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Joshua Masia is the Chief Product Officer at Finitive. He leads the connection of people, processes, and systems to build an industry-defining ecosystem for Private Debt investing. Previously Josh founded the data organization at iCapital Network, overseeing the firm's operational and analytical data to drive a growth of $70B in assets in 3 years. He has advocated for the introduction of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to expand access to Alternative Investments. He's led various data, technology, and product initiatives at some of the largest financial institutions: JPMorgan Chase and BlackRock. Over the past 10 years he has delivered numerous technical & business solutions across manufacturing, life sciences, and financial services. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University.
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Neil Wolfson spent the last decade as President and CIO of SF Capital Group, where he oversaw all debt and equity investing, asset allocation, investment management, tax estate planning, performance reporting and operations for a billion-dollar multi-generational family office. At SF Capital he invested in over 30 direct debt and equity investments in emerging technology companies with a focus on fintech companies. Prior to joining SF Capital Group, Mr. Wolfson spent five years as Chief Investment Officer and President of Wilmington Trust Investment Management, a $40 billion investment management firm, responsible for all of the firm's investment management. Mr. Wolfson has served on several public and private company boards, including the board of Eaglewood Capital Management.
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Brian Madocks is Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of eOriginal, the leading platform for creating, managing, and monetizing trusted digital loans. Brian is responsible for all aspects of eOriginal, including development and execution of company strategy and the operating plans to achieve eOriginal's goals. With more than 25 years of experience in business technology and application software solutions, Brian has served as CEO of Revitas, Inc., Vitalyst, Inc. and SunGard Higher Education, as well as Senior Vice President and General Manager of SAP America. Each of these companies grew significantly under Madocks' leadership and resulted in successful outcomes for customers, partners, employees and shareholders. Brian is on the Advisory Board of Summer Search, a national youth development organization that makes long-term investments in students from 10th grade through college graduation and produces results three times better than the national average. Brian received his bachelor's degree from Long Island University, C.W Post and an executive MBA from Insead in conjunction with SAP.
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Curtis Glovier is a Senior Advisor at Star Mountain Capital and an experienced private equity investor and business leader. Curtis previously served as Chairman and CEO of PENSCO Trust Company, a specialty custodian of alternative investments for retirement accounts with nearly $15 billion in assets under custody. Prior to PENSCO, Curtis was a Managing Director of $40+ billion Fortress Investment Group for nearly a decade where he led private equity and debt capital investments in several industries with a focus on financial services. He also has leadership experience through serving as a board member for numerous financial services, manufacturing, business services, communications, and technology companies. Curtis received a BA in Economics, cum laude, from Princeton University, as well as an MBA, as a Palmer Scholar, from the Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania.
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Party like it's 2018: New Year's Eve events in Calgary
Stephen Burak, Greg Maciejewski, Danny Glavin and Stephen's daughter Lucia, 5 yrs, work on the new New Year's Eve Ball (sponsored by Downtown Calgary) in Calgary on Friday, December 29, 2017. The 10' around ball, built in sections and then assembled on site, will be lit by 16,000+ multi colored LED lights and weighs 263 pounds and will be lowered 30ft during City of Calgary celebrations on New Year's Eve. Jim Wells/Postmedia
Despite the sub-zero temperatures, indoor and outdoor New Year's Eve celebrations across Calgary are still going on as planned.
Calgarians will certainly have a lot of events to choose from to welcome in 2018. Here are some of the can't-miss events for family and friends to kick off the new year.
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Countdown Ball
What: For the first time, Calgary will have its very own Countdown Ball, presented by Downtown Calgary, to drop at midnight as part of the city's New Year's Eve celebrations. The ball will be set up behind the stage at Olympic Plaza. The ball is made up of more than 16,000 LED lights. It weighs approximately 265 pounds and has a 10-foot circumference.
When: Midnight
Olympic Plaza
What: Make sure to bundle up and head down to Olympic Plaza to ring in the new year. Warm up with the Chinook Country Line Dancers and a cup of free hot chocolate from Good Earth for the first 4,000 people at their stand.
A lineup of local artists will be performing on stage in front of the Countdown Ball beginning at 8 p.m. Fireworks will go off at midnight, starting at the Calgary Tower in celebration of its 50th anniversary, before continuing from the roof of City Hall.
When: 7 p.m. to midnight
What: Calgary's Municipal Building will become a huge party with music, entertainment and a glow-in-the-dark resolution wall.
Dress up in neon, white and anything that glows and kick off the evening on the dance floor. Samba dancers will lead a conga line. The night will end with a kid's countdown at 9 p.m.
When: 7 to 9 p.m.
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New Year's Eve at Zoolights
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Skate underneath a canopy of lights with free skate rentals from KidSport Calgary and warm up by one of the six firepits set up around the zoo. If you're one of the first 500 people, you can receive a small special giveaway, like hot chocolate or popcorn.
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I would like to personally welcome you and your family to the 2018-2019 school year. It is my privilege and honor to serve as Superintendent of Nye County School District (NCSD). I continue to have the passion and commitment to serve this organization, as well as the desire to continue to make a difference in Nye County. I have received the honor of Nevada Superintendent of the Year for the 2017-2018 school year. I am very fortunate as a change leader to have a Board of Trustees who have been phenomenal in supporting me in implementing their vision of a high performing district.
