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R users often come to the false impression that the popular packages
dplyr and
tidyr are both all of
R and sui generis inventions (in that they might be unprecedented and there might no other reasonable way to get the same effects in
R). These packages and their conventions are high-value, but they are results of evolution and implement a style of programming that has been available in
R for some time. They evolved in a context, and did not burst on the scene fully armored with spear in hand.
dplyr and
We will start with a (very) brief outline of the primary capabilities of
dplyr and
dplyr embodies the idea that data manipulation should be broken down into a sequence of transformations.
For example: in
R if one wishes to add a column to a
data.frame it is common to perform an "in-place" calculation as shown below:
d <- data.frame(x=c(-1,0,1))
## x
## 1 -1
## 2 0
## 3 1
d$absx <- abs(d$x)
## x absx
## 1 -1 1
## 2 0 0
## 3 1 1
This has a couple of disadvantages:
- The original
dhas been altered, so re-starting calculations (say after we discover a mistake) can be inconvenient.
- We have to keep repeating the name of the
data.framewhich is not only verbose (which is not that important an issue), it is a chance to write the wrong name and introduce an error.
The "
dplyr-style" is to write the same code as follows:
d <- data.frame(x=c(-1,0,1))
d %>%
mutate(absx = abs(x))
## x absx
## 1 -1 1
## 2 0 0
## 3 1 1
# confirm our original data frame is unaltered
## x
## 1 -1
## 2 0
## 3 1
The idea is to break your task into the sequential application of a small number of "standard verbs" to produce your result. The verbs are "pipelined" or sequenced using the
magrittr pipe "
%>%" which can be thought of as if the following four statements were to be taken as equivalent:
x %>% f(.)
x %>% f()
x %>% f
This lets one write a sequence of operations as a left to right pipeline (without explicit nesting of functions or use of numerous intermediate variables). Some discussion can be found here.
dplyr verbs include the "single table verbs" from the
dplyr 0.5.0 introduction vignette:
These have high-performance implementations (often in
C++ thanks to Rcpp) and often have defaults that are safer and better for programming (not changing types on single column data-frames, not promoting strings to factors, and so-on). Not really discussed in the
dplyr 0.5.0 introduction are the
dplyr::*join() operators which are in fact critical components, but easily explained as standard relational joins (i.e., they are very important implementations, but not novel concepts).
Fairly complex data transforms can be broken down in terms of these verbs (plus some verbs from
Take for example a slightly extended version of one of the complex work-flows from
dplyr 0.5.0 introduction vignette.
The goal is: plot the distribution of average flight arrive delays and flight departure (all averages grouped by date) for dates where either of these averages is at least 30 minutes. The first step is writing down the goal (as we did above). With that clear, someone familiar with
dplyr can write a pipeline or work-flow as below (we have added the
gather and
arrange steps to extend the example a bit):
summary1 <- flights %>%
group_by(year, month, day) %>%
select(arr_delay, dep_delay) %>%
arr = mean(arr_delay, na.rm = TRUE),
dep = mean(dep_delay, na.rm = TRUE)
) %>%
filter(arr > 30 | dep > 30) %>%
gather(key = delayType,
value = delayMinutes,
arr, dep) %>%
arrange(year, month, day, delayType)
## Adding missing grouping variables: `year`, `month`, `day`
## [1] 98 5
## Source: local data frame [6 x 5]
## Groups: year, month [2]
## year month day delayType delayMinutes
## <int> <int> <int> <chr> <dbl>
## 1 2013 1 16 arr 34.24736
## 2 2013 1 16 dep 24.61287
## 3 2013 1 31 arr 32.60285
## 4 2013 1 31 dep 28.65836
## 5 2013 2 11 arr 36.29009
## 6 2013 2 11 dep 39.07360
ggplot(data= summary1, mapping=aes(x=delayMinutes, color=delayType)) +
geom_density() +
ggtitle(paste("distribution of mean arrival and departure delays by date",
"when either mean delay is at least 30 minutes", sep='n'),
subtitle = "produced by: dplyr/magrittr/tidyr packages")
Once you get used to the notation (become familiar with "
%>%" and the verbs) the above can be read in small pieces and is considered fairly elegant. The warning message indicates it would have been better documentation to have the initial
select() have been "
select(year, month, day, arr_delay, dep_delay)" (in addition I feel that
group_by() should always be written as close to
summarise() as is practical). We have intentionally (beyond minor extension) kept the example as is.
dplyr is not un-precedented. It was preceeded by the
plyr package and many of these transformational verbs actually have near equivalents in the
R name-space
We will get back to these substitutions after we discuss
tidyr is a smaller package than
dplyr and it mostly supplies the following verbs:
complete()(a bulk coalsece function)
gather()(a un-pivot operation, related to
spread()(a pivot operation, related to
nest()(a hierarchical data operation)
unnest()(opposite of
nest(), closest analogy might be
separate()(split a column into multiple columns)
extract()(extract one column)
expand()(complete an experimental design)
The most famous
tidyr verbs are
gather(), and
spread(). We will discuss
gather() here as it and
spread() are incremental improvements on
Note also the
tidyr package was itself preceded by a package called
reshape2, which supplied
pivot capabilities in terms of verbs called
melt() and
The flights example again
It may come as a shock to some: but one can roughly "line for line"" translate the "nycflights13" example from the
dplyr 0.5.0 introduction into common methods from
base:: and
stats:: that reproduces the sequence of transforms style. I.e., transformational style is already available in "base-
By "base-
R" we mean
R with only its standard name-spaces (
stats and a few others). Or "
R out of the box" (before loading many packages). "base-
R" is not meant as a pejorative term here. We don't take "base-
R" to in any way mean "old-
R", but to denote the core of the language we have decided to use for many analytic tasks.
What we are doing is separating the style of programming taught "as
dplyr" (itself a signficant contribution) from the implementation (also a significant contribution). We will replace the use of the
magrittr pipe "
%>%" with the Bizarro Pipe (an effect available in base-
R) to produce code that works without use of
tidyr, or
The translated example:
flights ->.;
# select columns we are working with
.[c('arr_delay', 'dep_delay', 'year', 'month', 'day')] ->.;
# simulate the group_by/summarize by split/lapply/rbind
transform(., key=paste(year, month, day)) ->.;
split(., .$key) ->.;
lapply(., function(.) {
transform(., arr = mean(arr_delay, na.rm = TRUE),
dep = mean(dep_delay, na.rm = TRUE)
)[1, , drop=FALSE]
}) ->.;
do.call(rbind, .) ->.;
# filter to either delay at least 30 minutes
subset(., arr > 30 | dep > 30) ->.;
# select only columns we wish to present
.[c('year', 'month', 'day', 'arr', 'dep')] ->.;
# get the data into a long form
# can't easily use stack as (from help(stack)):
# "stack produces a data frame with two columns""
idvar = c('year','month','day'),
direction = 'long',
varying = c('arr', 'dep'),
timevar = 'delayType',
v.names = 'delayMinutes') ->.;
# convert reshape ordinals back to original names
transform(., delayType = c('arr', 'dep')[delayType]) ->.;
# make sure the data is in the order we expect
.[order(.$year, .$month, .$day, .$delayType), , drop=FALSE] -> summary2
# clean out the row names for clarity of presentation
rownames(summary2) <- NULL
## [1] 98 5
## year month day delayType delayMinutes
## 1 2013 1 16 arr 34.24736
## 2 2013 1 16 dep 24.61287
## 3 2013 1 31 arr 32.60285
## 4 2013 1 31 dep 28.65836
## 5 2013 2 11 arr 36.29009
## 6 2013 2 11 dep 39.07360
ggplot(data= summary2, mapping=aes(x=delayMinutes, color=delayType)) +
geom_density() +
ggtitle(paste("distribution of mean arrival and departure delays by date",
"when either mean delay is at least 30 minutes", sep='n'),
subtitle = "produced by: base/stats packages plus Bizarro Pipe")
The above work-flow is a bit rough, but the simple introduction of a few light-weight wrapper functions would clean up the code immensely.
The ugliest bit is the by-hand replacement of the
summarize() pair, so that would be a good candidate to wrap in a function (either full split/apply/combine style or some specialization such as grouped ordered apply).
reshape step is also a bit rough, but I like the explicit specification of
idvars (without these the person reading the code has little idea what the structure of the intended transform is). This is why even though I prefer the
tidyr::gather() implementation to
stats::reshape() I chose to wrap
tidyr::gather() into a more teachable "coordinatized data" signature (the idea is: explicit grouping columns were a good idea for
summarize(), and they are also a good idea for
Also, the use of expressions such as "
.$year" is probably not a bad thing;
dplyr itself is introducing "data pronouns" to try and reduce ambiguity and would write some of these expressions as "
.data$year". In fact
dplyr also allows notations such as "
mtcars %>% select(.data["disp"])" ; so such notation does have its place.
