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Q: Why will the estimates of prediction error typically be biased upward with Cross-Validation? Why the estimates of prediction error will typically be biased upward with Cross-Validation?
Is it like with decisions tree? Using a stopping criterion will increase a little the bias but will considerably decrease the variance (or overfitting in the test set)? Is this why LOOCV minimize bias but has high variance (since using LOOCV is like not using stopping criterion with decision trees)?

A: The training samples in cross validation are smaller than the original sample. Therefore, the model's parameters are not estimated as precisely. Therefore, the validation errors are generally larger than they would be if they were obtained from the model trained on the original sample. This is negligible for LOOCV because the training samples are almost as large as the original sample but can be noticeable for K-fold CV, especially for smaller values of K.
Regarding the variance of LOOCV vs. K-fold CV, it is not clear that the former is generally larger than the latter; see "Bias and variance in leave-one-out vs K-fold cross validation".


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Q: finding a rational number u, that satisfies a countable number of inequalities This is stated in a proof I am reading:
They arrive at two real numbers x, and y which are not equal. Then they say, choose a rational number such that $u(x-y) \ne 2k\pi, k \in \mathbb{Z}$. But how do we know that such a number u exist?
My attempt for showing this is this: If $x-y$ is not an integer multiple of $2\pi$ we are done. If not, we have that $x-y=2K\pi$. And now I must find some u. if u could be any real number, it would be easy, because than $u=\pi$ works fine, but what when u is restricted to the rational case?
I feel that this should not be so dificult, but do we need number theory techniques to show it?

A: You can just choose $u$ small enough.  If $x-y=2K\pi$, choose $u=\frac 1{2K}$.  Then $u(x-y)=\pi \neq 2k\pi, k \in \Bbb Z$

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Home-Corporate information-News-Minister opens Renishaw regional training centre
UK Government Minister opens Renishaw regional training centre
Renishaw centre for Manufacturing Productivity is opened at the University of Greenwich
The UK Minister for the South East, Jonathan Shaw MP (centre), opened the Renishaw Centre for Manufacturing Productivity at the University of Greenwich at Medway, Kent, on 22nd October.
The centre, a partnership between the university and engineering manufacturer Renishaw, will offer courses to businesses and develop teaching and research on manufacturing productivity, as well as giving local firms access to the latest technology.
Jonathan Shaw says: "Partnerships between universities and business are critical to give the manufacturing sector the skills and knowledge to compete in a challenging market. The Renishaw Centre is an excellent example of collaboration to meet this challenge. It exemplifies the best of what the talent and facilities in our universities, working in partnership with a world class British company, has to offer the wider community."
Renishaw productivity course
One of the initiatives is a two-day course, developed by Renishaw to help manufacturing companies increase automation and improve quality.
Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Greenwich, Professor Tom Barnes (right in image) says: "The benefits of the Renishaw Centre will be seen across the region through better skills, increased high-technology manufacturing capacity, enhanced productivity and faster innovation, giving more competitive edge."
Renishaw's UK General Manager Marc Saunders (left in image) adds: "Renishaw has proven that it is possible to thrive as a UK-based manufacturer through exceptional levels of automation and process control. We have distilled our years of accumulated manufacturing knowledge into training material that will help companies to develop their own robust, automated processes to compete globally."
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Ahead of this weekends RideLondon cycle event, our Director Matt braved the pain of waxing his legs to reach his fundraising target of £500 in aid of Leukaemia CARE.
Stripes beauty boutique in Worcester kindly waxed Matt's legs to help with his fundraising ahead of his cycling challenge.
Matt will be starting his RideLondon 100 mile bike ride on Sunday at 9am.


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Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard.  In 1987, 12 different albums topped the chart, based on sales reports submitted by a representative sample of stores nationwide.

The number one position was occupied for nearly half the year by Always & Forever by Randy Travis.  First topping the chart in the issue of Billboard dated June 20, by the end of the year the album would spend 25 weeks at number one in three separate runs.  It would add a further 18 weeks to its tally the following year for a final total of 43 weeks atop the listing, beating by a considerable amount the previous record of 28 weeks set by Alabama with both Feels So Right and Mountain Music between 1981 and 1983.  Travis was one of the main artists identified with the neotraditional country trend, which moved away from the pop music-influenced style which dominated the country charts in the earlier part of the decade in favour of a sound closer to the genre's roots.  Having first topped the chart the previous year with his first major-label album Storms of Life, Travis would continue to experience huge success for the remainder of the decade before his chart performance began to decline in the 1990s.

Three acts achieved more than one number one in 1987.  In the issue of Billboard dated January 3, the band Alabama was at number one with the album The Touch, its eighth week in the top spot.  Later in the year, the band spent a single week in the top spot with Just Us, the group's eighth chart-topper of the number ones.  George Strait spent six non-consecutive weeks at number one in the spring with Ocean Front Property and returned to the top of the chart for a single week in November with the compilation album Greatest Hits Volume Two.  Hank Williams Jr spent one week atop the chart in April with Hank Live and a second week at number one in August with Born to Boogie, bringing his run of consecutive chart-toppers since 1984 to six.  In April, the band Restless Heart achieved its only number one with Wheels, which spent one week at number one.  The band experienced a period of great chart success for the remainder of the decade, but its fortunes declined after lead vocalist Larry Stewart left in 1990 and it disbanded in 1994.

Chart history

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Jasig is a non-profit US organization founded by a group of university IT personnel in late 1999 with the stated goal of creating open source computer programs for use in higher education environments, mostly written in the Java programming language. Jasig, "a federation of higher ed institutions interested in open source", is registered as a US 501(c)3 non-profit organization. The name Jasig is an acronym for Java in Administration Special Interest Group.  The founders of Jasig included Carl Jacobson from University of Delaware, David Koehler from Princeton, Bernie Gleason from Boston College, Ted Dodds at the University of British Columbia, Jeffrey Gozdieski and Art Pasquinelli from Sun Microsystems.

Jasig developed uPortal, a portal framework for higher education; Bedework, an enterprise calendar system; CAS, an authentication system and single sign-on service; and "2-3-98" to help raise awareness and adoption of open-source.

Licensing policy
All the software sponsored by Jasig is open source, released under the Apache license.

Community model
Jasig utilizes a community model based on three classes of membership:
 institutional members
 partners
 affiliates

Each type of membership assumes a different role in the organization. Institutional members tend to be colleges or universities that use Jasig commissioned software. Partners tend to be commercial entities who have some vested interest in Jasig software. Affiliates are similar to partners, but have a lower level of commitment to the organization.

Partners
Jasig has worked with a variety of commercial entities in the development and support of its various technologies and software.
 Unicon:
Offers an Open Source Cooperative Support Program for Central Authentication Service (CAS).
Unicon is a Jasig contributor and offers services for uPortal in the areas of deployment, customization, integration, and general support for education organizations.

Software projects
Jasig sponsors four main software projects, and one community project:
 uMobile: delivers educational content to mobile devices.
 uPortal: an enterprise portal framework.
 CAS (Central Authentication Service): allows students and faculty to sign into multiple websites with a single sign on.
 Bedework: a calendaring system.
 The 2-3-98 Project: a community project that assists college faculty and staff in moving proprietary systems to open source alternatives.

Funding
Jasig's primary means of funding are through membership fees, sponsorships, and donations. The organization also relies on volunteers to assist in other non-monetary ways such as writing computer programs, writing documentation etc.

Activities
Jasig holds an annual conference spotlighting open source in education. This annual event often coincides with other conferences dedicated to the development and adoption of not only open source applications, but technology generally.

Merger with Sakai Foundation

In 2010, Jasig entered into talks with the Sakai Foundation to merge the two organizations. The two organizations were consolidated as Apereo Foundation in December 2012.

