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Small Advanced Economies Initiative
Copenhagen, November 11–12th 2013
Seminar on Public Policy and Complexity
Seoul National University, Oct 14, 2013
Abstract of presentation
Roundtable on the Uniqueness of Small Countries' Strategies
Abu Dhabi, October 8th 2013
Executive summary: Small Country GovernmentsThe Importance of Strategic Coherence
Strategically Adaptive Governments
Research Workshop
SITRA, Helsinki, October 2nd and 3rd, 2013
6th Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, (AIE 2013), August 29-30
The transformation from imitation to innovation: key drivers
European Alpbach Forum, Austria, August 22-24
Future innovation-international perspectives
Abstract presentation: Innovation: Integrating insights and capabilities around the world
August 9-13, 2013 Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), Florida
73rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Theme: Capitalism in Question
Friday August 9th- 2:30-4:30pm International management Mid-career workshop: Success after promotion (Location: WDW Yacht and Beach Club Resort in Grand Harbour Salon III)
Saturday August 10th- 11am-1pm Innovation Ecosystem and Customer Heterogeneity in International Business: Demand side perspectives (Location: WDW Yacht and Beach Club Resort in Cape Cod A)
Monday August 12th- 11:30-1pm Creating and Capturing value in changing ecosystems: from research to teaching and practice (Location WDW Swan resort in Osprey room)
Strategic Agility and Innovation Workshop
Herzliya, Israel, June 16 and 17, 2013
Is strategy making agile enough?
Waseda Symposium: Managing Global Innovation
The Asian Service Business Research Institute at Waseda
University (ASB) has invited Yves Doz to this symposium to present
his latest research on Global Innovation.
INSEAD Alumni Association (IAA), Business lecture series (Stage3)
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INSEAD Alumni Association (IAA), Business lecture series (Stage2)
February 25, Shanghai (14:00-15:30)
Yves Doz will be giving a seminar at CEIBS to present his work on
Global Innovation. Details pending.
February 21-22, Sinpapore
Yves Doz will be presenting a paper entitled:
Reinventing Globalization, co-authored with Keeley Wilson.
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INSEAD Alumni Association (IAA), Business lecture series.
Stage 1 of a tour that Yves Doz will be leading throughout Asia, and at which he will be presenting his book and discussing Global Innovation.For a detailed description of this event click here
Séminaire Management de l'Innovation
Ecole Polytechnique
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February 14,2013, Paris
Yves Doz will be presenting his latest book, Managing Global Innovation.
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Organization Science Winter Conference
February 7-10, 2013
Facilitating the Creation and Transfer of KnowledgeSteamboat Springs, Colorado
OSWC XIX was sponsored by Organization Science in order to stimulate knowledge about organizations through experimentation and boundary-crossing conversation.
Yves Doz: Sharing Complex Knowledge at a distance: Dream or Reality?
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Sailors aboard a Navy aircraft carrier dedicate more than half of their waking day to their shipmates and to the home they must all defend. The complexity of the carrier and its around-the-clock tasks demand no less.
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One of these hardworking sailors is Lt. Manuel Lugo, who serves aboard the USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Fla. Lugo, son of Mydia Rodriguez of Athens, is a material control officer.
"I manage over 45,000 parts with an estimated value of over 25 million dollars," he said. "I'm also in charge of logistic chain management, as well as the on and offloading of equipment."
Apart from the personal sacrifices sailors must accept to defend their nation, Lugo says the Navy also lends its sailors memories to last a lifetime.
"In the Navy, I've visited over 20 foreign ports, and have been a supply officer aboard both a destroyer and an aircraft carrier," he said. "It's interesting business."
While carriers offer their crews almost everything they'll need while under way, Lugo says it's never too soon to start preparing for the long haul ahead.
"Personally, I mean to get myself ready for grad school. I'd also like to earn an extra warfare qualification and ensure everyone in my division gets some sort of education this deployment," said the 1996 graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, where he earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.
Despite the hard work of a ship's crew, Navy vessels must always undergo a regular maintenance phase. Kennedy's last period, called the Extended Selective Restrictive Availability phase, kept the carrier in port for 10 months.
During Kennedy's recent ESRA, the ship underwent numerous changes, many of which became Lugo's responsibility.
"Although I reported aboard toward the tail-end of the ESRA, it became my responsibility to reestablish procedures for normal supply operations, which were completely altered when ESRA began."
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I Remember Clifford (And Lee Morgan, Too)
Sometimes you're on eBay and you're browsing and then along comes an item and it's like, wow, I would really like to have that. And thus it is with me and this item: Brown and Roach Incorporated, Emarcy 36008. This is a Canadian pressing in G condition for the record and the cover. Not too appealing so far, right? Well, here's the thing: The record is signed. Not just signed, but signed by Clifford Brown. If you think about when Clifford died, 1956, and how young he was, 25, you would have to think that there are very few Clifford Brown autographs anywhere. Not to mention that he is probably one of my top five favorite musicians of all time (actually, I will think further on that subject and do another post on it this weekend). So this record has Clifford's signature and also signatures by Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, George Morrow and, presumably, Richie Powell. A few things, however, do make the record somewhat less appealing to me. One is I don't actually collect autographed records as do some other people — hello, there, Don-Lucky. But I would love to have a Clifford Brown autograph. Two is that it seems the owner
came back to Max in 1983 and had him re-sign it on the back in a black felt marker, which, to me, kind of taints some of the things I like about it. Anyway, there are nearly four days to go on this interesting collectible and the bidding is already in the $200 range, so it seems that there are others out there who, like me, would really, really like to have a Clifford Brown signature. There's just something about knowing that he actually touched the album, had it in his hands, took the time to sign it.
