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« Phase transition in PCA with missing data: reduced signal-to-noise ratio, not sample size! » - Lars Kai Hansen
Wednesday 27th November, 3pm-4.30pm - Centre Inria-Saclay, bâtiment Alan Turing
Principal component analysis (PCA) is widely used, easy to formulate and compute - yet has many surprising behaviors! It has been shown that the performance of PCA depends on the signal-to-noise ratio and on the ratio of sample size-to-dimensionality. Since the early 90s it is also known that a critical sample size is needed before learning occurs (Biehl and Mietzner, 1993). Here we generalize this analysis to include missing data. An analytic result suggest that the effect of missingdata is to effectively reduce signal-to-noise rather than - as commonly believed - to reduce sample size. The theory predicts a phase transition induced by the missingprocess and this is indeed observed in simulated and in real data.
N. Ipsen, L.K. Hansen. Phase transition in PCA with missing data; Proc. ICML 2019; PMLR 97:2951-2960, 2019.
Lars Kai Hansen has MSc and PhD degrees in physics from University of Copenhagen. Since 1990 he has been with the Technical University of Denmark, where he currently heads the Section for Cognitive Systems. He has published more than 300 contributoins on machine learning, signal processing, and applications in AI and cognitive systems. His research has been generously funded by the Danish Research Councils and private foundations, the European Union, and the US National Institutes of Health. He has made seminal contributions to machine learning including the introduction of ensemble methods('90) and to functional neuroimaging including the first brain state decoding work based on PET('94) and fMRI('97). In the context of neuroimaging he has developed a suite of methods for visualizing machine learning models and quantification of uncertainty. In 2011 he was elected "Catedra de Excelencia" at UC3M Madrid, Spain.
« Distance learning using Euclidean percolation: Following Fermat's principle » - Matthieu Jonckheere
Thursday 7th November 2019, 2pm-4pm - Centrale Supélec, Eiffel building
In unsupervised statistical learning tasks such as clustering, recommendation, or dimension reduction, a notion of distance or similarity between points is crucial but usually not directly available as an input. We discuss recent techniques to infer a metric from observed data. Then we propose a new density-based estimator for weighted geodesic distances that takes into account the underlying density of the data, and that is suitable for nonuniform data lying on a manifold of lower dimension than the ambient space. The consistency of the estimator is proven using tools from first passage percolation. We then discuss its properties and implementation and evaluate its performance for clustering tasks.
Joint work with P. Groisman and F. Sapienza.
Matthieu Jonckheere received his PhD in applied mathematics from the Ecole Polytechnique (Paris, France). He later completed a postdoc at CWI (Amsterdam) and became an assistant professor at Eindhoven University of Technology. He is now a Conicet researcher and professor at the University of Buenos Aires. He has worked extensively in probability theory and performance evaluation of information and communication systems and more recently in unsupervised learning.
« Nonlinear independent component analysis: A principled framework for unsupervised deep learning » - Aapo Hyvärinen
Wednesday 9th October 2019 2pm-4pm – Room Gilles Kahn, Centre Inria Saclay, Bât Alan Turing, Palaiseau
Unsupervised learning, in particular learning general nonlinear representations, is one of the deepest problems in machine learning. Estimating latent quantities in a generative model provides a principled framework, and has been successfully used in the linear case, e.g. with independent component analysis (ICA) and sparse coding. However, extending ICA to the nonlinear case has proven to be extremely difficult: A straight-forward extension is unidentifiable, i.e. it is not possible to recover those latent components that actually generated the data. Here, we show that this problem can be solved by using additional information either in the form of temporal structure or an additional, auxiliary variable. As a first approach, we formulate self-supervised learning schemes which are similar to those heuristically proposed in computer vision. Our main contribution is to provide a rigorous theoretical framework for such self-supervised algorithms, proving that they are able to solve the nonlinear ICA problem. We further show how a connection between nonlinear ICA and variational autoencoders (VAE): While ordinary VAE suffers from the lack of identifiability, conditioning by auxiliary variables leads to identifiability and provides another method for learning nonlinear ICA.
Aapo Hyvarinen studied mathematics at the universities of Helsinki (Finland), Vienna (Austria), and Paris (France), and obtained a Ph.D. degree in Information Science at the Helsinki University of Technology in 1997. From 2016 to 2019, he was Professor at the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London, UK. Currently he is visiting DATAIA at Inria-Saclay for a year.
Aapo Hyvarinen is the main author of the books « Independent Component Analysis » (2001) and « Natural Image Statistics » (2009), and author or coauthor of more than 200 scientific articles. He is Action Editor at the Journal of Machine Learning Research and Neural Computation and Editorial Board Member in Foundations and Trends in Machine Learning. His current work concentrates on unsupervised machine learning and its applications to neuroscience.
« Perspectives for causal inference on time series in Earth system sciences » - Jakob Runge
Tuesday 1st October 2019 2pm - 4pm – DIGITEO MOULON - Bâtiment 660 - 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette
The heart of the scientific enterprise is a rational effort to understand the causes behind the phenomena we observe. In disciplines dealing with complex dynamical systems, such as the Earth system, replicated real experiments are rarely feasible. However, a rapidly increasing amount of observational and simulated time series data opens up the use of observational causal inference methods beyond the commonly adopted correlation techniques. Observational causal inference is a rapidly growing field with enormous potential to help answer long-standing scientific questions. Unfortunately, many methods are still little known and therefore rarely adopted in Earth system sciences. In this talk I will present a Perspective Paper in Nature Communications which identifies key generic problems and major challenges where causal methods have the potential to advance the state-of-the-art in Earth system sciences. I will also present a novel causal inference benchmark platform that aims to assess the performance of causal inference methods and to help practitioners choose the right method for a particular problem. Some recent methods that address particular challenges of Earth system data will be discussed and illustrated by application examples where causal methods have already led to novel insights in Earth sciences.
Runge, J., S. Bathiany, E. Bollt, G. Camps-Valls, D. Coumou, E. Deyle, C. Glymour, M. Kretschmer, M. D. Mahecha, J. Muñoz-Marı́, E. H. van Nes, J. Peters, R. Quax, M. Reichstein, M. Scheffer, B. Schölkopf, P. Spirtes, G. Sugihara, J. Sun, K. Zhang, and J. Zscheischler (2019). Inferring causation from time series in earth system sciences. Nature Communications 10 (1), 2553.
Jakob is a complex systems data scientist with a focus on climate data. His main research interests are causal discovery and causal inference based on graphical models and deep learning.
Jakob currently leads the Climate Informatics group at the DLR Institute of Data Science. He studied physics at Humboldt University Berlin and the University of California in Santa Cruz and obtained his PhD on causal inference from dynamical complex systems at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
Before his current position Jakob was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Studying Complex Systems at the Grantham Institute, Imperial College London, funded by the James S. McDonnell Foundation.
