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The last few decades have seen a revolution in the personal quantification of running performance.
Background of Technology Breakthroughs in Measuring Running Performance
Stop Watch
The revolution started with sport wrist watches like the Timex Ironman back in the 1980s that allowed athletes to conveniently record and recall split times while running. No coach standing on the side of the track yelling out splits needed.
This gave us instant feedback on time to cover a known distance and thus deriving pace. This knowledge was so handy and useful for interval training on the track for example.
Heart Rate Monitors
Shortly after the sports watch, came heart rate monitors from Polar that gave us real time insight into our heart rate. The heart rate monitor gives instant feedback on cardiovascular effort. Information on heart rate is useful for monitoring effort to prevent over or under exertion.
Heart rate is very individualized as everyone is different in cardiac capacity and output. Heart rate is a great measure of effort and useful for comparisons between workouts for an individual. It has little value in comparisons between different people. A race is not won by the person with the highest or lowest heart rate, but by the person that is the fastest over the distance no matter what the heart rate.
There is a whole science that has evolved around training using heart rate. And a whole science that has evolved about using heart rate variability to measure health and monitor for adaption to training and over trained states.
Within a few years after the availability of heart rate monitors was the GPS revolution. One of the first on the market was Garmin with watches that would display running speed (pace), average speed, distance traveled, elevation gain etc. GPS became an extremely useful and convenient technology for directly quantifying running performance.
Power Meters
Next stop and the current stop on the technology train is Power Meters. Bicycles have had Power Meters for a decade or so now, but this technology is just now becoming available to runners.
The beauty of a power meter is that it gives real time feedback on energy expenditure and physical effort.
In my opinion, power meters will bring on a change and revolution in training as great as heart rate monitors and GPS devices did previously. Having a power meter will change the way you train.
For bicycles, the use of power meters has focused on maximizing power output and maintaining power output during a workout or race. Less attention has been paid to efficiency or economy. This is because on a bike, economy is less dependent and in control of the biker and more dependent on the bike hardware.
For running, efficiency and economy is primarily in the control of the runner. So it is natural to want to focus attention on economy and maximize economy as well as power output. So the question becomes, how does one attain a useful value of running economy from a power meter?
Proposed Useful Mathematical Formula for Running Economy
Here is my proposal for a useful mathematical formula for running economy. It is only possible to get a real time value of running economy when you couple a power meter with a GPS device. Once you know your instant value of your running economy, you can experiment and modify the way you run and get real time feedback on what helps and what hinders your running economy. This is my wish list for the companies that are developing power meters for runners.
If I still had an engineering business and a budget I would develop a watch size wearable GPS device that could continuously monitor and display a value of running economy. A shoe or foot bed with force plates and accelerometers would have to communicate wirelessly (blue tooth) with the watch. An accelerometer clipped to the waist and one in the watch would add more data refining the calculation of power. Once you have pace from the GPS and power from the power meter you can derive running economy. The definition of Running Economy becomes:
Running Economy is Ratio of Pace to Power
Running Economy = Pace / Power
To get values of Running Economy that are simple to work with, I propose using SI units of Meters for distance, Watts for Power and Pace expressed in Meters per Minute.
Using these units will typically yield values near but less than 1.0. Some may prefer to represent this as a % by multiplying by 100.
Some examples are helpful to illustrate the calculations. These examples are derived and simplified from some actual personal measurements and tests.
Example A
- Running Economy of 0.75
- Pace of 300 Meters per Minute (5:20 per Mile)
- Power of 400 Watts
- Running Economy = 300 Meters per Minute / 400 Watts = 0.75
Example B
- Running Economy of 0.67
- Pace of 240 Meters per Minute (6:40 per Mile)
- Power of 360 Watts
- Running Economy = 240 Meters per Minute / 360 Watts = 0.67
Example C
- Running Economy of 0.80
- Pace of 200 Meters per Minute (8:00 per Mile)
- Power of 250 Watts
- Running Economy = 200 Meters per Minute / 250 Watts = 0.80
It is interesting to note that this particular runner is less efficient at a moderate pace as compared to a fast pace and an easy pace. A possible explanation (this is from firsthand experience of this particular runner's training history) is that the runner had developed better economy at the paces that they spend the most time training at. In this case, fast interval running is done at 5:20 pace (300 Meters per Minute) and easy running is done around 8:00 pace (200 Meters per Minute). This particular runner is less experienced at running 240 Meters per Minute and has not naturally developed their economy at this particular pace.
Obviously power will go up with the weight of the runner lowering running economy. So it may be helpful to normalize Running Economy by Weight. Doing this, Running Economy by Weight can be compared between different runners.
These are just some preliminary thoughts on Running Economy. It will be interesting to see what products and their features become available in the next few years. It is my desire to see a real time read out of Running Economy on a watch. With that information, a runner has feedback on what form, cadence and other adjustments maximize their economy.


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School is already out for winter break here in Colorado, and my brain is slowly winding down for the year! So, at the request of a few readers, I thought I'd post some pictures of my recent trip to Costa Rica. As with my post about llama trekking and sugar skulls, the only larger point here is to have more fun in life!
So, this trip was inspired by an American Airlines fare sale that was just too good to pass up. I'm not usually sucked in by such things but at $1,100 for three round-trip tickets from Denver to San Jose, it was just such a tempting deal! We had visited Costa Rica in 2009 (Manuel Antonio and Monteverde) and loved it, so it was time for a return visit.
After a night at the highly-recommended Hotel Buena Vista (spring for a villa!), we flew on Nature Air (circa $150 each, round trip) to the tiny airstrip in Drake Bay, the closest point of entry to Corcovado National Park. I'm not great with small planes, but this outfit seems very professional, and as my husband said "at least you can see that the propellers are still turning."
So we land, hop out, and the only person in sight is a guy with a pickup truck. Calling my Spanish horrific is giving it a compliment that it doesn't deserve, but I manage to confirm that he's somehow associated with the lodge we're staying at, so we get in. As he's chatting away in Spanish, the only words I understand are "rio" (river) and "caballo" (horse). Hmmm. Then the pickup truck pulls up by the aforementioned river, and I get it. River very high (lots of rain). Hence the horse. Good thing we brought backpacks!!
We split our first week between Corcovado Adventures Tent Camp and the Sirena ranger station in Corcovado National Park. Both were incredible (if you really want the details, I reviewed all of our accommodations on Tripadvisor); totally wild and amazing. Here's just a sampling of the wildlife and scenery!
That's a scarlet macaw, a coatimundi (a little hard to see in the shadows; it's like a tropical raccoon), a Baird's tapir (totally incredible!!), a boa constrictor, a tree frog and the beach in front of the tent camp. We also did some nice snorkeling at an offshore island.
Then we were off to the Arenal volcano area, thanks to the excellent services of Coach Costa Rica and their shuttle vans. We rented this cute little house right in La Fortuna:
You can rent it too on VRBO! It was pretty rainy in Arenal; as the locals said, "We have two gorgeous seasons, rainy and extremely rainy!" but we did get to see the top of the volcano. Our favorite experiences were whitewater rafting with Costa Rica Descents, paddleboarding on Lake Arenal with Desafio and zip-lining with EcoGlide. I had never been zip-lining before and I have to say it was very cool; my husband and my daughter also did the infamous Tarzan swing there and loved it. Our two favorite "hidden attractions" were the El Silencio nature preserve (on the left side of the main road immediately before you get to the turnoff for the national park) and the Termales Los Laureles hot springs (on the right side of the main road, past Baldi hot springs). Both of these require a car or taxi to get to and it helps to speak a little Spanish. However we thought that the trails at El Silencio were more impressive than in the national park, and the Los Laureles hot springs were a real deal at $8 for adults and $4 for kids, as opposed to $30-$60 per person at the bigger, tourist-oriented hot springs. Just be warned that it is rainy and cloudy a lot of the time in Arenal. You do a lot of cloud-watching, saying "is there really a volcano in there???"
As you can tell, we love Costa Rica and we're mulling over ideas for at least three or four more trips. We've never been to the Caribbean side (Tortuguero national park and similar) or to the arid Guanacaste region in the West, and now Nature Air also flies to the Bocas del Toro archipelago which is just over the Panama border. So hopefully I'll have some future off-topic posts about those destinations too!

