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Francona: The Red Sox Years by Terry Francona and Dan Shaughnessy—Book Review
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It's a fine line between revenge and clarification. In his new book detailing the eight years he spent as manager of the Boston Red Sox, Terry Francona straddles the territory between the two. In Francona: The Red Sox Years written with Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy, Francona does so with a mostly objective point of view and occasional digs at those who sought to undermine him and diminish his substantial accomplishments during his time at the helm.
The book functions as a biography, telling the story of Terry Francona's father Tito Francona's Major League career; the younger Francona's life of frequent address changes as his father switched teams; the experience of hanging around the clubhouses with his dad; his own playing career as a college star and first round draft pick; the injuries that sabotaged him and relegated him to journeyman whose lifelong dream ended at age 31. When he became a manager in the White Sox system, he was making the same innocent climb that players make first running a single A club in Indiana, then spending three years in Double A. The second year was notable because it provided Francona a crash course in a media circus managing basketball star Michael Jordan during his yearlong break from the NBA and foray into baseball.
By the time he was 38, he was named manager of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1997. The Phillies were a bad team and Francona, by his own account, didn't do a very good job running the club. Fired after four seasons, he seemed more relieved than unhappy. Following the firing after the 2000 season, he burnished his resume by working in the Indians' front office in 2001, as the bench coach for Buck Showalter with the Rangers in 2002, and Ken Macha with the Athletics in 2003.
While with the Athletics, Francona received a first hand look at his future in two different ways, neither of which he likely saw when he was traveling with his dad, playing or working his way up as a field boss: the general manager of the new millennium was openly interfering with the way in which a manager ran the games. All through 2003, Macha was constantly fending off the regular "suggestions" (more like interrogations) that the A's manager was forced to endure from the newly minted star of Moneyball, Billy Beane. Also in 2003, Francona was on the opposite bench when the Red Sox, then managed by Grady Little and in year one of their remaking with Theo Epstein as their GM, came from 2 games to 0 behind to defeat the Athletics in a dramatic 5 games series. It was a glimpse into the future for Francona with the tentacles of chance gripping him, Little, Epstein and the Red Sox, sometimes around their throats.
In the very next series, Little's decision to leave Pedro Martinez in to pitch game 7 of the ALCS against the Yankees cost him the job and opened it for Francona. Francona, ironically, was friends with Little for years and they even lived together when Francona served as Little's bench coach in the Arizona Fall League in 1992. Also ironically, Francona—jokingly or not—told the Red Sox during the arduous interview process that he would have taken Pedro out of game 7 of the ALCS as Little was supposed to do. The interview process included written tests and games of the computer simulated baseball game "Diamond Mind" against Epstein's assistants to see how Francona would react to game circumstances. Did Francona tell the Red Sox people what he knew they wanted to hear in terms of Little or would he have acquiesced to the demands of the numbers and ignored that the Red Sox bullpen didn't have that one big arm in the bullpen that the manager could unequivocally trust in lieu of his ace?
Only Francona knows, but given the old-school sensibilities he exhibited, it's not as cut-and-dried as implied that he wouldn't have done the exact same thing Little did—the thing that got him fired.
This clash of civilizations is a key contention in this book and the books written by other managers such as Joe Torre with the Yankees who were unceremoniously relieved of their duties after immeasurable success that had not been enjoyed by their respective clubs for decades prior to their arrivals. The new landscape in baseball makes it necessary for managers to agree to listen to information that may or may not have real world validity in an exercise of going along to get along. Some managers like Joe Maddon embrace it; others, like Torre and Little, rebel against it with a head shake and bemused smirk; still others like Francona and Joe Girardi listen to the advice and try to incorporate it where applicable.
The fundamental civil war makes being a big league manager in today's game an exercise in tightrope walking by maintaining respect with the players and not appear as a puppet while accessing and sifting through the reams of information burying them like corn in a silo. Torre, in fact, had his own issues magnified due to the presence of the big market rival using stats to build a club that was cheaper and better than his Yankees were. The Red Sox were Patient X in this experiment and where the entire virus got its start.
Little unabashedly ignored the advice. Francona was nuanced as he ignored some of it too, rebelling when he couldn't tolerate it and telling Epstein to have his people back off a bit.
If anyone has the breadth of experience to be a manager and do his job without the overbearing interference of a staff of numbers crunchers and find methods to meld the highly paid egos, deal with the media, and make the players perform on the field, it's Francona. The numbers crunchers that managers are forced to endure today may never have picked up a baseball and would be swallowed alive after two days of inhabiting the same space as Manny Ramirez, yet they see fit to question, criticize and send suggestions that eventually take the tone of orders.
For a pure baseball lifer, it's a conundrum and necessary concession. Any manager who doesn't adapt to the way baseball is run today is not going to get a job.
The battles he fought as manager were mostly with a front office that in the ownership suite didn't appreciate the job he was doing. Francona was lowballed in his contract when he was initially hired and was saddled with the onus that he was taking orders from his bosses in every single aspect of on-field decisionmaking (this was right after the publication of Moneyball), and that he was selected because he was one of the few managers for whom Curt Schilling wanted to play. The Red Sox were closing in on acquiring Schilling simultaneously to hiring Francona. The Red Sox and Francona deny this, but the denial is formulated on a shaky premise. They didn't decide out of the blue to get Schilling and it would certainly help to grease the negotiations if he knew he was getting a manager he wanted to play for instead of, say, Bobby Valentine.
The book doesn't discuss significant conflict between Francona and Epstein in spite of Epstein making Francona's life difficult with the overbearing and constant presence of the GM and his youthful assistants, or with acquisitions of the likes of David Wells, but there's an unexplored and unmentioned tension that Francona may not admit or realize existed between him and Epstein.
Epstein, in fact, comes off as profoundly immature when the Red Sox fell behind the Yankees 3 games to 0 in the 2004 ALCS and his assistants decided that he couldn't be left alone. Did they think he was suicidal? He couldn't be left alone? It was a baseball game that they lost badly in a series they were about to lose, not life or death.
Rather than jump off the Green Monster, Epstein got drunk on a friend's couch and passed out. As the GM was drowning his sorrows, the manager who was supposed to be manipulated by the "geniuses" in the front office was calmly saying that his team would show up to play and the series wasn't over. While Epstein has continually denied the story of breaking furniture in Nicaragua when the Red Sox lost the bidding for free agent Cuban Jose Contreras to the Yankees, this type of story makes me believe that maybe he really did break the furniture in a tantrum that a 20-something is known to throw when he doesn't get his way.
Reading between the lines, Epstein comes off looking immature, arrogant and self-centered.
The owners John Henry and Tom Werner, along with CEO Larry Lucchino are presented as the nemeses of Francona with Epstein serving as a buffer between the manager and the out-of-touch front office, but the book—again in an unsaid manner—presents Lucchino as the hatchet man carrying out the edicts of the two owners. More a devil's advocate and overseer, Lucchino didn't harass Epstein and Francona as much as he dared to question them and want an answer other than a spiraling stack of sludge that would placate a less-informed front office person or owner.
Francona's health problems were much more serious than has ever been publicly revealed and his life was in jeopardy due to blood clots. He still endures terrible pain because of his wounds from a long playing career and the well-known issues with deep vein thrombosis. His use of pain medication was a point of contention and weaponized by someone with the Red Sox to impugn Francona's reputation and justify his firing as if he was an addict whose use of the medicines, combined with the separation from his wife, led to a lack of focus allowing the players to run roughshod over all sense of propriety and culminating in the beer and chicken "scandal" that engulfed Francona and his team during their collapse in September 2011. The book explains Francona's use of the medication in an evenhanded manner.
The players took advantage of Francona's old-school demeanor in letting the players run their clubhouse. It's an excuse to say that the beer and chicken had little to do with the collapse. If the players—especially pitchers Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, and John Lackey—had been in better shape, perhaps they wouldn't have pitched as poorly as they did down the stretch and the team wouldn't have missed the playoffs in the first place.
What Francona getting and losing the job hinged on was chance and the slippery slope of "if-thens." Would he have gotten the nod had Bernie Williams's looping single in game 7 of the 2003 ALCS fallen into the glove of Nomar Garciaparra and the Red Sox held on to win the game and advanced to the World Series? Would he have retained the job if Dave Roberts hadn't been safe by a hair on his stolen base in the ninth inning of game 4 in 2004, sparking the inconceivable four game comeback? Would he have lost the job if the Red Sox had been able to win two more games in September of 2011?
The final portion of the book centers around Francona's estrangement from the Red Sox and his continued and understandably obsessive questioning of everyone as to who leaked to the media that he had a problem with prescription medications. Lucchino is alleged to have said he was going to find out who it was, but never did. Henry, the detached Dracula whose presence was rare and awkward, contributed his beloved stats and was notably out-of-touch in his attempts to get a grip on his crumbling would-be dynasty, had no reply for Francona. Werner was too busy trying to bolster his own bona fides and overemphasize his influence.
The book is not a vengeful and vicious, "I'm gonna get back at the guys who screwed me," as Torre's, at times, was. It tells Francona's side in a context to put him in the best possible light, to be sure; he's more calculating than an "Aw shucks," baseball man who's happiest at the ballpark and with the players. Clearly he's hurt by the way his tenure ended especially considering he accomplished something in winning a World Series that hadn't happened for 86 years prior to his arrival, then he turned around and won another title three years later. The concerns about his perception might have been the catalyst to jump back in the ring in a situation that isn't ready-made to win immediately with the Indians. He took a job while the jobs were still being offered.
Francona gets his story out there, highlights how difficult the job of Red Sox manager truly is, and that it's a borderline miracle that he: A) lasted as long as he did; and B) had the success he had while maintaining some semblance of sanity.
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Today's "Fab 5"/ Selected NYCity Events – SATURDAY, MAR. 01, 2014.
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What's on View:
Special Exhibitions @ 3 Museum Mile / Fifth Ave. Museums:
"Venetian Glass by Carlo Scarpa, The Venini Co., 1932–1947" (last 2 days)
'Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China' (through April 6)
'The American West in Bronze, 1850-1925' (ends April 13)
'Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris' (through May 4)
William Kentridge: 'The Refusal of Time' (through May 11)
The Flowering of Edo Period Painting: Japanese Masterworks from the Feinberg Collection'(through Sept. 7)
'Early American Guitars: The Instruments of C.F. Martin' (through Dec. 7)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, at 82nd St.
(212) 535-7710 / metmuseum.org
'Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes From the Hill Collection' (through June 15)
"This sensational, beautifully presented show of 33 late-15th- to early-18th-century bronzes reflects a taste for historically important, big-statement examples in exceptional condition. They vividly reflect the Renaissance's new interest in antiquity and the human form while encouraging concentration on emotional expression, refined details (great hair!), struggling or relaxed figures and varied patinas. Works by the reigning geniuses Giambologna, Susini and the lesser-known Piamontini dominate, further enlivened by a handful of old master and late-20th-century paintings from the Hill collection."
(Roberta Smith-NYT)
Frick Collection: 1 East 70th St.
212-288-0700, frick.org.
'Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video' (through May 14)
"Kandinsky in Paris, 1934–1944" (through Apr. 23, 2014)
Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th St.
(212) 423-3500 / guggenheim.org.
========================================================== Museum Mile is a section of Fifth Avenue which contains one of the densest displays of culture in the world. Ten museums can be found along this section of Fifth Avenue:
• 110th Street – Museum for African Art
• 105th Street – El Museo del Barrio
• 103rd Street – Museum of the City of New York
• 92nd Street – The Jewish Museum
• 91st Street – Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
• 89th Street – National Academy Museum
• 88th Street – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
• 86th Street – Neue Galerie New York
• 83rd Street – Goethe-Institut
• 82nd Street – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Additionally, though technically not part of the Museum Mile, the Frick Collection on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 70th St. and the The Morgan Library & Museum on Madison Ave and 37th St are also located near Fifth Ave. Now plan your own museum crawl. ==========================================================
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Canadian School Bans Halloween, Permits "Orange & Black Day"
Today I learned there's a school district in London, Canada (half way between Detroit and Toronto) that banned Halloween and replaced it with "Orange & Black Day" -- not everyone is pleased with the compromise.
To be fair, it's not really a district policy -- it's up to the principals whether kids can wear costumes on Oct. 31, what kind of costumes, and what kind of festivities teachers allow. But many schools have adopted the "Orange & Black Day" compromise to stay politically correct.
One man running for a school board seat says "Orange & Black Day" is the result of poor policies that leave school officials guessing as to what is OK and what will get them in trouble. The district needs clear policies that focus on teaching and respecting cultural diversity, not confusion.


