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Cebu, Philippines- Motorists, commuters, hobbyists, and Cebuanos gathered as Yamaha Motor Philippines, Inc. brought international motorshow in SM City, Cebu that was held on July 23-26, 2015 showcasing state-of-art motorcycles and Yamaha products to the public.
Part of the most-talked event was an exhibit of Yamaha's ingenuity featuring the Blue Core powered motorcycle, Mio i 125 personally demonstrated by Kapamilya actor and ASAP and Pinoy Big Brother 737 host, Robi Domingo showing what Yamaha's newest addition to their line of products capable of. Aside from that, Yamaha solid fans and fellow Cebuanos enjoyed a free test ride at SM North Open Parking as Yamaha Motorcycle Philippines, Inc. opened it for public experience. Other than the Mio i 125 that's Blue Core activated was the Soul i 125 and the NMAX that gave riders daunting presence on the road and satisfied the fans of the max series, respectively.
Yamaha Motorcycle Philippines, Inc., the leader in technology innovation proudly introduced Blue Core Power. What is Blue Core?
Blue Core is Yamaha's newest engine that brings a delightful experience to riders as it gives a maximum performance and fuel economy at the same time, enable a superior ride- this is such a good news to commuters and fellow Cebuanos.
At the exhibit, Yamaha also displayed the R-Series and introduced the new YZF-R3. They also announced that Big Bike category will be available at a later part of this year. Also featured was the Yamaha Tricity which features 2 front wheels that adjusts independently to road conditions. The Marine category proudly made a splash as they showcased the Wave Runner. Other products present during the exhibit were outboard motors, power products, generators that truly gives the power of tomorrow, today.
The said international motorshow gave Cebuanos a total experience as Yamaha ingeniously redefines the landscape of the motor industry. Aside from the test ride, people were also given exciting loots and prizes from Yamaha.
YAMAHA and their newest technology offering to the public is just simply telling us that now is the right time for us to be smart and wise in choosing motor products, and as Yamaha is passionate in innovating technology, expect more great products and great offerings to come.

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When people think about the work of Henrik Ibsen, the only Norwegian playwright anyone has ever heard of, they think of A Doll's House. And, if they are slightly nerdier or better at crossword puzzles, they think of Hedda Gabler as well. And people who attempt the New York Times crossword puzzle in pen on Sundays will delve into the recesses of their memories and remember Ghosts . And that, frankly, is a tragic way to consider a playwright who is one of the three fathers of modern drama and has produced over the course of his lifetime a cannon of plays that chronicle and comment on the entire spectrum of human existence. Which is ironic, because Ibsen is, at his best, insanely funny. And while students now scoff at Ibsen's legacy as being staid and stuffy, if they delved a little deeper they might find plays like The Master Builder, currently being produced by People's Light and Theatre Company, and realize that if you want to investigate the crazy, you need to start with Ibsen, because underneath the corsets and conventions lies an insanity and an inventiveness that is as innovative as it is timeless.
The Master Builder is a work that was written fairly late in Ibsen's career. Unlike his eccentric Swedish younger frenemy, Strindberg, Ibsen spent much of his life far from his native Norway in sunny Italy, avoiding agitated critics and furious audiences who found his themes of syphilis and social responsibility absolutely appalling. However, by the time he came to The Master Builder, Ibsen was back in his homeland, bathed once again in the culture and customs of the north. Ibsen is one of the writers who espoused the theory that a playwright only really writes one play in their lives, they simple try to write it better each time. After The Master Builder, Ibsen would write three more plays before his death in 1906, and each of these would become more and more surreal, gently bizarre pieces that both echo his first works and move towards but never reach a completely metaphorical landscape. The Master Builder exists in a liminal place, both real and unreal, both naturalistic and magical. The title refers to Halvard Solness (Stephen Novelli), a master craftsman (who is conspicuously insecure about his lack of training as a "real architect") who can build homes for other people, but nothing for himself. Solness commands a small firm and is considered wildly successful in his field, but he carries with him an inescapable guilt on account of his success; he is obsessed with the idea that his triumphs have come with terrible consequences. His anxiously depressed wife, Aline (Susan McKey) floats around the house in all black, accusing Halvard of the tragedies of their lives with every glance, staring out the window as the house he is building from the ruins of her burnt family home like a wrath. Aline is ministered by the friendly neighborhood doctor Herdal (Mark Lazar) and deeply threatened by the overly adoring assistant Kaja (Jessica Bedford) who, despite her long-standing engagement to junior architect Ragnar Brovik (Ross Beschler), is madly in love with her employer Solness. And while Ragnar's father, (Lou Lippa) may be desperate to see his son set up with his own firm, Solness is determined to remain the only master builder in his universe, crushing the dreams of his eager assistant in order to advance his own agenda. Into this labyrinth of ambition and desire stomps Hilda Wangel (Kim Carson), a wild-eyed and breathless creature, half girl half spirit. You see, Solness made this young lady a promise some ten years ago, he has a debt he needs to pay, and now she has come to collect. What follows is a fascinating examination of guilt and desire, and the war they create in the human heart, causing us to climb mountains and causing us to fall off cliffs.
Part of what makes this work so compelling is that it can't help but strike so close to home for all but the most repressed audience member. Halvard Solness is a man whose life has been touched by great tragedy and huge success, an individual who is terrified of being forgotten and made obscure by the eager grasping youths rising up through the ranks, but equally guilty about the price he has paid for his abilities and luck. Solness' anxiety about youth and about his ability to will things into being is made all the more layered and terrifying when you consider the deaths of his infant sons, and the fact that youth means death to Solness, those living embodiments of the future have literally perished, emptying his life of new growth. The direction Solness' life has taken has given him the idea that he has a secret power, an ability to will things into being, to call forth the trolls and demons of the world and have them at his bidding. Some might interpret this as Ibsen's whimsy or the deluding effect of the Scandinavian winter, but what this is underlining is the darkest desires of human nature, our innate insatiable need for more, and the ramifications that has on our lives. Ibsen's trolls don't live under bridges and scare goats, they live inside of us and push us to the extremes of our selves, to the point where we are all Hildas, running wildly through life and building the tallest towers in the world, demanding our castles in the sky, demanding everything we can get. The sexual elements of Solness and Hilda's relationship incorporate this fully, how could we not be attracted to the troll inside? It's dangerous and scary, yes, but it promises everything we could ever want. It just takes everything you have to get it.
One of the remarkable things about this production, and there are many, is how relevant and close it feels. The translation by Paul Walsh is achingly fluid, it trips off the actors tongues simply and easily and naturally, but it also refuses to rob the text of its poetry as so many new translations do, giving us lines like "To build houses for others I had to renounce the opportunity to build a home for myself" and "It's the small loses in life that slice into our hearts". You don't have to sacrifice everything for the sake of modernity, and Walsh's work makes the piece feel accurate both in terms of the setting of the play, 1893, and the era of the audience. Director Ken Marini has paced the piece beautifully, allowing a work that is over two hours long feel exactly the right length, so quickly and well does it move. Played in the Steinbright Stage of People's Light and Theatre Company, the intimacy of the smaller space works excellently to lull us into the comfort of being so close and confront us with the action of the play. Yoshi Tanokura's elegantly spare set design in cool shades of cloudy blue with fluted glass lamps and 19th century drafting tables frames the story wonderfully, while Gregory Miller's lighting design is so natural you barely feel it happening and Marla Jurglanis costumes are just the right mix of period appropriate and artistic liberty (especially when it comes to Carson's lovely Victorian Vixen attire).
Because the design is so good and the material so rich, the cast of this well crafted production has the difficult task of measuring up to this amazing piece of theater, and for the most part they succeed beautifully. Novelli's Solness is wonderful, beginning the play as smoothly as a snake, manipulating Bedford's appropriately doe eyed Kaja with the skill of a master con man, defeating Lippa's accurately drawn Knut Brovik and Beschler's decent if boring Ragnar Brovik without turning a hair, dismissing the suspicions of his wife, Mckey's quietly powerful Aline, and indulging in a man to man chat with Lazar's hilariously dry Dr. Herdal all before dinnertime. And when Carson's fantastic Hilda bounds on stage, her bodice heaving and her eyes bright, Novelli begins his beautifully gradated descent (or ascension, depending on your perspective) towards his final actions, which I wont describe here so as not to ruin the surprise. Carson is fantastic as Hilda, a role that is as challenging as it is exciting for a young actress to play. Hilda has so much power in this narrative, she owns the action for the majority of the story and yet the character is so opaque and full of mystery that it requires a constant through line of strong choices, and clear decisions, something Carson is giving us in spades. That classic Ibsen subtext is having itself a ball with this play, and Carson and Novelli's excellent back and forth and clear communication lends clarity to what could have been a murky undefined relationship. Everyone is thinking but no one is working and that is as rare as it is amazing.
If you don't know Ibsen, then you should make your way out to the wilds of Malvern and see this fantastic production. And if you do know Ibsen, you should start driving right now. People's Light and Theatre Company's The Master Builder runs from now until April 17th. Tickets are available here.