Antonio Casilli - Les Poinçonneurs de l'IA : le Micro-Travail à l'heure des Plateformes Numériques
Jeudi 9 mai 10h-12h00 - Amphi Sophie Germain, Inria Saclay, Bât Alan Turing, Palaiseau
Malgré leur relative invisibilité, les plateformes numériques de micro-travail représentent le phénomène marquent de la dernière décennie. Services comme Amazon Mechanical Turk, Figure Eight ou Clickworker sont des espaces où les entreprises et les startups 'entraînent' ou testent leurs solutions d'intelligence artificielle en recrutant des myriades travailleurs qui réalisent des micro-tâches de transcription, reconnaissance visuelle ou étiquetage de vidéo en échange de rémunérations très faibles d'a peine quelques centimes d'euros. Les études existantes se sont principalement concentrées sur des plateformes anglophones. Notre enquête DiPLab (Digital Plateform Labor, née d'un partenariat entre Télécom Paristech, CNRS, FO, France stratégie et la MSH Paris Saclay) a visé pour la première fois l'écosystème du microtravail en France et dans les pays francophones d'Afrique. Les résultats dressent un tableau surprenant des évolutions du marché du travail à l'heure de l'automation.
Marc-Antoine Dilhac - Une IA éthique est-elle possible ? Perspective de la Déclaration de Montréal
Mercredi 20 mars 10h00 - 12h00, Amphi 5, CentraleSupélec, Gif-sur-Yvette
Marc-Antoine Dilhac de l'Universite de Montréal, porteur de la déclaration de Montréal sur l'IA responsable animera un séminaire DATAIA le mercredi 20 mars matin.
La décennie 2010 a vu apparaître un nouvel objet dans le champ de l'éthique appliquée : l'intelligence artificielle. Objet d'étude académique, l'IA comme technologie a donné naissance à un double, un objet social qui concentre les préoccupations des développeurs, des décideurs publics et des entreprises, mais aussi du public en général, citoyennes et citoyens : l'IA éthique. Souvent confondus, ces deux objets ne sont pas les mêmes et le questionnement éthique qui s'y rapporte varie. L'IA éthique est un produit industriel dont la définition, la standardisation et la régulation font l'objet d'une concurrence intense entre entreprises et organismes. L'émergence de cet objet social a aussi fait naître une classe d'experts, souvent étrangers aux domaines de l'IA et de l'éthique. Mais une IA éthique est-elle possible? Et quelle démarche éthique nous permet de saisir les enjeux que le déploiement de cet objet soulève? Pour y répondre, nous présenterons le processus délibératif dont est issue la Déclaration de Montréal pour un développement responsable de l'IA (2018).
Jérémy Mary - Online Advertising and Strategic Bidding
Mercredi 20 février 2019
Criteo aims to serve personalized online display advertisements, at the root of the business model of many Internet companies, and is leader on this B2B market. The talk will present the technical and ethical challenges of online personalized ads, ranging from the data scale to the customers heterogeneity. The few regulated online advertising market made of auctions will be discussed, revisiting classical auction theory from the buyer point of view (as opposed to, the seller).We show that in the current state of the market which include personalized reserve prices, the best option for the buyer is to be strategic even in a second price option. How to fight information bubbles and user boredom within a recommender system will also be discussed.
Stuart Russell - Provably Beneficial Artificial Intelligence
Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley, inaugurated the series of seminars organized by the DATAIA Institute on Thursday, May 24, 2018.
Provably Beneficial Artificial Intelligence
I will briefly survey recent and expected developments in AI and their implications. Beyond these, one must expect that AI capabilities will eventually exceed those of humans across a range of real-world-decision making scenarios. Should this be a cause for concern, as Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, and others have suggested? And, if so, what can we do about it? While some in the mainstream AI community dismiss the issue, I will argue instead that a fundamental reorientation of the field is required. Instead of building systems that optimize arbitrary objectives, we need to learn how to build systems that will, in fact, be beneficial for us. I will show that it is useful to imbue systems with explicit uncertainty concerning the true objectives of the humans they are designed to help, as well as the ability to learn more about those objectives from observation of human behavior.
Corinne Gendron - L'IA, entre éthique et société
The second seminar of the DATAIA Institute took place on Friday, November 16, 2018 at 16:00 at the Alan Turing Building in Palaiseau, animated by Corinne Gendron, holder of the Chair of Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development of the Université du Québec à Montréal, and Professor in the Strategy, Social and Environmental Responsibility Department of the School of Management Sciences, on the theme "AI, between ethics and society".
Avec la progression de l'utilisation des algorithmes dans une multitude de champs d'activité, des questions se confirment et des inquiétudes surgissent : opacité, conséquences imprévues, vide juridique, régulation hors de la loi… pourrons-nous garder le contrôle de notre propre création ? Comment s'assurer que cet outil qui paraît si puissant qu'on l'a gratifié du terme « intelligence » reste au service du bien collectif ? Au-delà des enjeux liés à leur technicité, un regard sociologique sur les algorithmes situe leur développement, leur utilisation et leur promotion dans une société traversée par des rapports sociaux qui mobilisent diverses idéologies. Penser l'éthique ou la responsabilité sociale des algorithmes suppose donc au préalable de saisir les logiques qui président à leur développement et les acteurs qui les portent. Quant à l'arrimage avec le bien commun, il sera tributaire du degré de régulation, de transparence et de contrôle qui viendront sceller un compromis avec les sceptiques et les opposants.
Le Séminaire Palaisien gathers, every first Tuesday of the month, the vast research community of Saclay around statistics and machine learning.
Each seminar session is divided into 2 scientific presentations of 40 minutes each: 30 minutes of presentation and 10 minutes of questions, followed by a coffee break.
LIX Seminars « Ethical issues, law & novel applications of AI »
Within the framework of its Master "Artificial Intelligence & Advanced Visual Computing", the LIX, with the support of DATAIA, organizes seminars about "Ethical issues, law & novel applications of AI".
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You know your new baby has seriously warped your priorities when you realize that:
(1) There's a picture of you in the July issue of Glamour, and:
(2) You somehow forgot to mention that fact on your fashion blog.
Anyways, so that's embarrassing! But I had to finally get around to finally telling you guys! Pick up a copy if you see one this month — pretty cool! (It's the one with Keira Knightly on the cover, and I'm on the last page!)
Also, LOL — 2.5 months after giving birth, the last thing I feel is "sexy and I know it" — but thank you, Glamour, for making me feel pretty chic!
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Welcome to my May pages! During the month of May we get our classroom ready for Open House. This year was a Rain Forest theme. My other fun themes are Ocean and Down on the Farm. Take a look by scrolling down. Many ideas from the Rain Forest theme are in Rainforest Adventure , Ocean theme are in Ocean's of Fun and many ideas from the Farm are in Down on the Farm you can find these books in the Books by Kim link on the home page.
Miss Jordano's Rain Forest Adventure!
May 2008
We took Trader Joe's Bags and
painted them for our Safari bags!
We made t.p. roll binoculars!
These are our jungle safari boats
like at Disneyland!
We made a Safari Guide paper dolls
with our third grade buddies
My brother made me a giant poster
with all my guides!
This sink and float activity can be found in
Bookmaking Bonanza
We wrote a bout tree frogs
Our Rain Forest Quilt
Tree frog Math
Paper Mache Parrots!