R itself is very powerful. That is why additional powerful notations and powerful conventions can be built on top of
R also, for all its warts, has always been a platform for statistics and analytics. So: for common data manipulation tasks you should expect
R does in fact have some ready-made tools.
It is often said "
R is its packages", but I think that is missing how much
R packages owe back to design decisions found in "base-
Data Scientist and trainer at Win Vector LLC. One of the authors of Practical Data Science with R.


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Japan is perfectly safe for those traveling with children — it is decidedly family-oriented. Many museums, attractions, and some forms of transportation offer reduced prices for children 6 – 11 years old. Those under six are generally admitted free of charge. Hotels often offer babysitting services, but these can be expensive. Some larger department stores have playgrounds.
The proliferation of Western fast food chains will aid in feeding finicky eaters. We noted that the orange juice at McDonald's was a terrific bargain. Most restaurants have plastic food displays available. This allows families with children to make determinations about the food before sitting down at a table.
Please note that all U.S. citizens are required to carry a valid passport for identification purposes.

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text: Many distillate fuel providers offer tank refilling services based on will call delivery or manually scheduled intervals. Without remote tank monitoring, companies must manually check individual tanks, and deal with waves of last-minute emergency deliveries. The result is a significant loss of ROI through employee burnout, overtime and increased mileage due to the inefficient use of labor and distribution.


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Sustrans has reported record numbers of schools signing up to take part in the Big Pedal, the UK's biggest inter-school cycling competition that starts on March 3rd.
The Big Pedal is run by the Sustrans and funded by Bike Hub, the industry levy fund, and aims to get kids more active by cycling and scooting the school run. For ten days schools all across the country compete against each other to make the most number of journeys.
As schools head back to the classroom after the half term break, 1,525 schools have registered and Sustrans are hoping that over a million school journeys will be made by schools taking part.
Sign-ups have rapidly overtaken last year's grand total of 1,280 and numbers are expected to rise even further with plenty of time for more schools to join in before the competition starts, said a statement from Sustrans.
Sustrans CEO Malcolm Shepherd, said:
"To have so many schools sign up already is just fantastic, it shows that schools and parents alike recognise the benefits of incorporating physical exercise into the school run. "
"Hopefully this event will make a big difference to the way that people make the school run in the future."
By signing up to the Big Pedal schools receive tailored lesson plans, posters, maps, and ideas on how to encourage everyone in the school to get involved.


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By PETER SVENSSON, Associated Press
NEW YORK – Maybe (NYSE: T) new slogan should be "More books in more places." The phone company added a near-record 2.7 million wireless customers in the last quarter, defying expectations with the help of new e-reading devices.
However, stung by complaints about dropped calls and slow wireless downloads, AT&T said it going to spend an additional $2 billion to improve its network this year.
The country's largest telecommunications company has faced an aggressive ad campaign from Verizon Wireless that attacks the quality and range of AT&T's network.
On Thursday, AT&T executives spent an unprecedented amount of time on their fourth-quarter earnings conference call to defend the wireless network and detail how they plan to make it better.
They acknowledged that wireless traffic, particularly from the iPhone, means that performance in San Francisco and Manhattan are below AT&T's targets.
AT&T said problems have been reduced in the last three months. And to keep tackling the service issue, it is ramping up its capital spending this year, from $17.3 billion last year to between $18 billion and $19 billion. While it didn't break out how much will be invested in wireless, it said the increase over last year would be about $2 billion. It will add more cell towers and connect the towers to faster, fiber-optic lines.
"Wireless is our No. 1 investment priority," said John Stankey, head of AT&T's Operations division.
In the fourth quarter, AT&T added a near-record 2.7 million wireless customers, defying expectations. However, 1 million were non-phone devices, largely consisting of e-book readers. AT&T has deals to support the latest version of Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle, Sony Corp.'s Reader and Barnes & Noble Inc.'s Nook.
AT&T probably gets relatively little revenue from each e-reader device. Analyst Craig Moffett at Sanford Bernstein puts it at a few dollars per month. But AT&T is taking clear leadership in providing service for non-phone devices, which are seen as the next big growth area for wireless.
The highest-paying customers are those who sign two-year contracts, and AT&T added just 910,000 customers who have those, compared with 1.2 million at Verizon.
AT&T also said it activated 3.1 million iPhones, the second-highest quarterly total so far, demonstrating the continuing allure of the Apple phone. AT&T achieved that despite the lack of a new iPhone model in the quarter.
Analyst Craig Moffett at Sanford Bernstein called the wireless results "mixed." He was disappointed by the number of new contracts, and noted that AT&T continues to be very reliant on the iPhone, for which it is the exclusive U.S. carrier.
Apple and AT&T haven't said how long their exclusive contract lasts, but Apple appeared to reaffirm its commitment to AT&T on Wednesday, when it announced that AT&T will be the sole U.S. data provider for its new tablet-style computer, the iPad.
Analyst Christopher King at Stifel Nicolaus said it was unclear what motivated Apple to stay with AT&T. The decision does not necessarily preclude the possibility that the iPhone could come out with another carrier, like Verizon, later in the year, King said.
AT&T will be offering a novel deal for iPad owners: $30 per month for unlimited data service, with no contract. That's half of what data service costs for a laptop, but AT&T is also expecting data use from the iPad to be less than what laptops use. The iPad will run iPhone applications rather than full-blown and more data-intensive programs. Chief Financial Officer Rick Lindner said AT&T will have attractive service margins.
AT&T, which is based in Dallas, earned $3 billion, or 51 cents per share, in the last three months of the year. That was up 26 percent from a year earlier, and matched the average analyst expectation as polled by Thomson Reuters.
Revenue fell 0.7 percent to $30.9 billion, also matching expectations.
AT&T shares rose 9 cents to $25.71 in midday trading.
For the full year, AT&T earned $12.5 billion, or $2.12 per share, on revenue of $123 billion. That compared to 2008 earnings of $12.9 billion, or $2.16 per share, on revenue of $124 billion.


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Finland's EduLAB expands ed-tech pre-incubator program
EduLAB is part of a rapidly expanding pre-incubator program at the Oulu University of Applied Sciences in Finland called Oamk LABs. EduLAB specifically targets the global education technology industry.
By Blair Stevenson
Like the other Oamk LABs, EduLAB is taught in English and is a full-time, 5 month educational program for university level students and professionals in re-training with backgrounds in education, graphic design, programming, business and even health.
The EduLAB curriculum consists of a demo path and product path. The demo path represents the first five months and acts as a starting point for all participants to be placed into multidisciplinary teams which together build prototypes. Upon completion of the demo path, these teams then have the option to return for an additional LAB (product path) and turn their prototype into a full product and start-up.
After these 10 months in the LAB program, new start-ups are then ready to join accelerator programs or begin growing on their own as a viable business. In this way, participants can complete their studies while establishing a start-up at the same time.
The current EduLAB cohort (45 people from 28 different countries) began on January 18 and continues until mid-June 2016. The prototypes currently being developed range from educational games and apps for teachers to digital products that support health education and rehabilitation.
EduLAB also represents an innovative collaboration between the Oulu University of Applied Sciences and the other university located in the same city: the University of Oulu. As a result, the current participants are educators and education students as well as advanced Bachelor degree students from the fields of software design, graphic design, business and marketing as well as health. EduLAB also has a large group of international exchange students as well as professionals that have come back for re-training (ex-professionals from Nokia and Microsoft for example).
Ultimately, each team aims to create a viable EdTech prototype, however the LAB is also competitive and only those concepts deemed to have the most potential are continued past a series of pitching events called Gates. Furthermore, most concepts attempt to solve problems that have been brought to the LAB as suggested by established companies and organizations in the industry.
Keep an eye out for upcoming EduLAB events such as the Gate 2 live streamed pitching event scheduled for March 1 and EduLAB's annual Education Innovation Hackathon (hacking digital education concepts) to be held on March 21-22. This year's hack will focus on the potential for Internet of Things (IoT) in schools using the Finnish IoT device, Thingsee, and will include participants from a delegation of OamkLAB Japanese partners. Additionally, anyone with an interest to join EduLAB as a participant should remember that the application period for the next round opens on April 1 with the next LAB starting August 29, 2016.
