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Matt is currently pursuing a Master of Environmental Management degree with a concentration in Ecosystem Science and Conservation. Matt focuses his studies on wildlife conservation in sub-Saharan Africa with a particular interest in carnivores. Before coming to the Nicholas School, Matt spent two years living in Tanzania managing a safari lodge in the Selous Game Reserve, the largest protected area and one of the most remote locations in East Africa. Previously, Matt volunteered as a research assistant in the Selous and as a volunteer project manager for a community tourism project in Njombe, Tanzania. His first introduction to African carnivores came during a semester abroad in college for which Matt researched man-eating lions in Babati District, Tanzania.
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August 26, 2013 Matt Roganconservation, internships, students, Studying Carnivores in Namibia, travel
My Final Post
A week ago, I arrived back in the States after 30 hours of travel (not including the day of driving from Neuras back to the N/a'an ku sệ headquarters near Windhoek). In my final weekContinue reading
The Dragons of Neuras
On June 18th, we observed a female leopard at one of the Neuras waterholes. We then observed her again at a few more sites around the estate. We noticed that she was very thin inContinue reading
August 8, 2013 Matt Roganconservation, internships, students, Studying Carnivores in Namibia, travel
I Think They're Catching On
A spiteful leopard is out there. A couple of weeks ago, Matt and Kate set a leopard trap-cage on a neighboring property in order to capture Lightning, a female leopard and a N/a'an ku sệContinue reading
Where Did All The Hyenas Go?
When I began writing this blog, I mentioned that I am particularly interested in the resident large carnivores of Neuras, both leopards and spotted hyenas. Since those early posts, I have not mentioned hyenas once.Continue reading
July 25, 2013 Matt Roganconservation, internships, students, Studying Carnivores in Namibia, travel
Leopard Identifications
Above are three photos of leopards. Two photos show the same leopard and one photo shows a different leopard. Can you tell the difference? Not sure? I'll help you out. Start with the clearest photo,Continue reading
Learning to Count: Part II
The first half of the field study is over: we've moved the ten camera traps to new locations on the other side of the Neuras Estate. We had success with the first set of sites,Continue reading
July 18, 2013 Matt Roganconservation, internships, Studying Carnivores in Namibia, travel
Don't Forget the Little Guys
One of the study sites, DRY 2, has been relatively quiet. In four weeks, it has recorded fewer than 20 observations, and no large carnivores. Yet this site has produced some pretty cool captures, particularlyContinue reading
July 11, 2013 Matt Roganconservation, students, Studying Carnivores in Namibia, travel
Big Cats With Spots
I am deeply peeved when people who ought to know better confuse leopards and cheetahs. If you're unfamiliar with big cats, that's different; it's confusing. They're both big and they both have spots. What's the difference?Continue reading
July 8, 2013 Matt Roganconservation, internships, students, Studying Carnivores in Namibia, travel
Learning to Count: Part I
Recently, we saw a bulk of cheetah photographs. Cheetahs may not be residents on Neuras, but we know they pass through from time to time using the farm as a corridor in the larger landscape.Continue reading
June 28, 2013 Matt Roganconservation, internships, Studying Carnivores in Namibia, travel
Playtime at the Fountain
Usually, what I really want is for the animals at the camera traps to pause and stand still. Every so often, however, the cameras catch a bit of behavior. Sometimes it's a relief toContinue reading
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Social Media in Education: Tips from 3 Pros
Rob Fougner
Corporate Accounts Education, Hootsuite
Social media is a powerful and cost-effective way for colleges and universities to engage prospective and current students—along with alumni and the wider community.
But you don't have the time or budget to reinvent the wheel.
Watch this webinar featuring social media pros from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Duke University, and the University of Cambridge.
They'll share how they overcame their social media challenges—and leveraged the power of social media to accomplish their school's' strategic goals.
You'll discover:
How they got executive buy-in on the importance of social media (and what they learned when rolling it out)
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Rob Fougner directs Hootsuite's Corporate Accounts for Higher Education. Rob has been working with Universities to drive the most value from their digital media ever since he joined Hootsuite back in 2013. Rob holds a BCOM from the University of British Columbia.
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Cara Rousseau
Social Media Manager, Duke University
Cara manages digital and social media for the Office of News and Communications and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, and leads social media strategy for the university. She joined Duke in 2011 after serving as director of partnership initiatives for the Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina, where she focused on marketing, strategic initiatives, social media efforts and partnership relations. Cara holds an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School and an undergraduate degree in economics and political science, both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Nicole Ingwersen
Digital Communications Strategist, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Nicole is a storyteller, collaborator, Internet junkie, expert Googler, and laughter enthusiast. As a Digital Communications Strategist, she shares the stories that make (SAIT) a leader in applied education while working to strengthen relationships between all of the institutions' stakeholders. Since joining the Communications and Marketing team in 2012, Nicole has played a key role in a number of initiatives including the development of a social media liaisons group, social policy, guidelines and governance and most recently, the groundwork for an institutional digital voice strategy.
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Head of Digital Communications at The University of Cambridge
Barney Brown's career in Digital Communications has been split between web development and communications teams spanning the education sector, the Forestry Commission and the music industry. As Head of Digital Communications at the University of Cambridge, Barney works in a team of three focussing on the production of guidelines and assets to aid in the management of thousands of websites and social media profiles
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Tag: IceCube Neutrino Observatory
The Earth Does Stop the Occasional Neutrino
At the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica lies the IceCube Neutrino Observatory – a facility dedicated to the study of elementary particles known as neutrino. This array consists of 5,160 spherical optical sensors – Digital Optical Modules (DOMs) – buried within a cubic kilometer of clear ice. At present, this observatory is the largest neutrino detector in the world and has spent the past seven years studying how these particles behave and interact.
The most recent study released by the IceCube collaboration, with the assistance of physicists from Pennsylvania State University, has measured the Earth's ability to block neutrinos for the first time. Consistent with the Standard Model of Particle Physics, they determined that while trillions of neutrinos pass through Earth (and us) on a regular basis, some are occasionally stopped by it.
The study, titled "Measurement of the Multi-TeV Neutrino Interaction Cross-Section with IceCube Using Earth Absorption", recently appeared in the scientific journal Nature. The study team's results were based on the observation of 10,784 interactions made by high-energy, upward moving neutrinos, which were recorded over the course of a year at the observatory.
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. Credit: Emanuel Jacobi/NSF
Back in 2013, the first detections of high-energy neutrinos were made by IceCube collaboration. These neutrinos – which were believed to be astrophysical in origin – were in the peta-electron volt range, making them the highest energy neutrinos discovered to date. IceCube searches for signs of these interactions by looking for Cherenkov radiation, which is produced after fast-moving charged particles are slowed down by interacting with normal matter.
By detecting neutrinos that interact with the clear ice, the IceCube instruments were able to estimate the energy and direction of travel of the neutrinos. Despite these detections, however, the mystery remained as to whether or not any kind of matter could stop a neutrino as it journeyed through space. In accordance with the Standard Model of Particle Physics, this is something that should happen on occasion.
After observing interactions at IceCube for a year, the science team found that the neutrinos that had to travel the farthest through Earth were less likely to reach the detector. As Doug Cowen, a professor of physics and astronomy/astrophysics at Penn State, explained in a Penn State press release:
"This achievement is important because it shows, for the first time, that very-high-energy neutrinos can be absorbed by something – in this case, the Earth. We knew that lower-energy neutrinos pass through just about anything, but although we had expected higher-energy neutrinos to be different, no previous experiments had been able to demonstrate convincingly that higher-energy neutrinos could be stopped by anything."
