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Modern has been weighed, measured, and found wanting by those at Wizards of the Coast. They addressed the issue with the following alterations:
Deathrite Shaman is banned. Bitterblossom and Wild Nacatl are unbanned.
You can read their explanation of the changes in full on this page, but I'll summarize.
Deathrite was too good a card, banning Nacatl didn't do anything but kill the Zoo deck (making it a mistake in the first place), and Bitterblossom seems good but not too good.
Fair enough. I'm willing to agree with this assessment for now. As I've said in the past, I'd much rather we experiment with diversifying the format than keep everything under lock and key out of pure fear. More change is more fun, especially given the constant concern that an Eternal format might become stale.
As a side note, I'm amused to see this sentence in the note regarding Deathrite Shaman's empowerment of decks that stifle innovation: "Having a strong attrition-based deck as a large portion of the metagame makes it difficult for decks that are based on synergies between cards instead of individually powerful cards."
Sound applicable anywhere else?
Just kidding, Standard's the funnest! I would never skip a PTQ to go shopping . . . again.
Anyway, back to Modern. Many of you probably clicked on this article in hopes of a well-informed, incisive examination of what these bans might mean for the Modern metagame.
Sadly, all I can offer you are my own opinions.
This change to the list is different from many previous because it simultaneously introduces multiple new elements to the format while neutering—but not destroying—a few high-profile options. That means there's new space to explore but a lot of solid foundation that remains largely untouched.
Birthing Pod Is The Best Deck
You could make the argument that this was always true. Birthing Pod lost its own Shamans, sure, but replacing them with Noble Hierarchs is a very profitable exchange for Pod players if it means never having to play against other Shamans. Those were very important to letting the midrange decks keep up with Pod's quick starts while generating value in the late game. In addition to mana acceleration, Deathrite Shaman represented a common maindeck option to shut down Melira-based combos with the additional upside of grinding value against persist creatures relatively efficiently.
When asked about the update, I frequently said that if Shaman got the axe something from Pod would probably need it as well; otherwise, things might get out of hand. Pod has been one of the best-performing strategies in Modern for a very long time, and taking Deathrite Shaman out of the picture only made it better.
Will the unbans present a worthy challenger? Hard to say. I don't foresee Bitterblossom itself being a major problem for these decks to deal with. They're vulnerable in the air, but the Pod engine is very powerful. And the deck is capable of playing Abrupt Decay, so it doesn't sound too rough. Wild Nacatl will need major backup to grind its way through Kitchen Finks, but depending on the deck it could work out. My early inclination is that this banned list is very good for Pod, and we'll need to see a bad matchup gain similar ground if the archetype is to remain in check.
And no, Cedric, I don't think Tron is good enough. But you have fun! [Editor's Note: You know Karn and I will!]
You Can Still Play Jund . . . But You Shouldn't!
Losing Deathrite Shaman is an incredible blow to the various B/G/x midrange decks, as they were already the fairest choice you could make and now they're strictly worse shells of their former selves. I'd expect these decks to slowly die out or transition more fully toward the poles of the format.
With Jund decks phasing in this way, things are going to change for a lot of decks. Many archetypes were held in check by Jund, and now they may have room to roam free. Take Liliana of the Veil—without the threat of a turn 2 Liliana and with fewer people playing the mirror, where its edict was so strong, will the planeswalker remain a pillar of the Modern format? I woke up Monday morning cursing at myself because I realized that Liliana was probably about to take a price dive and I'd been too slow to sell the night before on Magic Online.
Sure enough, a quick glance at MTGGoldfish confirmed my suspicions. Liliana lost about $10 overnight without anyone even talking about her, and I highly doubt she's reached her nadir. She'll recover and stabilize somewhere of course—the card is very powerful and has Legacy to support its price. It's not really worth my while to get out now that I've missed the initial wave since I will want to own the card later. I stand to make relatively little and could lose a bit if something goes awry, but if you're looking to unload her for good, then now is the time.
This is a pattern we can expect to continue. If Jund contributed heavily to a card's playability, then it stands to reason that the card will have significantly less influence on the Modern metagame than it did before. Liliana was a major player; Dark Confidant was another.
Bob is now homeless, with no other deck in Modern playing him outside of B/G/x midrange strategies. Will Dark Zoo give him a new home? I doubt it, but we'll see. It's difficult to make a strong case for any deck that I'd consider a fit for Dark Confidant, though his personal power level remains roughly the same.
One other major player is especially relevant to acknowledge in conjunction with the departure of Deathrite Shaman.
Can Scavenging Ooze Keep Off The streets?
Jund has been the best home for Scavenging Ooze for months, and Ooze's surge into Modern staple has affected many decks and cards. Storm, Living End, Dredgevine—all of these decks and more felt the Ooze bearing down upon them, and its presence in the maindeck of one of the format's most ubiquitous decks was a constant nuisance. Jund gave up nothing for the privilege of what could in these matchups be a very powerful hate card.
Naturally, Shaman's departure and Scavenging Ooze exerting less influence on the field leads to an inevitable outcome.
Graveyard Decks Get Better (For Now)
I expect graveyard decks (especially Storm and Living End) to pick up a fair bit of speed. Everyone's used to the current level of hate keeping these decks reasonable, but that level existed in a world where Jund could grind percentage points off them without really trying. In the new world, these decks won't be taking nearly as many match losses to Jund or Jund-like decks because a) game 1 is better for them and b) there will be fewer of these decks.
That means Storm, Living End, and other graveyard decks will be more popular and more successful until everyone adjusts again. I was initially pretty excited about Storm, but the return of the Fae is not thrilling for the combo deck. Still, with every other matchup improving, it's not going to be a bad deck to play for the first few weeks of the post-ban format, especially if you're looking for a cheap option.
Going long, these decks will become a little worse and possibly wind up lower on the totem pole than they started. With Shaman around, people were pretty willing to skirt on hate—now that he's gone, you can expect a more dedicated effort to occur in the average sideboard, resulting in weaker post-board games in the months after the initial boost. Working your way around Deathrite wasn't so hard for practiced pilots, but when people are showing up with Relics, Rest in Peace, and even Leyline of the Void, life gets harder really fast.
