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Innovation Networks: Looking for Ideas Outside the Company
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According to Larry Huston, managing partner of consulting firm 4INNO, future competitive advantage will depend on "innovation networks" — individuals and organizations outside a company that can help it solve problems and find new ideas for creating growth. A senior fellow at Wharton's Mack Center for Technological Innovation, Huston was vice president of knowledge and innovation for many years at Procter & Gamble, where he was the architect of its Connect + Develop program, an approach that helped extend the company's innovation process to include 1.5 million people outside of P&G. Huston spoke with Knowledge@Wharton about how innovation networks function, the ways they can be nurtured, their potential downsides and the impact they will have on how firms bring products to market. Huston is a faculty member in Wharton Executive Education's upcoming program, "Full-Spectrum Innovation: Driving Organic Growth." (In a previous podcast, he spoke with Knowledge@Wharton about innovation and its role in the global economy.) An edited transcript of the conversation follows.
Knowledge@Wharton: I understand that you have been doing some work on innovation networks and arguing that these will be a major disruptive change, affecting all companies in the future. Could you explain that a little bit?
Huston: First of all, let's define what innovation networks are. Innovation networks are people, institutions and companies that are outside the firm — they can also be inside the firm, but for purposes here they're outside the firm. They are intellectual assets that companies can link up with to solve problems and find ideas, while beginning to think about those assets as an extended part of their organization — and therefore quickly create top-line growth and bring new things to the marketplace.
From a competitive-advantage standpoint, yes, I think it's going to be a really big deal. I don't believe we're at a tipping point yet, but I think, in the future, the companies that identify those assets outside and begin to build relationships with them have a real shot at building a competitive advantage and preferential relationships.
Knowledge@Wharton: Could you give an example of a company that has built an innovation network and is using it to its advantage?
Huston: I think there are a number of them. Procter & Gamble spent a lot of time defining the assets outside that could help it in its various science areas and business areas and set about developing, in different regions of the world, assets, hubs where we could link into those. [It also] developed a proprietary network of individuals who could contact others in different parts of the world.
So I think P&G has done that, and I think Boeing has done that with the Dreamliner, particularly around building supply networks that are solving problems. Microsoft has certainly done that to build out developer ecosystems, as has IBM and others. But it's a relatively new idea to really think about how you [can] build growth platforms utilizing ideas outside the company.
Knowledge@Wharton: It sounds like there would be concerns about intellectual property when it comes to building these kinds of networks. Is that the case?
Huston: Yes. There are concerns and I think they're well-founded, in fact. There are good ways to handle them. One of the major concerns is, if we go out and share what we're looking for on the outside, it's going to tip our hand to our competition. So one way to handle that might be to not clearly state what the problem is that you're trying to solve.
You don't talk about the end-product application, but you talk about the science problem you're trying to solve, and you don't even put your company name on it in some cases. You may do this anonymously, so that people are reading about a physics problem or a baking problem and they have no idea what company it might be coming from, or anything.
In some cases, however, you might want to deliberately put your name on it, because people want to associate themselves with perhaps a big company that can scale their idea. If you're not concerned about the competition seeing that, you may deliberately want to put your name on it. My experience has been [that] when you put your name on it, you get about twice the response rate.
The other issue is in sharing intellectual property like this outside, particularly in regions of the world like China, where there aren't as many intellectual property protections as there are, say, in the U.S. or Western Europe. You do need to be careful in terms of what you share, so you need to have good practices, good review points, good vetting by your business, by your purchasing people, by your legal counsel; but with the proper precautions there's not really a problem. It's just taking what you normally do and scaling it up big, utilizing the Internet and the ability to globally distribute e-mails and things like that.
Knowledge@Wharton: In offering the examples of companies that do this, you referred to Procter & Gamble, Boeing and Microsoft. Does that imply that this is only something for big companies, or can smaller companies also build their own innovation networks?
Huston: No, I think small companies can build them. In fact, a lot of these practices are based upon the kinds of things that little companies do, who don't have a lot of resources. They're always looking at what problems they have; they can't build a given technology capacity, or they can't go and hire a group of people, and so they're searching the patent literature, the technical literature, they're on the Internet, trying to find people who have the ideas and [then] go knock on their door.
So it's certainly something that small companies can do, and with the development of the infrastructure outside of companies — things like InnoCentive, NineSigma, Alibaba in China, the innovation relay center system in Europe — there's a whole infrastructure of companies, some of them government-sponsored, to help you get in touch with companies out there at fairly low costs. So it's certainly something that small companies can do.
Knowledge@Wharton: I guess it's pretty clear what the incentives might be for the company who's building a network like this, but what are the incentives on the side of the people who participate in the network or the other companies?
Huston: Thirty-five percent of the patents in the world are now going to small companies. When most companies built their R&D and innovation capacity, it wasn't long ago that a very small proportion of the patents were going to these small entrepreneurs, these small companies. The world has changed. In fact, many of the most innovative people out there are in small companies. They were leaders. They were technologists in big companies. They didn't like the environment in big companies and so they went and became a small company.
And so they're out there, and they're doing highly innovative work, but what they lack is market access, scale….
That's the kind of thing a Microsoft or a Procter & Gamble or Eli Lily or companies like that can do. It's because they have scale, and the small company has the agility and the entrepreneurship to think, "I've got to do this well. I've got to do it at low cost." And, you know, they have some advantages that big companies don't have.
So what you do is marry the scale advantages of the big company and sort of the hungry attitude and agility of a small entrepreneur, and that's what you get. You get this capability, and it can be done in that way.
Knowledge@Wharton: I think you've made a very persuasive case about why companies might want to build innovation networks and participate in them. What may not be very clear, though, is how they go about it. Any thoughts on how a company could do this?
Huston: Well, yeah. One is get very clear on what your strategic intent is. Are you doing it to solve a specific problem? I might be a car company and I'm looking for a new battery technology. Well, am I trying to solve a battery technology problem? Or, am I like a Procter & Gamble, which fundamentally has said, "The invent-it-yourself innovation model is broken, it's not sustainable. Therefore, I've got to build a totally new capability. I've got to redefine my organization as my ten thousand people in addition to the two million people that are outside, and redefine myself as two million, ten thousand people."
So, the very first step is to get very clear about why you're doing it, and what your strategic intent is. And then begin to really design the network around the strategic intent. Do you need just incremental problem solving? Do I need to build idea nets? Do I need to build solution nets? Do I need cost innovation networks? Am I looking for disruptive innovation? Do I need to reach from one domain into another domain of knowledge outside of my industry where I might find more disruptive innovation?