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Free and open-source software organizations
Organizations established in 1999
Organizations based in Denver
1999 establishments in Colorado


Any way to avoid this other than scaling up?
I tweaked ray epsilon, but at some point those strange self-shadows appear. can I tweak something within octane/materials to treat scaled-down/scaled up figures as if they were normally-sized?
I think Poser figures should not be scaled down, otherwise the vertex density will be too high. Instead, scale everything else up. You can do this in the Settings with the Poser to Octane Scale Factor.
face_off wrote: I think Poser figures should not be scaled down, otherwise the vertex density will be too high. Instead, scale everything else up. You can do this in the Settings with the Poser to Octane Scale Factor.
1. when other figures are scaled up enough, their textures are being effected (I still didn't figured out what do I need to tweak in order to keep them rendered as normal-sized figures).
2. lighting: I need to increase the light sources values * 100 (!) in order to get the same lighting, for every *10 in size.
so...is there a way to increase the light limits in octane?
Textures should not be effected if you are using the UV Projection. For other Projection types, you will need to adjust the Projection Scale. You can increase the light power via the "Power" pin on the emitter material.
face_off wrote: Textures should not be effected if you are using the UV Projection. For other Projection types, you will need to adjust the Projection Scale. You can increase the light power via the "Power" pin on the emitter material.
I know how to adjust light power, my friend...my question was how to increase the *maximum* power allowed in octane (if that's possible at all...).
my question was how to increase the *maximum* power allowed in octane (if that's possible at all...).
I'm not sure I am understanding your question. Can you post a screenshot of the power pin you want the maximum value increased on please?
100000 is the maximum emitter power that Octane will allow.
face_off wrote: 100000 is the maximum emitter power that Octane will allow.
I see...so I guess HDRI is my answer for extreme situations (those won't lose power regardless of scaling).
You can also scale your emitter geometry.


Could snails be eating the spinach in my greenhouse? I have half eaten leaves at the base of my spinach plants. How do I control the problem organically?
You could set out some snail traps and see what you catch, Carol. Alternatively, you could make a little collar around the base of your plants by using those cardboard sleeves they sell for coffee cups or some metal screen material if you have that handy.
I know snails and slugs have a huge appetite in GA now. I trap them by putting a small bowl or container close to ground level and fill with cheap beer. They will be attracted to the bowls of beer, climb in, and drown. I do not drink beer so I did not know that I used my hubby's "good beer" the first time I tried this. But, I did save my pansies.
I like the beer idea. At least they die happy. I brewed some strong tea and poured on my plants last night. Hopefully that will do the trick, if indeed it is snails that are munching on my plants. Seems odd that the little buggers would find there way into the greenhouse. I did see one in my lettuce that was in a pot on the floor of the greenhouse, so they may very well be the culprits. It sure is buggy here in GA!
Update: Its been a week and no more half eaten leaves. The tea worked, Yay!!!


Everyone needs to find their own way in this life. It helps to know we have a helper. When I get depressed I usually just tough it through by myself. I struggle with my faith a lot. Its not that I don't believe just that it gets unbearably lonely. One of the bad things about bipolar is that you don't want to share out of embarrassment or rejection then have a tendency to push away loved ones or ruin relationships.
True. Depression is a form of grief, a feeling of loss (loss of hope for example). The Bible talks often about it, using different terms for it. In one place, Solomon calls it a crushed spirit: "A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones" (Pro. 17:22).
Because the joy of the Lord is our strength and because we must have vision or purpose to walk with God in His purpose for our lives, the Bible seems convinced that it is not God's will for anyone to suffer from depression or ongoing grief. Isaiah calls it in one place, a spirit of heaviness, and Jesus quoted the passage, saying that He came to deliver people from such a fate. In Isaiah's passage, we see depression (heaviness) contrasted with praise (purpose, vision, genuine and fulfilled hope): "[He has sent Me] to give them beauty (restoration) for ashes (loss), a garment of praise (restored purpose) for a spirit of heaviness (depression, loss of purpose)" (61:3).
Since depression/grief (heaviness) is the opposite of purpose (praise, hope, a good outlook on life: "The plans I have for you [are] to give you a future and hope" — Jer. 29:11), we can be sure that God desires to heal or deliver those who struggle with depression (darkness) which is darkness or a loss of vision, hope, and light (a way forward). I hope this blesses someone.


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Ask the children to run around the hall running in and out of each other, without bumping into each other.
Get children to move towards the teacher without touching them. Ask children to find a marker and sit down by it.


From previous release, we know that Darkane knows a little something about playing their instruments. They notes are precise and each strike of every chord has meaning and is done with precision. One of the best displays of their rhythm guitar precision work is on Ostracized, where they effectivley use palm muting where necessary to emphasize partivular notes. Ostracized is one of the best songs on the album from the solid riffwork and vocal work to its melodic feel.
The title track, The Sinister Supremacy, is another track that comes busting out of the gates after the intro to the album sets a serene mood. The same can be said for The Decline with its slow opening into a powerful song.
Humanity Defiled is another one of the standout tracks from the album with its melodic chorus and sweet guitar lines. The solo work and rhythm work is great on this one as well as some of the great double bass work on the drums.
Overall, Darkane seems to not have missed a beat by replacing Jens Broman with Lawrence Mackrory. If anything, they appear more focused and ready to get to work.


We are excited to announce our newest project, the Goldstream Valley Greenbelt!
Many local community members and other Fairbanks residents enjoy the excellent recreation opportunities offered by Goldstream Valley. The area is crisscrossed with multi-use trails enjoyed by berry pickers, hikers, bird watchers, and dog walkers in the summer, and by dog mushers, skiers, snowmachiners, and many others in the winter. Goldstream Creek runs through the Valley, creating tussocky wetlands that provide habitat for moose, fox, hares, countless birds, and many small mammals, not to mention the native plants that thrive in these marshy areas.
These open spaces and trails play a large role in making Goldstream an excellent place to live, and nearly 2,000 acres in the Valley are already protected as the Goldstream Public Use Area. The Public Use Area enjoys tremendous local support, as was demonstrated in 2010 when the law that had designated it was set to expire. A variety of groups and residents stepped forward requesting that the GPUA continue in its current form, and the measure was passed unanimously in the state Senate. (Read more here).
However, Fairbanks is growing quickly, and some Goldstream residents have come to us to discuss ways to protect more of the Valley. The well used Blueberry Preserves and Peat Ponds properties, which the Land Trust already manages, are in Goldstream Valley. In fact, the Blueberry Preserves are directly adjacent to the Goldstream Public Use Area. After the widespread support for our Chena Flats Greenbelt project, working to create a similar Greenbelt in Goldstream Valley seemed like a natural next step.
The proposed Goldstream Valley Greenbelt aims to expand the current Goldstream Public Use Area, and to connect portions of the GPUA that are not currently connected. We are working collaboratively with willing and interested landowners to identify and conserve key parcels in the Goldstream Valley. If you are a landowner in the Valley, check out the "Conservation Options" tab at the top of the page (or give us a call! (907) 451-0737) to learn about options for conserving your land. In addition to the options listed, there may be the option to sell your land to an affiliated conservation organization. We work closely with landowners to come up with plans that are just right for your vision for your land so you will have a voice in every step of the conservation process.
As Fairbanks grows, we believe it is important to preserve the open spaces that make Fairbanks unique. These open spaces increase the property values of adjacent land, enhance recreational opportunities, protect wildlife habitat, and provide long-term benefit to the community. Please help us make the Goldstream Valley Greenbelt a reality!


When my friend Ann moved to Beaufort, South Carolina, I came along for the ride. The trip produced several posts, here, here, here and here. Naturally, we were busy with unpacking and getting settled, but I'm telling you, the woman does not run out of energy. We spent several days unpacking and organizing, and when I was exhausted and couldn't move a muscle, Ann still had the enthusiasm and the interest to go shopping!
This passion for shopping manifests itself in her adorable shop in Habersham. Pearls Before Noon is located in a charming marketplace, sort of Disney style, where locals toodle around on their golf carts to visit shops, go to the dentist, or have a bite to eat. Ann's shop, Pearls Before Noon is a highlight for all and most recently for a group of friends who were in town for a visit.
A set of 4 majolica plates ~ beautiful!
I shipped home a few things and will share when they arrive.
If you live nearby, my goodness, take an afternoon drive over to Ann's place. Habersham is located on the coast just 8 minutes from historic downtown Beaufort, South Carolina; within 30 minutes of Hilton Head Island and just over an hour from the historic port cities of Charleston and Savannah, Georgia. Her prices are reasonable and her merchandise charming. Check her hours before planning a trip ~ when she's not working, she's shopping for merchandise!
Click here to visit the website with more information!
I love this shop! I wish I had known about it on my trip South last year! Maybe this year! I used that same orange and white fabric pattern (only in blue & white) on a chair I just painted white....it lasted in my house a few weeks and then my daughter "stole" it for her apartment!!
Good grief--Ann does not mess around, What an adorable shop!!! Should have gone there instead of Savannah a few weeks ago!!! Good for her and loved seeing the pictures--charm central!
First of all... love the name of the shop. Secondly, sounds like a great town to live in and last but not least - WOW what a great shop! From what I see on the tags looks fairly reasonable too.
What! What a wonderful shop! I am so glad that you shared it with us. I live in SC and I'm putting it on my list to visit on my next trip to the coast!
Neat shop the kind you could get lost in for hours.
I remember your post about her home - loved it, and love her shop too. I could live there! I will be visiting her website next. Great post, Jan!