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Description: Album Description This newly remastered edition of Yellow Submarine includes 15 fully remixed/remastered tracks, including songs which were originally released on Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, and the original soundtrack to Yellow Submarine. EMI. 2005. To the horror of their most obsessive fans, the surviving Beatles have proven more than willing to tamper with their pop legacy, as witnessed by the various facets of their massive, occasionally myopic mid-1990s Anthology projects (and the suspect notion of its faux techno-marvel "reunions"). In boldly revamping the ... (more)
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Corrected entry: The first version of Central Perk's logo, seen from season 1, presents a perspective error on the right top corner of the left cup of coffee. Some seasons later, the logo receives a tiny correction in the same area, that makes the perspective "OK" to the eye. The cup line straightens up, and the steam is brought a little closer to the ribbon containing the name.Gui Petrini
Corrected entry: Across the whole show, the infamous wall in Rachel's room / guest room (Monica's apartment) changes. When the room is not being filmed, the wall is as normal, but on quite a few episodes, when the room is actually used for scenes, the wall is much shorter. In both the episode where Ross buys Phoebe a bike, and where Phoebe and Rachel have to live with Monica after their apartment caught on fire, people are able to walk straight into the room without the wall being in the way.
Correction: Just rechecked the bike episode (The One With All The Candy) and compared to season 8's The One With The Stripper which shows Joey and Chandler entering the room. The camera angle from the main room is at nearly 45 degrees, the wall is not longer in that scene it is just the angle of the shot, which is the standard angle used from the main room when viewing it.
Corrected entry: Joey is shown moving into Chandler's apartment and meeting everyone for the first time approximately one year before Rachel showed up. It is also mentioned that it is a warm time of year, indicating that it is set during the summer months. However in 'The One With All The Thanksgivings' (series 6) Joey is shown living with the Friends by Thanksgiving (i.e. November) 1992.
Correction: This entry corrects itself: Joey is shown living there BY Thanksgiving.... so he moved in during the prior summer.MovieFan612
Corrected entry: In most episodes at any point in Joey's apartment, the amount of CDs in the CD rack keeps changing.kane raggett
Correction: How on earth is that a mistake?? My CD collection changed innumerable times over the course of 10 years.MovieFan612
Corrected entry: In episode 8.15, Phoebe accepts saltwater taffy treats from Ross saying she has never eaten them before when in episode 2.23, she mentioned that her then boyfriend, Ryan, a guy who is in the navy, gave her saltwater taffy for playing her guitar because he didn't have any change.macaroon
Correction: That doesn't mean she ate it. I wouldn't eat a piece of candy some stranger put in my bag.White Lock
Corrected entry: The guys on the Fooz-ball table changes color during the show.citronpralin
Corrected entry: Matthew Perry was so famous for missing his mark while taping that he developed the backward slide that you see him do in almost every show. He would come bounding into his scene slide backwards looking down for his mark and then hit it. (Per the tour guide at Warner Brothers Studio).Boobra
Corrected entry: In an episode shortly after Rachel and Ross break up, Rachel makes reference to the fact that she is like Kip, yet she would never have met Kip because by the time she joined the group, Joey was already Chandler's roommate.
Corrected entry: In early seasons in Chandler and Joey's apartment, there is a shelf between the fridge and the wall. In later seasons the shelf has disapeared and the whole kitchen has shifted so the fridge is against the wall.
Corrected entry: The Spanish subtitles for this show are laughably bad. Across the first seven seasons, the subtitles routinely mistranslate what the actors are saying. In the worst cases, they omit whole sentences. Many times, they use words that don't exist in any Spanish dictionary.
Corrected entry: Even in the shows filmed after 2001, you can still see the World Trade Center in certain shots. The producers used a lot of the same footage throughout the whole series.
Correction: No, Only the episodes shot prior to September 11, 2001 have the WTC in them. Thus explaining why some of the episodes from that season have them. They are absent for the last few seasons.
Corrected entry: Throughout the series, the central perk sign in the coffee shop reads the correct way round when they're inside the coffee shop, but in scenes outside the coffe shop the sign still reads the correct way.
Corrected entry: There's an impossibility with the view out of the guys' apartment. Take a look at the hallway set: On the left there's the door to their apartment, then a wall, then the stairwell, which runs on the other side of the guys' kitchen/bathroom/living room. Yet when you go inside and see that same wall, it's got windows that show a direct view of outside. Those windows could only show a view of the stairwell.
Correction: The space betwen the stairs and the window is fully valid. Note a few things. These stairs go back and forth, as in they are not one continuous flight. Second, the floors are close together enough that there would be few steps. This allows more then enough room for a window, hence making the view entirely possible.
Corrected entry: Hugsy, Joey's penguin pal, also appears in Boy Meets World season 7 in Cory and Topanga's apartment after it is repainted. See him on the dresser in their bedroom.
Corrected entry: In the first season, the number of years Ross was married to Carol changes from four to seven, and then over the course of the rest of the show, the number finally lands on six.
Corrected entry: Every time, when a shot from outside is shown, showing Monica's building, then turning to show Ross' one, we can see that there's a street in the middle. However, when we see Monica's apartment, inside, and we see the balcony (and being Ross' one in front of this one) we see that there's no street in the middle of these ones, there are more buildings around them.
Correction: Monica's windows overlook an alley that shows Ross' building across an alleyway, as evidenced by the fire escape (that also is not visible from the street.) You cannot see Monica's apartment while looking at the building from the street.MovieFan612
Corrected entry: Over time, the fooz ball table in Chandler and Joey's apartment has a glass top. In some episodes, there is a glass top and items are set on top of the table, such as mail - or they even eat meals on it. In other episodes, there is no glass top and they reach into the table to retrieve the ball, move the players, etc.
Corrected entry: At one point Ross goes out with a girl whose father is played by Bruce Willis. In The One With The Nap Partners, Ross and Joey are really excited because they rented 'Die Hard' which stars, Bruce Willis. Monica's credit card is stolen in the 1st series by a woman who hated the film 'Dead Poet's Society', in a later episode Robin Williams turns up in a cameo role. It would be interesting to see who stars in those films in the Friends 'Universe'.
Correction: When Ross is going out with the daughter of "Bruce Willis", he is actually going out with the daughter of a man called Paul Stevenson. Just as in Friends 'Universe' Ross is Ross, not David Schwimmer, Paul Stevenson is Paul Stevenson, not Bruce Willis. Hence Bruce Willis can easily star in Die Hard. And same with Robin Williams and all the other special guests.
Corrected entry: In the earlier episodes there was always a window that the friends had to go through to get to Monica's balcony, but toward the end the friends walk off the balcony instead of climbing out of it, eg. when Rachel is saying goodbye to Joey in one of the final episodes.
Corrected entry: During one of the Las Vegas episodes Phoebe insinuates that she has been married in Vegas before. We know she divorced Duncan, the gay ice dancer, but we never hear mention of her divorcing this mystery man she supposedly married in Vegas. In season 10 she marries Mike Hannigan, so this would be an illegal marriage and make Pheebs a bigamist.


