As strange as it may seem, I met my boyfriend at my own arranged marriage setting. He was my soon to-be-fiance's best friend. You know, like most traditional Indian family households, my family expected me to help around the kitchen. Offer the guests some refreshments, make small talk and win them over with my cooking skills.
Pushing me out of the kitchen and straight into the hall, my mother took great pride into introducing me to his family. At that moment, something weird happened, I didn't feel a spark with Rishabh, the guy my parent's 'selected' for me. On the contrary, my attention fell on his best friend, Rahul. I don't know what it was, but I felt an instant connection. To be honest, I couldn't take my eyes off him and neither could he.
The guy my parents liked on the other hand was quiet and reserved. He spoke very little and nodded practically all the time. On the other hand, Rahul was making more conversation with our family than he was. The morning after, we got a call from Rishabh's parents asking for my hand in marriage.
Few months after, I got engaged to him. We used to speak day in and day out, and we hung out quite often every alternate day. Over a period of time, I had even completely forgotten about his cute friend, Rahul. I grew to like everything about Rishabh, except his drinking habit. Not that I had an issue about him drinking, but I disliked his inability to control himself after.
We would always argue about this and this would take a toll on our relationship. I did not want to get my parents into the picture because it would only work them up. Things took an ugly turn when one night after a drinking session with his boys, he got home smelling of liquor. He tried forcing himself on me, but I resisted and pushed him back. This angered him and he raised his hand on me. I knew things had to end that night.
I didn't say a word after and forced him to sleep on the couch while I slept in the room that I locked. I cried myself to sleep that night and told my parents the very next morning about the whole incident. I mean, no one had ever raised their hand on me and this gesture was simply unacceptable. That very afternoon, my parents called his family and called off the marriage.
Rishabh was depressed and even tried getting in touch with me after. After blocking his number and on social media, I got a call from an unknown number - It was Rahul. He called on Rishabh's behalf and apologised for him. I told him that I'm done and it's time that he too moved on with his life.
Two years later, I was sent on a business trip to Singapore. As coincidental as it may sound, I randomly bumped into Rahul at a crowded market area. I had gotten done early from work and was doing a bit of sightseeing around the city. His face immediately lit up when I waved to him. I told him I was in Singapore for three more days. He was on a vacation and asked me if we could catch up for a bite during the week. Hesitant at first, but later, I accepted his date.
I met him after work on a Thursday and we decided to dine at a restaurant at Clarke Quay. We settled for that place because both, my work and hotel were nearby. Over food, we also downed a few beers. He mentioned that Rishabh was getting engaged to someone else and was doing fine. However, his drinking habits hadn't changed yet. He was still a rowdy element after liquor went down his system. Rahul then asked me what my story was. Was I seeing anyone or looking to settle down anytime soon. I told him that I'm married. He eyes widened, but smiled soon followed after I told him that I'm married to my job.
After dinner, he walked me over to my hotel. Both of us were equally tipsy, and I don't know what made me do it, but I pressed my lips against his. I felt really awkward after. To my surprise, he caught me by the waist and kissed me back. He landed up at my hotel room that night.
I got back to India after those three days and treated our rendezvous like a fling. An act of pure lust, I assumed. Little did I know that we would be hooked on to texting each other in the weeks to come. We started meeting more often at parties and spending a lot more time together. He proposed to me last week! I said yes to Rahul, I met him at an arranged marriage meeting with another guy but I guess things worked out for us eventually. Well, fingers crossed!


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THAILAND LOSING CHINESE TRAVELERS DUE TO SECURITY CONCERNS
Pat Hyland - Nov 5, 2018
Thai tour operators have begun to lay off employees and close some parts of their businesses after several weeks of waiting for Chinese travelers. The most affected facilities include restaurants, souvenir shops, and tour bus services, which are suffering of a low Chinese traveler influx, says Ronnarong Chewinsiriamnuai, president of the Thai-Chinese Tourism Alliance Association.
The director admits that the issue is expanding at a serious rate, to the point that they have been forced to ask many tour guides to stay at home because there is no work for them. To the same extent, tour bus companies are suffering the consequences, reporting less and less activity. That impacts salary of drivers who charge per hour. If their regular income was 30,000 Bath per month, it is now at 7000 to 8000.
However, not all regions suffer from the lack of Chinese travelers the same. The situation in the north of Thailand is worse as tourist agencies have removed the destination from their travel itineraries due to the absence of customers. The next issue is that the high season is coming, and if the crisis continues, it will have serious consequences for employees. To get a rough idea on how large this industry is, Thai tourism sector has 345 wholesale agencies specializing in transport of Chinese travelers, and all have guided tours.
Expectations are that the arrivals of Chinese visitors will keep decreasing even during the last two months of 2018, and probably at the beginning of next year.
The reason for the critical situation for Thai tourism has been linked to the latest safety incidents, especially the one where 47 Chinese tourists drowned in a shipwreck after a boat sunk near Phuket, last July.
Thai travel agencies are attending permanent board meetings, but coming up with solutions is not simple. So far, arrivals have decreased by 300,000 visitors, and the figure is expected to lose another 700,000 next year. The decline has been reported as follows: 22% in July, 36% in August, 39% in September, and 31% in October.
THAILAND REGISTERS INTL ARRIVAL RECORD AMID MEDICAL TOURISM BOOM
THAILAND INCREASINGLY INCAPABLE OF HANDLING MASS TOURISM
CHINESE TOURISTS FLOCK ASIA-PACIFIC IN MASSES
THAILAND TOURIST DESTINATION: SEX TOURISM, DICTATORSHIP AND PERSECUTION
AIR POLLUTION AFFECTS THE TOURISM SECTOR IN NORTHERN THAILAND
Thailand to Become the Best Tourist Destination for Golfers

