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Thermostatic – Joy-Toy (2007)
Connexion Bizarre - February 11, 2008 June 21, 2011
CD, Wonderland Records, 2007
www.thermostatic.se
Hey kids, do you like synthpop? How about robots? Video-games? If those three things combined are your favorite thing in the world, then read no further. Go to Thermostatic's website at once and purchase a copy of "Joy Toy". Everyone else pass go, collect 200 dollars and read the enclosed review.
Okay, let's rewind for a second and get back to basics here. Sweden's Thermostatic already released "Joy Toy" in 2005. So why am I reviewing a 2005 release? Well, because the "Joy Toy" in my hand is not the same as 2005's album with the same name. Version 2.0 was re-issued in 2007 and it contains 4 more tracks than its predecessor. Unfortunately, the cool fold-out digi-pack that encased the first print run of "Joy Toy"was replaced by a less impressive card sleeve. Gain four more songs, lessen the quality of packaging. You win some, you lose some.
Back to the part that everyone cares about, namely video games and robots. In this case, dear video-game Nerds, you will be pleased to know that there are video-game-esque sounds on almost every single track on this CD. The appropriately titled name "Game" pays homage to the fairy tale perennial favorite: princesses being rescued by their heroes. Given the subject matter of the song and the quirky old school console sounds that dominate this disc, it almost seems like these guys should be scoring the next "Zelda" title. Love and machinery are common themes on "Joy Toy" as well. "Private Machine" illustrates the fusion of these subject matters best, when Vox proclaims in her adorably kittenish voice that robots get her going. It's all so painfully cute, but not so syrupy-sweet that vomiting needs to be induced. This is a fun release with simple catchy beats and styles that mix the perfect amounts of retro disco vibes, detached electroclash and perky synthpop.
I sincerely hope that New York City DJs that spin at clubs that cater to the electroclash-loving hipster crowd catch wind of "Joy Toy", due to the fact that they have a dance floor goldmine in tracks like "Paninaro" and "I Want to be a Marilyn". Both songs blend a vintage 80's feel with the "cooler than thou" atmosphere of modern electroclash and both can serve as a perfect soundtrack to all manners of decadent activities. Goth/Industrial DJs should take notice as well. The darker feel of "No Hands" would mesh well with the usually played moody club staples. Ditto for the more upbeat Code 64 remix of "So Close So Near", which also carries plenty of floor packing potential. If 'Does XYZ beat match with ABC?' is the furthest thing from your mind, I have it on good authority (mine) that you'll find yourself bobbing your head along to the beat anyway. Just like I was when I was listening to the original version of "So Close So Near". Although the snares in the opening drum sequence in the above mentioned song remind me of the beat in Toni Basil's "Mickey".
My only real "beef" with this CD is with "Far Away", another electroclash flavored song that would sound much better if the robotic male vocals were replaced with some monotone and pseudo disinterested yet sensual female spoken word that is so trademark in that genre. After all most of us like to visualize a sexy android vixen belting out this stuff as opposed to the "Box" robot you encounter in the icy caves of "Logan's Run".
"Joy Toy" could go either way. It can be just what the doctor ordered to lift you jaded folks out of your seasonal depression, with its playfully addictive repertoire of Nintendo love songs. Or it could simply annoy the Jesus Christ out of you. In either case, you won't be quick to forget it and that's why I think you'll be hearing more from these Scandinavian technology fiends in the future.
— Bea W.
Tagged 2007, joy-toy (2007), thermostatic, wonderland records
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By Chris Russon on 2019-10-22 - The driving force behind Eurekar. Chris heads up a team of motoring correspondents under the Driving Force banner. Prior to Driving Force becoming independent in 2010 he was Chief Motoring Editor for Trinity Mirror Regional newspapers. Chris has been writing about cars for almost 40 years.
ELECTRIC vehicles may become even greener with the Government launching a consultation on introducing green number plates for zero emission cars.
As the UK moves at pace towards net zero emissions, the initiative aims to raise awareness of the increasing number of zero emission vehicles on UK roads.
It also helps their drivers to benefit more easily from local incentives like free or cheaper parking and encourage greater uptake of new vehicle technology.
The announcement marks another step for the Government's Road to Zero Strategy, a £1.5 billion package of support which aims to make the UK the best place in the world to own an electric vehicle.
Since the strategy's publication the UK has seen record numbers of zero emission vehicles registered and the Government has marked its intention to be the first G7 country to legislate for net zero emissions by 2050.
Through the introduction of green number plates local authorities would have a visual identifier should they wish to introduce incentives to promote the use of zero emission vehicles, such as allowing these drivers to use bus lanes and to pay less for parking.
A similar scheme was trialled in Ontario in Canada with drivers of electric vehicles given free access to toll lanes and high occupancy vehicle lanes. Ontario saw an increase in electric vehicle registrations.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said:"The UK is in the driving seat of global efforts to tackle vehicle emissions and climate change and improve air quality, but we want to accelerate our progress.
"Green number plates are a really positive and exciting way to help everyone recognise the increasing number of electric vehicles on our roads.
"By increasing awareness of these vehicles and the benefits they bring to their drivers and our environment, we will turbo-charge the zero emission revolution."
Elisabeth Costa, senior director at the Government's Behavioural Insights Team, added:"The number of clean vehicles on our roads is increasing but we don't notice as it's difficult to tell clean vehicles apart from more polluting ones.
"Green number plates make these vehicles, and our decision to drive in a more environmentally-friendly way, more visible on roads. We think making the changing social norm noticeable will help encourage more of us to swap our cars for cleaner options."
Potential plate designs include:
The consultation seeks views from industry and the public on a number of aspects surrounding the scheme, including vehicle eligibility; number plate design; and around the rollout of the plates.
The consulation follows the Transport Secretary's recent announcement of the doubling of funding for chargepoints on residential streets, to help make charging an electric car easier for those without access to off-street parking.
The Government is also currently consulting on requiring chargepoints to be built into all new homes with a parking space.
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My husband and I will be selling our California home early next year and are expecting to have capital gains above and beyond the 121 Exclusion of $500K.
1. I have a home business and just opened a Solo 401k. My plan is to apply for an extension on our 2017 income taxes until we have received the proceeds from our home sale. Then contributing the max allowed contribution to the 401k for both my husband and I (using proceeds from sale) to off set our taxes owed for 2017. My assumption is that we would meet with a CPA and do a preliminary tax prep to discover the right amount to contribute to the 401K (instead of loosing the money to taxes)?
2.Then when 2018 tax time rolls around and it is time to pay taxes on the capital gains above and beyond the 121 Exclusion we will again contribute to our 401k to off set our income to reduce the tax bracket we are in to possibly avoid capital gains all together or at least to the reduce the amount we will owe. From what I have read so far it sounds like the tax reform will allow those who are married with income below $77,200 to not have to pay capital gains. Are my interpretations correct?
3. Also, we will be moving to Idaho. When we do our 2017 taxes will we need to find a CPA in California for our 2017 taxes since the income was solely earned in California?
4. For 2018 taxes (moving prior to the end of June and home sale in May) with January through mid June income earned in California would we also, use a California based CPA?
A solo 401k can be an excellent way to reduce income taxes. Be sure to consult with a CPA in advance so you can put together a good strategy for you and your husband.
Your CPA does not need to be in California. So long as the CPA understands California state income taxes (and other states if needed) then you can use the CPA of your choice.
@Rosalie Taran You are welcome! Taxes are overwhelming, which is more the reason to find a good CPA who can advise you accordingly.
@Rosalie Taran You also may want to look into whether California will automatically withhold out of escrow for the taxes that will be owed to the state and take that into account when looking at your cash flows. You can use a CPA outside of California, but CA usually has weird rules and more complexity than other states so you'll want to make sure a non-CA CPA is familiar with CA rules.
1) The capital gains from the sale of the property - this is passive income and you can't use it to contribute to the Solo 401k plan. The entire amount (over $500K threshold will be taxed).
2) Contributions to the Solo 401k plan can be made from the earned income only. And if your business is sole-proprietorship then only you will be able to contribute to the 401k plan. If you wish to contribute for your husband also you may need to change your business structure and show self-employment income for your husband also.
I think what you might be trying to do so since you will have the proceeds from the sale which you can use for the living expenses can can contribute max allowed amount into the Solo 401k which you wouldn't be able to do otherwise because of the limited income?
So if you use this strategy you might be able to reduce your income tax but I don't think it will have any affect on your capital gain taxes. And yes, you are correct, having experienced CPA to guide you through this is a must.
If you use some of the sale proceeds as earned income you will be paying approx 16% SS & Medicare and then possibly state tax on top of that so I am not sure you will save much over the long term capital gains rate. Also watch if new tax bill is 2/5 or 5/8 years - not sure if it makes any difference in your case. @Dmitriy Fomichenko brings up good points to consider.
@Carl Fischer thank you for your response. We have been in our home for 17 years so we luckily don't have to worry about that aspect.
Contributions to a solo 401k plan have to be based on net self-employment income not passive/investment income.
IRS Publication 560 has a section that covers income for solo 401k contribution purposes.
@George Blower Thank you for your assistance!


