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The Moos (The News): Farming Simulator 17 Announced
Will we, in years to come, be asking "How would you revamp Farming Simulator?" Will we wonder if it's time Farming Simulator took a few years off from annual sequels to rethink what about virtual farming excited people so? Will we dream of an Ancient Egyptian reboot, tilling the soils of the Nile Delta? Or will you, wide-eyed, propose a slaughterhouse with PhysX Flex blood and a knife-sharpening minigame? Do you want a wee organic farm with no machinery, just a workforce of gapyearers?
I ask because developers Giants Software have announced Farming Simulator 17 [official site], coming "at the end of 2016."
Annnd that's all we know about Farming Sim 17. No details. However!
Normally I blow past press release quotes because they're boring but today I feel solidarity with the hypothetical marketing person I imagine helped Giants and publishers Focus Home come up with these flowery quotes. We've probably got a lot in common, you and me. I'm sure you're also laughing at what you've managed here.
"It's been a pleasure working with Focus throughout all these years," says Giants vice president Thomas Frey. "This partnership is the water on the seed that made Farming Simulator grow into the global phenomenon it is today."
Seed? Water? Eh? I think my favourite part is how cautious that joke is. It doesn't say fertiliser, which would be more appropriate but is also, y'know, poo. And it doesn't go into technical farming terms, either through a lack of confidence or reaching for broad appeal. I'd probably been really happy getting that quote. Normally I have to invent people to make them say things like that on RPS.
I like to imagine that's you inside the cow suit.
Focus Home president Cédric Lagarrigue, meanwhile, has gone a bit The Princess Bride or The NeverEnding Story.
"Farming Simulator is a one of a kind story in the video game industry. Years ago, we imagined a unique destiny for this game and Giants Software, their creators. It is with great satisfaction that we succeed in reaching all of our objectives. There are still a lot of beautiful pages to write for Farming Simulator, and it starts right now with the simultaneous release of the game on PC and consoles at the end of the year."
Can I farm luckdragons in Farming Sim 17? If I don't fence in my horses, might they be lost to the Swamps of Sadness?
FarmiSim did technically skip 2015, with 2014's FarSi 15 being the last release on PC, though 2015 did bring an expansion. Anyway! End of 2016. More details coming after a big press event. And FaS 15 is down to £5.99 on Steam right now, with expansions and DLC discounted too.

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Christmas lunch and carols at Sudbury care home
PUBLISHED: 10:34 16 December 2014 | UPDATED: 10:34 16 December 2014
Residents at a care home in Sudbury were treated to Christmas meal and a carol concert yesterday.
The residents of The Red House Residential Home were joined by the Mayor Robert Spivey and pupils from St Joseph's Catholic Primary School.
Carol Vaughan is the manager at the home. She said: "They absolutely loved it and really enjoyed the singing. It is a tradition we have been doing for years.
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This paper is a comparative study of the responses to the 1995 Wharton School survey of derivative usage among US non-financial firms and a 1997 companion survey on German non-financial firms. It is not a mere comparison of the results of both studies, but a comparative study, drawing a comparable subsample of firms from the US study to match the sample of German firms on both size and industry composition. We find that German firms are more likely to use derivatives than US firms, with 78% of German firms using derivatives compared to 57% of US firms. Aside from this higher overall usage, the general pattern of usage across industry and size groupings is comparable across the two countries. In both countries, foreign currency derivative usage is most common, followed closely by interest rate derivatives, with commodity derivatives a distant third. In contrast to the similarities, firms in the two countries differ notably on issues such as the primary goal of hedging, their choice of instruments, and the influence of their market view when taking derivative positions. These differences appear to be driven by the greater importance of financial accounting statements in Germany than the US and stricter German corporate policies of control over derivative activities within the firm.
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So, there is a new biography of Derrida, reviewed in theLRB. I was reflecting on why I have little interest in reading this, or indeed any biographies of philosophers, including those I'm more familiar with (such as Deleuze).
We read that Derrida is rejected by his son and in his work there are reflections on paternity; that his work is 'obsessed' by the concept of secrecy and he had a 'secret' mistress. And so on. Of course, being rejected by your son might well be an enabling condition of reflecting on paternity, it might be the 'shock' that thought needs. But the ensuing reflections also have their intelligibility within themselves. The suggestion with biographies, and with their reviewers, is too often that the philosophical reflections help to somehow repair, prolong, compensate or 'deal with' the biographical fact. That is, the biographical approach tends towards psychologism. The intelligibility of the ideas resides outside the texts, outside the movement of words and concepts. These are attempts to 'earth' the philosophy, to bisect the line of thought with a biographical line.
Most of these attempts to 'earth' the philosophy work only by suggestion or insinuation. In the LRB review we get formulations such as:
But in his last two decades, he began to evolve into a different sort of thinker, a globally attuned ethicist, as if in response to the charges made by his adversaries.He began to write more explicitly about his Algerian-Jewish roots, as if he wanted the world to know who he was after years of hiding from view.
Alongside the implication that philosophy is grounded in the life is of course frequently the reverse implication that the ideas are at variance with the life. This from a review of a Deleuze biography:
For someone who frowned on la vie d'intérieur, Deleuze led a life of unruffled domesticity, and rarely strayed far from the home he shared with his wife and two children.
Now the philosophical critique of interiority clearly has nothing to do with the amount of time one spends in one's flat. But this is something other than a simple misunderstanding. The subtext is 'the ideas don't translate into practice, they are empty talk'. And this subtext in turn seems to repose on a certain received image of the philosopher or thinker as someone removed from even his own reality. At the same time, the critique of inner life is, by implication read as an 'antidote' to the enforced confinement of the philosopher due to illness.
Indeed, behind the biography seem to stand a number of all too familiar personae: the unhappy philosopher, trying to repair personal failings; the idealist philosopher immured in a world of thought that has no bearing on life, his thought often hypocritically at variance with practice. It is these familiar personae that seem to be, time and again, the re-appearing subjects of philosophical biography.


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Another fun Christmas article, this time about Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser of misers himself (I did the Grinch already, another meanie). Ebenezer Scrooge is from A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens. It's my favorite Dickens' book (hey, I love David Copperfield as much as the next guy, but A Christmas Carol is so underrated, in my opinion), and I also think it's better than any of the film/TV/stage renditions (also just my opinion - I really love it!). For those of you who haven't read it, you can via Project Gutenberg here:
As for Scrooge, I see him as a Scorpio Rising with Saturn in Scorpio and the 1st house. This would show the massive transformation that he undergoes with the Scorpio influence, and how it's a really difficult one to go through with Saturn in Scorpio (as all natives can attest to!). Saturn in the 1st house would also make him miserly, cheap, a stingy dirtwad.
To add to the stingyness, there must be, of course, some Virgo in the mix, and I actually like his Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars altogether in Virgo in the 11th house. Not only does this add to his stingyness, but it also makes him very discriminating and with few-to-no friends (11th house). It also makes him very detached from others.
