Seniors on the Metro-East Lutheran softball team are, left to right, Mary Holton, Kastilla Maine and Cylee Coyne.
EDWARDSVILLE – The Metro-East Lutheran softball team will turn to a new coach, Gary Wilson, as it tries to bounce back from a string of disappointing seasons.
Wilson has coached softball for 30 years and is currently the head coach at Collinsville Middle School. He has also coached several teams from the 14U to 18U age levels for the St. Louis Xtreme and the Collinsville Extreme.
Wilson replaces Colin McLaughlin, who was head coach for the past two seasons.
Metro hasn't had much success in recent years, including last season, when the Knights posted a 5-16 record and lost 6-5 to Valmeyer in the semifinals of the Class 1A Lebanon Regional.
MELHS is 12-54 over the last three seasons and hasn't had a winning record since 2011.
Two of Metro's seniors, Kastilla Maine and Cylee Coyne, have played previously for Wilson.
As a junior, Maine batted .196 with four RBIs while Coyne batted .220 with seven RBIs.
The other senior, Mary Holton, is trying to crack the varsity lineup. She will be a utility player for the Knights.
Junior Sami Kasting returns at shortstop after batting .340 with three RBIs and a team-high 15 stolen bases.
The top returning offensive player for MELHS is junior catcher Sidney Vetter, who batted .519 with four homers and 19 RBIs. Vetter earned second-team all-state honors from the Illinois Coaches Association.
With the graduation of Cierra Frields, the team's No. 1 pitcher for the past three seasons, Wilson will count on junior Amber Keplar and sophomore Ryleigh Isbell to do most of the pitching this season.
Last year, Keplar and Isbell each pitched in three varsity games, combining to throw 14 innings.
"I coached Amber in Khoury League and middle school as well and she's going to have to step up for us," Wilson said.
Other players on the varsity roster are sophomores Jarrica Hardaway, Arrington Farmer and Melissa Ahrens and freshmen Caitlin Reynolds, Peyton Ashauer, Morgan Ashauer and Chloe Langendorf.
MELHS opened the season on March 12 at Valmeyer. The Knights were scheduled to travel to Arkansas to play three games in the Bearcats Tournament on March 15-17.


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Nicole Del Rosario, Digital Content Producer
Published: October 26, 2021, 5:25 PM
Tags: Liberty University, Jerry Prevo, Scott Lamb, Lynchburg
Liberty University president responds to lawsuit by former LU spokesperson claiming Title IX violations
'Liberty University will not tolerate Title IX violations, sexual abuse or sexual assault in any form at any time'
Published: October 26, 2021, 5:25 PM Updated: October 26, 2021, 6:46 PM
Liberty University's president is speaking out after Scott Lamb, a former Senior VP with the university, filed a lawsuit on Monday.
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Liberty University's president is speaking out after Scott Lamb, a former Senior VP with the university, filed a lawsuit on Monday.
In the lawsuit, Scott claims that "his vocal opposition to the University's mishandling of sexual assault and harassment complaints" led to him being fired.
Lamb said "he would not be silenced or participate in a cover-up of activities within the University that Plaintiff believes contradicted the law, including, but not limited to, the University's mishandling of many well-publicized reports of sexual assault, harassment, and discrimination on campus," stated the lawsuit.
In response, Liberty University President Jerry Prevo released a statement to the campus community on Tuesday, saying that the media attention about the university was "prompted in part by a terminated employee who falsely alleges that the university under my leadership has attempted to mishandle the allegations made in the lawsuit."
"Nothing could be farther from the truth," he wrote.
Prevo then went to mention the "Jane Doe lawsuit," referencing a lawsuit in which 12 women filed against the university, claiming that "Liberty University has intentionally created a campus environment where sexual assaults and rapes are foreseeably more likely to occur than they would in the absence of Liberty's policies."
The university president says he sent a message to his senior team on the same day that lawsuit was filed, which included him saying, "I hope and pray these allegations turn out to be false. Discrimination against victims of sexual assault because of their gender and engaging in sexual harassment are contrary to our Christian faith and mission, and have absolutely no place at Liberty."
In the message Prevo said he sent to his staff, he claims he urged them to read the lawsuit and asked them to take the situation "just as seriously" as he is.
"I want to make something clear, as I did on the day the lawsuit was filed, as I did in my email to my team on the same day, as I did in Convocation to the student body this fall and in this note to you: Liberty University will not tolerate Title IX violations, sexual abuse or sexual assault in any form at any time," wrote Prevo in the statement to the campus community.
He continued by saying, "With regard to accusations about the mishandling of Title IX in the past, there is an appropriate legal process to address those concerns in order to protect alleged victims and alleged accusers. We are embracing that legal process for the good of our institution but especially for all of those involved in these allegations."
You can read the full statement here.
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In the last quarter of a century, the number of school-age children in the United States who speak a language other than English at home—also called language-minority children—increased phenomenally, according to "The Condition of Education 2008," which the U.S. Department of Education released this morning. To be exact, the number of such students grew from 3.8 million to 10.8 million, or from 9 percent to 20 percent of school-age children, from 1979 to 2006.
I'm sure that's not a surprise to many of you. But skim the section of the report about language-minority students for some more nuanced information. For example, of those students who speak a language other than English at home, those who speak English with difficulty decreased from 34 percent in 1979 to 25 percent in 2006.
I interpret this data to mean that it's more likely that language-minority students have decent English skills now than they did a quarter of a century ago. My guess is that's because a growing proportion of English-language learners are born in the United States and have more exposure to English before they enter school than was previously the case. The report, by the way, doesn't include data on whether the students described in this section are U.S.-born or foreign-born.
Some data work I did a few years ago also showed English ability improving from 1990 to 2000 among children speaking a language other than English at home. This was true even among children born outside the U.S. Some of this might have to do with changes in age at migration or changes in schools, but I interpret at least some of it as being due to the spread of English into Spanish-speaking countries, especially with family ties to U.S. residents being a large part of the migration picture.


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Coal crisis, private player entry cause mass shutdown of BHEL ancillary units
Binu Paul | The SupportBiz Bureau
Tags: BHEL, BHELSIA, ACF
The decline of Trichy's small and medium industry supplying equipment to public sector power giant Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) is a classic example of how fatal the government apathy can be.
Business orders from BHEL have plummeted to the extent that the industry's production activities today account for only about 10-20 percent of its capacity, reveals M. Srinivasan, President, BHEL Small And Medium Industries Association (BHELSIA).
"There are more than 600 units providing power equipment to BHEL and all these units depend 100 percent on BHEL for businesses. The present business scenario brought about by many reasons, have caused closure of about 40 percent of our units here," he said.
