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Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, says the executive has requested for N100 billion as seed funding for affordbale housing in the country for the year 2017 alone.
Speaking at the International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington on Saturday, Adeosun said “delivering affordable housing is critical to the delivery” of Nigeria’s reform agenda.
Nigeria has an estimated housing deficit of 17 million units, which is expected to increase by 900,000 annually.
“Some of the reasons for this are clear. Interest rates are high for both developers and home buyers, and the tenure of debt remains too short,” Adeosun said.
“As a result, we have to find a way to accelerate the provision of affordable homes. That is why we have established the Family Homes Fund.
“We have requested N100 billion in the 2017 budget and for the subsequent three years as part of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), this is seed funding from the government, but this is not solely a public sector scheme, it will be a partnership with the private sector and we are looking to mobilise additional resources from domestic and external sources.
“The Fund will enable us to deliver discounted mortgages for home owners, while also enabling access to attractive funding mechanisms for developers. We are piloting in 6 states and the results of those pilots will guide long term programme implementation.”
While attending a number of meeting in Washington, Adeosun reiterated the drive for implementation of some of the critical projects in the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) including meetings on housing, water, power and food security.
“Many of these projects are already well advanced and we have had a series of productive meetings in Washington with development partners to advance those projects and hopefully accelerate implementation so we can meet the ambitious but achievable goals we have set ourselves,” she added.


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PMH Urges Community to Wear Masks
Pocahontas Memorial Hospital reminds our community to wear masks when in public when social distancing is not possible. We ask members of the community not to become complacent, although we are all weary of the situation.
All of us in healthcare truly understand how hard it is to wear a mask, but this is a selfless act that we do to protect our community, our loved ones that may be compromised, and our elderly population.
Wearing a mask is especially important now as our businesses and public places open back up and our society begins moving again.
In April, Pocahontas Memorial Hospital began requiring all patients and staff entering the hospital to wear a face mask. This policy is reviewed monthly and will continue as long as it is deemed necessary.
Homemade fabric masks are acceptable for patients and non-clinical employees of the hospital. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (for example, grocery stores and pharmacies) and especially in areas of significant community transmissions.

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In the long term, Intel will have an overall profit margin of about 60% and an operating profit margin of at least 40%. The manufacturing division of Intel is expected to make more than $20 billion in sales next year. The IDM 1.0 model, as it is commonly called by the current group management, has now become obsolete due to irreversible changes in market conditions, but also due to mistakes made by Intel, leading to significant delays in further development. Intel’s own divisions will establish their relationships with the company’s production structure on equal terms with third party customers. In the past, Intel CFO David Zinsner based the company’s activities on maintaining significant reserves of production capacity only occasionally burdened with their own orders.
“You can now silence incoming calls from unknown contacts on the app for even more privacy and control,” he wrote. Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Textiles and Consumer Affairs, Piyush Goyal, said on Tuesday that the manufacturing of Apple iPhones in India is expected to increase to 25 per cent. According to multiple sources, a separate Modi meeting with tech leaders is in the works for Friday, where technology transfer and finding ways to avoid China will be discussed. Wisner said that the US and India share a common interest in managing the rise of Chinese power.
HR professionals are in high demand for their skills in handling terminated employees. According to a report by ZDNet, the HR professionals are turning to artificial intelligence for help since some conversations can be difficult. The stock of other companies in the US technology sector fell yesterday, so the negative sentiment was not specific to Intel.
According to sources close to Modi, the Indian leader is hoping to get more U.S. companies to commit to manufacturing there. Sources previously told CNBC that Modi met Musk on Tuesday to discuss opening a factory in the country. After the meeting, Musk told reporters that he will be visiting India next year and that India has more promise than any large country in the world.
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Carl Pei, the company’s founder, has shown off a new cable design for the upcoming Phone (2) on the internet. Pei posted a picture of the transparent cable without a caption and wrote a Gif tocaption it. Under the “system settings” in Realme devices, there is a feature called Enhanced Intelligent Services, which is said to be collecting user data.
The finance director believes that the coexistence of several technical processes in the Intel production area is justified, since the transition to more advanced lithography does not make sense in all areas due to the high cost. It was not always the case with IDM 1.0 that the cost of the business came to the fore. The Federal Trade Commission has been accused of unfair business practices in the cloud by technology trade groups. The group, with over 20 million digitally active users, said it will initially employ around 600 highly skilled specialists in technology, Elite Byte data and cyber security roles as it further enhances the group’s customer experience and builds its in house technical capability. The media has reported that a group of hackers are threatening to release confidential data from the platform if the company doesn’t pay them. The hackers have posted on a dark web leak site the Black Cat gang and have allegedly stolen 80 gigabytes of compressed data from Reddit in a data breach that happened in February.
