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Amazon Echo - Black (1st Generation)
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- Plays all your music from Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, and more using just your voice
- Call or message anyone hands-free with your Echo device. Also, instantly connect to other Echo devices in your home using just your voice.
- Fills the room with immersive, 360? omni-directional audio. Play music simultaneously across Echo devices with multi-room music (Spotify and Sirius XM support coming soon).
- Hears you from across the room with far-field voice recognition, even while music is playing
- Answers questions, reads the news, reports traffic and weather, reads audiobooks from Audible, gives info on local businesses, provides sports scores and schedules, controls Amazon Video on Fire TV, and more using the Alexa Voice Service
- Controls lights, fans, TVs, switches, thermostats, garage doors, sprinklers, locks, and more with compatible connected devices from WeMo, Philips Hue, Sony, Samsung SmartThings, Nest, and others
- Always getting smarter and adding new features, plus thousands of skills like Uber, Domino's, DISH, and more
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Amazon Echo is a hands-free speaker you control with your voice. Echo connects to the Alexa Voice Service to play music, make calls, send and receive messages, provide information, news, sports scores, weather, and more—instantly. All you have to do is ask.
Echo has seven microphones and beam forming technology so it can hear you from across the room—even while music is playing. Echo is also an expertly tuned speaker that can fill any room with 360° immersive sound. When you want to use Echo, just say the wake word "Alexa" and Echo responds instantly. If you have more than one Echo or Echo Dot, Alexa responds intelligently from the Echo you're closest to with ESP (Echo Spatial Perception). Learn more about ESP
Amazon Echo provides hands-free voice control for Amazon Music —just ask for your favorite artist or song, or request a specific genre or mood. You can also search for music by lyrics, when a song or album was released, or let Alexa pick the music for you. With multi-room music support you can play music across multiple Echo devices simultaneously (Spotify and Sirius XM coming soon, Bluetooth not supported for multi-room music). Learn more
Amazon Echo also provides hands-free voice control to Pandora, Spotify, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn. Plus, Echo is Bluetooth-enabled so you can stream other popular music services like iTunes from your phone or tablet. Echo has been fine-tuned to deliver crisp vocals with dynamic bass response. Its dual downward-firing speakers produce 360° omni-directional audio to fill any room with immersive sound.
With Echo, you can call anyone hands-free—no tapping or searching required. Your contacts will see your number when they receive the call so they know who is calling. Additionally, you can send messages via voice or text to anyone with a supported Echo device or the Alexa App. Learn more
Let your household know when dinner is ready, ask someone for help with a chore, or remind the kids to go to sleep—without having to raise your voice. With the Drop In feature enabled for room-to-room calling, instantly connect with compatible Echo devices in your home.
Tucked under the light ring is an array of seven microphones that use beam-forming technology and enhanced noise cancellation. With far-field voice recognition, Echo can hear you ask a question from any direction—even while playing music
When you want to use Echo, simply say the wake word, "Alexa," and Echo lights up and streams audio to the cloud, where the Alexa Voice Service is leveraged to recognize and respond to your request instantly. Learn more about voice recognition on Echo.
Alexa—the brain behind Echo—is built in the cloud, so it is always getting smarter. The more you use Echo, the more it adapts to your speech patterns, vocabulary, and personal preferences. And because Echo is always connected, updates are delivered automatically.
Just in the last few months we've added Alexa calling and messaging, exclusive voice-shopping deals, far-field voice control of Amazon Video on Fire TV, and thousands of new skills from third-party developers. Explore more things to try with Alexa.
Skills add even more capabilities like ordering a pizza from Domino's, requesting a ride from Uber, tracking your fitness with Fitbit, controlling your TV with DISH Hopper, and more. Enabling skills lets your Echo do even more—simply discover and enable the skills you want to use in the Alexa App.
New skills are being added all the time. You can also see ratings and reviews to learn what other customers are saying about the thousands of skills available in the Alexa App. Discover and enable skills.
Use Echo to switch on the lamp before getting out of bed, turn on the fan or space heater while reading in your favorite chair, or dim the lights from the couch to watch a movie—all without lifting a finger. Control multiple devices at scheduled times or with a single voice command, like locking the doors and turning off the lights when you go to bed (Coming soon).
Echo works with devices such as lights, switches, TVs, thermostats, and more from WeMo, Philips Hue, Sony, SmartThings, Insteon, Nest, ecobee, and Wink. Learn more about compatible smart home connected devices, including starter kits for easy setup.
With the free Alexa App on Fire OS, Android, iOS, and desktop browsers, you can easily setup and manage your Echo. Use the Alexa App to connect music services you already use like Spotify and Pandora. Link your calendar from Google, G Suite, iCloud, Outlook.com or Office365. Setup your smart home devices from Philips Hue, TP-Link, ecobee, WeMo, SmartThings, Insteon, Wink, Nest, Lutron, and more.
Make calls, view your conversation history, manage contacts, and get notifications when you receive a message (calling and messaging features available on iOS and Android only). See which books are available to read from your Kindle and Audible libraries. View shopping and to-do lists while on the go. Control your timers and set custom tones for your alarms, and much more. The Alexa App is also where you discover third-party skills.
Technical Details
9.25" x 3.3" x 3.3" (235 mm x 84 mm x 84 mm)
37.5 oz. (1064 grams) Actual size and weight may vary by manufacturing process
Wi-Fi connectivity
Dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi (MIMO) for faster streaming and fewer dropped connections than standard Wi-Fi. Supports 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi networks. Does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks.
Bluetooth connectivity
Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) support for audio streaming to Bluetooth speakers from Amazon Echo, from your mobile device to Amazon Echo and Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) for voice control of connected mobile devices. Hands-free voice control is not supported for Mac OS X devices.
2.5 inch woofer and 2.0 inch tweeter.
System Requirements
Amazon Echo comes ready to connect to your Wi-Fi. The Alexa App is compatible with Fire OS, Android, and iOS devices and also accessible via your web browser.
Warranty and Service
1-year limited warranty and service. Optional 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year extended warranty available for U.S. customers sold separately. Use of Echo is subject to the terms found here.
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Amazon Echo, power adapter/cable (6 ft.), and quick start guide.
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I am a regular Amazon Prime shopper and reviewer, if my review helped you in making up your mind about whether to purchase the Echo, please mark the 'Helpful' button, it tells Amazon that folks are in fact reading reviews like this. Thanks!
We use the shopping list feature a lot, and my husband has added things to the list that he remembered, while I was already at the store. Should I mention he adds things like chocolate bars when I'm not looking? No more paper lists! I just look at the app on my phone and things disappear as I check them off.
We transport Echo from the living room to the bedroom, since it is easier for him not to have to use the remote, plus it is always there for his favorite music, an update on news, and to check the weather. Or, when he needs cheering up, I ask for a joke. Tosave plugging in behind his lift chairs, I have ordered a second plug. I love the easy reconnect to the WIFI.
I was a bit worried at first about his word slurring with his Parkinson's, but it has worked the opposite way! I notice he focuses his words much better while giving commands. After he forgot her name early on, we added it so he could remember using the Zink hAppy App.
