Young Indian talent was once again on full view as the second edition of the Take Solutions Masters was off to a grand start on Thursday. The 21-year-old Feroz Garewal, who shares the same coach as Shubhankar Sharma, was quick off the blocks with a brilliant five-under 66, that placed him Tied-second alongside a host of others even as a 49-year-old Thai veteran Thammanoon Sriroj turned the clock back with a stunning 9-under 62 at the Par-71 KGA Golf course.
Bengaluru: Young Indian talent was once again on full view as the second edition of the Take Solutions Masters was off to a grand start on Thursday. The 21-year-old Feroz Garewal, who shares the same coach as Shubhankar Sharma, was quick off the blocks with a brilliant five-under 66, that placed him Tied-second alongside a host of others even as a 49-year-old Thai veteran Thammanoon Sriroj turned the clock back with a stunning 9-under 62 at the Par-71 KGA Golf course.
Another young Indian shinning was local Khalin Joshi, who carded 4-under 67 to be T-seventh.
The 4-shot lead for Thammanoon held is the biggest on the Asian Tour this year as he began his quest for sixth Asian Tour title, 14 years after the fifth in China in 2004.
Garewal, who played the 2014 Asian Games for India in Incheon, shares the second place with Thai duo Danthai Boonma and Suradit Yongcharoenchai, Zimbabwean Scott Vincent and Argentine Miguel Carballo.
There was also some good news coming from the Asian Games bound young amateurs, as two of the three playing here got off to a fine start.
Thomas had a disappointing day with 3-over 74.
Bedi in particular was impressive as he had five birdies against two bogeys while playing in the company of Chawrasia, who was impressed by the youngsters.
The players made good use of the soft conditions and preferred lies ruling. Accuracy was well rewarded and picking it up well was Thammanoon with a 62, that included five straight birdies as he started from the tenth.


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OAKLAND, Calif. — Google's and Facebook's advertising businesses, which have roughly tripled in combined size over the last five years, may be headed for a rare stumble as the coronavirus pushes the global economy into a tailspin.
Once-abundant travel and entertainment ads have all but disappeared from Google search. The prices for Facebook advertisements are at record lows. And Wall Street analysts are estimating that annual revenues will decline for the first time in the history of the two companies.
It's the type of downturn that traditional media has experienced before, but was hard to imagine for the duopoly that accounts for more than half of the spending in online advertising.
And yet as gloomy as the situation may appear for Google and Facebook, the outlook for the rest of the digital advertising industry is even bleaker. What little digital spending there is will still flow to them, leaving smaller social media platforms and publishers out in the cold.
"To the extent that people are still spending, it will be even more concentrated with Google and Facebook," said Nicole Perrin, principal analyst at research firm eMarketer. "They are likely going to end up in a stronger position after all this is over."
A shakeout is starting to take shape. The review site Yelp said on Thursday that it was laying off 1,000 employees and furloughing another 1,100. In an email, Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp's chief executive, said it needed to cut costs in the face of stay-at-home measures that have hammered restaurants, bars and other local business — the company's main advertisers.
After projecting revenue to increase between 5 percent and 11 percent in the first quarter, Twitter withdrew its quarterly estimate last month and forecast revenue to decline slightly. Pinterest pulled its projection of full-year revenue growth of more than 30 percent because, it said, it started to see a sharp decline from mid-March. It did not offer updated guidance.
David Rodnitzky, chief executive of ad agency 3Q Digital, said that during lean times advertisers opted for ads that translated most directly into new business. Combining a wealth of information about users with the most visited destinations on the internet, Google and Facebook are safe.
That's not to say the two companies aren't heading into a rough patch. In an investor note last month, John Blackledge, an analyst for the investment firm Cowen, trimmed his 2020 revenue forecast for Google and Facebook by nearly 20 percent. He now predicts a decline in annual revenue for both.
The prices of Facebook ads have declined 35 percent to 50 percent on average in recent weeks, said Alex Palmer, an analyst for Gupta Media, a digital marketing agency. Last month, Facebook warned that it was already seeing signs of an early pullback.
"Our business is being adversely affected like so many others," Alex Schultz and Jay Parikh, two Facebook vice presidents, wrote in a company blog post in March. "We've seen a weakening in our ads business in countries taking aggressive actions to reduce the spread of Covid-19."
Mark Mahaney, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets, ran 50 Google searches last month and found no paid ads for travel and restaurants. "We can't recall ever NOT seeing a 'Paid Ad' under the search term 'Las Vegas Hotels,'" he wrote. "This is indicative of the broader trends across online advertising."
Average daily spending on digital ads slumped more than 20 percent in the latter half of March for sports and entertainment businesses, according to the advertising analytics platform Pathmatics. Cirque du Soleil, for example, went from sometimes spending more than $140,000 a day on digital ads in late February to spending less than $40,000 a day in late March and then nothing in early April.
Travel companies like Korean Air and Norwegian Cruise Line dropped their digital ad spending to near zero in mid-March, according to Pathmatics. The home-rental company Airbnb suspended all marketing, cutting back from a projected $800 million this year.
Advertisers that are still spending are tiptoeing around coronavirus news. Articles or posts about death, illness and economic turmoil are not exactly advertiser friendly, and many mainstream marketers are avoiding any pandemic-related content.
"Many brands are being cautious," said Nancy Smith, chief executive of Analytic Partners, an advertising consulting firm. "People don't want to see, say, a Pantene ad next to their loved one who is in the hospital."
Before the coronavirus upended its plans, the real estate firm Coldwell Banker was preparing for an advertising blitz online and TV during the N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament. When the pandemic forced the cancellation of games, Coldwell Banker put a freeze on its plans and halted spending on ads for terms like "vacation homes."
But after shutting down advertising, Coldwell, like other brands, is edging back to Google and Facebook. The company debuted a revamped version of its ad campaign on Monday that will run entirely online on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
United Airlines pulled nearly all its advertising for four days before returning with a new message about its waived change fees, according to Pathmatics. Ahead of Easter, the chocolatier Godiva said it had placed ads on Google, Instagram and Facebook to direct customers to its online ordering site. Panera Bread said it had bought ads alerting customers to pickup and delivery options, including a new grocery service.
Many advertisers are avoiding coronavirus content on news sites and Facebook feeds. Google said it had controls to ensure that advertisers were comfortable with the content that their brand appeared alongside. It allows advertisers to opt out of coronavirus content as well as sensitive categories like tragedy or infectious diseases. Facebook has a similar feature.
At the same time, Google and Facebook are struggling to strike the right balance in policing problematic ads.
Google said it had started a "sensitive events" policy last month, which restricts ads on coronavirus content. On March 9, it also placed a temporary ban on ads selling masks, citing a supply shortage for medical professionals.
But mask ads served by Google continue to appear on publisher websites across the internet. There are also ads served by Google for hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes from e-commerce sites offering a wide selection of masks and other items in short supply at significant markups.
Google said that it had taken down 50 million ads as of the end of March, and that up to 80 percent of the 10 million or so bad ads it flagged daily were coronavirus related.
Facebook banned the placement of predatory ads for masks, sanitizer and other personal protective equipment, and it eliminated nearly all mask ads across the social network. But its efforts hampered volunteer groups that have banded together in Facebook groups to donate homemade masks to health care professionals.
"This is a continual battle that goes back and forth with sophisticated entities on the other side who are trying to circumvent Google's detection system," said Scott Spencer, a vice president with Google's ads business.
Daisuke Wakabayashi reported from Oakland, Tiffany Hsu from Hoboken, N.J., and Mike Isaac from San Francisco. Erin Griffith contributed reporting from San Francisco.

