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Britain's International Trade Secretary Liz Truss arrives in Downing Street in London on Oct. 19, 2020. (Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images)
UK and Switzerland Sign Post-Brexit Business Travel Deal
By Mary Clark
December 14, 2020 Updated: December 14, 2020
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The United Kingdom and Switzerland signed an agreement on Dec. 14 to allow professional workers to travel freely between the two countries after the Brexit transition period ends on Dec. 31.
The UK–Switzerland Services Mobility Agreement will allow UK professionals, such as accountants, consultants, lawyers, and IT experts, to continue travelling freely to Switzerland and work visa-free for up to 90 days a year.
The agreement has closed “a looming gap,” as the free movement of persons between Switzerland and the UK will cease to apply as of Jan. 1, 2021, Switzerland’s Federal Council said in a media release when the deal was approved on Dec. 4.
Britain’s International Trade Secretary Liz Truss said in a statement: “This deal between two services powerhouses is an important part of our mission to be a global hub for services and technology trade.
“It supports a services relationship that is worth over £17 billion [$22.8 billion] and provides much needed certainty for thousands of UK businesses and professionals,” she said.
Switzerland is not part of the European Union but chose to join the EU’s Schengen Area of visa-free travel in December 2008.
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The UK Parliament passed a bill last month to end the free movement of people between the UK and the EU.
From Jan. 1, 2021, British citizens who intend to travel to Switzerland for work, study, or business will need to meet the entry requirements set out by Switzerland.
But under the new Services Mobility Agreement, “UK professionals will be able to do business as they do now and will not face economic interest tests, work permits, or lengthy processing times for the first 90 days,” the UK government said.
This agreement will benefit Britain’s finance, consultancy, legal services, the tech sector, and the creative industries, which are vital to the UK economy, it said.
Truss said it will bolster the UK’s standing as a “global leader in services,” reinforce trade in key sectors, and benefit “businesses of all sizes, from big firms to small start-ups and self-employed professionals.”
The two countries have also committed to work together on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications.
Miles Celic, CEO of TheCityUK, called the agreement “a positive outcome.”
“Given Switzerland’s place as one of the UK’s largest trading partners in services, we hope that this will be a further important step towards an ambitious and comprehensive Free Trade Agreement between the two countries in the future,” he said.
Truss echoed his remarks, saying that she hoped the agreement “will pave the way for an enhanced UK–Switzerland deal.”
Alexander Zhang contributed to this report.
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Temperley London’s Fashion Film for Net-a-Porter Will Change the Way You Shop Online
Alice Cuffe August 6th, 2014
Alice Temperley has teamed up with Net-a-Porter to create a fashion film that takes you into the heart of her magical world. Whilst her Somerset home setting and beautifully crafted designs are familiar, this fashion film has a new and exciting twist — you can buy everything directly from the video.
Launching today, the film was directed by Alice and shot by her filmmaker brother, Henry Temperley. It presents a real fairy tale of fashion as models explore and prance around before heading to one of the designer’s infamous summer parties. Laura Bailey, Caroline Issa and Jade Parfitt are among the women modeling the sequined, embroidered masterpieces from Temperley London’s ready-to-wear and bridal collections along with three key exclusive pieces made for the luxury shopping site.
The best bit is that whenever you fancy seeing more of any particular item, you simply double click the screen and you can choose to look at more details or save your “liked” item to look at later as you carry on watching, before making your purchases through your Net-a-Porter account. Fashion films such as this tend to focus more on the overall story rather than the items, so this ability to stop and take a better look could prove very handy, although you still have to click fast to select the right piece.
Cinematique, the company behind this, has worked with the likes of Alexander Wang and Maiyet before, but this is the first British brand to showcase this watch-click-shop technology.
Speaking about the collaboration, Alice said, “I am delighted to be working with Net-a-Porter. Our exclusive collaboration with Cinematique came about very organically, during a recent trip to New York. The digital, technical and creative vision between all of us worked from the very beginning, and it felt like the perfect collaboration. We’re doing something innovative and ground-breaking, but also really fun.”
Whether you are enthralled by the exciting tech behind it or not, the film and the Temperley London collections are dreamy enough to keep you watching, and hopefully get you shopping.
You can watch the film in-full by clicking here.
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Doctor Who Infinity’s next two stories feature Eleven and Four
By TGT | 8th August 2018
Now that Doctor Who Infinity has launched fans everywhere have the ability to play the first 3 stories featuring the third, tenth and twelfth Doctors. But what about all the other Doctors? Don’t worry, they are on their way!
Tom Baker’s fourth and Matt Smith’s eleventh Doctors are some of the more popular regeneration of the world’s favourite Time Lord. So naturally Doctor Who Infinity is eager to bring stories featuring these two incarnations to their fans! Details on the next two stories planned for release can be seen in the story collection list for the game which was released today.
Story 4: The Silent Streets of Barry Island Synopsis:
Bonfire night, November, 1966 and the Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond, and Rory have found themselves in the midst of a mods and rockets riot at the formerly peaceful British seaside town of Barry Island.
A local fish and chips shop owner finds a dead body in his alley way, just one in a series of gruesome deaths. Smiling families swarm to the nighttime neon lights of the funfair, but so does something much more deadly. As Amy and Rory acclimate to the groovy vibe of the ’60s, an unlikely love story unfolds and the Doctor races to work out what is terrorizing this town.
This story features the voice of Steffan Rhodri as ‘Ted’. It was written by Jacqueline Rayner, with art by Emma Vieceli and colourists Kris Carter and Dylan Teague.
Story 5: The Horror of Flatholm Synopsis:
Drawn in ‘noir’ style, the Horror of Flatholm follows two different time periods as our heroes face a menace on Flat Holm Island!
In the 1960s, the Fourth Doctor and Captain Mike Yates travel with a scientist to an island off the coast of Wales, In the present, at night and during an intense storm, Kate Stewart leads a UNIT mission to the same island alongside Osgood. Their goal is to investigate the strange goings on at the military base which has been built at the same location.
But nothing is ever easy, and the decisions of the past will have repercussions on the present for Kate and Osgood.
This story features the vocal cast of Ingrid Oliver as Osgood, Richard Franklin as Captain Mike Yates and Nick Briggs who is known for his work voicing the Daleks, Cybermen and many other Doctor Who monsters in the past. The Horror of Flatholm was written and coloured by Mike Collins and drawn by artist Patrick Goddard.
These stories should be available through the game within the next few months. Fans can get their fix of Doctor Who today by playing through the first three stories: The Dalek Invasion of Time, The Orphans of the Polyoptra and The Lady of the Lake, now available.
The game is available to buy on Steam, Humble Bundle, Green Man Gaming with a range of pricing options:
PC Bundle: Includes stories 1 and 2: $11.99 US / 9.29 GBP / 9.99 Euro
PC Large Bundle: Includes stories 1, 2 and 3: $14.99 US / 11.99 GBP / 12.49 Euro
Story 3 and subsequent story launches: $5.99 US / 4.79 GBP / 4.99 Euro
Mobile versions of the game will be released later this month for iOS and Android.
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TV weatherman Fred Talbot sentenced to five years in prison for sexually abusing boys
Police said he plied the boys with alcohol on school trips when he was a teacher.
By Michelle Hennessy Friday 13 Mar 2015, 2:22 PM
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FORMER TELEVISION WEATHERMAN Fred Talbot has been sentenced to five years in prison for sexually abusing two boys while working as a teacher.
Talbot was found guilty of two counts of indecent assault against the two victims, who were abused during their adolescent years.
The offences occurred during his time as a science teacher, which preceded his stint as a celebrity weatherman, when he taught at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys in Manchester.
Both of the boys were assaulted during boat trips organised by Talbot in the 1970s and both were around 14 at the time.
Today, Detective Chief Inspector Graham Brock said that Talbot “plied boys with drink and orchestrated situations to be alone with his victims in order to indecently assault them to feed his own sexual desires”.
You can imagine the excitement of a teenage boy setting off on a canal trip with friends and a teacher, who he should expect to look after him, only to return with his childhood destroyed. Put simply, these offences reflect an abhorrent abuse of trust by a man who has proven to have no regard for the innocence of youth he was employed to nurture.
He added that protecting children is everyone’s responsibility and it is “crucial that we work together to identify individuals who prey on vulnerable children”.
Related: Well-known weatherman Fred Talbot found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage boys>
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Supernatural series Grimm captures forests and filming incentives in Oregon
Supernatural TV series Grimm is filming its fourth season in the show’s established home in Portland, Oregon. The production team was attracted partly by Portland’s forest locations that are appropriate for the story’s fairy tale origins, and also by Oregon’s filming incentives.
“We knew Portland,” the series Co-Creator Jim Kouf told the LA Times: “We knew that the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales were mostly based in the Black Forest [in Germany], so we wanted something that was similar – moody, with lakes and rivers and forests and all those things that we needed to give us the atmosphere that we wanted.”
The filming incentives programme in Oregon includes a 20% rebate for locally bought goods and services, and a 16.2% rebate on wages paid to local production crew. Pointedly, the programme is capped at USD 10 million a year, so the state’s appeal is limited to TV and low-budget features.
Portland has a reputation for its rainy climatic conditions, although its annual rainfall is actually close to the US national average. Still, the Grimm production team frequently shoots in wet weather conditions in forested locations around Portland.
Added actor Silas Weir Mitchell to the outlet: “I love the rain, but no, shooting outside is different than liking it when it rains. To be out in it for 12 hours, it just complicates everything. Everything takes longer, everybody’s got a little bit of a shorter fuse, everything’s covered in plastic and you have to wipe everything off, including the camera.”