The Icetop Tank, the neutrino detectors at the heart of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. Credit: Dan Hubert
The existence of neutrinos was first proposed in 1930 by theoretical physicist Wolfgang Pauli, who postulated their existence as a way of explaining beta decay in terms of the conservation of energy law. They are so-named because they are electrically neutral, and only interact with matter very weakly – i.e. through the weak subatomic force and gravity. Because of this, neutrinos pass through normal matter on a regular basis.
Whereas neutrinos are produced regularly by stars and nuclear reactors here on Earth, the first neutrinos were formed during the Big Bang. The study of their interaction with normal matter can therefore tell us much about how the Universe evolved over the course of billions of years. Many scientists anticipate that the study of neutrinos will indicate the existence of new physics, ones which go beyond the Standard Model.
Because of this, the science team was somewhat surprised (and perhaps disappointed) with their results. As Francis Halzen – the principal investigator for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and a professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison – explained:
"Understanding how neutrinos interact is key to the operation of IceCube. We were of course hoping for some new physics to appear, but we unfortunately find that the Standard Model, as usual, withstands the test.
Looking down one of IceCube's detector bore holes. Credit: IceCube Collaboration/NSF
For the most part, the neutrinos selected for this study were more than one million times more energetic than those that are produced by our Sun or nuclear power plants. The analysis also included some that were astrophysical in nature – i.e. produced beyond Earth's atmosphere – and may have been accelerated towards Earth by supermassive black holes (SMBHs).
Darren Grant, a professor of physics at the University of Alberta, is also the spokesperson for the IceCube Collaboration. As he indicated, this latest interaction study opens doors for future neutrino research. "Neutrinos have quite a well-earned reputation of surprising us with their behavior," he said. "It is incredibly exciting to see this first measurement and the potential it holds for future precision tests."
This study not only provided the first measurement of the Earth's absorption of neutrinos, it also offers opportunities for geophysical researchers who are hoping to use neutrinos to explore Earth's interior. Given that Earth is capable of stopping some of the billions of high-energy particles that routinely pass through it, scientists could develop a method for studying the Earth's inner and outer core, placing more accurate constraints on their sizes and densities.
It also shows that the IceCube Observatory is capable of reaching beyond its original purpose, which was particle physics research and the study of neutrinos. As this latest study clearly shows, it is capable of contributing to planetary science research and nuclear physics as well. Physicists also hope to use the full 86-string IceCube array to conduct a multi-year analysis, examining even higher ranges of neutrino energies.
This event display shows "Bert," one of two neutrino events discovered at IceCube whose energies exceeded one petaelectronvolt (PeV). Credit: Berkeley Labs.
As James Whitmore – the program director in the National Science Foundation's (NSF) physics division (which provides support for IceCube) – indicated, this could allow them to truly search for physics that go beyond the Standard Model.
"IceCube was built to both explore the frontiers of physics and, in doing so, possibly challenge existing perceptions of the nature of universe. This new finding and others yet to come are in that spirit of scientific discovery."
Ever since the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, physicists have been secure in the knowledge that the long journey to confirm the Standard Model was now complete. Since then, they have set their sets farther, hoping to find new physics that could resolve some of the deeper mysteries of the Universe – i.e. supersymmetry, a Theory of Everything (ToE), etc.
This, as well as studying how physics work at the highest energy levels (similar to those that existed during the Big Bang) is the current preoccupation of physicists. If they are successful, we might just come to understand how this massive thing known as the Universe works.
Further Reading: Penn State, Nature
Neutrino Detection Could Help Paint an Entirely New Picture of the Universe
The IceCube neutrino observatory buried at the South Pole is one cool telescope. It has detected extremely high-energy neutrinos, which are elementary particles that likely originate outside our solar system. The discovery of 28 record-breaking neutrinos was announced earlier – with two of the particles — nicknamed Bert and Ernie – drawing particular attention because of the their off-the-chart energy of over 1,000,000,000,000,000 electron volts or 1 peta-electron volt (PeV).
Now, a new analysis of more recent data discovered 26 additional events beyond 30 teraelectronvolts — which exceeds the energy expected for neutrinos produced in the Earth's atmosphere, and one of those events was almost double the energy of Bert and Ernie. This one has been dubbed "Big Bird," and in combination, these events provide the first solid evidence for astrophysical neutrinos from distant cosmic accelerators, which might help us understand the origin of origin of cosmic rays. The detection has suggested a new age of astronomy is beginning, offering a new way to look at the Universe using high-energy neutrinos.
"While it is premature to speculate about the precise origin of these neutrinos, their energies are too high to be produced by cosmic rays interacting in the Earth's atmosphere, strongly suggesting that they are produced by distant accelerators of subatomic particles elsewhere in our galaxy, or even farther away," said Penn State Associate Professor of Physics Tyce DeYoung, the deputy spokesperson of the IceCube Collaboration.
This event display shows "Bert," one of two neutrino events discovered at IceCube whose energies exceeded one petaelectronvolt (PeV). The colors show when the light arrived, with reds being the earliest, succeeded by yellows, greens and blues. The size of the circle indicates the number of photons observed. Credit: Berkeley Labs.
High-energy neutrinos can pass through normal matter, and billions of neutrinos pass through the Earth every second. The vast majority of these are lower-energy particles that originate either in the Sun or in the Earth's atmosphere. Far rarer are the high-energy neutrinos that more likely would have been created much farther from Earth in the most powerful cosmic events — gamma ray bursts, black holes, or the birth of stars. These neutrinos have been highly sought because they can carry information about the workings of the highest-energy and most-distant phenomena in the Universe.
"Scientists have been searching high and low for these super-energetic neutrinos using detectors buried under mountains, submerged in deep lakes and ocean trenches, lofted into the stratosphere by special balloons, and in the deep clear Antarctic ice at the South Pole," said Doug Cowen, also from Penn State, who has worked on IceCube for over a decade. "To have finally seen them after all these years is immensely gratifying."
IceCube is located inside a cubic kilometer of ice beneath the South Pole and is comprised of more than 5,000 digital optical modules melted into in a cubic kilometer of ice at the South Pole. The observatory detects neutrinos through the fleeting flashes of blue light produced when a neutrino interacts with a water molecule in the ice.
The IceCube collaboration said they are continuing to refine and expand the search with new data and new analysis techniques, which may reveal additional high-energy events and possibly point to their astrophysical source or sources.
For more information, see the teams paper in Science, a free version is available on arXiv, press releases from Berkeley Labs, Penn State, and DESY. More information about the IceCube collaboration is here.
Posted on April 19, 2012 December 23, 2015
Cosmic Rays: They Aren't What We Thought They Were
The origin of cosmic rays has been one of the most enduring mysteries in physics, and it looks like it's going to stay that way for a while longer. One of the leading candidates for where cosmic rays come from is gamma ray bursts, and physicists were hoping a huge Antarctic detector called the IceCube Neutrino Observatory would confirm that theory. But observations of over 300 GRB's turned up no evidence of cosmic rays. In short, cosmic rays aren't what we thought they were.
But, just like Thomas Edison who said that "every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward," physicists view this latest finding as progress.
"Although we have not discovered where cosmic rays come from, we have taken a major step towards ruling out one of the leading predictions," said IceCube principal investigator and University of Wisconsin–Madison physics professor Francis Halzen.