If you have not already heard about the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, it is time to start listening. The legislation affects small, medium-sized and large companies across Europe and the rest of the world. The cut-off date for compliance on 25 May is very close and, according to the Federation of Small Businesses, fewer than one in 10 small companies in Britain are prepared.
This figure is in line with the European Commission's announcement in January that, of the European Union's 28 member states, only Austria and Germany demonstrated clear changes to their legislation ahead of the regulation becoming law. The commission's hard-line approach on adequacy levels for data protection leaves many countries outside Europe ill-equipped to cope with the change in data-processing laws. Currently only Andorra, Argentina, Canada (commercial organisations), the Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Israel, the Isle of Man, Jersey, New Zealand, Switzerland, Uruguay and the US meet the commission's adequacy requirements. All other countries are deemed non-compliant.
Privacy and data protection is a big and expensive business. No company collecting and processing the data of EU individuals is exempt from the legislation and the penalties for non-compliance are up to €20m, or 4% of annual global turnover for smaller businesses, whichever is larger. One of the most common misconceptions about the GDPR is that if a company operates outside the EU, the rules are not binding. This would only be the case if the company were not processing any personal data from people living in the EU.
What has changed with regards to data protection? The simple answer is the way that companies collect, store and maintain data must be at the heart of business operations. Under the GDPR, individuals are given more control over the way companies handle their data, including the right to request all the personal data being held about them, the right to ask for their data to be erased and the right to opt in.
Moreover, it is important that organisations recognise that being GDPR compliant is not simply a data audit, it is a major security test. The integrity of the data does not just refer to how and why it is collected by the business, but how secure the systems are that store it.
The UK information commissioner's office has reminded all businesses – no matter the size – that there is no grace period for non-compliance. However, if organisations can demonstrate a willingness to comply with the GDPR by showing that appropriate systems and thinking are in place, they will be looked on kindly with regard to any data breaches.
The International Association of Privacy Professionals estimates that in Europe alone at least 28,000 data protection officers will have been hired, and 75,000 new data protection officers are being recruited globally. With the average salary of a data protection officer usually more than £60,000, these numbers add up.
The demand for expertise in businesses of every size is higher than what has been seen historically and a new business segment has been created. Additional investment in staff engagement programmes, training and in-house GDPR project managers have become the norm.
Companies that do not take the new legislation seriously risk damage to their reputations. Avoiding non-compliance is imperative for all organisations. A GDPR compliance and maintenance structure should remain an important and evolving operation that is closely monitored well beyond 25 May 2018.
Sarah Butler is Deputy Head of Development at OMFIF, and is responsible for GDPR compliance.


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Bracknell Town Mayoral Recent Engagements
25th June 2018 Posted in Community News
Bracknell Town Mayor Cllr Sandra Ingham has attended a variety of engagements recently;
Great Hollands Pavilion Rebuild: The Bracknell Town Council Great Hollands Pavilion Working Group committee attended site with the contractor team Francis Construction and Town Mayor Cllr Sandra Ingham on 6th June to view the progress and mark the start of the next phase of the pavilion rebuild.
The main aim of the new pavilion is to provide updated facilities for the users of the pavilion and outdoor space. The children's play area will also be improved along with an accessible water feature.
Chairman of the Great Hollands Pavilion Working Group, Cllr Iain McCracken said "We are delighted the anticipated project at Great Hollands is now proceeding. We look forward to welcoming park users and residents to enjoy the modernised facilities at Great Hollands Recreation Ground once completed."
Town Mayor Cllr Sandra Ingham added "The new pavilion and improved facilities will be an asset to Bracknell and the community."
South Berkshire District Scout Council: Bracknell Town Mayor Cllr Sandra Ingham and her Consort Jon Ingham attended South Berkshire District Scout Council AGM.
Bracknell Town Mayor thanked the District Commissioner and the Treasurer for their interesting presentations. 827 young people are currently involved with South Berkshire District Scouting and this figure includes 170 girls.
The waiting list of 238 young people shows how popular scouting is in our area.
Bracknell Town Mayor thanked the District Scout Council for revising and re-launching Active Support Units to continue to engage young adults with the scouting movement after they have graduated. She also thanked them for recognising and meeting the need to involve parents in the successful Parent and Child Camp. The Town Mayor also thanked the Scout Council for making such a positive impact on the lives of our young people and asked the Officers present to please pass the thanks to all volunteers involved with South Berkshire District Scouting.
After the AGM there was a presentation about the 24th Worldwide Scout Jamboree which this year is meeting in West Virginia, hosted by North America.
The Royal Visit to Bracknell's Kerith Centre: "HRH The Duke of Gloucester was accompanied by the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire, Mr James Puxley, on an escorted tour of the Kerith Centre. They were welcomed by Cllr Alvin Finch, Mayor of Bracknell Forest, and Cllr Sandra Ingham, Mayor of Bracknell Town. They were told about the work the Kerith Centre undertakes in our local community. "
The Kerith Centre is not just a Sunday Church, which is a small part of what they do. The tour included meeting residents who freely give of their time to help others through Bracknell's Food Bank, the Job Club, help and support with addiction, managing debt and teaching English as a foreign language.
Bracknell Town Mayor Cllr Sandra Ingham extended a huge thank you to all the helpers who make such a difference to people's lives. It was a special privilege to meet people who are being supported or who have been supported by people at the Kerith Centre and are now thriving in ways they had not anticipated. The Town Mayor departed knowing there is always a warm welcome to all our residents at the Kerith Centre regardless of personal circumstances.
Fusion Coffee Morning: Bracknell Town Mayor Cllr Sandra Ingham was invited to a Fusion coffee morning on Thursday 14 June to learn about new targets for engaging our more vulnerable Year 6 and Year 7 pupils to help with transitioning to Secondary School. To meet the new targets Fusion needs every support from local councillors to help them into our local schools.
The Fusion programme content builds resilience and determination, confidence and leadership skills and involves activities and a social action project.
Find out more: www.berkshireyouth.co.uk/projects/fusion
Youthline 30th Anniversary: Bracknell Town Mayor Cllr Sandra Ingham wished Youthline a happy 30th anniversary and thanked them for making such a positive difference to the lives of Bracknell youth on 14th June.
Bracknell Town Council's grant, supports Youthline helping them to deliver over 1,300 1:1 counselling sessions in our local schools. This early intervention figure rises to 3428 sessions when you include counselling at The Lodge on Coopers Hill.
Youthline schools work continues to grow and they are delighted to have commenced work at Kennel Lane School this academic year.
Youthline offers day and evening high quality, safe and confidential counselling services 5 days a week in Bracknell. There continues to be a huge demand for Youthline with a current waiting list of 37 days as at the end of March 2018.
For more information, please visit: www.youthlineuk.com
Eid Prayer: On the morning of Friday 15th June, Bracknell Town Mayor Cllr Sandra Ingham was honoured to be one of the guests of the Bracknell area Muslim community at the annual Eid Prayer to mark the end of the Ramadan fasting month.
This year's prayer was held outside in the sunshine on the 3G pitches by the Bracknell Leisure Centre due to the increase in the number of Muslims in Bracknell over the last few years.
Bracknell Town Mayor Cllr Sandra Ingham thanked the Muslim community for their kind invitation and said, "In the spirit of inter-faith understanding, may the blessing of peace be with you all, a deep peace that goes beyond human understanding."
Cllr Sandra Ingham
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Incredibly proud of the way I've performed: Steve Smith ...
Incredibly proud of the way I've performed: Steve Smith after Australia clinch Ashes 2019
Tags: The Ashes 2019, England vs Australia, 4th Test at Manchester, Sep 04-08, 2019, Australia, England, Steven Peter Devereux Smith, Test Series
Published on: Sep 09, 2019
Australia retained the Ashes by overpowering England by 185 runs in the fourth Test at Manchester on Sunday. On the final day, the hosts crumbled to 197
Australia retained the Ashes by overpowering England by 185 runs in the fourth Test at Manchester on Sunday. On the final day, the hosts crumbled to 197 all out, with opener Joe Denly the only one to cross the fifty mark.
For the Aussies, Pat Cummins starred with 4 for 43 while Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon both claimed two wickets each. Earlier, it was again Steve Smith who stood out for the Aussies with scores of 211 and 82, the latter being his lowest score! The knock in the second innings came after Australia found themselves in trouble at 44 for 4.
Smith has had a sensational Ashes 2019 with 671 runs from just five innings in the series. The next best is Ben Stokes, who is a distant second with 354 runs.
After yet another impressive performance, Smith speaking to the broadcasters said that he was very keen to get the urn here after the disappointments in 2013 and 2015. "It feels amazing to know the urn is coming home now. I've been here a few times when things haven't gone our way. We didn't perform to the best of our abilities in 2013 and 2015," an elated Smith admitted.
"To know it's coming home is extremely satisfying. To come back here, I always wanted to tick off my bucket list to get the urn over here. Obviously there is another game and we would like to win that. I've been here a few times, I wanted to tick this off my bucket list," the former skipper, who has made a sensational return after the ball-tampering ban, added.
Smith also praised skipper Tim Paine and he was proud to be a part of the current set-up. He particularly pointed out the move to bring in Marnus Labuschagne, which led to the wicket of Jack Leach.
Analysing the further, Smith told the broadcasters, "I didn't enjoy watching last week. But what a feeling today. Special feeling and really proud to be part of this group of boys. We've won key moments, built up pressure on England. It's incredibly pleasing to get rewards for the hard work. Tim has done a terrific job, he's got a group together doing a terrific job. Bowling Marnus showed a bit of courage, Tim's been exceptional."
Asked about his 12-month ban from the game, Smith said he took it up as a positive and used the time to freshen up for future challenges by working on the game harder.
"A year off where I could freshen up, I've been so relaxed and chilled hard but working incredibly hard on by game. I love batting, don't really like watching cricket. I'm incredibly proud of the way I've performed and helped the team. I'm two hundreds from two games at The Oval, so it's a place I like batting. We came here to win the Ashes. We'll do our best to go 3 up at The Oval," Smith signed off.
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As a part of DesignStudio´s London team I worked as motion designer and animator bringing to live the new UI designs for Mix Radio. I also participated with logo animations and some fun pieces that mixes the new logo with music celebrities.
MY ROLE - Motion design and animation. 2D & 3D, Editing.