Grimm has become the highest-profile production to shoot in Portland since producer Dean Devlin’s long-running action drama Leverage came to an end.
Earlier this year Devlin advocated expanding Oregon’s filming incentive programme above the current USD 10 million annual cap. The producer has had to take his big-budget feature film Geostorm to Louisiana, where the filming incentive is much more generous.
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Tens of Thousands Protest in Belarus Capital Against Lukashenko
By Tatiana Kalinovskaya for AFP
Protestors continued to turn out in large numbers Sunday in another mass rally against President Alexander Lukashenko. Valery Sharifulin/TASS
Tens of thousands of opposition supporters marched in the Belarusian capital of Minsk on Sunday despite authorities deploying a heavy police presence.
The protest came a day after officers detained hundreds of demonstrators at a women's march in the capital.
The opposition movement has kept up a wave of large-scale demonstrations every Sunday since President Alexander Lukashenko won a disputed victory in August 9 polls.
People holding red-and-white protest flags gathered at the "March of Justice" that occupied the whole of a central avenue and walked towards the heavily guarded Palace of Independence, where Lukashenko has his offices.
They held placards with slogans such as "Cowards beat up women" and "Get out!".
Belarus Police Detain Hundreds of Women at Protest
Before the march, police and internal troops had positioned military trucks and armored personnel carriers in the city center and set up barbed wire.
Riot police in black balaclavas sporadically detained protesters carrying flags and signs at the start, while some people took shelter in a shopping mall and in a fast-food restaurant to escape arrest.
The Viasna rights group said at least 16 had been detained in Minsk as well as eight at protests in other cities.
The government ordered a reduction in mobile internet coverage during the event while central metro stations were closed.
The mass protest came after riot police cracked down on peaceful women demonstrators on Saturday who were wearing shiny accessories for their so-called "Sparkly March."
They dragged protesters into vans, lifted some women off their feet and carrying them.
Belarusian interior ministry spokeswoman Olga Chemodanova said Sunday that police had detained 415 people on that march in Minsk and 15 in other cities for breaking rules on mass demonstrations. She said 385 had been released.
'Worth fighting for'
The scale of Saturday's detentions prompted the opposition's Coordination Council to warn of a "new phase in the escalation of violence against peaceful protesters."
Among those detained was one of the most prominent faces of the protest movement, 73-year-old activist Nina Baginskaya, although she was later released.
The aggressive police tactics prompted an opposition Telegram channel, Nexta, which has more than 2 million subscribers, to publish what it said was a list of the names and ranks of more than 1,000 police.
Protesters have sought to expose the identity of police who appear at demonstrations in plain clothes or in uniforms without insignia or name badges, trying to pull off their masks and balaclavas.
Opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who claimed victory over Lukashenko in the polls and has taken shelter in Lithuania, on Saturday said Belarusians were ready to strip police obeying "criminal orders" of anonymity.
Belarus Shuts Western Borders as Lukashenko Warns of ‘War’
Lukashenko has dismissed opposition calls for his resignation and sought help from Russia's President Vladimir Putin, who has promised law enforcement backup if needed and a $1.5 billion loan.
Tikhanovskaya is set to meet European Union foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday as the EU prepares sanctions against those it blames for rigging the election and the regime's violent crackdown on protesters.
Authorities have jailed many of Tikhanovskaya's allies who formed the leadership of the Coordination Council or driven them out of the country.
One of her campaign partners, Maria Kolesnikova, has been imprisoned and charged with undermining national security.
She released a message to protesters on Sunday saying: "Freedom is worth fighting for. Don't be afraid to be free!"
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In an event at the UN headquarters, the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth Ahmad Alhendawi implored young adults around the world to raise their voices to call for disarmament: where less nuclear and small arms lead to greater peace and security.
Speaking at the launch of United Nations’ new book “Action for Disarmament: 10 Things You Can Do!” the Envoy noted that “Nearly half the world’s population is under 25 years of age. They deserve a fresh start in a world that’s made safer without nuclear weapons and even traditional small arms.”
This book empowers young people to develop their leadership skills and give them action oriented ideas to start a dialog with peers, press and politicians; reading up on the work of leading disarmament organizations and following them through social media. Once they’re up to speed, they can start a discussion with their community by making presentations, facilitating discussions and hosting disarmament-themed movie screenings.
It also talks about the importance of electronic and social media to keep people informed & magnify their voices through texts, tweets and emails. They can build dedicated message pages on Facebook, Tumblr, or Google Plus. There are no shortage of ways to talk about disarmament and start a conversation about it in person or electronically. It’s just important that youths do so, in their own words, in a way that they feel most comfortable.
The benefits of disarmament are massive. One example Alhendawi gives is, “The enormous money we spend on arms and weapons could be spent to make sure that the 57 million kids who are out of school could be in school.”
Writing in the foreword of the book, he coaches “Youth have shown time and time again that they are the drivers of change. We are counting on you to make your voices heard on this critical issue.”
Watch the Envoy’s call for action on disarmament here.
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We Energies nears permit for Valley coal-to-gas conversion
August 16, 2013 Barry Cassell Generation
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is taking comment until Sept. 14 on a draft permit allowing Wisconsin Electric Power d/b/a We Energies-Valley Station to convert four coal-fired boilers at the Valley plant to fire natural gas.
The DNR has made a preliminary determination that the application meets state and federal air pollution control requirements and that the permit should be approved.
Valley is a cogeneration facility that has an electric capacity of about 280 MW and is the sole source of steam for the Downtown Milwaukee Steam System. The facility has two generating units of about 140 MW apiece.. Steam for each unit is provided by two boilers (Generating Unit 1 is served by Boilers B21 and B22; Generating Unit 2 is served by Boilers B23 and B24). These four identical Riley dry bottom wall-fired boilers are currently fired by coal. The Valley Power Plant, which is located in Milwaukee County, occupies about 22 acres of land between the south Menomonee Canal and the Menomonee River.
The proposed project is to convert these four coal-fired boilers to natural gas-fired boilers. To accomplish this, the following changes will be made:
Removal of coal burners and associated coal piping from all four existing boilers;
De-energize, decommission and layup retired coal and ash systems including coal conveyors, coal silos, coal mills, coal feeders, bottom ash removal system, and flyash removal system;
Installation of new gas burners in each of the four boilers;
Installation of a natural gas header and associated valves to supply fuel to the new gas burners;
Installation of new flue gas recirculation fans (FGR) and associated ductwork and electrical for use in the control of NOx emissions from the boilers. One fan will be installed per boiler for a total of four fans;
Seal boiler where existing burners, soot blowers and bottom seal equipment is being removed;
Installation of boiler let down valves to reliably support steam supply to the District Heating System under single STG operation; and
Update control system to integrate new equipment into plant distributed control system (DCS).
As the project proceeds, it is possible that other activities or physical changes may be required that are not identified above, the DNR noted.
A Wisconsin Energy‘s (NYSE: WEC) Wisconsin Electric Power subsidiary has also filed an application with the Wisconsin Public Service Commission to implement the much-discussed conversion of the Valley power plant in Milwaukee from coal to natural gas. The utility filed its eight-page application with the PSC April 26. Design, engineering and procurement actually started in the summer of 2012. The company hopes to have the entire project completed by the fourth quarter of 2015.
WEPCO envisions a total gross project cost estimated at $79.8m. The utility said the natural gas conversion plan is the “least cost option.” Installing the necessary environmental controls to keep Valley as a coal-fired facility would be $540m more costly than the preferred natural gas conversion, WEPCO said.
“In the past, absent environmental drivers, it has been more economical to retain Valley as a coal fired facility. As a result of the shift in the economics of coal and gas, it is economic to convert Valley to natural gas at this time,” the Wisconsin Energy subsidiary said.
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New York City Bans Foie Gras
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One thousand restaurants will have to take it off their menus by 2022.
New York City has followed in California's footsteps and voted to ban the sale and production of foie gras by 2022. The French luxury food has long been a target for animal rights activists who are concerned about the cruelty inherent in the production process. Geese are force-fed a fatty corn mush that grows the liver up to ten times its normal size over the course of 20 days. The activists say this procedure "can leave ducks too big to walk or even breathe before they are slaughtered."
The result is a fatty liver that is much sought-after by high-end restaurateurs and diners, who are willing to pay top dollar for its silky texture and rich taste – up to $125 for a 90-gram liver. But exposing production methods hasn't done enough to turn people off foie gras; demand is still there and it continues to be served at 1,000 restaurants in New York City, so activists hope this new ban will put an end to its consumption, once and for all.
Not surprisingly, reactions have been mixed and emotional. The New York Times quoted chef-owner Marco Moreira of acclaimed restaurant Tocqueville: "New York is the mecca of dining in the world. How is it possible that New York doesn’t have foie gras? What’s next? No more veal? No more mushrooms?" He accused animal rights activists of "taking letters from the alphabet – they will take something out of our kitchen vocabulary that’s integral to the restaurant."
Others think it's long overdue. The bill's sponsor, Carlina Rivera, calls foie gras "one of the most violent practices [in the commercial food industry] and it's done for a purely luxury product." Rivera also says that farmers in upstate New York won't be harmed by the ban as they "produce dozens of other products," despite the farmers themselves saying they'll lose 30 percent of their business. Farmers claim activists blow the fattening process, known as 'gavage', out of proportion and that "claims of torture are exaggerated."