Cards That Rely On Graveyards Improve Forever
This might seem like an odd prediction given my previous assertion that graveyard hate will get better, but allow me to explain. Attacking a deck like Storm with Rest in Peace can really matter—you're cutting off a major resource to them and denying a number of their cards functionality while weakening their core engine. They have to adapt to win.
Doing the same to Knight of the Reliquary or Snapcaster Mage? Not so much. Not only can these cards still generate value by their very nature—they're creatures—but the decks that play them are also not often affected very significantly by graveyard hate outside of the card in question. They don't have to adapt because they can play through the pain and ignore what you're doing at a minor cost.
Of the individual cards that felt the sting of Shaman and Ooze, Snapcaster Mage and Knight of the Reliquary are the most relevant. Both found room to maneuver within that hellscape, so it seems very likely that with two of their tormentors gone each of these cards will gain more ground. I expect general popularity increases from Snapcaster Mage decks, notably U/W/R Control and various other removal-heavy decks filled with card advantage, which might help check Pod. I've always liked to have the Colonnade side of that matchup, and it's not difficult to tweak a Snapcaster Mage deck in whatever direction you see fit.
It's worth noting that these decks only ever seem to win matches on Magic Online and in the World Championship, so consider that your grain of salt.
Knight of the Reliquary however offers us several new dimensions. The first and most obvious is to look to Brian Kibler (no surprises here) and the Naya deck he championed over the course of a couple Grand Prix many moons ago.
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- 3 Deathrite Shaman
- 2 Kitchen Finks
- 4 Knight of the Reliquary
- 2 Lotus Cobra
- 4 Loxodon Smiter
- 3 Noble Hierarch
- 1 Qasali Pridemage
- 4 Tarmogoyf
- 2 Thundermaw Hellkite
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- 3 Deathrite Shaman
- 4 Knight of the Reliquary
- 4 Loxodon Smiter
- 4 Noble Hierarch
- 3 Scavenging Ooze
- 4 Tarmogoyf
- 3 Voice of Resurgence
Planeswalkers (5)
Lands (23)
Spells (7)
Yes, this is a Shaman deck, but it can clearly play without them—Birds of Paradise is nothing to be ashamed of.
I expect something like this to take over the midrange mantle in the coming months, with the only other challenger being B/W Tokens. Tokens will suffer from splash damage since many of the cards people play to combat Faeries will hit it just as hard. So I'd be surprised to see the deck dominate in that way, but it's possible.
There are two very important things to realize about the Naya decks above, and the first is that they successfully play Scavenging Ooze! I've noted that the card is valuable for its power level and for the percentage points it gives you in specific matchups, and Naya can leverage the card exactly how Jund did. Maybe even better, thanks to Domri's fight! A lack of hand disruption does sting, but I think the red will be better than the black due to Wild Nacatl and Bitterblossom.
This brings me to my second point: these Naya lists play both Voice of Resurgence and Thundermaw Hellkite. With every pro on the planet suddenly thrilled that they can play Faeries again, having natural access to two haymakers in the matchup sounds really good! I'm not thrilled about trying to resolve a five-drop against Faeries, although Knight might make Cavern of Souls enough to do the job. Voice just seems like a fantastic card in the new metagame, as it's useful against the Nacatl decks and a powerhouse against Faeries while remaining efficient elsewhere.
Currently, its best-known home is Birthing Pod. Talk about a plethora of riches . . .
I'm interested in exploring more Voice of Resurgence decks because the card's best matchups are among the archetypes gaining the most ground right now. You can even build the above list to be a little more aggressive and incorporate Wild Nacatl a la Big Zoo from Pro Tour Austin, but I'll leave the Knight brewing to
the many qualified professionals Kibler and look forward to the results.
Wary Of Faeries
Faeries will be a popular deck, certainly at first and likely for some time.
I'm not entirely sure how good it will actually be.
Sure, it'll keep Twin from running everyone over—a real concern with the loss of Jund—but there are bigger Cats to cook. I was PTQing when the Fae had to face down Nacatls, and one finals saw me nearly lose to a Zoo player's mulligan to four and narrowly win the third game thanks to pilot error on my opponent's part. It wasn't the first escape I'd made that day, and the matchup was in general a yucky one. Granted, this was back when we had Riptide Laboratory and kept our Bitterblossoms in the sideboard, but the Zoo decks were actually pretty close analogs to what one might expect today.
Wild Nacatl is much more exciting to me personally than Faeries because there are so many interesting things you can do with the Cat. U/B Faeries is much narrower, although the previous iterations may or may not be ready for Modern.
Voice of Resurgence? Cavern of Souls? Abrupt Decay? Electrolyze? These aren't the cards Faeries had to fend off on a regular basis back in the day, but they're relatively common enemies in today's world. I can't say for sure where Faeries will land, but my suspicion is that the hundred decklists we saw pop up on Facebook and Twitter are going to need some significant revisions. Thinking that they won't seems a little naive.
Heck, people splashed Lightning Bolt back in the day.
Things got cray in the Glen sometimes, yo.
Gifts-Rites Is Dead
I'm calling her—February 3rd, 2400 EST.
Sorry Lew Laskin!
These are my initial thoughts on what the banned and restricted changes mean for Modern. I'll go ahead and give you guys a quick TL;DR for the Modern metagame over the next couple weeks. Keep in mind that these are just initial shifts—as Fae and Zoo solidify their place, a lot of these will change accordingly. For now, I'm relatively confident in them.
Birthing Pod (No Shamans? No problem!)
Splinter Twin (Jund was a bad matchup.)
Storm (Less Shamans, Oozes, and Thoughtseizes.)
Living End (Less Shamans and Oozes, more creature decks.)
U/W/R (Snapcaster gets better, and creature decks are good matchups.)
Infect (This deck was on the rise, and it could continue.)
Affinity (Very curious to see how this goes long term.)
Burn (Fae and Zoo matchups could make it better, but I doubt it.)
Green Midrange (Uh, duh.)
Tron (Rises in Twin are bad, and Pyroclasm got worse.)
