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U.S. decision to cancel drills with S. Korea shouldn't be overestimated - Russian expert
MOSCOW. June 19 (Interfax) - The cancellation of major U.S.-South Korean military exercises is Washington's largest possible concession following negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and is more of an element of preparations for the midterm elections to Congress, Gleb Ivashentsov, a member of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and former Russian ambassador to South Korea (2005-2009), told Interfax on Tuesday.
"This step was initiated in large part by the South Korean political leadership and was eventually supported by the Americans. On the one hand, this can be seen as a direct effect of the efficiency of the so-called double freeze formula envisioning that the United States and South Korea do not conduct large-scale exercises in exchange for the suspension of the nuclear missile program by Pyongyang," Ivashentsov said.
At the same time, it would be unreasonable to overestimate the U.S.' decision, not to mention expect that this step could help resume the multilateral negotiating format for settling the situation in the Korean Peninsula, he said.
"I do not think the matter is about a six-party format now. I believe this process has been suspended. My personal opinion, which coincides with judgements by multiple members of the U.S. expert community, is that Trump needed the meeting with Kim Jong Un for PR purposes, in view of the election to Congress in October. Trump wanted to show that he was correcting mistakes committed by [U.S. President Barack] Obama, who was unable to rein the DPRK in. This is an efficient argument for the voters supporting the Republican Party," he said.
At the same time, the cancellation of the August drills is the maximum concession to Pyongyang that Washington could afford, Ivashentsov said. "The Americans are unlikely to go further than this step. Following the elections to Congress, the situation may turn around. In this light, it would be utterly naive to overestimate this decision by the U.S.," he said.
It had been reported earlier that the Pentagon had confirmed the suspension of the U.S.-South Korean joint military exercises Ulchi-Freedom Guardian planned originally for August.


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Sam sat behind his desk twirling clockwise in his chair. Four days before Sam had been promoted. Sam shut his eyes and imagined he was underwater. When he opened them, he was.
Everything was underwater. Everything was exactly the same, just underwater.
His phone rang. He picked up the receiver and noticed how much lighter it felt.
"Sam Johnston," Sam said.
"Sam?" asked Tim. Tim had just been promoted, too. "This is gonna sound— "
"My office is underwater, too."
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Something crashed into Sam's office door. "Hold on," he said. "I gotta call you back."
Sam leapt from the chair, swam over his desk, and unlocked the door. Sam's new boss stood in the hallway.
"Why was this door locked?"
"I needed to concentrate."
"I see," she said. "What are you working on?"
"The Meyers matter."
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"Nope, still on the Meyers matter."
"I need that one done."
"I'm finishing it now."
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Sam's boss nodded, pivoted on the carpet, and swam down the hall. It was 11:30 a.m.
After lunch Sam realized he could float. He floated up to the ceiling. It was fantastic; it was like flying.
Sam swam out of his office. He did a long, graceful somersault from the ceiling down to the photocopier and then back up to the ceiling. His colleagues pretended not to see him.
Around 3:30 p.m. Sam swam back into his office. He locked his door and sat down in his chair. An hour later he finished the Meyers matter and e-mailed it to his boss.
Just after he hit "send," Sam kicked something. He looked down and, for the first time, noticed a big stopper stuck in the floor under his desk. Sam, being curious, pulled on it. The stopper didn't budge. He grasped it with both hands and pulled again. The stopper came free, and Sam fell back into his chair. The water started draining.
In ten minutes all the water was gone.
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Times Higher Education: Four Hungarian Universities Among the Best
Fanni Kaszás 2019.11.06.
Four Hungarian universities have been included in the Times Higher Education (THE) thematic higher education rankings, in the Europe Teaching Rankings.
The results are based on the THE European Student Survey, which this year received responses from 125,000 students across 18 countries, who were asked about their universities' education and learning opportunities and the atmosphere at the universities from their perspectives.
Overall, 258 universities across 18 countries are featured in the ranking, up from 242 institutions across eight nations last year. From Hungary, four universities are on the list. Semmelweis University was ranked 41st in the overall Hungarian sub-ranking. The second Hungarian university was Szent István University in the 126-150 range, while the University of Debrecen and the Eötvös Loránd University, both featured among the 151-200 range.
In addition to student engagement, the ranking also takes into account student achievement, the diversity of institutions' environments, and the resources that universities have in order to teach effectively.
The list is led by British universities, with Oxford University and Cambridge in first and second place respectively, and a Spanish university, the University of Navarra, third. Universities in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia are featured for the first time.
Earlier, in a 2020 World Ranking, eight Hungarian universities were included. Semmelweis University achieved the best results again this year.
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Tapping the Tempo works great now but it still sounds really downsampled in bitcrusher like. Any idea why?
Don't have time to check it out tonight, but do you really mean major 7th? The 7th harmonic (if that's what you mean) is slightly flat of a minor 7th normally. Unless you're actually a lot higher up the spectrum than I realise and it is actually a harmonic that is closer to a major 7th.
This gives for a A2 (110Hz) 825Hz.
Equally tempered the major 7th would be 830.61Hz. The tempered minor 7th would be 783.9Hz. Or did I miscalculate (happens very often)?
I wasn't thinking in tonewheel harmonics but wanted to have pure overtone factors. But it maybe really makes sense to make a tempered version of the sine overtone oscillator to act more like drawbars on hammonds.
Ah ok, so really it's the 15th harmonic of a fundamental an octave lower (the sub I guess).
This is my humble attempt to recreate the famous Moog Midi MuRF pedal with Axoloti. As I discovered that this cool pedal isn't produced anymore (I think, they ran out of filter chips) I wanted to build something like this with axo. I'm using resonant factory svf bandpass filters, so you can't expect a true Moog sound recreation. But it can produce some freaky modulations especially on synth pads, guitar and drum sounds.
The patch is designed as a pedal-like effect and takes the sound input from audio in left. But you can easily repatch it to modulate Axoloti sound sources.
So, what can it do? It has 8 tuned filter bands, which are triggered by a 16 step pattern which is driven either by internal or MIDI clock. Each trigger impulse starts an ad-envelope for the triggered band with adjustable attack/decay time. The filter bank has two modes: Mids and bass band. If you turn on bass-bands, the filters are acting on lower frequencies.
random - Turn on to randomly trigger one of the 16 steps in the pattern. If off, the pattern runs sequentially.
MIDI clock div - Select the time division (resulting in note values) for the MIDI clock. There are comments to the right of the selection indicating the resulting note value.
The trigger pattern for the filter bands. Vertically you select the band which will be triggered in each of the 16 horizontal steps. The low frequency bands are on the top.