Not how we were gifted, but it turns out looking like this after some hard work and some new parts!
Other than that a good cleaning and waxing restored beauty but not perfection because she is OLD after all!!!! (Miss Evie is stressing a little over some filler that didn't quite match but she is OLD!) Very comfortable seating and here she is in her new glory!
Thank you to the ladies who brought her to us confident, I hope, that we could make her useful and lovely again!
Nice to begin with, Miss Sophia has updated the table with darker stain and painted the chairs in CCC's Michigan Pine – same color as the buffet from earlier this week. LOVE the fabric!! There is no leaf for the 50″ table but it's a great size without it too.
Nice, huh? Way to go, Miss Sophia!
A lovely combination of Michigan Pine chalk paint and darker natural finish make this vintage buffet even lovelier! Two storage areas behind the lovely doors and two nice spacious drawers for silverware and linen storage. First time we've used Michigan Pine but not the last!
A little styling – needs a lamp!
Both hubby and I agree we love this milk paint – it covers beautifully, goes on like "butta" and waxes to a soft sheen. We will continue to use it!
Goodness, it's been a little over a week with no new post-sorry!
Miss Sophia worked on this little desk and turned it into a real charmer-again with her new technique for the top and CCC's Young Kansas Wheat. Love all the drawers! The lines are charming and the drawers are spacious. The perfect place to write a letter (a book?) , do homework, explore the Internet….


