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It is going to be a good move on your part to spend a little money, energy, and also time for you to acquire the most from your IVF cycle prior to deciding to spend a ton of money intended for fertility medications and also for the help of a Reproductive Endocrinologist.
It is possible to achieve success after only one IVF cycle
It requires around 120 days for your primitive egg cells to mature and likewise for a sperm to be generated from a fresh batch.The caliber of drinks and food you ingest along with the environment that you are exposed to during this time period have an effect around the grade of your sperm cell and egg cells.I assume that your particular medical professional has previously informed you to that there is no probable approach to boost the grade of your egg and sperm cell. Your physician will be correct only if you choose to do absolutely nothing to alter your diet regime not to mention your lifestyle.
Nevertheless, you will find studies that shows that there is an opportunity to be able to increase the caliber of one's egg cells. A study, one particular was from Harvard University, confirmed that simple adjustments to diet plans and also lifestyle along with the intake of nutrients which is found on the follicular and seminal fluids will affect the toughness and resilience of the sperm and eggs.
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This is a quite simple illustration that you can immediately determine which is more strong. Naturally, the balloon is more strong as it is created from more robust elements when comparing a soap bubble
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The body along with it's trillions of cells is busily creating new and reconstructing aged tissues. To be able to accomplish this, the body requires proteins, fats, nutrients, and carbohydratesas its building blocks.
Sperm cells and egg cells are mainly made from protein and fat, although be aware that it is not the ordinary fat . If you eat take out, food full of saturated fats and trans fats -- that's what your body uses to develop your egg and sperm cells.
Nevertheless, the aspects that can impact the quality of the egg and sperm cell is not only limited to the nutrition and great fatty acids for instance iron, Vitamina E and D, zinc, calcium and the like .What is important in your case is to steer clear of toxins that will greatly impact the grade of your own sperm and egg cells.
There are plenty of manufactured items that we often make use of that could also greatly affect the grade of our sperm and egg cells. Many of these are acquired in tooth paste, consumer household cleansing agents, shampoo, shaving cream plus more.
How does it function?
1. A few of these chemical substances get absorbed via your skin or you inhale or consume them. When it's already in your system, it will behave much like estrogen that may raise your chance of experiencing thyroid problems, PCOS and obviously lower caliber of sperm.
2. Since your bodily hormones are dependent with each other, any disturbance in the stability may instantly lead to mayhem, which will be much like a domino effect .
3. You will find chemical substances that are proven to affect the body by acting as poisons and also harming the health of the sperm and ovum in addition to their particular DNA. When the egg and sperm DNA is ruined the embryo will not be in a position to survive and thrive because -- each of the embryo's tissues now have the identical DNA injury.
This is important for your to find out
The Dna your solitary egg and your husband's one sperm donate during the time of conceiving will certainly shape ALL of the infant's cells! If that DNA is possibly slightly harmed all of your baby's cells will bring that injury, getting him/her a lot more vulnerable to malformations and reducing his/her chance of survival.
The main reason behind IVF failure is bad sperm and egg quality
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This course will serve as an introduction to the field of international development, with particular focus on the various disciplines that have contributed to and shaped the development discourse over the past six decades. Readings and lectures will draw from economics, political science, sociology, anthropology, environmental and technological sciences, public health and epidemiology, area studies, ethnic studies, and gender studies. A large component of this course will focus on in-class discussions and presentations that engage the broader debates within development studies in order to critically evaluate the development discourse. Required course work will include group or individual student projects that investigate current development issues and propose engaged solutions that incorporate social justice and human dignity.

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As the combines roll this harvest and everything for the year comes together in this final push, tax planning is probably not the first thing at the top of your mind. But if you have a proactive tax advisor, they should be getting hold of you right about this time to get a meeting on the calendar as soon as harvest wraps up. Late November and early December are ideal times for farm tax planning so you can reap the benefits and make better decisions through the end of the year. Have you heard from your tax planner yet?
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text: Tunnel Vision Scripps Pier - La Jolla, California This is a very famous and iconic photography destination. But being the desert dweller that I am, and having a much grander affinity for the mountains than the sea, I do not get to the ocean very often. But when I am there I do like to go and try to capture something that really moves me. I ought to go to the ocean and photograph more oftenI was down in San Diego for a photography convention in February 2015 and wanted to create some photographs for myself while I was there. I had done some research of photo destinations near where I was staying prior to my trip and this image kept popping up in my browser. I was immediately drawn to the symmetry of the pier's pylons. Planting my tripod right in the perfect middle of the pier allowed me to center up the far end "opening" of the pier. It felt like a portal to another dimension! I wanted something different - something I had imagined in my mind's eye but hadn't actually seen created yet. I'd seen several images of this pier from this perspective - dead center - but none of them in black and white and none of them in a panoramic perspective nor with a long exposure.It actually wasn't an easy shot to get! There was a lot of seaweed gathered against some of the pylons closer to the beach and I had to put the tripod in the waterline. But as the sea ebbed and flowed with the tide it would wash away the sand the tripod was on and blur the image. 81 seconds later…Finally I was able to get a capture where the tripod didn't move and I had tack sharp exposure on the pylons from front to rear with smoothed out ocean. Post-processing in Lightroom allowed me to convert to black and white and make the 1:3 crop that you see presented. The reason I call this image 'Tunnel Vision' is because once I had 'the shot' I packed up my gear and left, happy with what I had on the back of the camera. I didn't even explore a single alternate perspective! Tunnel Vision, indeed. I guess I'll have to go back there and re-take another shot from a different angle!Ocean… here I come!Pro Tip: Click on the image to see it larger. Enjoy! Aeon Jones PhotographyNovember 14, 2017Scripps PierComment Facebook0 Twitter LinkedIn0 StumbleUpon Reddit 0 Likes