Alternate Name: vinyl polystyrene polymer-supported Grubbs' catalyst, 'Boomerang' catalyst.
Solubility: insoluble in all solvents; swells in CH2Cl2, toluene and THF; does not swell in MeOH.
Form Supplied in: commercially available from NovaBiochem as a lilac powder.
Preparative Methods: Bis(tricyclohexylphosphine)(4-polystyrylmethylidene)ruthenium dichloride (PS-Grubbs' catalyst) is commercially available from NovaBiochem.1 It can also be conveniently prepared by shaking Grubbs' catalyst [Cl2(PCy3)2Ru=CHPh]2 with vinylpolystyrene3 (1-2% cross-linked with divinylbenzene) in dichloromethane solution for 1-2 h, followed by filtration (1).
Handling, Storage, and Precautions: when dry may be stored in a sealed vessel for a period of months.
The advantage of the PS-Grubbs' catalyst over the traditional Grubbs' catalyst is that ruthenium contamination of the product is minimized and its use is simplified. Typically, the PS-Grubbs' catalyst is suspended in dichloromethane, the diene added and the mixture shaken for 40 min, followed by filtration. The product is obtained by simple evaporation of the washings, with minimal ruthenium contamination. The recovered catalyst can be re-used but is less active. The lifetime and activity of a given batch of PS-Grubbs' catalyst can be extended to allow three recycles by the simple addition of hex-1-ene or 3,3-dimethylbut-1-ene (9 mol%) to the mixture.4 These volatile alkenes are removed with the dichloromethane solvent in the evaporation stage to obtain the product.
The mechanism by which the PS-Grubbs' catalyst operates has been dubbed a 'boomerang' process. Initial metathesis with a given diene releases the catalyst from the solid support into solution. Homogeneous alkylidene [Cl2(PCy3)2Ru=CHR] catalysed metathesis ensues and the system therefore displays very similar activities to the homogeneous Grubbs' catalyst [Cl2(PCy3)2Ru=CHPh]. It is therefore expected that for any ring-closing metathesis that Grubbs' catalyst [Cl2(PCy3)2Ru=CHPh] can catalyse, PS-supported Grubbs' catalyst will be equally effective. After metathesis is complete, the resin recaptures the catalyst at a vacant vinyl site.
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A large ore ship loading facility in Minnesota required a new replacement backstop for use on a 2,000 ft. long feed conveyor that moves processed taconite pellets to a storage area for eventual loading onto bulk handling great lakes freighters. Due to the remote location and limited maintenance access of the conveyor's head pulley, the mine planners wanted the new backstop to be positioned at the conveyor's drive pulley, located 1,000 ft. away from the head pulley. The backstop had to perform in temperatures down to -40° F and withstand the extremely abrasive taconite dust which eventually covers all drive components.
To meet the requirements of this challenging application, Formsprag supplied a Model FHB-60 high-speed external backstop which is designed as a drop-in replacement for competitor units. The FHB design features inner race centrifugal throw-out sprags to provide positive backstopping on heavy-duty inclined conveyor and bucket elevator applications.
The FHB-60 features a maximum speed of 1,800 RPM and a 4,130 lb.ft. (5600 Nm) torque capacity, much higher than competitive units in a smaller envelope. The FHB-60 supplied had a 3.25 in. bore. Per customer request, due to the abrasive taconite dust environment, Formsprag engineers modified the FHB backstop to include optional re-greasing fittings.


Health care organizations now view patient satisfaction through a wider, and yet more focused lens due to the onset of value-based care reimbursement and specifically, Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey results.
Meet Your Doctor: In Good Health's Interview of ECMC's Brian M. Murray, MD.
Sharon L. Hanson appointed to the Governing Board of the Healthcare Trustees of New York State Erie County Medical Center Corporation (ECMCC) Board Chair Sharon L. Hanson has been appointed to the Governing Board of the Healthcare Trustees of New York State (HTNYS). The HTNYS Board is composed of 25 Trustees who represent 500 hospitals, continuing care organizations, and health systems from all regions across the state.
Because of them, we've been able to establish leading medical programs right here in Western New York to better care for you and yours in any situation. This year, we're proud to have 22 of our doctors listed among America's Top Doctors—and thankful for all they do to deliver true care.
Pia Musielak, PA, ECMC Center for Cardiovascular Care, recently provided advice on being mindful of the stress shoveling snow can place on the heart and how to best avoid doing too much.
Erie County Medical Center Corporation (ECMCC) today announced that 2016 was the busiest year in the hospital's history. From emergency room visits to outpatient visits to both inpatient and outpatient general surgeries, the key categories for measuring ECMC's operations demonstrated strong, positive growth.


