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Homo economicus wins again! The new government just announced its Economic Advisory Council (EAC) — a list of 18 male economists and academics who will together assist the prime minister and his cabinet on economic policy.
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We have ex-World Bankers, an ex-State Bank governor, the dean of a business school, an independent economist, leaders of local think tanks, professors of economics and public policy from Pakistan, the US and the UK and yet not one of them is a woman! As divided a field as economics is, we needed representation from heterodox economists to balance out the usual neo-liberal slant of our panels and planners. This is crucially important if economic policy going forward is to be in sync with the prime minister's poverty eradication agenda.
The obvious question is: does it matter? Surely such a distinguished group of academics and policymakers with global work and policy experience should be able to help the government steer the economy in all the right directions. What does gender have to do with economic policy and even if it does, this educated group of men should be able to figure it out without having to have a woman or two in the room?
To answer this question, we have to go back to economic theory, which at its most basic is about human choice. Modern economic theory rests on the assumption that to understand human choice making behaviour, we need to know and be able to predict the actions of rational economic man or homo economicus. Unfortunately, extensive research by heterodox economists has shown that homo economicus doesn't always work, in fact it can cause quite a bit of trouble, for rational economic man does not think and act like rational economic woman. Given that half our population is female, this is a serious problem. Men who believe they can benevolently think on behalf of women are fooling themselves as both theory and empirics show.
Classical economics still run on the assumption that each household is a single economic unit. The consumer theory we teach at our universities presumes that purchases made by the head of the household satisfy all members of the household and therefore consumer behaviour is always perfectly rational. It does not account for differences between the male and female buying behaviour, even though development economists have long established that on average women spend most of their money on their children's nutrition, education and healthcare, while men on average are much more inclined to spend on themselves. Surely, our all-male panel already knows this and doesn't need a woman in the room to drive home these facts.
The problem is the neoliberal institutions some of our distinguished panelists have been and continue to be associated with, use these conclusions to suit their own needs. The title of the 2012 World Bank's annual publication, The World Development Report, was 'Gender Equality and Development' in which it argued that gender equality was good for the economy. The World Bank coined the term 'smart economics' to propose that what was good for women was good for the economy. For instance, giving women more jobs would improve the Human Development Index since women spend proportionately more on education and healthcare than men do.
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This seeming win-win though has several hidden implications. One of these is that it promotes the continued feminisation and informalisation of the economy. In Pakistan, the International Labour Organisation estimates that the informal economy constitutes nearly 80 per cent of the non-farm sector. An overwhelming percentage of poor women, living on the fringes of society, support the economy directly through their work as home-based workers and domestic workers, and indirectly through endless hours of unpaid care-work. The more the economy informalises, the more the labour force is feminised. As men lose their permanent jobs, women are hired to replace them, often on piece-rate contracts, without benefits and with much lower pay. Smart economics is smart because it means higher profits for global and local supply chains at the cost of substantially lower labour standards for an increasingly feminised workforce.
Some of the economic advisers in this new team have offered their own solution to rising economic inequality. Microfinance! The magic bullet that solves poverty and gender inequality all at the same time while plugging households at the bottom of the economic pyramid into the circuit of global finance. The premise of microfinance is that poverty is an individual not a structural problem. Microcredit, we were told by Muhammad Yunus, the founder of the Grameen Bank, can solve poverty and empower women so effectively that by 2030 poverty would have become a museum relic. Unfortunately, the opposite happened as microfinance led to over-indebtedness and mass suicides. Neoliberal economists and global institutions like the World Bank and local institutions like the State Bank of Pakistan continue to promote microfinance as a development tool even as rigorous academic studies establish that the impact of microcredit on poverty has been: zero!
So, who are the women that could have been asked to join the EAC? There are several to choose from, but let's mention just two here. The first is Dr Saba Gul Khattak. She has been the executive director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, a member of the National Planning Commission and a policy adviser to the government and international development institutions. She is also a prolific researcher and writer. Dr Khattak's work on the political economy of development and state theory offers an admirably holistic approach towards engendering development policy. She is known not just for her work on women and public policy, but also for her expertise on labour, governance and political reform.
Then there is Dr Yasmin Zaidi who runs the Centre for Gender and Policy Studies. Her extensive research and writing on gender responsive social and economic policy should win her a place on any advisory panel that claims to represent the interests of all Pakistanis, not just the male half. What distinguishes the rigorous research and writing of policy experts like Dr Khattak and Dr Zaidi is their deep understanding of the intersecting inequalities of gender, ethnicity, caste and class in Pakistan.
Please Mr Prime Minister, if you want an advisory council that represents the interests of the Pakistani people more broadly then consider revising the EAC.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 13th, 2018.
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No-show appointments cost hospitals over $150 billion per year. Learn how OptiML uses Bayesian parameter optimization to analyze this.
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This post, the second in a series of six posts exploring OptiML, the new feature for automatic model optimization on BigML, focuses on a real-world use case within the healthcare industry: medical appointment no-shows. We will demonstrate how OptiML uses Bayesian parameter optimization to search for the best-performing model for your data. The status of the search is continually updated in the BigML Dashboard and the process yields a list of models ranked by performance, which enables further exploration, evaluation, and prediction tasks.