The ban won't take effect for another three years, so there will be time for farmers and restaurants to phase it out – and for diners to lose their taste for it.
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About Workcamp
International Workcamp refer to the programs created for participants from different countries to get along with the locals. Participating in workcamps, volunteers would have a chance to get to know, live, work , study and exchange ideas with the locals and other people from all around the world.
Origin of Workcamp
After the First World War…
International workcamps originated after the end of World War I. The first international workcamp was organized in 1920 in Verdun, France, next to the German border. Teenage volunteers from France and Germany, who were former enemies during the war, cooperated to reconstruct the destroyed farms.
The volunteers in the workcamp compelled others to work for peace. Thus, more and more volunteers participated in the movement and their work was supported both by the people and the government.
Early development of workcamps mainly focused on construction work organized in newly independent countries and peace promotion in East and Western Europe. Later on, the education and international exchange became more important. Workcamps were regarded as a tool for creating intercultural understanding and solidarity among people.
The number of environmental projects rapidly increased the needs of the world since 1980s. By the 1990s, the international workcamp movement came to Asia. The development of workcamp projects in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and other South East Asian countries was gaining traction, with the number of volunteers continuously rising. The first international workcamp organization in Hong Kong was established in 2009 to promote the values of international volunteering.
Although each workcamp organization and international workcamp have their own goals, the common goal is to achieve a peaceful, healthy, just and sustainable world by:
Creating and supporting voluntary movements for ecology, human rights, self-sufficiency, etc.
Activating and involving new people in local communities and NGO/NPO.
Promoting global understanding, friendship and solidarity.
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In general, anyone who wants to join the workcamp has to apply for the vacancy through a workcamp organization in his/her home country. The application fee involved is one of the main sources of income for the workcamp organization.
In the advanced regions, e.g. Europe, Japan and Hong Kong, etc. more people are able to support themselves to go abroad for overseas workcamps. So, the sum of application fees received by the workcamp organization may be sufficient to cover the daily operations expenses and finance their local workcamp projects. Extra workcamp fees are thus usually not required from overseas participants, no matter where they are from.
On the contrary, in economically disadvantaged countries, e.g. Africa, South East Asia and South America, the number of placement of workcamp participants abroad is very limited, which makes it impossible to operate projects with just the application fee received. In many cases, the extra fee is usually used to cover the hosting workcamp organizations’ expenses on accommodation and meals for workcamp participants when they organize workcamps in their countries. Extra fees are also the only form of financial support for these organizations, where there is little or even no alternative funding source.
*VolTra is a non-profit organization financed by the application fees received from workcamp participants. The income will cover VolTra’s daily operation and administration expenses as well as the costs of organizing international workcamps and voluntary service projects in Hong Kong.
What is workcamp?
An international workcamp is an international voluntary project in which participants from different countries can meet, live, work, learn and exchange with local people.
Concerning issues about environmental conservation, cultural heritage, social justice, rural and human development, etc. In general, 5-day work per week, about 5-6 hours per day
Living together and sharing daily routines, such as meals and cleaning. Volunteers may choose to explore the area during free time
Usually consists of a group of 10-20 overseas and local workcamp participants. In general, anyone who is 18 years old or above can join, but some workcamps have different requirements.
Workcamps can generally be held anytime during the year, but some are time specific.
The service period ranges from 2 weeks to 1 year, with a normal duration of around two weeks.
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Projections for Covid-19 cases in West Bank and Gaza
Executive Summary: We expect a total of 145,937 cases in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in West Bank and Gaza, this is an additional 65,508 cases compared to current case total. New cases have peeked on 2020-10-12 with 672 new cases. Our models assume that after end of the current wave around 257 new cases will appear on an average day, since SARS-CoV-2 is now endemic. Quick, effective, and differentiated mitigation measures need to be in place to prevent a new outbreak.
According to the Johns Hopkins University global COVID-19 data set [1] a total of 80,429 COVID-19 cases were reported in West Bank and Gaza on 2020-11-27. This number of cases increased by 2.2 percent over the cumulative total cases known one day earlier. At this rate of cases double every 60 days and the basic reproduction rate \(R_0\) in West Bank and Gaza can be estimated at 1.3, an estimate of the average number of other people infected by a single infected person. Figure 1.1 shows the time line of new cases reported in the country (black points) together with a five day moving average (purple line) that smoothes daily fluctuations in the reporting that are due to fewer capacities on weekends, holidays and other reporting mishaps.
where \(t_{i}\) is the midpoint and \(\alpha_{i}\) the slope of the increase of cases and \(t_{d}\) is the midpoint and \(\alpha_{d}\) is the slope of the decrease in cases. \(I_{max_{d}}\) the peak of new cases and \(I_{final_{d}}\) the asymptotic final value of new cases at the end of the infections wave. Figure 1.2 shows the current double-sigmoidal model ( orange line) that is fitted for the new case time series of West Bank and Gaza, where the vertical dashed line highlights the midpoint \(t_i\) of the growth phase, the vertical solid line indicates the peak of new infections \(t_max\) and the vertical dotted line the midpoint \(t_d\) of the decay phase. The dashed horizontal line marks the estimated asymptote of endemic new cases \(I_{final_{d}}\) as this infection wave ends. We pragmatically assume that the first wave ends, when 99 percent of the decrease has happened. The dashed green line marks this date.
\(I_{max_{d}}\) Peak new cases 672 651 21
\(I_{final_{d}}\) Endemic new cases 257 559 -302
\(\alpha_{i}\) Slope of growth phase 0.02 0.03 -0.01
\(t_{i}\) Midpoint of growth phase 2020-09-09 (Day 189) 2020-08-04 (Day 153) 36
\(t_{max}\) Peak day 2020-10-12 (Day 222) 2020-09-14 (Day 194) 28
\(\alpha_{d}\) Slope of decay phase 0 0.69 -0.69
\(t_{d}\) Midpoint of decay phase 2020-09-09 (Day 189) 2020-09-19 (Day 199) -10
First wave ends 2356-08-10 (Day 122879) 2356-08-10 (Day 122879) 0
The cumulative total of COVID-19 cases in West Bank and Gaza is the number of all COVID-19 cases known up to yesterday and includes all patients already recovered from the infection. This corresponds to the Infected (I) number in the standard epidemiological SIR model. Figure 2.1 shows the data points of the time series together with a Gompertz model for the cumulative cases (red line) as well as the cumulated double-sigmoidal model (orange line). The dashed horizontal lines show the expected maximum number of cases of the Gompertz model ( the cumulated double-sigmoidal model does not have an asymptote ).
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INNOVATE Research Module 5.4: High resolution multi-dimensional modelling for hydrodynamics and water quality in Luiz Gonzaga reservoir
Project head
Research associate(s)
E. Matta, M. Sc.
Scientific assistant(s)
Richard Lorenz
April 2012 - December 2016
Federal Ministry of Education and Research / Research for Sustainability / Sustainable Land Management
University of Hohenheim, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, University of Applied Sciences Dresden, Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Agricultural Institute of Pernambuco state, Technology Institute of Pernambuco, soil section of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation and the National Institute of the Semi-Arid Region
www.innovate.tu-berlin.de
The Luiz Gonzaga dam (former Itaparica dam) was built between 1979 and 1988 to dam up the São Francisco river in Northeast Brasil. The resulting Itaparica reservoir is facing several environmental and socio-economical problems.
The INNOVATE (Interplay among multiple uses of water reservoirs via innovative coupling of substance cycles in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems) project aims at an interdisciplinary approach to develop a sustainable watershed management. The sub-project 5: Modelling focuses on the development of models of the basin of São Francisco to study the impact of climate and land use changes on the water resources.
Research Module 5.4, which is part of sub-project 5, investigates the current situation in the reservoir and the impacts of the above mentioned changes on the water quantity and quality, using two- and three-dimensional high resolution hydro-numerical models. Based on the results, critical conditions can be identified and adaption measures will be developed.
Location of different models
© I. Özgen
Constellation and collaborations within INNOVATE
Large scale 2D flow and transport model of the Itaparica reservoir with the Hydroinformatics Modelling System
A large scale two-dimensional model for hydrodynamics and tracer transport was set up in the framework of HMS. First simulation runs were carried out on a simplified topography. The reservoir was modeled as a rectangular channel with a constant inclination from the inflow to the outflow.
Results show that for mean flow conditions, there are so-called dead water zones in the reservoir where the water is almost standing. These areas are not influenced by the main stream in the São Francisco river. This is an important insight in the behaviour of the reservoir in regard to future investigations concerning water quality and contamination processes.
Flow velocities for mean flow conditions in Itaparica reservoir
© I. Özgen / S. Nasser
Future research will take into account a more detailed topography of the reservoir. Additionally, wind-induced flow and tracer transport will be investigated. Further, boundary conditions provided by the hydrological model SWIM of Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research will be used.
The results of the simulations of the large scale model will be used to drive the small scale two-dimensional model of Icó-Mandantes bay.
Small scale 2D flow and transport model of the Icó-Mandantes bay with the Hydroinformatic Modelling System
Icó-Mandantes bay is one research area of the INNOVATE project. The bay faces a serious eutrophication problem caused by the intensive agriculture around the bay as well as the waste water inflow from surrounding cities.
A two-dimensional model for hydrodynamics and transport was set up in the framework of Hydroinformatics Modelling System (HMS), a modeling framework developed at the chair. Aim of the first research phase was to simulate the hydraulic interaction between the bay and the São Francisco river, to get an understanding of the whole water system. The results show that the interaction between bay and river is negligibly small.