I like his Moon in Aquarius and the 4th house. The Aquarius energy adds to his emotional detachment from others, but the 4th house, which rules emotions, would show that he was actually really soft on the inside. The 4th house is also very subjective instead of objective, whereas Aquarius is very objective instead of subjective, so you can see him volley between the two.
He does see ghosts, so there needs to be something in there for that, right? I'm thinking perhaps Neptune conjunct his Moon. Neptune is the planet ruling the metaphysical, spiritual, dreams, and ghosts, and on the Moon, would make it something that impacts him in a strong way emotionally.
And just like with the Grinch, Scrooge needs to have some transformation stuff in his chart, some Pluto/Scorpio/8th house energy. Maybe Pluto conjunct his Sun/Mercury/Venus/Mars, or conjunct his Moon/Neptune. He'd also have transformation aspects going on in transit as well, with Pluto making aspects to his Sun/Mercury/Venus/Mars or to his Moon/Neptune, or in the 8th house at the time. I feel with Scrooge, there would also be some transit Neptune and Saturn in the mix, with transit Neptune bringing on the Ghosts, and transit Saturn bringing on the lessons. And he sure did learn his lesson!
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This text is copied from Amazon.com's editorial review and product description, about the "Up Series" I've waited 8 years for the new video in the series to be released.
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"Starting in 1964 with Seven Up, The Up Series has explored this Jesuit maxim. The original concept was to interview 14 children from diverse backgrounds from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Every seven years, renowned director Michael Apted, a researcher for Seven Up, has been back to talk to them, examining the progression of their lives.
From cab driver Tony to schoolmates Jackie, Lynn and Susan and the enigmatic Neil, as they turn 56 more life-changing decisions and surprising developments are revealed.
The premise behind the Up series is deceptively simple: take a cross-section of children at age 7, ask them about their hopes for the future, and then return every seven years to mark their progress. However, the results of these experiments, launched in 1963 by Britain's Granada Television, are anything but mundane, and their revelations about society, maturation, and the human condition were compiled into six extraordinary films, packaged together for the first time in this five-disc set. We meet the 14 children whose lives we will follow for the next 36 years in Seven Up, a episode of the television series The World in Action and directed by Paul Almond. What becomes evident almost immediately is that class and background will have an indelible effect on the kids for the rest of their lives; the upper-class boys and girls seem confident to the point of boorishness, while the middle- and working-class children seem resigned to a life of hard work or inevitable failure due to their backgrounds.
Fascinated by the footage, Almond's assistant, Michael Apted (later the director of The World Is Not Enough, among others, and president of the Directors' Guild), proposed to revisit the subjects every seven years, and in 1970, 7 Plus Seven was released, followed by 21 Up in '77, 28 Up in '84, 35 Up in '91, and the most recent entry, 42 Up, in '99 (Apted plans to continue the project). And the changes that occur to the original 14 (some of whom drop out of the project) are among the most fascinating and often tragic ever recorded on film. Success, failure, marriage and childbirth, poverty, illness–almost every possible element of the human experience passes before Apted's camera. And while each of the children's stories is riveting, the viewer will undoubtedly be gripped by that of Neil, a shy boy who endures incredible hardships. A one-of-a-kind series and sociological experiment, The Up Series is required viewing for not only documentary fans but any viewer with a curiosity about and concern for their fellow humans. The DVD set includes commentary by Apted on 42 Up. –Paul Gaita
An astonishing, unforgettable look at the structure of life in the 20th century, The UP Series is, according to critic Roger Ebert, 'an inspired, almost noble use of the film medium. Apted penetrates to the central mystery of life'."


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Russia and Iran must participate in Syria solution - AnnanKofi Annan said on Saturday that despite Washington's harsh rhetoric, there was 'no alternative' to Russia's participation in a diplomatic solution to the Syrian crisis. He also said Iran was 'an actor that cannot be ignored'.
In an interview with Le Monde on Saturday, UN special Syrian Envoy Kofi Annan said that the "evidence suggests his plans for peace had not yet succeeded", and that there was "no guarantee" that negotiations would ever be successful.
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It's Republican Jerry Sanders, elected two years ago after promising to oppose same-sex marriage (but not civil unions) and presented this week with a resolution passed by the city council vowing San Diego's support for a lawsuit that would legalize marriage for gays in California. The expected mayoral veto did not materialize; here Sanders explains why. I agree with his position and his feeling is clearly heartfelt but I hate it when politicians get emotional this way. It gives them an unearned layer of Absolute Moral Authority where to challenge their stance is to fly in the face of Love Itself. The right pulled the same thing a few years ago at Alito's confirmation hearing when his wife got upset at some of the questioning — again, sincerely so — and it turned into a passion play about a lady's tears. Just take a breath and make your case.
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This Day in History – November 30th, 1824 & 1829
On November 30th, 1824 ground was ceremoniously broken in Allanburg, Ontario for the building of the first Welland Canal. Approximately 200 people gathered near Allanburg to witness the sod-turning for the construction. Soon, contracts for the work were let out, but the actual construction didn't start until July 1825.
Prior to the construction of the Welland Canal, the main settlements in the area were located along Lake Ontario and Niagara River, as the interior of the Niagara Peninsula remained hard to reach and rural areas, if that. As the construction progressed, however, shantytowns to house the laborers and their families were established along the way, giving birth to communities that later became Port Dalhousie, Merritton, Thorold, Allanburg and Port Robinson.
On November 9th, 1828, just two weeks' worth of work before completion of the Deep Cut, the banks of the cut near Port Robinson collapsed into the excavated channel, killing an unknown number of workers below. More landslides followed, and it soon became evident that making a cut deep enough as to use the Welland River as the source of canal water would not be possible. An alternate, sufficiently high source of water was necessary. Despite complications, the canal opened for a trial run on November 30th, 1829, five years to the day from the ground breaking.
Overall, the combined Welland and Feeder Canals stretched 27 miles between the two lakes, with 40 wooden locks. The minimum lock size was 110 feet by 22 feet, with a minimum canal depth of eight feet. Today, very little of the First Canal is evident. Much of the Feeder Canal, however is still present today in Wainfleet township.


