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For several months of the year, Minnesota lives up to its stereotype as the icebox of the United States. While we like to tell ourselves that training through the frigid months makes us tougher than everyone else, it also leaves a gaping hole in our preparations for races contested in more temperate climates. Warm weather races tend to have the same effect on Minnesotans as kryptonite has on Superman. Some view this as an inevitable consequence of inhabiting the northern latitudes, but in fact some simple adjustments in training and racing strategy can mitigate many of the negative effects of hot weather on performance.
Regardless of preparation, heat and humidity present distance runners with a significant challenge. Running produces a great amount of heat, and disseminating that heat is necessary, not only to perform optimally, but also to avoid heat illness. Exercising in a warm and/or humid environment multiplies the challenge of cooling the body, and raises the risk of dehydration and heat illness. Warmer air has less capacity for cooling the body through convection. Even worse, heat radiating from the sun or off the blacktop can be absorbed by the body. High humidity stymies the body's cooling mechanisms by slowing the evaporation of sweat.
For the uninitiated (e.g., the Minnesotan in March), competing in hot weather can be downright catastrophic. Studies have shown that athletes acclimatize to heat in a week or two through a variety of physiological adaptations. These include an increased sweat rate, and decreased sodium content of sweat. Well-acclimated runners sweat more, but hang on to the precious electrolytes that allow for normal cellular function. The unacclimated runner, on the other hand, does not sweat enough for adequate cooling to occur, but still manages to rapidly flush away essential electrolytes (and any chance of optimal performance).
When it comes to heat running, the two watchwords are preparation and caution. Though I do not consider myself a particularly good heat runner, preparing for warm weather races in sub-zero conditions has forced me to be ultra-vigilant about heat. Over the years, I have often placed very well on hot days simply because I anticipated and prepared for the conditions, and adjusted my race strategy. Here's a look at some of the things that have worked for me.
Two weeks before the race . . .
1) Overdress
Believe it or not, it is possible, even on a 15-degree day in January, to run outside in hot, humid conditions. It's called layers. And layers and layers and layers and layers. Start with several long sleeve shirts and multiple pairs of tights. Top that off with the least breathable pieces of clothing in your wardrobe (a rainsuit pulled from the depths of the closet usually works quite well), and voila — you have your own little piece of the tropics. Obviously, training in 60-degree weather for a race that may take place in 80-degree weather does not demand the same extreme measures. The solution may be as simple as choosing a long sleeve shirt instead of the short sleeve. Experimentation will tell you just how much you need to overdress. A stocking hat can work wonders, though on a mild, sunny day, it may elicit bewildered looks from neighbors concerned that you may have finally gone off the deep end.
2) Take it to the treadmill
Christine Clark of Anchorage, Alaska, won the 2000 Olympic Trials marathon, a warm race contested in Columbia, South Carolina. Her trick? She never ran outside, instead utilizing the treadmill for all of her training. Dennis Barker, the Team USA Minnesota coach, introduced me to this technique. As an outdoorsy type with a preference for a cool, dry place, I resisted the idea. However, over the last couple of years, I have found that doing high quality aerobic running on the treadmill can be a very effective way to kick-start the acclimation process. Minimize air circulation (don't use a fan) and make sure the room temperature is warm enough to elicit a healthy sweat.
Right before the race…
1) Ease up on the warm-up
Regardless of how hot it is, competitive runners usually follow the same warm-up before a race. Particularly before a shorter race, it is necessary to get the heart rate up, the muscles loose, and the metabolic pathways primed. However, I find that a shorter, less intense warm-up will suffice on a hot day. On sunny days, I try to stand in the shade until just before the race, and spend less time doing high-intensity warm-ups, such as stride-outs and ballistic drills. I try to do just enough to get my muscles primed to perform, but not so much that I am already overheated by the time the gun is fired.
2) Final fluids
I like to carry a bottle of electrolyte drink with me to the starting line, especially before a marathon. Whereas drinking excessive fluids in the hours before the race does nothing except increase the frequency of trips to the bathroom, a top-off of fluids in the final 10 minutes can be beneficial. A few sips help replace anything lost during the warm-up. Plus, it's close enough to the start of the race that it will not lead to any additional trips to the bathroom. I think of this as the first water stop on the course, and drink only an amount that I would drink during the race itself.
During the race…
1) Liquids on you and in you
In a shorter race, an ice cup or glass of cold water on the head and back of the neck can temporarily cool the body. Longer races require a focus on ingesting a proper balance of fluids. I go into the race with a plan of what I intend to drink and how often I intend to drink it. This means researching what will be available on the course, and experimenting during workouts (ideally, at race pace) to establish a fluid management plan that will work. If the fluids provided on the course do not sit well with you, try taking electrolyte-containing energy gels along with water.
2) Conservative pace
Start the race at least 5 to 10 seconds per mile slower than you would in ideal conditions. While it is hard to watch people you usually beat cruising ahead of you in the early miles, remember that early indiscretion with pace is even more devastating on a hot day. Focus on conserving energy, maintaining a steady effort, and gearing up for a strong push during the second half of the race. Whether you are from Minnesota, Florida, or Timbuktu, passing people at the end of the race always feels great.


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Lime Rock. … Lime rock is a sedimentary rock mostly made up of calcite. It is the largest produced crushed rock in the world. It is a common aggregate used in making concrete, cement and lime. Because of its shape, it is perfect for road construction, foundations and driveways used throughout Palmetto, GA.
What is Lime Rock?
Lime Rock is the largest produced crushed stone in the world. … Lime Rock is a sedimentary rock composed mostly of the mineral calcite. Limestone is a basic ingredient of the building industry use as aggregate in Concrete and Concrete Block, also used to make Cement and Lime.
How much does crushed limestone cost?
Ordered in much larger amounts, a cubic yard can cost as little $30 and a ton as little as $65. Crushed stone or crushed limestone is available in several styles and sizes, so the prices can vary drastically. Cost of Limestone Pavers, for a patio measuring 100 square feet, the pavers can cost around $260 to $360 for an overall cost of $2.60 to $3.60 per square foot. Factoring in the cost of sand, concrete and other materials can add an extra $40 to $50 to the project.
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The best and simple solution, one that is proven with time, is a limestone driveway.Crushed limestone driveways are often confused with gravel driveways, however they are very different materials. … They have a number of limestone products for every need – from ditch lining to driveway base.
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Crushed Limestone Base. Crushed Limestone Base is used for the foundation of construction projects
We deliver and remove aggregate materials nationwide. Choose from fill or building materials including: gravel, fill dirt, topsoil, concrete building blocks and mix material, rebar, precast concrete, asphalt, sand, clay, river rock, limestone, crushed recycled concrete, riprap and manure.
Gravel in Palmetto, GA
Gravel is a loose aggregate composed of rock fragments. It can be formed naturally through weathering and erosion or produced by quarrying and crushing rocks such as limestone, sandstone and basalt.