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Q: interchangeable select as in ng-options I want to know how to make the select as of the ng-options attribute interchangeable, I mean, I want it to evaluate if display one or another value; there's an array of jsons that has the following  keys:
[
    {id: 1, name: 'christmas', alias: 'xmas'},
    {id: 2, name: 'new year', alias: null}
]

So, what I want is to display name if alias is null, but if alias is not null, then display alias, what do I need to add to ng-options:
ng-options="f as f.name for f in vm.festivities"

A: Use
ng-options="f as (f.alias || f.name) for f in vm.festivities"

In JavaScript, a || b evaluates to the first truthy operand (or the last one if none of them is truthy)

A: Try this:
ng-options="f as f.alias && (f.name === null || f.name) for f in vm.festivities"

because you want f.alias to be not null and other expression can be null

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Q: Let $H$ be the set of all permutations $\alpha\in S_5$ satisfying $\alpha(2) = 2$. Is $H$ a group? Let $H$ be the set of all permutations $\alpha\in S_5$ satisfying $\alpha(2) = 2$. Which of the
properties (closure, associativity, identity, inverses) does $H$ enjoy
under composition of functions?
Solution:
Let $\alpha, \beta, \gamma \in H$.
Closure: For any $\alpha, \beta \in H$, we have $\alpha\beta(2)=\alpha(\beta(2))=\alpha(2)=2 $. Thus composition is closed.
Associativity: it's obvious that $(\alpha \beta) \gamma(2)=\alpha (\beta \gamma)(2)$
Identity: I guess it is the same as for $ S_5 $. Since it leaves the rest of the elements fixed and especially, at $ 2 $
Inverses: Since every permutation in $ H $ leaves $2$ fixed, its inverse also. So for every $ \alpha \in H $ there is an inverse.
I am right?

A: Your proof is fine.

Here's another . . .
It suffices to show that $H$ is a subgroup of $S_5$, since every subgroup of a group is itself a group.
I will use the one-step subgroup test.
Since the identity in $S_5$ fixes $2$ trivially,  we have $H\neq\varnothing$.
Let $\sigma\in H$. Then $\sigma\in S_5$ such that $\sigma(2)=2$; so, in particular, $\sigma\in S_5$. Hence $H\subseteq S_5$.
Let $\sigma,\tau\in H$. Then $\sigma(2)=2$ and $\tau(2)=2$. Since $\tau$ is a bijection on $\{1,\dots, 5\}$ that fixes $2$, so is its inverse $\tau^{-1}\in H$ (because $$\begin{align}
\tau^{-1}(2)&=\tau^{-1}(\tau(2))\\
&=(\tau^{-1}\tau)(2)\\
&={\rm id}_{S_5}(2)\\
&=2).
\end{align}$$ We have
$$\begin{align}
(\sigma\tau^{-1})(2)&=\sigma(\tau^{-1}(2))\\
&=\sigma(2)\\
&=2,
\end{align}$$
but the composition of two bijections is a bijection, so $\sigma\tau^{-1}\in H$.
Hence $H\le S_5$.
Hence $H$ is a group.


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U. S. Kamilov, V. K. Goyal, and S. Rangan, "Generalized Approximate Message Passing Estimation from Quantized Samples," Proc. 4th Int. Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Process. (CAMSAP 2011) (San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 13-16), pp. 401-404.
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MUSÉE RABELAIS-LA DEVINIERE - From 10 June to 5 November 2018
ERIK DIETMAN SOLO SHOW
Curated by Anne-Laure Chamboissier et Alain Lecomte
Erik Dietman's (1937-2002) oeuvre is part of a "cross between verbal poetry and the reality of things". the Swedish artist who settled in France in 1959 had a close relationship with language and puns. As such, Dietman was close to Rabelais, the wordsmith; he practiced a form of artistic spoonerism. The works on view in the Musée Rabelais call to mind the imagination of the author of Gargantua: Portfolio (drawings-lithography), Homage à François Rabelais (1983), the Proverbe Turc (1998), La Naissance du Monde (1990), Table Rouge pour Nicolas Flamel (1988-89) and L'Ange aux Merveilles (1993). The artist was fond of the Touraine region, and through his work (drawings, engravings, sculptures) Erik Dietman was quite close to the work of François Rabelais through that freedom of spirit and love of exuberance. Just as Rabelais invented a heightened reality to speak out against the excesses of his day, so Dietman was forever mistaking appearances with reality, with the result that nothing has its definitive place.
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Tidal power and solid-state lighting win funding
Sustainable Development Technology Canada, an arm of the Government of Canada that was established to support clean...
July 25, 2005	Canadian Consulting Engineer
Sustainable Development Technology Canada, an arm of the Government of Canada that was established to support clean technologies, has announced that its next round of funding will include technologies that address water and soil quality issues for the first time. Until now, the foundation has been funding new technologies that address climate change and clean air. Their next request for Statements of Interest is called for August 24.
In the last round of funding announcements made on July 5, the foundation announced an investment of $43.4 milllion in 15 new technologies.
Among them was a project involving AMEC Americas and AMEC Dynamic Structures Limited to demonstrate Canada's first free-stream tidal power project. The Pearson College EnCana Clean Current Tidal Power project at Race Rocks will see a 65kW turbine generator installed at an ecological reserve 10 nautical miles southwest of Victoria, B.C. It will enable the marine park to replace two diesel generator.
Among the other technologies to receive funding in July was Group IV Semiconductor of Ottawa to develop a solid-state light bulb that will make it suitable in terms of performance and price for the mass market.
There were several projects in the pulp and paper industry. A grant went to Prairie Pulp and Paper to explore producing high quality paper from 100 per cent agricultural materials. Paprican, the Pulp and Paper Reserach Institute of Canada, and Tembec Industries received a grant to a closed-loop kraft pulp mill at Skookumchuck, B.C. The project will demonstrate chemical recycling and increased use of biomass as a fuel.
Another interesting new technology that received funding for further development was Sunarc of Canada's on-demand insulation systems for transparent structures such as greenhouses. The Montreal company has developed a foam that is inserted automatically when required between two layers of translucent plastic film. The foam increases insulation by tenfold or more (R15-20) and then as it collapses and returns to a liquid state it can be recovered and reused.
See www.sdtc.ca
Money for tidal power
Floating tidal power in B.C. is eco-friendly
Engineering firms receive funding for green technologies
UK company plans lagoons on the ocean to generate tidal power
AMEC moves on nuclear power, wind power and Britannia Mine Mill
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The Stoic Investor attempts to pursue his goals with little influence from either fear or greed. Markets will rise and they will fall repeating the cycle several times throughout an investors life. However, these economic cycles, emotionally disturbing as they are, should never have much bearing on the investors decisions made at times of rationality. Taking an overly myopic view on any present set of circumstances is perhaps more damning to an investors success than any other factor I know of.
Slow, consistent maximization of wealth over time through a combination of above average savings rate and acceptable investment return while maximizing the good life in a frugal manner.
Financial Independence measured by investment activity producing returns capable of covering living expenses and keeping up with inflation.
Update (6/4/2014) I wrote the above when I first started this blog back in Jan. 2012. I was about two years into a three year stent of working overseas as a Paramedic. Having saved a good deal of the income I was making and paying off over 50K in debt I knew I needed to do something with the cash I had saved and so I turned to investing and was fortunate enough to have the good sense of embracing Dividend Growth as my approach. I made decent progress from Jan 2011-June 2013 but liquidated my portfolio in June 2013 to look for a real estate investment. After returning home I decided I wanted to try my hand at a real estate investment and at the time of writing this update I'm finishing up the rehab with the intention of selling or renting when it's completed. My focus is the same even if my approach is different: find undervalued assets and sell for a profit.


