As 2017 winds down, it is time to forecast the workplace technology trends for 2018 and anticipate how these trends can impact your small business. We are in the business of making sure you are prepared for what the changing technology environment will throw your way.
One of the biggest trends is Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD. These policies allow employees to use their own laptops, tablets and smartphones for work, accessing shared files through the cloud.
What are the benefits of this kind of system for your business?
Your team may not be in the office from 9-5 Monday-Friday (remote work and telecommuting is another big 2018 workplace trend).
There are many benefits to BYOD policies. Switching between devices leaves additional room for errors and inconveniences that could result in lost productivity, such as leaving an important document saved on the office desktop and being unable to access it over the weekend. When your employees are using their own devices, instead of switching from one device for work and using another at home, it is less likely they will be able to access the files when they need them, increasing their ability to be productive.
There is also cost saving element associated with this type of policy as your company does not have to shoulder the burden of purchasing hardware. Employees may even like being allowed to use their own preferred devices. After all, as so many people already own a smartphone, providing a company cell phone may be unnecessary, even cumbersome as users need to switch between their work and personal mobile devices. Instead of buying a laptop when you onboard a new employee, you may only need to purchase supplemental software like Photoshop and antivirus solutions. Having company-purchased software like the Adobe Creative Suite that they may not otherwise access can be an additional perk of the job, improving your relationship with your employees. They also get to use the devices with which they are most comfortable or familiar, instead of being a Mac user at home who must adjust to a PC at the office, or vice versa. In many ways, the policy seems like a win for everyone involved, but BYOD workplaces also have their share of risks.
Your employees are not all going to be IT professionals, and that means that BYOD policies leave more room for user error and security risks than if every worker is using devices selected and maintained by your IT department. You will need to set specific security policies, and look at providing a secure network for your employees to access from home, rather than accessing unsecured WIFI networks. When you implement a BYOD policy, you necessarily give up a level of control. When an employee leaves that device goes with them, and with it, potentially sensitive information like company passwords.
There are many reasons that BYOD policies are becoming more and more common, but is it right for your company? We have outlined some of the general productivity, cost and convenience considerations. We can also help you assess the costs and benefits of a BYOD policy for your unique business, and create a cybersecurity strategy for you. Don't worry about figuring it out on your own; contact Ontech Systems, Inc. today!
The bring your own device (BYOD) trend has significantly grown over the past 5 years – and it's no wonder.
According to Fliplet, businesses gain a whopping 240 extra hours of work per year when they implement BYOD in the workplace.
That's the equivalent of $5,114 in extra work or 6 additional working weeks – per employee!
When children born today enter the workforce, it's very possible the idea of a company owned device will be completely foreign to them.
The days of investing thousands of dollars in the clunky hardware your parents grew up with are numbered. A revolution in mobility is not coming – it's already here!
A Cisco study revealed that 69% of IT decision makers in the U.S. feel this trend is a positive move for their organization.
Whether you're intimidated by the concept or still hanging onto the "good ol' days" of traditional desktop computers, check out these surprising statistics. Regardless of how you feel, they'll give you a unique look at the trending workplace of today – and into the future.
It's no secret an increasing number of people are ditching their old PC's in favor of mobile devices. The moment this mobile trend began trickling into the workplace, it forever changed the way we work. As you read these statistics, you'll see why BYOD not going away anytime soon.
When businesses adopt BYOD into their workplace, productivity soars!
49% of employees say they are more productive using their own devices.
If you're concerned about security in your mobile workplace, you should be. Check out these starting statistics about the risks of BYOD.
While BYOD does have risks, the benefits far outweigh the risks. In addition, if you integrate a mobile device management (MDM) solution into your business, you can experience all the benefits of BYOD, with none of the risks.
The #1 weakest security risk for businesses is mobile devices.
Since BYOD is still a "relatively" new concept for employers, there are an abundance of security gaps, risks and oversights throughout organizations of all sizes.
Imagine a workplace where there is no BYOD policy, yet employees' phones contain access sensitive business data. In this workplace, employees are free to install any app they want, regardless of how safe it is.
If the device is lost or stolen, the employer has no way to retrieve or remotely wipe the data – it's just gone. And when employee resign? You guessed it – they take the sensitive business data with them.
If the #1 weakest security risk for businesses is mobile devices, it's no wonder hackers are targeting businesses. These statistics showcase the "Wild West" of BYOD that is still very alive today.
BYOD is Largely Unmanaged: 80% of all BYOD is completely unmanaged.
If you don't want to expose your business to the inherent risk of BYOD, consider a mobile device management solution.
Our techs are highly qualified and experienced in the BYOD space and mobile device management.
We can handle all the details and help you make your workplace BYOD-friendly, while keeping security threats out of your business.
Are Zombie Phones Draining Your Mobile Budget?
Halloween is just around the corner. Want to hear something scary?
If your organization has policies in place that allow former employees to keep their mobile phone after they leave, zombie phones could be attacking your mobile budget – and you have no idea it's happening!
"Zombie phone" is a term coined by Amtel, a MDM vendor who, while analyzing companies' mobile networks, discovered that a certain percentage of phones were still alive, when the company thought they had been disconnected.
Many organizations now implement a BYOD (bring-your-own-device) policy and as employee-owned devices replace company-owned mobile devices; an estimated 10% of the time, the carrier continues to bill the company each month, due to lack of monitoring from the customer and oversight on behalf of the carrier.
Amtel says that zombie phones are almost certainly draining your mobile budget for if your organization has between 500-50,000 mobile lines.
Just what kind of budget drain are we talking? While auditing a large multinational biotech company, Amtel discovered 2% consisted of zombie phones that were costing the company $70,000 annually.
In the world of BYOD, former employees are often asked to take over liability and payment of their corporate-issued phone, once the bill is transferred to their name. This transfer is a tedious process, requiring a lot of back and forth phone calls with the carrier.
10% of the time, the transfer does not go through. As a result, the company continues to pay for the phone month after month, while the former employee continues to use the phone – free of charge.
What's worse, if the employee was receiving stipends from the company as an incentive to get some measure of control over the device, the company unknowingly pays double for the phone each month.
Here's another common scenario. When an employee leaves a company, they turn in their company-issued mobile device. The company then notifies the carrier that they want to terminate the contract for that particular phone. The phone is stored away, never to be seen again. What the company does not realize is that 10% of the time, the phone plan is NOT terminated, remains unnoticed by IT and billing and the zombie phone continues to drain the company's mobile budget month after month.
The only foolproof way to prevent zombie phones from slipping between the cracks is with a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution. This service makes the process of checking each device to ensure it is in fact dead, completely automatic. MDM and monitoring software can help you seek out zombie phones and eliminate them.
If your organization has over 500 mobile devices, a mobile device management solution can pay for itself like it did for the bio-tech firm who saved $70,000/year. Learn more about mobile device management or contact us to organize, manage and secure the mobile devices within your organization.
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(Lc 7,11-17) Ragazzo, dico a te, àlzati!
Ti prego, o Santo Spirito, di essermi amico, compagno fedele, nonostante le mie infedeltà. Perfezionami, perché sono piena di mancanze, non guardare le mie colpe, ma la mia voglia di appartenerti veramente e per sempre. Fa che questo mio sogno, diventi realtà.
Mentre continua il peregrinare di Gesù, seguito dai discepoli, ecco che alle porte della citta di Nain, incontrano un funerale. C'era una madre che piangeva il figliolo morto, ed era un dolore che schiacciava la donna, che non aveva più altro motivo apparentemente per vivere, perché oltre al suo unico figlio, aveva perso già anche il marito. Gesù passava di lì e si commosse davanti a tanto dolore! Vediamo ancora una volta, come successe con Lazzaro, che davanti alla morte e al dolore Gesù si commuove, che la fede deve superare il dolore attraverso la speranza della resurrezione. Questo ragazzo può simboleggiare ognuno di noi, o dei nostri figli, morto alla vita eterna a causa del peccato. Gesù va oltre la morte, perché il suo amore e la sua misericordia, lo legano alla nostra salvezza come un bene inscindibile, neanche la nostra adesione al peccato, ferma il suo perdono. Questo brano mi porta, da mamma, a pensare a quanti nostri figli, si perdono per le strade del mondo, dietro a quelle luci che li attirano, dietro a quella che si spaccia per libertà, ma che è spesso una trappola mortale. Quanti genitori perdono la speranza di vedere i loro figli tornare verso la retta via? Quanti genitori potrebbero con la loro preghiera attirare sui figli la mano salvifica del Signore, ma non lo fanno, perché anche loro sono lontani dal Signore, oppure la loro fede è inconsapevole, tiepida, o addirittura inerte. In questo li vedo che accompagnano i loro figli ormai morti alla grazia, e neanche si rendono conto della misericordia di Gesù. Abbiamo visto la supplica del centurione pagano, ricordiamo quella della figlia del capo della sinagoga e quella delle sorelle di Lazzaro… di questa vedova non leggiamo la supplica, ma vediamo le lacrime di dolore, che commossero Gesù. Credo che non servano parole per spiegare che la salvezza è una grazia che Gesù brama di concedere, perché la nostra vita è la sua gioia. La madre gioisce per il ritorno in vita del figlio, come la Madonna, Madre della Chiesa, esulta per la conversione dei peccatori, figli strappati alla morte. Non limitiamoci ad andare nei Santuari a fare i turisti, ma riportiamo con noi, impressi nel nostro cuore, i messaggi della Madonna. Preghiera e digiuno per la salvezza dei peccatori, senza dimenticare MAI, che noi siamo tra questi, e che dobbiamo amare il nostro prossimo come Dio ci ama. Santa Maria , Madre di Dio e Madre nostra,prega per NOI PECCATORI.