Dial in the trigger level of each band or to be more exact: the top-level of the envelope after attack. A level setting of 0 means, triggers for this band won't be heard. You can also use the levels to tame bands, that resonate to loud with the given input sound. The labels of the level dials show the center frequency of the band in mid/bass mode (see below: filterbank/bass-bands checkbox).
The trigger envelope attack and delay time for all bands. Here you can define the overall feel of the pattern (staccato, fluid or backwards-like).
The filter resonance level for all bands. Be careful with high values (your speakers or ears might get damaged).
You can add a sine lfo to sweep the filter frequency of the bands. Gives a chorusy quality to the effect.
If you turn up the stereo width the odd numbered filters are panned to the left and the even numbered filters to the right output.
Turn on to soft-saturate the input signal. Gives a warmer quality to the sound.
With this checkbox on, the filter's frequencies are pushed more to the bass range. Good for bass sounds. The first filter isn't a bandpass anymore then, but turns into a lowpass at 110Hz (like in the original pedal). The band frequencies are displayed in the labels of the level dials.
The last setting is for blending the input signal with the effect signal.
I had lots of fun with the sounds you can get out of this. LittlePhatty leads, drum synths or thick pads are gorgeous. And even more fun, if you pass the effect through further delays or reverbs.
Grain-mill is a granular delay/destroyer with variable grain playback position, variable grain size and envelope, optional MIDI sync and a freezable buffer. It's designed as a send or insert effect and therefore takes the input from audio in left. I also made a version working with the AxoControl board for a handy stand-alone effect (see below).
Turns on MIDI clock synchronisation. If it is turned on, it waits for MIDI clock pulses. Caution: As long as no MIDI clock comes in, the internal-speed is used. When a MIDI clock is received, triggering is synced to the clock at the selected note value divisions (see below).
When turned on, triggers are sent randomly (about 50% probability). Syncs to MIDI, too.
This toggle freezes the recording buffer, meaning that no incoming audio is processed, but the same buffer is granulised over and over.
Sets the grain trigger speed when not MIDI synced.
For MIDI syncing you can select the desired note value for grains to be triggered. The labels to the right of the radio buttons show the resulting note value.
The red LED is blinking every time a grain is triggered.
Motion is the movement of the position a grain is taken from the recording buffer every time a grain is triggered. With the motion controls you can build some kind of reverse or speed-up/slow-down effects.
Sets the LFO speed of the selected motion.
Sets the amount of the motion within the recording buffer. 0 means no motion at all (weird sound) and 64 moves through the whole buffer.
"Saw down" is moving backwards through the recording buffer starting at the oldest sample and moving back to the newest. Good for reverse-like effects.
"Saw up" moves from the newest to the oldest samples and can create some kind of speed-up or slow-down effect.
"Triangle" is moving back and forth.
And finally "random" takes every grain from a random position.
These settings are very much fun to experiment with spoken audio inputs or music.
The size of a grain. Can go from very long to nasty short snippets of the incoming audio. A grain snippet is looped as long as the envelope for a grain is active.
The attack/decay volume envelope for a grain. Longer attack and shorter decay for a reverse-like effect. Short attack and long decay for delay mayhem. And no attack and short decay for decent stuttering.
Sets the feedback amount of grains back into the recording buffer. Lots of feedback with a long decay setting can lead to infinite feedback noise. Beware: If the recording buffer is freezed, feedback doesn't have an effect.
With stereo-width turned up, each grain is output alternately to the left and right stereo channel.
With this dial you can mix in the incoming live signal to the output (e.g. if you use it as insert effect device).
The patch has a table/alloc object "buffertable", which defines the recording buffer's size. You can play with the size setting to make the overall delay shorter or longer.
Feedback and stereo-width can't be controlled with the AxoControl. You can hook up for example MIDI CC numbers to control them.
Hope you like it! Feedback (even in grains) welcome!
@Thonk Also check the controller subpatch that I have created for Axocontrol. This is not really apatch that makes any sound, but it can be copied to any patch to use Axo control for the patch. It has got layers, so all knobs can be used twice, giving 12 knobs, 2 joysticks etc.
Hey, first time posting so i'm new to the forum and to Axoloti.
I got a board a couple of months back and have been playing around with some patches and used it in a couple of gigs - I love it! feels like something i've been waiting for without even realising!
This particular patch looks fantastic - I'd like to give it a try alongside some feedback stuff i'm working on.
Strange. I tested it with macos and windows and it opens without complains. Which version of the Axoloti software are you using? Latest 1.0.10?
Yeah, I updated to 1.0.10 before trying... I am on an older Mac OS tho' (10.7.5) which I guess might have something to do with it?
have you done a 'sync libraries' since you upgraded?
if still have something, post in the helpdesk category, including details of your setup, and also a copy of what is being reported in the console, during startup and also when you attempt to run the patch.
Yeah, I really like your layered controller approach and already experimented with it!
But IMHO it's a bit complex switching layers and indicating the user which layer is active with the given LEDs. For example in a performance situation this could lead to frustration... especially if I am this poor user 'cause I can't remember what buttons I pressed 20 seconds ago . I rather like "one knob per function" interfaces.
One idea comes to mind: A shift button! Using the joystick button as a shift button (maybe indicated by flashing LEDs) and as long it is pressed, the knobs change their function (feedback and stereo in this case). What do you think about that?
Thanks so much! - Through the comments made here I found out what was going wrong and it was a dumb mistake on my part, due to having too many copies of patches stored in different places whilst rushing to get something working.
I now have @cpwtiz's grain mill running with the input being triggered feedback loops. Fun stuff!
I love the grain-mill patch too. Will attempt to get it running off a Behringer BCR2000 soon (alongside aforementioned feedback).
You need a clock source to trigger the arpeggiated notes. This can be either a square LFO, a (divided to note values, if u like) MIDI clock input or a trigger sequencer.
With the pitch, velocity and gate outlets you can control your oscillators, envelopes or more complex sound sources.
If you want to send the arpeggio to another MIDI device, you can employ a factory "midi/out/note" object.
MIDIchannel: Selects the MIDIchannel the arpeggiator is listening on. Caution: It listens on all MIDI devices. I was too lazy to make a device selection (please insist, if it's really needed).
direction: (from left to right) up, down, up/down, random, play order.
