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Of the eleven sites included in the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage List, five are located in Tasmania. Each place is protected and highly valued, allowing visitors a unique look at stories from our history.
World Heritage Listed Convict Sites
As it happens, we've previously published individual articles about all five World Heritage Listed Convict Sites in Tasmania.
Following reader requests for further information, we'll add contact details and links here: all in one convenient, central place!
Port Arthur Historic Site
Until 1877, the Port Arthur Convict Settlement was as a penal station for secondary offenders and a major industrial complex on the Tasman Peninsula. Today, the convict site is one of the most important cultural tourist attractions in the world, and certainly an iconic visitor experience in Tasmania.
- Website: www.portarthur.org.au
- Facebook page: www.facebook.com/portarthur
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- Phone: (03) 6251 2310
- Address: Arthur Highway, Port Arthur
Coal Mines Historic Site
Tasmania's first operational mine, the Coal Mines on the Tasman Peninsula were established to source much-needed coal for the new colony. The convict site was also a place of severe punishment for up to 500 hardened criminals, serial offenders adjudged the worst class. Visitors can combine visits to both the fascinating Coal Mines Historic Site and the Port Arthur Convict Settlement.
- Website: www.portarthur.org.au
- Facebook page: www.facebook.com/portarthur
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- Phone: (03) 6251 2310
- Address: Coal Mines Road, Saltwater River
Cascades Female Factory
The Cascades Female Factory is thought to be Australia's most significant women's convict site. A purpose-built institution housing up to 1,000 people, the inmates provided laundry and needlework services for the colony. At the foot of Mount Wellington, only a short drive from central Hobart, visitors are able to undertake a guided tour and explore the buildings and grounds.
- Website: www.femalefactory.org.au
- Facebook page: www.facebook.com/femalefactory
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- Phone: (03) 6233 6656
- Address: 16 Degraves Street, South Hobart
Darlington Probation Station
Darlington Probation Station is located on Maria Island, a national park off the east coast of Tasmania. Some of the convict sites included in this World Heritage listing date back to the 1820s. The penal settlement was established at Darlington in 1825 by Lt. Governor Arthur. Offending convicts were assigned to hard labour felling timber and cultivating the ground.
- Website: www.parks.tas.gov.au
- Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Tasmania-Parks-and-Wildlife-Service
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Phone: 1300 135 513
- Address: Maria Island (via Triabunna)
Brickendon and Woolmers Estates
Historic Brickendon has been owned by the Archer family since 1824. The estate includes a convict built farm village and heritage gardens. The private farm had male and female convicts assigned as agricultural workers.
Brickendon Estate
- Website: www.brickendon.com.au
- Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Brickendon-Estate
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Phone: (03) 6391 1383
- Address: 236 Wellington St, Longford
Woolmers Estate
Also a private farm using convict labour for early Tasmanian pastoral development, the World Heritage Listed Woolmers Estate is highly regarded as one of Australia's most significant heritage properties. The estate incorporates the National Rose Garden.
- Website: www.woolmers.com.au
- Facebook page: www.facebook.com/WoolmersEstate
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Phone: (03) 6391 2230
- Address: 658 Woolmers Lane, Longford
Additional Convict Sites in Tasmania
For visitors, the "top five" World Heritage Listed convict sites are not the only portal into Tasmanian history. Other attractions and locations provide additional interest for those seeking an insight into the past.
Sarah Island is accessed by boat (either an organised tour or personal vessel) from Strahan on the west coast of Tasmania. The rugged Macquarie Harbour island was remote and secure enough to establish the first penal station in Tasmania (1822 to 1833). Convicts were set the arduous task of felling timber from west coast rainforests, with Huon pine required for boats.
- Website: www.parks.tas.gov.au
- Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Tasmania-Parks-and-Wildlife-Service
- Email: email@example.com
- Phone: 1300 135 513
- Address: Macquarie Harbour (via Strahan)
Richmond Gaol (circa 1825) is the oldest gaol still standing in Australia, and one of the best maintained convict sites in Tasmania. Visitors are welcomed inside the walls of the Richmond Gaol and will gain an understanding of the conditions facing the unfortunate inmates.
- Website: www.richmondgaol.com.au
- Facebook page: www.facebook.com/RICHMOND.GAOL.Historical.Site.Tasmania
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Phone: (03) 6260 2127
- Address: 37 Bathurst Street, Richmond
The Ross Female Factory was built in 1833 in the Heritage Highway town of Ross. Chain gains employed to construct the Ross Bridge were originally housed there. Following a conversion to add dining rooms, a chapel, hospital, nursery and dormitories, it was then used as one of four Tasmanian probation stations for female convicts from 1847 to 1854.
- Website: www.parks.tas.gov.au
- Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Tasmania-Parks-and-Wildlife-Service
- Email: email@example.com
- Phone: 1300 135 513
- Address: 50 Church Street, Ross (Tasmanian Wool Centre)


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This npr story illustrates another of my typical rants, and on the list of "everything that I rant about, probably most economists rant about too."
The issue is whether farm subsides affect obesity (like Michael Pollan and even some economists insist). It illustrates a mistake that even economists make, of confusing an effect that directionally exists with one that has what we call economic significance.
The problem with blaming farm subsides on obesity (and on the national debt as has also become popular) is that farm subsides only add up to about $20 billion a year, which is a lot of money but tiny compared to the size of the debt and tiny compared to the size of the global food market. Americans spend over a trillion dollars on food each year. Those $20 billion are unlikely to have any significant effect.
Especially since most of the time pundits are complaining that food prices of staple grains are too high due to ethanol (also not true), we now have similar pundits complaining that food prices are too low due to subsides. Both can't be true.
Anyway, kudos for npr for being the first news story I've heard to get this right.

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Labor's alcohol and illicit drugs policy spokesperson Stephen Jones, Richmond MP Justine Elliot and Labor's candidate for Page Janelle Saffin today announced that a Shorten Labor Government will ensure funding to upgrade "The Buttery" rehabilitation service in Binna Burra.
Stephen Jones joined Justine Elliot and candidate Janelle Saffin at The Buttery this morning to announce Labor's $2 million funding commitment.
"Labor understands that frontline health workers and the people they are treating need more help and support," Mr Jones said.
"Labor will always put people first in our approach to dealing with illicit drug use.
"Law enforcement efforts will only succeed if greater emphasis is placed on prevention strategies. That is why The Buttery's outreach service is so valuable. It has a positive impact on the lives of many people in the local area.
"When someone puts their hand up and says that they want to turn their life around we need to make sure that they can get into treatment right away.
"Sadly, this just isn't an option for many people in the Northern Rivers region. Existing services are doing their best with one armed tied behind their back - they are over-stretched and waiting lists are getting longer and longer.
"This investment by Labor will be a game-changer for people who want to get help."
Justine Elliot noted that the funding commitment will make a real difference for local families.
"Labor's commitment will prove a huge boost for the service, which runs residential addiction treatment and outreach programs in the region," Ms Elliot said.
"It will prove a real lifeline to a service under the pump to meet growing demand.
Janelle Saffin said that increased funding for treatment services and prevention strategies will help communities fight drug addiction, including ice.
"Illicit drug use, including ice, is having a devastating impact on communities in the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales," Ms Saffin said.
"Frontline workers at The Buttery are doing incredible work, but they need all the help they can get and Labor is there for them."
The Buttery has a waiting list extending to as long as six months as more and more people across the electorates of Richmond and neighbouring Page seek help to overcome drug addiction.
Communities in the Northern Rivers region have felt abandoned by the Turnbull Government who have promised the world on combating the "scourge of ice" but delivered little, particularly in regional Australia.