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Oak Ridger: Museum of Appalachia honors Gen. Carl Stiner, the late Sen. Howard Baker Jr. as 'Heroes of Southern Appalachia'
Posted on November 15, 2019
Last Friday evening, Nov. 8, in celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Museum of Appalachia presented its first-ever "Heroes of Southern Appalachia" awards to Gen. Carl Stiner and the late Sen.Howard H. Baker Jr.
"The fireside reception hall overflowed with attendees eager to pay tribute to these two "heroes" who dedicated their lives to service," according to a Museum news release.
Deborah York, great-granddaughter of World War I hero Sgt. Alvin C. York and Executive Director of the Sgt. York Patriotic Foundation, explained the impact Gen. Stiner has had on all branches of the nation's special forces, while U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander reflected on the life and legacy of Baker.
"We thought honoring those who truly embody the spirit of the Appalachian people and have fearlessly and selflessly served this region would be a wonderful way to commemorate this milestone anniversary," Museum of Appalachia President Elaine Irwin Meyer stated in the release. She is the daughter of Museum founders John Rice Irwin and the late Elizabeth Irwin.
The criteria for choosing recipients included honoring people from the Southern Appalachian region, who exemplify the characteristics of perseverance, fortitude, self-reliance, and service.
U.S. Army Four-Star Gen. Carl Stiner, from LaFollette, Tenn., has had a lasting impact on all branches of U.S. military special forces. His 35-year career includes involvement in capturing the Achille Lauro terrorists, apprehending Panamanian Dictator Manuel Noriega, and all special operations during Desert Storm. He was the second Commander in Chief of the U.S. Special Operations.
"Gen. Stiner transformed special operations in our country by tearing down walls of inefficiency and building collaboration and cooperation that had never existed before," said Deborah York. "He is a hometown hero who has had an enduring influence on our American military, as well as our nation's security. He is as good a man as he was a soldier and has a heart for his community and his home state. We owe a debt of gratitude for Gen. Stiner's years of service and sacrifice to our great nation, and I am honored to present him with this award."
Sen. Howard H. Baker, Jr. grew up in Huntsville, Tenn., or as he called it, "the center of the known universe." The first popularly elected Republican senator in Tennessee history, he earned the nickname "The Great Conciliator" in his roles as Senate minority and majority leader, because of his reputation as a fair and thoughtful leader. His extensive public service, which also included roles as President Ronald Reagan's chief of staff and U.S. Ambassador to Japan, earned him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
"How fortunate we were to know, to be inspired by, and to learn from Tennessee's favorite son and one of our country's finest leaders, Howard Baker. The nation got to know him during the Watergate hearings. He then became the majority leader of the United States Senate, chief of staff for President Reagan and President George W. Bush's Ambassador to Japan. He began an era of two-party competition that has changed Tennessee politics permanently. By his eloquence and personality, Howard inspired a number of young men and women, including me, to join him in that endeavor," Alexander said. "Howard made us Tennesseans look even better, and I cannot think of a more deserving person to receive the Museum's first-ever Heroes of Southern Appalachia Award."
As a non-profit, Smithsonian affiliated organization, the Museum's mission is to preserve the artifacts and culture of an earlier time for the benefit of future generations; and to instill in the community — regionally, nationally, and internationally — a greater knowledge of and appreciation for Southern Appalachian heritage.


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Managing Stress in the Work Place
Managing stress in the work place is no doubt one of the most common concerns that many employers deal with. If this is increased, then productivity is likely to go down and it's going to cause a higher employee turnover. Neither of these conditions are going to be a benefit for the company overall and they are going to increase as time goes by. Stress doesn't usually decrease on its own, especially for someone working two jobs. It takes some effort from everyone involved in order to improve things.
However, this doesn't have to be a difficult matter with all the tools that are available to deal with this problem. If you want to get informed as a business owner, then you will find organizations and other agencies that focus on materials to help you. It would be very easy for you to implement some of these programs because they are built around busy schedules and several tasks that need to be accomplished in a day.
Sharing Workloads Productively and Efficiently
For documentation and material to help manage high stress activities, it's best if you make the environment as comfortable as possible. Make sure your staff or team knows where to go if they are feeling overwhelmed and that they know who to talk to. Usually, the first step is keeping an eye on workloads and making sure they are effectively shared. Most of the time, when someone starts to feel overloaded and unappreciated; they will create more employment stress with others.
Their discontent can begin to spread and grow as other employees begin to identify with some of their shared problems. This is where catching the problem when it's small is very important. Correcting a scheduling issue or sharing work duties between qualified personnel can create more of a team atmosphere and make sure everyone works together with fewer problems.
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Seminars and other group meetings can be very educational for your managers and supervisors in order to teach them how to identify potential problems. By giving them these tools, they will feel more confident as they try to examine problems and present solutions that will help the team work better and more cohesively. As a team member who has an understanding supervisor, this can do away with any feelings of helplessness, especially if they are not interested or unable to quit and move on.
The solution to reducing stress doesn't always include running away, even if it does mean taking time for you. Encourage your team to spend some time relaxing and encourage team growth by sponsoring fun days for everyone. Company picnics promote more than just free food and can really help your team feel valued.
If you are not receiving this kind of support from your company, then it will be up to you to learn about managing stress in the work place. Try to leave work at work and not take extra worries home with you. Then, when you return to the office, you'll have fresh eyes to view everything with and will be able to come up with some productive solutions. Take the breaks you are given and don't try to power through an entire day. Just five or ten minutes away from a hectic situation can give you a mental breather and get rid of pending stress. These are things you can do for free that make a big difference in how you feel about your job and what kind of effort you put into your everyday duties.
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- The front-runner candidate and eventual nominee for US ambassador to South Korea is no longer being considered by the White House.
- Speculation over the decision to cancel Victor Cha's nomination follows reports that he disagreed with the National Security Council's approach to a "bloody nose" strike.
- Officials reportedly pushed back on the notion of an imminent strike against North Korea.
Confusion and worry spread in foreign policy circles following reports that the White House jettisoned the nomination of Victor Cha for an ambassadorship to South Korea.
Cha is the former director for Asian affairs for the National Security Council and a leading authority on matters regarding the Korean Peninsula. His nomination was announced in December, to much fanfare.
The move had been widely applauded by foreign-policy experts, so the abrupt reversal came as a shock; it followed weeks of silence from the Trump administration, leading many to wonder why the yearlong vacancy was not yet filled.
Speculation grew after The Washington Post, which first published the news of the White House's decision on Tuesday, reported that Cha had privately disagreed with US National Security Council officials who considered the possibility of a preemptively targeting North Korea in a "bloody nose" attack – a limited strike intended to send a message to the regime.
Cha also reportedly had reservations about Trump's assertion that the US has a "horrible" trade deal with South Korea, which the president has suggested should be scrapped.
Following The Post's original report, other people familiar with the situation told the Financial Times that the White House had stopped returning Cha's calls. Two sources in that report said Cha had already received his US security clearances and was approved by the South Korean government before his nomination was scrapped.
After news of the Trump administration's reversal came out, The Post published an opinion column Cha wrote, in which he made clear his argument against a proposed "bloody nose" strike on North Korea, saying "hope must give in to logic" when it comes to reading the tea leaves on Kim Jong-Un's actions and motivations.
"These are real and unprecedented threats," Cha wrote. "But the answer is not, as some Trump administration officials have suggested, a preventive military strike."
One official appeared to dismiss the notion that Cha was rejected merely because of opposing views on policy, saying the decision was made during the vetting process, according to The Wall Street Journal. And US officials told The Washington Post's Josh Rogin that a possible first-strike at North Korea was not imminent.
Trump touted his stance on North Korean aggression during his State of the Union address on Tuesday, calling for a "campaign of maximum pressure."
"Past experience has taught us that complacency and concessions only invite aggression and provocation," Trump said. "I will not repeat the mistakes of past administrations that got us into this dangerous position."
"The policy is supposed to be that we are open potentially down the road to talks with North Korea but only in a multilateral forum and only after a sustained and undefined period of no provocations," a senior administration said in the Washington Post report on Wednesday.
The purpose of Trump's strategy, which was reportedly signed off by National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and National Security Council senior director for Asian Affairs Matthew Pottinger, was to bring North Korea to the negotiation table through measures like sanctions, and not making concessions on the regime's own terms.
"If we assess that they are coming to the table not to play that game, we're open to talk to them," the official told The Post. "We're not going to define it, we'll know it when we see it."
Although reassurances from officials provide some solace amid the unexpected decision to pass over Cha's nomination, the Trump administration still appears have made little progress on the nuanced issue of North Korean aggression.
Without an official ambassador in Seoul, and with fresh memories of North Korea's provocations and its efforts to refine its missile technology, the US may find itself in a precarious situation with regard to inter-Korean relations in the near-term.
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The small historic and quaint village of Glentunnel, was settled around 1870. As you enter the village a row of fine Douglas Fir trees that are nearing 90 years old, provide a majestic border between the local golf course and the main street. The golf club and several other sports clubs occupy Glentunnel Domain which is 71 hectares in size. For the enthusiast the river contain a small population of trout. During summer the camping ground in the Domain is very popular with City families, particularly those with young children because of the adjacent slow flowing river. The name Glentunnel was derived from the "tunnel in the Glen" that was formed through a hill to avoid local miner's horse drawn coal carts paying a toll over a run holder's land in the late 1800's.
Malvern Hills coal and the Homebush Works Brick and Pottery (now demolished) were in great demand in developing early Christchurch. While one open cast mine still operates in nearby Bush Gully, the Homebush Coal and Pottery works closed around 1984. The nearby township of Coalgate prior to the 1960's, was the staging post for coal prior to being transported by rail to Christchurch. Before the the rail was established, coal was carted by horse and dray on a track to the City which is now known as Coaltrack Road.
A paved 3 km walkway or cycleway now links Glentunnel to Coalgate. An easy walk through the Douglas Firs past the Community Centre heads down to the Riverwalk ending at the Selwyn River bridge this leaves an easy walk back through the village. For the more adventurous the challenging 2 plus hour Bluff Walk allows great views of the Selwyn River, the golf course and at several points, out over the Canterbury Plains towards Christchurch and the Port Hills.
Next door to the Museum is the unique shaped octagonal Glentunnel Library and Post Office which is acknowledged as one of the oldest surviving Post Offices in New Zealand. The Post Office and its Library services are operated by local volunteers, opening Monday to Friday from 9 to 11 am.
Glentunnel in elevation is just under 1000 feet (approx. 280m) above sea level. With Glentunnel sheltering in the foothills of the Southern Alps temperatures can be very high in summer. Obviously with much snow on the Alps in winter it can also be cool with good frosts.. However the bonus is beautiful clear and sunny days. Canterbury's famous Nor Wester can have two effects. Should the Nor Wester blow from Windwhistle (aptly named) situated due west of Glentunnel conditions are a bit breezy. But if the Nor Wester is more to the north then it is very hot and still in "The Glen". Being on the edge of the Canterbury Plains and adjacent to the Southern Alps the area tends to have its own micro-climate and rarely suffers from passing fronts that pass up the sea coast..


