January 19, 2016 (San Luis Obispo, Calif) – The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival is thrilled to announce it will award Academy Award nominee and five-time Golden Globe winner Ann-Margret with the prestigious King Vidor Award for Excellence in Filmmaking at the 22nd Annual SLO Film Fest in March.
Academy Award-winner Alan Arkin, who received the King Vidor Award in 2010, will present the award to his friend and colleague at the historic Fremont Theatre in Downtown San Luis Obispo on Saturday, March 19.
"I am very much looking forward to coming back. Ann-Margret is as delightful and genuine as a person can be," said Arkin who co-stars in the May release, "Going In Style," with Ann-Margret, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine.
After the King Vidor Award ceremony, which is sponsored by BHE Renewables, SLO Film Fest will honor Ann-Margret with a celebration that includes the George Sidney Independent Film Awards. Ann-Margret, who worked with George Sidney on several films, will participate in the filmmaker awards. Before the presentation, the Festival will screen Viva Las Vegas, the 1964 comedy/musical starring Ann-Margret and Elvis Presley, and directed by George Sidney.
Ann-Margret, a consummate entertainer, has been nominated twice for an Academy Award, won five Golden Globe Awards, an Emmy, and received five more Emmy nominations. She is a three-time winner of the "Female Star of the Year" award and has been twice honored as "Outstanding Box Office Star of the Year" by the Theatre Owners of America. Ann-Margret was also nominated for a Grammy. She has performed at the White House, received presidential citations for entertaining the U.S. armed forces overseas and was honored by the USO World Board of Governors. During the Vietnam War, Ann-Margret and other entertainers teamed up for a USO tour to entertain U.S. service members in remote parts of Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
Since her 1961 film debut playing Bette Davis' daughter in A Pocketful of Miracles, Ann-Margret has made over fifty-five films, including such hits as Cincinnati Kid, State Fair, Bye Bye Birdie, Viva Las Vegas, Grumpy Old Men and its sequel. Her two Academy Award nominations were earned in director Mike Nichols' groundbreaking film, Carnal Knowledge and in the classic Ken Russell rock film, Tommy. A gifted "triple threat" performer, Ann-Margret also starred in the extremely successful, coast-to-coast production of The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, which toured 39 cities.
Ann-Margret recently appeared in a two-part episode of Showtime's highest rated series Ray Donovan, and as well as a number of other TV series.
The event will begin at 5 p.m. with a screening of Viva Las Vegas. After a short intermission, Ann-Margret will be presented with the King Vidor Award, followed by juried awards for winning filmmakers in several categories. An awards after-party will also be held at the SLO Masonic Lodge in downtown San Luis Obispo, sponsored by several preeminent local wineries, restaurants and breweries.
+ A Tribute to Ann-Margret – Saturday, March 19, Fremont Theatre, 1025 Monterey St. SLO.
+ King Vidor Award and George Sidney Filmmaker Awards – 7 pm, $15 General / $10 Students & SLOIFF Film Society. Tickets includes movie and awards (Only Movie Mogul Passes accepted).
+ Awards Night After-Party – 8:30 pm King David Masonic Lodge, 859 Marsh St., $35 General / $25 Students & SLOIFF Film Society.
+ Sponsored by the City of San Luis Obispo, the new Hollywood & Vines Hospitality Tent behind the historic Fremont Theater will feature behind-the-scenes film panels, after-parties with live music, happy hour events and Central Coast wine, beer and food.
+ 11th Annual Surf Nite in SLO will feature Ocean Driven, a new documentary about big wave surfer and Maverick's champion, Chris Bertish. Internationally renowned waterman and public speaker, Bertish will travel from South Africa to be in attendance along with Maverick's pioneer, Jeff Clark, director Nadia Tarlow and Greg Linden, VP of Big Wave World Tour. More special guests TBA. The event is sponsored by the Boutique Hotel Collection, City of Pismo Beach and Quality Suites.
> Friday, March 18, 7 p.m. at the Fremont Theatre, San Luis Obispo.
+ Vintage Paso Robles: Zinfandel and the Paso Wine Alliance will sponsor Somm: Into the Bottle, part of an event that includes a "Zinposium" hosted by Master Sommelier Fred Dame and an after-party at the Park Ballroom, featuring California Zinfandels and local desserts.
> Friday, March 18, 5:30 p.m. Zinposium, 7 p.m. movie at Park Cinemas, Paso Robles.
+ An Afternoon of Film Noir & Pinot Noir will offer attendees a chance to taste a variety of Central Coast Pinot's (including a number of award-winning wines) before a screening of a great "film noir." The event is sponsored by Grape Encounters & SLO Wine Country.
+ Special Presentation films throughout the festival include a retrospective of Ann-Margret's film career including a Sing-long With Bye Bye Birdie on closing night; the silent classic Nosferatu with an original and live piano score by German pianist, Markus Horn; a day-long series of ocean-related films in Avila Beach; a new film series for running enthusiasts; a classic William Wellman film hosted by William Wellman Jr., and more to be announced soon.
A number of special-event tickets are on sale now. The complete festival schedule and film lineup will be announced in early February on www.slofilmfest.org. Press credentials will be available for approved media representatives, please email Elissa Wiese for those details. Photos are available upon request.


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U.S. Government Supports Ghana to Develop Anti – Child Labor and Trafficking Strategy for the Fisheries Sector
ACCRA, Ghana, 24 October 2018-/African Media Agency/-The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MOFAD) and the U.S. Government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), held a signing ceremony for the fisheries sector's new Anti-Child Labor and Trafficking Strategy. The strategy outlines the Ministry's plans to reduce and eventually eliminate child labor and trafficking in the fisheries sector.
The USAID Sustainable Fisheries Management Project collaborated with MOFAD to develop a national strategy to help eradicate child labor and trafficking in Ghanaian fishing communities. Coordinated through the MOFAD Marine Fisheries Division, the consultative process also included participation and support from Ghana's Ministry of Gender, Child, and Social Protection.
Chargé d'Affaires U.S. Embassy, Ghana Mr. Christopher J. Lamora and MOFAD Minister Elizabeth Naa Afoley Quaye at the public unveiling of the new strategy.
Approved by MOFAD Minister Elizabeth Naa Afoley Quaye on July 13, 2018, the signing event marks the public unveiling of the new strategy. During the ceremony, Chargé d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ghana Mr. Christopher J. Lamora noted the importance of the signing ceremony, stating that the newly adopted strategy "bolsters the Government of Ghana's commitment to fight child labor and trafficking, and highlights our cooperation to eliminate all forms of child labor and human trafficking."
Employing children in a manner that deprives them of their childhood, and is harmful to their physical and mental development, is referred to as child labor. Over the past two years, the Government of Ghana has increased efforts to address child labor and trafficking. In recognition of these efforts, the Department of State upgraded Ghana's classification to Tier 2 in the 2018 State Department's Trafficking in Person report, paving the way for further cooperation and development assistance.
Distributed by African Media Agency (AMA) on behalf of U.S. Embassy in Ghana .
About USAID
USAID is the lead U.S. government agency that works to end extreme global poverty and enable resilient, democratic societies to realize their potential. USAID has supported Ghana in increasing food security, improving basic health care, enhancing access to quality basic education, and strengthening local governance to benefit all Ghanaian people. www.feedthefuture.gov.

