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Elle Fanning on Why She Doesn't Go by Her Real First Name, The Neon Demon, and So Much More
Trust us: You've never seen anything quite like Elle Fanning's performance in The Neon Demon, out June 24, before. In it, 18-year-old Fanning plays Jesse, an aspiring model who moves to Los Angeles and quickly becomes the It Girl of the moment. But soon, she realizes that a group of beauty-obsessed women will go to any lengths necessary (and we mean any) to get what she has. The film is aesthetically stunning, but it's also hard to watch at times, given the dark subject matter. However, Fanning—no surprise here—is a revelation as always, rising to the challenge and pulling it off beautifully.
In real life, the recent high school graduate ("It was a big [moment], and it's very exciting," she tells us) is light, cheery, and full of laughter. But it's obvious that the movie's theme weighed heavily on her, and she came away with a deeper understanding of what it means to be beautiful and confident in today's world. So what's her advice? And which Oscar-winning actress did she talk to for guidance? Here's what Fanning had to say about all that and more.
Glamour: Let's start off with this fascinating piece of information: Your first name is actually Mary.
Elle Fanning: Yeah! I just never went by Mary, like ever. My mom goes by her middle name, and my sister [Dakota Fanning] goes by her middle name. Her first name is Hannah. It's possibly a Southern thing, I don't know. But since my mom goes by her middle name, we go by our middle names too. Although, it was awkward in school when they were calling roll call because they'd go, "Mary? Mary?" Kids would be like, "There's no Mary here." I'd awkwardly raise my hand, like, "Uh, it's me." [Laughs]
Glamour: You are incredible in The Neon Demon, but it's an intense film. After doing this role, is there anything you won't do?
Elle: [Laughs] I'm sure there will be something, like skydiving or something! But with this part, I got to do a lot of things—but things that are exciting too. Normally in films, you don't get to wear as much makeup [as I did in this role] because you want to look as natural as possible. But with this, with the clothes, the hairdos, the makeup looks—everything was out there. The characters, in their growth, are very subtle, but it's so exaggerated around them.
Glamour: Did any of the makeup trends in the film rub off on your everyday style?
Elle: Definitely! I love glitter. Love glitter! When I got to put the glitter on my eyes, now I've actually worn glitter on red carpets or going out with my friends to high school parties. It's very '90s!
Glamour: The last 30 minutes of the film are so shocking. I don't want to give anything anyway, but what do you hope moviegoers say after watching?
Elle: I would love for them to say, "Wow." I think that people think it's just a horror movie, or a fashion horror movie, but the movie is actually not about fashion at all. It's a beautiful backdrop for the world's obsession with beauty. I think that people need to start thinking about how obsessed we are with beauty, which is not necessarily a bad thing. It's a stock that never goes down. Beauty is always in style—whatever beauty means to you personally—and it's different for everybody, but it's something that's always going to be there in our lives. It's how we deal with it that matters, especially in a world with Instagram and social media. We look at these images and we find those beautiful, and that's scary because those images are dead. If that's the ultimate perfection, then what are the real tangible things? What do we think about those?
Glamour: Speaking of aiming for perfection, we recently had National Selfie Day, which seems odd because what day doesn't someone post a selfie?
Elle: I know! There's probably not one day that someone in the world doesn't post [a selfie]. I kind of like selfies, [and] as much as I wish we didn't live in this world where there's a selfie day, I'm also a teenager, and I take selfies all the time with my friends. It's a thing that if in you're in this generation, it's kind of inevitable. It is what it is. I like when people get creative with their selfies. Be artsy with it, and get creative!
Glamour: When you first met director Nicolas Refn, he asked you if you thought you were beautiful. What did you say?
Elle: I laughed, and then I said yes! [Laughs] Nic and I realized what the movie was about in that moment. It's a very, very uncomfortable question. Beauty is very taboo, and loving yourself is uncomfortable, which is what we're trying to move forward so people do love themselves. There's a line that you can cross which is extreme narcissism, but I think that everyone should think that they are beautiful. That's healthy—and fortunately I think we are moving towards that, which is great. But in that moment, I think Nic and I realized what the movie is about and why that makes someone uncomfortable to say that.
Glamour: Is there an actress whose confidence in their beauty and themselves inspires you?
Elle: Wow. I've worked with a lot of great actresses. It's hard to choose one, but I did a film not too long ago with Nicole Kidman. She's so tall, but she very much embraces how tall she is. I grew seven inches when I was 12, and I'm not as tall as her—I'm 5'9"—but also, everyone is not [always that] tall in the movie industry! [Laughs] Having talked to her about it and seeing her so confident...I really looked up to that.
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They are Term Insurance policy and Whole Life (Money Worth) Insurance. Term Insurance policy is pure insurance coverage. Whole Life Insurance is insurance coverage plus a side account recognized as money worth.
Allow's discuss the objective of life insurance coverage. Once we obtain the correct purpose of insurance policy down to a science, after that everything else will fall into area. The function of life insurance policy coincides purpose as any kind of various other sort of insurance policy. It is to "insure versus loss of". Auto insurance is to insure your auto or another person's car in situation of a crash. In various other words, given that you possibly could not pay for the damage yourself, insurance coverage is in area. Property owner insurance coverage is to guarantee against loss of your house or things in it. Since you most likely could not pay for a brand-new house, you buy an insurance coverage policy to cover it.
Life insurance policy is the same method. It is to guarantee against loss of your life. If you had a household, it would certainly be difficult to support them after you passed away, so you acquire life insurance so that if something were to occur to you, your household might change your earnings. Life insurance policy is not to make you or your descendants rich or offer them a factor to eliminate you. Life insurance policy is not to assist you retire (otherwise it would be called retirement insurance)! Life insurance policy is to change your income if you pass away. The evil ones have made us believe or else, so that they could overcharge us and also market all kinds of various other points to us to obtain paid.
Just how Does Life insurance policy Work?
Rather compared to make this complex, I will certainly offer a quite easy description on exactly how and exactly what goes down in an insurance plan. A typical term insurance coverage policy for 20 years for $200,000 would be about $20/month. Currently ... if you wanted to get an entire life insurance plan for $200,000 you could pay $100/month for it.
Now, this $80 will continue to accumulate in a separate account for you. Usually speaking, if you want to obtain several of YOUR cash out of the account, you could after that OBTAIN IT from the account and also pay it back with interest. Now ... let's say you were to take $80 bucks a month and offer it to your banking institution. If you visited withdraw the cash from your financial institution account and also they told you that you needed to OBTAIN your personal cash from them as well as pay it back with interest, you would possibly go tidy upside somebody's head. In some way, when it comes to insurance coverage, this is fine
The "broker" (of the insurance Matrix) seldom will describe it that means. You used, one of the ways that business obtain abundant, is by obtaining people to pay them, as well as then transform about and borrow their own cash back and also pay even more interest!
Deal or No Offer
Allow us stick to the previous illustration. Allow us say the one thousand 31 years of age (done in good wellness) acquired the abovementioned term plan (20 years, $200,000 dollars at $20/month). That is $240 each year if these individuals were paying $20/month. After that you will certainly have $4800, if you take that as well as increase it over the 20 year term. So each individual will certainly pay $4800 over the life of the term. Considering that one thousand people acquired the policy, they will certainly end up paying 4.8 million in premiums to the firm. The insurance business has actually already computed that around 20 individuals with good wellness (in between the ages of 31 and 51) will certainly pass away. So if 20 people pass away, then the business will certainly need to pay 20 x $200,000 or $4,000,000. So, if the business pays $4,000,000 and takes in $4,800,000 it will certainly then make a $800,000 earnings.