Someone had mentioned this record on another post: Lee Morgan, The Sidewinder, Blue Note 4157. And what do we make of this? It does seem to have deep grooves, which would not be characteristic of the pressings of this era. The seller doesn't mention the deep grooves in his listing. He does mention the ear, but does not mention the RVG in the dead wax. I'd pose questions if I was buying, although the price is already up there at $220 for a copy in M- condition. The seller seems to believe he knows quite a bit about the record, perhaps more than anyone in the world. He states: "This is only one of 4,000 records made at the first pressing." I've never encountered such a definitive statement about Blue Note pressings and the specific quantity pressed and I know it's been discussed here many times over the past seven years (yes, that's how long we've been around as a blog), with no definitive answer. So, perhaps if the seller is a reader of Jazz Collector, he can share with us the source of the detailed knowledge he seems to possess. Perhaps this has been settled somewhere and I either forgot it or haven't come across it: There are, indeed, two new Blue Note books out now, so maybe I'm just behind the knowledge curve. Someone, I'm sure, will set it straight.


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SSC CGL 2016 Tier 1 Exam experience
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We are sharing SSC CGL 2016 Tier 1 Exam experience by Sherry Singh
SSC CGL Tier 1 Exam experience 27-08-16 morning shift
Getting around 175** 😛
We were given a room to keep our bags. As everyone comes out of the exam lab at same time so it is quite safe…less chances of someone taking out your stuff.
No arrangement to keep mobile phones…in some exams phones are kept with the invigilator in the exam lab only and in some exams (LIC AAO i think) authorities put slips on phones and keep it with them safely but not in my exam center…a guy had to keep his phone in my bag.
ATM card, bike keys, water bottle, pens: not allowed. (I know of my exam center only) On entering the exam lab our photograph was clicked and thumb impression taken digitally.
Within the allotted exam lab we were allowed to sit anywhere we wanted.
I then went to the washroom…No water was coming in washroom 😛 I proceeded towards the water cooler but they said 'pani nahi hai' 😀
I came back to the exam lab and took a round of the lab (lab had some desks in the center also so I was going in a circle) One male invigilator said "kya ho rha hai?!!!!!" I said I am looking for a big sized monitor. All monitors were small sized about 14-15″ only 🙁
We were then given a hard copy of instruction manual, same instructions available on SSC site.
One invigilator asked me to remove my glasses and keep them outside. I said these are power glasses (specs) and I need them. He had me remove them and checked them if they really were power glasses…my power is 0.75 only and he was in doubt…he then asked me for a medical certificate to prove that they really were power glasses 😛 and also made the same announcement for everyone in the lab. I said it was nowhere mentioned that we could not bring our glasses, he picked up my admit card and was searching for instructions but I had only the first page of the admit card with me, didn't get the other pages printed 😛 he went to look for instructions and I didn't see him again 😛
Attendance sheet signed, commissions's admission certificate signed.
We were given 1 rough paper and 1 pen which would work only when held vertically, if you tilt it then it won't work 😛
First we gave a sample test of 5 questions by logging in with our roll no. and DOB…sare buttons tag, de-tag, erase, etc chlake dekhliye. These 5 questions were hard economics questions :/
Then after the end of this test the real test automatically started. (The password that is printed on admit card was not required anywhere)
Questions were sorted section-wise but there were no special buttons to go to a particular section and our performance couldn't be checked section-wise.
I noticed when I clicked on 'next question' or 'previous question', the next questions didn't come 'instantly'. It took a 'moment'.
As I mentioned our monitor size was small so I had to 'scroll' in some questions like in comprehension (first question pe to pura niche tak scroll hi nahi hua, next question pe gya tab jake niche ka passage dikhayi diya, mai to invigilator ko bulane vala tha), DI bar chart question I had to scroll to the top to see what numbers were written on top of bars and then scroll to the bottom to see those numbers were for A or B etc. and I used to forget that the scroll works only with scroll button on mouse, if I click on scroll bar and drag it then it wouldn't work. And then I also realized these questions had some error…in questions pe mera flow bhi khrab hua aur time bhi. A, B, C, D, E state k eletrification vale DI k questions me garbar thi na?
