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A Guide to the Specialized Master's in Business Analytics
Welcome to MetroMBA's Master's in Business Analytics Guide. As the world's best business schools continue to evolve, traditional MBA programs are being replaced or supplemented with specialized master's degrees. For many schools, that means including a Master's in Business Analytics program to provide graduate training specific to careers in financial analysis, statistics, and marketing.
Scroll down to find some of the world's best Master's in Business Analytics degrees offered by the world's leading business schools: a list that continues to grow year by year. But first, what is a Master's in Business Analytics, what does it take to graduate, and what career opportunities are available after graduation?
What is a Master's in Business Analytics?
With the rise of big data, businesses are gathering more and more information. Analytics provide a way to understand and effectively put that data to use. Analysts use machine learning algorithms to process data to make conclusions. One of the best-known uses of analytics is Moneyball, the sabermetrics-based system used by many baseball teams since it was first introduced by the Oakland Athletics in 2002.
As analytics find its way into more fields, business analysts can be found across the business landscape, from sports to manufacturing to healthcare to consulting.
The goal of business analysts is to optimize efficiency for the organization, whether it is streamlining the production line or creating a new social media strategy, analytics is making sense of the great amount of data gathered daily in the business world.
Typical Coursework
In all business analytics programs, students will take courses on the following topics:
Mathematics (e.g., geometry, calculus, statistics)
As business analytics graduates inch closer to the professional world, the business- and finance-related courses that come packaged with their programs will help prepare them for their future careers.
Program Accessibility?
The length of the program depends on how one decides to get a Master's in Business Analytics. The best way for those interested may be through business analytics. The majority of business schools offer business analytics programs that can be completed in 10 to 12 months. In addition, many of these programs are STEM-designated, providing international students with an extra 24 months of optional practical training, providing a total of 36 months.
These programs teach the skills discussed previously and are tailored to prepare students for future careers as business leaders. For example, Duke University's Fuqua School of Business offers four separate professional tracks—finance, marketing, strategy, and forensics.
There are other programs that offer MBAs with concentrations in business analytics. For example, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania allows students to major in business analytics. Since analytics is only a component of the general program, Wharton students interested in business analytics must complete the two-year MBA program.
Students can complete the program either in person through full-time, part-time, online, or hybrid tracks. The options vary from institution to institution so you will need to decide what is best for you and your career plans.
Typical Cost
As one might expect, it depends on where you complete your program. If you attend a public university, expect to spend more than $60,000 in tuition and fees for the program. This total could be less if you are a resident of the state. If attending a private school, expect to spend around $75,000 in tuition and fees. Neither of these amounts include living expenses such as housing, health care, and transportation.
There are many opportunities available in the business sphere for analysts. Most positions have the following names: business analyst, budget analyst, financial analyst, corporate strategy analyst, actuary, social media data analyst, business intelligence analyst, and machine learning analyst. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median salary for a financial analyst with a master's degree is $85,660. Experience can increase this amount.
The Top Master's in Business Analytics Programs
The Sloan School of Management Master's in Business Analytics at MIT is among the most highly-regarded specialized masters programs in the world. The 12-month MBAn program features 62 current students with an estimated nine months of work experience per enrolled applicant. These students have a typical undergraduate GPA of 3.9, with 40 percent female students and 73 percent international students.
Graduates can expect to earn more than $111,000 USD after earning the MBAn degree, with 100 percent of the most recent graduating class earning employment offers by graduation. Recent MIT Sloan MBAn grads earned roles at firms like McKinsey and Co., Google, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Apple, among others.
The Marshall School of Business Master of Science in Business Analytics program at the University of Southern California (USC) is not only a highly-regarded business analytics degree; it's among the most flexible options out there.
Applicants can choose between a full-time and a part-time option, with those in the full-time track completing their program in just 18 months. Those opting for a part-time track only have to take one course per semester. USC Marshall graduates earning entry-level jobs typically earn between $80-140,000 per year. Those with at least five years of professional experience will see an annual earnings increase to $105-160,000.
The Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management is among the highest-ranked analytics programs in the U.S., according to U.S. News & World Report, with 100 percent of graduates earning job offers by the time they earn their degree for three out of the past four years.
MSBA grads from Carlson can expect an average annual salary of $98,205 USD per year, ranging as high as $152,000 per year. More than half (51 percent) of the most recent graduating class earned specific business/data analytics roles at well-known companies like Capital One, Apple, Deloitte, and Facebook, among others.
Among the litany of non-U.S. Master's in Business Analytics options, few schools manage to stand out quite like the University of Melbourne Business School. The 12-month program focuses on "computer science, statistics, mathematics and business management," with students learning "SAS, R, Python," and "Tableau," among other tools.
Classes typically range between 40-70 students, with 50 on average, ranging from 23-28 years of age. The majority of the most recent class (56 percent) is male, with 44 percent female students, all of which have an average of three-or-less years of work experience.
Purdue University's Krannert School of Management offers one of the best business analytics programs (speficially its MS Business Analytics and Information Management) in the Midwest U.S., giving business school students a unique opportunity to focus studies in a more STEM-oriented curriculum. The full-time program is also only 11 months long, making it one of the most time-effienct master's programs in U.S., in addition to being one of the most affordable. In-state students only pay a tuition rate of $24,000 USD, with out-of-state students only due $34,200.
MS BAIM grads from Krannert earn a typical employment rate of 94 percent with an average annual salary of $81,320 and an average signing bonus of $10,131. Several previous employers of MS BAIM grads include Amazon, NBC Universal, and Discover Financial Services, among others.
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I applaud you for taking on the task of addressing the content of this Scripture! Part of our jobs as pastors is to minister the whole (entire) Word of God to our people. This is one of the reasons why I will often preach a series through an entire book of the Bible – not exclusively, but often. In doing so, we as the teachers are forced to confront and address Scriptures and themes that we might otherwise ignore.
But – as you brought up in your post – what are we to do when we come across a passage of Scripture that we have no personal experience of? For example, if a young minister is unmarried, does that mean he must neglect or ignore the principles of God's Word that address marriage? I don't think so. Having said that, some would argue that they would have a hard time taking instruction from someone teaching on a subject they have no personal experience with (i.e. marriage). It is during those times that we can share from the personal experiences of others – either in the Bible, from history or biographies, or living people we are in relationship with.
Ultimately, we need to be teaching our people that it is the Bible that gives wisdom for people's lives, and not us as the ministers of that Word. Our job is simply to share the wisdom of the Bible with others.
Of course, the most powerful truths we can share are those that we have learned and applied to our lives first – in those situations where it is possible. (For example, if I am going to preach on living a holy life, it would make sense that I should be endeavouring to live a holy life myself, and preaching what I practice).
Anyway, enough of my ramblings… look forward to reading your post!