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Ochoco Mountains Loop: Rock Creek to Black Canyon Wilderness
The Heart of Darkness Loop
Sarah Cuddy
Adventure Guides » United States » Oregon » Hiking + Backpacking
39.00 mi (62.76 km)
Jared Kennedy
The following loop hike through the Ochoco Mountains links the Rock Creek Trail, Spanish Peak, and the Black Canyon Wilderness in a rugged and breathtaking 39 miles of backpacking through some of Eastern Oregon's most remote and scenic landscapes. It's an off-the-beaten-path type of adventure where you'll find solitude under starry night skies, trails of elk footprints, and the howls of coyotes. This hike is full of adventure and inspiration and offers a unique alternative to the often over crowded trails plaguing central Oregon's Cascade Mountains. For those seeking adventure and solitude, this is the place to go within a few hours of Bend. The following description breaks the trail into three nights and four days, but you can make your own itinerary. Just be sure to plan around areas where you can refill your water along the way.
A map of the route can be found on Friends of the Ochoco's webpage for the Heart of Darkness Trail.
Day 1: Potter Meadows Trailhead into Rock Creek Drainage on Rock Creek Trail #823
From the trailhead at Potter Meadows, the trail leads quickly down into Rock Creek, where it crosses a sturdy footbridge onto the north bank. For the next 2 miles the trail parallels the north bank, staying just above the stream. Pure stands of larch are on the moister, north-facing slopes, with mature ponderosa pines on the drier south slopes and lodgepole pines and willows along the stream.
At 2.4 miles, a small interpretive sign announces the Waterman Ditch, a now defunct diversion of Rock Creek that was contoured around the hillsides in the 1890s to reach a gold mining district 10 miles away near Spanish Peak to the north.
The trail then follows this old mining ditch on a level grade for 1.4 miles to Fir Tree Creek. In this section of trail, there are great views up and down the canyon. After crossing fir tree creek, the trail goes back downstream along the creek on the other side. There are the remains of an old log cabin built by the miners.
The trail continues for another 2.5 miles. You cross Second Creek, then First Creek. About a quarter-mile after crossing First Creek you will see a sign on a tree that says Rock Creek Trail #823 at around the 7-mile mark. If you look to the east, there is a small hidden sign in the forest that indicates the branching off to the Rim Trail #822. The trail is not visible at this junction.
If you continue past this junction about 100 feet you will see a slightly impacted camp site in a lovely grove of old-growth pines with a fire ring. If you start to descend down from the saddle past this camp, you've gone too far.
Day 2: Rock Creek to Cottonwood Creek
This is a tough day, but it is full of rewards. The long miles are necessary in order to camp at the next available water source. There are a couple of variations listed below to shorten this hiking day, but you would need to hike with extra water to dry camp or stash water beforehand at certain points that are indicated.
Leaving your beautiful camp on the saddle above Rock Creek Drainage, you start the gradual climb up Spanish Peak with stunning views in all directions. From camp, the trail is difficult to find and overgrown for the first couple of miles. You want to track south from the camp, nearly getting back into First Creek drainage, and start the climb uphill from there. If you lose the trail, keep making your way gradually up through the open stringers of prairies and it will become very obviously marked with huge cairns through open prairie after a couple of miles.
The trail will circumnavigate around the summit of Spanish Peak to the south, taking you through fir and pine forests and natural springs. At approximately 4 miles in you will walk through an incredibly unique ecosystem that is transitioning from fir forest into a mahogany field with abundant wildlife and plant diversity. It is worth stopping for a lunch break here and taking in the scene.
At approximately 5 miles you will come to the Spanish Peak road and find a sign marking the Ochoco Mountains Trail #823 and a sign for Cottonwood Trailhead in 11 miles. Shortly after starting in on this trail, you will find another sign indicating the Rim Trail #822. The Rim Trail #822 and the Ochoco Mountains Trail #823 are often used interchangeably on the signs, but they are one and the same. The OMT#823 continues along a forested rim gradually descending for about 3 miles before crossing the John Day Basin road at 8 miles.
Another 2 miles and some steep descents will bring you to Buck Creek, the first water source since leaving First Creek in the Rock Creek drainage. There are intermittent views of the Black Canyon along these 2 miles and an overall increase in disturbance from cows grazing on public lands. Continue to gradually descend another 2.5 miles to Cottonwood Creek. The scenery changes from scablands to forest as you proceed along cottonwood drainage. You climb from here 1 mile up the trail before you cross Tin Cup Spring/Creek. Here you will see an old dispersed campsite adjacent to the trail with an overgrown fire ring. It makes for a nice camp after a very, very long day.
Alternative campsites to shorten day:
There is a dispersed site along Spanish Peak Road at mile 5. You would need to bring extra water up from Rock Creek or stash water at this site before departing your trip.
There is a dispersed site as you cross John Day Basin Road at 8 miles. You would need to bring extra water up from Rock Creek or stash water at this site before departing your trip.
A site sits a quarter-mile up from Cottonwood Creek in an open field. From here it is only another mile to the camp at Tin Springs, which is more forested and scenic.