Cosmic rays are electrically charged particles, such as protons, that strike Earth from all directions, with energies up to one hundred million times higher than those created in man-made accelerators. The intense conditions needed to generate such energetic particles have focused physicists' interest on two potential sources: the massive black holes at the centers of active galaxies and gamma ray bursts (GRBs), flashes of gamma rays associated with extremely energetic explosions that have been observed in distant galaxies.
IceCube is using neutrinos, which are believed to accompany cosmic ray production, to explore these two theories. In a paper published in the April 19 issue of the journal Nature, IceCube scientists describe a search for neutrinos emitted from 300 gamma ray bursts observed, most recently in coincidence with the SWIFT and Fermi satellites, between May 2008 and April 2010. Surprisingly, they found none – a result that contradicts 15 years of predictions and challenges one of the two leading theories for the origin of the highest energy cosmic rays.
Aurora seen behind the IceCube Lab. Photo by: Sven Lidstrom/NSF
The detector searches for high-energy (teraelectronvolt; 1012-electronvolt) neutrinos, and in their paper the team said they found an upper limit on the flux of energetic neutrinos associated with GRBs that is at least a factor of 3.7 below the predictions. This implies that either GRBs are not the only sources of cosmic rays with energies greater than 1018More info on IceCube.
Paper in Nature.
Source: IceCube/University of Wisconsin


World War Cthulhu: Europe Ablaze
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Publisher: Cubicle 7
Product Code: CB71940
Publishing Year: 2014 (July)
Author(s): Walt Ciechanowski, Scott Dorward, Paul Fricker, Andy Nicholson, Nick Robinson, Matthew Sanderson
Artist(s): Jon Hodgson (cover and interior), Scott Purdy
Setting(s): World War II
Format(s): Softcover and PDF
World War Cthulhu: Europe Ablaze is a companion volume to the WWII setting book World War Cthulhu: Their Darkest Hour, presenting six scenarios for that setting.
On the 16th July, 1940, Winston Churchill told Hugh Dalton, the newly appointed head of the Special Operations Executive, to "set Europe ablaze". With this simple instruction Churchill set in motion some of the most dangerous and brilliant actions of the Second World War. The men and women of SOE performed acts of sabotage, subversion and espionage so extraordinary that if they were portrayed as fiction, they would beggar belief. These agents pushed bravery and human endurance past limits that most of us can only imagine.
Europe Ablaze presents six missions demanding such resourcefulness and determination, all set in the European theatre of operations. Some are inspired by SOE missions or historical events, while others take a more imaginative view of the conflict, but all are rooted in the all-too-real horrors that the Second World War brought about. All of them also add that special twist that being part of N's network demands, and the dangers of the Mythos will prove at least as deadly as a bullet from the Gestapo.
Sleeper Agents – Nick Robinson presents the machinations of a small network of occultists in northern France who have had their minds touched by a lost Mythos deity. N has dispatched a team to contain the situation at all costs. Keeping the true nature of this mission hidden is the tricky part, and the investigators will soon be drawn into a large-scale programme of assassinations.
The Play is the Thing – Walt Ciechanowski takes us to Italy, where a troupe of players prepares to perform a radio adaptation of a supposedly harmless derivation of The King in Yellow. Of course nothing relating to the Mythos is ever harmless, and the agents will have to avoid the watchful gaze of the Italian authorities as they try to stop the creation of a permanent gateway to Carcosa.
We Will Remember Them – Paul Fricker presents a mission to sabotage a power plant in Norway, inspired by the real SOE Operation Musketoon. This is only the beginning, as the team is diverted to investigate a Norwegian scientist's unwholesome experiments with alien technology, and what the agents discover will leave them changed forever.
Lift Not Thy Hands – Andy Nicholson sends the investigators into occupied Belgium, ostensibly to help the Belgian resistance wiretap a telephone exchange and learn the plans of the local Gestapo. Being part of N's network, things are not so simple, and they also need to recover a lost Mythos artefact. This would be hard enough, had said artefact not resurrected a long-dead evil in the Wallonian countryside.
The Angel of the Abyss – Matthew Sanderson takes inspiration from the real Operation Harling, when SOE united disparate factions of the Greek Resistance, ahead of the assault on the Gorgopotamus Bridge. In this version of events, the mission is complicated by the resurgence of a forgotten death cult and their inhuman allies.
Stowaways – Scott Dorward offers a spin on the first exchange of Allied and Axis prisoners in neutral Spain. The Intelligence Corps in Alexandria believe that they have uncovered a plan to sabotage the British vessel repatriating German POWs, and N has had reports that there may be a hitherto-unknown alien parasite on board. The investigators need to find a way of containing both threats without creating a diplomatic incident.
Scenarios: Sleeper Agents (Robinson), The Play is the Thing (Ciechanowski), We Will Remember Them (Fricker), Lift Not Thy Hands (Nicholson), The Angel of the Abyss (Sanderson), Stowaways (Dorward)
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The Last Dream...
Thirty-four years ago today Walt Disney Productions announces its plan to build the "Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow aka: EPCOT... Walt's last dream.
It will not be exactly what he envisioned, but truthfully, even Walt wasn't completely sure of what it would be. He had several ideas, but it wasn't fleshed out completely or exactly what it was to be. This is why Imagineers had such a difficulty coming up with a workable design...
It will come to fruition sixteen years after his passing. The Mouse's commitment on completing his final wish reassures fans across the world that the magic of Disney(the company and the man) will go on.
Even after his life had ended...
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In November 1948 Archbishop Duhig purchased the land where our school, the church and the priory now stand. This land was being used as a poultry farm. With the original parish known as "Our Lady of Graces and Blessed Martin de Porres, Belmont", it was clear that the original vision included a church community and a parish school. St Martin's primary school continues to be an important part of Our Lady of Graces Parish community serving Carina, Carindale and surrounding areas.
It has been almost sixty years since the first Dominican priests came to Belmont. January 25th, 1954, saw the first students enrol at St Martin's. The numbers were far beyond expectations! Initially the Sisters were responsible for the majority of teaching, including Art, Music, and Instrumental Music. Today we have specialist teachers for these areas, as well as teacher assistants, other teachers and various specialist staff, committed to quality education. Sadly, in 1993 we farewelled the last of the Dominican Sisters. However, we retain strong ties with the Dominican Order and the Dominican heritage continues to be a strong foundation for our community.
Over the years St Martin's has seen many physical changes. The present Art centre was actually built as the first permanent Church! This replaced the marquee where the early Masses were held. It was known as the Dominic Centre. The original two storey brick building, with the entrance off Broadway Street, was initially used as both Church and School. The lower floor was the school and the upper was the school during the week and the church on the weekends.
In 1979 more classrooms, an Administration block and a Library, were added. The next twenty years saw numbers swell. The facilities changed to include another new Administration block, a demountable and a modern brick Library. The old staffroom was converted to more classrooms.
The De Porres Centre was built in 1999. Named after the school patron saint, Martin de Porres, the two-story brick building accommodated the Pre-school classes until the new Prep facilities were built. It is now used for our specialist areas of Music, LOTE and Instrumental Music.
The ten hectares of land have been enhanced over the years with the planting of trees, the addition of netball courts, covered eating and seating areas, outdoor play areas and water tanks. Throughout all of these changes the school has managed to keep much of its beloved playing area, affectionately known as 'the valley', which is also the home of our Wishing Tree.
We continue to grow and change! 2009 saw the original St Martin's building replaced with ten Early Years classrooms. As well as the continued refurbishment of classrooms, extensions to other rooms, and significant changes to the Resource Centre layout, 2011 saw the latest building project, our new Assembly / Indoor Sports Hall, completed. The school takes every opportunity of utilising this fabulous facility, The Dominic Centre, and enjoy yet another milestone in the history of St Martin's.
