I've had the pleasure of producing 25 short videos for the David Bermant Foundation's collection of kinetic and media art for a biography DVD. Each piece serves to give the experience of being in the room with the piece, while offering a closer sense of its workings. Virtually Wise is emblematic of one of my favorite early video artists.
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The rent at DAVIS CREEK Apartments & Flats ranges from $559 for a one bedroom to a $759 one bedroom. Apartments in this building are about 15% less expensive than the Portage average. This is a pet-friendly apartment.
This apartment is in Portage. The closest park is Emerald Drive Playground.
DAVIS CREEK Apartments & Flats has a Walk Score of 18 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so almost all errands require a car.
Come see our newly renovated apartment homes. Even your pets (large dogs too) will love living here. We have two dog parks for them to enjoy! Experience living the way nature intended for you at Davis Creek Apartments & Flats! Located just minutes from the Crossroads Mall, fine dining, shopping and I-94. Davis Creek Apartments is sure to fit all your needs. Spacious layouts, private patios and air conditioning are just a few of the perks to enjoy.
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Brianna Volz, Digital Journalist
Tags: News, Crime, Orange County, Local
Teen's attempt to steal phone prompted fatal Parramore shooting, police say
16-year-old fatally shot during e-commerce deal
ORLANDO, Fla. – Two days after a 16-year-old was fatally shot in Parramore, investigators still aren't sure anyone will be charged in connection with his death, according to the Orlando Police Department.
Officers said in a news release Friday that the preliminary investigation indicated Denim Williams was trying to steal a phone from a couple he'd agreed to purchase it from online when the husband fired his gun at Williams.
That man and his wife, who is pregnant, called 911 after the shooting to explain what happened. They said that they arranged a sale of an iPhone X, which is valued at about $900, through Offer Up and went to an area near Polk and Jefferson streets around 11:50 a.m. Wednesday to make the sale.
[PREVIOUS STORY: Victim in Orlando' s first homicide of 2019 ID'd as 16-year-old boy]
The man told a 911 operator that the phone was dead so they charged it for a few minutes while they were with the potential buyer and that's when another male approached.
"The one that had the phone looked like he was reaching for something and that's when my wife did what she had to do since we were both in the same situation right there and then that's when they took off and then we took off. I saw them get in a red car," the man said. "So I don't know if they're hit, I don't know what's going on. I know we discharged out firearm at them when I thought he was pulling a firearm on me."
Authorities have not said if Williams was armed or if he was with anyone else before the shooting. A witness who called 911 said she saw the shooter chasing two young men.
Police said they found Williams in a driveway on West Jefferson Street when they arrived, but he later died.
"The dude that got shot, he's in the car and the door's locked. I think he's dying," a witness told a 911 operator.
A witness told News 6 that Williams was shot in the head inside a car, but police have not released any other details about the shooting.
Williams' mother, Felica Brown, said she is struggling with the death of her son, who was a sophomore at Jones High School.
"Somebody gunned him down like a dog," Brown said.
She said she had just seen Williams before the shooting took place.
"My son left 15 minutes prior then I got a phone call that he was dead," Brown said.
Williams' family said he was working to get back on track and had just finished a 1-year program aimed at turning his life around.
"He was just trying to get his life better, and his brothers looked up to him and he was trying to give them something to look up to," Williams' cousin, Linzay Stevenson, said.
Family members are working to raise money for a funeral for Williams by holding a fish fry at the Callahan Community Center this weekend. It will be open for anyone to attend Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m.
As of Friday afternoon, police said the couple involved in the shooting was cooperating with investigators and it was still unclear whether any charges would be filed.
Williams' death was the first homicide of 2019 in Orlando.
Brianna Volz
Brianna Volz joined the News 6 and ClickOrlando.com team in 2016. You can catch Brianna breaking down exclusive ClickOrlando.com stories every weekday morning on News 6 at Nine and watch her on "ClickO on the Go" by following News 6 on Snapchat and Instagram. Get updates from Brianna about what's trending by subscribing to her 4 p.m. newsletter.

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Oct. 26, YMCA locations. Special spin classes will raise money and awareness for breast cancer. Instructors will educate the class on the importance of breast self exams, risk factors and more. For a $25 fee, spinners will receive a Paint the Town Pink T-shirt and water bottle. Members and nonmembers may participate. Sponsored by St. Joseph's/Candler.
This year, our goal is to provide 150 mammograms in one day, Oct. 27, through multiple locations: Telfair Pavilion at Candler Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital and the Mobile Mammography Unit which will be located in Pooler at the St. Joseph's/Candler MGM office parking lot. To schedule your appointment call 912-819-PINK.
Free luncheon catered by Thrive Cafe and presentations on breast screening and early detection, healthy eating demonstration, nutrition and harmful products discussion, complimentary medicine such as yoga, acupuncture, and massage. Many local vendors will also have booths set up for jewelry, make- up, skin care products, massage and much more.
Dr. Joe Edwards explores several breast cancer related-topics including hormone replacement therapy, risk factors, genetics and more. The Savannah OB-GYN also is available to answer your questions online at savannahnow.com/pink.


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Остановочный пункт на железнодорожной линии Ополе — Тарновске-Гуры, построен в 1858 году, когда село Сухы-Бур (, Дершау) было в составе Королевства Пруссия.

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Looking great and caring for your appearance is a top priority for many individuals. The fingernails and hair command a lot of attention in the beauty world. The health and growth of the nails and hair are often a beauty consumer's main concern. Although your hair and nails share the same physical growth process, their individual growth rates are different.
Both hair and fingernails nails are made from a strong protein called keratin. This hard protein also is present in animal hooves and skin. With both hair and nails, the only living, actively growing part is located underneath the skin.
Hair and fingernails grow out from a matrix. In hair, this matrix is known as the hair follicle. Cells grow out from the matrix, and older cells eventually are pushed out by newer cells growing in. The newer cells cause the older cells to become compacted, and as the cells are further removed from their blood supply, they form keratin proteins and begin to harden into the hair fiber, or nail, that we see.
Fingernails grow approximately 2 to 3 millimeters, or about 1/8 inch, per month. Toenails grow slower than fingernails, at a rate of about 1 mm per month. Hair, on the other hand, grows at a much faster rate: roughly ¼ to ½ inch per month, or 6 inches per year. In fact, after bone marrow, hair is the fastest growing tissue in the body.
For both hair and fingernails, growth rates are affected by season, gender, age and heredity. Hair and nails grow faster in the summer months than at any other time of the year. Men's hair and fingernails typically grow faster than women's hair fingernails; pregnancy and old age are the exceptions to this rule. Fingernails grow fastest on the hand that is used most often. Pinkie nails grow the slowest, the index fingernail grows the fastest.
Several factors can slow hair and nail growth, including disease, hormonal imbalances and natural aging. Additionally, poor blood circulation, malnutrition and some medications can slow down the growth rates of the hair and nails.
Many hair and nail vitamin supplements exist on the market. These products typically contain proteins such as biotin and B6 and purport to strengthen and grow both the hair and nails.


Brendan, Hi My name is Tanya Guillory, I am an education student at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. I too have given thought to the why not how part of education dealing with technology and how they must come together. So far, I have not found your bridge but I am still looking. I really think you are on to something. I enjoy reading your blog. Thanks.


