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The web of host-guest connections on Airbnb: A social network perspective
Teubner explores the underlying social network structure of Airbnb and how it could be leveraged to manage reputation on the platform.
Teubner explores the underlying social network structure of Airbnb and how it could be leveraged to manage reputation on the platform. Read moreReputation
How much would you pay for an extra star? An update from Teubner et al. on the economic value of reputation mechanisms on Airbnb. Read moreTrust and Safety
By demonstrating crowdfunding's importance for sustainable development policies, this study by Brimont also suggests avenues for increasing its potential. Read moreCrowdfunding
Teubner explores the underlying social network structure of Airbnb and how it could be leveraged to manage reputation on the platform.
How much would you pay for an extra star? An update from Teubner et al. on the economic value of reputation mechanisms on Airbnb.
By demonstrating crowdfunding's importance for sustainable development policies, this study by Brimont also suggests avenues for increasing its potential.
Dushnitsky et al. use econometric analyses to reveal patterns and variations in the creation of crowdfunding platforms across 15 countries in Europe.
Beier and Wagner study user behaviour on a popular crowdfunding platform and advise project initiators on tactics to increase their funding chances.
Light and Briggs look at how crowdfunding platforms are being leveraged to redesign society by promoting environmental and social sustainability.
This paper by Valerio De Stefano analyses opportunities and risks of the gig-economy from the perspective of labour protection.
Frenken articulates three alternative governance regimes of the sharing economy, and the environmental and social effects that can be expected under each.
UK's landmark review of work practices, with recommendations targeting sharing economy platforms and the promotion of 'decent work.'
Hunt and Machingura investigate the impacts of on-demand domestic work on women, which make up 80% of domestic workers globally, in a developing-country context.
This study by Como et al. explores how the collaborative economy could transform existing cooperative businesses in Europe and beyond.
Benoit et al. clarify the roles of the three main actors in CC – the platform provider, peer provider and customer – and delineate CC from other similar concepts.
As Europe's collaborative economy grows in size and influence, how can we ensure it has a positive impact for participants and society more generally?
Böcker and Meelen investigate participation in the sharing economy and show that motivations differ based on sector, while differences between socio-demographic groups are less evident.
How do consumer interests play out on P2P platforms and how can policy makers promote responsible development of these markets? New findings from the European Commission.
Is there such a thing as one 'sharing economy'? Light and Miskelly contrast local initiatives with global enterprises to pinpoint tensions and reveal multiple 'sharing cultures' instead.
How do you decide what to share on social networking sites? Dienlin and Metzger extend the privacy calculus to better understand self-disclosure on popular sites like Facebook.
Festila and Dueholm Müller ask how individuals see themselves and construct their identities when engaging in access-based consumption, in particular Airbnb.
This EU Horizon 2020 Research Project focuses on questions of participation, privacy, and power in the sharing economy. Literature reviews on each topic have been released in the first stage of the project.
This IDDRI brief provides insight into the concept of urban crowdsourcing and its potential to reinstate citizens as key stakeholders in urban development.
Davidson and Infranca explore how the sharing economy is changing the urban environment and how current regulatory responses hold promise for empirically grounded policies.
Greene and McGinty argue that cities should leverage the sharing economy to create new opportunities for the urban poor, and are well positioned to do so.
Schor's study on income distribution suggests activity on three for-profit platforms is shifting more income and employment opportunity to better-off households.
Using Airbnb's occupancy data, this study suggests the platform has contributed to lower vacancies and higher prices in New York City's rental market.
Edelman and Luca's seminal study on the unintended consequences of trust-building mechanisms on the world's most popular accommodation sharing platform.
This study by Voytenko Palgan et al. breaks down sustainability narratives in the accommodation sharing sector, producing a rich analysis of 'framings' held by different platforms and users.
It's 2030 – are platform workers better or worse off? The European Commission's Joint Research Centre constructs four scenarios that explore challenges for platform labour in the future.
Frenken and Schor take an economic-historic perspective to define the sharing economy and synthesise the major debates on its economic, social and environmental impact.
This study by Daniel Guttentag investigates why people choose Airbnb over traditional lodging options and how they use the peer-to-peer accommodation service.
When people use different kinds of images to represent themselves on platforms, how are trust and sharing affected? Teubner et al. test levels of 'picture humanization' to find out.
Kim and Lee's research finds that, in New York City, greater competition from Uber has led to an increase in consumer welfare, without a corresponding decrease in taxi revenues.
As transaction costs collapse and networks of people easily orchestrate themselves, Yochai Benkler suggests that pro-social and intrinsic motivations will become a key competitive advantage for successful firms.
This short paper by Huckle et al. looks at how the Internet of Things and blockchain technology can benefit sharing economy applications.
What are platform cooperatives and how can they contribute to a more worker-friendly collaborative economy? Trebor Scholz outlines 10 principles for platform cooperativism.
This french language study by Carbone et al. examines the role of logistics in collaborative consumption and identifies and describes four distinct categories.
The EU is setting a legal agenda for the collaborative economy. A recent series of papers assesses the legal framework for peer-to-peer accommodation in cities across Europe.
Brimont et al. examine how public authorities can work with carsharing firms to reduce the environmental and financial costs of private vehicle travel.
How should cities regulate the sharing economy in the future? Rauch and Schleicher forecast more collaborative days ahead for local governments and sharing firms.
This article by Guido Smorto looks at the multifaceted effects and regulatory implications of peer-to-peer platforms on the urban commons.
Can the collaborative economy solve issues at the heart of the sustainability puzzle? PICO delves into the environmental and social impacts and suggests a new role for public authorities.
How can value and governance be more evenly distributed in the sharing economy? Bruno Carballa Smichowski presents a policy proposal in support of platform cooperativism.
The French Government's comprehensive assessment of collaborative platforms' social impact, with recommendations for improving labour conditions and social protections for platform workers.
This study by Hamari et al. tests the assumption that individuals engage in collaborative consumption for the greater good and finds people are more likely to participate for personal gains.
Relying on historical perspectives and current-day examples, Finck and Ranchordás set out a framework for how cities can adopt more flexible approaches in regulating the sharing economy.
Using data supplied by Uber, Cohen et al. estimate that the consumer surplus generated by UberX in the United States in 2015 was $6.8 billion.
Does carsharing reduce GHG emissions? Martin and Shaheen find that despite a rise in individual emissions, cumulatively, carsharing members reduce kilometers travelled by 27%.
This McKinsey Global Institute report surveys 8000 independent workers, and finds that 20-30% of Americans and Europeans engage in some form of independent work.
Teubner et al. monetize Airbnb's star ratings and overall reputation system to determine the economic value of trust in a P2P marketplace.
Schaefers et al. find that misbehaviour is contagious in access-based services, but also put forward evidence-based strategies to curb bad conduct.
Labrecque et al. chart the evolution of consumer power since the early days of the internet and set an agenda for future research on consumer empowerment in the digital age.
This report by Codagnone et al. undertakes in-depth analysis of 39 platforms and extensive review of secondary evidence to assess social and economic effects of digital labour markets
Using Airbnb as a test case, this study by Edelman et al. contributes to a small but growing body of literature suggesting that racial discrimination persists in online platforms.
Koopman et al. outline the many issues surrounding regulation in the Sharing Economy and argue that 'deregulating down' instead of 'regulating up' would produce best results.
In this study, Pargman et al. posit that a truly sustainable Sharing Economy cannot be achieved without considering the absolute limits of our planet's shrinking resources.
