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Following successful people is the best way to get started in real estate investing to minimizing the time and learning curve to wealth! All some investors may need is a home study course. Others require live seminars and boot camps. However, in all these programs, the investor has to go out and get their own experience, learning from their own mistakes. If they've understood the training they've received well, hopefully their mistakes won't be too costly or serious, and they'll be on their way to making good money.
The Mentoring Alternative
Many would-be real estate investors may benefit from live mentoring with an expert. Mentoring works because it gets you up to speed without the setbacks and expense of time and money, because of your lack of experience. It also frees you from the fear and anxiety of making a bad decision through ignorance or inexperience — a fear that holds back many beginners from making decisions that could get them started. It's a bigger investment than a 3-day seminar, but considering that the profit on the average successful real estate deal on a single family home is about $30,000, it only takes 1 successful deal to return the investment many times over.
Is Mentoring for You?
I have attended many seminars, used home study courses, and been students of some great mentors. We also create home study courses, give boot-camps, webinars and have mentored real estate investing students. So, I have personal experience on who could benefit most from mentoring. I have found there are only 2 key things that will guarantee a successful learning experience. I will share them with you now.
First, you have to be a person that is willing to take full responsibility for your own success. Blaming others or making excuses guarantees failure. Even expecting others to do things for you is serious obstacle to you achieving your desired success. What I'm saying is that you have to fully embrace the attitude: "If it's to be, it's up to me!". A mentor can point out the best path to take toward your goals. A mentor can answers questions and provide advice and show you techniques that will help you avoid beginner mistakes. Remember, the apprentice is the one who does the work with guidance from the mentor. It's the full doing of every detail and step of the tasks that creates confidence and leads to mastery and success.
Second, you have to have the Intention to Succeed. Intention is much more than a hope, wish or desire. It is a knowing that you are going to accomplish your goal. No matter what anyone says to you, no matter what obstacles or setbacks turn up on your path, you will continue to move forward toward your goal. You may have experienced this feeling as parent's commitment to raise his/her children in the best way possible, or n fulfilling a solemn promise you made to someone close to you. You've heard of the expression: "When the student is ready, the teacher appears." This is what it means. Everything else is just a matter of learning, doing, getting feedback and doing again.
I still seek out mentors whenever I need them. The investment has always paid off many times over. Even though I am quite busy, I've decided to offer 1 on 1 mentoring to a few motivated individuals. I have experience in all areas of real estate investing and the coaching is individualized for each student. It can cover everything from goal setting, business operations and strategy, building a team, marketing, deal analysis, negotiating, managing properties, selling and anything in between. If you would like to be considered for this very customized program, use the application: Confidential-Membership-Application
If You Believe Mentoring Is For You, Heed My Preliminary Checklist You Have To Pass!
- You must be willing to follow through with instructions. I have a step-by-step system that I require everyone to use when they start with me. I show you exactly what you need to do to put deals together and make money.
- You must be someone who is decisive. Making quick decisions is imperative to success in this business. If you don't make quick decisions, your competitor will and you will lose the deal for us. I'm going to teach you an important phrase right now, "I'll take it… unless I change my mind." Learning to think like this phrase will make you rich if you follow my directions.
- You must be willing to invest some time and some money into this business. Even though my deals are zero down, there are still a few minor investments you will need to make to build your infrastructure. If you are unwilling to invest a dime into your education, I will not be able to work with you. Please understand, I am not looking for financial backers… I don't need partners to loan me money. I have what I need to get the job done.
- You do NOT need any money for down payments on these deals. I only do "true" zero down deals.
- I don't care what your credit looks like. It can be terrible and it won't make any difference to me. You will never need your credit to buy property when you work with me.
- You must be ethical and honorable in your business dealings. We approach each deal with a "servant" attitude. It is our goal to help the sellers and the buyers we work with to get out of difficult financial situations… and just like heart surgeons or other high paid professionals, we expect you to get paid *very* well for your ethical, honorable, valuable services.
- Last and most importantly… you must have a burning desire to succeed. I don't mean to sound harsh here, but if you don't have the desire to succeed, I'm not interested in working with you. The people who I work with personally are going to take off like a rocket. If I told you how much money you can make in this business if you follow my proven system, you would not believe me… so I'm going to keep my mouth shut on that for now.
Okay… If you fit the above criteria and I haven't scared you away with all my demands, here is what I'm going to ask you to do…
I believe that I have a high success rate with my student partners because of my selection process. I don't work with people who want to waste my time. That is why I ask you to complete the application form that lets me know if you are serious.
If you are accepted into the mentoring program,
- You will be required to have a website with a CRM system. If you do not have one, we will recommend a provider based on your budget. We arrange them for you at a special rate.
- It is recommended to join Legal Shield. Investors require specific legal help for their area. We want to ensure everything is legal in your area. Legal Shield offer a great service for ONLY $25.00 a month fee.
- You are also going to have to spend money on marketing, and some of the "tools" to put this system into place. I would budget about $300.00 – $500 a month for marketing expenses.
So for a very select group of people who want to start making a change in their life RIGHT NOW complete the application form. Remember it does not matter where you are currently in life, or what obstacles you have all that matters is where you want to go. If you are ready to take your finances, your relationships, and your life to the next level and would like me and a personal mentor to help you achieve it, then fill out the questions below.
Unfortunately, we only have limited space available, so answer the questions honestly and let's see if we can help make you our next success story.
Yours in success
Duncan Wierman