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Development / 28.03.2016
Privatization and its Conundrums
By Anjum Altaf and Nadeem ul Haque Should PIA, a State Owned Enterprise (SOE), be privatized or not? It is poorly run, losing a great deal of money, and a drain on the budget. But what does that have to do with PIA being a SOE? Therein lies the real question and some answers to our particular predicament in Pakistan. If one were to line up all potential services with the smallest in scale at one end to the biggest at the other, readers would likely agree that the smallest (say, tea stalls at a railway station) are better provided privately and the largest (say, national defense) by the public sector. The reasons are not hard to fathom – bureaucracies are not good at adapting to rapid changes in market conditions and consumer preferences; markets cannot exclude those unwilling to pay for a service like national defense. In...
Social Services: Asking the Right Questions
By Anjum Altaf It is remarkable that the governments of Pakistan and India have not been able to ensure essential social services for citizens – public health and education are in shambles. As a consequence, ill health and illiteracy mar the lives of millions – a human capital deficiency that diminishes the potential of all. The resources diverted to sustaining an ailing population are no longer available for productive investment. This is not a far-fetched claim. Think of individuals who have to spend a good part of their income to buy treatment – they would have that much less left to invest in their own nourishment or in their children's education. What holds for individuals holds for countries as well. A recent study examines what has been termed the calorie consumption puzzle in India – real rural household incomes and expenditures have risen but malnutrition remains higher than...
The Atomization of Society
By Anjum Altaf One of my insights into Pakistan's socioeconomic evolution was due inadvertently to my father when, as a student of economics, I encountered his changed post-retirement pattern of time use. It was the nature of the change that was surprising. I saw him rise early to monitor the water level in the rooftop storage tank, climb down to check the underground one, turn on the electric motor, then switch it off after an appropriate interval. Often the motor would malfunction and he would arrange to have it fixed. Less frequently, someone would be called to clean the tanks. Over time the pipes to and from the tanks acquired a byzantine complexity with various valves catering to the vagaries of the public supply. A hand pump sprouted in the backyard as a last resort and its water sent for regular testing. Water consumed a big part of our...


According to a new report published by Transparency Market Research "Flexible Packaging (Plastic, Paper, Aluminum Foil and Others) Market for Food & Beverages, Retail Non-Food, Pharmaceutical and Other Applications – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 – 2019" the global demand for flexible packaging was valued at USD 73.56 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach USD 99.10 billion in 2019, growing at a CAGR of 4.4% from 2013 to 2019. In terms of volume, the demand was 18,666.0 kilo tons in 2012 and is expected to be 24,728.7 kilo tons in 2019, growing at a CAGR of 4.1% from 2013 to 2019.
Increasing demand for flexible packaging in the healthcare industry is expected to be one of the key factors driving growth of the flexible packaging market. In addition, expansion of the food & beverages market, which is the largest application of flexible packaging, is expected to fuel the growth of the market. Furthermore, rising consumer preference towards light weight, durable and highly aesthetic flexible packaging is expected to significantly fuel the growth of the market over the next few years. However, volatility in the prices of crude oil which consequently affects the prices of its downstream chemicals is expected to hamper the packaging market adversely. Focused research and development activities on flexible packaging technologies have opened opportunities for the usage of nanotechnology in the formation of films and printing.
Plastics have been extensively used in flexible packaging due to their high barrier properties, cost effectiveness and durability and accounted for over 70% of the market share in 2012. However, growing consumer demand for biodegradable packaging material due to rising awareness regarding ecology conservation is expected is boost the demand for cellulose over the next six years. In addition, cellulose has been popular than other packaging materials due to its high durability, protection from external environmental factors such as sunlight and high aesthetic value. These factors are expected to contribute significantly to the growing demand for cellulose.
Demand for flexible packaging was highest from the food & beverages sector. Several regulations are being introduced and implemented across the world regarding packaging of pharmaceuticals due to various factors such as maintenance of hygiene, reduction of fraudulent drugs in the retail market and to retain the medicinal properties of the drug. Thus, flexible packaging is expected to witness the fastest growth in pharmaceutical within the forecast period and is expected to be valued at USD 11.09 billion in 2019.
Asia Pacific accounted for the highest demand in 2012, and is expected to be fastest growing region, rising at a CAGR of 4.4% from 2013 to 2019. This trend is expected to continue over the forecast period on account of rapid economic development in this region resulting in the growth of various industries such as food & beverages, personal care products and pharmaceuticals among others. Regions present in rest of the world are expected to witness a significant increase in consumption of packaging owing to economic development in countries such as Brazil.


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Home Politics Narendra Modi government was "worse than Emergency": Yashwant Sinha
Narendra Modi government was "worse than Emergency": Yashwant Sinha
Vastavam web: Two days after quitting the BJP, former union minister Yashwant Sinha has alleged that the situation during the last four years of the Narendra Modi government was "worse than Emergency". Sinha, who resigned from the BJP and taken 'sanyas' (retirement) from party politics on April 21, has also claimed that the people in the country were feeling insecure due to the actions of the Modi government, which, he said, has "destroyed the temple of democracy"."The situation created by the Modi government is even worse than the Emergency proclaimed by Indira Gandhi," Sinha alleged, adding that no community was feeling secure due to the actions of the present government at the Centre.
Referring to the washout of the Budget session of Parliament, he claimed that it was the Modi government which did not want it to function smoothly as it did not want to face the no confidence motion despite the opposition demand. The former external affairs minister pointed out that former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had not hesitated to table no confidence motion in 1998 when his government had fallen by just one vote.He said this was the reason why he took the responsibility of protecting democracy, and described as 'unprecedented' the impeachment notice against the CJI challenging his style of functioning.
Sinha also questioned the use of agencies such as CBI, NIA, ED and Income Tax by the government for "harassing and gagging opposition leaders".Alleging that there is no inner democracy in the BJP, he said, "Leaders will speak and the cadres will remain silent as they have no guts to raise their voices".
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Three Pounds of Crystal Meth Seized with Handguns and Cash
The Bay County Sheriff's Office Special Investigations Division (SID) seized three pounds of crystal methamphetamine, cash, and handguns this week as one drug bust led to a second with a total of two arrests.
On June 4, 2019, SID conducted a traffic stop on Mikeyshia D. Akins-Smith. It was known that she had two felony warrants out of Bay County and a violation of probation warrant out of Georgia on drug and gun charges. Akins-Smith was taken into custody and during a search of her vehicle investigators located one pound of crystal methamphetamine, $3300 in US currency, numerous drug paraphernalia items, and a handgun. Because she was in possession of one pound of crystal meth, Akins-Smith now faces a trafficking charge carrying a minimum mandatory sentence of 25 years in prison.
On June 5, 2019, working on information developed during the bust on June 4, SID investigators served a search warrant at a residence off Sherman Avenue. During that search, investigators found approximately two pounds of crystal methamphetamine, $1100 in cash, and two handguns. One of the handguns had been reported stolen.
Mikeyshia Akins-Smith, age 40, of Sherman Avenue, Panama City, was charged with Trafficking in more than 400 grams of Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Arrested the second day was Mathew Wood, age 45, of Sunflower Lane, Panama City, on charges of Trafficking in more than 400 grams of Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
The investigation continues and additional arrests are expected.


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package actions.backend;

import actions.BaseAction;
import bl.beans.UserServiceBean;
import bl.beans.VolunteerBean;
import bl.constants.BusTieConstant;
import bl.instancepool.SingleBusinessPoolManager;
import bl.mongobus.*;
import net.sf.json.JSONArray;
import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
import vo.dashboard.DashBoardBean;
import vo.table.TableQueryVo;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.*;

/**
 * Created by wangronghua on 14-4-9.
 */
public class BackendDashBoardAction extends BaseAction{