Congratulations to Jo-Ann Silverstein, the 2016 recipient of the Rosalie Award honouring radio trailblazers in Canada.
Jo-Ann is a retired radio sales executive with more than 35 years of experience in the radio industry. A native of Albany, New York, Jo-Ann moved to London, Ontario and embarked on a career in radio. Her first career was a registered nurse where she developed caring ways and a sense of humour which were the core attributes to her success in building relationships with her future colleagues and clients.
She started at CKSL in London, the number three station in a three-station market, but undaunted Jo-Ann enjoyed great success, and after three years moved to Toronto to join CKO radio.
In the early days in Toronto radio, a woman sales executive was a unique commodity, and Jo-Ann led the way for many. She achieved her budget year after year and raised three children alone.
Throughout the years Jo-Ann advanced progressively to CFGM, CKEY, CJCL and finally arrived at her goal station CFRB. Jo-Ann's reputation grew as she was known for being reliable, creative, compassionate, tenacious, fiercely loyal, a team player and an exemplary Account Executive. Clients would request her as their media representative through her reputation as one of the best.
Jo-Ann's dedication and passion created long standing relationships with her clients who over years became some of her closest her friends and still hold her in very high esteem. Jo-Ann's unique insight to the business of radio demonstrated her ability to create results-oriented strategic media campaigns for her clients. Her strong relationships translated into significant sales success where she was a Top Biller for six years, and received the New Business Award in 1986, 1987, 1989, 2003 & 2003. During her tenure at CKEY and CJCL Jo-Ann was a Diamond and Gold Award Winner.
Through this significant success, Jo-Ann had speaking engagements at radio sales conferences for five years. She was a sought after speaker on "Retail Selling" with other industries; however a spinal cord injury impacted her ability to pursue this further.
Jo-Ann's success and recognition in the radio business inspired both her daughter, the late Renee Roth, and grand-daughter Rachel Roth to follow in her footsteps. Huffington Post wrote a story covering this dynamic three-generation sales force that was published in Canada and the U.S.
Jo-Ann's commitment to give back was not only felt in her career but also in her community. Jo-Ann gave back through volunteering at numerous fundraising events. Today, Jo-Ann continues to be one of the greatest radio ambassadors of our time.
It is with great sadness we say goodbye to a treasured trailblazer and friend, Renée Roth.
Renée was a gifted woman who was kind, giving, beautiful, insightful and dedicated to the radio industry. Her esteemed 20-year career in radio sales and leadership began at Q107 and Talk 640 in 1993. She was promoted to General Sales Manager at Corus Radio Toronto in 1998. Her last post was with Marketron as VP of International Sales.
Renée managed sales teams, launched radio stations, trained sellers and was an award-winning seller for six consecutive years. In 2005 Renée became Associate Professor at Humber College where she taught Radio Sales Development to first year students in the Radio Broadcasting programs. In addition to her teaching, she was a public speaker delivering workshops and training programs which focused on Retail Selling, Presentation Skills, Leadership Development, Customer Relationship Management, Strategic Sales Planning, Women in Leadership and Mentoring young leaders.
Renée gave back to her community. In 1994, she was a founding team member of Second Harvest, a perishable food recovery program in Toronto. In 1996 she chaired Toronto Taste, a fundraising event which raised $400,000 for Second Harvest and funded 22 new breakfast programs in the Greater Toronto Area. Renée was a member of the Second Harvest Board of Directors from 1997-2002. Renee also sat on the Board of Directors for Ve'ahavta, an outreach organization which serves the homeless in Toronto and initiates first response to global crisis.
Renée's mother Joann Silverstein is a retired, passionate seasoned sales representative from the radio industry and was a great influence to her daughter.
As one of Radio Trailblazers' biggest supporters, Renee was a true champion of women in the radio industry.
Renée passed away on September 29, 2015 after a short battle with cancer. She will be missed by all that knew her. It is a very sad time for us all. Radio Trailblazers extends our sincere condolences to her family and loved ones.


