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The Essential Guide to Creating an Optimal Office [Ireland]
Your guide to creating an office ready for the digital age, tailored to your workforces' unique needs and agile enough to respond to new processes and tech
The Essential Guide to Creating an Optimal Office
Your guide to creating an office ready for the digital age, tailored to your workforces' unique needs and agile enough to respond to new processes and technology.
Do you struggle with the following workplace challenges?
Understanding your workforces' IT needs and preferred ways of working
Encouraging staff to adopt new processes or technologies
Finding new ways to attract, retain and upskill your staff
Enabling staff to work remotely, on the move and on a range of devices
Filling skills or resource gaps with temporary or specialist resource
Cutting down on hard copy documents in your key business processes (e.g. delivery notes, expenses, invoicing)
Streamlining on-site print and mailroom operations
Using intelligent, rules-based workflows to minimise human intervention
Creating business process dashboards and real-time analytics
Gathering hard data on how your workplace is used
Designing spaces that facilitate modern and agile workstyles
Reducing wasted meeting time
Supplying devices that empower people to work how and where they feel most productive
Equipping meeting spaces with technology that fosters collaboration
Ensuring 24/7 uptime, support, backups and security
Giving your teams access to best-of-breed collaboration solutions
If so, then this guide is here to help.
In this guide you will find leadership and guidance from Ricoh experts – from quick wins to long term strategies – to help you optimise every aspect of your workplace.
Transformation projects can be daunting. To make it easier, we've broken it down into four sections:
Empowering people
Optimising workspace
Simplifying technology
If you want more information on the Optimal Office, just email info@ricoh.ie and one of our team will be in touch.
And to access exclusive content around the topics covered in this guide, please visit insights.ricoh.ie
Five reasons why digital workplace transformation projects are more important than ever
Increased pace of change requires agile, scalable solutions
Attracting and retaining top talent is highly competitive
Widespread disruption by new technologies is happening in almost every industry
Customer expectations for speed of response and quality service are higher than ever
Technology infrastructure needs to support advancing software, systems and applications
What is the optimal office?
and what impact can it have on building a productive and agile way of working?
What is the Optimal Office – and what impact can it have on building a productive and agile way of working?
The Optimal Office is a people-centred approach to digital transformation, first appearing as a concept in our report, The Economy of People.
We believe that only through a deep understanding of your people and the way they work can you create workplace strategies that unlock their potential.
Is your workplace designed to function and inspire?
Are processes designed with purpose and productivity in mind?
Is the full value of all available resource, space and technology being realised?
Many leaders rush into aesthetic considerations when planning workplace transformation projects. What will the meeting rooms look like? Will we paint a mural on the wall?
By contrast, the Optimal Office explores how the workplace functions as an interconnected system of individuals, processes and technologies. And uses this data to make smarter, better-informed decisions.
A lot of companies use workplace transformation projects as a shortcut for changing company culture. It's easy to think that if we look like an innovative tech company then we will behave like one. Sadly, this is the wrong way round. First, analyse how your business behaves. Then, design a workplace that enhances the good parts and remedies the bad.
Mike Baddeley, Head of Strategy and Innovation, Ricoh UK & Ireland
Our research has shown
An optimal office environment could potentially raise UK and Irish GDP by 1.8% and 1.0% respectively (EUR 39.8 bn)
74% of executives are pleased with the positive returns on their workplace investments in the last 2 years
82% plan to invest in office improvements in the next two years
Executives report that they are investing on average 5% of operating costs next year on office improvements
"This is my number one piece of advice to any and all clients who are about to undertake a workplace transformation project:
And by that, I don't mean research what new technology is out there, or what the latest trends are, or what furniture you can get.
Analyse your own people, your own processes, the physical space available and your whole technology stack. Understand each of them in detail. And then, understand how they converge.
Then, and only then, can you see what is working and what needs to be fixed"
Glenn Griggs - Board Director, Ricoh UK & Ireland
How do you empower people within your organisation to change behaviour and support collaboration?
1. By understanding their needs and preferences
The first step to empowering your staff is listening to them. Without understanding the challenges they face and how the workplace contributes to or helps them overcome those challenges, it's hard to design solutions that help them work more productively. Early involvement in the change process also creates a sense of participation. If staff feel that their point-of-view is being taken into consideration, they are far more likely to support the process and adapt to new processes and technology.
2. By providing change management support
The success or failure of digital transformation is down to people and their ability to cope with change. For this reason, change management is crucial. If you introduce new processes, technology or workplace solutions you have to ensure your employees understand:
• Why they've been introduced
• How to use them
• What the benefits will be
• Who to ask for help
Change management in the red thread that runs through every transformation project. Without it, there's little chance that the changes will stick or be properly applied day-to-day.
Rebekah Wallis - Director of People & Corporate Responsibility, Ricoh UK & Ireland
• 93% of employees said they were most productive in a fixed office location. However, given the right tools and technology, 78% believe they could be more productive when working remotely
• 98% of employees are enthusiastic or excited about the introduction of new technologies. However, one third don't feel equipped to get the most out of traditional software – like Microsoft Office, Printers and PCs – let alone newer technologies such as AI
3. By providing an ongoing programme of training and development
In order to encourage and empower staff to adopt new processes, training may be required to help them adapt to unfamiliar ways of working. For instance, a manager who used to manage her team in-person now has specialists in other parts of the country. A short course in managing remote workers will help them to get used to this new way of working and help others to do the same.
The availability of a broad range of different courses can also instil a culture of continuous improvement and help to unlock a 'growth mindset'.
4. By adapting processes and technology to enable them to work remotely
The definition of mobile and flexible working has evolved over the years. It's no longer about the ability to work from home. But giving employees the tools and technology to work how and where they will be most productive. It also means leadership styles and approaches need to adapt to meet the management requirements of a varied, flexible workforce.
It may also require new collaboration technology, such as video conferencing services and interactive whiteboards, so that teams who are in different locations can collaborate seamlessly and effectively
5. By filling skills or resource gaps with temporary or specialist resource
As the world of work becomes more specialised, businesses are less likely to be able to do everything themselves. And, those that try to, often end up spending more on wasted time than they would have with a specialist.
Empowering your staff can mean giving them access to specialists who can help them overcome their own knowledge gaps and upskill them for the future.
It also allows managers to scale teams up or down according to need, making headcount more agile.
The 'Treacle Layer' - are your middle-managers resisting change?
Business leaders are often hungry for change, to achieve reduced costs and greater productivity. Junior employees, who are younger, eager to learn and comfortable with change, are also comfortable for transformation. However, middle-managers, who are usually a bit older and can be set in their ways, are more likely to resist.
Change management projects need to pay close attention to this group and give them the support they need.
Name: Agrovista Limited
Location: Nottingham, Midlands
Size: 310 staff
Activity: Agronomy services
"Ricoh have given IEMA a clear sense of the possible. What really impressed me about Ricoh was showing it was possible, in an affordable way to transform an organisation physically, functionally and culturally. Ricoh demonstrated it could be done in bite-size chunks; and enabled us to realise how we could make simple internal changes that would make a big impact. That is a powerful thing"
Neil Fray - Finance & Performance Director, IEMA
Growth and expansion driving need for business change
Lack of resources and experience to enable systems and organisational improvement
Under investment in IT hindering change
Ricoh Business Change and Transformation consultancy
Underpinned by Ricoh services and solutions:
– Workplace Services
– IT Infrastructure Services
– Communication and Application Services
– Managed Print and Document Services
Five-year IT managed service
Transforms business processes, practices and environment
Establishes an IT platform to support modern, flexible, agile business systems
Delivers efficient, cost-effective, less wasteful office services
Enables modern, integrated, cloud applications and services
HQ perception changed from 'unloved' to valued resource
How can you reduce costs and improve employee engagement by optimising your workspace?
1. By gathering hard data on how your workplace is used
Examine workplace efficiency from every angle - office configuration, lighting, furniture, AV equipment and collaboration technology. Sensors can also be used to track space utilisation. This will give you real-time insights into how your meeting spaces are used hourly, daily or annually, to help you maximise usage and minimise costs.
2. By designing spaces that facilitate modern and agile workstyles
Work is less siloed, less solitary and more fast-paced than it used to be. As a result, workspaces need to adapt to encourage creativity, flexibility and mobility. Legacy office environments need to be converted into a whole range of different spaces. From collaborative huddle spaces, breakout areas and meeting rooms, to individual workstations and quiet areas.
A balance needs to be struck between public and private working and decisions need to be very intentional. When you're designinga space you should be clear on whether it's intended to be used for:
The first step in any workplace refresh should be quantitative and qualitative research. Without this, you're flying blind
Gary Hopwood - Managing Director, Ricoh Ireland
Our research has shown:
Meeting rooms are empty 50% of the time
Offices are the second largest cost after people
89% of employees state that the office environment could make the biggest improvement to productivity in the workplace, followed by their workstation (85%)
If you're designing spaces for contemplation or concentration, maximising the amount of natural light and plant life has been proven to have a calming effect.
3. By providing solutions that reduce wasted meeting time and enhance productivity
As work has become more collaborative, the amount of time spent scheduling or preparing for meetings has increased. Your staff need solutions that help them maximise the value of that time. If you're still booking rooms and checking calendars via your inbox you're wasting valuable time.
There are a range of solutions to improve meeting room occupancy, reduce no-shows and control costs. This is done by streamlining every aspect of managing a meeting, from booking rooms, to sending invites, to sharing materials, to following up. But, if you're going to invest in such a platform, it's essential that everyone in your organisation buys in (see chapter one for more guidance on change management and adoption).
Don't rush into hot desking
Taking someone's desk away and moving to hot desking can be risky. For many people, their desk is their home away from home. It's where they keep their belongings and where they hang pictures of their families. That process needs to be carefully managed and staff consulted before a decision is made. Additional technology, such as smart lockers to keep personal belongings in, may need to be provided.
Name: Local Council
Activity: Local Government
Support a corporate digital transformation strategy
Reduce staff and process inefficiencies
Ricoh Workplace Services including Managed Print Service, Digital Print and Mail Room Service, Meeting Room Service
