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Hey Hey Happy Travel Tuesday everyone! I'm super excited to be back this week with ANOTHER" Most Instagram Worthy Spots" post! Today, we're staying close to home (at least for me) and talking about of the best hidden gems in all of the Midwest… The Hocking Hills!
The Hocking Hills is one of the most recent travel series you'll find here on Savannah Said It, making it's first appearance last October. And if you haven't been reading my blog since them, I'm sure you're thinking "what the heck are the Hocking Hills?!" Well…. let me introduce you. You're going to be SO glad I did!
Contrary to popular belief the Midwest is much more than cornfields filled with pop-drinking, cheese loving, too friendly humans. The Midwest is chalk full of vast lakes, lush forests and just about everything you could need for amazing outdoor adventures.
And while 95% of my favorite things about the Midwest hail from my beloved home state (check out my Mitten Monday posts here), I know that the rest of the Midwest is pretty great too. I mean… we don't say "Midwest is Best" for nothing 🙂
Deep in forests of South East Ohio, you can find deep gorges, fairytale like bridges, sparkling waterfalls, vast caves, and miles and miles of trails to explore. Today, I put aside my Michigan roots, and my v. strong dislike for OSU and everything "Buckeye" to sing Ohio's praises (probably the only time ever), and bring you one of the Midwest's best kept secrets… The Hocking Hills.
So, if you're hoping to bring some fairy tale whimsy, some nature, or just some really pretty places to your Insta feed, The Hocking Hills is the place for you!
So, without further ado, here are my…
5 Most Instagram Worthy Spots in The Hocking Hills
Rock House. TBH this is probably my favorite spot in ALL of The Hocking Hills! (Okay… maybe it's tied with Old Man's Cave.) Rock House was the first spot I ever saw in the area, and guys… it's SO COOL. I love this spot because the short hike back offers you the perfect taste of what you'll find all throughout the hocking hills, and the whole hike is totally 'Gram worthy. Then, once you get to the Rock House, if you're super patient, you can get some pretty stellar, silhouette photos for your Instagram's too.
Old Man's Cave. Okay, so I lied before. Old Man's Cave is probably my favorite place in The Hocking Hills. Old Man's Cave literally looks like it used to be inhabited by all your favorite Fairy Tale characters, but then they packed up and moved away and all that was left was their pretty bridges. (Too much? I spend too much time with 5 year olds.) This place is easily the most popular spot in the park. And it's no doubt because the stunning cliffs, caves, waterfalls, bridges and trees that call this area of the park home. No matter what type of photo you're hoping to take, you'll be able to get it here, that I can promise you!
Conkles Hollow Gorge. If you've ever wanted to feellike you're on a different planet, without having to blast off into space, Conkles Hollow is the place for you. You'll feel like you're on Pandora… or at least in the spot where all the little rock trolls live on Frozen. (Again… I spend too much time with 5 year olds.) The big rocks, lush forests and and paths are the perfect backdrop for all your Instas!
Cedar Falls. Cedar Falls is one of the most visited spots in the park, and it's super pretty! (Especially if you don't visit in the Fall like we do.) It's also the perfect spot for that TLC lyric I know all you 90s Babies are dying to use.
Ziplining. One of the biggest adventures you can take in The Hocking Hills is Ziplining! I love a good #adventuretime post for Instagram, and I guarantee you can get a pretty great shot! (Especially if you have someone below you taking photos!)
So my friends, have you ever visited The Hocking Hills?! Where are you favorite spots to snap a photo?
For more on all of these places, and the other things I love about this all Midwestern Hidden Gem, click the links below!
Logan and Lancaster: Gateway to the Hocking Hills
Finding Hidden Waterfalls: Corkscrew Falls
Until Next Year, Hocking Hills!
And while you're at it, don't forget to check out my other "Instagram Worthy Spots" below!
Alright my loves. I'm off to clean the house and get to bed. My sinus' HATE me this week and I feel like I'm working twice as hard to breath. It's exhausting!
Have a fantastic Tuesday everyone! I'll be back tomorrow for another #WhatUpWednesday!