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package com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Abilities.Thief;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Abilities.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Areas.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Behaviors.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.CharClasses.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Commands.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Common.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Exits.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Items.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Locales.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.MOBS.interfaces.*;
import com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.Races.interfaces.*;

import java.util.*;

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public class Thief_Evesdrop extends ThiefSkill
{
	public String ID() { return "Thief_Evesdrop"; }
	public String name(){ return "Evesdrop";}
		// can NOT have a display text since the ability instance
		// is shared between the invoker and the target
	public String displayText(){return "";}
	protected int canAffectCode(){return CAN_MOBS;}
	protected int canTargetCode(){return CAN_MOBS;}
    public int classificationCode(){return Ability.ACODE_THIEF_SKILL|Ability.DOMAIN_ALERT;}
	public int abstractQuality(){return Ability.QUALITY_OK_OTHERS;}
	private static final String[] triggerStrings = {"EVESDROP"};
	public String[] triggerStrings(){return triggerStrings;}
	public int usageType(){return USAGE_MOVEMENT|USAGE_MANA;}
	public int code=0;

	public int abilityCode(){return code;}
	public void setAbilityCode(int newCode){code=newCode;}

	public void executeMsg(Environmental myHost, CMMsg msg)
	{
		super.executeMsg(myHost,msg);
		if((msg.targetMinor()==CMMsg.TYP_TELL)
		&&(msg.target()==affected)
		&&(affected instanceof MOB)
		&&(msg.source()!=invoker())
		&&(invoker()!=null)
		&&(invoker().location()==((MOB)msg.target()).location())
		&&(!CMLib.flags().canBeSeenBy(invoker(),(MOB)affected))
		&&(CMLib.flags().isInTheGame(invoker(),true))
		&&(CMLib.flags().canBeHeardBy(affected,invoker())))
		{
			CMMsg msg2=(CMMsg)msg.copyOf();
			String targMsg=msg.targetMessage();
			if(targMsg != null)
			{
				int x=targMsg.toUpperCase().indexOf("TELL(S) YOU");
				if(x>=0) targMsg=targMsg.substring(0,x+8)+affected.Name()+targMsg.substring(x+11);
			}
			msg2.modify(msg.source(),invoker(),msg.tool(),msg.sourceCode(),msg.sourceMessage(),msg.targetCode(),targMsg,CMMsg.NO_EFFECT,null);
			invoker().executeMsg(invoker(),msg2);
		}
	}

	public void unInvoke()
	{
		if(canBeUninvoked())
		{
			if((invoker!=null)&&(affected!=null))
				invoker.tell("You are no longer evesdropping on "+affected.name()+".");
		}
		super.unInvoke();
	}

	public boolean invoke(MOB mob, Vector commands, Environmental givenTarget, boolean auto, int asLevel)
	{
		if(commands.size()<1)
		{
			mob.tell("Evesdrop on whom?");
			return false;
		}
		MOB target=this.getTarget(mob,commands,givenTarget);
		if(target==null) return false;
		if(target==mob)
		{
			mob.tell("You cannot evesdrop on yourself?!");
			return false;
		}
		Ability A=target.fetchEffect(ID());
		if(A!=null)
		{
			if(A.invoker()==mob)
				A.unInvoke();
			else
			{
				mob.tell(mob,target,null,"It is too crowded to evesdrop on <T-NAME>.");
				return false;
			}
		}
		if(mob.isInCombat())
		{
			mob.tell("Not while you are fighting!");
			return false;
		}
		if(CMLib.flags().canBeSeenBy(mob,target))
		{
			mob.tell(target.name()+" is watching you too closely.");
			return false;
		}
		if(!super.invoke(mob,commands,givenTarget,auto,asLevel))
			return false;

		int levelDiff=target.envStats().level()-(mob.envStats().level()+abilityCode()+(getXLEVELLevel(mob)*2));

		boolean success=proficiencyCheck(mob,-(levelDiff*10),auto);

		if(!success)
		{
			CMMsg msg=CMClass.getMsg(mob,target,null,CMMsg.MSG_OK_VISUAL,auto?"":"Your attempt to evesdrop on <T-NAMESELF> fails; <T-NAME> spots you!",CMMsg.MSG_OK_VISUAL,auto?"":"You spot <S-NAME> trying to evesdrop on you.",CMMsg.NO_EFFECT,null);
			if(mob.location().okMessage(mob,msg))
				mob.location().send(mob,msg);
		}
		else
		{
			CMMsg msg=CMClass.getMsg(mob,target,this,auto?CMMsg.MSG_OK_VISUAL:CMMsg.MSG_THIEF_ACT,"You are now evesdroping on <T-NAME>.  Enter 'evesdrop <targetname>' again to disengage.",CMMsg.NO_EFFECT,null,CMMsg.NO_EFFECT,null);
			if(mob.location().okMessage(mob,msg))
			{
				mob.location().send(mob,msg);
				beneficialAffect(mob,target,asLevel,adjustedLevel(mob,0));
			}
		}
		return success;
	}
}

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Visit the sense-assaulting markets of Bagan, where vibrant spice stalls and tropical-flower stands make for a kaleidoscopic experience.
Aneta Michniak
Photos by
Mauritius • Lake Eyre • Sicily • Lofoten Islands • Palestine
It's It's easy to get lost without going anywhere at all. The conventions and comforts of our daily routine mean that we can struggle to leave the familiar, the predictable, the safe. We fail to see the opportunities and forget that we have choices. The threat of this monotony is what inspired me to book a one-way ticket to Asia earlier this year.
During my time journeying across the continent I stumbled upon a photograph of the magni cent Unesco World Heritage Site of Bagan and immediately knew I had to experience its beauty first-hand. I wasn't ignorant of its difficult political situation, but have always believed that the best way to understand a country and its people is from close up rather than afar.
In the evening light, the temples radiated a furious terracotta against the tangles of encroaching greenery, surpassing the postcard-perfect vision I'd carried with me. Yet I found my greatest connection to Bagan in its markets. I wove my way through baskets bursting with sharp-tongued flowers, bartering for spices with sellers. At a sugar-palm plantation I watched sap being harvested and made into a syrup, which was then rolled with coconut and peanuts to make sweet treats.
Through the juxtaposition of Bagan's decaying former glory and the vibrant shock of its marketplaces, the country reminded me that the world is a vast place, stirred through with an array of strange yet familiar encounters.
Myanmar, Southeast Asia


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Вегенштеттен () — громада  в Швейцарії в кантоні Ааргау, округ Райнфельден.

Географія
Громада розташована на відстані близько 75 км на північний схід від Берна, 15 км на північний захід від Аарау.
Вегенштеттен має площу 7,1 км², з яких на 8,4% дозволяється будівництво (житлове та будівництво доріг), 57,8% використовуються в сільськогосподарських цілях, 33,7% зайнято лісами, 0,1% не є продуктивними (річки, льодовики або гори).

Демографія
2019 року в громаді мешкало 1040 осіб (-3,4% порівняно з 2010 роком), іноземців було 10,2%. Густота населення становила 146 осіб/км².
За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 18,8% — особи молодші 20 років, 58,3% — особи у віці 20—64 років, 22,9% — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Було 414 помешкань (у середньому 2,5 особи в помешканні).
Із загальної кількості 208 працюючих 58 було зайнятих в первинному секторі, 37 — в обробній промисловості, 113 — в галузі послуг.

