Early self-control improvement programs aim to increase self-control and reduce child behavior problems (e.g., conduct problems, antisocial behavior, and delinquency) in children up to age 10.
Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) general theory of crime identifies individual characteristics of self-control as related to antisocial, delinquent, and criminal behavior. Specifically, individuals with low self-control 1) are impulsive and unable to delay gratification; 2) lack persistence, tenacity, or diligence; 3) partake in novelty or risk-seeking activities; 4) put little value on intellectual ability; 5) are self-centered; and 6) have a volatile temper. The theory also suggests that interventions implemented during children's early years (with young children, adolescents, families) are important in preventing general delinquency and crime later in life (Piquero et al. 2016).
While programs designed to increase self-control vary by intervention type, these efforts focus on improving one's impulse control and strengthening their resolve against impulsive acts. Also, these programs aim to improve the decision-making styles of persons such that they place less emphasis on immediate gratification and more emphasis on the long-term consequences of their behavior.
Social skills development programs focus on lessons involving skills for emotional understanding and communication, friendship, self-control, and social problem solving. These programs sometimes include themes such as "look and listen", "following rules", "what to do when I am angry", "what to do when they do not want to play with me", and "how to react to teasing".
Cognitive coping strategies involve psychoeducational tasks and/or cognitive self-instructional training where participant children are taught to verbalize commands to cue or guide nonverbal behavior. This program type employs self-control statements such as "find out what I am supposed to do", "consider all my answers", "stop and think", "mark my answer", and "check my answer" while performing tasks as the child repeats the steps and statements.
Videotape training/role-playing interventions involve participant children watching videos of children performing appropriate or inappropriate behavior. Participants are asked if the children's responses in the video are correct. If they answer correctly, the video continues. Following the video training, the participants' behavior and self-control are observed. These interventions may also include didactic lectures, role playing, and watching videos of child-centered play sessions.
Immediate/delayed rewards clinical interventions take place in an experimental room. The intervention involves an experimenter enticing children with a prize (such as marshmallows). Participant children are placed alone in separate rooms and told that if they wait for the experimenter to return to the room (in 20 minutes), they will be allowed to have two marshmallows. However, if they ring the bell that has been placed in front of them (which signals that they want the experimenter to return right away), they will only be allowed to have one marshmallow. The experiment was designed to test children's self-control and use of delayed gratification.
Relaxation training sessions focus on meditation and deep breathing techniques to encourage children to regulate their own behavior. After practicing the techniques, children are asked to consider three self-monitoring questions: 1) "Where am I?" 2) "What am I doing?" and 3) "What should I be doing?" They are then asked to correct their thoughts and behaviors to conform with what is expected of them.
Piquero and colleagues (2016) aggregated 53 effect sizes from 36 randomized controlled trials and found a positive, statistically significant effect in self-control improvement for children who participated in early self-control improvement programs, compared with children who did not participate (overall mean effect size of 0.32). This suggests that early self-control improvement programs can improve self-control of children.
Piquero and colleagues (2016) aggregated 36 effect sizes from 22 randomized controlled trials and found a statistically significant reduction in delinquency for children who participated in early self-control improvement programs, compared with children who did not participate (overall mean effect size of 0.27). This suggests that early self-control improvement programs can reduce delinquency for children.
Piquero and colleagues (2016) updated an earlier meta-analysis by Piquero, Jennings, and Farrington (2010) on the effects of early self-control improvement programs on increasing self-control and reducing delinquency/crime of children. Screening was conducted from January 2010 through September 2015, extending the original analysis period of 1975 to 2009.
Studies were included if they 1) used randomized controlled experimental designs; 2) included self-control as a major component of the intervention; 3) included participants aged 10 years and younger (or the mean age was no greater than 10 years at the start of the intervention); 4) included at least one child-based outcome measure of self-control such as the Kansas Reflection-Impulsivity Scale for Preschoolers (Wright 1971), the Kendall and Wilcox Self-Control Rating Scale (Kendall and Wilcox 1979), Burks' (1996) Behavior Rating Scale, and/or behavioral outcome measures of general problem behaviors, such as antisocial behavior and delinquency, from the Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach and Edelbrock 1983) or the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (Funderburg and Eyberg 1989); and 5) made available adequate posttest data to calculate an effect size, if not provided. The search included published and unpublished reports available in English with no timeframe or geographic restrictions. Keyword searches were done for abstracts across several online databases, and hand searches were conducted with reputable journals in the areas of criminology, criminal justice, policing, public policy, psychology, psychiatry, and child development.
This analysis included 41 randomized controlled trial studies, updating the original analysis with 7 additional eligible studies. The 41 studies had a total sample size of 9,382 children and adolescents. A total of 53 self-control effect sizes and 36 delinquency effect sizes were calculated in this analysis. Studies included in the analysis were predominately published in journals, took place in a number of states across the country (e.g., Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington, and Wisconsin), and were delivered in a school setting. The study samples were mostly male, white, high-risk, and from low-income populations. Participants' ages ranged from 2 to 10 years.
A random effects analysis was used to estimate overall mean effect size. Cohens d was used to calculate the standardized mean difference effect sizes. When studies did not provide a Cohen's d effect size estimate, the data that were provided was transformed into a Cohen's d. Hedges g was applied correcting for small sample sizes small samples. Inverse variance weights were used to give greater weight to the effect sizes estimated with more precision. All meta-analytic results were estimated using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (CMA) software, Version 2.
Piquero, Alex R., Wesley G. Jennings, David P. Farrington, Brie Diamond, and Jennifer M. Reingle Gonzalez. 2016. "A Meta-Analysis Update on the Effectiveness of Early Self-Control Improvement Programs to Improve Self-Control and Reduce Delinquency." Journal of Experimental Criminology 12:249–61.
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Funderburg, Beverly W., and Sheila M. Eyberg. 1989. "Psychometric Characteristics of the Sutter–Eyberg Student Behavior Inventory: A School Behavior Rating Scale for Use with Preschool Children." Behavioral Assessment 11:297–313.
Gottfredson, Michael R., and Travis Hirschi. 1990. A General Theory of Crime. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press.
Kendall, Phillip, and Lance Wilcox. 1979. "Self-Control in Children: Development of a Rating Scale." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 47:1020–1029.
Piquero, Alex R., Wesley G. Jennings, and David P. Farrington. 2010. "On the Malleability of Self-Control: Theoretical and Policy Implications Regarding a General Theory of Crime." Justice Quarterly 27(6):803–34.
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Wright, John C. 1971. The Kansas Reflection-Impulsivity Scale for Preschoolers (KRISP). St. Louis, Mo.: CEMREL.
The program is designed to improve youth academics, behavior, and character, and can be used by schools, families, or communities. The program is rated Effective. Treatment students reported less substance use, problem behaviors, and violent behavior than the control group. There was a 41 percent reduction in bullying behaviors. Findings regarding sexual activity and disruptive behaviors were not statistically significant.
A comprehensive, long-term prevention program that aims to prevent chronic and severe conduct problems in high-risk children from 1st through 10th grades. The program is rated Promising. Participants in the treatment group were significantly less likely than control group participants to exhibit evidence of serious conduct problems and had higher social cognition. While parenting behaviors improved there were no differences between the groups in academic progress and child social competence.
A classroom management strategy for children ages 6 to 10 designed to improve aggressive and disruptive classroom behavior and prevent later criminality. The program is rated Effective. The analysis showed males with higher levels of aggression at first grade, but there were increasing and significant effects at sixth grade. Findings also include reduced rates of externalizing behavior and more peer acceptance.
A prevention program that promotes emotional and social competencies and reduces aggression and behavior problems in elementary school-aged children. The program is rated Effective. Children in the intervention group had less peer-rated aggression and more social competence. Intervention classrooms had a more positive atmosphere, a higher level of interest and enthusiasm, and a greater ability to stay focused than comparison group classrooms.
A multisystemic intervention for boys under age 12 displaying aggressive and antisocial behavior problems. This program is rated Effective. It was associated with a significant decrease in children's delinquency and aggression scores as well as a significant reduction in children's levels of behaviors such as rule-breaking, aggression, and conduct problems. However, there was no significant effect of the program on the total numbers of convictions.
A prevention program aimed at disruptive kindergarten boys and their parents, with the goal of reducing short- and long-term antisocial behavior. The program is rated Promising. There were some positive effects of the program found in the short term, but the effects seemed to disappear by the time the boys were 15 years old. However, positive effects were found by the time the boys were 24 years old, and mixed effects were shown through the time the boys were 28 years old.
An early childhood curriculum designed to increase the protective factor of social and emotional competence in young children and to decrease the risk factor of early and persistent aggression or antisocial behavior.
A school-based intervention to improve the social-emotional and behavioral skills of young children (K – 3rd grade) at risk for mental health disorders and substance abuse. This program is rated Promising. The program had a significant, positive effect on measures of children's task orientation, behavior control, assertiveness, and peer social skills. The program was also associated with a significant decline in the average numbers of suspensions and office disciplinary referrals.
The program is a preventative, family-based intervention targeting families with young children who possess risk factors for child behavioral misconduct. The program is rated Promising. Evaluation results suggest that the intervention indirectly reduced child problem behavior via parental positive behavior support. More specifically, the intervention appeared to significantly increase levels of parents' positive behavior support, which in turn significantly reduced children's problem behavior.
Formerly known as SNAP® Girls Connection, the program includes concurrent child and parent groups, as part of a multi-component intervention for girls with disruptive behaviors and their families. The program focuses on self-control, problem solving, and emotion regulation to improve pro-social skills and reduce disruptive behavior. The program is rated Promising. The girls in the treatment group displayed significantly lower levels of behavior problems than the girls in the comparison group.