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Is the Right Choice a Good Bargain?
Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
Valuing Life: Humanizing the Regulatory State
Cass Sunstein and Reid Hastie's recent book about how to make group decisions "wiser" has a strange text on its copyright page: the Harvard Business Review Press will, for large orders of the book from companies and corporations, provide special printings with the company logo displayed on a customized cover and with a letter from the CEO added to the front matter. Since the groups that are discussed here include government agencies and juries as well as companies and corporate boards, I imagine all American citizens receiving a copy of the book with the Great Seal of the United States on its cover and a letter from President Obama, our CEO, added to its front matter. I imagine all of us reading the book. Would the decisions we make after that be any wiser?
For citizen readers, the answer is: probably not, with regard to many important political decisions. If we follow Sunstein and Hastie's advice, we will do better addressing "problems with well-defined solutions" where "accuracy is measured by reference to objective facts." But I worry about problems whose solutions are neither well-defined nor objectively measurable. In political life, many problems are of that sort; not much is said about them here. The avoidance of politics is the issue I mean to focus on in this review, but before that, I want to consider Wiser's strengths and weaknesses in the terms its authors have set.
Wiser is divided into two parts: the first deals with how group decisions go badly and the second with how to make them go well—or more accurately, how to get them "right." Sunstein and Hastie write in a simple, direct prose, with a lot of repetition, like teachers who don't quite trust the intelligence of their students. Indeed, the argument of the book is very much like that of its well-known predecessor, Nudge (2008), written by Sunstein with a different coauthor, Richard Thaler: your intelligence and mine can definitely not be trusted. We are the reason group decisions go badly, and the part of the book devoted to explaining this frequent failure is gripping, if also humbling.
The second part of the book, the helpful part, is less gripping. Too much of the advice—well, I knew it already, despite my decision-making deficiencies. "When dissent and diversity are present and levels of participation are high, groups are likely to do a lot better." "If [group leaders] are inquisitive, they are more likely to learn." "Nothing seems to inject reality into a discussion…as well as empirical evidence." "Do not allow irrelevant social factors such as status, talkativeness, and likability…to bias evaluations." These lines won't make any likely readers of Wiser significantly wiser, but there are stronger suggestions in the book; I will take up a few of them later on.
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'America's Next Top Model' eliminee Kasia: 'Nobody should be treated like that'
Tyra Banks is known for choosing slightly out-of-the-box models to compete for the title of "America's Next Top Model," but this season the model rainbow range of diversity has been relatively flat. That is, except for Kasia Pilewicz, the lone plus-sized member of the group, who's been making a name for "fiercely real" models like herself by doing something pretty revolutionary for the show: She doesn't really bring it up. Until this week's episode, the term "body issues" had hardly been used, unusual for a show that feasts upon the drama created by tiny insecurities. Kasia was eliminated this week after an awkward camel-centric photo shoot and some not-so-flattering editing.
"This last shoot seemed almost malicious to me," Kasia told me over the phone. "They seemed to only show clips of me between poses, so I came off super awkward. I don't appreciate it." Kasia, who struggled to find a piece that fit to do a runway challenge at designer Noureddine Amir's showroom, felt like things got uncomfortable in the dressing room. "In every other place they've had something that fit. They took very thorough and accurate measurements, and I ended up having a team of people who don't speak English trying to dress me, being disgusted. Nobody should be treated like that."
You had the most experience out of all the models. How did it help you on the show?
As far as posing and bringing emotion, I didn't get a lot of complaints about having dead eyes. I always had great emotion going. But obviously a lot of the things we did were not the kind of work I've done. The photo shoots on the show are more elaborate, which doesn't happen a lot in the real fashion world. My experience didn't necessarily prepare me, say, for walking in a bubble. I never walked a runway where I feared for my hands burning off. I'm no Hollywood stuntman.
As a whole, do you think it's easier now to be a plus-sized model on the show than when "ANTM" began?
The plus-size modeling industry as a whole has so much more exposure as opposed to even just a few years ago. Everyone has heard of a plus-sized model, and I think it's thanks in part to "ANTM" showing that it's an actual job. It's getting easier, but certain people don't accept it. You know, though, a lot of the most successful girls weren't winners. I've worked before, and this is only going to help me.
They put you through some tough shoots. What was the hardest one?
The one with bees was pretty difficult. I hate bugs. My shoot was right after lunch, so I got a fresh batch of bugs, and the beekeepers were all excited about the number of bees attracted to my face. They were buzzing on my earrings; I heard them for days. It was always the animals that were the biggest challenge. I was really allergic to the jaguar. I actually broke out in hives, though that didn't end up in the episode.
Ugh, hives? But you seemed like you were one of the contestants who never complained.
I made it a point not to. They gave us so much. So many people within the production were working [hard] for us. I thought I wasn't fit to complain.
Were Molly and Alexandria as bad as they look on camera?
Yeah. They were always complaining. Molly's aware of it; Alexandria's not. I think she's hopefully going to grow up a little bit. But it became a problem. I think it's inappropriate and rude. The biggest thing to me was when girls would treat the crew with disrespect. They know it won't be shown on camera. When someone's changing a microphone and you're being nasty to them, those are your true colors coming through.
So who should win now?
Ms. Jay. I'm starting a campaign for Ms. Jay to win Cycle 16 of "ANTM." It's about time.
— Margaret Eby
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A 41-year-old Perris middle school teacher was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of trying to seduce a minor, authorities said.
Jeffrey Rightmire, who works at Lakeside Middle School, allegedly sent harmful material by text and the Internet "with the intent to seduce a minor," the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.
A spokesman for the Val Verde Unified School District said that two students alerted school officials Monday that a girl was allegedly involved with a teacher on campus, according to a report in the Riverside Press Enterprise. School officials allegedly found inappropriate discussions with between the student and teacher on social media.
Rightmire, a Murrieta resident, was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside.
Authorities said there were no additional victims in the case. Anyone with information is asked to call (951) 210-1049.
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The latest Evolve client release in the "stable" channel increases security and fixes common installation problems. We found over 25+ .dll files that were not signed by the original team.
This should greatly reduce the amount of installation problems people have, and also reduce the connection problems some people had to the login and party servers.


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FamilyID Ends the Issue of Filling Out Form After Form After Form
Whether it be a sport or taking art classes at a local rec center, any parent is excited to see their children take interest in an after-school activity. However, no parent is excited to fill out the same form over and over again. Although for many schools/rec centers, especially in small towns, parents and students need to fill out the same registration form over...and over...and over again.
FamilyID is a cloud-based SaaS platform for program providers such as schools, camps, clubs and recreational centers where collecting registration forms is a requirement. An organization using the FamilyID platform creates an e-form with fields for each required piece of information needed for the particular activity.
Participating families enter their information directly into the online registration form. The platform retains said information, such as student and parent names, contact information, existing medical information, etc. making it easy for parents to sign up for subsequent programs. All the registrations are saved in their FamilyID account, as opposed to the old file cabinet method.
The company's Founder and CEO Rochelle Nemrow, mother of two, says that the company was born "out of frustration with the inconvenient, repetitive process of registering my children for their activities."
"I am not patient when it comes to these things. I received forms by email, downloaded PDFs and opened piles of mail all to painstakingly fill out lengthy forms by and mail them back before deadlines passed and the programs were full," Nemrow said. "I'd had enough!"
Nemrow thought there should be a type of software that would keep certain records in one place, so parents wouldn't have to fill out the same forms with the same information. In addition to having children participating in various activities, Nemrow has seen the other side of this registration form problem, as she has also been responsible for collecting program registrations for her kid's schools.
"It's a time-consuming nightmare for program providers to collect all that information on participants," said Nemrow.
The company was founded in 2010, and the first version of the product was released six months later. Initially, the first customers of the platform were museums and performing arts centers around Nemrow's town of Weston. Local school districts soon began taking note of the platform and became customers not long after.
"Schools saw a huge need for something like this, and it quickly gained momentum," said Nemrow. "We love being able to play a role in solving a real problem for both families and school districts."
Over one million families across 38 states are now using FamilyID to search, sign-up and pay for programs and activities from Boy Scouts to surfing programs to school athletics. Nemrow describes much of the company's growth as "organic."
"Some schools started using FamilyID for things we never thought they would," she said. "Uxbridge Public School District in Massachusetts began using FamilyID for athletics and quickly realized the platform was also perfect to manage their new transportation fee and bus pass initiative."
Another unforeseen benefit to using FamilyID beyond convenience is that schools and program providers have seen increased participation. One example is a high school in New York state that started using FamilyID about a year ago.
"The school started using FamilyID, and it increased participation in athletics," Nemrow said. "None of the student-athletes missed the registration deadline, and the communication surrounding the program increased through the use of the platform."
As someone who was very active with his high school's after-school theater program and attended a high school in a small town, FamilyID would have been a perfect fit. FamilyID has scaled to the point where physically filling out form after form, year after year could end. After starting the company almost a decade ago, Nemrow still finds joy in running FamilyID.
"It's great to come to work every day feeling excited," she said. "Our team is full of such momentum that it truly makes the whole experience great. I'm incredibly proud of our progress, but this team is not done. In fact, nothing keeps me up at night more than thinking about how FamilyID can deliver more value to the communities we serve."
Colin Barry is a contributor to VentureFizz. Follow him on Twitter @ColinKrash.
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I was just in love with Taylor Swift – Okay, I just love Americans FULL STOP! And well, if you're a one direction fan, you would have been in your element. 10,000 screaming teenagers all chanting for a 5 lad boy band! It was mental!
Well I'm off to catch up on class work/homework and all things boring! So here's some lovely press photos ( as in my photos one direction look like a few dots on a very big stage!
Lots of Love
Taylor Swift, I loved her dress - she's like an angel, and has the voice of one too! <3
One Direction - Had 10,000 girls (and a few boys) singing along to 'that's what makes you beautiful' <3
Tulisa, collecting the X factor award, She was rocking the 'Red Dress' look! <3
Little Mix. I love their style sooooooo much. They make Waccko Jacko look hot! I've never heard them live but they were so amazing! <3