There is a wide variety of types of gravel including pea gravel, crushed stone, marble chips, quarry process, Jersey Shore gravel and river rock. Available in a range of sizes and colors, gravel has numerous commercial uses. Most commonly, gravel is used for driveways, road surfaces and concrete manufacturing. Gravel is also used for landscaping, railroad ballast, construction fill, water filtration, roofing shingles and winter road treatments.
Fill Dirt in Palmetto, GA
Fill dirt is a natural, unscreened, earthy material that may contain a mixture of rocks, sand and stones. Typically a subsoil, fill dirt is nearly free of organic material to minimize settling.
Fill dirt is primarily associated with filling depressions or holes in the ground, but it has a wide range of uses. Fill dirt is used for highway shoulders, low-lying construction sites, landscaping projects and pool installations. From building runways to creating islands, fill dirt is essential for numerous construction and renovation applications.
What is #304 Limestone?
304 Limestone. 1 1/2" down to dust packing crushed limestone. This material is used as a base underneath asphalt. When compacted, it will make a nice hard surface.Washed Limestone is a locally produced crushed rock that can be used for decorative purposes or as backfill for retaining walls or other drainage situations. Washed Limestone: 1 1/2 Inch quantity.
Rebar in Palmetto, GA
Rebar is a reinforcing bar made from alloys and steel and used to help concrete withstand tension forces. When used with poured concrete, rebar can increase strength, reduce thickness and help reduce cracking and breaking.
Rebar is rust resistant and manufactured with ridges to help poured concrete adhere easily to the steel surface. It is often used in construction projects including buildings, roofing and driveways.
Sand in Palmetto, GA
Sand is a loose, granular material. It is naturally formed through the erosion of siliceous and other rocks. Sand is found at beaches, riverbeds and deserts. It is one of the most widely consumed natural resources, second only to fresh water.
Available as a natural material or washed and screened, sand is a versatile material. Sand is ideal for base leveling and necessary for mixing concrete. It can also be used in landscaping projects, as fill for volleyball courts and playgrounds or to embed pipes underground.
Concrete Blocks in Palmetto, GA
Made from cast concrete, concrete blocks are a common building material. They are comprised of cement and aggregates such as sand or gravel. Cinder blocks may also contain fly ash or bottom ash.
Concrete blocks provide insulation from sound, heat and cold and are unaffected by termites and extreme temperatures. They are often found in load bearing walls, house foundations and basement walls, fire-rated partition walls, security barriers and landscaping.
Crushed Recycled Concrete Palmetto, GA
Crushed recycled concrete is concrete aggregate from demolition sites that is processed through a crushing machine then sorted by size. Using crushed recycled concrete helps keep construction costs down and minimizes waste dumped in landfills.
Smaller pieces of crushed recycled concrete are commonly used as sub-base gravel or as a base layer for asphalt pavement. If it is free from contaminants, the crushed recycled concrete can be used to mix new concrete. Crushed recycled concrete can be used for riprap revetments to prevent erosion, as a substitute for landscaping stone and mulch or as retaining walls.
DOT Palmetto, GA LIMEROCK STABILIZED BASE: See Below.
230-1 Description. Construct a base course composed of roadbed soil stabilized with limerock. 230-2 Materials. Meet the limerock material requirements as specified in Section 911. 230-3 Equipment. 230-3.1 For Mixing: For mixing in the roadway, provide a heavy-duty rotary tiller or other equipment approved by the Engineer as equally effective for this work. 230-3.2 For Compaction: Select the equipment for compacting the stabilized material, except that for the final finish use a steel-wheeled roller. 230-4 Preparation of Roadbed. Complete the area to be stabilized to the lines shown in the Plans and to a grade parallel to the finished elevation of the stabilized base, before adding the stabilizing material. Ensure that the elevation of the roadbed is such that the base will conform to the typical cross-section upon completing the work. Dispose of any surplus excavated materials resulting from this work, as specified in 120-5. 230-5 Incorporation of Stabilizing Material and Mixing-In. 230-5.1 Spreading and Mixing: Place the limerock on the areas to be stabilized, and spread it uniformly to the loose depth shown in the Plans or ordered by the Engineer. Then, thoroughly mix the limerock with the soil. Perform mixing as soon as practicable but not later than one week after placing the limerock on the road. Do not spread more limerock in advance of the mixing operations than can be mixed-in with the soil within one week. 230-5.2 Further Mixing Operations: Repeat the mixing operations as often as may be necessary to distribute the limerock uniformly throughout the soil, as determined by the Engineer. Further manipulate the material to uniformly distribute the limerock throughout the width and depth of the base course. 230-5.3 Plant Mixing: The Contractor may mix the soil, limerock, and water using the central plant-mix method in lieu of mixing in place, provided he obtains a uniform mixture with the proper amount of water. 230-5.4 Shaping Surface: After mixing, shape the surface so it conforms to the grade and typical cross-section shown in the Plans after compacting. 230-5.5 Depth of Mixing Stabilizing Material: Ensure that the depth of mixing of the stabilizing material is in accordance with the following table: Specified Base Thickness (inches) Required Mixing Depth (inches) Minimum Maximum 6 5 1/2 7 1/2 8 7 1/4 9 3/4 10 9 12 In the event that the measured depth of mixing is less than the minimum specified above, remix the base course, as directed by the Engineer, until the stabilizing material is distributed to the required depth throughout the base course. Where the measured depth of mixing exceeds the maximum limits specified in the table, add 1 inch, loose measure, of stabilizing material for each 1 inch of mixing depth in excess of the allowable depth (but in no case less than 1 inch of material, for any excess depth), and mix the added material in the top 6 inches of the base as specified in 230-5.1 and 230-5.2, at no expense to the Department. The Department will not include the volume of stabilizing material, which is added to compensate for excess mixing depth, in the pay quantity, and will not allow any additional compensation for the extra mixing required. 230-6 Compacting and Finishing Base. Meet the requirements of 200-6. 230-7 Testing Surface. Test the surface in accordance with the requirements of 200-7. 230-8 Priming and Maintaining. Meet the requirements of 200-8. 230-9 Method of Measurement. 230-9.1 General: The quantities to be paid for will be the plan quantity, in square yards, completed and accepted. 230-9.2 Quantity of Limerock: The quantity to be paid for will be as specified in 210- 8.2. 230-10 Basis of Payment. Prices and payments will be full compensation for all work specified in this Section, including furnishing, hauling, placing, spreading, mixing, compacting, prime coat application as specified in 300-7 and finishing all limerock stabilizing material; any necessary excavating below the finished grade of the base to provide for placing the stabilizing material; and disposing of all surplus excavation resulting from this work. Where extra limerock material is placed at locations of culverts, etc., as detailed in the Plans, the volume of such material, determined as provided above, will be included in the quantity of limerock material to be paid for, but no adjustment will be made in the area of base to be paid for. Payment will be made under: Item No. 230- 1- Limerock Stabilized Base – per square yard. Item No. 230- 2- Limerock Material – per cubic yard.