Flow velocity field in Icó Mandantes bay
Successively, wind-induced flow and transport in Icò-Mandantes bay were simulated, to analyze the effects of the wind on the water body and on the interaction between the São Francisco river and the bay, for different scenarios and different wind conditions. The velocities in the bay remained relatively small (max. cm/s), but they were significantly increased by the wind shear stress and no longer stagnant. Additionally, a tracer was injected in the area to simulate the spreading of a contaminant. An increase of tracer exchange between the river and the bay was observed.
Surface flow simulation for mean flow conditions and mean wind
© I. Özgen / E. Matta
Transport simulation for mean flow conditions and extreme wind after ca. 1 day
© E. Matta / I. Özgen
Large scale 2D flow and transport model of the Itaparica reservoir with Telemac
A new large scale 2D model of the Itaparica reservoir was built, using bathymetry field data received by the SP1-1, assuming suitable and more complicated and realistical channel profiles and interpolating between these profiles.
Shallow water flow and transport was simulated in the mentioned model. Different scenarios were investigated, as the influence of the roughness of the soil and the turbulent diffusion, for mean flow conditions as well as for a drought and a flood case, using the Telemac system. The simulations indicated that the stream in the main river dominates the flow field for mean flow as well as for the drought, while in the bays the water was almost stagnant and a tracer injected at the inflow boundary was mainly transported downstream without entering the bays. For the flood case, the flow velocities considerably increased in the whole reservoir. Therefore, a tracer injected at the inflow boundary entered parts of bays. When a tracer was injected punctually inside Icò-Mandantes bay, the spreading was extremely slow. After ca. 200 days of simulation the tracer was still spreding inside the bay: the concentration of the tracer was lower than 1 % of the initial value.
Large scale 2D model of the Itaparica reservoir: bottom elevation
© T. Storck
Transport simulation on the large scale 2D model of the Itaparica reservoir: punctual injection inside Icò Mandantes bay, at t = 200 days
© T. Broecker
Small scale 2D model of the Icò-Mandantes bay in Telemac
New bathymetry data of Icò-Mandantes bay were collected from SP1-1 during the last field trip in Brazil (December 2013) and received in January 2014. A new small scale 2D model of Icò-Mandantes bay was built, to refine the previous bathymetry of the bay. The model was tested and validated using Telemac 2D. SP1-1 provided also data about uptakes and tributaries along the bay, some hydrological data, wind data and nutrient concentrations in the discharge, as N, P, Chl.a.
Low and high water level scenarios are planned to be investigated, considering different inflows and outflows, as tributaries, uptakes, wind effects, impact of the vegetation, influence of nitrogen, phosphorus and macrophytes. Successively, the 3D model of the Icò Mandantes bay will be set up also with Telemac, extending the developed model to observe three dimensional effects. The model will be validated, simulating different scenarios, considering heat exchange with atmosphere, density-induced flow, wind effects, day-nights cycles, vegetation and the existing tributaries and uptakes. Also the set up of a water quality model is planned.
The models implemented could help the other sub-project partners of the INNOVATE (e.g. SP1-1, SP5-1, SP5-2), the stakeholders (e.g. CHESF or ANA), the Brazilian partners and others to better understand the behaviour of Icó- Mandantes bay and the interaction with the São Francisco river. In future work climate and land use change as well as stakeholder-defined scenarios will be investigated on the 3D and water quality models.
Small scale 2D model of the Icò-Mandantes bay: bottom elevation (m)
© E. Matta
Summary of main results and management guidelines
Studying various project partners- and stakeholder-oriented scenarios in Icó-Mandantes bay and Itaparica reservoir, we gained a wider knowledge about the systems and their interactions. Water is used for different purposes and at the same time is affected by water quality problems, due to e.g. high water level variation (HPP, evaporation), not adequate waste water system. In such bays, water exchange with the main stream of Itaparica hardly occurs and, therefore, we incur in higher risks of withdrawing low quality water or contribute to eutrophication in the bay, if nutrients increase by net cages emissions or by flash floods from the intermittent tributary Riacho dos Mandantes.
It is extremely important to adapt the management to the climate change scenarios and anthropogenic uses. Indeed, considering a flood event from the small effluent Riacho dos Mandantes due to heavy rain, we saw how it influenced water quantity mainly in the bay itself, in particular in the near field of the river inflow, and how the hypothetical material transported interacts with the different uses. The intakes for irrigation agriculture and Transposition project, which are located in the near field of the tributary, will be negatively affected by it (on the longer term assuming a wet scenario). Residence times are in fact much higher (> 1 year) in Icó-Mandantes bay, compared to the ones calculated for Itaparica reservoir (ca. 2 months).
Regarding aquaculture, we hypothesized to install a new net cage system producing 130 t y-1 of Tilapia inside the bay and observed the consequent increase of total nitrogen and phosphorus, compared to the current mean values and maximum concentrations allowed (SP1-1; CONAMA 357/05). The results showed that nutrient emissions due to a small production would lead the bay to have an increase of phosphorus concentration of ca. 8 µg L-1 after one week of simulation under drought conditions. Therefore, it should be avoided to install new aquaculture systems in such bays and, otherwise, to ensure enough water column beneath the cages (min. 10 m, SP1-1).
In our studies, we could also observe that the eastern channel of the Transposition project influenced not relevantly water quantity at the local scale of our models, except for the increase of flow velocities in the near-field of the intake, but water quality control measures need to be applied, because of the critical location of the withdrawal. Nevertheless, the simulations are based on the assumed withdrawals declared by ANA (411/2005), since the axis is not yet operating.
Finally, we focused in these years on the important role of the wind in our research area, studying wind-induced flow in 2D and 3D, considering various scenarios. Wind is one of the main drivers of hydrodynamics and transport and 3D analyses allow us to observe the consequent circulation patterns along the vertical direction (z) and in this way increase our knowledge of this complex system. The final simulations of the upcoming year (2016-2017) deal with 3D modeling in regards of stratification in the bay, due to temperature gradients.
Study area and computational domain: Itaparica reservoir (left); computational domain of Icó-Mandantes bay, where multiple uses of water are shown (right)
© elaborated by E. Matta
Velocity field and tracer concentrations, one week after a 3-days-flood-event from the effluent Riacho dos Mandantes, for a dry (left) and a wet scenario (right)
© E. Matta, M. N. Simshäuser
Mass-conservative passive tracer set as initial conditions, with an initial concentration equal to 10 [-], after 6 months-simulations for a dry (left) and a wet scenario (right)
An example of 3D results, analyzing mean wind and mean flow conditions in the domain, before a wind storm event. Zoom of the flow field on the surface layer in an intermediate part between the bay and the reservoir main stream (left); vertical section of flow velocities (right)
Associated theses
Simshäuser, M. N. Impacts of a tributary on flow and transport in Icó Mandantes Bay. Bachelorarbeit im Studiengang Bauingenieurwesen
Wirth, S. Auswirkungen eines Wasserüberleitungskanals auf die Strömungs- und Wasserqualitätsverhältnisse in der Icó-Mandantes Bucht. Bachelorarbeit im Studiengang Bauingenieurwesen
Broecker, T. Simulation of two-dimensional flow and transport processes in a Brazilian reservoir. Master thesis (Civil engineering).
Matta, E. Simulation of wind-induced flow in Icó Mandanted bay, Brazil. Master thesis (Civil engineering).
Nasser, S. Numerische Simulation der Strömungsprozesse im Reservoir des Luiz Gonzaga Staudammes, Brasilien. Bachelor thesis (Civil engineering).
Storck, T. Erstellung und Optimierung eines zweidimensionalen Gitternetzes für das Itaparica Reservoir, Brasilien. Student research project (Civil engineering).
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Built in 1926 and known as Harmon Villa, the now refurbished Villa Italia Hotel was part of the art deco construction boom that flourished in Miami between the 1920s and 1930s. During this period numerous small hotels were built along lower Collins Avenue and Ocean Drive. This building boom helped bring the district of Miami Beach out of the Depression and later the area became famous as the Art Deco District, known worldwide as South Beach or SoBe.
The Art Deco period in the United States found its inspirations in early 20th Century European design styles such as Cubism, French Art Deco, German Bauhaus and Expressionism, Dutch de Stijl and Amsterdam School, Vienna Secession and others. The local architects used local imagery to create what we now call Tropical Deco. These buildings feature relief ornamentation featuring whimsical flora, fauna and ocean-liner motifs to reinforce the image of Miami Beach as a seaside resort.
The Historic Preservation Board of Miami beach declared Harmon Villa a Historic building status due to its rich history and the significance of its architectural design in the community. Its history captures this remarkable growth of Miami Beach from a seaside area to an up market residential community.
In 2009 under the visionary creation of new ownership, Harmon Villa began a major construction restoration project to restore its beauty and original architecture. Construction was completed in March 2011 and the villa is now known as Villa Italia Hotel. We also provide guests an elegant two bedroom Villa with terrace for a true home away from home experience.
Hotel Fee of $ 10 per day, per person, will apply to your booking. This fee includes: city tax, unlimited wired & wireless internet access throughout the property, local dialing and toll-free calls, daily beach towels, beach chairs, beach umbrellas, boarding pass printing, Netflix Movies, complimentary water, and delicious Italian coffee
Only registered guests will be allowed access to hotel property and enjoy the hotel amenities.
Rates are based on double occupancy. A nightly fee of $45 per person will be applied for each additional registered guest.