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Discussion of the New Electoral Code and Presentation of Positions
On April 23, "Union of Informed Citizens" NGO organized a discussion on the topic "Discussion of the New Electoral Code and Presentation of Positions" with the support of "Open Society Foundations – Armenia".
Referring to the electoral mechanism, Minister – Chief of Staff of the RA Government Davit Harutyunyan explained in detail how the voting process will take place and whether it is possible to check by the electronic system if the names of citizens are repeated or not. According to Harutyunyan, the proposed technical device eliminates the human factor, as well as takes fingerprints.
Mr. Harutyunyan also noted that currently the political parties do not possess an adequate culture of cooperation.
Programs Coordinator at "Union of Informed Citizens" NGO Daniel Ioannisyan noted that the election results in those polling stations that are not controlled by observes and the media show a considerably more different picture than that of other polling stations. In Mr. Ioannisyan's words, the elections are reportedly rigged exactly in such polling stations.
Referring to live broadcasting, Davit Harutyunyan noted that he is opposed to that idea as live broadcasting may be disrupted. Instead, he proposed to conduct video recording, setting surveillance cameras in the polling stations.
Referring to the responsibility of the state, Executive Director at "Open Society Foundations – Armenia" Larisa Minasyan noted that the Government does not feel obliged to conduct free and fair elections, and considers it the problem of the opposition or the observers.
National Assembly Deputy Hovhannes Margaryan, referring to the ranked-choice voting, explained what the legislative body represents according to the amendments of the Electoral Code. Mr. Margaryan asked Mr. Harutyunyan how the latter would feel if he ran in the elections by the majority system and lost to a person who does not know what the legislative body means.
"Frankly, 50-50 proportionality is the extreme that is present in all the countries", Davit Harutyunyan answered, adding that their proposal is 100% proportional representation system and not a hybrid model. Mr. Harutyunyan also promised to provide documents to Mr. Margaryan regarding the 100% proportional representation system.
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So sorry that you haven't heard from me in two weeks. I do not lie when I tell you that I have been working on almost nothing else but this program. Many technical snafus that, knock on wood, have been worked out. So everything is in production now.
The only glitch at this point is sending all the files digitally but I'm working very hard on that.
The Color of Blues will be available on March 15th to order!!
Will talk soon. I hope you are doing well and I promise to stay in touch!
take care and keep playing that piano!


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Society Samurai of the heart
Samurai of the heart
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Nearly sixty Vietnamese orphans find a caring, doting father in Japanese singer and actor Sugi Ryotaro
Japanese singer and actor Sugi Ryotaro comforts his Vietnamese foster son Nguyen Van Tuan, who has been diagnosed with throat cancer. Tuan says his foster father's love "˜is his hope and encouragement.'
Nga, 30 years old, smiled shyly when her Japanese foster father asked her if she still "avoids" candy and cake like she did when he first met her 25 years ago in Hanoi.
"Do you still prefer keeping sweets in your hands whenever people give them to you?" Sugi Ryotaro asked her in Japanese during their reunion last month at the Birla Children's Village in the capital city.
His foster daughter just kept smiling.
She and three siblings had grown up in the village along with other orphans after their parents abandoned them; and their lives had taken a turn for the better after meeting with Ryotaro.
"My wife and I had brought many toys, cakes and candy for the children, and Nga did not look very excited with the gifts," the popular Enka (Japanese music genre) singer and actor recalled.
It was not that the five-year-old girl did not like candy, but "I want to keep the sweets for my brothers," she told the Japanese visitor. When she added, "I need a family, not sweets," Ryotaro quickly walked out of the room to hide his tears from the little girl and his wife.
Nga's words moved the couple to become foster parents to many Vietnamese orphans like Nga.
So far, Ryotaro, despite his busy schedule, has adopted nearly 60 Vietnamese children. He remembers all their names and their singular characteristics.
He also never wastes any opportunity to see the kids, the eldest of whom is a 37-year-old Japanese teacher at the Vietnam Japan Cultural Association Foundation on Nui Truc Street in Hanoi. He sees them at least once a year when he visits the country to promote bilateral ties in his capacity as Japan's Goodwill Ambassador to Vietnam.
"Children, in comparison with adults, have no power. Most of us, when we were children, were not able to do the things we wanted to do," said Ryotaro, who was born to a very poor, heavily indebted family in Kobe City, Japan. It was an experience that made him determined, since childhood, to earn as much as possible to repay the debt and support his family. It also opened his heart to others in difficult situations.
"Since orphans are the most unprivileged ones, I want to become their father to make them happier."
"˜Daddy Sugi'
Chu Dinh Diep, director of Birla Children's Village, said Ryotaro provides each of his Vietnamese children with US$50 per month until they graduate from college.
In addition to the monthly allowance, he donates money and raises funds from the Japanese government and other organizations to improve the children's living conditions, for instance, to repair or build new kitchens and toilets.
Ryotaro has also brought from Japan toys and chalk-making machines to make high quality chalk for students to write with on black boards.
Diep said the Vietnamese children call him "Daddy Sugi" are very proud of him.
"They cannot stop telling people that Sugi is their father."
At the reunion this year, the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan relations, Nguyen Ba Ly, a fresh graduate from FPT University with very high scores and has already found employment, gripped his foster father's shoulder tightly.
"I have lived in the Birla Children's Village since 7th grade and grew up with your support," said the young man, who has just got a job.
"Because of your love, I have always tried to do my best get the best scores. I will surely have a better life, but without you that would never have happened."
Nguyen Van Tuan graduated the same year as Ly, but has not been as lucky as his friend. He had just undergone his firstradiotherapy session after being diagnosed with throat cancer.
His face brightened up somewhat when Daddy Sugi beckoned and asked Tuan to sit next to him.
"Are you in a lot of pain?" Ryotaro asked the gaunt young man. "We worry about your health a lot, but don't worry, your mother and I will do anything to help you recover."
"It is very painful," Tuan replied. "But I think of how much you love me and I feel better. You are my great hope and encouragement."
Diep said Ryotaro helps to pay most of Tuan's hospital fees, but "It's not the money or materials, but Daddy Sugi's love that comforts the orphans the most."
"Even though he is busy in his home country, he always keeps himself updated about his children's lives, one by one, although they are many in number."
Expanding his reach
It is not only orphans who have received Ryotaro's love and affection. Many children with disabilities in Vietnam and other countries in the region, like Thailand and Cambodia, have benefited from his compassion.
He has invited blind children from the Nguyen Dinh Chieu School in Ho Chi Minh City to Japan to play for the Japanese Prince. When the Prince visited Vietnam, he met the children and listened to their music again.
Ryotaro began his charity work when he was 27, six years after making his debut as a singer, before which he had done several hard, menial jobs while pursuing his dream of becoming an artist. His charity work has since reached 20 countries in Asia and South America.
In all his work, Ryotaro has been inspired by his mother, who sacrificed herself for the family and taught him to help others.
"My mother is a woman of strong faith. She did not teach me through words, but through her actions and attitude."
"I also hope my children can learn from my actions and work, not to become great people, but happy, healthy people who know how to love one another."
Special love for Vietnam
Japan's Goodwill Ambassador says his connection with Vietnam began in 1983, when he got involved with some charity work in the US. At that time he was planning a charity event for US veterans of the Vietnam War. However, the atmosphere and feeling among the people in the US towards the Vietnam War didn't seem very favorable, so the event did not take place.
Then in 1986, when he was performing in China, the Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam invited him to hold a charity concert in Vietnam. Through that relationship, a group to study Vietnam was set up.
In 1989, he was able to hold a charity show in Hanoi, and meet the then Prime Minister of Vietnam, who supported his idea to establish the Japan-Vietnam Cultural Exchange Association. The association was set up two years later.
He said he had developed an extremely profound interest in Vietnam because "the country had suffered through many wars against foreign invaders. These wars resulted in a huge number of normal people becoming war victims. And in times of peace, many still suffer from a pretty hard life."
Ryotaro, who has acted in more than 1,400 films and is particularly famous for his samurai roles, was the first foreigner to receive the Friendship Medal, the highest Vietnamese decoration given to a foreign national, for his outstanding contributions to cultural exchange, solidarity and friendship between the two countries. Ryotaro, who has been Japan's Goodwill Ambassador to Vietnam since 2005, is also the founder and chairman of the Asian International Children's Film Festival.
What he wishes for Vietnam is: "I hope that no matter how developed the country will be in future, Vietnam and the people will never look down upon and lose their traditional, true values."


