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Ruby Falls at Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga, TN
Located in Tennessee
Ruby Falls is one of the oldest and most popular attractions in the Southeast. The historic attraction has welcomed millions of guests over its long, colorful history and continues to be a tradition for generations of visitors to the Chattanooga area. Back in 1928, when Ruby Falls founder Leo Lambert had the idea of opening a cave as a tourist attraction, tourism as we know it today was in its infancy. Little did anyone know that his "roadside attraction" would soon be a must-see for families from all over the world.
The subterranean voyage to Ruby Falls is as amazing as the falls itself. With countless glistening stalagmites made from heavenly white onyx, millions of stalactites hanging from the ceiling, and many rock formations with whimsical names such as "the Dragons Foot," "Angel's Wing," and the "Elephant's Foot," the Ruby Falls cave is a wonderland filled with many of nature's hidden beauties.
Guided tours to Ruby Falls last a little over an hour and are led by an experienced guide who shares with the group many stories and facts about the caverns and this historic attraction. The highlight of the tour, Ruby Falls, is a true phenomenon. This 145-foot underground waterfall runs year-round and provides visitors with an amazing view that is only accessible from the tour. The waterfall is illuminated with state-of-the-art lighting, which provides an astounding view of this landmark.
A trip to Ruby Falls would not be complete without a journey to the top of the Lookout Mountain Tower. The tower provides visitors with an unobstructed view of the Tennessee River Valley and downtown Chattanooga from a point over 1,500 feet above sea level. This must-see panoramic view has long been considered one of the best from Lookout Mountain.
Ruby Falls is the perfect getaway for every day, even on rainy days. Due to its underground location, it never rains at Ruby Falls. Precipitation actually affects the tour in a positive way. Because the many streams in the cavern are fed by area rainfall, after large storms or days of rain, the volume of water is increased, creating a larger waterfall and rushing streams throughout the cave. Mother Nature has also chipped in by setting the thermostat at 60 degrees year-round, and due to the high humidity created by the waterfall, it feels like a comfortable 70 degrees year-round.
The highlight of the tour is Ruby Falls, the breathtaking 145-foot waterfall located beneath the peak of Lookout Mountain. While at the waterfall, guests will marvel at the spectacular light display which takes place in the large vaulted dome room known as "Solomon's Temple". This room is over 145 feet tall and located 1120 feet beneath the surface of Lookout Mountain. This makes Ruby Falls one of the deepest commercial caves in the country.
A visit to Ruby Falls also includes the opportunity to enjoy the Fun Forest, a play area for the young and the young at heart. This area includes an interactive playground, gemstone panning, and an amazing view of the Tennessee River Valley from the Lookout Mountain Tower. So feel the cool and gentle mist left behind by this underground phenomenon. Marvel at nature's remarkable wonders and soak up the beauty of Lookout Mountain.
Ruby Falls is open from 8:00 am - 8:00 pm daily. Ruby Falls is closed on Christmas Day.
Ruby Falls
1720 South Scenic Hwy


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In today's competitive landscape, a mobile app isn't simply a part of technology for retailers. It is a vital tool to engage customers with their brand. If done in the right way, retail applications engage both – in and out of the store users – with customized experiences and simple credit solutions.
According to research by Google, searches for "near me" have multiplied in the previous year. Retailers like Nike, Sephora and Amazon are all utilizing mobile applications with added functionalities to increase their sales in 2019.
Forrester's Retail Best Practices study found that smartphones were used for price comparison, research or to make purchases in 33% of U.S. retail sales in 2018 (which added up to more than $1+ trillion). It also anticipates that mobile shopping sales will grow 18% every year in the next five years.
To ensure your mobile application improves your customer's shopping experience in the year 2019; we're sharing some key Retail App Trends in the m-commerce space — including examples from top brands — to motivate your 2019 business strategy.
As per Google research, shoppers are now becoming omnichannel. 60% of online customers start looking for a product on one device and purchase on another.
That is the reason forward-thinking brands are reconnecting customers by providing them personalized content over various channels and devices. They do this by sending customers relevant offers, messages, and content based on their web browsing data, mobile application activities, and in-store purchases.
Sephora, the famous retailer of beauty care products, has been a pioneer for a long time in making and developing such solid strategies. The brand has made a solid network of clients both, on the web and offline, by frequently planning its methodology on one channel to drive results in another.
The brand guarantees cross-channel personalization for their members through their Beauty Insider program, which tracks user's activity across mobile, web and physical stores. This information is then used to send customized tailored product recommendations across various channels and devices.
For instance, if a user searches for a contour on Sephora.com, they will see the related make-up product and comparable product suggestions on their mobile app.
The key trends to learn from Sephora Mobile App are:
Keep reminding the users the goods they want to purchase over various platforms.
Create promotional content that matches search, browsing and purchasing history over the channel.
Make customized campaigns based on user's behavior like the number of purchases, subscription type and so on, or personal preferences and attributes.
These are the most amazing technologies that you can use in m Commerce.
With regards to online shopping, users are unable to test the product personally. They need to envision how the product really is or what it must resemble. But, AR and VR technologies fill this hole by helping users change their imagination into reality.
Again, we hats off to Sephora, for incorporating Retail and Digital Marketing Strategy utilizing these emerging technologies in their mobile application. Their application presently accompanies an Artificial Intelligence feature called Virtual Artist, which utilizes facial recognition technology to enable users to virtually try on cosmetics products.
In other words, the objective of Sephora's mobile application is to give users the tools they need to enable them to feel positive about making a purchase.
The key trends to learn here from Sephora Mobile App are:
Use emerging technologies to include "try on" feature in your app to make purchasing increasingly intuitive—regardless of whether users are in a store or at home.
Retail Mobile applications can help in driving sales on online channels as well as in-stores. And when you blend both these experiences, the sales can multiply several times.
For instance, Walmart's mobile application incorporates a barcode scanner so customers can do price checks and gain access to more information in-store.
However, it can likewise be utilized by users to make an online order from their home. An application user can scan an empty container of their preferred hand cream to order the thing on the web. This is called blending of both the experiences in a mobile app.
The application additionally gives users local deal flyers so they can persuade users to come to nearby stores or look at the weekly specials if they're in the store.
The key trends to learn from Walmart Mobile App are:
Expand product information in-application to increase sales.
Let the customers order online using mobile apps with ease.
Use location-based techniques to help drive customers to the nearby store.
The Retail Industry is expected to develop in the future with new innovations like AI, AR, VR, and Big Data analytics. This will impact the manner in which customers shop with their mobile applications.
And, this also makes it necessary for you to distinguish which feature can pull in your target audience while giving them an improved shopping experience. Simply remember, your customers expect more from retailers like you, so as to emerge out victorious. So, you should stay updated with the most recent mobile eCommerce application trends.
We have done our bit – by letting you know these must-follow retail mobile app trends for 2019. Now, it's your turn – to really implement them in your retail mobile applications. So, are you prepared?
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Sensational Ghanaian afrobeats singer Kelvyn Boy releases his anticipated EP "TIME". The premiered EP houses 8 Songs featuring most of the greatest musicians we have around us.
On it is Stonebwoy , Joey B Suzz Blaq , Medikal , Damaris Joi ,KiDi .
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Tracklist Below ;
1.On Your Door
2.Mea (feat. Joey B)
3.Nana Ama (feat. Suzz Blaq)
4.Loko (feat. Medikal)
5. Woara (feat. Damaris Joi)
6.Anything (feat. KiDi)
7. Catch a Vibe (feat. Stonebwoy)
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Miyuki cube bead mixes made with 10 shades of Miyuki square seed beads that come in three sizes 4mm (SB), 3mm (SB3) and 1.8mm (SB18).
- Miyuki is Japan's oldest seed bead manufacturer. Their...
Note: The Express Order screens only display retail pricing. The shopping cart will show wholesale prices after items are added.
