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text: Delivery 267 Speech of the Devil Never make faces when you make a mistake. It's the same as holding up a sign that says, "Wow! I goofed!" Then there are the actively evil sorts: the hecklers who think they know more than you do and that it's their responsibility to point it out to everyone else. Hecklers can rattle you and make it hard for you to continue your speech. (It's especially difficult when they're drunk.) Fortunately, hecklers aren't a frequent problem for most public speakers. You're far more likely to suffer through the gum-crackers and chattering children. But here's what to do just in case: · Settle the issue with your host beforehand. Tell your host that if anyone in the audience is overtly rude, you'll pause to allow your host the time to remove him or her from the audience. · Pause and wait a moment for the heckler to settle down. Chances are good that other audience members will try to hush him or her, since you've already won them over to your side with your opening remarks. And even if you haven't prearranged this, your host might use your pause to remove the offender. · If all else fails, stop the speech and ask for the heckler to be removed. You deserve basic consideration.

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Fourth graders typically have math homework Monday-Thursday. On Friday, we typically have a test or do an investigation. Fourth grade math success relies on the fact that students have memorized their math facts. They may use a multiplication chart to help during math homework, but not during tests.
Have you forgotten your math book? You're in luck as there is an online version of the Saxon Math book !


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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 204084
SAP Resource Agent
Last modified: 2009-04-16 16:23:36 EDT
SAP Resource Agent with use intructions. May not be achievable in 4.5 RHCS.
Development Management has reviewed and declined this request. You may appeal
this decision by reopening this request.
This is really 3 resource agents and requires multiple dependencies, which we do
not currently have in rgmanager. Since we are working on the multiple
dependency issue and this is not really a single bug, I'm closing this one for now.
Alexander Krauth has worked on a generic resource agent for SAP server software,
he'll attach the current revision to this BZ. Mind that this still needs
multiple dependencies, as we need to specify that an SAP appserver needs a
running SAP message server and database to be started. In the SAP case, we also
need "weak" dependencies, i.e. the dependencies are only needed for starting, it
handles reconnecting to the message server or DBMS by itself.
Created attachment 138692 [details]
SAP ocf resource agent for Linux HA solutions
Here is the current SAP resource agent developed in the SAP LinuxLab. It is not
jet completed and not completely tested (but basicaly working). It uses SAP
Kernel 7.00 functionality which is planed to be "backported" to SAP 4.6D in the
near future. It is generic to start,stop and monitor all types of SAP instances
Another agent called SAPdatabase will (hopefully) follow soon, which will cover
the SAP specific database features.
It is planed that both agents will also be part of the cluster ha project that
feads the heartbeat.rpm.
As I suspected, that agent will only require very tiny modifications in order to
work with rgmanager (ex: location of ocf-shellfuncs, for example, differs on
rgmanager vs. heartbeat).
Created attachment 138694 [details]
Check two places for ocf-shellfuncs in SAPInstance
Created attachment 138695 [details]
RHEL4 rgmanager patch to choose primary attr if none is provided
Created attachment 138696 [details]
RHEL5 rgmanager patch to choose primary attr if none is provided
With those patches, rgmanager can use the resource agent. I haven't fully
tested it, but in cluster.conf, it would look like:
<service name="example">
<SAPInstance InstanceName="test" DIR_EXECUTABLE="foo" DIR_PROFILE="bar"
<fs .../>
<ip .../>
Note: case sensitive!
Case sensitive is no problem because the 3 latter options are hardly if ever
used (customers use the defaults given by the SAP installer, the options are
just there for the sake of completeness, i.e. if some customer suffers from the
NIH syndrome).
Are there BZ entries that deal with the "multiple dependency" and "one service
follows another" issues?
Another question: to use that resource manager, does the <service> metadata need
to be changed, i.e. does <service> need to know that SAPInstance is a valid child?
Created attachment 142956 [details]
SAP ocf resource agent database for Linux HA solutions
Created attachment 142957 [details]
SAP ocf resource agent for Linux HA solutions
I attached the first full functional version of the SAPInstance and SAPDatabase
resource agents. They are tested and working with the Linux-HA project
(http://www.linux-ha.org/) right now.
Tests with Red Hat Cluster Suite will follow asap.
Are there any further dependencies on rgmanager that have not been resolved?
Adding 'cc firstname.lastname@example.com for tracking
No deps on rgmanager; SAP resource agents are in the RHEL5 branch. I altered
the scripts themselves to add the primary="x" attribute to the metadata rather
than requiring core rgmanager changes.
All we need to do here is check the ones from the RHEL5 branch in to CVS
Alex, please attach the current versions of the SAP resource agent files to this
bug. Thanks.
Created attachment 157536 [details]
SAP ocf resource agent database for Linux HA solutions
actual version of SAPDatabase OCF agent attached
Created attachment 157537 [details]
SAP ocf resource agent for Linux HA solutions
actual version of SAPInstance OCF agent attached
Somebody who has permission:
Please set that patch named: "Check two places for ocf-shellfuncs in
SAPInstance" to obsolete.
(In reply to comment #29)
> Somebody who has permission:
> Please set that patch named: "Check two places for ocf-shellfuncs in
> SAPInstance" to obsolete.
Patch in CVS
Rather, RA's from RHEL5 branch checked in to RHEL4 branch.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.


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Hello, Jackie here,
Have you had a week where it's like time is just floating by and you're like passing through it in a daze? I think the past couple of weeks have been like that for me. Not sure if it's because we're all caught up on work for once or just meeting new people at work, but either way I'm surprised 1/3 of the summer is over. For the Fourth of July weekend I will be at Anime Expo. Every year I keep on telling myself this will be the last year I go, but that never works. I hope everyone has a good Fourth of July long weekend.
✖ Teaser Tuesday: Girl Against the Universe & Sweet Little Lies
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Read/Currently reading:
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Stacking the Shelves post! Hosted by Tynga's Reviews, Stacking the Shelves is a chance to showcase new books, ones checked out from the library, bought, won or received for review.
It sucks when you don't have shelf space and have to be selective about the books you buy because of course you can't buy all the books. Because of the heat I haven't been in the mood to pick up anything from the library and then carrying them back home either. In other words I have nothing this week.


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Churches respond quickly to shooting survivors
BY SUSAN KIM | Wilkinsburg, PA | March 1, 2000
As the national news media reported the second public shooting incident in two days, faith-based organizations in the Pittsburgh area were already responding to the needs of survivors.
The latest incident occurred in a Pittsburgh suburb where three people were killed and two others critically injured. The shooting occurred just one day after a first-grader at a Michigan school shot and killed a six-year-old girl.
The alleged gunman in Pennsylvania, apparently flew into a rage over a broken door about 11 a.m. on Wednesday, set fire to his apartment, shot a maintenance worker, then shot people at two fast-food restaurants, and took hostages in a nearby office building before surrendering to police.
One person was shot at a Burger King and at least two at a nearby McDonald's restaurant, according to police. The two restaurants are located less than a half-mile from the apartment and about 100 yards apart from each other.
Immediately after the shootings the Covenant Church of Pittsburgh, situated across the street from the office building in which the gunman held hostages, opened its doors to survivors. Pastors from the Wilkinsburg Ministerial Association gathered to minister to people and help them contact their families.
At least six restaurant employees, their families, and other community members met at the church. "We were praying, crying, and listening to families," said the Rev. Janet Hellner-Burris, pastor at the Christian Church of Wilkinsburg. Wilkinsburg is about six miles east of Pittsburgh.
The Rev. Iris Goshay, pastor at the Covenant Church of Pittsburgh, said that everyone had a role. "Our hospitality team got juice and coffee, our maintenance team got the building ready. Other teams were constantly in prayer," she said.
Local pastors also went to area hospitals to visit the critically injured people and their families.
The Rev. Michael Golphin, pastor at Deliverance Baptist Church and president of the ministerial association, said that it is important for churches to visibly respond after trauma like this. "We should be just as visible in times of tragedy as we are on Sunday morning," he said. "I believe we have an obligation and a responsibility to be visible. People need counseling and prayer. We are here to confirm that, in all situations, God is still God. We wanted to bring a presence of God into the community at a time when there's a lot of chaos."
Church leaders are also looking at long-term response to the shooting, including advocating for stronger gun control measures.
The Rev. Vivian Lovingood, director of the ecumenical Wilkinsburg Community Ministry and also a Presbyterian pastor, said she would now incorporate the goal of getting guns off the street into her ministry. "I am interested in working with local authorities to have a gun buy-back program," she said.
Pittsburgh City Council President Bob O'Connor said he called President Clinton on Thursday to demand stronger gun-control legislation.
Pastors in Wilkinsburg agreed that their response could not have been as rapid if their ties through the ministerial association did not exist. "The ministerial association is very strong here," said Hellner-Burris.
Some of the pastors also had experience in responding to previous disasters. "After an apartment complex caught on fire and left several families homeless, we decided to work on a disaster team. We're still formulating it but what we had already done helped us act quickly in this case," said Golphin.
