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Melanoma Expert Witnesses
Melanoma expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on melanoma. The melanoma expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Allergy & Immunology, Anatomic Pathology, Dermatology, General Surgery, Hematology, Oncology, and Pathology.
Arthur Sitelman, MD Integrated Pathology Services, PLLC
Pathology, Anatomic Pathology - Cancer Tumor Diagnosis, Surgical Pathology, Non-Gynecologic Cytopathology, Cardiovascular Pathology, Breast Pathology, Gynecologic Pathology, Melanoma, Autopsy Pathology, Head and Neck (ENT) Pathology, Lung Pathology (Thoracic), Asbestos and Mesothelioma Attribution, Podiatric Pathology
Board Certified Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. Three years of residency at Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY, 1975-1978; 2 years residency and fellowship at New York University Medical Center (New York, NY), 1978-1980. Services include expert witness review, deposition testimony, trial testimony, independent review of autopsies, anatomic pathology cases, clinical pathology (blood, urine, body fluids) cases, literature review, histology services (routine, immunohistochemistry, histochemisty). Decades of Medical Director leadership.
Arthur Sitelman, MD - Full Listing and Contact Info
Kent Carson, MD
Dermatology - Skin, skin cancer, basal cell cancer, melanoma, squamous cell cancer, toxic epidermal necrolysis, Stevens Johnson Syndrome, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, Merkel Cell cancer. bed bugs.
Board certified dermatologist with over 40 years of clinical and academic experience in conditions of the skin, hair, nails. Including skin cancer, drug reactions, insect bite reactions such as bed bugs and patent case experience. Email me at [email protected] or call my cell at 408-679-7389.
Kent Carson, MD - Full Listing and Contact Info
Samuel S Thomas, MD University of Florida Health Cancer Center Orlando Health
Oncology - cutaneous malignancies, gastrointestinal malignancies, melanoma, skin cancers, merkel cell, gastric, esophageal, liver, pancreas, colon, rectal, small bowel, neuroendocrine tumors, adenocarcinoma, soft tissue sarcoma, bone sarcoma, anal, abdominal, immunotherapy, chemotherapy, pd1, ctla4, pdl1
Sajeve S. Thomas, MD, is a board-certified medical oncologist and hematologist at Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center. He specializes in the treatment of melanoma, sarcoma and gastrointestinal malignancies. Dr. Thomas earned his medical degree at University of Florida College of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at University of South Florida College of Medicine, where he received the Outstanding Resident award. He completed his hematology and oncology fellowship at University of Florida, where he became chief fellow and board review coordinator teaching 4-6 lectures a month to the fellows, residents and medical students. Dr. Thomas serves as an assistant professor at both Florida State University College of Medicine and University of Central Florida College of Medicine. He serves as an oncology consultant for numerous pharmaceuticals both for the speaker's bureau and advisory boards with time spent teaching community oncologists with the latest in immun...
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ALIX J. CHARLES, MD Med Expert Billing Co.
Wheaton, Illinois
Dermatology - Laser Surgery, Cosmetic Procedures, Injectables, Cosmetic Surgery, Lasers, Scar, Hyperpigmentation, Skin Cancer, Melanoma, Accutane
As a board certified general dermatologist I see all patient types and ages without restriction. I practice medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatology. That encompasses the diagnosis and treatment of skin ailments like psoriasis, eczema, acne, warts, benign growths and skin cancer. I also perform surgical procedures to remove skin cancer and moles. I perform cosmetic procedures that include the use of injectable neuromodulators and fillers, and also use a wide range of lasers and energy based devices to accomplish goals such as laser hair reduction, photorejuvenation, scar remodeling, skin resurfacing, skin tightening, body contouring and other indications. I am a past president of the Chicago Dermatological Society and the Illinois Dermatological Society. I am an active member of the American Academy of Dermatology, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery and the American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery.
ALIX J. CHARLES, MD - Full Listing and Contact Info
NEEL SHAH, MD, FACP Med Expert Billing Co.
Hematology, Oncology - Medical Oncologist, Hematologist, Cancer, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Lymphoma, Melanoma, Bleeding, Sarcoma, Board Certified, Head and Neck Cancer, Thrombosis
I am a triple board certified physician in Medical Oncology, Hematology & Internal Medicine. I have experience reviewing cases, as well as being an expert witness. I have reviewed cases that deal with lung cancer, bleeding, clotting, lymphoma, carcinoid and metastatic cancer. A full narrative report will be supplied with each case review. I am happy to review a case with you prior to acceptance. Should you need doctors in other specialties I would be happy to refer as well.
NEEL SHAH, MD, FACP - Full Listing and Contact Info
Scott Dunbar, MD The Dermatology Clinic
Dermatology - Mohs Surgery, Moh's Surgery, Skin Cancer, Dermatology, Basal Cell Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Melanoma, Malignant Melanoma, Excision, Reconstruction, Reconstructive Surgery, Laser, Cosmetic Dermatology, Botox, Filler, Hair Removal Lasers, Coolsculpting
Dr. Dunbar was born in New Orleans and attended Louisiana State University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. After LSU, Dr. Dunbar received his Medical Doctorate from Emory University School of Medicine where he served in various leadership roles including class president. Dr. Dunbar completed his internal Medicine internship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and his Dermatology Residency at Washington University in St. Louis. After residency, Dr. Dunbar moved back to New York to complete his ACGME-accredited Mohs Surgery, Cutaneous Oncology, and Cosmetic Dermatology fellowship with acclaimed surgeon and laser expert Dr. David Goldberg. Dr. Dunbar has performed over 6,000 Mohs and skin cancer surgery cases. Dr. Dunbar has appeared on CBS News, and been quoted on Good Morning America and the Chicago Tribute. He has published multiple scientific articles in the leading Dermatology journals including the Journal of the American Ac...
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Marc Serota, MD
Rockville Centre, New York
Dermatology, Allergy & Immunology - Dermatology, skin cancer, melanoma, eczema, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, allergy, allergic reaction, stevens johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, vaccine, moles, rash, hives, anaphylaxis, allergy shots, allergy testing, asthma, occupational asthma, environmental allergy.
Dr. Serota is considered a national expert on dermatologic and allergic/asthma topics. He lectures nationally and has published numerous articles in his areas of expertise. He has served as an expert witness on cases ranging from asthma, allergies, occupational issues/exposures as well as skin conditions and skin cancers. He graduated medical school at the age of 23. He has the unique distinction of being triple board certified in dermatology, allergy/asthma/immunology and pediatrics. He is licensed to practice medicine in 25 states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, FL, HI, IA, ID, IL, KS, LA, MO, MS, MT, NE, NH, NY, NV, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WV, WY. He is willing to travel as necessary.
Marc Serota, MD - Full Listing and Contact Info
Michail Shafir, MD, MPH, FACS
General Surgery, Oncology - Surgical Oncology, Carcinoid, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Melanoma, Cancer Clinical Trials, Breast Cancer
Michail Shafir, MD, MPH, FACS - Full Listing and Contact Info


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What's New on Netflix Australia This Week & Top 10s: March 20th, 2021
Published on March 19th, 2021, 5:00 pm EST
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) is now available to stream on Netflix Australia
It's been a busier week on Netflix Australia with the addition of 48 exciting new titles. Here's what's new on Netflix Australia this week & the top 10s for March 20th, 2021.
First of all, here are the past week's top highlights on Netflix Australia:
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Director: David Leitch
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller | Runtime: 137 Minutes
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Helen Mirren
The Fast & Furious franchise has made billions over the course of its many movies, and its spin-off was also incredibly successful at the box office. Earning almost $760 million worldwide, Hobbs & Shaw proves there is still life to franchise beyond Don and the family.
Forced to set their intense rivalry aside, Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw must work together to take down a genetically enhanced supervillain who threatens the future of humanity.
The Lost Pirate Kingdom (Season 1) N
Seasons: 1 | Episodes: 6
Genre: Documentary, Adventure, Drama | Runtime: 41-44 Minutes
Cast: Sam Callis, Nathanjohn Carter, Richard Dee-Roberts, Moneer Elmasseek, Mark Gillis
Netflix is fast becoming the home of the docu-drama. We've seen the fall of the Csar, and the end of the Sengoku period of Japan, so naturally the next course of action was pirates.