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With China’s economy decelerating and political tensions high, corporate America has taken steps todiversify away from the country. Apple opened two stores in India earlier this year after moving some production to the country. Weak infrastructure and unskilled labor present challenges for U.S. businesses wishing to expand their businesses in India.
In the new environment, component design departments at Intel will have to improve the quality of their work since test samples will be more expensive. The number of steps before mass product release will be reduced. The company will save between $8 billion and $10 billion annually through 2025. Two thirds of the cost reduction will come from savings in capital expenditures and one third from lower production costs. The investor event hosted by Intel this week was focused on explaining how the processor giant’s business model is changing and the discussion of achievements in the technology sector was delayed until the second half of the year. Intel will change its financial reporting structure to provide more transparency into its manufacturing business.
Musk said he is confident thatTesla will arrive in India soon and as soon as possible. In the hopes of driving economic growth and generating employment opportunities, the mission was started in 2016 to build an ecosystem for nurturing innovation and startup in the country. Supercritical will look to acquire new customers and expand its team with the raise. Lightspeed was joined in the Series A by a number of other companies.
When individual customers need to produce a large amount of product, Intel will be given the power to establish production corridors. Intellectual property of customers is protected and does not affect Intel’s developments in production. The company will use two separate information systems for its own and third party orders, which will not exchange data.
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As part of its ongoing efforts to focus on its core products and services, Google decided to sell its.com domain to Squarespace Squarespace, the popular website builder and hosting service, has acquired the domain name registrar service from Google. The deal will allow Squarespace customers to easily register and manage their domain names through the platform. Vedanta is an example of how Indian companies can manufacture high quality products that meet global standards. By using machine learning models trained on near real time satellite imagery, Vedanta is able to monitor and improve the routes of vehicles that deliver coal to its power plants.


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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - A weekend cyberattack continues to cause significant disruptions for patients and staff across the Scripps Health network.
ABC 10News spoke to a young mom battling breast cancer. She doesn't want to make her diagnosis public, so we are not revealing her name, but the thirty-nine-year-old is worried about missing treatments.
"Cancer treatment is life-changing for me, and every day that I miss my radiation sessions that increases my recurrence of the cancer coming back, and to me, that is pretty alarming," she said.
The woman said her radiation sessions were canceled Monday and Tuesday, and the rest of the week is unknown.
"I'm a young mom of two, and my hope is that I live as long as possible, and I've taken my treatments so seriously. I've done everything they have told me to do, but to sit here and wait and hope that it works out has been really tough," she said.
Becky Forbes also had an appointment canceled Tuesday that involves her treatment for MS. Forbes said she worked in IT for many years, and she's hoping patient financial information wasn't compromised.
"I would hate for someone to get a hold of my credit card information or social security number," said Forbes.
The Scripps patient portal App was still down Tuesday with no indication of when systems would be back online.
Tuesday, Scripps Health did not release any new information about the cyberattack. Instead, a spokesman referred ABC 10News to the following statement that was released Monday.
"As Scripps Health continues to address the cyberattack from this past weekend, our facilities remain open for patient care, including our hospitals, emergency departments, urgent care centers, Scripps HealthExpress locations and other outpatient facilities. Our technical teams and vendor partners are working tirelessly to resolve issues related to the cyberattack as quickly as possible.
As a result of the attack, we need to reschedule some patients' appointments and are reaching out to them to do so. Patients who have appointments scheduled during the next several days and are unsure about their status may call 1-800-SCRIPPS for more information.
Our patients' health and safety remain our top priorities and we are making every effort to ensure they continue to receive needed care in the most efficient and clinically appropriate way possible."
For the mom battling cancer, the lack of information is unsettling.
"What I'm asking Scripps leadership is to be more transparent, start to think about the patients who are getting life-changing treatments, and to helps us ease our worries," the woman said.
Patient questions are also being answered on the Scripps Health Facebook page.
When asked about when operations might be back online, Scripps responded by saying, "We are actively working to restore our systems as soon as it is safe. We are working with the top global experts in the field of cybersecurity as well as local and federal governments. Systems will be restored as soon as possible."

