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Glen Rose, Texas: Where dinosaurs walked with men
I live just 45 miles from the town of Glen Rose, Texas, which is the subject of this informative new feature article in The Texas Observer. (Or how should one describe it besides "informing"? Amusing, perhaps? Illuminating? Galling? Surreal?) I've been there, taken the tours, seen the dinosaur prints. But no human prints in among the reptilian ones, alas. Maybe I just wasn't looking closely enough.
In the beginning, God created dinosaurs and humans, and they walked together in Texas. At least, according to many people in Glen Rose. The small town about 40 miles southwest of Fort Worth is home to some of the best-preserved dinosaur tracks in the world; it's also a heavily Christian community where many locals interpret the book of Genesis literally. Their belief is bolstered by a phenomenon in the riverbed. Alongside the dinosaur tracks are what resident R.C. McFall and others call "man tracks"—tangible proof of biblical creation accounts and a refutation of the theory of evolution.
[…] The 113-million-year-old dinosaur tracks, first discovered in 1909, are an important part of Glen Rose's livelihood, bringing thousands of visitors a year to attractions like Dinosaur Valley State Park and Dinosaur World. The town's tourist industry, accounting for $23 million in annual revenue, was built largely on the jaw-dropping fact that fossils this old are still present today. Visitors can park their trailers at the Jurassic RV Park (the tracks actually date to the Cretaceous period) or stay at the Glen Rose Inn & Suites, where the sign features a cartoon dinosaur. "The dinosaurs are what drive us," says Billy Huckaby, executive director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Glen Rose. "You can't develop a town of 2,000 into this kind of tourism revenue unless you've got something really special to promote."
Tourist literature describes the tracks as millions of years old, but not everyone buys the science. "I believe in the Bible," McFall says. "I don't believe the world's over 6,000 or 7,000 years old. Course, everybody's got their own interpretation."
Beyond their appeal to tourists, the tracks have made Glen Rose a destination for scientists and religious pilgrims.
Full story: "Tracking Creation in Glen Rose" by Robyn Ross, The Texas Observer, April 9, 2012
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The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by Chairman, Dr. Bernard Ross, who read the Open Public Meetings Act Statement as prescribed by law. Notice was advertised in the Ridgewood News on October 29, 2004 stating the meeting would be held in room 311 in the Municipal Offices located at 475 Corporate Drive, Mahwah, New Jersey on Tuesday, April 19, 2005.
Notice of the meeting is posted on the Municipal Bulletin Board. The minutes of the meeting shall be available form the Township Clerk, Secretary of the Housing Commission and the Municipal Web site upon adoption by the Commission.
Salute to the Flag.
Present Commission Members: Brotherton, Martel, Plicinski, Raiz, Ross and Snyder.
Also present, Nilufer DeScherer, Associate Township Atty.
Absent Commission Member: Calandrillo.
Plicinski made the motion, seconded by Snyder, to approve the minutes of the March 15, 2005 Housing Commission meeting. All in favor. Motion carried. Brotherton and Martel abstained due to absence.
Snyder made a motion, seconded by Plicinski, to approve the minutes of the Closed Session of March 15, 2005. All in favor. Motion carried. Brotherton and Martel abstained due to absence.
Plicinski, made the motion, seconded by Brotherton to open the Public Portion of the meeting. All in favor. Motion carried.
Sophie Moskal owner of 488 Quince Ct., Mahwah and her associate Eva Chorno, 801 Pond Brook Rd., Franklin Lakes addressed the Commission regarding Ms. Moskal owning two Affordable Housing units, one in Mahwah and one in Saddle River. Following the comments made by Moskal and Chorno, the Commission moved further discussion to Closed Session.
Snyder moved to close the Public Portion. Raiz seconded. All in favor. Motion carried.
DeScherer's letter to Lucy Voorhoeve, Executive Director of the Council on Affordable Housing in Trenton, regarding the Township's updated efforts to implement its spending plan was reviewed. Raiz asked if the no rental clause should be added to Section II, paragraph b, under Affordability Assistance. DeScherer will add this language to the Attorney letters which Reed sends out, it does not require COAH's approval. Martel asked how paragraph c, Hardship Assistance would be handled? DeScherer will check if a Hardship Assistance payment can be sent directly to a Mortgage Company by the Twp. should the need arise.
The Commission reviewed the letter received from the owner of 691 Plum Terrace regarding the $500.00 rental fee. After a lengthy discussion the Commission unanimously concluded that this is the policy in place and in order to maintain a fair program, everyone must adhere to the same regulations.
Brotherton made the motion that the $500.00 fee is due and payable each time an owner rents a unit to a new tenant. Seconded by Snyder.
ROLL CALL: Yes Brotherton, Yes Martel, Yes Plicinski, Yes Raiz, Yes Ross, Yes Snyder.
Louis Barbuto, Mgr. of Norfolk Village senior complex, notified the Commission the income limits for 2005 will remain the same as 2004; there will not be any rental increase for the 2005 rental year.
Reed's letter to the owner of 107 Raintree Lane regarding a potential violation was discussed.
The issue at 2114 Hawthorne Lane was revisited, the owner has until June 1, 2005 to bring the unit into compliance or the Commission will commence enforcement actions.
Raiz's letter to owner of 775 Sassafras Ct. was reviewed - the Housing Dept. has a rental pending on the unit with a tentative move in date of July 1, 2005.
DeScherer left voice mail for Christopher Carton, Attorney for Ameriquest Mortgage Co. regarding the status of 389 Poet's Way and 1523 Faulkner Court.
Report A- Sales/Rentals- five units listed for rent, two sales pending, 3 rentals pending.
Report B- Violations/Potential Violations – The following units were discussed:
107 Raintree Lane
488 Quince Court
775 Sassafras Court
1523 Faulkner Court
2144 Hawthorne Lane
Report C- Pending Foreclosures – No changes
Report D – Current Foreclosures – DeScherer is working with the Attorney for Amerquest.
Report E thru E-3 Affordable Housing Trust Fund- Account balance $1,017.933.62. Reed will add the fees collected on a monthly basis to the report.
a. Violations – Moved to Closed Session.