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EXPERIENCE 16,000 years of history in 2 hours
This exhibition interprets 16,000 years of Virginia history and features more than 500 artifacts, maps, letters, and diaries. Objects in the exhibition are supplemented by images from the VMHC's collection, soundscapes, video, and digital interactives.
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Explore the Story of Virginia: An American Experience
16,000 BCE to 1622 CE
At the time of the great northern glaciers, Native Americans followed the game they hunted to Virginia.
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The colony prospered. Tobacco—grown by indentured servants and enslaved Africans—sustained the economy.
Find out more about 1622 to 1763
British taxation—introduced to pay for a British military presence in America—was unexpected by the Virginia gentry and resented.
The decades following the presidency of Virginian James Monroe (1817–1825) saw populations shift, the economy expand, and attitudes about slavery harden.
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The Story of Virginia: Highlights from the Virginia Museum of History & Culture
by Jamie O. Bosket and William M. S. Rasmussen. This books shares the stories behind more than 400 objects from the VMHC, including rare letters, paintings, furniture, maps, photographs, and more.
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Consultant hired to study safety on MBTA green line
Derailments, track conditions focus of draft report
Updated: 6:55 PM EDT Sep 18, 2017
Kathy Curran
5 Investigates Reporter
WEBVTT WATER WAS SHUT OFF FOR REPAIRS,BUT AREA CUSTOMERS WERE NOTAFFECTED.rtED 5 INVESTIGATES TONIGHTCONCERNS OVER SAFETY PROMPTS THESTATE TO ORDER A REVIEW OF THEENTIRE MBTA GREEN LINE.INVESTIGATIVE REPORTrtER KATHYCURRAN JOINS US WITH THEDETAILS.KATH?rtKATHY: ED, THIS ASSESSMENT WASLAUNCHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OFPUBLIC UTILITIES WHICH OVERSEESTHE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THEMBTA.WE'VE LEARNED A DRAFT REPORT OFTHE REVIEW IS COMPLETE ANDFOCUSES ON ISSUES WITH THEPHYSICAL CONDITION OF TRACKS,TRAINING AND MAINTENANCE.rtTHE MBTA'S GREE LINE HAS THEHErtAVIEST RIDERSHIP OF ANY LIGHTRAIL SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY.THE AGE OF THE SYSTEM HAS PROVENTO BE A CHALLENGE FOR YEARS.ACCORDING TO FEDERAL TRANSITrtDATA, THERE WERE SEVENDERAILMENTS ON THE GREEN LINE IN2015 AND ANOTHER SEVEN IN 2016.MORE THAN ANYrt OTHER SYSTEM OFHIS TYPE NATIONWIDE.THOSE DERAILMENTS TRIGGERED THERAILROrt TO DO A COMPREHENSIVEREVIEW OF EVERY BRANCH OF THEGREEN LINE.THE MAIN FOCUS WOULD T TRACKrtDEFICIENCIES.>> THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARETAKING VERY SERIOUSLY.rtKATHY: THE TYPE OF CARS THAT FITLOWER ON THE TRACKS IS PART OFTHE PROBLEM.THE GREEN LINE TRACK REPLACEDWITHrt SPEED RESTRICTIONS PUT INTOPLACE.>> WE RAN A NUMBER OF TESTS TO ADEN OF FIVE WHAT WAS GOING ON.ANDrt AGAIN, WE HAVE TAKENNECESSARY, PROACTIVE STEPS TOADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.KATHY: SOURCrtES TELL FIVEINVESTIGATES THEY HAV COMPILEDA REPORT BEING REVIEWE BY THETEA.SHOULD GREEN LINE CUSTOMERS BErtCONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY?>> KNOW, OUR SYSTEM IS SAFE.-- N, OUR SYSTEMrt IS SAFE.WE MAKE DECISIONS EVERY DAY TOENSURE THE SAFETY OF OURCUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES.KATHY: THEY ARE WORKING CLOSELYWITH DPU AND THErt T HINVESTED $10 MILLION IN GREENLINE TRACK IMPROVEMENTS,
Concerns over safety have prompted the state to order a review of the MBTA’s entire green line, 5 Investigates has learned.The assessment was launched by the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, which oversees safety and security at the MBTA.Sources have told 5 Investigates a draft report that focuses on issues with the physical condition of tracks, training and maintenance has already been handed over to the T.The MBTA's green line has the heaviest ridership of any light rail system in the country and the age of the system has proven to be a challenge for years.Federal transit data obtained by 5 Investigates shows there were seven derailments on the green line in 2015 and another seven in 2016. That is more than any other system of its type nationwide. Those derailments triggered the state to hire railway consultant Protran Technology to do a comprehensive review of every branch of the green line. The focus of that review is on track deficiencies, which have been found to play a role in several trolleys heading off the tracks. The MBTA's deputy general manager, Jeffrey Gonneville, said the “Type 8” green line cars that sit lower on the tracks are part of the problem.Gonneville said more than 20,000 feet of green line track has already been replaced and speed restrictions have been put into place. "We ran a number of tests to really try to identify what was happening, what was going on and we have taken necessary pro-active steps to address those issues," Gonneville said. Sources tell 5 Investigates Protran Technology’s draft report is now being reviewed by MBTA officials. Asked if green line riders should be worried about their safety, Gonneville said, “No our system is safe. We make decisions every day based upon various conditions across our entire system of what we would need to do to ensure the safety of our customers and our employees."MBTA managers said they are working closely with DPU on green line safety issues and they have spent $10 million in green line track improvements over the past two years, including almost five miles of new track.They also said there has not been a derailment since October, 2016.
Concerns over safety have prompted the state to order a review of the MBTA’s entire green line, 5 Investigates has learned.
The assessment was launched by the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, which oversees safety and security at the MBTA.
Green Line maintenance resources ‘stretched to the limit,’ report finds
Buses replace Green Line service through 4 stations Tuesday
Sources have told 5 Investigates a draft report that focuses on issues with the physical condition of tracks, training and maintenance has already been handed over to the T.
The MBTA's green line has the heaviest ridership of any light rail system in the country and the age of the system has proven to be a challenge for years.
Federal transit data obtained by 5 Investigates shows there were seven derailments on the green line in 2015 and another seven in 2016. That is more than any other system of its type nationwide.
Those derailments triggered the state to hire railway consultant Protran Technology to do a comprehensive review of every branch of the green line. The focus of that review is on track deficiencies, which have been found to play a role in several trolleys heading off the tracks.
The MBTA's deputy general manager, Jeffrey Gonneville, said the “Type 8” green line cars that sit lower on the tracks are part of the problem.
Gonneville said more than 20,000 feet of green line track has already been replaced and speed restrictions have been put into place.
"We ran a number of tests to really try to identify what was happening, what was going on and we have taken necessary pro-active steps to address those issues," Gonneville said.
Sources tell 5 Investigates Protran Technology’s draft report is now being reviewed by MBTA officials.
Asked if green line riders should be worried about their safety, Gonneville said, “No our system is safe. We make decisions every day based upon various conditions across our entire system of what we would need to do to ensure the safety of our customers and our employees."
MBTA managers said they are working closely with DPU on green line safety issues and they have spent $10 million in green line track improvements over the past two years, including almost five miles of new track.
They also said there has not been a derailment since October, 2016.
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The largest internet company in 2030? This prediction will probably surprise you
Online learning taught by robots could be widespread by 2030.
Image: REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
This article is published in collaboration with Business Insider
Chris Weller Ideas Reporter, Business Insider
Thirty years ago, it was a big deal when schools got their first computers. Today, it's a big deal when students get their own laptops.
According to futurist Thomas Frey, in 14 years it'll be a big deal when students learn from robot teachers over the internet.
It's not just because the technology will be that sophisticated, Frey says, but because the company responsible for it will be the largest of its kind.
"I've been predicting that by 2030 the largest company on the internet is going to be an education-based company that we haven't heard of yet," Frey, the senior futurist at the DaVinci Institute think tank, tells Business Insider.
Frey's prediction comes amid a boom in artificial intelligence research. Google is developing DeepMind, a complex piece of machine-learning software. IBM is developing Watson-powered robots. Amazon is developing drone delivery.
Image: Class Central
"Nobody has quite cracked the code for the future of education," Frey contends.
His vision for 2030 includes a massively enhanced version of today's open online courses — the kind of instruction you may find with Khan Academy, Coursera, or MIT OpenCourseWare. Only, the instructors won't be humans beamed through videos. They'll be bots, and they'll be smart enough to personalize each lesson plan to the child sitting in front of the screen.
Frey suspects that kind of efficiency will allow students to learn at much faster rates than if they had to compete with 19 other students for the teacher's attention. Students will breeze through their material at four or 10 times the speed, perhaps completing an undergraduate education in less than half a year.
"It learns what your proclivities are, it learns what your idiosyncrasies are," he explains. "It learns what your interests are, your reference points. And it figures out how to teach you in a faster and faster way over time."
He uses the example of Google's DeepMind learning to play the Atari video game "Breakout." Not only did it quickly pick up on the rules, but within a half hour it figured out a way to achieve incredibly high scores — all with little human input.
Machine learning will accelerate in a similar fashion in the education space, Frey says. Online bots will pick up on a student's strengths and weaknesses and use a series of algorithms to tailor the lessons accordingly. Research suggests this personalized method is among the most effective at raising kids' overall achievement.
Frey doesn't go so far as to argue education bots will replace traditional schooling outright. He sees them more as a supplement, perhaps as a kind of tutor. If a child struggles with algebra, a bot may be able to offer some help during homework time or over the weekend.