Focused on the real-life pirates of the Caribbean, historians give their accounts to the history of pirate society, the battles fought at sea, and some of the legendary figures that became the bane of the Navy.
Ma (2019)
Director: Tate Taylor
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Runtime: 99 Minutes
Cast: Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, Juliette Lewis, McKaley Lewis, Corey Fogelmanis
Octavia Spencer is one of the most versatile actresses in Hollywood, and it was more than shown in Ma.
A lonely woman befriends a group of teenagers, allowing them to party in her home. Thinking they've hit the jackpot, the teenagers don't realize that their host may have ulterior motives.
Most Popular Movies & TV Series on Netflix Australia This Week: March 19th, 2021
The Secret Life of Pets 2 retains its position at the top movie on Netflix Australia. Meanwhile, Ginny & Georgia continues its outstanding worldwide performance as one of the most popular TV series on Netflix in 2021.
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Here Are All of the Latest Additions to Netflix Australia This Week
30 New Movies Added to Netflix Australia This Week: March 20th, 2021
Bad Eggs (2003)
C/O Kaadhal (2021)
Catch.er (2017)
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Deadly Illusions (2021)
December Boys (2006)
Get the Goat (2021) N
Goddess (2013)
Healing (2014)
Ladies in Black (2018)
Mao's Last Dancer (2010)
One Small Problem (2021) N
Predestination (2014)
Return to Nim's Island (2013)
Searching (2018)
Simply Black (2021) N
Spud (2010)
Spud 2: The Madness Continues (2013)
Spud 3: Learning to Fly (2014)
The Combination (2009)
The Daughter (2015)
The Lake House (2006)
The Nugget (2002)
The Present (2020)
The Pyhsician (2013)
The Yin Yang Master (2021) N
Who's the Boss (2020)
10 New TV Series Added to Netflix Australia This Week: March 20th, 2021
Abla Fahita: Drama Queen (Season 1) N
Alien TV (Season 2) N
B: The Beginning (Season 2) N
Country Comfort (Season 1) N
Formula 1: Drive to Survive (Season 3) N
My Way (Season 1)
Sky Rojo (Season 1) N
Waffles + Mochi (Season 1) N
Zero Chill (Season 1) N
2 New Documentaries and Docuseries Added to Netflix Australia This Week: March 20th, 2021
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (2021) N
Under Suspicion (Season 1) N
2 New Music Specials Added to Netflix Australia This Week: March 20th, 2021
Reframe THEATER EXPERIENCE with you (2020)
Wave of Cinema: 90's Generation (2020)
2 New Stand Up Specials Added to Netflix Australia This Week: March 20th, 2021
Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American (2021) N
RebellComedy: Stright Outta the Zoo (2021) N
1 New Reality Series Added to Netflix Australia This Week: March 20th, 2021
Black Ink Crew New York (Season 2)
What have you been watching on Netflix Australia this week? Let us know in the comments below!
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Ligo celebrates 65 years in the industry
For generations, Ligo Sardines has been a part of the Filipino household as a staple klasik that brings back memories of coming home and sharing a meal with loved ones. For its 65th anniversary, it brought together brand partners and friends from the media for and intimate gathering to celebrate its milestones.
"We are proud to be part of the household of many Filipino families here and abroad. As we move toward our seventh decade in the industry, we are excited to bring new innovations and products that will be part of the memories of future generations," shares Ligo Vice President of Productuion Mikko Tung.
Ligo began in 1954 when Gregory Tung, Sr. opened A. Tung Chingco Trading. the exclusive distributor of Ligo products in the Philippines. The company partnered with Liberty Gold Fruit Co., Inc. in California, but put up its own cannery in 1980 to manufacture its goods and meet growing demand.
It expanded its products, offering mackerel, squid, corned beef, meatloaf, and tuna flakes. It also offered variants on its line of sardines, such as Gata, Spanish, Extra Hot, Kaldereta, and Afritada, and more. It quickly became a global phenomenon, and began exporting to the United States of America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific Rim.
Ligo is currently run by the third generation of Tungs, who are working together to strenghten its commitment to putting quality first. Mikko Tung is joined by his brothers Mark, who oversees sales and marketing, and Macky, who handles advertising and promotion.
The celebration featured the Klasik Museum, where guests traveled back through time to reminisce the brand's past, including its variants, old commercials, and print ads. They were also introduced to the brand's 65th Anniversary visual, which represents its years in providing delicious flavors and excellent quality. Its retro art style is a reminder that indeed, "Walang kupas ang Klasik."
Tung also shared the success of the "Lami Ligo" campaign in Mindanao, which featured brand ambassador Tom Rodriguez and a popular local dish, Odong Noodles with Ligo Sardines. He also announced the success of the newly launched variant of Siracha sardines, which became an instant favorite among consumers. The evening capped off with the unveiling of Ligo's new and exciting product variants: Calamansi, and Fried Sardines in Oyster Sauce and in Portugese Style, which will all be available in September; and Tuyo, which will be launched by the end of the year. Another highlight of the evening was the introduction of Carla Abellana as the newest brand ambassador.
Ligo Vice President for Advertising and Promotion Macky Tung expresses that "the brand welcomes new members, products, and variants to its family. Ligo still stays true to the promise it made 65 years ago: to provide quality sardines that will continue to become a Klasik in every Filipino household."
Product information provided by LIGO in a recent press release. Photos provided by Jam Blauta.
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If your enterprise operates from a number of various websites, you really should think about receiving a Wide Region Network (or WAN for short). This instance was produced in ConceptDraw PRO using the Pc and Networks Region of ConceptDraw Resolution Park and shows the Telecommunications network. One particular other valuable feature is a 'site survey', every single node in the network will scan for other nearby WiFi networks and give you each networks's name/SSID, MAC Address and channel.
WANs are also structurally related to metropolitan area networks (MANs), but supply communications hyperlinks for distances greater than 50 kilometers. X10 Networks specializes in delivering options providing Wide Area Network connectivity addressing locations such as Network Redundancy, Targeted traffic Engineering, Disaster Recovery, Traffic Optimization, Top quality of Service. Wide Area Networks (WANs) connect networks in larger geographic areas, such as Florida, the United States, or the globe.
A wide location network (WAN) is a computer system network that covers a broad location and is frequently made use of to connect various local region networks (LAN). This enables network convergence (The Wide Area Network becomes extra suitable for introduction of new solutions like voice, video, multicast visitors, hosting etc). Solutions like user authorization for Facebook, or analytics for Flurry, demand external Online app access, although limiting secured consumer information to internal networks.
This example was developed in ConceptDraw PRO utilizing the Laptop or computer and Networks Area of ConceptDraw Resolution Park and shows the Wide location network topology. Network diagram is an indispensable tool for network administrators and engineers at improvement of new networks and management of existing networks. A wireless individual area network (WPAN) can be made applying the network technologies such as Bluetooth, IrDa, UWB, Z-Wave, ZigBee, Physique Region Network.
The same difference applies to a LAN Computers in a LAN are normally close to every other, but a WAN can have bigger distances amongst computer systems and networks within the WAN. By utilising our multimillion pound core network with full MPLS and VPLS capability, businesses are capable to develop a unique, scalable private network to be a accurate extension of their regional location network.


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TRARBACH 1841
Kollorierter Stich von Bodmer
BÖCKINGSCHE TRADITION
Das ehemalige barocke Stammhaus der Böckings, das Johann Adolph Böcking (1695–1770) in Trarbach 1750 errichten ließ, ist heute die Heimat des Mittelmoselmuseums.
DER RITTERSAAL
»… ein altes aber sehr ansehnliches Gebäud, unter dem sich ein gedoppelter Keller befindet, darinnen die Fürstlichen Weine liegen.«
Magister Johann Hofmann über den Rittersaal, »Trorbachische Ehren-Säul«, 1669.
Heute ist der 1350 erbaute Rittersaal Sitz des Weingut Böcking.
