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Confessions? It Is That Time of Year
December 23, 2022
Forget St. Augustine.
Big data, data science, or whatever you want to call is was the precursor to artificial intelligence. Tech people pursued careers in the field, but after the synergy and hype wore off the real work began. According to WD in his RYX,R blog post: "Goodbye, Data Science," the work is tedious, low-value, unwilling, and left little room for career growth.
WD worked as a data scientist for a few years, then quit in pursuit of the higher calling as a data engineer. He will be working on the implementation of data science instead of its origins. He explained why he left in four points:
• "The work is downstream of engineering, product, and office politics, meaning the work was only often as good as the weakest link in that chain.
• Nobody knew or even cared what the difference was between good and bad data science work. Meaning you could suck at your job or be incredible at it and you'd get nearly the same regards in either case.
• The work was often very low value-add to the business (often compensating for incompetence up the management chain).
• When the work's value-add exceeded the labor costs, it was often personally unfulfilling (e.g. tuning a parameter to make the business extra money)."
WD's experiences sound like everyone who is disenchanted with their line of work. He worked with managers who would not listen when they were told stupid projects would fail. The managers were more concerned with keeping their bosses and shareholders happy. He also mentioned that engineers are inflamed with self-grandeur and scientists are bad at code. He worked with young and older data people who did not know what they were doing.
As a data engineer, WD has more free time, more autonomy, better career advancements, and will continue to learn.
Whitney Grace, December 23, 2022
Common Sense: A Refreshing Change in Tech Write Ups
December 13, 2022
I want to give a happy quack to this article: "Forget about Algorithms and Models — Learn How to Solve Problems First." The common sense write up suggests that big data cowboys and cowgirls make sure of their problem solving skills before doing the algorithm and model Lego drill. To make this point clear: Put foundations in place before erecting a structure which may fail in interesting ways.
The write up says:
For programmers and data scientists, this means spending time understanding the problem and finding high-level solutions before starting to code.
But in an era of do your own research and thumbtyping will common sense prevail?
Not often.
The article provides a list a specific steps to follow as part of the foundation for the digital confection. Worth reading; however, the write up tries to be upbeat.
A positive attitude is a plus. Too bad common sense is not particularly abundant in certain fascinating individual and corporate actions; to wit:
- Doing the FBX talkathons
- Installing spyware without legal okays
- Writing marketing copy that asserts a cyber security system will protect a licensee.
You may have your own examples. Common sense? Not abundant in my opinion. That's why a book like How to Solve It: Modern Heuristics is unlikely to be on many nightstands of some algorithm and data analysts. Do I know this for a fact? Nope, just common sense. Thumbtypers, remember?
Stephen E Arnold, December 13, 2022
An Essay about Big Data Analytics: Trouble Amping Up
October 31, 2022
I read "What Moneyball for Everything Has Done to American Culture." Who doesn't love a thrilling data analytics story? Let's narrow the scope of the question: What MBA, engineer, or Certified Financial Analyst doesn't love a thrilling data analytics story?
Give up? The answer is 99.9 percent emit adrenaline and pheromone in copious quantities. Yeah, baby. Winner!
The essay in the "we beg for dollars politely" publication asserts:
The analytics revolution, which began with the movement known as Moneyball, led to a series of offensive and defensive adjustments that were, let's say, _catastrophically successful_. Seeking strikeouts, managers increased the number of pitchers per game and pushed up the average velocity and spin rate per pitcher. Hitters responded by increasing the launch angles of their swings, raising the odds of a home run, but making strikeouts more likely as well. These decisions were all legal, and more important, they were all _correct_ from an analytical and strategic standpoint.
Well, that's what makes outfits similar to Google-type, Amazon-type, and TikTok-type outfits so darned successful. Data analytics and nifty algorithms pay off. Moneyball!
The essay notes:
The sport that I fell in love with doesn't really exist anymore.
Is the author talking about baseball or is the essaying pinpointing what's happened in high technology user land?
My hunch is that baseball is a metaphor for the outstanding qualities of many admired companies. Privacy? Hey, gone. Security? There is a joke worthy of vaudeville. Reliability? Ho ho ho. Customer service from a person who knows a product? You have to be kidding.
I like the last paragraph:
Cultural Moneyballism, in this light, sacrifices exuberance for the sake of formulaic symmetry. It sacrifices diversity for the sake of familiarity. It solves finite games at the expense of infinite games. Its genius dulls the rough edges of entertainment. I think that's worth caring about. It is definitely worth asking the question: In a world that will only become more influenced by mathematical intelligence, can we ruin culture through our attempts to perfect it?
Unlike a baseball team's front office, we can't fire these geniuses when the money is worthless and the ball disintegrates due to a lack of quality control.
Stephen E Arnold, October 31, 2022
A Data Taboo: Poisoned Information But We Do Not Discuss It Unless… Lawyers
October 25, 2022
In a conference call yesterday (October 24, 2022), I mentioned one of my laws of online information; specifically, digital information can be poisoned. The venom can be administered by a numerically adept MBA or a junior college math major taking short cuts because data validation is hard work. The person on the call was mildly surprised because the notion of open source and closed source "facts" intentionally weaponized is an uncomfortable subject. I think the person with whom I was speaking blinked twice when I pointed what should be obvious to most individuals in the intelware business. Here's the pointy end of reality:
Most experts and many of the content processing systems assume that data are good enough. Plus, with lots of data any irregularities are crunched down by steamrolling mathematical processes.
The problem is that articles like "Biotech Firm Enochian Says Co Founder Fabricated Data" makes it clear that MBA math as well as experts hired to review data can be caught with their digital clothing in a pile. These folks are, in effect, sitting naked in a room with people who want to make money. Nakedness from being dead wrong can lead to some career turbulence; for example, prison.
The write up reports:
Enochian BioSciences Inc. has sued co-founder Serhat Gumrukcu for contractual fraud, alleging that it paid him and his husband $25 million based on scientific data that Mr. Gumrukcu altered and fabricated.
The article does not explain precisely how the data were "fabricated." However, someone with Excel skills or access to an article like "Top 3 Python Packages to Generate Synthetic Data" and Fiverr.com or similar gig work site can get some data generated at a low cost. Who will know? Most MBAs math and statistics classes focus on meeting targets in order to get a bonus or amp up a "service" fee for clicking a mouse. Experts who can figure out fiddled data sets take the time if they are motivated by professional jealousy or cold cash. Who blew the whistle on Theranos? A data analyst? Nope. A "real" journalist who interviewed people who thought something was goofy in the data.
My point is that it is trivially easy to whip up data to support a run at tenure or at a group of MBAs desperate to fund the next big thing as the big tech house of cards wobbles in the winds of change.
Several observations:
- The threat of bad or fiddled data is rising. My team is checking a smart output by hand because we simply cannot trust what a slick, new intelware system outputs. Yep, trust is in short supply among my research team.
- Individual inspection of data from assorted open and closed sources is accepted as is. The attitude is that the law of big numbers, the sheer volume of data, or the magic of cross correlation will minimize errors. Sure these processes will, but what if the data are weaponized and crafted to avoid detection? The answer is to check each item. How's that for a cost center?
- Uninformed individuals (yep, I am including some data scientists, MBAs, and hawkers of data from app users) don't know how to identify weaponized data nor know what to do when such data are identified.
Does this suggest that a problem exists? If yes, what's the fix?
[a] Ignore the problem
[b] Trust Google-like outfits who seek to be the source for synthetic data
[c] Rely on MBAs
[d] Rely on jealous colleagues in the statistics department with limited tenure opportunities
[e] Blink.
Pick one.