We source materials from natural deposits such as granite, limestone and trap rock. Our quarrying process typically begins with drilling and blasting the rock into smaller pieces. Next, the material goes through various stages of crushing and screening to produce the sizes and specifications desired by our customers.
Construction aggregates form the underpinnings of our cities, towns and transportation networks. Thousands of years ago, civilizations built entire cities with stone, sand and gravel, and many of these ancient structures exist today.
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Our construction aggregates are used in a number of ways.
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The Prefix WhoIs Project
The Prefix WhoIs Project provides a whois-compatible client and server framework for disclosing various up-to-date routing information. Instead of using registrar-originated network information (which is often unspecific or inaccurate), Prefix WhoIs uses the Internet's global routing table as gleaned from a number of routing peers around the world. Other sources of information, such as imported data from ARIN are also supported (a separate agreement with ARIN is required).
You may visit the software pages to get copies of the source code, download the programs, or learn more about the project. A summary of what the project offers is below:
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The Prefix WhoIs project operates a global network of servers running a derivative of our Prefix WhoIs Server software. 100% of our network resources (servers, network transit, etc.) have been donated by public or private organizations. Many of our servers are operated by large Internet Service Providers. Please visit our About Us pages for a larger list of our contributors.
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FAO's 2010-11 edition of The State of Food and Agriculture report makes a powerful business case for promoting gender equality in agriculture. It documents gender gaps in the access to a wide range of agricultural resources, including land, livestock, farm labour, education, extension services, credit, fertilizers and mechanical equipment. In this video, Terri Raney, editor of The State of Food and Agriculture, gives a short interview on the importance of achieving gender equality for agricultural development and food security.


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Baby boom for endangered right whales offer researchers a glimmer of hope
Kevin Bissett, The Canadian Press
Published Thursday, February 21, 2019 9:29AM EST
After years of increasingly bad news, there's a glimmer of hope for the beleaguered North Atlantic right whale.
There are estimated to be fewer than 420 of the endangered mammals left, and their ranks have been decimated as deaths far outpaced live births — there were no births at all during last winter's calving season.
But researchers have reported seeing seven right whale calves so far this winter off the southern U.S. coast, where the mammals spend their winters before coming north to Canada as temperatures warm.
"Seven is definitely better than last year," said Barb Zoodsma, a fisheries biologist with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
"Last year was dismal with zero, and the year before that, there were five. However when you look at the average number of calves produced in any given year for the last 10 years it has been just under 17 mom-calf pairs. Although we're at seven, we're not at the average level yet," she said.
The right whale is one of the largest mammals in the sea, and among the most imperilled.
Populations have only slightly rebounded from the whaling era, when the blubber-rich baleen whale nearly became extinct.
Zoodsma said the seventh calf was confirmed last week.
She said they hope to see more calves between now and the end of the calving season, around mid-April.
"Keep in mind we're on the tail end of an unusual mortality event where we had 18 right whales that died in just a few short years. Seven doesn't make up that number, so we have a ways to go yet," she said in an interview from Fernandina Beach, Fla.
Zoodsma said healthy females have a calf every three or four years, but recently that has dropped to an average of every 10 years.
She said it's believed a number of factors are to blame, including the shifting location of food sources, and stresses imposed by fishing gear and large vessels.
Laurie Murison, executive director of the Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station, said food supply is a huge factor.
"If the females are not getting enough to eat they will not be reproducing," she said.
She said the number of new calves may be an indication of the supply of zooplankton in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
"It does give us some promise that the food supply is getting better than it was. As well, there were a lot of social interactions that were observed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence last summer, so that bodes well for next year," Murison said.
"I'm hoping that we're on the upturn now and will be looking at more calves."
The best year on record for calves was 2008-2009, when 39 were spotted, and Zoodsma said they'd love to see numbers like that again.
Right whales typically migrate from the North Atlantic to give birth off the coasts of Georgia and Florida from December through March.
They then head back north to feed off Canada's East Coast during the summer months.
In 2017, 12 North Atlantic right whales were found dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Necropsies on seven of those whales found four died from trauma consistent with vessel collisions while two deaths were the result of entanglement in fishing gear.
Ottawa, fearing the permanent loss of Canada's Marine Stewardship Council certification for the southern Gulf snow crab fishery and additional trade and eco-certification impacts, responded with sharp restrictions on fishing and vessel speeds.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans recently announced rules for 2019 — building upon rules in place in the Gulf last year, when none of the endangered mammals were found dead in Canadian waters.
Beginning April 28, the government will reintroduce mandatory speed restrictions for vessels 20 metres or longer when travelling in the western Gulf.
Ships will continue to be allowed to travel at safe operational speeds in parts of two shipping lanes north and south of Anticosti Island, when no whales are in the area.
But the area with mandatory speed restrictions will be adjusted this year to reflect data on right whale sightings and to minimize the impact on the cruise chip and shipping industries.
Ottawa is also reducing by half the protection area for the season-long closure to the snow crab and lobster fisheries, to reflect where 90 per cent of right whales were spotted last year during prime fishing season.
The United States government also extended the duration of a protected area off of Massachusetts to the middle of February to try to keep the right whales safe.
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Trudeau Government Should Turn to Sustainable Floor Heating In Its New Deal
A consortium has been chosen by Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) to manage the $1.1-billion overhaul of five heating and cooling plants in the National Capital Region. However, this decision has been met with a lot of disapproval by the country's largest federal public service union.
Early June, the department announced that Innovate Energy has been awarded the 30-year contract "to design, retrofit, maintain and operate the plants,"winning the bid over a rival group that included SNC-Lavalin.
Minister of Environment, Catherine McKenna, said the federal government was "leading by example" in its bid to drastically reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions across the country. McKenna noted that by supporting this project, they're utilizing heating and cooling infrastructure to promote a more environmentally friendly option.
"We're very proud that our government is working with partners like Innovate Energy to modernize this critical infrastructure," she said during the announcement at one of the facilities that will be upgraded, the Cliff Heating and Cooling Plant in downtown Ottawa.
The plants would be known as the district energy system and would heat 80 buildings in the area with steam. It is also expected to cool 67 of these buildings with chilled water through more than 14 kilometres of underground pipes.
Under the Energy Services Acquisition Program, PSPC will be tasked with modernizing the outdated technology in the plants to lower emissions and supportgrowth in the eco-friendly technology sector.
During the first stage of the overhaul, the system would be converted from steam to low temperature hot water and then switched from steam to electric chillers—with the estimated completion date being 2025. PSPC notes that the project will reduce current emissions by 63 per cent, the equivalent of removing 14,000 non-eco-friendly cars off the road.
Afterwards, the natural gas powering the plant will then be replaced by carbon-neutral fuel sources, which according to estimated will reduce emissions by a further 28 per cent. The renovation project is bound to save the government an estimated fee of more than $750 million in heating and cooling costs in the next 40 years.