Following a sample of 260,000 sharing economy earners over three years, this JPMorgan Chase Institute study uses big data to explore the impact of platforms such as Uber and Airbnb on income.
User motivations for participating, or not, in the sharing economy remain murky. Hawlitschek et al. develop a questionnaire on personal motives to shed light on this increasingly important topic.
This case study, prepared for the Collaborative Economy course taught by Rachel Botsman at Said Business School, aims to answer what makes Airbnb a revolutionary travel company. What values are embedded into its culture that guide the company in handling tough management and trust debacles and help it stay focused while growing at an exponential rate?
Since 2013 Crowd Companies has been tracking different ways large companies are participating in the collaborative economy. This spreadsheet offers a timeline and also several visualisations describing the activities of large brands.
This paper describes the results of a participatory-design based workshop to investigate the perception and feasibility of finding temporary employment and sharing spare resources using sharing-economy applications.
This report from the National League of Cities seeks to provide an analysis of what is currently happening in American cities so that city leaders may better understand, encourage and regulate the growing sharing economy.
This report from New York University asks the question: will the sharing economy create long-run economic value? The authors study the welfare and distributional effects of peer-to-peer rental markets.
This report released by Piper Jaffray outlines the sharing economy's
fundamental enablers and secular drivers, introduces sub-sectors of the sharing economy, and examines its impact to existing businesses.
This report is from University of Cambridge and EY captures size, transactional volume and growth of alternative finance markets across Europe.
This study written by Tapio Ikkala and Airi Lampinen explores the hospitality exchange
processes that take place via the online peer-to-peer platform Airbnb.
This study from Boston University aims to analyse why ratings collected for 600,000 properties listed on Airbnb worldwide are significantly higher than ratings collected from approximately half a million hotels worldwide collected on TripAdvisor.
This paper produced by the Institute of Public Affairs recommends new approaches to regulatory design that would encourage the growth of the sharing economy.
A key barrier that the independent UK government review written by Debbie Wosskow raised was difficulties in getting appropriate insurance products in the sharing economy. This paper is the British Insurance Brokers' Association's (BIBA) guide to insurance for sharing economy businesses, which was released in response to the UK government independent review.
The Unlocking the Sharing Economy review led by Debbie Wosskow, chief executive of Love Home Swap, was commissioned by the UK Government's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Research from Crowd Companies analyses market funding in the collaborative economy.
Nesta in collaboration with University of Cambridge, aims to show the landscape of new financing models that have emerged outside of the traditional financial system, focusing on online platforms or websites.
Leo Burnett polled 4,000 adults aged 18-69 to determine how Americans perceive, and participate in, the sharing economy.
This study published on Curve,the institutional repository for Coventry University explores the disruption of the traditional university as a result of the increasingly widespread provision of free online open education.
Vision Critical in partnership with Collaborative Lab and Nine! Rewards, conducted the first-ever research to look at the uptake and enthusiasm for collaborative economy services in the Australian Market.
This paper by Ignasi Capdevila considers a multi-level perspective to analyze the crucial role of individuals and communities outside firms in the dynamics of innovation in cities.
This report from Accenture discusses the opportunities for insurers in the sharing economy space.
This article from the Bank of England gives an overview on the recent innovations in payments technology, focusing on the emergence of internet-based digital currencies such as Bitcoin.
This paper written by Boyd Cohen and Jan Kietzmann, discusses the existing shared mobility business models in order to uncover the optimal relationship between service providers and local governments to achieve the common objective of sustainable mobility.
This paper from the Tilburg Law School examines the challenges of regulating innovation from the lens of sharing economy.
Nesta in collaboration with Collaborative Lab surveyed a nationally representative sample of 2,000 UK adults about their participation in collaborative activities across a selection of sectors.
This PwC report estimates the financial growth of the sharing economy.
This report released by the Centre for Economics and Business Research reveals the rate of growth of popup retailers in the UK. It analyses this industry's contributions to the UK economy and the barriers it faces.
This study from Roland Berger Strategy Consultants discusses the dramatic growth in shared mobility in cities.
This paper written by Lynne Rose Maylath discusses the local and state laws, and funding mechanisms cities have created or used to create community gardens.
The report explores the potential benefits and challenges of using crowdfunding as a means of executing community-oriented projects. It also offers proposals for how public and non-profit institutions can engage with crowdfunding to realize civic outcomes.
This paper released by Foundation Capital argues that peer-to-peer lending marketplaces can disrupt and displace their traditional competitors, fundamentally changing banking as we know it.
This report from Nesta examines the need to increase the supply and improve efficiency of informal care for older people, with a focus on the role that entrepreneurs and technology can play.
The Transportation Research Board surveyed 300 people from 14 locations in San Francisco and Oakland to determine their attitudes toward and perceptions of carsharing, peer-to-peer carsharing, and the sharing economy.
This study from Boston University examines the impact of Airbnb's entry into the Texas hotel industry focusing on hotel room revenue and market response of hotels.
This paper from Princeton University provides the first comprehensive analysis of Uber's driver-partners, based on both survey data and anonymized, aggregated administrative data.
This report from PiperJaffray aims to describe the different drivers of the sharing economy, give an overview of popular sharing companies, and explain the impacts of the sharing economy on businesses.
This paper by Russel Belk compares compares sharing and collaborative consumption definitions from different authors and gives examples.
This study from Euromonitor outlines the drivers behind the growth in the travel sharing economy.
This guide produced by Shareable and Sustainable Economies Law Center curates scores of innovative, high impact policies that US city governments have put in place to help citizens share resources, co-produce, and create their own jobs.
Why do people take part in collaborative consumption? This study by Pieter van de Glind provides evidence on the motives influencing participation in Amsterdam's collaborative economy.
This case published by Stanford Business School describes the business model used by Quirky and the unique challenges it faced.
This paper published by the London School of Economics explores the connection between collaborative consumption and technology.
This paper by Ignasi Capdevila aims to study the localized spaces of collaborative innovation (LSCI) phenomenon globally, by proposing a typology that classifies 120 spaces.
Through informative graphics, this report authored by Jeremiah Owyang, Christine Tran and Chris Silva explores the market forces driving the rapid growth in the collaborative economy space.
This case study from Stanford Business School describes the decisions the Airbnb founders had to make in the early days in order to build a long-term business.
This paper published in the Journal of Business and Technical Communication aims to answer why unaffiliated professionals choose to work alongside each other in a co-working space.
This paper written by Cait Lamberton and Randall Rose published in the Journal of Marketing conceptualizes commercial sharing systems within a typology of shared goods.
The paper written by James Hill and Michael Wellman presents a game-theoretic model of online tangible private goods rental.
This report from Crowdsourcing.org provides analysis of crowdfunding market trends and composition, and explains the functionality and different models of crowdfunding platforms.
This report from the Transit Research Board's Transit Cooperative Research Program explores current practices in using ride sharing to complement public transit and highlights ways to potentially enhance rides haring and public transit.
This case study from Harvard Business School discusses the period where Airbnb faced complaints of destructive guests and unreliable hosts. The company had to examine what mechanisms would facilitate trust between guests and hosts.
This report from the University of California, Berkeley explores the different ridesharing programs in North America.
This case study from Harvard Business School discusses the period when the three founders of Airbnb joined a YCombinator (YC), a business accelerator located in Mountain View, CA.
This study from the Transportation Research Board discusses the different bikesharing programs across the world. It shows a range of the business models bikesharing programs use as well the providers. It also discusses the social and environmental impacts of using bikesharing programs.