Learn more and apply for EduLAB here.
This blog was originally posted on the Nordic Edtech Network.


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November 8th to November 30th, 2019
Sunday Matinee on November 24th
Have you ever wondered what brides-maids talk about when the wedding is over and the champagne is flowing? You can find out what five of them dis-cuss in this hilarious and heart-warming play.
Set in the home of the bride in Knox-ville, Kentucky, during the newly-married couple's ostentatious wedding reception, the five bridesmaids have found refuge in the bedroom of Meredith, the bride's rebellious, pot-smoking sister.
In addition to Meredith, the four other bridesmaids include Georgeanne Darby, Tracy's high school and college sidekick, Trisha. a former friend and jaded beauty with a suspect reputation, Frances, the very naïve and religious cousin of the bride, and Mindy McClure, the groom's clumsy and outspoken lesbian sister. Only one man, a cousin of the groom, ventures into the room in hot pursuit of Trisha.
As the five bridesmaids, who are all wearing the same dress, discuss sex, life and love (and the bride and groom, among various others at the wedding), they come to realize that, despite their differences, they have more in common with each other than any of them do with the bride. More than one of them comes away from this fateful afternoon with a different view of their life and the future.
Tickets are available beginning approximately six weeks prior to a production's opening night at our ticket agent Poppy, 522 Main Street, Klamath Falls, OR 97601. Tickets must be picked up in person. Payment may be made with cash, check, or credit card. Telephone 541-884-4361 for ticket information and availability. Of course, tickets for an evening's performance can also be purchased, subject to availability, in the Linkville Playhouse's lobby (201 Main Street, Klamath Falls, OR on the northeast corner of 2nd and Main Streets) one hour prior to curtain time.
Regular season tickets are $14 for the loge section, $12 for the orchestra section, and $11 for our newly designed balcony. One dollar discounts are offered to seniors and those with a current student or military ID. Occasionally, two-for-one rush tickets are available at the door for these patrons. Be sure to follow The Linkville Playhouse on Facebook or Twitter to catch this great deal! Our Little Linkville Plays for Children are economically priced at just $2 so the entire family can enjoy the magic of live theater.
Please note that tickets are non-refundable. Exchanges, if available, may be made prior to the performance date. You may also return tickets to the show date and claim them as a charitable donation as long as the tickets are available for resale.
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Libri per adulti
Letteratura e narrativa
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"The Cezanne Affair" is being shown at the 2011 Italian Film Festival USA. Gabriele returns to his small town in southern Italy to say goodbye to his dying father. The last words of the old man awaken in Gabriele the memory of the forgotten past when he was a boy in the 1960s and lived with his father, the local railway station chief who had artistic aspirations, his mother Franca, a teacher, and his Uncle Pinuccio, the younger brother of Franca. In the course of funeral preparations, Gabriele spends a night in his boyhood home and discovers a truth about his father that he never would have imagined, which radically alters his view of his father. Gabriele Rossetti va a sud, torna al suo paese e al padre ricoverato in un ospedale di provincia. Al capezzale dell'uomo, Gabriele ripensa alla sua infanzia e alla sua relazione col genitore, capostazione ossessionato dall'arte e da Cezanne. Figlio unico di Ernesto e Franca Rossetti, insegnante e casalinga amorevole, Gabriele cresce osservando le manie degli adulti.


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Diploma in Broadcasting & Film
IACT College
Course Overview
Are you most inspired when storytelling and capturing moments through a camera lens? Our Diploma in Broadcasting & Film refines your skills by exposing you to the art and science that go into filmmaking and broadcasting.
You will be equipped with the knowledge and skills required to navigate through this creative industry, especially during times like these, where cinematic experiences can bring so much hope and joy.
Taught by an experienced, industry-based faculty, focusing on a range of relevant modules, from the fundamentals of filmmaking and audio production to motion graphics and scriptwriting, this is a fully accredited Diploma by the Malaysian Qualifying Agency (MQA).
Learning Outcomes
- Investigate the techniques and aesthetics of screen language and storytelling while working on a range of projects.
- Use our huge range of cameras & equipment in our state-of-the-art studios.
- Intern with major production and post-production companies and broadcasters.
- Gain the technical skill sets, conceptual problem-solving skills and creative acumen to embark on a successful career in this dynamic media landscape.
- Gain access to advance standing into Year 2 of the BA (Hons) Media, Culture and Communication or BA (Hons) Film Production, or Year 3 of other degree programmes offered by the University of Sunderland.
- Gain access to advance standing into Year 3 of the BA (Hons) in Creative Film, Television and Digital Media Production offered by the University of Northampton.
With the Diploma in Broadcasting & Film, you will gain entry into:
- BA (Hons) TV & Film Production (top-up), University of Gloucestershire
- BA (Hons) Broadcast Media Production, University of Sunderland
- BA (Hons) Film Production, University of Sunderland
- BA (Hons) Media Production, Liverpool John Moores
- BA (Hons) Film Studies, Liverpool John Moores
- BA (Hons) Creative Film, Television and Digital Media Production, University of Northampton
- BA (Hons) Media Production with Film & Screen Studies, University of Northampton
- BA(Hons) Filmmaking, University of the West of England
- BA (Hons) Film and Television Production, Teeside University
- BA (Hons) Digital Media Production, Sheffield Hallam University
- BA (Hons) Broadcast TV & Radio, University of Bedfordshire
- BA(Hons) Film Production, University of Derby
- BA(Hons) Media Production, University of Derby
- BA (Hons) Film Studies, University of Essex
- BA (Hons) Film and Creative Writing, University of Essex
- BA (Hons) Film, University of South Wales
- BA (Hons) Media Production, University of South Wales
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Film Production - Year 3 Final Year, University For The Creative Arts
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Film and Digital Art - Year 3 Final Year, University For The Creative Arts
- BA (Hons) Television & Media Production - Year 3 Final Year, University For The Creative Arts
- BA (Hons) Television Production - Year 3 Final Year, University For The Creative Arts
- Bachelor of Media Arts & Production, University of Canberra
- Bachelor of Film Production, University of Canberra
- Bachelor of Film and Screen Media Production, Griffith University
- BSc (Hons) Creative Broadcast & Film Production, Limerick Institute of Technology
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Animation, Visual Effects and Motion Design, IT Tralee University
About IACT College
A pioneer in creative communications education as early as the 1970, IACT has since established itself as the nations premier creative communication's specialist. We do not just teach creativity, we actively inspire it as a trusted educator in the creative industry- with our students receiving over 90 prestigious industry awards over the past 5 years. We are also the only college in Malaysia to receive accreditation from the International Advertising Association in New York, and continue to focus on providing industry ready education with programmes designed and developed to train our students for industry expectations.
How Do I Get In?
- 3 credits in SPM or IGCSE;
- 3Bs in UEC; OR
- IACT College Certificate in Communication Studies; OR
- Other qualifications recognized by the Ministry of Education Malaysia
English Language Proficiency
- SPM - Grade C
- IELTS - Band 5.0
- IGCSE 1st Language - E
- IGCSE 2nd Language - D
* Trial examinations/ forecast results are accepted
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Year 1
Computer Graphics
You will be introduced to the most basic design software used today and taught to handle simple and basic computer design functions and applications.
Communication English 102
The subject aims to help you express your opinions and views in English and to further improve reading comprehension as well as write academic essays confidently.
Communication English 103
The subject aims to help you express your opinions and views in English and to further improve reading comprehension as well as write academic essays confidently.
Creative Thinking
This module invites you to change your creative mindset by helping you to understand creativity, what it takes to be creative and how to be a creative thinker. Besides developing your creative thinking, it also helps to hone your analytical skills.
Film Fundamentals
This module focuses on how to be critical when watching a film and to notice and understand the subtle cues and meanings that are hidden within film aesthetics and cinematography.
Idea Conceptualisation
This module focuses on the cultivation of ideas and problem-solving strategies for the moving image. It combines idea generation, designing, conceptualising, directing, editing and sound, culminating into the final project. It encourages you to think out-of-the-box.
Introduction to Audio Production
This is a comprehensive and concise grounding module, covering all aspects of sound recording and music technology. By the end of the course, you will have completed an original recording project.
Mass Communication
This module encourages you to reflect upon the relationship between mass communication and our society. You are taught to analyse the exterior patterns and covert meanings within media messages.
Photography & Digital Imaging
This module is a basic introduction to photography & digital imaging. You will explore a range of topics, from display design to basic knowledge on how to use a DSLR.