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Organisations large and small, public, private or commercial have become increasingly dependent on networks and computer systems to support their business operations and services. Unfortunately, as this dependency has grown, so too have the motives and capabilities of cyber adversaries to attack these networks and computer systems. Regardless of their motives, cyber attackers are often able to penetrate networks and computer systems to extract valuable information (theft), tamper with the accuracy of the information (manipulation) and overload or otherwise prevent access to needed services and systems (denial of service). Any of such tactics used by the cyber adversaries can have significant negative impacts on an organisation's business, reputation and liabilities. In the era of open networks and platforms, pioneered by paradigms such as the internet, web services, cloud computing and mobile computing, attacks find more venues to exploit the complexity and scale of use to cause increasingly substantial damages.
Automated development of prioritized risk response activities (courses of action) including prioritization of proactive mitigation actions in response to known vulnerabilities and reactive mitigation actions in response to identified cyber incidents.
The PANOPTESEC consortium will deliver a beyond-state-of-the-art prototype of a cyber defence decision support system, demonstrating a risk based approach to automated cyber defence that accounts for the dynamic nature of information and communications technologies (ICT) and the constantly evolving capabilities of cyber attackers.
"Panoptes" is an ancient Greek term meaning "all eyes" or "all seeing". This term has incorporated into the project name to represent the PANOPTESEC consortium because the overall goal of the PANOPTESEC project is to deliver a continuous cyber security monitoring and response capability.
Organizations have become increasingly dependent on networks and computer systems to support their business operations and services. Unfortunately, as this dependency has grown, the motives and capabilities of cyber adversaries to attack these systems are also increasing. Attackers are often able to penetrate computer systems to extract sensitive information, tamper with accuracy of the information and prevent access to essential services. Given the organizational dependency on the systems and services, any one of these tactics can have significant negative impacts on an organization's business capabilities, reputation and liabilities. In the era of open networks and platforms, attackers continue to find more venues to exploit these systems to cause substantial damage.
Despite the well-known need for continuous monitoring of ICT systems to detect vulnerabilities and attacks, as well as the need for rapid incident response, commercial solutions do not meet the demands of modern networks and systems. The PANOPTESEC prototype will address these challenges by proactively and reactively evaluating system weaknesses, identifying potential attack paths, providing a list of prioritized response actions, and delivering a means to execute these responses; all supported by automated analysis engines. The resulting PANOPTESEC prototype will provide a continuous monitoring and response capability to prevent, detect, manage and react to cyber incidents in real-time. The near market-ready system will support breach notifications and improve situation awareness while supporting the decision-making process required by security personnel. PANOPTESEC will deliver this capability through an integrated and modular, standards-based integration of technologies that will collectively deliver the required capabilities.
This project is funded by the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Commission (GA 610416).


Originally from Copenhagen, I have been residing in London and Edinburgh since 2001. Since graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 2012, I have undertaken a number of public and private site-specific commissions. Past clients include Napier University, Royal Observatory Edinburgh and University of Edinburgh. Most recently, I was commissioned by Aberdeen City Council to create a memorial to the controversial crematorium ashes scandal, which saw the ashes of more than 200 infants lost.
I have a background in dancing and an interest in choreography and anatomy. Focusing primarily on large-scale site-specific commissions, my work is concerned with the body in space and time; the dichotomy between the permanent and transient. My work is based on a great amount of topical research and recent work has sought to combine an interest in science and exploring how the world works with a desire to express the emotional state of being.
As well as undertaking individual projects, I also work on collaborative projects with a variety of other artists. Recent collaborations include Threshold, a collaboration with artist Sarah Dale for Edinburgh University and Royal Observatory and Musselburgh Archer, a collaboration with artist Svetlana Kondakova for East Lothian Council, installed in Musselburgh.
I was awarded a graduate studio at the prestigious Edinburgh Sculpture Workshops (ESW) in 2012, where I have conducted a number of workshops with pupils from local primary schools. I run the group Edinburgh Artists with Kids, providing peer support and organising workshops and events based around involving children in the creation of art.
2018 (May) Sculpture Threshold at Edinburgh Royal Observatory, commissioned by University of Edinburgh for their new Higgs Centre for innovation. The sculpture is in the form of an optical illusion.
2017 (June - October) Exhibiting site-specific, figurative piece Defection at Scottish Sculpture Park's Biannual Summer Exhibition. I have been invited to return and will be showing again in 2019.
2015 (November - present) Commissioned by East Lothian Council to create and install life-size bronze sculpture and a sculpture trail in the form of steel arrows and accompanying plaques (sculpture installed June 2018 – arrows still awaiting approval).
2015 (January) Public Artwork entitled Imprint for Edinburgh Napier University's Fountainbridge halls of residence.
2014 (August) Temporary site specific artwork Placeyersaurus at Cockenzie House. The artwork is in the shape of a life-size bronze Plesiosaurus immersed into the duck pond on the grounds.
2014 (January) Public Artwork entitled Tree of Knowledge for Edinburgh Napier University's Fountainbridge halls of residence.
2015 (June) Organised and ran event Child's Play, which included an exhibition on the theme of being an Artist with Kids as well as children's workshops, run in collaboration with artist Steve Dale.
2015 (March - April) Conducted workshops with Victoria Primary School children, learning about sustainability and discussing the potential future of their area. The project was a collaboration with artist Hans Clausen.
2013 (February – present) Exploring mythologies and (mis)conceptions surrounding our relationship with animals. The project involved drawing workshops with pupils from Victoria and Trinity Primary Schools conducted at ESW.
2009 (July – September) Working with the local community in Uru, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania on a project examining cultural understandings of art and site specificity, working with only locally available materials. The project resulted in the construction of the sculpture Reflections and a written artwork.