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text: Politics 21 June 2010 An enlightenment fit for the 21st century The Tories' "big society" challenges the people, and not just governments, to embrace change. To eff Sign-up The Royal Society of Arts has a new motto: 21st-century enlightenment. It pays tribute to the 18th-century founders of the society and is a statement about the RSA's role today. We have been asking how Enlightenment principles have come to be interpreted and whether they should be rethought in the light of today's challenges and important new insights into human nature. Although this may sound a long way from the more prosaic debates in Labour's leadership campaign, perhaps that process might benefit from imagining a radical politics that seeks not merely to respond to modern values, but to shape them. To think about the core ideas of the Enlightenment, and how they gave rise to modern values, norms and lifestyles, is a process of cultural psychotherapy, delving into the collective consciousness of modern people. The rise of science and technology, the growth of market capitalism, the expansion of social tolerance and personal freedom - all these drew on the impetus of Enlightenment thought. Self-aware autonomy In his recent book In Defence of the Enlightenment, Tzvetan Todorov suggests three ideas were at the core of the Enlightenment project: autonomy, universalism and what he calls the "human end purpose of our acts". The principle of autonomy holds that human beings should be free to use their reason to create self-authored, valuable lives. Ever since the Enlightenment, debate has raged about the implications of the ideal. But by the end of the 20th century, a combination of ideas (notably free-market economics) and changes in society (including the perceived failure of the postwar settlement and the rise of consumer capitalism) had led to the apparent triumph of an individualistic conception of autonomy and a highly rationalist view of human nature. This ideology of possessive individualism has shaped the way we think about democracy. With the decline of deference- and class-based politics, the principle that the customer is always right has been imported into the political sphere. But the voter is not always right. The pollster Ben Page has summed up voters' preferences in the phrase "we demand Swedish welfare on American tax rates". But the preferences people express in polls are different from those that they have after a process of group deliberation. When politicians and commentators genuflect to public opinion, it is generally to superficial individual preferences, not the outcomes of informed collective deliberation. Individualism has been subject to a variety of philosophical, sociological and political critiques. Meanwhile, public opinion and public policy have moved to and fro on the individualist/collectivist spectrum. But in recent years, research in areas as disparate as economics, evolutionary psychology and neuroscience have provided new grounds for questioning our interpretation of autonomy. The 21st-century enlightenment should involve a more self-aware, socially embedded model of autonomy. This does not mean repudiating the rights of the individual. Nor does it underestimate our ability deliberately to shape our own destinies. Indeed, it is by understanding that our conscious thought is only a part of what drives our behaviour that we can become better able to exercise self-control. Most of what we do is the result of automatic responses to the world around us, rather than the outcome of conscious decision-making. Practically, it turns out that changing our context is a more powerful way of shaping our behaviour than trying to change our minds. If you want to be a more virtuous person, don't buy a book of sermons - choose better friends. The brain uses a whole set of short cuts to make sense of the world and sometimes these mislead. For example, we tend not to be very good at making decisions for the long term and are better at understanding relative than absolute values. The panic of the credit crunch was a reminder of how we are in thrall to what John Maynard Keynes referred to as our "animal spirits". We are poor at estimating our own capacities, predicting what will make us happy, or even describing accurately what made us happy in the past. The moral and political critique of an individualist, rational choice model of autonomy now has an evidence base. Empathic universalism Building on the idea of natural rights, which can be traced back to the ancient Stoics, Todorov's second Enlightenment principle, universalism, is generally taken to mean that all human beings are born with inalienable rights and are equally deserving of dignity. But what is it that drives us to act on the principle of universalism? It is one thing to sign up to the ideal, another to put it into practice. The emotional foundation for universalism is empathy. In Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, people deemed to have reached the highest level, self-actualisation, are interested in problem-solving, are accepting of themselves and - most significantly for universalism - lacking in prejudice. The developmental psychologist Robert Kegan goes further, arguing that a higher, more empathic level of functioning is essential to meet the practical demands of 21st-century citizenship. This "requires us to have a relationship to our own reactions, rather than be captive of them". In a 2002 overview of survey evidence for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Kegan concluded that only one in five people across the world has achieved what he calls a "self-authoring" order of consciousness. The good news is that there is every reason to believe we can expand empathy's reach. Despite notable departures from the trend, the history of the human race has been one of diminishing person-to-person violence. Since the advent of modern civil rights, we have witnessed a transformation in social attitudes based on race, gender and sexuality. Immigration, emigration, foreign travel, global culture and communication all provide us with reasons and opportunities to appreciate our similarities and respect our differences. Yet are there reasons to fear that the process of widening human empathy has stalled, and just when we need it to accelerate. Levels of inequality have risen across the rich world. Tensions between ethnic groups have taken on new dimensions. Anti-immigrant sentiment has grown, arguably reflecting a failure by policymakers to balance the imperatives of globalisation with the empathic capacity of the (usually disadvantaged) communities most affected by change. There is concern about gang culture and about young people living more in the virtual world than in the face-to-face one. Despite the growing interdependence of the world, the national frame for political interests, which became dominant around the time of the Enlightenment, shows little sign of weakening. The stock of global empathy upon which democratic leaders can draw has to grow if the long-term needs of the human race are to be put ahead of short-term national interests. It is reasonable to presume that those most relaxed about outsiders in their midst would also be those most inclined to be sympathetic to the plight of strangers far away. But the chain linking interpersonal, communal and global-scale empathy is complex. We need to understand better what enhances and what diminishes our empathic capacity. The policy implications range from child-rearing to popular culture. Ethical humanism Todorov describes the third Enlightenment principle as "the human end purpose of our acts". In other words, the basis for social arrangements should be what increases human happiness and welfare. There is little doubt that we have succeeded in this area. The poorest citizens of the developed world now have better health, longer lifespans and many more resources and opportunities than those who would have been considered well-off two centuries ago. But sometimes it feels as though it is taken for granted that the very act of pursuing progress is the same as improving human welfare and happiness. The success of the western post-Enlightenment project has resulted in societies such as ours being dominated by three logics: of scientific and technological progress, of markets and of bureaucracy. Sometimes these logics clash; often they reinforce each other. In politics and in the media, the abandonment of principle is excused by pressure to compete for power, votes or audience share. The voluntary sector (in which I work) might be thought of as a haven from competitive values. Not a bit of it. Charities compete for philanthropy, government contracts and media profile. From the hedge fund to the NHS internal market, from The X Factor to the Turner Prize, the imperative of competition has become all-pervasive. The decision somewhere in BP to drill for oil a mile below the sea, even though the firm apparently had no certain way of dealing with a possible leak, could be seen to combine the logics of technological progress, bureaucracy and competition. A utilitarian approach to human progress leaves us without a framework through which we can inquire more deeply into what kind of future we want. Surveys suggest that the Danes are the happiest people in the world not only because of their material circumstances, but because they say what matters most in life is good relationships. The most miserable nationality, the Bulgarians, say money is the key to happiness. Living the good life may be as much about what you aim for as what you achieve. Ethical thinking is also part of our human nature. In a recent Yale University experiment, babies between six and 12 months old watched a simple coloured geometric shape ascend a slope. When other shapes intervened, apparently either helping or blocking the circle, the children's responses showed a clear preference for the helping shapes. The evolutionary biologist Marc Hauser has conducted a huge