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Mark Bitterman (Nueva York el 22 de diciembre de 1966) es un escritor culinario norteamericano. En colaboración con su mujer Jennifer Turner Bitterman es copropietario de una boutique alimentaria denominada The Meadow, que se ha especializado en la exposición de sales, barras de chocolate y demás productos culinarios groumet. La tienda The Meadow fue inaugurada en Portland, Oregon en el año 2006 y se expandió a West Village en Nueva York en 2010. En el mes de octubre de 2010 Bitterman sacó a la luz el primer libro: Salted: A Manifesto on the World's Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes (Salado: Un manifiesto a favor de un mineral esencial, con recetas). Su trabajo a favor de la aplicación de la sal en el mundo culinario le ha llevado a crear el término selmelier.

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ЗНАЧЕНИЕ: This unusual surname is of medieval English origin, and is a diminutive form of the Norman personal name 'Ivo', itself a short form of any of the various Germanic compound names with a first element 'Iv', ultimately from the Old Norse 'yr', plural 'ifar', yew, bow (a weapon generally made from the wood of the yew tree). This name was popular in Normandy and Brittany, and was introduced into England at the time of the Conquest. One, Herbertus filius (son of) Ivonis was noted in the Domesday Book f 1086, and an Ivo de Gausla in 'Documents relating to the Danelaw', Lincolnshire, dated 1155-1160. Early examples of the surname include: Roger Yuo, (Lincolnshire, 1175); William Ivet, (Staffordshire, 1271) and John Iuot (Cambridgeshire; 1327). It is interesting to note that two pre existing Anglo-Saxon names 'Ifa' and 'Iva' were reinforced by the introduction of the Norman 'Ivo'. The predominance of the latter was largely due to the popularity of St. Ivo, bishop of Chartres, (deceased 1115), and a 13th Century Breton saint of the name who came to be recognized as the patron of lawyers. On February 4th 1581 John Ivatt and Mary Hanwell were married at St. Christopher le Stocks, London. A Coat of Arms granted to the Ivatt family of London on June 27th 1626, is silver, on a red cross five fleurs-de-lis of the field, the Crest being an armed cubit arm holding in the gauntlet all proper, a gold fleur-de-lis, emerging from a mural coronet. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John Ivette, which was dated 1263, in the 'Fines Court Rolls of Suffolk', during the reign of King Henry 111, known as The Frenchman, 1216 - 1272. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to 'develop' often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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A non-experts guide to key financial terms
New to 2020! This half-day course is designed for those without a financial background and provides a grounding in the most common financial terms used in press releases, investor discussions and equity research notes.
It aims to build a basic level of financial literacy by providing non-technical explanations, straightforward examples and the opportunity to practice simple calculations and analysis within a supportive environment. Delegates will build their knowledge of financial statements, learn how to analyse them and understand how they are used to create consensus forecasts.
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The asset-based welfare paradox: twist or split?
Any way one looks at it, the long-term growth prospects of the British economy appear pretty bleak in the absence of some quite seismic shifts in economic thinking and economic policy practice. Yes, you might protest, growth is back, inflation is low, unemployment is falling and there is no immediate prospect of a steep upward trajectory in interest rates. But, as even the Governor of the Bank of England and the Chancellor of the Exchequer both now concede, the growth we have looks alarmingly unstable and would appear to be predicated on the inflation of an all-too-familiar asset-price bubble centred on the housing market.
That is why the coalition's much-touted Help to Buy scheme is currently in the dock and why the Chancellor's recent Mansion House speech freely concedes the need of the Bank of England to cap mortgage loan-to-value ratios to temper the overheating in the housing market. But, of course, not quite yet … indeed, not in any way capable of yielding tangible effects (and thereby suppressing growth) this side of the General Election.
This is alarming for two reasons. First, and perhaps most obviously, it suggests (in what is now becoming a familiar theme in this blog) that Britain's seemingly good economic performance in recent months is in fact a chimera – and that the quite conscious pump-priming of the housing market has merely served to mask the persistence of long-standing structural pathologies that remain almost entirely unaddressed. The growth crisis, in effect, has not been resolved – and that makes the debt crisis much, much more difficult to deal with in the medium term.
But, second, and much less appreciated, this has very major welfare implications. The reason is very simple. Since around the turn of the century, Britain has been moving increasingly consciously from a public model of welfare to what might be seen as a 'public-plus' welfare model – residual public welfare plus a more individualised and privatised 'asset-based' welfare. And the point is that austerity is driving a further residualisation of public welfare, just as the crisis has put paid to the steady asset-price appreciation on which asset-based welfare depends. It is time to twist or split – not, as the Bank of England and the Chancellor would seem to be conspiring to do, to postpone the decision until after the General Election.
To see why, we need to return to the crisis itself. As I have been suggesting, it was not just the Anglo-liberal growth model that was threatened by the bubble burst. So too were a range of public and social policies whose development had been predicated on the assumed continuation of growth in general and of a broader asset-led conception of growth more specifically. Chief amongst these is the pursuit of asset-based welfare. This was – and remains – an approach to welfare in which citizens are encouraged to acquire, as a form of investment, appreciating assets which they might later liquidate to fund their welfare needs. It has become associated in particular with the idea that citizens, rather than the state, bear the principal responsibility for ensuring that they have (or might have) adequate funds to meet their needs in retirement, ill-health or even unemployment without becoming dependent on their families.
In the context of an ageing population and with the projected steep decline in the per capita value of public pensions, asset-based welfare provided a means of squaring an increasingly tricky welfare circle. But the problem was that the stable and predictable asset appreciation on which it rested was, like the Anglo-liberal growth model itself, dependent on easy access to credit and the persistence of a 'low inflation–low interest rate' equilibrium. It was, in other words, fine only for as long as the benign conditions of the 'great moderation' persisted – and these were never going to last forever. Asset-based welfare was, in effect, a way of mortgaging the future capacity of citizens to provide for themselves with dignity on the vagaries of the housing market (and markets in other appreciating assets classes).
Put in such terms, asset-based welfare looks today like a rather risky and ultimately costly one-way accumulator bet. And it was. But, to those who assumed that the business cycle was dead, asset-based welfare was a very sensible public policy stance. For as long as asset-prices were rising and there was no prospect (in the absence of a business cycle) of them falling, it was almost bound to deliver a good return to those able to participate in the process. As such, it was perfectly rational for policy-makers to promote it as a strategy for supplementing more conventional means of meeting welfare needs publicly.
What of course made it all the more attractive to policy-makers was Britain's creeping welfare residualism from the mid 1980s. This growing residualism reinforced the incentive to promote asset-based welfare as a means of partially compensating citizens for the growing mismatch between the benefits to which they were entitled and their expectations of the benefits they might receive.
But the problem was that the attractiveness of asset-based welfare to policy-makers in Britain did not make it a very good bet. Indeed, despite being so widely promoted and touted, it has actually proved extremely fortunate that the transition to asset-based welfare was rather more gradual and incremental than one might have been forgiven for thinking, given the hype. By the onset of the crisis only one major asset-based welfare programme was actually up and running – the Child Trust Fund. And even this was only fully operative from 2005. Yet, despite this, close to £0.5 billion has been lost from the value of these funds since 2008. The mortgaging of childhood futures on continued asset-price appreciation has proved one of the least mourned casualties of the crisis.
Or has it? For asset-based welfare has not gone away, even if it now assumes a quieter form. Indeed, as hinted at above, something equivalent to asset-based welfare (a privatised alternative to public provision) looks all the more necessary in the context of pervasive welfare austerity. But, as we now know all too well, the need for asset-based welfare to compensate for a shortfall in public provision has grown at precisely the point when stable asset-price inflation appears oxymoronic.
This is the asset-based welfare paradox. And it needs to be faced up to now. The choice is a stark one: ignore the lessons of the crisis and continue to mortgage our collective futures on the bet that asset-price inflation can be made sustainable indefinitely (twist) or share the burden of managing for our futures collectively and publicly (split). I guess that makes me a splitter.
This blog derives from a comment delivered at a public seminar at Le Ministère des Affaires Sociales et de la Santé (DREES) in Paris on stratégies nationales de croissance et protection sociale ('national growth models and welfare provision') on 26June 2014.