- Almost $1 billion has been has been cut from the Health Flexible Funds, which includes funds supporting alcohol and illicit drug rehabilitation and treatment as well as prevention strategies.
- For two years in a row the Liberals, supported by the Nationals, have only offered a temporary, one-year funding extension for services relying on the NGO Treatment Grants.
These short-sighted funding decisions by the Turnbull Government have created enormous uncertainty and administrative distraction in the delivery of essential regional health services.


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Aspex is located amongst the big retailers here in Gunwharf Quays but are without doubt, the only place you'll find original gifts that aren't on the high-street!
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"Inferno", a visually stunning website by Part IV is a Canopus Winner for the Web Awards category in the 2016 Vega Digital Awards.
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Client : Sony Pictures
Project Title : "Inferno" Journey Through Hell
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For the film "Inferno" we created a visually stunning website that sends users on a challenging puzzle chase through the Nine Circles of Hell. For a unique interface, we modeled our own 3D map of Dante's Hell with custom atmospheric sound effects. The site was created in partnership with Dan Brown and Google, and features many of the Google platforms in the puzzle design.
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Choluna is a tauren quest giver associated with the Guardians of Hyjal first encountered at the Shrine of Aviana[44, 46] in Mount Hyjal. She is found in the ground level of the building, in the back. Later she assists the druids in the fight against Ragnaros' forces at the Sanctuary of Malorne before advancing into the Molten Front, where she becomes a quest giver again.
- Shrine of Avianna
- [81] A Prayer and a Wing
- [81] Wings Over Mount Hyjal
- [81] An Ancient Reborn
- [81] An Offering for Aviana
- [81] A Plea From Beyond
- [81] Aviana's Legacy
- [81] Return to the Shrine
- Molten Front
- [85 Daily] Strike at the Heart
- [85 Daily] Fire Flowers
Patch changesEdit
- Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Firelands Invasion quests added.
- Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Added
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Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act was a special provision that allowed the federal government to have a discretionary control of state voting laws in areas where there was historically voter discrimination against minorities. This provision was aimed mostly at southern states and certain counties in other states. The Act spells out certain criteria to define which states or counties would come under the special provision of Section 5.
The Obama administration has used Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act to stop states from passing election laws that required photo IDs or that regulated or restricted the time and dates of early voting. Attorney General Eric Holder used it nullify voter ID laws passed in Texas and South Carolina prior to the 2012 elections. Since Obama took office, at least 30 states have tried to pass some kind of voting law to require a valid photo ID or to restrict the number of days available to early voting. Obama and his henchmen have used Section 5 to attack every one of those laws and squash the states' rights to enact them.
They claim that the laws, especially in a number of southern states, are discriminatory against blacks because they are less likely to have a photo ID and they are more likely to vote in early elections than white voters. Passing such laws were deemed by Holder to be intentional means to suppress the votes of poor blacks in order to boost Republican advantages at the polls.
However, the US Supreme Court disagreed with President Obama and Attorney General Holder when they just rendered a 5-4 decision to strike down Section 5 of the Voter Rights Act. In his opinion on the ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote:
"The coverage formula that Congress reauthorized in 2006 ignores these developments, keeping the focus on decades-old data relevant to decades-old problems. Our country has changed, and while any racial discrimination in voting is too much, Congress must ensure that the legislation it passes to remedy that problem speaks to current conditions."
Obama is already calling on Congress to update the formula used to determine voter racial discrimination so that Section 5 can once again be applied. With the partisan divide in Congress, I don't expect this to be rectified any time soon, which would allow states like Texas and South Carolina to once again enact their voter ID laws.
Naturally, all of the civil rights and minority groups are up in arms over the decision of the court and claim that this will allow more racial discrimination at the polls. But I really wonder how they justify their claims. Most of the poor blacks they are referring to receive some type of government assistance in the form of food stamps or other welfare programs. Everyone that I know that receives any form of government aid has to have some form of identification, many require a photo ID. I personally know someone who gets food stamps and Medicaid and they had to have a photo ID to get them.
So why is it discriminatory for a state to require someone to have a photo ID to vote, but not discriminatory to require a photo ID to get government aid? The only discrimination I see in requiring a photo ID to vote is that it discriminates against voter fraud, which is one of the pillars of the Democratic Party and probably how some of their people have been elected, including Barack Hussein Obama.


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Mandatory Reporting of Elder Abuse: 1st Month Report Card
El Paso County, CO, August 26, 2014 – With the passage of Senate Bill 13-111 since July 1, 2014 in Colorado certain professionals are now required to report abuse, caretaker neglect and exploitation of at risk-elders. An at-risk elder is any person who is 70 years of age or older. If you are a mandatory reporter and you witness or become aware that an at-risk elder has been or is at imminent risk for mistreatment (abuse, caretaker neglect, or exploitation), you must make a report to law enforcement within 24 hours.
Some local agencies are seeing increased reporting of elder abuse since the law went into effect. In July of 2013 Adult Protective Services (APS) at the El Paso County Department of Human Services received a total of 114 reports of abuse or neglect of at-risk adults and in July of this year received a total of 179 reports; an increase of 57%. In 2013, APS had a monthly average of 85.5 reports so far this year they've seen a monthly average of 120.4 reports; a 41% increase. The Colorado Springs Police Department has seen referrals received from and sent to APS increase from 80 in January to 150 in July; an 87.5% increase. Silver Key Senior Services saw its largest amount of referrals in July of this year at 29 compared to 21 in January.
The new law requires medical professional, social workers, law enforcement, court appointed guardians and conservators, fire protection personnel, community centered board staff, financial institutions, care facilities, home care placement agencies and clergy to report elder abuse to law enforcement. They must report if they observe abuse or exploitation of an at risk elder; or if there is reasonable cause to believe an at risk elder has been abused or exploited or is at imminent risk of abuse or exploitation. The person needs to report to law enforcement within 24 hours after observation or discovery. Willful failure to report is a class three misdemeanor and can include up to six months in jail and/or a $750 fine.
The SPEAK UP campaign by Adult Protective Services offers some signs an adult is suffering from abuse or neglect.
· Sudden changes in behavior, finances or lifestyle
· Physical injuries, dehydration or malnourishment
· Extreme withdrawal, depression or anxiety
· Absence of basic care of necessities
· Kept away from others
· Unsanitary living conditions
· Personal Items or money missing
For more information on mandatory reporting visit the Pikes Peak Elder Abuse Coalition website at www.StopandPreventElderAbuse.org.
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Calcium is also used by almost every cell in the body including the heart and nerves and is necessary for muscle contraction and for the development and maintenance of bone structure. Calcium is an important component of a healthy diet. Although we imagine our bones are permanent, they are actually being constantly renewed throughout our life and replaced with new bone tissue. In fact, our entire skeleton is renewed approximately every seven years!
If we do not consume enough calcium in our diet, our body takes the necessary calcium from our bones to use for other essential functions. This can result in brittle or porous bones, broken bones, low bone density and weakness - especially in later life.
To ensure we maintain excellent bone health, it is essential we receive sufficient quantities of calcium every day. It is even more important to ensure that the body can utilise and absorb the calcium it is given. Natural food-complexed calcium may be the most suitable form of calcium for long-term use. Usually good sources of minerals are obtained from natural plant and vegetable foods however calcium content is high in only a select number of foods.
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How Yukon lets you take advantage of the new kernel-mode Http.sys listener for interoperable native Web services. Plus leveraging databinding in ASP.NET 2.0, the status of Microsoft security, why writing a better Windows service is harder than you might think (but we show you how), using CodeSmith 3.1 to generate code rapidly ane more.