The arpeggiator has two displays on the bottom: showing the number of notes, the arpeggio consists of, and an indicator, showing if the arpeggio is held.
retrigger parameter: When the notelength is longer than the clock interval, this checkbox sets retriggering of the gate every time a new arpeggio note is played. Especially good, if you send the arpeggio to other MIDI devices and don't want to lose note triggers.
i start to get a little lost if there are too many layers of knobs going on. there is still one more analog input available at PC4 and you can fit a 9mm right angle pot beneath the joystick. i added a knob that seems to work well as a thumb dial.
so as cpwitz suggested i used the joystick button but limited it to only one knob to share motion speed and depth. the joystick's button shift layer activates the depth setting; that way you can scrub in and out motion depth with joystick button clicks. the speed is always active (doesn't do anything if the depth is scrubbed in at a 0 setting.
It's quite a hype nowadays for every hardware synthesizer with more than one oscillator, to have a "duophonic/paraphonic" play mode to get something like polyphony even if there's only one filter and vca. I'm not criticising, because this offers really some interesting new playing styles.
So here it is: A "4 notes paraphonic" (quadrophonic?) MIDI input object for Axoloti.
DISCLAIMER: "Paraphonic" does not mean "polyphonic". If you intend do build a real polyphonic patch, use the recommended "polyphonic subpatch" approach!
This object is designed to build a so-called "paraphonic" synthesizer voice.
The outlets note1-4 deliver the notes of up to four pressed keys. If only one key is pressed, all note outlets send the same note unisono. Up to three additionally pressed keys are distributed over the note1-4 outlets. More keys than four are simply ignored.
The gate outlet is high as long as any key is pressed. The "retrigger" checkbox turns on retriggering of the gate outlet with every additional keystroke.
The velocity outlet delivers the velocity of the first hit key.
The MIDI input channel is independent from the patches settings, just set the MIDIchannel attribute to the desired input channel. Channel 0 means "listen on all channels".
If you just want to make a "duophonic" voice (2 oscillator) or "triphonic" (3 oscillators) just connect only note1-2 or note1-3 and leave the remaining notes unconnected.
IMHO the signal flow of vintage premium synths is at least as inspiring as their actual sound. I started to test this theory with rebuilding two classics with Axoloti: A Juno-106 and an ARP Odyssey. I didn't expect (neither should you) that the real-and-true-and-only sound can be reproduced with existing Axo objects. But the spirit of an old vintage machine can be approached, I think.
An approach to an Odyssey. Two routing limitations exist: The filter is not audio-rate modifiable with the sample&hold mixer, and the osc2 sync doesn't work with pulse wave (when synced, it's always playing a plain square wave). Thanks to @johannes for his 24db lowpass filter jt/filter/vcf4pole. This patch is 2-voice paraphonic.
My attempt to recreate a Juno-106. Pretty damn close, I think. It's 6-voice polyphonic. Here the stereo chorus from @DrJustice is a pretty important part: drj/fx/stereo_chorus.
You might ask: Why are these synths in a "webmidi" folder?
Press the "Settings" button on the web page in Chrome and select your Axoloti for "MIDI out". Depending on your setup you can either use the "Axoloti Core" device (the directly to the computer connected Axoloti) or the MIDI device, where your Axoloti is attached to.
formantor.axp is on channel 14.
If you have a MIDI controller keyboard you can configure it as "MIDI in" in the settings dialog and the changes you make with your controller keyboard are displayed on the Chrome page. Of course your controller keyboard needs to be configured to use the corresponding MIDI CC numbers. The MIDI CC numbers of each control on the interface are shown as mouse-over tooltip.
Press the "Settings" button again to close the settings window.
This is the JUNEBUG controller with the patches dialog opened.
Each controller page can store up to 128 patches and comes with a bunch of presets that I fumbled together. The interface should be quite self-explanatory. Just press the "Patches" button.
I also added my formant-synthesizer to be controlled with such a web-interface. The patch is in patches/cpwitz/synths/webmidi/formantor.axp and the HTML page from the ZIP is called formantor.html.
That's it, tell me what you think about it!
P.S.: By the way - this web-application works completely offline and does not call any remote URLs or sends any data to any server in the world!


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Die Cadre-47/2-Weltmeisterschaft 2003 war die 43. Weltmeisterschaft, die bis 1947 im Cadre 45/2 und ab 1948 im Cadre 47/2 ausgetragen wurde. Das Turnier fand vom 30. Oktober bis zum 2. November 2003 in Ronchin statt. Es war die 21. Cadre 47/2(45/2) Weltmeisterschaft in Frankreich. Aufgrund des gesunkenen Interesses der Spieler und Zuschauer an dieser Disziplin wird es die letzte WM gewesen sein.

Geschichte
100 Jahre nach der ersten Cadre 45/2 Weltmeisterschaft in Paris richtete Ronchin die wohl letzte Cadre 47/2 Weltmeisterschaft aus. Es war eine Weltmeisterschaft in der alle bisher erzielten Rekorde überboten wurden. Da die Partiedistanz bis maximal 300 Punkte gespielt wurde waren der beste Einzeldurchschnitt (BED) von 400,00 und auch die Höchstserie nicht mehr zu erreichen. Der neue und damit der letzte Weltmeister im Cadre 47/2 heißt Frédéric Caudron. Caudron beendete alle Partien in der KO-Phase in einer Aufnahme. Da keine prolongierten Serien mehr gewertet werden lag seine Höchstserie bei 300 Punkten. Ebenfalls eine Aufnahme bis 300 Punkte schaffte auch der Deutsche Fabian Blondeel. Den besten Generaldurchschnitt (GD) bei einer Cadre 47/2 Weltmeisterschaft erzielte der Spanier Rafael Garcia mit 131,90. Auch der Turnierdurchschnitt von 54,08 wurde noch nie erzielt. Damit sind diese Rekorde wohl auch Rekorde für die Ewigkeit.

Turniermodus
Es wurde in der Gruppenphase im Round Robin System bis 250 Punkte gespielt. Ab der KO-Phase wurde bis 300 Punkte gespielt. Bei MP-Gleichstand wird in folgender Reihenfolge gewertet:
 MP = Matchpunkte
 GD = Generaldurchschnitt
 HS = Höchstserie

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Phone hacking: The case for open reporting?
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– July 13, 2011Posted in: Featured, Future of Media, Media News
One of the most startling claims made in Nick Davies's forensic story about the Milly Dowler phone hacking case came fairly late, in the fifteenth paragraph: "The paper made little effort to conceal the hacking from its readers."
The article went on to quote a News of the World story from April 14, 2002 relating to a message left on Ms. Dowler's phone from a recruitment agency, who had received a job inquiry from a woman pretending to be Ms. Dowler.
"It is thought the hoaxer even gave the agency Milly's real mobile number … the agency used the number to contact Milly when a job vacancy arose and left a message on her voicemail … it was on March 27, six days after Milly went missing, that the employment agency appears to have phoned her mobile."
