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PHILADELPHIA — Doug Collins has resigned after three seasons as coach of the Philadelphia 76ers and will remain with the franchise as an adviser.
Collins has one year left on his original four-year deal worth $4.5 million. He steps down after a season so full of promise unraveled starting with the knee injury to center Andrew Bynum. The Sixers went 34-48 and missed the playoffs for the first time in his three seasons.
The decision was announced by owner Josh Harris Thursday.
"This is his decision," Harris said. "He is not being pushed out."
Collins was on hand at the team's end-of-season press conference, and told reporters he made this decision in December, citing family reasons.
"There are a lot of things I want to enjoy," he said.
That, and Collins wanted no part of what is expected to be a long rebuilding process from the bench. He will instead add his input from the front office.
The Sixers picked up the option on Collins' contract for the 2013-14 season in training camp and he said then he wanted to remain with the organization in some capacity when his coaching career is over. It's over earlier than expected.
Collins, a four-time All-Star with the Sixers, returned to the franchise in 2010 and led them to the playoffs in each of his first two seasons. A year ago, the Sixers eliminated the top-seeded Chicago Bulls in the first round and fell a win shy of reaching the Eastern Conference finals.
Collins guided a young Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls from 1986-89, and the Detroit Pistons from 1995-98. He coached Jordan again with the Washington Wizards from 2001-03.
His two seasons with the Wizards had been his only two full seasons in which he did not lead his team to the playoffs. He was fired shortly after Jordan was denied a return to the front office.
Collins worked for TNT after leaving the Wizards and received the Curt Gowdy Media Award at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for his work as a broadcaster.
He averaged 17.9 points in a career marred by injuries. A knee injury forced him to retire in 1981, two years before the 76ers beat the Lakers for the 1983 NBA title.
His son, Chris Collins, was hired as coach at Northwestern earlier this month, after a stint as an assistant with Duke.
After losing Game 7 to Boston last year in the Eastern Conference semifinals, Philadelphia shook up the roster and made the bold move to acquire Bynum.
Bynum never played for the Sixers because of bone bruises in both knees. He insisted from training camp he would play this season, only to shut it down for good on March 18 and undergo season-ending arthroscopic surgery on both knees. Bynum earned $16.5 million this season and is set to become an unrestricted free agent.
Bynum is one of six free agents for the Sixers, who are devoid of any real assets. Jrue Holiday was an All-Star in his third full season and joined Wilt Chamberlain as the two players in the franchise's 50-year history to average more than 17 points and eight assists for an entire season.
Thaddeus Young and Evan Turner are solid assets. But those two standouts — along with Holiday — weren't enough to help lead the Sixers back to the postseason.
In what ended up being Collins' last game, Philadelphia gave the coach an impressive win. Dorell Wright scored 23 points and Turner added 16 as the 76ers posted a 105-95 victory over Indiana.
"Whatever he wants to do, whatever makes him feel happy, you know what I'm saying," Turner said when asked if he wanted Collins back late Wednesday night. "You go through that type of year, go through that type of situation, strenuous and all of that. It's all about what he decides to do. He has a lot of options and whatever's the best decision for him. "He could always go back to commentating. Whatever he wants to do that makes him happy."


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2013 Public Policy Leadership Conference: February 21-24, 2013
What is the Public Policy and Leadership Conference?
The Public Policy and Leadership Conference (PPLC) is designed to inform students about careers in the public sector. The conference will encourage students who possess a commitment to public service to prepare for graduate study in public policy and international affairs, as well as to provide information on financial support through various fellowship programs.
Why Attend PPLC?
Harvard Kennedy School will be offering its thirteenth annual spring conference for first and second year undergraduate college students who are interested in pursuing professional careers in public service. These include careers in federal, state or local government, and work in the nonprofit sector or in international agencies. Our goal is also to provide information on various fellowship opportunities. To find out more about individual fellowships, please visit our resources page.
Who Attends PPLC?
The conference aims to attract students from groups under-represented in public policy and international affairs in an effort to increase the diversity of students receiving these professional degrees. The conference will help prepare future leaders for study in public policy, particularly those from historically under-served communities and people of color. Participants receive paid travel, accommodations, and meals. Please note that the conference is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents in their first or second year of undergraduate studies only.
Selection Criteria
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The word law has many different meanings. [1]
- A legal statute or a collection of such statutes.
- Examples: Constitutional law, international law, traffic laws...
- In this sense, laws are typically passed by legislative bodies and may be interpreted by judicial bodies (in western-style democracies, anyway); there is also an enforcement mechanism (i.e., police) that may be part of a well-defined executive branch of government. [2]
- A proscription or commandment (or a collection of same) handed down by a supernatural being; a covenant entered into with such a being.
- Examples: Mosaic law, Sharia law...
- In this case, the purported law giver (legislative), interpreter (judicial), and enforcer (executive) are all the same entity: the supernatural being. In reality, however, these roles are taken on by ordinary human beings, either through a formal ecclesiastical structure or by less well-defined social forces (cultural mores and taboos, peer pressure, etc.). There is typically an associated concept of reward or punishment after death, but often an extensive body of earthly laws are developed as well, ostensibly in harmony with the desires of the supernatural being.
- A well-established description of the behavior of nature.
- Examples: Law of gravitation, laws of heredity...
- So-called "physical laws" arise from careful observation of nature, usually based on the scientific method. Scientists don't usually conceive of any "giver" (legislative) or "enforcer" (executive) of such laws, although some do invest a creator and/or some other kind of god with these roles. "Interpretation" (judicial) of physical laws, in the sense of whether the laws "are any good", rests entirely, in the scientific viewpoint, in their predictive abililty — that is, how well they predict what actually happens under well-defined circumstances.
The fact that the word "law" has this many definitions lends it easily to the fallacy of equivocation. See the article on the natural-law argument.


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As the year 2004 marks Tasmania's 200th anniversary of it's settlements by Europeans, this uniquely beautiful island – usually referred to by Australians as 'Tassie' – is being rediscovered. Tasmania is Australia's second oldest and also its smallest state with a population of 473,000.