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This wonderful lightweight cardigan, made with skinsoft Merino, is inspired by the Lillehammer pattern, our most popular design that was made for the Winter Olympics in Norway. It has a very flattering and feminine fit. The pattern tells the story of Frøya, the old Nordic goddess of love and fertility, whose powers enabled her to see the past and the future. The cardigan is named after Sigrid Undset from Lillehammer, one of the first female novelists who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.


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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: HD error involving liquid
From: Chauncey Canfield (ccanfie_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 2004-02-24
I seem to have a variation on the HD error on my JBR20
Here is the sequence of events leading up to it.
Recorded a killer set from the DJ booth, and hit stop,
When I power on, it comes on to 3 bars, and says "Hard
I have replaced the batteries with fully-charged
Everything else is duplicated/backed up so the only
Thanks for any advice/input. I love the Rockbox
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Online food ordering | Bougatsa Giannis
A very special website for a very special client. This is a online food ordering service by one of the most famous bougatsa pie bakeries in Thessaloniki. Serves Traditional pies of northern Greece known as "bougatsa", stuffed with cheese, minced meat, spinach or sweet cream.
The ordering system incorporates a automatic order printing onsite with no action required by the staff. This way the pies can be delivered faster. Also featured are the operating hours, the websites serves only on designated hours daily. And for ease of use orders can be made via smartphone on the go.
View the website here
Bike Shop | Makina
Makina Motorcycles SA has been selling motorcycles since 1979 with a dynamic presence in commerce, racing, and support for motorcyclists. The new website we designed reflects this passion for motoracing. We designed seperate catalogs for the new and used bikes with custom filtering for ease of use, news section and bike parts finder. Since more than half the traffic is coming from smartphones it had to work great on mobile devices, with our responsive web design this is not a problem.
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Wine Museum Gerovassiliou | The Symposium
The Gerovassiliou Wine Museum has added a new section the "Symposium" featuring a collection of vessels and utensils for an ancient Greek symposium. We where tasked to recreate a 4th century wall painting from a Macedonian tomb, design the labels, text panels and wall typography. The 4,5 meter long image frame of the symposium was printed on cotton paper, with high archival standards, to ensure density and colour gamut while preserving the special touch and feel of art paper.
The museum completes the experience of qualitative wine making. We are proud designers of the exhibition and communication design for this small but fine museum.
Have a look at the complete project here.
MSc Medical Research Methodology
The Medical School of Artistotle University of Thessaloniki is a model client. Its defined direction, practical feedback, and contagious passion allowed us to take an initial concept and run with it. With MSc in Medical Research Methodology fresh off a rebrand and quickly building a following, we created an intuitive, compelling logo and website focused on user experience and on providing a safe learning enviroment.
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During the session, I scanned the horse's energy both visually and through touch. I felt within my own body severe aching/pain in the stomach area. I described the discomfort as being comparable to a stomach ulcer in a human.
The owner of the horse consulted a veterinarian. An endoscopy was performed and revealed a gastric ulcer. Medication to heal the ulceration was successful and the horse returned to previous behavior, allowing the owner to ride again.


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Maybe you want a subtle pink diamond, with a hue so subdued that it might take a double take to notice that this is no ordinary diamond. Perhaps you are tired of diamonds hogging all of the glory in the world of engagement rings and you are interested in picking a pink sapphire to don your beloved's finger.
Maybe you want a deep pink color that will infuse femininity and grace into an engagement ring regardless of the technical details of the stone. Whatever road is right for you, there is no doubt that the market for pink engagement rings is growing. When it comes to pink engagement rings, there are all sorts of choices beyond what you would usually have available. From which pink material you want, to the cut, to the band, and to how you want to present its meaning to your future fiancée and to others, there is much to be decided.
Pink is often considered the color of ladies, innocence, gentleness, balance, and happiness. These are all lovely qualities to represent in the first gift that you will give your girlfriend as you embark on a journey of partnership and love. Explain to your girlfriend how much more meaningful this bright and cheery color is than she might have ever known, and she will probably delight in telling other people who are sure to have questions and compliments for her in the future.
Whether your girlfriend has explicitly expressed interest in a pink engagement ring, to go against the grain or just because of a love of the color, she may not realize how many choices are open to her. The first and most fundamental thing to consider is what kind of stone you want. There are pink diamonds but there are also pink sapphires and even synthetic pink sapphires. Diamonds are the most recognizable symbol of engagement, but the truth is that once you decide to go with a colored gemstone, that will be the focus of most of the attention. Both stones are rare and quite expensive with prices that fluctuate wildly depending on the size and quality of the stone. This is one case where you might want to learn exactly what your girlfriend wants. She may want a diamond so that she doesn't have to explain that actually her engagement ring is a different stone, or she may want a sapphire to go against the fold. Either stone is a gorgeous way to symbolize your commitment and love.
It may be old news by now, but when Ben Affleck placed a pink engagement ring from Harry Winston on Jennifer Lopez's finger in 2002, he sparked a trend that would last much longer than their relationship. In fact, celebrities continue to drive the pink engagement ring trend with such stars like Mariah Carey sporting the style. Mariah's ring, given to her by Nick Cannon, is quite a ring with a 17 carat pink diamond encircled by 58 pink diamonds and with two extra diamonds on the side for good measure.
With company like this, no bride-to-be should feel shy in showing off her very own pink engagement ring. While these stars all have pink diamond ring, a diamond isn't the only pink stone that's been known to grace engagement rings.
For some pink diamond engagement rings that weren't exclusively designed for celebrities, check out the Tiffany & Co. Soleste Ring which features alternating halos of pink and white diamonds around a white diamond center stone. Zales also has a variety of pink diamond rings with flattering accent diamonds in both black and white. Take a look around the web to see what other pink diamond engagement rings are out there. You may end up finding an independent artist, especially on Etsy, that makes pink engagement rings. Blue Nile also has pink diamond offerings, including cut into a heart shape.
If your girlfriend's birthday is in September, or if you are proposing in September, then a pink sapphire could be a powerfully meaningful stone to commemorate your engagement. Sapphires are the birthstone of September and while many people don't know this, they do naturally occur in a variety of colors including pink. A pink sapphire embodies romance and is said to promote stability, a good trait in a healthy marriage. A little known fact is that pink sapphires are thought to bring good luck to those who were born under the sign of the Libra, even though much of the Libra period takes place in October. Interestingly, there are processes to create synthetic sapphires, including pink ones. A reputable dealer will tell you if a sapphire you are admiring is genuine or synthetic. Many sapphires are lab created and this is not necessarily a bad thing. Synthetic sapphires are more technically perfect, free of the blemishes that are almost certain to be present in all natural sapphires.
Purchasing a pink engagement ring doesn't have to be as expensive as you might think. While diamonds and sapphires are known the world over for their high price tags, a more affordable option that is also beautiful is called tourmaline. Tourmaline is a semi precious gem that is widely used to create pink engagement rings. Places like Jared have different styles of tourmaline rings to choose from. This is another instance where Etsy might be a good place to look for something as stunning as it is unique. Take a look at all of these options and see what fits your style and your budget. Remember, there are no real rules when it comes to engagement rings. The best ring is the one that feels the best for you and your future fiancée. After all, anything that is a celebration of your union should be subject only to your needs and preferences.
At all ends of the price point range, available in a variety of styles, and enhanced by a range of accents and settings, a pink engagement ring is a simple and ladylike way to absolutely go against the norms.


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Alexei Pozdnoukhov
Assistant Professor
Signatures Innovation Fellow
Co-Director, Smart Cities Research Center
Faculty Scientist, LBNL
115 McLaughlin Hall
CEE, Systems and Transportation
UC Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: +1 510 984 8696
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Alexei holds a Ph.D. in computer science from EPFL, Switzerland, following his research in machine learning methods and computer vision that he carried out at IDIAP Research Institute in Martigny, Switzerland. He then worked on remote sensing and spatial data mining at the University of Lausanne (UNIL). Most recently, he held a position of a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Stokes Lecturer with the National Centre for Geocomputation (NCG).