This is obviously OVER streamlining because a great deal of individuals will certainly cancel the policy (which will likewise lower the variety of death cases paid), and some of those costs could be usinged to accumulate interest, however you could obtain a basic suggestion of exactly how things work.
On the other hand, let's check out entire life insurance policy. Let us state the one thousand 31 year olds (done in healthiness) purchased the previously mentioned entire life policy ($200,000 dollars at $100/month). These people are paying $100/month. That is $1200 each year. If the average individual's life-span (healthy people) goes to 75, then typically, the individuals will certainly pay 44 years worth of costs. If you take that and multiply it by $1200 you will get $52,800. Each person will pay $52,800 over the life of the plan. Given that one thousand people got the policy, they will wind up paying 52.8 million in costs to the firm. If you get a whole life policy, the insurance coverage business has already calculated the chance that you will die. What is that likelihood? ONE HUNDRED %, considering that it is an entire life (till fatality do us component) insurance plan! This implies that if everyone maintained their plans, the insurance company would certainly have to pay out 1000 x $200,000 = $2,000,000,000) That's right, two billion dollars!
As a concern of truth, THE MAJORITY OF entire life plans do gap because individuals cannot afford them, I hope you used my factor. Not to discuss, pay the agents (that get paid much greater payments on entire life policies), experts, insurance charges, advertising and marketing costs, 30 story structures ... etc, etc
. This does not also take right into account these variable life and also global life policies that claim to be so excellent for your retirement.
Possibly for the very first 5 years of the policy, no money value will certainly accumulate (you might desire to check your plan). If you read my post on the Policy of 72 you can plainly used that offering your money to someone else to spend can lose you millions! You used, you could pay in $52,800 but that does not take into account exactly how much money you LOSE by not spending it on your own!
For how long do you require life insurance policy?
Like many individuals, when they are young they are also crazy, so they go out and also buy a new automobile in addition a brand-new home. This is the case for life insurance coverage. You and also your partner start to pay off that debt.
... at this point, exactly what do you require insurance for? Why would you purchase Whole Life (a.k.a. DEATH) Insurance? The concept of a 179 year old person with grown kids that do not depend on him/her still paying insurance coverage premiums is idiotic to say the least.
In fact, the requirement permanently insurance policy can be significantly decreased and promptly eliminated, if one would certainly find out not to gather obligations, and also swiftly collect riches first. Yet I understand that this is virtually impossible for most individuals in this materialistic, Middle Classified matrixed society. Anyhow, let's take it a step additionally.
Baffled Insurance coverage Plans.
The function of investing is to collect sufficient cash in case you live to retire. The objective of acquiring insurance coverage is to safeguard your household and loved ones if you die prior to you could retire. If an "representative" waltzes right into your house selling you a whole life insurance coverage policy and also telling you that it can guarantee your life As Well As it could assist you retire, your Red Pill Question need to be this:.
"If this plan will help me retire securely, why will I always require insurance? In addition on the various other hand, if I will be broke enough later in life that I will still need insurance, then exactly how is this a good retirement strategy?".
Now if you ask an insurance coverage agent those concerns, she/he could become baffled. Once, this of program comes from selling confused plans that do two revers at.
Norman Dacey said it ideal in the book "Just what's Wrong With Your Life insurance policy".
"Nobody can ever before quarrel with the idea of supplying defense for one's family while at the same time collecting a fund for some such purpose as education and learning or retirement. If you try to do both of these tasks via the tool of one insurance plan, it is inevitable that both tasks will certainly be done badly.".
So you see, despite the fact that there are a bunch of new variations of whole life, like variable life as well as global life, with numerous bells and whistles (claiming to be much better than the initial, common entire life policies), the Red Supplement Question need to consistently be asked! Buy insurance coverage if you are going to purchase insurance coverage! Invest if you are going to spend. It's that simple. Don't allow an insurance policy agent technique you right into acquiring a whole life policy based upon the assumption that you are as well unskilled and also unrestrained to spend your very own money.
If you are terrified to spend your money due to the fact that you do not recognize how, then educate yourself! It could take some time, but it is much better compared to providing your money to somebody else so they can invest it for you (and obtain rich with it). How can a company be profitable when it takes the cash from it's consumers, spends it, and also reverses as well as offers it's consumers all the earnings?
And also do not fall for the old "Suppose the term goes out in addition you can not obtain re-insured technique". Pay attention, there are a bunch weblink of term policies around that are ensured sustainable until an old age (75-100). Yes, the cost is a great deal higher, however you need to understand that if you acquire an entire life plan, you will have been duped out of a lot more money by the time you get to that point (if that even occurs). This is also yet another factor to be clever with your cash. Don't acquire confused plans.
Just how much should you purchase?
I generally advise 8-10 times your yearly income as a good face quantity for your insurance coverage. Let's claim that you make $50,000 each year. If you were to pass away, your family members might take $500,000 (10 times $50,000) as well as put it right into a fund that pays 10 percent (which will certainly provide them $40,000 each year) as well as not touch the principle.
It is difficult to pay for the amount of insurance policy you require trying to buy incredibly high priced plans. Term insurance coverage is much less expensive. If you have a lot of responsibilities and also you are fretted about your family members, it is a lot better to be underinsured than to have no insurance policy at all.
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They are Term Insurance policy and also Whole Life (Cash Value) Insurance coverage. Term Insurance is pure insurance policy. Whole Life Insurance coverage is insurance plus a side account recognized as cash worth. The function of life insurance policy is the same objective as any kind of other kind of insurance coverage. Life insurance is not to assist you retire (or else it would be called retired life insurance)!
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Urban Decay – Naked Ultimate Basic Eyeshadow Palette
Hi All
I am back to talk about the new Urban Decay Naked Ultimate Basic Eyeshadow Palette which is my first purchase from Urban Decay!! Yes I know, I have been hiding under a rock 🙂
I was drawn to this palette simply because it was all Matte shades and as much as I love a shimmer/glitter on my eyes, my poor crinkly eyes lids do not give them the best base to work with. Instead of purchasing an older Naked Palette, I thought I may as well buy the new release so that I could give all of you dedicated Urban Decay Fans or those like me who are thinking about making their first purchase, a taste of what the Naked Ultimate Basic palette is like.
Naked Ultimate Basic Eyeshadow Palette – Overview
First off, the Naked Ultimate Basic palette was much smaller than I expected it to be! I am not sure what size I thought it was gong to be but it obviously did not meet my expectation lol. That said, the packaging makes up for my disappointment, in all of its rose gold glory! I just wish the inside of the palette was not as puckered (this is really a cosmetic reason for my instagram lol)
The eyeshadow themselves; 12 in total are a lovely mixture of neutral colours with brows, pink, orange, grey and black tones. There is some fallout when picking up the colour but I did not notice it so much when applying. They are very buttery which makes them easy to blend, however, the colour payoff was not as strong as I expected.