The Dataset
With regards to healthcare expenses, no-show appointments represent a major expense, estimated to cost hospitals over $150 billion per year. A no-show is when all the necessary information for a medical appointment has been delivered, yet the patient fails to arrive at the scheduled appointment. This is distinct from events like cancellations, which require intervention and rescheduling but yield nowhere near the same amount of financial burden.
Here, we are using a verified dataset from Kaggle, which has documented over 100,000 examples of scheduled medical appointments, each consisting of 15 variables (fields). In this dataset, 22,319 instances (~20% of the total) are labeled as no-shows. The fields describing each instance consist of simple descriptive information about the patient (e.g. age, gender), health characteristics (e.g. hypertension, diabetes), geographical information (e.g. neighborhood), communication information (e.g. SMS text), scheduling, and appointment date and time information.
Automatic Model Optimization
The OptiML configuration options, by design, consist of relatively few options. Selecting the objective field from the dataset is essential; in our use case, this is whether or not a patient is a no-show for their visit. The other main parameters control how extensively the OptiML search will run by setting the maximum training time and the number of evaluations. The advanced configurations allow you to choose which types of machine learning algorithms will be evaluated among models (decision trees), ensembles, logistic regression, and Deepnets, the evaluation approach (default being cross-validation), and the desired optimization metrics.
After choosing OptiML from the supervised drop-down menu, training the model is as simple as one click! To monitor the progress of the models that are being trained and evaluated, the Dashboard will display the elapsed time, a running series of F-measures indicating evaluations, and a counter for the number of resources created.
Once the OptiML process is complete, a summary view displays the total number of resources and models created and selected, along with the total elapsed time and amount of data processed. The selected models are the best-performing ones, according to the evaluation metric originally chosen for the analysis. Because many of the evaluations are part of a cross-validation process, it is expected for the number of selected models to be substantially lower than the total number of models evaluated.
Assessing Classification Model Performance
In our example, we can sort our best-performing models by any performance metric we would like. We can also view two metrics simultaneously, e.g. precision and recall, if we would like to consider different applications or error tolerances. Here, we are sorting by ROC AUC and also viewing the corresponding accuracy for each of the selected models. We can see that our top-performing model is a Deepnet using an auto-network search, which has an ROC AUC of 0.73899 and accuracy of 58.96%.
The Dashboard also allows us to select individual models generated by OptiML and compare their evaluations. Here, we display the ROC curves for the top-performing Deepnet, ensemble, model (decision tree), and logistic regression. With regards to AUC, only the logistic regression model (in green, AUC = 0.661) noticeably underperforms relative to the alternatives.
The root cause behind the estimated 54.3 million patients that skip scheduled medical care is widely thought to be a combination of financial hardship, anxiety about long wait times, transportation difficulty, and poor medical literacy. With our current dataset, however, it is difficult to engineer features that can accurately represent all of these issues. This is a good reminder that model optimization alone will not guarantee a result with top-notch performance. Like all machine learning methods, OptiML's performance will only be as good as the data it's fed. Regardless, OptiML allows us to quickly prototype and assess maximal performance with minimal effort, allowing for more resources to be dedicated to high-yield tasks such as additional data acquisition and feature engineering.
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This modest proposal is a response to the Thursday 3rd May meting with Catalyst and OuiShare. This is just a proposition about HOW to manage project financial. I used kickstarter as a reference. In this situation, there are 8 to 10 people in the core team,and 30 in the overall team. There is 15000€ of initial funding. 100€ virtual money is given to everyone each month.
My idea was something like kickstarter pledging, but finally, we kept the idea of a poll with « yes » and « let's talk about it » so there's gonna be a lot of discussion, and unwanted project funded. I prefer the idea of autonomy. Of course every person has the same amount of virtual money, refreshed every month. If someone really wants to do a project, he has to convince other people to pledge for him. The "consensus mou" problem is solved. If someone is willing to discuss about it, why not, but there needs to be at least 5 people voting "let's talk about it" to do so. We could imagine a new page on the website named QuickProject and another one named BigProject.
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The difference would first be the proportions: for QuickProject, 72h deadline is perfect, while 1 week is better for BigProject. The budget for everybody would be 100€ for example. 70€ would go for Big, and 30€ for Quick, so that there won't be project unfunded because s.o wants to pledge on his project. It would also be forbidden to pledge all the budget (Quick) in one project. There is a minimum of 1 big and 2 small projects pledged. As there is an information paragraph under every project (minimum 200 words), nobody is left on the side, everybody is a least a little aware of what's going on. If s.o doesn't pledge all his money, he loses it, but it doesn't matter because we're talking about virtual money. If someone doesn't pledge his 3 projects, he has a penality of 10% on the total of his budget. If the next month he pledges everything, he's given the money back for the upcoming month. If he doesn't, again 10% of the original budget. After 3 times or maybe 5, there should be a report, and a discussion on "does this guy has his place here ?" someone who doesn't pledge and who doesn't obey SIMPLE rules can stay in this coop ? In the same way, s.o who doesn't get the necessary pledging for more than 2/3 of his projects a month should also get 10% away for next month. Maybe ¾ is a better ratio. This rule only applies to people who create more than 10 projects a month. Keep in mind that if s.o doesn't get pledging for 8 projects and only for 2, he's a bit out of tune, isn't he ?
