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Codes of Conduct
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McDonald's is committed to conducting business ethically and in compliance with the letter and spirit of the law. This commitment is reflected in McDonald's Values. Inherent in each value is our commitment to be ethical, truthful and dependable and this is reflected through our Standards of Business Conduct which serves as a guide to making good decisions and conducting business ethically.
Each year McDonald's employees certify that they have read and will abide by our Standards of Business Conduct. Employees also complete regular training on the Standards, anti-bribery laws, and various other laws, regulations and company-specific policies. In addition, McDonald's and its employees in all countries must comply with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). To ensure compliance, McDonald's has adopted a Global Anti-Corruption Policy, which contains guidance for employees on all applicable anti-bribery laws, including the FCPA. In general, the FCPA prohibits improper payments to government officials for the purpose of obtaining or keeping business or improperly influencing government action. The anti-bribery prohibition applies to corrupt payments made directly or indirectly, through a third party. In addition to the FCPA, the Global Anti-Corruption Policy requires compliance with anti-bribery laws in other parts of the world, such as the UK Bribery Act, which have international jurisdiction and prohibit the giving of bribes to any government official as well as private entities and individuals. Employees in McDonald's international offices complete an annual certification of compliance with their local version of the Standards and complete annual anti-bribery training. McDonald's Global Compliance Office monitors and enforces the company's policies prohibiting money laundering, bribery and doing business with terrorist groups, as directed by the US Patriot Act, the FCPA and Executive Order 13224.
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Respecting Human Rights
Fostering safe, inclusive, and respectful workplaces, wherever we do business, has been integral to the Company for over 60 years and we will continue to hold ourselves to the highest standards. We take seriously our responsibility to act with due diligence to avoid infringing on the rights of others and to address any impact on human rights if they occur.
At McDonald's, we conduct our activities in a manner that respects human rights as set out in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. Our commitment to respect human rights is defined in our Human Rights Policy, which applies to McDonald's Corporation and our wholly-owned subsidiaries worldwide.
Our Policy is guided by internationally recognized standards, including the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the International Bill of Human Rights, and the principles set out in the International Labour Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Where the Company may impact the human rights of particularly vulnerable groups, such as migrant laborers, indigenous peoples, women, or children, we are also guided by other international standards that elaborate on their rights.
To learn more, please visit McDonald's Human Rights page.
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Friday, 16 Feb. – Saturday, 17 Feb. 2018, 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
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The University holds its commencement ceremony and confers degrees in May. Students who have completed their degree requirements the previous August and December are invited to participate in this annual event.
Apply for Graduation
All students must file a graduation application online to initiate the graduation process, whether planning to participate in the commencement ceremony or not.
Filing the application will initiate a formal review of credits and requirements by the registrar's staff. Please click on the below link to be directed to the student portal and complete your application.
The deadlines for submitting the graduation application are as follows:
- October 15: May Graduation
- April 15: August Graduation
- June 15: December Graduation
Failure to submit this application on time will result in postponement of the conferring of the degree until the next graduation period.
Commencement Exercises
Participation in commencement exercises requires the fulfillment of all degree requirements.
Financial Obligations
A student with an outstanding financial obligation to the University will not receive the diploma or an official transcript until all obligations have been met.
Note: The Graduation Application Fee has been updated to $200.00.
Honors at Graduation
Degrees with Latin honors are conferred on students who achieve the following grade point average based on work at Notre Dame:
- Summa Cum Laude: 3.90
- Magna Cum Laude: 3.70
To earn honors at graduation, students must earn a minimum of 60 credits in graded coursework at Notre Dame.
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Jean Louis Domecq (1920-1983)
Jielde, the most rigid working lamp in the world.
1950: Tired of searching for a reliable and practical lamp to equip the machines in his workshop, Jean-Louis Domecq decides to design and construct his own lamp. A lamp that should perform well under heavy duty circumstances.
1951-52: Mr. Domecq spends 2 years to industrialize the production.
1953: There is demand for a lamp that meets high industrial requirements and the Jielde firm is established. The company name is derived from the initials of the designer, JLD.
1955: In the first brochure Jielde reveals details of his remarkable joint construction (1, 2, 3). The electricity is transported through the joints by an ingenious mechanism which eliminates the necessity of wires. In the first half of the previous century many accidents occurred due to breaking wiring, caused by the absence of durable synthetic insulation materials.
1961: The indestructible "Standard" (Socle Standard, Equerre, Bras, Bloc-Réflecteur, components), as the customers have begun to call it, leaves the Jielde workshop to equip more and more design department tables.
1987: The Loft Collection is created. By raising the look and feel of the original lamp to meet the standards of demanding modern consumers this new design line allows everyone to enjoy the industry inspired Jielde lighting objects in their home and work environments.
2001: The Jielde company is expanding to countries all over the world. Representatives in Europe and Japan have recently been joined by JieldeUSA, distributor for North America.
2006: Signal Collection is introduced as a smaller, colourful version, perfect for the home environment.
2010: Augustin is introduced and has quickly become part of the Jielde family, from the construction to the palette of colors available, this suspension comes in 4 sizes and will keep good company to the Loft or the Signal.
Jielde lamps are recognized to be iconics pieces of industrial French art they are hand made in Lyon, France with the same original gesture.