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1984 Emil Coleman, orchestra leader, Arthur Murray Party
1979 Soni Meduna, born in Omaha, Nebraska, gymnast alternate for 1996 Olympics
1978 Mia Maestro, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, actress, known for playing Nadia Santos in 'Alias' television series
1976 Darnell Autry, running back for the Chicago Bears
1975 Anna Valle, Miss Universe-Italy 1996
1975 Anthony Parker, NBA guard for the Philadelphia 76ers
1975 Brandon Mitchell, defensive end for the New England Patriots
1973 Arne van de Berg, soccer player, Willem II
1973 Jahine Arnold, wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
1972 Andre Strode, CFL defensive back for the BC Lions
1972 Anna Van der Kamp, Abbotsford BC, rower 1996 Olympics
1972 Millard Coleman, CFL receiver, Montreal Alouettes
1972 Brian McBride, American Athlete
1972 Robin Tunney, American Actress
1970 Chris Gray, NFL guard, Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears
1970 Claire Mitchell-Taverner, Australian field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics
1970 Leonard Humphries, CFL cornerback for the BC Lions
1970 Quincy Dushawn Watts, born in Detroit, Michigan, 400m runner
1970 Scott Brumfield, guard for the Cincinnati Bengals
1968 Jud Buechler, NBA guard and forward, Chicago Bulls
1967 Eric Schweig, born in Inuvik, Canada, actor, Dead Man's Walk
1967 Mia Sara, American Actress
1966 Samuel West, born in England, actor, theater director, appeared in 'Howards End', 'Jane Eyre', Van Helsing', 'Notting Hill'
1966 Joichi Ito, Japanese Businessman
1965 Karen Davies, Wrexham N Wales, golfer, 1991 PING-Cellular One-6th
1965 Sadie Frost, English Actress
1964 David Freedman, cricketer, NSW left-arm Chinese bowler since 1990
1964 Boris Johnson, New York City, New York, politician, journalist, Mayor of London
1962 Paula Abdul, born in Van Nuys, California, singer and choreographer, Straight Up
1962 Phillip Hatchett, born in Russellville, Kentucky, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 Quebec
1960 Johnny Lee Gray, Jr., born in Los Angeles, California, 800m runner, Olympics-7th-1996
1960 Patti Rizzo, born in Hollywood, Florida, golfer, Mexican Amateur champion 1980
1960 Simon Wright, heavy metal drummer, AC/DC
1959 Mark DeBarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rock vocalist, DeBarge-Who's Johnny
1957 David Gleeson, Norfolk England, U.S., rower 1996 Olympics
1957 Anna Lindh, born in Enskede, Sweden, politician, Social Democrat party, served as Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1954 Jim Cooper, born in Nashville, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1983 - 1995, 2003 -
1954 Michael O'Brien, born in Worcester, England, Mike O'Brien, politician, Labor Party, since 1992
1953 Larry Dunn, Dunhill, U.S. keyboardist, Earth Wind and Fire
1952 Robert Ainsworth, born in Coventry, England, Robert William Ainsworth, politician, Labor Party, 2009
1951 Ann Wilson, born in San Diego, California, rock vocalist, Heart-What About Love
1951 Daria Nicolodi, Florence Italy, actress, Terror, Shock
1950 Constance Forslund, born in San Diego, California, actress, Shining Season
1949 [Mary] Kathleen Turner, born in Springfield, Missouri, actress, Romancing The Stone
1948 Phylicia Rashad, American Actress
1947 James T. Walsh, born in Syracuse, New York, Representative-R-New York 1989 - 2009
1947 Phylicia Ayers-Allen Rashad, Houston, actress, Clair-Bill Cosby
1947 Salman Rushdie, Pak, novelist, Midnight's Children, Satanic Verses
1947 Jim Walsh, Irish Politician
1945 Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel
1945 Tim Hovey, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Queen Bee, Toy Tiger, Man Afraid
1945 Tobias Wolff, U.S. writer, This Boy's Life
1945 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Activist
1942 Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane, rocker, Spanky and Our Gang-Lazy Day
1942 Jos Brink, Dutch TV host, Op Zoek
1942 Neil Chalmers, director, National History Museum, London
1942 Bob Kasten, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Senator-R-Wisconsin 1981 - 1993
1941 Marlene Warfield, born in Queens, New York, actress, Victoria-Maude
1941 Vaclav Klaus, Czechoslovakian Statesman
1940 Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney, drag racer, 1st woman Top Fuel champ
1939 Peter Duffell, Brits Lieutenant-General/minister of Defense
1938 Charles Gwathmey, architect, 5 Architects
1938 John Sheil, Northern Irish High Court judge
1936 Shirley Goodman, U.S. R&B singers, Shirley and Lee-Feels so Good
1935 Tommy Devito, born in Montclair, New Jersey, rock vocalist, Four Seasons-Sherry
1934 Gena Rowlands, born in Cambria, Wisconsin, actress, Gloria, Tempest, Brinks Job
1934 Hammond Furlonge, cricketer, WI batsman in 3 Tests 1955-56
1934 Terence Clark, British diplomat
1933 Thelma Barlow, English actress, Mavis-Coronation Street
1933 Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 11
1932 Marisa Pavan, born in Cagliari, Italy, actress, Solomon and Sheba, Rose Tattoo
1932 Pier Angeli, born in Italy, Sodom and Gomorrah, Vintage, Battle of the Bulge
1931 "Against Iain" duke of Atholl, English large landowner
1930 Bryan Kneale, British sculptor
1928 Nancy Marchand, born in Buffalo, New York, actress, Beacon Hill, Margaret-Lou Grant
1928 Raymond Powell, British MP
1928 Barry Took, born in Muswell Hill, North London, England, comedian, writer
1925 Alfred B Nzo, South African Secretary-General ANC, 1969-
1925 Charlie Drake, British comic, Plank, Rhubarb Rhubarb, Splish Splash
1924 Leo Nomellini, NFL defensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers
1924 Wassil Bykau, writer
1922 Aage Neals Bohr, born in Denmark, physicist/study atomic nucleus, Nobel 1975
1921 Allan Davis, mayor-London
1921 Herman Berserik, Dutch painter/graphic artist
1921 Howell Heflin, born in Poulan, Georgia, Senator-D-Alabama 1979 - 1997
1921 Rosalyn Yalow, famed award winning medical physicist
1921 Howell Heflin, American Politician
1919 Louis Jourdan, Marseilles France, actor, Gigi, Can-Can, Madame Bovary
1919 Pauline Kael, movie critic, New York Times, For Keeps
1918 Evelle Jansen Younger, prosecutor, Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan
1917 Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwan minister, ZAPUA
1916 Pat Buttram, actor, Mr Haney-Green Acres
1914 Alan Cranston, born in Palo Alto, California, Senator-D-California, 1969 - 1993
1914 Harry Lauter, born in White Plains, New York, actor, Waterfront
1914 Lester Flatt, Earl Scrugg's partner, Beverly Hillbillies theme
1914 Morgan Morgan-Giles, Brits Lt admiral/MP
1912 Jerry Jerome, born in Brooklyn, New York, saxophonist, Words and Music
1912 Martin Gabel, born in Philadelphia, TV host, With this Ring
1910 Frederick Harry Baines, painter
1910 Abe Fortas, American Judge
1909 Edwin Gerschefski, composer
1909 Osamu Dazai, born in Japan, novelist, Tsugaru, No Longer Human
1908 Mildred Natwick, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1908 Quentin N. Burdick, born in Munich, North Dakota, Senator-D-North Dakota 1960 - 1992
1905 George Voskovec, Czechoslovakia, actor, Fred-Nero Wolfe, Peter-Skag
1905 Taneli Kuusisto, composer
1904 Balis Dvarionas, composer
1903 Walter Hammond, cricketer, one of the greatest of English batsman
1903 Lou Gehrig, American Athlete, 1st baseman, New York Yankees
1902 Guy Lombardo, orchestra leader, Auld Lang Syne
1901 Edward Lambert, British diplomat
1900 Laura Hobson, New York City, TV writer/panelist, I've Got a Secret
1899 George Calinescu, Romania, literature, Enigma Otilei
1898 Paul Muller-Zurich, composer
1897 Moe Howard, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, 3 Stooges
1896 Wallis Simpson, British Royalty, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee
1893 Adriaan F. Dussenbroek, Dutch family dr/co-founder, Union National Arubano
1890 Barbara Everest, born in London, England, actress, Fatal Witness, Inquest
1889 Enrico Celio, president, born in Switzerland
1886 Duchess of Windsor, divorcee
1886 Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer/writer, Hiawatha's Song
1885 Stevan Hristic, composer
1880 Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer, Dr. Rung
1878 James M. Kilroe, priest of St. Mary Star of the Sea, in the Bronx
1877 Charles Coburn, Macon, Georgia, actor, Acad-1943, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1868 Heinrich Schenker, A Niloff, Austrian musicologist, Urlinie
1867 Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist
1867 Frank Iredale, cricketer, Australian batsman 1894-99
1865 Alfred Hugenberg, German RC president-director of Krupp/media magnate
1865 May Whitty, born in Liverpool, England, actress, Mrs Minerva, Suspicion
1861 Douglas Haig, British Field Marshal, Sudan, WW I
1861 Jose Protasio Rizal, Philippine optician/author/nationalist
1859 Elbert Hubbard, American Writer
1858 Charles Haddon George Alexander, George Samson, British actor
1858 Dirk Fock, governor-general of Netherlands Indies, 1921-26
1858 Sam Walter Foss, American Poet
1856 Elbert Hubbard, U.S., editor/publisher/author, Message to Garcia
1854 Alfredo Catalani, composer
1843 Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer
1842 Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer
1834 Edgar Degas, French painter, ballerina
1834 Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman
1815 John William Glover, composer
1814 Johannes H. Weissenbruch, landscape painter
1811 Henry Prince, Brigadier General Union volunteers
1810 Ferdinand David, violist/compser, Hohe Schule des Violinspiels
1792 Gustav Schwab, writer
1790 John Gibson, British sculptor
1783 Thomas Sully, U.S. portrait painter, Queen Victoria
1782 Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, L'avenir
1766 Edmund Weber, composer
1764 John Barrow, England, founded Royal Geographical Society
1764 Jose Gervasio Artigas, general/father of Uruguay
1749 Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, France, chairman, National Convention
1741 Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/art collector
1717 Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer
1708 Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, composer
1633 Philippus van Limborch, remonstrants theologist/vicar
1623 Blaise Pascal, mathematician/physicist/religious writer, Pascal
1613 Christian de Placker, composer
1608 Thomas Fuller, England, literary, History of the Holy War
1595 Wladyslaw IV Vasa, king of Poland, 1632-48
1566 King James I of England, King of Scotland, James VI, 1567/1603-25
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Outdoors briefs: Mountain lion management meeting scheduled
Information sought on snow geese killed at Elk Creek Colony BMA
Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 4 enforcement officers are seeking information on snow geese that were killed earlier this week.
At least 86 snow geese were shot and left and the Elk Creek Colony Block Management Area near Augusta.
According to Augusta Game Warden Brady Murphy, the geese appeared to be shot with a .22 long rifle and a shotgun on the night of Nov. 12 or morning of Nov. 13.
If you have information, please contact Warden Murphy at 406-781-0244.
Columbia Falls Community Pond breaks ground, set to open in 2019
Work is underway on the new community fishing pond at River's Edge Park in Columbia Falls.
Crews broke ground on the project on Oct. 29, 2018. Work is expected to continue through November, and visitors are asked to please keep clear of all posted and fenced areas and be sure to keep pets leashed. Please yield to construction vehicles when entering and exiting the parking area.
The new pond is slated for completion in summer 2019 and will provide the community a family friendly, accessible location for fishing.
The project is emerging thanks to a collaborative community effort.
The City of Columbia Falls and the Flathead Land Trust received a $100,000 grant in 2017 from the LOR Foundation to work collaboratively to enhance livability and build upon the strengths that make Columbia Falls unique. The goal of the grant was to help the community develop a project that increases access to recreation, protects clean water, and promotes the quality of life in Columbia Falls.
FWP committed to helping fund part of the project through the Bill Kamps Memorial Fund. FWP plans to stock the pond annually with Westslope cutthroat trout, while also promoting outdoor education and fishing activities.
The City of Columbia Falls is coordinating the project, led by City Manager Susan Nicosia and Public Works Director Tyler Bradshaw.
Schellinger Construction is donating the excavator and operator hours for developing the pond.
Hamilton Excavating is donating time to help haul fill from the project site.
Sands Surveying has donated services, administration of permits and other expertise.
Applied Water Consulting donated expertise and services to obtain several permits.
JD Thinning is donating services to clean up the streets during the hauling process.
Mountain lion hunting closed in HD 140
The hunting of all mountain lions in northwestern Montana hunting district 140, which includes a portion of Flathead County, closed at one-half hour after sunset on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2018.
The closure notice came shortly after Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials received word that the pre-established harvest sub-quota in the district had been met.
This district will reopen for the hunting of all mountain lions for the winter season beginning Dec. 1, 2018.
For more information, visit FWP's website at fwp.mt.gov , click on "Hunting" then choose "Drawing & Quota Status", or call the toll-free number at 1-800-385-7826.
Mountain lion management meeting scheduled
A public information meeting on the conservation and management of mountain lion populations in Montana is scheduled for Nov. 29, 2018 in Kalispell.
The meeting will start at 7 p.m. at the FWP Region 1 headquarters, 490 N. Meridian, Kalispell, MT. FWP Biologist Jay Kolbe will present information from the new draft Montana Mountain Lion Monitoring and Management Strategy, which is open for public comment until Jan. 11, 2019. Kolbe and other FWP staff will be available to answer questions, but the meeting is informational-only and not a public hearing that will formally accept public comment.
Over the last 25 years, FWP has made significant investments in field research that helps inform lion management. With this and research done in other states and provinces, FWP is proposing to use the latest science and state-of-the-art methods and tools to monitor Montana's lion populations.
The draft strategy does not lay out any population objectives or harvest recommendations but only speaks to guidelines as to how FWP will manage and monitor lions.
To read the draft strategy, visit bit.ly/2Pq5hmX.
Members of the public can submit comments at fwp.mt.gov/hunting; by mailing to Wildlife Division, PO Box 200701, Helena, MT 59620-0701; or by emailing email@example.com.
Mountain lion hunting closed in HD 580
The hunting of all mountain lions in south-central Montana hunting district 580, which includes portions of Meagher, Park, Sweet Grass and Wheatland counties, will close at one-half hour after sunset on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018.
The closure notice for the hunt came shortly after Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials received word that the pre-established harvest sub-quota for the district has been met.
This district will re-open for the hunting of all mountain lions for the Winter Season beginning December 1, 2018.
For more information, visit FWP's website at fwp.mt.gov., click on "Hunting" then click on "Drawing & Quota Status," or call the toll-free number at 1-800-385-7826.