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An Open Letter & Call to Action to the Computing Community from Black computer scientists and our allies
Our Mission, Our Vision, Our Work
Black in Computing and Our Allies for Equity and Fairness
An Open Letter & Call to Action to the Computing Community from Black in Computing and Our Allies
The recent killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police has sparked a movement that began at the birth of our nation. Though George Floyd may have been the most recent instance, we should not forget the lives of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Nina Pop, Tony McDade, Sandra Bland, Trayvon Martin, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, Philando Castille, Tanisha Anderson, Atatiana Jefferson, Eric Garner, Charleena Lyles, Eula Love, Michael Brown, Khalif Browder, Botham Jean, Tamir Rice, Latasha Harlins, Amadou Diallo, Mary Turner, Emmett Till, and too many other Black people who have been murdered.
As Black members of the computing community, we cannot ignore the impact of these deaths on our own lives. We also reflect on our own experiences with law enforcement and the injustices we experience in the places where we live, work, and learn. We have experienced the structural and institutional racism and bias that is integrated into society, professional networks, expert communities, and industries. We consistently hear the common refrain that we don't exist. We do exist. We are here and demand to be heard and seen in-person and online. We are here and demand to be represented in the classrooms, research labs, the development teams, executive suites, boards of directors, and policy-making bodies that are shaping our future. We are here and demand equal partnership with the institutions of computing to achieve systemic fairness in our field.
We bear witness to countless examples of Black students harassed by campus police, fellow students, and faculty while accessing research or computer labs because they didn't think we "belonged" there. We have been asked if we were lost and offered directions while walking the halls of our own departments or academic buildings. We feel the burden of being the only Black faculty member consistently tasked with doing the work of "diversity," taking away from the precious time we have to dedicate to our scholarly pursuits. We see and feel our students' heartaches when they experience racism while earning their degrees. We share the pain of being told that we don't "fit" into industry culture and receiving rejections from the most desired internships. We can recount specific challenges faced when competing for research dollars to build and sustain our labs. We know the compounding effect brought by feelings of isolation on one's spirit as the "only" in a meeting, within a boardroom, on a committee, in a research lab, or in a classroom. We hear from our managers and evaluators— "you have not done enough, or as much as…" when comparing us to our non-Black colleagues—and feel despair and disappointment of being treated and rated far less favorably. We hear our colleagues' microaggressions, insensitive comments, and assumptions. They have not educated themselves around racism and social justice. This list could go on for pages but we're too tired from living it to continue describing it to those in our communities who have been either oblivious, complicit, or indifferent to us and our education and careers.
We know first-hand that computing as an institution is still a long way from realizing its promise to make the world a better place. As scientists, technologists, and engineers, we are told that there is no need for "culture" in our field. Ones and zeros, the scientific method, and meritocracy form the basis of our discipline, where computing is a neutral entity. We know this is not true. We know that our field does not exist in a vacuum. The structural and institutional racism that has brought the nation to this point, is also rooted in our discipline. We see AI and big data being used to target the historically disadvantaged. The technologies we help create to benefit society are also disrupting Black communities through the proliferation of racial profiling. We see machine learning systems that routinely identify Black people as animals and criminals. Algorithms we develop are used by others to further intergenerational inequality by systematizing segregation into housing, lending, admissions, and hiring practices.
We know better. We are not fooled by the doublespeak, the pleas of ignorance, and the excuses for the technological systems that are deployed into the world. We know that the advances of computing are transforming the way we all live, work, and learn. We also know that we cannot ask for equal opportunity for anyone without demanding equal opportunity for everyone. We know that in the same way computing can be used to stack the deck against Black people, it can also be used to stack the deck against anyone.
Today, we are issuing a call to action to the computing community to address the systemic and structural inequities that Black people experience. In issuing this call we ask the community to:
Create unbiased and welcoming learning and work environments that allow Black people to be their authentic selves and learn and work without experiencing racism and bias.
Commit to address the systemic and institutional racism that has led Black people in computing to be pushed out of the field or exit the field to pursue alternative careers.
Address issues related to institutional or organizational culture and climate to create welcoming and comfortable spaces for Black people and prioritize the health and well being of all students in computing.
There is a role for each of us to build stronger, more creative, and more inclusive communities:
Individuals can acknowledge the presence of Black colleagues and be open to new ideas and perspectives. Everyone can reflect on privileges they might have such that we can move toward eliminating double standards.
Organizations that receive public funding can ensure they are providing equal opportunity in compliance with existing civil rights statutes, including but not limited to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Education Amendments of 1972, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Communities can establish equal opportunity review structures that are responsible for collecting and analyzing data to certify equitable outcomes by institutions, companies and organizations in computing.
Help us create opportunity for future generations through partnership, mentorship, and collaboration. In addition to these suggestions, we have a curated list of actionable items that you can implement in response to this call.
We are tired. We have been tired. We are tired of only leaning on each other as we endure the struggles. Yet, we have gained a strong sense of hope. The peaceful protests in the streets of the world have raised awareness and enabled us to write this letter. We remain deeply appreciative of those who serve to properly uphold and defend the constitutional values that allow us to express the diverse voices of our society. There is still a long road ahead and many of us have and will continue to give our hearts and minds.
We ask that you translate the public statements into public action to support the Black professional communities towards achieving systemic fairness in computing. By working together for fair outcomes, we can unlock the true power and potential of computing.
We welcome signatures from our community and our allies. Complete this form if you would like to have your name added to this list.
Quincy K. Brown, Ph.D., co-Founder, blackcomputeHER.org
Jamika D. Burge, Ph.D., co-Founder, blackcomputeHER.org
Tyrone W. A. Grandison, Ph.D., Founder, The Data-Driven Institute
Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, Ph.D., AAAS Fellow, ACM Senior Member, IEEE Senior Member, AAAI Member
Tawanna R. Dillahunt, Ph.D.
Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D. ACM Fellow, AAAS Fellow, IEEE Senior Member