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thegeekynanay / December 5, 2016
When Doc Brown and Marty McFly time-traveled from 1985 to the Kimmel set in October last year, the host welcomed them to "the future" by showing off the most ubiquitous piece of 21st-century technology today, the smartphone. The good inventor was not impressed, however, and in fact seemed a bit nonplussed. He expected flying cars and liquid-nitrogen-cooled superconductors; instead he came across Jimmy's Grindr app, and received a short tutorial on how to use emojis and take a selfie.
(Source: http://www.abc.go.com)
No disrespect to Jimmy, but I think he completely misrepresented 2015. I know he was just trolling for laughs, but I am a serious fan of the Back to the Future movies, and would have loved to have had the chance to show off my (then top-of-the-line) Samsung Note Edge to Doc Brown. Whether fans agree or not, it is undeniable that the smartphone has changed the way humans lived their lives in the last decade that it has been in existence, in more fantastic ways than writers of the 30-year old movie franchise could have ever imagined.
The statistics are staggering, if not completely surprising. Consider this – it is estimated that people spend about 4 cumulative hours a day on their mobile devices, and this does not even include time spent actually making and taking phone calls. That's about 25% of our waking hours spent purposefully or aimlessly scrolling through Facebook and Twitter timelines, Snap-chatting, playing mobile games, checking emails, watching cat videos on YouTube, and all the other myriad wonders we can do in such a tiny, fragile device.
So no, Jimmy, I don't shell out P30 – 35K every two years on cellphone refreshes just to scam on guys or take duck-face mug shots. I don't even use emojis all that much. In my many years as a yuppie (I missed the "millennial" threshold by a year), my smartphone has been a productivity extension, an assistive device that allows me to navigate my way more effectively through this fast-paced, tech-crazy, Google-powered world.
(Source: http://www.123RF.com)
Before going to my list, I want to make my stance clear on two important burning points:
When it comes to functionality, Android trumps iOS any day. The iPhone is probably the prettiest device, might be the simplest to use, and its organic, buttery touchscreen GUI definitely remains unmatched, but Apple's stubbornness to contain and control every single thing is limiting regular users from harnessing the power of the phone's impressive hardware and operating system to their full extent.
I was one of the very first users of the iPhone when it first came out in 2007. Back then, some of my more "techie" friends (who were mostly Blackberry and Nokia users), mocked my choice, and called it the dumb blonde of smart phones. I couldn't completely disagree – the first model did not even allow me to send texts to multiple users! It felt like I was carrying around an iPod that just happened to allow me to text and make calls. And so I did what any curious wannabe hacker would – I learned the intricate art of jailbreaking, a term used to break your iPhone free of most of its factory restrictions. In the olden days, there were no fancy programs that allowed OTA updates; jailbreaking required actually modifying code in a DOS-like black screen. After four laborious hours, I was successfully able to install my own ringtone and customize icons, something that earlier smartphones had been able to allow users to do for years.
Nowadays the process is so much simpler, but it is almost not worth it anymore, unless your objective for jailbreaking is to install cracked apps. It is just not worth the trouble of voiding the warranty or being excluded from OS updates, or even risking bricking your phone, because if you want a customizable phone that allows you a little bit of freedom to personalize, and install third-party apps relatively risk-free, you are really just better off getting an Android phone.
Which brings me to my second point, the similar topic of modifying Android phones, in a process called "rooting". Like jailbreaking, rooting an Android device opens up a plethora of developer and programming options by unlocking "superuser" access. I rooted a Samsung Note 2, my first Android device, right out of the box nearly 4 years ago. This allowed me to flash ROMs for the fullest customization options, backup and restore my hard drive's entire content through a very cool third party app called Titanium Backup, and even hack game codes via Game Killer. It was fun while it lasted. Two years and many missed OS updates later, my device was slower than molasses and crashing at every turn, and so I had to un-root, but by that time it was already the schedule for a new model anyway. Since then, I've passed on rooting my new phone for two reasons – it has become harder to find a safe rooting process, and I just didn't need any of the rooted apps anymore.
So summarizing my points above, Android kicks iOS' fancy butt, and neither rooting nor jailbreaking are attractive options anymore. Thus, in order to maximize your smartphones' capabilities as a productivity tool, it is necessary to know which apps, paid or otherwise, will give you the biggest bang for your buck.
What follows is a product of years trying, deleting, and eventually adapting, numerous apps from the Google Play store. I have intentionally omitted obvious over-recommended productivity tools such as Cisco Webex, Google Drive, or even Waze, in order to make the list more meaningful. I have personally found that these tools make my smartphone more than just a device for stalking ex-lovers and trolling on YouTube, and closer to something that I can brag about to Doc Brown.
TouchDown™ by Symantec – I tried this email app almost four years ago, before it was acquired by security software giant Symantec. It's free to try for a month, and an P850 purchase. Back then, our email server had intermittent compatibility issues with both iOS and Android phones alike, because it was still setup for BlackBerry devices. It was the only email app that allowed continuous connectivity. After the 30-day trial, making the purchase decision was an easy one. Even now, it trumps Samsung and Apple's stock email, and even the official Microsoft Outlook app, in features and functionality. My favorites include:
Highly customizable mail screen that allows personalized filters and gestures
The ability to create rules, categories, and even mobile forms
A pretty nifty Calendar Agenda widget which is fully compatible with most major launchers like Nova and ADW
The ability to save mail settings in Dropbox, making it easier to restore favorites after a re-set or device change.
TouchDown advanced settings – options!
SafeInCloud Password Manager – An amazing cross-platform password and private information management system for that full portability experience. You can store passwords, credit card information, passport numbers, etc. It has a free version if you're ok with keeping your data in one device. To unlock the cloud-syncing option, upgrade to the pro version for only P250.00. Here are reasons why I chose this over many other more popular password and data-management apps in the Play Store:
Unlike other similar apps which charge for monthly or yearly memberships, SafeInCloud has a one-time lifetime registration free. Just don't forget your Google Play password and app code, and you're good to go, forever.
The user interface is super simple, and allows users to organize information in different categories.
The app can mirror your phone's security settings, including your fingerprint settings. This makes it so much easier to access your data while on the go.
I have SafeInCloud in my laptop, and the encrypted backup data file in my Dropbox, so I am confident that nothing will get lost for as long as I remember the initial passcodes.
(Source: https://www.safe-in-cloud.com/en)
OWA Webmail – Not all corporate email servers are made equal. Where I have been working for the last seven years, I've had to manage and maintain two separate emails. While many apps (including TouchDown) allow multiple-mail management, some office mail servers restrict off-site access to sluggish web browsers as a security measure. OWA Webmail allows me to access and organize my second email in an app that has the look and feel of a full-feature email application. The ad-free version, that also unlocks other functionalities like attaching files and managing the built-in calendar, comes with a one-time "donation" of about P100.00.
Evernote – For all its amazing features, I am surprised that this app has not gone completely mainstream. Evernote is the ultimate productivity tool for note-takers and list-makers on the go. Users can also integrate images and video files, while syncing everything across multiple devices, and even operating software. During meetings, I can take notes in my phone, and my notes get automatically synced to my laptop. My favorite features include:
Handwriting option, which works well Samsung Note phones and tablets. In Samsung Note series phones, handwriting gets converted to text as well.
"Notebooks", a genius function that provides users the option to organize files in accessible and easy-to-remember categories.
One-touch voice-recorder
Reminder option that can be synced with the S-Calendar, and even the TouchDown agenda widget, for ultimate task-management.
Evernote Notebooks
Nova Launcher – As far as full theme customization goes, this launcher is as close as you can get to flashing your own ROMs. I've used many other launchers in the past, but there was always something I wanted to do that they did not support. Nova allows near-full tweaking for that exact look you are going for.The free version has enough options to satisfy a casual user, but the upgrade to the Nova Prime pack, which unlocks all its powerful features as well as some theme and icon packs, for P250, is really worth it. Here are reasons why I think it is the best launcher out there:
The Prime pack allows users to create full backups in as many versions as your SD or cloud storage can handle.
"Swipe" feature which makes app icons act as folders with a swiping gesture
Compatible with many amazing theme and icon packs in the Play Store, such as my favorite by DCIkonz.
Merely a decade ago, I remember predicting that our mobile phones would, in five or so years, project holographic images of people with whom we are talking. Hopefully, I was only a few years off, but apps like Skype and Messenger do make a great substitute for now. While there are still more items in my wish list, my current smartphone is definitely still something I'd be proud to show off to any time-traveler, even those from the recent past.
What are your favorite smartphone apps? Use the comments sections below to share.
December 5, 2016 in Dia's Domain. Tags: android apps, evernote, nova launcher, owa webmail, safeincloud, touchdown email
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Moving to Australia: Hobart bans plastic containers
Moving to Australia, a country that is taking bold steps towards a new 'green' environment.
Moving to Australia: the city council in Hobart has launched a plan to phase-out and ban traditional takeaway containers.
The ban would bring to an end the use of single-use plastic containers at restaurants, takeaways and delicatessens.
In future retailers will only be able to provide containers made of compostable or recycled materials that break down in the environment.
Hobart City Council has voted unanimously in favour of the phase-out that aims to reduce the impact of plastic on human health, biodiversity and ocean ecology.
The council has ordered a report to set out how to implement the plastics ban by changes to the city's Health and Environmental Services Bylaw.
The report will include a timeline for implementation of appropriate measures by 2020 and look at how Hobart can collaborate with the State Government for maximum effect.
Hobart is the first city in Australia to seek such a ban on plastic containers.
France will be the first country in the world to ban plastic cups, plates and cutlery when new national laws come into effect in 2020.
Where single-use containers are unavoidable, compostable containers should be used, which means they will completely decompose.
Environmental campaigners have welcomed the move, which they say is already voluntarily gaining momentum among many retailers throughout Hobart.
Plastic cannot biodegrade. It breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces. Disposed plastic materials can remain in the environment for up to 2000 years and longer.
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While we're drooling over the celebrated courses at Pebble Beach, we figured we might as well keeping dreaming, so the Green Sleeve Team compiled our top 5 bucket list courses. Check them out, then tell us yours!
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This off-season offers the perfect opportunity to look ahead to the coming year and set some goals so your game can be better than ever.
Your off-season doesn't mean your golf game should be placed on the back burner. It's prime time to prepare for next season and keep your game in tip-top shape!
Affordable, effective and fun. If you're looking for a great gift for your golf buddies this holiday season, look no further. Here are 3 reasons why you should give all your golfing friends a Green Sleeve this holiday season.