Furthermore, the implementation of radiant floor heating in Ottawa by the federal government would be an additional step in driving its agenda for a more eco-friendly state.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Savers website, radiant floor heating has a lot of benefits and advantages over alternate heat systems and can cut heating costs by 25 to 50 per cent.
"It is more efficient than baseboard heating and usually more efficient than forced-air heating because no energy is lost through ducts," the website states.
Radiant floor heating provides an equal amount of heat throughout a building, including areas that are difficult to heat, such as rooms with vaulted ceilings, garages or bathrooms. Consideringit warms people and objects directly—controlling the direct heat loss of the occupant—radiant floor heating provides comfort at lower thermostat settings.
"Radiators and other forms of 'point' heating circulate heat inefficiently and hence need to run for longer periods to obtain comfort levels," reports the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNet).
Radiant heating is a clean and healthy option—a perfect choice for those with severe allergies—as it doesn't rely on circulating air, meaning there are no potentially irritating particles blowing around the room. Additionally, it is more energy efficient, aesthetically pleasing with wall radiators or floor registers and virtually noiseless when in operation.
"They draw cold air across the floor and send warm air up to the ceiling, where it then falls, heating the room from the top down, creating drafts and circulating dust and allergens."
It is important for the leadership in Ottawa to equally drive the adoption of radiant floor heating as doing this would lead to increased usage in residential buildings—and even government-owned buildings.
However, in October, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), a representative body of employees of the plants,began a campaign target at the government against their decision to use a public-private partnership (P3) for the retrofitting project, citing concerns about costs and safety.
According to the union, outside employees won't be bound to the same health and safety standards of government workers and that typically P3 projects cost a lot more than traditional public financing deals.
The union demands that the government scraps the proposed project and meet PSAC members and experts to brainstorm on a new way forward that would ensure federal employees continue to operate and maintain the plants.
However, parliamentary secretary to public services and procurement minister, Steve MacKinnon said that the union officials have consulted him but that after conducting an analysis, the P3 option was still the best for the job.
"We didn't have (to) sacrifice on safety or health — we didn't have to sacrifice on job security," he said.
Steps to becoming a Data Scientist
Data science has become one of the most in-demand career paths in this century, according to Business Insider. With the amount of information being circulated online, it has created a huge demand for storing, interpreting and implementing big data for different purposes—hence the need for a data scientist.
Today, there too much information flying around for regular people to process efficiently and use. Therefore, it has become the responsibility of data scientists to collect, organize and analyze this data. Doing this helps various people, organizations, enterprise businesses and governments to manage, store and interpret this data for different purposes.
Though data scientists come from different educational backgrounds, a majority of them need to have a technical educational background. To pursue a career in data science, computer-related majors, graduations and post graduations in maths and statistics are quite useful.
Therefore, the steps to becoming a data scientist are quite straightforward. After obtaining a bachelor's degree in an IT related field—such as computer science, maths or physics—you can also further your education by obtaining a master's degree in a data science or any other related field of study. With the necessary educational background, you can now search for a job and obtain the required experience in whichever filed you choose to invest your acquired skills.
Here are the necessary steps to be taken to become a data scientist.
Step 1: Obtain the necessary educational requirements
As earlier noted, different educational paths can still lead to a career in data science. However, it is impossible to begin a career in data science without obtaining a collegiate degree—as a four-year bachelor's degree is really important. However, according to a report by Business Insider, over 73% of data scientist in existence today have a graduate degree and about 38% of them hold a Ph.D. Therefore, to rise above the crowd and get a high-end position in the field of data science, it is important to have a Master's degree or a Ph.D.—and with various online data science masters program, obtaining one is quite easy.
Some institutions provide data science programs with courses that will equip students to analyze complex sets of data. These courses also involve a host of technical information about computers, statistics, data analysis techniques and many more. Completing these programs equips you with the necessary skills to function adequately as a data scientist.
Additionally, there are some technical—and computer-based degrees—that can aid you begin a career in data science. Some of them include studies in, Computer Science, Statistics, Social Science, Physics, Economics, Mathematics and Applied Math. These degrees will imbibe some important skills related to data science in you—namely, coding, experimenting, managing large amounts of data, solving quantitative problems and many others.
Step 2: Choose an area of specialization
There rarely exists an organization, agency or business today that doesn't require the expertise of a data scientist. Hence, it is important that after acquiring the necessary education to start a career as a data scientist, you need to choose an area of specialization in the field you wish to work in.
Some of the specializations that exist in data science today include automotive, marketing, business, defence, sales, negotiation, insurance and many others.
Step 3: Kick start your career as a data scientist
After acquiring the necessary skills to become a data scientist, it is important to get a job in the filed and company of your choice where you can acquire some experience.
Many organizations offer valuable training to their data scientists and these pieces of training are typically centred around the specific internal systems and programs of an organization. Partaking in this training allows you learn some high-level analytical skills that were not taught during your various school programs—especially since data science is a constantly evolving field.
Artificial intelligence pioneers win tech's 'Nobel Prize'
Computers have become so smart during the past 20 years that people don't think twice about chatting with digital assistants like Alexa and Siri or seeing their friends automatically tagged in Facebook pictures.
But making those quantum leaps from science fiction to reality required hard work from computer scientists like Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun. The trio tapped into their own brainpower to make it possible for machines to learn like humans, a breakthrough now commonly known as "artificial intelligence," or AI.
Their insights and persistence were rewarded Wednesday with the Turing Award, an honor that has become known as technology industry's version of the Nobel Prize. It comes with a $1 million prize funded by Google, a company where AI has become part of its DNA.
The award marks the latest recognition of the instrumental role that artificial intelligence will likely play in redefining the relationship between humanity and technology in the decades ahead.
"Artificial intelligence is now one of the fastest-growing areas in all of science and one of the most talked-about topics in society," said Cherri Pancake, president of the Association for Computing Machinery, the group behind the Turing Award.
Although they have known each other for than 30 years, Bengio, Hinton and LeCun have mostly worked separately on technology known as neural networks. These are the electronic engines that power tasks such as facial and speech recognition, areas where computers have made enormous strides over the past decade. Such neural networks also are a critical component of robotic systems that are automating a wide range of other human activity, including driving.
Their belief in the power of neural networks was once mocked by their peers, Hinton said. No more. He now works at Google as a vice president and senior fellow while LeCun is chief AI scientist at Facebook. Bengio remains immersed in academia as a University of Montreal professor in addition to serving as scientific director at the Artificial Intelligence Institute in Quebec.
"For a long time, people thought what the three of us were doing was nonsense," Hinton said in an interview with The Associated Press. "They thought we were very misguided and what we were doing was a very surprising thing for apparently intelligent people to waste their time on. My message to young researchers is, don't be put off if everyone tells you what are doing is silly." Now, some people are worried that the results of the researchers' efforts might spiral out of control.
While the AI revolution is raising hopes that computers will make most people's lives more convenient and enjoyable, it's also stoking fears that humanity eventually will be living at the mercy of machines.