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Glaciers Vanoise Tour
Big Tarentaise Tour
Required minimal level: regular walker
Height between 1400 m and 2900 m
Walking time: maximum 4 to 7 hours / day
Made uneven: between 300 m until maxi 1000 in the daytime + and-
Luggage porterage : personal backpack with personal belongings + day picnic.
Mountain guide from Bureau des guides de Pralognan
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GLACIERS TOURS OF VANOISE from Pralognan Vanoise - circuit in 6 days-
An unforgettable adventure at the heart of Vanoise!
6 days of hike in touring - Level regular walker
Height: between 1400m and 2900m
Itinerant hikes around one of the biggest icecaps of Europe and the highest summit of the massif. Borrowing paths and secret paths of the National park of Vanoise, you will go from the forest up to the feet of the glaciers including high mountain pastures!
Between Tarentaise and Maurienne, the TGV will be made with your rhythm, of refuges in refuges, mountain passes in mountain passes, in suspended balconies, in the heart of a unique protected territory, where we can admire the flora and the exceptional fauna (chamoises, ibexes, marmots, bearded lammergeyers, golden eagles) and bask at the edge of mountain lakes. The whole headed by the glaciers of the Vanoise!
You will be accompanied by a professional of the mountain, from the company of guides and guides of the Vanoise, real experts of the massif!
Required minimum number: 5 participants
Mountain refuges of the National park of Vanoise or the French Alpine Club - Guarded-
Refuge of Col de la Vanoise renovated in 2014 (CAF)
Refuge of renovated Arpont (PNV)
Refuge of Dent Parrachée ( PNV) of the period of chalets Chaloin, traditional and unique!
Refuge Porte de l'Orgère ( PNV) by the road of Orgère.
Refuge of Péclet Polset (CAF)
Breakfasts and dinners prepared by the team of refuges and eat on the refuges.
Picnics prepared by the team of refuges and taken on the bag and consumed during the day.
Average staffs (train, bus or private car) to join the point of meeting: village of Pralognan Vanoise
Police formalities : compulsory ID card with date of validity.
Sanitary formalities : Warn your guide of any medical risk. To realize this stay in the best conditions, we advise you to make beforehand a medical balance sheet with your general practitioner to confirm your capacity for the trekking.
By every possible means at your convenience, train or personal vehicle
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640 € / person
Elements described above concerning :
- The organization
- The half board in refuges at 5 nights
- The tokens of shower in all the refuges
- The picnics from day 2 to day 6
- The supervision by a mountain guide
- The lunch (day 1 picnic), the day 6 dinner
- The insurances : personal civil liability
- The individual equipment
- Drinks
- The expenses of police formalities and toilets
- and all which is not mentioned in this document
eposit of 30 % on registration. Balance in 30 days of the departure. Payments accepted by bank transfer or bank card.
Every participant have to be a holder of a civil liability as well as an individual guarantee multirisk with the aim of protecting itself incidents or accidents which can arise before either during the trekking.
If needed, we propose you several formulae of insurances, under the condition that your place of residence is in Europe:
- ASSISTANCE : repatriation / expenses of help and search in 1 % of the amount of the price,
- CANCELLATION in 3,5 % of the amount of the price
- In the case of purchase of both formulae, Assistance + cancellation to 4,5 %, you will be also covered for the interruption of stay.
General arrangements of Insurance on brochures Europ Assistance.
Day 1
At the foot of the highest summit of Vanoise - the Mountain pass of Vanoise!
Meeting in the village of Pralognan in front of the guides office.
Gone up to the mountain pass of Vanoise by Moriond and lake of plates. Trays follow one another to arrive at the foot of the Big Breakage, most summit of the Savoie ! The glaciers of the Vanoise come to light... Magic!
At night in the refuge of the mountain pass of Vanoise (2517 m)
Walking time: 4 h - M: 850 m
Day 2
Balconies suspended between Tarentaise and Maurienne!
Mountain Pass of Vanoise - Croë Vie - Lakes of Lozières - refuge of Arpont Traversée along the brook of Vanoise between points Mathews and of Réchasse, we dive due south to overhang Croë life's bridge and pass on the lakes of Lozières. Having basked at the edge of mountain lakes, we leave on balconies overhung by the impressive glaciers of Vanoise. Crossing a zone of mountain pasture of ibexes, we take time to observe the Lords of the Alpine pasture before arriving at the refuge of Arpont.
Meal and at night in the refuge of Arpont (on 2309 m) 5 hours of walking - M: 250 m, D: 450 m
Day 3
The balconies of Maurienne!
Refuge of Arpont - Lakes of Plan of Aval and Plan of Amont - Refuge of the Dent Parrachée!
By balconies always little of made uneven to join the roadblocks of Aussois over Maurienne. The balcony, dominated by the Dent Parrachée, connects chalets of high mountain pasture.
Magnificent panorama on the summits of the Italian border.
We shall pass over Plan of Aval and Plan of Amont, a whole story of the paths of the hydropower of our mountains.
We shall arrive at the refuge of the Dent Parachée for an unforgettable evening!
Meal and at night, in the refuge of the Tooth Parrachée (on 2511 m)
Walking time 6h30 - M 400 m, D: 200 m
Day 4
In the choice according to your desires ! Mountain pass in balcony or mountain pass at high altitude!
Refuge of the Dent Parrachée - Mountain pass of Barbier or mountain pass of the Mass Refuge of Orgère
To join the small wild valley of the Door refuge of Orgère, two possibilities according to your desires and your shape!
The path of the moutain pass of the Barbier (on 2287 m) crossbar of the high mountain pastures in balcony and joins forests of pine cembros either the mountain pass of the Mass (on 2923 m) we made set of the height and leads us in a mineral world where the needle Doran and the Rake of Aussois welcomes ibexes tightrope walkers.
Arrived late in the afternoon at the refuge of Orgère.
Meal and at night in the refuge of Orgère (on 1935 m)
Walking time 4 at 6 h. M: 500 m, D: 400 - 1000 m
Day 5
Return in Tarentaise! By the Alpine moutain pass of Chavière
Refuge of Orgère - Lake of the Part - Mountain pass of Chavière - Refuge of Péclet Polset
Of the valley of Orgère, gone up by high mountain pastures to the lake of the Part, the possibility of basking by the lake. High mountain pastures make way for the mineral zones to cross the mountain pass of Chavière between the glacial summits of Polset and the pointof the Echelle.
The whole in front of distant Mont Blanc! Guaranteed alpine atmosphere.
The descent on the refuge of Péclet crosses masses of fallen rocks, high mountain pastures and glacial lakes. We are at the foot of the glacier of Gébroulaz and in the evening we can admire the sunset on the high summits and the glaciers of the Vanoise.
Meal and at night in the refuge of Péclet Polset (on 2533 m)
Walking time 6 hours. M: 900 m; D:: 400 m
Day 6
Refuge Péclet Polset - Valley of Chavière by the glacial circuses - Arrived at the village of Pralognan Par magic glacial circuses of Vanoise, us join the Bridge of the Peach and the village of Prioux to buckle this magnificent circuit under the impressive glaciers of Vanoise.
A last day to observe the flora and fauna, merge once again in these landscapes and simply stop taking advantage of these last 6 days at high altitude.
Arrived at Pralognan by 4 pm to the village.
Walking time 4 at 5 h. M: 200m if we want; D: 1000 m
It is of course only area code, it will be necessary to us to adapt ourselves to the hazards of the weather report as well as in the conditions of the mountain and the participants. In the last resort, the mid mountain guide remains only judge of the program whom he can modify because of imperatives of safety.
- Hiking boots (vibram sole with good rigidity, maintaining the ankle)
- Maxi backpack 55 liters
- Cap or hat
- Glasses sun protection strong mountain
- Polar jacket
- Pants mountain
- Pairs of shorts
- Waterproof windbreak - typifies Gore-Tex
- Gourd 1,5 liters
- Sunscreen protection mountain + stick with lips
- Extra clothes
- Small toilet bag
- Sheet light bag - frontal girl
- Personal pharmacy (bandages care of feet, paracetamol, imodium, pastilles gorges, quies balls)
- Sticks of walking (deeply advised)
- Cameras for the memories(souvenirs) twins(binoculars) to observe the fauna(crowd)
- Foods of personal races (dried fruits, energy bars)
Your bag was have to be too heavy! Maxi 8 kg!
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At Vinnytsia fiscal services workers detained party nuts in excess of 1.8 million. UAH. (+ Photos)Party walnuts on a notional amount of over 1.8 mln. UAH. That was preparing for export from Ukraine withdrew DFS employees of the Main Directorate in Vinnytsia region. Withdrawal was part of a national operation "Milestone"Which continues in Ukraine just over a month and aims to expose criminal offenses in the customs sphere, prevention, detection and suppression of channels of illegal movement of consumer goods, including under the guise of transit movement. As part of the operation seized inventory in excess of 2.2 million. UAH. Thisthe second case also identify criminal violations of the law by exporting walnuts. According to available information, the company exporting the address registration is not found, but its director said that the financial and economic activities of the company does not have any relation. Upon entering false information regarding specified ent headtion in the documents for registration of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs initiated criminal proceedings under Art. 205-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. This information is transmitted to further respond to the DFS customs departments where the procedure under Customs detained a consignment. Sladenyy protocol under Art. 483 Customs Code of Ukraineyiny - hiding inventory of customs control. Load detained pending a decision under applicable law. PG DFS in Vinnitsa region This was reported in the Vinnytsia Regional State Administration
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Snatched (2017), Dir. Jonathan Levine
Stars: Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn, Tom Bateman, Christopher Meloni, Wanda Sykes, Ike Barinholtz, Joan Cusack, Óscar Jaenada, Randall Park, Arturo Castro, Nicholas J. Lockwood, Katie Dippold.
Director: Jonathan Levine
Screenplay: Kim Caramele, Katie Dippold, & Amy Schumer.
Was it offensive sure, was it unfathomable definitely, but did it feel like a mid 80s romp through the stereotypical south americas, oh most certainly.
This is exactly the movie I wanted it to be and it still somehow had surprises within the plot which being 2017 is quite something. Schumer and Hawn are a nice combo, they work off each other's own individual humours and never over shadow each others performances. They approach the whole film is subtly different ways which just enhances the main point of these women seeing the world in very different ways.
Schumer plays the millennial traveler; every adventure is to make your snapchat story and Instagram feed look fabulous – sure you are having fun but are keeping an eye out for a spectacular view or finding the right party to make your life look Kardashian. On the other hand we have Goldie Hawn's character who is also very aware of her surroundings but not for the purpose of posing for pictures but for the dangers that are around every corner. Basically these two women are working against their enjoyments of this little holiday and really Hawn's perspective may have won the argument............
This film is just fun, like I really enjoyed my time in the theatre laughing my ass off at these two insanely funny actresses. They are not the typical action heroes in the South American jungle but they still get the shit done. And the moral of the story, do pose for those pictures at the awesome party but maybe also have your mum's voice in the back of your mind to remind you that not everything is seen through the perfect Instagram filter.


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I grew up attending Winter Street Baptist Church. In 2003, I moved to Connecticut where my husband was stationed while in the Navy and after spending 7 ½ years there, we moved back to Maine and came back to WSBC. I graduated from the University of Maine-Farmington and Eastern Connecticut State University with degrees in Early Childhood Education. I have two children that I homeschool. I enjoy being a part of the children's ministries here at WSBC and I love watching my children grow and learn about the Lord. I also love building friendships and fellowshipping with others in the church.
Some of my favorite Bible verses are:
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Isaiah 40:31 But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.


