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In early spring of 1997, Watertown, South Dakota, my hometown, was facing one of the biggest floods known to the community. It engulfed homes. The flood waters forced countless families out of their homes. In the tragedy of it all, the community came together. They began filling and placing sandbags to prevent the rising waters from reaching more homes and businesses. Countless times people wanted to give up, let the waters in, because simply, it was easier.
I envision my childhood much like a home surrounded by the water. There is nothing able to be saved by the way it looks. Help can be standing 20 feet on the solid ground outside, but unable to reach me. It appears as though whoever was in the home at the time the flood waters rose, was able to get to safety. They never thought to investigate further, if they had, they would have found and helped me. The waters just kept coming in. There is no stopping them. My emotions locked inside and no way to reach them. The water rises higher and faster. Before I know it, my emotions and childhood are trapped. I worked tirelessly filling sandbags, reaching my hand out for someone to come help me. It was too late. The havoc-destruction-devastation caused by this flood is the same feelings I experienced growing up being sexually abused as a child. And I know many other survivors have went through trials similar to mine.
I am an incest survivor. I continue to heal each and every day with the help of God, my family, friends, and the amazing advocates I have come to know.
I don't recall all of the details, but I do remember before I was in grade school another older female cousin of mine would have me perform oral penetration on her. I remember I did not like the smell, or the taste. It felt as though I had to go through with it though, or she may tell on me and I did not want to get into trouble. This occurred at least a dozen times. It was always at her house, never mine.
I was next abused by my brother. I was in the third grade. It may have started before this, but this is the earliest memory I have. I was so unsure of what was happening. All I knew is I did not want him to not love me, or to beat on me. As the sexual and physical abuse was something normal for him to do almost daily. He blamed me for the abuse. I remember telling my "big sister" from the Big Brother Big Sisters program I was involved in through the Boys and girls Club. She then turned it in to authorities. They came to my school and talked to me….pulled my mom out of work and talked to her. At home later that night…I sat atop the steps while my parents questioned my brother and frequently I heard him saying "She made me do it." I felt ashamed….I felt dirty….I felt sick…I felt as though I had been thrown down into a hole dug six feet down under, dirt and rocks hurled at me as I lay there crying out tears, but no one could see or hear me….I was too far away. He touched my privates…he groped me in the middle of the night…I prayed this was the end….boy was I wrong. I felt as though God didn't love me, that he failed and left me. I was all alone.
For a very long time, I blamed my parents for allowing the abuse to continue, even after it was brought to authorities attention. It felt as though they chose a side in all of it, and I wasn't worthy of being fought for or believed. I felt like the dirty torn apart shop rag thrown into the corner, waiting for someone to sweep it up into the trash. How was I not better than the rag in the trash?
My cousin/best friend was also abused by my brother. Her and I are the same age. Thankfully, she was practically one of the only people who believed me the abuse happened and continued to happen. When I would try to express concern to others about leaving their daughters alone with him, I would get told, "Oh, Stop, you are just holding a grudge. He is a big teddy bear." This made me so angry. I prayed he did not ever steal any other persons innocence, as he stole mine. My heart hurts deeply to admit, but this also led to her and I engaging in oral penetration on each other. I believe there were sometimes we also physically penetrated each other. I always excused this away as we were comforting each other. I know it doesn't excuse or make any of it right, but it is how I rationalized things in my mind.
She was afraid to spend the night with me because my brother would abuse her. I wanted her to stay over so I could avoid being victimized for once. I carried around so much guilt and shame for this. It progressed from there….eventually to him performing oral sex…and penetration. I dreaded sleeping. His abuse didn't just progress for me, but my cousin as well. Even though we both were going through Hell, neither of us spoke of what had happened. We were both the youngest of our families, and did not want to cause trouble for anyone. So we kept this heavy-boulder-mountain of a secret to ourselves. I came to despise my brother, from whom I should have felt love and protection by. I couldn't call out for help…no one would believe me…or hear me anyway.
I remember a time there were many of us gathered at my grandparents house. It must have been some sort of holiday. The adults were in the kitchen and dining room. The kids were supposed to be asleep in the living room. An older male cousin of mine climbed on top of me and began kissing the back of my neck. It sent shivers down my spine. I did not call out for help. I guess by this time, I assumed no one would believe or help me. Then he began moving in an upward and downward motion on top of my body. He whispered to me, "Do you like this?" I cringed and shook my head in agreement.
It has recently been brought to my attention that my brother and another male cousin of mine would take their turns with me. They both penetrated me. I did not recall this whatsoever. Until a month or two after learning about the experience, the images began playing in my mind. I did my best to shut them out. How does one do that? I could see them both standing there, one would finish and motion for the other to come have his way with me. I was maybe 12 or 13 years old. Then when they were finished, they would talk and brag about it. I would get up and get dressed as quickly as I could.
What I found to be the hardest to deal with to date are two things. One, is admitting it was incest. How could any member of my own family do this to me. It would be so much easier to tell people if it was just regular sexual abuse. I can not be the one to tear my family apart. The second thing, is coming to terms with the fact that yes, the body naturally responds to sexual conduct. Because of this, there were times I would initiate the sexual contact. It is completely normal for a body to respond to sexual stimulation. The other reason I would initiate the contact was to just get it over and done with. These two things have had my brain so messed up. What is wrong with me? Why on earth would I want my brother or my cousin to have sex with me? Maybe you have had these thoughts flooding through your mind. They are lies, lies straight from the Devil. He wants you to believe that you are dirty, you are worthless. None of these things are true. It took me a long time to accept that I am not in the wrong.
I moved out when I was 14 into another cousins house to help her with her kids….just to feel safe. I did not escape abuse there either. The male cousin who would take his turn with me would come to visit often and spend the night quite a bit. We had this weird relationship where sometimes it felt as though we were dating. The sexual encounters happened more and more frequently. Again I find myself questioning how or why could I be doing these things. The answer I have found, is the abuse I have endured my life has skewed my view on how relationships and love are supposed to be.
The sexual torture as I recall it, continued on until he went to college out of state when I was 15 or 16. I sensed relief!With him gone, I was home much more. The time came, he finished college and got divorced. He ended up moving home. The fear and dread of being home washed over me all over again. One night, I had my door locked…I woke up to hearing my door opening…sudden terror streamed over my body…I was frozen in fear. He came in a few minutes later. I kicked him away and he left. He would try grabbing my butt as I was passing by. It felt as though I was being pushed down by the waves of the ocean, unable to come up for breath. I was sinking further and further into the deep dark pit of the ocean. I am unsure how I would free myself. I ended up letting my emotions and part of my identity go, just to be able to come up for air. I was in a long distance relationship at the time….I made the choice to move away….to get away….I just couldn't allow it to happen anymore. My freedom came at a high cost though.
I went through my college years lost, and confused about who I am. I thought I loved others with my whole heart, but I didn't. I robbed them of knowing who I truly am. God was not a part of my life. After I prayed faithfully for Him to save me from the abuse, and it continued happening, I ran far away from God without looking back. I threw myself into college. I finished a semester early. Moved back to my hometown, found myself an apartment. This is when I really began self sabotaging. I went to the local bars regularly. I slept with men who I knew had no interest in me. I threw myself at almost anybody that would have me. I used drugs, sex, and alcohol to numb the feelings even more. I didn't want to remember my past. There were times people would question me whether it happened, and I denied it. I got so tired of trying to prove myself to be right.