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United Nations Food System Summit is the first of its kind
Compassion in World Farming urges world leaders to harness the momentum from this week's first-ever United Nations Food Systems Summit (UN FSS) to take clear and radical action towards transforming our broken global food system.
The focus of the virtual summit, taking place Thursday, September 23rd, is finding solutions to the urgent climate, health, and nature emergencies that are before us. It will then be up to world leaders, at events like COP26 in Glasgow in November, to take the immediate actions necessary to spur this revolutionary transformation.
Compassion in World Farming Global CEO and UN Food Systems Champion, Philip Lymbery said: "The opportunity before us is to use the momentum garnered at the UN Food Systems Summit and its powerful emphasis on transforming food systems – not just tweaking them – if we are to save the future for animals, people and the natural world, on which we all depend."
"Transformation is essential if we are to create a liveable future for coming generations. National governments and international institutions have the power to make this happen so our future truly lies in their hands. Yet the issue of food and agriculture is strangely absent from the agenda of crucial forums such as COP26. World leaders must act before it's too late – there's no time to lose."
Food is responsible for about a third of all greenhouse gas emissions and producing it takes up half the habitable land surface of the planet. Industrial animal agriculture is a major driver of biodiversity decline and the biggest cause of animal cruelty on the planet. The livestock sector alone is responsible for more greenhouse gases than the direct emissions of all the world's planes, trains, and cars put together.
"Research clearly demonstrates that a global reduction in meat and dairy consumption is vital to keep us within planetary boundaries," added Philip. "We must also shift towards higher-welfare nature-friendly farming – such as organic, pasture-fed or mixed crop and livestock systems – to prevent further catastrophic biodiversity loss."
Philip Lymbery accepted the invitation of Agnes Kalibata, UN Special Envoy for the Food Systems Summit to represent animal welfare organizations in Europe and beyond as a Food Systems Champion in March 2021. Compassion in World Farming has played an active role in the Summit's Action Tracks and Sustainable Livestock working groups and contributed to the Sustainable Livestock Cluster Paper C: Aligning Production and Consumption, which has four calls to action:
Resizing the livestock industry and reducing meat and dairy consumption
Shifting to nature-friendly, regenerative agriculture
Supporting a just transition
Adopting good standards of animal welfare.
To find out more about Compassion in World Farming's solutions for sustainable agriculture visit: www.ciwf.org
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Police, SBV services ask for help to catch guard who 'stole' R4m
By Tankiso Makhetha - 18 February 2020 - 11:56
Bathobile Mlangeni is wanted by the police
SBV Services is appealing to members of the public for any information which may assist the South African Police Service (SAPS) in its ongoing investigation of former employee Bathobile Mlangeni who is allegedly linked to the theft of R4m from its collection facility at the Mall of Africa, Midrand, in July 2019.
On Tuesday Sowetan reported that Mlangeni allegedly strolled out of the Midrand depot with a trolley containing refuse bags that were stuffed with millions of rands before disappearing into thin air.
Mlangeni, 29, who was on duty at the time of the incident, allegedly cut open two bulk cash bags with a pair of scissors before transferring the money into a number of refuse bags which she placed in a trolley and walked out of the depot, a source close to the investigation said.
Wanted: guard who 'strolled off with R4m'
Bathobile Mlangeni, a security guard at one of the biggest cash-in-transit companies in SA, allegedly strolled out of the depot with a trolley ...
Gauteng police spokesperson Capt Mavela Masondo said Mlangeni was wanted in connection with the disappearance of millions of rands while she was on duty.
"She has not reported to work since the day the money went missing," Masondo said.
He urged members of the community who could know her whereabouts or information that could lead to her arrest to come forward.
Mark Barret, SBV group CEO said: "As a key service provider that ensures that cash is available for the citizens of South Africa, and as a responsible corporate citizen, we do not tolerate any crime and take all internal and external incidents in a serious light. If an incident does occur, we will focus our efforts together with the relevant authorities to ensure that the perpetrators involved are brought to justice."
SBV is currently not in a position to disclose any details regarding this case due to the sensitive nature of the investigation. We are cooperating with the relevant authorities to investigate the incident. SBV is requesting that members of the public call the SBV hotline 083 408 7029 with any information that may assist with this investigation. This line is available 24/7 and all callers are assured that confidentiality is maintained."
The SA Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric) CEO Susan Potgieter said there had been 43 cash-in-transit incidents since 1 January 2020 till 17 February 2020.
Key witness in car guard murder to spend 23 days in jail
Guards wounded as Gauteng hit by three more cash-in-transit heists
Police launch a manhunt after millions go missing at cash depot
'Any day can be your last': cash-in-transit guard, as heists surge in SA
Suspected robber shot in neck, another caught by police dog at Baywest Mall


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James, Cavs shred Raptors, Celtics rally to down Sixers
Los Angeles (AFP) –
LeBron James scored 43 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers powered to a 128-110 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Thursday to take a commanding 2-0 lead in their NBA second-round playoff series.
The Cavs, who broke Raptors hearts with a 113-112 overtime triumph on Tuesday, may well have broken their spirit as they won a second straight game at Air Canada Centre, putting themselves in position to sweep Toronto for a second straight year when the best-of-seven Eastern Conference series shifts to Cleveland on Saturday.
In Boston, the Celtics seized a 2-0 lead in their series against Philadelphia, roaring back from a 22-point second-quarter deficit to triumph 108-103.
Jayson Tatum scored 21 points to lead six Boston players in double figures as the Celtics remained unbeaten on their home floor in these playoffs.
The 76ers will try to right the ship as the series shifts to Philadelphia for games three and four, but the Celtics have never lost a best-of-seven series in which the led 2-0.
The Cavaliers, meanwhile, head home with a chance to sweep the Raptors for a second straight year.
"We've got to continue to keep our guards up and continue to push," cautioned James, whose 14 assists matched his career playoff high.
He notched his 23rd playoff game with at least 40 points and his fourth so far this post-season.
Kevin Love, averaging less than 11 points per game this post-season, emerged from his offensive slump to added 31 points and 11 rebounds for the Cavs.
JR Smith scored 15, George Hill chipped in 13 and Jeff Green came off the bench to contribute 14 as the Cavs extended their post-season dominance of the Raptors.
"This was a complete team effort," James said. "It's a big win for us."
But even as Love impressed, James dazzled, confounding Toronto with an array of turnaround jump shots.
"This'll be my fourth year here, I don't know if I'd seen that out of him," Love said.
The Raptors, who earned the top seed in the East for the first time in franchise history as Cleveland struggled to find consistency throughout the regular season, insisted they can still make it a series.
"We thrive on adversity," said DeMar DeRozan. "We've been in tough situations before and sometimes when you're put in tough situations that's what brings the best out of you.
"We understand where we're at," he added. "We're going to fight."
The Cavs, trailing by two at halftime, eviscerated the Raptors in the third quarter, opening the second half on an 8-0 scoring run to seize a lead they wouldn't relinquish.
James and Love combined for 24 of Cleveland's 37 points in the period -- matching Toronto's third quarter total.
DeRozan paced the Raptors with 24 points and Kyle Lowry added 21. But the Raptors had no answer for Cleveland in the second half.
"We need more effort, way more effort," Lowry said. "We've got to play harder."
- 'Never say die' -
The 76ers, coming off a lacklustre game one loss in Boston, got off to a fast start against the Celtics, but as so often in the regular season they couldn't hold onto their lead.
JJ Redick led Philadelphia with 23 points. Robert Covington added 22 points and nine rebounds. Joel Embiid finished with 20 points and 14 rebounds but star rookie Ben Simmons missed all four shots he took as he scored just one point in 31 minutes.
Simmons coughed up two turnovers as Boston engineered a 20-5 scoring run to close the first half. Over a 16-minute stretch spanning the second and third quarters Boston out-scored Philadelphia 50-20 to seize the lead.
Philadelphia edged back into the lead in the fourth quarter, but Boston responded with an 11-5 scoring run and held on for the win.
"That's the story of our season," Tatum said. "But we have a never say die mentality."