Aborigines first settled in Tasmania some 30.000 years ago by migrating across the land bridge that joined Tasmania to the rest of Australia. In 1642, the Dutch navigator Abel Tasman was the first European to discover Tasmania but settlement did not start before 1803. Convicts formed part of the first groups sent to establish a foothold on the island that was home to an estimated 5.000 to 10.000 Aborigines. Conflict was inevitable and within 50 years the aborigines were systematically exterminated. In 1876, the last full-blooded Tasmanian Aboriginal died. A small aboriginal community on Cape Barren Island still exist, however none of them are full-blooded Tasmanian aborigines.
Known world wide for its pristine wilderness, about one quarter of Tasmania is contained in national parks, and most of this has world heritage status.
It is a place of great contrasts: much of the interior consists of rugged mountain ranges, bordered by delicate alpine moorlands and thick rainforests, with untamed rivers and picturesque waterfalls. By comparison, the beautiful coast holds charming coves and wild beaches, shallow bays and broad estuaries, whereas the Tasman Peninsula in the south is know for its spectacular sea cliffs.
While Tasmania today is known as a remote wilderness destination, past atrocious environmental decisions have left deep scars; the discovery of minerals (gold, silver, lead, copper) around Queenstown lead to decades of exploitative mining, leaving deep eroded gullies and multicolored naked hills. Only during the past few years the land has begun to repair itself.


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Depressed People Have Slightly More Strokes
A new study shows people who are depressed may be a little more likely than others to suffer a stroke down the road.
Looking back at 28 past studies, researchers estimated there would be 106 extra cases of stroke per 100,000 depressed people each year, 22 of them fatal.
But don't reach for the antidepressants just yet, because the study has major limitations.
The biggest problem is that nobody knows how to account for the link—people who have the blues might smoke more and exercise less, for instance. Indeed, accounting for that did weaken the apparent tie between depression and stroke, which kills about 137,000 Americans a year.
And there's a more troubling possibility, said An Pan, a researcher at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston who worked on the study.
In an earlier study, he found depressed people who take antidepressants appeared to have an increased risk of stroke compared with depressed people who weren't on the drugs.
"These medications could be one possible reason for the increased risk of stroke in depression and the majority of studies did not control for this," he told Reuters Health.
He stressed, however, that antidepressant use might also just be an indicator of severe depression, which might account for the extra risk.
"The current data on whether medications have an independent role (in stroke) is not clear at this moment," Pan said.
The findings, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, are based on a total of more than 317,000 people followed for two to 29 years.
For health providers treating depressed people, the results add one more health problem to watch out for on a list that already includes chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease.
But for a person with the blues, they don't mean a whole lot, said Pan.


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Poisonous vs venomous
For requirement 4.c.1., the correct terminology is venomous, not poisonous, when talking about snakes.
Existing requirement:
- 4.c. Reptiles and Amphibians
- 1. Show that you can recognize the poisonous snakes in your area.
Suggested requirement:
- 4.c. Reptiles and Amphibians
- 1. Show that you can recognize the venomous snakes in your area.
--Woodhamc 19:30, April 5, 2011 (EDT)
How to submit a proposal for new or revised merit badges
Woodhamc, thanks for your post... well stated. Please see usssp.com/mb/proposals.asp for a good explanation about, 'How to submit a proposal for new or revised merit badges'. Please note, unfortunately, the link to the Innovation Engine (ideas.scouting.org) referenced at the bottom of that page is no longer open to us little people — you now must be a BSA employee in order to log in there. You can still submit your proposal directly to the National Council at the mailing address shown. —RWSmith (Bureaucrat), 10:14, April 6, 2011 (EDT)
Merit Badge pamphlet updated
According to the Nature Merit Badge pamphlet, the most recent pamphlet, the term "venomous" is used in Requirement 4.c.1. Please correct to reflect the "change" in the requirement. Kc9901mom 18:13, February 14, 2012 (EST)
- Thanks; I'll update the requirements here. —RWSmith (Bureaucrat), 10:21, March 19, 2012 (EDT)


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Pakistani prison attacked by Taliban lacked guards
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Only a handful of badly armed guards were posted at a Pakistani prison assaulted by Taliban militants earlier this week even though the government had intelligence indicating the facility was under threat, the prison chief said Wednesday in an admission likely to feed accusations of negligence over the deadly jailbreak.
The 35 guards, only 10 of whom had weapons, faced 150 attackers. Some were so scared during the assault late Monday night that they hid in sewer pipes, and others opened up one of the prison's main gates after the militants threatened them, said a senior government official.
These details are likely to spark further criticism of the government, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where the prison was located. The militants freed over 250 prisoners during the attack and killed more than a dozen people.
"Increasingly, the militant network appears an organized, emboldened and well-armed force running rings around a sluggish, even inept, security network," said an editorial in Pakistan's leading English language newspaper, Dawn.
The Taliban have smuggled over two dozen militants they broke out of the prison in the town of Dera Ismail Khan to one of the group's stronghold in the country's tribal region, two commanders said.
The deadly raid was codenamed "Freedom from Death," cost 11.5 million rupees ($115,000) and took six months to plan, said the commanders, speaking to The Associated Press by telephone on condition of anonymity for fear of being targeted by security forces.
It's unclear how so many heavily-armed militants were able to travel unhindered in vehicles and motorcycles to the walls of the prison, especially given the intelligence indicating a possible attack.
Only 10 of the 35 guards at the prison were armed, and some of their AK-47 assault rifles were not even in good shape, said the head of the prison, Ghulam Rabbani. He said the armed guards fought valiantly until they ran out of bullets. But the militants were armed with bombs and grenades, as well as guns.
"The 10 of my men did their best," said Rabbani. "They fought bravely."
But a senior official in the provincial government, Ali Amin Gandapur, criticized the guards, saying some of them were found hiding in sewer pipes and drains and others opened a main gate for the militants after they were threatened.
"This is such a shame," said Gandapur, minister of revenue. "I promise they all have to lose their uniforms."