I started working a good job, living in a new town with my grandmother. I went back home for the weekend, knowing my parents were out of town for the weekend. I tell myself I didn't plan to go to the bar one particular night. I think I really wanted to go. It was this night God began moving in my life. He brought this man into my life. I still not looking for Him, attempted to use this man as a one night stand. But he saw and wanted more than that. We began dating shortly after that weekend. We moved in together, and got pregnant, and married all in less than a year of knowing each other. Yes many people can claim I was just throwing myself into this to avoid the feelings more. That is partly true.
With now married being married, I find myself having difficulty with sex and pleasure. I do not know how to allow myself to see myself how God sees me. I don't know how to allow myself how to feel pleasure. God has granted us with four beautiful children. My brother is no longer a part of our lives as he chooses to deny any responsibility and not deal with it. I also do not trust him around my children, not only my daughters but my sons as well. I am unsure the extent in which his abuse reaches for certain.
My abuse has played a profound role in my adult and married life. I fear I am able to be there and give my husband the things he needs sexually and for that I doubt whether or not to stay because of the kids…there have been times I have started regretting my life… my marriage… my kids… everything. I came to a very dark dark place in my life in October of 2014. I started to make a plan to end my own life. It is still hard for me to grasp the idea I was so far down, and felt unreachable. God really made himself known to me through the KLOVE app. There were several people who reached out to me. Somehow, through these people, they prayed faithfully for me, and with me. As I sat in the bathtub one evening, crying, I poured my heart out to my husband. I confessed the fact I counted some of my medication and searched how many it would take to end my life. He looked me straight in the eyes and asked if he needed to get me help. I sat for a few minutes, thinking, and then calmly responded, no God has this, he has me. I will be okay. And, I was. He brought me up out of the dark pit I was trapped in.
I truly believe that I went through my abuse for a reason….one of which I have not yet been shown. I have survived thus far and that God wants to create a new me, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come," from 2 Corinthians 5:17. I never thought this applied to me. I am not worth this kind of love. But, allowing myself to give over control to God and allow Him to work in my life has begun to open my eyes to new outlets of healing. As I continue sharing my story and reaching to others, my healing changes day by day. I am renewed always. It is not just a one time thing for me. He is constantly changing and renewing my soul.
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n, we feel as though we are crushed. We are unlovable. We feel broken and shattered. When David wrote this, he wrote it directly to me it seems. I felt all of this. Psalms 34:18 states, "The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." A devotion I read on this verse stated that, "the word 'broken' in Hebrew is the word 'shabar' and means 'to rend violently or crush; to maim, cripple or break.' 'Shabar' was used to describe ships that had been splintered and torn due to ferocious and wild winds. It was also used to describe the tearing and ripping that wild, ravenous beasts performed upon their prey. When the psalmist declares (this), he is reminding us that the Lord is lovingly attentive to those who are enduring unimaginable pain. If you are emotionally torn apart and wonder how you will make it through one more today, be comforted with the surety that He is with you. If you have a broken heart, you can count on His presence to bind up your wounds and to begin the healing process. Do not push Him away at these moments but welcome Him and receive His comfort. Many Christians squeeze God out of their lives at the very time they need Him most desperately. I know I definitely did! No one will comfort you like the Lord. Jesus has taken all of the things that have broken your heart to the cross of Calvary. He wanted you to live an abundant life on earth! The pain has already been carried and has been laid at the foot of the cross. (Declare) 'God is close to me. When my life is falling apart I will draw near to the One Who is able to comfort me."
In October of 2016, I made a choice to truly start my healing. Yes, God had been doing small things here and there. But I felt called to take this to the next level. I searched and searched to find a facility for treatment. I have PTSD, Bipolar type 2, and some insomnia. I found a facility located outside of Seattle, WA. That is 1700 miles from my husband, children, and family. My husband supported me 100% of the way. He wanted this for me more than I did sometimes. Thankfully he never let me quit and pushed me onward. I went to The Center-A Place of Hope in Edmonds, Washington. It was there, ,i started to find God in my ruins. He showed himself in the staff, in the community, and in my housemates. I finally was able to identify and feel some of my emotions. I even found out I lumped my emotions into what I call "my blob." Someday, I will write a story about that. I choose not to allow my diagnosis define who I am. Do I still struggle with them? You bet I do! I keep looking for God and giving Him the glory in all of my triumphs and trials as well. He is not only there for me in the good times, but he is hurting with me in the bad as well. I now know He was there with me as I was being abused. He felt every single thing I did. His heart broke each time.
Someone once said to me, "Seek God! Seek God recklessly! Seek God with no regard for anything but Him and His will for you! Life won't always be easy, but after the things that you have survived, as true emotions begin to flood your heart and mind, you are going to be so joyful you won't know how to express it! And I will be celebrating with you! I claim it now, in Jesus' name!" And I claim this for you as well! My abuse does not define me. I now choose to let it strengthen me. I choose to let my story be heard to help others know they are not alone, to know they have a voice to, and hopefully to help them seek healing through Christ, as he is our ultimate healer. I would not be able to tell my story if it weren't for Him and the people he has placed in my life.


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Ok Lets pick up now to the turn of the new century, we found out that the Y2K scare became a non-incident, but we started to see the side effects of this new information highway as some very disruptive and some down right evil things started to evolve like a virus mutating.
This stage of the decade the music industry was the first casualty of the internet as music become digital and the adoption of mp3 music players gathered up steam. Sites like Napster that offered a free music sharing service reached 26 million users during its brief existence and was very disruptive for the music industry. People can now get music for free during this time. When Apple introduced the iPod/iTunes in 2001, we started to see a new business model emerge as Apple entered the music distribution business and as we all know how widely successful that became.
The turn of the century was the start of the decline of the newspaper ad revenue through sites like Craigs List that offered free ads. Sites like Monster.com also directed a second blow to the newspaper industry for Help wanted ads. Kijiji another FREE ad website was launched in 2005 to further take a bite out newspapers ad pie. You can best describe the newspaper industry during this decade as a deer frozen while staring at headlights with doom on the horizon.
The Growth of the Ad Tech Sector
Social media became the new buzzword in this decade for personal websites as you can now get one for free from sites like Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter. The Free economy started to gather momentum as everything was free on the internet like video calling through Skype, Google Maps and YouTube for online video streaming. Search Engines like Google used the free content provided online as part as their business model for their Ad Sense Ad Network launched in 2003 and the Ad Tech sector was born.
In 2007 the iPhone and Kindle book reader were launched and the Kindle started off a storm of innovation for book publishing as the Kindle reader allowed Amazon to sell digital editions of their books. The iPhone combined all the benefits of a iPod, cell phone and PDA into one device and was labeled a smartphone. The Android smartphone was launched in 2008 and was supported by Samsung and other major hardware vendors to compete against Apple. Android is an open source software and Google helped create it and it is free to use.