Asked about the reasons behind the downfall, Srinivasan said: "Coal crisis is the major reason behind decline of businesses. Many power projects are on hold due to the uncertainties over the coal crisis. In fact, BHEL itself is finding it hard to get orders from their customers." Moreover, the central government appears to be too cautious in approving new projects owning to the upcoming general elections.
On the other hand, the entrance of private power developers has weakened BHEL's monopoly on the sector. Private companies such as Jindal Steel and Power, JSW, Haryana Power Generation Corporation, and Reliance Power have taken a lion's share of the market, which has a directly impact on the ancillary units.
But what is more alarming is the recent government decision to allow Chinese power equipment manufacturers to set up service centers in India. "Today, even Chinese companies are given permission. The government does not think how much the domestic industry is affected with such actions. The government seems to have lost its hope on Indian industry," Srinivasan said.
Contrary to the general view, Srinivasan said the new policy of Away Centre Fabrication (ACF) does not hurt the industry as it's perceived to be. He said BHEL was forced to abandon the previous Outsourcing System (OS) due to unfavorable economic conditions, to adopt the ACF system whereby the ancillary units have to buy raw materials themselves. "BHEL had to take this decision as part of its cost cutting measures. It doesn't affect us much. We are managing to buy material and manufacture products without major dent on our financial health," he said.
According to Srinivasan, many units in the region remain inactive now because they do not have the option of closing down operations, fearing many financial and government regulations such as the NPA. He says the need of the hour is a clear policy on power sector and a strong political will to implement policies that would help the SMEs in the sector grow further.
Electrical industry expectations unfulfilled: IEEMA
TN to get manufacturing estate for heavy vehicles


The Sweet Fanny Adams album also featured compressed high-pitched backing vocal harmonies, which was a trend that continued on all of Sweet's albums. Sweet, and fellow U.K. band Queen, were both recognised as one of the main exponents of high-pitched harmonies during the 1970s.
A second album was released during 1974, called Desolation Boulevard. One of the tracks off this album was a cover of The Who's "My Generation". Sweet received public praise from The Who's guitarist, Pete Townshend. Sweet also frequently cited The Who as being one of their main influences. At Townshend's invitation, Sweet were invited to support The Who at Charlton Athletics' Football Ground. Unfortunately, in June of 1974, Brian Connnolly was attacked before the group's going on as support, and he took time out from singing as his throat was badly bruised.
In 1975, RCA released an album titled, The Sweet Singles Album, which was only released in Australia and New Zealand. This LP featured hard rock B side single recordings, including the hit singles "Ballroom Blitz", "Teenage Rampage", "Blockbuster", and "Hell Raiser".
In 1975, Sweet's first self-written and produced single, "Fox on the Run", was released worldwide and instantly became their biggest selling hit, reaching number one in several countries.
During 1976, Sweet attempted to gain popularity in America by promoting their Give Us A Wink album with a heavy schedule of more than fifty concert dates. During one appearance, Sweet played All Right Now with Ritchie Blackmore in a tribute to mark the death of Free guitarist Paul Kossoff.
The 1976 and 1977 years featured Sweet as an album oriented pop-metal act. Albums such as Give Us a Wink and Off the Record were undoubtedly Sweet's heaviest studio albums. Indeed, Sweet's 1976 top twenty hit, "Action", was the group's hardest rocking hit single.
Sweet split from RCA in late 1977. The first album for new label Polydor, Level Headed, found Sweet experimenting by combining rock and classical music, an approach similar to U.K. band ELO. Sweet undertook a successful British tour in early 1978. "Love Is Like Oxygen" was their last U.K. top ten hit in 1978.
In February 1979, Brian Connolly left the band under acrimonious circumstances, and neither he nor the band fully recovered. Brian was particularly suffering from the effects of substantial alcohol intake. He also suffered cardiac arrests at the height of his excess.
Before Brian Connolly announced his departure in February 1979, his vocals were erased from the recorded material for the ensuing Cut Above The Rest album, and Sweet continued on as a trio, with Scott and Priest now both handling lead vocals. Keyboard player Gary Moberley completed the four-piece line-up. Three more studio albums were recorded between 1979 and 1982, the year in which Sweet disbanded.
In 1988, Connolly, Scott, Priest, and Tucker briefly reformed to record music for the first time in seven years. Some reworked studio versions of "Action" and "Ballroom Blitz" were recorded in Los Angeles. During the same year, "Blockbuster" was sampled by The Timelords (later The KLF) as part of their number one single, Doctorin' the Tardis. The track also featured samples of Gary Glitter's Rock And Roll (Part 1) and the Doctor Who theme, and reached number one in the UK charts on June 12.
In 1990, all four members were again re-united for the promotion of a video, titled Sweet's Ballroom Blitz. This UK release, which contained UK television performances from the 1970s, including current-day interviews, was released at Tower Records, London. In 1993 Def Leppard released a successful cover version of Action.
Brian Connolly died from liver failure in 1997, aged 52, having been content in his final years to appear in retrospective documentaries to demonstrate the damage he had inflicted upon himself. Mick Tucker died in 2002 from leukaemia, aged 54.
Sweet's two remaining members are still active in the music industry. Andy Scott currently continues to tour with Andy Scott's Sweet, while Steve Priest is now a session musician in Los Angeles.


Welcome friends, my name is John Reitmeier and I've been so fortunate to have experienced a lot of travel starting back in 1972. It's time to put the memories in some sort of order, and to add text and pictures to share with our friends and the many listeners to our radio programs. Thanks for coming along on this ride!
THIS IS PART 2 OF THE 1983 Paris/Germany Trip...read Part 1 posted April 27, 2012 first!
Taking off in any airplane is always a few moments of exhilaration, perhaps a little fear, some joy (usually) at finally being on the journey, and that big, empty, "what's going to happen on this trip!" feeling, that moment of, "there's no turning back now. If you're driving out of the yard, or are even a few miles from home, and forgot something, it's easy to go back, even with a bunch of friends, the ribbing and kidding pales in comparison to getting that most important thing that you forgot. But when that big jet finally makes the long sweep and lines itself up on that 6000 foot cement slab, when it's sitting on the end of the runway, when those engines get the instruction to go to 100% and you're pushed back in your seat, at that moment you know there's no do-overs, there's no, whoops, there's no, "ahhh excuse me but I might have forgotten..."