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Equitix to acquire all shares in the Northern Ireland gas network firmus energy from iCON Infrastructure
Equitix Investment Management Ltd ("Equitix"), a UK infrastructure manager, has reached an agreement with iCON Infrastructure ("iCON") on the acquisition of the firmus energy regulated gas network in Northern Ireland. The acquisition is expected to complete in mid-February.
Established in 2005, firmus energy owns and operates a fast growing, modern, regulated natural gas distribution network in the major towns and cities outside of Greater Belfast in Northern Ireland. The network is a natural monopoly and operates under an exclusive perpetual licence subject to supervision and regulation by the Utility Regulator. As at December 2018, the network served approximately 43,000 domestic, industrial and commercial end customers through a network of 1,350km largely polyethylene pipelines. The network covers an area of 200 square kilometres extending across Northern Ireland. firmus energy also owns the largest gas supply business in the network licence area and the second largest gas supply business in Greater Belfast.
Hugh Crossley, Chief Investment Officer for Equitix, said: "As we continue to diversify and grow our portfolio, we are always looking out for attractive opportunities to acquire high-quality assets that meet our criteria. Gas distribution is a new sector for Equitix that meets these criteria and complements the other sectors we invest in well. We are confident that it will add value for our investors."
"Equitix has demonstrated a strong track record in our ownership and management of a wide range of infrastructure assets and, as such, we're pleased to be further consolidating our capabilities and adding this breadth and depth to our institutional investment portfolios."
Michael Scott, Managing Director of firmus energy, said "firmus energy is one of Northern Ireland's leading energy companies, with over 90,000 customers across our distribution and supply activities. Over the next 25 years, we plan to extend our gas network to make natural gas available throughout our licensed area, connecting a further 140,000 customers. iCON has been a very supportive partner over the past five years and we look forward to delivering continued growth and high quality customer service under Equitix's ownership. This is good news for gas consumers and the Northern Ireland economy."
iCON was advised on the sale by Macquarie Capital and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. DC Advisory and Allen & Overy were advisors for Equitix.
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Bidding for the Birds
International Bird Rescue is excited to commemorate 40 years of work on behalf of aquatic birds in the Bay Area – and the celebration will not be the same without your attendance!
And get ready for cocktails, light hors d'oeuvres and a plethora of amazing silent auction items! Not to mention a special appearance by Judy Irving, the award-winning director of The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill!
She's stopping by to the help celebrate, and to show a clip of her current project, Pelican Dreams – a documentary about California Brown Pelicans, featuring International Bird Rescue's work at our San Francisco Bay Center!
Here's another sneak peek at just some of the treasures and adventures that are only a bid away!
Oakland Zoo with private tour
Go home with GoPro's Outdoor Edition of their famous HD HERO2! The world's most versatile camera is waiting to capture your next big adventure! You can be a different kind of hero with International Bird Rescue's "Parent of the Year" packages! The "East Bay Parent of the Year" kit even includes a private docent tour of the Oakland Zoo with a Giraffe Feeding for up to five guests!
Wine Tasting & Music Tickets
Kronehof 7×35 Binoculars
Double date in SF with a wine tasting and barrel sampling for four at The Winery Collective and four tickets to a performance during the 2012-13 Season at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music! This brand new pair of Scope City's Kronehof 7×35 Ultra Wide Angle Binoculars will enhance the spectacular adventures you will find within our "Ultimate Birding Package." HINT: One quest promises dolphins and pelagic birds, and hopes to spot Orcas and Leatherback turtles!
Beautiful Bird Art
Berkeley Ironworks
Sandy Farwell calls her original print "Mandarin Color," and as you may guess from the loving detail of this Mandarin Duck's bright feathers, Farwell is a true animal lover – and lifelong wildlife volunteer!
Weekends mean time to exercise, eat out, try new things and relax, and Berkeley Ironworks' "Intro to Climbing" class for two, is just one aspect of our "Free Time in Berkeley" package, complete with all the crucial ingredients of activity, dining and fun-filled entertainment!
The party won't be the same without you!
Silent Auction Sneak Peek!
"International Bird Rescue: Celebrating 40 Years in the San Francisco Bay Area" is only 10 days away, and an exciting mix of local businesses and artisans have rallied around our worthy cause by donating to our silent auction!
For those of you who have already purchased tickets, here's a sneak peek at the incredible items and activities our silent auction has in store for you!
If you haven't purchased tickets, now's your chance!
Black Heron Inn
Escape to Point Reyes' majestic Black Heron Inn! Delight as ballerinas take flight during
San Francisco Ballet's 2012 Repertory Season!
CorePower Yoga
Get up close and personal with puffins with tickets to the Monterey Bay Aquarium! Treat yourself to an unlimited month of energizing CorePower Yoga!
SF Bay Adventures
Sue Johnson Custom Lamp
Let San Francisco Bay Adventure's classic schooner whisk you and a loved one off into the sunset!
Illuminate your home with Sue Johnson Custom Lamps & Shades' "Two Cranes, Forever" lamp!*
*shade will vary
Space is limited, so purchase tickets before they run out, and meet us at the David Brower Center on April 20 to see what other art, adventures, luxuries and goodies our silent auction has to offer!
Who Cares for Birds?
International Bird Rescue Celebrates its Bay Area Roots with 40th Anniversary Event in Berkeley
Who are those people in gloves and goggles that seem to appear out of nowhere to save Pelicans, Penguins, and sometimes even Bald Eagles when their lives are threatened by oil spills? Where do these rescuers on the evening news come from, and how do they know what to do when these unpredictable emergency situations occur?
While they may not be a household name, International Bird Rescue's team of wildlife specialists has led such oiled wildlife rescue efforts at over 200 oil spills in more than a dozen countries around the world. As their global role has grown so has the work in their home state of California. The non-profit organization, which was born and raised in Berkeley, now plays a key role in California's Oiled Wildlife Care Network and runs aquatic bird rescue centers in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Los Angeles that care for over 5,000 birds each year. On April 20, 2012 International Bird Rescue will celebrate 40 years of life-saving work in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond by going back to where it all began – Berkeley, CA.
It all started in 1971 when a catastrophic oil spill near the Golden Gate Bridge brought together a group of citizens who – faced with the challenge of trying to save over 7,000 oiled birds – saw the desperate need for a coordinated and professional response to oiled wildlife. This grassroots effort marked the birth of International Bird Rescue and its first rehabilitation center in Berkeley's Aquatic Park, where the organization was based until 2000 when it moved its rescue operations into two newly constructed oiled wildlife centers in Fairfield and Los Angeles which were built by the State of California. The wildlife group is thrilled to celebrate both its Bay Area origins and its growth into an international leader in oiled wildlife rescue and rehabilitation. The organization's staff is still relatively small, but over the years its volunteer base and oiled wildlife response team has grown, dramatically expanding Bird Rescue's capacity to help avian patients. Bird Rescue's philosophy, however, remains unchanged – every bird matters.
"40 years is a huge achievement," says Bird Rescue's veteran oil spill responder and Director Emeritus, Jay Holcomb, "but for our rescue centers it feels very much like business as usual. Whether it's a high-impact spill or a single bird caught in fishing line, our focus is always on the bird in front of us and what we can do to give it the best possible chance to survive and thrive back in the wild." Over the last 40 years, International Bird Rescue has offered this specialized care to hundreds of thousands of individual birds in need.
Holcomb, who was recently featured in HBO's Gulf spill documentary Saving Pelican 895, notes, "Our clinics care for birds every day of the year. Not only does this work save individual lives, but it also means our team has the very best chance of saving lives when the stakes are much higher, such as in a major oil spill or when an endangered species is threatened." However, in the case of naturally occurring illness or injury to wildlife, there is no responsible party to cover the costs of rehabilitation, so International Bird Rescue relies heavily on the public's help.
International Bird Rescue's first official Bay Area fundraising event – two years to the date after the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico – will honor its emergency response team's work around the globe as well as the tireless efforts of its clinic staff and volunteers 365 days a year. From helping to save 20,000 African Penguins oiled in a spill off the South African coast to working with endangered Dotterels and Little Blue Penguins this past fall during New Zealand's worst ecological disaster in decades, Bird Rescue knows that catastrophic spills in faraway places grab headlines. However, it is the natural oil seep events and toxic algal blooms off the California coast, and the wide range of natural and human-caused avian injuries and illnesses, that effectively sharpen the skills of International Bird Rescue's team of specialists on a daily basis.
International Bird Rescue's 40th Anniversary Celebration will offer Bay Area residents the opportunity to learn more about the group's fascinating work at Berkeley's forward-thinking and eco-friendly Brower Center. Bay Area filmmaker Judy Irving will also be making a guest appearance and showing a sneak peek of her current documentary project, a film about California Brown Pelicans that features the life-saving work of International Bird Rescue.
Warm and Well Fed
Help us say "yes" to all of the baby birds that arrive on our doorstep.
Don't be a bird-napper!
Wild ducklings and other baby birds are not toys or pets. While International Bird Rescue is happy to offer orphaned baby birds a second chance at life, the best place for them to survive is with their mother. International Bird Rescue asks that friendly citizen rescuers make sure that baby birds really are without a parent before bringing them to International Bird Rescue, and never take them home to be pets.
The best way to love a wild duckling is from afar – be a hero for one of these orphans today!
Being warm and well fed is one of those happy things we tend to take for granted, and International Bird Rescue hopes that the hundreds of orphaned ducklings we care for each spring feel this kind of comfort and safety once they are taken in by our Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay centers.
Every year our centers fill with orphaned birds – last spring brought an incredible 1,543 Mallard Ducklings, 71 baby Wood Ducks and 63 Canada Goslings.
With the arrival of the year's first ducklings, baby bird season is upon us again, and we need your help.
Landscaped yards, road medians and industrial landscaping have replaced many natural nesting areas for waterfowl. After their eggs hatch, ducks and geese walk their young to the water facing man-made obstacles such as storm drains, fences, cars, pets and people. Hazards like these leave hundreds of wild ducklings and goslings orphaned each year, and International Bird Rescue is honored to take responsibility for their care and subsequent release. But we can't do it alone.
It is the generosity of donors like you that makes this life-saving work possible.
Orphaned ducklings are typically less than a week old upon rescue, and each clutch has its own story. This season's first four ducklings were found by a group of children passing the library in Pleasant Hill, California on March 24. The ducklings were huddled in a puddle beside a storm drain, and when it was confirmed that they were either orphaned or hopelessly separated from their mother, the four baby birds were brought to International Bird Rescue for care.
As expected, orphaned birds have been coming in ever since, and despite their small size, it is expensive to care for so many birds on top of our regular patient load.
Baby birds generally spend about five weeks in our care and we are proud of their 85% release rate. In fact, band reports show that many of these orphans not only thrive in the wild, but go on to migrate throughout the State. You can help us raise these little ones and offer them a second chance to make it on their own.
It costs International Bird Rescue about $25 to raise each of these orphans, keeping them warm and well fed until they are ready to thrive in the wild. Your donations will help cover these rapidly multiplying expenses, and empower International Bird Rescue to say "yes" to every duckling and gosling that needs us.
Thank you for all that you do to show that every bird matters!
With much appreciation
Paul Kelway
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Guests at the center opening
Specialized rehabilitation pools
Team Aiuka
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The wash area of the new center
Andrew Harmon, Valeria Ruoppolo, Claudia Nascimento and Rodolfo Silva unveil a plaque commemorating Jay Holcomb
Preparing the memorial plaque
Dr. Ruoppolo's sister and mother
Dr. Ruoppolo with colleagues from Alpina
Cliff Atkinson and Andrew Harmon
Wash facilities
Clients operating in the region
A toast!
Dr. Claudia Nascimente with clients from Petrobras
Ralph Vanstreels and Andrew Harmon
The wash facility
Administrative offices upstairs