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Job Description
Leodis Academies Trust is seeking new board members with a strong finance background including PFI funding, compliance, legal and/or risk management. Board meetings are rotated across our academies which are all in the WF3 area on the Leeds/Wakefield border.
About the trust
Leodis Academies Trust was established in April 2016 to formalised the collaborative working of four high performing schools within a three mile radius. It offers young people the opportunity to experience consistency and security in their education from 3 to 18 years old; from nursery into adulthood.
The principles of the founding schools are:
- Each academy has its own ethos and identity ensuring they have the freedom to develop these;
- Each academy commits to working collaboratively to secure high quality outcomes for;
- Each academy is at a different point on their journey and the Trust recognises and supports academies actively and positively in their development;
- Local Governing Boards of founding schools are responsible for overseeing the operational direction under the umbrella of a strategic Board of Trustees;
- The Board of Trustees is responsible for identifying when individual academies are in need of additional support and agreeing how this might look.
The Trust is currently made up of 1 outstanding and 3 good schools (as rated by Ofsted). In addition, the Trust is an approved sponsor and is working alongside other schools; both those who share its vision of collaboration offering strength to highly performing schools and those who need support to develop their leadership teams and quality first teaching to improve outcomes. Another primary school is set to join the trust in the autumn which is currently judged 'inadequate' by Ofsted and will be the trust's first sponsored academy.
The trust's four strategic aims are:
- All Academies within the Trust reach good or better outcomes.
- All Academies within the Trust share a self-sustaining, system-led, collaborative approach to improvement.
- Leadership within and across the Trust is at least good and mainly outstanding.
- The number of academies within the Trust has grown steadily to secure its future sustainability.
Plans for the Future
The key challenges for the board over the next 12-24 months are:
- Develop the school improvement team to support all the academies across the Trust Particularly but not exclusively, the newly sponsored academy which will join in autumn 2018.
- Ensure the delivery of a robust and sustainable financial plan during the transition to the National Funding Formula and a period of Trust growth.
- To maintain and build positive outcomes for pupils as the Trust expands and against growing financial pressures.
The Trust is currently restructuring their governance and seeking to grow Leodis in both the primary and secondary sectors and to collaborate with other small to mid-size MATs for school improvement and procurement.
Trust Ethos & Values
Leodis Academies Trust is committed to 'forging young futures' by developing every young person's full learning potential through a wide variety of educational experiences in an environment that fosters positive relationships based on mutual respect. Collaboration is at the heart of their work both within and beyond the Trust.
Role Summary
Number of Positions Advertised: 3
Roles 1 to 3 – Trustee/Non-Executive Director
Trustees – or non-executive directors - are both charity trustees and company directors of the academy trust; the role is to hold to account the executive and senior leadership team. The board of trustees manages the business of the academy trust and may exercise all the powers of the trust. The trustees ensure compliance with the trust's charitable objects and with company and charity law.
Non-executive directors will be responsible for maintaining stability during a period of growth and the management of a dynamic structure. The role also includes contributing to financial planning for sustainability and growth, and holding the CEO/CFO to account.
The competencies required for this role include:
Essential (due to multiple roles, candidates may be accepted who possess one or more of the skills below)
- CFO/ Finance
- Branding/ Marketing
- Legal/ Compliance
- Risk
- Non-executive Director/Trustee
Person Specification
Role 1: The trust seeks a trustee with a strong finance background with specific emphasis on significant financial acumen. Experience within education or charity sector and/or PFI funding, compliance, legal and/or risk management would be an advantage.
Role 2: The trust seeks a trustee with a strong and demonstrable background in HR, with specific emphasis on change management, organisational development, succession planning and turnaround, to help shape the trust as it seeks to grow in future.
Role 3: The trust seeks a trustee with a strong Branding/Marketing background with specific emphasis on communications, marketing and PR, to help raise the trust profile as it seeks to grow in future.
Time Commitment
The Board will meet up to 6 times each year and meetings are held at 6 pm on weekdays. Some trustees may be invited to join the Finance and Risk committee. It is expected that the time commitment will be in the region of 4-6 hours per month (on average)
Location of Board Meetings and Trust Website
Board meetings are rotted between the Trust's academies all of which are within a three mile radius and all within the WF3 postcode area on the border of Wakefield and Leeds.
The trust website is at http://www.leodisacademiestrust.com/
Governance Structure
Background on Academy Trusts
Academy schools, which are charities run independently of local authority control, now account for 73% of secondary schools and 29% of primaries – and their number is growing all the time.
Many of these schools are grouped together as multi-academy trusts (MATs). There are currently 760 multi academy trusts of 3+ schools. If the schools are to fulfil their potential, the trusts need non-executives (known in charity law as trustees) to bring a wide range of skills and experience to help guide strategy, ensure their ambitions can be soundly financed and keep their schools up to the mark delivering for their pupils.
"Academy boards must be ambitious for all children and young people and infused with a passion for education and a commitment to continuous school improvement that enables the best possible outcomes. Governance must be grounded in reality as defined by both high-quality objective data and a full understanding of the views and needs of pupils/students, staff, parents, carers and local communities. It should be driven by inquisitive, independent minds and through conversations focused on the key strategic issues which are conducted with humility, good judgement, resilience and determination."
Source: Governance Handbook, Department for Education (2017)
Trusteeship is a voluntary, unpaid role for people who have the energy and skills to make a real contribution to shaping the future of our schools. You do not need to have any specialist knowledge of education.
Academy Ambassadors is a non-profit programme which recruits senior business leaders and professionals as volunteer non-executive directors onto the boards of multi-academy trusts. If you are interested in applying for the role please send your CV and a short expression of interest detailing which role you are applying for to email@example.com. Please note: candidates should live within reasonable travelling distance of the trust and/or have a link with the region. For more information, please call 0207 952 8556 or visit www.academyambassadors.org.
Key Dates
We strongly recommend applying as early as you can to have the best possible chance of being considered as we may change the closing date if we have received sufficient applications. Applicants should be aware of the following key dates in the recruitment process –
Deadline for applications: Wednesday 29th August 2018 – however, early applications are particularly welcome.
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To take advantage of the program, you must have an international Korean Air flight boarding pass from an overseas region to Korea. Simply show it, along with your identification, to any of our participating partners within 7 days of your departure date to redeem the Excellent Boarding Pass (EBP) offer.
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We can fully expect that the world of AI, Robotics and Machine Learning will accelerate human understanding of Earth, Space & Social Sciences, and thereby massively assist in achieving the seventeen announced United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by year 2030.
Machine Learning, Deep Learning & Artificial Intelligence:
Definitions AI The problem with AI Superintelligence: myth or pressing reality?
What's the difference between AI, ML, Deep Learning and Active Learning?
Deep learning vs. macine learning vs. data science: how do they differ?
Machine learning, deep learning, and AI: what's the difference?
Why deep learning, and why now? The great AI awakening The tipping point for AI
Machine Learning - things are getting intense
The most amazing AI milestones so far
Does synthetic data hold the secret to AI?
AI system surfs web to improve its performance
Only intelligent data can power Artificial Intelligence
Humans can't scale, the data-centric learning machine can
What's fueling the Cambrian explosion?
Deep neural networks are easily fooled
Why deep learning may not be so 'deep' after all
AI no where near the real thing, says German AI chief
Computer program looks five minutes into the future
500 years of robots go on show in London
The impact of AI Beyond the 'I' in AI AI and life in 2030
AI Reports:
AI Now 2019 Report AI for ScienceReport (DoE)
Getting educated on AI:
Machine learning: education: 3 paths to get started Four common mistakes in machine learning projects
How to make deep learning easy The 10-step guide to mastering ML MIT aims to ease AI programming
What is really different in engineering AI-enabled systems?
How do deep networks of AI learn?
Transparency and Explainable AI:
AI ... as I explained ...
Spotting fake videos with AI
The next generation of AI: explainable AI
Visual analytics for explainable deep learning
Dealing with deep learning's big black box problem
Machine learning confronts the elephant in the room
New theory cracks ope the black box of deep learning
The challenge of European AI: getting researchers to trust it
Transparency reports make AI decision-making accountable
AI is setting up the Internet for a huge clash with European GDPR
Other problems to be resolved within AI:
AI will do what we ask. That's a problem
The ethics of AI:
Ethically aligned design AI ethics still in its infancy The ethics of AI AI for global good
The global landscape of AI ethics guidelines The humanity of AI How much to trust AI?
Ignore AI fear factor at your own peril: a futurist's call for 'digital ethics'
AI revolution will be all about humans, says Siri trailblazer
Machines taught by photos learn a sexist view of women
Calls for AI regulation gain steam
The anthropologist of AI
An open letter to the UNCCCW
Robots need 'kill switches', warn Euro MPs
Facebook disconnects two communicating robots
DARPA embraces 'common sense' approach to AI
Computers evolve a new path toward human intelligence
AI creeps into daily life Increasing skepticism against robots
The coming techno apocolypse (dangers of transhumanism)
World is 'astonishingly pessimistic' re AI, says EU research commissioner
Machines beat humans on a readaing test. But do they understand?
Our machines now have knowledge we'll never understand
AI and cyber-security:
The coming techno apocalypse
Machine Learning 'arms race ' ahead
AI is coming, prompting new IT security concerns
AI and Disaster Risk Management and the UN SDGs:
Machine learning for DRM
Tackling climate change with machine learning
Predicting hurricane damage with machine learning
Disaster relief: how can AI improve humanitarian assistance
Accelerating the UN's Sustainabale Development Goals through AI
AI technology improves critical crack detection in nuclear reactors, bridges, buildings
AI and global platforms:
Global AI research council launches
How countries are pursuing an AI advantage
Apple joins group devoted to keeping AI nice
Tech titans join forces to stop AI from behaving badly
Machine Learning's adoption gap: assessing the consequences
Step by step, world leaders strive to find consensus on AI development
Algorithms might be everywhere, but like us, they are deeply flawed
Sent to prison by a software program's secret algorithms
Data hungry algorithms and the thirst for AI
Who controls our algorithmic future?
Game-based AI:
OpenAI will train AI through video game 'Universe'
AI beats humans in multi-player shooter New AI poker bot humbles the pros again
Where does AlphGo go: from Church-Turing to AlphaGo thesis and beyond
Demis Hassabis speaks about AlphaGo and its defeat of world champion Lee Sedol
AlphaGo proves its mettle against a team of five Computer out-plays humans in 'Doom'
Pittsburgh supercomputer to debut in poker tournament Libratus is beating the poker pros
Carnegie Mellon AI takes on Chinese poker players Latest poker program wins in China
Researchers attach $1 million prize to famous chess puzzle
Brain-based AI:
In the future, machines will borrow our brain's best tricks
Foundations built for a general theory of neural networks
What intelligent machines need to learn from the neocortex
Why cracking the 'brain code' is our best chance for true AI
Future of invasive neural interfaces & uploading consciousness
Intelligent predictions: an empirical study of the cortical learning algorithm
Real-time intelligent decision making:
The next data revolution: intelligent real-time decisions
Real-time anomaly detection from streaming analytics
AI could help drones ride air currents like birds
Robots in education:
When robots go to art school
Curiosity driven AI - how effective is it?
Robot teachers invade Chinese kindergartens
ARTIE: an integrated environment for the development of affective robot tutors
Assistive robots:
How to make AI human friendly
Robot saved, people take the hit
Jarvis software butler for the home
A toolbox for building robots aware of their surroundings
AI-powered bots gearing up to serve you Service robotics
'iPal' robot companion for China's lonely children
Are we ready for robots to care for us? Socaiily assistive robots
Rise of the social media bots Robots take over Social and telepresence robots
Robots help us understand humans Scientists attempt to teach robots human values
Suffering-focused AI safety: why 'faillsafe' measures might be our top innovation
Sex and marriage with robots: science fiction or new reality?
Exoskeletons in the workplace
Delivery robots:
Delivery robots heading to Mountain View
'Neural Lander' uses AI to land drones smoothly
Job replacement issues:
The 5 jobs robots will take first
Whose jobs will be automated?
Are robots taking over the world?
How AI could reshape economies
Machine Learning will change jobs
Does 'cognitive era' mean fewer jobs?
AI end game: the automation of all work
Why robots will not decimate human jobs
How to make America's robots great again
As AI begets IA, wither tomorrow's workers?
AI vs. Humans: upending the division of labor
Better together: humans and robot co-workers
Middle managers wary of machine intelligence