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Did you know that of all the home renovations you take on, the kitchen has the highest return of any type renovation in terms of value added? In other words, if you can only afford to renovate one area of your home, the kitchen is the best place to start.
When considering a kitchen renovation, functionality is only one aspect. The kitchen, typically, is the heart of the home. It's the place where friends and family tend to congregate whenever you have a get together. That being said, the first requirement of your kitchen is for the ease of use when preparing family meals. There's nothing more frustrating than not having enough counter space for meal prep. Ease of use is paramount. You need to get this right for your sanity.
Get help
As a person who just designed a complete gut and remodel of our kitchen I can tell you, you shouldn't do it alone. You should absolutely contact kitchen remodelers like Hatchett Contractors who will help you reach your goal of a beautiful kitchen. We had contractors do the work for us, but didn't help with other aspects of the renovation. When does the electrician need to be there? At what point do you put in floors, paint walls, install the cabinets and counters? We had to wing it on all of those aspects. A contractor takes these worries from you.
You need to prepare for being without a kitchen for what could be weeks. If you have a family to feed, you can see how this can be a problem. With some preparation, you can still provide meals for your family without having to have takeout every night.
Cook batches before work starts
By preparing your family's favorite foods in large quantities, feeding them well is as simple as taking it out of the freezer and sticking it in the microwave. By ensuring you have plenty in the freezer, there's no reason you can't keep meals nutritious and delicious. If you don't usually cook in batches, consider which meals would be best. Something like chili always works well in large quantities. You may even want to freeze small portions of shepherd's pie or lasagna. The more creative and varied you get, the better chance you have of making sure everyone still gets their favorite meals during the renovation. Being a bit more flexible during the reno will help keep the stress levels down for your kids.
Use your small appliances
Of course, even batch cooking won't save you if you have no way to heat those meals. You very likely won't have access to your oven for the duration of the renovation. If this is the case, make use of your small appliances. A microwave oven is all it takes to heat frozen meals. A toaster oven can also be used for things like biscuits. Purchase foods like frozen vegetables and microwave rice, for nutritious side dishes. It may even be worth dragging out that long-forgotten slow cooker Aunt Maud bought you. This is fantastic way to cook fresh and nutritious meals without a standard oven. Just read up on slow cooker recipes with as much nutritional content as possible.
Set up a temporary kitchen space
You need to be mindful of where you use your small appliances. You need to be especially careful if you have young kiddies toddling around. Slow cookers can become very hot to the touch. Besides, chopping up slow cooker ingredients on the living room floor is a sure way to insanity. Instead, set yourself up a temporary kitchen. You could dedicate a spare room for this, or use your dining room or den. This will help ensure little fingers won't get to dangerous items. It will also give you a chance to get away from the kitchen work when you're not preparing meals. You need to be able to feel like you're not constantly in the kitchen area. You also need to realize that you will likely not have use of your kitchen sink. This means you'll be washing dishes in a bathroom sink. You should have a table set up where you can put paper plates and plastic flatware. Minimize the amount of dishes you'll need to wash.
Be sensible with your takeout
We know what you're thinking, "Isn't the excuse for takeout the best part about not having kitchen access?" Great idea in theory, but terrible idea in terms of your heath. You can do takeout, but you need to make good choices. Limiting yourself to one takeout for each week of work would be a good goal. If you must eat out more often than that (as we did), consider sensible and healthy options. Takeout doesn't need to be all pizza and greasy fast-foods. There are plenty of healthier choices. Many fast food chains offer salads. Even if you're ordering in, something like Chinese noodles are sure to serve better than a fatty burger. Whatever you get, it's also worth ordering healthy sides where possible. Many fast food places offer vegetables as sides. If they don't, you could always cook up a few of the frozen vegetables we mentioned above to go with your order. That way, you can at least ensure some semblance of balance in each meal. At least then you won't be double the size by the time you can get into your new kitchen.
You can survive a kitchen renovation
Living through a kitchen renovation can be done and you can keep your sanity if you are prepared and remember it might not be easy, but so worth it! Remember you are adding true value to your home, not just monetarily, but intrinsically. A beautiful, functional kitchen just might make you want to be a better cook. I never used to cook, but now I cook every night and I actually enjoy it. You just might as well!


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An art party with some thousand guests in the garden of the Ambassador marked the end to an extensive Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Week, in which seminars, round tables, lectures, a food festival, performances, quizzes, and exhibits had featured Indo-Swedish food for thought, body and soul.
Guests of honor were the Indian Minister of State for External Affairs, Ms. Praneet Kaur and the Swedish Minister for
and Energy, Ms. Maud Olofsson. Enterprise
The Ministers, along with other guests were served Indo-Swedish entertainment, by Swedish Idol Sibel, the immensely popular Bombay Vikings and the cover band Black Slade. Bombay Vikings' lead singer Neeraj Shidhar, lived in
for many years and the performance was his gift to what he calls his "father land". Sweden
The Ambassador of Sweden to
, Mr. Lars-Olof Lindgren after the performance awarded Neeraj Shidhar a glass sculpture with a hand etched copper Dala Horse by Atul Bakshi, specially crafted for the Embassy of Sweden. India
To capture the theme of the Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Week 2010 – creativity and innovation – the theme for the party was art. The art, like the entertainment and the food, was chosen to underline the Indo-Swedish cooperation. Indian glass artist Atul Bakshi, displayed his works together with Swedish glass artists Bertil Vallien and Kjell Engman. Atul Bakshi had for the party created an 8 feet long sculpture called Mor Matsya, in which Swedish innovations were showcased along with iconic logos of Swedish companies and traditional Swedish artefacts. The name of the sculpture is derived from the Swedish word for mother and the Sanskrit word for fish, which is the first avatar of Vishnu, the preserver.
Also on display was an art photo exhibit, in which the finalists of the photo competition Swedish Innovations – Indian Interpretations were displayed. The winning photograph "Acceptance of Technology Irrespective of Age" featured the Bluetooth.
The photographer Barkath Ali Khan was presented with a large flight ticket from Turkish Airlines at the party.
This coming spring, Mr. Khan will go to
Sweden to visit the Hasselblad Academy in Gothenborg, and Fotografiska in . Stockholm
The extensive program and the individual events of the Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Week 2010 were featured extensively in Indian media, making the efforts of the Embassy and the fifteen partner companies and organizations well worth wile.


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Friday, 15 February 2013
Friday Link Dump: Sylvia Plath, Dreamboats and Gossip Girl
Flavorwire has rounded up a brilliant collection of essays and posts about Sylvia Plath in honour of the anniversary of her death. I really should get around to reading The Bell Jar.
Which '90s dreamboat is your Valentine? I got JTT, not impressed.
Tweetpairing exposes the hypocrisy and idiocy of people on Twitter. Love it.
So this week I found out who Gossip Girl is (yes, I'm a bit behind), and I thought it was the stupidest plot twist ever. Which is why I was happy to discover someone is rewatching the series to point out why it makes absolutely no sense, so I don't have to do it myself (spoilers at the link!).
This gifset from Buzzfeed of things that will make you say "noooooo" is pretty amazing.
Speaking of gifs, there's a new search engine in town, dedicated to these delightful moving image files. Move over Google image, Giphy is here.
Labels: 90s, gifs, Gossip Girl, links, sylvia plath, valentine's day
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I scored Leo! FUN! Very accurate. A "romantic with a serious streak."ReplyDelete
Fun Fact: JTT was probably my first serious boy crush in, like, the 5th grade. At least, until he got his Caesar haircut. When the hair was gone, so was I! Happy weekend!ReplyDelete
I got Mark-Paul Gosselaar, which is great cos I was a huge Zack fan!ReplyDelete
WAIT... YOU'VE NOT READ THE BELL JAR?ReplyDelete
Sorry... all the caps for you. Read it. Read it now!


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The pandemic revealed enterprise fragility as organisations were cut off from partners and were scrambling for answers. Despite widespread investments in digital transformation technologies, few changed the way they partner. While partnerships are not new, we are now seeing adoption of multiparty systems that use a shared data platform to enable a resilient, adaptable and trustworthy foundation for existing and future partnerships. These shared platforms can help in the fight against future disruption.
From contact tracing to frictionless payments, applications for technologies that were once considered too complicated have now become desperately needed solutions. But the nature of these solutions is that they must be built by ecosystems and consortiums of collaborators—not independently. An ecosystem-forward approach can drive the most value for the healthcare ecosystem as a whole.
When you're better able to transact, share data, and shift between partners seamlessly and securely, you have an advantage in driving industry-level change that enables better care for people.
Rapid digitisation during the pandemic paved the way for healthcare enterprises to rethink partnerships. And now every organisation is accelerating its cloud transformation at once. New partnerships will form and industry boundaries blur as companies merge and combine their growing cloud capabilities in exciting new ways. This will continue to accelerate as health vertical cloud solutions continue to emerge in the market.1 But you can't play the game if you don't have the right equipment. The most immediate step organisations need to take is to make sure they have the foundation needed to participate in this ecosystem economy.
Cloud is the cost of admission to digital health ecosystems, but multiparty systems are effectively deeply rooted transformation in the way organisations partner and how industries operate. Multiparty systems build on traditional partnerships and take them a step further. They rebalance cooperation and benefits among participants, forge lines of transparency and establish trust in ways that other systems and partnerships cannot. They generate equitable relationships among partners and lines of sight into previously masked areas of the value chain. This is why building a multiparty system requires more than a technology investment—healthcare organisations must also establish a consortium that governs the networks that are built to guarantee a trusted and secure common environment based on common technology standards.
As part of governance, healthcare organisations and the ecosystems they participate in must ensure the seamless transfer of data to drive the most value out of the partnerships. How well multiparty systems are architected will also determine if the ecosystem reaches its full potential. Even the most advanced multiparty systems can be rendered ancillary by rigid technology that keep data self-contained. Even worse, with bad data, it's stretching the old axiom of "garbage in, garbage out" to "garbage in, garbage forever."
Partnerships are taking centre stage as healthcare organisations begin to set ground rules for the post-pandemic world, constructing new ecosystem-based models.
Partnerships are taking centre stage as healthcare organisations begin to set ground rules for the post-pandemic world, constructing new ecosystem-based models. But just as multiparty systems drive benefit for everyone in the ecosystem, it's important that healthcare organisations embarking on these undertakings do it with a wider perspective of what value means.
There are ambitious ecosystem efforts underway right now, many spawned by the challenges of COVID-19 but designed to far outlast its impacts. At their zenith they will transform the world. If you've hesitated to explore a full ecosystem approach, now is the time to recognise the opportunity; if you've already been exploring, it's time to move beyond small-scale implementation and become a leading partner in shaping healthcare of tomorrow.
Fortify: How are digitally led partnerships driving value for your organisation? Review what platforms your organisation—or healthcare consumers—leaned on most in the last year. Take advantage of cloud solutions and have a strategy for using these solutions to enhance ecosystem collaboration.
Extend: Is your organisation ready to participate in multiparty systems? Designate a team to scan prominent multiparty systems emerging in healthcare—the current and long-term impacts, and the organisation's relative preparedness to engage them. Make understanding the technology, identifying technical partners and providers, and addressing skills gaps a priority. Evaluate the business case that will drive your participation.
Reinvent: Which relationships will be transformed by the growth of multiparty systems? Interview strategic partners to understand their exposure to multiparty systems. Consider running strategic foresight exercises with these partners to evaluate the need and impact of a multiparty system. Consider joining industry consortiums or establishing a working group of inter-enterprise partners.