Acts as a key enabler to digital transformation
Helps increase staff productivity, removes wasteful, mundane jobs
Makes workplace processes more efficient, increases resource utilisation
Reduces print estate by over 60% without impacting quality of service
Provides a scalable, adaptable platform for increasing digital delivery
The Council is taking a more digital approach both for internal operations and externally with a shift in our channels to the community. The modern, purpose-built headquarters is ideal for more digital working. The Ricoh Workplace Services solution is a key part of that digital transformation and we're already seeing significant productivity and efficiency benefits
Team leader, Local Council
What to look for in a managed services provider
What to look for in a
managed services provider
In-depth understanding and a wealth of experience
Able to use data and analytics to predict and prevent issues
Compliant and aligned with industry best practices (eg. ITIL)
Able to provide real-time analytics dashboards on performance
A strong network of partners, vendors and a vendor-neutral mindset
Consistent service delivery in all markets
Happy to commit contractually to project KPIs
Has a range of managed services that align with your business needs (e.g. Managed Print Services, IT Managed Services, Business Process Outsourcing, on and off Site capability)
Able to capitalise on new technologies
Strong reputation in the market and healthy finances
How can you streamline business processes in a way that embeds security and sustainability?
1. By understanding your current processes and identifying inefficiencies
Modern businesses can be extremely complex. An array of different processes built up over many years can be hard to disentangle, so it is vital to understand existing processes before you try and improve them. A great first step is to follow the paper trail. Paper is a sign that a process is not yet digitised. Paper also tends to require manual intervention, which is something that should be reduced as much as possible. As well as paper processes, locate all areas where hard copy documentation is stored. Paper-light, people-light processes are the end goal for most process improvement projects. Before processes can be digitised, automated or streamlined they need to be understood.
2. By improving upon existing processes - starting with those that will add the most value
Begin by streamlining those processes which require are most fundamental to the business. Automated, digital workflows can remove
the need for paper and human intervention, turning slow processes into automatic ones.
Hardcopy documents that are stored on site - especially those required for processes which are to be digitised - should be scanned, indexed and uploaded to a document management system to free up the storage space and speed up document retrieval.
As the world of work becomes more specialised, it's less likely that businesses will be able to do everything themselves. When we come in and take over a client's print and mail room operations, we allow them to focus on their number one priority - serving their clients.
Jason Quinn, Strategic Business Manager, Ricoh Ireland
Sensitive processes
Not all processes can or should be digitised. Important processes such as holiday requests, new hires or pay rises may not be suitable for digitisation, as the need for oversight is high.
3. By transforming on-site print and mailroom operations
Digitising mail by scanning it upon arrival cuts out the accumulation of paper within the business and speeds up delivery of the message to its recipient. It also makes archiving more effective, as incoming communications can be indexed for easy retrieval and the risk of document loss reduced.
If you have an in-house print room, consider working with an expert provider to transform this often underutilized operation into a modern and efficient resource for the business. A managed enterprise output strategy can bring more print work in-house, controlling costs and security around business- critical documents.
4. By governing processes using intelligent, rules-based workflows to minimise human intervention
Once your print and mailroom functions have been transformed, intelligent rules-based processes can be created, to streamline delivery, reduce human intervention and maximise cost-efficiency. For instance, if a run of 200 brochures needed to be printed at the same time as multiple smaller jobs, the system could process the smaller jobs first, saving the run of brochures until after office hours.
5. By optimising usage and regularly reviewing analytics
Gather data on usage and cost-efficiency to make sure that your partner or their internal team are meeting targets. Real-time analytics dashboards can be created to give senior management and ops a real-time overview of business process efficiencies and to resolve inefficiencies before they impact on service delivery.
Optimise processes before you digitise them
If you digitise a bad process it's still going to be a bad process. It's better to identify what's not working and why, then fix it and then introduce digitisation at the points in the process where it makes sense to.
What impact do employees think improved process technology will have on their job?
43% - immediate access to data
40% - fewer repetitive tasks
36% - automate more of their admin tasks
62% of important documents are still archived in paper form.
"The way we used to work was overly reliant on paperwork and time-consuming for the team. The aim was to work more efficiently, effectively and remotely
– moving away from more traditional processes and transforming the way our
people approach work – to create the office of the future."
Michael Smith - Finance Director, Eversheds Sutherland
Name: Eversheds Sutherland
Location: Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland
Activity: Business Services
Managing large quantities of documents
Use of employee time and approach to workflow
Cost of printing and copying
Reproduction of complex legal documents and case bibles
Upgraded print production devices
Dedicated print rooms with on-site Ricoh team
Additional support from Ricoh document services centre
Digitisation of workflows and processes
Unified communications solutions, including interactive whiteboard technology
Improved digital workflows including archiving
More efficient use of staff time
Increased productivity levels
Ability to work remotely, flexibly and improved accessibility
Better work/life balance for employees
Quicker response time and enhanced customer service
More effective use of workspace
Capability to handle busy periods of print and document management
Legal documents reproduced faster
How can you simplify technology while optimising the value of IT investments and infrastructure?
1. By supplying devices that empower people to work how and where they feel most productive
Every employee's device needs are different. Within each business, there are a range of different end-user personas that need to be equipped with technology that helps them work more productively. For instance, execs who spend a lot of time in meetings might prefer using tablets for portability. Whereas designers or programmers who work at a fixed location might prefer desktop.
2. By equipping meeting spaces with technology that fosters collaboration
Over 55% of communication is nonverbal. We instantly feel a greater sense of connection to a person once we've seen them. Video conferencing can enhance the productivity
of meetings and create a greater sense of cohesion among teams that work remote. There are now a range of interactive whiteboard solutions that allow teams in different countries to collaborate in real-time.
Optimise the value of technology and IT infrastructure with a managed service model
Is your technology stack growing and becoming harder to manage? Is the technology infrastructure hindering mobile and flexible working? Consider using a managed service model. Not only is it more cost effective – you just pay for what you need – it's scalable to match the natural peaks and troughs in business.
Cloud solutions are unsecure.
Choose the right cloud provider and data is safer than being stored on your own premises.
All data is backed up regularly and protected against environmental disasters, such as flooding.
3. By ensuring 24/7 uptime, support, backups and security
Businesses are more reliant than ever on their IT operations. For many businesses, if their IT estate goes offline, the entire business goes offline. For this reason, most opt to outsource their infrastructure management to a remote provider, guaranteeing security, stability, backup and disaster recovery. In an ideal world, their IT becomes so robust that they become self-healing and able to predict and resolve security or capacity issues far in advance.
4. By giving your teams access to best-of-breed collaboration solutions
Microsoft Office is the default productivity suite for almost all enterprises. Office 365 builds upon the strengths of the Microsoft Office suite with collaborative, cloud versions of Excel, Word, PowerPoint and the rest of the suite, allowing teams to collaborate on the same documents in real-time.
Don't fill your boardroom with the best equipment
Quick win
Find out what software and platform licenses every department in the business has. By consolidating this and managing it centrally you can achieve significant cost savings.
Microsoft is ending support for Windows 7 in January 2020. What's your strategy for dealing with this? Talk to a Ricoh expert to decide whether a cloud solution like Microsoft 365 or a full upgrade to Windows 10 is best for you.
"Ricoh became an extension of our IT team... You know you can pick up the phone and know that nothing it too much trouble. Having a single point of contact has been a huge benefit and now that the framework agreement is in place, the contracting of new projects and equipment is a lot less painful. Recently Ricoh has won the largest, single IT project that we have ever done and now Ricoh is taking about 80 percent of our IT budget. I would not give a partner that if I didn't trust them."
IT Director - Leading Energy Company
Name: Leading Energy Company
Size: 2000 Staff, 500,000 customers
Activity: Energy Utility
Rapidly expanding and changing business
Existing IT infrastructure unable to support growth
Transforms 90-staff SME to a large 2,000-strong corporate
Delivers new IT infrastructure, business systems and HQ in 3 years during rapid business growth
Cuts 38 suppliers to 5, with Ricoh handling 80% of IT budget
Ricoh Business Services & Solutions
– Business & IT consultancy
– IT infrastructure design and build
– Associated business systems & services
About Ricoh
Ricoh is empowering digital workplaces using innovative technologies and services enabling individuals to work smarter. For more than 80 years, Ricoh has been driving innovation and is a leading provider of document management solutions, IT services, commercial and industrial printing, digital cameras, and industrial systems.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in approximately 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ended March 2018, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 2,063 billion yen (approx. 19.4 billion USD).For further information, please visit www.ricoh.ie.
For further insights on Empowering Digital Workplaces, please visit:
insights.ricoh.ie.
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June C. Braun, 97, Oconto Falls, went to be with Jesus early Sunday morning, Oct. 14, 2018, at Atrium Post Acute Care of Oconto Falls with her family present. The youngest of 10 children of Charles and Mary (Nelson) Gilbertson was born Jan. 7, 1921 in the Town of Gillett and grew up there on the family farm and was confirmed at Bethel Lutheran Church. She moved with her parents to Oconto Falls in the eighth grade.
On Sept. 10, 1938, she married Herbert Braun at St. Jacobs Lutheran Church in Oconto Falls. The couple made their home in Oconto Falls, where they raised three daughters. June was always supportive and dedicated to both her children and grandchildren's education and activities. As one of the most continuous and active members of Grace Lutheran Church, she stayed involved in numerous ways as her Christian faith was very important to her. She was also very involved on the election board. June enjoyed flower gardening, music and writing prose and poetry.
Survivors are her three daughters, Diane (Tom) Malcomson, Oconto Falls, Connie Wenzel, St. Germain, and Wendy (Don) Vogt, Atlanta; five grandchildren, Larry (Annette), Bart (Becky) and Todd (Yumay) Malcomson, Michael (Michelle) Wenzel and Irina Vogt; six great-grandchildren, Abbie (Ben) Nuthals, Brittney, Brady and Brynn Malcomson, and Marshal and Mason Wenzel; two great-great-grandchildren, Luci and Everly Nuthals; and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held after 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, at Grace Lutheran Church in Oconto Falls until the time of services. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at the church with Pastor Gary R. Olson officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery, Oconto Falls. Jones Funeral Service in Oconto Falls is serving the Braun family.
The Braun family would like to thank the nurses and staff of Atrium Post Acute Care of Oconto Falls, her fellow members of Grace Lutheran and many friends for the care, concern and visits given to June.