Oggi, due comitive si trovano. Una comitiva che accompagna la morte e l'altra che accompagna la vita. Una povera vedova, seguita dalla famiglia e dagli amici, portava suo figlio al cimitero e all'improvviso, vede la folla che andava con Gesù. Le due comitive si incrociano e si fermano, e Gesù dice alla madre che andava a seppellire suo figlio: « Non piangere!» (Lc 7,13). Tutti rimangono a guardare Gesù, che non resta indifferente al dolore e alla sofferenza di quella povera madre, ma, al contrario, sente compassione e ridà la vita a suo figlio. È che trovare Gesù è trovare la vita, poiché Gesù disse di se stesso: «Io sono la risurrezione e la vita» (Gv 11,25). San Braulio di Zaragoza scrive: «La speranza della risurrezione deve confortarci, perché ritorneremo a vedere nel cielo quelli che abbiamo perso qui». Con la lettura del brano del Vangelo che ci parla della risurrezione del giovane di Nain, si potrebbe rimarcare la divinità di Gesù e insistere nella stessa, dicendo che soltanto Dio può ritornare un giovane alla vita; ma oggi preferirei porre in rilievo la sua umanità, per non vedere Gesù come un essere distante, come un personaggio molto diverso da noi, o come qualcuno così importante da non suscitare la fiducia che può ispirarci un buon amico. I cristiani dobbiamo sapere imitare Gesù. Dobbiamo chiedere a Dio la grazia di essere Cristo per gli altri. ¡Magari se ognuno che ci veda, potesse contemplare un'immagine di Gesù nella terra! Quelli che vedevano San Francesco di Assisi, per esempio, vedevano l'immagine viva di Gesù. Santi sono quelli che portano Gesù nelle proprie parole e opere e imitano il suo modo di attuare e la sua bontà. La nostra società ha bisogno di santi e tu puoi essere uno di loro nel tuo ambiente.
Articolo precedente(Lc 7,1-10) Neanche in Israele ho trovato una fede così grande.Articolo successivo(Lc 7,31-35) Vi abbiamo suonato il flauto e non avete ballato, abbiamo cantato un lamento e non avete pianto.
Gospel text (Lc 7,11-17): Jesus went to a town called Naim and many of his disciples went with him —a great number of people. As He reached the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was the only son of his mother and she was a widow; there followed a large crowd of townspeople. On seeing her, the Lord had pity on her and said, «Don't cry». Then He came up and touched the stretcher and the men who carried it stopped. Jesus then said, «Young man, awake, I tell you». And the dead man got up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. A holy fear came over them all and they praised God saying, «A great prophet has appeared among us; God has visited his people». This news spread out in the Jewish country and the surrounding places.
I beg you, O Holy Spirit, be my friend, faithful companion, in spite of my infidelity. Perfezionami because they are full of shortcomings, do not look at my faults, but my desire to really belong to you and forever. Let this my dream come true.
While continuing the wandering of Jesus, followed by his disciples, behold, at the gates of the city of Nain, they encounter a funeral. There was a mother who cried her son died, and it was a pain that crushed the woman, who apparently had no other reason to live, because in addition to his only son, he had already lost her husband too.
Jesus was passing by and was moved in front of so much pain! We see once again, as it did with Lazarus, who before death and pain Jesus is moved, that faith must overcome the pain through the hope of the resurrection. This guy can symbolize each of us, or our children, dead to eternal life because of sin.
Jesus goes beyond death, because his love and his mercy, bind him to our salvation as a good inseparable, even our attachment to sin, stops his forgiveness.
This song takes me, from mom, think about how our children are lost in the streets of the world, behind those lights that attract them, behind the one who claims to freedom, but that is often a death trap. How many parents lose hope of seeing their children return to the right path? How many parents with their prayers could attract the children the Lord's saving hand, but they do not, because they are away from the Lord, or their faith is unaware, warm, or even inert.
In this I see them accompanying their children now dead to grace, and not even realize the mercy of Jesus.
We saw the words of the Centurion pay, remember that the daughter of the ruler of the synagogue and the sisters of Lazarus, of the widow … do not read the petition, but we see the tears of pain that moved Jesus I believe that you have no words to explain that salvation is a grace that Jesus longs to give, so that our life is his joy.
The mother rejoices in the return to life of the child, as Our Lady, Mother of the Church rejoices in the conversion of sinners, children torn to death. Do not let's go to the shrines to make the tourists, but we report with us, etched in our hearts, Our Lady's messages. Prayer and fasting for the salvation of sinners, not to mention NEVER, that we are among them, and that we should love our neighbor as God loves us.
Holy Mary, Mother of God and our Mother, pray for us sinners.
Today, two groups of people cross each other's path… One group escorting the death; the other one escorting the life. A poor widow, followed by her relatives and friends, is carrying out his only son to the cemetery while, suddenly, she sees a lot of people following Jesus. The two groups of people get together and they come to a halt, while Jesus tells the mother that was going to lay to rest her son: «Don't cry» (Lk 7:13). The crowd looked at Jesus, who was not indifferent to that mother's pain and suffering, but feeling deeply sorry for her, He brings her son back to life. For, finding Jesus is to find life, as Jesus said about Himself: «I am the resurrection and the life» (Jn 11:25). St. Braulio of Saragossa writes: «Let the hope of resurrection encourage us, then, because we shall see again those whom we lose here below».
In reading this fragment of the Gospel about the resurrection of that young man of Naim, we could emphasize Jesus' divinity and stand fast on it, by saying that only God could have brought back his life to this young man; but, today, I would rather stress Jesus Humanity as, here, we do not see Jesus as a remote being, or as someone very different to us, or even somebody so important that He could not arouse in us the confidence and trust a good friend would.
We, Christians, must learn to emulate Jesus. We must ask God the grace to be like Christ for the others. How wonderful if others could see us as Jesus' very image on this earth! Those who saw St. Francis of Assissi, for instance, were also seeing Jesus' image. Saints are those that carry Jesus in their words and deeds, and imitate his way of doing things and his goodness. Our society need saints and you can be one in your environment.
Te ruego, oh Espíritu Santo, sea mi amigo, compañero fiel, a pesar de mi infidelidad. Perfeccioname porque estoy llenos de defectos, no mires a mis defectos, pero mi deseo de pertenecer realmente a usted y para siempre. Que este mi sueño hecho realidad.
Mientras continúa el deambular de Jesús, seguido por sus discípulos, he aquí, a las puertas de la ciudad de Nain, se encuentran con un funeral. Había una madre que lloraba a su hijo muerto, y era un dolor que aplastó a la mujer, que al parecer no tenía otra razón para vivir, porque además de su único hijo, que ya había perdido a su marido también.
Jesús pasaba y se colocó delante de tanto dolor! Vemos una vez más, como lo hizo con Lázaro, que antes de la muerte y el dolor de Jesús se conmueve, que la fe debe superar el dolor a través de la esperanza de la resurrección. Este chico puede simbolizar cada uno de nosotros, o nuestros hijos, muertos a la vida eterna por el pecado.
Jesús va más allá de la muerte, porque su amor y su misericordia, él se unen a nuestra salvación como un buen inseparables, incluso nuestro apego al pecado, detiene su perdón.
Esta canción me lleva, de la mamá, piensa en cómo se pierden nuestros hijos en las calles del mundo, detrás de esas luces que les atraen, por detrás de la persona que reclama la libertad, sino que a menudo es una trampa mortal. ¿Cuántos padres pierden la esperanza de ver a sus hijos regresen a la senda correcta? ¿Cuántos padres con sus oraciones puedan atraer a los niños mano salvadora del Señor, pero no lo hacen, ya que están lejos del Señor, o su fe no es consciente, caliente, o incluso inerte.
Ayer vimos las palabras del pago Centurion, recuerdamos la hija del jefe de la sinagoga y de las hermanas de Lázaro, de la viuda … no lee la petición, pero no vemos las lágrimas de dolor que movió a Jesús creo que no tiene palabras para explicar que la salvación es una gracia que Jesús quiere dar, para que nuestra vida es su alegría.