  UserServiceBusiness userServiceBus = (UserServiceBusiness) SingleBusinessPoolManager.getBusObj(BusTieConstant.BUS_CPATH_USERSERVICE);
  VolunteerBusiness volunteerBus = (VolunteerBusiness) SingleBusinessPoolManager.getBusObj(BusTieConstant.BUS_CPATH_VOLUNTEER);
  TrainCourseBusiness courseBusiness = (TrainCourseBusiness) SingleBusinessPoolManager.getBusObj(BusTieConstant.BUS_CPATH_TRAINCOURSE);
  VolunteerTrainCourseBusiness vtcBusiness = (VolunteerTrainCourseBusiness) SingleBusinessPoolManager.getBusObj(BusTieConstant.BUS_CPATH_VOLUNTEERTRAINCOURSE);

  private DashBoardBean dashBoardBean = new DashBoardBean();
  private List<VolunteerBean> volunteerBeanList;
  private String firtDayOfMonth = "";

    public String getFirtDayOfMonth() {
        return firtDayOfMonth;
    }

    public void setFirtDayOfMonth(String firtDayOfMonth) {
        this.firtDayOfMonth = firtDayOfMonth;
    }

    public String getAllData() {
    dashBoardBean = new DashBoardBean();
    volunteerBeanList = (List<VolunteerBean>)volunteerBus.getAllLeaves().getResponseData();

    this.getVolunteerCount(dashBoardBean);
    this.getWorkingHours(dashBoardBean);

    dashBoardBean.setTrainCount(getTrainCount());
    dashBoardBean.setCourseCount(getCourseCount());

      // 获取前月的第一天
      Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
      cal = Calendar.getInstance();
      cal.add(Calendar.MONTH, 0);
      cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
      SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
      firtDayOfMonth = format.format(cal.getTime());
    return SUCCESS;
  }

  private void getVolunteerCount(DashBoardBean dashBoardBean) {
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
    cal.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
    cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
    cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
    cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
    Date monthStart = cal.getTime();

    long volunteerCount = 0;
    long bindingCount = 0;

    long newBindingCount = 0;
    long newUnbindingCount = 0;

    long registerClient = 0;
    long registerWechat = 0;

      long alwaysTrainCount = 0;
      long noTrainCount = 0;

    if(null != volunteerBeanList) {
      for(VolunteerBean bean : volunteerBeanList) {
        if(bean.getStatus() == VolunteerBean.INTERVIEWED && bean.getIsDeleted() == false) {
          volunteerCount ++ ;

            if (bean.getTrainCounter() == 0) {
                noTrainCount++;
            } else {
                alwaysTrainCount++;
            }

          if(StringUtils.isNotEmpty(bean.getWechat())) {
            bindingCount ++;
          }

          if(null != bean.getCreateTime() && !bean.getCreateTime().before(monthStart)) {
            if(StringUtils.isNotEmpty(bean.getWechat())) {
              newBindingCount ++;
            } else {
              newUnbindingCount ++;
            }
          }

          if(bean.getRegisterFrom() == VolunteerBean.REGISTER_HOSPITAL) {
            registerClient ++ ;
          } else if(bean.getRegisterFrom() == VolunteerBean.REGISTER_WECHAT) {
            registerWechat ++ ;
          }
        }
      }
    }

    dashBoardBean.setVolunteerCount(volunteerCount);
    dashBoardBean.setBindingCount(bindingCount);
    dashBoardBean.setNewBindingCount(newBindingCount);
    dashBoardBean.setNewUnbindingCount(newUnbindingCount);
    dashBoardBean.setRegisterByClient(registerClient);
    dashBoardBean.setRegisterByWechat(registerWechat);
    dashBoardBean.setAlwaysTrainCount(alwaysTrainCount);
    dashBoardBean.setNoTrainCount(noTrainCount);
  }

  private long getCourseCount() {
    TableQueryVo query = new TableQueryVo();
    query.getFilter().put("isDeleted_!=", true);
    return courseBusiness.getCount(query);
  }

  private long getTrainCount() {
    TableQueryVo query = new TableQueryVo();
    query.getFilter().put("isDeleted_!=", true);
    return vtcBusiness.getCount(query);
  }

  private void getWorkingHours(DashBoardBean dashBoardBean) {
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

    List dataList = new ArrayList();

    cal = initDate(cal);
    Date start = cal.getTime();
    cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, 1);
    Date end = cal.getTime();

    List<UserServiceBean> beanList = userServiceBus.queryUserServices(null, null, start, end);

    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM");
    Map<String, Long> valueMap = this.formatData(beanList, sdf);
    cal.setTime(start);
    for(int index = 0; index < 12; index ++) {
      String time = sdf.format(cal.getTime());
      Long value = valueMap.get(time);
      Map monthMap = new HashMap();
      monthMap.put("time", time);
      monthMap.put("hours", (value!=null?value:0l)/ 3600000);
      dataList.add(monthMap);
      cal.add(Calendar.MONTH, 1);
    }
    dashBoardBean.setMonthlyWorkingHours(JSONArray.fromObject(dataList).toString());
  }

  private Calendar initDate(Calendar cal) {
    cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
    cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
    cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
    cal.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
    cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
    cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, 0);
    return cal;
  }

  private Map<String, Long> formatData(List<UserServiceBean> beanList, SimpleDateFormat sdf){
    Map<String, Long> result = new HashMap<String, Long>();
    for(UserServiceBean bean: beanList) {
      String time = sdf.format(bean.getCheckOutTime());
      Long value = (Long)result.get(time);
      if(null ==  value) {
        value = 0l;
      }
      result.put(time, (bean.getCheckOutTime().getTime() - bean.getCheckInTime().getTime() + value ));
    }
    return result;
  }

  public DashBoardBean getDashBoardBean() {
    return dashBoardBean;
  }

  public void setDashBoardBean(DashBoardBean dashBoardBean) {
    this.dashBoardBean = dashBoardBean;
  }

}

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Today when reading about the impact of Artificial Intelligence and robotics the focus always seems to be on industrial or agricultural assimilation. Most commentators or self proclaimed 'cloud experts' talk about the industrial revolution and the impact of electrification on the labour workforce. To liken the impact of cloud computing to this historical moment of time is just overhyped BS.
Since the Norman conquest of the United Kingdom, which brought about the guilds and merchant classes, a human need has been to distinguish oneself amongst peers with professional accreditation or guild membership. These guild, crafts and trade associations are today still guilds and trade associations but many have evolved into chartered professions such as surgeons, accountants and lawyers.
So why do we assume that professional roles cannot be 'digitally disrupted' and thrown into the jobless abyss of virtual intelligence algorithms and robotics? Just look at the rise of High Frequency Trading replacing stockbrokers.
Machine learning and artificial intelligence is still currently bound by binary input and output and rules-based structures. Or in plain English the machine only reads 0101010 and has to be trained manually (or via a human) to understand the outcome.
The field of accountancy has in my sincere opinion started to go through the digital disruption. Multi-purpose accountancy platform's such as SAGE, Freeagent and the American SaaS evangelists often quoted Intuit all offer a cloud based solution that takes care of bookkeeping through to invoicing and tax / payroll.
What we have seen is a reduction in the personal contact a SMB has with the accountant and more of the traditional tasks such as journals ledger and payroll are being entrusted to cloud platforms. I personally describe a platform as a foundation for greater things to be developed above the core services. Therefore in a similar vein to what Salesforce has done to selling, I predict that algorithms will get more intelligent and personal taxation will be done using machine learning.
The question is, are we looking at a combination of a number of professional disciplines combined that will eventually replace accountancy with a set of algorithms?
One of the largest UK big data implementations is at HMRC or "Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs". Are we slowly going to see HMRC create a master algorithm that battles law and taxation issues with accountants and cloud accounting systems? Will we see bots and virtual accountants and lawyers challenge each other with self-healing and recalculating bots finally jousting to an outcome?
Lawyers are very much like cloud and IT professionals in so far as they have come up with acronym led language that is meant to shield the simplicity and intricacies of their profession away from mere mortals.
Lawyers read statutes law books and case examples before coming to a conclusion – this could easily be achieved with AI either as a companion or self taught algorithm.
Repetitive contract tasks, we are already seeing crowdsourcing of legal work, we view it as 1-2 years away from AI being able to accomplish this task.
The drive towards plain English. IT is a perfect function for helping the legal profession become 'human' in its language. An example is the plethora of insurance industry comparison sites that allow for a simplification of the underlying contract terms. How long before this tech is rolled out in a mass way and digitally disrupts the legal industry?
Ambulance chasing cretins, those ambulance chasing slippery types unfortunately will be able to take advantage of tech available today that will compile report and allow for targeting of potential no-win-no-fee cases of a high probability.
As Artificial Intelligence makes further progress to become more autonomous and perhaps driven further by the possibilities afforded by Quantum Computing will we see the lawyer 'disrupted'?
The temptation when talking about disruption in health is to be too futuristic about technology such as Nanobots, Gene Programming, and emerging Biotech therapies.
We are already seeing the evolution of DNA profiling at a cost that would have been unheard of just 3 years ago, and the rise of the 'virtual doctor'. In the UK the general practitioner is often the focal point of the community and also the main interface to the UK health service.
The question in the future with the cost reductions in advanced sensors and other technology improvements is 'do we actually need the GP?' and would it be more cost effective to diagnose and treat symptoms using preventative rather than reactive treatments?
The bigger question is around the nature of a diagnosis and how this is achieved and how we leverage technology to overcome the battle of an ever-increasing elderly population.
As we move further into the world of Artificial Intelligence and health I would highly recommend a view of this video from IBM on Watson.