At 8:15 PM Plicinski made the motion, seconded by Brotherton, to enter into Closed Session for the purpose of discussing litigation with Sophia Moskal and Elaine L. Buccisano-Wraga. All in favor. Motion carried.
At 9:00 PM Brotherton made a motion, seconded by Plicinski, to return to open session. All in favor. Motion carried.
Having discussed the Moskal situation at 488 Quince Ct, on a motion by Committee, DeScherer is authorized to contact Moskal and her Atty. regarding the fraudulent application made to the Township of Mahwah.
Moskal must divest herself completely with no ownership whatsoever of the unit in Saddle River within sixty (60) days of DeScherer's written notice. The Township would then allow her to retain ownership of the Mahwah unit subject to a written agreement that she would occupy the unit, not rent the unit as long as she retains ownership, and have no other occupants.
She or her Attorney must furnish written proof from the Mortgage Company and the Lien Company within sixty (60) that she has relinquished all ownership of the Saddle River unit.
ROLL CALL: Yes- Brotherton, Yes – Martel, Yes – Plicinski, Yes – Raiz, Yes- Ross, Yes – Snyder.
Motion approved.
DeScherer reported Burgis Associates; Township Planner has sent her a copy of the Proposal to prepare a Third Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan requested by COAH. The fee would be capped at $20,000.00. The Commission requested a copy of the proposal for review at the May meeting.
Being no further business, Plicinski made the motion for adjournment at 9:05 PM. Brotherton seconded. All in favor. Motion carried.
The next scheduled Housing Commission meeting is Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 7:00 PM in room 311 of the Municipal Office Complex.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Ann Reed
Recording Secretary
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BALERA is a range of handmade and hand printed bags, t-shirts and other accessories made in Milan. It is collaboration between Edith Poirier (Canada) and Edna Gee (South Africa), both artists, that combines the various influences and interests also found in their art.
Here it is a range of bags, tea towels, place mats I've made with my friend Edith Poirier. We will be at the [re]Vive, Impossible living space from the 11-14 April as part of Milan's annual design week, Fuorisalone. In Alzaia Naviglio Pavese 16.


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Leslie Potter, senior lecturer in industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, is part of a project that received an award from the Presidential Initiative for Interdisciplinary Research program created by President Steven Leath.
The project, called "The Language of Writing in STEM Disciplines", was awarded a proof-of-concept grant for up to $100,000 for one year. Carol A. Chapelle from applied linguistics is the principal investigator on the project. The vision is to create a national center of scholarship for the study of language in academic and professional writing in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The center will conduct research on linguistic practices in STEM disciplines, to improve pedagogy of writing in STEM disciplines, and to develop and apply computational methods for analysis and assessment of discipline-specific writing.
The Presidential Initiative for Interdisciplinary Research program was created to support research efforts with the possibility of leading to major advances, discoveries and technologies.


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This is the first of a series of pieces depicting what I call "musical environments" and is also the first one to use a notation where pitches are partially irrelevant (the instrumentists have a certain liberty in the choice of the pitches). The piece follows the mathematical models for competing species (first part of the composition), logistic growth (second part), and so-called predator-prey equations (last part). The idea I had was to create some sort of laboratory where I put different musical "species" (small objects, like for instance two staccato notes) in a superposing counterpoint, and see how they interact together in the three different dynamic systems described by mathematical models. These models are extremely sensible to the initial conditions (for instance a little two few preys will likely make a predator species go extinct) and so I experimented with different "recipes" until I found the ones that had interesting survival equilibriums; the result is a mixture of evolving counterpoints of objects, where each species has periods of emergence followed by quasi-extinction, and so on. Eventually, most species go extinct before the second, slower, part of the piece, where the clarinet takes almost all the available space, but eventually the other musical gestures come back and a new dynamic population is formed out of its ashes, in the closing section of the piece.
André Ristic was born in Quebec city, completed his studies in Montreal (piano, harpsichord, composition, mathematics), then was pianist at the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal and the Trio Fibonacci. He is currently pianist and keyboardist at Musiques Nouvelles (Belgium) and European contemporary orchestra (France), and splits his time between Canada, Belgium and eastern Montenegro. As a composer he has been frequently recognised by distinctions, and his catalog sports 6 major orchestral works, 7 string quartets, one opera (soon, another...) and many works for piano and chamber ensemble. His music stands stands somewhere between process/repetitive-minimalism and multi-genre collage, with a preference for irony, humour, and unnecessary simplicity and complexity.


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The Nishr Suppression was an operation by Imperial forces to put down an uprising by the native Nish on the planet Nishr in 0 ABY.
An Imperial garrison had been deployed to the planet in 2 BBY, to secure it for the Empire and provide support for mining survey teams. A relatively conscientious officer, Major General Vin Kollis of the Imperial Army was appointed as military commander and Planetary Governor. However, the bulk of his troops were from the occupation force on nearby Mirshilan, and in defiance of their commander's orders, they treated the locals with some brutality.
When Kollis failed to end the troops' provocations, a local rising began. The Nish were only in the early stages of steam technology, however, and the Imperials defeated them with savage efficiency. To show that resistance could not be tolerated, Kollis ordered his TIE/gt starfighters to bomb the three largest cities of the Nish. Additional troops were sent in, raising the garrison to approximately regimental strength.
The Suppression achieved its result: the bulk of the Nish population remained passive, afraid of further Imperial reprisals. However, these events also brought Nishr to the attention of the Alliance, which dispatched a small SpecForce taskforce, thus beginning the Nishr Campaign.


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Hundreds taking swim lessons provided by 100 Black Men
Hundreds taking swim lessons provided by 100 Black Men
Hundreds taking swim lessons provided by 100 Black Men
Hundreds of kids are learning how to swim this summer.
"It's incredible," said Syler Mixon. "It's a great feeling."
It's all thanks to the 100 Black Men of Jackson.
"Somewhere between 400 and 500 students learn how to swim," said 100 Black men executive director John Hardy.
In 2014, the Mississippi Health Department says fourteen children drowned.
Public health officials say the state has limited opportunities for people to learn how to swim, and they recommend programs that promote water safety and offer free swimming lessons. That's exactly what John Hardy says his organization is doing.
