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Whether a steadfast indie, major or startup rights-holder organization, there is nothing minor about the decisions surrounding your digital approach. Rights-holder longevity and success is increasingly tied to digital initiatives and in many ways that means finding the right set of tools for maintaining or increasing independence and control. With the influx of affordable tools, the playing field has somewhat been leveled. But where does it make sense to cut corners vs when does one absolutely need to invest in enterprise solutions? What workflows or value propositions do rights-holders need to take ownership of and what does this all mean for the unique anatomy and relevance of a label and publisher?
This panel will look at the decisions a rights-holder needs to make when constructing their digital setup. From the economics of distribution to the technical requirements of delivery, DSP relationships, publishing, analytics, royalty reporting, marketing and everything in between, this group of experts will discuss their experiences with an independent setup that sees success on digital platforms.
– CONTENTS: the most performing contents when promoting music on the main social networks: Facebook, Instagram and Youtube.
– TARGET: free online tools and best practices when defining a target audience.
For over 20 years, Georgia Taglietti has been Head of Communications at Sónar, one of the most disruptive festivals in today’s scene. In this workshop we will learn how to manage your individual online presence to use it as an example of “best practice” for your communication plans at work or for a brand. Starting from a hashtag game, analyzing individually how much you know about online presence, privacy and shortcuts to optimize your individual assets. In the online world we are all brands and we have to start from our garden before taking care of others. A complete design experience step by step of our digital self-awareness. Computers and mobile phones are required!
4. WHENEVER, WHEREVER: HOW FANS ARE ENGAGING WITH MUSIC TODAY?
Between the advent of digital and the re-discovery of vinyl, in 2018 music rises from its own ashes. How? On the occasion of the publication of the IFPI’s Music Consumer Insight Report, some representatives of the European music industry show the surprising trends of this new musical era, the engagement between fans and artists and the new and ever-changing opportunities for listening, without forgetting the ongoing challenges of the sector.
It’s true, “content is king”, but don’t forget targeting!
Advertising performances depend on content as much as how they depend on target.
Exploding Bands will share their targeting techniques and approach with practical demonstrations followed by teamwork excersises.
Requirements: A notebook (no tablet) for excercises.
THEORY (90’): Most common mistakes when defining a target // Our approach: concentric circles // The study of affinities // Practical demonstration.
Gender Equality is a (unfortunately necessary) hot topic in the global music community. In Italy, for long time this has been given short shrift by the national music business, where executive positions and festival lineups seem predominately male. A change is necessary for the sake of developing the amazing talent existing and emerging within the industry and among the artists.
What’s the state of the art in Italy, as compared to the rest of the world? What’s the artist’s point of view?
Linecheck’s opening panel presents shesaid.so, just launched in Italy, Keychange and other networks and organizations that inspire, show alternatives and help to feature – in the end – talent, not gender.
Many young lives have already been sacrificed on the altar of success. Other communities, first and foremost the US, closely followed by the UK, are already taking remedial action.
PMI – Produttori Musicali Indipendenti, the association of the independent music industry in Italy, brings you an event tackling the delicate issue of mental health in the Music Industry, with a particular focus on the Italian scene.
Let’s get ready for the full program of OFFSónar at Poble Espanyol!


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NZTBA members, owners, trainers, agents and guests are warmly invited to attend the NZTBA Central Districts Yearling Parade, this Sunday afternoon, 14 January (after the Marton Cup meeting at Awapuni on Saturday), beginning at Kim Rennie's new property, Manley Lodge, at 522 Napier Road, Whakaronga, on SH 3, Palmerston North.
Wairarapa regions, has long been a source of top-class horses. In the past month alone we've seen G3-winning two-year-old Grand Dancer (right), SW Kay's Awake, G2-placed Ciara and G3-placed Sitting On A Hill bred by members of the NZTBA Central Districts branch.
And in 2005-06 CD-bred Group winners included G1 Snazzy, G2 Kew & G2 Viennetta.
Yearlings by Elusive City, Rock of Gibraltar, Danzero, Danasinga, Howbaddouwantit and more.

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Our records show that Federation Gardens has Independent Living senior care options for elderly adults in Miami, FL. This senior care provider is located at 10905Sw112thave16, Miami, FL. The red arrow on the below map of Miami is where Federation Gardens is located, which can help if you need to find out exactly where Miami is found. These are the only facts we can confidently tell you about this care provider, but we can tell you about the different senior care services offered at Federation Gardens.
Independent Living : Independent Living Communities are residential areas created for senior adults that want a living space that requires minimal upkeep and provide a community feel. Seniors that usually live there need little or no aid and wish to enjoy life with other seniors nearby. Some independent living communities have age restrictions while other independent living communities attract all seniors. Because certain communities offer specific services and amenities, you should consult with a Federation Gardens representative to check out the features at this community.
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SeniorHousingNet.com provides all the available details for facilities or services that Federation Gardens provides at 10905Sw112thave16, Miami, FL, 33176. Federation Gardens provides an Independent Living for seniors in Miami, FL. We invite you to contact Federation Gardens for specific questions. However, for a quick overview, explore the above community details like amenities and room features to get a sense of what services and activities are available. After you browse the community photos, read the latest articles related to senior living. Search SeniorHousingNet.com for additional senior housing options near 10905Sw112thave16.

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Teeth whitening is a popular cosmetic treatment that can be administered in a variety of ways. Your best option may be choosing one recommended by your dental professional for bright and long-lasting results.
Dr. Dustin Karren and our dedicated team at Karren Family Dental believe a beautiful smile can make for a positive attitude. Our laid-back atmosphere creates a trusting environment that supports successful treatment. We help our patients lift tough teeth stains with customized take-home teeth whitening in Phoenix. Call today to set up an appointment!
The results produced by conventional whitening methods tend to last up to six months, and generally only brighten the visible surface of your teeth by a few shades. Dr. Karren helps our patients interested in improving their teeth’s appearance select a method that produces comprehensive results.
Our practice offers Opalescence® and Sheer White®, two teeth whitening brands that provide you beautiful a bright, white smile from the comfort of your own home.
Opalescence offers several beneficial enhancement products, and at our practice, we recommend the best at-home option that suits your needs. With Opalescence Go®, you won’t need to have impressions taken or wait for customized trays to be produced. There are several flavors and strength levels of the whitening gel, granting users customizable options to achieve their desired results. With post-treatment touch-ups, the results can last for up to 24 months.
By wearing Opalescence for 30 minutes a day over the course of ten days, you’ll benefit from the effectiveness of a professionally administered product in a safe and convenient way. After your initial whitening, you can also bolster your post-procedure maintenance with brushes and pastes designed specifically to maintain and support your bright smile for months after treatment.
Sheer White supplies professional results with the convenience and simplicity of many similar store-bought brands. This option can only be prescribed by a dental professional and is designed to brighten your teeth up to five shades by wearing them for one to two hours a day for five days. Sheer White sets itself apart from other whitening strips because of the SheerFilm® material guaranteeing individualized results. The strips mold perfectly around your teeth for a comfortable and discreet whitening method.
While there are plenty of over-the-counter options to achieve a brighter, whiter smile, few are as effective as the options Dr. Karren recommends to our patients. If you’re looking for quality teeth whitening in Phoenix, particularly the communities of North Phoenix and Moon Valley, call Karren Dental to set up an appointment today.


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As BBYO members around the world come together to celebrate Hanukkah, our Movement will come together to celebrate and support AZA and BBG's teen treasury, the International Service Fund (ISF). This fund is our platform to allocate need-based scholarships, dollars for disaster relief, and philanthropic contributions to charities we support. Every night of Hanukkah, we will be encouraging Alephs and BBGs to make a gift and help fundraise in their community for the ISF. Learn more about the International Service Fund.
Over the eight nights of Hanukkah, we're trying to raise $1,800 for the International Service Fund. Last updated on December 5, 2018 at 4:35 PM EST.
Here's what we know: The International Service Fund (ISF) is AZA & BBG's treasury that allows our members to be engaged in the affairs of the global Jewish community. We also know that the 94th Grand Board and the 74th International Board loves food.
Here’s what we’re doing: To raise money for the ISF, you guessed it, we're having a latke eating competition live from our 94/74 Winter Board Retreat on Saturday, December 8th, 2018 (watch on Instagram Live).
Why should I donate? Because it's bigger than just satisfying the hunger of the 12 members of the International Board. We want to ensure that AZA & BBG have the means to support each other, our communities, and any group or cause that calls for our attention worldwide. Members and communities fundraise year round for the ISF, but we're asking you to help us spread some light this Hanukkah. While you're receiving so many tangible and intangible gifts, it's a powerful moment to take the time to also give.
We’ll make it easy for you. Download the Venmo app and find @BBYOInsider to send a donation to the ISF. Feel free to include some fun emojis with your donation 🤑.
Send donations to accountspayable@bbyo.org, and leave us a note that your donation is for the ISF. We'll make sure it gets to the right place!
Anything one gives for charity will come back to them and they shall lack nothing as a result.
Hanukkah is the festival of lights and commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt. We observe by lighting a Hanukkah menorah (or hanukkiah) for eight nights. Along with participating in the Spread the Light campaign, we encourage you to plan a Hanukkah inspired experience for your chapter or community. Explore these resources to help bring your ideas to life.
Let your friends know where you'll be this Fall with this awesome profile picture frame.
Share all of your Fall Fest posts with the hashtag #BBYOFallFest to showcase all of the incredible events happening around the world. Maybe if you're lucky you'll get a shout out from @BBYOInsider.
Let's go big for the International Service Fund. Help create buzz and excitement around our Hanukkah giving campaign! If you make a donation or have any big fundraising wins, we want to celebrate you. You'll inspire others to give when you share that you did!