Alligators all around!
Tree frog Fact and fiction!
We love the lazy sloth!
Chameleons are cool !
Grovey Gorrillas
Safari guides hung from the wires
Munch and crunch,
Munch and crunch
the Greedy Python eats
Kindergarteners for lunch!
Fancy Fireflies!
See how to make these kinds
of step books in Bookmaking Bonanaza
Published books are displayed
Little paper bag tree frogs
Layers of the Rain Forest!
More to come:)
See Below for some new ocean
additions from our Develpmental Kindergarten
in Mrs. Harrington's class
Dolphin fact books
TP roll pirates and parrots!
Too cute
Ahoy Captain!
Paper Plate Killer Whales
Ocean's of Fun in Room 2
Ahoy Mateys!!!
I took a photo of each child in a pirate costume
then they picked their own pirate names
We all live in a yellow submarine
Fish in a net
Whale facts
We wrote our facts using interactive writing
Whale books display
Our vacation by the Sea!
We wrote stories and drew pictures about a beach vacation
Mr. Seahorse
Inside each seahorse are seahorse facts.
The seahorses are attached to tp rolls.
For more fun ideas on creative bookmaking
take a look at Bookmaking Bonanza.
Our sink and float bottle books
from Bookmaking Bonanza
Peanut Butter and Jellyfish sandwiches
On the back of the jellyfish are
jellyfish facts written by the kids
We made paper mache fish
Our Ocean quilt.
It is a glyph!
Ocean Glyph Key:
Froot loops on octopus=age of child
Sandy background= likes to swim in the ocean
Water background= likes to swim in a pool
Sequins on fish= likes to eat fish
Glitter on fish= does not like to eat fish
Bubbles on fish= how many people in the family
Beach Buddy Mail Center
Giant lobster and facts
Living things need...
(Inside are cards to read)
Living things need water
Living things need air
Living things need food
Living things reproduce
Living things grow!
Our Mermaid book
Jumbo crabs with addition facts inside
for example 2 fish +3 fish =5
Jordano Beach Club Publishing
I type up the kids favorite journals
Diving for Pearls
Our Giant fishbowl facts!
Crab grass and sandcastles
S.S. Jordano Cruise Line Cookbooks!
Boat hanging from the Boat House Cafe
(Our Playhouse)
Fishnet Fun!
We Love Pirates!
My Pirate Pack with great pirate patterns, books and more is avalible on www.teacherspayteachers.com click on sellers and type in Kinderbykim
Inside our treasure chest
(made from a paper lunch sack)
Is a message of what we will buy with all our gold!
Pirate Stew Is good for you!
Napkin books are fun to make!
We wrote a fun ocean story inside these cute hawaiian shirt napkins.
More creative bookmaking ideas in
On Kim's book links!
I'm a little crab crwaling on the sand.
You better watch out or I'll pinch your hand!
(Kids wrote this poem on the back)
This is our Pirate Graph of favorite sea creatures!
Miss Jordano's Deep Sea Explorers
We wrote shark facts using interactive writing.
Check out Interactive Writing for more fun ideas!
Our Sea Kings and Mermaids have stories on their backs.
Patterns are in Oceans Of Fun!
Down On Miss Jordano's Farm!
New farm ideas scroll down to see!
We made stuffed fruits and veggies for our produce bags
These are the veggies in our baskets
We wrote what part of the plant each veggie grew from
Mrs. Wishy Washy!
Find these patterns in Down on the Farm
Farm Fresh Watermelon Addition
Giant Piggy
He sat around our cookbooks
Giant piggy facts done in interactive writing
For more writing ideas check out
Interactive Writing on Kim's Books link
We wrote pig facts !
Piggy banks made from mini water bottles
Firefly step books
See how to make in Bookmaking Bonanza
Frog Fun
Paper Mache Chickens
The Very Hungry Caterpillar puppets
We wrote cow facts using interactive
writing and the used our hand prints for the cows spots!
This is our hayride board!
Tasty Stuffed Apples
Handprint Sunflowers
Mr. Rabbit carrot addition
Scarecrow Glyph
This pattern is in Down on the Farm
Down on the Farm big book. Each child made a
page. The picture is with their 3rd grade buddy
Little duck subtraction
The sequence of the birth of chick is inside the egg.
You can find this idea in Bookmaking Bonanza
Little Birdies Addition
Favorite Farm animal graph
Carrots are growing on the farm!
Check out our potatoes!
Each child wrote what they would turn thier food into!
Yummy strawberries
We grew turnips too!
I have a giant felt barn to cover
the front of my playhouse
This is the cover of our mini book "Buzz Buzz"
The focus sight word is "said".
If you like theses books check out
Sight Word Books level one and two
on my Books by Kim page
Midnight On the Farm!
Counting pumpkin seeds,
Oh waht fun!
How many seed inside this big one?
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A high school student was struck and killed by an express train on the Upper West Side as he tried to cross the tracks on a dare.
Liam Armstrong, a student at Smithtown HS East, Long Island, was in Manhattan celebrating his 18th birthday when the accident took place. The popular teen was attempting to cross all four train tracks when he was hit by a northbound express 2 train, at 79th Street.
Armstrong and his friend had mistakenly boarded a northbound 1 train, trying to get from Central Park to Greenwich village. A police source told the New York Post that rather than cross the tracks above ground they dared each other to run across the tracks.
One of his friends succeeded, the other waited on their original platform. Armstrong was stuck by the northbound express train just before 6.30pm.
His leg was severed and he died of severe head trauma.
Police found a liter of Bacardi rum in his backpack and two fake IDs in his wallet.
The train operator attempted to stop the train by pulling the emergency brake but could not do it in time. The power to the train was cut and passengers were held in the train for over an hour while investigators went to work.
A police officer told DNAInfo it was "an unfortunate incident"
He added "You have some kids that don't know how to come upstairs and go to the other side (of the station). That's all I can say about this."
Armstrong's family in Nesconset, Long Island, declined to comment on the tragedy however friends and the public took to Facebook and Twitter in an outpouring of grief. Armstrong's private Twitter handle bears the tagline "yolo", which stands for "You Only Live Once".
One of his friends present when he died, Dakota Walsh, tweeted "Your [sic] my brother, I'm sorry I didn't protect you."
Pal Dylan Nolan tweeted "i love you man...Why my best friend why.
"Ive never cried this much in my life.(sic)"
A friend Kerin Grisanti told the New York Post "I can't believe this happened.
"He has three little siblings and he loves them — he's a great big brother."
Ali Grimaldi, a senior at Smithtown HS West said "He was a very nice kid, always making everybody laugh.
"It was his 18th birthday today, and I think they just wanted to have a little bit of fun."
Armstrong who was set to graduate this year had considered following in his father's footsteps and joining the Nassau County police force.
School superintendent Anthony J. Annunziato released a statement saying "[He] was a popular student among his peers and the high school staff.
"He was a vibrant young man who will be missed by all who knew him. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers go out to his family."