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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Kurdish Peshmerga forces have handed over 96 Islamic State militants arrested in Nineveh to Iraqi government forces, a senior government official said Thursday.
Alghad Press quoted the source saying the Peshmerga arrested the militants during their participation in battles to recapture the town of Tal Afar, west of Nineveh, which the government declared as IS-free late August. They were caught en route to Turkey, said the official.
The Counter-Terrorism Service will transfer the militants to Baghdad to hand them over to judicial authorities.
Earlier reports had told of a number of Islamic State militants who turned in themselves to security forces.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in his weekly press briefing on Wednesday that his government maintains a high level of coordination with Kurdish authorities regarding the handing over of Islamic State captives.
So far, Iraqi, U.S.-backed, military operations against IS since 2014 have managed to free the city of Mosul, Islamic State's former capital, and later Tal Afar, west of Mosul, the group's last stronghold in Nineveh province. The Iraqi military command had said that Islamic State had lost more than 250 members since the launch of operations to retake Tal Afar.


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Cyc Poolside Pop Up + Happy Hour = Sweet End to April
Getting your sweat on Cyc style while being distracted by the views from the W Buckhead pool deck — from a workout fanatic's perspective, it doesn't get much better than that!
Here's the deal, y'all... On Thursday, April 28, Cyc will host four evening classes poolside at the fabulous W Atlanta Buckhead, featuring some of my fav instructors like Kelsey, Lillian, and Idia. And then hang around for your Cyc tote and hat — and some yummy Chloe's soft serve Cyc-tails. Sounds like a FWABulous way to spend a Thursday, right?
I hear bikes are going fast, so hurry up and grab your bike for this "fit" of an event ASAP. Hope to see y'all there!
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by Chandler Ferrebee
There is always something fun and exciting going on in Charlottesville in the fall, but my favorite weekend is the Virginia Film Festival. I love how every year Charlottesville becomes a place for people to watch and enjoy movies all day for the the first weekend in November. This year has one of the best programs that I have gotten to experience at the Virginia Film Festival. These are the top five movies I am looking forward to most:
1. La La Land is the third film from thirty-one year old Damien Chazelle. It will also most likely give him his second Best Picture nomination and first win. La La Land is a musical in the tradition of the big studio productions of the 50's. It stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, in their third film together, as an aspiring actress and jazz musician in modern day Los Angeles, trying to balance their dreams and relationship. The film has been greeted with raves at every festival it has screened at and Stone received the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival. Released amongst the prestigious films of fall and after the violent superhero movies of summer, La La Land looks like a burst of LA sunshine, making it my most anticipated movie of the year.
La La Land screens Sunday, November 6th at 7:30 pm at The Paramount Theater
2. Lion tells the true story of Saroo Brierley. Separated from his family in India without enough information to get back home, Brierley is adopted by an Australian family at age five. Twenty years later, he finds his childhood home with the help of Google Maps and sets out on a journey to find his biological family. Lion stars Dev Patel as Brierley and Nicole Kidman as his adoptive mother in the two stand out roles of the film. Everyone I have met who has already seen this film has talked of how the impact of Lion has stuck with them for days.
Lion screens Sunday, November 6th at 7:30 pm at Culbreth Theatre
3. From director Adam Smith, known for directing episodes of "Doctor Who" and "Skins," and with an original score from The Chemical Brothers, Trespass Against Us stars Brendan Gleeson and Michael Fassbender as Colby and Chad Cutler, a father and son who have chosen to live life as thieves and hooligans in one of Britain's richest areas. When Chad realizes that this might not be the safest life for his young son to be exposed to and plans to leave, Colby plans a heist that might ruin Chad's future plans. If there's two things I love, it's Michael Fassbender and movies about misunderstood criminals and Trespass Against Us looks like an exciting entry into both of those categories.
Trespass Against Us screens Thursday, November 3rd at 9:15 pm at Culbreth Theatre
4. As someone who has lost hours watching behind the scenes features on animated movies, I am very excited for Waking Sleeping Beauty. Directed by Don Hahn, who has produced some of the most respected animated films of all time, from The Lion King to Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, it shows a behind the scenes look at how Disney went from losing the box office in the 80's to the Disney Renaissance in the 90's. Don Hahn will be here for a discussion after Waking Sleeping Beauty and for a 25th anniversary screening of Beauty and the Beast on Saturday, November 5th with Paige O'Hara, the voice of Belle.
Waking Sleeping Beauty screens Sunday, November 6th at 1 pm at Vinegar Hill Theatre
5. Using words from James Baldwin's final manuscript, "Remember This House," read by Samuel L. Jackson, and archival footage, I Am Not Your Negro, uses the painful past to reflect on our painful present. The unfinished "Remember This House," explored the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Medgar Evers. The words that Baldwin used to talk about their lives and deaths and black life as he saw it, are still so relevant today. In Owen Gleiberman's review of the film for "Variety" he says that, "For Baldwin… the real issue was that if you were black, the complexity of your humanity wasn't seen. And rights weren't necessarily going to change that." Although we have come a long way from the time Baldwin wrote "Remember This House", it is important to reflect on the past when discussing our fractured present.
I Am Not Your Negro screens Sunday, November 6th at 5 pm at Culbreth Theatre
Chandler Ferrebee is an aspiring filmmaker and program support intern at Light House Studio who practically lives at the movie theater.