So, getting very clear on that, designing around that, and then really creating an architecture of participation. How can you involve the outside world? I've seen some very interesting things. For example, Toyota at Nagoya — they have supplier days. They have a briefing center, and anyone can theoretically knock on the door and come in and pitch an idea for Toyota.
GE will hold events in China, say, in their appliance industry, and they'll invite hundreds of suppliers in and say, "Here are our top problems. Can you solve them?"
So, how do you create this architecture of participation, where the outside world also can come in, and you can tap them? So there's a variety of different things that you need to consider in terms of the design.
Knowledge@Wharton: Once you've got this architecture worked out, how does one sort of get the ball rolling? What are things to keep in mind? How do you get a conversation started?
Huston: Well the number-one thing is, again, you have to really understand how you are going to use the networks and what you are trying to do. So typically, the best way that networks work is to create a brief, or a problem description that you're trying to solve. It might be that you're trying to make a diaper that's flushable in the toilet [for example].
From a problem like that, you begin to break it up into its components. It might be something that has to hold liquid, yet dissolve in liquid. It's a very difficult problem to solve.
You begin to develop what I call a "solutions playbook" for a problem area. And from that solutions playbook, you have a number of problem descriptions. Those get written up in a precise way in a two- or three-page brief process. Then, based upon the brief, you develop a taxonomy of science terms. And so in your brief, there may be 30 or 40 different science terms that you want to express in three or four hundred ways, because different industries would express it in a different way.
And then what you want to do is find people in the world utilizing search engines or the Yellow Pages, and begin to distribute out to these people your brief, so that you can make a connection and they can get back to you. That's a transaction-based network. And so there's a transaction. I want something. I send it out. I get something back. That's one way to go.
The other way to go with networks is to think about a relationship based model — [that is,] to identify small, medium, large companies that have strategic technologies where I would develop relationships — top-to-top relationships between my firm and those firms. We basically co-invent, or collaborate together to create the inventions.
The reality is, you can't support a lot of those because those are time intensive. It takes a couple of years to get them off and going. They need to understand you. You need to build trust in them back and forth.
So what you're really doing is, you're building a portfolio of relationships with the outside world. Some of them will be transactions where you just send things out and look for things to come back. Others will be a portfolio of relationships that you very carefully have thought about and you leverage your networks in that way.
So, it's this combination of thinking, and this is a foreign concept because people think about their products that they want to take to market, what their portfolio is, but they never think about the portfolio of relationships that it's going to take and the demands of those relationships on the organization. So you have to begin to think about, in this network global economy and networks that we're talking about, the underlying capability and portfolio of relationships that you want to build in order to build disruption and top line growth in the business.
Knowledge@Wharton: When you source innovation from within an organization, the sort of chain of command is relatively clear. When you do it in a network, I can imagine that all kinds of governance issues might come up. How should a company tackle those? What issues come up?
Huston: Well, you're right. It's, number one, trust based. You give me something, I give you something back. You can't order people what to do, right? And in the end, your reputation is important.
You want to become the preferred partner to the outside world because, look, if I'm Procter & Gamble, for example, and I turn off a certain group of innovators, the next competitor can pick up those relationships. So, in the end we're in competition for building these relationships as time goes on. But I think the important aspect of this is, really think through the customer-supplier relationship and how do you become the preferred customer of the external worlds.
Innovators, they want information. They want transparency. They want quick speed and "get back to me quickly." They want a fair deal. And frankly, the word-of-mouth and advocacy networks are very rapid. OK? Because these people all move in the same circles. They all talk amongst each other as we do. So, you have to really think through what is your innovation brand? What do you stand for in terms of branding yourself in this global competition for talent?
Knowledge@Wharton: Do companies tend to do this informally as well? And do you think there are informal elements or informal networks that companies might recognize as valuable?
Huston: Oh, there are. I absolutely think so. Of course, the average scientist knows about 2,000 people. Their rolodexes probably only have about 400 names in them. But they know about 2,000 people. But, they're the typical go-to people. You know that certainly exists, but what you've got to do is find a way to connect up with those rolodexes inside of a company. How do I find a way to connect up my rolodexes?
Also, there's tremendous lack of connectivity inside of companies. There were a number of studies done on this. As soon as a scientist is more than 100 feet away your office, you tend not to know people. You don't even know their name. And I bet I could walk down the hall here and people who are probably only a little more than 100 feet from you, you would not know their names. It happened to me in my office. It happens to all of us. We come in and out and we're busy. So we're as isolated inside our companies as we are outside.
So there's a major opportunity to utilize these networking tools and approaches inside amongst ourselves with our trusted suppliers who have huge talent bases and then with people outside who really have no reason to have a relationship with us other than the fact that we knock on their door and say, "Hey, we think you're interesting and you might have something. In what way can we create value for our consumers?"
Knowledge@Wharton: We've talked quite a bit about the value of participating in the networks. What are some of the risks or the disadvantages?
Huston: Well, there are a couple of them. Again, if you're not smart, you give away things from an intellectual property standpoint. You have to be very smart about deal making because very often, it's like the slot machine; the dollar wheels are spinning immediately. So, most scientists are not very good in terms of talking money and they give away way too much information. They're not exactly the people that you want negotiating your next car or your next house price; we'll say it that way. Now some are, of course. So I think you have to be very careful about having the wrong skilled people getting involved in deal discussions. I mean, that's an issue. The IP certainly is an issue.
The other one is that if you're not smart, the world is so big and you can throw requests out there and you'll just be inundated with responses. So you have to be very careful to match your absorptive capacity with the outside world. The ideal network is if you have three problems, three outside people right? This is because you want to contact somebody, do a deal and get it into the market. The fact that we have to build networks with many people is because we can't easily get to people. As a result, you tend to throw your briefs out and talk to a lot of people. But, you know things come home to roost at some point and everybody is knocking on your door and you're inundated. So, designing the network to match your absorptive capacity is a key issue.
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Q: finding a min-cut of graph with boost library Im trying to understand how to build a graph and run the stoer_wagner_min_cut algorithm with boost library.
so far, I built the graph with the adjacency_matrix container.
the problem is the making thestoer_wagner_min_cut work. I red this
documentation and I encountered two things:

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*"The graph type must be a model of Vertex List Graph and Incidence Graph."

*WeightMap weights as an input.

what does the first section means? is adjacency_matrix some type of "Vertex List Graph and Incidence Graph"? is there an example for that?
also, all the edges in the graph have weight of 1. I didn't understand how to assemble that WeightMap weights. and couldn't find any example for that.
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this is what I could managed-
#include <boost/graph/adjacency_matrix.hpp>
#include <boost/graph/stoer_wagner_min_cut.hpp>
#include <boost/property_map/property_map.h>

using namespace boost;
typedef adjacency_matrix<undirectedS> UGraph;

void main()
{
  static_property_map<UGraph, int>;   // im not sure about UGraph

  G = buildGraph();    // this function works fine

  parity_map = stoer_wagner_min_cut(G, ..?..);
}

how should I define this static property map to return int value of 1? im bit struggling with that.
also I saw that the return value of stoer_wagner_min_cut is parity_map (ParityMap must be a model of a Writable Property Map and its value type should be a bool type)
Im bit struggling with the building and using those maps, I will be happy for some guidance and example for that..
thanks.

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what does the first section means? is adjacency_matrix some type of "Vertex List Graph and Incidence Graph"? is there an example for that?

It means the graph type must model the named concepts. The concepts are documented here:

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*http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/libs/graph/doc/graph_concepts.html

*The second question is about property maps. They're also a concept
And in this case it would be easiest to supply a static property map:

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*http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/libs/property_map/doc/static_property_map.html
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#include <boost/functional/hash.hpp>
#include <boost/graph/adjacency_matrix.hpp>
#include <boost/graph/stoer_wagner_min_cut.hpp>
#include <boost/property_map/property_map.hpp>

using namespace boost;

typedef adjacency_matrix<undirectedS> UGraph;

UGraph buildGraph() {
    UGraph g(10);

    // todo

    return g;
}

#include <iostream>

int main() {
    UGraph g = buildGraph(); // this function works fine

    int i = stoer_wagner_min_cut(g, boost::make_static_property_map<UGraph::edge_descriptor>(1));

    std::cout << "i: " << i << "\n";
}

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As mentioned above, platform gives client opportunities to get high quality work at their own set of budgets without going around to negotiate on price points. Importantly what the client gets as a selection input is 70-80% closer to the final output rather than a portfolio of work done in the past which like most clients faced was the best work that a designer had done in past years. Also as a platform it offers the clients the opportunity to have multiple folks think in different directions and hence create far more innovative solutions that what one individual can do.
6. What is the current Social Media scenario in India? What prompted you to tap the Social Media field?
Ad spend on social media is expected to be in range of $4.5 billion by 2011 globally which is a huge market in itself. In India, however the market is much smaller as of now but the increasing awareness makes it an interesting market to tap into.
The platform enables clients to access to any kind of marketing advertising solutions and hence social media marketing came out as an obvious solution offering due to its rising popularity both in India and Globally.
7. What are the core values that Jade Magnet upholds?
Service Orientation and Provider Delight.
8. Have you conducted a proper market analysis to understand the potential of social media?
Not for social media because for us social media is like one of the multiple offerings on the platform, however we did go through a 18 month long pilot, before launched the platform last year, to understand if solutions coming from such a disconnected world can serve an actual business requirement or not.
9. What is the growth potential you foresee for Social media in India?
I read a recent report which mentioned India as 9th in terms of Social Media usage in APAC, which clearly shows there s a long way to go. With over 50 million active internet users in India of which roughly 40% use Internet daily, there is huge potential for social media in India.
10. In what all ways small businesses would benefit from Jade Magnet's service?
For most Small businesses the fact that they never had a level playing field with an agency de-motivated them from getting into marketing advertising. With Jade Magnet they don't have to worry about retainer fee or a big client taking away all the focus etc. The platform also gives them freedom to choose their own budget and get work done accordingly without compromising on the quality.
11. What were the challenges that you have faced before, and after the inception of Jade Magnet?
One thing we have realized is that only thing which stays with you when you run a business is "challenges". It's just that the set of challenges changes so when we were starting up we had issues in terms of raising funds, educating clients about crowdsourcing, getting our first few clients, managing the cash flows etc. Now after completing our first year of operations and having worked with over 175 brands we face a different set of challenges like ensuring we grow and we grow faster, building up teams, managing clients, multi country legal issues etc.
12. You wish to expand the business internationally. Social Media networking/advertising scenario in Europe is advanced than that of India's. What strategy you would use to penetrate the already existing market in the Europe?
Jade Magnet as a platform is a platform for all kinds of solutions and not just social media marketing and hence though we would focus on expanding our reach in social media as a vertical we won't restrict ourselves to only that. The core USP of the platform stays for any geography whether it is Americas or Europe or Asiapac and hence go to market will be around those USP's itself. However, based on market maturity, the offerings will have to be further strengthened through a stronger provider base, regional provider presence and world class product features.
13. Who are all behind the core tam of Jade Magnet?
In terms of team, Sitashwa handles the overall execution at Jade Magnet and is largely responsible for strategy and product development. Sitashwa comes from technology and management background and has worked with companies like Perot and Cognizant.
I primarily look into client acquisition and product marketing. After completing my engineering and MBA in marketing and I have worked with Infosys in Bangalore and then was a part of Sales team for CSC in UK for financial services.
Muki is an angel investor in Jade Magnet and comes with over 16 years of experience in creative field. Muki is also a strategic advisor and mentor for us as he brings on table tremendous understanding about the industry.
14. What message do you have towards the budding entrepreneurs in India?
Don't invest all energies in building your product or in service orientation, ensure you spend enough time and focus on marketing the same.


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import dogeAnimations from './animations';
import dogeControllers from './controllers';
import dogeServices from './services';

import angular from 'angular';

const dogeApp = angular.module('dogeApp', [
    dogeAnimations.name,
    dogeControllers.name,
    dogeServices.name,
]);

export default dogeApp;

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Those Rare Books of Travel
A Real Bohemian
So Clever and Able a Ruler
Cock-Fighting
Rory on Fashionable Clobber
Rory on The Inca Saga
Rory on Too Horrible for Words
Rory on A Real Bohemian
Rory on The Brazilian Black Stone
Adventures in Peru
Prodgers' Adventures
Thrilling Tales of South America by an Edwardian Adventurer
Adventures in Peru, Chapter 12
The Brazilian Black Stone
June 24, 2015 Rory 1 Comment
Indian Poisons and Medicinal Plants, Part 6
Some of the most interesting chats I had with Father Francisco in the Nasca Valley, and subsequently aboard ship, had reference to the superstitions and beliefs of the Indians. Francisco had a rich store of information to impart, and he found in me an eager and willing listener. He was no less anxious to hear my experiences in connection with this absorbing subject. The one that he seemed to find most interesting occurred to me on the occasion of my first excursion to Sacambaja to try and locate the Caballo Cunco treasure.
About four hours' ride from Palca, a little village on top of a hill which one passes through after crossing the river that runs down the other side of the Tunani Pass, I decided to give the cargo mules a rest while I had some lunch. Near by the stone on which I sat was a big rock. I was much surprised to notice that it bore the impress of a delicate female hand. As I pondered over this strange circumstance, an old Indian woman and three younger ones came down the path and stopped opposite the rock. From the old woman I learnt that about thirty years previously, as she was sitting outside her hut not far from this rock, the Virgin appeared to her. She was dressed in white apparel and had a halo round her head. The apparition lasted but a moment and as it disappeared stooped down and pressed one of her hands on the boulder. Next morning the impression was distinctly visible. One of the girls confirmed the old woman's tale. She had heard it from her father who had witnessed the occurrence. All the Indians in the neighbourhood believed implicitly in the truth of the narrative, and the village priest also vouched for it.
I heard of an incident that was equally inexplicable in the Island of Trinidad, B.W.I., in 1915. Among my acquaintances I numbered one, Father Ambrose, the priest of Arouca and Tunapuna. I frequently visited him. One day he told me of a strange occurrence that had taken place the previous year. He said, "You have seen in our church the figure of the Blessed Virgin?" I assented. "Well," the Father proceeded, "on the Friday before the Great War commenced, I was engaged in seeing that everything was seemly and in good order, when my attention was attracted to the sacred figure. I distinctly saw tears trickle down its cheeks. I was so astounded that I hurried from the church, jumped on my bicycle, and conveyed the extraordinary news to several members of my flock. They followed me back and witnessed the same amazing spectacle. The flow of tears continued for twelve hours, and then stopped." Father Ambrose, although a man of the world, was not given to exaggerate. He told me this tale in all seriousness. I bought a photo of the sacred figure, taken at the time, and inspected a document, signed by eight or ten persons, in which the details of this mysterious occurrence were recorded. Arouca is not very far from Port of Spain, and Ambrose was cousin to the Abbot of Mount St. Bernard, a cleric who had migrated with his staff from Pernambuco. Ambrose was a very well-informed man, and I gleaned much information from him concerning various matters in which I felt an interest. He was able, for instance, to give me the history of the Brazilian Black Stone—better known, perhaps, as the Belgian Black Stone—an artificial product that is claimed to be a sure remedy for the bites of snakes, scorpions, etc.
Guavas and cauchus are plentiful in most parts of South America. A wine is made from cauchus much resembling champagne Cliquot. One day the Father was looking around for some of these fruits, when a poisonous snake stung his instep. An Indian immediately took a small quantity of black powder from a box that he carried, mixed it into a paste with his spittle and smeared it on the place. Much to Ambrose's surprise, it proved entirely efficacious. Not unnaturally he tried hard to find out what the black powder was, but didn't succeed for two years. Then he was told by a friendly Indian what the ingredients were. Ambrose soon procured a stock, and, after puzzling his brains, managed to fix them up into small stones about the size of a shilling. These he was able to dispose of readily at a dollar a time.
The stone was used in the following manner. When a person was bitten by anything poisonous the place was pricked until a drop of blood appeared. The stone was then applied to the puncture. Within about half an hour it would draw out all the poison. To restore the stone to its original condition, one had to place it in water for twenty-four hours. Soon the poison oozed out of the stone, and came bubbling up to the surface. A thorough soaking in milk was the next and final process. After this the stone was quite fit for use once more.
I can vouch for the efficacy of this stone when used for scorpion bite. Ambrose told me of many instances where it saved people from the evil effects of snake bite. He said all the ingredients were to be found near Arouca; so, being mindful of the main chance, he decided to see whether he could not introduce the stone to a larger clientele. His idea was to form a syndicate of three—himself, a chemist, and a Belgian doctor—and place the stone on the open market in considerable quantities. Half the profits were to go to the chemist. The residue Ambrose intended to divide between himself and the medico. I do not know what measure of success attended the venture. But some of the products got as far as England, for I came across one of the stones at St. Augustine's College, Ramsgate, and I myself have two. One I applied to my leg when stung by a poisonous insect, with very satisfactory results, and a lady of my acquaintance succeeded in warding off the ill effects of a black scorpion's bite with one of Ambrose's products. In appearance the stones closely resemble pieces of blue-black coal, and are not at all like the blue stone sometimes used in agricultural districts for humoury legs.
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The cauchu appears to be the fruit of a variety of euphorbia, although there aren't many details to be found online. Black stones or snake-stones are, needless to say, not widely recommended as snakebite treatments in 2015.