Hellner-Burris spoke of the courage and care the employees at the fast-food restaurants showed for each other, even when they were terrified. "Those employees are heroes. When their assistant manager was shot, they stayed by his side. I was deeply touched and moved by what they did for each other," she said.
The ministerial association planned a prayer vigil at the Christian Church for Wednesday evening, inviting the whole community to attend the ecumenical service of healing.
"I witnessed a shooting in my church parking lot five or six years ago and dealt with my own reaction to that trauma. I had some inkling -- only some -- of what these people went through," said Hellner-Burris.
Police reported that survivors heard the alleged gunman say he would harm only white people. Golphin added that he hoped this aspect of the incident would not strain race relations -- which he said have vastly improved over the last several years -- in Wilkinsburg. "This was an isolated incident -- not a racist thing. I pray that this will not raise a lot of racial tension. I'd like to direct our prayers toward healing."
Federal authorities have already begun a preliminary hate crime investigation.
Golphin added that he also hoped another shooting would not happen anytime soon. "You know some things can happen in one city can have a domino effect," he said.
Many pastors added that they are considering developing both a long-term and preventative response. "We haven't had time to think about what the next step will be, but there are definitely things we can do to heal the community -- and try to prevent this from happening again," said Lovingood.
After shooting at people in Burger King and McDonald's, the alleged gunman reportedly held several people in wheelchairs hostage at a senior hospice center that is housed in an adjacent office building. He then surrendered in a hallway after keeping police at bay for two hours. The hostages emerged unharmed. During the standoff, more than three-dozen children from a third-floor day-care center in the building were evacuated, along with other workers.
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text: Tooth Extractions We do LOTS of extractions at Blairsville Dentistry. We actually have special forceps called Physics Forceps to try to make the experience of "having a tooth pulled" as comfortable as possible. Teeth usually have to be extracted because the decay has destroyed too much of tooth above the gum line.


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Early Retirement: 15 Child Stars That Won't Ever Need To Work Again
Growing up in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and even the 2000s we have seen some pretty phenomenal shows that had some of our favorite child stars. And some child stars don't always turn out for the best: many have gone down the road of addiction and some take their own lives. But, there are child stars that turned out pretty darn well and are still relevant, that could definitely take the early retirement. And while the kids of today may have no idea that all of these celebs were once child stars, making some bank back in the day, here are 15 Child Stars That Won't Ever Need To Work Again.
Tatyana Ali
$13 million
Many people may look at Tatyana Ali and recognize her as Ashley from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. But, people fail to realize that she received her start on Sesame Street as a child performer. Now, Ali is active both in front of the camera and behind the camera as a producer. She had a recurring role on The Young and the Restless, plus Love That Girl! on TV One.
Selena Gomez
$16 million
At the age of 23, Selena Gomez has already had quite the career in the entertainment industry. She's been in tons of movies and even had some hit songs do well on the Billboard Hot 100. Gomez was lucky enough to get a chance to appear on Barney and Friends for 2 years. A few years later, she ended up on her own series, Wizards of Waverly Place. The rest is history.
Neil Patrick Harris
$16 million
Neil Patrick Harris is a man of many talents. He's an excellent host, as he's hosted the Tony Awards, the Primetime Emmy Awards, the Academy Awards and even won a Tony in 2014 for his role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Harris is known for his work as Doogie Howser, the child prodigy that became a doctor, but he even had a few roles before that.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
$25 million
Joseph Gordon-Levitt was the made-for-TV film star before he starred in Angels in the Outfield and eventually 3rd Rock from the Sun. it's surprising to know that he went to Van Nuys High School and later to college at Columbia University for a few years. Guess he couldn't stay resist being retired for too long, as he dropped out of college early to act again.
Ryan Gosling
$36 million
It's truly easy to forget that even someone as famous as Ryan Gosling was also a child star. Gosling was lucky enough to be selected to be a mouseketeer with the infamous Mickey Mouse Club, alongside other future celebs like Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera. Then, he landed some pretty huge TV series like Are You Afraid of the Dark, Goosebumps and Young Hercules.
Alyssa Milano
$45 million
Some child stars aren't able to move past their initial level of fame. But, that's not the case for Alyssa Milano. She was part of the hit TV show, Who's the Boss? as Sam from 1984 to 1992. And even before that, Milano was part of a few off-Broadway productions. But, after the success of playing Sam, she was able to land the role of Phoebe Halliwell on the popular show, Charmed.
Raven Symone
$53 million
For those of us who grew up watching The Cosby Show and That's So Raven! we are very familiar with the cuteness that was once Raven Symone. On The Cosby Show, she played Olivia, the young stepdaughter of Denise. Raven was too young to read the script, so her parent would read it for her to recite. The actress is now practicing her hosting skills on the show, The View.
Emma Watson
$60 million
It's hard to believe that the Harry Potter film series started back in 2001, almost 15 years ago. And Emma Watson was with the series the whole time, as she was cast to be Hermione Granger, the quick-witted, overachiever in 1999. Even with Watson's hectic shooting schedule for the movie franchise, she was still able to graduate from Brown University with an English Lit degree.
$75 million
There was something very special about the Degrassi TV series from way back in the day. Then when Degrassi: The Next Generation came out, it was just as amazing and that's where we met Drake aka Jimmy Brooks aka Wheelchair Jimmy. With the way his music career has blown up, people forget that Drake didn't quite start from the bottom, since his show was already such a success.
Daniel Radcliffe
$110 million
Daniel Radcliffe is another member of the Harry Potter movie franchise that has done so well, he definitely could retire early and have plenty of money to spare. But, even Radcliffe put in years of work before landing the role of Harry. Good thing, Radcliffe's parents didn't turn down the offer for this franchise. His name would probably have a few less 0's to his net worth.
Drew Barrymore
$125 million
At one point in time, Drew Barrymore was a dominant force in starring in Romantic Comedies. But, Barrymore was a tiny little angel when she was cast for the role of Gertie in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. But, like many child stars, she struggled with addiction in her teenage, even doing a few stints in rehab facilities. None of this would stop her from bouncing back to a successful career.
Miley Cyrus
$165 million
Miley Cyrus has made quite a name for herself and not necessarily in the most positive light. But, once upon a time Cyrus was nailing her role on Hannah Montana, where she had to hide the fact that she was an international pop sensation and be a normal kid. Somewhere along the line, she was over being a Disney gal and wanted express herself, freely without being censored.
Justin Bieber
$200 million
Many people consider Justin Bieber to be a jerky ex teen pop star who gets into all types of trouble. Part of that is true as he's no longer a teenager and he's a 21-year- old young man and naturally still gets into a little trouble, as everything he does is video recorded for the world to see. But, Bieber could definitely retire comfortably on his $200 million.
Leonardo DiCaprio
$245 million
With all of his huge hit movies that have come out on the big screen, people would easily forget that Leonardo DiCaprio got his start being in a few commercials, and then appearing on Santa Barbara and Growing Pains. DiCaprio was on his way to taking a break from movies, but of course, he was recently cast for another role that he just couldn't turn down.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
$300 million
What would this list of child stars be without the original Michelle Tanner from Full House? Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are worked their butts off during their preteen and teen years, starting their own company, Dualstar which produced movies that they worked on. Later this same company targeted the teen market with fragrances and decorations. They recently won Womenswear Designer of the Year, for their work on The Row.


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John C. Burton, a former dean of Columbia Business School and an accountant whose fervent advocacy of transparency in financial reporting and for a greater role for accountants in public life led him to prominent positions in the federal and New York City governments, died in Manhattan on Sunday. He was 77. The cause was kidney failure, said his daughter, Eve.
Mr. Burton, who earned an M.B.A. and a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia, was on the faculty from 1962 until 2002 and was dean of the business school from 1982 to 1988.
He was away from Columbia, however, from 1972 until 1977, when he served first as the chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington and then as New York City's deputy mayor for finance at a time when, after years of mismanagement, the city came perilously close to bankruptcy.
At the S.E.C., Mr. Burton stiffened the requirements for financial reporting by companies and lobbied accounting firms to take greater responsibility for the accuracy and clarity of the financial records under their review.
He argued that the accountant's task should not be confined to auditing corporate books, but should include forecasts, judgments on the corporation's financial controls and evaluations of management. And he argued that accounting firms were too secretive about their own finances.Continue reading the main story
"The mantra he was selling to Capitol Hill was, 'An eighth grader has to understand this: Is the company healthy or isn't it?' " said his daughter, now the general counsel for the Hearst Corporation, who was an eighth grader while her father was in Washington.
Mr. Burton returned to New York as deputy mayor in 1976 and served for the last year and a half of the administration of Mayor Abraham D. Beame. The job had been created a year earlier in response to criticism of the accuracy of the city's financial and accounting records, and, following the work of his predecessor, Kenneth S. Axelson, Mr. Burton was instrumental in the city's adoption of generally accepted accounting principles.
Working with many others in state and city government, Mr. Burton helped the city refinance its short-term debt, said James R. Brigham Jr., who worked with Mr. Burton under Mayor Beame and later became the budget director for Mr. Beame's successor, Edward I. Koch. That positioned the city to seek federal loan guarantee legislation, which in turn allowed the city to make long-term investments in infrastructure.