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How have you been?
No, like how have you really been?
How are you dealing with the big and the little things that are happening around you?
How are your comfortable relationships faring and have you made peace or progress with the strained ones?
And most importantly, how is your relationship with yourself at the moment?
Yeah.. I just asked you all a lot of questions. Questions that I wish we all ask our near and dear ones, every once in a while, only because we too would love to have an audience when answering the same.
In the last six months I’ve had a nagging feeling about being a part of a routine. Not that routines are bad, but I felt I was inside a box with an array of tasks that kept me occupied in a methodical manner.
I miss having new experiences and exposure through people and their experiences!
Being a homemaker is tough.
Hence, finding my current working tough only made thinking tougher and writing even more so. In retrospect, I’ve been having new experiences and learning new things. But thanks to the over glorification of being a working woman, I consciously marginalised myself. This marginalisation of my experiences and learnings created a block for me. A confidence block, that I didn’t have anything new to offer- same old same old. An identity block, that no one wants to hear a bored housewife’s rant. A mental block, that I was wasting my passion and years of education.
That’s three blocks. Three times the self-inflicted pressure to do better. And three times the frustration.
And oddly but not surprisingly enough, all the three blocks led to one. A Writer’s Block.
the condition of being unable to think of what to write or how to proceed with writingDictionary definition of Writer’s Block
I’ve been struggling with dealing with my block in my own. Sometimes by bing self deprecating and sometimes by being in denial. It’s simple, isn’t it?
Okay, no kidding, it was a vicious circle of the two. Not Healthy.
To my fortune and luck, I’ve been blessed with some of the best audience who seem to believe in my skills and ability more than I do sometimes. And thank you, each one of you, for being there for me. I’ve had some of you come up to me make me realise something very important.
And that important thing is Perspective. Perspective is everything. And I seemed to have forgotten it. In my block, I forgot that even though I was going through something that is common with a lot of other people, I still have a perspective.
Whether working or stay-at-home, we all have a lot of things in common. We are all still juggling things, tasks and most importantly relationships. And I still do have a perspective that i can write about.
While my block isn’t un-blocked. But I have definitely found a new approach of dealing with it. Let’s hope it helps me make a progress and hope that along the way we create a space to help one another going through the same.
Until then, hold tight and keep that love in your heart alive.
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Running from a scandal that ruined his life, Isaac Twain accepts a teaching position at Hambden University where, three months prior, Professor John Conlon stopped a campus nightmare by stepping in front of an active shooter.
When John and Isaac become faculty advisors for the school’s literary magazine, their professional relationship evolves. Despite the strict code of conduct forbidding faculty fraternization, they delve into a secret affair—until Simon arrives.
Isaac’s violent ex threatens not only their careers, but also John’s life. His PTSD triggered, John must come to terms with that bloody day on College Green while Isaac must accept the heartbreak his secrets have wrought.
Both John and Isaac had a history they were trying desperately to forget. They both had secrets. Isaac ran from his past and the destruction he felt responsible for. John couldn’t run from his past, but he tried to forget the day that changed everything. Not an easy thing to do when even total strangers consider you a hero. His close friends tried to shield him from most of it, but they couldn’t shield him from what was going on inside his own head.
This isn’t my first Sara Dobie Bauer read, but I’ve gotta say, it was definitely the most emotional. I felt so much for both of these men. They were both victims. Isaac did cause his own drama, but the fallout wasn’t his fault. John wasn’t at fault at all for the shooting that changed everything, but he was racked with guilt over everything he couldn’t do.
John and Isaac were the main focus of We Still Live, but there was so much more to this book. John obviously wasn’t the only one deeply affected by the events that took place on campus that day. Students, faculty, parents, family, even community members were left grieving. There’s no “right way” to grieve, but some obviously handled it better than others. There were some great characters and some not so great ones. Each one added to the story and their reactions made them even more real in a sense.
There are a lot of emotional triggers in We Still Live, but it’s also a story full of hope. It takes a stark look into some really tough issues and the reality is that not everything can be “fixed”, but things can get better with time – and most importantly, with support. This is definitely a book that I’ll be reading again.

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The 2016 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, presented by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, listed several Northern Virginia localities highest among the state in health outcomes.
Falls Church City and Fairfax County were among the municipalities that ranked highest in the overall rankings, with Falls Church City ranking eighth in health outcomes and first in health factors and Fairfax County ranking second in health outcomes and third in health factors.