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Famine in Somalia: When Does the World Decide to Use the ‘F’ Word?
The word ‘famine’ may be a familiar one, but it is not thrown around lightly by the people who decide when there is one. The fact that most of us today probably associate the term with the 1984 crisis in Ethiopia is testament to its exceedingly careful dispensation; to use it too often would dilute its power to command the attention of the press and governments around the world. Famines don’t happen overnight, but when the United Nations declares one, those governments are expected to pay attention – and help pay to get the situation under control.
On Wednesday, the U.N. declared two regions in southern Somalia as being in the midst of a famine. It’s the first time the word has been used in that country in nearly 20 years and the first time it’s been employed anywhere in the 21st century. The famine comes after months of the worst drought in East Africa in more than half a century, and is affecting about 3.5 million people around the country, most of whom are in the south. Over 165,000 Somalis have already fled to Kenya to get access to food and water; every day, over 1000 refugees are arriving in Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp, pushing conditions there to the limit.
But when did an emergency morph into a full-blown famine? For the U.N., there is a precise and technical set of criteria used to determine when a famine is occurring. At least 20% of the population must be consuming less than 2100 kilocalories a day, 30% of children must be suffering from acute malnutrition, and two adults or four children out of every 10,000 people must be dying of hunger each day.
That’s true even in Somalia, widely regarded as a failed state in which the current government controls little of the country, including the capital. This vacuum had no small part the widespread hunger that we have seen splashed across our computer and television screens this week. The drought, of course, played its role, too, destroying back-to-back crop seasons, and food prices are, once again, soaring. But in the absence of a functional government, the militant Islamist group al-Shabab has routinely hampered aid operations in recent years, prompting groups like WFP to stop its food aid in Somalia last year after delivery became too fraught with questionable conditions and too dangerous.
Good governance — or rather lack of it — has been the tipping point before in turning a food shortage into a famine. As Jeffrey Sachs wrote in this magazine in 1998, Nobel prizewinner Amartya Sen concluded that the Bengal famine of 1943, in which millions of rural workers starved in the midst of an economic boom, came to pass because India’s British rulers were not concerned with monitoring the condition of the colony’s working poor. Sachs writes: “This political observation gave rise to what might be called Sen’s Law: shortfalls in food supply do not cause widespread deaths in a democracy because vote-seeking politicians will undertake relief efforts; but even modest food shortfalls can create deadly famines in authoritarian societies” — or, in the case of Somalia, in societies where there is scarcely a government at all. Hence another nation where residents suffer chronic bouts of hunger and malnutrition: North Korea.
So far, the attention the international community has paid to the simmering problem in Somalia has been pretty unimpressive; sending millions of dollars to a lawless state more or less run by insurgents is an unsavory prospect to the committees that determine where aid flows. But aid groups argue cutting off help is shortsighted. When hundreds of thousands of people are going hungry in one place, their suffering will not remain isolated. “Without an urgent infusion of emergency funds, the famine is likely to spread to other regions in Somalia leading to more starvation, disease and displacement,” Nora Love of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said in a statement released on July 20.
The U.N. estimates that at least $300 million will be needed to address the famine in the next two months. The U.S. has responded with an extra $28 million in emergency funds, in addition to the $431 million in aid already sent to the Horn of Africa this year. Others have yet to follow. “It’s not enough as we speak right now… [but] we do expect a good response,” says Husain. “If not, this is a very bad situation.” If the sudden crop of images of kids with IVs in their arm are any indication, we’re already there.


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How to recover from the polling disaster of 2016? Look beyond polls.
Kristen Soltis Anderson and Patrick Ruffini are co-founders of the Republican research firm Echelon Insights.
Planes rarely crash because one instrument fails or one gauge gives a bad reading. Rather, the right combination of things fail in tandem — a mechanical problem paired with bad weather, a backup system malfunctioning at the same time as a pilot error — leading to catastrophe. The disaster of the 2016 election forecasts is not dissimilar, with a series of mistakes building upon one another to lead prognosticators astray. Pollsters now are sifting through the wreckage to find the black boxes and assess what went wrong in order to prevent it from happening again.
The good news is that at the same moment polling feels a bit broken, there are new tools available for measuring the mood of the people, the tides of public opinion and the swings of an election. These tools — including precise demographic models and social-media data — shouldn’t replace polling. But they could help refine our predictions and our understanding.
Despite America’s surprise at Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, not all polls failed in 2016. The national polling average will probably be fairly close to the final popular-vote result once all the remaining ballots in California are counted. And polls in some states, including New Hampshire and Virginia, got the election almost exactly right. But polls were off in enough other states by large enough magnitudes to mislead forecasters about which states were in play and which way the electoral college would go.
Some analysts have suggested that “shy Trump voters ” were afraid to admit their true preference to pollsters, but it is not clear why this would cause Trump to dramatically outperform his poll numbers in some swing states but not others, and it doesn’t explain why Republican Senate candidates often outperformed their polls by similar margins. There is some evidence for the theory that pollsters’ turnout assumptions were off and that the electorate was simply more Republican across the board, with turnout rising the most in heavily Republican counties and dropping the most among a core Democratic constituency: African Americans. Polls can also err because of late movement heading into Election Day, especially in an election with historically high numbers of undecided and third-party voters. A possible clue here lies in the exit polls, which showed late-deciding voters in those decisive Rust Belt states breaking heavily for Trump.
Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight managed to outperform his peers by assuming that the polls might not be as good as people thought and, as a result, believing there were more possible paths to a Trump victory. But to always assume that the polls might be “off” is not a very satisfying way to address the problem.
Rebuilding trust in polling is key, as polls not only help politicians win elections but also offer a valuable way to tell those in “the Beltway bubble” what their constituents are thinking.
In the worlds of polling and data analytics, there should be a reassessment of how we can accurately determine who is likely to vote. Relying on vote-history data from voter files, rather than often-erroneous self-reports of voting history, is an essential element missing in most media polling. But leaning too heavily on data from previous elections can lead us to miss what’s different about this one. For instance, it wasn’t a given that Hillary Clinton would be able to reenergize the Obama coalition. Meanwhile, conventional likely-voter “screens” — the way pollsters try to filter out nonvoters and improve the representation of actual voters in a sample — have failed in two election cycles in a row, giving Republicans false hope in 2012 and doing the same for Democrats in 2016.
We also may need to look beyond polls alone for answers. Just as you shouldn’t fly a plane until multiple systems are checked and rechecked, we shouldn’t rely on polls alone to tell us how we’re doing. Indeed, there were signs this year that the Democrats’ electoral map was more fragile than the polls made it appear to be.
While the polls gave conflicting signals about the state of play in the upper Midwest — showing Iowa and Ohio leaning toward Trump, and Michigan and Wisconsin toward Clinton — demographically, these states are not very different, each having a comparatively high share of white voters without college degrees. Demographic modeling by the likes of David Wasserman of the Cook Political Report provided a more accurate view, showing the Rust Belt poised to move solidly toward Trump. Nationally, our own demographic model, relying on factors such as the percentage of white voters without college degrees, outperformed state polling averages in anticipating which states Trump had a chance of flipping on his way to an electoral college upset.
We can learn from the digital world, too. One shortcoming of polls is that they can be slow to reflect reactions to fast-moving events, particularly in the final days before an election. Using real-time digital data to derive these insights is intriguing, yet top-line figures such as numbers of searches or mentions are rarely illuminating. In fact, our own analysis of publicly available Google trends found that these measures tended to be negatively correlated with candidate performance. In the 30 days before the election, “Donald Trump” was Googled more in states that he lost than in those he won.
It’s digging in to understand exactly who is talking about the candidates where things get interesting. Throughout the election, we tracked conversations among thousands of partisans on Twitter to gauge which side seemed more interested and enthusiastic at any given moment. The data in the last few weeks was revealing: The volume of liberal attacks on Trump began to decline around the time of the final debate, while conservatives continued to ratchet up the pressure on Clinton heading into Election Day. This reflected a dynamic in which Clinton was fending off a potentially rekindled FBI investigation, while Trump was behaving more like a normal Republican nominee. Was flagging liberal interest in attacking Trump a possible indicator that Democrats might not surge to the polls the way they did in 2008 and 2012? While we should generally be skeptical of enthusiasm metrics — from yard signs to crowd sizes — the ability to rigorously quantify partisan energy levels in online conversations could help answer that elusive question: Who is likely to vote?
Positive online energy, too, may have been an indicator. Media consultant Erin Pettigrew examined Facebook interest in the candidates, finding that it beat polling in predicting the outcome in some states, including Pennsylvania and Michigan. Overall, this Facebook data did not outperform all the state polls, but when combined with the polls, we found that it gave a more accurate forecast of the electoral college than the polls on their own.
Electoral surprises around the globe — from Trump to Brexit — show that we may be overly reliant on horse-race polling. But polls are useful for what they tell us beyond who will win the election. Many of the attitudes Trump rallied voters around (discontent with the status quo and mistrust of political and economic elites ) were popular in polls, even when he wasn’t. This may have been a harbinger of his success and a clue as to where voters would eventually gravitate. The growing availability of data, from digital and traditional sources, and the ability to analyze it mean we now have more than just polls to understand the electorate.