Gruul (Why, hello there white cards!)
Scapeshift (Not happy to see Faeries and a turn 4 aggro deck join the party.)
Gifts-Rites (Uh, duh again.)
I've got high hopes that we'll see a lot of sweet brewing in the coming weeks, and I'm much more interested in what winds up going down at Pro Tour Born of the Gods. If you'd like to join me in predicting the future for fun and no profit, feel free to chime in!


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"You got it!". Time to get your lawyer on board, get contingencies looked after and bring this deal to an executed contract.
Don't screw it up now, whether you are a buyer or a seller. Outsmarting yourself will accomplish nothing. Four guidelines to keeping the transaction moving smoothly-- and by the way, are good operating instructions for life anyway.
Be Reasonable. Unless you are buying a spanking brand new house, where everything is supposed to be "perfect", there will be things that are not right nor perfect found in the building inspection. Expect this. The questions to ask yourself are: Is this normal wear and tear, is it dangerous, is it as it was presented in property disclosures and marketing materials? The answer to these questions gives you insight into who should pay for remediation.
On an accepted offer in the inspection phase this week, the building inspector found that the jets in the spa of the pool weren't working.
Never in the showings nor marketing materials, was there an indication that anything wasn't working. When the owners' learned of the non-working jets, they had no problem having this $500 item replaced. They understood that if you advertise a pool and spa, the buyer assumes it's working.
At this same inspection, one of the chimneys was found to have some bricks that are going to need repointing. Shifting of bricks on the chimney are normal wear and tear. The buyer will be handling that one.
In the septic inspection, the septic company noted that the traps which access the pipes in the leeching fields were loose and several broken, allowing soil and leaves to seep in. To replace the traps and clean them out will be $1,500. This issue could be argued either way I suppose but here, the owners immediately said they would take care of it. They are "that kind" of people. They want to have a transaction where everyone feels it was fair and there is no animosity.
Have a Compromising Mindset. What can you live with? What seems equitable for both sides? Look at each issue from the buyer and seller side, regardless of which one you are on.
Follow the Lead of Your Attorney and Realtor. These are your quarterbacks. They have had a lot more experience in real estate negotiating than you probably have. Assuming they are competent and level headed, they can guide you through the process and any sticky wickets.
Leave the Drama Out Of It. This isn't the stage nor big screen. Stay calm and Breath deeply. Like most things in life, no one will remember the details but they will remember how you handled them.
NOTE: For those of you who read last week's post on the Bidding Wars my clients were under, they had an accepted offer and the inspections and contract preparation process couldn't have gone more smoothly. To see that blog go to: http://www.robinkencelblog.com/2013/12/three-questions-to-ask-yourself-if-you.html


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Mantle pieces for the same home are very large. There are
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Science cannot demonstrate the existence of God because, according to the modern meaning of the term, it has to do only with things that are perceptible through the senses, as they can only be tested by the instruments of investigation and verification used by experimental sciences. Pretending to demonstrate in a laboratory the existence of God would be like reducing Him to the rank of the beings of our world, which would be, as a start, a methodological mistake.
We have all asked ourselves this question at some point in our lives. And maybe not all of us have a clear answer to it. Probably we sometimes have doubts. If you are one of those people who asks himself/herself questions and wants to continue investigating about the existence of God, here's a video with some answers (and many other questions).
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No, it absolutely can't. For the same reason that it cannot demonstrate His existence: because the scientific method cannot answer the question regarding the existence of a Being that, if He exists, surpasses completely the limits of science. Science must acknowledge its limits, as it cannot assert nor deny God's existence.
There are those who think that science, as it evolves, slowly destroys the need to believe in God and, according to them, there will be a time when we will be able to explain all; then, the non-existence of God will be evident. This is a scientific conception and, let's say, rather simplistic, because the more the science progresses in its knowledge of things, the stronger is the need for a master mind that created and arranged them.
Yes, of course. God endowed man with intelligence so he can ask himself about things, searching for them and finding them. Thus, though the experimental sciences cannot prove God's existence, scientists can discover in the world the reasons to assert the existence of a Being that surpasses man. Many scientists have discovered this and in their investigations they have found many arguments to state that God's existence is totally reasonable.
The famous French zoologist Pierre-Paul Grassé expressed it like this: "If I have returned to faith it is due to science, through a scientific process (…). Chance cannot be an explanation, it is absolutely impossible. Also physicists shared this opinion: for lack of time and for lack of enough possible combinations. An addition of chances does not create a law; an addition of chances does not create the adaptation (…)".
There can never be disagreement between faith and science. All has its origin in God and God cannot deny Himself, as the truth cannot contradict the truth.
As indicated by John Paul II in his encyclical letter Fides et ratio: "There is thus no reason for competition of any kind between reason and faith: each contains the other, and each has its own scope for action". "In God there lies the origin of all things, in him is found the fullness of the mystery, and in this his glory consists; to men and women there falls the task of exploring truth with their reason, and in this their nobility consists".
Faith protects reason from all temptation of mistrust in its own capacities, stimulates it to open itself to wider horizons, keeps it alive in the search for the foundations, and when reason is applied to the supernatural field of the relation between God and the man, it enriches its work.
Benedictus XVI proposes to widen the concept of reason and its use so as to leave the situation of relativism in relation with the importance of the knowledge of reason. To achieve this, it is necessary that reason and faith meet again in a new way, overcoming the limitation that reason imposes in itself of self-reduction to what can verify with experimentation, thus opening its horizon in all its extent.
The first page of the Bible tells us that "in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth" (Gn 1, 1), and then offers us the famous story of the Creation in six days. Obviously, these first chapters of the Genesis cannot be interpreted literally, because what happened to Einstein could happen to us. He lost his faith when he was nine years old, when he started to read popular science books, because there was a contradiction between them and the first chapter of the Genesis.
But, still, we cannot think that it is a myth or a pure allegorical fiction. The first chapters of the Genesis want to communicate a truth and they do it through a story. The truth they want to transmit is an interpretation of the human history and they resort to the origin. The issue of our origin is so important for all human life that it was God's desire to reveal whatever was necessary for us to know in this regard. We can draw three important conclusions from Genesis' Chapter 1: all that exists is God's work; only He is the creator; and all that exists is good and depends on Him[1].