Falls Church City contracts out its health services to Fairfax County, so the News-Press spoke with Sharon Arndt, the director of the Fairfax County Health Department’s Community Health & Preparedness division, about the Falls Church and Fairfax County’s performance in the rankings.
“Our high ranking reflects the priority Fairfax County and Falls Church City have placed on influencing the factors that affect residents’ health, and it also shows how important it will be for us to sustain those programs if we want to stay healthy. Our community values policies that improve overall quality of life for all residents and supports positive living for older adults,” Arndt said.
“Our strong ranking for health factors is reflective of the investments made by many community partners to ensure quality education; increased opportunities for active living – such as investments in open space and expansion of bicycling infrastructure; tobacco free living policies for playgrounds and athletic fields; and ensuring a safe community.”
Despite Fairfax County and Falls Church City’s high rankings in the County Health Rankings & Roadmap report, Arndt said that the health department recognizes “that more work needs to be done to ensure all individuals within our community live in an environment that supports good health and well-being.”
Supporting and encouraging healthy behaviors for Falls Church City and Fairfax County residents is a priority for the health department, Arndt said, but that task is something that the entire community is responsible for.
“Health is everyone’s responsibility,” Arndt said. “While the Fairfax County Health Department provides programs and resources such as tobacco use control resources, guidance for maternal and child health nutrition, and communicable disease education and free sexually transmitted disease testing; there are many other Fairfax County agencies and community resources that support healthy behaviors.”
There are several other categories in the rankings report in which Fairfax County and Falls Church City rank high compared to the rest of Virginia, including clinical care, length of life and quality of life. Fairfax County, which has Inova Fairfax Hospital centers and the Reston Hospital Center, was the 13th in clinical care in the state. Falls Church City, which has no public medical facilities, but has a low rate of uninsured residents, is ranked first in clinical care in the state.
In terms of length of life and quality of life, Fairfax County has an entire bureau of the Department of Family Services, Services for Older Adults, dedicated to the care of its older residents.
Those services are also available to Falls Church City residents as part of the City’s health services contract with Fairfax County. Falls Church City has the Sunrise assisted living facility, which is privately owned, and the incoming Chesterbrook Residences, which will also be privately owned, for seniors.
One area where Fairfax County ranked noticeably lower than other areas of assessment was physical environment, where it ranked 28th in the state. Falls Church City ranked fifth in the state in terms of physical environment.
Fairfax County, a sprawling county with a large population, has many residents who drive to work. Despite being under the state average for the percentage of residents who drive alone to work, Fairfax County’s percentage of drivers who drive alone for more than 30 minutes is 12 percent higher than the state.
Arndt said that among other things, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation finished developing the Fairfax County Bicycle Master Plan in 2014 to “reduce excessive reliance upon the automobile.”
One measure in which Falls Church City is worsening, according to the report, is newly diagnosed cases of chlamydia.
Last year, while the state averaged 407 cases of chlamydia per 100,000 people per municipality, Falls Church City had 536.7 per 100,000 people (scaled to compare with larger populations). Although Fairfax County has remarkably lower rates of chlamydia (182.3 per 100,000 people), the county is worsening in that measure, according to the rankings report.
John Silcox, communications director for the Fairfax County Health Department, said that Fairfax County offers free testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections to residents of the county and Falls Church City.
Arndt said that Fairfax County has also been doing outreach and education through faith communities in the county about chronic sexually transmitted infections like HIV.
Because the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps report assess the wholistic health of a community’s residents, it often measures the health of the community as it relates to areas not regulated or served by the Fairfax County Health Department.
So in order to integrate the mission of health departments nationwide, health workers have been promoting the ideas of health in all policies. One example that Arndt offered was how the Fairfax County Health Department partnered with the Department of Transportation to conduct a health assessment of the proposed Richmond Highway Transit Center.
Through the partnership, the health department evaluated how the transit center would improve active transportation for residents within a half mile of the proposed sites, improve access to healthy food optionsa and address pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular safety, among other things.
“The Fairfax County Health Department actively engages numerous and varied partners across our public health system to encourage their efforts to improve health – this ‘health in all policies’ approach is most successful when non-traditional health partners…implement small actions and policies that collectively lead to improved health behaviors,” Arndt said.

