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How To Get the Most Out of VMworld 2017
There's so much to do, see and learn at VMworld. Here's your guide to navigating the show.
By Greg W. Stuart
Every August is exciting to me for many reasons. First, August signifies the end of NFL training camp, meaning we're just a few weeks from a new NFL season kicking off. Second, Aug. 8 is my birthday, and I'm not old enough to dread it yet. And last but not least, August means VMworld, the biggest virtualization conference in the world.
VMworld generally goes back and forth between San Francisco and Las Vegas, with this year's show landing in the latter. From Sunday Aug. 27 through Thursday Aug. 31, the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Convention Center will be transformed into a virtualization forum unrivaled throughout the world. Some of the greatest minds in virtualization, security, mobility, end-user computing, storage and more will convene in Las Vegas for a week of knowledge sharing, networking, speaking and partying.
It's exciting, but can be overwhelming, especially for a first-time attendee. What should you expect from VMworld this year? What new products will be launched? Will a new startup steal the show? Which vendors will have can't-miss booths on the Solutions Exchange floor? As I write this several months out from the show, it's hard to say "XYZ will absolutely happen," but I'll explore some possibilities and also provide some tips for squeezing the most fun and learning out of this year's show.
WHAT TO EXPECT: SOME KEY VENDORS
This year marks the first one that Dell Technologies will be on full display at VMworld. I expect Dell EMC to have a huge booth, with lots of interaction for attendees. The keynote address for the first General Session, which will likely include both VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger and Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell, should spotlight how VMware has benefited from being part of the world's largest privately owned technology company.
With the merger wrapping up in September 2016, Dell Technologies is now comprised of numerous companies, including Dell, Dell EMC, Pivotal, RSA, SecureWorks, Virtustream and VMware. This merger has positioned Dell Technologies to potentially be the technology leader in 20 Gartner Magic Quadrants. Expect each of the companies that comprise Dell Technologies to have a presence on the Solutions Exchange floor this year, with the spotlight naturally focused on VMware and Dell EMC.
I've been to six VMworld shows, and each time Veeam is near the top of my list for most impressive booths, staff and demos. VMworld is all about getting your hands on the latest-and-greatest technology, and interacting with the technical staff working the booth. And Veeam always has a huge booth that's hard to miss with its bright-green displays that usually have some sort of motion involved.
The star of the show for Veeam this year may be its Veeam Availability Suite v10. It's a platform that offers enterprise continuity, cloud data management, compliance and visibility. Veeam Continuous Data Protection leverages the vSphere APIs for IO Filtering (VAIO) to give a recovery point objective of 15 seconds for virtual machines (VMs), without using snapshots. Version 10 has brought availability orchestration, an availability console and Veeam Cloud Connect, which will streamline backup and recovery of cloud-based workloads.
The Server Bunch: IBM and HPE
Expect both IBM and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to have a big presence in the Solutions Exchange. We can't talk about VMware without mentioning the server hardware that it hitches a ride on, and both IBM and HPE have been leaders in server hardware for years now. The reason they're a spotlight vendor and not just another face in the crowd is because of the shifting way we consume IT.
The hyper-convergence vendors are taking the virtualization world by storm. Vendors such as Nutanix and SimpliVity (bought by HPE in January) are becoming an easy sell to organizations all over the world, both in the small and large enterprise space.
HPE offers its Hyper Converged Systems line of hardware to compete with other hyper-convergence vendors. Its HPE Hyper Converged 250 offers enterprises the ability to consolidate four nodes running ESXi in one 2U chassis.
The HPE Hyper Converged Operating Environment allows administrators and developers alike to manage and maintain the environment from a single pane of glass. While vCenter offers the same "single pane of glass" capability, HPE Hyper Converged Operating Environment allows users to create unique workspaces that can be created not only for individuals, but projects, teams or workgroups to manage. With the addition of a self-service portal, HP provides users the ability to provision additional capacity, on-demand VMs and dynamic, recomposing VMs with a few simple clicks.
WHAT TO EXPECT: SESSIONS
VMworld 2017 will showcase a ton of sessions: at least 500 breakout sessions led by experts in the field, many General Sessions and lots of spotlight sessions that include VMware executives sharing specific roadmap items and answering questions related to the company's direction. If you plan on attending the show this year, expect to pick a session track; there are seven to choose from, each with several sub tracks. Let's take a look at each of the session tracks and highlight some of the sessions I expect to be among the best all week.
Top Session Tracks
The one session I would expect to be a "can't miss" session would be the day-one keynote address with Pat Gelsinger. I always expect there to be big news coming out of that keynote. This is the session where major new product releases are announced, along with key upgrades and new versions of existing products. Gelsinger's keynote is always an electrifying kickoff to VMworld.
Beyond the keynote address, I want to point out some of the more interesting sessions and how they'll spotlight things to come with VMware both from an internal and third-party perspective. Although there are the aforementioned tracks you can follow at this year's show, feel free to jump around some; you're not required, of course, to be tied to a single track. Here are some tracks I expect to be among the best.
Modernize the Datacenter
I expect this to be the hottest track at VMworld 2017; it will likely contain the sessions with the deepest dives and present the most technically focused information at the show. This includes VMware's software-defined storage technology, VSAN.
Looking at some of the key sessions in the "Modernize the Datacenter" track, you can see the trend I'm talking about. There are three sessions alone in this track that focus on VSAN, which should give you an idea of how important it is to VMware's foray into hyper-converged infrastructure.
In this track you'll find "VSAN Vision – The Future of HCI," "What's New in VSAN 6.6 Technical Deep Dive" and "The Top 10 Things to Know About VSAN." The "VSAN Vision – The Future of HCI" session will give you a good idea of where VMware intends to go with VSAN as it relates to the software-defined datacenter (SDDC). VSAN empowers the business to run everything in-house, providing the flexibility to scale on demand. This session will cover how VSAN ties in to the future of hyper-converged infrastructure.
Sub-tracks for this topic include:
Plan, Build and Operate a Cloud Infrastructure Platform
HCI and Storage
Emerging Technologies and Trends
I can't imagine a more interesting session track. VMware is putting the spotlight on the ever-changing technology market and will showcase the products that will likely be leading the emerging technology and trends discussion.
How many times recently have you heard someone talk about the Internet of Things (IoT)? This has become a real game changer in the industry, because just about everything today is connected to the Internet. Think about how many things you own or interact with on a daily basis that have an IP address: Your car, TV, watch, phone, laptop, tablet, desktop (yes, some of you still have a desktop; you know who you are), even your refrigerator is pulling an IP address today. How are those things managed from a networking perspective?
Expect to see AirWatch—VMware's enterprise mobility management technology—showcased in this session track, as well as any session dealing with IoT. Because of the explosion of IoT, expect VMware AirWatch to be a bigger part of this year's show. Each year, AirWatch has held its AirWatch Connect conference in Atlanta; I expect that this year AirWatch will merge its Connect conference with VMworld going forward.
Sub-tracks include:
Empower the Digital Workspace
Do you allow employees to bring their own devices into the workspace and access corporate data on them? Do you provide tablets to your employees or laptops for your traveling employees? Are you the systems administrator for a K-12 school or university? If you do or are any of these things, then this is your track. AirWatch will also play a big role in this session track, along with the Horizon Suite and Workspace One. Anyone interested in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) or application virtualization will want to follow this track closely. Some of the cooler products such as VMware Identity Management and Workspace One will be covered in-depth.
