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IQReport November 30, 2017
The Missing Piece of Metrics: Accountability
Year after year in plant after plant, manufacturing metrics are being missed. The problem may not be the metrics. In a recent IndustryWeek article Larry Fast of Pathways to Manufacturing Excellence, states that "too often the missing piece of metrics management is this: failure to hold ourselves and our people accountable."
"Accountability means that leaders will instinctively, immediately respond when they see barriers getting in the way of their committed performance," he writes.
Click here to read Larry's complete article to learn how to build the infrastructure to reinforce accountability for metrics in your organization.
Strategies for Staying Connected to Your Production Operations
Quality and on-time delivery are the top factors that drive success in the eyes of manufacturing customers. However, gaining real-time insights into how quality and on-time delivery can be improved is a challenge for many manufacturers who rely on manual monitoring.
To address this challenge, manufacturing firms increasingly are turning to remote monitoring of production rates, uptime, overtime, scrap, equipment, process characteristics, product quality and delivery performance.
A recent article in Manufacturing Business Technology examines approaches to remote monitoring being employed by manufacturers, as well as best practices to apply when introducing remote monitoring to the organization.
Click here to read MBT's article, "Strategies for Staying Connected to Your Production Operations."
10 Ways Manufacturing Intelligence Is Revolutionizing ERP In 2018
With the manufacturing industry showing solid signs of growth in 2018, it's time for all manufacturers to redefine and revolutionize how they use their ERP systems as a platform for solid revenue growth. Manufacturing Intelligence is the fuel that transforms ERP systems into revenue growth catalysts that flex to the unique needs of each manufacturer.
Learn more about the the 10 ways Manufacturing Intelligence will revolutionize ERP with improve data insights, customer knowledge, and greater intensity to improve every phase of the manufacturing process.
Cast your Vote for MESA's 2017 Smart Story Awards
MESA's Smart Story Awards is the social contest that shows off the people and stories behind Manufacturing Intelligence through case studies and other resources. Stories are free to download and each download counts as a vote.
Click on the links below to vote for the three IQMS customers currently up for the award; Wilbert Plastics, Plastech and Nissen Chemitec.
- Real-time Information Drives Manufacturing Culture of 'Decide Now!'
- Plastech Reduces Scrap and Rejects by 50% Using Production and Process Monitoring
- Successful Complex, Sequenced Manufacturing and Shipping
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Over the last two years the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) and ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) with support from partners such as GIZ and Austrian Development Agency (ADA) have been working together to establish a regional certification scheme for installers of solar PV systems. During the first phase, this certification scheme will focus on installers of simple off-grid PV systems, but it is planned that the scheme will gradually also cover other groups such as installers of on-grid PV systems, solar thermal heating or small wind power.
The purpose of the regional workshop in December 2015 in Praia, Cabo Verde, was to validate the Job Task Analysis (JTA) for installers of off-grid solar PV systems, and establish the structure of the regional certification scheme. It was the first time that representatives of all ECOWAS member states had the opportunity to discuss about the regional certification scheme.
The workshop was organized by ECREEE, IRENA and GIZ and supported by the Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP) of the EUEI Partnership Dialogue Facility (EUEI PDF), IRENA, the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), LuxDevelopment and the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
The workshop outlined the vast opportunities for solar PV applications for energy generation in the ECOWAS region and stating that these opportunities need to be harvested to cope with increasing power demand and to provide energy access to all in the region. Furthermore, the need for capacity building was stressed as well as the importance of certification of solar PV installers and other RE professions to strengthen the quality and reliability of the regional solar PV market, its players, services and to increase the trust of the end users in the technology.
The JTA was validated by all the 15 countries. It was agreed that it is necessary to assure that the JTA will be included in the different trainings and courses given by the training centers. They must be internationally recognized.
The Certification Board was proposed to be composed of representatives of all stakeholder groups (Ministry of Energy, standardization, training institutions, and private sector) as well as partners as observers. Meanwhile the Technical Committee should be composed of individuals with an in-depth knowledge of market needs and experience with solar PV training and examination.
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The Country Comfort Hotel in Ella is a hotel with bags of natural beauty on its doorstep.
Set right in the middle of the popular town of Ella in southern Sri Lanka, the hotel is surrounded by pretty gardens. The original building was a colonial type bungalow that was converted into hotel accommodation with 8 rooms. Subsequently a three-storey block has been added with 12 rooms. The hotel offers great value for money.
An affordable hotel in beautiful Ella
Located within walking distance of Ella's main bus stop, Country Comfort Hotel has 20 rooms and provides a great place to stay for those looking to take in the natural wonders of Sri Lanka.
Within Ella is the renowned Ella Gap, a breath taking rift in the southern mountain range which provides amazing panoramic views. If you like Ella Gap's be sure to also visit World's End – another location not best suited for those with a fear of heights! The highest and most isolated plateau on the island, experience the thrill and great views provided from the over one kilometre drop.
Country Comfort Hotel at a glance
- Standard: Budget guesthouse
- Rooms: 20
- Pool: none
- AC/fans: none (not necessary as it is cooler here)
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We love our patients — and we want them to love the care they receive!
Our goal is to make sure every one of our patients has a fantastic experience with our hearing care providers, and that each gets the results they really need. Whether it's something as simple as a hearing consultation or as impactful as a full hearing aid fitting, making our patients happy is what we're here for. See what they have to say about our practice!
Gary A.
Approximately five years ago I was trying to find a place that would sell me and service a pair of hearing aids. I had just given up on my second pair after investing over nine thousand dollars and being frustrated with the results.
After doing some research and talking to friends, I decided to meet and talk with Dr. Cathy at Doctors Hearing Care. What a difference this audiologist made!!
I was fitted with hearing aids at a very competitive price. More importantly, I have received service on my hearing aids every eight weeks at no cost. This is something I did not get with my previous "big-name" hearing aid companies.
My point is: to be happy, you need a competitive price and services. That is what I have received at Doctors Hearing Care.
I have had my hearing aids just over two weeks and could not be happier! I didn't really know what I had been missing. I no longer have to struggle to hear what my family and co-workers are saying! I am hearing things I have not heard in a very long time! When I attend meetings at work, I actually know what is going on and don't feel lost. I am so grateful to Dr. Miller for giving me back a part of my life. I wish I had gotten the hearing aids sooner.
Flossie B.
I'm a senior citizen, and my daughter lives with me. Noting I could not hear her during conversations, that I was turning up the TV so loud, and that I was asking her to repeat herself so often, she convinced me to see someone about my hearing.
My daughter called Doctors Hearing Care in New Albany, IN, for a hearing test. The results showed that my left ear was in noticeably more need than the right. The doctor contacted my insurance company and was given word one hearing aid would be paid for at this time. I received the hearing aid and it was a wonderful new experience for me. I can hear sounds I have not heard for several years, and I can hear people's voices on the phone clearly now.
It was embarrassing to ask people to repeat themselves. I now have a better quality of life. The hearing aid is small and very light and easy to put in. I am so happy to have it, and I'd tell anyone to not be embarrassed about wearing one. Your friends and family will be so happy you hear them. It has been a wonderful new experience, and I would ask everyone with a hearing problem to please give it a try.
Dr. Miller was very patient with me and gave a lot of time for it to be a success. It has given me self-confidence once again.


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Harvest Timer on each task
Deep integration with Teamwork Projects means clear and easy access to Harvest Timers right beside every task. Keep accurate and detailed track of time expended on projects and log it right in Harvest.
Organize Your Team with Teamwork Projects. They Work Together.
Deep integration with Teamwork Projects means clear and easy access to Harvest Timers right beside every task. Keep accurate and detailed track of time expended on projects and log it right in Harvest.