In 1980, Mr. Burton wrote an essay for The New York Times in which he argued that, yes, accountants were undervalued in society, but that in many ways they were themselves to blame for a lack of creativity and for not seizing opportunities to influence business trends and political decisions.
"Accountants are not primarily record keepers and checkers," he wrote in the essay, titled "Where Are the Angry Young C.P.A.'s?," "but measurers of economic and social phenomena whose measurements can significantly influence the allocation decisions of our society."
John Campbell Burton, known as Sandy, was born in Manhattan on Sept. 17, 1932. His mother, Barbara, worked in financial services before he was born. His father, James, was a partner in the accounting firm Arthur Young & Company (a predecessor of Ernst & Young), where the younger Mr. Burton also worked as a staff accountant after earning his M.B.A.
He received his undergraduate degree from Haverford College. At Columbia he taught corporate finance, security analysis and accounting. As dean, during an era generally conceded to be especially competitive and one in which the Columbia Business School made significant improvements, he concentrated on faculty development.
In addition to his daughter, Eve, who lives in Manhattan, Mr. Burton is survived by his wife, the former Jane Garnjost, whom he married in 1957; a son, Bruce, of Bakersfield, Calif.; six grandchildren; two foster grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A hefty man with a companionable manner, Mr. Burton was an avid sports fan. He was a statistician for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1950s and turned down an offer from Walter O'Malley to be the Dodgers' chief accountant when the team moved to Los Angeles in 1958. In a 1976 interview with The New York Times, he recalled watching batting practice from the Dodgers' bench when he was approached by Duke Snider, the center fielder, who wanted to know what he did for the team.
"I said, 'I keep statistics,' " Mr. Burton said, " 'like when you swing at the first pitch, you bat .180, and when you don't you bat .360.' "
"He said, 'Kid, I don't go for any of that bunk.' Actually he used a somewhat pithier term than that. But afterwards, I kept track, and for the next month he didn't swing at the first pitch, and his average went up 25 points."Continue reading the main story


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Last week, Alex Bakker and I traveled to mid-town Manhattan and sat down with Rich Roseman, Corporate CIO at News Corp.
In a brief "Executive Insights" video interview, Roseman shares experience concerning the role and key benefits that Cloud has delivered thus far, as well as the importance of Cloud in the impending spin-out of News Corp's Publishing business mid-year 2013. In addition, Roseman shares insights concerning the impact that Social technologies are having both inside the company, as well as with customers – and provides some time-worn best practice guidance to other senior IT leaders embarking on the journey to the Cloud.
This Executive Insights video is a prelude to the program we are assembling for this year's Cloud Business Summit, to be held on November 14, 2012 in New York City. This is the first in a series of video interviews as we introduce our readers to some of the speakers and panelists who will be sharing their insights and experience at the conference.
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DEI Plan
To download a Word document of the DE&I plan, please click here.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategic Plan
Five-Year Strategic Objectives, Measures and FY17 Actions
I. Diversity Equity and Inclusion Strategic Plan: Overview
Diversity: We commit to increasing diversity, which is expressed in myriad forms, including race and ethnicity, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, language, culture, national origin, religious commitments, age, (dis)ability status, and political perspective.
Equity: We commit to working actively to challenge and respond to bias, harassment, and discrimination. We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, height, weight, or veteran status.
Inclusion: We commit to pursuing deliberate efforts to ensure that our campus is a place where differences are welcomed, different perspectives are respectfully heard and where every individual feels a sense of belonging and inclusion. We know that by building a critical mass of diverse groups on campus and creating a vibrant climate of inclusiveness, we can more effectively leverage the resources of diversity to advance our collective capabilities.
Rationale: The Officer Education Programs were established to develop Midshipmen and Cadets mentally, morally and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty and loyalty, and with the core values of honor, courage and commitment in order to commission college graduates as officers who possess a basic professional background, are motivated toward careers in the armed forces, and have a potential for future development in mind and character so as to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government.
The OEP's diversity, equity, and inclusion end state is closely aligned with that of the Department of Defense. Our goal is to create a 21st-century culture that values diversity and inclusion as a readiness imperative and strives for representational diversity at all levels providing a competitive advantage in the war for talent.
II. Planning Process Used
Planning Lead(s): Mark Guadagnini
Planning Team: Christopher Menino
Planning Process Summary
- Annual Defense Equal Opportunity Climate Survey. This survey polls the unit population ranging from issues of sexual discrimination, harassment, and assault to gender and racial discrimination and beyond.
- As part of the survey, each OEP unit conducts annual focus groups and follow-up interviews. The analysis of each survey is conducted by a Command Assessment Team comprised of student, staff, and faculty representatives from the unit. The focus groups and follow-up interviews are conducted by individuals on a peer, or near peer basis with the constituency being analyzed. In addition, the survey provides unit demographics data.
- Student representatives for the Command Assessment Team provide valuable insight and contributions towards the planning team's overall plan of actions.
- The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute provides a thorough analysis of the unit climate survey. A unit assessment team comprised of representative faculty, staff, and students reviews the analysis and develops a plan of actions and milestones.
- The joint OEP planning team will meet every other month to develop strategies enhancing the diversity, equity, and inclusion within the unit. Furthermore, there are various weekly meetings between unit staff and students that promote greater community integration.
III. Data and Analysis: Key Findings
Summary of Data
The Officer Education Program racial and gender demographics parallel that of the Department of Defense active duty officer corps. Compared to that of the University of Michigan, the OEP markedly over represents African Americans and under presents Asian Americans and women. Given this situation, there is an opportunity for the University of Michigan OEP to lead from the front and deliver a more capable and diverse corps of military leaders.
A common theme that kept coming up in our planning efforts is the relative inability to affect significant change at our level. Nearly every individual participating in the OEP, whether faculty, staff, or student, is selected at the federal level by the Department of Defense. Faculty and staff are assigned via government orders. Students are granted scholarships by national selection boards. Even non-scholarship students must eventually compete for continued enrollment at the national level.
This last year, the Navy implemented a strategic focus to reduce the number of 4-year scholarship students admitted to each Navy ROTC program. The objective is that non-scholarship students are to fill the void left by the reduction in 4-year scholarship students. Those same non-scholarship students will then later compete for 2-year and/or 3-year scholarships. With this change in place, the Navy program will be in line with the other service OEPs where a greater number of non-scholarship students start the program and compete for scholarships after completing their freshman year. This change will encourage the Navy OEP to recruit more university freshmen and sophomore students to the program in a non-scholarship status.
The principle recommendation is for each respective OEP to participate in more and varied recruiting events around campus. The idea is to reach out to students who may not know that ROTC is an option. The emphasis of recruiting will revolve around the career opportunities that are available for a future military officer, both in and out of the service.
In order to address the strategy of Pathways for Conflict Resolution, the DoD has measures in place already that are available to all employees – students, military, and civilian. Each service has an instruction in place that covers equal opportunity matters (i.e., Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Instruction OPNAVINST 5354.1F). Every member of our unit receives annual training on equal opportunity and the ways in which to file a formal or informal complaint.
IV. Strategic Objectives, Measures of Success and Action Plans*
*All strategic objectives and related actions will be pursued in accordance with the law and University policy.
IV. A. Recruitment, Retention and Development
Undergraduate Students
Demographic that Leads the Diversity Efforts of DoD and Be More Reflective of the UM Population
Measures of Success: An increase in the demographic diversity of ROTC students over the five year period.
FY17 Actions: Set up informational/recruiting displays around campus to get word out to the entire UM community on the career opportunities afforded to service men and women.
Increase the flexibility of our program so that it can accommodate organizations whose time commitments may otherwise prohibit them from joining ROTC, such as student athletes.
Get involved with organizations on campus that reaches out to less represented high schools in the greater Detroit region.
Primary DE&I Goal: Recruitment and Development. The strategic goals of the Department of Defense:
1. Defeat our Adversaries, Deter War, and Defend the Nation.
2. Sustain a Ready Force to Meet Mission Needs.
3. Strengthen and Enhance the Health and Effectiveness of the Total Workforce.
4. Achieve Dominant Capabilities through Innovation and Technical Excellence.
5. Reform and Reshape the Defense Institution.
In order to meet these objectives, the DoD needs to work to become a more diverse workforce, while providing equal opportunity for all demographics. Through enhanced recruiting efforts, UM Officer Education Programs will be at the leading edge in ensuring that our nation is prepared to meet the future challenges around the world. Creating a more diverse OEP community here at the University of Michigan will help develop our nation's future leaders and enable them to persevere in the ever changing global environment.
IV. B. Education and Scholarship
Faculty, Staff & Undergraduate Students
Enhance Diversity Training Already in Place
Measures of Success: No discrimination incidents and increased willingness of personnel to intervene if they come across DE&I insensitive situations.
FY17 Actions: Develop new methods to instruct diversity training within the unit in order to promote a greater understanding amongst individuals.