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In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
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High-temperature ratio pyrometers
13 October 2015
Fluke Process Instruments has introduced the Endurance series of high-temperature ratio pyrometers. The rugged instruments enable continuous visual process monitoring and are designed to meet the demands of harsh industrial environments.
The new pyrometers are said to provide a robust solution for manufacturers seeking to improve product quality and uniformity, reduce reject rates, maximise throughput, and minimise energy costs. They offer optical resolutions of up to 150:1 for viewing critical process operations, as well as including tools to help understand the production data.
Multiple lens, sighting and focus options are available for different mounting distances and sighting needs. For example, on-board camera video sighting via Ethernet will help ensure that the sensor is always sighted properly for remote and control room viewing. On-board laser sighting can be used to verify process alignment for local viewing when the sensor is located in a hard-to-reach area. On-board LED sighting makes it easy to view the actual spot size projected on the target.
The units feature galvanically-isolated inputs/outputs, as well as a IP65 rated stainless steel housing that can withstand ambient temperatures up to 65°C or 315°C using cooling accessories. A dirty lens alarm helps avoid unneeded periodic lens cleaning checks.
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Recipe by danfolkes
This recipe comes from these sites: http://www.ent.iastate.edu/misc/insectsasfood.html
- 1 cup shrimp (replace shrimp with mealworms)
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 3⁄4 cup water
- 1⁄4 cup chopped onion
- 4 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1⁄8 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 cup Minute Rice
Directions See How It's Made
- Dry Roasting Meal Worms:.
- Mealworms come in a container with either bran or crumpled newspaper. To separate the mealworms from the packing material, place in colander and gently toss. Remove dead mealworms and any other bits of debris. Wash mealworms in colander under cool water. Place on paper towel and pat dry. They are now ready for cooking.
- Place paper towel on cookie sheet. Spread mealworms on paper towel and place in 200-degree oven for one to two hours until they are thoroughly dry and crunchy. They are now dry roasted.
- Butter baking pan. Coarsely chop dry-roasted mealworms and set aside. Carefully heat sugar and butter in saucepan until boiling. Stir over medium heat for seven minutes. Remove from heat and stir in roasted insects. Pour into pan.
- Scramble egg in a saucepan, stirring to break egg into pieces.
- Add water, soy sauce, garlic and onions. Bring to a boil.
- Stir in rice. Cover; remove from heat and let stand five minutes.
- Stir in meal worms.

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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
workshops - encaustic
well, whether you remember it or not, i will be teaching a series of encaustic workshops here locally for the beginner - beeswax and encaustic medium painting,
with watercolor tinting.
check my sidebar here for the encaustic workshop locally.
besides looking warm, organic and cool; beeswax smells heavenly.
also today i created a "fan page" on facebook. if you are a member of the facebook community you can join for free. ask to be my friend and theni will send you my fan page site. on my fan page there will be challeneges, techniques explained and many other surprisingly pleasing things to learn about art. also i have step by step photos on how to do things. browse from my facebook page.

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- Blockchains and AI converge to offer transformative possibilities for various industries.
- Blockchains are decentralized digital ledgers; AI involves tasks requiring human-like intelligence.
- The combination of Blockchain security and AI analytical capabilities can address trust and privacy concerns.
- Blockchains ensure data security and immutability through cryptographic mechanisms.
- AI includes machine learning and deep learning, which mimic human cognitive functions.
- AI transforms industries like healthcare and finance but faces data and privacy challenges.
- Trust in AI decision-making is crucial, and Blockchains offer transparency to address bias concerns.
- Blockchains enhance data integrity through mechanisms like timestamping and validation.
- Decentralized data marketplaces on Blockchains empower individuals to monetize their data.
- Federated learning in a decentralized ecosystem improves privacy and security in AI training.
In the world of technology, two groundbreaking innovations have emerged and captured widespread attention: Blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI). Each of these advancements has the potential to transform industries on its own, but their convergence has opened up new possibilities that can reshape various sectors in unprecedented ways. This article delves into the intersection of Blockchain and artificial intelligence, exploring how these two technologies can synergize to create novel solutions and drive innovation.
Defining Blockchains and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Blockchains are essentially decentralized and distributed digital ledgers that record transactions or data across a network of computers. Each record, known as a “block,” is linked to the previous one, forming a chronological chain. This chain is cryptographically secured and resistant to tampering, ensuring the integrity of the data. Blockchains can be public or private, depending on whether they are open to the public or restricted to a specific group of participants.