We have 4 batches (all the same) of a product to make that we will run in 2 separate blenders. Can we labels these with 2 lot's# ( 2 batches run thru the same mixer) or do we have to have 4 separate lot #'s?
Is there anything significant that happens between batches, such as sanitation procedures, inspection of parts, etc? Or do you add the next batch to a blender immediately after the 1st one? What is the run time for a single batch?
All same lots of ingredients going into all 4 batches?
Nothing happens in between - we finish packing one load and dump the next. The blender is just not big enough to hold both. We are running 2 blenders at the same.
Not always - but they are being tracked on the batch sheets. We were thinking 2 lots because of the 2 blenders . We are currently doing it as 4 lots - time consuming and $$ for testing on each lot.
I know it's expensive, and you could probably make a "composite" sample of all 4 batches for analysis purposes and still give them each an individual lot #.......50 grams from each of the 4 batches to form a 200 gram composite sample......which is they way I would go if I were trying to save a bit of $$$$ and my results has been good consistently.
Great - thank you! I had not thought of it that way.
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The Right's Bullsh*t Problem
No true conservative is supposed to be a true Scotsman.
Jonah Goldberg Jan 8 96
The Right's Bullsh*t ProblemNo true conservative is supposed to be a true Scotsman.
Unless you're very, very, new to political debates, you're probably familiar with the "No True Scotsman" fallacy.
My favorite practitioner of it is the Twitter account of the Socialist Party of the United Kingdom. Somewhat like Beto O'Rourke's short-lived, yet somehow oddly interminable, presidential campaign, the account can be relied upon to do the work normally reserved for rhetorical straw men. Let the record show, that over the last 150 years or so, avowed socialist parties and governments have racked up an impressive string of errors, from trivial screw-ups to horrific crimes against humanity. But on Twitter, if you dare associate any of these embarrassments with true socialism, there's a good chance the @SPGB account will appear, like Beetlejuice upon hearing his name three times, to haunt you. It will shout, "That's not real socialism!" and then invoke some Platonic definition of the term to "prove" that real socialists would never do the terrible things self-described socialists actually did in the name of socialism.
Anyway, here's a pithier illustration of the NTS fallacy:
"No true Scotsman likes light beer."
"Sean Connery likes light beer."
"Maybe, but no true Scotsman likes light beer."
In ideological debates, No True Scotsman-ism is an attempt to separate the intellectual or moral infallibility of the omelet from the grubby egg-breaking required to make it. Since the theory is perfect, any disappointing results from applying the theory proves it wasn't a real application of the theory. (The schematics are flawless, says the engineer; it's not my fault the doorbell flushes the toilet.) Generations of Marxists who had the intellectual honesty to admit that "mistakes were made" by the Soviet Union could not extend their intellectual honesty to the possibility that their theory was itself flawed. Hence that old standby, "It's never been tried!" Used by Marxists, socialists, some libertarians, Great Society liberals, and other soldiers in the "War on Poverty," this variant of True Scotsmanism—Bryan Caplan calls it "The 'Real X' Defense"—is like the carrot dangled from a stick just in front of the donkey's nose: an excuse to keep pressing forward. Or to paraphrase a related equine image beloved by Ronald Reagan, "the Real X" is the pony that's got to be somewhere under all that manure.
The thing is, conservatives aren't supposed to do this—for two very important reasons. The first, which I won't spend much time on here, is that conservatism is anti-utopian and offers only a partial theory of how to live. Political conservatism doesn't have a lot to say on what you should eat or wear, or what movies you should love. I don't think one need go as far as the philosopher Michael Oakeshott, who said "it is not at all inconsistent to be conservative in respect of government and radical in respect of almost every other activity." I think there's some inconsistency if you're radical in religion, culture, etc., but not in respect to government or politics. But you can see the point. Conservatism, at its heart is comfortable with contradiction, and in utopian thinking, all contradictions are supposed to be wrenched out of society. No two good things need be in conflict with each other.
Anti-utopianism requires acknowledging that life can be unfair, that government can't do everything, that the market will reward things we don't like and erase things we love. Every government policy involves some trade-off between competing goods. Freedom will produce inequality not because freedom is unjust, but because freedom will yield different results since people are born with different abilities, have different desires, and make different choices. We will never live in a world where school teachers make as much money as professional basketball players. Of course injustice exists, but the pace of reform must be guided by prudence and cost-benefit analysis. "I must bear with infirmities until they fester into crimes," as Edmund Burke said.
The second reason is related to the first: Conservatism isn't supposed to be a tribal identity. There is nothing inherently threatening to the idea of conservatism to say that some conservatives can be evil, stupid, or wrong about some things. Nor is it antithetical to conservatism to concede that some liberals are decent, smart, or right about some things. But tribalism requires drawing a stark line between Us and Them.
Thus, identity politics turns the No True Scotsman fallacy on its head. Whereas the original form protects the ideal of a True Scotsman from the crooked timber that Scotsmen—and all other humans—are made from, identity politics protects Scotsmen from ideals. According to the logic of tribalism, a Scotsman can drink light beer. Hell, a Scotsman can cheat on his wife or his taxes, or whatever, and it's fine because a Scotsman is always right. This is the corrupting power of misplaced loyalty.
Think about virtually any identity politics controversy over the last few years, or decades. The gist always boils down to group loyalty (or solidarity, in the traditional language of the left). Organizers of the Women's March won't denounce Louis Farrakhan for saying things about Jews they would immediately recognize as anti-Semitic from the mouth of a white person. The bumper sticker slogan "Believe All Women," when taken seriously, means that evidence and facts don't matter, everyone must stand behind every woman. Moderate Muslims, Jews, and Christians are often reluctant to condemn the extremism of co-religionists because to do so feels a little treasonous. African American intellectuals grapple with the burden of criticizing other blacks.
The same goes for one tribal group after another. The only variable is that the more acute the sense of victimhood and powerlessness, the more intense the pull of solidarity is (which is one reason why whites don't traditionally feel uncomfortable criticizing other whites—because white identity is actually much weaker than the left imagines it to be). All of this is natural. When the tribe feels threatened, it closes ranks.
That's because humans can become tribal about any shared identity. Normally, this is where I would invoke the brilliant evolutionary psychologist, John Tooby, and his work on the "coalition instinct." (I'd also recommend this excellent essay by Jonathan Rauch.) But, rather than cite street gangs, organized sports, or religious factions as standard examples of tribal identity formation—and even though Christmas is behind us now—I'll just note that the Fraternal Order of Real Bearded Santas grew out of a vicious schism within the now defunct Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas.