Rabbani defended his men, saying unarmed guards had a right to hide since they were tasked with controlling the prisoners, not protecting the jail from attack. He held a meeting with city administrators the day of the attack to discuss the threat to the prison, but they were not prepared when the raid happened, he said.
The Taliban carried out a similar attack on a prison elsewhere in the northwest less than 18 months ago.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has suspended 27 police and prison officials in the wake of the attack, including 22 members of an anti-terrorist squad who were supposed act as a quick response force, but failed to do so, provincial officials said.
Authorities have managed to capture 41 of the 252 prisoners who escaped from the prison, said police official Salahuddin Kundi. There were 482 inmates in the prison at the time of the attack. A curfew is still in place in Dera Ismail Khan as authorities search for more of the fugitives.
Militants managed to smuggle 25 of their colleagues to the South Waziristan tribal area, located very close to Dera Ismail Khan, and plan to transport them to North Waziristan, Pakistan's main sanctuary for Taliban and al-Qaida fighters, the Taliban commanders said.
It's unclear whether there are more escaped militants making their way to the tribal region.
Dera Ismail Khan's commissioner, Mushtaq Jadoon, said Tuesday that 25 "dangerous terrorists" had escaped.
A civilian adviser to the prison department in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Malik Mohammad Qasim, said at least 38 of those who escaped were either convicted of or on trial for terrorism.
The Taliban commanders said 18 of the 150 militants who took part in the attack on the prison received special commando training. The operation was the brainchild of Adnan Rasheed, a militant who was freed in an attack on a prison in the town of Bannu in April 2012. It was led by a commander named Khitab Mehsud, who was a close aide to slain Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud.
The militants had orders to complete the operation in an hour and not to spend more than 20 minutes in the prison, but the raid ended up taking two hours to complete, the commanders said. Earlier reports indicated the operation went on for over four hours.
The militants killed six policemen, six Shiite Muslim prisoners — one of whom was beheaded — and two civilians, said Jadoon, the commissioner. Many hard-line Sunni extremists consider minority Shiites to be heretics.
The militants didn't meet any resistance when they retreated back to South Waziristan, said the commanders.
Associated Press writer Riaz Khan contributed to this report from Peshawar.
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2010 news from the Richmond's Coaches Luxury Coach Hire fleet
Coach operator wins prestigious excellence award
28 January 2010
Richmond's Coaches, based near Royston, have been recognised for their overall excellence at the annual RouteOne Operator Excellence Awards. Being one of 5 nominees in the medium coach operator of the year category for fleets of 11-30 vehicles, the 25-strong fleet (all low emission) has been honoured with a Highly Commended Award.
In addition, Andrew Richmond, Managing Director, has been awarded the much coveted national title of Coach Manager of the Year Award.
Presented at an Oscars-style glittering evening, at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham, co-hosted by John Inverdale, BBC Sports presenter, recipients were unaware of who would lift the prestigious awards until the gold envelopes were opened.
The success follows a rigorous process that started with nominations from the industry. This was followed by shortlisting by a panel of judges who then called for submission of detailed supporting evidence so that they could make their final decisions.
The awards are recognition of the customer service given by the whole team of staff at Richmond's which is now being managed by the third generation since the founding in 1946 by Andrew's grandfather, Harold Richmond.
Andrew Richmond said "I was surprised, but delighted to receive this award, our team work hard all year to ensure that we turn out an immaculate fleet of coaches, with professional drivers whose primary focus is on the care of our customers. I am proud to share these awards with our staff to recognise their input into our success".
Looking to the future amongst the additions to the fleet this year was a 79 seater executive double-deck coach which is wheelchair accessible.
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Recycling of Scrap Cable
Recycling of Scrap Cable
A recycling project to keep scrap optical-fiber cable from landfills made great progress in its first two years of implementation, team members told environmental leaders and managers during the annual North American conference for Corporate Environmental Controls (CEC).
The project team began meeting in June 2015 and moved quickly to find a recycling opportunity for the cable due to the rising costs of landfilling these materials, according to the project leader from Global Supply Management, the strategic sourcing manager for Resins, Americas.
Corning employees from every discipline engaged to develop a commercial cable recycle process in less than six months, which resulted in a commercially viable process to recycle scrap cable.
The cable is primarily composed of plastic, metal, and optical-fiber glass. The scrap cable has to be broken down into its separate components to be recycled. The result is almost always zero going to the landfill.
A third-party, contracted vendor is beginning to recycle the cable, which is manufactured in Optical Communication plants in North Carolina (Winston Salem and HTMC) and Mexico (Reynosa RCC and RAM), as well as in facilities in Europe and China. The vendor separates the cable from the glass optical fibers; the glass for potential reuse as substrate; the plastic is re-ground, re-melted, and re-sold.
The recycling project is part of the company's efforts to increase environmental awareness and develop sustainable waste solutions, including zero-landfill initiative that began last year. The zero-landfill initiative provides comparable data to facilities worldwide regarding their level of landfill use, leading plant leaders to develop plans to improve their landfill diversion performance. The company wants to see significant progress towards being landfill-free over time.


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A family doctor who filmed himself sexually abusing female patients with his James Bond-style wristwatch has had his sentence cut from 12 to 10 years on appeal.
Dr Davinder Jeet Bains's original sentence was quashed by Lord Thomas, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Mr Justice Sweeney and Mr Justice Nicol at a hearing at Canterbury Crown Court today.
Bains used a secret camera hidden inside his watch to assault more than two dozen women at a medical practice in Wiltshire, where he was a trusted GP.
At his appeal hearing today, Lord Thomas told the court that although Bains's behaviour had been a "gross breach of trust" the original sentence imposed by Judge Douglas Field for 13 offences of assault by penetration would be reduced to eight years after taking into account that the "penetration had been minimal and brief" and that there had been "no violence".
He also resentenced Bains, 47, for 11 sexual assaults and 13 counts of voyeurism, to run concurrently to the eight-year sentence, and added a further two years of imprisonment for two counts of sexual activity with a child, bringing the total sentence to 10 years.
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djonpepaj needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 46 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
The logo should simply say "Steak and Lobster House". $500 to the contest winner!!! Note this has changed.