Does the human touch + AI = the future of work?
Treating robots like electronic people is a bad idea
The AI threatisn't Skynet. It's the end of the middle class
When robots take all the work, what'll be left for us to do?
For white-collar workers, AI threatens new workplace revolution
How game theory can bring humans and robots closer together
When will AI exceed human performance? Evidence from AI experts
Haunted by a future work shortage, Europe grapples with robots laws
Risks and job losses of the 4th industrial revolution: the future of work
'My robot is capable of evolving, but it does not pose an existential risk'
Cheery robots may make creepy companions, but could be intelligenat assistants
Passing Go: augmented intelligence and the improvement, not replacement, of us
Automation should complement professional expertise, not replace it
The Age of Em review - the horrific future when robots rule the world
Stephen Hawking launches Centre for the Future of Intelligence
EU is not ready for the rise of the robots, data suggest
Making computers explain themselves
Driverless cars:
How will driverless cars and other AI applications affect society? Driverless platoons
Our autonomous future: how driverless cars will be the first robots we learn to trust
AI controls are likely in your next car The emergence of AutoX
Embedded AI:
AI attracts embedded chip veteran Applied AI in embedded systems
A taxonomy of AI approaches for adaptive distributive real-time embedded sytems
Developing smart machines Unlocking the power of AI for all developers
AI-on-a-chip soon will make phones, drones and more a lot smarter
The path to embedded vision & AI using a low power vision DSP
An efficient hardware implementation of AI applications
Complex AI on small embedded systems: humanoid robots using mobile phones
Implementing embedded AI rules within algorithmic programmig langusges
Proliferation of data driving machine learning Will hardware drive data innovation now?
AI for sotware development How Spark illuminates deep learning
Scripting game AI: an alternative approach using embedded languages
Embed, encode, attend, predict: the new deep learning formula for state-of-the-art NLP models
Scrutinizing the inscrutability of deep learning
Generative Design:
Software mimics Nature's approach to design Optimization and creativity at their best
Hello Robogngnt exhibition: design between human and machine
How generative design will change architecture forever
ASSESS theme paper on Generative Design
The incredible inventions of intuitive AI
The bizarre, bony-looking future of algorthmic design 9 groundbreaking examples of generative design
Embedded AI for structural optimization Crumbling infrastructure gets an AI assist
Mindful algorthms: the new role of the designer in generative design The future of CAD - generative design
Generative modelling:
How AI is changing science
Robot teams:
NASA tests AI for autonomous exploration
Swarm of underwater robots mimics ocean life
Team of robots learns to work together, without colliding
Growing bio-inspired shapes with hundreds of tiny robots
Robot-ants that can jump, communicate and work together
Evolution of self-organized task specialization in robot swarms
Automatic programming makes swarm robots safer and more reliable
A hardware-baseed modeling approach for real world collaborative multi-robot tasks
Robots in sports:
The new bionic sports of the future transhumanist Olympics
At the world's first Cybathon , proud cyborg atheletes raced for the gold
Watch out Messi, here comes the footballers at RoboCup RoboCup 2017 video
A double victory at teh RoboCup World Championship in Japan 2017
Deep learning is about to revolutionize sports analytics. Here's how
Flying robots & drones:
Bird-like drone uses feathers for a more precise flight path Flight of the RoboBee
Flying robots: birds flying through laser light reveal faults in flight research
Jumping spiders and flying bees. The rise of bio-inspired micrprobots
Drones in humanitarian action
The RoboBee flies solo
Medical & Biomed applications:
The robo-doctor is (in)
Social robots in advanced dementia
Robot co-workers in the operating room
Soft robotics in minimally invasive surgery
Researchers build a soft robot with neurological capabilities
World-first robotic surgical system with sense of touch
AI and its implications for future suffering
New causes of autism found in junk DNA with AI
AI technology can identify genetic diseases by looking at your face
Deep learning, PET scans combined to spot Alzheimers
Deep learning robotic guidance for autonomous vascular access
Chemists develop world's first light-seeking synthetic nanorobot for potential biomedical applications
Prosthetic arm technology that detects spinal nerve signals
Restoring the sense of where your hand is
Machine learning cracks quatum chemistry conundrum
What is neural lace? How can neural lace be used?
Training artificial intelligence with artificial X-rays
AI used to convert brain signals to speech
Machine learning for image restoration
DeepMind predicts protein structure
Visualizing deep learning networks
His AI sees inside of living cells
Research robots:
Deep learning for science
AI: An experimentalist's experience
AI speeds astrophysics image analysis by 10,000x
Biophysicists take small step in quest for 'robot scientist'
Robotic research: are we applying the scientific method
Can AI predict earthquakes? Machine learning predicts laboratory earthquakes
Robotics Innovation Center (Bremen) Research makes robots better at following instructions
Computers should be named on patents as inventors, for creativity to flourish
NSF project sets up machine learning cyberinfrastructure
AI to speed up clean energy
Robots in space:
DARPA creating industry/government group for safe operation of space robotics
NASA awards $750K in sample return robot challenge
German robot team simulates Mars mission in Utah
Russia to test humanoid robot at ISS in 2020
Machine learning and space telescopes
Marine robots:
Aquatic robot braves volcanoes and typhoons to detect tsunamis
Transparent eel-like soft robot can swim silently underwater
Soft robotic grippers for biological sampling of deep reefs
Europe's underwater robots are ready to rumble
No motor, no battery, no problem
Rise of the seabots
Bi-ped robots:
Insect, animal and bird robots:
A cockroach-inspired robot Roach-inspired robot nearly as fast as real thing, unsquashable
Robotic birds
Micro-robots: bigger than they seem
The first wireless flying robotic insect takes off
Snake-inspired robot slithers even better than predecessor
Arthrobots Videos Scientists invent new, faster gait for six-legged robots
Robot inspired by real-life spider can transform into a speedy rolling wheel
MIT's Cheetah 3 robot avoids obstcles without the help of vision
In Japan, a Buddhist funeral service for robot dogs
Molecular machines:
On the path toward molecular robots 2016 Chemistry Nobel for molecular machines
DNA origami joins forces with molecular motors to build nanoscale machines
Shape-shifting molecular robots respond to DNA signals
Physicists create world's smallest engine
Exoskeleton & Prosthetics:
Bio-inspired lower-limb 'wearing robotic exoskeleton'for human gait rehab
Living with a prothesis that learns
Soft robots that mimic human muscles
People can control robots with their minds
Robots in industry:
A remote-controlled construction robot capable of fine manipulation developed
New patrolling robots to eradicate petrol plant explosions
How robotics is changing the mining industry
Robots in agriculture:
Robotic agriculture Part I Part II
Machine learning in finacial markets:
AI and deep learning come to Wall Street
The 3 quants runninng a hedge fund making $1B of trades daily
Robot hardware technology:
Top 10 AI technologies
Simplifying soft robots
An artificial skin for rehabilitation and VR
Multimaterial 3D printing for microrobotic mechanisms
Omnidiirectional mobile robot has just two moving parts
The robotization of extreme automation: the balance between fear and courage
Scientists unveil first tetherless hopping robot Wall-jumping robot is most vertically agile ever built
Research team develops new ultrasound powered actuator to develop micro robot
The first autonomous, entirely soft robot The future is squishy Shape-programmable miniscule robots
Metallic glass gears make for graceful robots A robot that grows
Walking cars
Neural networks:
Convolutional neural networks
Artificial synapse created that can learn autonomously
Mixed-signal neural net leverages memristive technology
Embedded NN and expert systems in the diagnostic microbiology laboratory
Researchers use artificial neural network to simulate a quantum many-body system
A study of complex deep learning networks on high performance, neuromorphic and quantum computers
A deep neural network of light
The leading edge:
Deep learning drives new science
In pursuit of new technology for human augmentation
'Hyperdimensional' AI might lead to big steps in robotic abilities
Machine learning's amazing ability to predict chaos
In search of a common deep learning stack
Inference emerges as the next AI challenge
Machine learning for science proving problematic
AI's cool new thing: Capsule networks (explained)
AI device identifies objects at the speed of light
How AI can help handle sever weather
'Robotic skins' turn everyday objects into robots
Giving robots a better feel for object manipulation
Researchers help robots think and plan in the abstract
The world's first demonstration of spintronics-based AI
What happens when computers program themselves?
Software engineering for Machine Learning apps
The quest to make a bot that can smell as well as a dog
Ultimate precision for sensor technology using qubits and machine learning
Results of deep learning collaboration announced 5G meets deep learning
New system allows optical 'deep learning' Helping robots learn to see in 3D
Human interaction dynamics for its use in mobile robotics: impedance control for leader-follower formation
Semi-situated learning of verbal and nonverbal content for repeated human-robot interaction
Mind controlled toys: the next generation of Christmas presents?
Automating development and optimization of machine learning models
How three start-ups are tackling machine learning challenges
Can Markov Logic take machine learning to the next level?
AI update: OECD reports surge in patents
Deep learning comes full circle
Humans and humanoids:
Robot epigenetics: adding complexity to embodied robot evolution
Emergent consciousness decoded Humans can emphasize with robots
Putting humanoid robots in touch with their environment
Towards machines that improve with experience
Humans & Humanoids - an emerging partnership
AI produces realistic sounds that fool humans
An extension of Asimov's Robotic Laws
Baby X can now play the piano
Can a robot fall in love?
AI meets HPC:
The machine learning hype cycle and HPC
Top ten ways in which AI effects HPC in 2019
HPC meets AI and creates new Grand Challenges
NERSC scales scientific deep learning to 15 petaflops
Deep learning: the confluence of big data, big models, big compute
ORNL reserachers turn to deep learning to solve science's big data problems
From models of galaxies to atoms, simple AI shortcuts speed up simulations by billions of times
Up to two billion times acceleration of scientific simulations with deep neural architectural search
Vendor specific AI:
AI hardwaree: harder than it looks
Which machine learning platforms perform best?
Building a language and compiler for machine learning
Google pulls back the covers of its first machine learning chip
AI experiments: visualizing high-dimensional space
New AI chips to give GPUs a run for deep learning money
Wave Computing close to unveling its first AI system
Graphcore readies launch of 16nm Colussus-IPU chip
'Cloud TPU' bolsters Google's 'AI-first' strategy
Google mimics human brain with unified deep learning model
IBM wants to be the 'Red Hat' of AI
Watson deal targets industrial apps Inside IBM's rejiggered Watson lineup
IBM raises the bar for distributed deep learning
MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab targets algorithms, AI physics
IBM develops 'brain-like' supercomputer for US Airforce Research Lab
The artificial brain built by IBM now has 64M neurons and will have 10B by 2020
NVidia's Huang sees AI 'Cambrian Explosion' nVIDIA's Deep Learning Institute
NVidia goes all-in with AI for the 'goodness of mankind'
With Isaac, NVidia trains robots in virtual environments
Bosch announces AI self-driving computer with nVIDIA
Inside Intel's nGraph, a Universal Deep Learning Compiler
How Intel's 'Knights Mill' gets its deep learning flops
Intel unveils USB toolkit for AI prototyping
Intel weighs in on convergence of AI and HPC challenges
MIPS-based platform targets AI app developers
Apple puts 'Neural Engine' inside the iPhone
Microsoft, Intel unveil FPGA-driven Project Brainwave
Microsoft investing $1B in OpenAI Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
Scaling neural networks thriugh cost-effective memory expansion
Toyota funds AI research to make vehicles emission-free
Propelling deep learning at scale at Baidu AI lab
HPE hails new frontier of scalable learning
Fujitsu to build RIKEN's learning system NEC claims vector CPU outperforms Spark
Caffe deep learning framework ML toolkit aims to ease dara scientists' pain
AWS Sagemaker is a nifty tool
Neurala enables developers to add AI into drones, self-driving cars
D-Wave launches machine learning services business
Startup patents 'whole brain' approach
Optalysys announces first implementation of CNN using their optical processing technology
Keeping your models on the straight and narrow
Vision is the next big challenge for chips
MIT aims to ease AI programming
New research creates a computer chip that emulates human cognition
Data management at NERSC in the era of petascale deep learning
A national machine intelligence strategy for the US
Benchmarking & ML Data Catalogs:
MLPerf - will new machine learning benchmark help propel AI forward?
The Forester Wave: ML Data Catalogs, Q2 2018
Three ways biased data can ruin your ML models
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We're Moving and we have a New Name!
By: Ganel, LCMFT Owner/Principal Therapist
We are excited to announce TWO big new things happening at Risa Ganel & Associates, LLC!
The first is that in early October 2013 we will be moving from our current location in Ellicott City to a brand new location in Columbia!
The new address is:8894 Stanford Boulevard, Suite 103 Stanford Overlook Columbia, MD 21045
The new office is conveniently located near Wegmans and directly next door to the Stanford Grill.
At this point in time, the exact date we will begin seeing all Columbia clients in the new location is not certain, however we anticipate it to be the first week in October 2013. Please check with your therapist to be certain when your sessions will take place in the new office. We can't wait to welcome you to our amazing new space!
As always, contact us any time. We look forward to hearing from you!
The second BIG announcement is that Risa Ganel & Associates, LLC is now under a new name….
Together Couples Counseling
Our new name is inspired by our mission to help couples Live, Love and Stay Together. We will continue to provide the same compassionate, cutting edge, collaborative couples therapy to the community and we hope you will help us spread the word. Keep an eye out for our new name in our new marketing materials in the months to come!