During this time mobile networks were 3G that provided good internet download speeds so the internet became mobile now. The launched of the smartphone created an "APP" gold rush as companies released apps for this new digital storefront provided by iTunes and Google Play for software app like games, magazine, newspapers, social media, and e-commerce flooded the market.
Further industry disruptions continued later in the decade, in 2008, with AirBnb (home sharing) and Uber (car sharing) jump started the shared economy model where individuals could share their home/car online for a fee. AirBnb has disrupted the rental housing market and hotel stays in some cities and Uber left a trail of destruction for the taxi industry in each city it started business in. Digital currency was invented in 2008, called Bitcoin and today there is a digital currency gold rush based on this innovation.
Another disruption for the financial markets emerged as companies could now raise seed funding for their products instead of banks through Kickstarter. In the automotive industry, Telsla an electric car with an onboard computer was launched in 2003 to pave the way to marry computer AI technology for self driving cars that has caused a wave of development in the car industry. The jury is still out to see where this innovation will lead us to everyday use of self driving cars as the safety promises of self driving cars are in serious doubt with accidental deaths.
Digital marketing became fashionable with the content marketing model being used to distribute messages on social media channels. This was part of the the growth of a new industry - Ad Tech. The industry's pitch branded content/advertorial to advertisers because readers like to click on articles and more the clicks on articles the better the search engine rankings and thus more traffic to your website. This spawn concepts like native advertising ad networks and banner ad farms. This industry used advertising as their primary revenue model and sometimes would show 20 ads for one article view on ad farms sites and the content for these articles tended to be sensational like tabloid journalism.
A side effect of this development was the use of fake stoires (Farticles) to pictch products and the growing use of ad blockers by readers. Ad blockers came on the scene at the end of the decade as ad clutter was overwhelming users. The ad tech sector also spawned a fake profile creation service for social media that has become part of the digital ad ecosystem and has been suspected being used for geo-politics.
Not to be outdone the underground economy also went digital as scams that used to be by snail mail and phone can now be delivered online. The LoveYouEmail Virus in 2000 infected 50 millions windows computers worldwide. More cyber criminals entered the market with The Code Red Worm, the Goner Virus and Email phishing became a new channel of distribution for the Nigerian Scammers. Ransomware also become a problem as the virus would shut down your computer and you had to pay them a fee to unlock the computer.
Hardware technology had major leaps with innovations like touch colour screens and large flat panel tv screens. Processing power of the chip continued as smartphones became just as powerful as a desktop computer. Retailing saw a new consumer habit start to form called show rooming where they would go to a bricks and mortar store to the see product but buy it online from another vendor. The digital gold rush of the first decade of the new century had a lot of winners and losers and new industry giants emerged like Google, Apple, Facebook and Samsung. Next up Part three 2010-2020 - The Future of Digital
This year I want to go back in time since the beginning of the internet to see where we came from and where we are going, so I decided to write a story on the history of the Internet as our digital spotlight for this year's COPA awards. This will be a 3 part series based on the decades of 1990-2000, 2001-2010 and 2011 to 2020. I am most the qualified according to be daughter as I have been there since the beginning and I can give a first hand account. The internet started as a scientific project that was invented in 1983 so the community could collaborate electronically, the World Wide Web was invented in 1989. CompuServe was extensively used during this time and was a online chat service that charged $4.95/hr
The World Wide Web did not really take off until 1995 during the Dotcom boom with the introduction of high speed broadband access to the internet. If you were on the internet at this time it most likely was through a dial-up modem and only early adopters were playing on the internet at this time. The Linux OS, invented in 1991, an open source software was used to help build the dotcom digital infrastructure (Ie: web and email servers), as it was free to use and it changed the software paradigm (Microsoft's arch enemy during this time). Two of the early pioneers at the beginning of this decade was Hotels.com (discount hotel service) and E-Trade (securities trading) and both will be major disruptors in their industries.
Netscape one of the first web browsers was invented in 1994 showed that you can give away something free, make no money and still get rich with an IPO. This was the business model that was part of the foundation of the DotCom boom. The other part of the foundation was companies were building web sites and using email so they needed new computer servers for this functions. Webmasters were in high demand.
Concepts like E-commerce emerged in1995 with services like EBay (auctions), Match.com (Singles) and Amazon (Books) as the early pioneers and all three are still around today. Pay Pal was started in 1998 to help facilitate payments for the growth of Ecommerce. AOL and Yahoo provided access to the internet and email accounts and both of these companies have had a roller coaster existence. A free email service called Hotmail was launched in 1995 that is owned by Microsoft. Craig's List a Free classified ad service was the model that would disrupt the newspaper industry in later years. Google did not come on the scene until 1998 (so you can say they were a little late to the party) with their first search engine that allowed to help find stuff on the internet through a key word search model that they sold 30 word text ads on.
In the latter part of the decade (1999) Napster was a created, a music sharing service that turned the music industry upside down as users could share their music online and others could download at no charge using torrent software. Napster at its peak had 26 million users in 2001, but was run out of business by 2002. Netflix, an ad free video streaming subscription service, which will become the model that turned the TV industry upside down was also launched during this time. The concept of binge watching video online became a new thing to do. Salesforce a CRM cloud based software service was introduced for the corporate market along with the first smartphone from Blackberry that allowed for mobile email that became so popular it was nicknamed "Crackberry".
Content was free on the internet (except for the Wall Street Journal) and news aggregators websites or content scrappers was also a model that was created during this era. This was the model that MSN was built on and a lot of others. The big one in the tech community at this time was Slashdot. The story would be if you company was posted on Slashdot.org the resulting traffic to your website would crash the site, thus the term your site was Slashdotted became a badge of honour for tech companies.
Adverting models on websites started with banner ads and key words search. Double Click a banner ad delivery service was launched that provided ad analytics that was added to this new digital infrastructure. Google used the "Pay per Click model" to sell ads on their network and the "Pay for Performance " model on the internet was born and this was the driving force of Google's business model along with the self-service online ad sales model. Now, the pay per click was sold based on an auction model and sometimes key words were bid up by competitors.
Search Engine Optimization became a serious concern as companies learned how to get traffic to their website through search engine rankings that was based on the number of links to it and the number of clicks by people. Humans, the creative species that they are invented ways to "Game" search engine rankings with link farms that inflated the number of links to a website and the use of Click bots to inflate clicks on a website to improve rankings. The use of click bots was widespread in the music industry to inflate a song's rankings. Google will make adjustments to their algorithium in later years.
Email spam became a major issue in 1996 as email was a cheap way to market your products and unsolicited email invaded your email box. These spam operators would set up spam traps to collect email or hack into a database for this info. This made Hotmail and Yahoo users a target and they have a long history of dealing with hackers. The first cyber attack between two countries was in 1999 and this was sign of things to come in later years as criminals now have a new target for thier activities. Now, not all dark uses of the internet was created by the dark side, the USA military actually created the Dark Web and made it public and free to use under the code name " Onion Project" in 1995. This Dark Web that will be the foundation for the underground economy was used for covert communications that were untraceable. The theory was the more users the less chance of detection.