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The restaurant is an established fine dining restaurant located in Melbourne Beach, FL, the oldest beach town in Brevard County. We're changing the name to "Steak and Lobster House". The restaurant was actually an old home built in the 1800's. We're looking for a logo that is elegant and clean, equivalent of Ruth Chris or Morton's Steak House. The logo should be a red hue. We don't want to be too descripitve because we want to see what the artists can come up with. The file format should be vector.
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What the decorator was thinking:
"Okey doke, easy peasy, now I'll just write 'Good Luck'... oh, wait: does 'good' have two 'o's or two 'd's? Dang. Oh well, I'll just make this letter look a little like both. There! No one will notice anyway. Ok, and then: 'at…U.C…'...thank goodness that doesn't need any periods; those are so hard to do with this icing! Ok, let's see here…you know, I think I'm going to go the extra mile for these folks and write E.T. on it THREE times. And I'm pretty sure just the 'E' has a period… yeah, that looks right. Dum dee dum…. There! All done! Aw, they are just going to love me."


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Okra, squash, beans, mulch
Today we laid mulch in the garden. Okra, beans, and squash are all fruiting. We snacked on garden lettuce.
The sunflowers are now 7 feet tall. We also have golden amaranth growing. Amaranth has edible leaves and seeds.
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Hi Gardeners! Another week has gone by, and right before the official start of the summer we've had our 2nd harvest since we started with the farm. Our zucchini plants keep on thriving, it takes these shoots about 3 – 4 weeks to get to that size/weight. (12 – 18 inches long and around 4…
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BIG NEWS! (at least for us). Really excited for our latest additions to our farm! The EnrichLA team paid us a visit, bringing a welcoming storage box to the entrance of the garden. They also brought lots of hay to cover our paths, we've had to mow too often since it got sunnier and with…
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EEOC Office of Legal Counsel staff members wrote the following informal discussion letter in response to an inquiry from a member of the public. This letter is intended to provide an informal discussion of the noted issue and does not constitute an official opinion of the Commission.
February 25, 2000
Dear [sanitized]
This is in response to your letter concerning your claims of age discrimination.
As you know, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforces, among other statutes, the prohibitions against age discrimination of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. (ADEA). Although those prohibitions apply to state governments, the United States Supreme Court has recently held that the states are immune from suits to enforce the ADEA against them in federal court. Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents, 120 S. Ct. 631 (2000). As a result, individuals may no longer sue states, under the ADEA, to recover back pay or liquidated damages.
Individuals who are the victims of age discrimination will, however, still have remedies in state court if state -- rather than federal -- law prohibits age discrimination. Georgia law does bar employers from discriminating on the basis of age, see Ga. Code Ann. § 45-19-21 et seq., and you may wish to consult an attorney to evaluate your rights under that statute. It is also possible that federal courts will permit individuals to continue to bring ADEA suits against states for injunctive, albeit not monetary, relief. If your federal suit under the ADEA is currently pending, therefore -- and if the court finds in your favor on the question of whether you were subjected to age discrimination -- you may be able to request that your employer award you the promotions it denied on discriminatory grounds.
I hope that the above information is helpful to you.
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Setting up VIVE Pro HMD for the first time
Before you can use VIVE Pro HMD, you'll need to complete the setup process, which includes installing VIVE and SteamVR software, setting up the hardware, and defining your play area.
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Holland America Line's New Pinnacle Class Ship To Feature Interiors Designed By Two Leading Firms
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SEATTLE, May 1, 2013 /CNW/ - Holland America Line has selected two leading firms to create the interior spaces of the line's new 99,000-ton ship that is slated for delivery in February 2016. The first in a new Pinnacle Class of vessel, the ship will showcase decors by designer Adam D. Tihany and designer and architect Bjorn Storbraaten.
Tihany will join Storbraaten, who successfully worked with Holland America Line on ms Eurodam and ms Nieuw Amsterdam, in designing the ship's public rooms. The new ship will feature exciting new public areas and dining venues, as well as a stunning onboard ambiance created in partnership with these two leading firms. Several new concepts are under development that have never been seen before on a Holland America Line ship, and as they evolve more details will be revealed.
"We are fortunate to bring together such distinguished professionals for our next-generation ship," said Richard Meadows, executive vice president, marketing, sales and guest programs for Holland America Line. "The ambience of a ship is an essential part of the cruise experience and we are confident that Adam, Bjorn and their teams of experienced designers and architects will strike the right balance between contemporary and traditional that is the hallmark of the interiors of Holland America Line ships."
About Tihany Design
Adam D. Tihany is regarded as one of the world's pre-eminent hospitality designers. After attending the Politecnico di Milano School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tihany apprenticed at design firms in Italy. In 1978, he established his own multidisciplinary New York studio and in 1987 became co-owner of Remi restaurants. Tihany was a pioneering designer in collaborations with celebrity chefs, creating multiple signature restaurants for such well-known chefs as Wolfgang Puck, Thomas Keller, Daniel Boulud and Charlie Palmer. Tihany also created a collection of eight signature restaurants for the legendary Sirio Maccioni of Le Cirque.
"My team is eager to work on this unique project and we're thrilled to be able to merge our vision and aesthetic with Holland America Line's distinct style," said Tihany.
Over the last 30 years, Tihany Design has become a leader in creating luxurious and innovative interiors at some of the world's most iconic properties, such as the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles and One & Only Cape Town. In addition, there are numerous hotels showcasing signature venues by Tihany, including The Breakers, The Broadmoor and Hotel Cipriani in Venice to name a few.
In 2011, Tihany was appointed art director of the Culinary Institute of America, taking the lead on contemporizing the Hyde Park campus.
About Yran & Storbraaten Architects
Founded in 1985, Yran & Storbraaten Architects is one of the world's leading architectural firms, specializing in cruise ship design. Known for working in a diversity of styles, the firm has developed a long international client list. As partners, Bjorn Storbraaten and Petter Yran have been pioneers in developing the luxury segment, achieving Y&S`s standing as one of the industry's best. Storbraaten worked on both ms Nieuw Amsterdam and ms Eurodam, as well as the Seabourn Odyssey, Seabourn Sojourn and Seabourn Quest, providing conceptual and architectural designs of restaurants, outdoor areas, lounges, theaters, nightclubs and bars.