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Canning & Preserving // Monkey Butter11:17 AM
When it comes to canning and preserving, you usually think about fruits like apples and berries, or maybe pickles and tomato sauces. The last thing that comes to mind, at least for me, are bananas. Bananas are super versatile and used in many different baking recipes.
***There is debate as to whether or not bananas are safe to water bath can or they must be pressure canned, however, from experience, I have water bath caned this jam three times in the past two year and have had no bad experiences. Do your research, and, as always, if there are any doubts as to whether or not something canned is safe to eat or not, don't do it. Food borne illness with preserved foods is very serious and not worth risking your health over.***
We usually have tons of bananas lying about the house...and I mean tons. Every trip to a store or market with Eamon ends up with a bunch of bananas. They are his favorite fruit (and honestly the only fruit he will willingly eat) and you cannot walk through any fruit aisle without him wanting to eat a banana, or two. Even though I love putting them in smoothies and adding them as a topping to a snack of peanut butter topped rice cake, three to four pounds of bananas are sometimes hard to go through in a one week period. They start to brown and thanks to a certain Pete the Cat book, Eamon will not touch them at this point.
In comes Monkey Butter.
What is Monkey Butter? Well, every time I make it I am asked this at least a dozen times. Monkey butter is simply a banana and pineapple jam that is super-sweet and tastes like a wonderful island drink...It also makes your home smell like a tropical paradise while cooking.
To make Monkey Butter you need:
- 5 ripe bananas (no brown spots)
- 2 cups of crushed pineapple (almost one medium can)
- 1/4 cup ground coconut (I used unsweetened coconut)
- 2 1/2 cups of white sugar
- 3 Tbsp lemon juice,
- 2 pint jars or 4 half pint jars
Place all ingredients into a large pot and bring to a low boil, stir constantly. Lower the heat to a simmer and keep stirring. When the Monkey Butter is about jam texture it is ready.
(I made over four pints in one day and it took about an hour of cooking for it all to be just right.)
When you are finished your jam, you can either place it in your clean and sterile jars and refrigerate or you can process in a water bath caner (making sure to follow the methods prescribed by The National Center for Home Food Preservation ) for fifteen minutes (check your processing time recommendations for your altitude). Even refrigerated, it does not have a long shelf life, so unless you plan to indulge, I would suggest canning most of your yield.
When you process your jam as opposed to refrigerating it, you will notice (as you can see in the above photo) something that at first may seem strange but is very normal: your jam will turn pink. For us bakers out there, you may have also seen this happen to bananas cooked in breads and muffins as well. Out of curiosity I tried to do some research on the subject and found two possible answers with very little affirmation on either. When baking and other food preparation, the oxidation of the fruit, which simply means its exposure to oxygen, will cause color changes (think apples when they are cut and left out in the open), however, the application of citric acid (lemon juice usually) will slow down this process. Since this jam, and pretty much every jam you can, uses citric acid, I couldn't see this being the cause. However, after searching some chemistry forums, I saw that it very well could be the potassium from the bananas reacting with the heat and the sugars (both added and in the fruits) causing the change. Depending on the amount of sugars in the fruit, it can change to either pink or even purple. Although I cannot find any proof that this is the reaction that occurs, it is more plausible to me.
Regardless, monkey butter is super sweet (almost too sweet for me) and, from what I hear, great on waffles. Growing up I never put syrup on my waffles but instead topped them with jellies, so I'll definitely have to try this one next time!


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NEWBURYPORT, Mass. — Stars of the Hit NBC TV Show "The Voice," Josh Logan and Olivia Henken, will perform two shows at the Firehouse Center for the Arts on Saturday, May 31!
Josh Logan is a singer/songwriter who brings a fresh and addictive sound to the music scene. He blends a style of rock/blues/soul/pop and the product is invigorating and memorable. He got a shot at the big time in 2006, when he was chosen to be a contestant on the hit CBS TV show "Rockstar: Supernova". This once in a lifetime experience put Josh in front of 10-20 million viewers two times a week as they witnessed his work with Dave Navarro, Jason Newstead, Gilby Clarke, Tommy Lee & Butch Walker.
Then, in 2013, Josh competed in Season 5 of NBC's smash hit singing competition "The Voice". On the inaugural day of the season, broadcast on September 23, 2013, he performed Alex Clare's song "Too Close" for Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton, who all turned their chairs around but Josh opted to join Christina Aguilera's team.
Josh has shared the stage with national recording artists such as Dime-Bag Darrell and Vinnie Paul of Damage Plan, Tantric, Shinedown, Lacuna Coil, blues legend James Montgomery, Toby Lightman, John Popper of Blues Traveler, and Tommy Lee of Motley Crue & Methods of Mayhem. Josh was recently honored as the Best Local Performer by the reader's of the Hippo Press for the 2nd consecutive year And now, lucky for us, Josh has returned to his hometown of Manchester, NH and continues to play locally and work on his music.
What could make this show even more exciting? Why not two stars of "The Voice" in one night? Appearing with Josh Logan will be stunning and talented Olivia Henken, who you also saw on the popular TV show "The Voice" along with millions of others viewers.
A part of the Louisville, Kentucky hip music scene, this up and coming singer is headed for stardom! Along with Josh Logan, she too was a member of Team Christina on Season 5. Olivia captivated the imagination of the country with her stage presence, singing ability and charm. She's headlined at major festivals and graced the stage with Kip Moore, Charlie Daniels, Dustin Lynch, Chuck Wicks and Jason Jones. Olivia's recently released original album, "The Ride", shows the multitude of her talent.
Her high energy, confidence and charisma shine throughout her performances.
The Firehouse Center for the Arts is thrilled that these two incredible talents will making a stop in downtown Newburyport on Saturday, May 31 to perform not one but two shows for audiences that day, 5PM and 8PM! The Firehouse anticipates two sold out shows, and therefore urges all to purchase tickets in well in advance while they last!
What: Josh Logan with Olivia Henken - STARS OF HIT TV SHOW "THE VOICE"!
When: Saturday, May 31, 2014, Two Shows: 5PM & 8PM
Where: Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport MA
Tickets: $28 for Adults; $26 for Members/Students/Seniors
For more info please call the Box Office at 978-462-7336 or visit online at www.firehouse.org


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Volunteer Fair and CEN Summer Program Reports
The Opportunity Santa Fe Volunteer Fair helped connect about 100 people to local volunteer opportunities that will help their community. This was the first OSF Volunteer Fair held, and we're elated that it had such a great turnout. For a full list of the accomplishments and lessons learned, download the full report below.
The City of Santa Fe Summer Youth Summit Report is an evaluation intended to inform the development and improvement of the SF CEN programming which was delivered during the City of Santa Fe 2017 Youth Summer Program. Finding both areas of success and areas for improvement, this report offers great insight into the programs offered and how we're working toward a better Santa Fe.