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A delegate reads the Koran at an anti-extremism conference. (IMAGE: AMISOM Public Information, Flickr)
Pauline Hanson Wants To Argue Religion, So Let's Argue Religion
By Megan Giles on November 22, 2015 Media & Culture
The Qur'an has some pretty violent passages. And then there's the Bible. Megan Giles breaks it down.
It pains me to have to acknowledge the words of Pauline Hanson, the befouled splatter on Australia's underbelly that represents all the very worst aspects of our social frailties.
Until recently, for myself at least, Hanson was largely a forgotten blip from the politics of the 1990's who, although commanding a relatively peripheral legion of supporters, was mostly seen as the butt of our national jokes; quickly passing her prime and subsequently popping her head up every now and again to spew some inarticulate, divisive and bigoted tirades before disappearing back into her insignificance until she decided to bother us again.
Though recently Channel Nine's Today show did decide it would be a good idea to seek Hanson's wisdom following last week's Paris attacks.
During the interview, an exasperated Hanson thought it meritorious that she had demanded a random Muslim taxi driver she encountered somehow take ownership of Islamic State's actions and professed that until he, the lone, utterly disconnected individual on the other side of the world just trying to make a living "stands up and says 'We condemn this' then…. [something, something, incoherent ramble]".
Not before referring to Islamic teachings as "tentacles" and appearing baffled that Muslims who condemn Islamic State do not leave their religion, did host Cameron Williams thank her for her thoughts as they are "always welcome at home".
Back in October, the Today show gave Hanson the microphone to explain her insufferable campaign against 'No more mosques, sharia law, halal certification and Muslim refugees'. To his credit Karl Stefanovic did slightly challenge Hanson's views at some points through-out their interview, albeit punctuated with some ego-stroking, jovial banter.
Perhaps he was clever enough to save his own hide by at least appeasing the rational viewers at home.
Hanson's words during that interview are worthy of mention, since they represent such fundamentally wrong interpretations of terrorism and forge a discussion that fails to acknowledge and address the crux of it.
After all these years, since 9/11 and Bush's War on Terror, we are still blaming Islam. Still quoting verses from an ancient book as if it alone compels its readers to strap themselves with explosives and take themselves and innocent others to an early grave. As though it were so drastically more violent than other Abrahamic texts.
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Hanson states that the New Testament, unlike the Qur'an, is devoid of any violence, as if the relative peace and prosperity enjoyed by the Western world is somehow solely attributed to the teachings of Jesus Christ.
I can tell you right now that Christianity did not contribute to making me a moral person. Nor do I believe it had such a make or break impact on the Australian way of life.
Hanson and many others fail to recognise the context of time, place and circumstance that permits the usurping of Quranic verses for such violence.
They fail to scrutinise what it is that separates the millions of Muslims, and millions of others of faith, who can read their sacred scriptures in their historical contexts, from those that totalise and literalise religious doctrine and wrongly champion it as the impetus for their savagery.
Failing to miss what it is that separates these two groups means we fail to address what makes an individual 'radicalise' in the first place. The social, political and economic reasons individuals are so significantly marginalised, angered and ostracised that they seek solace in death, and not life. In war, and not peace. We therefore fail to find any meaningful solution, since we too often look in the wrong places.
If we want to scrutinise religious doctrines, then we must be prepared to thoroughly scrutinise them all. Like the Old Testament, the Qur'an does contain some pretty violent text.
Professor of Middle Eastern history at the University of California, Mark LeVine recently noted, "The problem with critics of Islam like Bill Maher and Richard Dawkins is not so much that they are wrong about Islam as much as that they assume Islam and Muslims are somehow unique in their prejudices, chauvinism and violence," citing the Israeli occupation of Palestine, Hindu-led violence in India, a long history of Christian crimes, and exhaustless numbers of death throughout history attributed to the building of 'nationhood' and "untrammeled capitalism".
Hanson clumsily quotes the Quranic verse 4:89, "They wish you would disbelieve as they have disbelieved you so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them…"
Like many critics of Islam, Hanson conveniently leaves out the next passage (if she's even aware it exists and I'm not sure which is worse).
Verse 4:90 outlines conditions for mercy, "…And if Allah had willed, He could have given them power over you, and they would have fought you. So if they remove themselves from you and do not fight you and offer you peace, then Allah has not made for you a cause against them."
Distinguished Professor of History, Philip Jenkins has noted his surprise that the Qur'an is actually far less bloody than the Bible.
"By the standards of the time, which is the 7th century A.D., the laws of war that are laid down by the Qur'an are actually reasonably humane… Then we turn to the Bible, and we actually find something that is for many people a real surprise. There is a specific kind of warfare laid down in the Bible which we can only call genocide."
Professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, John Esposito states that the early Qur'an does not condone "illegitimate" violence but permits Muslims to respond to aggression and injustice in their duty to lead a virtuous life, or jihad.
More militant 'sword verses' were reinterpretations of the Qur'an by late eighth/ early ninth century religious scholars to justify imperial expansion.
In the late 20th century, regimes across the Arab world shaped and utilised Islamic ideologies to solidify and mobilise support against Western liberalism. And so it goes, on and on through history. Past contexts magically transforming to suit present and future contexts.
When we place blame we go directly to the original source, without acknowledging how that source has been manipulated to accommodate contemporary political objectives.
Though all of this, in our current debate, is near-irrelevant. Focusing on the details of religious texts will lead us nowhere since we have, right in front of us, countless examples that help us understand the rise of Islamic State and specific historical, albeit complex and multi-faceted, justifications for North African and Middle Eastern violence.
Indeed what is missing from mainstream debates about contemporary terrorism is the very heavy historical baggage it carries.
Tony Blair has apologised for "mistakes" made during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The US government's hasty state-building policies after the disbanding of the Iraqi army left thousands of young men angry, armed and unemployed.
Unfortunately, only few commentators will reach back far enough into history to examine the brutal, incendiary and utterly destructive legacy of colonialism in the Middle East to understand contemporary violence.
While 'we' in the West have moved on from colonialism and want everyone else to just 'get over it', post-colonial states were never given space to – they live its continuity in the neocolonial economic policies of the Washington Consensus and the ubiquity of a militarised national consciousness where violence pervades and reproduces.
The late Algerian psychiatrist Franz Fanon has written passionately on the impact of colonialism on the colonised individual's psyche, and its propensity for creating violent separatist and regionalist factions, long after independence.
"At the individual level, violence is a cleansing force. It rids the colonized of their inferiority complex, of their passive and despairing attitude… Violence hoists the people up to the level of the leader."
Despite the horrors of history committed on every continent, our right to anger and grieve over the bloodshed in Paris is doubtless. It must be denounced with the loudest possible voice and responded to with the strongest possible deliberation and vigilance.
Good people lost their lives because they represented the freedom we all hold dear, no matter our race, nationality or religion. Though we must fall short of dismay that Middle Eastern wars have somehow spilled over onto a bystanding Europe caught up in the crossfire.
These wars belong to the Great Powers and they always have. As Gordon Adams has noted, "France has been a central arena for the confrontation between Islam and political-religious Christian Europe for 1,300 years."
The proceeding centuries were characterised by a vicious brand of colonialism under the guise of exporting a concept of citizenship that was highly exclusionary at home, and anti-Islamic domestic policies leaving hostility an omnipresence weaved through France's social and political fabric.
Adams states, "France needs to undergo a deep self-examination, and a fundamental revision of the current practice of sidelining its large Muslim population, leaving them disaffected, poorly educated, underemployed, and ripe for recruitment to terrorism."
All religious texts have the capacity to unite or divide humanity. Our conversation must start centering on the dark, ugly side of human nature and the contexts that breed violent extremists of which our own states are often complicit in.
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Men in the Middle: Searching for Masculinity in the 1950s; Relative Intimacy: Fathers, Adolescent Daughters, and Postwar American Culture
Thomas W. Devine
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Thomas W. Devine; Men in the Middle: Searching for Masculinity in the 1950s; Relative Intimacy: Fathers, Adolescent Daughters, and Postwar American Culture. American Literature 1 June 2008; 80 (2): 414–416. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2008-011
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Q: Setting property in multiple files in Visual Studio I recently imported a folder that contains a bunch of files into my windows forms application, these files are meant to be served as content in my application so I want to set "Copy to Output directory" property to "Copy if newer" in all files.
The problem is, the best way I found for doing this was to expand all folders in the solution explorer, select the first file, shift + select the last file, then ctrl + click all folders in the middle, and then set the property, this solution is still bad for me.
Is there a better way in Visual Studio to set a property in all files inside a project folder?