Enter quantities for the items needed and then add them to the cart as a batch by clicking the ADD ALL TO CART button at the top or bottom of the page.
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Is Funcipa a legit store selling gaming chairs? Read this detailed funcipa.com reviews to know why you should not shop from here!
What Is Funcipa?
Funcipa (Heydude) is an e-commerce site that offers to sell gaming chairs. However, they will not deliver any of these products as we've seen in complaints from buyers.
Store Information
- Domain name: www.funcipa.com
- Domain creation date: 06/29/2022
- Category: gaming
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone number: +447466 708847
- Address: Pool Hill Rd, Telford, Shropshire, TF4 3AS, United Kingdom
How Does Funcipa Work?
Funcipa advertises high-quality products for very cheap rates in their online store, as a way to bait unsuspecting buyers.
Nonetheless, using nice deals to bait online shoppers is common among scam e-commerce stores. And those who eventually fall for it either receive products of inferior quality or nothing at all.
Also, funcipa.com uses a convincing website layout, giving it a trustworthy outlook. But this should not deceive you into believing Funcipa is legit because most of these scam online stores go the extra mile to appear trustworthy.
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What We Found About Funcipa!
Fake Contact Information:
The contact information provided on their website is not reliable. Their email address and phone number do not work.
Also, the address they provided is fake. When we searched for it using Google Maps, it turned out to be a residential address.
Anonymous Owner:
We scanned their site on ScamDoc (a website analysis platform), and it returned a very bad trust score of 1%. This means that you cannot trust their site because their domain name carries no identifying information of the owner.
The absence of a real face to account for the operations of the store is a big red flag.
Plagiarized Content:
The contents used on their web pages were copied from other sources. We have also encountered their website template in other stores that turned out to be scams.
Poor Security:
Their website has no security. This means that information such as passwords and credit card numbers, when sent to their site, is at risk of exposure.
No Good Reviews:
The products sampled on funcipa.com have no customer reviews. Reliable online stores like Amazon usually carry mixed customer reviews, both positive and negative, on the products sampled on their store.
Also, our search on the Internet returned no positive reviews about them. Usually, authentic positive reviews are a sign that an online store is reliable.
What a scammed buyer wrote about Funcipa!
"Warning. Do not use. Shipping policy states incorrect information and despite showing as a uk company with shipping in transit between 3-4 business days, items are shipped from china. They will only reply once a day and are no help at all. Just state sorry for the inconvenience, have a great day!"
Funcipa.com, like Riyalbd and Ntools, is an untrustworthy online store. Therefore, we do not recommend that you shop here. If you shop from them, you stand the risk of losing your money but getting no product in return.
Is funcipa.com scam?
Yes, it is a scam. Buyers have complained of not receiving products they ordered.
I have placed an order already, what should I do?
If you paid using PayPal, file a dispute reporting the transaction as fraudulent.
What if I paid with my credit card?
Contact your credit card number as soon as possible. The scammers may have your credit card details by now, and the earlier you notify your credit card company, the earlier your funds can be protected.
A Guide To Spotting Scam Stores!
There are many untrustworthy online stores on the internet promising to sell top-notch products but at heavily discounted rates.
It is common to come across these e-commerce stores offering good-looking products at appetizing prices. But, in the end, such stores usually turn out to be fraudulent.
Most people attracted by these "too good to be true" prices from these online stores have bought goods of their liking but received something different from what they had ordered, and of poor quality.
Worse, some have placed orders with full payment yet received nothing but silence from the online vendors. You do not have to become one of them to learn from their experience.
Things you will find common among scam stores like Funcipa
- recent domain name
- all positive customer reviews or no customer reviews at all
- no social media presence or low social media activity
- no contact information or fake contact information
- generic website template
- generic about page
- copied product images
- ridiculously cheap price of products
- no website security
If an online store checks even three of the above, it is most likely a scam. It is unfair to fall victim to online fraudsters and lose the money you earned from honest work. Fact-checking should be a priority before you buy anything from an online vendor.
If you've shopped from this store or attempted to do so, kindly share your experience with us in the comment section.


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Stacks API v13 for Stacks 5.0
An array of library dictionaries.
An array of library dictionaries.
Assets, Templates, and Libraries are similar. Each can contain content and files to be published. But each imply different behavior and should be used differently.
Assets are NOT processed for templates. They are NOT included in edit-mode. Assets should be used whenever possible. They are simple and low-cost.
Libraries are NOT processed for templates. Some libraries are included in edit-mode. Some libraries are built-in to stacks (e.g. jQuery and FontAwesome). Libraries are shared between all stacks on the site/page. Use a library whenever you need to share common content between stacks.
Templates ARE processed for template variables. Some templates are included in edit-mode. Since templates must be processed you should include as few templates as possible – move as much of your content to assets or libraries whenever you can.
There is a complete example of using a custom library on GitHub: Velocity Stack.
Each line in the libraries array should be a dictionary. And each dictionary should represent a single library that should be called and/or published.
Warning: Libraries are shared between all stacks. You should use caution and be a good developer citizen when choosing to include common libraries: check with other developers on the Stacks Slack Channel before including a popular library. If you include some code intended to be used by only your stacks, give the library an appropriatly unique name: e.g.
The library dictionary can include the following keys:
The name of the library. This can be a custom name (see warning above) or the name of a built-in library:
jQuery – 1.8.3, 1.9.1, 1.10.2, 1.11.3, 1.12.4, 2.0.3, 2.1.4, 2.2.4, 3.0.0, 3.1.1
jQueryUI – 1.11.4
FontAwesome – 4.7.0
MooTools (deprecated, limited support) – 1.4
vuejs (available: API v10) – 2.3.4
Built-in libraries can be published with the site (this is the default) or linked from the most popular CDN (which differs for each library and is subject to change with the whims of the internet change). A CDN will only be used if the user opts-in to that feature using the Stacks preferences.
The name of a file containing the library content.
scope (in API v10)
If no scope is included, the scope defaults to
site. Built-In libraries always publish in the site-scope. The scope can be any of the following:
- `site` -- (default) -- The content of the custom library will be published to the Stacks common folder for the site and each page that uses the stack will include a CSS or JS reference to the file in the `<head>` of the page.
- `page` -- The content will be included in the page's CSS or JS file. Page-scoped CSS libraries will be included in edit-mode.
The scope of a template determins where on the page/file it will be published, as well as which template variables will be processed. All custom libraries must include a type.
css – The each scope publishes content for each stack instance on the page. All tempalte variables will be processed.
js – The page scope publishes content ONLY ONCE for all stack instances on the page. Some template variables will be processed. Page-Scoped template variables will be processed, as well as any variable that is static for the entire page (e.g. version numbers and file-paths). Each template variable lists the scopes that it will be published in.
minVersion and
Stacks includes many versions of jQuery built in. If your stack is only compatible with specific versions, you should set the min/max such that your stack will always work. Stacks will attempt to find the newest version of jQuery that works for the entire page. Since that is not always possible, this is a best-effort attempt. In the cases when Stacks cannot find a compatible version, stacks with newer min/max versons will be prefered.
Warning: If your stack can work with any release of jQuery, DO NOT set any versions limits. A stack that supports a wider set will always work the best


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Use the jqGrid plugin of jquery to manage MySql db tables.
Works with PHP 5.4.0 or higher: please report any issue you find, and any feature you want. I'll try to fix the firsts and to implement the seconds!
Try it out on your free dummy site.
The link spins up a new TasteWP instance with the WPF-jqGrid plugin already installed.
This is a very first release with many limitations; jqGrid offers a lot of features but only few are actually supported by this plugin.