Day 3: Cottonwood Creek into Black Canyon Wilderness
From the campsite along Tin Cup Spring you gradually climb for approximately 2 miles to the Cottonwood Trailhead. From there you cross the 38 road and start your descent on the Payten Trail #820D to Big Ford and the Black Canyon Trail. Payten Trail steeply descends into the Payten Creek drainage through sections of grassy ponderosa pine forest and dense mixed conifer forest. There are periodic large old-growth pines dotting the trails as you descend into a rugged wilderness area. You hit the Black Canyon Wilderness boundary at approximately 1.5 miles before you continue through a series of switchbacks that descend and connect with Black Canyon Trail #820. Continue up the Black Canyon trail 0.2 miles to the South Prong Trail #821. Just past this site there is an open meadow below the trail adjacent to Black Canyon Creek in an old-growth pine grove that makes an excellent camp in a truly remote and rugged wilderness.
Day 4: Black Canyon Wilderness to Boeing Field
The trail stays high above Black Canyon Creek for the first part of the day. About 1 mile in there is the intersection of Kelsey Trailhead (although it is not visible). After this, the trail drops closer toward Black Canyon Creek and goes up and down around natural springs and lush and thick understory for another 3 miles until you hit the Coffee Pot Trailhead junction. This is obviously marked with white diamonds on the trees.
You cross Black Canyon Creek a couple times during this stretch, and the riparian areas offer a nice respite from the dry day of hiking the day before. Hiking through this section of Black Canyon Wilderness, you experience various stages of the forest post wildfire. Some areas have burned more recently than others, and you can see the varying levels of succession and early seral species, abundant understory, snags used as nesting cavities. There are downed logs in the stream that create fish habitat, and there are lots of wildlife signs in general. It's a very interesting and beautiful hike.
You continue to gradually climb for another 2 miles and wrap around to the southwest along Owl Creek until you reach a section of the wilderness that is more intensely burned. You will hit a trail junction with Owl Creek Trail #820A and follow that for a half mile to the Boeing Field Trailhead and edge of the Black Canyon Wilderness. You can walk the 5810 road north until you reach the junction of the 38 road. Take the 38 road and head west until you get back to the Potter Meadows Trailhead after about 4.3 miles on road. If you bring two vehicles out, it is a good idea to stash one at the Boeing Field Trailhead and avoid the road walk at the end of the trip.
Solitude. Wildlife. Wildflowers.
Few places to refill water.
5,520.00 ft (1,682.50 m)
Historically significant
Big vistas
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Walton Lake
Independent Mine + Baneberry Trail
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The Three Rivers Initiative is delivering on-ground and in-water environmental actions in consultation with the community, to improve the health of the Peel-Harvey Catchment.
Through the 'Three Rivers Initiative', we are continuing our long partnership with Alcoa to improve the health of key Peel Waterways through a multi-agency and community approach.
The Peel Harvey estuarine system consists of two interconnected shallow lagoons, the Peel Inlet and the Harvey Estuary, into which the three major rivers, the Murray, Serpentine and Harvey, discharge. The system includes a wetland of international significance which is home to an abundant array of wildlife including tens of thousands of waterbirds.
This culturally, economically and environmentally important estuarine system is at significant risk from a range of threats including land clearing (75% of the land in the estuary has been cleared) and agricultural land use, development, recreational land use and climate change. These threats are impacting heavily on the waterways and its inhabitants, increasing pest plant and animal populations, degrading habitat, and increasing erosion and salinity.
Through the 'Three Rivers Initiative' funded by the Alcoa Foundation, Greening Australia is working to improve the health of these three key Peel Waterways.
Through the initiative, we are working in partnership with industry, community and local land management groups on priority projects across the Peel region to improve the condition of the Serpentine, Murray and Harvey Rivers, reverse habitat loss and integrate large-scale restoration and carbon sinks into the Peel-Harvey's fragmented landscape.
We acknowledge the Noongar people as Traditional Custodians of this land and pay our respects to all Elders past and present.
Christine has considerable experience and extensive knowledge of conservation ecology and flora conservation in West Australia and a PhD in threatened flora translocations in Great Southern. Christine is passionate about the need for community involvement in conservation and organises regular talks about West Australian plants with the Wildflower Society and has close connections to a range of community groups, not for profits and government agencies across the state.


Bishan Stadium, Saturday and Sunday, 22 and 23 May, 2010 — China lived up to their pre-competition billing by securing spots in eight of 20 events for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) last weekend as Asian countries battled it out for limited spots in the Asian Area Qualification Championships.
There was a bit of drama during the final of the 1000m boys' race when Indian runner Rahul Kumar lost his right shoe during the first lap. Kumar just missed out on one of the two qualification spots by two tenths of a second.
In the boys' 100m final, Thailand's Meenapra Jirapong claimed first position in 10.72s, edging out Taiwan's Chen Jen-Chieh who clocked 10.82s. Japan's Nashimoto Masaki just managed third with a time of 10.85s, pipping the fourth contestant by just 0.01s.
In the girls' 100m final, China's Ye Jiabei finished first in 11.76s with Taiwan's Liao Ching-Hsien second with a time of 12.05s. Although Lee Sun-Ae from Korea took third in 12.11s, it was not enough to send her through as only the top two finishers gain automatic qualification to the YOG.