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Elizabeth Christian
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Levente McCrary joined Elizabeth Christian Public Relations in December of 2009 and has more than a decade of public relations experience. During her time at ECPR, McCrary has worked with numerous high-profile clients including Google, Brookfield Residential, Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare, Texas Mutual Insurance Company and Twin Liquors, among others. This client work has highlighted her talents in media relations, writing, crisis communications, and client and event management.
In addition to executing media campaigns, McCrary has coordinated client events, such as Google Fiber and self-driving car announcements, press conferences at Austin City Hall and the Texas State Capitol, and workplace safety campaigns in various markets across Texas.
Prior to joining ECPR, McCrary served on the PR team at Southern Methodist University (SMU), where she handled PR for lecture series, development events, student activities and awards, and media relations for all colleges across campus. As an integral part of SMU's News & Communications team, McCrary also helped coordinate Fox News Channel's live broadcasts of "Hannity & Colmes" and "Live Desk with Martha MacCallum," as well as ABC's "Good Morning America" broadcast from campus.
McCrary got her start in PR at The Richards Group in Dallas and Saunders-Ream in Fort Worth, working with national consumer clients.
After moving to Texas from Tennessee in 2000, McCrary earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and journalism from Texas A&M University and a Master of Science degree in public relations and advertising from Texas Christian University.
She's an active member of the Junior League of Austin and regular supporter of Austin Dog Rescue.


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Hi, I have purchased this laptop with Windows 10 Home pre-Installed. But due to some Professional requirements, I want to install a Developer friendly linux distro on it. I'll be using many VMs in that distro along with a possible installation of Windows via Wine. Therefore, I want to be sure about the aftermath of all this, including Driver support and battery usage. Has any fellow developer tried the above mentioned linux distros (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / Linux Mint 18.1) on it without any problems? I have checked that it supports Ubuntu 14.04 but want to use the latest LTS versions. Just want to make sure that nothing gets messed up.
You could purchase an extra SSD or maybe a couple of them, replace the internal drive with an SSD, saving the factory Windows OS in case you want to change it back. Just a thought.
I have put Linux Mint 18.1 on two new Dell Inspiron i7 7000 series and it installed and ran without issue. Be SURE you get Nvidia graphics!
Hi, thanks for the response. This laptop comes with AMD and Intel HD, not NVIDIA. Hard Drive isn't an issue, since the windows image can be downloaded from the Dell website itself. I was just worried about the drivers and touchscreen, which right now doesn't seem to be an issue by looking at your experience. Thanks again.