A: Probably the fastest way is to open the project file in text editor (the file with extension .csproj) and edit it by hand.
The file has an XML structure and will contain nodes similar to this one:
<ItemGroup>
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    <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
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It might be that the <CopyToOutputDirectory> node is not present and the node will look like this:
<ItemGroup>
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</ItemGroup>

You can add the <CopyToOutputDirectory> by hand. The value inside the node can contain:

*

*Never - to never copy the item to the output directory

*Always - to always copy the item to the output directory

*PreserveNewest - to only copy the item to the output directory if the source item has changed

When you are done editing the file, just save it and when you switch back to Visual Studio, it will detect the change of the file and ask you to reload it.
Since it is an XML file, you can even write scripts to edit the property, if the number of files you are dealing with is large.

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It seems the "War on Christmas" started today. More than twenty governors across the nation declared they would reject Syrian refugees from being allowed in their states. So much for celebrating birth of a refugee who also fled violence!
Seeing all the governors attack Middle Eastern refugees reminded me of the title Clarence Jordan gave to Herod in the Cotton Patch Gospel translation of the New Testament: Governor. Ironically, many of these governors ran with campaign rhetoric about how their faith guides their politics. They either lied or haven't read the Bible very well.
Consider the difference in opinions between our governors and the Bible.
Both lists could go on ... more governors against refugees and more scriptures for refugees. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican presidential hopeful, even went so far as to say he'd reject Syrian "3-year-old orphans" from entering. That's pretty close to a biblical standard. King (or Governor) Herod was scared of 2-year-olds. And his murderous violence sent Jesus, Joseph, and Mary fleeing as refugees. Sadly, we've already seen what can happen to 3-year-old Syrian refugees.
It's almost time to declare, "'Tis the Season." Unfortunately, it seems many governors are getting their festival spirit from the wrong Christmas character.