Making their countries proud in the 400m race were the girls from Korea and Kazakhstan. Woo Yu-Jin of Korean took first in 56.72 while Kazakhstan's Elina Mikhina grabbed the other qualification place with a time of 57.44 seconds. Thailand's Boonrung Kanjana missed out after finishing third in 57.71s.
Saudi Arabia's Abdullah Abkar edged out Liu Hui of China, finishing in 48.16 – 0.29s ahead of his Chinese competitor in the boys' 400m race. Both made it through to the YOG.
Among those gunning for qualification in the girls' 3000m race, Alia Saeed (9:15:15) of the United Arab Emirates, China's Li Lijiao (9:18:40) and Japan's Moe Kyuma (9:26:64) made the mark.
From the boys' side, it was the representatives from India, Japan and Saudi Arabia who booked their places in the YOG. India's Patel Indrajeet (8:16:26), Japan's Nishiike Kazuto (8:16.63), and Saudi Arabia's Abdullah Ibrahim Essa (8:19.80) finished in first, second and third respectively.


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The Power to Reduce CO2 Emissions: The Full Portfolio
What the U.S. electricity sector must do to significantly reduce CO2 emissions in coming decades.
Revis James, Richard Richels, Geoff Blanford, and Steve Gehl
This report was prepared by Revis James and Steve Gehl of EPRI's Energy Technology Assessment Center, and Richard Richels and Geoff Blanford, economists in EPRI's Environmental Sector.
Fortnightly Magazine - October 2007
The large-scale CO2 reductions envisioned to stabilize, and ultimately reverse, global atmospheric CO2 concentrations present major technical, economic, regulatory and policy challenges. Reconciling these challenges with continued growth in energy demand highlights the need for a diverse, economy-wide approach.
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) conducted a three-part analysis to assess the technical feasibility of substantial CO2 emissions reductions from the U.S. electricity sector; to identify the technology development pathways and associated research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) funding needed to achieve this potential; and to evaluate the economic impact of realizing emissions reduction targets. Three major conclusions emerge in this study:
• The strategy for reducing electricity sector emissions will be technology-based. A technology-based strategy is sustainable, minimizes costs to the U.S. economy, and creates opportunities for decarbonization beyond the electricity sector and ultimately beyond the U.S. economy.
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Nduka Obaigbena
Founder, This Day
About Nduka
He founded the Nigerian newspaper Thisday in 1995. In 2000 Obaigbena founded the annual Thisday Awards which honour those who made contributions to Nigerian society in the political arena, global business, Women of distinction, and leading figures in the Nigerian education sector.
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In 2013 he launched an international TV news channel with an African focus, Arise News. He is a regular attendee and sessions moderator for the World Economic Forum and has served as a member of the Nominating Committee of the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum. He is Chairman of the Newspaper Proprietors' Association of Nigeria (NPAN) as well as Chairman of the Nigerian Press Organisation – comprising the NPAN, the National Union of Journalists and the Nigerian Guild of Editors where he is a fellow.


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Q: AssertJ, Want to do pre and post for each assertThat I'm Using SoftAssertions in AssertJ and Java 8,
For Ex:
SoftAssertions softly = new SoftAssertions();
softly.assertThat(mansion.guests()).as("Living Guests").isEqualTo(7);
softly.assertThat(mansion.kitchen()).as("Kitchen").isEqualTo("clean");
softly.assertThat(mansion.library()).as("Library").isEqualTo("clean");
softly.assertAll();
I want to do the Pre & Post operations for each assertThat() statement.
Please suggest.

A: There is no pre/post hooks in AssertJ assertions.
By curiosity, why would you need them ?


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On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 12:50 AM, Absecon Police Department Class II Officer Andrew Morgan conducted a motor vehicle stop in front of the Hi Point Pub at the intersection of the White Horse Pike and Shore Road.
The vehicle was occupied by the following four males: Yvon A. Desus Jr. of Galloway, Zayd Scott and Abdul Brown of Mays Landing, and Raymond Harris of Northfield.
Absecon Police Officer's J. Mazer, A. Southrey, D. Markman and K. Epstein arrived on scene.
Subsequent to a motor vehicle search, the officers seized a large quantity of Marijuana, several packages of liquid Codeine, a large amount of cash, and a loaded 9mm handgun.
The above defendants were charged with the following: Possession of a Handgun, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute, Possession of CDS, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Thank you Absecon PD for taking out the garbage. Great job......SNITCH...take back our neighborhoods from the drug dealers....no more looking the other way.


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Q: run a batch file and a waitbar in matlab parallel I'd like to count my waitbar as long as the batch file is running.
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*[status cmdout] = dos('test.bat &');  %the waitbar didn't know when the batch file ends.