Research areas:machine learning, spatial data mining, computational social science, urban mobility, smart cities
Current Projects:
SmartBay: Connected Mobility in the San Francisco Bay Area. Activity-based travel demand modelling from cellular data, in collaboration with California DOT and AT&T Research.
DOE SMART program, Urban Science Lead, LBNL, with PIs Prof Alexandre Bayen and Dr Anand Gopal
NSF CRISP: Multi-scale Infrastructure Interactions with Intermittent Disruptions: Coastal Flood Protection, Transportation and Governance Networks, with PI Prof Mark Stacey and Prof Samer Madanat
NASA SMARTNAS NRA. Big Data Analytics for Aeronautics. PI.
NASA NextGen CTD Research. Similar Historical Days and Air Traffic Flow Management Response Strategies, with PI Prof Mark Hansen.
Route inference, a.k.a. The MegaCell team of the Connected Corridors, with PI Prof Alexandre Bayen.
Events 2017
BayLearn'17 is forthcoming. Bay Area Machine Learning Symposium was held in October 2016, keep an eye on 2017 announcements.
Upcoming workFeygin S., Pozdnoukhov A., Inverse Reinforcement Learning of Travel Behaviors. In preparation, 2017
Sheehan M., Yin, M., Feygin S., Pozdnoukhov A., Context recognition and travel choice model calibration from passively collected individual mobility data. In preparation, 2017
Zhang D., Fountoulakis K., Yin M., Mahony M. and Pozdnoukhov A., Sequential models of human mobility with social influence. In preparation, 2017
Yin M., Lin Z., Feygin S., Sheehan M., Paiement J.-F. and Pozdnoukhov A., AM/PM: Travel Demand Nowcasting. In preparation, 2017
Recent Papers - recommended to my studentsYin M., Sheehan M., Feygin S., Paiement J.-F. and Pozdnoukhov A., A Generative Model of Urban Activities from Cellular Data. IEEE Transactions in ITS (to appear), 2017 [ - activity-based model]
Feygin S. and Pozdnoukhov A., Peer Pressure Enables Actuation of Mobility Lifestyles. (in review), 2017 [ - social influence]
Zhang D., Cao J., Tang D., Feygin S. and Pozdnoukhov A., Connected Population Synthesis for Urban Simulation. (in review), 2017 [ - synthetic networked population]
Mohanty S. and Pozdnoukhov A., Dynamic Departure Time Estimation. (in review), 2017
Lin Z., Yin M., Sheehan M., Feygin S. Paiement J.-F. and Pozdnoukhov A., Deep Generative Models of Urban Mobility. (in review), 2017 []
Proulx F. and Pozdnoukhov A., Bicycle Traffc Volume Estimation using Geographically Weighted Data Fusion. (in review), 2017 []
Zhang D., Fountoulakis K., Cao J., Yin M., Mahony M. and Pozdnoukhov A., Social Discrete Choice Models. (in review), 2017 []
Hegde V., Krnjajic M., Pozdnoukhov A., Unsupervised Event Detection with an Infinite Poisson Mixture Model. IEEE BigData Congress, 2015
Pozdnoukhov, A., Campbell, A., Feygin, S., Yin, M., and Mohanty, S., The SmartBay Project: Connected Mobility in the San Francisco Bay Area. In The Multi-Agent Transport Simulation: MATSim, edited by Horni, A., Nagel, K., and Axhausen, K., 2015, in press.
Wu C., Yadlowsky S., Thai J., Pozdnoukhov A., Bayen A., Cellpath: fusion of cellular and traffic sensor data for route flow estimation via convex optimization. Int Symp on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT) and Transportation Research: Part C, Volume 59, October 2015, Pages 111–128. [ - route inference]
Yadlowsky S., Thai J., Wu C., Pozdnoukhov A., Bayen A., Link Density Inference from Cellular Infrastructure. Transportation Research Board (TRB) 94th Anuual Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Record (TRR), 2015 [ - traffic density]
Coffey C., Pozdnoukhov A., Temporal Decomposition and Semantic Enrichment of Mobility Flows, LBSN'13 at 21st ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS'2013, 2013 [ - mobility analytics, trip purpose]
Tarasov A., Kling F., Pozdnoukhov A., Prediction of User Location Using the Radiation Model and Social Check-ins, UrbComp'13 at ACM SIGKDD, 2013
McArdle G., Furey E., Lawlor A., Pozdnoukhov A., Using Digital Footprints for a City-scale Traffic Simulation, ACM TIST. 2013
Kaiser C., Pozdnoukhov A., Enabling Real-time City Sensing with Kernel Stream Oracles and MapReduce, Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Volume 7, Issue 5, pp 708-721. 2013 [ - ML for streaming spatial data, MapReduce]
M. Batty, K. W. Axhausen, F. Giannotti, A. Pozdnoukhov, A. Bazzani, M. Wachowicz, G. Ouzounis, Y. Portugali. Smart Cities of the Future. The European Physical Journal Special Topics, Volume 214, Issue 1, pp 481-518. 2012
Kling F., Pozdnoukhov A., When a City Tells a Story: Urban Topic Analysis, In proc of the 20th ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS, 2012 (Best Poster Award runner up). [ - urban dynamics, functional areas]
Tuia, D., Pozdnoukhov, A., Foresti, L. and Kanevski, M. Active Learning for Monitoring Network Optimization, In Spatio-Temporal Design: Advances in Efficient Data Acquisition (eds J. Mateu and W. G. Mueller), John Wiley & Sons. 2012
McArdle G., Furey E., Lawlor A., Pozdnoukhov A., City-scale Traffic Simulation From Digital Footprints, UrbComp'12 at ACM SIGKDD, 2012 [ - mobility, agent-based]
Coffey C., Nair R., Pinelli F., Pozdnoukhov A., Calabrese F. Missed Connections: Quantifying and Optimizing Multimodal Interconnectivity in Cities. IWCTS of the 20th ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS, 2012
McGrath R., Coffey C., Pozdnoukhov A., Habitualisation: localisation without location data, Nokia MDC challenge at PERVASIVE'2012, 2012
Lawlor A., Coffey C., McGrath R., Pozdnoukhov A., Stratification structure of urban habitats, Pervasive Urban Apps at PERVASIVE'2012, 2012
Foresti L., Kanevski M., Pozdnoukhov A. Kernel-based Mapping of Orographic Rainfall Enhancement in the Swiss Alps as Detected by Weather Radar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Issue 99, pp 1-14 2012.
Farmer C., Pozdnoukhov A., Building streaming GIScience from context, theory, and intelligence. Position paper, Big Data Age workshop at GIScience'2012 (our manifesto to GIScience), 2012
Tuia D., Joost S., Pozdnoukhov A. Active multiple kernel learning of wind power resources, Machine Learning for Sustainability at NIPS'11, 2011
Pozdnoukhov A., Kaiser C. Scalable Local Regression for Spatial Analytics, Proc of the 19th ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS'2011, 2011 Long paper: [ - locally linear, streaming]
Pozdnoukhov A., Kaiser C. Space-Time Dynamics of Topics in Streaming Text, LBSN at 19th ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS'2011, 2011 (Best Paper Award). [ - LDA and MMPP]
Pozdnoukhov A., Kaiser C. Area-to-point Kernel Regression on Streaming Data, Geostreaming at 19th ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS'2011, 2011
Coffey C., Pozdnoukhov A., Calabrese F. Time of Arrival Predictability Horizons for Public Bus Routes, Computational Transportation Science workshop at 19th ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS'2011, 2011
Walsh F., Pozdnoukhov A., Spatial structure and dynamics of urban communities, Pervasive Urban Applications at PERVASIVE'2011, 2011
Pozdnoukhov, A., Matasci, G., Kanevski, M., and Purves, R.S. Spatio-temporal avalanche forecasting with Support Vector Machines. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 11, 367-382, 2011.