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Weve got lots to share as we ring in the New Year at Display Week 2017! For the ﬁrst time, you can register early online  so nows the time to reserve your spot to join us at the worlds foremost electronic display technology event. Under the bright lights and in one of the most exciting cities in the world, Display Week 2017 will take place May 21-26, 2017, at the Los Angeles Convention Center and feature hundreds of exhibitors showcasing the latest and greatest advancements in the ﬁeld. This extraordinary event, which attracted more than 7,000 attendees last year, also holds a host of other opportunities you wont ﬁnd anywhere else.
New to our line-up this year is the Women in Tech panel, where a diverse demographic of female tech experts will take center stage on May 24 in an energizing discussion that focuses on their unique insights and experiences. Making their mark in todays world, these dynamic leaders are paving the way for tomorrows enterprising women around the globe.
Another special addition, Lighting the Way: Celebrating 30 Years of OLED, featuring an international panel of industry leaders, will illuminate the history and future of one of todays most prevalent and versatile technologies that continues to change the world of electronic display.
You also wont want to miss our exclusive CMO Forum, Wednesday, May 24, featuring top marketing and sales executives who will discuss the myriad challenges  and solutions  to getting ahead in the dynamic and constantly changing world of electronic displays and components. With L.A. being the global center of the ﬁlm industry, the theme for this years discussion will be content meets displays and focus on the challenges of the post-production industry and its inﬂuences on displays. Our panel will be moderated by Dr. Tara Akhavan, founder of Irystec.
Additionally, 2017s I-Zone will be bigger than ever, with expanded ﬂoor space where some of the worlds brightest inventors will showcase new products and technology that havent even hit the market yet!
And speaking of new products, the New Product Showcase is your one-stop-shop to see a preview of todays hottest technologies and help you plan your Display Week experience.
Display Week 2017 also oﬀers in-depth, professional programming that presents the freshest ideas and discusses the newest technologies on the horizon. Our exclusive 2017 Technical Symposium, one of the most highly anticipated gatherings of the year, features world-renowned experts who will discuss these key areas: Augmented and Virtual Reality, Digital-Signage Display Solutions, Applications, Automotive Displays and Infotainment, Display Materials and Processes, and Wearable Displays. In addition, you can look forward to our informative Business Conference, as well as the Automotive Market Conference and the AR/VR Wearable Displays Conference  all of which will be co-produced with Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) this year. Our ever-popular Monday Technical Seminars and Sunday Short Courses are also returning in 2017.
With so much to see and do - what are you waiting for? Register today for Display Week 2017 and start planning your trip to Los Angeles.
Join us for the ﬁrst Women in Tech panel discussion, Wednesday, May 24, 4-5 p.m., featuring a line-up of today's foremost female leaders in the tech industry who will discuss a variety of topics and advances in the ﬁeld.
The panel will be moderated by Rashmi Rao, Senior Director, Advanced Engineering for Harman and Display Week 2017 Technical Program Chair.
This exclusive event will be followed immediately by a networking opportunity where youll have a chance to meet the panelists personally, and connect with colleagues from around the world. Click here for more information and to register for Display Week 2017.
Display Weeks annual I-Zone competition is the chance of a lifetime for researchers and inventors ranging from start-ups to educational institutions and small businesses. Every year, Display Week reviews applications from around the world that feature emerging technologies and new products that havent hit the market yet, and awards free space at the exhibition where thousands of attendees  and potential investors and business partners  will be able to see it. I-Zone winners have booths in a dedicated area on the exhibition ﬂoor, right alongside more established companies. Due to its popularity, weve expanded the I-Zone area for 2017 - so make sure you stop by! The 2017 I-Zone is sponsored by E Ink.
Check out the 2016 winner for Best Prototype, nVerpix, and the other 2016 I-Zone exhibitors.
Three decades later, the technology behind organic light-emitting diodes is thriving  which is a rare occurrence in a ﬁeld that moves as fast as the speed of light. Join us on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, 3:40-5 p.m., to ﬁnd out what continues to make OLED so attractive to inventors and consumers alike.
Focused on technologies that create new markets through increased capabilities, this track covers new enabling innovations and applications, such as controller solutions optimizing color space use and high-dynamic-range implementations; new LED implementations leveraging ﬂip-chip and chip-on-board solutions; down-conversion materials (phosphors, quantum dots); e-paper; reﬂective displays; and unique visualization solutions (compound curves, circles, ﬁber light guides).
Wearables are the next step in the mobile computing revolution and, as the most mobile and personal form of technology to the users, wearable devices present a host of opportunities and challenges. Find out what you need to know about this exciting ﬁeld, including wearable product design and concepts; low-power, ﬂexible, stretchable and textile wearable display advances; directive-view wearable displays; and micro-display design suitable for wearable applications like head-mounted displays.
Display Week is home to the annual SID Honors & Awards Banquet, where SID honors individuals who have made signiﬁcant contributions to the electronic display industry during the past year. From scientists and researchers to engineers and business leaders, SID is proud to acknowledge those who are advancing technology and creating fertile ground for the next generation of professionals.
The Display Industry Awards are the industrys most prestigious awards. For more than 20 years, they have honored and recognized the best display products and applications that have made a signiﬁcant impact in the ﬁeld. The awards are granted for technologies introduced to the market in the previous year in three diﬀerent categories: Display of the Year, Display Application of the Year and Display Component of the Year.
Check out last years winners.
Display Week is as well-known for its focus on the business of display technology, as it is for showcasing the latest technology itself. Every year, it features a Business Track that includes conferences focused on the business end of the ﬁeld. This year, SID will be partnering with Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) to produce these important events.
Featuring inﬂuential speakers who have provided valuable insights on the health and outlook of the display supply chain, this dynamic event will provide the latest results and forecasts for each layer of the display supply chain and where growth, proﬁts and the highest returns are likely. Our prestigious line-up includes Dr. Brian Shieh, Corporate Vice President & General Manager, Display and Flexible Technology Group, Applied Materials; John Zhang, Corporate Vice President, General Manager, Corning Display Technologies; Leono Guo, VCSMO, BOE Technology; and Yasuo Nakane, Global Head of Technology Research, Mizuho Securities.
The 13th Annual SID Display Investors Conference  which helps illuminate how to set the stage for going public or acquiring additional private ﬁnancing - will include presentations and hands-on demonstrations from many of the most promising private companies in the display industry. In addition, leading executives will keynote on critical topics.
New for 2017, this event will explore business and market issues in one of the most exciting market segments in the display industry. Using the theme of "Safety, Utility, Ubiquity", the conference will cover the market opportunity, from both a qualitative (what products) and quantitative (how many) standpoint, and will discuss in detail the three main elements of the automotive display market - ﬂat panel displays for multiple locations in the vehicle, touch panels and interactivity, and heads-up displays and augmented reality.
This conference will address three of the hottest areas in the display and consumer electronics markets in one event  and address the outlook for these markets and a number of pressing questions: Who will win the headset battle  direct view or microdisplays? Can wearables regain momentum? What are the display requirements in these markets?
Register today to learn about the current and future state of these rapidly shifting markets.
As the premier global event in the electronic display industry, Display Week attracted more than 7,000 attendees in 2016  and this year is shaping up to be even better! Its the place to see and be seen when it comes to emerging technology and new products, and oﬀers the opportunity to meet new customers and ﬁnd new partners to help your business grow.
In addition to the constant foot traﬃc on the exhibition ﬂoor, exhibitors also have a chance to participate in the Exhibitors Forum and the New Product Showcase, which both help increase exposure for your companys products and technology.
If youre involved in any aspect of displays, including display electronics, components, systems, services, manufacturing equipment, or applications, you wont want to miss this exciting opportunity. Find out more about exhibiting at Display Week 2017.
The biggest names in the display industry are on board to exhibit at Display Week 2017. See who they are. See what our 2016 exhibitors say about Display Week.
Display Week always brings out top-tier mainstream media, both print and broadcast, along with key electronics and display trades, bloggers and leading market analysts from around the globe. Coverage surrounding Display Week and its many exhibitors continues to pour in from all major outlets, offering further proof that we are the premier forum for showcasing the latest and greatest display innovations. Theres no doubt, Display Week is truly the place to be for companies looking to increase their visibility among todays leading dailies, business, financial, and electronics print and online news sites. See the 2016 publicity summary to read some of the coverage surrounding many of the companies, both large and small, that exhibited in 2016.
While youre at Display Week 2017, take the opportunity to connect with global media. Conference press releases and news will be posted to our Virtual Press Office where you can get updates from SID and exhibitors.
Leverage Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram networking tools to hear about the latest activities at Display Week 2017. Right now, you can follow us on Twitter @DisplayWeek, and also share your own Display Week-related tweets using the hashtag #DisplayWeek17. We encourage you to promote this hashtag to others within your company to increase your share of voice in the Display Week Twitter stream. You can also join the SID Facebook and LinkedIn group, follow us on newly launched Instagram @siddisplayweek and participate on SnapChat at Display Week 2017 using our conference geofilter.
Our new blog, SID Dispatch, featured on the IEEE Computing Now site, provides real-time insights from the worlds leading subject matter experts about the latest developments and innovations in display technology. Add it to your list of favorites today.
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industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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Tim Becker has more than 30 years experience in public policy and government, including Chief of Staff in the United States Senate for 12 years and Chief of Staff to the Governor of Nebraska for five of the eight years Ben Nelson served. Prior to his Congressional service, he served as Director of Government Relations for Lamson, Dugan & Murray LLP, primarily responsible for legislative lobbying, public policy development, and representing clients on administrative and regulatory matters.
He has been active in national, regional, and local organizations involving government and politics, including serving as Chair of the Western Governors™ Association Staff Council and Vice President of a nonprofit housing and community development organization. Becker attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and majored in political science. Tim Becker is a partner at the Omaha, NE based Heartland Strategy Group.