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Norwegian Anti-Immigrant Group Members Mistake Empty Bus Seats for Women in Burqas, Suggest They Are Terrorists
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Screenshot: Fatherland First's Facebook
The Norwegian anti-immigrant group Fedrelandet viktigst ("Fatherland First") is being roundly mocked by the Internet after some of its 13,000 members apparently mistook a photograph of six empty bus seats for six women wearing burqas, calling them "tragic," "terrifying," and "disgusting." In other words, those group members are probably feeling an emotion they have little experience with: shame.
The Guardian reported on Wednesday that once the picture was posted to Fatherland First's Facebook page last week, members freaked the fuck out, suggesting the the passengers they thought they saw were carrying bombs they thought they couldn't see. One commenter wrote, "This looks really scary. Should be banned. You can't tell who's underneath. Could be a terrorist." Or a bus seat. Depends on how blinded by xenophobia you are, I guess.
"Ghastly," another commentator wrote. "This should never happen." And another: "Get them out of our country—frightening times we are living yes."
The photograph was reportedly posted by a Norwegian web troll by the name of Johan Slattavik, who asked the group, "What do people think of this?" then watched them implode. Slattavik told the Washington Post on Tuesday that his post had been a practical joke, "I laid out the photo to see what happened."
Due to the flagrant, predictable stupidity of the group's reaction, and because a former Labour party MP published 23 screenshots worth of comments over the weekend, the Facebook post quickly went viral in Norway.
Norway is one of many European countries—including France, the Netherlands, and Belgium—whose government has proposed restrictions on wearing the burqa and niqab. The Associated Press reported earlier this summer that Norway's government will vote in September on whether to pass a proposed face veil ban that would apply to universities and schools.


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Half-shell shock
More than a tasty morsel, the native Eastern oyster plays a crucial role in the health of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem
Illustration by Robert Meganck
Consider, in particular, which ancient human first endeavored to hack through the bivalve's stony, fortressed exterior, beheld the glistening, yellowish-gray glob within, and thought, of all unlikely reactions: "Yum."
Because let us be honest—this salty, sea-flavored squish of mucous doesn't exactly kill it on first impressions. And yet, "To truly get the flavor of the oyster, you have to eat it raw with nothing on it," insists Tommy Leggett, an oyster restoration and fisheries scientist with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, but also a longtime waterman himself, and the owner of Chessie Seafood and Aquafarms on the York River near Gloucester Point.
If winemakers have their "terroir," says Leggett, oyster aficionados speak of "merroir," the distinctive flavor of a raw oyster that is defined by the water in which it has grown.
"They taste different depending on the salinity of the water and the mineral characteristics of the sediment the oyster grew on, and they are all good and they all have their own unique flavor," says Leggett.
"Raw" here of course means not just "uncooked" but in fact "still alive," so if you are less keen on experiencing a half-dozen on the half-shell, there are plenty of other ways to get your oyster on (roasted, grilled, gratinéed, frittered, po'boyed or pickled, for instance). Leggett admits he can't resist a fried oyster, and for many people, nothing says Christmas morning like a flotilla of oysters bobbing in a pool of butter and milk.
Oysters also, of course, have a reputation as seduction's foodstuff, an aphrodisiac worthy of Casanova, who claimed to down dozens for breakfast. Scientific support for this notion is less than robust, although researchers made a small splash a few years ago by revealing that oysters and other bivalve mollusks serve up heady helpings of amino acids that might boost the production of sex hormones.
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Iowa department follows lead of FDA in resuming inspections.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship (IDALS) announced that it will resume inspections of state-inspected egg handlers on June 1, 2016. The announcement came after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration also announced plans to resume inspections of federally licensed egg handling facilities starting on June 1.
FDA temporarily suspended inspection of federal licensed facilities last spring during the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Iowa and 20 other states. IDALS followed the lead of FDA and also suspended inspections last spring out of an abundance of caution to ensure that department employees would not serve as a potential source of disease spread.
IDALS inspectors have all received additional training on appropriate biosecurity on visiting livestock and poultry farms and will continue to follow rigorous biosecurity protocols as part of the inspections to help ensure animal health.
IDALS inspects egg handlers that package eggs from licensed facilities housing fewer than 3,000 birds. Larger houses, with 3,000 or more birds, and their packaging facilities are licensed by FDA and subject to FDA inspections.