Stephen E Arnold, October 25, 2022
The Push for Synthetic Data: What about Poisoning and Bias? Not to Worry
October 6, 2022
Do you worry about data poisoning, use of crafted data strings to cause numerical recipes to output craziness, and weaponized information shaped by a disaffected MBA big data developer sloshing with DynaPep?
No. Good. Enjoy the outputs.
Yes. Too bad. You lose.
For a rah rah, it's sunny in Slough look at synthetic data, read "Synthetic Data Is the Safe, Low-Cost Alternative to Real Data That We Need."
The sub title is:
A new solution for data hungry AIs
And the sub sub title is:
Content provided by IBM and TNW.
Let's check out what this IBM content marketing write up says:
One example is Task2Sim, an AI model built by the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab that creates synthetic data for training classifiers. Rather than teaching the classifier to recognize one object at a time, the model creates images that can be used to teach multiple tasks. The scalability of this type of model makes collecting data less time consuming and less expensive for data hungry businesses.
What are the downsides of synthetic data? Downsides? Don't be silly:
Synthetic data, however it is produced, offers a number of very concrete advantages over using real world data. First of all, it's easier to collect way more of it, because you don't have to rely on humans creating it. Second, the synthetic data comes perfectly labeled, so there's no need to rely on labor intensive data centers to (sometimes incorrectly) label data. Third, it can protect privacy and copyright, as the data is, well, synthetic. And finally, and perhaps most importantly, it can reduce biased outcomes.
There is one, very small, almost miniscule issue stated in the write up; to wit:
As you might suspect, the big question regarding synthetic data is around the so-called fidelity — or how closely it matches real-world data. The jury is still out on this, but research seems to show that combining synthetic data with real data gives statistically sound results. This year, researchers from MIT and the MIT-IBM AI Watson Lab showed that an image classifier that was pretrained on synthetic data in combination with real data, performed as well as an image classifier trained exclusively on real data.
I loved the "seems to show" phrase I put in bold face. Seems is such a great verb. It "seems" almost accurate.
But what about that disaffected MBA developer fiddling with thresholds?
I know the answer to this question, "That will never happen."
Okay, I am convinced. You know the "we need" thing.
Stephen E Arnold, October 6, 2022
Webb Wobbles: Do Other Data Streams Stumble Around?
October 4, 2022
I read an essay identified as an essay from The_Byte In Futurism with the content from Nature. Confused? I am.
The title of the article is "Scientists May Have Really Screwed Up on Early James Webb Findings." The "Webb" is not the digital construct, but the space telescope. The subtitle about the data generated from the system is:
I don't think anybody really expected this to be as big of an issue as it's becoming.
Space is not something I think about. Decades ago I met a fellow named Fred G., who was engaged in a study of space warfare. Then one of my colleague Howard F. joined my team after doing some satellite stuff with a US government agency. He didn't volunteer any information to me, and I did not ask. Space may be the final frontier, but I liked working on online from my land based office, thank you very much.
The article raises an interesting point; to wit:
When the first batch of data dropped earlier this summer, many dived straight into analysis and putting out papers. But according to new reporting by Nature, the telescope hadn't been fully calibrated when the data was first released, which is now sending some astronomers scrambling to see if their calculations are now obsolete. The process of going back and trying to find out what parts of the work needs to be redone has proved "thorny and annoying," one astronomer told Nature.
The idea is that the "Webby" data may have been distorted, skewed, or output with knobs and dials set incorrectly. Not surprisingly those who used these data to do spacey stuff may have reached unjustifiable conclusions. What about those nifty images, the news conferences, and the breathless references to the oldest, biggest, coolest images from the universe?
My thought is that the analyses, images, and scientific explanations are wrong to some degree. I hope the data are as pure as online clickstream data. No, no, strike that. I hope the data are as rock solid as mobile GPS data. No, no, strike that too. I hope the data are accurate like looking out the window to determine if it is a clear or cloudy day. Yes, narrowed scope, first hand input, and a binary conclusion.
Unfortunately in today's world, that's not what data wranglers do on the digital ranch.
If the "Webby" data are off kilter, my question is:
What about the data used to train smart software from some of America's most trusted and profitable companies? Could these data be making incorrect decisions flow from models so that humans and downstream systems keep producing less and less reliable results?
My thought is, "Who wants to think about data being wrong, poisoned, or distorted?" People want better, faster, cheaper. Some people want to leverage data in cash or a bunker in Alaska. Others like Dr. Timnit Gebru wants her criticisms of the estimable Google to get some traction, even among those who snorkel and do deep dives.
If the scientists, engineers, and mathematicians fouled up with James Webb data, isn't it possible that some of the big data outfits are making similar mistakes with calibration, data verification, analysis, and astounding observations?
I think the "Webby" moment is important. Marketers are not likely to worry too much.
Stephen E Arnold, October 4, 2022
Data and Dining: Yum Yum
August 30, 2022
Food and beverage companies hire consultants like Mike Kostyo to predict what dishes will soon be gracing menus. HuffPost describes the flavorful profession in the piece, "This Food Trendologist Knows What We'll Be Eating Before Anyone Else." As one might expect, the job involves traveling to many places and sampling many cuisines. But it also means analyzing a trove of data. Who knew? Writer Emily Laurence tells us:
"Kostyo explained that declaring something a trend requires actual data; it's not done willy-nilly. A lot of his job is spent analyzing data to prepare food trend reports he and his team put together a few times a year. Some brands and companies use these trend reports to determine products they may want to create. 'We have our eyes on all sorts of possible trends, with dedicated folders for each. Any time we come across a piece of data or anecdotal evidence related to a possible trend, we add it to the designated folder,' Kostyo said, explaining that this allows them to see how a trend is building over time (or if it fizzles out, never actually turning into one). For example, he said he and his team use a tool that gives them access to more than 100,000 menus across the country. 'We can use this tool to see what types of appetizers have grown the fastest in the past few years or what ingredients are being used more,' Kostyo said."
We would be curious to see that presumably proprietary data tool. For clients, the accuracy of these predictions can mean the difference between celebrating a profitable quarter and handing out pink slips. See the write-up for how one gets into this profession, factors that can affect food trends, and what Kostyo predicts diners will swallow next.
Cynthia Murrell, August 30, 2022
Data: Better Fresh
May 18, 2022
Decisions based on data are only as good as the data on which they are based. That seems obvious, but according to BetaNews, "Over 80 Percent of Companies Are Relying on Stale Data to Make Decisions." Writer Ian Barker summarizes a recent study:
"The research, conducted by Dimensional Research for data integration specialist Fivetran, finds that 82 percent of companies are making decisions based on stale information. This is leading to wrong decisions and lost revenue according to 85 percent. In addition 86 percent of respondents say their business needs access to real-time ERP [Enterprise Resource Planning] data to make smart business decisions, yet only 23 percent have systems in place to make that possible. And almost all (99 percent) say they are struggling to gain consistent access to information stored in their ERP systems. Overall 65 percent of respondents say access to ERP data is difficult and 78 percent think software vendors intentionally make it so. Those surveyed say poor access to ERP data directly impacts their business with slowed operations, bad decision-making and lost revenue."
The write-up includes a few info-graphics for the curious to peruse. Why most of those surveyed think vendors purposely make it difficult to access good data is not explained. Fivetran does emphasize the importance of "looking at the freshest, most complete dataset possible." Yep, old info is not very helpful. The company asserts the answer lies in change data capture, a service it happens to offer (as do several other companies).
Cynthia Murrell, May 17, 2022
TikTok: Innocuous? Maybe Not Among Friends
January 5, 2022
Short videos. No big deal.
