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Editor's Corner—Linux Foundation and ETSI finally forge tighter alliance
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ETSI and the Linux Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding for open source collaboration. (Pixabay)
It's good news for the industry that the Linux Foundation and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) announced they had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to more closely work with each other.
But why did it take so long?
ETSI and the Linux Foundation said the MOU would bring open source and standards bodies together while fostering synergies between them. Areas of collaboration between the two could include NFV, management and network orchestration (MANO), AI and edge computing, according to today's press release. All good.
ETSI and the Linux Foundation have worked with each over the years, but the fundamental difference, it would seem, was over ETSI's support of Open Source MANO and the Linux Foundation's backing of ONAP. While service providers such as AT&T and Orange were firmly in the ONAP camp, other large service providers, mainly Telefónica's, backed OSM. Telefónica's OpenMANO project became a building block for ETSI's Open Source MANO (OSM) code.
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OSM was created with the goal of providing a fully functional, open source NFV orchestrator to go with ETSI's NFV framework. ONAP, which was largely created out of AT&T's internally developed ECOMP project, is about more end-to-end automation and orchestration. Different scopes for different folks, but there has been some overlap and some friction.
"What we have here is actually two related activities that worked apart from the first, and worked under very different mandates," said Tom Nolle, president and founder of consulting firm CIMI Corp. "OSM has one focus, which is on the management of the VNF hosting process, and ONAP has the broader mission of service lifecycle management. You'd think we'd have wanted to start with the broad mission, and fit OSM into ONAP, but OSM came along first. How do we turn back time and do an alignment then?
"But there's yet another level, which is whether either of the two are any good, and that's where I think this collaboration could really go off the rails. We did NFV wrong. We did OSM wrong because we did NFV wrong, and we accepted some of the same wrong principles, mainly ignoring the TM Forum's work on event-to-process steering via a service data model, in both. So do we now cooperate to do the wrong thing consistently and call that 'collaboration?' I don't think it's even progress. What the collaboration really shows is that when you don't get that high-level vision right, you can't fix it by enforcing it uniformly."
Both Nolle and Roy Chua said the details of the colloboration between ETSI and the Linux Foundation need to be sorted out and made public. There needs to be concrete measures, according to Chua, founder and principal at AvidThink.
"I would say it trends positive, but I withhold judgment until we see more tangible elements of collaboration," said Chua. "Take for example, OSM and ONAP. We've heard from ETSI and LF that these don't compete, and that OSM's scope is narrower than ONAP, but with this MOU, perhaps the integration points will be formalized, and we can see how ETSI and LF expect them to interface with each other."
At the Open Networking Summit earlier this month, the Linux Foundation's Arpit Joshipura, general manager, networking edge, and IoT, said competition between open source groups and standards development organizations was a myth driven by the media. As an example of cooperation, Joshipura cited the large number of open source and standards bodies participants on a panel at OSN.
The push to hybrid networks using NFV and SDN initially led to fractured ecosystems as service providers and the legacy vendors pondered how to move to a software, cloud-based world while still serving millions of customers without any noticeable hitches in services.
The struggle for smaller vendors or startups with limited budgets has been centered on choosing the right open source group to put their engineering efforts and money behind. Knowing that work with one open source group will carryover or integrate with another is some piece of mind for those vendors.
The industry has seen a fair amount of fruitful collaboration over the past year. ETSI and Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) collocated their Plugtest and Plugfest, respectively, testing platforms for the first time during an event last year in Sophia Antipolis, France. Both MEF and TM Forum contributed to ONAP's Beijing release. There are also hooks in ONAP that work with OSM.
Earlier this month, the O-RAN Alliance cemented its collaboration with the Linux Foundation, by creating the O-RAN Software Community (O-RAN SC.)
"It's encouraging to see how far the industry has come in such a short time," said Joshipura, in a prepared statement. "This agreement with ETSI signals it's possible to reach a harmonization of collaborative activities across open source and standards for the networking industry. Working together results in less fragmentation, faster deployments, and more streamlined innovation."
While any level of collaboration is better than no collaboration at all, Nolle made the point that it's hard to put the OSM and ONAP genies back in their bottles and start fresh.
"At the high level, it's clear that you can't have open-source software and standards that apply to the same technology targets happily running off on their own tangents, or at least one or possibly both activities will be a waste of time," he said. "Cooperation at this level is good, but the devil is in the details. In order for it to work, it's logical to assume that standards would frame a high-level model that would be fleshed out and implemented via open source." — Mike
Editor's Corners are opinion columns written by a member of the Fierce editorial team. They are edited for balance and accuracy.
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Mistake for my coworker to respond in kind to his boss?
Well here we all are, 6 of us at a restaurant. Me and my coworker, call him Chad, are new to the team, both young(in 20s). Our boss looks at Chad and says something like "did you get a haircut?" Then Chad said no, that he just washed and patted it down.
Then, a little unexpectedly, our boss says something like "Did you come to the interview with that goofy hair and unshaven?"
Now, my boss is around 40, and I'm thinking he may be half-testing(or trolling if you know the term). After all, we are both three weeks into the job..
Chad then immediately tells him the famous two-word gutter reply of "F*** you"
Well nobody got hurt thankfully, and the boss played along. But I felt uneasy about it,
I felt like Chad crossed a line there. How casual is too casual?
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Can you give some information about your boss's body language? Sometimes this is a good sign as to whether he is just goofing around or being serious. – tehnyit Jun 16 '12 at 11:25
Strange meaning of "in kind"... – Nicole Jun 17 '12 at 5:50
@scaaahu: My opinion is no different here than it was in the previous question. The boss has the right to take Chad on one side and say "I need you to get your hair cut." As you point out, this was in a public place and in front of everyone. That's very different. But no one is automatically blaming the boss, most of the opinions here rightly point out that context (body-language, tone, etc) is everything, with the boss's comments and Chad's response. – pdr Jun 17 '12 at 12:14
I can think of absolutely no situation where at a group lunch telling my boss FU would be acceptable even if we worked together 50 years. Thats not to say that I have not but I was wrong then even if my boss was as well. 2 wrongs do not make a right. – IDrinkandIKnowThings Jun 18 '12 at 15:38
@pdr -- Then I think we agree. Your first comment suggested that people get offended at a word. I'm saying it's not the word, it's the tone, context, and meaning. Yes, sometimes get offended at any use of the F word or others, but that is not what this question is about. – Nicole Jun 19 '12 at 20:58
I think it depends a lot on the body language and also on the culture.
For instance the same words "Say. Did you get a haircut" seem radically different if one:
half closes one eye, furrows the brow and 'peers' at the person in question (seriously, try it, while saying those words. See! ).
This carries the implied context of "Hey, you look a bit weird or different, what's up with that?".
This actually sets the tone.
However a mature team leader won't bite and will not be sarcastic back. That demonstrates immaturity.
a big smiling face, eyes opened extra wide and a chuckling comment "Say, did you get a hair cut" implies more of a "oh, you look good, looks you get got a nice haircut, right?"
The culture aspect is also very significant. For example, in the UK this kind of banter and sarcastic insulting is extremely commonplace and often a very accepted part of the office culture. Whereas in the US there is far less sarcastic humor in the workplace and people are more conscientious about making comments or remarks that might be misinterpreted without the benefit of humor.
Finally - this mostly just sounds like immaturity and being unprofessional and like folks who have not adjusted from college to a professional workplace (regardless of their age).
Michael DurrantMichael Durrant
+1 but also the body-language of Chad is important. There are a lot of ways to say any two words, some positively aggressive, some nasty without aggression, some super-defensive and some just plain joking. – pdr Jun 16 '12 at 17:35
I believe that word is world-wide. If I were the boss, I'd consider firing Chad. Why? Chad used that word to me and chances are he could use that word to the customers. I can afford to lose an employee, I cannot afford to lose a multi-million dollar value customer. Case closed. – scaaahu Jun 17 '12 at 10:01
No word is world-wide. – DistantEcho Jun 20 '12 at 14:21
+1 for culture, I work in Germany and the developers here use the f word more than 10 times a day, even with the boss. I have even seen a few giving the finger to the boss. – Badger Cat Jun 22 '12 at 15:46