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10 Exhibitions Not to Miss in NYC for Fall 2018
September 28, 2018 - by Merrill Lee Girardeau
We can't wait for fall exhibitions in New York. This year's exhibits recontextualize familiar figures like Andy Warhol and Harry Potter. There's also a throughline of color throughout these exhibits: how it influences everyday design objects, reflects mood, or influences anxiety and hope. We've got ten exhibitions at ten different locations throughout the city, from the Instagrammable Color Factory to the quizzical Disappearing Acts. Enjoy!
Can't-Miss Fall Exhibitions in NYC | Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color at Cooper Hewitt
This BeoCom Copenhagen Telephone was designed by Lone Lindinger-Lowy, dating back to 1986. It's one of the pieces displayed in the Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color exhibit at Cooper Hewitt.
A consideration of color can be found at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Whether we're compelled or repelled by it, a color is a fascinating physical and psychological phenomenon and the subject of Saturated, which is on now at Cooper Hewitt. You'll see a blue vase nearly 2,000 years old and a Miller Blues Band poster from 1967, featuring bright, psychedelic stripes of orange and blue. 190 more objects will show off the power of every color in the rainbow—some all at once! Through January 13, 2019. 2 E. 91st St., 212-849-8400, cooperhewitt.org
Can't-Miss Fall Exhibitions in NYC: We Come in Peace on The Met Roof Garden
While We Come In Peace is comprised of only two sculptures, Huma Bhabha's work sears the consciousness with an eerie foreboding. One alien-esque sculpture, made of found materials, stands imposingly over a prostrate figure covered in what appears to be a black trash bag. The positioning of these two sculptures calls to mind classic sci-fi films about aliens, as well as more contemporary political issues of migration, power, and place. Don't miss the work of this Pakistanian artist, and have a sip of wine at the bar while you're on The Metropolitan Museum of Art's roof! Through October 28. 1000 Fifth Ave., 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org
Can't-Miss Fall Exhibitions in NYC: Color Factory
Color Factory, an interactive pop-up art exhibition, began in August 2017 in San Francisco. Wildly popular, the project has set up shop in Soho and is sure to inspire lines as long as the cronut did at nearby Dominique Ansel Bakery. The Color Factory walks visitors through 16 rooms devoted to the wonder of color. You're invited to compliment someone using color words, discover your signature color, and read wishes for the world written by NYC school children on varicolored balloons. Each room of the exhibit is equipped with a camera that can take a picture of you and send it to your phone: an Instagrammer's paradise! On view now. 251 Spring St., support@colorfactory.co, colorfactory.co
Can't-Miss Fall Exhibitions in NYC: A Monument for the Anxious and Hopeful at The Rubin Museum of Art
Another irresistible exhibition is located at The Rubin Museum of Art in Chelsea, a quiet and meditative monument to art of the Himalayan region in Asia. A Monument for the Anxious and Hopeful speaks to the troubled times we live in and the battle between fear and faith when we consider the future. Created by artist Candy Chang and writer James A. Reeves, this wall is divided into anxieties and hopes. Visitors are invited to write their own fears and hopes on cards and place them on the appropriate wall (the red half is for fears; the blue for hopes). This interactive exhibit is inspired by Tibetan prayer flags, traditional religious cloths inscribed with Buddhist sutras. Through January 7, 2019. 150 W. 17th St., 212-620-5000, rubinmuseum.org
Can't-Miss Fall Exhibitions in NYC: Soul of a Nation at the Brooklyn Museum
Carolyn Lawrence. Black Children Keep Your Spirits Free, 1972. Photo: Michael Tropea
Along with the Civil Rights Movement, the age of Black Power continued the important cultural and political upheavals of the 1960s. This age also produced radically beautiful art, with painters and sculptors and performance artists giving voice to the outcry for justice and solidarity among the black community nationwide. Paintings like Barkley Hendricks' vivid portrait Blood (Donald Formey) and Melvin Edwards' contorted steel relief sculptures locate the pain and resilience of the black experience. This exhibition will span the fourth and fifth floors of the Brooklyn Museum this fall and include artists from the 1960s through the 1980s in a variety of artistic media. September 14 through February 3, 2019. 200 Eastern Parkway, 718-638-5000, brooklynmuseum.org
Can't-Miss Fall Exhibitions in NYC | Sterling Ruby: Ceramics at Museum of Arts and Design
Brass Ketamine User, 2010, ceramic. Photo by Robert Wedemeyer. Courtesy Sterling Ruby Studio.
Anyone who has ever thrown clay knows it's difficult medium to manipulate into just the right shape. Sterling Ruby works in clay sculpture and evokes the changeability of the material through his organic forms like Basin Theology/STYX Boat, a ramshackle, bronze-colored raft one might see on a journey across the mythical River Styx. His playful and deceptive clay images even include the results of kiln misfires, turning mistakes into indelible features of his work. The Museum of Art and Design is located at Columbus Circle and features art objects with functional purpose such as jewelry, textiles, and pottery. October 3 through March 17, 2019. 2 Columbus Circle, 212-299-7777, madmuseum.org
Can't-Miss Fall Exhibitions in NYC | Harry Potter: A History of Magic at New-York Historical Society
Phoenix illustration by Jim Kay. © Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2016.
It's almost as thrilling as a game of Quidditch: the British Museum brings a Harry Potter exhibit here to the New-York Historical Society! See where J.K. Rowling derived features of the magical world she created in the beloved book series with rare medieval manuscripts and artifacts. The dragons and griffins on display will remind you of Norbert the dragon and Buckbeak the Hippogriff from the world of Harry Potter. You'll also see exclusive selections from J.K. Rowling's archives, including her first drafts of the story and drawings from the author. In honor of the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Scholastic has also published a special edition of the book with new cover art by Brian Selznick, also on view at this magical exhibit. October 5 through January 27, 2019. 170 Central Park West, 212-873-3400, nyhistory.org
Can't-Miss Fall Exhibitions in NYC: It's Alive! Frankenstein at 200 at the Morgan Library & Museum
Barry Moser, No Father Had Watched my Infant Days, wood engraving in a suite of prints accompanying Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1983. The Morgan Library & Museum, gift of Jeffrey P. Dwyer; PML 127245.6 © Pennyroyal Press.
The Morgan Library & Museum is a museum made from the former residence of a towering historical New Yorker, financier J.P. Morgan (1837-1913). His library full of rare books, artifacts, and art is a masterpiece unto itself, but the added joys of new exhibitions are not to be missed. Come see It's Alive! Frankenstein at 200 just in time for Halloween. You'll get a rare glimpse of Mary Shelley's manuscript of the original novel, as well as other artifacts documenting our cultural obsession with the mad scientist and his brutish creation. There will be movie posters, comic books, and scientific instruments from the nineteenth century that may have inspired Shelley's story of reanimating a corpse. October 12 through January 27, 2019. 225 Madison Ave., 212-685-0008, themorgan.org
Can't-Miss Fall Exhibitions in NYC | Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts at the Museum of Modern Art
American artist Bruce Nauman has worked since the mid-1960s in artistic mediums from sculpture to printmaking to drawing to performance. Much of his work is defined by absences and negative space, and cheeky, suggestive works of neon include this dual lettering: Run from fear / Fun from rear. The first major showing of its kind, this exhibition will take up the entire sixth floor of MoMA. Completed works from his long and impressive career will be featured alongside drafts of his projects. October 21 through February 25, 2019. 11 W. 53rd St., 212-708-9400, moma.org
Can't-Miss Fall Exhibitions in NYC: Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again at The Whitney
Shocking as it is, no American institution has shown a retrospective of the iconic Andy Warhol. That is, until now! In November, The Whitney Museum of American Art will unveil a show covering Warhol's entire career. You'll see Warhol the illustrator, Warhol the painter, Warhol the filmmaker. More than 350 works will reveal the late artist's boundless creativity, irreverence, and obsession with image. November 12 through March 31, 2019. 99 Gansevoort St., 212-570-3600, whitney.org
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by Dustin Chadwell
Surprising to just about no one, EA announced Dead Space 3 at their E3 conference today. Along with that announcement comes the usual trailer and screens, which certainly looks pretty fun. The addition of co-op to the campaign also seems like an interesting move, and it'll be intriguing to see how this affects the horror aspect of the game.
Check out the full press release, trailer, and screens below!
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Scavenge The Enemy-Infested Territory Alone Or Team Up With A Friend To Experience The Thrills – And The Chills – Together
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – June 4, 2012 – Cut to the heart of deep space terror as Visceral Games, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) studio, today announced that the critically acclaimed Dead Space™ series will return with Dead Space 3. Delivering award-winning suspense, horror, action and audio, Dead Space 3 will send players on an exhilarating and hair-raising new adventure in the dead of winter 2013. After crash-landing on a hostile new planet known as Tau Volantis, hero Isaac Clarke discovers that this planet could be the key to ending the Necromorph infestation. In his violent hunt for answers, Isaac must battle subzero, icy conditions and deadly, highly-evolved enemies including all-new Necromorphs, gigantic boss creatures and even misguided zealot humans. Fortunately, Isaac is not alone. Players can choose to team-up with a friend anytime in the game with the fully integrated drop-in/drop-out co-op feature. Players that choose to take down the terror together will experience additional story details and gameplay mechanics only found when playing as the co-op character, Earthgov Sergeant John Carver.
Steve Papoutsis, Vice President and General Manager of Visceral Games and Executive Producer on Dead Space 3, said "Dead Space 3 will deliver action and horror on a scale that far exceeds anything we've done before. The game will range from the depths of space and tight, indoor corridors to a harsh new planet with explorable environments that offer new challenges. For fans that love playing alone in the dark, they still can have the classic Dead Space experience that makes the franchise so unique. Likewise, players that want to share that immersive and intense experience with a friend now have that option thanks to the addition of co-op. Either way, the action is intense, the adventure is breathtaking, and the thrills are unforgettable."
Since the series debut in 2008, Dead Space has been one of EA's top rated wholly-owned intellectual properties. With close to 100 industry awards and an average critic score of 89*, Dead Space is loved by videogame fans the world over. In 2009, EA launched Dead Space Extraction, a prequel to the original Dead Space that expanded the fiction and brought the franchise to the Wii™. In 2011, EA launched Dead Space 2 where hero Isaac Clarke returned for another heart-pounding adventure and was heralded as one of the top games of 2011 by Seth Schiesel from the New York Times' and has received over 70 scores of 90+ from top gaming outlets such as Official Xbox Magazine, Playstation: The Official Magazine and Game Informer.
Dead Space 3 will be on display at the EA booth #1601 South Hall during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) from June 5 – 7, 2012 at the L.A. Convention Center .
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The doorbell rings and the barking begins. A family is walking past your house, and the barking begins. A neighborhood cat walks by the front window, and the barking begins. Sound familiar?
A common problem that many dog owners live with is excessive or inappropriate barking from their beloved canine companion. Not only can this type of behavior quickly become a habit, but it can disrupt and interfere with your daily life, your neighbors' peace of mind, and your dog's mental health.
While it is entirely natural for dogs to bark, frequent barking often signals underlying issues with a dog. How can you put an end to unnecessary barking quickly? Try using a whistle!
Ideally, you want to determine what is triggering your dog to bark frequently. Patience and careful observation may be needed to find the sources of a dog's desire to bark loudly and consistently.
Sometimes the dog's focus on the object of his frustration needs to be broken. For some dogs, a new squeaky toy or treat puzzle may be enough to interrupt the barking cycle. But other dogs may require a more intensely directed audible noise to create an associative distraction.
That's where using a whistle can assist you in diverting your dog's attention to promote healthier --- and less noisy --- behaviors. Whistles emit sounds between 23 and 46 kHz, making the high-pitched sound unpleasant to your dog's ears, and making whistles a potentially ideal way to manage your dog's barking habits.
Identify and choose a source of your dog's barking, such as a doorbell ringing or a person walking in front of the house. Have a whistle ready; a silent "dog whistle" that only canines can hear or a regular whistle will work equally well for these training exercises. Be sure to have plenty of treats on hand so you can teach your dog to associate not barking with a tasty goodie.
If your dog doesn't bark on his own, trigger the barking. For example, have a neighbor or family member walk on the sidewalk in front of your home, or ring the doorbell.
As soon as your dog begins to bark, blow the whistle. Only use one, sharp blow, not repeated or lengthy whistles. The one abrupt sound should distract or surprise your dog and stop him from barking.
If your dog quiets down right away, give him praise and a treat.
If your dog does not quiet down right away, blow the whistle once again to startle him and stop the barking. Once you notice he is listening to you and has stopped the noise, praise him and give him a treat.
Repeat this procedure every time your dog barks in an unwanted fashion. Remember to be consistent. Eventually, your dog will associate excessive barking with the unpleasant sound of the whistle.
Automatic high-pitched whistles can be found at your local pet store or online retailer.
These whistles will automatically emit a high-pitched sound as soon as your dog begins to bark, so you don't have to stand around all day with a whistle at hand. A variety of options are available, from free-standing, battery-operated devices to whistles that can be mounted on your dog's collar.
After the first week of training, when your dog is distracted from barking by the automatic whistle device, begin to direct his attention to normal verbal or hand signals to indicate he should stop barking.
If your dog begins barking again after the whistle blows, engage him in an activity such as playing with toys or games, or getting a brisk few minutes of exercise.
Remember, it will take a few weeks of patience and consistency to teach your dog to stop barking. Repeat these steps as necessary over the next month.
When your dog barks, give a "speak" command.
When your dog barks after you give the "speak" command, praise him and give him a treat. Use short sessions over a week or so to teach your dog this step.
Whenever your dog barks when you have not given the "speak" command, blow the whistle. Give one sharp blow, then praise and treat your dog if he stops barking.
Repeat this step every time your dog barks without the "speak" command. Remaining patient and consistent with this step is key to success.
Another key to success with this training method is keeping the sessions short, no longer than ten minutes. You can have multiple sessions per day as long as they are short.
Does not listen. When we walk he is always tugging me down the street. I've tried choke collars spiked collars he will just let them stab and choke him they dont work.
LOVES to chase a ball, but barks like crazy at it when she returns it. Sometimes lunges at us when we go to pick it up, and doesn't stop barking at is until we throw it then barks while she's running after it, too! I can ask her to sit which she will do for a couple of seconds and I try to throw only when she stops barking for a couple of seconds, but can't seem to make any further progress. Would maybe a whistle help?


SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — AARP Foundation and Rock Health have announced DispatchHealth as the winner of the 2017 Aging in Place $50K Challenge, a startup competition for entrepreneurs with solutions that help vulnerable older adults remain in their homes and communities. The challenge is focused on innovations that reduce unnecessary health care services, costs and hospital readmission rates while allowing older adults the opportunity to live independently in their homes. This year's finalists were DispatchHealth, FRND Health, and RoundTrip.
In its second year, the award competition sought applications from companies working on a shared-value business model that helps older adults age in place by providing health care services in the home, with an eye toward reducing unnecessary health care services, costs and hospital readmission rates. In collaboration with Rock Health, AARP Foundation invited startups from across the United States to share their innovative solutions for aging in place, with the winner receiving a $50,000 cash prize to advance its project. DispatchHealth was selected by a panel of judges comprising venture capital, payer, clinical and innovation experts at an event in San Francisco on December 11.
To learn more about this year's competition, visit https://aarpinnovation.rockhealth.com/.
AARP Foundation works to ensure that low-income older adults have nutritious food, affordable, livable and healthy housing, a steady income, and strong and sustaining bonds. We collaborate with individuals and organizations who share our commitment to innovation and our passion for problem-solving. Supported by vigorous legal advocacy, we create and advance effective solutions that help struggling older adults transform their lives. AARP Foundation is the affiliated charity of AARP. Learn more at https://www.aarp.org/aarp-foundation/.
Rock Health is the first venture fund dedicated to digital health. Rock Health partners include Accenture, AbbVie, Blue Shield of California, Boehringer Ingelheim, Boston Children's Hospital, CVS Health, DaVita, Sanofi, Sutter Health, and Takeda. For more information, visit rockhealth.com.