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Most Students Don't Know When News Is Fake, Stanford Study Finds
Teens absorb social media news without considering the source; parents can teach research skills and skepticism
Does children's digital fluency allow them to distinguish between fake news and real news online? WSJ's Sue Shellenbarger has the surprising results of a study of nearly 8,000 students (from grammar school through college) that tested their ability to tell news from ads and to discern websites from hate groups and mainstream professional organizations. Photo: Getty
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Updated Nov. 21, 2016 9:43 pm ET
Preteens and teens may appear dazzlingly fluent, flitting among social-media sites, uploading selfies and texting friends. But they're often clueless about evaluating the accuracy and trustworthiness of what they find.
Some 82% of middle-schoolers couldn't distinguish between an ad labeled "sponsored content" and a real news story on a website, according to a Stanford University study of 7,804 students from middle school through college. The study, set for release Tuesday, is the biggest so far on how teens evaluate information they find online. Many students judged the credibility of newsy tweets based on how much detail they contained or whether a large photo was attached, rather than on the source.
Social Media Companies Tackle Fake News
Twitter, Facebook and Google are taking steps to reduce fake news, misinformation, and harassment on the internet after users expressed concerns that false news stories and hate speech fueled divisiveness in the recent presidential election campaign. Photo: Bloomberg News
More than two out of three middle-schoolers couldn't see any valid reason to mistrust a post written by a bank executive arguing that young adults need more financial-planning help. And nearly four in 10 high-school students believed, based on the headline, that a photo of deformed daisies on a photo-sharing site provided strong evidence of toxic conditions near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, even though no source or location was given for the photo.
Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google are taking steps to prevent sites that disseminate fake news from using their advertising platforms, and Twitter Inc. is moving to curb harassment by users. But that won't get rid of false or biased information online, which comes from many sources, including deceptive advertising, satirical websites and misleading partisan posts and articles.
A growing number of schools are teaching students to be savvy about choosing and believing various information sources, a skill set educators label "media literacy." A free Stanford social-studies curriculum that teaches students to judge the trustworthiness of historical sources has been downloaded 3.5 million times, says Sam Wineburg, a professor in Stanford University's Graduate School of Education and the lead author of the study on teens.
However, fewer schools now have librarians, who traditionally taught research skills. And media literacy has slipped to the margins in many classrooms, to make room for increased instruction in basic reading and math skills.
Devorah Heitner, author of "Screenwise" and founder of Raising Digital Natives, an Evanston, Ill., provider of consulting services to schools, suggests parents pick up on their children's interests and help them to find and evaluate news on the topic online. Encourage them to read a variety of sources. For small children, Common Sense Media, a San Francisco nonprofit, lists browsers and search sites that are safe for children, including KidzSearch.com and KidsClick.org.
Evaluating the Credibility of News Sources
As part of Stanford University's study of students and online news, it asked middle schoolers which of the four tweets, above, were the most trustworthy. More than half of the 204 students responding trusted Lisa Bloom's tweet more the one from NPR, noting it had the most information. A sample student response: 'The best tweet for information is the first one because it actually shows him resigning in a picture, and it gives a caption saying that he is resigning.' Photo: Stanford History Education Group
Parents can instill early a healthy skepticism about published reports. Vincent Tran and his wife Christina allow their three children, ages 10, 8 and 6, to research sports, games and other topics that interest them by googling or by asking Siri or Alexa. Mr. Tran, a Web architect, blocks sites he considers inappropriate for his children and doesn't allow them to use social media.
He notices when they have trouble sorting facts from fiction, and "we spend a good deal of time asking them where they get their information," Mr. Tran says. He and his wife also ask them during family dinners about topics they've been exploring, "and hopefully challenge them to think," he says.
By middle school, preteens are online 7-1/2 hours a day outside of school, research shows. Many students multitask by texting, reading and watching video at once, hampering the concentration needed to question content and think deeply, says Yalda T. Uhls, a research psychologist at the Children's Digital Media Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Evaluating the Credibility of a Source
As part of Stanford University's study of students and online news, it asked middle schoolers to give reasons they might not trust the article by a Bank of America executive on financial planning. Almost 70% of 200 students responding didn't highlight the authorship as a reason for mistrust. A sample response: 'I wouldn't trust it because some millennials do have good money habits.' Photo: Stanford History Education Group
By age 18, 88% of young adults regularly get news from Facebook and other social media, according to a 2015 study of 1,045 adults ages 18 to 34 by the Media Insight Project.
This risks creating an "echo chamber effect," because social media tends to feed users news items similar to those they've read before, says Walter C. Parker, a professor of education at the University of Washington, Seattle. He advises parents to ask children about what they're reading online, and let them see you reading news from a variety of sources. Try watching several different TV news programs with them, to compare coverage.
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Teens also can learn basic skills used by professional fact-checkers, Dr. Wineburg says. Rather than trusting the "about" section of a website to learn about it, teach them "lateral reading"—leaving the website almost immediately after landing on it and research the organization or author. Also, explain to teens that a top ranking on Google doesn't mean an article is trustworthy. The rankings are based on several factors, including popularity.
Students should learn to evaluate sources' reliability based on whether they're named, independent and well-informed or authoritative, says Jonathan Anzalone, assistant director of the Center for News Literacy at Stony Brook University in New York. Posts should cite multiple sources, and the information should be verifiable elsewhere, he says.
Distinguishing Between Opinion and News
As part of Stanford University's study of students and online news, it asked middle-school students which of the items above would they read to learn the facts. More than 60% of 200 respondents chose the opinion piece or failed to give clear reasons why they chose the news story. A sample response: 'I would not survive if we had year-round schools. Kids need a break at some point…' Photo: Stanford History Education Group
Talk with teens about information they've found online and ask, "Why did you click on that?" says Will Colglazier, a history teacher at Aragon High School in San Mateo, Calif., who is helping test Stanford University teaching materials aimed at remedying the problem. "Follow their train of thought," inviting them to explain the steps that led them to the website. If their reasoning reveals faulty assumptions or a lack of skepticism, "use that as a teachable moment," he says.
Scott Secor has tried to instill in his three children, ages 20, 18 and 16, a habit of noticing the sources of information they read online and learning about their viewpoint or goals. He encourages them to read deeply before forming an opinion. "A rule of thumb at our house is that if an article on a serious topic is less than 100 words," the length of some fake-news items, more research is needed, says Mr. Secor, of Raleigh, N.C.
He and his wife Laurie also encourage their children to express their views and respect each other's opinions if they disagree. "The day's news is a regular conversation topic at the dinner table for us," Mr. Secor says. Among subjects they discussed during the recent campaign: How much impact would clickbait have on voters' perceptions?
Parents can talk with children about the differences among news sources, how to research authors and to be more skeptical when looking at posts on social media. Illustration: STEPHEN WEBSTER
Write to Sue Shellenbarger at sue.shellenbarger@wsj.com
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Commentary: Finding serenity while managing risk
Robert Baguenault de Vieville, Raphael Gelrubin and Edouard Lindet
Classic risk measures (such as volatility) do not consider the path followed by returns and fail to communicate the risk of potential large drawdowns. Using path-dependent measures adds valuable information to any investment decision. We propose a new measure of portfolio risk, the serenity ratio, which estimates both the average and extreme risks carried by an investment. This indicator can be used in a modified version of modern portfolio theory and might assist investors in making prudent investment decisions.
Annualized standard deviation or volatility (the Sharpe ratio being its return-adjusted version) is one of the most widely used measures of the riskiness of an investment. As a reminder, Sharpe ratio = (R-R_f)/Vol. The volatility and Sharpe ratio measures present drawbacks of which investors might not be aware. Both upside and downside changes in prices are used to calculate the volatility of an investment.
Thus, many investors use a modified version of standard deviation that only penalizes the downside risk: downside volatility (the Sortino ratio being its return-adjusted version). Although an improvement, this downside risk measure can be misleading when it comes to fat tail distributions as it does not focus on tail losses and therefore may significantly understate the range of potential losses.
Neither of the above measures consider autocorrelation of returns (i.e., today's return is dependent on yesterday's return).
Consider the three following strategies, all using the same return time series:
The actual return series of the MSCI World index (the "long" strategy as shown by the black line in Figure 1);
The return series of the MSCI World index sorted from worst months first to best months last (the "sorted" strategy represented by the orange line);
The return series of the MSCI World index sorted to minimize the drawdowns — biggest drawdown, followed by biggest runup, followed by second biggest drawdown, followed by second biggest runup, etc. (the "flattened" strategy, blue line).
These three strategies offer identical annualized return, volatility, downside volatility, value at risk and conditional VaR figures over the full horizon. Thus, without seeing the path of returns and only viewing the classic risk-return metrics, an investor might risk choosing the sorted strategy, which exhibits much bigger drawdowns than the flattened or long strategies.
The serenity ratio is a risk measure that makes a direct comparison between strategies and has a similar construction as the Sharpe ratio. It compares the return of a strategy with a new measure of risk that consists of the average risk of drawdown (through the ulcer ratio developed by Peter Martin) and a penalty factor measuring the risk of extreme drawdowns (called the pitfall indicator).
The higher the serenity ratio, the more serene an investor will be regarding the investment, hence the name. As an example, the following table compares the standard Sharpe ratio and the serenity ratio for the chart presented above.
Sharpe ratios and Serenity ratios for Figure 1
Long strategy
Sorted strategy
Flattened strategy
Annualized return 1.75% 1.75% 1.75%
Annualized volatility 15.49% 15.49% 15.49%
Sharpe ratio 0.11 0.11 0.11
Serenity ratio 0.02 0.00 0.69
The serenity ratio highlights the most appealing strategy having the lowest drawdowns and being closest to a straight upward-sloping line. This measure is very useful when comparing different investment strategies (together with the standard Sharpe ratio) to gauge the quality of each strategy regarding returns, volatility and drawdowns.
The serenity ratio is a measure of the drawdown risk of a strategy on an ex-post basis (it works best looking in the rear-view mirror). The serenity ratio provides relevant information if heavy drawdowns have been observed and/or when there is sufficient historical data to be representative of the behavior of a strategy through different market cycles.
Since investors are looking forward, we solved the backward-looking bias of the serenity ratio by coming up with an ex-ante measure: The smart Sharpe ratio.
The original Sharpe ratio includes an autocorrelation factor. However, most investors calculate an adjusted version of the Sharpe ratio ("traditional Sharpe ratio") that excludes the autocorrelation effect. By annualizing the volatility, the autocorrelation effect is ignored. Thus, investors underestimate the inherent risk of path-dependency (one loss is followed by another loss, etc.) and results in a traditional Sharpe ratio with a bigger hidden risk of drawdowns. The smart Sharpe ratio considers the path dependency by reinstating the autocorrelation of returns.
By maximizing the smart Sharpe ratio, investors can further minimize drawdowns and therefore maximize their serenity ratio.
The following example compares the underwater curves (i.e., the drawdowns) of different allocation processes: a standard risk parity allocation (1/volatility allocation), a traditional Sharpe ratio optimization and a smart Sharpe ratio optimization.
The smart Sharpe optimization reduces the maximum drawdown (Max DD) by more than 35% (to 5.9% from 8.94%) and results in a serenity ratio nearly three times higher vs. the traditional Sharpe optimization (to 1.68 from 0.64) while maintaining a similar Sharpe ratio (1.11 vs. 1.14).
By reintroducing the notion of path dependency, the serenity ratio assists investors to better evaluate the hidden risk of drawdowns and to improve their allocation process.
Robert Baguenault de Viéville and Raphaël Gelrubin are founding partners and fund managers, and Edouard Lindet is a research analyst, at KeyQuant SAS, Paris. This content is derived from two white papers by the authors. It was submitted and edited under P&I guidelines, but is not a product of P&I's editorial team.
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Music plays again in chapel
A generous donation means that music can once again be played at the chapel in Bury St Edmunds Cemetery.
The cemetery, which is now closed, only sees four or five services a year, for the funerals of those who have purchased family plots. L Fulcher, Funeral Directors from the town, have kindly stepped forward and provided an organ for families preferring more traditional music for the occasion.
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"People do have varying desires for funeral services. Modern music seems to be popular with some mourners, but others definitely prefer more traditional music. We are very pleased to make this organ available, to make sure that family wishes can be met."
Cllr Jo Rayner, West Suffolk Council Cabinet member for Leisure, Heritage and Community Hubs said,
"Although the Bury St Edmunds cemetery chapel is a beautiful and peaceful place to hold funeral services, it seats only around 35 people, which is unfortunately too small for most families arranging the funeral of a loved one. It is also increasingly popular to choose contemporary music for the service and we plan to purchase a sounds system for use by the families. We are most grateful to local organist Jeremey Harding who has sourced and installed the new organ and to L. Fulcher, who have so kindly funded its purchase."