Wachgeküsst: Das Dossier (PDF)
A STORY OF PROVIDENCE: OUR HISTORY
The Böckings: Tradition with Vision
The entrepreneurial story of the Böckings began at the onset of the 17th Century with the formation of their trade and exchange company ("Handels and Wechselcomptoirs"). At the beginning of the 18th Century, the successful businessmen and financiers risked expanding into iron smelting and lumbering industries. Their growing reputation was enhanced by successful trading in wine, spices, coal, and salt, which led in the 18th Century to a trading monopoly negotiated with the Electorate of Trier for the area including Nassau-Saarbrücken and Pfalz-Zweibrücken; the upper reaches of the Mosel and the Saar. The Böckings, however, also attained a lucrative and dominant banking operation, a business that began with their position as the regional treasurer ("Landeskassierer") for the Prince of Palatinate. Vestiges of their property, like the magnificent family residence overlooking the Mosel that Johann Adolph Böcking (1695-1770) built in 1750, can still be seen in Trarbach today. Since the 1970's the Böcking villa has been home to the Mittel-Mosel-Museum.
In the 18th Century the prosperity of the Böcking family was at its zenith and had its greatest influence on the wealth of Traben and Trarbach. (The two towns were joined together in 1898 with a bridge that spanned the Mosel River and unified the two into a single municipal government in 1904.)
The fact that Traben-Trarbach was a Protestant enclave amidst a sovereign Catholic region made it the first connection for the wine trade with England, the Netherlands, the Protestant Church, and Friederich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, with whom Heinrich Böcking had a personal relationship.
In the middle of the 19th Century, the wine trade was a stable and self-sustaining industry. At the turn of the 20th Century, Traben Trarbach, along with Bordeaux, were the largest wine trading towns in Europe. During this period the Böckings acquired Ungsberg and Schlossberg, in Trarbach, and Geyerslay, in Wintrich, along with the present day Juffer and Juffer-Sonnenuhr, in Brauneberg-all vineyards with a reputation for exceptional quality.
The well-known 14th-Century "Kaisersaal," or Rittersaal (Knights hall), is the largest secular building from the Middle Ages on the Mosel. This building, erected as a wine cellar for the vineyards (present-day Burgberg) located just below the Grevenburg Castle, was under the ownership of Louis Böcking and Franz Langguth. In the middle of the 20th Century the Langguths' part of the building was purchased by the Böckings and, today, it is used for wine storage, guest events, and as the administrative office of the winery. After the devastating town fire of 1857, the foundation and walls of the 400-square meter (4,306 square feet) building remained, but the roof had to be rebuilt. While in need of repair, the building has a historic, romantic ambiance of yesteryear. Today, the Rittersaal stands not only as the center of the wine operation, but is a historic legacy of the Böcking family and the town's once-mighty wine trade.
At the beginning of the 20th century, fortunes changed for the Böcking family. After ten generations of successful mercantilism, the entrepreneurial spirit of the family died in 1903 with Adolph Böcking. With the marriage of his daughter, not only did most of the family's fortune pass into the ownership of the wine-trading dynasty of the Huesgen family, but also the prized vineyard of Geierslay as well. Though the Trarbach sites remained with the Böckings, they did not prosper in the historic and economic hardships that followed.
In 2010 a decision faced the descendants of the Böckings: sell the traditional but marginally profitable winery and the accompanying vineyards, or pursue a new vision and direction. The decision occupied the family; nostalgia and economics both needed consideration when reaching an agreement on the proper course to take.
Today a new generation of Böckings owns and manages the vineyard business. They have combined tradition and history with confidence and entrepreneurial vision to lead the family enterprise into the future and reestablish its international following.
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Rachel Ravina, a 17-year-old Leicester High senior from the Rochdale section of town, has received an honorable mention award in an essay contest conducted by Family Travel Forum, a publication based in New York City.
The travel scholarship competition, for teens ages 13 to 18, attracted more than 5,000 entrants, according to Jillian Ryan, associate editor.
Miss Ravina�s essay, �Travels in France: Immersion,� was based on a trip she took to France with her older sister, Heidi, a little more than two years ago.
The family was also encouraged by the fact that the two girls would be spending some time visiting with the families of two French youngsters who had previously stayed in their Rochdale home as exchange students.
�We had had exchange students for several years, so this was an opportunity to enjoy the other side of the exchange,� said Rachel, who recalled she only had a limited experience with the French language at the time, but that Heidi�s French was much more fluent, so the two were able to get along.
She said she and her sister kept extensive journals as they traveled and took many pictures, both of which backed up her memories as she wrote her essay.
She said her essay talks about her immersion in the French culture during the trip and her delight at being able to feel a part of it.
Why France, she was asked.
That student was from France. All the others the Ravinas have taken in since then have also been from France � until this year when, for the first time, they are hosting a Korean student.
Rachel said there will be French visitors to the Ravina home again later this year. The French students Rachel and Heidi visited two and a half years ago will be coming to America and stopping by when they�re here.
Local residents age 60 and older will be guests at a Christmas party from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Leicester Senior Center, 40 Winslow Ave. All seniors are welcome and no advance reservations are necessary, according to center director Janice R. Nowicki.
The event will include refreshments, door prizes and entertainment by singer-keyboardist David Burns of Lowell.
Senior outreach coordinator Mary O�Brien called to say home-delivered meals will be provided on Christmas Day for elders who will be homebound and alone on the holiday.
Requests for the meals must be made by calling Mrs. O�Brien at (508) 892-0216 by Dec. 3.
The meals are provided by Catholic Charities of the Worcester Diocese.
Leicester�s Red Hat Sophisticates will hold their annual Christmas party from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Leicester Country Club.
The program will include a meal and musical entertainment. In lieu of a gift exchange, members are asked to bring a new toy to be contributed to the U.S. Marine Corps� Toys for Tots program.
The Leicester Public Library, 1136 Main St., will celebrate the Feast of St. Nicholas � or Sinterklaas � at 4 p.m. Dec. 6 with a cookie swap and craft day in the children�s room. All ages are welcome.
The program will include a story about St. Nicholas and making a gingerbread ornament. Bring a dozen of your favorite cookies to swap with others.
Sign up in advance at the library.


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by Louis Dipietro, Cornell University
Time is money and, unfortunately for companies, hiring new employees takes significant time—more than a month on average, research shows.
Hiring decisions are also rife with human bias, leading some organizations to hand off at least part of their employee searches to outside tech companies who screen applicants with machine learning algorithms. If humans have such a hard time finding the best fit for their companies, the thinking goes, maybe a machine can do it better and more efficiently.
But new research from a team of Computing and Information Science scholars at Cornell University raises questions about those algorithms and the tech companies who develop and use them: How unbiased is the automated screening process? How are the algorithms built? And by whom, toward what end, and with what data?
They found companies tend to favor obscurity over transparency in this emerging field, where lack of consensus on fundamental points—formal definitions of "bias" and "fairness," for starters—have enabled tech companies to define and address algorithmic bias on their own terms.
"I think we're starting to see a growing recognition among creators of algorithmic decision-making tools that they need to be particularly cognizant of how their tools impact people," said Manish Raghavan, a doctoral student in computer science and first author of "Mitigating Bias in Algorithmic Employment Screening: Evaluating Claims and Practices," to be presented in January at the Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency.
"Many of the vendors we encountered in our work acknowledge this (impact) and they're taking steps to address bias and discrimination," Raghavan said. "However, there's a notable lack of consensus or direction on exactly how this should be done."
The researchers scoured available public information to begin to understand these tools and what measures, if any, companies have in place to evaluate and mitigate algorithmic bias. Shielded by intellectual property laws, tech companies don't have to disclose any information about their algorithmic models for pre-employment screenings—though some companies did choose to offer insight.
The researchers honed in on 19 vendors who specialize in algorithmic pre-employment screenings, which, they found, include questions, video interview analysis and games. They combed company websites, webinars and any available documents for insights into vendor claims and practices.
Very few vendors offer concrete information about how they validate their assessments or disclose specifics on how they mitigate algorithmic bias, researchers found.
"Plenty of vendors make no mention of efforts to combat bias, which is particularly worrying since either they're not thinking about it at all, or they're not being transparent about their practices," Raghavan said.
Even if they use such terms as "bias" and "fairness," these can be vague. A vendor can claim its assessment algorithm is "fair" without revealing how the company defines fairness.