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Solemn Hearing of the Constitutional Court in Celebration of Constitutionality Day
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia celebrated Constitutionality Day, holding a traditional ceremony in honour of the adoption of the Constitution on 23 December 1991.
The solemn hearing was held on Thursday, 19 December 2019, in the presence of the highest representatives of state authorities and key institutions of public life.
The keynote speaker at this year's Constitutionality Day was Prof. Dr Ineta Ziemele, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia and Former Judge at the European Court of Human Rights.
The welcome address by the President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia, Prof. Dr Rajko Knez, and the keynote speech by Prof. Dr Ineta Ziemele can be found below.
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Keynote speech - Ph.D. Ineta Ziemele
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Shared Solar Could Open Up Photovoltaic Market to Multifamily
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The report, Shared Solar: Current Landscape, Market Potential, and the Impact of Federal Securities Regulation, provides a high-level overview of the current U.S. shared solar landscape, including an estimate of market potential for U.S. shared solar deployment. Shared solar models allocate the electricity of a jointly owned or leased system to offset individual consumers' electricity bills, allowing multiple energy consumers to share the benefits of a single solar array.
Despite tremendous growth in the U.S. solar market over the last decade, existing business models and regulatory environments have not been designed to provide access to a significant portion of potential photovoltaic (PV) system customers. Multifamily, for example, represents a significant opportunity. Multifamily comprises a significant portion of the housing market; however, the nature of the ownership and residency structure has created a so-called "split incentive" when it comes to energy efficiency, making it difficult for either owner or resident to be motivated to purchase a PV system for a rental property. As a result, many of the economic, environmental, and social benefits of distributed PV are unavailable to this segment of consumers.
However, emerging business models for solar deployment have the potential to expand the solar market customer-base dramatically. Options such as offsite shared solar and arrays on multi-unit buildings can enable rapid, widespread market growth by increasing access to renewables on readily available sites, potentially lowering costs via economies of scale, pooling customer demand and fostering business model and technical innovations.
Moreover, if federal, state and local policies can institute a supportive regulatory environment, shared solar presents an area of tremendous potential growth for solar photovoltaics, expanding the potential customer base to include rental and owner households. Report authors estimate that 49 percent of households are currently unable to host a PV system because they rent their homes, live in high-rise or multi-unit buildings or live in buildings with limited roof space for the technology.
The report was written by David Feldman, Anna M. Brockway, Elaine Ulrich and Robert Margolis and published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in association with the U.S. Department of Energy.
Paula Cino
Shared Solar: Current Landscape, Market Potential, and the Impact of Federal Securities Regulation