monitor size, scroll problem, slow transition to next questions cost me some marks in this exam apart from my own slow speed. I had 'tagged' about 12-15 questions to revisit later but couldn't 🙁
Reasoning Questions:
Topics that didn't come: dices, blood relation, aabcbbcaccac aise vali series nahi ayi,
Topics that came: logical venn diagram, analogy, symbols (+ means x, – means +etc.), clock, calendar, direction, dictionary/alphabetical order, number series, alphabet series, wrong number series, missing number in proportion, paper folding and cutting, completion of figure, embedded figure, water image, statement conclusion, syllogism (mujhe samjh hi ni aya)
Quant Questions:
Topics nahi aye: cone, frustum, cube, cuboid, prism, pyramid, compound interest, Time & Work (shayad nahi aya), Pipes and cisterns, boats & streams, Time Distance Speed, LCM HCF
Topics aye: mensuration sphere's and hemisphere's TSA, mensuration rectangle's area, mensuration circle area, geomety circle+tangent, geometry cirumcentre+triangle+circle, pythagoras thorem, simple interest, successive discount, simple profit %, algebra, simple trignometry question, area of triangle when 2 sides and angle between them is known, bar chart DI based 5 questions.
English Questions:
Topic aye: Comprehension 5 questions, sentence improvement 2-3, error finding 2-3, synonym 2, antonym 1-2, idioms 2, misspelt word 1, fill in the blank 2.
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A growing trend in college athletics continues at Northwestern University, as the school has sold the naming rights to its athletic director position.
Crain's Chicago Business reports that Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips will now hold the official title of "Chris and Courtney Combe Vice President for Athletics and Recreation," following a $16-million gift to Northwestern by university trustee Christopher Combe and his wife. Ten million dollars of that endowment will fund the AD's position and go toward "seed(ing) important projects and address new opportunities."
Phillips has been Northwestern's athletic director at Northwestern since 2008.
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Northwestern women's lacrosse coach Kelly Amonte-Hiller's job is officially known as the "Combe Family Head Women's Lacrosse Coach," while Pat Fitzgerald is the "Dan and Susan Jones Family Head Football Coach." Football programs at Stanford, Boston College and Vanderbilt have endowed jobs and other schools are seeking them.


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Walsh, Linda (2011). Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Self: Sofia Coppola's 'Marie Antoinette' and Three Portraits. Invited paper.
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This paper analyses Coppola's film in relation to modern theories of myth and identity. The film itself includes a sequence based on three eighteenth-century portraits of the French Queen, which are discussed as examples of her attempts to reclaim control of public perceptions of her.
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9. "The New World"
Terrence Malick's 2005 "The New World" tells the truer story of Pocahontas and the English exploration of Virginia. Although slightly historically inaccurate, Malick's film avoids a dramatized approach to the violent, upsetting story, and instead unravels it more poetically.
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This patent application is continuation patent application of parent U.S. patent application Ser. No.10/293,187 titled "A Method of Performing Huffman Decoding, " filed on Nov. 12. 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,646,577, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/704,380 titled "A Method of Performing Huffman Decoding," filed on Oct. 31, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,563,439, by Acharya et al., herein incorporated by reference and assigned to the assignee of the present invention.
This patent application also is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/704,392, titled "A Method of Generating Huffman Code Length Information," by Acharya, et al. filed on Oct. 31, 2000, assigned to the assignee of the present invention and herein incorporated by reference.
The present invention is related to Huffman decoding.
As is well-known, Huffman coding is a popular variable length statistical encoding scheme. As is also well-known, Huffman code generation relies on statistical probabilities for each individual symbol. See, for example, D. A. Huffman, "A Method for the Reconstruction of Minimum-Redundancy Codes" Proceedings of the IRE, Volume 40, No. 9, pages 1098-1101, 1952. A traditional table lookup based encoding scheme is widely used for Huffman encoding due, at least in part, to its efficiency and relative ease of implementation. However, table searching based decoding is typically inefficient in both software and hardware implementations. This is especially the case when the number of entries in a table is reasonably high, as is typical for practical applications. Another approach employed for Huffman decoding is the creation of a Huffman tree which employs a "tree traversing technique." However, this decoding technique also has disadvantages. This particular technique is bit sequential, and introduces extra "overhead" both in terms of memory allocation and the execution of computations for the Huffman tree generation process and for the decoding process.
The subject matter regarded as the invention is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of this specification. The invention, however, both as to organization and method of operation, together with objects, features, and advantages thereof, may best be understood by reference to the following detailed description when read with the accompanying drawings in which:
In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components and circuits have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the present invention.
As previously indicated, generation of Huffman codes for a set of symbols is based on the probability of occurrence of the source symbols. Typically, the construction of a binary tree referred to in this context as a Huffman tree is employed D. A. Huffman, in the aforementioned paper, describes the process with their way:
This procedure produces a recursively structured set of sets, each of which contains exactly two members. It, therefore, may be represented as a binary tree ("Huffman Tree") with the symbols as the "leaves." Then to form the code ("Huffman Code") for any particular symbol: traverse the binary tree from the root to that symbol, recording "0" for a left branch and "1" for a right branch. One issue, however, for this procedure is that the resultant Huffman tree is not unique. One example of an application of such codes is text compression, such as GZIP. GZIP is a text compression utility, developed under the GNU (Gnu's Not Unix) project, a project with a goal of developing a "free" or freely available UNIX-like operation system, for replacing the "compress" text compression utility on a UNIX operation system. See, for example, Galley, J. L. and Adler, M., GZIP documentation and sources, available as gzip-1.2.4. tar at the website "http://www.gzip.org/".