Use the built-in time tracking and billing features to track and log the time spent on each task into Teamwork Projects. Set an hourly rate for each of your team members. When the job is done, export your invoice to Harvest and get paid the right way.
Trusted by thousands of companies around the world
Here's what they have to say about Teamwork Projects
Ciaran McGrath Managing Director at Threefold Systems
I would recommend Teamwork Desk to any company needing a strong and thorough customer service platform, affordable, and with integration options.
Teamwork Desk has the potential to be a really great product. We know that it's still early days and are happy to deal with some occasional, minor bugs knowing that the Teamwork.com team is working hard on fixing and adding new features all the time.
Teamwork Projects is the only way to manage your projects and your team.
Teamwork Projects is practical software that gets you organized so that you can reduce unnecessary meetings and simply get things done. Create milestones, mark your events in the calendar, or avail of status updates. You'll never miss a deadline again!
Teamwork Projects is the most powerful and simple way to collaborate with your team! Collaborate and work with your team in real time for real results. Keep all your projects and notes in one place.
Anything, anywhere, anytime - Teamwork's native mobile apps keep your projects right in your pocket at all times to keep you fully mobile. Available on your iPhone, iPad, Android, Google Chrome, and the web.
Leave comments or notes on tasks for your colleagues so that they have all the direction they need to complete the job at-hand. Need to address someone specifically? Just use the @mention feature to alert them e.g. @Dan.
Track your time on every task. This will not only help you with billing, but will also give you a great overview on how long it takes to complete certain items. This gives you an accurate scope of where to dedicate resources on future projects.
The notebooks section allows you to write a formatted text page that can be revised or edited by other members within the project. What you write there is up to you. It's a particularly handy feature for managing recurring content within a project.
Setting a milestone will keep you on track as you aim to have all your tasks completed on time. Teamwork Projects will remind you when you have a milestone looming so you'll know when you have to step it up a gear.
Advanced privacy is a necessary feature so that decision makers can make the necessary calls. It also prevents burdening your colleagues with issues that don't impact them.
An overview of all your projects. Know what everyone is working on at a given time, plan your schedule. Our Gantt chart feature will show you what's done and how much is left to do.
Sometimes there are bigger issues to contend with. With Teamwork Chat, you can prioritize your tasks so that the more important things get done first. This is especially useful when working across multiple functions of the business.
Our task dependencies feature will keep everyone on the project informed so they'll know if they're holding you up and vice versa. The nature of a team means you often rely on others to complete their work before you can start on your own.
All hands on deck! Assign a task to multiple people so they can work together to get it completed. Our messages feature is a nice compliment here, keeping all the communication between these team members in the one place.
Set up predefined lists to save you time and energy . We know that often task lists need to be the same. With our task list templates, there's no need to keep repeating yourself.
Make it your own! Customize your Teamwork Projects installation by adding your logos, colors, and branding.
Customizing your URL makes it easy to remember, but also looks great to your users e.g. company.teamwork.com.
Beautiful apps created by our mobile team! Keep up to date with Teamwork Projects no matter where you go.
If you ever have a question, simply contact firstname.lastname@example.com and you'll receive a swift response from our in-house support team. We like to go the extra mile for our users.
We always aim to be fully transparent with our users. Furthermore, your suggestions really matter to us. Our roadmap will give you an excellent visual of what's around the corner in terms of new features and updates.


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"In an effort to help newcomers to Dublin find new friends,
or help locals expand their circle of mates,
we decided to make this list to make things easier for you."
Moving to a new city comes with a host of new challenges, but the biggest one has to be making new friends from scratch.
If you've moved to Ireland's capital for a job without knowing anyone here beforehand, you'll understand the struggle of trying to break into a new social circle. Without people to explore the city with, it's difficult to really become settled. It's a daunting task, but not an insurmountable one.
In an effort to help newcomers to Dublin meet new friends, or help locals expand their circle of mates, we decided to make this list to make things easier for you.
Simply choose an option that's comfortable for you and get yourself out there.
This is exactly what it sounds like. This activity is designed to be like speed-dating, but instead of a significant other everyone here is out to make new friends. These events are organised regularly around the city, with tickets available on Eventbrite, and they're organised for specific age groups and genders.
It may sound a bit intense, but it's certainly an efficient way to meet new people.
Join a club
An obvious option, but well worth a mention.
There are all manner of clubs you can join in the city where you can find others with interests close to your own — music, books or martial arts to name but a few — but if you want to really immerse yourself in Irish culture, we recommend joining a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club. These clubs play two traditional Irish sports, hurling and gaelic football, and they act as social hubs around the country. The GAA is always happy to have new members and its powerful sense of community is one of the proudest traditions in Ireland.
Enroll in a class
Kill two birds with one stone by making new friends and learning a skill at the same time.
Bond with your classmates as you improve on a language you started in school, learn to play the guitar, or hone your photography skills. You've nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Attend Meet-ups
The website Meetup.com is an invaluable tool for expanding your social circle when you know literally no one in a new city.
It couldn't be easier to find people with similar interests than by using this site, as events are organised purely around that shared interest, be it working out, art, movies, hiking, brunch, yoga, and even dogs! You're bound to find someone you want to hang out with at a meet-up.
Focus on fitness
A great way to bond with others is by working up a sweat — that's why they call it fitfam.
Dublin has no shortage of fitness classes that you can join and meet people who share your interest in achieving a killer bod.
Why not try Body Bootcamp at FlyeFit, climbing at Awesome Walls, or yoga in YogaHub?
You'll find there's no shortage of options in this department.
Become a volunteer
The best, most generous people you'll ever meet are those who work for charities, so why not join their ranks?
There are so many worthy causes in the capital that can always use a hand, be it working with children, the elderly, or animals in need. You'll meet great friends and become a better person in the process.
Join an Iconic event
In Iconic Offices pride ourselves on being a 'workspace for rockstars' and we try to create a palpable sense of community for those who use our facilities.
To strengthen the connections in the ever-expanding Iconic network we hold regular talks and workshops that not only educate members of the community,
but which also act as a relaxed setting in which everyone can get to know each other a little bit better.
You can sign up to their newsletter here to keep up to date with all their latest and upcoming events.
Will you be coming along next time around?


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Porto Drive In
Your choice is their route.
When Porto Drive In's partners met VOLTA, they told us their mission was simple: "We want to take people anywhere they want".
Having years of experience in the management and hosting areas, they wanted to take the opportunity given by the tourism boom in Porto and Northern Portugal and fulfil their mission. Tradition, experience and uniqueness will be the pillars of the Porto Drive In brand and business: a company that makes the client's route their choice.
VOLTA was the chosen partner to create Porto Drive In's identity and tag-line: in an already cluttered market, with so many companies operating tours, we had to distinguish the brand with an unique look & feel, that oozed trust, experience, modernity and a young spirit.
We based our work on a compass: for centuries men have travelled the globe using this instrument, that shows us the right direction, our path, our route. Because the compass always points North, and Porto Drive In operates mainly in Porto and Northern Portugal, the concept fitted perfectly for the brand we wanted to create.
A series of iconographic elements were also created to better show the companies services: Drive me to, Shuttle, Tours and Events. This iconography is used throughout the stationery and merchandising pieces created.
With their "compass" logo, strong typography, tranquil colour palette and easy going photo mood, the brand is ready to take off and take people wherever they want to go. Because they truly believe that "Your route is our choice."


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1. How long have you been making art?