Примітки

Громади Ааргау

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Sari Essayah MEP is concerned that the forest industry has cut down activities in Finland at a rapid pace without waiting for the current recession to slow down.
Speaking at an event in Leppävirta, Ms Essayah said "The Finnish State must not merely settle for taking payment on dividends and for pious hopes of alternative activities in localities where forest industry production is subject to severe cutbacks." The State should rather use its voting power through an active shareholder policy and not merely submit to the corporate managements' views which can often turn out to have been short-sighted, not giving due weight to the interests of the Finnish people. When an important industrial activity is experiencing significant cutbacks, regions and individual towns must not be left to deal with the consequences alone.
According to Ms Essayah, the forest industry package published by the Government recently is a step in the right direction, albeit insufficient as such.
"The cut in energy tax is under preparation and the demands of the Christian Democrats on the deductibility of the tax on electricity in order to ensure the competitive strength of industry are thus being taken into account.
"Some of the problems in the forest industry are the result of long-term difficulties while others result from the present economic crisis. The measures to be undertaken should be diverse and will require a strong cooperative effort. The EU should exercise increased flexibility than at present, for example in the distribution of support grants from the globalisation fund.


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Rapidly progressive frontotemporal dementia and bulbar amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Portuguese patients with C9orf72 mutation
Chester, Catarina
de Carvalho, Mamede
Miltenberger, Gabriel
Pereira, Sónia
Dillen, Lubina
van der Zee, Julie
Van Broeckhoven, Christine
de Mendonça, Alexandre
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) form a spectrum of clinically, pathologically, and genetically overlapping disorders, as confirmed by the recent report that it can be caused by a hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9orf72. One hundred and fourteen Portuguese cases diagnosed as probable or possible familial FTLD, as part of the EOD consortium study, and nine further Portuguese cases with familial ALS were tested for the presence of this mutation. Results showed that six Portuguese patients from unrelated families had the mutation, five (4.4%) patients from the FTLD group and one (11.1%) from the ALS sample. Of these, three patients had FTLD and rapidly progressive bulbar ALS. Electromyography confirmed diffuse loss of motor units with marked bulbar involvement. In conclusion, the cases now reported showed a very rapid progression, suggesting bulbar ALS could be particularly common and aggressive in patients with the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion, in the Portuguese population.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis & Frontotemporal Degeneration
14 :1 (2013) , p. 70-72
Faculty of Sciences. Biology
Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences . Biomedical Sciences


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El cantón de Verdún-Centro era una división administrativa francesa, que estaba situada en el departamento de Mosa y la región de Lorena.

Composición
El cantón estaba formado por dos comunas, más una fracción de la comuna que le daba su nombre:
 Belleray
 Dugny-sur-Meuse
 Verdún (fracción)

Supresión del cantón de Verdún-Centro

En aplicación del Decreto n.º 2014-166 de 17 de febrero de 2014, el cantón de Verdún-Centro fue suprimido el 22 de marzo de 2015 y sus 3 comunas pasaron a formar parte; dos del nuevo cantón de Verdún-2 y la fracción de la comuna que le daba su nombre se unió con las demás fracciones para que, por medio de una reestructuración cantonal, fueran creados los nuevos cantones de Verdún-1 y Verdún-2.

Referencias

Verdún-Centro


A while back, I started to make a mod for Morrowind called Better Tribunal MQ which would have allowed the player to meet Sotha Sil (thanks to Arcimaestro Antares's fab model), but got lost in the worlds of Oblivion and Fallout 3 and gave up halfway through. Ostar picked it up and worked it into his Less Generic NPCs mod, to which I had contributed a few bits in the past.
Download Less Generic Tribunal for Morrowind at Nexus.
Princess Stomper's version of Simbelmyne's version of Beardo's classic Morrowind house mod. Requires Bloodmoon & Tribunal. Location: Solstheim, near Raven Rock. Sleeps 9.
Something as ambitious as Pelanor should at least be recorded, even if it didn't actually happen in the end.
Basically, Korana had the idea for this city that would be all in interiors. She made some pretty effing sweet cells.
This was one of my earliest mods. It just wasn't particularly good, and I basically never used it, so I went back to it and did it again. I'm much happier with it this time, to the extent where it's one of the houses I'm most keen on that I've done.
Cost: 10,000g, purchase from vendor at Fara's Hole in the Wall (see readme). If vendor does not appear or doubling occurs, clean savegame with Mash.


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High School and College Bloggers Favor President Obama Over Governor Romney by 22 Point Spread per National Writing Contest and Teen Political Survey
StageofLife.com releases its monthly, educational teen trend report. This month's topic tackled the pending Presidential election. Over 4,700 teens and college students visited the StageofLife.com monthly student survey and writing contest page. The below report shares the results from the students visiting StageofLife.com and participating in the political survey and national essay contest.
StageofLife.com - National Teen Survey and Essay Prompt
32% of teens have had an argument about politics with their parents...the heated debates centering around gay marriage, abortion or healthcare.
York, PA (PRWEB) October 24, 2012
While it's assumed by the Obama and Romney campaigns which way many niche audiences will vote, the candidates may be interested to know that over half (55%) of teen and college bloggers will (or would) vote for President Obama verses 23.6% for Governor Romney, as reported by StageofLife.com, a non-partisan, digital literacy, educational resource, in its most recently completed national student survey and writing contest.
Political statistics revealed in the StageofLife.com teen survey included:
--1 out of 3 students did not realize there are other candidates other than Obama and Romney running for President, i.e. Libertarian, Green Party, etc.
--70% of teens indicated their parents talk freely about politics at home.
--40% of teens either "completely agree" or "agree on the major political issues" with their parents compared to less than 7% of teens who say they do not agree with their parents politically ("at all" or "on major issues").
--14% of students have no idea of their parents' political viewpoints.
--32% of teens have had an argument about politics with their parents. The top three most cited topics of the argument centered on gay marriage, abortion, and healthcare. More than a dozen other topics were volunteered by the students too.
--Nearly 50% of all teens said that one (or both) of their parents took them to the local polling center when they were in elementary school to experience the voting process.
--When asked which forms of media the family uses to get its political news, the top five responses were Network TV (NBC, ABC, CBS) = 79% of families; Internet News Sites (Huffington Post, DrudgeReport.com, etc.) = 46%; Local Newspaper = 43%; National Newspaper (NY Times, Wall Street Journal, etc.) = 38%; Conservative Cable TV (Fox News, Hannity, etc.) = 37%
--The majority of students (53%) feel they have a political voice in this country.
The political survey results stemmed from StageofLife.com's monthly, national writing contest. In addition to providing links to resources that help college students and teens get involved politically, the writing prompt asked students to share their political "passion issue" and indicate which candidate best supported their issue. Over 4,700 teenagers visited Stage of Life's writing contest page, 140 completed the political survey, and 75 submitted a qualifying 500 word essay sharing their political passion issue.
In their essays, teens addressed political topics ranging from the support of Israel, the economy, gay marriage, women's rights, education, immigration, job growth, healthcare, national security and more.
The winning student essays tackled two very different political issues. The 1st place Pro-Obama essay, "Grateful for Homework? The Issue of Education in the 2012 Presidential Election," puts Obama in a more positive light on educational opportunities for teens while on the other side of the aisle, the winning Pro-Romney essay, "A Taxing Workday," paints Governor Romney favorably for wanting to reduce taxes.
Both essays won the majority of votes from the 26 Editors and staff who facilitate the national writing contest for StageofLife.com each month.
Additional teen statistics from the Teens and Politics report and all of the political teen essays can be read at http://www.stageoflife.com/TeensandPolitics.aspx
For October, in a month dominated by the NFL season and the World Series, StageofLife.com's current national writing prompt asks students to share a story about how sports have shaped family traditions (positively or negatively). Essays must be submitted to StageofLife.com by midnight PST on October 31st, 2012.
StageofLife.com is a privately held company founded in 2009 as a free educational resource with a digital literacy mission to encourage life-long readers and writers through its interactive blogging community. With over 5 million uploaded words and thousands of submitted essays, it has become one of the world's largest collection of multi-genational stories as it features monthly writing contests, free educational resources, Language Arts lesson plans, writing prompts, statistics, and more for each life stage and generation, from teens to Baby Boomers.
You can reach StageofLife.com by calling Eric Thiegs at (717) 244-0006 or via email at contact@stageoflife.com
Eric Thiegs
StageofLife.com
StageofLife.com - Teens and Politics survey resultsReview all of the statistics from the teens and politics poll conducted on StageofLife.com


