Hamilton Marathon – Week 4 | If Not You Then Who?
Another good week. I changed up a bit of the training, and added some extra milage. I totalled 100.8k from last Saturday to Thursday, this is the first time I've run over 100k in a week.
This is a workout I did a couple weeks ago that I decided to repeat as opposed to pushing myself for a hard 20k. Last week the hard 18k shattered my legs for the next couple days and compromised my next workout. My goal was to keep all 3 5k's under 21mins. I managed to do this over the first two, but the 3rd came in closer to 22:00. I was still really happy with this workout.
This was a great workout for me. I kept all my hard km's under 4:10 and really enjoyed the 5k cool down back to my house. I will do this workout again. It's a difficult workout, but I feel like I got a lot out of it.
I've done the 800, 1200, 1600 workout before. I was more careful to watch my rest between intervals this time. I'd do approximately 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 after 800, 1200, 1600 respectively. During the rest I stay on my feet, but do not keep jogging. I grab some water and pace around. I managed to hold 3:00/800m through the entire workout and was really happy with this result.
I followed the track workout with a group run to get in some extra milage and stretch out my legs. Not much to report here, I felt good through this extra run and it allowed me to get my weekly milage up to 100k!
Similar route to what I ran 2 weeks ago, except we added 2k on to the front end of the run to get it up to 34k total. Generally I'm not the best at fuelling my runs. I never bring anything on my other runs, and usually don't bring much on my long runs. I don't love gels, and have never taken salt, but I decided to give both a chance, as well as bringing along some water. My aim was to take salt approximately every 20mins, and a gel at 1h00 and 2h00. I also had water to hydrate throughout.
I knew the route and remembered from about 7k to 17k there were lots of rolling hills. I upped my effort here, especially going up hills. For the most part nothing too crazy, but enough for it to be a big relief when I reached the top. Then from 18 to 21k we had a planned tempo session. I tried to maintain good form and high foot turnover, and paid less attention to my watch. I knew I was moving well, but only after noticed this sections was about a 4:03/km average. From there in it was easy, steady running. I didn't hurt as much in the final 7 or 8k as I do on most long runs. I think this was due to a combination of running more, and improved nutrition on this run. In the last couple weeks leading up to Hamilton I'm going to try to continue to pay closer attention to fuelling properly during the run.


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Dr Matshidiso Moeti
Dr Matshidiso Moeti from Botswana the first woman WHO Regional Director for Africa has over the past 4 years, led the transformation of WHO Regional office for Africa into an accountable and results driven organisation. Over this period WHO AFR has focused on improving health security, universal health coverage and supporting countries in the implementation of SDG-3. Strong partnerships has been developed with various bilateral and multilateral health development partners.
Dr Moeti is a public health veteran, with more than 35 years of national and international experience. She joined WHO's Africa Regional Office in 1999 and has served as Deputy Regional Director, Assistant Regional Director, Director of Noncommunicable Diseases, WHO Representative for Malawi, Coordinator of the Inter-Country Support Team for the South and East African countries and Regional Advisor for HIV/AIDs.
She is renowned for having led WHO's "3 by 5" Initiative in the African Region at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, resulting in a significant increase in access to antiretroviral drugs by HIV-infected persons.
Prior to joining WHO, she worked with UNAIDS as a Team Leader of the Africa and Middle East Desk in Geneva (1997-1999); with UNICEF as a Regional Health Advisor for East and Southern Africa; and with Botswana's Ministry of Health as a Clinician and Public Health Specialist.
Dr Moeti holds a degree in medicine (M.B., B.S) and Master's degree in public health (MSc in Community Health for Developing Countries) from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, University of London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, respectively.
She was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Health & Allied Sciences, Ghana.
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Bears Ears National Monument, Utah
By sacredsite1 / May 17, 2018
The Site:
Bears Ears National Monument
Utah, U.S.A., in San Juan Country in Southeastern Utah on public land. The Bureau of Land Management, United States Forest Service, oversees the sites.
The Threat:
President Donald Trump approved the U.S. Secretary of the Interior recommendation for a significant downsizing of the land included in this National Monument in October of 2017. As reported in the Washington Post, Trump plans to reduce the monument to two or three small places. Such a reduction of the monument's land leaves vast areas open to oil and mineral drilling and cattle grazing. This has the potential of destroying the sacred qualities of the place along with sacred sites and artifacts.
Who Considers It Sacred?
The major American Indian groups in Utah: Diné Nation (Navajo), Hopi Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Unitah & Ouray Ute Tribe and the Pueblo of Zuni.
In addition there are numerous tribes and pueblos who have cultureal ties to the land in and around Bears Ears: the White Mountain Tribe, the San Juan Kaibab & Utah Paiute Tribes, Hualapai Tribe, and the Pueblos of Acoma, Cochiti, Isletta, Jemez, Laguna, Nambé, Ohkay Owingeh, Picuris Pojoaque, Sandia, San Felipe, San Ildefonso, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, Santo Domingo, Taos, Tesuque, Ysleta Del Sur and Zia.
Why is it Sacred?
The Indian tribes who regard Bears Ears as sacred have oral histories about the ears of a bear, manifest as two prominent towering forms looming above the mesa.
It is estimated that there are over 100,000 significant cultural and sacred sites which can be found throughout the extensive monument. These include ancestral cliff structures, ancient surface structures built from rock and ancient Diné Hogans. There are also hunting and gathering territories used to gather sacred plants for ceremonies, and incised rock sites that tell the history of the Native Peoples who have inhabited the lands included in the Bears Ears National Monument.
The Inter-Tribal Coalition website has information about the various regions of Bears Ears and photo slideshows.
What is its Status?
In mid-September 2017, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, delivered his "Final Report Summarizing Findings of the Review of Designations Under the Antiquities Act."
Zinke's report states, "It appears that certain monuments were designated to prevent economic activity such as grazing, mining and timber production, rather than to protect specific objects."
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by Melinda F. Emerson | November 05, 2020
If there's a constant in the small business world, it's change.
New competitors stealing market share, a global crisis, a product's dwindling relevance — change can make or break a small business. For owners, it's all how you handle change that determines whether you sink or swim.
Here, the stories of how five entrepreneurs adapted to uncertainty and navigated obstacles that offer valuable lessons to those facing pivotal moments of their own.
Know what questions to ask to pivot your business for success
Somto Ugwueze is founder and CEO of Destination Forward, LLC. Until recently, she focused on her website, Somto Seeks, which shows solo female travelers how to travel affordably and build a location-independent lifestyle.
But when the travel industry saw a dramatic slowdown this year, she lost 80% of her web traffic, causing ad revenue and affiliate income to drop to almost zero.
She says she learned that it's important not to panic when things go wrong. She suggests taking a deep breath and asking yourself these three questions:
How can I pivot my business to adapt to this situation?
What costs can I eliminate to keep my expenses down?
What can I do right now to position my business for future success?
Not only did Ugwueze pinpoint the right questions to ask herself about her business, but she already was thinking of ways to diversify her business before outside circumstances forced the issue. "To adapt to this unprecedented situation, I sped up the launch of two new business offerings that were already in the works," Ugwueze says.
"First, I launched a high-ticket blog coaching program. Within a few weeks, I closed three high-ticket clients, helping offset the revenue losses. Next, I launched a new website about online business called Fight the Cubicle, in response to requests from my audience. The website is quickly gaining traffic and already bringing in some affiliate income."
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Find new marketing avenues
While marketing is essential for every small business, sometimes the "same old" approach no longer works, whether that's because of increased competition or customers becoming immune to the same types of messaging.
Autumn Grant is the owner and founder of The Kind Poppy, a bath products retail brand located in Franklin, TN. After nearby Nashville was hit by a tornado earlier this year, and then her physical business had to close in accordance with public health measures, she decided to get more creative and seek opportunities to become more innovative in her marketing strategy.