Leading up to the year 2000 was the Y2K scare that was a doomsday scenario (all the computers will crash) that will happen when all the computer clocks had to change for the new century and there was a rush to upgrade computer systems for this. Business models emerged during this decade that will disrupt many industries in the future specifically, retail, newspapers, television, cellular phones, business communications, financial, hotel and the underground economy. The Dotcom boom was a period of prosperity and peace for the world during a Clinton Administration that led the charge for the creation of the "Information Highway" in a world with no borders as the internet was described during this time period. Next up Part two 2001-2010 - Web 2.0
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125 painters, over 60,000 paintings, and a decade of blood, sweat, and tears went into Loving Vincent, the first film ever comprised entirely of oil paintings. That's right. You've seen how painstaking traditional hand-drawn animation can be, to say nothing of stop-motion animation. Well apply that to the immaculate detail and dedication required to produce just a single painting. The mind boggles at what writer/directors Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman went through to get this film made, as an homage to the work of the great Vincent Van Gogh. We can only hope the attention it receives will justify their efforts, even if the story they chose to tell leaves much to be desired.
Loving Vincent will almost certainly live a long life in museums and art classrooms, because truly there is nothing quite like it. The film unfolds as a mystery/conspiracy theory around Van Gogh's death at the age of 37 in the year 1890, which was officially ruled a suicide but has enough unanswered questions to suggest foul play. About a year later, the postman Joseph Roulin (voiced by and portrayed by Chris O'Dowd), made famous as a fixture in Van Gogh's pieces, charges his son Armand (Douglas Booth) with delivering a letter to Vincent's brother, Theo. But when he discovers that Theo is also dead at this point, Armand sets out to uncover the truth behind Vincent's death by questioning the people in his life.
There's real inventiveness in the use of Van Gogh's art, specifically the people in them, as guideposts to Armand's journey. He soon travels to Auvers-sur-Oise, where Van Gogh lived at the time of his death, to investigate exactly what happened. Van Gogh's depression was a well-known aspect of his life and he struggled with it, but at the time of his suicide it seemed to have let up. Could someone that he knew been responsible for what happened? He encounters Julian Tanguy (John Sessions), the art dealer who would be instrumental through much of his career, and of course the Gachet family; Dr. Gachet (Jerome Flynn) who would treat his depressive episodes, and daughter Marguerite (Saoirse Ronan), here extrapolated to be a possible love interest. Adeline Ravoux (Eleanor Tomlinson) is a theorist of her own and believes there is more to Van Gogh's death than there appears. Even the unnamed figure in Van Gogh's "Young Man with Cornflower" is given an expanded, and possibly pivotal role in the painter's fate.
Breath-taking as the film is, often resembling Richard Linklater's Waking Life, the mystery itself is rather dry, and the film often feels like it's being ground like paint under the wheel. Many of the conversations go nowhere and like excuses to make as many of Van Gogh's paintings part of the story as possible. That can be appreciated from a purely educational standpoint, but it doesn't help the film move along any faster. And even animated like this, Booth is not an expressive or charismatic actor in the least. He sounds disinterested throughout, even when Armand begins to see that there was more to Van Gogh than slicing off his own ear and possibly killing himself.
Loving Vincent is a gorgeous, inventive work of art, but some will take more value from it than others. They say that art is in the eye of the beholder, and that certainly applies here.
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Doctor Thomas Papenbrock, UT Professor of Physics and Astronomy will speak on:
The Atomic Nucleus: The Core of Matter, the Fuel of Stars.
The atomic nucleus, the tiny object at the center of an atom, contains almost all the atom's mass and is held together by the strong force. Nuclear reactions power the stars and atomic nuclei thereby connect microscopic and macroscopic objects. Contemporary research focuses on short-lived and rare nuclei to learn more about how the strong force binds protons and neutrons into complex atomic nuclei, and to understand the fate of massive stars. This talk will give an overview about some of the "big questions" in the field and the recent insights gained through research in East Tennessee.
Location: Thompson-Boling Arena: The Café in the Arena, Private Room C-D
Time: 12 noon to 1 p.m. on Friday Nov. 4
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Like something straight out of a Gradius-inspired dream, defense contractor Raytheon has unveiled a plan to unleash swarms of flying robot decoys onto the battlefield.
Before I address the cloud of mechanical terror I just mentioned, we should cover the basics. Specifically, the military's love for the MALD.
That stands for Miniature Air-Launched Decoy, and in layman's terms it refers to a device that is launched like a missile, activates in mid-air and proceeds to totally wreak havoc on the enemy's ability to continue fighting. From decoys that convince enemy weapons and radar that they are, in fact, multi-billion-dollar airplanes, to the more direct decoys that simply explode, the MALDs are quite literally miniature airborne robots bent on destruction.
So, what's more impressive than a MALD? How about a "cloud-like swarm" of the things?
Raytheon, a defense contractor known for blatantly lifting design ideas from Stan Lee's brain, has unveiled a plan that will allow the military to deploy hundreds of MALDs simultaneously. Dubbed "MALD Cargo Air-Launched System," the concept allows racks of the decoys to be dropped from a C-130 transport plane. Following the drop the MALDs would self-deploy, activating in freefall, and go about their business.
Specifically, the idea is that this cloud of angry man-sized metal wasps (which Wired aptly describes as "a cross between a cruise missile and an aerial drone") could be used to protect military planes from enemy attack.
There are few things in existence that worry the pilot of an F-16, but the top of that list would be guided missiles. Given such a situation and the presence of a MALD swarm, the decoys could use their on-board countermeasures to convince the approaching missiles to explode prematurely. Even more impressively, a single MALD could convince the missile's guidance systems that it was a preferable target to the actual war plane, then lead the weapon far off course.
Originally the MALDs were designed to be sent at targets in advance of bombing runs. The enemies would waste their missiles on the decoys, thus protecting the bombers. Recent advancements however have given the MALDs sensor suites, supersonic-capable engines and on-board munitions, making the swarm less an analogue to the chaff bombers used to drop to foil oncoming missiles, and more a cloud of miniature autonomous war planes.
It's an impressive use of our increasingly robust technology, but it seems almost inevitable that these MALD swarms will develop into weapons in their own right. We've been using unmanned decoys to attack targets for years now, so the logical leap to "let's attack with a few hundred unmanned decoys" is almost assumed.
Of course, that's the point in the evolution of human warfare where things start spiraling straight into "machine uprising" territory. How do you fight explosive, giant, metal locusts armed with machine guns, and infrared sensors? You don't. You dig yourself into a hole and hope Michael Biehn isn't too busy to save you.


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All my life I was told I was too skinny, that I needed a good meal! I guess you could say I was lucky, in many people's eyes I looked good. I didn't exercise at all and believe it or not I did eat, and I mean I ate a lot!
I went 25 years being pretty happy with my body. I naively thought this is great and that I would always look the way I did.
When I met my now husband and we had decided we wanted to start a family, things were really looking up. Our daughter arrived in 2012. We couldn't have been happier. So much so that we said the words that no parent of one should ever really say! "This is easy, let's have another!" and so we did, we welcomed our second child, a boy into the world in spring 2014.