La madre se regocija en el retorno a la vida del niño, como la Virgen, Madre de la Iglesia se alegra en la conversión de los pecadores, los niños desgarrado a la muerte. No vamos a ir a los santuarios para que los turistas, pero nos informan con nosotros, grabado en nuestros corazones, mensajes de Nuestra Señora. Oración y ayuno por la salvación de los pecadores, por no hablar nunca, que estamos entre ellos, y que debemos amar a nuestro prójimo como Dios nos ama.Santa María, Madre de Dios y Madre nuestra, ruega por nosotros pecadores.
Texte de l'Évangile (Lc 7,11-17): Jésus se rendait dans une ville appelée Naïm. Ses disciples faisaient route avec lui, ainsi qu'une grande foule. Il arriva près de la porte de la ville au moment où l'on transportait un mort pour l'enterrer ; c'était un fils unique, et sa mère était veuve. Une foule considérable accompagnait cette femme. En la voyant, le Seigneur fut saisi de pitié pour elle, et lui dit : «Ne pleure pas.» Il s'avança et toucha la civière ; les porteurs s'arrêtèrent, et Jésus dit : «Jeune homme, je te l'ordonne, lève-toi. » Alors le mort se redressa, s'assit et se mit à parler. Et Jésus le rendit à sa mère. La crainte s'empara de tous, et ils rendaient gloire à Dieu : «Un grand prophète s'est levé parmi nous, et Dieu a visité son peuple.» Et cette parole se répandit dans toute la Judée et dans les pays voisins.
– Pendant que continue les pérégrinations de Jésus, suivi par les disciples, voilà qu'à la portes de la ville de Nain, ils rencontrent un enterrement. Il y avait une mère qui pleurait son fils mort, et c'était une douleur qui écrasait la femme qui n'avait apparemment plus d'autre motif pour vivre, parce qu'au-delà de son fils unique, elle avait aussi déjà perdu son mari.
Jésus passait par là et devant tant de douleur il fut ému ! Nous voyons encore une fois, comme avec Lazare, que devant la mort et la douleur Jésus s'émeut, que la foi doit dépasser la douleur à travers l'espoir de la résurrection. Ce garçon peut symboliser chacun de nous, ou de nos enfants, mort à la vie éternelle à cause du péché.
Jésus va au-delà de la mort, parce que son amour et sa miséricorde le lient à notre salut comme un bien inséparable, meme pas notre adhésion au péché, n'arrête son pardon.
Ce passage m'apporte, en maman, à penser à combien de nos enfants se perdent par les rues du monde, derrière ces lumières qui les attirent, derrière celle qui se vend par liberté, mais qui est souvent un piège mortel.
Combien de parents perdent l'espoir de voir leurs fils revenir vers le droite chemin?Combien de parents pourraient avec leur prière attirer sur leurs enfants la main salvatrice du Seigneur, mais ils ne le font pas, parce qu'eux aussi sont loin du Seigneur, ou leur foi est inconsciente, tiède, ou vraiment inerte.
En ceci je les vois qui accompagne leurs fils morts à la grâce maintenant, et ils se rendent meme pas compte de la miséricorde de Jésus.
Nous avons vu la supplication du centurion païen, rappelons nous celle de la fille du chef de la synagogue et celle des soeurs de Lazare…. de cette veuve nous ne lisons pas la supplication, mais nous voyons les larmes de douleur, qui émeuvent Jésus.
Je crois que cela ne sert à rien des paroles pour expliquer que le salut est une grâce que Jésus désire ardemment l'accorder, parce que notre vie est sa joie.
Cette mère jouit pour le retour à la vie de son fils comme la Sainte Vierge, Mère de l'Église exulte pour la conversion des pécheurs fils arrachés à la mort.
Nous ne nous limitons pas pour aller dans les Sanctuaires et faire les touristes, mais reportons avec nous, gravé dans notre coeur, les messages de la Sainte Vierge.
Prière et jeûne pour le salut des pécheurs, sans oublier JAMAIS, que nous sommes parmi ceux-ci, et que nous devons aimer notre prochain comme Dieu nous aimes.
Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu et notre Mère prié pour NOUS PÉCHEURS.
Aujourd'hui, deux cortèges se rencontrent. Un cortège qui accompagne la mort, et un autre qui accompagne la vie. Une pauvre veuve, suivie par ses familiers et amis, amenait son fils au cimetière et soudainement, voit la multitude qui allait avec Jésus. Les deux cortèges se croisent et s'arrêtent, et Jésus dit à la mère qui allait enterrer son fils: «Ne pleure pas» (Lc 7,13). Tous les regards se posent sur Jésus, qui ne demeure pas indifférent à la douleur et à la souffrance de cette pauvre mère, sinon au contraire, qui sent la compassion et rend la vie à son fils. C'est que croiser Jésus, c'est trouver la vie, ce qu'il dit de lui-même: «Je suis la résurrection et la vie» (Jn 11,25). Saint Braulio de Zaragoza écrit: «L'espérance de la résurrection doit nous consoler, car nous verrons au ciel ceux que nous avons perdu ici».
Avec la lecture du fragment de l'Évangile qui nous parle de la résurrection du jeune Naïm, on pourrait insister à nouveau sur la divinité de Jésus, en disant que seulement Dieu peut rendre la vie à un jeune; mais aujourd'hui je préfèrerais mettre en évidence son humanité, pour que nous ne voyons pas Jésus comme un être lointain, comme un personnage tant différent à nous, ou comme quelqu'un si excessivement important qui ne nous inspire pas la confiance que peut nous inspirer un bon ami.
Les chrétiens doivent apprendre à imiter Jésus. Nous devons demander à Dieu qu'il nous donne la grâce d'être Christ pour les autres. Si seulement tous ceux qui nous voyaient pouvaient contempler une image de Jésus sur la terre! Qui voyait Saint François d'Assis, par exemple, voyait l'image vivante de Jésus. Les saints sont ceux qui portent Jésus dans leurs paroles et leurs oeuvres et imitent sa façon d'agir et sa bonté. Notre société a soif de saint et tu peux être l'un deux dans ton entourage.


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Campus area crime map 8/18 - 8/25
Lily Maslia
A burglary was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred between 1:45 and 6:30 a.m. Aug. 18 on East 15th Avenue near Indianola Avenue. According to the online police log, an unknown person entered the victims' home through an unlocked front door and stole $3,850 worth of property, including a laptop, cell phone and wallet.
A rape was reported to University Police as having occurred at 9 p.m. Aug. 19 at Jones Tower.
A rape was reported to University Police as having occurred at 9:57 a.m. Aug. 20 on an unknown campus location.
An incident of motor vehicle theft was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred between 4:52 and 7:52 p.m. Wednesday on East 12th Avenue near High Street. According to the online police log, the victim left his car in the listed location and returned to find it missing.
An incident of theft was reported to University Police as having occurred at 11 p.m. Wednesday at Derby Hall.
An incident of burglary was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred at 2:45 a.m. Saturday on East 12th Avenue near Indianola Avenue. According to the online police log, $4,180 worth of property, including a TV, video game console and computer, was stolen and damaged.
An assault was reported to University Police as having occurred at 6:58 p.m. Saturday at Bowen House.

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Q: How to change the Brush color from a Pen in a DrawingGroup.Children tag I'm trying to change the property Brush from the next piece of code from another control, but don't know how to reach to this property.
This drawing brush is defined as an Application.Resource en App.XAML
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I need to reach the pen brush property when another control gets focused or hovered.
I don't know if this is possible

A: Actually I've found how to do this. But it requires code behind. Most important is Clone() method it allows to change control's resource and you should set this brush resource from code behind. And unfortunately code is not good readable.
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// And as mentioned in comments code for restore color
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.xml.DOMUtils;
import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.xml.ParserException;
import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.xml.QueryBuilder;
import org.apache.lucene.search.BoostQuery;
import org.apache.lucene.search.DisjunctionMaxQuery;
import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

/**
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  private final QueryBuilder factory;

  public DisjunctionMaxQueryBuilder(QueryBuilder factory) {
    this.factory = factory;
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« Business and Human Rights: where to go in the UN
Environmental Human Rights Defender Muhammad Dairyman Indonesia »
Contrasting views of human rights in business: World Bank and IT companies
Here two contrasting statements on the theme of business and human rights. One describes the hesitation of the World Bank to apply human rights criteria and even use the word human rights (posted in the Huffington post of 18 November 2015 by Nezir Sinani [www.twitter.com/NezirSinani] and Julia Radomski, and the other is a piece written by Owen Larter and Nicolas Patrick entitled "Microsoft & DLA Piper – Why Human Rights and Human Rights Defenders are Right for our Business" [published in the ISHR Monitor on 27 October 2015].
The Huffington Post's "Leaked Document Reveals Internal Struggle for Human Rights Protections at the World Bank" states that at a time when the World Bank is poised to increase its investment in fragile and conflict states, strong safeguards to ensure the poorest and most vulnerable don't pay the price are more important than ever.