I planned to develop many other features, but this depends by the interest of the users, and eventually from the support. If you want to contribute with a translation or writing code ask me, if you want to make a donation here's the link.
thanks to:
Tobias for German de_DE translation
Andrijana Nikolic firstname.lastname@example.com by WebHostingGeeks Support (http://webhostinggeeks.com/) for Serbo-Croatian sr_RS translation
If any bug found please ask me for support!
Info and samples at WPF-jqGrid developer's site
WARNING: do to a plugin rename, the current plugin directory is wp-content\plugins\wp-fjqgrid while the plugin name and the shortcode has the '-' in a different position: wpf-jqgrid.
- Unzip and place the 'wpf-jqgrid' folder in your 'wp-content/plugins' directory.
- Activate the plugin.
- Click the 'WPF-jqGrid' link in the WordPress 'settings' menu
- Check the 'Enable' and enter one or more 'allowed tables names' (the precompiled fields are intended for a fast start: just click "save")
- Save (step REQUIRED).
- Use a shortcode like [wpf-jqgrid table='wpf_jqgrid_sample' idtable=1 caption='name to display' editable=true] in any page or post to display a CRUD for the table!
Is it free?
Yes! The plugin is free. And jqGrid is free too, refers to: http://www.trirand.com/blog/?page_id=932
The plugin is not working! What can I do?
Please send me the description of the error, and all the info you can about your configuration details.
To let me identify your issue, please answer the following Questions:
* What is your environment (WP, PHP and MySQL versions, machine type)?
* Can you activate the plugin?
* Can you access the configuration page of the plugin?
* Have you generated the sample table with an admin user logged in?
* Have you tested the shortcode in any page/post and what is the result?
* Have you enabled the log and have had a look at the log.txt file in the plugin directory?
Useful may be also the MySQL script to create your table and the malfunctioning page html code.
You can use WP plugin support page. I'll be happy to help you!
What I should be aware of?
- Remember to set 'Enable' in the configuration page.
- Remember to list your table in the allowed ones in configuration page.
- The 'custom fields formatting' is very tricky: use it only if you know what you are doing!
- The 'idtable' must be unique for each grid displayed: you can even display the same db table multiple times, but with differnet idtables.
- Some themes may require a css tuning to display properly all the elements.
Which are the know limitations or issues?
- There is a column order issue with Theme Twenty Fourteen that I was unable to fix (if you can, please let me know!). Please use a different Theme.
- Your table MUST have ONE and ONLY ONE field set as primary key, if not the first field will be use as PK.
- The fields render and size are set to a default, possible but not easy to set them for each field
- No decode/pull down lists available
- No master/detail feature
- Must insert numbers with DOT decimal separator and NO thousand separator
- Datetime edit check is not supported in jqGrid
- (all these will be fixed in future releases, but until now…)
Third parts js and css
- jqGrid: jQuery Grid Plugin 4.4.3 – last version which support IE6 – from http://www.trirand.com/blog/jqgrid/downloads/jquery.jqGrid-4.4.3.zip
- themes: jquery-ui-themes-1.10.4.zip – from http://jqueryui.com/
- set rights to modify tables on setup and check on frontend
- set key field(s) on fronted or from DB
- decode required fields with a scrolldown list
- edit/delete/insert on line
- 1 to n slave table
- simplify formatting settings on frontend for each field of a selected table
Mitwirkende & Entwickler
"WPF-jqGrid" ist Open-Source-Software. Folgende Menschen haben an diesem Plugin mitgewirkt:Mitwirkende
Übersetze "WPF-jqGrid" in deine Sprache.
Interessiert an der Entwicklung?
Durchstöbere den Code, sieh dir das SVN Repository an oder abonniere das Entwicklungsprotokoll per RSS.
- fix ie detection in jqGrid
- tested for WP5.8.2 and PHP8.0
- updated deactivate and uninstall
- tested for WP5.2.4
- tested for WP5.0
- compatible with WP4.3 and PHP7.0
- add sr_RS translation (thanks to Andrijana)
- add German translation (thanks to Tobias)
- minor fixes and doc updates
- fix create table MySQL 5.6
- fix ob_clean
- deprecated mysql_ calls removed, use mysqli
- wp 3.9 compatible
- sortby=field,asc|desc into shortcode
- ATTENTION: renamed, need resave setup page and rename shortcode to [wpf-jqgrid]
- admin-ajax.php path fix (tnx to michael walker)
- js fix
- reformat code
- minor fix (quotes, empty vars,..)
- better log for debug
- any field (but only one) can be PK
- add log with settable level
- add role (converted to capability) required to edit a table
- some formatting added
- fast and simplified first run
- fix key field name and usage
- edit date format
- create tables from backend
- fast startup parameters on setup page
- fix – better readme
- edit/delete/insert on popup window
- Initial release of plugin.
- Please test and report any issue you find, and any feature you want. I'll try to fix the firsts and to implement the seconds!


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The Internal Revenue Service recently simplified the paperwork and recordkeeping requirements for small businesses by raising from $500 to $2,500 the safe harbor threshold for deducting certain capital items.
The change affects businesses that do not maintain an applicable financial statement (audited financial statement). It applies to amounts spent to acquire, produce or improve tangible property that would normally qualify as a capital item.
The new $2,500 threshold applies to any such item substantiated by an invoice. As a result, small businesses will be able to immediately deduct many expenditures that would otherwise need to be spread over a period of years through annual depreciation deductions.
"We received many thoughtful comments from taxpayers, their representatives and professional tax community", said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. "This important step simplifies taxes for small businesses, easing the recordkeeping and paperwork burden on small business owners and their tax preparers."
Responding to a February comment request, the IRS received more than 150 letters from businesses and their representatives suggesting an increase in the threshold. Commenters noted that the existing $500 threshold was too low to effectively reduce administrative burden on small business. Moreover, the cost of many commonly expensed items such as tablet-style personal computers, smart phones, and machinery and equipment parts typically surpass the $500 threshold.
As before, businesses can still claim otherwise deductible repair and maintenance costs, even if they exceed the $2,500 threshold.
The new $2,500 threshold takes effect starting with tax year 2016. In addition, the IRS will provide audit protection to eligible businesses by not challenging use of the new $2,500 threshold in tax years prior to 2016.
For taxpayers with an applicable financial statements, the de minimis or small-dollar threshold remains $5,000.
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Summer reading 2016
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Alec Russell
Editor of FT Weekend
I will shamelessly abuse my position and plump for two outstanding novels. Robert Harris's Dictator (Arrow), the third and finest of his Cicero trilogy, is a pitiless and masterful dissection of the way ideals, careerism and ambition jockey for primacy in a great politician's mind. Fittingly, I finished it shortly before the Tory and Labour civil wars burst into the public domain. There is nothing new . . . In need of escapism, I took the advice of Nilanjana Roy, our new columnist, and turned to Reputations (Bloomsbury), by the Colombian Juan Gabriel Vásquez. It is an account of an old cartoonist eyeing his past and the shifting forms of perception, memory and truth. Brilliant.
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Lionel Shriver
Author of 'The Mandibles'
There's an arbitrariness to choosing any "best" book, but I'd nominate Hannah Kohler's debut novel The Outside Lands (Picador) as the "most surprising" 2016 release that I've encountered so far. In this Vietnam-era story, a California family is imploded first by private tragedy, then by the war itself. Yet the author is a Brit writing about a time before she was born. You'd never know it. Her ear for American dialogue is flawless, her historical details spot on. The quality of the writing, too, is astonishing. I wasn't exactly in the mood to re-enter the 1960s of my youth, but Kohler won me over. Should you feel a similar resistance to this oft-visited subject matter, get over it.
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Yuval Noah Harari
Author of 'Sapiens'
Until 1979 few American soldiers had lost their lives in the Middle East, but since 1979 few have lost their lives anywhere else. In America's War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History (Random House), Andrew Bacevich connects the numerous American interventions in the region — from Afghanistan to Somalia and from Lebanon to Libya — into a coherent story with its own maddening logic. Why has the US been drawn again and again to intervene militarily in the Middle East, and why despite its overwhelming strength has it been repeatedly frustrated in its ambitions?