The full article can be found here and most readers, including the paper's allegedly holidaying editor, could be forgiven for believing the source of the entire story was the Police. But in fact, the Guardian alleged, it was the News of the World who went to the police with the original information gleamed from Milly's voicemail. The article then went on to say the employment agency only "appeared" to have phoned her mobile.
Confusing sources of information is a common habit which, intentionally or not, allows the journalist to ensure a level of doubt about the accuracy of the report, and how it has been reported. This culture of opaque sourcing has provided cover to weak reporting for a long time – witness the reports in American newspapers leading up to the Iraq War. In the case of phone hacking, this culture may have facilitated serious crimes.
The justification for this kind of sourcing has been the undoubted need to protect the anonymity of whistle blowers, and certainly Davies' granting of anonymity to his sources helped the story come to light. Everyone agrees that sometimes sources need to be anonymous, the debate over how and when is older than phone hacking and won't end soon but the Reuters guide on the subject gives a valuable insight as to the rules governing much of our foreign and business news.
But the practice of protecting sources has arguably allowed journalists to inject mystery into stories that, whilst it can make for compelling copy, doesn't need to be there.
Journalists don't only base stories on anonymous sources – those sources often point to facts, leaks or other 'data' which the journalist then uses to substantiate the story. This is especially the case when investigating businesses – including News International, and its parent, News Corporation – who must both hold and submit information on their activities.
Currently this 'data' is jealously guarded, an asset held by the journalist or newspaper which allows them to gain an advantage over their competitors. Even such 'data led' stories as the Telegraph's MP's expenses exclusive or the Wikileaks data releases appear over a period of time with data made public gradually; and they are the exceptions.
It's only natural that for-profit news organisations, and journalists chasing exclusives, would be reticent about making widely available data which could lead to further scoops. Furthermore seeking and revealing more information than necessary goes against much of the reporter's training – to sift through data and highlight only that which is important to the reader and to the story.
The Wikileaks solution is to provide a new, independent, institution – between the press and the source, which receives the data, makes it publicly available and in the process allows journalists to follow up on the leads it may or may not provide.
But that solution – whilst effective – risks replacing the role of the journalist as the trusted investigator who hides his sources with the journalist as simply an information collator, carrying out little investigation of his own beyond verifying the facts as provided to him. It also means that the data presented to the public is self-selected not according to any definiton of the public interest, but according to what happens to be leaked, or the whims of the intermediary body. Leaks themselves can be a source of media manipulation.
This is why there may be a role for independently funded investigative work where the research uncovered is not owned by the journalist or the newspaper but instead is made publicly available – possibly through a newspaper's own website, possibly on a separate site – allowing the work to be accessed and built on by other reporters and independent researchers.
The argument for this is especially compelling in the case of business reporting. Funds for research into the wider impact of what businesses, including media companies, do are limited and the financial and legal risks of such research are high. Those journalists who do investigate stories such as home lending prior to the financial crisis, or the activities of News International may find parts of the story without being able to piece together the entire picture.
Finally, a successful experiment in transparent, investigative reporting could be a small step to redeeming the reputation of journalism itself by showing, to put it bluntly, that the search for truth does not have to be dirty, secretive or corrupt.
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Stars: James Maslow, Meryl Davis, Candace Cameron Bure, Amy Purdy, Charlie White Network: ABC, airs Mondays Original Telecast: May 12th, 2014 It was a night to gush on DANCING WITH THE STARS. American Icon night had the judges handing out tens like hotcakes and the duos were lapping it up. Still, the biggest shock came when Olympian Charlie White & Sharna Burgess were eliminated in the ninth week and the usually lower-scoring Candace Cameron Bure & Mark Ballas got sent to the finals. It was no surprise to see Meryl Davis & Maks Chmerkovskiy earn a perfect 80 for the […]Read On »
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Stars: James Maslow, Danica McKellar, Meryl Davis, Candace Cameron Bure, Amy Purdy, Charlie White Network: ABC, airs Mondays Original Telecast: May 5th, 2014 The wicked witch of the dance floor – DANCE MOMS' Abby Lee Miller – guest judged on DANCING WITH THE STARS tonight and boy was the tension palpable, especially between Miller and Maksim Chmerkovskiy. But it was clear none of the pros were her fans. Even when she praised the pros she was met with lukewarm gratitude. Why they would bring such a highly chagrined, low-level reality TV star to a show like DWTS is beyond me. […]Read On »
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Stars: NeNe Leakes, James Maslow, Danica McKellar, Meryl Davis, Candace Cameron Bure, Amy Purdy, Charlie White Network: ABC, airs Mondays Original Telecast: April 28th, 2014 "Livin' la vida loca" on DANCING WITH THE STARS as Ricky Martin guest judges the show on the appropriately themed "Latin Night." Not so crazy was the elimination of NeNe Leakes who, with her partner Tony Dovolani, ended her run on the show on week seven. Meryl Davis & Maks Chmerkovskiy continue to head the leader board with a total of 78 out of a possible 80 points. Right behind them, again, is Amy Purdy […]Read On »
DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 18 Recap: Anthem Party Night and Drew Carey eliminated
Stars: Nene Leakes, James Maslow, Danica McKellar, Meryl Davis, Candace Cameron Bure, Drew Carey, Amy Purdy, Charlie White Network: ABC, airs Mondays Original Telecast: April 21st, 2014 It's party night on DANCING WITH THE STARS – week six and everyone came to party, even Drew Carey, who, along with his partner Cheryl Burke, exited the party with a bang landing in eighth place for season 18. Guest judge and party expert RedFoo came to pump up the ballroom and he succeeded. The room was lively and the people raging. Meryl Davis & Maks Chmerkovskiy ended the night with a perfect […]Read On »
DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 18 Recap: Disney Night and Cody Simpson elimination
Stars: Nene Leakes, James Maslow, Danica McKellar, Meryl Davis, Candace Cameron Bure, Cody Simpson, Drew Carey, Amy Purdy, Charlie White Network: ABC, airs Mondays Original Telecast: April 14h, 2014 In a stunning coup de grace Disney took self promotion to a whole new level tonight with Disney Night on DANCING WITH THE STARS. The couples danced to famous songs from such classics as MARY POPPINS to FROZEN, now available on DVD convenienty. While the challenges to look Disney-esque might be bigger for some – yes, you Maks, others relished in the opportunity to be charming, crabby, beastly or princessy. And […]Read On »
DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 18 Recap: The Great Switch-Up