My Feelings Changed
However a few weeks later things weren't making sense. I felt this protective energy over my daughter. She was my child, I only had one child. Who is this new baby disrupting our perfect life. My head wasn't seeing things clearly and I couldn't understand a lot of what was going on or why.
I became irritable and tired. All I really wanted was to be left alone or take a nap. I would wake up, go downstairs, eat and fall asleep on the sofa. I would snap at my husband if he asked for help and I didn't have any desire to help with the childcare.
I would look in the mirror at the strange person staring back at me. Who was she? She carried a little excess weight, her hair was limp and greasy and she looked sad.
I have to be honest a lot of the memories from that time in my life have disappeared. I cannot recall most of it, in fact my long suffering husband very frankly told me that I was a female dog, but obviously not as politely as that. We can just about laugh a little about it now looking back but on a serious note, there was something wrong with me.
Getting Help
One day my husband had just quite frankly had enough, not of me per say but of this little demon that was lying within me, just waiting for one wrong look or word before it would be unleashed. He suggested that I needed help, he thought I had post-natal depression.
I couldn't see it however, surely this is how every new mother felt, especially with two children both under two years old. I mean who wouldn't be cranky or tired. Anyway he booked a doctor's appointment for me, I wasn't very happy about it, but if it kept him off my back then what was the harm.
As soon as I entered that doctors room, something happened. I broke down. I cried and I wailed and I looked at her and in that moment I realised that this shouldn't be what life is like. My husband told her that he thought I might be suffering from PND, but she wasn't so sure. She wanted to run some blood tests, to see if there were any
physical problems going on before considering anything emotionally or even
physical problems going on before considering anything emotionally or even
The Results
I waited weeks but finally I was called back in to see the doctor. Before I had even sat down she looked at me and said "well, no wonder you felt awful". I looked at her bemused and took a seat.
She explained to me that I didn't have post-natal depression. I had an underlying condition caused, by a butterfly. "A butterfly?" yes the thyroid. It may be shaped like the gentle creature but it certainly hadn't been kind to me. She explained that as
well as having an underactive thyroid I also had severe anaemia and it was quite frankly amazing to see that I had gotten out of bed, dressed and made my way to the office. In fact I had the worst under active thyroid she had ever seen.
well as having an underactive thyroid I also had severe anaemia and it was quite frankly amazing to see that I had gotten out of bed, dressed and made my way to the office. In fact I had the worst under active thyroid she had ever seen.
The Thyroid
The thyroid is the butterfly shaped gland located in your throat. Having an underactive thyroid means that this gland doesn't produce enough hormones. Your immune system is supposed to protect your body but mine was attacking me, or my thyroid more to the point. It causes the metabolism to slow its processes down. Resulting in weight gain, slurred speech as well as slowed movements and thoughts, low energy, being tired more than usual as well as a lot more symptoms. In fact there over 100 symptoms including physical, emotional and mental problems that can make it hard for people to pin point what the cause is.
My doctor started me on iron tablets for the anaemia and a high dose of levothyroxine. She explained it would take some time for me to start feeling better and it did take a while but I am now finally able to start enjoying my life and having fun with my children.
It is so easy to jump into the conclusion that you're depressed but if you're feeling down and tired be sure to speak to your doctor.
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We as human beings tend to go through our daily lives without much consideration as to what it is where doing, and how we're doing it. We simply take for granted as we wake up that: "this is going to be another day, and I will simply walk through it as all the other days I've walked through up to this point". Though within this there is something important that is being forgotten. It's actually not only important, it's in-fact vital, it's really the essence of what it means to live; and that is the principle of creation – the principle of bringing to life – to principle of determining ourselves, and our lives.
What is fascinating is that this principle of creation is always here regardless of whether we're aware of it or not – but as a matter of fact we're all creating our lives in real time, in every moment of breath, and we're in-fact the determining point in our world, and our reality. I mean, this is absolutely fascinating – because in taking a look at us human beings, it's like we're totally oblivious of this fact, and we're just walking around believing that life is happening to us, when in-fact it's us that are happening as our own life. What I want to get to here is the simple realization that we're all creators – thus we're all artists, and within this it's easy to see that living is an art form. And not just any art form – it's THE art form; because when we become effective in this skill of creating our life as the piece of art it is, the rest of our lives will unfold and become so much more rewarding, and effective.
But, obviously, as I mentioned in the beginning, what we as human beings have yet to understand is that each breath that we take is in-fact a opportunity for us to create art, and not just any art, the perfect art, as the perfect living, as walking within and as a principle that is best for all, as give as you'd like to receive; I mean, this is in essence the choice that stand before is in every moment – the question: "What are you going to create? What type of artist will you be?" – and the only way to answer this question is through real living application, as a living physical decision that I create myself here in physical living to stand as an example of what is best for all.
And it's fascinating that instead of us realizing this fact that art is not something separate from us, but that art is really every moment we have here with ourselves, we've made art to be these isolated incidents of painting, or doing some acting, or playing some music – but that is a very limited understanding of art, and when we limit art to only exist as these very few points we compromise the rest of our lives that should as a matter of integrity be masterpieces as perfect art that we've created with meticulous specificity, and inexhaustible dedication.
Consider for a moment that we as humans would in-fact do this, and make sure that our life, and our every breath is a work of art that gives life – what would be the outflow of this on an existential level? Would starvation exist? Would murder exist? Can any problem possibly remain a problem when we strive for perfection in every way? I mean, obviously not – and thus – are you ready to take on the responsibility of being a real artist? Because realize that for any change to take place in this world – individuals must change themselves – and to do this we require to make sure that our life is an art lived that is worthy of life.
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Burlington, Ont. – Christina Morelli and Colin Campbell have been named IG Wealth Management Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Athletes of the Week, powered by Planters, for the period ending October 21, 2018.
Female Athlete of the Week – Christina Morelli (Markham, Ont.) – 5th Year – York Lions
York soccer player Christina Morelli capped off an outstanding final season with the Lions by scoring four goals and adding one assist in two Lions victories over the weekend.
In her first game of the weekend, Morelli scored the first goal of the game and the game winner in a 4-3 win over the Windsor Lancers on Friday, with the winner coming in the 88th minute in a dramatic victory. She followed up that performance on Sunday against the Western Mustangs with two goals, including the game winner, and an assist in 5-2 victory.
The win propelled the Lions into second place in the OUA West standings and gives them a first-round bye in the playoffs. Morelli now has a team-leading and career-high ten goals on the season and she finishes the season fifth place overall in the OUA.
Male Athlete of the Week – Colin Campbell (Bateston, N.S.) – 5th Year – Nipissing Lakers
It was a jam-packed week on the ice for the Nipissing Lakers, and one player in particular that took advantage of the three-game week was Colin Campbell, who recorded eight points to propel him to this week's OUA Male Athlete of the Week selection.
Campbell started the week off with a pair of goals – the team's second and third on the night – in a victory over Laurentian on Tuesday. He followed that up with two more goals Friday night against Toronto. After the Blues jumped out to a 3-0 lead, Campbell accounted for two of Nipissing's three goals thereafter, helping the Lakers put up a valiant effort in the eventual one-goal loss. Campbell went from scorer to distributor in the team's weekend finale, meanwhile, as he set up three teammates on four different goals to help power Nipissing to a 6-2 win over Western on Saturday.