Dar Mevada (part of Rebali Riads) is a three bedroom riad with beautiful private pool and large enclosed garden – the perfect family holiday villa. You enter into the arched central dining area with glass remote control sliding roof. Off the dining room is a bar area leading to a fully equipped kitchen and a large sitting room with fireplace and TV. A stairway leads up to a galleried landing with 3 bedrooms.
The master suite has a four-poster bed, a private terrace with ocean views and ensuite bathroom with marble bath, shower and double basins. The other bedrooms share a bathroom with marble bath and large walk-in shower.
Outside there is a private garden and terracing – a centrepiece arched swimming pool with curved seating area. Heating is available for the pool. The garden has sun loungers and an outside dining table and then stairs leading to the first floor terrace and on up to the private roof terrace with panoramic views.
Dar Mevada is one of six boutique villas that form Rebali Riads situated in the heart of the small seaside village of Sidi Kaouki. The six villas vary in size from two to 6 bedrooms and are set in spacious gardens. Each villa is individually designed, but they all have a kitchen, lounge with tv and a private terrace. Some of the villas have their own private swimming pool and there is also a larger heated pool which is shared between all of the villas. There is also a hammam and tennis court on site.
Whilst Rebali Riads is perfect for couples and groups of friends, it is for families that this place really stands out, with the opportunity to have a villa to yourself with private spaces. Breakfast is included in your stay and you can choose to dine in, out or self-cater.
Sidi Kaouki is a relaxed small coastal village with a huge wild beach and half a dozen simple beach-side cafes serving simple fish dishes, Moroccan cuisine and pizzas. The beach and cafes are in easy walking distance from the riads. Essaouira is only a 20 minute drive away and is perfect for a day / evening out.
As a final note I would suggest to anyone who plans to go to Morroco that mastering a few basic phrases in french or Arabic would improve their experience. These are by no means essential as nearly everyone in the tourist industry speaks English but I found my basic knowledge of Arabic and my girlfriends ability to speak french certainly came in handy on the odd occasion!


Isn't the mind the source of our sanity?
Shiva Ashtottara Stotram is a part of which Purana?
Is death the actual moksha?
Is Dhamma a road to realization?
How to let anger out?
Why Should Man be Awakened?
Your heart knows what your mind can't explain.
The heart is the true soul of mind.


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UNLV BASEBALL NEWS: 2022 UNLV Baseball Schedule Announced
December 8, 2021 admin Sports
REBEL BASEBALL ANNOUNCES 2022 SCHEDULE
UNLV Baseball will play 56 regular-season games, including 30 against Mountain West competition
@UNLVbaseball | Schedule
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV baseball team will play a total of 56 regular-season games in 2022, with 30 of those against Mountain West competition and 26 versus 11 nonconference squads. In all, the Rebels will play 34 home contests in Las Vegas with 33 of those on campus at Earl E. Wilson Stadium and one more – a March 29 affair against Arizona State – at the Las Vegas Ballpark in Downtown Summerlin.
The Scarlet & Gray will play 10 three-game series against each MW squad with five at home (Air Force, Fresno State, San Jose State, New Mexico and San Diego State) and five on the road (San Diego State, San Jose State, New Mexico, Air Force and Fresno State). Eight of the 10 conference series will take place on weekends (Friday night-Sunday) except for two home contests against San Jose State on April 14-16 (Thursday-Saturday) and San Diego State May 19-21 (Thursday-Saturday).
UNLV will kick off the 2022 season with a four-game series versus Michigan State (Feb. 18-20) before hitting the road for a single game at Dixie State (Feb. 22) and three at Fowler Park & Cunningham Field against San Diego and Hawaii (Feb. 25-27).
The Scarlet & Gray will return home for a single game against Utah (March 1), a three-game series against Cal Poly (March 4-6) and two-game contest against Utah Valley (March 7-8). UNLV will open MW play with a three-game series at Tony Gwynn Stadium facing San Diego State (March 11-13), followed by a single game at Cal Baptist (March 14).
The Rebels head back home for the first MW home series against Air Force (March 18-20) before returning to the golden state for a single game contest at UC Riverside (March 22) and a series facing San Jose State (March 25-27). A makeup affair against the Sun Devils will be held at the Las Vegas Ballpark in Downtown Summerlin March 29 before hitting the road, again, for a series facing the New Mexico Lobos in Albuquerque (April 1-3).
From April 5 until the conclusion of the regular season on May 21, the Rebels will play 18 contests against Mountain West foes: vs. UNR (April 8-10), vs. San Jose State (April 14-16), vs. New Mexico (April 22-24), at Air Force (April 29-May 1), at Fresno State (May 13-15) and vs. San Diego State (May 19-21). There are six nonconference tilts in this time frame, five of those taking place at Earl E., with one against UC Riverside (April 5) and Dixie State (April 12), two against Loyola Marymount (April 18-19), one at Arizona State (April 26), one vs. Cal Baptist (May 3) and three against Hawai'i (May 6-8).
The MW Championship will be hosted by San Diego State and take place at Tony Gwynn Stadium from May 27-29.
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Photographic Looking Part I
Jeffries with camera in Alfred Hitchcock's
Rear Window, 1954
http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2007/10/01/rear-window-1954/
What does it means for an image to look photographic?
What does it mean to see the world through photography?
Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window is self-reflective
Within that critique, a rich examination of photography as a practice, media and cultural signifier can be made
Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, 1954
http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_poster/rear_window_1954.htm
Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (Special Edition), 2008
http://dvd.ign.com/dor/objects/14272344/rear-window-special-edition/images/rear-window-special-edition-20081002013542423.html?page=mediaFull
Joseph Nicephore Niepce. View from His Window at Le Gras. c. 1826. Heliograph on pewter plate.
http://greg.org/archive/niepce_positive_print_uta.jpg
When we are told we will be looking at a photograph, what kind of image, with what qualities, do we expect to see?
In other words, what is a photograph?
Sunlight Through Trees at Dawn 2006
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunlight_through_trees_at_dawn.jpg
Three things needed to create a photograph:
Optical device that can control light
Chemical process that can reproduce the effects of light on a surface
Chemical process that can fix the effects of light (the image) permanently
Ansel Adams. Valley View, Yosemite. c. 1933.
http://www.treadwaygallery.com/ONLINECATALOGS/March2004/paintWEB/0701.jpg
Edward Weston. Nude. 1936.
20th Century Photography Museum Ludwig Cologne. Taschen, Koln, 2005.
Alfred Stieglitz. Georgia O'Keefe. 1922.
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/stieglitz/stieglitz_okeeffe_34_full.html
We see so many photographic images in one day now, it is difficult to approximate their number - perhaps tens of thousands?
In fact, we are even fairly unaware of how many hundreds (?) of images are taken of ourselves everyday.
But imagine a time when the average person would only have one, maybe two images made of themselves in their lifetime, and concomitantly, would only see a few photos of others in their lives...
John Draper. Miss Dorothy Catherine Draper. c. 1840.
Daguerreotype.
http://click.si.edu/Image.aspx?image=2931&story=226&back=Story
William Pratt. Edgar Allan Poe. 1849.
Ambrotype
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kM7t6IwmQlQ/RyjkElE3M6I/AAAAAAAABjU/XjgxmrQClh8/s400/poe+daguerotype.jpg
Matthew Brady Studio. Abraham Lincoln. c. 1863.
Albumen Cabinet Card.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/george_eastman_house/2719970005/
Because photographs were made with modern technology - with machines and chemical processes - they were assumed to be "true."
"Seeing is believing." - Anonymous first recorded in 1639
Southworth and Hawes. Early Operation Using Ether for Anesthesia. 1847. Daguerreotype.
http://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosiero:1847_Ether_bySouthworth_Hawes_Getty.jpg
Maxime Du Camp. The Colossus of Abu-Simbel, Nubia. 1850.
Newhall, Beaumont. The History of Photography. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 1982.
John Lamprey. Malayan Male. c. 1868 – 69.
Marien, Mary Warner. Photography: A cultural History. Second edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2006.
Alexander Gardner. Home of the Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg. 1863.
http://www.littlestregular.com/blog/uploaded_images/sharpshooter-752249.jpg
Carlton E. Watkins. Mt. Broderick, Yosemite. 1861. Albumen print.
SFMOMA. Picturing Modernity. San Francisco: SFMOMA, 1998.
Timothy O' Sullivan. Ancient Ruins in the Canyon de Chelle, New Mexico. 1873. Albumen print.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/3020317790_1765c988fe.jpg
Eadweard Muybridge. Galloping Horse, Motion Study-Sallie Gardner. June 19, 1878. Collotype.
When the hand-held camera was introduced at the end of the 19th century, manufacturers emphasized:
ease of use - democratic because anyone can do it
instantaneous preservation of fleeting moments - capturing history otherwise lost
a bargain - "You press the button, we do the rest."
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/pic/1999/kodakadb.jpg
Kodak #1 Camera
http://www.thispublicaddress.com/depression/images/kodak.gif
Kodak Brownie Ads. 1900.
snapshot = to shoot instinctively without taking aim
Photo-Revolver de Poche c. 1882.
http://www.geh.org/fm/mees/htmlsrc/mE58300001_ful.html#topofimage
http://www.pixiq.com/article/-photorevolver-de-poche-
Jacques-Henri Lartigue. My Cousin Bichonnade. 1905.
Baby elephant at the zoo c. 1890
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalmediamuseum/2781021952/sizes/m/in/photostream/
Unknown Photographer. Two Young Girls. c. 1890.
http://rpkphoto.smugmug.com/Photo-History-1/The-Snapshot-Century/10323935_WVU6s/1/714942735_gP7eY#714942735_gP7eY-L-LB