text: Wish Da Great born and raised in Sprotts,AL in a family of hustle driven musicians. Wish realized his talents and Sagittarius traits would take him far one day at an early age, set his goals, and conquered them one by one. Wish used his writing talent to pen hits such as “Who Dat” by JT Money and J Spin “One Night Stand” after landing his first deal with Slip and Slide Records, then with Universal Records alongside Dallas Austin. Wish discovered his sense of business and launched his own music group Backwood Boyz, who later signed to Gene Griffin. In 2017, he started New Life New Label and New Life New Label Studio. With a lion heart of gold its now his time.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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Thanks to this ranking, you can get familiar with certain IDE and it’s popularity, compare your opinion about popularity of certain IDE with objective data and maybe make a decision about the migration from your favorite IDE to another one. Additionally, you will get information about the best, free IDE and will be able to choose your personal best IDE.
The rating is based on the Google search engine queries analysis and it's updated automatically.The more an IDE is searched, the more popular the IDE is assumed to be.


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The unique style of the Qur’an and the supreme wisdom of its teachings is clear evidence of its being the word of God.
The unique style of the Qur’an and the supreme wisdom of its teachings is clear evidence of its being the word of God. This aside, the Qur’an has many miraculous attributes, certifying that it is the revelation of God. A number of scientific discoveries, that could only be attained in the 20th and 21st centuries, were declared in the Qur’an 1400 years ago. This information, that was impossible to verify scientifically at the time of the Qur’an’s revelation, has proved once again that it is the word of God.
Taken with slight editorial modifications from A. O.’s website.


text: The Tambour World Tour Table Clock is directly inspired by the design of the Tambour World Tour watches. It reinterprets the damier pattern as leather goods heritage on the dial and the spirit of travel with trunk stickers. This timepiece allows frequent travelers to read simultaneously two time zones at one glance thanks to its GMT function.


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The only really interesting thing about the little port town of Eyeless is that once every ten years, the mysterious Ship of the Dead arrives, carrying a crew of skeletons who dance and drink on shore before sailing away once more. No one is more excited for this event than thirteen-year-old India Bones, who, having spent his whole life on Mexico Island, is desperate to leave and explore the great wide rest of the world. When he paints his face and sneaks into the midst of the dancing dead, he ends up plunging straight into the adventure he craves. With an undead crew at his side and a magic ship beneath his feet, maybe India can finally find the father he’s never known. But these sorts of quests are never straightforward, especially not in the first book of a young adult fantasy series.
Set Sytes was born in the misty, Arthurian woods of England and was raised by bears. He is the author of the nonfiction How Not to Kill Yourself as well as many stories of darkness and weirdness and flights of fancy.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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The Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University released a report by economists Lyuba Zarsky and Leonardo Stanley on the economic benefits and environmental risks of the Marlin mine in the Department of San Marcos, Guatemala, which is owned and operated by Goldcorp, a Canadian company.
The mine has generated intense controversy since 2003, stemming from concerns about environmental contamination and violations of the rights of indigenous communities. The Inter American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States recommended in 2010 that Goldcorp suspend mining operations until the Commission could rule on the merits of the petition submitted by the communities. The company claims it is complying with environmental and human rights standards and that the mine offers significant economic benefits, to Guatemala and to local communities.
1.	The Guatemalan government’s share of Marlin’s high profits is small. Guatemala receives about 42% of mine revenues, with local communities receiving only about 5% of revenues. This is far below the best practice in global mining operations.
2.	The environmental risk the Marlin mine poses to local communities is exceptionally high and likely to increase over the remaining life of the mine and in the post-closure phase. While the mine generates significant economic benefits currently, all benefits will abruptly cease when the minerals have been extracted and the mine is closed down. Environmental risk is high due to inadequate government regulation and is likely to increase in the long-term due to heavy metals contamination in water from acid rock drainage, especially in the context of greater rainfall due to climate change.
3.	The Marlin mine is contributing little to long-term sustainable development in Guatemala. Little of the royalty and tax revenue generated from the mine has been invested in public goods such as health, education and infrastructure, which could contribute to economic activities beyond the mine and after the mine has closed.
Zarsky and Stanley make several recommendations for both Goldcorp and the Guatemalan government to increase oversight and regulation of mining and assess the environmental risks to the local population surrounding the mine, with a particular focus on water contamination. They recommend that the Guatemalan government comply with the request to suspend mining operations and that Guatemala’s Mining Law should be amended to capture a higher share of mine revenue and give a substantially larger portion to affected communities. They also recommend that mine revenues be invested in building productive capacities for broad-based economic development in Guatemala.
The report is a product of the GDAE-sponsored Working Group on Development and Environment in the Americas, which has examined the impact of foreign direct investment on the region.
Learn more about GDAE's Globalization and Sustainable Development program.
See GDAE's work on foreign direct investment.
Learn more abou the Working Group on Globalization and Foreign Investment in the Americas.
An op-ed by co-author Lyuba Zarsky on the Triple Crisis Blog, "Searching for Gold in the Highlands of Guatemala."
Gold Fever, the film on Guatemala's controversial Marlin Mine, premiered April 27, 2013 as part of Boston’s Independent Film Festival. GDAE’s Timothy A. Wise joined representatives from the film crew and the Harvard Carr Center for Human rights for a Q&A following the film.
Access more information on the film or help share on social media.