Coming back to the pledge, the minimum amount is 1€ and maximum is 7€, as a project is minimum 15€ and max 50€ or 75€ . I also believe a project must be pledged by a least 3 people, but anyway with the maximum pledge amount I decided, it's simply impossible to be only 2. If the amount is over expectation, the algorithm lower the pledge of the last pledger, as it is too complicated to give more than expected, like when buying s.t that cost 25€, it's no use coming with 30€ right ?
With 70€ per person and 30 people, the ever possible amount would be 2100€. But there are things that cost a lot more, like 5000€. For big projects, u can pledge all ur money at once. If u do that, it means you are very interested in the project. So the program writes under the pledging bar, "X really want the project to be achieved. If a certain amount of people (like 15/20) pledged all their remaining money (above 25€), the program says "enough people are okay with the project to use the funds. At that point, the program takes money from the funds and basically put it in the project so that the objective is completed.
Minimum budget for Big is 50€ or 75€ depending on the above decision. Max doesn't exist, or it depends on how you want to use your funds. For this situation, it could be around 4000, as you just received 15000€ from Lille Metropole. Minimum pledge is 25€, max is 70€.
One last thing: before anyone can see the project, one of the "bosses" (who are administator of the website) must say yes or "let's talk about it". this is because it's about big amount of money. This might give too much power to the "bosses". That's why if he says no, the program makes him write an email to the creator, to say why it isn't accepted. If there ain't any agreement found, the project pledging is launched, saying this project was disapproved by boss X.
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For Kick, the creator of the project gets an email with some kind of paypal receipe number in it (given by the website program) coming from the bank account where the funds are. An email is sent to the bosses, saying "X has enough money, his project XX will happen the XXX at XXX. The news can also be twitted by the community manager, but no email, cause there would be too many. When this is done, at least 3 people must go back on the website an tick "this project was achieved and no fraude was verified" there is a 48h deadline after the date of the event, written in a special field in the online description. There is also the possibility to tick "the project wasn't meeting our expectation" and "the project was a fraude". If more than 3 people tick "expectation" he can't create project during the next month, whatever it is.
If only one, just one says "fraude" he will be contacted by one of the bosses by phone, in order to establish a real contact. If it's an error or lie, blame. at first 50% off his next budget, in case of recidivism, he won't be able to create projects for 1 or 2 months and can't pledge ANY money. If there is a third time, he 's fired.
For Big, one of the bosses must do the buying or organizing, with the project creator.
Bosses have credit card of the funds.
There is also the same ticking option..
1/ people might feel a little under pressure, but a beautiful and easy website and easy pledging options would make things easier. And a newsletter (Mail/Twitter/FB) would help people to be aware of what's going on.
2/regarding the money, I don't know much about these kind of things.
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I know everyone is just so concerned about the transfer meeting and who my new companion is, so, I'll tell you who it is. My new companion is Elder Hamilton from Magna, Utah. He has I think he said 9 months so another young gun. He is kind of shy and timid but that is ok. We will work on that. And another thing… I'm District Leader now… Yahoo..? jaja. Naw, just kidding. I am excited to serve in another way. Helping more people out is just what I like doing. I think I am going to enjoy my new assignment. I am the leader over two companionships. One of elders and the other of sisters. This is going to be really scary doing the baptismal interviews but I'm sure I'll know what to do sooner or later. The Elders here say it's really hard because one is always busy but maybe that will make focus more. This past week we have just been saying goodbye to all the members. It was kind of sad because I remember when I left my areas and it was sad. He cried a little and I cried with him because I knew of the pain he was feeling. Leaving an area is really difficult. Speaking of leaving areas, (sorry this is really random) my new comp is coming the area of Merlo 1…. AAHH!!!! I was so excited when I found that out. Here in the mission, when you receive a new companion, you have to go to his area to look for his stuff. So…. We went to MERLO!!!! I asked my new comp very nicely if we could stop by two houses. The Del Castillo Family and my next door neighbor converts. He said yes thank heavens and so we went. We clapped and the Del Castillo home and….. they weren't home. They went on vacations Friday… NOOOO!!! I was so upset. So then we went to my converts house that is right next to the pench. They were home and so I was able to talk with them for 10 minutes before we had to hit the road to Villegas. It was a great experience. And now I am here after going to Walmart and McDonalds. So Sunday we had another huge rain storm that about drowned us also. Ja! These rain storms are going to kill me. A lot mud again and a lot of rivers. Yes there are boots here that I can use but these storms catch you by surprise. I never know when it is going to rain because it's sunny and dry in the mornings and then all of a sudden at one or two in the afternoon, there are black clouds everywhere. Remember when I was afraid of storms? JA!! These would have scared the socks of me. It's funny to look back at my life and realize how much I have changed.
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I hope everyone has a great week. If everyone could read the talk by President Monson in the Relief Society session, we all need to learn a little more Charity. I love you all and I wish the best for you think week.
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I'll admit it--I've never tried hot yoga. I know, I know, re-hinge those jaws hot yoga junkies. As appealing as the health benefits of hot yoga sound, I have yet to wake up and proclaim that today will be the day I'll willingly torture, and likely embarrass, myself by practicing yoga in a sauna-like environment. With all of the trendy hot yoga studios in Ottawa, however, maybe that day is closer than I think.