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Remembering—North St. Paul Veterans Park gets finishing touches
Submitted by admin1 on Wed, 08/12/2015 - 12:00am
Erin Hinrichs
Beyond the greeter monument, planners discussed final touches on Aug. 5. (Erin Hinrichs/Review)
A path with history pillars surrounds the memorial. (Erin Hinrichs/Review)
Dan Fisher in the jungles north of Khe Sanh, Vietnam, in 1967. (submitted photo)
Dan Fisher, 68, displays early design plans for the memorial. (submitted photo)
Carl Hurtgen, left, and "Stoner" standing outside headquarters in Cu Chi, Vietnam, July 1969. (submitted photo)
The remembrance wall is decorated with the names of local fallen soldiers. (Erin Hinrichs/Review)
Dedication ceremony Aug. 15
After nearly four years of planning and months of construction, finishing touches for the new North St. Paul Veterans Memorial are underway.
City staff and volunteers with North St. Paul Veterans Park, Inc. — the nonprofit of local veterans and volunteers formed to manage the memorial — meet at the site to make sure nothing is overlooked.
With checklist in hand, Dan Fisher, committee co-chair, asks for updates on everything from the concrete staining and landscaping to the flag orders and insurance coverage.
No one in the volunteer group has built a memorial before, but they're no stranger to deadlines, perfection and teamwork.
"You're back to working together as a team," Fisher says of his veteran colleagues. "The team effort is really a good thing."
On Saturday, Aug. 15, they'll be hosting a dedication ceremony for the new North St. Paul Veterans Park, located at the intersection of Highway 36 and Margaret Street across from North St. Paul High School. The ceremony will start at 11 a.m., followed by a reception at the North St. Paul Legion.
Having already witnessed bystanders exploring the monument during construction, Fisher says the highlight of the event will be the stories that unfold as people interact with the monument.
"They'll start telling you stories about their family. Then you become a listener. Be prepared to listen because people are expressing themselves up there, [in a way] they never get to.
"Seventy percent of the pavers are grouped by family ... units or buddies. So it's become a story of family history. There's family pride."
Four years in the making
Before Veterans Park, the site housed Central Park, which later became Cannon Park. Henry Castle, founder of North St. Paul and a Civil War veteran, had donated the land to the city In 1887.
In 2007, the Minnesota Department of Transportation annexed the property to rebuild Highway 36. The remaining plot remained dormant until MnDOT donated it back to the city.
Then in 2011, North St. Paul council member Terry Furlong, liaison to the Parks and Recreation Commission, gauged interest among local veterans in creating a veterans park.
With $5,000 in seed money from the city and the support of local veterans service organizations — including the American Legion Post 39, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1350 and the North High School Air Force Junior ROTC — a core volunteer group started planning and fundraising the following summer.
In 2014, the city secured $100,000 in bonding funds through the state Legislature to help construct the memorial. That same year, North St. Paul Veterans Park, Inc. acquired nonprofit status to ensure the memorial is well maintained in the future.
As of Aug. 5, the group had raised $134,456 through the sale of 690 individual pavers engraved with the names of veterans, 37 group pavers and five benches — all of which will be included in the memorial.
Contemplative design
While spectators are welcome to tour the park in private, planners hope people with engage with various elements of the memorial.
A 6-foot-tall black granite greeter monument welcomes visitors at the entrance. And a remembrance wall pays tribute to greater North St. Paul area veterans who were killed, went missing in action or were held as Prisoners of War.
The wall is encircled by a series of stone pillars that list each conflict local veterans have served in, along with a brief description.
"The design is meant to be contemplative," Fisher says. "So when people go there, they look at the names and they look at the history of North St. Paul and they understand that all communities are tied into the nation. And the sacrifice and service of its citizens is extremely valuable and should always be honored."
From here on out, new pavers will be ordered and installed once a year.
For more information about the ordering pavers, the memorial design or a play-by-play of the construction phase, visit http://nspveteranspark.org/memorialpark.htm.
Erin Hinrichs can be reached at 651-748-7814 and ehinrichs@lillienews.com. Follow her at twitter.com/EHinrichsNews.
On the ground with Dan Fisher, North St. Paul Veterans Memorial Committee Co-Chair
Dan Fisher, 68, is a native of the Frogtown area of St. Paul and a Purple Heart recipient.
He volunteered for service in the U.S. Marine Corps and was trained as a rifleman.
Fisher served in Vietnam for 13 months with the First Battalion 26th Marines, southwest of Da Nang and in Khe Sanh.
Fisher volunteered at age 19 "because I felt a sense of responsibility to my country in a time of need."
The teen soon faced the realities of training and war. "The Marine Corps became real in boot camp, thorough training and focus. Then it became more real in Vietnam, and even more real as an infantry member," he says. "Then it was really serious."
Fisher, a sergeant, served from 1966-68 with the Marines.
After service, Fisher says he pushed those memories out of his mind, so he could focus on his next steps: raising a family and finding a job.
"When I came home, you weren't getting a lot of pats on the back," he recalls, noting the transition from battlefield to home is difficult for many.
A retired 3M employee of 35 years, he currently serves as co-chair of the memorial committee and is an active member of the VFW Post 1350 and the Fort Snelling Memorial Rifle Squad.
"Service to others has become the focus in retirement years," he says. "It's a renewal of volunteerism and I think it's a good thing."
On the ground with Carl Hurtgen, North St. Paul Veterans Memorial Committee Co-Chair
Carl Hurtgen, 68, was raised on the East Side. He was drafted into the Army to serve in the Vietnam War in 1968 for 14 months, following the Tet Offensive. As a sergeant in the 25th division, he survived active combat, but saw one of his training friends die in the field. The entire experience haunted him long after he came home.
"I was still fighting in my dream," he says, noting he felt isolated.
He married his fiancé of two years, who had written him a letter every day he was away, and started working for a phone company.
Over the years, he's connected with other veterans through his involvement with VFW Post 1350 and, most recently, as co-chair of the memorial committee.
He's looking forward to memorializing a bit of his own family history by bringing out-of-state family members to see the pavers he had engraved to honor his father and two uncles who served in World War II.
Hurtgen adds that the memorial offers not only a place to visit, but a way to meet others with similar experiences.
"I think it's going to be very emotional for people to see this," he says of the memorial. "I'm sure we're going hear stories. I think that's going to be the nice part about this."
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Constructed by: Howard Barkin
Today's Theme (according to Bill): Great Puzzle, Initially
Themed answers have intitials that play a key part in the corresponding clue. Very, very clever …
18A TV talent show? : THE VOICE
28A FM band on the radio? : FLEETWOOD MAC
49A Academy Awards M.C.? : MICHAEL CAINE
64A U.S. symbol? : UNCLE SAM
1 It counts on your movements : FITBIT
Fitbits are wearable activity trackers that are mainly used to track the number of steps walked, although more and more features have been added over time. A Fitbit was even used as evidence in at least one murder case. A Connecticut man claimed that a home intruder had shot and killed his wife. Police used data from the wife's Fitbit to disprove the husband's story, and ended up charging him with the murder.
10 Neighbor for a Syrian : TURK
Turkey is a country that straddles the border between the continents of Europe and Asia. Even though most of Turkey lies geographically in Asia, in recent decades the country has been strengthening its ties with its European neighbors. Turkey is a member of NATO, and was well on the way to becoming a member of the European Union until EU members started calling out human rights violations in recent years.
14 Antelope with lyre-shaped horns : IMPALA
"Impala" is the Zulu word for "gazelle". When running at a sustained speed, gazelles can move along at 30 miles per hour. If needed, they can accelerate for bursts up to 60 miles per hour.
16 "Chestnuts roasting ___ open fire" : ON AN
The Christmas classic known as "The Christmas Song", which starts out with the line "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire", was written in 1944 by Bob Wells and singer Mel Tormé. According to Tormé, the song was actually written on a very hot summer day, with Wells providing the lyrics. Apparently without the intention of writing a song, Wells jotted down four "Christmassy" phrases in an effort to "stay cool by thinking cool". Those phrases were:
Chestnuts roasting
Jack Frost nipping
Yuletide carols
Folks dressed up like Eskimos
"The Christmas Song" is now the most-performed Christmas song in the world.
17 Side Hyde tried to hide : JEKYLL
Robert Louis Stevenson's novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" was published in 1886. There are many tales surrounding the writing of the story, including that the author wrote the basic tale in just three to six days, and spent a few weeks simply refining it. Allegedly, Stevenson's use of cocaine stimulated his creative juices during those few days of writing.
18 TV talent show? : THE VOICE
"The Voice" is yet another reality television show. It is a singing competition in which the judges hear the contestants without seeing them in the first round. The judges then take on chosen contestants as coaches for the remaining rounds. "The Voice" is a highly successful worldwide franchise that originated in the Netherlands as "The Voice of Holland".
21 "The Simpsons" character who competed in a crossword tournament : LISA
Lisa Simpson is Bart's brainy younger sister on TV's "The Simpsons". Lisa is voiced by actress Yeardley Smith. In a 2008 episode of the show, Lisa enters a crossword tournament. Crossword celebrities Merl Reagle and Will Shortz make appearances in that episode, basically playing cartoon versions of themselves.
24 Ocho ___, Jamaica : RIOS
If you ever take a cruise ship to Jamaica, you will likely disembark in Ocho Rios, a major port of call for the cruise lines. "Ocho rios" is Spanish for "eight rivers".
26 Eavesdropping on the most conversations, maybe : NOSIEST
To eavesdrop is to listen in on someone else's conversation without being invited to do so. The term comes from the practice of spies loitering in the area just outside the walls of a house, particularly in the "eavesdrip", the ground close to a house that catches the drips of rainwater falling from the eaves of the roof.
28 FM band on the radio? : FLEETWOOD MAC
The band Fleetwood Mac was founded in 1967 in London by Peter Green. He chose "Fleetwood Mac" from the names of two friends in former groups, i.e. "Fleetwood" and "McVie"). Green did this despite the fact that Fleetwood Mac's drummer's name happens to be Mick Fleetwood.
32 Pinkish violet : LILAC
The ornamental flowering plant known as lilac is native to the Balkans, and is a member of the olive family.
33 Typical kabuki performer, in any role : MAN
Kabuki is a Japanese form of theater involving dance and drama. In the original Kabuki theater, both male and female parts were played by women. In contrast, the Noh dramas have the male and female parts played by men.
34 Round food item with square indentations : EGGO
Eggo is a line of frozen waffles and related products made by Kellogg's. When they were introduced in the 1930s, the name "Eggo" was chosen to promote the "egginess" of the batter. "Eggo" replaced "Froffles", the original name chosen by melding "frozen" and "waffles".
43 Rare tic-tac-toe win : O-O-O
When I was growing up in Ireland we played "noughts and crosses" … our name for the game tic-tac-toe.
44 Popular samosa filling : PEAS
A samosa is quite the tasty appetizer. It is usually a triangular-shaped savory that often has a vegetarian filling. The word "samosa" is primarily used on Indian menus, and the name comes from "sanbosag", the name for the dish in Persia.
47 Field of "Mad Men," informally : AD BIZ
"Mad Men" was the flagship show on the AMC television channel for several seasons. Set in the sixties, it's all about an advertising agency located on Madison Avenue in New York (hence the title). "Mad Men" became the first show created by a basic cable channel to win an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series.
49 Academy Awards M.C.? : MICHAEL CAINE
There have been only two actors who have been nominated for an Academy Award in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s. One is Jack Nicholson, and the other is Michael Caine. Caine is now known as Sir Michael Caine, as he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in the year 2000.
53 "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" artist : PICASSO
"Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" ("The Young Ladies of Avignon") is an oil painting created by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso in 1917. The painting is generally regarded as having a profound influence on modern art and is hailed as the most important proto-Cubist work. You can go see "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
56 Rating one chili pepper, say : MILD
The Scoville scale is a measure of the spiciness of chili peppers. The scale was invented by a pharmacist in 1912, Wilbur Scoville. To determine the position of a pepper on the Scoville scale, the amount of capsaicin in the chili is measured. Capsaicin is an irritant that causes the sensation of burning when it comes into contact with tissue, particularly mucous membranes.
60 Programming language named for a beverage named for an island : JAVA
Java is a programming language that was developed by Sun Microsystems. Java was originally designed for interactive television, but it didn't fit the needs at the time. Back then, the language was called Oak, named after an oak tree that stood outside the designer's office. Later it was called Green, and finally named Java, which was simply picked out of a list of random words.
Java is a large island in Indonesia that is home to the country's capital, Jakarta. With a population of over 130 million, Java is the most populous island in the world, with even more people than Honshu, the main island of Japan.
64 U.S. symbol? : UNCLE SAM
The Uncle Sam personification of the United States was first used during the War of 1812. The "Uncle Sam" term was so widely accepted that even the Germans used it during WWII, choosing the code word "Samland" for "America" in intelligence communiques.
69 Actress Ortiz : ANA
Ana Ortiz played the title character's older sister in the TV series "Ugly Betty".
72 Place to climb stairs that go nowhere : GYM
Our word "gymnasium" comes from the Greek "gymnasion" meaning "public place where exercise is taken". The Greek term comes from "gymnos" meaning "naked", as that physical training was usually done unclothed in ancient Greece.
1 Many-time "Survivor" locale : FIJI
The island nation of Fiji is an archipelago in the South Pacific made up of over 330 islands, 110 of which are inhabited. Fiji was occupied by the British for over a century and finally gained its independence in 1970.
The reality show "Survivor" is based on a Swedish television series created in 1997 called "Expedition Robinson".
2 Invited to chat, in brief : IM'ED
Even though instant messaging (sending and receiving IMs) has been around since the 1960s, it was AOL who popularized the term "instant message" in the eighties and nineties. The "AOL Instant Message" service was known as AIM.
3 Toll rte. : TPKE
Back in the 15th century, a turnpike (tpk., trke.) was a defensive barrier across a road. By the 17th century the term was used for a barrier that stopped travelers until a toll was paid. By the 18th century a turnpike was the name given to a road with a toll.
4 Where Silicon Valley is : BAY AREA
The Santa Clara Valley, located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay, is better known as "Silicon Valley". The term "Silicon Valley" dates back to 1971 when it was apparently first used in a weekly trade newspaper called "Electronic News" in articles written by journalist Don Hoefler.
6 Soap ingredient : TALLOW
Fat, when extracted from the carcass of an animal, is called suet. Untreated suet decomposes at room temperature quite easily so it has to be rendered, purified to make it stable. Rendered fat from pigs is what we call lard. Rendered beef or mutton fat is known as tallow.
Soap is basically made by adding a strong alkali (like lye) to a fat (like olive oil or palm oil). The fats break down in the basic solution in a process called saponification. The crude soap is extracted from the mixture, washed, purified and finished in molds.
8 Mahatma Gandhi's given name : MOHANDAS
Mohandas Gandhi was a political and spiritual leader in India in the first part of the 20th century, as the country sought independence from Britain. He was also referred to as "Mahatma", meaning "great soul". His remarkable philosophy of nonviolence and living a modest lifestyle was a great inspiration to the Indian people. India (and Pakistan) was granted independence in 1947. Tragically, Gandhi was assassinated the very next year.
9 Mascot of the N.F.L.'s Ravens, appropriately : POE
The name of the Baltimore Ravens football team has a literary derivation. Baltimore was the home of the writer Edgar Allan Poe, and so the team took its moniker from his most famous poem, "The Raven". The name was selected in a fan contest. Baltimore's mascot is a raven named Poe. Prior to the 2008 season, the Raven's had a trio of avian mascots: Edgar, Allan and Poe.
12 Four of the 10 decathlon events : RACES
The decathlon event is a track and field competition, with the name "decathlon" coming from the Greek "deka" (ten) and "athlos" (contest). The ten events in the men's decathlon are:
110 meters hurdles
19 Collectible stamp? : VISA
A visa is usually a stamp in one's passport, an indication that one is authorized to enter (and less often, to exit) a particular country. The word "visa" comes into English, via French, from the Latin expression "charta visa" meaning "paper that has been seen", or "verified paper".
22 Prefix with -tonic : ISO-
"Isotonic" means "of equal tension" and is of Greek origin. There are two common uses of the term. Solutions of equal concentration are said to be isotonic. An isotonic solution of saline has the same amount of salt (NaCl) as there is in blood. Also, in the isotonic contraction of a muscle, the amount of tension stays the same whereas the muscle's length changes. Lifting an object at a constant speed causes the isotonic contract of the lifting muscle.
31 Watch brand for 007 : OMEGA
Omega is a manufacturer of high-end watches based in Switzerland. An Omega watch was the first portable timepiece to make it to the moon, Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that James Bond has been wearing an Omega watch in the movies since 1995.
35 Expanse crossed by the Silk Road : GOBI
The Gobi, the large desert in Asia, lies in northern China and southern Mongolia. The Gobi desert is growing at an alarming rate, particularly towards the south. This "desertification" is caused by increased human activity. The Chinese government is trying to halt the desert's progress by planting great swaths of new forest, the so-called "Green Wall of China". The name "Gobi" is Mongolian for "waterless place, semidesert".
The Silk Road was a network of trading routes that crossed North Africa and Asia, connecting Europe to West Asia. The routes get the name from the lucrative trade in silk from China.
40 "The Lord of the Rings" baddies : ORCS
According to Tolkien, Orcs are small humanoids that live in his fantasy world of Middle-earth (also called "Mordor"). They are very ugly and dirty, and are fond of eating human flesh.
42 It dissolves in H2O : NACL
Sodium chloride (NaCl, common salt) is an ionic compound. It comprises a crystal lattice made up of large chloride (Cl-) ions in a cubic structure, with smaller sodium (Na+) ions in between the chlorides.
A water molecule is composed of an oxygen atom with two hydrogen atoms on roughly opposite sides (at about a 150-degree angle). So, sometimes the molecule is represented by "HOH", although more usually by "H2O".
48 Many a groaner : DAD JOKE
I tell dad jokes all the time, just to annoy the kids …
I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down!
If you see a robbery at an Apple Store, does that make you an iWitness?
A termite walks into a bar and asks, "Is the bar tender here?"
Two guys walk into a bar, the third one ducks.
What's the best part about living in Switzerland? I don't know, but the flag is a big plus.
50 Setting for Robinson Crusoe : ISLE
When Daniel Defoe wrote his marvelous 1719 novel called "Robinson Crusoe", he was likely thinking of real-life Scottish castaway Alexander Selkirk. Selkirk was marooned and lived alone on the Pacific Island called "Mas a Tierra" off the coast of Chile, for four years. The island was officially renamed in 1966, and is now called Robinson Crusoe Island.
51 Lifesaving inits. : EMS
52 Kind of test : LITMUS
59 Prayer leader : IMAM
An imam is a Muslim leader, and often the person in charge of a mosque and/or perhaps a Muslim community.
61 Highlight of una scena : ARIA
A scena is an extended operatic solo, one that usually includes an aria and a recitative. "Scena" is Italian for "scene".
67 Niagara Falls locale: Abbr. : ONT
For well over a century now, the twin cities of Niagara Falls, New York and Niagara Falls, Ontario have been popular spots for honeymooners. Niagara Falls got a boost as a honeymoon destination in 1953 with the release of "Niagara", a film noir starring Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotton.
7 Rev (up) : AMP
15 Loving murmur : COO
20 Spark of a sort : IDEA
23 Gathering of spies? : INTEL
38 Blesses : OKS
39 Approaches closely : HOMES IN
46 Aid at a carwash : RAG
57 Ever : OF ALL
58 General meaning : GIST
66 Tied up, as a ship : MOORED
68 Promotional gift, often : TOTE
70 Mean : UNKIND
71 Minor uproar : STIR
73 Places : STEADS
5 "___ say!" : I'LL
7 Deeds : ACTS
10 Lacking the killer instinct, say : TOO NICE
11 Team up : UNITE
13 Prepared to pray, perhaps : KNELT
25 Hankering : ITCH
27 Present opener? : OMNI-
28 Complete failure : FLOP
29 Such as : LIKE
30 One of two Disney characters singing "For the First Time in Forever" : ELSA
36 Enter : GO IN
37 Exhibit greatly, as charm : OOZE
41 Brownish red : MAHOGANY
45 What teaspoons are vis-à-vis tablespoons : SMALLER
53 Sulks : POUTS
54 "Alternatively …" : IF NOT …
55 Torch thistles, e.g. : CACTI
62 Sell : VEND
63 Goes on to say : ADDS
65 Give under weight : SAG
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Q: UVa 482 - Permutation Arrays Hi i'm trying to submit UVa 482 problem here:

In many computer problems, it is necessary to permute data arrays.
  That is, the data in an array must be re-arranged in some specified
  order. One way to permute arbitrary data arrays is to specify the
  permutations with an index array to point out the position of the
  elements in the new array. Let x be an array that is to be permuted
  and let x' be the permuted array. Then, we have the relationship
  between x and x' that x'pi = xi.
Input
The input begins with a single positive integer on a line by itself
  indicating the number of the cases following, each of them as
  described below. This line is followed by a blank line, and there is
  also a blank line between two consecutive inputs. Each input set will
  contain two lines of numbers. The first line will be an index array p
  containing the integers 1...n, where n is the number of integers in
  the list. The numbers in the first line will have been permuted in
  some fashion. The second line will contain a list numbers in floating
  point format.
Output
For each test case, the output must follow the description below. The
  outputs of two consecutive cases will be separated by a blank line.
  The output for this program will be the list of floating point numbers
  from the input set, ordered according to the permutation array from
  the input file. The output numbers must be printed one per line in the
  same format in which they each appeared in the input file.
Sample Input
1
3 1 2
  32.0 54.7 -2
Sample Output
54.7
  -2
  32.0

but verdict result is wrong answer, problem itself is not complicated but i'm really stuck!!!
here is my code:
import java.util.*;

class Main {

   public static void main(String args[]) {
       Main problem = new Main();
       problem.solve();
   }

   void solve() {
       Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);

       int n = in.nextInt();
       int counter = 0;

       while (counter != n) {
           ArrayList<Integer> index = new ArrayList<>();
           ArrayList<String> number = new ArrayList<>();

           while (in.hasNextInt())
               index.add(in.nextInt());

           for (int i = 0; i < index.size(); i++)
               number.add(in.next());

           String sortedNumber[] = new String[index.size()];
           for (int i = 0; i < index.size(); i++)
               sortedNumber[index.get(i) - 1] = number.get(i);

           for (int i = 0; i < index.size(); i++)
               System.out.println(sortedNumber[i]);

           if (counter < n - 1)
               System.out.println();

           counter++;
       }

       in.close();
   }

}
i tested for some limited inputs also, but i could not figure it out.