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Big article this week. HGC China's roster changes were finally published, allowing me to properly balance the Phase 2 Elo ratings. As such, these Elo ratings are accurate to where I want them but don't directly extend from last week's post.
As a major caveat in this article: this is still very very early in the season. New teams and new rosters make the Elo scores especially unstable. These ratings will change throughout the season. This goes double for new HGC teams Even in Death (NA), Zealots, Team Good Guys(EU), Rrr (Korea), W.K. Gaming, and Kudos Top (China). These teams will have drastically unstable ratings for the first few weeks, and predictions will be potentially inaccurate until they settle.
World Elo Ratings
Note that teams with "-NEW" in their team name are new to HGC. They started at a rating of 1500, and their rating should be unstable for now.
North America
In NA, we see some familiar faces at the top. The trio of Gale Force eSports, Roll 20, and Tempo Storm are working to solidify themselves as an NA "big three", and are all within 40 point of each other in the ratings. Gale Force reasserted that they are an NA contender with a big 3-1 victory over Roll 20 eSports. Meanwhile, Even in Death has had a very shaky start to HGC. All the while Team Freedom and No Tomorrow battled to try to become NA's new top 4 team, with No Tomorrow winning this round.
As a note, this season, I will be combing all postseason simulation results into a single table for convenience.
Again note that Even in Death is a new team, and their elo rating hasn't stabilized yet. I expect both their elo and their postseason odds to trend towards the lesser end.
Reading this Table
Team - pretty self explanatory. This is the name of the team.
Elo - the team's current elo rating. A larger number suggests a better team.
Match W-L - The match record of the team. How many best of 5's they won and how many they lost.
Map +/- - new to Phase 2, the next highest priority tiebreaker after head-to-head is Map +/-, that is, the number of GAMES (not matches) you won minus the number of games you lost. A negative number means a team lost more games than they won. This is a change made by Blizzard to make the standings and tiebreakers easier to understand.
3-[0,1,2] - While there is a higher priority tiebreaker, there are still tiebreaker conditions for number of 3-0s and then number of 3-1s if both head to head and Map +/- can't break the tie. In this tuple, it's [3-0 victories, 3-1 victories, 3-2 victories]. Example, No Tomorrow won a best of 5 3-1 and 3-2, but have no 3-0 wins. Therefore, their tuple is [0,1,1].
Clash % - This is the team's current simulation odds of making it to the Western Clash. To get there, a team must finish top 3 in the first half of the phase. This means only the first 28 games of each phase are relevant. Note that "0.0" doesn't mean eliminated. When a team is eliminated, I will use a red "X" to denote eliminated. Similarly, 100.0 doesn't mean guaranteed. When the spot is guaranteed, I will use a green checkmark. (????)
Blizzcon % (autobid) - This is the team's current simulation odds of getting an automatic bid to Blizzcon. Because each major region will have 3 teams this season, the top 2 from each region get an automatic bid. Teams that place 3rd-6th will play in a stepladder playoff (6 vs 5, winner of that vs. 4, winner of that vs. 3) to determine who goes to Blizzcon. Note that match record in Part 1 (pre Clash) carries over to Part 2 (post Clash). So all 56 games this phase are relevant for Blizzcon. Note that "0.0" doesn't mean eliminated. When a team is eliminated, I will use a red "X" to denote eliminated. Similarly, 100.0 doesn't mean guaranteed. When the spot is guaranteed, I will use a green checkmark.
Crucible % - This is the team's current simulation odds of finishing 7th or 8th place at the end of the Phase. Teams that finish this low must face the Crucible to remain in HGC. All 56 games in the phase are relevant here. Note that "0.0" doesn't mean safe from the Crucible. When a team is safe, I will use a green "X" to denote eliminated. Similarly, 100.0 doesn't mean guaranteed. When the spot is guaranteed, I will use a red checkmark.
We didn't get to see much of Tempo Storm or Roll20. Tempo Storm did look strong against Even in Death, but given that Even in Death looks like the worst team in the region, this may not mean anything. We'll find out much more next week against GFE and No Tomorrow.
With their win over Roll 20, Gale Force is very very probably to finish in the top 2 for Phase 1. A win over Tempo Storm next weekend would make it very very unlikely they don't go to the clash.
No Tomorrow had a good showing in the first weekend, but given one of their wins was over Even in Death, they still have much to prove. That said, the win over Team Freedom seems to put No Tomorrow in the top 4 in the region, just one upset away from potentially stealing 3rd place for the clash.
Superstars in particular looked like they have fallen off a bit in their set against Team Freedom. This puts them in a potential race for 6th place with Naventic to avoid the Crucible unless they step it up and snag some upsets.
Elo Projections for next week's games is as follows:
Again, Even in Death's Rating is not yet stable, so I would actually favor Superstars against them rather heavily. I would personally predict a 3-0 in favor of Superstars. A 3-1 would surprise me, and would say more about Superstars than Even in Death in my opinion.
Gale Force vs. Tempo Storm is the game to watch next week. Gale Force looked strong against Roll 20, and this is a chance for Gale Force to claim the driver's seat in North America for the first time since Week 1 of Phase 1. Tempo Storm, meanwhile, wants to prove they are still the kings of NA.
Another game worth watching is Team Freedom vs. Naventic. If Naventic wants to get out of NA's basement, this is a must win. With their first two matches against top 3 NA teams, it will be excusable to be 1-2 at the end of this weekend. That said, being 0-3 would be a disaster. Team Freedom, meanwhile, will look to prove that adding Kure was the right choice. Losses to both Naventic and No Tomorrow in Phase 1 would make it very difficult to move up the standings beyond 6th place.
Finally, No Tomorrow will look to show that Week 1 wasn't a fluke against Tempo Storm. No Tomorrow has improved dramatically, but the question remains if they are top 4 material now that they have a proven winner in Equinox calling shots. While they don't need to win this series to improve their NA stature, they should look to avoid an 0-3 if they want to prove they belong in the Top 4 conversation.
The reigning champions Fnatic return to a region that seems to only be getting deeper and stronger. Team Liquid once again started strong with a dominant 3-0 win over MSB runner-up Team Dignitas, while the sexy new HGC participants Zealots were dominated by Fnatic. Even crazier, week 1 featured two reverse sweeps, both involving Tricked eSports. It will be interesting to see how Europe shakes out, as, right now, I honestly have no clue how 4th through 8th place will look like at the end this season.
I should of course add the usual caveats in regards to these predictions. It's early in the season, so it's unclear how much Playing Ducks have improved (or fallen off), or how good Zealots and Good Guys are. I expect these numbers to change rapidly for the first couple weeks while teams find their place.
The big three in Europe once again seem to be far ahead of the field. With Team Expert's loss to Tricked Esports, it suggests that the race for 4th place is going to be very interesting. While PD is currently a "favorite" to finish last, I don't believe they will stay such a "favorite" for long. I think the bottom 5 in Europe is very deep, and seeing teams in nearly any order wouldn't surprise me. All told, I'm very convinced top to bottom, Europe is the best division of HGC right now.
Elo projects for next week's games:
Right out of the gate, we have a huge game on Friday, as Fnatic faces resurgent Team Liquid. Fnatic will want to defend their #1 spot in the world rankings, but Team Liquid looks like a team on a mission after dismantling Dignitas 0-3. The pecking order of Europe's big 3 could be decided in this game. If Team Liquid wins this, they will almost certainly take the #1 seed at the Western Clash.
Two other games this week are also particularly intriguing. Team Expert vs. Zealots and Playing Ducks vs. Good Guys will tell us a lot about the two new teams in Europe. These games will go a long way towards determining not just the pecking order from 4th place down, but also who could potentially be Crucible teams come the end of Phase 2.
Dignitas will look to rebound with two games they should win. 3-0s will be important to boosting their tie-breaker status, as it seems probable the Big 3 will have a triangle head-to-head tie once again.
A quick note: last season, HGC Korea operated on slightly different rules from NA and EU when it came to tiebreakers. To the best of my knowledge, NA/EU are now on the same rules with the same tiebreakers as Korea. So I use the same simulation model. If I end up being wrong later? Mehh. I'll fix it.
Unlike EU and NA, the Korean 1 and 2 seeds had byes this week. Therefore, we still haven't seen MVP Black or L-5's new rosters in action. However, we did get to see each of the remaining 6 teams play twice, giving us quite a bit to work with.
Mighty and MVP Miracle had a fantastic best of 5 where Mighty barely edged out Miracle. This gives Mighty a critical head-to-head tiebreaker over MVP Miracle, giving this win significant eastern clash implications.
Tempest jumped out to 2-0, albeit by beating last season's Crucible teams, Team BlossoM and Raven. Still, L-5 did lose to Raven in the last week of Phase 1, so this is a good win to get. Tempest has a tough week ahead with games against MVP Miracle and L-5.
Rrr had a dismal 0-6 start. The expectations for this team are low, as they fail to take a single game against Team BlossoM in the HGC Crucible.
As noted, Rrr is a new team, so their Elo is still likely far too high. I saw this because they looked out of their league in Korea's Crucible against BlossoM, and nothing I saw last week changed that. I think we will see them in the Crucible by the end of the season.
The big thing to watch for this season is what Mighty and MVP Miracle do in games against Korea's old guard of MVP Black, L-5, and Tempest. Both have had success against Tempest of late, but have yet to challenge L-5 or MVP Black. L-5 had two roster swaps, which could make them vulnerable. I think there is chance for some major upheaval in Korea this Phase. I think each team in Korea's current Top 5 elo ratings could make the clash, so this will be an interesting region to watch.
Meanwhile, I would still expect Raven and Rrr to find themselves at the bottom come season's end. Team BlossoM does look somewhat improved from Phase 1 and made some very interesting roster changes, bringing in ModernLife from Tempest and Gondar, a player not previously on an HGC major team. With already a 3-0 win over Raven, they at least look on pace to avoid the Crucible. That said, I don't expect them to rise above 6th place.
This weeks Elo projections:
As with Even in Death, I think Rrr odds are dramatically overestimated simply due to a lack of data so far. I would expect a 3-0 or 3-1 here in favor of BlossoM.
Tempest is involved in two massive games this weekend. If L-5 indeed is weakened by the roster swaps, this is Tempest's chance to prove it. However, Tempest also has to prepare for an MVP Miracle set the very next day. Will they have too much on their plate? Tempest needs to go at least 1-1 this weekend. An 0-2 would make it very difficult for them to reach the Clash. A 2-0, on the other hand, would almost ascertain it.
But of course, Sunday is the big game as MVP Black and L-5 face off once again. This will be the first time they meet in the regular season where they aren't #1 and #2 in the world in the Elo ratings. However, you can expect the same fire to be there. Wake up early Sunday, folks, it will be worth it.
HGC China, managed once again by Netease Gold League, is going back to the format they used pre-HGC. Rather than best of 5's, China is doing a double round robin "best of 2's", where each team will play every other team in a total of 4 games. Like the MSB, 2-0 wins are worth 3 points. 1-1 draws are worth 1 point to both teams. This format will run until the Eastern Clash. The top 3 teams will go to the Clash, while the bottom two teams will be relegated and will have to play back into Gold League in an online league run in the interim. There will be no playoff, except as best of 1 sudden death matches to resolve ties after the league finishes. Due to this format, HGC China's prediction table will look very different.
In China, we still see a familiar three at the top in ce, Super Perfect Team, and E-Star. However, this isn't the E-Star from the Mid Season Brawl, as it more closely matches X-Team from last season. The bottom 5 is still a jumble, but it appears W.K. Gaming is out of their element in HGC China, having already lost twice to Start Over Again and Kudos Top. Overall, it's still early, and with so many new faces, anything could happen, but I expect the Top 3 to be maintained. Watch the race 4th through 7th, however, as teams fight to avoid relegation.
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UNION – Seeking to avoid its first 0-2 start since 2007 in a season that much success was predicted, Union scored the first three times it had the football – the first two after gaining turnovers – en route to posting a commanding 33-14 Mid-State 38 Conference-Delaware Division victory over arch rival Elizabeth in Friday night's home-opener at Cooke Memorial Field.
Union evened its overall and Delaware Division records at 1-1, while defending Delaware Division champion Elizabeth slipped to 0-2 overall for the first time since 2010 and is now also 0-2 in the division.
Union has now won its last four home games vs. Elizabeth.
Here's a look at that streak and the last time Elizabeth defeated Union at home:
2013: Union 33, Elizabeth 14 – at Union
2011: Union 43, Elizabeth 21 – at Union
2009: Union 28, Elizabeth 10 – at Union
2008: Union 15, Elizabeth 7 – at Union, N2, G4 quarterfinals
2007: Elizabeth 20, Union 0 – at Union
The Farmers were, once again, led by senior running back Jamauri Bogan, who made first-year head coach Lou Grasso Jr.'s home debut at Union a successful one.
Bogan – up until there was 4:33 left in the game – carried 26 times for a game-high 203 yards and rushed for three touchdowns to give him five on the year. After gaining 55 yards on 13 carries in the first half, Bogan amassed 148 on 13 in the second.
Including 224 yards on 21 attempts and two touchdowns – on runs of 48 and 45 yards – in Union's season-opening 27-13 loss last week at Bridgewater-Raritan, Bogan has 427 yards and five TDs after two games.
Bogan is just shy of 5,000 career yards rushing and will get his first crack at it in two weeks when Union hosts Phillipsburg. The Farmers have next week off.
Bogan is Union's all-time leading rusher with 4,987 yards and all-time leading scorer with 66 touchdowns.
The Bogan Breakdown:
2013 so far, senior season, 427 yards and 5 TDs
2012, junior season, 1,200 yards and 17 TDs
2011, sophomore season, 2,260 yards and 27 TDs
2010, freshman season, 1,100 yards and 17 TDs
Total: 4,987 yards and 66 TDs, both school records.
Elizabeth junior running back Marquise Leak scored both Minutemen touchdowns in the third quarter after Union went ahead 33-0.
Leak had a fine game, scoring twice on five-yard runs. With 4:33 remaining, Leak paced Elizabeth with 110 yards on 17 carries and his two scores.
Leak also led Elizabeth with 150 yards on 15 carries, including a 56-yard touchdown run, in last week's season-opening 21-14 loss at Westfield.
On the second play from scrimmage of Friday night's Elizabeth-Union game at Cooke Memorial Field, Union senior linebacker Randal LaGuerre stripped the ball from Leak and then recovered the fumble to give the Farmers a first down at the Minutemen 29.
On third-and-26 from the Elizabeth 33, senior quarterback Diego Rios threw a screen pass to Bogan on the left side. Bogan caught the ball at the 35 and then raced to the seven to give the Farmers a first-and-goal.
Bogan scored from the two-yard line two plays later to give Union the lead for good at 6-0. Senior placekicker Lucas Dagnone followed with the first of his three successful extra point kicks.
On the first play of Elizabeth's second possession, junior quarterback Tyree Guiterrez was intercepted on the left side of the field by Union standout senior defensive back Agbai Iroha.
Union reached the end zone again eight plays later, but it wasn't easy. On the final three plays of the 42-yard march, the Farmers fumbled the ball, but didn't lose it.
Senior running back Jabree Robertson had a 16-yard run for one first down and then Union drew Elizabeth off sides on a fourth-and-three situation from the Minutemen 12 to give Union first-and-goal at the seven.
On first down, Bogan fumbled the ball away, but was able to run right into it, recovering the loose ball and actually gaining five yards to the two.
On second down, Bogan fumbled the ball all by himself, with teammate Lance Lee recovering at the four for a two-yard loss.
On third down, Rios dropped the snap. However, the first-year quarterback was able to pick the ball up and then gain some steam by running left. Refusing to be tackled before reaching the end zone, Rios – with his outstretched arms – put the ball over the goal line for an outstanding six-point effort that gave Union a 13-0 advantage.
After stopping Elizabeth at its own 18 during a 14-play drive that began at the Minutemen 26, Union took its third possession and marched 82 yards in six plays to reach the end zone again.
Iroha, in his only carry of the first half, gained 29 yards after racing through a hole up the middle and then shedding tacklers. Bogan followed with a 22-yard run that also included a 15-yard Elizabeth personal foul.
Two plays later, Robertson scored his first touchdown of the season on a seven-yard run up the middle to increase Union's lead to 19-0.
The only downside for the Farmers up until that point was bad point-after snaps following their second and third touchdowns.
Bogan scored on runs for 47 and 44 yards on Union's first two second half possessions.
NOTES: Elizabeth will next face 2-0 Delaware Division c0-leader (with Phillipsburg) Hunterdon Central in its home-opener at Williams Field next Friday night. HC won at Franklin 42-7 last week and on Friday night blanked Bridgewater-Raritan 24-0 in its home-opener.
Elizabeth plays nine weeks in a row because it does not play on Thanksgiving.
UNION – Jamauri Bogan 2 run, Lucas Dagnone kick (U 7-0)
10 plays, 29 yards, 4:55 used
Union capitalized on a turnover – a strip and fumble recovery by Randall LaGuerre.
UNION – Diego Rios 4 run, kick failed-bad snap (U 13-0)
8 plays, 42 yards, 5:00 used
Union capitalized on a turnover – an interception by Agbai Iroha
UNION – Jabree Robertson 7 run, kick failed-bad snap (U 19-0)
6 plays, 82 yards, 3:53 used
UNION – Jamauri Bogan 47 run, Lucas Dagnone kick (U 26-0)
2 plays, 63 yards, :45 used
UNION – Jamauri Bogan 44 run, Lucas Dagnone kick (U 33-0)
3 plays, 45 yards, :51 used
ELIZABETH – Marquise Leak 5 run, Michael Costa kick (U 33-7)
5 plays, 57 yards, 2:21 used
ELIZABETH – Marquise Leak 5 run, Michael Costa kick (U 33-14)
6 plays, 64 yards, 2:22 used
Union 33, Elizabeth 14 – at Union
Brearley 33, Bernards 13 – at Brearley
Cranford 20, Somerville 14 – at Cranford
Dayton 55, Bound Brook 28 – at Dayton
New Providence 34, Belvidere 7 – at Belvidere
Voorhees 31, Gov. Livingston 14 – at Voorhees
Roselle Park 61, Manville 13 – at Roselle Park
Summit 48, Johnson 23 – at Johnson
North Plainfield 19, Roselle 0 – at North Plainfield
Plainfield at Linden, 1 p.m.
Hillside at Scotch Plains, 1 p.m.
Delaware Valley at Rahway, 1 p.m.
Hillsborough at Westfield, 2 p.m.