industry_corpus2: Mining


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A New Year, a New You! How often do we hear that phrase during the month of January? Every year, Americans make New Year’s resolutions to improve their lives but 80% fail to keep those resolutions by February. Today is January 24th. Is it time you should begin revisiting resolutions? How can you make sure you don’t fall into that 80%?
Often, when we set goals for the New Year, they are pretty broad: “I want to exercise more.” “I want to eat better.” “I want to destress more often.” Make a small change that you can sustain first. After it’s become a routine, set another small goal. When I first started personal training years ago, my trainer and now business partner, Tom Duer, had me submit a diet log for review. He saw that I consumed a lot of sugar with my Starbucks lattes. My change? Halving the syrup. I got so used to the reduction, that now I can’t stand a latte “with all the pumps.” It’s a habit that I’ve sustained for years, and It’s helped me maintain a steady weight.
It sounds like common sense, but unless you set aside the time to meet your goals, you can’t achieve them. Want to exercise more? Get a personal trainer and schedule your workouts each week. Trying to eat healthier? Schedule time every week to do food prep. Put your schedule someplace where you’ll be sure to see it: your smart phone calendar or a large calendar in your kitchen. I schedule my runs or personal training sessions because I know I’ll always find another reason to do something else.
Look for ways to meet your goals that are sustainable. Be creative in the process. If you see me at the Pittsburgh Fitness Project in the early afternoon, I’ll often be vacuuming our exercise turf but I’m also meditating. It’s one of the ways that I de-stress during the week in addition to running. That back and forth motion of vacuuming helps me to clear my mind, and I’ll often come up with solutions to issues or ideas for projects, like this blog. For me, the steady cadence of a run does the same. Want to exercise more? Take the stairs every day at work instead of the elevator. Looking to de-stress? Practice mindfulness at work by taking a short walk around the office and counting your steps to clear your mind.
Had a rough day and reached for that cookie at work? Exhausted after a long day and skipped that exercise class? Don’t beat yourself up about it. Start fresh the next day. Not ready to tackle a new goal because of a family issue? Revisit your goal in a few months and write down the date on your calendar so you actually do it instead of waiting until the next New Year. Be kind to yourself, and you’ll reap the rewards over time.
Get a Buddy or Enlist Your Partner!
Having a “partner in crime” can make reaching a goal more attainable and keeps you accountable to someone other than yourself. Looking to exercise more? Do personal training with a friend or go to work out classes together. Join a running club and try that 5K you wanted to do. Want to eat better? Do meal prep with a friend or your spouse to cut the time. Doing something in a group usually makes everything a bit easier!
Hopefully, these tips can help you avoid resolution fatigue and enjoy the process of meeting your goals. Check out all the options we offer to help you meet your needs! Try our small group fitness training with our Power Hour classes. Or partner training with a personal trainer.


text: We visited David Young of Capstone Community Gardens & Orchard in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. David came to the area in 2009, following the devastation of hurricane Katrina, to help rebuild houses. He quickly realized there was a greater need than just a physical structure in the community. He started Capstone, a non-profit organization, which takes previously vacant lots in a food desert and turns them into productive gardens and orchards. He currently manages about 20 lots with the help of 500 volunteers annually.


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This world must be a special kind of hell if just smelling food is enough to make you gain weight. The latest headlines on obesity research are saying just that—but smelling is probably only making “you” fat if “you” are a very particular type of mouse.
The story: This study is actually about the gritty details of metabolism, and the subtle signals going around your body (well, a mouse’s body) that instruct cells that it’s time to store fat.
We don’t know exactly what those signals are. Researchers at UC Berkeley wondered if the smell and taste of food might be involved. We already know that we’re more sensitive to smells when we’re hungry, and less so when we’re full. Maybe, they thought, this is a two-way street.
Blocking an obese mouse’s sense of smell made it lose weight.
Mice with a normal sense of smell gained weight faster than mice that can’t smell, even when they ate the same amount of high-fat food.
Mice with a super sense of smell gained weight even faster than the normal mice.
So, clearly there are some caveats here. Mice aren’t people, and that’s a big one. Lots of things that cause or cure obesity in mice haven’t panned out in humans.
Lots of things that cause or cure obesity in mice haven’t panned out in humans.
Second, the mice with the extra-good and no-good senses of smell were mutants that had more going on than just a loss of smell. It’s possible they were prone to obesity (or not) for non-smell-related reasons. And the researchers note that there is at least one mouse strain, which they did not use in this experiment, that has a poor sense of smell and tends to be skinny.
The takeaway: This study is pretty neat if you like to geek out about the details of metabolism, but that’s about it. The researchers hope that someday they can figure out a way to block whatever signals the smells are sending, without having to destroy a person’s sense of smell. We’ll let you know if that ever pans out.


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Video and complete results from local area athletes who competed at the 92nd Kansas Relays.
Do you know a high school athlete who’s both a superstar on and off the field? 13 NEWS wants to recognize their success.
In a statement issued early Saturday morning, K-State announced Rison was suspended indefinitely for a violation of team and departmental policy.
Former Cair Paravel star Peyton Williams was named the 2019 Big 12 Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year on Thursday.
Thanks to Kansas Turf, 140 athletes on the Topeka/Shawnee team received brand new uniforms on Thursday.
The city of Topeka's leading scorer is joining the Ichabods.
The three-star offensive lineman makes a verbal commitment to stay home.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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The needs of transit, cyclists, and pedestrians should be integrated within the design and scope of transportation projects. This can be accomplished by improving infrastructure, modifying design speeds, reconfiguring roadways, and adapting traditional traffic analysis.
Integrate transit priority elements into street redesigns. Complete streets often slow traffic, which improves overall street safety, but can negatively affect bus services on that street. Including bus lanes, signal priority, and other bus-focused elements can ensure that these projects also promote transit use.

industry_corpus2: Transportation


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Tigers outfielder JaCoby Jones had the most Defensive Runs Saved of any outfielder in the majors this season.
But he did not win a Fielding Bible Award, nor will he win a Gold Glove, as he was not among the finalists named at the position in which he was eligible, left field.
Jones actually played more innings in center field this season (that’s where he was Fielding Bible eligible), but at the time of his team’s 138th game (Rawlings’ standard), he had played more games in left. Regardless, he didn’t win in either spot. He was the most notable of a few players who were multi-positional standouts and finished behind Javier Baez in the Fielding Bible Awards, but merit more than a passing mention for their 2018 contributions.
Jones saved 21 runs—11 in 452 innings in left field and 10 in 558 innings in center field. He ranked fourth at the former position and seventh at the latter position. He’s one of five players to record at least 10 Defensive Runs Saved at two positions in the same season since Baseball Info Solutions began calculating the stat in 2003. The others are Alex Rios (2008 CF and RF), Ben Zobrist (2009 2B and RF), Nyjer Morgan (2009 CF and LF) and Ender Inciarte (2015 LF and RF).
Jones’ 21 Defensive Runs Saved rank second for a season among Tigers outfielders in the DRS era, trailing only Austin Jackson’s 26 in 2011.
What made Jones great depended on where he played. In left field, he fared better on balls hit to the shallowest part of the outfield. In center, he provided more value in tracking down balls hit to the deepest part of the ballpark.
Jones was boosted by a pair of home run robberies (one shy of Adam Engel for the MLB lead). They were two of his 15 jumping catches, tied with Kevin Kiermaier for second among outfielders. Only Billy Hamilton of the Reds had more with 18.
Harrison Bader of the Cardinals was in a similar position to Jones in that he split his time between two outfield spots – center field and right field – and excelled at each. But not playing enough at either one may have hurt him when it came to consideration.
Bader saved 11 runs in 615 innings in center field and eight runs in 270 innings in right. He was very good at tracking down balls hit to both the shallowest and deepest parts of the ballpark at each spot. His 72 sprinting catches ranked second among outfielders behind Inciarte’s 77. (Per Statcast, Bader’s 29.9 feet per second sprint speed ranked eighth among those whose speed was measured at least 25 times.) His nine diving catches tied for fourth.
Among infielders, Miguel Rojas’ season of 14 Runs Saved with the Marlins should not be forgotten. Rojas saved 10 runs in 657 innings at shortstop and four runs in 285 innings at third base. He also saved one run in 102 innings at first base, though lost one run in 68 innings at second base.
What was most impressive about Rojas’ play at shortstop was his range (he had positive ratings on getting outs on balls hit up the middle and in the hole) and his avoidance of mistakes. He finished with 22 Good Fielding Plays and 13 Misplays & Errors there, as charted by BIS Video Scouts. (Good Plays are often Web Gem-caliber plays; Misplays are plays that have a negative consequence, such as costing the opportunity for an out.) Rojas’ ratio of 1.7 Good Plays to Misplays/Errors was the best among shortstops last season.
Another infield standout was Joey Wendle of the Rays. Wendle played at least 60 innings at four positions last season. At second base, his primary spot, Wendle saved five runs, with much of that coming through making nice plays on balls hit in the first base-second base hole. He added more value there through his performance in the many Rays’ defensive shifts (which are not counted in the basic Runs Saved computation). He also chipped in a run in a little more than 150 innings at third base.
Jones, Bader, Rojas and Wendle don’t have any hardware to commemorate their work. But they’re worthy of remembering when we think about the year in defensive excellence.
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Dr. Nyasha Junior, a professor of biblical studies, shared a few tips for current graduate students on her blog, No Extra Credit. There, she often writes about higher education, including her own experiences in academia.
Wonder Woman has a Lasso of Truth.
Iron Man has a suit of armor.
I don’t have any secret powers as a professor, but I have found five secret weapons that can make your life easier as a grad student.
1. Fan Mail File – Keep all of your fan mail! It is very easy to dwell on problems and negative feedback. Scan every nice note or letter and save positive emails no matter how short. When you need a quick reminder of your fabulousness (and you will), pick out one and read it.
2. Journal – Write everything down. Make sure that you have a place to keep all of your ideas, notes, and doodles. You don’t have to do full-on GTD. Just don’t try to keep things in your head. There is nothing worse than forgetting a great idea.
3. Slow Cooker – It’s tough to eat healthy meals when you are in a long-term relationship with the library vending machine. Knowing that you have a great meal waiting for you at home can help you to avoid the drive-in. Find slow cooker recipes online. Prep your food the night before and leave the stoneware in the refrigerator. Before you leave in the morning, put the stoneware in the slow cooker and turn it on. When you walk in the door at the end of the day, the kitchen smells great, and dinner is ready!
4. Power Nap – Take a 15-20 minute nap even if you do not feel tired. After a good nap, you will feel revitalized and ready to get back to work. If you can’t take a nap, close your eyes for a few minutes and recharge.
5. Public Library Card – You have a library card for your home institution, but the public library may have a better selection of popular material. You already spend more than enough money on books in your field. Get books, CDs, DVDs, and e-books for free!
These are super effective weapons for me. Find what works for you!