A: You are assuming that no floating-point number is also an integer. If it is, your program does weird things.
Try this input:
2
1 2 3
0 2.0 3.0
1 2 3
1.1 2.2 3.3

You should have read permutations line-by-line:
String line = in.nextLine();
for (String s : line.split(" ")) {
    index.add(Integer.parseInt(s));
}

instead of
// fails when there's starting ints in the "floating-point" line
while (in.hasNextInt()) index.add(in.nextInt());

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Kepler Confirms Nearly 1300 New Planets
Yesterday, scientists from NASA's Kepler team added a whopping 1,284 planets to the official list of planets we've found outside of our solar system. Credit for the large number of new exoplanets being added at the same time goes to a new, automated technique for analyzing planet-like signals and verifying that they actually are from planets.
An artist's concept of select planetary discoveries made by NASA's Kepler space telescope.
Image Credit: NASA/W. Stenzel
The Kepler Space Telescope was launched in 2009 to search for Earth-sized planets in the habitable "Goldilocks" zone. This zone describes the area around a star within which a planet could contain liquid water, and therefore sustain life as we know it. It's an important step in exploring whether or not we are alone in the universe.
More broadly, the Kepler Mission aims to describe the distribution of planets, their orbits, and their star systems using data collected by surveying about 150,000 stars within our region of the Milky Way. From 2009-2013, Kepler collected data for its primary mission, and analysis is ongoing, although winding down as NASA prepares for the next stage of exoplanet exploration. (Kepler does have an ongoing K2 mission, which you can read about here.)
As of yesterday, a total of 3,264 exoplanets have been detected and verified, and Kepler is responsible for 2,326 of these. Twenty-one of these are roughly Earth-sized (no more than twice the size of the Earth) and fall within the habitable zone of the star they orbit. Nine of the 21 were added with yesterday's announcement.
Kepler detects planets using the transit method. If you caught any of the transit of Mercury on Monday, this method will be familiar. A transit occurs when a planet passes between us and a star. We see the transit as a dark dot that moves along the surface of the star with time.
The transit of Mercury on May 9 shown with a composite image from the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Image Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO/Genna Duberstein.
Kepler detects planets by looking for dimming in starlight that is characteristic of a transit. This little bit of data can be unraveled into a whole lot of information—information on the size of the planet's orbit, the mass of the star, and the size of the planet.
One of the main challenges with this method is verifying that the transit signal you see is actually from a planet. Certain configurations of star systems, like two stars that rotate around one another, can produce similar "imposter" signals, which Kepler scientists call false positives. For this reason, all characteristic signals represent candidates for exoplanets at first – a transiting object isn't hailed as new exoplanet until it has been verified in another way.
The verification process is time and resource intensive, and involves examining the systems one-by-one, usually with ground based observational data.
With this announcement, however, the Kepler team presented data from a fast and automated new method for calculating the statistical probability that a transiting object is a planet. The method was developed by Timothy Morton, associate research scholar at Princeton University in New Jersey, and combines information from two types of simulations. The first is a simulation of the detailed shape of transit signals from planets and imposter stars, and the second is a simulation of the prevalence of imposter systems. Using this information, the technique provides a statistical likelihood that any given signal is from an exoplanet. Anything that received a statistical likelihood of 99% or greater has been designated an exoplanet.
This technique builds on past analysis methods used on Kepler data based on statistical probabilities, but is the first fully automated technique that can batch process candidates.
After applying this technique to about 4,300 planet candidates identified in a catalog of Kepler objects from July of 2015, the team verified 1,284 new exoplanets. In addition, the new technique verified nearly 1,000 others that had been verified previously using other methods. Similarly, candidates designated as false positives previously with other methods were identified as such with this new technique.
Many of the remaining candidates are likely to be planets as well, but fell below the 99% cut and will be further explored in follow-up work.
This is an exciting result—not only because of the new planets, but because it adds so much more information to the statistical picture of how planets are distributed around stars. Of course, just knowing that a star has a planet, even one in its habitable zone, does not mean that the system can support life. This will be further explored in future NASA missions, such as the James Webb Space Telescope, which will collect information on the atmospheres of exoplanets and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, which will look for exoplanets in our neighborhood.
—Kendra Redmond
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Before Practically Radical, Bill co-authored Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win. Just weeks after its release, Mavericks became a New York Times bestseller, a Wall Street Journal Business bestseller and a BusinessWeek bestseller. The Economist called the book "a pivotal work in the tradition of In Search of Excellence and Good to Great." The Economist also named Mavericks one of its "Books of the Year" for 2006, as did The Financial Times.
Bill's three books are just the latest chapter in a career devoted to challenging, conventional wisdom and showcasing the power of business at its best. As co-founder and founding editor of Fast Company, he launched a magazine that won countless awards, earned a passionate following among executives and entrepreneurs around the world—and became a legendary business success.
Fast Company has won just about every award there is to win in the magazine world, from "Startup of the Year" to "Magazine of the Year" to three National Magazine Awards. In recognition of Fast Company's impact on business, Bill was named "Champion of Workplace Learning and Performance" by the American Society of Training and Development. Past winners include Jack Welch of GE and Fred Smith of FedEx. In less than six years, a magazine that took shape in borrowed office space in Harvard Square sold for $340 million.
In this era of hyper-competition and non-stop disruption, size doesn't matter. It's a world where the smart take from the strong and the most urgent work for every organization and leader is the work of making meaningful, deep-seated change. When customers have higher expectations than ever, and digital technologies and new business models create more choices than ever, then familiar ways of working and competing become less effective than ever. That means even the most successful companies have to rethink and reimagine every aspect of how they do business and deliver results. One challenge is originality—not to be the best at what others already do, but to be the only one who does what you do. Another challenge is people and culture—in a world transformed by technology, infusing your organization with a deeper sense of humanity. A third challenge is rethinking the logic of risk—recognizing that in an environment of constant disruption, "playing it safe" may be the most dangerous course of all. Armed with challenging ideas and in-depth case studies, Bill Taylor shows how organizations and leaders can unleash long-lasting, positive change in turbulent, fast-moving times.
As the world is being remade before our eyes, the leaders who make a difference are the ones who can reimagine what's possible at their organization and in their field, and who can turn bold strategies into relentless execution. And they're not just CEOs; they're executives running business units, managers in charge of key departments, engineers or marketers running project teams, entrepreneurs building a company from scratch. Regardless of their formal role or title, high-impact leaders make sure their expertise doesn't get in the way of innovation. They champion provocative thinking that energizes their colleagues, and create organizations where people get the chance to be at their best every day. Put simply, the best leaders are the most insatiable learners and the most authentic mentors. Bill Taylor offers hands-on thinking gleaned from the extraordinary leaders he's studied over the last 25 years—leaders who are as competitive as they are human, and as creative as they are consistent.
Business today is about distinctive competitive strategies, game-changing technologies, and creative social media and marketing. But the most successful organizations, those built on fierce execution and nonstop innovation, work as distinctively as they compete. The first question great organizations can answer is: What separates us from our rivals in the marketplace? But the next question is: What holds us together as colleagues in the workplace? In an era of brash ideas and disruptive business models, organizations that create the most extraordinary value are the ones that generate the most widely shared sense of commitment, connection, and compassion among colleagues. Whether you're in a fast-moving digital field or a more traditional, slow-to-change industry, your organization can't be exceptional unless it embraces cutting-edge technologies and also puts a sense of humanity back into the business. Bill's reveals how some of the world's most high-performing and creative workplaces engage their people to unleash and sustain a culture of fierce execution and nonstop innovation. The lessons and case studies are a cutting-edge agenda for recruiting, evaluating, organizing, and retaining talent.
Big Data. Cloud Computing. AI. The digital revolution is reshaping the logic of business, work, and society. Companies use digital tools to reach more people in more places more quickly than ever. Social media and peer-to-peer communications reshape how brands communicate with customers and how colleagues collaborate with one another. Startups unveil new business models that shift the economics and overturn the logic of long-established industries. While technology is driving dramatic change, what customers, partners, and employees truly value is a deeper and more authentic sense of humanity— organizations that create experiences that are as memorable as they are efficient, leaders who recognize that disruptive technologies are at their most powerful when they are embedded in a culture of collaboration and trust. Bill Taylor draws on cutting-edge insights about technology and timeless truths about culture to show engineers, project leaders, and marketers the inexorable connection between technology and humanity - and why the most effective IT leaders are the most human leaders.
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A "dog whistle" in a political sense is a code phrase that stands for an idea other than the one used in the phrase. Let's look at a dog whistle in the discussion about science education, one intended to weaken science in the classroom.
This sounds innocuous, and even supportive, but in the long fight to keep anti-science forces from degrading US science education efforts, "critical thinking" has been appropriated by anti-science forces in public education conversations to mean "promote non-scientific views in the science classroom about established scientific frameworks." Let's explore this a little to understand it better.
Real critical thinking is a good thing. As a process, it's not taught well enough in public schools, though many teachers and school systems have worked hard over many decades to change this. Change is, nonetheless, slow. So, what is "critical thinking"?
Critical thinking demands skepticism: the idea that not all claims are immediately accepted or rejected except by considering the weight of the most reliable evidence. A good skeptic ultimately does come to a conclusion and makes a decision. They don't sit on a claim forever.
The opposite of skepticism is "denialism" – this is the refusal to accept or reject a claim based on the weight of the most reliable evidence. Denialist work endless to avoid making a decision at all, or avoid making a decision consistent with the weight of the actual reliable evidence. Denialism and skepticism are often mistaken for one another in popular media or discourse, but they are distinct practices. One is consistent with critical thinking, while the other rejects it.
So why is "critical thinking" in the context of science education a "dog whistle" to the forces of anti-science – a code phrase that doesn't mean what you might believe it to? Because science is already a method of gathering evidence founded on critical thinking. The scientific method is the process of observation of a phenomenon; proposal of a testable, falsifiable explanation for the phenomenon; test of the explanatory mechanism; assessment of the results of the test, determining if the explanation is falsified or if the explanation survives the test to be tested another day; dissemination of results to the public to facilitate the expansion of knowledge and criticism of the work. As you can see, comparing the scientific method to the definition of "critical thinking" above, there is a huge overlap in their content.
So when someone in the sphere of discourse on public science education emphasizes that we need "more science that promotes critical thinking," this is not only a misunderstanding of science (it already IS a form of critical thinking, one intended to establish reliable explanations for natural phenomena), it hides their real motive: introduce counter-scientific ideas or weak sense thinking that is intended to cast doubt on established scientific fact. There is likely an attempt to deny the weight of the most reliable evidence, often done to preserve a world view in the face of a huge counterweight of such evidence.
For instance, let us consider the teaching of biology in public schools. Natural selection as the mechanism for explanation evolution (the diversity and relatedness of life on earth) has been established as the founding, unifying idea of biology since the early 1900s. However, people who cannot separate scientific from religious thinking can often have a hard time accepting this fact because they feel it runs counter to specific religious teachings or religious interpretations about humans and their place in the world. So, to preserve a world view, they offer religious frameworks that sound "sciency" but don't play by the actual rules of either critical thinking or the scientific method. One of these is "scientific creationism" (it's not actually conducted scientifically) and another, the successor to that idea, is "intelligent design." Such frameworks are based on specific (fundamentalist Christian) religious ideas and avoid all the normal mechanisms of scientific inquiry to prevent being disproven or critically appraised.
Remind yourself that science already is critical thinking; at best, this is a redundant statement and at worst indicates a total misunderstanding or misrepresentation of science.
Ask yourself, "What are the motives of the person?" Are they an advocate for more religious practice in public school? Are they an advocate for weakening public schools in favor of other kinds of schools? Are they a promoter of ways of thinking that are not scientific, such as "intelligent design" or efforts to misrepresent the state and conclusions of climate science?
If you learn to spot such "dog whistles" in public discourse about science education, you'll be better at spotting people who sound like they mean well but who are prepared to try to sneak around science to introduce, into American public education, something that is really dressed-up religion or personal belief acting apart from actual science or actual critical thinking.