"I look forward to continuing the partnership with Holland America Line and working on this exciting new class of ship that opens the door to additional opportunities onboard," said Storbraaten.
For more information about Holland America Line, consult a professional travel seller; call 1-877-SAIL-HAL (1-877-724-5425); or visit www.hollandamerica.com or the Plan a Cruise tab at www.Facebook.com/HALcruises.
Find Holland America Line on Twitter, Facebook and the Holland America Blog. Access all social media outlets via the Online Communities quick link on the home page at www.hollandamerica.com.
About Holland America Line [a division of Carnival Corporation and plc. (NYSE: CCL and CUK)]
Holland America Line's fleet of 15 ships offers more than 500 cruises to 415 ports in 98 countries, territories or dependencies. One- to 110-day itineraries visit all seven continents and highlights include Antarctica, South America, Australia/New Zealand and Asia voyages; a Grand World Voyage; and popular sailings to ports in the Caribbean, Bermuda, Alaska, Mexico, Canada/New England, Europe and Panama Canal. The line currently has a new ship on order from Fincantieri shipyard for delivery in February 2016.
Fleetwide, the company features Signature of Excellence enhancements, a commitment totaling more than $500 million that showcases the Culinary Arts Center presented by Food & Wine magazine — a state-of-the-art onboard show kitchen where more than 60 celebrated guest chefs and culinary experts provide cooking demonstrations and classes — Explorations Cafe powered by The New York Times, Digital Workshop powered by Windows, teens-only activity areas and all new stateroom amenities highlighted by flat-panel TVs and plush Euro-top Mariner's Dream Beds.
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Holland America Line is a proud member of World's Leading Cruise Lines. Our exclusive alliance also includes Carnival Cruise Lines, Cunard Line, Princess Cruises, Costa Cruises and Seabourn. Sharing a passion to please each guest and a commitment to quality and value, World's Leading Cruise Lines inspires people to discover their best vacation experience. Together, we offer a variety of exciting and enriching cruise vacations to the world's most desirable destinations. Visit us at www.worldsleadingcruiselines.com.
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Here is a great what-if moment for historians: What if Alice Palmer had secured a spot on the Illinois ballot in the 1996 state Senate race featuring a young community organizer named Barack Obama? Palmer, the incumbent, supported Obama's entry into the race, as she had stepped down to pursue a congressional seat. A popular South Side politico, Palmer expected an easy win in her congressional bid. Instead, Jesse Jackson Jr. jumped in the race and beat her.
That left Palmer without a political home. She opted to return to the state Senate race she had earlier encouraged Obama to join. An unknown political quantity at the time, Obama was already ambitious, as he proved by invoking local rules and demanding validation of the required voter-petition signatures each candidate, including Palmer, had filed. Obama's audacity paid instant political dividends. Palmer fell 200 signatures short of the minimum, catapulting Obama to victory – and setting in motion a political whirlwind that led to the election of the nation's first African-American president in 2008.
His improbable debut victory in the Illinois state Senate race 14 years ago is the kind of thing that should have kept John McCain and Hillary Rodham Clinton awake at night. As Illinois Democrat Ricky Hendon tells author David Remnick years later, "I don't know anyone who thinks Alice wouldn't have won at that time and in that era. She was the queen."
Hendon's reflection, and related remarks about how and why Obama aggravated him, are part of Remnick's thorough biography of the 44th president's unprecedented political odyssey. In The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama, Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker magazine, proves an exhaustive reporter and skilled writer as he recounts Obama's journey.
The title comes from John Lewis, US congressman and longtime civil rights activist, who told Remnick, "Barack Obama is what comes at the end of that bridge in Selma."
It is to Remnick's credit that he manages to mine this young president's familiar story – the absent Kenyan father, the itinerant and idealistic young white mother, a childhood of wandering from Hawaii to Indonesia and back again – and find new insights. He achieves this by dogged persistence, chatting with a wide range of friends, bosses, teachers, rivals, campaign staffers, and family members to explore what led a self-described skinny biracial kid with a funny name to the most powerful political office in the world.
At the same time, Remnick's firm grasp of race and its infinite volatilities is nuanced and balanced. Here again, he benefits from rich recollections resulting from his fresh interviews with, among others, former Black Panther Bobby Rush; the radical activist Bill Ayers; and Martin Luther King Jr.'s surviving aides: Congressman Lewis, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., and the Rev. Joseph Lowery, who delivered the final benediction at Obama's 2009 inauguration.
If Remnick falters, it's in the area of objectivity. Even as he dutifully mentions Obama's inevitable political entanglements and missteps (the dubious Chicago developer Tony Rezko, his defiantly controversial minister Jeremiah Wright, etc.), the author remains all but starry-eyed. An occasional, gentle rebuke aside, Obama emerges as nearly flawless. And it seems safe to say Remnick is more than a little seduced by the occasional one-on-one Obama interview in the Oval Office and collegial phone calls, such as the one in which Obama saluted The New Yorker for an amusing cover depicting him walking on water before succumbing to a splashing pratfall.
Depending on political perspective and curiosity, these are smaller flaws in what still stands as a powerful account of how racial politics have shifted, particularly in the past 50 years, as well as how Obama navigated such tricky waters. For some, the glowing portrait may be too much.
But no matter your partisanship, Obama's rise is an intriguing piece of American history, hinging on a jaw-dropping series of just-in-time cultural and political winds changing direction – and, always, without fail, lifting Obama. This is true of almost every candidate and campaign, but because Obama has done what no one else had ever done before, the precariousness of his unexpected triumph becomes all the more palpable.
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Is it worth paying extra for a hybrid car? Students use proportional reasoning to determine how much hybrid owners save on gas, and how long it will take to make up the price difference.
Should you ever buy an extended warranty? Students use percents and expected value to determine whether product warranties are a good deal.