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My family saw the Ageless as a Peloran plot to take over the human race. I was the only member of the Family who was Ageless. They used my mind to further Family interests, but never trusted me, never placed me in positions of true power in the Family. They never forgave me for using […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…


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Founded in 1919, OSSTF/FEESO represents almost 60,000 public high school teachers, occasional teachers, educational assistants, continuing education teachers and instructors, psychologists, secretaries, speech-language pathologists, social workers, plant support personnel, attendance counsellors and many other educational workers.
The mandate of the Federation is to associate and unite teachers and all other employees of educational institutions or local government bodies of whatever nature, or who are employed by or engaged by any organization which provides services to an educational institution or to a local government body, whether directly or indirectly, within the Province of Ontario, and to promote and safeguard their interests.
The Birth of Federation
On December 30, 1919, the Federation was founded at a meeting attended by 62 representatives, held at the Odd Fellows Temple at 229 College Street in Toronto. Within a year there were more than 1000 members from 14 districts.
Oddfellows' Hall — First Meeting Place
At its second annual meeting, OSSTF members pass a motion by Jessie Muir of Ottawa supporting "the principle of equal pay for equal work..."
Jessie Muir — Equal Pay
Federation is incorporated as a non–profit corporation with provincial charter. The first objective stated in the Letters Patent is "to associate and unite the Secondary School Teachers of the Province of Ontario and to promote and safeguard their interests."
Letters Patent
Education Week, initiated under the auspices of the Federation, is held for the first time on October 19–24, 1930. Over sixty years later OSSTF members continue to celebrate this annual occasion.
Education Week
OSSTF publishes its first set of resource books covering topics such as Business, English, Geography, History and Science. The following year the Federation would publish resource books on Classical Languages, Modern Languages, Guidance and Music.
Resource Books
In response to the provincial government's move to remove their right to strike, on December 18, teachers from across the province walked off their jobs en–masse in what was then Ontario's largest political demonstration. The government conceded that teachers did indeed have the right to strike and committed itself to bargaining in good faith.
Queen's Park
OSSTF is certified as a trade union and starts to organize other categories of education workers. Soon Teachers are joined by Attendance Counsellors, Child and Youth Workers, Educational Audiologists, Educational Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Speech & Language Pathologists, and Social Workers.
Annual Meeting of the Provincial Assembly (AMPA)
25,000 OSSTF members and teachers from other affiliates fill Hamilton's Copps Coliseum in a protest against the government's proposed changes to the Teachers' Superannuation Fund including the expropriation of $461 million. The protest leads to the formation of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
Copps Pension Rally
OSSTF members across the province walk off their jobs to protest the provincial government's Bill 160. After 10 days of protest, the government backed off on some changes and the public's concern for public education was raised.
Maple Leaf Gardens
OSSTF organizes workers at Brock University, our first university sector bargaining unit. They are soon joined by three more university sector bargaining units: Algoma University-College, University of Ottawa, and Wilfrid Laurier University.
University Sector
OSSTF, in conjunction with its provincial affiliates releases its survey on bullying in the educational workplace. At the time, the report, delivered in two phases, was the first of its kind in North America.
Bullying Reports
Over the school year of 2008/2009, working under the auspices of Provincial Discussion Tables, negotiators from OSSTF/FEESO settled 132 collective agreements for teachers and support staff across the province without having to resort to a single job action or work disruption.
Collective Agreements