If Ireland wants to better its economy and its society and be seen as a digital leader, it needs to up its game in terms of broadband, e-inclusion and skills. A Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study ranked Ireland 22nd out of 50 countries in terms of digital inclusion.
Despite the country's prowess in attracting some of the biggest names in technology, from Intel to Apple, Twitter, Google and Facebook, that success is not permeating fast enough into the local economy in such a way that would better people's lives, socially and economically. Worse still, Irish SMEs are lagging their counterparts in the UK and on mainland Europe in terms of embracing e-commerce.
Skills, connectivity and inclusion are critical, Boston Consulting's senior vice-president David Dean told the Future Forum think-tank co-hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee and Dublin City Council at Farmleigh in Dublin this morning.
Dean pointed out that economies such as the UK can boast 7pc of GDP currently coming from the digital economy while Ireland at best could be hovering around 3pc.
Ireland ranks 16th of the 50 countries researched in terms of the willingness of consumers, businesses and governments to use the internet. This takes into account a variety of factors, including the percentage of the population who use the internet (Ireland ranks 20th); the percentage of individuals using the internet for directories and resources (ranking sixth); percentage of individuals using the internet for retail (also ranking sixth); and the percentage of individuals using the internet for news and information (ranking 12th).
However, the ranking for the availability of internet access in schools shows Ireland ranking 38th out of the 50 countries.
The research shows that the internet is having an increasingly large impact on GDP, growth and job creation.
The BCG research estimates as much as 5-7pc of GDP in advanced economies can be attributed to the internet and perhaps a quarter of GDP growth. The BCG research (the "e-Intensity Index"), argues that the promotion of the use of the internet by small and medium Irish companies could help growth and economic recovery.
Dean said that in Boston Consulting's study of world economies, the leaders in the world are what he would call the digital natives, which include South Korea, Sweden, the UK, the Netherlands, Iceland, Denmark and Japan.
Nascent natives include the Czech Republic, Estonia, Portugal, Poland, Slovenia and Hungary, while China, Malaysia, Russia and Brazil are aspirants.
In the middle are the players, countries who are firmly in the digital economy but which don't fit the digital native description with a firm line dissecting those who are above the line in terms of breaking through and those below the line, who have a lot of work to do.
Ireland, along with Singapore, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Belgium and Spain, is below the line.
"Nations that are performing well in terms of their population's grasp of the digital economy, infrastructure and available digital services are above the line. Ireland is below the line and it would be great to see Ireland in a place within two years where it would be close to Finland.
"The digital natives today are the UK, Denmark and South Korea. In Europe, Italy would be a laggard in the digital economy.
Dean said that in most advanced economies, e-commerce is now at 10pc of retail sales revenues. "In the UK, households that shop online are saving stg£1,000 a year.
"In the UK, SMEs are increasingly embracing the internet. Companies that are high web users are growing significantly faster than those that are not.
"Top of their list of requirements are access to the skills that enable them to do more online. So talent, not bandwidth, is actually critical.
"What I want to know is does Ireland have a digital Ireland master plan? Ireland does less well internationally when it comes to internet access in schools.
Dublin City Council director Peter Finnegan presented a vision of the kind of city Dublin could become if it made broadband connectivity, knowledge and digital skills more pervasive in the community.
He pointed out that cities are the future and the Dublin city and region needs to benefit and capitalise on the opportunities of the digital age.
"Dublin is rich in the number of cutting-edge companies it has, but we need to engage with communities and involve people. We need to shape the digital society, we need Dublin to become a digital city and ensure it is digitally connected in every way and use this to give us the edge.
Irish Internet Association chief executive Joan Mulvihill told the think tank that as well as skills and digital delivery, a key opportunity needs to be grasped in ensuring we make the most of the open data opportunity to provide better services to citizens via devices they understand, from smartphones to tablet computers.
"We need to move beyond each Government department saying that certain data belongs to a different department. Delivering services drives digital engagement," she said.
Finnegan pointed to the recent Dublinked initiative that will see some 160 datasets made available to interested entrepreneurs and software developers.
"If you deliver the infrastructure, the services will follow. But we also believe that you need to put pressure on the infrastructure to catch up. We also need a digital champion to push these issues, the unpopular issues.
"The second element is to ensure proper skills and training. Collaboration is the key going forward. Teachers are products of their generation; prisoners of the curriculum and the school. We need to break down those barriers," Finnegan said.


