.3120415999999],
 ['BOP', 'H', 1, 17.6, 0.588509606416713, 23.4305816949152],
 ['BOP', 'L', 0, 9.4, 0.628374497415278, 26.0064304761904],
 ['BOP', 'L', 0, 12.3, 0.567562452687358, 23.3544589473684],
 ['BOP', 'L', 0, 12.0, 0.610088763801688, 15.1082439344262],
 ['FN', 'H', 1, 19.0, 0.745795716055939, 17.9769450666666],
 ['BOP', 'H', 1, 19.6, 0.619527896995708, 35.2345187096774],
 ['BOP', 'L', 0, 11.9, 0.629380902413431, 29.7990349206349],
 ['MN', 'H', 1, 16.6, 0.627708209103557, 37.3842438095238],
 ['MN', 'H', 1, 18.9, 0.63996043521266, 29.0667574999999],
 ['BOP', 'L', 0, 11.5, 0.650010453690152, 38.0719138461538],
 ['BOP', 'H', 1, 18.1, 0.626588465298142, 21.6720253968253],
 ['BOP', 'L', 0, 10.1, 0.643243243243243, 31.466765],
 ['BOP', 'L', 0, 7.6, 0.594365678512244, 36.4475715254237],
 ['BOP', 'L', 0, 11.0, 0.595460614152203, 34.986776]]

I have been using statmodels lib; I would appreciate it if you could help me to write the correct sytaxis.
My code is :

import statsmodels.formula.api as smf
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import researchpy as rp
import statsmodels.api as sm
import scipy.stats as stats

model = smf.mixedlm("Code ~ Test + C(Code)", df, groups= 'Region').fit()
model.summary()

The expected p-value for Test1 is 0.66, and for Test2 is 0.15. Those were calculated in Matlab by another person.


Three day collaboration in the Old Market Theatre in Brighton to investigate the use of VR technology and projection in performance. A 20 minute performance was created which comprised of three scene.
The first scene, Chair, looks into field of view and a prop that can sit between two states (the real and the improbable).
Geometry investigated relationship between the dancers.
And, the final scene Negative Space plays with architectural scales and light.


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"""
    Forum attachments abstract models
    =================================

    This module defines abstract models provided by the ``forum_attachments`` application.

"""

import os

from django.db import models
from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _

from machina.conf import settings as machina_settings

def get_attachment_file_upload_to(instance, filename):
    """ Returns a valid upload path for the file of an attachment. """
    return instance.get_file_upload_to(filename)

class AbstractAttachment(models.Model):
    """ Represents a post attachment. An attachment is always linked to a post. """

    post = models.ForeignKey(
        'forum_conversation.Post', related_name='attachments', on_delete=models.CASCADE,
        verbose_name=_('Post'),
    )
    file = models.FileField(upload_to=get_attachment_file_upload_to, verbose_name=_('File'))
    comment = models.CharField(max_length=255, verbose_name=_('Comment'), blank=True, null=True)

    class Meta:
        abstract = True
        app_label = 'forum_attachments'
        verbose_name = _('Attachment')
        verbose_name_plural = _('Attachments')

    def __str__(self):
        return '{}'.format(self.post.subject)

    @property
    def filename(self):
        """ Returns the filename of the considered attachment. """
        return os.path.basename(self.file.name)

    def get_file_upload_to(self, filename):
        """ Returns the path to upload the associated file to. """
        return os.path.join(machina_settings.ATTACHMENT_FILE_UPLOAD_TO, filename)

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text:
package se.su.it.svc.server.security;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

public class FileRoleAuthorizor implements Authorizor {
  private static final org.slf4j.Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SpocpRoleAuthorizor.class);
  private String itsPathToRoles = null;
  private Properties itsRoleProperties = null;

  private FileRoleAuthorizor() {
    LOG.debug("Initializing FileRoleAuthorizor");
  }

  public boolean checkRole(String uid, String role) {
    boolean ok = false;
    if(null!=itsRoleProperties) {
      String principalsString = itsRoleProperties.getProperty(role,"");
      if(principalsString != null) {
        principalsString.replaceAll("\\s+","");
        List<String> principalsList = Arrays.asList(principalsString.split(","));
        ok = principalsList.contains(uid);
      }
    }
    return ok;
  }

  public String getPathToRoles() {
    return itsPathToRoles;
  }

  public void setPathToRoles(String pathToRoles) {
    itsPathToRoles = pathToRoles;
    java.io.FileInputStream source = null;
    try {
      source = new FileInputStream(pathToRoles);
      itsRoleProperties = new Properties();
      itsRoleProperties.load(source);
    } catch (IOException exception) {
    } finally {
      if (null!=source) {
        try {
          source.close();
        } catch(Throwable exception) {
        }
        source = null;
      }
    }
  }
}


23 * of Comctl32.dll version 6.0 on Sep. 18, 2004, by Robert Shearman.
26 * the specification mentioned above.
27 * If you discover missing features or bugs please note them below.
30 * Implement repetitive button press.
31 * Adjust arrow size relative to size of button.
32 * Allow border size changes.
41 * Tested primarily with the controlspy Pager application.
51 * a non-client area (WM_NCPAINT).
603 * contains the proposed wnd rectangle for the window.
605 * coordinates of the corresponding window's client area.
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How to Make a Tent Heater – Camping is not for the faint of heart, but even the most experienced cart tell you it's not pleasant to be cool in your tent. No matter how warm your sleep or how well you layer your clothing bag, if the weather turns cold, there is no such thing as a tent heater to take the edge out of the cold and camping trip enjoyable again rather than something that must endure. You do not need to buy expensive tent heater. You can create a reasonable and safe accommodation with items available in a variety of distinctive shops.
This article will explain some steps of how to make a tent heater. The first step, you have to move the paper cardboard center of a roll of toilet paper and insert a blank to 1 pound of coffee cans toilet paper. Roll of toilet paper should sit comfortably in a coffee. Put the plastic lid on the tin coffee cans for storage until you're ready to use it. Then, you have to set coffee cans in aluminum pot pie 9-b -9 inches.
The next step is to pour 3 ounces. Of isopropyl alcohol on unscented toilet paper and matches or use lighters light on toilet paper. After that, you can turn on the heater to heat the tent, and then the second put aluminum cake pan on top of the coffee can be extinguished. The last step is re-igniting the heater when the temperature drops to your tents uncomfortable, adding additional isopropyl alcohol odorless necessary. That's all about how to make a tent heater.