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YOUNGSTERS in Wales are failing to grasp the basics of modern languages, sparking fears of a ticking time bomb for the economy.
Just four in 10 pupils reach acceptable standards in subjects such as French and Spanish, while a similarly disappointing figure attain basic standards in Welsh.
Business leaders fear the vacuum will cause huge problems as Wales seeks to develop a modern economy within an expanding Europe.
New figures for Welsh schools show that just 44pc of 14-year-olds, and only 35pc of boys, reach the expected level at key stage three.
The Confederation of British Industry has warned that the lack of attention to language standards in schools could damage Welsh competitiveness on a world stage.
A CBI spokesperson said, "Foreign language skills are important and the CBI has concerns about these figures.
"Language skills are vital for youngsters if they are to play a future role in international business.
"Multinational companies or European institutions rely on people with foreign language skills. Language proficiency has a positive effect on employability.
"Although English is now a world language, we must not be complacent. Languages will play an even more prominent role in business in the near future as we move closer to Europe."
The percentage of pupils reaching the expected level at Key Stage III is 19pc behind the average for other non-core subjects, such as information technology, design and technology, geography and history.
Jill Llewellyn Williams, a modern foreign languages lecturer at University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, said, "Pupils only start learning foreign languages when they enter a comprehensive and it is a race to get them to level five, the expected level, by the age of 14.
"More time is needed, either in primary school or extra lessons in secondary school, if pupils are really to thrive. Currently, only those who shine early on choose to continue with languages."
Mrs Llewellyn Williams, who is on secondment from Cardinal Newman RC School, Pontypridd, and is one of two chief GCSE French examiners with the Welsh Joint Education Committee, said there were concerns about the number of pupils taking languages at GCSE and A-level.
"Instead of the boom in languages we expected when Britain moved closer to Europe, we have seen a reduction in languages.
"It is extremely worrying as the skills languages give you, regardless of your career, can be advantageous."
Geraint Davies, secretary of the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers Cymru, said, "Many pupils do not believe languages are relevant to them as they do not intend to use it as a full-time career.
"There is also some concern that compulsory Welsh lessons may mean there is less time to teach other languages, although I do not advocate reducing the number of Welsh lessons."
Mr Davies said that a shortage of Welsh teachers would also go some way to explaining the poor standards in Welsh as a second language.
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The New Museum invites its Corporate Members and their employees to view "Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos" while the Museum is closed to the public. "A Cosmos" is the most comprehensive survey of the artist's work in the US to date, and the most significant museum presentation in New York in over a decade. Originally co-curated by Rosemarie Trockel and Lynne Cooke for the Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, this exhibition—encompassing all three main gallery floors of the New Museum—presents a world shaped by Trockel's idea and affinities.
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Janelle Lynch – 'Another Way of Looking at Love'
"And another way of looking at love is connection." Alain de Botton
Janelle Lynch's series 'Another Way of Looking at Love' – large-format (8×10) still lives in the landscape "as a metaphor to consider our yearning to be connected and the personal, societal, and environmental consequences of disconnection. I begin by identifying details in nature that, based on a unique vantage point, create geometric formations of closure. The connective point, or nucleus, that is created by the union becomes my plane of focus."
"The title is from a quote by the philosopher Alain de Botton, who supports Dr. Amy Banks' neuroscientific research and Relational-Cultural Theory. Dr. Banks' theory posits that humans are biologically hardwired to connect and that our wellness (and the well-being of our culture and planet) depends on our connections with others and with nature."
The project took the artist three-year and is inspired by her recent immersion in drawing and painting from perception.
The series is published in a photo book by Radius Books.
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Allison J. Pugh. Longing and Belonging: Parents, Children, and Consumer Culture. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. 320 pp. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-520-25843-3; $21.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-520-25844-0.
Reviewed by Hilary Levey (Harvard University)
Published on H-Childhood (July, 2010)
Commissioned by Patrick J. Ryan (University of Western Ontario)
Golden Tickets: Inequality and Children's Consumption
In an era of unemployment and bonus backlash, serious scholarship about consumption is timely. If a work is about how children learn to be consumers, it is also vital. Sociologist Allison J. Pugh's recent book, Longing and Belonging, thoughtfully and richly details both, examining how a diverse set of parents raise their children to relate to money. Pugh did her research in Oakland, California, in three elementary schools located in two different geographic areas of the city: Sojourner Truth, a public school mainly populated by low-income families, and Arrowhead and Oceanview, a private school and a public school that cater to more affluent families. Over three and a half years, she observed and conducted interviews with fifty-four families with children aged five to nine to explore the ways in which children from different class backgrounds acquire and use knowledge about consumer culture.
At first glance this research might seem to be derivative of Annette Lareau's Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life (2003). While Lareau's overall argument is reinforced here, Pugh deftly zeroes in on, and explains, a particularly important aspect of child-rearing--how parents teach their children to interact with one specific thing, money. She argues that childhood consumption is quite relational and symbolic, helping to define the nature of caring relationships and one's place in peer culture. While families from different classes consume in different ways, and develop different strategies to cope with consumption, one of the more powerful messages of Longing and Belonging is the universality of children's consumer culture.
Over the course of eight chapters Pugh introduces several interesting concepts to illustrate her arguments. One of these is the "economy of dignity," which describes the ways in which children relate to their peers through material goods; the currency in this economy is varied forms of scrip. Another interesting term Pugh develops is "pathway consumption." Pathway consumption involves parental spending that is aimed at children's futures. While the former deals with material childhood consumption in the present, the latter is rooted in less tangible forms of consumption that capture parental aspirations.
As these two concepts suggest, much of Longing and Belonging is about symbols, since consumption defines our relationships both in the present and in the future. Particular items carry symbolic importance for children, like Pokemon, along with practices, like allowance giving and tooth fairy gifts. Pugh shows the processes by which kids are taught how to interpret these varied symbols.
Of course, many parents are ambivalent about the symbolic power of consumptive goods and practices, which is especially evident in chapter 6 when Pugh describes how some parents resist particular spending. One gets the sense that all of Pugh's parents, and Pugh, feel that something has changed in American childhood--that consumer culture is more powerful than ever before. However, is it true that there has been a marked shift in childhood consumption? Yes, we do know that the market itself, particularly the amount of money spent by children, has grown. Yet have not generations always bemoaned changes seen in the succeeding generation? Historian Steven Mintz has shown this to be true for over three centuries in the United States. The reader does not get a strong sense of the ways in which these patterns and behaviors are historically true. The work of such scholars as Iona and Peter Opie and David Nasaw shows both how children valued gifts of various kinds and how they spent their pennies (often on candy) in the past. It would have been helpful if Pugh had provided an explanation of how the children's market evolved into its current form and the ways in which it is different today.
One area in which Longing and Belonging is particularly strong is in its discussion of methods in chapter 2. I greatly appreciated the detailed description of the ethnographic process and the ways in which Pugh's identity played a role in this research. I did feel the lack of children's voices in much of the work though; while some of the children's observed comments are included, I would have liked to have seen more systematic analysis of their thoughts. Pugh explained that she did not feel she could interview children, but future studies should focus on the children's perspective.
With a book as rich as this one, it can spawn its own research agenda. One area that Pugh, or other scholars, should tackle include examining the role of technology, especially social media like Facebook or cell phones, to both create and disseminate children's consumptive patterns. Additionally, as with a lot of social science research, the question of how much has changed since the 2008 recession looms large. What has happened to these families and their consumption patterns? To what extent is the children's economy still "bulletproof," impervious to downturns?
As I read Longing and Belonging I kept thinking of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) (though I suppose most children would know the story from Tim Burton's recent movie remake). Poor Charlie Bucket had to contend with wealthier children who could afford to buy chocolate bars by the box-full, while he was only able to open three bars in his search for the golden ticket (certainly a powerful alternative scrip). One of the more heartbreaking scenes from the original 1971 Willy Wonka movie is when Charlie's math teacher asks each child how many Wonka bars each of them has opened. Charlie has to admit to the incredulous teacher that he has only had two as his classmates laugh and twitter around him. Consumption of the bars secured a place in a peer culture that Charlie longed to, but could not, fully belong to. His parents and grandparents also longed to buy him a bar with a golden ticket, both as part of the economy of dignity and as pathway consumption. Of course, despite fewer opportunities, Charlie ends up walking into the factory next to the more affluent children, and he eventually emerges as the hero and winner, his future secured with riches and other material goods. If securing upward mobility were only so simple.
If there is additional discussion of this review, you may access it through the network, at: https://networks.h-net.org/h-childhood.
Hilary Levey. Review of Pugh, Allison J., Longing and Belonging: Parents, Children, and Consumer Culture.
H-Childhood, H-Net Reviews.
July, 2010.
URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=29551
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The newly renovated Ailsa Mellon Bruce Galleries provide a broad perspective on American and European decorative arts from the Rococo and Neoclassical periods of the 18th century to contemporary design and craft of the 20th and 21st centuries.
The end of November is marked with the design community dusting off their floral prints and bright clothing in preparation for their trips to Miami for the highly anticipated Design Miami/ 2012 which runs from December 5 - 9. To prepare for this years event, we wanted to share with you what the fair feels are its key themes and top design objects.
For UR Feeling, Simon Martin brings together a selection of objects and images from artists and designers including Ettore Sottsass, Scott Burton and Stephen Shore.
Thanks is proud to release the 'Sidekick Stool', designed by Mt. Maunganui-based furniture designer Timothy John for the Thanks retail stores.
The Sidekick is visually light, unimposing and is easily in- corporated into any space. It is inspired by the silhouette of a glass science beaker, resembling a 3D line drawing of its form.
On the evening of Tuesday the 27th of November 2012 the auction house Dorotheum will hold a design sale at 17:00. The collection of design brought together by the Dorotheum team for this sale provides bidders with a large selection of modern and post-modern works for a breadth of designers.
Portuguese design brand Boca do Lobo have sent images of their most recent project, 'Newton' dining table - a limited edition design inspired by Isaac Newton.
Ronchini Gallery, London is proud to present an exhibition of works by artist Olivo Barbieri from 30 November 2012 to 12 January 2013. Barbieri will unveil his first series of aerial photographs of London, as part of the latest chapter in his site specific_ series.
For the first time, Design Space Gallery is pleased to participate at Design Miami 2012 and present specially commissioned works by designers, Michal Cederbaum and Noam Dover.
From the 5th till the 9th of December 2012, the gallery will be presenting both contemporary
On the evening of Wednesday November 21st 2012 Christies Paris will host an auction of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design. The sale brings together a large collection of midcentury french design, with collectible design market favourites: Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Diego Giacometti, Charlotte Perriand, and Jean Prouvé.
From the evening of Launch Night on Thurs 22 November, Craft Central will open the doors to its two fascinating Victorian buildings in Clerkenwell Green and St John's Square. They are inviting visitors to go 'behind the scenes' and explore the workshops of their renowned design community.
Dressed is a series of contemporary furniture items composed by bronze dresses and brass under-structures, designed in collaboration with the designer's father and artist Jan Praet.
Leading figure of graphic design, the artistic director Neville Brody, founder of Research Studios, has just created a new typeface for the Royal College of Arts where he is dean for the department of graphic art and communication.
The scent of something, paradoxically, is ephemeral – but also unforgettable and evocative of the most potent emotions. Designers, artists and brands are starting to recognize this powerful stimulus that's yet to be deeply explored.
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Cristina Grajales Gallery is pleased to announce the second solo exhibition of furniture and lighting designer Christophe Côme, Material Transformations. Based in Paris, Côme creates sculptural furniture and lighting design through his manipulation of industrial materials, resulting in objects that are elegant and timeless.
Francis Bacon: five decades is the first major exhibition of this great artist's work to be shown in Australia and marks the 20th anniversary of Bacon's death.