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Home » WATCH: Another EV Danger Exposed As Roaring Tesla Battery Fire Takes 42,000 Gallons of Water, Nearly an Hour to Put Out
WATCH: Another EV Danger Exposed As Roaring Tesla Battery Fire Takes 42,000 Gallons of Water, Nearly an Hour to Put Out
There are some cool things about electric vehicles. Tesla vehicles have incredible acceleration, feeling like a rocket ship when you put the pedal to the medal. The self-driving features are incredible, particularly the ones that help you navigate a packed parking lot or manage a long-road trip without starting to drift across lanes as you get tired.
BUT, there are also problems. Big ones. For example, they can't drive as far as many combustion-powered vehicles, even electric trucks have trouble towing compared to their combustion-powered counterparts, long fill-up times can be dangerous and make road trips a pain, and during something like a hurricane or flood, the charging stations are a major net negative.
And there's another big problem: they're dangerous, as a fire that ignites the lithium-ion battery is near impossible to put out, taking forever to put out and requiring tens of thousands of gallons of water. And that water that washes away is full of toxic lithium…
Such is what was exposed yet again recently when a Tesla caught flame in Stamford, Connecticut. Here's what the Stamford Fire Department had to say about the incident:
At 11:18 AM today, the Stamford Combined 911 Dispatch Center began receiving calls of a car fire behind the Blue Ginger Restaurant at 1132 E Main Street. Additional calls reported the car to be a Tesla. Two engines, a truck company, and an incident commander were initially dispatched to the incident bringing 14 firefighters to the scene as part of the initial assignment in just a few minutes.
Engine Company 4 arrived on the scene at 11:24 and reported a car fire in a parking lot, heavily involved in flames. It was quickly confirmed that the vehicle on fire was a battery-powered Tesla. The vehicle was several car lengths away from other vehicles and posed no immediate danger to them. Electric vehicle fires have been in the news frequently due to the difficulty many departments are having extinguishing them.
An initial 1-3/4″ hose line was stretched by the crew of Engine 4, who began pouring 200 gallons of water per minute onto and into the vehicle. As soon as Engine 4 was hooked up to a hydrant, two additional 1-3/4 lines were put into action by other fire companies on the scene, delivering a total of 600 gallons per minute to the fire. Firefighters continued pouring water onto the fire for 40 minutes before they were able to declare the fire extinguished.
"A normal car fire usually requires no more than a single hose line," according to Deputy Chief Eric Lorenz, the Incident Commander for the fire. "But we know from other Fire Departments' experiences that large amounts of water are the only solution when compared to a traditional vehicle fire." he continued.
And though that was a monumental effort compared to a normal car fire, it was an easy one to put out compared to other EV fires, as the report went on to note, saying
According to Fire Officers on the scene, this fire may have been relatively easy to put out compared to some others across the nation because the entire bank of batteries dropped on the ground underneath the vehicle, where firefighters were focusing their fire attack.
And a hazardous waste team had to get involved, as the report added, noting:
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Stamford Fire Haz Mat Team, and a hazardous waste cleanup company are all still on the scene at of 4:30 PM, preparing to remove the vehicle to a safe and secure location. "This is no routine car fire," Chief Lorenz said. "It requires special handling."
Watch the roaring blaze and first few minutes of the firefighters' response here:
And here's a longer video showing what happened later during the blaze:
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Men Without Hats Music Festival 2023
January 17, 2023 /in News /by barcode-admin
The new wave/Synthpop band Men Without Hats are back in Stouffville, ON, at the Wintersong Music Festival 2023. The fourth edition of the festival, which will take place from January 20-21, announced their headlining acts for this year.
The festival features headlining acts by two-time Juno award winner Dan Mangan, along with the local sensation Men Without Hats. They will be joined by another local Indie Pop band, Man Made Forest, and a collaboration between Daniel Monkman and Adam Sturgeon named OMBIIGIZI.
Let's take a closer look at the Montreal-based artists' Men Without Hats and more about the Wintersong Festival, which returns to Stouffville in Ontario.
Having released eight albums to date, Men Without Hats is a Canadian New Wave and synthpop band which originated in Montreal, Quebec. Originally a punk rock band that formed in 1977, Men Without Hats are accomplished Canadian musicians who have a signature synth-based sound accompanied by the baritone voice of its vocalist cum founder, Ivan Doroschuk.
They achieved international fame with their 1980s album Rhythm of Youth which featured the track 'The Safety Dance.' This single peaked as the 11th highest-selling single in 1983, having spent four weeks on the Billboard Top 100. Subsequently, their 1987 album 'Pop Goes the World' enjoyed the same level of success, having featured in multiple charts across the US and Europe.
Men Without Hats have received several honors for their unique music style, including the Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year in 1984 and two Juno awards for the best singles of the year. The group reached its height with the Grammy Award for Best New Artist that same year.
The group has been reformed three times and has gone on to release eight studio albums along with a number of EPs. Since 2010, the beloved Canadian group has been actively touring across Europe and North America with live shows of their new album 'Love in the Age of War.' Recently in 2022, the group released its 8th studio album, Again, Part 2, which has been performed live extensively by the band since its release.
The Wintersong Music Festival
The Wintersong Music Festival is a live music and cultural event that will include live music, dining, shopping, and other attractions for people of all ages. The free-to-attend music festival brings 100+ artists to Stouffville who will be performing at 15 venues including cafes, bars, theaters, and other public spaces.
The festival takes place annually and is a free-to-attend event, drawing a boisterous crowd of over 5,000 people from all over the York region. Wintersong has offered its live spectacle with an eclectic blend of local and international artists who perform at multiple venues across Stouffville.
The unique model of the festival ensures quality entertainment for every age group without charging a single dollar while supporting local businesses like pubs and cafes where live shows will take place.
The lineup of the Wintersong Festival 2023
The music festival brings a whole lot of dynamism with some of the top Canadian and international artists who'll be performing headlining acts. From indie-pop sensation Stars to the iconic Grammy award winners Men Without Hats, many top artists will take the headlining stage at the Spring Lakes Golf Club over the two-day event. Other headliners include the Juno recipient singer-songwriter Dan Mangan and the critically acclaimed indie rock group OMBIIGIZI.
These headlining acts will be supported by the lo-fi icons Kiwi Jr, along with the reunion of the grunge band Mrs. Torrance. Another buzzing live performance will be delivered by JJ and the Pillars. The festival also goes big on local names including Man Made Forest, Evan Farell, Hungry Lake, The Muffin Men, and a century of other artists during the weekend.
Men Without Hats at the Wintersong Festival 2023
Celebrating their synthpop masterpiece and skillful use of their songwriting with their latest album Again 2, Men Without Hats, will take the stage at the Spring Lakes Golf Club on January 21 from 4:00 PM. The album is a tribute to their 80s sound with the innovative music techniques of today. Featuring 14 songs, the album includes guitarist-producer Sho Murray, who's well renowned in the local Canadian music circles.
Attendees can also enjoy an exclusive pre-party at the Spring Lakes Wintersong Lounge, where they can get in the vibe of the festival and the amazing lineup of performances.
Things to do at the Wintersong Music Festival 2023
The second edition of the festival after the global pandemic, the Wintersong Festival, returns with a bang this year with an even better lineup of artists and things to do. The major attractions will be the same as last year, including 16 venues ranging from the Spring Lakes Golf Club to restaurants and bars across the town, along with a Youth Stage and karaoke shuttle buses to transport the attendees across venues free of charge.
This year, the organizers have joined hands with the Latcham Art Center, which will be hosting the Youth Stage and kid's workshops and entertainment. A unique offering this year would be the Silent Disco at the Stouffville library and an educational panel led by music-industry experts for the upcoming Canadian musicians to learn from the best.
You can access the live schedules and other important information by scanning the QR codes on posters across all the venues.
Enjoy the Resurgence of Men Without Hats at Wintersong 2023
We're all excited to witness the comeback of our heroes Men Without Hats who have defined an era of classic indie music infused with unique Synth sounds. This year, their performance is due to take the festival to a whole new level as we're blessed by the baritone voice of Ivan Doroschuk coupled with the virtuoso of Sho Murray over guitars.
Grab your tickets and head to Stouffville's beloved music festival that's open for all ages without any cost.
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Q: Subtract a number more than once I am fairly new to programming and would like to know how I can get my program to subtract 30 from 100 every time I click a button. This is what I have but can't seem to find the correct formula.
        int hpLevel = 100;
        int hpDrop = 30;