For the past three years, Bank officials, governments, civil society organizations, and communities have given their input in debating and redrafting the Bank policies responsible for protecting communities and the environment. In a confidential statement to the Bank's Committee on Development Effectiveness, submitted a month before the second safeguards draft was made public, six Executive Directors (EDs) of the World Bank expressed pointed criticisms of the Bank's proposed new draft policies.
The major criticism relates to human rights. While to the layperson it might seem obvious that the World Bank would support human rights, or at least do their best to avoid rights violations, the Bank is notorious for evading use of the rights word in its policies. This aversion has persisted despite decades of evidence of egregious human rights violations resulting from Bank-funded projects. Earlier this year, a major media investigation found that the Bank had physically or economically displaced 3.4 million people over the last decade and exposed many cases where poor and vulnerable communities had suffered extreme distress and human rights abuses as a result. In fact, the head of the World Bank's private sector lending arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), announced he will step down amidst allegations of human rights violations in the IFC's projects.
The EDs behind this statement, representing United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, France, the Netherlands and the Nordic and Baltic (who together hold quarter of the shares), wrote that "it is very much the responsibility of the Bank to ensure that its operations do not violate human rights."
Protesters in front of the World Bank office in Brussels (Belgium), September 2014 (Photo credits: Arnaud Ghys)
The also statement uses strong language in arguing that "it is fundamentally the Bank's responsibility to ensure that it is able to deliver on the requirements of its own policies" – in essence, responsibility for environmental and social harm caused by World Bank projects lies with the Bank. These concerns align with much of the feedback given by civil society organizations throughout the safeguards review.
The second piece [however self-serving it may be in view of the origin of its authors] about Microsoft and DLA Piper has no problem with the word human rights, far from it. It starts by saying that increasingly many global multi-national corporations have committed to conducting their business in a way that respects human rights. For many the motivations are purely ethical (for instance many businesses have signed the UN Global Compact which includes a commitment to promote human rights). Others are driven by a mix of business and moral considerations – for instance, the many corporates who now recruit direct from the third sector need to demonstrate a strong human rights policy to readily attract such talent, in return for the wealth of expertise, insight, networks and even credibility such individuals can bring.
Then it describes with some detail the efforts made by the two companies, mentioning things such as:
DLA Piper and Microsoft's support for human rights is deeply ingrained into our corporate culture and practices.
At DLA Piper, many of the lawyers and consultants in the pro bono and responsible business teams come from the third sector and many in Microsoft's Corporate Citizenship teams across the globe bring extensive experience of the NGO sector.
Both DLA Piper and Microsoft are proactive in respecting human rights and both have adopted human rights policies, (Microsoft'sGlobal Human Rights Statement), with Microsoft also having created the Technology and Human Rights Resource Centre, designed to advance public understanding of the human rights impact of ICT.
DLA Piper and Microsoft benefit from close, collaborative relationships with hundreds of NGOs; a strong connection to civil society that makes our businesses stronger.
Our collective experience certainly supports the belief that businesses thrive in communities that are rights respecting ..and human rights defenders are crucial in fomenting rights respecting communities.
As a result of this mutual and long-standing support for human rights, DLA Piper and Microsoft believe there are several ways the business sector and civil society can provide mutual support to each other to minimise the risk of persecution of human rights defenders:
Human rights defenders should partner with and work constructively with the business sector and foster partnerships and collaboration.
Multi-national corporations ought to implement training for local managers (ensuring that local staff are trained to be respectful of the role of civil society, especially when communicating with regulators).
Businesses should always aim to behave in a way that respects the rule of law. Where in doubt, this case needs to be made repeatedly and clearly (for instance articulating their support for gay rights).
In certain circumstances businesses may wish to speak out in defence of NGOs and other civil society groups facing persecution. Having a prominent and well-developed policy on both Human Rights and external relations is helpful for guiding a company's behaviour.
Some of this personal risk to business or reputation can be alleviated by having strong Trade associations, with their own systems and processes for responding on behalf of all members (example: the technology industry via the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition around supply chain transparency).
Rights respecting businesses need to be aware of the limitations being placed on NGOs around the world, and start to seriously assess how this expands the role and responsibility of the business community……..Only through continued engagement between the business community, NGOs and human rights defenders can we continue to progress this important agenda.
see also: https://thoolen.wordpress.com/2015/06/28/london-discussion-on-business-and-human-rights-defenders-on-14-july/
Leaked Document Reveals Internal Struggle for Human Rights Protections at the World Bank | Nezir Sinani
Microsoft & DLA Piper – Why Human Rights and Human Rights Defenders are Right for our Business | ISHR
This entry was posted on	November 19, 2015 at 19:34	and is filed under human rights, Human Rights Defenders, ISHR.
Tags: Business and human rights, Civil society, corporate accountability, DLA Piper, Environmental issue, Huffington Post, Human Rights Defenders, information technology companies, ISHR, Microsoft, Nezir Sinani, Owen Larter, social accountability, World Bank


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John Pool (June 16, 1826August 16, 1884) was a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1868 and 1873.  He was also the uncle of Congressman Walter Freshwater Pool.

He was born in Pasquotank County, North Carolina near Elizabeth City and was tutored at home until his attendance at the University of North Carolina, where he studied law.  He graduated and was admitted to the bar in 1847, practicing in his home city until serving in the North Carolina Senate in 1856 and 1858.  Pool ran against Gov. John W. Ellis in the 1860 election as head of the "Opposition Party," which consisted primarily of former Whigs, like himself.

With the war-weariness increasing in civilian parts of the Confederacy during 1863, pro-Union activities began to become organized as resistance. The Loyal Order of the Heroes of America, also known as the "Red Strings", were started by several men from North Carolina, including Henderson Adams, North Carolina's State Auditor during this time. The actual leader was John Pool, who spent some time in a jail in Richmond, and who traveled through western Virginia in 1864.  While in West Virginia it was known that John Pool was part of (had joined in response to the Masons being against his "Red Stringed Beliefs") a fraternal brotherhood known only as ECV or E Clampus Vitus (different spellings were also recorded "E Clampsus Vatus, E Clampses Vitus and E Vitus Clampsus) which helped care for the families of fallen miners.  The order is known to still be around today in the western states.

He was elected by the legislature to serve in the U.S. Senate as a Republican once North Carolina was readmitted in 1868.  After his single term, he practiced law in Washington, D.C. until his death in 1884.  He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.

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Many people go online to learn about their medical condition. Does it mean they mistrust their human doctor?
Many patients may go online for help understanding their medical conditions – but it doesn't mean they don't trust their doctors. A new study from UC Davis finds that doctor mistrust does not predict whether patients will look to the Internet for a better understanding of their conditions. It may just mean that they want to be better informed about them, and benefit from the experiences of others in the same boat.
According to the new study, about 70% of patients polled said that they were planning to ask their doctors about information they'd found on the Internet. Half of patients said they planned on making specific requests based on this information. And some 40% of patients had printed out what they found on the web to take with them to their appointment.
But despite rising concerns about a flawed U.S. healthcare system, patients did not look online because they lacked faith in their doctors. Instead it was just to learn more about their condition, especially when they believed it was going to be long term or when it was more serious. Patients who felt they had some degree of control over their illnesses were also more likely to educate themselves online.
If you do use the Internet to learn about your health, make sure to use a trusted site, where the information is thoroughly vetted and backed by medical professionals. Hospital and university sites are generally good bets, but nothing beats the knowledge of a real doctor, who can answer specific questions based on your personal history and current condition.


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in: Episodes, Season 2
Air date November 18, 2006
Written by Mark Zaslove
Directed by Dan Fausett
Family Business Next
Cape Duck is the sixth episode of the second season.
3 Debuts
Sagittarius Stomper is on the loose and the Loonatics are called in to stop him. While the Stomper is climbing a skyscraper, Tech unleashes his new invention, the Atomic Phase Departiculator, which can turn certain forms of matter into its other forms. Before he can liquefy the building, the Stomper throws down heavy objects onto the public, including Duck.
Duck quacks out of the way, but accidentally bumps into Tech's invention, setting it off uncontrollably and freeing Dr. Dare in the process. The machine causes the Stomper to lose his footing and he plummets to the ground. The press, including an overzealous reporter, congratulate Duck on taking down the Stomper, who swears revenge on Duck before being led to prison. Stomper's mum confronts the Loonatics, trying to convince them that her son "is a good boy", showing them Stomper's baby pictures after the operation which gave him his robotic limbs.
Later at a press conference, Duck is soaking up all the attention and downplaying the rest of the team's efforts, which especially annoys Tech since it was his invention that stopped Stomper. However, Duck gets worried when a reporter informs him that the Stomper has managed to escape every prison he was ever sent to and gotten back at the people who put them there. Duck receives flowers with a note which warn him that he's now a target, and random objects appear to fall out of the sky wherever he is. Duck and Ace go to check the cell where the Stomper is supposed to be held, and they see that the Stomper is still locked up.