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So, it has been a while since you had your racquet strung and you are standing on the court about to receive and you ask yourself; "I wonder when I should get my racquet strung".
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4 Top Patient Safety Risks in Ambulatory Care
Analysis | By Christopher Cheney
A new report identifies diagnostic errors as the top patient safety risk in ambulatory care settings.
A watchdog group has identified the top four risks for patient safety at ambulatory care settings, according to a new report.
Ambulatory care facilities such as physician offices and outpatient clinics are the most widely used settings in U.S. healthcare, according to the ECRI Institute PSO report published last week. Ambulatory care settings provide a wide range of services to patients such as consultation, diagnosis, and interventions.
"As healthcare delivery shifts from hospitals to ambulatory care settings, it can be challenging to coordinate care among various clinicians, systems, and facilities, raising the potential for errors that put patients at risk. Reducing and eliminating adverse events in an outpatient environment will require an unprecedented commitment to collaboration and coordination," Marcus Schabacker, MD, PhD, president and CEO of the ECRI Institute, said in a prepared statement.
The watchdog group is based in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.
According to the ECRI Institute PSO (patient safety organization) report, the top four risks for patient safety at ambulatory care settings are diagnostic testing errors, medication events, falls, and security incidents.
ECRI Institute PSO examined more than 4,300 ambulatory care patient safety events from December 2017 to November 2018. Diagnostic testing errors accounted for the most events (47%), followed by medication safety events (27%). Highlights of the findings and recommendations are below.
1. Diagnostic testing errors
Patients can experience several negative impacts from diagnostic testing errors such as missed or delayed diagnoses, delayed interventions, and duplication of services. According to the ECRI Institute PSO report, the most common diagnostic testing errors involved laboratory tests (69%), followed by imaging tests (21%).
The report's recommendations to curb diagnostic testing errors include the following:
Establish decision support tools to help clinicians order appropriate tests
Establish processes for communicating test results such as a chain of command that includes a reporting provision when the clinician who ordered a test is absent
Establish standard operating procedures in writing for specimen, collection, preparation, and delivery
2. Medication events
Medication safety events are a leading cause of malpractice claims in ambulatory care. In a Coverys analysis of more than 10,000 closed malpractice claims, medication errors were the fourth most common cause of medical professional liability claims, and 42% of the errors occurred in an ambulatory setting.
In the ECRI Institute PSO analysis, the most common medication safety event (67%) involved "wrong" errors such as wrong patient or wrong drug, followed by monitoring errors (16%). "Such events can occur during any stage of the medication process and are rarely the fault of one person; rather, as with most adverse events, they result from a series of failures within a system," the ECRI Institute PSO report says.
The report's recommendations to reduce medication errors include the following:
Identify priority areas for medication safety improvement such as medication-event reporting and medication safety education
Establish standardized policies and procedures that feature best practices for each phase of the medication management process
Establish and communicating management processes for high-alert medications such as chemotherapy drugs, including storage and administration
3. Patient falls
Patient falls accounted for 14% of the events in the ECRI Institute PSO analysis, with most falls occurring in the physician practice setting.
"Falls are often preventable occurrences that can lead to patient injury, cause hospitalizations, and significantly increase healthcare costs. Falls occurring in hospitalized patients are a major source of risk for acute and long-term care providers. In ambulatory care, screening for the risk of falls is an important component of preventing falls whether in the office setting, at home, or elsewhere," the report says.
The report's recommendations to decrease falls include the following:
Screen patients for falls during every visit, when there is a change in medical condition, and after a fall
Train staff to identify fall risks during a range of patient interactions such as welcoming and conducting medical assessments
In the electronic medical record, flag prescriptions of medications that have a fall risk when the drug is ordered and during medication reconciliation
4. Security incidents
About three-quarters of U.S. workplace assaults occur in healthcare settings, according to a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration report. Most of the security events examined in the ECRI Institute PSO analysis involved verbal threats or disruptive behavior by patients or patient visitors.
"Unfortunately, security and safety issues, such as workplace violence, are common in healthcare, including ambulatory care settings. Although most episodes of disruptive behavior or violent acts are perpetrated by patients, some are perpetrated by family members of patients, other visitors, employees, or ill-meaning trespassers," the ECRI Institute PSO report says.
The report's recommendations to address security incidents include the following:
Establish a well-resourced workplace violence prevention program
On at least an annual basis, conducting an all-hazards risk assessment that includes patient risks, environmental risks, and operational risks that gauge the potential for violence
On at least a monthly basis, have security and safety surveillance rounds
Christopher Cheney is the senior clinical care editor at HealthLeaders.
In an analysis of more than 4,300 ambulatory care patient safety events, diagnostic testing errors accounted for the most events (47%).
The second most common ambulatory care patient safety event was related to medication (27%).
Patient falls were the third most common ambulatory care patient safety event, accounting for 14% of the total.
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The Austrian Grand Prix returns for a second time following its successful inaugural come-back race since 2003.
Along with the Grand Prix taking place on Sunday, a two-day test will also take place on the Tuesday and Wednesday (23rd and 24th June).
Track: Red Bull Ring (Previously known as Osterreichring and A1-ring, before Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz bought it and altered it slightly, hence the Red Bull Ring name).


That's nearly 10,000km a month!
How far could you ride in one year? Freelance bike mechanic Bruce Berkeley is attempting to set a new record by cycling over 121,000km – that's 330km every day for 365 days straight, and it's the equivalent of circling the globe three times over.
Incredibly, the current world record was set by Britain's Tommy Godwin in 1939, who rode 75,065 miles (120,805km). Many people have tried to beat Godwin's tally, and Berkeley stands as good a chance as any – he already holds the world record for furthest distance ridden in one month (9,751km), as well as the seven-day record (2,830km).
In case any readers out there are wondering how Godwin can cover 122,000km in a year but not best Berkeley's record of 9,751km in a month, there's a simple explanation – Godwin's achievement is not recognised by Guinness World Records.
Last year a knee injury prevented him from notching up the record for Land's End to John O'Groats and back again (2700km in five days, 21 hours), but Berkeley claims to be fighting fit for the 2016 challenge.
Other sponsors Bruce is working with include Assos, Shimano, Lazer, Continental, Lake, Selle Italia, Strava, Evolution, Boyd/Noble Wheels and Garmin.
So what bike did Tommy Godwin use to set this impressive record of 76-plus years? Like Berkeley, he had two at his command: a custom-built 'Ley TG Special', built with Reynolds 531 steel tubing and fitted with 27in Dunlop tyres, a Brooks saddle and Sturmey Archer three-speed hub gear. After clocking up nearly 27,000km, a new sponsor stepped in – Raleigh. His new bike was a Raleigh Record Ace, fitted with a four-speed Sturmey Archer hub gear, weighing around 13-15kg. Thus equipped, he rode into the record books.
Godwin reported each day's riding to his local police station in order to get his record certified. Berkeley, meanwhile, will be sharing every move he makes on Twitter and Strava (you can follow him here, but be warned – he might make your stats look depressing).
Berkeley is going to start his attempt on what many call the 'world's oldest, toughest cycling record' in Adelaide, Australia on the first day of 2016, before heading back to the UK in April to finish his record attempt, mostly in and around the South East. He will be blogging throughout his attempt on BikeRadar, so stay tuned to find out how he gets on, how his kit bears up and what drives a person to take on a challenge as brutal as this in the first place.
Meanwhile, US ultra-endurance athlete Kurt Searvogel is already 323 days and 67,000 miles (107,826km) through his own attempt – and if all goes well hopes to finish in January 2016. And Britain's Steven Abraham is having a crack too, but his attempt suffered a significant blow when he broke his leg in a traffic accident last spring. He's now back on track and hopes to finish next year.