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I keep reading articles that make it sound like the process to create so-called "pink slime" was invented in the 1990s. The process dates back to at least 1960, as evidenced by the patent filed by Chicago meatpacker Armour and Company on April 5, 1960 and approved in 1962. Patent 3,062,655 was initially intended to create a "water insoluble defibrillated meat protein" that could be added to cakes and candies. This was before the product was added to ground beef, as it is today.
I've embedded the patent below and you can read about my take on pink slime at The Daily.


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As the House of Representatives prepared to vote on the American Health Care Act, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) announced it "strongly opposes" the legislation and urged a "no" vote ...
... but ASCO gave Congress a thumbs-up for restoring $2 billion to the NIH budget.
Before the congressional action on the NIH budget, the American Association for Cancer Research urged the entire cancer community to "forge ahead and reach the finish line" to secure additional NIH funding.
Analysis of circulating tumor cells identified a possible biomarker to predict response to the ALK inhibitor crizotinib (Xalkori). (AACR)
Extensive genetic and molecular analysis of tumor samples from 81 patients suggested that several types of sarcomas may respond to immunotherapy with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors. (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
Coinciding with Melanoma Awareness Month, the Melanoma Research Alliance announced $8.5 million in grants to support research in the disease. (Cure Melanoma)
Also during Melanoma Awareness Month, Belgian researchers announced they identified a previously unrecognized gene that might play a role in melanoma etiology and progression, as well as a potential therapeutic pathway to the gene. (VIB-KU Leuven)
Continuing a busy week, ASCO also released a strategic plan to increase racial and ethnic diversity in the oncology workforce.
Celebrity cancer news: Actor Val Kilmer acknowledged having a "healed cancer" after initially denying any cancer, and comedian-author Jeannie Gaffigan had emergency surgery to remove a tumor from her brain stem. (CNN)
In the aftermath of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force decision to recommend "discussion-guided" prostate cancer screening, the American Cancer Society revisited some of the common questions about the issue.
A blood test for the androgen receptor (AR) gene showed that men with multiple copies of the gene were unlikely to respond to AR-targeted therapy with abiraterone (Zytiga) or enzalutamide (Xtandi). (BBC)


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The brand famously known for its campaign encouraging you to get out there and "Just Do It" is flipping the switch and urging people "Don't Do It" in new messaging focused on race.
Friday evening, Nike posted a text-only video on its social media accounts with messaging encouraging people to "For once, Don't Do It," a play on the brand's iconic slogan that's recognized around the world.
The message reads:
"For once, Don't Do It. Don't pretend there's not a problem in America. Don't turn your back on racism. Don't accept innocent lives being taken from us. Don't make any more excuses. Don't think this doesn't affect you. Don't sit back and be silent. Don't think you can't be part of the change. Let's all be part of the change."
Nike's message comes four days after George Floyd, 46, died in police custody in Minnesota with his last moments caught on video. While being arrested, Floyd was held down by a Minneapolis police officer's knee. The video shows Floyd pleading that he is in pain and can't breathe. Then, his eyes shut and the pleas stop. He was pronounced dead shortly after. The officer was arrested Friday and charged with murder.
This isn't the first time Nike has used their slogan for more than just sports.
"Nike has a long history of standing against bigotry, hatred and inequality in all forms," Nike said in a statement to CNN Saturday. "We hope that by sharing this film we can serve as a catalyst to inspire action against a deep issue in our society and encourage people to help shape a better future."
To mark the "Just Do It" slogan's 30th anniversary in 2018, Nike released an ad with Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who kneeled in protest during the National Anthem for a preseason NFL game. In this ad, Nike weighed in on protests during the National Anthem over racial injustice in the NFL, and the ad was preceded by Nike's "Equality" campaign. Launched in 2017, that campaign focused on how sports can break down barriers.