Cloud computing is a type of computing that relies on sharing computing resources instead of having local servers or personal devices to handle applications.
Web hosting is the business of providing server space, web services and file maintenance for websites controlled by companies or individuals that do not have their own web servers.
The web hosting gives you a fixed server or a portion of a single server, where cloud computing gives you the benefit of many servers all working together as one. Your particular website or application may only need one small portion of a single server, so there's no need to get a dedicated server. Those servers sit on, consuming power and space even if it isn't needed.
Where cloud computing really offers benefits is when a website or application gets hit with a lot of traffic in a very short amount of time.
Great .. thanks for the sharing very informative difference i really like it.


Original article (Stony Brook Athletics Announces Three-Year Contract Extension for Women's Basketball Head Coach Caroline McCombs) on Stony Brook University's athletic website stonybrookathletics.com.
Stony Brook Director of Athletics Shawn Heilbron has announced a three-year contract extension for women's basketball Head Coach Caroline McCombs, securing the Seawolves' leader through the 2021-22 season.
Stony Brook (18-12, 10-6 AE) finished the 2017-18 campaign with 18 total wins, the most under McCombs since she took over as head coach of the program prior to the start of the 2014-15 season. McCombs helped guide the program to 10 wins in its final 13 regular-season contests, and five-straight conference victories heading into the postseason tournament.
The 2017-18 Seawolves set a new program record for most 3-pointers made in a single season (190), and largest single-game margin of victory (+51, vs. Farmingdale State).
At Stony Brook, McCombs has risen among the winningest coaches in the program's Division I history. She has recorded 64 total wins with the Seawolves, trailing Trish Roberts (1999-04) by just two victories.
The Seawolves have now had eight all-conference selections in the four years under McCombs. Sabre Proctor was selected to the all-conference first team in 2014-15, while Kori Bayne-Walker made the second team and Brittany Snow landed on the third team. In 2015-16, Snow improved to earn second-team recognition, while Bayne-Walker was a second-team selection in 2016-17. Shania Johnson was named to the all-conference first team in 2017-18, Jerrell Matthews earned all-conference second team honors, and McKenzie Bushee was selected to the all-rookie team.


When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:2And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.3Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.6And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.8Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.9Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;10And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.11And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.12And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.13Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?14And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.15Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.16And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.17Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?18For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.19When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.21The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.22Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.23And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.24When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.25Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.26Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.27Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.28And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.29And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!30And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.31And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.32And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.33And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,34They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.35And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.36And sitting down they watched him there;37And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.38Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.39And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,42He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said , This man calleth for Elias.48And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.49The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;52And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,53And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.54Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.55And many women were there beholding afar off , which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:56Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.57When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:58He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.59And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,60And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.61And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.62Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,63Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.64Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.66So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.


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This is a list of algal fuel producers.

Asia

Iran
 Iran started investigating the production of algae from 2000. Scientific evidence shows that south Iran is the richest area in the world for cultivating algae, because of high humidity, sunny weather, large unused area and salty water. The first version of algae based biofuel will become available for industrial purposes in 2015.
 Biofuel Research Team (BRTeam) A multi-national research team focused on various aspects of biofuel research initiated extensive research on algal genetic engineering for enhanced biodiesel production in 2010. They hoped to achieve their first genetically engineered microalgae with enhanced lipid production features in 2015.

Israel
 In June 2008, Tel Aviv-based Seambiotic and Seattle-based Inventure Chemical announced a joint venture to use  emissions-fed algae to make ethanol and biodiesel at a biofuel plant in Ashkelon, Israel.

Japan
 Euglena Co., Ltd.

Europe

Bulgaria
 Greon

France
 Alpha Biotech

Greece
 Algae-Farms

Italy
 Teregroup in Modena mit einer Kapazität von 3 Mio. Liter, wobei 7g Algen pro Liter erwirtschaftet werden können. Endprodukte sind neben Biodiesel auch Futtermittel und Dünger

The Netherlands
 AlgaeLink N.V. - an international producer of algae, algae-based products and algae growing systems
 LGem B.V. - producing algae systems
 SeatechEnergy - based in the Netherlands (Hilversum) but producing algae in Denpasar (Bali, Indonesia); part of Inrada Oil & Gas
 Tomalgae (Belgium/Netherlands) - producing high value algae concentrate for use as nutritional in early stage larval shrimp and fish hatcheries

Portugal
 AlgaFuel, S.A.
 Buggypower - one of the largest microalgae biomass production units with its own technology based on the use of closed photobioreactores

Spain
 AlgaeLink, in Cadiz

United Kingdom
 British Algoil Ltd
 Varicon Aqua Solutions Ltd - an international supplier of both fresh and aquatic algae, including the supply of aquaculture-based products and algae cultivation systems

The Americas

Argentina
 Oil Fox, Chubut, 10 T/day

Canada
 Algabloom International, Vancouver, BC
 Centurion Biofuels, Hamilton, Ontario
 Pond Biofuels Inc., Toronto, Ontario

Mexico
 Recursos Renovables Alternativos

United States
There are diverse companies developing biofuels from algae:

 Algae Floating Systems, Inc.
 Algae Fuel System, Ukiah, California
 Algae Systems

 AlgaeFuel - based in Concord, California
 Algaewheel - based in Indianapolis, Indiana
 AlgalOilDiesel, LLP - based in Corvallis, Oregon
 Algenol
 Algoil Energy
 Algoil Industries, Inc.
 Applied Research Associates, Inc. - based in Albuquerque, New Mexico; algae biofuel research in Panama City, Florida office
 Aquatic Energy
 Aurora Algae (closed; formerly Aurora Biofuels)
Bio Fuel Systems
 Blue Marble Energy
 Cellana (Shell and HR BioPetroleum)
 Chevron Corporation (in collaboration with US-DOE NREL)
 Culture Fuels
Dao Energy, LLC, a Texas-registered company with an office in Chengdu, Sichuan, China
 Diversified Energy Corporation
 Global Green Solutions
 GreenerBioEnergy
 Imperium Renewables -  formerly Seattle Biodiesel, LLC
 Inventure Chemical
 Kai BioEnergy Corp.
 Kent BioEnergy
 Live Fuels, Inc.
 Manta Biofuel, renewable crude oil
 National Remedies, San Pedro
 PetroSun and Algae BioFuels Inc., wholly owned subsidiary, in Scottsdale, Arizona
 Photon8, advanced photobioreactor, genetics, cell-viable extraction
 Phycal LLC
 Sapphire Energy, financed by the former Microsoft chairman Bill Gates
 Solazyme, Inc., supplies algae oil to Imperium Renewables; entered into a biodiesel feedstock development and testing agreement with Chevron Technology Ventures
 Solix BioSystems - in Fort Collins, Colorado
 Synthetic Genomics (ExxonMobil)
 Vertigro, a Valcent Products joint venture with Global Green Solutions, in El Paso, Texas; uses the High Density Vertical Bioreactor
 Virgin Green Fund

Oceania

Australia
 Algae.Tec - an advanced biofuels company focused on commercializing technology that produces algae to manufacture sustainable fuels such as biodiesel and green jet fuel
 Bio Fuels Pty Ltd - a Victor Smorgon Group company; developing algae biofuels technology in Victoria; oil from the algae will go into the BioMax biodiesel produced by Smorgon Fuels

New Zealand
 Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation (ABC) -  Boeing and Air New Zealand announced a joint project with Aquaflow Bionomic to develop algae. Air New Zealand eventually used jatropha biofuel as Aquaflow was unable to supply any fuel. Aquaflow  has not produced a viable method of producing jet fuel from algae.

See also
 List of biofuel companies and researchers

References

Lists of energy companies
Algae biofuels

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


It is a season of aesthetic extremes with no room for 'meh'. On the catwalk, we have two fashion camps; Tomo Koizumi, Molly Goddard and Valentino in all their Technicolor, tulle-tastic glory, versus the purists, including Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's clean cuts at The Row, and Phoebe Philo's Celine protégé, Peter Do.
It's a conviction that can go way beyond your wardrobe and into every facet of your home, your habits and even the way you eat. Will you dine at Gloria, the snazzy new Shoreditch Italian where spaghetti is piled high and as embellished as if it were in a Dolce & Gabbana campaign, or would you rather pick from Jolene's menu, written daily on a sheet of lined A4?


Well today was supposed to be the delivery day of my new sewing machine, I should be happier than ever...not happening!! I just found out that the machine was not even dispatched last week and now I have to wait for another week and maybe next Tuesday the machine will be in my hands.... Greek service yeahh!!! thumbs down!!
Since I thought I would have the machine today, I was constantly browsing through inspirational projects, here are a few lovely handmade things.
This cushion is absolutely adorable from my favorite artist Syko, ooohhh I wish I had such talent and inspiration like her... Don't you just love it?
look at the back too... repurposed shirt!!!!!!!!
This stitched canvas print from Lauraamiss reminded me of Fish Chris (my fiance's little sister and the cutest person ever), I absolutely adore it!! Look at all these stitched details!!!
These interchangeable button necklaces from HappyDoodleLand are way too cute!!! It's like getting four necklaces at a time!!
I want no 1 and no 19 and no 8 and no 1 and no 2 and ALL OF THEM!!! Isn't this a fun idea?
And for those of you who want to keep track of every single idea (including myself) I think this little screenprinted notebook from Katieblairdesigns is a must have!!
Inspiration is endless and unfortunately I have to go get ready for work!!
What great finds! Thanks for stopping by Eye Spy DIY. I'm your newest follower!


Below is the free all-in-one astrology summary reading of Josh born on Thursday 16 September 1993. Josh was born in the month of the Western Zodiac (star sign) Virgo and the year of the Chinese Animal Rooster.
Josh has a very appealing astrological profile using Birthday Divination, Western, Chinese, Celtic (Druid) Astrology, Numerology and Colorology. Below you can view all the matching astrological zodiac signs and symbols in this all-in-one spiritual profile.
In Numerology the divine number is calculated from the first name Josh. Eastern astrology uses the date of birth Thursday 16 September 1993 to establish the animal sign in a 12-year cycle of the Chinese calendar. Western and Celtic/Druid astrology are using the celestial bodies and their relations in conjuction with date of birth and both use a monthly calendar.
The astrological signs and symbols below are matching Josh and explain everything about the persons' characteristics.
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Josh was born on Thursday 16 September 1993 in the month of the Western Zodiac (star sign) Virgo and in the year of the Chinese Animal Rooster.
Did you know that these celebrities below match the spiritual astrology profile of Josh with one or more astrological sign or symbol?
Astrological signs of Josh born Thursday 16 September 1993. Free Astrology Reading Summary with matching Star sign Virgo, Chinese animal zodiac Rooster, Druid tree symbol Lime and Birthstone Sapphire.


