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Students of 2017 swap nightlife for Netflix
A new poll reveals the student of 2017 is more likely to be found at home watching films rather than going for a beer, with money worries occupying their minds more than their predecessors.
Students today are as worried about their wallets as they are about their studies, showing a stark difference to their parents' university days, new research shows.
The Nationwide FlexStudent poll, which surveyed 1,000 current students and parental graduates, reveals the student of 2017 is more likely to be found at home watching films rather than going for a beer, with money worries occupying their minds more than their predecessors.
The survey reveals that some four in ten (42 per cent) mums and dads hit the town three or more times a week when at university. This compares to less than a third (31 per cent) of students today.
Based on a 40-week university year, current students go out 75 times on average versus 91 for parents – higher by more than a fifth (21 per cent).
However, parents and students are consistent when it comes to gender, with more men going out four or more times a week compared to women (24 per cent vs nine per cent for current students and 31 per cent vs 16 per cent for parent graduates).
Nearly a quarter (23 per cent) of parents admit they frequently went to pubs and clubs during the week compared to less than a fifth (18 per cent) of today's students.
However, despite the generational differences, both parents and students consumed the same amount of alcohol in a week (10 units for students, 11 units for parents), suggesting today's undergraduates tend to socialise indoors. However, more than one in five (21 per cent) of current students are teetotal – the same for parents (21 per cent).
Despite hitting the town more, nearly two in five parents (38 per cent) admitted they spent most of their week nights studying when at university – a jump on the 22 per cent of current students who say they do the same.
Interestingly, for 2017 students, it may not be going out or studying that is most frequently done during the week – more than a third (36 per cent) admit to watching television and films.
The student loan is very much part of student life nowadays and this is borne out by more than nine in ten (91 per cent) of current students taking out a loan compared to just under half (48 per cent) of parents. For those students with a loan, nearly a quarter (22 per cent) say the biggest splash out was on a laptop, while 19 per cent admit to using it to go out and 13 per cent to go on a holiday. For parents who did need that financial assistance, 13 per cent admit to using it to fund their nights out.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, nearly three quarters (71 per cent) of parents admit they never borrowed money while at university and, if they did, nearly a quarter (22 per cent) said it was from their mum and/or dad.
More than a fifth (21 per cent) of parents surveyed admitted they regretted not working hard enough in their first year, compared to just 12 per cent of today's students.
By contrast, students today regret spending too much money (21 per cent) or not joining clubs or societies (21 per cent). Just 16 per cent of current students regret not studying enough.
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With the cost of going to university becoming more expensive, the poll suggests students are increasingly open to the idea of living at home while studying – more than four in ten (45 per cent) admit they would do so, compared to more than a third (37 per cent) of parents when they were at university.
Dan King, Nationwide's Head of FlexStudent, said: "Our latest research clearly breaks the myth that current students are all partying and enjoying themselves. In actual fact, the 2017 intake are far more likely to shun the party lifestyle for a more frugal, hardworking one. Staying in has become the new going out, particularly with the rise of subscription television services like Netflix.
"With more students than ever taking out loans to fund their courses and lives, it is perhaps no wonder that spending is highlighted as the biggest regret current students have in their first year. Added to that is the need to spend money on tech such as laptops and tablets – unavoidable outlays that perhaps didn't feature for previous parental generations."


Breakout EDU - We Escaped!
In honor of Thanksgiving, the students were able to help some dancing turkeys escape in a "Breakout EDU" online escape room activity. The activity required the students to collaborate, communicate, use creativity, and use critical thinking.
This week I challenged the students to become word problem problem solving experts. They were challenged to solve some real world world problems, make up their own real world word problems, and create a "How To" Guide to solve word problems. They were able to work with or without another students' help, tackling the challenge however they felt most comfortable. The students created some really beautiful guides to present to their classmates and some fun word problems to challenge their classmates to solve. Let's hope we now all feel a little better about taking on real world word problems. See a few student samples below.
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This week we met with our buddies, Mr. Ferrante's second grade class, to work on an art project to be auctioned off at the Silent Auction November 18th. We split up around the the media center with a buddy or two from second grade to work on the project. The students got to work on teamwork, collaboration, and leadership while working with their buddy. Take a look at the beginnings of a larger project. We will be combining pictures of dogs and cats to create a collage of all the student's creations.