        if (hpLevel > 0)
        {
            lblHpLevel.Text = Convert.ToString(hpLevel - hpDrop);
        }
        else
        {
            lblHpLevel.Text = Convert.ToString(hpLevel);
        }

A: The code declares a new hpLevel variable every time the button is clicked. You want that variable defined outside of the method, at the class level, so that the value will be retained between clicks.
Additionally, the code never assigns the result back to the hpLevel variable. It assigns it directly to the TextBox, while hpLevel is never changed. You need to assign the results to hpLevel and then set that value to your textbox.
int hpLevel = 100;
int hpDrop = 30;

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    {
        hpLevel -= hpDrop;
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    lblHpLevel.Text = Convert.ToString(hpLevel);
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A: You must declare int hpLevel = 100 out of the scope of the method that is handling the click event. If  int hpLevel = 100 is part of the aformentioned method then you are instantiating  an intvariable with name hpLevel and assigning it the value 100 every time you click the button.
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Can I order my doors prehung?
We prehang our doors to your specifications right here on site. You can choose from SO many options in jambs, weather-stripping, hinges, drilling for locks, thresholds/sills, sweeps, trim moldings etc., then we put the prehung door together to fit your choices. If the door needs to be trimmed in height and/or width, we do that. There are almost no installation applications we haven't encountered before, just bring us your measurements and your ideas. If you are removing an old door, it is always helpful to bring or e-mail us a few digital photos of the existing door and its jamb; that allows us to be even more helpful when you're here.
Do you carry Dutch Doors?
Yes! We build exterior and interior Dutch doors. Any stile and rail door with a 6 3/4″ mid-rail can be prehung as a Dutch door for you. We cut through the mid-rail, install a wood molding called a "Dutch Door Astragal", mount 2 hinges to each half, drill for a handle in the lower half, and for exterior applications, a dead bolt in the top half. The added cost is minimal; one additional hinge at $5.00 to $25.00 each depending on the model, the Dutch door astragal at $25.00, and an additional $20.00 shop labor. We can also build a shelf onto the lower half, charges for that vary with your preferences. Because Dutch doors by definition have a cut through the middle that could potentially leak air or moisture, they are not recommended for installation in weather exposed areas where that could be a problem.
Do you build Out-swing door units?
Yes! We can prehang any exterior door to swing outward. We use sill/thresholds specifically designed for that use, and we use special-purpose hinges that are non-ferrous (will not rust) and that have a built-in security feature that does allow the hinge pins to be removed when the door is closed. Out-swing patio doors, (especially fiberglass ones), are great for high wind and rain areas because they are less prone to leak under the doors than in-swing units. There is a small up charge for the special hinges, but otherwise out-swing doors are no more costly than the same door that in-swings. We also sell Larson brand retractable screen door systems that pair well with out-swing door units.
Do you offer Fire Rated doors?
Yes! We sell fire rated doors in 20, 60, and 90 minute configurations. For residential use, the typical requirement for doors that separate the living space from attached garages, and also some types of mechanical rooms is 20 minute. There are matching 20 minute rated versions of many, but not all, of the interior door models we carry. Glass is not an option in most of these models, but we can provide flush wood and hollow metal (commercial type) rated units with custom glass inserts on a special order basis.
Do you sell doors for commercial buildings?
Yes! We have a tremendous range of products available for light commercial, mixed-use, and industrial repair/addition applications. Tenant Improvement projects/build-outs are one of our specialties. We build door and door plus re-lite units for office spaces, store frontage, restaurants, churches, schools, condominium/multiple dwelling lobbies and unit entries, and maritime vessels to name a few of the many different types of jobs our doors have gone into. If you have a commercial space you need help with, e-mail sales@franklumber.com.
Please note that we do not quote institutional type projects such as new High Rises, Shopping malls, Manufacturing facilities, or Hospitals; although we commonly work with the individual tenants to build out their spaces within those types of buildings.
Can I buy locks and dead bolts and have them keyed alike?
Yes! We carry Baldwin and Schlage handles and dead bolts in stock and we can key them alike here while you wait. We also sell lock sets and dead bolts from many other hardware manufacturers, and they can be ordered in match keyed. There is no charge for keying alike locks you buy at Frank Lumber. We can both key alike to each other the new locks you buy, but we can also often match key them to an old key that you bring in. So if you are keeping some existing locks, and adding new ones, it is possible they can all be changed to accept the same key. We also make key copies at our showroom(s) while you wait.
Custom doors are our specialty. We can build in-house, or order in, virtually any residential or commercial door you can imagine. Frank Lumber offers doors in almost any wood species, with almost any type of glass, prehung and/or mortised for hundreds of different installation requirements. Any of our 1000's of in-stock doors can be prehung to your specifications within a few working days. It is extremely rare that we are presented with a door detail that we are unable to provide, and even in those rare circumstances, we can usually offer an alternative solution that accomplishes what you are looking for. Please call or e-mail for us for a quote for any door you may need, we have sales people on staff that have literally seen it all!
Can I get my doors delivered?
Yes. Frank Lumber Company has a fleet of delivery trucks. We deliver our doors all over Western Washington, Bellingham to Tacoma, San Juans and the Olympic Peninsula, as far east as North Bend. Fees for local delivery (greater Seattle area) start as low as $60.00. Click here to see our delivery zone map. In addition to our in-house delivery service, we can crate up your orders for will-call by the freight company of your choice, or deliver the crates to a local freight forwarding company such as Alaska Marine Lines or Honolulu Freight Service.
Please see our list of Referred Carpenters for more information.
Can I get my doors finished by Frank Lumber?
Yes – we do offer a broad range of millwork finishing options. Your doors, jambs and trim can be stained and varnished, primed and painted or primed-only/read-for paint when delivered. Finishing adds 2-3 weeks to the lead time of most orders, and also adds to the applicable delivery fee as finished products require more packing and handling considerations than unfinished ones.
What doors can be used for pocket doors or wall mounted doors?
Virtually any interior or exterior door can be hung as a pocket door or sliding partition. We carry all the different types of tracks, hangers, guides, and associated hardware for the various sliding applications from Johnson Hardware Co. We also have knowledgeable staff to help you figure out how each installation concept goes together.
What if I need design consultation?
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text:
\section{Introduction}
Recent coreference resolution systems have heavily relied on first order models~\cite{clark:2016b,e2e-coref}, where only pairs of entity mentions are scored by the model. These models are computationally efficient and scalable to long documents. However, because they make independent decisions about coreference links, they are susceptible to predicting clusters that are locally consistent but globally inconsistent. Figure~\ref{fig:consistency} shows an example from \newcite{wiseman:2016} that illustrates this failure case. The plurality of \textbf{[you]} is underspecified, making it locally compatible with both \textbf{[I]} and \textbf{[all of you]}, while the full cluster would have mixed plurality, resulting in global inconsistency.