I've always wanted to be an artist. It has always been a perfect fit for me. While living in London trying to pursue my art career I found that working to pay the high rents left little time to paint. It was only when I moved back to my hometown of Leigh on Sea (about 30 miles outside of London) that I really had the opportunity to start my career. But throughout my entire life, even when I couldn't devote myself to painting, I have always considered myself an artist.
2. What genre best describes what you do?
That is a good question. I've tried to pin myself down, the closest I've come is Neo-Expressionism, or a marriage of Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art - a synergy of poetry, drawing and painting, which marries text and image, abstraction and figuration in a rough, emotional way using vivid colours. But I don't feel comfortable saying the work is this or that genre. And ultimately, that's the job of the art critic - to fit me in!
My work is primarily layers of painting combined with collaged elements. However, I also use the decollage technique - cutting, tearing or sanding away parts of the built up surface image to reveal layers below. I draw from images and text collected in my sketchbooks which through free association create playful abstractions. I am interested in narrative, specifically the ambiguous, subjective 'hidden' narrative where the story remains ambiguous and undeclared. The work is multidirectional and open ended. Meaning is inherent but impossible to pin down precisely.
3. How has your artwork evolved since you began?
When I was younger I was predominantly a figurative painter, very traditional in that sense and I still occasionally paint in this way. It's taken years for me to develop the way I work, and it's the way I feel most comfortable working. It was really when I went to art college and then onto university that my style began to evolve. I immediately felt limited by just using paint. My first real development came through sculpture. I'd sculpt a body or a hand and then focus on one part of the piece and make abstract drawings and paintings from it. I discovered the work of William Burroughs and began introducing text into my work, which then evolved into incorporating elements of collage. I experimented with screen printing, which I found effective but unsatisfying. For a while colour disappeared entirely from my work, which is hard to believe now. I was working purely in monochrome. One of my tutors would always say that the worst thing that can happen is to reach a creative peak at university, and that rang true. It was a wrestling match for 3 years. I had all the elements of my work in place, the things that would inspire me going forward, but I couldn't find a way to communicate them. I graduated in 1999, and I'd say I was still developing my style up until about 3 or 4 years ago, when it all clicked into place perfectly. I compare it to learning an instrument in so far as you can't express the music in your head if you don't learn the mechanics first.
4. Is there a medium or technique that you have yet to try but would like to?
I'd like to have a go at animating some of my more figurative pieces. It's something people have suggested to me in the past. The idea is intriguing.
5. What would your ideal solo exhibition be like and where would it be held?
I had work in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2010, and that felt marvellous. In such a prestigious place watching the crowds pass around the work knowing I was in there. So if we're pushing the boat out, that would be quite a venue. Otherwise I'd like a big space (I'm quite prolific) - maybe a New York style loft. I've exhibited in Denmark and I love it there, so perhaps Copenhagen as a city. If there are no time and space limitations, Andy Warhol's Factory with the Velvet Underground playing and David Bowie and William S. Burroughs as guests.
6. What do you like the most about the art world?
On a personal note, I'm doing what I love and what I always wanted to do. I really enjoy seeing people interact with my work; I enjoy the conversations with them.
7. If you could change anything about the London art scene, what would it be?
Well, it would also be what I would change about London. It's expensive! To survive just as an artist is a rare privilege, and so to work and then find the time and energy left to paint is extremely hard. Culture is one of the UK's biggest and best contributions to the world, yet I read that the Arts Council's budget has been cut by an estimated £100million. To add to this many of arts internships advertised on The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills website are unpaid, meaning a lot of talented people are unable to get the experience and therefore make the contacts necessary to help them become successful. The Arts Council has attempted to subsidise them but with a reduced budget it remains to be seen what happens. Employers advertise unpaid internships because they know that they can get away with it – the art scene is incredibly competitive and people are frantically trying to get experience and contacts wherever they can.
8. Who or what inspires you to make art?
I look to the work of Picasso, Robert Rauschenberg, Jean Dubuffet, Cy Twombly and Jean-Michel Basquiat among others. I love the work of William Burroughs and Charles Bukowski – both have a very dry dark humour to them that appeals to me. Films inspire me – I love films that don't have a linear plot, like David Lynch films for example. You recognise all the scenarios, you can understand the language and you almost know what's going on, but not quite… It's open to interpretation.
Language inspires me, and I am fascinated by the combination of text and image. By adding text to my work it introduces the notion of a narrative. However, because the text does not describe the image and the image does not illustrate the text, it creates a tension; undefined scenarios and ambiguous 'hidden' narratives. Free association like this is addictive for me.
I've always worked in sketchbooks a lot, and one of my artistic concerns has always been how to translate what it is in a sketchbook onto a wall and still retain the freedom and spontaneity. The relationship between a viewer and an image in a sketchbook is entirely different to the relationship between viewer and image on a wall. With a sketchbook, they can be tactile; they hold the book in their hands. There is a notion of intimacy, in contrast to the image on the wall which has become 'a piece of art' even though it may be essentially the same image. Over the years I have solved this by working on my pictures as I would a sketchbook. I build up layers of paint and collage, paint areas out and rip bits off. It echoes the editing process that would take place in a sketchbook. Ideas develop and decisions about composition all take place of the piece itself. I work across multiple pieces at a time, as I would if I were turning a page. It's a more direct and personal way of working for me, I can be spontaneous and ideas filter through me quicker. I want the audience respond to that.
9. Where did you sell your first painting and how did it feel?
My first sale was to Coventry University where I did my degree in Fine Art. They bought a piece from my degree show for their collection. It felt great. Not a bad way to start.
10. What are your plans for the New Artist Fair in March?
I'll be showing a collection of my 'Miniatures' that previous visitors to the Fair will recognise. These have proved very popular, so hopefully people will either start a collection or add to their existing one. I have had these works on exhibition in the New York Affordable Art Fair (where the entire collection sold out over the weekend), in the Affordable Art Fair in Battersea and I will have them in the Hong Kong event this April too. I enjoy talking to the visitors, making new friends and contacts. Here's to a successful fair!
Simon Kirk
November 2015


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|Feature selection using neighborhood component analysis for classification
|Feature selection using neighborhood component analysis for regression
|Sequential feature selection
|Rank importance of predictors using ReliefF or RReliefF algorithm
|Feature extraction by using reconstruction ICA
|Feature extraction by using sparse filtering
|Transform predictors into extracted features
|Classical multidimensional scaling
|Mahalanobis distance
|Nonclassical multidimensional scaling
|관측값 쌍 간의 쌍별(Pairwise) 거리
|Format distance matrix
|Feature selection for classification using neighborhood component analysis (NCA)
|Feature selection for regression using neighborhood component analysis (NCA)
|Feature extraction by reconstruction ICA
|Feature extraction by sparse filtering
Robust Feature Selection Using NCA for Regression
Perform feature selection that is robust to outliers using a custom robust loss function in NCA.
Neighborhood Component Analysis (NCA) Feature Selection
Neighborhood component analysis (NCA) is a non-parametric and embedded method for selecting features with the goal of maximizing prediction accuracy of regression and classification algorithms.
Learn about feature selection algorithms, such as sequential feature selection.
This example shows a complete workflow for feature extraction from image data.
This example shows how to use
rica to
disentangle mixed audio signals.
Feature extraction is a set of methods to extract high-level features from data.
Visualize High-Dimensional Data Using t-SNE
This example shows how t-SNE creates a useful low-dimensional embedding of high-dimensional data.
This example shows the effects of various
tsne settings.
t-SNE is a method for visualizing high-dimensional data by nonlinear reduction to two or three dimensions, while preserving some features of the original data.
Output function description and example for t-SNE.
Analyze Quality of Life in U.S. Cities Using PCA
Perform a weighted principal components analysis and interpret the results.