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Like many amateur videographers, I was not satisfied with You Tube's video quality with my uploaded video clips. My videos were always too compressed and You Tube did not offer enough control over my finally video presentation, so I tried Vimeo which offers basically the same video services. This post covers my experience with Vimeo and what I learned about getting good web video with Vimeo.
First off, a standard free Vimeo account is much like You Tube's service; not good enough. Grainy web videos are not up-to-par with the high quality HD videos that can be found on the Internet nowadays. Only after I upgraded to a Vimeo Plus account did I finally get video quality that I considered acceptable. Vimeo Plus cost $60 a year, which is pretty reasonable for nearly unlimited streaming video. That's $5 per month to have a streaming video server, HD quality resolution, for an unlimited number of videos. If you don't have a Plus account, you are going to be a second class client with Vimeo. A basic free account has restrictions and limitations that push you to a Plus account and this is how Vimeo makes money.
When you sign up with Vimeo you are creating your video library on Vimeo's streaming server. From Vimeo's website you can manage your videos within your account. Video from Plus accounts is always "processed" ahead of free accounts and there are no limitations on how many videos or how large your videos can be when uploaded to their servers. A basic Vimeo account can't upload enough video data (size: h x w) to get good video quality. As a Vimeo Plus user, your account has many more options which you can select during the production of your web video. The Embedding settings will allow you to customize your video player and eliminate ads within your player. Privacy settings allow to control who can watch your video content including it being only viewed from your domain.
I have a website hosted on a web server, but the server is not a streaming video server. A streaming video server is absolutely necessary to deliver video content to your website. Keep in mind that your videos are stored on Vimeo servers, not on your web server. They are displayed on your website by embedding a video link from your website to Vimeo's servers. This is good because serving videos from your server will eat-up your website's bandwidth quota quickly. Web host admins, like myself, want our clients to keep their video content on streaming servers not on a web server. A video server has been optimized to stream your video content much more efficiently than a standard web server. If you don't have a website, you can still share your videos with others by viewing them from Vimeo's site.
What really helped get my videos looking better was when I uploaded so called HD videos to Vimeo with minimal video compression. Let Vimeo do the prepping and compression of your videos. Vimeo recommends uploads with the H.264 codec, size of 1280×720, and a bit rate of 3000-5000 kbits/sec when exported from your video editor application. In iMovie's Share menu you will find Vimeo's export panel. Enter your Vimeo account login and size to publish. HD 720p produces good results for all devices with less download bandwidth. If you use HD 1080p, your movie will double in size, but would be good for presentation on a 27″ monitor.
Video resolutions of 1280×720 or greater are considered high definition and with a Plus Vimeo account, your uploaded source video is processed more thoroughly by Vimeo, resulting in superior video compression and containing far less pixel artifacts (blur spots). If your video meets Vimeo's specs for HD quality, you will see the HD logo at the bottom of your movie player control buttons. You should see clearer video when compared to non-HD video. Event though, you are providing your viewers with HD video, you should probably not have the embed settings to default to HD (HD is off) because many browsers don't have the bandwidth and will experience sluggish playback. Don't check; "Default this video to HD quality when embedded". If they want HD, they click the HD icon on the video controller (HD is on).
Here is an example of using Vimeo Plus correctly with HD content. Granted; good photography, Nikon cameras, and a helicopter help too.
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There is also a free iOS application available from Vimeo. Once you login into your Vimeo account from the Vimeo app, you can produce and distribute video content from one application on an iPhone. As crazy as editing video on a mobile phone sounds, in a pinch, you can trim your clips, add text, add audio and get them online quickly.
Another issue with serving video content on the Internet is who are you serving your videos to? What size of video do mobile browsers need and what formats do they require? Vimeo's post-production takes care of these unknowns for you. Vimeo will create mobile versions of your video for you. In the example to the right, Flash video is not supported by iOS devices, so Vimeo provides a H264 encoded version to the iPhone. With Vimeo, you don't have to worry about optimizing your video for web viewing or different mobile devices, just get them enough data, and they do the optimizing.


text: Joining forces with Gamefly, the pizza chain is offering up the "Gamer Fantasy Package." To enter you simply need to order online at pizzahut.com and you're automatically entered to win a 60-inch LG Plasma TV, all three major consoles, a Bose Home Theater system, a Berkline home theater 3-seat set and a popcorn machine. But that's not all. Gamefly will throw in a free one-year subscription and Pizza Hut will make you even lazier and fat with free pizza for a year. A one-year subscription to Gamefly will be given to five first prize winners and 500 second-prize winners will get 60-day trial memberships. That's not a bad deal at all except I live in NYC where the guy on the corner makes a much tastier pizza in his cart is infinitely better than anything Pizza Hut puts out.


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Heartworms cause serious problems for dogs. Many pet owners have dogs with early stages of heartworm disease and don't know it. Heartworm disease can be prevented and often cured in dogs but is fatal if left untreated. Pet owners should have their dogs tested for heartworm disease annually whether or not they are already on preventative medication.
What is heartworm disease?
Heartworms are a parasitic worm transferred to mammals through mosquitos. Although several mammals can contract the parasitic worm, dogs, wolves, coyotes and foxes are ideal hosts for the disease as the worm can mature into adulthood and reproduce inside their bodies. Ferrets are also susceptible to a fatal case of heartworm disease. Cats, and in rare cases even humans can contract heartworm disease, but most of the worms die before reaching adulthood making them less of a threat to the heart, lungs and other internal organs.
How does heartworm disease spread?
Mosquitos are the only known transferring hosts of heartworms. While a mosquito is feeding on the blood of an infected animal with advanced stages of the disease, it ingests baby worms, or microfilaria living in the infected animal's blood stream. After about two weeks, these baby worms have reached a level of maturity where they are infectious. Once a mosquito bites a susceptible host; it transmits the infectious larvae onto the skin of the animals which makes its way into the puncture wound left from the mosquitos bite and infects the animal. If your dog is on heartworm prevention medication, the larva typically dies quickly without causing harm. If your pet is not on heartworm preventative medication, the heartworm can live years without being detected. Then, as the worm grows and reaches adulthood, it starts causing serious complications.
What are heartworm symptoms?
Because heartworms can live up to 7 years, the symptoms are dependent on the stage of infection and the amount of worms an animal has.
• Stage 1 – No symptoms present other than the occasional cough
• Stage 2 – Occasional cough and abnormal tiredness
• Stage 3 – A cough, tiredness, and some trouble breathing. Signs of heart and or lung damage are usually seen on a chest x-ray at this stage.
• Stage 4 – Heartworms have caused severe damage to the animals heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys. In this stage, Caval syndrome is likely. Caval syndrome is when there is such a large amount of worms blocking blood flow to the heart that it creates a sudden life-threatening problem in need of quick surgical intervention. At this point, most dogs do not live long enough to receive the life-saving surgery.
Can you treat heartworm disease?
Heartworm treatment for dogs is possible, but treatment is costly and hard on your pet's body. It typically requires many vet visits, blood work, x-rays, hospital stays and multiple medications. There is no drug approved to treat heartworm in cats. That said, cats that test positive for heartworm have a better prognosis as they are not ideal hosts for the parasite. The best thing for you to do for your pet is to prevent heartworms from ever developing.
Heartworm prevention is the best treatment
Dogs and cats should get on heartworm prevention medication starting as young as possible and no later than two months old. Dosage is based on body weight so most puppies and kittens can receive heartworm preventives as early as their first check-up. Every US state has reported heartworm infections, so every dog and cat in the US is at risk of coming into contact with the disease. There are three types of preventive options, but a veterinarian must prescribe them all. Heartworm prevention can be received through:
1. Monthly heartworm prevention pills
2. Monthly topical solution
3. Bi-annual preventative injections
Next steps for a healthier pet:
If your pet is not currently on a heartworm prevention regimen or you are more than two weeks late on administering your monthly heartworm preventative, than consult with your veterinarian or make an appointment today.
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A poster for an on-campus concert. This design marries my personal style with the objectives of the promoting organization to create an attention getting poster.
A business directory created for the local Slippery Rock Business Association for distribution to residents.
A pocket schedule for the Slippery Rock University baseball team. The schedule provides all pertinent information in an eye-catching design and includes advertisements.
A traditional trifold brochure promoting a business benefits program for Business Advantage Plus. Brochure features prgram description, and vendor showcase, and uses full bleed.
My personal business card. Utilizes an all black design with full bleeds and an image from my personal portfolio.
A marketing postcard that I developed for future personal use to attract clients who are in the whitetail deer breeding industry