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10 FM23 Touch One-Season Challenges on Apple Arcade
Challenges 09.11.22 - FM Admin
Football Manager 2023 Touch has taken to the field on Apple Arcade. Whether you're tinkering your tactics on iPad or watching the matchday action unfold on your Apple TV, your career progress this season is going to be slick and seamless.
For those in need of some inspiration for where to begin their managerial journey, we've put together 10 one-season challenges ready for you to master.
10 Wonderkids with new homes in Football Manager 2023
Wonderkids 03.11.22 - MaddFM
While Football Manager 2023 won't be fully released until November 8th, we know that many of you are already thinking long and hard about where your journey will start. You'll be thinking about how you can make the most of the new Recruitment tools and when you'll get to experience those big European nights under the lights for the first time.
One thing that will have changed from FM22 are the names at the top of most Wonderkid shopping lists. Many of those that have caught our eyes in recent years have also impressed real-life scouts and managers, so much so that they secured big moves over the summer months.
MaddFM looks at 10 of our favourite FM22 Wonderkids that have new homes in FM23. Which of these will you be managing this year?
10 Teams to Manage during FM23 Early Access
Early Access for Football Manager 2023 has arrived, and you are no doubt seeking a challenge to take on.
With plenty of new features available in FM23, we have ten short-term save suggestions for you to get stuck into.
Let's dig in…
You Versus FM – The Story So Far
Extra Time 16.08.22 - FM Admin
Earlier this year Versus mode was added to Football Manager 2022 (PC/Mac) as an FMFC exclusive in the Main Winter Update.
To celebrate its return, we launched You Versus FM, a series in which members of the FMFC community got the chance to take on members of the Football Manager team in head-to-head games.
Dispelling 10 Common Football Manager Misconceptions
Guides 09.08.22 - FM Admin
When a Football Manager career isn't going well, it's natural to want something or someone to blame. From suggestions that the game is scripted to theories that the AI always gets better cup draws, we've seen pretty much everything over the years on our forums and social media.
While we appreciate your feelings, these beliefs are invariably just misconceptions about the way the game works. Football Manager is, and has always been, a complex game where thousands of decisions take place in every game and individual results, or a run of bad injuries, are almost never caused by a single factor. Here, we aim to dispel 10 of the most common Football Manager misconceptions.
How to use Target Forwards in FM22
Player Roles 19.07.22 - Ihor Crusadertsar
The Target Forward is one of FM22's most specific roles. Almost like no other role in the game, a player's suitability for it is largely determined by their Physical Attributes. This can make building tactics around the role a bit hit and miss but if you find a well-suited player and a system that gets the most out of their unique skillset, playing with a good Target Forward feels almost like using a cheat code. Ihor Crusadertsar explains how you can create a tactic to maximise Target Forwards in FM22.
How to Delegate Staff Responsibilities in FM22
Your FM22 managerial journey can be whatever you want it to be – and whether that means you take control of every little thing or just turn up for matchdays is entirely up to you.
Perhaps you're not a fan of dealing with the media? Or maybe you prefer to be like a special Portuguese man who doesn't get on too well with the media. Or do you prefer the warmth of your office to the more chilled environment of the training pitch?
Whatever type of manager you choose to be, we've put together a guide that explains how to delegate various aspects of your role to your very capable backroom team.
10 New Football Manager Summer Saves
The summer brings longer days and warmer weather. While there's some international football and a number of leagues played during the summer months, there's a wait until we see the world's biggest clubs back in competitive action. Between now and then is the prime time for a new Football Manager adventure, whether you're replicating the achievements of real-life teams or making up for campaigns that went a bit awry. Here are 10 clubs you should consider managing next in FM22.
Scout Report: Liam Kemp, FM22 Newgen Competition Winner
Signing Wonderkids and guiding Newgens from academy prospects to first-team stars forms an integral part of most Football Manager saves. You know what it's like, that rush of seeing a team of talents you've developed defeat your biggest rivals and stand tall on cup final days.
Now imagine a scenario where one of those Newgens is a virtual version of you. That's what one lucky FMFC member, Liam Kemp from Barnsley in England, got the chance to experience earlier this year.
The opportunity to be a Newgen in one of our games is extremely rare. However, after the enthusiasm we saw for the 'Be a Newgen' competition that we ran for FM21, which saw Jack Bassett join the game, we decided to run it again for FM22.
Now, a little over three months after Liam entered the game, we've dug into the data to see what sort of impact he's been having on you careers.
The 2. Bundesliga's Top Young Talents
The 2. Bundesliga has been one of Europe's most fascinating leagues this season, in no small part down to it containing several big teams with considerable pedigree – FC Schalke 04, Werder Bremen, Hamburg, Nürnberg and Fortuna Düsseldorf share 27 top-flight titles, large fanbases and multiple domestic and continental trophies between them.
We always love to see young players getting opportunities and for that reason all 18 2. Bundesliga clubs deserve credit for giving regular minutes to some of German football's brighter young talents. With the campaign having drawn to a close, we've put together our XI of the league's most impressive up-and-comers.
Bundesliga Unsung Hero XI
It's at this time of year that the world of football takes the time to look back and honour those players who've caught the eye over the previous season by handing out Player of the Year awards and creating 'Teams of The Season'.
But what about those players who don't catch the eye of the awards panels, but bring success to their clubs by quietly and effectively going about their business? We turn the spotlight on those team players whose contributions may have gone unnoticed with this, the Bundesliga Unsung Hero XI for the 2021/22 season.
FM22 Simulates the EFL Playoffs
The English Football League (EFL) playoffs are always a source of guaranteed drama. From the unmatched elation experienced by the fans of promotion-winning teams to the crushing low felt by those whose clubs just missed out, the playoffs manage to capture every emotion and wrap up the season in dramatic fashion.
Using Football Manager 2022, we've simulated the playoffs across all three divisions to see who might be celebrating over the next few weeks and to keep us entertained while we wait for the real action to take place.
Challenges 26.10.2022 - FM Admin

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"The Pain Was Very Great": Rafael Nadal Reveals His Injury Recovery Mindset
By Diksha Arya ATP Tour • Rafael Nadal • Tennis | 12:48 PM, Mon, 2 November 2020
Rafael Nadal is one of the most successful players that tennis has seen since the history of the game. Additionally, many might say that he is arguably the best player in the game.
However, the man with 20 Grand Slams in his tennis career might have ended his career at a very young age of 19 years, had he listened to what people had to say to him.
Additionally, the Spaniard, in conversation with Corriere Della Sera, Nadal shared his experience where he was advised to step out of the game. Besides, Rafa had a deformity in his feet. Nadal shared, "At nineteen, I had just won my first Roland Garros. They told me I would no longer be able to play due to a deformity in my left leg."
Talking about his pain in the leg, Nadal added, "The pain was very great. I trained to hit the ball sitting on a chair in the middle of the court."
However, things did change for the Spaniard, and he was able to recover from this pain. "Thanks to an insole that changed the position of the foot, but inflamed my knees", said Nadal.
"We Must Equip Ourselves To Resist": Nadal
Additionally, Nadal said that everything depends on how we see ourselves and our mentality. Besides, Nadal's ability to have faith in himself to overcomes these situations is what makes the current world number two a different player.
Nadal added, "You do it with a positive mentality. And by transforming the fragility of the body into moral strength." Moreover, Nadal also said that the essential thing is to believe that things will get better. And that they will into place sooner or later. And Spaniard added, "We must equip ourselves to resist. Because there is no other solution than to resist."
Additionally, the 34-year old now has 13 Grand Slams at the Roland Garros, and that shows how far the Spaniard has come in his tennis career, despite all the talks.
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I'm making some horsehair trees and after I spray the trees with fixative/adhesive and apply Noch leaves, so many of the leaves don't stick and just keep falling off making a mess of the game table. I'm using Elmer's fixative adhesive spray. Was thinking of trying another brand, or using a spray varnish that came in matte. Any ideas?
Any trees you make that require handling by gamers must be sprayed with a fixative solution that will more permanently glue them in place. I prefer watered down matte medium. Woodland Scenics sells some easy to use stuff and sprayers called Scenic Cement. You may find that you need to spray trees down more than you thought to keep them from shedding.
Yes. Use 3M Super 77 spray adhesive. It's the best sray stuff you can buy.
Are you sure you're spraying correctly?
Then rotate the tree as if on a spit. Sprinkle your main color here.
And finally from the top down. Use your lightest color here to add highlights.
Let that dry a day, then blast the whole thing with Testors Duccote. That will lock everything in.
I've never tried the 3M spray that nevinsrip mentioned but very much agree with his process. Think in layers much like painting, not just material but the adhesive as well.
Great stuff, got a can of 3M and will post some results soon.
Coupla more tips for you.
Buy GLASS salt and pepper shakers at the Dollar Store. Usually two for a buck. Fill them with your leaves and fine turfs.
Use them as if you were shaking salt onto a piece of corn on the cob. You will have more control and get a better spread pattern, than if you just threw a handful of leaves onto your tree.
The glass allows you to see what colors are inside and the metal caps have bigger holes than the plastic shakers. Buy Pastic if there's no choice, I just prefer the glass.
And second, I use WS fine turf for the undercoat leaves.
"Burnt Earth" and "Weeds" are my go to colors. Not too much, just enough to fill out closer to the trunk. There are plenty of colors to pick from.
Thanks, I've got noch leaves and also the leaves which are a little different looking but also quality from scenery express. The new noch leaves are not as big as the old ones which is a bit dissappointing.
Trying to get larger image, sorry.
This is the noch leaves with elmer's adhesive. I'm going to try the 3M adhesive with the advice I got above and will post more soon.
Your horsehair is too thick. Thin in out more. Much more.
I'll try to thin it, I've made the mistake of cutting it with a scissors when actually it should be pulled apart by hand and this acts as a way to diffuse it.
That type of horsehair usually has a netted skin on the back of it, that needs to be removed. Make sure you do that before pulling the horsehair apart.
Try using two pair of pliers to pull it apart.
Testers Dull Cote to lock it in? That's got to be the most expensive option possible? Don't the crafters have a cheaper and more effective solution?
His horsehair is too thick? Huh? Why? They look like real trees!
They look like full-foliage spring/summers trees with full leaf coverage. The thickness of the horsehair provides that solid illusion of multiple layers of leaves.
Seriously, I know you can thin it and use it that way too but using it thick is just fine!
I'm looking outside my window right now at trees that have nearly completely filled in with their spring leaves – and you can't see through the thickest clusters of leaves, it makes an opaque layering that there'z zero visibility through.
Here's a project I just did of a forest of tall pine trees using horsehair, and this is horse hair at full thickness. You wouldn't want it thinned out because you can't see through thick pine foliage. You want it to be thick!