Donald Glover showed up to the hottest party in town (cough cough — ours) with some pronounced upper-lip growth and a stubbly neck and chin. Not only did it make us consider growing a full-blown 'stache, but also was the perfect move to pair with that classic DB plaid suit.
We're not sure what it is about Fassbender's whiskers, but they are a sight to behold. If you want to grow a beard but don't want to go full Mel Gibson, this is a great way to test the waters. Here's how to trim it and here's how to grow the perfect-length stubble.
This year, many men of note went blonde, and before we ring in 2017, one more man entered that realm: Kanye. It was a surprising move, seeing as 'Ye usually leads rather than follows. Still, he looks good with a little bleach up top.
As we learned earlier this week, nothing about Tom Ford is happenstance. He's a man of exacting forethought and obsessive contemplation. Thus, his stubble isn't just the byproduct of a missed morning shave, no, it's a visual cue, a stylistic flourish that conveys meaning. And seeing as his entire empire is built around looking suave AF, it should come as no surprise that Ford has stubble but still looks like a million bucks. How does one pull it off? It's hard to say, but this article is a start to figuring it out.
TJ Miller gave us a real 70s big rig driver throwback look at last night's GQ party — copy at your own risk. Actually, don't do this. But the Office Christmas Party star gets kudos for sporting some DGAF scruff.
Two things to takeaway here: Pharrell looks so good in a camouflage jumpsuit it almost makes you think you could pull it off. (Spoiler: you can't). And also, what magic spell does the 43-year-old cast to look this damn young. Tell us your secret.


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Die Universität Urbino "Carlo Bo" (, UNIURB) ist eine Universität mit Hauptsitz in der italienischen Stadt Urbino sowie Einrichtungen in Pesaro und Fano. Sie wurde 1506 auf Veranlassung von Papst Julius II. gegründet, war bis 2006 eine Privatuniversität und ist seither staatlich. Seit 2003 ist sie nach Carlo Bo benannt, der von 1947 bis zu seinem Tod 2001 Rektor der Hochschule war. 1965 begann der Architekt Giancarlo De Carlo ein umfassendes Renovationsprojekt der Universitätsgebäude in Urbino. Derzeit sind 20.000 Studierende immatrikuliert.