Partial Least Squares Regression and Principal Components Regression
This example shows how to apply Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR) and Principal Components Regression (PCR), and discusses the effectiveness of the two methods.
주성분 분석은 상관관계가 있는 여러 변수를 원래 변수의 일차 결합인 새로운 변수의 집합으로 교체하여 데이터의 차원 수를 줄입니다.
Analyze Stock Prices Using Factor Analysis
Use factor analysis to investigate whether companies within the same sector experience similar week-to-week changes in stock prices.
Factor analysis is a way to fit a model to multivariate data to estimate interdependence of measured variables on a smaller number of unobserved (latent) factors.
Perform Nonnegative Matrix Factorization
Perform nonnegative matrix factorization using the multiplicative and alternating least-squares algorithms.
Nonnegative Matrix Factorization
Nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF) is a dimension-reduction technique based on a low-rank approximation of the feature space.
Classical Multidimensional Scaling
cmdscale to
perform classical (metric) multidimensional scaling, also known as
principal coordinates analysis.
Multidimensional scaling allows you to visualize how near points are to each other for many kinds of distance or dissimilarity metrics and can produce a representation of data in a small number of dimensions.
Nonclassical and Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling
Perform nonclassical multidimensional scaling using
Compare Handwritten Shapes Using Procrustes Analysis
Use Procrustes analysis to compare two handwritten numerals.
Procrustes analysis minimizes the differences in location between compared landmark data using the best shape-preserving Euclidian transformations


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The kitchen is one room that experiences more abuse than most other rooms in your home. When you cook food in your kitchen, the temperature inside tends to increase by an incredible amount. When you wash dishes, the heat and the humidity both increase. There are also spills in the kitchen, lots of foot traffic, and more. All of this means that you need kitchen paint that will stand up to the biggest messes. The paint needs to be the type of paint that has been optimised for use in kitchens. This means that it doesn't peel or flake very easily. Also, it can stand up to a mild acid such as vinegar or tomato sauce. You also need to consider the aesthetics.
Consider the Colour
Consult with reliable painting and decorating services in Brentford to decide on the right colour of paint. The colour should be something that matches your other decor. The most common colours are:
- Off-white, which is bright but hides stains somewhat
- Light grey, which has many of the qualities of off-white
- Light blue, which has a summery quality
- Light pink, which is also somewhat summary
As you can see from that short list of colours, most of them are light colours. Light colours are popular in kitchens because kitchens are often places with a lot of windows and natural light; a light paint can enhance that.
Dark Colours
You shouldn't be afraid of trying darker colours in your kitchen just because it's not common. A dark colour can really make your appliances stand out. Also, dark colours hide stains much better.


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Donate to help victims of typhoon Ketsan (Ondoy) in the Philippines - Some suggestions
|Ateneo de Manila University Disaster Response Group, photo courtesy of L.A. Lomarda under a Creative Commons license.
|Ateneo de Manila University Disaster Response Group, photo courtesy of L.A. Lomarda under a Creative Commons license.
I came across a small, but interesting online effort to raise donations for an organization that works to improve child literacy in Laos. Called Library for Laos, the effort aims to raise $5,000 by May 1– just five days after it started. The money raised is intended to go to Big Brother Mouse, a neat, Laos-based project that publishes, teaches and distributes books to children in a country they say desperately needs it.
It's a nice concept for a good cause, but what sticks out to me are the coordinators' clear attempts to use social media to spread the word about their effort. On their website, they bank on the ease of PayPal for donating money and the viral nature of social media: "How many people follow you on Twitter? How many friends do you have on Facebook? Let's see how valuable they are!" It's early to tell if they're succeeding. After the first day, they had apparently raised $500 dollars.
Either way, the endeavor highlights how social sites like Facebook, which permeates everyday life for many of us, can serve the world's poor. For example, you have the option to join various "causes" on Facebook. And on Twitter, information can spread like wildfire through retweets (rebroadcasting content to your own set of followers). What do you think? Would you ask your online friends and/or followers to donate money to a good cause?
(Found via: Escape the Cube). Image credit: rustystewart at Flickr under a Creative Commons license.
We've already written about sites that let you help others while going about the mundane tasks you already do. And there's the FreeRice.com game, which lets you donate food by playing an Internet word game. Combining both concepts, there's now Hoongle.org: a modified Google search engine that donates 20 grains of rice for every web search done through the site.
Since searches are routed through Google, it's the same search results most people are already getting. The difference is this site takes revenue from referrals to Google and donates the income to the United Nations World Food Program's "Fill the Cup" campaign. The New York Times' Bits blog interviewed the site's creators, university students in Virginia who say they have already raised enough money to donate 4,000 meals, or 8.5 million grains of rice. The Hoongle FAQ page suggests you add them as your homepage or use their web browser plug-in. All in all, an easy way to make a small, yet perhaps meaningful difference.
It's also worth noting that the site seems to be currently down with "technical difficulties". Searches still work, since they are run through Google, but the rice donations have stopped for now.
(Hat tip: Poverty News Blog)
UPDATE: It seems the Hoongle project was short-lived. Shortly after we posted this, the people behind Hoongle.org put up the following message on their homepage: "Unfortunately, we have run into unexpected issues that will prevent the site from functioning as intended. Because of this, the site has grown beyond our means as college students. As a result, we have decided to go offline." No word on what happened or whether they will ever try to start up the site again, but you can enter your email address into a field on their homepage for future updates.
Blog Action Day is a global nonprofit event that wants to unite bloggers, podcasters and videocasters around a common issue, on a specific day, to raise awareness about the topic and trigger a worldwide discussion. This year the issue is poverty and the date is October 15.
Some months ago Michael posted a short note about donating rice through an internet game: get the meaning of an English word right and you've donated 20 grains of rice to the UN's World Food Program. Keep playing and you can actually fill a bowl in a few minutes.
As advanced in an earlier post, here's a short list to the webpages for online donations of international NGOs that have a large presence in the country and so are likely to be most effective under the difficult circumstances:
The New York Times reports that some aid has begun flowing into Myanmar, but it looks like the mobilization for major relief operations is still underway and not clearly defined.


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On this date in 1984, President Ronald Reagan, known as the "great communicator," made one of the rare gaffes of his political career. While warming up for a radio address, Reagan said:
My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.
At the time Reagan was running for re-election against Democratic nominee Walter Mondale, and the President's faux pas resulted in a temporary dip in his poll numbers. However Reagan won the November election and went on to continue his get-tough policy towards Russia. Ironically one of Reagan defining moments came in later comments about Russia; in 1987 he visited the Berlin Wall where he famously said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" (1).
Some might argue that the most glaring faux pas in presidential history was committed by President William Henry Harrison. Ignoring advisers who told him to wrap up against the cold, he proceeded to give the longest ever inaugural address in history (8,445 words) and died one month later of pneumonia.
Faux pas, by the way, is translated from the French as "false step."
Today's Challenge: Presidential Tongue Lashings
1. Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
2. Depends on what your definition of is is.
3. I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.
4. When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.
5. Comment made on September 7th: Today is Pearl Harbor Day – 47 years ago from this very day we were hit and hit hard at Pearl Harbor.
6. Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning? (2)
Quotation of the Day: A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.
–Michael Kinsley
Answers: 1. George W. Bush 2. Bill Clinton 3. Gerald Ford 4. Calvin Coolidge 5. George H. W. Bush 6. George W. Bush
1 – This Day In History – Presidential – August 11. The History Channel
2 – List of U.S. presidential faux-pas, gaffes, and unfortunate incidents


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Heart Charms for Bracelets
The wish bracelet is very simple; a nice piece of cord, a couple of beads and, in my case, a handmade wire charm. This post has a
The bracelet is magic.