"I reached out to large brands and small businesses to offer social media giveaways," Grant says. "We were able to help each other gain new sales while growing our community — a win, win! Our staff immersed ourselves in online marketing resources and took advantage of online classes."
After reopening her business's brick and mortar location in August, Grant says, she and her team have continued to consider ways to adapt, including offering pop-up shops to local vendors and selling tickets for DIY classes to make soaps and bath bombs.
Grant now recognizes that a company shouldn't wait for a crisis to change its strategy.
"It's truly been such a unique year that no business plan was prepared for. My advice for another business is to continue finding ways to be innovative. Your business, all businesses, are in a tough spot."
Autumn Grant, founder of The Kind Poppy
Find the best communication channel for customers
Not every business has the luxury of face-to-face communication with customers, especially these days. But for many, not adapting to how their customers want to interact can be a roadblock to fostering those relationships.
That may necessitate experimenting with different communication tools, even if they seem a bit unconventional.
Kevin Miller, founder and CEO of The Word Counter, a dynamic online tool used for counting words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and pages in real-time, says that this year, he's seen business owners revamp how they communicate with customers remotely. He says, particularly for businesses that are dependent on personal customer interactions, there is no reason for businesses to sacrifice quality customer experiences simply because they aren't communicating in person.
His own style of communicating in his business has changed, as more clients rely more and more on technology.
"We communicate with our clients through [online] messaging and video calls and it is working well for us," he says.
Not all clients will want to communicate in the same way, so be open to a few different channels to ensure everyone's comfortable with how they interact with your brand.
Be transparent with your employees
Twyla Garrett, president and CEO of Growth Management Services Inc. in Raleigh, NC, said that her construction business, like so many other businesses, was hit hard this year. While construction workers were considered essential, it was up to her company to protect employees on site amid a shortage of personal protective equipment.
Meanwhile, Garrett had to keep up with ever-changing government ordinances, and adapt to fluctuations in workers' availability.
To foster greater trust with employees, she strove to be flexible in managing them and transparent in all communications. She says the key to making it through difficult times is to keep open and constant communication to all, relaying both good and bad news.
She even offered money management lessons to her staff to help them find a way through tough times.
"Stay the course; adversity as a business owner is what makes you a better person and ultimately a better owner," Garrett advises.
Stay the course; adversity as a business owner is what makes you a better person and ultimately a better owner.
Trust your gut
Challenges don't always come in the form of unexpected turns in the market, but from personal or business connections, too.
When Dee Tutt, founder of DTRS Enterprises and creator of Savîle Tropical Rum Cocktail, decided to relaunch her brand, she encountered negativity and discouragement from many in the industry. Her aim was to create an alcoholic beverage using all-natural ingredients, but the naysayers encouraged her to use artificial ingredients so she could realize more profit.
"Each time I encountered these types of roadblocks, I didn't quit. I kept moving. I surrounded myself with people both in and outside of the industry that shared my mindset and offered encouragement, support, and advice to keep me going. By doing this, I successfully launched my initial brand as well as came back to market, stronger than ever, with my new product, Savîle Tropical Rum Cocktail," she says, "I didn't back down, and I didn't cut corners."
She says you must know your brand inside and out and not allow for any deviation from it because of industry pressures. "Advice is just that: Advice. You don't have to take it. If it doesn't feel right for you or your business, you have the choice to do what you feel is best."
No matter what the challenge is, it's the businesses that find ways to roll with the changes it brings that will come out on top.
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Guitars will be screaming this weekend at a special music festival and fundraiser in honor of a slain Havelock bar bouncer.
HAVELOCK � Guitars will be screaming this weekend at a special music festival and fundraiser in honor of a slain Havelock bar bouncer.
Eight bands are in the lineup for more than 12 hours of music beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday and running well past midnight at Flyers in Havelock to support the wife and 2-year-old son of Todd North.
North, 39, a retired Marine and well-known bouncer at area night clubs, died on April 14 after being shot at the entrance to the bar at 400 Fontana Blvd., as he sought to protect customers inside.
"Everybody was his friend," said Flyers owner John Bruns, who organized the benefit. "He was a very imposing individual. "If you weren�t intimidated by looking at him, you were stupid, but once you got to know him, you realized that he was very personable. The bottom line is he was always fair to people and that�s why I like him. I put him in charge of security and that�s why."
The event is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. with Donna Story singing the national anthem. The band lineup includes Chris Jones until 2 p.m., Closin� Tyme from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., the Jim Kohler Band from 4 to 5 p.m., Peace Soldier from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Down to This from 7 to 8 p.m., The 252 from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., Chasing Eden from 10 to 11 p.m., and Kill Mercy beginning at 11:30 p.m.
Festival organizers say that proceeds from the event will go to a memorial fund set up for North�s youngest son, Asa. Donations can be made to the Asa North Fund, c/o 1908 D South Glenburnie Road, New Bern, NC 28562.
North, a native of California, was shot while trying to protect patrons of the bar on April 14. The alleged shooter, Jonathan Pugh, had been involved in a fight, left the bar and returned with a gun, according to authorities. North was attempting to block the door when the shooting started, and he exchanged gunfire with Pugh, hitting him once.
Pugh survived but North died later at CarolinaEast Medical Center in New Bern. Pugh, 18, of Havelock, has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting, and he is next scheduled to appear in court on July 13.


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Selenochlamys ysbryda (Ghost Slug)
byAigbini Jennifer
A ghost slug (Selenochlamys ysbryda), is a predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the Trigonochlamydidae family.
The species was first recognized from various sites in Wales and was formally described and named in 2008 by Ben Rowson, a taxonomist at the National Museum of Wales (Amgueddfa Cymru) and Bill Symondson, an ecologist at Cardiff University.
Subsequently, it has appeared at numerous other sites in South Wales and a few in England, but it is assumed to have been introduced in the United Kingdom, mostly in gardens.
Superfamily: Parmacelloidea
Family: Trigonochlamydidae
Subfamily: Trigonochlamydinae
Genus: Selenochlamys
Species: S. ysbryda
Specimens likely to be this species have now also been identified from two sites in Crimea's natural mountain forest, indicating that the Crimean mountains are within its native range.
The strange Ghost Slug (Selenochlamys ysbryda) made headlines in 2008 when it was described as a new species from the Cardiff Garden. Very little was known about this animal when the first specimens were found.
Since then, the story has linked our collections and specialized expertise to prominent members of the British public, taxonomists in Europe, recording networks, and the media to show how a picture is emerging.
The bloodthirsty Ghost Slug (Selenochlamys ysbryda) of Cardiff, which preys on earthworms in flower pots, has been named one of the world's "top 10" newly discovered species.
The Arizona State University's International Institute for Species Exploration, gave the killer slug a place in The State of Observed Species, its annual report.
The report highlights thousands of new plants, animals and other specimens officially designated as new species in 2008.
The ghost slug was named Selenochlamys ysbryda (partly the Welsh word for ghost, ysbryd) and is thought to be the first beast to have Welsh in its scientific name.
Experts called it the Ghost Slug of Cardiff, even though the first one was spotted in Caerphilly on October 29, 2006.
A year later, another slug was discovered by a gardener in Cardiff who alerted the National Museum of Wales. Biology experts at the Museum and the University of Cardiff officially designated a new species last year.
The slug lies in flower beds waiting to suck unsuspecting "like spaghetti" worms.
With bladed teeth, they can eat earthworms, and biologists are now trying to find out how "alien" species have invaded Welsh gardens.
Ben Rowson, a biologist at the Cardiff National Museum, said, "Selenochlamys ysbryda seemed appropriate for this nocturnal hunter and indicated where it was first found."