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Lucy Kellaway
FT columnist
David Aaronovitch grew up just up the road from me in north London in the 1960s. We were all leftwing and all forced to play with the same badly made Russian wooden toys, but his parents were the real thing — members of the Communist Party of Great Britain. In Party Animals (Cape) he describes what it is like to grow up in a household of political fanatics, and what happens when their ideals fall to pieces. His account of the collapse of the party and the brave but deluded people who ran it, of his distant, philandering father and his impossible mother, is by turns affectionate, brutal and hilarious.
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Peter Frankopan
Author of 'The Silk Roads'
I absolutely loved Mary Beard's SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Profile). It is a sparkling book that brings the past to life. I remember feeling like I'd been electrocuted the first time I went to one of Beard's lectures at Cambridge many years ago — and this book provides the same thrill and excitement. Glorious.
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Sarah Bakewell
Author of 'At the Existentialist Café'
More chilly than summery perhaps, but the richest book I've read recently is Second-Hand Time , by Svetlana Alexievich (translated by Bela Shayevich for Fitzcarraldo Editions). A symphony of witnesses' voices relates the collapse of Soviet communism and the disillusionment of those who sacrificed everything for a "better world" only to end up with nothing. "No one is going to write a book about us — the crowd, the masses," says one. Well, Alexeivich has. She rarely introduces her own voice, yet her intensely humane sensibility makes this a non-fiction masterpiece.
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Hisham Matar
Author of 'The Return'
The Confines of the Shadow by Alessandro Spina (Darf) is a wonderful and rare book. It contains three works of fiction in which the Libyan author, writing in Italian under a nom de plume, chronicles the moment when, at the dawn of the 20th century, Italy crossed the Mediterranean Sea and invaded Libya. Like Lampedusa's The Leopard and Satta's The Day of Judgment, it is a work interested in the texture and weight of history on individual life; it has just as much to tell us about the past as it does about the present.
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Ruchir Sharma
Author of 'The Rise and Fall of Nations'
George HW Bush has been described as America's best one-term president, a notion reinforced by Jon Meacham's biography Destiny and Power (Random House). The best passages are about Bush's dramatic fall between early 1991, when his popularity ratings were stratospheric after the US victory in the Gulf war, and late 1992, when the president was cast as out of touch with everyday American concerns and lost his bid for a second term. Meacham vividly captures the tribulations of that period and offers a remarkable tale of how quickly fortunes can change even for the most accomplished statesmen.
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Claire Messud
Author of 'The Woman Upstairs'
One of the most powerful and resonant books I've read this year is Edna O'Brien's haunting novel The Little Red Chairs (Faber). Part myth, part social realism, this forceful and at times brutal book imagines what would have happened had the Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic been in hiding in rural Ireland. The narrative then expands outwards to become a moving exploration of the lives of immigrants in contemporary Ireland and the UK; which makes it a particularly important novel in these dark days.
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Nell Zink
Author of 'Mislaid & The Wallcreeper'
Private Citizens , the first novel from Stanford grad Tony Tulathimutte (William Morrow), explores four sensitive minds trapped in a world of unrelenting competition (Stanford and environs). In this lovingly portrayed hell, the body is excess baggage, and self-doubt poses dangers so grave only a writer would risk it. It's not a satire, but an eloquent social novel bristling with logic. Plus if you're old enough to remember when VCs were the Viet Cong, it will catch you up.
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Arianna Huffington
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In 2013's Give and Take, Wharton professor Adam Grant showed that those who give their time and effort to others end up achieving more success than those who don't. In Originals (WH Allen), he uses surprising studies and riveting stories to brilliantly show us how to champion new ideas, bust persistent myths that hold us back and change not only our lives, but our world. It's a fascinating, eye-opening read that will help you not just recognise your own unique gifts, but find the strength to challenge conventional wisdom to bring them to life.
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Philippe Sands
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It is impossible to resist the embrace of the remarkable, intimate memoir written by Hisham Matar, a personal journey through family and country into the trauma that is modern Libya. A son seeks certainty and finality on a question that has haunted him for a quarter of a century: when did his father Jaballa cease to exist? The Return (Viking) is devastating yet gentle, a meditation on love and family, on life and country. No more beautiful, distressing or humane book can be imagined.
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Elif Shafak
Author of 'The Architect's Apprentice'
The crisis in Syria is one of the greatest tragedies of our times and yet many people around the world have become numb, almost indifferent to it as the war continues with no end in sight. Against this emotional detachment, it is crucial to reveal the human stories behind the news — and in The Morning They Came For Us (Bloomsbury), Janine di Giovanni does this with heartbreaking eloquence. How did millions of Syrians — both ordinary people and the elite — carry on from one day to the next? As Giovanni gives us the answers, it is clear that she is far more than merely a visitor. Her account of Syria is a testimony to the power of empathy, conscience and understanding.
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Viet Thanh Nguyen
Author of 'The Sympathizer'
I try not to read thrillers because they tend to keep me up to all hours of the night, and I don't have the time. Bill Beverly's Dodgers (No Exit Press) broke through my wall of self-denial and, yes, I did stay up late for two nights to finish it. Four black boys in a gang from Los Angeles are given a job: drive across the country to carry out a hit on a black judge. What can go wrong? Everything, of course. The prose is tight, the dialogue rhythmic, the pacing fast, the violence measured, and the ending unexpected. So what if I lost some sleep?
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Ken Kalfus
Author of 'Coup de Foudre'
Shrinking ice caps, climate change and habitat loss demand that we rethink our relationship with the natural world. We also have to rethink what it means to be human — a species that has always presumed ownership of the land, sea and sky. In his novel The Lamentations of Zeno (Verso), the German author Ilija Trojanow writes about a glaciologist who's lost the glacier he's studied his entire career. It has melted away. The devastated scientist joins an Antarctic tour ship as the onboard ice expert. In these frigid waters, his rueful, existential, sometimes comic meditations may resonate with the reader who reflects on our battered planet's future.
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ICT Program
The UPF Education Abroad Program is constantly striving to broaden the range of study-abroad opportunities UPF offers for international students by designing new academic programs tailored to changing student profiles. Opportunities for ICT students to study abroad can be hard to come by, given the highly specialized requirements of the curricula for their majors. However, student mobility trends among ICT majors show that engineering students, in particular, are increasingly interested in studying abroad.
UPF has a strong technical school that offers a wide range of courses taught in English. This specialized program is specifically tailored to the needs and profiles of ICT students, allowing them to combine courses at the UPF Polytechnic School with independent research projects in technology, tutored by UPF faculty, while they are abroad.
With this program, ICT students will be integrated into UPF not only through their classes but also through their participation in research projects alongside local students. Such sharing of different approaches to problem-solving is vital in an ever-growing, collaborative field, in which experiential learning is key.
This program offers ICT students the opportunity to take advantage of UPF's world-class facilities and research groups to hone their communication and technical skills at one of Spain's top universities. In addition to the benefits of studying abroad in terms of personal growth and development, an international learning and research experience adds considerable value with regard to ICT students' future careers, as the related fields are increasingly global.
Who is it for?
This semester-long (or full-year) program may be of interest to students majoring in ICT (computer science, telematics engineering, audiovisual systems engineering...). In a global world, an increasing number of such students are seeking to include an international experience in their studies. This can be achieved by working with faculty and students at the UPF's renowned Polytechnic School.
Key Areas
- Artificial Intelligence
- Audiovisual Systems
- Communication Technologies
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Vision
- Digital Systems
- Electrical Engineering
- Music Technology
- Robotics
- Telecomunication Networks
- Video Art
Calendar | Apply | Fees | Policies
Program Requirements
- Applicants should have a 2.7 GPA minimum at their schools of origin.