Hot yoga, or bikram yoga as it is formally termed, has become a major trend in the fitness world. Hot yoga is a vigorous form of yoga practiced in a space well above room temperature, designed to increase your heart rate, tire your muscles and build flexibility. In any hot yoga class, you should expect to sweat profusely and from everywhere. The intense sweating is all a part of the detox benefits of hot yoga and is said to flush the body of toxins. As a result, it is particularly important to stay hydrated throughout the class. Rumour has it you can leave hot yoga feeling refreshed and invigorated, with that sore-in-a-good-way souvenir from the experience.
For those of you still with me, props for persevering through the profuse sweating! If hot yoga sounds right up your alley, or you're simply looking to break out of an exercise rut and try something new, you're definitely in the right city! Ottawa has some fabulously modern hot yoga studios definitely worth a visit.
With locations in the heart of Centretown and Westboro, this studio epitomizes the ideal yoga experience. Their website is extremely user-friendly, making the process of signing up for a class almost effortless. The wide variety of instructors and class times throughout the day ensures that you can squeeze a class into your busy schedule. With classes that are named Pure Power, Pure Flow and Pure Vinyasa, you can guarantee yourself a worthwhile workout.
Situated downtown on Elgin Street, this charming studio has a mission to be a positive influence on society and give back to the world through movement in yoga. From total beginners to expert yogis, there is a class at Elevate Yoga to challenge you in all the right ways. With organic, paraben-free products available for use in the change room and an indoor garden infusing the space with greenery, your experience here will leave you refreshed, relaxed and ready to take on the day.
Aside from this studio's adorable logo, Yogatown has a lot to offer. With locations in Little Italy on Preston Street and in Stittsville, Yogatown is all about sharing the power of hot yoga to help people reconnect to their bodies and surpass physical limitations. They offer a wide variety of classes taught by a team of skilled instructors who will ensure you have a positive yet challenging experience. And signing up for classes online is a breeze! This sleek studio is definitely worth a look.
I can't deny it--I'm a little intrigued. The benefits of hot yoga may just be worth the potential embarrassment factor. After all, the first time is bound to be the hardest. If you're like me, maybe it's time to bite the bullet, slip on those beloved yoga pants and head over to one of these studios before we can convince ourselves otherwise.
So, what do you think about hot yoga: yay or nay? Totally worth it or avoid at all costs? Let me know what you think!
Good luck, yogis!
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Corvelva Updates Scientific Vaccine Purity Safety Testing
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Click here to see this full report at the Corvelva site.
We want to take stock of the situation together with you. Eight months have passed since July 2018 and in these length of time we have achieved extremely satisfying results. We have presented a research program and regarding the vaccines analysis we are able to make a point of reference, with the objectives achieved, those being finalised and those only planned for now.
To begin with, the analyses of 2 compounds for each vaccine have been verified by means of standards, using certified control standards with a concentration in the order of micrograms / mL. The compounds we have chosen are among those known for their critical hazard profile. We are talking about a cumulative quantity, a total amount of those recognized as identities and those to be identified, which can be estimated within the order of 50 micrograms / mL, in contrast to the EMA / FDA guidelines.
These tests have given positive results, therefore they fully confirm the analysis method! The contaminations observed are probably due to different and variable manufacturing process' phenomena and topics. What has been observed in the course of the studies is an "inter-batches" variation of the composition, which makes us assume that there are some steps along the whole product manufacturing process that are difficult to control.
Such analyses have allowed us to achieve the following steps:
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- Screening for chemical and protein/peptide contaminations, as well as those deriving from genetic material
- Confirmatory study of chemical and protein target compounds through con standard certificates of inspection
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- Priorix Tetra - GlaxoSmithKline S.p.A.
- Hexyon - Sanofi Pasteur Europe
- Gardasil 9 - MSD Vaccins
These other vaccines were analyzed as initial screening:
- Measles vaccine live B.P. - Poonawalla Group (Profarma AG, Baar)
- MMR vax Pro - MSD Vaccins, Francia
- PolioInfanrix - GlaxoSmithKline, Belgio
- Fluad - Seqirus Srl, Siena
- Vivotif - PaxVax, Regno Unito
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Impurity and chemical and protein contamination analysis
- The LC-SACI / ESI-MS analysis system associated with the pioneering SANIST platform has been used to perform an initial identification screening on the vaccines of interest, as well as to confirm it with the control standards, with a minimum level between the nanograms and micrograms / dose
- MALDI-TOF-MS technology has been used to study the insoluble macromolecules found in the vaccines
Analysis of genetic material
- Test for the presence of nucleic acids (DNA / RNA) of human and animal origin and of microorganisms (viruses, bacteria) using the Next Generation Sequencing method, which made it possible to quantify the genetic material sequence contained in the vaccines in a highly specific and accurate way
- Verification of correspondence of bacterias and live attenuated and inactivated vaccine viruses genomic sequences (presence of genetic variants)
Quantitative analysis of metals
- The ICP-MS technology made it possible to quantify the metals present in the vaccines with a minimum limit of 5ng / dose.