Foresti L., Pozdnoukhov A. Exploration of alpine orographic precipitation patterns with radar image processing and clustering techniques. Meteorological Applications, John Wiley & Sons, DOI 10.1002/met.272, 2011.
Foresti L., Tuia D., Kanevski M. and Pozdnoukhov A. Learning wind fields with multiple kernels. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, Volume 25, Number 1, pp. 51-66, 2011
Pozdnoukhov A., Spatial extensions to kernel methods, Proc. of the 18th ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS (short paper), 2010
Pozdnoukhov A., Walsh F., Exploratory Novelty Identification in Human Activity Data Streams, ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on GeoStreaming at 18th ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS, 2010
Pozdnoukhov A., Walsh F., Kaiser F., Statistical Machine Learning from VGI, Position paper at Role of Volunteered Geographic Information in Advancing Science Workshop at GIScience'10, 2010.
Kaiser C., Walsh F., Farmer C. and Pozdnoukhov A., User-centric time-distance representation of road networks. In Springer LNCS proc. of the GIScience'10 (full paper). 2010
Tuia D., Ratle F., Pozdnoukhov A., Camps-Valls G. Multisource Composite Kernels for Urban-Image Classification. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Volume 7, Number 1, pp. 88-92, 2010.
Pozdnoukhov A., Dynamic network data exploration through semi-supervised functional embedding. In Proc of the 17th ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS, 2009 [ - Deep Learning]
Pozdnoukhov A., Bengio S. From Samples to Objects: Invariances in Kernel Methods. Pattern Recognition Letters Journal, Volume 27, Issue 10, pp. 1087-1097. 2006.
Previous projects:
|SFI Research Frontiers Programme: Learning Human Spatial Dynamics. Principle Investigator, (2011-2015).
|SFI StratAG: Strategic Research Cluster in Advanced Geotechnologies. Co-PI, Scalable Statistical Learning project lead, Coordinator of the City-Scale Demonstrator (2011-2013).
|GMorphs: Contextual morphing of GMaps (Google Research Award 2010). Principle Investigator.
Supervisor, an IBM PhD Fellowship Award to Cathal Coffey.
Data Analytics for Smarter Driving (Scalable Data Analytics Award 2010). Co-PI with PI Tim McCarthy.
|COSMIC: Complexity in Spatial Dynamics (ERA-NET on Complexity). Co-investigator with CASA-UCL (M. Batty), VU Amsterdam (P. Nijkamp), and University of St.Andrews (S. Fotheringham) (2010-2012).
|Marie-Curie ITN Geocrowd: Creating Geospatial Knowledge World. Scientist in charge at NUIM (2011-2014).
Older Media:
|Kanevski M., Pozdnoukhov A., Timonin V. Machine Learning Algorithms for Geospatial Data. Theory, Applications and Software. 377pp. EPFL press, 2009. Link


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Who can the CARE Measure be used with?
The CARE Measure is appropriate for use with adults without significant communication or cognitive difficulties. The validity and reliability of the measure has been demonstrated in various studies. The CARE Measure was originally developed for primary care/outpatient consultation style appointments and is most suitable in similar types of situations. It has also been found to be feasible for use in community domiciliary consultations. Using the CARE Measure on an inpatient ward is not as easy due to a range of practice-based issues. You should assess whether it is a feasible measure for your practice.
The Visual CARE Measure is appropriate if you wish to use it with children, or people with significant communication or cognitive difficulties. Research with the Visual CARE Measure is at a much earlier stage than the original measure which has been in development for over 10 years.
How long does it take?
Patients should complete the CARE Measure after their consultation, so clinical time should not be significantly affected by this measure's use. On average it takes clients no longer than ten minutes to complete the CARE measure.
How many CARE Measures do I need to use the website analytical tool and get individualized feedback?
Ideally you should collect valid data from 50 consecutive patients. This provides the most reliable and representative picture of how you are perceived by your patients. You may need to hand out more than 50 CARE Measures to receive 50 back. A measure is considered to be 'valid' if no more than 2 items are marked as "does not apply". Individual measures with more than two items marked as "does not apply" will not be accepted by the website. A report will not be provided until you enter at least 25 valid measures. Whilst you will be able to get a report having completed 25 measures, you should be aware that the analysis of your performance will not be as reliable as it would be if you collected and entered 50 valid measures.
Important Note: If you enter data using a mixture of either the standard or either versions of the Visual CARE Measures, you will be unable to generate a report until you have entered at least 25 copies of one type of measure.
What do patients think of the CARE Measure?
Our experience is that patients are highly likely to complete this measure if asked. The biggest barrier to reaching 50 completed measures (where your caseload is big enough) is likely to be yourself. We have found that clinicians often forget to hand out a CARE Measure after a consultation, or fear they are burdening their patients by asking them to complete it. However, this belief is not supported by patients who feedback and frequently comment on how appreciative they are of being asked the questions in the CARE Measure, they feel like they have a say. So, before starting, think about things that you can do that will prompt you to hand out CARE Measures. This can be as simple as having a tick-off or tally sheet to mark up for each measure handed out, a poster or sign in a prominent place, or even just leaving your CARE Measures somewhere that you will see them.
Download a copy of the CARE Measure
Click here to download a copy of the CARE Measure (text version) to print and use.
Click here to download a copy of the 10 Question Visual CARE Measure to print and use.
Click here to download a copy of the 5 Question Visual CARE Measure to print and use.
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|A very flat routs taking you around the fields of the Somerset Levels. You should get some good views of Glastonbury Tor as well as views towards the Mendips. One short sharp hill coming out of Stawell over the A39 will get you off the saddle and pushing the pedals. The roads are very quiet and on this route you may only see 10 cars in total.
You can miss out the last part of the busy A39 by taking the NSN Route 3 shortcut from Cossington to Bawdrip.
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The Tom Mogg Inn Burtle
The Red Tile Cossington
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Doggie Daycare Pitfalls
A friend and client had asked me to watch over their gorgeous dog whom I previously trained very well when he was a puppy. I was very excited to see him and to see how well he was doing. When I first saw him he was wearing his standard flat buckle collar and nothing else so I presumed he was doing so well with heeling and loose leash walking that no other "training" equipment (front attaching harness or head halter) was necessary. Boy was I wrong!
When I took him on his first walk, I noticed he had regressed far worse than when we began our Miami dog training session, sigh. How could this be? I was incredulous. I spoke with the owner, and she informed me he loved his every day doggie daycare and boarding facility. Upon further investigation, she informed me he would be picked up and whisked off to a day care facility (or someone's home) that had a very nice supervisor but who was clueless to ethology, cognitive ethology, and dog training.
Unfortunately, this is often the case where most daycare facilities (or someone's home) pander and make it sound great to drop your dog off at a cage-less facility to give them the unstructured, unencumbered, romp with their best friends for a few hours or a full day. Nothing will unravel a dog's behavior and training more than this type of day care free-for-all.
Most doggie daycare environments destroy your dog's training skills, manners, and overall behaviors. But it does worse than that – it reinforces and teaches inappropriate behaviors and manners. So not only does daycare not reinforce what a family wants from a well-behaved family pet but most daycare environments enables, teaches and reinforces everything we do not want our four-legged friends to do and thus sets them up for failure. One solution and alternative to doggie daycare is one-on-one Miami dog walking (with or without dog training) to give your pup the proper socialization, exercise, and training needed to maintain and improve a dogs behavior and health.