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It starts as a trickle of spring water from a rock face high in the Peruvian Andes. This is the source of the Amazon River, and all that marks the spot is a white wooden cross. Some 4,000 miles away, the river empties into the Atlantic Ocean at a rate of 55 million gallons a second – that's more water than the next seven largest independent rivers combined.
I grew up in the desert, where rivers are things you can throw a pebble across. As I stand on the riverside promenade in Iquitos, taking my first look at the muddy brown water, I can't help but think there should be a different word to describe it. 'River' just isn't enough.
This is the Amazon, the largest river on the planet. Although it flows through six countries, its source (and 16 percent of the entire basin) lies in Peru. And in many ways, the Peruvian Amazon continues to exist on the edges of the map.
Iquitos, gateway to the Amazon
Belen neighborhood of Iquitos — Photo courtesy of Lydia Schrandt
The Amazon River Basin comprises some 14,000 miles of navigable waterways. It's Mother Nature's highway system, where dugout canoes and river barges take the place of cars and 18-wheelers. For the nearly 900,000 people who live in Peru's Loreto region, the Amazon serves as a highway, food source and livelihood, whether in shipping, tourism, oil and gas or agriculture.
My journey into the Peruvian Amazon begins and end in Iquitos. This city of several hundred thousand people sits on the banks of the river – the world's largest city inaccessible by road. Tuk tuks and cars buzz through its busy streets, past tiled mansions built during the rubber boom of the late 19th century. A single two-lane highway connects Iquitos and Nauta, some 46 miles away. If you're heading out for a weekend joyride, this is as far as you can go by car.
It's in this perplexing Amazonian metropolis where we board the Zafiro, Exodus Travels' 19-cabin luxury river vessel that's been sailing the waters of the Peruvian Amazon since 2015.
The Zafiro, chartered by Exodus Travels — Photo courtesy of Lydia Schrandt
Into the wilds, without roughing it
Many a traveler, upon hearing the word 'Amazon,' likely imagines mosquitos, stifling humidity, giant bugs and muddy boots. While these are all realities of the tropical climate, the Zafiro provides an oasis of air conditioning, spacious ensuite bathrooms, and floor-to-ceiling windows in every cabin, where you can watch the world go by in cool comfort.
Guests can sip pisco sours in a climate-controlled lounge or al fresco on the observation deck (complete with its own whirlpool tub), squeeze in a workout in the small onboard gym, or get a massage between skiff excursions, rainforest hikes, piranha fishing sessions and visits to local villages.
Traditional Peruvian ceviche, made from Amazon River fish — Photo courtesy of Lydia Schrandt
The Zafiro provisions from local communities when possible, which not only supports the economy in the Amazon, but gives passengers the opportunity to sample local ingredients, like the cloudy pink juice of the camu camu, ceviche made from fresh-caught river fish, and a variety of hot peppers blended into fresh and fiery sauces.
There are no TVs and no Wi-Fi aboard this floating hotel. Instead, I take this rare moment to unplug and soak up the spectacle of the rainforest as the Zafiro plies the waters of the Amazon, as well as its Ucayali and Marañon tributaries, transporting us deep into the heart of the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve.
The circle of life
Pacaya-Samiria, the jewel of the Peruvian Amazon, covers 8,042 square miles, about 1.5 percent of Peru's surface. This vast expanse lies between the Pacaya and Samiria rivers and is known as the "Mirrored Jungle" for the way the foliage reflects off the still black waters of its streams and tributaries.
The rainforest here ranks among the most biodiverse on the planet, with 449 species of birds, 102 mammals, 69 reptiles, 256 fish, 58 amphibians and more than 1,200 plants.
The glassy black waters give this region the nickname "Mirrored Jungle" — Photo courtesy of Lydia Schrandt
A cursory scan of the landscape reveals a sea of greens and browns, but look closer and the diversity begins to reveal itself. Pink and gray river dolphins break the river's glassy surface for a breath of air, a brown-throated three-toed sloth lingers over a meal of young leaves at the top of a kapok tree and troops of common squirrel monkeys leap through the foliage (their presence made known by their high-pitched squeaks). And then there are the birds. So many birds.
Dozens of great and snowy egrets take flight as we zip by in a skiff, while kites, vultures, hawks and caracaras soar overhead in search of their next meal. Bobbing beneath the jungle canopy reveals even more winged creatures flitting from branch to branch.
There's an undeniable thrill to spotting the bright feathers of a scarlet macaw through the branches, the distinctive bill of a toucan or the mohawk-like "haircut' of the hoatzin roosting in a tree. It's the ultimate scavenger hunt that will make a bird watcher out of the least interested.
My personal checklist includes 38 species before breakfast on day one. By the end of the week, it's well over a hundred. But I had help.
"That's a juvenile macaw, perched," says Segundo, a naturalist aboard the Zafiro, his ear toward the jungle and his eyes scanning the treetops through a pair of Nikon binoculars. Where most of us grew up with the sounds of car engines and TV sets, Segundo grew up with the sounds of the jungle, and his ability to identify a bird species (and often its age and sex) based on its call borders on supernatural.
Segundo, a naturalist aboard the Zafiro — Photo courtesy of Lydia Schrandt
He's also quite the caiman wrestler.
The jungle by night
It's dark. Segundo and his fellow naturalists, Edgar and Juan, scan the waters with spotlights, illuminating quick flashes of fishing bats swooping toward the water, as they look for treacherous debris and the red glow that indicates an eye in the night.
Segundo's light stops; he's spotted something my city eyes are unable to perceive. The boat slows and he gets down on his belly, face hanging over the front of the boat. He puts a finger to his lips, asking for our silence, just moments before his hand plunges into the water. When he stands back up, he has a young spectacled caiman in his hand. This cousin of the alligator is known for its strong jaws and sharp teeth, but both caiman and naturalist leave the encounter unscathed.
Young spectacled (white) caiman — Photo courtesy of Lydia Schrandt
We make our way down the river for a few minutes, then stop and cut the engines.
The Amazon rainforest does not sleep at night. After the red howler monkeys and horned screamers belt out their final calls of the day, a symphony of tree frogs and Peruvian tree rats take over, filling the night air with sounds that seem impossibly loud coming from such small creatures.
Here, surrounded by darkness and enveloped by the sounds of the Amazon, floating on what is but a tiny spot in the larger river basin, I can feel the immensity, and the majesty, of this planet we call home.
It's a clear night, the Milky Way spills across the sky above our heads. There's no moon to illuminate the darkness as we float in silence on the black waters of the Pacaya River. Only the stars reflecting off its surface and the green glow of fireflies blinking in and out all around us break the velvet black. It's one of the most peaceful moments I've ever experienced, but it's far from silent.