*[status cmdout] = dos('test.bat');  %the waitbar starts after the batch file ends

*With a function in which 1 is to run the batch file and 2 is the waitbar. The problem is, there's no possibility to display something in matpool.
matlabpool(2)
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h = waitbar(0,'Initializing waitbar...');
t = timer('TimerFcn', 'stat=false;','StartDelay',180);
start(t)
stat=true;
cnt = 0;
while(status==false)
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  cnt = cnt + 1;
end


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WICKED GARDEN Releases Official Music Video for "Home, Too Far"
Las Vegas, NV based rock band WICKED GARDEN has released the official music video for their new single, "Home, Too Far." Written and directed by Dominick Muzio and Shawn Trojahn, the video for "Home, Too Far" was filmed by Stephy Hayward of Livewire Photography and edited by Nicholas Muzio at Die-Hearts Productions.
"This is a song about loss, and how you can never get back the time you have with someone once they are gone. And while the term "Home" refers to an afterlife or another plane of existence, it's too far away for the people that have been left behind" – Dominick Muzio (Lead Singer/Guitarist)
"I was frustrated by not having written anything in a while. Then when I came up with this riff, I knew it had something. It was different from our other songs, but still sounded like us." – Shawn Trojahn (Lead Guitarist)
Wicked Garden is an indie rock powerhouse from Las Vegas, Nevada. With their critically acclaimed debut cdPost Dystopian Leisure Music, Wicked Garden has amassed over half a million streams, in addition to physical and online sales that have seen them chart in countries such as Australia, France, and the UK. Their first single, "Already Gone," hit number one on stations and charts around the world, with other album cuts being played and streamed in over 80 countries. Wicked Garden's videos have been distributed worldwide as well. Wicked Garden's music is a blend of 90's era alternative and grunge, mixed in with the classic hard rock styles of the past to create a sound that is underrepresented in the music industry today, yet cuts across genres to appeal to fans of all types of rock music. The band is currently in production for the follow up to Post Dystopian Leisure Music with plans on releasing their new album in 2021.
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Skill development advisors. Ltd. is Nation Building by enhancing the employability of our youth is a passion and priority. We serve Corporate India by partnering with them to skill their employees and help them compete globally. Our Mission is to Bridge the Talent Gap.
We are committed to provide quality training for skill repair at an affordable cost and reach out to urban and semi urban India to meet the shortfall. We provide holistic training and placement services for the youth.
Create a sustainable industry aligned ecosystem by promoting skill development, benefiting millions in India to get respectable employment opportunities for serving customers and other stakeholders.
Develop over 10 million industry competent workforces by 2022 through establishment of National Occupational Standards, Labor Market Information System, Accreditation of training partners / Vocational Institutions, Certification of Trainers and facilitation of learner assessments and certifications.
I hope you are aware of the training (RPL) is mandatory for all the employees by the Govt. of India, take this opportunity to get your employees trained & certified before it comes the paid service.
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) had launched Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) in the year 2015. The objective of this Skill Certification Scheme is tenable a large number of Indian youth to take up industry-relevant skill training that will help them in securing a better livelihood. Individuals with prior learning experience or skills will also be assessed and certified under the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) component of the Scheme. RPL mainly focuses on the individuals engaged in unregulated sectors.
As an employer it's important to identify and acknowledge the skills and knowledge that your employees have. This enables you to maximize their strengths and get the most from your production team. Many employees acquire their skills in the workplace, or even outside work, without undergoing formal training. In these cases they may be eligible to apply for RPL.
RPL is the acknowledgement by a PMKVY that an employee has gained an appropriate level of skills and knowledge that would otherwise have been developed by undertaking a training program.
Generating new ideas and developments for the organization as a result of the employee/learner reflecting on work activities.
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Bond was set at $400,000 for a man facing several charges after he tried to strike a police officer with a vehicle early Tuesday on the North Side, prompting an officer to open fire, police said.
Giovanni Valle, 20, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, aggravated assault of a police officer with a weapon, fleeing/attempting to elude police, and possession of cannabis, all felonies, according to Chicago Police. He also faces five traffic citations.
Officers were called about a battery in the 3000 block of North Clybourn at 2:10 a.m., according to police.
The driver tried to run down an officer with a vehicle while driving away from the scene, police said. Police fired shots at the car, but nobody was struck.
Responding officers then stopped the vehicle, and took the driver and three passengers into custody, police said. A pellet gun was recovered from inside the vehicle.
Bond was set at $400,000 Wednesday, according to the Cook County sheriff's office. Valle, of the 1700 block of West Melrose Street, is next scheduled to appear court Jan. 20. No one else was charged in the incident.


Since Advent is now running along fairly briskly, I want to call your attention to two attractive Catholic books which will make perfect gifts for those you love when we celebrate Christ's birth. One is a new Bible; the other is a coffee-table book about Mary. Both are from Ignatius Press.
You may already be familiar with the recent movie, Mary of Nazareth. Ignatius Press owns the distribution rights for North America, and has been selling the film since October. It is also available through a parish screening program. The film stars the German actors Alissa Jung as Mary and Andreas Pietschmann as Jesus.
Noted Catholic critic Stephen Graydanus has surveyed recent attempts to portray Mary in film, of which Mary of Nazareth is the latest. Graydanus does not think the movie is the last word, but the photos culled from the movie for the book I am reviewing are stunning.
Mary of Nazareth: The Life of Our Lady in Pictures is a coffee-table hardback (8.5" x 11"). The book features beautiful images of the life of Mary as portrayed in the movie, accompanied by inspiring quotations about Mary from saints, blessed and venerables, as well as reflections by Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC. The incomparable Fulton Sheen is well-represented in the quotes.