My granddaughter was happy to check her math problems using Echo, and in addition to the music stations and Amazon play lists, Echo is a breeze to use as a Bluetooth device. I have used it to play my meditation apps and iTunes music. In case you aren't aware, Amazon even allows you to upload your iTunes library and save it in your Amazon Play list. There is a limit for free songs, but we didn't even come close.
I won't say it revolutionized our lives, but it has made our lives much more normal. We have recommended it to two Occupational Therapists, and his Home Healthcare director has recommended it for others. I am so excited it is now available for everyone. Amazon didn't intend this as an assistive device, but it is an awesome one.
A couple of things I'm hoping for in the future: the ability for her to call 911, and the ability to give storm alerts. I looked for an IFTT configuration on the storm alert, but currently she is only the trigger, not the recipient. You can't have her do something in response to outside events, you can only have other things happen as a result of your interaction with her.
Funny, when he was in the hospital, I almost cancelled my long awaited order. I am SO glad we got it.
Edited - July 17, 2015 - my husband started TENS therapy for pain two weeks ago and is responding well. Two areas where Echo has been very helpful are setting a timer, and playing background music so he can focus on something else. He is now able to use the muscle, albeit weakly, and is taking steps with close monitoring and a wheelchair behind. He also uses the timer to remind him to stand and to time him for length of time while standing.
We also added a second Echo for me to use, so we are a two Echo family.
You can set up multiple Echos on the same account and share things like music and shopping lists.
Edited November 2, 2015: I am happy to report that Echo (and Gary) have only gotten better. I personally love the multiple alarms, since they are the first thing we do each morning, setting them for medication times. It is the perfect reminder! Echo has also been happy to keep us up to date on favorite sports teams when they aren't on TV. The other night, I found Gary playing his own version of a memory game with Alexa. He was trying to come up with songs he remembered and hadn't heard for awhile and would ask her to play them.
In addition to Gary's increasing strength, he now has an electric wheelchair I purchased that allows him access to the bathroom and makes life easier for us. And, Alexa keeps his speech in line. When he realized She had been understanding him less, he went back to doing his speech exercises.
Our lives have settled into a new normal, and the Echo is a huge part of what makes normal easier.
*** IMPORTANT UPDATE DECEMBER 1, 2015 - In case you aren't in the loop, Amazon has added "Ask My Buddy" to Echo. It permits you to register an account and up to five contacts. Each contact can have email address, text address (cell phone), and Voice Phone. With the simple words "Ask my Buddy," Echo will immediately ask who you want to contact. You may contact an individual or everyone on the list, and Ask My Buddy will immediately send an alert to those who you request. It states that it is "free in this beta version" and you have up to 120 contacts in a month for now. (Each person, text, and email counts).
Edited February 28, 2016 - We were able to buy a lift van (used) so we are able to more easily get around. I am trying to get Gary out of the house at least once a week.
We are currently planning a trip (by Amtrak) to visit family. It has taken a million details (OK, maybe not a million, but it feels like it) to try to do 36 hours on the train and to set things up my Dad's house. I have a list of things that we are taking with us. Alexa is at the top of the list. I suspect by the time I leave my Dad's home, he will have one on order. I may actually bring Hue light bulbs with me, or at least a WEMO plug.
Edited July 2016 - the trip was successful, if stressful on all of us. My Dad is now on Hospice, so I am grateful we went when we could. Sadly, Gary's health has continued to deteriorate, and he would no longer be able to make the trip. We have a hospital bed in our living room where he can be with us more. He is now believed to have a Parkinson's Plus disease called Multiple System Atrophy. Alexa seems to understand him better now using the remote, so we keep it handy. His current Physical and Occupational Therapists love Alexa as well. My greatest pleasure is reading the comments of others who also have disabilities who have been encouraged by my posts. Thank you.
Edited September 6, 2016 - Sadly, we lost my Dad shortly after I posted. He really enjoyed Echo during our visit, since he was a huge techie buff. It was fun sharing this important part of our lives with him. Gary continues to have a strong support system medically, although he is getting progressively weaker. An MRI shows he has had at least one stroke, which is probably why Alexa has a harder time understanding him.
And yes, all of the new home health members love seeing what we have done with our Echo. I have moved a twin bed into the living room to be with Gary at night, and when he needs help, it is easy to have Echo turn on the light for us. Our daughter and granddaughter moved in to help, and it is ESPECIALLY nice to control all of the lights in the house so easily.
April 2, 2017
If you aren't aware, TAP, Echo's sister, will now respond to a wake word. As Gary's speech deteriorated, Tap has helped him to more easily turn off the alarm, and having the wake word made it easy for me to control as well using my voice.
I have also added Nucleus to our Alexa family, which allows me to do video calls to check on Gary when I am away from home.
Gary continues to get weaker, but Echo has been a huge part of our journey. Reading back over my review, it is interesting to note that none of the therapists who visit us now are unfamiliar with Echo, although they enjoy seeing how we use it.
We are now at the point where Hospice is stepping in, and we are grateful for the support they offer.


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I'm studying the inference rules of natural deduction for the first-order logic. I cannot understand why universal introduction and existential elimination are valid rules. The first one says that if $\Sigma\models\theta[k/x]$ then $\Sigma\models\forall x\theta[x]$; the second one says that if $\Sigma\models\exists x\theta[x]$ then $\Sigma\models\theta[k/x]$.
Universal introduction would allow the following deduction: if $1$ is odd, then every number is odd. Existential elimination would allow the following deduction: if there exists an odd number, then $2$ is odd.
I read about some restrictions you should check before applying such rules, but they are also not so clear to me.
Some notes about the notation I used: $\Sigma$ is a set of sentences; $\theta$ is a formula such that the only free variable is $x$ and such that $x$ is not in the set of bounded variables; $\theta[k/x]$ is the formula you obtain from $\theta[x]$ by substituting every free instance of $x$ with $k$; of course, $x$ is a variable and $k$ is a constant.

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10 Happiest Cities For Young People To Live And Work
Many young, entry-level workers assume that the big cities -- New York, Chicago, Los Angeles -- hold the best job opportunities and therefore the best chance for having a happy life.
But a new survey by CareerBliss.com suggests that recent college graduates might do better in considering second- or third-tier cities -- where costs of living are often cheaper and competition is less fierce.
The employment website analyzed data based on reviews from 14,000 college grads with less than two years experience, who were asked to assess 10 factors that affect happiness, such as work-life balance and growth opportunities, and assigned each factor up to five points.
To determine the best cities, CareerBliss also factored in the cost-of-living-adjusted salary, resulting in an overall "BlissScore." And the conclusion? The less-populated, slightly off-the-beaten-path cities often offered a better shot at happiness than the big ones.
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In this lesson you will learn how to calculate variance in Excel.
What is the variance?
This variance is a statistical measure of variation. It means that the higher variance the more different values.
Variance in Excel
There are 2 basic functions which you can use to calculate variance in Excel:
- VAR – common function which calculates variance in every version of Excel. However since Excel 2010 version this function is started to be improved and replaced by VAR.S. Although this feature is still available
- VAR.S - calculates the sample variance of a supplied set of values. This is new function in Excel 2010 and its not working in earlier versions of Excel.