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Worm Crown- Trauma (2015)
I had never heard Worm Crown before until stumbling on it on Bandcamp. Real glad I did.
Worm Crown is a three piece band from Australia that take their cues from punk music. Honestly if the guitarist played traditional punk music and the vocalist said Oi a few times, they probably wouldn't have stood out to me. But fortunately it sounds like the vocalist and guitarist spent less time listening to The Clash and more time listening to Fugazi. While the end result is a little slower in BPM, the vocals come in clean and the guitars come in dirty.
If you only have time to listen to one song off the album, but want to know what this album is all about, I would suggest "Limbless". I don't think it is the highlight of the album (I'll let you decide that for yourself), but I do think it sums up the band's sound the best and encompasses the various styles you will hear on the rest of the tracks.
Stream and buy it Here. Also, feel free to use the comment section to let me/ them know if you wish they released it on any other formats than CD (I know I wished for cassette or LP).
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So Stressed- The Unlawful Trade of Greco-Roman Art (2015)
I decided to revisit So Stressed's 2012 Attracted to Open Mouths prior to writing this, and was surprised at how fresh of a sound it has. Right from the start the album does a fantastic job of stretching everything out just slightly too long; not so long that it is boring, but just enough that every bit is unsettling. My biggest complaint with Attracted to Open Mouths was how this tension of sound left after the first couple tracks.
With The Unlawful Trade of Greco-Roman Art, So Stressed bring a much more straight-forward noise rock sound to the table. While I was hoping their follow up would move towards the more harsh and experimental, it does not. Despite immediate disappointment, So Stressed's album does manage to refine their sound into a polished, cohesive mess that is worth any noise rock fans time. Unlawful Trade showcases better instrumentation, vocals, production; everything feels refined to a fully-realized sound.
If you grew up listening to metal but have a taste for noise rock, this is a great album for you to pick up. Regardless, noise rock fans looking for a solid 2015 album should take a moment to check out their Bandcamp. Also, it is for sale on cassette, LP, and CD (I think), so support it if you like it.
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Auxiliary Mammals- (DEMO) (2014)
It seems every year I find an album from the previous year that is top ten noise rock albums from that year, and would have been on my list if I heard it in time. This time it is the 2014 DEMO from Auxiliary Mammals. Sure DEMO isn't quite an album (its a demo, duh), but it has album art and, most importantly, is very, very good.
While less than 15 minutes, this introduction to the band showcases everything I hope they remain being about. The vocalist does a great job throughout scream-rambling in a way that feels off-kilter but not out of sync. Meanwhile the band shows its influences like Arab on Radar without being cookie-cutter copies; they have their own sound all figured out and it works. Tracks like "Banshee" and "Halo" show they can handle abrupt, immediacy with tact, and really the entire album flows without a single moment I feel should have been left out.
I know Auxiliary Mammals has a 7" coming out soon, so support them and pick it up when it drops. More importantly, let hope they get around to giving us a proper debut album and don't drop off like so many other "potential" bands (I'm looking at you Gila Monster).
Stream this beast Here.
So Stressed- The Unlawful Trade of Greco-Roman Art...
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Parchman Vaughan Adds Veteran Banker — Parchman, Vaughan & Company, L.L.C.
Baltimore, MD, April 3rd, 2017 -- Parchman, Vaughan & Company, L.L.C., education sector investment banker, is pleased to announce that James A. Rowan is joining the firm as a Partner.
Mr. Rowan recently served as the Managing Director, Senior Advisor, and Education Group Head of Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. In 1993, Mr. Rowan joined Legg Mason Capital Markets, which was subsequently acquired by Stifel Nicolaus, and played an integral part in developing the firm's significant investment banking role in the proprietary education and training industries. Mr. Rowan has completed financings with a transactional value of over $5 billion and M&A transactions totaling over $1 billion.
He was a venture capitalist for six years and prior to that was a Senior Financial Executive at ITT Corporation and City Investing Company, based in New York and London. Mr. Rowan has been an Independent Director of National American University Holdings, Inc., since November 2014. He is a Trustee of Waynesburg University (Pennsylvania), and is on the Financial Advisory Council of CECU (Career Education Colleges and Universities).
"Jim is the Dean of the education banking world" said Lara Vaughan, Partner. "He brings unparalleled experience to us. We've known him for the last 20 years and have been on the other side of the table in transactions as well as competing for business. Jim is a great addition to Parchman Vaughan. Our team is uniquely positioned to serve clients as they address the changing dynamics and growth opportunities in the education space."
"Well-positioned, financed and managed education and training companies--both private and public, will continue to play a meaningful role in the education universe," Mr. Rowan said. "We are committed to enabling their success as creative and sound financial partners. I look forward to being a vital part of Parchman Vaughan's growth."
"With our combined experience and networks, Parchman Vaughan is poised to serve the education technology and service sectors. While many firms have pulled back their coverage of the industry, we are fully committed to this exciting sector," commented Todd Parchman, Partner.