Artificial Intelligence (AI), on the other hand, refers to the development of computer systems that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. These tasks include understanding natural language, recognizing patterns, solving complex problems, and making decisions. AI systems learn from data, improving their performance over time through machine learning techniques.
Significance of the Intersection
The convergence of Blockchain and AI has the potential to reshape industries by addressing key challenges and limitations in both fields. While Blockchain enhances data security, transparency, and decentralization, AI brings advanced analytical capabilities and automation. Together, they can create synergistic solutions that address trust, privacy, and efficiency concerns.
AI’s Impact on Various Industries
The influence of Artificial Intelligence spans across numerous industries, transforming the way business operations are conducted and products and services are delivered. In healthcare, AI aids in diagnosing diseases, predicting patient outcomes, and even suggesting personalized treatment plans. Industries like finance harness AI for fraud detection, algorithmic trading, and customer service chatbots. Moreover, AI revolutionizes manufacturing by enabling predictive maintenance, quality control, and process optimization.
Challenges in AI and Data Management
Despite its immense potential, AI faces its share of challenges. One of the key obstacles is the requirement for vast amounts of high-quality data. Training AI models demands substantial datasets to ensure accuracy and effectiveness. Additionally, developing sophisticated AI models necessitates significant computational power and expertise, leading to barriers for smaller companies and organizations with limited resources.
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Data Privacy and Security Concerns
As AI’s capabilities advance, concerns about data privacy and security intensify. The data utilized to train AI models often comprises sensitive information, such as personal and financial details. Ensuring the protection of this data from breaches and unauthorized access becomes crucial. Striking a balance between utilizing data for AI advancement and safeguarding individuals’ privacy rights poses a substantial challenge.
Data Accessibility and Quality Issues
Access to quality data is fundamental for the success of AI initiatives. However, data accessibility remains unequal across various domains and regions. Furthermore, data quality is paramount. Inaccurate or biased data can lead to flawed AI outcomes, perpetuating existing biases and generating unreliable predictions. Addressing these issues requires collaborative efforts to improve data collection, sharing, and verification practices.
The Role of Trust in AI
|Role of Trust in AI
|How Blockchain Enhances Trust
|Building Trust in AI Decision-Making
|Recording AI decisions on a Blockchain allows tracking and verifying the decision-making process, promoting transparency and understanding.
|Addressing Bias and Transparency
|Blockchains provide transparent and auditable records of data and decision points, helping to identify and rectify biased data, leading to more equitable AI systems.
|Enhancing Data Integrity
|Blockchain ensures data integrity by offering mechanisms for data validation and authentication, preventing the introduction of counterfeit or manipulated data.
|Data Validation and Authentication
|Blockchain’s immutability helps establish the authenticity of training data by creating traceable records of their origins.
|Timestamping and Provenance Tracking
|Timestamping data on a Blockchain maintains the provenance of data, ensuring data sources are reliable and unaltered over time, safeguarding the accuracy of AI systems.
Decentralized Data Marketplaces
Blockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize the field of artificial intelligence (AI) by addressing some of the key challenges related to data sharing, privacy, and trust. One of the prominent ways in which Blockchains can transform AI is through the establishment of decentralized data marketplaces.
Traditionally, data is considered the lifeblood of AI algorithms and models. However, acquiring large and diverse datasets for training AI systems has often been a cumbersome process. Centralized data repositories raise concerns about data security, ownership, and control. Here’s where Blockchain comes into play.
Decentralized data marketplaces built on Blockchain technology provide a framework for secure and transparent data sharing. In these marketplaces, data owners can tokenize their datasets and make them available for purchase or access by other parties. This tokenization process ensures that data ownership is clearly defined, and transactions are recorded on an immutable ledger, enhancing trust among participants.
Facilitating Secure Data Sharing
Blockchain’s inherent features, such as encryption and consensus mechanisms, contribute to secure data sharing. The use of cryptographic techniques allows data to be stored and transmitted in a secure manner, reducing the risk of unauthorized access or tampering. Additionally, the consensus mechanism ensures that data shared on the Blockchain is validated by multiple participants, minimizing the chances of fraudulent or malicious activities.
Moreover, Blockchain’s distributed nature eliminates the need for a central authority to manage and control data sharing. This decentralization reduces the likelihood of data monopolies and enhances the autonomy of individuals over their own data. As a result, parties can confidently engage in data sharing without concerns about privacy breaches or data misuse.