"I think the biggest thing they overcome is fear," said Hardy. "We have a lot of kids afraid to even get in the water." "To see them transform over a 2 week period its just incredible."
Not only are the kids learning life saving skills, they're having a lot of fun, too. And parents say they can breathe a lot easier -- knowing their kids can swim.
"I don't have to worry about them drowning, or someone pushing them off the side of the pool and something happening, said parent Lisa Turner.
Instructors say the best part of the class is always on the last day, when the kids jump off the diving board into the deep end. That's when they have officially pass their swimming test.
"It's very gratifying knowing that we can provide this kind of service for our community," said Hardy.


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'Tis the season (for Christmas books)
In the book world you can expect certain books to be published at certain times. January is full of self-help, diet, and exercise books for all those people making New Year's resolutions. Summer sees loads of mysteries and an uptick in fiction for women, books about sisters and friends with images of women on beaches … Continue reading
PopHeart's Xmas wishlist
Twas some weeks until Xmas and all through my brain Sweet visions of presents are keeping me sane… Lacoste bathrobe On sale $69.99 at macys.com This gal don't wear kerchiefs, long nightgowns or caps, I wander in robes and in them I nap. Ron Swanson mug $14 nbcuniversalstore.com And when I arise, my head needs … Continue reading
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It's strange to string up Christmas lights around a window framing palm trees and sunshine, instead of cloudy skies and snow. Listening to Christmas music on Pandora just felt like a sham. I wonder how parents in San Francisco justify Santa's sleigh. There's nothing for his runners to skate over in California but fresh asphalt … Continue reading
Christmas pinnacles
You had to know it was coming. Jimmy Fallon hosting Saturday Night Live the WEEK before Christmas? You had to know that the show, at some point, would feature the wacky little ditty "I Wish It Was Christmas." Many years ago the number, written by Fallon and Horatio Sanz, was premiered before the 30 Rock … Continue reading
The war against Christmas music, part 2
In all the time that I worked in a record store there was generally one genre of music that we never really looked forward to playing: Christmas Music. Well, that isn't really true. There were lots of things we never looked forward to playing and rarely did, but Christmas music always felt like such a … Continue reading
#1 Christmas music
This should come as no shock. I mean, when one thinks about classic Christmas records, classic Christmas shows, how can you NOT think of this music? From this classic TV special, now 45 years old, we have Vince Guaraldi's soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas. Everyone, everybody reading this on this site, has seen the … Continue reading
A Bob Clark Christmas
Little Ralphie just wants a damned BB gun for Christmas and all anyone can say to him is "you'll shoot your eye out." Adults are always shooting a BB into the eye of their children's hopes and dreams. Odds are you're at least somewhat familiar with Bob Clark's holiday classic A Christmas Story (1983). It … Continue reading
The customer is always right, and this jerk is a customer
Legendary radio and television comedian Jack Benny has been on my 'to do' list of Idler topics for a little while, and what better time of year to highlight what is still the funniest Christmas TV show I have ever seen: the 1960 "Christmas Shopping" episode of The Jack Benny Program. As a child I … Continue reading
Christmas music
What do you remember about Christmas growing up? Do you remember when it started? I was walking through Meijer with my kids the other day, just as the store's Christmas displays were going up. I said aloud, to nobody in particular, "When I was younger Christmas was in December." An older couple was walking in … Continue reading


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Ok, lovelies. This is the kind of thing that used to drive my coworker Joyce crazy. I think she thought my interest in old drawings/photos/books was a bit strange, and certainly not blog fodder.
The "vintage" Math4Knitters shows have all been replayed! I'm working on a new series that I will launch at the beginning of 2016.
In the interim, my Throwback Thursday posts will be all about me reading this sewing book from the 1930s. It seems to have a lot of great information in it on fitting and design details. I have a copy from my local library, but there's also a version online here.
I'm ignoring her "purchase a new corset" advice and taking away the parts that I think seem useful! I think, at this time, a lot of sewing patterns were sold with just one size at a time, so grading in between sizes was harder. But, it still seems like sound advice for choosing a size to start from a multi-size pattern.
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How to choose the best size, when you are in-between sizes.
- Try tightening your measuring tape to the smaller size and loosening it to the larger size, to really see the difference between the two on your body. You may be comfortably closer to one or the other.
- The larger size can usually be altered easily by adding a tuck.
- In general, choose the best fit for the section of the dress/garment that has the most design details. For example, if a dress has pleats or yokes in the hip area, choose your size based on the hip measurement.
- If your measurements are very different from the ones in the pattern's size chart (bust is one size, waist is another, hip is yet another), try to choose dress patterns that have a waistline seam and gore lines, so that you'll have a better time fine-tuning the fit.
The larger size might be best when:
- You have wide shoulders. (That's me!)
- Your body is shaped more like an oval than a circle.
- You have a high bust.
The smaller size might be best when:
- Your body is shaped more like a circle than an oval.
- You have a low bust.
- Your hips are small, in proportion to your bust.


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How small businesses can withstand cyber attacks
Companies, be them big or small, are often times vulnerable targets for hackers. The number of cyber attacks has constantly grown over the past decade. According to
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How to improve your Wi-Fi network
We are quite spoiled these days, at least when it comes to technology. We have got cell phones that are much faster than our parent's desktop computers, for example. We pay less than 20 dollars per month for fast Internet connections that would have set us back thousands of bucks only a decade ago. A graph from
shows that the US is in the top 10 countries with the fastest Internet connections in the world.
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A new range of ready-mixed concretes has been launched by independent concrete supplier Hope Construction Materials.
HOPEFlow is a suite of high-performance, self-compacting concretes and flowing screeds that can be placed in a fraction of the time of conventional concrete. The product also provides a high-quality surface finish that requires little or no further remedial work.
The range, which is available nationwide, is ideal for any situation where conventional concrete could be used, from foundations and floors to walls and columns. It flows quickly and easily around complex formwork and busy rebar, without the need for vibration, meaning there is no hand-arm vibration felt by users and less noise throughout the installation process.
In addition, the firm is creating a network of HOPEFlow-approved contractors equipped with the skills and know-how to install the product.