As is well-known, the resulting Huffman codes are prefix codes and the more frequently appearing symbols are assigned a smaller number of bits to form the variable length Huffman code. As a result, the average code length is ultimately reduced from taking advantage of the frequency of occurrence of the symbols.
The possible set of Huffman codes for this Huffman tree is illustrated in FIG. 2. From
One may generate the length information for the Huffman codes by constructing the corresponding Huffman tree. However, as previously indicated, Huffman codes may not be unique when generated in this fashion. Nonetheless, it may be shown that by imposing two restrictions, the Huffman code produced by employing the Huffman tree may be assured of being unique. These restrictions are:
1. All codes of a given bit length have lexicographically consecutive values, in the same order as the symbols they represent; and
2. Shorter codes lexicographically precede longer codes.
Based on these restrictions, a Huffman code may be uniquely determined.
Although the invention is not limited in scope in this respect, the foregoing restrictions have been employed in various compression approaches and standards, such as in the previously described utility, GZIP, for example. Typically, in such applications, the Huffman tree information is passed in terms of a set of code length information along with compressed text data. Therefore, the set of code length information is sufficient to reconstruct a unique Huffman tree. The Huffman code table illustrated in
The code lengths are initially in Length[l];
1) Count the number of codes for each code length. Let "count[N]" be the number of codes of length N, N>=1.
2) Find the numerical value of the smallest code for each code length:
Huffman_code = 0; count[0] = 0;
for (i = 1 to MAX_BITS) {
Huffman_code = (Huffman_code + count[i−1]) << 1;
next_code[i] = Huffman_code;
3) Assign numerical values to all codes, using consecutive values determined in 2.
As previously indicated, Huffman encoding may be accomplished relatively easily using a table lookup technique. However, the decoding of Huffman codes is typically more computationally intensive because when code words are received in a compressed bit stream to be decoded, there are no predefined boundaries between the code words. Huffman codes are variable length codes, as previously described.
One approach or technique, referred to as a constant input rate decoder, processes the input bit stream serially, one bit at a time. This method employs the construction of a decoding or Huffman tree. Therefore, starting from the root, the technique involves traversing the branches of the decoding tree until a terminal node is reached. At the terminal node, the code word is fully decoded and the corresponding symbol may, therefore, be produced or output as desired. This process then begins again from the root of the tree. See, for example, "Image and Video Compressions Standards: Algorithms and Architectures", by B. Bhaskarin and K. Konstantinides, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995.
Another approach, although not particularly efficient, for decoding the Huffman code, is to compare each entry of the Huffman table with input bits in the input buffer. Under this approach, at worst, N entries in the encoding table will be compared, where N is the total number of symbols. In addition, the code length information for the entry is to be known.
In an embodiment of a method of decoding a series of binary digital signals using a data structure, the following approach may be employed. The data structure may be searched based on, at least in part, the length of a subgrouping of binary digital signals being decoded. In this particular embodiment, the series binary digital signals are encoded, such as Huffman encoded, although the invention is not restricted in scope to Huffman coding or decoding. In this particular embodiment, although the invention is not restricted in scope in this respect, prior to searching, the first N binary digital signals in the series are selected as a subgrouping, where N is the length of the shortest code. Furthermore, the length of the subgrouping is increased by the next binary digital signal in the series if no code in the data structure having length N matches the subgrouping. Likewise, in this particular embodiment, where this approach is employed, every code in the data structure having the same length as the subgrouping is checked for a match. It is noted, as shall be described in more detail hereinafter, the data structure is organized, at least in part, based on code length. Furthermore, the data structure is organized so the codes having the same code length are stored sequentially.
Although the invention is not restricted in scope to this particular embodiment of a data structure, this particular embodiment may be related to the Huffman code table of
This particular embodiment of a data structure is shown in FIG. 7. It may be noted that
With the embodiment of a data structure illustrated in
The composite data structure is referred to in this context as NDS (NDC). This corresponds with the definition of a composite data structure for programming language C, although the invention is not limited in scope to this programming language or to any particular programming language. In this particular embodiment, although, again, the invention is not limited in scope in this respect, each entry of NDS comprises four fields, designated length, start code, end code and base index, respectively, as shown in
In this particular embodiment, however, NDC is the number of entries with a distinct code length. Each entry represents a group of consecutive Huffman codes with the same code length. Start code is the first Huffman code of this group and end code is the last Huffman code of this group. Base index is the index value of the first Huffman code in the Huffman table for the corresponding symbol, as shown in FIG. 6. As has previously been indicated, it is noted that the invention is not restricted in scope to this particular data structure. Clearly, many modifications to this particular data structure may be made and still remain within the spirit and scope of what has been described.