It's up for debate whether AI can master the subtleties of language, thought, and reason all within the next 14 years. One of the greatest hurdles for machine learning is grasping social interactions. Many AI systems today are still less capable (cognitively speaking) than a 6-year-old.
Frey trusts 14 years isn't too generous a timeline for the technology to ramp up, given how quickly technology innovation builds on itself. The internet was just beginning to enter a lot of people's homes 14 years ago, in 2002. But by 2007 people were already surfing the Web on their iPhones, and today the internet is almost omnipresent in daily life.
Frey predicts that artificial intelligence will have the same trajectory in the education space. By 2030, DeepMind's ability to master "Breakout" could seem as quaint as dial-up modems do today, and what seemed like a massive library of online content in 2016 could look to future students like a skimpy collection that hardly does anything.
Chris Weller , Ideas Reporter, Business Insider
This article is published in collaboration with Business Insider.
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Kent Police hunt thief in Dartford after spate of car thefts
Police in Dartford are warning of an “opportunistic thief” wearing pink gloves after receiving seven different reports of vehicles being broken into in Dartford between New Year’s Eve and January 4.
Kent Police have issued a statement warning residents not to leave valuables in their cars overnight following the spate of crime.
Items stolen include satellite navigation systems, money and a multi tool, whilst one witness actually caught a young white man looking into cars around the same time period.
Between New Year’s Eve and Monday 4 January 2021, Kent Police said it had received seven reports of vehicles being broken into, with items taken on most occasions.
The vehicles were parked in Princes Road, Ashen Drive, St Ronan’s View, Knole Road, Beacon Drive, Page Close in Bean and Balmoral Road.
The incident in Balmoral Road took place at around 3am on 4 January and a witness has reported seeing a young white man looking into cars.
At the time, he was wearing a black puffer jacket, grey jogging bottoms, neon pink gloves, a woollen hat and cream shoes.
Inspector Sarah Rivett from Dartford’s Community Safety Unit said: “These incidents have been carried out at random and by an opportunistic thief.
“I would encourage people to ensure their vehicles are locked and to make sure no valuables are left inside their cars overnight. We will continue to patrol these areas to deter any further incidents. Anyone with information or who is concerned their vehicles have been targeted should report offences to Kent Police.’
Anyone with information can call Kent Police on 01474 366149 quoting 46/229120/20.
Alternatively you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers in Kent anonymously on 0800 555 111, or by using the anonymous form available via this link.
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NO MAN CAN DEFINE ME: DVD, Catalogue & 5 city tour celebrating the works of Winston Washington Moxam
A beautifully designed catalogue & DVD collection – featuring three essays and newly transferred short films by the late Winston Moxam – are?available for sale from our offices and online store: ?
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Mouth of the Bois Brule River
© Photographed September 12, 2016
Maple, Douglas County, Wisconsin
46°44'51.9"N 91°36'31.6"W
Here, one of Wisconsin's most historic and beloved rivers joins America's largest fresh water lake. The Bois Brule River, famous for trout fishing, canoeing, and unparalleled beauty was important to early travelers as a waterway connecting Lake Superior and the Mississippi River.
The first written history of the Brule River comes from the French explorer, and Diplomat Daniel Greysolon Sieu di Lhut in June of 1680.
"... I entered into a river which has its mouth eight leagues from the extremity of Lake Superior on the south side, where after having cut down some trees and broken through about one hundred beaver dams, I went up the said river, and then made carry of half a league to reach a lake ..."
The Brule River was used as a highway for many years to transport goods and people to the interior of the continent After the decline in the fur industry, the American Fur Company operated a fish camp near this site in 1839.
1880 saw the start of the Clevedon colony near the current Mouth of the Brule River. 30 tradesmen and their families came her from Bristol England to operate a fishing station; they packed the fish for market in barrels they built in their cooperage shop. The tradesmen left the colony in 1886 due to a lack of the frontier skills needed to carve a colony out of the wilderness.
Around 1900, a logging dam was built about 1/2 mile upstream from the Mouth of the River. Logs were sorted at the mouth, stamped, and rafted to large sawmills in Duluth.
In 1907 the Brule River State Forest was established near the present day town of Brule with a gift of 4,000 acres of land from Frederick Weyerhaeuser. In 1959 the Brule River State Forest was expanded to include the Mouth of the Brule River.
The marker is at the mouth of the Bois Brule River, at the northernmost end of Brule River Road, Maple, Wisconsin 54854.
Looking northwest at Lake Superior from the marker location.
The marker is located in the Brule River State Forest.
The entrance to the small park where the marker
(visible in the distance to the right) is located.
That's Lake Superior visible on the horizon in the distance.
Follow this roadway to the marker location.
The parking lot to access the marker.
Four miles down this isolated road is the marker location.
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The marker is located in Brule, Wisconsin.
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'We were shocked': Paddelboarder finds deepwater fish with eyes like coffee mugs
Updated: 6:39 PM CDT Jun 11, 2020
an incredibly rare fish with eyes the size of coffee cups recently washed ashore in Port Angeles. Washington Cuomo news reports. A woman paddleboarding spotted the large fish floating in the water near the shore and called out. As luck would have it, officials with Harbor Wild Watch were within earshot in rush to check out the situation they determine the creature is a ribbon fish, often called king of the salmon, as according to legend, it acted as a guide for migrating salmon. Catching a glimpse of one is extraordinarily rare, as the variety typically hangs out in the Pacific Ocean at depths of around 3000 feet.
A person recently found a deep-sea fish while paddleboarding.It was a nearly four-and-a-half foot long king-of-the-salmon fish, which has large eyes to help it capture as much light as possible."It’s a pelagic species, which spends its life in open ocean and in very deep water," environmental education organization Harbor WildWatch, which helped identify the fish, said on social media.It happened Sunday in Washington state's Salt Creek Recreation Area — across from Canada's Vancouver Island."We were shocked when we finally laid eyes on this magnificent fish with a gigantic eye the diameter of a coffee mug," Harbor WildWatch said.
PORT ANGELES, Wash. —
A person recently found a deep-sea fish while paddleboarding.
It was a nearly four-and-a-half foot long king-of-the-salmon fish, which has large eyes to help it capture as much light as possible.
"It’s a pelagic species, which spends its life in open ocean and in very deep water," environmental education organization Harbor WildWatch, which helped identify the fish, said on social media.
It happened Sunday in Washington state's Salt Creek Recreation Area — across from Canada's Vancouver Island.
"We were shocked when we finally laid eyes on this magnificent fish with a gigantic eye the diameter of a coffee mug," Harbor WildWatch said.
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Paleo-Eskimo
adjective Of or pertaining to the inhabitants and/or native cultures of the North American Arctic region before the rise of the modern Eskimo cultures in the region; of or pertaining to the Saqqaq, Independence I and II, and/or Dorset cultures and/or their peoples.
paleo- (“old, primeval”) + Eskimo
The first inhabitants were several Paleo-Eskimo societies.
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With a technology adapted to exploit a resource that the indigenous population of this part of the Arctic could not, the migrants rapidly displaced the late Paleo-Eskimo population that had developed in situ over the previous two millennia from the whole of Nunavut, Ungava – Labrador, and Greenland.
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The Greenlander belonged to a Paleo-Eskimo culture called the Saqqaq by archaeologists.
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Power & Patience
Genom Aja Addy
Musikgenre International
In an interview with Hedwig Kemkes-Oechsler, Aja Addy talked about the the role of the Tigari priest in Ghana and how he became one. Question: What is the meaning of 'Tigari' ? Aja Addy: Tigari is the name for a benevolent spirit, which protects human beings and helps solve personal and social problems. In Ghana the Tigari-spirit can protect anyone against evil spirits, and there are many ! Q: Could you tell me a little about the history of this cult ? A: Ceremonies for the Tigari-spirit are held in many places in Ghana today, but it originated in Ippala in the north, a long time ago. The Tigari-spirit is connected to the wind, and is the patron-spirit of growth and fertility, of long and healthy life and of social peace. Q: How did you become a Tigari priest ? A: One of my uncles served as a Tigari priest. When he died, every drummer in my family including myself played the ritual rhythms to call the spirit. The Tigari-spirit is a 'man' and the priest is his 'wife', so we gave him the opportunity to find a new 'bride'. Then one after the other we had to dance. When I danced, I fell into a state of consciousness where I didn't know anything of my everyday life. I didn't eat anything for seven days! But I was able to speak several languages. Since that day I'm a Tigari priest. Q: What happens on this photo ? A: It was taken during a ceremony. I'm wearing a black robe to fight the evil spirit. In one hand I carry a bell, the sound of which the evil spirits don't like. In the other hand I have a ritual object to finally chase the spirits away. When this has happened I put on a white robe and the ceremony becomes cheerful. Q: Could you tell me more about the dance ? A: When the dancer enters the 'stage' and starts his journey, he first bows in front of the elders of the family who sit on the right hand side, then he bows before the ritual objects and at last to the drummers on the left. The basic motions of the dance are five styles of turns . Q: What are your tasks as a priest and which commandments do you have to obey ? A: There has to be a ceremony every six weeks, where the spirit receives certain offerings and gifts. There is a special room in my home - a shrine - where all ritual objects kept, fetishs, robes and instruments, and to which the offerings are brought. There are strict regulations concerning these sacrifices, the meals, prayers, or the social behaviour. My tasks are many and diverse. A lot of people come with their problems. I am a mediator, I go into the Tigari-room with them and ask the spirit for advice. I will be called or visited when a child is born, at marriages, and in cases of disease or death. Q: Are you a priest, when you are abroad too, for example here in Germany ? A: No, I was invited to play drums and show dances, but I wasn't invited to bring my spirit. In Europe I'm free from the duties and responsibilities I have in Ghana. Q: That means you show the dances and rhythms without explaining the religious background ? A: Exactly. Many have asked me to, but I have always refused it because it's not to be taken lightly. The dance I can show you, but not the spirit. I know that there were strong spirits in europe too, but I would do you no favour with our cult, you would get more problems instead of less. I teach the different drum and dance techniques to my students, step by step. First the easy ones and later the more complex traditional and ritual styles. And everone who has really learned to play and dance will feel the spirituality of my country. If the dance is supposed more than just 'good feeling', than it has to be seen in connection with the calling of the spirit and the offerings to him.