Being Dominican is loving to learn.
Being Dominican is being prayerful.
Being Dominican means being fair and just to all.
Being Dominican is being yourself – an individual.
Being Dominican means being a protector of our environment.
Being Dominican is being a veritas or truthful person.
St Martin's strives in each and every day to aim towards the Dominican motto: "Live the truth"


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The Semantics Of Constraint Logic Programs
by Joxan Jaffar, Michael Maher, Kim Marriott, Peter Stuckey - JOURNAL OF LOGIC PROGRAMMING , 1996
"... This paper presents for the first time the semantic foundations of CLP in a self-contained and complete package. The main contributions are threefold. First, we extend the original conference paper by presenting definitions and basic semantic constructs from first principles, giving new and comp ..."
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and complete proofs for the main lemmas. Importantly, we clarify which theorems depend on conditions such as solution compactness, satisfaction completeness and independence of constraints. Second, we generalize the original results to allow for incompleteness of the constraint solver. This is important
On agent-based software engineering
by Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE , 2000
"... Agent-oriented techniques represent an exciting new means of analysing, designing and building complex software systems. They have the potential to significantly improve current practice in software engineering and to extend the range of applications that can feasibly be tackled. Yet, to date, there ..."
Agent-oriented techniques represent an exciting new means of analysing, designing and building complex software systems. They have the potential to significantly improve current practice in software engineering and to extend the range of applications that can feasibly be tackled. Yet, to date
LogP: Towards a Realistic Model of Parallel Computation
by David Culler , Richard Karp , David Patterson, Abhijit Sahay, Klaus Erik Schauser, Eunice Santos, Ramesh Subramonian, Thorsten von Eicken , 1993
"... A vast body of theoretical research has focused either on overly simplistic models of parallel computation, notably the PRAM, or overly specific models that have few representatives in the real world. Both kinds of models encourage exploitation of formal loopholes, rather than rewarding developme ..."
development of techniques that yield performance across a range of current and future parallel machines. This paper offers a new parallel machine model, called LogP, that reflects the critical technology trends underlying parallel computers. It is intended to serve as a basis for developing fast, portable
PDDL2.1: An Extension to PDDL for Expressing Temporal Planning Domains
by Maria Fox, Derek Long , 2003
"... In recent years research in the planning community has moved increasingly towards application of planners to realistic problems involving both time and many types of resources. For example, interest in planning demonstrated by the space research community has inspired work in observation scheduling, ..."
that PDDL2.1 has considerable modelling power — exceeding the capabilities of current planning technology — and presents a number of important challenges to the research community.
K-SVD: An Algorithm for Designing Overcomplete Dictionaries for Sparse Representation
by Michal Aharon, et al. , 2006
"... In recent years there has been a growing interest in the study of sparse representation of signals. Using an overcomplete dictionary that contains prototype signal-atoms, signals are described by sparse linear combinations of these atoms. Applications that use sparse representation are many and inc ..."
that alternates between sparse coding of the examples based on the current dictionary and a process of updating the dictionary atoms to better fit the data. The update of the dictionary columns is combined with an update of the sparse representations, thereby accelerating convergence. The K-SVD algorithm
Concurrent Constraint Programming
by Vijay A. Saraswat, Martin Rinard , 1993
"... This paper presents a new and very rich class of (con-current) programming languages, based on the notion of comput.ing with parhal information, and the con-commitant notions of consistency and entailment. ' In this framework, computation emerges from the inter-action of concurrently executing agent ..."
This paper presents a new and very rich class of (con-current) programming languages, based on the notion of comput.ing with parhal information, and the con-commitant notions of consistency and entailment. ' In this framework, computation emerges from the inter-action of concurrently executing
Cognitive load during problem solving: effects on learning
by John Sweller - COGNITIVE SCIENCE , 1988
"... Considerable evidence indicates that domain specific knowledge in the form of schemes is the primary factor distinguishing experts from novices in problem-solving skill. Evidence that conventional problem-solving activity is not effective in schema acquisition is also accumulating. It is suggested t ..."
Considerable evidence indicates that domain specific knowledge in the form of schemes is the primary factor distinguishing experts from novices in problem-solving skill. Evidence that conventional problem-solving activity is not effective in schema acquisition is also accumulating. It is suggested that a major reason for the ineffectiveness of problem solving as a learning device, is that the cognitive processes required by the two activities overlap insufficiently, and that conventional problem solving in the form of means-ends analysis requires a relatively large amount of cognitive processing capacity which is consequently unavailable for schema acquisition. A computational model and experimental evidence provide support for this contention. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
SNOPT: An SQP Algorithm For Large-Scale Constrained Optimization
by Philip E. Gill, Walter Murray, Michael A. Saunders , 2002
"... Sequential quadratic programming (SQP) methods have proved highly effective for solving constrained optimization problems with smooth nonlinear functions in the objective and constraints. Here we consider problems with general inequality constraints (linear and nonlinear). We assume that first deriv ..."
Sequential quadratic programming (SQP) methods have proved highly effective for solving constrained optimization problems with smooth nonlinear functions in the objective and constraints. Here we consider problems with general inequality constraints (linear and nonlinear). We assume that first derivatives are available, and that the constraint gradients are sparse. We discuss
The nas parallel benchmarks
by D. H. Bailey, E. Barszcz, J. T. Barton, D. S. Browning, R. L. Carter, R. A. Fatoohi, P. O. Frederickson, T. A. Lasinski, H. D. Simon, V. Venkatakrishnan, S. K. Weeratunga - The International Journal of Supercomputer Applications , 1991
"... A new set of benchmarks has been developed for the performance evaluation of highly parallel supercomputers. These benchmarks consist of ve \parallel kernel " benchmarks and three \simulated application" benchmarks. Together they mimic the computation and data movement characterist ..."
A new set of benchmarks has been developed for the performance evaluation of highly parallel supercomputers. These benchmarks consist of ve \parallel kernel " benchmarks and three \simulated application" benchmarks. Together they mimic the computation and data movement characteristics of large scale computational uid dynamics applications. The principal distinguishing feature of these benchmarks is their \pencil and paper " speci cation | all details of these benchmarks are speci ed only algorithmically. In this way many of the di culties associated with conventional benchmarking approaches on highly parallel systems are avoided. 1
Abduction in Logic Programming
by Marc Denecker, Antonis Kakas
"... Abduction in Logic Programming started in the late 80s, early 90s, in an attempt to extend logic programming into a framework suitable for a variety of problems in Artificial Intelligence and other areas of Computer Science. This paper aims to chart out the main developments of the field over th ..."
Abduction in Logic Programming started in the late 80s, early 90s, in an attempt to extend logic programming into a framework suitable for a variety of problems in Artificial Intelligence and other areas of Computer Science. This paper aims to chart out the main developments of the field over the last ten years and to take a critical view of these developments from several perspectives: logical, epistemological, computational and suitability to application. The paper attempts to expose some of the challenges and prospects for the further development of the field.


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Campus Development > Newsroom > News > Brief | Nov 2021
A construction workers gives a warm, delightful smile for the camera as he busily works to install duct work in the new hospital
Half-Way There! |Get Your Life Back Campaign
The West Park Foundation celebrated a significant milestone by fundraising more than 50 per cent of its Phase I goal of $50 million. Thank you to all the generous donors for supporting West Park so that we may deliver the best care possible to our patients!