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The first two episodes of this season of Modern Family had an energy to them, and an underlying charm, that proved that despite some of the beats becoming familiar, the show still had something fun and fresh to offer. Tonight's episode, "The Closet Case," never really lives up to the promise of those first two episodes. What made those first two episodes shine was the raw emotion beneath the humor. Modern Family has always thrived on chaos, but that chaos needs to be grounded by human moments. When the show is deeply felt, touching on the universalities of family life, it's at its best. "The Closet Case" boasts a lot of the shows worst tendencies, from ridiculous situations to a total lack of thematic cohesion.
What's frustrating about "The Closet Case" is that some intriguing comedic and dramatic elements are there but are never really given room to be explored. The episode is broadly about how parents and children navigate the need for one another, complete with rules and respect, and the need for freedom and independence, especially as everyone ages. It's a theme that runs through each storyline here, from Gloria trying to figure out how much attention Manny needs from his assigned cheerleader to Mitchell's attempt to move beyond his father's decades-long feud with his ex-business partner and President of rival company Closets Closets Closets Closets, Earl Chambers. It's a theme that Modern Family, and plenty of sitcoms, has explored before, but too much of "The Closet Case" feels frivolous, as if the idea of letting go, of kids becoming adults and parents learning to treat them as such, is just fodder for cheap laughs.
The biggest issue is that the episode never goes beyond the predictable, and the result is a mess of stale laughs and drama. The worst of the bunch sees Phil once again trying to be the cool dad by agreeing to let Dylan move into the Dunphy house and sleep in Haley's room. At this point in the show's run everyone knows that Phil tries to be down with everything while Claire is the taskmaster, and yet "The Closet Case" feels the need to drive this point home repeatedly. Sure, this time around Claire allows Phil to discover his own inability to be "chill," but that change isn't enough to keep the storyline from feeling like the same old Phil-Claire dynamic. The fact that no real tension or comedy is derived from Dylan moving in–we get the predictable uncomfortable Phil when he sees Haley and Dylan in bed together, as well as cuddling and tickling on the couch–certainly doesn't help either.
That kind of rote storytelling extends to Gloria's storyline as well. Gloria seems to be consistently underused on the show. Her character isn't much beyond the overprotective mother at this point, and it's wearing thin. When she goes to Manny's school to confront the cheerleader who's been assigned to do things for her son, there's great potential in the setup. There's Gloria's wonderful, laser-sharp side eye when Jay tells her about the tradition and how "it's fun for everybody," and that moment is only underscored when the cheerleader tells Gloria that she's not participating in the act because of how sexist it is. Now, I don't expect Modern Family to deliver a stirring examination of sexist traditions within the world of sports, but it stands to reason that with such a setup a follow through can be expected. Instead, the storyline devolves into an argument between Cam and Gloria about coddling and letting kids feel disappointment, and all built around an underwhelming punchline involving a livestream video of otters. Modern Family certainly has the capability to tackle social issues in a meaningful and funny way–that's essentially the original hook of the show–so it's disappointing to see it set up and then fumble this one so badly.
These half-baked situations leave "The Closet Case" feeling rather childish. Not only is it exhausting to see Phil and Claire once again fall back into their usual roles, and to see Gloria and Cam so underused, it's just not a lot of fun to watch Mitchell and Jay sink to the level of Earl Chambers and try to get revenge on him, or see Modern Family churn out a predictable, dull story like Luke and Manny visiting Alex at college so that they can see (and maybe even kiss) girls. The issue isn't even that these stories are familiar sitcom material, but rather that the show tries to shoehorn in a meaningful message on top of it all. Whether through Luke attempting to comfort Alex after Sanjay breaks up with her, or having Jay show respect and admiration for Mitchell after he steals back the Rolodex that started the feud with Earl, "The Closet Case" does its damndest to find a beating heart at the center of these lifeless sitcom tropes. The result though is a feeling of contrived emotion bordering on manipulation. There's no real emotional weight to Luke comforting Alex, partly because he's only kind of doing it, and partly because it's a story that deserves more time to be explored, which is impossible when jammed in as a C or D plot.
Modern Family thrives on chaos, but only if it's controlled and cohesive, and a little bit subversive. "The Closet Case" consists largely of lazy sitcom tropes, and that only makes the contrived emotional beats feel all the more empty.
Stray observations
- When Lily asks where "the little leprachaun" is in regards to her cereal, Cam answers that he's "still getting dressed." Great little joke that was the best line of the night. Too bad it was in the first 45 seconds of the episode.
- Really hoping that's Alex's Ms. Marvel poster on the dorm wall.
- "They used to make fun of me behind my back brace."
- Again, I don't expect the show to dig deep into feminist issues or anything, but that "campus consent" joke was completely tone deaf and ridiculous.
- Philibuster is a solid nickname.
- Cam is pretty set on Black Wednesday Afternoon. It does have a certain ring to it.
- "I've seen him eat a panda steak."


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Denise Casagrande, President & COO of PCG Digital, worked her way from the ground up as a Social Media Specialist by implementing social advertising advancements and helping dealers to understand how they work in tandem with other digital services to provide a robust digital marketing strategy. Her book, Can You See Me Now?, became the first social media blueprint for the notoriously late-adapting automotive industry and educated dealers on her Auto Social Sales Funnel.
As a speaker at many national automotive and digital marketing conferences, Denise has become a force to be reckoned with in the auto industry, making her the perfect partner for the next step in your digital growth.