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Archive departments are too often neglected, says director of Saudi historical materials conservation center
Archive departments are too often neglected, says director of Saudi historical materials conservation center /node/1612076/saudi-arabia
A specialist in restoration working on a historical material during the treatment process, at King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Center for Historical Materials Conservation. (Photo/Supplied)
An archive room neglected in a governmental entity, King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Center for Historical Materials Conservation team are collecting the documents. (Photo/Supplied)
King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Center for Historical Materials Conservation team at a historical cite collecting documents for restoration. (Photo/Supplied)
Umm Al Qura newspaper before restoration. (Photo/Supplied)
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Lojien Ben Gassem
Historical documents are at risk — torn apart and forgotten — but now they are being restored
RIYADH: Historical documents at risk of neglect are being restored with the help of the King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Center for Historical Materials Conservation, with many government and private entities seeking the center's assistance.
In an exclusive interview with Arab News, the director of the center, Abdulrahman Al-Baiz, described how archive departments at many governmental and private entities are neglected.
"Documents are usually piled up in archive rooms without taking special care — they usually choose the worst place in the building to make into an archive room. They also hire employees ill-suited to work in their departments."
Located in Riyadh, the center was opened by King Salman in 2004, when he was the governor of Riyadh. The center, which is part of the King Abdul Aziz Foundation for Research and Archives (Darah), was very small back then, but with the right technology, time, and development, they expanded.
One of the first projects was the restoration of documents for the Ministry of Justice.
Restoration work
"The first contract we made was with the Ministry of Justice, for the Holy Mosque expansion project during King Abdullah's time," said Al-Baiz.
He mentioned that when the government started the projects, they had to go back to old records and documents, created before the establishment of Saudi Arabia, and written in the Ottoman language, in Makkah.
Umm Al-Qura newspaper after restoration. (Photo/Supplied)
"We started restoring these documents one by one so that they could use them at the Ministry. The letters were in Arabic, but we didn't understand what they were saying," he said.
"We worked on almost 79 documents for four to five years. We later expanded our project and worked with a number of others, one of which was Um Al-Qura newspaper from its first edition until 1980. Most of the editions are now on the center's website as an electronic archive for researchers," he added.
Fun to work on
Thamir Al-Shuwaie, assistant director of the center, told Arab News how it was fun to work on Um Al-Qura's stories. "It is history — the simplicity of the news and stories is amazing. It was also fun to see how advertisement pages were back then."
FASTFACTS
• Located in Riyadh, the center was opened by King Salman in 2004 when he was the governor of Riyadh at the time.
• One of the first projects of the center was the restoration of documents for the Ministry of Justice.
• The center has recently opened its doors for training females in this field and has also trained people from other countries.
The center's work is not limited to preserving the department's holdings, but also extends to preserving heritage that exists among citizens, and public and private libraries. Its doors are open to the public to restore and retrieve personal documents, books, and manuscripts.
"They can come with their personal materials and we start evaluating the pieces and decide on a suitable price. It's then up to the client if he or she wants to save the document in the center or not," said Al-Baiz.
Rare documents
"Some of the old documents (we restored) dated back to 1100-1200 AD, and others are even older, dating back to 970 AD."
The center also has an agreement with the Ministry of Interior, where they are establishing nine institutes, to consult on purchasing and installing machines and training employees on how to restore their documents.
"Employees come and take courses here in the center, and then apply what they have learned in their labs," said Al-Baiz.
The center has recently opened its doors for training to women in this field, and has also trained people from other countries such as Algeria and Oman. "We also have an agreement with the US Library of Congress," Al-Baiz added.
Patience and calm are the two key factors that need to be taken into consideration when working in archiving. The process of which a paper is treated depends on the state of the piece itself — some arrive burned, while some have been eaten by insects. Others are faded, brittle, have deteriorated with time and need special care.
Abdulrahman Al-Baiz, Director, King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Center for Historical Materials Conservation
"One paper sometimes takes 2 or 3 days to work on; therefore, whoever works in this field must be patient," he said.
"We usually work on papers one at a time, so imagine if someone brings a box full of papers or a script, it will take from 3 to 5 weeks to process it. Some could take up to 6 months," he added.
Al-Shuwaie pointed out that 20 manuscripts used to take up to 2 years, when they used basic materials and had to do everything manually.
"Now we have developed our labs and we can take 35 manuscripts a year," said Al-Shuwaie. "You can find interesting information in these manuscripts, but we have a strict confidentiality policy so we can't reveal it to the public."
Al-Baiz said that they have worked with Naif Arab University for Security Sciences' Criminal Department, as they have a whole department for forged documents.
"We have worked on cases with them. We managed to get essential information about cases we worked on," he said.
Topics: King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Center for Historical Materials Conservation
A million newspaper pages document Saudi history at Jeddah museum
Film on Saudi history to be available in several languages on Darah's website


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Albolote es una estación terminal en superficie de la línea 1 del Metro de Granada. Está situada en el término municipal de Albolote, en el área metropolitana de la ciudad española de Granada.

Situación

La estación de Albolote se encuentra integrada en el paisaje urbano del bulevar de la calle Jacobo Camarero, uno de los principales ejes de comunicación de la ciudad de Albolote. Junto a la estación de Juncaril es una de las dos estaciones de la red de Metro de Granada situadas en dicho municipio.

El municipio de Albolote se sitúa a 7 km de Granada, siendo uno de los 4 municipios que cubre el sistema. La estación ya estaba prevista desde el primer anteproyecto del Metropolitano de Granada en 1998, aunque en un principio su denominación original iba a ser "Jacobo Camarero" debido al nombre de la calle en la que se encuentra. Posteriormente se cambió de criterio y se decidió inaugurar bajo el nombre «Albolote», ya que es la estación principal que da servicio al centro del municipio.

Características y servicios

Su configuración es de andén central, con dos vías terminales, más una tercera vía de apartado. La arquitectura de la estación se dispone en forma de marquesina, con un techo y elementos arquitectónicos y decorativos en acero y cristal. Al ser una estación terminal, hace las funciones de principio y fin de la Línea 1 del metro. Su principal misión es la de servir al casco urbano de Albolote, así como a su área residencial.

Ante una eventual ampliación del Metro de Granada hacia Atarfe prevista en una segunda fase, la estación pasaría a ser pasante, haciendo de punto de conexión entre ambos municipios.

Intermodalidad

La estación se encuentra dispuesta en un bulevar central de la Avenida de Jacobo Camarero, en el casco urbano de Albolote, cerca del área comercial y residencial. La infraestructura de la propia estación incorpora un aparcamiento para bicicletas. La estación es intermodal con los autobuses interurbanos del Consorcio de Transportes de Granada, ya que junto a ella se encuentra una parada a la que dan servicio la línea 122, que conecta este municipio con Atarfe y Sierra Elvira.

Véase también

 Línea 1 (Metro de Granada)
 Metro de Granada
 Estaciones del Metro de Granada
 Albolote

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 metropolitanogranada.es

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