You make a wish, tie the bracelet on and wear it all them time. Eventually, the cord will wear thin and the bracelet will fall off. That is when your wish may come true.
- Why is the cord so thin? Because it's meant to break
- Why are the decorations and charm so simple? Because they are meant to be lost.
- How come there's no clasp? Because it is meant to be tied or knotted on.
- In order to gain something of value (your wish), sometimes you need to lose something of value (your bracelet)
Roses are red, Violets are blueTo convey the idea behind the wish bracelet, I add a poem to my card. If you search for wish bracelets, you'll find many similar poems and ideas.
I suggest you try to make up your own - it's fun to do... although my daughter just informed me she doesn't like my last line. I suggested she make a poem and I would be happy to use it. I'm pretty sure she's happy with mine now.
Add a sprinkle of fairy dustWishes are like magic. You're really pretty sure it's not real, but you really want to believe in it anyway.
To add magic to my bracelet cards, I use shimmery card stock with some embedded pixie dust sparkles.
X marks the spot, or a dot, dot, dotOne thing I recommend when you make your cards is to add a small dot where you want the holes to be. Otherwise, you need to add them with a ruler and pen - and it is such an unnecessary and time consuming chore.
I made about 100 of these bracelets for Sweet 16 favors and the cards were printed by the person who did the invitations - with no hole marks.
Hole-y Card Punch, Batman!I used my Pliers-Style Leather Hole Punch to make the holes on the card to thread the cord ends of the bracelet through.
The hole size is adjustable from micro tiny to small (0.4mm to 1.2mm) but the disk prevents the size of the hole from ever being larger than you intended.
The pointy end allows you to align the spot where you want to make the hole with better precision than a normal paper hole punch.
I wish I could say this punch has a better reach than a paper punch - but I think it's about the same. It can make a hole up to 1 inch from the edge of the paper.Another option is to cut notches in the cards and slide the cord in the slit. I've tried that, but had bad luck with the bracelets coming out of the notch. That makes the display so messy!
On the back of the card, I tape the cord flat. They stay very nice and don't tangle.
Wish Charm Design TipI love trying to come up with new charm designs - but it's not as easy as it looks.
The bracelet cord is thin, and to prevent the charm from being lost before the bracelet falls off, I like to make sure the loop attaching the charm is solid.
Final part2008-05-27 13:07:40 by david46208
Let me tell you something: When I'm on the golf course and I slip my wedding ring into my golf bag, the Rev. Jacquie Hood Martin is still my wife. When we shoot hoops and I remove my Texas A&M University ring from my right hand, I still love my school. The fact that I can no longer wear my 1987 class ring from Houston's Jack Yates High School doesn't mean I don't cherish the crimson and gold. And I may not be able to fit into the shirt I pledged in, but I will be a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. until the day I die.
I am an unapologetic Christian, but you won't see a cross dangling from my neck or a James Avery charm bracelet on my wrist
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Next week sees the release of The X-Files on blu ray for the first time, just over a month before the new six-episode series premieres on Fox in January. We're running daily reviews of the show (and its spin-offs) between now and the end of the year, but we thought it might be worth compiling some guides for newer viewers who are looking to experience the length and breadth of what The X-Files has to offer. Every day this week, we'll be publishing one quick list of recommended episodes every day, that should offer a good place to start for those looking to dive into the show.
As with any show that has been around a while and built up a critical mass of discourse and discussion, there is generally some consensus around the best episodes of the show. As a rule, the vast majority of top ten episodes might cycle through around the same thirty episodes. This is perfectly reasonable, of course. A good episode is a good episode, and the fact that consensus has built around it only cements that. Still, it's always good to look at things from a different perspective.
These are ten episodes that are typically overlooked when compiling lists of top ten X-Files episodes. "Underrated" is perhaps too strong a word for them. This is not to say that they are any better than any of the usual candidates on such lists; they are not "masterpieces" in the way that Beyond the Sea, One Breath or Bad Blood could be said to be masterpieces. Nevertheless, they are hidden treasures, episodes that are not talked about as often as they should be; whether hinting at the show's underlying themes or pushing the production team in odd directions.
For anybody who has already worked their way through many of the major lists of "top ten" episodes, then these are well worth a look. They are odd and eccentric, often hard to classify. These episodes are frequently an awkward fit for the show itself, whether in terms of their focus or in their tone as compared to the season around them. While this might have made them quite jarring on initial broadcast, this only serves to make them all the more memorable in the years after the original broadcast.
(Season 2, Episode 12)
Written by: Sara Charno
Directed by: Rob Bowman
Original Airdate: 6 January 1995
Why it's so frequently overlooked: The actual X-file at the heart of the story is pretty damn crazy, even by the standards of the show. Film and television have long struggled with fairly basic genetic science, but Aubrey relies on a central premise that is so absurd that it is almost impossible to take seriously.
Why it shouldn't be overlooked: Stripping away the (admittedly) ridiculous premise, Aubrey hits on a lot of the big themes and ideas that underpin the show. Indeed, Aubrey works quite well as thematic set-up for the third season mythology, developing the core themes of memory and identity. The X-Files is a show very much about legacy and responsibility, and Aubrey plays beautifully to those ideas.
More like this: In the early third season, Oubliette tackles many of the same ideas with a bit more subtlety and a greater emphasis on character.
(Season 3, Episode 19)
Written by: Jeffrey Vlaming
Directed by: Tucker Gates
Original Airdate: 29 March 1996
Why it's so frequently overlooked: Quite simply, there is no X-file here. Hell Money is the rare episode of the show that has no paranormal element to it, and which can be explained entirely by rational means. The episode also sidelines Mulder and Scully, who do very little over the course of the episode.
Why it shouldn't be overlooked: The marginalising of Mulder and Scully is the entire point of the episode. The X-Files was quite fond of stories that delved into subcultures existing on the fringe of the mainstream, tying back thematically to the idea of the "alien." Here, Mulder and Scully wander into a world quite removed from their own, but engaged with many of the same ideas. Hell Money offers an excellent microcosm of the show's core themes, with James Hong's anonymous figure serving as an effective surrogate for the Cigarette-Smoking Man.
More like this: Although some of the "subculture" episodes are downright xenophobic in their handling of foreign cultures (Teso Dos Bichos, Teliko, El Mundo Gira, Badlaa), there are some very moving examples to be explored. In the second season, Fresh Bones very shrewdly side-steps issues of stereotyping to tell a story of appropriation. In the fourth season, Kaddish offers a moving love story against a backdrop of hatred and violence.
(Season 4, Episode 5)
Written by: Glen Morgan and James Wong
Directed by: Rob Bowman
Original Airdate: 3 November 1996
Why it's so frequently overlooked: Glen Morgan and James Wong's script plays fast and loose with continuity, but also with the expectations of shippers. It doesn't help that the episode is disjointed, the broadcast episode edited down from an hour-long director's cut to a forty-five minute broadcast cut.
Why it shouldn't be overlooked: A hauntingly personal story driven by Glen Morgan's own personal experiences about life, love and second chances, The Field Where I Died is a thoughtful and powerful exploration of the existential ennui nestled snugly at the heart of the show. It is very much a performance showcase for actor David Duchovny, who knocks it out of the park. There is a surprising "leaving it all on the field" quality to The Field Where I Died. It is the lesser of Morgan and Wong's four season four episodes, but it is still a bold and powerful piece of television.