Urban Decay Naked Ultimate Basic Eyeshadow Palette – Swatches
On the top row you have Blow which is the only eyeshadow that has some shimmer in it so its perfect for your brow bone or the inner corner of the eye. Then you have Nudie and Commando which are perfect neutral shades to use as a transition colour or to set your eye primer depending on your skin tone. Tempted and Instinct are up next and these are my go to colours to apply to my crease, followed up with Lethal to darken out the outer corner.
As you can see from the below swatches, which I applied lightly on my arm minus any primer, you can see the colour payoff is not strong but I kind of like this as it means it is easier to build and control. This is especially perfect for those of us who are not experts in the auld eyeshadow application 😉
On the bottom row, up first is Pre-Game and this is what I use to set my primer as I am very pale and this is perfect as a setting powder. Extra bitter is my favourite colour in the palette, it is a rich brown orange toned eyeshadow which is ideal for an Autumn look (see below eye look). Faith and Lockout are both brown shades with Faith being the lighter in colour of the two. These are the perfect duo for the crease (faith) and the outer corner (Lockout) to get you a rich brown smokey eye. Magnet is another colour that I have used all over my lid, it is not too dark but it is buildable for your looking for a more smouldery look. Last but not least you have Blackjack which I use to darken out my outer v or as alternative to eyeliner on my top lash line.
Urban Decay Naked Ultimate Basic Eyeshadow – Eye Look
I created the below eye look using Blow on my brow bone and inner corner, followed up with Commando as my transition colour and Instinct in my crease. I then applied Lethal in the outer corner and Extra Bitter on the lid. On my lower lash line I use lethal and extra bitter.
I had to build the extra bitter shade as I did not wet my brush but this gave me the ability to work on blending it without the colour coming on too strong.
On the right you have the look with the Sleek Dip Liner and Kiss individual lashes and on the left you have it without the liner for a more day friendly look.
Above is my full face look using Shiseido Synchro skin (review here) and the Megaslick Lip Stain Balm (review here).
Overall I am glad that this was my first Urban Decay purchase, I love it alone for the extra bitter shade. I am not overly convinced it is worth €48 but now that I have it; I do love using it and I am excited to create more looks. It is a good palette for someone who is starting off on their makeup journey as they are easy to blend, has nice neutral colours making it a staple palette for your collection.
Has anyone else bought the palette? What is your opinion on it?
Yvonne xx


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A lot of times, I find myself at the end of a few long months of Liturgies thinking, you know? I don't think I remember most of Advent.
It's because I'm busy containing my son. That's challenging enough with neurotypical children, but holy moly. You add the spectrum and yeah. I can't remember Lent. I mean, Advent. I mean, um… *checks calendar*
I decided to take a more active approach. And if I'm not going to feel like I'm absorbing the services, then I'll teach my child to do so. And if he does, I will. Probably.
So, these are a few ideas for pulling our kiddos into the Church and making them a part of our life here. And don't get mad at me! I know not every one of these will apply to your child; not all of them apply to mine. But autism is a spectrum, after all, so I'm hoping there's a little in this for everyone. And of course, each of these are things that will require an investment on your part as the parent. Teaching your child to do any of these could take months, but the payoff could be very well worth the effort.
Let's start at the door.
1. Sign up as a greeter with your child.
Why she might like it (eventually):
- ABA therapy has proved successful over decades for this reason (and a few others): repetitive practice works with this group.
- She gains a social skill she may have found bewildering before: when you greet someone, you make eye contact, shake hands, and (verbal kids) say "hello."
- It's the same every time.
- It forces others to interact with your child who might not have otherwise done it, which gives them a chance to see what you see in her.
- As with anything when you're parenting a kid with ASD, you should probably have a backup plan so you can subtly sneak away if you see it going south. Try having a friend join you while you greet so someone can easily step in.
- Don't be afraid to try again if it doesn't work the first time. Or the first several.
2. Talk to your priest about serving at the altar.
Why he might like it:
- He gets to move around.
- Everyone has a job.
- The extra weight of the vestment might be pleasant from a sensory perspective.
Considerations to discuss with your priest:
- A "backdoor" plan–make sure your priest knows that there could come a time, even if it's been working fine for years, that he'll need to leave, and fast. Discuss and establish an exit strategy for him, and make sure he knows what it is. Remind him regularly.
- Ask about a longer training period, or training via backward chaining.**
- Find out if your child can begin by serving sections at a time, working up to the entire Liturgy.
3. Volunteer to help sweep up after coffee hour.
Why she might like it:
- Most kids, autism or not, like having a job that's theirs, that they know how to do.
- The back-and-forth motion of a manual carpet sweeper like this one can be soothing and interesting for kids who stim.
- It can be a catalyst for learning social skills–saying, "excuse me," or waiting until someone gets up from the table to sweep under it.
- Excepting the probably-rare children who actually love the vacuum, for the love of all the good things God gives, do not use a vacuum. I'm trying to help, here, not ruin your day.
4. Spearhead an assembly-line event that makes cards or gift boxes for residents in a nursing home.
Why he might like it:
- There's satisfaction in creating something and being included in a group project.
- Crafts are a comparatively quiet thing to do with children.
- An assembly line has a predictable rhythm.
- It provides an opportunity to teach him about the emotional needs of others–the residents might be sad, or miss their families, for example.
- When you recruit, you may want to use language that encourages a peaceful atmosphere, such as "come enjoy a quiet group craft activity," or "a nice, relaxing evening activity." Peaceful music he enjoys can't hurt, either.
- Try holding it in your home. This way you can control the environment, which can decrease the chances of something being "wrong."
- Make sure you give clear instructions to the kids on how an assembly line works before you get started, emphasizing that you're a team. Stressing each other out by working as fast as you can isn't funny to everyone.
5. Consider passing out candles with your child on Pascha.
Why she might like it:
- It's another predictable, rhythmic task.
- It doesn't demand the same amount of eye contact that greeting does, and goes faster.
- She doesn't have to wait in line herself.
- It's an opportunity for your child to be visible to your fellow parishioners in a positive way.
- A backup plan is a must here. Make sure you have someone to step in fast if it's needed, or have a ready, visible surface on which to place the candles so people can help themselves.
I hope these give you some practical ideas you can implement. What do you do to make your child a part of your church community?
As always, peace. And love and prayers.
**Backward chaining is a method used in behavior training that breaks a task into steps. You start teaching by way of backward chaining by completing all the steps for your child, then having your child complete the last step. It's naturally reinforcing, because they've completed the task. Then, the next-to-last step is taught, and so on, until the child can complete the entire task independently. I found this Youtube video to be an excellent, easy-to-understand instructional on backward chaining.


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Motorcycle tips to riding The Tail of the Dragon and The Cherohala Skyway
The area where southwestern North Carolina meets Tennessee is home to two of America's most popular motorcycle destination roads, The
Tail of the Dragon
and the
Cherohala Skyway
. Both epic roads travel between North Carolina and Tennessee and they meet in the North Carolina town of Robbinsville. This seems like a perfectly opportune connection because Robbinsville offers necessary services like food and fuel. But there is a catch. The destination sections of both roads are miles from Robbinsville in different directions.
Back and forth
The start of Tail of the Dragon is 18 miles from Robbinsville. The Dragon lends itself to riding back and forth for the shear joy of 318 curves on an 11-mile stretch of U.S. Route 129. This popular way of enjoying the Dragon can lead to lots of traffic. The Cherohala Skyway starts 10 miles out from Robbinsville and then is 41 miles to the other end in Tellico Plains, Tennessee. Back and forth on the Skyway takes a lot more time—albeit with way less traffic.