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Posted 13/4-10 at 22.45
The UKDPC, the national umbrella organization for British DPOs, has launched its 2010 manifesto to coincide with the May General Election. The Manifesto sets out 12 specific demands that it sees as essential for justice and rights for disabled people in 2010.
These are grouped under five headings:
In his UKDPC blog, Theo Blackmore offers an excellent list of suggested questions, drawn from the Manifesto, that disabled people might want to ask their prospective candidates.
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the other night Shawn whispered "I love you" to me as we were falling asleep.
Cute, right? Wrong! He said it in Kevin's voice and then continued to talk to me in the dark of our room with such creepiness :/
He makes me laugh most nights, but I was about ready to cry!
Kevin is too strange for my comfort...
Thanks Kayla for sharing this {on facebook}
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This Japanese proverb relays the vicissitudes of life. Some would more naturally translate it into English as "Always rising after a fall or repeated failures".
Close up view of the artwork mounted to this silk brocade wall scroll
The first Kanji is literally "7". The second means "fall down" (sometimes this Kanji means "turn around", "revolve" or "turn over", but in this case, it's holds the meaning of "fall"). The third is "8". And the last is "get up", "rouse", or "rise".
Basically if you fail 7 times, you should recover from those events and be prepared to rise an 8th time. This is also applies if it is the world or circumstances that knock you down seven times...
...just remember that you have the ability to bounce back from any kind of adversity.
Note: This can be pronounced two ways. One is "shichi ten hakki". The other is "nana korobi ya oki".
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Happy Birthday Lil Risa!
A year ago today at 4 :19 AM my little girl Risa Kitamura was born. She was taken from my not-so-comfy womb at week 30 and 3-day due to pregnancy complication Total Placenta Previa.
I remember I felt a huge gush bleeding. The blood was all over the bed before the nurse even reach my door room at the hospital.
It was crazy. I will always remember it. The very last night I carry my baby in my belly. I don't think I'm able to have a baby again since my husband's now gone. And I don't intend to remarriage. My life now is all about Risa. She is all I have now.


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Working with Mysms, Evernote's team was able to add some new SMS features that lets you to connect Evernote with the messaging application. This integration will make all your text messages searchable, while also allowing you to store them on your Evernote account for later purposes.
These new features were announced as a way to integrate Evernote's already great service, with the features offered by the Mysms application. Currently, Mysms allows you to sync your messages between all your devices (tablet, phones, and computers) in order to make replying to your text messages much easier and extremely convenient. The addition of Evernote will certainly be a plus for users:
We're pleased with the result. With the app running, SMS messages to your existing smartphone number are archived into a dedicated Evernote notebook. The app creates a note for each each person you trade messages with, and every time you get or send a message to a person, it is added to their note. It also archives picture messages.The service has been available for quite some time now but surely, now that the Evernote integration was announced, the app will become a bit more enticing to the average texter—student or professional. The best part of it all is, both applications are free from the Play Store so you lose nothing by giving them a try and let us know what you think about this in the comments.


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The group has had about 26 members which included husbands and wives. The group has an excellent attendance as members do not miss unless they are out of town or some other very good reason. The members have a great time together playing the game. Some of the members enjoy coming early to enjoy having lunch together at the Faculty Club. The entire group has a Christmas Lunch and another at the end of the season in May. If this sounds like something you might enjoy, please come and join us.
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Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival w/ Cyrus Chestnut, Dee Daniels and the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Gospel Choir & The Taj Mahal Trio
University of Idaho Kibbie Dome 02/26/10
Words/Photos by thenaturalstoner
I definitely picked an interesting (see: not great) show to make my first Concert Confessions review, and in hindsight I should have picked a different one, but we all make mistakes in our lives. The evening wasn't terrible, but the crowd was, which I suppose is partially my fault.
Last night I went to the University of Idaho's Kibbie Dome for the 44th Annual Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival and left thinking I should have just saved the 45 bucks and punched myself in the face a couple of times instead. Little did I know, but the Jazz Festival is primarily about music education in our local area (Washington/Idaho Palouse region) schools. Thus, as I walked into the Dome last night, I immediately found myself surrounded by thousands of 12-16 year olds, something I hope to never have happen again in my life. There is one benefit to this, which I will touch on in a bit, but it felt like torture sitting there among those masses for much of the night.
The Kibbie Dome is an interesting venue to hold a concert. This is where the Idaho Vandals host their home college football and basketball games, but last night they had the Jazz Fest setup instead. Curtains were hung and the large Dome was cut into a fraction of its normal size. About 4,000 people were there I would estimate, but it didn't stay that way throughout the night. I don't know how Lionel Hampton of all people ended up throwing gigs in Moscow, Idaho, considering the racial/social mixup of the people that live here (95% white, mostly farmers), but this area is much better off that he did.
Friday night at the Jazz Fest this year was dubbed "Blues and Sacred Roots" night and The Taj Mahal Trio was the headlining act. I will admit that the blues are one of my least favorite genres of music, BUT Taj Mahal is someone I particularly like, so I was pretty pumped going into the night. Of course, finding my seat surrounded by rows and rows of kids going through puberty immediately started the evening off on the wrong foot.
The first act of the night was Cyrus Chestnut, a solo pianist that was a bit too mellow for my liking. Like, nodding off at my chair mellow. It wasn't terrible, but after 30 minutes of southern piano (and no vocals) I was ready for something different. My girlfriend may have had the comment of the night when she said to me "he looks like a cross between Carl Winslow and Urkel from Family Matters". That had me cracking up for a good while, mainly because she was spot on.
After Cyrus finished his set we witnessed a 10 minute promotional video showcasing the history of the Festival and its goals for the future. During this video the stage was setting up to host Dee Daniels and the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Gospel Choir. This set was better than the first, mainly because we had some vocals and upbeat rhythms to pick up the pace not only for me, but the entire crowd as well. Nevertheless we were instructed to remain seated during the entire night, so the energy in the Kibbie Dome was close to zero (except for all the 13 year olds trying to be the coolest kids in the world. Oh did I forget how old I have become). Dee Daniels has a great voice, but it's another one of those where you want something else after the first 4 or 5 songs. I believe the Gospel Choir consisted of high schoolers from Lewiston High School (Lewiston, ID) and other local musicians and they played about 45 minutes before exiting the stage. A 15 minute intermission followed, and Taj Mahal was on deck.
Earlier I mentioned that there was one benefit of being surrounded by 12-16 year olds…. they have CURFEWS, and as the night grew longer, hundreds of kids were leaving left and right. Most of these departures were local school bands that had busses to catch, which was honestly the best thing to happen all night. As soon as the Choir set was over, approximately 40 kids directly in front and behind us all got up and had to leave! FINALLY I was not surrounded by kids talking and flirting and I could sit back and relax! And they just kept leaving, every song or two more groups would get up and go. I am curious how these headliners feel about this, as Taj was playing to an ever-dwindling audience (bad for him, great for me!). I assume the Festival lets the headliners know about this crowd situation, which I overheard happens every year, but it was an odd sight to me.
The Taj Mahal Trio started off his set with some Caribbean sounding roots music and blues standards. It really wasn't until a few songs into the set when we got some of his hits that brought the remaining crowd to life. Queen Bee > Fishin' Blues > Corinna back to back to back was THE highlight of the night. 3 of my favorite Taj Mahal tunes in a row really brought a sense of excitement to the Dome and the rest of the set fed off of that.
As it was Blues night, we were hit with some classic blues traditionals and some of Taj's own personal tunes. As the night grew longer and the crowd grew smaller, I thought this show got better! We got a little piano, got a little banjo, the set was actually pretty good! After an hour and a half of good times the Trio bowed and walked off the stage to large cheers. They returned to play a one song encore, the only other Taj Mahal song I wanted to hear "Lovin' in My Babies Eyes" and called it a night. Since he played the 4 or 5 songs I really wanted to hear I considered his set a success. I am not sure it made up for the prior sets or the crowd, but the evening ended up not being a total loss.
I don't know when I will go back to the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival again. Looking back I feel like I have now "done it" and it will take an exceptional headliner to get me back there. Now that I know the crowd makeup, expectations and reality are much different than before. I can only wonder how much more fun I would have had if Taj had played a local club instead of this Festival. A night with the Taj Mahal Trio at John's Alley Tavern could have been exactly what the doctor ordered, instead of the mixed bag I was dealt.
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Jeweller Harriet Kelsall was this afternoon (June 14) formally announced as the new chair of the National Association of Jewellers (NAJ) at its annual general meeting (AGM).
Kelsall, who owns three jewellery studios located in London, Cambridge and Hertfordshire, will succeed Simon Johnson of Marmalade Jewellery in Chiswick, who has held the post for two years.
Speaking at the AGM, held at Goldsmith's Hall, Kelsall told members of some of her plans for the future of the association.
"I look forward to working with Simon Forrester on the future shape and structure of the NAJ," she said.
"In order to fulfil our new strategy going forward, we will now begin a top‐down review of governance, volunteers, staffing, technology and communication. We have been talking to people interested in becoming future leaders of the NAJ. I look forward to further improving things and to building on the success of the steering groups; our team of volunteers across the different speciality areas that are represented across our membership."
She also added: "One other thing I wanted to say is that it is very easy to criticise and organisation like ours. But, being a member of the NAJ isn't just about taking, it should also be about giving and about helping our industry.
"After all, when we work together to improve the whole industry, we improve it for ourselves too. We take our members subscriptions and we try to do the very best for the whole industry with them.
"If you are a member I'd like to urge you to help be part of our ever-continuing change for the better; not just by paying your subscription but also be getting involved. If you aren't a member – please join us for the greater good. Come along to our events, engage with our networks and perhaps even volunteer a little of your time to help. You will be amazed what you can get out of it if you properly engage with it."
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text: The horrors you are able to inflict upon the general public in the Grand Theft Auto games has always been a contentious issue, with the player controlling a sociopathic murderer made to unflinchingly dole out punishment to whoever crosses his path. It was seen as a different kind of evil from games like Doom since the NPCs in your crosshairs were average citizens, the destitute, and our men in blue. What happens when you take away 3rd person, the one thin barrier between you and the worst capabilities of man?