Unified Endpoint Management, or UEM, is a hot topic and several sessions will focus on how VMware and AirWatch will be big players in this space. If you're looking to further your career in mobility, this is the session track you'll want to focus on. Career-wise, there's nothing hotter than mobility, and there will be ample sessions within this track to impart the kind of knowledge that will help you stand out in the mobility job market.
Sub-tracks:
Application and Desktop Virtualization
Simplify Application and Access Management
WHAT TO EXPECT: ODDS AND ENDS
There's a ton going on at VMworld, and if you're a rookie like I was eight years ago, you'll build your schedule so that every minute is accounted for, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with breakout sessions, general sessions, keynotes and more. Don't do this! I applaud your initiative and drive to succeed, but if you book yourself full you'll miss out on the odds and ends at VMworld; and while there's a lot to do, there's also so much to miss out on.
Solutions Exchange
For instance, you could miss the exhibit hall, known as the Solutions Exchange floor. There's so much happening here that it can make your head spin if you aren't prepared for it. More than 300 vendors will have booth space on the floor—some big, some small and some roving … yes, roving. One year I encountered several "micro vendors" who didn't have booth space or couldn't afford it; so they just roamed the show floor, handing out USB sticks, stickers, shirts and more.
There are monster booths for big vendors like VMware, Dell EMC, Veeam and Nutanix, as well as midsize and small booths. Everywhere you turn, a vendor will be asking you to scan your badge, hand out a t-shirt or get your attention for a few seconds to get their elevator pitch across.
When you plan your visit to the Solutions Exchange floor, pick some vendors you want a deep-dive with and try to get a hands-on demo. If you walk the floor aimlessly, you'll be lost in a world of confusion and buried in tchotchke swag that fills up your backpack. Enjoy the show floor, but do so with a purpose.
The virtualization community is the real star of VMworld; there are so many bloggers, podcasters, trainers, thought leaders and technical superstars that are passionate about virtualization. I've made and kept more friends from the virtualization community than in any other circle I've run in. The people are genuine and will take time to chat with you and answer questions in which they specialize.
You'll meet VMware all stars like Duncan Epping of Yellow Bricks (blog) fame, ever-present at VMworld both in the United States and Europe shows. In all the years I've been to VMworld, not a single person has been rude or short when I've approached them for a sidebar discussion or question. That being said, don't be afraid to participate in the community, blog, contribute, ask and answer questions. The virtualization community always gives back.
The Hands-on Labs is a highlight of every VMworld, and the 2017 show will be no different. You can kick the tires on VSAN, install and configure NSX or test out your troubleshooting skills in a vSphere lab. While you can get online lab time before and after the show, you don't get the live help you do from an official lab proctor who's there to help should you have a question or run into an issue. Don't miss the Hands-on Labs; it's a big part of the VMworld experience and a good way to learn in a live lab environment.
There's so much to see and do at VMworld, and this article is really just the tip of the iceberg. The most important takeaway is to focus on being prepared. Plan, plan and plan. No need to plan out every minute of your day, but make sure that you see and do the things important to you. Don't miss out on the keynotes, talk to people, make new friends and, most important, enjoy yourself. VMworld isn't meant to be all work and no play or vice versa; it's meeting in the middle of the two. If you plan it right, you can gain a great deal of knowledge, and build your personal network more than you can imagine.
It all adds up to this: Have fun and learn lots.


Scroll to see some maps and original concepts for Universe Eventual art. The map will give you a better idea of the layout of the Stephen's Point colony and help you locate key places from the story. The art is just for fun. Even though none of the original artwork made it onto covers or into book interiors, it's still an integral part of the world-building that went into the early work on Universe Eventual.
The Stephen's Point Colony Map was created by David Schuett. Click for larger view.
During early production of a Universe Eventual, several art pieces were ordered that were intended as possible cover options as well as general pieces to be used on the website and even as visual inspiration. Although none of the original pieces were used as cover art, they are still very emotive and give a dreamlike window into the world of Universe Eventual.
Although rough, these sketches give some indication of the heavy, armored plating necessary for the exterior of a mining ship such as The Bee.
Here's a concept visual of Selena, kicking back in the cockpit of The Bee.
This was an early visualization of Scrapyard, the loose collection of ships, businesses and homes that make up the space dock where Selena Samuelson lives.
And finally, here are some quick representations of Selena, Theo, and Marcus!


I've scrutinized both photos, and I guess part of the algorythm attributes age to shadows, because much of my face is shaded in the first photo, and in the second photo, it appears I have a better light source. My teeth look better too, in the second photograph. Who knows? I was pleased with 37, not so much 58 – so take it with a grain of salt, it's just an Internet game.
This free crochet pattern. Not the momma, not the momma! Everyone needs a baby dinasaur!
And a patchwork Death Star to go along with it.
Crazy Quilts and Journal Covers. I'm thinking that maybe a crazy quilt journal cover would be the perfect marriage of all of the things I'm doing right now. Stay tuned.
This Interview. This is not the first interview I've heard with war photographer Lynsey Addario, and as always, I'm riveted by what she has to share. In this interview, she discusses her experience photographing a dying soldier, and the process she went through with his family on her return from her assignment.
And while I'm on the Radiolab bandwagon, this podcast was fascinating. Did you know that during World War II, the Japanese tried to bomb the US with balloons? I didn't.
This challenge. I can handle one stitch a week, right? Especially if I'm going crazy quilt it up!
This fab purchase Christina made at Sheep & Wool. I want one! who wouldn't want something called a Swirlette?
This font bundle. Why buy one font for $29 when you can buy 45? I would totally buy this bundle if I hadn't bought the last one.


"Mental images" redirects here. For the computer graphics software company, see Mental Images.
"Mind's eye" redirects here. For other uses, see Mind's eye (disambiguation).
A mental image or mental picture is the representation in a person's mind of the physical world outside that person. It is an experience that, on most occasions, significantly resembles the experience of perceiving some object, event, or scene, but occurs when the relevant object, event, or scene is not actually present to the senses. There are sometimes episodes, particularly on falling asleep (hypnagogic imagery) and waking up (hypnopompic), when the mental imagery, being of a rapid, phantasmagoric and involuntary character, defies perception, presenting a kaleidoscopic field, in which no distinct object can be discerned. Mental imagery can sometimes produce the same effects as would be produced by the behavior or experience imagined.
The nature of these experiences, what makes them possible, and their function (if any) have long been subjects of research and controversy[further explanation needed] in philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, and, more recently, neuroscience. As contemporary researchers[Like whom?] use the expression, mental images or imagery can comprise information from any source of sensory input; one may experience auditory images, olfactory images, and so forth. However, the majority of philosophical and scientific investigations of the topic focus upon visual mental imagery. It has sometimes been assumed[by whom?] that, like humans, some types of animals are capable of experiencing mental images. Due to the fundamentally introspective nature of the phenomenon, there is little to no evidence either for or against this view.