One of the best kept secrets of Elk Grove is its thriving brewery and winery scene. Situated between two of California's most notable wine regions – Napa and Lodi – Elk Grove is an up and coming location for some of the state's boutique wineries and microbreweries. Here's a peek at the brews and grapes of Elk Grove!
Flatland Brewing Company in Elk Grove is a small-batch brewery and tasting room with a local cult following. Brewing everything from India Pale Ales to sour beers, Flatland Brewing Company has something delicious for every palate. Check their website for the current beer list and stop in for a tasting Thursday through Sunday.
Tilted Mash Brewing was created by two great friends who love everything and anything about craft beer. Try the "Franken Pine", "Summer in the Grove", "Belgian in a Strange Land", or one of the dozen other seasonal brews on tap. See what events are on tap during your visit by checking out their website.
Waterman Brewing Company is a 10-barrel brew house that serves great tasting beers directly from the source. The brewery was founded in 2016 and has a 50-seat tasting room open 7 days a week. The tasting room is the perfect location to catch a sporting event on TV, play corn hole or foosball, or enjoy some live music.
Dreaming Dog Brewery is a microbrewery and tap room in Elk Grove created by David and Liz Brown. Founded on the idea of providing a neighborhood gathering space, Dreaming Dog Brewery offers English and Belgian-style beers, games, entertainment, and a 2,000 square-foot taproom. Find out which brew will be your new best friend next time you visit.
McConnell Estates Winery is owned by the Wackman Family. For five generations, the Wackman's have been farming the land just north of the Cosumnes River along Highway 99 in Elk Grove. The beautiful McConnell Estates' house built over 100 years ago, is now a bustling winery and tasting room where you can come taste locally grown, crushed and fermented wines. Visit them Saturday or Sunday to taste their varietals.
Vannatta Winery specializes in European varietals that are hand-crafted, small-lot wines of limited production and exceptional quality. Sip on wines in the open indoor/outdoor tasting area and stroll through the vineyard. Sample selected handcrafted, winery only vintages, or enjoy wines by the glass. Bring a picnic, bring the dog, play some bocce ball and enjoy a lovely afternoon in this fun and charming setting.
Heringer Estates tasting room is located inside the Old Sugar Mill in Clarksburg, offering visitors a refreshing and friendly experience. Sip and soak up the rustic charm of bare brick walls and fresh country air. Hand-crafted in small lots, Heringer Estates wines reflect the characteristics of the vineyard of origin and a passion to create premium wines.
Bogle Vineyards was created on Home Ranch, the original parcel of 8 acres and the location of the first vines planted in 1968. The site of the winery's tasting room, the vineyard has expanded to a total of 110 acres where Petite Sirah, Chardonnay and Merlot vines thrive. Their tasting room is open 7 days a week pouring refreshing whites and rich, luscious reds.
Miner's Leap Winery is a family owned boutique winery in Clarksburg. Featuring a century old rustic barn, the grounds of Miner's Leap Winery is the perfect scene for your wine tasting adventures. The sprawling location is beautifully landscaped and features picnic tables, ideal for afternoon snack with two and four-legged friends (yes, dogs are welcome).
Thirsty for more? What are you waiting for? Come and sip your way through Elk Grove.