- The program is suitable for both students with a strong command of Spanish and beginners, as courses at the UPF Polytechnic School are taught in English.
- Applicants should come from a university or study abroad provider that has a study abroad agreement with UPF
Deadline for Applications
Fall: May 30 | Winter and Spring: October 30
Academic Structure and Course Offerings
The program requires a full semester courseload (normally 4-5 courses, equivalent to 20-25 ECTS credits) chosen from among the following options: (A) ICT courses, (B) experiential learning and (C) language and culture courses.
(A) ICT Track courses
A selection of regular courses taught in English at the Polytechnic School from the following degrees: Audiovisual Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Telematics Engineering, Biomedical Engineering. The courses are in the areas of Multimedia Networks, Network and Service Management, Wireless Networks and Protocols, Business Management and Innovation, Audio and Image Processing, Software Engineering, Programming, Interactivity. Computer Graphics, Intelligent Systems, Business Management and Innovation, Signal Processing and Audiovisual Systems, Sound and Music, Image and Video, Synthetic and Systems Biology, Neuroscience, Cardiovascular Science and Cross-disciplinary Computational Technologies
The list of selected courses for Academic Year 2023-24 will be published soon.
(B) Experimental learning and research
Students may carry out a for-credit research project tutored by UPF faculty and conducted within the framework of one of the following Polytechnic School research groups:
- Cognitive & Intelligent Systems
- Audiovisual Technologies
- Networks & Communications
- Computational Biology & Biomedical Systems
Please, check further information about Research projects here.
Additionally, students attending the program during the 1st term can take a Technical Project Management Course, which introduces students to the world of information and communication technology (ICT) project management, offering an overview of the fundamentals of project management and allowing students to put them into practice using special simulation tools. The course entails a major change in methodology due to its use of intensive projectbased learning, to which it adds a practical component covering time management, work planning, risk and resource management, and budgets, among other topics.
Finally, students attending the program during the 3rd term may take a for-credit Internship at the Barcelona 22@ Project and Media & ICT Clusters. For-credit academic internships include engineering, telematics, and audiovisual systems placements.
The UPF Polytechnic School is located on the UPF Communications Campus in Barcelona's growing 22@ district. The area features a concentration of tech companies, universities, technology centers, and public authorities. Internships stand at the crossroads of academic and professional training.
With a view to bridging the gap between higher education and hands-on professional experience, the program also offers project internships to provide ICT Program students with experiential learning opportunities based on both action and observation to help them hone their intercultural competence skills and allow them to gain firsthand knowledge of a Spanish workplace.
Please check complete information about Internships here
(C) Language and culture electives:
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|Reviews for Her Brother's Keeper
| Teen chapter 1 . 12/11/2012
It's good. I know I'm interested.
| Kristina Suko chapter 1 . 11/16/2009
This is a really good start to something longer... but as a oneshot, it's very incomplete. I hope you find the inspiration to finish it one day.
Thoughts are usually better read in italics; it distinguishes them from the description and creates a better flow to the story, as the reader will immediately know it's a thought, and not have to stop after the fact and realize that that's what it was.
Teacups usually only break into four or five pieces, with only a few little shards at the most. (I have broken a few, sadly.)
The coal-black-eyed man was chilling and interesting and... I really want to know more about him. Also, Andrews' attitude made me curious. What's up with him?
The one thing I really noticed is that most of the sentences are the same length. This gives the story a very monotone feel, and while the description and plot itself is very good, the same-length sentences detract from the story and make it seem a little... slow.
But overall, I really like this.
| Mercyette chapter 1 . 11/7/2009
So, I'm finally getting around to reading your one-shot. Amazing, huh? I was really surprised to see how different it was from Sins of the Father. But different is good - I really liked it. Again, I love the emotion you give your characters. Maybe an extra review for this story will get you to continue it perhaps? I'd love to hear more from you soon.
| Menginpeh chapter 1 . 4/7/2009
Enjoyed this! It definitely has potential to become a full story - I would love to hear everything that happened and happens. :)
| John Jude Farragut PhD chapter 1 . 3/28/2009
How is it that you create a story so well done, and yet you don't get any reviews?
As you can tell, I enjoy your oneshot. The characters are real and engaging; I feel for them because they and their emotions and reactions seem so real.
You've got a lot of talent; it's obvious you've been writing for a long time. Your prose and dialogue are well done. I have only a couple of issues, and since they're related to style, which is never set in stone from person to person, my suggestions are completely relative-except for the one where you expound upon this oneshot! ;)
One thing I suggest is that you make some of your words more direct and deliberate; for example, in the sentence "Dunham was on the radio calling in a team..." a good way to make the sentence more emphatic is to remove the linking verb and replace it with the action verb: "Dunham returned to his radio and called in a team." Linking and helping verbs definitely have use in a story, and sometimes it's just to convey something to the point; more often than not, though (and I speak from wincing and groaning at my fiction!), they tend to remove a lot of the force and impact from the sentences in which they reside.
Another example of making your words deliberate is to be as precise as you can be with them. In the sentence "Andrews scowled at his senior officer," the word "scowled" conveys a pretty strong emotion; maybe change it to "frowned" or something that conveys a more appropriate sense of distaste that the situation needs. As I said, it's all relative; it all depends on taste.
The only major objection I have is the adverbs. They do have their place, but they need to be carefully used. When I write, I find that adverbs need to be used sparingly; for example, I would change "she was acutely aware of the birds singing overhead" to "She vaguely heard the minister as he spoke, but she happened to notice the birds singing overhead." I left the "vaguely" in there because it's great for the sentence. Basically, adverbs are great when well used, but they should generally be used rarely. *Scoffs* And I just violated the rule right there! ;)
I could go on and on about adverbs and linking verbs, but that's only because there's so much information on them. Honestly, your prose is very solid; there's very little to pick apart and criticize. Again, your talent shows throughout, and any elements of style I take notice of are all relative.
One thing I have to say about writing narrative prose is that while it's difficult, it's a skill you definitely have. It's not intrusive, boring, or worded to constitute filler material. It's a solid timekeeper for the story's pace-steady, clear, and done with care.
You did a great job on the story. My favorite line is "Murderers sometimes attend their victim's funeral." WHOA. You could do so much with that basic premise. In this story, though, it sets an intense tone, and it stands by itself to be seared in the memory.
Well done, well done!


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Only 1 Out Of 10 People Can Name These 1998 Movies With Just One Image!
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By Rutvi Ashar
Photography: Daisuke Shima; courtesy the designer
Read Time: 1 min 30 secs
What a way to mark a century! NSK Ltd celebrates its centenary year with colour-inspirer Emmanuelle Moureaux's signature '100 shades of colours'...
Giants in the bearing industry in Japan, NSK Ltd brought in its 100th anniversary with a special exhibition focused on the theme "Sense of Motion", held at the Omotesando Spiral, Tokyo with the vision of "Setting the Future in Motion". Partnering with Emmanuelle Moureaux architecture + design, they redefined the concept of branding by simply using the product in this magnificent installation showcasing the movement of colours using bearings.
What's more is the engineering that makes its way through the simple aesthetics; flower motifs are attached to vertical axes rotating on NSK bearings powered by windmills installed at the top and programmed on a random pattern.
The ability to touch the spinning rods and paper flowers is a conscious design effort that appeals to the masses and creates a positive energy in the spiral. The small and simple rotational movement of the bearings unites in a single space and overlaps with a mix of colours; it becomes a mind-blowing installation that releases large energy.
The 6m high spiral engulfs the observer, who is transported into a world of a constantly changing floral rainbow that continues in a rather small scale to gently escort its viewers back into real life! Those who wish not to enter this spiral get a completely different view from the outside making this installation an experience that can be appreciated from 360 degrees...