Employing the embodiment of a data structure illustrated in
Len = 0;
for(l = 0; l < NDC; l++){
Len = NDS[l].Length;
tmp_code = Len bits from the input buffer; /* bit-parallel search */
if( NDS([l].Start_Code <= tmp_code <= NDS[l].End_Code){
/* checking range */
tmp_offset = tmp_code − NDS[l].Start_Code;
get the Symbol at the index location
(NDS[l].Base_Index + tmp_offset);
if( Len > 0 ){ /* symbol found */
output Symbol;
move the current pointer position in the input buffer forward Len bits;
else Error; /* no symbol found */
} while (not last symbol);
In this particular embodiment, although the invention is not limited in scope in this respect, prior to searching the data structure, the first N binary digital signals in a series are selected as a subgrouping, where N is the length of the shortest code. All the codes having that length are then checked for a match. If no match occurs, then the length of the subgrouping is increased by the next binary digital signal in the series and then the codes having the increased length are checked for a match. This process is continued until a match occurs. As previously noted, the data structure is organized, at least in part, based on code length and the data structure is organized so that codes having the same code length are stored lexicographically sequentially. This allows for efficient operation, as desired.
It is noted that in an alternative embodiment may be possible to begin searching with the longest code and decrease the length of the subgrouping when no match occurs. However, typically, a shorter Huffman code has a higher probability of occurrence, making it is more efficient in such situations to start searching form the shortest code.
This particular embodiment of a method of decoding a series of binary digital signals has several advantages in terms of memory utilization, computational complexity and implementation. As previously suggested, the number of entries for the data structure depends on the maximum code length for the Huffman code, not the number of symbols. Therefore, this results in a reduction of memory. For example, with an application with a fixed limit code length, such as GZIP, a typical Huffman tree has 285 symbols and the code length is limited to 15 bits. In contrast, the number of entries employed for this embodiment will have at most 15 entries, depending on the data, resulting, in this example in a 19 * times reduction in memory utilization.
Likewise, computational complexity is reduced by using a bit parallel search process, rather than a bit serial search process. Here, this embodiment is based, at least in part, on the code length information in the data structure. The search procedure improves over existing approaches by checking the range of the start and end codes for the group having that code length. Experimental results with this embodiment, which employ 19 symbols and a maximum code lengths of 7 bits, provide a 5.5 times reduction in complexity, compared with decoding in which a search of Huffman code table is employed. Likewise, because no binary tree construction takes place, as occurs where a Huffman tree is constructed, and with little or no dynamic memory allocation, implementation of decoding in accordance with the present invention is relatively easy in both hardware and software.
It will, of course, be understood that, although particular embodiments have just been described, the invention is not limited in scope to a particular embodiment or implementation. For example, one embodiment may be in hardware, whereas another embodiment may be in software. Likewise, an embodiment may be in firmware, or any combination of hardware, software, or firmware, for example. Likewise, although the invention is not limited in scope in this respect, one embodiment may comprise an article, such as a storage medium. Such a storage medium, such as, for example, a CD-ROM, or a disk, may have stored thereon instructions, which when executed by a system, such as a computer system or platform, or an imaging system, may result in an embodiment of a method in accordance with the present invention being executed, such as a method of performing Huffman decoding, for example, as previously described. Likewise, embodiments of a method of creating a data structure, in accordance with the present invention, may be executed.
While certain features of the invention have been illustrated and described herein, many modifications, substitutions, changes and equivalents will now occur to those skilled in the art. It is, therefore, to be understood that the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications and changes as fall within the true spirit of the invention.
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Thanksgiving beckons family reunions, home-cooked food, laughter, and warmth of a home. It is also a day to take a moment to reflect over the past year and express gratitude for the blessings of life. And even though my family isn't from America, over the years, we have adopted Thanksgiving as a beloved holiday to be celebrated. A turkey no less than 16 lbs will be roasted, pies will be baked, the table will be set, and leftovers will be eaten for days. Though we are only a small family of four, we will have a perfectly cozy holiday, full of warmth and the blessing of family.
But this year is a bit different.
Another Thanksgiving has come to an end and my tummy is full of goodness as I draft this… of turkey, stuffing, garlic mash potatoes, and pumpkin flan. My heart is full with good conversation and new friendships.
Even though I had a lovely, lovely time at D's aunt and uncle's place, this year also made me a little sad. This is the first year I did not spend Thanksgiving with my family. My family doesn't understand my want for travel and sees it as a cowardly move rather than an enriching experience. And it has caused a rift (more on that later).
It's quite amazing how breaking from societal norms can break relationships.
Even still, there is much to be thankful this year (albeit a bit belated):
I am thankful for the ability to choose a different path in life. I used to think that the only path for me was to enter a good career, climb up the ladder, settle down, etc. etc. And while I am thankful for my college education and the job I have held for over 5 years, I now believe that I don't need to be boxed into a forever cubicle-life. Most of all, I am thankful for D who dared to dream bigger and change our paths.
I am thankful for the friends who wholeheartedly supported me from the beginning and never once doubted that I might be making a mistake. For those who are genuinely happy for me. For those who believe that I will make something out of myself even without the solid paychecks and the glamorous title.
I am thankful for D's family who embraced me as one of their own without question.