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Apple's new iPhone software, iOS 10 was announced at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) overnight and the new features definitely live up to its milestone software version number. Apple describes it as big, bold and beautiful. They say that everything we love is now even better with iOS 10, their biggest release yet. Here are some of the great features to look foward to:
Although it took Siri a while to fully understand our Aussie accents, she got there eventually. Now the voice recognition will get even better with Siri SDK. This new feature will allow developers of third-party apps to be able to incorporate it into their apps.
It was about the third time ending up in the middle of nowhere that we decided reverting to Google Maps was probably the best option. So it's about time Apple Maps got a facelift. Finally, a pan and zoom mid-navigation option! Some extra features include making restaurant reservations, requesting an Uber and petrol station listings.
Rich links inline will mean you can play videos from YouTube or songs from Music without having to exit the messages app. You'll also be able to write messages in "invisible ink", that the recipient can only read after swiping.
They will be able to be presented three times bigger than before and Apple's helping us be even more lazy by emojifying words.
With Spotify absolutely killing the music streaming market, Apple Music really needed a makeover. Everything will be much more clean so that users can more easily navigate. There will be a new tab for "downloaded music" as well as a "for you" section which will be a daily customised playlist that Apple thinks you'll like.
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Legally Blonde 2 should never have been made. It is a cinematic abomination - a source of embarrassment for everyone involved. There have been worse films this year, but none has been marketed as this fun-loving and upbeat. Worthwhile moments are few and far between, and Reese Witherspoon's incandescent charm, which was one of the original Legally Blonde's saving graces, is so bright that it creates a glare. There's such a thing as being too perky.
It wasn't that long ago when sequels were made for a better reason than "the first one made money." Alas, that's what it has come to. Creativity is out the window. It used to be that a sequel existed to present the further adventures of a likeable and/or compelling character (or group of characters). First follow-ups often took their protagonists in new and unexpected directions (consider, for example, The Empire Strikes Back, The Godfather Part II, and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan). No more. Now, no one wants to rock the boat. Consequently, the average sequel can be summed up by four words: "More of the same." And that's precisely what Legally Blonde 2 is - more of the same. Only this time, because it's familiar and done with minimal style (by director Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, who previously helmed the delightful Kissing Jessica Stein), it's not as palatable. The clever stuff has grown stale. And the sweet stuff has become sickly and syrupy. Then again, what better choice could there be to go up against Terminator 3 than this kind of sticky goo? You can't get much more anti-Terminator than Elle Woods.
Reese Witherspoon is back as Elle, a character I had seen enough of by the end of the first Legally Blonde. For those who felt the 2001 movie had pretty much worn out its welcome by the time it stumbled across the finish line, Legally Blonde 2 will be nothing short of torture. Go next door and see Arnold Schwarzenegger. He'll be back. And, while the same can be said of Witherspoon, hopefully it won't be as Elle. I have had more of this character than I can stomach in one lifetime.
The problem, which is even more true than it was in Legally Blonde, is that the filmmakers try to inject a serious message (about the importance of the individual in the political process) into a production that wants to be seen as a satire. It is possible for comedies to contain drama, and vice versa, but the foundation for both has to be solid. Here, it isn't. Popcorn movies are very bad places in which to take soap-box stands. If Legally Blonde 2 had been satisfied with just being fun and funny, it might have been enjoyable. The movie gets into trouble when it starts preaching and pandering.
The movie's "cause" will provoke PETA members into jumping for joy, although the intelligence of the animal rights' activists in Legally Blonde 2 might give them pause. (Then again, one could make a successful case that no one in the movie has an IQ in the triple digit range.) When Elle learns that the mother of her beloved dog Bruiser is being subjected to experimentation by a cosmetics firm, she goes on a crusade. This results in her losing her job at a Boston law office, then getting a new post working for Massachusetts Congresswoman Victoria Rudd (Sally Field), whose most notable moment comes when she quotes the Wicked Witch of the West. As Representative Rudd's legislative aide, Elle attempts to chaperone a bill through Congress that will ban animal experimentation, but she encounters unexpected resistance from Rudd's Chief of Staff, Grace Stoteraux (Regina King). Fortunately, Elle has Sid the bellhop (Bob Newhart) on her side. He knows everything there is to know about politics, and provides her with information and strategy tips.
Even in Frank Capra's wet dreams (and there is a nod to Mr. Smith Goes to Washington), things would never go as smoothly in Washington as they do here for Elle. Granted, this is supposed to be a fairy tale, but some vague semblance of reality would have helped the cause. I mean, are we supposed to believe that a hard-line conservative Republican would suddenly back Elle's bill because he bonds with her while dog-walking? During the course of the movie, Elle makes a lot of speeches, and these result in people joining her cause. This would be understandable if they were good, inspirational speeches, but they are simply awful. Elle's words are more likely to dissuade potential followers than recruit them.
Then there's that damn dog. This isn't a normal canine - it's one of those irritatingly cute dogs that exist only in movies and whose entire purpose is to cause viewers to go "awwwww." Of course, since Bruiser is such a adorable and cuddly little thing, nothing bad ever happens to him. How I long for someone with the diabolical cleverness of John Cleese, whose script for A Fish Called Wanda called for three splattered dogs.
Legally Blonde 2 is clearly in the PETA camp in that it shows more concern for animals than human beings. Although the movie wants its viewers to understand that the use of animals for cosmetics testing is cruel and wasteful, it employs an inhumane method of conveying that message - asking people to sit through this. Even those who enjoyed the light breeziness of the first Legally Blonde will likely find this too much of an endurance contest. It's mawkish, superficial, and artificial, without a hint of cleverness or humor.
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Does Legal Marijuana Cause Crime?
Opponents of legal pot continue to claim that broadly legalizing the drug would lead to crime. The basis of their argument is twofold.
On one hand they believe cannabis is a gateway to harder drugs like narcotics. Lifestyles around these harder drugs tend to involve crime and general deviancy. Marijuana is cheap and easy to get; something like opioid pills are tougher to acquire and much more expensive, and have a worse impact on the user's state of mind. It's not uncommon for opioid addicts to steal or break into homes to get the cash or pills they desire.
Protestors of legal pot also believe that the cannabis industry itself is surrounded by crime. Even the legal market. Kids living where recreational marijuana is legal may be more tempted to try the drug while underage. And cannabis shops could become common targets for break-ins, both for all the cash involved and for the allegedly criminal drug culture that surrounds the industry.
These same protestors also believe that legal cannabis will lead to more stoned drivers, or, worse, drivers who are high and drunk.
The most influential anti-pot official is Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The outspoken opponent of legal cannabis, notoriously hard on crime, said earlier this year, "Experts are telling me there's more violence around marijuana than one would think and there's big money involved."
"I believe it's an unhealthy practice, and current levels of THC in marijuana are very high compared to what they were a few years ago, and we're seeing real violence around that," he added.
Sessions did offer evidence to back his claim. Measuring violence around the marijuana black market is difficult, but what about in states that have legalized cannabis? Has crime increased in Washington or Colorado? Available data points to the contrary.
Dropping Crime Rates
Despite claims by Sessions and other officials, there has been no noticeable rise in crime in either Washington or Colorado. Recreational cannabis has been available in both states since 2014. Studies by the Drug Policy Alliance looked into the resulting crime rates.
In the first years in Colorado since recreational cannabis stores opened, crime actually decreased. It dropped 2.2% in 2014 versus 2013. Burglaries also went down, declining 9.5%. Property crime fell 8.9%.
Washington saw similar results. Violent crime decreased 10% since voters approved legal possession and recreational marijuana in 2012. The murder rate went down 13%. Burglaries dropped 6%, while property crime rates remained flat statewide.