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Finally, after years, I'm in love!
29 Feb 2004|Darrel Rhea
Yes, I'm crazy in love with my wife Nancy (blush), but that isn't what I want to write about (this time). Of all things, I'm in love with…a new computer.
That's right. After getting new computers regularly for 25 years, I just took delivery on one that is making a quantum leap in my experience of using these nasty boxes. It is fundamentally changing my behavior at work and at home…and in a good way. My new computer/software combo is allowing me to work and play in a way that is natural to me. Designed to adapt to the ways I like to work, manage, and communicate, I have more freedom to be at my peak creative. This shift is profound and completely surprising, given that the product is the result of incremental improvements of technologies that have been around for a long time.
As a reader, your defenses should be WAY up about now because this is sounding like computer ad copy hype you have been reading for eons. But bear with me. This system represents a wave of changes that will probably impact you soon.
After working on new technologies and living in Silicon Valley for decades, I'm pretty hard to impress. As an avid consumer of tech toys, I often experience the bleeding edge of entertainment and productivity tools that are "almost ready for prime time." I have seen first hand how difficult it is to design and deliver a compelling new experience based on new technology. As a design researcher, I am also a professional critic (a surprisingly easy job with tech products as most all of them are an embarrassment). And, I don't love all the tech toys I get: most offer the promise of life-changing affordances, but deliver frustration.
So what is this new device that has me purring?
The product I'm raving about is a tablet PC (Toshiba's new Portege M200)
This class of device is what many of you will want next. I can tell because it seems to be evoking jealousy and lust from my associates. (Don't you just hate that?)
I'll save the technical descriptions for some other time –or you can just hit the reviews– but it is a smallish laptop with a screen that can flip around and close to turn the whole device into a tablet. Fast processor, hot graphics chip, centrino wireless, good battery life. All the basics you want in a light portable laptop.
So what's the breakthrough here?
The form factor. What sneaked up on me was the difference in the posture required to use this puppy. Note how with a regular laptop, I assume the painful computer pose natural only to stenographers.
After 8 hours of this, I feel like trading jobs with a ditch digger.
Now see the not-so-subtle difference. This is how I normally take notes in my note book. I can do this in a meeting without people feeling like I am mentally checked-out. And most importantly, I am relaxed.
I can even doodle, taking notes that are more graphically-based than text-based—and ultimately more intuitive to me. I tend to think more in mind maps than in outlines and paragraphs. In fact, I did these sketches on it in a few minutes.
But this is the tip of the iceberg… Next time I'll cover how the new software apps and connectivity features are opening up new world for meprev next


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Bereavement can make us better people, instead of bitter people.
When Ian and Rosalyn White's daughter, Esther, died they were determined to use their grief positively. 'The Road Not Chosen' tracks their journey and, while brutally honest, is full of hope. Nobody chooses to lose someone they love, but it happens to many of us at some time in our lives. This book is written with compassion, clarity and wit and shows how vital their Christian faith was in the midst of their tragedy.
The Road Not Chosen tells the story of Esther's life and death and how her parents coped with the aftermath. Without in any way minimising the shock and distress, they believe that what they have learned will help others in a similar situation. 'Grieving is an unpredictable journey – and one you don't want to make. It takes all of us to the edge and it hurts. But with Christ at our side there is genuine hope.'