We introduce an approximation of higher-order inference that uses the span-ranking architecture from \newcite{e2e-coref} in an iterative manner. At each iteration, the antecedent distribution is used as an attention mechanism to optionally update existing span representations, enabling later coreference decisions to softly condition on earlier coreference decisions. For the example in Figure~\ref{fig:consistency}, this enables the linking of \textbf{[you]} and \textbf{[all of you]} to depend on the linking of \textbf{[I]} and \textbf{[you]}.

To alleviate computational challenges from this higher-order inference, we also propose a coarse-to-fine approach that is learned with a single end-to-end objective. We introduce a less accurate but more efficient coarse factor in the pairwise scoring function. This additional factor enables an extra pruning step during inference that reduces the number of antecedents considered by the more accurate but inefficient fine factor. Intuitively, the model cheaply computes a rough sketch of \emph{likely} antecedents before applying a more expensive scoring function.

Our experiments show that both of the above contributions improve the performance of coreference resolution on the English OntoNotes benchmark. We observe a significant increase in average F1 with a second-order model, but returns quickly diminish with a third-order model. Additionally, our analysis shows that the coarse-to-fine approach makes the model performance relatively insensitive to more aggressive antecedent pruning, compared to the distance-based heuristic pruning from previous work.

\input{figures/consistency}
\section{Background}
\paragraph{Task definition}
We formulate the coreference resolution task as a set of antecedent assignments $y_i$ for each of span $i$ in the given document, following \newcite{e2e-coref}. The set of possible assignments for each $y_i$ is $\mathcal{Y}(i) = \{\epsilon, 1, \ldots, i - 1\}$, a dummy antecedent $\epsilon$ and all preceding spans. Non-dummy antecedents represent coreference links between $i$ and $y_i$. The dummy antecedent $\epsilon$ represents two possible scenarios: (1) the span is not an entity mention or (2) the span is an entity mention but it is not coreferent with any previous span. These decisions implicitly define a final clustering, which can be recovered by grouping together all spans that are connected by the set of antecedent predictions.

\paragraph{Baseline}
We describe the baseline model~\cite{e2e-coref}, which we will improve to address the modeling and computational limitations discussed previously. The goal is to learn a distribution $P(y_i)$ over antecedents for each span $i$ :
\begin{align}
P(y_i) &= \frac{e^{s(i, y_i)}}{\sum_{y' \in \mathcal{Y}(i)}e^{s(i, y')}}
\end{align}
where $s(i, j)$ is a pairwise score for a coreference link between span $i$ and span $j$. The baseline model includes three factors for this pairwise coreference score: (1) $\mscore{i}$, whether span $i$ is a mention, (2) $\mscore{j}$, whether span $j$ is a mention, and (3) $\ascore{i}{j}$ whether $j$ is an antecedent of $i$:
\begin{align}
    \cscore{i}{j} &=\mscore{i} + \mscore{j} + \ascore{i}{j}
\end{align}
In the special case of the dummy antecedent, the score $s(i, \epsilon)$ is instead fixed to 0. A common component used throughout the model is the vector representations $\V{g}_i$ for each possible span $i$. These are computed via bidirectional LSTMs~\cite{lstm} that learn context-dependent boundary and head representations. The scoring functions $s_\text{m}$ and $s_\text{a}$ take these span representations as input:
\begin{align}
    \mscore{i}&= \V{w}_\text{m}^\top \ffnn{m}{\V{g}_i}\\
\hspace{-10pt}\ascore{i}{j} &= \V{w}_\text{a}^\top \ffnn{a}{[\V{g}_i, \V{g}_j, \V{g}_i \circ \V{g}_j, \phi(i, j)]}\hspace{-10pt}
\end{align}
\noindent
where $\circ$ denotes element-wise multiplication, $\textsc{ffnn}$ denotes a feed-forward neural network, and the antecedent scoring function $\ascore{i}{j}$ includes explicit element-wise similarity of each span $\V{g}_i \circ \V{g}_j$ and a feature vector $\phi(i, j)$ encoding speaker and genre information from the metadata and the distance between the two spans.

The model above is factored to enable a two-stage beam search. A beam of up to $M$ potential mentions is computed (where $M$ is proportional to the document length) based on the spans with the highest mention scores $\mscore{i}$. Pairwise coreference scores are only computed between surviving mentions during both training and inference.

Given supervision of gold coreference clusters, the model is learned by optimizing the marginal log-likelihood of the possibly correct antecedents. This marginalization is required since the best antecedent for each span is a latent variable.

\section{Higher-order Coreference Resolution}
\label{sec:higher_order}
The baseline above is a first-order model, since it only considers pairs of spans. First-order models are susceptible to consistency errors as demonstrated in Figure~\ref{fig:consistency}. Unlike in sentence-level semantics, where higher-order decisions can be implicitly modeled by the LSTMs, modeling these decisions at the document-level requires explicit inference due to the potentially very large surface distance between mentions.

We propose an inference procedure that allows the model to condition on higher-order structures, while being fully differentiable. This inference involves $N$ iterations of refining span representations, denoted as $\V{g}_i^n$ for the representation of span $i$ at iteration $n$. At iteration $n$, $\V{g}_i^n$ is computed with an attention mechanism that averages over previous representations $\V{g}_j^{n-1}$ weighted according to how likely each mention $j$ is to be an antecedent for $i$, as defined below.

The baseline model is used to initialize the span representation at $\V{g}_i^1$. The refined span representations allow the model to  also iteratively refine the antecedent distributions $P_n(y_i)$:
\begin{align}
P_n(y_i) &= \frac{e^{s(\V{g}_i^n, \V{g}_{y_i}^n)}}{\sum_{y \in \mathcal{Y}(i)}e^{s(\V{g}_i^n, \V{g}_y^n))}}
\end{align}
where $s$ is the coreference scoring function of the baseline architecture. The scoring function uses the same parameters at every iteration, but it is given different span representations.

At each iteration, we first compute the expected antecedent representation $\V{a}_i^n$ of each span $i$ by using the current antecedent distribution $P_{n}(y_i)$ as an attention mechanism:
\begin{align}
\V{a}_i^n &= \sum_{y_i \in \mathcal{Y}(i)}P_{n}(y_i) \cdot \V{g}_{y_i}^n
\end{align}

The current span representation $\V{g}_i^n$ is then updated via interpolation with its expected antecedent representation $\V{a}_i^n$:
\begin{align}
\V{f}_i^n &= \sigma(\M{W}{f}[\V{g}_i^n, \V{a}_i^n]) \\
\V{g}_i^{n+1}&= \V{f}_i^n \circ \V{g}_i^n + (\V{1} - \V{f}_i^n) \circ \V{a}_i^n
\end{align}
The learned gate vector $\V{f}_i^n$ determines for each dimension whether to keep the current span information or to integrate new information from its expected antecedent.
At iteration $n$, $\V{g}_i^n$ is an element-wise weighted average of approximately $n$ span representations (assuming $P_n(y_i)$ is peaked), allowing $P_n(y_i)$ to softly condition on up to $n$ other spans in the predicted cluster.