What's behind these curious numbers? Those who support pot claim that when people swap alcohol for cannabis, they're less likely to commit crime or violence. Alcohol tends to fuel aggressive behavior, while cannabis typically calms people.
That said, both studies that produced the data above stopped short of suggesting a link between marijuana and declining crime rates.
Instead, the studies pointed out that the decreases were in line with similarly shrinking crime rates across the nation. Here, both studies allowed a pro-pot observation: "While these data do not establish causation, they do demonstrate that legalization of marijuana for adults 21 and over did not lead to an increase in crime."
In a 2014 study of 11 states that legalized medicinal cannabis between 1990 and 2006, there was no noticeable increase in crime. Violence actually decreased, including homicide and assault.
Traffic Fatalities
What about stoned drivers? It's tough to question the correlation between legal cannabis and more people (unfortunately) sitting behind the wheel of a car while high. But how much of a threat is this to public safety?
Hardly any cannabis activist would publicly suggest that people are not dangerous while driving stoned. But what they do sometimes argue is that driving high is not as bad as driving drunk. People who are stoned tend to drive slower, more cautiously, anxiously following the law. Alcohol typically has people driving faster, recklessly, with careless abandon. Or so pot proponents claim.
Statistics in Washington and Colorado do not indicate a rise in traffic fatalities since voters approved recreational cannabis.
According to the Drug Policy Alliance report, traffic fatalities dropped about 3% in 2014 in Colorado. This marks a continuation of a 12-year long downward trend in traffic fatalities in the state. Again, no link between legal cannabis and improved public safety, but also no link between recreational laws and increased crime.
Same in Washington. Traffic fatalities remained flat statistically in 2014.
Possesion Arrests
Unsurprisingly, both studies found similar results when it came to low-level marijuana arrests: these decreased significantly.
Low-level possession arrests have decreased 84% in Colorado since 2010. In Washington they have declined 98%.
Which makes sense, of course. If carrying around small amounts of cannabis is no longer illegal, then that eliminates a significant source of arrests. Especially for minorities.
According to a report published by the American Civil Liberties Union, blacks are 3.73 times more likely to get arrested for marijuana possession than whites, despite both groups using marijuana at roughly the same rate.
The ACLU report believes that America spends between $2-$6 billion annually on low-level marijuana arrests due to the costs of policing, adjudication and corrections.
Whether government officials believe it's worth tax dollars and the time of law-enforcement to pursue low-level possession arrests will go a long way towards determining these officials' view of crime rates under legal cannabis.
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(Press Release) NEW YORK, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/— The McGraw-Hill Companies today reported diluted earnings per share of $0.68 for the second quarter of 2011, an 11.9% increase compared to the same period last year. Net income for the period increased 10.5% to $211.1 million. Revenue grew by 7.2% in the second quarter to $1.6 billion.
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Everyone working in tech will have noticed this: the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) suffer from a cruel lack of gender diversity. In the UK, women make up 21% of the core STEM workforce, 19% of IT technicians and only 8% of engineers – and despite progress being made year on year, and the number of women in medicine, law and business increasing rapidly, we're still far from seeing gender parity in STEM disciplines.
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Bringing more women into STEM careers isn't simply a case of hiring women to reach a quota, tick off 'gender parity' from a list, and pat ourselves on the back for being great allies to the women's rights cause.
Scientific research and technology businesses can all benefit from having a more diverse workforce. Productivity in companies has been shown to increase when both men and women are working on a project, and in research the general knowledge of a field has been shown to grow when women get more involved.
Gender diversity also allows researchers and engineers to see things from a different perspective – partly because women are raised to be more emotionally and socially aware. When an industry is male-dominated, things tend to be developed with only men in mind, and a new perspective is needed to solve problems which affect women and children. Here's a 'fun' fact for you: when airbags were first developed (by a team formed of only men), engineers didn't realise that most women had breasts, which would push the airbags up towards the neck when deployed, and dozens of female drivers died as a result. This could have been easily avoided by having just one woman on the team.
Businesses, too, benefit from hiring more women: a study conducted by Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and several other institutions showed that companies that employ more women consistently outperform their competitors. Again, this is partly thanks to the different viewpoint and insight women can bring to the table, enabling companies to solve problems more efficiently and serve a more diverse customer base.
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In order to achieve real gender parity, we shouldn't just focus on recruiting more women, but also on changing the environment in which these women will work or study. Putting an end to the sexism and sexual harassment that is rampant in STEM disciplines is essential if we want to see women succeed and progress to senior and leadership roles.
Men (and the few women) already in leadership positions in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths need to be the ones to start changing things. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) suggests a few ways employers and educators can help:
Put in place anti-harassment policies
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Conduct effective diversity training for employees
Monitor progress in increasing women's representation in technical roles
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Provide opportunities for women to develop a support network of other technical women
Create welcoming environments for women by endorsing a philosophy that explicitly values the social identity of women and by increasing the representation and visibility of girls and women
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At stickee, we want to be champions of diversity. We're looking for ways to share our technical knowledge and serve as role models for young women considering a career in technology. We're proud sponsors of the BrumHack Hackathon, an event dedicated to help students nurture their creative minds, and we are still seeking more of these opportunities.
We're working with local schools to offer female students the opportunity to come to our office and learn about technology and programming. Later this year, we'll be organising a full-day workshop to teach girls about coding and nurture their interest in the field of tech, as well as introduce them to some influential women in STEM and have a discussion about the need for more diversity in these sectors.
We're also always on the lookout for talented women to join our team – have a look at our recruitment page for available roles.
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Now, one of the biggest problems in the equestrian world is not what methods horse trainers use but how they word their methods. It is common to inflict pain to the horse and violate all his needs and desires while speaking about trust, partnership and I don't know what else. I am quite certain that if methods and devices were called and described for what they really are, the majority of people won't buy into it. This article is only one more example of how words are misused in the equestrian world.
4. freedom from captivity, confinement, or physical restraint.
Social, environmental and physical restriction is not liberty. Isolating an animal from his peer, removing his capacities to switch activity and restricting him physically means that you remove any kind of liberty or choice to the animal.
In the equestrian world the definition of liberty would be more like "training a horse to be able to perform tasks without tack". People seem more bothered by the end result than the process. I believe some of the important reasons behind this are the lack of information, not knowing how to do things differently, and the fear that the horse with which we want a relationship so desperately, will not want to have anything to do with us if he had the choice. This is how people settle for semblance of liberty, relationship etc.
So, why people start liberty by restriction? You will notice trainers that use negative reinforcement based method will always start their training with the horse restricted in some way; either by using headgear and lead or by using a small isolated area. Never you will see them start their training on a huge field without the use of ropes or stick. The reason why is because negative reinforcement is not rewarding for the horse and they know it! The horse has no need to cooperate if the aversive stimulus cannot be applied in the first place.