Christina N. Harrington, Ph.D.
Karen Hare, Ph.D.
LaVonda N. Brown, Ph.D.
Marietta E. Cameron, Ph.D.
Bryant W. York, Ph.D. ACM Fellow, co-founder Tapia Conference, co-founder of CMD-IT
Nicki Washington, Ph.D.
Aubrey J. Rembert, Ph.D.
Robin N. Brewer, Ph.D.
Krystal A. Maughan, Ph.D. Student
Siobahn Day Grady, Ph.D.
Alyssa Donawa, Ph.D. Student
Kathaleena Edward Monds, Ph.D.
Vetria L. Byrd, Ph.D.
Briana Lowe Wellman, Ph.D.
Shamika Goddard, Ph.D. Student
Angela D. R. Smith, Ph.D. Candidate
Earl W. Huff, Jr., Ph.D. Student
Sheena Erete, Ph.D.
Monica Anderson Herzog, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Miriam Akinyi, Ph.D Student
Michel A. Kinsy, Ph.D., ACM Member, IEEE Member
Stephanie Seguino, Ph.D.
Yolanda Anderson, Ph.D.
Amber Solomon, Ph.D. Student
Crystal Romeo Upperman, Ph.D., MPA
Russ Joseph, Ph.D.
Yolanda A. Rankin, Ph.D.
Jakita O. Thomas, Ph.D. co-Founder, blackcomputeHER.org
Pamela Gibbs, Ph.D. Student
Loretta H. Cheeks, Ph.D. GEM Alumni, ACM Member and founder & CEO of Strong TIES
Leshell Hatley, Ph.D.
Joycelyn Streator, Ph.D.
Caris Moses, Ph.D. Candidate
Darnell Simon, Ph.D.
Yves F. Nazon II, Ph.D. Candidate
Valerie Taylor, PhD, ACM Fellow, IEEE Fellow, co-founder of CMD-IT and the Tapia Conferences
Lee Rutledge, M.S.E.
Edward C. Dillon, Jr., Ph.D.
Shiree Hughes, Ph.D.
Ronald A. Metoyer, Ph.D., IEEE Senior Member
Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi, Ph.D. Student
Xava Grooms, Ph.D. Student
Margaret Eva W. Mungai, PhD. Student
Jaye Nias, D.Sc.
Nigel Charleston, Undergraduate CS
Ramy Noaman, Founder @ AI Sustainable Development Group & New York Strategy
Elias Adhanom MD, Software Engineer @Gap Inc., CS undergrad
Nashlie Sephus, Ph.D., Applied Scientist Manager, Amazon AI
Tarence Rice, Ph.D Student
Benjamin Akera, Researcher – MILA Quebec, co-founder Mfeyti
Jean-Rassaire Fouefack, Ph.D. Candidate
Lauren D. Thomas Quigley, Ph.D. – AI Curriculum Lead – IBM
Joshua Goldberg, Master's in Analytics – Data Scientist, Amazon Devices
Freshia Wairimu Sackey – Undergraduate student, JKUAT
Arnaud Nguembang Fadja, Ph.D
Hervé Nicolas Nbonsou Tegang, Ph.D. Student
Abeba Birhane, PhD Candidate
Belachew U. Regane, Ph.D. Candidate
Patrick Munene, founder of Hewani
Solomon Amos, PhD and Founder of Augeos
Maxwell Aladago, Ph.D Student
Edward McFowland III, Ph.D.
Michael Melese, Ph.D
Christopher L. Dancy, Ph.D.
Chinasa T. Okolo, Ph.D. Student
Gilbert Rukundo, Ph.D. Candidate
Karl W. Reid, Ed.D.
Binyam, Seyoum, PhD candidate
Antonio Khalil Moretti, PhD candidate
Kianté Brantley, PhD student
Surafel M. Lakew, Ph.D.
Karl Ricanek Jr. Ph.D. IEEE Senior Member, co-Founder Lapetus Solutions
Lawrence Alaso Krukrubo (Top Writer AI, Medium)
Amelia Estwick, Ph.D.
Tutu Ajayi, PhD Candidate
Robert H. Holder, III, Ph.D.
TJ Alladin, MSc, Community Engagement Manager NCWIT
Abdirisak Mohamed, Ph.D.
Jean-Rassaire Fouefack, Ph.D. Student, IEEE Student member
Fallon Wilson, Ph.D., Ford Fellow
Eric W. Clemons, Ph.D.
Shawndra Hill, Ph.D.
Curtis C. Cain, Ph.D.
Felesia Stukes, Ph.D.
Marcelo Worsley
Roscoe Giles, Ph.D., AAAS Fellow
Cheryl Seals, Ph.D.
Natalie Melo, Ph.D. Student
Enid Montague, Ph.D.
Cheryl Swanier, Ph.D.
Tiffani Williams, Ph.D.
Jasmine Jones, Ph.D., ACM Member, GEM Alumni
Melva T. Jones, Ph.D.
Kenneth Seals-Nutt
Clement Allen, Ph.D.
Christina Gardner-McCune, Ph.D.
Conrad Tucker, Ph.D.
Antonio Khalil Moretti, Ph.D. Candidate
Dede Tetsubayashi, Ph.D.
Gloria Washington, Ph.D., ACM Member, IEEE Member
Nathan Kellman
Ebony McGee, Ph.D.
Velma Latson
Timothy Pinkston, Ph.D., ACM Fellow, IEEE Fellow
Elodie Billionniere, Ph.D., ACM Member, IEEE Member
Getahun Tadesse, Ph.D. Student
Douglas Brooks, Ph.D., PMP
Bo Machayo
Khalia Braswell
Brandeis Marshall, Ph.D.
Alicia Boyd, PhD, Candidate
Amon Millner, Associate Professor of Computing and Innovation
Hussien Seid, Ph.D.
A.G. Hamilton-Taylor, Ph.D.
Shanief Webb, MSc.
Pamela L. Jennings, PhD, MBA, MFA, Ph.D.
Gereziher W. Adhane, Ph.D. Student
Emanuel Perez
Ihudiya Finda Ogbonnaya-Ogburu, Ph.D. Student
Alvin Grissom II, Ph.D.
Damon Woodard, Ph.D.
Kentrell Owens
Yaw Anokwa, Ph.D.
Les Sessoms
Janet Vanderpuye, MSc.
Grant Gibson, Ph.D. Student
Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua, Ph.D.
Michelle Fowler
Darian Nwankwo, Ph.D. Student
Ronald Garcia, Ph.D.
Wole Oyekoya, Ph.D.
Adegboyega Akinsiku, Ph.D. Student
Melanie Moses, Ph.D.
Nathan Louis, Ph.D. Candidate
William Easley, Ph.D. Candidate
Sharnnia Artis, Ph.D.
Charles Earl, Ph.D., Black in AI
Mugen Blue, Student
Aqueasha Martin-Hammond, Ph.D.
Julian Brinkley, Ph.D.
Brittany Johnson, Ph.D.
Vanessa Oguamanam, Ph.D. Student
Sarah Brown, Ph.D.
Birhanu Eshete, Ph.D.
Dale-Marie Wilson, Ph.D.
Valencia Koomson, Ph.D.
Mia Shaw, Ph.D. Student
Johné Parker, Ph.D.
Deidra Morrison Wells, Ph.D.
Sian Lewis
Chris Crawford, Ph.D.
Nifemi Madarikan
C.J. Taylor, Ph.D.
Hakim Weatherspoon, PhD.
Dorian Arnold, Ph.D., ACM Distinguished Speaker, IEEE Senior Member
Corey Jackson, Ph.D.
Perry Sweeper, Sc.D.
Raquell M Holmes, PhD.
Todd Shurn, Ph.D.
M. Brian Blake, Ph.D., Distinguished Scientist (ACM), Sr. Member (IEEE)
Kinnis Gosha, Ph.D.
Christan Grant, Ph.D.
Dwayne Nelson, J.D.
Abdul Basit Iddrisu
Sanmi Koyejo, Ph.D.
Deborah Kariuki
Jessie Walker, Ph.D.
Adriane Randolph, Ph.D.
Shaundra Daily, Ph.D.
Cheryl Swanier, Ph.D., ACM Member
Omofolakunmi Olagbemi, Ph.D.
Ridwan Olawin, BSc.
Chiamaka Okoroha
Danielle Cummings, Ph.D.
Leilani Battle, Ph.D.
Vincent Martin, Ph. D, CPACC, CAFP
Ishmael Johnson-Bey, PhD Student
Victor Udoewa, Ph.D.
Jawad Masood, Ph.D., ASTM, PAKISTAN ENGINEERING COUNCIL
Black In Computing Allies
David Paulius, Ph.D.
Olga Russakovsky, co-founder, AI4ALL
Mennatullah Siam, Ph.D. Candidate
Roy Adams, Ph.D.
Patricia Silveyra
Mary Louise Luczkowski
Mary Kombolias
Carlotta A. Berry, Ph.D.
Orianna Bretschger, Ph.D.
Josiah Hester
Rawan Alharbi, Ph.D. Candidate
Nagesh Rao
Angela Burden
Allie Sterling
Marc Smith, Ph.D., Member ACM, Member SIGCSE, Member IEEE-CS
Patricia Lee, Ph.D.
Alison Sheets, Ph.D.
Tahira Reid Smith, Ph.D.
Wendy DuBow, Ph.D.
Meredith Ringel Morris, Ph.D., Member of the SIGCHI Academy, ACM Distinguished Scientist, CRA-WP Board Member
Tom Williams, Ph.D.
Heather Metcalf, PhD.
Jamie Payton, Ph.D.
Emily Mower Provost, Ph.D., IEEE Senior Member
Aspen Russell
Leslie Aaronson
Alex Buell
Jeremy Gibson Bond
Manuela Veloso, Ph.D., AAAI Fellow, AAAS Fellow, ACM Fellow, IEEE Fellow
Ann Quiroz Gates, Ph.D., Senior Member IEEE Computer Society
Chad Womack, PhD, Senior Director, STEM Programs and Initiatives
Rose Robinson
Meredith Lee, Executive Director
Rob Parke
Corina Gurau, Ph.D.
Jeffrey Haas, Distinguished Engineer, Juniper Networks
Alanson Sample, Ph.D.
David Fouhey, Ph.D.
Phoebe Sengers, Ph.D.
H V Jagadish, Ph.D.
Dilma Da Silva, Ph.D.
Sarah Dunton , M.Ed.
Sarita Schoenebeck, Ph.D.
Josie Williams, BSc.
Harry Hochheiser, Ph.D.
Westley Weimer, Ph.D.
Stephanie McHugh
Linda Sax, Ph.D.
Lili Gangas, BS Electrical Engineering, MBA.
Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones, DSc.
Karen Levy, JD, PhD.
Nikola Banovic, Ph.D.
Naomi Silver, Ph.D.
Wil Thomason, Ph.D. Candidate
Sarah Fox, Ph.D.
Daniel S. Katz, Ph.D.
Ed Lazowska
Ram Sundara Raman
Jerri Barrett, MBA.
Christine Alvarado, Ph.D.
Christine Geeng, Ph.D.
Philip Ritchey, Ph.D.
Debbie Bard, Ph.D.
John-Mark Allen, Ph.D.
Jonathan Kummerfeld, Ph.D.
Paige Lowe
Tracy Camp, Ph.D.
Kyle Rector, Ph.D.
Jennifer Mankoff, Ph.D.
Sarah Morrison-Smith, Ph.D.
Hayley Brown, MBA, MSW.
Allie Lahnala, Ph.D. Candidate
Megan Shearer
Susan Wrightson
Amy Ogan, Ph.D.
Lucinda Sanders, CEO and Co-Founder
Colin Barrett
Evan Peck, Ph.D.
Joe Near, Ph.D.
Lecia Barker, Ph.D.
Christopher Hovey, Ph.D.
Catherine Ashcraft, Ph.D.
Daniel Bauer, Ph.D.
Steven Bellovin, Ph.D.
Henning Schulzrinne, Ph.D.
Valerie Barr, Ph.D.
Shrikanth (Shri) Narayanan, Ph.D.
Stephen Voida, Ph.D.
Mikhaila Friske
Shanel Wu, Ph.D. student
Eva Bradshaw
Eve Riskin, Ph.D.
Jed Brubaker, Ph.D.
Katherine Panciera, Ph.D.
Noah Cowit, BSc.
Ziba Cranmer, Director, BU Spark!.
Betül Günay, MS candidate
David Daly, Ph.D.
Jon Peha, Ph.D.
Rick Carter, B.Sc.
Preeti Ramaraj
D'Arcy Cook
Maria Kloiber
Jenna Wiens, Ph.D.
Lauren Gillespie, BSc.