Span-ranking can be viewed as predicting latent antecedent trees~\cite{fernandes:2012,martschat:2015}, where the predicted antecedent is the parent of a span and each tree is a predicted cluster. By iteratively refining the span representations and antecedent distributions, another way to interpret this model is that the joint distribution $\prod_i P_N(y_i)$ implicitly models every directed path of up to length $N + 1$ in the latent antecedent tree.

\section{Coarse-to-fine Inference}
\label{sec:c2f}
The model described above scales poorly to long documents. Despite heavy pruning of potential mentions, the space of possible antecedents for every surviving span is still too large to fully consider. The bottleneck is in the antecedent score $\ascore{i}{j}$, which requires computing a tensor of size $M \times M \times (3|\V{g}| + |\phi|)$.

This computational challenge is even more problematic with the iterative inference from Section~\ref{sec:higher_order}, which requires recomputing this tensor at every iteration.

\subsection{Heuristic antecedent pruning}
To reduce computation, \newcite{e2e-coref} heuristically consider only the nearest $K$ antecedents of each span, resulting in a smaller input of size $M \times K \times (3|\V{g}| + |\phi|)$.

The main drawback to this solution is that it imposes an a priori limit on the maximum distance of a coreference link. The previous work only considers up to $K = 250$ nearest mentions, whereas coreference links can reach much further in natural language discourse.

\input{figures/pruning}

\subsection{Coarse-to-fine antecedent pruning}
We instead propose a coarse-to-fine approach that can be learned end-to-end and does not establish an a priori maximum coreference distance. The key component of this coarse-to-fine approach is an alternate bilinear scoring function:
\begin{align}
    \bscore{i}{j} &= \V{g}_i^\top \M{W}{c}\;\V{g}_j
\end{align}
where $\M{W}{c}$ is a learned weight matrix. In contrast to the concatenation-based $\ascore{i}{j}$, the bilinear $\bscore{i}{j}$ is far less accurate. A direct replacement of $\ascore{i}{j}$ with $\bscore{i}{j}$ results in a performance loss of over 3 F1 in our experiments. However, $\bscore{i}{j}$ is much more efficient to compute. Computing $\bscore{i}{j}$ only requires manipulating matrices of size $M \times |\V{g}|$ and $M \times M$.

\input{figures/test_results}

Therefore, we instead propose to use $\bscore{i}{j}$ to compute a rough sketch of \emph{likely} antecedents. This is accomplished by including it as an additional factor in the model:
\begin{align}
\hspace{-10pt}\cscore{i}{j} &= \mscore{i} + \mscore{j} + \bscore{i}{j} + \ascore{i}{j}\hspace{-10pt}
\end{align}
Similar to the baseline model, we leverage this additional factor to perform an additional beam pruning step. The final inference procedure involves a three-stage beam search:
\paragraph{First stage} Keep the top $M$ spans based on the mention score $\mscore{i}$ of each span.
\paragraph{Second stage} Keep the top $K$ antecedents of each remaining span $i$ based on the first three factors, $\mscore{i} + \mscore{j} + \bscore{i}{j}$.
\paragraph{Third stage} The overall coreference $\cscore{i}{j}$ is computed based on the remaining span pairs. The soft higher-order inference from Section~\ref{sec:higher_order} is computed in this final stage.

While the maximum-likelihood objective is computed over only the span pairs from this final stage, this coarse-to-fine approach expands the set of coreference links that the model is capable of learning. It achieves better performance while using a much smaller $K$ (see Figure~\ref{fig:pruning}).

\section{Experimental Setup}
We use the English coreference resolution data from the CoNLL-2012 shared task~\cite{pradhan:2012} in our experiments. The code for replicating these results is publicly available.\footnote{\url{https://github.com/kentonl/e2e-coref}}

Our models reuse the hyperparameters from ~\newcite{e2e-coref}, with a few exceptions mentioned below. In our results, we report two improvements that are orthogonal to our contributions.
\begin{itemize}
    \item We used embedding representations from a language model~\cite{elmo} at the input to the LSTMs (\texttt{ELMo} in the results).
    \item We changed several hyperparameters:
    \begin{enumerate}
        \item increasing the maximum span width from 10 to 30 words.
        \item using 3 highway LSTMs instead of 1.
        \item using GloVe word embeddings ~\cite{glove} with a window size of 2 for the head word embeddings and a window size of 10 for the LSTM inputs.
    \end{enumerate}
\end{itemize}
The baseline model considers up to 250 antecedents per span. As shown in Figure~\ref{fig:pruning}, the coarse-to-fine model is quite insensitive to more aggressive pruning. Therefore, our final model considers only 50 antecedents per span.

On the development set, the second-order model ($N=2$) outperforms the first-order model by 0.8 F1, but the third order model only provides an additional 0.1 F1 improvement. Therefore, we only compute test results for the second-order model.

\section{Results}
We report the precision, recall, and F1 of the the \muc, \bcubed, and \ceaf metrics using the official CoNLL-2012 evaluation scripts. The main evaluation is the average F1 of the three metrics.

Results on the test set are shown in Table~\ref{tab:test_results}. We include performance of systems proposed in the past 3 years for reference. The baseline relative to our contributions is the span-ranking model from ~\newcite{e2e-coref} augmented with both \texttt{ELMo} and hyperparameter tuning, which achieves 72.3 F1. Our full approach achieves 73.0 F1, setting a new state of the art for coreference resolution.

Compared to the heuristic pruning with up to 250 antecedents, our coarse-to-fine model only computes the expensive scores $\ascore{i}{j}$ for 50 antecedents. Despite using far less computation, it outperforms the baseline because the coarse scores $\bscore{i}{j}$ can be computed for all antecedents, enabling the model to potentially predict a coreference link between any two spans in the document. As a result, we observe a much higher recall when adopting the coarse-to-fine approach.

We also observe further improvement by including the second-order inference (Section~\ref{sec:higher_order}). The improvement is largely driven by the overall increase in precision, which is expected since the higher-order inference mainly serves to rule out inconsistent clusters. It is also consistent with findings from \newcite{martschat:2015} who report mainly improvements in precision when modeling latent trees to achieve a similar goal.

\section{Related Work}
In addition to the end-to-end span-ranking model~\cite{e2e-coref} that our proposed model builds upon, there is a large body of literature on coreference resolvers that fundamentally rely on scoring span pairs~\cite{ng:2002,bengtson:2008,denis2008specialized,fernandes:2012,durrett:2013,wiseman:2015,clark:2016b}.

Motivated by structural consistency issues discussed above, significant effort has also been devoted towards cluster-level modeling. Since global features are notoriously difficult to define~\cite{wiseman:2016}, they often depend heavily on existing pairwise features or architectures~\cite{bjorkelund:2014,clark:2015,clark:2016a}. We similarly use an existing pairwise span-ranking architecture as a building block for modeling more complex structures. In contrast to ~\newcite{wiseman:2016} who use highly expressive recurrent neural networks to model clusters, we show that the addition of a relatively lightweight gating mechanism is sufficient to effectively model higher-order structures.