Konstnären: Aja Addy
Titel: Power & Patience
Genre: International
Aja Addy
1 Gome Music
2 Dzigbo
3 Ballaphone Sound
4 Adschó
5 E-Ba Ni-E-Ba
6 Adawe
7 Lolo
8 Kanya
9 Come to Dinner
10 Camel Walk
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Toshiba Appeals European Fine
By Hiroyuki Kachi
Dec. 24, 2009 5:25 am ET
TOKYO -- Toshiba Corp. said Thursday it had appealed a decision by the European Commission earlier this year to impose a fine for infringement of an antimonopoly law regarding power transformers.
The Tokyo-based company brought an action to the General Court of the European Union seeking annulment of the European Commission's decision in October.
The European Commission fined six companies a total of €67.6 million for colluding in the power transformer market.
In addition to Toshiba, Swiss ABB Ltd., France's Areva SA and Alstom SA, and Japan's Fuji Electrics Co Ltd. and Hitachi Ltd. were all found guilty and fined for having put in place an oral market-sharing agreement. Under the agreement, the European and Japanese power transformer makers promised to stay out of each others' markets.
Toshiba said it own investigation didn't find any infringement of EU competition law.
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Report: Raleigh police used expired tear gas on protesters
Raleigh Police during protest (Photo: WTVD)
RALEIGH, NC (AP) — Raleigh police used expired tear gas on demonstrators during protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, according to a report released Tuesday.
The News & Observer reports that the review of the Police Department’s response and use of force during the protests also found that police used tear gas unnecessarily in one instance.
Fourteen officers were injured, and 17 police vehicles were damaged during the protests, according to the report.
Raleigh Police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown told the City Council there have been 106 arrests stemming from the protests.
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New Earswick All Blacks launch Christmas Shoebox Appeal
By Jacob Kilbride Sports reporter
NEW Earswick All Blacks are once again engaging with the local community as lockdown continues, through their Christmas Shoebox Appeal.
Since March, New Earswick All Blacks have helped two care homes in York - New Lodge in New Earswick and Lime Tree House in Poppleton - by donating some materials including etchings, books, magazines, DVDs and puzzle books.
The All Blacks haven’t been able to play competitive matches since the pandemic struck, with training sessions taking place under strict Covid-19 rules.
"Not having the rugby fix has been tough for some of the members, but we thought there are people who haven’t even had this freedom of getting out and about, or seeing family," a club statement said.
Explaining their latest charitable cause, they added: "The club have decided to create a Shoebox Appeal, which will see its members create a shoebox to donate, so that each member of both care homes have something to open on Christmas Day.
"We are, however seeking as many shoeboxes as possible and are appealing for other people in the York community to get involved and create one.
"Get creative, have a think about what you’d want to bring you joy at Christmas and fill a shoebox, then wrap the shoebox (so it is able to be opened), and drop it off at New Earswick Sports Club on Sunday, December 13 between 12-4pm.
"We are also accepting donations from people to fill a shoebox for them, and we are also asking local businesses to sponsor a shoebox or two.
"Those businesses that do sponsor will get their business web address and info on the club website www.neab.co.uk and through the club social media channels.
"If you are going to donate a shoebox or would like to sponsor one, then please contact club chairman Jack Stearman on chairman@neab.co.uk."
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August 6, 1908 was the first date entered in my grandmother’s diary. That day, Bessie and Charlie Etter began their trek over 100 years ago from Hollywood, California to Yosemite National Park in their two-horse covered Studebaker wagon drawn by Dollie and Dick.
That was the beginning of a fascinating and informative account of how travel was in those early days — in sharp contrast to today’s air conditioned and heated comfort. So hop aboard my grandparent’s wagon as we travel with them.
This account is just a very short version of the whole story that I’ve taken from their letters, notes and the diary. My grandparents encountered all that Mother Nature could provide—fierce winds, torrential rain, 117° heat and freezing snow. Through the heat, horrible wind and a freezing snowstorm they traveled on. The roads were horrible at times but when they finally made it to Yosemite Valley it was all worth it.
Fortunately my grandmother kept a daily diary of the trek and she and my grandfather wrote letters. We even have an account of the price of their needs along the way. Obtaining enough water at times was a very long day’s drive. They even raced a train, but not on purpose. At one point, they became so fatigued they fell asleep while driving. They met people of some historical recognition, such as the Gordons, who ran a stage stop on the Wawona Road, more on that later.
In the desert Bessie and Charlie encountered a lost family of four adults and several children “who looked ready to die. They had been lost in the desert for 3-4 days, driving in circles, no water. We had just bought a bushel of peaches, and I handed them over to these thirsty people. Lucious, juicy peaches. How they went for them.” The lost family were given water and directions.
They recorded many observations at various places: — Mojave – “Every other door a saloon.” — Mojave Desert - “The most God awful place.” The wind was so fierce they had to tie their wagon down, or it would blow over. They took cover in a school house. — Bakersfield – “Tough town. Every man has to bring a Winchester to town with them.” — Fresno – “A fruit belt. Peaches, grapes, figs.” — Coarsegold – “The largest nugget found at ‘CG’ was valued at $800.” — Fresno Flats (Oakhurst) – “All uphill.” — Fish Camp (Happy Camp) – “Nice place and decent people.”
My grandmother’s style of writing was humorous with a hint of sarcasm. While at Fish Camp, “A large beast walked past our wagon one night, creating great noise. Immediately there was great commotion within the wigwam. I manfully grasped my trusty revolver and sat up, peering out into the inky darkness while my brave husband shirt-tailed it out into the blackness, chasing and shouting after a stray bovine and offspring. You see, we were afraid she might devour our hay, ‘ere we were aware.”
While camped outside Fish Camp, they took a hike to the Mariposa Grove. “Walked to big trees, four miles to gate and six miles to Wawona Point, it is all grand. Grizzly Giant is estimated to be 8,000 years old, to contain 1,000,000 feet of lumber, is 224 feet high, 100 feet up to the big limb which is six feet through. Big fella, all right.” Well, as we learned later, the Grizzly Giant was not quite so old (about 2700 years) or tall (209 feet), but still a magnificent tree.) “Stopped at a log cabin and registered. Then up to Wawona Point.” I would think that the cabin was Galen Clark’s.
I wonder if that register still exists with my grandparent’s name on September 6, 1908. That hike was a 20-mile one day round trip! Amazing.
Sept. 7, 1908: Bessie and Charlie left Fish Camp for Wawona. “Met a man who asked for $6.75 and all we paid was $4.50. Still need to pay $2.25 as we return. Left guns at Soldiers Camp.” (Now A. E. Wood, Wawona Campground.) As they paid their toll, the man gave my grandparents the 1908 Rules and Regulations of the park. The rules included: — Automobiles are not permitted in the park. — Dogs are not permitted in the park. — No one person shall catch more than 50 fish in one day. Automobiles were allowed prior to 1908 and again in 1913.
Courtesy of John Etter
This photograph is my grandfather Charlie Etter next to his Studebaker wagon that he and my grandmother Bessie took to Yosemite in 1908, pulled by their two horses Dolly and Dick.
Charlie with Dolly and Dick
Photograph Courtesy of John Etter
Bessie, the diarist, also made pies and appleasuace from fresh fruit they picked during their trek from their home in Hollywood to Yosemite. She also kept an account of the cost of provisions purchased along the way.
Bessie Over a Hot Stove at Wawona
Charlie Etter at their Yosemite campgrounds, which they were quite reluctant to leave but there was work in San Francisco for Charlie, a carpenter by trade, even though the adventurous couple arrived several years after the devastaing earthquake of 1906.
Charlie Awaits Supper
Sept. 15, 1908: Charlie and Bessie hated to leave Yosemite. They wished they could live there, but on this date they headed to San Francisco. Bessie wrote, “I walked up the hill backward a good deal of the time – I could not help it, the view was calling me all the time. A long, last farewell look at the valley and surrounding country.” “Drove on to a stable, where Mr. and Mrs. Gordon lived. We were invited to ‘come up’ and did so in the evening, taking them apples, as they had none.”
Sept. 16, 1908: After a night of heavy rain their trip continued “after warming our feet at the Gordon’s. Difficult conditions at 9:00 a. m. As we progressed it got colder and colder and finally found we were in the midst of a snowstorm amid Christmas trees. ‘Twas pretty, but oh so cold. After 11 miles of slippery and sliding road we passed Chinkapin. I yelled, ‘Merry Christmas’ as we passed a stage and folks were good natured, if they weren’t already.”