Another way around
There is another way to enjoy these two roads without backtracking to Robbinsville by connecting on the Tennessee side. There are two roads that form a nice loop, Tennessee Route 360 from the western end of the Cherohala Skyway and Tennessee Route 72 to the western end of the Tail of the Dragon. Together they cover 41 miles with very little traffic most of the way and offer a chance to see more of the region.
Tennessee Route 360
Route 360 travels though beautiful Tennessee valley farmlands. It is a two-lane road with nice pavement and well-marked curves. Coming down from 5,000 feet of elevation on the Skyway to the less than 1,000 feet average elevation of the valley, you will find it much warmer, which is a nice change in early spring and late fall. Route 360 ends at U.S Route 411, which runs concurrently with Tennessee Route 72 for a few miles. Fuel is available on Route 411. Make a right turn onto Route 411 and watch for the Tennessee Route 72 sign and turn right again.
Tennessee Route 72
Route 72 features some long straightaways connected by sweeping curves. The pavement is good and there are ample passing zones. This low traffic 10-mile section provides you an opportunity to work the kinks out and unwind briefly from all the twisties that the destination roads offer.
The loop typically starts at the Cherohala Skyway and follows a clockwise course. It's just nice and easy to run it the other way.
Till next time, ride safe!
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Responding to a letter from 16 members of Congress from the New York State calling for the Commission to crack down on pirate radio stations, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler asserts that "The pirate radio problem cannot be solved by enforcement alone." Wheeler writes, "Matters posing an imminent threat to public safety or directly harming large numbers of consumers must take precedence over other matters, including pirate radio."
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Having been a broadcast engineer for more than 40+ years I certainly understand the problems that pirate radio operators create for the licensed broadcaster. For almost a decade I've been assisting educational institutions as well as hobbyists in the use of legal, license-free low power radio broadcasting under FCC Part 15 regulations. The problem I see is that FCC field agents fail to distinguish pirates from Part 15 operators. These hobbyists and schools spend much more money on an FCC certified Part 15 transmitter than most pirates do buying those imported, spur-riddled FM transmitters that pollute the airwaves. Pirates definitely need to be dealt with but my fear is the continuing failure of FCC field inspectors to discern the difference between Part 15 radio enthusiasts and blatant pirate stations.


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CRAIG Morgan admits Wigan Athletic are relishing the prospect of locking horns with fellow League One big-hitters Sheffield United at the DW Stadium on Boxing Day.
The two sides were the bookies' favourites for promotion before the season started, but both have found it rather tougher to make their mark than had been predicted.
While Latics have recovered from a slow start to climb to fifth in the standings, the Blades have spent much of the campaign outside the play-off picture looking in.
However, with both sides coming in to the games on the back of good weekend wins, Morgan is under no illusion as to the size of the task facing Latics this weekend.
"They'll come with a bit of momentum, as will we," he told the Evening Post.
"It'll be two big clubs going at it, and we're all really looking forward to the challenge.
"It was a real group effort from all 14 lads at Barnsley last Saturday. It's a good group we've got here, there's a good mentality about us and we all play our part.
"We're all in it together, and that's why I'm so confident about what's going to happen this year."
Saturday's clash is Wigan's peultimate of 2015, with the trip to Fleetwood next Monday drawing a line under an eventful 12 months on and off the field.
Latics have been as busy as any team on the planet in terms of transfer dealings, with over 70 players either arriving or leaving since January 1.
However, Morgan feels the balance in the squad is finally there, and isn't expecting much business being conduced when the transfer window reopens next week.
"I wouldn't envisage the gaffer will be doing much business during the window," the Latics captain added.
"It's up to the players here to make sure they impress the gaffer in the coming weeks to persuade him he doesn't need to be bringing in many new players."


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I have recently completed Ellesmere Port Amateur Swimming Club's new web portal. This is for a local club who are affiliated to the Amateur Swimming Association North West and are swim21 accredited.
The original site had been hosted with Mr Site, but did not have the capacity for expansion to meet the needs of this busy club. During the process, all historical content has been ported over to the new WordPress platform and a fresh theme applied.
The site will be expanded further over the upcoming months to deliver targeted content for swimmers and their families.
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by Shefali Patel
Mix sentiments is what I feel,
One minute I wish to peep,
the other, I hate to see.
I guilt!
This pain,will it ever end?
Two worlds ripped apart,
Think they saw paradise on the other side?
None to speak a word,
Yet drawn in darkness,in emptiness, in tears, in shame!
One of them, still hanging on the ledge,
No way to go,"Salty water is all I see",them one said.
All said and done,
Truth be told,priorities set on drama,
Left no one in peace.
Love is passionate and pure,
Or could be another word, I will never pronounce.
But it strengthens me,gives me power,
To believe on a brighter day,
to welcome a brighter morning!
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I was tagged by the supremely talented Naima Simone in this Blog Hop thing where writers answer questions about themselves and then tag others to reveal all the juicy details of what they've got coming up next? So, here's the skinny on my next historical romance Rakehell that should be out sometime later in 2013.
I don't have a cover for it yet, but I'll treat you to the updated cover for my short read, Lover by Chance – Didn't cover artist Trish Pickyme Schmitt do a wonderful job on this cover?
1). What is the working title of your next book?
Rakehell – I've always loved this term for a rascal, rogue, scoundrel, libertine and have been intending to write a book with the title for several years. And my hero, Adam Black, is very much up to the task of being deemed a Victorian era rakehell.
2). Where did the idea come from for the book?
This story was inspired by several different elements, but mostly, Dorian Gray and Adam Driver's portrayal of a quirky dom on HBO's Girls.
3). What genre does your book fall under?
Rakehell is an erotic historical set in Victorian England and will have bdsm elements similar to Badcock and Slave to Fashion.
4). What actors would you choose to play the parts of your characters in a movie rendition?
Adam Driver as Viscount Adam Black, the eldest son of the Earl of Scarborough. Some actors just have an "it" factor that makes them stand out in salient contrast to their other castmates. Driver's swarthy, devilish looks and his portrayal of a sexually domineering character on Girls first caught my attention. Though his look would have been unconventional in Victorian society, he would have attracted the attention of ladies with his subtle, smoldering sexuality. Quiet, dominant, dark, and with eyes filled with harbored secrets, Driver would make the perfect rakehell.
Click HERE to read Driver's interview in GQ Magazine.
Since the hero's presence in Rakehell is so strong, I needed an equally stalwart heroine. Strength and maturity has been forced upon Primrose Black and she's risen to the task. The one thing the Viscountess is missing, however, is the love of her husband who deserted her on their wedding night. For inspiration for my determined but damaged heroine, I chose Bella Heathcote (Dark Shadows 2012). Her delicate build, wide eyes and plush lips give her the look of an innocent. But her strong jawline reflects a stubborn nature she'll need to stand toe to toe with her wayward husband.
Learn more about the hauntingly beautiful actress who inspired my character at http://www.bella-heathcote.com/.
5). What is the one sentence synopsis of your book?
An aristocrat who discovers he's not the true heir to the familial estate finds love in an arranged marriage.
6). Who is publishing your book?
Ellora's Cave
7). How long did it take you to write the first draft of the synopsis?