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Firm Stance Against Terror at Peace Symposium—London
Notes and Comments
Chimes of Messiah
A Man of Peace
An Event 100 Years in the Making
Gratitude to God, Queen and Country
Britain - Bring Back Christian Values?
Natural Disasters - Climate Change or a Time of Reckoning?
Remembering 9/11
Response to the Pope's address made in Germany on 12 September 2006
A brief reflection on the life and impact of His Holiness Pope John Paul II
Can Muslims, affected by the plight of their brethren in other parts of the world, be justified in combating soldiers from their own country, serving their own...
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- Seventh International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, ACII 2017, San Antonio, TX, USA, October 23-26, 2017. IEEE Computer Society 2017, ISBN 978-1-5386-0563-9
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Automated mood-aware engagement prediction. 1-8
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How different identities affect cooperation. 9-14
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What really matters - An information gain analysis of questions and reactions in automated PTSD screenings. 15-20
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NAA: A multimodal database of negative affect and aggression. 21-27
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Recognizing induced emotions of movie audiences: Are induced and perceived emotions the same? 28-35
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Effects of valence and arousal on working memory performance in virtual reality gaming. 36-41
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Computational model of idiosyncratic perception of others' emotions. 42-49
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Comparing empathy perceived by interlocutors in multiparty conversation and external observers. 50-57
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Towards modeling agent negotiators by analyzing human negotiation behavior. 58-64
- Bowen Cheng, Zhangyang Wang, Zhaobin Zhang, Zhu Li, Ding Liu, Jianchao Yang, Shuai Huang, Thomas S. Huang:
Robust emotion recognition from low quality and low bit rate video: A deep learning approach. 65-70
- Kara M. Smith, James R. Williamson, Thomas F. Quatieri:
Vocal markers of motor, cognitive, and depressive symptoms in Parkinson's disease. 71-78
- Nurul Lubis, Michael Heck, Sakriani Sakti, Koichiro Yoshino, Satoshi Nakamura:
Processing negative emotions through social communication: Multimodal database construction and analysis. 79-85
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The effect of personality trait, age, and gender on the performance of automatic speech valence recognition. 86-91
- Guillaume Chanel, Sunny Avry, Gaëlle Molinari, Mireille Bétrancourt, Thierry Pun:
Multiple users' emotion recognition: Improving performance by joint modeling of affective reactions. 92-97
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Smiling from adolescence to old age: A large observational study. 98-104
- Adam C. Lammert, James R. Williamson, Austin R. Hess, Tejash Patel, Thomas F. Quatieri, HuiJun Liao, Alexander P. Lin, Kristin J. Heaton:
Noninvasive estimation of cognitive status in mild traumatic brain injury using speech production and facial expression. 105-110
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Local-global ranking for facial expression intensity estimation. 111-118
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Discovering gender differences in facial emotion recognition via implicit behavioral cues. 119-124
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Emotion detection using noninvasive low cost sensors. 125-130
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Assessing personality through objective behavioral sensing. 131-137
- Michael Tsang, Vadim Korolik, Stefan Scherer, Maja J. Mataric:
Comparing models for gesture recognition of children's bullying behaviors. 138-145
- Surjya Ghosh, Niloy Ganguly, Bivas Mitra, Pradipta De:
Evaluating effectiveness of smartphone typing as an indicator of user emotion. 146-151
- Javier Hernandez, Craig Ferguson, Akane Sano, Weixuan Chen, Weihui Li, Albert S. Yeung, Rosalind W. Picard:
Stress measurement from tongue color imaging. 152-157
- Philip L. Lopes, Georgios N. Yannakakis, Antonios Liapis:
RankTrace: Relative and unbounded affect annotation. 158-163
- Ilia Shumailov, Hatice Gunes:
Computational analysis of valence and arousal in virtual reality gaming using lower arm electromyograms. 164-169
- Taylan K. Sen, Mohammad Rafayet Ali, Mohammed (Ehsan) Hoque, Ronald M. Epstein, Paul Duberstein:
Modeling doctor-patient communication with affective text analysis. 170-177
- Wenbo Liu, Tianyan Zhou, Chenghao Zhang, Xiaobing Zou, Ming Li:
Response to name: A dataset and a multimodal machine learning framework towards autism study. 178-183
- Nicholas V. Mudrick, Michelle Taub, Roger Azevedo, Jonathan P. Rowe, James C. Lester:
Toward affect-sensitive virtual human tutors: The influence of facial expressions on learning and emotion. 184-189
- Efthymios Tzinis, Alexandros Potamianos:
Segment-based speech emotion recognition using recurrent neural networks. 190-195
- Jianyu Fan, Miles Thorogood, Philippe Pasquier:
Emo-soundscapes: A dataset for soundscape emotion recognition. 196-201
- Natasha Jaques, Sara Taylor, Akane Sano, Rosalind W. Picard:
Multimodal autoencoder: A deep learning approach to filling in missing sensor data and enabling better mood prediction. 202-208
- Behnaz Nojavanasghari, Charles E. Hughes, Tadas Baltrusaitis, Louis-Philippe Morency:
Hand2Face: Automatic synthesis and recognition of hand over face occlusions. 209-215
- Zakia Hammal, Wen-Sheng Chu, Jeffrey F. Cohn, Carrie Heike, Matthew L. Speltz:
Automatic action unit detection in infants using convolutional neural network. 216-221
- Jun Wang, Michael Xuelin Huang, Grace Ngai, Hong Va Leong:
Are you stressed? Your eyes and the mouse can tell. 222-228
- Catherine Neubauer, Sharon Mozgai, Brandon Chuang, Joshua Woolley, Stefan Scherer:
Manual and automatic measures confirm - Intranasal oxytocin increases facial expressivity. 229-235
- Zhaojun Yang, Boqing Gong, Shrikanth S. Narayanan:
Weighted geodesic flow kernel for interpersonal mutual influence modeling and emotion recognition in dyadic interactions. 236-241
- Yu Ding, Lei Shi, Zhigang Deng:
Perceptual enhancement of emotional mocap head motion: An experimental study. 242-247
- Georgios N. Yannakakis, Roddy Cowie, Carlos Busso:
The ordinal nature of emotions. 248-255
- Xiao Sun, Man Lv, Changqin Quan, Fuji Ren:
Improved facial expression recognition method based on ROI deep convolutional neutral network. 256-261
- Panikos Heracleous, Keiji Yasuda, Fumiaki Sugaya, Akio Yoneyama, Masayuki Hashimoto:
Speech emotion recognition in noisy and reverberant environments. 262-266
- Theodora Chaspari, Adela C. Timmons, Brian R. Baucom, Laura Perrone, Katherine J. W. Baucom, Panayiotis G. Georgiou, Gayla Margolin, Shrikanth S. Narayanan:
Exploring sparse representation measures of physiological synchrony for romantic couples. 267-272
- Yongjae Yoo, Hojin Lee, Hyejin Choi, Seungmoon Choi:
Emotional responses of vibrotactile-thermal stimuli: Effects of constant-temperature thermal stimuli. 273-278
- Shazia Afzal, Bikram Sengupta, Munira Syed, Nitesh V. Chawla, G. Alex Ambrose, Malolan Chetlur:
The ABC of MOOCs: Affect and its inter-play with behavior and cognition. 279-284
- Ashwaq Al-Hargan, Neil Cooke, Tareq Binjammaz:
Affect recognition in an interactive gaming environment using eye tracking. 285-291
- Huang-Cheng Chou, Wei-Cheng Lin, Lien-Chiang Chang, Chyi-Chang Li, Hsi-Pin Ma, Chi-Chun Lee:
NNIME: The NTHU-NTUA Chinese interactive multimodal emotion corpus. 292-298
- Iulia Lefter, Catholijn M. Jonker:
Aggression recognition using overlapping speech. 299-304
- Harald Stromfelt, Yue Zhang, Björn W. Schuller:
Emotion-augmented machine learning: Overview of an emerging domain. 305-312
- Fu-Sheng Tsai, Yi-Ming Weng, Chip-Jin Ng, Chi-Chun Lee:
Embedding stacked bottleneck vocal features in a LSTM architecture for automatic pain level classification during emergency triage. 313-318
- Jinkun Chen, Cong Liu, Ming Li:
Automatic emotional spoken language text corpus construction from written dialogs in fictions. 319-324
- Asma Ghandeharioun, Szymon Fedor, Lisa Sangermano, Dawn Ionescu, Jonathan Alpert, Chelsea Dale, David A. Sontag, Rosalind W. Picard:
Objective assessment of depressive symptoms with machine learning and wearable sensors data. 325-332
- Elizabeth Camilleri, Georgios N. Yannakakis, Antonios Liapis:
Towards general models of player affect. 333-339
- Shahin Amiriparian, Sergey Pugachevskiy, Nicholas Cummins, Simone Hantke, Jouni Pohjalainen, Gil Keren, Björn W. Schuller:
CAST a database: Rapid targeted large-scale big data acquisition via small-world modelling of social media platforms. 340-345
- Akane Sano, Paul Johns, Mary Czerwinski:
Designing opportune stress intervention delivery timing using multi-modal data. 346-353
- David Antonio Gómez Jáuregui, Carole Castanier, Bingbing Chang, Michael Val, Franois Cottin, Christine Le Scanff, Jean-Claude Martin:
Toward automatic detection of acute stress: Relevant nonverbal behaviors and impact of personality traits. 354-361
- Chaolan Lin, Travis Faas, Erin Brady:
Exploring affection-oriented virtual pet game design strategies in VR attachment, motivations and expectations of users of pet games. 362-369
- Yuqian Zhou, Bertram Emil Shi:
Photorealistic facial expression synthesis by the conditional difference adversarial autoencoder. 370-376
- Chun-Min Chang, Bo-Hao Su, Shih-Chen Lin, Jeng-Lin Li, Chi-Chun Lee:
A bootstrapped multi-view weighted Kernel fusion framework for cross-corpus integration of multimodal emotion recognition. 377-382
- Jaebok Kim, Khiet P. Truong, Gwenn Englebienne, Vanessa Evers:
Learning spectro-temporal features with 3D CNNs for speech emotion recognition. 383-388
- Daniel Baumann, Marwa Mahmoud, Peter Robinson, Eduardo Dias, Lee Skrypchuk:
Multimodal classification of driver glance. 389-394
- Asem M. Ali, Islam Alkabbany, Amal Farag, Ian Bennett, Aly A. Farag:
Facial action units detection under pose variations using deep regions learning. 395-400
- Philipp Werner, Sebastian Handrich, Ayoub Al-Hamadi:
Facial action unit intensity estimation and feature relevance visualization with random regression forests. 401-406
- Minha Lee, Jaebok Kim, Khiet P. Truong, Yvonne de Kort, Femke Beute, Wijnand A. IJsselsteijn:
Exploring moral conflicts in speech: Multidisciplinary analysis of affect and stress. 407-414
- Weixuan Chen, Ognjen (Oggi) Rudovic, Rosalind W. Picard:
GIFGIF+: Collecting emotional animated GIFs with clustered multi-task learning. 410-417
- Reza Lotfian, Carlos Busso:
Formulating emotion perception as a probabilistic model with application to categorical emotion classification. 415-420
- Helma Torkamaan, Jürgen Ziegler:
A taxonomy of mood research and its applications in computer science. 421-426
- Giota Stratou, Job Van Der Schalk, Rens Hoegen, Jonathan Gratch:
Refactoring facial expressions: An automatic analysis of natural occurring facial expressions in iterative social dilemma. 427-433
- Srinivas Parthasarathy, Carlos Busso:
Predicting speaker recognition reliability by considering emotional content. 434-439
- Xin Lu, Reginald B. Adams Jr., Jia Li, Michelle G. Newman, James Z. Wang:
An investigation into three visual characteristics of complex scenes that evoke human emotion. 440-447
- Codruta Gîrlea, Roxana Girju:
Decoding the perception of sincerity in written dialogues. 448-455
- Youngjun Cho, Nadia Bianchi-Berthouze, Simon J. Julier:
DeepBreath: Deep learning of breathing patterns for automatic stress recognition using low-cost thermal imaging in unconstrained settings. 456-463
- Gary McKeown, Christine Spencer, Alex Patterson, Thomas Creaney, Damien Dupré:
Comparing virtual reality with computer monitors as rating environments for affective dimensions in social interactions. 464-469
- Brandon M. Booth, Asem M. Ali, Shrikanth S. Narayanan, Ian Bennett, Aly A. Farag:
Toward active and unobtrusive engagement assessment of distance learners. 470-476
- Vicki Liu, Carmen Banea, Rada Mihalcea:
Grounded emotions. 477-483
- Le Yang, Dongmei Jiang, Wenjing Han, Hichem Sahli:
DCNN and DNN based multi-modal depression recognition. 484-489
- Alexandria Katarina Vail, Tadas Baltrusaitis, Luciana Pennant, Elizabeth S. Liebson, Justin T. Baker, Louis-Philippe Morency:
Visual attention in schizophrenia: Eye contact and gaze aversion during clinical interactions. 490-497
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Heart rate estimation from facial videos for depression analysis. 498-503
- Lei Chen, Ru Zhao, Chee Wee Leong, Blair Lehman, Gary Feng, Mohammed (Ehsan) Hoque:
Automated video interview judgment on a large-sized corpus collected online. 504-509
- Kalani Wataraka Gamage, Vidhyasaharan Sethu, Eliathamby Ambikairajah:
Modeling variable length phoneme sequences - A step towards linguistic information for speech emotion recognition in wider world. 518-523
- Wei Huang, R. Benjamin Knapp:
An exploratory study of population differences based on massive database of physiological responses to music. 524-530
- Giota Stratou, Rens Hoegen, Gale M. Lucas, Jonathan Gratch:
Investigating gender differences in temporal dynamics during an iterated social dilemma: An automatic analysis using networks. 531-536
- Monica Perusquía-Hernández, Mazakasu Hirokawa, Kenji Suzuki:
Spontaneous and posed smile recognition based on spatial and temporal patterns of facial EMG. 537-541
- Stefan Slater, Jaclyn Ocumpaugh, Ryan S. Baker, Ma. Victoria Almeda, Laura Allen, Neil T. Heffernan:
Using natural language processing tools to develop complex models of student engagement. 542-547
- Caitlin Sikora, Winslow Burleson:
The dance of emotion: Demonstrating ubiquitous understanding of human motion and emotion in support of human computer interaction. 548-555
- Huiyuan Yang, Lijun Yin:
CNN based 3D facial expression recognition using masking and landmark features. 556-560
- Soraia M. Alarcão:
Reminiscence therapy improvement using emotional information. 561-565
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Perceived emotion from images through deep neural networks. 566-570
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Avatar and participant gender differences in the perception of uncanniness of virtual humans. 571-575
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Building a generalized model for multi-lingual vocal emotion conversion. 576-580
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Learning based visual engagement and self-efficacy. 581-585
- Amanjot Kaur:
Automatic personality assessment in the wild. 586-590
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Wear your heart on your sleeve: Visible psychophysiology for contextualized relaxation. 591-595
- Youngjun Cho:
Automated mental stress recognition through mobile thermal imaging. 596-600
- Kevin El Haddad:
Nonverbal conversation expressions processing for human-agent interactions. 601-605
- Yu Hao:
Dynamic emotion transitions based on emotion hysteresis. 606-610
- Kenneth Chen:
Towards more meaningful interactive narrative with intelligent affective characters. 611-615
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Temporal patterns of facial expression in deceptive and honest communication. 616-620
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The five-day full moon cycle completes today. Many people have aligned with this May full moon under the aspirations of Wesak. In addition to being a celebration of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and paranirvana, it also offers a specific linking of the world network of light (heart-mind) by all being seen and unseen. This network interpenetrates the world, all beings, and engenders the awakening of compassion, wisdom, and right action.
We align once again with this network, of which all meditators and people of goodwill are a part. In that alignment there is no fear for the world or its beings, but also no denial of the fullness of suffering and the causes of suffering. In the alignment of light, with the power of compassion-wisdom ignited, you and I can acknowledge how we cause or foster suffering as well as how we are and can extinguish the causes of all suffering for all beings of every kind on this wondrous Earth.