Philosophers such as George Berkeley and David Hume, and early experimental psychologists such as Wilhelm Wundt and William James, understood ideas in general to be mental images. Today it is very widely believed[by whom?] that much imagery functions as mental representations (or mental models), playing an important role in memory and thinking. William Brant (2013, p. 12) traces the scientific use of the phrase "mental images" back to John Tyndall's 1870 speech called the "Scientific Use of the Imagination". Some have gone so far as to suggest that images are best understood to be, by definition, a form of inner, mental or neural representation; in the case of hypnagogic and hypnapompic imagery, it is not representational at all. Others reject the view that the image experience may be identical with (or directly caused by) any such representation in the mind or the brain, but do not take account of the non-representational forms of imagery.
In 2010, IBM applied for a patent on a method to extract mental images of human faces from the human brain. It uses a feedback loop based on brain measurements of the fusiform face area in the brain that activates proportionate with degree of facial recognition. It was issued in 2015.
The notion of a "mind's eye" goes back at least to Cicero's reference to mentis oculi during his discussion of the orator's appropriate use of simile.
In this discussion, Cicero observed that allusions to "the Syrtis of his patrimony" and "the Charybdis of his possessions" involved similes that were "too far-fetched"; and he advised the orator to, instead, just speak of "the rock" and "the gulf" (respectively)—on the grounds that "the eyes of the mind are more easily directed to those objects which we have seen, than to those which we have only heard".
The concept of "the mind's eye" first appeared in English in Chaucer's (c. 1387) Man of Law's Tale in his Canterbury Tales, where he tells us that one of the three men dwelling in a castle was blind, and could only see with "the eyes of his mind"; namely, those eyes "with which all men see after they have become blind". The phrase remained rarely used and the OED incorrectly ascribes it to Shakespeare, as the first time the literally introspective phrase 'the mind's eye' is used in English was in Hamlet. As an example of introspection, it demonstrates that the internal life of the mind rarely came into focus in literature until the introspective realism movement in the 19th century.
The visual pathway is not a one-way street. Higher areas of the brain can also send visual input back to neurons in lower areas of the visual cortex. [...] As humans, we have the ability to see with the mind's eye – to have a perceptual experience in the absence of visual input. For example, PET scans have shown that when subjects, seated in a room, imagine they are at their front door starting to walk either to the left or right, activation begins in the visual association cortex, the parietal cortex, and the prefrontal cortex - all higher cognitive processing centers of the brain.
The rudiments of a biological basis for the mind's eye is found in the deeper portions of the brain below the neocortex, or where the center of perception exists. The thalamus has been found to be discrete to other components in that it processes all forms of perceptional data relayed from both lower and higher components of the brain. Damage to this component can produce permanent perceptual damage, however when damage is inflicted upon the cerebral cortex, the brain adapts to neuroplasticity to amend any occlusions for perception. It can be thought that the neocortex is a sophisticated memory storage warehouse in which data received as an input from sensory systems are compartmentalized via the cerebral cortex. This would essentially allow for shapes to be identified, although given the lack of filtering input produced internally, one may as a consequence, hallucinate - essentially seeing something that isn't received as an input externally but rather internal (i.e. an error in the filtering of segmented sensory data from the cerebral cortex may result in one seeing, feeling, hearing or experiencing something that is inconsistent with reality).
Not all people have the same internal perceptual ability. For many, when the eyes are closed, the perception of darkness prevails. However, some people are able to perceive colorful, dynamic imagery. The use of hallucinogenic drugs increases the subject's ability to consciously access visual (and auditory, and other sense) percepts.
Furthermore, the pineal gland is a hypothetical candidate for producing a mind's eye; Rick Strassman and others have postulated that during near-death experiences (NDEs) and dreaming, the gland might secrete a hallucinogenic chemical N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) to produce internal visuals when external sensory data is occluded. However, this hypothesis has yet to be fully supported with neurochemical evidence and plausible mechanism for DMT production.
The hypothesized condition where a person lacks a mind's eye is called aphantasia. The term was first suggested in a 2015 study.
Common examples of mental images include daydreaming and the mental visualization that occurs while reading a book. Another is of the pictures summoned by athletes during training or before a competition, outlining each step they will take to accomplish their goal. When a musician hears a song, he or she can sometimes "see" the song notes in their head, as well as hear them with all their tonal qualities. This is considered different from an after-effect, such as an afterimage. Calling up an image in our minds can be a voluntary act, so it can be characterized as being under various degrees of conscious control.
According to psychologist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker, our experiences of the world are represented in our minds as mental images. These mental images can then be associated and compared with others, and can be used to synthesize completely new images. In this view, mental images allow us to form useful theories of how the world works by formulating likely sequences of mental images in our heads without having to directly experience that outcome. Whether other creatures have this capability is debatable.
There are several theories as to how mental images are formed in the mind. These include the dual-code theory, the propositional theory, and the functional-equivalency hypothesis. The dual-code theory, created by Allan Paivio in 1971, is the theory that we use two separate codes to represent information in our brains: image codes and verbal codes. Image codes are things like thinking of a picture of a dog when you are thinking of a dog, whereas a verbal code would be to think of the word "dog". Another example is the difference between thinking of abstract words such as justice or love and thinking of concrete words like elephant or chair. When abstract words are thought of, it is easier to think of them in terms of verbal codes—finding words that define them or describe them. With concrete words, it is often easier to use image codes and bring up a picture of a human or chair in your mind rather than words associated or descriptive of them.
The propositional theory involves storing images in the form of a generic propositional code that stores the meaning of the concept not the image itself. The propositional codes can either be descriptive of the image or symbolic. They are then transferred back into verbal and visual code to form the mental image.
The functional-equivalency hypothesis is that mental images are "internal representations" that work in the same way as the actual perception of physical objects. In other words, the picture of a dog brought to mind when the word dog is read is interpreted in the same way as if the person looking at an actual dog before them.
Research has occurred to designate a specific neural correlate of imagery; however, studies show a multitude of results. Most studies published before 2001 suggest neural correlates of visual imagery occur in Brodmann area 17. Auditory performance imagery have been observed in the premotor areas, precunes, and medial Brodmann area 40. Auditory imagery in general occurs across participants in the temporal voice area (TVA), which allows top-down imaging manipulations, processing, and storage of audition functions. Olfactory imagery research shows activation in the anterior piriform cortex and the posterior piriform cortex; experts in olfactory imagery have larger gray matter associated to olfactory areas. Tactile imagery is found to occur in the dorsolateral prefrontal area, inferior frontal gyrus, frontal gyrus, insula, precentral gyrus, and the medial frontal gyrus with basal ganglia activation in the ventral posteriomedial nucleus and putamen (hemisphere activation corresponds to the location of the imagined tactile stimulus). Research in gustatory imagery reveals activation in the anterior insular cortex, frontal operculum, and prefrontal cortex. Novices of a specific form of mental imagery show less gray matter than experts of mental imagery congruent to that form. A meta-analysis of neuroimagery studies revealed significant activation of the bilateral dorsal parietal, interior insula, and left inferior frontal regions of the brain.
Imagery has been thought to cooccur with perception; however, participants with damaged sense-modality receptors can sometimes perform imagery of said modality receptors. Neuroscience with imagery has been used to communicate with seemingly unconscious individuals through fMRI activation of different neural correlates of imagery, demanding further study into low quality consciousness. A study on one patient with one occipital lobe removed found the horizontal area of their visual mental image was reduced.