@Amicable - So you hate that British Culture alllows people to to be open, honest and be able to joke around without having to worry about every little word they say because they might offend some pansy who chooses to be insulted, have hurt feelings and feel all sorry for their self. – Dunk Jan 2 '13 at 20:07
Your co-worker did not respond in kind, he escalated. Whether he went too far or not is really up to your boss, I would say "probably".
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That's a very good point, he did up the ante. – Adel Jun 17 '12 at 18:44
Assuming this wasn't just banter, I think Chad is communicating to 'the boss' that he won't tolerate open disrespect just because 'the boss' got there before he did.
Possibly Chad has in demand skills and knows he can find a job where he's not publicly disrespected in front of his peers. Or maybe he figures no job is worth putting up with a 'boss' who is clearly an idiot.
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I think Chad showed unprofessionalism to his boss and his customers first, by having goofy hair and unshaven (in OP's words). Later, Chad used that two words to further show his disrespect to his boss. – scaaahu Jun 17 '12 at 7:05
@scaaahu - If you're a good worker and do a good job, who cares what your hair looks like. The comment on the other hand, the f*** you, I do agree may be crossing a line, and while I may have very long hair, I don't see myself crossing such a line with those particular words. :) – jmort253 Jun 17 '12 at 19:42
@scaaahu - If this company has a grooming code then that should have been explained in the interview and first day on the job. And even if they were so stupid as to have such a code, the time to correct an employee is NOT at lunch in front of his peers. Chad was certainly entitled to respond to the unprofessional behavior of this pointy haired boss. – Jim In Texas Jun 18 '12 at 15:20
@JimInTexas, Chad was certainly entitled to respond to the boss with that word? That word is the keyword in the question. Your logic seems to be that Chad can use that word to his boss as long as the boss critisizes his hair size? Again, that word is the key. – scaaahu Jun 19 '12 at 11:56
@scaaahu - I think Chad wanted to make it crystal clear in the strongest possible way that he would not accept the boss's unprofessional behavior. I wouldn't have used 'that word', but I don't blame Chad at all. – Jim In Texas Jun 20 '12 at 15:39
Your coworker Chad was put in a difficult situation, and your boss was out of line, but I think it was a mistake to respond the way he did. Making a mistake here is quite understandable, as he was probably feeling uncomfortable, and had little time to think of an optimal response. However, it would have been better to say something like "If you have a problem with my hair, I feel it would be more appropiate to discuss it privately". The advantage here is the it spells out what the boss is doing wrong, and Chad would be seen as merely asserting his rights.
Though I had to spend some time coming up with my suggested response, and revised it twice. It's not really fair to compare that to Chad being put on the spot. So even though I think he made a mistake, I would cut him some slack.
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I sort of feel like that response would be a bit of an over-reaction, even though there was likely some truth to the comment. I think if I were in that situation I would just laugh it off and try to not take it too seriously. – Peter Aug 1 '12 at 21:17
I think Chad did cross the line by using the F word in a work environment and especially to his boss.
The Boss should not have addressed the messy hair in a public context but instead should have done so in private if there was an issue with that.
All in all I think they were both unprofessional in their demeanor, but Chad went overboard.
The boss should take him aside later in private and tell Chad that he shouldn't have said what he did about his hair in front of the others and if his hair is an issue let him know. Then he should address Chad's choice of words not being acceptable in the workplace and that both of them should try and do better in the future.
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If you want to know if this is crossing the line for your own career, then I would suggest that using any obscenity to your boss under any circumstances is a career risky move. Most bosses won't tolerate that and you will either be reprimanded or fired. Even if the boss publicly tolerated it at a team dinner, he is probably looking for signs of anger issues in this guy and he is unlikely to get cut any slack in the workplace. His career is probably already in jeopardy.
This is even more true because from your description you are new employees. Those employees have not yet developed a strong relationship with the boss and the company doesn't have much invested in them and they are simply less valuable and thus much easier to make the decision to fire them rather than tolerate someone who can't hold in his anger in a professional environment. The guy with the in-depth knowledge of the applications and the business domain can simply get away with more than the new guy. He probably also has a better idea of what the boss's sense of humor is and how well something like this said in jest would be taken.
Was the boss inappropriate in bringing up the subject publicly? Yes. However, the co-worker who reacted in anger and way past what is appropriate in the workplace was far worse.
I think your boss was probably annoyed by the looks of Chad, and he just told him that straight in the face without tact. So the boss already set the line so I don't think Chad went to far.
If it was in a other situation where to boss told Chad to clean the table or to do the dishes and he would have replied that way he would have gone to far.
Also is in my opinion a situation where you can act this casual, because the boss created this situation himself. Like I already mentioned it depends on the situation, what response is appropriate.
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Obviously, I am too old to be in the work place now. In some places I used to work at, you get fired if your boss ever heard you saying that two words. – scaaahu Jun 16 '12 at 13:02
Maybe it's just me, or maybe I don't understand the situation, but I don't think Chad went far enough. Why would he stay in a job where the boss insults him especially in front of everyone? If this is what his boss is like when he is joking imagine what he is like when he is not joking. – Jonathan Jun 16 '12 at 13:04
@scaaahu Well I think the boss works with more young people so he is probably used to it, and a boss doesn't want to teach new employees how to do stuff again and again. Jonny well maybe Chad has a rent to pay I wouldn't quit that easily if you need the money. – mariomario Jun 16 '12 at 13:19
For me he went too far with the four letter word. I have no issue with swearing personally but lots of people do, I tend to look not if a person swears but if they can control that swearing to the appropriate level for the present company.
While the boss might be OK with it, I would suggest that Chad has shown he is not capable of keeping his language to an appropriate level. As mentioned elsewhere, if I were the boss my concern would be that Chad might act in a similar manner with or around customers.
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Lessons in data capitalism, blockchain and the role of the tech giants
by Saskia Perriard-Abdoh	/ October 18, 2018 / Leave a comment
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What is the role of the regulator in the digital age? How do we ensure technology companies – the tech giants – are accountable to their users? How can we give start-ups the time and space to grow? Beyond cryptocurrencies, how might the use of blockchain-based technologies lead to innovative new services?
At a wide-ranging panel discussion at this autumn's Conservative Party annual conference policy makers, academics and technologists came together to debate best practice in an era of data capitalism. Here are just some of the lessons shared – and lessons learned – over the course of the 70-minute discussion.
Data capitalism is about user rights not ownership
Good legislation and good regulation requires a fuller understanding of how digital technologies have overturned some of our core assumptions about capitalism. Birgitte Andersen, CEO and co-creator of Big Innovation Centre argues that data capitalism is still in its "wild west" stage. "We are working with regulation from the old economy, based on ownership rather than user rights," she said. "We are helping tech giants as a result because they control all our data and all the machine data. They control the platforms as well." The introduction of GDPR – the EU General Data Protection Regulation – in May was a step in the right direction, albeit "a very, very small thing in the bigger picture".
From left to right: Birgitte Andersen, Jon Bernstein, Will Hutton and Carmen Benitez ©Nigel Ash, Carrera Photography
Data capitalism is about networks not products
As it is with ownership so it is with products. "What are we competing on?" asked Andersen rhetorically. "We think we are competing on product markets. The Competition and Markets Authority is always looking at your market share and your product market but [in fact] it's about competing on network effects, platform control and data control. None of these things have anything to do with product markets. If we think we can solve the problem by splitting up a big tech giant, we're wrong." The impact of these shifts on the citizens often gets lost, said Lee Rowley, Conservative MP for North East Derbyshire. "I represent a post-industrial community in the Midlands. We're taking a punt … on logistics and manufacturing. My concern is that in 15 years' time there will be no jobs in logistics and manufacturing. And having pulled ourselves out of our problems around loss of jobs with the closure of the coalfields we may be on the cusp of another problem when all these jobs go. Those are the practical implications from a public policy perspective."
Blockchain can transform public services (…and private ones, too)