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This week on "I'm Sayin' Radio with Chloé and Steely D" we're talking about going green- with ourselves, of course. Chloé's starving herself becoming a vegan and, now that I'm laid-off working on Parlour full-time, I'm hitting the gym at least three times per week. While Chloé is getting in touch with her third eye and Brooklyn's foliage (read: trees) by eating abnormal amounts of beans and rice…I'm just trying to exercise the pain away and make sure I start myself on an active path that'll carry me through my metabolism slowing down. We aren't 30 years old yet, but it's coming.
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It was launched to great fanfare. But now the 20-hectare temple to culture stands vacant, its shelves built for 2 million books empty, its gates locked. Can this wildly ambitious civic gesture succeed?
A wafer-thin canopy floats at the top of a hill in Athens, hovering like a sheet of paper caught in the coastal breeze. Held in place by a gossamer grid of columns and wires, and crowned with a central mast, the structure has more in common with the world of sails and rigging in the nearby harbour than the weighty domain of buildings on land – a feeling that might be explained by the preoccupation of its designer, Renzo Piano.
"What I really do in life is sailing," says the 78-year-old Genoese architect, standing on the roof of his latest €600m cultural complex, which combines a new national library and opera house in one gargantuan artificial hillside, topped with the thinnest concrete roof the world has ever seen. "The ingredients are the same in architecture: light and air and breeze."
As ever, Piano makes the decade-long process of raising this cultural acropolis sound as effortless as taking a dinghy out for a paddle. Yet the challenges the building now faces are rather more weighty. As Greece descends ever deeper into crushing levels of national debt, with the culture ministry's budget slashed by half since 2010, it is a fraught time to be unveiling one of the biggest cultural projects of the century – especially one that will require 900 staff.
"We had the idea for the project when Greece was flying high," says Andreas Dracopoulos, co-president of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the private charitable fund formed from the fortune of the late shipping magnate, which bankrolled the entire project. First planned in 2007, the complex is now being gifted to the state at a time when many other museums and cultural institutions are closing their doors. The new National Museum of Contemporary Art, just down the road, has been completed but remains unopened. […]
Does austerity Athens need Renzo Piano's €600m cultural Acropolis?
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ISIS-OG GdR Meeting: Open questions in signal analysis for gravitational astronomy – 8 October 2018
The first observations of advanced LIGO and Virgo mark the advent of a new gravitational astronomy, with great potential for discovery in many fields from fundamental physics to astronomy and cosmology.
This will develop over the next few years as data is taken in the future and in the longer term using new ground-based instruments, such as the Einstein telescope, and in space with the LISA mission.
The scientific production from these observations is based on a range of analytical methods for signal extraction, astrophysical parameter estimation and instrument noise characterization. The objective of this meeting is to bring together the French community working on gravitational astronomy, and that of signal specialists in order to address the signal analysis questions still open in this field.
We will have three tutorial presentations: an introductory presentation and two others on two themes selected for the day. They will be accompanied by presentations and contributed posters.
The two themes considered for the day are:
1. Machine learning
2. Bayesian estimation methods
and their potential applications in gravitational astronomy.
The day will take place on October 8 on the campus of Université Paris Diderot (Paris 13ème, Bibliothèque François Mitterand metro station). Pierre Gilles de Gennes Amphitheatre, level -1 of the Condorcet building of the UFR de Physique, 4 Rue Elsa Morante 75013– https://goo.gl/maps/c4LTT1Lv4WA2
It will begin at 9:30 a.m. and end around 5:00 p.m.
Confirmed speakers :
Florent Robinet (LAL) and Eric Chassande-Mottin (APC)
Stéphane Canu (LITIS, Rouen)
Nicolas Dobigeon (IRIT/INP-ENSEEIHT & IUF, Toulouse)
Call for papers (oral presentations and posters):
Those wishing to present their work are invited to inform the organizers *before 14 September* (contacts: ecm_at_apc.in2p3.fr and nicolas.le-bihan_at_gipsa-lab.inpg.fr)
For oral contributions, preference will be given to contributions related to the two themes of the day. For posters, any contribution of interest to gravitational waves is welcome. ISIS GoR members follow the usual registration procedure from the GoR website. OG GoR members are invited to register on the following site :
Organizing Committee :
Pierre Chainais (CRIStAL, Ecole Centrale de Lille)
Eric Chassande-Mottin (APC, Univ Paris Diderot)
Caroline Chaux (I2M, Univ Aix-Marseille)
Patrick Flandrin (ENS Lyon, Académie des sciences)
Stephane Jaffard (LAMA, UPEC)
Nicolas Le Bihan (Gipsa-Lab, CNRS)
Florent Robinet (LAL, Univ Paris Sud)


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Even though South Dakota itself doesn't immediately come to mind when most people think of American iconic outdoor experiences, this Midwestern state is actually chock-full of them—with quite a variety to boot. Whether you're an adrenaline seeker looking to get your fix on a demanding cave excursion or you're out with the whole family in tow to make memories in the great outdoors that will last a lifetime, South Dakota's got iconic adventures for everyone.
1. Summit Black Elk Peak
Black Elk Peak, nestled in South Dakota's Black Hills, is the highest point in the state as well as the (sometimes disputed) highest point in the U.S. east of the Rockies. This 7,242-foot peak is famous not only for its height but also for its colorful history. The peak was originally named "Hinhan Kaga" by the native Lakota Sioux but renamed in honor of General William S. Harney, a commander in the Black Hills in the 1870s. It kept that name for more than 150 years before the mountain was renamed Black Elk Peak in 2016. According to Black Elk Speaks, Black Elk's famous vision is said to have occurred on this mountain when was just 9 years old.
When it comes to logistics, Black Elk Peak can be accessed a few different ways including through Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park or via Mount Rushmore National Memorial, which makes it an even more attractive stop. If must-see adventures are what you're after, both of these parks offer an extra dose of iconic outdoor locales.
2. Conquer the Corn Maze
On a plot of farmland just a bit southeast of Harrisburg, South Dakota, you'll find the Heartland Country Corn Maze, an 11-acre maze that will leave you guessing at every twist and turn. Sporting a new design each year and available for both daytime and nighttime excursions, the corn maze is a mental and physical adventure for kids of all ages. Just be sure you have cash on hand—there's a small fee to enter and they don't take cards.
3. Bike the Mickelson Trail
The Mickelson Trail features 15 trailheads and 109 miles of winding trail that runs through the heart of the Black Hills. Making it from one end of the trail to another in one day earns you some serious street cred in South Dakota. Connecting Edgemont to Deadwood, the Mickelson Trail is a well kept route that offers drinking water, shelters, toilets, and benches along the way, which makes completing the full 109 miles in one day a tough but completely do-able challenge. (Biking with enough water for 100+ miles? No thank you.)
Besides winding through manuy of the most scenic parts of South Dakota, this baby has got some interesting history that highlights the exceptional level of zest that South Dakotans have for the outdoors. The trail began as an abandoned Burlington Northern train track until, in 1991, a group of enthusiasts resurrected it from its eight years of dormancy after realizing the trail's epic potential. Because then Governor Mickelson played a key supportive role in the trail's revitalization, it now bears his name.
4. Visit Laura Ingalls Wilder's Homestead
If you've got little ones with you on an icon-packed tour of South Dakota, this is an absolute must-do. Not only will you get to visit the house and land that sparked the famous Little House on the Prairie series, you'll get to learn all about what Ingalls Wilder's life was like first-hand. From driving covered wagons to taking a class in a historic one-room schoolhouse, lovers of these classic childhood reads will come away with an unforgettable experience.
Run by a small family-owned business that lives and breathes history, the Ingalls Homestead is possibly one of the most child-friendly experiences in the state. Little ones are "encouraged to touch, feel, and try-out" everything they do, which practically ensures a boredom-free time.
5. Explore the Jewel Cave National Monument
While there are a few different ways to traverse South Dakota's Jewel Cave National Monument, the Wild Caving Tour is the most extreme way to do it. This excursion usually lasts about three or four hours and is considered to be extremely strenuous—it's not recommended for those with a fear of heights or small spaces.
While this adventure definitely isn't for the faint of heart, it's a once-in-a-lifetime journey through the world's second longest cave that adrenaline junkies will be talking about for years to come. Think 40-foot rope assists along gut-wrenching dropoffs just a few feet away and squeezing through an 8.5-inch by 24-inch crawl space just to get started.