global online survey of moral judgements. He argues that subtle - but, from a modern perspective, idiosyncratic - moral distinctions appear to be "hard-wired" in human beings. The logics of progress are themselves dependent on an often unrecognised ethical framework. Markets rely on trust, bureaucracies on duty and scientific progress on collaboration. Indeed, as life becomes more complex and fast-moving, and using external regulation to shape behaviour is consequently more onerous and less effective, our reliance on benign motivation becomes greater. But is it becoming harder to acknowledge our ethical nature or to find ways of talking about substantive differences in aims and values? Just as sexual repression spawned hypocrisy and vice in the 19th century, so the suppression of ethical discourse leads to the strange coincidence of an era that combines social tolerance and cultural relativism with an almost continuous drumbeat of public indignation against everyone from bankers and celebrities to welfare cheats and immigrants. Mature ethical discourse is the foundation for multiculturalism, mutual respect and conflict resolution. As we face tough policy dilemmas, recognition of legitimate ethical differences is necessary for an authentic and engaging politics - an enlightenment politics of human ends rather than a technocratic politics of regulatory means. Moral reform Does the RSA's exploration of what might constitute a 21st-century enlightenment have any relevance to practical politics? The historian Peter Clarke first made the distinction between the "mechanical" model of state-led change in Fabian socialism and the "moral" model advocated by social liberals such as Leonard Hobhouse and T H Green. It is an idea often referred to by David Miliband, among whose favourite books is The Progressive Dilemma, in which David Marquand makes the case for reintegrating the two traditions. If Labour does have a debate about moral reform, it may involve asking why recently the Conservatives have been more willing to discuss how people, not just government, have to change. This, after all, is one of the themes of David Cameron's "big society"; as the state recedes, individuals and communities must be more willing to meet their own and each other's needs. In the dire warnings about the Budget deficit, too, there has been a theme that we will have to change our lifestyles, weaning ourselves off dependency and debt. There are some searching questions to be asked about the thinking behind Tory rhetoric. Strong services and good local government are more often the foundation for civic action than its antithesis. And what of Labour's own account of good citizenship? Tony Blair sought to remoralise the Labour message with an emphasis on responsibilities as well as rights, along with a tough stance on crime and antisocial behaviour. But the tone of New Labour's rhetoric often seemed punitive and populist, while the underlying account of human nature, in this and broader economic policy, was hard to distinguish from the self-interested rational man of economic orthodoxy. In the 1970s and 1980s, when feminists were asserting that "the personal is the political", there was much talk of consciousness-raising. People were invited to reconsider their beliefs, social identity and most deeply held assumptions. Some of this may have been self-indulgent and even silly (I should know, I was chairperson of a men's group in Leamington Spa), yet this approach contributed to major advances in social attitudes on gender, ethnicity, sexuality and disability. Is it time for another consciousness-raising mission? There has been a greater emphasis in recent policy debate on what is called "behaviour change". The focus is on the contribution we, the people, must make to social progress. What I have called the "social aspiration gap" can be seen to have three aspects. First, as citizens, we need to be more politically engaged and self-aware, acknowledging the dilemmas policymakers face, giving permission for the right long-term decisions and recognising how our own behaviour shapes policy options. Second, with the cost of labour-intensive public services bound to rise, citizens need to be more resourceful, looking after our health, investing in our education, saving for our retirement. Creativity and risk-taking are also vital. Third, we need to be more pro-social, contributing to what the social scientist David Halpern calls the hidden wealth of nations, our capacity for trust, caring and co-operation. To get noticed and mobilise activists, Labour needs to find a way back to its old radicalism, but its message must also be relevant and attractive to voters. The idea that people can change, need to change and, through changing, would be able to live more fulfilling lives should be part of the story. It is an idea that builds from political values and science-based accounts of human nature and provides the foundation for new policy priorities and models of governance. The original Enlightenment sowed the seeds for modern social-democratic politics. Might a renewal of the progressive project benefit from imagining a 21st-century version? Matthew Taylor is chief executive of the RSA. He writes here in a personal capacity. 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Filene Music Scholarship Competition
Four to six $60,000 Filene Music Scholarships are awarded each year through a performance competition coordinated by Skidmore's Department of Music.
The scholarship package—$15,000 per year toward tuition, plus lesson fees—is awarded independent of any additional need-based aid. Financial aid applicants who demonstrate financial need will receive Skidmore grant aid in addition to their scholarships.
Eligibility | Repertoire | Scholarship Payments | Important Dates | Apply
About the Final Round | Regulations for Final Round | Questions?
The competition is open to high school seniors who meet the criteria for admission to Skidmore College and who apply for admission by January 15, 2021. Students are allowed to compete only once. Children and dependents of Skidmore faculty and staff are not eligible for the competition.
- Submitted recordings should be of solo performances (with accompaniment*, unless a solo piece per se).
* We recognize that the current pandemic could present potential hazards to recording live with pianists. This season we will accept prerecorded accompaniments for singers, and solos that traditionally have accompaniment may use prerecorded accompaniment or be submitted without accompaniment for instrumentalists.
- Repertoire should come from the Western classical tradition and should include at least two (for singers, three) selections representing different historical or stylistic periods. (Performances of jazz, original compositions, and musical theatre will not be considered for this competition but may be an asset to your Skidmore arts portfolio.)
- Selections should total approximately 10 minutes all together.
- Percussionists should choose appropriate recital material for mallet percussion (vibraphone, marimba, or xylophone).
- Recordings must be unedited, with no artificial enhancement or corrective software used.
- All competitors should select diverse works that demonstrate your highest level of technical proficiency and musicianship.
- Normally, the repertoire is the same for both rounds of the competition; however, with advance approval from the chair of the Music Department, you may change the repertoire you perform in the final round.
- Scores may be used in all areas of performance except voice.
- Judges may request performance of any portion of the movement or selection presented, and may terminate the audition after they have heard a representative amount of material.
For repertoire suggestions contact Michele Koskinen at 518-580-5320. She will put you in contact with a teacher in your performance area.
Scholarship Payments
The annual scholarship of $15,000 is awarded to competition winners without consideration of financial need, and it is credited in $7,500 installments to the recipient's account in the fall and spring semesters. Financial aid applicants who demonstrate financial need will receive Skidmore grant aid in addition to their Filene Scholarships. For more information on Skidmore grant assistance, contact the Office of Financial Aid, 518-580-5750.
Scholarship awards are renewed each year if the student continues in good academic standing and receives the recommendation of the Department of Music.
Important Dates:
- January 15, 2021 - Skidmore deadline (apply here)
- January 20, 2021 - Filene submission deadline (create an account at SlideRoom)
- February 19, 2021 - Announcement of Finalists
- April 3, 2021 - On-Campus Competition Day
- When registering, you must submit recordings via audio or video upload at www.slideroom.com. SlideRoom entries must be completed by January 20, 2021.
- Submissions should include titles, movements, and composers' names.
About the Final Round
- Applicants selected for the final on-campus competition will be notified by February 19, 2021. Finalists must indicate their intention to participate in the competition within a week, in order to compete in the final round. Acceptance of finalist status indicates a commitment to compete in the final round at Skidmore on April 3, 2021.
- The competition is on one day only. Only finalists who perform in the hall that day will be judged. This is an "open" competition, and we invite all finalists and their families into the hall to hear and to observe. Neither recording nor photography of the competition is allowed.
- Following the competition, judges will select up to six winners. Four scholarship winners are sponsored by the Filene Foundation and the Ladd Charitable Trust, and two by Skidmore College. Additionally, judges will select a number of runners-up. If a winner does not accept admission to Skidmore, it will be offered to a runner-up. The two Skidmore-sponsored scholarships are offered only to those students awarded at the final round.