Stars: Nene Leakes, James Maslow, Danica McKellar, Meryl Davis, Candace Cameron Bure, Cody Simpson, Drew Carey, Amy Purdy, Charlie White Network: ABC, airs Mondays Original Telecast: April 7th, 2014 It's Freaky Friday on DANCING WITH THE STARS – well, not really but there was a great switch up tonight, an interesting and successful experiment for sure. The great switch-up – where for just one week they switch partners and see how it goes – went surprisingly well . Even though there were some definite personality differences, it makes you realize that the producers do know what they are doing when […]Read On »
DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 18 Recap: Double Elimination! Diana Nyad and Sean Avery are out
Stars: Nene Leakes, James Maslow, Danica McKellar, Sean Avery, Billy Dee Williams, Meryl Davis, Candace Cameron Bure, Cody Simpson, Drew Carey, Amy Purdy, Diana Nyad, Charlie White Network: ABC, airs Mondays Original Telecast: March 24th, 2014 The producers of DANCING WITH THE STARS are doing everything they can to mix things up this season, some good and some bad. Tonight they eliminated one couple in the middle of the show before they even danced – Diana Nyad & Henry Byalikov – and then allowed them to dance afterward. The twist was that there was another couple eliminated at the show's […]Read On »
DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 18 Recap: High Scores, Star Wars and Big Debuts for Week One Premiere
Stars: Nene Leakes, James Maslow, Danica McKellar, Sean Avery, Billy Dee Williams, Meryl Davis, Candace Cameron Bure, Cody Simpson, Drew Carey, Amy Purdy, Diana Nyad, Charlie White Network: ABC, airs Mondays Original Telecast: March 17th, 2014 It's that time of year. It only happens twice a year, once in the fall and now in the spring time. DANCING WITH THE STARS: Season 18 has begun. Learning from some failed change ups last fall, the DWTS producers decided to bring back some old elements, while bringing on some new faces, co-host Brooke Burke-Charvet and the entire band was let go after […]Read On »
Exclusive Photos: SUCKER PUNCH Los Angeles World Premiere
Warner Bros. Pictures, in association with Legendary Pictures, a Cruel and Unusual Production, and a Zack Snyder film held the Los Angeles World Premiere of SUCKER PUNCH on March 23rd at the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Once again it was a rainy night and the press were inside a tent. The black carpet, which had SUCKER PUNCH imprinted on it, was decorated by posters that featured all the stars' characters and at the end of the carpet was a statue. Walking the carpet were the stars of the film, which included: Emily Browning (Babydoll), Abbie Cornish (Sweet Pea), Jena […]Read On »


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Today in History for December 23rd
December 22, 2021, 7:40 p.m.
Highlights of this day in history: The Christmas poem 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' is first published; Former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo is executed; Mormon religion founder Joseph Smith, Jr. is born; North Korea releases the 82 U.S. Seamen. (Dec. 23)
Snow storms delaying Christmas tree pick up
The CEO of Island Waste Management Corporation says the annual Christmas tree pick up is being delayed by winter weather. Karen MacDonald said large snow storms the past two weekends have made collection a challenge, and that they're continuing the collection when weather permits. "It does make it difficult because sometimes you find that they've been covered in snow," she said. Trees can't be under the snow or frozen to the ground, and large trees must be cut in half, said MacDonald. Anyone loo
Canada to share residential school documents with National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Agreement alongside Stephanie Scott, Executive Director the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, which he said covers the sharing of historical documents related to former residential schools across the country.
Top news stories today | January 21st – Morning
Bitter winter and Omicron wave make 'perfect storm' for Edmonton's homeless population
Shiranda Bull sits in a plastic chair inside a pharmacy waiting room, a blanket wrapped around her shoulders, plastic bags inside her soaking-wet sneakers. A man slumped over in a chair beside Bull is asleep, his hands pulled up inside the sleeves of his jacket. Another man sleeps on the floor, under a chair. Manager Alyaa Ibrahim says her central Edmonton pharmacy at 10570 96th St. has become a refuge for homeless people who often line up outside nearby shelters. She regularly offers her visito
Quebec's anti-corruption squad investigating fake vaccination passport schemes
Quebec's anti-corruption fraud, UPAC, is cracking down on various schemes involving fake passports, warning those involved in the production, trafficking or use of them could face serious criminal charges. Public Security Minister Geneviève Guilbault told Radio-Canada's Tout un matin Thursday that UPAC is investigating 150 cases related to fake passports, including 30 involving alleged bribery and attempted fraud. A single case may be linked to several people and fake vaccine passports. "[Those
PC MLAs reverse course as premier urges audit of employment agency
One day after government MLAs on a Nova Scotia Legislature committee rejected calls for a forensic audit into a Cape Breton employment agency, Premier Tim Houston says one should go ahead. Island Employment shut its doors in November after the province ended its contract with it six months early. That followed a damning report by Nova Scotia ombudsman William Smith that found misuse or gross mismanagement of public funds. At a meeting Wednesday of the legislature's public accounts committee, the
The popularity of hashtags like #MeToo speaks to society's increasing embrace of important issues like sexual assault and harassment
Prince Edward Island reports third death from COVID-19 since start of pandemic
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting the province's third death related to COVID-19. The death of the person between the ages of 60 and 79 follows news last week of P.E.I.'s first two COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic. Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison issued a statement today expressing her sadness and offering condolences to the family. Morrison reported 304 new cases of COVID-19 on the Island, bringing the total number of active c
Slush cannons, ice probes among ideas to extend Rideau Canal skating season
The National Capital Commission (NCC) wants to find ways to open the Rideau Canal Skateway earlier in the season and will be working with Carleton University to try out some ideas — including something called a "slush cannon." The NCC has been working for years to figure out how climate change affects attractions like the canal so that it can better manage them. A 2020 report said one of the problems of warmer, wetter winters is a shortened Rideau Canal skating season. Seven of the last 10 skati


Walt Disney held a special place in his heart for nature. In a way, he invented the concept of nature documentaries as we know them in his True-Life Adventures series, and though he never got to see his vision brought to life, he held steadfast to the dream that Walt Disney World in Florida would be a place where guests could experience animals up close. From the first inception of this vision in the now-abandoned Discovery Island, to the genesis of Disney's Animal Kingdom as we know it, love for nature remains a central tenet of the Disney experience.
Whether you want to learn more about animals from abroad or explore Florida's native wildlife, here are the top ten spots we found at the Most Magical Place on Earth to get up close to nature… Oh, and #10 is one of Disney's best kept secrets!
'Across the board, fans agree that Disney's Animal Kingdom is one of the company's finest achievements, and it's sad that many casual visitors miss it entirely. If you love animals, there is no better place to visit in Disney's Animal Kingdom than Kilimanjaro Safaris, and you never know what you might see on this spectacular safari.