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This vaccine protects against the contagious and often fatal disease, which is easily spread between cats. It is recommended annually for at risk cats such as outdoor cats, or cats that share a household with Leukemia positive pets. First vaccine can be given at 8 weeks of age and MUST be boostered in 3 to 4 weeks to be effective.
First puppy vaccine given at 16 weeks of age and is good for 1 year. After that year is up, a 3 year vaccine is then given.
This combination vaccine protects against viruses that cause life-threathening neurologic, respiratory and gastrointestinal issues. Puppy vaccinations are given in 3 to 4 week intervals and start at 6 to 8 weeks of age, again at 12 to 14 weeks, and last one given at 16 weeks of age.
This vaccine protects against a bacteria that can cause deadly kidney or liver disease. It is transmitted through the urine of wildlife. Leptospirosis is also transmissible to people.
This vaccine protects against an airborne respiratory virus commonly known as Kennel Cough. This vaccine is recommended for dogs being boarded, puppy/obedience classes, dog parks, grooming, etc.


shorts and shift and silhouette forming dresses - all perfect for holidays and festivals this Spring Summer"
I was lucky enough to pick my favourite piece from the collection for my blog and it just had to be this baby pink co-ord. I knew it would be beautiful but I didn't know just how beautiful it actually was! It is the most amazing fit and the material is just so beautiful and soft. Definitely has to be my favourite item in my wardrobe at the moment! If you haven't checked out Dark Pink yet then it is definitely worth a look!
Keeping along the pastel theme I just had to style it with my gorgeous Missguided heels which I am wearing to death at the moment and of course for the pink on pink, my beautiful new coat from Boohoo. If you are looking for your last coat buy before summer I would highly recommend this one, such a beautiful style and colour.


We've covered Supermodel Kate Upton a lot, mainly because she's been on the majority of popular magazine covers for 2012. And now, for the second year in a row, Kate Upton graces the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Check back for more in depth coverage.
This entry was posted on February 11, 2013 by He Who Wins. It was filed under Entertainment, Magazines, Models/ Celebs and was tagged with kate upton, sports illustrated, supermodels, swimsuit issue.


We are now accepting registrations for the 2019 Winter/Spring Semester.
It is our policy that no student should be precluded from dancing at Opus for financial reasons. We have a variety of scholarship and other tuition assistance programs available. Please contact us in person or at (360)734-5300 to learn more.
Opus does not require a long term financial commitment. Although we have discounts for prepaid tuition (full year and semester), students are welcome to pay tuition on a monthly basis. We believe that you should dance at Opus because you want to, not because of a non-refundable financial commitment.
We also offer unlimited monthly class plans and family discounts - please call for details.
Please complete the registration form and bring it in to our studio at 114 W Holly in Downtown Bellingham (click this link for instructions on how to find Opus).
Please include a check for the $25 registration fee along with your completed registration form.
You can also view our class schedule and register for classes online by clicking here.
Punchcards for Music Playground classes can be purchased online or at Opus for $50. Punchcards cover any 6 sessions (Mondays and/or Thursdays) during a six week period.
You may also attend one class for free to try it out!
Online Registration is now available for the 2017-2018 school year!


Day 1: Night departure from Mumbai to Ganpatipule, Night Journey.
Day 2: Morning arrival at Ganpatipule. On arrival Hotel check-in& fresh up. After breakfast, proceed to Shri Ganpati Mandir. Darshan& proceed to Pawas.Visit Shri Swami Swaroopananda's Ashram. Darshan and proceed to Vijaydurg fort. En-route Lunch and proceed to visit Vijaydurg Fort, Kunkeshwar temple. Dinner andovernight stay at Malvan/Tarkarli.
Day 3: After breakfast, visit Devbagh for beach activities, backwater ride, dolphin ride, snorkelling. After lunch visit Sindhudurg Fort. Dinner at hotel.Overnight stay at Malvan/Tarkarli.
Day 4: After breakfast check-out from the hotel and proceed to visit Vengurla beach, Sagareshwar temple. After lunch proceed to Ratnagiri. Night journey to Mumbai.


Don't want to end up crashing on a rando's couch? There's plenty of places to stay in Winooski and the Greater Burlington Area and lots to do outside of Waking Windows. Start planning your trip now!
Tell them you're attending Waking Windows and ask about our discounted rooms!!


Zombie Apocalypse 2: Never Die Alone is a co-op, undead-killing, top down, dual-stick shooter. Yes, there have been plenty of these recently, such as the recent Dead Nation, but ZA2 attempts to distance itself from its competitors with a comedic stance.
From the outset, we are introduced to four stereotypical characters, such as a priest and a frat boy douchebag that spouts annoying memes from the internet. For the entire game, you'll hear the four main characters bantering back and forth, and some of it is funny, while pretty much everything Jeremy said made me want to cook a grenade for too long. Seriously, I don't know who wrote this guy's lines, or why he's the default character with the best weapon. His voice actor makes it even worse. I actually avoided using him as much as possible just to save my ears. Luckily, the girl sniper and weapons specialist Alma is much cooler and pretty capable on her own. However, Zombie Apocalypse 2: Never Die Alone is a game where you truly must work together, even if you're playing single player. Rotating through the four available avatars is a must if you want to survive the zombie horde and especially bosses.
I like that the game utilizes creative environmental kills on the levels. You'll see exploding cars, a crane with a swinging giant donut, street sweepers, and more. The AI is relatively capable, but I did see the computer walk into bosses on more than one occasion, leaving me on my own and scrambling to revive them. Unfortunately, when you die in Zombie Apocalypse 2: Never Die Alone, you restart the entire mission. This is an incredibly antiquated system and I can't understand why every game doesn't just have checkpoints. When your AI pals walk straight into their death and you have to restart the whole level, it's more than a bit annoying. Also, the game's color palette gets incredibly dark at times, which can make it hard to see that you're walking right into a swarm of walkers.
The four characters in Zombie Apocalypse 2: Never Die Alone all have different abilities and stats. Like I said before, Jeremy is probably the most solid choice, with the machine gun and quad-damage bonus. Alma is a close second with her sniper rifle and turret special ability, Father Bill can heal players and uses a scattering shotgun, and Def Money is by far the worst with dual pistols and terrible stats.
Zombie Apocalypse 2: Never Die Alone clocks in at just about 3 hours, which is right around the time that the game would start to become stale. As it stands, the game is just the right length, and the humor (besides Jeremy) and comedic deaths for zombies will make it an entertaining ride.
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That frat boy douche bag is an established character from a popular TV show. It's ironic and his lines are written and voiced by the guy who played him.
What TV show? I still found him way too annoying, whether it's meant to be ironic or not.