At its most fundamental blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, provides a shared, encrypted and immutable record of a transaction. And as such it is perfectly applicable to range of public service needs. "So many areas of the public sector sits on a database, a canonical set," said Chris Francis, director of government relations at enterprise software firm SAP. "Almost anything you can think of … where there is a public sector interest – customs, borders, driving licences, land registry and so on – is applicable." Add to that list any private sector business that relies on its supply chain – a pharmaceutical cold chain, for example. Carmen Benitez, CEO and co-founder of Fetch Blockchain has built a land registry business based on this rational. "We want the mechanics of a title and all the functions of a title to exist within a title rather than through the separate parts that currently define the real estate process," she said describing the current practice as "very intermediary driven, very corruptible and very opaque". Blockchain-enabled titles could, she argued, help to address the housing crisis. "We could make the process more liquid so we wouldn't necessarily need to keep building more and more housing – we could just transact more efficiently and faster."
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Do believe the blockchain hype
Up to a point, at least. "Is blockchain hyped? If it is, it's not a problem," said Birgitte Andersen. "People will have to get their heads around it because it will happen anyway." Chris Francis compared talking about blockchain at a conference in 2018 to talking about TCP/IP, the underpinnings of the internet, thirty years ago. "Distributed ledger technology is potentially as powerful as the internet," said Will Hutton, chair of Big Innovation Centre steering committee. Meanwhile, Lee Rowley argued that politicians should be talking more, not less about the potential of technologies including blockchain and artificial intelligence. "We spend 80 per cent of our time talking about Brexit when we should probably be spending 80 per cent of our time in Parliament talking about things like this."
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Remember, blockchain isn't just cryptocurrencies
An attendee compared cryptocurrencies to the evil twin of distributed ledger technology. He asked how we can prevent legitimate blockchain-based innovations from becoming infected by what Warren Buffet calls 'rat poison squared'? Carmen Benitez insisted that cryptocurrencies were "a different space altogether" and people would appreciate the difference. Referring to the use of blockchain technologies to drive business of societal need she said, "it's the same application as the cryptocurrencies use but it's an enterprise play, it's a completely different type of approach." Lee Rowley said cryptocurrencies were "digital tulips", a nod to the Dutch bulb market bubble of the 1600s. "It's speculative," he said. "One good role of regulation would be to regulate the entry and exit points of cryptocurrency, regulate the exchanges. As a low tax, low regulation Tory there's a real opportunity to regulate there because I think that's a necessity." However, he warned against the unintended consequences of "privatising the speculation and nationalising the risk."
Offer a best alternative option to stop start-ups being killed in the crib
"Google has bought 200 companies, many of them in Britain, over the last 15 years which could have been insurgents, could have been British players and could have, potentially, taken technology in different directions," said Will Hutton who noted that Google's former executive chairman Eric Schmidt dubbed this as the 'killed in the crib' approach to early acquisition. To redress the balance and allow startups the space to thrive, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) needs to step in. "These small companies face awesome concentrations of corporate power and are unable to share information together to take them on. The CMA should be much more enabling for small firms forming alliances to challenge big tech monopolies." Carmen Benitez said that sometimes you need to give start-ups a free pass when it comes to regulations. "Should we allow FinTech companies more freedoms? Absolutely we should," she said. "To stop these companies being bought out by tech giants you have to nurture them. They need a best alternative option."
Birgitte Andersen, Jon Bernstein and Will Hutton ©Nigel Ash, Carrera Photography
Remember, no regulator is an island
"Brexit or no Brexit, we're going to have to collaborate with the European Union competition authorities because in the end that's where power lies," noted Will Hutton. "It's the European Commission that has levied some of the biggest fines … for anti-competitive behaviour. One country doesn't have the clout."
A data charter assumes data sharing
Big Innovation Centre advocates for the creation of a data charter that would enshrine the rights and responsibilities of individuals and organisations. Intriguingly, it is based on the presumption that while all data is personally owned, we should default to sharing rather than hoarding our data. "Sharing your data is part of being a citizen," said Birgitte Andersen. "We should all be opted in. It's unethical not to be in the community." To ensure data sharing happens on the right terms, all organisations should:
Establish transparent processes to show how data is used
Offer an opt out for those who want it
Offer redress for those who feel their data was misused; and
Create an ethics board that would systematically report on data use
Policy makers should concentrate on harm prevention
One attendee suggested that politicians struggling to understand the complex arena of emerging technologies should instead deal with one thing – namely, how to deal with the potential harms of tech. "That's exactly the right question to ask," agreed Lee Rowley who is co-chair of the Cross-Party Parliamentary Commission on Technology Ethics. "That is exactly the terms of reference we put together for the commission because you have to start somewhere." The challenge, however, is defining what harm looks like. For example, a computer pretending to be human offering robo-advice may be benign today but not tomorrow. "Eventually when the robots get a lot more sophisticated and you can't work out that it's a robot, then things get more difficult." On ethics, Will Hutton added: "Companies should incorporate around purpose and be held to account for delivering on that purpose."
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Don't forget the good
So said SAP's Chris Francis. "The public sector is behind the private sector and across the whole of the economy we are dragging at the bottom of the OECD index. We have what is sometimes termed a productivity crisis. All of this is about the application of tech to improve productivity." Birgitte Anderson agreed. "If we talk about the positive effects then expect double or triple growth rates, productivity up, cost of services down, and healthier, happier longer lives."
'Rise of Tech Giants and Data Capitalism: The New YOU on Blockchains?', a Prospect panel discussion – in association with Big Innovation Centre – took place during the Conservative Party annual conference in Birmingham on 30 September 2018.
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The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, is shown in downtown DeKalb.
What a poser I am. Fact is, I've gone there a few times for coffee or a delicious artisan sandwich, but I've never seen a musical act there.
It's not my fault! I went and had kids and lost my edge. Once they go to bed, the wife and I hang out. It's awesome. Seriously, is there anything better than "Ozark" on Netflix, sweatpants and a cheeseboard? High life, people.
But this modern routine is worlds apart from my idea of a good time during my college days at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
And this is why I can't understand how we got here, DeKalb.
How is it the only dedicated music venue in a college town can't make money? I get that Milwaukee dwarfs the Barb City, but there's a music venue on a few corners in virtually every neighborhood in that city. I saw so many great bands at iconic clubs such as The Cactus Club and Shank Hall, to which we devotedly drove about 15 minutes on the regular. There was The River Horse (R.I.P., River Horse, which has since closed), about a mile's walk from my near-campus apartment. We drank in the music, and other things, and dealt with the next morning, when our clothes reeked of smoke from hanging out for hours in a venue with little or no ventilation.
And here's the thing: Most of the bands we saw weren't major-label acts – if they were on a label at all. It was just fun to get out and hear some music I'd never heard before – get weird for a while, step outside the comfort zone.
Here's hoping, as The House Café's owner Mark Robinson predicts, the venue will reopen (yet again) with a new name, some changes, but still as a music venue after its liquor license expires, the doors are shuttered and the building is sold.
Typing that last sentence gave me the chills. Anytime a music venue, record store or outspoken blogger folds, an angel loses its wings … or something like that.
So, save The House Café! It's seen some really cool acts, folks. The first weekend we lived in town, Charly Bliss played The House Café, fresh off the release of "Guppy," one of the best debut albums of 2017.
Sadly, I didn't go. I think we were coordinating towels for the bathroom. But we've been over this. I'm happy as Domesticated Dan, absorbing my musical experiences exclusively through earbuds and screens. As I said, in the immortal words of our president … Sad!
This isn't exclusively a call to action for Northern Illinois University students, questioning why they don't get downtown to hear live music. Really, it's more of a lament that drawing students downtown, and making it easier to get them there, is an ongoing struggle for DeKalb. The House Café has been closed, sold and reopened multiple times over the past several years. What a grind, all for the love of music, yeah?
Hopefully it's a struggle that will wane, as the downtown is revitalized.
It's cool that renovations at Hometown Sports Bar & Grill will allow the local favorite establishment to host live music. My gut tells me they won't bring in many bands from off the beaten path – those weird bands the kids like to listen to.
While I wait to see how this plays out, I should remind you The House Café will have a going-away bash April 30. Hey, maybe I'll even come out and see it. We could get a baby-sitter and everything. It'll be like old times … and hopefully the music starts early enough that I can be home by 10 and get my tight eight hours of sleep.