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Hello Reader! Welcome to my blog and diary of my life and career. I have to say this week has been a great one. I am currently in Madrid, Spain for five days. While in Spain I uploaded a video on YouTube Monday night/Tuesday morning, with another coming out on Friday afternoon. This two videos…Read more In Spain and a Two Part video is on my YouTube
Another Youtube video is up and it is another Study Abroad video!
I am so grateful for all the likes on my last post! I makes me feel good knowing others are reading and I am not going crazy talking to my self! 🙂 I have posted another video and it is on time! This video is called How to get to ADSA and Poundland- Study Abroad…Read more Another Youtube video is up and it is another Study Abroad video!
Another Video Up… on a Monday?
I have posted another video up on my Youtube channel. This one is about my Windsor trip and seeing Windsor Castle. I am posting on a Monday in hopes of being more proactive with my channel and posting a lot more. I am trying to plan more trips and hopefully I can film them better…Read more Another Video Up… on a Monday?
Hertfordshire Room Tour is UP!
As I am writing this blog, it is 12:40am Saturday Feb, 10, 2018 in the UK. However back home it is till Friday, so I kind of feel on time with my post. This room tour video is kind of long; just under 15 minutes. But this video is one of my favorites because it…Read more Hertfordshire Room Tour is UP!
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The year 2017 has come to an end and an exciting new adventure is in store for me. 12 days from now on January 12th, 2018 I will be on a plane going to London. Studying abroad at the University of Hertfordshire and having the time of my life. I have not uploaded anything to…Read more – Onto a Happy New Year! –
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How can we bridge the world through horticulture?
Ayşenur Uzun represented Turkey at the 2017 Youth Ag Summit, where she met Jozef Van Assche from the International Society for Horticultural Science during the Summit's industry marketplace. From this connection, she met Professor Yuksel Tuzel, chairperson of the International Horticulture Congress, and was invited to attend the 2018 Congress in Istanbul one year on. Here, she shares her impressions of the event.
It's widely known that Istanbul is the only city in the world which bridges two continents, providing a melting pot between old and new, east and west, modern and traditional. But can horticulture bond the continents and the world? Under this theme, the 30th International Horticulture Congress (IHC2018) was held in Istanbul, Turkey in August. This intensive week of horticulture was supported with 39 scientific symposia, 2 colloquia, many workshops and technical tours. The congress was focused on research as well as creating new opportunities for collaboration between researchers, universities and the agricultural sector in the hope of creating a sustainable food system in years to come.
As a plant enthusiast and third year student of pharmaceutical sciences, agriculture isn't so far removed from my own profession. Thanks to my family's farming roots, I have had a strong bond with agriculture since my childhood and have always known that agriculture was something that I wanted to get involved in professionally. Earning a spot at last year's Youth Ag Summit in Brussels after writing an essay about sustainable agriculture was a dream come true. But I couldn't yet put a check mark next to agriculture on my to do list – because I have my "3 Little Things" to tick off first! During the Youth Ag Summit, we as 'agvocates' made promises to move forward food security through our own set of small individual actions to encourage change. My 3 Little Things were to stay in touch with agvocates, to share my YAS experience in Turkey and to get more involved in agriculture in my home country in an attempt to improve food security globally.
I was inspired to do something to send people to bed without rumbling stomachs when I learned this appalling fact: "800 million go to sleep hungry every day while approximately 1.4 billion tons of food is wasted per day." While the world has committed to reaching Zero Hunger by 2030, statistics shows that over 20 million people are at risk of famine, according to the 2017 Global Hunger Index. Hunger strikes the most vulnerable parts of a community and discriminates amongst people based on their existing inequalities. Take Nigeria: according to IFPRI's Global Hunger Index, in northeast Nigeria, 4.5 million people are experiencing or are at risk of famine while the rest of the country is relatively able to access food. Social inequality can make a difference in nutrition, even between two citizens of the same country.
Food security is one of the most important issues we face. Our food system is vulnerable to the damages caused by climate change, as well as ineffective agricultural techniques by farmers who lack professional training. Yet food security is a shared responsibility. We can't take significant steps to support a sustainable food system until we have well-informed consumers as well as educated farmers. We all eat food: we must raise awareness and spread the "conscious consumer" trend among the general population.
The IHC2018 carried my "3 Little Things" one step further with its scientific atmosphere, passionate speakers and distinguished participants. The event was a marvelous colloquium offering a platform for agribusiness, universities and researchers who are willing to use the "bond of horticulture" to cooperate and help to ensure a sustainable food system in the world. As the Turkish wisdom says: "What does one hand have? Two hands make a sound."
It's so inspiring, you make me yearn attend the next Youth Ag Summit. Its educative as it offers tools and specialzed knowledge that fit young people. It allows one to open up mind because there is exchange of information . Thanks for sharing your experience.
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The importance of these donors is reflected in the fact that during the first half of the 21st century, upwards of $41 trillion will be transferred through their estates. Of this amount, charities could potentially receive from $1.5 to $25 trillion.
The "valuing the donor more than the donation" approach is based on a respect for each individual donor and his needs. In order for the long--term value of the donor/charity partnership to be realized, there must first be an appreciation of the need for a carefully cultivated relationship. This relationship occurs over the donor's entire involvement with an organization and not just during the period when he can "produce cash."
The "elder donor" program includes 10 basic steps and is based on "valuing the donor more than the donation." Such a program helps integrate all components of the fund-raising program; major gifts, planned giving and direct marketing, while focusing on the life cycle and needs of the donor.
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We manage our properties utilizing modern farming techniques that reduce the water, labor, energy use, and greatly reduce the use of chemical applications.
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As water becomes increasingly scarce, farmland with sustainable water resources of ground water and efficient use irrigation water should see enhanced land valuations over time.
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It will rain again. Droughts have happened before, and typically end with wetter than usual weather patterns.
Risk to crop yield from drought, while real, is well understood. This can be planned and managed by smart investors and landowners.
We acquire properties with multiple sources of water. These areas have reliable ground water in areas of stable water levels, and they have sustainable drafting which is supplemented by the right to receive surface water from water districts. Properties that are not serviced by a water district are located in areas with historically reliable ground water.