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I know, it's Monday. We had a busy weekend filled with lots of fun, so I can't complain. But really, how asleep was I this morning that I had no idea where my CGM was for several hours (it usually lives beside my bed at night, and in my pocket during the day), or how it got to the place where I found it:
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This is in response to the Sept. 25 letters �Stop the class division� and �Return ticket.�
I do not align myself with either party; I am an independent. When I worked, for more than 33 years, I was considered by Democrats to be among the wealthy, but in reality, I have always been in the middle class.
I am very tired of the class warfare being waged in print and on TV in an attempt to divide this great nation. A young man in his 20s told me he watched all of the Democratic convention and got very turned off by the rhetoric and hate put forth to divide this country.
I was very impressed by his observation. Instead of President Obama telling all of us which class we are in, he should be enlightening this great country, instead of dividing it.
In response to the second letter, I have to look factually at what has happened in the last four years, a great increase in this country�s debt, unemployment (the current numbers do not reflect those who have dropped out of the labor market), the health of our national economy, which is continuing to go in the wrong direction.
I would like the writer to know that 47 percent of the people in this nation do not pay federal income taxes and that a small portion of taxpayers, who are classified as wealthy, pay well over half the taxes collected.
We need to greatly understand who pays taxes, not the tax rates. I do not care about the current federal tax rates, but rather how much is paid and by whom.
I am very concerned at the massive increase in our national debt over the last four years.
I do not think that is due to our president�s predecessor. I agree that President Obama inherited a bad economy, but what has happened in the last four years to make it much worse? Who is to blame for the last four years?
What is our president�s philosophy? I have not heard or seen how he would correct the problem, or seen it demonstrated during the past four years. If our national debt increases in the next four years like it has in the past four, this nation will no longer exist.
Gary Conner
Mom knows best?on party differences
My mother told me 50 years ago the difference between Republicans and Democrats. She said, �Republicans are for the rich and big business, Democrats are for the middle class and the poor.� It was true then, and it is very, very true now.
Who are these uneducated voters? Unless you live in a car or under a rock, you know what each party stands for.
Republicans want huge tax cuts for the rich at the expense of seniors and the poor. They want to deregulate everything that protects Americans from corporate crime. They want eventually to destroy Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. And they want to ban all abortions, with no exceptions.
Democrats want to preserve Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid for future generations with a plan to balance the budget. Democrats want to preserve the middle class from becoming extinct.
Lately, Republicans are trying to rig the election by voter suppression and crazy-quilt redistricting. Don�t let them. Vote, whatever it takes. We can keep America for the majority, not the elite.
Kim A. Miller
Cuyahoga Falls
Equal annoyance
Perhaps the immigration issue in Arizona would be more equitably handled if Hispanic officers were free to ask persons who appear to be of Asian, African-American, Arabic or even Slovak descent (like me) to show their papers.
Lawrence R. Cook
It�s sinful ?not to vote
I found the story about the teacher who might not vote insightful, yet disturbing (�Teacher says candidates aren�t winning her over,� Sept. 23).
Not voting, to me, is a sin. Countries end up in a revolution because their citizens do not have the right to vote.
Yet, here in America, if it is raining on Election Day, turnout is low.
It disgusts me to think about the number of eligible voters who do not vote. In 2005, 8 million Iraqis risked their lives and stood in line for hours to vote. I wish Americans had as much backbone as those Iraqis did.
The other disturbing part of the story was the disregard for the third candidate in the election, former Gov. Gary Johnson, who did tremendous things for New Mexico.
Johnson, running on the Libertarian ticket, should be considered as a serious contender. The two-party system is destroying America. The two parties in power now cannot agree on a single thing.
It has come to the point that Democrats will not vote on a Republican bill simply because it was proposed by a Republican. We need another party in the mix to free the stranglehold they have on government.
For all those who are undecided, seriously consider Gary Johnson and the Libertarian Party. They speak for the middle class and sane-minded, middle-thinking folk.
Andrew Payne
GOP threatens?voting rights
One of the GOP�s many attempts to disenfranchise voters failed in Ohio when a federal judge ruled that a recently passed statute limiting early voting was unconstitutional.
Unfortunately, voter suppression efforts have met with success in Pennsylvania, with a voter ID law passed, and in Florida, with Sunday voting stopped in many areas.
What can one say about a political party that comes up with measures to keep certain citizens (those they know are most likely to support their opponent) from being able to vote?
Are these the kind of people you would like running our country? From curtailing early voting to requiring photo IDs, under the guise of stopping almost nonexistent voter fraud, such attempts to suppress the vote are shameful, extremely un-American and anti-democratic.
How disrespectful to those in our military who have sacrificed � some giving their lives � to protect or establish democracy in other countries.
America should be ashamed of what is going on prior to this coming election, a blatant effort by a desperate political party to suppress the black and minority vote, including disabled voters and elderly voters who may have a difficult time getting to the polls even without these added obstacles. It�s beyond shameful.
D.L. Klumpp
Uncaring Romney ?hides tax returns
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a member of the 1 percent of wealthiest Americans, doesn�t feel the need to reach out to the working poor and senior citizens on fixed incomes, who represent the 47 percent of Americans that don�t pay federal income taxes and who are members of the 99 percent of Americans who make up the poor and middle classes.
And even though Romney tells us he has never paid less than 14 percent in federal income taxes, we will never know because he will only release only two years of his income tax records, leaving us with many questions about his offshore bank accounts.
He made money off the backs of the 99 percent by purchasing businesses and skimming off all the profits while placing Americans on the unemployment line. There, many of them probably received checks that were around 80 percent less than what they were making when they had a job.
Romney is expecting us to believe he will represent 100 percent of the American people. If the 99 percent of Americans are smart, and the 47 percent who have absolutely nothing in common with Romney because he does not feel their pain would just play the percentages like Mitt Romney has done in business and as a politician, then I can assume the chances are very good they will be voting for President Obama.
No wonder Republicans are doing everything in their power to suppress the vote. They know they cannot win with those percentages.
Patrick Carano
In the balance,?a concern for charity
Here�s what I do: Every April 15, I send the Internal Revenue Service what I legally owe the government, and not a penny more. Part of that calculation includes what I give to charity, because I believe the charities I choose to support will spend the money more wisely than the government will.
In the furor over Mitt Romney�s tax bill, the Beacon Journal left off the front page how much money the Romneys gave to charity (�Romney�s tax rate tops 14 percent in 2011,� Sept. 22), which has been documented elsewhere at 29 percent of his income.
How heartless is that?
We�re told in the story that the Obamas paid about 20 percent in taxes, but didn�t say how much the Obamas gave to charity. Or wouldn�t that be flattering?
If you think that the charities you support will spend your money more wisely than the government, then vote for Romney.
If you send no money to charity and send the IRS all of your surplus cash, vote for Obama.
Bud Graske


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Based on a musical curriculum Mussila is an adventurous and creative game that gives you the basic skills and instruments to play and create your own music – with no experience required!
Join the four children Moa, Kara, Ziggy and Jon on their journey and help them find their lost instruments and costumes.