I am thankful for D's neverending, unwavering support… through all the really horrible times when I didn't believe in myself, when I was scared, and even when I didn't trust him… through the stress that almost broke us. I am thankful for the strength of our relationship that persevered through it all.
I am thankful for finally having made peace in my mind. It has truly been a long, hard year of fear, uncertainties, and heart-breaking decisions. And even a harder journey to get past all the self-doubt and figure out for myself the road I want to take. But now I am at a place where I have shed my worries and can finally be excited about the future.
And I am no longer scared.
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I've seen a lot of weird stuff in my life. A lot of weird video game stuff, to boot. Don't even get me started on the nonsensical, horrendously mind-numbing monstrosity that is Animal Soccer World. Until now, I never thought I'd lay my eyes upon something more strangely unsettling and WTF-worthy than that animated "game" that looks like it was made for a grand total of $5, but I may have been proven wrong.
It seems a large number of oddly similarly named YouTube channels have been releasing "videos for kids." Now, this is all well and good (there's all sorts of family-friendly videos made for kids on the interwebs), but it's the tool used to make these videos that raises them to a class of their own—none other than the sex, drugs, violence, and expletive-filled #GrandTheftAuto5! A wonderful influence for your impressionable children, yes? And the videos themselves make about as much sense as Animal Soccer World, which is... well, quite the claim, to be honest.
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Have you ever heard of the YouTube channel Cartoons Cars Songs for Kids? No doubt not, as if you're reading this you haven't purged your mind with a 55 gallon tub of bleach. There are many channels like it. Just check the "related channels" column:
All of these similarly named channels focus on one thing and one thing only: mildly disturbing videos "for kids" starring #Spiderman and #LightningMcQueen made using Grand Theft Auto 5's director's mode. Did you know this genre was so popular? Neither did I. But apparently, they're the next big thing, considering all of their videos have hundreds of thousands if not millions of views.
Clearly, there's a whole underground world of videos we've not been privy to. Wanting to see for myself what all the commotion is about, I, of course, dive into the first video I see—a golden nugget entitled Spiderman saves McQueen & Dinoco from Joker! Cars Cartoon for Kids Nursery Rhymes Songs for Children (try saying that five times fast!). With over a million views, it has to be good, right?
Spiderman saves McQueen & Dinoco from Joker! Cars Cartoon for Kids Nursery Rhymes Songs for Children
I'm not really sure how to describe what I see on the screen. Confusion? Hair-prickling unease? Profound horror? But no, it's a feeling I can't even describe using English vocabulary. It's a deep-rooted, engrained feeling of hopelessness for all of mankind.
The video has only four starring roles—Lightning McQueen, Dinoco (Lightning McQueen with a coat of Dinoco paint), Spiderman, and #TheJoker. In fact, these are the four characters in almost every single video.
The entire premise of the video (or "story," if you could even call it that) revolves around Lightning and Dinoco frolicking joyfully in the middle of a stadium before being rudely interrupted by the Joker in a bulldozer. The two four-wheeled idiots then proceed to sit there doing nothing as the Joker runs them over again and again... and again and again. You know, despite being race cars that could just drive away.
Along comes Spiderman to save the day. But no, Spidey's not gonna whip some Joker-ass. The Joker's already gone by the time Spidey shows up! All Spidey does is call for a tow truck, then follow them back to the auto shop to help fix the cars (because we all know that Spidey is an excellent mechanic).
Once Dinoco is fixed and back on his feet, erm, wheels, he proceeds to take a joy ride around town, speeding, running through red lights, driving through grass, and basically showing young children how you should never drive. And this is supposed to be for kids?! I'm surprised he didn't plow into anyone, to be honest.
His joy ride finished, we're immediately transported to the beach for a beautiful sunset with our heroes Spiderman, Lightning, Dinoco, and... the Joker?! Why is he here? Standing next to Spidey like they're the best of friends even! Didn't he just run over Lightning and Dinoco with a bulldozer?! No explanation is given for this unsettling turn of events. In fact, things are about to get much worse.
Without warning, the Joker suddenly walks forward into the water, presumably killing himself. UM?! Pretty sure no parent would want their child watching that! Even I found myself disturbed by the scene with its lack of dialogue, heart-trembling music, and unnerving sense of complete and utter hopelessness. HOW IS THIS A VIDEO FOR CHILDREN?!
WTF is Up With These Videos?
And that's just one example. Pretty much every one of these videos is just as strange and provides zero answers for its head-cocking absurdity. One video involves a T-Rex suddenly showing up on a beach, then Homer from the Simpsons chasing it around in a tank. Another video ends with Spidey driving Lightning McQueen off a cliff! They're just very... very...
They all use the same ridiculous children's songs in the background (imagine watching Spiderman wipe down Lightning McQueen to the tune of "Skip to My Loo"), and each one is just as unexplainable as the last, completely lacking story, development, dialogue, or sanity.
And there's so MANY of them! The Cartoons Cars Songs for Kids channel has almost sixty videos all on its own, and that's just one of dozens of channels filled with this crap! Equally as suspicious are the massive amounts of views on every video, as well as the countless pages of illegible comments.
Peppered amongst those nonsense comments, however, are comments of praise from other channels with the same types of videos.