We always want to set dogs up for success. When they are left unsupervised (which is synonymous with being supervised by an unprofessional, uneducated individual in the aforementioned skill sets) you are setting your best friend up for failure. Your dog doesn't have the ability to rationalize or to know what is best for him/her. On the other hand, you, the pet parent do.
I would no sooner let my 2-year-old son or daughter be surrounded by 20 other hyperactive children of all ages, all with individual physiological and physical health or behavior issues, comprised of unknown, various ontogenies and personalities, unsupervised or supervised by someone who had no background in education, child psychology, behavior or an accredited teacher, then I would my dog.
Only the most well trained and behaved dogs should be allowed to enroll in dog day care. By being ultra-selective, a dog day care facility should resemble a very well balanced, hand selected, playgroup, or private country club dog park. However, unfortunately, because most businesses are run by individuals who may love dogs but do not have an extensive ethology or cognitive ethology background and run on a volume based business model, dog behavior problems get overlooked or unrecognized and profits get put before the health and safety of the dogs.
This is the first installment in a three-part series of articles called Doggie Daycare Problems.
Doggie Daycare Problems (Part 2)
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Antibes/Juan les Pins
Antibes, or Antipolis as the town was called in ancient times, has gone from being an important trading colony, a Roman city, an Archbishopric in the Middle Ages, to finally become the modern metropolis it is today. Antibes is the county Alpes-Maritimes' second largest municipality, with its approximately 80 000 inhabitants - a figure that rises to 200 000 during the summer season! The town is situated along the coast, between Cannes and Nice, in the natural port behind the Cap d'Antibes headland.
On the other side of the cape is Juan-les-Pins, a very popular seaside resort, which has almost completely merged with Antibes. Antibes is a popular tourist destination, especially among Scandinavians, who appreciate the town's authentic charm. Stroll along in the old town, make a purchase at the large antique market, visit the covered Provençal food market Masséna with all its wonderful aromas and flavours giving you the illusion of being in an ancient souk.
Admire the luxury yachts from all around the world, moored at Port Vauban, that has been recently renovated and expanded with a grand square. Visit the impressive fortress Fort Carré from the 16th century, recalling Antibes' former glory. Other worthwhile museums are the school museum, the postcard museum and the Picasso museum. Antibes, proud of its maritime heritage, hosts several exhibits, such as the Antibes Yacht Show and Les Voiles d'Antibes, as well as several off-shore regattas.
Apart from the tourist industry, the largest employer in the area stays the technology park of Sophia Antipolis, France's own Silicon Valley. The train station, situated on the railway line Marseille-Vintimille, makes it easy to move around in the region. You can access the airport in Nice, or Cannes in the other direction, in half an hour by car. The town boast many beautiful beaches, and this immediately brings to mind the seaside resort of Juan-les-Pins. Juan-les-Pins is known for its animated nightlife with many popular and busy restaurants, discos and nightclubs, as well as for its lovely sandy beaches. This was indeed « the place to be" during the glitzy eighties, but today many of the private beaches are more accessible. You can rent a beach chair for the day and order lunch and a cocktail while you are sunbathing. This is also the setting of the famous music festival Jazz à Juan, which takes place in July every year. The town is constantly expanding, we have many different objects to propose here and especially several new constructions. Antibes is the town «où il fait bon vivre»; where it feels good to live!
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LinkPro IPReplicator - has anyone tried it?
I found this program running a search for software or solutions that will mirror certain directories from file server to file server across WAN. It's located here: http:/
It sounds ideal for what I need; I would like to replicate certain directories in our file servers to a remote server about 60 miles away, and I want it to be as real-time as possible since people at both locations often edit files. Has anyone used it? IF so, what are your thoughts on it? Anything else you would suggest for this project?
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So I'm guessing DFS-R is not an option? If not what exactly are you replicating? I use it to replicate shares on our MS Server boxes.
+1 on the DFS
When I was reading that it was screaming DFS or flavor of it.
Yes, I dismissed DFS until Server 2003 R2 gave us the legit replication needed. When it comes to replicating Windows shares or files I look to DFS-R first.
Looking at the system requirements for the LinkPro solution it specifies "Windows NT/2000/2003 servers" so my suggestion is that if you have at least Server 2003 R2 installed at both locations you can accomplish this very easily without purchasing anything. Here are some quick links to get you started if you aren't familiar:
I referenced both of these back when I started considering DFS namespaces and DFS-R.
Well this is freakin' awesome. I never noticed this feature before - still kind of a newbie in setting these things up and obviously am not completely aware of everything Windows Server 2003 R2 (currently using, slowly migrating to Win 2008 Enterprise) is capable of. I ran a quick google search but I guess I didn't dig deep enough or use the right terms to find this. Thanks for the reference guys.
In terms of bandwidth, once the initial replication is done, will it only upload/download changes? So if the share has 500 files and only 1 file is changed today, it will only upload that change to the share and leave everything else alone. That was another big concern of mine as we aren't on the fastest connection on either end.
Yes, once you have done the initial replication it will only replicate changes and you can "throttle" the bandwidth used during certain times of the day. Yes, DFS-R was designed for branch offices with low bandwidth in mind. If you have a ton of data you can copy it to an external HD and physically take it to the other site for "initial" replication. This will avoid having to send everything over a low bandwidth connection the first time. After that configure your replication settings and only changes will be replicated.
Nice, I just setup a test share to see how it works and it seems to do the trick. Thanks again.
Let me know if you have any questions on it, I am more than happy to assist!
And feel free to give out the BA and HP where necessary! ;)
I really like the bandwidth feature cause I let it have a lot of bandwidth on nights and weekends.
I have found this to be a very useful tool for our branch offices.
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Research Alliance
| College of Business
Which social media platform is most effective with women? What works better in advertising: funny or frugal? Does one ethnic group outpace others in mobile data service consumption? How much time each day does the average American spend watching TV?
For years, businesses have been tapping into data about what makes consumers watch and buy the things they do. Now, thanks to a new and expansive alliance with Nielsen, a global information and measurement company, students and faculty at USF have the opportunity to tap into that information as well.
The growing alliance builds on an existing relationship with the university.
In recent years, USF has been one of Nielsen's deepest hiring pools. In fact, over the past three years, the majority of college-level hires at Nielsen's Global Technology and Information Center in Tampa Bay — the company's largest among 800 offices worldwide — have been USF grads.
"While Nielsen has strong relationships with other respected universities throughout the United States, this alliance brings a unique link to one of the fastest growing university research programs in the country, access and exposure to the some of the best students at USF interested in market research, and a variety of opportunities for Nielsen leaders and associates to engage in projects and guest lecture at the university," says Robert McCann, executive vice president for Nielsen.
Best known for its boxes that track TV ratings, Nielsen is a leading global provider of information and insights. While its Tampa Bay facility is just 20 miles from USF, the data it tracks comes from around the globe and pertains to more than just ratings. Nielsen measures the shopping and media behavior of some 10 million consumers worldwide. It tracks consumer product sales trends, consumer buying patterns, brand loyalty, television program preferences, trends in online media, links between advertising and market share changes, and more.
The new alliance marries data with academic research. It gives USF the ability to access data and do projects that no other universities can. It gives students experience with massive, real-world data sets.
Kaushal Chari, chair of USF's Information Systems Decision Sciences Department in the College of Business, who is coordinating the partnership for USF, says the Nielsen alliance will enable the university to recruit high-quality PhD students and faculty who want to produce research with real-world implications.
"Data is like gold in business school research," Chari explains. "The USF College of Business now has the potential to be one of the leading centers for consumer research."