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Luke Lango's Innovation Investor (Get Rich With Tech Stocks?)
Last Updated: August 3, 2021 By Tim McKinlay2 Comments
Today, we're going to be taking a look at Luke Lango's Innovation Investor.
This is a fairly new service from the team at InvestorPlace, and it's all about investing in emerging tech trends like AI, blockchain and autonomous vehicles.
I first stumbled across this service through a presentation featuring Luke Lango, who was talking about how the best way to make money in America is to start a successful business, and that the second best way is to back existing companies that are already successful.
This segued into a pitch about joining his Innovation Investor service for $99. So I thought I'd take a closer look at this service and share what I found with you in this review.
Recommended: Go here to see my #1 recommended stock advisory service
The Innovation Investor Pitch
The presentation for Innovation Investor takes place in Silicon Valley, and begins with Luke Lango talking about how much wealth is created by entrepreneurs in this part of the U.S.
He says that 1,700 new American millionaire's are "minted" everyday.
Which is actually true, I looked it up.
Anyway, Luke says that the best way to create wealth is to create an innovative new business, and provides examples of tech billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Steve Jobs.
But let's face it, starting the next Amazon, Tesla, or Apple isn't exactly something most people are going to be doing anytime soon.
And that's where Luke begins talking about the SECOND best way to make money: by investing in tech companies like the ones I just mentioned, before they become household names.
Luke Lango during a presentation about his service called Innovation Investor. (Source: investorplace.com)
He then provides examples of the time it has taken technology to be adopted since the year 1900. He talks about how it took 73 years for the telephone to gain full adoption, 15 years for the cellphone, and only 8 years for the smartphone.
The reason he points this out is to illustrate that the rate of technology adoption is increasing exponentially. And he provides several examples of companies that have been disrupted by tech companies within a very short period of time.
For example, how Netflix made Blockbuster obsolete, Uber completely disrupted the taxi industry and how, thanks to Amazon, many brick and mortar stores are closing down.
He transitions into talking about how there's a new economy, and that the winners are the companies that don't actually make any physical products.
Instead, he says that the "new elite is made up of people who collect, analyze, present, and protect data." And he provides an example of a company called Shopify, which he recommended in 2017, that is dominating the ecommerce space – without making any products.
Shopify is a tech company that helps entrepreneurs sell physical products online.
And Luke says that because its costs are so low compared to traditional retailers, its profits can skyrocket and benefit investors in the process. Which has proven true so far.
In any case, Luke calls these "hyperscale companies" because they are in a position to grow very rapidly in the "new economy" he sees taking shape.
In his own words:
A company with hyperscale potential can go from tiny to $10 billion in the blink of an eye… These are the people you need to back with your money. If you don't, you'll get left behind.
And Luke says he can help you find these companies.
He says that he "lives and breathes" innovation, and that because he's a venture capitalist, he knows about all the deals going on in the startup world before most people do.
He says that by joining his service, Innovation Investor, you could have the chance to see the types of gains that some of his existing subscribers have.
For example, his recommendation for AMD, which Luke says helped subscribers turn $2,000 into $96,000. Or Blink, which he says could've turned $5,000 into $138,000 in just over a year.
Of course, not everything Luke recommends is going to make you money.
But I do think his pitch, and the results he's achieved, are quite compelling. So let's take a closer look at how the Innovation Investor service works, to get a better idea of what to expect.
See also: My top-rated stock advisory (it's run by professional money managers)
How Does Innovation Investor Work?
The basic idea behind Luke Lango's Innovation Investor service is to provide subscribers with stock recommendations and insights into emerging tech companies.
Luke says he's all about sharing "hyperscale" opportunities that give you the "chance to get an inside look at tomorrow's cutting-edge opportunities today."
The types of companies he recommends vary in scope.
For example, his recommendations include innovative blockchain opportunities, companies in the autonomous vehicles space, supercomputing companies, ecommerce companies like Spotify, and even companies that are innovating the real estate industry like Opendoor.
The main thing all of his stock picks have in common, according to Luke, are that they're revolutionizing the way we use technology, they're hyperscalable, and they're not very well known. Which means there's huge potential for growth.
To sum it up… the Innovation Investor service is all about helping you invest in innovative new tech companies that Luke believes could see huge growth potential in the years ahead.
You don't just get a bunch of stock picks though.
Each month, on top of getting at least one new stock recommendation, you also get a detailed breakdown of the companies he recommends, as well as his analysis on the technology trends impacting the tech space. So there's a lot you could potentially learn from Luke.
On top of this, subscribers get access to the model portfolio, which shows you the details about which stocks Luke has already recommended, a Quarterly Conference Webcast where Luke reviews all of his recommendations to keep you updated, and six bonus reports.
Here are the bonus reports on offer as of writing:
7 Hyperscale Stocks to Buy Now
The Secret Startup Taking Driverless Cars Mainstream
3 World-Changing AI Stocks to Buy NOW
My EV Sleeper Stock of the Decade
The Unknown Disruptor Accelerating the Future of Batteries
The 3 Best SPAC Stocks for Space Race 2.0
How much does all of this cost?
The cost to join Innovation Investor is $99 for two years, which includes 24 issues of the Innovation Investor newsletter and access to everything I just mentioned.
That said, exactly which bonus reports you get, and the price you end up paying, can depend on which page you join through. It's common for companies like InvestorPlace (the company behind all of this) to run promotions and offer different bonuses at different times.
Either way, as of writing this, it costs less than $50 per year to join.
And there's a 365 day money back guarantee in place too, so if you join and aren't happy with the service, you've got a full year to request a refund. And they even let you keep the reports.
Is Luke Lango the Real Deal?
Luke is the man behind the Innovative Investor service, and other services published by InvestorPlace, such as Daily 10X Stock Report and Exponential Growth Report.
His main focus is on finding opportunities among small cap technology companies. In other words, smaller, lesser known tech companies with huge growth potential.
According to his profile on the InvestorPlace website:
Luke Lango is a growth-focused equities investor and analyst. He has regularly been rated one of the top stock pickers in the world by numerous outlets, and has developed a strong reputation for leaning into his technology background and "big picture" investment philosophy to regularly identify next-generation, small-cap stocks with huge upside potential.
Source: https://investorplace.com/author/lukelango
It's easy for the company he works with to say nice things though…
But does it really stack up?
Turns out, yes.
Luke Lango was listed as the number one rated financial blogger in 2020 on an independent ratings site called TipRanks (you can see his profile here).
The cool thing about this site is that you get to see exactly which stocks Luke has recommended over the years, and at what price. Along with all sorts of other useful information like his overall success rate and the average returns of his predictions.
You don't get to see everything he's recommended, but it gives you an idea.
And one of the standouts to me, at a glance, was his recommendation to buy Tesla when it was less than $40 per share.
All told, the InvestorPlace website states that he has recommended at least five companies that have gone up 1,000% or more from when he recommended them.
Here are the names and tickers of each:
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD)
Shopify (NYSE: SHOP)
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)
NIO (NYSE: NIO)
Chegg (NYSE: CHGG)
Aside from sharing tech stock ideas, Luke is also actively involved in the venture capital space, so he has "hands on" experience of actually working with smaller tech companies before they go public. Which would no doubt help him better evaluate up-and-coming opportunities.
Before working with InvestorPlace, he was the founding manager of an investment fund in San Diego called L&F Capital Management, LLC. And he worked at a startup called Scoutables that helped sports organizations better manage their cashflow using advanced data analysis.
So, from what I can see, Luke Lango is not only a real investing guru, but he's someone with a proven track record, especially within the emerging tech space.
That doesn't mean every prediction he makes is going to pay off big time. No doubt some of his recommendations have lost himself, and others, money over the years.
That's just the way it goes. But he's definitely a legitimate guru and someone who shares valuable insights with subscribers. He's also a senior investment analyst for InvestorPlace, which is one of the most respected financial publishing companies in the world.
Recommended: Go here to see my no. 1 recommended stock advisory for 2022
Innovation Investor is a stock advisory service headed up by Luke Lango of InvestorPlace.
The service is focussed on finding investment opportunities within the technology space. Luke specifically looks for smaller tech companies that he believes have huge upside potential.
The cost of joining the service is $99 for two years and, as a member, you get access to monthly newsletters containing stock recommendations, detailed insights and other resources such as the model portfolio and bonus reports, aimed at helping you invest successfully.
Is it worth joining?
I think it really depends on you and your own goals and circumstances.
On the one hand, I think it could be worth joining if you're looking to take advantage of small cap tech stocks with large upside potential.
And considering the low cost of joining the service, and that even a relatively small stake could grow substantially if his recommendations work out, the starting costs are fairly low.
That said, there are still risks involved when it comes to investing. And that is especially true when you're putting money into small cap tech stocks – these are among the most risky.
Because firstly, small cap stocks (stocks with a market capitalization of between $300 million and $2 billion) are inherently volatile. So the price can fluctuate rapidly and quickly. So just as you could make lots of money fairly quickly, you could also lose lots of money quickly.
Second, tech startups come and go all the time.
The tech space is full of companies that had seemingly great ideas that never worked out. It's just such a competitive, rapidly evolving space. Which makes it very unpredictable.
In no way does that make the Innovation Investor service any less worthwhile, but I do think it's important to keep these things in mind before making any decisions. That way, you can feel more confident about making the best decision for you and your own circumstances.
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Annie Aurelia Guzman
My name is Annie A Guzman. I am going to be 93 in a couple of weeks to be exact on January 19. I have worked all my life, first while growing up my dad planted chile, yams, stringbeans, etc. We children did all the work as soon as we started to walk and understood. No, he never paid us. Graduated from Huntington Beach High in 1946 and went to work right away for the Orange County School District. Now each city has its own office. When they started hiring school secretaries I applied and got a job at the Westminster School District. Later after I married my husband and myself made our home in Garden Grove so I applied at their district office and was hired. I retired from Garden Grove School District after 38 years. We get peanuts in our social security as the pay was not what it is now. My husband passed away on Memorial Weekend in 1972. I never married. Raised four children never asking for handouts. When my youngest after graduating from high school went on to college I held three jobs to pay for her schooling. I was a school secretary from 8 to 4 p.m. Did typing for different departments from 4 to 10 especially during the income season.
I worked at the Anaheim Convention Center on weekend as the receptionist for their restaurant. Now I am babysitting my Great Grand daughter turning five on the 27th of this month. Starting babysitting her at the age of 2 months. Love it but in a way I am unable to see a lot of the videos that I know would help me. I still do a lot of volunteer work although because of the coronavirus it has slowed down a lot. Anyway I started playing around with stock in March of 2021 after one of one grandsons saw I needed something to occupy myself with. Well at the moment I have 92 stocks and invested almost 10,000 dollars. I am seeing it go down, down. I need help. I have joined Luke Lango in the $49, $99 and just recently borrowed to join Luke Lango, Louis Navelier and Eric Fry. Pray I did not misspelled their names. I hear, listen and read the videos but always they say to join. Well I already joined. Then I go to the Innovation etc place and too many tickler names, etc. I get confused. I NEED HELP – [email and phone removed for privacy reasons] A lot of times I do not pickup calls as I do not recognize the number and have been victim of fraud. PLEASE HELP ME, THANKS. text me that you will be calling and I will pick up then, thanks
Tim McKinlay
Hi Annie,
I removed your email and phone number for privacy reasons because this is a publicly accessible website and posting that sort of thing (on any site) could open you up to spam.
Concerning your inquiry, that is something you'll need to take up with InvestorPlace (the company behind Luke Lango, Louis Navellier, and Eric Fry's advisory services). Their email address is feedback@investorplace.com and their phone number is 800 219 8592.
You can also visit their contact page using the following link: investorplace.com/corporate/contact-us
As a side note, it might also be worth speaking to a financial advisor in your local area, as they might be able to give you some tips on managing your investments.
All the best moving forward.
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Eleanor Kris (Grade 11) represents AIS at 2018 Flanders Field Commemoration
The Memorial Day Ceremony at the Flanders Field American Cemetery in Waregem is steeped in history. On 3 June 1923, the then brand-new American Overseas Memorial Day Association organized the first Memorial Day ceremony at the cemetery, making it the oldest ceremony in Belgium to honor over half a million members of the United States Armed Forces, who lost their lives in the country during World Wars I and II, over 14,000 of whom are buried in Belgium.
The ceremony has a long tradition of youth participation. Every four years AIS is asked to nominate a student to read the poem In Flanders Fields at the Memorial Day Ceremony.
This year, Eleanor Kris was selected to read John McCrae's poem, which symbolizes the struggle of the First World War and the sacrifice that was made by the soldiers who are buried at the cemetery, which was named after this poem.
Reciting Flanders Field, Eleanor delivered an emotional reminder to the more than 600 attendees of what the ceremony and the cemetery are all about.
Warmly applauded by the audience that included a representative of the King of Belgium, government representatives, US and Belgian military, local dignitaries and school children, Eleanor was thanked by the organizers, having more than lived up to the high expectations of AIS students at this solemn and moving event.