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What Separates the Inner Planets From the Outer Planets?
By Staff WriterLast Updated Mar 31, 2020 8:15:51 AM ET
In the universe, an asteroid belt physically separates and distinguishes the inner planets from the outer planets. This asteroid belt appears just after Mars and right before Jupiter. Mars bears the distinction of farthest inner planet from the sun while Jupiter takes recognition as the closest outer planet.
In the solar system, the inner planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. These planets, in that order, span the distance from closest to furthest from the sun. The four inner planets are classified as terrestrial planets, which means their surfaces were formed from solid substances. Although classified as terrestrial, Earth is the only inner planet capable of supporting vast amounts of life.
The other planets contain some hospitable features, such as water and ice, but lack the climactic conditions suitable for growth. The cores and surfaces of the inner planets were formed primarily from metals and elements. Heavy metals of iron and nickel form the many layers of most inner planets. In contrast to the inner planets, the outer planets contain warmer atmospheres as they were formed from gases and liquids. These planets feature rings and many moons. Like the inner planets, outer planets vary in size. Jupiter, also the closest to the sun, is the largest.

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New Greenway Interactive Art "Year of the Dog" by Artist Risa Puno
Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
Thu, Feb. 15, 2018
News from the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy:
Spinnable blocks feature engraved Chinese characters and excerpts of stories.
The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy has announced the completed installation of a new public art commission in Chinatown Park. The artwork, titled Year of the Dog, honors the collective memory and shared experiences of the Chinatown community.
The interactive installation consists of panels of vertically-mounted spinnable blocks that are engraved with excerpts of stories collected from members of the Chinatown community, as well as traditional Chinese characters. Stories were collected in-person and through an online survey that asked participants about the characteristics associated with the dog, such as generosity, loyalty, and the ability to work well with others. The process of collecting this input mirrors the giving nature and collaborative spirit that is often ascribed to dogs; the end result is an artwork that is designed to be playful and dynamic, just like this zodiac animal.
"Risa's artistic practice is founded on the principles of play. Puno's artwork for Chinatown is a catalyst for creating playful connections between generations; she is highlighting historical and contemporary storytelling and most importantly, fostering a fun experience." – Greenway Public Art Curator Lucas Cowan
Artist Risa Puno and Greenway Public Art Curator Lucas Cowan.
The vertical column format of the artwork lends itself to the traditional way of reading Chinese from top to bottom and right to left, and blocks are designed in both Chinese and English. Visitors can turn the blocks and choose which sides to combine, constructing their own stories and meanings. To add another level, the meaning of a Chinese character changes based on the characters that appear before or after, making an opportunity to create poetic connections that would otherwise be impossible to describe in English.
"The concept of this work was inspired by the goal of this exhibition series to connect the old and young, the traditional and new. As the daughter of Filipino immigrants, I believe it is important to find ways to appreciate cultural traditions that have endured and evolved over time and distance," – artist Risa Puno
Year of the Dog decorative block.
Year of the Dog is the fourth piece in a curation of sculptural and mixed-media installations based on the twelve years of the Chinese Zodiac. Past zodiac curations include the 3D printer Make and Take (2017) by Chris Templeman for Year of the Rooster, the 12-foot Monkey See (2016) sculpture by Don Kennell and the paper-mache Wandering Sheep (2015) by Kyu Seok Oh. Wandering Sheep was recognized by Americans for the Arts' Public Art Network as one of the best installations in the country in 2016.
Puno's work joins four artworks currently on display on The Greenway: Spaces Of Hope by artist Mehdi Ghadyanloo, the fifth Greenway Wall mural at Dewey Square Park; We The People II, painted by local artist Mia Cross, that reflects Boston's Leather District through the eyes of locals; Balancing Acts by Aakash Nihalani, depicting tilting and toppling blocks caught in a state of suspended animation; and Ways of Wood by Daniel Ibanez of Margen-Lab, that tells the story of the log milling process.
"We are so appreciative of the support from the Barr Foundation, the Boston Foundation, and others to bring free art to The Greenway," said Jesse Brackenbury, Executive Director of the Greenway Conservancy. "Risa's artwork, along with the privately funded planters and seating, creates a welcome gathering spot at the entrance to Chinatown Park."
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*Photo courtesy of Carolinas Aviation Museum
LUMINATI VTOL
*Luminati Substrata at JFK the day of historic Vortex flight proving perpetual flight capabilities
LUMINATI AEROSPACE
Luminati Aerospace is the parent company to Dragon Wings. They acquired Dragon Wings in 2017 as part of their VTOL expansion. Luminati Aerospace is a defense contractor and a leader player in solar-electric aviation. For more info please visit www.luminati.aero
LUMINATI AEROSPACE INNOVATIONS
for High-Altitude, Long-Endurance UAV's
ENERGY HARVESTING FROM WIND GUSTS
• Perpetual flight is not possible with Solar-Electric. Battery power density not predicted to be adequate for 7-10 years.
• Luminati-invented wind energy harvesting algorithms and autopilots are a major enabling technology allowing perpetual flight
• We are able to harvest energy from horizontal and vertical gusts or gradients in the wind field.
• UAV propulsion power requirements can be significantly reduced, and even eliminated, under realistic wind gust conditions thus removing poor battery power density as the limiting factor.
VORTEX SEEKING ADAPTIVE CONTROL
• Birds fly in V-formation to provide up to 30% drag reduction.
• Luminati has developed high-performance algorithms and autopilots for vortex seeking, formation flying. Reductions in drag on trailing aircraft of up to 60% are being realized.
• Luminati's inventive vortex seeking technology, and specialized autopilot design for this application, are a major enabling technology allowing perpetual flight.
COMPOSITE FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY
(ultra-lightweight, ultra high strength)
• Woven composite strength is directly proportional to the number and density of criss-crossing nodes in the woven fiber.
• Luminati has developed unique non-crimp fiber designs and process equipment to produce structures which have close to the theoretical limit of strength.
• Luminati composites are stronger and lighter than composites that can be produced by any other group.
• Founder Daniel Preston's composite technology has been on display in the Smithsonian Museum opposite the 1903 Wright flyer as an example of state of the art then and now. It has also been featured in the Cooper Hewitt, Metropolitan and Wexner museums.
AERODYNAMIC FLOW CONTROL USING VIRTUAL SURFACE MODIFICATION
• Luminati is pioneering virtual morphing wings. In place of conventional slow moving large mechanical surfaces, Luminati is utilizing arrays of synthetic jets to morph the apparent shape of a wing.
• Distributed control surfaces: thousands of synthetic jets across the wing provide high response rates and redundancy for flight control.
• Allows controlled aeroelastic deformation and gust load alleviation. This is an enabling technology to safely flying very large lightweight flexible aircraft.
• Very high bandwidth response increases the amount of energy that can be harvested from wind gusts.
HISTORIC FLIGHT
Luminati Aerospace Achieves Perpetual Stratospheric Flight
Luminati Aerospace has conducted a ground-breaking in-flight experiment that proves it can achieve perpetual stratospheric flight by means of fully automated vortex seeking formation flight. Data generated by the experiment with two aircraft and multiple data logging devices closely matched the results of high fidelity, autopilot hardware-in-the-loop, computer simulations that show that Luminati can fly perpetually all the way to 50° latitude. Luminati used artificial intelligence and self-learning to overcome the limitations of current battery technology and achieve this game changer of all game changers. Perpetual flight will enable internet access to the 4 billion people in the world who presently have no access at all and has applications that will greatly enhance our national security. Luminati next plans on building larger aircraft with the capability of carrying heavy commercial communications and ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) payloads.