Political scientists have been documenting for a while now that in this age of polarization, ideological and partisan affiliation is mapping across society in ways once reserved solely for race, ethnicity, gender and religion. Conservatism is becoming an identity.
"It is never long," Leon Wieseltier once observed, "before identity is reduced to loyalty."
And while loyalty is vital in foxholes, friendships, and families, it is often poisonous to the frank exchange of ideas. I am not talking about politicians here. Politicians lie. The currency of politics is often the sort of loyalty that goes by the name of partisanship, and there's no way to take that entirely out of politics.
But, as I've written many times, I think one of the biggest problems afflicting the conservative movement is the degree to which is has become an affiliate of the Republican Party. Pundits are not elected officials, they're not even political consultants—though they often pretend to be on TV (And vice versa; political consultants often pretend to be disinterested pundits even as they monetize their punditry into lucrative lobbying contracts while condemning "the swamp."). Some of the smartest conservative writers I know—and nearly all of the dumbest -- often make no distinction between what is best for the GOP and what is best for conservatism. Sometimes they're even right. But as a group dynamic it all gets very murky, very quickly.
The need to be a team player—psychologically, financially, or socially—is corrupting. I don't necessarily mean it's corrupting in a moral or legal sense, though that is obviously sometimes the case. I mean it is distortive and corrosive to honesty and fuel for hypocrisy.
Before I go on, let me, in the words of Barack Obama, be clear. Many of these dynamics apply to the left, sometimes in even greater force, precisely because identity politics and utopianism are much more developed parts of the anatomy of the left.
But part of the reason I feel compelled to say that is to head off the inevitable barrage of whataboutism that distorts conservative thinking like a tumor on the conservative brain. Whataboutism has its place if your only aim is to highlight the hypocrisy or selective moral outrage of the other side. But whataboutism—like "they do it too!"—is not a substantive defense of anything.
Yes, liberals are often profoundly hypocritical when it comes to the issue of impeachment or the sexual misconduct of the president, given their defense of Bill Clinton. But the same standards conservatives use to call Democratic flip-floppers often render them hypocrites as well. Moreover, since when is the misbehavior of your opponents—particularly opponents you routinely demonize as immoral—an excuse for obliterating the very standard you use to condemn your opponents? What is the objective standard involved that allows the condemnation of, say, Al Franken for his sexual transgressions but not Donald Trump—other than "he's the captain of our team"? We might expect such a standard from say, Lindsey Graham and other Republican politicians and activists. But what is your excuse if your job is to tell the truth to your readers, listeners, or viewers?
Until now, I've avoided talking about Donald Trump. But he of course looms over all of this. In the Obama years, conservatives often slid into the "Conservatism was never even tried!" fallacy. That's all gone now, destroyed by Donald Trump. Second only to the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, it's hard to think an odder destroyer of True Conservatism than Donald Trump, but that's the form the voters chose. The True Conservatism of the Obama years had myriad flaws, but its primary failure was its almost blind emphasis on purity over persuasion. Conservatives forgot that conservatism actually isn't that popular. It's certainly not as popular as being pandered to. And failing to take up the task of persuading others, conservatives decided they were victims. Newt Gingrich's surprising success in the 2012 primaries based almost entirely on whining about media unfairness should have been more of a sign.
But at least True Conservatism was about a set of ideas and principles, unpopular though many of them might be. Now, those ideas and principles only arouse passion when they are useful for attacking liberals.
How often do we hear conservatives denounce the folly of socialism and corporatism—but only when promoted by liberals? President Trump has given more bailout cash to farmers than Obama gave to car manufacturers. Some of the sleaziest influence peddlers—Corey Lewandowski comes to mind—talk endlessly about "the swamp" while getting rich off of it. Joe Biden is guilty of doing what Democrats say Trump did —and that's outrageous, some conservatives say daily. But ask them, "What if Trump did what conservatives are accusing Biden of? Would that be outrageous?" Shut up, they explain. Trump is a hero for wanting to get out of endless wars, and he's a hero for being willing to get us into another one.
It would be one thing if this were all contained within the Republican Party itself. But because so much of conservatism has become a de facto political consulting firm, it's at times impossible to tell the difference. Heck, First Things, the Catholic intellectual journal, which claims to be concerned with the Highest Good to the point of being willing to rethink the enlightenment, the founding, and the free market, recently ran a piece arguing the best reason to keep Trump president is that it would make liberals sad.
"There is always a certain meanness in the argument of conservatism," Ralph Waldo Emerson once observed, "joined with a certain superiority in its fact." Forced to choose, the new tribal conservatives opted to keep the meanness and throw away the facts.
This all matters, and not just because telling the truth always matters. The arguments for giving into the tribal politics of misplaced loyalty are at this point familiar: We have no other choice, hang together or hang separately, look at how great the judges are, look at how terrible the Democrats are etc. Some of these arguments are not without merit. From a conservative voter's perspective, Trump's judicial appointments alone are a powerful case for holding one's nose and putting up with Trump and many of the second rate goons, trolls, and bros who've have risen to prominence as conservative "leaders" on the right, starting with Donald Trump Jr.
But I am not talking about voting. I'm talking about telling the truth. The problem with the argument for holding one's nose is that at some point, many people grow weary of it and decide to put up with the stench. Some even grow to like it. How many former conservative Trump opponents have gotten used to him, even though he has proved to be precisely the man they opposed?
That's what happens when you give in to tribalism: It starts to make sense. It even starts to feel natural—in part because it is natural. But part of what it means to be a conservative is understanding that not everything that is natural is good and not everything that is unpopular is wrong.
Photograph of Trump supporters at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 2017 by Alex Wong/Getty Images.
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Me2B, ad-blocking, and the personal information economy
Brands, publishers and media owners are increasingly focused on tailoring content to meet the specific needs of individuals; and fuelling this rush to ever-greater personalisation has been a reliance on access to data – every last search term, web view, and geo-tagged movement helping firms to build a profile against which advertising can be sold.
So what does a consumer get in return for handing over all this information?
Other than being fed messages that advertisers think are relevant, they usually get nothing; but all that could be about to change…
Big Data, People Analytics, and the future of executive recruitment
OliverLuft 3rd June 2015