At the virtual event, guests viewed a video of the construction progress since the Groundbreaking Celebration in 2018 and a sneak peek at feature areas taking shape in the new hospital.
The Foundation also unveiled a special endeavor – the West Park Time Capsule whereby messages of hope and best wishes for our patients and the new hospital are being collected for the inclusion of a time capsule that will be buried on the campus.
Again, thank you to everyone who is supporting West Park! While the provincial government covers 90 per cent of the cost for the new facility, West Park must cover its "local share" of the remaining 10 per cent, plus furniture and equipment. The Foundation's Get Your Life Back Campaign aims to raise $50 million by 2023 (Phase I) to help cover West Park's local share and equipping the new hospital.
After 2023, the Campaign will raise an additional $30 million (Phase II) to support the new hospital, bringing the total campaign goal to an ambitious $80 million – the largest fundraising endeavor in the history of West Park.
To donate, please visit westparkfoundation.ca
A Look at the New West Park
In a pre-recorded video at the Foundation's event mentioned above, Shelley Ditty, Vice-President of Campus Development and Support Services, provided guests with a virtual tour of key areas of the new hospital.
We will be releasing segments of the virtual tour in the coming weeks.
Last week, we released a peek at the Main Lobby and Feature Stair. If you missed it, you can watch it here.
Goodbye to Thunderbird!
West Park's beloved Crane #3 is now tentatively leaving the campus on Friday, December 10.
The crane is endearingly named Thunderbird after First Nations elder Shannon Thunderbird, whose husband was a patient at West Park and presided over West Park's Tree and Land Blessing Ceremony prior to construction.
Construction on East-West Road and Buttonwood Ave.
EllisDon continues to install and connect communication, hydro and storm lines to the new hospital along the East-West Road and is expected to be complete in mid-December. This same work is being done on Buttonwood Avenue, which began earlier this month.
A Look at the New Hospital: Main Lobby and Feature Stair


Courtesy of Tribune News Service
Column: Disney's media consolidation stint dangerous for entertainment industry
By Stephanie Justice
| 04/18/2019 | 8:25am
Let's admit it: Disney hasn't been all that great lately. All of its recent remakes are pure money grabs, and it hasn't been coming out with much original material. They bought both Star Wars and Marvel, and who knows what will be next?
Disney's recent acquisition of 21st Century Fox and 20th Century Fox movie studio, however, is crossing the line into monopolization. As Disney continues its journey in media acquisition, consumers are facing far fewer choices in who produces and controls the media they enjoy.
Even though, for now, the market remains an oligopoly, Disney has been relentless in its pursuit of acquiring as much as they can without producing quality original content, such as recent live-action remakes that don't bring anything new to the table and are just blatant cash cows. Additionally, some fans of Marvel and Star Wars are disappointed by how the movies coming out of their favorite franchises have become noticeably laden with typical childish Disney humor.
Disney also announced last week that its new streaming service, Disney+, will come out on Nov. 12. While Netflix has been slowly increasing its streaming price over the years — currently starting at $8.99 per month — a subscription to Disney+ will go for $6.99 per month.
Now, Netflix has been doing a lot lately. Well-received Netflix original movies and series have been coming out left and right, and most subscribers haven't minded the increasing price tag.
However, when Disney comes out with its streaming service, it will have the ability to buy out Netflix's subscribers with the allure of a huge vault of animated movies that captured the hearts of so many people for years, alongside its own original shows that will venture further into the Marvel and Star Wars franchises.
Even investors seem to be wary about Disney+ and what it will mean for Netflix. Disney's stock has risen 12% since Disney announced its streaming service, while Netflix's stock has gone down 3%.
Let's not forget that before Disney merged with Fox, it had a 30% stake in Hulu. They now own 60% of it, with NBCUniversal owning 30% and Warner Bros owning a meager 10%. It wouldn't come as a surprise if Disney decided to buy up the rest of Hulu and structure Disney+ around it by enticing subscribers to pay just a couple of extra dollars per month to have access to Disney's vast library of original content. By buying the rest of Hulu, Disney can turn the streaming service, which has always severely underperformed compared to Netflix, into a major competitor.
Disney's recent lack of originality is also concerning. Fox has continually made some of the most critically-acclaimed movies in recent years, such as "The Post" and "The Favourite." Disney just continues to announce remakes of its original animated movies, which makes it seem like Disney is only interested in making more money through empty blockbusters than creating films that make a statement.
It's hard not to be nervous about the future of the movie industry when Disney owns a huge portion of it and has made no promise of living up to Fox's previous films.
Will Disney actually monopolize the entertainment industry? Probably not. Is competition the backbone of today's capitalist market which drives companies to make better content? Yes, of course. However, we're just one step closer to a world in which only a few companies own all of the media providers in the world. This means that consumers will have no other choice but to suffer at the hands of these companies' corporate and political interests.
Media consolidation is scary. Disney is only feeding the terror.
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Find the right Ivy League school for you
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1. Brown University
2. Columbia University
3. Cornell University
4. Dartmouth College
5. Harvard University
6. University of Pennsylvania
7. Princeton University
8. Yale University
Question.1 Will athletic scholars apply for Ivy League schools?
Question 2 Is Stanford part of the Ivy League?
Question 3 Which Ivy League school is the easiest to enter?
Brown University is a leading research and educational institution known for its approach to student-centered education. Students who succeed at Brown have a strong sense of intellectual curiosity and a desire to change the world. Brown is the only leading research university in the country where undergraduates can design their own path of study. Their approach to acceptance is complex and contextualized. Self-service applicants are successful in this area because they can use Brown's Open Curriculum to explore a wide range of courses before opting for academic emphasis.
To become a competitive candidate, you must spend your high school years in and out of the classroom and challenge. Selected applicants must have their own motivation. If you can show that you are already in the direction of your intellectual and creative progress, you will rise.
At Columbia University, undergraduates begin a regular core course that includes literature, philosophy, physics, art, history, and music, as well as core courses. Because each session has only 22 students, students have many opportunities to connect with professors. Engineering and computer science are prominent STEM programs in Columbia. Because Columbia is located near Manhattan, New York, many university students are interested in politics and take part in politics throughout the city.
The Columbia Institution, known as the "best university in town", is also one of the most diverse schools in the Ivy League with students from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries. . Columbia takes a holistic approach to reception. They take the time to identify applicants and select individuals who they believe would benefit the Columbia community and make a significant contribution. Columbia University provides comprehensive financial assistance to qualified students.
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Cornell's goal is to discover, preserve and disseminate knowledge. They do this by creating a unique and new work that transcends the university and the wider world. Cornell may be the school for you if you are interested in improving the lives of individuals around you and around the world. They support public service and outreach in New York and abroad. Nanotechnology, biotechnology, supercomputers and genomics are among the interdisciplinary research centers of Cornell's world.
Costs cannot be an obstacle to Cornell's success, as they provide students with a variety of financial aid options. Their admissions process is highly personalized. That is, they examine individuals as a whole. The student body consists of a wide group of talented, open and compassionate people. To find out if you're good at Cornell, explore the culture and philosophy of the university.
Dartmouth College is one of the oldest and most famous universities in the United States. Dartmouth scholars are experts in their fields and passionate about passing on their knowledge. First-year students are also taught by older academics. Dartmouth professors are one of the most respected teachers in the United States. Their term approach is great for students who want to take advantage of all the university's educational opportunities. Dartmouth is of the opinion that applicants should emphasize all aspects of their application. If you have a unique skill or passion, be sure to include it in your application.