The data about one's friends are a big deal. A really big deal. TikTok may be activating a network effect. "TikTok Tests Its Own Version of the Retweet with a New Repost Button" suggests that a Twitter function is chugging along. What if the "friend" is not a registered user of TikTok? Perhaps the Repost function is a way to expand a user's social network. What can one do with such data? Building out a social graph and cross correlating those data with other information might be a high value exercise. What other uses can be made of these data a year or two down the road? That's an interesting question to consider, particularly from the point of view of Chinese intelligence professionals.
"China Harvests Masses of Data on Western Targets, Documents Show" explains that China acquires data for strategic and tactical reasons. The write up doses not identify specific specialized software products, services, and tools. Furthermore, the price tags for surveillance expenditures seem modest. Nevertheless, there is a suggestive passage in the write up:
Highly sensitive viral trends online are reported to a 24-hour hotline maintained by the Cybersecurity administration of China (CAC), the body that oversees the country's censorship apparatus…
What's interesting is that China uses both software and human-intermediated systems.
Net net: Pundits and users have zero clue about China's data collection activities in general. When it comes to specific apps and their functions on devices, users have effectively zero knowledge of the outflow of personal data which can be used to generate a profile for possible coercion. Pooh pooh-ing TikTok? Not a great idea.
Stephen E Arnold, January 5, 2022
Quantitative vs Qualitative Data, Defined
January 4, 2022
Sounding almost philosophical, The Future of Things posts, "What is Data? Types of Data, Explained." Distinguishing between types of data can mean many things. One distinction we are always curious about is what data does one emit via mobile devices and what types are feeding the surveillance machines? This write-up, though, is more of a primer on a basic data science concept: the difference between quantitative and qualitative data. Writer Kris defines quantitative data:
"As the name suggests, quantitative data can be quantified — that is, it can be measured and expressed in numerical values. Thus, it is easy to manipulate quantitative data and represent it through statistical graphs and charts. Quantitative data usually answers questions like 'How much?', 'How many?' and 'How often?' Some examples of quantitative data include a person's height, the amount of time they spend on social media and their annual income. There are two key types of quantitative data: discrete and continuous."
Here is the difference between those types of quantitative data: Discrete data cannot be divided into parts smaller than a whole number, like customers (yikes!) or orders. Continuous data is measured on a scale and can include fractions; the height or weight of a product, for example.
Kris goes on to define quantitative data, which is harder to process and analyze but can provide insights that quantitative data simply cannot:
"Qualitative data … exists as words, images, objects and symbols. Sometimes qualitative data is called categorical data because the information must be sorted into categories instead of represented by numbers or statistical charts. Qualitative data tends to answer questions with more nuance, like 'Why did this happen?' Some examples of qualitative data business leaders might encounter include customers' names, their favorite colors and their ethnicity. The two most common types of qualitative data are nominal data and ordinal data."
As the names suggest: Nominal data names a piece of data without assigning it any order in relation to other pieces of data. Ordinal data ranks bits of information in an order of some kind. The difference is important when performing any type of statistical analysis.
Cynthia Murrell, January 4, 2022


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In this article we look at Betterhelp Ultimate Cost…
Insurance protection also won't be an alternative. But, unless you have excellent insurance with a low deductible, the expense of treatment will likely be a terrific value to you compared to alternatives.
are individuals that I see there that I wouldn't think about seeing online either they wouldn't be appropriate we would not be able to do the level and depth of work we're doing or it simply wouldn't feel comfortable and which's okay those two things can both hold true and I believe one of the important things that I wish to start to have people think of is there's a location for both online and offline therapy it is really a matter of you understand choosing what's right for you however likewise what's most appropriate for you with the help of a professional when I talk about certain counseling styles or methods as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the best method for the particular issue that you're handling and I think that one of the concerns that a lot of individuals have is that online therapy is attempting to change offline therapy and I can inform you 100% that that's not true I have actually had numerous discussions with the creator of better help where he has actually pointed out that his audience isn't to compete with physical practices or put psychologists or licensed professionals out of business his objective is to provide psychological health access to individuals who aren't going to enter into the treatment workplace and I 100% assistance that mission and I think it is essential and we have a problem with access to mental health care in this nation and
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Great, attentive service and a healthy devotion to client personal privacy are 2 steps of a business's regard for its consumers. How does BetterHelp stack up? Does it provide dedicated customer care specialists who offer prompt and efficient aid when issues arise? How well does the business safeguard your information and honor your desire for personal privacy? What measures does BetterHelp require to protect your sensitive info?
In a nutshell, BetterHelp is committed to security, privacy, and quality– and it shows. Considering that BetterHelp doesn't work with insurance or companies, there isn't even a basic level of information-sharing between such entities, which implies optimal personal privacy for you.
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maybe somebody else that you've understood in the past great work ethic actually an assertive communicator simply seems normally like he understands what's happening with life has everything determined so now that we have these images in mind of somebody with anxiety and someone that relatively does not wish to shift equipments a bit to speak with you about an operating alcoholic we've all heard this term so what does it mean when we say somebody's a functioning alcoholic or normally referring to somebody that probably does have some type of issue with alcohol however they have the ability to maintain their task they're able to maintain relationships household however the problem I think is that sometimes they're unable to preserve those things in healthy ways and it's very hard often to recognize an operating alcoholic since they are able to keep some elements of their life together so leaping back to the initial subject here of someone with high functioning depression otherwise known as dysthymia it's actually tough to determine these individuals sometimes and sometimes it's us often we can't even recognize when it's us that we're suffering from these things so today again we want to talk about things that you can be searching for or things that you might have seen in yourself that could be an indication that you're experiencing high-functioning anxiety so individuals with high-functioning anxiety or experiencing dysthymia are often challenging to recognize we're not seeing these obvious characteristics of a really depressed individual no catatonic states in fact individuals with high-functioning depression are often able to keep really healthy lifestyles excellent relationships with other people which and it vertically practically makes the risk a bit scarier in a various type of method why somebody with obvious symptoms of anything we can find them we can get them into some kind of services or try to help them as best as we can for individuals flying under the radar for people experiencing signs that we do not see it's truly difficult to identify them and after that get them assist it's truly challenging to interact to them that possibly they should think about finding help for themselves so when we think of psychological health services in general there already is a pretty big preconception around this a lot of people out there grownups in the United States for instance have a difficult time looking for treatment because of you know the idea that if you seek out therapy you're crazy or you can't handle things on your own or something
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Who are the therapists?
The most crucial resource BetterHelp offers is its wide range of extremely certified therapists. It was obtained by Teladoc, Inc. in 2015, the business continues to use the same extensive therapist application process in order to veterinarian therapists and maintain quality. BetterHelp reports that only 15% of therapists who apply to the platform are authorized.
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greater for them because they do not wish to idea people in their lives in to the fact that they might be dealing with something or that they may need assist with something and so for individuals experiencing this we have a tough time finding them and they have a tough time finding help due to the fact that you understand possibly some part of them does not really wish to be determined where this other part does but we don't understand how to find them so what are we searching for in order to recognize whether we ourselves are having a tough time with this or somebody that we care about might be going through a hard time with this there are some things that you can be trying to find or tuning into in yourself to identify whether you might be having some type of obstacle with high working depression so among the first things to try to find is this general sense of unhappiness going back to this image you might have of this depressed individual you could be believing someone weeping all the time simply having a tough time with life plunged over catatonic even perhaps stagnating very much you're not going to actually see this with somebody with high operating depression but rather like I said a subtle and general sense of unhappiness the majority of the time almost every day if not every day and it's a little bit inexplicable often you can't really tell where this feeling is originating from or determine any specific trigger that hurt your feelings or anything like that some other things to be trying to find and thinking about is the failure or you understand the loss of capability to experience joy loss of interests and things that you used to truly discover to be something that makes you feel great or bring some sort of fulfillment to your life you might also discover decreased energy so like Betterhelp Ultimate Cost.