By means of musical challenges and an exciting adventure Mussila offers an easy entry into the world of music.
- Define rhythm and melodies
- Learn to recognise 14 different instruments
- Try out various settings of the ten songs of Mussila
- Customise the Mussila band
- Play the Mussila songs on the keyboard
- Define rhythms and melodies
- Earn stars and new outfits
- Zero Violence
- No in app purchases
- No Ads
Mussila Planets
The latest game from the Mussila team is Mussila Planets – an adventurous tilt and tap game that takes the player on a journey between exotic planets all the way from space down to the deep mysterious sea. The game Includes eight original songs and a new arrangement of Beethoven's Für Elise
Along the way the player is faced with musical challenges such as catching the melody, avoiding the bad notes and beating a high score. Activate rainbow trails and pink dolphins and score higher points and pop the special shielded notes to earn extra points and slow down the song and get more time or be daring and speed it up.
- Catch a melody and travel through space
- Participate in interactive jam sessions
- Activate rainbow trails and pink dolphins
- Explore three exotic planets
- Avoid the spiky meteors
- Pop the shielded notes
- Based on musical principles
- Engages hand-eye coordination
- Zero Violence
- No Ads
Mussila DJ
Mussila DJ is the next kids app in the musical toolbox from Mussila. This game encourages the players to create their own musical soundscape and remix existing songs. Mussila DJ comes with a set of songs, loops, beats and nature sounds which kids can add to by recording their own.
Capture sounds from the environment and voices through the microphone and add them to the collection of vinyls and loops. Layer them for a live musical performance and vary the speed and volumes – and scratch – like a real DJ!
- Make your own loops and beats
- Mix and layer the music
- Scratch the 'vinyls'
- Record your session
- Add effects and percussives
- Simple interface
- Zero violence
- No ads
Mussila DJ Christmas
Get into the holiday spirit and make your own festive soundscape with Mussila Dj Christmas! Here you find the traditional Christmas songs such as 'Silent night', 'Ding dong! Merrily on high' and 'Deck the halls' set on vinyls and ready for mixing and layering.
The app also comes with a set of loops and beats to which the players can add their own winter recordings and frosty beats.
Layer your songs with sleigh bells and monster sounds, vary the speed and volume, and mix, scratch and record your live musical performance!
- Make your own mix of seasonal music
- Festive percussives
- Sleighbells and ginger-breads
- Make your own festive loops and beats
- Record your voice in the holiday spirit
- Scratch the 'vinyl'
- Zero violence
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The latest news from Zinc Digital
2017 was a great year for the world of technology – we've seen some incredible advancements across many industries. At Zinc, we believe that the best way to be able to predict the future is to be a part of the innovation. It's been an eventful year for us here – here are some of the things we've learned.
Siri or Cortana has been a part of our lives for years, but in the last twelve months there have been more sales of virtual assistants than ever before. With the Amazon Echo and Alexa leading the market, 2018 is already set to be a year of incredible advancement in this area. Designs will begin to incorporate AI as standard, humanising the machinery around us.
When it comes to businesses, these virtual assistants are already making themselves invaluable. Consumers will begin to expect the same level of intelligence from businesses as they can access at home. Financial services already use virtual assistants to offer wealth management advice, with Gartner predicting that these chatbots will handle 85% of customer service interactions by the year 2020. For technology-based products or services, customer support, configurations, and the management of millions of systems could all become an entirely virtual area.
It's not just our phones that are smart now; everything from our watches to our refrigerators can connect to the internet. Businesses now have the opportunity to monitor their products in an entirely different way. Devices can report on their own environment, such as temperature, usage, and location, providing vital data.
With this information, productivity can be increased whilst cutting costs substantially. Shelves can re-order stock when they're running low, windows know when they need cleaning, and machines can self-diagnose issues, which leaves your employees to focus on more important tasks. 2018 will surely see our daily lives connecting in increasingly innovative ways.
For as long as the internet has been a part of daily life, our every interaction has contributed to the wealth of data that's collated about how we use the net. By 2018, it's no longer news that this data is incredibly valuable.
Collecting information will only become a higher priority, and will be used to fuel innovation. It's now possible to collect data through AI on how we search and what users need in order to to predict their future wants. The possibilities on the horizon regarding predictive algorithms and machine learning are incredibly exciting.
Nevertheless, the way we use data in 2018 is going to change. The oncoming regulation change, GDPR, is going to force businesses across Europe to adapt and alter everything they do with the data they collect.
Blockchain gained its renown as the system supporting Bitcoin. It is, at its core, an electronic ledger that efficiently shares information between both open and private networks. Every action is documented in an unchangeable record that is linked to a specific participant. Updates are by consensus of all participants, and cannot be erased, making a secure chain of information. This technology can be used for financial transactions, but can be adapted to transfer any digital data securely.
Currently, Blockchain makes it essentially impossible to forge a transaction or scam a customer. It's the most secure way to send information today. It is for this reason that it's already becoming a staple in the FinTech world – MasterCard is launching a service to increase the speed of international transactions, and JP Morgan uses one the largest blockchain payment networks to date.
Blockchain offers an opportunity to businesses in all industries. Everything from FinTech to healthcare, to local authorities, could benefit from this development.
As a company, we're already in some exciting discussions that are on the forefront of some of 2018's newest developments. We can't wait to see what's in store this year.
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Playlist: Ollie Wolf
The Caviar director cites two Jacko videos as stone cold classics and big inspirations, while working with Massive Attack would be a dream gig.
What's the best promo you've seen recently and why?
I think Cloé Bailly's recent video for Jacques The Never Ending Song was epic. So many great visual ideas in it and full of wit and flavour. That's a banger.
What's the first promo you remember being impressed by?
Michael Jackson's Black or White video had a huge effect on me. The opening with Macaulay Culkin and the morphing faces blew my little 8-year-old mind. I'm just saddened that with the announcement of this new documentary about him I'll never be able to respect him again. But as a kid, his work had a huge inspiration on me.
And what's your all-time favourite music video?
Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal is a classic. The way it breaks down with them screaming feels so powerful and the dancing is just sublime. Goosebumps good.
What other directors/artists do you look to for inspirational?
I think anything Spike Jonze does is always inspiring. His attention to detail and his flare and wit is always something I strive for in my own work.
"I think its harder for promo directors now to make a living from it as, like many creative people, we end up investing our fee for the good of the job."
What are you listening to at the moment?
I'm writing this listening to Do It Again by Soichi Terada. That's gonna make me sound like a right hipster prick but have a listen it's a tune. If you like that sort of thing, that is.
What's your favourite bit of tech, whether for professional or personal use?
Boringly, I'd have to say my Sennheiser headphones for keeping me focused when I'm trying to get a treatment done.
What artist(s) would you most like to work with and why?
Massive Attack. Karmakoma was the first single I ever bought, and to create a film that sits along side their canon of incredible work would be a dream gig.
How do you feel the promo industry has changed since you started in it?
I think the budgets have gone down but the level of quality has stayed the same. Which is tough. I think its harder for promo directors now to make a living from it as, like many creative people, we end up investing our fee for the good of the job. I think a union for promo directors to make sure we are supported would be a good step forward as, currently, that doesn't exist as it does in commercials.