The presentation is divided chronologically: The early life of Mary; the coming of the Savior; the public life of Christ; and His passion, death and Resurrection. There is a brief introduction by Alissa Jung and, at the end, two articles by Anthony Ryan covering Pope Benedict XVI's insights into Mary, and the work of the film's director, Giacomo Compiotti.
About 130 pages in all, Mary of Nazareth is a fitting tribute to Our Lady which offers over sixty inspiring reflections from those who have loved her most.
The second book that would make a great gift is The Didache Bible. This presents the usual Ignatius Bible text (Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition), which is widely regarded as the best English translation. But it adds extensive commentary on all the books of the Bible based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church. In other words, it is an edition of the Bible which is uniquely suited not only to present the sacred text but also to provide direct instruction in the Catholic faith.
I cannot say a great deal about this right now, because The Didache Bible will unfortunately not be available until January. (It was originally announced for December 15th, and I only recently learned of the change.) Therefore, you won't be able to get it in time for Christmas. But you can pre-order it now on the Ignatius Press website.
What I can report is that it includes 27 full-color maps, common questions about the Faith answered in more than a hundred topical presentations, a 44-page glossary and an extensive topic index. The size is 6" x 9", with a sewn binding. It will be available in hardcover, or leatherbound with a ribbon.
Despite its January arrival, The Didache Bible may still be just the gift you want for a loved one, especially someone who can benefit from the additional Catholic teaching material it provides.


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From the ALWS archives: A selection of papers from the International Wittgenstein Symposia in Kirchberg am Wechsel
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The Vienna School for Truth Exploration*
Wasfi A. Hijab, Beirut
In the Preface to his Philosophical Investigations, Wittgenstein referred to the grave mistakes of his Tractatus. This paper, in a fantasy dialogue format, pinpoints three such mistakes in Section 1. His concept of the totality of facts exhibits a Barber paradox. That concept also smudges the distinction between rules and moves in the 'game' of communication of reports. The third mistake is the continual oscillation between a proposition as a proposal that does not intend affirmation, and between the affirmed proposition. The author then submits that, together, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and the Philosophical Investigations are the crucial event in the history of philosophy: The former shares in its sins, while the latter delivers its salvation.
1. Students are all eager to learn
2. How to read the Tractatus: (i) in levels of logical importance & (ii) backwards!
3. Totality of facts exhibits Barber´s Paradox
4. When is the Barber´s Paradox unresolvable?
5. Gamma recalls his childhood chess
6. Third mistake: The dichotomy fallacy
7. Is the vienna school closing down?
The [fantasy] Vienna School for Truth Exploration was founded by Ludwig Wittgenstein in 1918 [the Tractatus's Preface date]. Its aim: Prepare students for exploring the world and its reality. Its textbook: The famous Tractatus. Its motto: 'Argue or Agree!1' The School has a peculiar aura of back-to-the-future, since its students have already been to a mid-nineteen forties Ludwig Wittgenstein's lectures at Cambridge. It may get confusing, as these 'two' philosophers happen to have exactly the same name. The students' names are Greek letters, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc. [In this paper, all the characters, including Wittgenstein, are fictitious. Sometimes they are the Tractatus Wittgenstein, sometimes they are the Investigations one, and often they are I].
Wittgenstein: "Welcome to our school. Our aim is to prepare you for a career in truth exploration. The school will also conduct field trips in your training. I have prepared for you fill-in-the-blanks forms that list all possible states of affairs. In your field trips, all you have to do is to observe the world and indicate which state of affairs exists and which does not. This will provide you with all the facts. Indeed, the world is nothing but the totality of these facts. Now, does anyone have a question or a comment about our objectives or about our methodology?"
Alpha: "I would like, Sir, to start by indicating our reason for preferring your school over others. When your family asked you why did you want to do philosophy, you told them it was because you wanted to find the truth. Indeed, you have pursued that goal with the utmost of seriousness and with no ax to grind. Most other philosophers, for most of the time, carried out their investigations in order to support a religious belief, a political theory, or simply to maintain a livelihood. On the other, you have been ultra pure in seeking the truth for its own sake."
Beta: "Just look at what you are planning to do, after you had written the book that embodied all the truth as you found it. You are now determined to give away all your immense wealth, and to prepare for a teaching position in an elementary school."
Gamma: "I have a general comment, Sir, about your book. In introducing his article 'On Certainty'2, your Cambridge namesake raised the following question, 'How does one know how to set about satisfying oneself on the existence of unicorns.'3 The mere raising of the question alerts us to the immense difficulty of finding the truth about even such a simple matter as to the existence of a myth. My question, Sir, is how on earth were you able to observe the whole world and decide that it is the totality of facts, and not of things [Tractatus 1.1]?"
Beta: "Not only what you are saying, Sir, but the utmost confidence in what you are saying. ' … the truth of the thoughts that are here communicated seems to me unassailable and definitive.' [Tractatus's Preface.]"
Alpha: "Also, Sir, the way you have expressed yourself in sentences that are as hard as nails and as knocks of destiny. Is the Tractatus a new Book of Genesis, or what?"