Monetization Opportunities for Individuals
Blockchain’s impact on AI extends beyond data security and sharing. It also introduces new monetization opportunities for individuals who contribute their data to AI projects. Traditionally, data providers often have little control over how their data is used or compensated. Blockchain addresses this by enabling the creation of smart contracts.
Smart contracts are self-executing agreements with the terms and conditions directly written into code. In the context of AI and data sharing, smart contracts can automate the process of compensating data providers. For instance, when an AI model utilizes a dataset to improve its performance, the smart contract can automatically trigger a micro-payment to the data owner.
This mechanism ensures that individuals are fairly compensated for their data contributions, fostering a more equitable data economy. By providing a transparent and automated way to monetize data, Blockchain empowers individuals to participate actively in AI advancements while retaining control over their personal information.
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Scalability and Performance Challenges
Blockchain and AI both come with their scalability and performance challenges. Traditional Blockchains struggle with processing large volumes of transactions efficiently, while AI models require substantial computational power for training. This presents a bottleneck when trying to combine the two technologies. However, the intersection of Blockchain and federated learning can offer solutions to these challenges.
Blockchain and AI Computational Demands
AI models demand significant computational resources for training and inference. Blockchain networks, especially those with Proof of Work consensus mechanisms, can require substantial energy and time for transaction validation. When integrating AI processes into Blockchain systems, careful consideration must be given to optimizing resource utilization to prevent bottlenecks and excessive energy consumption.
Scalability Solutions for Efficient Processing
To address the scalability issue, various consensus mechanisms like Proof of Stake (PoS) and sharding have emerged in the Blockchain space. PoS reduces energy consumption by eliminating resource-intensive mining and replacing it with a more energy-efficient validation process. Sharding, on the other hand, divides the Blockchain into smaller segments, or shards, enabling parallel processing of transactions and improving overall network efficiency.
Blockchain-based Model Distribution and Updates
The process of distributing AI models and updates to different devices and systems can be complex and resource-intensive. Blockchain can streamline this process by providing a transparent and efficient means of model distribution. Through smart contracts, AI developers can define rules for model sharing, usage, and compensation.
Smart contracts enable automatic payments to contributors based on their model’s usage, creating a decentralized incentive structure. This encourages collaboration and innovation while ensuring that model creators receive fair compensation for their work. Additionally, Blockchain’s immutable nature ensures that the history of model updates is recorded transparently, reducing the chances of unauthorized modifications and enhancing trust among stakeholders.
Use Cases: Healthcare Transformation
The healthcare sector stands to benefit significantly from the synergy between Blockchain and AI. Let’s explore two prominent use cases that highlight this transformative potential:
Enhancing Medical Data Sharing and Interoperability
Interoperability among healthcare systems has long been a challenge due to the siloed nature of patient data. Blockchain can act as a secure and standardized platform for sharing medical records and data across different institutions. Patients would have control over their data, granting permissions for access and ensuring data privacy.
Blockchain’s decentralized architecture ensures that patient records are tamper-proof, providing a reliable audit trail of who accessed the data and when. This can streamline diagnosis and treatment, particularly in emergencies, as medical professionals would have instant access to accurate patient information.
AI-driven Diagnostics and Personalized Treatments
AI has shown great promise in diagnosing diseases and tailoring treatment plans to individual patients. Combining AI with Blockchain can further enhance the accuracy and trustworthiness of diagnostic models. AI algorithms can analyze vast amounts of patient data stored on the Blockchain, extracting valuable insights while maintaining data privacy.
Blockchain’s transparency allows patients to understand how their data is being used and ensures that data is not manipulated for profit. Moreover, AI models trained on diverse and securely shared medical data can lead to more robust and accurate diagnostic tools, ultimately improving patient outcomes.
Use Cases: Supply Chain Evolution
Blockchain technology has the potential to transform various industries, and one of the most prominent areas is supply chain management. Traditional supply chains often suffer from issues related to transparency, traceability, and efficiency. Blockchain can address these challenges by providing a decentralized and tamper-proof ledger that records every step in the supply chain process.
Tracking and Verifying Goods in the Supply Chain
One of the significant use cases of Blockchain in supply chain management is the ability to track and verify goods as they move through various stages of production, distribution, and delivery. Each transaction or movement is recorded on the Blockchain, creating an unalterable and transparent record. This can help combat issues like counterfeit products, unauthorized alterations, and theft.