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Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Refugee Students By Lucy Nalpathanchil • Apr 3, 2014 Yale Refugee Clinic Refugees face many challenges after resettling in a new country and it can be especially hard for children. On Saturday at Luce Hall Auditorium, Yale School of Medicine and Yale's MacMillan Center are hosting a conference for educators to learn about ways to help refugee students adjust. Meet the King of Anxiety By Faith Middleton, Lori Mack & Jonathan McNicol • Mar 25, 2014 Jonathan McNicol From Faith Middleton: Roughly 40 million Americans reportedly say they have struggled with anxiety issues. Why wouldn't we in such a surprising world? Still, there are anxiety sufferers and there are anxiety sufferers. Scott Stossel is one of the latter. Kids Benefit From Counseling At The Pediatrician's Office By editor • Mar 24, 2014 Pediatricians often recommend some mental health counseling for children who have behavior problems like defiance and tantrums. 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Few Residential Treatment Programs for Connecticut Adolescents By Lucy Nalpathanchil • Mar 20, 2014 Rushford One out of every 22 Connecticut high schoolers has taken medication such as painkillers that weren't prescribed for them, according to the National Survey of Drug Use and Health. In the second of a three-part series, WNPR looks at treatment options available for local teens with substance abuse issues. Addiction: A Guilford Family's Story By Lucy Nalpathanchil • Mar 19, 2014 Lucy Nalpathanchil / WNPR A big increase in opiate overdoses nationwide has focused attention on substance abuse. Nine out of ten adults suffering from addiction said they began using drugs or alcohol when they were adolescents. In the first of a three-part series on youth battling addiction, WNPR introduces you to the Harmons of Guilford. For Sandy Hook Killer's Father, Tragedy Outweighs Love For His Son By editor • Mar 13, 2014 We still don't know why Adam Lanza killed his mother, then 20 children and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School before turning a gun on himself in December 2012. But we do know more about Lanza's life, what his doctors had to say about him and what his parents did to try to help him. Sandy Hook Advisory Commission Still Has Limited Access to Records By Tucker Ives • Mar 12, 2014 Chion Wolf / WNPR This week, The New Yorker published an article by Andrew Solomon featuring an extended interview with Peter Lanza, the father of Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza. A member of Governor Dannel Malloy's Sandy Hook Advisory Commission said the interview does provide more information on the killer's medical and psychological background, but the commission has had limited access to other information while putting together its report. Sandy Hook Killer's Father Wishes His Son Hadn't Been Born By Mark Memmott • Mar 10, 2014 "How much do I beat up on myself about the fact that he's my son? A lot." The New Yorker has posted a long piece based on six interviews with Peter Lanza, whose son Adam killed 20 first-graders and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012. Father of Adam Lanza Speaks Publicly About Newtown Massacre By Heather Brandon & Tucker Ives • Mar 10, 2014 State of Connecticut For the first time since the Newtown school shooting, the father of gunman Adam Lanza is speaking publicly. Peter Lanza told The New Yorker magazine, in an extensive interview by Andrew Solomon, about his relationship with Adam. Mental Illness, Jayson Blair, and Women Composers By John Dankosky, Lydia Brown, Tucker Ives & Catie Talarski • Mar 7, 2014 shadowslicer1 / Creative Commons Life with bipolar disorder is not easy for anyone. 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Nancy Berry, 30, of Salem, Massachusetts, was killed after being struck by a rental truck that was heading to the fraternity's tailgating party outside the Yale Bowl. Lawyers for Barry's family and another woman who was injured in the accident sued the fraternity members late last month. The Language of Mental Health; 50 Years of Anti-Smoking Efforts; Archaeology Tech at UConn By John Dankosky, Lydia Brown, Tucker Ives & Catie Talarski • Jan 13, 2014 R.J. Reynolds With mental health issues at the forefront of local and national discussion, the phrase "the mentally ill" has become commonplace in media headlines. But does it really belong there -- or anywhere, for that matter? We talk with Tufts Medical Center's Psychiatrist-in-Chief about the importance of the words we use when talking about mental illness. 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Croquet season is upon us, and right beside the Royal Croquet Club lawn is the Broadsheet Bar. It is serving cocktails from six of our favourite haunts: The Beaufort, Bad Frankie, Leonard's House of Love, The Everleigh, Black Pearl and Le Bon Ton. Each bar is contributing a perfect croquet concoction for serious summer sipping.
The New Wave Collider is a Pina Colada-inspired cocktail by The Beaufort. It has been designed as a welcome drink. "It's sweet on the palate, but also pretty complex," says Dave Kerr, owner of The Beaufort. The drink uses the fat-washing technique to give you a coconut-washed rum which is mixed with lime juice, a little sugar and pineapple. Kerr likes to think the cocktail whisks you away to a tropical paradise, where behind the bar there's a "muscly, softly-spoken Fijian man wearing a sarong".
Bad Frankie has put together a Spritz with fresh grapefruit juice, small-batch rum and falernum syrup topped with soda and orange rind. "The falernum syrup by The Commissary has the flavours of Christmas – cloves, almonds and orange blossom," says assistant manager Amelia Boot. "It's a perfect drink for the Australian summer."
Another easy starter is the Queen Of Hearts by Leonard's House of Love. It's a jazzed-up pineapple vodka with cracked black pepper, basil and lemon juice. "Pineapple and pepper is a weird and wonderful combination that makes for a really fun, refreshing summer drink," says Leonard's manager, Hannah Parkie.
The Everleigh's Bitter Late Than Never is a gin-and-cognac blend with lemon soda and tonic water. "It's like lemonade for adults," says owner Michael Madrusan. "Best drunk at any time of the day, it's an easy one to come back to."
In the heat of the aperitif craze, Black Pearl has put together a short, effervescent Spritz cocktail. It's called the Stirling Spritz and uses Ketel One vodka, Cocchi Americano, verjuice, suze, soda, lime and is garnished with cucumber slices. "When you get your nose into the glass, it just screams summer," says owner Tash Conte.
Le Bon Ton has stayed true to its American focus and is serving the Huckleberry Buck, a darker- and richer-flavoured cocktail. "It's like a classic American cherry pie with chocolate ice cream and pastry," says bar manager Evan Stanley. The caramel and vanilla sweetness comes from Bulleit Bourbon, and is paired with chocolate and cherry flavours and topped with dry ginger ale.
See you at the Broadsheet Bar for a drink this summer.
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Is Speech Violence?
The enemies of liberty are always creating interesting arguments. Lisa Barrett wrote an opinion piece for the NY Times arguing that speech can be violence. She used Milo as an example of someone that is "hateful" and should not be allowed to speak. She claims that when people such as Milo speak they can cause physical stress in people which can cause them health issues.
Of course, I doubt Miss Barrett would like *her* speech censored by people claiming *her* speech is violence. Oh, no! She is very much for free speech and health debate as long as *she* approves.
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The £72m plant will be built under a contract with STC Power SRL, and it will be operated and maintained by Pinnacle Power.
It will deliver 7.75MW of energy and process around 100,000 tonnes of refuse-derived fuel made from commercial and municipal waste supplied by Geminor.
Construction is due to start in early 2019 and become operational in 2021.
Geoff Jackson, chief executive of Equitix, said he saw "huge opportunities" in the EfW sector: "This new project marks the latest addition to our growing waste portfolio."
Nick Ross, director and co-founder of Iona Capital, said: "We are very pleased to partner Equitix in the financing of the Bridgwater project which is the first of a number of planned investments in the EfW sector."
Equitix was one of a number of investors that expressed interest in buying Cory Riverside Energy.
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Course Type / Attendance
Full Time
Subject Area
Business and Management
Start Date
September 2018
16-18 Year Olds
Course Level
Who is this course for?
If you enjoy creative thinking and developing imaginative solutions to complex problems or wish to progress to further education specialising in web design, software and App development and programming then this course is for you!
What do you need to apply for the course?
You will need four GCSEs at grade C/4 or above including Maths and English. You will also need to demonstrate excellent IT skills and show a keen interest in software, web, and programming.
What are the key things you'll learn?