Born in the UK and trained at Rose Bruford College, Jennifer worked as an actor in the UK before coming to Australia. Since then she has worked with Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, South Australian Theatre Company, Q Theatre and Griffin Theatre Company.
She has also toured Australia with several commercial projects. Jennifer was Head of Voice at WAAPA from 1997 to 2002 and taught voice at Charles Sturt University from 1991 to 1996.


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"Not many people like to admit that, but everyone is always in the process of becoming something else. No one is ever really finished—constructed and complete."
Three weeks ago, I had ankle surgery to re-attach lateral ligaments that had been gone for about 15 months.
The problem was that my ankle didn't get better and I experienced constant discomfort after exercise. It also started slowing me down more and more, until I finally stopped running about 4 months ago.
I picked up cycling as a replacement, but it just wanted the same. There's something about feet on a pavement that connects me to the universe, whereas on a bicycle, there is a mechanical component between the universe and me.
So I eventually had more scans, saw loads of doctors, eventually picked one and then had to wait about 7 weeks before I could get a surgery date.
Fast-forward to the day of surgery.
I hate hospitals. Whether I'm there for myself or for someone else, I'm always super-anxious.
Nothing worked according to plan... 4am wake-up. My ride was late, so I arrived late. When I got to the hospital, they didn't have a bed for me. I eventually ended up in the Maternity Ward. And my surgery got delayed by about 3 hours.
All of this is normally things that would fire every single anxious neuron in my body.
Surgery went well and without any complications.
As I woke up afterwards, I again felt this happiness wash over me. And again, it wasn't the drugs, since they had used a local anesthetic nerve block in my ankle. So no morphine or some of the other good stuff.
I lay there - light happy and content - when I realised that I must've totally underestimated just how much my borked ankle had weighed me down. Literally.
In the weeks preceding the surgery, I started feeling the strain in the rest of my body from all of the subconscious over-compensation to protect my ankle. This became more uncomfortable physically, but this was only a lagging indicator of all the over-compensation I was doing elsewhere in my life.
I hadn't felt like me for months. I couldn't run (which is a great part of me) and could only exercise well below my normal levels. Feeling physical weak meant that I wasn't feeling super in my heart or mind either. Not necessarily depressed, but not me. Not the way that I would feel on a normal day.
As I sit here in my bed writing this, ankle elevated, one day post-surgery, my ankle is obviously not yet fixed. There is pain. I'm still on crutches for six weeks and then have intensive rehab thereafter. It'll be 12+ weeks before I can run at all again.
Yet, I'm happy. I'm relieved and feeling light, because this unknown weight has been lifted from my shoulders.
A weight that didn't make me feel like me.
If I had to label my relationship status with my ambition on Facebook, it would read "It is complicated".⠀ ⠀ What I've learnt is that ambition and forward movement is such a huge part of who I am. It's a force within me that can't be subdued or ignored. I've tried that and it always finds another way to manifest itself and influence my daily thoughts, emotions and actions.⠀ ⠀ This isn't always easy. It's made it hard for me to be content sometimes. Other times I'm very hard on myself when I can't exact the change I'm hoping to make. And sometimes I just wish I wasn't ambitious at all, because I'd just like a break. I mean - can I just have a hobby without this innate desire to measure myself or get better at it? Just fun? Maybe?⠀ ⠀ Here's the thing though... Whether it's ambition or something else, there are some things that are just a very significant and immovable part of who we already are. Often accepting that is the first step in nurturing and even "managing" it.⠀ ⠀ Thereafter it is all about movement. Keep moving towards the things that are great and the things that are tough. Sometimes the same thing - like ambition - is both great and superbly tough. Movement ensures evolution though, because everything is ultimately impermanent.