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This article is about the episode from Kim Possible. For the episode from Milo Murphy's Law, see "Sick Day".
"Sick Day" is the first segment of the forty-sixth episode of Kim Possible.
There was much sneezing in the Possible home. Jim and Tim were suffering from a cold, which Kim was desperate not to catch. However, in spite her best efforts, it was not long at all before she was confined to bed, also sick. Even though under the weather, Kim decided to take on a mission to guard a top secret device known as "Ray X". Believing it to simply be a matter of babysitting the thing until it was moved to a more secure location, Kim headed, certain she could handle it.
However Drakken and Shego soon arrived on the scene and, while Kim was dealing with a protracted sneezing fit, the pair walked in and grab the device. Fortunately, Kim caught them on the way out, triggering the lab's security shutters, preventing them from getting away. During the course of Kim and Shego's the fight, one of Shego's blasts goes astray, activating the sprinklers and according to automated emergency protocols, opened all the sealed security shutters to open. Which allowed Shego and Drakken to escape with Ray X, but only after Shego has taken one of Kim's sneezes right in the face. Soon, Shego was herself out of commission by a cold, prompting Drakken to seek out and partner up with Duff Killigan. Mainly because he works cheap.
Meanwhile, Kim found herself grounded after her mother found out she had gone on a mission while sick. So she was forced to stay in bed. Ron assured her he had a plan to retrieve the Ray projector, using Kim's Favor Network for rides. Ron actually put together a fairly competent plan and to carried it out with only at least one pants-related incident. Hang-gliding scuba dive, he made to Drakken's island lair, using suction cups and bungee line to gain access and wheel Ray-X out from under Drakken and Killigan's noses while they haggled over their partnership contract. Ron ran into Shego who was too miserable from her cold to care about stopping him, and he gets away without a fight. Once back at the Possible residence, Ron finally came down with the cold and was also forced to his sick bed.
Meanwhile Drakken got the cold as Killigan to took over the "lead villain's duties. He then Duff hired a "temporary lackey" in the form of the perky Hank Perkins. A temp agency lackey with a law degree, which Killigan accepted as "close enough" to actual villain experience. They then manage to re-steal Ray-X out from under Kim and Ron's cold-ridden noses. With both Ron and Kim out of the running, Jim and Tim, along with Rufus, take it upon themselves to try their hand at the mission to get the device back using a modified version of Ron's plan. However, although Killigan was also under the weather, highly efficient and motivated for the "growth industry" of the evil market Hank had set a trap, catching the twins.
Upon discovering both the missing Ray-X and twin brothers, Kim, almost over her cold, was forced to leave her sick bed once more. She arrived just in time to prevent Hank from using the boys for target practice, and mixed it up with Shego, who also was almost over her cold as well. They fight as normal, except for periodically to pausing sneeze. Between them, Kim and the Tweebs manage to roll Shego up in a rug. They then catch Hank by dropping a chandelier about him, but not before accidentally dropping another on top the Ray-X, destroying it in the process. Back at the lab, Kim asked the scientists who invented Ray-X what it did, only to find out it was meant to cure the common cold. Prompting Ron to declare how he hated irony.
- One of six half-length episodes produced.
- When aired in a full-length time slot, it ran with The Truth Hurts.
- It marks Duff Killigan's 5th appearance, and the 4th time he and Drakken teamed up.
- Halfway through the episode, Kim becomes a secondary character and the primary mission is taken on by other cast members.
- The show that all watched while sick and bedridden may have been an allusion to when Kim and Ron switched brains in Mind Games.
- The only ones not seen as sick were Rufus, Wade, Kim's mother, the two scientists, and Hank Perkins.
- This is fourth episode to where Ron and Rufus go on a mission without Kim, briefly.
- Jim and Tim were the only ones seen to be completely over their cold/sickness after a while.
Running Gags
- Ron continues to have mishaps with losing his pants.
- At different times everybody were bed-ridden with the cold.
- When Ron catches Killigan and Hank Perkins hovering away with Ray-X, he comes out of Kim's house, but in the next scene, Kim's house is in front of Ron.
- When the tall scientist is seen Kim's Kimmunicator, he is wearing glasses, but near the end of the episode when Kim and Ron bring Ray-X back to them, the tall scientist is not wearing glasses.
- Shego calls Drakken from a location away from his base when she calls in sick, but later on, she's seen to be in the lair, still sick.
- Not really. She called from her *room*. The walls were definitely consistent with the lair decor.
- Hank Perkins returns Odds Man In, where he helps Drakken with his scheme.
Video Releases
- Kim Possible: The Complete Second Season


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Home > HAN > Vol. 18 > Iss. 1 (1991)
History of Anthropology Newsletter
Volume 18, Issue 1 (June 1991)
Front Matter
Clio's Fancy
"Included in the Present Classification": Notes Toward an Archaeology of Ethnographic Categorization
George W. Stocking Jr.
Research in Progress
Bibliographica Arcana
Gleanings from Academic Gatherings
Full Issue
The Editorial Committee
- Robert Bieder, Indiana University
- Regna Darnell, University of Alberta
- Curtis Hinsley, Colgate University
- Dell Hymes, University of Pennsylvania
- George W. Stocking, University of Chicago
- William Sturtevant, Smithsonian Institution


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Jetblue $10 airfare today only
The last $10 fare sale lasted just one day - May 10, 2010 - and had limited flights at that price. The previous time the $10 sale happened this is what it looked like:
Do you want to go on vacation...tomorrow? Then book this deal IMMEDIATELY.
Jetblue is selling a bunch of airfares for $10 each way until 11:59 p.m. MT today to celebrate its 10th birthday.
The $10 fares for flights departing Tuesday-Wednesday, March 9-10, 2010. I highly doubt these fares will last for more than a few hours so book now.
The $10 fares are for Jetblue's first 10 routes from New York's JFK. So if you live in the Tri-State area get ready to go to:
- Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
- Buffalo (BUF)
- Tampa (TPA)
- Orlando (MCO)
- Rochester (ROC)
- Oakland (OAK)
- Burlington (BTV)
- West Palm Beach (PBI)
- Salt Lake City (SLC)
- Fort Myers (RSW)
You must buy the $10 ticket online and not over the phone or at an airport. The return ticket will be priced normally and you are still responsible for fees. Still, this is a one-way ticket for almost nothing!


text: Baptiste Radufe captured by the lens of Umit Savaci, for the latest issue of GQ Turkeymagazine. When it comes to looks, can't deny that male models have got it going on. We all often dream of being on the cover of a cool fashion magazine and who would refuse the opportunity to be mistaken for a model? There are many physical and personality qualities that when combined make a man look like a male model. Here are three simple ways to achieve this. Austin Scoggin shot by Alex Bramall and styled by Julia Brenard, for the latest issue ofWonderland magazine. 1. Get in Shape The simplest way to look like a model is just that- to be physically fit! It sounds easier said than done, but for a man to get in shape is actually quite simple. Reduce your caloric intake and increase your exercise. Just 30 minutes of exercise, three times a week is enough to see noticeable differences in your physique. Having built, muscular shoulders and arms which can be achieved through weight lifting is a simple way to resemble a fitness model. Baptiste Radufe photographed by Paul Morel and styled by Adele Cany, for the latest issue ofHunter magazine. 2. Dress the Part Dressing like a model is simple! Magazines, Blogs and even social media platforms such as Instagram give countless ideas when it comes to the latest trends that celebrities, models and bloggers are wearing. Thank god many stores also carry the fashionable items (or legit rip-offs ) that most of your favorite male models are wearing. Don't be shy to try out something new here. That shirt you might have your doubts about, could be your next favorite wardrobe staple. This is where my love for online shopping comes in very handy. If for some reason you end up disliking the purchased clothing, most online stores offer exchanges and refunds. Male models are bold in their style and clothing choices, so you will have to step out of the box and be a bit daring to achieve this look. It´s all about expression yourself and reflecting what´s on the inside out. Shake things up and if you don´t feel comfortable in a look, try to find elements within a look that will give you some comfort. For me I always start with a good base. Let´s take shoes for example. Converse All Stars amongst other trendy shoes are very popular not only among male models but loved by many fashionista's and fashionisto's all around the globe for their comfort and effortless style. Janis Ancens captured by the lens of Emilio Tini and styled by Emil Rebek, for the latest issue ofUn-Titled Project. 3. Personality Last but not least is your personality. It makes a big difference, especially when it comes to having the demeanor of a model. In order to look like a male model, your confidence level needs to be noticeably high. This means boldly looking people in the eye during conversations and taking control of situations without overdoing it. If it is a classroom setting, raising your hand to confidently ask or answer a question makes you stand out. Being confident enough to have a meal alone at a restaurant yet look up and enjoy people watching is another great example. This can be counteracted by lunch dates with groups of people. ´ Matt Ardell and Marc Faiella At FM Models photographed by Cecilie Harris and styled bySivan Currie , for the latest issue of Boys By Girls magazine. Male models put themselves out there, yet manage to maintain a level of coolness that comes off as laid-back. Striking this perfect balance is not as hard as it sounds and with everything you do, make sure to keep true to yourself. We all have icons we look up to and hope to emulate. Male models are attractive, confident and sociable. They have certain qualities that are unique, yet simple to follow. A fashionable style and a laid back personality are the most basic characteristics of a male model and ones that would work perfectly on you. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Related