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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The Dempo Group is proud and pleased to have made available a few days ago two computers and a scanner-printer to the new Welfare Centre of the CISF Unit ASG Goa Airport. The CISF Welfare Centre has just been set up for the benefit of members of the Central Industrial Security Force and their families.
Our gesture of support to CISF jawans and their families was much appreciated, with a letter of profuse gratitude to Chairman Shrinivas V. Dempo written by CASO Commandant N. Mrinal of the CISF Unit ASG Goa Airport.
The two computers and the scanner-printer shall help the Centre provide computer literacy and training to CISF personnel and their families.

industry_corpus2: Technology & Research


text: Sherman, Leah. “Anne Savage : A Study of Her Development as an Artist/Teacher in the Canadian Art World, 1925-1950.” In Histories of Art and Design Education : Cole to Coldstream. Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex, England: Longman in association with the National Society for Education in Art and Design, 1992.


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The American Revolutionary War began on April 19, 1775, with the Battles of Lexington and Concord. It was professional British troops, numbering in the thousands, against non-professional Colonials, numbering in the hundreds. The British were marching from Boston to procure military supplies the Colonials had stockpiled in Concord. The Colonials didn’t want to fight but were forced to it. They only wanted the English invaders to leave their land and let them live in peace.
April Morning is a historical novel by Howard Fast, told in the first-person voice of one Adam Cooper, fifteen years old. Adam lives with his family in the village of Lexington in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. On the morning of April 19, 1775, the people of Lexington receive word that the British army, possibly two thousand men, is headed toward them. They assemble a small body of “committeemen” to meet the British. The committeemen are underequipped, of course, and they know they are no match for the professional British army. They believe, naively, that all they will need to do is reason with the British to get them to desist and return to Boston.
The British immediately begin firing on the villagers on the “common” of Lexington before a word can be exchanged. (This is “the shot heard ‘round the world.”) Our young protagonist, Adam Cooper, witnesses his father being among the first to be shot. The Colonials fight back, with much bloodshed on both sides. Adam has an inadequate firearm that shoots birdshot, but still he does his part. In the course of one day, he goes from being a boy to being a man.
April Morning is not a serious examination of war, but is more a personal story of how the beginning of a war affects one person, one family, and one small village. It abounds with clichés and at no time has an authentic eighteenth century feel to it, in the way, for example, of Mackinlay Kantor’s historical novel, Valley Forge. Still, it’s an engaging enough book in its own way that has become a much-read classic, especially by younger readers.
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If Senate Republicans lose two more votes, the bill will likely be unable to pass.
Sen. Marco Rubio says he's a "no" vote on the GOP tax bill — at least in its current form.
Rubio says he wants the plan to expand the child tax credit so that it can help low-income families that pay payroll taxes but not regular income taxes.
If Senate Republicans lose two more votes, they'll be unable to pass the bill. Sen. Bob Corker voted no on the original Senate version of the bill and said his original concerns are still present.
Sen. Mike Lee has also been pushing for an expansion of the child tax credit, but a spokesperson for Lee told CNN he hasn't decided whether he'll vote for the final bill or not.
But Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn says the negotiators are pretty confident they'll win Rubio's vote back in the end.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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I've seen power-Visual Studio users do amazing things with the profiler and debugger. It looks amazing, but there is one small problem. I'm on Linux. No visual studio for me. How do I profile now? There are some profilers out there for Linux too, each with varying degrees of usability.
Perf is a neat little tool that I just found for profiling programs. Perf uses statistical profiling, where it polls the program and sees what function is working. This is less accurate, but has less of a performance hit than something like Callgrind, which tracks every call. The results are still reasonable accurate, and even with fewer samples, it will show which functions are taking a lot of time, even if it misses functions that are very fast (which are probably not the ones you are looking for while profiling anyway).
With a rather contrived example, we implement the infamous Fibonacci sequence in the most pedagogical way possible. Basic Recursion.
It seems that the program stops outputting fast enough shortly after 40 numbers. My machine is able to run 40 numbers in ~ 2 seconds, but if you bump that up to 45, it takes a whopping 15 seconds. But being completely naive, I can't spot the issue. I need to profile it.
Running the program again using this command generates the perf.data file, which contains all of the time information of our program. Other than creating this new file, nothing exciting shows up. It says how many times perf woke up, the number of samples, and the size of the perf.data file.
Okay, great. So basically, it doesn't tell us too much. It does say that we're spending all of our time in the fib function, but not much else. We can hit enter with the fib function highlighted, we get a few options. One is to annotate the function. This shows us a disassembly of the instructions in the function, with the percentage of time being taken by each one. So... we can optimize at the assembly level I guess? Seems a bit extreme. That's a little too low-level for most of us mortals.
There is actually some helpful information in this view if we're clever though. We'll get back on that later.
By default, perf only collects time information. We probably want to see a callgraph since we're making calls. Maybe the base case is the culprit (returning a single number is always suspicious after all (laugh with me here, that's a joke)).
To get the call graph, we pass the -g option to perf record.
And wait for it to run again... Then run perf report again to see the new view.
Not super different. Neat! Okay, so there are some differences between the first run and the second. Namely, instead of having an overhead column, it now has a children and self column, as well as some + signs next to some function calls.
Children refers to the overhead of subsequent calls, while self refers to the cost of the function itself. A high children overhead, and a low self overhead indicates that the function makes a call that is expensive, but a high self overhead indicates that the function itself is expensive.
The + indicates that the function makes a call that is accessible. Not all functions are follow-able, likely due to the optimizer striping the function names (or strip -d which strips debugging symbols) to shrink the binary.
Highlighting a row and hitting enter will expand it, showing the functions called. Note that some older versions of perf show the callees by default, not the the functions being called from the function we're looking at. If you are using an older version it might be necessary to change this behaviour by calling record with perf record -g 'graph,0.5,caller'.
In my case, I expanded the call to the main function, which doesn't spend much time inside of itself. Inside, there are a bunch of calls the the 'fib' function. The bottom one has a + symbol next to it, indicating that it can be expanded. expanding it shows another call to fib, with a + symbol.
So.. eventually, we get this big long chain of calls to fib from fib. So recursion strikes again!
Going back to the disassembly, most of the time is spent doing the mov %rsp,%rbp which are the registers responsible for the stack and frame pointers in the x86 architecture. Since we see that there is a chain of calls to the fib function, and this particular instruction is quite hot, there's a good indication that something about the recursion is to blame. Now we know what to fix. Fixing it is up to you. Some solutions might include memoization, or emulating recursion with a stack and a while loop, or even a combination of both, but that is beyond the scope of this post.
While this is a contrived example, it gives an introduction to profiling using the perf tool. There are many additional features that are not covered here, but this should be enough to get you started with profiling using perf. The results from perf are not perfect, but they are usable. There are other tools out there, but I rather enjoy the interface with perf, and that it doesn't hurt runtime performance very much. What do you think? What are your favourite profilers and tools for profiling?
Master Student in computer science at the University of Victoria. Focusing on software engineering practices; basically looking at the how and why people program. My thesis is on a new model for visualizing git repositories.
Intel IACA is the tool I used the most to develop high-performance SIMD optimized kernels. It calculates the throughput of a portion of code and shows critical sections of your resulting assembly (saturated execution ports, register usage graph etc.).
It's a great way to compare two versions of a same code, especially when you want to fine tune your program by trying to push your compiler to use more optimized instructions.
But let's be honest: at the end, only benchmark numbers matter, which is why I also use Google Benchmark.
I was not aware of these tools and they look pretty good. I'll have to take a look into them.
If you don't want to rely on Intel you can just surround the part of your program you want to inspect with a few asm("nop"); in your source and look for a bunch of nop instructions in your disassembled program. However you won't get any information about the throughput of your program.