Synopsis? Seriously? Only my characters are into bdsm. Not me! I'm only eight thousand words into what will most likely be a fifty-five thousand word book. If I stay focused, it'll take around six weeks.
8). What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
Badcock, Having Patience, Slave to Fashion
9). Who or what inspired you to write this book?
The title Rakehell.
10). What else about the book might pique the readers' interest?
Besides smoldering love scenes? The romance, of course! Two characters who overcome past secrets and learn to trust within a relationship that will offer them a happily ever after.


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After the announcement that development of TaskPaper for iOS is being halted, I've been looking for alternative todo apps that are based on the reading and manipulation of text files and that sync with Dropbox. I've found three so far: Listacular, TaskAgent, and Todo.txt.
Todo.txt is a little too command-line Terminal-y for me, but the other two are pretty user-friendly. Both support dragging of tasks and swiping or tapping to denote completion. Also, both share a similar "grammar" such that one can have both apps read text files from the same location in Dropbox.
In both apps, in the actual text files a
- is used to denote an open task, and an
x is used to denote a completed task. However, TaskAgent requires that the very first character in a line contains
- or
x. Listacular is built to support the reading of TaskPaper files, which means that it will read a line that starts with a tab as an open task that is subordinate to either a project or a higher-order task. For both apps to successfully read tasks out of the same text file, one must avoid the use of tabs, which essentially means you cannot format the text file as an outline.
Listacular has many other functions that are not supported by TaskAgent.
Listacular lets you start a line with a
* to denote a bullet point -- TaskAgent will add a
- before it, thus de-rendering that formatting in Listacular.
Listacular supports TaskPaper-like due dates formatted as follows:
@due(2014-01-07 14:00) (which can be interpreted as, "This task is due January 7, 2014 at 2pm.") TaskAgent will insert a space after the tag and before the parens, because anything included between parens is read as a note. If I create a task in Listacular like
pay mortgage @due(2014-02-01 10:00) TaskAgent will make the task
pay mortgage @due and the note accompanying the task
2014-02-01 10:00. Because of the inconsistency between these two apps, TaskPaper-like due dates cannot be supported if both apps read the same text file.
As of this writing, TaskAgent is the only of these two apps that supports URL schemes and x-callback-url support. However, the developer of Listacular has mentioned on Twitter that his app will soon support URL schemes. With TaskAgent, you can open or create a list, and add a task with an optional note and/or done status using an app like Launch Center Pro or Drafts.
TaskAgent has an Action menu for individual tasks. If you know the URL scheme of an app that you would like to send the task to, you can include the following blocks:
[task-title][task-note][task-done]. After reading a tweet by @benwhiting, I developed the following Action, which will open an URL in the note field in Safari (requires Launch Center Pro):
TaskAgent also has a search function (requires In-App Purchase) that supports #tags.
Listacular has a "home page" that shows all due dates in priority order, combining all lists. And as I wrote above, it supports reminders and alerts, and is compatible with TaskPaper files. (Its only drawback with regard to TaskPaper due dates is that if the value does not include a time as well as a date, Listacular will remove the @due tag entirely -- so
@due(2014-01-07) is unsupported.)
TaskAgent creates a Dropbox folder at /Apps/TaskAgent. You can read any Dropbox folder with Listacular. I am currently having Listacular point at /Apps/TaskAgent. TaskAgent only reads text files appended with .txt, whereas Listacular will read files created in TaskPaper, such as those that are appended with .taskpaper. TaskAgent does not recognize these files, which means that it won't touch them. If there are functions of Listacular that are important to me, I can create a text file ending in .taskpaper, so that I can do things like schedule reminders and have indented tasks.
Listacular does not do anything special with parens that are not associated with a tag (like @due and other TaskPaper-like tags that support values). However, it doesn't change them. So if I create a task with a note in TaskAgent (like task="Buy veggies" and note="kale, cauliflower"), in Listacular it will just read as
Buy veggies (kale, cauliflower).
In my experience so far, Listacular will remove the # if I start a task with a tag, but if I put the tag anywhere else in the task, it will leave it alone. As I wrote above, you can use TaskAgent search to pull up all tasks associated with a tag.
Here is one line in a text file which can easily be read by both apps:
- buy vinyl floor protection that comes on a roll #homeDepot (shop supplies or garage stuff)
I don't know yet, which is why I'm using both on (mostly) the same to-do lists. I love that TaskAgent has URL scheme and Action support. Also, TaskAgent just looks nicer and is more iOS7y (for example, swipe left to right to go to the home page). I love that Listacular supports due dates and alerts and that it works (mostly) well with TaskPaper. Please comment below or hit me up on Twitter with your assessment.


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Artificial Intelligence: Solution or Problem?
An Appeal to Develop Conscious Communication and Metrics
The Context: Corinium Intelligence promotes Connected Thinking. 1
Physics and Mathematics as Overarching Sciences. 2
Science vs Religion or Knowing vs Believing. 2
The Medium is Message and Messenger 4
Human vs Artificial Intelligence. 7
Quantity vs Quality – of Jobs and other Subjects of Measuring. 8
Digital is Individual and Intelligence comes from Learning by Doing. 10
The Context: Corinium Intelligence[1] promotes Connected Thinking
The Wikipedia entry[2] about Artificial Intelligence [AI] is very comprehensive regarding all facets that contribute to human intelligence 'externalised' into digital machines and 'cognitive agents'.
However, to deepen my understanding of the state of the art of AI and Machine Learning [ML], I watched about a dozen TED talks. I also spoke with Corinium's Martin Docherty[3] thanks to their excellent conference for Chief Analytics Officers[4] where I facilitated a Discussion Group about Turning Data into Insights and Intelligence.[5]
And I read Martin's articles on LinkedIn:
- Collaboration in Ancient Analytics and Data Analytics (Are they analogous?)[6]
- Change, Digital Transformation and having to be a jack of all trades[7] and
- Could AI unlock human creativity and solve the productivity problems?[8]
In the first article, Martin expands on the Greek theorem All things are atoms. In the second, on the pain that change is creating in thinking and feeling.
In the third article he quotes Noam Chomsky who distinguishes between two types of AI. His type 1 effectively refers to software emulating human intelligence, while his type 2 describes hardware such as robots.
Both are hailed to free humanity from laborious tasks by their evangelists and dreaded as taking jobs away by others. And there are those of us who see a digital renaissance coming where data (and images) are interpreted as reflections of reality that we can make sense of in new ways.
Physics and Mathematics as Overarching Sciences
I am writing as a female mathematician who used to diagnose software at CERN, the European Centre for Nuclear Research. In Geneva I could live my love of languages with my love of programming. In that spirit of combining human and machine languages, I see a digital renaissance[9] looming to which I am contributing with unique software methods that combine
- the physics of All things are atoms
- with Everything is Number by the mathematician Pythagoras, i.e. another fundamental statement we inherited from ancient Greece.
With respect to the relationship between mathematics as a model for the physical world, I discovered an Einstein quote that is relevant to today's efforts of using data for informed decision making and driving digital transformations across organisations.
But do we try to fit our data to pre-conceived models or can we see what our data tells us?
When I came to CERN, I thought that scientists there know about god, as they know about the smallest of all things, atoms, in the largest of all, the universe.
Since then, I discovered that nuclear physicists cannot speak with astro-physicists, as they don't use the same vocabularies. But what they have in common is their search to understand the invisible energies that connect all phenomena at smallest and largest scales.