This is what the Bible teaches us about the origin of the Universe. The Bible does not teach us Physics or Astronomy; the Bible teaches us what we cannot discover by ourselves, and we need to know the meaning and the direction of our life and actions. As Galileo said, the Bible teaches us "not how the heavens go, but how to go to Heaven".
[1]Ibid., 290.
We, Christians, do not simply believe in a series of theoretical proposals about God; we believe in Someone who is real, alive, personal, with whom we have a relationship and to whom we commit ourselves. Faith is a personal encounter of man with God in Christ.
Faith cannot be something merely intellectual, because God is not an idea, nor a theory, but Someone that addresses man's heart and waits for an answer. And this answer must emerge, also, from the heart. But faith cannot be reduced to a merely affectionate degree, as it implies the gift of all our being to Him who created us and loves us. In a word, it is an action of absolute trust.
Faith means to say "yes" to God and to His project. Faith is to say "yes" to God's invitation, entrusting ourselves to Him, committing ourselves to Him, letting Him love us and to love Him back. To trust God means to be ready to let Him transform and change our lives, so He can guide us. Faith means an absolute availability and an unswerving trust in God, because He never deceives us, because He is faithful (1 Cor 1, 9).
The personal acceptance and allegiance to Jesus Christ is possible only thanks to a gift. No man can have faith with his only natural forces, no matter how hard he tries. It is not enough to "want to believe": we must receive the gift from above. That's why there are people who want to believe but cannot. Faith is a gift of God, a supernatural virtue infused by him (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 153).
Thus, there cannot be faith where there has not been a particular call from God, an attraction that has echoed in the soul of the believer, pushing him to accept the divine word. That's why the prophet Jeremiah says: "You duped me, O LORD, and I let myself be duped; you were too strong for me, and you triumphed" (Jer 20, 7).
God's action is not imposed on man; it requires a free and conscious acceptance. Faith is indissolubly grace and free answer from man.
Faith, then, is a free action, a free commitment, the voluntary and free adherence of our whole being to the living God, evident in our hearts. God calls man to serve Him in soul and truth, so they are engaged by their conscience; but it is an invitation, not a coercion. Christ invited to faith and conversion, but never forced anyone. "For He bore witness to the truth, but He refused to impose the truth by force on those who spoke against it. (…) His rule… extends its dominion by the love whereby Christ, lifted up on the cross, draws all men to Himself" (II Vatican Council, Declaration Dignitatis humanae, 11).
Those who receive the call of God can accept it or reject it; they can open their heart to Him or close it. God is respectful of our liberty to the point that He takes the risk of being rejected and despised by us. Those who want to live with their back facing God can do it, though it will be good that they keep in mind that this decision has eternal consequences, because rejecting God cannot remain as something irrelevant; as a matter of fact, it is always cause of guilt (Jn 3, 18; 8, 24; Lk 8, 10; Mt 13, 11; 2Ts 1, 8-2; 2,10-12; Rm 10, 16; 1 Tim 1, 19). It is important to highlight that nobody loses his faith without his own guilt, because God does not forget anybody if He is not the first one to be abandoned.
The acceptance and welcoming of faith is not an irrational action, an irresponsible and blind abandonment. Certainly, the objective content of faith is something that is not evident or easy to demonstrate; if it were the object of a rational demonstration it wouldn't be a free action. But this does not mean that an act of faith disregards reason completely. "The believer must have known enough by himself to understand what is all about" (Josef Pieper, Las virtudes fundamentales, Rialp, Madrid 1997, p. 306).
If the Word of God were totally and completely incomprehensible for us we would not believe it, or we would stop believing in it. How can we believe in Christ and His message if we can't understand absolutely anything? It is impossible to have faith in something that is nonsense. That's why Saint Augustin says that without previous knowledge there is no faith, and that nobody can believe in God if he does not understand something. And Saint Thomas stated that "man could not assent by faith to any proposal if he somehow does not understand it ".


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For the American Lung Association in Kansas & Greater Kansas City Fight For Air Climb, thousands of people take to the stairs at One Kansas City Place (42 floors and 902 steps) in an effort to raise awareness and money to fight lung disease.
The Fight For Air Climb at One Kansas City Place attracted more than 500 participants and 64 teams in 2017. A total of 940 people donated, bringing the fundraising total to nearly $150,000 to fight lung disease. More than 100 volunteers helped the Lung Association in Kansas and Greater Kansas City execute the large event.
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2.036[J] Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
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Introduction to the theory of nonlinear dynamical systems with applications from science and engineering. Local and global existence of solutions, dependence on initial data and parameters. Elementary bifurcations, normal forms. Phase plane, limit cycles, relaxation oscillations, Poincare-Bendixson theory. Floquet theory. Poincare maps. Averaging. Near-equilibrium dynamics. Synchronization. Introduction to chaos. Universality. Strange attractors. Lorenz and Rossler systems. Hamiltonian dynamics and KAM theory. Uses MATLAB computing environment.
This class has 18.03, and 18.034 as prerequisites.
2.036[J] will not be offered this semester. It will be instructed by R. R. Rosales.
This class counts for a total of 12 credits. This is a graduate-level class.
You can find more information on MIT OpenCourseWare at the Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos site.
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Since I just created this blog, I'm going to first play a little catch-up from this summer. This past June was my first time ever going to the Engineer's Weekend at the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, MI.
The locks opened for the day at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, June 26th. The first ship of the day was the Roger Blough. She was being raised in the lock as tourists streamed in through the gates.
The Blough was built in 1971, and in this shot you can clearly see her hull plating.
The next ship of the day was the Hon. James L. Oberstar, downbound in the Poe Lock. By this time, the space between the MacArthur and Poe Locks was packed with spectators.The Oberstar stopped right in front of the crowds, offering some great photo angles.
Next into the lock was the upbound Lee A. Tregurtha. She is bound for Marquette, MI, to load ore.
She is raised quickly, and begins exiting the lock chamber.