A successful wedding day depends on bringing together an assortment of ingredients. With the Duke, you're in safe hands. With experience, insight and passion, we can translate your vision for the day into a sublime celebration of your marriage.
What's more, we understand the importance of all the details that matter. From a red carpet entrance and elegant rooms to a fine dining experience with crisp white table linen and candles, we add a little magic to every aspect of your celebration. This is a day you'll look back on forever – so we endeavour to fill it with wonder.
The Duke of Cornwall Hotel was made for moments like this. With its rich heritage and stunning character, it's a superb venue choice for your Plymouth wedding celebration. The hotel's striking gothic Victorian architecture makes it an iconic statement in the heart of the city – and stepping through the grand entrance, it's apparent you're in for something special.
The hotel's interior is a dazzling array of majestic spaces and beautiful features. With ornate period stylings and big statements like its stunning, sweeping staircase, the Duke provides the kind of character that couples dream of. As well as lending atmosphere to the occasion, this setting also provides irresistible backdrops to inspire great photography.
A further advantage we offer as a wedding venue is its variety of spaces. We have a number of luxury function suites available, allowing you to choose rooms that suit the size and tone of your wedding day.
We also provide an exceptional range of accommodation for you and your guests. Our 72 individually designed, boutique-style bedrooms offer comfort and choice for those who would like to stay. And most importantly, our four-poster bridal suites are spacious and stunning – perfect for pre-wedding preparations and for retiring as newlyweds at the end of your special day.
As one of Plymouth's approved wedding ceremony venues, The Duke of Cornwall Hotel is the ideal place to get married. With your ceremony naturally the most momentous aspect of your whole wedding day, the location matters. And for many couples, the Duke's history and heritage make it an apt setting for this milestone moment.
With valuable experience in wedding ceremonies, we understand how to do justice to this beautiful event. We set the scene with a stunning room, further enhancing the unique setting. Our Master of Ceremonies will guide you, and put you at ease, as you take this joyous step into married life together.
Choosing the Duke for your civil wedding ceremony doesn't just mean a gorgeous venue for entering into marriage. It also allows a smooth transition through the day's events – from the service to the wedding breakfast and evening party – under one roof. On a day which is all about togetherness and celebration, this convenience is invaluable. And what better venue to do it all than at the iconic Duke.
Your first meal as a married couple is a jubilant part of the wedding day proceedings. And at The Duke of Cornwall Hotel, you'll enjoy this traditional wedding breakfast in the style and luxury for which we're renowned.
Thanks to our AA-Rosette-awarded kitchen, you and your guests can experience an exquisite fine dining menu. Tailored to your tastes, and beautifully presented, our delicious courses will be a treat for you and your party of guests. All this, set against the hotel's elegant backdrop, will be another moment to savour.
As the celebration unfolds, our helpful and efficient staff will be on hand to ensure your day's special events flow smoothly. The wedding breakfast may run into a reception, with traditional speeches and toasts. Whatever sequence you have planned for your own unique wedding day, you'll be in capable hands.
With your wedding day's formal events complete, your evening party provides a chance to unwind, dance and mingle. You might also be welcoming evening-only guests. And what better to round off a wonderful day than with a party at The Duke of Cornwall Hotel.
Our selection of function suites offer a wealth of choice and versatility for your evening do. We can help you to choose a room that suits your number of guests and the mood you'd like to strike for the evening. Whichever space you choose, you can be sure of a setting that brings all the drama and glamour that such an important celebration deserves.
You and your guests will continue to get first-class service and attention. A tasty selection of dishes will be presented at your buffet or evening supper – while our well-stocked bar takes care of guests' drinks orders. Our DJ* will keep spirits high with a suitably celebratory disco. All in all, you're in for a great night to complete an amazing day.
We know the Duke of Cornwall Hotel is a magical place to embark on marriage. But don't just take our word for it.
Find out what some of the couples who have chosen to spend their wedding day at the Duke think of this iconic venue. We've been privileged to host wedding celebrations for many decades – each unique and all part of the hotel's proud history. Check out our collection of couples' stories, along with a selection of photos capturing treasured moments made at the Duke.
A Master of Ceremonies, who will guide you and your guests through your marriage service.
A choice of rooms to a suit a range of party sizes, from 10 to 300. Options include: our stately Ballroom; our grand Dining Room, with its spectacular domed ceiling and chandelier; and the more intimate environment of our stylish Millbay Suite.
The option of a professional pianist to set the mood by playing your choice of music throughout the ceremony.
A beautiful display of flowers in your ceremony room.
These packages are provided only as a guide – we can create a bespoke package to suit your individual requirements. To get in touch, click below.
Your wedding day is one occasion when everything should be the just the way you want it. That requires a hundred and one different elements to come together in harmony. From the cake to the car, and from photography to flowers, there's an abundance of details to arrange.
That also means a lot of decisions to be made. If you're stuck on which suppliers to choose to take care of particular aspects of your special day, our list of trusted local wedding partners is an invaluable guide. This helpful 'wedding collection' is full of brilliantly talented and passionate individuals and companies covering a wide spectrum of wedding-related services. So if you're looking for ideas for suppliers to help make your big day complete, we recommend you take a look.
For more information about weddings at the Duke, take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions page. To arrange a friendly chat about how we could host your perfect wedding, get in touch with us today.


A spacious 4 bdrm, 3 bath, unique brick home with a stately appeal and 3.2 beautiful acres. The setting is unbeatable, located in the heart of a much loved Livingston neighborhood and yet secluded. Home boasts 2 fireplaces (1 wood, 1 gas log) a living room, den, & lower level family room, attic space with added bonus upper level bedroom (perfect for the family teenager). The perfect home for a large or growing family. One of the best features is the 20x40 in-ground pool with heavy duty slide, 2 water fountains, solar & winter covers & no maintenance pool vacuum robot, 2 in pool lights, and deck lights & security fence.