At the moment this all happened on this flight, it was already dark in New York City. The cabin lights were pretty much turned down and the view out the port hole window of a million lights was setting a scene that up to that time in my life, I really hadn't experienced. Off to Europe with people I hadn't even met the day before, flying over the ocean, known to be icy cold with sharks circling like a world turned upside down and the shark/vultures were waiting, eye to the sky, hoping that we might be their next meal. All this a build up to a never before experienced adrenalin rush such that I had never before experienced. Headphones had been passed out and I was flipping through the different choices of music and all of a sudden there was THE MOMENT. Chariots of Fire (the movie) was 2 years old, just old enough for the theme music to hit all the elevators in the universe, and here it was. Dun Dun, Dun Dun, Dun Dun, Dun Dun, Dun Dun, we're blasting down the runway, Dun Dun, Dun Dun, Dun Dun, Dun Dun, Dun Dun, enough fuel to carry three quarters of a million pounds thirty three thousand feet into the air, and keep it there for some four thousand miles. Just at the moment when the nose gear lifted off and the rear wheels break contact with the earth, the big string orchestra kicks in with, Da Da Dat Dat Da Da Dum, Da Da Dat Dat Da Da Dum...and we truly are on the greatest adventure of my life up to that moment! No Hollywood script write could have possible made this all happen, timing to the second, taking into account the weight of the plane and the passengers and the luggage, and wind conditions, and humidity, and the state of the engines, yet it all came together for me right then for the only moment that would be my first moment of flying to Europe, ever.
The next couple of hours were pretty standard, drinks all around, some appetizers, and a pretty good meal. Up to this time I had only experienced the first class cabin on short haul domestic flights, a nice seat and a free drink or two, maybe some snacks, but never the multi-course, heading to France so the wine better be quality, deserts served with a flourish meal that kept TWA in the top rated group of international carriers. Dinner over, the cheese course served and cleaned up after and I notice that my American hating, French seat mate was drifting off into that, too many days in America, glad to be going home, didn't need those extra glasses of wine and all those carbs for dinner mental state, somewhere between awake and asleep, but leaning to comatose. Remember this was still the days of polyester development, we had somehow forgotten that wool and cotton do make some pretty good clothes. He had a mostly full glass of red wine in his right hand with his wrist nestled in that v made by his torso and his thigh and as he was falling asleep, his wine glass was slowly tipping, tipping towards his crotch.
Dilemma time for me. As I was watching this develop I realized that I had three choices. Based on his very verbal and repeating mantra of not liking Americans, of which I was one, I should have just quietly gotten up and make my way to the bathroom and spent enough time for what ever was going to unfold, to happen with no question that I had nothing to do with it, and wasn't in in a position to save the situation. Or I could gently try to wake him up and hope he got control back before that red wine started changing the color of his pants forever, right at crotch central. Or even another choice of reaching over and grabbing the glass from his hand and trying to level out the top so that the though the good graces of gravity, the wine would stay on it's side of the glass. Of course that would involve my having my hand way to close to a mad Frenchman's crotch and a very importune moment, something that now I would just find funny, but that back then, would have been a great embarrassment.
What to do, what to do. As each of the three possibilities were snapping through my mind, not unlike a carousel at a carnival midway, but rather than the next horse coming into view, one of the three possible choices presented itself to me, as the glass was slowly but with great certainty getting to the level where the wine and the glass would part company forever. Dilemma, what to do, why didn't I just steal away and make it NOT MY PROBLEM, but my country boy, Lutheran upbringing just couldn't leave my seatmate to his own situation. WAY to late in the game, I make a quiet attempt to wake him up. Of course you know what happened next, as he came awake, he realized that he had a wine glass in his hand, he realized that it was at a precarious angle, but he wasn't quite conscious enough to determine just what angle would be the correct angle, and most of his glass of red wine ended up in a one foot circle centered right over his crotch, red wine, off white pants. Of course at that moment our French friend decided that it was my fault that it all happened. OH WELL, I guess I learned that next time I'm going to be conveniently gone/absent when this situation comes up again. Especially when it's a Frenchman of proven anger! I should have tried to sleep that night, as our plane was thundering on to Paris, but with all the different excitement moments, and the though of being in Europe the next morning, now just a few hours away, there was no chance. This I was going to pay dearly for in the coming hours and days.
Six hours later we safely landed at the yet considered new Charles de Gaulle Airport. I was in Europe, I was in France, I was in Paris! Actually considering that I thought Boone's Farm was wine, and the livers of geese were to be disposed of in the harvesting process, Paris really had no big allure for me. If only the same trip presented itself to me now! The load us all into an oversize Mercedes bus at take us to our hotel. Le Grande Hotel across from the Opera House (now called the InterContinental Paris). The room I had, with a cross the street view of the Opera House is now over $1,000.00 a night and sadly the reviews of the place include rodents, dirty linen, and most disturbing, an uncaring staff. I always wanted to go back and relive those days, but not for that money!!! What? Our rooms aren't ready? What a surprise, OK Back on the bus, 5 hours touring Paris.
I know that I've been on a 5 hour tour of Paris. I've seen the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, Quartier Pigalle, Champs-Elysees, and Montmartre, I know I have because I've seen pictures of me in front of these places, HOWEVER I have absolutely no recollection, no memory at all of being in front of these places. I could pass a lie detector test without flinching and say no to each question, yet there are those pesky photos. HMMM.
I'm sure we had lunch somewhere, but again no recollection. Finally we get back to our hotel, our wranglers tell us we have a 2 hour break. I need some sleep but first a bath. I fill it with water, I climb in, I lean back, and just keep going. Never before have I been in a bathtub where I can completely lie flat and toes and head don't touch the ends. Of course I'm completely underwater before I can catch myself. Wonderful, I'm underwater and gasping for air before I can recover. Out of the bath, dried off and between the sheets. AHHH welcome sleep. How many minutes had gone by, I don't know, but not that many when I hear a KNOCK KNOCK "Monsieur, monsieur, a gift from the manager!" So I'm bolted awake and out of bed, I'm at the door opening it (did I mention the not clothes on part?) and here comes a french room attendant (male thankfully) with a big basket with wine, champagne, fruit, cheese, sweets, the works. As I'm waking up I'm realizing that, HMMM i'm a guest in a foreign country, and now a gift from the hotel, perhaps this calls for a TIP. However clothes/wallet are on the other bed. So here we are, hotel room door open (out to a commons area not a hallway, me unclothed, opening my wallet to pass on a tip to this delivery boy, with an uncountable number of people walking by and looking in. Truly, it was a "welcome to France moment!" a couple of hours sleep, jump into some clothes, into some French cabs and we're whisked off to http://www.vagablond.com/121/ rue St. Louis-en-l'Ile and La Taverne du Sergeant Recruteur, Paris. What an experience! A food joint that was from the far past. A place originally used by military recruiters to attract young French men to have some food and adult beverages, perhaps some private time with some young French lasses, and in the morning the realization that they were now in the French Foreign Legion! Fortunately those days are long past, but the place really hadn't changed much. An incredible meal, many courses, lots to drink, but served so different than anything I had experienced in the US. The salad was a big basket, cut of what you want of the veggies you want! Hands unwashed, didn't seem to be a problem. More cheese? Just use your knife and take what you want. Sadly I got word in the spring of 2012 that the Taverne is now closed forever. Another victim of escalating prices and to many tourist choices, even in a city the size of Paris! But a memory that I'll hang on to forever! MORE ON THE PARIS TRIP, the TGV France's high speed train, and a rough flight back, coming up!