The attraction itself is a marvel of Imagineering, taking up almost 20% of the space in the park. Many guests never realize the safari trucks are free-moving vehicles or spot the clever ways Disney masterfully sectioned out its sprawling savannah. On one journey you might get to see the preserve's resident lions napping happily on their own "Pride Rock" (the rocks are air-conditioned if you've ever wondered why the lions like it so much). On another, you might get to see the savannah's newest baby elephants or giraffes—a surprised group of guests recently saw one of the park's mama giraffes give birth when she decided she didn't want to leave the guest area! Or maybe you'll see something more mundane, like daddy hippo pooping frothing-poop-fountains onto the head of Hippo Jr. who was just chilling behind him—that happened to me once. For real. It wasn't as majestic as a mama giraffe giving birth or as cute as a baby elephant learning how to walk, but it sure held the element of surprise. Nature is truly magical.
Whatever you end up finding on Kilimanjaro Safaris, it will always be a new experience. If you want the best chance of seeing the animals active, try visiting early in the morning or right around dusk.
Walt Disney World's waterways are one of the best places to see local Floridian wildlife within the resort. While you can experience them on some level during short trips on Friendship Boats and the Magic Kingdom ferry, the best way to explore them is with a boat rental.
The boat rentals aren't cheap, but they are well worth it. The type of boat will determine how far you can stray from your rental dock, and the boat choices include kayaks, Sea Raycer speed boats, and family-sized pontoons. While you can rent boats at the Yacht and Beach Club, most guests say Bay Lake is the best place to explore. With a boat rental, you not only get to explore Disney's winding waterways, it is also the only way to get close to Bay Lake's islands, including the aforementioned and long-defunct Discovery Island. Birds tend to be the most common sight on Disney's waterways, but other denizens include turtles, local fish, and even the rare alligator sunning on the shore (heed all safety guidelines and warning signs regarding these and never feed them).
Disney's Animal Kingdom isn't the only park where nature is highlighted. The Seas with Nemo and Friends (formerly The Living Seas) at Epcot hosts a 5.7-million-gallon aquarium home to a wide range of fish and sea mammals. Children can hardly contain themselves when they see their favorite characters from Finding Nemo brought to life surrounded by schools of real fish, sea turtles, and even sharks. The Sea Base exploration area holds hours of delights for kids and adults, where guests can learn about conservation, marine biology, and more about the wonders of the oceans.
The Seas houses an active dolphin-research program, and if you are willing to pay for an upcharge, guests can even participate in a Dolphins in Depth 3-hour encounter. Also, don't miss the Seas' rescued manatees. For such adorably lumbering animals, they move with a grace that is truly beautiful, and if you get a chance, it is well worth hearing their stories from an expert cast member.


Exceptional attention to detail can be found in this three bedroom, two bathroom home. Vintage character blends with modern updates. The heart of the home boasts an updated open kitchen/living room combo with access to the rear deck and a fantastic garden. This fabulous indoor/outdoor connection is fun for entertaining.
* Living room - with a wood burning stove to keep you warm on those winter nights - is open to the kitchen and with french doors to the rear deck makes an excellent layout for parties and gatherings.
* The formal dining room retains the original features of a bygone era with rich wood wainscoting, plate moulding and gorgeous built-ins.
* Kitchen is spacious with room for numerous cooks and guests all who can gather around the center island, great for socializing and keeping company with the chef. Recessed lights, new quartz countertops and a skylight make the kitchen light and bright. The double ovens will put your baking skills to the test while dreaming of The Great British Bake Off as you crack eggs and and whip up delightful treats.
*Three sizable bedrooms with good separation of space. The front bedroom is a versatile room which can easily double as an additional living room or generous sized home office. The spacious rear bedroom makes a great master retreat with a walk-in closet and windows that overlook the rear garden with direct access through a french door to the rear deck. The middle bedroom, ample in size also includes a walk-in closet.
* Two updated bathrooms, simple and clean, plus a laundry closet completes the living space.
* Basement and garage with work table offer plenty of storage for all your hobbies and offers great potential for expansion.
Extremely inviting rear yard featuring a redwood deck with copper railings. You'll also find an inviting side patio with a decorative iron gate entrance and a brick patio centered in the rear garden. Numerous vegetable beds and fruiting vines and trees allow you to partake in your own garden to table experience. Sweet string lights span the length of the yard, making late night BBQs possible all year long!
All of this nestled on a tree-lined street, a few short blocks to College Avenue, one of Oakland's most popular and thriving neighborhoods. Enjoy the Temescal Farmers Market on Sundays, only a few blocks away, not to mention great coffee at Highwire, ample dining options including the Ramen Shop, A16, Dona Tomas and more! Catch a game at the Kingfish or pick up some tools from the Tool Lending Library for your next project in the workspace below....all without ever getting in the car! Fabulous schools are within minutes. Commuters will delight in the three-block stroll to BART, casual carpool, bike share and quick access to freeways.


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Collection: Kevin Glenn
Kevin Glenn is a multi-instrument musician, songwriter, poet and writer from Atlanta, Georgia. He began writing at an early age, but after composing his first song at 13, he shifted to writing mostly poetry and lyrics for his hundreds of songs.
In his late teens he learned the art of music production in the recording studio and that resulted in a lifetime passion for recording. He formed several bands in his 20's and 30's and performed extensively in the Atlanta area for many years. He later retired from live performances to focus on music production in his home recording studio.
Kevin's passion for music is behind all of his works, which include:
The Stars of Everywhere, Rope Swings and Summer Dreams, Silence of the Stars, Las Estrellas del Todo, and coming in 2021 Lemon Drops for Poppy, a dramatic sci-fi/adventure/romance set in the post WW3 year of 2046.
The songs that Kevin includes in his novels were written and recorded by him, and most of them can be enjoyed on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music and other music streaming services.
You can also find Kevin at: Twitter and Spotify.
Silence of the Stars
Kevin Glenn
The Stars of Everywhere
Las Estrellas del Todo


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CFSL-AM, AM1190, Weyburn
Golden West Broadcasting Ltd.
Soo Line Broadcasting Co. Ltd.
Tom Lang
Soo Line Broadcasting Co. Ltd. applied for an AM radio licence at Weyburn. The company proposed to operate a station on 1340 kHz with a full-time power of 250 watts.
Soo Line Broadcasting was granted a licence by the CBC and CFSL signed on the air on August 16. The call sign: Canada's Famous Soo Line.
Keith D. Baker was general manager.
Slogan: Radio Station CFSL (250 watts / 1340 kc) Weyburn, SK. Serving two cities (Weyburn / Estevan) and Canada's Famous Soo Line with information - entertainment - service.