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Q: Making a chart in native resolution When I use "ui.Chart.image.seriesByRegion" command in Google Earth Engine it required to define the spatial scale of the raster. Please, look at the below command, if I remove "250" it shows error. I did a search, but could not find clear solution for it.
I have tried to apply the solution given in Exporting images in native CRS and resolution, but it did not work as well "NDVI.projection is not a function".
Is there any possibility to keep native spatial scale of the image while producing chart?
var pts = ee.Geometry.Point([10.61134244284358, 50.00619843404531]);

var NDVI = ee.ImageCollection("MODIS/006/MOD13A1")
    .select(['NDVI'])
    .filterDate('2018-01-01', '2019-06-25');

print(NDVI);

var chart = ui.Chart.image.seriesByRegion(NDVI, pts, ee.Reducer.first(), 'NDVI', 250)
.setChartType('LineChart');

print(chart);

A: Simple using nominalScale()
e.g. https://code.earthengine.google.com/1a0a8d7c5076009238bcf23000174698

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Anne Hathaway gives Little Red Riding Hood the required modicum of'tude in this breezy, CGI-generated update of the classic children's story.
But it's Glenn Close's gravity-defying granny who really breaks the mould. Beneath that sweet ol' grey-haired cookie-baking exterior is an extreme sportswoman who proves herself to be more than a match for any forest-dwelling carnivore.
And the Wolf (Patrick Warburton)? Well, as an old-school crime journo, he reveals himself to be a predator of an entirely different sort.
Hoodwinked, which purports to tell the true story of Little Red Riding Hood, is a revisionist fairy tale in the tradition of Shrek.
But while the basic premise is not exactly original, Cory Edwards' directorial debut has enough wit and energy to elevate it above mere carbon copy status.
Hoodwinked begins with the fairy tale's familiar final showdown.
About the time Red remarks "what big eyes" the poorly disguised Wolf has, a tied-and-bound Grandma bursts out of a nearby cupboard and an axe-weilding woodsman crashes through the dining room window.
At this point, somebody calls the police and Grandma's home becomes a crime scene.
The story then unfolds, in Rashmonon-style flashback, from the perspective of the various characters involved.
The lead investigator of the case, David Ogden Stiers' giant frog, Nicky Flippers, is responsible for piecing together the jigsaw puzzle in which nothing, and no one, is what they first appear to be.
As the opening sequence rightly points out, you shouldn't judge a (pop-up) book by its cover.
Hathaway's Red, who pedals through the forest to deliver Granny's cakes and biscuits to its cuter-than-cute inhabitants, is just the right balance of conventional and contemporary.
The animated world she inhabits looks good enough to eat. But when she learns that a goodie thief is on the prowl, destroying the livelihood of many small stallholders, Red rashly removes the family recipe book from its hiding place and embarks on a dangerous journey to deliver it to grandma's mountain home.
Pounced upon in the thick of the forest by a yowling wolf, she understandably assumes he is going to eat her. But when he gets to tell his side of the story, the truth turns out to be a little more complex.
Despite his hulking frame, the axe-man (James Belushi) is revealed to be a wannabe actor who is a few logs short of a forest.
And Granny? Well she's simply full of surprises.
Rounding out the cast are Twitchy, Edwards' hyperactive squirrel (who bears a surprising resemblance to Steve Carrell's animal character in Over The Hedge). And a scene-stealing singing hillbilly goat (Benjy Gaither).
A fast, fun forest frolic.
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About then I decided it might be a good day to indulge a few of my secret ambitions, so I called the Sedona Air Service and made arrangements to go up with an instructor who would let me take the controls of the bi-wing Waco once we were airborne. Actually, I had to promise to pay extra, provide free advertising for six months, and never let anyone know of the arrangement. So, remember, you didn't hear it from me.
Then I called the Flagstaff Jumpmaster's Club and made arrangements to make a tandem parachute jump—something I had seen George Herbert Walker Bush do on television—and I completed the trifecta list of events by calling the soaring club in Camp Verde and booking a glider ride the next day it was warm enough to produce thermals.
But I didn't get to do any of those things. The people who owned the Waco called back with a change of heart—their insurance wouldn't cover me, they said—my wife nixed the parachute jump, and the soaring club canceled operations for the winter. I thought briefly about joining the nearest monastery, but the possibility of coarse bread and an endless promise of Gregorian chanting killed that idea. Just then Giles Ferguson came through the door.
Sure enough, Doc and a few others entered followed by my wife and a group of her friends, and they were followed by other Islanders. Shortly the office began to bulge with people so that space and solitude swapped places and I began to wish for those monastery walls and the contemplative life threatened only by coarse bread and Gregorian chanting.
Still, it was nice that folks put themselves to that trouble, and I was at the point of congratulating myself on having so many of them fussing over me when someone ventured to ask how old I was, and that wouldn't have been so bad had that someone not credited me with with a goodly number of years in excess of my real age.
"Just how close to a hundred are you?" he asked.
Now, have you ever noticed that the use of sarcasm always bears testimony to the fact you have lost the argument, and, at my age, statements including ideas of truth are right behind? I told the guy his Doodlebug subscription rate had just been tripled, and that the next edition would include his obituary notice. Maybe he'll learn to fool with someone else, someone incapable of retaliation.


Another beautiful afternoon spent in Conshy, watching the s l o w e s t..... parade in town. It actually was quite amusing and thankfully our kids were fairly well behaved... oh yea, beebops (lollipops) come in handy! Our boys were also occupied by some of B's co-worker's kids, so while we were up in the think space there was plenty of action and also attention for Owen and Finn, which made easy going for this mommy. Its crazy when other kids are around, I just get to sit back and try to enjoy the chaos!