Bringing in new staff to run and, hopefully, improve the performance of a business means that payroll – alongside commercial rent – is often the biggest expense a company faces; but a typical business knows comparatively little about the real motivational factors that drive their workforce once they have got them through the door.
What if smart use of data could help firms understand their employees better? How would that change the criteria on which they base their hiring choices?
Big Data is usually talked about in terms of what it can do for consumers and customer relationships, but what happens when you apply its principles to staffing?
What happens when a firm starts to look scientifically at information about its employees? What happens when it starts to apply People Analytics?
What do they know about data? Two key themes to explore when recruiting content managers
OliverLuft 13th March 2015
Data, data, data… it's everywhere. Regardless of whether your role is commercial or creative, a good understanding of the uses of data is evermore important if you want to progress.
As an executive search firm used to hiring content teams and senior digital heads, we work closely with client organisations to source the best possible candidates – and questions about their knowledge and experience of working with data are asked increasingly.
One of the growing requirements for content specialists, we have found, is knowing what data to gather, analyse, and how to use that to personalise, and successfully shape on-going content programmes, build a loyal following, and convert into leads, and eventually customers.
Now, content managers don't have to be data specialists, but a bit of knowledge can be very useful.
So when recruiting content managers, a hiring firm might be tempted to look for candidates with a good understanding of how to use data constructively and in a way that is timely, cost-effective, and entirely practical for their business.
How analysis and data skills can change the way executives make big decisions
OliverLuft 26th September 2014
One of the knock-on effects of digital technology is that like never before business leaders can draw on enriched information when making critical choices – but do they really let data rule, or are experience, intuition and gut feeling still the keys to successful management?
In recent weeks we've looked at several ways data gathered through digital sources is changing business. We've examined how supermarkets are using technology to revolutionise retail, how knowledge of data can help you get a job in both the editorial and commercial departments of a newspaper, we've even looked at growing data use in education and how the difficulties of understanding Big Data are, in some instances, restricting the development of personalised, one-on-one marketing.
In short, what we've seen is that analysis and data skills will be key to an array of future jobs.
Five ways data is holding back personalised, one-on-one marketing (the first five really, because there are loads…)
OliverLuft 14th August 2014
Unless they've been on extended leave or in serious dereliction of their duties, senior executives across the country are likely to have heard little else about the future of marketing than how putting customer relationships at the heart of their businesses will be vital in the coming years.
The digital world has forced a series of new challenges on business, and high on that list of challenges is the shift in customer behaviour bought about by the adoption of new technologies and communication through social media.
Firms keen to embrace this behaviour shift – and understand how consumers want to connect digital channels – need to think about how to gather data and then what to do with it.
Looking for a job with newspaper group? Make sure you understand data…
Matt D'Cruz 18th July 2014
If you've been following my recent posts, you'll know I've been spending the last few months talking to senior management figures across the newspaper industry – national and regional. The aim of these conversations has been to found out how they see their industry changing, how their specific business is changing, and to understand the recruitment challenges they face.
In all three areas, one word comes up time and time again – data.
"The challenge for me", said the Head of Digital at one big newspaper publisher, "has been to convince senior management that it's no longer just about the number of uniques [web and mobile site readers] you can get. That's in many ways a vanity number."
If web traffic alone isn't enough, he went on to say – digital commercial people working at newspapers need to understand much more about their readers in order to sell appropriate ads.
Martin Tripp Associates: what sectors and job titles do we recruit for?
Martin Tripp 8th July 2014
Last month, I had a surprising conversation with a regular media client. He's used Martin Tripp Associates extensively over the years, but only to help headhunt content roles. I was amazed that he was unaware we also recruit in other areas – heads of digital, marketers, general management, commercial roles, strategy directors, and so on…
So, being a statistics geek, I thought I would share the following infographics with you. They help visualise what it is we do here. Based on last year's activity, the first chart shows a breakdown of our assignments for media clients according to the disciplines we recruited.
While 'General Management' was the largest single category we worked on, the big rise was for 'Product/Insight' roles and this reflects a trend toward better-informed product development and customer-led innovation.
We have also seen rapid growth in demand for digital-savvy commercial leaders. They are in short supply, and highly prized by their employers; like the Product/Insight people, the best are only found and recruited by a thorough search process.
Workflow and data-analysis tools are changing legal publishing – and others
Albert Ng 16th May 2014
Publishing for the professional services used to be a sedate affair: a magazine would come into print once a week, perhaps once a fortnight, and at regular intervals it would be accompanied by a special pullout or an information booklet. It was all very calm and straightforward.
Digital publishing changed everything. News and comment is now instant, and data sets are available at the touch of a button, but of all the changes brought about by technology, this speeding-up of the information transfer is neither the most radical or the most useful.
Providing news and data sets quickly is all very well, but what modern businesses really need is smart information derived from data-driven analysis, and to have that integrated with workflow tools.
Want an editorial job on a newspaper? How are your data skills?
Matt D'Cruz 25th April 2014
Over the course of a few short years digital technology has fundamentally changed our publishing industries. Daily and weekly print editions have been replaced by constantly updated websites, apps, and digital downloads. Not only that, but the way we tell and adsorb stories has also changed.
To accommodate new formats and ways of sharing information, those working in publishing have been forced to adopt new skills. A keen editor now knows as much about the social media impact of their content and they do about story sources. But what do we really know about the skills publishing will require in five years time? What talents will staff need to remain relevant?
Over the past few weeks, I've been talking to senior managers across the newspaper industry to gain some insight into their recruitment needs. For those who have been paying close attention to the sector, much of what they're saying won't be hugely surprising , but over my next few posts I thought I'd share some insight for the benefit of any job-seekers out there.
A media search consultancy view on privacy, Twitter, and social media
Martin Tripp 7th March 2012
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fue una revista japonesa de manga shōnen/seinen publicada por Square Enix. El primer número salió en el año 2001 y el último lanzamiento fue con el número de abril de 2009. Posteriormente fue reemplazada por Gangan Joker.