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CEO's Vision
Report on: Vietnamese Tech staff in the face of new technologies: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain
¼ of enterprises where candidates are now working for already have a plan for AI or Blockchain in the next 3 years
From the answers of Tech candidates, there are 3 new technologies that are the most popular at this time, which are Cloud Computing, Big Data, software for automated conversion. Some innovative technologies like AI or Blockchain have been used by a part of enterprises although not a lot. There are 9% participants said that their companies have already applied Blockchain and in terms of AI, it was 19%.
On the other side, there has a hopeful sign when nearly 66% answers that their companies cared about AI and Blockchain; more than ¼ enterprises have plans for AI or Blockchain in the next 3 years.
Applying AI to Big Data and Blockchain to Bank – Finance has been assessed to be the most potential development
Almost all participants believed in the future development of AI & Blockchain. 86% of them have shown perspective about the potential of new technologies and their understanding about the advantages of AI & Blockchain.
Top 3 opinions rated when they were being asked about the most clearly advantages of AI in Vietnam in the next 5-10 years are: Combine AI and Big Data to analyze data and give human better solutions (39%); Creates smart machines which help present industry convert into full automation (24%); Creates smart robots which will help human doing dangerous tasks in the future (9%).
Regarding Blockchain, top 3 advantages that are believed to show powerful influences in 5-10 years ahead are: Transfer money anywhere, much more quick and secure by applying Blockchain in Banking & Finance (22%); Create apps that help to verify the quality of products, the contracting and payment process (18%); Bring Blockchain into the operation of big companies, into the technology ecosystem or working process in order to raise authentication and trustiness (13%).
Lacking of language proficiency is a limitation of Tech staff
Our survey has indicated top 5 technologies that Tech staff intend to learn in the near future are (following the order): AI; Blockchain; Date Science; Machine learning – deep learning; Internet Security.
Otherwise, they faced some obstacles on their education, specifically top 3 as listed: No opportunity to translate theory into practice; No professional training school; Have to learn from foreign websites without language ability.
Our survey has pointed out the biggest problem right now of Tech staff is the lack of fluency in English's language skills. Up to 84% candidates owned Bachelor/ Master/ Doctor certificate and also half of them held upper Supervisor positions also. But only 27% candidates were fluent in Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, among them 41% can read and comprehend, 27% can communicate.
Tech staff tend to become Specialists more than Supervisors
When being asked to imagine about "The portrait of a person working in Tech in Vietnam in this 4.0 era", the candidates have given 3 necessary factors, which are: Uphold strong points, overcome weaknesses of the technology; Eager to learn and adapt quickly to continuous changes of technology; Regularly update new technological knowledge and apply effectively to work.
Due to the fact that more candidates wanted to become a specialist rather than a supervisor/ manager, as a result, they further focused on specialized skills and knowledge than soft skills or leadership skills.
82% of whom took part in the survey have intention to start-up and more than half will consider relocation of they have an opportunity
Up to 82% Tech staff wish to start a start-up in the future, among them, there was 41% who had start-up at least one time and 58% who have never built any start-up. Top 3 fields which most of the candidates will choose when they start-up are, respectively: AI; Automated products; Blockchain.
Besides, over half of the candidates answered sure to move if they are being offered the opportunity to go abroad and work for Blockchain/ AI start-up company. Among them, 25% will relocate several years and then come back to Vietnam, 22% will take into account leaving or not.
From Mr. Gaku Echizenya, CEO of Navigos Group said: "international companies are assessed to be quickly update new technologies, hence Vietnamese companies should speed up in technological races to write the name of Vietnam on technological maps. Besides, we should build more playgrounds for Tech Community for exchanging, learning, practicing new technologies. To lessen the danger of Tech brain drain, we should also focus on Talent retention policy, create good conditions for innovating products and chances to contact with new technologies."
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Q: D3.js: Image is not clipped to projection during rotation I am re-projecting an image onto a canvas element using d3's d3.geo. I want to allow most projections (Eckert, Polyconic, Orthographic, Albers, etc). I am allowing the user to zoom and pan with the mousewheel/curosor.
Initially, image renders correctly onto the canvas. The zoom control seems to work correctly as well. However, when I rotate the canvas element the image seems to escape the clipping bounds of the projection. This causes a weird duplication effect that I find difficult to describe in words.
Here is a jsfiddle of this situation.
Edit: Picture examples:
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Zoomed-out-and-nudged (translated):

Edit #2: Clearer example
I made a fiddle with a different projection and with some unrelated code removed: http://jsfiddle.net/bB6hD/
Zoomed-out:

Zoomed-out-and-nudged:

I removed the scaling and translating aspects entirely, so this seems to be cause (at least indirectly) by rotation.
I was trying to follow this example: http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/4329423, but with the addition of rotation and zooming.
The following is the same code as the fiddle:
var scale = 1,
    radius = 150;
var width = 300,
    height = 300;

var projection = d3.geo.kavrayskiy7();

var path = d3.geo.path()
    .projection(projection);

var canvas = d3.select("body").append("canvas")
    .attr("width", width)
    .attr("height", height);

var context = canvas.node().getContext("2d");

var image = new Image();
image.onload = onload;
image.crossOrigin = "anonymous";
image.src = "https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/j8v1nvyz6gmo8u7/tooth-color-300x300.jpg";

function onload() {
    var dx = image.width,
        dy = image.height;

    context.drawImage(image, 0, 0, dx, dy);

    var sourceData = context.getImageData(0, 0, dx, dy).data,
        target = context.createImageData(width, height),
        targetData = target.data;

    for (var y = 0, i = -1; y < height; ++y) {
        for (var x = 0; x < width; ++x) {
            var p = projection.invert([x, y]),
                λ = p[0],
                φ = p[1];
            if (λ > 180 || λ < -180 || φ > 90 || φ < -90) {
                i += 4;
                continue;
            }
            var q = ((90 - φ) / 180 * dy | 0) * dx + ((180 + λ) / 360 * dx | 0) << 2;
            targetData[++i] = sourceData[q];
            targetData[++i] = sourceData[++q];
            targetData[++i] = sourceData[++q];
            targetData[++i] = 255;
        }
    }

    context.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
    context.putImageData(target, 0, 0);
}

var zoom = d3.behavior.zoom()

    .center([width / 2, height / 2])
    .on("zoomstart", function () {
    console.log('zoom');
    m0 = [d3.event.sourceEvent.pageX, d3.event.sourceEvent.pageY];
    var proj = projection.rotate();
    o0 = [-proj[0], -proj[1]];
    d3.event.sourceEvent.stopPropagation();
})
    .on("zoom", function () {
    if (m0) {
        var constant = (scale < 4) ? 4 : scale * 2;
        var m1 = [d3.event.sourceEvent.pageX, d3.event.sourceEvent.pageY],
            o1 = [o0[0] + (m0[0] - m1[0]) / constant, o0[1] + (m1[1] - m0[1]) / constant];
    }
    rotate = [-o1[0], -o1[1]];
    scale = (d3.event.scale >= .25) ? d3.event.scale : .25;
    projection.scale((radius - 2) * scale).rotate(rotate).translate([width / 2, height / 2]).precision(2);
    context.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
    onload();
});

d3.select('canvas').call(zoom);


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Posted March 8th, 2018 by Keegan Krajniak.
NACUSO Speaker's Bureau
Nobody knows CUSOs better than the team at NACUSO. We get asked to speak on innovation, collaboration and the power of cooperation all over the world. We're pretty proud of our line-up too. The CUSO Guru, former President of USAA Bank, an avid Philadelphia Eagle's fan and an author of two books on branding. We offer a discounted fee structure for our loyal NACUSO members. If you're not a member, well, you should join….but if you just want to hire us, we can negotiate a fee that is mutually beneficial.
Check out our line-up:
Jack Antonini, President & CEO of NACUSO
Jack Antonini was appointed president/CEO of NACUSO in 2010. Jack was the former President & CEO of USAA Federal Savings Bank and member of USAA's Executive Council (the top ten leaders of this diversified financial services company), when USAA FSB was recognized as "Best Bank in America" by Money magazine. Jack was former head of the Consumer Banking Group as well as internet, phone and ATM delivery channels for all lines of business at First Union/Wachovia, one of the five largest banks in America.
Jack previously was Vice Chairman & CFO of FirstUSA, one of the three largest credit card companies prior to its merger with BankOne/Chase. Most recently Jack was President & CEO of Cardtronics, where he helped grow the business from 8,000 ATMs and $60 million in revenue to the largest ATM owner/operator in the world with over $500 million in revenue, the largest surcharge-free ATM network, with 6 of the top 10 banks and 7 of the top 11 retailers in the U.S as customers.
Guy Messick, NACUSO Legal Counsel and CUSO Guru
Guy is a nationally known speaker and author on a wide range of credit union and CUSO topics and has been with NACUSO since 1984 so he has seen it all. He is an attorney with the law firm of Messick, Lauer & Smith, PC in Media, Pennsylvania. Messick Lauer & Smith P.C. has provided services to hundreds of credit unions and CUSOs nationwide and is known for its work with CUSOs, Incidental Powers, regulatory compliance, loan participation agreements, vendor contract reviews, business lending, mortgage lending, governance issues, mergers, and regulatory advocacy.
The Firm enjoys a unique perspective of being at the cross-roads of credit unions, regulators, and private sector innovation that has enabled it to assist in the creation of forward thinking collaboration opportunities that generate significant income and cost savings for credit unions.
Brian Lauer, Eagles Fan and Partner at Messick, Lauer & Smith PC
For more than ten years, credit unions have contacted Brian to help find effective ways to better serve their members. To that end, Brian has helped credit unions and innovators form 100's of CUSOs providing new and innovative products and services. These projects have helped credit unions to generate more net income and to collaborate to reduce operating costs.
This experience has lead to Brian speaking at many conferences and seminars as well as facilitating strategic planning sessions throughout the country. Brian received his Juris Doctorate from Temple University's Beasley School of Law, where he also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Science, Technology and Environmental Law. He is a member of the Bar in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Denise Wymore, Author, Consultant, CUSO Evangelist
Denise started her credit union career over 30 years ago as a Teller for Pacific NW Federal Credit Union in Portland, Oregon. She moved up and around the org. chart working in every department except for IT. She landed the VP Marketing at First Tech CU where she promptly changed her title to VP Cult-ivation. In 2000 she went on the road to help credit unions tell their story, both internally and externally.
She is the author of two books: Tattoos: The Ultimate Proof of a Successful Brand and The 2020 Vision of Marketing: A Focus on Purpose. She is a Filene Research Institute i3 alumni, WCMS graduate, 2012 CU Times Woman to Watch and designed the CMN Credit Unions for Kids logo. In New Mexico she spearheaded the Keep It Co-Op campaign that has united all cooperatives in Santa Fe, Los Alamos and Espanola. She believes we are better together. Denise is a Volunteer Firefighter/EMT for the town of Cochiti Lake, New Mexico where she lives with her husband Mark and their two adorable dogs Dexter and Emma Rae. Denise joined NACUSO in 2016 where she develops membership and helps CUSOs tell their story.
For more information on booking a NACUSO speaker for your next event email denise@nacuso.org.