Meanwhile, Dr. Dare is still on the loose and has broken into the Greek history museum and stole Perseus' shield, which holds a reflection of Medusa the Gorgon's face. He plans to use the shield's power to turn the citizens of the city into statues. The Loonatics intercept Dr. Dare and his rock soldiers attacking the city. Tech uses his invention to turn Dr. Dare's flying platform into water, causing him to fall to the ground on top of his shield, turning him once more into a statue. Duck confronts the reporter and tells him that it was Tech who saved the day as well as the once responsible for capturing the Stomper. He hopes that the breaking news will convince the Stomper to attack Tech instead of him, but they find out that the Stomper has made them both his targets.
Tech and Duck got again with Ace to check up again on Stomper at the jail, and he is still there, displaying a threatening knitting pattern showing himself killing Duck and Tech. Freaking out, Tech and Duck "take a vacation" in the sewers where they hope they won't be found, however the Stomper tracks them there. Tech attempts to trap the Stomper, but it fails and the two run off as the Stomper chases them. When the Stomper captures Tech, Duck realizes that if he's going to claim to be the bravest action hero ever, he has to act like it, and throws a power orb at the Stomper, causing him to drop Tech.
Tech then reminds Duck of his "Aqua Dense" powers and tells him to use it with the sewer water. The "Aqua Dense" doesn't appear that powerful against Stomper, but holds him back long enough for Ace to use Tech's invention to trap him in a block of ice. Lexi had heard the Stomper's whistling with her super-hearing and she and Ace had tracked the three of them down.
They go to the jail, the Stomper in handcuffs and another Stomper still in his cell. Ace explains that he got suspicious of the Stomper when he saw that he had a pink toothbrush and knitting needles. Ace remembered that the Stomper's mother was an engineer who had built Stomper's robotic parts. She had build a Stomper robot, which she was piloting from the inside, and took Stomper's place in jail. The reporter congratulates Ace for his detective work, but Duck tries to convince him that it was really all part of his own plan. Until he hears familiar whistling that usually signifies that the Stomper is about to drop something. He runs to the elevator where the Loonatics have already left in, begging them to let him in before something else falls on him.
Sagittarius Stomper is introduced.
Tech's new invention is created.
Dr. Dare temporarily escapes.
Sagittarius Stomper
The Stomper's "Mum"
The Stomper and his mother are based on the Shropshire Slasher and his mother from the cartoon "Deduce, You Say."
The episode's title is based on the movie Cape Fear.
Tech howls when he defeats Dr. Dare.
This episode is the seventh one on the season two DVD set instead of "The Hunter".
This was the last episode to air in 2006.
[After a cow nearly falls on Duck]
Duck: He's got a cow, and he's not afraid to use it!
Ace: Next time you hear something, Duck...
Duck: Yes?
Lexi: Don't wake us.
Loonatics Unleashed Season 2
Secrets of the Guardian Strike Sword | A Creep in the Deep | I Am Slamacus | The Heir Up There | The Family Business | Cape Duck
The Hunter | It Came From Outer Space | Apocalypso | In the Pinkster | The Music Villain
The Fall of Blanc, Part I | In Search of Tweetums, Part II


The very, very popular Google Maps application on iOS today received its first update, edging the version number from 1.0 to 1.1. In 1.1, users can search saved addresses of contacts from within the app, as well as browse by a variety of categories -- food, coffee, drinks, gas, post offices, hotels, grocery stores, pharmacies, movie theaters, malls, hospitals, atms, and attractions are all choosable (though we'd suggest maybe just calling 911 over searching for nearby hospitals in an emergency situation). The app is also headed (in English) to a smattering of new locales today: Bahrain, Egypt, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain).


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Team Believes I Can do The Job, That Matters: Vijay Shankar
India all-rounder Vijay Shankar has said that the need for the team is his priority and he is always ready to adapt the situations and conditions.
Published: May 15, 2019 2:10 PM IST
विजय शंकर.
All-rounder Vijay Shankar being picked as India's No.4 batsman for the World Cup saw the birth of the biggest debate to engulf Indian cricket in recent times. Former cricketers and pundits have had their say and many believe that Ambati Rayudu or Rishabh Pant would have been a better option. But then, the five wise men — national selectors — clearly thought otherwise when they felt that Shankar fits the bill. Interestingly, criticism and Shankar have a history. They go hand-in-hand, to be honest. Not many cricket fans in the country would have forgotten the all-rounder's struggle against Bangladesh in the final of the Nidahas Trophy and the hate reaction that followed on social media after Shankar struggled with the bat during India's chase and ended with a 19-ball 17. Even though India won the game, Shankar was made to relive the horror of his innings again and again by media and fans. But every dark cloud has a silver lining.
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Speaking to IANS, Shankar said that it was a life lesson and one that made him a stronger human being who realised the importance of enjoying the moment and not putting too much pressure on himself on the cricket field. In fact, he also says that not many realised that it was just his first outing with the bat as an India player. "I would definitely say the Nidahas Trophy was a life-changing experience as a cricketer for me. It has been a year and everyone knows what happened and how difficult it was. "I would have easily attended 50 phone calls from all over India. The press people kept calling me and asked me the same question. Even the social media and all was a little difficult for me, I felt a little disappointed and took me some time to get out of that zone.
"But on the hindsight, it taught me how to come out of that, learned how to handle situations. That incident showed me that one bad day isn't the end of the world. It hasn't happened only to me, has happened to many top players over the years. "The best thing is that it happened on my first outing with the bat. I had bowled in the series, but that was the first time I went in to bat. I didn't realise what happened right then, but that was a life lesson. It taught me to enjoy every moment as things as such episodes are temporary and I must focus on giving my 100 percent," he explained.
Coming back to the much-debated batting slot in the World Cup, Shankar has learned to de-stress and not get bothered by what is being said around him. For him, it is the team management that counts. "I had a decent run when I batted at No.3 in the T20 series in New Zealand. The most important thing is that the team management has shown trust in me and believes I can do the job. That gives you extra motivation. The need for the team is my priority and I am always ready to adapt to situations and conditions.
"I am enjoying myself and don't put any pressure on myself. I like to read the situation and play accordingly. I give importance to work ethics and there is no shortcut," he smiled. Asked what exactly has the feedback been from the seniors and head coach Ravi Shastri, Shankar doesn't wish to divulge much and says that he is a keen observer and looks to imbibe as much as he can when he is around the senior players in the team.
"First of all to be a part of the Indian team is something we all dream about when we start playing. I am someone who looks to imbibe things from Kohli, Mahi Bhai or Rohit. I always believe in watching and learning from them. I have interacted with them to help me improve as a cricketer. They have told me that I am doing my job and the focus should be on keeping things simple," the 29-year-old said. Comparisons with the team's numero uno all-rounder Hardik Pandya is bound to happen and even before one brings in the topic of how his bowling could be needed in English conditions, Shankar says that he has been working on his bowling.
"I have been working a lot on my bowling and I am someone who believes in keeping the process right. I feel that if the situation arises when the skipper hands me the ball, I should be confident that I can do the job and only then will that translate into performance. It is all about gaining in confidence with every given opportunity," he pointed.
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The metaverse will feel alive once 'storytelling' becomes 'storyliving'
Amanda Farough@AmandaFarough
Storytelling is as old as civilization itself. Before we had formalized language, there were stories in pictures. Our picture stories these days are much more than actors on a screen — they transport us to new places in virtual reality and enable us to transform virtual worlds, maybe even changing ourselves in the process.
In "From Storytelling to Storyliving in the Metaverse" during GamesBeat's Into The Metaverse in partnership with Facebook, Hexagram CEO Jamil Moledina chatted with Vicki Dobbs Beck, executive in charge at ILMxLAB Lucasfilm; and Siobhan Reddy, the studio director at Media Molecule, about what the metaverse means for storytelling and the evolution into "storyliving."
As gaming and interactive media moves away from the traditional one-way communication of storytelling, there are better opportunities to enable people to tell their own versions of these tales without compromising the integrity of the story itself. Dobbs Beck calls that "storyliving."
"We realized that these [new Star Wars] experiences are not a film, not a game, and not an attraction, but we can actually learn from all of those as we're developing these experiences," Dobbs Beck said. "You're in a world, making meaningful choices, and you're driving the narrative forward."
In creating Tales From Galaxy's Edge, the latest in Star Wars VR from ILMxLAB, Dobbs Beck and the team were looking to do more than just tell a story that was an extension of Blackspire Outpost at the Disney parks.
"We could actually take people beyond those places, perhaps places that would be physically impossible to create," Dobbs Beck continued. "But then we had this notion of 'adventures' versus 'legends.' 'Adventures' was more open exploration and mission-type structure, and 'legends' really emanated from a hub, which is Seezeslak's Cantina. Through Seezeslak, you get to participate in curated 'legends.'"
The team at Media Molecule came from diverse backgrounds, Reddy said, and many have a wide range of interests. They all know that the kinds of experiences that they want to make shouldn't be limited to "traditional games." Even the name Media Molecule was created with that in mind — "to not be limited" to only games. As Reddy and her team at Media Molecule continue to move toward redefining digital spaces and game creation, Reddy herself looks back in order to look ahead.