- Faculty of Skidmore's Department of Music oversee and participate in the judging of the competition. The judges' decisions are final, and we reserve the right to name fewer winners if four do not qualify.
- Announcement of the awards will be made within one week of the final round.
- The department presents the scholarship winners in a concert at Skidmore in the fall of their freshman year.
Regulations for Final Round**
(** If Covid 19 restrictions prohibit an in person final round in the Spring of 2021, we will hold remote finals. Details to follow.)
- Arrive well before your assigned audition time. Only finalists performing on the day of the competition at their prescribed times will be considered for scholarships.
- Furnish two published copies of scores for judges.
- Finalists must play with an accompanist in all works except those composed explicitly without accompaniment. You may bring your own accompanist, but the Skidmore Department of Music will provide one at no charge.
- Taping and photography is prohibited. No recording equipment will be allowed in the recital hall.
- We invite finalists and their families to listen to the competition. We only ask that they refrain from talking and/or exiting or entering the hall during performances.
Jeffrey Segrave
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David H. Porter Professor
Skidmore College
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I'm a firstborn. As a firstborn, we tend to be stubborn know-it-alls. I find it hard to listen to instructions, from putting together furniture to someone explaining how to play a board game. I always assume I'll figure it out. Most of the time I eventually figure things out, but it often takes longer than necessary and this time is filled with one too many cuss words. This trait goes against all of that mindfulness junk I've been throwing at you lately. But that's the point of mindfulness, to be present with all of the parts of yourself, including the demons.
One of the assumptions I have about myself is that I should easily be able to run a Boston qualifying time. Now, this isn't a symptom of an over-inflated ego; all of the race equivalency calculators say I could run anywhere between a 3:25-3:30 based on my other PBs. But what stubborn Ginger forgets is that racing a marathon to our potential often requires experience and quality marathon-specific training, especially when we're lacking in the genetics department.
For Erie, I had a great training cycle, nailing workouts I have never attempted before and built up confidence in my strength. I always dreamed I was strong, but never worked to achieving that. I also had marathon experience, but I wasn't sure it was enough to run an entire 26.2 miles at a specific pace. I never achieved such a feat before this race.
Looking back, even with my more evolved mindset, I put too much expectation on myself for this race. Sure, I talked about it less than other races in the past but internally, I felt an unneeded amount of pressure to run a Boston qualifying time. In my visualizations leading up to race day, I struggled to imagine the middle of the race, which I knew would test me. In fact, even my visualizations, which I incorporated into my mindful meditations, ended up feeling stressful. It wasn't enjoyable to sit with the silence anymore. Instead, I was hanging out with the demons of judgment, anxiety, and that darn stubbornness. And instead of having tea with them like I would tell you to do, I was arguing with them.
In my gut, I knew I needed to focus on running an entire marathon, remaining mentally strong throughout and not worrying so much about what the finishing clock would read. The good news is that in the end – spoiler alert! – I did just that. But you're probably looking for more details.
It started after four miles when I slowed my 8:12 average pace to 8:20s. The nice thing about most of my mental preparation beforehand is that I told myself it would be ok if I slowed down and that I could trust myself to recover from doing so. Where I failed was in assuming that wouldn't happen. So for it to happen four miles in was soul-crushing for miles. Had I not re-read Running Within before the race, I likely would have let those demons take over the race at this point and the end result would've been a lot uglier!
The remaining miles ranged from small mental battles to enjoying each individual moment. As soon as I let go of the need to perform, I felt more relaxed and surprised myself with a solid 21 miles, the pace of which began with the number 8, including the last mile. Miles 21-24 weren't too much slower. I was hanging out in new territory, somewhat scared and somewhat excited. Mile 25 would be my slowest, a 10:30, but maybe the stars aligned it that way. For soon after that beep of the Garmin, Cinnamon passed me.
I didn't recognize her right away. I was starting to wallow in my own pain, but I looked up and saw the flowers in her hair, bouncing with the wind. Surely, I sped up to get her, not because I wanted to beat her. No, my first thought was, wow! this would make a great story for my Salty race report! This distraction rid my body of pain. I passed a man who shouted, "Wow! Look at you go!" This instant energy made me realize how much of our running pain and discomfort is in our heads.
As soon as I got close to Cinnamon, I shouted, "We got this! Let's go get our PRs!" I was now right up next to her but she didn't talk. "Oh, we can race, too, if you want." Funny thing is, she was in her own little world, focusing. It took a few seconds for her to realize we were running side by side.
"I can break 3:50, every second counts!" she said.
"We got this, then!" I replied.
Before we knew it, mile 26 was approaching. I had disregarded my splits at that point but was shocked to see an 8:30 pop up when I felt like death the mile before. While it was already too late to go back and re-do the race with the new knowledge that the body can usually go faster than our minds tell us, I did practice the lesson for next time and sprinted toward the finish.
Surely it was divine intervention to finish that race with my friend. The same friend who I had done a long run with months before at Salty Camp. On that run, we talked about the process of training and how once you understand the process, training becomes fun. Sure, goals and times keep us motivated, but it's the day-to-day grind that you get to savor after crossing the finish line. The process, you ask?
It's feeling like crap at the beginning of a training cycle and wondering how you will ever run race pace for all of those miles.
Then a few weeks later, without warning, being able to run race pace in a workout at almost all of those miles.
The first sports bra run of the summer.
Going from 90 degrees and 90% humidity on your run to an air conditioned living room after finishing.
That popsicle after finishing, too.
Envisioning yourself reaching your goal at the end of your runs.
So hard in thought, you almost start crying on the treadmill at the gym.
Stumbling upon a new muscle in your leg when you sit up. Oh hey there, Mr. Muscle.
Running to a really, really, really, REALLY good song that makes you feel like a badASS bitch.
Cooking a new recipe after an intense workout and tasting all of the wonderful flavors of something you made.
Not cooking on a Tuesday night after an intense workout and getting dollar tacos instead. Mmmm, tacos.
Having a community (ahem, this community right here) to talk to and share your training with.
Posting pictures on Instagram throughout training and then worrying you shared too much the night before the race.
Lying completely wide awake the night before the race, partially feeling like it's almost Christmas morning and partially feeling like you're about to give a speech to 500 people in your underwear.
Lining up at the start and trying not to puke from the nerves and the smell of so many body odors.
Realizing while running mid-race that this is exactly the experience you needed to get better.
Crossing the finish line and raising your arms in the air even though you were far from breaking any tape.
That first sip of a cold beverage not served in a Dixie Cup.
Feeling each little muscle fiber shout and scream the next day as your rise from your bed.
Ah, compression socks.
No, stairs, no.
Asking yourself when it's time for the next one.
The best thing to come out of this race is excitement, that love of the process. It's amazing what happens when I stop being so stubborn and start listening.
What lessons did you learn in your last race?


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Reports on the utilization of DNA science and technology by the Canadian Rocky Mountain park police in order to capture illegal hunters. How technique is employed; Comments from park warden Murray Hindle.