Bengio, Hinton and LeCun share some of those concerns especially the doomsday scenarios that envision AI technology developed into weapons systems that wipe out humanity.
But they are far more optimistic about the other prospects of AI empowering computers to deliver more accurate warnings about floods and earthquakes, for instance, or detecting health risks, such as cancer and heart attacks, far earlier than human doctors.
"One thing is very clear, the techniques that we developed can be used for an enormous amount of good affecting hundreds of millions of people," Hinton said.
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The New Agenda With China
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The Emerging Economic Superpower
When Presidents Bill Clinton and Jiang Zemin meet in Beijing, they should begin to address one of the central issues of the early twenty-first century: the global impact of China's emergence as a world economic superpower.
China was the world's largest economy throughout most of recorded history and as recently as the late nineteenth century. The World Bank estimates that, on the basis of national purchasing power, China has already passed Germany to become the third-largest economy on the globe. It could move into second place ahead of stagnant Japan in a decade or so. China already holds the world's second-largest monetary reserves (to Japan) and is the second-largest recipient of foreign direct investment (to the United States). Some Australian and Chinese economists predict that China, even if it grows at "only" 7 percent, compared with 3 percent in the United States, will supersede the United States to again become the world's largest economy by 2020-2030.
Whatever the precise details and timing, China will obviously play an increasingly central role in the world economy. Hence, it must also play a central role in global economic management.
It has already begun to do so on financial issues, as indicated by its constructive role in limiting the spread of the current Asian crisis. It has resisted the temptation to devalue its exchange rate, which would trigger another huge spiral of currency declines throughout Asia and perhaps elsewhere, with enormous effects on markets worldwide. It has stood firmly behind Hong Kong's resolve to maintain its own currency peg despite substantial market pressures. It has maintained solid (if inevitably slowing) growth and reduced interest rates, providing a lone source of regional impetus to the Asian economy. It has sustained, indeed accelerated, the liberalization of its economy in the face of market pressures from all sides.
compared with 3 percent in the United States,
will supersede the United States to again become
the world's largest economy by 2020-2030."
Moreover, China played a central role in erecting the network of financial defense mechanisms in Asia over the past few years. These arrangements proved inadequate to cope with the crisis of 1997-98 but nevertheless laid a foundation for the more substantial agreements that have now been established. China contributed $1 billion to the rescue package for Thailand (in which the United States declined to participate). These developments are stark reminders of China's importance to the world and the regional economy and promising indicators of its potential for constructive leadership even in the most difficult of situations.
Hence, China must be permitted to enter the World Trade Organization (WTO) as soon as it is ready to meet the group's rules, even if its entry is phased in over a considerable period of time. Even more importantly, China should shortly begin participating in the "finance G-7," the club of finance ministers and central bank governors of the seven largest industrial democracies (the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Canada), which seeks to provide essential leadership for the world economy.
We know from history that it is critically important to engage rising superpowers in the global leadership structure on a timely basis. Germany was declared a pariah by the Treaty of Versailles after the First World War and had already felt rejected by the global leadership in the late nineteenth century, with results that were disastrous in security as well as economic terms. Japan perceived similar rejection, both before and especially after the First World War, with equally calamitous consequences. A failure to integrate China now would risk repeating these historic follies, by contrast with the world's relatively successful engagement of the rising United States in the late nineteenth century and of Germany and Japan after 1945.
The Challenges Involved
But the integration of China poses three unprecedented problems. First, China is a poor country. Its per capita purchasing power is only about $2000, less than one tenth that of the present G-7, and 350 million Chinese still live below the poverty level as defined by the World Bank. Quite understandably and properly, China thinks like a poor country, while the other top economies think like rich countries. China could thus be expected to adopt a quite different perspective on some global issues.
Second, China is far from being a true market economy despite its impressive reforms and its plans to accelerate them further. The current G-7 employ various forms of capitalism, but all are fully committed to the market.
Third, China is not a democracy. All other leading economies clearly are.
China is in fact emerging as the first economic superpower in modern times that is neither rich nor fully marketized nor democratic. Hence, both the G-7 and China will have to adopt new mindsets and new mechanisms to achieve effective cooperation.
Hong Kong might be able to help this process on the Chinese side. As a part of China that is even richer and more marketized than most of the G-7, as well as partly democratic, Hong Kong has extensive familiarity with the functioning and mechanisms of the world economy. For example, it has long been a member of the WTO (and retains its independent role there now). Many Hong Kongers hope, with some reason, that China will evolve in their direction over the agreed 50-year transition period. Early engagement of China in the global economic system would provide another avenue to enable Hong Kong to support constructive evolution on the mainland as well as to achieve its own goals.
"China should shortly begin
participating in the "finance G-7,"
the club of finance ministers and central bank governors
of the seven largest industrial democracies."
A key question is whether China wants to play a global economic leadership role. As it struggles with its internal reforms, most crucially the acknowledged imperatives of marketizing the moribund state-owned enterprises and recapitalizing the fragile banking system, there will be strong temptations to avoid international compacts and to preserve maximum domestic flexibility. This is why China has not yet made the commitments that would enable it to join the WTO.
But it is clearly in the interest of the United States and the rest of the world to encourage China to expand its international perspective as rapidly as possible. Doing so would help the reformers tilt the internal Chinese debate in directions that will minimize, if not avoid, future economic conflicts. It would encourage and perhaps accelerate the inevitable transformation of China's political regime. Our experience with postwar Japan, while far from perfect and subject to many crucial differences with the situation in China, suggests that we should make every effort to engage the rising economic superpower in global leadership institutions—including to help influence its own policy outcomes.
Is It Too Soon?
Some may regard this issue as premature. China, after all, is not yet in the WTO. Its currency is not yet fully convertible. Its economic reforms have a considerable distance yet to travel to ensure sustained growth and, in light of the weaknesses in its banking system, to avoid a repetition of the financial distress that is sweeping most of Asia.
In light of China's continued failure to democratize, its inclusion in the G-7 summits, with their far-reaching political implications, would indeed be premature. China's situation is opposite to that of Russia, whose economy is relatively unimportant on a global scale (except as a potential source of disruption), but which has been invited to the summits because of its strategic significance now that it has become at least a nascent democracy.
But the pace of China's economic advance is awesome. Its average income quadrupled over the past 17 years. It jumped from the world's 34th to 10th largest trader during that period.
These advances are likely to persist. Before the outbreak of the current crisis in the region, the World Bank believed that China's growth would continue at 8-10 percent annually. Former Premier Li Peng publicly set a goal of full marketization by 2010. As a member of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, China has committed to achieve "free trade and investment in the region" by no later than 2020 and has thus implicitly committed to achieve global free trade by then as well because of APEC's devotion to "open regionalism."