It's like "free-range" eggs, Raghavan said: There is a set of conditions under which eggs can be labeled free range, but our intuitive notion of free range may not line up with those conditions.
"In the same way, calling an algorithm 'fair' appeals to our intuitive understanding of the term while only accomplishing a much narrower result than we might hope for," he said.
The team hopes the paper will encourage transparency and conversation around what it means to act ethically in this domain of pre-employment assessments through machine learning.
Given the challenges, could it be that algorithms are just not up to the job of screening applicants? Not so fast, Raghavan said.
"We know from years of empirical evidence that humans suffer from a variety of biases when it comes to evaluating employment candidates," he said. "The real question is not whether algorithms can be made perfect; instead, the relevant comparison is whether they can improve over alternative methods, or in this case, the human status quo.
"Despite their many flaws," he said, "algorithms do have the potential to contribute to a more equitable society, and further work is needed to ensure that we can understand and mitigate the biases they bring."
The paper's co-authors are Solon Barocas, assistant professor of information science, currently at Microsoft Research; Jon Kleinberg, Tisch University Professor of Computer Science and interim dean of CIS; and Karen Levy, assistant professor of information science.
More information: Mitigating Bias in Algorithmic Hiring: Evaluating Claims and Practices, arXiv:1906.09208 [cs.CY] arxiv.org/abs/1906.09208
Citation: Are hiring algorithms fair? They're too opaque to tell, study finds (2019, November 21) retrieved 30 January 2023 from https://techxplore.com/news/2019-11-hiring-algorithms-fair-theyre-opaque.html
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Yana Petrova and Yu-Hsiang Hung:
A laboratory is 'a building set apart for experiments in natural science, in chemistry, and for manufacture of chemistry'.[1] Laboratory buildings are technically and organisationally highly sophisticated, as they have to efficiently serve specialised work processes. They provide a controlled environment to prevent contamination of the test and research results. Programmes include office spaces for theoretical research, laboratories for experimental work, support spaces and building services, all of which are functionally linked and optimised in their spatial organisation.
Basic Outline of Laboratory
The open-plan arrangement is used more in teaching labs in universities, as different processes are studied, whereas the cellular plan is more effective for work with dangerous materials and specific work processes. 'Since no one could foresee what the nature or scope of future experimental work might be, a plan had to be developed to permit complete flexibility in the arrangement of the laboratory spaces so that changing needs could be met at any time with a minimum of convenience and expense.'[2] Although there is some flexibility in arrangement, the laboratory is in fact a highly specific building type, defined by work processes, technical requirements and equipment. Thus most labs in laboratory buildings are organised the same.
Communication and Knowledge Production
The idea of communication is an important element in the planning of both past and present precedents. In the past, in open-plan laboratories such as the Johnson Wax Tower, many scientists worked on different projects and all social interactions occurred in the same space. Today, with an increased specialisation, the cellular-plan organisation provides shared spaces outside of the lab, in lobbies, atriums, bridges, courtyards, etc. The shared spaces are meant to stimulate exchange between scientists, creating an "open stage" for researchers to meet and communicate with each other. Thus, laboratory buildings include spaces that encourage the production, exchange and sharing of knowledge at two scales, between scientists within the building and between the building and the city. With the emergence of an 'open lab' the following questions arise: Are the shared spaces in open-plan offices, lobbies, atriums, conference halls, restaurants, cafés, libraries etc effective in stimulating a knowledge and exchange environment and are they becoming more important than the labs themselves? However, at the same time, how important does security and isolation remain for research and the work carried out in labs?
The work of scientists is the production of knowledge, often with commercial value or made available to the scientific world. Laboratories are not only found in institutes, but also in industrial complexes, science cities and technology parks. It can be said that the laboratory is a place of innovation and communication.
In laboratories, most experiments and researches rely on knowledge sharing between scientists. While in the past, the work of scientist resulted from long periods of independent research that required isolation from the surrounding, today, scientific achievements are often the result of collaboration between scientists from different disciplines. With a significant change in the speed of development in the sciences, institutes and companies compete now for research findings, funding and intellectual property rights. This forces them to create spaces not only for research and specialised equipment, but also places for social interaction between scientist and others.
At the urban scale, laboratories experienced a significant shift from a mono-functional institute to a multiple-programme complex. Historically, laboratories were isolated from the city and located in suburban areas, due to specificity of work processes and danger of contamination. However today, research institutes are keen to locate near to urban amenities as this has become important to attract highly skilled knowledge workers. This is seen to foster knowledge exchange, by bringing related academics and institutes together. It forms a network embedded in the city, and more precisely, often a city campus.
The following analysis examines laboratory buildings in an attempt to clarify what the laboratory organisationally and spatially is. This also studies the innovation of laboratories buildings, how they might provide appropriate conditions for scientific work taking place in an urban context.
[1] William Little, H.W. Fowler, Jessie Coulson, ed. by Onions C.T., 3rd edn Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford Clarendon Press 1973, 1983), p. 1165.
[2] Tadahiro Toh, Archivision Architect and Associates,Laboratories & Research Facilities : New Concepts in Architecture & Design(Tokyo: Meisei, 1996.), p.4.
History of Laboratories
Case Study: Institute of Physics, Humboldt University Berlin
The laboratory was designed by Augustin und Frank Architekten and completed in 2002. The institute brings physics and optical science together. It is located in the new Humboldt University campus in Berlin.
Plan, Sections and Elevations
Structure and Organisation
Part-to-whole
Circulation-to-use
General Analysis and Comparison
Modularity of Laboratories 01
Transformation of Modularity
Formal Distribution
Spatial Transformation
Transformation of Lab-Office Relation
Shared Space Transformation
Typological Range
Summary of Laboratory Transformations
Laboratory Building as a Type
Yana Petrova
Laboratory – 'a building set apart for experiments in natural science, in chemistry, and for manufacture of chemistry'.[1] It is a space for scientists with specific conditions conducive to scientific or technological observation, research, experimentation and innovation. The aim of any scientific process and its product is scientific information, which will be stored in books and articles or as the knowledge and experience of scientists. Consequently, laboratory buildings are an important architecture of knowledge production.
Laboratory Building Type
In the analysis and classification of buildings, architects and theorists use term the type according to a number of different meanings depending on the speaker's understanding. The two most common approaches to typology are to define buildings by their function, for example, dwelling, school, bank, fire station – or by morphological specificities of organization – one-room buildings, linear buildings with enfilades or corridor systems, square or circular building around a courtyard, etc. Although these two schemes are not the only one that have been developed in the past, methods of classifying form the basis for identifying building type. Inspired by leading architectural theorists and thinkers of the past like Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Aldo Rossi, this thesis is an attempt to see if laboratory buildings can be understood as a type with their own specific features.
In architectural practice there is an entire generation of laboratory buildings that have developed in line with the evolution of scientific practice. Starting from early examples such as the chemical Royal Swedish Laboratory in1686 and Johann Friedrich Bottger's laboratory in Dresden in 1701 (studying transformations of metals into gold) and continuing in the 19th century when laboratories become an important part of large paint and chemical producers such as Bayer, Krupp (from 1863) and Siemens (after 1905). Today we find laboratories as part of countless scientific research institutes, industrial complexes, science cities and technology parks.
Laboratory buildings have shared principles in organisational structure to provide the best possible working environment for the scientists. They all consists of: office spaces for theoretical research, laboratory modules for experimental work with controlled environmental conditions, support spaces (cold rooms, storage) and systems of services such as air conditioning, water and gas, etc. These spaces are strongly linked to each other functionally and most laboratories solve the problem of disposition in the most efficient way possible. Defining laboratories as a type allows us to follow their historical transformation and their role in a larger research cluster as well as their relationship with the surrounding area. Analyzing constant principles of organization of the main spatial elements gives an opportunity to recognize similarities and differences in each case study. Through distinguishing between these characteristics we get closer to understanding the way the type functions in an economic and urban context.
Functional Machine for Producing Knowledge
Laboratory buildings are structures that are highly sophisticated both technically and organizationally. Their main aim is to serve different processes of work, from experimental to theoretical studies. As mentioned above, the result of this work is knowledge that can- in some cases – be used for commercial projects or accelerate future discoveries in the given scientific field. The entire idea of buildings with this kind of function is the rational organization of highly specific spaces, which provide all that is necessary for inventing and testing scientific ideas. To examine the laboratory functionally, is to analyse modular, circulatory, technological systems that create a particular machine for producing knowledge.