Is promoting the development of your start up on your personal social media effective?
I am running a tech start up within the events industry, up until now, I've kept everything which I have been working on very quiet- but then I realised whether your product is tangiable or not, you have to believe it in yourself and I shoudn't let fear of public opinions by people who know me, stop me from promoting my product on my own social sites.
I wanted to hear your opinions, how important do you think it is to promote your products/companies through your own social network? is it a good way to get people believing in the brand, recognising the brand and building your company social up?
Re: Is promoting the development of your start up on your personal social media effective?
It's great hearing that you are asking the merits of the start up you have in a platform rather than being in the situation of inability to take off. Nothing is wronng with what you are doing right now, you're making it happen and nobody will do that for you unless you go corporate and hire people to help you out run the S-U-B . The effectiveness and reach of social media should never be underestimated ! It is the name of the current game and everybody into the game the why can't you. Here are my suggestions for you to attain the optimum returns brought to you by social media awareness.
Use the power of interlinkages- You are free to CREATE A NEW DOMAIN which is directly conected to your Mother-Domain (your Facebook, Path, Vine, Pinterest, whatever you are currently using) and in this new domain you can RE-LAUNCH your S-U-B bigtime!
Use the power of mass build up of contacts, local and international- Abi the vast ocean distance barrier have been broken eversince the internet have made it to everyone life cycle. Isn't it amazing that the person you are talking right now is from the place of the famous pound for pound boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao and reigning Ms Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, the Philippines!
Spot the circles of whom do you think are interested to patronize your S-U-B and stay as stronger than ever with those friends who are not, sooner they'll come knocking at your door with a sound suggestions or two.
Use the power of Listening - it is in listening we can learn and earn more than our expectations, been there done that Abi.
Learn to evolve in all aspect now that you wanna be a future CEO/COO, always keep your feet on the ground.
It seems with the above reasons, there is nothing wrong promoting your business in your personal social media platform as long as it just perform the LAUNCHING PAD sort of participation leading to your ACTUAL BUSINESS PLATFORM.
I hope i've given you at least a little to shove away your apprehension as stated. Thank you and Good luck!
Thank you very much for your detailed response, I appreciate it! I found your answer and advice very helpful, and will definitely take your points on board.


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This emphasis area prepares the student for transfer to a four-year college or university to major in mathematics. This area provides the foundation upon which the disciplines of physics and engineering are built.
Provide students with the basics of trigonometry, analytic geometry, single variable calculus, and multivariable calculus.


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package org.aleborrego.tabd.scheduled;

import org.aleborrego.tabd.domain.ScheduledTask;
import org.aleborrego.tabd.domain.repository.ScheduledTaskRepository;
import org.aleborrego.tabd.loader.Loader;
import org.aleborrego.tabd.loader.LoaderException;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

@Component
@Slf4j
public class TasksRunner {

	@Autowired
	private ApplicationContext applicationContext;

	@Autowired
	private ScheduledTaskRepository scheduledTaskRepository;

	@Scheduled(fixedRate = 60000)
	public void checkLoader() throws LoaderException {
		for (ScheduledTask scheduledTask : scheduledTaskRepository.findAll()) {
			if (ScheduledTask.LOADER_TYPE.equals(scheduledTask.getType())) {

				String beanName = scheduledTask.getExtraInfo();
				Loader loader = (Loader) applicationContext.getBean(beanName);
				log.info("Loading from '{}'", beanName);
				loader.load();