"When I think back to the earliest ways that we talk about games," Reddy began, "things like emulating those experiences when you're having a jam with your friends in your garage or your bedroom; or playing Lego; or these communal moments where you would make up the story, or you would make up the song, but you'd riff on what was going on [around you]."
It was the interweaving of your experiences with others, that "riffing" and improvisation, that Reddy has been most interested in exploring in larger capacities through her work at Media Molecule. It's those "human stories" and "campfire moments" that Reddy noticed that fans of LittleBigPlanet loved the most. As Media Molecule began exploring what would become Dreams, they drew upon more than just video game design as inspiration.
"I was really into the Punchdrunk productions," Reddy explained. "I was very into secret cinema. I did this dance class where I would walk through this dance studio and every room had a completely different dance culture going on in it. These sorts of experiences, they really showed me what it's like to be somebody else. I think the Punchdrunk experiences, in particular, I think they, for me, were the most like being in a game that I could imagine. I was in charge of the narrative, in what I would follow."
Punchdrunk, the masterminds behind the wildly successful Sleep No More production at the McKittrick Hotel in New York City, pushes the boundaries of what theater is and how we, as an audience, experience stories. Punchdrunk's productions are the physical embodiment of storyliving.
"[Media Molecule is] actually very interested in art, music, theatre, tech, and fashion and how all of these things intersect and not be limited by just choosing one of those," Reddy continued. "Games are culture and culture, to us, is this thing that binds us together."
At the heart of culture, we're constantly exploring how to interpret and communicate what culture means to each of us. Part of that exploration is in delving deeper into what the metaverse is — the entire crux of this event. For Dobbs Beck and her team at ILMxLAB, "the metaverse is more of a creative construct, or framework, than it is a particular place."
ILMxLAB builds its worlds broadly in order to create experiences that can speak to each of the pillars that both Dobbs Beck and Reddy have been talking about, including "curated stories, perhaps divergent stories, emergent stories, live events, places where you can personalize, places where you can come together and share."
"One of the great strengths of Lucasfilm is that we have a story group who actually is responsible for the master narrative and the understanding how to take advantage of different opportunities that different platforms offer inside this greater whole," Dobbs Beck said. "I view [our work] a bit like a mosaic — each tile of a mosaic can stand on its and you would design to the strengths of the particular platform. if you pull back and look at all the tiles together in the mosaic, then a much bigger, richer design reveals itself. The whole is truly greater than the sum of the parts."
Above: Media Molecule's Dreams can be gorgeous.
Image Credit: Sony/Media Molecule
For Media Molecule and Reddy, Dreams offered a new perspective on what a metaverse could become, but only if it made sense to the player jumping in for the first time. For Reddy, she knew that she wanted to get players into the creative aspect of Dreams as quickly as possible. "Individual expression" is at the core of what Reddy envisions for Dreams and its community, so removing pain points and streamlining onboarding was very important.
"We spent a lot of time figuring out the right onboarding path for those creators who really wanted to make their own games and music experiences," Reddy said. "It's difficult because we are a small studio, so really we had to make a choice of where we spend our time and Create was a pretty hefty amount of work."
In order to do that testing along the way, Reddy got into the concept of in-studio "jam sessions" and how Media Molecule handles adding new features to the Dreams experience.
"Every time that we made something new, we would do a jam and we would see what people within the studio would do with [the thing we had made]," Reddy noted. Reddy went on to mention that while Media Molecule is, of course, composed of game makers who "wanted to be hand-hold-y," it's just not what their audience wanted. They wanted to be given light instruction and robust tools to create stories and "campfire moments."
Moledina made an excellent point about how Dreams is "moving the play space to a different place."
A piece of play in modern gaming is the capability for players to create their own assets as user-generated content, to bring that level of "personalization" with them into the games that they love. We see this in games like Minecraft, Roblox, and even Fortnite's Creative mode. When Reddy was at LittleBigPlanet's creative helm, UGC wasn't really a thing yet. There were mods, of course, but mods are not UGC. Since 2008, there's been an explosion of UGC in games.
"What we see [is] people really excited to express themselves and share experiences," Reddy said. "There's so much content out there, people are finding different ways to express their own individual thing. I love the wild creativity of people. You get these very raw, individual experiences. I love that about what we make and I love that about user generated content as a whole; being able to see the magnificence of the human imagination is just fabulous."
Moledina encouraged both Dobbs Beck and Reddy to dig a little deeper into how the metaverse either broadens or focuses the experiences that they work on. For Dobbs Beck, who doesn't consider herself a gamer, immersive storytelling and the metaverse offer rich opportunities for broadening Lucasfilm's audience.
"By addressing those things that are at the core — the desire to engage, create, share — VR offered us a means of stepping inside of Star Wars that never existed before," Dobbs Beck explained. "When we were creating Vader Immortal, one of the keys to that was [that] it had to be your journey. Even though Darth Vader was the central figure in this story, it was your journey and your unfolding relationship with Vader. The key was that you actually had to connect with Darth Vader."
Above: Darth Vader in VR: May the Force be in your face.
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And then, we have the question of how the creator economy fits into the metaverse. For Reddy and Dobbs Beck, however they approach implementing this in their games, it has to be done "right."
"We have a lot of thoughts and designs in discussion about [the role of the creator economy in the metaverse]," Reddy said. "It's really important to get it right. You've got to approach it very carefully and how you choose to achieve these things."
Dobbs Beck's job is a bit more complex, since she needs to consider the broader implications for IP within Lucasfilm, which is owned by Disney.
"It's really important to do it right and in our case we have to do it right as it relates to a big IP like Star Wars," Dobbs Beck offered. "I think it will be an important part of the future, but it's something that we'll probably ease into."
The metaverse is still this esoteric thing that both defies definition and requires it. For Dobbs Beck and Reddy, by redefining storytelling as storyliving, the player remains at the center of whatever that experience ends up being expressed as. While ILMxLAB may approach the metaverse in a completely different way than Media Molecule would, the ethos is still holistic: Let the player lead.
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Dec 6, 2019 | Movies
Some 25 years ago, when we lived in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC, my wife and I got up very early on a foggy Saturday morning to drive over an hour to rural Maryland for our first hot air balloon ride. When we arrived at 5am, the pilot was waiting for us, his balloon inflated and ready to rise. After some very brief instructions, we climbed into the basket with him and suddenly — without warning — we were off the ground.
With a crew member in a chase van following below, we soared over the treetops and the fog, propelled only by a slight breeze. I'd been warned in advance to wear a hat because, at 6'4″, the top of my head was mere inches away from the the burners that used propane gas tanks to propel heat upward into the balloon. The first couple of times the pilot pulled that cord, I could feel the intense warmth nearby, until I finally asked him to give me a moment's warning so I could duck down. He did, and the rest of the flight was magical.
There was something almost eerie about the silence that surrounded us as we watched the fog dissipate in the morning sunshine, giving us a beautiful view of the entire region. We stayed aloft for about an hour. Then the pilot coordinated a possible landing spot with the guy in the van and warned us that we were about to experience the bumpy part of ballooning. Because there's no real way to steer a hot air balloon, or have much control over its descent, he told us that, as we approached the open field he had chosen, we should lean way back in the basket so it wouldn't topple over, and that we would probably bounce a couple of times. He didn't use the word "jolt," but that's what it was, forcing a few seconds of breath-holding before the whole contraption came to a complete stop.
The end of the ride didn't negate the wonder of floating through the air, so a decade later I jumped at the chance to do it again, this time with both my wife and daughter, as guests in a rehearsal run several balloonists do each year a few days before The Great Forest Park Balloon Race. That led to yet another opportunity to ride in the basket of one of the race entries, but when that one came down extra roughly on Art Hill, I declared that my hot air ballooning days were over.
I thought of all this while watching "The Aeronauts," a new movie starring Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne.
It's the story of James Glaisher, who in 1862 was a founding member of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, and later its Meteorological Society. As a scientist, he wanted to observe the differences in the layers of Earth's atmosphere by taking a balloon up higher than anyone ever had. The goal was to discover a new, more reliable way to predict the weather by understanding what was happening thousands of feet above the ground. Since he was not a balloonist, he hired Amelia Wren, who had been aloft with her late husband several times until his tragic death. She reluctantly agreed to be Glaisher's pilot, and the film opens with her arrival, in full showboat mode, as she plays to a crowd of some 10,000 who gathered to watch their ascent.
The rest of the story follows their flight in almost real time, with flashbacks to the incidents that drove each of the characters to that point, and onscreen graphics that mark both the elapsed time and the altitude they reached. For much of the movie, Jones and Redmayne are the only people onscreen, so it relies entirely on their chemistry, which they had already established as co-stars of the 2014 Stephen Hawking biography, "The Theory Of Everything" (for which both were Oscar-nominated, and he won). While Redmayne once again plays a brilliant scientist, it is Jones' work as the courageous Wren that really stands out here.