Too Scared to Homeschool? Try the Hybrid Version.
Many parents say, "I don't know if I am cut out for homeschooling." And I understand where they are coming from. It can sound daunting and intimidating to take on the responsibility of educating your own kids. My experience was a little different because I was homeschooled for a number of years. But for most parents, homeschooling implies too many unknowns.
For many years Edric and I discussed the possibility of opening up a hybrid program that could give parents a "softer" break-in period to homeschooling. The idea was to have classes that homeschoolers could attend twice a week while a parents taught them three days a week. Finally, the option is here, starting with the K2 level (5 years old).
This hybrid program will most probably appeal to entrepreneurial moms, those working part time or those who aren't sure about taking on 100% of the teaching load because they may prefer to have an able teacher walking alongside them and sharing some teaching days for their children.
The H3 Teacher is an experienced/licensed teacher who will teach homeschoolers twice a week. Lesson plans will also be prepared by the H3 Teacher to give to the Parent-Teacher to implement at home.
Yeah!!! So glad you are encouraged!!! ????
Grade 3 for next year pls!
Joy…. I'm taking this in consideration for next school year… When does school year next year start?
2. Do you have any suggested reading/resources for teaching Christian values at home in fun/interactive ways? Even if we send him to a nursery outside the home, I'd be eager to do some Christian based home-schooling to supplement. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!