Bill Symondson, an ecologist at Cardiff University, said: "The lack of eyes and body-colour could indicate the species that have evolved in the cave system.
Entomologist Quentin Wheeler, director of the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University, said: "Most people do not realize just how incomplete our knowledge of the Earth's species is, or the steady pace at which taxonomists are exploring that diversity."
He added: "The tracing of the species of the world and their unique attributes are essential parts of the understanding of the history of life."
Emphasizing its spooky nature, we have given the species the scientific name Selenochlamys ysbryda, based on the Welsh word ysbryd, meaning ghost or spirit. The common name of "Ghost Slug (Selenochlamys ysbryda)" soon became well known.
Adding it with the obscure genus Selenochlamys was a specialized task and required the dissection of several specimens, including our holotype. (Incidentally, Selenochlamys already combines Greek words with Selene, the goddess of the moon, but "Moon-Cloaked Ghost Slug" sounded a little too melodramatic.)
In many respects, The Ghost Slug (Selenochlamys ysbryda) is very strange. It is extremely elusive, living in the soil up to a meter deep, visiting the surface rarely. In large numbers, it seldom occurs.
This makes it a typical difficult slug to look for, particularly in the gardens of other people or other places that can not be excavated.
It's very distinctive, too. After examining one, most agree that it will be unmistakable in the future (haunting, perhaps?).
The slug is ghostly white, almost eyeless. It kills and eats earthworms whose burrows it may enter with its extremely extensible body.
This differs from most other slugs in the fact that they have a breathing hole right at the tail, and that they retract like the finger of a glove, appearing to suck their own head inside out.
Unlike some British slugs, a good photograph can be identified with certainty. The pictures here show some similar species that are often confused with it.
This combination of elusiveness and distinctiveness makes the species perfect for a public recording project.
Scientists need to know more, not just out of curiosity, but because the species could pose a threat to the populations of earthworms. It appears to have been introduced from abroad, i.e. to be alien or non-native species, the spread of which may be of concern.
We would like to thank the then Countryside Council for Wales (now part of Natural Resources Wales) for funding early survey work and dissemination of information in 2009 and others who have spread the word.
Contributions by the public
Responses from more than 300 people across the UK (and a few from overseas) have been received and responded to since 2008.
A large proportion of these They were mistaken identifications, but many were correct, and now more than 25 Ghost Slug (Selenochlamys ysbryda) populations are known. These verified records were submitted to the National Biodiversity Network through the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
The Ghost Slug (Selenochlamys ysbryda) can be found in two sites in Bristol and in south-east Wales in all the main valleys and in the cities of Newport and Cardiff.
However, it remains rare or absent in some nearby areas (such as Swansea) and does not occur in any way throughout the region. Virtually all records come from gardens, settlements, or nearby roads and riversides in populated areas.
This is also true of the unexpected outlier reported in May 2013 from Wallingford, Oxfordshire, which may indicate an eastward spread. The species is evidently well established in Britain and has survived the unusually cold, dry, or wet winters of the last five years.
Contributions by specialists
This species has been scattered around Britain for at least ten years but has not yet been seen elsewhere in Western Europe. The first records are from Brecon Cathedral in 2004 (in the 2009 paper by German taxonomists) and from Caerphilly in 2006 (in the pet invertebrates forum).
It was expected to originate in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia and Russia, or in northern Turkey, where other Selenochlams were present. However, a 2012 paper by a taxonomist based in Ukraine described a museum specimen of S. Ysbryda was found in 1989 in Crimea.
Which can be expected – Crimea has a number of endemic molluscs, and several alien species in Britain were originally described in the region. The United Kingdom also has a history of conflict and trade with Crimea (there is even Sebastopol near the slug population in Cwmbran!), making a direct, accidental introduction plausible.
DNA was sequenced from six specimens of Ghost Slug, Cardiff, Newport, Bristol, and Talgarth as part of our recent British Slug studies. The sequences were all but similar, supporting the theory that the species is not native to the United Kingdom.
If you are going to report a sighting, please make sure your slug is a true Ghost Slug (Selenochlamys ysbryda). You can verify this this by looking at the mantle and the eyes.
The mantle looks like a layer of skin through which the breathing hole is often evident. This Ghost Slug (Selenochlamys ysbryda) has a tiny, disk-shaped mantle on the back of his body.
There are no eyespots on its tentacles. Other white or pale slug species have a huge, cloak-like mantle over their shoulders near the front of their bodies. They have black eyespots on the tips of two of their tentacles.
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Westwood loves to make spy planes as superweapon. So, people aim and a spy plane arrives and reveals a small area for you. Modders prefer a spy plane as an unarmed aircraft with good sight. The spy planes from PPM will really inovate them and if you are good enough, you will be break defenses with them or even bases.
Breaking defenses and bases sounds weird for a spy plane, but what spy planes in PPM still have as primary objective to be used to uncover the shroud. Spy planes are fast and can be fast enough to atract enemy missiles to far distances. The use of this trick can transform a simple Spy Plane in a deadly weapon. Nod players gonna like it a lot, specially because Nod's spy plane will have the best overall damage as a Kamikaze unit. The Brotherhood of Nod has tweaked the aircraft to make it very fast and makes a considerable stronger explosion than any other airplane when destroyed and spy planes are easily to be destroyed in Final Dawn. Other sides will also have their exclusive feature in their spy planes, but tending more to recon missions.
Breaking defenses with spy planes are the task of bringing a group of them, aproach the victim by forcing fire and if it's near enough, the enemy missiles will hit their own building. GDI players must be aware of this, because the Missile Defense upgrade is very strong at enemy units, but it can also make a dangerous damage in your own buildings. So, beware when using it. Obelisk Of Darkness have less risk of affecting its units, however, Nod SAM are still dangerous. TDL also may have problems with their Advanced Guard Towers and Cyborgs would also suffer with Plasma Turrets.
Defenses for these situations are the use of safe anti-air units, specially infantry. GDI has the AA Infantry which is strong and 100% effective at targets. Nod has Stealth Laser Trooper, which is weaker than AA Infantry, but might surprise aircrafts with its stealth ability. It's important to remind that Stealth Laser Trooper also hits land units and AA Infantry doesnt hit land units. TDL has Sargeant as a good solution against Spy Planes and Cyborgs has Specialist Trooper where it shoots rockets which only damage air units.
The most important step to defend against them is to mix units with towers in the defense. If you defend well by air, spy planes will not be a problem. You can also consider units capable of damaging more than one unit per shot and that's where GDI and Cyborgs have the best tower solutions, Missile Defense and Plasma Turret respectively. While they can't be good at spy planes inside their base, they are great before they enter. Paranoid players can build an extra MCV to become able to make these towers far away from the base, in the middle of the way protected by some units.
And this comes to clarify that PPM will be much more of a unit combat than defense buildings. Wise players use units to backup towers in the defense.


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Kris Jack, science2innovation
I caught up with Kris Jack to talk about cofounding science2innovation, his journey from academia to industry, and his motivations for creating a platform that makes it easier to turn academic research into products.
Kris, thank you so much for sitting down with me today. Could you introduce yourself to our readers?
Absolutely! I originally come from an academic background and finished my PhD in AI in 2006. I was very fortunate to have a lot of freedom with my thesis and over the first year, I chose a topic which really fascinates me – which is How do children learn language? and building computational models of it. This allowed me to look at research in cognitive science, linguistics and neuroscience which are fun areas that appear in AI. I could spend a few years geeking out on a topic that (at that time) I thought had no real money or commercial applications behind it. It was really research for adding to the body of knowledge in the world, so that was lots of fun!