Beta: "We are wondering, Sir, whether you had utilized any equipment in your search for the truth. A telescope, a microscope, or, may be, a slide rule4."
Wittgenstein: "Since I am the professor here, may be I'll be permitted to put in a word edgewise!"
Alpha, Beta & Gamma: "Sir, Sir, Sir, all of this is because we are so frustrated while reading our textbook. We do not seem to have a handle on how to understand it. It has the tone of a scientific investigation, but it actually sounds so mystical!"
Wittgenstein: "Now, I see your difficulty. I can give you two pieces of advice on how to read our text. My first advice is that you should not read it as a continuous stream. Begin with reading only seven sentences, the ones indicated by the numbers from 1 to 7, without decimals. Then read these sentences together with their first comments, e.g.,1.1, 1.2, …, 2.1, 2.2, … and so on. Then read all the above, together with second level comments that have a second decimal digit numbering, e.g., 2.35, and so on. This will keep you aware of the various levels of importance of the various statements."
Alpha: "This is very interesting, Sir. What is your second advice?"
Wittgenstein: "My second advise is that you should read the book backwards! May be not completely backwards. Start with Section 5, then go to 4, etc., until you reach Section 1. In my student days, I started as an engineering student, then went on to the field of mathematical logic, while it was being created. I believe I did make a modest contribution to its creation. This led me to thinking about the nature of propositions, and how propositions are used to express the facts of the natural sciences. I asked myself, 'How should the world be like in order to make it possible for propositions of natural science to be true or false, and to express facts when they are true?' So, I began a journey of abstraction through successive suppression of dimensions: Abstracting from language, then abstracting from thought, then abstracting from us making to ourselves pictures of facts, until I reached the ultimate rock of states of affairs. I said to myself, 'This is the rock on which I can build my system.'"
Alpha: "Wow! How fascinating! You make it all sound so simple and straightforward. Then, Sir, did you write the book backwoods?"
Wittgenstein: "Alpha, don't be silly, you make me laugh! Of course not. Then I followed with an opposite journey of reconstruction: Adding dimension after dimension, in the opposite order in which they were suppressed."
Beta: "In effect, Sir, you have touched upon all the branches of traditional philosophy: From ontology, to epistemology, to philosophy of mind, etc. Our text is a full-fledged traditional metaphysics!"
Wittgenstein: "Beta, I think I resent your remark. I believe my book solves all problems of traditional philosophy, rather than being one."
Beta: "I am sorry, Sir. I beg you to postpone this issue until later. Gamma has been screaming for his turn to speak."
Gamma: "Sir, I have a problem with your insistence that we should, in addition to knowing the facts, also know that this is the totality of all the facts. Shall we say, for argument's sake, that there are a hundred facts, f1, f2, .., f100. Further, let us agree that F = 'There are exactly 100 facts'. Is F a fact? If F is a fact, then it is a fact that is outside the totality of facts, and therefore it is not a fact. If F is not a fact, then it is a fact has to be included in the totality of facts, and therefore it is a fact. This is analogous to the Barber paradox."
Alpha: "In 2001 Wittgenstein Symposium, a paper5 was presented that showed how to resolve such paradoxes. I wonder if this paradox can be resolved in the same way."
Gamma: "No, the totality of facts paradox cannot be resolved similarly. Actually, if we take the barber's definition to be: B1 = 'The barber shaves all those who do not shave themselves throughout the universe', then the B1 paradox is no longer resolvable. This is why: The new universe of discourse has no boundary, and the barber cannot be evicted outside it. That is why it is more suggestive to call the paradox 'Barber of Seville's' rather than 'Barber's'. I trust you recall how this paradox was resolved. The barber was evicted out of Seville, and his definition was then restricted to be B2: The barber outside the new smaller universe of discourse. 'Other than himself, the barber shaves all those who do not shave themselves.' Now, if we are asked, 'Does the barber shave himself?' we can say, 'We do not know; we have not been told!' Clearly, the totality of facts paradox is similar to B1, as no boundary was established for the world, and is therefore unresolvable."
Wittgenstein: "I must admit that you have made your point very clear. I will rebut it later. Now I'll hand you your homework for the weekend. This form lists all the possible states of affairs, all 200 of them." You go forth and explore the truth: Find out which of these states of affairs exists, and which does not exist. The ones that exist are the facts. This way we get to know the totality of facts, which is obviously the world. Good hunting!"
[The students come to class after the weekend, but they are all excited and cannot settle down.]
Wittgenstein: "Now, what is the problem? Let us all sit down and begin collecting your homework."
All the students: "Sir, Sir, Alfa discovered a new fact!"
Wittgenstein: "What you are saying is impossible!"
Alpha: "Sir, I saw the two hundred and one state of affairs, and it existed, So, that is a new fact, Sir!"
Gamma: "When I was a young boy, Sir, I used to love playing chess. After I grew up, I was shocked to find out that my childhood play was illegal! At the first move of each side, we used to permit ourselves to move two pawns, each one square forward. Later I came to realize that this was not permitted by the international chess rules committee. Now, Sir, I am wondering whether your world facts are rules of the game or moves in that game."