Here comes the first part of my hunt for the perfect jigsaw blade(s). I'm very happy with my cordless Carvex but there's a large choice of blades out there. In this first part I used "what I had laying around" "vs." a couple of Festool blades + a special Metabo blade, a friend had send me for this video.
I just love doing this, no scientific approach or the like... I created the video some time ago, hope you enjoy it. Maybe it helps with choosing the right jigsaw blades.
One thing, because that frequently comes up: I had some trouble inserting saw blades when I first got the saw. That was until I understood that the saw blade guides need to be properly adjusted BEFORE inserting a saw blade. This is crucial, otherwise it/they will give you trouble while trying to insert a saw blade.
A picky correction; you can't adjust the blade guides before the blade is inserted and locked.
You do need to open the guides up enough to get the blade into the shaft clamp, then you can adjust.
You're obviously correct. Opening up the blade guides, is a far better description! I apologize, english is not my native language.
You may wish to also try the skeleton blades. I have a pack, but I have not yet tried them.
"Festool does not condone nor support the use of any non-Festool engineered, designed, and manufactured accessories or consumables with Festool products"
Just keep in mind they cannot legally deny warranty in the United States simply due to accessory use - they would have to prove it caused the failure.
Well - read the thread I linked to, they did. What is the average joe user supposed to do - sue Festool for violating the moss magnum act?
Once they mentioned they hit a screw, the case was lost.
But yes, if a manufacturer tries to tell you warranty is invalid because of accessory or consumable use, you can let them know you are aware of Magnuson-Moss and you will wish to have their findings examined by a third party. The situation tends to be resolved shortly after that.
Anyway, back to the blade test.
Appreciate the warning on the warranty coverage. Those wishing to read the full story can follow the link to that locked topic. No need to rehash it all here in this blade test topic.
The blades are suppose to run cooler with more surface area on them to make up for the heat of the guide block rubbing, and keep sparks from shooting out.
Of course with my jigsaw I do not need them, but they look cool and I figured I would try them.
I love trying new stuff!
Further posts in this blade comparison review topic about the warranty issue will be deleted.
I believe you're in Germany. You might be able to order blades from ecotools.nl , which is a rather popular vendor with BeNeLux buyers. They offer dirt-cheap 'white-goods' replacements (also for tracksaw blades, BTW), and have been getting VERY good reviews.
I've used their jigsaw blades - made in Germany! - much to my satisfaction (albeit in a, ehr, red jigsaw, but that shouldn't matter).


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Bayesian Interpolation
by David J.C. MacKay - Neural Computation , 1991
"... Although Bayesian analysis has been in use since Laplace, the Bayesian method of model--comparison has only recently been developed in depth. In this paper, the Bayesian approach to regularisation and model--comparison is demonstrated by studying the inference problem of interpolating noisy data. T ..."
Although Bayesian analysis has been in use since Laplace, the Bayesian method of model--comparison has only recently been developed in depth. In this paper, the Bayesian approach to regularisation and model--comparison is demonstrated by studying the inference problem of interpolating noisy data
Nonlinear Approximation
by Ronald A. DeVore - ACTA NUMERICA , 1998
View Interpolation for Image Synthesis
by Shenchang Eric Chen, et al.
"... Image-space simplifications have been used to accelerate the calculation of computer graphic images since the dawn of visual simulation. Texture mapping has been used to provide a means by which images may themselves be used as display primitives. The work reported by this paper endeavors to carry t ..."
this concept to its logical extreme by using interpolated images to portray three-dimensional scenes. The special-effects technique of morphing, which combines interpolation of texture maps and their shape, is applied to computing arbitrary intermediate frames from an array of prestored images. If the images
Reflectance and texture of real-world surfaces
by Kristin J. Dana, Bram van Ginneken, Shree K. Nayar, Jan J. Koenderink - ACM TRANS. GRAPHICS , 1999
"... In this work, we investigate the visual appearance of real-world surfaces and the dependence of appearance on scale, viewing direction and illumination direction. At ne scale, surface variations cause local intensity variation or image texture. The appearance of this texture depends on both illumina ..."
In this work, we investigate the visual appearance of real-world surfaces and the dependence of appearance on scale, viewing direction and illumination direction. At ne scale, surface variations cause local intensity variation or image texture. The appearance of this texture depends on both
Formal and real authority in organizations
by Jean Tirole - The Journal of Political Economy , 1997
"... This paper develops a theory of the allocation of formal authority (the right to decide) and real authority (the effective control over decisions) within organizations, and it illustrates how a formally integrated structure can accommodate various degrees of "real" integration. Real author ..."
This paper develops a theory of the allocation of formal authority (the right to decide) and real authority (the effective control over decisions) within organizations, and it illustrates how a formally integrated structure can accommodate various degrees of "real" integration. Real
String theory and noncommutative geometry
by Nathan Seiberg, Edward Witten - JHEP , 1999
"... We extend earlier ideas about the appearance of noncommutative geometry in string theory with a nonzero B-field. We identify a limit in which the entire string dynamics is described by a minimally coupled (supersymmetric) gauge theory on a noncommutative space, and discuss the corrections away from ..."
We extend earlier ideas about the appearance of noncommutative geometry in string theory with a nonzero B-field. We identify a limit in which the entire string dynamics is described by a minimally coupled (supersymmetric) gauge theory on a noncommutative space, and discuss the corrections away from
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Domain Theory
by Samson Abramsky, Achim Jung - Handbook of Logic in Computer Science , 1994
"... Least fixpoints as meanings of recursive definitions. ..."
Least fixpoints as meanings of recursive definitions.
Sequential data assimilation with a nonlinear quasi-geostrophic model using Monte Carlo methods to forecast error statistics
by Geir Evensen - J. Geophys. Res , 1994
"... . A new sequential data assimilation method is discussed. It is based on forecasting the error statistics using Monte Carlo methods, a better alternative than solving the traditional and computationally extremely demanding approximate error covariance equation used in the extended Kalman filter. The ..."
. The unbounded error growth found in the extended Kalman filter, which is caused by an overly simplified closure in the error covariance equation, is completely eliminated. Open boundaries can be handled as long as the ocean model is well posed. Well-known numerical instabilities associated with the error
Graphs over Time: Densification Laws, Shrinking Diameters and Possible Explanations
by Jure Leskovec, Jon Kleinberg, Christos Faloutsos , 2005
"... How do real graphs evolve over time? What are "normal" growth patterns in social, technological, and information networks? Many studies have discovered patterns in static graphs, identifying properties in a single snapshot of a large network, or in a very small number of snapshots; these include hea ..."