Later in the afternoon, Herbert C. Jackson passed upbound through the MacArthur Lock, completing the Interlake trio for the day. She is bound for Marquette to load ore.
That was all the traffic that passed through during the time the locks were open. But, at 6 p.m., I boarded the Soo Locks Tour Boat Le Voyageur for the Boatnerd cruise. We traveled upbound from the dock, entering the MacArthur Lock a few minutes later. However, once we were raised, the ship arrestor at the upper end of the lock did not lift. This meant we had to be lowered again, and back out of the lock. Of course, as soon as we were out, the arrestor was fixed. But we headed downbound instead, as there were boats coming.
CSL Assiniboine is upbound light for Duluth and a load of iron ore.
Unfortunately, these stern views are quite backlit. But she continues on her way towards the locks.
Le Voyageur followed her upbound, and she pulled up to the lower approach wall to wait for the Edgar B. Speer, being lowered in the Poe Lock.
Then we headed back downbound to catch the HHL Volga, a new visitor to the Great Lakes this year. This is my first time catching her, so I'm glad I have some good photos of her. She is upbound with a load of wind turbine parts destined for Duluth.
Here's a wide shot of her as the tour boat passes.
And here's her backlit stern view as she continues upbound.
Next, we headed back upbound along the Canadian shoreline. This is the main dock for the Purvis Marine fleet, as well as the dock where the laid up Yankcanuck remains. She has not seen service since 2007, partly due to her small size. She is also owned by Purvis, but I don't know what their plans are for her.
Once we arrived back at the locks was when we saw some action. Edgar B. Speer is exiting the Poe Lock downbound, HHL Volga heads in for the MacArthur Lock, and CSL Assiniboine waits for the Speer.
The late evening sunlight created a kind of cool effect on the Speer's hull as she exits the lock approach.
And that was all for Day 1 of Engineer's Weekend. Friday may have been the only day that the locks were open, but I stayed in the Soo for the weekend, so I will have at least one more post tomorrow. Stay tuned!


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From Causes for Database Queries to Repairs and Model-Based Diagnosis and Back
In this work we establish and investigate connections between causes for query answers in databases, database repairs with respect to denial constraints, and consistency-based diagnosis. The first two are relatively new research areas in databases, and the third one is an established subject in knowledge representation. We show how to obtain database repairs from causes, and the other way around. Causality problems are formulated as diagnosis problems, and the diagnoses provide causes and their responsibilities. The vast body of research on database repairs can be applied to the newer problems of computing actual causes for query answers and their responsibilities. These connections are interesting per se. They also allow us, after a transition inspired by consistency-based diagnosis to computational problems on hitting-sets and vertex covers in hypergraphs, to obtain several new algorithmic and complexity results for database causality.
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Bertossi, L, & Salimi, B. (Babak). (2017). From Causes for Database Queries to Repairs and Model-Based Diagnosis and Back. Theory of Computing Systems, 61(1), 191–232. doi:10.1007/s00224-016-9718-9


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Doživotna pjesma. Izabrani stihovi
This edition includes selected poems from a total of 14 books of poetry by Christoph Meckel published between 1956 and 2010. Publicity and privacy, propaganda, and silence, those are the opposites in which his poems look at our present and our current existence. And in its waywardness, its spirit of contradiction and in its linguistic beauty they set a force against public language, which is only possible in poetry.
The selection of poems Doživotna pjesma. Izabrani stihovi [Lifelong Song. Selected Poems] by was published by buybook, Sarajevo. Selected and translated into Bosnian (exerpt) by Stevan Tontić.


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Cathy Harding joined the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY in 2014. Previously, she worked at the Columbia Journalism Review and the Roosevelt Institute.
Harding manages the school's fundraising operations, collaborating with the Dean, faculty, institutional donors, and private philanthropists to support scholarship funding and programmatic initiatives.
She has a Master of Journalism from New York University and a Bachelor's in Sociology and Anthropology from Bryn Mawr College. She climbed the ranks from magazine junior fact-checker to newspaper editor-in-chief, working all across the country, most recently in Charlottesville, Va.


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Lisa Vanderpump's old homeShe's a practical one, that Lisa Vanderpump. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star has decided to up and move out of her gloriously ostentatious 17,000-square-foot French chateau since her two children, Pandora and Max, are no longer living there. She, husband Ken Todd, Jiggy, and her other three dogs will be downsizing to a modest 10,000-square-foot, $12 million home in the heart of Beverly Hills. I hope they're okay.
I mean, you've gotta tip your hat to Ms. Vanderpump. That woman is one brave soul for making the decision to slum it like this after her old digs. I mean, did you see that place? It was unlike anything else on the market (despite being sold for a measly $19 million). It had everything -- a tennis court, a pool and spa, two acres of landscaped grounds, loads of natural sunlight, and it was decorated impeccably. She's got a hard road ahead. But she's strong. With the help of Jiggy, I'm confident she'll get through it.
The biggest hurdle she's going to have to overcome is explaining her new home to friends. I mean, what do you say when you live in a $12 million shack and you're buddies with Richard Branson? Awkward. He's not going to understand the concept of downsizing just because fewer people are around. And he's definitely not going to stay in that rat hole if he's in town. Oh, Lisa, sweetie, I'm so sorry you're having to go through this.
No, kidding aside, I'd be doing the exact same thing if I were Lisa. There's no point living in an gigantic mansion if there are only two of you -- no matter how rich you are (and they're rich -- I just looked it up, Ken's net worth is $85 million). It seems like it would get lonely. Plus, I'm sure the new Vanderpump-Todd home will be beautiful and tasteful and perfect for the two of them.
And me if they have any interest in adopting another child.
Would you want to be adopted by Lisa Vanderpump?
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As the eyes of the world were on March's PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in South Korea, one Bonn-based organisation was working tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure its success. Since 1999, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has been based in Bonn and today employs more than 100 people. The city has a true international atmosphere, which suits the IPC, as a majority of the Bonn-based staff come from across the world. Just as their work involves interacting with various people and cultures, the staff can live that out socially by meeting other internationals in the city. Also, Bonn is surrounded by beautiful nature and is central to other nearby cities and towns, allowing for opportunities to disconnect when needed.