Science vs Religion or Knowing vs Believing
The Australian journalist Margaret Wertheim wrote a fascinating history about god, physics and the gender wars that she entitled Pythagoras' Trousers. It explains beautifully how our search for meaning is not satisfied by either religion or science.
Science is not only separated between the physics before our eyes and the mathematics behind our eyes. It is separated into more and more disciplines – without the Connected Thinking that Corinium stands for. Whole systems thinking is hardly taught in any of our educational institutions.
Instead, academics learn more and more about less and less. As a result, expert knowledge, together with skills for the job market, determines where we find our place along the spectrum of opportunities between employment, consultancy, entrepreneurship and unemployment.
Yes, God's finger[10] in the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo has been replaced by robots, as machines are always cheaper than people.
But is money a morally defensible justification?
Has god really been replaced by a robot, if we think of god as a word for the intelligence of the universe that embeds us on our planet in our galaxy?
Does this imply we need to think of ourselves as being replaceable by machines? Shouldn't we raise our energies and rise in defence of our existence?
Interestingly, another book by Margaret Wertheim is called The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace[11] – A History of Space from Dante to the Internet – which asks: How did we get from seeing ourselves in soul-space (the world of Dante and the late-medievals) to seeing ourselves purely in body-space (the world of Newton and Einstein)?
Technology[12] is the "science of craft": the knowledge of tools. Digital Technology includes the knowhow of using software that organises, manipulates and visualises data.
Data can have many sources and formats, as expressions of our thoughts and feelings takes on many styles. Considering the advantages of human over artificial intelligence, we need to bring in the consciousness and intentions which we apply to achieve the outcomes of our creative ideas and technological results. Computers don't know morals or ethics. We surely must not succumb.
But can we believe enough in ourselves to trust our knowledge and understanding, our intuition, ingenuity, and our willingness to look for data and learn from information and the tools that help us organise and make sense?
Can we steer our mind confidently along our own way of discovery, sense-making, evaluations and decisions?
Can we replace religion with faith in ourselves? Pythagoras said Thou thyself shalt be thine god!
Can we replace preconceived scientific notions with accurate perceptions of what data visualisations show us?
Can we use collaborative tools to co-create 'wise repositories' of
- software – based on recommendations from user experience – not marketing hype;
- data – as global benchmarks for corporate financial activities – comparing ethical governance with staff exploitation and tax evasion?
How many apps do we need to try to add to our scientific understanding the technical knowhow to learn from data and images as reflections of activities in our world?
In addition to books, films and videos, we now have software packages and software languages for honing our thinking and creating world views in which we find our place and purpose. In addition to critical reviews, we have ratings, likes, shares and comments. What is the basis for our own judgment? What makes us feel secure rather than uncertain?
The Medium is the Message and the Messenger
In 1967, The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan was published with that title, because a frequent quote of his was: The Medium is the Message.
As a woman I can't help wonder why there is not also a man with LOVE written over his body. Don't we seek love equally, but in ways that are highly polarised, yet complementary, just as sperms compete madly while eggs sit and wait?
Pierre Collet[13] shows in his TED talk about 'Artificial Evolution [AE] + AI agents that move like sperms.
Media carrying messages have abounded since McLuhan explored their effects on our minds as an ongoing and underlying process. The advent of computers has not only brought us new software as messengers but also new authorities. Screens and the programmers behind them are 'authority' in addition to authors of book, writers of film scripts and the Law.
Video publishers compete with TV presenters. But who knows best? Who knows what is right for us as individuals and our organisation? Which software represents our data best, especially when I come along and turn Excel charts into layers along a new kind of axis giving us new kinds of perspectives?
My offline prototype shows unsorted and sorted layers along a 'visual z-axis'
Our online engine shows layered data series as a movable object in 'Visual 3D'
These new visualisation styles are the result of translating software-aided thinking into programming. Both are highly individual and creative processes – just as writing, blogging and web publishing.
Corinium's article Creativity is so 2016 – now it's all about Resonance[14] suggests that the context for us as consumers begins to be ethics and values: related links, sites and events where 'related' is based on similarity of context rather than content. The context is provided by cultural beliefs, our egoistic or altruistic values as well as corporate social responsibility and corporate ethics. Corporate ethics is expressed in mission statements. But would there be whistleblowers if staff lived up to their ethics? Should we maybe focus on conscious communication and effective listening before thinking that AI and predictive analytics will allay our insecurities?
This is the power of Digital Transformation: it changes society by changing the individual
and creates new fields of resonance that are palpable thanks to screen-based technologies.
This is the resonance image of Corinium's article on Creativity and Resonance[15] –
re-visualised in True Colour 3D[16] as a movable object in different lights.
What does it mean that we can re-visualise 2D images in a new kind of 3D? What is the disruption to our thinking? What new discoveries can we make at microscopic and telescopic scales?
What conclusions can we come to that AI would not follow, even with its way of 'Deep Learning'?
Is the visualisation of the numerical representation maybe ethically more desirable, technologically more significant and scientifically more useful than the production of drones?
What is the resonance between the content of images and the patterns and details that we see?
How do we interpret this unexpected input to our brains, as we've never seen anything like it before?
What does Renaissance Woman Mona Lisa tell us when she opens her eyes for us to see, as we tilt the re-visualisation of her painting? Maybe that there is no time? There is only change?
Science vs Technology
I LOVE computers and am among 12% of women in STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics]. When I listened to TED talks on AI, YouTube, in its 'artificial wisdom', presented me Lauren Schnipper[17] as the only female speaker. She appeals to develop our thinking skills as the solution to coping with the world we live in. All male presenters described what they see happening by people being replaced by machines, speculating about the resulting future.
However, there was also Juan Benet[18] who designed the Inter-Planetary File System[19] in a way that connects his philosophy and social ideals with his everyday job that announces The Next Internet Revolution[20].
It promises:
- decentralisation and crypto-currencies;
- 'smart contracts' as the first step to programmable law;
- world-wide private currencies;
- and Public Verifiability replacing the waning trust in public authorities.
This design for decentralised internet storage is the antidote to corporate Big Brother governance. Juan closes his presentation with
"Do you want a world that is centrally controlled?
Do you want a web that reflects that?
Or do you want a decentralised free one? It's completely up to you!"
Lauren Schnipper[21] is working at Facebook on the Media Team, leading partnerships with digital talent and comedians. She describes our world as being VUCA: Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous and advocates the development of:
- Critical Thinking and Analytical Reasoning: skills of sense making and decision taking;
- Emotional / social intelligence;
- Novel and adaptive thinking – outside the box – beyond the norm;
- Cross-cultural competency;
- Computational thinking;
- Statistical analysis and quantitative reasoning;
- New media;
- Trans-disciplinary approaches.
All in all, whole human beings able to express themselves to the fullest of knowing and feeling, of connecting domains of thought or acting as jack of all trades, as Martin wrote. Are we talking about Digital Generalists as Renaissance People?
Human vs Artificial Intelligence
Lauren Schnipper's intelligence areas cover computational thinking, communicating and reasoning as the basis for human intelligence. They do not include programming as the skill necessary to create artificial intelligence, i.e. software that writes itself – just as the sorcerer's apprentice who could not control the forces he unleashed. However, any programming language teaches us LOGICAL thinking. I even wrote an article ages ago that programming should be accepted as mathematical method of proof. But before the web and outside academia, it just satisfied my desire to express my thinking as l'art pour l'art[22] – a piece of self-motivated work – more art outside the frame than science inside the box.