Visual imagery is the ability to create mental representations of things, people, and places that are absent from an individual's visual field. This ability is crucial to problem-solving tasks, memory, and spatial reasoning. Neuroscientists have found that imagery and perception share many of the same neural substrates, or areas of the brain that function similarly during both imagery and perception, such as the visual cortex and higher visual areas. Kosslyn and colleagues (1999) showed that the early visual cortex, Area 17 and Area 18/19, is activated during visual imagery. They found that inhibition of these areas through repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) resulted in impaired visual perception and imagery. Furthermore, research conducted with lesioned patients has revealed that visual imagery and visual perception have the same representational organization. This has been concluded from patients in which impaired perception also experience visual imagery deficits at the same level of the mental representation.
Behrmann and colleagues (1992) describe a patient C.K., who provided evidence challenging the view that visual imagery and visual perception rely on the same representational system. C.K. was a 33-year old man with visual object agnosia acquired after a vehicular accident. This deficit prevented him from being able to recognize objects and copy objects fluidly. Surprisingly, his ability to draw accurate objects from memory indicated his visual imagery was intact and normal. Furthermore, C.K. successfully performed other tasks requiring visual imagery for judgment of size, shape, color, and composition. These findings conflict with previous research as they suggest there is a partial dissociation between visual imagery and visual perception. C.K. exhibited a perceptual deficit that was not associated with a corresponding deficit in visual imagery, indicating that these two processes have systems for mental representations that may not be mediated entirely by the same neural substrates.
Schlegel and colleagues (2013) conducted a functional MRI analysis of regions activated during manipulation of visual imagery. They identified 11 bilateral cortical and subcortical regions that exhibited increased activation when manipulating a visual image compared to when the visual image was just maintained. These regions included the occipital lobe and ventral stream areas, two parietal lobe regions, the posterior parietal cortex and the precuneus lobule, and three frontal lobe regions, the frontal eye fields, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and the prefrontal cortex. Due to their suspected involvement in working memory and attention, the authors propose that these parietal and prefrontal regions, and occipital regions, are part of a network involved in mediating the manipulation of visual imagery. These results suggest a top-down activation of visual areas in visual imagery.
Using Dynamic Causal Modeling (DCM) to determine the connectivity of cortical networks, Ishai et al. (2010) demonstrated that activation of the network mediating visual imagery is initiated by prefrontal cortex and posterior parietal cortex activity. Generation of objects from memory resulted in initial activation of the prefrontal and the posterior parietal areas, which then activate earlier visual areas through backward connectivity. Activation of the prefrontal cortex and posterior parietal cortex has also been found to be involved in retrieval of object representations from long-term memory, their maintenance in working memory, and attention during visual imagery. Thus, Ishai et al. suggest that the network mediating visual imagery is composed of attentional mechanisms arising from the posterior parietal cortex and the prefrontal cortex.
Vividness of visual imagery is a crucial component of an individual's ability to perform cognitive tasks requiring imagery. Vividness of visual imagery varies not only between individuals but also within individuals. Dijkstra and colleagues (2017) found that the variation in vividness of visual imagery is dependent on the degree to which the neural substrates of visual imagery overlap with those of visual perception. They found that overlap between imagery and perception in the entire visual cortex, the parietal precuneus lobule, the right parietal cortex, and the medial frontal cortex predicted the vividness of a mental representation. The activated regions beyond the visual areas are believed to drive the imagery-specific processes rather than the visual processes shared with perception. It has been suggested that the precuneus contributes to vividness by selecting important details for imagery. The medial frontal cortex is suspected to be involved in the retrieval and integration of information from the parietal and visual areas during working memory and visual imagery. The right parietal cortex appears to be important in attention, visual inspection, and stabilization of mental representations. Thus, the neural substrates of visual imagery and perception overlap in areas beyond the visual cortex and the degree of this overlap in these areas correlates with the vividness of mental representations during imagery.
Mental images are an important topic in classical and modern philosophy, as they are central to the study of knowledge. In the Republic, Book VII, Plato has Socrates present the Allegory of the Cave: a prisoner, bound and unable to move, sits with his back to a fire watching the shadows cast on the cave wall in front of him by people carrying objects behind his back. These people and the objects they carry are representations of real things in the world. Unenlightened man is like the prisoner, explains Socrates, a human being making mental images from the sense data that he experiences.
The eighteenth-century philosopher Bishop George Berkeley proposed similar ideas in his theory of idealism. Berkeley stated that reality is equivalent to mental images—our mental images are not a copy of another material reality but that reality itself. Berkeley, however, sharply distinguished between the images that he considered to constitute the external world, and the images of individual imagination. According to Berkeley, only the latter are considered "mental imagery" in the contemporary sense of the term.
The eighteenth century British writer Dr. Samuel Johnson criticized idealism. When asked what he thought about idealism, he is alleged to have replied "I refute it thus!"[This quote needs a citation] as he kicked a large rock and his leg rebounded. His point was that the idea that the rock is just another mental image and has no material existence of its own is a poor explanation of the painful sense data he had just experienced.
Critics of scientific realism ask how the inner perception of mental images actually occurs. This is sometimes called the "homunculus problem" (see also the mind's eye). The problem is similar to asking how the images you see on a computer screen exist in the memory of the computer. To scientific materialism, mental images and the perception of them must be brain-states. According to critics,[who?] scientific realists cannot explain where the images and their perceiver exist in the brain. To use the analogy of the computer screen, these critics argue that cognitive science and psychology have been unsuccessful in identifying either the component in the brain (i.e., "hardware") or the mental processes that store these images (i.e. "software").
Cognitive psychologists and (later) cognitive neuroscientists have empirically tested some of the philosophical questions related to whether and how the human brain uses mental imagery in cognition.
One theory of the mind that was examined in these experiments was the "brain as serial computer" philosophical metaphor of the 1970s. Psychologist Zenon Pylyshyn theorized that the human mind processes mental images by decomposing them into an underlying mathematical proposition. Roger Shepard and Jacqueline Metzler challenged that view by presenting subjects with 2D line drawings of groups of 3D block "objects" and asking them to determine whether that "object" is the same as a second figure, some of which rotations of the first "object". Shepard and Metzler proposed that if we decomposed and then mentally re-imaged the objects into basic mathematical propositions, as the then-dominant view of cognition "as a serial digital computer" assumed, then it would be expected that the time it took to determine whether the object is the same or not would be independent of how much the object had been rotated. Shepard and Metzler found the opposite: a linear relationship between the degree of rotation in the mental imagery task and the time it took participants to reach their answer.
This mental rotation finding implied that the human mind—and the human brain—maintains and manipulates mental images as topographic and topological wholes, an implication that was quickly put to test by psychologists. Stephen Kosslyn and colleagues showed in a series of neuroimaging experiments that the mental image of objects like the letter "F" are mapped, maintained and rotated as an image-like whole in areas of the human visual cortex. Moreover, Kosslyn's work showed that there are considerable similarities between the neural mappings for imagined stimuli and perceived stimuli. The authors of these studies concluded that, while the neural processes they studied rely on mathematical and computational underpinnings, the brain also seems optimized to handle the sort of mathematics that constantly computes a series of topologically-based images rather than calculating a mathematical model of an object.