				scheduledTaskRepository.delete(scheduledTask);
			}
		}
	}

}


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1999 Taiwan Series
The 1999 Taiwan Series was the third straight (and final) Taiwan Series won by the Wei Chuan Dragons. They upset the Chinatrust Whales (making their Series debut) in 5 games.
The Whales had finished first in the 1999 CPBL regular season at 60-29-2. Lai-Fa Lee was the manager. They had four players named to the Best Nine in P Kevin Henthorne (15-5, 2.48), C Kuang-Hao Wang (.310/.380/.438), SS Franklin Parra (.302/.356/.463, 34 SB) and OF Lien-Hung Chen (.331/.438/.498). Alex Cabrera (.325/.382/.579) and Chi-Feng Hung (.333/.408/.579, the batting titlist) also hit very well. Supporting Henthorne on the staff were Chien-Fu Kuo Lee (15-5, 2.89), Genji Kaku (9-5, 2.34), Carlos Mirabal (2-1, 13 Sv, 1.87) and Calvin Jones (2-2, 11 Sv, 2.32). Mirabal led the league in ERA while Kuo Lee and Henthorne tied for the win lead.
The Dragons were third in the regular season for manager Sheng-Ming Hsu at 49-39-4. They only had one player make the Best Nine, 3B Tai-Shan Chang (.321/.388/.532), who led with 70 RBI. Carlos Sievers hit .295/.389/.449 in 22 games. Gab Ozuna (10-5, 2.69) was the top starter and Matt Turner (3-0, 15 Sv, 1.93) the top reliever.
In game 1, on November 3, the Dragons won a 5-0 shutout as the Whales had just five hits while making four errors. Mike Iglesias, after an 0-3 regular season, beat win leader Henthorne. Sievers drove in the winner but was suspended for the remainder of the Series (along with Kuang-Hao Wang of the Whales and Bernie Tatis of the Dragons) over a 5th-inning brawl. On November 4, the Dragons won 5-2 as Ozuna beat Kaku. Cheng-Chin Hong drove in the game-winning run.
On November 6, Wei Chuan kept rolling as Deok-chill Kim took a 3-2 decision over Kuo Lee. Javier Cruz saved it. Chiung-Lung Huang (who would be named Taiwan Series MVP) drove in the winner while Lien-Hung Chen homered in a losing cause. Game 4 was the only one won by the Whales, a 6-0 victory as the Dragons had only 3 hits and made 3 errors. Chi-Hsien Ho got the win over Saul Valenzuela while Parra homered. On November 9, the Whales led 4-3 going into the bottom of the 9th but the Dragons scored twice to lock it up. Oscar Rivera got the win and Mirabal took the loss. Chin-Mou Chen drove in the winning run. Shu-Mu Chueh homered for the Whales, who got all 3 home runs in the Series while falling in five games. They made 10 errors overall, which hurt a lot.
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India is moving forward for record production of food. Food production in India, which is steadily increasing, is expected to rise during 2017-18 to 277 million tons.
Data shows that India is a net exporter of food grains. Export earnings in 2016 was $3.8 billion. Its main export market is Middle East and a few African countries.
Against this optimistic background, the country is facing an agrarian crisis. Agrarian crisis is manifesting in farmer's suicides across the country. What could be the possible reasons.
There is large-scale migration of farm labours and farmers to urban areas in search of jobs. For new jobs they do not have the right skills. Their woes largely continue.
To identify the reasons of the crisis, a number of studies have been carried out from time to time. To list a few: Small and fragmented land holdings; severe cash crunch required to buy inputs like seeds and fertiliser; poor availability of credit facilities from banks; lack of assured irrigation; vagaries of nature-like drought or floods; absence of modern farming equipment; no capacity to hold the produce and wait for the right price.
More often they fall prey to ruthless local money lenders or sell their produce to local traders at a discounted price.
It is estimated that vegetables and fruits valued at over Rs 35,000 crore perish in the fields every year. This is happening because the country still lacks adequate infrastructure.
The government has always tried to bring quick-fix solutions which have not had the desired result and the Anna data continues to languish.
NABARD came into existence to facilitate agriculture loan through the banking channels. Here also the middlemen's role is no secret. They are found lurking all around.
Crop insurance has been introduced but the farmers are hardly compensated for the loss they suffer. This has time and again been highlighted by the media.
MSP is revised regularly and its ambit enlarged to include new produce. This effort has brought only marginal relief as large quantities are still left out of the procurement chain which varies from state to state. This is happening because our national warehouse capacity is inadequate. This explains the procured food grain rotting in the open. Despite food surplus, our 50 per cent population is malnourished or undernourished. What an irony.
The government's concern is to ensure uninterrupted availability of food grains to the Public Distribution System and maintain buffer stock. Concern is not farmers' wellbeing, but to keep the price under control.
The government has promised to double the farm income over the next couple of years. But how will this be realised?
1. The first step should be to arrest large-scale migration from villages. This can happen only if the dignity of the farmers is restored.
2. Farming as an occupation is made attractive. The focus, therefore, should be to increase assured per acre income to the farming communities.
3. Village connectivity has considerably improved in recent years.
4. Cold chain facility backed with lifting of perishable produce from the field for proper processing and storage can be a step in the right direction.
5. Value-added product can not only increase the farmers income but can also be foreign exchange earner.
6. In the event of loss of productivity due to adverse weather, the loss should be expeditiously assessed and insurance claim disbursed. Technology can be of great help.
7. Timely availability of high yield seeds and educating them to apply balanced fertiliser will certainly increase the production.
8. But foremost is devising a method to disburse soft credit to the needy without middlemen seizing any opportunity.
9. Also, basic medical and schooling facility must be ensured to keep our rural population rooted to their base.


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ABC Stars Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn lead this year's White House Correspondents' Association parade
April 21, 2016 By WHC Insider
Kerry Washington and Willie Geist at the 2012 Garden Brunch.
It's that time of the year again, when politics and paparazzi come together to celebrate the 96th White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on April 30th, and the names of the A-list celebrity guests are filtering in.
The annual correspondent's dinner at the Washington Hilton is a black-tie affair for 2600 of the most well known celebrities, politicos and journalists in America. Past guests have ranged from movie dogs (Uggie the Dog from Oscar-winning film The Artist) all the way to current Republican frontrunner Donald Trump in 2011.
This year the comedian for the evening is Larry Wilmore, host of Comedy Central's "Nightly Show." Every year, the news organizations compete to bring the biggest and brightest stars to join their journalists for the evening's festivities. ABC network looks like they've won the prize with the cast of Scandal and Black-ish.
Tony Goldwyn supporting Dog Tag Bakery at the Garden Brunch 2014.
ABC Guests
Shonda Rhimes, TV mogul, Scandal, Grey's Anatomy, How to Get Away With Murder
Kerry Washington, Scott Foley and Tony Goldwyn — Cast of Scandal
Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Kenya Barris, Creator of Black-ish
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Google/HBO/Smithsonian WHCD Party Announced
Google, HBO and the Smithsonian American Art Museum are partnering on a Friday night party for White House Correspondents' weekend. Actor Bryan Cranston and director Jay Roach are the featured guests.
Read more via FishbowlDC: WHCD Party Invites: The Google/HBO/Smithsonian Party
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Trump Snubs White House Correspondents' Dinner
April 13, 2016 By Christian Conner
Donald and Melania Trump with Lilly Weymouth and WHCInsider Editor-in-Chief Tammy Haddad.
A report out today from The Hill says that Donald Trump will not attend this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 30th. Back in 2011, Donald Trump, a guest of the Washington Post, was roasted to the crowd's delight by President Obama.
Asked why he wouldn't be attending the event this year, "I was asked by every single group of media available to mankind [to attend this year]. But I've decided not to go. Do you know why? I would have a good time and the press would say I look like I wasn't having a good time."
In his interview with The Hill he said of his 2011 experience, "I had a great time. I was very honored by all of the attention. The president told joke after joke and it was good. They were all very nice and delivered nicely and I had a great time and told the press. For four years, I've read what a miserable time I had."
US Secret Service wanding Donald Trump as he enters the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner.
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Penn State revokes 2 fraternity charters for underage drinking
On Behalf of Law Office of Ronald F. Saupe, Esq. | Nov 9, 2017 | Underage Drinking |
Officials at Pennsylvania State University recently announced that two of the university's fraternities lost recognition following "several violations of university rules."
This recent revocation comes on the heels of the March closure of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. The university closed the campus chapter after a freshman pledge died from his injuries after a night of underage drinking at the fraternity house with the members and other pledges.
On Oct. 28, Penn State administrators announced that Pi Lambda Phi will not have recognition again until year's end of 2019. Their charter was revoked for a trio of incidents where they had alcohol available for underage guests to consume.
The Delta Upsilon fraternity is unrecognized until the end of next semester. Their violations of university rules include organizing events like "Fifth and a Friend" that encouraged students who were not of legal age to drink alcohol.
Without formal recognition, fraternities are barred from participating in Greek life activities like the dance marathon or homecoming.
Administrators claim that the two fraternities "violated university expectations" when they made alcohol available at social events where there were underage students.
In the university's press release, the Student Affairs' vice president stated, "The misbehavior of these chapters demonstrates very little regard for the trouble alcohol can bring. I am disappointed by this outcome, but effective accountability must be achieved."
According to the executive director of Delta Upsilon International, sanctions should be imposed on chapters promoting activities that endanger students' safety or health and he was "extremely disappointed" by the fraternity members' actions.
When underage teens and young adults illegally consume alcohol, they are at risk of injury or even death. Even if no permanent harm comes to them from drinking, they can have their promising college careers derailed by an arrest. Parents can assist their kids by retaining a criminal defense attorney.
Source: CBS News, "2 Penn State fraternities lose recognition after rule violations," Oct. 30, 2017


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Q: What post-compiler (or other) options are available for re-using functionality between structs? Say I've created a struct, called Percent.  Logically, it makes sense as a struct because it represents a value and should be passed by value whenever used.  The struct also contains a few properties and static implicit operators.  A Percent can handle any kind of percentage, including those over 100%.
Now, let's say I'd like to be able to use Percent in applications that only care about Percentages between 0-100%.  I decide to create a new struct called ValidPercent, which is virtually identical to Percent except with additional checks to ensure that a ValidPercent never contains a value above 100% or below 0%.
ValidPercent seems like a good candidate for inheritance, but structs cannot take advantage of inheritance.  Additionally, there is very little value in being able to downcast ValidPercent to Percent.
Are there any tools available that would allow me to define Percent and ValidPercent without duplicating the majority of the code used within each?
I've done some cursory research on PostSharp and t4 templates, but I was unable to determine if they could be used for this purpose.  Can they, or are other tools available that can?