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U.S. tells Russia: Give us back our Humvees!
But the Russian side has suggested the Humvees, which it says were detained near the Georgian port of Poti during a peace-making operation, were carrying "interesting" military equipment.
Now the U.S. wants the vehicles to be returned or at least get compensation.
On Wednesday, General James Conway, the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, was asked at a Pentagon news conference what he intended to do about the Russian capture, worth $540,000.
"I think we're going to send the Russians a bill and tell them, you know, 'Either pay up or give us back our vehicles, guys,'" he replied.
But Anatoly Nogovitsyn, deputy chief of Russia's General Staff, said he is not eager to return the five Humvees. He said the Russian military had closely examined them and found "a lot of interesting stuff".


WASHINGTON, May 10, 2013 - Yesterday, the Senate Agriculture Committee released its draft of a 2012 Farm Bill. Today, Agri-Pulse staffed combed through the 1,100 pages of text to bring you our summary.
Please click HERE for the Agri-Pulse summary of the Senate Agriculture Committee's farm bill mark.


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Q: Bulk API in Journey Builder Is it possible to Bulk inject contacts in a journey using API ?
I tried to use the contactEvents method but i have a 500 server error.
contactEventsTest is a DE created using the template "Event DE" from the wizard.
Here is my payload :
{
"eventDefinitionKey": "APIEvent-xxxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx",
"data": [{
    "name": "contactEventsTest",
    "id": "e856d8a7-e7a1-e711-80e3-1402ec819dd8",
    "items": [{
        "values": [
            {
            "name": "ContactKey",
            "value": "ContactKey1TEST"
        },
        {
            "name": "Gain",
            "value": "123"
        }]
    },
    {
        "values": [
            {
            "name": "ContactKey",
            "value": "ContactKey2TEST"
        },
        {
            "name": "Gain",
            "value": "321"
        }]
    }]
}]}

A: this is not officially available for use BUT...
Try the endpoint
https://www.exacttargetapis.com/interaction-experimental/v1/batchcontactevents
and then something like the following system
    {
  "EventDefinitionKey": "APIEvent-052645c7-f26d-4f86-2222-52719af046f1",
  "ContactPersonType": "Contact",
  "CallerSystemName": "Salesforce",
  "RecordCount": 1,
  "BatchDetails": [
  {
    "Data": {
      "Type": "Article",
      "TouchPoint": "AccountName"
    },
    "contactKey": "0035E0000075fgDQAQ"
  }
]
}

It is the same thing which is used by the MC Managed Package. It works up to 500 records per batch but the Managed Package does batches of 200.

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Tour The New Center for Music and Learning
Tanglewood Music Center - Facebook
This Friday, June 28, at 9 a.m., Tanglewood marks one of the most anticipated events of the 2019 music season, the official opening weekend of the four-building Linde Center for Music and Learning and Tanglewood Learning Institute programs, with a public ribbon-cutting ceremony that will include speeches from a cross-section of the administration, builders, and funders who made the new complex and programming initiatives possible. Following the ribbon-cutting, the public can tour the facility, located along the top of the Highwood ridge, overlooking Ozawa Hall and the Berkshire Hills.
The first fundamental expansion in programming in many decades, the offerings of the Tanglewood Learning Institute—more than 140 activities—reflect today's wider cultural shift towards learning and participatory activities that complement the concert experience. These programs have been designed to encourage thought-provoking conversations as they explore ways to better understand the world through the lens of music and break down traditional boundaries between performer and audience. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, soprano Renee Fleming, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons, and playwright Tom Stoppard, are among the many luminaries joining Tanglewood for these expansive programs. Complete program details of the first summer season of the Tanglewood Learning Institute are available here.
The new multi-use buildings of the Linde Center also reflect a major paradigm shift for Tanglewood. Starting in fall 2019 they will play an essential role in establishing Tanglewood for the first time as a year-round facility, offering TLI programming and event rental and concert use by the BSO, the Tanglewood Music Center, as well as the Berkshire community and beyond. Spanning all aspects of the organization—including the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, and Tanglewood—the Tanglewood Learning Institute also plans to offer programs in Boston beginning in fall 2019, as well as a series of online learning programs to be unveiled in 2020. Further details about the Linde Center for Music and Learning are below.
With an average annual attendance of more than 300,000 visitors, Tanglewood is an economic driver of more than $103 million annually which is expected to grow significantly with the addition of this new year-round resource.
The Linde Center's opening weekend, June 28-July 1, will also feature free Tanglewood Learning Institute open houses (June 29, 9 a.m.-12 noon, June 30, 1-5 p.m., and July 1 2-4:30 p.m.) and a festive range of special events and musical performances. Click here for more details on the free open houses.
(Press release sent from Emily Cotten, Junior Publicist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for online and on-air use, article image taken from Tanglewood Music Center's Facebook page)
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In general, the education sector is one many people take for granted but may not realize how much of a major contributor to the global economy it is. The education sector alone is around a $5 trillion USD industry. From primary to secondary to higher education, many people globally at some point have had education play a huge part in their lives.
There is also a sizeable number of people in the global workforce who are part of the education supply chain – from teachers and professors to catering staff to administrative staff to construction workers.
Despite how big and important the education sector is, one subsector of it that generally gets overshadowed is edtech. Tech has become very broad and encompasses a wide range of subsectors, which includes medtech, agritech, and fintech. The ladder has gotten much attention and grown rapidly to be a major player in its own right, which is evident in their strong ecosystem within global cities like New York City and London.
One potential reason why edtech, compared to its other tech counterparts, hasn't fully reached its potential yet is the fact that many in the education system might be comfortable with their old ways. Unlike in many industries that have adopted to changes with technology, education generally is still a fairly simple process that dates back thousands of years. In a nutshell, it is either a teacher, lecturer or professor educating a group of people or individuals. However, the methods of teaching, the administrative process of operations, and the potential to collect and analyze data and information are what can be of interest with respect to innovation. And this is exactly where many are now advancing and promoting themselves with respect to edtech.
According to Tech City News, taken from a report from EdTechXGlobal and IBIS Capital, edtech is expected to reach $252 billion by 2020. This is evident with the growth of edtech in some markets. For example, in the UK, as generally in Europe, edtech still has much potential to grow. Nevertheless, the UK is home to Europe's largest tech cluster and also home to a strong education sector. With respect to edtech, there are signs of a growing ecosystem within tech and education that incorporates edtech. This includes the co-working space Edspace, which is located in the vibrant and popular east London. Edspace is the UK's only co-working space for the education community. According to a report by EdTech UK, there are now more than 1,000 edtech companies in the UK, with London home to at least 200 of those. Some UK edtech companies include Futurelearn and Show My Homework.
The United States, for many, is the leader of edtech. In 2014, the value of the US edtech market was estimated to be worth over $8.38 billion USD, according to the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA). Being the world's largest economy, as well home to around 325 million people and some of the best educational institutes in the world, coupled with a strong cluster of tech and innovation such as Silicon Valley, it is no surprise to many the US has been leading in the growth of edtech. The US overall has also been an adopter to change, making students go from using tech passively to using it actively with respect to learning.
One area of future growth in edtech as far as geographies is Asia. Generally in Asia, where resources might be more limited than say the United States, methods of teaching such as online learning can be a huge help in reaching out to a region that hosts the world's largest concentration of people. Both China and India each have over a billion people and are growing rapidly with an increasing middle class, who are willing and able to pay for more education. According to the University World News, which was written on EdTech Review, the growth in the Asian EdTech industry is above 30 percent. In addition, generally, there is also government support across Asia, where countries are working on incentives, which includes high-speed networks and a larger push for placing curricula online. Asia even hosts its own Edtech summit called "EdTech Asia." It will be held this year in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on July 29-30th.
In addition to Europe, the US and Asia, there are other honorable mentions with the growth of edtech. For instance, Israel, which has a very strong tech sector in general, mainly in the city of Tel Aviv, has a huge potential to be an innovator in the growing edtech space. They also host their own summit called "EdTech Israel Summit," which recently happened in June. As the country is small, which what other many small countries experience, Israel has to look outward and international trade is more important than ever. As the country has a strong startup community and outward looking business mentality as far as internationalization, Israel will be one to watch with regards to the growing edtech space.
Edtech truly has the potential to be a leading sector. At present, it already has shown growth but definitely has the ability and capability to expand. It may not be as glamorous or gaining as much attention as its other tech counterparts like fintech. But only a few years ago when the word fintech came up it wasn't attention grabbing as well. Time will show us but edtech is definitely here to stay and be trendy.
Richie Santosdiaz is a London-based economic development & international trade expert specializing mainly on trade & investment. He is also a university-level adjunct lecturer teaching primarily in the areas of international business and trade. He also founded YoungAmericanExpat.com in 2016.