Analysis of chemical and protein contamination
After a first screening that had identified the presence of hundreds of chemical signals inside the vaccines, confirmation tests were carried out by means of standards of 2 compounds per vaccine, using certified control standards, chosen from those known for their critical hazard profile and for the non-residual quantity (such as to be considered components of the vaccines, therefore to be included in the technical data sheet and quantified).
These tests have given positive results, therefore they fully confirm the analysis method. So far only two compounds have been tested for economic reasons solely, in fact this study is not complete as it is limited by the considerable cost of the survey but we have chosen to identify the more relevant standards as for the regulatory restrictions and it is to be considered that this kind of in-depth investigation should not after all be up to us.


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Peter is an experienced intellectual property litigator and trial attorney who represents clients in federal courts around the country, including US district courts and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, as well as before the US International Trade Commission. He handles patent infringement, validity, and other types of disputes for clients in a variety of sectors, including high technology related to electronics, medical technology, energy & sustainability, and financial services. He draws on his extensive knowledge of communications systems and networking, semiconductor technology, electronics components, internet applications and e-commerce, machine learning, software, business methods, and medical devices.
Peter's diverse litigation experience extends both in and out of the courtroom. He has served as both lead and co-counsel in front of juries at trial, advocated for clients at oral arguments and evidentiary hearings before Article III judges, deposed and defended the depositions of fact and expert witnesses, and managed teams that advance his clients' goals through strategic discovery.
The areas of technology in which Peter has particular experience include communications systems and networking, packet switching, integrated circuits, semiconductor technology, powerline networks, RFID, electronics components, broadband applications for cable and satellite television systems, and internet applications and e-commerce. Peter has a degree in Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude.
- Fordham University (JD)
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- Served as lead counsel on behalf of the plaintiffs in a 10-day jury trial concerning patent infringement, involving passive electronic components, in the Eastern District of New York. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, finding infringement of both asserted patents.
- Defended an e-commerce company against allegations of infringement of three patents in the Northern District of California. The Court dismissed the action in its entirety following a motion to dismiss for lack of patent-eligible subject matter under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice decision.
- Representing an owner of patents directed to assembly and fastening technologies against automotive manufacturers and suppliers in the District of Delaware
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Since Hillside Residence Hall was built at the University of Rhode Island in 2012, rumors have spread around campus regarding a faulty structure and a sinkhole, but Housing and Residential Life finally put these assumptions to an end.
Hillside Hall is home to 600 first-year students and includes several living-learning communities including the Harrington School, College of Nursing, and Chinese Flagship. The building is very environmentally friendly and energy efficient with 64 solar panels, green roofing, recycled building materials, and hands-free water fountains. The architecture for the new building was awarded the 2012 AIA Rhode Island Design Honor Award for Best Institutional Building Design.
Despite the fancy exterior of the hall, freshman students residing in Hillside described some rumors they have heard, including the idea of reconstructing the entire $42 million building.
"[Hillside] was built on a sinkhole and it has to be knocked down in like four years," URI freshman Alexis Melfi said. "Honestly, I didn't believe [the rumor] at first, because why would they build [Hillside] if they knew it was on a sinkhole?"
Similarly, freshman Hillside resident Brona Campbell shared her concerns.
"I heard that when they built Hillside, they did not account for the amount of people and things, so the weight is apparently causing the foundation to crank and in turn, make the building sink," Campbell said.
Many students expressed concerns about a faulty structure, but John Sears, Director of Housing and Residential Life, does not know where these rumors are coming from. He said that there are some cracks in the marble as a result of settling, which is common for many buildings a year or two after construction. Students might see the threshold of some of the bathrooms and think the building is sinking, but Pearce assured that this is not the case.
"There's no sinking or sinkhole," Sears said. "The foundation is fine, the structure is fine. When you build on granite, you're on a pretty solid foundation." He said that he wants students to enjoy what Hillside has to offer, and not to be concerned about any structural issues in the residence hall.
Sears explained that since 2012, there have been no issues regarding the structure or foundation of the building. He said that with new buildings, it's usual to work through issues, but none are related to the structure of Hillside.
"It's a solidly constructed building, students like living here, and it has been serving us well," Sears said. He encouraged concerned students to relax and enjoy the facility as a first-year student.
So far, Sears has received positive comments about the building and said that students enjoy residing there and take advantage of the large space and numerous lounges.
Although Hillside is not being reconstructed any time soon, Sears mentioned the new apartment complex which is in its first year of the design stage. The $94 million apartment-style residence hall will be constructed on the current Dairy Barn Lot and construction is set to start in the summer of 2017.
For more information about residence halls or questions concerning Housing and Residential Life, visit https://housing.uri.edu/.


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South Tyneside Council leader Iain Malcolm spoke with Emily Rodgers for the new PSE podcast about the council's green agenda and plans for the future.
Like many UK councils, South Tyneside Council has signed up to the climate emergency agenda and now has officers working on developing more sustainable initiatives for the area.
Much of the council's green agenda at the moment is centred around recycling, with the amount of waste the area now sent to landfill now in single figures, an 'astonishing' difference compared to just a few years ago.
The council also endeavours to plant two or three trees in the borough for every one that needs removing, to ensure consistent regeneration in the area.
A new recycling transfer station in the area, with a solar panelled roof, will be able to handle an extra 12,000 tonnes of blue bin material, resulting in reduced fuel consumption and better control of contamination with an estimated fuel saving of 140 litres per year.