Karl Lawes, business development manager at Co-Dunkall, was one of the first to use HOPEFlow. He said: "Using HOPEFlow, you can generally get a newbuild plot of 150sq m poured and finished within three hours, giving the customer the surface finish that they require. The service and technical support we receive from hope is first class and we wouldn't hesitate in recommending any of their products to our customers."
Hope Construction Materials' technical director Mike Bull said: "A combination of concrete additive technology and a formulated blend of aggregate help to give HOPEFlow its remarkable properties.
"After an intensive development programme and live trials with construction partners, we're delighted to introduce HOPEFlow after the launch of the company in January. The idea of self-compacting concrete is not that new, but the innovation is the ability to supply it almost anywhere in the country."
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WASHINGTON - Ohio Gov. John Kasich is banking on Ohio voters who twice elected him statewide to save his presidential candidacy next week. Among those he might be relying on: Democrats who have never voted for him.
WASHINGTON � Ohio Gov. John Kasich is banking on Ohio voters who twice elected him statewide to save his presidential candidacy next week.
Among those he might be relying on: Democrats who have never voted for him.
Across the state, both Democratic and independent Ohio voters say they�ll vote for Kasich or another Republican candidate Tuesday � not necessarily because they love the candidate, but because they are anxious about the prospects of a Donald Trump presidency.
�My friends and my colleagues and my peers at work, we�re all saying the same thing,� said Sara Bentley, 32, who lives in the Hilliard area. �Who is actually voting for (Trump)?�
To be fair, plenty of people are voting for Trump. He leads the GOP field with the most wins and delegates. Still, those who don't plan to vote for him are strong in their opinions.
�I do not want a man like Donald Trump to represent me as an American,� said Carly Black, a teacher from Ashland who describes herself as an independent. She said Trump �epitomizes the arrogance so many people already see in Americans.�
Voters for years have occasionally opted to take part in the more interesting primary contest. In some cases, their votes have been �spoilers� � meant to give their party�s candidate a weaker opponent in the general election. That was the case in 2008, when conservative radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh urged Republicans to vote in the Democratic primary to extend that bruising campaign and attempt to deny Barack Obama the nomination.
In Ohio, state Republican Chairman Matt Borges said that some of this year�s crossover voting will be caused by affection for Kasich, a two-term governor. In Kasich's 2014 gubernatorial re-election, he won in Lucas, Cuyahoga and Mahoning counties, which are Democratic strongholds, Borges noted.
�You don�t do that unless you have some crossover appeal,� he said.
That�s not to say Trump isn�t also spurring some Democrats to vote Republican this year because they are drawn to his candidacy.
Mahoning County Republican Party Chairman Mark Munroe, a self-described die-hard Kasich supporter who campaigned for him in New Hampshire, is taking calls nearly every day from Democrats wanting to vote in the Republican primary.
�And nine times out of 10, or 19 out of 20, you get the sense they are doing so because they want to vote for Trump,� he said. �It�s been fascinating to watch.�
�He�s getting Democrats to cross over,� Munroe said of Trump, �but he�s also getting a large number of unaffiliated voters � people who don�t participate in primaries.�
In Mahoning County, a northeastern Ohio county that includes Youngstown, 8,639 people have asked for absentee ballots. Of those, 759 were Democrats asking for the Republican ballot, and 1,053 were unaffiliated voters asking for the GOP ballot.
�We could have 4- or 5- or 6,000 new Republicans in Mahoning County,� Munroe said. �Which would be a very significant number.�
In Franklin County, meanwhile, 581 past Democratic voters requesting absentee ballots have sought the Republican ballot. Among the unaffiliated absentee voters, however, more have asked for a Democratic primary ballot � 7,382, compared with 4,638 for a Republican ballot.
Josh Eck, a spokesman for Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, said that in �almost every case,� voters will be given the ballot they ask for, be it Republican or Democrat, no questions asked.
In rare instances, Eck said, if poll workers know that the voter requesting a Republican ballot is actually a Democrat, they might make the voter sign an affidavit declaring party affiliation.
Were it a normal year, Kristen Dodd of Bay Village, Ohio, would vote for Democrat Bernie Sanders on March 15. But this year is different.
�I would like to prevent Donald Trump from winning Ohio,� she said.
Dodd, 43, a career-shadow coordinator at a high school, will vote for Kasich, calling him �the least offensive of the bunch.�
�I really just feel like I�d love to give John Kasich a shot if I can,� she said. �Because I�m very concerned about Trump or Cruz.�


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There has been significant buzz recently around synthetic training data for machine learning applications. Excitement around synthetic data — which is data produced by models vs. data that has gathered in the real world — is especially heating up in the autonomous driving industry, where real-world data is expensive and time consuming to collect. Some people see synthetic training data as a way to help level the playing field for smaller companies with fewer resources competing with the likes of Uber, Google, and General Motors, to get self-driving vehicles on the road faster.1
While there is exciting progress in this space worth watching, I am cautious of any approach to generating training data that removes human annotators from the equation. Humans will continue to play a crucial role in creating training data, especially when the task is as high-stakes as teaching autonomous vehicles to understand their complex environments. Instead, practitioners should look to source and integrate human and, where possible, synthetic sources of data to train, retrain and validate their models.
Synthetic Data and Generative Models: A Brief Primer
Modern computers and algorithms are rapidly advancing the state of the art in this area, but synthetic data have been around for a while. These models can be painstakingly handcrafted based on extensive domain knowledge by experts. They can also learn from large real-world datasets to guarantee the data they produce closely resemble what we as humans can observe in our surroundings. Models that learn from large input datasets and then output similar looking synthetic data are known in machine learning as generative models. Believe it or not, they date back more than 100 years[1]!
Generative models belong to the branch of machine learning known as unsupervised learning. Most people, however, are probably more familiar with supervised learning[2]. In supervised learning, we provide algorithms a large corpus of training data that humans have labeled or annotated with some kind of "ground truth" classification. A model then learns from these annotated examples how to properly classify unannotated examples that look somewhat similar to the data it was trained on. Image and speech recognition tasks are all examples of supervised learning.