Transportation Sustainability Research Center from the University of California, Berkeley surveyed 6,281 North American carsharing members to determine the impacts of carsharing on household vehicle holdings and aggregate vehicle population.
This study from Frost and Sullivan focuses on the evolution of sustainable personal transportation market, especially the carsharing market in Europe.
This study from the Transportation Sustainability Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley examines North America's carsharing evolution from initial market entry and experimentation to commercial mainstreaming.
This paper from the University of Berkeley bases its research on 33 carsharing expert
surveys collected internationally to determine the most common motivations for car sharing use worldwide.
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"Giving Up for Lent" …. some may read that as "what are you going to give up for Lent?" or you may read it as "I give up from giving up things for Lent". I grew up in the Catholic Church, which took Lent very seriously. We all looked forward to Ash Wednesday, where we would all giggle at each others ashen crosses on our foreheads, but we never were actually being reflective and grasping what the next 40 days meant… Read more »
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Creating a functional playroom when you don't have the space
Wouldn't it be nice to have a home that has multiple rooms that allow you to separate kid stuff from the adult stuff? Some of you may be fortunate enough to have this, but we do not! So, when you need to get creative – there are certain things you can do! For me, insert IKEA. IKEA gets a bad rap from "all of the manual labor" needed to put their furniture together. While I think they do a great… Read more »
I love you because…
Need an easy DIY Valentine's Day gift? Or a gift for an anniversary, just because or to show someone how much you love them? Here is a inexpensive, easy and customizable gift to give to someone you love this Valentine's day…or any day! Items needed: Picture frame (any size, recommend 5″ × 7″; make sure the glass is in the frame) Any color scrap fabric Choice of scrap paper Color printer (optional – if you have pretty penmanship you can… Read more »

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Importance Of Life - Poem by P.YASWANTH REDDY
Life is a journey with many ups and downs and
There will never be a life without problems and troubles.
Life does`nt mean all happiness alone and
We have to face each and every problem.
Life is gifted by God
But we have to shape it to a happy one.
Life is a mountain
We have to climb it to achieve success.
Life is not that how long we have lived
But how we have lived it.
Life is not about the past or the future
But it is about the present.
Our life is not just for us alone
But it should be there for all.
If you enjoy during its first half, you may suffer during the next,
If you toil hard in the first, you are rewarded in the next.
Life is gifted by God
But we have to build it with our own efforts.
Life tastes sweet, salty, sour and bitter
And so let us have as it comes by...
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Dell's New Adamo Laptop
Dell's (DELL) new Adamo laptop is by far the best-looking product ever to come out of Round Rock, Tex. Before you complain that Dell's ultra-utilitarian approach to design has set the bar pretty low, I'll add that the Adamo is a good-looking machine by any standard. The question is whether such a luxe laptop, which starts at $1,999, makes sense.
Given the sickly economy and industry trends that are steadily driving down laptop prices, it's a fair question. The Adamo practically begs to be compared with Apple's (AAPL) MacBook Air (from $1,799) and Lenovo's (LNVGY) ThinkPad X301 (from $1,999). Though the thinnest of the three, the four-pound Adamo is nearly a pound heavier than its competitors. And because it is top-heavy when the lid is open, it feels weightier than it is.
If you're thinking about looks, the Adamo scores pretty high. It has a black or silver aluminum case with an attractive, etched design. And the top four inches or so of the lid are covered with a thin piece of opaque glass that serves both as a visual element and as a window for the antennae hidden behind it.
In a first for a Windows laptop, the Adamo has none of those Microsoft (MSFT) or Intel (INTC) stickers that leave a gooey mess behind if you try to remove them. The back is free of doors or visible screws, which means the battery, like the Air's, is not user-replaceable. The Microsoft certificate of authenticity, required if you ever need to reinstall Windows, is hidden under a hinge cover that is held in place by a couple of small magnets.
Under the lid, there is a sculptured, backlit keyboard that, in my opinion, is not as good as the ThinkPad's. The high-resolution 13.4-inch display is very sharp and bright, though the polished surface, while ideal for photos and video, is less than optimal for text and susceptible to nasty glare under some lighting conditions.
The problem with this class of laptop is that no matter how spiffy the outside looks, what's inside the box is generally pretty mundane; performance is limited by the need to keep power consumption low and by the fact that there's not much room inside the case. The ultra-low-voltage Core 2 Duo processor is far from Intel's fastest, and graphics performance is mediocre. With 2 gigabytes of memory, there's enough processing power for most office software uses, but forget about editing movies or gaming. On the upside, battery life, while maybe an hour short of Dell's claimed five-hours-plus, is good for its class, and the Adamo runs cool and quiet.
Instead of a spinning hard disk, there are 128 gigabytes of solid-state storage, which leaves only about 80 GB free after loading Windows, Office, and a few applications. That's plenty of space for most work requirements, but there's no built-in DVD drive. And if you want to load a few movies to watch on a long plane trip, the limited storage can start to pinch. (A version with an external Blu-ray Disc drive, a slightly faster processor, 4 GB of memory, and a built-in AT&T (T) Mobile Broadband modem costs $2,699.)
The Adamo, like others in this high-cost, relatively low-performance class, is intended as a niche product. The problem is that this sliver of the market is shrinking with the arrival of a new type of thin, light notebook that offers many of the advantages in a more utilitarian package and at less than half the cost. I'll go into a lot more detail on this new class of notebook in an upcoming column.
Still, Dell has made a noteworthy design statement with the Adamo, and I expect to see more iterations with bigger screens. The irony is that this flash of design comes just when Dell's traditional strength—plain, low-cost utility—is again driving purchasing decisions.


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"Sprawl" And Its Benefits
December 20, 1999
Politicians who view increased suburbanization with horror can't really be in tune with the feelings of American homebuyers, who want a piece of real estate with trees to call their own. Opponents of so-called urban sprawl, such as Vice President Al Gore, may be on dangerous political ground with this issue, since it attacks the heart of the American dream, political analysts point out.
Thomas J. DiLorenzo, an economist at the Center for the Study of American Business, has come forward with a study that puts the sprawl issue in perspective.
Here are some of his observations:
- Only 4.8 percent of U.S. land has been developed -- and in only 13 states is more than 10 percent of the land developed.
- The reason the U.S. has lost farm land is that farmers have discovered how to grow more crops on less land and they have been retiring their marginal parcels.
- As for sprawl increasing traffic congestion, the average commute has actually fallen by 1.3 minutes since 1969, thanks in part to the development of suburban communities.
- Sprawl opponents who seek high-density developments will actually end up creating greater traffic congestion, since commuters have made it clear they prefer to drive their cars rather than rely on mass transit, DiLorenzo points out.
DiLorenzo warns that the greatest problem with anti-sprawl proposals is that they rely on giving the government ever-greater powers. Planners want more power to restrict land use and force development into approved models.
They want more subsidies for mass transit and they want to create regional authorities to make decisions otherwise made by free markets.
Source: Macroscope, "Why Not Sprawl?" Investor's Business Daily, December 20, 1999; Thomas J. DiLorenzo, "Suburban Legends: Why 'Smart Growth' Is Not So Smart," Contemporary Issues Series No. 97, November 1999, Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University, Campus Box 1027, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Mo. 63130, (314) 935-5630.
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My current work investigates the curious notions of my own displacement, presence and physicality in relation to home, manmade structure, landscape, as well as memory. In addition to this I also show interest pertaining to representations of family within these concepts.