I don't know about you, but this reeks of some sort of scam. I mean, seriously! I can't think of one kid who would enjoy these videos (or that should be watching them considering some of the content), let alone two or three million!
What can we learn from all of this?
I have absolutely no idea. While watching these videos, I can actually feel my IQ rapidly dropping to unfathomable levels, and it's very well possible that watching too many will rob you of your soul and sanity.
That being said, they're good for a (mostly WTF-induced) laugh. After all, how often do you get to see Spiderman pulling off moves like this?
Watch one of the full videos from this headache-inducing series of "kids' videos" below:


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There are many aspects of Missions outreach that need specific prayer. We welcome you to consider these needs we have when you commune with God:
Pray for:
1. Stephen as he travels to many different countries this year to Preach the Gospel. Many new countries have opened up and invited him to come and minister, please pray that God will give him wisdom and strength as he travels.
2. Pray for Jessica, Bentley and Grant as Stephen is away from them for long periods of time ministering the Gospel around the world. Pray that they would be protected and cared for, that Christ would become all that they need while he is away.
3. Pray for our partners across Canada and the United states that they would reap everything that they have sown into this ministry; that they would have safety, health and freedom, and that God would give them wisdom and strength through the power of the Holy Ghost as they live for Him.
4. Pray for this ministry, that God will send us out in His power and under His leadership to serve when and wherever he leads us!
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I joined Al Jazeera's "The Listening Post" for a report that dissects with a skeptical eye claims that Russia meddled in the US election on behalf of Donald Trump. The segment points out the lack of solid evidence, the inconsistencies in reports, and the divisions within the US intelligence community — along with the extreme hypocrisy of the US government, and more specifically the CIA, making such condemnations, given its history overthrowing or attempting to overthrow democratically elected governments throughout the world. (The final part of the segment, drawing attention to the US-backed coups in Iran, Guatemala, Chile, and Venezuela, was based on my interview.)
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In the Arab world, reaction to Osama bin Laden's death has been somewhat muted. A decade ago, bin Laden was a major figure. Everyone in the region seemed to have strong feelings about him. Today, bin Laden and his message appear far less relevant in light of the so-called Arab Spring, the recent uprisings that began in Tunisia and spread rapidly through the region.
NPR's Kelly McEvers sent this report from Beirut.
KELLY MCEVERS: The strongest statements in the region came from the Muslim Brotherhood and other affiliated Islamist groups. The Brotherhood released a statement Monday in Egypt, saying now that the al-Qaida leader is gone, the U.S. should pull all of its troops out of Muslim countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, and recognize the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.
Omar Bakri is a longtime supporter of al-Qaida and other militant groups who's based here in Lebanon. He says the assassination of bin Laden will only create a need for revenge.
Mr. OMAR BAKRI: If the people see that bin Laden has been assassinated at his own home, with his own wife and with some of his own children and friends in this cold blood, I think, why not? They'll retaliate on the same way.
MCEVERS: Other Arab analysts say most Arabs are happy to see bin Laden go -mainly because he represents some of the worst years in recent memory, when the larger community of Arabs felt like they were to blame for what one man did.
Nadim Khoury, who heads the Human Rights Watch office in Beirut, says that Arabs' minds, the list of punishments for bin Laden's crimes is long.
Mr. NADIM KHOURY (Human Rights Watch): You've got the invasion of Iraq and you've got, you know, Gitmo and you've got Abu Ghraib. I mean, it's all part of this sort of difficult few years that went through. And frankly, for the last few months, this is a region that is feeling hopeful, this is a region that is feeling empowered again.
MCEVERS: Despite the fact that the revolutionary fervor in many countries like Yemen, Bahrain and Syria has turned violent.
Hilal Khashan is a professor at the American University in Beirut. He says it's not a coincidence that Arabs have moved away from seeking justice through violent means. He says the anti-colonial Arab nationalism that was born in the 1950s and '60s and then adopted by Islamist extremists to justify those seen as invaders or oppressors is giving way to new ideas. Arabs, he says, are finally realizing something they wouldn't acknowledge before.
Professor HILAL KHASHAN (American University): Their own problems are their own making. They no longer identify their problems with Western colonialism and imperialism. They have come to terms with the fact that the devil is living among them.
MCEVERS: That, Khashan says, means a single act of protest in a Tunisian village that sparked a revolution might well be the new paradigm.
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Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan had a romantic escapade in Bora Bora with the woman of her life. The actor left behind his sons Hrehaan (2) and Hridhaan (5 months) with his parents in Mumbai and took a big break with his wife Suzanne Khan in Bora Bora .
Hrithik said that it was fantastic to be away from the whole world. He added that he couldn't share with others on the crazy things they did. He however revealed that they indulged in many adventurous sports, as Suzanne is an adventurous type.
Things have begun to look better with his knee injury healing. He has been away from home for quite a long time, shooting for his film Kites. He is all praise for his co-star Barbara Mori and termed her as a natural actor. He is also happy that he has been awarded the best actor award for his performance in the film Jodhaa Akbar at the Kazan Film Festival for Muslim Cinema in Russia. The film also won the prestigious Grand Prix award in the same film festival.