Unsupervised learning, on the other hand, uses large sets of training data but no labeling or human annotation. In unsupervised learning, the model is trying to capture patterns in the data. Generative models, therefore, generate new examples from a trained model that look like they came from the same distribution as the training data but are in fact synthetic.
New Approaches to Creating Synthetic Data
Last summer, OpenAI published a blog post[3] rounding up exciting new approaches to this research area using deep neural networks. By using these deep neural networks, models trained on natural images can generate novel, synthetic images that look as if they're drawn from the same population as the training data.
There have also been several recent applications of synthetic data to autonomous driving. The Hungarian autonomous driving firm AImotive, for instance, is already using[4] the Project Cars racing game as a source of synthetic data to train its own driving system. And, last year, researchers at the Computer Vision Center in Barcelona published the SYNTHIA dataset[5], a large collection of synthetic images for semantic segmentation of urban scenes. The dataset is intended to help train autonomous cars to cope with situations that are hard to capture in bulk from real-world data. This includes things like understanding different lighting and weather conditions, how to avoid collisions, how to detect the presence of emergency vehicles or road construction, and more.
Why Humans Still Need to Be in the Loop
While it is becoming easier to generate high-quality, realistic synthetic data, it will never replace human-annotated training data collected in the real world. Generative models and simulations are good at providing large numbers of inexpensive examples that resemble their training data. But they are fundamentally limited. They cannot show you anything truly novel that goes beyond this training data.
For example, a generative model trained up on images of dogs is useless if you suddenly need images of cats. To train a new model to generate cat images, you first need to amass a large corpus of real-world cat images from which to learn. To obtain images of cats, you need to comb through large sets of images and identify the images that include cats. To do that, you can either use human annotators, or you could try a pre-trained image classifier to identify whether a given image contains a cat or not. However, to train a supervised classifier like that requires a large volume of human-annotated training data. No matter how you slice it, creating a new model that reflects or references real-world data will require human input.
How Do You Know if the Models Work? Humans
Generative models produce synthetic data that looks realistic to them but not necessarily to a human. The current state of the art in image classification uses deep learning, as do many of the most exciting approaches to generative models, like generative adversarial networks. Deep learning is very good at identifying statistical regularities in large datasets, but recent work[6] has shown it can also be fooled by the addition of certain kinds of statistical noise to its inputs.
This noise — known as adversarial perturbations — can cause deep networks to drastically misclassify images. With their many different architectures trained on many different datasets, deep networks are ripe for falling prey to this type of noise. As it happens, the perturbations themselves are almost invisible to the human eye, and human identification of the images isn't affected at all. So what's the problem? It turns out these perturbations can lead very sophisticated models — even those that are trained to exacting standards on large datasets—to produce outputs with high confidence that are also completely wrong.
Given this, how can we validate that a set of data produced synthetically is genuinely realistic? Or that a model trained on synthetic data is performing accurately under real-world operating conditions? Ultimately, the only way is to check the model's performance on a well-understood set of real-world validation data, annotated with the expected ground truth outputs by, you guessed it: humans.
The combination of machine intelligence and human intelligence is a powerful one. There's a tremendous amount we can accomplish together, and that's how we should think about the future of machines and humans: better together. That's not to say that gathering accurate human data at scale is easy — it isn't. Instead of searching for replacements for human-generated training and validation data, we would be better off devising the best ways to integrate the best of people and computers.
[1] https://archive.org/details/philtrans02543681
[2] https://mty.ai/blog/the-ai-glossary-a-data-scientists-no-fluff-explanations-for-key-ai-concepts/#SL-jump
[3] https://blog.openai.com/generative-models/
[4] https://venturebeat.com/2016/11/14/aimotive-demos-recognition-software-for-self-driving-cars/
[5] http://synthia-dataset.net/
[6] https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.08401


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Since Vacula used his resignation as an opportunity to do more hissing and finger-pointing, I'll give it a bit more attention. Apart from anything else the editor in me is refusing to be silent. He writes really badly, which is another drawback in a director.
Following a lengthy period of self-reflection and deliberation, I am freely resigning from my position…
Bad right out of the gate. Tin ear. "A lengthy period"? "Of self-reflection and deliberation"? Who talks like that? Dude, just say you've thought about it carefully. Talk normal. This impulse to inflate the vocabulary is fatal.
Unfortunately, some persons in this community who have been quite vocal in objecting to my appointment – and many who were quick to dismiss me — do not seem to be interested in that.
Same again. "Some persons"?
…a 'you are with us or against us' attitude is coupled with personal vendettas and whispering campaigns taking the stage regardless of concerns about the cohesion of the secular movement.
How did the stage get in there? It doesn't fit. But never mind that. What a joke: Vacula has been relentlessly pursuing personal vendettas himself, and he's been right in there with the whispering. The pious above-it-all act is just that: an act. (Oh maybe that's how the stage got in.)
Organizations are attacked, leaders of major organizations are condemned, prominent authors are boycotted, and 'real-life' careers are targeted as a result of disagreements or misunderstandings which likely could have been resolved by a simple telephone call…or ignored.
Passive voice, passive voice, passive voice – with no agents. One reason the passive voice is often a bad choice is because it evades the need to provide a subject of the verb.
And then the substance again applies to him at least as much as to anyone else. Vacula targeted me, for one, and I'm not alone in that. He too attacks and condemns and targets.
Almost immediately following my appointment with the Secular Coalition for America, I was the target of a campaign of lies, character attacks, and distortions.
Sounds like your podcast about me, which you never corrected. On the contrary, you did a blogpost complaining about my pointing out that you'd misrepresented me in your podcast. That takes a lot of gall – and very little in the way of "self-reflection and deliberation."
My detractors did not only brand me as an 'enemy of the people' in a similar fashion to the eponymous play written by Henrik Ibsen…
Oh good god. Avoid the self-important note! Plus avoid using big words if you don't know what they mean.
I have indeed made some mistakes and handled some situations poorly in past months. These mistakes were errors of judgment and were not, by any means, coupled with malicious intent. My detractors have blown these mistakes out of proportion almost never bothering to mention my concessions, never to personally contact me in a constructive manner to address grievances, or correct their own mistakes — and treated me unfairly.