Ed has been selling implantable medical devices since 1992. In 2004, Ed founded Emerging Medical Technologies and is the sole owner. Ed has been working with clinical studies in the medical field since 2006. Ed has a BS in Marketing from Penn State University. He is the father of three children, Will, Katie and John and husband to Maurie Drambel since 1999. In 2004, his twins were born and his life took on a new meaning. John was diagnosed with multiple acute micro infarcts in various parts of his brain due to apnea and bradycardia. Shortly thereafter, he was diagnosed with CP.
Ed's strong background in medical sales started back to 1991 with Biotronik, Inc. (pacemakers and defibrillators), where he is a current independent distributor for Biotronik as well as Medicomp Event Recorders. He has grown the Atlanta, Georgia market from $0 sales in 1991 to multiple millions on an annual basis. Ed's journey is not only helping his child overcome Cerebral Palsy, but also help the other 800,000 people in the US who battle this on a daily basis.
Heidie Egan was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she majored in English with a minor in Art History. In 2011, Heidie's first child, Jillian, was born premature via emergency cesarean section. An unknown heart condition, later diagnosed as Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome, caused Jillian to suffer a brain injury in utero. After months of uncertainty and many missed milestones, Jillian was diagnosed Cerebral Palsy diagnosis at seven months old.
Heidie joined the board of Let's Cure CP last year. Her desire is that parents and caregivers to children with special needs never give up hope. Who knows what the future will bring for our amazing kids! Heidie and her husband, Shawn, reside in Roswell, Georgia with their two children, Jillian and Alexander.
Shari Dexter is a native Washingtonian and as a result grew up getting involved in the Washington political arena by working on political campaigns, fundraising for progressive non-profits and teaching other about the importance of political activism. She is most proud of her work collaborating on a number of programs designed to help kids with special needs including a youth-driven media campaign; planning a medical symposium on current stem cell treatments for parents and professionals with the Kennedy Krieger Institute at John's Hopkins; lobbying on Capitol Hill to educate legislators about the benefits of saving cord blood for future medical treatments; helping plan a gala to raise thousands of dollars for the March of Dimes; and pushing legislation focused on the inclusion of special needs kids in the classroom.
Her professional work focuses on her creativity. Shari has helped shaped the agenda for successful fundraising and promotional programs in both the business and political arenas. In addition, she has designed special events that have run the gamut… from corporate campaigns to political galas at national party conventions to academic lecture series. Her approach uses real strategic communications, branding and marketing methods to make every event a memorable occasion while adding an ounce of fun.
She is married and a mother of three — all under age 10. Her oldest, Timmy, was born with cerebral palsy and she has two younger girls, Abby and Caitlin. Her son's medical condition has challenged her to tirelessly look for treatments to help him progress, strive and grow as any other child his age. She is constantly developing new relationships with other parents, medical professionals, therapists, and concerned individuals to share ideas and support each other. Her hope is that someday she will be able to help not only her son, but other children with disabilities, to find treatments beyond what is readily available.
Wayne graduated from the University of Georgia in 1983 with a B.S. in Mathematics. He graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1986. Wayne has been a practicing attorney in the Atlanta area for over 26 years specializing in litigation of securities, employment, and commercial disputes. He has spent the last 23 years at Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, where besides maintaining an active litigation practice, he serves as the firm's managing partner, chair of the firm's Executive Committee, and a member of the firm's Diversity Committee. Wayne has always been active in the legal community and the community at large. He currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Atlanta Bar Association Minority & Diversity Clerkship Program. He has also served as President of Murphey Candler Little League and President of the Dunwoody Diamond Club. He currently is the Director of the Murphey Candler Challenger Program, a little league baseball program for children with special needs.
Wayne is married to Kay and has two sons, Grant and Will. On June 10, 1999, Wayne's son Will was born prematurely, weighing only 1 pound 11 ounces. Shortly after birth, Will suffered two intraventricular hemorrhages, both bilateral grade 3 with components of grade 4 on the right side, and subsequently was diagnosed with CP. Wayne has supported Let's Cure CP for years and was asked to join the board in 2012. Wayne and Kay are both committed to doing all they can to support and promote research into treatment options that will help Will and all children with CP lead happy and productive lives.
Seale joined the Cure CP board in 2015. She is no stranger to the organization as she has been raising money and awareness for Cure CP for several years. After a career in development for the Atlanta Historical Society, she decided to stay home with her two children. Seale spends much of her time in a volunteer capacity serving as a member of the Lovett School Alumni Board as well as the Trinity Presbyterian Preschool Board.
Seale lives in Atlanta with her husband and two children.
Atul Rawat was born and lived his early years in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He subsequently completed his high school in Bombay, and then went on to study at Boston University. After moving back to Bombay, he joined his family business with interests in Gemstone Mining in Africa, and now spends most of his time in their Real Estate business which involves Residential development in Mumbai and also Cinema and Retail developments in India.
He is married to Tanya and they have two children, Kiara and Vivaan. Their daughter Kiara suffered a hypoxic ischemic event at birth and was subsequently diagnosed with CP in 2002. They have spent the last 10 years rehabilitating Kiara to the best that she can be, and have succeeded to some extent largely due to Kiara being a highly motivated, hard working child. He is a Director in Lets Cure Cerebral Palsy. Helping children with special needs is a cause Atul feels very strongly and is an active contributor to special needs causes in India and America.
Jeff Wright is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in economics. After serving after serving as an officer the US Army as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division and 75th Ranger Regiment, including combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, he graduated from the University of Maryland College Park with an MBA. He has worked in wealth management for over 6 years and is now an independent adviser and leads private wealth management services at NovaPoint Capital, LLC where he provides financial services to business executives, veterans, and special needs families.
Jeff is passionate about leadership and serving others and the community. Along with serving at CureCP, he serves as an elder at Piedmont Church in Marietta, and is a member of the NE Cobb Business Association and US Army Ranger Association.
Jeff and his wife Laura have 2 children: Kaitlyn is 7 and suffered a brain injury during birth and has been diagnosed with CP, and Jacob is 3. Together they have a dream to enable special needs families to achieve their maximum potential and quality of life through research and community.


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Deer Park North Primary School successfully applied to participate in the Building Healthy Communities in Melbourne's West project. This project is sponsored by Regional Development Australia (RDA) and Medicare Local. Through this project we hope to positively change the health outcomes of our children and their families.
The project was officially launched on Wednesday 18th March. At the launch parents were invited to participate in free health checks to identify possible areas of concern regarding their own personal health and wellbeing. Information was provided by a number of health agencies to parents and families. These agencies included Quit, Stroke Foundation, Diabetes Australia, Suns of the West and, Baker IDI. Parents were also able to participate in CPR demonstrations.
Children were provided with opportunities to learn how to care for their teeth as well as meet doctors in the very popular Teddy Bear Hospital.
DPDNS is fortunate to receive $25000 through this project to develop an area of the playground into a mindfulness garden. This area will provide a quiet sanctuary within the playground for children who may need a quiet place to regroup before joining their friends and classmates.
After much discussion between teachers and their classes we have decided that we are going to call our new quiet garden "The Gratitude Garden." We are hopeful that the garden will be used by students and their teachers to nurture and encourage young minds to thrive. We are aware of the impact of positive thinking has on our own mindsets and acknowledge that being grateful is a major contributing practice that can help us to develop a positive mindset. We hope that through mindfulness activities within the garden and the classes that children will take notice of the positive things, show gratitude and in turn demonstrate a positive mindset.


Some people subscribe to the idea that "no wine is bad wine," and while I agree with the sentiment, I disagree with the statement. Thankfully, bad wine is easy to avoid and award wining wine can be cheap too, especially if it's in a box.
If you're not familiar with boxed wine, it consists of a plastic membrane (full of wine) with a spout for dispensing. The "bag" is placed in a cardboard box so it stays vertical for proper dispensing; this also gives it a smaller footprint on the shelf or in the fridge.
This is a near perfect container for wine. Since wine spoils with exposure to air, the self collapsing nature of this package preserves the wine much longer and more conveniently than a glass bottle and a typical air sucking accessory.
Although boxed wine should be popular with those who drink a lot of wine, it's also ideal for those who don't because it lasts for weeks after opening.
I admit, there is some romance to a glass bottle, but boxed wine is a practical solution for every day drinking. Every-day-drinking sounds bad, but I hope you know what I mean, frequent drinking. Actually, that sounds worse. Drinking heavily every night. OK, now I'm just having fun with you.
The point is: if you're shy of boxed wine, you shouldn't be. There are a number of brands worth considering and although you may not have heard of them, they all appeared on almost every "Best Boxed Wine" list I could find.
Decent boxed wine can be had for as little as $12. Some of these wines have ratings of 90+ points from popular wine reviews — an excellent rating, especially considering the price. Because a 3L box is equivalent to 4 bottles of wine, even a $30 box would be a bargain for good wine.
Although Kristen and I don't drink a lot of wine, we have a tradition: Wine in a Box Wednesday (WIBW)! For us, it's like a mid-week TGIF. No matter how busy our week is, we always take time to enjoy a glass of wine.
PS – Thanks to Mike and Christina for re-introducing us to boxed wine!
Entry filed under: Food and Drink. Tags: #WIBW, alcohol, bag in a box, bota box, box, box wine, boxed wine, wine.
Nothing wrong with boxed wine.I have bought some myself,and been to a few partys that had boxed wine.
Your right,it does stay "fresher"longer then bottled.And,its a good deal.
I prefer my wine from a box.
Definitely nothing wrong with boxed wine. The Bota Box varieties are pretty good. Didn't really care for Black Box though. One you didn't mention that you should try is Fish Eye. Started drinking their pinot grigio after it was recommended by the New York Times and it's quite tasty.
I have tried different boxed wines and find that Bota Box Pinot Grigio, Black Box Pinot Grigio and Fish Eye Pinot Grigio are quite good. I like the Fish Eye brand (because of taste not price) but can't seem to find it anymore. I agree that boxed wine is good for everyday but for special occasions I prefer bottled.
I would love to see a Sauvignon Blanc in a box.