When I finished, I had to think about what to do next. Do I stay in academia or do I go into industry? It was a tough decision. When you leave academia, you've got a certain window of time where you can realistically go back into it. In academia, the world is set up around your academic publications. So if you stop publishing, it's like the currency of your world dries up and you can't go back into it so easily. So a lot of people go out of it to see what it's like and then step back in. I did it three times as I did three different post-doctoral positions. They were all fantastic. Each one, I learned something completely different from.
First off I moved to France Telecom, or Orange as it was called by then. I did 18 months learning about personalised information retrieval; so personalised search, and information filtering, which most people call recommender systems. I did a lot of interesting work there but I got a little frustrated because what I was producing never got out as an actual product. It's a common problem in research where work ends up on the shelf.
Then I changed and moved into a different Postdoc and went and worked for a French company called CEA (the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission), where my role had nothing to do with atomic energy. I was working in what was rumoured to have been a 'James Bond' department at some point in time but I can't talk too much about that! But, let's just say, a lot of things that exist now, these companies were working on many decades ago. What was seen as sci-fi back then, they were looking to crack these problems. Can you imagine giving a device that looked like a tablet from nowadays to someone, so they could automatically scan documents written in another language and translate it for them, all whilst connecting to the internet to tell them what it meant. So really fun and cool stuff!
Then I went to do my third Postdoc, where I moved back to the UK and joined the University of Manchester and worked in the national centre of text-mining for 6 months. That was my last position in academia.
After the University of Manchester, I discovered a company called Mendeley, who were making tools for researchers. It was an early London tech startup, which excited me because even though the research I was doing in academia was exciting for me, I never really got it into mass public hands. It would be the case, far too often, that great work from my colleagues would end up sitting on the shelf – which is very sad and very frustrating. I also wanted to try out a smaller company as I'd worked for both medium and large companies, but never a startup, so I wanted that experience. I found my home when I went there, it was a fantastic experience. I stayed with Mendeley for several years, specialising in mostly recommender systems technology, although working on a wide range of data science projects.
We were then acquired in 2013, where I went on to become the Head of Data Science for Elsevier (who acquired Mendeley) – they're the largest academic scientific publisher in the world. It was a great privilege to be a part of projects that were more substantial and significant, that would reach more people with actual products. The flagship product that I am most proud of from my time there is Mendeley Suggest, which is like Netflix or Spotify for academic research papers.
So, a bit of jumping around in my career, but the thread that holds it all together is information systems. How does information get in our heads (i.e. language learning), get out (i.e. language production), how do we guess other people's preferences, and how do we help them find things?
You moved from Elsevier to TUI late last year (who are quite different!) – what made you make such a big step in industry?
TUI was another great opportunity to take as travel and leisure is one of the top industries that's been found to benefit most from AI and data science. There's a huge amount of potential to improve people's experience while on holiday. TUI is the largest travel and leisure company in the world, so it was great to see it from their perspective and apply the types of technics that I'd learnt over the years to the problems they had.
So, why create science2innovation? Where did this all come from?
I was reflecting on my own career path and when I was looking at how difficult it was to decide on whether I wanted to be in either academia or industry, I realised that there wasn't a single tool or place to go to that will help with that decision. So, my problem was that I had read, learned and produced some nice research but didn't know to find companies that would make the best use of my skills. Researchers tend to focus on their career in terms of academic publications as this is how you funding for future research but industry does not, there's not a lot of overlap between the two. Academia and industry basically don't talk the same language.
Industry is often (and rightly so) very discreet and cautious about telling the world the types of problems they're trying to solve. Many times, when you read a company's job advert, it often describes a general set of skills that they are looking for in a candidate. It doesn't reveal the detailed specific problems as this would give away a competitive advantage if other companies were to read it. At the same time, from an outsider's perspective, it's hard to get noticed and showcase your skills as they are all in research publications. There's not really a place where you can go to showcase your skills in a language that is accessible for industry to pick up.
Having experienced that myself, when I met my Co-Founder (Beatrice Zatorska), we instantly clicked. She has been working in commercialising technology for the past 20 years, and most recently in a management consultancy role. She started in the defence sector and pretty much moved into every other sector that's ever existed along the way. She would go into companies (usually under NDAs) where they would explain their problems and needs and she would go out and find the right talent and technologies that can help solve it. Sometimes it would be finding tech they could buy, sometimes it would be finding an expert who could come in and help them, as well as pretty much everything in-between. She would sometimes take research from the ideas stage all the way through to marketing it and taking it out to the real world.
So, she'd been working on solving a problem that I had experienced myself. The problem of specialised people finding it hard to find companies that needed their skills and vice versa. So, we both met each other through Antler, which is a startup generator and early stage VC. We started discussing with each other our different experiences and realised we were both obsessed with solving this problem. Even when we speak now (because she comes very much from an industry perspective) the two of us sometimes have challenges talking about the same thing together because we have different ways of explaining it and different words to describe it. We're like a very small-scale example of what's happening on a much larger scale, with two worlds who don't speak the same language – but we really like each other so make the effort! We're figuring out how we can put a solution in place where we can help others get over these language barriers.
So science2innovation is a place where you can go as a researcher and describe your research (or research you know well) in plain English. Companies can search through those plain English descriptions (which we call Blitzcards) and can find solutions to their problems, all in private. It allows companies to search for the solution to their problem in confidence and from those Blitzcards, they can reach out to people with that expertise or technologies.
That's amazing. How does the platform work?
We've been speaking over the years (and really focused on the past couple of months) to as many researchers, companies and the players in between these two worlds. There's a particular office called 'Technology Transfer Office' that many universities and institutes have attached to them. Their reason for being is to get the research out of the university and to get it commercialised and into the real world, and some are doing a really good job at it. Some countries have really perfected this method, but for many others, it's tough because they don't have enough people working in the tech transfer office to represent all the different research in their institute and keep on top of it. Because industry has its need for privacy, they have to spend quite a bit of time building these relationships to know who needs what.
We've been speaking with a lot of technology transfer officers to find out their needs, pain points and what works and this is what we've found to be the biggest problem – not being able to keep on top of all that research and not knowing all of the demand. This tends to lead to a lot of localised transfers, building really good relationships with geographically close companies. So, we want a more globalised solution, which would allow a company in Australia (who needs a certain technology) to find the solution in somewhere like Morocco. science2innovation uses machine learning to help companies find tech relevant to their needs and to connect to specialists who can help solve their problems.
What made you finally take the jump at starting science2innovation?
I really need to solve this problem!
I get so excited about this. I love this problem and I think it's important that people work on what they love doing. I don't have a more eloquent answer to that, unfortunately.
What made you go with Antler, over other larger cohorts?
Antler is an interesting startup generator and early-stage VC, that brings together groups of people who want to create startups in tech. It's run by a strong team of experienced entrepreneurs and professionals. At times, it feels like being in an episode of The Apprentice, at other times Dragons' Den. They put your feet up to the fire on the important issues and want to see you succeed. My group is based in London and has around 75 people in it.
They take time to interview everyone and it's a very selective process. They have done their homework about what makes a successful startup and what the problem areas are to avoid. They give masterclasses that are fantastic and help us to think about many of the characteristics that are important in setting up a startup. They focus very much on the founding team for each startup being strong with complementary skills and shared values. I'm very glad to have chosen Antler as I have found Beatrice through it.
The big problem you're trying to solve with science2innovation is the communication between academia and industry. What issues do you think your work will have the most impact on?
One of the big problems between the two different worlds is that they don't talk the same language, and there are two aspects to that.
One is that academic literature is loaded with specialised terminology which often makes it hard to read through a paper. You get trained for years to be able to read research, as well as produce and disseminate it. The second is a problem with the language side of things. It's not just an issue across from industry to academia. Even within academia, different fields of expertise find it difficult to read each other's work.