I said not always not being able to rise however simply diminished you feel fatigued a lot of the time where maybe prior to you didn't experience it that way other things to be trying to find is being truly self-critical which results in perfectionism which can also add to blowing things out of proportion finding really small things in your life to turn into big problems so I believe there's a stating making a mountain out of a molehill a lot of people dealing with high operating depression experienced these things like I stated actually self-critical feeling a lot of regret and pity about the past and even the future things that haven't even took place yet this is something that a great deal of individuals could not be struggling with you may likewise be thinking of this depressed individual who appears unfortunate all the time however there's other feelings associated with depression.


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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his Tanzania counterpart, John Pombe Magufuli , are expected to launch the construction of the multi-billion Hoima-Tanga crude oil pipeline this saturday, diplomatic officials have revealed.
According to The New Vision, the 11,445km oil pipieline from Hoima district in western Uganda to the Tanzania Port of Tanga, which will be constructed under the watch of Total E&P, is estimated to cost $3.5b (about 12 trillion).
Under the agreement between Uganda and Tanzania, all equipment exported for the construction of the pipeline has been exempted from taxation, for a period of three years.
Officially, Uganda has a projected 6.5 billion barrels of crude oil.Oil production is scheduled to start in 2020, with exploration having commenced in 2006.
According to officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Magufuli confirmed the Saturday oil pipeline ground-breaking ceremony on Tuesday when Ambassador Richard Kabonero Tumusiime, the new High Commissioner of Uganda to Tanzania, presented credentials to Magufuli at State House in Dar-es-Salaam.
"The President also said Kabonero has arrived at the right time when H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda and himself are set to launch the important project for the construction of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) from Hoima in Uganda to Tanga Port in Tanzania on August 5,"a statement issued yesterday by Margaret Awino Kafeero, the head of public diplomacy at the foreign affairs ministry, noted.
"This project is a lucid demonstration of the good co-operation between Uganda and Tanzania and will go a long way in providing impetus to economic growth of the two countries."
Museveni and Magufuli signed the oil pipeline deal in May this year.During the meeting, Museveni said by working jointly on the implementation of the Hoima-Tanga crude oil pipeline, the economic fortunes of the two countries will be improved.
"Museveni welcomed the concessions offered by the United Republic of Tanzania, to ensure the success of the project, which he said will greatly improve the economy of the two countries.The two heads of state agreed to launch this project in the near future," a joint communiqué issued by the two leaders shortly after the May agreement, stated.
The President also tasked ministers of energy and the attorney generals from both countries with signing the framework agreements for the sh 1 trillion oil pipeline projects before the end of July .The ministers completed the frameworks in June.
"President Magufuli emphasized the fact that Tanzanians and Ugandans are blood brothers with the two countries having shed blood for each other.The President, therefore, noted that the High Commissioner (Kabonero) is indeed at home and should feel free to contact him on any matter of mutual interest to the bilateral relations between the United Republic of Tanzania and the Republic of Uganda," Awino said.


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This story first appeared on FloBikes under the original title, "The Day That Andrew Died."
The four of us were at a mid-ride store stop in Lockhart, Texas, when we got the news. On Saturday morning, sitting on a cold, concrete curb, our snacks and drinks spread around us, Jordan looked up from his phone and said, "Oh my god, Andrew died." It was February 17.
There's no right way to react, or perfect thing to say, when you hear that your friend has been killed in a crash with a car. So we all just sat there, stunned.
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We were 40 miles from home and facing a stiff north wind. At that moment, we didn't know anything about the crash that had killed Andrew—what had happened, exactly, or who was at fault—but we knew he'd been riding at the exact same time as us when he died.
Standing in front of that store in Lockhart, none of us really wanted to climb back on our bikes. But the opposite—not riding home—felt far worse.
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I met Andrew Tilin seven years ago, when I was a freelance writer working on a story about doping in amateur cycling. He was a contributing editor to Outside magazine and had done some reporting on the same subject. Over a phone call, he helped make my story stronger. Then he asked, "Hey, you live in Austin? I'm moving there this summer."
When he arrived in town, we went for a ride. I showed him my favorite route along Lake Austin—up Scenic Drive to Shoal Creek—and learned he was in the midst of publishing a book.
That book, The Doper Next Door, was part memoir, part first-person investigation into the anti-aging industry and the effects of performance-enhancing drugs. Andrew had put himself through a yearlong regimen of testosterone therapy to report on how it changed his body.
In Doper, as Andrew called it, he exposed the anti-aging industry's rampant abuse of the drug and questioned our society's misguided quest for the fountain of youth. After the book came out, he willfully served a two-year doping ban for racing on testosterone.
From that first ride in Austin, I was lucky enough to form a friendship with Andrew. We'd regularly meet up to discuss the craft of writing and bounce ideas off each other. It was a unique relationship built on trust. Ostensibly we were competitors, seeking to place feature stories in similar publications. But it never felt that way. Instead, Andrew, who was 52 when he passed away—14 years older than me, and more experienced—became a mentor.
Though Andrew rarely touted his own successes, he was quick to congratulate others. He would tell me, "You're doing great, Ian!" And I would blush, because he was so damn sincere.
It didn't take long for Andrew to ingratiate himself to other members of the Austin cycling community, and he soon formed tight-knit relationships inside the Gruppo VOP cycling club. The informal club of mostly middle-aged racers gathers for rides multiple times a week, sometimes spinning casually, other times hammering each other on Austin's unrelenting hills.
Andrew formed close bonds with VOP riders on trips to the Hammerfest stage race in mountainous West Texas and to the Enchanted Circle century ride in New Mexico. According to fellow VOPer Ken Hubacher, on those trips—cooking together and sleeping in tents—the conversations went far beyond a boy's club type hangout.
"We talked about everything," Ken said. "Andrew was very outspoken, and very passionate about any kind of topic, and didn't hesitate to talk his mind. That was one thing that was very endearing to the rest of us about him."
Andrew had written about how the Gruppo VOP rides helped him through the emotional toll of a divorce. It was also through the group, in a roundabout way, that he met Shellie Thompson Oroshiba, his partner at the time of his passing. Eventually, Andrew and his two high-school-aged children moved in with Shellie and her 15-year-old son. Andrew bought a minivan and equipped it with multiple bike racks.
Andrew had become friends with Jordan Oroshiba, Shellie's older son, on the VOP rides. Jordan is also a friend and teammate of mine. We were together in Lockhart when Shellie called Jordan, saying that Andrew had been in a crash.
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On that long ride home, we were about 20 miles from Austin when I suggested we start swapping pulls into the headwind, rather than ride side by side. "That way we won't have to talk," I said. My emotions were swirling between sadness and anger. I hoped there had been a misunderstanding, that when I got home I would learn that Andrew was still alive.
The four of us—Jordan, myself, and two other teammates and friends, Steven and Dan—put our heads down and pedaled into the wind. As we started the ride home, Dan said, "I just want to throw my bike in a ditch." Instead, he rode as hard as he could.
It's on our bikes, among our friends, that we're happiest, laughing and telling stories. But when a friend dies while riding, it's impossible not to question your passion for the sport. We all know the inherent risks of riding, and we willingly choose to take them every time we swing a leg over the top tube. Yet that risk becomes more profound when a friend dies. How do you reconcile your desire to keep riding?