From a technical aspect, material and process play a huge role in the work I create. At times my practice has been based loosely on the visual blending of man-made structures with the natural, organic, weathering of landscape. I have developed an appreciation for how the two are aesthetically relatable. In addition to this I have and continue to employ the use of obscured text in anything I make. I am in love with the prevalence of gesture seen in text and continue to enjoy seeing it materialize within my work. Gesture is stylistic and distinct to an artist. Therefore it provides an in depth self portrait of my physicality and direct connection to my work as well as the ideas embedded in it. I also enjoy the opportunity of having a direct response to my work using the connotations aligned with text. Art is a mere response to the world around us. The gesture and underlying meanings of the text I use serves as my personal response to work evoked by my surroundings. Personal connections and responses to things such as place, landscape and other representations of these summarize my drive to make work.
The work I have produced during my time at Burren College of Art onsets a new direction in my art practice. It aims to display the literal presence of my identity, body and self in relation to my surroundings. American artist Jasper Johns aimed at "trying to find a way to make pictures." Correspondingly I am trying to find a way to make myself a place by means of making pictures.


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Story by Allied Joint Force Command Naples Political Advisor Office
Following the success of our first Middle East workshop last month, Allied Joint Force Command Naples convened a North Africa Study Day on May 16 in preparation for this headquarters' forthcoming role as the Hub for NATO's Strategic Direction South. This was a larger-scale, full-day event which attracted more than 250 participants from across the NATO command structure as well as Allies, Partners and Partner Organisations. The Study Day focused on NATO's partnerships and priorities in North Africa, with particular attention to the new security challenges which the region has faced since the Arab Spring.
Guest speakers and participants included leading experts on the region, practitioners from NATO, and representatives of some of the partner organisations with which our liaison and coordination will be key for the success of NATO's Southern Hub. These included the European Commission, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, the UN High Commission for Refugees and the African Union.
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About the Hotel
Property Location
A stay at Courtyard by Marriott Ogden places you in the heart of Ogden, walking distance from The Junction and Peery's Egyptian Theater. This hotel is within close proximity of Ogden Municipal Building and Ogden Utah Temple.
Make yourself at home in one of the 193 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and microwaves, as well as phones with free local calls.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a 24-hour fitness center, or other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access and ski storage. Additional features include a fireplace in the lobby and a picnic area.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast and dinner, or grab a snack at a coffee shop/café.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, a computer station, and express check-out. Planning an event in Ogden? This hotel has 14107 square feet (1311 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Free WiFi
- Conference space size (meters) - 1311
- Total number of rooms - 193
- Fireplace in lobby
- Elevator/lift
- Laundry facilities
- Number of floors - 8
- Free self parking
- Meeting rooms
- Express check-out
- Conference space
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- ATM/banking
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Number of meeting rooms - 12
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Restaurant
- Computer station
- Picnic area
- 24-hour business center
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- 24-hour front desk
- Free parking nearby
- Ski storage
- Conference space size (feet) - 14107
- Smoke-free property
Room Facilities
- Hair dryer
- Pay movies
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Flat-panel TV
- Premium TV channels
- Desk
- Free toiletries
- Free local calls
- Phone
- Free WiFi
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Cable TV service
- Climate control
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Coffee/tea maker
- Rollaway/extra beds available
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THE mum of an 11-year-old boy battling leukaemia today welcomed the news researchers in the North East are to take part in a pioneering clinical trial on children's cancer.
The Northern Institute for Cancer Research has been selected to be a part of the world's largest study for treatment of childhood relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL).
Nineteen countries will make up the consortium, and scientists in the region will work with 18 teams from both European and selected non-European countries.
Today, Shelley Humble, whose son Lewis Hair was diagnosed with the illness last year, said the move will make a "massive difference" to sufferers.
The learning support assistant, of Hylton Red House, said: "It's really good news. It is vital that this kind of research takes place."
Shelley said Lewis, a pupil at Red House Academy, who won a Cancer Research UK Little Star bravery award earlier this year, was responding well to treatment.
The IntReALL study will focus on a method known as FLOW MRD, which helps identify small quantities of leukaemic cells in children who are being treated for ALL, to gauge the effectiveness of treatments.
It has been developed by North East scientists for more than a decade, thanks to the help of patients and funding from the North of England's Children's Cancer Research Fund.
It is hoped the trial will establish the best treatment for children who relapsed after the initial course of treatment.
It will involve the use and assessment of a new drug called Epratuzumab, which targets a protein found in leukaemia cells.
Dr Julie Irving, who will lead the research at Newcastle University's Northern Institute for Cancer Research, said: "The fact that 19 countries have got together to work as a group to test new drugs and establish better treatments for children whose leukaemia has relapsed is testament to the strength of the research being carried out."


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of or relating to .
proceeding by, founded on, or using as a method of study:
comparative anatomy.
estimated by ; not positive or absolute; relative:
a comparative newcomer in politics; to live in comparative luxury.
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the comparative degree.
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denoting or involving comparison: comparative literature
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the comparative form of an adjective
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A form of an adjective indicating a greater degree of the quality that the adjective describes. Better is the comparative form of good; faster is the comparative form of fast; bluer is the comparative form of blue; more charming is the comparative form of charming. (Compare superlative.)
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Bill Radke: As we said, Kennedy's illness had kept him out of the current health care debate.
The legislation is on hold in Congress
and in the public, it's dominated lately by images of Obama critics hollering at town hall meetings. Well today, Democrats are launching a campaign to show the public support for health care reform. And reporter Tamara Keith has that.
Tamara Keith: A red, white and blue bus pulls into Phoenix tonight -- the start of an 11-city tour. No rock stars will be on board. Just political operatives and volunteers with Organizing for America. That's the Democratic party's grassroots branch. Jeremy Bird is with the group. He says they want to send a message to members of Congress.
Jeremy Bird: What we want to send folks back to D.C. with is a message from folks who want the status quo to change. They're looking for health insurance reform to happen now, in 2009.
In the next two weeks there will be more than 2,000 rallies, town hall meetings and phone banks. Jacki Schechner is with Health Care for America Now.
Jacki Schechner: I think when the opposition kicked up in a vocal way, it became time to say, OK we speak for the majority of the public and let's make sure that our events show that.
Because in politics, perception equals reality. And as it stands now, the proposed health care overhaul has a real image problem.
In Washington, I'm Tamara Keith for Marketplace.


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Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California Attendance: 36,088
Astros, Verlander shut down Angels
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(TSX / STATS) -- ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Houston Astros still had a comfortable lead in the American League West heading into the opener of a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night, but right-hander Justin Verlander knew it was time to put the team's four-game losing streak to rest.
In his second start since he was acquired from the Detroit Tigers, the veteran right-hander came through with eight shutout innings in a 1-0 victory, lowering Houston's magic number to five in the quest to clinch its first division title since 2001.
Verlander (12-8) allowed one hit, a leadoff double in the first inning by Brandon Phillips. He walked one and struck out nine to prevent the Astros (87-57) from matching their longest losing streak of the season.
"On a night when we really needed it, after a tough series and an off day to kind of reset, those are the things that make you feel really good after the game, just knowing that we needed a big win today," Verlander said.
He walked Mike Trout to start the fourth and hit Trout with a 3-2 pitch to open the seventh, but Phillips never left second base and Trout never left first.
Verlander faced the minimum number of batters from the second through sixth innings to help drop the Angels (73-71) two games back of the Minnesota Twins (75-69) for the second AL wild card.