As the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement, the IPC aspires to make for a more inclusive society through Para sport. Every four years it oversees the organisation of the Paralympic Games and acts as the International Federation for 10 sports organising World and regional Championships for athletes with an impairment. Through working with is 202 global members, the IPC has grown the Paralympic Games into the world's third biggest sporting event attracting millions of spectators and billions of TV viewers around the globe. Today, only the Olympics and FIFA World Cup are bigger events, while the Paralympic Games is now widely regarded as the world's number one sport event for driving social inclusion.
Brazilian Andrew Parsons is the IPC President, who was elected for a four-year term in September 2017. The editors of Bonn's International Newsletter spoke to him about the IPC's achievements and mission.
Andrew, what is the most important goal the IPC has achieved since coming into existence?
I think the growth of the IPC since it was founded in 1989 in Dusseldorf has been extraordinary. What started out as a volunteer-based organisation now employs more than 100 people in Bonn who organise some of the world's biggest sport events. However, what is most pleasing is that over the last 29 years the perception of the IPC has transformed from a disability organisation to a leading global sports organisation. We now have a strong worldwide reputation for good governance and a track record for organising major sport events that really do transform the world, in terms of transforming cities, societies and peoples' lives.
What is the greatest achievement an athlete has performed in the Paralympics?
I think all performances at the Paralympic Games are exceptional as each athlete comes from a different background. Over the years Paralympic sport has developed into high performance sport and athletes are now achieving feats that people could only have imagined previously.
Although it was not at a Paralympic Games, the long jump world record of 8.40m set by Germany's Markus Rehm at the 2015 World Para Athletics Championships really does stand out. Markus is a lower leg amputee but his world record would have been good enough to win him gold at the last three Olympic Games.
I also recall at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, the top three finishers in the men's 1,500m T13 race for visually impaired athletes all finishing in times faster than the Rio Olympic gold medallist in the same event.
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My vision for the future is to make the IPC an organisation for all by developing pathways, and providing the tools for our 202 member organisations to develop further.
I want to continue the growth of the Paralympic Games, and this will be helped through our new long-term partnership with the IOC, but we must improve the world's understanding of what our Games deliver. Hosting a Paralympics leads to massive changes in a host city: new accessible infrastructure is created, the performances of Para athletes transform attitudes towards disability, and the Games empower people to get active and take up sport. Few other sport events can achieve this.
Ultimately, I want to unlock the Paralympic Movement's untapped development and commercial potential.
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With all of the great free web, mobile and social platforms out there, one must ask themselves how do these companies make money? They offer free services, free tools and free communities. Their core mission is to make your web experience better by offering free, collaborative services. Well, we found this great tool to actually answer that question. Click here to explore.
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It is important to not only have a strategy around your social media presence for your brand, but how that is going to impact your fans on the mobile front. More than likely, 80% of your audience is engaging with your brand(s) from a mobile device. Do you have a strategy around how to leverage that "on-the-go" engagement and what the impact is going to be?
They folks at Trinity put this lovely infographic together to represent the power of mobile!
The rise of Mobile – An infographic by the team at Trinity Digital Marketing
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Since a significant number of people often use Facebook to not only share their status updates but post their location the company decided to dig into the data and discover the top landmarks worldwide. After measuring check-ins in 25 cities Facebook was able to come up a list that included the below:
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-6 public areas: squares/avenues/parks/gardens
-2 amusement parks
-2 concert arenas
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Oklahoma Sooners at Iowa State Cyclones
- Oklahoma leads the all-time series over Iowa State, 74-6-2. Iowa State won 38-31 last year in Norman, beating the Sooners for the first time since 1990 (33-31). It was Oklahoma's first Big 12 loss in a home game since losing 38-35 to Oklahoma State on December 6, 2014.
- Oklahoma has won 16 consecutive true road games, the longest active streak in the country, and has scored 49 points per game in those contests. No other team in the FBS has an active streak longer than nine consecutive true road wins (Wisconsin).
- Kyler Murray threw for a career-high 306 yards last week against UCLA, and threw three touchdown passes for just the second time in his career (vs. Western Carolina in 2015). He ran for two of his three career rushing touchdowns last week against UCLA as well.
- Marquise Brown has caught a touchdown pass in each of his last four games, dating back to December 2, 2017. He is the only player in the FBS to catch a touchdown in four games since that date.
- Iowa State managed just 188 yards last week in its loss to Iowa. That was the team's lowest single-game yardage total since gaining just 174 yards in a 71-7 loss to Baylor on October 19, 2013.
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- Ole Miss adds Nix to defensive staff
- Harbaugh taking Michigan to South Africa
- Monken still facing challenges at Army
A year ago, when Iowa State visited Oklahoma, the Cyclones had questions at quarterback.
Jacob Park left the team in the days before that game and it wasn't clear who would start between Zeb Noland and Kyle Kempt.
Kempt ultimately started and led Iowa State to a 38-31 upset over the then-No. 3 Sooners.
Last week against Iowa, Kempt went down with a knee injury that looked serious at the time, but Cyclones coach Matt Campbell said this week that the outlook was optimistic for Kempt.
"I see this not being a long-term injury," Campbell said Tuesday. "I think we really dodged a bullet there."
But that doesn't mean Kempt will be available Saturday when the No. 5 Sooners travel to Ames, Iowa.
He remains questionable, with Noland the likely starter if Kempt can't go.
"I've got the jitters out," Noland said. "I just have to be ready."
For Oklahoma, it's the third consecutive week where they'll prepare for an unknown at quarterback.
Florida Atlantic coach Lane Kiffin kept his decision on a starter close to the vest before going with Chris Robison in the opener. Then last week, UCLA's Wilton Speight was questionable after an injury and the starter wound up being freshman Dorian Thompson-Robinson.
"That's kinda been the theme this year, so really nothing new there," Sooners coach Lincoln Riley said. "They do some very good things schematically to put you in a bind."
Oklahoma is dealing with an injury issue of its own, but there's no doubt about the availability of Rodney Anderson. The Sooners' star running back suffered a knee injury on the final play of the first quarter in last week's win over UCLA and will miss the rest of the season.