How do real graphs evolve over time? What are "normal" growth patterns in social, technological, and information networks? Many studies have discovered patterns in static graphs, identifying properties in a single snapshot of a large network, or in a very small number of snapshots; these include


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Nicknames: "Hero of Appomattox", "Unconditional Surrender"
On February 3, the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution ratified.
On June 22, Grant signed a law creating the Department of Justice. Their first mandate was to prosecute members of the Ku Klux Klan.
On July 14, Grant signed the Naturalization Act of 1870 that allowed persons of African decent to become U.S. citizens.
On March 1, Grant signed law creating Yellowstone National Park.
On May 23, Grant signed the Amnesty Act of 1872 granting amnesty to former Confederates.
On March 3, Grant signed the Comstock Act which made it a federal crime to mail "indecent materials."
Grant responded slowly to the Panic of 1873.
Civil Rights act of 1875 passed.
The Whiskey Ring corruption scandal results in 110 convictions.
Facts about Grant during the Civil War and his presidency.
Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Army in Tennessee to its first major victory of the Civil War at this site on February 16, 1862.
Tourist information on Grant's tomb, located in New York, New York.
The site where Grant wrote his autobiography and eventually passed away from throat cancer.
Articles, photographs, and many other biographical resources on Grant. Includes a bibliography and chronology.
The organization maintains the Grant's family home and the school he attended as a child.
Tourist information on the St. Louis County, Missouri site that was the pre-Civil War home of Grant and his wife. Grant's White Haven farm is now undergoing restoration.
The Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library contains 15,000 linear feet of correspondence, research notes, published monographs, artifacts, photographs, scrapbooks, and memorabilia, by and about the United States' 18th president, covering his early life, Civil War triumphs, presidency, and beyond.
Grant regretted not accepting Lincoln's offer to attend the theater the night of April 14, 1865. He was convinced he could have protected the President.
Grant was the first president to publish his memoirs. Mark Twain helped get them published.
Grant struggled with alcohol throughout this life.
Grant was the first president to have both of his parents living as he entered office.
Grant could not stand the sight of blood. His steaks were cooked very well done.
Grant and his wife, Julia, are buried in the largest mausoleum in North America.
As president, Grant received a speeding ticket for driving his horse-drawn carriage too fast through the streets of Washington.


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Efficiency, effectiveness - the 1-pass toothbrushing technique has it all. Great for people who hate redundancy of any sort, doing the same thing twice.
posted by Jonathan at 12/23/2004 01:40:00 a.m.
By Anonymous, at 12/25/2004 6:47 a.m.
Ha ha! Merry Christmas David! And actually I am truly trying to see if 1-pass works, because I hate doing the same thing twice.
By Jonathan, at 12/25/2004 1:15 p.m.


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If you listen carefully you will hear the sweet voice of our Lord Jesus, as his words are spoken by apostles and prophets and carried to our hearts through the Holy Ghost.
"Yes, this is the voice of a dear friend," I thought to myself. And suddenly I found myself overcome with emotion, and tears filled my eyes. "I love these men, these prophets of God!" After years of listening to them and building my faith and testimony from their teachings, I considered them to be my friends.
The Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, where General Conference was held for over 100 years.
This weekend is General Conference, and as I write this I have just returned home from the Priesthood Session, which was a remarkable revelatory experience. President Russell M. Nelson announced a major change to the organization of the priesthood quorums in local congregations, which will have a positive impact on the work we do to serve and minister to one another in our neighborhoods. As I sat in the session I felt the Holy Ghost in my heart, and I knew that this change was the will of God, declared through his prophet.
This is a familiar feeling for Latter-day Saints. Twenty years ago, in 1998, I was in the Missionary Training Center watching Conference on a big screen when President Gordon B. Hinckley announced his goal to complete 100 temples by the turn of the millennium. Being familiar with the blessings of the temple, and knowing how much good would be done in the lives of so many hundreds of thousands of people through this building effort, I felt like I was watching Moses bring forth water from the rock to quench the thirst of Israel on that occasion. I had a similar feeling when President Hinckley announced the Perpetual Education Fund in 2001, when President Thomas S. Monson challenged us to read and study the Book of Mormon daily, and on many other occasions over the years.
And so I invite you to listen to the General Conference addresses this weekend. If you listen carefully you will hear the voice of a dear friend, the sweet voice of our Lord Jesus, as his words are spoken by apostles and prophets and carried to our hearts through the Holy Ghost.
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(CNN) -- Raising eyebrows and tempers, "Fight Club" stars Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter. This film, controversial even before it opened and directed by David Fincher, is based on a 1996 book of the same title by Chuck Palahniuk.
Adapted for the screen by Jim Uhls, the off-center, dark tale explores the world of a group of men who deal with their free-floating rage -- and seething contempt for a possession-obsessed society they feel has made them impotent -- by regularly beating each other to a bloody pulp.
Theatrical preview for "Fight Club"
The disenfranchised modern male has been the subject of several Hollywood films. But few have matched the dramatic punch of "Fight Club." This ultraviolent and multilayered film won't be for everyone. But those who see it will have plenty of food for thought for some time to come.
Norton plays the film's narrator, a desperate insomniac in a dead-end job. He's trying to fill his empty life by attending support groups for an unending list of disease victims. The personal pain he finds there gives him a sense of connection and makes him feel alive.
Enter a chain-smoking, disgruntled woman named Marla. She's drowning in mascara and cynicism. Played by Bonham Carter, Marla is also hooked on self-help groups. She and Norton's character compete for faux emotional release. He finds it impossible to cry with another emotional "tourist" in the room.
Brad Pitt plays Tyler Durden, a slick-talking angry male animal who works as a waiter and makes designer bath soap on the side. After seeing this film, you may never again order soup at a restaurant or use boutique soap.
Dubious circumstances throw the two men together. Over time, Norton's character abandons his uptown existence and surrenders -- borrowing a phrase from George Lucas -- to "the dark side." The two form a fight club to vent their hostilities. Eventually, they attract an army of like-minded followers.
Along the way, Singer takes on a strange attraction for both men. The three embark on a terrifying journey that ends in a mind-boggling conclusion.
It's easy to see how this unconventional and dangerous story attracted Pitt, Norton and Bonham Carter. Combine the intelligent, if at times convoluted, dialogue with the sheer audacity of the main premise, and the results are tantalizing actor bait.