USF faculty will be able to use data in their research and published studies. The Nielsen data they tap into won't be dated, like examples in textbooks. Faculty and students will have access to almost real-time information on consumer purchasing and media consumption.
"In some cases students and faculty will have access to data from the day before," McCann says. "Not last week, not last month, not last year — literally yesterday."
Chari hopes the data will enable researchers to focus on predictive modeling, using historical data to predict choices or purchases consumers might make in the future about TV programs or what brand of toothpaste or coffee to buy.
Marketing professor Anand Kumar believes the Nielsen alliance will provide a head start for his students who will be using data — sometimes Nielsen data — to make decisions in their marketing jobs once they graduate.
"This is a tremendous opportunity to expose our students to these data sets," Kumar says.
He envisions students using Nielsen data when examining how to introduce a brand into a new market. Students could create a marketing plan by seeing what media their target demographics consume and determine the best way to reach their customers.
While the Nielsen alliance provides obvious opportunities for researchers and students looking to solve real-world business problems, it's not only the College of Business that benefits. McCann and other Nielsen executives say while business, engineering and mass communications are logical disciplines that would seek access to the information, the data will be available to faculty from any college.
Scott Liu, an advertising professor in USF's School of Mass Communications, says his advertising students already use Nielsen data when they make sample advertising plans for buying and selling media, but the data they previously had access to is more limited than it will be under the new alliance. Advertising students need to understand Nielsen data, he points out, given that 80 percent of a typical advertising budget is devoted to buying time and space from media outlets.
"Media planning is perhaps the most important and challenging part of the advertising business because we can't afford abstractions anymore," Liu says. "Everything has to be quantified. Clients require it to be quantified. The entry point is basic audience data, and especially ratings. That's what Nielsen does, and what Nielsen does the best."
Wolfgang Jank, a leading statistician in his field and a professor in the Information Systems Decision Sciences Department, says the importance of the Nielsen alliance to research, students and eventually the business world can't be underestimated.
"In today's world, data is one of the last secret weapons that can give a company an edge," he says. "But when the data comes in, there aren't too many people with the right training to extract valuable knowledge from that data. The Nielsen data can really help us push that latest frontier of information technology into the classroom."
Moez Limayem, the newly-hired dean of the College of Business, credits his predecessor, former Dean Robert Forsythe, with forging the relationship with Nielsen, including the recently-inked alliance agreement and the ongoing recruitment drive for USF business students.
Just weeks into his new job, Limayem met with McCann.
"This alliance touches many strategic goals of the university — stronger ties with the business community, student success and research," says Limayem, who is working with Chari and his colleagues in the ISDS department, as well as faculty in the marketing department, to develop a roadmap for the alliance. "This is a really big thing."
The immediate goal, he says, is to create a pilot project that poses a research question and uses Nielsen's data to extrapolate rigorous, scientific answers to the question. And to continue to build a rich, meaningful and long-term partnership with the company.
"We are in the process of oiling the machine," Limayem says. "Nielsen will win. USF will win and the students will win."
Emerging Leaders
Just two years after Chris Hatter graduated from USF with a degree in management information systems, he's doing a job most graduates dream of — he's in Paris for six months on business coordinating a Nielsen initiative in China.
Hatter was hired right out of school as part of Nielsen's Global Business Services Emerging Leaders Program which puts entry-level associates into six-month rotations in various sectors of the company. And he isn't the only USF alumnus who has gone on to prosper at Nielsen.
"We've had a number of managers comment on the success of our USF grads," Hatter says. "They are clearly prepared for life after school."
Nielsen has about 2,000 employees at its Tampa Bay facility, of whom about 10 percent are USF alumni. That number continues to grow, partly because of the Nielsen "Champion Team," a group of about 30 Nielsen employees who volunteer on campus as corporate mentors and guest lecturers — and work to recruit at USF.
Jennifer Hurst, one of Nielsen's chief recruiters on the USF campus, says recruiting from USF contributes to Nielsen's goal of being an elite-level company like Google, Microsoft or Disney.
"We want to be the best company to work for, and we want to have the best people," she says.
Hurst says she has been amazed by the number of high quality students on USF's campus. Over the past year, Nielsen has hired at least 60 USF graduates for full and part-time positions, and USF is one of eight universities— including Virginia Tech, Purdue and Northwestern — that make up the hiring pool for Nielsen's Global Business Services Emerging Leaders Program.
Chris Gera, Nielsen's global strategic program leader in Tampa Bay who is also a recruiter, says the recruiting relationship with USF in the past was essential in forming the new research alliance. He says USF has been an ideal partner because of the collaborative attitude of its leadership.
"USF is willing to consider, 'what should we do next,' rather than saying, 'this is all we can do,' " Gera says. "That open thinking is something that certainly resonates with us."


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Acute Depression
- 1 Acute Depression
- 1.1 01. Loss of interest in life in acute depression
- 1.2 2. Symptoms that always occur with depression
- 1.3 3. Aspects that are not associated with acute depression
- 1.4 4. There are different types of acute depression
- 1.5 5. Why does depression appear?
- 1.6 6. You can cope with acute depression
Acute depression is a serious mental disorder.
Modern society is very "advanced" technologically and socially, but, as for the emotional world of a person, everything remains as before. Millions of people suffer from unrequited love, struggle with their fears and nightmares.
In our time, depression has become one of the most common mental disorders, but at the same time, it is usually "covered with a veil of silence." As a rule, they try not to talk about this disease.
If a person does this, he usually hears a banality in reply: "You need to cheer up", "The main thing is willpower" or "You have to pull yourself together".
In many, "depression" is associated with "sadness." They think that you just need to smile more, change the situation, etc. But in reality, this is a much more serious and profound problem.
It is important to understand that sadness in essence helps a person to somehow adapt to the situation: it encourages him to think, to understand the causes of problems and failures, to look for a way out of an unpleasant situation.
In the case of acute depression, sadness do not contribute to adaptation, on the contrary, it seems to be connected to the influx of gloomy and hopeless thoughts and images. It drains a person, and he feels completely defenseless before the darkness on him.
In this article, we will talk about the features and symptoms of acute depression.
01. Loss of interest in life in acute depression
In principle, no depression, and acute – especially, is not described by the notion of sadness.
What happens to a person in this mental disorder can be defined as "loss of interest in life." It takes different forms:
- Loss of interest in what surrounds us.
- Inability to experience a sense of pleasure from anything.
- Extreme fatigue.
- Constant irritability.
- Lack of initiative.
- Inability to engage in any activity, and not because of problems with the physical condition; just a person does not have energy and desire.
2. Symptoms that always occur with depression
In the Spanish manual on psychiatry Manual Diagnostico y Estadístico de Trastornos Mentales (DSM-V), the symptoms are given, which are diagnosed as "depression."
Here are the main of them:
- A depressed state in which a person is in most of the day and almost every day
- Loss of interest in activities that people used to like before
- Insomnia or excessive drowsiness
- Rapid weight gain or the same rapid weight loss
- Problems with concentration and inability to make decisions
- Guilt
- Extreme fatigue
- Suicidal thoughts
- Inactivity of movements
3. Aspects that are not associated with acute depression
Diagnostic textbooks talk about aspects that are sometimes mistakenly associated with depression. In fact, they are not among the symptoms of this disease.
These are the following aspects:
- Pain after losing a loved one or a serious divorce is not an expression of depression (pain is a normal process by which a person reacts to such a loss).
- Depression is also not associated with manic and psychotic disorders.
4. There are different types of acute depression
With mental disorders, each case can be considered unique, each patient has its own characteristics that need to be considered.
But you also need to know that there are two subtypes of acute depression.