Human speech evolved into writing as uninterrupted, slowed down thinking and talking. coding developed as typing to machines with instant feedback on screens.
At CERN, physicists develop theories and build experiments to prove or disprove them. It took them ages to accept the usefulness of mainframe computers 50 years ago.
Today, Data Officers know the details of data bases and classification of files. Analytics Officers know about the software tools that help them organise flows of information on a day-to-day basis. They are expected to help the Executive make decisions about time affecting staff as stakeholders and money as passive income for shareholders.
That is where our thinking is guided by Time is Money as an unquestioned dogma.
Can we question at board levels across the globe how our ethical and social responsibility includes our staff? What priority do we give to our shareholders? What are our respective resonance fields?
Do meetings between our Data, Analytics and Executive Officers include investors and define which input is relevant so that we get significant information on a regular basis? How do we distil this information into executive summaries, conclusions and strategies from high level perspectives?
Does our C-suite hover at the cutting edge of Digital Transformation using the best possible tools to surf the wave of leading edge software? How do we discern between what is truly useful and eye opening or just another gimmick doing more of the same?
Data is food for software as processors. We need best quality food for optimally assessed processors –
with the ability to customise at individual and collective levels – beyond corporate competition –
for we live on one planet: the only one we've got so far!
Is Time really Money?
Regarding time, Giordano Bruno[23] was burnt at the stake, for having said things the Catholic Church didn't approve of, for example: "There is no time. There is only movement. For if there is no movement, there is no time."
Regarding money, the Capitalist Church has established doctrines that are completely untenable, as interest upon interest aka compound interest grows exponentially.
Scientists understand this. The chart shows the exponent in the formula on the left, and the number of years at the bottom. Compound interest at different rates on the right doesn't just add up or multiply. It 'grows exponentially'.
But economists are taught all sorts of content without the creation of money from thin air, let alone the disastrous effects of its 'growth' as context.
Which regularly monitored data sets will bring this insight home to C-Suites across the globe? How much of your profits go to interest payments rather than real time staff?
As data scientists, we can safely say that All things financial are transactions. That means records in data bases with a sender and a recipient as source and target.
On a day-to-day basis these questions emerge:
- How do we select the financial data that is most significant to qualify the pressures imposed on our thinking and decision making processes?
- what data determines the framework within which we move money from investors and clients to staff and suppliers?
- where are credible sources other than financial markets that make money out of money as usury[24] which was already condemned by Aristotle?
- how can we compare and rank data on a corporate and public level?
- Which software do we use to give it visual meaning?
- And what are the messages that we derive from our data visualisations?
- Are we looking at short, medium and long trend periods?
I had approached Martin because it occurred to me that Corinium could provide a vehicle for not just publishing texts as references and pointers but also data and maybe even images.
For references and standards are being established by 'industry'.
Corinium's spectrum of leading edge thinking could lead to a 'smart' selection of data sets that help us as benchmarks and references, when we make financial considerations:
- What are average values across countries and companies of
- profits and losses per person – as a complementary measure to GDP;
- shareholder returns per person / institution – an additional metric to ROI;
- salary rises – to compare with official figures of inflation;
- voluntary or enforced redundancies and replacements?
- with the indicator of whether they were replaced by machines and automation.
- what differences do we find between privately and publicly owned organisations?
Quantity vs Quality – of Jobs and other Subjects of Measuring
An example for questioning the number of jobs being replaced by machines and the resulting quality of jobs that actually has emerged is given by David Autor, Ford Professor of Economics, asking: Why are there still so many jobs?[26]
He does distinguish between human genius and creativity as "inspiration vs perspiration".
By putting the inspiration for software and data selection together with intelligent report writing and visualisation, we can create synarchy: the joint hierarchy between human thinking and machine intelligence. That can bring about the digital changes we are hoping for.
I discovered the concept through the late visionary artist Rowena Pattee Kryder[27] who designed amazing symbols that accompany remarkable paintings describing a New Earth that is emerging from an Old Earth we are leaving behind.
The idea of achieving Synarchy as Social Harmony between gender [the issue of sex] and generations [the issue of money] relies on:
- Individuality as 'Source';
- Cooperation as 'Agent';
- Technology as 'Process' with
- Synarchy as 'Effect'.
Technology thus needs to be seen as a process that has an effect on the quality of our social harmony, as it changes over time. It seems pretty obvious that we need to use our sphere of influence consciously to steer our organisations into new realms of thought, expression and communication.
Has the time come not just for conscious communication but also conscious money, as Data Scientists understand their media as messengers and information providers to make financial decisions?
The visualisation of data and information as charts or infographs is thus a new art form with which we express our insights and intelligence – derived from company-internal or open data sets – visualised in the most effective manner which is visually striking.
Avinash Metoo[28] from Mauritius talks about Knowledge 7[29] as his training organisation that adds A for Arts to STEM. He wants students to 'learn digital' in practical hands-on ways and thus grow Africa together. Looking at Africa, which organisation can afford not to go down ethical and socially responsible routes?
What kind of data sets with which kind of benchmarks might we agree on at Digital Roundtables[30] and in Discussion Groups to contribute to Corinium Digital[31]? Can we bring thought leadership together with conscious data and conscious metrics?
Digital is Individual and Intelligence comes from Learning by Doing
At the end of an email address is a person with different size devices – in the context of an organisation and its culture. Together, we are embedded in the economics, politics and mainstream media that influence our thinking.
Connected Thinking includes building bridges between
- writing and using software to gather, analyse and visualise data,
- human intelligence to interpret and attribute meaning
- making executive decisions that affect the staff of a whole company and
- defining conditions and criteria for automation.
Whether the effects of automation are desirable and whether we choose to implement and adopt them, is an ethical decision of our conscience:
- what are we trying to achieve by creating or adopting AI?
- o Do we achieve that goal with our idea?
- what can we offer to the people we are replacing?
- o can our conscience afford to please anonymous shareholders at the cost of redundancies?
- o how do we engage our shareholders in our data-informed decision making processes?
- who wants to be part of an expert roundtable to design data strategies and software solutions to make AI and ML good for society?
Who is willing to STOP the sorcerer's apprentice who forgot the password to stop his magic? Only the Conscious Master is allowed to invoke 'spirits' such as autonomous robots, maybe.
May we become more knowledgeable as we learn more by seeing more data and interpreting it by visualising it in different ways. Compare and Contrast is one of the ways of visual learning. But we each have our own knowledge base and our individual ways of learning. May we continue enjoying likeminded people thanks to Corinium to connect our thinking and elevate our perspective!