Andrew, too, was cycling with his friends, on the VOP Saturday morning ride, when he was killed. Just before the long climb up from the Mansfield Dam on FM 620—a well-known KOM among Austin riders—he'd leapt off the front of the group with Rick Neptune and his son, who were piloting a tandem. When Andrew flatted, he told Rick and his son to keep going.
When other VOP riders came upon Andrew and asked if he needed any help fixing his flat, he told them, "No, no," and instead encouraged them up the hill, yelling, "Go, go, go."
Ken Hubacher was just coming upon Andrew when the crash occurred. It was a misty day, and Ken could see Andrew's tail light blinking ahead on the hill. Then he heard the sound of two cars colliding. He saw a red pickup truck spinning across the road and into the shoulder. Where he'd just seen Andrew, Andrew was no longer there.
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Among the many things Andrew wrote about, he wrote about safety on our roadways. In 2015 he penned a story for Outside, "Bikes vs. Cars: The Deadly War Nobody's Winning," in which he chronicled the lack of accountability for people who operate vehicles—both bikes and cars.
He highlighted a number of cases in which gross negligence by someone driving a car led to the death of someone riding a bike, and the person driving received little to no punishment. But he also noted that cyclists may be responsible for nearly half of all crashes involving a motor vehicle. The piece advocated for safety for everyone, not just one group or another.
We don't know the exact chain of events that led to Andrew's death. A preliminary police report said the pickup driver hydroplaned, causing a multi-car collision, but an official crash report takes seven to 10 days to complete and had not yet been issued.
What we do know is that our roads are far too dangerous. In 2015, the most recent year for which data is available, 3,516 people died on Texas roadways, more than any other state in the US. Since 2000, at least one person has died every day traveling on a Texas roadway. And on average, someone dies on a Texas roadway every 2.5 hours.
After an ambulance took Andrew away, Ken spoke with a man who lives on FM 620, across the street from where the crash occurred. The man told Ken that there had been a number of crashes at that exact intersection, including one in which a car had been spun into his house.
Three days after Andrew died, I got on my bike and towed my son to school in a Burley trailer. We went over a series of curved road humps—up, down, up, down—and I looked back at my son, worried the ride was too rough.
Beneath the lid of his helmet, I could see that he wasn't upset. Instead he was smiling, enjoying the ride. I smiled, too. "It's fun, right?" I said to him.
I'm still reconciling with how to get back on the road and keep riding after losing a friend, especially one as great as Andrew. I'll keep advocating for road safety, like Andrew did. I'll keep riding, too. I know I will. Because to me, the childlike smile that cycling instills is far more powerful than any fear.
Ian Dille is a freelance writer and producer based in Austin, Texas. He tells stories about bikes, and other things, too.


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Unhelpful positioning of message list after content of message list changes
I have been replying to more than one question via the preview threads (in IE TechNet forums ICIM) and noticed that after posting the forum page is reshown positioned at the bottom-most reply that I made. That might be great if I was going down the list in reverse chronological order but a PITA when trying to reply in chronological order. Workaround to avoid having to scroll back up will be to do a Refresh but either way I lose my place in the list.
BTW this may be related to a similar symptom seen on Answers for some time but there my replies are actually mixed in with the new preview thread which is disconcerting as well as unuseful.
Edit: Title change: Was: Unuseful positioning when posting multiple times from preview threads. That is just an example of a more general problem.
- Edited by Robert Aldwinckle on forums Friday, October 19, 2012 6:02 PM Title change
I posted a link to this thread in a response to a survey about forum satisfaction. <eg>
- Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:47 PM
- Marked as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Wednesday, November 7, 2012 9:21 PM
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Okay, so you're in the forum list view, and you click to slide open and view an individual thread, right?
Right. And now I am in My Threads. I have already replied to one, which is above yours. The symptom that I am complaining about will only be seen after I Submit this, so I will do that before I am finished composing in order to make a more accurate observation for this case. Notice though that in this case I am now replying in reverse chronological order which is the reverse of the scenario specified by my problem statement.
Edit: As expected, there was no scrolling required this time. The position that the message list was given after the Submit was the same. I will have to try to remember to get back to this after I have replied to an older thread. But I'm not even sure if the problem symptom occurs in this particular message list.
- Edited by Robert Aldwinckle on forums Tuesday, October 16, 2012 3:03 PM
I'm trying to track this...
1. Go to My Threads
2. In the List view, click a carat to open a thread.
...Then what?
Sorry. I'm having a tough time imagining the steps.
By the way, Robert, can you email me? It's edprice at Microsoft. You've had some great contributions on this forum.
Ed Price (a.k.a User Ed), SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog, Twitter, Wiki)
Sorry. I'm having a tough time imagining the steps.
I think I just figured out what I am seeing and therefore may have found a workaround. I think that after I post from a preview thread I am repositioned at the last opened thread, which in my initial report just happened to be one that I had also posted from, hence my assumption about the cause. IOW for a repro there is no requirement to post from more than one preview thread in the same message list, just to have a preview thread open which is below the one that I am posting from. Then workarounds would be: close preview threads as you go up; or don't go up--go down only; or just don't bother trying to post from preview threads--unless it is the last or only one you have open. ; }
FWIW I think that this is new behaviour. In the past I have posted multiple times from one message list without having to reposition after Submit and I *never* manually close opened preview threads.
So, Ed. A repro procedure you could infer from this description would be:
- open a preview thread down near the bottom of a message list
- without closing that thread open another one closer to the top of the message list
- Submit a post from the second (higher) preview thread.
- Where is the message list positioned after the Submit? My expectation would be: where I posted from. My observation is that it is instead (unhelpfully, as I first characterized it) positioned at the lowest opened preview thread.
And here is a report from an actual application of that procedure:
- Edited by Robert Aldwinckle on forums Wednesday, October 17, 2012 1:44 AM This editor is still broken.
Any ideas?
I usually always start out from MVP Forums. Perhaps there is an incompatibility from there? E.g. I get into My Threads from there...
So to try to avoid that and start with a new instance of a different browser I started IE9 X64 and opened
Then I opened this thread in a preview (since it is near the top of the list and contains several messages), scrolled down to the bottom of it and clicked the Close thread button. The whole message list scrolled down to the bottom of the window. Neither the thread I closed nor the one which came next in the list was visible. What sense does that make? Can he reproduce that? Perhaps if that is made more usable the original problem involving repositioning after Submit will be addressed then too? Note that just fixing that won't be as helpful as fixing the problem with Submit but it is probably related and it is easier to repro.
Hi Robert.
I have tried to repro this issue both at home and work on multiple workstations, Firefox, Chrome and IE9. Closing the thread preview doesn't seem to switch posts out of position/order or bug the post to display in any wrong way, if that is what you are refering to.
If you meant the sudden jump to the bottom of the page every time you close a thread preview regardless of where the post was, I think it is by-the-design. I'm still a little confused because I'm unsure of what phenomenom you are refering to.
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If you meant the sudden jump to the bottom of the page every time you close a thread preview regardless of where the post was, I think it is by-the-design.
Yes. Unhelpful. Must be just for ease of implementation for the programmer. Instead I think if a user is closing opened threads and you needed to find somewhere different to scroll to after the close it would make more sense to scroll to the bottom-most opened thread--e.g. the same way that Submit does (though that does not involve a close), which is what my complaint was about in the first place. So that couldn't be that hard to change the close behavior since that functionality obviously already exists for the Submit (though that does not involve a close). Then I would also request that instead of scrolling at all after a Submit (when there are other threads open) that the thread's position remain unchanged (e.g. the way it probably would if there were no other threads open). Also, since I think I have seen the no other threads open case scrolling to the top of the thread that the submit was done in I would like to point out that I do not find that repositioning useful either; e.g. it still forces the poster to scroll manually to the place where the new post would be found in order to proof-read it.