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Obituary of Manuel Torres Sanchez
Manuel Torres Sanchez passed away surrounded by families on January 31, 2019. Born on April 21, 1954 to J. Avigail Torres Mendez and Ma Mercedes Sanches Garcia in Mexico.
Leaves behind a loving wife, four sons, a daughter and five grandchildren. As well as the love of mariachi music. A tradition passed down with the family name. Many local musicians have the honor of a shared moment with a dedicated teacher like he was. His memory will live on threw the music he once loved.
Visitation will be on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 from 5-9pm and rosary at 6:30pm at Eggen & Lance Chapel; 1540 Mendocino Avenue in Santa Rosa. Funeral mass on Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 12pm at Resurrection Roman Catholic Parish; 303 Stony Point Road following burial at Santa Rosa Memorial Park Shiloh Annex Lawn; 1750 Shiloh Road in Windsor.
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|(in € millions)
|Smart Safety Systems
|Protection of High-Risk Installations
|3D Printing
|Structure and disposals
|Consolidated revenue
|Backlog at end of period
First-half 2020 revenue for Groupe Gorgé was heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, which impacted the Group's various divisions to differing extents. First-half 2020 revenue was €108 million, down 20.2% on a reported and comparable basis, including a drop of 35.2% in second-quarter 2020.
In the Smart Safety Systems division, first-half 2020 revenue was down 24.5% to €43.1 million, including a drop of 42.8% in second-quarter 2020. As expected, this decline was due to the sharp contraction of the aeronautics market (down 36.1% in the first half) for the Aerospace business, the impact of health measures on production and project execution, and a challenging base effect in the Robotics activity, down 18.9% in the first half.
At June 30, 2020, the division's backlog had reached a high level at €531 million. The division maintained strong business momentum in the second quarter; orders booked (excluding the Belgian-Dutch contract) were higher than those booked in the second quarter of 2019.
In the Protection of High-Risk Installations division, revenue showed a certain resilience and totaled €38.5 million, down 11.5% on a reported basis and 9.8% on a comparable basis[2]. This trend reflects the resilience of the France Fire Protection activity and the stability of the Nuclear sector, whereas the Oil & Gas business, which merged with competitor InterDam in early July, penalized performance in the first half. Excluding this activity, first-half revenue would decline of only 5.6%.
At June 30, 2020, the division's backlog totaled €80.6 million, stable compared with March 31, 2020. The division expects good commercial prospects in the second half, especially in the Nuclear division.
Revenue for the 3D Printing division was €26.8 million in first-half 2020, compared to €35.3 million one year earlier. As expected, second-quarter 2020 revenue was adversely affected by the health crisis and the total shutdown of practitioners' offices during the lockdown. It was down 36.5% to €11.4 million. The division nevertheless recorded a gradual improvement in all its activities throughout the quarter, and a strong recovery in the month of June, which was up 12% compared to June 2019.
2020 outlook
The Group is confident in its outlook and expects revenue to recover in the second half of 2020, while remaining cautious, given the uncertainties associated with the health and macroeconomic environment.
Its end markets are diverse and should not be the most heavily affected by the current crisis in the long term, except for the aerospace sector (10% of the Group's revenue), which has been hit more severely. Thus, ECA Group is expecting to sign an export contract worth more than €20 million in third-quarter 2020 for the supply of unmanned mine warfare systems. This new four-year project reflects the strong momentum of the Group's technologies.
Since the start of the crisis, Groupe Gorgé has implemented cost savings and production adjustment initiatives. These actions enable the business slowdown to be mitigated to a certain extent, while the Group continues to invest in technologies to support future growth. Nevertheless, the business slowdown will clearly affect the profitability of first-half 2020. Moreover, the Group is conducting an in-depth review of the consequences of the crisis and, in particular, any impairment losses. This impairment would have no effect on cash.
Groupe Gorgé has major assets: diversified activities able to withstand cyclical effects, a firm backlog of €617 million, and a solid financial position with available cash of more than €80 million, and €30 million in confirmed credit lines available at June 30, 2020. Its position will be further strengthened in the second half with the proceeds of the sale of a real estate asset, completed in early July for €6.5 million.
Lastly, the Group completely withdrew from the Oil & Gas market in early July with the capital merger of Van Dam with its competitor InterDam. The Group will hold 15% of the new group, a leader in the specialist doors and walls market for Oil & Gas. This merger will result in a gain on disposal of around €3 million, recognized in second-half 2020.
Next financial release:
First-half 2020 results released on Tuesday September 22, 2020, after market closing.
Raphaël Gorgé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, as well as Loïc Le Berre, Chief Financial Officer, will comment on Groupe Gorgé's results answer questions from the financial community during a conference call in French starting at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday September 23, 2020.
Details about the conference call will be available one week in advance in the Investor Relations section of Groupe Gorgé's website: http://www.groupe-gorge.com/blog/category/finance/communiques/
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The Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 Shooting Brake Is A Niche-Filling Super Wagon
Mercedes has revealed its third '45 AMG model, and it's based on the CLA Shooting Brake
If you like the idea of the recently-revealed Mercedes-AMG A45 and CLA 45 models but want a little extra practicality, allow us to present the solution. It's… a CLA 45, actually, although this one is based on the niche-within-a-niche Shooting Brake version of Mercedes' swoopy mini saloon.
Nothing about it is remotely surprising, as all the oily bits and pieces underneath match what you'll find under the skin of the A45 and CLA45. There's a 2.0-litre turbocharged inline-four up front, which develops 382bhp. 0-62mph happens in 4.1 seconds, an identical figure to the CLA45.
The new 'M139' engine is intended to feel more like a naturally-aspirated unit rather than one running a turbo. Peak power comes in at 6500rpm, and the rev-limiter doesn't cut in until 7200. Peak torque of 354lb ft arrives at 5000 - 5250rpm. Go for the CLA 45 S, and you have 415bhp to enjoy, arriving at 6750rpm. Its 369lb ft of twist kicks at slightly earlier than the 'basic' model at 4750 - 5000rpm, and it'll hit 62mph a tenth quicker.
The engine sends its power to all four wheels via an eight-speed automatic gearbox. Drift Mode is available, although you will need to either spec the AMG Dynamic Plus Package or go for the pokier 'S' version for sideways tomfoolery. Either way, the top speed raises from 155 to 168mph.
Three-stage adaptive dampers are on the options menu for both cars. On the braking side of the equation meanwhile, four-piston mono block brake calipers are fitted as standard up front, squeezing 355mm discs. In the S, the front rotors are 10mm larger, and work together with six-pot calipers.
If you want to travel quickly while also carting around a lot of stuff, you're reasonably well catered for with the CLA 45 SB. The boot opening is nearly 250mm wider than before, and there's 505 litres of space to play with back there, making it "large enough to accommodate a wealth of recreational and outdoor equipment," Mercedes says. Hashtaglifestyle.
We don't know how much it costs just yet, but it'll almost certainly be the most expensive car in the '45 range. If you can make do with a 'mere' 302bhp, the CLA 35 will be significantly cheaper.