Simply looking at the monumental scale; and more importantly, the courtyard location of the installation that consists of 25,200 flower motifs aligned in regular three dimensional grids, you can imagine the effort, thought and design that have brought to life the vision of both, the design team as well as the client through the sense of colour mixing!


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If you're looking to achieve your bottom line quickly and inexpensively, outsourcing is the way to go; but this method will only work in your favour if you do it correctly. To be more exact, you must be able to find the best talents and utilise the most advanced technologies. Of course, it would also be favourable to get the help you need in the most cost-effective manner.
However, in this data-driven era, not doing appropriate research before making a critical business decision is a huge mistake. Gut-feel is still relevant, but data will be the one to back up your choice through logic and facts as established by studies and surveys—and that includes decisions regarding your outsourcing efforts.
Outsourcing refers to contracting third party entities to do specific business functions for your organisation. One of the most common reasons why companies outsource is to avoid certain costs or cut expenses, but there are also those who choose to do it to meet their strategic objectives.
In this post, we compiled all the latest data and statistics about outsourcing to help you make informed decisions for your business. If you're still undecided on whether to implement it for your organisation, or if you want to update your current strategies based on what the trends are, the latest figures and facts about the global outsourcing industry presented here will hopefully give you an idea on which path to go.
Use this table of contents to quickly jump to a specific category.
- Top Reasons to Outsource
- Global Outsourcing Industry
- Service Type
- Outsourced Functions
- Industries and Sectors
- Automation
- Cloud Technology
- Privacy and Security
I. Top Reasons to Outsource
The following are the most common reasons for companies to outsource. (Deloitte, 2016)
- 59% – Reduce or control costs
- 57% – Focus on core functions
- 47% – Solve capacity issues
- 31% – Improve service
- 28% – Gain access to expert talent and knowledge
- 17% – Manage business environment
- 17% – Accelerate organisational transformation
II. Global Outsourcing Industry
The state of outsourcing in the global setting from 2016 to 2018.
- The global market size of outsourced services in 2018 is at $85.6 billion. (Statista)
- 65% of the firms that have outsourced in 2017 would likely continue to do so. (Outsourcing Insight)
- 37% of organisations are planning to increase the amount of work to outsource for application development. (IT Outsourcing Statistics 2017/2018)
- In terms of value, approximately 84.2% of outsourcing deals originated from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom at 5.2%. Spain and Australia were two other key outsourcing markets. (KPMG, 2017)
- Ukraine has the most number of IT professionals in Central and Eastern Europe, with a workforce that is expected to rise to over 200,000 by 2020 (Ukraine Digital News)
- Top Outsourced Countries Based on Financial Attractiveness, People Skills, and Availability, and Business Environment Scores (AT Kearney, 2017)
- 7.07: India
- 6.31: China
- 6.11: Malaysia
- 5.99: Indonesia
- 5.93: Brazil
- 5.92: Vietnam
- 5.87: Philippines
- 5.86: Thailand
- 5.76: Chile
- 5.73: Colombia
Outsourcing in India
- In 2017, the IT-BPO industry in India had an aggregated revenue of $154 billion. (NASSCOM)
- 40% of India's workforce would need to upgrade their skills over the next five years to accommodate emerging tech like robotics, big data, AI, etc. (NASSCOM)
Outsourcing in Malaysia
- Outsourcing in Malaysia accounts for 1.7% of the total Asia-Pacific market. (Time Doctor)
- Malaysia's BPO market is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 7.9% by 2021. (Time Doctor)
Outsourcing in the Philippines
- The outsourcing industry in the Philippines contributes to 10% of the country's economy. (Time Doctor)
- The BPO sector in the Philippines had a 17% growth and created 1.3 million jobs in 2016. (Time Doctor)
- 34% of the outsourcing industry in the Philippines is comprised of knowledge process outsourcing -– making the country a top choice for higher-value services like animation, content production, and legal and financial services. (EnterPH, 2017)
III. Service Type
Here are specific numbers for the global IT outsourcing (ITO) and business process outsourcing (BPO) industries, two of the most common forms of outsourcing today.
Information Technology Outsourcing
- Revenue of the global ITO industry in 2018 is at $62 billion. (Statista)
- 31% of IT services was outsourced in 2017. (Outsourcing Insight)
- Total budget rose from 10.6% in 2016 to 11.9% in 2017 (Logicfy)
- Large organisations increased the percentage of budget from 6.3% to 8.7%.
- Midsize increased spending average from 4.7% to 6.5%.
- Small companies spent 7.8% of their IT budget in 2017, from 6.7% in 2016.
Business Process Outsourcing
- The revenue of the global BPO industry in 2018 is at $23.6 billion. (Statista)
- The global market for BPO will reach $262.2 billion in 2022, which may be due to the cost benefits of back-office administration, and the development and availability of new technologies. (Global Industry Analysts, Inc.)
- US could capture a dominant 41.9% share.
- Asia-Pacific could lead with a compound annual growth rate of 8.5%.
IV. Outsourced Functions
These numbers are based on specific types of jobs or functions within a company that are outsourced.
- The estimated market size for global outsourced customer experience in 2018 is at $75.1 billion, which is expected to rise to $82.6 billion by 2020. (Statista)
- 89% of companies will not outsource strategic planning. (Booth & Partners)
- 80% of companies will not outsource sales or marketing jobs. (Booth & Partners)
- 43% of UK corporations outsource their email marketing solutions, and 32% opt for in-house functions. (Statista)
- The following are the 10 most popular IT functions being outsourced. (Computer Economics, 2018)
- Application development
- Application maintenance
- Data centre operations
- Database administration
- Desktop support
- Disaster recovery
- Help desk
- IT security
- Network operations
- Web hosting and operations
V. Industries and Sectors
- In terms of global deal value, the defense sector tops the list with a total deal value of $100 billion in 2017. It is followed by the government and insurance sectors, with a total deal value of $75 billion and $52 billion, respectively. (KPMG, 2017)
- The healthcare sector saw the most significant outsourcing growth in 2017 by up to 36%, followed by the human resource sector (32%) and finance sector (30%). (Outsourcing Insight)
- In 2018, only 9.4% of the average IT budget was allocated to outsourcing, which is lower to the 2017 figure of 11.9%. This is due to IT organisations relying on their in-house talents to meet service goals, with these reasons also factoring in. (Computer Economics, 2018)
VI. Automation
Advances in technology have helped firms enhance their productivity and maintain high quality at a lower cost. The rise of automation paved the way for developments like robotic processes automation (RPA) and AI, which all provided corporations with a way to complete repetitive tasks faster and more efficiently.
It may also lead to a bigger supplier margin, cost efficiency for buyers, and enhanced revenue with reduced liability towards staff. In effect, automation may be well on its way to replace human talents and will likely diminish the need to outsource skills.
- More than 1 million outsourced jobs in the US, Poland, India, and the Philippines are at risk (A.T. Kearney, 2017)
- 1 new automation management position is created with every 4 jobs lost (A.T. Kearney, 2017)
- Higher-level jobs that involve creative tasks are on the rise since these cannot be automated yet. (AT Kearney)
- Financial services firms like banks and insurers have decreased investment on outsourcing at 10% in 2018, but are aggressive in RPA at 50%. (KPMG State of the Outsourcing, Shared Services, and Operations Industry 2018)
VII. Cloud Technology
Another trend that can improve efficiency along with cost-effectiveness is the Cloud. It also allows corporations to deliver innovative products and services to customers depending on the latest market trends.
- In 2018, the cloud industry is expected to reach $200 billion in value. (Outsourcing Insight)
- 95% of SMEs have adopted cloud technologies for outsourcing purposes. (RightScale)
VIII. Privacy and Security
In light of recent hacking scandals and other problems with data breach and misuse, there's a predicted focus on privacy and security. Even more so in outsourcing, where firms often relay confidential business information to a third-party staff. The smallest problems with data could mean massive loss and damages.