Presentation Skills
This module exposes you to the skills needed for effective presentations. It also encourages critical thinking about audiences and the purposes of presenting.
Video Production
This module introduces you to the procedures and techniques of video production. You will learn the technical practices and creative skills required to produce a video through practical workshops, supervised exercises, screenings and discussions. It has a balanced treatment of pre-production, production, and post-production for single-camera video productions in creative aspects.
Year 2
Advanced Audio Production
This module provides production-oriented, 'hands on' practice in operating equipment, which will help in the development of skills required for efficient announcing and news casting. You will be required to write and present radio, TV and audio-visual announcements and assignments.
Advanced Video Production
You will be exposed to the finer points of production, the better use of equipment and employs the right techniques to be used in the professional world.
Motion Graphics
This module explores the nature and attributes of motion and broadcast graphics. You will learn to create, select and manipulate still and motion graphics for broadcast and other media delivery. You will also grasp technical knowledge of the Adobe After Effects software in terms of motion graphics creation and multimedia production.
New Media Studies
You will be taught critical concepts and hands-on skills related to 'new social media'. We will consider the significant shifts of new media in the reading, viewing and listening experiences while remaining mindful of new media's connections with the older media.
Production Management
This module explores how production management and coordination are utilised to keep your shoot on-schedule, on-budget and to maintain quality upon completion.
Scriptwriting for TV
You will be introduced to the concepts and techniques employed in writing for television and screenplay. This module also teaches you how to lay-out a script and write in various professional script formats.
Studio Production & Directing
Studio multi-camera production covers a wide range of skills in live broadcasts and TV productions. A good grasp of these skills will provide a foundation for working in specific technical and production roles within the industry. The module introduces advanced technical skills in the use of sound and vision mixers and the essential working practices and conventions of working in a production team.
In-Company Practical Training
You will learn the development of strategies which will extend your learning beyond educational institutions. This module is structured to provide an opportunity for students to critically reflect on the relationship between their academic studies and advertising, marketing and communication practices.
Final Semester
Creative Execution & Production
This module looks at the basic disciplines of creativity in video production for broadcast. You will be exposed to creative thinking in production planning, the creative process and their applications, creative approaches and styles, and art direction in production.
Radio & TV Commercials
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Bahasa Kebangsaan A or Problem Solving and Decision Making
Bahasa Kebangsaan A helps in grasping the national language to effectively communicate, and express thoughts clearly and creatively through verbal and written communication. Problem Solving And Decision Making introduces you to the concepts and strategies in problem solving and decision making. Students are expected to apply these concepts and processes to a variety of problems and scenarios within the creative communications industry.
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S.O.S is a student-run society that supports both local and international community work, as well as strengthens the bond between students and staff through community activities.
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Unmasked Hometown Hero Awards
The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce takes great pride in recognizing outstanding individuals, businesses, and groups through its many awards ceremonies. This unprecedented time calls for an unprecedented awards program.
On Thursday, August 20th, 2020, the Chamber hosted this one-of-a-kind program where we recognized seven deserving individuals and organizations who have helped push our community forward this year despite all of the challenges that have been set out for us.


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This week, the Creative Bloq team were very excited to receive a copy of Viction:ary's latest title Geo/Graphics, which collects a number of print and motion graphic design projects that utilise simple geometric shapes.
The book is divided into two sections, starting with To The Touch, which exhibits 131 promotional art, textile prints, brand identity, environmental graphics, crafts, photo log, and life-size installations. The latter On The Move chapter showcases 28 multimedia projects by various international designers all specialising in different disciplines. Among them, artists use geometric shapes to model characters, tell a story and portray music.
As well as enjoying stills and a write up on each project, the Viction:ary team have also cleverly added a handy QR code to the motion section, which readers can scan to watch each piece.
Contributors include German animation studio Musclebeaver, Melbourne-based creative outfit Motherbird, CG and VFX facility Studio Aiko to name a few. So, brimming with inspirational images and with over 250 pages to browse through, there really is something here for everyone.
Geo/Graphics is a celebration of the simple shape, looking at how circles and polygons used as a core graphic medium can form striking visuals and channel meanings.
The book is available now priced at $40.
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April 1992
Denham & Monkey Mia, Western Australia
Arrived late here in Denham. Were then stuck and could not get to Monkey Mia. Fortunately an Australian girl asked whether we would like to join with her and hire a car. She drove us to Monkey Mia where we met the dolphins. Actually we were lucky all six dolphins were about and we arrived in time for feeding. I was actually able to hand feed a wild dolphin. This one was badly scarred from having become stranded and then terribly sunburnt before being nursed back to life. A dolphin came right up to me in the water. It was very touching to see the way they rolled over onto their sides. I got a real lump in my throat. One of the dolphins lost a baby last week. They grieve almost like we do and she was very upset.
The Dark Side of Dolphins | Nat Geo Wild
We then drove on to Eagle Bluff &Shark Bay.
Source:Our Australian Adventurehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIf_aykRZpa8fB3Da-c4chA
Looking down from the cliff we could see a shark and a sting ray in the water. I refused to swim at the nearby beach.We spent much of the afternoon on Shell Beach. The beach consists entirely of small shells. It is pretty unique. Nobody knows what caused it. The water is very shallow and so salty you can't help floating.
A great day, despite the fact that the car we had hired was pretty rough and I had expected it to break down at any minute in the middle of nowhere.
Moral: Go check out the views from nearby cliffs before you go swimming.
Source: Storyteller Media https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQOTOHIqoR-_DF1DYjcIhFA


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More than a dozen people were hurt, some critically, when they returned to a New York bungalow at a camp for teenage boys and it suddenly exploded, igniting a massive fire, witnesses and officials say.
Fourteen people were injured when the Monroe bungalow on Cromwell Road exploded and went up in flames early Friday around 12:15, Vini Tankasali, Department Commissioner of Emergency Services for Orange County, said. Three people were critically injured and Tankasali said at least one of the injured were airlifted. The injured are being treated at an area hospital.
Neighbors said at the scene that there were teenage boys from New York City, possibly Brooklyn, staying in the bungalow for a Hasidic camp. The neighbors said the boys returned to the bungalow, smelled gas and opened a window. It was then when the bungalow blew up.
Tankasali could not independently confirm the explosion was the result of a gas leak.
Video from the scene shows a home completely engulfed in flames and smoke as firefighters work to put out the inferno.
Tankasali said eight fire departments were able to put out the blaze in about 40 minutes. He said the fire was in a non-fire-hydrant area so other departments were called in for water.
A witness at the scene said the explosions was so powerful he felt in a nearby bungalow.
The cause of the explosion and inferno is still under investigation.
Friday, June 08, 2018
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Rügen Island
Why would I call the island of Rügen "my second home" and why do I feel so connected? Especially with the place Binz?
Well, we visit the island for many years. It all started when I was very young. At that time, it was always about a two weeks stay and it was the "annual holiday" that everyone waited for. Meanwhile, we go there from time to time for a few days. However, it is always a great trip and a wonderful 3-hour drive because you know what to expect. On the spot, you waft in memories and simply enjoy the moment. It was exactly the same in the middle of June.
Chalk Cliffs
One thing we almost always do – a drive to the chalk cliffs. Whenever I suggest this in advance my sister is already turning her eyes, because she does not find it that exciting anymore.
However, I strongly associate Rügen with it and just love to go there for a walk. I really can recommend it to everybody! It is really breathtaking to stand on the beach and to have that huge cliff in front of you.
Sunset at the pier
On the last trip, we stayed for 2 days. So we had one night there, which was perfect because otherwise, we would have missed this beautiful sunset. We enjoyed it directly at the pier. During the evening/night, we went back to the pier. Our plan: a relaxing walk on the beach. We ended up lying in the sand for almost 3 hours, watching the stars.
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This one is from Redstate, and I'd be proud to have written it: Yep, "Social Conservatives" need to Sit Down and Shut Up. Maybe "FiCon Moderates" have a Solution Here…
New York, Thursday:
Patience Boyd, 2, was shot in the head and is fighting for her life at New York-Presbyterian Medical Center and Jayla Rodriguez 6, was grazed in the neck. The intended target, Ricky Rodriguez, 20, (not related) was wounded in the torso. All three were rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital.
Chicago, Friday:
A 27-year-old man was ordered held without bond Sunday, charged with fatally stabbing his 3-year-old son and raping and stabbing the boy's mother Friday morning in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. The boy, identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner's office as Jaivon Sandifer, was pronounced dead at 12:18 p.m. Friday at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. A Saturday autopsy determined he died of multiple stab and incise wounds and the death was ruled a homicide.