So far Norton has chosen his roles with great care and can now add "Fight Club" to his impressive resumé. Pitt has proved he's not afraid of experimentation, and this time it pays off. As for Bonham Carter, she's reportedly thrilled not to be wearing a corset in a period piece. She's also good in this film.
In "Fight Club" Tyler's message is, "The things you own, end up owning you. It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything. Self-improvement is masturbation. Self-destruction might be the answer." Not cheery thoughts, but this isn't a cheery story.
This gritty and at times witty, movie -- there are flashes of satanic humor -- isn't for the faint of heart. But Fincher has crafted a thought-provoking film. And while it's violent, it's not gratuitously so. In the hands of other directors -- say John Woo or Michael Bay, whose fondness for testosterone-soaked action are widely considered a given -- this movie might have been insufferable.
But Fincher makes his point while walking the thin line between enough and too much. No doubt, others will disagree with that statement.
Fincher worked with Pitt in another dark and disturbing film, "Seven" (1995), and he also brought us that homage to paranoia, "The Game" in 1997, with Michael Douglas. Those films turn out to have been perfect training for his remarkable work here in "Fight Club."
We were taught by Gordon Gekko, a Douglas character in Oliver Stone's 1987 "Wall Street," that "greed is good." Whoever has the most toys at the end wins.
"Fight Club," in a surprise conclusion, makes the opposite point, if in a bloody idiom, about men's frustration and rage at a homogeneous society fueled by consumerism.
"Fight Club" is rated R for sexuality, language and disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behavior. 139 minutes.


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Oscar Wilde: The Soul of Man and Prison Writings
Oxford University Press, 1998 (1962)
* 1854, Dublin, Ireland, † 1900
Charge: Homosexuality
The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a famous poem by Oscar Wilde, written after his release from Reading prison on 19 May 1897. Its main theme is the death penalty. Wilde was found guilty of homosexual offences in 1895 and was sentenced to two years hard labour in prison, being transferred to Reading, Berkshire in November 1895. During his imprisonment, a rare thing occurred: a hanging.
Trooper Charles Thomas Wooldridge was someone whom Wilde had seen many times during his imprisonment. He had been found guilty of slitting his wife's throat with a razor. It inspired in Wilde's mind an illustration of the way we are all malefactors, all in need of forgiveness. According to Wilde the greater the crime, the more necessary charity. His final vision of the world is not frivolity, but one of suffering.
Although Wilde never hid his authorship of the poem, it was published under the name 'C.3.3.', which stood for building C, floor 3, cell 3, at Reading. This ensured that Wilde's name (by then notorious) did not appear on the front cover


Just a week at high altitudes can cause sustained weight loss, suggesting that a mountain retreat could be a viable strategy for slimming down.
Overweight, sedentary people who spent a week at an elevation of 8,700 feet lost weight while eating as much as they wanted and doing no exercise. A month after they came back down, they had kept two-thirds of those pounds off. The results appear in the Feb. 4 Obesity.
"What is nice about this paper, is that it clearly demonstrates that there's a lasting effect of decreased caloric intake, that people eat less even a month after they come out of high altitude," said Massachusetts General Hospital anesthesiologist Kay Leissner, who studies high altitude physiology, but was not involved in the study.
Since a 1957 study, scientists have known that animals lose weight at high altitudes. Mountaineers also shed pounds during expeditions to 12,000 feet or more, though the exertion of climbing a mountain clearly played a role.
But the obese are more likely to suffer severe altitude sickness, in which low oxygen pressure causes dizziness, nausea and more serious problems like edema or heart attacks, Leissner said.
So a team at Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich wanted to see if the pounds also melted away with a safer, sedentary stay at somewhat lower altitude.
The scientists ferried 20 overweight, middle-aged men by train and cable car to a research station perched 1,000 feet below the peak of Germany's highest mountain, Zugspitze. During the week-long stay, the men could eat and drink as much as they liked and were forbidden from any exercise other than leisurely strolls. The team measured the men's weight, metabolic rate, levels of hunger and satiety hormones before, during, and after their mountain retreat.
After a week up high, the subjects lost an average of 3 pounds. A month later, they were still 2 pounds lighter. The sceintists' data showed this was likely because they ate about 730 calories less at high altitudes than they did at normal elevations. They may have felt less hungry, in part, because levels of leptin, the satiety hormone, surged during the stay, while grehlin, the hunger hormone, remained unchanged. Their metabolic rate also spiked, meaning they burned more calories than they usually did.
A high-altitude weight loss strategy could be viable, though studies have shown peoples' appetites bounce back after about six months at high elevation, Leissner said. "If you could do intermittent periods for one week, then go down, and then go back up, this might actually be helpful."
One limitation of the study, however, is that it didn't show whether the men lost mostly muscle mass, fat, or water weight, Leissner said.
And the study didn't show that the stay at 8,700 feet was actually safe for the participants, University of Geneva exercise physiologist Bengt Kayser said in an e-mail.
New research into why the overweight are prone to heart attacks, diabetes, and other inflammatory diseases, suggest it could be some fat cells grow so rapidly that blood vessel growth can't keep up, and that leads to pockets of oxygen-starved fatty tissue, Kayser said. " This causes local inflammation because immune cells get activated."
If that's the case, then shuttling the overweight to even a moderate altitude may worsen inflammation and increase their chances of heart attack or other serious problems.
"So for the moment one has to remain very careful," Kayser said, "and evaluate the question a few more times before migrating all obese Americans to Colorado!"
Citation: "Hypobaric Hypoxia Causes Body Weight Reduction in Obese Subjects," Florian J. Lippl, Sonja Neubauer, Susanne Schipfer, Nicole Lichter, Amanda Tufman, Bärbel Otto, and Rainald Fischer. Obesity, 4 February 2010.


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IVF: Past, current and future developments
Natasha Salaria 24 Nov 2014
The first IVF baby, Louise Brown, was born on July 25th 1978 at the Oldham General Hospital in Manchester, UK. This technique – in vitro fertilization – involves removing and isolating an egg or eggs from a woman's body and allowing sperm to fertilize them outside the body (in vitro) in a laboratory. The fertilized egg is then implanted into the woman's uterus, hopefully resulting in pregnancy.
This technique was pioneered by consultant gynecologist Patrick Steptoe and Cambridge research physiologist Robert Edwards. This was a major stepping stone in the world of reproductive biology, and science as a whole, and since Louise Brown, it is estimated that over five million babies have been born worldwide using this same technique.
Advances in research over the past 10 years
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology has just published a new series on IVF, showing the advances in research made over the past 10 years.
Antonin Bukovsky and colleagues from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Tennessee, were vital in showing for the first time that human eggs may develop directly from cultured ovarian surface epithelium (OSE) cells in vitro derived from adult human ovaries, back in 2005. These OSE cells developed into mature eggs in vitro, suitable for fertilization and potential pregnancy.