WASHINGTON (March 28, 2019) – - In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Thursday, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Ranking Member Glenn "G.T." Thompson of Pennsylvania, and more than 70 Democratic and Republican House colleagues urged the Department to prioritize the implementation of dairy provisions included in the 2018 Farm Bill.
Citing the continued loss of dairy farms, and the deficiencies of previous programs, Peterson and Thompson noted that the 2018 bill can provide needed assistance to dairy farmers. "Provisions of the new farm bill, particularly the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program, will provide much-needed help if they can reach dairy farmers quickly enough," the letter states.
Joining Peterson and Thompson on the letter are Reps. Armstrong, Baird, Bergman, Blumenauer, Bost, Brindisi, Bustos, Carbajal, Cline, Collins of New York, Costa, Courtney, Cox, Craig, DeLauro, DelBene, Delgado, Duffy, Emmer, Fulcher, Gallagher, Garamendi, Gibbs, Gonzalez of Ohio, Graves of Missouri, Grothman, Hagedorn, Harder, Hartzler, Hayes, Higgins of New York, Huizenga, Johnson of South Dakota, Joyce, Katko, Kelly of Pennsylvania, Kind, King of Iowa, Kuster, LaMalfa, Larsen, Long, Luetkemeyer, Sean Patrick Maloney, Marshall, McGovern, McMorris Rodgers, Meuser, Mitchell, Moolenaar, Newhouse, O'Halleran, Panetta, Pocan, Reed, Schrader, Sensenbrenner, Shimkus, Simpson, Slotkin, Smith of Missouri, Smith of Nebraska, Smucker, Spanberger, Stauber, Stefanik, Stivers, Torres Small, Upton, Van Drew, Vela, Walberg, Walorski, Watkins, and Welch.
A full copy of the letter is available by clicking here.


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Q: UITableViewController crashes in tableView: cellForRowAtIndexPath: I have a TableView in which I am adding custom UILabels to the UITableViewCells. The tableView loads fine, but when it tries to dequeue a cell after scrolling the app crashes when it tries to set the text of the UILables. Code follows:
#define STYLE_NUMBER_TAG 0
#define COLORWAY_TAG 1
#define SIZE_TAG 2
#define QUANTITY_TAG 3

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

// Get the managedObject
NSManagedObject *managedObject = [fetchedResultsController objectAtIndexPath:indexPath];
OrderLineItem *item = (OrderLineItem *)managedObject;

static NSString *CellIdentifier = @"lineItemCell";

UILabel *styleNumberLabel, *colorwayLabel, *sizeLabel, *quantityLabel;

UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
    cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];

    quantityLabel = [[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5, 5, 70, 20)] autorelease];
    quantityLabel.tag = QUANTITY_TAG;
    [cell.contentView addSubview:quantityLabel];

    styleNumberLabel = [[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(85, 5, 70, 20)] autorelease];
    styleNumberLabel.tag = STYLE_NUMBER_TAG;
    [cell.contentView addSubview:styleNumberLabel];

    colorwayLabel = [[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(165, 5, 70, 20)] autorelease];
    colorwayLabel.tag = COLORWAY_TAG;
    [cell.contentView addSubview:colorwayLabel];

    sizeLabel = [[[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(245, 5, 70, 20)] autorelease];
    sizeLabel.tag = SIZE_TAG;
    [cell.contentView addSubview:sizeLabel];

} else {
    styleNumberLabel = (UILabel *)[cell.contentView viewWithTag:STYLE_NUMBER_TAG];
    colorwayLabel = (UILabel *)[cell.contentView viewWithTag:COLORWAY_TAG];
    sizeLabel = (UILabel *)[cell.contentView viewWithTag:SIZE_TAG];
    quantityLabel = (UILabel *)[cell.contentView viewWithTag:QUANTITY_TAG];
}

// Configure the cell...
styleNumberLabel.text = item.style.styleNumber; //CRASHES HERE when dequeueing
colorwayLabel.text = item.colorway;
sizeLabel.text = item.size;
quantityLabel.text = [item.quantity stringValue];

return cell;

}
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*The default value of a UIView's tag
is 0.

*The receiver of viewWithTag: is
included in the search.

Consequently, your call to [cell.contentView viewWithTag:STYLE_NUMBER_TAG] is returning the content view itself when you really want it to return the UILabel.
The solution is simple. Don't use 0 as a tag.


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After Biden's Win, Scarlett Johansson Suddenly Doesn't Want To Be Political
Posted on March 29, 2021 July 5, 2022 by societyreviews
In a recent interview with The Gentlewoman, Actress Scarlett Johansson said she believes actors do not have a particular responsibility to make political statements just because they are in the spotlight…wait, what?
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"I don't think actors have obligations to have a public role in society,"
"Some people want to, but the idea that you're obligated to because you're in the public eye is unfair. You didn't choose to be a politician, you're an actor. Your job is to reflect our experience to ourselves; your job is to be a mirror for an audience, to be able to have an empathetic experience through art. That is what your job is."
"Whatever my political views are, all that stuff, I feel most successful when people can sit in a theatre or at home and disappear into a story or a performance and see pieces of themselves, or are able to connect with themselves through this experience of watching this performance or story or interaction between actors or whatever it is," Scarlett added.
Johansson, who has been nothing but political in her entire career since campaigning for Democrat John Kerry all the way back in 2004. Since then, she has carried the water for every Democrat who has run for office along with pushing many progressive causes such as Planned Parenthood and Democratic Socialism. The idea that at the age of 36, she has finally discovered the celebrities are not politicians is laughable.
Scarlett just doesn't want the mob to come after her.
Johansson has been a target of the LGBT lobby for attempting to play transgender roles and then attempting to defend herself playing transgender roles. When it comes to opposing Republicans, Scarlett has a lot to say. When it comes to opposing the people who sign her checks, she just doesn't have the backbone for it.
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I imagine there's going to be a lot of "Can't we all just get along" in Hollywood now that their guy is in office and their industry is in the crapper. I also note that her new movie is coming out and the cis male demographic it was designed to appeal to is the same one they've been spitting on for the last four years.


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Autosticha banauscopa is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found on the islands of Vanuatu.