Primary DE&I Goal: The DoD has several yearly equal opportunity training requirements that are mandated for all OEP personnel. The training covers a wide variety of topics that fall within the purview of DE&I (i.e., bystander intervention, equal opportunity, sexual harassment, and many others). OEP staffs will endeavor to make the training meaningful and memorable, allowing all individuals to understand how each one of them can help promote an equitable climate.
IV. C. Promoting an Equitable and Inclusive Community
Undergraduate Students
Continue to Emphasize OEP Community Involvement on Campus
Measures of Success: A 10% increase in non-scholarship enrollment in the OEPs.
FY17 Actions: Build fostering relationships with other units and organizations around campus (e.g., SAPAC, Women's Crew Team, College of Engineering, etc.)
Primary DE&I Goal: Recruitment and Development. Taking a more proactive role in promoting an equitable and inclusive community will directly support our primary objective of increasing the overall diversity within OEP through recruitment. Immersing our unit into the campus community will develop relationships that will assist us in having a greater range of diverse experiences, as well as reaching a broader audience of student. Community involvement will play a pivotal role in educating our students and staff on the importance of a broad network and the value in making decisions based on multiple perspectives. In order to reform and reshape the defense institution, our students must learn to treat everyone as equals to promote an environment where success is defined by the quality of work and not the physical or biological make-up of the individual.
IV. D. Service
Faculty, Staff & Undergraduate Students
Fulfilled by Strategies A,B,&C
Measures of Success: Meet the measures of Strategies A,B,&C
FY17 Actions: Devote efforts to ensure success of above strategies
Primary DE&I Goal: See above goals.
V. Goal-related Metrics
Diversity – Recruit a broader base of student to join the ROTC programs. This will allow us to develop a more diverse corps of future officers ready to meet the challenges of the global community. Increasing the overall number of ROTC students in the program will foster a more diverse environment, both demographically and experientially.
Equity – Ensuring that there is equal opportunity no matter your gender, race, color, religion, or sexual preference is of utmost importance. If we are unable to provide this culture, then we would have no business developing leaders for the 21st Century and beyond. Conducting regular reviews of the demographic make-up of those students holding key billets and earning awards will allow us to see if we are on the right track. Our student leaders and awardees should at a minimum reflect our unit demographically.
Inclusion – Allowing all of our staff and students to pursue their passions is essential to creating an inclusive environment. Encouraging students to engage other campus entities will generally help make OEP a more well-rounded organization. Additionally, it will enable us to recruit a more diverse student population; increasing our overall numbers and helping us develop officers for the future.
VI. Action Planning Tables with Details and Accountabilities
VI. A. Recruitment, Retention and Development
Strategic Objective
Detailed Actions Planned (measurable, specific)
persons accountable
Resources needed (if applicable)
Minority Groups
Improve OEP demographics
Increase in the overall diversity of our unit
-Set up informational tents around campus at events such as Festifall, Winterfest, career fairs
-Set up recruiting tents on the Diag during peak traffic times
-Get word out to as many people possible about the opportunities OEP offers
Respective service's (Army, Navy, Air Force) students in charge of recruiting and staff Recruiting Officers
IV. B. Education and Scholarship
Strategic Objective
Detailed Actions Planned (measurable, specific)
persons accountable
Resources needed (if applicable)
All Unit Members
Enhance awareness of the sensitivities of all types of demographics
No discrimination incidents
-Making mandated DoD training more engaging to promote a more comprehensive understanding of equal opportunity
Unit Staff Members
IV. C. Promoting an Equitable and Inclusive Community
Strategic Objective
Detailed Actions Planned (measurable, specific)
persons accountable
Resources needed (if applicable)
OEP Students
Further immerse OEP in the campus community
10% increase in non-scholarship enrollment
-Create opportunities for both ROTC students and other student organizations to interact and gain a different perspective
Student Public Affairs Officer from each of the respective services (Army, Navy, Air Force)
IV. D. Service
Strategic Objective
Detailed Actions Planned (measurable, specific)
persons accountable
Resources needed (if applicable)
Aligned with A, B, and C
See A, B, and C
See A, B, and C
See A, B, and C
VII. Plans for Supporting, Tracking and Updating the Strategic Plan
Officer Education Programs understands that Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion are ever evolving, never ending processes. In order to maintain a vigilant posture in determining the equal opportunity health of our unit, we need to take opportunities to reflect on our areas for improvement and to analyze how efficient our initiatives have been and how applicable they will continue to be. These insightful junctures will allow us to develop new goals and metrics on our path to making OEP as strong as possible for the University and the nation.
The DE&I planning team will convene once a quarter to discuss how our objectives are faring. The team will discuss lessons learned, best practices, and new opportunities to further enhance our goal of developing a corporate culture that values diversity and inclusion as a readiness imperative. Additionally, the team will present on how each metric is being affected by our actions.
Annually, OEP will conduct command climate assessments to get real time feedback and snapshots of how we are being perceived by our own members. The data obtained from this will not only allow us to make instantaneous changes to any policies or procedures that may be in contrast to our equitable objectives but will also allow us to gather firm data as to how our metrics are progressing. From the quarterly meetings and these annual assessments, our DE&I planning team will have the tools necessary for navigating our diversity focus in the appropriate direction. Along with the buy-in and guidance from the upper echelon members of OEP, our aim is to greatly enhance the culture that we and the university strive for.


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The New Britain High School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) asking for donations for in its effort to raise money for the 2017 All Night Graduation Party. Their goal is to raise $20,000 before the NBHS graduation on June 16th.
"The idea behind the party is to give students a safe and substance-free environment in which to celebrate their success," explains PTO president Beth Mazadoorian.
More than 300 students are expected to attend the party, which runs from 9:00pm to 5:00am.
"It's hard to keep teens entertained for eight hours, so we try to offer a wide range of activities," says Mazadoorian. The party will include include food, games, raffles, and entertainment, such as inflatables, air hockey, casino games, fortune tellers, tattoo artists, karaoke, and a hypnotist.
"The students really enjoy themselves, and they are very grateful for the effort we put into it," Mazadoorian added.
About $12,000 has been raised so far. In addition to funding the party, about $1,000 of the funds will be used for scholarships for graduating seniors.
Monetary donations may be dropped off at the high school on weekdays, 7:15am to 2:15pm or may be mailed to the NBHS PTO, 110 Mill St., New Britain, CT 06051. The PTO welcomes donations of raffle items or food, and those wishing to donate should email the PTO at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 860-225-6300 to make arrangements. Adult volunteers are also being sought to help staff the party.
According to Mazadoorian, students remember the party for years to come. "Past students come up to us when we are out in the community and tell us they still have happy memories of their all night graduation party. Comments like these motivate us to keep it going, because it makes a difference to the students."


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Supreme State Prosecutor Ivica Stankovic has signed the memorandum of cooperation with NGOs monitoring the upcoming elections.
On behalf of the Centre for Democratic Transition (CDT) the memorandum has been signed by the NGO executive director Dragan Koprivica. The president of the steering committee of the Centre for Monitoring and Research (CEMI), Zlatko Vujovic, has also signed the memorandum.
The document was signed with the aim of preventing and suppressing violations of electoral law.
The NGOs monitoring the elections have pledged to inform the prosecutor's office if they have information or evidence of criminal acts committed against the electoral law and other criminal offenses prosecuted ex officio, which may affect the legality and legitimacy of the electoral process.
The Supreme State Prosecutor said that the State Prosecutor's Office will closely follow the electoral process and react in case of violation and possible abuse of election law.
Stankovic said that everyone who commits a criminal offense during the election process will be held responsible for that, regardless of the political option which he/she belongs to.
"All persons shall be equal before the law and the representatives of both authorities and the opposition should be aware of that", Stankovic said.
He called on other organisations and citizens to inform the prosecutor's office about possible illegalities in the election process.
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Abstracts for the 2017 WA-BC Chapter AGM are due on March 15, 2017!
Just a friendly reminder that abstracts for the 2017 WA-BC Chapter AGM are due in just 1 week, on March 15, 2017! Keep spreading the word and encouraging colleagues to submit their abstracts.
Please also note that on this date, Early Bird Registration closes and applications for the Jeff Cederholm Scholarship are due. Don't miss out!
WA/BS will have lots of great symposia and activities lined up for you, including a live demonstration of the Mobile Whooshh System (MWS) from Whooshh Innovations!
Find all the details of the AGM on the website: http://agm.wabc-afs.org/


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Weekend project: Lexical analysis & expression trees
Last Friday I developed an itch. After watching a range of YouTube videos about programming languages I was reminded of the fact that I've never written a lexer. I've known the basic theory of lexers for years but I've never actually written one, despite coming across challenges in my work that could benefit from even the simplest lexical analysis. I decided to write a library that I could use in Cuterm to evaluate simple math expressions as well as in Novelty for conditional expressions.
So what is a lexer? Given an arbitrary string of characters a lexer produces a string of tokens:
This is done for practical reasons. In code it's much easier to reason about a string of tokens than a strings of characters. Characters are all the same while tokens carry some inherit meaning. A simple example would be to discern which parts of the plain text are numbers and which are not.