The biggest pain point from the industry side is you can't easily access and search through these academic solutions as they're written in a different language. We've had a lot of interest from companies as they're after a search tool, where they input their problem in plain English and find the right tech and talent that solves your problem. So, we thought this may be a bit of a moonshot but we're going to try and build this!
The main issue around the two worlds is that there are different incentives for both of them. From the industry side, you want a solution as soon as possible. You often don't need a novel solution, but if you don't know it exists it's hard for you to solve your problem. As for academia, you're incentivised and your career grows based on your publications list. Academic articles need to have a certain level of novelty to them, meaning you can't produce a result that's already been published – so there's always this incentive to do something new. Those two things are misaligned. Companies need solutions quickly and whereas academics need to creating novel solutions, which often don't come quick.
What we hope to do through science2innovation is we're asking researchers who have all the expertise and knowledge to write these plain English translations (Blitzcards) of new and existing academic work. We're asking academics to take a step towards industry. This is something, for most people, that usually happens at a much later stage, where you have to explain it in a lot of detail.
When it comes to the recruitment side when finding top talent, we've been getting a lot of feedback from companies saying when they're interviewing candidates, they're not just after very technically talented people, but are looking for people with business acumen who can take the work they've done and can apply it in such a way that it will benefit the company they're working for. The traditional job description and CV approach doesn't do a very good job at this at the moment, meaning that you need to get through the screening process before you can explain how your work solves their problems. We want to move that to the initial conversations.
Was science2innovation founded on the pain points you had whilst moving into industry?
Certainly! When I was finishing my PhD and I didn't know what my options were. I would search different job listings and at the time the work I was doing was not as 'hot' as it is now. Finishing a PhD in AI now would be a lot more popular, but at that time, there weren't obvious applications for it. I wasn't being approached by recruiters and people weren't noticing what I was doing. I think that's true for a lot of early-stage researchers until you need to build a name for yourself. There's nowhere you can really go and search for a company that can use these skills – it's tremendously hard. The job descriptions had abstracted away from the real problem enough that many of them didn't look very enticing for me. It made it very hard to match very specialised skills with an industry that needed them. I believe that there's often a better possible match than the ones we currently see.
It's worth noting that going into industry isn't for everyone, so creating an academic partnership is always an option. Only 20% (on average) of academics tend to be interested in commercialising the academic work they're doing. Most academics do it to advance the world's body of knowledge on subjects, which is a noble profession and money can get in the way of it. If academics wanted to be in industry, they would. For the few that are interested in going into industry, it's not obvious how to find the companies that will make the best use of your skills and that you'll have a job that you'll adore and geek out in.
Now you've started science2innovation, how have you found it? Going back and forth from academia to industry and now becoming a founder must be very interesting.
Yeah, I love it!
I haven't spoken to as many people about their problems and how we can help solve those problems in such a condensed space of time as I have in the past two weeks. It's let a lot of lightbulbs flash and it's been a really exciting design process to follow. We follow an ethnographic process where we're trying to understand what people's current problems are and how they go around addressing them at the moment, all whilst listening out to the problems that evoke real emotions from them. We then know that we're trying to solve a problem that's worth building a company for.
This has been a fantastic experience. I've loved talking to researchers and companies, as well as everyone in between, who are often very passionate about this problem as they care about research going somewhere. Now we're giving them a platform where they can market that.
Finally, any advice for Data Scientists and Researchers in taking that leap and finding their own dream and passion?
For me, what helps the most is if you tackle a problem that you're very passionate about. The solution will change, probably every day to start with and will continue to for a couple of years. Similar to if anyone's ever done an MSc or PhD before, you need to have a lot of self-motivation to reach the end of it and if you're not really into the problem you're solving and not into what you're doing, then you may give up along the way. It's completely normal as it's a very hard journey and I think it applies a lot to startups, as in startups you have to be everything and you have to wear every hat. It's going to be a much harder experience if you haven't fallen in love with that problem.
That would be my main bit of advice, as the technology changes you will always learn new skills and things. That problem needs to be something you wake up in the morning and think 'I have to solve this, the world needs that solution'. I think the solutions to a lot of the world's big problems like world hunger and the climate crisis can be addressed with impact technology and make a difference, a lot of answers are in academia already and the answers aren't getting out there.
That's my personal motivation. I adore the problem I'm working on – I want to solve it. What doors can we open for this flow of knowledge to go faster?
Kris, thank you for taking the time out and speaking with me about yourself and what you're doing at science2innovation. I look forward to following your journey!
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I think we all keep these personal catalogues of our own unvanishing objects. One thing I always love about getting to really know someone else is discovering their unvanishing objects and the way that they talk about them.
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Marvel + Moon actually started as a blog. A sort of loose travel blog/online diary to wax nostalgic and a place to showcase my travel photos. The name, Marvel + Moon, was inspired by my constant seeking of magic and wanderlust in travels, life, art, and creativity.
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When I'm alone, I'm always thinking about the same thing, which is the interior (and other) lives of the characters in the novel I'm writing. It's been this way for my whole life, not with these particular people, who have changed over time, but with imaginary people. It's one of the reasons I like being alone so much, because it's really hard to get a good grip on them when I'm with other people, and I'd almost always rather be with my characters than actual humans. If we're not together for a while, I miss them. I need a tremendous amount of emotional space to write fiction, and if I don't have it, I get very tense and sad and anxious and start acting like a complete garbage bag.
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As a service provider, I really just want to help you become your best self. I used to be obsessed with that What Not to Wear show, and there were a lot of great tips on it, but at the end of the episode everyone just sort of looked homogenous and like a very specific version of what style was supposed to be, and I don't so much love that. I think you can make any look work as long as you really commit. I don't just want to mold my clients into my specific vision, I really want to help them find themselves in a way that's authentic. I'm not a huge fan of this whole Kardashian-Instagram make-up trend where everyone's contoured within an inch of their lives and all the eyebrows are done a specific way and the lips are done a specific way. If that's genuinely how you want to look, go for it, but it's not gonna be what's comfortable for most people. I've got to a point now with my make-up where I know what works and I know what I like and it feels like sort of a second skin, so I think that's the goal.
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This is an almost unbearably sad story. The case remains open sixty-nine years later. She was only twenty-two when she died! Before I started these poems, I wondered what the after-life would be like from her point of view. I imagined her angry at the men who speculated and fantasized about her, I imagined someone who wanted movie stardom, but who got infamy instead. Someone, who, in death, finally became herself. Towards the end of the project, I wrote two poems, "Elizabeth Short Dreams of Blade Runner" and "Elizabeth Short Visits the Black Lodge." Her story is a part of a kind of underground popular history, and I wanted to see her intersect with two things that I love, Blade Runner, which is set in the Los Angeles of 2019, and Twin Peaks, where Dale Cooper dreams of meeting Laura Palmer, who, even though she's dead when we're introduced to her, we see her in life, too. How would these women interact in this place which between 1990, when the show first aired, and now, has taken on a huge after-life of its own? Both Blade Runner and Twin Peaks are endlessly quotable; so I used a few lines of dialogue in both. Roy Batty's line in Blade Runner, "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe," struck me as particularly apt. As for Twin Peaks, the lines are almost too perfect: "She's filled with secrets," and "sometimes, my arms bend back." I cited the original sources, but all of the words were also in Ellroy's text.
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I like to add humor to my pieces, and sometimes it works out better than others. I really admire Julia Child, and had just visited her kitchen in the Smithsonian. After a couple of false starts (poems that were probably fine, but really didn't feel true to who she was as a person), I started looking through Mastering the Art of French Cooking at the library, and realized quickly that although I admired her, these recipes were far beyond me. After that liberating realization, it was easier to invent advice she might give to me as a person, while cooking, which I think would not just be how to cook.