Recent studies in neurology and neuropsychology on mental imagery have further questioned the "mind as serial computer" theory, arguing instead that human mental imagery manifests both visually and kinesthetically. For example, several studies have provided evidence that people are slower at rotating line drawings of objects such as hands in directions incompatible with the joints of the human body, and that patients with painful, injured arms are slower at mentally rotating line drawings of the hand from the side of the injured arm.
Some psychologists, including Kosslyn, have argued that such results occur because of interference in the brain between distinct systems in the brain that process the visual and motor mental imagery. Subsequent neuroimaging studies showed that the interference between the motor and visual imagery system could be induced by having participants physically handle actual 3D blocks glued together to form objects similar to those depicted in the line-drawings. Amorim et al. have shown that, when a cylindrical "head" was added to Shepard and Metzler's line drawings of 3D block figures, participants were quicker and more accurate at solving mental rotation problems. They argue that motoric embodiment is not just "interference" that inhibits visual mental imagery but is capable of facilitating mental imagery.
As cognitive neuroscience approaches to mental imagery continued, research expanded beyond questions of serial versus parallel or topographic processing to questions of the relationship between mental images and perceptual representations. Both brain imaging (fMRI and ERP) and studies of neuropsychological patients have been used to test the hypothesis that a mental image is the reactivation, from memory, of brain representations normally activated during the perception of an external stimulus. In other words, if perceiving an apple activates contour and location and shape and color representations in the brain's visual system, then imagining an apple activates some or all of these same representations using information stored in memory. Early evidence for this idea came from neuropsychology. Patients with brain damage that impairs perception in specific ways, for example by damaging shape or color representations, seem to generally to have impaired mental imagery in similar ways. Studies of brain function in normal human brains support this same conclusion, showing activity in the brain's visual areas while subjects imagined visual objects and scenes.
The previously mentioned and numerous related studies have led to a relative consensus within cognitive science, psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy on the neural status of mental images. In general, researchers agree that, while there is no homunculus inside the head viewing these mental images, our brains do form and maintain mental images as image-like wholes. The problem of exactly how these images are stored and manipulated within the human brain, in particular within language and communication, remains a fertile area of study.
One of the longest-running research topics on the mental image has basis on the fact that people report large individual differences in the vividness of their images. Special questionnaires have been developed to assess such differences, including the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ) developed by David Marks. Laboratory studies have suggested that the subjectively reported variations in imagery vividness are associated with different neural states within the brain and also different cognitive competences such as the ability to accurately recall information presented in pictures Rodway, Gillies and Schepman used a novel long-term change detection task to determine whether participants with low and high vividness scores on the VVIQ2 showed any performance differences. Rodway et al. found that high vividness participants were significantly more accurate at detecting salient changes to pictures compared to low-vividness participants. This replicated an earlier study.
Recent studies have found that individual differences in VVIQ scores can be used to predict changes in a person's brain while visualizing different activities. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to study the association between early visual cortex activity relative to the whole brain while participants visualized themselves or another person bench pressing or stair climbing. Reported image vividness correlates significantly with the relative fMRI signal in the visual cortex. Thus, individual differences in the vividness of visual imagery can be measured objectively.
Logie, Pernet, Buonocore and Della Sala (2011) used behavioural and fMRI data for mental rotation from individuals reporting vivid and poor imagery on the VVIQ. Groups differed in brain activation patterns suggesting that the groups performed the same tasks in different ways. These findings help to explain the lack of association previously reported between VVIQ scores and mental rotation performance.
Some educational theorists[who?] have drawn from the idea of mental imagery in their studies of learning styles. Proponents of these theories state that people often have learning processes that emphasize visual, auditory, and kinesthetic systems of experience. According to these theorists, teaching in multiple overlapping sensory systems benefits learning, and they encourage teachers to use content and media that integrates well with the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic systems whenever possible.
Educational researchers have examined whether the experience of mental imagery affects the degree of learning. For example, imagining playing a five-finger piano exercise (mental practice) resulted in a significant improvement in performance over no mental practice—though not as significant as that produced by physical practice. The authors of the study stated that "mental practice alone seems to be sufficient to promote the modulation of neural circuits involved in the early stages of motor skill learning".
In general, Vajrayana Buddhism, Bön, and Tantra utilize sophisticated visualization or imaginal (in the language of Jean Houston of Transpersonal Psychology) processes in the thoughtform construction of the yidam sadhana, kye-rim, and dzog-rim modes of meditation and in the yantra, thangka, and mandala traditions, where holding the fully realized form in the mind is a prerequisite prior to creating an 'authentic' new art work that will provide a sacred support or foundation for deity.
Mental imagery can act as a substitute for the imagined experience: Imagining an experience can evoke similar cognitive, physiological, and/or behavioral consequences as having the corresponding experience in reality. At least four classes of such effects have been documented.
Imagined experiences are attributed evidentiary value like physical evidence.
Mental practice can instantiate the same performance benefits as physical practice.
Imagined consumption of a food can reduce its actual consumption.
Imagined goal achievement can reduce motivation for actual goal achievement.
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I know it's not the done thing to use your real name on these blog things, but I couldn't resist the lure of the alliteration.
When I wrote my last post about the demise of Load records I realised just how much I buy and listen to music according to record label, much more so than genre or even artist.
So, with this in mind I thought I'd start a sporadic series to highlight some of my favourite labels – keeping it firmly underground of course.
I'll start with my most recent crush: L.I.E.S. Records.
L.I.E.S. stands for Long Island Electrical Systems and they are a fairly new label that started in 2010 and is run out of Brooklyn, NY by an artist called Ron Morelli (the reason I found out about the label was because Ron Morelli put out some records on another favourite label of mine Hospital Productions, which will no doubt feature in a future post). They deal mainly in….well, I'm not sure of the exact genre label, but it's basically electronic music that is left of field, but not in an ambient way that you might expect when you hear the phrase "leftfield electronic music". It's leans more towards techno and house music, with a strong emphasis on drum programming (an amazing skill, IMHO), but is definitely not the usual kind of obvious, euphoric rhythms that you might associate with house and techno.


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Stubborn Hamstring Injuries
You are not alone if you have ever experienced a hamstring injury. In fact, hamstring injuries are the most prevalent and frequent injuries in sports that require sprinting, running, cutting, power and agility (Opar et al., 2012; Schmitt et al., 2012). At the professional level, hamstring injuries cost football clubs, rugby clubs and professional athletes millions of dollars every year (Opar et al., 2012). These injuries are painful, debilitating and frustrating; not to mention long periods of time away from a beloved activity. There are many reasons why hamstrings injuries happen (fatigue, muscle imbalance, flexibility, poor technique, inadequate recovery, muscle anatomy and physiology), and unfortunately, a previous hamstring injury is the number one predictor of re-injury (Schmitt et al., 2012).
How Does the Injury Happen in the First Place?
The Hamstring muscle is composed of three muscles: semimembranosus, semitendinosus and the biceps femoris. They originate on the pelvis and insert below the knee joint.
Research shows that most often hamstring injuries occur in the stride phase of running or when the muscle is stretched forcefully too far (i.e. kicking) (Schmitt et al., 2012). In the stride phase of running, the hamstring is stretched rapidly from both ends and at the same time, it is also contracting forcefully in this lengthened position to control the landing (Schmitt et al., 2012). In other words, the hamstring works hard to slow down the leg so that it does not buckle. As you can see the hamstring is an essential muscle in running and works in overdrive through the entire stride. Following an injury, if the hamstring is not allowed the proper recovery time, rehabilitation and strengthening, the likelihood of re-injury is high (Schmitt et al., 2012).