More like this: Morgan and Wong's other scripts for the fourth season are essential viewing and bona fides classics: Home, Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man, Never Again. The ninth season would offer a much more conventional examination of reincarnation in the underrated Hellbound.
(Season 4, Episode 21)
Written by: Howard Gordon and Frank Spotnitz
Directed by: Kim Manners
Original Airdate: 27 April 1997
Why it's so frequently overlooked: The fourth season mythology is a mess, for a number of reasons. The production of Millennium and the pre-production on The X-Files: Fight the Future diverted attention from the show, while the writers' room was in chaos. Zero Sum exists in the shadow of Memento Mori.
Why it shouldn't be overlooked: Howard Gordon's contributions to The X-Files tend to be overlooked somewhat, despite the fact that he was one of the formative influences on the show's first four seasons. Gordon tends to get brushed aside in favour of focus on Glen and Darin Morgan, James Wong, Vince Gilligan, Chris Carter. However, Gordon had a wonderful knack for suspense and tension that plays through his strongest work. His last script (with Frank Spotnitz) is a tense morality play that gives Mitch Pileggi some of his best work on the show.
More like this: Gordon tended to have a wonderful knack for the suspense that would serve him well on later shows like 24 and Homeland. Zero Sum is a prime example, but so are the scripts for the second season's F. Emasculata and the third season's Grotesque. Gordon was also one of the stronger writers of the "subculture" episodes, scripting both the second season's Fresh Bones and the fourth season's Kaddish.
(Season 5, Episode 3)
Written by: Vince Gilligan
Directed by: Kim Manners
Original Airdate: 16 November 1997
Why it's so frequently overlooked: In terms of "classic Vince Gilligan comedy episodes", Unusual Suspects has the misfortune to sit between Small Potatoes and Bad Blood; both bona fides classics. Also, like Hell Money and Zero Sum, it marginalises Mulder and Scully.
Why it shouldn't be overlooked: Vince Gilligan is very fond of distancing himself from the mythology, arguing that he didn't really contribute much to the arc running across the show. On the surface, this seems fair. His only "mythology" credits are on Memento Mori, Christmas Carol and Emily. However, Gilligan did engage repeatedly with the themes of the mythology. Unusual Suspects engages with the idea of conspiracy theory through the character of the Lone Gunmen, three theorists even more paranoid (and perhaps more tragic) than Mulder.
More like this: Gilligan would return to the characters with Frank Spotnitz and John Shiban for Three of a Kind in the sixth season. He would also serve as producer (along with Shiban and Spotnitz) on The Lone Gunmen. His scripts for Drive, Roadrunners and John Doe all obliquely touch upon themes that get to the heart of the mythology (victimisation, patriarchal sacrifice, memory), albeit in a more abstract way than the mythology itself.
(Season 5, Episode 11)
Written by: William Gibson and Tom Maddox
Directed by: Rob Bowman
Original Airdate: 15 February 1998
Why it's so frequently overlooked: There is, quite frankly, no other episode of The X-Files quite like it. In many ways, The X-Files is a show about history and memory. As such, offering an episode about cyberpunk visions of the future written by William Gibson and Tom Maddox seems an odd choice.
Why it shouldn't be overlooked: There is, quite frankly, no other episode of The X-Files quite like it. Even the attempts to recapture the tone with First Person Shooter in the seventh season would fall flat. In many ways, Kill Switch prefigures both the The Matrix and Harsh Realm; Rob Bowman's direction foreshadows the washed-out and desaturated pallet that would define the following year's cyberpunk masterpiece. If The X-Files is frequently about how monsters are losing their place in an increasingly globalised world, Kill Switch suggests a new frontier is just waiting to be explored.
More like this: There are no more like this. The fifth season's other celebrity writer episode, Chinga by Stephen King, ultimately feels like a pale imitation of both the show itself and the writer's stronger work. The seventh season's follow-up First Person Shooter, also written by Maddox and Gibson, is a disaster. Try reading Stefan Petrucha and Charles Adlard's One Player Only or watching Howard Gordon's first season episode Ghost in the Machine.
(Season 6, Episode 7)
Written by: David Amann
Directed by: Rob Bowman
Original Airdate: 3 January 1999
Why it's so frequently overlooked: The start of the sixth season is a turbulent time for The X-Files, with the show embracing the lighter and sunnier side of its new Los Angeles setting. In that context, Terms of Endearment is something of an outlier. It also features Bruce Campbell, an example of sixth season stunt casting.
Why it shouldn't be overlooked: Who cares if Bruce Campbell is more instantly recognisable than the vast majority of guest stars from the show's first five seasons? He is great here. Although the primary attraction of the story is a gender-swapped Rosemary's Baby, Terms of Endearment works best as an exploration of conformity and normality. Wayne is that most insideous of monsters, the man willing to do whatever it takes in order to have the so-called "normal" life that he so desperately craves.
More like this: The sixth season re-engages with the idea of suburban conformity in Arcadia. However, David Amann returns to suburbia in the seventh season episode Chimera.
Biogenesis/The Sixth Extinction/The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati
(Season 6, Episode 22; Season 7, Episodes 1 & 2)
Written by: Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz / Christ Carter / Chris Carter and David Duchovny
Directed by: Rob Bowman / Kim Manners / Michael Watkins
Original Airdate: 16 May 1999 / 7 November 1999 / 14 November 1999
Why it's so frequently overlooked: The mythology becomes a bit of a mess around the fourth season, with Herrenvolk. The mythology implodes with sorta-mostly-ending of Two Fathers and One Son. The second half of the sixth and entirety of the seventh season take place in the dead husk of the mythology.
Why it shouldn't be overlooked: The three-parter that bridges that sixth and seventh seasons is a tonal mess. With the resolution of most of the mythology in Two Fathers and One Son, there is a sense that the production team had absolutely no idea where they wanted the mythology to go. The result is one of the most bizarre mythology episodes in the show's run. After six seasons of break-neck plotting and pacing, the three-parter meanders and turns at its own pace. Important plot beats happen off camera. Surreal tangents drive the plot. Allegory takes over. Is it any good? Maybe. Is it fascinating? Definitely.
More like this: The seventh season mythology episodes (Sein und Zeit, Closure, En Ami, Requiem) all have an ethereal funereal tone. The deliberate and frantic pacing of the earlier mythology gives way to something a lot looser. It doesn't always work, but it is an intriguing approach.
(Season 7, Episode 14)
Written by: Vince Gilligan, John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz
Directed by: Kim Manners
Original Airdate: 12 March 2000
Why it's so frequently overlooked: After moving to Los Angeles, The X-Files witnessed a shift in tone that reflected its new surroundings: light and sunny rather than dark and dour. The sixth and seventh seasons are quite light in places. In contrast, Theef is a surprisingly nasty piece of work.
Why it shouldn't be overlooked: The eighth season gets a lot of credit for getting back to the show's dark Vancouver roots, both in terms of tone and aesthetic. However, there were some efforts made during the seventh season to get back towards the show's classic horror sensibilities. It didn't help that some of these attempts misfired like Millennium and Orison, but it also didn't help that the season was still populated with lighter fare like The Goldberg Variation and The Amazing Maleeni. Nevertheless, Theef is a delightfully unsettling piece of television. "Poppin' corn", anyone?
More like this: Earlier in the season, Hungry is another nice example of the seventh season trying to get back to basics. Although its moral is decidedly uncomfortable in the context of the twenty-first century, Signs and Wonders is also a suitably effective horror story.
(Season 9, Episode 17)
Written by: David Amann
Story by: John Shiban and David Amann
Directed by: Kim Manners
Original Airdate: 5 May 2002
Why it's so frequently overlooked: The ninth season is a disaster zone in general, but the final stretch is particularly troubled. The production team spend a lot of time resolving story threads that really don't need to be resolved. Release is a case in point, a decidedly unnecessary (and somewhat contrived) resolution to dangling threads.