text: With a background in printmaking and photography, Lia Dewey Morgan makes art that investigates the codependency of humanity and technology, opening up conversations about how to process the fast-changing world we inhabit. Regarding herself as an object in time and place allows a strong synergy with the objects she affects in her role as an artist. Awareness is key to her practice, whether observing the world at a distance or being saturated in the experience of being human. Certain catastrophic events, such as 9/11, point to a paradigmatic shift, a collective existential crisis questioning what it means to be alive today. How do we manage the pervasive nature of trauma, both cultural and personal? Morgan's work seeks to reflect our world back to us, from a state of calm, establishing an equanimitous means by which to bear witness to this era of overwhelming progress.


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Hwang is 'genuine and sincere'
When you have gone to as many Boy Scout Eagle Scout Courts of Honor as I have, you see people in attendance that are "constants"; people who consistently make time to come to the ceremony and praise the Scout for their many accomplishments. These people are scouting parents, fellow Scouts, distinguished members of the community, and in the case of my troop, a man who earned his Eagle rank back in the 1930s. It was toward the end of my Eagle trail in 2008 when the newly minted state representative Tony Hwang became a constant at these ceremonies.
This state representative became not just a constant at our award ceremonies, but in the community at large. It seemed that every public event in town that I happened to be attending, a smiling Tony Hwang would also be there talking with the people. It is easy to be cynical and say that he is only out there because that is what politicians do, but with Tony, that simply is not the case. When he is out at events or going door to door spreading his message, he has consistently shown himself to be the type of person who would much rather connect with individuals than talk at crowds. He can (and in most cases, will) go on for hours talking with constituents to understand what their concerns are and how he, as a state representative, can address them.
It is his personal touch and his constant discussion with his constituents that separates him as a representative. To him, commitment to community is not just some slogan; it is just how he does things. That, at the core, is what the people want and deserve in a representative. Though for the constituents of the 134th District, they don't need to want as they already have that kind of representative in Tony Hwang.
Tony's commitment and work ethic has invigorated my belief that politicians can be role models and make a difference in the communities they serve. I would encourage anyone in Tony's district to learn more about him on his website, www.TonyHwang.org, and continue to make him a constant not only in our community but in Hartford on Nov. 6.


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Financial Times: Cyprus ripples are hitting Russia harder than Ukraine
On March 16, Cyprus secured a €10 billion bailout from its European partners and the International Monetary Fund to save the banking sector and avoid bankruptcy. In return Euro Group demanded to impose a new tax. Under the new deal, bank deposits in Cyprus with less than €1100,000 will face a levy of 6.7% and those above a 9.9% levy. To take force the decision needs to be confirmed by the parliament. Moscow has already reacted angrily to the EU levy.
"Like Russian ones, many Ukrainian companies do business through offshore special purpose vehicles or holding companies registered in Cyprus. By some estimates, billions of dollars with Ukrainian roots flow through Cyprus into offshore tax havens each year… But this does not mean that most Ukrainian companies exploiting the Cyprus tax loophole actually stash their cash there. And if they don't, exposure will be limited, analysts say… But, at least in Ukraine, much of the panic had dissipated by Monday on the realization that there may not be enough Ukrainian cash parked for long enough in Cyprus to be vulnerable to the one-off levy on deposits that the island's leaders are mulling in return for an EU bailout," FT underlines.
"I really doubt that Ukrainian funds are being caught up by the one-off Cypriot levy on deposits," says Jorge Intriago, partner at Ernst & Young in Ukraine, as quoted by FT. "In my view Cyprus is not an investment destination in which Ukrainian investors keep large amounts of funds. For Ukrainian business the whole purpose is to use Cyprus as a conduit to repatriate funds out of Ukraine and into other jurisdictions in a tax-efficient manner," he adds.
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- Ukraine's "exports" to Belize grows 132,378%
- Russia targets Ukrainian chocolate in car trade spat
- The Cabinet of Ministers to cut tax privileges in business
- Reuters: the roads in Ukraine fell hostage to the government's populism


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No flour monster cookie bars are the perfect back-to-school snack! They freeze really well and who can resist these bars loaded with oatmeal, peanut butter, chocolate chips, and m&m's?!
Are you ready for back-to-school? This is my first year sending a child to "real school", like at an elementary school where he is there all day and rides the bus. I'm so nervous but yet so excited. I know he will love it.
With back-to-school comes the dreaded, "I'm starving mom!" the second they walk in the door. I remember doing that growing up, so I am sure my sweet little kindergartner will do the same thing. These no flour monster cookie bars are so delicious and perfect for an after school snack to fill their little bellies after a long day. The recipe makes an entire cookie sheet, so I always freeze some and pull them out when needed. I just put a couple in a Ziploc bag and freeze them that way. They only have to sit out for several minutes to thaw a bit or you could microwave for 20 seconds or so.
I mean, seriously!? WHO can resist that? I am a sucker for all things monster cookie. The combo of peanut butter, oats, and those cute mini rainbow m&m's just can't be beat.
I will note that this recipe calls for both quick oats and old-fashioned (regular) oats. You could use all quick, but I have found that using all quick oats results in a tough/dense cookie bar. Splitting the oats results in a soft and delicious cookie bar. Another tip is to use a pizza cutter to cut these into squares. I do that every time and it's so easy!
Don't be alarmed if the batter is hard to spread into the cookie sheet. It takes me several minutes to work it and manuever it to fit in the pan. I spray my hands with cooking spray and it seems to always help. Readers have also let me know that if you use the butter wrapper to spread the dough, that it makes it easier too. So, try these tips if you are having trouble.
I find the bags of mini m&m's in the baking aisle or the candy aisle in the grocery store
The bag (about 10 oz) of mini m&m's comes with about 1 1/2 cups of m&m's inside of it. I just use the whole bag. It's less than the 2 cups called for. So, use 1-2 cups of the m&m's. Whatever you prefer.
These bars right out of the oven will look like they are not done. Trust me, they firm up and come together so nicely while they cool. I would not recommend cooking for more than 20 minutes (mine never take that long). Edges should be a light golden brown and the middle should still look under-done and pale.
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- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups quick oats
- 3 cups old-fashioned oats
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1-2 cups mini m&m's
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a cookie sheet by lining it with parchment paper, silpat liner, or spray with cooking spray.
- In large bowl, or bowl of a stand mixer, combine brown sugar, granulated sugar, peanut butter, and butter. Beat until pale in color and fluffy.
- Add the eggs and vanilla extract. Blend together.
- Add in the oats and baking soda. With a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, mix by hand until combined.
- Add in the m&m's and chocolate chips (reserve some for top of bars if wanted). Stir together well until combined.
- Dump onto your parchment lined cookie sheet and spread out. This will take several minutes, but it can be done. Sprinkle the reserved m&m's and chocolate chips on top (if wanted). Press down slightly into dough.
- Bake for 17-20 minutes. The edges will be lightly browned and the middle will still look pale and underdone, but it will finish baking as it cools. Let cool for at least an hour so the bars can firm up and come together. You do not want to over-bake these!
Surprise your kids with these on their first day of school! My kids LOVE these bars and I love that they're filled with oats and peanut butter to keep them full.
Do you want more monster cookie goodness? Try these 'TRIPLE PEANUT BUTTER MONSTER COOKIES'. They're my all-time favorite cookie 🙂 Or, try this 'MONSTER COOKIE DOUGH CHEESEBALL DIP'. Pure heaven combined with some salty pretzels to dip!
Enjoy friends!