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Doing something small to help another person doesn't seem like much. Probably without even thinking about it you perform countless acts of kindness all the time. You offer reassurance to a friend who is feeling down, you hold the door for a woman struggling to get through with a baby stroller, you get the glum barista laughing, you try to buy altruistic products when you can, heck, sometimes you give do-gooder gifts.
Chances are you don't have time to wonder about the outcome of such actions. But your compassionate acts are powerful. They boost your own health and positive outlook. Plus, there's a ripple effect. The kindness you show inspires people to pay it forward.
We rarely know how our small acts of kindness affect others. But one woman was stunned by the long-term impact of her actions. A Swedish woman, Hilde Back, spent a few dollars a month to sponsor a rural student's education in Kenya. She never expected to find out if her efforts made a difference to him. She certainly never thought she'd hear from him. But years later, Chris Mburu decided to find the stranger who changed his life. Mburu's schooling led to Harvard and he became a human rights lawyer for the United Nations. His experience inspired him to start a Kenyan-based scholarship program providing education for positive change in his troubled country. He named it for his former benefactor, Hilde Back. Compassion's ripple effect has been made into a documentary title A Small Act. It's now being screened for groups in the U.S. and internationally.


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Portion of I-75 in Oakland County shuts down for the weekend
I-75 is closing between 8 Mile and Square Lake roads in Oakland County for the second weekend in a row. (WJRT)
Published: Mar. 6, 2020 at 10:34 AM EST
(3/6/2020) - As part of the billion-dollar I-75 Modernization Project, both directions of I-75 will be closed this weekend for bridge demolition and an upcoming traffic shift.
The Michigan Department of Transportation will start the closure at 11 p.m. Friday. Northbound and southbound I-75 will be closed between 8 Mile and Square Lake roads.
The closure is in order to demolish the John R. Road bridge and the turnaround structures for John R. Road and Nine Mile Road.
North of I-696, prep work will continue for a planned traffic shift between 13 Mile Road and Coolidge Highway.
Both directions of I-75 will reopen to traffic by 5 a.m. Monday.
MDOT crews will start closing entrance ramps to I-75 through that section at 9 p.m. and the freeway lane closures will follow at 10 p.m.
During the closure, both directions of I-75 traffic will be detoured using 8 Mile Road, Woodward Avenue and Square Lake Road.
MDOT says they expect to reopen two lanes of I-75 in each direction by 5 a.m. Monday.


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Jordan Davis + Luke Bryan Bring 'Buy Dirt' to 2022 ACM Awards
Lorie Liebig Published: March 7, 2022
Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan joined forces at the 2022 ACM Awards to perform their hit collaboration "Buy Dirt" on Monday night (March 7).
The heartfelt, laid-back performance followed Bryan's abbreviated version of his recent solo single, "Up." Davis and Bryan traded verses and smiles during the set, which served as another much-deserved mark of success for the collaboration's already impressive run.
"Buy Dirt" was nominated for Song of the Year, Single of the Year and Music Event of the Year at the 2022 ACM Awards. The title track of Davis' 2021 EP quickly hit the top of the country charts in both the U.S. and Canada last year. With lyrics that tap into the simplistic beauty of small-town life, "Buy Dirt" connected with country fans from all backgrounds.
"Luke's been a role model to me and it's just crazy to think that I've got a song out with him," Davis recently told Taste of Country.
In January, Davis and Bryan celebrated the success of their No. 1 hit by getting decked out in their best camouflage to enjoy a day of duck hunting together.
The 2022 ACM Awards took place at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium and streamed live exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. This year's event marked the first time that the ceremony aired over a streaming platform instead of a major broadcast network. Dolly Parton hosted the show with the 2021 New Male and Female Artists of the Year, Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett.
Remember: The best way to watch the 2022 ACMs is on TV, with ToC on your phone!
2022 ACM Red Carpet Pictures
Country stars brought glitz, glamor and drama to the red carpet ahead of the 2022 ACM Awards
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800 series may refer to:

Japanese train types
 800 Series Shinkansen
 Chichibu Railway 800 series electric multiple unit
 Choshi Electric Railway 800 series electric multiple unit
 Keihan 800 series electric multiple unit
 Keikyu 800 series electric multiple unit
 Shin-Keisei N800 series electrical multiple unit
 Tobu 800 series, a variant of the Tobu 8000 series electric multiple unit

Other
 GeForce 800M series of graphics processing units
 ThinkPad 800 series, a line of laptop computers
 Rover 800 Series car
 Sony Vaio 800 series computers

See also
 British Rail Class 800
 800 (disambiguation)


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Unlikely Innovators
Innovation isn't limited to single industries and two long-standing companies continue to stretch the boundaries in their industries.
Article by Suzanne Adams | Graphics created by Alondra Flores
Innovation is driving two Eugene companies, Seneca Family of Companies and Lane Transit District, to stretch the boundaries of what many people consider old school industries. Seneca Sawmill, known for its high-quality lumber, is using technology to improve its product and reduce waste. LTD is using technology to get people where they want to go faster, easier and in a way that best suits their way of life in an on-demand world.
Innovation has always been a part of Seneca Family of Companies, according to Casey Roscoe, Seneca's vice president of Public Relations.
"Grandpa was an innovator from the get-go," Roscoe said. "Our whole success is due to innovation."
When her grandfather, Aaron Jones, opened his first sawmill in the 1950s, he was troubled by the amount of sawdust the mill generated. He saw the dust as wasted product, so he engineered a new saw blade that could cut thinner slices of wood, allowing Seneca to maximize its lumber.
Jones' habit of encouraging and supporting innovation by his employees led to the creation of more than 25 industry patents owned by Seneca.
The company continues to use the latest technology in its mills, said Todd Payne, Seneca's CEO. It uses drones to check its log inventory at its mills and to check the growth of trees on its three tree farms. It also uses Wi-Fi, tablets and remote cameras to monitor production, product quality, and track inventory.
The company continues to invest in ways to reduce waste and increase the sustainability of its mills, Payne said. Seneca's $65 million cogeneration plant uses sawdust and other debris to power its boilers. Heat from the boilers run the mill's dry kilns and turbines to create renewable energy for Eugene Water & Electric Board.
Across town, Lane Transit District is combining technology and partnerships with local organizations to make it easier for people to get around faster.
"LTD isn't just about providing bus service to Eugene, Springfield and the surrounding areas," said LTD General Manager Aurora Jackson. "It's about providing the best modes of transportation to people when and where they need it and making it easily accessible."
For example, LTD is installing a new electronic fare system that will allow passengers to wave a pre-paid smart pass or an app on their smartphone at an electronic fare box to pay for their ride.
The new system makes it easier and faster for regular riders to pay their fare and board the bus, Jackson said. And it makes it easier for people don't regularly use the bus. New riders can simply download an app, figure out where they're going, pay for their ticket and board the bus.
Partnerships, such as ones with South Lane Wheels and the city of Eugene, are also an important part of innovation for LTD, Jackson said.
For example, LTD partnered with South Lane Wheels to create an on-demand ride pilot program for rural riders in Cottage Grove, Jackson said. The program, Connector, allows riders to use an app, their home computer or call to schedule a ride anywhere in town on any weekday between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
The program has been so successful that LTD is considering partnering with the city of Eugene and Lane Council of Governments to start a similar pilot program for downtown Eugene, she said.
Jackson and Payne said their organizations are keeping an eye on new technology that could be useful for their businesses.
LTD is looking for ways to make it easier for riders to connect to options such as Lyft, Uber, PeaceHealth's bike sharing and Zipcar's car sharing programs into the services it provides for LTD customers. These programs can provide riders with a way to cover that "last mile" to and from the bus stop to their home.
"We don't see them as a competitor, but as a complement to what we can offer," Jackson said. "It's about allowing people to make choices about their lives and their mobility."
Seneca is keeping an eye on new wood products that are being developed, such mass timber and nanotechnology. This technology can be used to create biodegradable packaging and multi-story wood buildings that are as strong as today's concrete and steel buildings, but are lighter and have a smaller foundation.
"We're taking a purposeful pause to consider what's on the horizon and what we want to participate in," Roscoe said.
Innovation isn't restricted to tech start-ups, and Eugene's long-standing industries continue to prove that they can innovate by focusing on finding solutions to issues and addressing them with new ideas to improve the operations of their businesses.