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Reports on how police catch poachers with the aid of scientists from the National Fish and Wildlife Forensic Laboratory in Ashland, Oregon. Samples of poaching cases that were solved by police; Forensic evidences that expedited the resolution of the cases; Punishment for poachers. INSET: Super...
- Working for rhinos. // Earthwatch: The Journal of Earthwatch Institute;Mar/Apr95, Vol. 14 Issue 2, following p36
Presents the results of a research conducted by Sky Alibhai and Zoe Jewell with the help of EarthCorps volunteers on the maintenance of the black rhinoceros population in Africa. Impact of poaching; Withholding of precise information on the animal's abundance and distribution.
- Desert rhinos dehorned. Leader-Williams, N. // Nature;8/24/1989, Vol. 340 Issue 6235, p599
Discusses the experimental dehorning of rhinos, aimed at thwarting poachers. Controversy; Plans; Problems.
- Siberian tiger. Sunquist, Fiona // National Geographic World;May96, Issue 249, p20
Presents information on the existence of the world's largest cat, the Siberian Tiger along with a pull out photo of the tiger. Tiger's description; How the tiger's survival is threatened; Biggest threat to Siberian tigers; Government of Asia's laws on poaching; What the tiger's body is used for...
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The article reports on the move of green activists in its anti-poaching campaign to capture people who poach frogs in Goa, India.
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The article focuses on Real-time Anti Poaching Intelligence Device (RAPID) from British consortium Protect to be implanted in horns on South African rhinos to catch the faces of the poachers on camera and mentions that it alerts a central control center if it detects stopped heart of animal.
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The article reports a plan by conservation organizations and African governments to fight elephant poaching and its alleged connections to terrorist groups including al-Shabaab.


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The southern sea otter is making a slow recovery, after being hunted to the brink of extinction in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) has a historic range that forms an arc across the North Pacific Ocean, stretching from the shores of Baja California up the west coast to Alaska and across the Bering Strait to the Kamchatka Peninsula and down to the islands of northern Japan. Southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis), sometimes referred to as California sea otters, make up a subspecies of sea otter that ranges along the central California coast from San Mateo to Santa Barbara Counties. Southern sea otters were listed as a threatened species in 1977 under the Endangered Species Act and are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Sea otters once numbered in the hundreds of thousands and were common throughout the North Pacific. For thousands of years, the native peoples of Kamchatka hunted them for both food and fur. With the advent of the Pacific Maritime Fur Trade, starting in the 1740s, the scale of hunting was greatly increased. Sea otter pelts were valued for their rich and luxuriant fur, which has nearly one million hairs per square inch, the thickest fur of any mammal. The trade was dominated by Russian, American, and British hunters, who brought sea otter furs to China, where the soft fur was highly prized for clothing, coats, and trim.
"Of all these furs the skins of the sea-otters are the richest and most valuable. ... they are called by the Russians Boobry Morfki, or sea beavers, on account of the resemblance of their fur to that of the common beaver."
As demand for sea otter pelts increased, so did the prices and they became known as "soft gold" in the Chinese market. By 1903, one sea otter pelt commanded more than $1,000 in the London market. As a result, sea otter populations rapidly became depleted throughout their range. They were believed to be close to extinction in 1911, when Russia, Japan, Great Britain, and the United States signed the Treaty for the Preservation and Protection of Fur Seals, which imposed a moratorium on the harvesting of sea otters.
Since 1911, sea otter populations have slowly recovered, although they still face threats such as poachers, oil pollution, and orca predation. Recovery has been much stronger in Alaska and other northern locations than in California, where the southern sea otter population numbers approximately 2,900. Each year, researchers from the the U.S. Geological Survey, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Monterey Bay Aquarium, and the University of California Santa Cruz conduct a census of sea otters to aid in the recovery plan for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The sea otter is considered a keystone species, one that has a disproportionately large effect on its environment relative to its abundance. Sea otters feed on sea urchins, playing a critical role in maintaing the health of kelp forest ecosystems. They also consume filter-feeding benthic invertebrates, resulting in the removal of contaminants and disease-causing pathogens from near-shore waters. Sea otters are highly effective sentinels of the health of our ocean, making their recovery an important goal of The Marine Mammal Center.
Southern Sea Otters at The Marine Mammal Center
The Marine Mammal Center has rescued more than 350 southern sea otters since its inception in 1975. They have been rescued for a variety of reasons, including malnourishment, disease, and maternal separation. Most of these rescued animals were transferred to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for care and rehabilitation. Among these patients were Calloway and Repo, whose cases represent an overview of the Center's work with this threatened species.
Calloway, a southern
sea otter pup
Calloway was rescued in 2003 when she was found separated from her mother before she had been weaned. After initial care and rehabilitation at the Center, Calloway was transferred to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. She was released back to the ocean shortly thereafter and according to Michelle Staedler from the Aquarium's Sea Otter Research and Conservation department, was thriving in the wild:
"Calloway has been out on her own now for just over two weeks and seems to be doing quite well. She has made the Monterey Dunes colony near and offshore areas her home. She is doing great at finding herself tasty large cancer crabs for her meals!! She varies from being 300 meters offshore to 1.2 KM offshore. So - at this point since she has successfully passed the two week mark - she is well on her way in the otter world!"
You can adopt Calloway today and help other patients at The Marine Mammal Center.
Repo, a southern
sea otter pup
Repo was rescued by the Center when he was orphaned at just six weeks of age. He was found on a beach in Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County. Repo was so young when he arrived at the Center that he needed 24-hour care. Volunteers bottle fed him every three hours, monitored his swims, and helped him groom his thick, insulating fur.
After six weeks at the Center, Repo was transferred to the Monterey Bay Aquarium to finish his rehabilitation with a surrogate sea otter mother. Once healthy, he was fitted with a radio transmitter and released back into the wild.
You can adopt Repo today and help other patients at The Marine Mammal Center.
Watch a heartwarming video of a sea otter pup that was successfully reunited with her mom in Morro Bay. This was a cooperative effort between The Marine Mammal Center and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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Random Logic is the software behind Random Logic Gaming, one of the most iconic online casino software brands. Founded in 1997, the company has become increasingly involved with player satisfaction. Random Logic casinos give players a variety of entertainment options. To see what they have to offer, take a look at our list of Random Logic casinos located on the bottom of this page.
Random Logic Slots
Random Logic casinos ensure that all types of players can get the entertainment experience they want. The largest category of games at any of our listed casinos is Random Logic slots. Since they are such a massive company, Random Logic has been able to obtain licenses from some of the world's most well-known slot brands. Players at any Random Logic casino can enjoy exciting video slots like Monopoly, Cluedo, and Spider-Man. Random Logic online slots go from the most basic of three-reel games to some truly extravagant five-reel games.
Although slots are a big part of the Random Logic platform, players can enjoy much more. A good number of the places on our list of Random Logic casinos host a live casino where players can enjoy a real-time game of baccarat, blackjack, or roulette. The chat features make it even more realistic. Of course, Random Logic also offers these table games and several others in a standard computerized format.