Laura Balzano
Augustin Chaintreau, Ph.D.
Brian Keegan, Ph.D.
Babette Boyd, J.D.
Terry Hogan
Christie niDonnell
Alannah Oleson, Ph.D. Student
Lucy Van Kleunen, Ph.D. Student
arindam fadikar, PhD.
Kathleen Pine, Ph.D.
Barbara Ericson, Assistant Professor
Michael Davif, BSc EE
Amy Zhang, Ph.D.
Laura Alford, Ph.D.
Silvia Lindtner, Ph.D.
Rupa Dachere
Sylvia Simioni, Ph.D. Student
Tamara Gurin
Allison Clark, Ph.D.
Arvind Satyanarayan, Ph.D.
Alexandra To
Betsy DiSalvo, Ph.D.
Laura Biester
Richard Ladner, Professor Emeritus
Larry Merkle, Ph.D., Senior Member, IEEE; Member AAAI, AAAS, ACM, ASEE
Yixin Zou, Ph.D. student
Cale Passmore
Dan Garcia, Ph.D.
Jeffrey Heer, Ph.D.
Hadas Kress-Gazit, Ph.D., IEEE Senior member
Christos Papadimitriou, Professor
Nazanin Andalibi, Ph.D.
Norman Su, Ph.D.
Oliver Haimson, Ph.D.
Radhika Nagpal, Professor
Nell O'Rourke, Ph.D.
Peter Allen, Professor
Mary Lou Maher, Ph.D.
Kelly Rivers, Ph.D.
Eddie Kohler, Ph.D.
Diana Floegel, MLIS
Miriah Meyer, Ph.D.
Katy Weathington
Shuchi Grover, Ph.D.
Thema Monroe-White, Ph.D.
Barbara Grosz, Ph.D.
Jane Margolis, Senior Researcher
Darren Gergle, Ph.D.
Fabian E. Bustamante, Ph.D.
Boaz Barak, Ph.D.
Jenn Landefeld
Madhu Sudan, Professor
Wendelyn M. Mundell
Hanspeter Pfister, Ph.D., ACM Fellow, Senior Member of IEEE
Ankur Teredesai, Ph.D.
Kasia Kozdon, Ph.D. Candidate
Jessica Feuston, Ph.D. Candidate
Jessica Hammer, Ph.D.
Mahdi Cheraghchi, Ph.D., Senior Member of IEEE and ACM
Solon Barocas, Ph.D.
Tammy VanDeGrift, Ph.D.
Lynn Dombrowski, Ph.D.
Iris Howley, Ph.D.
Michael Bernstein, Ph.D.
Joe Maccoll, MSci.
Janet Davis, Ph.D.
Kayla Booth, Ph.D.
Jane Margolis
Cristina Zaga
Stephen Chong, Ph.D.
Annuska Zolyomi
Julie Kang
Anne Marie Piper, Ph.D.
Kathryn Ringland, Ph.D.
Maitraye Das
Holly Liu, MIMS
Abir Saha, Ph.D. Student
Emily Wang, Ph.D. Candidate
Clément Canonne, Ph.D.
Gopalan Nadathur, Ph.D.
Joseph Wilson, Ph.D.
Katie Matton, Ph.D. Candidate
Michael Feder, Ph.D.
Jim Basney, Ph.D.
Katie Huang
Joshua Levine, Ph.D.
Allison McDonald, Ph.D. Candidate
Jared Saia, Proferros
Elizabeth Goeddel
Eric Gilbert, Ph.D.
Debra Richardson, Ph.D.
David Burlinson, Ph.D.
Hsien-Hsin Sean Lee, Ph.D., IEEE Fellow
Maureen Biggers, Ph.D.
Caroline Trippel, Ph.D.
Paige Hendrix Buckner
Jana Pavlasek
Mark Jeffrey, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Eikey, Ph.D.
Julie Flapan, Ed.D
Richard Tapia, PhD., National Medal of Science, National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, SIAM Fellow, and AAAS Fellow
Neil Ryan
Rodrigo Ochigame
Kristen Shinohara, Ph.D.
Daniela Rosner, Ph.D.
Amy Csizmar Dalal, Ph.D.
Derya Akbaba, Ph.D. Student
Brandon Lucia, Ph.D.
Sharon Tuttle, Ph.D.
Fernando Pérez, Ph.D.
Carl DiSalvo, Ph.D.
Acacia Ackles, Ph.D. Student
Jeni Henrickson, Ph.D.
Andrea Wilson Vazquez, M.A.
Steven Svetlik, MSc.
Matthew Andres Moreno, Ph.D. Student
Lucia Dettori, Ph.D.
Patricia Ordóñez, Ph.D.
Jeannette Bohg, Ph.D.
Rachelle Kristof Hippler, D.Ed.
Foad Hamidi, Ph.D.
Michael Deutsch, M.A. Student
Samir Khuller, Ph.D.
Dominik Moritz, Ph.D.
Gaurav Mahajan
Julia Lanier, Ph.D. Student
Jennifer Tsan
Vijay Chidambaram, Ph.D.
Robert Meyers
Joanna Goode
Steven Jones, Ph.D. Candidate
Kyle Mandli, Ph.D.
Charles Welch, Ph.D. Candidate
Roxana Hadad, Ph.D.
Chelsea Zackey, MSc. Student
Jae Woo Lee, Ph.D.
Laura Dilon, Professor Emeritus
Sriram Mohan, Ph.D.
Amanda Lazar, Ph.D.
Maria Gini, Ph.D., AAAI Fellow, ACM Fellow, IEEE Fellow
Laura Dabbish, Ph.D.
Stacey Sexton
Ann Schwartz Drobnis, PhD.
Jill Denner, PhD.
Irfan Essa, PhD., IEEE Fellow, ACM Senior Member
Fahad Kamran
Eli Tucker-Raymond, PhD.
Ezra Gouvea, PhD Student.
Erik Russell
Brian Gravel, Ph.D
Eli Sheldon
Josh Tenenberg, PhD.
Erkin Ötleş, MD PhD Student.
Donna Tjandra, BSc.
Nathan Dennler, PhD Student.
Leena Mathur
Jean Salac
Claire Bono
Ricardo Barros Lourenco, MSc, Sigma Xi Associate Member; IEEE Member; AGU Member
Zhen Zeng, Ph.D
Ashley S. Perez, BS Student
Sara Kingsley, PhD Student
Arun Kumar, Ph.D
Shaun Collins, Full Stack Developer.
Elizabeth Olson, Ph.D. Student
Fei Sha, PhD.
Satomi Sugaya, Ph.D
Kartik Singhal, ScM.
Anton Nazareth, MSc.
Adewumi Ralph, Msc.
Lili Gangas, BSEE, MBA.
Jan Cuny, Ph.D.
Metin Toksoz-Exley
Rebecca Wright, Ph.D.
Ramon Caceres, Ph.D., IEEE Fellow, ACM Distinguished Scientist, CRA-WP Board Member
Camille Stewart, Esq.
Peter Chen, Ph.D.
Matthew DeJongh, Ph.D.
Lori Pollock, Ph.D.
Austin Brockmeier, Ph.D., Member of IEEE
Tallulah Carlisle
Terry Harvey, Ph.D.
Caleb Foss, MFA.
Marcus Chow, Ph.D Candidate
Daniel Wong, Ph.D.
Nel Escher, J.D., Ph.D. Student
Ralph Morelli, Professor Emeritus
Mihai Pop, Ph.D., Fellow of the ACM
Karen Davis, Ph.D., Senior Member, ACM & IEEE
Jennifer Rosato, M.A.
Nancy M. Amato, PhD, ACM Fellow, AAAI Fellow, AAAS Fellow, IEEE Fellow
Dianne O'Leary, Ph.D., ACM Fellow, SIAM Fellow
Charles Cusack, Ph.D.
Cory Bart, Ph.D.
Alvaro Monge, Ph.D.
Sepi Hejazi Moghadam, Ph.D.
Tom Hurst, Assistant Director of Graduate Educatio
Lesley Berhan, Ph.D.
Kate Atchison, M.Sc.
Haley Northrup
Jimmy Cerone, B.Sa.
Necmiye Ozay, Ph.D.
Kristina Striegnitz, Ph.D.
Penny Rheingans, Ph.D.
Mary Montgomery, B.Sc.
Dale Reed, Ph.D.
Burcin Tamer, Ph.D.
Lisa Ho
Sarah Khan
R. Iris Bahar, Ph.D., ACM Distinguished Scientist
Judy Goldsmith
Selma Sabanovic, Ph.D.
Kathryn S McKinley, Ph.D., ACM Fellow, IEEE Fellow
Holly Rushmeier, Ph.D., ACM Fellow
Julie Smith, Ph.D. Student
Wendy Ju, Ph.D.
John Kloosterman, Ph.D.
Don Winsor, Ph.D.
Amy Ko, Ph.D.
Tiffany Barnes, Ph.D., co-founder of STARSComputingCorps.org, co-chair of stcBP.org
Lien Diaz, M.Ed.
Chris Dovi, ECEP Alliance state lead
Lauren Bricker, Ph.D.
Yonatan Bisk, Ph.D.
Nicole Riley
Emma Strubell, Ph.D.
Daniel Snitkovskiy, M.Sc.
David Weintrop, Ph.D.
Jennifer Mankoff, Ph.D., CHI Academy
Raja Kushalnagar, J.D., LL.M., Ph.D.
Cynthia Bennett, Ph.D.
Kyle Seelman, PhD Candidate
Christopher Carr, Ed.D.
Cole Gleason, Ph.D. Candidate
Caitlin Stanton
David Bruhwiler, Ph.D., APS Fellow, IEEE Senior Member
Rachel Wobrak
Gillian Minnehan
Mary Sadowski, Ph.D., ASEE Fellow
Jean-Luc Vay, Ph.D.
Aporva Amarnath, M.Sc.
Nayda G. Santiago, Ph.D., Senior Member IEEE; Member SACNAS, ACM, ASEE
Alyssa Neuner
Kevin Lin
Aporva Amarnath, MSc.
Anviksha Reddy Busa, MSc.
Surabi Ramamurthy, Undergraduate Student
Vladimir Barash, Ph.D.
Andrew Walter, Ph.D. Student
Rebecca Zarch, MBA, MEd.
Leah Perlmutter
Miguel Velez-Reyes, Ph.D., F.SPIE, SMIEEE
Simin Li
Vibha Sazawal, Ph.D.
Stephanie Zircher
Nicole Neveu, Ph.D.
Victoria Chávez, MA.
Shannon Groves
Lucy Suchman, Ph.D., ACM Fellow, Recipient of the 2010 SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award
Mark Whiting, Ph.D.
Eric P. S. Baumer, Ph.D.
Anne Leftwich, Ph.D.
Scott Petersen, DMA
Annette Greiner, MIMS
Anna Ritz, Ph.D.
Lorna Rivera, M.S.
Susan Rodger, Ph.D.
Andrew Kos
Veronica Sanchez, I4C Retention Coordinator
David Mount, Ph.D.
Jan Plane, Ph.D.
Susan Montgomery, Ph.D.
Jeanne Pearl Murabito
Rick Adrion, Ph.D., ACM & AAAS fellow, co-founder of ECEP & CAITE
Karthik Desingh, Ph.D.
John Leonard, D.Phil, IEEE Fellow, AAAS Fellow
M. Ani Hsieh, Ph.D.
Milos Zefran, Ph.D.
Leslie Kaelbling
Ken Goldberg, Prof
Matthew Giamou
Ross Mead, Ph.D.
Paul Robinette, Ph.D.
Stephen Cave, Ph.D.
Mabel Zhang, Ph.D.
Jodie Gray
Chand John, Ph.D.
Theodore Kim, Ph.D.
David Feil-Seifer, Ph.D.
Zoe Wood, Ph.D.
Kaitlyn Kyle
Ramani Duraiswami , Ph.D.
Andrew Childs, Ph.D.
William Gasarch, Ph.D.
Don Perlis, Ph.D., Lifetime member, AAAI
Michelle L. Mazurek, Ph.D.
Dana Nau, Ph.D., AAAI Fellow, ACM Fellow
Cynthia Matuszek, Ph.D.
Aravind Srinivasan, Ph.D.
Amitabh Varshney, Ph.D., Fellow IEEE
Howard Elman, Ph.D., SIAM Fellow
Ramani Duraiswami, Ph.D.
Nelson Padua-Perez
Tom Goldstein, Ph.D.
Jeffrey K. Hollingsworth, Ph.D.
Regis Cornett, BSc.
David Jacobs, Ph.D.
Christopher Perdriau, Undergraduate student
Matt J. Davidson, MEd.
Porter Jones, BSc.
Anael Kuperwajs Cohen, BA Student
Chloe Dolese Mandeville, M.Ed.
Zane Zook, Ph.D. Student
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Apache Capital Partners is a London-based British real estate investment company, focused on the private rental sector. Their headquarters is at 7 Curzon Street in London's Mayfair district.