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From the top	Praseeda Nair · 22 November 2016
Theresa May sets out plans to boost science and technology innovation
Theresa May has pledged investment for science and technology projects worth £2bn each year until 2020
Prime minister Theresa May has outlined the basis of the UK's new industrial strategy, throwing her weight behind the country's science and technology sectors.
Addressing the Confederation of British Industry's (CBI) national conference on 21 November, May outlined the "structural challenges" that the strategy would tackle – bringing greater success to the UK's regional economies, improving productivity levels and ensuring long-term investment for innovative entrepreneurs.
May pledged additional investment for research and development projects worth £2bn each year until 2020. The prime minister stated this would put British industry at "the cutting edge of science and tech."
A new industrial strategy "Challenge Fund" was laid out by the prime minister to direct part of that investment to "priority technologies" – valuable areas of research such as robotics and biotechnology. May said that this fund would address the UK's "historic weakness" of turning promising technology research into commercial success.
She added that Britain needed to do more to tap into the commercial possibilities of the UK's "world beating universities", and also to improve the country's academic performance in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
May also used the speech to announce a new Treasury-led review to "break down the obstacles" between startups and scaleups, securing long-term investment for the country's most innovative and promising business ideas.
She said that by "backing the innovators, and backing the long-term investors", the UK would be able to capitalise on the potential of its startups.
It was announced in the speech that the government will review the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) – an organisation that awards technology-based public sector contracts to small enterprises – with the hope of breaking out more innovative UK startups.
May hinted that Britain was ready to borrow the approach to business growth seen in the US, pointing to the value of government procurement in driving innovation.
"Many of the technologies in your smartphone, from touchscreens to voice recognition, were originally commissioned, not by Apple or Microsoft, but by the US government," she told the conference.
industrial strategy innovation Investment Scale-ups Science startups technology Theresa May
Praseeda Nair
Praseeda Nair is the editorial director of Business Advice, and its sister publication for growing businesses, Real Business. She's an impassioned advocate for women in leadership, and likes to profile business owners, advisors and experts in the field of entrepreneurship and management.
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Currently six months in to a mentoring journey with Natwest's Entrepreneurial Spark initiative, Always Possible founder Richard Freeman couldn't be happier. The Brighton-based entrepreneur set up his "optimistic catalyst" agency last year to provide operational support, management training and thought leadership services to organisations across the South East. more»
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2 Who from "a wilderness of Suns"
3 Canst stoop to where the low brook runs!
5 Or mark where, soft, the snow-drops grow!
7 Whose burning Pen now rapture paints!
8 Then moralizes, cold, with Saints!
12 Art thou a Son of Earth, or Air?
16 Can only touch, not change, my heart.
24 In renovated beauty blows!
26 And flings her perfume on the day.
30 From the calm state it vows to love.
32 All other bliss is dash'd with pain.
38 With thee, INDIFFERENCE, to die!
39 Nor is thy gift "dull torpid ease,"
49 In some new Orb can meet, "his starry mail,"
50 And him, on earth unknown, in Heaven with transport hail!
Title (in Source Edition): ODE TO DELLA CRUSCA.


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I'm a desert dweller. I was born with green chile on my tongue and dust in my lungs. I am from New Mexico, the land of sun and dirt. Minnesota is a land of mist and snow. The northern chill attacked me the moment I stepped off the plane and didn't leave my bones until I was curled up in my bed back home. After getting checked in to the convention, my first journey outside the hotel lasted about 2 minutes before I sought refuge in an empty Chinese restaurant for over an hour until I had gathered the strength to walk back. Unlike Elsa, the cold always bothered me.
I did my best to remain indoors, rarely traveling outside the hotel for the first 3 days. In contrast, during the last convention in my hometown of Albuquerque, I was constantly juggling school and convention activities; continuously running up and down Central Ave. to get from campus to the hotel. I felt like I was caught in a two-dates-to-the-prom scenario, never being able to completely devote my time or attention to either.
In 2015, I was a quiet ghost, drifting between panels with so little human contact you would think I traveled through the walls to avoid the crowd. Yet, this year, I shook hands, asked questions, networked, and really threw myself into the entire experience. I come from a small and inactive chapter who's had no meetings this past year. I traveled to Minneapolis alone, searching for the betterment of myself as a writer and an English major, and nothing more.
Yet something different happened. I was alone, in a foreign state, amid a sea of strangers, trapped indoors from fear of the cold, and I found home. I was able to set aside my worries about day-to-day life and just enjoy being immersed in English studies. There were book jokes, pop culture references, truly awful puns, and I loved every minute of it. I was away from everything I knew but still managed to be surrounded by everything I love. I wasn't searching for home, but I found a society that felt like it. And now all that's left is to build my chapter up this coming year, so that I may find that literary home in my geographical one.


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Phillies Off-Season Option: Angel Pagan
Published at 10:08 pm on November 6, 2012
It sounds silly, but Angel Pagan the best free agent outfielder on the market. It sounds silly, especially in a free agent class that consists of Josh Hamilton, B.J. Upton, and Nick Swisher, but it might be true. While Pagan's numbers don't pop off the page, and while he isn't a terribly dominant hitter, he might have a leg up on everyone else.
The reason? Value. While Hamilton is going to command more than anyone on the market (woe is the G.M. who gives him $20MM over seven years), Pagan may very well have the most suitors, and for good reason.
The 30-year-old, who came up with the Chicago Cubs, spent most of his career with the New York Mets, and won a world series this year with the San Francisco Giants, is a good enough hitter, fielder, and baserunner to make a difference on any ballclub, but his strength lies in the fact that he'll command less on the market than anyone else.
For his career, the switch-hitting Pagan owns a .281/.333/.424 line, and since he became a full time player in 2010, he's averaged 31 doubles, nine triples, nine homers and 33 stolen bases a year to go along with very good defense in center.
He isn't necessarily an All Star, but that really doesn't matter if he is earning significantly less than the next guy – especially if the next guy is going to command a salary north of $12MM. And, to boot, the Giants did not make him a qualifying offer, meaning that the team that signs him would not need to give up their first round draft pick next season.
As far as the risks go, Pagan doesn't have many. He's 30, which is young enough that he shouldn't decline any time soon, but word has it that he is seeking a four-year deal. That isn't necessarily a bad thing given the cost, but the last thing a team wants to do is overextend itself for a light-hitting outfielder.
He's not the perfect player, and there are certainly better offensive options on the market, but given the cost and his total contributions, he is certainly worth taking a look at.


May brings Mother's Day, a day to celebrate our moms and mother figures, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. But more than this, the love and attention of a mother, father, or caregiver molds who we are. What is the role of a parent in the early development of a child? What role does he/she play in stimulating learning and what are the benefits later in life? Studies have shown that the paternal bond (or lack thereof) affects our brain, body, and heart.
Your mom's affection isn't just good for your heart and soul — it also nourishes your brain. Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo., conducted imaging scans on nearly a hundred 7- to 10-year-olds in an ongoing study of childhood depression, and found that those whose mothers were the most supportive and nurturing had larger hippocampi than those with less empathetic or compassionate moms.
Bonus: The benefit is mutual for moms. Women's brains may also increase in size during new motherhood, according to a study in Behavioral Neuroscience — particularly in regions associated with pleasure, reasoning, judgment, and planning.
Observational studies have shown that children raised in a nurturing environment typically do better in school and are more emotionally developed than their non-nurturing peers. Researchers at Washington University in St Louis performed brain imaging studies on a hundred children ages 7-10yo in a childhood depression study and found that those children whose mothers were supportive and nurturing actually had a larger segment of the brain called the hippocampus. This area is involved in memory and learning, both critical in childhood development and academic success. In demonstrating this anatomical change in the brain, this study validates the critical importance of a nurturing environment early in life in the successful outcome and health of children. In another study published in Behavioral Neuroscience, mothers also benefit, as women's brain sizes also appeared to increase in new motherhood, especially in the regions of the brain associated with pleasure, reasoning, judgment, and planning.
In a study conducted at the University of British Columbia, 1,215 Americans were studied and it was shown that compared to their wealthier and more educated peers, those individuals who grew up in poverty were at increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, unless they had an especially loving mother. In fact, children raised in low income poorly educated households, but whose mothers were nurturing had equal rate of metabolic syndrome as kids from better socioeconomic backgrounds. Researchers speculate that this phenomenon may relate to increased stress levels, which can contribute to chronic inflammation and insulin sensitivity.
There are many more far-reaching benefits from the strength of a parent-child bond.
Children grow up to become sociable with good interpersonal skills and less aggressive behaviors.
Strong bond determines whether a child develops a stable romantic relationship later in life.
Exposure to less stress occurring as a result of consistent responses to your child's cries and frustrations optimizes brain development. In contrast, high levels of stress may result in irreversible brain damage.
Children with a securely attached parenting are able to control their emotions.
They have a positive self-concept and high self esteem.
As adults, they are able to make positive assumptions about others, and so they have better relationships.
When relating with others, they engage in more helping behaviors such as showing gratitude, appreciation, care, comfort, and volunteerism.
Love doesn't cost a thing, but it sure is worth a lot! So, celebrate that parent or guardian who molded you and your better health!