Historia
La revista surge durante el año 2001. En un principio, desde marzo del mismo año, fue publicada dos veces al año, como un número especial de la Mothly Shōnen Gangan. Posteriormente, durante el año 2004 la publicación se convirtió en trimestral y finalmente, a partir de junio de 2006 la revista comenzó a ser publicada cada dos meses.

La revista contaba con un personaje como diseño principal de la misma llamado Dravat, creado por Fujiwara Kamui. Sin embargo, para la edición de primavera de 2002, el personaje ya no apareció más.

En abril de 2009 lanzó su último número. Todas las obras que estaba publicando se trasladaron a Mothly Shōnen Gangan, Monthly G Fantasy y al sitio web de distribución de cómics Gangan ONLINE.

Lista de manga
B

Barakamon - (Yoshino Satsuki)
Blan no Shokutaku ~Bloody Dining~ - (Tsubasa Hazuki y Shogo Mukai)
Bungaku Shōjo to Shinitagari no Piero - (Rito Kōsaka)

C

 Corpse Party: Blood Covered - (Makoto Kedōin y Toshimi Shinomiya)

F

 Final Fantasy XII - (Gin Amou)

H

 Kore ga Watashi no Goshūjin-sama  -  (Asu Tsubaki, Mattsu)
 HEAVEN - (Aoi Nanase)
 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onikakushi-hen - (Karin Suzuragi, Ryukishi07)
 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Tsumihoroboshi-hen - (Karin Suzuragi, Ryukishi07)
 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Matsuribayashi-hen - (Karin Suzuragi, Ryukishi07)

I

 Isoshime! Nioka-sensei - (Junichi Odaka)

J

 Jūshin Enbu - (Hiromu Arakawa)

K

 Kimi to Boku - (Kiichi Hotta)

N

 Nusunde Ri-Ri-Su - (Tinker)

S

 Sakakibara Boys Hero Club - (Yoshino Satsuki)
 Seiken Densetsu - Princess of Mana - (Yoshino Satsuki)
 Shining Tears - (Akira Kanda)
 Shitate-ya Kōbō Artelier Collection - (Hioka En)
 Sold Soul 500 - (Yoshino Satsuki)
 Stray cat strings - (Yoshino Satsuki)
 Superior - (Ichtys)

U

 Umineko no Naku Koro ni - (Kei Natsumi, Ryukishi07)

Véase también

 Shonen Gangan
 Gangan Fantasy
 Young Gangan
 Gangan Wing
Gangan Joker

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Square Enix página global

Square Enix
Seinen
Shōnen

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Q: Really need advice/confirmation on work done on moving a point and friction I am wondering if anyone can help to let me know if I am on the right track or making mistakes. I am really not so confident in my work here so I am really looking for someone to look over it. It is the following problem:  Yet again this is another problem I have tried significantly on my own and by trying to show my work on here, yet have received no full answers or even advice to incorporate the friction
A point is attracted to the origin by a force that is proportional to the cube of the distance from the origin, how much work is done moving the point from O to $(2,4)$ along the path $y=x^2$ assuming we have some coefficient of friction $\mu$
First question: Will I need a positive or negative sign infront of the force? I assume since it is attracted to the origin and we are moving away from the origin wouldn't we need a positive? But I am not sure.
I think my Force would be $$F=-C(x^2+y^2)^{3/2} \frac{OP}{||OP||}$$=$$-C(x^2+y^2)^{3/2}\frac{xi+yj}{(x^2+y^2)^{1/2}}$$
=$-C(x^2+y^2)(ti+tj)$ Does that seem okay? Should I have a minus sign in front of the C?
So for the force before considering friction,
parametrized with $r(t)=(t,t^2)$, $r'(t)=(1,2t)$ with $0 \le t \le 2$
$F(r(t))=-C(t^2+t^4)(ti)+(t^2+t^4)(tj)$
$F(r(t)) \bullet r'(t)= -C(2t^7+3t^5+t^3)$
integrated from $0$ to $2$, gives $$-100C$$
But I am having the more trouble with the friction part.
Moving on to the friction component, I know that work against friction is given by $-\mu | \int_{c} F_{N}dS|$
My unit tangent T is $$(\frac{1}{\sqrt{1+4t^2}},\frac{2t}{\sqrt{1+4t^2}})$$
and so would by unit Normal just be
$$ N= ( \frac{-2t}{(4t^2+1)^{3/2}(\sqrt{1/(4t^2+1)}},\frac{1}{(4t^2+1)^{3/2}(\sqrt{1/(4t^2+1)}} $$
and then If I take the dot product with F, and integrate that result, that will give the work by friction? And then I use Net Work= Work from central force+ W from friction?
But since the form of the normal is so messy I am not even sure how to do the dot product in the correct way. and how to write F in such a way to do the dot product. I know it is done by component, but in my F I have a xi+yi, etc
I am still looking for help on incorporating the frictional component on this problem.
Thank you

A: Work done by the attractive force
The work done by the attractive force $\newcommand{F}{\mathbf F}\F$
along the path $C$ is
$$
\newcommand{T}{\mathbf T}  W_\F = \int_C \F \cdot \T \;ds
$$
where $\T$ is the unit tangent vector and $s$ is distance along the curve.
If we write $\newcommand{r}{\mathbf r}\r$
for the radial (position) vector of the particle,
$r = \lvert\r\rvert$ for the distance from the center, and
$\hat\r = \frac1r \r$ for the unit radial vector,
then the force $\F$, which is a central force, can be written in the form
$\F = f(r) \,\hat\r$.
Using the fact that $\frac{dr}{ds} = \hat\r \cdot \T$,
$$
W_\F = \int_C f(r)\, \hat\r \cdot \T \;ds
= \int_C f(r)\, \frac{dr}{ds} \;ds
= \int_C f(r)\, dr
= \int_{r_0}^{r_1} f(r)\, dr \tag1
$$
where $r_0$ and $r_1$ are the distances from the center to the
starting and ending points of $C$.
In other words, $\F$ is a conservative force whose potential is a
function of distance from the center.
It's useful to be able to recognize that a force is conservative, because
it frees us from having to trace the work done along a particular path.
In this problem, we simply set $f(r) = -kr^3$, $r_0 = 0$, and
$r_1 = \lVert (2,4) \rVert = 2\sqrt5$, and integrate
\begin{align}
W_\F &= \int_0^{2\sqrt5} -kr^3\, dr  \tag2\\
&= -k \left[ \frac14 r^4 \right]_0^{2\sqrt5} = -k\left(\frac14\left( 2\sqrt5 \right)^4\right)\\
& = -100k.
\end{align}
(I used $k$ rather than $C$ as the constant of proportionality
because we already used $C$ to name a curve.)
Of course this is the same result you found (except for the choice of the name of the constant), and I knew that when I wrote this up. So why bother with all this? Several reasons:

*

*It's one more confirmation that you had that part of the solution already.