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Shaolin Kung Fu. Origin and Characteristics
Origin and Characteristics of Shaolin Kung Fu
Shaolin Kung Fu, Before digging into the historical backdrop, its first imperative to recognize what the expression "kung Fu" implies in China. Kung Fu is extremely a term that alludes to any individual achievement or refined expertise that is accomplished after diligent work. In this way, if you focus to drop your opposing individual with a turning back kick, that is kung Fu! Regardless of how kung Fu is characterized in China, the term is generally utilized over the world to portray a huge segment of the Chinese martial arts. Interestingly, Shaolin Kung Fu signifies the Chinese martial arts styles that began with and keep on being attached to the Shaolin priests and religious community.
The Early History of Shaolin Kung Fu
From 58 to 76 A.D., Indian and Chinese relations started to develop. At the same time, the idea of Buddhism turned out to be progressively famous in China as priests went among India and China. An Indian priest Bodhidharma played a prominent role in the advancement of the Chinese martial arts. It is trusted that he lectured the priests at the Shaolin Temple in China. While there, he teaches martial arts to the monks there and it forms the base of Shaolin Kung Fu. Despite the fact that Bodhidharma's role in martial arts history isn't sure, the priests became martial arts specialists after his unbelievable landing.
Popular Use of Shaolin Kung Fu in History
The Tang Dynasty saw 13 warrior priests and they helped the Tang ruler to save his child, Li Shimin, from a soldier army and overthrew the ruling party. At the point when Li Shimin became emperor, he called Shaolin the "Prominent Temple" in China and encouraged learning trades between the majestic court, armed forces, and the Shaolin priests.
Decimation of Shaolin Temple
Shaolin Temple was burnt by Qing rulers and the whole temple burned to ground since Ming followers lived there. They additionally restricted the act of Shaolin Kung Fu. This brought about the priests scattering, where they were presented to other hand to martial art styles they used to improve Shaolin Kung Fu when it wound up lawful once more.
Its Characteristics
Shaolin Kung Fu, similar to the majority of the kung Fu styles, is principally a striking style of military craftsmanship that uses kicks, squares, and punches to stop assailants. One thing that is inescapable in kung Fu is the sheer magnificence of the structures they practice, and in addition the blend of open and shut hand, strikes to safeguard against enemies. There is a negligible on joint locks and throws. It likewiseuses both hard and delicate methods. The Shaolin styles focuses on kicks and wide positions.
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Its Ultimate Goals
The essential objectives of Shaolin Kung Fu are to secure against enemies and drop them rapidly with strikes. Also, this art too possess philosophical side since it is firmly attached to Buddhist and Taoist standards. Shaolin Kung Fu sub-styles additionally have an extremely dramatic nearness. In this way, a few experts have the objective of aerobatic exhibition and amusement, more than reasonableness.
Shaolin Kung Fu Today
Shaolin Kung Fu is as yet drilled by the priests. Since its delight to whose this art, the monks have become famous entertainers of the world. Strangely, as the Shaolin style has transformed and gone up against a wide range of sub-styles, its self-defense core has missed out to the other styles, say Wushu. Many trust that the core kung Fu conceived by the priests was considerably more amazing, however maybe less stylishly satisfying, than most Shaolin Kung Fu rehearsed today.
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History Behind Shaolin Temple
History Behind Shaolin Temple During the period of Emperor Xiaowen, it is believed that a Buddhist priest from India named Buddhabhadra, or Ba Tuo in Chinese, came to China in 495 AD. The Ruler preferred Buddhabhadra and offered to help him in preaching Buddhism at court. Buddhabhadra declined and at Mt.Song he was offered land...
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History Behind Shaolin Temple During the period of Emperor Xiaowen, it is believed that a Buddhist priest from India named Buddhabhadra, or Ba Tuo in Chinese, came to China in 495 AD. The Ruler preferred Buddhabhadra and offered to help him in preaching Buddhism at court. Buddhabhadra declined and at...


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Bentley Now Offers Free CAD Software in Nine Languages to Students and Instructors
MicroStation PowerDraft can be downloaded by students and instructors at www.becareers.org.
Bentley Systems Incorporated, Exton, Pa. announced that BE Careers Network has expanded its offer of free MicroStation PowerDraft CAD software to all students and instructors to include versions in the following nine languages: simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Korean, and Spanish.
MicroStation PowerDraft is a professional-level application used for production 2D/3D drafting and detailing in architecture, engineering and construction (AEC). It features an easy-to-use graphical user interface, intuitive viewing techniques, and an innovative set of industry-recognized tools for production work.
The downloads include the MicroStation PowerDraft application, an 18-week curriculum for teachers, and a student guide that can be reproduced at no cost to the school. They are available to students and instructors in all nine languages at www.becareers.org. The Chinese versions are also available at www.bentley.com.cn.
The mission of the new BE Careers Network is to help increase the number of students entering the architectural, engineering and construction fields, and to link graduates with employment opportunities in Bentley user organizations. BE Careers Network helps students become familiar with computer-aided design software, and enables colleges and universities to cost-effectively incorporate AEC technology into their curricula.
Empowerment programs give students practical, hands-on experience with professional software by providing the academic community with special licensing options for students, departments and campuses. In addition to offering individual student licensing through free downloads of MicroStation PowerDraft, the program includes:
Department licensing
This level offers a full range of leading software applications to an entire academic department at a heavily discounted price. A total of 45 powerful applications are available in architecture, geospatial, plant design, and civil and environmental engineering. The subscription for this software is based on a per-seat cost and is provided at less than 1 percent of the commercial list price. The department-level subscription includes free training for instructors, access to relevant course material, technical support, software updates and free copies for students.
Campus licensing
This subscription level offers everything included in department-level subscriptions and, in addition, extends licensing to an unlimited number of users on a deeply discounted per-seat basis.
Visit www.becareers.org to get more details on the BE Careers Network, talk to an expert, or access the free download of MicroStation PowerDraft for students and instructors.
Source: Bentley, September 19, 2005
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Tommaso Maria Fusco, fondateur des filles de la charité du Précieux-Sang
Frédéric Ozanam, fondateur de la société de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
Vincent de Paul, fondateur des filles de la charité
Martin de Porrès, frère dominicain
Philippe Smaldone, éducateur des sourds-muets
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Onsite Programming
About Molly Brown
Between the Lions Blog
Onsite Programminghaley@z2systems.com2019-07-07T15:54:30+00:00
The Molly Brown House Museum offers tours and programs for students year round!
Reservations for Fall programs and tours coming soon! Call 303-832-4092 x20 with any questions.
Looking for in-classroom programming? See our complete list of available offerings here.
Field Trip Reservation Request
Operation: Curator (Museum Guided Tour (K-6th)
Molly's Neighborhood Walking Tour (3rd-8th)
Combo Tour (3rd-8th)
Due to the small spaces within the museum, we do not allow more than 1 chaperone per 10 students. This number includes the teacher. Please be mindful of the number of adults attending the field trip as we may not be able to allow all chaperones in with the school tour.
We have transformed our traditional historic house tour into one that puts history into their hands! Not only that, but we have extended the length of our on-site field trips and incorporated more hands-on learning opportunities for your students. Field trip programming now lasts 75 minutes and occurs on most Wednesdays and Thursdays during the school year.
New! Operation: Curator (K-6th):
Walk in Molly's footsteps! Explore the home of legendary Titanic heroine Margaret "Molly" Brown through the eyes of a curator. Find out about your duties and responsibilities, and get some hand-on experience while learning about the history of Colorado and the Brown family. This interactive tour and program are a perfect way to supplement a unit on Colorado history, women's history, mining history, and more! We can accommodate up to 30 people per tour (students and adults). Tours are approximately 75 minutes and include a hands-on program. Reservations are required.