Sept. 17, 1908: Two days after leaving the Valley, they arrived back at the A. E. Wood, Wawona Army Camp. They retrieved their guns and lunched by the river. It was a nice sunny day as they traveled to Mariposa. Bessie’s diary continues to entertain with their adventures as they headed into San Francisco over 100 years ago. Charlie was a carpenter by trade, and they reached San Francisco just two years after the devastating 1906 earthquake where Charlie would look for work.
Sept. 10, 1908: “It rained a little but we donned our old duds and staggered forth the see the great and glorious Mirror Lake. There wasn’t much left of the lake.” They sat under a tree on a rock next to the water, probably the same rock I would sit on many decades later. “The rain came down in torrents upon the peaks and even as we looked at the mountain side we could see streams of water rushing down the mountains. Clouds came sailing along by us, and surrounded us completely at times. A grand sight it was – one which I wouldn’t have missed for any price.”.
Ever since that August day back in 1908, my family keeps the tradition alive by continuing our treks to the most beautiful place on earth. I reflect upon Charlie and Bessie’s story as I note the same places they traveled to and how it must have been then, and what it’s like now. But of all the changes in this modern world, one thing hasn’t changed;
the grandeur and beauty of Yosemite National Park.
Their story is very much a “Little House on the Prairie” type of adventure. Our family has continued the tradition
of visiting Yosemite ever since that first trip by Bessie and Charlie back in 1908, although in far greater comfort.”
Sept. 8, 1908: “Inspiration Point, 2 o’clock. Grandest thing I ever saw. It is beyond all conception. Bridal Veil Falls, scarce on water supply, but pretty, and El Capitan as natural as life.”
Then they traveled a “rocky road” to the Valley, registered and got camp #10 under the Washington Column. Bessie picked blackberries and apples, from which she made pies and applesauce.
Editor's Note I: Alice van Ommeren, a contributer to the Yosemite Gazette, has compiled a fascinating collection of old postcards in an Arcadia Publishing (Images of America series) imprint "Yosemite's Historic Hotels and Camps." For more information: https://www.facebook.com/YosemitesHistoricHotelsAndCamps.
'Editor's Note II: This contribution "From Hollywood to Yosemite or Bust in the Summer of 1908" by a Yosemite Gazette subscriber John Etter is a preview of the article that will be published in a future edition. Please email me, Michael Gahagan at: Editor@YosemiteGazette.com if you have a personal or "heirloom" account and/or phtographs of a visit, excursion, climb, hike in the Yosemite region.
Written with humor and a bit
of sarcasm all the way from Hollywood to Yosemite (1908).
From Hollywood to Yosemite
or Bust in the Summer of 1908
By John Etter
Bessie's Diary
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Breanna
At first, she was surfing couches
One of the things we try to raise awareness of at the YW is what we call “hidden homelessness”. It is estimated that around 80% of homelessness is hidden. What that means is that while a small percentage of homeless folks can be seen in the streets and parks, the vast majority of people who don’t have a home are in fact living out of their cars, living out of motels or surfing couches.
That is exactly what Breanna found herself doing when she was not sure how to secure housing in a Niagara where rents continue to be on the rise. Even with the most generous friends, Breanna eventually ran out of couches and ran out of options. Her mental health challenges made it that much harder for her to get to a place of stability. When she finally found our Off-Site Transitional Housing Program, she was thrilled to find a place where she was welcome and where competent staff knew how to support her with her specific needs, her anxiety and her depression.
Having a home makes all the difference
Our staff are what makes our Off-Site Transitional Housing program so successful. Our support goes beyond providing an affordable unit. Breanna’s Support Worker Jennifer spent a lot of time with her to explore what her needs are and how she can set and reach her goals. With support came hope for Breanna.
As soon as she had her own unit through the Transitional Housing Program, she started making huge strides. All she needed was a place to start from. With Jennifer’s continuous support and with the safety of having a place to call home, Breanna was able to advance in her career and is now in a management position. Breanna no longer needs assistance from the Ontario Works Program and is on her way to assume the lease.
Jennifer couldn’t be any more excited for Breanna. “She was a pleasure to have in the program and I am so happy to have helped her!”
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THE MASTER ALGORITHM
2019. The Master Algorithm, 3D Animation, 9 holographic ventillators, blue tooth sound, 15:24.
‘The Master Algorithm’ is a companion work to Zheng Mahler’s ‘Nostalgia Machines’ which is part of an ongoing body of research and exhibitions on the political economy of the fourth industrial revolution in China and its intersection with aesthetic practice. The work is an exercise in speculative world making, providing alternative narratives for reading technological progress in China and the algorithmic development of the Asian city which might offer utopian challenges to the present.
Every year, Chinese netizens enthusiastically examine the bookshelf behind Chinese president Xi Jinping while he delivers his new years message for clues to his current state of thought. In early 2018, it was noted that amongst copies of PLA history, general economic theory, Homer, Gogol and Hemingway his editions of Marx’s ‘Das Kapital’ and ‘The Communist Manifesto’ had been placed within easy reach of his desk. Also noted was a copy of Pedro Domingo’s ‘The Master Algorithm’, a 2015 treatise on machine learning and the possibilities for AI to augur the next evolutionary leap in humanity when a ‘master algorithm’ is discovered which unites neuroscience, evolution, physics, statistics and computer science. The central hypothesis of Domingo’s visionary text is that ‘All knowledge-past, present, and future-can be derived from data by a single, universal learning algorithm.’
Given Xi’s knowledge of the revolutionary potential for a master algorithm coupled with the state resources mobilized towards achieving the goals of China’s AI development plan, fueled by the single largest dataset on the planet gathered from China’s surveillance state (data being the new oil in the AI economy), the speculative conceit of this work is that China discovers the godlike master algorithm, or monster algorithm which will take current AI technologies implemented by the Chinese state like the social credit system and evolve them into new forms of governance and civil society that encompass every shade of darkness and light.
At present, China is creating the world's largest digital police state, with iris, face and gait recognition technology being deployed to monitor activists and Uighur minorities in Xinjiang. The social credit system which the Chinese government is developing relies on data gathered on the population from the surveillance state and party controlled social media apps to instantly reward and punish individuals based on their political behavior. These instruments of the Chinese authoritarian state dominate Western narratives about technological development in China, but ghosts of the techno-orientalist imaginarium of China and the east, generated in the first wave of Japan panic in the 1980’s, fog the real dangers and unrealized potentials of this revolution.
The social credit system is still not fully operational. The AI benchmarks for the Chinese state in 2020, 2025 and 2030 are yet to come. There is still space to imagine alternate worlds; how might the visionary and temporal scope of cyberpunk mutate to accommodate the city as convolutional neural network? Are there still socio/political fissures to be prised apart, bifurcations leading to unlikely urban utopias that are still possible before the system formally coalesces and is it worthwhile to speculate what these scenarios might be?
In late 2018, Xinhua news agency in China debuted its first AI newsreader developed through a complex combination of facial recognition, face modeling, speech synthesis and deep learning, modeled after real life newsreader Qiu Hao, he began appearing in China state televisions news broadcasts as the first AI member of its news team. The AI doppelganger of Qiu Hao is the eponymous narrator of ‘The Manster Algorithm’, downloaded and compressed by a billion seeders and leechers, somewhat pixelated around the eyes, the only hint of his digital mortality are the dead pixels in the interface.
‘The Master Algorithm’ will be installed as a holographic projection of Qiu Hao, the human personification of the master algorithm, a figure which mutates, grows and disappears into clouds of data that re-materialize as techno-orientalist nightmares and Asian algorithmic utopias and cityscapes. Speaking in multiple tongues through computer generated voices, Qiu Hao ‘The Master Algorithm’ contains multitudes and takes on different personas to narrate different stories, reciting a chronological sci-fi history of the fourth industrial revolution in China sub specie aeternitatis. Each Chinese techno-utopia is narrated through vignettes moving backwards in time, linking each scenario concretely with the possibilities already embedded in the present.
Accompanied by a synth soundtrack composed by electronic musicians Gordon Mathews ‘The Master Algorithm’ is rendered through 3D animation via the vaporwave a e s t h e s t i c s of anime and the haunted return of cyberpunk tropes. Vaporwave is the contemporary recycling of the generational techno-orientalist darkness of cyberpunk incorporated for the critical potential embedded in Mark Fisher’s hauntology and more perversely, for cyberpunks aesthetic potential to be repurposed through vaporwave to produce a soft power offensive that seduces the audience into consuming the utopian possibilities this work proposes.
Installation view at Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong in 'Phantom Plane: Cyberpunk in the Year of the Future'
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Danny Brown Adds 2016 North American "Exhibition Tour" Dates
by Weston Gerlach
After a couple years out of the spotlight, Detroit MC Danny Brown has announced a 2016 tour of the United States and Canada in support of his upcoming LP, Atrocity Exhibition.
As part of his Exhibition Tour, Brown will be traveling North America with fellow Bruiser Brigade rapper ZelooperZ and Houston MC Maxo Kream. The tour will kick off at Riot Fest in Denver, CO, before heading east for shows throughout New England and Pennsylvania. With a couple stops in Canada along the way, the tour will proceed to jump around the country, with over 40 concerts currently planned from coast to coast.
There aren't any dates scheduled in his hometown of Detroit or New York City, so we expect more dates to be added later. Stay tuned, as we'll be updating this page as more information becomes available.
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Atrocity Exhibition, which takes its name from the Joy Division song which in turn is named after the J.G. Ballard novel, is slated for release in 2016. It will be Brown's first studio album since 2013's Old. In an interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, he shared that David Byrne and the Talking Heads were a big influence on making the record.
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