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Don't Skip Lunch In Downtown Ottawa
Grab Lunch In Downtown Ottawa To Improve Your Productivity And Health As important as it is to get a good breakfast, you can't go around skipping lunch either! What you eat for lunch and how you spend your lunch break will have a significant impact on how you feel for the rest of the day. […]Read more
Three Meals A Day
The Importance of Not Skipping Lunch When we gain weight, or feel a little sluggish due to poor eating, our go-to solution is to stop eating in order to compensate. Many of us tend to skip lunch on a daily basis due to the reasons above and many more. It is the easiest meal to […]Read more


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Program Description
Master's programme in Open eGovernment provides you with planning, management and technical skills necessary for leading and transforming public organisations to be open, inclusive, innovative, flexible and effective using Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
The programme is given as a set of distance courses and can be studied in accordance with your preferred timetable. Thereby, the programme can be studied wherever you are located in the world, and can easily be adapted to your studying and working situation. The program also contains non-mandatory workshops, one each semester, at the campus in Kista, just outside Stockholm. During these workshops, students can meet other students, teachers and experts in the area of e-Government, and visit eGovlab, a centre for excellence in e-governance at Stockholm University.
The programme provides in-depth knowledge, including theories and practices, in areas such as e-service design and innovation, e-democracy, e-governance, requirement engineering, business process management and improvement, security and privacy in e-Government, ICT architecture, ICT system integration as well as project and change management. The programme also has a specific focus on business intelligence, decision support systems, and open and big data management for e-Government.
The master programme promotes a new role needed in public organisations, an e-Government architect, a role that has the knowledge and skills necessary to drive ICT enabled changes in the public sector. An e-Government architect combines knowledge about democratic processes, civil service and public administration with skills in designing effective ICT systems and e-services for e-Government.
The master programme is inspired by the Swedish democratic model as well as models in the area of e-Government developed in Europe and the rest of the world.
Graduates will find positions as enterprise and IT architects, project managers and change agents in public organisations as well as private and non-governmental organisations working within the area of e-Government. Graduates may also enter PhD programmes for a research career.
Programme outline
The Master's Programme in Open e-Government is comprised of business and technology courses, all given as distance courses. Our programme curriculum is designed to propel you along a successful career path in the area of e-Government.
More information about the programme
Credits: 120
Language: English
Study form: Distance
Duration: 2 years
Begins: Autumn
Read more about this programme on our website here! http://dsv.su.se/SMEFO
More info at www.dsv.su.se/en/
Qualification requirement
A Bachelor degree or a degree equal to 180 ECTS
Language proficiency
Swedish upper secondary school course English B or:
IELTS (International English Language Testing Service)- Academic Module: Overall minimum score of 6.5 (with no section below 5.5).
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Paper Based: Overall minimum score of 575 (with minimum score 4.5 in the written test) Internet-based: Overall minimum score of 90 (with minimum score 20 in the written test)
University of Cambridge and Oxford: Certificate in Advanced English or Diploma of English Studies
The selection of students is based on grades of academic courses.
This means that you don't have to submit recommendation letters or motivation letter when applying to this specific programme.
The application is done online at:
The application deadline for all applicants is January 15th.
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Which is better to use: SFTP (Secure File Transfer over SSH) or FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS)? Is there an advantage of one over the other in terms of ease of use, stability, efficiency, or anything else?
Both have advantages and disadvantages.
The major disadvantage with FTP is the fact that files are transferred over a separate data connection (one temporary data connection per file transfer). The data connections typically use ports from the ephemeral range. Blockage issues can exist w.r.t. firewalls on either client or server side (either software or hardware firewalls) and anti-virus. Sometimes your software can work for a very long time, and then some external change happens, such as a new firewall being installed, or modified, etc., and suddenly FTP transfers stop working.
SSH/SFTP uses a single connection where both commands and data flow, and therefore the "data connection problem" does not exist. However, my experience shows that the initial connection and authentication establishment time for SSH/SFTP is large compare to FTP. If you are transferring many files in a single session, then this overhead becomes negligible. However, if you are often connecting/disconnecting to transfer one file at a time, then this overhead becomes significant. (The overhead can vary greatly depending on the server implementation. I haven't done any studies to know which ones are better than others.)
In my experience, SSH implementations normally require more upfront work. I think this is because SSH is not a protocol specifically for file transfer, it "allows" or supports for it, but is not meant only for that. So I think that some custom implemented SSH servers interpret the protocol in their own way which leads to more fiddling with at the beginning. (And reading the low level specs on this is not fun at all).
There are multiple "enterprise" type SSH servers that do not work very well with open-source or commercially available clients.
Connectivity wise, you will find out about blockage with either SSH/FTP as with FTPS immediately at the beginning, but the port range issue for some stricter firewall settings that the Chilkat Admin mentions would be a valid concern later, after you think you are done and have started to forget about the whole project.
In a nutshell, Chilkat components work very well with both, I'd prefer FTPS because it is normally easier to get going with.


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Entrepreneurship Education
Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Module
As part of curriculum, students need to form a company and seek crowdfunding. EC funded students for study trip to Shenzhen to learn about agile manufacturing and the Shenzhen ecosystem.
Big D Programme (PhD)
The PhD Big D Project is a self-guided project based entrepreneurial programme that transforming ideas / inventions / scientific understandings to products / systems / service.
IP Module in Capstone
Understanding of the different kind of IP, how to protect, and the considerations needed for protection.
IP Clinic
Provide students & researchers with a good understanding on intellectual property coupled with a practical workshop on Technology Disclosure (TD) writing for patent filing
Experiential Program
Start Something @ SUTD
Start Something is a experiential entrepreneurship programme that aims to expose SUTD community to the startup ecosystem and educate them on to the entrepreneurial knowledge and skillset. This includes hackathons, pitching, etc.
$10k Challenge
Modelled after MIT's $100K entrepreneurship competition and organised by SUTD Community with support from EC. Student teams, selected by the strength of their ideas, are matched with experienced mentors for one month to develop original and compelling business models. Winner will be awarded with a cash prize of $10,000 to move their idea forward.
Entrepreneurship Venture
A platform for SUTD Undergraduate students to put their skills and knowledge to use, to help tackle real problems, faced by the SUTD community. We position ourselves as an innovation HUB that believes in our students' products and solutions.
Entrepreneurship Capstone
The Entrepreneurship Capstone is a pre-accelerator programme that allows final year undergraduates to embark on an entrepreneurial project as their Capstone Project. It aims to equip students with entrepreneurial knowledge and skillset to bring a product from conceptualisation to implementation in the market.
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Overseas Entrepreneurship Exposure
European Innovation Academy
3-week International entrepreneurship program in France or Italy with multicultural networking opportunity and veteran entrepreneurial mentors. Opportunities for students to have startup experience in Europe.
MIT Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
The bootcamp is a mentorship program that begins with a one-week, intensive, in-person training and culminates with a reunion at MIT. This is a highly selective program for highly motivated students.
Hero Training by Draper University
Hero Training is a 5 week long, fully residential, and immersive learning experience in San Fransisco. It was created for ambitious entrepreneurs that are looking to build on their skill set, expand their network, and get ahead in launching a business.
Shenzhen Study Trip
1 week study trip under the entrepreneurship module where students are exposed to the hardware ecosystem in Shenzhen


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Silicon Motion Technology last week announced it has begun shipping USB drive manufacturers samples of a new USB 3.0 controller chip for flash drives that could boost their performance by up to 50 percent.
The company said the new SM3267 integrated controller is expected to deliver up to 160 megabyte-per-second read times and 60 megabyte-per-second write speeds through a single channel; that would be a 30 percent to 50 percent performance improvement over today's USB 3.0 flash drive technology.
Even though the USB 3.0 specification has the capability to support 4.8Gbps throughput speeds, the speed of a USB 3.0-enabled flash drive is dictated by the speed of the accessing flash devices in the drive. Today, most consumer-USB 3.0 flash drives support about 100MB/s read speeds.
"We are pleased to announce that SM3267 has received design-ins from most of our current USB controller customers, including many top-tier OEMs, and we expect SM3267-based USB 3.0 flash drives will be commercially available starting in the fourth quarter of 2013," Wallace Kou, CEO of Silicon Motion, said in a statement.
The new integrated chip will also be able to run at lower voltages, from 5 volts to 1.2 volts, enabling a 25 percent to 30 percent lower USB flash drive device temperature compared with other USB 3.0 flash controller products in the market, Silicon Motion said.
The new IC will support the vast majority of NAND flash technology, including new triple-level cell (TLC), multilevel cell (MLC), high speed Toggle, and ONFI DDR NAND manufactured by Samsung, Toshiba, SanDisk, SK Hynix, Micron and Intel.
The new chip has already passed both USB-IF compliance testing and WHCK (Windows Hardware Certification Kit) tests for Windows 7 and Windows 8.
The new IC is available in a Chip-on-Board (COB) and in a 48-pin QFN green package.
This story, "Chip advance could boost thumb drive speed by 50%" was originally published by Computerworld.