\section{Conclusion}
We presented a state-of-the-art coreference resolution system that models higher order interactions between spans in predicted clusters. Additionally, our proposed coarse-to-fine approach alleviates the additional computational cost of higher-order inference, while maintaining the end-to-end learnability of the entire model.

\subsection*{Acknowledgements}
The research was supported in part by DARPA under the DEFT program (FA8750-13-2-0019), the ARO (W911NF-16-1-0121), the NSF (IIS-1252835, IIS-1562364), gifts from Google and Tencent, and an Allen Distinguished Investigator Award. We also thank the UW NLP group for helpful conversations and comments on the work.

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Garmash (Ukraine) is shown a second yellow card and is dismissed.
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Gorbunov (Belarus) makes a save.
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Signevich (Belarus) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Garmash (Ukraine).
Kravets (Ukraine) misses the target.
Stasevich (Belarus) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Yarmolenko (Ukraine).
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Konoplyanka (Ukraine) takes the free-kick.
Martynovich (Belarus) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Konoplyanka (Ukraine).
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Kalachev (Belarus) takes the free-kick.
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Shevchuk (Ukraine) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Kalachev (Belarus).
Kornilenko (Belarus) scores from the penalty spot.
Yevhen Khacheridi is adjudged to have impeded Sergei Kornilenko as Belarus break into the home penalty area, and the No8 picks himself up to smash the penalty high past Andriy Pyatov. Is there a way back for Belarus?
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Shitov (Belarus) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Konoplyanka (Ukraine).
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Fedetskiy (Ukraine) has a shot blocked.
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Sivakov (Belarus) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Stepanenko (Ukraine).
Konoplyanka (Ukraine) scores from the penalty spot.
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Yarmolenko (Ukraine) is adjudged to be in an offside position.
Khacheridi (Ukraine) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Kornilenko (Belarus).
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Kravets (Ukraine) has an effort on goal.
Kornilenko (Belarus) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Rakitskiy (Ukraine).
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Comcast and Netflix have come to a deal on 'peering.' Basically, what this means is that Netflix will pay Comcast to ensure that Netflix's customers get good internet service for Netflix. While apparently, Netflix is not getting special treatment under the deal, as we economists all know, it is what not having a deal would have done that has driven this. So while the deal itself may be 'neutral,' the counterfactual (without the deal) may well not have. Of course, that counterfactual could also have involved Netflix complaining with regard to the proposed Comcast-Time Warner merger and so 'who is paying who' is perhaps a little less clear here. (Note also that my statements here are no different given that Netflix may just be substituting Comcast for another provider in accessing Comcast customers; the issue is not so much that but whether there is something 'special' in the Comcast-Netflix arrangement that may not have happened without the arrangement).
Tyler Cowen argues that this arrangement is not something we should be worried about per se — even if we are worried about Comcast's market power. His argument invokes Coase — loosely, if negotiations between internet service providers, content providers and customers are efficient, then regardless of whether Netflix pays Comcast or not, the same outcome will arise. What he means is that you might be worried that Netflix is facing higher costs and that these will be passed on to its consumers in the form of a higher charge. That's true but at the same time, Comcast has either lower costs or another revenue stream related to signing up those customers and so it will reduce charges to them. Since consumers only care about the sum of Comcast and Netflix charges, viva la difference!
Cowen is essentially correct in that argument although it could be a little more precise. Specifically, there are two relationships where we worry about special treatment or price discrimination. First, there is the relationship between ISPs and content providers whereby neutrality is defined as content providers — regardless of the 'type' of traffic (and not necessarily the quantity of it) — pay the same price to ISPs. Second, there is the relationship between ISPs and their customers that do not have the customers paying different prices to access different types of content. Weak net neutrality involves preventing just one of these types of discrimination. Strong net neutrality involves preventing both.
In this (really preliminary note) I work out the Coasian implications of this. I wrote it a few years ago thinking I might do a survey but didn't get around to it. (Hmm, maybe a Kickstarter is in order?) The note shows that weak net neutrality does nothing compared to no regulation. In other words, so long as Comcast doesn't discriminate in terms of what customers can choose, then this peering deal does not matter at all for outcomes or profits of content providers and ISPs. Strong net neutrality does change things. First, it may involve a distortion to allocative efficiency if there are different costs to the ISP of servicing different types of content providers because it prevents cost signals from being seen by consumers. It is not at all clear that is the case. Second, it results in a redistribution of profits from ISPs to content providers. The extent of that redistribution depends on the market power of ISPs. What this means is that strong net neutrality would stimulate incentives to invest in content.
The point is that Coase does not hold fully but is informative. The dynamic investments cannot easily be part of these negotiations and so static redistribution of profits matters.
Of course, Matthew Yglesias has argued that we can restore this potential inefficiency another way: by having content providers buy or become ISPs. He calls for Apple to start getting into the broadband game. Of course, Google are experimenting with this but it is far from clear that they are doing that to actually invest, threaten to invest or, most plausibly, just understand how the entire 'pipe' works to improve consumer experience. I can see how Yglesias might come to this conclusion from the textbook application of Coase but I think we can all agree that content providers should stick to their knitting and that really Apple has no capabilities to enter into broadband no matter how much we love the other stuff they do.
The preceding is re-published on TAP with permission by its author, Joshua Gans, Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management. "Coase, Net Neutrality and Netflix" was originally published February 24, 2014 on Digitopoly.


Wise consumers recognize the value of good credit and just how quickly a favorable credit record can be damaged by swift and untoward actions of unsavory characters. When scammers have an easy time of accessing a credit report, it's easier for them to open fraudulent credit lines in the names of their victims. A credit freeze makes it more difficult for the bad guy to gain access to your credit report.
It was customary in the past for credit reporting agencies to charge consumers a $10 fee to put a freeze on their credit report. In an effort to reduce fraudulent activity, that expense has been eliminated. The Credit Report Freeze Fee Bill is a new law in Florida that became effective July 1, 2018. It does away with the $10 fee for this service. In addition, the law also eliminates the fee for paperwork requirements for victims of identity theft.
A credit freeze is one way to stay a step ahead of the scammer. Credit monitoring is another way. Regularly examining your credit reports helps keep your finger on your credit pulse.
By law, all consumers are entitled to one free credit report annually from each of the three credit reporting agencies – Trans Union, Equifax, and Experian. We recommend consumers order one report at a time. Reports can be ordered at no expense to the consumer from www.annualcreditreport.com.
Order the first report from the first credit reporting agency. Four months later order the second report from the next agency, and four months later order the third credit report from the third agency. When four months have gone by from the day that third report was ordered, a full year will have passed from when the first report was ordered. You are now ready to order that annual credit report from the first credit reporting agency and so on and so on.
Check your credit report every four months.
It does not matter what order you pull your reports. Just be sure to keep pace with the four month check-up. If you find inaccurate or fraudulent information on your report, notify each of the three credit reporting agencies and also the issuer of the account in question. By putting a freeze on their credit report and conducting self-checks every four months, a consumer helps reduce or even eliminate fraudulent activity in their name.