Once parsed you can scan the tokens and make adjustments. I added support for implicit multiplication notation by looking for numbers directly followed by an open parenthesis:
But a working lexer is only half of the work. To make sense of the token stream you would normally use it to build an expression tree with operators and operands. My implementation is limited to mathematical expressions, but typically you would use it to parse code too.
Since I wanted a nice generic lexer that I can use in multiple projects I went the extra mile and added support for common programming operators as well as proper string tokenization for both single and double quotation marked strings and escape characters. Although not all tokens can be used in the tree, the support is there for future needs and it made the function feel more robust.
Moving forward
I added a callback for when the evaluation algorithm encountered an unknown identifier like a variable x, so I could hook it up to Novelty's game variables. Then it occurred to me that I could derive an unknown variable by generating two trees on each side of an equality operator and then shuffle nodes to the other side until only x remains on one.
So given an expression 2(x-3) = 6 I could derive x = (6/2)+3, x = 6.
But once I had reached this point I decided it would be better to get something to eat rather than continue my little geek-out.


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There is not other designer like Carolina Herrera. She stands out from the rest with regards to design, elegance and style. She has dressed the likes of Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga and Tina Fey. Carolina Herrera's ability to design and create timeless, beautiful fashion is unquestionable. She is one of the few designers who successfully merges modernity with timeless silhouettes, colours and patterns. Along with being a phenomenal designer, Carolina Herrera is a beautiful person inside and out. What I have always heard is Carolina has the unique ability to connect with each person she meets.
The best of the best fashion people came out to Neiman Marcus last week to welcome Carolina Herrera to San Francisco. Just as much as we welcomed her, she welcomed us into her world of concise style.
I entered the third floor of Neiman Marcus San Francisco and it was bustling with men and women alike. The Neiman Marcus SAs scurried around welcoming their clients and guests to the invite only event. I carefully lifted a flute of sparkling water with lemon from one of the lacquered trays held by one of the servers.
I sat next to a guest who would quickly become my seatmate. We would chat and discuss fashion while waiting for the show the start. Ken Downing introduced Carolina Herrera, affectionately known as "Mrs. Herrera" and expressed his appreciation for her.
I sat front row quietly but with my phone in hand to cover all of the looks for my faithful Instagram followers. The anticipation is the part I love. I took a deep breath and then the show began.
"The first few looks were the traditional Carolina Herrera style with a white shirt and black skirt. The skirts were black pleated leather, black velvet flounce, white cotton or grey tweed The black thin bowneckties were a simple touch and complimented the black flat leather lace up boots."- Aquila Farrell on Carolina Herrera.
And then came the gowns. Carolina Herrera is known for her grand gowns. In black and white, the theme of black and white continued with white chiffon and silk on the bodice of each gown and large black skirts and tailored pants.
"Jewel tones were also featured in green, rust and blue. I loved the sweaters with a crisp white shirt paired with pants or silk skirts. My favorite look was the nude tone capes dress which complimented the other bronze sequin dresses and tops." - Aquila Farrell on Carolina Herrera.
Once again Carolina Herrera stunned the crowd.
Thank you Neiman Marcus San Francisco for the invitation and for showing the beautiful Carolina Herrera Collection.
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Maghull's Labour MP Bill Esterson is writing to the Post Office to express his concerns about plans to close Deyes Lane Post Office and replace it with one in Moss Lane.
This follows a steady flow of objections from residents who have contacted Bill since the Post Office announced the move last week.
Residents have pointed out that many people do not drive so would struggle to get from Deyes Lane to the new post office, which is set to be in Singh News next to the off licence. Others have pointed out the effect that the closure would have on other shop keepers in Deyes Lane as people who visit the post office will be less likely to shop at Deyes Lane following the closure.
Residents also pointed out that the post office is at the centre of the community and provides a valuable service.
The MP said the closure was the flip side of the privatisation of Royal Mail.
Royal Mail which delivers letters and parcels was making a healthy profit until it was sold off by Lib Dem minister Vince Cable earlier this month at a knock down price. However, the Post Office was losing money and is therefore looking to cut costs in any way it can.
Bill said: "I have been contacted by a number of residents following the article in The Champion and nearly everyone has been against the closure.
"People are worried about the loss of a vital service as for many older people the post office is more than just a place to buy a stamp. It is at the heart of the community and it offers a vital public service.
"When the Royal Mail was sold off cheap by Lib Dem minister Vince Cable, it made it more likely that post offices would close or move because the post offices lose money. But this overlooks the fact that the delivery service run by the Royal Mail made money, lots of it, and it overlooks the important role that the post office plays at the heart of our community. People visit the post office and then shop at the other shops nearby. This closure will hit other retailers hard. We know this because that is what has happened across the country when post offices have closed.
"Residents who have contacted me have expressed their concerns about the difficulties in getting from Deyes Lane to the other end of Moss Lane. I can't see how people will wait for a bus after going to the post office in Moss Lane to go to shop at Deyes Lane yet this is what the Post Office has suggested will happen. It is not realistic.
"Then there is the impact on Moss Lane. Some people have pointed out that this will mean an increase in parking and an extension of opening hours. The shop in Moss Lane is opposite Northway Primary School and parents have raised concern about the impact of the increase in traffic and parking that this might call. And residents in Moss Lane were told that the off licence would not open late. Now the Post Office is proposing to open from 6am to 9pm, which raises the prospect of attracting anti-social behaviour to the off-licence part of the business.
"The concerns raised at both the loss of the Deyes Lane Post Office and at the impact of the new store in Moss Lane all need to be considered by Post Office Ltd.
"I am sure that residents recognise the need for the post office to do as well as it can. But the government should also recognise that this is a vital public service and a lifeline for many people.
"The concerns raised by residents are very similar to those raised by the Sub Postmasters and Postmistresses association who recognise that post offices are a key part of their local communities.
"I fear that what the Lib Dems have done by privatising the profitable part of our postal service is to undermine the service completely and customers of the Deyes Lane Post Office are just the latest to suffer as a result of this government standing up for the hedge funds who profited from the Royal Mail while ignoring the needs of ordinary people."


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If you are a huge fan of Batman games, then you are at right place. Today we'll discuss the Batman the enemy within the game and all of its episodes. The game is also known as Batman The Telltale Series Season 2.
People have been asking a lot of questions that people have been asking regarding the game, below are some of them.
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1- Batman the enemy within android
Now, this is the first time the game is coming in Android and be ready to enjoy the game to the fullest. In this final chapter of the Batman game, you would find that in this The Telltale Series episode 2, both Bruce Wayne and Batman will come in the completely new role. The Riddler has again come back to the city to terrorize Gotham people; he has got some crazy, cruel puzzles that even brings greater crisis. Below has been some of the batman the enemy within android updates since its launch.
- Version 1.4 (Oct 27, 2017)
- Version 1.3 (Oct 23, 2017)
- Version 1.2 (Oct 14, 2017)
- Version 1.1 (Oct 13, 2017)
- Version 1.0 (Oct 03, 2017)
You can download the app of the game through the link given below and start enjoying the game right away. The telltale series season 2 episode 2 is thrilling and would take you to the new gaming experience.
2- Download Batman The Enemy Within Android Apk
You can simply download the game from this page only. We have also provided the sources for mod apk version of the game. The game supports following GPUs.
- Tegra K1 & X1
- Adreno 418, 420, 430, 505 and 530
- Mali T760 & T880
- Nvidia Maxwell
The game has received 4.2 rating on the google play store. It has around half a million installs till now. They are some in-app purchases also included in the game. It is rated 18+ as it includes extreme violence. The game is developed by Telltale and takes you on the amazing journey with Batman. Below are some of the supported devices but you can try with yours as well.
- Samsung Galaxy S6 and up, Note 4 & 5
- Google Pixel, Pixel C & Pixel XL
- Google Nexus 5X, 6P & 9
- Sony Xperia XZ, Z4, & Z5
- HTC One (M9) & 10
- Nvidia Shield Tablet (2014) & Shield Tablet K1
- LG G4, V10, G Flex2
- OnePlus 2, 3, & 3T
3- Batman The Enemy Within Gameplay
This gaming series is popular among millions of people around the world because it has always been known for fantastic gameplay. Be ready to expect the same in this telltale season 2 as well. This different format of the game is more inclined towards storytelling. If you love the season one of the game, then definitely, you are going to love this game. You would also control the game while the story is running parallel. The game comes with similar episodic format found in some other games like The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us and Tales from the Borderlands.
Here, you as a player would control Batman and his alter-ego, Bruce Wayne, as in the whole walkthrough, the game evenly split between both the characters. The telltale season 2 game features a branching narrative, in which you'll get the option of approaching a situation, and that choice will affect the later in the game. So, make your choices wisely is the core concept of the game. If you have already played the previous game, you might be very familiar with the game and know how the game proceeds.
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You'll come along features like saving certain characters or stopping a criminal, may also be imported, you can also enjoy the game with standalone title as well. The game has action sequences that pertain to the telltale's other games with quick time events. You need to do a lot of investigation in the game. There your detective skills would come into the picture, and you would become the batman in the true sense. You'll face a lot of investigation sequences, allowing you to use Batman's detective skills to track the criminal in investigating areas. There are also some sections where you can choose between the character whether you want to play as Batman or you want the Bruce Wayne character. Crowd Play, a feature that was present in the previous games also come here as well where audience interacts with each other with their session with the game.