How should the winner of The Biggest Loser be chosen? Students compare pounds lost vs. percent lost, and analyze historical data to determine which method produces the fairest game.
When you buy a concert ticket, where does your money go? Students use percents and proportional reasoning to describe how revenue from tickets is distributed among the various players in the concert game.
Do taller sprinters have an unfair advantage? Students use proportions to find out what would happen if Olympic races were organized by height.
How does life expectancy affect how you live your life? Students use proportions to determine what life expectancy must have been in the past in order for the phrase "30 is the new 20" to be accurate, and explore how life might change as life expectancy changes.
How much does it cost to drive at different speeds? Students use unit rates and proportions to explore how a car's fuel economy changes as it drives faster and faster.
Who should buy health insurance? Students use percents and expected value to explore the mathematics of health insurance from a variety of perspectives.
How do aspect ratios affect what you see on TV? Students use ratios to explore why the image doesn't always fit on the screen, and examine how letterboxing might affect their favorite movies.
How much should vowels cost on Wheel of Fortune? Students use ratios and percents to explore what would happen if Wheel of Fortune charged prices for vowels based on how often they come up.
How dangerous is texting and driving? Students use proportional reasoning to determine how far a car travels in the time it takes to send a message, and explore the consequences of distracted driving.
How accurate are police speed guns? Students use rates and the Pythagorean Theorem to examine the accuracy of LiDAR guns used to catch speeding drivers.
Are coupons always a good deal? Students use unit rates and percents to explore the math and psychology behind retail discounts.
Why do tires appear to spin backwards in some car commercials? Students apply unit rates and the formula for the circumference of a circle to determine what makes a spinning wheel sometimes look like it's moving in the opposite direction of the car sitting on top of it.
Mathalicious lessons provide teachers with an opportunity to teach standards-based math through real-world topics that students care about.
How do the rules of an election affect who wins? Students calculate (as a percent) how much of the electoral and popular vote different presidential candidates have received, and add with integers to explore elections under possible alternative voting systems.
In basketball, should you ever foul at the buzzer? Students use probabilities to determine when the defense should foul...and when they should not.


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Ingram Marshall comes to UK for Glasgow festival focus
US composer Ingram Marshall is best-known for his Fog Tropes, heard on the soundtrack of Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island", but that's just one of many of his haunting soundscapes that often allude to Sibelius, Indonesian gamelan music and electronic collage techniques. Now he's coming to the UK, where he's featured composer at the forthcoming 'Minimal' festival at Glasgow's Royal Concert Halls. Read more


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Scholes makes check on Newcastle striker target - reports
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Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has reportedly made a personal check on Newcastle target Jordan Rhodes.
The Huddersfield striker has been in prolific form this season, having found the net 13 times in 15 appearances in Npower League One for Lee Clark's side.
According to the Daily Mail, Scholes - who has been performing scouting duties for Sir Alex Ferguson - has made an assessment of Rhodes, while Newcastle are also keeping tabs on the 21-year-old.
Rhodes is reported to have a release clause of £2 million written into his contract, and Huddersfield will struggle to keep hold of their prized asset in January, should United and Newcastle formalise their interest.
The winter acquisition of goalscoring reinforcements, however, is thought to be of greater concern for Alan Pardew than his Manchester United counterpart.
Ferguson already has the likes of Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez and Danny Welbeck at his disposal, and will view Rhodes as a recruitment for the future.
Pardew, meanwhile, is still on the lookout for a long-term replacement for Andy Carroll, despite the potent form of Demba Ba so far this campaign.News Now - Sport News


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Happy New Year! It's time to get our healthy eating habits back on track...
If you were visiting the Wilde Kitchen last month, you may have been overwhelmed by the huge quantities of sugar around. All the cookies, candies and desserts really have wreaked havoc on our usually healthy eating habits! It's time to get back to basics and fill our bellies with fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
With the new year comes going back to work too! I'm commuting again and that means I take my breakfast on the go. Last year around this time, this slow cooker oatmeal became my go to breakfast. I picked up the basic recipe from Monica at The Yummy Life and have tweaked it a little to add some more fiber and flavor.
I prepare a batch of this oatmeal during the weekend and enjoy a warm breakfast each morning on the train. Depending on how I'm feeling will change up the garnishes I add. Sometimes it's dried cherries or raisins. Some days I like walnuts, others I toss in sunflower seeds. By Thursday I just feel like adding a whole bunch of brown sugar and cinnamon. You can really make it your own!
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Slow Cooker Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal
Adapted from The Yummy Life
1 1/2 cups skim milk
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup steel cut oats
2 Fuji apples, peeled, cored & diced
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons wheat germ
2 tablespoons ground flax seed
Dried cherries, chopped walnuts & chia seeds for garnish
Lightly coat your slow cooker bowl with cooking spray. Add all the ingredients except garnishes and stir to mix. Turn slow cooker on low and cook for 7 hours.
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Divide oatmeal between four containers. Place in the fridge until it's time for your daily breakfast. When it's time to eat, remove one oatmeal serving from the fridge and add dried cherries and 1/3 cup milk. Microwave for 1 minute. Stir and microwave for 1 minute more. Add 1 tablespoon chia seeds and 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts and stir. Let sit for 5 minutes to allow chia seeds the time to hydrate. Enjoy your breakfast now or on the go!


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God says to Ezekiel, "Fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house" (Ezekiel 3:9).
The logic strikes me, at first, as odd. Don't be afraid of the people of Israel. Why? Because they are a rebellious house.
Why would their rebelliousness reduce my fear of them?
Because the condemnation on their faces will not stick. They hold you in derision, but they are wrong and you are mine.
In other words, God is not addressing the question whether the rebels can kill Ezekiel. The logic is not: Don't be afraid of them because they can't kill you. They can.
Rather the logic is: Don't be afraid of them, because they are the rebellious ones not you. The fear God is removing is the fear that we are as guilty and as foolish as the faces of our opponents say we are.
No, Ezekiel. You are not the rebellious one. You are not the guilty one. You are not the one I am bringing wrath upon. You should not be ashamed, or intimidated.