Soo Line opened CJSL-AM Estevan.
Soo Line Broadcasting applied to change the frequency of CFSL from 1340 to 1190 kHz and to increase power from 1,000 watts day and 250 watts night to 10,000 watts day and 5,000 watts at night, DA-N. The application was approved by the BBG.
On July 24, a transfer of shares in Soo Line Broadcasting Ltd. was approved: from Beaver Investments Ltd. to James T. Laing and Tom G. Laing, from A. O. Graham to James T. Laing, and from J.W.W. Graham to Tom G. Laing.
On July 11, James T. Laing was authorized to increase his ownership in Soo Line from 42 to 53% of the common shares with the transfer of 2/3 of those shares from J.H. Staveley, A.E.S. Warrington, Mrs. A.E.S. Warrington, J. William Mryglod and Joseph Mryglod to Laing.
Chuck Richardson, Darwin Lackey and Bill Rurdachyk covered curling for CFSL. Jim Laing was manager.
Soo Line Broadcasting president Thomas G. Laing passed away September 3. He was 73. He founded CFSL in 1957 and CJSL in 1959. Laing served as president of both the Saskatchewan and Western Association of Broadcasters, and as director of the C.A.B. He was a prominent businessman in southern Saskatchewan, and from 1955 to 1966 served as an alderman and later, mayor of Weyburn.
By 1991, CFSL had moved to 1190 kHz and increased power to 10,000 watts day and 5,000 watts night.
Soo Line Broadcasting Co. Ltd. (CFSL Weyburn and CJSL Estevan) was purchased by Frontier City Broadcasting Company Limited (Golden West Broadcasting).
On April 24 the CRTC approved Golden West Broadcasting's application to operate a new FM station at Weyburn. The new station would offer a Rock and Rock-oriented music format, appealing to a younger demographic than CFSL's Country music format.
On May 28, the CRTC renewed the licence of CFSL until August 31, 2016.


The research staff in our teams Smart Customers, Renewables, Nuclear and Digital Innovation, have had numerous academic papers published on a variery of interesting technical topics.
V. Trovato, F. Teng and G. Strbac, "Role and Benefits of Flexible Thermostatically Controlled Loads in Future Low-Carbon Systems", IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2017.
V. Trovato, I. Martinez-Sanz, B. Chaudhuri and G. Strbac, "Advanced Control of Thermostatic Loads for Rapid Frequency Response in Great Britain", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2016.
V. Trovato, I.Martinez-Sanz, B. Chaudhuri and G.Strbac, "Preventing cascading tripping of distributed generators during non-islanding conditions using thermostatic loads", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 2018.
V. Trovato, A. Bialecki and A. Dallagi, "Unit commitment with inertia-dependent and multi-speed allocation of frequency response services", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2018.
A. Pérez-Ortiz, A G.L Borthwich, J. McNaughton, H C.M Smith, Q. Xiao, "Resource characterization of sites in the vicinity of an island near a landmass, Renewable Energy", Renewable Energy, 2017.
R. Mogre, S. Talluri, F. D'Amico, "A decision Framework to Mitigate Supply Chain Risks: An Application in the Offshore-Wind Industry", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2016.
J. McNaughton, I. Afgan, D.D. Apsley, S. Rolfo, T. Stallard, P.K Stansby, "A simple sliding-mesh interface procedure and its application to the CFD simulation of a tidal-stream turbine", International Journal for Numerical methods in fluids, 2013.
J. McNaughton, F. Billard, A. Revell, "Turbulence modelling of low Reynolds number flow effects around a vertical axis turbine at a range of tip-speed ratios", Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2013.
I. Afgan, J. McNaughton, S. Rolfo, D.D. Apsley, T. Stallard, P. Stansby, "Turbulent flow and loading on a tidal stream turbine by LES and RANS", International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2013.
P. Sharkey, J.A. Tawn, "A Poisson process reparameterisation for Bayesian inference for extremes", Extremes, 20(2):239-263, 2017.
H.C. Winter, "Making sense of multiple extreme weather events", Significance, 14: 6-7, 2017.
T. Crump, G. Ferte, P. Mummery, A. Jivkov, P. Martinuzzi, V-X. Tran, "Dynamic fracture effects on remote stress amplification in AGR graphite bricks", Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2017.
T. Crump, G. Ferte, P. Mummery, A. Jivkov, V-X. Tran, "Dynamic fracture analysis by explicit solid dynamics and implicit crack propagation", International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2017.
H.C. Winter, J. Tawn, S.J. Brown, "Modelling the effect of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation on extreme spatial temperature events over Australia", The Annals of Applied Statistics, 2016.
T. Crump, P. Mummery, A. Jivkov, V-X. Tran, "A meso-scale approach to modelling stable dynamic crack propagation in glass under rate-dependent loading", Procedia Structural Integrity, 2016.
T. Crump, G. Ferte, A. Jivkov, P. Mummery, P. Martinuzzi, V-X. Tran, "3D Dynamic Crack Propagation within AGR Graphite Bricks", 2016.
H.C. Winter, J.A. Tawn, "Modelling heatwaves in central France: a case study in extremal dependence", Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, 2015.
H.C. Winter, S.J Brown, J.A. Tawn, ""Detecting changing behaviour of heatwaves with climate change", Dynamics and Statistics of the Climate System, 2016.
H.C. Winter, J.A Tawn, "kth-order Markov models for assessing heatwave risks", Extremes: Statistical Theory and Applications in Science, Engineering and Economics, 2016.
C. Weeks, C. Delalonde, C. Priest, "The use of Digital Technology to Evaluate School Pupils' Grasp of Energy Sustainability", The 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts, 2016.
The Technical Committee of the International IEEE Conference "Innovative Smart Grid Technologies" (Turin, 26-29 Sept. 2017) has accepted a scientific paper, "Provision of ancillary services in future low-carbon UK electricity system", which sees Vincenzo Trovato and Anes Dallagi, full-time researchers in R&D UK, in the list of authors.
The submission and acceptance of the paper demonstrates the success of the SparkFund project conducted by the R&D UK and Imperial College London in the last months, since the paper summarises the outcomes of that project.
EDF Energy R&D UK has submitted an abstract that has been accepted for the CIGRE conference on power systems taking place in 2018 in Paris. The paper is a result of a collaboration between R&D France, R&D UK and EIFER. It is dedicated to "A comparative analysis of existing and prospective market organisations at the retail level: role modelling and regulatory choices".
This work aims at identifying changes, opportunities and barriers in business and regulatory models using a peer-reviewed methodology developed by the Market Design Challenge.