*Equation $(1)$ helps solve many problems, not just this one. It's a general property of force fields that (like this one) have spherical symmetry. If you are dealing with such a field you can pretty much just write down something like Equation $(2)$ and evaluate it.

*It demonstrates a way to turn a path integral into an ordinary definite integral via a change of variables without having to decide in advance how you want to parameterize your curve.
Work done by the frictional force
The frictional force is not conservative, so we still have to integrate it over the specific path $C$.
Note that I wrote $(2,4)$ for the vector from the point $(0,0)$ to the
point $(2,4)$. An alternative notation is
$\newcommand{ihat}{\hat \imath}\newcommand{jhat}{\hat \jmath}
2\ihat + 4\jhat$, where $\ihat = (1,0)$ and $\jhat = (0,1)$
are an orthonormal basis of this two-dimensional vector space.
In other words, when you wrote (with slightly different symbols)
$$
\F = -k(x^2 + y^2)(x\ihat + y\jhat),
$$
it's the same vector as $\left(-k(x^2+y^2)x,-k(x^2+y^2)y\right)$,
which can also be written as the product of the scalar $-k(x^2+y^2)$
with the vector $(x,y)$:
$$
\F = -k(x^2 + y^2)(x, y).
$$
On the path $C$ defined by $y = x^2$, this is
$$
\F = -k(x^2 + x^4)(x, x^2). \tag3
$$
Conversely, your unit tangent vector,
$$\T = \left( \frac{1}{\sqrt{1+4x^2}}, \frac{2x}{\sqrt{1+4x^2}} \right),$$
could instead be written
$$\T = \frac{1}{\sqrt{1+4x^2}} \ihat + \frac{2x}{\sqrt{1+4x^2}} \jhat.$$
Admittedly, it's a little confusing to mix and match these two notations
when writing an inner ("dot") product of two vectors,
so just convert both vectors to the same notation and evaluate the
inner product in that notation: either add up the componentwise products
(if you use component notation), or use the facts that
$\ihat\cdot\ihat = \jhat\cdot\jhat = 1$ and $\ihat\cdot\jhat = 0$.
For your normal vector, you simply need to rotate the tangent vector
through a right angle. In general, a right-angled rotation of the vector
$(u,v)$ will give you either the vector $(-v,u)$ or the vector
$(v,-u)$; in this problem, the unit normal vector you want is the one
that points to the "downward" side of the path (closer to the origin),
so it is
$$
\newcommand{N}{\mathbf N}
 \N = \left( -\frac{2x}{\sqrt{1+4x^2}}, \frac{1}{\sqrt{1+4x^2}} \right)
$$
(although you could use either vector since we're going to take an
absolute value later),
but I think it's even easier to use the fact that
$\frac{ds}{dx} = \sqrt{1+4x^2}$ to write the vector $\N$ as
a scalar multiple of the vector $(-2x,1)$:
$$
 \N = \left(\frac{dx}{ds}\right) (-2x, 1). \tag4
$$
If you use Equations $(3)$ and $(4)$ to make substitutions for
$\F$ and $\N$ in the formula for the work done on the particle by friction,
$$
 W_{\mathrm {friction}} = -\mu \int_C \lvert \F \cdot \N \rvert \;ds,
$$
the scalar factor $\frac{dx}{ds}$ allows a convenient change of
integration variable (as $\frac{dr}{ds}$ did before), and you're left with
a scalar multiplied by the inner product
$(x,x^2)\cdot(-2x,1)$ in the integrand:
\begin{align}
 W_{\mathrm {friction}}
& = -\mu \int_C \left\lvert -k(x^2 + x^4)(x, x^2)
            \cdot \left(\frac{dx}{ds}\right) (-2x, 1) \right\rvert \;ds \\
& = -\mu \int_C k(x^2 + x^4)
      \;\left\lvert(x, x^2) \cdot (-2x, 1)\right\rvert\; \frac{dx}{ds}\,ds \\
& = -\mu \int_0^2 k(x^2 + x^4)
      \;\left\lvert(x, x^2) \cdot (-2x, 1)\right\rvert\; dx \\
\end{align}
The rest is just a matter of the usual simplifications and evaluations;
here's the final result in Wolfram Alpha to check your work against.
By the way, using the scalar factor $\frac{dx}{ds}$ in $\N$
was not just an inspired guess or some weird stroke of genius.
It was simply motivated by really not wanting to use $s$ as the
variable of integration. So I looked around at what the derivatives
of more convenient variables such as $r$, $x$, or $y$ would be and
whether I could turn some part of the integrand (especially an othewise
inconvenient part like the factor of $1/\sqrt{1+4x^2}$)
into such a handy differential so that I could make a change to
a more convenient variable of integration.

A: In general you get for this force field
$$
F(x,y)·(\dot x,\dot y)=C(x^2+y^2)(x\dot x+y\dot y)=\frac C4\frac d{dt}(x^2+y^2)^2
$$
so that for $(x(t),y(t))=(t,t^2)$ for $t\in [0,2]$ the potential difference is
$$
\left[\frac C4(t^2+t^4)^2\right]_{t=0}^{t=2}=100C
$$

The sign should probably be negative, since the force field point from $(x,y)$ towards the origin, i.e., along the direction $(-x,-y)$.

A: You were correct up to the line that should have read ..
$$F(r(t)) \bullet r'(t)= C(t^3+t^5+2t^5+2t^7)$$
your mistake was that you didn't sub in $x=t$ and $y=t^2$ for the the $xi$ and $yj$ in the formula above that one.
$$F(r(t)) \bullet r'(t)= C(t^2+t^4)(t(1)+t^2(2t))$$
( you do end up with $100C$ when you do this )