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Philosophy of set theory, Fall 2011, NYU PH GA 1180
Posted on November 12, 2011 by Joel David Hamkins
I taught a course in Fall 2011 at NYU entitled Topics in Logic: set theory and the philosophy of set theory, aimed at graduate students in philosophy and others who want to gain greater understanding of some of the set-theoretic topics central to work in the philosophy of set theory. The course began with a review of the mathematical ideas, including a presentation of large cardinals, strong axioms of infinity and their associated elementary embeddings of the universe, and forcing, emphasizing the connection with the Boolean ultrapower and Boolean-valued models, but discussing the alternative formalizations. The second part of the course covers some of the philosophical literature, including what it means to accept or believe mathematical axioms, whether mathematics needs new axioms, the criteria one might use when adopting new axioms, and the question of pluralism and categoricity in set theory.
Here is a partial list of our readings:
1. Mathematical background.
Thomas Jech, Set Theory.
Akihiro Kanamori, The Higher Infinite.
Timothy Chow, "A beginner's guide to forcing," from Contemporary Mathematics. http://arxiv.org/abs/0712.1320. (for mathematical review)
My rather sloppy Tutorial lecture notes.
My article Well-founded Boolean ultrapowers as large cardinals embeddings, with Daniel Seabold, which introduces the fundamentals of the Boolean ultrapower.
My lecture notes "An introduction to the Boolean ultrapower" for the Young Set Theorists workshop in Bonn, 2011.
2. Penelope Maddy, "Believing the axioms", in two parts. JSL vols. 52 and 53. Part 1, Part 2
3. Chris Freiling, "Axioms of Symmetry: throwing darts at the real number line,"
JSL, vol. 51. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2273955
4. W. N. Reinhardt, "Remarks on reflection principles, large cardinals, and elementary embeddings," Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics, Vol 13, Part II, 1974, pp. 189-205.
5. Donald Martin, "Multiple universes of sets and indeterminate truth values," Topoi 20, 5–16, 2001.
6. Hartry Field, "Which undecidable mathematical sentences have determinate truth values," as reprinted in his book Truth and the Absence of Fact, Oxford University Press, 2001.
7. A brief selection from Marc Balaguer, Platonism and Anti-Platonism in Mathematics, Oxford University Press, 1998, describing the plenitudinous Platonism position.
8. Daniel Isaacson, "The reality of mathematics and the case of set theory," 2007.
9. J. D. Hamkins, "The set-theoretic multiverse," to appear in the Review of Symbolic Logic.
10. Solomon Feferman, Does mathematics need new axioms? Text of an invited AMS-MAA joint meeting, San Diego, January, 1997.
11. Solomon Feferman, Is the continuum hypothesis a definite mathematical problem? Draft article for the Exploring the Frontiers of Independence lecture series at Harvard University, October, 2011.
12. Peter Koellner, Feferman On the Indefiniteness of CH, a commentary on Feferman's EFI article.
13. Interpretability of theories, the interpretability degrees and Orey sentences in set theory and arithmetic. Some of the basic material is found in Per Lindström's book Aspects of Incompleteness, available at http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.lnl/1235416274, particularly chapter 6, and some later chapters.
14. Haim Gaifman, "On ontology and realism in mathematics," to appear in the Review of Symbolic Logic (special issue connected with the NYU philosophy of mathematics conference 2009).
15. Saharon Shelah, "Logical dreams," Bulletin of the AMS, 40(20):203–228, 2003. (Pre-publication version available at:http://arxiv.org/abs/math.LO/0211398)
16. For mathematical/philosophical amusement, Philip Welch and Leon Horsten, "The aftermath."
It's been a great semester!
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9 thoughts on "Philosophy of set theory, Fall 2011, NYU PH GA 1180"
Erin Carmody on December 17, 2011 at 6:07 pm said:
Thank you Joel for the semester. It was a lively and thought provoking class!
Thomas Benjamin on April 25, 2014 at 10:19 pm said:
I am enjoying reading through your lecture notes. Very helpful. I'll bet it was a fun class.
Joel David Hamkins on April 27, 2014 at 8:46 am said:
Oh yes, we had a lot of great discussions.
Mangesh Patwardhan on November 24, 2016 at 6:06 am said:
I'm from India. Tried to download your lecture notes on set theory. I get an error message.
Joel David Hamkins on November 24, 2016 at 8:10 am said:
I'll try to fix this later.
Mangesh Patwardhan on November 24, 2016 at 11:07 pm said:
Mangesh Patwardhan on February 23, 2018 at 2:17 am said:
Can you please upload your rather sloppy (?) set theory lecture notes? The link is not yet working. Thanks
Joel David Hamkins on February 23, 2018 at 8:03 am said:
I uploaded a fresh copy of the notes.
Thanks. These are not so sloppy, after all! Thanks again.
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You've found a lost dog—now what? If you're unsure what to do if you find a lost dog, you've come to the right place.
One in three pets go missing, according to the American Humane Society. So, the chances of you encountering a lost pet are, unfortunately, fairly high. Helping a found dog get back home can be a joyous experience, but it also can be intimidating if you're unsure of what to do. Here are some tips for what to do if you find a lost dog and how you can help get her home safely.
If you found a lost dog, approach her slowly and gauge her behavior.
Speak in a friendly, high-pitched voice to keep the found dog's attention, and remove any sunglasses or hats while interacting, because these can be perceived as threatening to the dog. If you have dog treats handy, use one to try coaxing the dog to come to you.
What If the Lost Dog Is Injured?
If you found a lost dog who is struggling to stand or is severely injured, contact your local municipal shelter. Jesus says that even the friendliest dog may bite as a response to the pain she's feeling, so it's best left for professionals. They also are equipped to get the dog immediate veterinary care, if needed.
What If the Lost Dog Is on a Busy Road?
If you find a dog along a busy highway or interstate, contact your state's Department of Transportation, Jesus says. Stopping your car suddenly or exiting your vehicle to coax the dog to you can put you and the dog at risk of an automobile accident.
If you find the dog along a neighborhood street, call your local municipal shelter or animal control agency.
Should I Put the Found Dog in My Vehicle?
If you can coax the dog to you and she's responding to you in a positive manner, you may be able to get the found dog help faster if you can drive her to a shelter or veterinarian yourself. But use caution.
You should place the lost dog in the back of your vehicle, according to Jesus. If possible, she recommends creating a barrier between the two of you so she can't jump in the front seat and distract you.
Jesus also recommends leaving the windows up to keep the found dog from jumping out while you're driving. Dogs, especially those who feel threatened, have been known to leap from moving vehicles.
Avoid buckling the dog in with the seatbelt, Jesus says. While your intention is safety, Jesus warns that the dog can become entangled and injure herself. Drive slow as safety allows, and avoid slamming on your breaks.
Should I Take the Found Dog Home With Me?
If the dog isn't injured and you're comfortable caring for her until you can reunite her with her pet parent, bringing her home with you is certainly an option.
"I would recommend keeping the dog away from your own pets for several days to avoid illness or disease," Jesus says.
If possible, exercise the dog or walk on her on a dog leash before bringing her into your house. This will relieve anxiety and allow her to go potty. Secure the found dog in a laundry room, bathroom or other room with a door, or use a pet gate, like Remove or secure any items she can chew or that might injure her, such as electrical cords, decorations and other household items. Provide her with dog food, water and other essentials until you can return her to her home.
Once the found dog is safe and secure, you can start the process of locating her family. If the dog isn't wearing an identification tag, like You also can post "found dog" fliers and messages on social media as well as other online outlets.
"Microchipping can significantly increase the likelihood of a reunion (with a lost pet)," says Dr. Kirk Breuninger, VMD, MPH, DACVPM, senior manager of veterinary field support at Banfield Pet Hospital in Vancouver, Washington.
Reach out to your local shelter or humane society as well; they are the best resource for lost and found dog cases. They can let you know if anyone has come to their facilities inquiring about a dog matching your particular case and help you if the pet parent cannot be located.