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namespace Tests\Carbon;

use Carbon\Carbon;
use Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException;
use Tests\AbstractTestCase;

class CreateSafeTest extends AbstractTestCase
{
    public function testInvalidDateExceptionProperties()
    {
        $e = new InvalidDateException('day', 'foo');
        $this->assertSame('day', $e->getField());
        $this->assertSame('foo', $e->getValue());
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage second : -1 is not a valid value.
     */
    public function testCreateSafeThrowsExceptionForSecondLowerThanZero()
    {
        Carbon::createSafe(null, null, null, null, null, -1);
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage second : 60 is not a valid value.
     */
    public function testCreateSafeThrowsExceptionForSecondGreaterThan59()
    {
        Carbon::createSafe(null, null, null, null, null, 60);
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage minute : -1 is not a valid value.
     */
    public function testCreateSafeThrowsExceptionForMinuteLowerThanZero()
    {
        Carbon::createSafe(null, null, null, null, -1);
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage minute : 60 is not a valid value.
     */
    public function testCreateSafeThrowsExceptionForMinuteGreaterThan59()
    {
        Carbon::createSafe(null, null, null, null, 60, 25);
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage hour : -6 is not a valid value.
     */
    public function testCreateSafeThrowsExceptionForHourLowerThanZero()
    {
        Carbon::createSafe(null, null, null, -6);
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage hour : 25 is not a valid value.
     */
    public function testCreateSafeThrowsExceptionForHourGreaterThan24()
    {
        Carbon::createSafe(null, null, null, 25, 16, 15);
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage day : -5 is not a valid value.
     */
    public function testCreateSafeThrowsExceptionForDayLowerThanZero()
    {
        Carbon::createSafe(null, null, -5);
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage day : 32 is not a valid value.
     */
    public function testCreateSafeThrowsExceptionForDayGreaterThan31()
    {
        Carbon::createSafe(null, null, 32, 17, 16, 15);
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage month : -4 is not a valid value.
     */
    public function testCreateSafeThrowsExceptionForMonthLowerThanZero()
    {
        Carbon::createSafe(null, -4);
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage month : 13 is not a valid value.
     */
    public function testCreateSafeThrowsExceptionForMonthGreaterThan12()
    {
        Carbon::createSafe(null, 13, 5, 17, 16, 15);
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage year : -5 is not a valid value.
     */
    public function testCreateSafeThrowsExceptionForYearLowerThanZero()
    {
        Carbon::createSafe(-5);
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage year : 10000 is not a valid value.
     */
    public function testCreateSafeThrowsExceptionForYearGreaterThan12()
    {
        Carbon::createSafe(10000, 12, 5, 17, 16, 15);
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage day : 31 is not a valid value.
     */
    public function testCreateSafeThrowsExceptionForInvalidDayInShortMonth()
    {
        // 30 days in April
        Carbon::createSafe(2016, 4, 31, 17, 16, 15);
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage day : 30 is not a valid value.
     */
    public function testCreateSafeThrowsExceptionForInvalidDayForFebruaryInLeapYear()
    {
        // 29 days in February for a leap year
        $this->assertTrue(Carbon::create(2016, 2)->isLeapYear());
        Carbon::createSafe(2016, 2, 30, 17, 16, 15);
    }