Organizations spend billions of dollars every year on training their employees. Is this the worst investment a corporation ever makes? According to the results, the answer is YES!
It is well established by neural and behavioural scientists that people forget upwards of 80 percent of what they are taught within 2-3 weeks. There is even a catchy name for it. It is called "Memory Decay".
Corporate training falls into the trap of using the wrong KPI's to measure success. Participation or attendance in a class (or webinar) is frequently the success indicator. A more effective success factor is to focus on an employee's instinctive recall of the new knowledge or skill weeks, months and even years after.
Here is a great example to illustrate instinctive recall: Your parents instruct you in the art of riding a bicycle (the lesson); you try repeatedly to master your balance and control (the tests); until finally you're free to enjoy the rushing air on your face and explore the neighbourhood (the business outcome). In the final step, you are no longer consciously thinking about how to balance or pedal. The new bike that previously stood in the garage for weeks before is now a tool to expand your horizons. Instinctive recall was the key!
How is this accomplished? One study by Karpicke & Roediger (2008) demonstrated that repeated testing of a lesson plan over a series of days / weeks produced superior memory retention of the material. The authors of a book, Make it Stick" (2015) come to the same conclusion and illustrate a few excellent controlled study examples to illustrate their case. One of the early publications supporting this idea was by A.I. Gates (1917), as a result of his studies into memory recall. The old method of learning, (study, review and cramming) is so ingrained into our accepted way of learning that it persists even though it is clear that it doesn't work.
Why should we care? Organizations know the cost of inefficiency. Waste is an enemy of profit. For decades business has been obsessed over operating effectiveness. A small 5% in inefficiency is enough to drive major changes in an organization. Should we think about a new model for learning / training to turn 80% wastage to a far more acceptable result?
Training is a subset of a larger continuum. Memory decay severely impacts user adoption. Without adoption, the business outcome is either lost or significantly delayed.
Like the bicycle any new process, system or goal in an organization will never get out the garage without user adoption. Too often we blame the wrong reason for not achieving our goals. Statements like "the system is bad", "the new procedures don't work" or "the employees are resisting" mask the root problem. Not to say that there aren't cases when systems, processes or people are the problem but science proves that we may be overlooking a major opportunity to achieve business goals faster and more often.
Why is it important to understand the science of learning? To make something better you first have to understand how the individual parts work. It is then that you can reassemble them to produce better performance.
Ironically we know that the speed of change in technology and business is accelerating. Without a change in the way we think and execute learning, user adoption will only get worse and business outcomes will take longer to be realized.
Find out more about the Challenges that CEO's Face When Accelerating Change. Download our Guides for FASTER Change Adoption Now.
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Tor.com turns one year old today, and in the finest hobbit tradition we are giving away presents to you!
Beginning imminently and over the next twenty-four hours, we will have a special prize (or prize package) every hour on the hour. These prizes will range from the silly to the sublime. But don't take my word for it: stay tuned (or as we like to say, watch the skies) and pay attention to the giveaway posts, which will tell you how to enter to be eligible for these prizes.
When Tor.com launched exactly one year ago, we didn't choose the day arbitrarily. July 20th is a special day in science fiction: it's the anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first setting foot on the moon, while Michael Collins orbited above. Today marks the 40th anniversary of that momentous event, and as such we wanted to take a moment to reflect on history. (I am sorry that Walter Cronkite cannot share this day.) The official NASA website has a spectacular retrospective up right now, and wechoosethemoon.org has a really neat interactive archive if you want to explore and learn more about the Apollo 11 mission.
It's easy now, with hindsight, to be cynical about the whole affair. We're all familiar with the criticism: The Apollo program was an enormous money sink. It was a distraction from Vietnam. It began for all the wrong reasons. Astronauts died to get us there. There wasn't much on the moon, and we didn't learn nearly enough from our excursion to justify the price (either monetarily or in human lives). It was a waste.
All these things are true. And none of them matter.
My entire life I have known that men landed on the moon. This was not a moment I held my breath for, or dreamed of, or imagined only in books or films or art. It happened long before I was born and has never been anything but a fact. It's so distant that to me, it's science fiction. Yet more than any single event in scientific history, a moment that I was not even alive for is still the most inspiring goddamn thing I've ever known. Every time I look at those images I am moved by the breadth of human ingenuity. All my cynicism is replaced by a belief that with passion, hard work, and perseverance, we can overcome any barrier—even the ones we didn't know we had set for ourselves. We can achieve any measure of greatness. We can become our fiction and make our dreams something tangible, attainable.
We can touch the sky.
Nothing in my own lifetime has ever filled me with that kind of hope or inspiration—nothing but science fiction.
With that in mind, I've asked authors, artists, critics, and fans in the science fiction community to send me their stories of what they were doing when the LEM landed on the lunar surface, and to tell me how it informed their relationship with science fiction. What you'll be seeing throughout today on Tor.com are personal glimpses of a moment in history.
So where were you that day, and how did it inform your relationship with science fiction?
Housekeeping note: All the images you will see today are public domain images from NASA.


Measures of risk of domino effect (contagion) transmitted through interbank market are discussed and results on implementation of measurement procedure in banking sector are presented. It is shown how a very limited set of available data – interbank exposures and information from balance sheets and profit a loss accounts – can help in generating randomised scenarios of possible losses related to market and credit risk.
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TweetDeck Raises Another $3 Million For Its 'Real-Time Browser'
Robert Andrews May 20, 2010 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post
Less than a year after taking a $2 million investment, desktop and mobile Twitter app Tweetdeck has gone back to its investors for a $3 million second round.
Betaworks leads this round, just as it did last time. Ron Conway, Danny Rimer, The Accelerator Group, Roger Ehrenberg and Howard Lindzon also joined, TechCrunch and AllThingsD say.
Tweetdeck first raised $300,000 in seed in January 2009, so it's now raised a total of about million in just over a year.
TweetDeck is amongst the most popular ways of using Twitter, but what's the business? Founder Iain Dodsworth last year told paidContent:UK the app should become " the


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A proud graduate of the State University of New York, College at Fredonia, Kristen studied Video Production with a minor in Spanish and graduated with honors.
Kristen has been recognized by the North Carolina Associated Press and the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas for her consumer reporting. Prior to coming to WBTV she was also honored by the New York State Associated Press and the Syracuse Press Club for her coverage of breaking news. In 2005 she was chosen for a Rotary International Group Study Exchange to Sweden where she studied television news, radio news, and newspapers production. Kristen has been honored to sit on several boards of directors and works with many local organizations to help spread the word about the good work they are doing in our communities.
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