Wittgenstein: "Now, Gamma, what is this sophistry. A fact is a fact!"
Beta: "May I, Sir, present a specific example. Say that Fischer in his game against Spassky moved his king one square to the right at his tenth move. This is a piece of chess news. If I say, 'The king of chess moves one square at a time,' this is a second piece of chess news for those engaged in learning the game. The first news could have been different, and; therefore it is a contingent fact. The second news could not have been different, therefore it is a necessary (tautological) fact."
Alpha: "Sir, I do not want to be left out of this interesting discussion. Let us assume that I am a big shot in the world of chess, and I call for an open meeting of the chess rules committee to consider adopting Gamma's childhood chess rule variation. In the committee's meeting, chess rules are robbed their necessity status, and have become contingent facts, and subject to modification."
Gamma: "Every game has two language levels: The object language level, and the metalanguage level. At the object level, those egged in using the language follow the rules of the game, as the Cambridge Wittgenstein would say, but never speak of them. If a reporter at a chess match says: 'The white king just now moved one square! (which happens to be a chess rule)' he is liable to be fired on the spot. His remark is ridiculous and, at best, a silly an tasteless joke."
Beta: "I presume this is, Sir, what the Tractatus 7 is meant to indicate, in your strikes of destiny style: 'Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must remain silent.6
Gamma: "In the metalanguage of chess, everyday language in this case, one may comment on the object language and speak about its rules."
Alpha: "May we consider, Sir, the genus/species distinction, which is usually associated with biological classification? I do think, Sir, that it also plays an important though role in abstraction. For example, the proposal 'It is raining', with no affirmation intended, is really a genus, and true and false are the differentia that generate the two statements: (i) 'It is raining!' and (ii) 'It is not raining!'. The dichotomy fallacy is the unstable oscillation between the genus and between the positive species. I wonder, Sir, whether I presented this idea in a clear fashion."
Figure 1. Dichotomy Fallacy: Oscillation between (1) & (2).
Beta: "Alpha, I think you did alright. It is a fine point, and probably no one can do any better."
Wittgenstein: "Can anyone explain what Alpha is trying to say?"
Gamma: "I'll try, Sir. Your state of affairs is really the possibility for a fact, and it becomes a fact when it exists. In your presentation, Sir, a fact is often confused with its corresponding state of affairs. Alpha is proposing the name of 'dichotomy fallacy' for this conceptual flaw."
Alpha: "I believe, Sir, that flaw often appears in well-established contexts. However, in such contexts we can easily correct the situation, as there will morally be enough criteria to isolate the genus from its positive species."
Alpha: "At the high level of abstraction in the Tractatus, we have no possibility of escaping this fallacy. We have no rudder to control our steering. We humbly submit to you, Sir, that this fallacy is a third grave mistake in section 1 of the Tractatus.
Gamma: "Don't you agree, Sir, that the real problem is not having two choices in each of the three mistakes. It is rather the instability of the choosing. On Monday, we choose the first option, on Tuesday we choose the other option, and on Wednesday we go back to the first option!"
Beta: "Isn't this what your Cambridge namesake described as the fly being at the top of an inverted bottle, trying desperately to escape by hitting the top upwards rather than retracing its direction downward to the exit?"
Alpha: "Sir, how can we escape these maddening situations, or should we just quit our truth exploration?"
Wittgenstein: "Now, you all make me feel sorry for myself: I wish I have never written this Tractatus! I am going to close down this school and look for a simple down-to-earth career, something like an elementary school teacher!"
All the students clamoring, "No, Sir! No, Sir! Never say that. Your Tractatus was the luckiest thing that ever happened to philosophy! With your beyond belief sincerity and with no ax to grind, you exhibited philosophic pitfalls in their purity. Thus, you paved the way for your Cambridge namesake to create his Socratic technique, explaining the nature of philosophic problems, how we get entrapped by them, how to scramble out of the entrapment, and how to recognize them and avoid them. Between the two of you, Sir, the world will one day credit you with curing human thought of a conceptual plague that lasted for more than two milleniums!
"Believe us, Sir! We are by no means condemning philosophy. What we are saying is this: There is bad philosophy, and there is good philosophy. Your Tractatus is an excellent illustration of the bad variety, and your Cambridge namesake's Investigations is an excellent example of the good variety."
Alpha: "I have one last thought, Sir. I would like to hear what everyone thinks of it. It seems to me, Sir, that the philosopher attempts to discover the rules of the language that he is using in order to discover those rules. Alas, this is an impossible quest. If, however, he or she should appear to succeed, then they will be inventing a new branch of mathematics, that one day may turn out to be useful for application in science or technology. If he or she should fail, then they are producing a new metaphysics. This, closing down your school is probably the only proper thing to do. "
Part 1 of a planned book on Wittgenstein´s Tractatus
This is the motto of the Cambridge University Moral Sciences [i.e. philosophy] Club
Wittgenstein, L.: On Certainty. Harper Torchbooks, 1969.
Wittgenstein (ibid)
In his engineering years, Wittgenstein must have sported a slide rule. No calculators or computers were available at that time
Wittgenstein´s Missing Map, by Wasfi A. Hijab, appeared in ALWS Contributions Vol. IX
My own rendering, I believe.
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