Key Hamstring Strengthening Exercises
Research shows that eccentric hamstring exercises, or exercises that strengthen the muscle in a lengthened position, are beneficial to hamstring recovery following an injury (Opar et al., 2012; Schmitt et al., 2012; Thorborg, 2012). Below are two key exercises that gain strength in the hamstring's most vulnerable and weak positions. If you are a coach, trainer or active youth, integrate these exercises into your training programs pre and post season.
1. Nordic Hamstring Exercise
The key to this exercise is lowering down very slowly and resist the forward motion for as long as possible (count to 10 as you are lowering). Use your arms and perform a push up to help you return to the starting position.
Perform 10 repetitions, 3x times a week. Increase the number of sets from 1-3 over a 10 week period (3).
2. Straight Leg Windmills
While standing on the injured side, bend your knee slightly, lean forward slowly at the hips, keep your back straight and touch the floor. Pause and return to the standing position. You can start with no weight and progress to light and moderate weights as you are able. Ensure that you are moving slowly so that you do not lose your balance.
Perform 10 reps x 2-3 sets, on each leg.
For the above exercises, ensure that you do not have pain in the hamstring. If you have sustained a recent hamstring strain or tear, seek out help early from a registered health professional or medical doctor in order to rehabilitate the injury in a timely matter.
Opar, David A. Morgan, D., Shield, W., and Shield A,J. Hamstring Strain Injuries.(2012). Factors that Lead to Injury and Re-Injury. Journal of Sports Medicine. 42 (3), 209-226.
Schmitt, B. Tyler, T., McHugh, M. (2012) Hamstring injury rehabilitation and prevention of reinjury using lengthened state eccentric training: A new Concept. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. 7 (3), 333-341.
Thorborg, K. (2012). Why Hamstring eccentrics are essentials. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 46 (7).
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About Melanie Gordon, PT, MSc PT.
Melanie Gordon is a registered physiotherapist and in good standing with the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario. Melanie graduated from the University of Toronto with a Master of Science in Physical Therapy after completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Kinetics from the University of Ottawa. Melanie has over eight years of clinical experience in orthopaedic physiotherapy, assessing and treating clients with a variety of conditions and injuries. The past four years she has worked in Sports Medicine and has extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of youth and adolescents with sports and recreation injuries as well as post-surgical rehabilitation.

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Last Thursday, we opened Ryan's Hewett first solo exhibition in London. Thank you to everyone who came to the opening, we hope you all had a great time experiencing this series of portraits of those subjects who played important roles in shaping the world we live in.
Remember you can still bid for the last available piece of the show, a Marie Curie portrait. All proceeds from the sale will be donated to Marie Curie Cancer Care to support people with terminal illnesses. The bidding closes in two days so, if you want this wonderful piece, don't forget to drop us an email!


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harmonised system of survey n certification.
to ease out with survey n survey dates, helps in cost control, ease out survey planning and unwanted delay of the service period of the ship.
Q. 2) What is a chain register ?
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Q. 4) What does rule 19 say ?
Q. 5) Orb how long to preserve after last entry ?
Q. 6) When you will have 2 rescue boat ?
Q. 7) Can you do intermediate survey with 2nd annual which is before 2nd anniversery ?
Q. 8) Certificate issued on 02-01-2013 , when will be annual survey & when intermediate survey ?
Q. 9) Expiry date of passenger ship safety certificate ?
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The annual Sarawak Regatta will begin on November 18 to November 20 this year, promising a grand event with participating teams hailing from both government and private sectors, local and abroad, though the most numerous competitors remain the local villages that pepper the banks of the Rajang river.
The regattas have a special place in the hearts of local villages of all races, as it dates back to 1872 during the James Brooke era, when it was first introduced with the intention of stopping racial wars among local tribes where headhunting was largely practiced.
Photo of Sarawak Regatta 2015.
Taking place on December 2 to 4 this year, the sixth edition of the Sibu Bike Week has already attracted 200 bike clubs and 2,000 bikers from across the globe.
Among them were bikers from Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan in the Borneo island, Peninsular Malaysia, Germany, Spain, the Philippines, Holland, Australia, Abu Dhabi, Indonesia and Thailand.
The event will kick off with a bike and car exhibitions, tattoo shows, as well as the Miss Sibu Bike Week competition and the Ride Sibu Town event.
There will also be band, scooter, skateboard and BMX competitions, as well as car drifting shows and slow ride competitions, throughout the course of the event, ending in true Sarawakian fashion with a fireworks show and a karaoke competition.
District Police Chief ACP Mohd Kamal (left), Event organiser Abdul Razak Abdul Salam, Sibu Municipal Council deputy chairman Datuk Andrew Wong (second from right) standing in front of three big bikes. Photo credit: Borneo Post Online.
Sarawak's Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem's recent open policy towards foreign scientists and institution collaborations for Research and Development in Sarawak's rainforests has yielded promising results for the future of Nature tourism in Sarawak.
In the short time proceeding the open policy, the Sarawak Forestry Corporation have announced the discovery of 12 new plant and animal species in the Totally Protected Areas (TPAs) of Sarawak's prime rainforests, with encouraging possibilities of more species yet to be found.
The Chief Minister has been pressing for a crack-down on illegal logging for the past year, which has resulted in the accelerated gazettement of TPAs and protection of wildlife within the state.
With the increase of National Parks and TPAs, as well as the increasing discovery of endemic flora and fauna, the viability and sustainability of Nature tourism within the state are increasing exponentially.
Since July this year, 903,769 ha of areas have been gazetted as TPAs that consisted of 35 national parks (694,770 ha), 14 nature reserves (2.539 ha) and six wildlife sanctuaries (206,460 ha), nearing the state's target of 1.2 million ha as TPAs.
The Mulu Marriott Resort & Spa has become the first rainforest resort in Asia to be awarded the Best of Malaysia Top 5 – Best Resort Experience and Excellence Award by Expatriate Lifestyle.
The Resorts that receive this annual award are voted on by Expatriate Lifestyle readers who have experienced the various Resorts for themselves.
After recent renovations throughout the resort over the past few years to better the facilities of the chalets, this looks to be a very encouraging and deserved rebound for Mulu Marriott Resort & Spa, and this award will hopefully bounce it back to the forefront of local and international travel markets.
The resort boasts 101 rooms and is just minutes away from the Mulu National Park, which is Sarawak's first UNESCO World Heritage Site with the world's largest natural cave chamber (Sarawak Chamber), the world's largest cave passage (Deer Cave), the world's largest limestone cave system (Gunung Benarat) and the longest cave in Southeast Asia (Clearwater Cave).
Mulu Marriott Resort & Spa refurbished lobby. Photo Credit: Expatriate Lifestyle.
There will be major renovations of the Miri Handicraft Center Building in the City centre of Miri, under the coordination of the Miri City Council.
Due to renovations on the main building, all stall owners will be moving temporarily to High Street, located just in front of the Miri Resident Office.
The renovations are estimated to be completed in June 2017, wherein all stall owners will be moved back into the premises.
Contact person Mr. Dennis Ng (0168161060).