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"""Single slice vgg with normalised scale.
"""

from default import *

import theano
import theano.tensor as T
import lasagne as nn

import deep_learning_layers
import preprocess
import postprocess
import objectives
import theano_printer
import updates

from preprocess import preprocess, preprocess_with_augmentation, set_upside_up, normalize_contrast, normalize_contrast_zmuv, preprocess_normscale

cached = "memory"

# Save and validation frequency
validate_every = 10
validate_train_set = False
save_every = 10
restart_from_save = False

dump_network_loaded_data = False

# Training (schedule) parameters
batch_size = 32
sunny_batch_size = 4
batches_per_chunk = 16
AV_SLICE_PER_PAT = 11
num_epochs_train = 150 * AV_SLICE_PER_PAT

learning_rate_schedule = {
    0:   0.00010,
    num_epochs_train/4:  0.00007,
    num_epochs_train/2:  0.00003,
    3*num_epochs_train/4: 0.00001,
}

build_updates = updates.build_adam_updates

cleaning_processes = [normalize_contrast_zmuv, set_upside_up]

preprocess_train = preprocess_normscale
preprocess_validation = partial(preprocess_train, augment=False)
preprocess_test = preprocess_normscale
test_time_augmentations = 100 * AV_SLICE_PER_PAT  # More augmentations since a we only use single slices
create_test_gen = partial(generate_test_batch, set='validation')  # validate as well by default

augmentation_params = {
    "rotation": (-16, 16),
    "shear": (0, 0),
    "translation": (-8, 8),
    "flip_vert": (0, 1)
}

postprocess = postprocess.postprocess_value

# Input sizes
image_size = 128
data_sizes = {
    "sliced:data:singleslice:difference:middle": (batch_size, 29, image_size, image_size), # 30 time steps, 30 mri_slices, 100 px wide, 100 px high,
    "sliced:data:singleslice:difference": (batch_size, 29, image_size, image_size), # 30 time steps, 30 mri_slices, 100 px wide, 100 px high,
    "sliced:data:singleslice": (batch_size, 30, image_size, image_size), # 30 time steps, 30 mri_slices, 100 px wide, 100 px high,
    "sliced:data:ax": (batch_size, 30, 15, image_size, image_size), # 30 time steps, 30 mri_slices, 100 px wide, 100 px high,
    "sliced:data:shape": (batch_size, 2,),
    "sunny": (sunny_batch_size, 1, image_size, image_size)
    # TBC with the metadata
}

# Objective
l2_weight = 0.0005
def build_objective(interface_layers):
    # l2 regu on certain layers
    l2_penalty = nn.regularization.regularize_layer_params_weighted(
        interface_layers["regularizable"], nn.regularization.l2)
    # build objective
    return objectives.RMSEObjective(interface_layers["outputs"], penalty=l2_penalty)

# Architecture
def build_model():

    #################
    # Regular model #
    #################
    input_size = data_sizes["sliced:data:singleslice"]

    l0 = nn.layers.InputLayer(input_size)

    l1a = nn.layers.dnn.Conv2DDNNLayer(l0 , filter_size=(3,3), num_filters=64, stride=(1,1), pad="same", nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.rectify)
    l1b = nn.layers.dnn.Conv2DDNNLayer(l1a, filter_size=(3,3), num_filters=64, stride=(1,1), pad="same", nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.rectify)
    l1 = nn.layers.dnn.MaxPool2DDNNLayer(l1b, pool_size=(2,2), stride=(2,2))

    l2a = nn.layers.dnn.Conv2DDNNLayer(l1 , filter_size=(3,3), num_filters=128, stride=(1,1), pad="same", nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.rectify)
    l2b = nn.layers.dnn.Conv2DDNNLayer(l2a, filter_size=(3,3), num_filters=128, stride=(1,1), pad="same", nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.rectify)
    l2 = nn.layers.dnn.MaxPool2DDNNLayer(l2b, pool_size=(2,2), stride=(2,2))