You will study 18 units over two years including topics such as:
Communication and employability skills for IT
Computer systems
Software design & development
Event driven programming
Controlling Systems Using IT
Procedural Programming
Systems Analysis and Design
How you will learn
You will be taught using a range of teaching techniques including lectures, web 2.0 tools, group work, quizzes and collaboration via the latest technologies. You will complete projects set with an employer focus and gain valuable experience through realistic working environments.
Where could this course take you?
You could specialise further in your chosen field of IT to a Higher Education degree course or progress to any of the very popular career routes in systems analysis, software development, animation, web authoring or Technical support specialisms.
What costs will you incur?
If you are aged between 19 and 23 years old (on the first day of your course) and do not already have a full Level 3 of higher qualification, you will not have to pay course fees. This may be different for learners studying on a course in the workplace.
If you are aged 19 or over, on the first day of your course, studying at Level 3 or above, you are able to apply for an Advanced Learner Loan to cover the costs of your course, similar to arrangements for higher education students.


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Providing a framework and criterion of measurement for creating unambiguous definitions of entitlements.
In May 2008, the ISO/IEC Working Group 21 (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 21)
met in Berlin and created an "Other Working Group" (OWG) to
develop the ISO/IEC 19770-3 standard with the goal of finalizing the
standard in time for the ISO Plenary meeting to be held in May of 2009
in India. John Tomeny of Sassafras Software, was appointed as the
convener of the 19770-3 OWG.
The OWG was convened on 9 September 2008 with 22 Software Asset Management (SAM) industry professionals in attendance. This page serves as the source for public information and OWG resource support for development of the standard.
A private download and discussion area is planned for OWG members soon.
The main work expected to be completed is the following, although this is subject to revision by the members of the OWG:
|The Current Working Committees
Participation is open to qualified individuals
Participation in the 19770-3 OWG is open to any qualified individuals with relevant expertise in software asset management, software licensing, software manufacturing, and related disciplines. We also welcome editorial help from individuals who have technical documentation experience. All OWG members are required to sign a statement acknowledging that the results of the work being done shall be copyright of ISO/IEC. Copyright in all drafts shall be held by ISO/IEC. All 19770-3 OWG members shall be expected to contribute meaningful content to the standard and remain active in order to maintain their membership status. To volunteer for the ISO/IEC 19770-3 OWG, click this link to send an email request to John Tomeny: johnt@ sassafras.com
ISO/IEC Software Asset Management (SAM) Standards White Paper
Click here to download the (pdf) white paper.
International Standards for Software Asset Management (SAM) provide a model to follow in setting up and operating an asset management system specifically oriented to the management of software assets. The model incorporates the features on which experts in the field have reached a consensus as being the international state of the art. Through the use of the SAM family of standards, organizations can develop and implement a framework for managing their software assets and prepare for an internal or external assessment of their SAM processes.
The focus of this presentation is on two ISO/IEC SAM Standards, one published and one under development: ISO/IEC 19770-2 Software Identification Tag and 19770-3 Software Entitlement Tag, and how they fit into the SAM ecosystem. ISO/IEC 19770-2 provides a standard for authoritative identification of software installations to assist in complete and positive identification of installed software. ISO/IEC 19770-3 is under development and will provide a framework and criterion of measurement for creating unambiguous definitions of entitlements to assist in effective software reconciliation, effective cost reduction in software license management, and proof of compliance.
Meetings and Time Commitment
The full OWG hosts conference call meetings on Tuesdays as needed -
not weekly unless necessary. The initial purpose of full OWG meetings
is to assist with collaboration between the OWG working committees and
to provide overall direction to all members. As work develops on the
standard, some of the technical work that spans the individual
committees will be addressed in the Tuesday conference calls.


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This fortune cookie message is what I was greeted with while logging into Elk this evening, after transfering 15,000g to him from my bank toon. Hmm, premonition of his next purchase?
Introducing Mojodishu and Drix Blackwrench, my two newest traveling companions. Drix appears to come from a bit of a shady past, but Mojodishu just appears to be a troll trying to make it in the world. What I'd love to see is a portion of their proceeds, back into my pocket. Use my vendor, I get 10% of the sale (AH tax sort of thing).
Now that I am back down to 3000g on my toons, it's time to get back into gem flipping. According to Kripparian, today is the day to post them up!


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The ASB GlassFloor is well known in the squash scene. Now ASB and the famous glass processing company KINON Porz in Cologne have produced the latest innovation for sports halls – the patented glass floor. The ASB GlassFloor has no confusing marking lines as they can be illuminated for individual sports at the touch of a switch to all common indoor sports such as badminton, basketball, apparatus gymnastics, indoor soccer, indoor hockey, handball or volleyball.
Technical Data ASB GlassFloor
- Size of sports hall floor: Around 485 sq. m.
- Different lines for the following sports can be chosen: Tennis, handball, volleyball, basketball and badminton.
- Design: Substructure: 2,335 running metres, aluminium support frame, fixed elastically on 2,830 supports which are 17cm high.
- Glass floor: 165 glass panels of different dimensions, laid out on the aluminium support structure.
- Illuminated lines: 850 running metres of marking lines, blue LEDs laid out in aluminium channels.
- Glass floor panels: Laminated SGG STADIP security glass panels made of two tempered security glass parts separated by 1.52mm thick PVB- foil.
- Glass floor panels fixture: All four corners of each glass panel are fixed to the supporting structure with 5 x 5cm Velcro.
- Surface of glass panels: Special etching on the upper surface of the glass panels to prevent light reflection and a slip resistant screen print.
- Sliding characteristics: The material testing institute of Stuttgart University tested the panels' sliding characteristics against DIN V 18032-2 (2001-04). The panels met the sliding characteristic required for sports halls – minimum 0.4μ and maximum 0.6μ.
- Standards: The floor meets the national and international requirements for slip resistance (DIN V 18032-2:2001) and was tested according to the requirements of the EN 14904 for area elastic floors for shock absorption, standard deformation, behavior under rolling load and ball reflection.
- Jointing: Special filler compatible with tempered security glass VSG – matching the blue colour of the floor.
- Sleeves: 29 holes for sleeves in stepped drilled holes with surrounded plastic rings to prevent glass touching metal. These holes hold the posts for sports equipment, badminton nets, goals etc.
- Choice of lines: On and off by touch screen
Fields of Application
Even if the ASB GlassFloor has been primarily designed for sports events, it can be used for many further fields of application. It can be produced as huge, homogeneous surface in a wide variety of colours, as the laminated security glass is produced with a coloured PVB foil between the glass layers. The LEDs in the substructure can be chosen in any colour. So the glass floor is suitable for the use in many different areas, like e.g. event venues. With the ASB GlassFloor the different functional areas can be elegantly designed. The LED lines or differently coloured glass panels can also be used to indicate escape ways.
The sprung characteristics can also be used for discotheques, clubs etc. where the floor's elasticity cushions the knees and ankles of the dancers. VJs will find completely new possibilities in these rooms, by integrating the floor LEDs under the dancers in their video show.