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I first met Bill Gates at the age of twenty. He stood in the yard of his Washington lake-front home, Diet Coke in hand, a tastefully small ketchup stain on his shirt, which no one had the courage to point out, and answered our questions, in-turn, like a savant. As a college summer intern, I had planned for a potential encounter and I approached him with questions that interested me but which would be arcane to non-computer mortals. (I asked him about the performance of Microsoft Exchange's database storage engine as compared to the one inside Microsoft SQL Server, and about NetWare's newly-announced clustering technology called SST Level 3.)
His answers demonstrated that he was one of the top software experts on the planet and convinced me that I would be wise to start off my career at Microsoft.
Writing software is a craft, like carpentry. While you can read books on programming languages and software algorithms, you can't learn the countless details of a craft from a book. You must work with experts on real-world problems. Before free software, you had to join a company like Microsoft.
I joined Microsoft in 1993 when it was hitting its stride. It had recently released Windows 3.1 and Windows NT, setting itself on the path of more than a decade of dominance in the PC operating system market, and the many other markets that flow from it. I worked as a programmer for 11 years in a variety of different groups — on databases, Windows, Office, MSN, mobility, and research.
One day it just hit me — I should quit. There were no big reasons, only a lot of little ones. I had just launched v1 of the client and server side of the Microsoft Spot watch, and while it contained sophisticated technologies, I didn't really believe it would take off in the marketplace. I had gained lots of knowledge yet only understood the Microsoft world. I was making decent money, but had no time to enjoy it. Though my boss was happy with me, I was losing motivation to just keep doing the same thing I had been doing for over a decade. When I looked around the company I saw a lot of ancient codebases and unprofitable ventures.
Like many of my fellow employees, I was only vaguely familiar with free software when I left and randomly decided to check out this thing called Linux. At Microsoft, I got all the software I wanted for free, and I always thought free software would be behind proprietary software. For 15 years I had made it a priority to learn about many aspects of Microsoft technologies, and my office contained rows of books on everything from Undocumented Windows to Inside SQL Server. When running Windows I felt as comfortable as Neo in the Matrix, without the bullets and leather, so while I was willing to look around, I was half-forcing myself and didn't want this little experiment to mess up my main computing environment.
Every technical decision was big for me: which version of Linux should I try? Should I get an extra machine or can I try dual-boot? Can I really trust it to live on the same hard drive as Windows? I got some tips and assurance from a Microsoft employee who had recently tried Linux, and with that, and the help of Google, I proceeded with the installation of Red Hat's Fedora Core 3.
While I came to not be all that thrilled with Fedora itself, I was floored merely by the installation process. It contained a graphical installer that ran all the way to completion, it resized my NTFS partition — which I considered a minor miracle, setup dual boot, and actually did boot, and let me surf the Web. I didn't have a clue what to do next, but the mere fact that this all worked told me more about the potential of Linux than anything I had read so far. You cannot, by accident, build an airplane that actually flies.
Over time, what impressed me the most about Linux was the power of it all. It came with tons of applications: Firefox, OpenOffice, GIMP, Audacity, Mono, MySQL, and many more for me to discover. The UI was simple, responsive, polished and customizable. Installing the Apache web server took just a few seconds and gave me access to a vast world of PHP. Installing the WordPress blog took me 15 minutes the first time, but I knew when I became more proficient at things, I could do it in one. I came to understand that beyond its poorly debugged device drivers, a Windows computer is a sad joke. By mid-2005, I was in love with computers again!
I've spent three years in diligent research on the key subjects of this book, talking to hundreds of programmers, attending many conferences, and reading source code, magazines, websites and books. This book isn't really about the death of Microsoft as much as it is about the Microsoft proprietary development model that has pervaded or even infected computing. I have absolutely zero bitterness towards Microsoft although I now believe they are toast. I loved working there, learned an enormous amount, and enjoyed the privilege of working alongside many brilliant minds. Like many things in life, it was fun while it lasted.
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Dr.No (Reformed) @drno_reformed ·
How will this impact the human gene pool?
"due to.."PRRARSV" which is absent from..other coronaviruses..S proteins..[and]..S mRNAs.. translocate into the nucleus..the nuclear translocation of both S mRNA and S protein..a novel feature of SARS-CoV-2"
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Spent last two days at Twitter in SF talking to engineers, product managers and yes, @elonmusk. Learned a ton about what's going on. Before I share, want to note that after couple hour meeting I asked Elon what I could share and he said, "anything that's true."
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What's also really crazy now having seen under the hood is that Jack Dorsey repeatedly said they don't shadowban. The entire machine behind Twitter is designed to shadowban. It's almost as if that was the primary goal rather than the product itself.
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Best of AI Twitter - January 11-25 (megathread):
Andrej Karpathy builds "GPT from Scratch",
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Track human pose using WiFi alone,
An LLM-native IDE,
InstructPix2Pix & AdA,
Training a world-class Rocket-league RL bot,
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Excited to share the first of a series of @GoogleAI blog posts summarizing our research work from 2022. This covers language & multimodal models, computer vision, and generative models. We'll have ~7 posts covering other areas over next few weeks!
https://ai.googleblog.com/2023/01/google-research-2022-beyond-language.html


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