The most common approach to classify building types is by their function and the laboratory building is most likely to be seen from this point. Laboratory buildings consist of the main functional elements that can be divided into primary, secondary and tertiary areas. Primary area: offices, laboratories, support spaces and system of services; secondary spaces are for social activities, such as conference halls, libraries, cafés, lobbies; tertiary elements are information and administration offices. The most frequent organisation of these elements is cellular plan of the laboratory, with repeatable units along a corridor and with modular equipment inside them. Cellular arrangement first of all deals with the basic questions of standards, norms, economy and control by fulfilling the demands of regularities and functional necessities.
Looking at architecture as a matter of technology is not new, it has much in common with the ideas of Le Corbusier, who wrote: 'Machinery contains in itself the factor of economy, which makes for selection. The house is a machine for living in.'[2] The period of the Second Industrial Revolution and Ford's ideas influenced the emergence of a new attitude towards architecture, which was one of mass-production. Anthony Vidler writes about this time, when 'buildings were to be no more and no less than machines themselves, serving and moulding the needs of man according to economic criteria.'[3] Thus, the laboratory building with its complicated functional organization can be perceived as a working machinery for developing science and producing knowledge.
Indeed, all laboratory buildings share the idea of the 'machine' because of the rigid structure, both constructive and organizational that is derived from specificity of scientific work and safety regulations. Location and modular dimensions of spaces directly effect the scientist's safety, work productivity, and functionality of laboratory. For example, a laboratory space needs to be next to the room for storing working material, while the writing space for theoretical work can be divided from the laboratory. Furthermore, there are requirements for working spaces that need to be followed in order to minimize accidents in laboratories. Standards and norms control the minimum width of work aisles, circulation aisles, as well as recommending appropriate levels of illumination, quality of services coming to the working bench, room temperature, etc. Modularity exists in the base of the laboratory design forming standardised self-contained laboratory cells. But standard schemes of laboratory cells should not be understood as something that limit the design, on the contrary, they are helpful illustrations of the most successful solutions of laboratory space that have been devised. 'A standard may be defined as that simplified practical exemplar of anything in general use which embodies a fusion of the best of its anterior forms – a fusion precede by the elimination of the personal content of their designers and all otherwise un-generic or non-essential features.'[4] Thus, in laboratory buildings features of scientific working processes define functional zones with certain requirements (presence of natural light, equipment, service), which are transformed into spatial organization of laboratory.
In laboratory facilities 'unification serves as most active tool for perfection of spatial organization.'[5] Most of the laboratories are designed in such a way, which is adaptable to more than one field of research. In the case of Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology five departments in several disciplines (laboratories of organic chemical synthesis, biochemical and molecular biological) located in identical "arms". In the centre of each wing is a double-loaded corridor, with combined laboratory and storage modules to one side and office cells to the other. Cellular spaces, with modular furniture and individual vertical service shafts, may contain different scientific groups from unrelated fields. So the laboratory building as a good "machine" can still serve them and adapt to changes in the function of laboratory cell.
Another strong functional elements in the composition of laboratory buildings are circulation systems. In the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, circulatory connections between all different facilities are realised by a 90 metre long hall, stairs and thin bridges that reduce walking distances. Thus in this building there is a clear spatial differentiating of activities according to the scientific process using the floor area and providing conditions for efficient maintenance.
After defining main functional elements of laboratory building it is now possible to look through historical precedents to see major transformations in spatial organization. On the one hand, the technological aspects of laboratories increase with the development of science. Laboratories are becoming more and more specific as different programs require their unique environment, equipment, etc. The spatial organization of laboratory rooms hereby changed from an open-plan (where several scientists or scientific groups work in one space) to a cellular-plan (where each scientist or small scientific group work in an isolated space). On the other hand, multi-functionality and collaboration are one of the main features of a successful functioning of the laboratory building. Thus first, research buildings can serve several highly specific functions in one volume. And second, the idea of communication is seen in both, past and present, precedents. In the past, in the open-plan laboratory, as in Johnson Wax Tower, many people were working on different projects and all social interactions were in one volume. And today – cellular-plan organizations bring back the idea of shared space by including lobbies, atriums, bridges, courtyards, etc. and visual or physical connections with them.
Functional Component of Larger Urban Complex
In the time of scientific-technical revolution the economic potential of the country greatly depended on the level of development of science giving rise to the idea of the science cities. In both cases, laboratory buildings are important part of these urban structures, because they are spaces for elaborating the first practical testing of new ideas and projects. For science complexes related to industry, laboratories aim to work on the application of ideas in order to generate innovative products. In university campus's laboratories are spaces for generating and developing knowledge and sharing information. Their location can be spread along different buildings according to departments, or can be concentrated in one specialised building. Vast faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Technical University of Munich for 3,800 students from 28 departments of 7 institutes can be an example for inclusion.
Free-standing examples seem – on first sight – to be isolated volumes, which serve their own facilities, such as providing equipped space for experiments. In fact, they are not isolated, but linked with other science facilities. First of all, their main function can dictate certain location, for instance, laboratories that are situated in a medical complex depend on the material provided by an adjacent hospital. Further, these laboratories can provide the surrounding area with unique secondary functions such as conference halls, exhibition spaces, libraries or common functions such as cafes and restaurants that can be shared and used by other departments of the campus. The Max Planck University of Chemical Ecology illustrates this very well, as it shares a library and conference hall with the adjacent Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry.
In laboratory buildings two main processes of knowledge production – experimental and theoretical – dictate specific and most often cellular arrangements of spaces. Furthermore, there is a tendency toward a third type of activity that is very important for innovation processes–communication -spaces for which can be specific or generic. Thus, it can be said that the laboratory building is definitely a functional type. Its spatial organisation is dictated by functional features of scientific working process and the scheme of this process literally transforms the building into a system of functional cells that form the type.
Laboratory as a Morphological Type
Usually a laboratory is part of a larger complex. Discoveries in laboratory can lead to further investments that allows for new building investments, which can further upgrade conditions. New spaces can expand the range of services/equipment thereby increasing the attractiveness of the laboratory building to scientists. As a result, other parts of the scientific campus develop and grow too. For example the laboratory building in Aberdeen is a part of University of Aberdeen, situated in the large medical campus. At first, the building was only 40 meters long, but with the extension the laboratory increased two-fold in size. Now there is further construction for more buildings, like the Suttie Centre for teaching and learning in health. Typical examples of similar process happened time ago in Silicon Valley and Stanford University.
Another crucial aspect of laboratories in the context of the city is the problem of scale. When a laboratory tries to fulfil the demands of a given scientific society, it can grow to the size of small science district, which can imitate all the main features of a small traditional city. This scientific city within the city can become spatially isolated from the surroundings and can lack normal interactions with it. Newer smaller laboratories can find it easier to integrate with their context due to their scale. They can compensate missing functions by collaborating with other nearby laboratories and universities, thus creating an inter-linked science network in the city.
In summary, the laboratory building type, when seen from a morphological point of view raises the questions of its is role in the transformation and development of larger science clusters, including the question of what relationships the laboratory should have with the idea of a science campus and the city.
[1] William Little, H.W. Fowler and Jessie Coulson, ed. by C.T. Onions, 3rd edn Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford Clarendon Press 1973, 1983), p. 1165.
[2] Le Corbusier, Towards a New Architecture (New York : Dover Publications, 1986), p.107.
[3] Anthony Vidler, 'Third typology', Oppositions, 7 (Winter, 1977), p.291.
[4] Walter Gropius, The New Architecture and The Bauhaus, (London: Faber & Faber, 1937), p.26.
[5] U.M.Platonov, R.N. Sergeev and G.N. Zosimov,Planning of science complexes (Moscow: Stroyisdat, 1977), p.6.
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FONTANA, Calif. — Denny Hamlin conjured up a name from "Days of Thunder" when talking about his golf buddy Kyle Larson.
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Busch often suggests specific changes to crew chief Adam Stevens. Larson remains deliberately and blithely uninformed about the workings of the car.