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Q: How to forbide creation a variable inside a function with the same name as the class level variable? Is it possible on IDE level to forbide creation a variable inside a function with the same name if that name already defined in this class?
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double _bmi;

String calculateBMI() {
  double _bmi = weight / pow(height / 100, 2);
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A: double _bmi;

String calculateBMI() {
  double _bmi = weight / pow(height / 100, 2);

This won't bother you as much coz the first _bmi is accessible using an object only, while the _bmi in the function calculateBMI() is local to that function so no outside function can access _bmi inside CalculaedBMI().
ex:
void main() {
  Test obj = Test();
  print(obj.bmi);
  print(obj.temp());
  print(obj.temp2());
}

class Test {
  int bmi = 10;

  int temp() {
    int bmi = 20; //this is local to this function
    return bmi;
  }

  int temp2() {
    return bmi;
  }
}

o/p:
10
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10    //**see that the class level bmi still holds its value so its unaffected**


The broadcasts of Renzo Arbore, four films for television signed by Dario Argento before Deep Red , historical dramas Rai, all-weather Coliandro , if someone if she lost. Are some of the content provided by RaiPlay for smart TV.
The new digital application of the public service is ready to get on televisions connected to the network with MHP software. When tuned to a channel Rai – that throughout the navigational status of the app will remain in the background – a blue sticker on the right of the screen will indicate the ability to access different groups of content (the menu is made up of five vertical dots). They range from a selection of the flagship programs of the selected channel , a general catalog of Rai content (you can move easily with the remote control also supply other channels), in The Fabulous , the section curated by Teche Rai, certainly among the most fascinating.
On RaiPlay for televisions you can also navigate by choosing as a criterion the days of the week: "We have no rush to get you back on linear television – explains Gian Paolo Tagliavia, Director Rai Digital- We stopped to ask ourselves the question" but that's tv or internet? "We think the content." So, it's on-demand or live, if it is signed Rai, okay. The important thing is to be seen.
"When I said that it was necessary to give value in return for the fee, also mean that, offer more and more things that were within the perimeter," echoed the Director General of Rai Antonio Campo Dall'Orto, in whose speeches still do not miss the words "digital literacy". Compared to what some of the major broadcasters, but also Ott, Rai has not thought of a separation between content of the linear and digital television, although for now, the publishers remain the channels, while RaiPlay is a publisher a bit ' particular ( "but it is said that things do not change in the future," added).
Meanwhile, good news, for the RaiPlay application, which last September replaced the previous RaiTv and was downloaded 4 million times. The offer consumer Rai online has increased by 74% , and the user base has increased by 50%. In the first two months of the new site and app activities (1 October to 30 November) were recorded 7.5 million content views, from 15 million different devices. 85 Instead, the minutes spent on offering RaiPlay, against 70 minutes on the same two months of 2015.
Are the fiction that has been most interest in the first place A doctor in the family , (6195361 display of content), followed by the pupil and red bracelets (over 5 million each) and R occo Schiavone , in seventh place. The historical soap of RAI-3, A Place in the Sun is in fifth place, preceded by The Doctors . As such show in sixth place, Beijing Express eighth, What time does the ninth and tonight at home Mika tenth.


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Топоним
 Бусс — остров-призрак, наносимый на карты Северной Атлантики.
 Бусс () — коммуна во Франции, регион Эльзас — Шампань — Арденны — Лотарингия, департамент Мозель.

Персоналии
 Бусс, Андрей Андреевич (1911—1980) — советский хозяйственный, государственный и политический деятель.
 Бусс, Беньямин (род. 1977) — немецкий музыкант, известен под псевдонимом Мэттью Грейвульф.
 Бусс, Василий Андреевич (1922—1999) — советский хозяйственный, государственный и политический деятель.
 Бусс, Владимир Викторович (род. 1978) — российский футболист, теннисный тренер.
 Бусс, Энрике Адриано (род. 1986) — бразильский футболист.
 Бусс, Эрнст (1843—1928) — протестантский богослов и поборник миссионерства.

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EXCLUSIVE: Surveillance video shows vintage car being stolen
The owner of a storage yard near Irvington and Swan tells KGUN9 he is one of the victims robbed by what Tucson Police are calling an "ongoing criminal enterprise."
By: Jennifer Martinez
The owner of a storage yard near Irvington and Swan tells KGUN9 he is one of the victims burglarized by what Tucson Police are calling an "ongoing criminal enterprise."
The yard used to be filled with items that the owner, Bill Carr, has been collecting for the past 40 years. Now, the yard is bare after being burglarized over the weekend.
RELATED: At least three arrested in Vail raid
Carr says, he was on vacation in Colorado when he received a call that his storage yard had been broken into. "They came in here and they went through everything .... they went through my shop, containers, stole my personal furniture."
Carr says, more than $150,000 in equipment was stolen from his yard. Including, antique items, a red van, a 1946 Plymouth Deluxe, a motorcycle, a Bobcat Skid Steer and other expensive appliances.
Surveillance video shows what is believed to be the '46 Plymouth being hauled away from the storage yard.
Carr believes the thieves were going to go back to the yard to steal more items.
"They just didn't leave me very much - they liked everything I had, I guess," says Carr.
Authorities have made at least 3 arrests following raids to break up what they call an "ongoing criminal enterprise."
Follow News Reporter Jennifer Martinez on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for all the updates.


Sai Baba's Fulfilment brings you into contact with the potential of completion and strengthens it allowing your own path to unfold. The essence opens the gates to heaven and Earth through which all supporting energy that is needed can come into your life. Sai Baba's Fulfilment lets you take your steps, carried by the golden light, focussed on your goal. It touches the core of your being and helps you to live your core qualities. It promotes the recognition of yourself and all others as an embodiment of divine love. Sai Baba's Fulfilment lets you dive into your complete soul potential so that you may be enthused and prepared to fulfil your tasks. Sai Baba's Fulfilment grants complete visions of the Golden Age; and it brings you into contact with the golden lotus levels, which enable the manifestation in the Earth's structures. It also brings you into contact with the golden heart as a new creation level in the heart chakra, enabling you to dive into divine truth and to grasp your complete incarnation task. It grants the gift of being carried by the golden waves and contains divine peace in its completeness.
Apply one drop on your solarplexus chakra (front and back).
Hold the essence with 40cm distance in front of your solarplexus chakra and lead it clockwise around your body. Do another turn with your arm stretched out.
Apply one drop on your heart chakra (front and back).
Hold the essence with 40cm distance in front of your heart chakra and lead it clockwise around your body. Do another turn with your arm stretched out.
Apply one drop on your brow chakra (front and back).
Lead the essence with 50cm distance clockwise around your head.
Apply one drop at the back of your neck.
Apply one drop on your lotus chakra and on both feet.
Rub 3 drops between your palms and place them on your kidneys.
Apply 1 drop each on your knees (front and back).