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"You can't change the world but you can make a difference."22.09.2016
Four years after his first AfID assignment, ACA Howard Mason is about to embark on his SEVENTH project later this month. Howard, who had a highly successful career in international transformation, finance and IT before retiring in 2012 will be supporting Paz y Esperanza in Peru, a human rights organisation dedicated to defending and promoting justice. His latest posting follows assignments in Cambodia, Uganda, India, Ecuador, Rwanda and Honduras.
We caught up with one of our most experienced volunteers before he set off to hear his unique insights and to find out why he keeps coming back for more!
"This is not the place to try and explain how culture and lack of work in a secure environment affects communities and families - others do that better - but I have seen the effects of poverty and different cultures on women and girls, how preventable diseases are not being prevented and how properly paid work in a secure environment makes such a difference.
"I first had contact with AfID in 2012 and started thinking of how I might make my own small, unpaid contribution to NGOs. They helped me find my first contact, a recently established NGO in Siem Riep, Cambodia, which helps orphaned children in their late teens find work in the hospitality industry.
"Since then I have been involved through AfID in several NGOs in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Although NGOs look to AfID for help for a variety of reasons they are mostly in my experience small in nature with income of less than US $400k pa. They have often been set up by individuals from Europe or US who have been moved by what they have seen while travelling or living in the country.
"Not surprisingly, they tend to lack professional expertise in financial management, project management and website development and do not have the funds to pay for the necessary technical help. There is a slightly desperate Country Manager trying to sort all this out.
"On two of my assignments the Country Manager was in tears (of relief) that there was at last someone there to help. The main help I have given has usually been in ensuring petty cash is controlled, bank accounts are reconciled and monthly financial reports are produced using Excel, Quickbooks or Xero depending on size and capability of the NGO.
"Also, and it is not just small NGOs that find this a problem, I have introduced some attempt at formal measurement of what is being achieved: how many children are being educated in a year or have been helped to find employment etc.
"Even to accountants a lot if this is not very exciting but it is where we can be helpful.
"Volunteering in less developed countries has given me experiences I would never have had as an ordinary visitor. There are so many issues to confront in countries which have recently endured genocide like Cambodia and Rwanda. Remarkable progress has been made and the NGOs I worked with are making a difference but there is always a shadow and it is complex to work with and help those who have survived.
"In Kigale there was a Saturday afternoon where some forty young people, a mixture of Hutus and Tutsis were gathered for an afternoon of games. Lots of noise and laughter. The majority were orphans but were getting government provided education and health care through the NGO and being taught social responsibility in a structured way so that, hopefully, genocide will not happen again.
"Other assignments in Latin America and India have been in places where the challenge is the threat from poverty. There is no welfare state in these countries.
"I enjoyed a homestay with a large and complicated, extended family in the Cangrejal valley in Honduras with no one speaking English. I have now started learning Spanish and recently sat my first three-hour public exam in thirty years. Result pending.
"In Ecuador I attended the annual Christmas party for children between three and six. They are looked after during the day – fed and taught for $5 pcm - so their parents can work. It was fascinating to see the parents. The children were excited but in most cases their eyes were dead. They are though, being helped and have the chance to escape raw poverty.
"In Hyderabad I spent the morning in a leper clinic watching people with shortened toes and fingers being treated. It is still unclear how leprosy is caught but symptoms can be halted with a cocktail of drugs. The patients had travelled in some cases hundreds of miles and the women who were not alone were with their sisters because they could not tell their husbands.
"These are just some of the great experiences I have had while being able to make a positive contribution to the work of NGOs.
"My advice to anyone thinking of volunteering is to make sure you are clear what you are trying to achieve. Document it and discuss it by Skype before you leave. Write a precise report with clearly defined actions and responsibilities and follow up with Skype calls after your visit.
"You can't change the world but you can make a difference."