Moreover, for the reasons just cited, the engagement of China with the world's economic leaders represents an enormous challenge as well as a policy imperative and will take considerable time to work out. One key purpose of proceeding now is to help China's leaders to adjust gradually to their new position and develop the necessary global viewpoints. Based on its role in the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, which it joined shortly after launching its reforms in the late 1970s, China could be expected to listen and learn for a considerable transition period. The United States and Europe provided a similar opportunity for Japan in the 1960s and early 1970s, which resulted in Tokyo's relatively smooth (if still incomplete) assimilation into the leadership structure.
The Bilateral Imbalance
In addition to these positive reasons for Presidents Clinton and Jiang to stress global economic leadership issues, the short-term bilateral concerns that have dominated the economic dimension of the relationship to date must be placed in proper perspective.
It is true that official US data suggest that our bilateral trade deficit is now worse with China than it ever became with Japan. In 1987, the ratio of our imports to exports with Japan peaked at 3:1. Hence, our exports to Japan had to rise three times as fast as our imports rose just to keep the deficit from increasing. (In fact, our exports thereafter rose six times as fast as our imports so the deficit declined modestly in dollar terms and the ratio dropped to 1.75:1 by 1996 before starting to climb again more recently.) With China now, our imports exceed our exports by a ratio of 4.5:1. The latter must therefore climb four and a half times as rapidly to avoid further deterioration of the bilateral imbalance in dollar terms.
These ratios are a more meaningful way to assess bilateral imbalances than the absolute numbers, which are now running at $40-50 billion annually with China (and more with Japan), because they better illustrate the prospects for rectifying the situation. And the bilateral imbalances, despite their limited economic relevance, are critically important in political terms because they are demonstrably the best single explanation for trade conflicts between the United States and individual Asian countries.1
"China is in fact emerging as
the first economic superpower in modern times
that is neither rich nor fully marketized
nor democratic."
There are five mitigating considerations, however. First, all serious observers acknowledge that, just as the official Chinese data grossly underestimate China's surplus with the United States, the US data substantially overstate that imbalance. Many US "imports from China" include substantial value added in entrepôt Hong Kong. Some US "exports to Hong Kong" are actually destined for China. The US numbers currently overstate our deficit with China by about $10 billion per year,2 so that the actual ratio between imports and exports is about 2.5:1 rather than 4.5:1—which is nevertheless still substantial.
Second, however, bilateral trade imbalances are far less important than global current account positions (including trade in services and goods), and viewing all economic partners together. We would hardly raise barriers to trade with Saudi Arabia because our large oil imports produce a bilateral deficit with that country. We would not want Australia to raise barriers against us because our manufactured products give us a large surplus there.
In the case of Japan, our large bilateral trade deficit does reflect the broader reality that Japan runs huge and chronic global current account surpluses that have made it by far the world's largest creditor country. By contrast, China's global current account shows a modest surplus in 1996-98 and was in large deficit as recently as 1993. Its reserves of about $130 billion, the world's second largest (to Japan), are nearly matched by its external debt of $120 billion. Hence, it cannot be viewed as a chronic surplus or creditor country, nor should it be pushed to undertake adjustment actions of the type so sorely needed in Japan. (Indeed, as already noted, the main risk on the currency front is that it might devalue rather than revalue upward.)
Third, and perhaps most important politically, 90 percent of US imports from China were previously imported from other countries and only 10 percent displace production in this country.3 China has in essence been seizing market share from other countries, especially Hong Kong and Taiwan, both of which (especially Hong Kong) have shifted much of their export production to China. The United States in fact now runs substantial bilateral surpluses with Hong Kong and our deficits with Taiwan have fallen sharply as a result. The increase in our global deficit has therefore been much more modest than the bilateral shift with China.
Fourth, a new study of The Costs of Protection in China, conducted for the Institute for International Economics by three leading Chinese economists at the independent Unirule Institute in Beijing under the guidance of noted Chinese reformer Mao Yushi, reveals that China's trade protection, while extensive in the state-controlled sector, is on a rough par with that of Japan and South Korea in overall terms. Both those countries of course have much higher income levels than China, have been members of the WTO for over three decades, and are generally considered to be much farther down the road to full marketization.
Fifth, the United States blocks a considerable volume of its own sales to China through export controls. Such controls are maintained to pursue a variety of US national security and foreign policy goals, including limitation of nuclear proliferation, blockage of the availability of "dual use" items, and expression of disapproval for the 1989 events in Tiananmen Square. Studies at the Institute for International Economics suggest that annual US exports are reduced by $3.5-13.5 billion of 1991-level exports as a result (and that there is little payoff in terms of actually achieving the foreign policy goals).4
China's remaining barriers to trade are formidable and, like those of any major economy, should be liberalized as quickly as possible. Bilateral trade imbalances, despite their limited economic relevance, clearly have political salience here at home. Hence, the United States should maintain its pressure on China to accelerate the opening of its economy. But any serious appraisal of the bilateral situation reinforces the conclusion that, at the upcoming summit, the United States should begin to place primary emphasis on the broad systemic question of China's growing role in the international economic order and how to manage its entry into the leadership structure thereof.
When Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger met with Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai to renew relations between the United States and China in the early 1970s, they focused on the global strategic position of the two countries. The leaders acknowledged the important differences between their nations but figured out how to cooperate effectively in the setting of the Cold War.
Presidents Clinton and Jiang must address a series of immediate bilateral issues, including pressing security and political as well as short-term economic topics, when they meet in Beijing. They should of course focus on their countries' overall strategic relationship. But now that the Cold War is over and economics has moved to or at least toward the top of the global agenda, as dramatized by the current Asian crisis and China's pivotal role in countering it, the leaders should begin to tackle China's emerging role in the global economic order.
The leaders should bring the festering issue of WTO membership to a clear resolution by agreeing on what China must do to join and by discerning, as best they can, how long it will take to get there. They should begin the process of China's entry into the "finance G-7," perhaps augmented by bilateral US-China consultations to facilitate the process. By addressing these topics now, the two presidents could anticipate a critical set of problems that the world must face over the coming decade, help to promote a constructive evolution of both economic policy and political structure in China itself, and start building a new framework for the overall relationship between the two countries.
1. Noland, Marcus. 1997. Chasing Phantoms: The Political Economy of USTR. International Organization 51, no. 3: 365-88.
2. Lardy, Nicholas R. 1994. China in the World Economy. Washington: Institute for International Economics. Updated through 1995 by the US-China Business Council in June 1996.
3. Noland, Marcus. 1996. US-China Economic Relations, Washington: Institute for International Economics.
4. Richardson, J. David. 1993. Sizing Up U.S. Export Disincentives. Washington: Institute for International Economics.


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When I look at the large bear markets of the past century, I see a few characteristics that they share. I just produced a chart of the bear market to date in percentages and will get to that in a moment.