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Stream The Soundtrack for Mad Max: Fury Road
Composed by Tom Holkenborg, a.k.a. Junkie XL
The new Mad Max film is out today, with striking visuals, an unusual narrative for a summer blockbuster, and a long string of hosannas from critics to back it up. The film's booming score, composed entirely by Tom Holkenborg, a.k.a. Junkie XL, picks up the slack when the notoriously taciturn Mad Max gives audiences little to work with.
This is Holkenborg's second major film score in 2015, having previously scored the Liam Neeson-vehicle Run All Night. In 2014 he released the high-profile score for Divergent.


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Big song: Shura - 2 Shy
"I heard this today and it made me think of you," she emails, "because it sounds like Janet (I think so anyway)".
She's right, too. London newcomer Shura has a breathy, delicate delivery that sounds just like Janet as she quivers through the emotional turmoil of Again (rather than the angrier, funkier "Ms Jackson if you're nasty" of 1986).
Her song, 2 Shy is dedicated to all the wallflowers who sit on the sidelines at parties, secretly crushing on an unsuspecting friend.
"Let's go find a corner we can sit in
And talk about that film instead of us
Even though throughout it, I was thinking
I was gonna say I love you afterwards."
It's rather lovely.
If you're interested in Shura, there's a nice piece on the BBC's Sound of 2015 website (she was longlisted, but didn't make the top five).
Amongst the revelations on that page are the fact that she was "born in Moscow to a Russian actress" and honed her sound by "walking pumas round The Amazon".


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Lincoln, NE. – The UMBC Volleyball (1-5) team closed out play in the Ameritas Players Challenge by falling in straight sets to Oral Roberts (25-21, 25-22, 25-23) on Saturday afternoon.
The first set was back-and-forth between both teams, as neither team held more than a two-point advantage until Oral Roberts (1-5) recorded the final four points.
The second set featured the Retrievers getting out to a 9-1 lead, including multiple kills from sophomore Franchesca Reed (Aurora, Colo./Grand View) and two aces from classmate Brooke Hayden (Mt. Airy, Md./Linganore). The Golden Eagles responded quickly with a 9-1 run to even the set at 10-10. The Retrievers would battle back late in the set with kills from Mirabella, Reed, and Freeman, but ORU would eventually take the set
The Retrievers and Oral Roberts were tight in the third, and the set was tied at 23, but ORU scored the final two points of the set to take the match.
The Retrievers were led offensively by senior outside hitter Abbie Mirabella (Hockessin, Del./St. Mark's) with a team high 10 kills, as well as nine kills from freshman outside hitter Carmen Freeman (Memphis, Tenn./St. Mary's). Redshirt junior setter Claudia Lopez also recorded a match high 31 assists, while classmate libero Kristin Watson (Bowie, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt) recorded a match high 12 digs in the three-set contest.
The Retrievers are back in action on Tuesday at 7:00 PM, facing Coppin State at the RAC Arena in the team's home opener.