Detroit, Friday:
Detroit police say three men were shot, two fatally, as they were walking on the southwest side Friday afternoon. The men were at Cabot and Vernor about 1 p.m. when three men in a vehicle pulled up and fired shots, Detroit Police Officer Samuel Balogun said. Two of the men were found dead at the scene, Balogun said. The third was hospitalized in critical condition, police said.A total of 238 homicides had occurred in the city this year as of Sunday, a 22.7% increase over the same period in 2010.
Camden, Wednesday
"I don't want to question you God, but I keep asking. Why her? Why Madison?" Dentsy said today as she stood over a tiny pink casket which held the body of 10-month-old Madison Marie Spearman. The toddler was beaten to death in Irvington last week. She died because she was crying, authorities say, and her mother's 15-year-old boyfriend didn't want to hear it anymore.
Cleveland, Saturday
Crime Stoppers is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person who fatally shot 15-year-old Danica "Tugga" Nelson. Danica was shot in the head Saturday at East 39th Street and Longwood Avenue, where more than 100 people gathered Monday evening for a candlelight vigil. "She was a bright and popular sophomore at Jane Addams High School in their Design Lab and a student at Tri-C's Early College Program," community activist Khalid Samad said Sunday in a news release.
Los Angeles, Saturday
Deshon Rasberry was with about twenty people in the 2100 block of East 103rd Street. A lone Black male suspect walked up to Rasberry and fired several shots at him. Rasberry collapsed to the ground and Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) personnel transported him to a local hospital, where he died a short time later. This murder was gang related.
Philadelphia, Thursday
The grieving women knelt on a floor scrubbed of blood, praying the children's souls to heaven. In life, the children were Savanna Mao, 12, who wore stylish purple glasses to match her personality, and her brother, Savann, 8, who at night prayed for a guitar and a drum so he could form a rock band. Their mother killed them in this tiny bedroom Wednesday evening.
Atlanta, Friday
A killing in broad daylight Friday has Carrollton police on the lookout for a suspect they say is armed and dangerous.Police said three men were in a vehicle around 3:20 p.m. at the Chateau Apartments at 460 Hays Mill Road when a man identified as Evan Winston came up to the car and fatally shot one of its occupants.
East Saint Louis, Wednesday
East Saint Louis Authorities say Smith, 25, shot her daughter, Yokela Smith, 4, and son Levada Brown, 5, in their heads with a shotgun Wednesday evening at their East St. Louis home in the 3000 block of Lincoln Avenue. Another son, 8, was not harmed. Authorities said only that he was able to escape. Smith fled to St. Louis in a vehicle while several calls brought police to the apartment, authorities said. St. Clair County State's Attorney Brendan Kelly said the crime scene they found there was horrific and that "officers don't get paid enough to do this."
Our society is crumbling.
The pictures are haunting: The children, usually cherubic little toddlers, oftentimes black, with names like Yokela and Levada and Jayla are frozen in the amber of permanent newsprint, smiling for all eternity at a reading public that skips past the latest horrific murders and moves onto the box-scores.
There is a low level and gruesome war occurring in our cities, with new victims each day.
Those I've highlighted above have all occurred in only the last four or five days. There is usually some accompanying narrative in the newspaper coverage, complete with pictures, of a grieving aunt, or grandmother, clutching the stuffed animal that the latest child-victim once hugged in life, wailing: We must stop the violence, we must take back our streets, why, why, why did the have to die in such a cruel, unspeakably tragic way?
The questions are bellowed in hysterical grief, but are met only with stone cold silence of the next days calamitous murders– There will be more tomorrow.
And yet, we are told to stay away from the moral causes, don't talk about social issues. Keep your mouth shut about the violence of abortion. Don't drone on about the baggy pants, the foul-mouthed rap– after all, we've got a Federal Government with mutli-trillion dollar deficits to fix. Nobody cares about the devaluation of life, the senseless violence. Shhhhhh….. Independents get turned off by all the social issue crap.
Recently, I pulled up to a gas-station-and-convenience-store in a remote hamlet in Northern Michigan– the kind of place that advertizes "Homemade Jerkey!" outside, and is fifteen miles from anything resembling a town. I was pumping gas, and my little 8-year-old boy was helping– in the manner that 8-year-olds "help". It was a gorgeous summer afternoon, and we were both anticipating a tall fountain soda-pop, and maybe some hunter sausage.
The ground and air started to thump and shake with a ferocity that seemed to portend an earthquake, or worse. The noise grew louder, until we realized the obnoxious din was emanating from a 1990′s vintage Saturn tooling along the rural road, evidently equipped with mammoth bass speakers that verily shook the ground as it proceeded. A young man with a tailored baseball cap, and wife-beater tank top debauched from the car as it came to a stop in front of the store, but the hideously loud "rap" music continued. We couldn't hide from it. The tender lyrics of the song went:
I've not bothered to look up the lyricist, but I'm sure I'll find their biography right next to Jerome Kern's in the annals of the Great American Songbook.
So, I'm standing there, trying to fill up my tank and simultaneously seem unconcerned with the auditory assault being leveled at my 8-year old boy. What should I do? At the moment, the idiot playing the music from his car couldn't have heard me if I'd had George Bush's bullhorn at hand, yelling epithets. It was a teachable moment, to be sure, but shouting lessons would be useless. I did corner the young twerp in the store, and asked him to turn down his stereo. He looked at me like I was from Lichtenstein.
Nope, the culture is just fine. No problems, at least none big enough to have our Presidential candidates address, that's for darned sure. We don't want to scare off the independents.
I would like to posit a theory that perhaps you "FiCons" might want to consider: Our fiscal house is a disaster because our culture is a disaster. And the one can't be fixed without the other, at least in a meaningful, long-term way. A society that doesn't care about the deadly toxic nature of its culture, where two-year-old children of 15-year-old mothers are routinely slain by their 16-year-old "boyfriends", or where the most deadly crime in our inner cities is "disrespect", is a culture that really doesn't care that it is saddling its children with debt. Long-term, multi-trillion dollar deficits are a form of child abuse, writ large. It's just a normalized, institutional form of that hideous crime, but much less gruesome than all the sensational news stories about rape and murder. But, it's quite plain now: Here in America, children are quite clearly disposable, and have been for a long, long time.
Since about, oh, January, 1973. But, whatever you do, don't bring it up. It scares the independents.


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Position: Senior Program Officer
Background Information: The Agile and Harmonized Assistance for Devolved Institutions (AHADI) is a five year USAID program implemented by the State University of New York's (SUNY) Center for International Development (CID).
AHADI is funded by both USAID and DFID. The program is designed to support Kenya's vision and agenda for achieving the promise of devolution.
AHADI has three main objectives;
1. Targeted counties provide higher quality services through improved governance
2. Improved representation of citizen interests and oversight of targeted county government performance
3. Functionality and effectiveness of the devolved system increased through intra-government engagement and cooperation.
AHADI is primarily a Democracy Rights and Governance (DRG) program focused on improving the governance of Kenya's new decentralized system.
It is an integrated governance program that uses sector entry points to achieve both governance and sector outcomes. These sectors include but are not limited to good governance, resilience and economic growth, education, climate change and disaster risk reduction.
The program is currently seeking a skilled, diplomatic, effective, and highly motivated Senior Program officer
Position Summary: The Senior Program Officer for AHADI conceptualizes, designs, and coordinates a range of interventions to build the capacity of Kenyan institutions at the county and national level, including but not limited to: the Council of Governors; the County Executives; the County Assemblies, the County Assemblies Forum and diverse governmental and non-state actors.
Since many of AHADI's interventions will be implemented through its grants facility, the Senior Program Officer will contribute to the drafting and design of grant proposals and contribute to in-kind grants and other supports to governmental and quasi-governmental organizations, developing synergies and constructive engagement between AHADI and Kenya's devolved institutions.
She/he will also support the Chief of Party and Senior Grants Manager in the technical support of grantees in respect to timely, quality performance.
Reports to: Chief of Party
Interrelationships: COP; DCOP, Program Officer, Sector Heads, Procurement Manager; Senior Grants Manager, M&E specialist, Communication Specialist; other program staff as necessary.
· Advanced degree (Masters, ) in a governance-related field,
· At least 7 years of experience in progressively responsible experience in designing, implementing and managing governance programs in Kenya
· Demonstrated experience managing successful teams comprised of experienced professionals
· Demonstrated results based program management, strategic planning, and problem solving skills working on complex projects in a highly sensitive environment are required.