First let me say that I believe this current crisis will prove to ultimately be FAR worse than any of the others, especially in REAL dollar terms. Our per capita debt levels are much higher than those of the late 20's just prior to the Great Depression, and we now have derivatives that have flooded the world bringing systemic risk that has yet to be seriously addressed. In fact, despite all the happy feelings of "action" surrounding the G20 meeting, the real problems of debt and derivatives were not even discussed much less a part of their action plan. Oh, excuse me, actually their plan is to further permeate the globe with debt and derivatives, that will make it all better (sarcasm)!
Here's a chart of the DOW during the Great Depression. The selling came in three phases, the initial plunge was the A wave, then there was a 50% B wave retrace that was followed by an orderly stair-step lower C wave into the eventual bottom that was an 89% loss from the high. Note that THE bottom did have a sharp rebound, but even it failed to exceed the prior step. It then flattened for quite some time and was well over a year before the last step's high was exceeded (1955 before new market highs), thus again showing that there is no reason to participate in a buying panic, in fact, had you done that on any of the steps that were not THE bottom, large losses can result unless you are extremely nimble:
The next chart comes from Elliott Wave International showing the stair step decline of the C wave during the Great Depression. This chart is interesting in that it shows that at no time did any of the rallies exceed the high of the previous step. Also, there were times when the current downtrend line was broken only to have a new plunge.
I made a similar chart of the current SPX showing the moves in percentage terms (click to enlarge):
While I didn't mean to draw that big pennant, I just noticed that it's there and that we are just retesting the break.
If you look at the current rally and compare it to the previous ones of this bear, like the one in November or the one last March, it would appear that this one's not over and needs a little more time.
For me to be long term bullish and think something other than a typical bear market rally is occurring, we would really have to break the peak up in the 943 area. That would be different from the rest of this bear and it would be different than the decline during the Depression.
Also interesting is the math. High to low, this bear has seen a 57.7% decline, and even after a 27% rally is still down 47.2%. That means that it took a 27% rally to regain only 10% of the loss. A great lesson in how percentages work against you when you're talking losses on a 50% or greater scale.
When I add all the percentages on that chart, it comes to 131.2% of declines and 106.5% of rally gains to date. A difference of only 24.7%, yet we are down 47%.
My takeaway? The stair step decline is continuing until we make a new high. I know there are Elliott Wave experts who believe we have begun wave B up. Many are looking for a 50% rally similar to the one during the early part of the Great Depression. To accomplish that, we would have to get to the 999 mark. It's possible, although I think unlikely.
When you look at the largest market declines of the past century, you find that they take about 2.5 years top to bottom in the equity markets. We're 17 months into this one, I would expect 2.5 years at a minimum, and that means April of 2010 at the earliest.
I'll leave you with Doug Short's Mega Bear Quartet. Look at the TIME at which THE bottoms occured and how long it takes to recover a meaningful percentage:
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In presenting his so-called "Jobs Plan" to the Congress, President Obama was 100 percent in everything he is good at.
1. It was a well crafted and delivered campaign speech — more fitting for the stomp than a joint session of the United States Congress. There is no doubt that Obama can make a good speech. It is hard to disagree with a lot of things he says. However, what he does not say and what he does has little in common with his words. This was not an exception. It is a character trait. He lies on a grand scale — a strategy that I suspect he learned under the tutelage of his Chicago Machine handlers.
2. In that mode, he was naturally lacking in detail. His repeated call for the Congress to quickly pass his self-proclaimed perfect plan before seeing if there is even a pig in the poke is outrageously arrogant.
3. He reinforced his reputation as a strident philosophic and political partisan. The speech was all about politics to the exclusion of economic realities. Notice that he wants the taxpayers to provide hundreds of billions of dollars to feed money to his base, mostly the unions and government workers. His promised assist to the millions of small businesses is a sop and any advantage will be wiped out by the negative impact of the increased debt and continuation of draconian regulations. He is using the federal treasure and our children's money in the hope of gaining permanent empowerment for his party and his radical left philosophy. His unabated scheme is to make Washington and the White House more powerful at the expense of the people.
4. He set up the same old trick that got us into this mess. He wants to spend up to $500 billion more borrowed dollars with the claim that it is all "paid for." That is not just a lie, it is a dangerous and damnable lie. According to Obama, the $500 billion will come from cuts in the envisioned increases in federal spending over the next ten years. Under his plan, the federal budget will continue to grow, the deficit will surge to a new unfathomable level and our children and grandchildren will pay the price when the federal budget bubble bursts. Even if he was well-intentioned, there is no way that he can guarantee that future congresses will follow through on even the cuts in proposed new spending.
5. He played the shop worn "bleeding heart" card. He wants to help the elderly, and children and keep teachers in the classrooms. He carried forward the progressives' favorite tactics — social division, class warfare and fear-mongering. It is easy to talk about all the good things we could do with another trillion dollars or two. But it does not take a degree in economics (and I have one, by the way) to understand that even our best intentions and most charitable instincts have to be carried out within the limits of our resources.
So … if Obama knows all this, and I am sure he does, why does he pursue such destructive policies. It is obvious. His goals and objectives are purely political and partisan. He and his ilk want to use the financial crises and public fear to gain more power for their idea of a ruling elite. Yet! That's it, folks. Remember, it was his senior advisor, Rahm Emmanuel, who opined that "no good crisis should go to waste."
If you want to understand the Obama game, look at it this way. let's say I earned only enough money to pay 52 percent of my bills, so I borrowed 48 percent of the money from the bank– and this has been going on for years until my interest payment to the bank each month is more than all my other bills. Even though I am not sure of my income in the next ten years, I go to the bank and ask for another huge loan on top of all that I already owe — and I promise to repay them out of the additional money I hope to make in future years. I suspect the banker would think I was stark raving mad — and I would be. But this is exactly the Obama jobs scam. He expects the American public to be suckers at least one more time.


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Radio is on at my desk, currently G&R playing Knocking on Heavens Door.
There are very few groups that I truly can't stand, G&R is one of them and that's the song they did that I dislike the most.
I didn't chose it, as I said radio is just on, now it's The Doors "Touch Me"... (the song, not me... )
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Demetrios is off in New Orleans attending the annual APA Meeting (American Psychiatric Association). He is not impressed by the local cuisine. Last night finally resorted to a MacDonald's.
He has received some very positive feedback on the theory he has spent his life working on, and some encouragement to get it published. We've made more than one false start on his book, but for about 10 days now he's had the outline that seems to work, that so far stands up to scrutiny. I'm so scared something may happen to him before he can get this stuff written that I am going to "interview" him about his theory, starting on the plane ride Monday, and I'm going to write down all the basics of it.
I keep telling him if he publishes this, then, just as Freud is the Father of Psychiatry, Demetrios will be the Father of Modern Psychiatry, which I believe is absolutely true.
"And if I don't?" he asks.
"Then you'll still be the Father of Modern Psychiatry, but nobody will know it!"
I've been all caught up getting us and the house ready to leave for England next Monday. That's God willing and the cloud of volcanic ash stays out of our way. Literally, it all depends upon which way the wind is blowing.