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The rich and colorful heritage of the sport of bull riding has been in the making for over a century.
The Bull Riding Hall of Fame honors the early day pioneers of the sport, the cowboys who played such a key role in bull riding history.
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Journal of Data Science, v.7, no.3, p.285-311
Bayesian Computation of the Intrinsic Structure of Factor Analytic Models
by Ernest Fokoue
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The study of factor analytic models often has to address two important issues: (a) the determination of the "optimum'' number of factors and (b) the derivation of a unique simple structure whose interpretation is easy and straightforward. The classical approach deals with these two tasks separately, and sometimes resorts to ad-hoc methods. This paper proposes a Bayesian approach to these two important issues, and adapts ideas from stochastic geometry and Bayesian finite mixture modeling to construct an ergodic Markov chain having the posterior distribution of the complete collection of parameters (including the number of factors) as its equilibrium distribution. The proposed method uses an {\em Automatic Relevance Determination (ARD)} prior as the device of achieving the desired simple structure. A Gibbs sampler updating scheme is then combined with the simulation of a continuous-time birth-and-death point process to produce a sampling scheme that efficiently explores the posterior distribution of interest. The MCMC sample path obtained from the simulated posterior then provides a flexible ingredient for most of the inferential tasks of interest. Illustrations on both artificial and real tasks are provided, while major difficulties and challenges are discussed, along with ideas for future improvements.
Journal of Data Science, v.7, no.3, p.313-329
A New Analytic Framework for Moderation Analysis --- Moving Beyond Analytic Interactions
by Wan Tang, Qin Yu, Paul Crits-Christoph and Xin M. Tu
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Conceptually, a moderator is a variable that modifies the effect of a predictor on a response. Analytically, a common approach as used in most moderation analyses is to add analytic interactions involving the predictor and moderator in the form of cross-variable products and test the significance of such terms. The narrow scope of such a procedure is inconsistent with the broader conceptual definition of moderation, leading to confusion in interpretation of study findings. In this paper, we develop a new approach to the analytic procedure that is consistent with the concept of moderation. The proposed framework defines moderation as a process that modifies an existing relationship between the predictor and the outcome, rather than simply a test of a predictor by moderator interaction. The approach is illustrated with data from a real study.
Journal of Data Science, v.7, no.3, p.331-347
Measurement Errors and Imperfect Detection Rates on the Transect Line in Independent Observer Line Transect Surveys
by Shenghua Kelly Fan
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This paper proposes a parametric method for estimating animal abundance using data from independent observer line transect surveys. This method allows measurement errors in distance and size, and less than 100% detection rates on the transect line. Based on data from southern bluefin tuna surveys and data from a mike whale survey, simulation studies were conducted and the results show that 1) the proposed estimates agree well with the true values, 2) the effect of small measurement errors in distance could still be large if measurements on size are biased, and 3) incorrectly assuming 100% detection rates on the transect line will greatly underestimate the animal abundance.
Journal of Data Science, v.7, no.3, p.349-364
Bayesian Adaptation of the Summary ROC Curve Method for Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Performance
by Scott W. Miller, Debajyoti Sinha, Elizabeth H. Slate, Donald Garrow and Joseph Romagnuolo
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Meta-analytic methods for diagnostic test performance, Bayesian methods in particular, have not been well developed. The most commonly used method for meta-analysis of diagnostic test performance is the Summary Receiver Operator Characteristic (SROC) curve approach of Moses, Shapiro and Littenberg. In this paper, we provide a brief summary of the SROC method, then present a case study of a Bayesian adaptation of their SROC curve method that retains the simplicity of the original model while additionally incorporating uncertainty in the parameters, and can also easily be extended to incorporate the effect of covariates. We further derive a simple transformation which facilitates prior elicitation from clinicians. The method is applied to two datasets: an assessment of computed tomography for detecting metastases in non-small-cell lung cancer, and a novel dataset to assess the diagnostic performance of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in the detection of biliary obstructions relative to the current gold standard of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
Journal of Data Science, v.7, no.3, p.365-380
Estimating Bivariate Survival Function by Volterra Estimator Using Dynamic Programming Techniques
by Jiantian Wang and Pablo Zafra
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For estimating bivariate survival function under random censorship, it is commonly believed that the Dabrowska estimator is among the best ones while the Volterra estimator is far from being computational efficiency. As we will see, the Volterra estimator is a natural extension of the Kaplan-Meier estimator to bivariate data setting. We believe that the computational `inefficiency' of the Volterra estimator is largely due to the formidable computational complexity of the traditional recursion method. In this paper, we show by numerical study as well as theoretical analysis that the Volterra estimator, once computed by dynamic programming technique, is more computationally efficient than the Dabrowska estimator. Therefore, the Volterra estimator with dynamic programming would be quite recommendable in applications owing to its significant computational advantages.
Journal of Data Science, v.7, no.3, p.381-396
Multidimensional Scaling as an Aid for the Analytic Network and Analytic Hierarchy Processes
by M. A. A. Cox
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Graphs are a great aid in interpreting multidimensional data. Two examples are employed to illustrate this point. In the first the many dissimilarities generated in the Analytic Network Process (ANP) are analysed using Individual Differences Scaling (INDSCAL). This is the first time such a procedure has been used in this context. In the second the single set of dissimilarities that arise from the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) are analysed using Multidimensional Scaling (MDS). The novel approach adopted here replaces a complex iterative procedure with a systematic approach that may be readily automated.
Journal of Data Science, v.7, no.3, p.397-407
Statistical Analysis of Correlated Relative Risks
by Rickey E, Carter, Xuyang Zhang, Robert F. Woolson and Christian C. Apfel
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Much of the statistical literature regarding categorical data focuses on the odds ratio, yet in many epidemiological and clinical trial settings, the relative risk is the quantity of interest. Recently, Spiegelman and Hertzmark illustrated modeling and SAS programming for modeling relative risk in contrast to the logistic model's odds ratio. The focus of their work is on a single relative risk, i.e., for one binary response variable. Herein, we outline two methods for estimating relative risks for two correlated binary outcomes. The first method is weighted least squares estimation for categorical data modeling. The second method is based on generalized estimating equations. The two methods are readily implemented using common statistical packages, such as SAS. The methods are illustrated using clinical trial data examining the relative risks of nausea and vomiting for two different drugs commonly used to provide general anesthesia.
Journal of Data Science, v.7, no.3, p.409-421
Some Observations in Likelihood Based Fitting of Longitudinal Models for Binary Data
by Subir Ghosh and Arunava Chakravartty
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Different models are used in practice for describing a binary longitudinal data. In this paper we consider the joint probability models, the marginal models, and the combined models for describing such data the best. The combined model consists of a joint probability model and a marginal model at two different levels. We present some striking empirical observations on the closeness of the estimates and their standard errors for some parameters of the models considered in describing a data from Fitzmaurice and Laird (1993) and consequently giving new insight from this data. We present the data in a complete factorial arrangement with 4 factors at 2 levels. We introduce the concept of "data representing a model completely" and explain "data balance" as well as "chance balance". We also consider the best model selection problem for describing this data and use the Search Linear Model concepts known in Fractional Factorial Design research (Srivastava (1975)).


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ALBURY Calibration & Engineering has recently introduced the Universal PAT Calibrator Model UPC-3, which has been specifically designed to calibrate any Personal Appliance Tester (PAT).
With the recent explosion in the use of Personal Appliance Testers for testing of appliances, power tools, leads etc, the demand for PAT calibration has also grown. This is because Workcover, Worksafe and Australian Standard AS3760:2001 require all Personal Appliance Testers to be calibrated at least every 12 months.
The Universal PAT Calibrator Model UPC-3 can test the calibration status of any PAT by representing a 'dummy' appliance to the PAT. This allows the operator to decide if the PAT unit under test meets the relevant standards and if it is still within the manufacturer's specification.
If the PAT is out of specification, the Universal PAT Calibrator may be used to adjust the PAT back into specification.
The Universal PAT Calibrator provides insulation, earthbond, continuity resistances, and earth leakage currents for both PASS and FAIL conditions, so that calibration values can be easily found.
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The Fourth of July is almost here and many Americans, including me, are on vacation this week in conjunction with the holiday. So this week, instead of writing and publishing an article here for your perusal and consideration, I suggest that you write a post and share your talent!
Specifically, I challenge all of you to write a fiction or nonfiction article on an Independence Day-related topic. It might be a discussion of the upcoming elections — federal, state or local. You could write about the historical significance of July 4, recent court decisions interpreting questions about the extent and nature of the freedoms we enjoy here in the United States, your opinions about the war in Iraq, the economy or other current events. What are you thankful for this Fourth of July? What does "freedom" mean to you?
Was one July 4th particularly memorable for you? Tell us about it or about how your family celebrates. Are there traditions that you are carrying on for your own children? Or do you celebrate in a different way every year?
If you live in a country other than the United States, you might compare the freedoms you enjoy with those guaranteed to Americans under our Constitution. Have you visited the United States? What impressed you the most about our country? What is your most vivid memory of your visit?
For you fiction writers, perhaps you can tell a story about how a particular character or family celebrates the Fourth, or describe an especially poignant event that your character(s) experienced or witnessed in relationship to the Fourth of July.
Post the link to your article in a comment below so that I can visit your site and enjoy your efforts!
And have a very happy and safe Independence Day!


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I was never really artistic when I was young. It was only until I watched the Tagalog version of Sailormoon that I started having an interest in drawing (and anime). Sailormoon makes me really nostalgic~ =_=
When I was in high school, I consumed those huge Canson Sketch Pads like crazy (filled with sailormoon drawings) and I would buy the biggest sketch pad I can get. As soon as I reached college I didn't really stop drawing but started drawing other characters, still anime though ^_^
Anyway, I really wanted a moleskin notebook with no lines on it but I almost fainted when I saw the price... Luckily, I came across a really cheap alternative (49 PHP)! It's prettier that the moleskins I wanted and it's recycled too!!! My officemates ended up buying as well~ HAHAHA!
|I love love love the design~!
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I'm really inspired by Joojoo's art ^_^ I really recommend looking at her posts of her sketchbook. I wish I can do the same for my super duper pretty sketch book