A: T4 can be used for this. Is it the best option? It depends on your scenario (I assume you posted a simplified version of your real scenario).
Anyway, it's possible to define a template which generates a number of variants. Using partial classes and methods you can inject specific behavior into the generated code (such as validation).
You can find the full source code here: https://github.com/mrange/CodeStack/tree/master/q18861246/TestProject
I use VS2013 but this would work fine in VS2008+.
I define a T4 template:
<#
    // The model defines *what* we like generated
    var model = new []
    {
        "ValidPercent"      ,
        "Percent"           ,
    };
#>

namespace TestProject
{
<#
    // The "View" defines *how* the model is transformed into code
    foreach (var cls in model)
    {
#>

    partial struct <#=cls#>
    {
        // Partial struct/class are great with T4 or any code-generation tool

        decimal m_value;

        // Partial methods are great to inject customized behavior into the generated code skeleton
        static partial void Partial_ValidateValue (decimal value);

        public <#=cls#> (decimal value)
        {
            Partial_ValidateValue (value);
            m_value = value;
        }

        public decimal Value
        {
            get
            {
                return m_value;
            }
            set
            {
                Partial_ValidateValue (value);
                m_value = value;
            }
        }

        public override string ToString ()
        {
            return Value + "%";
        }

    }
<#
    }
#>

}

It's good practice in order to write maintainable meta-programs (my preferred term) to separate the Model ie what we like to have generated from the View ie how the Model is transformed into code.
In this case the model is very simple:
// The model defines *what* we like generated
var model = new []
{
    "ValidPercent"      ,
    "Percent"           ,
};

The view basically just iterates over the model generating the code. T4 basically is like ASP/PHP.
<#
    // The "View" defines *how* the model is transformed into code
    foreach (var cls in model)
    {
#>
...

In order to be able to inject the validation behavior I have inserted into the generated code an extension point:
// Partial methods are great to inject customized behavior into the generated code skeleton
static partial void Partial_ValidateValue (decimal value);

Partial methods basically works like events but they are hooked up in compile-time. Partial_ValidateValue is called before the assignment of m_value making sure any class invariants are uphold.
In order to inject the validation behavior I define another part of the class ValidPercent in a separate file:
partial struct ValidPercent
{
    public static implicit operator Percent(ValidPercent vp)
    {
        return new Percent (vp.Value);
    }

    static partial void Partial_ValidateValue(decimal value)
    {
        if (value < 0M || value > 100M)
        {
            throw new ArgumentException ("value", "value is expected to be in the range 0..100");
        }
    }
}

The operator is just a convenience operator to allow implicit conversion from ValidPercent ==> Percent (this is always safe). Partial_ValidateValue does the actual validation.
This should give you some starting points when thinking about if T4 is right for you.
I hope it helps...

A: As you have stated that structs dont allow for inheritance you may be looking at migrating to a class. Where you can inherit the class and provide checking of values.
This could be done similar to the following. Just an idea.
public class Percent
{

    public static implicit operator double(Percent p)
    {
        return p.Value;
    }

    private Percent() { }

    public Percent(double value)
    {
        this.Value = value;
    }

    double value;

    public double Value
    {
        get { return this.value; }
        set
        {
            if (!ValidateNewValue(value))
                throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("The value '{0}' is not a valid.", value));
            this.value = value;
        }
    }

    protected virtual bool ValidateNewValue(double value)
    {
        return true;
    }
}

public class ValidPercent : Percent
{

    public ValidPercent(double d)
        : base(d) { }

    protected override bool ValidateNewValue(double value)
    {
        return !(value > 100 || value < 0);
    }
}


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Engineering Science announces new Head of Department
Professor Ronald A. Roy has been announced as the new Head of the Department of Engineering Science from September 2019
Professor Ron Roy will take over from Professor Lionel Tarassenko, who guided the Department through a five-year period of extraordinary growth and impact.
Professor Roy joined the Department of Engineering Science in 2013, following 17 years with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Boston University (USA), where he served as Head of Department from 2007 through 2013. In 2006-2007 he was the 65th George Eastman Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford (Balliol College). In addition to serving as the Chair of Mechanical Engineering and Professorial Fellow at Harris Manchester College, Ron is a current Associate Head of Department (research) and has contributed to the establishment of the Rosalind Franklin Institute and the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research. Outside the University, he has served on numerous society committees, review panels, editorial boards, and is a past Editor-in-Chief of Acoustics Research Letters Online (now called JASA Express Letters). He is a Fellow and former Vice President of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) and a recipient of the ASA Helmholtz-Rayleigh Interdisciplinary Silver Medal.
"By prioritizing students, we create a lasting legacy and help to shape our intellectual, scientific, and technological future."
Trained as a physicist and an engineer, Ron specializes in the application of physical acoustics principles to problems in biomedical acoustics, industrial ultrasonics, and acoustical oceanography - however, his true passion is the acoustics of bubbles and bubbly media. Sonoluminescence (light from sound), acoustic cavitation dynamics, shock-driven cavity collapse physics, and bubble-mediated therapeutic ultrasonics are topics of past and current interest. Recently, he joined colleagues in developing new techniques for imaging the optical properties of soft tissues through the nonlinear interaction of light and sound (acousto-optic imaging) and is currently exploring novel ways in which nanoparticles can be used in conjunction with laser illumination and ultrasound to facilitate deep tissue optical imaging, focused ultrasound surgery, and more efficient bioprocessing of bacteria in suspension and organised as biofilms.
Professor Roy says of his appointment, "I must begin by celebrating the exceptional work done by Professor Tarassenko, who led Engineering Science through a period of outstanding achievement that began with the awarding of the 2015 Queen's Anniversary prize to the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and culminated with a world #1 placement in the Times Higher Education Engineering and Technology subject rankings. Such accomplishments are rooted in the broader mission of the research university and reflect the importance of innovative and crosscutting science and engineering education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Research universities such as Oxford promote the creation and dissemination of new knowledge inspired by curiosity and ideas, as well as innovative startups and technology solutions fueled by innovation and imagination. However, most significant is the impact we have on the lives of our students. By prioritizing students, we create a lasting legacy and help to shape our intellectual, scientific, and technological future. I am honoured to be given the opportunity to help steer the Department of Engineering Science into said future."