"I've talked to both of them pretty often, between Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson," said Hamlin, who has been Busch's teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing for more than a decade. "Larson is definitely the Cole Trickle. He just gets in and drives. He has no idea what's going on within the car — and that style works, and he's fast, and he's really, really talented.
If Busch and Larson are the two extremes, Hamlin considers himself more of a blend of styles.
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The Education of Judith Butler
The following article presents a series of facts. While obviously the facts I chose to share and the manner I share them in is in itself an editorial choice I make no assertions beyond these facts. I have no evidence Judith Butler has ever knowingly been an agent of the state.
Excerpt from New York Times
"Many people remember reading George Orwell's "Animal Farm" in high school or college, with its chilling finale in which the farm animals looked back and forth at the tyrannical pigs and the exploitative human farmers but found it "impossible to say which was which."
That ending was altered in the 1955 animated version, which removed the humans, leaving only the nasty pigs. Another example of Hollywood butchering great literature? Yes, but in this case the film's secret producer was the Central Intelligence Agency.
The C.I.A., it seems, was worried that the public might be too influenced by Orwell's pox-on-both-their-houses critique of the capitalist humans and Communist pigs. So after his death in 1950, agents were dispatched (by none other than E. Howard Hunt, later of Watergate fame) to buy the film rights to "Animal Farm" from his widow to make its message more overtly anti-Communist.
Rewriting the end of "Animal Farm" is just one example of the often absurd lengths to which the C.I.A. went, as recounted in a new book, "The Cultural Cold War: The C.I.A. and the World of Arts and Letters" (The New Press) by Frances Stonor Saunders, a British journalist."
How the C.I.A. Played Dirty Tricks With Culture
LAURENCE ZUCKERMAN MARCH 18, 2000 New York Times
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/10/03/%E2%80%98spy-schools-how-cia-fbi-and-foreign-intelligence-secretly-exploit-america%E2%80%99s
Educating Judith
Judith Butler was born February 24 1956, Cleveland Ohio.
Her father has been variously reported as being either a dentist or owning a small chain of theaters. I cannot find a public listing of his name.
Growing up one of the persons she repeatedly sites as her mentor is a Rabbi Daniel Silver. He graduated from Hebrew Union college 1952.
Nelson Glueck was an American rabbi, academic and archaeologist. He served as president of Hebrew Union College from 1947 until his death, in 1971.
This is an excerpt from
OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency
By Richard Smith
The one man mentioned above, Kermit Roosevelt, was the CIA officer in charge of Operation AJAX that removed Mohamed Mossedgah from power in Iran in 1953. He did this by funding AstroTurf opposition organizations and hiring paid demonstrators.
Judith Butler was educated at the elite schools of the American aristocracy: Bennington College and Yale University.
In 1951, the U.S. State Department issued a documentary on Bennington, highlighting its unique educational approach as a model for the Allied rebuilding of German society after the war.
Pay very close attention to the language and terms in this propaganda film, they may sound familiar
The President of Bennington College Frederick H. Burkhardt, was deputy director of public affairs under the high commissioner in Germany. He attained this position to reform German society because in World War II, he served in the Navy and with the Office of Strategic Services which would become the CIA by the time he was in Germany. He specialized in the covert disruption and shaping of societies.
One of the trustees of Bennington College was a man named Arthur W. Page. He specialized in the covert disruption and shaping of societies.
A letter from Arthur W. Page to Allen Dulles in 1956 inviting him to Dinner with a few friends.
Click to access DOC_0000481230.pdf
Excerpt from the Arthur Page Foundation for corporate public relations website.
"Arthur W. Page was born September 10, 1883, in Aberdeen, North Carolina. That was only seven years after United States occupation forces withdrew from the South after the Civil War. He was one of four offspring of Alou Wilson Page and Walter Hines Page.
His father, Walter Hines Page, was a journalist of exceptional distinction. He was editor of the New York World and, later, the Atlantic Monthly, which he is credited with saving. Still later in his career, he was a founder of Doubleday Page, the publishing company. He was an advisor to Woodrow Wilson. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain from 1913 to 1918, the period of World War I. Arthur Page attended The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey and was graduated from Harvard College in 1905. Throughout his life, he remained an unpaid consultant to U.S. presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower, as well as to countless cabinet secretaries and to the State Department and the War Department. When his father was Ambassador to Great Britain, he began the custom of writing periodic letters describing the mood, as well as the implications, of trends in public opinion in the U.S. These prescient observations were quickly recognized for their clarity and value and he continued the practice throughout his lifetime, at the invitation of many U.S. ambassadors posted throughout the world. He was summoned to Washington in 1945 by his friend, Henry Stimson, the Secretary of War. His task, as it turned out, was to prepare President Truman's announcement of the atomic bomb."
https://page.org/site/historical-perspective
Arthur W. Page is often cited as a seminal figure in American Public relations.
"Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing the spread of information between an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) and the public."
"In his new book, Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities (Henry Holt and Company), investigative journalist Daniel Golden explores the fraught — and sometimes exploitative — relationship between higher education and intelligence services,"..
In 1991 Judith Butler publishes Gender Trouble. In this and a number of subsequent books she makes arguments that, in brief, advocate for an active revolutionary theory that would use the multiplication of gender and other covert means to destabilize the capitalist patriarchy. She is regarded as the founder of "Queer Theory". Almost all Women's Studies programs are now referred to as Gender Studies and apply Queer Theory. The emergence of Gender Theory in both its absolute acceptance in the main stream media and rapid introduction into legislation across multiple jurisdictions is unprecedented in its speed.
Large Transgender charities and non-profits exist in Canada, The United States, The U.K. Australia, and New Zealand.
Canada, New York and many other jurisdictions recognize up to 30 Genders
The CIA has a history of operating covertly through Non Profits and Charity Organizations to advance political ends covertly.
"Everyone knows that the CIA funds various covert operations throughout the world. They do this through various front organizations including known CIA operations groups which funnel funds to "various non-governmental agencies" (NGOs) which then use those funds to achieve objectives both foreign and domestic. "
On May 17 2018 the Transgender Equity awards were held in Washington D.C.
Their website lists their sponsors
https://www.ncteactionfund.org/tenawards/
And these folks
The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an anglophone intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are parties to the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence.
The motto engraved in the rotunda of CIA headquarters in Langley Virginia:
"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
Male mice hard-wired to recognize sex of other mice
A male mouse identifies the sex of an unfamiliar mouse because of hard-wired brain physiology, not previous experience, investigators have found.
"Surprisingly, recognition of a stranger's sexual identity works completely differently in male and female mice," said Nirao Shah, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and of neurobiology.
The findings, described in a study to be published Jan. 31 in Cell, add to a small but growing list of mammalian brain circuits known to work differently in males and females. They inform a long-standing debate about the relative contributions of inherently hard-wired predispositions versus socially acquired influences in molding sex-specific behaviors.
Shah is the study's senior author. The lead author is postdoctoral scholar Daniel Bayless, PhD.
"Our findings show that males, at least, don't need prior sexual experience in order to make fast, reliable decisions about closely approaching strangers," Shah said.
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Richard Long: Prints 1970-2013
16 April – 22 June 2014 at The New Art Gallery, Walsall
Richard Long, No Footprints, 2013, Offset Lithograph, 63 x 45.6 cm
Richard Long is considered one of the leading exponents of British Land Art. He was among a generation of artists who wanted to extend the possibilities of sculpture beyond the confines of traditional materials, expanding the artist's view from that of observing the landscape to journeying through it. The materials used, such as stones, pebbles and driftwood, are gathered in situ and assembled by Long into circles, lines and eclipses. The artist's walks, which have taken him through Nepal, Africa, Mexico, Bolivia and remote areas of Britain, are documented with photographs, wall drawings and printed statements.
This exhibition will bring together, for the first time, all of the artist's prints, made over a 40-year period. These provide great insight into the relationship between Long's sculpture and graphic work. Highlights include Dartmoor Walks (1972), Being in the Moment (1999), and No Footprints (2013), a new limited edition print created expressly for the occasion of the exhibition. The latter makes reference to a walk in Antartica in December 2012 when it was not possible for the artist to leave behind any footprints at all in the frozen, bluish ice masses.