Further studies this decade went on to analyze the best predictors of success for IVF patients, including endometrial thickness , whether low oxygen culture has an effect on IVF outcome, and how early cleavage may be a better independent marker of implantation potential than zygote morphology – a parameter used regularly in IVF practice today.
Where are we going?
New research is starting to show us where IVF may take us over the next decade. For example, Dr Ashok Agarwal and colleagues discuss in this review how excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) in vitro leads to oxidative stress conditions for the embryo. This potentially leads to lower fertilization, implantation and pregnancy rates. Potential sources of ROS include exposure to visible light, oxygen concentration, and pH, and need to be studied in more detail over the coming years.
In another study, Deepa Bhartiya and colleagues examined the controversial finding that a novel population of pluripotent stem cells – termed very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs) – may serve as an alternative and potential source of egg/sperm derived from the same individual. This could replace the current technique of making gametes from pluripotent stem cells.
New initiatives in the developing world
Infertility levels are not the same around the world. In fact, the overall prevalence of infertility is thought to be 3.5–16.7% in developing countries, compared to 6.9–9.3% in developed countries .
New initiatives looking at low cost assisted reproductive technologies needs to be considered by healthcare professionals and policymakers for these countries, and these are reviewed in this article by Luis Bahamondes and Maria Y Makuch.
Three parent children
Credit to Paleontour
Finally, some research on a subject that you may well have seen in the news – so called 'three parent' IVF babies. In this article, researchers look at the impact of mitochondrial function of IVF and some of the new treatment possibilities that could help those with mitochondrial dysfunction.
Mitochondria play important roles in oocyte functions and are good indicators of the quality of an oocyte, which in turn is important for fertilization and development into healthy offspring. Quality-compromised oocytes are linked to infertility and developmental disorders.
New technologies have opened up new possibilities for therapeutic advances which will increase the success rates for IVF of oocytes from women with compromised oocyte quality. For example, transference of fully functional mitochondria from other cells into mitochondria-impaired oocytes.
Variations of these current procedures are possible to eliminate transmission of mutant mitochondrial DNA to children, which means that they and in turn their children won't inherit mitochondrial diseases from their affected parents.
Alana Saarinen,a 13 year old girl, is the result of such a treatment in the USA, with 1% of her DNA coming from a third person mitochondrial donor. However, this treatment is currently prohibited in the USA and the UK and both countries are testing to determine how safe this procedure is in the long term.
This piece released on BBC News Health discusses this in further detail. This technique would be restricted to mitochondrial disease only, with an expert panel suggesting there is no evidence that this procedure is unsafe.
Further studies will need to be carried out in order to investigate the robustness and reproducibility of these proposed techniques before they become part of regular healthcare.
Will these practices be common practice in years to come? And what will we see another ten years from now? Only time will tell.
If you're interested in submitting a manuscript to Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology please click here.
Natasha Salaria is a Journal Development Editor at BioMed Central
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Smith Shah 4th December 2015 13:49
Really, an interesting write-up! An IVF is truly a journey that started with success and yet is expecting more innovations to come across the ways. Look forward to hearing more productive results out of it. Just great!
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A derivatives trade association needed analysis of the underlying economics of auction procedures used to determine the final price for the settlement of credit default swaps (CDS) after a credit event.
NERA analyzed the function and efficiency of the auction methodology, its ability to clear excess supply or demand for deliverable obligations, and its susceptibility to manipulation. We also analyzed and explained the economic implications of the auction protocol, and the potential costs and benefits of procedures and constraints built into the auction. We prepared memoranda and made presentations explaining our analysis and findings for the staff, participating firms, and regulatory authorities. Later, we were asked to evaluate the implications for pricing, liquidity, and efficiency as the auction became accepted and as various indices and contract markets sought to reference the auction final price.
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Design & Innovation Strategy
Digital-Physical Design
Technology-Based Innovation
Design & User Research
Product Brand Language
Engineering Analysis & Optimization
Designing Handheld Devices That Don't Hurt
By Keith S. Karn, PhD
(This article was first published under the title "What Separates Us" in the Spring 2015 issue of Innovation, the quarterly of the Industrial Designers Society of America. )
Other species can't hold a toothbrush, turn a doorknob, grasp a hammer, hitch a ride, reach an octave or hit a space bar like we can.
Our ability to form a good grip using our thumbs and opposing fingers differentiates us, and as our tools have evolved from hammers to smartphones, we increasingly wield our evolutionary advantage by swiping, scrolling and texting. (When's the last time you saw an orangutan play a video game?)
Over the past 20 years, the thumb has become an even more valuable player in our everyday lives. The dramatic increase in cell-enabled, GPS-enabled and other compact electronic devices has resulted in more handheld products that are designed to be thumb activated. Not only do these cameras, cellphones, game controllers and keypads cater to our thumbs, but they appear to be changing the way we use them. British writer Sadie Plant first mentioned this phenomenon in "On the Mobile," her 2002 ethnographic research study on cellphone use. In it she quotes a participant who observes that teenagers even "point at things and ring doorbells with their thumbs."
Obviously We're Not Getting it Right
Unfortunately, the thumb is not wearing its popularity well. As the frequency of cellphone texting rises, the muscles in people's thumbs get larger and subjective reports of pain associated with the activity increases. Ten years ago carpal tunnel syndrome, a wrist ailment, was common due to overuse of computer keyboards and mice. Today the diagnoses du jour are thumb conditions such as "Nintendinitis," coined in Dr. Richard Brasington's 1990 letter to the editor in the New England Journal of Medicine; texting thumb; and gamer's thumb. Excessive texting has also been linked to other pathologies of the thumb, specifically joint arthritis and tendonitis. Obviously we're not getting it right. What can we, as designers, do to provide safer products?
As product designers, we frequently hit a wall when designing for the hand. Anthropometric data is typically all we have at our disposal. Unfortunately, it does not help answer simple, vital questions, such as what can you reach with your thumb or fingers, or what can you grip comfortably? Here is where anthropometric data of the hand, and more specifically the thumb, is letting us down:
For the past 75 years, anthropometric data has come largely from military populations with much less data on civilians. The most comprehensive data relating to hand and finger anthropometry was based on US Air Force Flight personnel.
Anthropometric measurements in general are limited to individual body segments in isolation. This measurement technique does not capture the coordinated, multisegment/multijoint nature of more functional dimensions. As with other body parts, this is true of the hand where individual fingers (digits) are measured, but little functional data related to hand grip and finger reach is available.
Imagine trying to design a handheld device with intended thumb actuation using this information, which is typical of the type found in anthropometry books.
The postures in which anthropometric dimensions are measured are typically unnatural and therefore not useful to designers. Joints are typically fully extended during measurement, not in natural, functional postures.