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Following the Koloko Dam disaster on Kauai, the State Department of Land and Natural Resources stepped up the dam inspection program and began to review dam safety through out the islands. Many of the earthen reservoirs which are remnant from the past sugar cane era have come under scrutiny and have been identified for renovation or closure.
Among the reservoirs currently being studied is Reservoir #3 along the Kohala Ditch. The reservoir serves Cloverleaf Dairy just south of Hawi -- one of only two dairys left in the state --and a number of other agricultural enterprises in the area. The importance of retaining the reservoir and insuring the stability and sustainability of water available to the dairy and other farmers in the area is key to a long-term plan for agricultural self-sufficiency on the Big Island.
Toward this end, I will be drafting legislation which will insure the on-going viability of Reservoir #3 and will work with the community to identify additional sources of water in the event of future ditch disruptions.
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Speaking about the difficulty of breaking into the music business in the 1980s, Ian said: "I can't say it was great in the '80s. It's the music business. It's never been populated by like-minded individuals — meaning the people running the businesses aren't your 'bros' in the bands. Most labels were still actually run by 'record men,' people who actually understood music. And the philosophy was you developed the band over a course of four or five records. And then, hopefully, they would have a gold record."
He continued: "None of these bands made it on their first album, or even mostly their second album; it was on their third or fourth record when most bands started their careers. And then people [would] go back and buy the earlier stuff. It was few and far between that you would get bands that blew up on their first record and never looked back."
Ian added: "These legendary guys that were running labels from the '60s, '70s and '80s, they were all put out to pasture and the accountants took over and that all changed. And then it became, 'Well, you get one record.' And then, from one record, you get one single. Which didn't really affect bands like us, 'cause we're not radio anyway. So we never had to worry about that at least. For bands these days, I don't even know how it works. If you're on a major… I don't think majors are signing rock bands anyway."
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At Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, each ethnic group in Vietnam has its own culinary specialties that reflect the culture of their people and are used as offerings to worship their ancestors.
Most Kinh (Vietnamese ethnic majority) people start preparations a month before the festival.
Many people usually cook nine dishes:
These carefully cooked traditional dishes are put on the home altar to worship their ancestors during
Of all the dishes,
The cakes are often eaten with pickled onion because its sour and light peppery
Nem (spring rolls) is a popular dish in the north that always has a place on a Tet food tray because it is so flavourful and healthy. It is made out of minced pork, carrots, wood ear fungus, green-bean sprouts, bean glass noodles
The Tet food tray of northerners never lacks a big bowl of
Ethnic groups, such as the Mong, Thai, Muong, Tay, Nung, Dao, and Co Tu, have their own New Year dishes.
For the Mong, their Tet tray should include dishes such as pork, wine, round cakes made from glutinous rice and maize cakes.
Fried fish is the specific dish of the Thai. They believe the stream deity will protect them from danger.
The Nung group often made
The frozen meat.
Meanwhile, the Co Tu in Tay Nguyen (the Central Highlands)
Each Dao household has its own
The Tay welcome Lunar New Year with a roast piglet. They often choose local piglets with small bones, firm and lean meat weighing from 20kg to 30kg. People often put mac mat (a kind of wild leaf and fruit) mixed with spices in the pig's belly and cover the skin with honey. They then roast it on charcoal for three hours until well done. The food is dipped in a sweet and fragrant sauce gotten from the pig's belly.
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You may have seen all the fun Saultites had at the Greyhounds Street Party to celebrate game 1 against the Hamilton Bulldogs in round 4 of the playoffs.
The Downtown Association (DTA) is pleased to say the fun is far from over.
In partnership with the Soo Greyhounds Hockey Club, Northern Superior Brewing, and KC Security Services, the DTA invites all of you to join in Part 2 of the Greyhounds Street Party to celebrate game 5 versus Hamilton in a tied 2-2 series.
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Whether you managed to snag a couple highly coveted tickets for the game, or if you are just looking for a great way to support the hounds and enjoy some beautiful weather after a long hard week's worth of work, it is sure to be a good time.
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I had hoped and prayed that this wouldn't happen, but part of me knew it was inevitable.
Grisaia no Kajitsu is originally a VN from FrontWing. If you know me, and have read around any of the posts concerning Grisaia on TAY, you'll know that I like the VN quite a bit. When the anime was announced, I was kinda excited. But it's a VN adaptation, so I while I was happy it was getting adapted deep down I could only think of one thing. They're gonna fuck it up.
There have been many hype articles this season telling you what you should watch. So here's something different. This is an anime you should not be watching.
The first three episodes were okay, they weren't extraordinary and they had their own problems. Scenes were cut out, but it was the common route, so of all things to get shortened, I was fine with having a shorter common route. It was an unavoidable side effect of transitioning to an anime, and I was prepared for it.
Second, they added a lot of meaningless fanservice. I'm not the kind of person who really gets in a fit about fanservice, but when you mess with the source material to include this kind of thing for a superfluous reason, I get kind of upset. Grisaia's not about fanservice, and almost none of the fanservice shots were in the VN (aside from Amane, but that's her character). I feel that this almost undermines the integrity of the series, as it's not meant to be so blatantly fanservicy.
Third, they threw subtlety out the window. By the end of the very first episode, you already knew way too much about each of the characters. A lot of the things they showed, you got to discover bit by bit over the course of the VN. Grisaia starts out almost like a fairly typical harem comedy and it keeps up that masquerade for a very long time. It's only after being continually exposed to all these characters that you can slowly see that there's something odd about these characters which eventually branches and turns into their routes. The anime just throws it all in your face without care, and a lot of the mysteries behind these characters are ruined. It may have been to throw out a hook to the anime watchers, but it weakens a lot of the impact of the character routes.
Even with all these negatives within the first three episodes, I still clung onto the hope that they could at least deal with the heroine routes effectively and turn things around. After watching episode four, I can say with confidence that my prior thoughts were a mere pipe dream. The anime threw any semblance of the development you need before getting to drama into the trash and didn't look back. There's no sense of tension when you have barely gotten to know the characters, and you don't fully understand the relationship between Meowwel and Michiru to have any sort of compassion for what happens in the episode four. For reference, here is the scene select menu from the VN. The boxes that are crossed out are the ones that were shown in the fourth episode.
To skip essentially all the development makes the reveal of the drama seem trite and inconsequential. Factor in that the title of the next episode is Vox in Box means that they're going to finish off the route next episode. The anime is fucked. It's already shown too much of its hand going into each heroine, meaning in order to omnibus through everyone's route, all of them have to be done in two episodes. I can say with without a doubt, you cannot do any of the routes in this game justice in two episodes.
I wanted Grisaia no Kajitsu to be good. But at this point now, it's impossible for it to turn around. I almost never get angry at anime. At worst I'm usually ambivalent, as I can usually find some faucet of entertainment in a bad series. The Grisaia no Kajitsu anime makes me mad. I can't even feel disappointed, as I deep down I knew it was going to happen, but not like this. It's a travesty and may as well be my Tsukihime anime; the fewer people that see it, the better. There are many good stories in Grisaia no Kajitsu, but the anime is simply not the place to experience them. The VN has an English fan translation out, and a Kickstarter for the entire trilogy to be translated will happen in November. If you want to experience the story that way, I wholeheartedly recommend it. Just stay away from the anime.
PS: If you do choose to play the VN, I would recommend playing Makina's route first as it goes into the most detail about Yuuji, and Amane's last as its epilogue is a good way to finish the VN. The other three can really be played in any order in the middle but for reference I played it Michiru —> Yumiko —>Sachi.