- Edited by Robert Aldwinckle on forums Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:50 AM Clarification
I posted a link to this thread in a response to a survey about forum satisfaction. <eg>
- Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:47 PM
- Marked as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Wednesday, November 7, 2012 9:21 PM


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Maybe you'll agree with me that the high-octane output of the contemporary art world feels more accessible and engaging than anything that has come before it. Fine art weaves majestically in and out of the realms of fashion and pop culture as never before, and climbing to the top doesn't require access to some exclusive club in the way that it used to. We can all jump online and curate our lives or showcase our mad skills at will. It's a vibrant time to be creative!
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Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has been transporting us to other worlds for decades with her dazzling installations, zany sculptures, and endless dot-scapes. In more recent years, she's shown the art world how its done in terms of high-profile collabs that collectors can't get enough of.
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If Yayoi Kusama is the queen of many mediums, artist Kenny Scharf can be considered the king of do-it-yourself. As a contemporary of NYC artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, Scharf claimed his own distinctively cosmic style of creation. Having conquered street art, painting, sculpture, and video, Scarf also glided into the world of fashion and consumables with impactive and high-profile collaborations.
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Just like Futura, for some creative projects Murakami turns back towards his own legacy. His Japanese Superflat art collective, Kaikai Kiki, has not only launched a number of other high-profile artists, but also set a Murakami skateboard deck a-rolling.
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text: If A is not square, which dimension is larger? There will most likely be either no solution or an infinity of solutions. If the latter, I think you are using the Moore-Penrose inverse (depends exactly how you use the SVD), that is the shortest solution, but the SVD will give you the whole space of solutions and you could compute if that intersects the positive orthant. On Tue, 27 Jul 2004, Molins, Jordi wrote: > I have a matrix equation, Ax=b, that I need to solve for x. x should be a > vector of positive numbers (between 0 and 1). A is not a square matrix in > general. This lead me to using the SVD. However, using the SVD gives me > positive and negative numbers, as well. I have some constraints included in > the A matrix itself (i.e., that the sum of some xi should be equal to 1) but > I do not know how to include the constraint that each xi should be > non-negative. > > Is there in R (or somewhere else) an SVD that includes this kind of > constraint? or some other optimizer that can cope with solving non-square > matrix equations, including the positivity constraint? optim(method="L-BFGS-B") can cope with [0, 1] constraints. -- Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595


text: Position Summary: The mission of the Illustration Coordinator is to generate timely, market appropriate and cost-efficient art programs for print and digital products by freelance illustrators. This position requires the commissioning and coordination of freelance illustrators and includes oversight of new art creation as well as the processing of repurposed art files. The illustration coordinator supports the efforts of Editorial, Sales and Marketing, Digital Solutions, Design and Content Solutions. Minimum Qualifications/Experience: • Formal Illustration Education and/or experience managing art programs • Prior publishing experience • Ability to work independently • Knowledge of illustration and print process from concept to final product • Strong organization and communication skills • Fluency in standard Creative Suite software, including Photoshop and Illustrator • Functional knowledge of MS Office for MAC • Flexible and creative approach to problem-solving • Strong organizational, interpersonal, and written communication skills Key Duties and Responsibilities: • Lead product team in developing creative, collaborative art programs • Monitor and maintain project schedules and budgets • Coordinate new created art and repurposed art files as assigned for timely integration into product • Maintain tracking status report for assigned illustration programs • Distribute approved art programs and assist in maintaining department archives • Implement and support Censhare asset management system Essential Skills and Experience: Illustration Coordinator • Consistently meets performance goals • Communicates effectively with project team, including A&D team, freelance vendors, and authors • Ensures consistent standards throughout art process • Has experience in managing multiple high-priority projects, including ancillary programs Education/Certification: • B.F.A. (Bachelor of Fine Arts) or equivalent work experience Reporting to this position: n/a Physical Demand and Work Environment: • Work conducted in normal office setting • Frequent communications, verbal and written • Frequent sitting and/or standing, walking • Repetitive movement of hands and fingers – typing and/or writing


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Future Memories of This Land: The Confluence Project, Indigenous Counter-Narratives, and Maya Lin's Counter-Monuments• Lewis and Clark College
Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery
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The Hoffman Gallery at Lewis & Clark College presents Future Memories of This Land: The Confluence Project, Indigenous Counter-Narratives, and Maya Lin's Counter-Monuments, an exhibition that brings together works by contemporary Indigenous artists with selected archival materials from the Confluence Project, a project reconsidering the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-6), a foundational "discovery" narrative of the US, from an Indigenous perspective. In doing so, Future Memories of this Land considers how the Confluence Project intersects with today's conversations on monuments, decolonization, and social justice.
Co-initiated in the early 2000s by tribal representatives and community activists, the Confluence Project's goals have been materialized by celebrated artist Maya Lin, in a series of earthworks on six significant sites along five hundred miles of the Columbia River. Encompassing extensive land restoration, these works foreground the ecological unfolding of the region and highlight 15,000+ years of Indigenous land stewardship. Renowned as the designer of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC, Lin suggests that her "memory works" "invite people to think". The Confluence sites are resonant place-keepers for the past, present, and future generations of the Indigenous Tribes of the Columbia River system.
The Confluence Project extends beyond an act of commemoration to encompass 20+ years of public gatherings, outreach and education programs. This exhibition juxtaposes selections from its archives with artworks by some of the most acclaimed Indigenous artists in the US, whose practices raise urgent questions around cultural and linguistic self-determination, water preservation, land reclamation, and Indigenous futures. Taking place on a college campus named after Lewis and Clark, the exhibition is accompanied by a public program to generate opportunities for critical discussion and collective reflection. Organized in collaboration with the Native Student Union, these events will take place in person and by zoom.
Curated by Lucy Cotter with Steph Littlebird.
Contributing artists: Sky Hopinka, Gail Tremblay, Lillian Pitt, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Lehuauakea, Adam Khalil, Jason Clark, Ka'ila Farrell-Smith, Joe Feddersen, Shirod Younker, Bobby Mercier, Annelia Hillman pue-leek-la' and Natalie Kirk Moody.
For further details, event schedules, ongoing updates, and COVID safety protocol see here. For press information and images, please email: gallery [at] lclark.edu.
Maya Lin is acclaimed for her large-scale environmental artworks, her architectural works, and her memorial designs. Following her early debut as the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, she went on to a remarkable career in both art and architecture, whilst remaining committed to memory works that focus on some of the critical historical issues of our time.
Lucy Cotter is an independent curator and writer, whose practice engages with contemporary art as a form of knowledge and a site for cultural transformation. She was curator of the Dutch Pavilion, 57th Venice Biennale (2017), and is the author of Reclaiming Artistic Research (2019). She holds a PhD in Cultural Analysis on the agency of curating in decolonization processes.
Steph Littlebird is an artist, curator, writer, and a registered member of Oregon's Grand Ronde Confederated Tribes. She received national recognition as curator of This IS Kalapuyan Land (2020) at Five Oaks Museum, Portland. Littlebird's artistic work combines traditional and contemporary aesthetics to forge connections between our collective past and imminent future.
Confluence is a community-supported nonprofit that works through six art landscapes, educational programs, and public gatherings in collaboration with Northwest tribes, communities, and the celebrated artist Maya Lin. It seeks to connect the public to the history, living cultures, and ecology of the Columbia River system through Indigenous voices.
Organized by Lewis & Clark College in collaboration with Whitman College, Walla Walla. With the support of the President's and the Dean's Offices at Lewis & Clark College and the Mellon Foundation's Northwest Five Consortium grant for community-engaged learning. This exhibition reconceives and expands upon Along the Columbia River Nch'i-Wána: Maya Lin and the Confluence Project, Maxey Museum, Whitman College, where the archives are held in the Northwest Archives.