On November 4, 2016 the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Sarawak Tourism Board and Taipei based See Mark Travel Services at the Taipei International Travel Fair took place at the Taiwan World Trade Centre, enabling See mark Travel Services to run charter flights from Taipei to Kuching.
The flights begin on January 28th and subsequently on June to August 2017, totalling in 19 flights with one flight every five days.
The Chairman of the Board, Datuk Abdul Wahab Aziz signed the MOU and See Mark Travel Services was represented by See Mark's General Manager, Mr. Mark Chen, while the ceremony was witnessed by the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Datu Ik Pahon Joyik and Mr. Chen Chiang Yang, See Marks' Sales Manager.
Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Tourism, Datuk Amar Abang Haji Johari Tun Openg, who witnessed the exchange of the MOU with his Assistant, Datuk Lee Kim Shin, led a six-member delegation to Taiwan and held discussions with Taiwan's Far Eastern Airways and Malindo Air on the possibilities of mounting direct schedule flights to Kuching in the near future.
Picture shows Datuk Wahab seated second from left, flanked by Mr. Mark Chen on his left signing the MOU witnessed by Datu Ik seated at left and Mr. Chen (right). Also seen standing from left, Datuk Lee, Datuk Amar Abang Johari, Datuk Adeline and Ahmad Faisal.
Sarawak will now be allowing Chinese tourists to pass through the Miri International Airport as well as the Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) facility in Sungai Tujuh border to Brunei using a Special Entry Pass, effective immediately.
Sarawak's Deputy Chief Minister Amar Abang Johari Abang Openg has expressed his continued endorsement in the wake of an influx of Chinese tourists to the state and has announced that all ICQS facilities should be equipped with these Special Entry Passes for convenience.
The purpose of the passes is to ease the travel of tourists from China throughout the state, as currently Kuching is only entry point to Sarawak equipped with Visa-On-Arrival facilities.
These passes are mutually beneficial for Sarawak and Brunei as it coincides with Brunei's current campaign to attract more tourists from China and tourists can now move easily between Miri and Brunei with little hassle.
Sarawak is expecting to see growing arrival and demands for chartered flights to and from China in the wake of these Special Entry Passes, eliminating the tediousness of pre-travel Visa applications.
Some 300 local and foreign riders from Japan, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Philippines and Kazakhstan will take part in the 2nd Sarawak Energy Siol International MTB Challenge (SIMBC) to be held at Bukit Siol from November 4 to 6, 2016.
To be organised by the Kuching North City Council, it offers a RM 78,000.00 worth of prizes for this off road cycling skills featuring the Downhill, Cross Country and Team Relay categories.
Saratok located about 310km away from Kuching will be a busy town as it will be having its major event, Saratok Regatta which will be taking place on December 3 to 4 this year. It was formerly known as Sungai Krian Water Festival which was last held in 2014.
The Saratok Regatta will have two races for Men's and Women's categories. For Men's categories, it will be divided into 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 'sakai' (rowers) events and Women's categories, it will have the 10, 15 and 20 'sakai' events.
Aside from the races, the two-day event will include the 'Battle of the Bands', Saratok Regatta Beauty Queen, photography, sports (basketball, sepak takraw and football) matches, sales of local food and handicraft and many more.
"This will be a major event for the town, where we expect thousands of people of all races to converge at the town square" according the Datuk Abdul Wahab Aziz, Chairman of Sarawak Tourism Board.
Interested participants may obtain the registration forms for the regatta from the Saratok District Council Office with minimal charges of participation fees ranging between RM30.00 and RM200.00.
The Malaysia Airlines direct Kuching – Penang –Kuching direct flight will be reinstated on November 18 and will continue until December 31.
According to Malaysia Airlines, further extension will be considered to cater for the Chinese New year.
It will be times weekly flight on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and will depart at 9.20 am and is expected to arrive in Penang at 11. 30 am.
The return flight from Penang is at 12.05 noon arriving Kuching at 3.00 pm.
The current the promotional fare is RM 150.00 per one way inclusive of taxes.


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4 Berkshire estate agents accused of illegally fixing fees
The CMA has today announced its provisional finding that 4 Berkshire estate agents have broken competition law.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that the companies – Michael Hardy, Prospect, Richard Worth and Romans – broke competition law by taking part in a price-fixing cartel where members set minimum levels of commission fees for the sale of residential properties. The alleged cartel took place in the Berkshire area from at least September 2008 and lasted for almost 7 years.
The result of such price-fixing is that homeowners may be denied the chance of securing the best possible deal when selling their properties, as they are unable to shop around all of their local agents for better rates.
In a Statement of Objections issued today, the CMA has provisionally found that the four estate agents:
agreed that they would all apply minimum commission rates for residential property sales
exchanged confidential pricing information
held meetings and colluded to make sure that they were all enforcing and maintaining the agreed minimum commission rates.
Howard Cartlidge, Senior Director, Cartels, said:
Everyone knows selling your home is expensive. So it's important that people should be able to shop around all of their local estate agents to make sure they are getting the best possible deal.
Estate agents who conspire to set minimum commission rates are cheating homeowners and breaking the law. Where we find evidence that this is happening, we will not hesitate to take action to protect people selling their home.
Today's findings in the Statement of Objections are provisional and will not necessarily lead to a decision that the companies have breached competition law. The companies now have the opportunity to consider the detail of the CMA's provisional findings and respond to it. The CMA will carefully consider any responses before any final decision is made.
Tackling cartels is a fundamental part of the CMA's work, and this is the third case brought against estate agents in recent years. Previous actions include fining 4 estate agents in Somerset over £370,000 for colluding to set minimum commission rates, and charging 3 members of the Three Counties Estate Agent Association £735,000 for breaking competition law in relation to estate agent and letting fees.
The CMA also has an ongoing Stop Cartels campaign, which aims to educate business about which practices break the law and urges people to come forward if they suspect a company has taken part in cartel behaviour, such as fixing prices or rigging contracts. The campaign explains what anti-competitive behaviours are, why they are illegal, the impact they have on customers and the economy, and why they should be reported.
The Chapter I prohibition in the Competition Act 1998 prohibits agreements, practices and conduct that may have a damaging effect on competition in the UK. The Chapter I prohibition covers anti-competitive agreements and concerted practices between businesses ('undertakings') which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the UK or a part of it and which may affect trade within the UK or a part of it. Any business found to have infringed the prohibition can be fined up to 10% of its annual worldwide group turnover.
A Statement of Objections gives parties notice of a proposed infringement decision under the competition law prohibitions in the Competition Act 1998. It is a provisional decision only and will not necessarily lead to an infringement decision. Parties have the opportunity to make written and oral representations on the matters set out in the Statement of Objections. Any such representations will be considered by the CMA before any final decision is made. The final decision will be taken by a case decision group, which is separate from the case investigation team and was not involved in the decision to issue the Statement of Objections.
The four estate agents are: i) Michael Hardy & Company (Wokingham) Ltd and Geocharbert UK Ltd – together known as Michael Hardy. ii) Prospect Estate Agency Ltd and Prospect Holdings (Reading) Ltd– together known as Prospect. iii) Richard Worth Ltd (in administration) and Richard Worth Holdings Ltd – together known as Richard Worth. The company, Adelfas Property Group Ltd, currently trading as Richard Worth Estate and Land Agents is not one of the companies subject of this provisional decision. iv) The Romans Group (UK) Ltd and Romans 1 Ltd – together known as Romans.