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Thinking with Norbert Elias: the ideas framework of the WWW project
Please reference as: Whites Writing Whiteness (2018) 'Thinking with Norbert Elias: the ideas framework of the WWW project' Whites Writing Whiteness www.whiteswritingwhiteness.ed.ac.uk/overviews/thinking-with-elias and provide the paragraph number as appropriate when quoting.
1. What has the work of the sociologist Norbert Elias (1897-1990) to do with a project on Whites Writing Whiteness? German by birth, Elias lived in Britain from the 1930s on for many years and then later in Holland; during his British years, he became an increasingly important sociological presence and was based at the University of Leicester. As a social theorist, he is notable, indeed fairly exceptional, for theorising around grounded historically-focused pieces of practical research inquiry, with these concerning such things as the 'civilizing process' of how societies change, court society in France, the development of Germany, alongside more ground topics such as football, dying and death and the character of community, among others. Given these interests, his work might as a result be seen – mistakenly – to be not particularly relevant for the WWW project. But in fact it has many helpful synergies, synergies that are highlighted by a number of helpful books on the Elias corpus of ideas, which together add up to an excellent introduction to Elias's thinking. Readers who are unfamiliar with Elias's work are recommend it to them, and some of the interesting aspects of their contents are sketched out in what follows. A brief discussion of the books is followed by Setting out the reasons why 'thinking with Elias' has been a powerful influence on WWW research.
2. The first book for discussion is a collection of Elias's writings edited by Stephen Mennell and Johan Goudsblom, On Civilization, Power and Knowledge. Its contents cover a broad sweep of Elias's interests and provide the best introduction to his work in his own words that is currently available. It provides a helpful and readable overview in selections from Elias himself, in which his engagingly urbane and humane voice comes through strongly.
3. Stephen Mennell and Johan Goudsblom (1998) On Civilization, Power and Knowledge Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Readers will find the sections of Mennell and Goudsblom's reader on 'The social constraint towards self-constraint', 'Diminishing contrasts, increasing varieties', 'On the monopoly mechanism', 'The decline of the state monopoly of violence in the Weimar Republic' and 'Homo Clausus: the thinking statues', particularly helpful in conveying the breath of Elias's concerns.
4. There are quite a few interesting textbook-style overviews of Elias's work, such as Robert van Krieken (1998, Norbert Elias London: Routledge), Stephen Mennell (1989, Norbert Elias: An Introduction Oxford: Blackwell) and Dennis Smith (2001, Norbert Elias and Modern Social Theory London: Sage) among others. There has, however, been surprisingly little engagement with Elias's work to date with regard to gender matters or by feminist sociologists, although he was usually enlightened and responsive in such terms. These overviews are helpful and to varying degrees give insight into the project Elias was engaged in, but none of them has fully succeeded in conveying the core of his ideas and approach until the 2013 publication of a truly excellent exposition of Eliasian thinking by Eric Dunning and Jason Hughes, Norbert Elias and Modern Sociology, which brings home just how fundamental a challenge to mainstream sociological work Elias makes.
5. Eric Dunning and Jason Hughes (2013) Norbert Elias and Modern Sociology. London: Bloomsbury. Both Dunning and Hughes hail from the University of Leicester and donning was formerly a colleague of Elias. However, it is the depth of their thoughtful intellectual engagement, rather than collegial links, that gives their book its power and reach. Its chapters on the basic concepts of figurational sociology (2), Elias's central theory (3) and on 'Elias and 'the habits of good sociology' (6) are particularly insightful, although the whole book is important reading and extremely well written to boot. The last mentioned chapter, 'Elias and "the habits of good sociology"' among other things provides an in-depth engagement with similarities and differences between the Eliasian project and the oeuvre of Anthony Giddens, Michel Foucault and Pierre Bourdieu. This is the best discussion of Elias's work that has appeared to date.
6. Elias is particularly associated with his early (1930s) work on the 'civilizing process', in which he examined the long-term gradual processes of change in Germany, France and Britain, doing so by exploring such things as manners and morals as invoked in etiquette books and manuals. Indeed, he is often misunderstood in relation to this, by readers reacting to their presumption of what 'civilizing' means, treating it as though Elias has a naive Whiggish 'onwards and upwards' progress view of societal level changes. In fact, for Elias the term has an ironic inflection and he fully recognises that violence, force and decivilizing processes are also constitutive. But what he is interested in is how what is supposedly 'civilised' is understood and enacted in particular times and places. This aspect of his work is written about interestingly by Dunning and Hughes. However, such matters are the core focus of the third book considered here, Jonathan Fletcher's Violence & Civilization: An Introduction to the Work of Norbert Elias.
7. Jonathan Fletcher (1997) Violence & Civilization: An Introduction to the Work of Norbert Elias Cambridge: Polity Press. Fletcher's Violence and Civilization starts from the premise that Elias's work concerned with violence and the state monopolisation of (deemed to be legitimate) force is fundamental to his thinking. It explores this across a range of work but in particular regarding his later The Germans (1989/1996) as well the much earlier The Civilizing Process (1938/2000 edition), and also regarding everyday forms of contained or ritualised violence such as in competitive sport and fox hunting. Fletcher's discussion joins up ideas about de/civilizing processes, state formation, identity and violence with another distinctively Eliasian concept, that of habitus. Although now associated with Bourdieu (who was influenced by Elias), the concept of habitus was in fact used and developed by Elias and others some decades before, and in the context of a more general contemporary engagement with the idea, with his discussion long predating the more static and conventional Bourdieu version.
8. These books each provide interesting and helpful discussions and considerably add to the exposition of Elias's ideas. However, a full-blown articulation of the corpus of Elias's ideas, although in a different context from Elias's own comparative engagement with Germany, France and Britain, is a far more stretching test of their workability. This is provided by Stephen Mennell's (2007) The American Civilizing Process, a considerable achievement in coming to grips in just 320 pages with a society so large and complex and which has gone through so much change over time as the United States.
9. Stephen Mennell (2007) The American Civilizing Process Cambridge: Polity Press. Rather than a digest of Elias's thinking (Mennell and Goudsblom), a thoughtful exegesis (Dunning & Hughes), or an insightful move sideways (Fletcher), Mennell's The American Civilizing Process meets Eliasian ideas full on, providing a detailed and grounded examination of how they shape up in exploring and interrogating the long-term trejectors of the US.
10. Starting close to the central core of Elias's ideas, Mennell's investigations over the course of the book become increasingly engrossed with the specificities and details of American history and change. Chapters deal with, for example, 'fellow Americans and outsiders', manners, elites and aristocracies, the market, violence, wilderness and the frontier, integration and urbanization, the 'American Dream', religion and notions of an 'American social character'. American specialists are likely welcome Mennell's increasing shift of emphasis across the book from Elias onto the detail, and certainly for teaching purposes this is an excellent overview. However, for those more interested it how Elias's ideas shape up in the different context of the US as compared with Germany, France and Britain, there are losses. HIs changing emphasis can be seen in Eliasian terms as a decision to focus on the increasing varieties; but what as a result is backgrounded is a fuller consideration of the dynamics of the established and the outsiders in relation to gender and race and their intersections. But nonetheless, this book is a considerable (in both sense of the word) achievement and one to be returned to and engaged with.
11. The connections between Norbert Elias's work and the WWW project research is in practice deeper than the word 'connections' will convey. In fact the broad approach and ideas framework of WWW draws in depth on his thinking and adds up to being an Eliasian one. It is however one of a rather unconventional kind because it involves 'thinking with' rather than trying to apply his ideas .
12. The WWW project is concerned – as is Eliasian sociology overall – with the detailed 'how' of social change, the 'how' of its happenings and possible variations in this over time between differently situated people, including regarding the differences of gender, age, place, generation and 'race', and also of changes over time. It explores this 'how' of social change specifically in the South Africa context and over the longer term. And given the constitutive character that 'race' in the sense of skin colour has taken in South Africa's economy and polity over the period of its colonisation, habitation and for a lengthy period its rule by white people, WWW focuses on changes concerning ethnicity and 'race' as its means of grappling with change in South Africa more broadly.
13. WWW research investigates whiteness as this developed over the lengthy time-period from the 1770s (the arrival of missionaries and other Europeans in numbers and the institution of the colonial states) through to the 1970s (the aftermaths of Sharpeville in 1960 followed by Soweto in 1976) and the resultant changes and possible continuities in how white people in South Africa over this time saw themselves and 'others' in the society around them. It does so by researching letters and correspondences in letter-writing collections, in which flows of letters were written over many generations, because these provide truly longitudinal data of the kind essential in order to address 'how' questions. It analyses how whiteness and its 'Others' is represented in letters over time and regarding how the moral and political order of 'race' has been shaped and re-shaped and re-represented over time in letter-writing practices. In addition, it recognises and confronts the representational problematic involved, that there is not a straight-forwardly referential relationship between letters and lives, although there are important points of interconnection, albeit ones which are complex and tricky in character.
14. For Elias, society is always in media res, it is always in process, and for every point of apparent beginning to social events and circumstances some yet further antecedent ones can be traced. 'Sociogenesis' is Elias's term for this perpetual becoming of the social order, it is fundamental to his entire concept of what society 'is' and therefore the core of what sociology as a discipline for him should be concerned with. In the South African context, social change and changes concerning 'race' within this – the central concerns of WWW – are indicative of sociogenesis. Sociology has a fortunate central subject-matter, one which never runs out or runs dry, for social change has no beginning, no end; and while an argument can be made that 'race' in its present incarnation is a fairly late-comer on the social scene, distinguishing and ranking people by constructions of ethnicity and the connotations attributed to skin colour are not, although they have certainly taken on different meanings and evaluations over time.
15. Relatedly, Elias emphasises that terms like 'individual' and 'society' and related binaries are ones that reify. That is, they solidify and simplify the much more complex reality of people as social beings and always in unfolding relationships with others, with society being composed by complicated arrangements of people in constant interrelationship with others. A key means of recognising and analytically getting to grips with the intertwined character of individual and society, and consequently agency and structure and related pairings, is provided by Elias's concept of 'figuration'. He explains this by drawing an analogy with a dance. A dance can be a tango, a war dance, rock 'n roll and so on, but remains a dance; individual dancers may join in, sit out, re-engage or leave, while the dance continues; and although 'a dance' has a structure-and-process that is independent of any one dancer, it is not independent of there being people as a collectivity engaging in dancing.
16. The concept of figuration when thought about through its analogy with a dance captures the essential character of letter collections, the core data for the WWW project. These archive collections are distinctive in containing flows of letters written over long periods of time (for some collections, from the 1790s to the 1950s) and so they constitute a figuration with lasting structural features. One of these is that, as with a dance, none of the original letter-writers from the start of the collection are still writing at the end, but with a large number of people (it can be some hundreds) joining, participating in and then for a variety of reasons ceasing to contribute letters to it.
17. The idea with which Elias is most often associated is that of 'the civilizing process'. In his use of the term, as noted earlier, this is no Whig notion of development in the sense of progress or betterment. Instead in a number of important publications and most notably The Civilizing Process (1939/2000 edition) and The Germans (1989/1996), he grapples with the complicated, sometimes backwards and sometimes forwards 'fits and spurts' character of change in particular societies. In The Civilizing Process, this concerns France, Germany and Britain over the longue durée from the Middle Ages to the middle 1930s, when the book was first published. In The Germans, Elias is particularly concern with the National Socialist or Nazi state as heralding a marked 'decivilizing' period in the history of German society, while at the same time he also recognises that at different time-periods (after, as well as before) it has had different defining characteristics. Moreover, the operations of power and force are neither tangential to nor necessarily 'uncivilized' within Elias's framework, which recognises states as entities concerned with the monopolization of legitimate force, and also that states can be experienced as illegitimate as well as legitimate.
18. This idea that states and whole societies can have 'civilizing' trajectories which may include contrary and very 'uncivilised' phases, or go through oscillations in this respect, is particularly helpful in making sense of the overall character in change in South Africa. This includes the role of the four colonial states (the Cape, Free State, Natal and the Transvaal or South African Republic) and then the Union national state from 1910 on, and also the pervading sense from the research data WWW is concerned with that in 'race' terms what was happening on the ground at different times, in particular areas, involving a range of people of different backgrounds, beliefs and social practices, was to different degrees out of synch with this state level. The WWW take on this is that civilizing, decivilising and recivilizing processes all contributed and that their varied forms need careful examination in a figurational way in its research.
19. In addition, Elias's ideas about the established and the outsiders and how the established achieve and maintain this status along with a tightly maintained habitus are particularly important for thinking about South Africa. How did such a small number of whites manage over time to achieve control over a much larger number of black people? Insofar as an 'answer' can be provided, this is that it happened day by day and in a multiplicity of ways that added up and, in various times, places and circumstances and with backwards and forwards movements, achieved structural force.
20. Elias's style of thinking and theorising poses challenges for social scientists reared on a diet of conventional binaries – thinking with Elias, structure v. action, individual v. society, realist v. idealist, and theory conceived in the abstract, all bite the dust. These have to be given up. What is gained in return is more interesting and much more exciting – it is the possibility and the actuality of joined up sociological thinking about how societies and peoples live and change over time. Elias's approach to this is a more discursive one that than has beenadopted in the WWW project, but the lineage is clear and lies in WWW's use of the broad interconnected sets of Elias's ideas sketched above concerning sociogenesis, figuration, the de/civilizing process, the established and the outsiders and their habitus.
21. Overall, the WWW project is operationalising key Eliasian ideas because these provide an insightful and important way of bridging theory, methodology and substantive inquiries, including the comparative aspects of these. Elias's thinking was honed around comparisons between Germany, France and Britain. Stephen Mennell has extended this to the rather different case of the US. The crucial question in WWW terms is, in what ways, to what extent, with what exceptions and reservations, does it shape up when confronted with South Africa? This is the topic explored in the range of 'thinking with' Elias essays.