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Noel Gilroy Annan, Baron Annan, OBE (25 December 1916 – 21 February 2000) was a British military intelligence officer, author, and academic. He was part of the Cambridge Apostles. During his military career, he rose to the rank of colonel and was appointed to the Order of the British Empire as an Officer (OBE). He was provost of King's College, Cambridge, 1956–66, provost of University College London, 1966–78, vice-chancellor of the University of London, and a member of the House of Lords. Annan's publications include Leslie Stephen (1951)—awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Roxburgh of Stowe (1965), Our Age (1990), described by Professor John Gray in the New Statesman as a "marvellous compendium of the higher gossip", Changing Enemies (1995), and The Dons (1999). His best-known essay is "The Intellectual Aristocracy", which illustrates, according to Robert Fulford in the National Post, the "web of kinship that united British intellectuals (the Darwins, Huxleys, Macaulays, etc.) in the 19th and early 20th centuries."[1]
Annan was born in Gloucester Terrace, London, and was educated at St. Winnifred's School, Seaford in East Sussex, and Stowe School.[2] At Stowe, he was head of Temple House, and editor of the school newspaper The Stoic. He went up to King's College, Cambridge,[2] in 1935, where he read History, then continued for a fourth year to read Law. While at King's, he was recruited into the Cambridge Apostles, a secret debating society whose members included Guy Burgess and Michael Whitney Straight, who later became spies for the Soviet Union (see Cambridge Five).[3]
In October 1940, he entered officer cadet training, and in January 1941 was commissioned in the Intelligence Corps and posted to MI14, a department of the War Office, where "Annan was given an important job in operational intelligence studying the movement by rail of German forces."[2] In 1942, he was posted to the Joint Intelligence Staff in the War Cabinet Office, which was located with Winston Churchill in his bunker. In 1944, he was transferred to Paris to become the French liaison officer with British military intelligence, later becoming a senior officer in the political division of the British Control Commission in Germany. Annan was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1946.[4]
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Annan returned to King's in 1946, where he had been elected to a fellowship in absentia in 1944 at the unusually young age of 28.[2] He joined the economics faculty and lectured in politics. In June 1950, he married the author and critic Gabriele Ullstein, and they had two daughters – Lucy (born 1952) and Juliet (born 1955). He was elected Provost of King's in 1956. In 1966, he took up the post of Provost of University College London, then from 1978 until 1981, was Vice-Chancellor of the University of London – the first person to take on the role full-time.[2] He was created a life peer on 16 July 1965 as Baron Annan, of the Royal Burgh of Annan in the County of Dumfries.[5] He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1974.[6] Essex University awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1967. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
He acted as a trustee of the British Museum 1963–1980, and of the National Gallery 1978–85. He also chaired the Royal Commission on Broadcasting, which concluded in 1977. He was the first chairman of the Trustee's education committee at Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The project aims to invest, make construction and run a general trade and service shopping center including the services of food and beverage, children's playground, etc.
Tag: Hue city, Thua Thien Hue, AEONMall Co., Ltd, shopping center, 170 million USD
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Chairman of the Provincial Business Association, Mr. Duong Tuan Anh, said that about one-third of businesses have prepared well for DT.
Tag: Hue city, businesses, digital transformation, effective application of DT, traditional craf production, industrial production, service trade, information technology
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Applying traditional fine art handicraft (FAH) to the fashion footwear industry is the startup idea of XUA Production, Trade and Service One-Member Company, Ltd.
Tag: Incorporating, handicraft, fashion technology, XUA
Cập Nhật 27-02-2018
On February 25, the Provincial Employment Service Center held the first employment exchange of the new year. In this season, there are 22 enterprises participating in recruitment with many trades; in which there are 14 enterprises recruiting laborers to work overseas.
Tag: enterprises, recruitment, laborers, work overseas, Provincial Employment Service Center


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Not only are they cheese thieves, but they're wool thieves too!
A characterful freestanding mouse sculpture is handmade from porcelain, reclaimed fabrics and other mixed media.
This industrious little knitting mouse is attempting to sell its wares!
Each one is made to order. Yours will be as similar to the one pictured here as possible, however it can also be personalised, and if you have any colour preferences (clothing etc) please feel free to leave us a note at the basket with your order.
Each of these porcelain mouse sculptures measures approximately 16cm high.
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Perhaps you need accessories to go with a particular outfit or a piece of furniture to fit a specific space in your home. We can work with you to design something truly unique. You'll be able to discuss your ideas, likes and dislikes with the Maker and together create a piece of craft, handmade for you.
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Man, woman killed at Memphis hotel identified
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Memphis Commercial Appeal
A husband and wife have been identified as the two people shot to death at a northeast Memphis hotel Tuesday, police said.
Ladarius Wright, 25, and Venus Wright, 40, were found dead in a third-floor room at Crossland Economy Studios at 5885 Shelby Oaks Drive.
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There and Back Again The Battle of the Five Armies makes its Comic Con debut.
Comic Con is here, and there has already been a flood of new posters and reveals coming out, including the image below from Peter Jackson's third and final Hobbit movie. True to its new action-packed subtitle, the image features Smaug the dragon descending down toward Bard the Bowman. Untrue to its actual title, the poster actually doesn't feature our titular Hobbit, Bilbo. Considering how much Bilbo has been sidelined in this series, I guess that shouldn't be a huge surprise.
I was just talking with Jason about this movie today; we agreed the main reason we're in for the third is basically because we saw the other two already. It's not all that cynical, though… I enjoyed something out of each movie– Smaug was great in the last one and Martin Freeman's Bilbo was fantastic in the first– so I'm sure I'll find something to love in this new movie, too.
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Agricultural systems in the Mediterranean region are increasingly getting under pressure due to both global warming and the aggravating competition for agricultural land. Perennial grasses have the potential to tackle both challenges: they are drought-resistant crops and considered not to compete for high-productivity agricultural land because they can be grown on marginal land. This paper presents the outcome of a screening life cycle assessment (LCA) conducted as part of an integrated sustainability assessment within the EU-funded project 'Optimization of Perennial Grasses for Biomass Production' (OPTIMA). The project aims at optimised production of Miscanthus (Miscanthus × giganteus), giant reed (Arundo donax L.), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) and cardoon (Cynara cardunculus L.) on marginal land in the Mediterranean region. Different cultivation and use options were investigated by comparing the entire life cycles of bioenergy and bio-based products to equivalent conventional products. The LCA results show that the cultivation of perennial grasses on marginal land and their use for stationary heat and power generation can achieve substantial greenhouse gas emission and non-renewable energy savings, with Miscanthus allowing for savings ranging up to 13 t CO2 eq./(ha · year) and 230 GJ/(ha · year), respectively. Negative environmental impacts are less pronounced. Significant parameters include irrigation needs and moisture content at harvest, which determines energy demand for technical drying. We conclude that the cultivation of perennial grasses on marginal land in the Mediterranean region provides potentials for climate change mitigation together with comparatively low other environmental impacts, if several boundary conditions and recommendations are met.
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education policy as an act of white supremacy: whiteness, critical race theory and education reform
6. For more detail on Herrnstein and Murray's claims, and the racist pedigree of their sources (both intellectual and financial) see Lane ( 1999 Lane, C. 1999 . " The tainted sources of The bell curve ". In Race & IQ: expanded edition, Edited by: Montagu, A. 408 – 424 . New York : Oxford University Press . [Google Scholar] ), Gillborn and Youdell ( 2000 Gillborn, D. and Youdell, D. 2000 . Rationing education: policy, practice, reform and equity, Buckingham : Open University Press . [Google Scholar] , p. 231) and Apple ( 2004 Apple, M. W. 2004 . Ideology and curriculum, New York : RoutledgeFalmer . [Crossref] , [Google Scholar] , pp. 198–199).