Yuri Gurriel drove in the only run with a two-out single in the second.
Ken Giles relieved Verlander to start the ninth and gave up a one-out single to Phillips, but second base umpire Pat Hoberg ruled Phillips came off the bag after his slide in an attempt to stretch the hit into a double. Giles then got Trout to ground out to third for his 30th save.
"You can never stop on the play because you just never know," Houston manager A.J. Hinch said of shortstop Carlos Correa's tag on Phillips. "It's a little dangerous for the fielder sometimes, with all the chaos that happens around the base, but a pretty firm tag is nice."
Angels right-hander Garrett Richards (0-1) made his second start since coming off a five-month stay on the disabled list caused by biceps nerve irritation in his throwing arm. It was his first appearance at Angel Stadium since April 2016.
He retired the side in order in the first inning but allowed three singles up the middle in the second to fall behind 1-0.
Gurriel, a 32-year-old rookie who came in averaging 3.35 pitches per plate appearance, the fewest in the majors, lined a 1-1 pitch to center with two outs to score Correa from second.
Verlander didn't cruise through the first inning as easily as Richards, allowing the leadoff double to Phillips on his third pitch.
Trout and Justin Upton then hit back-to-back hard line drives to left field, but Marwin Gonzalez tracked both down. Albert Pujols then grounded to deep short, and Correa's two-hop throw was in plenty of time.
Verlander, 34, settled in and retired nine in a row before Trout led off the fourth with a walk, but the runner was quickly erased when Upton hit into a 6-4-3 double play.
"Early on, I was a little rusty," Verlander said. "I think seven days (between starts) will do that to you, but after the first, specifically after that, I was able to get better."
Richards was removed after allowing one run and four hits in five innings, striking out four and walking none on 63 pitches, 45 for strikes. He threw 52 pitches in 3 1/3 innings in his return from the disabled list on Sept. 5 against the Oakland A's.
"Garrett just had really good command of everything, very pitch-efficient and he used all his pitches, pitched on both sides of the plate," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "That's a great five innings from Garrett."
NOTES: Astros RHP Collin McHugh played catch for the first time since leaving after three innings Friday against the Oakland A's because of a fingernail injury. He had no setbacks, but he will miss his next scheduled start Thursday at the Angels. ... The Kansas City Royals claimed RHP Mike Morin off waivers from the Angels, who designated him for assignment when RHP Garrett Richards came off the disabled list last week. ... Angels 2B Brandon Phillips came in 0-for-15 this season against the Astros before his double off RHP Justin Verlander in the first inning.
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You can work with the furniture you currently have, and still have a look that is stylish and warm decor-wise.
Leather furniture does not seem to conjure up the image of cottage or farmhouse style as much as white slip-covered sofas and sectionals.
But you can certainly warm up a room with what you have. And change that perception in its tracks.
Let's look at ways to do just that...
1. Lighten up the furniture with patterned pillows. Throw pillows always makes a space look more warm and cozy. As well as a comfy throw. Maybe a pretty plaid one at that.
2. If you have dark furniture, use light window coverings to balance the look.
3. Choose a few colors for contrast and paint wood furniture in these colors. (My paint colors seem to revolve around oregano green, a light French blue, and a pale gold/yellow. And I'm painting furniture in various rooms with these colors right now.)
4. Texture is important in any room. Bring in wicker, galvanized metal, or other textured surfaces in which to create vignettes.
5. The walls: Create a gallery wall. Put up a quilt. Distract the eye from landing right on the dark furniture by using your walls to draw the eye in first.
There are all kinds of ways to make your darker furniture fit in with the popular cottage or farmhouse style. You just have to think about what you need to complement what you already have.


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of TripAdvisor Travelers recommend this hotel
"Good option if you don't care about money value."
We stayed at this hotel for 4 nights beginning of January/17. All staff is very happy and available. People from children recreation are amazing and my daughters always wanna stay with them. Time for this complimentary actives was also so good 14:00-22:30, so you can enjoy the pool or near beach while they are enjoying a lot of activities. Big and huge problem are the rooms. They need to be refurbished. Some places like the bathroom are very old and not enough maintenance are given as doors, glass box and toilet. Wardrobe doors do not open totally because there is a concrete beam to block the door movement. Safe did not work.
"The choice of accomodation in Balneário Camboriu"
Stayed for 3 nights in Hotel Marambaia Cassino, and to say the least I was treated like a king for the whole trip. The Staff is very kind and always willing to help, special thank you to Daniela from Reservations, Carlos Eduardo the Sales Manager and Carmen from Reception. My room had an amazing view of the Beach and it was huge with a nice balcony on the 2nd floor. Even though it was low season I could enjoy their fitness center (which is great for a short trip) and the Indoor Heated Pool (31o Degrees Celsius) to detress after a day of meetings. Definitely my choice of accomodation in BC for the future, and I would reccomend it to anyone going there.
"Return to the Brazil of teh 1950s, if that's what you want."
Very old Hotel. Not horrible, but the rooms are pretty worn out. The bed didn't use a bottom fitted sheet and the single sheet slipped around at night to disclose an old mattress. Air Conditioning pretty anemic and the wifi was almost nonexistent. Nice location, but for what this hotel is charging, I would find a newer property.
"Not worth looking at!"
Old hotel that needs a lot of upgrades. Rooms are small and you hear everything from the streets in front of the hotel. Staff is good though. Not worth the cost. Wifi is weak in half the rooms. Ocean front doesn't always mean direct ocean front.
"Traditional, but"
Extremely old fashioned......since the rooms to the service, breakfast, etc..... We did not enjoy the rooms at all. It is well located but if you like newer facilities, by pass Marambaia and get something around 3,000 a 3,700. Barra Sul has became nicer as well.
Credit cards accepted by the hotel: Visa - MasterCard - American Express - Maestro - Diners Club
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Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish Pick-Odds-Prediction 3/12/14
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (15-16) at Wake Forest Demon Deacons (16-15)
College Basketball: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 1:00 pm (Greensboro Coliseum)
The Line: Wake Forest Demon Deacons +3.5 -- Over/Under: See the Latest Odds
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish play the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the first round of the ACC tournament on Wednesday afternoon.
The Notre Dame dropped to 15-16, 6-12 ACC after losing to North Carolina on the road last week to finish up the regular season. On the season, Eric Atkins leads the Irish in scoring and assists, averaging 13.9 points and 4.8 assists per game for Notre Dame. Garrick Sherman is averaging 13.6 points per game while averaging a team-high 7.3 rebounds per game. The Fighting Irish are shooting 45.7% from the field while averaging 72.1 points per game as a team this season. Notre Dame is a decent rebounding team and they are one of the best teams when it comes to distributing the basketball, averaging 15.1 assists per game. The Fighting Irish have lost nine out of their last thirteen games overall. Notre Dame has gone 1-1 on neutral floors this season, beating Indiana and losing to Ohio State earlier in the season.
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The Wake Forest Demon Deacons dropped to 16-15, 6-12 ACC after losing at Miami 69-56 last weekend as they finished up the regular season. On the season, Codi Miller-McIntyre is leading the Demon Deacons in scoring and assists, averaging 12.9 points and 4.1 assists per game. Devin Thomas is averaging 11 points per game along with a team-high 7.5 rebounds per game. Wake Forest is averaging 69.8 points per game while shooting 45% from the field as a team this season. The Demon Deacons are a good rebounding team, averaging 34.8 boards per contest. Wake Forest had lost seven straight games before earning two wins out of their last four games over the past week. Wake Forest has lost their last five road games in conference play and they are 1-2 on neutral courts this season.