Bullshit. Just outright bullshit. I did "personally contact" him – but maybe by "in a constructive manner" means not actually pointing out a substantive misrepresentation. Maybe treating him unfairly is criticizing him for doing something bad. Heads he wins tails everyone else loses, eh?
I am thus putting my personal wants aside and resigning from my position as co-chair of the Secular Coalition for America's Pennsylvania chapter in order to end this toxic controversy. I do not wish to see the organization and its staff which I will continue to support – and many individuals who support me — buttressed with attacks.
Ha! Mustn't rub it in. That wouldn't be constructive, or fair.
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When the subject is drug use by a baseball player in New York City, you know that, sooner or later, Darryl Strawberry's going to get asked about it. That's the way it goes when the metaphor for your career is a check for $100 billion being flushed down a toilet.
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Today we're excited to announce the release of PostSharp 4.1 Preview 4, available for download on our website and as pre-release packages on our NuGet feeds. We silently released two other previews since our last announcement. PostSharp 4.1 is all about supporting new platforms and it is now feature-complete. Let's see what's new in the box:
It made the top of our UserVoice wish list for a long time: Xamarin is now supported as a first-class member of the .NET family. All features of PostSharp, including thread safety patterns, INotifyPropertyChanged and undo/redo, are now available for Xamarin through portable class libraries (PCL).
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In the past, adding a new aspect using the smart tag or light bulb could cause the PostSharp packages to be silently upgraded to the latest version. This is how the NuGet client works by default, but this is quite annoying. PostSharp 4.1 will now always try to respect the version of PostSharp that you are already using in the solution. If a package upgrade is required because the version you are using does not support the requested feature, PostSharp will request your consent before upgrading the package.
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You also can choose between a straight or deckled paper edge.
What are the border options when printing on Canvas?
If your canvas is going to be stretched, extra printed surface is needed if you wish to have the canvas cover the sides (this is called a "Gallery Wrap"). For gallery wraps, we add 4" to the dimensions for stretched canvases (2" per side), plus 1" white border so the canvas can be wrapped around and stapled to the back of the stretcher bars.
Canvases that are not going to be stretched will need a cap frame. These only get .25" added per dimension plus .25" white border.
What format does my file need to be in?
Files must be saved in the size that it will be printed and at 300dpi and saved as a TIFF in RGB format.
How do I save my file to the correct format?
Make sure your file format follows these requirements:
- Set your "Document" width and height at your desired output size—at a resolution of 300 dpi (ppi).
- Save your files in Adobe RGB 1998 color space as a TIFF with no compression (or high quality JPEG).
- Formats Accepted: (TIF, JPG, or PDF).
If any of the info above reads like gibberish to you, give us a call! We'll walk you through it.
Tips for ensuring the quality of your File
- Calibrate your monitor: All computer screens display images differently – in terms of color balance, brightness and contrast. It is worth trying to get your screen calibrated.
- Set your color space: In Photoshop, you should set your color space to sRGB. If you have a CMYK file, convert it to sRGB in 'Image – Convert to Profile.
- Adjust Levels: Often, digital images of artwork can look a little flatter than in real life, and will sometimes need bringing back to life. The easiest way to do this is to go to 'Image – Adjust – levels' and then bring the outer arrow sliders into the middle of the line slightly. As you do this, you'll see the black in the image get darker and the white areas get brighter, adding contrast and depth to the image.
- Save image as .tiff, which will allow you to edit image without losing information.
- Recommended native image to be size of printing size at a dpi of 300, sent at .tiff file.
Framing Options, Explained…
Our custom-built stretcher bars come in standard and custom depths for your gallery wrapped canvas prints.
- Thick Stretch: 1.5" in depth
- Thin Stretch: .75" in depth
- Custom Depths Also Available
Plexiglass Mounts And Finishings
A plexiglass (acrylic) mount is a contemporary solution to hang and display your print. There are a variety of styles and ways to mount your work using plexiglass. Whether you wish to have your paper print adhered to clear plexi, or if your image was printed directly on the plexi, there are many ways to use plexi to display your piece. For prints on plexi, opaque or transparent backings can be adhered to the back of the piece. Your plexi print can also be transformed into a lightbox display. Or, you may choose the most popular option of standoff hardware.
Mounting paper prints to foam core or gatorboard provides a rigid backing to protect your print and a foundation to which frame moldings and installation accessories can be secured. Mounting a print to an artboard is another stylish way to display your piece.
In the most common paper framing style, a front mat in your chosen color and texture can be selected to border your printed image. A mat adds style and function to the piece by creating a visual transition between art and frame while simultaneously serving as a protecting barrier between print and glass. Computerized windows of any shape and size are perfectly made via our professional wizard mat cutter. With this advanced technology, complex mat design options can be cut in record-time.
In addition to the style and type of frame, we also offer glazing options. Glazing, available in glass or acrylic, covers and protects artwork in a frame from damaging environmental factors that can compromise the color and longevity of your print.


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Delivering the best technology, customer experience and value to our members.
Changing, innovating, and growing technology resources to always be your best connection.
- Innovation, strong business practices, customer focus, and commitment to our communities served will be our motto in all work we do;
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Being true to the promise of freedom and justice
I had a quiet half-hour earlier this morning to read today's Wilmington News-Journal. The photo above caught my eye on page A15. Yea! I thought to myself—Standing on the Side of Love. Then I read on, thankful this day that Unitarian Universalism is finding its voice across Delaware, engaging with important public issues and fighting for justice.
The article, "Support mounts Against Indian River's LGBT stance," told how residents of the Indian River School District were continuing to protest the school board's proposal to exclude definitions of the terms lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered from the high-school health curriculum.
According to the paper, the meeting was "dominated by people speaking against board member Shaun Fink, who wants the material to be removed." In addition to being a member of the Indian River school board, Fink is pastor and founder of the Cornerstone Bible Church in Millsboro.