Reception areas in prestigious buildings can show many different info with the respective LED nets – such as pictures and also videos. Logos projected from underneath, changing artworks, simulation of different floor coverings, symbols, architectural motifs, accessible artworks in museums – there are no limits to any ideas.
Go to the ASB GlassFloor website …


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Wildfire Recovery Task Force – Mitigate Pillar Progress Update
Archived Information
The information on this page is archived and is no longer being maintained. Archived information is provided for reference, research or record keeping purposes and has not been altered or updated since it was archived.
Implement mitigation measures with a view to improving resiliency
Wildland Urban Interface Fire Crew
Major Initiatives to Date:
- A letter was sent to the Government of Alberta (GOA) requesting funding for the training and permanent staffing of a Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) fire crew.
- The GOA advised that a working group has been formed to develop a WUI response strategy for the entire Province. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB)
- Fire Chief, Jody Butz, has been invited to participate in this group. RMWB Fire Chief Butz has engaged in conversations with the Fire Commissioner's Office and is awaiting notification of the first meeting.
Ongoing Initiatives:
- The RMWB continues to actively participate in the development of the WUI response strategy for the Province.
Quarter 2 and 3 Priorities:
- Regional Emergency Services will liaise with the GOA to maximize potential benefits for the RMWB in the ongoing Provincial WUI Fire Crew policy review.
Major Initiatives to Date:
- Letter sent to support the GOA's current comprehensive FireSmart plan
- Support from GOA for collaborative approach for FireSmart activities: directly through funding and resources available to Agriculture and Forestry Department and indirectly through agreements with Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada.
- FireSmart initiatives in Indigenous Peoples' communities.
- FireSmart Phase 2 fuel reduction project to continue this fall on Thickwood slope
- FireSmart Phase 2 fuel reduction project to start in Anzac this fall.
- Post Wildfire Hazard Assessment – Green Island Prescription contract awarded and field assessments to begin in August.
- FireSmart sign project underway with signage being installed to identify and create awareness FS project and Education.
- The Recovery Task Force (RTF) has secured funding from the GOA and the Red Cross to support FireSmart initiatives totaling more than $14 million. Three year budget plan submitted for review and approval.
Ongoing Initiatives:
- Maintaining an established relationship with FireSmart Canada
- Continue communications with residents about FireSmart projects, specifically for the Birchwood Trails
- Participating Member of the Regional FireSmart Committee
- Engaging with stakeholders regarding seedlings and tree planting
- ReLeaf Plan implementation and planting. Planted over 76,000 seedlings this past spring.
- FireSmart Community Preparedness events for Anzac, Gregoire Lake Estates, and Fort McMurray to take place September 16.
- Planning for allocation of funds received from GOA and CRC
- Developing a FireSmart Framework for the RMWB.
- Reviewing the Wildfire Mitigation Strategy for the region
- RFQ awarded for Anzac Vegetation Management
- Acquiring FireSmart promotional and educational items aimed to educate residents on initiatives they can do on their own properties and for community events.
Quarter 2 and 3 Priorities
- Implementation of 2016 FRIAA Grants
- Continue to pursue funding for FireSmart activities from the GOA for a multi-year risk reduction strategy across all seven disciplines
- FireSmart Education for improved resiliency
- Anzac Fuel Modification Project
- Green Island Prescription Project
- Debris and burnt tree clean up
- Thickwood Slope Fuel Modification Project
- Gregoire Lake Estates Fuel Modification Project
- FireSmart Sign Installation Project
Service Access/Egress Roads
Major Initiatives to Date:
- Abasand & Beacon Hill construction access roads complete
- Engineering awarded RFP for construction of emergency egress routes in Abasand, Beacon Hill and Wood Buffalo. Construction to begin in August.
Quarter 2 and 3 Priorities
- Rural Egress Routes Conceptual Design pre-2018 budget for Saprae Creek, Janvier, Conklin and Fort McKay
- Support Engineering with Abasand, Beacon Hill and Wood Buffalo Egress Routes
Build Back Better
Major Initiatives to Date:
- The RTF has provided educational resources on RMWB.ca and have actively participated in Trade Shows and other events.
- Facilitated the identification of vendors to provide green, FireSmart and winter build initiatives related to the build back better philosophy.
Quarter 2 and 3 Priorities
- The RTF is seeking potential funding sources and conducting further research in relation to incentive programs to assist with a 'Build Back Better' philosophy associated with a WUI.
- Mapping out tree planting areas with Municipal Parks' staff.
- Planning and scheduling tree planting throughout the Urban Service Area (USA).
- Working with volunteer groups to assist with tree planting.
East Clearwater Highway
Major Initiatives to Date:
- Council approval of East Clearwater Highway (ECH) as highest mitigation priority
- Council approval of $5 million for pre-feasibility of the ECH
- Letter sent seeking GOA support for ECH pre-design
- On May 3, 2017, Premier Rachel Notley announced the GOA's commitment to provide up to $5 million in funding to support the pre-design of the ECH.
- Response received from the GOA outlining Alberta Transportation's commitment to work with the RMWB to develop options for alternative egress
Ongoing Initiatives:
- Meetings with multiple stakeholders on the ECH
Quarter 2 and 3 Priorities
- The RMWB's Engineering Department will continue to work with the GOA regarding the feasibility and pre-design for the ECH


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1928 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games ▪ Next Summer Games
Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date Started: August 7, 1928
Date Finished: August 11, 1928
Events: 8
Participants: 144 (144 men and 0 women) from 29 countries
Youngest Participant: Ben Bril (16 years, 23 days)
Oldest Participant: Alf Jackson (32 years, 207 days)
Most Medals (Athlete): 24 athletes with 1 medal
Most Medals (Country): Argentina and Italy (4 medals)
The Olympic boxing tournament was held in the [Krachtsportgebouw] in Amsterdam. Competition took place between the 7th and 11th of August in 8 weight categories. With entries now limited to one boxer per nation, the number of participants was slightly reduced but the number of countries represented rose to 29. [Okamoto] and [Usuda] of Japan became the first Asian boxers to compete at Olympic level.
|Men's Flyweight
|Antal Kocsis
|Armand Apell
|Carlo Cavagnoli
|Men's Bantamweight
|Vittorio Tamagnini
|John Daley
|Harry Isaacs
|Men's Featherweight
|Bep van Klaveren
|VÃctor Peralta
|Harry Devine
|Men's Lightweight
|Carlo Orlandi
|Steve Halaiko
|Gunnar Berggren
|Men's Welterweight
|Ted Morgan
|Raúl Landini
|Ray Smillie
|Men's Middleweight
|Piero Toscani
|Jan HeÅmánek
|Leonard Steyaert
|Men's Light-Heavyweight
|VÃctor Avendaño
|Ernst Pistulla
|Karel Miljon
|Men's Heavyweight
|Arturo RodrÃguez
|Nils Ramm
|Jakob Michaelsen


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Men's basketball will try to turn its season around this weekend in match-ups against Columbia and Cornell at Jadwin Gymnasium. Princeton (12-5 overall, 0-3 Ivy League) is winless through three conference games for the first time since 2007 when they lost their first four league contests en route to a 2-12 record. Despite a sterling non-conference record, the Tigers have been unable to win close games recently, losing by three and six at Penn and Harvard respectively and taking Dartmouth to overtime.