Cook Associates have submitted a planning application to Dover District Council for a new dwelling at St Margaret's Bay. Due to the site being located outside of the defined development boundary the scheme is for a NPPF 55 house which requires a development of innovative design and outstanding quality.
The 'Zedbra' House, named in part from the roof form, uses a sophisticated site generated thermal power supply system never before used in the UK. The scheme sits on a steeply sloping site which enjoys views across the English Channel to France.
The entrance leads onto an east / west aligned upper gallery which cuts through the plan of the house with directs views towards St. Margaret's Bay and the channel beyond. The gallery bridges over a double height living area at lower level which leads out onto a large terrace area.


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Die Lemme
Not officially a group but the name which Gary Herselman gave to the loose affiliation of musicians who contributed to his 2014 solo album, Rigtingbevok.
Contributing artists included Albert Frost, Arno Carstens, Chris Letcher, Paul Riekert, Syd Kitchen, Rian Malan, Warrick Sony, Lloyd Ross, Toast Coetzer, Jannie van Tonder, Willem Moller, Francois van Coke, Valiant Swart, Frank Opperman, Max Mikula, Richard Haslop, Robin Auld, Tonia Selley, Kathy Raven, Sannie Fox, Dave Davies and Jonathan Handley.
Born in Kenya and came to South Africa to study in the early 1980s. In 1983 he formed Mapantsula at the same time as befriending James Philips who introduced him to Shifty Records.
In 1986 Simba Morri left Mapantsula and was invited to record a solo album with Shifty. In 1986 he released the album Wasamata with Shifty.
The core of the band comprising Simba Morri on guitar and vocals, Gito Baloi on bass and Ian Herman on drums. Kelly Pitlane played flute and Jannie van Tonder played trombone. After the album was released the band morphed into Tananas without Simba Morri who continued to perform as a solo musician collaborating with others. In 1990 he recorded the album Celebrating Life with Third Ear Music.
Over the next three decades he has continued to perform in South Africa and in southern Africa: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Malawi and Namibia.
The Softies
Springs-based group formed in 1984: Mark Bennet (guitar, vocals, cash register), Jannie van Tonder (trombone), Leon van der Merwe (saxophone), Tracy Bennet (keyboards) and Andre van Niekerk (drums).
Released the single "Mission to Ciro" in 1984 and the cassette An Evening With the Softies in 1985 followed by 4 of those songs on the EP The Softies also in 1985.
Winston's Jive Mix Up
After The Dynamics broke up in 1986 Winston Nyaunda (alto sax) formed Winston's Jive Mix-Up with Adam Reinecke (guitar), Sipho Shange (keyboards), Reggie Mfega (bass), Jannie van Tonder (trombone), former Dynamics band member Steve Howells (drums) and Mellissa James (violin).
They were a popular live band at venues like Jamesons in Johannesburg. In 1989 they recorded a self-titled album with Shifty Records.
It was only released on cassette but has since been made available digitally. Former Dynamics band member Harvey Roberts made a guest appearance on tenor saxophone on two of the tracks, "Wait awhile" and "107".