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One band that I have to see when they play in this country is Arena. It is a group that I have followed since its inception and I genuinely had to sit down when I read that this tour would celebrate the 20th anniversary of 'The Visitor' album. Twenty years? Where the hell did they go? Yet it is which means that I have grown up with this band for the last twenty-three years (this was their third album, they started in 1995). Out of all the albums that they have released, I think most people (possibly including the band themselves) would agree that 'The Visitor' is the jewel in their crown. These dates that slightly precede the release of the new album, 'Double Vision', were to be split into two parts; the first section would be the complete 'The Visitor' album performed live (for the first time I think, definitely in this country at least), while the second half would be a variety of tracks from their other albums along with some new stuff. What more could you want for your money?
There was no support act and the band came onstage at around half eight. There was a good crowd in the hall, but that was no surprise as there always is for these guys. One thing that playing '...Visitor' offers is that it allows whoever is doing the vocals to get theatrical. I remember Paul Wrightson, the original '...Visitor' vocalist, coming onstage with his frock coat, cane and top hat, which is exactly what Paul Manzi (yes, the same one who sings for Cats In Space) did (apart from the cane, I didn't see that); a great job of it he did too. You would have thought that he was the original singer (nothing in it that caused him concern at all) right from the opener 'Crack In The Ice' which set the tone for the evening.
As promised, they did the whole album and in the right order, which was in itself a treat as there isn't a song on that record that dips below excellent, but for me 'The Hanging Tree' has always been the 'Comfortably Numb' of Arena's catalogue and it was great to hear it again tonight. I can't remember Manzi breaking character during the whole of 'The Visitor' section. He donned a few extra garments, such as a white ruff around his neck when he portrayed a preacher, but I can't remember him saying anything to the crowd. In fact, I can't remember anyone saying anything before Clive Nolan said, 'That was our first track' at the end of the section.
That was it for another three or four years maybe, which is a shame as I could listen to this stuff all day, but they are more appreciated in Europe than they are here, plus they have their other projects such as Pendragon, Caamora, (Clive Nolan), The Urbane, Kino, It Bites, Frost, Lonely Robot and anybody else John Mitchell can get his teeth into. It is fortunate that the Classic Rock Society is still going as, without them, we would probably not see bands like this in this area. Arena are a band I will always go out and see. They don't rely on any gimmicks (unless you count Manzi's frock coat and neck ruff as a gimmick, and I don't), other than playing excellent music consistently well, and I look forward to seeing them again in the future, whenever that will be.
Set-list:- Part I: 'The Visitor' – 'A Crack In The Ice', 'Pins And Needles', 'Double Vision', 'Elea', 'The Hanging Tree', 'A State Of Grace', 'Blood Red Room', 'In The Blink Of An Eye', '(Don't Forget To) Breathe', 'Serenity', 'Tears In The Rain', 'Enemy Without', 'Running From Damascus', 'The Visitor'.
Part II – 'Poisoned', 'Jericho', 'The Butterfly Man', 'The Mirror Lies', 'The Tinder Box', 'Solomon'.
Encore: 'Crying for Help VII'.


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In Cape Cod Morning, we see a recurring Hopper theme, of life on the borderline between civilization and nature. A section of a house takes up the left side of the picture, from which a woman stares somewhat anxiously out of a bay window. On the right of the picture, we see the forest, close and menacing. Just as in 'Cape Cod Evening' (1939), the trees are almost threatening to advance and swallow up the house and its inhabitants, reclaiming for nature that which has been stolen from it.
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BBC Three will be back on the air on Tuesday 1st February with RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World. The show will feature nine queens from across the globe who will compete for the crown. Not only that, but This Country star Daisy May Cooper has been confirmed as one of the fabulous guest judges.


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Paint Scheme by Ryan Humphrey
February 28, 2018 /in Art, Fixed Gear, News, Videos /by jasper
Check out this cool edit by Ryan Humphrey
Thanks to Plutonium Paint, Pure Fix Bicycles, Animal Bikes, Dave's Wearhouse, 5050 Skatepark and Aaron Nardi for all coming together to make this happen.
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Cool Pictures Of 5050
July 8, 2017 /in Art, BMX, Inline Skating, Music, News, Scooter, Skate /by Anthony Cataldo
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Christopher Sausage – Workin on it Video filmed at 5050 Skatepark
March 4, 2017 /in Art, Music, News, Videos /by jasper
Check out more here.
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Caster's Leaving his mark on NYC Arts Cypher
March 3, 2017 /in Art, News, Videos /by jasper
Check out all these behind the scene images from artist, Caster, leaving his mark on our wall at NYC Arts Cypher!
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SI Live- 5050 Skatepark may soon be seeking new location
March 3, 2017 /in Art, BMX, Events, MTB, Music, News, Scooter, Skate, Videos /by jasper
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The owners of 5050 Skatepark, the popular indoor skatepark on Staten Island's North Shore, may soon be seeking a new location, blaming rising rents in the midst of major developments.
"We like the building, and the location is awesome, but the rent is ridiculous," said Ed Pollio, who owns the custom-built 8,000-square-foot recreation center with partner and 5050 Skatepark founder Angelica Popolano.
The surrounding area is quickly transforming, with the opening of Urby, Stapleton's new 900-unit housing complex — and the Empire Outlets and New York Wheel are quickly rising in nearby St. George.
"Since we first moved there our rent has almost doubled," said Popolano of the 5050 Skatepark location at 354 Front St. — just a mile from the Staten Island Ferry.
NEW LOCATION PROPOSED
The good news is the skatepark owners already have their eyes set on a new site. Their vision is not a new one, as it is a concept they have had for several years now.
Pollio and Popolano would like to move their park to the historic, vacant hangar at Miller Field, and already have a 26-page proposal and renderings of their plans.
The historic hangar is under the jurisdiction of the federal National Park Service as part of the Island's Gateway National Recreation Area.
The owners, who first brought their idea to the National Park Service (NPS) in summer 2015, are just waiting for NPS to release a request for proposal (RFP) for the site.
"The current construction effort to save Miller Field Hangar 38 is underway and should be completed by the end of the year," said Daphne Yun, acting public affairs officer for Gateway National Recreation Area.
Yun noted that a decision about an RFP will be made in 2018.
Borough President Oddo said he agrees with the owners' plan to "reuse the hanger at Miller Field for active recreation."
"5050 Skatepark, which is the city's only indoor skate park, offers a unique service and would be a great addition to the facility," said Oddo, who added, "Having new and increased sports opportunities on the grounds of Miller Field would encourage more young people to get active while socializing with others, which is always a positive thing."
A POPULAR SPOT
Will Kane, a 13-year-old Westerleigh resident, has been riding a BMX bike for almost a year now. Heading to 5050 Skatepark each week is one of his favorite things to do.
"Everybody likes the setup there..the ramps are fun. They like to change it up a lot," said Kane. "Sometimes they build new ramps and sometimes they move them around. It doesn't ever get boring."
The young biker said he'd be upset if the park moved to New Dorp, as it's farther away from where he lives.
He pointed out that many "BMXers" are from the North Shore and some even travel from Manhattan and Brooklyn to the park.
MILLER FIELD LOCATION
However, Popolano pointed out that Miller Field offers a great central location in the borough and is close to all public transportation. The size of the location also provides many opportunities to expand the business.
She said she feels it would be a great place to continue to serve not only as a recreational hotspot but as multi-use facility for the borough.
"We already welcome schools….we do a summer camp, we host fundraisers, music events, art shows, auctions, community meetings, music videos, commercials, movies, birthday parties– we do everything," she said, adding, "With a larger space, we can expand on everything we do already."
Renderings done by 5050 Skatepark for the proposed site include space for a community center, live music venue, art building and World War I and II museum, in addition to the skatepark. The plans also include a computer lab and space for rock climbing, according to Popolano.
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NYC Arts Cypher at a Glance
February 6, 2017 /in Art, Music, News, Videos /by jasper
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5050 Magazine Teaser
November 19, 2016 /in Art, BMX, Events, News, Scooter, Skate /by Hannah Faith
Hi, my name is Hannah. I work part time at the skatepark, and now I'm creating the new 5050 Magazine, along our crew. It will be dropped before Christmas. Here's a teaser of the front cover of the first issue.
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Coney Island Timelapse Montage
November 19, 2016 /in Art, News, Videos /by jasper
Subscribe to Mikes Channel Here.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY9ut8lU33Bsc4qwhD_-D3A
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Lots Going On This Weekend
November 16, 2016 /in Art, BMX, Events, News /by Angelica Popolano
Friday 11/18 Projectivity Musication 4
Saturday 11/19 5050 Skatepark Scooter Jam
This will not be a serious competition, just a fun day where scooter riders can have the entire park to themselves, get to meet other riders, scooter professionals, and leave with some free stuff.
Sunday 11/20 Odyssey BMX Video Premiere
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Music- Live From the Streets: Houston, feat. Yves and Doughbeezy
November 15, 2016 /in Music, News, Videos /by jasper
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Himbad, Kwue Molly and Tekst at 5050 Skatepark
November 1, 2016 /in Art, Music, News, Videos /by jasper
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October 31, 2016 /in Art, BMX, MTB, Music, News, Scooter, Skate, Videos /by jasper
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5050 Skatepark Youtube Channel
August 19, 2016 /in Art, BMX, Drifting, Fixed Gear, Flatland, Inline Skating, Interviews, MTB, Music, News, Scooter, Skate, Videos /by jasper
We changed some thing on our youtube channel.
Go check it out and Subscribe.
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Every year, Mike Milovick has to clear countless cans, bottles, and more left behind by thousands of rowdy, inconsiderate partygoers on Ezra Avenue from his ruined front lawn or face penalties from the city.
Nearly 30,000 people arrived from all over southern Ontario to join the unsanctioned party on Ezra Avenue on Mar. 17. The crowd was difficult to control and emergency services were close to overwhelmed.
Cherri Greeno, spokesperson for the Waterloo Regional Police, disclosed that many partiers threw rocks, bottles, and other debris at police officers. In addition, one officer sustained a head injury and was taken to hospital, along with over 40 partiers. A person was charged for having open liquor in their car as early as 8:45 a.m. and, in another incident, a male was found in the trunk of a car. Greeno did not elaborate why he was there.
Lukas and Lia Cerveira traveled from Milton to take part in the celebrations.
They recognize that emergency services are lenient toward partygoers, and appreciate that some delays are possible due to the sheer number of people in the area. Lia stated that a sanctioned and paid event is not impossible, but would probably draw a much smaller crowd.
"I think people would definitely pay for this. I think if it was a paid event, people would pay, maybe a few less people would come," she said.
Milovick, a property owner on Ezra Avenue, also recognized the problem posed to emergency services by the crowd and stated that ambulance delays and unavailability may result in fatalities. He stated that the region needs to be more active in trying to stop unsanctioned street parties.
"I think that the city and the region need to take a bigger role in addressing the situation. Obviously, over the years, it's just getting bigger and bigger, and I've always felt that someone's going to be seriously hurt or there may to be a fatality because of this event," he said.
"The Waterloo Region is part of a task force that is attempting to understand and minimize street parties. Their main concern is the safety of the residents and the partygoers," Greeno stated.
Waterloo Regional Police estimate more than 22,000 students attended. There were 41 calls for service and 18 people were transported to hospital. Down from 52 hospitalizations and 619 charges laid by police last year.