Harvard provides special education for passionate individuals and those who are still looking for their way, with access to world-renowned research opportunities, thought-provoking courses, and teacher mentors. Harvard College Home System connects learning and life and provides the foundation for a college experience. Each house has an indoor dining room, lounges and academic, entertainment and cultural facilities for 350-500 people.
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Students who enjoy learning new things, asking complex questions, and pursuing their hobbies are well-suited to the Harvard community.
The University of Pennsylvania is full of American history and is located near the heart of Philadelphia. Students are encouraged to participate in activities outside the classroom, such as discovering the cultural, social and political life of the city. Award-winning professors lead courses and encourage students to follow their passions, solve problems and change the world.
The University of Pennsylvania is interested in knowing everything about you. They want to know about your abilities, problems and passions, as well as how you intend to change the world. If you give them a complete picture, they can decide if Penn is a place where you can actively engage and prosper.
Princeton is a university that focuses exclusively on undergraduate education. They have a generous financial aid program that ensures that all admitted students, despite their financial need, can graduate without debt. Princeton University is looking for enlightened people from a variety of cultural, racial and economic backgrounds. Princeton encourages students to collaborate and expects them to conduct original, creative research. The university has found that life experiences are as important as education. They encourage students to take part in extracurricular activities, live on duty and pursue personal interests, hobbies and friendships outside the classroom.
Princeton deals with more than just your numbers and test results. They are interested in hearing your story and learning more about you. Tell them how you plan to use your opportunities at Princeton to give it back to your community, and how Princeton helps change the world. Remember to write in a style that expresses your personality.
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Yale is a research university and Liberal Arts College that selects students they believe will maximize their resources and make a significant contribution to the Yale community. They are looking for students who are ready and able to move to new heights.
Pay attention to your passions and tell them about it. Be honest with yourself. Ask the teachers you know best. Log in and relax!
No, athletic scholars are not available in Ivy League schools. However, they offer many financial assistance packages. Athletic scholars are available at many leading colleges and universities.
Stanford University is not a member of the Ivy League. Given its selection and popularity, it has always been a mistake for the Ivy League. Stanford, called "Harvard in the West," attracts some of the smartest and most talented students in the world.
Cornell University is the most accessible for Ivies. For 2020, the acceptance rate is 14.1%. In the same year, that percentage more than doubled the admission rate to 4.5% at Harvard University, the school with the most difficult entry into the Ivy League.
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Inmarsat's Jet ConneX Is Quickly Connecting Now Celebrating 275th Installation of Business Aviation Inflight Wi-Fi
In less than 18 months Inmarsat's (LON: ISAT) Jet ConneX business aviation inflight WiFi service has been installed and activated on 275 business jets worldwide. Business jet manufacturers Gulfstream, Bombardier, Dassault and Embraer have all selected Jet ConneX as a preferred line-fit option. In addition, Inmarsat has experienced substantial adoption of the solution on a retrofit basis, with more than 40 type certificate and supplemental type certificate (STC) approvals already secured, including for all Boeing and Airbus VVIP type models.
The impressive milestone highlights its rapid uptake across the world. As the only global, high-speed inflight Wi-Fi option for business jets today, it offers the same connectivity in the air that has previously only been available on the ground. Using Inmarsat's advanced Ka-band satellite network, Jet ConneX offers data plans up to 15Mbps and consistent global coverage across all airline routes enabling the business traveler to do business wherever and whenever.
Michael Rack, Senior Vice President of Core Business, Inmarsat Aviation, said that the fact that 275 aircraft have been installed with Jet ConneX in such a short space of time is a major endorsement of the service from customers. In the business aviation market, it's clear that manufacturers, owners and passengers all compete to have the very best products and services, so positive word-of-mouth about standout offerings travels fast.
He continued saying that early adopters of Jet ConneX from Fortune 500 flight departments have put the solution through their own rigorous testing and commended its merits after experiencing the results first-hand. Without their endorsement they would not be reaching this milestone so quickly. Inmarsat is delighted that manufacturers, maintenance professionals and owners all recognize the unparalleled quality and potential of this solution. Since entering commercial service, Jet ConneX adoption has made ground-breaking progress globally and they see no signs of it slowing down. Demand continues to be incredibly strong among executive travelers, particularly among Fortune 500 companies, and they look forward to even more activations in the coming months.
Aircraft connect to the service using Jet Wave hardware, which is manufactured exclusively by Honeywell Aerospace. To date, more than 1,000 of these JetWave systems have already been delivered by Honeywell to business aviation and commercial airline customers


It's Sooo Hot in the City! Cheap (or free!) Activities To Do With Kids of All Ages in NYC during the summer
Parent Category: Advice - Activities
Category: Activities Advice Articles, Summer Fun, Kid Friendly New York
Are you looking for fun ideas with what to do with your toddlers & Kids this summer? Here are some tips & suggestions that PSP Members have shared. Do you have any you would like to add? Let us know!
Outdoors:
Ferries, Transport & Islands
Indoors:
Museums & Libraries
From NYC.gov: Beat the Heat
Outdoor Activities:
One parent says, "go to a Splash Pad or Playground with water features (the LeFrak Center in Prospect Park, Harmony Playground, Imagination Playground, Brooklyn Bridge Park)."
Other parks and playground suggestions:
Botanical Gardens - "is free on Tuesday and before noon on Saturday!"
Prospect Park - "Pretend to be explorers in Prospect Park! As one parent shares: "One of my favorite free places to take my boys (2.5 and 4.5) is the woods in prospect park. the whole east side of the park has random trails that are fun to get lost on. I usually just let them lead the way and I follow. Yes, sometimes we walk in circles but that's actually really fun when they realize that we've just come back to where we were."
Pier 6 - "Pier 6 is awesome. Has super huge sand park, water area and climbing gyms."
Battery Park City - "I really like Battery Park City in the summer. There is so much there you can spend a whole day...the slides, the mini golf, the older playground with trapeze nets and interesting pedal horse toy, the poetry library, a cool Irish monument/installation, tribeca playground is well shaded and has water play and whole foods is a great place to eat. I always have a good time. Plus you are right on the water and can just feel the breeze."
Hudson south of 14th Street - "If in Manhattan, playground on Hudson just south of 14th street is small but has nice playground, water, and sand combination (and free star gazing--saw Hugh Jackson there)
Coney Island - HERE is an article from a local mom shared about her trip to Coney Island.
Staten Island Ferry - "The Staten Island ferry is free and, while not indoors, cool and comfortable, with great views. There's also the ferry to Ikea from lower Manhattan, or the bus to Ikea (Ikea has very cheap kids' meals)."
Governors Island - "The ferry leaves from pier 6 in Brooklyn."
Roosevelt Island - one parents recently took the tramway to Roosevelt Island and reported: "My daughter loved it." This parent also shares that "no food is allowed at new FDR memorial."
The Subway - "Also want to mention that for us, just riding the subways is a great way to stay cool and have fun. My young son is completely entranced by the train and actually cries when we leave the subway platform."
Go HERE for read more tips PSP about local pools and Brooklyn and be sure to check the NYC Parks website HERE for opening and closing times (often city pools close for an hour in the afternoon for cleaning).
Jacob Riis - "There's a whole food court complete with hammocks, tables with shade and bands/djs. A fun scene. Info here."
Brighton Beach - "I love Brighton Beach- easy drive, I always find parking, and have been taking my girl (now 8) almost since she was born"
Robert Moses Beach - "Robert Moses Beach is an hour away on Long Island but gorgeous and worth it. It had parking, showers, rentals for chairs and umbrellas and a concession stand. I just went Monday for the day. Sometimes a little traffic heading back of you leave between 5 and 6 but again worth it.