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Ms. Karen A. Harper
President and Principal Scientist
At Charles River Analytics, Karen provides strategic direction for both our Government Services and Commercial Solutions Divisions. She also leads our efforts in leveraging our significant IP portfolio to develop commercial solutions across government and private industry applications.
Dr. Scott Neal Reilly
Senior Vice President; Principal Scientist
As Senior Vice President, Scott is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day R&D and business-development operations of Charles River Analytics' three technical divisions:
Decision Management Systems, Human-Centered Intelligent Systems, and Sensing, Perception, and Applied Robotics. As a Principal Scientist, Scott researches technologies that help people understand the world and make better decisions. This has led him to work in areas such as real-time agent architectures, affective decision making, ensemble machine learning, human behavior modeling, plan recognition, causal analysis, predictive modeling, believable agents, sensitivity analysis, and mixed-initiative systems. Scott earned a BS in Computer Science from Duke University. He earned his MS and PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
Mr. Donald S. Reynolds
Vice President, Finance and Administration
Don directs the Finance and Administration division at Charles River and is responsible for a broad range of functions including finance, contracts, information systems, human resources, and facilities.
He has over thirty years of financial management experience, most of which has been in key management roles of high-tech companies in the Defense and Aerospace arena. Don's areas of expertise are budgeting and forecasting, financial reporting, contract administration, and project management. He received his BS in accounting from Kent State University and his MS in Finance from Boston University. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, and Certified Financial Manager.
Dr. Ryan Kilgore
Vice President, UX Innovation; Principal Scientist
Ryan leads Charles River's UX Innovation Division, which combines expertise in user research, human factors engineering, interaction design, and software development to make complex technologies intuitive and useful to human operators.
Ryan focuses on cognitive work analysis and the design and evaluation of user interfaces for human-autonomy interaction, decision support, and skill development. At the heart of Ryan's research is a deep passion for collaborating first-hand with operational personnel and end users to understand and address the challenges they face in their work. In addition to his leadership at Charles River Analytics, Ryan held an adjunct faculty appointment in the Tufts University Department of Mechanical Engineering, where he taught courses on ecological interface design and usability engineering. He has also taught a graduate course in human factors within MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He received his PhD in Human Factors Engineering through the University of Toronto's Interactive Media Lab.
Dr. Peter Weyhrauch
Vice President, Human-Centered AI; Principal Scientist
Peter leads Charles River's Human-Centered AI Division, which aims to develop cutting edge AI applications and systems while recognizing that people are core to the future of how AI is designed, built, deployed, and used.
The division's interdisciplinary team of scientists, designers, and engineers work together to develop and assess the latest advances in machine learning, symbolic AI, and human-machine interactions to solve today's operational problems. As a Principal Scientist, Peter researches technologies and intelligent applications that model human activity, motivations, and performance. His career has taken him into areas such as adaptive training, cognitive modeling, and computational interactive narrative, a field that he helped establish. He has worked in a range of organizations including startups and commercial video games. He earned a BS in Computer Science and Engineering and a BS in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as an MS and a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
Mr. Richard Wronski
Vice President, Sensing, Perception, and Applied Robotics; Principal Scientist
Rich leads Charles River's Sensing, Perception, and Applied Robotics Division, which develops software and integrated systems for use in security and surveillance, automatic target recognition, robot localization, collision avoidance and navigation, multi-sensor fusion, and electronic warfare/signal processing.
For over 25 years, Rich has successfully led programs for a wide range of both government and commercial customers, including various agencies within both DHS and DoD, as well as numerous international clients. His current product-area focus includes expanding the company's offerings in video analytics and robotics/unmanned systems. Before joining Charles River, Rich served as Director of Custom Products at American Science and Engineering, where he led development of innovative X-ray based detection systems geared to combating terrorism and trade fraud. Earlier, he served as Director of Asia Pacific R&D for Comverse Network Systems, a global provider of enhanced telecommunications services platforms, and as Program Manager at GE Aerospace. Rich holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA in Entrepreneurship from Babson College.
Mr. Samuel Mahoney
Vice President, Business Processes and Systems; Principal Scientist
Sam leads marketing, sales, and project management process and infrastructure improvement across the organization, focusing on maximizing the value Charles River provides to customers while increasing efficiency.
He also provides prescriptive and predictive business intelligence analytics pertaining to sales operations, business capture, and project execution; providing consultation to internal organizations with strategic, operational, and tactical guidance on business processes and systems. In addition, Sam oversees Charles River's Operations Support Services (OSS) group, which provides marketing, capture, and project execution services to the scientists, engineers, and management within the corporation. His area of expertise is centered in Systems Engineering principles applied to advanced research and development of data centric intelligent systems. Since 2003, he has led research and development projects, with a particular emphasis on program management in recent years. He received his BS in Computer Science from Stonehill College
Dr. Avi Pfeffer
Chief Scientist
Avi leads Charles River's research in a variety of computational intelligence techniques, such as probabilistic reasoning, machine learning, and computational game theory. With over 20 years of experience, Avi has led the research and development of probabilistic representation and reasoning frameworks.
He developed both IBAL, the first general-purpose probabilistic programming language, and Figaro™, Charles River's probabilistic programming language. Avi has produced systems for representing, reasoning about, and learning the beliefs, preferences, and decision-making strategies of people in strategic situations. He also invented object-oriented Bayesian networks and probabilistic relational models, which form the foundation for the statistical relational learning field. Avi serves as Action Editor of the Journal of Machine Learning Research and served as Associate Editor of Artificial Intelligence Journal and as Program Chair of the Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence. He received his PhD in computer science from Stanford University and his BA in computer science from University of California, Berkeley.
Mr. Curtis Q. Wu
Chief Software Engineer
Curt leads Charles River's Strategic Engineering Team in the implementation of strategic initiatives that promote a positive and productive environment for the engineering group. His research focus is on applied machine learning and resilient systems.
His multidisciplinary teams in both industry and academia have developed innovative research programs for the DoD, DHS, and NASA. Curt is a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) and has considerable experience in both the theory and application of agile processes, such as Scrum. He received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, his MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and his MS in Computer Science with a Concentration in Security at Boston University.
Dr. Elaine B. Coleman
Vice President of Commercialization
Elaine leads Charles River's value creation and commercialization efforts. She has a proven track record leading high performance teams, delivering measurable results through product development and customer experience for both startups and global technology companies.
With over 20 years of experience, Elaine has diverse knowledge of R&D organizational design and innovation strategies, from idea creation to commercialization. Before joining Charles River, Elaine spent 15 years in Silicon Valley and co-founded her own Market Research & Strategy Firm. Elaine currently sits on several advisory boards, is a Business Mentor at Harvard's Innovation Lab (i-Lab), and Advisor to Startups at Toronto's Innovation District (MaRS), providing strategic advice to world-class technology, data science, retail, and higher education companies. Elaine is also on the Board of Directors at the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) New England. She received her Ph.D. in Applied Cognitive Science from the University of Toronto in 1992 and was awarded a James S. McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellowship that was held at UC Berkeley from 1992-1994.
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Director of Program Transition; Principal Scientist
Rob leads Charles River's Program Transition, which translates our extensive R&D cutting-edge research portfolio into operational use. His current technology focus areas include intelligent training, predictive maintenance, human-machine autonomy, cyber security, and human sensing.
With expertise in AI, behavioral models, and mixed-initiative decision support, Rob has directed innovations that value nearly $100M. He has nearly 25 years of experience researching decision support, workflow automation, plan assessment, knowledge representation, computer languages, compilers, program synthesis, formal methods, and cyber technologies. Rob also developed decision-support tools that were deployed to three US Intelligence Agencies for operational use. He received his MS in Computer Science from Michigan State University in 1994, where he worked on AI, intelligent tutoring systems, and modeling semantic memory retrieval, and a BS degree Elmhurst College.


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Mayday: A Tale Of Mermaids And
Future Dismay 18 (Drawing Part Only)
In May there's the drawing challenge Mermay where you're supposed to draw a mermaid everyday. I'm going to take the the official Mermay prompt from @tombancroft and one by @squishycreep along with two other May drawing challenges (DNDChallenge) and (MonstersInMay) and weave them into a story. Still working on the story…
Rockstar – #Mermay IG: @tombancroft1 Twitter: @TomBancroft1
Happily Ever After – #DNDChallenge FB: https://www.facebook.com/bydawnnicole IG: @bydawnnicole Twitter: @ByDawnNicole
Puffer Fish – IG: @squishycreep Twitter: @SquishyCreeps
Scylia – #MonstersInMay IG: @jaccaboimurderpants


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How Pandemic Increases Online Business:
Online business is ever green opportunity to generate the revenue, when even the physical business is closed. When the pandemic situation begins complete lockdown implemented and In this situation the economy got worst and broke the record, for the survival people starts their business online by converting the business to e-commerce platform, most of the them try to develop an app like amazon as one of the best sample of e-commerce app. Even online business produce more revenue during pandemic situation as compare to normal days. Do you think online business produce more revenue?


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Opportunity in Obstacle
My gorgeous boyfriend Jesse is doing his end-of-year taxes. One For All Hot Yoga has been a registered business for a whole year now, and we haven't taught a single class! I understand the frustrated place he is in, aware that for an extended period of time he has been held back from starting the business that he knows will bring him happiness.
Having been with him for the duration of this period, we recognize many things to be thankful for. Firstly, the hold-up has allowed us to experience the Yoga community as students first. We can therefore share our knowledge with a great appreciation of the existing studios and teachers and with a rich appreciation of their offerings.
Each hold-up has reminded us to invariably be present with what is. We have learnt that another bothersome setback cannot supersede our goals and objectives, as big achievements like starting a business take time to manifest into existence. Delays have made us, unintentionally, more Yogic in our mindset, forcing us to become less preoccupied with getting things done and enabling us to be more purposeful in our actions.
I do not associate myself with being patient but I do associate myself with being aware. I am now more aware of my impatient tendencies, more aware of my adverse thinking patterns, and more aware that the time in which I want things to be done and the time in which reality exists is not always the same thing. Experience coupled with awareness enables knowledge to expand and understanding to increase.
Jesse said to me today "As soon as we get that phone call that the fit out is going ahead, you know everything is going to change, right? " by 'change' I know he means the quiet lifestyle we have right now will suddenly become insanely busy as we begin planning and preparing in earnest, opening the metaphorical floodgates to becoming studio owners, and all this seeming idleness will be a distant luxurious memory as we morph into our future selves.
The result? We keep going. I remember this time last year when we were living on opposite sides of the planet and how slowly it felt time was moving. Although week to week my life didn't change much, I knew each week was bringing me closer to the time when I would relocate to the UK and everything would change massively. But it was the awareness of my perception of time that allowed me to remain present and enjoy the experiences I was having while they lasted. I also noticed that as time moved on it seemed to speed up to the point that I then wanted it to slow down again, a true practice of present moment awareness over the course of a year.
When we come up against situations that we want to be different, whether we want time to pass faster or slower, we have to learn to be present, to accept what is now and receive opportunities as they arise, to become more knowing, to rebuild our focus and also to recognize and look out for the thought pattern of 'I'll be happy when…' because happiness abides only here and now.
We are not our future goals. We are not our setbacks. We are journeyers traveling the path of life, the path of now. We are at once the students and the teachers on this path. Not the achievements or the mistakes.
Together, Jesse and I are creating our present, enhancing our essential nature by enjoying life's day-to-day experiences. And in that I know we will discover a 'now' that means more than any future objective. I know in time we will meet our goals with appreciation, momentum, inspiration and an essential mindful awareness.
- Take some time to accept your distress and then switch gear, see the goodness in what's happened and identify the next step.
- Go over your options.
- Avoid your 'habitual response' and adopt a fresh perspective, even if it's just this once.
- Cautiously examine ways in which you might be able to deal with the obstacle, whether it's by sitting tight or collaborating with someone.
- Take comfort in the current circumstances even if that means backing off or waiting longer, you'll be amazed how situations can change without your active involvement.
- Pay attention to your aims and objectives, but remain open to other opportunities – it may be that you need to change direction along the way.
What obstacles have you faced, work-related or personal that made you rethink or redo something? Did you see the opportunity in it?
Namaste to you.
Breathe. Tune in. Enjoy being alive. Lx


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There's a host of British young guns all hungry for slopestyle success, but few as much as this one: Jamie Trinder.
If you thought Team GB put on a show in Sochi you'd be right – Jamie Nicholls, Billy Morgan, Jenny Jones et all certainly led the charge for slopestyle – but what you might not know is that coming up fast behind them is a whole host of new, young blood looking to build on those solid foundations.
Rowan Coultas, Katie Ormerod and Henry Shackleton are all hungry for slopestyle success, as is this guy: Jamie Trinder.
Spearheading the British Championships this year with podiums in all three freestyle categories, his ferocious, well-rounded park style isn't just good for points from judges – it's pretty sweet to watch as well.
Just check out the cab underflip nose grab 53 seconds in – the stuff of dreams! Same goes for the boardslide to frontflip right at the end, it looks like it was one hell of a season for Trinder.