This program is only available on Wednesdays and Thursdays during the school year. Can't make it on a Tuesday or Wednesday? Call 303-832-4092 x 20 to discuss options.
Cost: $7.00 per student, Chaperones: $6.00, Teachers free
Molly's Neighborhood Walking Tour (3rd-HS):
See history in person! This walking tour of Capitol Hill explores the many lives of some of the buildings that are still here from when the Brown's lived in the neighborhood. See the places they saw while learning about what it took to make Denver, Denver. Walking tours are available Tuesday-Friday, last approximately an hour and take place entirely outside.
Cost: $5.00 per student, Chaperones: $6.00, Teachers free!
Combo Tour (3rd-HS):
Combine Operation: Curator and Molly's Neighborhood Walking Tour for an in depth experience for students. After your students are done being curators for the day, take a stroll around and learn about the neighborhood when Margaret lived here and how it became the Capitol Hill neighborhood we know today. Walking tours last approximately an hour and take place entirely outside. Combo tours are only available on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Cost: $10.00 per student, Chaperones: $6.00, Teachers free!
Thanks to the generosity of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, both on-site and outreach programs can be offered at a low or no cost. Call 303.832.4092 x17 for more information. Please note that it is still $6.00 per chaperone.
Joint Tours With the Byers-Evans House Museum
Your students will journey back in time to meet some of Denver's most influential women on this joint tour.
Tours begin at 10 a.m. and conclude by 1:30 p.m. Students will tour both the Molly Brown House Museum and the Byers-Evans House Museum (now the Center for Colorado Women's History). They'll also learn state and local history on a self-guided walking tour between the two locations (approximately six blocks). The maximum number of students allowed for this tour is 75. Please note that the tour at the Molly Brown House Museum is a general tour, not Operation: Curator
Book your Molly Brown House Museum Tour.
Book your Byers-Evans House Museum Tour.
Please note: You must book both tours separately; please notate that you are booking the joint Molly Brown/Byers-Evans House Tour when making reservations.
Joint Tours
with the State Capitol
We offer joint tours with the Colorado State Capitol. Tour dates available for the 2019-20 school year coming soon!
Tours of the Capitol begin at 10:30 a.m. and last two hours, including lunch. After your Capitol tour, you will walk up to the Molly Brown House Museum (MBHM) to begin your next tour at 1 p.m. Your tour group may need to be divided into several groups with staggered start times; the maximum number of people per tour (including chaperones) is 30. Please note that this is a general house tour and not Operation: Curator.
Book your Capitol Tour.
Please note: You must book both tours separately; please notate that you are booking the joint Capitol/MBHM Tour when making reservations.
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//     Copyright (C) 2013-2015 Akka.NET project <https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net>
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using Akka.Actor;

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        /// <param name="message">The message.</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public delegate bool Ignore(object message);

        public static AutoPilot NoAutoPilot { get { return TestKit.NoAutoPilot.Instance; } }
        public static AutoPilot KeepRunning { get { return TestKit.KeepRunning.Instance; } }
        public static NullMessageEnvelope NullMessage { get { return NullMessageEnvelope.Instance; } }

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Unauthorized nameless sending of e-letters is called spam. For a few last years junk e-mail has become a really strict problem for many people and e-mail service providers. Researches perform that from five to ten billion of spam messages are sent every day all over the world. Besides, specialists forecast that this number will rise in two times during the nearest 2 years.
You can see that spam attendance market has rather improved system of work distribution and mature structure that supplies lots of persons with spam. There're a few structures of those markets as sending services, collectors without addresses and program manufacturers. Some companies may comprise a few functions. Amateurs can publicize their own corporation instead of outer clients. And professional companies present the main danger to average e-mail users. They get qualified workers, modern facilities and juridical support of their activity.
As you could realize, the modern program of Microsoft Outlook 2003 and 2007 has its Spam Blocker for Outlook. Here we're going to speak about how it works, its advantages and disadvantages. Outlook begins scan of the incoming letters right after the consumer sets some of the levels of anti-spam security. By default Outlook Spam Filter is installed to Low degree, which implies that just evident spam is filtered out. You may also choose High degree of defence that will carefully verify all suspect messages and move them to Outlook Spam Filter. But if you utilize this program for the first time, it's wise to use the Low degree to define how it functions and only then try the High level.
Of course, it is impossible to make the perfect program of spam detection, that's why you're capable to assist Outlook software and create your own list of safe and blocked addresses to improve Outlook Anti-Spam system. A safe addresses list includes e-mail addresses from which all messages will be got in Inbox and never marked as spam. Obviously, the blocked roll will comprise the sites from which you expect to get only junk e-mail and all the messages will be market by the system as spam.
Outlook utilizes a few special steps to analyze the messages that arrive to your inbox. It uses different filters and strives to get some definite traits in the letters to detect junk e-mail. For you to be sure that everything is good with your personal letters you must verify your spam folder from time to time and look through all messages before removing them. There is a probability that the chosen anti-spam defense degree is too high and sometime Outlook replaces some normal messages to spam directory. If Outlook rather often filters out letters from a certain legitimate sender then this problem can be settled by appending the address of this correspondent to Safe Senders Roll.
Unfortunately, even the most compound modern anti-spam techniques cannot guarantee absolute security and there always be junk e-mail messages that manage to get through the filter. And it depends only on consumer, who can better the anti-spam security with time. Appending to Blocked Senders List all the addresses of the spam letters that avoided Spam Filter for Exchange will steadily increase Outlook's capability to identify and filter out spam.


Note: If you have the hang of the application process but need help setting descriptions, skip this page and go straight to the Description Commands Guide!
Congratulations on finishing your in-game chargen! This guide is the second step in character creation: the application. Whereas chargen gave your character its basic Traits, the application is what elaborates on simple numbers (while also providing more detailed numbers for Traits not included in in-game chargen).
Below you will find a tabbed page for each of the available spheres on LAbN, ranging from straight run of the mill human to Kuei-Jin. Click in the sphere in which your character will belong and follow the instructions.
All applications for Los Angeles by Night are emailed to ten.noitciftcejorp|snoitacilppa#ten.noitciftcejorp|snoitacilppa.
You might be thinking, "I finished my application and emailed it to the Storytellers… where do I go from here?" LAbN strives for a 24-hour turn around on character applications, meaning that we will try to either class you within 24 hours, or contact you about changes if the character needs a little tweaking within the 24 hour period through the email you entered when you went through in-game chargen.
During that 24 hour period if you find yourself bored and looking for something to do in the meantime, you can fill out your descriptions. A general guide for do's and don't's in description writing can be found here, and the commands for setting your various descriptions (roomdesc, long description and restrings) are found in the Description Commands Guide. You may also want to write descriptions for your character's home or business. Submit descriptions by PM to Persephone on the LAbN forum.
This guide is not yet complete. Only Mortals, Numina users and Hunters have a complete guide at this time WIP.
Open the Mortal Application Template and copy-paste the empty template into the text editor of your choice. Fill it out as you go!
Here is where you type in the name of your character. A first and last name is required unless the character has no surname.
A summary of your character's concept goes here. This can be anything from a three-word statement (Example: A fast-talking con artist) to a couple paragraphs. Some people choose to do a little more, some do a little less. This is completely up to preference.
Though the email address you used when you went through chargen is used to contact you about issues with your application, a forum username is required for post-classing contact from the Storytellers.
The actual physical age of your character. As a mortal, this is simply how old you are.
Male, female, transexual or whatever else is appropriate.
Your characters virtue points are allocated here. The Storytellers ask that you not add in the base dot (virtues all have a 1 in them automatically) for the sake of uniformity. The base dot will be added to the numbers on your application when you are classed. You will have 7 points to distribute among Courage, Self Control and Conscience. Note that your Courage rating will determine your Willpower rating (Example: Courage 4 will give you Willpower 4).