Council leader, Iain Malcolm said:
"Just like any business we should we thinking, within our own operations what can we do to reduce our carbon footprint? In terms of our housing stock, we have 18,500 council houses managed by our own housing company South Tyneside Homes and where we can and where it's possible, they are all solar panelled as well."
"Like most councils we're trying to go as paperless as we can and push the digital agenda by getting all of our council workers to work with people digitally rather than on paper. They are leading by example by getting their agendas online which again, because we're not using paper, is saving us money and also reducing our carbon footprint"
When asked about his plans for the future, Malcolm was very clear; town centre regeneration is a huge priority. With changing shopping habits and pressures on the high streets, he has ambitious plans called 365 Regeneration to change the face of the town centre.
There is a new bus and metro interchange, and the next phase is a new boulevard and cinema to boost leisure opportunities and meet standards of what the public expect from their town centres.
"Over the past 50 years there has been a move away from the town centre to the suburbs and now what we're seeing is more town centre living, so that's part of our regeneration plan too and it will create more footfall to make businesses more confident to move back in to the centre"
"If I can get South Shields embedded as a tourist destination for short stays and get my town centre regenerated, expand the Metro and create new jobs for residents, running alongside all of the statutory things we have to do like adult and children's care, keeping our streets clean and the following green agenda I think I will be a very happy leader."
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These aren't for the World of Warcraft miniatures game, but they're neat none the less. DC Direct has been making highly detailed WoW figurines for a while now, and their latest offerings don't disappoint.
Four new figures were unveiled today, two regular, two "premium". The regular ones, due in May 2009, are a Murloc two-pack and Amberlash. The "premium" figures run a little taller, and are based on Lich King characters. They're Tavru Akua and Gangris Riverpaw, and they'll also be out in May.
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What's So Funny Improv Comedy Club takes comedy to new heights
The What's So Funny improv club hosted a free comedy event at the Fulton Library auditorium March 2. The comedians brought the house down with punchlines made up on the fly from ideas mentioned by the audience. With the clubs over 10 years of experience, the ability for it's comedians to roll with the show comes as no surprise.
To pump up the excitement of the audience, the host Jason Lyons introduced the night's improv event with a series of exercises, one being acting out a ride on a roller coaster by taking the crowd through a series a hills and deep falls. After the warm up, Lyons then instructed the crowd on the 10 levels of clapping with one being the "slow why am I here clap" up to 10 which is the "I can't believe I'm screaming right now as I clap, clap."
After a brief introduction, the night of laughter began with a fun game called "oxygen deprivation." Though it sounds horrific, the game was quite enjoyable to witness. A bowl of water was set on a podium. While one comedian placed their head inside the bowl restricting oxygen access, two other comedians acted out a scenario until the comedian with their head in a bowl raised their hand signaling they were out of air.
This caused one of the other comedians to tag the oxygen deprived comedian in. While gasping for air, the comedian had to come up with a funny reason for being wet. One response was "I tried this thing called exercise," which was one of many lines that brought laughs from the crowd.
The audience and comedians interacted at every moment, making the audience feel as if they were a part of the show. In many cases, they were. Severalskits relied upon the audience to come up with different scenarios such as a location the comedians would imagine they were in, the job of the comedian and many others.
"This was my first show. Though there were some strong and weak moments — which is normal — I would still attend another show," said senior psychology major Lisa Sorensen.
The show went on regardless of whether or not the jokes hit home, which is to be expected. What's So Funny is one of UVU's longest running clubs with its origins dating back to 2008 and over 200 members having been a part of the club, according to UVU graduate and WSF comedian Jon Fairbanks. The club is always looking to add to its numbers, welcoming any and every one regardless of experience.
In the words of the comedians Jose Rosado and Anthony Franks, "Follow your dreams and don't be afraid to just try it."


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As the temperature climbed towards 25° Celsius, David Weir and Shelly Woods completed a home country winning double in the wheelchair races while Mara Yamauchi and Liz Yelling set the hottest pace of the GB 'foot soldiers' in the Flora London Marathon on Sunday 22 April.
The thermometer climbed from 14.1° (with 55% humidity) at the start of the women's race to 16.3° (49% humidity) after an hour, 18.6° (43%) after two hours … and 20.5° after three hours. But the hotter it got, the harder the foremost GB duo ran – with Yelling one of the few elite athletes in the race to register a personal best.
And both Weir and Woods counted these successes among their best-yet performances as they prepare for the ultimate aim, the Paralympics at London 2012.
On the day London's spectators got another awesome foretaste of how successfully China is preparing its athletes for the Beijing Olympics, the home cheer was provided by Mara Yamauchi (Harrow AC) and Liz Yelling (Bedford and County AC) defying the heat to beat the elite qualifying standard of 2 hours 31 minutes for this summer's IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan.
Despite not finding the fast group in which she hoped to run, Yamauchi transformed the loneliness of the long-distance runner into a lovely enough experience to finish sixth in 2:25:41 while Yelling lowered her PB to 2:30:44 for a great eighth place.
They both ran disciplined races, steadfastly ignoring the temptations to set off too quickly as the packed crowd generated the kind of frenzied atmosphere for which the world's biggest foot race is renowned.