Why it shouldn't be overlooked: The biggest issue here is the plot. Release relies on a series of contrivances and logical leaps to get where it needs to go. There is no need for the ninth season to offer closure to the murder of Luke Doggett, let alone resolve Brad Follmer's character arc. However, allowing for the fact that it is completely unnecessary and convenient, Release is a surprisingly moving piece of television. Robert Patrick offers a great performance, while Kim Manners directs the episodes beautifully and Mark Snow provides one of his best scores. Release looks, sounds and feels like classic X-Files, even if it doesn't hold together in any tangible sense.
More like this: In the eighth season, Doggett explored the death of his son in the similar illogical-but-atmospheric Empedocles. In the ninth season, Doggett confronts the issue again in John Doe.
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Album Review: The Kingdom Belongs to a Child by Cashavelly Morrison
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There are certain genres of music that have the air of American history in their bones. Blues, jazz, Americana, and folk. It's these last two that bring to mind the harsh and beautiful landscape of the American Midwest. This is a place where everyone has a story to tell, and the time has come for Cashavelly Morrison to tell hers.
A native of West Virginia, Morrison has the blood force of Americana flowing through er body, and her body of work. The desolate planes of Appalachia are her musical kingdom, and in this case that Kingdom really does belong to an infant.
Her debut album, The Kingdom Belongs to a Child, is both a compelling elegy to the loss of her father, and the miscarriage she suffered in 2010. Yet at the same time the album is representative of the life she still lives in spite of the loss, and the principals that guide her.
The album opener, Long-Haired Mare, is a bitter-sweet ballad, tinged with heartache and regret, the music transporting you to the old west that none of us will ever see. As an opener, the song is the arresting and engaging work of a very confident artist. This continues on Emory, a masterful banjo lead track that showcases Morrison's ethereal vocals. Made of Sand is a more traditional country song, a plea for a leaving lover not to go, at first it seems by-the-numbers, until the controlled swoon of the chorus, the sound of exhaustion that hits like a punch to the gut.
There is a melancholic atmosphere to the record, a compelling feast of Southern Gothic that helps Morrison catch the listener of guard. We think The Kingdom Belongs to the Child is just a countrymalbum but on repeated listens Morrison's themes come to the fore. For example, Pink Dress, which deals with gender inequality in the backdrop of a woman in a man's world.
And then there's May 5th, the song inspired by her miscarriage. A brutally personal song, so much so that you get the uneasy feeling of an eavesdropper, hearing something that is not meant for you. But Morrison knows that music can be the platform to communicate a huge loss, and that music is given more power through sincerity.
The Kingdom Belongs to a Child is a stunning, and evocative journey through Cashavelly Morrison's inner life.


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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. – Epictetus
I hesitated at first to use this quote from Epictetus, because I could hear a chorus of people saying, "So, Pepper, tell me something I didn't already know!"
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VIDEO: Reborn Through Golf: The Inspiring Story of Young Lester Bell Jr.
DOING RESEARCH ON VARIOUS GOLF TOPICS, I ran across the story of Lester Bell Jr. (above). The video is dated, from 2013, but the story is ongoing. (I found the below clip from 2016.)
Golf as a game, and the people in golf, can inspire and transform lives. This is one of those stories. And it takes place at historic Cedar Crest in Dallas, Texas, which hosted the 1927 PGA Championship won by Walter Hagen.
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I've started this post about 12 times — not because I have something incredibly delicate or important to say, but because each post has gotten to about the second paragraph and petered out into incoherence. I think I'm starting to show mental symptoms due to the social isolation, interrupted sleep, insufficient mental stimulation (I am coming to believe I have a high need for mental stimulation), and overdose of quality time with my kids.
My mom said that these last few weeks of maternity leave would propel me back into the workforce with a right good will. I think she's right. I am a perfectly adequate full time mother. But I don't think it's where I'm best suited.
Here are some of the disjointed truths that have emerged:
1) Thane has the auburn hair of his great-grandfather Virgil. I saw it in the sunlight this morning and was awed by the realization. There is a hand-tinted wedding picture of my grandparents, shortly after the end of WWII. Thane's hair is just that color.
2) Grey's vocabulary has exploded while being at home with me. I'm pretty sure that the extensive time we've spent together has just pushed that forward, not made it happen at all. He's started listening to the radio when I have it on and asking me questions. "What's "stand up for" mean? What's a "podcast"? Why are they saying "dangerous"?" You try to explain Hilary Clinton's Senate testimony, the intricacies of new media, and a discussion of Guantanamo to a three year old.
3) I had been thinking that Grey wasn't really doing the three year old "why" thing to the level I expected. To some extent, that's actually true. But then I realized that he often asks "what" when he means "why". He's using many more words than three months ago, but not all of them correctly.
4) I would rather be on maternity leave in, say, July. The house is clausterphobic (and cold) in 10 degree weather.
5) I am starting to be concerned about how much sleep I'm needing. I go to sleep with my husband, and wake up 2 to 3 hours after he does. I'm still tired and have trouble concentrating throughout the day. Not all of that can be blamed upon my moonlight wakings. Am I secretly depressed? Do I have mono? Am I paying back a serious sleep debt? Am I opportunistic? Might it be related to the calorie restriction of my diet?
6) Speaking of diet, I lost about 5 pounds last week. I'm debating whether that's a fluke (water weight, etc.), a problem, or a really effective diet. Part of me is excited about prepregnancy weight in a month. Part of me thinks this is a bad idea.
7) I'm not a very good disciplinarian when I have to do it full time, all the time.
8) Thank heaven for books. As they have been through my life, they've been my escape and sanity. I hate it when I remember my dreams and they're boring.
9) My husband and I have an actual date on Friday, with a babysitter and all. We're going DANCING. In 0 degree weather. Isn't insanity grand?
10) Grey begs for a Ninetendo DS several times a day. Both Jordan and Pablito at daycare have one (brothers) and they don't share. I have no idea what to do. Make it a potty training reward? Buy one for our planned July 4th trip to DC? Resist peer pressure and prove that begging has no effect? We are entering the next stage of parenting with him, and I, for one, am not ready.
11) I have fewer friends than I thought I did. Or rather, I have many fewer people who I can see in real life than I thought — especially on short notice. I know I am socially isolated. It's not good for me. Compounding that is that I'm not online as often as usual (one of my typical sources of socialization) and that I really, truly have trouble getting out. I'm still nursing Thane like every 2 hours during the day, and every 4 at night. I miss getting to hang out with real live people and chat. On the flip side, I feel depressed by the realization I have little to talk about but parenting and my latest adventure into novels.
12) I'm making good progress on the whole "back" issue. I have an appointment set up with the Spine Center associated with the big health services conglomerate in the area to Figure Out What's Wrong. I'm guessing that I'll get some imaging and physical therapy — that sounds just right for me. I also have my first general physical in years scheduled. I have done my pap smear with my midwife for the last several years. I don't even remember when my last true physical was.
13) I tried acupuncture this week, in my big push to Get Out of the House. It was interesting. Most profoundly, the room was nice and warm and dark and quiet. Mmmmmm…. warmanddarkandquiet. The acupuncturist said I was the healthiest person she'd seen all day. I do better when I don't have work stress — at least physically.
14) It has been fascinating to see separate parts of my life merge on Facebook. My high school English teacher, my Sunday School kids, friends from my high school youth symphony (mostly the strings — where are the winds?!), a coworker, my long-term friends, my mom… I usually think that I have one self and that self is presented to the whole world. While not untrue, there is a bit of vertigo that comes from having your social circles collide.