A major difference between those three games and most of the team's other games has been the halftime score. Princeton is 9-0 in games it has led at the half and 2-5 in games it hasn't. The reason for this disparity is Princeton's tendency to start the second half out slowly. Both games this weekend were within a point at the half, but turned into six- and 15-point deficits with ten minutes left. The Tigers usually wake up with around five minutes left, but as Coach Mitch Henderson '98 has said a lot recently, "It's a lot harder playing from behind."
Another more apparent reason for the collapse is lack of defense. Any follower of Princeton basketball knows that the Tigers historically haven't allowed many points. The program has led the NCAA in scoring defense 19 times, including 12 straight from 1989-2000. But this year's team is allowing the most points per game in program history at 69.5. To be fair, it is only the weakest defense since 2007-08 when adjusted for tempo. Princeton's best offensive efficiency in sixteen years won them games in November and December, but even it cannot overcome a defense that has only gotten worse in 2014, ranking among the bottom 50 in the NCAA for its last three games against Division I opponents. Teams have started realizing that the Tigers are vulnerable down low without a true big man. Penn's duo of near seven footers dropped 17 points apiece and collected 20 combined rebounds. During league games, opponents have attempted nearly four times as many two pointers as three pointers, the tenth highest ratio in the NCAA.
"We need to defend. We're not playing defense with any teeth. It's the first thing to address," Henderson said. "Obviously it's impossible, but we've got to be thinking shutout every time we take the court. Body in front of man, the same way it's always been."
He also expressed concern that his team lacked the focus to play the whole game as they do the last five minutes. That would explain a lot, including the 33 turnovers last weekend from a team that averaged barely 10 a game.
Despite the sub-par performance as of late, the Tigers have had great shooting success from all over the court. They make 45.7 percent of their two point field goals and 37.7 percent of their three-point field goals, both in the top sextile of Division I teams. Since Princeton's ratio of three-point attempts to regular field goal attempts is much higher on average than its opponents, the Tigers rank in the top ten for points per shot. The Tigers also exhibit great teamwork, recording the NCAA's 14th best rate of assists per field goals made at .617.
Individually, it's been a standout year for senior guard T.J. Bray. The team captain leads the league in assists per game with 5.7, field goal percentage at 55%, and points per game in conference play at 20.3. He's not just good for the Ancient Eight, either. Playing against above average teams, Bray is number one among Division I guards in two point field goal percentage at 67.6 percent, second for any position in points per field goal attempt, and 10th overall in assist percentage, which is the portion of made field goals he's assisted while on the court. Most impressive of all, he is second in the country in offensive rating, a measure of overall offensive contribution adjusted for tempo and playing time. He's making a case for more than just Ivy League Player of the Year. He controls the offense in every way, which is why the team excels in the exact same areas he does.
Columbia (13-8, 2-2), the Friday night opponent, shares a lot in common with Princeton. After beating woeful Cornell (1-17, 0-4) twice, the Lions lost games at Yale and Brown last weekend. Columbia shoots the three better than Princeton and almost as often. They have a very efficient offense, but don't rebound particularly well. Their defense, though, is far more efficient than Princeton's, allowing .95 points per possession versus 1.026. The Lions struggle mightily outside New York City, winning just two of eight games on the road. They're led by forward Alex Rosenberg, who scores 14.1 points a game mostly off the bench, and guard Maodo Lo, who scores 14 a contest and was specifically mentioned by Henderson as a "tough matchup".
Cornell limps into Jadwin Gym as one of just three teams in the country to be winless against division one competition. Not unsurprisingly, there are no bright spots for this Big Red team. They score 64.9 points per game while surrendering almost 80. They shoot 41 percent from the field while allowing nearly 50 percent. They grab 32.8 rebounds a contest while permitting over 37. The lone bright spot has been guard Nolan Cressler who has averaged 16.3 points per game, third best in the league.
"We're not in a position to overlook anybody," Henderson said in reference to the Cornell team. "They're still a Division I team with good players."


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A fire at a pellet plant outside Show Low in east-central Arizona has led to the closure of a stretch of U.S. 60.
The blaze broke out Tuesday afternoon at Forest Energy Corporation.
The cause of the fire isn't immediately clear.
Authorities say some businesses near the plant have been evacuated as a precaution.
Air tankers are dropping water on the flames to keep the fire from jumping the road and threatening homes. Businesses in the area have been evacuated.
Show Low fire officials say the blaze is mostly being fueled by scrub oaks and not ponderosa pines.
The town's fire department is being assisted by fire officials from Linden, Lakeside and the U.S. Forest Service.
Forest Energy Corporation manufactures wood fuel pellets, horse and animal bedding and densified wood fire logs, among other products.


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This is a photo of me wearing Roo. I'm not actually doing it right in this photo as he should be high enough for me to kiss his head. But that's not the point, the point is that I was happy. Really, truly happy.
I love baby wearing and this carrier, the Connecta Solarweave, had just been passed down to us by my generous aunt. It felt amazing!! In this carrier Roo feels as light as a baby doll! I could wear him for hours in it! Really no back pain at all. Not a bit! I actually forgot I had him strapped to me.
This photo was taken at the end of Roo's first trip in the Connecta. After it was taken we put him in his car seat, drove 5 minutes to a garden centre and then put him back in it. At this point he was awake and decided he hated the Connecta and would never use it again!. Since then, no matter how happy a mood he's been in, he starts crying as soon as I put him in it.
I can't work out if it's hurting his legs or if he is just being contrary and decided he hates it because mummy loves it! He's also decided that he doesn't like his other soft carrier (the Caboo) and doesn't love the Mothercare carrier as much as before- it seems to have lost its powers of making him magically fall asleep. So I'm left with just a pram or carrying him in my arms.
What is going on?! Has my little 11 week old baby suddenly progressed to a new stage of independence?
I've started to realise that one day these lovely baby cuddles are going to end 😦 Once he can crawl and get away from me, will he ever want to be near me again? If, at 11 weeks, he is already expressing a strong preference to be at arm's length from me then what will he be like as a toddler? Or as a teenager!? Maybe I should just cut off his legs so he can't escape…. And keep his cute little toesies in a jar….and if he tries to push me away with his arms then they can go too. And he can just be with me all day every day and we can just cuddle for ever and ever! Am I starting to sound a little crazy? I just want my boy to stay close to me!!
I really hope this isn't the end of carriers for us as getting the pram in and out the flat is a massive faff and is a bit overkill when I only want to get just one thing from the shop which is 2 minutes away. I'm going to keep trying. My next plan is to sneakily put him in it when he's asleep! I'm also going to head to a sling meet to see if there's any others out there that he's more fond of. I think a structured carrier might be more to his liking. Do you have any ideas or tips that could help?
Edit: I've now been to a sling library and have been taught how to put him in it properly. Essentially I wasn't putting enough material under his bum. He now loves it and all the I the slings we've tried from the library!