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[CONFERENCE] André Santos, João M. P. Cardoso, Pedro Diniz, Diogo Ferreira, "Specifying Adaptations through a DSL with an Application to Mobile Robot Navigation", 2nd International Symposium on Languages, Applications and Technologies (SLATE'13), 2003 (IN PRESS)
[CONFERENCE] Ali Azarian, João M. P. Cardoso, Stephan Werner, Jürgen Becker, "An FPGA-based Multi-Core Approach for Pipelining Computing Stages" In 28th Symposium On Applied Computing (ACM SAC 2013), pp. 1533-1540, Coimbra, Portugal, March 18-22, 2013. (Link)
[CONFERENCE] André Santos, João M. P. Cardoso, Pedro Diniz, Diogo Ferreira, Zlatko Petrov, "A Domain-Specific Language for Run-time Adaptation for Embedded Systems", 10th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Computing (EmbeddedCom-2012), Dec 17-19, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
[CONFERENCE] Ali Azarian, João Canas Ferreira, Stephan Werner, Zlatko Petrov, João M. P. Cardoso, Michael Huebner, "Analysis of Error Detection Schemes: Toolchain Support and Hardware/Software Implications," In NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems (AHS-2012), Nuremberg, Germany, June 25-28, 2012. (Link)
[CONFERENCE] André C. Santos, João M. P. Cardoso, Diogo R. Ferreira, Pedro C. Diniz, "A Domain-Specific Language for the Specification of Adaptable Context Inference", Ninth IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC 2011), pp. 268-273, IEEE Computer Society, DOI 10.1109/EUC.2011.4, October 2011
[JOURNAL] André C. Santos, Luís Tarrataca, João M. P. Cardoso, "The Feasibility of Navigation Algorithms on Smartphones using J2ME", Mobile Networks and Applications, Volume 15, Issue 6, pp. 819-830, ISSN 1383-469X, DOI:10.1007/s11036-010-0236-8, 2010
[JOURNAL] João M. P. Cardoso, Pedro Diniz, and Markus Weinhardt, Compiling for Reconfigurable Computing: A Survey, ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), Vol. 42, No. 4, Article 13, pp. 1-65, June 2010.
[JOURNAL] André C. Santos, João M. P. Cardoso, Diogo R. Ferreira, Pedro C. Diniz, Paulo Chainho, "Providing User Context for Mobile and Social Networking Applications", Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Volume 6, Issue 3, pp. 324-341, ISSN 1574-1192, DOI: 10.1016/j.pmcj.2010.01.001, 2010
[JOURNAL] Davide Figo, Pedro C. Diniz, Diogo R. Ferreira, João M. P. Cardoso, Preprocessing Techniques for Context Recognition from Accelerometer Data, in Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Springer London, accepted for publication (planned for 2010).
[CONFERENCE] André C. Santos, João M. P. Cardoso, Diogo R. Ferreira, Pedro C. Diniz, "Wearable Prototype for Sensor Data Acquisition and Context Inference", Eighth Intl. Conf. on Pervasive Computing Demos (Pervasive 2010), May 2010
[CONFERENCE] Ricardo Menotti, João M. P. Cardoso, Marcio M. Fernandes, Eduardo Marques, "On Using LALP to Map a Audio Encoder/Decoder on FPGAs," in IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE-2010), Bari, Italy, July 4-7, 2010, pp. 3063-3068.
[WORKSHOP] João M. P. Cardoso, Pedro Diniz, Miguel P. Monteiro, João M. Fernandes, and João Saraiva, "A Domain-Specific Aspect Language for Transforming MATLAB Programs," in Domain-Specific Aspect Language Workshop (DSAL'2010), part of the 9th International Conference on Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD'2010), March 15-19, 2010, Rennes & Saint Malo, France.
[WORKSHOP] André C. Santos, João M. P. Cardoso, Diogo R. Ferreira, Pedro C. Diniz, "Challenges in the Development of Context-Inference Systems for Mobile Applications", Intl. Workshop on Programming Methods for Mobile and Pervasive Systems (PMMPS - Pervasive 2010), May 2010
[WORKSHOP] Ricardo Nobre, João M. P. Cardoso, Pedro C. Diniz, "Leveraging Type Knowledge for Efficient MATLAB to C Translation," in 15th Workshop on Compilers for Parallel Computing (CPC'10), Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, July 7-9, 2010.
[CONFERENCE] André C. Santos, Luís Tarrataca, João M. P. Cardoso, Diogo R. Ferreira, Pedro C. Diniz, and Paulo Chainho, "Context Inference for Mobile Applications in the UPCASE Project", In Proceedings of the Second International ICST Conference on MOBILe Wireless MiddleWARE, Operating Systems, and Applications (Mobilware'09, Berlin-Germany, April 28-29), LNICST, volume 0007, pp. 352-365, Springer, 2009
[WORKSHOP] André C. Santos, João M. P. Cardoso, Diogo R. Ferreira, Pedro C. Diniz, "Mobile Context Provider for Social Networking", In Proceedings of the On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2009 Workshops (MONET'09, Vilamoura-Portugal, November 02-06), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 5872, pp. 464-473, Springer, ISBN:978-3-642-05289-7, 2009


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Avoid the Race to the Bottom
Consumers often express that they want ethically-made goods or suggest a preference for American-made products. When it comes time to shop, most consumers aren't ready to pay the higher prices required to cover the costs of such production. Likewise, from the the post The Race to Sell Chinese Goods to US Customers at Marketplace Pulse:
Customers, and the media talk a big game about manufacturing ethics, and the pressure on local retailers. And then they want a $9.99 t-shirt. Ethical supply chain is good, fast shipping is better, low price is best. This is why JD.com wants to enter the US market. Demand for low prices is as big as it ever was, and most customers do not care where the products are coming from. Majority of goods are made outside of the US anyway.
In my own experience with moving apparel production from China and India to the United States, we had a much harder time getting customers to pay full retail prices for domestically-produced goods. Many customers had expressed they'd pay more for American-made products. When the products came about, we received feedback that the prices were too high. Additionally, the increased production costs essentially cut out any possibility of wholesaling to past customers.
As an example of consumers preference for cheap products, even at the expense of speed, another quote from Marketplace Pulse:
Wish was the most downloaded shopping app in the US last year; they built it on having those $9.99 t-shirts for sale. Wish's founder and CEO Peter Szulczewski recently said "One thing people are overlooking is that we have 600,000 merchants." The vast majority of businesses that sell on Wish are based in China.
I've written previously about how Amazon commodotizes products. When that happens, the brand disappears in the eyes of the consumer. If a listing goes missing, nobody notices. That's not where brands should be if they want to build a long-term business.
For our business, there was no real benefit to moving production to the United States. In fact, it was more difficult to find manufacturers and overall quality was arguably worse, yet we were asking consumers to pay more. Of course, this isn't always the case.
There are consumers willing to pay more if they are given a reason. It's likely not about where your product was made, but why it was made. Great products are made in China, just as they are in the US and everywhere else. Tell the story of the reason behind your product and why it was made to set your brand apart and avoid the race to the bottom.