15) I miss writing, but feel like I have both little to say and insufficient time in which to say it. Perhaps it is not so much time which is missing, but concentration. Even in bullets, I'm having trouble.
16) I have only a fortnight to go. I have no idea how everything that needs doing will get done when I go back to work. I take it on faith that it will.


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Today is the first chance newspapers from around the world had to respond to Thursday's historic vote to Leave the European Union.
It's fair to say they've been as split after the result as they were before the vote even took place, ranging from the outright celebratory to fears that the end of the world is nigh.
Overseas, the reaction has been a mix of bewilderment, regret and confusion.
The Sun
THE SUN FRONT PAGE: 'Why should I do the hard s**t?' #skypapers pic.twitter.com/rcHgwUxkGi— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 24, 2016
The Sun, which urged voters to "BeLEAVE in Britain" just days before the vote, left the champagne-popping for the inside pages, leading on an exclusive covering the reasons why David Cameron decided to quit.
The Daily Mail
DAILY MAIL FRONT PAGE: 'Take a bow, Britain' #skypapers pic.twitter.com/uAlWVBAtmD— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 24, 2016
The Mail congratulated the UK for choosing the "right" decision and said it was a victory for ordinary people.
The Mirror
Speaking for people on probably both sides of the campaign, The Mirror focused on a teary Samantha Cameron who may well also be wondering where the UK goes from here
The Guardian
#TheDayAfterUKPapers The Guardian wins the Best Front Page: Over. And out. What Brexit means for you. Exquisite pic.twitter.com/92mY0LN4z4— JUAN ANTONIO GINER (@GINER) June 25, 2016
The Guardian, which backed staying in the EU but is no fan of Cameron, it's fair to say, went on yesterday's top development - the prime minister's resignation - on a day when any of a dozen stories would have made top billing on any other day of the week.
Financial Times
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Saturday 25 June pic.twitter.com/sxbxGBcYmh— Financial Times (@FT) June 24, 2016
The Financial Times also supported remaining in the EU. The expression of a shocked David Cameron on its front page was probably mirrored across news rooms, trading floors and living rooms across the country.
Daily Express
Saturday's Daily Express front page:— ⓒⓕ (@cfbcity) June 24, 2016
WE'RE OUT OF THE EU #Brexit #EUref #EURefResults #UK pic.twitter.com/ficCs27CPA
Not yet we're not, with years of negotiations on the horizon. The Daily Express front page celebrates what it calls the "world's most successful newspaper crusade".
The Telegraph
TELEGRAPH FRONT PAGE: 'Birth of a new Britain' #skypapers pic.twitter.com/7Tst1xY3mR— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 24, 2016
The Telegraph also leads on one of the most poignant pictures of yesterday, as a silent Samantha Cameron watched her husband announce his resignation.
The New Yorker
@JohnCleese The New Yorker with the best brexit front page pic.twitter.com/GY9OHp0Ia3— Matt (@MatthewHudson6) June 25, 2016
In a special Brexit edition, The New Yorker combines the cliffs of Dover and English toff to demonstrate just what it thinks of the UK's decision to go it along.
What's that in the top right corner? That's right, the magazine will land on 4 July, US independence day.
French newspaper Liberation's take on #eurefpic.twitter.com/7PVSZpm1zR"— Fake News (@Fake_Newsfeed) June 24, 2016
France wishes the UK bon chance outside the EU.
OUTch! @BILD front page and last page #brefugeeswelcome #tomorrowspaperstoday @suttonnick pic.twitter.com/opLPBs0LSA— Tanit Koch (@tanit) June 24, 2016
German tabloid Bild, which previously offered to recognise the 1966 World Cup Final goal and reserve spots on the beach for Brits if the UK voted to stay, has a different kind of invitation this morning.
Der Spiegel
"Europe's dead. Long live Europe?" @DerSPIEGEL cover on #Brexit pic.twitter.com/TZIuSemUI9— Mathieu von Rohr (@mathieuvonrohr) June 24, 2016
Sticking in Germany, Der Spiegel asks what the UK withdrawal will mean for the rest of the continent.
Le Monde
France's top paper Le Monde plays the straight bat: "The UK leaves Europe", it told readers today.
Wall Street Journal
Here's an early look at the front page of The Wall Street Journal's weekend edition https://t.co/VQ7GqshyrS pic.twitter.com/5hyBREj33o— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 25, 2016
The WSJ leads on the market fallout from Brexit, after US stock markets suffered one of their worst days since the financial crisis in response to the vote and the chances of a rate rise from the Federal Reserve slipped back.


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Last week we went to Singapore for a short vacation and opted to book our accommodation through Airbnb and not staying in hotel for a unique experience and wanted to have that feeling of home away from home.
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Margaret Jefferies, Chair
The work that Margaret does is based on skills and experience gathered over many years. Margaret is a graduate in geography, music, education for ministry and teaching. She has raised a family of five and has seven grandchildren. Margaret is also a board member of Living Economies Educational Trust. She is a team member of the Leadership in Communities (LinC) programme.
Margaret introduced the concept of TimeBanking to New Zealand. Currently she is very involved in developing a social enterprise in collaboration for four other third sector organisations to extend the work of Project Lyttelton.
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Wendy Everingham, Treasurer
Lucette Hindin, Co-Manager, Board Member
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Her love of group work and creativity led Lucette to begin training in sociometry, an approach which is the foundation of the psychodramatic method of J.L. Moreno. Sociometry has as its goal the healthy and productive functioning of groups, families and systems. The sociometric approach is well aligned to that of Project Lyttelton: both believe that when relationships are healthy, people thrive and wonderful, fulfilling work can be done.
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Sue-Ellen Sandilands, Administrator, Lyttelton Commuity Garden
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Valda Smith, Garage Sale Co-Ordinator
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After teaching in various countries, Juliet returned to New Zealand and settled in Lyttelton in 2007, to rejoin her children and become a grandmother. Her fulltime work in her daughter's business came to an end with the earthquakes, and her focus changed, more towards community; joining Timebank and other groups brought many new friendships and developed wider interests. Her intellectual background helped her to contribute in various ways, the biggest being the founding of the LIFT Library, with the support of Project Lyttelton and Living Economies. The library is based in her home, where members may visit and browse the shelves, which keep on filling up with generous donations of books, magazines and DVDs. Stocks are also displayed at the Saturday Market and at regular film evenings on the library's topics. Reading the materials in the library has led her to promote sustainability, citizens' welfare, healthy attitudes and lifestyles, and changing the focus on money. Juliet is happier than ever, as a volunteer for Project Lyttelton and in various related groups.
Jill Larking, TimeBank Co-Ordinator, Lyttelton Recreation Centre Activator, Board of Trustees
Maria Lee, TimeBank Co-Ordinator
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Josh Fedder, Board of Trustees
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18-hour No-Knead Bread
3 cups white bread flour
Scant 2 teaspoons salt
Heaping 1/4 teaspoon yeast
1 1/2 cups water
Mix the dry ingredients together.
Add 1 1/2 cups water.
Mix again (The dough will be shaggy-looking and fairly sticky but cohesive).
Cover the bowl with cling wrap. The dough rises for 15 to 20 hours, or more (putting it in the oven is ideal- just remember to not turn it on!).
Put the dough onto a lightly floured surface and gently shape.
Let rise for an two more hours.
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Fold the dough in thirds, like a letter, first vertically, then horizontally. The dough is sticky but a very light dusting of flour makes it workable. Put it in your preheated pot
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