· Experience with USAID-funded programs
· Ability to work effectively with a broad range of Kenyan elected officials, technocrats and leaders from civil society.
· Ability to work both independently and in a team environment to achieve consensus on strategies, activities and administrative matters is a must.
· Demonstrated outstanding oral communication skills, tact and diplomacy in establishing and sustaining working relationships with high-level GoK officials and building a high level of trust with public/private organizations.
· Demonstrated oral communication skills in negotiating activity plans and resolving activity implementation issues with AHADI partners, government counterparts, and team members
· Excellent written communication skills are required to contribute to consultants' Terms of Reference, regular and ad hoc project reports, snapshots, lessons learned and briefing notes.
· Excellent computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook)
· Training and or experience in an education-related field is an added advantage.
The incumbent will report to the AHADI Chief of Party.
S/he will:
· Assist the AHADI COP and staff members to initiate and build relationships with government officials (National, Parastatal, and County).
· Collaborate with senior staff of AHADI and implementing partners, to coordinate activities and to identify appropriate interventions. This includes ensuring that AHADI is aware of all devolution activities that the partners are implementing,
· Contributes to the development of grants strategies and negotiates technical scopes of work for grants; and coordinates support to governmental and other partners.
· Prepare regular brief activity reports and updates, and contribute to activities under his/her purview to AHADI progress reporting and activity/M&E
· Support the implementation of the AHADI work plan, including consolidating for submission to USAID, tracking, and updating.
· Maintain and ensure the ongoing development of an appropriate framework for partner activity coordination
· Maintaining regular communication with AHADI Partners
· Maintain regular communication with other development partners, Government entities (National, Non-State Actors, and County).
· Coordinate with the M&E team to ensure that lessons learned are used to adjust activity implementation
· Monitor and advise on the program learning tools and websites, internally for AHADI team, for collaboration with USAID and other development partners, for inter-governmental sharing, and for collaboration with other civil society.
· Monitor the Activity Database to ensure that all information is being captured and that the M&E team and communications team are accessing the information.
· Any other task as assigned by COP or DCOP
Location: The Senior Program Officer will be based in the AHADI Nairobi office.
Travel: Travel in country is expected. Transportation, accommodations and per diem will be provided by the project in accordance with AHADI and USAID regulations.
It is anticipated that in the travel will be between 40%-50%.
If you possess the skills and qualifications as contained in the respective position descriptions, please send
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to firstname.lastname@example.com
Closing date: 18th November 2016.
Please note only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Kindly put the subject line for the position you are applying for.
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Report: Saddam Sought to Buy South African Support
01 November 2005
The United Nations Volcker committee on the Iraq oil-for-food scandal said several South African companies illegally benefited from surcharges and kickbacks from the sale of oil and the purchase of humanitarian goods. In one instance, through these illicit exchanges, Iraq hoped to influence the country's foreign policy in the run-up to the war in Iraq.
In its final report, the Volcker Committee says that the government of Saddam Hussein engaged in illegal business exchanges with Sandi Majali, an executive of Montego Trading and Imvume Management, in an attempt to win the support of the South African government.
The committee also said that Mr. Majali, who styled himself as an advisor to President Thabo Mbeki, used his relationship with senior South African officials to win contracts under the United Nation Iraq Oil-for-Food Program.
The report has prompted outrage from the opposition Democratic Alliance party leader Tony Leon, who had demanded an official commission of inquiry.
"Because you can't cover up forever for Mr. Majali, or his company, nor can you protect other South Africans, individuals or companies, who might have violated international law," he said.
The South African government has not yet officially responded to the report. However Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad, who led several South African delegations to Iraq prior to the March 2003 invasion, rejected suggestions that then-foreign policy toward Iraq was influenced by oil contracts or contractors.
International relations expert John Stremlau told VOA that pre-Iraq war foreign policy was consistent with South Africa's overall policy principles and practices.
"I would be surprised, indeed shocked, if there was a causal connection between whatever corruption may have taken place and the South African foreign policy in the run-up to the Iraq war, because the foreign policy they were pursuing was so fundamentally consistent with the bedrock commitments that South Africa has to support multi-lateral processes," he said.
Mr. Stremlau, Professor of International Affairs at Johannesburg's Witwatersrand University, says there are historical reasons for this approach.
"South Africa, you must remember, takes a view of the United Nations rooted in its own political history where the United Nations broke the tradition of not interfering in the internal affairs of a member state to condemn and take action against the apartheid regime," he added.
Even so, observers here say that President Mbeki will have to act decisively to implement the recommendations of the Volcker committee to ensure those implicated in the report are investigated and, if necessary, charged. Otherwise they say, the gains he made in fighting corruption when he dismissed former deputy president Jacob Zuma in June, will be reversed.
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Mike is a multi-award winning filmmaker and content creator with dozens of hours of produced credits. His passion is in crafting incredible screen stories that inspire change.
Mike is a graduate of the prestigious Australian Film, Television and Radio School and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He founded Moonshine in 2010, inspired to build a creative social enterprise guided by values over vanity.
His past films have released theatrically, in major film festivals and been broadcast on dozens of networks around the world including Fox, Al Jazeera, Channel 7 and SBS.
Mike has worked extensively with Australian screen agencies Screen Australia, Film Victoria and Screen Tasmania, the Governments of New Zealand and Fiji, as well as leading international non-government organizations including Open Society Foundations, Lien Foundation, the Union for International Cancer Control, the Nando Peretti Foundation, CIMB Foundation and the National Heart Foundation.
Mike's travels have taken him to over 30 countries in Australasia, Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and North America, where he has witnessed the power of personal stories that connect all of us through universal themes.
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- Notable CreditsTake Heart (2016)
- Little Stars (2015)
- Common Ground Canberra (2013)
- LIFE Before Death (2012)
- Jokes On You (2011)
- The Man Who Souled The World (2007)
- World Championship Surfing – Fiji (2006-2009)
- World Cup Skateboarding series (2001-2006)
- AKA Girl series (2002-2004)
- Tic Tac 2 Heelflip (2001)
- Upcoming ProjectsAdventure Tasmania (2016)
- Sci-Fi LIES (2016)
- The Lost Treasure of Zimram (2016)
- Hippocratic (2016)
- Awards & NominationsJapan Prize – Finalist (2015)
- Best Shorts Competition – Winner (2015)
- The Indie Fest – Winner (2015)
- Accolade Competition – Winner (2014)
- The Arts Award – Winner (2013)
- UN Association Media Awards – Nominee (2013)
- Australian Arts in Asia Awards – Nominee (2013)
- Hippocratic (2016)
- Upcoming ProjectsAdventure Tasmania (2016)
- WEGO Health Activist Awards – Nominee (2012)
- Australian Business Arts Foundation – Winner (2012)
- Best Shorts Competition – Winner (2012)
- Prestige Award – Winner (2012)
- Accolade Competition – Winner (2012)
- Best Shorts Competition – Winner (2011)
- X-Dance Film Festival – Winner (2007)
- Malibu Film Festival – Nominee (2001)
Sue is a experienced documentary film producer, drama film production manager and skilled researcher. Her passion is in creating work that directs benefits others.
Sue is a graduate of the renowned Victorian College of the Arts and was the First Assistant Director to Academy-Award winning filmmaker Adam Elliot on Mary & Max (2009).
Her past films have been acknowledged with a multitude of awards and her work has reached millions around the world, shaped Government policy and led to the development of several important social initiatives.
Sue's interest in public education projects began when she was studying at the VCA. She worked on a number of productions focused on educating audiences about refugees, the stolen generation and later working with Plan B, a renowned theatre project for men recently released from prison.
Sue has traveled extensively in her role, including to China, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany, Greece, the UK, Ireland, the USA and Canada.
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- Notable CreditsTake Heart (2016)
- Little Stars (2015)
- Common Ground Canberra (2013)
- LIFE Before Death (2012)
- Mary & Max (2009)
- The Man Who Souled The World (2007)
- World Championship Surfing – Fiji (2006-2009)
- The Global Assault (2006)
- Upcoming ProjectsAdventure Tasmania (2016)
- Sci-Fi LIES (2016)
- The Lost Treasure of Zimram (2016)
- Dr Raj (2016)
- Awards & NominationsJapan Prize – Finalist (2015)
- Best Shorts Competition – Winner (2015)
- The Indie Fest – Winner (2015)
- Accolade Competition – Winner (2014)
- The Arts Award – Winner (2013)
- UN Association Media Awards – Nominee (2013)
- Australian Arts in Asia Awards – Nominee (2013)
- WEGO Health Activist Awards – Nominee (2012)
- Australian Business Arts Foundation – Winner (2012)
- Best Shorts Competition – Winner (2012)
- Prestige Award – Winner (2012)
- Accolade Competition – Winner (2012)
- Best Shorts Competition – Winner (2011)
Hamish Johnston is a gifted multimedia artist who specializes in film editing, digital design and development. His passion is in designing original interactive work that reaches out and engages audiences in new and innovative ways.