The movie isn't entirely historically accurate, in that Wren is a fictional composite of other female balloonists of that era. But credit writer/director Tom Harper for making her the brave heroine, rather than the cliched woman-in-distress-saved-by-a-man. He also gets the science of "The Aeronauts" right, including the fact that it's not a hot air balloon like the ones I've been in. Europeans of that era, the first balloonists, used hydrogen and helium (two lighter-than-air gasses) to fill the balloon and lift the basket — without the need for burners like the ones that nearly scalded my scalp.
While "The Aeronauts" may not inspire you to take to the air in a balloon, it is a fun, thrilling adventure, suitable for family audiences and full of magnificent vistas, computer-generated though they may be. Produced by Amazon Studios, it opens in theaters for a two-week run today, and will stream on Amazon Prime thereafter — but because of its scope, I recommend seeing it on the big screen if you can.
I give "The Aeronauts" an 8 out of 10.
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Gilbert Arizona Income Charts
This section shows the Gilbert Arizona economy using the most recent economic analysis from the 2020 Census Bureau. Starting with Figure 1 which shows the median earnings per worker, Gilbert depicts it has a Median earnings of $61,389 which is the second most median earnings of all the places in the greater Gilbert region. The city with the highest median earnings per worker in the area is Queen Creek which depicts a median earnings of $67,693 (10.3% larger). Comparing median earnings per worker to the United States average of $49,041, Gilbert is 25.2% larger. Also, in comparison with the state of Arizona, median earnings per worker of $45,001, Gilbert is 36.4% larger.
In Figure 2 a more complete view of income is shown which aggregates income from all members in the household and it has a Median household income of $96,857 which is the second most of all the places in the metro area. The city with the highest median household income in the area is Queen Creek which depicts a median income of $105,729 (9.2% larger). Comparing median household income to the United States average of $62,843, Gilbert is 54.1% larger. Also, versus the state of Arizona, median household income of $58,945, Gilbert is 64.3% larger.
The next section examines a variety of different income statistics for the Gilbert metropolitan area. In Figure 3 we see that it has the percentage of earnings less than $10,000 less than most other places in the surrounding region at 5.2% of the total. Second, it has in the middle range of other places in the local area in terms of earnings between $15,000 and $19,999 at 26.1% of the total. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of earnings between $75,000 and $99,999 at 16.6% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Chandler (16.9%), and #1 Queen Creek (19.6%) are larger.
Figure 5 has the Average number of hours worked in a typical work week during the year, it has a Avg Hours Worked of 39.0 which is the third most average hours of all other places in the greater Gilbert region. The city with the highest average hours in the area is Chandler which depicts an average hours of 39.7 ( only slightly larger). Dividing median annual worker earnings by the average number of hours worked in a year in Figure 6 shows that it has a Avg Hrly Earnings of $30.27 which is the second most average hourly earnings of all the places in the greater Gilbert region. The city with the highest average hourly earnings in the area is Queen Creek which depicts an average hourly earnings of $33.29 (10.0% larger). Comparing average hourly earnings to the United States average of $24.31, Gilbert is 24.5% larger. Also, in comparison with the state of Arizona, average hourly earnings of $22.42, Gilbert is 35.0% larger.
Figure 7 examines the number of self employed people in the Gilbert metro area based on the number of people who reported any self employment income. Gilbert depicts it has a Self Employed of 12.8% which is the third most people self employed of all other places in the greater Gilbert region. The city with the highest percentage of people self employed in the area is Queen Creek which shows a percentage self employed of 16.2% (26.9% larger).
Turning our attention to Figure 8, the median household income by age group, it has one of the largest proportions of median income-under 25 years at $99,471 of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Queen Creek ($115,343), and #1 Sun Lakes CDP ($250,001) are larger. Second, it has the largest proportion of median income-25 to 44 years at $112,199 of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of median income-45 to 64 years at $61,994 of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Queen Creek with $69,638.
The next chart (Figure 11) shows the percentage of households that had retirement income over the last 12 months and it has a With Retirement Income of 16.1% which is the third most households with retirement income of all other places in the greater Gilbert region. The city with the highest households with retirement income in the area is Sun Lakes CDP which shows a households with retirement income of 54.2% (approximately 3.4 times bigger).
In the next chart, Figure 12, the median family income is shown for families broken down by racial group and it has one of the largest proportions of overall family income at $106,604 of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Queen Creek with $112,051. Second, it has the largest proportion of white family income at $97,891 of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of black family income at $97,031 of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Queen Creek with $127,829. Also, it has one of the largest proportions of american indian family income at $113,750 of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Chandler with $127,690. In addition, it has one of the largest proportions of hawaiian family income at $91,888 of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Queen Creek with $109,123.
Figure 13 shows the cost of living and other consumer spending categories for a variety of cost components from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Gilbert depicts it has the hightest cost of 149.0 for the cost of housing aggregate.
Gilbert Arizona Labor Force Charts
The next two charts look at very recent, monthly trended employment related performance using data estimated by economists at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS tracks unemployment statistics for a large number of areas throughout the country on a month to month basis. However, not every location in the U.S. is tracked by the BLS so the chart will only show the closest location available (which may be the same location.) Figure 14 shows the monthly unemployment rate for the area as well as a comparison to the overall national economy measure for the United States. Note that in March to April 2020, the Covid 19 recession or great recession occurred and affects this metric. . It shows that from January 2010 to before the Wuhan virus Pandemic the monthly unemployment rate went from 7.0% to 3.7% in March 2020. This represents a decrease in the monthly unemployment rate of 47.1%. Since that time, the monthly unemployment rate has gone to 4.2% This represents an increase in the monthly unemployment rate of 13.5%. In Figure 15 the monthly labor force participation which are people actively looking for work are also defined as unemployed but do not include people who have given up looking for work. . It shows that from January 2010 to before the disasterous COVID-19 Pandemic the monthly labor force participation went from 113,367 to 145,347 in March 2020. This represents an increase in the monthly labor force participation of 28.2%. Since that time, the monthly labor force participation has gone to 148,503 This represents an increase in the monthly labor force participation of 2.2%.
The next two charts look at the annual unemployment rate/eligible for unemployment benefits and is based on the American Community survey. Figure 16 shows Gilbert depicts it has a Unemployment Rate of 2.9% which is in the mid point range of other places in the local area. The city with the highest unemployment rate in the area is Goodyear Village CDP which depicts a rate of 13.6% (approximately 4.7 times bigger). Figure 17 shows the labor force participation using the estimated percentage of people either working or actively looking for work. Gilbert indicates it has a Labor Force Participation of 70.7% which is the second most participation rates of all the places in the greater Gilbert region.
The Components of Employment Status graph in Figure 18 shows the composition of the labor force broken down by employed, unemployed, and not in the labor force (but 16 years of age or older). Gilbert has the percentage of unemployed the second smallest when sorted by employed of all the other places in the metro area at 29.3% of the total.
The percentage of full-time workers are compared to the number of part-time workers in Figure 19. Gilbert depicts full time employees approximately 3.5 times bigger as the part time employees.
The next employment related data item is shown in Figure 21 which is the percentage of families with only a single earner in the greater Gilbert area. Gilbert depicts it has a Single Earner Families of 30.7% which is the third most families with a single earner of all other places in the greater Gilbert region. The city with the highest families with a single earner in the area is Stotonic Village CDP which shows a single earners rate of 36.6% (19.1% larger). The percentage of families with no one working is depicted in Figure 22. Gilbert shows it has a Families with No One Working of 10.0% which is the smallest when sorted by families with no one working of all the other places in the greater region. The city with the highest families with no one working in the area is Stotonic Village CDP which shows a families with no worker of 63.4% ( considerably bigger).
Gilbert Arizona Poverty Charts
The next section details economy analysis about poverty for residents of the Gilbert community. This performance can be enhanced by government programs such as economic opportunity zone to influence manufacturing, job growth, economic opportunity an hopefully lead to economic recovery after the recent Covid 19 recession. In Figure 23 the total number of people earning less than the poverty level are shown. Gilbert depicts it has a Total In Poverty of 12,835 which is the third most total people earning less than the poverty level of all other places in the greater Gilbert region. The city with the highest total people earning less than the poverty level in the area is Mesa which depicts a total people earning less than the poverty level of 73,573 ( very much bigger).
In Figure 24 the percentage of people earning less than the poverty level is shown and compared across the group of places. Gilbert shows it has a Percent of Population In Poverty of 5.3% which is the second smallest when ranked by percent of people earning less than the poverty level of all the other places in the surrounding region. The city with the highest percent of people earning less than the poverty level in the area is Stotonic Village CDP which depicts a percent of people in poverty of 47.0% ( considerably bigger).
In Figure 25 people who are in poverty are broken out by age group. Gilbert has one of the largest proportions of person in poverty 55 to 64 years at 10% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Stotonic Village CDP (19%), and #1 Sun Lakes CDP (81%) are larger.