Together with their developer partners Moda Living, they have £1 billion worth of over 5,000 apartments in private rental sector developments under way in city centre locations in Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, the South East and Scotland.

Projects include Angel Gardens, a 34-storey building of 466 rental apartments under construction in Manchester, which will form part of the 20-acre NOMA redevelopment. In January 2017, it was confirmed that the Apache and Moda Living had secured £85 million in financing from the German bank Deutsche Pfandbriefbank.

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Architecture firm announces third fellowship
Hannah Gooch Housing reporter
The Ike Kligerman Barkley architecture and interiors firm announced the third annual IKB Traveling Fellowship for 2020.
The firm has offices in New York City and San Francisco Bay Area. According to a press release sent out in November, "the IKB Traveling Fellowship is a $12,000 grant program that will fund travel and research for up to two graduate students in the summer of 2020."
Thomas A. Kligerman, a partner at Ike Kligerman Barkley, wanted to foster a more meaningful conversation about design through the program.
"The IKB Traveling Fellowship is meant to encourage students of architecture to learn outside of the classroom before entering the industry," Kligerman said. "With the fellowship program, we wanted to create a fund that would allow students to consider the intersection between traditional and contemporary architecture."
To win, students must submit a research proposal consisting of a synopsis, itinerary and budget. A jury then reviews the proposals and picks two winners to travel and research design. The winners have the opportunity to present their proposals to the Ike Kligerman Barkley firm following their fellowships.
Last year, fellowship winners Jamie Lipson from Princeton University and Julian Murphy from the University of Notre Dame traveled to Ireland, France and England to "research the intersection between traditional and contemporary design."
"A concise and organized presentation that follows the guidelines is very important when we are looking through a big number of applications," Kligerman said. "We look for students with interesting ideas that we have not thought of ourselves. That can be a part of the world we are not familiar with [or a] study of an architect that we don't know."
The program has a focus on architectural history, but encourages participants to consider current and future design trends as well. Contestants are expected to go beyond the digital aspect of design.
"We want to help students understand and appreciate history, but a truly good designer can really talk about it," Kligerman said.
The competition grew more fierce this year as it expanded to 22 schools.
"We have yet to see a bad proposal," Kligerman said. "This competition is completely blind. It is always a great surprise to finally 'meet' the winners. We truly have no idea who they are, where they are from, [or] if they are male or female. The whole process is very exciting for us."
Kligerman foresees the fellowship program benefiting the entire field in the long run.
"We believe in setting up future generations for success," Kligerman said. "I'm sure down the road we will see something our fellows have learned play out in design theory or in an actual building."
2020 fellowship proposals are due by March 30. Winners will be announced in April.
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Vacation Apartment Berlin Kreuzberg
If you rent a vacation apartment in Berlin Kreuzberg, you are right in the cultural centre of Berlin.This part of the town was created in the 2nd half of the 19th century and since 1964 it is an protected construction area.
It can be said that the pulse of the whole city with its diversity starts at this point. Multiculturalism leaves its mark on Kreuzberg and makes this new trendy district a mosaic of contrasts.
If the guest who has rented a vacation apartment in Berlin Kreuzberg takes a walk through this district , he will not only feel Berlin, but also the whole world.
Everyone who doesn't want to be exposed as a tourist, lets himself be pampered in one of the excellent restaurants or bars in the Bergmannstrasse.
Ever since Gerhard Schröder's pronounced obsession with it, the Currywurst became an alternative landmark of Berlin.
The heart of this distincitve culture is the fast food stall "Curry 36", at the S-Bahn train station Mehringdamm. The different clubs at the Wrangelkiez in eastern Kreuzberg offer a lot of possibilities to dance off the calories.
Especially discos like "Berghain" or "Watergate" gained a legendary status as you can always find lots of clubbing tourists from all over the world waiting in the lines and looking forward to the night.
Besides, also the new Tempodrom doesn't come to our intention only because of its special architecture: theme eatery and events in two different arenas offer possibilities of entertainment before the clubs in Kreuzberg open their doors. The Liquidom is a grandly structured recreational spa that is located in the same building. If there's no live music in the dome-shaped concert hall, twelve underwater loudspeakers make it possible to "take a bath in light and music".
With your vacation apartment in Berlin Kreuzberg as a starting point we recommend to visit the remains the east-west-division had left in Berlin. Not only Checkpoint Charlie near Kochstraße is one of them. The Oberbaumbrücke leads towards the east of Berlin and today, as a former checkpoint, it is a symbol for the reunification of the city. Every year, on this bridge the legendary "battle of vegetables" takes place, in which people from Kreuzberg fight against those from Friedrichshain.
At the Wall path near Niederkirchnerstraße any interested person can tackle intensively with German history. The exhibition "Topographie des Terrors" there shows the terror of the Nazi era in a quite authentic setting: at the terrain of the former Gestapo head quarter.
Next to the German museum for technology (Deutsches Technisches Mueseum) the museum scenery was completed by the Jewish Museum in 2001. Its zigzag-shaped construction hosts a permanent exhibition with more than 2000 years of German-Jewish history.
The eponymous Kreuzberg is situated in the western part of the district and offers the possibility of recreation. In summer, many students, families and tourists make themselves comfortable in the Victoriapark nearby.
The Viktoriapark is situated on a slope which forms the foothills of the Berlin-Brandenburg plateau (Teltow) to the south of the Berlin glacial valley. Its landmark is the monument which is located at the top end. From here you get an amazing view over Berlin. Besides the musicians and street artists round off this special atmosphere, so that a visit to the Kreuzberg is an obligatory trip for everyone who has a vacation apartment in Berlin Kreuzberg.
Renters of a vacation apartment in Berlin Kreuzberg are situated quite centrally and due to the optimal traffic connection they are also very mobile.
The S-Bahn line S6 and the metro lines U1 und U7 cross Kreuzberg in east-west-direction, the metro lines U8 und U6 in north-south direction. Moreover, in western Kreuzberg you'll find the S-Bahn lines S1, S2 and S25.


It is very important to hold a valid residence permit in China. You should keep your visa expiry date in mind and renew it on time.If you visa has expired when you try to renew it, you will be fined RMB¥ 500per day. Failure to adhere to these regulations will also lead to punishment by Chinese government.
At least, 10-20 days ahead of the expiry date.
The service timings for residence permit processing at the OEC student affairs office is 2:00-5:00 PM every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon only. See that you have enough time to apply and finish the process ahead of time. If you miss the timings, you will be responsible for the delay or expiration of your residence permit.
- Obtain the Checklist at the dorm front desk or OEC student affairs or download from here.
- Fill out this form and check with the receptionist about your accommodation status, ensure it is signed by the receptionist. (*If you do not live on campus, then check your accommodation status with the LOCAL police station that administrates the district where you live).
- Check your tuition fee with your teacher at OEC and he/she will give you the extension time and his/her signature.
9) *Physical Examination Report (New students only).
10) Visa/residence permit fee: RMB¥400 (RMB¥160 for X2 visa or other short-term visa).