Hamish is a graduate of Victoria University and holds a certificate of Application Development for the Apple iOS. He has previously worked in Los Angeles and has collaborated with major sports and entertainment brands.
His past work has innovated and reached huge audiences driving consumer and audience engagement in dozens of countries around the world.
Hamish is a gifted multimedia/ app designer and motion graphics artist who has developed a knack of utilising third party popular entertainment assets from big studios like Universal, MTV and Paramount and transforming them into reimagined works of art that maintain the integrity of the originating material.
He has led the creative and multimedia design for impact films Take Heart (2015), Little Stars (2015), Common Ground (2013) and LIFE Before Death (2012) as well as the world's first interactive stand-up comedy series Jokes On You starring Eddie Ifft (2011).
Hamish participated in Screen Australia's Enterprise Asia program which was paved the way to the major international co production Adventure Tasmania (2016).
Alex Archer is a screen editor whose work has been nominated for and won various awards, including two Emmys, a Peabody, an AIB and several RTS awards.
He is an experienced multi-award winning documentary editor with credits including Take Heart: The Quest to Rid Australasia of Rheumatic Heart Disease (2016), Uranium: Twisting the Dragon's Tail (2015), Tony Robinson's Tour of Duty (WTFN for History), Bodyline: The Ultimate Test (Serendipity West for ABC), Devil Island (360 Degree Films for ABC and ITV), Murdoch (Brook Lapping & Electric Pictures for SBS (Australia, ITV UK and BBC World Wide), Inside the Meltdown (Mongoose Pictures and Quicksilver for This World BBC2 and Frontline WGBH), The Wounded Platoon (Mongoose Pictures for WGBH Frontline and BBC) and Pakistan's Taliban Generation (October Films for Channel 4 and PBS Frontline World).
Alex has previously collaborated with the Moonshine team on the mainstream broadcast documentary of Take Heart: The Quest to Rid Australasia of Rheumatic Heart Disease (2016), which is narrated by award-winning Australian journalist Mr Stan Grant.
Alex was the recipient of the Emmy, 2013 for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story and multiple Royal Television Society Awards between 2010-2013.
Adam Starr is a talented composer who has a worked on many of Moonshine's previous productions including Take Heart (2015), Little Stars (2015), Common Ground (2013), LIFE Before Death (2012), The Man Who Souled the World (2007) and Tic Tac 2 Heelflip: Australia's Skateboarding History (2001).
Adam has scored approximately 25 short films, 4 feature films plus music for television series, theatre and advertising. His original music has been recorded by different artists and bands on more than 15 CDs. Adam also composes concert music: he has written for soloists, chamber groups, Big Bands and orchestras. Adam's compositions have been performed in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore and the UK.
Adam completed a Masters in Composition for the Screen at the Royal College of Music in London in 2005 and recently completed a PhD in Composition at University of Melbourne, on a full MRS scholarship.
Keith Thomas is an AFI award-winning Sound Designer, winning Best Sound in a Documentary for his work on Vietnam Nurses (2005).
Keith is the founder of Alchemy Audio Post Production has previously collaborated with the Moonshine team on various projects including Take Heart (2015), Little Stars (2015), Common Ground (2013), LIFE Before Death (2012).
He was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the 2001 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Australian society and Australian film production.
Professor David Hill, AO, is a behavioural scientist whose career at Cancer Council Victoria spanned 44 years. Since his retirement in April 2011, David has worked with Moonshine Movies on a project basis.
Since 2011, David has helped Moonshine realize three projects: LIFE Before Death (2012), Little Stars (2015) and Take Heart (2015).
Professor Hill is a Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne. In 2001, Professor Hill was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for 'services to the promotion of community health, particularly in the development of cancer awareness and prevention programs'. In 2009 he was awarded Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) for his work fighting cancer in Victoria, nationally and internationally over many decades.
Moonshine Movies is a multi-award winning independent film production company specializing in creating moving picture projects of all forms that move audiences to action.
At Moonshine, we believe that Stories Shape Our World.
With their unique visceral power, movies have the capacity to harness the mind and spirit unlike any other medium. This power combined with ever-increasing inter connectivity empowers us to go beyond the didactic and embrace audience engagement, participation and interactivity.
This is why Moonshine Movies exists – to move audiences to action.
Moonshine Movies past and present productions have been released theatrically, broadcast on TV worldwide and distributed in other innovative ways including hosted public screenings, interactive DVDs and mobile Apps, as well as through video-on-demand services like the iTunes and NetFlix.
Our team has extensive experience working with A-list talent, celebrities, professional actors, presenters, experts and personalities in a variety of fields. Moonshine Movies productions have been supported by dozens of private investors, collaborated with broadcasters around the world and worked closely with Australian film agencies including Screen Australia, Screen Tasmania and Film Victoria.
Moonshine Movies present and past productions include Little Stars (2015), Jokes On You (2014) and LIFE Before Death (2013) as well as a variety of short films and campigns, examples of which can be viewed on Moonshine's YouTube Channel.
To learn more about the Moonshine Movies and its team please visit the Moonshine Movies Website.


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The days I wonder, the nights I ponder, and time is running out.
I saw restrictions of mortal lifespan, and hurled the lance beyond.
The stone that's bleeding, the rock that's breathing, the war that's in our blood.
Rapid formations, and celebrations, my Universe shall march.
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What the Crisis in Japan Means for Investors
We answer seven questions on the minds of many investors to help you protect your portfolio through these disastrous events.
1) I've already suffered through two bear markets in the past decade, and the return of volatility is scaring me. What should I do now?
If you're worried, it's time to reevaluate your investment plan. Start by asking yourself some questions:
• Are your assets divvied up based on your goals and your time horizon?
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• Is the money you have in stocks and stock funds dedicated for goals that are at least ten years away?
• Do you have adequate short-term reserves to handle emergencies and near-term wants and needs?
If you answered "no" to any of those questions, you may need to make some changes. If you don't know how to do that, invest in a session with a fee-only financial planner. You can find one through the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors.
But if you've answered "yes" to everything, there's just one more thing to consider. Has anything in your life changed that would change your financial goals or time horizon?
If not, the wise course is to leave your investments alone. Stock market volatility is normal and something you must shoulder if you want the inflation-beating benefits of growth-oriented investments. History tells us that markets recover from short-term crises, no matter how horrible they seem at the time. Consider: Stocks recovered from a 23% one-day plunge in October 1987 within two years. After 9/11, the Dow Jones industrial average's 7% loss evaporated within two months. As long as the money you have invested in stocks is for long-term goals, you have the ability to withstand a drop triggered by a short-term crisis.
2) If the crisis focuses exclusively on Japan, why are stocks in the U.S. and other countries tanking?
First, the disaster has caused real economic disruption, and that will affect the amount of goods Japan buys from its trading partners. That means lower sales for companies that export to Japan and probably lower profits, so the declines in share prices are perfectly rational. The second factor is much harder to measure: panic. Until a crisis achieves resolution, investors tend to assume the worst and price stocks accordingly. In other words, they sell first and ask questions later. (See VALUE ADDED: Disaster in Japan Raises the Odds of a Double-Dip Recession.)
Is a big drop in U.S. stock prices justifiable? Not based on reasonable assumptions. Japan is our fourth-largest trading partner, after Canada, China and Mexico, and accounts for 5.4% of our imports and exports. That's one-third of the amount of our trading relationship with Canada. Even if Japan's economy contracts slightly in 2011-- what many consider a worst-case scenario -- the impact on the U.S. economy will be slight. (See PRACTICAL ECONOMICS: Japan's Disasters Pose a Slight Risk to the U.S. Economy.)
On the flip side, many U.S. firms compete head-to-head with major Japanese companies in such things as cars, heavy machinery and all sorts of high-tech gadgets. U.S. exporters in many areas could gain ground at the expense of Japanese rivals.
3. Are we at the start of a correction -- or, worse, a bear market?
The truth is, nobody knows for sure. With the stock market having essentially doubled in two years prior to the current selloff, it was certainly due for a correction (generally defined as a drop of 10%). But whether we reach that threshold or whether the present downturn turns into a full-blown bear market (a drop of 20% or more) depends on the economic fallout of the disaster.