More details to our story are set forth below in Q&A format.
Q-How many aircraft are needed to fly perpetually at stratospheric altitudes?
A-We require three aircraft in vortex formation flight to fly perpetually at the equator. We can extend this all the way to 50° latitude with four aircraft in a diamond formation.
Q-That seems counter intuitive. How can multiple aircraft use less energy than a single aircraft?
A-This is a lesson taken directly from nature. Geese are a great example. A single goose is incapable of flying south for migration, yet formations of geese can migrate because each bird carefully positions itself at the wingtip of the bird immediately in front of it, resulting in the well-known V formation. The wing of the leading bird sheds a swirl of air at the wing tips called a vortex, and if the trailing bird is in the uprising portion of the swirl, it can harvest that energy to reduce the power it has to use, without any negative effect on the leading bird. As a result, the trailing geese have up to a 35% reduction in heart rate, and the lead goose position is rotated among the flock. The same principle applies to aircraft.
Q-Why a diamond formation and not just larger V formations?
A-Greater efficiency. The trailing point of the diamond offers the opportunity of a double energy harvest by taking advantage of the two wingtip vortices that trail from the respective right and left wingtips of the aircraft at the outermost points of the diamond.
Q-Are there any other advantages to vortex formation flight?
A-There are many other advantages. First, vortex formation flight means that perpetual flight is not limited by maintenance requirements, because you can service aircraft one at a time while maintaining the formation. Second, vortex formation flight allows larger and better payload distribution, which is important for communication and synthetic aperture radar applications. Third, vortex formation flight allows easier ground handling. The only aircraft now capable of multi-day sustained flight is the Airbus Zephyr, which has such a fragile airframe that it takes about five ground handlers to hand-launch it and retrieve it when it lands. Vortex formation flight will allow smaller and stiffer airframe construction, and perhaps most important, the addition of landing gear.
Q-I understand you and Tony Calise first tested early adaptive vortex seeking autopilot on fast movers. What were the results?
A-20% reduction in power from the trailing aircraft on F-18 Hornets.
Q-How were you able to make a 20% reduction in power translate to perpetual flight?
A- Fighter aircraft are the worst case example for energy harvesting from vortex formation flight because they have small wing aspect ratios (ratio of wingspan to wing chord) and weigh a lot and therefore must fly at higher speeds. The F-18 Hornets flew at Mach 0.5 (150 m/sec) and had a wing aspect ratio of only 3.5. These parameters translate to a maximum attainable percent drag reduction of only 20% in vortex formation flight. Solar powered aircraft designed to operate at stratospheric altitudes, like our Strato 1 aircraft design, cruise at around 35 m/sec and have aspect ratios in the range of 15-20. Our aerodynamic models for this class of aircraft predicts a percent drag reduction in the range of 65-80%.
Q-How many aircraft were used in your historic flight test proving that year-round perpetual solar flight is possible?
A-Two.
Q-Were they both Luminati Substrata?
A-No, we were afforded an opportunity for testing before we could complete fabrication of a second solar aircraft. There are limited aircraft in the world capable of meeting our required specifications, so we were very excited when an opportunity arose for Solar Impulse-2 to serve as the lead aircraft in our experiment. This happened as Solar Impulse-2 departed from New York on the trans Atlantic portion of its historic round-the-world flight.
Q-So you asked to fly in formation with Solar Impulse-2?
A-Yes. We flew to JFK to await the arrival of Solar Impulse-2. Solar Impulse-2 was in Hangar 19A and Luminati Substrata was in Hangar 19B. We explained the importance of our work and asked to trail them, explaining that trailing them would have absolutely no impact on their flight. They emphatically refused.
Q-So how did you pull off your flight?
A- With typical American spirit we set off on a mission to intercept the Solar Impulse-2 as it departed over the Atlantic. We didn't need their permission because we didn't require coordination with them and we didn't need to put any of our autopilot electronics or code on their aircraft. Solar Impulse-2 plugged into the electric power grid to charge its batteries and then set off at 3 am. During our flight to JFK we had partially tapped our batteries and were down to 30%. We believed that heading out over the Atlantic at 3 am with 30% batteries meant we would not make it back, but we viewed this opportunity to collect the data needed to validate our aero modeling of vortex formation flight as so important that we were willing to lose Luminati Substrata, the aircraft we worked double shifts for 8 months to build, the most sophisticated solar aircraft in the world, just to do these test flights. Our pilot wore a life vest and dye pack, and I flew in a chase rescue helicopter. We intercepted Solar Impulse-2 about 60 miles out.
Q-You crashed in the water?
A-We made it back with zero margin, basically in a glide when we landed.It was an incredible night. Three days of no sleep rewarded with some of the most valuable data ever collected, and validation of our aero model, aircraft and hard work. This was a truly historic flight!
Q-You predicted a 68% reduction in power for trailing aircraft. What was the actual reduction measured?
A-Well we were off slightly: We recorded on 5 data-logged runs an actual average 79% reduction in power required for the trailing aircraft. But this was because the test was performed with dissimilar aircraft. When we later accounted for this in our aero modeling, the predicted and experimental results matched quite closely.
Q-Why don't pilots use vortex formations to save fuel?
A-The workload is much too high to be practical.
Q-Are vortex formations similar to the flight formations seen in aerobatic shows?
A-Only superficially. In an aerobatic show, the focus is on appearance from the ground. In vortex formation flight, the trailing aircraft has to constantly hunt for a sweet spot where drag is minimized, and the leader position has to be rotated among all the aircraft.
Q-What is an adaptive autopilot? What is special about your vortex autopilots?
A-An adaptive autopilot uses artificial intelligence and self-learning to mimic what an intelligent pilot can do. In our approach, we use a technology that Tony has worked on for many years that has been flight tested on many different types of military aircraft. Tony received the Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and Control Award in 2010 for this technology, only the second time the award was given.
Q-How is collision avoidance accomplished?
A-By broadcasting and sharing GPS data with respect to position and velocity among the aircraft. Tony pioneered and flight tested methods for vortex formation flight and collision avoidance. We later applied his research to the field of guided parafoils, and demonstrated how a swarm of parafoils can be deployed, brought into a formation and flown to a precision landing at a target site. All of this work was documented in an article authored by Tony and me entitled "Swarming/Flocking and Collision Avoidance for Mass Airdrop of Autonomous Guided Parafoils," which was published in the July-August, 2008 issue of the AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics.
Q-How significant is this?
A-It is the game changer of all game changers. We would be hard-pressed to think of another engineering project in the world today that will have such an effect on mankind. Perpetual flight will enable internet access to the 4 billion people in the world who presently have no access at all. Access to information is the biggest driver of social change in the world. In addition, the use of perpetual flight by our military in ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) will greatly enhance our national security.
Q-Why does half the world's population not have internet access?
A-It is not economically feasible to provide internet connectivity to these people using any combination of communication towers, satellites and copper or fiber optic cables.
Q-Why did you not announce the results of your flight experiments for almost a year?
A- This technology is of critical importance to the government and national security. We live in dangerous times and with literally trillions of dollars at stake, security and IP protection are of upmost importance.
Q-How is it that Google and Facebook failed but a small skunkworks like Luminati was able to succeed?