Rockaways (pictured) - "Easy access by the A train."
Zoos & Acquariums
Wildlife Conservation Society - "My best recommendation for your kid's ages is to get a membership from WCS - a membership to them gets you free admission to all the zoos in NYC and the aquarium. The Aquarium has parking and it is on the coney island walkway so you have beach (not the nicest beach in the world but suitable for a little running around and splashing) and an amusement park, plus the baseball field all nearby. The aquariums and the zoos all have indoor and outdoor spaces so you can get out of the heat. You can even take the kids to a 3D movie at the zoos. We are also members of the Natural History Museum - rain or heat - its a great place to skip the lines, let the kids wander, and learn a thing or two - from dinosaurs to space this is the best kids museum in the city. Most the big museums in NY are priced for SUGGESTED DONATION so feel free to pay what you can afford not what they ask. But the reason you get a membership is to skip the lines - and its worth every penny."
Brooklyn Museum - Check out the free first Saturday events. One parent also suggestion the "Egyptian Collection at The Brooklyn Museum."
New York Transit Museum
Natural History Museum - "Go up to the Ross Terrace, where there are dancing fountains kids can play in."
The Children's Museum of the Arts - "I am also a big fan of Childrens Museum of the Arts in Soho. It is not an affiliate of the above museums, so you pay per visit or can become a member. They have a very hands on art program. They also have free hands-on classes on Governor's Island (the calendar for governor's island - you get the ferry for free at the playground at the pier where Atlantic avenue ends)."
Brooklyn Children's Museum - "Get a membership to the Childrens Museums - now there are two Childrens museums in NYC - one is the Childrens Museum of Manhattan and one is the Brooklyn Childrens Museum - they are both members of the same museum society so you should be able to buy one membership and go to Both BUT THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS - they have created a special exception so you cant use your card at both places BUT you can become a member of an affiliated museum - Like Port Discovery in Baltimore and then you get free admission to both NYC museums. You do not however get to skip the lines like members of the NYC museum can, and you dont get discounts on classes etc. But, it saves you money and gives you options. If you already had a membership in your old location, it may be valid here - I know we have used ours in Atlanta, Houston and CA."
Museum of Mathematics - 6th St btwn 5th/Madison - "Yes, many of the concepts would be lost on a toddler but it's an amazing place and there were so many fun things for my 18mo to do. A plus is that Madison Square Park is just around the corner and on Tues/Thurs mornings (10:30AM) they host free kid concerts, art and more until Aug 8th. We saw Recess Monkey last week and they were awesome! There's also a nice playground (w/overhead sprinkler!) in the park."
The Brooklyn Public Library - view what PSP members say about BPL here for the central branch, the Park Slope branch, and the Brooklyn Public Library Cafe!
More on PSP: Kid Approved Art, Museum & Music Events
Local & Private Businesses
Ikea - "Sounds odd, but if you can get there, there's a lot of good playing to be had in the kids' room vignettes and toy department, and the food is super cheap." and another parent also suggests it for being "Cheap! Ferry! Kids' meals in the restaurant are seriously cheap (and even free on Tuesdays)." And as another parent says, "there is plenty of space to play (and there is a child play area) in the IKEA in Red Hook, and its lovely to have lunch at the Fairway in Red Hook and then walk along the water to one of the near by Parks."
Toys-R-Us - "Toys R Us Times Square (has an indoor Ferris wheel and life-sized T-Rex dinosaur, in addition to a train table and gigantic Barbie dollhouse)."
Barnes & Noble - "has story times during the week."
Scholastic Store
World Financial Center - One parents describes how it "has lots of great restaurants and stores. Plus, they offer free arts programming."
AMC Theaters - Go see a movie! "AMC Theaters offer half-price movies before noon, every day. There are none in our neighborhood, but some in Manhattan are easily reachable."
Coffee shops and restaurants - see PSP reviews HERE for local restaurants and cafes.
Click HERE to read more reviews and recommendations on PSP about Play Spaces in Brooklyn
Got a Teenager and looking for things to do? Get some ideas HERE.
Photo credits: Staten Island photo via here: https://flic.kr/p/RJstjd, Rockaway photo via here: https://flic.kr/p/cgb9to, Natural History Museum via here: https://flic.kr/p/SaMwQp, all other photos via Pixabay


Nation in Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front and Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers
Brent M. Smith-Casanueva, Stony Brook University
In his article "Nation in Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front and Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers" Brent M. Smith-Casanueva explores the commonalities between the antiwar narratives of Erich Maria Remarque's novel All Quiet on the Western Front (1929) and Clint Eastwood's film Flags of our Fathers (2006). Taking the position that narration of nation must be considered a site of hegemonic struggle, Smith-Casanueva argues that both texts employ a similar deconstructive logic to subvert the nationalist discourses and dominant war narratives of their respective nations and the national myths constructed through these narratives. In particular, both All Quiet on the Western Front and Flags of our Fathers destabilize narration of nation through challenging dominant war narratives' claim to a universality of national interests and the essentializing character of national myth, as well as through disrupting the linear temporality of narration of nation.
Smith-Casanueva, Brent M. "Nation in Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front and Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers." CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 14.1 (2012): <https://doi.org/10.7771/1481-4374.1758>
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Salesforce.com Named to Ethisphere's "World's Most Ethical Companies" List for Fifth Consecutive Year
Salesforce.com recognized for exceptional ethical leadership along with Adidas, American Express, Ford Motor Company, PepsiCo, Starbucks and Xerox Corporation
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2011 – Salesforce.com [NYSE: CRM], the enterprise cloud computing (http://www.salesforce.com/cloudcomputing/) company, today announced it has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the fifth consecutive year. Salesforce.com is joined by industry leaders Adidas, American Express, Ford Motor Company, PepsiCo, Starbucks and Xerox Corporation on the list for standout efforts in ethics and compliance. According to Ethisphere, "they are the companies who force other companies to follow their leadership or fall behind. These are the companies who use ethical leadership as a profit driver."
•	"We are honored to make Ethisphere's list of the world's most ethical companies for the fifth straight year," said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com. "Transparency and trust have always been key values at salesforce.com, and have a direct impact on our ability to deliver success to our customers,"
•	"As companies strive to maintain a competitive advantage, good ethics translate into better business, and better business means better bottom lines. Salesforce.com recognizes the important role that principled practices play in brand reputation, which ultimately is the most valuable asset for a corporation," said Alex Brigham, executive director of the Ethisphere Institute. "Each year, the competition gets more intense for the World's Most Ethical Companies and this year was no exception with a record number of organizations vying for this distinguished honor. Ethisphere congratulates salesforce.com on being one of the 2011 World's Most Ethical Companies."
About the 2011 World's Most Ethical Companies
•	This is the fifth year Ethisphere, a think-tank dedicated to the creation, advancement and sharing of best practices in business ethics, corporate social responsibility, anti-corruption and sustainability, has published the WME rankings, which appear in Ethisphere Magazine's Q1 issue.
•	The methodology for the WME ranking includes reviewing codes of ethics, litigation and regulatory infraction histories; evaluating the investment in innovation and sustainable business practices; looking at activities designed to improve corporate citizenship; and studying nominations from senior executives, industry peers, suppliers and customers.
•	Ethisphere reviewed thousands of companies and evaluated a record number of applications utilizing its propriety methodology through in-depth research and multi-step analysis, naming 110 companies that surpassed their industry peers to this year's World's Most Ethical Companies. The 2011 list features companies in 38 industries including 43 companies headquartered outside the United States.