    public function testCreateSafePassesForFebruaryInLeapYear()
    {
        // 29 days in February for a leap year
        Carbon::createSafe(2016, 2, 29, 17, 16, 15);
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage day : 29 is not a valid value.
     */
    public function testCreateSafeThrowsExceptionForInvalidDayForFebruaryInNonLeapYear()
    {
        // 28 days in February for a non-leap year
        $this->assertFalse(Carbon::create(2015, 2)->isLeapYear());
        Carbon::createSafe(2015, 2, 29, 17, 16, 15);
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidDateException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage second : 15.1 is not a valid value.
     */
    public function testCreateSafeThrowsExceptionForWithNonIntegerValue()
    {
        Carbon::createSafe(2015, 2, 10, 17, 16, 15.1);
    }

    public function testCreateSafePassesForFebruaryInNonLeapYear()
    {
        // 28 days in February for a non-leap year
        Carbon::createSafe(2015, 2, 28, 17, 16, 15);
    }

    public function testCreateSafePasses()
    {
        $sd = Carbon::createSafe(2015, 2, 15, 17, 16, 15);
        $d = Carbon::create(2015, 2, 15, 17, 16, 15);
        $this->assertEquals($d, $sd);
        $this->assertCarbon($sd, 2015, 2, 15, 17, 16, 15);
    }
}


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Where Highly Educated Migrants Come From
byNiall McCarthy
OECD data reveals that there are around 120 million migrants living in OECD member countries. 30 to 35 percent of these migrants are considered highly educated, meaning they have received vocational or academic training. Among the most common birth countries for highly educated migrants, these shares are a lot higher, however.
For India, which topped the list as of 2015/16 with more than three million highly educated migrants in the OECD, the share of those considered of high education status was nearly 65 percent. China had a rate of 48.6 percent highly educated migrants in the OECD – or 2.25 million.
The Philippines come in rank 3, behind the world's two biggest countries and ahead of a list of OECD nations, naturally trading highly educated personnel back and forth with each other, especially within Europe. 53.3 percent of Filipino immigrants to the OECD are considered highly educated, which brings the total to almost 1.9 million in a country of just over 100 million inhabitants. In a paper on the Philippines, the International Labor Organization finds that many of those high skilled migrants – to OECD countries and elsewhere – were health care professionals, especially nurses. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Philippines government has put a stop to this brain drain at least temporarily by capping the deployment of newly hired nurses at 5,000 per year.
Around half of Filipinos emigrated to the United States, forming one of the most important migration corridors identified by the OECD, behind Mexican and Indian immigration to the United States and ahead of Polish immigration to Germany.
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According to Gartner, the data center no longer stands at the epicenter of the IT world. Indeed, software-defined, hybrid cloud IT has opened up a whole new realm of options for delivering and controlling applications and data. The advantages of a hybrid cloud strategy run far and wide, and any organization with more than one location should be looking for ways to extend those benefits to their remote offices.
That's where Riverbed and IBM come in: our joint solutions integrate technology that supports the delivery of dynamic hybrid IT services to global locations and enables the remote office to participate in the vast opportunities that make up the hybrid cloud ecosystem. At IBM InterConnect 2017, March 19-23 in Las Vegas, we'll be showcasing these solutions on the show floor in booth #416.
If you plan to attend, stop by our booth and take a moment to find out how Riverbed can be a compelling differentiator for your business. Not only will our full lineup of Riverbed Cloud-Ready Branch Office solutions be on display, but we're also going to take a deep dive into use cases and best practices with ongoing presentations and solutions videos.
In addition, I'll be representing Riverbed as we team up with IBM for a breakout session on Monday, March 20 at 2:00 pm PT in Islander E room at Mandalay Bay. Titled 'Enable the Cloud Ready Branch to Deliver Remote Office IT-as-a-Service,' the session will offer a playbook for transforming distributed branch IT to a more simplified, centralized and cost-effective model. You won't want to miss it, especially because we're going to raffle off a Lenovo Yoga 710 laptop immediately following the presentation.
As IT has transitioned to the cloud, InterConnect has evolved to become IBM's premier conference for cloud education and skill development. Riverbed takes great pride in participating every year. Our presence is vital to our strong ties with IBM and it demonstrates our commitment to the evolution of the cloud in the global market. We continue to be inspired by the caliber of the InterConnect attendees, by the many advances and innovations on display, and by the powerful partner ecosystem that IBM brings together for this extraordinary event.
What you'll find at InterConnect is an eclectic assortment of cloud solutions, but if the remote office is where your challenges lie, then the Riverbed booth is where you'll want to be. Together with IBM, our focus is on helping remote offices overcome the IT roadblocks they face. The reality is, while it is in branch locations that critical work gets done—and a lion's share of business revenue is often generated—many times these locations can't keep pace with the transformative IT advances embraced by the headquarters office. Instead, they are often hindered by aging infrastructure, inefficient operations, unreliable application performance and unsecured data.
We're excited to have our moment in the spotlight at InterConnect to explain how our Cloud-Ready Branch Office solutions can be a catalyst for change, offering the tools to connect, monitor and optimize application performance for today's rising tide of remote offices. From SaaS applications, to packaged apps running on IaaS as well as cloud-native apps, our joint solutions with IBM simplify WAN management for branch offices. With single-click cloud deployment for seamless connectivity and performance in the cloud, they make it easy to scale out hybrid IT services to every location across the organization.