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Divorce & Matrimonial Law In New York
In New York State, a divorce may be granted on "fault grounds." This means the person seeking the divorce, the plaintiff, asserts that the defendant is blameworthy in the marriage and that a divorce is requested from the State Supreme Court.
The grounds for a divorce include cruel and inhuman treatment, abandonment, and adultery. These are the most common grounds, although there are others. A "conversion" divorce is like a no-fault divorce. When a married couple enters into a separation agreement, after one year, either party can seek a divorce upon grounds which do not require fault to be shown. The allegations in a complaint for a "conversion" divorce are simply that the parties have entered into a separation agreement, the plaintiff has abided by all of its terms and conditions, and the parties have lived separate and apart pursuant to it for one year.
An "uncontested divorce" is one in which the defendant and plaintiff are in agreement with not only the idea of getting divorced but also all the terms of a divorce. That means that instead of a trial, the couple has already agreed upon all the things that a court would have to resolve through a trial.
Whether one is seeking a contested or uncontested divorce or even a separation, there are always important issues that must be resolved. These include:
Consequently, every divorce or separation needs to have these areas properly identified and addressed so that neither spouse nor any of the children suffers from a bad bargain or result.
You should schedule a consultation with an attorney if you are contemplating a divorce, feel your spouse may be seeking to divorce you in the future, or you have been sued for divorce. This is equally important if you are contemplating separation. While you will have to pay a consultation fee, it is money well invested to understand and determine your specific rights and understand what pitfalls may be in store for you in a matrimonial litigation. It is also an indispensable planning tool, even if you are only thinking about a divorce, but not ready to proceed with one.
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Divorce should only be considered when attempts to reconcile differences and marital problems fail. These efforts should include marriage counseling. Often, a marriage can not only be saved but significantly improved when one or both spouses see problems and agree on their solution and make a good faith effort to resolve them.
When such efforts fail, and divorce seems inevitable, then a fair agreement regarding the issues that must be addressed is ideal. To this end, a couple may seek mediation. A mediator is a specially trained person, often an attorney, who lets the parties talk through their own agreement. The mediator is neutral and accepts the fact that both parties are there to come to a fair divorce settlement. With his or her assistance, the couple may then enter into an agreement and enter into an uncontested divorce.
Sometimes, one of the spouses does not wish to enter into mediation or finds it unacceptable for any number of reasons to do so, or mediation might simply fail if the parties are too far apart on one or more important issues. This then means that a contested divorce might be inevitable.
An attorney is a person privately retained to represent a party in a divorce action. The issues are joined in papers called a divorce complaint filed by the plaintiff, the person seeking the divorce and an answer, filed by the person being sued for divorce. Sometimes there is a counterclaim for divorce, where the defendant, in turn, wants a divorce against the plaintiff, claiming that it is the plaintiff who is at fault. Significantly, the assets are also closely identified and reviewed and are all reckoned and subject to the outcome of the litigation. More importantly, if there children, the issues of custody, visitation, and child support are also addressed if in dispute. Ultimately, either by a negotiated settlement or after a trial, a judgment of divorce dissolves the marriage if either party is successful. Ninety-nine percent of the time, divorce cases ultimately are settled by and through negotiation.
Choosing an Attorney
In choosing an attorney, you should feel comfortable with that attorney's qualifications and experience in this area of law. While all attorneys practicing law are required to be licensed, and any attorney can represent you (or you can even represent yourself!), you may wish to retain one that has matrimonial law as one of his or her concentrations of practice and has experience in trying cases, if necessary.
Even when you determine that the attorneys you are considering are well qualified, attorneys are different as to approach and personality. You should feel comfortable with your attorney, and feel confident in your attorney's opinions and advice. Ask people you know for referrals, contact your local bar association for the names of several attorneys practicing matrimonial law.
Other marriage related topics are antenuptial agreements (pre-marriage contracts that take effect only in the event that the parties divorce) and opting out agreements (contracts between married couples). These agreements address all the issues that a divorce litigation would, for the purpose of avoiding the litigation. An attorney can discuss details about these with you.
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GRACE BAY BEACH is awarded year after year THE #1 BEACH IN THE WORLD. The white, sugary sand stretches for 12 miles great for long tranquil walks. The clear, clean waters with shades of blues and greens are brilliant. Visibility for diving and snorkeling are spectacular thanks to the third largest coral reef system which is easily accessible from the shore. The reef breaks the incoming surf to create the calm waters and if you are lucky you might see JoJo the bottlenose dolphin (declared a National Treasure) that has been cruising the waters of Grace Bay for three decades. This is a perfect destination for beach lovers, water sport enthusiasts, couples and families alike.
Grace Bay is the heart of Providenciales (Provo) hosting restaurants, bars, shops, nightlife and grocery store. Provo boasts award-winning chefs from around the world creating local and fine dining. For the vacationers that feel lucky the Casablanca Casino next door to the resort offers all gaming and complimentary drinks while playing. And nearby is Provo's Golf Course & Country Club with 18 holes, driving range and tennis courts. The course is owned by the water company, so greens are pristine.
Turks and Caicos "Beautiful By Nature".
Royal West Indies Resort (RWI) is a beachfront condo resort situated on 5.5 acres of prime Grace Bay Beach. RWI won the prestigious 2016 Certificate Of Excellence Award. The property consists of 99 suites in eight, three story buildings with British Colonial design. The resort has 2 pools, hot tub, bridge, gazebo, waterfalls and private dipping areas. Known for the most beautiful landscaping in the country, walking the meandering pathways is like touring a botanical garden. At every turn there is a glorious sight or sweet smell.
Complimentary water sports include hobie cats, kayaks, and stand-up paddle boards. Or how about a leisurely bike ride to the center of town? And be sure to treat yourself to a relaxing in-room Spa Tropique massage reinvigorating your body and soul.
The beach deck is a perfect location to enjoy a glass of wine and view breathtaking sunsets. The on-site Pelican Bay Restaurant & Bar offers a friendly and inviting gathering place for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Daily happy hour specials and Wednesday's BBQ are great values and a must!
The popular "Queen Ann Suite" is furnished and decorated for Turks and Caicos Caribbean living with an elegant but warm and homey feeling. Located on the first floor, this end unit consists of 1,004 square feet and has a great location in building 2, just steps to the beach and pool. From the patio you have incredible views of the ocean & gardens. The suite is tastefully decorated with custom furniture and fabrics. The living room has a 40" flat screen TV and large sectional sofa which pulls out to sleep 2 more guests. Twelve foot sliding glass doors open to a covered, wrap-around tiled patio with comfortable eucalyptus furniture great for relaxing with a cup of coffee and a good book. The suite also features a fully appointed kitchen with granite breakfast bar, dining area and laundry. The master bedroom is bright and airy with king size Cloud Supreme Tempur-pedic mattress and flat screen TV. Complimentary use of wifi, floats, snorkel gear and sand toys for the kids. You have no resort check-in lines and can be on the beach one hour after arrival. The number one benefit booking this vacation rental is the excellent value and savings. Compare other condos for rent and you will find "The Queen Ann Suite" is the best choice.
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My daughter is my right hand. Where I am, she'll be. Working fulltime and being a single mom is no joke, and I always feel like I never spend as much time with the little one during the week as I would like too. So we LIVE for the weekend adventures together. Whether it's visiting a museum, catching a new movie, painting pottery, or making a yummy meal in the kitchen – the weekend is when she and I get to tighten out bond as mother and daughter and go out and have a great time!
We seem to find fun and laughter in anything we do even if it's a walk along the beautiful bike path near our home. If you were to ask my daughter what her IDEAL playdate would be I'm sure it would include three things: music, water, and food! The girl LOVES to eat, swim, and dance! My ideal playdate would actually probably include the same. I live for Summer weekends where we pack up and head to the beach for the day. Basking in the warm summer rays, we bury each other in sand and big waves, and I get to disconnect from all forms of technology for a day…it's heaven!
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So once again, the Annoying In Laws made it difficult to get together for Christmas. They went to visit ASiL's family for Christmas week in another city for the second year in a row, so when we tried to pick a date they were holding out for January 8.
There's a couple of problems with January 8. First off, it's a Friday night, and we live an hour away. By the time I finished at work and was able to get home, change and get there it would already be kind of late. Not good when kids are coming to the event.
Secondly, and more importantly, it is Mr. I's and my fifth wedding anniversary. ABiL throws a hissy fit if we do family Christmas too close to his birthday, but to do it on our anniversary is apparently NBD.
His sister, who was hosting, put her foot down and said no. He told her they could either do it the very next day (Dec 28) , or Jan 1. It couldn't be later than Jan 8 because it would be too close to his birthday. She told him she was working Jan 1 from 6 to 2 so if that was the only day he could do it (because she refused to do it the very next day) then we would order pizza. So that's what we did.
Despite the drama getting to the date the Annoying In Laws were pretty low key tonight, mostly because ASiL fell asleep on the couch, and ABiL sat in the corner ignoring everyone, and playing on his new iPad until the food arrived.
We had pizza and afterwards we opened the gifts. About three years ago, we instituted a secret Santa arrangement for the adult gifts. Our oldest nieces arrange the names and email us to tell us who to buy for. Historically, it has been all the adults except for my FiL, who is not on good terms with a number of family members and does not attend this event. This year however, for some reason it was decided he would join it, even if he didn't attend. My other brother in law had gotten my FiL's name, and dutifully had taken a gift over to him. It was the only interaction they have had in over a year.
So everyone got a gift, except ABiL. When we were done I said "Hey, didn't we miss someone?" And ABiL said "I guess my father got me, and decided not to get me anything."
The oldest niece checked her records and yes, my FiL had ABiL's name. But here's where things get weird. When the nieces were emailing out the names to people, the oldest had emailed him to ask if he was taking part, and if he wanted to know the name now or later. He said yes he was, but that he didn't want to know who he had right then. She contacted him a couple of times asking him if he was ready, and each time he said no. Finally when her Dad went over with the present, she had gone along, and asked him if he needed to know the name of the person he was buying for and he said "No, I am good." So she figured he had found out somehow. (Why she didn't just email the name at some point, I don't know.). So it does not seem that my FiL deliberately snubbed ABiL and didn't buy him anything, as he didn't know whom he was buying for.
While it's his first year participating in Secret Santa, with us, I find it hard to imagine he didn't understand the concept. so, I don't know. Oldest Niece felt really bad, because she considered it her screw up.
Really beginning to wonder if my FiL is sliding into dementia or something. Some of you may recall his disasterous trip to Ottawa with his ex wife and the two oldest nieces in the summer (he pouted for most of it and physically had trouble keeping up) and my MiL says he's been really paranoid lately. She had lunch with him after he went to a political rally during the election, and he apparently ranted and ranted about how you can't trust anyone.
Thing is, he has always been forgetful, paranoid and miserable to a certain extent, so it is hard to know.