Wake Forest beat Notre Dame by 7 points back in January at home. Neither one of these teams is going to make a run in the conference tournament due to the lack of playmaking ability and depth. Notre Dame is usually a dangerous team with plenty of time to prepare and they have had a week to develop a game plan for this one. Wake Forest has not played well away from home and I think they will struggle on Wednesday. Notre Dame will avenge their loss to Wake Forest earlier in the year and will earn the cover on Wednesday.


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The Algerian Business Coalition (Forum des Chefs d'Entreprises) was established by the end of 2000 to promote Algerian companies and you have chaired it since 2014. What are your key objectives and what measures have you taken thus far?
Our two key objectives are clear: ensuring that entrepreneurship is at the heart of all the public economic policies and protecting the freedom of business and investment as enshrined in our Constitution. We make recommendations to revitalize the national economy and diversify Algerian industries. These objectives will remain unachieved in the absence of socioeconomic cohesion.
We hold a number of meetings with senior repres entatives as well as Algerian and foreign partners, who contribute in one way or the other to the achievement of this ambition.
Hence, our ongoing dialogue continues to find consensual solutions to all of these problems that are thwarting our economic development.
What weight does the Algerian Business Coalition enjoy today? How many members do you have and how important are they?
In all modesty, I can say that our partners have become the trigger of every national economic debate. Some are even credible authority representatives. Our coalition consists of 2,000 companies with activities estimated at more than $30 billion. They employ more than 260,000 workers across the country. They are well aware of the facts on the ground.
On March 8 – more specifically, on International Women's Day – you organized a meeting in which businesswomen, women Parliamentarians and organizations took part. How do you contribute to the promotion of equal opportunities for women and men in the Algerian market?
In my program as the chairman of the Algerian Business Coalition, I have 15 objectives, among which is the promotion of women entrepreneurship. I named a woman as my vice-chair and we established the Businesswomen Committee. This is a part of our efforts to improve job opportunities for young graduates. It is also a part of our work to ensure women are successfully included in the economy.
In fact, women represent the majority of university graduates. Our businesswomen have been working with their male counterparts to develop a diversified economy. This economy will be very diversified thanks to women entrepreneurship initiatives. However, we still have a long way to go. At the forum, we are committed to promote the employment of women. We have been working to reinforce innovation and appoint women in top positions in line with their skills.
Algeria suffers from high unemployment. What measures have you taken to increase job opportunities? What steps have you taken to establish a link between universities and companies?
We have taken a number of measures that target young people, university students and researchers in general.
We are well aware that Algeria's high aspirations of becoming an emerging country can only become a reality through young leaders. Therefore, we have established a special entity for young entrepreneurs.
It is of utmost importance to nurture a culture of entrepreneurship at our universities and research centers. For this very reason, we established a Joint Committee with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, which meets regularly to identify common activities and possible fields
of cooperation.
We also appointed two regional representatives for academic institutions and research centers in order to ensure cooperation and promote competitiveness by transforming innovative products and research into job opportunities for young graduates.
You submitted a plan to the Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal to establish a green technology fund and support the diversification of the national economy. What are the highlights of this project?
We did not submit a plan of action, but rather several proposals and measures to pave the way for the implementation of an integrated plan of action.
These proposals focus on reform. We have developed them with our partners as part of an existing plan of action that consists of 28 sectoral committees. They address several issues, such as the
recurrent stumbling blocks to investment: land, funding, tax burdens, bureaucracy and unfair competition in the informal economy.
The government has indeed adopted a number of measures we have proposed on governance, banking services for the parallel market and the reduction of taxes on business in line with the Finance Law for 2016. These measures are encouraging. However, they remain insufficient, because a large country like Algeria must have an emerging plan to promote stability and diversification in its economy instead of being fully reliant on oil and gas.
What about Algeria's economic ties with Europe?
Europe has been a strategic partner for Algeria. Yet, one must realize that even today, trade between the two parties remains unstable.
Algeria provides great investment opportunities and a promising market for European companies. However, the European market remains tightly closed to our products.
It is high time we reviewed the economic ties between Algeria and the European Union to reach a partnership beneficial for both.
At a time when the Algerian economy is being diversified to decrease its reliance on oil, what steps can be taken to improve the investment climate for local and foreign companies?
First of all, there is an urgent need to review our development plan.
It is important to improve this plan because it is at the heart of every reform and measure.
There are several steps, which can be taken now to improve the business environment. These measures should be coupled with modern and effective governance in all business sectors, to attract Algerian and foreign investors. Governance must promote initiatives, not thwart them.
There is also a need to streamline administrative measures to reassure investors. It is important they are guaranteed and covered by sustainable legal measures. Investments are doomed to fail in an ever-changing environment. This can discourage foreign investors.
On our part, we can identify success stories in developed countries, adapt them to the local reality and try to implement them.
In your opinion, what are the key promising sectors in Algeria?
The forum has identified three priority sectors in Algeria: energy, information and communication technology, and agriculture and agro-industries.
Why focus on these sectors specifically?
With regard to the energy sector, we believe it is important to start with the best we can do, especially given the country's natural resources. We have to continue our upstream and downstream processes to benefit from oil and gas to meet the needs of our national economy and export.
Developing ICT will have a positive effect on all other sectors. By developing our technology, we can promote human resources in this sector. As for agriculture and agro-industries, this is a challenge we are trying to overcome to ensure food security and decrease imports.
How is the ongoing drop in oil prices affecting the Algerian economy?
If oil prices continue to plunge, negative implications will be felt. Our imports have plummeted. We should accelerate economic reforms.
We cannot keep a traditional economic model built on natural resources and oil exports. Moreover, the Algerian economy is no longer what it was when the 1986 oil bust took place.
Since then, several companies have been established. It is likely they will contribute to containing the negative implications of this crisis.
What challenges and stumbling blocks do Algerian businessmen face today? What solutions would you recommend?
All businessmen are faced with the same challenges: administrative delays,exchange losses, funding and land, unfair competition from the informal economy, tax burdens…and other intractable problems that only impede companies and prevent them from being part of our economic development.
On our part, we have raised these concerns to senior officials and submitted proposals to tackle them.
How does that affect the country's economic growth and what are the applicable measures?
Free trade and investment are enshrined in our national constitution. This compels the state and all of its institutions to work tirelessly to improve the business environment and develop companies and institutions – be they private or public. In fact, public and private companies should be deemed equal.
What do you think about the latest measures taken to reform the economy? What is the role of Algerian businessmen at this stage?
We commend the latest measures because they are heavily based on our recommendations. Economic events play a major role in diversifying the national economy. In fact, most of them revolve around the implementation of reforms by improving the competitiveness of companies offering different services and products.
This can limit imports and decrease trade and budget deficits. Major businessmen are the main contributors to the creation of national wealth and fight against youth unemployment. This is where economic powers can play a role in emerging countries to promote the performance of the private sector.
You have recently announced that the Algerian Business Coalition will help in Algeria's fight against excessive debt. What initiatives will the Coalition take in this regard?
First of all, we encourage all members to effectively contribute to the success of the National Association, launched recently to provide large-scale support. We have been working to improve the quality of national products, commodities and services to reduce the import bill.
How would you describe the economic ties between Algeria and the Gulf? How can you encourage Gulf investors to come to Algeria?