In his place, Oklahoma will use a committee approach at the position, leaning especially on sophomore Trey Sermon and senior Marcelias Sutton, with some help likely from freshman T.J. Pledger as well.
"Rod was a big impact on the team," Sutton said. "Physically and mentally, he keeps everything straight, especially in the running backs room. Losing him was hard on us right now. At the end of the day, we're just going to keep pushing and moving forward."
But Campbell said Oklahoma's offense is still plenty potent -- which was evident last week when the Sooners scored 35 of their 49 points after Anderson's departure.
That punch includes quarterback Kyler Murray, who replaced Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield this season and through two games has thrown for 515 yards and five touchdowns with one interception. He's also rushed for 92 yards and two scores.
"His ability to make things happen when it all breaks down ... it's almost as if they just picked up where they left off," Campbell said. "He has all those intangibles. He's not just a runner. He's not just a thrower. He can do it all at a high level."
The Sooners insisted this week that last year's loss didn't play into preparation for this game at all.
"Nothing special about this game," Sooners guard Ben Powers said.
Several other Oklahoma players echoed that sentiment.
But in addition to marking a chance to avenge their last regular-season loss, the game also marks the beginning of the Sooners' quest to win a fourth consecutive Big 12 title.
"It's the tradition here at Oklahoma," Sermon said.
Whichever quarterback starts, a big key for the Cyclones as they look to pull off their first win over the Sooners in Ames since 1960 figures to be running back David Montgomery, who rushed for just 44 yards a week ago against Iowa. Montgomery had 144 all-purpose yards against Oklahoma a year ago.
"It usually takes a couple guys to bring him down," Oklahoma middle linebacker Kenneth Murray said. "He runs hard. ... He can get in and out of his cuts and stuff like that. He also has power. It's gonna be exciting to get out there and go against them."
Updated September 11, 2018


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О— ПғП…ОјПҶПүОҪОҜОұ ОјОөП"ОұОҫПҚ П"ПүОҪ ОҙП…Оҝ groups ОұОҪОұОјОӯОҪОөП"ОұО№ ОҪОұ ОҝО»ОҝОәО»О·ПҒПүОёОөОҜ ОјОӯПҮПҒО№ П"Оҝ ОЈОөПҖП"ОӯОјОІПҒО№Оҝ. ОҢП"ОұОҪ ОёОұ ОҝО»ОҝОәО»О·ПҒПүОёОөОҜ, О· Natalie Massenet, О№ОҙПҒПҚП"ПҒО№Оұ ОәОұО№ CEO П"ОҝП… Net-a-Porter, ОёОұ ОұОҪОұО»О¬ОІОөО№ ПҮПҒОӯО· О•ОәП"ОөО»ОөПғП"О№ОәОҝПҚ О ПҒОҝОӯОҙПҒОҝП… (Executive Chairman) ПғП"Оҝ ОәОұО№ОҪОҝПҚПҒОіО№Оҝ Group, ОөОҪПҺ Оҝ Federico Marchetti, О№ОҙПҒП…П"О®ПӮ ОәОұО№ CEO П"ОҝП… Yoox, ОёОұ ОұОҪОұО»О¬ОІОөО№ П"Оұ ОәОұОёО®ОәОҝОҪП"Оұ П"ОҝП… CEO ПғП"Оҝ ОҪОӯОҝ ПғПҮО®ОјОұ.
О— Natalie Massenet, ОҙО®О»ПүПғОө ПғПҮОөП"О№ОәО¬:
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From: Natasha Barnett <…….>
Date: March 31, 2015 at 10:07:39 GMT+3
Subject: News from THE NET-A-PORTER GROUP – Sent on Behalf of Natalie Massenet
Dear …………………..,
I am happy to share with you the news that a merger has been announced this morning between THE NET-A-PORTER Group and the Yoox Group to create the leading online luxury fashion retailer worldwide: the Yoox Net-A-Porter Group.
There has been a lot of speculation in the news recently and we would have loved to share this with you before it was announced to the press, but because Richemont and Yoox are listed companies we were legally bound to keep it confidential until the official press announcement was made.
This is an incredibly exciting new chapter for all of us at THE NET-A-PORTER GROUP. When the merger completes in September we will become a leading content and commerce platform for luxury fashion in the world, one that keeps the customer and our amazing brands at the heart of everything we do.
THE NET-A-PORTER GROUP would never have been the business that it is today without your support and endorsement. We are so proud to have built this business together with you and we look forward to partnering with you today, tomorrow and into our dynamic new future. Please find the press release attached.
When the merger completes, Natalie Massenet will become Executive Chairman of the new Group. She will be working closely with Federico Marchetti, Founder and CEO of the Yoox Group who in September will become the CEO of the new Group, which will have combined net revenues of over 1.3 billion Euros and more than two million customers globally.
This merger of equals brings two complementary businesses together. Both NET-A-PORTER and Yoox started out in 2000 and have since grown to be leading players in the luxury e-commerce universe. We both share an entrepreneurial spirit and the goal of being the ultimate partner to the wordвҖҷs best fashion brands вҖ" us through our unrivalled positioning, unique editorial content, extraordinary edit of global fashion brands and products, and unrivalled customer service, and Yoox through their multi-brand global reach and their market leading mono-brand platform, operating online flagship stores for the worldвҖҷs best fashion brands. Yoox is the perfect partner to THE NET-A-PORTER GROUP and we are incredibly excited about the opportunity this will create to take our partnership with you to the next level. Together we have serious scale and will serve millions of consumers worldwide.
This merger, like our business, is only possible because of the passion, dedication and commitment of our entire team, and because of the commitment and support of our brand partners. Thank you. The Yoox Net-A-Porter Group will be built on the incredible foundations that we have developed over the last 15 years, along with unrivalled strength and opportunity for the future.