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Thermoforming mold trim fixtures / check fixtures.
As the saying goes, there are a dozen ways to skin a cat. The saying holds true when it comes to thermoforming mold fixtures. From trim fixtures, to check fixtures, to holding fixtures, and glue fixtures. Everybody does it differently. If a thick, heavy fixture is required – especially when future revisions might require cutting into it – the old standby has been to CNC cut it directly from Renboard, Pine, foam, or other similar material. While suitable to the task at hand, this can result in a heavy, expensive fixture with leads times that are dependent on machine schedule.
Pressure and Vacuum Forming Molds.


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Poem: Hello Daddy
Under God's Right Arm: Armageddon
Defining Decades
Hitchcock and Character
Fiction: Escape, Artist
5 Questions About: Comic Books
Essay: A Question of God
10 Finest Soundtracks in World History
Under God's Right Arm: Favorite Bible Stories
5 Questions About: Dwarfism
(Dan Kennedy is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Journalism at Northeastern University in Boston. More than 14 years ago, he and his wife had a child with Achondroplasia – a form of dwarfism. The experience led him to write a book about his family's experiences called "Little People." The book is out of print, but copies can still be obtained at Amazon.com. More information can be found at Dan's Web site. Dan is also an astute observer of media and politics in Massachusetts and his opinions can be found at Media Nation.)
DaRK PaRTY: What was your initial reaction when your daughter, Rebecca, was diagnosed with Achondroplasia , one of the most common causes of dwarfism?
Dan: Dwarfism is not something we would have chosen for Becky, but I don't recall it as being particularly traumatic or depressing -- surprising, certainly.
I don't think we really came to terms with her dwarfism until she was five months old and nearly died of what for anyone else would have been nothing more than a bad cold. We learned she would need a tracheotomy and oxygen until her airways and rib cage had had a chance to grow.
For two years, our home was a blur of home nurses, medical equipment, and frequent trips to the hospital. That's when we really started to educate ourselves, as we realized that what we didn't know could kill our daughter.
DP: What has been the biggest challenge to raising a child who is a dwarf?
Dan: That's a hard question, because Becky's dwarfism has not presented any huge challenges to us. As I said, she had a trach for two years when she was a baby. She has some hearing loss, which in turn led to a learning disability. These are the issues we've had to deal with -- not her short stature per se.
I'm not sure why, but the horror stories that we've heard from other parents haven't hit us -- at least not yet. Sometimes people stare at her, but she seems not to notice. I've never heard anyone yell the "M"-word ("midget") at her. She has a small circle of friends who accept her for who she is.
Becky's 14, and starts high school next fall. So perhaps the biggest challenges are yet to come.
DP: In your book "Little People," you explore dwarf sub-culture. Can you give DaRK PaRTY readers a brief synopsis of that culture?
Dan: I can't talk about "the" dwarf culture; it's different for everyone. But Little People of America, the largest organization in the United States for dwarfs and their families, is at the center of whatever sort of organized dwarf culture there is.
In many cases, parents start bringing their dwarf children to LPA events when they're babies. Regional and national conferences provide dating opportunities for dwarf teenagers. Many times, the teens will drift away until they want to find a mate, at which point they return. And, increasingly, dwarf couples themselves become parents, beginning the cycle all over again.
I've seen estimates that, at any given time, LPA is reaching about 10 percent of the dwarf community. That may not sound like much, but if you take into account the numbers of people who drift in and out depending on what's going on in their lives, then I'm sure it's much higher than 10 percent.
A couple of observations --
First, as the dwarf community -- particularly LPA -- has become politicized, we've seen the rise of something that might be called "dwarf pride." This encompasses such things as terminology ("little people" and, increasingly, "dwarf" are acceptable; "midget" is not), the rejection of limb-lengthening
surgery as a negation of identity, and cooperation with other disability groups on common goals regarding access and equal opportunity.
Second, there is a hierarchy within the dwarf community as there is within any community. People with achondroplasia -- the most numerous and, generally, the healthiest -- can sometimes seem to place themselves above those with rarer, more disabling conditions, such as diastrophic dysplasia and SED.
I don't want to make too much of this -- in fact, some of LPA's top leaders over the years have had conditions other than achondroplasia. And consider the Roloffs, the stars of TLC's "Little People, Big World" -- Amy has achondroplasia and Matt, a past LPA president, has diastrophic dysplasia.
Still, within LPA, there is a perception that someone with an exotic, more disabling form of dwarfism is not going to be welcomed quite as readily as a healthy, attractive young person with achondroplasia.
DP: Your daughter is now 14 years old. There must be a new set of challenges for her as she enters adolescence, high school and the dating scene. How has she handled this period of her life so far?
Dan: One of the first things we learned after Becky's dwarfism was diagnosed was that kids with disabilities or any kind of profound physical difference tend to spend more time with adults than they do with other children.
That has certainly been true in Becky's case. She's got a couple of good friends, but she seems to have little interest in being part of any larger social circle. She's also surprisingly oblivious to what's going on around her.
Becky's involved in Girl Scouts, and in theater and creative writing. There are times when it seems like she exists in a bubble -- in her own alternate reality. I don't think it would be a bad thing if she could go right through high school like that. Adults with dwarfism have told us that adolescence was an incredibly painful time in their lives, but that things started looking up once they went to college.
DP: What is the biggest misconception people have about dwarfism?
Dan: That's a good question, and I'm not sure what the answer is, except that I suspect people have fewer misconceptions today than they did in years past. Shows such as "Little People, Big World," actors and actresses such as Peter Dinklage and Meredith Eaton, and a number of documentaries that have been broadcast over the past decade or so have done a lot to demonstrate that little people are no different from any one else, other than being very short and having a few unique though treatable health problems.
Years ago, some people might have assumed that dwarfs were mentally retarded, or that they didn't live as long as those of us who are average-size. You were also more likely to encounter someone with dwarfism in a freak show or in a degrading movie or TV program than you are today. We also live at a time when people at least pay lip service to diversity. It may still be difficult to be disabled, gay or lesbian, or part of a racial or religious minority, but certainly it's less difficult now than it's ever been.
Given that, I'm not sure what ongoing misconception people might have about dwarfs. What strikes me as perversely ironic is that this acceptance comes at a time when we're on the brink of being able to eliminate, through genetic engineering, dwarfism and all kinds of disabilities and differences.
We may embrace diversity, but we also fear it -- and I suspect we'd eliminate it if we could. Soon science will give us the tools to do exactly that. And something important will have been lost.
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Q: State and Actions formalism. How to implement +,-,= operators between different classes I have a problem with a set of states. To move from a state to another I need to do a set of actions.
I'm trying to implement State and Actions classes in a way that the following comparisons returns true:
state1 + actions == state2
state2 - actions == state1
state2 - state1 == actions