They are still in their infancy. In the past, we sought to attract European investors. Today, we are still exploring. We are working as a Chamber of Commerce and Business Owners Association to improve cooperation between Algeria and the Gulf at all levels.


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Creating Promising Futures Through Social Construction
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Laurie L. Charlés, Ph.D., LMFT, is a family therapist and qualitative researcher based in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. She earned her Ph.D. in Family Therapy from Nova Southeastern University (1999), her M.A. in Counseling Psychology/Marriage and Family Therapy from Our Lady of the Lake University (1993), and her B.A. in Psychology from St. Mary's University (1988). A licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) since 1997, Laurie has taught family therapy courses, performed qualitative rapid needs assessments, and supervised and trained psychiatrists, psychosocial workers, and family therapists in, among other places, Kosova, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, England, Egypt, and the U.S. Using naturalistic inquiry, qualitative, and appreciative methodologies, she analyzes and implements family therapy practices and training in international humanitarian relief contexts and psychosocial service delivery with vulnerable populations in fragile states . Her clinical practice and recent research are focused on innovative forms of family therapy and psychosocial programming that develop during post-conflict reconstruction.
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Laurie's scholarly and trade publications have appeared in Family Process, Journal of Family Therapy (UK), Journal of Systemic Therapies, The Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Qualitative Inquiry, Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, and the Boston Globe Magazine. Laurie is a Co-Editor of The Qualitative Report (http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/index.html), an open-access online journal dedicated to publishing creative and well-done qualitative research in all disciplines worldwide. She also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, as a reviewer for Qualitative Health Research, and as an editorial consultant for the Philippine Journal of Counseling Psychology.
A recent U.S. Senior Fulbright Scholar (Colombo, Sri Lanka 2010-2011), Laurie is an Approved Supervisor of the AAMFT, and a returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Togo, 1999). She is currently a degree candidate in International Relations at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where she is working on a project analyzing economic inefficiencies in mental health as an instrument of humanitarian aid.


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AMD's Roy Taylor: "VR is very, very much driving innovation" (VRLA)
Noah J Nelson on Thursday, Jan. 28th
While the movers and shakers of Hollywood were in Park City, Utah absorbing the Sundance VR buzz this weekend thousands of virtual reality enthusiasts and the curious descended upon the Los Angeles Convention Center for the VRLA Expo.
The more or less quarterly expo is the biggest VR event that is open to the general public. Not just in LA, but anywhere.
Scores of demos from startups and established VR companies alike drew long lines filled with eager explorers. The Expo was also the platform for some major announcements. StarBreeze, whose headset powers Overkill's The Walking Dead VR experience had parked an entire RV inside the convention hall, announced that they are bringing a VR arcade to LA later this year.
This is just the latest sign that the momentum for virtual reality is strong. Even Apple's CEO Tim Cook in this week's investor call said that he believes that VR is not a niche market.
Yesterday I was able to speak to Roy Taylor, Corporate Vice President Alliances at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and Adam Levin, Business Director of the VRLA Expo, about the state of VR in 2016.
"I think this will be the year that will decide whether VR is really gonna fulfill its promise, or will become a fad," said Taylor. "It's a make or break year I think."
Taylor isn't talking about sales of head mounted displays, however. While the tech press, and even parts of the mainstream media, are looking to throw cold water on VR's heat by focusing on sales numbers, the fact remains that the vast majority of people have yet to have a single VR experience, let alone a decent one.
As a computing technology VR is still in its infancy, with the activity focused heavily on the content creation side of the market. Both the enterprise and consumer markets have barely begun to develop. If computing technology is going to take off the enterprise is a definite factor. Which is something we are just beginning to see with projects like Audi's VR showroom.
"The ability for businesses to use them, or that consumers are satisfied with the experience will decide whether they go forward," said Taylor That's why I think it's make or break. Even thought the total volume of headsets, I don't believe, will be as large as some would hope. I don't think that matters. I think what matters is how good the experience is going to be when they get them."
What will make the market this year, according to Taylor, is groundbreaking content that wouldn't be possible in any other medium.
"We haven't yet seen anything—I don't think any of us—that's so compelling that we just can't be drawn away from it. I believe that this year we will see something like that.
"I'm aware of so many projects that are so close, There's a very talented young director in Hollywood called Kevin Cornish and he showed at VRLA an experience that is based on what's called gaze activated content."
Taylor described the experience to me as play on the liar paradox: two characters are presented to you, and it's up to you to determine which one you think is lying. Based on who you spend the most time looking at—that's where the gaze activation comes into play—the story unfolds from there. A subtle twist on the idea of "choose your own adventure" and one that adds a valuable tool to the inventive storyteller's kit.
"There's never been anything like it," said Taylor. "I think we're going to find some content this year like that… something really compelling where we say 'Wow. VR can do something you just couldn't before."
As one of the leading chip makers—both CPUs and GPUs—in the computer industry AMD's interest in VR is far from academic. The company is the headline sponsor of the Expo, and has taken an active hand in shaping the technology within the VR industry on both the creation and consumption side of the VR equation.
That even extends to 360 video, because while there aren't any chips in the 360 rigs themselves, there's still a need for massive processing power as part of the workflow.
"Once you've caught the image you then need to stitch together the import from each of the cameras That stitching requires powerful graphics processors as well. So we have an interest in the content creation industry which is why we're working with all of the major movie studios very, very closely right now."
VRLA's Levin sees the potential as reaching out being the scope of the major studios.
"Moore's law is on the side of VR," said Levin. "You can for $349 buy a Ricoh Theta Cam and shoot spherical video. These are things that were out of reach of the general public months and years ago and are now very, very easy. I think that we're on the verge of seeing the same sea change in terms of creators that we did when the availability of easy to use smart phone video really catalyzed the YouTube creation explosion."
According to Taylor, we've only begun to see what AMD has up it's sleeve for VR. The company is readying the second version of its LiquidVR technology, which helps resolve latency issues. The heart of Advance Micro Device's business, however, is silicon.
"In terms of the hardware, the chips themselves, we already have some parts that are nearly finished which were designed with VR in mind from the get go. Some completely new products that are just for content creation."
The history of the computing business has been a series of virtuous circles with hardware innovation sparking software advances which spiral back to the hardware. Each side pushing the other forward. So I asked Taylor if something similar was already underway with VR.
"VR is very, very much driving innovation," said Taylor. "Very much."
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We could hardly sleep thinking about the events of tomorrow; the rucksacks (which had been purchased twelve months earlier) were now packed with our belongings and labelled with our names and school: the blankets were rolled – as if we were off to weekend camp – and our gas-masks had been checked by Dad and were in their bags ready to be slung over our shoulders when we set off in the morning.
It seemed assembly time would never come…
But I hadn't imagined it would be like this. It was now past nine o'clock on a misty morning and we were standing around in the playground waiting for a signal to depart to the local railway station. Parents, mostly mothers, stood alongside their offspring, quiet and apprehensive; small children swooped around from one group to another, hardly heeding what was taking place. Eventually we were told to form up in twos and hasty farewells were made by some Mums, while others trailed helplessly along behind the crocodile of children, anxious to snatch a further glimpse of their youngsters before they were whisked away to the country.
After a ten minute walk or so we arrived at a local station where a steam train was awaiting us, and were then hustled on board – with gas –masks and rucksack dangling from small shoulders and getting wedged in carriage doorways. As soon as we were all aboard the train was off, leaving a little group of parents waving goodbye.