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We spent a couple of hours here. Nothing to write home about it but the beach was quiet and uncrowded compared to beaches in and around Lindos. Signposted from the main road but the sign is easy to miss.
Travelling off-seasom with an adult handicapped daughter, this was an ideal quiet beach where she enjoyed paddling in the sandy water and parents enjoyed snorkelling near the rocks at the far end.
Perhaps the best beach in the Lardos area! Contrary to most beaches, this one allows you to actually get in the water without having to navigate through a maze of rocks! Easy on the feet! Nice quiet beach with very easy access!
Away from the hotels and resorts, this is a real little gem of a beach. Enclosed in a bay, the water is shallow, warm and clear. Wonderful place to chill and relax. Best beach is Rhodes!
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HI, can anyone tell me how this beach is from Ixia and is it possible to get there using public transport, thanks in advance, Lisa.
Lisa unluckily I've always rented car when I visit Rhodes...for 20€ a day you'll always find good bargains...public transport in Rhodes is a little tricky...good luck!
What time would be good to ensure sun lounger and umbrella for 3 people?
Depending what month you are there... July & Aug best earlier as the weather gets extremely hot being a small bay, sheltered much more than others. I think 10 ish would be fine..

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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CHANG: So what made the market plummet today?
YDSTIE: Yeah. It was a tough day, and a number of things contributed. Let's start with interest rates. Rates on government bonds have been rising rapidly over the past few weeks. That's made the market nervous. In fact, this is the fifth straight day of losses for the S&P 500. Rising interest rates make stocks less valuable, and there's concern in the market about just how high rates will go. The Federal Reserve has said it will continue to raise rates gradually, and it has suggested it will stop raising benchmark rates between 3 and 3 1/2 percent. So it still has a way to go to get there.
CHANG: So the way I understand it, the Fed usually raises rates to stave off inflation, right?
CHANG: Are there fears of inflation right now?
YDSTIE: Well, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has said recently he doesn't see inflation accelerating. However, the economy is clearly very strong, and the unemployment rate is at a 50-year low, so there's concern in the markets that wages will begin to rise more rapidly, and that could create inflation pressures.
CHANG: But you're saying the economy remains strong, so shouldn't that be good for the stock market?
YDSTIE: The economy is strong in the U.S. and most commentators are saying today's sell-off is not the end of the bull market and stocks here. But while the U.S. economy remains strong, Europe has cooled a bit, as have emerging markets. And the IMF gave a less-than-glowing assessment of the global economy this week - less glowing than it did just a few months ago. And, of course, there are concerns about global trade being disrupted by a trade war between the world's two biggest economies, the U.S. and China, and that hurts stocks.
CHANG: Are there any particular areas of the market that have been hurt by the sell-off?
YDSTIE: Well, virtually, all sectors of the market sold off today, wiping out all the stock gains since midsummer. But the tech sector has been hit the hardest, and it's been one of the foundations of this bull market. In fact, the tech-heavy Nasdaq index lost 4 percent of its value today, and the S&P 500, which also has a lot of tech, lost 3 1/3 percent. So it's been a very tough day for tech.
CHANG: A very tough day, but is this just the beginning of a long downward trend for the market?
YDSTIE: Well, most analysts I heard from today don't think so. Some said the selling toward the end of the day, which took the Dow down from around 500 points to 830 points down, was due to machine trading driven by algorithms that reached levels that call for selling. Given the strength of the U.S. economy and the likelihood of continued high levels of profits in American businesses, it's difficult to believe the market will continue to melt down.
But we are at a point where investors are looking out over the horizon nine months to a year from now and wondering whether the Fed will have raised rates so much that the economy gets pushed into recession. We're also getting to a point where bond yields are high enough that the interest rates they're paying is starting to compete with stocks. We'll see how foreign markets absorb this tomorrow. And then the U.S. market will have another crack at it, and we'll see what happens.
CHANG: I guess we'll see. That's NPR's John Ydstie. Thanks, John.
YDSTIE: You're welcome. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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What Are The Best Stirrups On The Market?
When you are riding, whether you are just plodding around the back lanes or you are a top level eventer, your first priority should be safety. Horse riding can be a dangerous hobby, so all your equipment needs to be of the highest quality, well looked after and kept in good shape to minimize any potential injuries to you or your horse. Saddles and bridles are obviously a key consideration, as is a really good girth, but what about the best stirrups?
Stirrups are very important; they keep your leg in the right place for good grip on your horse, and can encourage a good position too. Losing a stirrup, as we all know, can be the first step to an undignified exit from the saddle, so you need to make sure you have good ones.
Safety: If you do fall, you want your stirrup to instantly release your foot so there is no danger of you getting stuck in it and dragged along behind your horse.
Strength: Your stirrups need to be well made and strong, so they stand up the rigors of riding.
Fit: You need to make sure that the stirrup is wide enough for your foot, so that it is comfortable and so that you don’t get your foot stuck in the event of a fall.
Comfort: It’s no good having the top rated, highest quality stirrups if they are uncomfortable and make your rides less fun.
Secure: Having your lower leg positioned right means that your position on the horse is better, more comfortable and more safe.
These are your standard, good quality stirrup irons that can be found somewhere in just about any yard anywhere in the world. They are a good fit for most feet, and have a built in grip.
Will fit just about any foot – You don’t have to worry too much about not being able to get your boot into these, even if you have extra wide feet.
Sturdy stainless steel construction – Stainless steel is a strong material which will not rust, bend or break, no matter what the weather or your riding conditions throw at it.
They come as a pair – Unlike some stirrup irons, these ones are sold as a pair, meaning that they are ready to go as soon as you receive them.
Ideal for all types of riding – Whether you are hacking, showing, jumping or doing dressage tests on your horse, these stirrups will be just fine for any discipline.
The rubber pad may slide about inside the iron – There have been reports of the rubber pad being too small for the stirrup, leading to slipping.
These are a fantastic pair of stirrups for the price. They are fairly basic, but don’t let that put you off – they are suitable for anything, and will last for years to come so they are a great investment.
These lightweight stirrups are ideal for eventing, as they are incredibly strong and the ergonomic shape means your foot is instantly released in the event of a fall.
Titanium and aluminium construction means they are incredibly strong – Titanium is a very hard wearing material, as s aluminium, and they are both very light, which is just what you want in a pair of stirrups.
Ergonomic design limits damage in case of falls – The way the stirrup is made means that if you do fall off, your foot is unlikely to twist or be damaged on the way down.
A wide range of colors available – Now you can color match your entire kit, including the stirrups! You can even choose between shiny and matt finishes.
Footplate guarantees good grip – The footplate is inclined and knurled, meaning that you are less likely to lose a stirrup and your foot will be in a good position.
They are pretty pricey – You always end up paying more for quality items, and these great stirrups are no exception. Think of it in terms of how many years you will use them for and they won’t seem quite so expensive!
A great pair of stirrups, using the latest technology and finest materials to make sure your ride is the best, safest and most comfortable it can be.
These stirrups really are the top of the range, most sophisticated stirrups money can buy. They have a really space age look to them, which is designed with your safety in mind.
Outer arm is designed to snap in case of a fall – Like the old elasticated sides to stirrups that we all remember well, this stirrup is designed to completely come apart in case of a fall, thus ensuring you don’t get your foot caught.
Stirrup is angled to swing back towards your foot – This is great for those “help, I’ve lost a stirrup!” moments. No more flailing about trying to find your stirrup with these!
Footbed is wider than many other stirrups – This not only offers comfort, but it is safer than many other stirrups as you will have good grip.
Patented flexible outer branch – This branch is made of Elastollan, and it is super strong and durable as well as flexible.
If the outer arm snaps the stirrups are useless – If they snap during a fall as they are designed to do, they will be replaced free of charge but you will have to wait for your replacements, meaning that it may be wise to have a back up pair.
These are a truly sophisticated, state of the art pair of stirrups that are designed to keep you safe and encourage a good riding position. They are well worth the price tag and can be used for various occasions, e.g. trail riding, cross country, pleasure riding, etc.
Good stirrups are the finishing touches to your safety riding gear. As we all know, losing a stirrup is common and irritating, but it can be fixed by having stirrups that angle back towards your feet so you can find them easily. And what about the nightmare of falling off and being dragged alongside a bolting horse? These worries are gone when you buy a pair of stirrups with detachable outer arms. The best stirrups will keep you safe and comfortable on your horse, so it is well worth investing in a really good pair.