A-Google and Facebook are fantastic companies, but they are not aerospace companies. Luminati was formed when Mark Zuckerberg asked Daniel Preston to run Facebook's UAV program. We declined, handed him Kelly's 14 Rules of Skunk Works, and told him we could achieve perpetual flight if we were hired as a Skunk Works. They hired us, but we realized that we just were never going to get to the finish line if they were involved, and we mutually agreed to end the relationship early. There was a recent op-ed in the New York Times about Elon Musk's efforts to build a mini-submarine to rescue the boys from the cave in Thailand. The op-ed concluded with this observation: "If Silicon Valley wants to help the world, there is a lot it can do, starting with making its own products safer and its own companies more just. Perhaps most important, it can develop respect for hard-earned expertise in areas other than its own."
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Dr. Fred Corley is a UT Medicine orthopaedic surgeon with deep expertise in surgeries of the hand and wrist. Originally from a small town in Mississippi, Dr. Corley attended the University of Mississippi School of Medicine and completed his orthopaedic residency here at UT Health San Antonio. He then did fellowships in Hand Surgery and Sports Medicine at the Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, and at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Dr. Corley has been a faculty member of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UT Health San Antonio for more than thirty five years. He teaches resident surgeons, focusing on upper extremity fractures and surgical patient care. He is a member of the American Orthopaedic Association, The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, The American Society for Surgery of the Hand, and The Texas Orthopaedic Association. He is also a member of the renowned Alpha Omega Alpha, The Arnold Gold Humanism in Medicine Society, as well as the recipient of many clinical and teaching awards. Dr. Corley is an avid reader and sports fan who also enjoys duck hunting, gardening, and rock collecting.
1982 - Clinical Fellowship - Hand Surgery & and Sports Medicine - University of Virginia School of Medicine
1979 - Clinical Fellowship - Adult Reconstruction & and Rheumatoid Surgery - Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital
1978 - Residency - Orthopaedic Surgery - University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio
1972 - Internship - Medical-Surgical Internship - University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
1971 - MD - Medicine - University of Mississippi
1968 - BS - Mississippi State University
7/1997 - Professor of Orthopaedics - University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio, Orthopaedics, San Antonio
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Blake Mompher, 5, takes his Halloween costume for a spin. Megan Mompher
Megan Mompher stands next to her son, Blake, who eyes the school bus Halloween costume that fits over his wheelchair.(Photo: Hasan Karim/Marion Star)
PROSPECT - Blake Mompher crawled around his living room floor as he eagerly awaited a Friday evening of trick-or-treating.
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Opinion: Resource development can be a tool for reconciliation
Mel Grandjamb
Fort McKay First Nations Chief Mel Grandjamb makes a speech at the inauguration ceremony at the Fort McKay Arena on Thursday, June 6, 2019. Laura Beamish / Postmedia
There is no denying Alberta's oilsands are a key driver of the provincial economy. However, declining prices, increased competition, Mideast tensions, and greater consideration of environmental performance and impacts on Indigenous people all create higher expectations of developers. Canada and the world demand responsible development practices even as Alberta has struggled to tell the complete story of our energy sector.
Alberta's economic strength is in its partnerships. This means industry, government, and First Nations working together to responsibly develop resources, share related revenues, protect the environment, and respect treaty rights. The Fort McKay First Nation is a cornerstone of responsible growth in Alberta — always has been and always will be. Our 30-year track record shows we work with responsible stakeholders to support resource development ― from servicing the oilsands sector to purchasing a 49-per-cent interest in Suncor's east tank farm, the largest privately financed Indigenous business deal in Canada's history.
However, three decades of development also means our hamlet reserve is now surrounded on three sides by eight mines and three in-situ operations, some as close as three kilometres. This is why Moose Lake is critical to our community.
For 20 years, Fort McKay has worked to protect our Moose Lake reserves located 65 kilometres northwest of the hamlet. Moose Lake is the last relatively undisturbed wilderness in our territory to practise treaty rights such as the traditional harvesting of food and medicines, trapping and conducting ceremonies. It's where our ancestors have lived for millennia. It's where we pass our culture and way of life to our children. It's where I first learned to trap as a kid. But despite our best efforts to protect Moose Lake, encroaching industry threatens the ecological and cultural integrity of the area.
At the end of January, the nation will reconvene government and industry stakeholders at the Moose Lake Together Summit in Edmonton. We will review the changes introduced to the latest draft of the Moose Lake Plan as we seek a government decision to approve the document.
The key question is: can our government and industry partners rally together to cross the finish line on Moose Lake? We've had our doubts. But with the summit just two weeks away, I know we can and we will. Let me tell you why.
The Moose Lake Plan is entirely a work of partnership with the government, refined through consultation with the energy and forestry industries. The plan would create a specially managed 10-kilometre zone around our Moose Lake reserves to limit industrial impacts. The plan would permit in-situ bitumen recovery under conditions that respect treaty rights and enhance environmental protection.
In early 2018, the previous government released a draft plan that was co-developed by our staff and government staff following eight months of industry consultation. Key stakeholder comments on the draft prompted significant changes.
Unfortunately, those revisions were never shared with industry partners who objected to the first draft. Meanwhile, the Alberta Energy Regulator approved the placement of Prosper's Rigel central processing facility inside the 10-kilometre zone. This occurred as the plan, which Fort McKay expects to prohibit large-scale infrastructure inside the management zone, was still in development. As a last resort, Fort McKay challenged AER's decision at Alberta's Court of Appeals last October. The decision is outstanding.
But I am optimistic. When Premier Jason Kenney visited Fort McKay last September, he said a negotiated settlement was a better solution than a court decision. We agree.
We look forward to hosting Premier Kenney and Alberta Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon at the summit. Those confirmed to attend include Athabasca Oil Corporation, PetroChina, Chevron, Sunshine Oilsands, Teck Resources, AlPac, Northland Forest Products, and Indigenous Relations Minister Rick Wilson. We have also invited Prosper Petroleum and our local government and business partners in the region.
Some industry stakeholders fear the Moose Lake Plan will set a precedent. We welcome a precedent, one of responsible development among partners that aligns with Premier Kenney's vision for the energy sector, the province's commitment to safeguard treaty rights, and our desire to protect the ecological and cultural integrity of sacred lands. We can show that resource development can be a tool for reconciliation.
After 20 years, it's time to cross the finish line. A decision at the summit to protect Moose Lake is a key step for all partners toward building a stronger Alberta together.
Mel Grandjamb is the Chief of Fort McKay First Nation.
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Q: Keras Model Training with Azure Machine Learning I have trained a multiclass-classification model locally using Keras. I am attempting to migrate this so that it can be trained and run in Azure Machine Learning Studio (AML).
I have provided the sections of code below which are used in AML - the Main AML Code and the script to train the model (EnsemblingModel.py). From the Main AML Code, the script to train the model is called via src = (Script Run Config).
Please note that I have also uploaded the dataset which the model should be trained upon to AML directly and is titled 'test_data'.
However an error is returned when executing the line RunDetails(run).show() from the Main AML code section. The error is:
Error occurred: User program failed with FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'test_data'