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I have participated in CC's Thanksgiving Fest as a turkey cooker! I love how Rob and his amazing and dedicated volunteers reach out to our community in Eastport/Annapolis and make sure that these families know they are loved and respected. The kids have a great time with art and craft, parents get served and the whole family eat a delicious and nutritious meal together. I am thankful to be part of this community outreach and enjoy a meal with my neighbors as we serve and love them.
As a parent, I have seen how Creating Communities bridges the gaps between generations, communities, and the children who live there. Although my children have attended the mentorship academy, I am aware that Creating Communities does more for the community at-large, than simply provide scholarships for students. Services they provide to local shelters and other organizations throughout the county are phenomenal. I am especially fond of the Thanksgiving Dinner they provide, with the help of its many sponsors, annually. What a great organization to be part of!
I have volunteered at the Summer of Arts & Music Camp Creating Communities offers every year to our local underserved children (Elementary thru High School). Rob Levit pulls together a team of experts in arts & music to lead creative and exciting classes to help these kids express their thoughts, feelings, and aspirations in a new and fun manner. They get physical, mental, and emotional rejuvenation as they participate in this weeklong event. Families & Friends attend a "show" at the end of the week and witness the amazing projects and results of their children's time at this camp. The talent and passion demonstrated by these children and their leaders takes them by surprise. These kids walk taller, with a smile on their face, knowing how much talent they have and cherished they are by this group of local "fans". I have loved attending this closing ceremony for the past 3 years and I'm glad I have had a small part in supporting this effective organization.
As Development Director at an addictions treatment center, I was privileged to work with Rob Levit and Creating Communities as part of their music and arts therapy. The program offered to the patients in recovery was nothing less than amazing. Through the use of music, meditation techniques, poetry, painting, and even rap, Rob and the CC volunteers encouraged the patients to use the arts as a healthy expression of emotions and to explore long forgotten dreams and talents. During each weekly 90 minute session, the transformation of the participants was nothing short of miraculous. Even those patients who initially were reluctant to participate were drawn to Rob's enthusiastic, congenial and self-effacing manner. I witnessed many instances of the most hardened, withdrawn patients, many fighting years of addiction find joy in picking up a guitar, a paintbrush, or even putting pen to paper. At the end of each session the overwhelming majority of patients expressed that they would continue to use what they had learned, and that it would help them in their journey to recovery and sobriety. Creating Communities has truly had a life-changing impact on the community they serve.
A very wonderful non-profit!! My wife and I were so moved to work with your students this past summer. You are doing wonders bringing artists into the lives of deserving students. Bravo!! N. Scott Robinson & K.S. Resmi
Creating Communities is an inspiration! I had the pleasure to volunteer and teach with this awesome organization and always feel so uplifted by every aspect. From the wonderful and very enthusiastic students, amazing and dedicated staff of volunteers, teachers, visiting artists, board members and Rob Levit, there is now doubt Anne Arundel County is a better county because Creating Communities exists.
As a Professor and Community activist, Creating Communities Corporation was one of the most amazing experiences I had in working with children and teens in sharing my passion but also promoting creativity and the performing arts. The Corporation is well organized and benefits important communities that need the support in gaining access to all of the art forms!
I have worked in Anne Arundel County for the past 23 years. I have run programs, worked within programs, and volunteered for programs. From my perspective, Creating Communities is well worth the time and money to help support, or in seeking their programming! I have seen the director, Rob Levit, in action. He is personable, caring, passionate about his work, and provides wonderful opportunities within the community he serves, through Creating Communities. His talent is fantastic and his ability to share his passion for music and the arts is awesome. I also know from personal experience that Creating Communities helps other organizations with their outreach, thereby expanding even further, Creating Communities impact and community outreach. The programs that are run, spare no expense, and if you read the mission, vision, and quick facts, I believe Creating Communities meets and exceeds what is written on paper.
We are a few of the grateful recipients of Creating Communities. As a small local organization, hosting "Sensory Friendly Concerts" in the Annapolis, Maryland region, we are more than happy to shout from the rooftops that our work would not be possible without Creating Communities! And specifically, Rob Levit's belief in us and what we are capable of, as a minority and under-served group in our local community. It would be impossible to for us to continue doing our innovative work in constructing the framework for "equal rights to the fine arts" and celebrating the Neurodiversity Movement within the context of a formal concert venue, unless we had Creating Communities backing us up! Thank you for believing us in!!!!!
When you see how many people Creating Communities touches in so many ways - it's amazing. Rob is tireless in his efforts and so committed. I aspire to be like him when I grow up.
I am music therapist and huge fan of Creating Communities. The work that Rob Levit does truly falls within the scope and practice of the field of music therapy, though he does not have this credential. I highly suggest to anyone that if they are looking for a professional artist who will "meet them" musically, Rob Levit can do this type of work, in any setting, with any population. He has the heart and passion of true empathetic musician, and a true visionary for a greater local community and a greater world.
I am privileged to participate in Creating Communities annual Thanksgiving Jam as a "turkey cooker" since the program first began. The past 2 years, i stayed for the festivities and helped serve dinner. The spirit of community in that room is overwhelming. The gratitude of the dinner guests is most humbling. Maybe the guests will have another Thanksgiving meal, maybe this was the only one they will have. On that night, we are all just one big family, sharing a meal, sharing some laughter, and giving thanks for the blessings we have. So many lives are enriched by Creating Communities. Give them a few hours of your time and see for yourself....


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TAUNTON — Fentanyl overdose calls and deaths associated with the powerful painkiller, for the time being, are prevalent mainly in the eastern part of the United States.
But U.S. Sen. Edward Markey warns that the rest of the country eventually will know firsthand just how deadly difficult the problem is becoming.
The combination of cheap production costs and high profit margins all but ensure that the problem will spread, he said.
"It's coming," said Markey, during a Wednesday press conference inside the garage bay of Taunton's historic Central Fire Station.
The Massachusetts senator was among a group of state and local officials who met behind closed doors in the station house to discuss the growing prevalence of street-level fentanyl.
The 90-minute discussion focused on the increasing illicit use of the synthetic opioid often prescribed to terminal cancer victims.
It came one day after Markey spoke in Atlanta at the three-day National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit.
Markey said combating the illegal use and sale of fentanyl, which medical experts say can be 40 times more powerful than heroin, is now his "No. 1 priority."
"Time is of the essence," he said.
Markey accused the administration of President Donald Trump of trying to increase military spending at the expense of social programs and opioid-addiction treatment. He said between $1 billion and $2 billion is needed annually to provide adequate treatment for those addicted to opioids across the country.
Markey also said stronger measures are needed to pressure both Mexico — where the bulk of fentanyl is manufactured — and China, where companies ship so-called precursor chemicals to the illegal labs in Mexico.
"We need to get tougher on China and Mexico," he said, noting that corruption among Mexico's police and military, and China's lack of regulation of its industries, make the task all the more daunting.
Markey said he's hopeful that bi-partisan cooperation in Washington DC will prevail in adopting measures to combat the increased use and prevalence of fentanyl in the country.
Steve Tollman, president of Massachusetts AFL-CIO, and a former state senator, after the press conference said he's seen how destructive opioid use can be among some of his own members and their families.
Tollman said he's been around long enough to see how alcohol and crack cocaine years ago ruined lives.
"But I never saw anything like the opioid addiction," he said.
The Massachusetts Department of Health has said there were nearly 2,000 opioid-related OD deaths in the state in 2016 compared to just more than 900 three years earlier.