Archetypes encompass your character's personality. You have two things to fill out under the archetypes section - Nature, and Demeanor. The Nature of a character is who they really are under all pretenses and masks. The Demeanor of a character represents their most common behavior. For example, a person who is naturally manipulative may have the Conniver Nature, but the Child Demeanor. He is a manipulator and a conniver, but he behaves most often as a person who is innocent and harmless.
A list of Archetypes may be found by clicking here.
A character's Backgrounds for the most part serve to determine his placement in the world and society at large. Points assigned to Backgrounds may represent how influential your character is, how many friends in high or low places he has, how many useful people he knows, how much monetary wealth he possesses, whether or not he has employees or men loyal and subservient to him for one reason or another, any identities other than his own that he may use to protect himself from discovery, even a network of spies at your disposal or religious zealots loyal to your cause. There are many uses for Backgrounds and they are taken at any rating from 1 to 5, with 1 being the least substantial and 5 being the most substantial. You have 5 points to allocate to your character's Backgrounds. All must be explained. For example, you cannot choose the Chief of the LAPD as a Contact without a reason why, and an explanation of how it happened.
A list of Backgrounds may be found by clicking here.
Merits are not necessary to add to a character, and there are no points automatically given to dedicate to them. Their uses are providing a character with a touch of extra flare, should such be necessary. Merits are always a benefit to the character, and are rated by points on the list of Merits. For every point taken in Merits you must either pay point for point in Freebies, or by taking equal or greater points in Flaws (detailed below). An example of a Merit is Common Sense, which will allow the Staff to give you out of character advice relating to in character matters.
A list of Merits to choose from may be found here.
Much like Merits, Flaws are not necessary to add to a character. The opposite of Merits, Flaws are always a detriment, and serve to add extra flavor to your character. For each point taken in Flaws you receive 1 freebie point. For example, a 5 point Flaw provides 5 extra freebies to your total. Often, Flaw points are used to pay for Merit points. However, note that you should not take a Flaw you do not intend to play, or that you have no expectation of being used against you by the staff or players. Flaws, even moreso than Merits, must not be taken lightly. You may take a maximum of 7 points in Flaws, though more Flaws may be taken where appropriate to the character - you just will not receive points after the 7th point.
A list of Flaws to choose from may be found here.
The languages spoken by your character are placed here. While your native language is free, additional languages must be purchased by raising the Linguistics Knowledge. With Linguistics at 1, you may take one extra language. Linguistics 2 allows for two extra languages. Linguistics 3 allows for four extra languages. Linguistics 4 allows for eight extra languages. Linguistics 5 allows for sixteen extra languages. The maximum number of languages which may be spoken by any one character is seventeen, which is achieved by purchasing Linguistics to 5 (16 extras + native language).
Freebie points are used to flesh out your character sheet with anything it may be lacking after in-game chargen, or after filling out the above application. Freebies may be spent on anything from Attributes such as Wits or Strength to Background points for more money. Any points in Merits which have not been balanced out by points in Flaws must be paid for in this section. Costs for everything else may be found using the link below. As a Mortal character, you have 21 points in Freebies to spend before Merits and Flaws. As mentioned above, each point in Flaws adds 1 Freebie point, and each point in Merits subtracts 1 Freebie point.
A chart for how much each Trait costs with Freebie points may be found here.
Here is where you will write a detailed history of your character's life. Though mundane details may be glossed over or left out, the important things, such as explanations of how he became a world-class pugilist, a homeless man, an artist, a rich philanthropist, as well as weaving in the details - the character's history must suit his Merits, Flaws, Backgrounds, Archetypes and stats. You may be as wordy or as brief as you require to accomplish that feat. Incomplete or insufficient background stories which either contrast his Traits or fail to address them at all will not receive approval.
Anything else you would like to say about your character may go here. Often, this place is used to provide lists of equipment (cars, a home, etc.) or weaponry owned by the character at the time of classing.
A Mortal Numina user must have a reason for possessing Numina, and his abilities must be a core part of his existence. Perhaps he fell into a coma and when he awoke, he was capable of strange powers. Perhaps he was exposed to toxic levels of radiation and, instead of developing cancer, found himself capable of bizarre preternatural skill. Perhaps his Numina is passed down through a long family history. However you choose to explain it - and the possibilities are endless - it must be explained.
The Numina user uses the same template as a vanilla Mortal, but his Freebie count is reduced to 15 and he must insert a category for Numina. Follow the instructions below.
You will have to add in the Numina section to the application. Numina users receive 5 free points to spend among 2 or more Numina abilities. All 5 points may not be spent on the same path of Numina.
Available Numina paths may be selected from this list.
Freebie points are used to flesh out your character sheet with anything it may be lacking after in-game chargen, or after filling out the above application. Freebies may be spent on anything from Attributes such as Wits or Strength to Background points for more money. Any points in Merits which have not been balanced out by points in Flaws must be paid for in this section. Costs for everything else may be found using the link below. As a Mortal Numina user, you have 15 points in Freebies to spend before Merits and Flaws, differing from the normal Mortal template. As mentioned above, each point in Flaws adds 1 Freebie point, and each point in Merits subtracts 1 Freebie point.
Open the Hunter Application Template and copy-paste the empty template into the text editor of your choice. Fill it out as you go!
A hunter-net alias is a username and a randomly generated number. Example: bojangles322. This alias is IC, and will be used for your character's IC communication on hunter-net.org and the live chat client with other hunters.
The actual physical age of your character. As a hunter, this is simply how old you are.
A hunter's Creed, though transparant - meaning it isn't something anyone has a name for or talks about like you would a Vampire's Clan - is determined by his personality and outlook on the hunt (as well as the supernatural as a whole). Creed determines which Virtue you may choose as your primary. For more information about Creeds as well as details about each click here.
You have 3 points to distribute among Hunter Virtues, which are Mercy, Vision and Zeal. Your primary Virtue - determined by Creed - must be higher than the other two. Hunter Virtues may not be purchased with Freebie points later in the application.
Details on Hunter Virtues may be found here.
Hunters begin with a Willpower of 3, though it may be raised to a maximum of 6 with Freebie points at a cost of 1 Freebie per point of Willpower.
A hunter's starting conviction pool, like his primary Virtue, is determined by his choice of Creed. The effects and uses of Conviction are some of the most beneficial - yet double-edged - abilities a hunter has at his disposal. Read about reacting with Conviction by clicking here.
Hunters begin with 3 points to allocate among Edges. Each Edge stems directly from a specific Virtue - Innocence is a Mercy Edge, for example. In order to possess an Edge, your character must have the associated Virtue at an equal or higher level. For example: To possess level 1 and 2 of the Innocence Edge, you must have at least Mercy 2.
Edges may not be purchased with Freebies.
Freebie points are used to flesh out your character sheet with anything it may be lacking after in-game chargen, or after filling out the above application. Freebies may be spent on anything from Attributes such as Wits or Strength to Background points for more money. Any points in Merits which have not been balanced out by points in Flaws must be paid for in this section. Costs for everything else may be found using the link below. As a Hunter, you have 15 points in Freebies to spend before Merits and Flaws. As mentioned above, each point in Flaws adds 1 Freebie point, and each point in Merits subtracts 1 Freebie point.
Here is where you will write a detailed history of your character's life. Though mundane details may be glossed over or left out, the important things, such as explanations of how he became a hunter, his life before and after Imbuing, as well as weaving in the details - the character's history must suit his Merits, Flaws, Backgrounds, Archetypes and stats - are vital for approval. You may be as wordy or as brief as you require to accomplish that feat. Incomplete or insufficient background stories which either contrast his Traits or fail to address them at all will not receive approval.


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