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As a provider of online casino software, Random Logic does more than most. They put quite a bit of effort into ensuring that the casinos that use their software are successful. One way they do this is specializing their casinos. Some of their brands focus on giving out big promotions; others tend to focus on rewarding their loyal players. Although all Random Logic casinos are very player-centric, this gives players the ability to pick a casino that best meets their demands.
As mentioned above, Random Logic casinos tend to vary with how they give out bonuses. They all offer different types of match bonuses that can be redeemed through the cashier. However, all sites on our Random Logic casino list do share many contests and drawings, allowing all types of players to get in on various promotions. With a relatively generous comp point structure to top off their promotional offerings, Random Logic is one of the best places to try if you're looking to be rewarded for your play.
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As one of the biggest names in the online gaming business, Random Logic understands that players want a fair game. Therefore, they get their entire library audited on a regular basis by the gaming experts at eCogra. Random Logic casinos publish eCogra's findings on their website. The certificate includes not only a statement verifying the fairness of the games, but also the return percentages for each category of game. We appreciate the level of transparency offered by our Random Logic casino list.


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Developing collaborative solutions
Agricultural supply chains are particularly susceptible to human rights violations, with the International Labour Organization (ILO), for example, estimating that 70% of global child labour occurs in agriculture1.
Child labour remains a significant risk for our tobacco leaf supply chain, which we are continuing to monitor and address. BAT does not condone child labour, and we have requirements in place for all our suppliers to work to ensure their operations are free from the exploitation of child labour.
Our Group human rights policies are all aligned with international standards and regulations regarding human rights and child labour, including the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and ILO conventions. This includes our Standards of Business Conduct (SoBC) for our own business and leaf operations; and, for our suppliers, our Supplier Code of Conduct. Overall responsibility for these policies rests at Board level.
All our various policies and standards on child labour are aligned with ILO Convention 138 on minimum age and set out the following requirements:
This is supported by our operational standard on child labour prevention – developed in 2017 with contributions from the ILO and the Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco Growing (ECLT) Foundation. The standard provides detailed guidance on our requirements, such as around providing regular training, conducting farm monitoring and spot checks, and how to immediately report any incidents of child labour. It also includes steps for developing and implementing prevention and remediation actions, and to improve the situation of affected children and their communities. The standard applies to all BAT leaf operations worldwide, which must also ensure that employees and contractors understand and adhere to the standard, and that it is promoted across their supply chains.
All of our leaf operations and suppliers are required to participate in the industry-wide Sustainable Tobacco Programme (STP). STP's criteria are aligned to international standards, such as those of the ILO and the UNGPs.
The specific human rights criteria cover prevention of child and forced labour, including prevention of bond, debt and threat, freedom to leave employment, use of financial deposits, withholding of payments, retention of identity documents and valuables, and prison and compulsory labour. Additionally, it covers safe working environment, fair treatment, freedom of association, community and traditional rights, and income, working hours and benefits for farm workers.
Since the current STP was implemented in 2016, three rounds of self-assessments have been completed, with 62 independent on-site reviews conducted, covering 100% of our total supply base.
Our own leaf operations conduct farm monitoring and announced and unannounced visits to our 90,000+ contracted farmers. Following a pilot in 2017, we strengthened our approach in 2018 with the implementation of a new, more robust digital Farmer Sustainability Monitoring (FSM) system in 10 of our leaf operations, covering over 80,000 farmers and nearly 80% of our direct tobacco leaf purchases. This enables faster, more consistent and accurate reporting, so any issues can be quickly flagged up and addressed.
While we are confident in our policies and procedures, any approach to tackle child labour also needs to look at longer-term risks and root causes, such as rural poverty or cultural norms. Our traceability to farm level and direct contracts with farmers enable us to have a real impact.
Our global network of expert field technicians provides on-the-ground Extension Services support, technical assistance and capacity building for all 90,000+ farmers who supply all our leaf operations. These field technicians play an active and important role in rural communities, acting as a direct link between the farmers and BAT. They visit the farms at every stage of the growing cycle and also run regular farmer training programmes focused on raising awareness of key issues, including child labour, forced labour and health and safety. They also regularly engage and consult with farmers' associations, collectives and unions.
This work also helps to mitigate key risks. For example, to ensure debt bondage does not occur for the farmers we work with, our field technicians agree contracts with them at the beginning of each growing season – guaranteeing to buy their tobacco crop at a fair price, as well as detailing the free support and training they'll receive from our Extension Services and options to access resources at lower costs, such as seeds, fertilisers and personal protective equipment. The contract can also be used as security for credit or loans they need from banks, enabling them to invest in their farms.
Building on our long history of working in partnerships and implementing long-term projects in farming communities, we also have a global programme, known as Thrive. This takes a holistic and collaborative approach to identifying and addressing root causes and long-term risks, including those relating to human rights, such as rural poverty.
Some of the wider root causes to human rights issues in agriculture cannot be tackled in isolation by one company – or even one sector. So, implementing long-term community-based projects and multi-stakeholder partnerships is central to our approach.
For example, in Brazil we support the Tobacco Industry Interstate Union's Growing Up Right programme, which focuses on tackling child labour through farmer training and initiatives such as its Rural Professional Learning Programme. Since 2001, our company in Mexico has partnered with the government, the Rural Association of Collective Interest and local NGOs to prevent around children of migrant farm labourers from being exposed to the risk of child labour.
At a global, industry-wide level, in 2000, we became a founding board member of the Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco Growing (ECLT) Foundation and we remain an active member today, alongside other major tobacco companies, leaf suppliers and the International Tobacco Growers' Association. The ILO acts as an advisor to the board.
ECLT's independent status means it can call upon governments to take action, improve policies and advance research into child labour. It also carries out important work helping to strengthen communities and brings together key stakeholders to develop and implement local and national approaches to tackle child labour. Since 2011, ECLT has helped over 650,000 children, farmers and community members through its work for the progressive elimination of all forms of child labour in tobacco-growing communities. You can find out more at the Foundation's website www.eclt.org .


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Canape - Square Table
The Canape Square Table compliments the range of sofas and armchairs by Sitland. They are modern and contemporary. A simple design that gives a clean look that would look good in any reception, breakout or meeting area. Also available as a Rectangular Table. Structured in chromed tube and the table top is transparent glass. Sitland designs and produces its collection in Italy with great aesthetic sense but taking into account also the functionality of its products.
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Cloudera Administrator Training for Apache Hadoop Training (CATAH)
Cloudera Administrator Training for Apache Hadoop Training Course Hands-on
Cloudera University's four-day Cloudera Administrator Training for Apache Hadoop Training course for Apache Hadoop provides you with a comprehensive understanding of all the steps necessary to operate and maintain a Hadoop cluster. From installation and configuration through load balancing and tuning, Cloudera's training course is the best preparation for the real-world challenges faced by Hadoop administrators.
Customize It:
With onsite Training, courses can be scheduled on a date that is convenient for you, and because they can be scheduled at your location, you don't incur travel costs and students won't be away from home. Onsite classes can also be tailored to meet your needs. You might shorten a 5-day class into a 3-day class, or combine portions of several related courses into a single course, or have the instructor vary the emphasis of topics depending on your staff's and site's requirements.