This error message refers to the the following line from the EnsemblingModel.py script:
dataframe = pd.read_csv("test_data", header=None)

I understand that the script is unable to load the data and I have therefore tried changing the code, for example:
dataframe = dataset.get_by_name(ws, name='test_data')

Which returned the following error:
Error occurred: User program failed with NameError: name 'dataset' is not defined

How do I change this so that the script is able to read and load the data so that training can commence? Maybe I am going about this completely the wrong way, so any advice is welcomed.
I have consulted the various Microsoft documentation as well as Github azure guides here, but there seems to be limited examples.
I am new to AML, so if anyone has any resources for using it alongside Keras, then that would also be appreciated.
Main AML Code:
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import pandas as pd
import os
import azureml
from azureml.core import Experiment
from azureml.core import Environment
from azureml.core import Dataset
from azureml.core import Workspace, Run
from azureml.core.compute import ComputeTarget, AmlCompute
from azureml.core.compute_target import ComputeTargetException

ws = Workspace.from_config()
print('Workspace name: ' + ws.name,
      'Azure region: ' + ws.location,
      'Subscription id: ' + ws.subscription_id,
      'Resource group: ' + ws.resource_group, sep='\n')

from azureml.core import Experiment

script_folder = './TestingModel1'
os.makedirs(script_folder, exist_ok=True)

exp = Experiment(workspace=ws, name='TestingModel1')

dataset = Dataset.get_by_name(ws, name='test_data')
dataframe = dataset.to_pandas_dataframe()
df = dataframe.values

cluster_name = "cpu-cluster"

try:
    compute_target = ComputeTarget(workspace=ws, name=cluster_name)
    print('Found existing compute target')
except ComputeTargetException:
    print('Creating a new compute target...')
    compute_config = AmlCompute.provisioning_configuration(vm_size='STANDARD_NC6',
                                                           max_nodes=4)

    compute_target = ComputeTarget.create(ws, cluster_name, compute_config)

    compute_target.wait_for_completion(show_output=True, min_node_count=None, timeout_in_minutes=20)

compute_targets = ws.compute_targets
for name, ct in compute_targets.items():
    print(name, ct.type, ct.provisioning_state)

from azureml.core import Environment

keras_env = Environment.from_conda_specification(name = 'keras-2.3.1', file_path = './conda_dependencies.yml')

# Specify a GPU base image
#keras_env.docker.enabled = True
keras_env.docker.base_image = 'mcr.microsoft.com/azureml/openmpi3.1.2-cuda10.0-cudnn7-ubuntu18.04'

from azureml.core import ScriptRunConfig

src = ScriptRunConfig(source_directory=script_folder,
                      script='EnsemblingModel.py',
                      compute_target=compute_target,
                      environment=keras_env)

run = exp.submit(src)

from azureml.widgets import RunDetails
RunDetails(run).show()

Ensembling Model Code:
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

#KerasLibraries
from keras import callbacks
from keras.layers.normalization import BatchNormalization
from keras.layers import Activation
from keras.layers import Dropout
from keras.optimizers import SGD
from keras.models import Sequential
from keras.layers import Dense
from keras.wrappers.scikit_learn import KerasClassifier
from keras.utils import np_utils

#tensorFlow
import tensorflow as tf

#SKLearnLibraries
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
from sklearn.linear_model import LogisticRegression
from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier
from sklearn.metrics import accuracy_score
from sklearn.model_selection import cross_val_score
from sklearn.model_selection import KFold
from sklearn.preprocessing import LabelEncoder
from sklearn.pipeline import Pipeline
from azureml.core import Run

# In[3]:

dataframe = pd.read_csv("test_data", header=None)
dataframe = dataset.get_by_name(ws, name='test_data')
dataset = dataframe.values

# In[4]:

X = dataset[:,0:22].astype(float)
y = dataset[:,22]

# encode class values as integers
encoder = LabelEncoder()
encoder.fit(y)
encoded_y = encoder.transform(y)
# convert integers to dummy variables (i.e. one hot encoded)
dummy_y = np_utils.to_categorical(encoded_y)

print(dummy_y.shape)
#print(X.shape)
#print(X)
import sys
np.set_printoptions(threshold=sys.maxsize)
dummy_y_new = dummy_y[0:42,:]

print(dummy_y_new)
#dataset

# In[5]:

earlystopping = callbacks.EarlyStopping(monitor ="val_loss",
                                        mode ="min", patience = 125,
                                        restore_best_weights = True)