The chances of a bear market rise considerably if the tragedy triggers a recession in the U.S. And that will depend, in great measure, on the course of the Japanese economy. Keep in mind that goods are not always simply sent from one country to another. For example, components bought from Japan by China may end up in products, or components of products, that are shipped to many other countries. If Japan's general economic shutdown continues for more than a few weeks, it could crimp the supply chain and so global trade.
4. What kinds of companies are most hurt by this disaster, and which companies will benefit?
Estimates for insured losses for earthquake-inflicted damages alone range from $15 billion to $35 billion. One health and life-insurance company that will feel the brunt is Aflac (AFL, $50.89), which does 75% of its business in Japan. But reinsurance brokers (companies that sell insurance to insurance companies), including Aon Corp. (AON, $52.73), Willis (WSH, $38.97) and Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC, $29.92), are poised to benefit because of potentially higher demand for reinsurance. (All share prices and related data are as of the March 15 market close.)
The energy sector is volatile, with damage to Japan's nuclear facility producing a huge backlash against companies having anything to do with nuclear power. For example, shares of Cameco Corp. (CCJ, $32.57), a Canadian uranium miner, tanked 13% on March 14, the first full trading session after the disaster struck. But traders may have unfairly punished engineering-and-construction firms, such as Babcock & Wilcox (BWC, $30.82). It may be a good long-term buy. And a lot of money will be spent on rebuilding Japan, to the benefit of companies that make heavy machinery, such as Caterpillar (CAT, $100.75) and Cummins (CMI, $99.93).
Oil prices, which had been soaring over concerns about possible production disruptions in the Middle East, tumbled as traders calculated the loss in global demand from Japan's reeling economy. But oil, as well as coal and natural gas, will benefit as Japan replaces nuclear-generated power -- and as it rebuilds. Check out oil-service giant Halliburton (HAL, $44.01) and coal producer Massey Energy (MEE), $60.93).
Don't chase solar stocks, soaring on the nuclear scare. They're bound to come back to earth in a month or two, then will likely rise (or fall) with oil prices. Two to consider after gravity kicks in: First Solar (FSLR, $158.91) and China-based LDK Solar (LDK, $12.66).
But Japanese consumers may respond to the tragedy by pulling in their horns, and that would hurt sellers of luxury goods, such as Coach (COH, $52.02) and Tiffany & Co. (TIF, $57.68). They derive 20% and 19% of their sales, respectively, from Japan.
5. What about my international funds? Should I sell those that hold a lot of Japanese stocks?
If you hold a pure Japan fund -- say, iShares MSCI Japan (EWJ) -- you're undoubtedly a card-carrying contrarian. That's the most-logical explanation for why anyone would make such a big bet on one of the world's most-lethargic stock markets over the past 20 years. If that describes you, sure, hang on. If you liked Japanese stocks when the world merely avoided them, you should love them now that they're universally despised.
Chances are, though, that you own Japanese stocks through a diversified international fund and that your stake is in proportion to Japan's place in the world's economy and stock markets. At last report, for instance, Dodge & Cox International (DODFX), a member of the Kiplinger 25, had 14% of its assets in Japanese stocks. Oakmark Global (OAKGX), a fine fund that invests in both U.S. and foreign stocks, had 21% of its assets in Japanese firms. Oakmark's managers say that as far as they can tell, the disaster has had little impact on the "intrinsic," or true, value of their Japanese holdings and may have even created buying opportunities. It would be foolish to sell a good diversified international fund that held a reasonable stake in Japanese stocks.
6. Treasury bonds have been appreciating since the disaster. Should I load up on them?
No. Don't expect a repeat of the rollicking rally in government bonds that accompanied the near-collapse of the financial system in 2008. The disaster won't stop the uptrend in jobs, construction and exports that helped push Treasury bond yields up (and bond prices down) sharply from October to February. Also, Japan may have to sell some of its $886-billion pile of U.S. bonds to pay for reconstruction. At best, Treasury yields might stay in a narrow range for the rest of 2011 before resuming an upward course.
7. What else makes sense for income?
Corporate and municipal bonds were better buys than Treasuries before the tragedy. They still are. And if there is a backlash against all things nuclear, beneficiaries should include natural gas, both domestic and the liquefied kind, that Japan needs to import. Yields on many energy-production and pipeline master limited partnerships top 6%, and their dividends are also secure from the Middle Eastern turmoil that will be in the news long after Japan begins to rebuild.
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The day before Thanksgiving 2003, turned out to be a wonderful day to visit the Napa Valley wine country. The weather was beautiful, and the crowds were minimal. We chose that day to go and visit our favorite vineyard and winery, the Robert Mondavi Winery, long our favorite for the excellent wine served, and the enjoyable and educational tour.
We arrived just after eleven in the morning, a bit early for our tour, scheduled for noon, so we had some time to spend enjoying the grounds and the lovely day.
We took some time in the gift shop, and also looked at the vines on the grounds, still covered with a profusion of leaves and, on occasion, some residual grapes. The fall harvest, of course, was long over, and the fermentation that marks the beginning of the wine's life as wine was concluded. The harvest of 2003 was all sleeping quietly in oak barrels.
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GetDDM1 combines GetDP and Gmsh to solve large scale finite element problems using optimized Schwarz domain decomposition methods.
Examples for time-harmonic acoustic and electromagnetic wave problems implement several families of transmission conditions: zeroth- and second-order optimized conditions2-7, Padé-localized square-root conditions8-9 and PML conditions10. Several variants of the double-sweep preconditioner10 are also implemented.
For more information about these methods as well as the implementation, please refer to GetDDM: an Open Framework for Testing Optimized Schwarz Methods for Time-Harmonic Wave Problems.
model on 100 CPUs, using:
mpirun -np 100 gmsh -setnumber N_DOM 100 waveguide3d.geo - mpirun -np 100 getdp -setnumber N_DOM 100 waveguide3d.pro -solve DDM
The actual commands will depend on your particular MPI setup. Sample scripts for SLURM and PBS schedulers are provided.
GetDDM development was funded in part by the Belgian Science Policy (IAP P6/21 and P7/02), the Belgian French Community (ARC 09/14-02 and 15/19-03), the Walloon Region (WIST3 No 1017086 ONELAB and ALIZEES), the Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (ANR-09-BLAN-0057-01 MicroWave) and the EADS Foundation (grant 089-1009-1006 High-BRID).


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Adamu attacking me to save self from EFCC, says Saraki
Written by NobleAdmin on July 31, 2018
The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Monday attacked Senator Abdullahi Adamu (APC, Nasarawa West), describing the former governor of Nasarawa State as "a compulsive liar and an unreliable man who will do or say anything to suit his situation at any point in time."
Saraki was reacting to the claim by Adamu that he (Saraki) once referred to Senator Dino Melaye as a clown in a private chat with him (Adamu).
The Senate President, in a statement issued on his behalf by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, alleged that Adamu had been peddling insults and lies against him but he had ignored him out of respect for his age.
Saraki said, "I have deliberately ignored the antics of Senator Abdullahi Adamu, especially his constant media attacks on me and the Senate since the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission dusted his file on alleged case of corruption and also went ahead to arraign his son in court.
"So far, I had refrained from responding in kind out of respect for his age. However, it seems he has misread my maturity and respect for docility. He feels the best way to play his self-survival game and ingratiate himself to the government in order to save his skin is for him to be seen to be fighting Saraki, even if that would require him to tell brazen lies and peddle mischief in his old age.
The Senate President pointed out that he could not have referred to Melaye, being a colleague, as a clown, knowing that from available records, "Senator Melaye has so far outshined and has performed better than Senator Abdullahi in terms of the number of bills sponsored, motion raised and contributions to debate on the floor."
Saraki said it was clear that Adamu's seven years could not be compared to Melaye's three years in the Senate.
"Senator Adamu is free to challenge this assertion by showing his records," the Senate President said.
Saraki stated that Adamu's statements should not be relied upon.
"Well, since Senator Abdullahi Adamu became the attack dog of the executive in the Senate, using language unbecoming of a man of his age against me and other colleagues who he perceived he needs to disparage to reassure his handlers in the Presidency, I have realised that he simply deserves our sympathy. I am sure those he thinks he is working for know he is a man who is only useful for the present moment," Saraki added.
Efforts made by our correspondent to get Adamu's reaction to Saraki's allegations but failed. Several calls made to his telephone line were not picked. He had yet to reply to a text message sent to him as of press time on Monday.