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Amazon Decided Not to Build a New Headquarters in New York Anymore
As a consequence of Amazon canceling plans for the New York headquarters, around 25,000 promised jobs were lost
Cathy Garrett
Amazon announced on Thursday that the built of its New York City headquarters was stopped. The company had originally planned to build its second headquarters in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. Moreover, since about 25,000 jobs were lost, most of them will be spread across 17 of Amazon's corporate offices and tech hubs in Boston, Vancouver, and Denver.
Meanwhile, New York will get a small portion of the new jobs created but it is unclear how many exactly since the jobs were scheduled to be created over a 15-year period. This is a major setback for New York since Amazon's new location and additional workforce were expected to further accelerate the city's economic growth. Amazon said:
"A number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project we and many others envisioned."
However, an Amazon spokesperson stated that the company will continue to create jobs in Seattle, as well as in Northern Virginia – for its planned site near the Pentagon, and in Nashville.
City and state leaders have initially agreed to provide $3bn in incentives to secure the investment, but they met fierce backlash in some quarters. In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill DeBlasio welcomed the project, as did a majority of New Yorkers.
However, the project was opposed by unions, members of the City Council, and others, mainly due to the billions in incentives promised to Amazon as well as the risk of rising rents – as it had previously happened in Seattle. After the decision taken by Amazon on Thursday, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer stated:
"When our community fights together, anything is possible, even when we're up against the biggest corporation in the world. Defeating an unprecedented act of corporate welfare is a triumph that should change the way we do economic development deals in our city and state forever."
Even though polls showed support from the public, Amazon did not wish to engage in any battles that could possibly damage its consumer-focused brand.
Source: cnbc.com
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ArtsFilmFriday Film Review
The Four offers effects-driven Kung Fu action, and mostly entertains
There are really only two reasons I still have a Netflix account. One is the healthy amount of BBC content, for when I feel like being classy, all extended pinkies and watching Idris Elba shout at people. The other is the surprising number of effects-driven Hong Kong martial arts films, from the Detective Dee and Painted Skin series, to the much more boringly named The Four, which I watched this week on the promise of werewolves, steampunk and Anthony Wong, only one of which the film really delivered.
The film takes place during the Song Dynasty and sees two law enforcement groups — the well-funded, snappily dressed Department Six and the ragtag Divine Constabulary — as they race against time and each other to unravel a counterfeiting case which turns out to have very little to do with counterfeiting, somehow morphing into a madman's plan to unleash a zombie army and take over China. After being drummed out of the sinister Department Six as part of a scheme to spy on them, werewolf (?) Leng finds a home in The Diving Constabulary, but his loyalties are torn between the two as he grows closer to the team's offbeat members.
Style isn't something The Four has a shortage of. Directors Gordon Chan and Janet Chun clearly put in a lot of effort to throw some interesting curveballs into the film's look, and once in a while we get a truly bizarre but interesting angle or transition. The soundtrack is a similarly eclectic mix of hip hop beats, squealing guitars and traditional Chinese instruments. It all gives the impression of a film only slightly desperate to impress. Either way, there's a lot of inventiveness and creativity on display, which won it a lot of points with me.
Things got a tad muddled in the story department, though. The movie is based off an ongoing series of fantasy/martial arts novels, and it definitely has the feeling of an adaptation of a much broader work. It's overflowing with characters and plot points, often moving a mile a minute and cramming backstory and information down our gullets, and name me one instant where cramming of any kind is a good thing.
I lost the plot several times watching the film and scenes would go by without me having any idea who was onscreen or what was going on. This also hurt the pacing and tone a bit, as there would often be little breathing room in between important scenes, which also often have wildly different tones. The ending of the film got a bit stung by this as well. The immediate crisis got solved but aside from Leng, none of the characters really fulfilled any kind of arc. None of the central relationships were resolved per-se and for the most part, everyone is the same at the end of the film as they are at the start.
I found myself caring about very few of the characters, as well. Our main fella, Leng, is a fairly typical brooding, indecisive type who'll occasionally announce he was raised by wolves and never follow up on it. It's like if during a conversation I just randomly say I'm wearing underwear made of live bees and then promptly leave the room. It makes for interesting dinner conversation but in the end just confuses more than anything else.
The villains, similarly, have nothing really interesting in the way of motivation. The only one I really found myself liking was the debt-collector turned constable Life Snatcher, who joins the team admittedly 'cause they have good wine and seems to be the only person in the whole film enjoying himself. Also, I got the impression he's secretly gay, which, if I'm not imagining things, is a surprising thing to see in a HK film.
The real draw are the fight scenes, which are full of super powers and kung-fu trickery. Almost every fight has some kind of interesting element thrown in, be it telekinetic knife-throwing or zombies made out of ash. The one gripe I'd have with them is how little of what we're seeing is done with practical effects. Mostly what we're seeing is just buckets of CGI being applied over actors who probably only had vague ideas of what they were supposed to be doing in the long run. Usually they pulled it off but once in a while, I could practically hear the director shouting "ok, so now you're holding a giant firestorm at bay with a force field! Throw your arms out and make a face like you're taking a big dump! Bigger! Nuttier!" which made me yearn for some old effects to make everything feel a bit less like a demo reel for particle effects software.
But in the end, I had fun with The Four. It may not be particularly groundbreaking or transcendent but it had a character or two I liked and some fun action scenes. If you're looking for something entertaining and effects-laden, there's worse things to be seen on Netflix.
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