The collection and presentation of anthropometric data has focused on static poses and does not capture the dynamics of movement.
Anthropometric data, especially for the hand, is still most often presented in two-dimensional plots, numeric tables, calculators or templates. Three-dimensional range of motion is typically not well represented.
Humanscale 1/2/3's two-dimensional plots characterize the available anthropometric data, especially for the hand. Three-dimensional range of motion is not yet well represented.
Anthropometry's generic offerings are less than useful when addressing specific design challenges with unique constraints. This tension between basic and applied sciences is common in other disciplines as well. In order for data to generalize to the largest possible audience (and be publishable), it has to feature the most nonspecific, unconstrained data. Hence the "basic" in "basic science." Data collected for application to a specific set of design constraints is often seen as useless to anyone outside the immediate design team.
It's possible anthropometry may catch up to our expanding need for data around hand grip and thumb reach. In the meantime, in order for us to ensure a good fit between thumb-actuated devices and their human users, we need different tools and methods.
Computer Modeling to the Rescue — Almost
In its 2003 book Kodak's Ergonomic Design for People at Work, the company pioneered the notion that reach envelopes should be represented in three-dimensional space. Since then, computer models of three-dimensional anthropometric data have become available. These models have come a long way in making anthropometric data more useful and usable by allowing designers to envision the human body in relationship to product concepts while in the conceptual design phase — prior to building physical prototypes and while the design is still extremely malleable in CAD modeling software. That said, many anthropometric models still fail to adequately address the intricacies of the human hand and functional grip — specifically concerning thumb reach envelopes.
We need something to hold us over while we hope and wait for better anthropometric models of the human hand that will integrate well with our CAD systems. Reviewing the existing anthropometric data is always the best first step, but once you are convinced that the data you need is not available, I recommend moving on to collect your own product-specific data. This does not have to be super expensive or time consuming. While large sample sizes are always nice in anthropometric studies, a question that is tightly constrained, such as thumb reach on a specific product with a specific grip style by a specific user population, may be answered with data from as few as 30 to 50 people who fit the user profile.
Get creative when planning your study. Keep in mind that nobody has tackled the exact same design challenge and most likely nobody has collected the same data you are after.
A Real-World Example
A few years ago while working at Kodak, we designed a pocket video camera with a candy bar form factor. The marketing team defined two target user groups: teenage girls and mothers of young children. Our industrial designers asked a seemingly simple question about where to place buttons intended to be actuated by the user's thumb on the back of the camera. We scoured the anthropometric literature and investigated the available computer models of the hand. None seemed adequate, so we decided to collect our own data. We had another study planned at that time on a related topic with the same two user groups. So we tacked the collection of some simple anthropometric data onto it.
Rather than simply measuring the length, breadth and depth of the thumb, we needed data that was directly applicable to our question about where to place controls. We needed to know what teenage girls and moms could reach on the surface of the camera. In order to describe this thumb reach envelope, we used an iPod Touch with a simple drawing program. To replicate people's grips — a big impact on thumb reach — we built a small cradle for the iPod that extended its shape to the planned dimensions of the camera.
Left, a thumb "painting" the iPod screen. Right, reach envelope data for the female teens and young mothers in our study.
We instructed participants to hold the iPod as if they were going to use it to capture a video. Then we asked them to swipe their thumbs across its surface. The drawing program running on the iPod captured their individual thumb reach envelopes as they "painted" the parts of the screen they could reach. Eventually, we combined the data from all participants in a group to determine the thumb reach envelope for that group — for example, specifying which parts of the screen 90% of participants could reach with their thumbs. We published this 2013 study, "Defining Thumb Reach Envelopes for Handheld Devices," in Human Factors — not so much to suggest reuse of the data, but more to suggest that this method may be useful to others.
Bridge to the Future
While it is always fun, and often useful, to collect our own data, I hope the need for do-it-yourself thumb reach data does not last long. Surely, the companies working on three-dimensional models of thumb reach will grab others' data and integrate it into their models. There has already been some progress toward using three-dimensional scanning of human hands, and researchers at Hokkaido University in Japan have proposed a system for virtual ergonomic assessment of products by integrating a digital hand model with a product model. The resulting anthropometric data will no doubt be merged with in-depth motion analysis of various styles of grip and typical hand motions.
All of this should culminate, eventually, in useful models of the hand that can be brought into standard desktop CAD applications to help designers determine how best to design products to avoid injury. And we will fondly recall this blip of time when the lack of readily accessible relevant data stuck out like a sore thumb.
Checklist: Best Practices for Handheld Device Design
Think beyond Humanscale 1/2/3. A table of numbers or a template cannot do justice to the complex postures and movements of the multiple articulated joints of the thumb and fingers. See if current computer models provide the anthropometric data you need in a format compatible with your CAD system.
Review existing anthropometric data, but once you are convinced that the data you need is not available, move on and collect your own data.
Get creative when planning your study. Keep in mind that nobody has tackled the exact same design challenge you face and most likely nobody has faced the challenge of collecting the data you need.
Consider sharing your results and techniques with others in a publication or conference talk.
Keep the pressure on your CAD system vendors for better plug-in modules for hand anthropometric data.
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A Chinese music group attends the Atlantic Music Festival Expo from April 13 to 23 in Praia, Cape Verde.
Invited by the Cape Verde-China Friendship Association and the organizing committee of the Atlantic Music Festival Expo, the China International Culture Association organized a trip for a Chinese music group to attend the Expo from April 13 to 23, 2018.
The Atlantic Music Festival Expo, sponsored by the government of Cape Verde and co-organized by the World Music Expo and the Cape Verde Musicians Association, has an important role in Africa and the Pan-Atlantic region, considered the top music market across the Atlantic Ocean.
The Atlantic Music Festival Expo opens on April 16, 2018.
The Expo is held in Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, in mid-April each year. There are performances, music forums, copyright transactions, expositions and sub-brand music festivals. It has been successfully held for five years running. Musicians from the world's top record companies flock to the fest.
The Chinese touring group was composed of Chinese bands Future Bicycle and Timers, as well as the directors of several Chinese musical companies like QQ Music and Kugoo Music.
Chinese bands attend the opening ceremony of the expo in Praia, Cape Verde.
This is the first time for a Chinese music group to attend the expo. It is a moment of great significance for Chinese music. This will help Chinese music companies to understand the international music market, and promote Chinese music companies and musicians to raise China's voice in the global market.
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Many companies have looked to gamification or game design to enhance and sustain good user engagement and user satisfaction. We will review the latest gamification tactics including results from a several studies we have conducted on gamification in healthcare. We will discuss tested strategies for enhancing user engagement, social engagement and user motivation.
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