[1] http://coriniumintelligence.com/
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence
[3] https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-docherty-66b645b8/
[4] http://coriniumintelligence.com/chiefanalyticsofficereurope/
[5] https://www.slideshare.net/sabine/turning-data-into-insights-and-intelligence
[6] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/collaboration-ancient-greece-data-science-analogue-martin-docherty
[7] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/change-digital-transformation-having-jack-all-trades-martin-docherty
[8] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/artificial-intelligence-tin-foil-hats-human-martin-docherty
[9] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56aEfCvDVf8&t=1s
[10] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Creation_of_Adam.jpg
[12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology
[13] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJXd7sp6SmA
[14] http://coriniumintelligence.com/creativity-is-so-2016-todays-all-about-resonance/
[15] http://coriniumintelligence.com/creativity-is-so-2016-todays-all-about-resonance/
[16] https://smartknowledge.space/true-colour-3d/
[17] https://www.linkedin.com/in/schnipper/
[18] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RCwZDRwk48
[19] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterPlanetary_File_System
[20] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RCwZDRwk48&feature=youtu.be
[21] https://www.linkedin.com/in/schnipper/
[22] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_for_art%27s_sake
[23] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno
[24] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usury
[25] https://smartknowledge.space/investing/compare-contrast/layering-vs-excel-charts/
[26] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCxcnUrokJo&t=337s
[27] https://www.amazon.com/Rowena-Pattee-Kryder/e/B001K8BN5M
[28] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI5eO2CSib8
[29] http://www.knowledge7.com/
[30] http://coriniumintelligence.com/coriniumdigital/corinium-digital-cxo-digital-roundtable/


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Who would have thought at the beginning of the season that most of the college football world's attention would be focused on the Pacific 10 at the end of the season. For the last eight years, USC has had the conference championship wrapped up by late November, but not this year.
Four teams--Oregon, Oregon St., Arizona and Stanford, all have a chance at winning a trip to the Rose Bowl New Year's Day to play Ohio St. Oregon has the inside lane if it beats Arizona tonight in Tucson, a nationally televised game, then holds off Oregon St. in the Civil War rivalry next Thursday night, which will be broadcast on ESPN.
Even UCLA, whose chances of making it into a bowl game a few weeks ago looked pretty slim, can qualify for some holiday playing time today if it beats Arizona St. at home. A victory would give the Bruins six wins, which was Coach Rick Neuheisel's goal for his team all along.
All of this late season competition, of course, was made possible by USC's collapse, which started on Halloween night against Oregon and continued into last Saturday against Stanford. The Trojans have a bye this weekend before meeting crosstown rival UCLA next Saturday night at the Coliseum.
Add Stanford-USC: Reports out of the Midwest indicate that a pregame tiff between Cardinal Coach Jim Harbaugh and USC's Pete Carroll may have led to a Stanford two-point conversion attempt with the Cardinal leading by four touchdowns. According to Iowa and Michigan sources, Harbaugh became irritated when some USC players wouldn't leave Stanford's side of the field during warmups. Harbaugh reportedly asked Carroll what was going on and the USC coach is said to have responded, "they're just having fun."
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Yesterday, Zerez Holdings Inc shared that its subsidiary Next Generation Farming Inc, has signed its Co-Marketing partner Sweet Leaf Hydroponics to a wholesale purchase contract for a minimum of $1M of NextGen's "SMART by Design™" line of advanced and automated greenhouse systems. Sweet Leaf has also ordered 2 30ft. x 24ft. production models to be built as walk thru demonstration facilities at each of their sales locations.
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"Our team has worked hard to create packages that offer commercial grade cultivation capabilities at attractive price points. We believe the product line we are about to launch will be superior in value and quality to any other product on the market today and will quickly become a preferred industry choice for serious organic food and cannabis cultivators," remarked Zerez Holdings Inc President John Taylor.
At the start of the year, Zerez Holdings Inc already obtained a purchase contract and 50% down payment for the sale of another advanced turnkey greenhouse system to a new Northern California Cannabis cultivation client. This was immediately followed by a repeat order in the middle of January, which consists of the NGF-1 model 30ft x 96ft greenhouse system, including automation options, installation services, and radiant flooring upgrades.
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'point' number 1: all that's needed is for the US (and Britain) to call for an immediate ceasefire. When a cessation of the violence is proposed, Hezbollah and the Lebanese government reject it and call for the immediate withdrawal of Israeli troops.
'point' number 2: nobody is prepared to contribute troops to an international force. France and others have expressed willingness.
'point' number 3: in spite of Israel's offensive, Hezbollah continues to fire rockets into Israel. Therefore the offensive is pointless. Even if Israel manages to push them back several miles, Hezbollah has long-range missiles. Therefore, again, it's pointless. Hezbollah has different types of rocket. Most of them are the short-range Katyusha and they only have a few of the longer-range ones (hopefully).
In general, the real issue - the hollowness of Hezbollah's case - has not been addressed at all by C4, and hardly by the BBC on their TV and radio output (though their website has some useful pieces).
The Guardian article also had this:
One senior journalist posted in London, who asked not to be named, claims that the origins of the current conflict have not been adequately explained. "The prisoners' issue remains unresolved six years after the Israelis were forced out of Lebanon. But nobody talks about that."I didn't read the article until a link was posted to it on the forum, but I noted around the time of it: 'People speaking for the Arab side usually prefix their remarks with a formula such as, "nobody speaks about the Lebanese prisoners..." Yet they are given plenty of access to the BBC, say, and they always mention it.'
I'm quite happy to talk about the prisoners' issue, seeing as it turns out to be another of Hezbollah's pretexts. Come to think, I did talk about it, on a thread on the C4 forum, but nobody responded.
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Puerto Rico Board Moves to Mull Bankruptcy, Cut Water Works Debt
(Bloomberg) -- Puerto Rico's federal overseers took an initial step toward considering the use of bankruptcy-like proceedings to allow the island to escape from $70 billion of debt and approved a plan that calls for extracting concessions from owners of water agency bonds.
The territory's oversight board, which was created to help resolve the fiscal crisis, unanimously approved a measure that allows it to hold executive sessions to consider petitioning a court to cut Puerto Rico's obligations. That process, known as Title III, was created under a rescue law enacted last year. The vote also allowed the board to consider a negotiated settlement with creditors should one be reached.
"We're trying to do our best and trying to do the right thing by all the stakeholders and the people of Puerto Rico," Jose Carrion, chairman of the board, told reporters after the meeting. "It's a very difficult situation. These folks have lent Puerto Rico money and we are where we are and it's not a situation where we don't understand."
The decision comes just days before the expiration of a legal stay that has sheltered Puerto Rico from lawsuits filed by bondholders after an escalating series of defaults. The government has also struggled to make headway in negotiations with creditors, leading analysts to speculate that the issue is likely to be resolved in court.
The board approved increasing water rates as part of a plan to steady the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, the island's main water utility. Prasa, as the agency's known, will seek to cut its $4 billion of debt by negotiating with bondholders to accept less than what they're owed, according to the plan. Prasa says it needs to reduce debt service costs by 35 percent and that it would be able to cover $2.13 billion of the $3.26 billion of payments due during the next decade -- a shortfall of $1.1 billion.
Separately, the board approved winding down Puerto Rico's government development bank, which financed public works on the island until it defaulted during the crisis.
"This will provide a viable path for an orderly process for the Government Development Bank with the least impact for stakeholders involved," said Elias Sanchez, Governor Ricardo Rossello's representative on the federal board.
Puerto Rico's debt restructuring, however it's ultimately done, will be the largest ever in the $3.8 trillion municipal-bond market, with the commonwealth's debt issued by more than a dozen agencies and backed by sometimes competing repayment pledges. It promises to impose steep losses on investors, with Rossello's fiscal recovery plan covering less than a quarter of the debt payments that are due over the next decade, even after he takes steps to cut spending and raise revenue.