With VAR and VAR.S functions you can calculate variance for sample of values. To calculate variance for whole population of values just use VAR.P function.
Synax of variance functions:
Examples of VAR function in Excel
Example 1 the simplest syntax of variance
As arguments of function you can use just numbers.
Example 2 cells as arguments in formula
Arguments could be also cells where you have some numbers.
Example 3 range of cells as arguments in formula
You can also use range of cells.
Example 4 mix of above examples in one formula
It is not a problem to use every kind of above arguments in one formula.
Syntax of VAR.S is the same as VAR.
Further reading: Statistical process control chart Calculating forecast accuracy and precision How to calculate Standard Deviation?


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Aug-18-08 DCA Hosts Women's Equality Day Event & Mayors Day of Recognition
PRINCETON, N.J. – In commemoration of the 88th anniversary of Women's Equality Day on August 26th, the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) today honored New Jersey's women mayors at Drumthwacket. The ceremony, sponsored by DCA's Division on Women and the New Jersey Advisory Commission on the Status of Women, celebrated the anniversary of women winning the right to vote in the United States with a special presentation of proclamations by Governor Jon S. Corzine establishing August 18, 2008 as, "Mayors Day of Recognition."
"New Jersey and its citizens are enriched by the strength, courage and leadership of women mayors across our state," said Governor Corzine. "On this milestone anniversary of granting American women the right to vote, I am honored to recognize the economic, cultural and community contributions of our women mayors."
Following over seventy years of civil rights protests, the United States Congress finally ratified the 19th Amendment in 1920 and granted women the right to vote. In 1971, the Joint Resolution of Congress established August 26th as Women's Equality Day in recognition of women winning the right to vote in the United States.
"Women's Equality Day is an occasion to acknowledge the accomplishments of the outstanding women leaders that oversee New Jersey's townships," said DCA Commissioner Joseph Doria. "The work of New Jersey's women mayors improves the lives of all New Jerseyans."
August 26, 2008 also marks the 34th anniversary of the New Jersey Division on Women. In 1974, the New Jersey Division on Women (DOW) was established as a pioneering state agency for women's advocacy throughout the State.
"Susan B. Anthony asked for justice, equality, and civil and political rights for all United States' citizens," said DOW Director Janice L. Kovach. "Women's Equality Day symbolizes the continued fight for equality, justice, peace and development for women from various nationalities, ethnicities, cultures, religions, economic and political backgrounds."
For more information on the DOW, call 609-292-8840, or log on to http://www.state.nj.us/dca/dow/.


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Bill Clinton receives Truman award
Former president honored at downtown luncheon
Former President Bill Clinton was in Kansas City Wednesday to receive the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award.
Clinton was presented the award at a luncheon at the Muehlebach Tower. He spoke to the luncheon audience of about 1,000 people about politics, the global scene and the benefits of modern technology.
"All our challenges cross national lines, but we've got to be able to work together around the corner and around the world," Clinton said. "Harry Truman got that."
Officials said Clinton was selected for the honor because of his public service record.
In his speech, Clinton also praised Truman for being able to explain the complex policies of helping war-torn Europe and containing Soviet aggression in ways that the American people could understand.


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Modern Screener in Old Water Mill Produces High Quality FlourFOULK STAPLEFORD, ENGLAND—If visitors from centuries past returned to a familiar footpath by the River Gowry in northern England, they might be shocked by changes that have taken place, but there would be one comforting sight—the old mill with its large water wheel (although our visitor would probably be surprised to see a steel wheel rather than a wooden one). Powered by a stream diverted from the river, the wheel works through gears to grind wheat into flour for making bread.
Inside the mill the wheat is ground between two flat, 4.5 ft dia (135 cm) millstones, a method employed for hundreds of years. However, our time traveler would likely be puzzled by some of the equipment, in particular an electrically driven centrifugal sifter. The CENTRI-SIFTER&8482; centrifugal sifter, as it is called, was supplied by Kason Corp. (Millburn, NJ) and recovers the mill's two basic products: white and whole meal flours.
There has been a water mill at the site since the 13th century, but the present building—Walk Mill—is no older than the screener, despite its aged appearance. Rebuilt as a replica of an earlier mill, the new facility started up in 2008.
The last mill on the site ceased production in 1915 and only the footprint of the building was left, says Ben Jones, a partner in the family-owned business, who is in charge of mill operations. "We dug the foundations to find the footprint of the building and we also had a lot of photographs of the old mill. From the footprint and the pictures we were able to construct a building that is exactly like the old mill on the outside."
Wheat is at hand
Located on the fertile Cheshire plain, close to the historic city of Chester, Walk Mill is surrounded by roughly 1,000 acres (405 hectares) of wheat fields that were acquired by the Jones family some years ago. "We have always been farmers, says Ben Jones, "and after we bought this land we decided to rebuild the mill."
Wheat is harvested from the fields, dried to reduce the moisture content and cleaned to remove chaff. It is then taken to the mill in a sealed trailer and loaded into a hopper on the first floor. The hopper has a capacity of 4,400 lb (2,000 kg), which is enough to meet the mill's needs for four to six days, depending on the rotation speed of the water wheel.
From the floor hopper the wheat is moved by an auger conveyor to a smaller feed or transit hopper of 110 lb (50 kg) capacity, located above the millstones. The grains fall from the bottom of the feed hopper to the millstones, where they are ground into flour.
Walk Mill uses two burr stones, made of hard, dense French granite. The stones are positioned horizontally, one above the other. The lower stone, called a bedder, is fixed, while the upper one (the runner stone) rotates. Wheat from the hopper falls into a hole in the center of the upper stone and gradually moves to the periphery of the stones via shallow grooves in the stones. The tiny gap between the stones is adjusted to produce white or whole meal flour, the latter being more coarse because it contains bran.
Both the stone rotation and the feed rate from the hopper are governed and synchronized by a shaft that is geared to the water wheel. The bottom end of the shaft is attached to the runner stone and carries the weight of the stone as well as rotates it.
An old damsel controls the flow
Grain trickles from the hopper along a vibrating wooden trough, called a shoe. The vibration is imparted by a forged metal device, called a damsel, that is attached to the upper end of the shaft. The damsel, incidentally, was retrieved from the earlier mill.
"It's self regulating," says Jones. "If the water flow increases, the feeding and milling operations increase at the same rate." Jones adds that a shaft rotation rate of about 40 rpm yields the best quality of flour. The relatively slow, gentle and cool process avoids overheating of the flour, he says, and preserves all the good parts of the grain: protein, oils, vitamins, sugars, starches and bran.
As the flour leaves the periphery of the millstones it is swept by a blade attached to the upper stone and falls into a 28 lb (12.5 kg) transit hopper. An auger transfers the product to a spout that feeds the Centri-Sifter screener, which separates the desired flour from the rest of the material. The model GOB-SS machine has a sifting area of 171 square inches (1,103 square centimeters). It is driven by a 2 hp (1.5 kW) motor and can process up to 1,540 lb (700 kg) per hour, well beyond the mill's capacity of 176 lb (80 kg) per hour.