UUs were there, standing on the side of love. The Rev. Michael Smith, minister for the Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware, spoke eloquently about how pushing LGBT youth "back into the shadows of misunderstanding and prejudice and bigotry" would strip them of their inherent worth and dignity. Reporter Rachel Pacella writes:
Smith talked about the values portrayed when Indian River High School's color guard presented the flags and the audience said the pledge of allegiance at the start of the meeting. The district's board would not be staying true to that promise of freedom and justice for all if they cut the LGBT material, he implied.
"We put our hands over our hearts. Some warm hearts," he said, focusing on Fink. "Some very cold hearts."
It's worth reading the rest of the article, if only for the incredibly articulate comments by Bryce only, a junior at Sussex Central High School. I don't know whether Molnar is a UU, but maybe he ought to check us out.
So give thanks this day for Rev. Smith and all of the UUs of Southern Delaware for their continued courage and truth-telling. Warm hearts indeed!
—Jeffrey Lott


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Posted by S.R. on December 05, 2003
In Reply to: War posted by James C on November 21, 2003
: Men didn't find war, war found them
Once upon a time in the land of hushabye
in the woundrous days of yore
They came upon this kind of box
All bound with chains and locked with locks
And labelled "kindly do not Touch, it's WAR"
Decree was issued round about
All with a flourish and a shout
And gayley colored mascots trippling lightly on the fore
"do not tamper with this deadly box"
"Don"t break the chains or pick the locks"
"Please don't ever play about with war"
Well the children understood
children happen to be good
And they were just as around the time of yore
they didn't try to break the chains or pick the locks
they didn't play about with war
Mommies didn't either
sisters aunts grannies neither
They were quiet and sweet and pretty in those wondrous days of yore
Fairley much the same as now
Not the ones to blame somehow
for opning up that deadly box of war.
But someone did,
Someone battered in the lid
and spilled the insides out across the floor
A Kind of bouncy bumpy ball, filled with guns and flags and all the tears and
horror and death, that goes with war.
It bounced right out and went crashing all about
And bumping into everything in store
and what was sad and most unfair
Is that it didn't really seem to care much who it bumped
Or why, or what , or for.
It bumped the children mainly
And I'll tell you this quite plainly
It bumps them evry day and more, and more
And leaves them dead and burned and dying
Thousands of them sick and crying
cos when it bumps
its really very sore
Now theres a way to stop the ball
it isn't difficult at all
all it takes is wisdom
and I'm absolutley sure
We can get the ball back in the box
And bind the chains
And lock the locks
no one seems to want to save the children any more
Well thats the way it all appears
that balls been bouncing round for years and years
in spite of all the wisdom whiz since those wondrous days of yore
when they came upon this kind of box
all bound with chains and locked with locks
and labelled "Kindly do not touch"


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text: Amazing what you can do with a bit of digital darkroom magic in Aperture. This picture of Rainbow Bridge from Odaiba had originally been rather murky and lacking in colour, after a workout with Aperture 2's adjustment controls I was able to bring out some rather beautiful purple and yellow hues. I like it anyway.


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Press release
May 23, 2016, SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Nokia Technologies today announced that OZO - the world's first professional virtual reality (VR) camera - will be used to film a live performance and real-time broadcast by GRAMMY®-award winning artist P!nk at the red carpet premiere of Disney's Alice Through the Looking Glass.
Today's event is the latest in a collaboration - announced in April - wherein Nokia will provide equipment and VR technologies to support the creation of special VR content for Disney films. Most recently, Nokia and Disney used OZO to create 360 degree videos for the premiere of Disney's The Jungle Book.
P!nk's performance, staged next to the red carpet area, will kick off the premiere and will be filmed by three OZO cameras. It will be streamed live to YouTube 360 enabling fans to experience and navigate the concert through the Internet in real-time. On site attendees will be able to immerse themselves in the premiere experience via VR headsets.
"OZO enables powerful experiences by transporting users to exciting new places," said Ramzi Haidamus, president of Nokia Technologies. "Enabling fans to experience a live concert in 360 degrees, from the comfort of their homes, is an example of the immersive experiences OZO can deliver."
"The 360 degree live video streaming event is an excellent proof point of the value of our relationship with Nokia," said Jamie Voris, chief technology officer at The Walt Disney Studios. "The multi-camera immersive experience will allow Alice fans world-wide to participate in this exclusive event in a new and powerful way thanks to Nokia's advanced 360 video capabilities."
Launched in November 2015, OZO is the world's first VR camera aimed at professional content creators. The camera features real-time VR preview, 3D 360 degree spatial audio and video capture, full compatibility with professional workflows and multiple head mounted displays, and the ability to dramatically reduce post-production time, complexity and cost.
The Live VR broadcasting solution for OZO gives viewers the ability to experience marquee events in real time from around the world regardless of their location. The solution will be available to selected partners in Q2 2016 and broadly in Q3 2016.
Fans who are interested in tuning into the real-time 360 degree broadcast of P!nk's performance at 6:00pm PT/9:00pm ET tonight can visit https://disneymoviesvr.com/live.
About Disney's Alice Through the Looking Glass
In Disney's Alice Through the Looking Glass, an all-new spectacular adventure featuring the unforgettable characters from Lewis Carroll's beloved stories, Alice returns to the whimsical world of Underland to save her friend the Mad Hatter. Directed by James Bobin, who brings a unique vision to the spectacular world Tim Burton created on screen in "Alice in Wonderland," the film is written by Linda Woolverton based on characters created by Lewis Carroll and produced by Joe Roth, Suzanne Todd and Jennifer Todd and Tim Burton with John G. Scotti serving as executive producer. "Alice Through the Looking Glass" reunites the all-star cast from the worldwide blockbuster phenomenon, including: Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska, Matt Lucas and Helena Bonham Carter along with the voices of Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall. We are also introduced to several new characters: Zanik Hightopp (Rhys Ifans), the Mad Hatter's father and Time himself (Sacha Baron Cohen), a peculiar creature who is part human, part clock.
Alice Kingsleigh has spent the past three years sailing the high seas. Upon her return to London, she comes across a magical looking glass and returns to the fantastical realm of Underland. Reuniting with her friends the White Rabbit, Absolem, the White Queen and the Cheshire Cat, Alice must save the Hatter, and Underland itself, before time runs out. Presented in Digital 3D(TM), Real D 3D and IMAX® 3D, Disney's "Alice Through the Looking Glass" opens in U.S. theaters on May 27, 2016.