Cross-platform prediction of gene expression signatures.
Gene expression signatures can predict the activation of oncogenic pathways and other phenotypes of interest via quantitative models that combine the expression levels of multiple genes. However, as the number of platforms to measure genome-wide gene expression proliferates, there is an increasing need to develop models that can be ported across diverse platforms. Because of the range of technologies that measure gene expression, the resulting signal values can vary greatly. To understand how this variation can affect the prediction of gene expression signatures, we have investigated the ability of gene expression signatures to predict pathway activation across Affymetrix and Illumina microarrays. We hybridized the same RNA samples to both platforms and compared the resultant gene expression readings, as well as the signature predictions. Using a new approach to map probes across platforms, we found that the genes in the signatures from the two platforms were highly similar, and that the predictions they generated were also strongly correlated. This demonstrates that our method can map probes from Affymetrix and Illumina microarrays, and that this mapping can be used to predict gene expression signatures across platforms.


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Islam Times - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed confidence that the Islamic Republic will manage to overcome sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies.
"Many countries have shown readiness to do business with Iran," Zarif said in an interview with Kyodo News published on Monday.
In response to a question about efforts by Britain, France and Germany to preserve a 2015 nuclear agreement after the United States' unilateral move to withdraw from the deal, the foreign minister said "serious measures" must be taken before a second round of US sanctions in November.
He criticized "US massive illegal interference" in the process, but emphasized, "For the time being, we are selling our oil (and) we are able to maintain our economy."
In addition to the three Europeans, other countries that attach great importance to the JCPOA, including Russia, China and Japan, "are ready to implement their part," Zarif added.
The JCPOA was signed between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China -- plus Germany in 2015.
US President Donald Trump announced in May that Washington was pulling out of the nuclear agreement, which lifted nuclear-related sanctions against Tehran in exchange for restrictions on Tehran's nuclear program.
Participants in the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) on Friday reaffirmed their "collective support" for the multilateral nuclear agreement, saying the lifting of sanctions against Tehran is an essential part of the deal.
"Leaders recognized that, alongside full and effective implementation by Iran of its nuclear related commitments, the lifting of sanctions including the consequences arising from it constitutes an essential part of the JCPOA," the European and Asian leaders said in a joint statement issued at the end of their two-day meeting in Brussels.
Asked about the possibility of an Iranian withdrawal from the JCPOA, Zarif said Tehran must determine for itself whether the economic and political benefits of staying in the deal exceed the costs, adding, "We will make (that) decision based on our own evaluation of (our) national security and interests. We are not working against any deadline."
"We do not have preconditions, but we can say that what is required for dialogue is mutual respect, not mutual confidence," Zarif said, adding, "Usually people (who) engage in negotiation do not necessarily have trust and confidence in each other, but it requires mutual respect."
Although the Trump's administration "illegally" pulled out of the JCPOA, it still could pave the way for dialogue by adhering to the deal and halting its unilateral sanctions, the Iranian foreign minister explained.
"The United States has failed to respect its legal obligations, [and] its treaty obligations. Unfortunately, the way that the United States has acted...has created conditions that would basically undermine the utility of negotiation," Zarif pointed out.


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We are incredibly proud to share the news that iMentor is partnering with Facebook to pilot a groundbreaking new mentoring product built into the Facebook platform.
Mark Zuckerberg announced the partnership today at Facebook's second Social Good Forum. On the power of relationships, one of iMentor's core values, Mark remarked that "relationships really shape our lives a lot more than I think we realize. And if our relationships can help us set our sights just a little bit higher, then we would all be better off for it." The potential of mentoring and dearth of high quality opportunities to access this support became apparent to Mark, he shared, over the course of his country-wide listening tour this past year.
During his remarks, Mark highlighted Kaylee and Barrie, an iMentor pair, as an example of the power of mentoring. Barrie has been instrumental over the years in Kaylee's journey from high school to college and today, Kaylee is thriving as a student at SUNY Geneseo.
Mentorship and Support is designed to help people build mentor-mentee relationships so they can meet and learn from each other no matter the distance that separates them. A cohort of iMentor pairs will use this new mentoring product during their freshman year of college. They will continue to engage with iMentor's curriculum through the pilot, while also providing valuable feedback to Facebook about what it's like using the social network to continue building their relationships as they navigate college.
As iMentor continues our journey to support more first-generation college students in the pursuit of their dreams and ambitions, we are thrilled to partner with Facebook to explore new avenues for bringing mentoring to all of those who can benefit and learn from it – both mentees and mentors themselves.
If you'd like to learn more, you can watch Mark's announcement, read Facebook's newsroom coverage of the pilot, see photos of the event, or read this Mashable article about the pilot. And if you would like to get involved, either as a mentor, donor, or partner in this work, we hope you will reach out via [email protected].


Nov. 22, 2018 4:16 PM PT5:16 PM MT6:16 PM CT7:16 PM ET0:16 GMT8:16 5:16 PM MST6:16 PM CST7:16 PM EST6:16 PM CT4:16 UAE (+1)19:16 ETNaN:� - Jamize Olawale ran for zero yards on zero carries Thursday in the Dallas Cowboys' 31-23 win over the Washington Redskins. He added one reception for 10 yards.
Oct. 14, 2018 3:53 PM PT4:53 PM MT5:53 PM CT6:53 PM ET22:53 GMT6:53 3:53 PM MST4:53 PM CST5:53 PM EST5:53 PM CT2:53 UAE (+1)18:53 ETNaN:� - Jamize Olawale ran for zero yards on zero carries Sunday in the Dallas Cowboys' 40-7 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. He added one reception for three yards.
Mar. 20, 2018 9:22 AM PT10:22 AM MT11:22 AM CT12:22 PM ET16:22 GMT0:22 9:22 AM MST10:22 AM CST11:22 AM EST10:22 AM CT20:22 UAE12:22 ETNaN:� - The Cowboys have acquired Olawale from the Raiders in a trade that also involves a swap of late-round draft picks.
Analysis: Ironically, Dallas brings in Olawale to replace Keith Smith after the latter recently signed a two-year contract with the Raiders. Olawale had spent six seasons in Oakland, recording 39 catches for 425 yards and three touchdowns while adding four rushing TDs over 77 total games.