#define Keras
model1 = Sequential()
model1.add(Dense(50, input_dim=22))
model1.add(BatchNormalization())
model1.add(Activation('relu'))
model1.add(Dropout(0.5,input_shape=(50,)))
model1.add(Dense(50))
model1.add(BatchNormalization())
model1.add(Activation('relu'))
model1.add(Dropout(0.5,input_shape=(50,)))
model1.add(Dense(8, activation='softmax'))

#compile the keras model

model1.compile(loss='categorical_crossentropy', optimizer='Adam', metrics=['accuracy'])

# fit the keras model on the dataset
model1.fit(X, dummy_y, validation_split=0.25, epochs=10000, batch_size=100, verbose=1, callbacks=[earlystopping])

_, accuracy3 = model1.evaluate(X, dummy_y, verbose=0)

print('Accuracy: %.2f' % (accuracy3*100))

predict_dataset = tf.convert_to_tensor([
            [1,5,1,0.459,0.322,0.041,0.002,0.103,0.032,0.041,14,0.404,0.284,0.052,0.008,0.128,0.044,0.037,0.043,54,0,155],
])

predictions = model1(predict_dataset, training=False)

predictions2 = predictions.numpy()
print(predictions2)
print(type(predictions2))

A: I have resolved the above issue by adding an argument to the ScriptRunConfig code:
test_data_ds = Dataset.get_by_name(ws, name='test_data')

src = ScriptRunConfig(source_directory=script_folder,
                      script='EnsemblingModel.py',
                      # pass dataset as an input with friendly name 'titanic'
                      arguments=['--input-data', test_data_ds.as_named_input('test_data')],
                      compute_target=compute_target,
                      environment=keras_env)

As well as the following to the modelling script itself:
import argparse
from azureml.core import Dataset, Run

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("--input-data", type=str)
args = parser.parse_args()

run = Run.get_context()
ws = run.experiment.workspace

# get the input dataset by ID
dataset = Dataset.get_by_id(ws, id=args.input_data)

# load the TabularDataset to pandas DataFrame
df = dataset.to_pandas_dataframe()
dataset = df.values

For anyone curious, more information can be found here:

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My first decision was the colours…pink and grey.
It has been inked and stenciled (using gesso) and stamped on.
and used it as my backdrop for the main piece.
"Excelsis Deo" which I had seen on Joanna's blog and I just couldn't resist getting it.
And stamped it onto tissue paper.
Tip: heat set it so that it doesn't bleed out.
and pressed together to form a kind of hand-made paper.
Some more stenciling around it to make the angel stand out more.
with my fingers…I love the aged effect that this created.
as I wanted the angel to stand out and be the first thing you rest your eyes on.
appreciation to those of you who follow my blog!!!
Your comments absolutely blow me away.
This is beautiful Dot, but I did have a little chuckle over the TP! Such lovely touches and the pink and grey work so well together! Lovely card! Hugs!
Just couldn't wait to see this on your blog Dot it is exquisite, divine and very mystical. It is the jewel in your crown hunny.
Gloria in Excelsis immediately came to mind Dot. A stunning card which you have shabbier to perfection, I just love the colour palette and the images and layers are exquisitely put together.
Stunning card in beautiful colours Dot! Love that wonderful stamp it has such an Italian Renaissance feel to it and I love how you have used it here with all those gorgeous layers. Shabby chic perfection!
Wow, that image is a beauty, Its a stunning romantic looking card.
Oh so beautiful… the rosy pinks are like a medieval fresco – gorgeous image, and the surrounding stamping works so perfectly. Love this, Dot!
Such a beautiful card, love the colours with this image, as Alison said like a medieval fresco.
The shabby chic look is amazing, love that beautiful christmas card.
Love your shabby chic card, Dot, absolutely beautiful. What a stunning image! Thank you for sharing it with us at Stamping Sensations this month.
Wow – beautiful!! Seriously gorgeous in every way. Thanks for sharing with us this week at ATS&M.
So very lovely! Wonderful feather and flower additions. Thank you for sharing with us at Card Crafter's Circle!
Your card really is lovely Dot, love everything about it and it's perfect for our theme this month.
Thanks so much for joining us at Stamping Sensations challenge.
A fantastic card with great elements. Love the color scheme.
Dot, this is gorgeous! I always love seeing your creations, they give so much inspiration.
A gorgeous card. Thanks for posting on The Cheerful Stamp Pad.


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12.5.11 - New Music - Gym Class Heroes & Neon Hitch - Pop! Bang! Boom!
This song is extremely and stereotypically Gym Class Heroes (and you can tell that immediately if you know them somewhat well), but it shows Neon Hitch in a moment that is more restrained, commercial, and acceptable than a lot of what she's been putting out as of late (maybe I'll educate about all of that mess sometime soon. Maybe).
Upon first and second listening, I was not completely impressed. The more I let it sink it, the more I have come to accept that it is actually a fairly cute song, with a nice enough message.
It may not be "Stereo Hearts", but I think it might find a place in the market.