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The Russian Academy of Arts presents an exhibition of pictorial works by Omar Chkhaidze, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts, a member of the International Association of Fine Arts of the AIAP. The exhibition will include 25 works by the artist, created in different periods of his creative life.
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My thoughts have been with you all this time. Today you are going into your Military Duty for two years. I wish you the best, concentrate on doing your duties and tasks well, always do your best. Put all your burdens in the hands of The All Mighty.
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'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty's Ben Stiller Proposed to Wife Christine Taylor Just Like in 'Meet the Parents'
Ben Stiller has taken a break from promoting his latest film, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (which he directed and stars in), to talk about his personal life. That is, his relationship with his wife-cum-co-star Christine Taylor. In an interview with Parade, Stiller revealed that proposing to Christine Taylor was a lot like his film Meet the Parents . Uh oh.
"[Our] relationship was a gradual thing that happened over a quick period of time, maybe seven or eight months. We just started hanging out with each other and it developed into, 'Wow, this feels great. I really like this person. I think I love this person. I really do – I love this person.' It hit me out of the blue," he said of his marriage of fifteen years to fellow actor Christine Taylor.
But that didn't mean it was easy to win her family's affections. "It was like Meet the Parents in real life, because Christine's father is an intimidating guy who owns a security company; we're good friends now, but at the time I was in the basement rec room saying, 'I really would like to marry your daughter.'" If you recall, the father in Meet the Parents, brilliantly played by Robert De Niro, is also a security enthusiast, even hooking up Stiller's character to a personal lie detector machine he keeps in a hidden room in his basement.
Luckily for Stiller, the circle of trust wasn't quite as hard to tap into as it was for his unlucky-in-love character. "He's a man of few words but he was very welcoming. I was more nervous asking him than asking her."
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Fairfield students make global finals of Destination Imagination
Nearly 20 Fairfield students have qualified to go to Knoxville, Tenn., in May for the Global Finals of Destination Imagination, the competition that combines collaborative problem-solving with creativity and performance.
The students are members of four separate teams that won challenges in the Connecticut State Tournament at Connecticut College in New London in March.
The finals, May 20-25 at the University of Tennessee, will involve more than 1,200 teams from 45 states, seven Canadian provinces and 11 other countries, according to Destination Imagination's website.
Three of the Fairfield teams are affiliated: The Wonderland Booksavers, Six to Six Smarties and Team I.C.E. are coached by Alison Barry, and they plan to go to Tennessee next month.
The fourth team, the Couch Tomatoes, comprise home-schooled students, and their families still are considering whether to make the trip, according to the team's coach, Melissa Prevey.
Some of the affiliated teams had members from other communities, as well as Fairfield.
The Wonderland Booksavers, a team of students ages 6 to 13, competed in the "Real to Reel" challenge, which required addressing a community need, presenting a skit that simulates a news conference and producing a video documentary of the project, Barry said.
The team collected and donated more than 5,000 used books to area communities in Bridgeport and Newtown and to foreign countries, including South Africa and Haiti. Fairfield team members are Brooks Barry, Reid Barry, Maddie Langdon, Claire Langdon, Emma Langdon, Brooks Langdon and Andre Mead,
The Six to Six Smarties, comprising four fifth-grade girls, chose the challenge "In Disguise," Barry said. It required them to create a skit around a character in disguise and communicate non-verbally. The skit also had to feature two masks, one decorative and one that "morphs" into another mask.
The team's skit involved a sacred ground in Hawaii which is desecrated by two annoying tourists, much to the dismay of the medicine man who is disguised as a tour guide. The team included Hannah Ulman, of Fairfield.
In the high school division, Team I.C.E. executed the science-based challenge "Wind Visible," Barry said. It required creating an eight-minute skit about an invisible visitor who sets the plot line in motion. Additionally, the team had to incorporate research about wind energy into the piece and create wind-powered kinetic art to be presented during the performance.
The team's play involves inhabitants of a coral reef who build a wind-powered lighthouse at the request of the ghost of a sailor who was killed in a shipwreck. Team members from Fairfield include Annabel Barry, Quinn Barry, Pierce Barry, Jaden Esse, Sasha Mead, Katie Mucha and Nate Ulman.
The Couch Tomatoes also did "Wind Visible," but in the middle-school age bracket.
The team built a totem pole on which spinning wind sales were mounted, Prevey said, The group's skit involved an isolated tribe that believes weather is created by their god. They are visited by a traveling scientist who explains how weather actually occurs.
Team members include Owen Prevey-Sullivan, Grace Curley-Holmes, Ian Villamil, Caden Hollander and Declan Hanrahan.


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12 Beds apartment on three levels of the building (1st, 2nd and last floor). On the first level you will find a separate bedroom with 1 bed for 2 persons and a room with a sofa-bed 2 persons, a kitchenette , a bathroom (bath, shower, washbasin) and a separate toilet. Sauna with a bathroom (shower, washbasin) and a separate toilet. South facing balcony on the whole level.
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This chalet is in la Villette, 2 minutes from Vaujany. This typical Hamlet is the location of excellence for a peaceful holiday.
For skiing, you have the intermediate station of the cable car (Vaujany-Mont Frais, Alpe d'Huez Ski area) and the end of the skirun (La Vaujaniat) nearby (300 m walking), to the stores, you will find everything at Vaujany, 2 minute driving or 7 minutes on foot.
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iReports for GustavSeptember 8, 2008
"Where is Entergy?," asks mayorSeptember 5, 2008
"…As of 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Boihem said 32,000 people in Tangipahoa Parish remained without power.
Just before midnight Wednesday, the area from Westin Avenue to East Thomas Street to Pine Street to South Morrison Boulevard to Club Deluxe to Southwest Railroad Avenue to Old Covington Avenue received power. Crews' work on Wednesday meant all hotels in Hammond now have power.
Downtown Hammond remained dark Thursday…"
And from the emergency.louisiana.gov website Sept. 5, 2008
Evacuees with medical needs will be sent to shelters in Baton Rouge, Alexandria, Monroe, Bossier City and Hammond.
However, they should first call one of the lines below to be certified by a nurse.
- New Orleans 1-866-280-2068
- Baton Rouge 1-800-349-1372
- Houma-Thibodaux 1-800-228-9409
- Lafayette 1-800-901-3210
- Lake Charles 1-866-280-2711
- Alexandria 1-800-841-5778
- Shreveport 1-800-841-5776
- Monroe 1-866-280-7287
- Mandeville 1-866-280-7724
Parish president: Washington needs to be added to disaster listSeptember 5, 2008
"Washington Parish is getting back to normal after its brush with Hurricane Gustav. But as late as Thursday afternoon, Parish President Richard Ned Thomas was still storming.
He said the office of U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise informed him Wednesday that Washington, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and St. Helena parishes were "out of the loop" for federal assistance, which includes financial reimbursement.…" Full story here.
What is the Louisiana National Guard up to?August 31, 2008
Read about current efforts yourself from the Louisiana National Guard website.
View a FEMA photo of Evacuation bracelets being prepared in Lousiana
One question for me, two questions for youAugust 28, 2008
I see from viewing my blog stats people are looking for public transportation evacuation numbers. I didn't know there were any, however, I searched and found a few numbers. I had to Ask Louise from the Louisiana.gov website:
2008 Hurricane: 311 Information line for the City of New Orleans Question Information center during emergencies or disasters affecting the City of New Orleans Answer 311 is the non-emergency information line for the city services of New Orleans. 311 is designed to be your one call to City Hall to gain information or inquire about city services. The 311 Call Center also serves as the information center during emergencies or disasters affecting the City of New Orleans. Residents who require evacuation assistance must register with the 311 Call Center.The hearing impaired can dial 504-658-2059 or 1-800-981-6652. Spanish and Vietnamese language assistance is available.
The specially trained 311 representatives are available from 7AM to 11PM Monday – Friday, and 8AM to 5PM on Saturday. Outside these hours, you can leave a message and a representative will return your call within 48 hours.
What happens if Gustav hits on Sunday?
Now this guy, Mr. Evans has posted a question from Gulfport, Mississippi via Los Angeles Times in blue tape across the side of an "old" FEMA trailer. The LA Times had this to say:
"While other protesters carried signs demonstrating against U.S. involvement in Iraq or conditions at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, Derrick Evans arrived from Gulfport, Miss., hauling an old Federal Emergency Management Agency trailer bearing messages with a different sort of theme.
One, in blue tape on the side of the trailer, read: (This is Question One) "Where did $129 billion for Gulf Coast hurricane recovery go?"
and "…Evans said, "would have no recovery if not for volunteers."
So I surf on over to another article, New Oxfam Report on Eve of Katrina Anniversary Details Roadblocks to Gulf Coast Recovery. Read the report yourself here. I don't doubt the fact that finding adequate housing is a problem as it was a problem BEFORE Katrina. I don't doubt, too, that outside agencies are sucking all of the funds out of programs designed to help Hurricane Katrina victims. I'm seeing it with my own eyes. They hire these people to send me late fliers, ask me to fill out more paperwork so that they can evaluate whether or not I'm "eligible". Meanwhile, these folks collect a pay check. Their bosses collect paychecks. And your paperwork gets shuffled around another group of people who are getting paychecks. All of these people are reaping the rewards of the "Hurricane Katrina Fund" compliments of the US Government. And this leaves me with question two: Why not Louisiana based organizations that had establishment prior to Katrina?
Meanwhile, if that doesn't interest you go and visit the Katrina Memorial where 54 of 85 bodies have been identified. Or you can go to Biloxi, Mississippi an visit their Katrina Memorial, too.