Discussion in 'Telecaster Discussion Forum' started by Gigante_Miguel, Jan 10, 2019.
I recently picked up a Telecaster in a trade that the serial number indicates as a "late 77-early 78" guitar. It's been great, and I got a deal because it ha a non-standard 6-saddle bridge, a mystery bridge pickup and a couple of other mods. Nothing irreversible, and I was fine with the 6-saddle bridge, but I was breaking more strings than usual, so I picked up a Fender 3-saddle replacement bridge and some compensated saddles.
I dug into it last night and while I had the bridge off was interested to see that the pickup is a Kent Armstrong, one of the Korean made ones, and it sounds great, so it will stay put.
I also pulled the neck to see if anything was stamped there, and it looks like '82, which also fits the serial number style. A good example of how things sat around on the shelves in Fullerton.
So after a surprisingly easy set up, the thing is about 50% brighter! An absolute jangly twang monster.
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Anyone mostly comfortable with "resetting" the neck, should go for it. The resultant sound can be so much more focused.
FYI - Fender just used the S8xxxxx serial numbers on Teles from 1978 through 1982. It wasn't that then necks sat around, but the decals did (or they messed up when they did their annual decal order). Similarly Fender used S9xxxxx decals on Strats from 1979-1981 - but they did go to E2xxxxx decals for the 1982 Strats.
I have a 1991 with a 1999 sn. I have read that Fender printed decals for the whole decade, and then started at the wrong end of the pile! Doh!
People frequently insist my Am Stnd Tele is a 1999, but i know it is a 1991 because I was there when I bought it!
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Sorry , we don't care if you were there in 91 when you bought it, it's a 99, Fender said so !
That was a little different - at that time the decals were 2 parts: the words "Serial Number" and the letter were part of one decal, the number was a separate 6-digit decal. What they did was continue to use 6-digit decals that started with a "9" after they switched from the other decals with the "E" to ones with the "N" - they should have also switched to 6-digit decals that started with a "0".
Not long after that Fender began ordering the decal with the "Serial Number" and letter also with that first digit that signified the year - likely when they began to need 6 full digits for the individual number instead of five (so the one decal would now have "Serial Number" and say "N4" instead of just "N" ). If that makes any sense.
Any Car Dealers/Salemen out there?
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Located in McMaster Hall and Ritter Planetarium/Observatory, the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UT offers a wide variety of opportunities. Our primary strengths lie in the areas of: atomic, molecular, and optical physics; condensed matter/materials science and photovoltaics; and astronomy and astrophysics. In recent years, research groups in thin film photovoltaics have risen to prominence, and UT has designated alternative energy as an area of excellence. The department is a major participant in the Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC). As part of a second UT-designated area of excellence, "The Search for Origins", members of the astronomy and astrophysics group are involved in major NASA missions; they also carry out theoretical and observational research with collaborators at leading observatories around the world. In addition to these key areas, there is an active research group in biological physics and a growing effort in medical physics, with strong ties to the UT College of Medicine. Each group carries out world-class research with close ties to the larger professional community and promotes interactions between students and faculty that aim to prepare students to succeed in that community.
Both undergraduate and graduate research are emphasized. Undergraduates are encouraged to become involved in research as early as the freshman year and to become involved in education and public outreach through our award-winning chapter of the Society of Physics Students, through the REU program, and through interning at Ritter Planetarium. We have an excellent history of launching our undergraduate and graduate degree recipients in rewarding careers.
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Why Adidas is Turning to Robots in Germany and the U.S.
At the end of last year, the German sports-shoe firm Adidas said it would pilot a new automated manufacturing process in a facility called Speedfactory. The test worked: As of next year, the factory in the Bavarian town of Ansbach will begin large-scale production.
What's more, Adidas will also open a second Speedfactory in the U.S. in 2017, followed by more in Western Europe. According to the company, the German and American plants will in the "mid-term" each scale up to producing half a million pair of shoes per year.
Does this pose a threat to Adidas's traditional manufacturing base in China, Indonesia and Vietnam? After all, labor in the region is becoming less cheap these days, and manufacturers are increasingly turning to robots— just last week, the South China Morning Post reported that electronics manufacturer Foxconn managed to do away with 60,000 jobs in just one factory, through the introduction of robotic systems.
According to Katja Schreiber, Adidas Group's senior director of corporate communications, the answer is no—at least, for now.
At the moment, Adidas is producing 301 million pairs of shoes per year and growing its output in the double digits annually. That's not even counting apparel and accessories. "We are also expanding our traditional sourcing and supply chain," Schreiber told Fortune.
As the firm tells it, Adidas's Speedfactory push is not about replacing people so much as it is about, well, speed.
The move will, of course, also provide jobs in the countries where the Speedfactories are located. According to Schreiber, 160 roles are being created at Oechsler Motion, the company that is actually building and will operate the Ansbach Speedfactory.
Other partners are also involved in devising the new manufacturing techniques that the facility will host—for now, German companies are the main beneficiaries, but others will also be involved as Speedfactories appear in other countries.