Where do you see the music video industry being in five years' time?
They all be created by AI directors and camera drones as we try and find a shady spot on Mars to build a holiday home.
Tell us one thing about yourself that most people won't know…
I played a dolphin in a music video for the band Friendly Fires. The track was called Get On Board. It was my first and last acting role.
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Lil Duval's new track "Smile B**ch" is absolutely taking over the airwaves, and it's hard to scroll your phone for more than 3 seconds without hearing a snippet of the song.
The comedian stopped by Big Boy TV to talk to the legendary radio host about his song making the charts, how he personally lives his best life, and much more. Peep the interview to hear all about the process.
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Cortexica, a leader in providing AI, machine learning and computer vision products and solutions, for real-time image and video analysis, has been cited in a recent Gartner report Competitive Landscape: Computer Vision Platform Service Providers
— by Gartner Research Directors Brian Blau, Tuong Nguyen, Nick Ingelbrecht
The report highlights the rapid growth of computer vision technology, noting that:
By 2020, 65% of enterprise-captured video/image content will be analysed (at least partially) by machines rather than humans.
By 2022, all imagery originating from consumer cameras will be processed by computer vision (CV) at least once.
It also examines how solution providers are disrupting industries, the value that offers and why businesses should take note.
"Businesses are discovering its usefulness as recognition of what is in and happening within a picture will improve business processes. Technology product managers should launch new or specialized CV platforms now."
Access to the full report(s) is subject to readers having a subscription to Gartner.com
Gartner Disclaimer
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
About Cortexica
Cortexica is a leading provider of AI, machine learning and computer vision products and solutions, for real-time image and video analysis. Starting life from the Bio-Engineering Department at Imperial College London, Cortexica originated from a research project to reverse-engineer the human visual cortex, and now has its own team of PhD researchers and engineers that form the backbone of its AI video centre of excellence. We specialise in delivering real world solutions to a wide range of industries including health and safety, manufacturing, security and retail, be it on edge devices, IoT or across the cloud. Our solutions can be tailored to meet each client's requirements, and our agile and deep technical expertise in application delivery means companies get the solutions they need.
For further enquiries or to see the technology in action, please contact us.


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October 04, 2013: NO HAS Meeting at UH Tonight, Oct 4, 2013
Novice Meeting: 7:00PM
General Meeting: 8:00PM
About the General Meeting Presentation
There will be no HAS meeting at UH tonight.
All members are encouraged to attend the All Clubs meeting next week, Oct 11, as part of the Astronomy Day weekend festivities: http://astronomyday.net/.
Parking and Directions (View Map)
Meetings are held in the Science & Research building at the University of Houston Main Campus. The novice meeting is in room 116, the general meeting is in room 117.
NOTE NEW PARKING INFORMATION: Parking is available in lot 15C. Refer to the Google Map below for directions. This parking is available from 6:30 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. on the Friday night of the HAS meeting.
This parking is free. If you get a notice from the UH campus police on the night of the meeting, call the UH Security office and let them know that this area has been made available on HAS meeting night by the Parking Department.


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Gulfstream Park set a record on Summit of Speed Day with total handle Saturday of $12,660,617.
Saturday's handle eclipsed the previous year's handle of $9,702 million by 30 percent and the 2015 handle of $8,071 by 50 percent.
The 14-race card featured victories by Curlin's Approval in the Breeders' Cup "Win & You're In" Princess Rooney (G2) and Imperial Hint in the Breeders' Cup "Win & You're In" Smile Sprint (G3). Jockey Luis Saez flew in from New York to win three races, including the Princess Rooney and Azalea aboard Who's the Lady, while Javier Castellano won aboard Imperial Hint. Jockey Edgard Zayas won three races, including two stakes.
In its last year at Calder in 2013, total handle on the Summit of Speed program was $4.678 million. After Calder did not run the Summit in 2014, Gulfstream focused on rejuvenating summer racing and the Summit of Speed.
"We want to thank the fans throughout the country for making Saturday's Summit of Speed a success," said P.J. Campo, Vice President of Racing for The Stronach Group and General Manager of Gulfstream Park. "Horsemen continue to support our summer program with great racing. We witnessed some incredible performances today by our equine and human athletes.
"We will continue to build summer racing in Florida and we're excited about the rest of our holiday weekend culminating with our free Grand Illumination fireworks show."
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Yesterday, Cosmo was privileged to attend the launch of Unity – A Concert for Stephen Lawrence. Doreen Lawrence, Stephen's mother, took to the stage with Emeli Sandé and Rizzle Kicks to reveal the HUGE line-up and explain exactly what Unity is about.
Unity is part of the SL20 campaign, which marks the 20th anniversary of Stephen's murder. SL20 aims to highlight Stephen's legacy and the vital work undertaken by the charity in his name (The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust).
The awareness and money raised by Unity will go towards the Stephen Lawrence Trust, to provide opportunities for those disadvantaged by their colour, their postcode, their ethnicity or their poverty.
Emeli Sandé, Rizzle Kicks, Labrinth, Plan B, Jamie Cullum, Jessie J, Tinie Tempah, Rudimental, Ed Sheeran and Soul II Soul have been announced as acts who will perform at Unity, on 29th September. As a preview of what's to come, Emeli sang My Kind of Love at the launch – we witnessed a grown man shed a tear during the performance, it was that special.
While Emeli's performance was breathtaking, it was Doreen who gave us goosebumps with an emotional tribute to her son: "I would like Stephen to be remembered as a young man who had a future. He was well loved, and had he been given the chance to survive maybe he would have been the one to bridge the gap between black and white because he didn't distinguish between black or white. He saw people as people."
Doreen went on to say: "Our aim is to build hope for the future. Justice for Stephen is about all of us, every one of us, in society having justice. I want young people to feel inspired, be confident and have hope in their own future. There have been a further 106 racist murders since Stephen was killed 20 years ago and there are still too many young people who do not have a sense of hope. We work every day to empower youth and we're so proud that the music industry is joining us in reaching out to change the lives of young people." We hear you loud and clear.
Unity takes place on 29th September 2013, at the 02 Arena. Tickets go on sale Friday 21st June at 9am from aeglive.co.uk.
For more information about The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust visit: stephenlawrence.org.uk
Will we be seeing you there? Tell us on Twitter @CosmopolitanUK #SL20


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Events for August 23, 2019
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Improv Unplugged – An Improv Happy Hour
Start your weekend with a gigantic smile at this entertaining all ages show! You are in for one-hour of spontaneous laughs and a lot of fun! Improv Unplugged (formerly Improv...Find out more »
8:30 pm
After Words: A Hilarious Improv
The audience creates the title of the show AFTER all of the improv scenes are played out. Each scene is independent of each other. The audience defines the meaning of...Find out more »
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Theatresports Improv Comedy
Theatresports at Unexpected Productions is Seattle's popular weekly, high-stakes, competitive improv comedy show. Based on audience suggestions, two teams of incredible improvisers rumble, creating exciting fast-paced improv games, hilarious stories,...Find out more »