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Former Hacienda Healthcare nurse charged with raping a patient appears in court
'This looked like a speck of wood:' Man discovers tick embedded in his eye
Scientists have found that a jelly-like substance could be the key to making life on Mars possible
Woman accused of sexually abusing children under 5 years old at day care sentenced to 30 days
Police: 2 dead, 1 injured following shootout near 3rd Avenue and Osborn
CCSO: Man in Williams barricade situation arrested after he shot himself in the leg
Sheriffs say Matthew Solan was arrested after he shot himself in the leg while barricading himself in a car in Williams, Arizona. Read more.
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Armed barricade situation in Williams ends
WILLIAMS, Ariz. (FOX 10) -- Officials with the Coconino County Sheriff's Office say the suspect connected to Wednesday's armed barricade situation was arrested after he shot himself in the leg.
According to a statement released Thursday afternoon, the suspect, identified as Matthew Solan, was wanted for questioning in relation to a report of aggravated assault and kidnapping. CCSO received a report earlier on Thursday, where the person reporting the crime said Solan used a gun to hold him against his will on the evening of January 28, in an area north of Williams.
Solan, according to the statement, was stopped by CCSO deputies and Williams Police Department officers at a traffic stop on eastbound Route 66. During the traffic stop, the driver and another passenger left the car, but Solan barricaded himself in the car instead. The incident ended at around 6:30 p.m., when Solan placed a gun next to his leg, and shot himself in the leg. He surrendered himself soon after, and was taken to Flagstaff Medical Center for further treatment.
CCSO officials say Solan has been booked into the Coconino County Detention Facility on multiple charges, including kidnapping, aggravated assault, weapons violations, resisting arrest, and probation violation.
Frontier adds new direct flights from Phoenix
PHOENIX (FOX 10) — Frontier Airlines has announced the addition of four new direct flights serviced out of Phoenix.
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Monterey police make 17 arrests in burglary string
By Tom Wright | twright@montereyherald.com | Monterey Herald
PUBLISHED: May 29, 2018 at 12:00 am | UPDATED: September 11, 2018 at 12:00 am
Monterey >> In response to an increase of vehicle and residential burglaries, the Monterey Police Department has created the Burglary and Theft Team and made 17 arrests in the past two months in connection to those crimes.
"You need to make sure that you're not leaving things that are valuable in sight in a car. The best thing to do is take it with you but if you can't, leave it in the trunk," said Monterey Police Chief Dave Hober. "It's the same thing with homes, making sure you're closing your garage door, locking doors and those kinds of things."
According to Hober, officers on the Burglary and Theft Team volunteer to work overtime on their days off.
"They'll just go out and proactively try to develop information and find people who might be committing these property crimes," he said. "A majority of those 17 arrests came from officers on the (Burglary and Theft Team) going out."
In addition to burglars who reside in the area, Hober said roving groups come down from the Bay Area and target areas upscale neighborhoods. He said they will come down to the Monterey Peninsula and one person will walk through a parking lot looking for electronics, purses and other valuables while another person waits in the getaway vehicle. The burglars do the same thing scoping out homes.
"They might go from Monterey to Pacific Grove to Carmel unless they start thinking police are onto them and then they'll flee back up into the Bay Area where they came from," Hober said. "They'll probably send different groups of people here at different times so if we saw the license plate on that car, they might not use that car the next time."
Hober said it's unclear how organized the groups in the Bay Area are, but he said the idea spreads from one criminal to another.
Officers arrested Donnell Bruce, 33, of San Francisco on May 18 after citizens called police to let them know they saw two men scoping out vehicles on the 100 block of Irving Avenue in New Monterey who then left very quickly when they were spotted by passers-by. Monterey police located the suspects, who then fled the wrong way down a one-way street and sped down Lighthouse Avenue. A motorcycle officer waiting for the suspects at the tunnel, where traffic had backed up, had them at gunpoint in the car and the suspects said they were giving up. But when traffic cleared, they drove around the officer and fled. The officer was able to follow their path thanks to help from citizens who saw the suspect vehicle driving erratically.
The officer found the suspect's abandoned car in a driveway on the 300 block of El Dorado Street.
"I think they kind of got into an area they didn't know so they bailed out of the car and ran," Hober said. "We were able to search for them, we searched for them for about an hour and a half (with assistance from the Del Rey Oaks and Seaside police departments) and one of the officers saw somebody run out of a hidden area and jump into a car. So they stopped that car, he matched the description, and it ended up being an Uber. The victims who saw him earlier were able to identify him."
Bruce faces charges of burglary, delaying a peace officer, conspiracy and possession of stolen property.
Hober said he believes many of the local burglars commit the crimes to fund their drug habits. At least nine of the arrests involved drug charges.
"They know that they don't serve time and I think that is a big causal factor here, Prop. 47 and 57 issues that have made possession of different kinds of drugs a misdemeanor now," he said,
The most recent arrests came after police served a search warrant on the 900 block of McClellan Avenue in Monterey. Officers arrested John Spataro, 47, for possession of heroin and methamphetamine. They arrested Gary Russo, 43, for possession of methamphetamine. Hober said the two had just been released from county jail.
"A lot of times we'll go after the property crimes but we'll find narcotics and that's kind of what we end up arresting them for," he said. "If you see a lot of those arrests, a lot of them surround narcotics but that's because they're tied hand in hand."
In addition to keeping your vehicles and homes locked, Hober said it's important for the community to report suspicious activity. Call the non-emergency line at 831-646-3831 or Hober said you can just call 911 if you don't remember the other numbers.
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Review: Discontent EP by Loose Bolts (2015)
"What these songs represent most to me is a coming of age and a changing of times. All of them were written over the span of about a year and were recorded in the span of about 3-4 months. If you're reading this, I hope you can relate or at least appreciate the sentiments in some of these songs. If not, this could get a little awkward...."
While going through a Loose Bolts interview, I had to remind myself the artist doesn't just live to spout off ideas in an email but to create images in the imagination, stir feelings in the soul, and ultimately connect with others.
Discontent is 2015 EP release by a young 20 something out of the Florida panhandle by the name of Ian Gomez. There's four songs different in style but sharing the theme of dissociation the artist has spoken candidly about in communications:
Discontent - punk rock candy with a folk wrapper.
Numb - a 6 plus minute meandering descent into spiritual isolation
Liability - punk, power pop with a grooving shuffle. Somewhat anthemic.
Adolescent - melancholic ruminations in a minor ke
"Dissociation is a recurring theme. Grit with my past, dealing with betrayal, and the unpredictability of life and people. Self-betrayal, misunderstood intentions. Always trying to be the hero but coming to terms with who I truly am."
It's an impressive debut by a multi instrumentalist who first made his mark as a death metal drummer before people knew he could pen songs, play guitar and sing.
The songs are eerily familiar yet I can't figure out if it's because I have listened to them enough they remind me of feelings in a dream or something else. Structurally, they can be all over the place without discernible patterns yet don't feel "indulgent."
There's at least 2 different vocal styles evident here: one crooning. melancholic, introspective and the other angsty, defiant, maybe aggressively upbeat. In other words it is our teenage selves reflected back at us in melody and verse.
Who is this music for? Or more specifically who are the ideal fans of Loose Bolts? You're deep and introspective which is to say you might have an inkling for starry nights, poetry, existential philosophy and long road trips . As this is admittedly a coming-of-age project by a guy now 3 years the wiser and more experienced we're expecting new work to expand on the canvas of human suffering and find still more hope to rise out of slumber in the morning.
All the music was written and performed by Ian Gomez with David W. Montgomery credited for recording, mixing and engineering.
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Q: OCI object storage integration to AWS S3 to build Snowflake data pipeline I looking for a solution to extract data from OCI object Storage. We have files from Oracle ERP and storing them in Object Storage. Wanted to extract this data and load it into Snowflake system. We have AWS s3 integration with Snowflake. Looking for options to build an integration from OCI object storage —> AWS S3 —> Snowflake. We have a requirement to load data into Snowflake as nightly batch and near real time data processing. Can please share your thoughts on building this integration?
Looking for help who are familiar with the process.
Snowflake doesn't have direct integration with OCI object storage, S3 integration option did not find any AWS documentation.

A: Have you considered the use of something like RClone to sync Object Storage with S3? RClone blog post. You could use something like OCI Container Instances to keep the cost to a minimum.
There's also Oracle Integration which may allow you to create a data feed from OCI Object Storage. I've not used it but it appears you may be able to feed data directly to Snowflake and bypass AWS S3 altogether.

A: OCI object storage API is compatible with AWS object storage API. Depending on how you are extracting the data in your pipeline, you would potentially only need to change the url and not even have to do the migration from OCI Object Storage to AWS S3. Here is an article from Oracle that discusses the pre-requisites of this approach.
https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Object/Tasks/s3compatibleapi.htm#usingAPI


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The last year really was the year of spyware, adware and malware threats. It began as usually, but the end of 2005 left a sharp and intimidating impression. We saw an outbreak of corrupt anti-spyware products, sophisticated, hard to get rid of browser hijackers and trojans. The early beginning of 2005 was quite calm – Internet users got used to well-known adware and spyware threats distributed mostly by advertising companies. However, most of us thought that the situation cannot get any worse. But it actually did. At the end of the year completely new parasites appear. We had to go through the hoops correctly identifying and removing yet unseen risks like SpySheriff, Vundo or Smitfraud. You couldn't get rid of these pests even with the help of a powerful antivirus or anti-spyware. Simplified manual removal instructions provided by well-known security software vendors also did not work. The new generation of spyware, adware, browser hijackers and trojans has evolved so quickly that almost no-one knew what to do. Parasites became more complex and integrated. For example, common adware started not only serving unsolicited commercial advertisements, but also secretly downloading and installing a variety of much more harmful threats. Internet users were assaulted by deadly effective downloaders and new viral threats designed to drop spyware parasites on the compromised computers. Spyware makers joined forces with virus authors presenting an explosive mixture of viruses and spyware.
The last year was very disturbing. You can see from the Top 100 of the most widely spread and vicious security and privacy risks of 2005.
The following list is made by the 2-Spyware.com research team. The overall infection rate, spreading speed, payload, relations with other parasites, stability and stealth – these are only a few factors from the large list that we took into consideration rating last year's parasites. However, we do not pretend to be absolutely correct – rating spyware is very difficult, because the most recent pests combine virus payload with spyware and adware functionality. Nevertheless, we made our best putting the following Top 100 all together and making is trustworthy enough. We hope that you will find this information useful.
2-Spyware.com provides all important information on the listed parasites. Detailed descriptions and manual removal instructions can be found in our Encyclopedia of computer parasites.
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