Stocks: The market sell-off continued last week, with the S&P 500 officially down over 10% and hitting correction territory. The average stock is down much more than that, meaning that it's been a pretty narrow market with only a handful of winners. But that also means that the average stock is pretty cheap right now!
Economy: Kee Points readers know that I subscribe to the view that downturns and recessions are caused by economic shocks. These can't really be forecasted, which means recessions can't really be forecasted, but you can identify shocks that have occurred and track their impact on the economy. Currently we are experiencing the effects of three big economic shocks over the past year and a half: (1) the oil price collapse, (2) US dollar surge (3) slowing growth in China. I'll try to say something about each that hasn't been said before below. As for tracking their impact, right now the Atlanta Fed's economic "nowcasting" model has 4th quarter GDP coming in at .6%, which is below consensus (Wall Street Journal Survey of Economists) estimates of 1.4%. I'll go with the Fed's model, so I think the fourth quarter GDP release on January 29th will likely be a negative growth surprise.
And first quarter GDP numbers tend to be low. For example, during this six-year expansion the average annualized GDP growth rate for the first quarter has been .75%. Right now the consensus is for 2.4% growth (likely to change) in the first quarter of 2016, so in my opinion that will be negative growth surprise number two. After that I think stocks will rebound. Keep in mind that the economy can adjust to just about any shock over time, and it is this adjustment that is often missed by analysts, who generally believe that a shock has to reverse itself in order for the economy to recover from it. The responsiveness of the economy both from a demand or consumer perspective and from a supply or producer perspective is greater as time passes. Economists describe this as saying "long-term elasticities are greater than short-term elasticities." The whole commodities super cycle boom and bust is a great example of this. When Chinese demand for commodities (including oil)first appeared, the supply of those commodities was relatively fixed and prices did most of the adjusting (higher). Over time new supply sources were developed and quantity (output) increased, bringing price pressure back down.
China: Again, most China experts feel China will avoid a hard landing (e.g. Ian Bremmer of Eurasia Group and the Bank Credit Analyst in this weekend's Barron's). I expect a pretty strong policy response from Chinese authorities on the monetary side (lower interest rates and lower bank reserve requirements). Fiscal expansion might be a little constrained by the already huge issuance of Local Government Financing Vehicles (LGFV – known as cheng tau bonds, essentially China's version of municipal bonds). The communist leadership in China sets spending goals, which the different local governments must help achieve. Officially these local governments are limited as to how much they can increase taxes and fees to raise revenue, so they borrow, which creates the LGFV debt. As an aside, this LGFV debt is implicitly backed by the central government, which makes them seem safer and hence easier to issue, but it also makes them possibly prone to "systemic" risk in a way that US municipal bonds are not (because they are not backed by the federal government).
Oil: Thinking in "closed economy" terms leads to error here. Closed economy thinking would argue that lower energy prices lead to more spending on non-energy items by energy consumers, but this is offset by less money to spend by energy sellers or producers. Not a bad way to think about it, but we live in an "open economy" or globally integrated world. Lower oil prices globally mean that net oil importers (those who consume more oil than they produce, which is the entire developed world) have more money to spend, while net oil exporters (those who produce more oil than they consume…Russia, OPEC countries, Texas (!)), have less money to spend. That's what people mean when they say that lower global oil prices result in a transfer of wealth from oil producing nations to oil consuming nations. The bottom line is that, instability aside, lower oil/energy prices should be a tailwind to the global economy.
Dollar: I've mentioned before that, typically, dollar shocks have a big initial impact on companies and earnings, but that over time companies generally adjust. So the strong dollar should have a waning impact over time, even if it doesn't decline. And the actual impact on companies can get pretty complex. Over 10 years ago the consulting firm McKinsey &Company issued a report arguing that many global countries sell and source (buy inputs) from all over the world, so currency impacts tend to be more muted. This insight seems to have been "re-discovered" by the press recently. As an interesting aside, smaller companies tend to generate a smaller proportion of sales overseas, so they should be less impacted by a strong dollar. But they also are less likely than large firms to have sophisticated currency-hedging programs in place. So the "size impacts" of exchange rate movements are more complicated than they seem on the surface.
Election: Finally, I promised that I would start reporting the odds on the Presidential election from Pollyvote once it started publishing them. Pollyvote was developed by Wharton's Jon Scott Armstrong who is the world's foremost authority on scientific forecasting methods. It is the only model I trust, as it combines expert judgment, econometric models, prediction markets, and index models. Right now the initial read is a virtual tie: 50.1% Democrat, 49.9% Republican. I'll keep you updated as the year progresses and the forecast evolves and updates.


In the thick of this global strategic shift, ASEAN's attractive economic storyboard is accentuated by propitious demographics and digital access. More than half of ASEAN's 629 million population are below 30 ; 90% of 15-24 year olds are deemed as digital natives who grasp computing and the internet as second nature. Literacy rates standout at 94% while access to the web is also high at 90%, supported by established infrastructure.
According to estimates, capitalising on these opportunities would see the new digital economy create an additional USD1 trillion of GDP, making up close to one-fifth of ASEAN's projected GDP of USD 5.25 trillion in the year 2025. Aside from businesses, governments are hot on this trail. In February 2017, Singapore's Committee for the Future Economy outlined 7 strategies to propel its technological leap, followed by Malaysia's launch of the world's first digital free trade zone (partnering Alibaba) in March and the unveiling of Indonesia's 2020 Go Digital Vision in April.
Behind these promising assertions lie a host of challenges which also present valuable openings for policy development and reform. 4 areas come to mind: jobs, education, regulation and sustainable development.
The economic dislocation to come from technological unemployment is top on the agenda of policymakers and rightly so. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) forecasts that Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia may cede 56% of its jobs to automation in the next few decades. In Malaysia, Khazanah Research Institute puts the number at 54% and crucially points out that it is not foreign workers but Malaysians (making up 90% of semi-skilled jobs) who are at risk. Another lens to view the impact of technology on jobs is by looking into the platform economy where the Upworks, AirBnBs, Ubers and other networked-based firms have eased into our daily lives. While organised sharing of resources have been around for millennia, the difference today is how the internet, mobile computing, clouds, data analytics and payment technologies have coalesced to power digital 'winner-takes-all' platforms for seamless buyer-seller experience.
Meanwhile, the central question on labor remains – are the freelancers and drivers self-employed or staff of platform firms? The adverse impact on worker protection (social and financial security, preventing discrimination from open, subjective ratings) and wages in certain industries (race to the bottom in a world of globalised independent contractors), are but a few of the complexities regulators grapple with.
Beyond reskilling, a major shift in education policies and investments in building cognitive and social intelligence from early to tertiary stages is the way to go. This is as much about digital ideation abilities as it is about reversing the unintended potential consequence of widening inequalities from advances in technology. In tertiary education, ASEAN needs to rebalance its profile from social sciences, business and law towards engineering, health and natural sciences (see chart), spawning novel careers in areas such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) engineering, drone designing, nanotechnology and synthetic biology.
Intra and inter-ASEAN talent mobility and collaboration among ASEAN and in particular Chinese universities could be strengthened by forming institutes for joint-research on a digital economy cluster. China is a leading global hub for AI and an estimated 48% of its GDP in 2035 will come from technology, creating 415 million new jobs (BCG and AliResearch, 2017).
Educational approaches should remain creative and flexible, exploiting borderless Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) and the rise in social learning and design thinking (inter-disciplinary, collaborative and experiential methods). At the national level, a policy priority is to nurture a thriving innovation ecosystem for scientists, academia, technopreneurs, financiers and regulators within a well-coordinated whole of government approach. Here, the nascent Innovation Labs model by the Sunway Group in Malaysia is instructive.
In assessing the platform economy and labour quandaries, the ILO concludes that 'simplistic and hastened responses aimed at deregulation and shrinking workers' protection must be avoided if opportunities stemming from future technology-enabled developments in the economy are to be seized by everyone'. Put another way, let's size up the situation and wait and see. To be fair, governments and regulators face unprecedented complexities in seeking win-win outcomes within technologically confounding spaces, be it for genome editing, data (as the new 'oil' for the digital economy) or digital currencies (ascendency of BitCoins and now, Initial Coin Offerings). Ethics, governance, competition rules and the protection and safety of workers and consumers are dominating concerns.
Self-regulation mechanisms in platform firms could be strengthened – after all, these entities have only grown because of the trust and confidence of users. Some focal areas include social security for 'self-employed' workers, crowdsourced feedback for quality control and robust complaint reporting and resolution.
With enormous data churned by platform firms, now more than ever governments are poised to fast track digital modernisation. Algorithmic regulation and RegTech are excellent starting points.
Looking for clues in industries where regulation has unleashed rather than suppressed the potential of technology. Mobile Financial Services (MFS) offers insights where technology risks are fused with commercial, regulatory and political risks, and well managed in totality for effective financial inclusion. While Kenya's M-PESA serves as poster child to leapfrog traditional banking in under-developed markets such as Myanmar, ASEAN policymakers should take heed of failed attempts by Kenya's neighbours to replicate MFS. Culture and history are critical inputs – the peoples of Myanmar have lived through 2 demonetisations in 1961 and 1985, and a severe banking crisis in 2003. Nevertheless, once the technological foundations for mobile money are well laid it can be upscaled via Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to catalyse startling product and delivery innovations across the microfinance, insurance, energy, health, transportation and agriculture sectors.
Social inclusivity and environmentally sustainable economic growth – these sum up the United Nations' (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Our planet is already at the breaking point, requiring intensive care for nature's life-support systems of climate, oceans, soil and biodiversity. What about ASEAN's heartbeat? The region's resource-based economies, vast coastal areas, rich biodiversity and geological hazards render it highly vulnerable to unabated climate change. For instance, 40% of lands in two-thirds of ASEAN (excluding Singapore) already suffer from 'severe or very severe' human-induced degradation (Food and Agriculture Organisation, 2011). Based on current development trajectories and practices, the odds are clearly stacked against ASEAN.
A carbon asset management platform based on blockchain (recently launched in China).
For sure, such technologies are promising, but do not come easy. Governments will need to digitally outsmart illegal markets, build systemic safeguards and stand vigilant to tackle the malfeasance of environmental data and digital threats (e.g. ransomware, dark web).
Additionally, ASEAN's economic planners could place greater focus on how to transcend the current GDP numeric. Besides the existing ASEAN score-card on Environmental Performance Index, other proposals include accounting for natural capital based on the UN system for environmental-economic accounting and broader national well-being policies. Such new measures will be key to tracking and reinforcing the use of technology for greater environmental and societal impact.
At the doorstep to the next technological revolution, ASEAN leaders may choose to sweep what is coming under the mat of short term imperatives, put one foot in or wholly enter into an inventive world where technology and unpredictability reign supreme. The ASEAN of 2030 hangs in the balance of those very steps.
Mark Lee is the Senior Fellow at Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia at Sunway University.