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ABYEI, Sudan — The two army camps face off across a muddy road, one for the former rebels, one for the government.
The two sides were supposed to have been integrated by now into a single army — marching, living and fighting together for one Sudan. Instead, the soldiers eyeball one another across the narrow divide, with thousands more massing to lay claim to the contested oil fields nearby, seemingly bracing for another long separatist war.
This is what peace looks like in Sudan. The much-celebrated treaty that ended decades of civil war between the north and the south, a model the United Nations is hoping to use to stop the bloodshed in Darfur, is at an impasse and in danger of collapsing, according to international experts and officials on each side.
"We're on a path back toward war," said David Mozersky, the Horn of Africa project director for International Crisis Group, which researches conflicts around the world. "We're seeing a military buildup on both sides," he said, and "the partnership between the two sides has broken down."
Officials from the opposing political parties, who have traveled in the span of two years from sworn enemies to awkward partners and now to something in between, are equally concerned. In 2005, they signed a peace accord that ended Africa's longest-running civil war, which killed an estimated 2.2 million people — 10 times as many as in Darfur.Continue reading the main story
Both the north and south say they want to avoid another costly war, and leaders from the two sides acknowledge that they need each other — the south has most of the country's oil and the north has most of the infrastructure. But the two sides are deadlocked over the toughest issues the treaty was supposed to solve: how to draw the north-south border, how to reform a very militarized government (the standard children's school uniform in Khartoum, Sudan's capital, is camouflage fatigues), and how to split Sudan's booming oil profits.
"They are cheating us," said Salva Kiir Mayardit, the president of south Sudan who serves as vice president of the national government under the treaty, when asked about his northern colleagues.
Sayed el-Khatib, one of the architects of the peace treaty and a leading figure within the north's dominant political party, the National Congress Party, denied that the north was torpedoing the relationship and pointed to what he called the southern leaders' "lack of achievement."
"O.K., they say they want $4 billion in oil revenues and so far they've gotten $2 billion, but still, what have they done with it?" he said. "Where are the schools, roads, etc., in the south?"
The linchpin of the north-south treaty is a referendum scheduled for 2011 in which southerners will choose to remain part of Sudan or break off and create their own country. Right now, it looks as if Sudan is headed toward divorce.
"We are still fourth-class citizens in our own country," Mr. Kiir said. "That's why many southerners will vote for separation."
The perennial question in Sudan is whether the relatively small group of Arabs who live along the northern reaches of the Nile and have historically ruled this country will share power and wealth among one of Africa's most diverse populations. Political exclusion was the issue that drove the southern rebels to fight, and it was the same issue that fueled the rebellion to the west, in Darfur, which has blown up into one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
The peace treaty between the north and the south, which American officials helped broker and the Bush administration considers a foreign policy triumph, was supposed to address these center-versus-periphery problems head-on. For the most part, it has stopped the killing in the south, which during the 1980s and 1990s became a wasteland of burned villages, slave raiders and thousands of boys — the famous Lost Boys — trudging through the bush looking for a way out.
But critics of the coterie of men who run the country, a group led by Sudan's president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, say northern leaders have backed away from the greater political reforms that they committed to in the peace treaty — like genuine power sharing, transparency in the oil sector and getting Sudan ready for multiparty elections in 2009. And this may have gloomy implications for Darfur, where rebel leaders have pinned cooperation with the government on some of the very same points.
Nor does it bode well for the United Nations, which has spent the better part of the past year negotiating with Sudan's northern leaders about getting peacekeepers into Darfur. President Bashir finally relented, and a hybrid United Nations-African Union force is supposed to begin arriving later this year.
But judging from its experience here in Abyei, where a huge United Nations force, including armored personnel carriers and dozens of brand-new Land Cruisers, is corralled behind barbed wire because neither the government nor the rebels will allow it to freely patrol, it is not clear how big a difference the United Nations will make.
"Our job has been hindered massively," said Chris Johnson, head of the United Nations mission in Abyei, where the northern Sudanese Army and the southern forces have blocked United Nations peacekeepers from visiting strategic sites.
North-south tensions go back decades, to even before Sudan's independence in 1956. The north is mostly Muslim and historically has identified with the Arab world, while many southerners are Christian and more connected to Kenya, Uganda and other sub-Saharan nations. Beyond that, there is a huge divide when it comes to development, spawned by years of inequality.
While Khartoum has its luxury hotels and shopping malls, the south is where the roads stop. Flying over it, all you see is miles and miles of emerald green. The streets of the south's biggest cities are boulevards of mud. Children go to school under trees.
When Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, came to southern Sudan in early September, he acknowledged the fragility of the peace accord, but pointed to the tens of thousands of people returning home as a mark of its success.
Still, two years into the peace deal, much of the south is heavily militarized. Boys who looked at most 12 years old scampered along the riverbanks with red berets and submachine guns. Hundreds of new recruits gathered under the banana trees. One rebel commander said he was bringing more troops to Bentiu, another oil-rich area like Abyei. Places like these, United Nations officials say, could be a flashpoint for another north-south war.
The reason is that the north has grown dependent on the oil from the south and if the south splits off, the north stands to lose billions of dollars each year.
Abyei was the one oil-rich area on the border that the north hoped to keep, though southern leaders had also claimed it. The area has a Darfur-like mix of Arab nomads and non-Arab farmers, many of them belonging to the Dinka tribe, which formed the backbone of the rebel army.
The government and the rebels appointed a commission to sort out the borders. When it came back with a decision placing Abyei's borders deep in the south, northern leaders rejected the findings, saying the commission had exceeded its mandate.
That rejection has cast Abyei, with a population of around 30,000, into a heavily armed, chaotic abyss. Both the National Congress Party and the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement have violated the peace treaty by not withdrawing their regular forces from the area. The only troops that were supposed to be in Abyei after July were one joint battalion.
The joint battalion is here, with 300 soldiers from each side in segregated camps, their huts rising up from the marshes like mirror images of one another. But they do not wear the same uniforms, carry the same guns or train together. "We just started receiving the same rations," said Col. Valentino Tokmac, a former southern guerrilla fighter. "This is going to take time."Continue reading the main story


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The Altamont School
- Global Initiative -
The world is as connected as it has ever been, and daily, those networks and pathways expand. Yet, gaps endure. Altamont hopes to be a player in bridging those gaps.
In June 2015, The Altamont School was awarded a $50,000 Upper School grant with a $50,000 matching component to initiate and aggressively propel our Global Initiative into life. A 5th—12th college preparatory school in Birmingham, Altamont enjoys and embodies the rich cultural diversity of Alabama's most cosmopolitan city. Our proximity to world class research and arts institutions compels us to contribute to that rich culture.
To that end, we've conceived of The Global Initiative. The Initiative seeks to reinforce the school mission by providing our students with a variety of globally compelling and immersive opportunities that expose students to global realities; educate them about global issues; and engender creativity, curiosity, and compassion. Although in our infancy, we are working towards becoming a true center, a hub for continuing education, exposure, and dialogue in the Birmingham community.
Currently, the Global Initiative employs a multi-pronged approach to enhancing the experiences of both our school and our city. In addition, each school year is guided by one of a cycle of themes—ranging from water to cultural identity.
The theme provides teachers and students a framework for their annual global endeavors. The themes make each year unique, and we revisit them once the cycle completes, to see how they've changed—how we've changed. Within Academic life, the Initiative promotes and supports global inclusion in the curriculum. This includes providing materials, recruiting guests, or promoting professional development opportunities. Our Idea Lab offers students and faculty an opportunity to apply for grants to support development and projects that are global in nature, which will enhance the community. The Initiative's most visible presence is through extra-curricular endeavors. We bring globally relevant guests to campus for assemblies or public lectures, organize symposia, and promote global arts. Several extra-curricular highlights of the 2015-16 school year have been our Global Film Series, a program with The Alabama Symphony's dynamic new Music Director Carlos Izcaray, and a visit from His Excellency, the Belgian Ambassador to the United States, Johan Verbeke. Finally, the Initiative is proud to host the GELL Presentation Series, an opportunity for traditional lectures, multimedia presentations, and performances—all aligned with the annual global theme that is open to the community. All members of the Altamont Community can present at GELL. Expertise is welcome but not a prerequisite; we're looking for passion, perspective, and creativity. An idea that changes any life is one worth sharing.
Check us out at http://www.altamontglobal.weebly.com
For more information about Altamont, visit us at www.altamontschool.org/
Niko Tsivourakis, Global Initiative Director


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