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Since its last redesign for 2011, the Jeep Grand Cherokee has held a unique spot in the American family SUV market. While models such as the Ford Explorer and Nissan Pathfinder have found softer shapes and more carlike powertrains, the Grand Cherokee is refreshingly different: handsomely rugged, stylish, and as off-road capable as ever. Unfortunately, it's also been a bit less fuel-efficient than other family crossovers.
Now with the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee that Chrysler reveals at the Detroit Auto Show it might be easy to fixate on those slim new headlights. But really, that's a minor point; this American icon takes a step away from compromise, thanks to new eight-speed automatic transmissions across the lineup, a new EcoDiesel V-6 that achieves up to 30 mpg on the highway, refreshed interior materials and trims, and new active-safety features and connectivity features.
From EcoDiesel's 30 mpg, to SRT8's Track Mode
The new EcoDiesel makes 240 horsepower and 420 pound-feet of torque, and it has a best-in-class towing capacity of 7,400 pounds (same as the V-8), while the V-6 models have gotten a boost to 6,200 pounds. Output for both the standard 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 and 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 remain the same (290 horsepower and 360 hp, respectively) although the new eight-speed automatic should yield better performance on the road, as well as higher mileage in both instances—up to 25 mpg on the highway for the V-6 or 21 mpg highway for the V-8. Or opt for the top-performance SRT8 and you get the 470-hp, 6.4-liter V-8, along with the eight-speed and a new Launch Control features, as well as a Track Mode that sends 70 percent of torque to the rear wheels.
Jeep's Quadra-Lift air suspension includes a new Aero Ride Height mode, as well as a Sport mode, and at the top of the lineup there's the same Quadra-Drive II four-wheel drive system and the Selec-Terrain management system, which automatically caters the powertrain settings for the terrain (Sand, Mud, Auto, Snow, and Rock). Also of interest to off-roaders, in all versions, is that the new eight-speed automatic enables a lower crawl ratio.
On the outside, new slim, horizontally oriented headlamps provide a new sense of proportion, widening the Grand Cherokee at first glance; the height of the expected Jeep grille has been reduced, too, while the chin has been raised and the lower fascia reshaped. Summit models get adaptive (swiveling) headlamps, while most of the lineup gets LED rear lamps that echo the shape of the front lamps. In back, there's a single chrome outlet for the exhaust.
Cabin materials inspired by nature
Inside, the new Grand Cherokee gets a little more fashion-forward, too. Interiors have been refreshed with all new materials and trims, like Natura leather and open-pore wood trim; cabin color palettes are new as well, with some of them inspired by nature scenes. Even the cargo bay is now sided with wood trim in some models. The steering wheel has a new three-spoke design, and a new 'E-shifter' (shift lever) is on the center console, just behind a center stack with new Uconnect screens.
Tech highlights for the new Grand Cherokee include an new Uconnect Access Via Mobile, with embedded cellular technology, plus natural-language voice controls, a back-seat Blu-Ray entertainment system, and an 825-watt Harmon Kardon audio system.
See our preview page on the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee for more information.
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Posted on November 20, 2012 at 20:19.
Written by Valerie
She'Koyokh and members of the Aurora Orchestra
A few days ago, I happened to hear about an intriguing concert in London- the Aurora Chamber Orchestra playing Mahler's First Symphony, followed by a Klezmer band, She'Koyokh. Being a fan of both Mahler and Klezmer (traditional Eastern European Jewish folk music), I decided to book tickets, not quite knowing what to expect.
The concert took place at St Luke's, Old St in the City, a converted church, now rehearsal and concert space for the LSO and others. The first half began with the orchestra in darkness, a sole spotlight on Timothy Orpen, an astonishing young clarinetist, who played a virtuosic solo by Jörg Widmann. Hardly had he finished when a clarinettist in the rafters took over (Susi Evans, from She'Koyokh), playing a traditional Doina, accompanied, still in darkness, by the orchestra. This was drama at the service of the music, and it worked beautifully, highlighting the prime role of the clarinet in both the symphony and in Klezmer music, and introducing both improvisational and traditional music from the outset. It was only after the conductor, the charismatic Nicholas Collon, crept on to the stage and the first few chords of the Mahler symphony trembled into life, that the lights began to come up.
The Mahler was performed in a brand new version for chamber orchestra by Iain Farrington, with one instrument per part. This version was fascinating. Watching single strings cope with demanding counterpoint and lyrical intensity in a virtuosic display with the transparency of chamber music was stimulating. Each wind player brought individual colour and charisma. There was nowhere to hide, and no one wanted to. There was sometimes a pull between those wanting to let music breathe (particularly string players), and the wind agreeing with the conductor in wanting to drive the music forward. This resulted in minor ensemble difficulties occasionally, but over all the playing was outstanding. The famous funeral march of the third movement is punctuated by obvious references to Klezmer music, making explicit the raison d'être of the programme. It was only in the fortissimo sections of the final movement that I really missed the impact of a large orchestra.
After the interval, it was the turn of She'Koyokh, a distinguished klezmer band, to take the stage. In vibrant outfits, with rakish hats and equally rakish grins, they provided an immediate contrast to the classical players, and the audience were enthralled within minutes by a series of songs and dances from the Sephardic Jewish tradition, Bulgaria, and Turkey, amongst others. Astonishingly, some of the Aurora players had volunteered to join them, having taken a series of workshops on Yiddish music. A main part of the success of the evening came from seeing music being made with such playfulness, courage and risk-taking. Watching the classical players step (leap) outside their comfort zone, be inspired by folk music, and willing to improvise publicly was an inspiration.
As humans, we often mistake seriousness for purposefulness, and vice versa. Here purpose was all joy. The strengths of the classical players: virtuosity, musicianship, the ability to learn new music quickly in different styles, combined with the strengths of the multi-cultural band: Characterfulness. Juice. Drama. Instinct. Chutzpah. Groove. It was one of the most invigorating evenings I've experienced in a long time, and I didn't want it to end.
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Column Paul Wouters: Back to the eight o'clock day!!
Published on 25 November 2020
The physical boundary between private life and work has disappeared. As a result, each of us has to guard that boundary individually, and that is pretty tricky, says our dean.Paul Wouters in his column.
'Acht uur! zoo klinkt door alle landen,
Acht uur zij onze arbeidstijd.
Acht uur aan d' arbeid onzer handen
En ook aan onze geest gewijd.
Wij willen flink en krachtig werken,
Maar 't lichaam geven zijnen eisch!
Wij willen maag en geest versterken,
En vrijheid – zelfs tot elken prijs.
Acht uur! Acht uur!
Geen langer arbeidsduur!
Ten strijd! Komt allen op ten strijd!
Ten strijd voor acht uur arbeidstijd'
This is how Sam Coltof's 'Achturenmars' ('March of Eight Hours') expressed the struggle of the workers' movement in the 19th and 20th centuries for decent working hours. This song is worth singing again. As a result of the systematic erosion of funding for higher education, many of our staff have been working more hours per week than the agreed 38 hours for many years. However, the Corona crisis, as a result of which all hands had to be on deck, and the accelerated digitalisation of education and parts of research, has made it even more difficult to limit working hours. As a result of mass working from home, which our faculty admirably followed up, the physical boundary between home and work has disappeared. As a result, each of us has to guard that boundary individually, which is pretty tricky. Moreover, working from home has disturbed the natural contact with each other. As a result, that contact must be planned and organised much more explicitly than before.