I love the cold, but the summer. Oh, the summer. You kill me. You are too good. My energy level skyrockets this time of year. I want to do all the things in the summer as opposed to winter where I could hibernate for 3 straight months and be happy as a clam.
I want to eat all the summer food, go on a walk EVERY evening, be more social during the week, spend as much time outside as I can, clean out my closet, deep clean my room, be extra active, and maximize my workday so I have more free time in the morning and evenings. Summer motivation is in full swing!
-I don't have marble countertops. Here is proof-ha! Just a contact paper covered foam board!
-Y'ALL! I posted something besides just a bites post. Catch my mayo-less tuna salad recipe here. Word on the street is that you will be getting a second recipe post tomorrow too!
-Post-bootcamp recovery shake before the rest of my breakfast. I've been waking up at the crack of dawn (4:30AM) to train with Align Performance. Bootcamp is from 5:30-6:30, so when I get home I do an Arbonne recovery shake (1 scoop protein, water, cinnamon and ice in a shaker bottle) then follow it with scrambled eggs later in the morning. If I ate a full breakfast at 6:30 I'd want lunch by 10AM. P.S. if you are local and interested in bootcamp, join me, your first class is free!
-Morning coffee/work date with my Lindz before she leaves me for LA. I can't talk about it anymore otherwise I'll get tears on my keyboard.
-Leftover watermelon tomato salad topped with grilled chicken. Is there a better summer dinner?
-Back to Cali Al goes, but first dinner with the whole crew!
-When in Stillwater, OK, must eat at Red Rock Bakery and Deli. Or so I'm told...and so I now agree. SO GOOD!
-Smashed avo on 2 GG crackers. Who else loves GG crackers? Who doesn't know what I'm talking about? Read here to get the gist and then order on Amazon ASAP.
-You all know I love my Super Coffee, but here is just another photo to remind you. And just so you know the maple hazelnut flavor is everything.
-Father's day feast was full-fledged Korean BBQ themed and I think we nailed it!
p.s. I listened to this song 54 times last night, you should too.


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Facebook Partners MainOne to Build New 750km Open-Access Fiber Network in Nigeria
Barca vs Bayern, Covid-19 Prevention, and Prison Slippers: What Nigerians Googled in August
Microsoft Launches Africa Development Centre in Lagos to Usher in the 3rd Era of Computing
Global Tech Roundup: NASA Discovers Rare Metal Asteroid Worth 10,000 times the Global Economy
Tomiwa Onaleye
Hi Guys! It's the end of the final week in October. There were several interesting happening during the week across the global tech space. From the groundbreaking discovery of water on the moon to the release of third-quarter report among others.
Here is a quick roundup of some of the major stories around the globe you might have missed.
NASA Discovers a Rare Metal Asteroid Worth $10,000 Quadrillion
NASA has discovered a rare, heavy and immensely valuable asteroid called "16 Psyche" in the Solar System's main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Unlike most asteroids that are either rocky or icy, Psyche is made almost entirely of metals, just like the core of Earth. Using ultraviolet spectrum data collected by the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers deduced that Psyche's surface could be mostly pure iron.
The asteroid is located at roughly 230 million miles (370 million kilometres) from Earth and measures 140 miles (226 kilometres) across.
Given the asteroid's size, its metal content could be worth $10,000 quadrillion ($10,000,000,000,000,000,000), or about 10,000 times the global economy as of 2019.
Suggested read: Global Smartphone Sales Enjoy 23% Growth in Q3 2020 as Xiaomi Displaces Apple in the Top 3
Facebook Enter into Cloud Gaming
Facebook has joined other tech giants Google and Amazon in the world of cloud gaming. The company is now offering cloud gaming service to its users.
According to Facebook's vice president of play, Jason Rubin, the reason Facebook is exploring the cloud is that it opens up the types of games it can offer.
However, unlike Google which offers standalone cloud gaming services for a fee, Facebook is introducing cloud games to its existing app. Rubin explained that the company is introducing free-to-play games, starting with games that are latency-tolerant.
The service will start rolling out in the US and would be available both via the web and the Facebook app on Android but not on iOS.
Excel now lets you create data types
Excel will now let you bring in your own data types making it more flexible for educational and enterprise use. Before now, limited to only the pre-built data types on the platform.
With the new feature, you can have a "customer" data type, for example, that can bring in rich customer data from a third-party service into Excel.
Brian Jones, Microsoft's head of product for Excel explained that "Up to this point, the Excel grid has been flat… it's two dimensional, you can layout numbers, text, and formulas across the flexible grid, and people have built amazing things with those capabilities. Not all data is flat though and forcing data into that 2D structure has its limits."
He added that with Data Types we've added a 3rd dimension to what you can build with Excel as any cell can now contain a rich set of structured data in just a single cell.
Suggested read: 5 Digital Strategies Nigerians Have Employed in Sustaining the EndSARS Protest
Apple want to build its own search engine
Apple has shown a growing interest in search technology and might even be working on a product to compete with Google, according to The Financial Times.
Although there has been no official claim, there are visible changes in its latest iOS system showing some investment in search technology.
In iOS 14, Apple is now showing its own results when you type queries in the home screen.
The investment in search, however, doesn't necessarily mean Apple and Google will soon part ways. It could just be a sign that Apple's Siri voice assistant is getting more search inclined upgrade.
NASA Finds Water Molecules On the Moon
NASA has confirmed the presence of water on the moon's sunlit surface. The lead scientist in the discovery, Casey Honniball explained what has been discovered was not puddles of water but instead water molecules that are so spread apart that they do not form ice or liquid water.
The discovery was made using the space agency's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). NASA Administrator, Jim Bridenstine explained that they do not know if it can be used as a source but added that learning more about the water is crucial to their plans to explore the moon.
SOFIA is a modified Boeing 747 that can take its large telescope high into Earth's atmosphere, at altitudes of up to 45,000 feet. The heights allow researchers to peer at objects in space with hardly any visual disruptions from water vapour.
The water molecules are in Clavius crater, a large crater in the moon's southern hemisphere. Data from this location reveal water in concentrations of 100 to 412 parts per million — roughly equivalent to a 12-ounce bottle of water — trapped in a cubic meter of soil spread across the lunar surface, according to NASA discovery.
The breakthrough suggests the chemical compound that is vital to life on Earth could be distributed across more parts of the lunar surface than the ice that has previously been found in dark and cold areas.
You can check out other news that happened during the week here. Have a nice weekend!!


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Gerry Hitchens - 7 Caps (5 Goals)
Full Name: Gerald Archibald Hitchens
Born: 8th October 1934, Rawnsley, Staffordshire
Died: 13th April 1983, Hope, Wales aged 48
Positions whilst with England: Centre Forward
Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Aston Villa (3) & Inter Milan (4)
Debut: v Mexico (FR) on 10th May 1961 aged 26 years, 7 months, 2 days
Last Cap: v Brazil (WCF) on 10th June 1962 aged 27 years, 8 months, 2 days
First Goal: v Mexico (FR) on 10th May 1961 aged 26 years, 7 months, 2 days
Career Length: 1 year, 31 days
Starts: 7
Withdrawn: 0
Full Games: 7
Centre Forward
England Walter Winterbottom
Jimmy Armfield
Ron Flowers
Johnny Haynes
Ron Springett
Bryan Douglas
Jimmy Greaves
Maurice Norman
22 sources from 7 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.
BRA, 1 - 3, 10th Jun 1962 (WCF) Inter Milan, Cap: 7.
HUN, 1 - 2, 31st May 1962 (WCF) Inter Milan, Cap: 6.
PER, 4 - 0, 20th May 1962 (FR) Inter Milan, Cap: 5.
SUI, 3 - 1, 9th May 1962 (FR) Inter Milan, Cap: 4.
AUT, 1 - 3, 27th May 1961 (FR) Aston Villa, Cap: 3.
ITA, 3 - 2, 24th May 1961 (FR) Aston Villa, Cap: 2.
MEX, 8 - 0, 10th May 1961 (FR) Aston Villa, Cap: 1.