The sifter is a compact centrifugal machine, with a cylindrical sifting chamber that contains a cylindrical screen of nylon mesh. Flour is fed pneumatically into a vertical feed inlet at one end of the unit, then redirected by a feed screw into the chamber, which is oriented horizontally.
Centrifugal force makes for efficient separation
Rotating helical paddles within the chamber continuously propel the flour against the screen and the centrifugal force accelerates the particles through the screen openings. The rotating paddles, which make no contact with the screen, also break up soft, agglomerated material. The separated flour is directed to a chute, from which it drops directly into a 55 lb (25 kg) sack for shipping. When the sack is full the auger is stopped until a new sack is in place.
Walk Mill uses two screen sizes: 38 mesh (500 µm) for white flour and 12 mesh (1,500 µm) for the coarser whole meal flour. "Typically we produce white flour for four days, because we sell more of it, and wheat flour for one day," says Jones.
In the case of the finer, white flour the product passes through the screen for bagging, as explained above. Coarser, waste material is retained by the screen and moves along the chamber to the far end, where it is recovered through a second discharge spout. In the case of bran, fine waste material is ejected through the screen, while the bran is retained and collected from the second outlet. All the waste is bagged and used for feeding pigs.
The company found the centrifugal sifter through an Internet search and bought it after seeing a demonstration at Kason's facility in Stoke-on-Trent, England. The screener achieves a very good separation, with no wasted product, and the quality of the flour is excellent, says Caroline Jones, Ben's daughter, whose principal responsibilities are baking and running the company tearoom for visitors (her mother handles the accounts and her brother farms the land).
"The machine is very easy to operate and there is no problem with screen clogging," she says. "We occasionally dust it down, but basically it cleans itself.
Walk Mill serves two markets. The 55 lb (25 kg) sacks are shipped to upscale restaurants and hotels that make their own bread. For the retail market, flour is delivered in 3.3 lb (1.5 kg) bags that are filled by hand from the larger sacks.
In addition to white and wholemeal flour, Walk Mill sells two other types of flour: malted flour, which is white flour plus malt flakes and malt extract, and self-raising flour (white flour plus baking powder) for making cakes. Malted flour is packaged for both wholesale and retail sale and self-raising flour is sold only retail.
Visitors who come to see the mill can entertain themselves by looking through a sealed glass window to watch the stones steadily grind away. After that they can enjoy fresh bread, cakes and scones in the company teashop.
Walk Mill
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Cinemark will now reward you for not texting during a movie. Instead of the more logical alternative, which is tasing you. Gizmodo reader Eyaare disagrees. Here is his counterpoint, presented without comment:
Okay. Listen.
I'm tired of getting called an idiot, or retard, or whatever else you fuckers call people who text during movies, alright? I'm not stupid. Maybe I lack courtesy. Maybe. That's behavioral. That ain't about intelligence. So get the stick outta yer bum.
Second, I'm not even texting, smartass. Like, 50 gazillion apps on this phone and you assume I'm just "ruining your experience" to continue a chat about my acquaintance's new dog. Please. But no, you know everything, you gotta be right, you read some fucking wikipedia articles vaguely related to psychology and you suddenly know what everyone's thinking. Shut up you psuedointellectual twat.
For your information, I'm tweeting. I've got 100 followers. So 100 people to hear what I say, verses whether you, one person, have to ignore a little light in the corner of your eye. Stop bitching. I'm more important than you. And, you're crying over a little light. Jesus. Get outside more often. Nerd.
I'm continuing the timeless tradition of spoiling movies. I'm enhancing the world's experience. Some people may not ever see "YuGiOh The Movie." I'm providing a service. They'll see my tweets, and next comiccon they won't feel left out. You're just sitting there watching a movie. As if your damn experience matters. You want to be able to ignore the other people in the movie theater? Buy the DVD. Torrent that shit. I don't care. I payed to sit in the same theater as you. Know what? You stink. Bad. You need to shower. But you don't see me equating your stench to a crime.
Can't live your life bound by the eye-rolling of society. Text in movies. Hell, play angry birds in movies. #YOLO
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As educational editor of the 2012 TechLeaders Conference on March 19–21 in Irving, Texas, Beacon Strategies LLC is contributing to the conference's goal of developing thought leadership that can be shared by broker-dealers of all sizes.
To that end, we designed and conducted the TechLeaders Survey to evaluate the current state of broker-dealers' initiatives, priorities and vendor relationships. A survey questionnaire was sent to senior executives at a majority of U.S. broker-dealers with 25 or more investment professionals. The survey includes responses received from more than 80% of the major independent and insurance broker-dealers.
It included 30 questions in the following areas: 1) technology preferences; 2) technology vendors used; 3) social media usage and trends; 4) completed or planned technology initiatives; 5) technology budget and staff.
Two survey questions were qualitative, asking "Who is your most favorite and least favorite technology solution provider to work with? Why?" Although we have deleted company names mentioned in these answers, we believe you will find the responses candid, revealing and useful.
Technology Preferences
At a high level, 61% of survey respondents said they prefer to partner with third-party solution providers, as opposed to building technology themselves (18%) or relying on their clearing firms for tech solutions (16%). The 61% were about equally divided between third-party partnerships with cloud capabilities (29%) and those without cloud (32%).
Third-party tech partnerships have become the new mainstream for the BD industry. Third-party partnerships that can leverage the cloud are rising in preference.
Top Broker-Dealer Industry Challenges
The survey included several questions designed to identify trends that are keeping BD executives awake at night and that are driving recent (2011) or planned (2012) tech investment and spending commitments.
When asked "What are your most significant tech challenges?" executives emphasized straight-through processing (STP); enterprise compliance management; the data mart/warehouse model; and investment professional data aggregation. The table on the right details responses from BD executives who mentioned each of these areas as "most challenging" or "somewhat challenging."
The BD industry recognizes the challenge of converting business models to STP and using the best tech vendors and solutions available. Some tech solutions that support higher STP rates also can be useful in meeting the three other priority challenges listed above.
Top Initiatives: 2011 and 2012
We asked executives to define their most significant tech initiatives engaged in 2011 and planned for 2012. For 2011, answer choices included:
- Phase 1: Requirement Definition and Selection (RDF)
- Phase 2: In-Process Implementation (IPI)
- Phase 3: Deployed (D)
For planned 2012 initiatives, answer choices included:
- Somewhat Focused
- Most Focused
2011 was the year of broker-dealer social media adoption, with breakthroughs enabled by a combination of FINRA regulatory clarity and battle-tested third-party tech solutions. Account opening and STP are high on the list of 2012 priorities. The table above summarizes the top responses for both years.
Technology Budget and Fees
Forty-nine percent of respondents said they plan to expand tech budgets in 2012, above the spending level of 2011. Fifty-six percent of firms indicated that they are charging investment professionals an administration, affiliation or technology fee.
As tech spending keeps rising, broker-dealers are gradually shifting some of the extra costs to the professionals who are its beneficiaries.