- Companies worldwide are expected to spend an estimated $75.2 billion on protection and security. Other significant key investments include identity and access management ($4.7 billion) and network security ($11.7 billion). (Gartner)
- Most organisations use third-party vendors for about 20% of their security in 2017. (CSO Online)


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Ty Lawson's homecoming, y'all!
Editor's Note: This was done a while ago, but never showed up on front for some reason.
Are they good in general?: The Nuggets have won 66 percent of their games so far this year, and they were one of the best teams in the NBA after the trade deadline last year. They're very good.
Are they good against the Wizards? This edition of the Nuggets have never played against the Wizards.
Are they fast or slow? Blazing fast. Earlier this week, Flip Saunders called them the best fast-break team in the NBA, and the numbers bear this out. No team plays at a faster pace.
Are they especially good at anything? I love watching the Nuggets play because there are no wasted motions. Everything they do is immediate. In the past, they'd all stand around and watch Carmelo Anthony try to make a play. With him gone, George Karl's vision has been realized. The players catch and immediately go, whether it's a shot, a drive to the basket (most often) or a pass. This is why they are by far the NBA leader in free-throw rate. They attack so quickly that teams often have no choice but to foul.
Are they especially bad at anything? Their fast style causes them to get sloppy at times, allowing the other team to get out in transition. The Nuggets are 25th in the league in turnover rate and aren't all that great at shot defense either, because teams can get so many easy shots. This could benefit the Wizards, who like to run, but are easily unable to against disciplined teams.
Are there any people involved with the organization that Mike really likes? Ty Lawson is fantastic and will be a major, major test for John Wall. The same goes for Andre Miller, who remains crafty even at his advanced age. It's going to be really hard to contain them when they are playing together.
Are there any people involved with the organization that Mike really doesn't like? I still think Danilo Gallinari shoots too many long shots for my liking. He's capable of being a great player, but too often settles for long shots.
Are there any players poised for a breakout? Lawson and Gallinari are obvious candidates, and Al Harrington is randomly having a good year off the bench.
Are there any players the Wizards especially need to worry about? With Nene injured, the Nuggets probably won't be able to push around the Wizards inside. However, as mentioned before, Denver is going to be really tough when they play Lawson and Miller together. Denver's top three lineups all have Lawson and Miller in them together, and against a team that struggles with pick and roll defense, it's especially devastating.
Is their mascot cool? Rocky's pretty solid as long as he's not Tebowing.
Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images
Any other random quirks? It's another homecoming, this time for Lawson. Something tells me this won't get as much attention as Durant or Anthony.
Game thread at 6:30, recap right after.


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Skinner's behaviorism and Bandura's cognitive social learning of personality
The theory of personality
Running head: SKINNER VERSUS BANDURA
Skinner's Behaviorism and Bandura's Cognitive Social Learning of Personality
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Skinner's Behaviorism and Bandura's Cognitive Social Learning of Personality
B. F. Skinner and Albert Bandura are the well-known psychologist. Skinner argued that behavior was caused by forces outside the person. Operant conditioning is the theory of B.F. Skinner and is defined as the type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by reinforcement or diminished if followed by punishment. The theory of B.F. Skinner is based on the idea that learning is a function of change in overy behavior. Changes in behavior are the result of an individual's response to events that occur in the environment. A response produces a outcome. Action on part of the learner is called a response. For an example, purcharsing behaviors is a response occurs in the presence of distinctive stimuli, as people want to buy the cheapest stuffs in supermarket's environment. Supermaket often give us stamps which can be used in exchange for gifts. Stamps is a secondary reinforcer become reinforcing through the association with gift, a primary reinforcer. It encourages purcharsing behaviors through a system of rewards. When a desired stimulus-response pattern is reinforced, the individual conditioned to response in a certain way, and learning takes place. Bandura emphasizes how behavior is influenced by social and cognitive variables. He is the originator of observational learning. John and Janice (2001) define that "observation learning involves the learning of new behavior. When an observer sees a model do a behavior that the observer has never done, the observer may learn how to do the behavior merely by watching." For an example, we queued up for the bus in Hong Kong as we observe other were queued up for the bus. People can learn a great deal activity by observing other. The operant conditioning focus on the frequency of behavior change by reinforcement or punishment, but the observational learning focus on subject act the new behavior by observing other.
The Bobo doll experiment was conducted by Bandura in 1961. Some children saw adult aggress on Bobo doll and some saw a neutral interaction between adult and the Bobo doll. The model's aggressive behaviors were distinctive and the children have never seen before. Each child was observed alone. Under a model-punished condition, children reproduced less aggressive behavior. However, childen who were under a model-rewarded or no-consequences condition, reproduced similarly more aggressive behavior. The result implicated that learning occurred because of observation, not reward. From observing other behavior to get our expectations about its consequences. Bandura argues that most behavior is performed in the absence of external reinforcements and punishment. However, Skinner through Skinner box, observe the behavioral change of lower animals such as rats and pigeons. As these kind of animals are better control. The findings can be generalized to explain human behavior. Skinner found that our behavior cause consequences, some responses are strengthened while other are weakened. Reinforcement and punishment are consequence that produces an increase or decrease in certain behavior in the future. Reinforment can strengthen behavior in a given environment. Rewardeing stimulus increases responding is positive reinforcement. Professor gives positive comment to my assignment. Removal of negative stimulus in order to increase responding is negative reinforcement. Skinner's recognition of individual differences, no particular consequence is always a reinforcer for different people. Extra ten precent bonus score for APA style may be a positive reinforcer to some student, they try hard to get extra marks. Some student, however, ignore the APA style to get extra marks, as the bonus score is not a positive reinforcer to them. Punishment can weaken behavior in a given environment. Presenting an aversive stimulus to decrease responding is positive punishment. Tutorial do not take your attendence if you late more than ten minute late, decrease the rate of coming late. Removal of pleasant stimulus reduces responding is negative punishment. Late penalty is introduced to assignment, ten marks lost for each late day. In order not to be penalty, I tend to hand in my assignment in time. Punishment, however, may be effective in reducing undesirable behavior in the short period.
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The major difference between Bandura's theory and Skinner's theory is Bandura's emphasis on cognitive aspects of human personality. Bandura rejects the idea of people as large, complex rats. According to Bandura, the learning of consequence to personality is cognitive. The four basic processes of observational learning including attentional processes, retention processes, motor reproduction processes, and motivational processes. In attentional proesses, people select important aspects of the observed behavior to attend to, it mostly depends on the characteristics of the model and the characteristics of the observer himself. Afterthat, information is stored by mental representations and verbal coding in retention processes. Although the observer has no skill, no confidence, and no opportunity to reproduce the observed behavior, the new behavior has been added into the person's protential repertoire in motor reproduction processes. Feedback also can improve the reproduction. Motivation processes is required, it is because the observer may not perform the learned behavior without motivated. Reinforcement always determines the peerfomance of the observed behavior.
Bandura believed that most behavior is performed without external reinforcements and punishments. Our dairy actions are controlled by self-regulation, the processes of exercising control through our self-initiated cognitive acts, over our own behavior. Bandura argues Skinner's assertion that we can be swayed into performing just about any action if the environmental contingencies are altered appropriately. Sometimes people work to obtain external reward, Bandura think that we also work to obtain internal reward and self-imposed goals. For example, I study hard in order to enter the university. The external reward should be an academic degree, and the interal reward come from the feelings of accomplishment and self-worth I get an academic degree. Self-regulation also includes self-punishment. When we can not maintain personal standard, we tend to feel bad about ourselves.