In short: the Corona crisis challenges us to 1) structurally and systematically reduce the workload; and 2) organise new forms of social intercourse both physically and digitally. As the Faculty Board, we would like to contribute to this. We declared the first week of January 2021 free of meetings, with the exception of the New Year's reception where we will meet digitally after the Christmas holidays. In addition, we are reviewing our processes with regard to procedures that can be deleted or simplified. The starting point is: a rock-solid confidence in you (lecturers, researchers, and specialists in the services, as well as our students of course). Over the past few months, you have proved to us that you deserve this trust. The control mechanisms can therefore be reduced considerably. We also want to introduce a faculty-wide lunch break of half an hour somewhere between noon and one as soon as possible. In a nutshell: no more Teams or Zoom meetings between twelve and one. These are modest steps, but every step counts. I hope that those (admittedly small) steps will encourage each of us to find it normal to pull the plug at the end of the day.
This is also in the interest of the university, because this is the only way we can keep going in the coming months. This brings me to the second point: new forms of social interaction. I myself have mainly worked from home in recent months. But we can now make more use of the FSW buildings to meet each other within the rules of conduct. That's why I'm going to work at the Pieter de la Court Building one day a week in the coming months (alternately on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays). I would love to be able to meet you there as well: come and see me! I can do writing jobs at home, so do"interrupt"! The institutes are also buzzing with initiatives to support social traffic digitally. We had already gotten handy in working digitally, now we have to get handy in digital social encounters as well. And experience is already being acquired in abundance, so let's now share that experience. I hear from colleagues who join the ''Nederland in beweging' team once a week, even though they are not yet 50+. I also hear from departments that do pub quizzes during drinks: home-made or found online. And blended meetings are also set up, with groups of colleagues who meet each other live in a city, after which each 'city hub' calls in for the online meeting. That inspires!
Or step into the university tradition and listen together with students, colleagues and alumni to one of the Cleveringa lectures, which can be followed online this year. For example, choose for the 50th Cleveringa Lecture on Thursday 26 November 2020 at 16:00 by Romeo Dallaire on (mental) health in humanitarian interventions. After the lecture, plan a follow-up meeting with a group of colleagues or students, with hot chocolate or a good glass of wine. It is a matter of planning and doing.
Gradually we explore what is possible in a blended way. We quickly learned what the digital possibilities are and let's no longer just apply them professionally, but also socially. By gaining experience with live, online and blended encounters, we have actually already started developing a new type of social and behavioural sciences campus.
Paul Wouters
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Comcast to Bring High-Speed Internet to More Than 650 Homes in Stafford County, Virginia
Stafford County Board of Supervisors in partnership with Comcast today announced the expansion of Comcast's network deeper into Stafford County as part of its latest project through the Commonwealth of Virginia's Telecommunications Initiative (VATI) to extend broadband service to more Virginians. The area of the broadband expansion includes the Hartwood and Rock Hill election districts in Stafford County.
This expansion will bring Comcast's fast, reliable and fiber-rich network along with its innovative suite of Xfinity products and services, including residential broadband speeds up to 1.2 gigabits per second (Gbps), to more than 650 homes in Stafford County.
"This is an area of the county that has been virtually unserved because of a lack of density. I am so pleased that Stafford County, Comcast and the Commonwealth of Virginia are partnering to connect more residents to high-speed Internet," said Crystal Vanuch, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for Stafford County. "Stafford County has worked hard to bring connectivity to our rural residents and this project is another step towards universal coverage."
"As we saw during the last few years, Internet access is key for many to connect to work, school, family, friends and entertainment, and I am so pleased we can provide this for our Hartwood and Rock Hill residents," said Supervisor Darrell English, Hartwood District. "Working with such an established partner as Comcast is a plus for our community."
"We are proud to partner with Stafford County and invest further in Virginia by bringing our fiber-rich network and advanced products and services to unserved areas and connect more residents to broadband," said Misty Allen, Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs for Comcast's Beltway Region. "This partnership bolsters our continued investment in Virginia and underscores our commitment to ensure individuals and communities across the state can fully participate in the digital economy."
Construction is currently underway and the entire project is expected to be completed by the end of 2023. Residents can check Welcome2Xfinity.com to see if their address is included in the expansion project. Residents who are currently served by Comcast can visit Xfinity.com or call 1-800-XFINITY to inquire about service, or learn more about the federal government's Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which provides eligible households with up to $30/month toward their Internet and/or mobile service ($75/month on Tribal lands). The credit can be applied to any tier of Xfinity Internet service, including Internet Essentials, along with mobile service through Xfinity Mobile.
Residential customers will be able to take advantage of Xfinity's full suite of Internet products, including:
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Unprecedented Control: xFi, a digital dashboard to control the home WiFi network that includes Advanced Security protecting every device on the network from malware and security threats.
Xfinity Mobile: A mobile service built for the way consumers use mobile today, with the Internet at the core of the experience, Xfinity Mobile can save customers hundreds a year on their mobile bills.
Ultimate Entertainment: Flex, a free 4K platform for Internet-only customers that seamlessly delivers streaming content.
Over the last three years, Comcast has invested more than $732 million in technology and infrastructure in Virginia, including improvements to its broadband network. Earlier this year, Comcast announced it expanded rural broadband access to nearly 9,000 rural households and growing across Virginia. The company's latest commitment to Virginia will provide service to more than 650 additional rural homes, bringing Comcast's broadband and innovative services to nearly 1.9 million homes and businesses across the state.
Comcast is also deeply committed to advancing digital equity in the communities it serves. The company's recent community partnerships in Virginia have totaled $34.7 million in cash and in-kind contributions to more than 160 local non-profits over the last three years. This investment includes the installation of 12 Lift Zones, which provide free WiFi service to local community centers to promote digital learning. Lift Zones are part of Project UP, Comcast's comprehensive,10-year, $1 billion commitment to help build a future of unlimited possibilities and the continuation of the company's long history of giving back to communities where it provides service and where its employees live and work.
About Stafford County
From pre-colonial America to modern-day, Stafford County has a rich history associated with significant events and people in our nation's history. Established in 1664, Stafford is perhaps most famously known as the boyhood home of George Washington. Stafford was particularly affected by the Civil War, The Battle of Aquia Creek took place in the County in 1861. During the duration of the conflict, some 100,000 United States and Confederate troops occupied the County. The conclusion of the Civil War represented a time of reconstruction. Stafford remained mostly a rural community until the construction of Interstate 95 in the late 1960s. Since that time, Stafford has experienced a population boom. With a 2020 population of approximately 156,000, Stafford is one of the fastest-growing counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Stafford is located between the major commuting centers of Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Virginia.
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Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology company that connects people to moments that matter. We are principally focused on connectivity, aggregation, and streaming with 57 million customer relationships across the United States and Europe. We deliver broadband, wireless, and video through our Xfinity, Comcast Business, and Sky brands; create, distribute, and stream leading entertainment, sports, and news through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, Universal Studio Group, Sky Studios, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, multiple cable networks, Peacock, NBCUniversal News Group, NBC Sports, Sky News, and Sky Sports; and provide memorable experiences at Universal Parks and Resorts in the United States and Asia. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.