4. See also David R. Roediger ( 1992 Roediger, D. R. 1992 . The wages of whiteness: race and the making of the American working class, New York : Verso . [Google Scholar] , 1994 Roediger, D. R. 1994 . Towards the abolition of whiteness: essays on race, politics, and working class history, New York : Verso . [Google Scholar] ).
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Arguing across conference tables is useless. For those of us who are concerned with the social justice project in education, our work will be done on the frontline with communities committed to change … neither race nor class exists as static phenomena.
The focus on racism in CRT does not operate to the exclusion of other forms of social inequality. Indeed, a key aspect of CRT is a concern with "intersectionality," that is, an attempt to analyze how racism operates within and across other axes of differentiation such as social class and gender (Crenshaw, 1995; Gillborn and Youdell, 2009; Tate, 1997).
racism awareness day and of course only a few went. I feel that the
In addition to this, Sherry Marx's paper entitled "Regarding Whiteness: Exploring and Intervening in the Effects of White Racism in Teacher Education" contains the following: "Through various means of data collection, it became apparent that the good intentions of the participants were consistently undermined by the whiteness and the racism that influenced their beliefs about and behaviors with the children. The researcher consequently decided to intervene in the study, sharing data with participants and encouraging them to see the ways that whiteness and racism influenced their tutoring experience."
Rogers, P. (2014). Flagging dominance: Social geographies of colonial violence in a Canadian classroom. Critical Literacy: Theories & Practice, 8(1), 36-49.
Kelly, M. G. E. (2013). Foucault, subjectivity and & techniques of the self. In C. Falzon, T. O'Leary & J. Sawicki (Eds.), A companion to Foucault (1st Ed.) (pp. 510-525). Oxford: Wiley Blackwell Publishing.


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Based on the report, Iran's oil output in the last month of 2022 did not change compared to November, however, the figure was 210,000 bpd more than that of October.
OPEC's total crude production in December stood at 29.19 million bpd, 40,000 bpd less than the previous month.
Saudi Arabia was the top OPEC producer in December 2022 with a daily production of 10.48 million barrels of oil, followed by Iraq with 4.45 million bpd and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with 3.23 million bpd of production.
Earlier this month, OPEC in its latest monthly report also said Iran's oil production in 2022 increased by seven percent compared to the previous year.
According to the OPEC report, the Islamic Republic produced 2.554 million bpd of crude oil in 2022, 162,000 bpd more than the figure for 2021, when the output stood at 2.392 million bpd.
Iran has been ramping up its oil production and exports over the past year as the country has been implementing new strategies to overcome U.S. sanctions.
A recent report by Reuters stated that Iran's oil exports have reached new highs in the last two months of 2022 and are making a strong start to 2023 despite U.S. sanctions.
According to ship tracking data, the Islamic Republic's oil exports have risen mostly due to the higher shipments to China and Venezuela.
Energy consultant SVB International said Iran's crude exports in December averaged 1.137 million barrels per day, up 42,000 bpd from November and the highest 2022 figure SVB has reported based on estimates given earlier.
"In comparison to the Trump administration, there hasn't been any serious crackdown or action against Iran's oil exports," said Sara Vakhshouri of SVB. "January exports were so far strong like previous months."
"Lower Chinese demand and Russia's supply to China have been a major challenge for them. Most of its oil still goes to the Far East, ultimately China. Iran also helps Venezuela to export its oil."
Consultant Petro-Logistics, which tracks oil supply, said it was also seeing an upward trend in Iranian crude exports which, in its view, in December reached their highest level since March 2019.
Kpler, a data intelligence firm, put Iranian crude exports at 1.23 million bpd in November, the highest since August 2022 and almost on a par with April 2019's rate of 1.27 million bpd, although they slipped to just below 1 million bpd in December.
According to another analyst, Vortexa, China's December imports of Iranian oil hit a new record of 1.2 million bpd, up 130 percent from a year earlier.
"Most of these shipments found home in Shandong, where independent refiners have turned to discounted grades since the second half of 2022 amid sluggish domestic demand and depressed refining margins," the company said.
Vortexa said supply of Russian Urals, the main competing grade to Iranian oil, fell in December - when a price cap on Russian crude exports and European Union ban created uncertainty for buyers.
The press department of China's Foreign Ministry, in response to a Reuters request for comment, said: "The legitimate and reasonable cooperation between China and Iran under the international legal framework deserves respect and protection," without directly addressing Reuters query on China's record Iranian oil purchases.
Iran has also been expanding its role in Venezuela, despite U.S. sanctions, sending supplies of light oil for refining and diluents to produce exportable crude grades.
Iran's national budget bill for the upcoming year is based on even higher shipments of 1.4 million bpd, the semi-official Fars news agency reported this week.
Following Trump's removal of the United States from the nuclear deal and reimposition of sanctions, Iran's crude exports fell back to as little as 100,000 bpd at times in 2020 from over 2.5 million bpd in 2018, according to tanker trackers.


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In the world of mining, it's a well-known truism that mining companies target properties in proximity to producing mines and known deposits; that is one of Mother Nature's more predictable lessons. And Trillium Gold Mines (TSXV:TGM; OTCQX:TGLDF); is one company that could not have better executed on that strategy. Trillium has been consolidating high-quality assets well before the world-class mining region was bid up with Kinross Gold's $1.8 billion takeover of Great Bear Resources, and Barrick Gold's joint venture activities all within preceding months.
It has been a busy year for Trillium on the acquisition front. The April 2022 announcement of a Definitive Agreement and subsequent closing in June for the Eastern Vision properties – the stretch of ground between the Fredart, Confederation North, and Confederation South properties – gave Trillium over 100 kilometres across the Confederation greenstone belt, on trend with Kinross' Great Bear Project, and a dominant land position in Red Lake. Around that were a series of purchase and sale agreements that included the 9,882 hectare Panama Lake Property and the Wenasaga Property located a short 35 kilometres from the famed LP Fault Zone.
This string of acquisitions has led to Trillium creating a contiguous land package sandwiched by the two dominant geological structures in the region: Kinross' LP Fault Zone, and Evolution Mining's Red Lake Operation which has historically produced more than 25 million ounces of gold with head grades exceeding 20 grams per tonne.
Trillium Gold's consolidated foothold in the Confederation belt is a feat of no small magnitude considering the fragmented tapestry of ownership that required an expert level of negotiation and logistics. The take home prize for Trillium is one of the largest district-scale land positions spanning over 60,000 hectares where new discoveries are unfolding and widely becoming known as the future of Red Lake.
Furthermore, when a region like Red Lake heats up with M&A and JV activity, it boosts valuations throughout. Properties that may have been selling for $20,000 an acre a few years ago may now be worth $200,000 or more. Today, virtually every parcel of land in Red Lake today has been taken up. Exploration programs can further unlock massive value for shareholders as in the case of Great Bear Resources' acquisition by Kinross Gold for $1.8 billion; an exit transaction after successful exploration efforts, resulting in big rewards for Great Bear shareholders.
Trillium Gold is in a very similar position; it has put together an impressive land package that would be almost impossible to replicate today with soaring property values and scarcity of available land, and has embarked on an exciting exploration program. With the recent discoveries in the Red Lake Mining District and investment activity picking up in the region, Trillium Gold is positioned stronger than ever to make its mark in this region ripe for discovery.