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This past Memorial Day weekend we attended our first AKC rally competition. We were there with several other families, trainers, and dogs in the Canine Hope for Diabetics program (more on why I think this is important later). As you can tell from the pictures above, these dogs, trainers, and families (including my 11 year old and 2 teenagers) did a fantastic job. I got so much joy (and yes, a bunch of nervousness) out of watching my daughter compete with Raven this weekend. My heart was bursting with pride the whole time. More »
If you follow us on our Facebook page, you know that most every Sunday afternoon we pack up the pups and head to a rally class with other members of Canine Hope for Diabetics for their weekly hosted training session. So what exactly is rally? And what purpose does it serve?


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I love these recent photos of my two- and better way to begin walking than to have your big brother right by your side to hold your hand and look after you.
Sunday, 9 April 2017
{The Ordinary Moments 17} 'Life at 15 Months'
I love these recent photos of my two- and better way to begin walking than to have your big brother right by your side to hold your hand and look after you.
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My girls will always be my babies too! Its so hard when they get upset at drop off and it doesn't seem to get any easier for us parents. I hope it gets better and he starts to enjoy the tots room soon x #TheordinarymomentsReplyDelete
Lovely photos, how bizarre to move them on age only and not development. I'm sure he will be fine when you go, it will just take a little time to get used to it x #ordinarymomentsReplyDelete
Ours moved based on age and J went up at 2 years although we were told they could make an exception if she struggled. I remember seeing it on IG this week, I hope drop offs become much easier and he settles really well x #TheOrdinaryMomentsReplyDelete
That is slightly random 15 months is still so tiny! Love the sunglasses in the photos - totally rocking them! xReplyDelete
I hope he settles soon in the new room and I am sure when he has this walking down to a fine art he will be running around with the rest of them xReplyDelete
Woah, how big does your littlest look?! I think any transition is tough and as parents we just get used to one thing and then it all gets ramped up a notch. I hope he's more settled at nursery now - and not running rings around you just yet xReplyDelete


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Over the holidays I spent possible an unreasonable amount of time reading something in the internet. Okay, many things. The internet is fun to play with when you can't sleep and you can't go for a run. But one thing in particular. A story that someone wrote last year, posting chapter by chapter as she wrote it.
The story itself is pretty good and of a reasonable length, but the reason I spent about five days (around the usual holiday mania) reading it was due to the running commentary that accompanied it.
This was a story that was conceived as a theoretical idea in the comment discussion of an entirely unrelated post on a blog that didn't even belong to the author and developed into a near novel length story, egged on, encouraged, and affectionately heckled by an avid and growing group of commenters. Commenters who suggested plot ideas (which were sometimes accepted), speculated on the motives of characters (and were rewarded with sidebars by the author explicating the truth), wrote their own fanfic, drew art, and threatened the author by writing snippets that put the author herself into the story until she caved and posted the next update. This comment thread is so awesome it even has a clip from Fry and Laurie in it.
Me: Okay, now there's a sideline discussed amongst themselves whether it was hot or not that she doesn't put out.
Arkem: (Gives me a rather disturbed look.)
Me: Fictionally.
Arkem: (Expression does not become less disturbed.)
Me: You think I'm having too much fun with this
Arkem: (With a sorrowful shaking of his head) Yes.
Me: Okay, now the author is laughing at the commenters. I mean, not symbolically, actually laughing. That's mean. I do that. But it's mean.
Arkem: (Facepalm.)
There's just something utterly charming about the whole thing. Part of it is the intelligence and good humour of the commenters, but a lot of it is in the way the author chose to respond. If she'd just said, Thank you, thank you and otherwise ignored the commenters the story never would have become this. But she lets the readers in on the writing process. Enters into their angst regarding the story. Asks them whether she's being convincing. Distracts them with tiny snatches of what the story is never going to do. It's very rare that you get such a thoroughly open inside view of creation.
Author: Am I actually cockblocking myself in my own story? Yes. I think the answer is yes. That's fucked up.
I like hearing other writer's talk about their writing process. It makes me feel perfectly normal. And this isn't just an analytical process analysis, this is… Hemingway says, There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. And this… this is like being able to watch the author bleed.
It's really enormously reassuring to know that there are other people out there stumbling around in the dark bumping into the furniture.
Commenter: Re:This is not an update it is a picspam of possible suits that [character X] may be wearing. This is my favourite chapter.
Author: The comforting glow of this compliment on my writing skills will surely keep me warm tonight.