These are the subtypes:
- A single case of acute depression: it happens to a person once in a lifetime.
- Recurrent acute depression: this variant is more common. In many patients, acute depression occurs in adolescence, then it recurs in adulthood.
5. Why does depression appear?
Researchers of depression have found answers not to all questions, this disease remains in many ways mysterious not only for patients, but also for medical science.
Its appearance and development can not be explained by any one factor, it is a multifactor phenomenon.
- On the one hand, there is often a genetic predisposition to it.
- Education, the possible experiences of mental trauma, too, play a role.
- Another factor can be severe experiences in adolescence, social problems.
- Very important in this respect are certain personality characteristics (low self-esteem, "learned helplessness," cognitive problems.)
- Economic problems, the situation of the economic crisis, too, can play a role in the emergence and development of the disease.
And finally, one should not forget about the "chemistry" of the body: depression can be associated with a lower level of dopamine. In this case, you need to take appropriate medications.
6. You can cope with acute depression
In the fight against depression, different methods and means are used, and the more they are at our disposal, the better.
- As the main such methods it is possible to allocate reception of patients psycho pharmacological preparations and psychotherapy (especially effective in this case is considered cognitive-behavioral therapy).
- On the other hand, we have at our disposal mindfulness-practice, rational-emotional therapy, assertiveness training, problem-solving training.
Involving the patient in these activities, we will achieve that the disease will begin to recede, and the patient will return to normal life.


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These days, computer users give preference to laptops rather than desktops as they have a large number of benefits related to them. Laptops are compact and portable, yet make no compromise in terms of working features and speed which makes them ideal for students and professionals on the go.
Listed below are the top 10 best brands of laptops in the world:
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One of the latest entries in the laptop market today is Fujitsu, which has presented excellent quality laptops at economical prices. However, these laptops suffer in terms of software support.
9. Toshiba
The Japanese brand, Toshiba is the next to make it to this list as it is one of the most reliable options available in the market. The price range is good and specifications excellent, making it a value for money offer.
8. Samsung
Samsung is a laptop brand held in high regard because it makes a complete package, combining the best of features with a budget price. It is outstanding in terms of configuration, video and audio and also fits into all price ranges, but the only drawback is the not so comfortable keyboard design.
7. Sony
Next on the list of top 10 best brands of laptops in the world comes the trusted brand leader called Sony, which excels in both video and audio quality, besides being known for its good looks and configuration. The only low point of this laptop is its cost.
6. Asus
Asus is a laptop brand which has grown in the past few years, the credit going to its configuration and economical price, which makes it fit in all budgets. The brand has brought about a lot many innovations in it models over a period of time. this is what has made it a name to reckon with in the international laptop market.
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Green Lantern Sequel Already in the Works
Green Lantern Sequel Already in the Works
The wheels have started to turn for a second Green Lantern movie, before the first is even finished.
Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment must be pretty confident about the performance of the upcoming Green Lantern, as a sequel is already being planned. Warner has hired Greg Berlanti, Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim, all of whom worked on the script for the first movie, to write a treatment for the second.
The trio will also write a treatment for a Flash movie, and will work on the script for one of the two movies, although which one is currently undecided.
It's unusual for a studio to move so quickly on a franchise, but Warner Bros. has experience in dealing with super-successful franchises like Harry Potter, so what seems weird to us is probably a very sensible move on its part.
Green Lantern is scheduled for release June 2011.
Source: CBR
Talking about optimistic much? They must have alot of faith in it
Isn't the first one a full year from release? This is far too early for a sequel. They better damn hope the first is a hit.
Well, I only hope they know what they're doing.
I'd love a solid Green Lantern movie trilogy.
I agree, seems like they are jumping the gun a bit.
Ahh...He's my favorite DC superhero.
Fuck this Green Lantern shit. Dump all that money into The Flash!
Well, it's not like we're not living the the 'Age of Sequels' anyway, so whatever. And superhero comicbooks are nothing if not an endless series of sequels, so it's a natural fit in that way.
Let's just hope the original will be as worthy of a sequel as they seem to believe.
I dunno, there isn't really all that much you can do with The Flash. He just moves fast, really. Works fine in a comic, but in a movie it would either need to be almost constantly in bullet time or the main character would be moving too fast for the audience to see.
Guggenheim and Green are pretty decent comic and television writers. Let's all hope they didn't just copy and paste an existing story arc from the comics, and called it a day.
Confident much?
Don't know WB seems to really have their shit together. Superman Returns more than made its money back and it was considered a flop. WB hasn't had any big failures recently.
Yay, I guess? Seems a bit over-eager, but I guess it's better that the sequal be planned early rather than just being there to leech off the success of an original. More likely to get a satisfying continuation of the story (in theory).
Probably won't see either unless dragged there by a group of friends or if the first one is a major success anyway, I don't know enough about the Green Lantern to be excited.
So are we heading towards a Justice League movie at some point, to compete with the avengers movie? As soon as either franchise says 'multi-verse', I'm out.
Green Lantern ftw, I won't complain about more.
Do yourself a favor, and watch JLA: New Frontier. If the Green Lantern story doesn't interest you, at least it has Batman at the peak of badassery. That, and you'll know pretty much what to expect from the first Green Lantern movie.
Bit overzealous, are we, DC?
EDIT: Also, CC, I thought Green Lantern: First Flight was a good introduction to Green Lantern as a character (at least the Hal Jordan version).
Im lookin forward to the GL movie, i loved First Flight so i should like this.
Ahh...He's my favorite DC superhero.
Fuck this Flash shit. Dump all that money into The Green Lantern!
I dunno if you dunno, but GL has his own;
While I thought New frontier was amazing especially the more realistic take on Wonder woman, I thought the latest Green Lantern animated film was utter poop. Hoping the live action is better.
I still call it a retarded thing to assume. Being optimistic, sure it's good but stay REALISTIC pl0x. These times are uncertain and planning way too ahead means you will fail at some point.
Beside, this doesn't appeal to me at all. Good luck for those who will.
looks like the Golden Age of Comic Book Superhero Movies! yay
DC cant let Marvel have all the fun! XD
Who is playing Hal Jordan anyways in the movie?
Yup. I knew, but for people that aren't already GL fans, I usually show them New Frontier first. At least that way, if GL doesn't grab them, they have the rest of the Justice League to enjoy.
There is only one way this film could go bad, and it's the CGI suit. Other than that, Ryan Reynolds is great and the character has a lot of potential.
This really is DC's Iron Man. Powerful dude that's relatively important in the universe but that people who don't read comics know nothing about
Sounds good I like the Green Lanturn, he is one of the few DC heroes I actually like.
Ironically, I got a years-old Green Lantern comic book for 50 cents at a library sale yesterday, and thought it to be some of the best shit I've read in a dogs age.
Hopefully the GL movie lives up to my not-so-humble expectations.
Funny they should decide to make a sequel already since I'm fairly confident that I won't be seeing either Green Lantern movie. But then again, I've been wrong before.
I'll do that, always happy to take a reccomendation! I vaguely remember watching a Justice League cartoon ages ago, enjoyed it enough at the time.
Asking someone to write a treatment (or even a script) wouldn't cost the studio much ($50K or less) so its less jumping the gun/being over-confident, but more being prepared so if it the film is a success they can quickly start production on a sequal with the hope to bring it out while the memory of the first is still in the mind of the populous.
I've never been a big fan of DC's line-up partly due to Superman being boring and partly because Marvel comics and TV series were more available in the UK. However, I did watch Green Lantern: First Flight and thought it was great and I like Ryan Reynolds so my fingers are firmly crossed.
I don't know why this is so surprising and isn't standard practice to begin with. They have everyone there in costume why not shoot both? If the first bombs just make the second straight to dvd.