    l3a = nn.layers.dnn.Conv2DDNNLayer(l2 , filter_size=(3,3), num_filters=256, stride=(1,1), pad="same", nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.rectify)
    l3b = nn.layers.dnn.Conv2DDNNLayer(l3a, filter_size=(3,3), num_filters=256, stride=(1,1), pad="same", nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.rectify)
    l3c = nn.layers.dnn.Conv2DDNNLayer(l3b, filter_size=(3,3), num_filters=256, stride=(1,1), pad="same", nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.rectify)
    l3 = nn.layers.dnn.MaxPool2DDNNLayer(l3c, pool_size=(2,2), stride=(2,2))

    l4a = nn.layers.dnn.Conv2DDNNLayer(l3 , filter_size=(3,3), num_filters=512, stride=(1,1), pad="same", nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.rectify)
    l4b = nn.layers.dnn.Conv2DDNNLayer(l4a, filter_size=(3,3), num_filters=512, stride=(1,1), pad="same", nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.rectify)
    l4c = nn.layers.dnn.Conv2DDNNLayer(l4b, filter_size=(3,3), num_filters=512, stride=(1,1), pad="same", nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.rectify)
    l4 = nn.layers.dnn.MaxPool2DDNNLayer(l4c, pool_size=(2,2), stride=(2,2))

    l5a = nn.layers.dnn.Conv2DDNNLayer(l4 , filter_size=(3,3), num_filters=512, stride=(1,1), pad="same", nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.rectify)
    l5b = nn.layers.dnn.Conv2DDNNLayer(l5a, filter_size=(3,3), num_filters=512, stride=(1,1), pad="same", nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.rectify)
    l5c = nn.layers.dnn.Conv2DDNNLayer(l5b, filter_size=(3,3), num_filters=512, stride=(1,1), pad="same", nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.rectify)
    l5 = nn.layers.dnn.MaxPool2DDNNLayer(l5c, pool_size=(2,2), stride=(2,2))

    # Systole Dense layers
    ldsys1 = nn.layers.DenseLayer(l5, num_units=1024, W=nn.init.Orthogonal("relu"), b=nn.init.Constant(0.1), nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.rectify)

    ldsys1drop = nn.layers.dropout(ldsys1, p=0.5)
    ldsys2 = nn.layers.DenseLayer(ldsys1drop, num_units=1024, W=nn.init.Orthogonal("relu"),b=nn.init.Constant(0.1), nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.rectify)

    ldsys2drop = nn.layers.dropout(ldsys2, p=0.5)
    ldsys3 = nn.layers.DenseLayer(ldsys2drop, num_units=1, b=nn.init.Constant(0.1), nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.identity)

    l_systole = deep_learning_layers.FixedScaleLayer(ldsys3, scale=1)

    # Diastole Dense layers
    lddia1 = nn.layers.DenseLayer(l5, num_units=1024, W=nn.init.Orthogonal("relu"), b=nn.init.Constant(0.1), nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.rectify)

    lddia1drop = nn.layers.dropout(lddia1, p=0.5)
    lddia2 = nn.layers.DenseLayer(lddia1drop, num_units=1024, W=nn.init.Orthogonal("relu"),b=nn.init.Constant(0.1), nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.rectify)

    lddia2drop = nn.layers.dropout(lddia2, p=0.5)
    lddia3 = nn.layers.DenseLayer(lddia2drop, num_units=1, b=nn.init.Constant(0.1), nonlinearity=nn.nonlinearities.identity)

    l_diastole = deep_learning_layers.FixedScaleLayer(lddia3, scale=1)

    return {
        "inputs":{
            "sliced:data:singleslice": l0
        },
        "outputs": {
            "systole:value": l_systole,
            "diastole:value": l_diastole,
            "systole:sigma": deep_learning_layers.FixedConstantLayer(np.ones((batch_size, 1), dtype='float32')*20./np.sqrt(test_time_augmentations)),
            "diastole:sigma": deep_learning_layers.FixedConstantLayer(np.ones((batch_size, 1), dtype='float32')*30./np.sqrt(test_time_augmentations)),
        },
        "regularizable": {
            ldsys1: l2_weight,
            ldsys2: l2_weight,
            ldsys3: l2_weight,
            lddia1: l2_weight,
            lddia2: l2_weight,
            lddia3: l2_weight,
        },
    }


It is always fun working with the creator of No Place Like Home Desirée Dunbar (especially when it involves a big old house where we can dance in). We began working together in a her community dance ensemble Startdance nearly a decade ago.
The Aberthau Mansion has so much history which can be felt in every single square foot, and all those big rooms serve as inspiration for any creative individual. From the smell of the wood, the colours of the walls and the cracking sounds of the floors, the Aberthau Mansion is the perfect location to give birth to new stories.
It has been a great experience to witness Desirée give life to the show and figure out how to negotiate the different spaces within the mansion so the different scenes in the show can travel seamlessly throughout the different rooms. It is a treat to perform to live music (and even hear the musicians gifting their music to us during our breaks) and a great opportunity to work with people of all ages, experiences and backgrounds.
The process has been both enriching and challenging and it is always great to work with old friends as well as meeting new people. This show is unique and at the same time accessible to all audiences.


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Student debuts as director in YPSI 24-hour Film Shootout
Fewer than one in 10 films are directed by a female. One student at Washtenaw Community College wants to change that.
Her name is Erika Riaño-Mojica.
She's just beginning her studies at WCC, but Riaño-Mojica knew two years ago that she wanted to study film. And that she wanted to come to WCC before transferring to the University of Southern California, where she plans to continue studying
directing or cinematography.
The last big move for Riaño-Mojica was in 2009 after her mother took a job at the University of Michigan and her family made the journey from her native Colombia to Ann Arbor.
While a move across the world at any age can be challenging, she soon discovered the educational opportunities.
"In Columbia, I would've had to spend a lot of money to get into the best school," said Riaño-Mojica. "It's not as easy to work in
film like it is here. I want to show the world that women can direct films."
Riaño-Mojica is ready to work hard so that she can tell the stories of her Colombian community. In October, just weeks into the fall semester, she finally had an opportunity to direct her debut film, "Where Are You Now?", for a community audience of nearly 300 — an opportunity she learned of through her video production instructor, Dan Kier.
For a third year, two WCC introductory film classes in the Digital Media Arts department had a chance to enter a local film competition—the 5th annual YPSI 24-hour Film Shootout.
Instructor Matt Zacharias saw an opportunity to extend this real-life experience by requiring students to participate in the film competition, during which filmmakers have just 24 hours to conceive, produce and edit a film.
As dean of Business and Computer Technologies at WCC, Dr. Kimberly Hurns sees the value of sponsoring a community event
like YPSI 24.
"Community is a part of our mission," said Hurns. "Students tell us that they want more skills, that they want to build up their portfolio, and this is a great way to do that. We are so lucky to have these experiences right out our back door."
WCC also played host to YPSI 24's film screening and awards ceremony in its Towsley Auditorium.
"Mark Ducker has developed this really interesting film competition, right in our community, and it's a perfect fit for the experience our students want," said Zacharias.
Ducker, founder of the YPSI 24-Hour Film Shootout, knows that community is a collaborative effort. In the five years of the film competition's history, growing community support demonstrates the value of its mission that good film can be directed locally.
"The YPSI 24-Hour Film Shootout seeks to add to the long history of filmmaking in Michigan by offering an opportunity for filmmakers to push themselves in a short timeframe to make a short film and compete for significant cash prizes, as well as having their work shown on a screen in front of an audience," Ducker said.
Successful actor and director Charlene Jeter of Detroit is proof that the film competition can lead to a solid career in film. In 2012, she entered YPSI 24 as a first-time director and has since created many films. Just one day after this year's YPSI 24 film screening, she headed off to the Premier Screening of the 48-hour Film Project, Toronto, to debut her film, "Zoe and Jess."
"Women have been storytellers forever," said Jeter. "I don't see why creating a film would be any different."
At WCC, more than one in five students enrolled in the Digital Video Production associate degree program are female.
"The partnership between YPSI 24 and WCC is one that I look forward to growing each year," said Ducker. "I'm impressed that the staff of the WCC Digital Video Production department see that having their students participate in YPSI 24 is a way for the student filmmakers to get an idea of producing under pressure while they develop their skills and possibly earn a paycheck for their efforts. This is the real-world environment in media production."
In total, more than 30 WCC students and alumni participated in the film competition.
The first place team in the competition had strong ties to WCC. Peter Harold, Jack Anderson, and Adam Wright attended classes at the college. Their Best of Show film was titled "Cycle of the Blessed."
For more information on the YPSI 24-hour Film Shootout, visit www.ypsi24.com. To learn more about programs in Digital Media Arts, visit www.dma.wccnet.edu.
By Jessica Bibbee
Staff, Public Relations