About Nokia Technologies
Nokia Technologies is Nokia's advanced technology and licensing business. Formed in 2014, TECH builds upon our solid foundation of industry-leading licensing and technology R&D capabilities. By focusing on Digital Media, Brand Licensing, and Patent Licensing, TECH is expanding the human possibilities of the ever-evolving world of technology.
About Nokia
Nokia is a global leader in the technologies that connect people and things. Powered by the innovation of Bell Labs and Nokia Technologies, the company is at the forefront of creating and licensing the technologies that are increasingly at the heart of our connected lives.
With state-of-the-art software, hardware and services for any type of network, Nokia is uniquely positioned to help communication service providers, governments, and large enterprises deliver on the promise of 5G, the Cloud and the Internet of Things. www.nokia.com
Media Inquiries
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Wikimedia Foundation joins coalition to promote transversal skills for the 21st century
May 26, 2020
Washington, D.C. – The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia, has joined the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) Coalition for Transversal Skills in the 21st Century, centered on ensuring inclusion, equity, and quality education in Latin American and Caribbean countries.
IDB Renews its Commitment to Support Migrant Host Countries
May 26, 2020
IDB pledges the availability of US$85 million in grants and expects to leverage US$1.1 billion in investment loans from 2020 and beyond The Inter-American Development Bank announced today that it has renewed its commitment to support Latin American and Caribbean migrants and their host communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
IDB launches Sustainability Report focused on climate resilience
April 22, 2020
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched today its 2019 Sustainability Report with information on its integrated approach to sustainability, the footprint of greenhouse gases (GHG) of its loan portfolio and the achievements of its Corporate Sustainability Program. For the first time, the report also includes information on the systematic assessment of disaster risk and climate change from its projects.
IDB to finance regional projects to support coordinated COVID-19 response
April 02, 2020
New submission deadline is May 15, 2020
IDB Group announces priority support areas for countries affected by COVID-19
March 26, 2020
The Group will finance a response to the public health emergency; safety nets for vulnerable populations; economic productivity and employment; and fiscal policies to ameliorate economic impacts. The Inter-American Development Bank and IDB Invest have outlined their focus for deploying the financial and technical resources made available to borrowing member countries and companies to address the crisis created by COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
IDB teams up with TransparentBusiness to facilitate remote access technologies for SMEs
March 20, 2020
CloudWorking trainings will be held to facilitate the successful implementation of remote work programs. The agreement includes the donation of TransparentBusiness licenses to startups and SMEs founded by women. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will join forces with TransparentBusiness, the platform for verifiable management of geographically distributed teams, to facilitate access to remote working technologies to SMEs in Latin America and the Caribbea
IDB Group and MIT Solve announce 10 finalist solutions of the Rethink Plastics Challenge
March 04, 2020
Winners will receive up to US$60,000 in cash prizes and the opportunity to have a pilot of up to US$250,000 with the IDB Group. The IDB Group, formed by the Inter-American Development Bank,
IDB Group sets climate-related financing at an annual floor of 30% until 2023
January 30, 2020
The Board of the IDB Group, in its 2020-2023 Corporate Results Framework, has set the financing related to climate change to an annual floor of 30% for each of its windows, which includes the IDB, IDB Invest and IDB Lab, for the next four years.
The Bahamas to promote renewable energy with IDB support
January 29, 2020
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a US$ 170 million Conditional Credit Line for Investment Project (CCLIP) to advance deployment of renewable energy in The Bahamas along with the first operation of the CCLIP in the amount of US$ 80 million. This first operation will support the Government of the Bahamas with rehabilitation of critical energy infrastructure and restoration of electricity service in the islands affected by hurricane Dorian, while facilitating the introduction of renewable energy.
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund to Support IDB Social Projects
January 15, 2020
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) have partnered to promote and develop socially responsible capital markets through investments in IDB Social Bonds focused on Education-Youth-Employment (EYE).


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Become more knowledgeable.
Education is the key to making better financial decisions
Financial literacy is more than just being able to buy a house, know whether to buy or lease a car or balance a checkbook. Your financial health depends greatly on your understanding of how to manage money. In the US, we make great efforts to teach children to read and write, but we don't provide the same education for their financial literacy. As a result, far too few people know how to manage their personal financial lives. These resources can help you get started on your road to making better financial decisions and improving your financial health.
Start building your financial literacy today by clicking on any of the links below.
Credit Cards
FRB Consumer's Guide to Credit Cards
Federal Reserve Board's guide to navigating the process of obtaining and using credit cards
Federal Student Aid website dedicated to finding the resources you need to make college a reality.
Not-for-profit association to help students and parents prepare for a successful college experience.
Federal Student Financial Aid
US Department of Education website with all you need to know about federal student aid programs
Federal Student Loans
US Department of Education's website that teaches you how to obtain and manage your student loans.
Fin Aid
Comprehensive, independent guide to learning about and applying for financial aid for higher education.
Investor's Clearinghouse
529s & More: Resources to help plan for higher education through 529 College Savings Plans.
Home Ownership
Federal Housing Administration
Learn about home buying from the largest government insurer of mortgages in the world.
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Single source for information on renting, financing, buying, and owning a home in the United States.
Money Management
FDIC Money Smart
A financial education site sponsored by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Multiple financial topics
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Website that explains financial information so consumers can make better financial decisions
Financial Literacy & Education Commission
Government-sponsored website dedicated to teaching you personal finance basics.
**Good for Kids!**
United States Government's Official Web Portal
US government's official online portal that provide easy access to government information and services.
Federal Trade Commission
Official website of the Federal Trade Commission, offering consumer protection and anti-trust information.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
Official website of the largest independent securities regulator in the country.
NYSE Money Sense
The New York Stock Exchange's (NYSE) educational website to help you better understand and manage personal finances.
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
The official website of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Retirement Planning
IRS Publication 590:Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs) Online
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) site explaining IRA contribution income limits and other IRA rules.
Social Security Online
The official website of the United States Social Security Administration.
United States Department of Labor
A complete guide to understanding the different types of retirement plans.