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A whole new ecosystem
AI-focused chips are not being designed in a vacuum. Accompanying them are new means of throughput to handle the highly parallel nature of AI and ML processing. If you build an AI co-processor and then use the outdated technologies of your standard PC, or even a server, that's like putting a Ferrari engine in a Volkswagen Beetle.
"When people talk about AI and chips for AI, building an AI solution involves quite a lot of non-AI technology," says Amir Khosrowshahi, vice president and CTO of the AI product group at Intel and co-founder of Nervana. "It involves CPUs, memory, SSD, and interconnects. It's really critical to have all of these for getting it to work."
When IBM designed its Power9 processor for mission critical systems, for example, it used Nvidia's high-speed NVLink for core interconnects, PCI Express Generation 4, and its own interface called OpenCAPI (Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface). OpenCAPI is a new connection type that provides a high bandwidth, low latency connection for memory, accelerators, network, storage, and other chips.
The x86 ecosystem, says McCredie, isn't keeping up. He points to the fact that PCI Express Gen 3 has been on the market seven years without a significant update (the first only happened recently), and IBM was one of the first to adopt it. x86 servers are still shipping with PCIe Gen 3, which has half the bandwidth of Gen 4.
"This explosion of compute capabilities will require a magnitude more of computational capacity," he says. "We need processors to do all they can do and then some. The industry is finally getting into memory bandwidth and I/O bandwidth performance. These things are becoming first order constraints on system performance."
"I think the set of accelerators will grow," McCredie continues. "There are going to be more workloads that need more acceleration. We're even going to go back and accelerate common workloads like databases and ERP (enterprise resource planning). I think we are seeing the start of a solid trend in the industry where we shift to more acceleration and more becoming available on the market."
But hardware alone doesn't do the learning in machine learning, software plays a major part. And in all of this rush for new chips, there is little mention of the software to accompany it. Luckily, that's because the software is largely already there—it was waiting for the chips to catch up, argues Tom Doris, CEO of OTAS Technologies, a financial analytics and AI developer.
"I think that if you look at longer history, it's all hardware-driven," he says. "Algorithms haven't changed much. Advances are all driven by advances in hardware. That was one of the surprises for me, having been away from the field for a few years. Things haven't changed a whole lot in software and algorithms since the late 90s. It's all about the compute power."
David Rosenberg, data scientist in the Office of the CTO for Bloomberg, also feels the software is in good shape. "There are areas where the software has a long way to go, and that has to do with distributed computing, it has to do with the science of distribute neural computing," he says. "But for the things we already know how to do, the software has been improved pretty well. Now it's a matter of can the hardware execute the software fast enough and efficiently enough."
With some use cases today, in fact, hardware and software are now being developed on parallel tracks with the aim of supporting this new wave of AI chips and use cases. At Nvidia, the software and hardware teams are roughly the same size, notes Ian Buck, the former Stanford University professor who developed what would become the CUDA programming language (CUDA allows developers to write apps to use the Nvidia GPU for parallel processing instead of a CPU). Buck now heads AI efforts at the chip company.
"We co-develop new architectures with system software, libraries, AI frameworks, and compilers, all to take advantage of new methods and neural networks showing up every day," he says. "The only way to be successful in AI is not just build great silicon but also be tightly integrated all the way through the stack on the software stack, to implement and optimize these new networks being invented every day."
So for Buck, one of the reasons why AI represents a new kind of computing is because he believes it really does constitute a new type of relationship between hardware and software. "We don't need to think of backwards compatibility, we're reinventing the kinds of processors good at these kinds of tasks and doing it in conjunction with the software to run on them."
The future of this horserace
While there is laundry list of potential AI chip developers today, one of the biggest questions surrounding all of these initiatives is how many will come to market versus how many will be kept for the vendor versus how many will be scrapped entirely. Most AI chips today are still vapor.
When it comes to the many non-CPU makers designing AI chips, like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, it seems like those companies are making custom silicon for their own use and will likely never bring them to market. Such entities have the billions in revenue that can be plowed into R&D of custom chips without the need for immediate and obvious return on investment. So users may rely on Google's Tensor Processing Unit as part of its Google Cloud service, but the company won't sell it directly. That is a likely outcome for Facebook and Microsoft's efforts as well.
Other chips are definitely coming to market. Nvidia recently announced three new AI-oriented chips: the Jetson Xavier system-on-chip designed for smarter robots; Drive Pegasus, which is designed for deep learning in autonomous taxis; and Drive Xavier for semi-autonomous cars. Powering all of that is Isaac Sim, a simulation environment that developers can use to train robots and perform tests with Jetson Xavier.
Meanwhile, Intel has promised that its first ML processor based on the Nervana technology it bought in 2016 will reach market in 2019 under the code name of Spring Crest. The company also currently has a Nervana chip for developers to get their feet wet with AI, called Lake Crest. Intel says Spring Crest will eventually offer three to four times the performance of Lake Crest.
Can all those survive? "I think in the future, we're going to see an evolution of where AI manifests itself," says Movidius' Brown. "If you want it in a data center, you need a data center chip. If you want a headset, you find a chip for it. How this will evolve is we may see where different chips have different strengths, and those will possibly get merged into CPUs. What we may also see are chips coming out with multiple features."
If all that feels a bit like deja vu, maybe it is. The progression of the AI chip could in some ways match how chips of the past evolved—things started with high specialization and many competitors, but eventually some offerings gained traction and a few market leaders encompassed multiple features. Thirty years ago, the 80386 was the premier desktop chip and if you were doing heavy calculations in Lotus 1-2-3, you bought an 80387 math co-processor for your IBM PC-AT. Then came the 80486, and Intel made all kinds of noises about the math co-processor being integrated into the CPU. The CPU then slowly gained things like security extensions, a memory controller, and GPU.
So like every other technology, this emerging AI chip industry likely won't sustain its current plethora of competitors. For instance, OTAS' Doris notes many internal-use chips that don't come to market become pet projects for senior technologists, and a change of regime often means adopting the industry standard instead. Intersect360's Snell points out that today's army of AI chip startups will also diminish—"There's so many competitors right now it has to consolidate," as he puts it. Many of those companies will simply hope to carve out a niche that might entice a big player to acquire them.
"There will be a tough footrace, I agree," IBM's McCredie says. "There has to be a narrowing down." One day, that may mean this new chip field looks a lot like those old chip fields—the x86, Nvidia GPU, ARM-worlds. But for now, this AI chip race has just gotten off the starting line, and its many entrants intend to keep running.
Andy Patrizio is a freelance technology journalist based in Orange County, California, not entirely by choice. He prefers building PCs to buying them, has played too many hours of Where's My Water on his iPhone, and collects old coins when he has some to spare.


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A VIRTUAL scarecrow tour has raised hundreds of pounds to go towards helping children in Wrexham.
The Leader previously reported that the Holt Under 5's Playgroup committee created a virtual tour to ensure that everyone can join in the fun, despite the coronavirus pandemic.
They have since raised over £800 which will be split between the Holt Under Five's Playgroup and Wrexham Maelor Children's ward.
Emma Pridding, Holt Under Fives Treasurer, said: "We would love to get to our £1000 target which would give our playgroup much needed funds during this uncertain time.
"You can access the trail online with our virtual tour for a small donation and we have maps available at SPAR, Holt for just £1."
More information can be found on the fundraising page at https://www.gofundme.com/f/holt-under-fives-scarecrow-trail or on Facebook/holtunderfives for updates.