At the head of affairs, demonstrating this is the best as well as the biggest, Asian champion Chunxiu Zhou broke away in the 23rd mile and finished so powerfully to become China's first winner in London that she built an advantage of 1 minute 7 seconds over the runner-up, the renowned Gete Wame (Ethiopia). Zhou's winning time of 2:20:38 was just 43 seconds shy of her best yet. The consistent Constantina Tomescu-Dita (Romania) was third in 2:23:55 and Salina Kosgei (Kenya) fourth in 2:24:13 as the World Cross Country Champion Lornah Kiplagat (Netherlands) faded in the closing stages to fifth in 2:24:46.
And then came Britain's second-fastest ever female – Yamauchi, who clocked 2:25:13 on this course 12 months ago. Today she went through 5km in 16:34, 10km in 33:43, 15km in 50:48, 20km in 1:08:01, halfway in 1:11:44 in eighth place, 25km in 1:25:06, past Adere and Benita Johnson (who was to finish seventh in 2:29:47) into sixth place through 30km in 1:42:23, 35km in 1:59:56, 40km in 2:17:45.
Yelling was through 5km in 16:50, 10km in 34:07, 15km in 51:39, 20km in 1:09:45, halfway in 1:13:34 in ninth place, 25km in 1:27:29, 30km in 1:45:31, 35km in 2:04:04 in eighth place having overtaken the fading Adere, 40km in 2:22:47.
Butler, who ran 2:28:39 in Chicago last year to register a World Championships qualifying time, went through 5km in 16:51, 10km in 34:25, 15km in 52:02, 20km in 1:09:48, halfway in 1:13:38 in 10th place, 25 km in 1:27:42, 30km in 1:47:10 in 11th place (she was overtaken by European 10,000m champion Inga Abitova) but then joined the growing number of athletes to step off the course.
With Jon Brown a non-starter because of illness, Dan Robinson led the valiant battle of Brits to beat the World Championships elite qualifying time of 2:12:00.
He progressed through 5km in 15:25, 10km in 31:12, 15km in 47:12, 20km in 1:03:12, halfway in 1:06:37, 25km in 1:18:59, 30km in 1:35:01, 40km 1:51:11 and 40km in 2:07:11 before finishing ninth in 2:14:14.
The Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, who has a best of 2:13:53, found himself running most of the last 20 miles on his own as huge gaps opened quicker than the temperature climbed.
He said: "I probably lost a couple of minutes or so but I am reasonably satisfied. The gaps were quite big and for long periods I couldn't see anybody up the road in front of me. When you can see people and try to pick them off, it's not too bad. But when you can't see anybody and you get tired, it's easy to slip a couple of seconds here and there."
Not that he had any intention of blaming the heat. He scoffed at the suggestion: "It wasn't that hot!"
To emphasise the huge gaps, Robinson was followed home by mountain running international Andi Jones (Salford Harriers), who was 10th in 2:17:49, a PB by 3 seconds. He went through 5km in 15:47, 10km in 32:14, 20km in 1:04:36, halfway in 1:07:57, 25km in 1:20:18, 30km in 1:36:31, 35km in 1:53:10 and 40km in 2:10:13.
It was one of those rare days when both beat legends such as Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia), one of many to suffer to such an extent that they did not finish.
Even so, the roll of honour in front of the British duo was as awesome as the sprint finish that settled the race: Martin Lel (Kenya), first and second in 2005 and 2006, won again in 2:07:41; Abderrahim Goumri (Morocco) was second on his debut at the distance in 2:07:44; last year's winner Felix Limo (Kenya) had to settle for third in 2:07:47; double World Champion Jaouad Gharib (Morocco) was fourth in 2:07:54; consistently successful Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa) was fifth in 2:07:56. Then came world marathon record holder Paul Tergat (Kenya), sixth in 2:08:06, newcomer to the distance Ryan Hall (USA) in 2:08:24, and New York Marathon winner Marilson Gomes dos Santos (Brazil) in 2:08:37.
David Weir sprinted to a thrilling victory in 1:30:49, a single second ahead of Australia's Kurt Fearnley – and rated it: "Probably my best win ever."
The 27-year-old from South London cited "personal reasons" and problems in training for this third London win being his best.
He explained: "I was so disappointed to be beaten by three minutes in Los Angeles. Then I got ill three weeks ago. So this is definitely my best win for a long time."
The multi-talented Weir – whose scope for success covers almost as many distances as the legendary Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson – added:
Looking to the near future – with major competitions coming up in Manchester, Switzerland, USA and Canada on the way to Osaka – he said: "This is an important year. I have to sit down with my coach and make a decision about what gold medal(s) I'm going to aim for in Beijing next year."
And London 2012? "I will be there! It's the goal of my career."
The same goes for 20-year-old Shelly Woods, who scored an emphatic victory over world champion and record holder Francesca Porcellato (Italy) in a women's wheelchair race that lack quantity but not quality.
Woods, who won in 1:50:40, said: "I've dreamt of winning this race. It's brilliant! I didn't want it to come down to a sprint finish so I went out hard and pushed the pace on. I knew Francesca would be stalking me. It's fantastic to beat her."
European Junior Cross Country Champion Steph Twell (Aldershot Farnham and District AC) was thrilled to be among the winners of the age-group races for the second time in her burgeoning career.