It seems there are hundreds of errands. Cancel trash pick-up. Put cars into "storage status" with auto insurance company. Have cable cut off; have telephone and internet service pared down to the "basic" level until further notice. Take stuff for dry cleaning. Arrange for neighborhood kid to mow lawn and water the new grass in the back yard and get the mail. Arrange for medical insurance to allow us extra amounts of all our prescription medicines. Get mammogram. Clean out fridge and freezer.
"Do you remember the time you had Gordie [guy I was dating] lie down on the side of the road and we poured ketchup all over him to look like blood?" Well, no, I don't remember, but it has to be true; it sounds too like me in those days not to be.
"Do you remember the time we went to hear Martin Luther King speak?" Oh, yes. There were big crowds there in Raleigh, so we thought we'd be safe, which meant anonymous, but no such luck. Obviously the event drew the press, and those cameras zoomed right in on the white faces and blonde hair, picking us out of that crowd, and there we were on the front page of the Raleigh News and Observer. Cathy's father, publicly humiliated, threw her out of the house, which is how she came to live with me in the first place.
"Do you remember when we went to the Ku Klux Klan rally?" I certainly do. The Klan came to town and Father Kendall had organized a counter-march. The Klan marched down one street and we marched up the other side of it with "Love Thy Brother" signs. And after that, we thought it would be of some interest to see what the KKK did in public rallies. "We should be safe," said Cathy. "Lots of police here."
I said, "Look again. Not police. Klan toughies in security guard uniforms." We did not stay long.
"And do you remember the time we had an intruder in the middle of the night?" she asked. "I heard glass breaking, and came running into your room, and you grabbed your hairspray. And you whispered, "When he steps on the heating grate in the hallway, we'll hear it squeak and we'll know where he is and we'll aim at his face."
"And it turned out to be some sort of mistake, didn't it?"
"Yes, just our landlady's fiance, who didn't realize we were still there and needed to come get something. But he did get a big faceful of hairspray."
I don't know what would have happened had it been a real burglar, but I do remember having an inflated opinion of hairspray as a weapon.
And so it went, sharing tons more memories from that wild summer, two crazy young girls out on their own for the first time... very silly! Which is what makes it extra fun to remember.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - How is the internet service in Santiago? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in How is the internet service in Santiago? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Chile View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message wanderingsalseroJoined: 08 Jul 2010Posts: 16Location: S.Korea Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 12:43 pm Post subject: How is the internet service in Santiago? I'm considering coming to Santiago to look for a job but I'm also interested in how good the internet service is in Santiago. I doubt that it's as good as here in S.Korea where I am now but is it at least OK for Skype and YouTube and moderately large downloads? Thanks, Art Back to top SeHablaInglesJoined: 17 Nov 2009Posts: 35Location: Santiago Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 2:23 pm Post subject: Hahahahahahahaha! Are you for real? Back to top Cat77Joined: 03 Mar 2008Posts: 38 Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:07 pm Post subject: Hi Art, Yes, the internet connection in Santiago is great. No worries. Good luck to you! Chile is a wonderful place to live and work. Back to top sakakisinsJoined: 05 Feb 2011Posts: 16Location: CL Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:27 am Post subject: Chile is pretty developed in that sense. More so Santiago.. Internet is fine it all depends on what you're willing to pay (or your landlord or whatever). You can find many hotspots for free wifi in the city, at malls, cafe, etc. If you're planning to come to Chile and don't really know what the country is like, I suggest you do some research. Back to top Cat77Joined: 03 Mar 2008Posts: 38 Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:45 am Post subject: ....and this website is a GREAT way to begin your research. SUERTE! Back to top sakakisinsJoined: 05 Feb 2011Posts: 16Location: CL Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 3:54 am Post subject: Sorry.. I'm sure it sounded a little harsh but really i meant it as honest advice. People tend to think that if you know 1 country in South America (guerillas in Colombia, kidnappings in Argentina, etc), you know what all South American countries are like and that just couldn't be farther from the truth. So hopefully you'll find out a lot about Chile before coming. You should look up someblogs of English speakers living and teaching in Chile to get to know about their experiences.. Just a suggestion! Back to top DiaJoined: 09 Apr 2008Posts: 92 Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:39 am Post subject: Ive had great internet service, bt lots of problems. (garbage truck keeps swiping out my cables) VTR has had EXCELLENT customer service with me. others hate them, of course, as no two customers have the same opinion. last year they sent 8 technicians in 1 week, each taking another stab at fixing my problem . sucks that they couldnt fix it the first time, bbut good customer service to send someone new every time to replace new parts and test it out. of course murphys law it always worked just fine until they left. personally see no difference from internet here than in the u.s. Back to top anna_82Joined: 28 Feb 2011Posts: 6Location: United States Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:14 pm Post subject: it's great, equivalent to the US. Also, there are tons of internet cafes in santiago where you can connect for free. Back to top awphawkJoined: 01 May 2012Posts: 6Location: Lawrence, Kansas Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 8:58 pm Post subject: Just returned from Santiago and I would say internet is roughly equivalent to most cities in US. And yes there are wifi hotspots scattered throughout the city. Would definitely suggest a home broadband connection though there are always little cyber cafes in nearly every part of town. Back to top derekchileJoined: 18 Jan 2013Posts: 13Location: Valparaiso Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 11:47 am Post subject: Shhhha CTM I think they would say in Chileno....Chile, especially Santiago is a modern city man...You are not going to be riding on the bus with chickens. You should come down here and see for yourself what south america has to offer..... Back to top jammex88Joined: 09 Feb 2014Posts: 43Location: United States Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 6:53 am Post subject: wow. I guess if one has never been to South America their head is full of stereotypes and chicken buses as one person mentioned. Santiago is like any major city in the US. Very modern in every sense. 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Dealing with the public, one may find themselves often at odds with trying constanly maintain a professional attitude.
With much rudeness and disrespect often reflected by the genenral public, it appears as though ones "self control" is often being tested.
It is easy for those who are limited in interacting with others to not be as effected by the "chemical change" that takes place when one's patience is tested. However, for those who deal with it on a daily basis, the "Tiger Within" often want's to surface.
Athough we must maintain a civilized responce to others as we are "public servants" (in retail industry) it appears as though much of the public tend to take advantage of "being in control".
There is a percentage of people in society that regardless of how we are towords them, demand a sence of importance that carry's some arrogance.
I find at times it most difficult to resist responce at times in such situations that is less than "proffessional" .
In public many would cut you off in traffic lacking any common courtecy, bump into you accidently or intentionally (physically) without appology for the physical contact, make comments that lack respect or contain some need for superiority.
Funny how these same people who claim to be "United Americans", "Christians" and/or other labeled social categorized being are at times, the worst offenders.
We can only control "our" reactions and behaviour in responce to situations that present themsleves. How difficult it is at times.
When the "Sleeping Tiger" awakes for some, all hell breaks loose and many consequinces come into play.
How do you deal with such individuals when verbally challenged by them ? Believe that everyone is nice ? Let's hear that also.
Gary S.