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The architects skillfully combined traditional forms of Ukrainian religious architecture with the techniques and features of Russian architecture.
The adjacent
The college was initiated by the Bishop of Belgorod Yepifaniy Tikhorskiy (that's why the Collegium was called Tikhorskiy Academy), and by a Kharkiv resident
After the opening the Holy Shroud College Monastery in 1729, the Holy Shroud Church is part of the monastery. From 1800 to 1846 the upper Holy Shroud Church served as the town's cathedral, and the lower Three Saints' Church had belonged to the Collegium until it was closed. After the closure, the Collegium building housed the Eparchy clerical office, and at the end of the
The Ozeryanska Church, erected in 1896 by the Eparchy architect V. Nemkin, is a unique construction. It's the only church in town that uncharacteristically combined in its design Roman and Old-Russian motives: it's built as a basilica and at the same time is decorated by 13 small domes and intricate stone ornaments.
The name of the church is connected with a miraculous icon of Our Lady, who presented herself in the village of Ozeryanka not far from Kharkiv in the middle of the
Unfortunately, the relic disappeared in 1926, the year of the last procession. There are several versions of what happened. The most plausible one finds the cause in the precious frame, decorated with gems and jewelry donated as charity. The only thing preserved is the icon scroll that is on display at the church.
The founding of the Kharkiv Eparchy was an important event in the spiritual life of the city.
Leaving behind the gate to the Holy Shroud Monastery, let's have a look at the beginning of Universytetska Street, from Bursatskyi Spusk to Khalturin Spusk. The western side of the street belonged to the Monastery. Among the buildings of interest there is a former Consistory (architect V.
There are many similar buildings in our city: the architects of that period and style made their facades very decorative: they abundantly used stylized flower patterns and majolica.
The architectural ensemble of the street has been in the process of formation for three centuries. The buildings in Ukrainian Baroque, Classicism, Modernist style, together with the building of the Soviet period create a unique ensemble.
This is the site that used to house the Old Passage building, which belonged to the merchant Pashchenko-Tyapkin, and was destroyed by nazis during the occupation period of World War II. After the war the local residents voluntarily worked on Sundays, helping in the reconstruction of their city. They cleared the ruins, took away the debris, planted the trees and bushes, lay out flowerbeds and pathways. Today one of the terraces is occupied by a summer cafe and from the upper terrace we can enjoy a wonderful view of the city districts on the opposite side of the Lopan river.The monument to H. Skovoroda was erected on one of the terraces of the park. A few dozens of meters away from the monument is the border of the former Kharkiv fortress. The fountain is the approximate location of the wooden Derkachevska corner tower. a little further to the south, at the end of the ravine (now Khalturin Spusk), there stood the Lopanska gate tower. If we walk along the imaginary fortress wall, we shall get to the central part of town. It was here that on the site of the ancient Slavic settlement the first Kharkiv fortress was erected in 1659. The tallest Nikolska corner tower was about 20 meters high. That is why the Holy Shroud Cathedral, located nearby fortress walls, with its dome at the height of 48 meters, dominated the cityscape for decades. Even the stone Dormition Cathedral, built of at the end of the 17th century, was not so tall.
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You know what tastes horrible together? Shrimp and tortilla chips. Seriously, don't ever try it. Eww. I only know this because I ate some special fried rice left-overs and then topped it off with a tortilla chip chaser. Honestly? Not one of my best ideas.
What has been one of my better ideas (at least lately) was to buy brownies and chocolate chips at the grocery store over the weekend. I went a little nuts while perusing chocolate recipes in my cookbook (seriously, like a crack fiend browsing a crack rock catalogue I was) and just decided to throw up my hands and buy as much chocolate as I could justify.
It's been such a delicious lapse in judgment.
Other notable happenings from the weekend:
- The puppy and I took a nap on Friday night at 7:30pm (he on the floor, I on the couch) and woke up at 9pm only to go upstairs and back to sleep (he in his crate, I in my bed) for the rest of the night. It was awesome.
- Wes made me a cosmo and baked some brownies for me on Saturday night while I painted my toenails. This is also known as the best half-hour of my life.
- I answered the age-old question "Can one get truly full from eating Chinese food?" on Sunday and promptly celebrated by not moving the entirety of Sunday afternoon.
- While brushing my teeth I pondered the mint-monopoly in the toothpaste market. I wondered if there were any forerunners, or if it's always just been mint with cinnamon running a perpetual second. Then I thought about bubblegum flavored toothpaste for kids, and considered the idea that outgrowing bubblegum toothpaste is perhaps the true indicator of adulthood. Seriously, I wondered, when did the idea of brushing my teeth with candy stop being alluring?!
As you can see, it's been nothing but the typical high-brow fare over here the past two days. If nothing else, it was supremely relaxing and I feel good, Monday notwithstanding.
I am really hoping to get some closure on the whole toothpaste flavor issue, though. Is there a Condensed History of Toothpaste available somewhere for my edification? I'm reading about women's suffrage right now but I could take a quick side trip. After all, it is in the name of science.