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A man whose son died after playing video games for long periods is campaigning for greater awareness of the risk posed by excessive gaming. Chris Staniforth, 20, who would play his console for up to 12 hours, died in May from deep vein thrombosis (DVT). His father David believes the condition may have been triggered by long gaming sessions
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DVT is a blood clot that develops in the deep veins of the legs or pelvic area or, on rare occasions, the arms.It is not usually life threatening but it can become so if a blood clot breaks loose, becoming a pulmonary embolism (PE). Many people in the U.S. die within the first hour after a PE occurs-and up to 200,000 Americans die each year.According to the Vascular Dis-ease Foundation, risk factors include a lengthy surgery, pregnancy, being over age 40 and sedentary, cancer, use of birth control pills, hormone replacement therapy, a family history of DVT, and spinal cord or other major injuries.Smoking also increases the risk of DVT, as does obesity, long-distance travel and inherited clotting conditions. The more risk factors you have, the greater your risk.:
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Adidas to Move From One Mulgrave Address to Another
SPORTS brand Adidas will relocate from one Mulgrave office to another, after signing a 3600 square metre lease deal at the Nexus business park on Dunlop Road.
Adidas will relocate from a Springvale Road office it has occupied for about 15 years.
The group is reportedly paying a rent of $275 per square metre, per annum, though it is not known if this is gross or face. The AFR reports average office rents in the area are between $270 to $280 per square metre, per annum.Read more


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Like many local daffodil societies, the Northern California Daffodil Society held a fall meeting (today, October 29, 2017). It featured our usual bulb drawing, bulb auction, and pot luck meal. This being the 50th anniversary of the NCDS, we had a cake specially decorated. The bakery made a slight misspelling of "daffodil", but they did a great job of forming the daffodils out of fondant. Not only was the cake beautiful, the cake was good too. The bakery worked with photos of Misquote and Chromacolor to create the daffodils.


text: Bay Watch Photographer David Harp was shooting on the Patuxent River when he spotted the Miss Patuxent across the creek early one morning. He put a long telephoto lens on his tripod and took the picture. "I spend an inordinate amount of my time photographing along the crenelated edge of the Chesapeake Bay," he says, "and it's capturing scenes like this that keep me looking for the next opportunity."


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Guam sits like a jewel in the tropical Pacific, a paradise of beauty and contrasts. The fort was to change fingers eight occasions in numerous battles together with the Battle of Lengthy Island within the American Revolution when volleys have been exchanged between the fort and British emplacements on Governor's Island. There's a broad chasm between discomfort and loss of life, a chasm that white of us seem incapable of seeing — and which people of shade can't keep away from.
It is why the easy act of quietly sitting at a lunch counter was seen as explosively disruptive by these good white people" who just needed to have a peaceful meal, uninterrupted by the inconvenient and uncomfortable reality that they were perpetuating oppression and injustice by enforcing and benefitting from segregation.
On days when there are races at Jerome and Fleetwood Parks, between 3,000 and 4,000 carriages cross Macomb's Dam Bridge," one other Instances article from 1885 acknowledged, referencing well-liked racetracks within the Bronx. It lies on the north margin of the Caribbean Sea, east of the Dominican Republic, and west of the Virgin Islands.
The identify 'Greece' is derived from the Latin title 'Graeci', utilized to a people who lived in ancient instances within the northwest part of the nation. And during the daytime look out for what appear to be sticks in the highway, I've seen numerous goannas and snakes have their sunbathing periods lower brief.
Absorb the soak and swim like a fish on the unique islands this time you resolve to journey. Watch Hill's location between New York Metropolis and Boston makes it a supreme vacation spot for day trips. The beaches, the mesmerizing views, water sports activities, cruises and lots of extra is available for the vacationers to have an exquisite time here.
Most of the visitors to the island are day trippers who solely go to the primary sightseeing locations so there isn't any drawback getting away from the crowds. Roatan, one among Honduras' Bay Islands, lies simply north of the mainland. New York has no scarcity of markers bearing Alexander Hamilton's name: His grave is in Trinity Cemetery downtown, his statue graces Central Park, and Alexander Hamilton Bridge crosses the Harlem River.


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Oxford City Council has given Catalyst the go-ahead to build 48 homes on the site of the former Temple Cowley pools.
Some 50% of the new homes will be affordable, with 19 social rent units and five shared ownership properties and the remaining 24 for market sale.
This city centre development will deliver a much needed range of new houses and flats that will help meet an increasing housing demand in Oxford.
Tom Titherington, executive director of property and growth at Catalyst, said, "I am delighted that our Temple Cowley scheme has been passed by Oxford City Council.
"Our development will deliver much needed new affordable housing to local people, in line with the Council's housing policies."
Designed by Hester Architects, the scheme, which will get underway later this year, will be made up of three blocks of flats and a series of semi-detached and terraced houses.
Malcom Hester, chairman of Hester Architects, commented: "We have a long history of working with Catalyst and we are delighted that our Temple Cowley designs have been approved for planning.
"The design complements local surroundings and features high quality, landscaped open spaces that allow for spectacular views towards Oxford skyline."


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Remember Vasco da Gama, the famous Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea… Just like he made a couple more voyages to India after this initial journey, I too am dreaming of going back to Da Gama again, the Portuguese restaurant in Century Village, named after Vasco da Gama, obviously, to
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Century Village is like my home now… I've been there so many times recently and I love going back again and again. Whether it's in the afternoons or at night, it is a wonderful place to be. It is like walking down a countryside with fabulous restaurants all around. This time I found myself in
La Vigna, the only Italian restaurant at Century Village, takes you to a different place and time altogether. Without getting onto a plane, you're transported to the Italian countryside with rustic brick walls, wooden windows and red and white table tops. The fiery built-in pizza oven adds to the ambience too. The restaurant is two-floored,
Enter the Century Village in Al Garhoud, and you're transported into culinary heaven serving cuisines from around the world. Most places also serve drinks and it gets crowded in the evenings and during weekends. It's a great place to be during the cooler months of the year. The walk to Sushi Sushi was a relaxing


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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG-TV9)-- We're learning more about the criminal history of the five men facing federal charges relating to a Linn County man's death.
Authorities say a shooting in February 2017 killed 20 year old Dylan Plotz. Linn County sheriff's deputies found his body lying outside a home near Coggon.
Thursday, authorities released the names of these men who face a variety of drug and weapons charges. They include Tyler Clemens, Kordell Jones, Cameron Klouda, Chase Zerba and Dillon Beener.
So far, no one is facing a murder charge.
Authorities say Plotz was trying to steal marijuana from some of the men they've arrested. A criminal complaint states Plotz showed a weapon to some of the men, who were in a minivan. Just minutes later, someone inside the minivan fired a shotgun out the passenger side window, hitting Plotz.
And authorities say two men were part of crimes that happened after the shooting on February 1st, 2017.
19-year-old Kordell Jones is known to law enforcement around Cedar Rapids.
A document filed in early March claims Jones assaulted a person in Cedar Rapids by displaying a dangerous weapon, in this case a wooden 2 by 4. The filing states the assault caused bodily harm to another person. The case is scheduled to go to a hearing later this month.
Jones pleaded guilty to a serious misdemeanor of assault causing bodily injury. This happened on July 29th, 2017. Documents state Jones injured a person in Cedar Rapids with a baseball bat, claw hammer and glass bottle.
Jones also faces charges for assault causing bodily injury on July 16th in 2017. Documents state he hit a woman in the face which chipped her teeth and broke her glasses.
20-year-old Chase Zerba has also faced new charges in the last 18 months.
Document show on April 10th, he was accused of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. That same day, authorities say he had unlawful possession of a prescription drug.
All five men have appeared in federal court, in Cedar Rapids. All five were held without bond pending a detention hearing on July 16th.


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The 50th International Sugarbeet Institute is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, March 14 and 15, at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, N.D.
The International Sugarbeet Institute is North America's largest sugarbeet trade show, with approximately 125 commercial exhibitors and 3,200 attendees.
Speakers this year include Owen Wagner on Wednesday afternoon and Leon Osborne on Thursday morning. Wagner, senior economist-North America for LMC International, will address "NAFTA Sugar Markets: Status & Outlook." Osborne, president of Meridian Environmental Technologists, Grand Forks, will focus on "Weather & Climate Trends & Patterns, 2012."
Alerus Center doors open at 9 a.m. for both days of the show.Source: Sugarbeet Institute