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10 questions for Loyd Grossman: "I don't really collect guitars; I like buying guitars that I can play"
By Guitarist (Guitarist) 08 June 2018
Yes, THAT Loyd Grossman...
He's a renowned gastronome, but not a lot of people know Loyd Grossman's also a pretty tasty guitarist - so how will he digest the 10 questions we ask everyone?
1. What was your first guitar?
"The very first one was a pretty useless acoustic whose only merit was that it had a very nice painting of a Hawaiian hula girl on it. By the time I was 13 I was desperate to get an electric and I fancied a blue Strat that was in the window of one of the local music stores, but I was encouraged to get something that wouldn't just limit me to playing rock 'n' roll. The result was what I felt was not a very good compromise, a Gretsch Tennessean, which I got when I was about 15 or 16 years old."
2. Suppose the building was burning down, which guitar from your collection would you save?
People who worry about their belt buckles scratching the guitars, to me it's just crazy; if I can't play it I don't want it
"I would probably take my black, double-cutaway Gretsch Duo Jet. That was the first guitar that I bought that I totally fell in love with. I'd been to see Humble Pie and Frampton and Marriot were both playing Duo Jets and they looked so fabulous and they sounded so great that I said, 'I have got to get one of those.'
"Then, about three or four months later I found this beautiful second-hand black Duo Jet in a music store in New York and I got it home and it sounded nothing like Frampton or Marriot!"
3. What's the oldest guitar that you own?
"I'm not much of a geek in terms of checking the serial numbers, but it's a late-'50s Les Paul Junior TV. It's a single-cutaway one. The thing is I don't really collect guitars; I like buying guitars that I can play.
"One of the things I always find kinda funny when I read guitar magazines is people who worry about their belt buckles scratching the guitars. It's like not wanting to kiss your girlfriend because you might smear her lipstick. To me it's just crazy; if I can't play it I don't want it."
4. When was the last time you practised and what did you play?
"I practised yesterday because I knew I was going to be talking to you today. I did some pretty boring scales and finger exercises, then attempted - really badly - to play along to a couple of Buddy Guy tracks. That's my idea of practice; and then, after about 12 minutes, it's time to have a cup of tea. I'm not a very assiduous practiser."
5. When was the last time you changed your own strings?
"Probably sometime in the late-'70s, I would think. Strings have been changed, but not by me, let's put it that way. If I had started changing my strings yesterday I'd still be halfway through one of them."
6. What are you doing five minutes before you go on stage and five minutes afterwards?
"Five minutes before I am checking my tuning, looking for the set sheet, checking my tuning again, trying to find the Grolsch beer bottle cap to put on the guitar as a strap lock, which I've always mislaid somewhere. So, fidgeting and making last-minute adjustments. Afterwards, feeling very relieved and usually having a drink."
7. What's the worst thing that's ever happened to you on stage?
I had to tell 500 bikers that the concert had been cancelled and there were no refunds
"There's quite a catalogue. I think, probably, just in terms of sheer horror, when I was in my early 20s my band was booked to play what, for us, was a relatively big gig in Salem, Massachusetts. About 500 people in the audience, all of whom, for some weird reason, were from the local biker gangs, and just as I was walking on stage the stage manager said to me, 'You've got to tell the audience that the concert's been cancelled because the promoter didn't get a permit for it - and they can't get their money back because the promoter's just left...' So I had to go on stage in front of 500 bikers and say, 'Oh, guys and girls, I'm really sorry but the concert's been cancelled and you can't get a refund'. That's when I learned that you can use a mic stand very effectively as a weapon."
8. What song would you play on an acoustic around a campfire?
"I am the world's worst acoustic player. I could only play two songs, so I'd probably play both: House Of The Rising Sun, because I can do a plausible version of that, and then about the first half of Malagueña. After that I run out of repertoire."
9. What advice would you give your younger self about the guitar if you had the chance?
"I think I should have spent more time doing the really serious stuff, like getting my sight-reading really up to scratch. And I think, although I like thrashing away at punk-ish, blues-ish, whatever-ish, I wish I had more theoretical knowledge - just because I think it would be more fun. I wish I not only knew how to play a suspended chord, but what it actually meant."
10. Is there a myth about you or your guitar playing that you'd like to set the record straight on?
"I don't think I've reached mythological status yet..."
Loyd Grossman's new album with his band The New Forbidden Songs From The Subway is available now on Cadiz Music.
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In March of 2016, artist Catherine Opie and Philip Taaffe traveled to Madrid to speak to and engage with Spanish art students and art professionals about their work, and their artistic connection to Spain.
Image 1212_opiePhilip Taaffe, Spanish art historian and curator Rafael Doctor, Catherine Opie, and U.S. interior designer Michael Smith engage in a dialogue about art and design at Matadero Madrid on March 21, 2016.
Image 1111_opiePhilip Taaffe, Spanish art historian and curator Rafael Doctor, Catherine Opie, and U.S. interior designer Michael Smith engage in a dialogue about art and design at Matadero Madrid on March 21, 2016.
Image 077_opieCatherine Opie presents examples of her work at the headquarters of PhotoEspaña (the International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts of Madrid) on March 18, 2016. The audience included PhotoEspaña festival organizers, students of the Master's Degree Program on Photography, and members of La Fábrica, a private organization specializing in cultural activities.
Image 033_opieCatherine Opie prepares to describe her photographs of Elizabeth Taylor's closet during the AiE tour, March 18, 2016 (art in the background: John Singer Sargent's Dwarf with a Mastiff).
Catherine Opie and Philip Taaffe lectures in MadridCatherine Opie presents examples of her work at the headquarters of PhotoEspaña (the International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts of Madrid) on March 18, 2016. The audience included PhotoEspaña festival organizers, students of the Master's Degree Program on Photography, and members of La Fábrica, a private organization specializing in cultural activities.
Catherine OpieThe guests at the March 18 AiE tour included students and faculty from the Escuela de Arte 10; students from the Escuela Universitaria TAI (Transforming Arts Institute); and representatives from PhotoEspaña.
Catherine Opie lectures in MadridCatherine Opie presents examples of her work at the headquarters of PhotoEspaña (the International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts of Madrid) on March 18, 2016. The audience included PhotoEspaña festival organizers, students of the Master's Degree Program on Photography, and members of La Fábrica, a private organization specializing in cultural activities.
madrid-matadero-opie-taafePhilip Taaffe, Spanish art historian and curator Rafael Doctor, Catherine Opie, and U.S. interior designer Michael Smith engage in a dialogue about art and design at Matadero Madrid on March 21, 2016.


In Matthew 16 the Lord Jesus asked the disciples a pointed question concerning what they knew of Him, "But you, who do you say that I am?" We all need to answer this question. We may know many things about the Lord but the Lord would like to ask us personally and directly, "But you, who do you say that I am?" In this conference given by Brother Ron Kangas we take a look at who Christ is and what He is doing in the universe. Matthew 16 reveals that He is the Christ and He is building the church. How does He do this? He does it through the cross. Eventually, our experience of Christ in the church through the cross brings in the kingdom. We need to experience each of these items subjectively. This is the path of our Christian life.


This is shorter version of my newest class, an intermediate level class boarding on advanced, therefore you'll want to have a few other Intermediates class under your belt to prevent frustration. We will be tackling piping our bride with dimension and texture, then we move onto painting our bride with the proper hue mixtures and developing the correct tones. For the complete 287.35 minute course, try 5th Avenue's Cookie Decorating School.


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Phil Thornton continues his quest to retrace his great-great-grandfather's trails across America, or, in his latest effort, to refine a previous attempt. Phil had already glimpsed the rugged landscape of southeast Wyoming and leafed through mining claims on file in the local courthouse. A few weeks ago he went back to verify the exact location of Lincoln Gulch, the epicenter of the Lovewell family's prospecting sojourns more than a century ago. Phil returned home with one of those breathtaking panoramic landscape shots which today can be accomplished with the wave of a smartphone - although it does take a steady hand.
The area looks exactly as I imagined it after reading Simpson Grant Lovewell's report to the folks back in north-central Kansas in 1903, along with accounts in Wyoming newspapers concerning the family's bouts with mountain fever and self-lighting sticks of dynamite. Phil's photograph gives us some idea of how the visitors from Jewell County got their cabins up so quickly after rolling into the campsite and piling out of their wagons. There was certainly no shortage of timber that seemed to have been custom-grown for building log houses, and plenty of fuel waiting to be collected for campfire and fireplaces.
I was surprised to learn a few years back that my mother's family briefly lived in Wyoming when she was very young. The only documentary evidence for their stay in the Cowboy State is my grandfather's draft registration for the Great War, which contains the information that he was tall and stout, with blue eyes and brown hair. It was hair that required a combover to preserve a youthful appearance, but it was still brown when described on that registraton form when he was in his mid-thirties, and would remain that color until the day he sent his youngest son off to fight in America's next war, when a family legend declares that it turned white overnight.
Like his father and grandfather, Will Logan was a blacksmith, though in 1917 he was working for a man named F. L. Belcher of Wheatland, who, besides owning a large blacksmith shop had ventured into a side-business of building sheep barns. Both men must have seen the writing on the wall and decided that the days of the lone smith toiling under a spreading chestnut tree were quickly coming to an end. Newspaper ads, back in Lovewell and here in Platte County, Wyoming, informed readers that they could be driving a new Ford for less than $400, while improved, less-bumpy roads to drive it on were just around the corner.
Speaking of the First World War and game-changing technology, there's a documentary by Peter Jackson just released in the U.K. called "They Shall Not Grow Old," featuring vintage film taken at the front, narrated by the soldiers who fought there. To say that the footage has been spruced up for a modern audience is an understatement. The images have been painstakingly restored, judiciously colorized and converted for viewing in 3D. It's the war as the veterans themselves must have vividly remembered it, as they sat in front of BBC microphones in the 1960's and told their stories. Most importantly, computer firepower has fluidly adjusted the frame-rate of the century-old footage. No longer do figures hop around the screen in a Chaplinesque pantomime - they simply move, live, breathe, laugh, march and fight. We can even hear the men's offhand remarks as they josh and jostle, thanks to a script prepared by forensic lip-readers and performed by actors speaking the appropriate dialects, based on regimental insignias. It seems less like a restoration of antique movie clips than a modern re-enactment starring the same people, forever young.
Even watching those little bits of the documentary available for previwing on the World Wide Web at the moment, somehow compresses the gulf between then and now. Instead of a century ago in Europe, the footage might have been taken last week in Ukraine.
The figures in it are not an alien race from times past but contemporary young men with irrepresible smiles and diverse regional accents, made familiar to Americans through decades of imported movies and TV shows. Not only is the world shrinking, so is time.
No restoration is necessary for visualizing the Wyoming landscape that Thomas Lovewell first saw in 1859 and revisited every year between 1901 and 1908, still seeking that fortune Horace Greeley said was out there waiting for him.
Thanks to Phil Thornton, we can be pretty sure they haven't changed a thing.