Spring Circle, 1992 marks a walk through north Cornwall with an arrangement of greenish-blue slate in a circle on the floor. The slate has been cut to preserve its natural form and is presented with the smooth side up, allowing natural sunlight in the Gallery to dance upon the surface of the material.
Harmony and balance are guiding principles for Long, who has described his work as a meeting of 'human characteristics with the natural forces and patterns of the world.'
Spring Circle, 1992 compliments the Richard Long: Prints 1970-2013 exhibition, the first comprehensive survey of prints by the artist in the UK.
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Richard Long, Mud Hand Print. 1984, Imprint of the artist's right hand with River Avon mud (monotype) on white cardboard 32 x 45 cm (Edition: 100 copies). Photography: Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Annegret Gossens © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, for Richard Long
Richard Long, Rosin Dubh – A Slow Air, 1976, Offset Lithograph, 50 x 76 cm
Richard Long, The artist at his studio
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Back in February I explained the stupid situation that had taken place at the estate agents with whom I rented my flat from. My foot was not too pleased and I was on crutches for a while, and even though I've now dispensed and returned the crutches to the hospital I still feel the effects of the injury when walking too far or too quickly though it isn't a real issue.
However the issue that caused the situation was money owed by me to them and the dispute over how much. I had worked out that I owed a little amount and they then claimed I was no where near finishing payments etc. and I got quite stressed by it all. Well after getting some money that I hadn't expected a few weeks back now I intended to pay the remainder off today. I had a good idea of how much I owed and even though I didn't really want to use all the new money I knew it would be wiser if I did and thus settle that debt. About 4 weeks ago I requested a statement from the estate agents telling me how much I owed, but it never arrived, so this morning I went to do my washing but also to pay my debts off.
On getting into the office I asked would they contact the person who deals with this and confirm how much I owed so I could write the cheque for them. The total I was given was significantly less than what I had presumed, in fact it was no where near what I thought it was. I asked for them to get the person to call me, as she was heading into a meeting. I know it was a lot less than what I expected, and I shouldn't have complained, but with all the messing around previously I didn't exactly trust them. So I waited for the call while doing my clothes wash, no call came. So on packing my clothes back into my bags I went next door to the office and got put through to the person in charge. It was then explained that the amount I owed was indeed the lesser figure and the higher total quoted to me previously after I'd lashed out with my foot was only so high as they hadn't had my benefit in yet. This is good news, I'd have more money in my account than I had thought I would.
This though has left me pissed off and happy at the same time, I know I was stupid back in February, and I'm still not over that yet. Howver all that was for nothing now, as MY calculations which I'd done previously before asking for official confirmation of what I then owed were indeed correct. Even when they came back to me with the reduced figure without explaining the situation with my benefit, I accepted though I wasn't quite sure how they'd got to that amount. Now though it's paid off, I'm free of that debt, I can work on the other, and whilst I know it's going to take time to pay that off, I have a bit of money to play with now and so I have a smile on my face, though I'm really pissed off at the estate agents.
It's a strange feeling to be so angry and so happy at the same thing, I don't think I've been in this situation before.. So I move on and carry on living. and sorting my monies out again. Though with the good news that I'm also do an upgrade on my phone. Which means after 15 months of using an old phone after losing my previous one I can get back up to date with a smart phone and forget about the feeling in the dark ages with the one I've got. It's served it's purpose and I'm grateful for that, but it will be good to get back to a phone I can do so much more on than what I can now.


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T 1370/08 () of 8.6.2010
G10L 15/06
Decision text in EN (PDF, 25 KB)
Spoken language understanding that incorporates prior knowledge into boosting
AT&T Corp.
European Patent Convention Art 108
European Patent Convention R 99(2)
Admissibility of the appeal (no; inadequate substantiation of the statement of grounds)
I. European patent application 02 254 994.3 (publication No. EP 1 280 136) was refused by a decision of the examining division dispatched on 29 February 2008, primarily for the reason of lack of support in the description (Article 84 EPC 1973) of the subject-matter of claim 1 then on file. Further deficiencies under Articles 56 and 83 EPC 1973 and Article 123(2) EPC were indicated.
II. The applicant lodged an appeal against the decision on 7 May 2008 and paid the prescribed fee on the same day. A statement of grounds of appeal was filed on 20 June 2008.
The statement reads as follows:
"Grounds of Appeal
We are now submitting the Grounds of Appeal for the above application.
Please find enclosed a set of amended claims, beginning on page 18, which are presented as an auxiliary request. In these claims some amendments are proposed to claim 1, and additional independent claims 9 and 10 are added.
A copy of page 18 showing the amendments to claim 1 is also enclosed for the Examiner´s convenience.
The claims at present on file, as amended in our response of 24 September 2007 to the second Examination Report, are presented as our main request.
We submit that these claims should be allowed for the reasons already presented to the EPO in our earlier correspondence. In particular, the contents of our letter of 16 February 2007 in response to the first examination report, our letter of 24 September 2007 in response to the second examination report, and our facsimile of 11 February 2008 presenting an email containing the inventor´s comments as written submissions for the Oral Proceedings are all incorporated herein in their entirety.
We respectfully submit that the Examiner was not properly understanding the invention, and was not correct in his assessments of the value of the invention. We respectfully submit that each of the three portions of the final corpus of training entries together with their associated labels and senses of attachment effectively provide different treatments of the collection of utterances data, based on the rules created for the particular application at hand, and consequently they are useful to the classification process.
Favourable reconsideration of the application is requested."
III. On 1 April 2010 the appellant was summoned to oral proceedings to take place on 8 June 2010.
In an annex accompanying the summons pursuant to Article 15(1) RPBA the Board informed the appellant that it had serious doubts as to whether the statement of grounds of appeal met the requirements of Article 108 EPC in conjunction with Rule 99(2) EPC so that the admissibility of the appeal would become the sole topic of discussion in the oral proceedings.
IV. By facsimile of 6 May 2010 the appellant filed an amended claim 1 as a second auxiliary request. No observations were made in support of the admissibility of the appeal.
In a telephone conversation with and a subsequent e-mail to the Board's registrar on 1 June 2010 the representative of the appellant confirmed that he did not intend to attend the oral proceedings and would not have done so, even if the two months notice of Rule 115(1) EPC had been given.
V. Oral proceedings, at the end of which the decision of the Board was announced, took place on 8 June 2010 in the absence of the appellant.
1. In the light of the entry into force of the EPC 2000, reference is made to Article 7(1), 2nd sentence of the Revision Act of 29 November 2000 ("Act revising the Convention on the Grant of European Patents (European Patent Convention) of 5 October 1973, last revised on 17 December 1991") and the transitional provisions for the amended and new provisions of the EPC (Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 June 2001), from which it may be derived which Articles of the EPC 1973 are still applicable to the present application and which Articles of the EPC 2000 are to apply.
2. Admissibility of the appeal
2.1 Article 108 EPC in conjunction with Rule 99(2) EPC requires that a statement setting out the grounds of appeal is filed which indicates the reasons for setting aside the decision impugned, or the extent to which it is to be amended, and the facts and evidence on which the appeal is based.
In this respect, the jurisprudence of the boards of appeal has developed the general principle applicable to statements of grounds of appeal that the grounds of appeal should specify the legal or factual reasons on which the request for setting aside the decision is based (see for instance T 220/83 (OJ 1986, 249)). The arguments must be clearly and concisely presented to enable the board to understand immediately why the decision is alleged to be incorrect.
2.2 In the present case, the grounds given consist, on the one hand, of a reference to reasons presented in earlier letters dated 16 February 2007 and 24 September 2007 and in a facsimile of 11 February 2008 and, on the other hand, of the allegation that the examiner had not properly understood the invention and was not correct in his assessment of the value of the invention. This is followed by a brief explanation as to the merits of the invention (cf point II of the above Summary of Facts and Submissions).
2.2.1 Statements of grounds of appeal which merely refer generally to submissions made in the first instance proceedings are normally not considered to be adequately substantiated since they do not clearly indicate which grounds of the decision are regarded as mistaken, and why, and therefore make it impossible for a board to immediately consider and decide upon the merits of the appeal without making investigations of its own (see for instance decisions T 646/92, T 188/92, T 287/90 or T 349/00, none of them published).