ItвҖҷs a proud day for everyone and we are excited to continue our work together along with our new colleagues at Yoox as we make history. From such a position of strength, we will lead the market in valuing talent and providing the environment for people to succeed, as well as ensuring equal opportunities. WeвҖҷll be one big Group with teams based in 34 locations across Europe, the US and APAC. WeвҖҷll be even more multi-cultural, with the greatest range of languages, skills, contacts and knowledge in the world of luxury retail.
NET-A-PORTER, THE OUTNET and MR PORTER will each continue as standalone brands alongside the Yoox Group brands of Yoox, Shoescribe and The Corner. ALL of our brand and central services teams will keep on doing what they do best вҖ" giving our brands and our customers the BEST possible experience.
The merger is expected to close in the first half of September and we will naturally keep you fully updated on our progress as it happens. And as Natalie Massenet has said about this merger:
вҖңToday, we open the doors to the worldвҖҷs biggest luxury fashion store. It is a store that never closes, a store without geographical borders, a store that connects with, inspires, serves and offers millions of style-conscious global consumers access to the finest designer labels in fashion. A store that provides established and emerging brands with an extraordinary interactive shop window to the world.
Together, with our world-class teams in technology, logistics, content and commerce we are redefining the fashion media and retail landscape.
The best way to predict the future of fashion is to create it.вҖқ
For the next 12 months both THE NET-A-PORTER GROUP and Yoox will run concurrently alongside each other while we explore these fantastic opportunities, and so it is very much business as usual at THE NET-A-PORTER GROUP. As always, we are committed to being the BEST partner to our brands and you are still our number one priority. We look forward to continuing our relationship with you and you can enjoy the same great service that it is always our aim to offer you.
We just wanted to let you know the good news as soon as we could, and in the meantime, if you have any questions or there is anything we can do for you, please let us know.


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By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The City of Keizer has received its first share of taxes on recreational marijuana sales, but it's not going to be the boon some people might have hoped for.
"This is not a game-changing event for us. It will help offset the increases in health insurance and PERS (Public Employees Retirement System) payments, but it's not going to solve any of those issues," said Tim Wood, Keizer's finance director.
In the second quarter of 2017, the city took in $9,736.79 in local taxes. In the third quarter, Keizer sales amounted to $12,917.43 in local taxes. The city also receives a share of the state taxes collected on recreational pot and that totaled to $110,361.65. The share of the state tax actually covered 18 months of sales, from January 2016 to June of 2017, which means the amount will likely drop moving forward.
"It will probably be closer to $65,000 in the coming years," Wood said.
The amount Keizer receives from the state taxes is based on population. The lion's share of the state tax, 40 percent, goes into the state school fund, another 20 percent goes into mental health, alcoholism and drug services, 15 percent is dedicated to the Oregon State Police and 5 percent is used for drug treatment and prevention programs through the Oregon Health Authority. The state has collected almost $85 million in weed taxes since the beginning of the year.
Prior to the start of the 2017-18 fiscal year, Wood projected the city would collect about $180,000. Now that some hard numbers are available, he expects it to be somewhere in the range of $165,000 to $170,000.
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Patek Philippe Chronometro Gondolo
Fine Swiss 18K pink gold Patek Philippe Chronometro Gondolo vintage pocket watch circa 1909. Fine white enamel dial with bold numerals. Gilt 20 jewel movement with "moustache" lever escapement, wolf's tooth winding, gold train wheels, and precision regulator. The dust cover is signed in Portuguese "Chronometro Gondolo - Fabricado Expressamente para Gongolo & Labouriau Relogios - Rio-De-Janeiro Patek Philippe & Cie. Geneve"ÊA lovely example from the best of makers.
Patek Philippe made Latin American sales beginning in the 1870's, but sales increased significantly when they began doing busines with the jewelers Gondolo & Labouriau in Rio de Janerio in 1902 and started producing watches to their specifications called Chronometro Gondolo." Their interesting marketing techniques enabled them to become the world's largest retailer of Patek Philippe watches.
Diameter 56 mm
Circa 1909
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Rain as a Symbol
One of the primary associated feelings with rain is war and disease. The first time that rain is mentioned regarding war and disease is at the end of the first chapter, after Frederic gives a brief description of what the war is like. In the closing sentence of the first chapter, Frederic says "At the start of the winter came the permanent rain and with the rain came the cholera. But it was checked and in the end only seven thousand died of it in the army"(Hemingway, 4). Instantly, feelings or sadness, death, decay, and war are presented, and are portrayed with rain present. Hemingway again uses rain in context with war when he describes the scene in which Frederic is temporarily paralyzed. In this scene, the first battle described, "you could hear the smaller noise of the brick and dirt raining down"(52). By associating rain with war and disease, Hemingway is able to present the association of rain with much more dreadful things, such as cholera, a terrible disease, and the way a battle scene appears.
The symbol rain is also used in representing and associating with death. Catherine's fear of the rain is revealed in one of the novel's most important scenes. The mood is already set when its stated that "Outside the rain was falling steadily"(126). A dark mood is set and Catherine states "I'm afraid of the rain because sometimes I see me dead in it" then later states "And sometimes I see you dead in it"(126). Although Frederic...
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GREGORY POTTIE has been a faculty member of the UCLA Electrical Engineering Department since 1991, serving in vice-chair roles from 1999-2003. Since 2003 he has also served as Associate Dean for Research and Physical Resources of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. From 1997-1999 he was secretary to the board of governors for the IEEE Information Theory Society. In 1998 he was named the faculty researcher of the year for the UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science for his pioneering role in wireless sensor networks. Dr Pottie is a deputy director of the NSF-sponsored science and technology Center for Embedded Networked Sensors and is a co-founder of Sensoria Corporation. WILLIAM KAISER joined the UCLA Electrical Engineering Department in 1994 and there, with Professor Pottie, initiated the first wireless networked microsensor programs with a vision of linking the Internet to the physical world through distributed monitoring. Professor Kaiser served as Electrical Engineering Department Chairman from 1996 through to 2000, He has received the Allied Signal Faculty Award, the Peter Mark Award of the Vacuum Society, the NASA Medal of Exceptional Scientific Achievement, the Arch Colwell Best Paper Award of the Society of Automotive Engineers and two R & D 100 Awards. He is co-founder of Sensoria Corporation.
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