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are light greyish ochreous or whitish ochreous, more or less densely irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous, especially posteriorly. The costal edge is ochreous whitish, with a fuscous dot beyond the middle. The stigmata are cloudy, dark fuscous, variable in distinctness, the plical somewhat obliquely before the first discal. There is an almost marginal series of cloudy dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.

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Michigan team competes in Amazon challenge to make AI more engaging
Artificial intelligence that can hold a "real" conversation has long been one of the sci-fi standards of future technology. And while chatty synthetic personalities now cheerfully answer questions on our smartphones and smart home speakers, consumers know not to expect an experience approaching Her or 2001 just yet.
Enter the Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge. In an effort to push the boundaries of conversational AI, Amazon has opened up their Alexa virtual assistant platform to ten university teams in an effort to make the bot a little more human.
Among the ten schools from around the world selected to compete is a team from U-M co-advised by assistant professor David Jurgens from the School of Information and assistant professor Nikola Banovic in the College of Engineering.
The team of 12 graduate and undergraduate students from the School of Information and CSE will be part of Amazon's broad mission to make its voice assistant smarter and more conversational so that it can be more useful and engaging for its users.
Now in its third year, the Grand Challenge is truly grand – the competing teams are working to build a bot able to hold a conversation for more than 20 minutes. To complete this task, the teams began work in September 2019 with a prize of $250,000 and will have until February 2020 to qualify for the quarterfinals. While they are currently in beta testing, beginning in December each team's socialbot will be integrated into Alexa's "Let's Chat" feature and deployed live for real users to interact with.
Throughout the remainder of the competition, one of the ten versions of the Alexa socialbot will be loaded at random whenever users opt to chat. When they finish their conversation, they'll have the chance to rate the experience on a scale of one to five. While working on their core idea, the team will be able to respond to this feedback iteratively and shoot for better user interactions throughout the challenge.
The challenge brings together a number of the most difficult problems in AI. Beyond being a chance to improve the Alexa platform, it pushes the students to engage in new, creative research.
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Group photo of the team's twelve members and two advisors; far right on couch are Profs. Nikola Banovic and David Jurgens.
Group photo of the team's twelve members and two advisors; far right on couch are Asst. Profs. Nikola Banovic and David Jurgens.
"The goal is to extend the reach of conversational AI," says Chung Hoon Hong, Master's student in Data Science and team lead. Alexa's various functions are split across different discrete "skills," much like the different single-purpose apps on a smartphone. Integrating this diverse functionality, or even just a portion of it, brings about a complicated scenario that's difficult for the platform to deal with. "Right now if the domain of a conversation is too big then the AI bots have trouble understanding and responding."
Even other attempts at broader socialbots that can engage in general conversation have found much more success drilling down on a narrow range of topics.
"The success of some of the smart assistants to this point has been in being able to respond to specific commands, to perform specific and somewhat simple tasks," says Banovic. "But the moment you say 'Alexa, let's chat,' you're moving away from a command paradigm into a realm where now we are expecting a humanlike conversation."
These human-like conversations are extremely difficult to engineer. Developers have become quite good at having bots synthesize sentences, but what's currently lacking, according to Banovic, is the ability to establish common assumptions and the sense of knowing what's being discussed in a broader context.
Essentially, to be successful, the bot has to be a good listener.
"Nobody engages in a conversation with another person and says afterwards 'this person was an amazing talker,'" Banovic says. "They usually say they were an amazing listener, and that comes from asking the right kind of questions and showing interest."
U-M's bot, called Audrey, will be focused on this type of more general conversation and understanding.
"Our idea is to move away from topical chats and work on the casual conversation itself," says Hong. "We're working on active listening, a 'heartwarming' social bot. We want our Audrey to be able to tell personalized stories."
Solving these problems could be what separates a successful interaction with a virtual assistant from a lost user. When you pick up an assistant out of the box, the first interaction will have to be sufficiently compelling to keep you interested. Alexa, however, knows nothing about you when you start talking for the first time. Much like a human, to speak to you effectively a socialbot would have to learn about you and keep track of what it already knows.
"It's hard to have a coherent conversation after multiple turns," Hong says. "It's very disjointed right now, there's no continuity."
One of the team's big goals is to have the bot understand who the user is. That kind of personal understanding depends on the bot asking the right questions at the right time, and would ultimately improve the flow of conversation.
"These types of interactive agents are only going to become more prevalent in our daily lives," says Jurgens. "I hope the students come away not only with the skills to make these agents more natural and empathetic, but also with an appreciation for how to use these agents to help others."
U-M's first attempt at this challenge started as the project of three first-year CS students in Winter semester 2019. William Chen, Ryan Draves, and Zhizhuo Zhou had some experience designing Alexa skills before, and began recruiting grad student and faculty researchers in the area of natural language processing to advise or work with the team.
Working on recruitment with Hong, the final team came to include Vihang Agarwal (Master's, CSE), Arushi Jain (Master's, Information), Yuan Liang (Master's, Data Science), Yujian Liu (undergraduate, CS), Sagnik Roy (Master's, Information), Yiting Shen (Master's, CSE), Yucen Sun (undergraduate, CS), and Junjie Xing (Master's, CSE).
"The University has a lot of resources," says Zhou. "Anyone with an idea can reach out, gather a team, and create something awesome."
The interdisciplinary group has a workflow and day to day operations not dissimilar to a full-fledged industry design team. The team is split across different technical tasks that, together, are necessary to the design of an integrated, working socialbot. These include things like natural language understanding and generation, gathering data from places like Reddit and The Washington Post, and using knowledge graphs to help searches determine the relationships between different topics. Students are assigned to the different tasks that suit their expertise at different phases of development.
For many on the team, the Grand Challenge represents their first real-world product design cycle.
"They're really going to learn what it means to develop a challenging system that interacts with real people," says Banovic. "They are now creating a socio-technical system in a way that perhaps they never had an opportunity to. They are creating technologies that are effecting the lives of real people."
This mode of work, which is a difficult experience to emulate in a college course, faces the students with a number of organizational and design challenges.
"It has reinforced for me that structural product management is very important," says Chen. "A week into development we already had multiple branches and a dozen code bases. Amazon demands quite a bit of progress in a very short amount of time."
But the students are motivated and well-equipped to meet the challenge. As they move on to live testing with real Alexa customers on December 4, they're keen to keep their goals in mind and create a socialbot that stands apart from the crowd.
"We're not just creating something to beat the rating," says Hong. "The goal of this competition is to work on research, and work on something that's not been done before."
- Zach Champion, Marketing Coordinator, Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)