I wrote a test case for my implementation that is the following:
class State:
    pass

class Actions:
    pass

starting_state ={'a':'1',
                 'b':'2'}

some_actions = {'a': 'remove 1',
                'b' : 'remove 2,add #',
                'c' : 'add 5'}
inverse_actions = {'a': 'add 1',
                   'b' : 'remove #,add 2',
                   'c' : 'remove 5'}
final_state = {'b':'#',
               'c':'5'}

state1 = State(starting_state)

actions = Actions(some_actions)

state2= state1 + actions

assert State(final_state)==state2
assert Actions(inverse_actions)== -actions
assert state2 - actions == state1
assert state2 - state1 == actions

My questions are:

*

*There is nothing pre-built that can help me to implement the State and Actions classes?

*If not, how can I implement the + and - operations between different classes? There is a way to avoid circular dependencies?

Thank you for the help!

A: You can use operator overloading for this. Here is an example:
class A:
    def __init__(self, a):
        self.a = a

    def __add__(self, other):
        return A(self.a+other.a)

    def __str__(self):
        return str(self.a)
i = A(1)
j = A(1)
l = i+j
assert str(l) == "2"

You can find the list of operators here which you can overload according to your needs:
https://docs.python.org/3/library/operator.html

A: As Marin suggested, you need to use operator overloading. Here is a simple example that works for + and == operators:
class State:
    def __init__(self, s):
        self.state = s

    def __add__(self, other):
        d = self.state.copy()
        if isinstance(other, State):
            d.update(other.state)
        elif isinstance(other, Actions):
            for var, actions in other.actions.items():
                for action in actions.split(","):
                    statement, value = action.split()
                    if statement == "remove":
                        if d.pop(var, None) is None:
                            print("Cannot remove", value, ", not in state")
                    elif statement == "add":
                        d[var] = value
        else:
            return NotImplemented
        return State(d)

    def __eq__(self, other):
        if isinstance(other, State):
            return self.state == other.state
        elif isinstance(other, dict):
            return self.state == other
        else:
            return NotImplemented

class Actions:
    def __init__(self, a):
        self.actions = a

starting_state = {'a': '1',
                  'b': '2'}

some_actions = {'a': 'remove 1',
                'b': 'remove 2,add #',
                'c': 'add 5'}
inverse_actions = {'a': 'add 1',
                   'b': 'remove #,add 2',
                   'c': 'remove 5'}
final_state = {'b': '#',
               'c': '5'}

state1 = State(starting_state)

actions = Actions(some_actions)

state2 = state1 + actions

assert State(final_state) == state2
assert state1 + actions == final_state
# assert Actions(inverse_actions) == -actions
# assert state2 - actions == state1
# assert state2 - state1 == actions

You need to overload __sub__ and __neg__ to get final result.

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Q: WPF Style to automatically bind to base class property Good evening. A WFP binding question please.
Let's say that I have the following three classes:
public class Field
{
   public string Data {get; set; }
   public string TooltipText {get; set; }

   public Field(string data, string tttext)
   {
      Data = data;
      TooltipText = tttext;
   }
}

public class FName : Field
{
   public FName()
      : base("","Enter first name")
   {
   }
}

public class Person
{
   public FName FirstName {get; set; }
}

In XAML, assuming I have set the data context to Person in code, I can bind a TextBox's text and tooltip by
<TextBox Text="{Binding FirstName.Data, Mode=TwoWay}" Tooltip={Binding FirstName.TooltipText}" />

Is there a way to do this generically (if that's the first word) by referencing the base class' properties in a style so that I do not need to declare it for every TextBox? For instance, as a mockup:
<TextBox Binding="FirstName" Style="{StaticResource TextBoxStyle}">

and the style is something like
<Style x:Key="TextBoxStyle" TargetStyle="TextBox">
   <Setter Property="Text" Value="{Binding Field.Data, Mode=TwoWay}" />
   <Setter Property="Tooltip" Value="{Binding Field.TooltipText}" />
</Style>

All of my input fields are derived from a base class and it would be nice for the binding of data and tooltips to occur automatically from the Style.
Thank you in advance for any knowledge and/or help along these lines.

A: What you've posted will work fine, just bind directly to Data and TooltipText instead of Field.Data and Field.TooltipText.

A: I found the answer, which is exactly what you replied! I just need to set the DataContext to FieldName and now it all works perfectly.
<TextBox Style="{StaticResource TextBoxStyle}" DataContext={Binding FirstName}">

This data-binding stuff is so cool.
Thanks again for the help!


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Britannia rules for luxury in Trondheim
Published May 15, 2019 · Updated December 31, 2020
After almost three years of renovation, the Britannia Hotel once again impresses
Photo: Wil Lee-Wright / Britannia Hotel
This striking white domed building at the heart of Trondheim, Britannia Hotel, has emerged from years of renovation as a leader among luxury hotels worldwide.
David Nikel
This striking white domed building at the very heart of Trondheim opened in 1870 to cater to the British upper classes, who were lured to the region by the salmon fishing opportunities in the rivers of Trøndelag. While the new-look Britannia Hotel will be hoping to attract a wider range of guests than wealthy Brits, it still aims squarely at the luxury market.
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Equal attention has been paid to the hotel's dining options, which go far beyond the typical Scandinavian breakfast buffet. One of the reasons is that the hotel wants to engage with locals, becoming not just overnight accommodation but a meeting place for the whole city.
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To top it off, the finger sandwiches and tiered cake stands of afternoon tea served in the airy Palmehaven lounge recalls the hotel's beginnings as a destination for the British upper classes. Naturally, the tea is provided by Twinings of London.
As a Trondheim resident for the last six years, seeing a hotel with a doorman has taken some getting used to! There's no denying the Britannia is an outstanding hotel that will attract a new kind of visitor to the city. Rooms start from around $235 per night, which compares favorably to other top-end hotels in Scandinavia.
David Nikel is a freelance writer based in Norway. He runs the popular www.lifeinnorway.net website and podcast and is the author of the Moon Norway guidebook, available now in all good bookstores.
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Ismertebb AC30-as használók:

 The Edge (U2)
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Külső hivatkozások

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