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Paul Bogart on the Hollywood Blacklist and CBS Playhouse
Paul Bogart on directing the Reginald Rose play "Dear Friends" and several other productions on CBS Playhouse
Ron Cowen on a teleplay he wrote for CBS Playhouse in 1968 called "Saturday Adoption"
Michael Dann on his involvement with CBS Playhouse
Jerry Goldsmith on composing for CBS Playhouse and the state of the television orchestras in the '60s
Earl Hamner on working on CBS Playhouse: "Appalachian Autumn"
Loring Mandel on writing the CBS Playhouse episode "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night," starring Shirley Booth and Melvyn Douglas
Loring Mandel on winning an Emmy for the CBS Playhouse episode "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"
Loring Mandel on writing the CBS Playhouse episode "Shadow Game"
Lorning Mandel on dealing with censorship in his career on the CBS Playhouse episode "Shadow Game"
Ellen M. Violett on writing "The Experiment" for CBS Playhouse
Ellen M. Violett on her favorite script "The Experiment" for CBS Playhouse
Jane Wyatt on appearing on an episode of CBS Playhouse


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Q: live charts using chart.js I was using high charts for creating live charts with information grabbed from various websites and I was wondering whether I could do the same using chart.js
Will be uploading high charts code later since I have no access to the system

A: There is a live chart example on the Chart.js homepage at http://www.chartjs.org/ Here is the relevant code, but you can copy the full working example from that page.
for (var i = barsCount - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
    data.push(Math.round(Math.random() * 100));
};
new Chart($id('hero-bar').getContext('2d')).Bar({
    labels : labels,
    datasets : [{
        fillColor : '#2B303B',
        data : data
    }]
},{
    showScale : false,
    barShowStroke : false,
    barValueSpacing: 1,
    showTooltips : false,
    onAnimationComplete : function(){
        // Get scope of the hero chart during updates
        var heroChart = this,
            timeout;
        // Stop this running every time the update is fired
        this.options.onAnimationComplete = randomUpdate;

        this.options.animationEasing = 'easeOutQuint';

        randomUpdate();

        function randomUpdate(){
            heroChart.stop();
            clearTimeout(timeout);
            // Get a random bar
            timeout = setTimeout(function(){
                var randomNumberOfBars = Math.floor(Math.random() * barsCount),
                    i;
                for (i = randomNumberOfBars - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
                    heroChart.datasets[0].bars[Math.floor(Math.random() * barsCount)].value = Math.round(Math.random() * 100);
                };
                heroChart.update();
            },Math.random() * updateDelayMax);
        };
    }
});

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The 5 Stages of Collapse: Financial, Commercial, Political, Social & Cultural – Where is the U.S. Now? (+10K Views)
Lorimer Wilson January 22, 2020	4 Comments 10,638 Views
"Having given a lot of thought to both the differences and the similarities between Russia and the U.S. – the one that has collapsed already, and the one that is collapsing as I write this – I feel ready…to define five stages of collapse to serve as mental milestones as we gauge our own collapse-preparedness and see what can be done to improve it."
By Lorimer Wilson, editor of munKNEE.com – Your KEY To Making Money!
[This article of edited excerpts* (1905 words) from the original article (2704 words) by Dmitry Orlov provides you with a 29% FASTER – and EASIER – read. Please note: This complete paragraph, and a link back to the original article, must be included in any article re-posting to avoid copyright infringement.]
"…The proposed taxonomy ties each of the five collapse stages to the breaching of a specific level of trust, or faith, in the status quo. Although each stage causes physical, observable changes in the environment, these can be gradual…
The 5 Stages of Collapse
Stage 1: Financial collapse
Faith in "business as usual" is lost. The future is no longer assumed [to] resemble the past in any way that allows risk to be assessed and financial assets to be guaranteed. Financial institutions become insolvent; savings are wiped out, and access to capital is lost.
Stage 2: Commercial collapse
Faith that "the market shall provide" is lost. Money is devalued and/or becomes scarce, commodities are hoarded, import and retail chains break down, and widespread shortages of survival necessities become the norm.
Stage 3: Political collapse
Faith that "the government will take care of you" is lost. As official attempts to mitigate widespread loss of access to commercial sources of survival necessities fail to make a difference, the political establishment loses legitimacy and relevance.
Stage 4: Social collapse
Faith that "your people will take care of you" is lost, as local social institutions, be they charities or other groups that rush in to fill the power vacuum run out of resources or fail through internal conflict.
Stage 5: Cultural collapse
Faith in the goodness of humanity is lost. People lose their capacity for "kindness, generosity, consideration, affection, honesty, hospitality, compassion, charity" (Turnbull, The Mountain People). Families disband and compete as individuals for scarce resources. The new motto becomes "May you die today so that I die tomorrow" (Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago). There may even be some cannibalism.
Although many people imagine collapse to be a sort of elevator that goes to the sub-basement (our Stage 5) no matter which button you push, no such automatic mechanism can be discerned. Rather, driving us all to Stage 5 will require that a concerted effort be made at each of the intervening stages. That all the players seem poised to make just such an effort may give this collapse the form a classical tragedy – a conscious but inexorable march to perdition…Let us sketch out this process.
Stage 1 (Financial) Collapse Scenarios
Stage 1 collapse, as we are currently observing it, consists of two parts:
a part of the general population is forced to move, no longer able to afford the house they bought based on inflated assessments, forged income numbers, and foolish expectations of endless asset inflation. Since, technically, they should never have been allowed to buy these houses, and were only able to do so because of financial and political malfeasance, this is actually a healthy development.
men in expensive suits tossing bundles of suddenly worthless paper up in the air, ripping out their remaining hair, and (some of us might uncharitably hope) setting themselves on fire on the steps of the Federal Reserve. They, to express it in their own vernacular, "fucked up," and so this is also just as it should be.
The government response to this could be to offer some helpful homilies about "the wages of sin" and to open a few soup kitchens and flop houses in a variety of locations including Wall Street. The message would be: "You former debt addicts and gamblers, as you say, 'fucked up,' and so this will really hurt for a long time. We will never let you anywhere near big money again. Get yourselves over to the soup kitchen, and bring your own bowl, because we don't do dishes." This would result in a stable Stage 1 collapse – the Second Great Depression.
However, this is unlikely, because in the U.S. the government happens to be debt addict and gambler number one. As individuals, we may have been as virtuous as we wished, but the government will have still run up exorbitant debts on our behalf. Every level of government, from local municipalities and authorities, which need the financial markets to finance their public works and public services, to the federal government, which relies on foreign investment to finance its endless wars, is addicted to public debt. They know they cannot stop borrowing, and so they will do anything they can to keep the game going for as long as possible.
About the only thing the government currently seems…fit to do is:
extend further credit to those in trouble,
set interest rates at far below inflation,
accept worthless bits of paper as collateral and
pump money into insolvent financial institutions.
This has the effect of diluting the dollar, further undermining its value, and will, in due course, lead to hyperinflation, which is bad enough in any economy, but is especially serious for one dominated by imports. As imports dry up and the associated parts of the economy shut down, we pass Stage 2: Commercial Collapse.
Stage 2 (Commercial) Collapse Scenarios
As businesses shut down, storefronts are boarded up and the population is left largely penniless and dependent on FEMA and charity for survival, the government may consider what to do next. It could, for example:
repatriate all foreign troops and set them to work on public works projects designed to directly help the population.
promote local economic self-sufficiency, by establishing community-supported agriculture programs, erecting renewable energy systems, and organizing and training local self-defence forces to maintain law and order.
order the Army Corps of Engineers to bulldoze buildings erected on former farmland around city centers, return the land to cultivation, and to construct high-density solar-heated housing in urban centers to resettle those who are displaced.
reduce homelessness by imposing a steep tax on vacant residential properties and funneling the proceeds into rent subsidies for the indigent.
With plenty of luck, such measures may be able to reverse the trend, eventually providing for a restoration of pre-Stage 2 conditions.
This may or may not be a good plan, but in any case it is rather unrealistic, because the United States, being so deeply in debt, will be forced to accede to the wishes of its foreign creditors, who own a lot of national assets (land, buildings, and businesses) and who would rather see a dependent American population slaving away working off their debt than a self-sufficient one, conveniently forgetting that they have mortgaged their children's futures to pay for military fiascos, big houses, big cars, and flat-screen television sets.
A much more likely scenario, however, is that the federal government (knowing who butters their bread) will remain subservient to foreign financial interests and:
impose austerity conditions,
maintain law and order through draconian means, and
aide in the construction of foreign-owned factory towns and plantations.
As people start to think that having a government may not be such a good idea, conditions become ripe for Stage 3.
Stage 3 (Political) Collapse Scenarios
After a significant amount of bloodletting, much of the country becomes a no-go zone for the remaining authorities. Foreign creditors decide that their debts might not be repaid after all, cut their losses and depart in haste. The rest of the world decides to act as if there is no such place as The United States – because "nobody goes there any more"…
Stage 3 collapse can sometimes be avoided by the timely introduction of international peacekeepers and through the efforts of international humanitarian NGOs. In the aftermath of a Stage 2 collapse, domestic authorities are highly unlikely to have either the resources or the legitimacy, or even the will, to arrest the collapse dynamic and reconstitute themselves in a way that the population would accept.
As stage 3 collapse runs its course, the power vacuum left by the now defunct federal, state and local government is filled by a variety of new power structures. Remnants of former law enforcement and military, urban gangs, ethnic mafias, religious cults and wealthy property owners all attempt to build their little empires on the ruins of the big one, fighting each other over territory and access to resources. This is the age of Big Men: charismatic leaders, rabble-rousers, ruthless Machiavellian princes and war lords. In the luckier places, they find it to their common advantage to pool their resources and amalgamate into some sort of legitimate local government, while in the rest their jostling for power leads to a spiral of conflict and open war.
Stage 4 (Social) Collapse Scenarios
Stage 4 collapse occurs when society becomes so disordered and impoverished that it can no longer support the Big Men, who become smaller and smaller, and eventually fade from view. Society fragments into extended families and small tribes of a dozen or so families, who find it advantageous to band together for mutual support and defense. This is the form of society that has existed over some 98.5% of humanity's existence as a biological species, and can be said to be the bedrock of human existence. Humans can exist at this level of organization for thousands, perhaps millions of years. Most mammalian species go extinct after just a few million years, but, for all we know, Homo Sapiens still have a million or two left.
Stage 5 (Cultural) Collapse Scenarios
If pre-collapse society is too atomized, alienated and individualistic to form cohesive extended families and tribes, or if its physical environment becomes so disordered and impoverished that hunger and starvation become widespread, then Stage 5 collapse becomes likely. At this stage, a simpler biological imperative takes over, to preserve the life of the breeding couples. Families disband, the old are abandoned to their own devices, and children are only cared for up to age 3. All social unity is destroyed, and even the couples may disband for a time, preferring to forage on their own and refusing to share food. This is the state of society described by the anthropologist Colin Turnbull in his book The Mountain People. If society prior to Stage 5 collapse can be said to be the historical norm for humans, Stage 5 collapse brings humanity to the verge of physical extinction.
As we can easily imagine, the default is cascaded failure: each stage of collapse can easily lead to the next, perhaps even overlapping it. In Russia, the process was arrested just past Stage 3: there was considerable trouble with ethnic mafias and even some warlordism, but government authority won out in the end. In my other writings, I go into a lot of detail in describing the exact conditions that inadvertently made Russian society relatively collapse-proof. Here, I will simply say that these ingredients are not currently present in the United States.
In light of the unfolding global sovereign debt fiasco…[however, I have now come to the conclusion that, after] years of both government and finance betting on a future that cannot exist, doubling down every time they lose again, the Five Stages of Collapse is nothing but a nice theory.
[Instead,] I think that the stage 1 (financial) and stage 2 (political) collapses will compress into a single chaotic episode. Commercial collapse will not be far behind, because global commerce is dependent on global finance, and once international credit locks up the tankers and the container ships won't sail. Shortly thereafter it will be lights out."
(*The author's views and conclusions are unaltered and no personal comments have been included to maintain the integrity of the original article. Furthermore, the views, conclusions and any recommendations offered in this article are not to be construed as an endorsement of such by the editor.)
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Lorimer Wilson
Lorimer,
I think applying those stages to the US or other first world western nations is probably making too much of a crisis out of the problems of the future. However, there will undoubtedly be lots of financial, social and political crises. Regardless, it won't be a nice time to experience life.
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Dear Lorimer,
Thanks for making us think. No one has to go to the movies for horror shows…all they have to do is read the five stages of collapse.
You have to wonder what percentage of people are preparing for it. I suspect that many feel powerless to do much to prepare…kinda like hurricane preparedness down here in Florida…there's just not too much most residents can do to withstand a 200-mph wind…except to get in the car and try to escape it.
Escaping a collapse is even less likely…and saving fiat isn't the answer. It takes something shinier.
SeniorD
Reading this article, I wonder if anyone has researched what was being discussed in financial circles before WWI and WWII and compared those discussions to what is being said now?
It would be scary to "see" history repeat itself, in that another type of World War is the only event that can hope to return global markets and the countries that operate them to some semblance of fiscal normalcy!
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Michel Hoeffel, né le , et mort le  à Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin),  est un pasteur luthérien d'Alsace qui exerça son ministère en paroisses et dans les instances de l'Église de la Confession d'Augsbourg d'Alsace et de Lorraine (ECAAL), comme inspecteur ecclésiastique, secrétaire général du directoire, organe dirigeant de l'église, et enfin président du directoire. Il a en outre exercé diverses responsabilités au sein de la Fédération protestante de France, de la Conférence des Églises riveraines du Rhin et de la Fédération luthérienne mondiale.