Social Media
Social media is on the rise across the BD industry. Forty-five percent of respondents said they currently allow investment professionals to use social media for marketing and client relationship management. Another 35% said they plan to permit usage over the next 12 months. Seventy percent allow usage of the business networking site Linkedin, but permission rates are lower for Facebook (25%) and Twitter (7%). The permanent role of social media is indicated by the 88% of social media users who said they have a policy or guidelines in place.
This is the time when vendors of social media monitoring and archiving solutions are jockeying for leadership in a relatively new niche. So, who has the "inside track" going into the first turn? The survey suggests the answer is Smarsh, mentioned by 32% of users. Only three contenders seem close to challenging—SocialWare (15%), Erado (10%) and SunGard's Protogent (8%)—but the field may still be wide open. Among firms that allow social media, 25% said they don't yet have a solution for monitoring and archiving.
Operational Infrastructure and Business Processing
Although BDs are evolving toward third-party relationships for operational infrastructure and business processing, proprietary solutions have maintained a toehold in several of the segments listed below.
Home Office Data Mart/Warehouse: Fifty-three percent of respondents say they are maintaining a data warehouse or mart. Clearing firms are the leaders in supporting the automation of investment professionals' account-opening process. Pershing's NetX360 platform alone is mentioned as the account-opening solution by 51% of those surveyed.
Books and Records: This area remains fragmented and perhaps somewhat misunderstood. Thirty-six percent of respondents say they are using proprietary tech solutions, and 12% indicate they do not have a tech solution in this area. The third-party leaders are Protegent (12%) and DST Brokerage Services (10%).
Business Intelligence Reporting: Magnifying the books and records findings, 25% of respondents say they have built their own solutions in this area, and 52% indicate a lack of any solution. The third-party leader appears to be Coates Analytics (11%).
Compensation Management: Survey findings in this area were influenced by independent and insurance BDs. Proprietary solutions were mentioned by 19%, and another 21% indicated no solution has been adopted. Leading third-party suppliers appear to be Techmate's WinOps (14%), M&O's ServeMe! (13%) and Xtiva (10%).
Enterprise Document Management: This has been an area of tech emphasis over the past two years, and the survey documents progress in implementing solutions and choosing vendors. Twenty-four percent indicated they used proprietary solutions, and only 16% said they lack any tech solution. Docupace Technologies' ePACS and Laserfiche appear to be the leaders in third-party suppliers.
Annuity Due Diligence: Eighteen percent of the firms surveyed said they have chosen no tech solutions for annuity due diligence tools, and another 30% said they depend on manual review. Both answers probably indicate heavy reliance on manual oversight. The leader is Morningstar Annuity Intelligence (32%). Insurance Technologies' Visible Choice (9%) was a distance second in this survey.
Enterprise Compliance Surveillance: Proprietary solutions are mentioned by 29% of firms, and 13% have adopted no tech solutions. Protegent is the heavyweight in this space with 25% of mentions, and Actimize is in second place after combining access through Nice (5%) or Albridge (7%). We believe these numbers may require some interpretation because 69% of the firms surveyed said they have created their own "proprietary" custom reporting, which in our experience means a combination of spreadsheets and Access databases.
In operational infrastructure and business processing, legacy proprietary systems are like Bruce Willis—they die hard. In each segment, third-party vendors are offering proven solutions that can streamline business processing and save broker-dealers time, money and headcount. Separately, we have documented that some proprietary systems are not very automated or expandable, and their maintenance can be complex and costly. Even so, we expect the shift away from proprietary tech solutions to be evolutionary.
Advisor Practice Management Tools
Traditionally, advisor practice management tools have been a productive domain for third-party tech solution providers. The survey results bear out the maturity of third-party relationships, as well as the strong completion for leadership in many segments. The table above summarizes results.
Where there are mature companies and healthy competition—e.g., data aggregation (performance), financial planning, marketing services—usage of third-party practice management tools is high. CRM is a growth segment in which strategic turf is still up for grabs. Forms management is unique in that it has great expansion potential but only one current dominant company, Laser App.
Candid Insights: Why I Like My Most Favorite Tech Solutions Vendor
Here are a few comments from advisors drawn from the survey, indicating the qualities respondents say make a tech solutions vendor first-rate in each segment:
Enterprise document management
- "They have been responsive, helpful and can think outside the box."
- "They have the most drive to help our industry catch up."
Compensation management
- "Their president is one of us. He's been in the trenches and understands how the broker-dealer world works. This makes the development and implementation of tech solutions far less painful than other tech providers out there."
Forms management
- "Always responsive, always willing to work with us, reasonable pricing, provides direct support to reps when needed."
- "They do what they say at a price that reps can appreciate."
- "They are very flexible and actually want to listen to our needs and understand our business and challenges."
- "They consistently deliver innovative new tools and enhancements that are high-impact and high-value for the business."
- "Flexible, friendly, responsive to our needs."
Data aggregation performance
- "They really seem to care about our relationship and are truly interested in helping us grow."
Marketing services
- "They always give us the impression that they are willing to help our firm succeed."
- Even if a vendor's technology is world-class, the best way to impress a corporate image on customers may be to deliver services that are friendly, easy, willing, responsive, helpful and flexible. Especially in mature segments where technologies may appear similar, these qualities can be big competitive differentiators and loyalty generators.
Candid Insights: Why I Dislike My Least Favorite Vendor
Here are a few things respondents said they don't like:
- "Providers that nickel and dime us, rather than viewing themselves as true partners."
- "Lack of focus on providing us solutions to meet our needs."
- "They need a reality check with their 'holier than thou' attitude. They bully their contracts, and now their attorneys are making it impossible to do anything."
- "Customer service is the poorest in the industry."
- "They are very inflexible and think they are better than they are."
- "Poor customer service and delayed resolutions."
- "They only offer closed systems. No flexibility."
- "A lot of turnover in employees and account managers."
- "They just don't seem to be growing with the expansion of their business very well. Still long hold times and not very good at finding solutions to problems."
- "Pricing is horrible."
- "Difficult to get correct answers out of technical support, and our relationship manager is very 'non-technical.'"
The best investment a tech solutions vendor can make is to identify current causes of customer dissatisfaction and address them proactively. It may take a little time and money, but it will pay off. Find out what makes your competitors' customers unhappy or uncomfortable. Build up that strength in your own firm and products, and then position it into dissatisfaction with competitors.
In the competition to form broker-dealer tech solutions relationships, the die is not yet cast. Many good relationships and much strategic turf remain up for grabs. Great technology alone is not enough to gain or keep share.
Tech companies that put together the whole tech solutions package—and keep it simple and affordable—can make meaningful gains in the BD industry's growth years ahead.


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ETHICSOC 131S: Modern Political Thought: Machiavelli to Marx and Mill (POLISCI 131L)
This course offers an introduction to the history of Western political thought from the late fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries. We will consider the development of ideas like individual rights, government by consent, and the protection of private property. We will also explore the ways in which these ideas continue to animate contemporary political debates. Thinkers covered will include: Niccolò Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, and Karl Marx.