The motivation of behavioral change is different between observational learning and operant conditioning. Bandura makes a distinction between learning and performance. People can learned through observation alone, however they need not be shown in their performance. Learning may or may not result in a behavior change. The idea is different from Skinner who believes that we can not learn something until we have actually engaged in that behavior. An observer may show behavior changes immediately after seeing a model's behavior during observational learning. Observer through observing other people to learn or change behavior, especially the model is significant to us, similar to us. Observer sometimes will attend to and acquir information from a model's behavior if the observers respect, admire the model. Our wearing style are very often followed by our idol. When we observe many positive things in another, we find him/her is a very attractive model. Even if we do not understand how their behavior is associated with rewards or positive emotion. We also tend to learn more from the model who is more similar to us. We always learn from models who have similar interests to ours. I found it very interesting in viewing blog which is about beauty, I pay close attention and learns from a beauty pro. People tend to interact longer with other who share common interests. Operant conditioning operates on the environment and is maintained by its consequences. I was used to tying my hair when I was a secondary school girl. If I broke my school discipline, I would be punished. However, when I am a university student, there are no more restriction about appearance, I tend to fold down my hair. Behavior change is due to operate on the environment, not self direct. People change themselves behavior seem to be spontaneous in observational learning, however, people change themselves behavior seem to be compulsory. The limitation of operant conditioning is that the new behavior is not long lasting after the environmental change.
Bandura bases his theory on the acquisition of complex behaviors on a triangular diagram illustrating the interactive effect of various variables. These three variables are behavior (B), external environment (E), and person(P): cognitive and other internal events that influences perceptions and actions. The relationship between these three factors is known as reciprocal determinism. Behavior is not simply a function of environment or person varibles. Behavior, environment, and person varibles affect and are affected by each other. For an example, I dislike going market which is wet and dirty (low expectation), my mother hope me can go market with her. As my mother ask me gently, I have no reason to reject her so I say yes (behavior-> person), and I found that market is not really dirty as I think, I feel good in market (external environment-> person). My expectation is higher than before (external enviroment-> person). The reciprocal determinism is different from radical behaviorism. Radical behaviorism has little explanations of human behavior. Radical behaviorism focus on how external events cause behavior. In reciprocal determinism, not only environment influence behavior, internal factor is also possible.
Bandura also believe that we have an impact on the environment, which is called self-efficacy. It means that if we think we can, we can. It influenced by past performances accomplishments, the experiences of models similar to oneself, emotional arousal ,and other's verbal persuasion. Changing a client's efficacy expectation is the key to a successful treatment programme.
The common strength of two theory is that Skinner's behaviorism and Bandura's cognitive social learning based on empirical research. Compare with other approaches to personality, which are always based on intuition or data gathered from subjective sample. Jerry (1997) think that Skinner and Bandura based their descriptions of human personality on empirical research findings and based on empirical data in the development ,and refinement of their theory. That is the reason why the bahavioral approach and social learning approach remains alive and well today.
The strength of observational learning is that the learner may observe an unwanted behaviour and the subsequent consequences, and would therefore learn to refrain from that behaviour. For an example, my grandfather was a heavy smoker and he died of lung cancer, I observed the bad consequence on my gradfather. Thus, I have never smoked.
There is an argument toward radical behaviorism, as Skinner refuted mentalism which is the philosophy that explains behavior in terms of internal mental states. Skinner exclude all mental events, including drives and cognitive variables, because skinner think that all those variablet are unobservable and cannot be reliably measured. However, internal mental states is an important factor to determain the behavioral change. If I am depressed, I will not go out even my friend treat me to a meal. Thus, environment is not a exclusive factor to determine behavioral change.
Human beings are much more complex than the laboratory animals used in behavioral research. The unique characteristics of human beings, such as intellect, were neglected in skinner approach. Other criticize the behavioral approach underestimated the genetic factor of personality. It gives insufficient attention to the role of heredity, humans were depicted as lacking a free will and submitted to situational control.
Complex interpersonal relationships could not be adequately explained by Skinner.
Furthermore, it is hard to take place in adulthood, especially authoritative people. We believed that only those who lack self esteem and self confidence are more prone to adopt the behavior of models.
To conclude, operant conditioning results when a behavior is followed by reinforcement or punishment. Bandura has added to operant conditioning the notion that we learn via observing others. We perform the behaviors whether or not depend on our expectancies for rewards or punishment. Bandura's cognitive social learning give more detail to explain human personality than Skinner's behaviorism. Both approach are empirical base, however, inappropriate attention given to free will and heredity.
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You know who you are,
The one whose stories with me will be written about,
You know who I am,
I know who you are...
I know if we were talking you would have already called to wish me a happy birthday,
I know you thought of me today because I see you've been here to visit,
I know everyday I am in your thoughts,
I know that you wish things had been different.
I know the truth and so do you,
I know despite our troubles we still desire,
I know the truth in who I am,
I know that everyday I still think of you,
I know the truth in what we had,
I know the truth in what we were supposed to be.
I know the truth!


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Zhang, Danrong and Beven, Keith and Mermoud, André (2006) A comparison of non-linear least square and GLUE for model calibration and uncertainty estimation for pesticide transport in soils. Advances in Water Resources, 29 (12). pp. 1924-1933.Full text not available from this repository.
The problems of calibrating soil hydraulic and transport parameters are well documented, particularly when data are limited. Programs such as CXTFIT, UUCODE and PEST, based on well established principles of statistical inference, will often provide good fits to limited observations giving the impression that a useful model of a particular soil system has been obtained. This may be the case, but such an approach may grossly underestimate the uncertainties associated with future predictions of the system and resulting dependent variables. In this paper, this is illustrated by an application of CXTFIT within the generalised likelihood uncertainty estimation (GLUE) approach to model calibration which is based on a quite different philosophy. CXTFIT gives very good fits to the observed breakthrough curves for several different model formulations, resulting in very small parameter uncertainty estimates. The application of GLUE, however, shows that much wider ranges of parameter values can provide acceptable fits to the data. The wider range of potential outcomes should be more robust in model prediction, especially when used to constrain field scale models.


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Buyers Resources
Investing in New York City
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Classic Meets Modern at The Mirabeau
The Upper West Side is a beautiful, historically significant area and as more new developments join the neighborhood, many architects are making the effort to conserve the classic facades and styles of the original UWS buildings. One of these classic structures is The Mirbeau, which is stunning, timeless, and still has available homes.
The interior of the tower was converted in 2013, giving each home a beautiful pre-war style perfectly meshed with lavish features such as high ceilings, Central A/C and heating, washer and dryers, dark hardwood floors throughout, and fully updated kitchens with Bosch, Miele, and Bertazzoni appliances, classic styled cabinets and white countertops. Bathrooms are covered in marble and include double sinks topped with white countertops, a glass-enclosed shower, and an oversized mirror.
Amenities at The Mirabeau include a doorman, bike storage space, safely-furnished children's playroom, state-of the -art fitness center, and a landscaped rooftop deck that gives views of the neighborhood. The building's location is also a key amenity that contributes to its luxury. Just a few blocks away is the iconic Central Park as well as streets lined with restaurants, boutique shops, cozy coffee shops, and more. The Upper West Side also allows you to access the rest of the city easily through its many subway lines that make commuting anywhere easy.
Still on the market are two-bedroom homes starting at $1,900,000.


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The residential community of Reston was founded on the principles "Live, Work, Play, and Get Involved." As such, the compact area has more than its fair share of restaurants, bars, and cafés for denizens to enjoy. Many of the eateries line retail hubs like Reston Town Center, Lake Anne Plaza, and South Lakes Village Shopping Center, while others are standalone establishments sprinkled throughout the area.
City dwellers and suburbanites often find themselves in the neighborhood, since Reston is also surrounded by well-known Northern Virginia amenities such as Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Wolf Trap, Great Falls Park, the Udvar-Hazy Center, and Dulles International Airport.
Here are 15 places to find breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks, or dessert in Reston.Read More


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