The train first took what to me was quite a familiar route; I often visited relations on this line. But we soon branched off onto a different linen and after intermittent slow periods we were halted and told to disembark – to answer nature's call! (It really was like camp; Hessian walls and all that.) When we were all back on the train it moved off and sped through open country…we were on our way at last.
On arriving at our destination we were escorted to the Womens' Institute hall, where harassed officials were doing their best to place the children in suitable accommodation; each child being despatched with a carrier bag of goodies. My brother and I had to be parted because having got well down the list of people who were willing to take evacuees, no-one could house children of both sexes. Eventually I went with a girl I had never seen in my life, while my brother went with three other boys to be billeted with two spinster ladies. (Poor souls, they soon regretted their generous offer to take four young lads and were happy to give them up on the third day!)
The lady of the house to which I was taken – my new "Auntie" was a kindly soul, with three children of her own; a grown-up son and daughter and a girl two years older than me. My fellow evacuee and myself were shown to one of the back bedrooms and told we would be sleeping on the Put–U-Up. We were asked to unpack, wash our hands and come up for a hot meal; and this we did. The carrier bags were then investigated and found to contain a large block of chocolate in each, some sugar and a few other things which were of more interest of the lady of the house. Once our initial shyness wore off we found our new Familiy to be very ordinary and friendly people, anxious to make us feel welcome in their home.
On Sunday, the 3rd September, the Declaration of War was made known on the radio and everyone went around looking very solemn. For the first time I realised the gravity of the situation: it wasn't just a game; the war had started and were parted from our families and likely to remain so for quite a considerable time.
There were to be consolations of course; the local village school could not possibly accommodate us and the local children for full-time schooling, so it had been agreed that each group of children eg the locals and the evacuees, should attend school for mornings one week and afternoons the next week, on a turn and turn about principle. Also the local College had a longer holiday than ordinary schools in the summer and their grounds were thrown open to the evacuees for nearly a month.
Also, to my delight the family acquired a puppy!
Living in a flat in London I could never have such a pet at home. He was so beautiful - a golden mongrel with soft brown eyes and silky ears. And to add to my happiness, the family to which my brother had been re-billited after the initial setback had taken his brother.
Being townies we knew nothing about the country, but that did not deter us from exploring whenever we got the chance. We would take the dogs rabbiting which really meant that we had them on a long piece of rope and they pulled us in whatever direction they chose whenever they got sight or smell of anything of interest to them.
I remember one wet day we started walking up a bridle path which we had often traversed before in the hot dry weather, only to get water-logged (and losing our shoes) in the gooey mud. We fished around in the mud to find our shoes and emptied out the sludge from our sopping footwear only to despair at the sight of our socks all covered in mud. We trudged home shoeless, children and dogs alike almost knee high in mud. (of course the local children would have known how the raid affected this particular part of the terrain but then, as evacuees we were different.)
I had a teacher billeted next door to me and I was well and truly reprimanded for the state in which we returned home and for climbing over fences in an undignified manner.
By the September of 1940 my brother had joined us along with quite a few more elevn year olds. Soon after Christmas we were told to expect some even younger children. The school captains were given lists of the boys and girls who would be arriving and we were all requested to "adopt" a small child and take it under our wing. So as the names of the new arrivals were called out, senior pupils would volunteer to take this or that one, and soon every newcomer was "spoken for". (Strange as it may seem, one little girl had exactly the same name as me – so of course she became my responsibility.) This meant that as each little one jumped down from the coach, an older child would take charge of it, to show him or her where everything was. This schemer worked out very well in practice as well as in theory and some of the older girls got quite attached to their little charges some of which were only about eight years old.
Mind the arrival of these much younger children did put extra work and responsibility on everyone, especially the prefects. We had to make sure they changed their clothes and sent their laundry; had a bath each week, and at least one shower also. We supervised their evening washes, and it was quite a normal occurrence to wash the hair of six little girls in one session, helping them to dry their locks and combing out the tangles. I always thought that when I had finished shampooing and combing the hair of several little girls they all seemed to look alike…they all got a parting on the same side and a little wave just above the clip. But then hairstyling wasn't really my strong point!
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Clear, eloquent and profound, Mill's Utilitarianism has had an enormous influence on moral philosophy and is the idea introduction to ethics.
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was a reformer who applied the test of utility to the law and politics of his day. Legislators must aim at 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number,' and Bentham explained in minute detail how they might achieve it. John Stuart Mill (1806-73), whose education at the hands of a Benthamite father had ended in emotional collapse, thought Bentham's ideal of human happiness too narrow and set out to reconcile his utilitarian inheritance with his own passionate commitment to freedom, spontaneity and imagination. In his essays on Bentham and Coleridge, and above all in Utilitarianism, Mill balanced the claims of reason and the imagination, justice and expediency, individuality and social well-being in a system of ethics that is as relevant to today's intellectua and moral dilemmas it was to the nineteenth century's.


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On October 26, 2015, the European Commission published the text C(2015) 7245 final of a Delegated Regulation it has adopted on regulatory technical standards (RTS) for prudent valuation under Article 105(14) of the Capital Requirements Regulation (Regulation 575/2013).
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The Federation of Students has established an interest-free, short-term loan fund in memory of former student Ginny Lee. Loans are available for full-time students up to a maximum of $1,000 for a period of up to 90 days. Loans are also available to part-time students to a maximum of $300.
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Susie starts off today's show with a remembrance of Helen Gurley Brown. Back in the 1960s, Brown, ahead of her time, offered up the idea that single women liked sex and should have a lot of it. She went on to become the editor of Cosmopolitan, where she was the first to bring titillating images and headlines to women's magazine covers. Susie plays a radio interview of Brown as she talks with conservative talk-show host Joe Pyne.
Next, a breast cancer survivor who enjoys sex is having a lot of pain and self-doubt. When sex hurts and you feel bad, what can you do? Susie reads an article by fellow sexpert Cory Silverberg from his About.com sexuality column. It's advice that we can all learn from.
Finally, it's our "Try This at Home" mailbag. Susie reads a letter from a gal with a quantity, not a quality, problem: "I've got two guys on the hook and I have to give one up. How do I decide which one to keep?"
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This charming home in prestigious Old Palo Alto has been meticulously updated in all aspects from the beautifully restored hardwood floors to the completely upgraded bathrooms. This home is a jewel. The tree studded property with fig tree in rear yard has been lovingly maintained. This 3 bedroom, 2 ½ bath home with living room, separate dining room and family with eating area is well laid out for family living. The second floor in entered by spiral staircase to large master suite with full bath. The home is convenient to University Ave. and California St. activities, Stanford Shopping Center, Stanford University, excellent Palo Alto schools and only four blocks to Cal-Train. Come see this gem. Pets ok.
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'Bigg Boss 9': Vikas Bhalla breaks down on reading his wife's letter
Vikas Bhalla turned a year older in the Bigg Boss house. While the housemates forgot his birthday, Salman Khan reminded everyone about it.
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Vikas' wife Punita Chopra sent a birthday card and a letter for him. Vikas broke down after reading the letter.
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It's got a new radiator on it, still not very big but better than what was on it. It's a struggle every which way, not got loads of room width wise, old curved radiator I had fouled on lock, and if it's too far forward the front tyre will touch it on heavy braking. At the moment what's on it doesn't have any of those problems like I had with the other two I tried, partly down to the slimmer fan too so everything's more compact. I might make some fins for the side of the radiator to try and direct the air through it better but apart from that it should be good enough.