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Harry Barnes was to have been our first editor, but quickly decided he couldn't do it. I was elected, producing issues 1-18 from 1974 to 1977. Looking at those productions, I'm struck that while Triumphs haven't changed much else has in half a lifetime.


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Owen Waters → Messages
The Power of Nine
a message from Owen Waters
Sunday, 26 August, 2018 (posted 31 August, 2018)
Numerology is an ancient science which claims that there are nine major influences in the affairs of humanity. These influences are said to affect you personally via a personal year influence and also affect the planet by virtue of a calendar year influence.
Because numerology is an ancient science and still in existence, it is fair to say that it must be based upon some cosmic truth or it would have been abandoned centuries ago. Even the idea that nine, and not some other number, is significant and has held up throughout the ages.
Why nine? Why not some other number? After all, seven was a very fashionable number in metaphysical circles until just a century ago. It was based upon the idea that there were seven planets; so, therefore they thought, the number seven must have cosmic significance. Of course, at that time, only seven planets had been discovered! As the number of known planets grew, the metaphysical significance of the number seven faded from favor.
Meanwhile, the number nine still retains its powerful reputation, so let's take a look at the workings of Creation and see if the number nine has some cosmic significance. A good place to start is the most fundamental premise in the whole of Creation.
All things in the universe spring forth from the one cause and that cause employs the Law of Creation.
The Law of Creation employs three aspects of consciousness in order to make all things possible.
First, Divine Will sets an intention.
Second, Divine Love provides the energy for that intention to materialize.
Third, Divine Motion is applied to both aspects of consciousness in a way that makes them interact in the necessary manner. Without motion, all is just static potential. With motion, we have life in all its ever-changing glory.
The Law of Creation is the Divine Trinity in its most fundamental, original form - one which has been operating for billions of years. Original Creation provided the framework for all things to be possible but, in order to provide the complexity that is necessary for the creation of life as we know it, another step was necessary and this is exactly where the number nine gets its power.
The Trinity interacted with itself to form a Triple Triad, a 3 by 3 matrix of additional influences.
The original three Divine aspects generated an additional three groups of three aspects. That makes three original aspects of consciousness plus nine additionally-generated ones.
These nine additional aspects of consciousness serve to create the complexity required by the more dense levels of Creation, such as the physical realm, which is formed by an intense compression of original consciousness.
While the original three aspects of the Divine Trinity control the divine realms, it is the Triple Triad - the nine additional aspects of consciousness - which exert the most direct influence in our realm of existence.
There are nine specific influences in this realm, each with their own unique characteristic.
Therefore, it is safe to conclude that, when numerology uses the numbers one through nine to analyze the influences affecting the physical realm, it is based upon a framework of cosmic significance.
Courtesy of Owen Waters, www.spiritualdynamics.net
Owen Waters
Owen Waters is an international spiritual teacher who has helped hundreds of thousands of spiritual seekers to understand better the nature of their inner being and their infinite potential. For more than forty years, his life has focused upon gaining spiritual insights through extensive research and the development of his inner vision.
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Washington restaurants are known for various foods and some of the restaurants are known for having the best food recipe that makes them have constants customers' day in day out. Let's take for example, the classic fried chicken we all love.
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First pour enough oil to cover the chicken pieces into a pot, therefore leaving enough room at the top to avoid any spillage.
Then coat each of pieces of chicken with this mixture.
Then pour a bread crumbs in a shallow dish.
Also whisk the egg whites in another shallow dish.
Later coat each of the pieces of chicken with the "chicken mayonnaise" mixture.
Dredge a piece of chicken in the eggs, and then into the bread crumbs.
Then place the chicken into hot oil.
Then finally fry until the chicken is fully cooked through the middle.
Allow to drain, and then serve.
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