4- Batman the enemy within mod apk
There have been a lot of people asking questions about the "Batman the enemy within mod apk" version. You don't have to worry, we have already given the download link to the sources, you can download the game from there. In this mod apk version of the game, you'll get more freedom than the usual game. If you face any issue while downloading the game, don't forget to let us know in the comments below. We'll try to respond as soon as possible.
5- Batman the enemy within all episodes
There are total five episodes in the "Batman the enemy within season 2" game. And Believe me, you are going to love them all. These all games would be released in one month gap. Till now, two episodes of the game have been released. The remaining would be released in subsequent months.
1″The Enigma": This is the first episode in the game. It got released in August month and got a lot of praise all around the world. The game is directed by Kent Mudle and written by the team of James Windeler, Patrick Kevin Day & Shanon Ingles.
2″The Pact": The second episode of season two is known as the pact, this episode is directed by Matthew Leach and written by a team of Luke McMullen, Chris Hockabout, Shanon Ingles and Patrick Kevin Day. This episode got released on October 3, 2017.
3″Fractured Mask": The game got released on November 21, 2017.
4″What Ails You?": To Be Announced.
5″Same Stitch": To Be Announced.
6- Batman the enemy within Season 2 Characters
When it comes to characters in the game, you'll get a chance to meet a lot of new ones. You as a player would be controlling Bruce Wayne/Batman (voice is given by Troy Baker), a super-rich billionaire who secretly fights criminals in the city to make Gowtham more safe and secure. His butler Alfred Pennyworth (Enn Reitel), Commissioner James Gordon (Murphy Guyer), Wayne Chief of Technology Lucius Fox (Dave Fennoy), and Detective Renee Montoya (Sumalee Montano) have come back to assist the batman. The game introduces a mysterious organization with its agenda led by Amanda Waller. Other members of the agency include Special Agents Iman Avesta and Vernon Blake. The series also introduces Tiffany Fox, the Lucius daughter and also an employee at Wayne Enterprises.
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Selina Kyle/Catwoman and the mysterious "John Doe" also return, and are the part of a criminal group named as Pact. Other members of the agency are Bane, Riddler, Dr. Victor Fries and Harleen Quinzel. Associates of the Pact also includes Rumi Mori, an international arms dealer, and Eli Knable. The Riddler's second-in-command. Reporter Jack Ryder and Wayne Enterprises Chairwoman Regina Zellerbach return to small roles within the series.
6- batman telltale season 2 episode 3 release date: A lot of people have been asking for the "Batman telltale season 2 episode 3 release date". So, let me tell you to tell you that dates are still not out and yet to be announced by the company. We'll update here once the dates are released. So, you can bookmark our page with (Ctrl + D) and keep visiting every once in a week.
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8- Things you didn't know about Iman Avesta
Let's talk about Iman Avesta in detail. A lot of people who haven't played the game before are asking about this character. If you are also one of those curious players then don't worry, we'll reveal everything here about a character including some spoilers as well.
Special Agent Iman Avesta is a very important of the Agency and also works for Amanda Waller. She is a huge fan of Batman as well; she met the batman for the very first time when she was selected to dismantle the criminal Pact community.
Iman Avesta is born and raised in Gotham. She lost her father when she was just a child. Her father got killed in the shadow of Gotham Stadium, where she spent most her childhood. Eventually joining the Agency, she was assigned to become the field analysis for one of their subjects, the Riddler. She, along with her partner, Vernon Blake, would track down the criminal to various places, such as Sudan, before finally catching up to the criminal in Gotham. Avesta was also a fan of the vigilante Batman and, according to Amanda Waller, deduced his true identity of Bruce Wayne.
The occasions explained will probably be impacted by the player's decisions. This is merely a summary of the events that consider location. Decisions made and their impacts will likely be shown both in italics if a single decision affects the topic of the article or tabs if both choices impact it. If the effects of another option consider place in or affect what happens within one choice, e.g., one event becoming talked about during certainly one of these choices or multiple outcomes throughout one choice, they will be present in both italics or perhaps a tabber, based on the effects.
Iman was initially launched to Batman during the thoroughly clean up of an attack around the Virago, a casino owned by arms dealer Rumi Mori. She handed a psychological file to him, asking to provide her with information about why the criminal had carried out the assault. Avesta also requested Batman whether or not he was interested in the criminally insane, recording his reply inside a profile she was making for him.
The next early morning, she and Blake visited Bruce Wayne's office, hoping to talk towards the billionaire a couple of person of curiosity. As she prepared to knock on the door, it opened to reveal the billionaire and Lucius Fox. While Fox still left to research something for Wayne, Avesta and Blake interviewed the billionaire about his connections to Doe, as well as his association to other criminals, like Woman Arkham, the Penguin and Two-Face. As she accused him of becoming a lawyer, Wayne's reply was interrupted by a safety alarm. At Bruce's recommendation, she and Blake left. They were unaffected by the explosion.
Almost two months later, Avesta, Blake and two other Company operatives received info that the Riddler was operating on a barge called the Woman of Dublin. She determined to accompany them and arrest the legal together, wanting to impress Batman, but ended up captured along with Blake and her colleagues. Iman was held in the middle of the ship and was the very first hostage Batman attempted to rescue when he attacked. Nevertheless, shortly after becoming free, the floor beneath them dropped, and so they were placed inside a giant cage.
The Riddler appeared and revealed that he experienced created a particular game for Batman, getting listened to about the vigilante's reluctance to kill or allow harmless individuals suffer. He requested Batman to solve three riddles, every of which had been easy and would, if answered improperly, lead to an agent's death. However, for every time Batman got a riddle correct, he and Avesta would be bombarded with ultrasonic blasts. Understanding that she would most likely die after three, this sport was to power Batman to avoid wasting three agents' life at the cost of one's. Based on Batman's choices, two possibilities will happen.
9- Batman the enemy within PC System Requirements
You can also download the game on PC and enjoy there as well. Batman: The Enemy Within The Telltale Series is a five-part episodic series. You can have access to download all the remaining passes with this season episode one. You can buy all the episodes in just 14. If you are looking for system requirement for your PC. Below are the details.
- OS: Windows 7 64Bit Service Pack 1 or higher
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz
- Memory: 3 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTS 450+ with 1024MB+ VRAM (excluding GT)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 8 GB available space
- Sound Card: Direct X 11 sound device
- Additional Notes: Not Recommended for Intel integrated graphics
Batman the Enemy within Storyline (*****Spoiler Alert*****)
It's been more than one year since the defeat of Children of Arkham; Batman continues to patrol Gotham city and to try to regain her reputation again, and finally, he gets to know the unbearable truth that his parents were no heroes, they were criminals. While tracking the notorious arms dealer Rumi Mori, he gets to know that Riddler is back, one of Gotham's first costumed criminals. While leaving the mori in between, he confronts riddler. He suits up as Batman and gets the help from Gordon and the GCPD to give a real fight to Riddler. But unfortunately, Riddler escapes and leaves a puzzle box for Batman to solve.
Now, here comes the few new characters in the game to assist Batman in tracking the Riddler. Batman meets Amanda Waller who is the director of the Agency and special agents Iman Avesta and Vernon Blake also come into the picture to help in the investigation.
After returning to the Batcave, he works on the puzzle and gets it solved, but it gets fazed while discovering a signal emitter. When Lucius Fox, gets killed mysteriously in an explosion while working on the investigation. And Batman remains sad for some time.
At the funeral of Lucius Fox, Bruce Wayne meets with "John Doe" former Akhram patient who is recently released from the jail for his good behavior. John Doe has some links and friends in the criminal community helps Bruce to find out the riddler's address. John calls this as a pact with Bruce Wayne. With the lead from John, he proceeds his investigation in Gotham's East End.
With Gordon, Batman discovers Riddler's lair, where he finds clues about the Riddler's plan and death trap to solve. He also gets know to about the fox death that Riddler was the only one responsible for his demise. Using evidence, he finds that Riddler is planning to attack his agency and kill all his agents.
Then Batman decides that only way to find Riddler is to discover who supplies arms to the Riddler. So he goes after Mori who probably provides weapons to Riddler as well. Either he sees Mori or Eli Knable his second-in-command, any one of them could lead him to Riddler.While tracking the sources, he gets to know that Riddler has taken several of his agents as the hostage and he has to find out his hideout before it gets too late. While trying to save his agents Avesta and Blake he gets trapped by Riddler. Then starts the crazy game of Riddler in which he plays the game with Batman. In this crazy game, if he loses, Riddler will kill Avesta.
Regardless of the player's action, Batman escapes, he redirects the homing missile to his ship and defeats the crazy man. The twist comes in the game when Riddler is being shot while going through the interrogation. While dying, he reveals that he is also a member of the pact.
Waller suggests that he'll infiltrate the Pact as his alter-ego but he puts his life at stake for being exposed. After that moment, the couple of explosions take place in the city leaving everyone in the city in terror.