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U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey
The V-22 Osprey is a multi-mission aircraft with vertical take-off and landing capabilities. It operates as a helicopter when taking off and landing. Once airborne, the aircraft converts into a turboprop airplane. This happens because the nacelles rotate forward 90 degrees for horizontal flight. The Marine Corps is the lead service in the development of the Osprey, which is the version on display at this year's show. The MV-22B Osprey first deployed in 2007.
- The V-22 is the world's first production tilt rotor aircraft.
- The V-22 Osprey has air-to-air refueling capabilities.
- The Osprey serves as the transportation of troops, equipment, and supplies from ships and land bases.
MV-22 Osprey FAST FACTS:
Manufacturer: Boeing
Engines: Two Rolls-Royce AE1107C engines
Width: 84 feet, 6 inches (rotors turning), 18 feet, four inches (stowed)
Length: 63 feet
Height: 22 feet, 1 inch
Speed: 320 MPH
Ceiling: 25,000 feet
Range: 860 nautical miles
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 52,600 pounds
Armament: 1x M2 .50 Cal machine gun
Crew: Three (pilot, copilot, and crew chief)
Website: https://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=1200&tid=800&ct=1%3E


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The Canon mount Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC USD is fast wide-angle zoom lens with Vibration Compensation and other amazing functions. The f/2.8 maximum aperture performs well in low-light situations, and provides a shallow depth of field for selective focus. Further benefitting the lens is the VC image stabilization, which helps to minimize the appearance of camera shake to enable the use of longer shutter speeds or smaller apertures when hand-holding in low-light conditions. XGM and LD glass elements reduce chromatic aberrations and help ensure sharp and clear imagery. eBAND and BBAR coatings render uniform colors and reduce ghosting and flare, while a fluorine coating on the front element helps repel water or contaminants.
A USD (Ultrasonic Silent Drive) autofocus motor provides quick and precise focusing performance, with high torque, low response times, and quiet operation to benefit both still and video applications. Additionally, a full-time manual focus mechanism enables manual fine-tuning of focus at any point, even when the AF system is engaged.
Image Quality
- Comprised of 18 elements in 13 groups, including an XGM (eXpanded Glass Molded Aspherical) element placed at the front group and several LD (Low Dispersion) glass elements in the system, aberrations such as geometrical distortion and lateral color are efficiently compensated for, enabling the zoom lens to deliver quality imagery throughout the entire range from corner to corner.
BBAR and eBAND Coatings
- BBAR (Broad-Band Anti-Reflection) coating renders uniformity in transmissivity across the critical bandwidths. Coupled with the eBAND coating, ghosting and flare typically observed on ultra wide-angle lenses are efficiently eliminated, resulting in sharper and clearer images.
Ultrasonic Motor
- USD (Ultrasonic Silent Drive) Motor is the power for a fast and quiet autofocus drive that works in harmony with the continuous manual focus mechanism.
XGM and LD Glass Elements
- An eXpanded Glass Molded Aspherical element and Low Dispersion elements in the front group minimize chromatic aberrations and help ensure clear and sharp imagery.


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Dental Team
Dr. Ieva Vileikienė
Dr. Ieva Vileikienė is a doctor of Dental Surgery, graduated from Kaunas Medical University, Lithuania in 2009 and began practicing in one of the largest public clinics in Lithuania. Later she expanded her practice by working as a Dentofacial Orthopaedics specialist in a private clinic. Dr. Vileikiene specialises in dentistry, prosthesis, aesthetic prosthesis, occlusal height restoration using filling or prosthesis and dental implant prosthesis.
Languages: Lithuanian, English, Russian
Dr. Irma Šorienė
Dr. Irma has finished her studies in 1997 in Kaunas Medical Academy. Dr. Irma specialises in Cosmetic Dentistry, Dental Root Canal Treatment, Pediatric dentistry also Dr. Irma has a lot of experience working with anxious patients.
Languages: Lithuanian, Russian and English.
Dr. Rasa Poškienė
Dr. Rasa Poskiene has finished her studies in Kaunas University in Lithuania. Since then she has worked as a lecturer and a dentist.
Doctor Poskiene specialises in: aesthetic dentistry, dental prosthesis, prosthesis on the implant, dental root canal treatment.


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English language news articles from year 2007 plus find out everything about Asiatic Lion and Gir Forest. Latest News, Useful Articles, Links, Photos, Video Clips and Gujarati News of Gir Wildlife Sanctuary (Geer / Gir Forest - Home of Critically Endangered Species Asiatic Lion; Gir Lion; Panthera Leo Persica ; Indian Lion (Local Name 'SAVAJ' / 'SINH' / 'VANRAJ') located in South-Western Gujarat, State of INDIA), Big Cats, Wildlife, Conservation and Environment.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Birth of lion cub is boost to species.
Tejas the lion cub.
By Staff reporter
HE'S just a few days old but Tejas, the tiny lion cub, offers a glimmer of hope for his species.
The male Asiatic Lion, who is being hand-reared by Chester Zoo's carnivore team, was born to mum Asha after a three and half month pregnancy.
With between 300-350 Asiatic Lions left in the wild, the little male will make a big difference to the conservation of his species.
Asiatic Lions can now only be found in India's Gir Forest and 17 lions have been killed there in the last five months. With the number of Asiatic Lions plummeting, Chester's new cub will eventually play a major part in a breeding programme for his species, ensuring it continues.
Tejas – who is being fed a special formulated cat milk every three hours and whose name is Indian for sharpness – was one of two born to mum Asha. However, the other male cub was not strong enough to survive, weighing less than his 1.2 kilo sibling.
Mike Jordan, the zoo's curator of higher vertebrates, said: "Asiatic Lions face some real threats in the wild and the fact that 17 lions alone have died in the last few months, eight from poaching, shows just how critical the situation is.
"That's why this young cub's birth is so important. The fact that Tejas is a male means he has the potential to play a really important role in the breeding programme for his species.
"We were sad to lose the other cub. However, the surviving cub is going from strength to strength."
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We have gone pretty minimal on the Christmas decorations this year, just a small-ish tree with the usual baubles and trinkets, and some diy paper votives. I feel like less is more, especially in a fairly small apartment. Having said that, I thought I'd make one more little thing, a paper wreath. Instructions below!
You will need:
– wire
– white tissue paper
– thread or string
Bend your wire into a circle of any size you like. Mine is actually two smaller pieces of wire twisted together because that's what I had on hand. To make a wreath the same size as mine, your circle should be around 15cm across. Next, cut your tissue paper into small strips. Mine were roughly 1.5cm x 10cm. Stack your strips into piles, and cut the ends so that they are curved (they should look like sausages). I used one whole sheet of tissue for this small wreath.
One by one, take each strip of paper and twist it around the wire. Twist tightly in the middle but leave the ends smooth so that the fluff out nicely. As you start to fill the circle the papers will hold themselves in place. Once you have filled the circle, tie some thread around the wire, and hang wherever you fancy.
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Our original plans were to travel out to Gooseberry and photograph the sunset. My son asked if we could stop at Westport Harbor initially, to see what was there swimming in the water. I decided to utilized the Photographers Ephemeris and PhotoPills to plot out the location of the sunset. I came to the conclusion that photographing the evening at the harbor would be the better idea, it would give us different foregrounds and backgrounds than Gooseberry, which would be grass, rocks, and the ocean.
Sunset was forecast for 4:17 PM, and we arrived an approximately one-half hour before. The sun was shining through clouds and given a golden light on the boats.
I photographed the golden light coming through a side window on a ship. There was a windshield wiper on the outside of the window, which was covered by ice and small icicles.
I took a variety of images leading up to sunset. There were no bright colors in the sky.
Because everything looked dull, we decided to pack up and leave, when suddenly the sky to the right of where the sunset started to turn pink. For the next 20 minutes, we had color in the sky. This is the reason you should wait at least 30 minutes after sunset because you never know what nature is going to show you.


text: Lima, Peru, gets about half an inch of rainfall per year. Yet the atmospheric humidity is around 98 percent. UTEC, the country's major university of engineering and technology, took this peculiar problem and—with help from ad agency Mayo Draftfcb—devised a unique solution: a billboard that draws moisture out of that humid air and turns it into potable drinking water. Check out the case-study video below to see how it works. The billboard wasn't just a nice gesture, either. It served as a recruitment tool to get more students to apply to the university. Of course, it could be a prototype for village level systems.