It's a very rare day when a property manager doesn't receive at least one call about repairs and maintenance. As you call your owner for authorisation, it is handy to be familiar with the different types of deductions investment property owners can claim.
There is no denying that indoor plants have become an extremely popular addition to the modern home.


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All personnel should be trained on proper procedures for taking hydrogen systems offline and for bringing them back online.
One should always assume that hydrogen is present and verify that the system has been purged to the appropriate level when performing maintenance on a hydrogen system. Maintenance activities that could lead to a release of hydrogen should not be initiated until the hydrogen has been purged from the system. (NOTE: In most cases, this is done by procedure, not by analysis. For piping, the approach is generally not an issue, but for large vessels, analysis is the preferred approach.) When analysis is used, make sure that the system design has adequate analysis test points so that it is possible to verify that equipment is free of hydrogen before breaking into the system. Written procedures should describe the process for establishing that piping and vessels are ready for maintenance.
It is common practice in the natural gas industry to depressurize a system by simply loosening a fitting. This is not advised for hydrogen systems. A fuel-air mixture will occur at the release point, and all that is missing to have a fire is an ignition source. With the low ignition energy of hydrogen, an ignition source can be provided by the wrench, the fitting itself, or most likely, the operator. The gas should be depressurized to a safe location away from personnel, preferably upwards due to the buoyancy of hydrogen.
Stop/isolate the process flow through the equipment.
Depressurize the system by venting to a safe location.
Purge the system per an established procedure.
Test for hydrogen as applicable.
Declare the equipment fit for maintenance.
An inert gas subsystem should be used to provide purge gas, and the inert gas should be properly vented (e.g., outdoors or to a laboratory hood) to avoid creating an oxygen-deficient atmosphere. The inert gas system should be protected from hydrogen contamination by maintaining the subsystem at higher pressure and using reliable check valves or a double-block-and-bleed arrangement. Additional details are provided in H2BestPractices.
One should always assume that air is present and verify that the system has been purged when reintroducing hydrogen into a system. It is recommended that purge procedures reduce oxygen levels below 1% prior to putting the system back online. When analysis is used, make sure that the system design has adequate analysis test points so that it is possible to verify that equipment and piping have sufficiently low oxygen concentrations before introducing hydrogen. Written procedures should describe the process for establishing that the system is ready for introduction of hydrogen.
The hydrogen needs to be vented to a safe area such as an elevated position outdoors or an enclosed hood in a laboratory.
The piping has to be strong enough to contain a deflagration.
There are three incidents in the H2Incidents database related to improper purging, and each of them occurred in a different type of setting. Nonetheless, there is a common thread that links the incidents in terms of what went wrong. In each incident, standard operating procedures related to system purging were ignored or altered without thorough consideration of the potential consequences. Hydrogen was ignited in all three incidents, and serious explosions could have occurred if larger volumes of hydrogen had been in use.
It is very difficult to completely purge hydrogen out of a large, complex piece of equipment. Uniform mixing and dilution is unlikely in all the partially enclosed spaces and crevices. If a hazardous operation such as welding must be performed with an air atmosphere (instead of inert gas) in the equipment, reliable gas concentration measurements should be obtained at several different locations. A direct measurement of hydrogen concentration may well have been more reliable than the 100% CO2 reading on the densitometer. Also, the gas composition should have been determined at the welding site as well as the top of the generator.
Description: An instrument engineer at a hydrogen production facility was arresting the hydrogen leakage in tapping a pressure transmitter containing 131-bar (1900-psi) hydrogen gas. The isolation valve was closed and the fittings near the pressure transmitter were loosened. The pressure dropped from 131 bar to 51 bar (1900 psi to 740 psi). Then the fitting was further loosened and the instrument tube slipped out of the ferrule and got pulled out of the fitting. With the sudden release of the 51-bar (740-psi) hydrogen, there was a loud pop (like a fire cracker) and the spark-proof tool was observed to have black spot on it. The volume of the hydrogen gas released was small, since it was in the tapping line only.
Safe work procedures should be prepared and followed. Hydrogen should be purged from the system to create an inert atmosphere before working on tubing and joints.
NOTE: This incident is a good example of why fittings should not be used to depressurize a hydrogen system.
Description: An experiment was conducted to produce a small quantity of hydride material in an enclosed reaction chamber. During the experiment, the researcher observed a small flash and a whooshing sound coming from inside the chamber and extending into the glove bag. His hand was in the chamber, and he felt heat through his glove. In order for the flash to occur, both oxygen and an ignition source had to be present inside the glove bag. At the time the incident occurred, the normal inert purge gas (nitrogen) was being used in another project and was unavailable, so a decision was made to use argon instead. Apparently, the normal nitrogen purge gas flow rate was much higher than the argon flow rate. There may not have been a sufficient volume of argon or enough time to purge the glove bag and create enough positive pressure in the bag during the work activities. Reaction product collection activities may have caused purge gas to exit the bag (as designed), but when the glove bag needed additional purge gas to expand, it may have drawn in room air in addition to the purge gas, thus introducing oxygen. The ignition source for this event may have been spontaneous combustion with oxygen due to the extremely fine particle size of the reaction product. An electrostatic spark induced from the plastic glove bag could also have been the ignition source for the flash. However, if the inert atmosphere were of the proper quality, an ignition source would not have been a problem.
Reemphasize policies and practices on how process changes should be evaluated for direct and indirect impacts on the process. Increase the purge gas flow rate to ensure complete purging of the system. Extend the inert gas purging time of the reactor system before and after a run and use oxygen chemical indicator strips to indicate the quality of inert atmosphere in the enclosed system before opening the collection chamber.