The 17-year-old – who was set off on the race by Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland's senior men's European Cross Country Champion Mo Farah, explained: "It's extra special because it's my last chance to run in this event. The atmosphere is fantastic. It's given me the incentive to come back and run the marathon as a senior."
Even though she broke the UK Junior Women's half marathon record earlier this month, there'll be plenty of races before Twell tackles 26.2 miles. She's currently still peaking at 1500m, 3000m and 5000m.
For more details of the great London occasion, please go to http://live.london-marathon.co.uk/2007


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Opened the meeting with a moment of silence followed by the Serenity Prayer. The 12 Steps,Traditions and Concepts were read.
General Report
Revision to Helpline, Section VII of the GOASCNA Procedural Guidelines was presented to members. Their recommendations were appreciated and included in the proposals that will be submitted on May 6th, 2018.
Shared the results of my research request to find out what other areas are doing to address lack of Help line sub-committee meeting attendance. Dominick D. replied that his Area has merged the Helpline with PR. They have retained the Helpline Coordinator position. The other Helpline Trusted Servant positions no longer exist. The meeting requirement for HL volunteers no longer exist. Helpline Volunteers track note worthy experiences/issues. The HL Coordinator attends the monthly PR/Helpline Subcomittee meeting and presents the information that was gathered from the volunteers. Dominic commented that voluteer retention as a result of restructuring is stabilized and the volunteers welcome the opportunity to just answer calls and not be involved in the politics of it all.
The Learning Day event was discussed briefly. It will be the main topic of our next meeting.
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Well… I just heard from my publisher ("My Publisher" *SCREAM*) and he tells me my editor is almost ready to send me my manuscript. No doubt concealed under a thick layer of red 'pen'.
With trepidation I await their suggestions and pray that they don't ask me to kill off the dog. I couldn't bring myself to do that, in case I jinxed the real dog who is aging but still clinging to life in a determined, if stiff, manner.
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The project began with conscious intention in 2006 with the purchase of 35 acres in the pristine mountains of Uvita, Costa Rica, preparing seven .5-1 acre home sites and planning for sustainable living. Our stunning Eco-Retreat Center was completed in 2011. This land and its environmentally conscious architecture has been thoughtfully designed to graciously host your retreat or workshop, or to support your personal re-creation. Selva Armonia provides retreat space for world-class teachers, healers, yogis and facilitators to share their gifts. Whether we are hosting your event or you are a guest in one of our fabulously fun vacation packages, we invite you to enjoy this place as we do.
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our mission is to provide a sanctuary that rekindles a connection with nature and nourishes each guest in mind, body and spirit.
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The qualification stage of the creative and educational international project "Today, it is a fiction, tomorrow – it is a reality" completed in the Public Information Centers for Akkuyu NPP in the city of Mersin and Büyükeceli (Turkey). The traditional organizer of the competition was "Rosenergoatom" (a branch of "Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant"). This year schoolchildren were proposed to draw not just a picture, but a poster on the subject of "Nature and NPP: a friendly neighborhood." In addition, the authors had to come up with a slogan that would aptly and accurately reflect the main idea of their poster. But before the children proceeded with their task, everyone was invited to thePublicInformationCenter. The children were told about nuclear power, the first NPP to be built inTurkey, about the impact of electric power plants on the environment, they also watched interesting educational films and presentations, and received answers to all the questions about the peaceful atom. After that, art teachers of public schools held workshops, where they talked in detail about the laws of creation of artistic works and stressed that an interesting and effective poster should be simple, expressive and bright and it shall also easily convey relevant information to as many people as possible. All the children understood that it was an important matter. Their posters will be evaluated by the jury, the winners will go for the award to Russia, and based on the competition results all the works, which will come through to the final stage, will be presented at the exhibition in the city of Mersin. After the classes in thePublicInformationCenter, the schoolchildren said, "Now we know a lot about nuclear power. We have so many ideas that it would be difficult to implement them in one concept of drawing" and some said that when they grow up, they would like to work at such a large and significant facility as NPP.
At the appointed time, all creative works were presented for the attention of the strict, but fair jury. More than 50 posters made by paints, crayons and markers managed to reflect the fact that the nuclear power plant was the most environmentally friendly means to produce electricity for the entire country: people, enterprises, schools and hospitals ... The slogans were very different: "NPP - friend of the environment", "Nuclear power – yes!", "Our future - energy, our energy - NPP", "Nuclear power – friend of the whole world", "Nature and atom - hand in hand" and many others. The winners of the qualification stage of the creative and international educational project in the Republic of Turkey were the pupils of the primary school of the city of Mersin Barış Demirci, Damla Yeşiltepe and Cancel Ugran from the city of Büyükeceli with the slogans: "Akkuyu NPP - two countries hand in hand," "Life with NPP" and "Find the difference." In the nearest future the kids accompanied by adults will go for the award toRussia. There they will see for the first time the working nuclear power plant (Kalinin NPP), they will meet the children of their age from Tver andKaliningradregions and share their impressions. After that, Akkuyu NPP, which assumed all the costs of the Turkish children participation in the competition, organized for them an extensive sightseeing tour inMoscow. The works of the winners from theRepublicofTurkeyhave been already highly appreciated by the organizers of the competition, which this year was dedicated to environmental protection.
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