All information relating to this case can be found on the CMA case page.
For more information on the CMA see our homepage or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and like our Facebook page. Sign up to our email alerts to receive updates on Competition Act 1998 and cartels cases.
Media enquiries should be directed to the CMA Press Office at press@cma.gov.uk or 020 3738 6460.
Channel website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/competition-and-markets-authority
Original article link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/4-berkshire-estate-agents-accused-of-illegally-fixing-fees
Facebook and eBay pledge to combat trading in fake reviews
Following action from the CMA, Facebook and eBay have committed to combatting the trade of fake and misleading reviews on their sites.
Illumina/PacBio abandon merger
Illumina has abandoned its anticipated $1.2 billion takeover of PacBio after an in-depth CMA merger probe highlighted serious competition concerns.
LN-Gaiety's purchase of MCD cleared by CMA
An in-depth CMA investigation has found that Live Nation-Gaiety's proposed purchase of MCD does not raise competition concerns.
CMA lifts the lid on digital giants
The CMA has published an update in its examination of online platforms and digital advertising, uncovering new detail about how the sector's biggest names operate.
Estate agents fined over half a million pounds for price fixing
3 Berkshire estate agents have been fined more than £600,000 for illegally fixing the minimum commission rates they charged their customers.
Pharmaceutical merger cleared by CMA
The CMA has cleared the anticipated purchase of gene therapy company Spark Therapeutics by pharmaceutical company Roche Holdings.
Amazon's Deliveroo investment raises competition concerns
Amazon's investment in Deliveroo raises serious competition concerns for UK customers that may require an in-depth investigation by the CMA.
CMA Statement on design, construction and fit-out services director disqualification
Individual directors should be held accountable if their company breaks competition law.
Pub merger to be cleared if local concerns overcome
Stonegate Pub Company's proposed purchase of Ei Group does not raise UK-wide competition concerns but could damage competition in 51 local areas.
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This $35 Million L.A. Home Comes with a Shark Tank (And Sharks)
Relax in the company of stingrays, a horn shark, and gorgeous yellow tangs.
By Rebekah Bell	 on July 3, 2018
Photo: Courtesy Nest Seekers International
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Seemingly just in time for Discovery Channel's much-anticipated Shark Week (which kicks off on July 22), a Los Angeles spec home with a bona fide shark tank will hit the market next week. Developer Ario Fakheri's aptly named Shark House, which is tucked into Doheny Estates in the Hollywood Hills, features a one-of-a-kind, 300-gallon shark tank. And while you're not going to find any great white sharks here, the two-foot-deep tank is stocked with seven stingrays, one horned back stingray, three houndsharks, one remora shark, one horn shark, one catshark, one starfish, and three yellow tangs.
Homeowners and guests will have a front-row seat to the colorful aquatic show from areas such as a glass-encased, walk-in humidor room and a walkway leading into the 12,000-square-foot home. "Fakheri has been working on this house for four years, and the shark tank is one of those parts where you wonder 'how did he think of that?'" says listing agent Sam Real of Nest Seekers International of the unique selling point.
Stepping stones usher residents to the middle of the open-air space, where a living wall designed by Habitat Horticultures (the landscape architect behind the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's living wall) serves as the backdrop. The verdant wall is made up of copper-velvet shamrocks, coral bells, spike moss, button ferns, and cranesbill flora to help lower the air temperature and insulate the interior. "This [wall] is the only of its kind because it uses a revolutionary wicking system to ensure irrigation is 100 percent efficient and can reduce runoff—making it eco-friendly," says botanical artist David Brenner. "We used titanium steel in its construction to prevent corrosion from the saltwater of the shark pond below."
In addition to the shark tank and living wall, the lower level features a tequila and vodka freezer ("inspired by Nic's in Beverly Hills" Real says), a full bar, stadium seating, and a spa area. "The full wellness center has a plunge pool, current pool, sauna, and gym," Real notes. "All the furnishings come with the house except the artwork. The stone used throughout is from Concrete Collaborative, and it's the same kind used in the Getty. Everything is very unique and luxurious."
There are seven bedrooms and 11 baths spread out across three levels (including a 2,000-square-foot master suite with his-and-her closets and baths and a walkout terrace overlooking the cityscape). A private elevator connects all three floors. Outside, a swimming pool and oversized hot tub await. And, of course, if you need a place to watch Shark Week, there's a posh screening room.
The home will be listed for $35 million.
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Q: Color set up in the css differs from the displayed one I set backround color to #2560d2 for both divs. I took a screenshot of the page displayed in Chrome and checked the color in the Photoshop. It is different - #3766ce. Why?
(In my second div I tried with -webkit-print-color-adjust: exact but it didn't help.)

.test {
  width: 300px;
  height: 300px;
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Any ideas?

A: "Assign the monitor profile. Then convert to sRGB. A screenshot is in monitor color space. It has already been remapped for display, and the RGB values recalculated. You only get the same reading if monitor profile and document profile are identical - which they normally shouldn't be."
Adobe Community Professional, Aug 10, 2017
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/photoshop-pasted-screenshot-colors-off-with-the-last-update/td-p/9270682?page=1

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Yang, who oversees more than 30 shelters across Taiwan, China and Cambodia, has her hands full. In addition to looking after AIDS patients and their children – including children who are sometimes born with HIV/AIDS – her association provides a home for many orphans, human trafficking victims and homeless migrant workers.
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Rodney Harrex: Supporting South Australia's $8 billion visitor economy through COVID
Rodney Harrex, Chief Executive, South Australian Tourism Commission.
Rodney Harrex, Chief Executive, South Australian Tourism Commission, was recently interviewed for IPAA SA's 'On the Virtual Couch' video series.
The South Australian visitor economy has experienced great growth and massive employment over the past 5 years.
As Rodney explained:
"Up until the end of last year we were really in a strong space. And South Australia was recognised across Australia in the growth we were seeing."
Rodney explained how the fires in the Adelaide Hills at the end of 2019, the fires on Kangaroo Island, and the fires nationally, jolted consumer confidence.
"And so we set about working across government, working with different agencies, determining where was safe and what was right.
And I think this has led us into COVID — how there's been this great collaboration across government …
… it was about working with emergency services, making sure on our website we had the right information.
So it was about taking leadership."
The South Australian visitor economy is made up of 18,000 micro and small businesses that really depend on government. The SA Tourism Commission has worked closely with local government to help and work with these businesses during 2020, leading to the 'Welcome Back' campaign after the fires, which generated a huge response.
With Australia's borders closed to international travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the South Australian Tourism Commission has been looking at ways to attract intrastate and interstate travellers.
"Every year Australians spend $365 billion going overseas.
That is a huge amount of money — let's flip some of that to be spent domestically."
The Commission is currently running two campaigns, one for intrastate travellers — 'It's a Great State to Be In' — and another for other Australian states and territories — 'You Have To See It To Believe It' — which are already producing tangible benefits to the South Australian visitor economy.
"We have seen regional accommodation back to pre-COVID levels which is just phenomenal, so South Australians are out there …
…It's a different messaging for interstate and so, as we open up, it's about welcoming visitors."
A link to the video of the full interview with Rodney Harrex is available below.
On the Couch
with Rodney Harrex


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