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How To Customize Gnome Shell
by Derrik Diener
Want to change the icon, shell theme or even the font in Gnome Shell but not sure how? Not to worry. In this article, we'll teach you everything there is to know about how to take the Gnome desktop environment, customize it and make it your own. From icons, to mouse cursors, extensions, fonts and everything in between; this is the definitive guide on how to customize Gnome Shell. Let's get started!
Tweak Tool
All of the customization in this article is done with the help of the Gnome Tweak Tool. It may already be installed on your Linux PC. If not, open a terminal, or software browser, search for "Gnome Tweak Tool", and install it.
Unlike a lot of other desktop environments, the appearance section in Gnome Shell is very simple. It isn't separated into individual tabs. In this section, we'll go over how to change different aspects of the Gnome appearance.
To start off, make sure that Gnome Tweak Tool is installed. Once installed, open up the tweak tool, and look to the list on the left-hand side. Select "Appearance".
GTK Theme
Gnome is built in large part thanks to the GTK3 toolkit. As a result, all of the window decorations, and program controls rely on it. The GTK theme is responsible for how all of this looks on your operating system. To change the theme, go to the Tweak Tool and find "GTK+".
Next to the GTK+ label, select the drop-down menu. This reveals a list of all installed GTK3 themes on available on the system. Select a theme from the list and Gnome will instantly change to the selected theme.
Gnome Shell Theme
Gnome is built in large part thanks to GTK3. With that said, the GTK+ theme isn't the only thing that makes up a Gnome desktop. There's also the Shell to worry about.
The Shell aspect of Gnome, is the overall desktop the user uses, when they're inside Gnome. By default, the Gnome Shell uses the Adwaita theme. It's alright as far as an ordinary Gnome theme goes, but it's not the most exciting.
Changing the shell theme is not possible out of the box. Instead, you'll need to enable an extension that allows user-themes to be used with Gnome Shell. To enable the extension, look for the "Extension tab" on the left, and click it. Search for "User themes" and click the "off" button to turn it on.
With the button clicked, go back to "Appearance", and find "Shell theme". Click the drop-down menu next to it, and select a theme in the menu. Gnome will instantly change to the new theme.
Changing icons in Gnome 3 is super easy. To do it, simply go to the Appearance tab inside Gnome Tweak Tool, and locate "Icons". Next to the "Icons" label, there's a drop-down menu. Click this menu to reveal all installed icon themes on the system. To switch to any theme, select one from the list.
For those that didn't know: it is possible to theme your mouse cursor on Gnome 3. To do it, go to "Appearance" in Gnome Tweak Tool, and look for "Cursor". Select the dropdown menu next to the "Cursor" label. The drop-down menu will reveal all mouse cursor themes installed on the system. To change themes, simply select one.
The Gnome 3 desktop allows users to install extensions to easily tweak the way their desktop works. To customize these extensions, select "Extensions" in Tweak Tool. From here, installed extensions can be turned on and off, or uninstalled entirely. Learn more about extensions here.
To change the font settings in Gnome Shell, locate the "Fonts" section of Gnome Tweak Tool. The fonts section gives the user a whole lot of options. From this menu, you can change the Window Titles font, the Documents font, and the monospace font. It is also possible to change the appearance of the fonts on the system (hinting and anti-aliasing factors), and toggle HiDPI scaling.
The top bar in Gnome isn't as free to customize as other desktop environments on Linux. That said, there are options. To get to these customization options, open Gnome Tweak Tool, and select "Top Bar".
Inside the "Top Bar" area, there are a few settings users can enable. Select the boxes to enable things like displaying the date next to the time, adding seconds next to the time, and showing numbers next to weeks on the calendar. Users can also disable the application menu in overview mode in the Gnome Shell by selecting the off button next to "Show Application Menu".
One of the things users find themselves annoyed about when using the Gnome Shell is the lack of minimize and maximize buttons present on windows.
To turn this on, go to Gnome Tweak and find "Windows". Inside this area, look for buttons next to "minimize" and "maximize". Click the buttons to enable them minimize and maximize functionality in the Gnome Shell desktop environment.
Though there is no "standard" desktop environment for Linux, the Gnome Shell might as well be it. Virtually every mainstream Linux distribution with any weight in the community is using it as their main desktop environment. It's everywhere. That's why it's so cool to know that it's one of the easiest desktops when it comes to customization. If you're looking for a modern desktop environment, filled with great personalization options, Gnome is a great choice!
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Sources: Baylor has received notice of allegations from NCAA related to sexual assault scandal; Art Briles cited in allegations
FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2007, file photo, Art Briles answers questions after being introduced as the new coach of the Baylor University football team during a press conference in Waco, Texas. Baylor University has explained for the first time how Briles, the school's former football coach and others responded to a woman's claims that she was gang-raped by five players. University officials told The Dallas Morning News on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, that the student-athlete informed her coach in April 2013 that she had been assaulted a year earlier and provided the names of the players. The university contends the coach reported the matter to Briles, ex-athletic director Ian McCaw and a sports administrator. (AP Photo/Duane A. Laverty, File ORG XMIT: NY150(DUANE A. LAVERTY / AP)
By Chuck Carlton
10:35 PM on Oct 1, 2018 CDT
Baylor has received a notice of allegations from the NCAA related to the football sexual assault scandal at the school, sources familiar with the process confirmed Monday evening.
Among the allegations, the school is cited for "a lack of institutional control" -- a phrase associated with major violations.
Former football coach Art Briles, who was fired in May 2016, following an internal report overseen by the law firm Pepper Hamilton, is also cited in the allegations, the source indicated. Although Briles is no longer coaching in college, he could be subject to an NCAA show-cause penalty.
Baylor received the allegations in early September and has 90 days to respond. Then, the NCAA has 60 days for its response. Cases involving major violations usually involve a hearing before the NCAA's Committee on Infractions.
Baylor strongly denied a report before the season that it was considering a bowl ban this year as a preemptive measure. The Bears are 3-2 in their second season under coach Matt Rhule.
The Pepper Hamilton report in 2016 was scathing about the athletic department in general and the football program in particular regarding sexual assault and dating violence.
"Leadership challenges and communications issues hindered enforcement of rules and policies, and created a cultural perception that football was above the rules," the report noted. " In addition to the issues related to student misconduct, the University and Athletics Department failed to take effective action in response to allegations involving misconduct by football staff."
Later in 2016, Baylor regents said that 17 women had reported sexual or domestic assault involving 19 football players since 2011.
Baylor has a history with the NCAA, with the most recent infraction being impermissible phone calls by the men's and women's basketball programs five years ago.
Baylor has implemented all 105 recommendations made by Pepper Hamilton, including 20 specifically directed at athletics. Baylor has also made more than 100 personnel changes in the athletic department, including the entire football staff, since 2016. School president Linda Livingstone, athletic director Mack Rhoades and Rhule all were hired following the report.
Baylor is also dealing with several federal lawsuits.
The school also announced Monday that it is investigating an allegation that former board of regents chairman Richard Willis used offensive language during a private conversation in 2014. He denies making those comments, the school said.
Chuck Carlton, College sports writer. Covering college sports for the Morning News for more than a decade plus a whole lot of other stuff in past lives. Much like the Big 12, I've improbably survived two bouts of realignment.
ccarlton@dallasnews.com @ChuckCarltonDMN
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MSNBC's Scarborough Wonders If Harry Reid Has Been to a Redskins Game
After playing a soundbite of Harry Reid on the Senate floor exclaiming his disgust for the Washington Redskins team name, MSNBC Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough wondered if the Majority Leader had ever been to a game.
If Reid had attended a game, Scarborough asked if the Nevada Democrat "set himself on fire and ran across the 50-yard line and said, 'This is wrong!'"
Scarborough further joked that Reid probably didn't lament the "lobbyists on K-Street who gave me free tickets to the Redskins game so I can be fed and pampered and treated like a Greek god!"
The following portion is transcribed below:
6:09 a.m. Eastern
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Do you think Harry Reid ever went to Redskins games before?
WILLIE GEIST: Yes.
SCARBOROUGH: Do you think he set himself on fire and ran across the 50-yard line and said, "This is wrong! I should not have taken these tickets from Boeing and from other lobbyists on K-Street who gave me free tickets to the Redskins game so I can be fed and pampered and treated like a Greek god! This is immoral." No, he didn't do that. I bet he went to a Redskins game.
GEIST: I don't know if he has been, but I assume somebody who has been in Washington that long has been to a Redskins game.
Joe Scarborough


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