While responding to the attack, they meet another member of the Pact, Bane who very easily overpowers Batman with the help of steroid called Venom. Surviving somehow, Batman thanks, Gordon, and waller and goes with plan B. Here, Batman decides to follow his advice and meets the John to accept his proposal.
Both meet at a bar, where he meets Harleen Quinzel who was John's former psychiatrist. Now, she is known as the criminal Harley Quinn. She is very suspicious of Bruce, Harley so asks him to prove himself if he wants to be the part of the pact. She asks that he has to steal a prototype electrical skeleton key from Wayne Enterprises. Despite the problems, including an unexpected encounter with Lucius daughter Tiffany, he somehow manages to get the device and with EMP and prove himself in front of Harley.
After this show of compliance, Bruce gets the chance to meet all the members of the pact. Then he tries to convince all the members to vote him so that he can become the member of the group. His stint gets successful, and he becomes the part of it.
Now, he joins them on their new heist in which they have to steal a mysterious package guarded by a convoy.
Waller refuses to help Batman in this and Bruce alone is forced to help them. Upon returning to the group's hideout, he gets to know the target is the riddlers' body. One thing that gives shocker to Batman that his former ally Catwoman was also used to be the part of the pact.
After copying Riddler's eyes, Harley the criminal reveals one of his laptops, which Riddler has left in their possession. When they are not able to complete the retinal scan, the computer self-destructs itself and Catwoman, the former ally of Batman escapes the death with a decrypting drive, hoping to steal another laptop in Harley's possession.
Now further, I won't tell about the game story otherwise whole game would be spoiled. So, now you have got an idea to download the game right away and enjoy right away.
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Some of his work contains trade beads that are more than 200 years old. Beads were traded between Euro-American fur traders and Native Americans throughout much of North America. Depending on the Native American tribe, trade beads could represent an individual's status and different colors could have separate values. Trade beads are also on display in the Chief Plenty Coups State visitor center.
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In pursuit of excellence
"The unexamined life is not worth living," Socrates dropped those words of wisdom centuries ago. He might have added that the unlived life may not be worth examining. This site is dedicated to seeking out the answers to how to both examine and live life more fully.
I am finally at a point in my life where I am comfortable with and ready to pursue knowledge for knowledge's sake and be a true lover of wisdom in much the way that Henry David Thoreau wrote about it in Walden:
"To so love wisdom as to live according to it's dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust, not only theoretically, but practically."
This blog, Zen Motivation, is about deepening my own understanding about excellence in the all the ways that we can be excellent morally, intellectually, physically, mentally, spiritually and practically. The ancient Greeks had a term for this. They called it arete.
H.D.F. Kitty breaks it down nicely (he's referencing ancient Greek culture so pardon the masculine expression of this thought):
"Thus the hero of the Odyssey is a great fighter, a wily schemer, a ready speaker, a man of stout heart and broad wisdom who knows that he must endure without too much complaining what the gods send; and he can both build and sail a boat, drive a furrow as straight as anyone, beat a young braggart at throwing the discus, challenge the Phaeacian youth at boxing, wrestling, or running; flay, skin, cut up and cook an ox, and be moved to tears by a song."
And if you want to bring that a little closer to our time, Robert A. Heinlein put it this way:
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, love equations, analyse a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, and die gallantly. Specialisation is for insects."
That, too me, is the epic life, and I want to examine it, live it, and document it.
I am a big fan of Socrates so you'll probably see him referenced a lot through out the blog. In his time, Socrates refused to be recognised as a teacher. He preferred, according to Plato, to be seen as a "midwife of ideas." And this is the spirit to which I am approaching this blog as a "midwife" to ideas.
In pursuit of this excellence, I will post here 3 times a week – Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Expect anything from philosophy, history, literature, sociology, ethnography, psychology, and travel. Also photography will feature here through my own documentary photography.
And as always, I enjoy engaging in dialogue, so please feel free to share your thoughts in the comments, by email, Twitter, Facebook, or Google+
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For those of us in Canada and the United States the holiday of Thanksgiving provides us an opportunity to not only gather with friends and family to watch football and eat turkey and pies but to also pause for a few hours to think about those important items in our lives that we are thankful for.
Being thankful allows us a moment to recognize that there are others factors and people in our lives who contribute to our achievement of goals and well-being. A huge part of having goals is taking time to celebrate the achievement of reaching those goals. When we set goals, they are not set in a vacuum or isolation.
Our goals, even if they are individually based such as being able to run five miles, rely on things that we can be thankful for such as the means to buy running shoes or the high school track that we were able to run on each morning.
Part of setting goals is to establish a period with which to accomplish that goal. Being thankful and celebrating the accomplishment of a goal re-enforces a spirit of being thankful for what we now enjoy after paying a price for success.
As you now go about setting your goals, plan a period of thanksgiving at the end of the goal to celebrate your achievement and the influence of others in helping you achieve that goal. Some ideas for expressing thanks for reaching a goal might include:
- having a very special evening out or activity with your partner
- taking your team out to lunch
- writing a thank you note letting contributors to your goal know how they provided encouragement or support for your goal
This Thanksgiving season, how are you going to express to your family and friends thanks for being part of your support team?
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Chai Tea Week
For thousands of years, popularity in Chai tea has been unwavering across Southeast Asia with its consumption embedded into the cultures of many societies. Its delightfully rich aroma and flavour have since reached out across the world with households and cafes from India to America now indulging themselves in this ancient, charming brew.
Such is this rapidly growing phenomenon that many industry analysts are predicting that chai will eventually become as popular and common as coffee lattes and cappuccinos despite having far less caffeine. In fact, you would have to drink three cups of chai tea to achieve the same amount of caffeine you get in a single cup of coffee.
Essentially, this means that if you are looking to reduce your caffeine intake, switching to chai would benefit you dramatically! But if, like many, you wish to simply pamper your palate with this world-renowned tea, then here are just some of the elements that make up its fascinating story…
History of Chai Tea
In the language of Hindi, Masala Chai literally means "mixed-spice tea," with the word Chai in particular simply meaning "tea." In most western countries, the name "chai tea" has predominantly been adopted for the beverage even though this essentially means the Hindi translation is "tea, tea"! Despite this odd development, Chai tea's history dates back long before Western settlers stepped foot on India's soil.
Like many ancient recipes, Chai Tea's history is steeped in conjecture with no definitive answer to its origin. Some legends say that it was created 9000 years ago, while others say it was 5000 years ago.
Regardless of an exact date, it is said that a king created it as a cleansing, vivifying Ayurvedic beverage. Whether you choose to believe this theory or not, many recipes for Masala Chai can been traced back to ancient Ayurvedic medical texts.
Using ingredients such as; green cardamom pods, cinnamon sticks, ground cloves, ground ginger, black peppercorns, star anise, fennel seeds, nutmeg and Black Assam tea. This particular blend is widely considered one of the most traditional and common variants of the brew although the spices used can vary from region to region and even from household to household throughout the whole of India.
Chai Tea Health Benefits
Even with the countless number of recipes, almost all the properties found within each variant have been proven to have great health benefits to this day. For example, the traditionally used ingredient of black pepper is known to support the pancreas in secreting digestive enzymes, which in turn, speeds the time it takes the body to digest heavy foods like fat and protein.
Ginger is also renowned as a digestive herb that can curb nausea and support healthy digestion. Even the black tea itself is full of antioxidants which are thought to help prevent cardiovascular disease and other such illnesses.
In a world of thousands of different Chai tea recipes, it would be difficult to come by a variant that didn't benefit you in some form or another.
Here at The Kent and Sussex Tea and Coffee Company, we aim to bring you a wide range of different Chai blends, along with their respected health benefits, to enjoy as part of a healthy and active lifestyle, or simply to spoil yourself with while you sit on the sofa watching your favourite television show.
Another such example is that of our very own Spicy Turmeric Chai Tea. The uses of Turmeric has the ability to add more depth to the health benefits of the Chai Tea whilst also adding a unique and different type of spice to the blend. This wholesome addition has been used in ancient India for centuries with its powerful anti-inflammatory properties owing to the Curcimin contained within the substance. Turmeric is also known to have strong antioxidant properties and is also linked to improving brain function and lowering the risk of heart disease.
So whether you choose to remain loyal to a more traditional concoction, or experiment with a variety of different blends and flavours, you can be sure that The Kent and Sussex Tea and Coffee Company can cater to your Chai Tea needs with our growing selection.
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When my home burned down nearly four years ago, I lost practically everything I owned, so out of necessity I built a new wardrobe. Up to this point, I was wearing a lot of American Eagle and Abercrombie. Creating a new wardrobe afforded me the opportunity to grow my style and move beyond my so-called collegiate prep follies. My love of bargain hunting emerged from this. Despite having adequate insurance money for new clothes, I began visiting thrift shops, browsing eBay and scouring clearance racks for my new stuff. Why? First of all, I could not afford full-price Polo and Brooks. Secondly, I wanted clothing that would last and be a wise investment, the things my dad wore, the things I wore as a child. I moved beyond polos and jeans to oxfords and chinos, jumped from Chucks to Top-Siders. Anyway, four years later I still see my style evolving in some manner, not by what appeals to me stylistically, but by the purchases I make. I'm all set with shirts, sweaters, pants and shoes. Where I still wish to expand or update my wardrobe is in my suit selection. Though I own around thirty sport coats, my suit count stands at only five - corduroy, linen, and three wools in varying shades of grey. I have reached a point in my professional life where I can begin browsing fancier fabrics of glen plaid and tartan for a bespoke creation.