Biographie

Jeunesse et formation
Issu d'une famille luthérienne qui a fourni à l'Alsace de nombreux pasteurs et responsables politiques, Michel Hoeffel est né à Strasbourg le . Il est le fils de Robert Hoeffel, maire de Handschuheim et sénateur du Bas-Rhin et de Berthe Balliet, et frère cadet de l'ancien ministre Daniel Hoeffel.

Après une scolarité au Gymnase Jean-Sturm à Strasbourg, il fait des études de théologie à la Faculté de théologie protestante de Strasbourg et à celle de Paris, puis à l'université de Bâle. Il obtient une maîtrise. Il exerce son ministère pastoral d'abord à Lembach (1960-1967), où il reçoit l'ordination (1963), puis à Munster (1967-1977).

Carrière
Il devient responsable de l'inspection de Colmar en 1973, avec le titre d'inspecteur ecclésiastique, tout en restant pasteur à Munster jusqu'en 1977, date à laquelle il est nommé secrétaire général du Directoire de l'Église de la Confession d'Augsbourg d'Alsace et de Lorraine (ECAAL) durant la présidence du pasteur André Appel. En 1984 il souhaite retourner en paroisse et est nommé pasteur à Sainte-Aurélie de Strasbourg.

Michel Hoeffel est nommé président du directoire de l'ECAAL, sur proposition du Consistoire supérieur, par un décret ministériel du , succédant ainsi au pasteur Appel. Depuis cette date il a également été président de la Conférence des Églises riveraines du Rhin et vice-président de la Fédération Protestante de France. Enfin, il est élu en 1990 au conseil et au bureau exécutif de l'assemblée de la Fédération luthérienne mondiale réunie à Curitiba, au Brésil.

Deux évènements marquants de son mandat à la tête de l'ECAAL furent l'accueil par Michel Hoeffel, en compagnie de sa collègue le pasteur Thérèse Klipffel, présidente de l'église réformée d'Alsace-Lorraine (ERAL), en l'église luthérienne Saint-Thomas de Strasbourg, le , du pape Jean-Paul II, pour une célébration commune, ainsi qu'en 1989, la mise en œuvre de la réunion sous un même toit des deux directions d'Églises protestantes luthérienne et réformée d'Alsace et de Lorraine, notamment en rapprochant leurs services et commissions communes, ainsi qu'un centre de documentation, devenu depuis la médiathèque protestante de Strasbourg.

En octobre 1991, victime de problèmes de santé, Michel Hoeffel interrompt ses activités pendant dix mois, suppléé par le vice-président Christian Albecker. Il reprend cependant ses fonctions en 1992 jusqu'à sa retraite en 1997. Le pasteur Marc Lienhard lui succède à ce poste.

En 2015 il assiste à l'inauguration du Monument de la Paix dans la vallée de Munster, un des derniers projets qu'il aura inspiré et permis de faire aboutir. Les derniers mois sont consacrés à la préparation de son ultime ouvrage de réflexions paru en .

Vie privée
Il est marié et père de quatre enfants.

Distinctions

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Ouvrages
Pasteur de tout cœur, La Nuée Bleue, Strasbourg, 2009.  (compte-rendu de François Uberfill dans Revue d'Alsace)
"Vivre en paix: un rêve?", Éditions  du Signe, Eckbolsheim, 2017. Textes Michel Hoeffel - Poèmes Cléo A. Wiertz - Illustrations Dorothée Hoeffel-Souirji.
Version française et allemande.

Bibliographie
 Marcel Thomann, Michel Hoeffel, in Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne, Fédération des sociétés d'histoire et  d'archéologie d'Alsace, Strasbourg, 1991, vol. 17, .
 Jean Volff, Servir : un magistrat acteur et témoin de son siècle, Do Bentzinger, Colmar, 2013,  et 243 à 249.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Protestantisme en Alsace

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Naissance en juin 1935
Naissance à Strasbourg
Élève du gymnase Jean-Sturm
Étudiant de la faculté de théologie protestante de Strasbourg
Pasteur alsacien
Personnalité du protestantisme alsacien
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
Chevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite
Décès à Strasbourg
Décès à 81 ans
Décès en janvier 2017


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