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With millions of installations and constant ranking in the top music apps-IK Multimedia is a leader for professional music creation apps on the iOS platform. 15 years of experience in the professional audio markets has produced three powerful apps for singers and songwriters all included with the iRig Mic: VocaLive Free, AmpliTube Free, and iRig Recorder Free.
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Are we ever really safe from each other, from an insider, from one of our own? Colleges exist to educate people, and they must be open to their own students. Protecting all members of the college community from one of their own who "snaps" and decides to terrorize from the inside is next to impossible. One could easily bring a dozen Glock 19 pistols onto a college campus undetected inside a flat-top guitar case. A number of shots could be fired before anyone familiar with a crisis response plan could respond.
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In an Alternate Universe, Jeremy Sisto Starred in Titanic Opposite Blonde Kate Winslet
It's fascinating to think of what might have been if fate had taken a different course — if the RMS Titanic had embarked with sufficient lifeboats, if Captain E.J. Smith had heeded the warnings of icebergs, if Jeremy Sisto had been cast in the movie instead of Leonardo DiCaprio.
On the brand new Blu-ray release of Titanic — seriously, though, hasn't this been released on Blu-ray six times already? — there's new footage of Kate Winslet's first screen test. (About 30 seconds into that clip.) While it's interesting to see how she got the part, I found myself way more fixated on Jeremy Sisto as Jack.
At the time, Sisto was best known as Elton in Clueless. Some might argue he's still best known as Elton in Clueless, but surely his career would have taken a different course if he'd snagged that part over DiCaprio.
Imagine, if you will, a world in which "I'm the king of the world!" was a Jeremy Sisto signature. Imagine a Law & Order starring former Growing Pains actor Leonardo DiCaprio as the latest in a string of forgettable detectives.
Finally, imagine a blonde Rose DeWitt Bukater, and decide if her darker hair color contributed to your ultimate sympathy for the character. Come on now — own your bias.
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The Drift HD170 is quite a special helmet camera. As the letters HD imply it will record at a resolution of 1080p, as well as in 720p and WVGA modes. Plus it will take 5 mega pixel photos. It's pretty big – opening the battery compartment is like opening the wardrobe into Narnia – but in this case big is indeed better.
For the past year I've recorded each and every bike journey, weather permitting, with a Veho Muvi helmet cam, which I bought for its size and its price. I wasn't expecting much more out of this Drift camera. But its superior performance soon proved that I should have done some proper research last year before I bought the Veho Muvi.
The first thing that struck me about the Drift HD170 was how easy it was to use without me having to read the instructions. Everything on the camera is in a logical place, and the buttons are big and clear. Then another fantastic surprise: you can change the angle of the lens to suit you and your bike setup (300 degrees according to the manual), rather than having to change your bike setup up to suit the camera. The lens also offers a 170-degree wide-angle view (not in 1080p), allowing you to capture the smaller details at either side of you quite nicely.
The HD 170's 1.5in LCD display allows you to view: battery life; the amount of memory card space you have used; the time the video has been recording; and of course what you are actually recording. However, this is only useful if you mount the camera to the handlebar of your bike.
If you prefer to have the camera on your helmet, you can still operate it easily because you get a two-button RF remote that works within 5m of the unit. There's a wrist strap for the remote, so you can put it in a safe and intuitive place.
The unit's rechargeable lithium battery lasted for each of my journeys without draining completely, and was quickly full of juice again once plugged into a PC via the USB lead (supplied). The battery is removable, so if you buy a second (perhaps one that lasts longer?) it's easy to stitch them over when the original gives up the ghost. Many smaller cameras have inaccessible batteries or use standard AAs, forcing you to keep Duracell in business.
The camera stays firm on its handlebar bracket over the roughest of terrains, so could be used for mountain biking. Durability is good too. On my first journey using it, I was toppled over by a car. This left nothing more than a scuff mark to the outer lens casing.
The casing is waterproof. By 'waterproof', the manufacturer means it can be immersed in 2ft of water for no longer than 10 minutes. To most cyclists, who will have only rain to contend with, this is more than enough. If you did find yourself under more than 2ft of water, there would be more important things to worry about than your camera.
The casing is stylish, though its two-tone colouring of black and orange can get dirty quickly, especially if the camera is on your handlebar and you're riding on the trails and canal paths; the bright orange becomes a dull brown.
The handlebar is just one mounting option, however. There's also a goggle mount (for skiing or motorcycling, perhaps), a head strap, and a helmet grip. Strong Velcro straps make sure that the camera stays put.
Attaching the camera to my PC via the USB cable was simple. My PC picked it up straight away as a removable HDD, allowing me to drag and drop the .MOV files onto the computer for editing. But you can play back your HD movies straight from the camera to your nearest HD TV, as Drift supply an AV cable.
It's a great action camera. It's not cheap but Drift do offer a £130 version – the X170 – that records at 720 x 480.
An excellent, rugged action camera that, with a big enough SD card, will capture quality video clips time and again
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road.cc test report
Make and model: Drift HD170 camera
Size tested: n/a
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
It's billed as a water resistant action camera that can be attached to various objects and parts of the body.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
1080p, 30fps, plug and play technology. 300 degree rotatable lens, with a 127 degree view in 1080p and 170 degree view in 720p and WVGA. SD / SDHC card compatible.
Can't fault it. Did the business in the dry and the wet, and handled a crash with ease.
Superb in every way and did everything that I asked of it.
Slight scuff on the lens as my bike fell over, but apart from that - stood up to the test very well.
Despite its wardrobe-type appearance, the unit is pretty light, weighing in at just under 140g.
At £340 it's steep, but you pay for quality.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
Performed much better than expected.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
The camera is very easy to use, and, if mounted on the handlebars, it's very easy to see what's going on without you needing to learn about various different LED flashes.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
Nothing to dislike other than the price point.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes
Would you consider buying the product? Yes
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes
About the tester
Age: 34 Height: 5ft 8in Weight: 168lbs
I usually ride: Trek 2.3 My best bike is: Fuji Mt Fuji Pro 2010
I've been riding for: Under 5 years I ride: Every day I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: commuting, sportives, mtb


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Once again I am challenged by Thomas and Amy to explore the library from my chair, only this time to see where my library card will take me and which online databases will grant me access.