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Plot: It has been two decades since Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) was stalked and almost murdered by her own brother, the infamous maniac Michael Myers, but the events remain prominent in her psyche. She has put her life back together in the years since and become a successful educator, serving as the headmistress at a high end, private school. Most of the students have just left to visit Yosemite on a school trip, but Laurie's son John (Josh Hartnett) remains on campus along with his girlfriend Molly (Michelle Williams) and a couple of their friends. Little does Laurie know that her worst fears are about to be realized, as Michael has been able to track her down and is headed to finish what he started. With little help available and Michael about to arrive, can Laurie control her fear to protect herself, her son, and the others, or will her past finally catch up with her once and for all?
Entertainment Value: The Halloween franchise rolled on for several sequels without her, but Halloween: H20 marked the return of Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, so it was more special than a typical sequel in the franchise. The narrative is fine and finds Laurie with a new name and new life, only to be hunted down when Michael pillages Dr. Loomis' old files. This is Michael Myers doing what he does best, stalking victims and chasing down his sister, not the most original concept perhaps, but the passage of time allows for some interesting threads. Laurie has waited for this showdown, a theme recycled in 2018's Halloween, but it is more grounded and less Lifetime melodrama in this installment. I appreciated seeing Jamie Lee Curtis back and H20 feels connected to the first two movies in ways the other sequels don't, but this is in the end a pretty middle of the road horror movie. The film is competent and seeing Laurie vs. Michael again was fun, but it doesn't bring else much else to the table, as if just seeing them back in action would be enough. The end result is solid, but fails to spark the kind of magic found in the original Halloween, feeling more like a passable 90s horror movie that happens to include familiar elements. Even so, H20 is better than some of the Halloween sequels, so fans of the franchise should be pleased there.
No nakedness. There's a good amount of horniness from both the students and faculty members, but it is all talk. The movie puts up a decent body count, but sadly most of the violence happens off screen and the blood quotient is rather low here. We're able to see the aftermath of the violence, sometimes pools of blood or even a weapon lodged into someone, but we miss out on the kinetic kills. This series isn't known for massive volumes of gore by any means, but this sequel plays it too safe and shows almost no active blood. There is a decapitation, but there's no blood seen and the visual isn't graphic in the least. I think in a formulaic slasher movie like H20, some creative kills and splashes of crimson can make a world of difference, but no such luck in this case. The dialogue is better than expected, with some nice callbacks to the previous movies, hokey humor, and just silliness, so that ups the entertainment value. I wish the movie would have embraced the campiness, as that could have helped the film escape this middling presence it settles for, but at least we have some fun lines sprinkled around. The general insanity is minimal as well, with only the occasional fun exchange to mix things up. Otherwise, H20 is content to be a quite basic horror ride.
Nudity: 0/10
Blood: 2/10
Dialogue: 3/10
Overall Insanity: 1/10
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Nokia's entire 2021 smartphone line-up is all about one thing: trustworthiness. The brand's current creative partner HMD Global has really keyed into lingering affection for Nokia's solid, unfussy feature phones of old.
To that end, the Nokia G20 is well built, long-lasting, eco-conscious, and refreshingly free of needless software embellishment. Meanwhile, 2-years of guaranteed software updates to the latest Android software provides an unusual degree of future-proofing at this price.
At £134.99/€169/US$199, it's also extremely affordable, placing it into direct competition with the Moto G10.
But is there any room among all this worthiness for a little fun? Should Nokia cut loose a little with its smartphone efforts?
Design & Build
- Stylish, textured finish
- Side-mounted fingerprint scanner
- Almost 200g
The Nokia G20 is a simple, utilitarian bit of kit. I wouldn't call it big at 164.9 x 76 x 9.2mm, and nor is it particularly light at 197g. But it's a shade smaller and lighter than the Moto G10, at any rate.
It's surprisingly pleasant to wield, too. That largely comes down to the textured finish that HMD has opted for on the plastic rear cover, which makes a blessed change from all the smooth, shiny, fake-glass rear panels that you tend to get at this end of the market.
Besides looking quite appealing, it also aids the phone's grippiness and minimises the curse of greasy fingerprints.
In keeping with Nokia's past, the Nokia G20 feels reasonably solid in the hand. Yes, there's a little give and flex when you press the middle of that textured back, but it doesn't feel too cheap at all.
The model I was sent comes in the Night colour, which takes on a pleasingly deep midnight blue hue. I imagine that the white Glacier model doesn't look quite so stealthy or classy, but it's an option if you prefer.
That classy hand feel is spoiled somewhat the moment you get your first notification or unlock the phone for the first time. The haptics are big, vague, and somewhat rattly.
The phone's fingerprint sensor is stashed underneath an enlarged power button on the right-hand edge. It's an approach that both Sony and Samsung have taken with some of their £1,000+ phones of late, and it works just as well at this end of the market.
Aside from a volume rocker that feels as if it's been positioned a smidgen too high on that same right-hand edge, the Nokia G20 also includes a dedicated Google Assistant button on the opposite side of the phone. It's as superfluous here as it has been on every other previous phone to feature such a thing.
The top edge of the Nokia G20 features a 3.5mm headphone jack, which isn't at all unusual at this end of the market, but which is welcome nonetheless. If you've got a smartphone budget of just £135, you're unlikely to have enough left over for a competent set of wireless earphones. Even including wired is rarely the done thing anymore.
That said, Nokia did supply me with a set of its Nokia Lite Earbuds to try, which offer true wireless audio for a very reasonable £40. You can get better audio quality by spending the same on something to hook into that 3.5mm jack, but it's always nice to have the option.
When it comes to the front of the phone, you get the kind of enlarged chin bezel and old school teardrop notch that's fairly typical for an entry-level phone. It's not exactly attractive, but it's not an eyesore either.
You have to set your expectations fairly low for a sub-£150 smartphone, even in 2021. But I was still a little disappointed by the Nokia G20's display.
It's not the 6.52in size, which is plenty big enough, nor the fact that it's an LCD panel. It would be unreasonable to expect OLED for this money.
It's not even the fact that this display has a mere 60Hz refresh rate. True, there are plenty of sub-£200 phones with 90Hz and even 120Hz displays, but that still requires a 20 to 40% hike in expenditure.
This screen doesn't get massively bright at around 400 nits with auto-brightness turned off, but it's bright enough in all but sunny outdoor conditions. Similarly, colour accuracy is reasonable for the money, with an sRGB gamut coverage of 83.9%. Again, spend more to get better.
The main source of disappointment here, though, is the fact that the Nokia G20 display doesn't even hit a Full HD resolution. Instead, you're left with a mere 720×1600, or HD+.
True, the Moto G10 also features such an underwhelming resolution, so this isn't an outlier for the money. I'd simply suggest that spending a little more (perhaps £35 to £50 – or similar in US$) to gain a guaranteed Full HD+ would be a worthwhile investment.
Specs & Performance
- MediaTek Helio G35
- 64GB storage
The Nokia G20 runs on a MediaTek Helio G35, backed by 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 64GB of storage. That's an underwhelming provision all round and there's not a higher-spec model.
Even before I get into the matter of benchmark results, you can tell that this is a slow phone. There's a wallowy, sluggish feeling to even basic navigation tasks like unlocking the phone, booting up and switching apps, or moving in between home screens.
But no, the benchmark results aren't too hot either, since you mentioned it. In fact, a Geekbench 5 multi-core score of 881 is downright shocking.
Even the Moto G10, with its humble Snapdragon 460 chip, managed 1128 in our tests. That's an advantage of more than 25%.
As you can see from the following charts, the Nokia G20 doesn't fare any better in the GPU stakes, where it gets soundly beaten by its Snapdragon-packing rivals.
Dare I even mention gaming performance? It's unlikely anyone will be indulging in a marathon game of CoD Mobile with this phone, but know that if you do your experience will be very far below par. Genshin Impact loads achingly slowly and with low graphical settings, still performs abysmally. Unplayably, even.
Again, if you can spend £40 to £50 (or US$) more on something like the Poco X3 NFC, you'll enjoy a significant bump in performance, and a fair few additional features elsewhere to boot.
If you stretch up to around the £200/$200 mark, it's also possible to get 5G connectivity, though that brings about its own compromises. There's no 5G to be found here, at any rate.
- 48Mp wide + 5Mp Ultra-wide
- 2Mp macro & depth
- 8Mp selfie
Nokia hasn't completely scaled back its camera provision with the Nokia G20, which is good to see. A 48Mp wide sensor with an f/1.8 aperture is decent on paper, and you also get a 5Mp ultra-wide, too.
These are backed by 2Mp macro and depths sensors, but let's quickly dismiss those as the irrelevancies they are.
That 5Mp ultra-wide really isn't very good at all. On an overcast yet still plenty-bright day, I noticed ghosting on a simple shot of some swans, as if they'd entered Matrix-style bullet-time.
Generally, though, the ultra-wide is a good deal more drab and less detailed than the wide sensor, especially at the edges of the frame. The main camera is at least capable of taking some reasonably balanced shots in good lighting.
Night mode shots maintain the tone of the scene, but are generally murky and grainy and fail to significantly brighten things up.
Selfies are handled by a poor quality 8Mp selfie camera that struggles with any shortage or excess of light. Weirdly, when you switch to the front camera's portrait mode, the viewfinder blurs out your face like you're not going to be in focus. The resulting shots come out fine (relatively speaking), but the lack of a proper preview is disconcerting.
Video capture from the main camera comes in at an incredibly basic 1080p at 30fps. Even the Moto G10 can manage 60fps.
Battery Life & Charging
- Large 5050mAh cell
- Slow 10W charging
- No adapter in box
The Nokia G20 packs a 5050mAh battery, which is larger than average for a smartphone, but less rare among cheap phones. Both the Moto G10 and the Moto G30 sport 5000mAh cells, for example.
Still, it's a welcome inclusion and combined with that power-sipping 720p display, you shouldn't be worrying come the end of the day.
In my experience, after a long 16 hour day of light to moderate usage, with more than 3 hours of screen-on time, I was left with upwards of 60% left in the tank. That's a strong result.
More intensive usage does drain that battery quite quickly, however. The PCMark battery test, which runs an extended loop of simulated everyday activities, resulted in a middling score of 11 hours and 17 minutes.
By comparison, the Moto G10 scored 14:01, and the Poco X3 scored 14:24. At the other end of the scale, the Xiaomi Redmi 9 scored 8:13 and the Realme 8 scored 10:36, so it's far from a calamity. Still, it's hardly an epic result, and I'm tempted to point the finger at that Helio G35 processor.
Of course, with a phone of this type, intensive use probably isn't on the agenda. In all likelihood, then, you'll be able to get through a full two days on a single charge just fine.
Like its affordable rival the Moto G10, you only get a maximum of 10W charging support. But at least with the Moto you actually get that charger in the box. With the Nokia G20, you have to provide one yourself.
Using one of those self-provided chargers, with a capacity well in excess of the 10W limit, the Nokia G20 got to 19% in 30 minutes. Rip-roaring it ain't, and again, it's now possible to find 18W or even 33W fast charging for less than £200/$200.
- Android 11 in Android One form
- 3-years of security updates
- 2-years of software updates
One major strength Nokia shares with its budget phone rival Motorola is that its phones run on a particularly clean version of Android.
With none of the visual clutter or excessive app provision of rival efforts from Honor, Realme, Oppo and Samsung, the Nokia G20 feels blissfully unencumbered from initial set-up onwards.
This is Android 11 the Android One way, which means relying almost wholly on Google's own apps for all your basic needs, from viewing your photos to surfing the web to dealing with SMS messages and downloaded files.
Of course, you can still utilise the Google Play Store to provide your favoured alternatives. But Google makes some of the best and most intuitive examples of these core apps, so it's great to be able to hit the ground running without the need for an extended app triage session.
There are a couple of preinstalled third-party apps, but they include Netflix and Amazon Shopping, which I suspect a fair number of people would install anyway. From the Nokia stable there's just My Phone, an all-inclusive help app that deals with all things Nokia under one unassuming roof.
Going back to that issue of trust, Nokia has promised 3-years of monthly security updates and 2-years of software updates with the G20. Such an assurance is quite a rarity among affordable phones, which are too often left to wither beyond their initial year or so of relevance.
Price & Availability
The Nokia G20 is available to buy now in the UK, either directly from the Nokia website or from third-party retailers such as Amazon, Very and Argos.
The sole model that's being offered here costs £134.99/€169, which is towards the lower end of the affordable phone spectrum. Keeping it company are the likes of the Motorola Moto G10 and the Vivo Y20s, both of which represent better choices than the Nokia G20.
In the US you can buy it for $199 via Amazon.
Both of those rival phones supply superior performance and even better battery life, not to mention the fact that they actually give you a charger in the box. The Vivo Y20s does lay on a much more muddled UI, but the Moto G10's clean take on Android is just as good as Nokia's.
Check our chart of the best budget phones to see more options.
The Nokia G20 presents as a good honest phone with nothing to hide. It's very cheap, reasonably well made and its battery can potentially last two days if you don't go too hard on the media.
This is useful because you really won't want to go hard on the media with this phone. The G20's LCD display, with its fuzzy 720p resolution and lowly 60Hz refresh rate, doesn't exactly make video or gaming content sing.
A MediaTek Helio G35 processor, meanwhile, ensures that any gaming you do choose to dabble in will need to be of the light and casual variety. This is also fine, but even general navigation can feel sluggish and choppy here.
Nokia's clean approach to Android software is commendable, particularly with its renewed commitment to extensive updates. But thinking about how the Nokia G20 is likely to be running in two or even three years makes me…