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I will be presenting several solo pieces this Sunday. My aim with these pieces is simply that I want to play what I like and like what I play.
As simple as that goal sounds, I find that I often have difficulty with it. I find myself getting distracted by various other things about my music (is it “in” enough, is it “out” enough, is it appropriate, is it “interesting” in terms of form, timbres, harmonies, melodies, etc.), and soon get frustrated with the material that I generate, unable to hear the potential in my ideas and certainly unable to like many of them. While I think that some of those attributes (and many more) are definitely worth exploring in a rigorous way, I ultimately want to make music that I love. If I let go of worrying about those attributes when improvising, I can open myself up to different possibilities, and end up playing things that I wouldn’t have come up with if I had been so concerned with making a theoretically “good” piece.
When I set an intention to play what I like, in most any setting, a shift happens in my thinking. I don’t need to impress anyone, I don’t need to make a perfect piece, I don’t need to feel self conscious… I don’t need to do anything really. I think I usually end up using more space because of this realization.
Setting an intention to like what I play is especially helpful in situations where I’m already dissatisfied with my playing. I can then play pretty much anything and decide to like it! Or, at least find something about it to like. I can decide to see it through even if I’ve never really liked that particular thing before. This is what ends up expanding the types of material that I generate.
I find these thoughts to be helpful not only in solo playing, but also when applied to other people I might be playing with. If I can shift my ears to hear the group as a whole, I can find something that I like and lean into that sound. If I feel uncomfortable for some reason playing with a group, the decision to like what I hear/play can be extremely helpful in getting me out of my negative space, although this is sometimes quite difficult for me.
I hope that some people find these thoughts to be helpful in their own endeavors, musical and otherwise. Thanks for reading, and I look forward to hearing you all make music that you like at Racer.


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Come bask in a healing, meditative soundscape of gongs, crystal bowls, and other inspiring instruments as we tune up and harmonize our beings on all levels. The sanctuary at Unity of Independence is truly that—a sacred space to explore your inner guidance and relax into your own connection with the Universe.
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Are You Holding It All Together?
And I’m not so sure that’s a problem.
Of course there are things about our past we move on from. And maybe even forget..
or at least look at from a different perspective.
But remembering lessons about our past and how they came about can be wise and good.
Especially when we can do it in freedom…not fear…not condemnation.
The years I spent believing I could make God look weak.
Maybe even ruin His reputation.
Proving that God was good and powerful was my personal mission.
You know, make Him famous.
He’s not dead. He created everything seen and unseen and He’s not going anywhere.
He’s famous, whether we acknowledge it or not.
We don’t prove it, we celebrate it.
Sometimes people are weak and brave enough to confess it.
Or worse, it makes no sounds at all.
Instead of sounds, it’s the birthing of secret desires.
And maybe morphs into secret behaviors.
Because IF someone knew, we think it would make everything we’ve ever said about God untrue.
Instead of having a safe place (person) to confess and get the help we need, we hide and do it alone.
We feel the pressure to hold it all together because our idea of “having it all together,” looks nice, neat and explainable.
Forgive my desire to gag right now, but honestly, I could cry…and gag.
The only thing I can explain (Well kind of, not sure how it EXACTLY works) is ..
God has held me together. He holds YOU together.
except for our babies…our loved ones…our tools…our weapons.
Instead of trying to “hold it all together, ” how about letting it all go?
How about letting others in on the mess without fear?
Living an authentic life glorifies God.
It comes out in the open and magnifies Him, not our “perfect” realities.
And there’s something mysterious that begins to happen when we can share our weakness, struggles and doubt with those who care; offering love, wisdom and truth.
He likes it when we can contain both sorrow and joy in our heart at the same time.
To not feel sorrow about the hurt and pain we and others feel is denial.
Or worst, it’s to not care.
God forbid, we don’t care.
God forbid, I don’t care.
I’m no longer afraid of making God look weak. Or ruining His reputation.
No, that would give me way too much power.
I’m more concerned when I start to think I hold this “thing” together.
Instead, I am learning to celebrate His power…to do what only He can do.
If you happen to feel the exhaustion of trying to hold it all together…especially because you are afraid to ruin God’s reputation…Let It Go.
Find a friend, mentor, Pastor or counselor and recover from the pressure of making God famous.
He will help you, I promise.
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Planning a wedding requires a lot of thought, energy and patience—you need to know every detail, down to the tablecloths. And, an important part of your wedding planning will need to be transportation and how most of your day will be spent and where.
For instance, where are you getting your hair and makeup done? Are you having a “first look” or taking bridal party portraits at a different venue? Do all of the groomsmen have their tuxes? These are all factors that can impact your transportation. Be sure to include some cushioning to your schedule in case of any last minute emergencies that might come up.
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text: Photo: globallookpress.com/Serguei Fomine the highest salaries in Russia are received by residents of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Salekhard, Surgut, Khanty-Mansiysk and Moscow, data of the agency "RIA Rating" demonstrate. By drawing up rating experts have calculated a ratio of the average salaries and cost of standard consumer set in 100 largest cities of the country. The maximum indicator was recorded in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. There the average salary in the I half-year 2018 has made 81,7 thousand rubles that allows to buy 3,58 standard sets. Afterwards in the list Salekhard (3,55 sets), Surgut (3,2), Khanty-Mansiysk (3,09) and Moscow were located (2,97). In the top ten there were also Magadan (2,82), Nizhnevartovsk (2,75), Tyumen (2,72), Murmansk (2,61) and Angarsk (2,55). The last place in rating was taken by the city of Shakhty of the Rostov region with an indicator 1,32. Slightly higher in the list there were Sevastopol (1,41), Cherkessk (1,48), Makhachkala (1,5) and Nalchik (1,5). Places about the 95th on the 91st were taken by Elista (1,52), Ivanovo (1,53), Maykop (1,53), Grozny (1,54) and Smolensk (1,56).


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THURSDAY’S PUZZLE— Nothing brings people together like a good one-liner.
The inspiration for today’s puzzle, constructed by David Steinberg and Bruce Leban, came from a quip that Bruce delivered at the National Puzzlers’ League convention. The pair was able to work this joke into a puzzle, and you will find it spread across four entries in today’s grid.
Leaving the theme aside for a moment, the puzzle lived up to a Thursday-level of trickiness. There were precious few giveaways in the fill, with entries like ZANTAC, HEINE and ENAMELER requiring a lot of time to figure out.
At 5 Down, referring to a “pen” as a SLAMMER was a devious example of misdirection, and it only becomes clear when you cross-reference it with CELLMATE at 9 Down.
My favorite clue was “Graduate of Mount Holyoke, e.g.” at 11 Down. I had no idea what their school mascot was, so I was waiting for some crossers to bail me out until it dawned on me that they meant an ALUMNA of the famously all-female school.
This puzzle had its origins at a dinner table conversation at the National Puzzlers’ League annual convention last year. I repeated the joke and David counted letters in his head and announced that it could almost be split into four 15s. With an assist from Stanley Newman, sitting in between us, it fit exactly and David and I agreed to collaborate, with Stanley bowing out. David filled the grid, I wrote a first pass on the clues and we bounced the clues back and forth until we reached consensus. One fun thing about collaborating is getting a different take on construction and cluing. Despite years of experience, as this was my first puzzle for The Times, David’s perspective on “Thursday difficulty” was valuable.
Of my clues that survived editing, my favorite is “Way-out challenge?” I was glad Will kept my Thumbs-up and Thumbs-down clues, but I wonder why he changed Cleveland to Toledo.
I’ve been constructing puzzles for more than 20 years, founded the Microsoft Puzzlehunt in 1999, have served as an assistant editor of the National Puzzlers’ League for the last 10 years, and recently published my first puzzle book, Jumping to Conclusions, a book of hangman riddles available through Puzzazz. I’m currently working on a set of puzzles for June’s Puzzled Pint.
The National Puzzlers’ League convention is always a lot of fun, and last year was no exception! I was lucky enough to be sitting at a table with Bruce (aka Vroo) and Stan Newman (aka Famulus) when Bruce told the kleptomaniacs joke. I noticed that the original joke almost split into four 15-letter entries; if the wording could somehow be tweaked, the joke would be cruciverbal gold! Luckily, Stan came to the rescue by almost instantaneously coming up with a fix! Unfortunately, I remembered reading somewhere that no more than two constructors can be listed in a Times crossword byline. So Stan graciously bowed out of the collaboration.
The grid ended up being much more challenging to fill than I’d anticipated because the traditional grids with four 15-letter entries that I considered all had five-letter entries intersecting the first and last three letters of the middle theme entries. Since our theme entries had to be in a certain order, and the order happened to produce unfriendly letter patterns for those five-letter entries (such as K???C), I had to resort to a completely nontraditional pattern. My goal for the fill was to include as many lively entries as possible, as quote puzzles can get a bit dull otherwise, but at the same time to keep the short fill as clean as Stan would’ve wanted had he been a collaborator! So I kept the word count down to 74 and, after many hours, ended up with a grid that I felt had few trade-offs. Bruce was happy with it, too.
The cluing phase was the most interesting part of the collaborative process. Bruce made a Google spreadsheet with columns and columns of data about the total usage of each of our clues, whether they were similar to others in databases, etc. After many back-and-forths, we ended up with what I felt was an awesome set of clues! As always, though, Will and Joel elevated the clues from awesome to EPIC! Overall, it was a pleasure collaborating with Bruce, and I look forward to seeing what ideas germinate at the next N.P.L. convention. For now, both of us hope you enjoy the puzzle!
For today’s video, let’s listen to “HE’S SO SHY” by The Pointer Sisters.


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