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-A-II, WAY-ER
Instructors: McQueen, A. (PI)
2016-2017 Spring
5 units |
UG Reqs: GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-A-II, WAY-ER |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 12
04/03/2017 - 06/07/2017 Tue, Thu 9:30 AM - 11:20 AM at School of Education 128 with McQueen, A. (PI)
Instructors: McQueen, A. (PI)
ETHICSOC 170: Ethical Theory (PHIL 170, PHIL 270)
A more challenging version of Phil 2 designed primarily for juniors and seniors (may also be appropriate for some freshmen and sophomores - contact professor). Fulfills the Ethical Reasoning requirement. Graduate section (270) will include supplemental readings and discussion, geared for graduate students new to moral philosophy, as well as those with some background who would like more.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-A-II, WAY-ER
Instructors: Dannenberg, J. (PI) ; Cooper, E. (TA)
2016-2017 Spring
4 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-A-II, WAY-ER |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 5
04/03/2017 - 06/07/2017 Tue, Thu 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM at Littlefield 103 with Dannenberg, J. (PI); Cooper, E. (TA)
Exam Date/Time: 2017-06-13 12:15pm - 3:15pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Dannenberg, J. (PI); Cooper, E. (TA)
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ETHICSOC 174A: Moral Limits of the Market (PHIL 174A, PHIL 274A, POLISCI 135P)
Morally controversial uses of markets and market reasoning in areas such as organ sales, procreation, education, and child labor. Would a market for organ donation make saving lives more efficient; if it did, would it thereby be justified? Should a nation be permitted to buy the right to pollute? Readings include Walzer, Arrow, Rawls, Sen, Frey, Titmuss, and empirical cases.
Last offered: Winter 2013 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-A-II, WAY-ER
ETHICSOC 233R: The Ethics of Religious Politics
Is it possible for a deeply committed religious person to be a good citizen in a liberal, pluralistic democracy? Is it morally inappropriate for religious citizens to appeal to the teachings of their tradition when they support and vote for laws that coerce fellow citizens? Must the religiously committed be prepared to defend their arguments by appealing to 'secular reasons' ostensibly accessible to all 'reasonable' citizens? What is so special about religious claims of conscience and expression that they warrant special protection in the constitution of most liberal democracies? Is freedom of religion an illusion when it is left to ostensibly secular courts to decide what counts as religion? Exploration of the debates surrounding the public role of religion in a religiously pluralistic American democracy through the writings of scholars on all sides of the issue from the fields of law, political science, philosophy, and religious studies.
Last offered: Winter 2015 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-EthicReas, WAY-A-II, WAY-ER
ETHICSOC 237M: Politics and Evil (POLISCI 237M)
In the aftermath of the Second World War, the political theorist Hannah Arendt wrote that ¿the problem of evil will be the fundamental question of postwar intellectual life in Europe.¿ This question remains fundamental today. The acts to which the word ¿evil¿ might apply¿genocide, terrorism, torture, human trafficking, etc.¿persist. The rhetoric of evil also remains central to American political discourse, both as a means of condemning such acts and of justifying preventive and punitive measures intended to combat them. In this advanced undergraduate seminar, we will examine the intersection of politics and evil by considering works by philosophers and political theorists, with occasional forays into film and media. The thinkers covered will include: Hannah Arendt, Immanuel Kant, Niccolò Machiavelli, Friedrich Nietzche, and Michael Walzer.
Last offered: Spring 2013 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ER
FEMGEN 14N: Imagining India: Art, Culture, Politics in Modern India (COMPLIT 14N, CSRE 15N)
This course explores history via cultural responses in modern India. We will examine a range of fiction, film and drama to consider the ways in which India emerges through its cultural productions. The course will consider key historical events such as the partition of the subcontinent, independence from British rule, Green Revolution, Emergency, liberalization of the Indian economy, among others. We will reflect on epochal historical moments by means of artisticnresponses to these events. For example, Ritwik Ghatak's experimental cinema intervenes into debates around the Bengal partition; Rohinton Mistry's novel, A Fine Balance grapples with the suspension of civil liberties during the emergency between 1975-77; Rahul Varma's play Bhopal reflects on the Bhopal gas tragedy, considered the world's worst industrial disaster. Students willnread, view and reflect on the aesthetic and historical texts through their thoughtful engagement in class discussions and written e ssays. They will also have opportunities to imaginatively respond to these texts via short creative projects, which could range from poems, monologues, solo pieces, web installations, etc. Readings will also include Mahashweta Devi, Amitav Ghosh, Girish Karnad, Jhumpa Lahiri, Manjula Padmanabhan, Salman Rushdie, Aparna Sen, among others.
Last offered: Autumn 2015 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
FEMGEN 17: Gender and Power in Ancient Greece
(Formerly CLASSGEN 17.) Introduction to the sex-gender system of ancient Greece, with comparative material from modern America. How myths, religious rituals, athletics, politics and theater reinforced gender stereotypes and sometimes undermined them. Skills: finding clues, identifying patterns and making connections amongst the components of a strange and beautiful culture very different from our own. Weekly participation in a discussion section is required.
Last offered: Autumn 2014 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
FEMGEN 54N: African American Women's Lives (AFRICAAM 54N, AMSTUD 54N, CSRE 54N, HISTORY 54N)
Preference to freshmen. We will examine the struggles of African American women to define their own lives and improve the social, economic, political and cultural conditions of black communities. Topics will include women¿s enslavement and freedom, kinship and family relations, institution and community building, violence, labor and leisure, changing gender roles, consumer and beauty culture, social activism, and the politics of sexuality.
Terms: Win | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Instructors: Hobbs, A. (PI)
2016-2017 Winter
3 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
01/09/2017 - 03/17/2017 Tue, Thu 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM at 200-105 with Hobbs, A. (PI)
Instructors: Hobbs, A. (PI)
FEMGEN 102: Art and Social Criticism (AFRICAAM 102B, AMSTUD 102, ARTHIST 162B, CSRE 102A)
Visual artists have long been in the forefront of social criticism in America. Since the 1960s, various visual strategies have helped emergent progressive political movements articulate and represent complex social issues. Which artists and particular art works/projects have become key anchors for discourses on racism, sexism, economic and social inequality, and immigrant rights? We will learn about a spectrum of political art designed to raise social awareness, spark social change and rouse protest. The Art Workers¿ Coalition¿s agit-prop opposing the Vietnam War and ACT-UP¿s emblematic signs and symbols during the AIDS/HIV crisis of the 1980s galvanized a generation into action. Works such as Judy Chicago¿s The Dinner Party (1979), Fred Wilson¿s Mining the Museum (1992), and Glenn Ligon¿s paintings appropriating fragments from African-American literature all raised awareness by excavating historical evidence of the long legacy of marginalization and modeled ways of resisting that marginalization. For three decades feminist artists Barbara Kruger and the Guerilla Girls have combined institutional critique and direct address into a provocative form of criticality. Recent art for social justice is reaching ever broadening publics by redrawing the role of artist and audience exemplified by the democratization of poster making and internet campaigns of the Occupy and #BlackLivesMatter movements. Why are each of these examples successful as influential and enduring markers of social criticism? We will also consider the visual culture of new protest strategies in the Post-Occupy era. What have these socially responsive practices contributed to our understanding of American history? We will conclude with an investigation into large-scale transnational participatory projects, including Tania Bruguera¿s Immigrant Movement International and Ai Weiwei¿s @Large on Alcatraz Island.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Instructors: Hertz, B. (PI)
2016-2017 Autumn
5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
09/26/2016 - 12/09/2016 Mon, Wed 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM at 200-107 with Hertz, B. (PI)
Instructors: Hertz, B. (PI)
FEMGEN 103: Feminist Theories and Methods Across the Disciplines (FEMGEN 203, PHIL 153, PHIL 253)
(Graduate Students register for PHIL 253 or FEMGEN 203) Concepts and questions distinctive of feminist and LGBT scholarship and how they shape research: gender, intersectionality, disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity, standpoint, "queering," postmodern critiques, postcolonial critiques.nPrerequisites: Feminist Studies 101 or equivalent with consent of instructor.nNOTE: This course must be taken for a letter grade and a minimum of 3 units to be eligible for WAYS credit. The 2 unit option is for graduate students only.