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Media Commentator
ROCKY SCOPELLITI – FUTUROLOGIST
Rocky Scopelliti is a world-renowned futurologist. His pioneering research on the confluence of demographic change associated with Millennials, and digital technology, have influenced the way we think about our social, cultural, economic and technological future. His new book 'Youthquake 4.0 – A Whole Generation and The New Industrial Revolution' was launched in September 2018.
As a media commentator, his unique insights have featured on SKY Business News,
The Australian Financial Review, ABC Radio National, The Economist, Forbes and Bloomberg. As an international key note speaker, his presentations have captivated audiences across Asia Pacific, the USA and Europe including Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. As a thoughtleader, over 150 boards and leadership teams, including Fortune 100 corporations, each year seek his advice on strategy.
A distinguished author, his 14-published thought leadership research reports have become internationally recognised for their influence including the World Economic Forum's Disruptive Innovation in Financial Services Program.
In an executive capacity, he is a member of the Optus Business Leadership team as the Director, Centre for Industry 4.0 where he leads the specialist team creating world class thought-leadership and innovation on the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
In a non-executive capacity, he is a director on the board of Community First Credit Union, a member of the Retail Employees Superannuation Trust Technology Advisory Panel and a member of the Australian Payments Council.
Educated in Australia and trained in the USA at Sydney and Stanford Universities respectively, he has a Graduate Diploma in Corporate Management and an MBA. He is also a graduate and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Board strategy insights briefings
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Key note addresses:
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About Youthquake
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Replacement top case for KUL ES87 keyboards.
Available in several colors. This is the "Proton White" color.
These colorful replacement top cases are designed specifically for the KUL ES-87 Tenkeyless Mechanical Keyboard. Manufactured to Keyed Up Labs exacting quality requirements, they're available in several carefully selected shades in order to bring a little bit of color and class to your working or playing environment!
Special note on the color: This white is bright!
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Falcileptoneta striata is een spinnensoort in de taxonomische indeling van de Leptonetidae.

Het dier behoort tot het geslacht Falcileptoneta. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1952 door Oi.

Leptonetidae

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1. To impact our community by teaching God's commands.
We believe God's commands are not just negative restrictions to our freedom, but the guidelines to living a happy and fulfilled life. Therefore, we desire to impact our children and parents, (and through them the entire community) by teaching and modeling these guidelines and commandments. There are a multitude of pitfalls waiting for your children as they grow up and we hope to instill in them a foundational walk with Christ that will guide them through the trials they will face.
2. To impact our community by modeling the love of Christ.
But Jesus did not just come to tell us the Words of God-- He came to model the love of God to a world starved for compassion. He did not just establish His commandments, He showed us how to love each other and help each other in times of trouble. At GLC, we are passionate about teaching your children the love of Christ. This includes both the way Jesus loves them, and how they should love each other. We believe there is no greater way to impact our community for good than teaching the compassion of our Lord.


Edited by Tod Lippy. Essays "Found Object: Collective Struggles: A letter discovered in 1975 in a hiding space beneath a cottage in Palo Alto, CA," contributed by Steve Weyl; "Singular Network: A dance company documents the creation of Cell, a piece crafted for one audience member at a time," by Headlong Dance Theater; "New Voices: "Carter and the Kid": Fourth in our series of fiction by emerging authors," by Stuart Nadler; "Paintings for Cash: The Confessions of a Marketable Artist: An anonymous dispatch from a parallel art universe," by "Penelope"; "Modern Artifact 2: "Dear Miss Miller...": The second in a series presented in partnership with MoMA's archives featuring correspondence between two art legends," introduction by Michelle Elligott; "This is Neil Greenberg. Neil Draws Maps.: A Detroit resident charts entire cities from his imagination-we offer a sampling of his "eight-and-a-half-by-elevens," introduction and interview by Fritz Swanson; "Guarded Opinions 2: Commentary on works by Moreau and Degas grace this latest installment of our series on museum guards and the art they observe," introduction by Paul VanDeCarr; commentary by Ruben Green and Wendy Iraheta; "Esopus CD #8." Songs "Flare Gun," by Final Fantasy; "Agents of the Corps," by The Submarines; "Call of the Wily," by Greg Tate's Garage Band; "For Me To Stay," by Frida Hyvönen; "Walk Around the Lake," by Lost in the Trees; "The Secret Rite of Tantalizaiton," by The Family Doctor; "My Rumania," by Harmony and Pollution; "Graduation Day," by Dylan in the Movies; "Imperfections," by The Moral Loopholes; "Sunday on Prozac," by Needle.


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Buses are back to the Hayling Ferry
Monday 31st August 2020 I last took a ride on the Hayling Ferry in November 2018. This cute little passenger ferry crosses Langstone Harbour connecting the eastern tip of Portsea Island with the extreme western tip of Hayling Island. It only takes three minutes to make the 400 yard crossing and saves a long detour... Continue Reading →
All change for TfL's 384 and 112
Saturday 29th August 2020 Readers may recall my ride on route 404 earlier this month highlighting TfL's penchant for circuitous bus routes wandering around the back streets of London's suburbs making sure everyone lives within 400 metres of a bus stop. But up in Barnet, it's all change for circuitous route 384. From today it's... Continue Reading →
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Brighton to Croydon and back. By bus.
Thursday 27th August 2020 It only takes 44 minutes on the train. But that's far too easy a way to make the journey. How about taking the bus instead? I set off yesterday on the 08:13 route 270 from Brighton to East Grinstead operated by Metrobus. I joined the bus by Preston Park with two... Continue Reading →
Arriva's new website. A brutal review.
Wednesday 26th August 2020 It's been trailed on social media as making "it easier than ever to connect with the people and places that matter to you". Arriva'smuch vaunted new website and app were launched yesterday. It gets a one star rating from me, and that's being generous. Bring back the previous website famed for... Continue Reading →
Tour Hidden London from home
Tuesday 25th August 2020 The London Transport Museum has been running a series of Hidden London branded tours for a number of years. There's even a book recently published which features the tours and history of the locations and a dedicated exhibition was added to the Museum in Covent Garden prior to lockdown featuring highlights... Continue Reading →
Multi-coloured New Forest Tours
Saturday 22nd August 2020 Continuing my Covid curtailed summer open top bus rides, I popped down to the New Forest today to sample Bluestar's colour coded circular tours around the National Park. There are three circular routes with the Blue and Green routes running anti-clockwise while the Red route goes clockwise. I last travelled on... Continue Reading →
Beachcomber and EastRider riden
Thursday 20 August 2020 The last time I took a ride on East Yorkshire's open top bus service along Scarborough's seafront was in May last year, just before the lovely bright new Beachcomber brand was rolled out, so it was nice to make a return visit on Tuesday and see the Best Impressions designed makeover... Continue Reading →
Going loco in Appleby
Monday 16th August 2020 Heritage Railways have had it tough these last few months. No 'Emergency Measures Agreements' for them, nor any help for charter train companies either. So it was a surprise a few weeks ago when I saw news a new charter train service would be starting up from Monday 20th July running... Continue Reading →
Horden back on track after 56 years
Saturday 15th August 2020 A brand new station at Horden opened quietly without any ceremonial ribbon cutting, balloons or cup cakes during the Covid-19 'essential travel only' lockdown era on Monday 29th June. I wrote about it on 5th May as part of a review of '50 new stations' but to recap ….... Continue Reading →
fflecsi – the Welsh DRT
Thursday 13th August 2020I had high hopes for fflecsi (it's Welsh for flex) - the Welsh version of DRT (Demand Responsive Transport).Transport for Wales (TfW) are replacing existing fixed-timetable small-scale bus routes with a bookable flexible bus running along the route and its environs according to demand. It's a bit like how Go Coach Hire... Continue Reading →
Book my bus ride in Bath and Bristol
Monday 10th August 2020 When First West of England managing director James Freeman announced a few weeks ago he was going to trial the idea of allowing passengers to pre-book a seat on the network of frequent city bus routes in Bath and Bristol I thought he was joking. Then I heard West of England... Continue Reading →
Uber Boat Launch
Saturday 8th August 2020 Thames Clippers' six year partnership with credit card company MBNA came to an end on Monday when the naming rights of the company's twenty boats was taken over by Uber, a company that's no stranger to transport in the Capital. Unsurprisingly details of the deal are not public but Uber gets... Continue Reading →
404: No passenger found
Thursday 6th August 2020 London's bus route 404 is interesting for a number of reasons. It's one of TfL's short meandering routes that doesn't really go anywhere. It wanders around well-heeled leafy residential roads lying either side of Coulsdon Road which links Coulsdon (in the London Borough of Croydon) with Caterham-on-the-Hill (just over the border... Continue Reading →
Turnback Stevenage
Monday 3rd August 2020 It was pats on the backs all round at Network Rail and GoVia Thameslink Railway (GTR) this morning as although operational problems a plenty caused by damaged overhead lines near Farringdon meant disruption for Thameslink services across the network, the opening of Stevenage's new 'turnback' platform 5 was rightly being celebrated... Continue Reading →
Beside the seaside, beside the sea
Saturday 1st August 2020 It's a shorter summer season this year for obvious reasons, so this past week I've been out and about giving three bus companies running seafront open top bus routes in the south-east a bit of much needed custom and support. First up on a lovely sunshine filled day last Sunday was... Continue Reading →


Joss Whedon regular Amy Acker has recently been added to the ever growing list of guest stars in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Acker will appear in at least one episode as Audrey, a talented cellist and Agent Coulson's ex-girlfriend who remains unaware that Coulson is alive. Acker has already appeared in several Whedon works that include Angel, Dollhouse, Cabin in the Woods and last year's Much Ado About Nothing.
Those of you who have watched Marvel's The Avengers enough times might remember her being mentioned briefly by Coulson in one of his scenes with Tony Stark. Until now she has yet to make an appearance or given a name but has been alluded to earlier in the season.
Given her past work in Whedon's works it's not entirely inconceivable that she could make future appearances after this episode. If that does end up being the case however, I don't see it being much more than a recurring gig. Acker is currently a series regular on Person of Interest so I don't see the producers giving her enough time off to do more than maybe a couple of episodes a year (if any at all).
Do you think Amy Acker is the right choice to play Coulson's ex-girlfriend? Do you think she could make future appearances? Give us your thoughts in the comment section below.
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