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The Eleventh International Workshop on the
Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics
3-5 August 2014, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Turkey
|8:45 - 9:00
|9:00 - 10:40
|Oral Session I (RRT)
Chair: Ron Alterovitz
|9:00 - 9:25
|Michael Otte and Emilio Frazzoli. RRT-X: Real-Time Motion Planning/Replanning for Environments with Unpredictable Obstacles
|9:25 - 9:50
|Zhongdi Luo, Yi-Jen Chiang, Jyh-Ming Lien and Chee Yap. Resolution-Exact Algorithms for Link Robots
|9:50 - 10:15
|Kiril Solovey, Oren Salzman and Dan Halperin. Finding a needle in an exponential haystack: Discrete RRT for exploration of implicit roadmaps in multi-robot motion planning
|10:15 - 10:40
|Tobias Kunz and Mike Stilman. Kinodynamic RRTs with Fixed Time Step and Best-Input Extension Are Not Probabilistically Complete
|10:40 - 11:10
|Coffee Break
|11:10 - 12:15
|Spotlights for Interactive Presentations
Chairs: Kostas Bekris and Sertac Karaman
|Haluk Bayram and Isil Bozma. Coalition Formation Games for Dynamic Multirobot Tasks
|Yanyan Lu, Zhonghua Xi and Jyh-Ming Lien. Predict Collision Among Rigid and Articulated Obstacles with Unknown Motion
|Hao-Tien Chiang, Nick Malone, Kendra Lesser, Meeko Oishi and Lydia Tapia. Aggressive Moving Obstacle Avoidance Using a Stochastic Reachable Set Based Potential Field
|Jingjin Yu and Daniela Rus. Pebble Motion on Graphs with Rotations: Efficient Feasibility Tests and Planning Algorithms
|Jeffrey Ichnowski and Ron Alterovitz. Fast Nearest Neighbor Search in SE(3) for Sampling-Based Motion Planning
|Aviv Adler, Mark de Berg, Dan Halperin and Kiril Solovey. Efficient Multi-Robot Motion Planning for Unlabeled Discs in Simple Polygons
|Wen Sun, Jur van den Berg and Ron Alterovitz. Stochastic Extended LQR: Optimization-based Motion Planning Under Uncertainty
|Caelan Garrett, Tomas Lozano-Perez and Leslie Kaelbling. FFRob: An efficient heuristic for task and motion planning
|Weifu Wang, Matthew Bell and Devin Balkcom. Towards arranging and tightening knots and unknots with fixtures
|Chonhyon Park and Dinesh Manocha. Smooth and Dynamically Stable Navigation of Multiple Human-Like Robots
|Shishir Nadubettu Yadukumar, Wen-Loong Ma and Aaron Ames. Composing Dynamical Systems to Realize Dynamic Robotic Dancing
|Benjamin Charrow, Nathan Michael and Vijay Kumar. Active control strategies for discovering and localizing devices with range-only sensors
|Wen Li and Dezhen Song. Featureless Motion Vector-based Simultaneous Localization, Planar Surface Extraction, and Moving Obstacle Tracking
|Alejandro Cornejo and Radhika Nagpal. Distributed Range-Based Relative Localization of Robot Swarms
|Didier Devaurs, Thierry Siméon and Juan Cortés. Efficient Sampling-based Approaches to Optimal Path Planning in Complex Cost Spaces
|Dmitry Yershov and Emilio Frazzoli. Asymptotically Optimal Feedback Planning: FMM Meets Adaptive Mesh Refinement
|Sachin Patil, Gregory Kahn, Michael Laskey, John Schulman, Ken Goldberg and Pieter Abbeel. Scaling up Gaussian Belief Space Planning through Covariance-Free Trajectory Optimization and Automatic Differentiation
|Fatemeh Panahi, A. Frank van der Stappen and Mansoor Davoodi. Orienting Parts with Shape Variation
|Jory Denny, Read Sandstrom, Nicole Julian and Nancy Amato. A Region-Based Strategy for Collaborative Roadmap Construction
|Narges Noori and Volkan Isler. The Lion and Man Game on Convex Terrains
|12:15 - 13:45
|13:45 - 15:00
|Oral Session II (Trajectory Planning & Navigation)
Chair: Dezhen Song
|13:45 - 14:10
|Omur Arslan, Dan P. Guralnik and Daniel E. Koditschek. Navigation of Distinct Euclidean Particles via Hierarchical Clustering
|14:10 - 14:35
|Yu-Han Lyu and Devin Balkcom. Optimal Trajectories for Planar Rigid Bodies with Switching Costs
|14:35 - 15:00
|Neil Mathew, Stephen Smith and Steven Waslander. Optimal Path Planning in Cooperative Heterogeneous Multi-robot Delivery Systems
|15:00 - 16:30
|Interactive Session & Coffee
|16:30 - 17:30
|Invited Talk (Vijay Kumar)
Chair: Tomas Lozano-Perez
|Welcome Reception
|9:00 - 10:40
|Oral Session III (Time & Kinodynamic Planning)
Chair: Ross Knepper
|9:00 - 9:25
|Chanyeol Yoo, Robert Fitch and Salah Sukkarieh. Online Task Planning and Control for Aerial Robots with Fuel Constraints in Winds
|9:25 - 9:50
|Matthew Turpin, Nathan Michael and Vijay Kumar. An Approximation Algorithm for Time Optimal Multi-Robot Routing
|9:50 - 10:15
|Ryan Luna, Morteza Lahijanian, Mark Moll and Lydia Kavraki. Asymptotically Optimal Stochastic Motion Planning with Temporal Goals
|10:15 - 10:40
|Yanbo Li, Zakary Littlefield and Kostas Bekris. Sparse Methods for Efficient Asymptotically Optimal Kinodynamic Planning
|10:40 - 11:10
|Coffee Break
|11:10 - 12:10
|Invited Talk (Çağatay Başdoğan)
Chair: Frank van der Stappen
|12:15 - 13:45
|13:45 - 15:25
|Oral Session IV (Manipulation)
Chair: Devin Balkcom
|13:45 - 14:10
|Marilena Vendittelli, Jean-Paul Laumond and Bud Mishra. Decidability of Robot Manipulation Planning: Three Disks in the Plane
|14:10 - 14:35
|Krishna Shankar, Joel Burdick and Nicolas Hudson. A Quadratic Programming Approach to Quasi-Static Whole-Body Manipulation
|14:35 - 15:00
|Sachin Patil, Jia Pan, Pieter Abbeel and Ken Goldberg. Planning Curvature and Torsion Constrained Ribbons in 3D with Application to Intracavitary Brachytherapy
|15:00 - 15:25
|Laura Lindzey, Ross Knepper, Howie Choset and Siddhartha Srinivasa. The Feasible Transition Graph: Encoding Topology and Manipulation Constraints for Multirobot Push-Planning
|15:30 - 16:00
|Coffee Break
|16:00 - 17:00
|Invited Talk (Oussama Khatib)
Chair: Jean-Paul Laumond
|Departure for Banquet. The shuttle will leave the conference venue at 6:30. Please arrive at least 15 mins early.
|9:00 - 10:40
|Oral Session V (Online Planning)
Chair: Jyh-Ming Lien
Iddo Shnaps and Elon Rimon. On-Line Coverage of Planar Environments by a Battery Powered Autonomous Mobile Robot
|9:00 - 9:25
|Levent Akin. Robocup: Then and Now
|9:25 - 9:50
|Kyle Klein and Subhash Suri. Trackability with Imprecise Localization
|9:50 - 10:15
|Zhan Wei Lim, David Hsu and Wee Sun Lee. Adaptive Informative Path Planning in Metric Spaces
|10:15 - 10:40
|Sarah Ferguson, Brandon Luders, Robert Grande and Jonathan How. Real-Time Predictive Modeling and Robust Avoidance of Pedestrians with Uncertain, Changing Intentions
|10:40 - 11:10
|Coffee Break
|11:10 - 12:25
|Oral Session VI (New Techniques)
Chair: Lydia Tapia
|11:10 - 11:35
|Han Wang, Cheng Chen and Yuliy Baryshnikov. A Topological Perspective on Cycling Robots for Full Tree Coverage
|11:35 - 12:00
|Robin Deits and Russ Tedrake. Computing Large Convex Regions of Obstacle-Free Space through Semidefinite Programming
|12:00 - 12:25
|Fangchang Ma and Sertac Karaman. Maximum-reward Motion in a Stochastic Environment: The Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics Perspective
|12:30 - 13:30
|Lunch and Good Bye. Shuttles to the hotels and Levent Metro station will leave at 13:30.
|Invited Talk (Dan Halperin) CANCELLED
Chair: Ken Goldberg