Terms: Win | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Instructors: Longino, H. (PI)
2016-2017 Winter
3-5 units |
UG Reqs: GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| In Person
| Students enrolled: 10
01/09/2017 - 03/17/2017 Tue, Thu 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM at 260-012 with Longino, H. (PI)
Instructors: Longino, H. (PI)
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Rockets center Yao Ming got himself hitched yesterday — or today, or whatever the hell the time change makes the actual date — in front of 70 onlookers and about 100 media people hanging out in the lobby waiting for interviews. It must be so odd to have people wanting to interview you after your wedding.
Anyway, as another example of how Ming is a different celebrity than most, the big "controversy" about his wedding is whether they ate shark fin. A spokesperson defended Yao.
[And with regards to the sharks fin rumours] On behalf of the wedded couple, I'd like to thank you all for the stories that have appeared on the internet and in print, but I'd like to point out that there were some untruths in those stories, for instance, that there was a dish by the name of "Braised bamboo fungus and fish maw in sharks fin" on the menu. As we all know, Yao Ming is the frontman of the "Protecting sharks begins with me" campaign and he has promised at the WildAid event that he would not eat sharks fin at any time or under any circumstance. Hence, there was no sharks fin at the wedding tonight.
Ah, China: They actually thank people for untruthful stories on the Internet. So polite, as along as you don't, you know, live in Tibet, or Sudan, or ... well, lots of places, actually.
So What Was Really On The Menu At Yao Ming's Wedding? [Shanghaiist]


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West Grove and Oxford get funding for community revitalization08/20/2013 04:57PM ● By ACL
This vacant lot at Willow Street and South Guernsey Road in West Grove will be the site of 40 affordable homes built by Habitat for Humanity.
By John Chambless
Staff Writer
West Grove Borough has been awarded $1,111,000 by the Chester County Commissioners to fund the construction of 40 affordable homes in the borough.
The award, which is part of the 2013 Community Revitalization Program funded by the commissioners, was announced on Aug. 14. The money will pay for infrastructure improvements for the 6.8-acre tract at the southwest corner of Willow Street and South Guernsey Road, including a new storm water management system, storm sewer system, public water system, new street construction and the widening of existing streets.
Habitat for Humanity of Chester County is scheduled to build 40 affordable homes on the property, working in partnership with families earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income.
"For more than 10 years, these CRP grants have helped to improve communities across Chester County, focusing on urban areas," said commissioner chair Ryan Costello. "Not only do they help to improve the public health and safety of our community, but over the years, the CRP funds have helped to significantly increase the taxable assessments of our urban centers, in some cases, by more than 15 percent."
Also on the list of awards is Oxford Borough, which got $225,000 for the third phase of the Market Street Streetscape Project. The money will be used to remove existing curbs and sidewalks and install new curbs and sidewalks, landscaping, crosswalks and painted traffic lines. Also part of the project is the removal of existing parking meters and installation of new meters, trash cans, planters and streetlights along Market Street, stretching from below South Third Street to Niblock Alley.
Other grant recipients were Modena Borough, which got $52,000 for 51 new streetlights; Spring City Borough, which got $125,000 for storm water improvements along Hall Street; Downingtown Borough, which got $450,000 for refurbishing a drinking water storage tank; Malvern Borough, which got $500,000 for a streetscape project on South Warren and First avenues; and West Chester Borough, which got $293,000 for 60 new solar-powered compacting trash receptacles to be installed on poles in the borough. The receptacles will save the borough about $259,000 in costs over the next five years.
The total award amount from the commissioners was $2,756,000.
"These projects are all in line with our strategic plan and with Landscapes2, the county's land use plan that bridges growth with preservation," said commissioner Kathi Cozzone. "CRP grants have contributed greatly to the success of community revitalization in Chester County, helping to spur additional economic development along our main streets. This year's list of grants is no exception, with many streetscape and infrastructure upgrades that will help encourage more commercial and residential growth in our boroughs."
Commissioner Terence Farrell added, "The CRP grants are structured to help our 16 urban centers undertake infrastructure improvements through direct funds that have, over the years, leveraged millions more in investment. It is an efficient program that encourages the urban centers to review the needs of the community and develop plans to make the changes happen. Often these changes are the slightly-less-glamorous, but very important upgrades to water, storm water and sewer systems, and with every completion, residents and businesses really benefit."
Since the Community Revitalization Program began in 2002, the county has awarded more than $51.5 million in Community Revitalization program and Community Development Block Grant program grants to the 16 urban centers (the City of Coatesville and the 15 boroughs) for infrastructure improvements, according to Pat Bokovitz, director of Chester County Department of Community Development.


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Royals Minor League report: July 15
Omaha Storm Chasers (44-53)
The Storm Chasers are off until Thursday, when they visit Albuquerque (Dodgers). Pitcher Chris Dwyer will participate in Wednesday's Triple-A All-Star Game in Reno.
NW Arkansas Naturals (12-12 2nd half, 37-57 overall)
NW Arkansas 3, Tulsa 2
WP: Andy Ferguson (2-3)
SV: Zach Jackson (9)
HR: Rey Navarro (7), Brett Eibner (13), Matt Fields (24)
Northwest Arkansas slugged three solo home runs in a 3-2 win over Tulsa. Rey Navarro tied the game at 1-1 in the second. Brett Eibner put Northwest Arkansas ahead with his fourth homer in three days. Matt Fields provided a needed insurance run with his league-leading 24th roundtripper in the seventh. Andy Ferguson held the Drillers to a run on five hits and a walk over 7.0 innings. Kelvin Herrera struck out three and allowed a hit in a scoreless eighth.
Wilmington Blue Rocks (14-10 2nd half, 47-47 overall)
Lynchburg 8, Wilmington 1
LP: John Lamb (4-8)
HR: Jared Schlehuber (6)
The Blue Rocks settled for a 2-2 split vs. Lynchburg. The Hillcats built an 8-0 lead, including four runs in the fourth. John Lamb allowed five runs (four earned), seven hits and a walk over 3.0 innings plus three batters. Jared Schlehuber posted three of the five Wilmington hits, finishing with two doubles, a walk and a home run in the ninth. The entire Carolina League is off today, with Wilmington starting a series at Myrtle Beach (Rangers) on Wednesday.