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The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria: opening statement by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs
Dátum udalosti: 17/09/2020
During te plenary session (14-17 September 2020) of the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate for an urgent EU response to address the humanitarian crisis on the island of Lesbos following the fire that razed the Moria refugee camp. Opening statement by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery. Please note, due to some technical issues concerning the conference technology, some parts of the recorded sound can have interferences.


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Improving mental wellness through kyndfulness.
Kyndfulness includes volunteering, intentional acts of kyndness and gratitude.
Everyone has an opportunity to improve their mental wellness every day.
Project Helping organizes volunteer events specifically designed to make an impact — both on you and your community. Through volunteering, participants actively invest in their communities while also reaping the benefits of increased mental wellness. We create and practice kyndfulness!
Helping others, making an impact, and being a part of a community. These are foundational elements to who we are and what drives happiness. When we lose any of these elements, our mental wellness suffers. We provide an engaging and meaningful way to build these elements and improve mental wellness.
First, we carefully select partner organizations that allow us to provide impactful, social, and easy to join volunteer events. Next, we provide these events at different times and locations for a variety of essential causes. Finally, you get involved, making a lasting impression on your community and your own mental wellness. Find a project and sign up today!
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I founded Project Helping based on my personal experience with mental wellness. Like many people living with a mental health challenge, no one close to me knew I was struggling. I had a great job. I was successful. It seemed like I had everything – and truly I did. But privately, I was struggling.
Then, something completely unexpected happened. I was invited to volunteer. It happened to be at a point in my life when I was really struggling. I had no clue that experience would not only change my approach to my own mental wellness but also change my life trajectory. Volunteering immediately provided an outlet for me. The more I volunteered, the better I felt. The better I felt, the more I started to realize that volunteering was helping me improve my mental wellness.
This experience inspired me to dig deeper into the wellness benefits of volunteering. I found two things. First, there was a great deal of research that supported the mental wellness benefits of volunteering. This part was no surprise. Second, I found no one had created a way to really leverage these mental health benefits.
So that was the lightbulb moment! I was inspired to share what I had learned through my personal experience. That is where Project Helping started. We built this simple, elegant and impactful organization to leverage the mental wellness benefits of volunteering. Our goal was to make it incredibly simple to get involved in projects that are hand-selected to be the most impactful, hands-on project possible.
I am incredibly grateful for the amazing support we've received along the way. We are a few years in, making an impact and having a blast. But we're just getting started. Join in, there's room for everyone!


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Williams can't wait for Olympic Stadium outing
PUBLISHED: 17:30 17 August 2015
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World Cup winner to play for Barbarians in historic match
Ali Williams has spoken of his pride at being selected as one of the players to take part in the first ever rugby game at the Olympic Stadium when the Barbarians take on Samoa on August 29.
The Stadium's first game of rugby – ahead of five matches played at the Rugby World Cup venue - will also see the famous Barbarians celebrate their 125th anniversary.
The Barbarians will take on World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup finalists Samoa ahead of the stadium hosting five Rugby World Cup 2015 games later this year, including visits from current champions New Zealand and Six Nations champions Ireland.
Williams, a Rugby World Cup-winning former All Black, made an appearance on the South Park Lawns in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to speak about the upcoming Barbarians game and looked ahead to the New Zealand match against Namibia on September 24.
Speaking about being part of two prestigious milestones, Williams voiced his own excitement about rugby's arrival at one of the UK's most iconic sporting venues, saying: "I don't think there are many sports fans around the world who didn't watch what happened here in 2012 and instantly wanted to be a part of it.
"I can't wait to step out on the turf, especially given that it's such an historic occasion for the Barbarians.
"When you wear the Barbarians shirt, you don't just want to win, but you want to put on a good show of attacking rugby along the way, so hopefully the fans will get behind us.
"I'm sure the match on August 29 will provide the party atmosphere that rugby fans love and that this will continue throughout Rugby World Cup 2015.
"The tournament presents a unique opportunity for fans to come and see current champions New Zealand play at this incredible Stadium."
As part of preparations for Rugby World Cup 2015, a number of aspects of the matchday experience will be undergoing tests and adaptations during the game on August 29.
England Rugby 2015 Managing Director Steve Brown added: "We are delighted to work with the Barbarians, Samoa, Rugby World Cup 2015 host city Newham and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to help deliver the first ever rugby match in this iconic stadium.
"The Barbarians have a great history and with a fantastic line-up, fans can enjoy a great game of rugby and see Samoa in action before Rugby World Cup 2015.
"Hosting this match at the stadium will give fans the chance to enjoy this fantastic venue and build excitement for Rugby World Cup 2015."
Tickets for Rugby World Cup 2015 matches at the stadium on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park are still available at tickets.rugbyworldcup.com.
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Working With The Correctional Population
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Correctional Environment
- Differentiate between the level of security present in correctional settings, including minimum-, medium-, and maximum-security facilities.
- Describe the settings in private and public correctional institutions.
- Evaluate the potential for physical, mental, or emotional violence within a correctional environment.
- Identify what is necessary to constitute a security threat group.
Professional Ethics
- Identify specific recommendations for professionalism and ethics for correctional staff and suggested treatment for inmates.
- Examine the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA).
- Review the policies, procedures, and accreditation requirements for the American Corrections Association (ACA) and the National Commission on Correctional Healthcare (NCCHC).
- Identify potential future trends in the correctional field.
Inmate Population Overview
- Identify key issues in the corrections system today.
- Classify inmate populations.
- Describe characteristics of typical inmate profiles.
- Examine how inmates perceive themselves and why it matters.
Inmate and Offender Rights
- Describe the services accessible to offenders and inmates.
- Explain due process and grievances.
- Identify the basic rights afforded to inmates and offenders by the U.S. Constitution.
- Describe some inmate and offender rights provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Inmate and Offender Manipulation and Games
- Identify offender and inmate manipulation and games.
- Analyze negative effects on security within an institutional or correctional facility.
- Describe the practice of smuggling various contraband.
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Democrats Make Their Case For Impeachment As Senate Trial Continues
By Bill Galluccio
January 22, 2020
House impeachment managers will begin presenting their case for removing President Donald Trump from office as the Senate trial continues. The seven Democrats, led by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, will make their arguments that Trump abused the power of the presidency and obstructed Congress. They'll have 24 hours, over the next three days, to lay out why they believe Trump should be removed from office.
After the Democrats have made their case, the president's defense team will then have 24 hours over three days to make their case for why Trump should not be removed from office.
The Senate finalized the rules for the trial following a contentious, party-line vote that did not wrap up until 2 a.m. ET on Wednesday (January 21) morning. Republicans voted down several amendments proposed by Democrats that would allow them to call witnesses and subpoena relevant documents. Tensions got so heated between the two sides that Chief Justice John Roberts admonished both the House managers and Trump's defense team to remind them "that they are addressing the world's greatest deliberative body."
"It is appropriate at this point for me to admonish both the House managers and the president's counsel in equal terms to remember that they are addressing the world's greatest deliberative body," Roberts said. "One reason it has earned that title is because its members avoid speaking in a manner, and using language, that is not conducive to civil discourse. "
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Eligibility is open to individuals who…
- Show strong leadership in the advancement of the OACVB
- Show leadership within the Ohio Travel Industry
- Have been an educator to OACVB members, especially to those new to OACVB -available and approachable
- Have put forth extra effort (beyond duties as an OACVB member or officer) toward the betterment and growth of OACVB
- Have promoted OACVB and tourism in Ohio to the betterment of both
- Worked on special OACVB programs, events and promotions assisting with the growth of OACVB and the travel industry
- As an OACVB member, must have been an active member for a minimum of 3 years, for others, must have worked on a special OACVB promotion, project, ad-hoc committee or advance OACVB in some special manner
- Who can be nominated? CVB directors, former CVB directors, CVB staff persons, legislators, state officials, OACVB employee, or others who have put forth a special effort to assist and promote OACVB
Nominating Procedure
Any OACVB member can nominate one individual by faxing a nomination form and supporting material to the OACVB office in care of the Don Patterson Award Committee
- Nominating form must be completed and signed and can include up to two type-written 8 ½ x 11 attachments addressing eligibility of nominee
- Up to three 8 ½ x 11 sheets of other supporting material can also be submitted
- Nomination should include a second letter of support by another OACVB member.
Previous Winners
|Dale Finley
|Greater Cleveland CVB
|June Creager
|Clermont County CVB
|Dennis Saunier
|Canton/Stark County CVB
|Susan Hamo
|Akron/Summit CVB
|Pat Crow
|Knox County CVB
|Joan Van Offeren
|Sandusky/Erie County CVB
|Dee Grossman
|Tuscarawas County CVB
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