•	Read about the methodology and view the complete list of the 2011 World's Most Ethical Companies at http://ethisphere.com/worlds-most-ethical-companies-rankings/.
About Ethisphere Institute
The research-based Ethisphere Institute is a leading international think-tank dedicated to the creation, advancement and sharing of best practices in business ethics, corporate social responsibility, anti-corruption and sustainability. The Institute's associated membership groups, the Ethisphere Council and Business Ethics Leadership Alliance, are forums for business ethics that includes over 200 leading corporations, universities and institutions. These groups are dedicated to the development and advancement of members through increased efficiency, innovation, tools, mentoring, advice, and unique career opportunities. Ethisphere Magazine, which publishes the globally recognized World's Most Ethical Companies Ranking™, is the quarterly publication of the Institute. Ethisphere provides the only third-party verifications of compliance programs and ethical cultures, Ethics Inside Certification®, Anti-Corruption Leader Verification and Compliance Program Verification. More information on the Ethisphere Institute, including ranking projects and membership, can be found at http://www.ethisphere.com.


Birdhouses 101 - Northern Saw-Whet Owl
Northern Saw-Whet Owl
About The Northern Saw-Whet Owl
The Northern Saw-Whet Owl is a quite a small owl that resides in just about all sorts of woodlands. During winter, the Northern Saw-whet Owl is found roosting in dense, small coniferous trees. When found, this type of owl only sits still in its perch, which gives off the impression that it is usually docile by nature. It measures at about 7 to 8 inches in length, and it has no tufts on the ears. It has a characteristic white face that is defined with brown and white outlines. Its undersides are a brown-streaked white, while the back, tail and wings brown and white-spotted. It has yellow eyes, a black bill, white stripes on its brown forehead, and white marking above and in between the eyes that is shaped like the letter Y.
The Northern Saw-Whet Owl Nesting Preferences
The female of this breed has 5 to 6 eggs at a time, and incubates them, while the male gathers food for her. This continues until the end of the brooding period of about 18 days. After that, she is free to help the male gather food for the young ones, or sometimes leave the nest to find a new partner to bring up a new brood. After about 30 days from hatching, the young ones may leave the nest, but still depend on its parents' feeding. Nonetheless, Northern Saw-whet Owls younglings can fly quite well upon leaving the nest.
Building a Birdhouse For The Northern Saw-Whet Owl
The Northern Saw-whet Owl readily uses birdhouses. The basic specifications for the birdhouse are 8 inches length x 8 inches width x 14 inches height. Its entrance should be 3 inches across, and the birdhouse elevated at 10 to 30 feet from the ground. Some chips of wood on the flooring will help make the birdhouse feel more like home for this species.
The Northern Saw-Whet Owl Mating Habits
In general Northern Saw-whet Owls are monogamous, though polygamy becomes common when there is an abundance of prey. The male owls select and guard their territories, where he lures the opposite sex by calling. Females, on the other hand, get to select the cavity in which the nest will be situated. Usually, the cavities are old nest holes of Northern Flickers or others of the woodpecker kind. They may choose different nest-hole locations every year.
The Northern Saw-Whet Owl Feeding Preferences
Rodents are a main part of the Northern Saw-whet Owls' diet—deer mice might be a favorite. Other possible fares include voles, young squirrels, shrews, other tiny mammals, large insects and tiny birds. It normally hunts during the night, waiting at low perches.
Interesting Northern Saw-Whet Owl Facts
As the female Northern Saw-whet Owl tends to do most brooding and incubation of its young ones, it only leaves the nest for just up to two quick trips every night, usually to rid itself of waste.
When Northern Saw-whet Owls eat adult mice, these are usually divided to as two separate meals. This specie is scientifically named Aegolius acadicus. It is classified as order Strigiformes and family Strigidae.


/ Getty Images To Go Public In $4.8B SPAC Deal
Getty Images To Go Public In $4.8B SPAC Deal
tbonepickens November 19, 2021
Getty Images, the famous licensee of stock images and videos to businesses and news outlets, is returning to the public markets. This time, it's through the route of merging with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC).
Getty has agreed to merge with CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II (NYSE: PRPB), a SPAC formed as a partnership between investment firms CC Capital and Neuberger Berman. The merger values Getty Images at $4.8bn and is expected to raise cash proceeds of $1.2bn, barring investor redemptions.
The cash proceeds include funds held in trust by the SPAC ($720mn), subject to investor redemptions, and additional investments committed by CC Capital and Neuberger Berman. The average redemption rate in SPAC deals was 52% in this year's third quarter, so we can expect a significant part of the cash held in the trust to be handed back "redeemed" to investors. CC Capital and Neuberger Berman, the sponsors, have committed up to $300mn to backstop investor redemptions to curb this.
With this deal, Getty is returning to the public markets that it first stepped into with a 1996 IPO and got out of in 2008 when it sold to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for $2.4bn. Hellman, in 2012, sold Getty to a rival PE firm, Carlyle Group, for $3.3bn; and Carlyle, in 2018, sold the company to the founding Getty Family for an undisclosed price. It's the family that'll mainly benefit from this SPAC merger, and secondly, Carlyle, which held onto some minority financial interest in Getty following the sale.
As expected with SPAC mergers, Getty Images opened the books into its finances. The company brought in $814mn in revenue in 2020, down from $846mn in 2019 and $868mn in 2018. It posted a net loss of $39mn in 2020, down from $51mn in 2019. Getty has significant debt on its books, and interest payments on that debt is a primary reason for its losses. In fact, the company says it'll use $576mn of its merger proceeds to pay down debt.
Getty has a simple business model, selling licensed images and videos to businesses and news outlets. Lately, the subscription model for licensed footage is making up a great deal of Getty's revenue, 46% in 2020 compared to 29% in 2016. The company says it's looking towards markets outside the western hemisphere for growth prospects.
Getty Images' business also includes the stock photo marketplaces iStock and Unsplash.
Following the merger, Getty will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with the ticker symbol "GETY".
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Suzanne B. Matthews
Suzanne B. Matthews - Canton, MA
742 Washington StCanton, MA 02021- 3039
Canton Family Law Firm
Attorney Matthews is a 1976 graduate of Boston College and a 1985 graduate of Suffolk University School of Law. She was admitted to practice law in 1985.
From 1985 through 1988, Attorney Matthews was an Assistant Attorney General in Consumer Protection Division of the Massachusetts Department of the Attorney General where she handled litigation in the Supreior Court. From 1988 through 1989, she was an Assistant Attorney General in the Executive Division where she handled...
From 1985 through 1988, Attorney Matthews was an Assistant Attorney General in Consumer Protection Division of the Massachusetts Department of the Attorney General where she handled litigation in the Supreior Court. From 1988 through 1989, she was an Assistant Attorney General in the Executive Division where she handled administrative appellate matters. She joined Cosgrove, Eisenberg and Kiley, P.C. in September 1990 and continued in this firm until June of 1999. While at the firm during that time she concentrated in domestic relations and employment law. Since 1999 Attorney Matthews has practiced law as a sole practitioner in Canton, MA concentrating on zoning and real estate law, domestic relations and civil litigation. In 2009, she rejoined Cosgrove, Eisenberg and Kiley, P.C. on a part-time basis, where she again focuses on the practice of domestic relations and civil litigation. She also continues to handle real estate and zoning law.
Attorney Matthews is a member of the Norfolk Bar Association and the Massachusetts Bar Association.
About Suzanne B. Matthews
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