In the case at hand, the situation is even worse : the submissions referred to in the statement of grounds of appeal include an acknowledgement that one of the reasons presented in the decision is in fact correct. The facsimile of 11 February 2008 responded to a communication of the examining division dated 15 November 2007 which directly preceded its decision and which had raised concrete objections under Articles 56, 83 and 84 EPC 1973. The facsimile reproduces the text of an e-mail with comments which one of the inventors had sent to the appellant's representative. Insofar as these comments make reference to the said communication of 15 November 2007, they acknowledge that the mathematical expression "1 - hp(x,l)" which appears in claim 1 of what is still the appellant's main request is erroneous. In other words, the most recent submission made in the first instance proceedings to which reference is made as substantiation of the grounds of appeal amounts to an admission that the decision is correct in this respect and, as far as the reasons for refusal under Article 84 EPC 1973 are concerned, does not even attempt to defend the request on which the contested decision is based and which is maintained as the main request for the appeal.
As a matter of fact, the objection of lack of support in the description for a "weight" of the claimed value of "1 - hp(xi,l)" was not addressed by the appellant in any of their responses.
2.2.2 The remainder of the facsimile merely alleges a fundamental misunderstanding of the invention on the part of the examining division. It constitutes in fact the only substantive submission in the grounds of appeal presented.
However, it does not address the question as to why the findings of the examining division, in particular the finding of the said lack of support of the claimed subject-matter in the description of the application, were wrong but, instead, briefly explains why the appellant considers his invention to be of value and useful.
Besides, this brief explanation refers to technical items, ie "three portions of the final corpus of training entries" and "collection of utterances data", which are not the subject of the independent claims of the requests made with the statement of grounds of appeal.
2.2.3 It follows that the statement of grounds of appeal does not specify any legal or factual reason why the objection identified by the examining division in paragraph 1 of the reasons for the decision may be regarded to be wrong and therefore lacks adequate substantiation.
2.3.1 Exceptionally, an appeal may be considered admissible even if its grounds fail to deal with the reasoning of the contested decision. In decision T 934/02 (cf Reasons, point 2; not published) the board found that an appeal which does not state any substantive reasons as to why the contested decision is wrong may nevertheless be regarded as being substantiated merely by the fact that amended claims are filed which deprive the contested decision of its basis. Similarly, in decision T 729/90 (Reasons, point 1.3), the board held that the fact alone that the statement of grounds of appeal contained a set of claims forming an auxiliary request rendered the appeal admissible. However, in each of these cases, the respective board required that a causal link between the amended claims and the reasons given in the contested decision must be apparent. This causal link was evident either in the fact that the amended claims corresponded to a proposal of the examining division or in the fact that an explanation kad been provided as to why certain amendments had been performed and why the decision was therefore no longer valid.
2.3.3 In the present case an auxiliary request was filed on 28 June 2008 with the statement of the grounds of appeal. However, a causal link has not been demonstrated between the amended claims and the reasons set out in the contested decision. In particular, the appellant's statement of grounds of appeal does not contain any explanation as to the significance of the amendments made in the auxiliary request nor as to why these amendments address the objections raised by the examining division, in particular in sections 2 and 3 of the reasons for the decision. Consequently, the mere act of filing an auxiliary request together with the statement of grounds of appeal in the present case does not make up for the necessary substantiation.
2.4 For the above reasons, the statement of grounds of appeal filed in the present case amounts to no more than a mere assertion that the contested decision is incorrect, without stating the legal or factual reasons why that decision should be set aside (see T 432/88, point 2 of the Reasons), and thus does not satisfy the provisions of Article 108 EPC in conjunction with Rule 99(2) EPC.
The appeal is therefore not admissible.
The subsequent filing of a second auxiliary request cannot change this finding since the admissibility of the appeal in the present case depends on the contents of the statement of grounds of appeal and not on any subsequent attempt to modify the claims.
The appeal is rejected as inadmissible.


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When you ask the candidate if they have any questions at the end of the interview, what should you be expecting to hear?
If they say no, they seem unprepared and uninterested. If they say yes, how do you tell the difference between questions just for the sake of asking questions, and questions from genuine interest and preparation?
1. What are you looking for in the candidate that will fill this role?
It is important for the candidate to be able to describe how they will be able to add value in the role. If they haven't taken the time to get clear on your wants and needs in the beginning, it will be difficult for them to describe how they will meet your needs throughout the interview.
2. Can you give me an example of someone who has been a Superstar and how they got there?
This will demonstrate their motivation and potential goal alignment. If they are clear about objectives from the beginning there is a greater chance they will be able to get up to speed quickly. It also shows they are focused on demonstrating an ability to add value and contribute to the company's growth and development.
3. How does this position support the Company achieving its goals?
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4. What are the next steps and is there any reason you wouldn't put me forward to the next stage?
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Portland restaurant, hotel owners ask city lawmakers to welcome Uber
by Taylor Soper on December 3, 2014 at 3:10 pm December 3, 2014 at 3:33 pm
Photo via Flickr user Stuart Seeger.
There is demand for Uber and Lyft in Portland — at least from some of the city's restaurant, bar, and hotel owners.
A group of more than 40 people — from Stumptown Coffee founder Duane Sorenson to Ace Hotel general manager Donald Kenney — signed a letter sent to Portland Mayor Charlie Hales and four commissioners asking the city to overturn "antiquated laws" that are prohibiting new on-demand transportation startups like Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar.
"We are a city that prides itself on entrepreneurship, on independent business, on being one of the only medium-sized cities in the country where people can actually live without a car," the letter reads. "So, it's difficult to understand why Portland is now the largest city in the country where ride-sharing companies are not able to operate. It is inconsistent with the kind of City Commission we know you are and inconsistent with who we are as a city."
Portland City Commissioner Steve Novick.
The letter, which you can read in full below, points out how Portland's current regulations protect the taxi industry and that there are .07 cabs per one thousand residents.
"At Feast Portland this year, the number one complaint among the 12,000 attendees from 50 different states and provinces was, 'lack of reliable taxi service,'" the letter notes.
The letter is reminiscent of a similar note written by the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) and the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce in February 2013 persuading city leaders to allow companies like Uber in the city. Seattle legalized the services this past June.
In an interview with City Commissioner Steve Novick this past August, Portland lawmakers appear to be taking their time when it comes to allowing companies like Uber and Lyft into its city. Novick said the issue is not as important for his office as tasks like fixing broken streets, preparing for an earthquake, and reducing unnecessary emergency room visits.
"This would fall into sort of a medium tier," Novick said of the Uber problem. "But it's still very interesting, and something we're not going to forget."
Mike Thelin.
Last month, the Portland Bureau of Transportation found that demand for taxi rides is exceeding supply and in response has temporarily lifted restrictions to allow for more taxi cabs. The demand is not too surprising given a recent study from the R Street Institute that found Portland's transportation options to be lackluster compared to other U.S. cities.
It's been interesting watching Uber, which has raised $1.5 billion, stay out of Portland. The company often sets up shop in cities without first becoming regulated — it did so in Seattle before laws put into place this past June — but has yet to do so in the Rose City. Uber has launched its uberX service — which lets drivers use their own cars to shuttle people around — in six other Oregon cities. Lyft, meanwhile, is not operating in Oregon.
Mike Thelin, co-founder of Feast Portland who helped spearhead the effort for this letter, told GeekWire that he thinks Portland is crazy for not allowing companies like Uber to operate — "especially given its reputation as a place where you can actually live without a car," he noted.
"For business travelers like me, it's just unbelievable," he said. "Ride-sharing is no longer an amenity in cities — it's a standard — like free WiFi or cell phone service. To not have ride sharing is backwards."
Thelin also pointed out how Portland has welcomed a similar "sharing economy" startup — Airbnb — with open arms and even made it legal for the home-sharing company to operate in the city this past August.
"What's really crazy is that Portland leaders embrace AirBnB but shun Uber," Thelin said. "They are the same thing."
We've reached out to Commissioner Novick for a response and will update this post when we hear back. Read the full letter here:
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