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What Makes Rwanda An Exceptional Safari Destination
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Rwanda is dubbed the Land of a Thousand Hills for a reason. This landlocked country lies suitably in Eastern and Central Africa and it is dominated by scenic rolling hills that make it a true land of a thousand hills.
Besides, it features several most stunning water Lakes, rain forests and savanna grasslands that all reward travelers with breathtaking views while on safari in Africa. Despite its small size, Rwanda is one of a few stunning destinations that offer you a great opportunity to strike your imaginations with a group of mountain gorillas while in their natural habitat. The others include Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the remarkable Rwanda, these unique apes are tracked only in Volcanoes National Park northwest. For starters, you may wonder why this landlocked country has become an exceptional destination for gorilla treks regardless of the fact that there are other destinations with the same creatures. Not to worry anymore, there are a number of factors that make Rwanda such a special gorilla destination and they include among others;
First, unlike Bwindi National Park and Mgahinga National Park, the Rwanda Volcanoes National Park is reachable just within 2 to 3 hours' drive from Kigali airport. This makes it the most accessible gorilla destination compared to Uganda's Bwindi or Mgahinga National Park where you need about 8 to 10 hours to drive from Kampala or Entebbe Airport. This alone makes Rwanda an exceptional gorilla destination the fact that, you can even have a 1 day gorilla trek in Volcanoes National Park which isn't a case with Bwindi, Mgahinga National Park or even the Virunga National Park where you will need more days to have a complete trip. Volcanoes National Park is about 120 kilometers off Kigali International Airport which is a shorter distance. Bwindi National Park on the other hand is about 450-580 kilometers off Kigali capital.
Looking at the cost of gorilla permits, in order for you to trek gorillas in Rwanda, you need $1500 to secure a permit which is relatively higher than the cost of permits in Uganda and even the DR Congo. Rwanda increased the cost of its gorilla permits from $750 to currently $1500 per person mainly targeting the high end tourists. And it is of no doubt that this magical country has become a luxury safari destination. Like other destinations, permits in Rwanda can be obtained through a trust worthy, recognized and registered tour operator or through a reservation at Rwanda Development Board (RDB).
Volcanoes National Park's vegetation isn't that very thick compared to that of Bwindi National Park and this makes it a little bit easier for trekkers to take pictures of these creatures without much interruption while in their natural habitat. Regardless of its strenuous hikes, at end of day, you get the best of these primates' pictures. Equally, its altitude isn't high like that of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. On gorilla trek, visitors are assigned to gorilla family based on their physical wellness.
Besides trekking mountain gorillas, Rwanda also features also arranges for the Kwita Izina event an event that is conducted once every year. This is a special event of its own where the newly born gorillas are given names. It attracts different categories of people- locally regionally and even beyond. It was initiated in 2005 and currently, it is catching the attention of most conservationists, nature lovers, primate lovers and other stake holders.
In conclusion, Rwanda is a special gorilla destination of its own. There are a number of factors that make this magical landlocked country an exceptional gorilla destination but the most important one is the fact that it is a home to rare mountain gorillas that thrive within only 3 countries-Rwanda, Uganda and the DR Congo.
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            android:id="@+id/solarsystem_population_congeniality"
            style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="10dp"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_marginLeft="2dp"
            android:layout_marginRight="25dp"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/solarsystem_population_icon" />

        <ProgressBar
            android:id="@+id/solarsystem_farming_congeniality"
            style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="10dp"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_marginLeft="2dp"
            android:layout_marginRight="25dp"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/solarsystem_population_icon" />

        <ProgressBar
            android:id="@+id/solarsystem_mining_congeniality"
            style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="10dp"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            android:layout_marginLeft="2dp"
            android:layout_marginRight="25dp"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@id/solarsystem_population_icon"
            android:paddingBottom="2dp" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/solarsystem_population_congeniality_value"
            android:layout_width="25dp"
            android:layout_height="12dp"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="999"
            android:textSize="10sp" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/solarsystem_farming_congeniality_value"
            android:layout_width="25dp"
            android:layout_height="12dp"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="999"
            android:textSize="10sp" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/solarsystem_mining_congeniality_value"
            android:layout_width="25dp"
            android:layout_height="12dp"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="999"
            android:textSize="10sp" />
    </RelativeLayout>

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/stored_goods"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="20dp"
        android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/bottom_pane"
        android:layout_below="@id/ad"
        android:background="#000"
        android:gravity="center|right"
        android:paddingLeft="10dp"
        android:paddingRight="10dp"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/delta_goods"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="12dp"
        android:layout_alignRight="@+id/stored_goods"
        android:layout_below="@+id/stored_goods"
        android:background="#000"
        android:gravity="center|right"
        android:textColor="#f00"
        android:textSize="10sp" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/stored_goods_icon"
        android:layout_width="20dp"
        android:layout_height="20dp"
        android:background="#000"
        android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/stored_goods"
        android:layout_below="@id/ad"
        android:src="@drawable/farming_white" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/stored_minerals"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="20dp"
        android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/stored_goods_icon"
        android:layout_below="@id/ad"
        android:background="#000"
        android:gravity="center|right"
        android:paddingLeft="10dp"
        android:paddingRight="10dp"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/delta_minerals"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="12dp"
        android:layout_alignRight="@+id/stored_minerals"
        android:layout_below="@+id/stored_minerals"
        android:background="#000"
        android:gravity="center|right"
        android:textColor="#0f0"
        android:textSize="10sp" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/stored_minerals_icon"
        android:layout_width="20dp"
        android:layout_height="20dp"
        android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/stored_minerals"
        android:layout_below="@id/ad"
        android:src="@drawable/mining_white" />

</RelativeLayout>