Audience/Target Group
System Administrators
IT Managers
Application Support Professionals
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Duration: 4 days
Class Prerequisites:
Basic Linux experience
Prior knowledge of Apache Hadoop is not required
What You Will Learn:
Cloudera Manager features that make managing your clusters easier, such as aggregated logging, configuration management, resource management, reports, alerts and service management
The internals of YARN, MapReduce, Spark, and HDFS
Determining the correct hardware and infrastructure for your cluster
Proper cluster configuration and deployment to integrate with the data center
How to load data into the cluster from dynamically-generated files using Flume and from RDBMS using Sqoop
Configuring the FairScheduler to provide service-level agreements for multiple users of a cluster
Best practices for preparing and maintaining Apache Hadoop in production
Troubleshooting, diagnosing, tuning, and solving Hadoop issues
Course Content:
Module 1: The Case for Apache Hadoop
Why Hadoop?
Fundamental Concepts
Core Hadoop Components
Module 2: Hadoop Cluster Installation
Rationale for a Cluster Management Solution
Cloudera Manager Features
Cloudera Manager Installation
Hadoop (CDH) Installation
Module 3: The Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)
HDFS Features
Writing and Reading Files
NameNode Memory Considerations
Overview of HDFS Security
Web UIs for HDFS
Using the Hadoop File Shell
Module 4: MapReduce and Spark on YARN
The Role of Computational Frameworks
YARN: The Cluster Resource Manager
MapReduce Concepts
Apache Spark Concepts
Running Computational Frameworks on YARN
Exploring YARN Applications Through the Web UIs, and the Shell
YARN Application Logs
Module 5: Hadoop Configuration and Daemon Logs
Cloudera Manager Constructs for Managing Configurations
Locating Configurations and Applying Configuration Changes
Managing Role Instances and Adding Services
Configuring the HDFS Service
Configuring Hadoop Daemon Logs
Configuring the YARN Service
Module 6: Getting Data Into HDFS
Ingesting Data From External Sources With Flume
Ingesting Data From Relational Databases With Sqoop
REST Interfaces
Best Practices for Importing Data
Module 7: Planning Your Hadoop Cluster
General Planning Considerations
Choosing the Right Hardware
Virtualization Options
Network Considerations
Configuring Nodes
Module 8: Installing and Configuring Hive, Impala and Pig
Module 9: Hadoop Clients Including Hue
What Are Hadoop Clients?
Installing and Configuring Hadoop Clients
Installing and Configuring Hue
Hue Authentication and Authorization
Module 10: Advanced Cluster Configuration
Advanced Configuration Parameters
Configuring Hadoop Ports
Configuring HDFS for Rack Awareness
Configuring HDFS High Availability
Module 11: Hadoop Security
Why Hadoop Security Is Important
Hadoop's Security System Concepts
What Kerberos Is and how it Works
Securing a Hadoop Cluster With Kerberos
Other Security Concepts
Module 12: Managing Resources
Configuring cgroups with Static Service Pools
The Fair Scheduler
Configuring Dynamic Resource Pools
YARN Memory and CPU Settings
Impala Query Scheduling
Module 13: Cluster Maintenance
Checking HDFS Status
Copying Data Between Clusters
Adding and Removing Cluster Nodes
Rebalancing the Cluster
Directory Snapshots
Cluster Upgrading
Module 14: Cluster Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Cloudera Manager Monitoring Features
Monitoring Hadoop Clusters
Troubleshooting Hadoop Clusters
Common Misconfigurations
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The Chinese bag brand, Bampo, is making its debut on the European market with an exhibition at the Museum of Bags and Purses between 27 June and 24 September 2017. Bampo has been translating traditional Chinese culture and crafts into modern designs for twenty years. Bampo's mission is to contribute to preserving Chinese culture and passing it on to future generations. The items that will soon be on display at the Museum of Bags and Purses represent an important aspect of Chinese culture and philosophy.
Traditional craftsmanship vs modern design
Huang Lang and Xie Xiaorui founded the brand in 1997. The designers translate their love of Chinese culture into unique bags. At the time, Western design was especially popular in China. Bampo is the first bag brand to use Chinese traditions and culture as the starting point for its modern designs.
Ancient Chinese craftsmanship is reflected in the various collections, such as "Porcelain", "Bamboo" and "Ink". This includes ink painting, fine embroidery techniques and paper cutting, for which China has been famous for centuries. For the ˜Ink" collection, for example, the designers paint large pieces of leather using traditional Chinese brushes. Each bag in the Bampo collection is hand-made and unique.
Chinese symbolism
Symbolism also plays an important role in the design. Bamboo ("Bamboo" collection) grows all year round. Bamboo is strong and does not break easily. In Chinese culture, these properties have traditionally been highly valued as a sign of honesty and perseverance.
"We have a great deal of respect for the passion that the Museum of Bags and Purses shares with its visitors and its dedication to the history of bags in Europe. Our mission is to contribute to preserving Chinese culture and to pass it on to future generations. Here, we see a shared passion and mission with the Museum of Bags and Purses." Bampo


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Rhino Games, Inc.
Based in San Mateo, CA
June, 2016
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Rhino Games is an independent game studio located in the San Francisco bay area and made up of game industry veterans. Rhino's founders and employees have contributed to some of the best selling and most recognizable games and franchises of all time.
Rhino Games was established in 2016 by Peter Hu and Paxton Mason based on their shared passion for collectible card games and their deep dissatisfaction with the current titles in that genre. The pair have intersected many times in the past at various companies: first meeting at Flagship Studios where Peter Hu was a founder, then intersecting again at Gazillion Entertainment and even at Google, where Paxton was a member of the secretive X team.
They developed the core game engine working for half a year out of cafes and libraries before renting a small one-room office in San Mateo and bringing on their dream-team of collaborators: the absolute best of the design, art, and programming talent that they'd worked with in the past 25 years in the games industry. With the backing of the entire founding team of Blizzard North, Rhino Games is stealthily working towards their dream of revolutionizing the CCG genre.
Rhino's first effort is Mythgard™, a free-to-play online CCG (Collectible Card Game) in the vein of Hearthstone with the depth of Magic: The Gathering. Mythgard is set in a modern-day alternate reality where the gods of myth are real. Over the centuries, most of the most powerful deities have disappeared, leaving the remaining gods and mythical creatures to find their place in a world now overrun by man. Mythgard draws inspiration from American Gods, Fables, Grimm, Harry Potter, and True Blood, among others. Its modern-mythology/urban paranormal setting, while extremely popular in most other media, is greatly under-served in the gaming space.
Press Kit
Peter Hu
Founder, CEO
Paxton Mason
Founder, CTO
Brian Bazyk
Senior Engineer
Chris Louie
Senior Engineer
Art Director, Artist
Jesse Decker
Game Design, Writing
John Leland
Animation, Modeling
Matthew Ontiveros
Art, VFX
Nicolai Gould
Game Design
Thomas Assatly
Community Manager
Joe Leogrande
Community Manager