I have three different library cards, each from a different county. The one I use the most is from the Nassau County Public Library because it gives me access to Ancestry Library from my own home. However, a drawback from using the library edition of Ancestry.com is that you don't have access to the public member trees, which in my opinion is total BULL!!
Nassau also offers Heritage Quest Online. Through Heritage Quest you can search and view the Census, Books, Freedman's Bank (a bank established for the benefit of freed slaves), and U.S.Serial Set. You can search through the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), but there is no database available. Instead they have an order form for you to fill out. Each order form allows a request for up to six articles with an accompanying $7.50, then you pay 20 cents per copy after they send the articles to you. I actually found six articles that I want copies of -- yeah!
I also found a book that I was able to download, The book is entitled George Cannon, the immigrant. He is my 3rd great-grandfather. Looking through the Serial Sets I found one called Indian Depredations in Utah which mentions my 2nd great-grandfather, William H. Piggott in the payroll for May 1, 1866 - August 30, 1866.
The next card I use is from Jacksonville Public Library. Under their genealogy section they only have Ancestry Library and Archive Grid which are both for in-library use only.
Their obituary section includes America's Obituary and Death Notices; powered by Newsbank, Obituary Daily Times; powered by Rootsweb, and Proquest Obituaries.
In the history section card holders can access History Resource Center. The Newspapers & Magazines section offers America's Newspapers, Florid Newspapers, and Florida Times-Union Archives, InfoTrac Onefile, InfoTrac Web, and Major Metropolitan Newspapers.There is also a link to Trans-Atlantic Slave Voyage Database.
The other library card I have is from the Emily Taber Public Library which is a part of the New River Public Library Cooperative. They also offer the Ancestry Library edition as well as the Heritage Quest.


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Why does feedback fail? As I've discussed previously, learning (or behaviour change) is a feedback process. According to Sterman (1), there are two important requirements that must be met in order for learning (behaviour change) to be successful. First, the overall cycle of the feedback loops must occur within an appropriate time frame in order for the information to still be relevant. Additionally, each link in the feedback loop must be successful of itself; although the feedbacks exist, they often do not function very well. Today's post will focus on the potential barriers that can affect each component of the feedback loop as discussed by in his article "Learning in and about complex systems". (Delays have been discussed briefly in a previous post and will explored again in future ones).
Potential problems can arise at each of the links in the feedback loop (Figure 1). The information we receive may be inaccurate or even missing. Inaccuracies can occur when we try to measure or record the information. We, or others, may introduce bias, distortion, or selective perception. The information may not be available when needed, introducing time delays. An important example within the obesity system includes society's emphasis on body weight and not health, providing misguided and sometimes wrong, information. Another example is that of variability and errors in self-reported measures, such as for physical activity levels and food consumption.
Our mental models may also themselves be barriers. These mental models or deeply beliefs, exist at multiple levels: within the individual, within communities, within policies. Unscientific reasoning or misapplication of scientific reasoning, judgemental biases, and defensive routines are pervasive within the obesity system. Blaming the individual as cause, and solutions that look no further than the inappropriate recommendation to simply "eat less and move more" are common beliefs. Challenging these models is necessary for change.
The strategies, structure and decision rules and the decisions we make are also fraught with potential challenges, in part because they are based on our mental models. In obesity, the typical decisions focus on lifestyles changes (eat less, move more! or perhaps behaviour therapy), pharmacological solutions, or surgery. These are well intentioned scripts, but typically fail to account for the complex interactions of multiple factors that contribute to obesity as well as the heterogeneity of the population; only a subset of factors are germane for a given individual. These factors also change over time. But even the "right" or "best" decision that is not plagued by a biased mental model or incorrect information isn't guaranteed to meet with success and can be subject to implementation failure. For example, the challenge of translating interventions developed through research into practical settings.
We can only attempt to simulate and understand the real world; our models cannot fully capture the dynamic complexities, experiments cannot be controlled, again introducing the potential for errors (to quote George Box, "all models are wrong, but some are useful"). The dynamic complexities of the obesity system are reflected in the multiple factors and their interactions found in the Foresight Obesity Map. Not only are there many factors, there are multiple connections, the relationships are non-linear, they exhibit stochastic behaviour, and include both negative and positive feedback. Yet despite this complexity, the interventions we most often try to implement are reductionist, assign blame, focus on outcome rather than process and ignore our capacities.
For each of these barriers to learning, the challenge lies in shifting our current beliefs to enable implemention of strategies that embrace a complex systems approach (e.g. matching complexity to capacity, establishing networks, fostering emergence, etc…).
1. Sterman, John D (1994). Learning in and about complex systems System Dynamics Review, 43 (2-3), 239-330 DOI: 10.1002/sdr.4260100214


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This 6km track is one of Tasmania's premier walks. It will take you right around Dove Lake and beneath the towering spires of Cradle Mountain. The track is boardwalked for much of the way. It is located in Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park.
There are many other glacial features in the area, including Lake Wilks, a hanging lake or cirque, just south of Lake Dove.
Myrtle-beeches are a dominant species in Tasmania's cool temperate rainforests. These fire-sensitive plant communities once grew extensively thoughout not only Australia, but also the southern continents of South America and Antarctica. It was part of the distinctive suite of plants that evolved on the supercontinent of Gondwana. Today the species finds its stronghold in Tasmania, but also occurs in Victoria, while its closest relatives are confined to New Zealand and South America - both once part of Gondwana.
Although the boatshed is now vacant, boating was popular on the lake up until the 1960s. Indeed, during the 1920s Gustav Weindorfer used a very basic and somewhat perilous raft comprised of two pine logs connected by a pailing deck. He later used a more substantial punt to ferry passengers around the lake. In 1938, the Cradle Mountain Reserve Board purchased three Huon pine boats, which remained in service until the 1960s. It was for these that the Lake Dove and the similar but smaller boatshed at Crater Lake were built.
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