Lexington Legends (14-9 2nd half, 47-44 overall)
Lexington 1, Delmarva 0
WP: Aroni Nina (6-3)
SV: Mark Peterson (11)
HR: None
Mark Donato's sixth-inning single scored Yowill Espinal as Lexington finished 3-1 vs. Delmarva. Matt Murray pitched 4.2 innings, holding the Shorebirds to a hit and three walks. Aroni Nina (2.1 IP, 1 H), Chas Byrne (1.0 IP) and Mark Peterson (1.0 IP, 1 H) completed the shutout. The Legends begin a seven-game road trip at Rome (Braves) on Wednesday.
Idaho Falls Chukars (11-14)
Idaho Falls 5, Missoula 1
WP: Patrick Conroy (2-0)
HR: Carlos Garcia (2)
Idaho Falls completed a three-game sweep at Missoula, the club's fifth straight win overall. Patrick Conroy pitched 8.0 strong innings, holding the Osprey to a run on six hits and walk while striking out nine. Elier Hernandez was 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs. The Chukars are off today before hosting Helena and Missoula.
Burlington Royals (11-10)
Kingsport 4, Burlington 0 (Game One - Seven innings)
LP: Zach Lovvorn (1-1)
HR: None
Kingsport 7, Burlington 1 (Game Two - Seven innings)
LP: Cesar Ogando (0-1)
HR: None
Burlington lost a pair of seven-innings games that were played at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina. Kingsport scored three runs in the second inning of game one. Ramon Torres recorded two of Burlington's four hits against Chris Flexen, who tossed a complete game shutout. The Mets scored seven times over the last two innings of game two. Burlington starter Kevin McCarthy held Kingsport scoreless on eight hits over 5.0 innings. Torres drove in the lone Royals run with a single in the third.
Surprise Royals (7-14)
Arizona Rangers 3, Surprise Royals 2
LP: Hunter Haynes (0-3)
HR: None
Surprise lost Monday's contest against their complex counterparts. Lee's Summit North graduate Brandon Dulin was 3-for-4 with a triple and an RBI. The clubs will play again on Wednesday.


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Today, like most Fridays, is the culmination of a week's work in the lab. I am a PhD student in the Organic Geochemistry Unit (OGU) at the University of Bristol working on the European Research Council-funded 'NeoMilk: The Milking Revolution in Temperate Neolithic Europe' project. NeoMilk is an interdisciplinary collaboration of researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Exeter, College London and Poznań (Poland), and the National Museum of Natural History, Paris, researching the development of dairying practices in Neolithic Europe by archaeological, chemical, zooarchaeological and statistical analyses. These interdisciplinary proxies will provide a window on the cultural, environmental and temporal variables of cooking and subsistence practices, to better understand the context of the Linearbandkeramik (LBK) culture in the development of agriculture in Central Europe.
My role is to analyse organic residues from food and other organic materials absorbed in pots from sites in and around Poland from a variety of environmental and cultural contexts, and compare results on inter- and intra-site levels (individual households, chronologies and vessel typologies).
In order to find out what these residues are, I have to prepare the potsherds. The following is a typical week for me in the lab:
Take sub-samples from potsherds I wish to analyse next. Only 1-2 grams of ceramic material is required for organic residue analysis, so only small areas of each sherd are sub-sampled, nearly always allowing the profile of the sherd or any areas with surface decoration to be left intact. A modelling drill is used to remove a very fine outer layer of the sherd on all sides that it will be sub-sampled from, so the presence of any surface contaminants from handling or contact with plastics can be minimised. I then use a hammer and chisel to remove that part of the sherd and then wrap it in foil until it is ready for analysis.
Crush and weigh the sherd fragments I've sub-sampled. Knowing the mass of the ceramic material lipids will be extracted from will allow me to calculate the concentrations of the lipids, which is useful as the analytical instruments are very sensitive and won't work optimally if the lipid extracts are too dilute or concentrated.
The OGU has a weekly seminar and lab meeting on Tuesday lunchtimes which is a good opportunity to announce news, discuss any issues and tidy the lab.
Chemically extract the lipids from the sherd fragments.
We use gas chromatography, an analytical technique that screens the compounds in the lipid extract, firstly so we know lipids are present (sometimes they aren't, either because of poor preservation or because the archaeological use of the vessel didn't contribute to the absorption of lipids into the vessel – e.g. it wasn't used for cooking food) and secondly so we know whether there are also any contaminants present that may have been introduced during extraction in the lab or before when the sherd was handled or came into contact with plastics during excavation or post-excavation. We can often differentiate these sources of contamination by including a blank in each batch of sherds we extract and analyse.
Run the samples and a blank on the gas chromatograph (GC).
As well as separate compounds within the lipid extracts, the GC determines the abundances of each compound, which we use with the weighed sherd fragments they come from to calculate the approximate concentrations of lipids from each sherd. At this stage I can determine which samples are suitable for further analysis tomorrow. Those that are too dilute will not be viable, though those that are too concentrated for the instruments can be diluted with hexane.
Run the selected samples on a second instrument that allows us to identify the compounds screened yesterday by finding the mass-to-charge ratios of their ions. This technique is called gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS). GC/MS is useful for identifying compounds that are biomarkers for aquatic species.
Sometimes I run the samples on a third instrument that finds the isotopic values of two particular compounds (palmitic and stearic acid) which occur almost ubiquitously in residues. This instrumental technique called gas chromatography combustion isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC-c-IRMS) works by comparing the proportions of carbon-12 and the heavier carbon-13 in these two compounds. I can then determine whether the lipids in that sherd derive from the meat of a terrestrial non-ruminant animal (e.g. pig) or a terrestrial ruminant animal (e.g. cow), or from the dairy products of a terrestrial ruminant animal.
I also have to wash and sterilise the various tubes I've used for extracting the lipids from all these sherds this week, so they are ready for another set of sherds next week. I usually catch up on responding to emails and doing any writing, or I may occasionally do other work, such as photograph the 425 sherds I sampled from 14 LBK sites in north-central and northwest Poland in June.
Time for a well-earned weekend! Further information about the NeoMilk project is available at www.neomilk-erc.eu, and the instrumental techniques we use at the OGU at www.bris.ac.uk/nerclsmsf. Last Saturday I and three other members of the OGU exhibited a stall at the Thornbury Science Festival near Bristol, which included a game called 'Palaeodetective' that showcases the diverse research the OGU is engaged in; you can play the game online at www.chemlabs.bris.ac.uk/outreach/resources/Palaeodetectives%20Online%20Version!


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How to Adjust to a Large Fall in Commodity Prices »
Volume: 16
Series: Fiscal Affairs Department How-To Notes
Author(s): Paulo Medas , Veronique Salins , and Jeff Danforth
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 September 2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475536065.061
Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Canada, Chile, Commodity prices, Malaysia, Natural resources, Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Hemisphere, Commodity boom
Resource-rich countries have to manage highly volatile commodity revenues. In periods of revenue booms there is a tendency for large spending scale-ups. When facing large and persistent reductions in commodity pric...