The next chart, Figure 26, shows the percentage of people in poverty by racial group. Gilbert has the smallest proportion of black poverty rate at 3% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of asian poverty rate at 14% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Mesa with 15%.
Figure 27 shows key poverty statistics for groups based on marriage status. Gilbert has the percentage of married with children and in poverty less than most other places in the metro area at 12% of the total. Second, it has less than most other places in the greater region when sorted by unmarried with children and in poverty at 15% of the total. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of unmarried female with children and in poverty at 7% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Mesa (23%), and #1 Stotonic Village CDP (100%) are larger.
The next chart looks at the percentage of people in poverty based on their education level in Figure 28 marriage status. Gilbert has the smallest proportion of less than highschool in poverty at 8% of the total. Second, it has the second smallest when ranked by less than highschool in poverty of all the other places in the greater region in terms of highschool graduate and in poverty at 5% of the total. Figure 29 looks at only those people who make less than the poverty level of income and breaks down there employment status. Gilbert has the percentage of people who are in poverty and unemployed less than most other places in the metropolitan area at 19.5% of the total. Additionally, Figure 30 looks at the percentage of people who receive some form of public assistance including general assistance, temporary assistance or food stamps (i.e. SNAP.) Gilbert depicts it has a Public Assistance Percent of 4.1% which is less than most other places in the greater region. The city with the highest households with public assistance in the area is Mesa which shows a households with public assistance of 9.9% (approximately 2.4 times bigger).
Figure 31 shows the "Gini Index of Income Inequality" with a range from zero (perfect equality) to one (perfect inequality). Gilbert shows it has a Gini Index of 37.9% which is the smallest when ranked by the gini index of all the other places in the metropolitan area.
Gilbert Arizona Work Commute Charts
Figure 33 shows a more detailed view of how the population commutes to work for (for example to downtown Gilbert or elsewhere.) Gilbert has one of the largest proportions of people who drove alone at 79% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Chandler with 79%. Second, it has the second smallest in order of people who drove alone of all the other places in the surrounding region in order of people who carpooled at 9% of the total.
In Figure 35 is shown a frequency distribution of the time that people leave for work. Gilbert has the largest proportion of people who leave for work between 630 am to 7am at 16% of the total and is ranked #1.
The next graph in Figure 36 shows the average number of minutes that it takes for people to commute to work. Gilbert has the percentage of people with commute time of less than 5 minutesutes the second smallest in terms of people with commute time of less than 5 minutes of all the other places in the local area at 7% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of people with commute time between 5 to 9 minutes at 10% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Mesa (12%), and #1 Chandler (14%) are larger. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of people with commute time between 10 to 14 minutes at 15% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Mesa (16%), and #1 Chandler (17%) are larger.
The average commute time is shown in Figure 37. Gilbert depicts it has a Avg Commute Time of 28 which is the third most average commute time of all other places in the greater Gilbert region. Figure 38 shows the difference between male versus female commuting time. Gilbert depicts average commute time in minutes for men 31.0% larger as the average commute time in minutes for women. Figure 40 shows the total number of vehicles available for transportation and Gilbert has the percentage of no vehicle available in the center range of other places in the metro area at 12% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of 1 vehicle available at 47% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Sun Lakes CDP (51%), and #1 Goodyear Village CDP (69%) are larger. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of 3 vehicles available at 11% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Queen Creek (14%), and #1 Stotonic Village CDP (88%) are larger. Also, it has the largest proportion of 4 vehicles available at 4% of the total and is ranked #1. Figure 41 shows the percentage of people who both work and live in the same city (town or place.) Gilbert depicts it has a Work in city or place where live of 25% which is the third most of all other places in the greater region. The city with the highest people who both work and live in the same city in the area is Mesa which shows a people who both work and live in the same city of 37% (45.7% larger). Comparing people who both work and live in the same city to the United States average of 42%, Gilbert is approximately three-fourths the size. Also, in comparison with the state of Arizona, people who both work and live in the same city of 46%, Gilbert is approximately half the size.
Gilbert Arizona Jobs Charts
The next to charts break out the median earnings for major job categories for men and women. Figure 46 shows the median earnings of men for the job categories. Gilbert shows it has the hightest median earnings of $96,250 for the earnings-healthcare practitioners and tech occupations grouping. Similarly, Figure 47 shows the median earnings of women for the job categories and Gilbert depicts it has the hightest median earnings of $81,523 for the earnings-computer, engineering, and science occupations group. The table in Figure 48, shows Gilbert employment data in terms of job categories and salary data.
Gilbert Arizona Self Employment Charts
Figure 49 shows economic activity in terms of the number of people who are self employed in incorporated local business by industry. Gilbert shows it has the hightest entrepreneurs of 53% for the self employed management, business, science, and arts businesses group.
Similar to the last chart is Figure 50 which shows the number of people who are self employed but in more detailed industry categories such as manufacturing, retail sales, residential real estate, commercial real estate, health care, exports/imports, and advanced industries, etc. Gilbert depicts it has the hightest entrepreneurs of 30% for the self employed in professional, scientific, management, administrative services category.
In Figure 51 the average annual self employment/entrepreneur income is shown. Gilbert depicts it has a Self Employment Income of $44,853 which is the third most average annual self employment income of all other places in the greater Gilbert region. The city with the highest average annual self employment income in the area is Queen Creek which indicates an average annual self employment income of $49,994 (11.5% larger). Comparing average annual self employment income to the United States average of $39,154, Gilbert is 14.6% larger. Also, measured against the state of Arizona, average annual self employment income of $35,801, Gilbert is 25.3% larger.
Figure 52 shows the difference between the number of self employed men and self employed women (i.e. entrepreneurs.) Gilbert depicts total number of self-employed men 36.4% larger as the total number of self-employed women.
Gilbert, Arizona Economy Data
Figure 1: Gilbert, AZ Median Earnings per Worker
Figure 2: Gilbert, AZ Median Household Income
Figure 3: Gilbert, AZ Earnings Distribution
Figure 4: Male vs. Female Median Earnings
Figure 5: Gilbert, AZ Avg Hrs Worked in Week
Figure 6: Gilbert, AZ Avg Hourly Earnings
Figure 7: People Self Employed in Gilbert, AZ
Figure 8: Gilbert, AZ Median Household Income By Age Group
Figure 9: Gilbert, AZ Source of Income
Figure 11: Households with Retirement Income
Figure 12: Median Family Income By Race in Gilbert, AZ
Figure 13: Gilbert, AZ Cost of Living (100 = U.S. Average)
Figure 14: Monthly Unemployment Rate for Area Closest to Gilbert, AZ Tracked by BLS
Figure 15: Quarterly Labor Force Participation for the Area Closest to Gilbert, AZ Tracked by BLS
Figure 16: Gilbert, AZ Annual Unemployment Rate
Figure 17: Annual Labor Force Participation
Figure 18: Gilbert, AZ Components of Employment Status
Figure 19: Part Time vs. Full Time Employment
Figure 21: Gilbert, AZ Families with a Single Earner
Figure 22: Gilbert, AZ Families with No One Working
Figure 23: Gilbert, AZ In Poverty
Figure 24: Percent of Population in Poverty
Figure 25: Gilbert, AZ Poverty Break Out by Age Group
Figure 26: Gilbert, AZ Poverty Break Out by Race
Figure 27: Gilbert, AZ Poverty and Marriage Status
Figure 28: Gilbert, AZ Poverty and Education Attainment Level
Figure 29: Gilbert, AZ In Poverty and Working Status
Figure 30: Gilbert, AZ Households with Public Assistance
Figure 31: Gilbert, AZ Gini Index of Income Inequality
Figure 32: Gilbert, AZ Mode of Transportation to Work
Figure 33: Detailed Mode of Transportation to Work
Figure 35: Gilbert, AZ Time Leaving For Work
Figure 36: Time in Minutes Spent Commuting to Work
Figure 37: Gilbert, AZ Average Commute Time in Minutes
Figure 38: Gilbert, AZ Average Commute Time for Male vs. Female
Figure 39: Gilbert, AZ Detailed breakout of age groups by means of transportation to work
Figure 40: Gilbert, AZ Vehicles available
Figure 41: Gilbert, AZ People who both Work and Live in the Same City
Figure 42: Gilbert, AZ Median Annual Earngins by High Level Industry Groups
Figure 43: Men-Median Annual Earnings by High Level Industry Groups
Figure 44: Women-Median Annual Earnings by High Level Industry Groups
Figure 45: Gilbert, AZ Median Annual Earnings by Job Category
Figure 46: Men-Median Annual Earnings by Job Category
Figure 47: Women-Median Annual Earnings by Job Category
Figure 48: Detailed Job Categories with Annual Earnings for Gilbert, AZ
Figure 49: Number of Self Employed People by Industry in Gilbert, AZ
Figure 50: Gilbert, AZ Number of Self Employed People by Detailed Industry Grouping
Figure 51: Gilbert, AZ Average Annual Self Employment Income
Figure 52: Total Self Employed Men and Women
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