AI-Driven Demand Forecasting and Inventory Management
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) with Blockchain in supply chain management brings about even more transformative possibilities. AI algorithms can analyze the vast amounts of data stored on the Blockchain to provide accurate demand forecasts and optimize inventory management. This enables businesses to reduce waste, minimize stockouts, and enhance overall operational efficiency.
Ethical Considerations at the Intersection
As Blockchain and AI continue to converge, ethical considerations come to the forefront. It’s essential to ensure that the combined use of these technologies aligns with ethical standards and safeguards user rights.
Ensuring AI and Blockchain Ethics
Ethics in AI involve ensuring that AI algorithms make fair and unbiased decisions. When integrating Blockchain and AI, it’s crucial to develop algorithms that consider a diverse range of data sources and avoid perpetuating existing biases. The transparency of Blockchain can aid in auditing AI decisions and identifying any bias or unfair practices.
Managing Consent and Ownership of AI-Generated Data
Another ethical concern lies in the ownership and usage of AI-generated data. Blockchain’s ability to provide secure and verifiable ownership records can help individuals maintain control over their data. Smart contracts on the Blockchain can allow users to specify how their data is used and receive compensation for its utilization.
In conclusion, the intersection of Blockchain and AI holds significant promise for transforming various industries. However, the regulatory landscape is still evolving, and challenges related to data privacy, security, and accountability must be addressed for successful integration. As Blockchain and AI technologies continue to advance, it’s essential for policymakers and stakeholders to collaborate in creating a balanced framework that encourages innovation while safeguarding user rights and interests. The next sections of this article will delve deeper into specific use cases of Blockchain in AI, potential benefits, and the path forward for a harmonious integration of these groundbreaking technologies.
What is the intersection of Blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI)?
- Blockchain and AI intersect to create novel solutions.
- Blockchain enhances data security and transparency.
- AI brings advanced analytical capabilities and automation.
How does a Blockchain work, and why is it important for AI?
- Blockchain is a decentralized ledger with linked data blocks.
- It’s important for AI due to data security and tamper resistance.
What challenges does AI face in terms of data management and privacy?
- AI needs vast, high-quality data.
- Privacy and security of sensitive data are concerns.
How does Blockchain enhance trust in AI decision-making?
- Blockchain records AI decisions for transparency.
- It helps address bias by tracking data sources.
How can Blockchain revolutionize data sharing in AI?
- Decentralized data marketplaces on Blockchain enhance security.
- Smart contracts automate fair compensation for data contributors.


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On Thursday, NBC announced that Katie Nolan would be joining the network’s Winter Olympics coverage.
At NBC, Nolan “will create daily short-form content” for the company’s platforms.
“We are excited to welcome Katie to Team NBC Olympics, where her unique storytelling ability will be utilized across multiple platforms,” said REBECCA CHATMAN, Vice President and Coordinating Producer of NBC Olympics production.
“I always dreamed I’d go to the Olympics one day,” Nolan said. “Technically in the dream I was winning gold for Team USA, but I’m thrilled at the chance to win one with Team NBC Olympics. We get medals for this, right?”
This is Nolan’s first (mostly) significant sports media gig since leaving ESPN at the end of September.
Given that the audience for the Olympics usually trends older, Nolan’s content should theoretically bring in some younger viewers while also freshening up the network’s approach to covering the games. At the same time, it’s “daily short-form content,” so this won’t cause some sort of seismic shift in viewership or strategy.
More than anything, this seems like an attempt by NBC to expand their shoulder content around the Olympics. And hey, that’s fine and something they absolutely should be doing, but expectations should really be tempered here.


The Jay Byrne-managed boxed fights on the Red Corner Promotions ‘Champions Elect’ bill on Saturday October 7th, making his pro bow against a to-be-confirmed opponent.
The card at the National Stadium also features the debut of Craig McCarthy, as well as appearances from Victor Rabei and Allan Phelan, a clash between Manny Bique and Vladimir Belujsky, and BUI Celtic title fights for Craig O’Brien, Noely Murphy, and Chris Blaney.
Now it has been announced that, all going well in his debut, Kelly will return to the ring for his second fight just 13 days later.
The former top semi-pro fighter will feature on the inaugural SK Promotions bill at the CityWest in Saggart on Friday October 20th.
Kelly joins Liam Gaynor and Chris Mullally on the small hall bill, with three more still to be announced.
The 22 year old said that “I’m extremely excited to be a part of the event and I’m sure it’ll be a great night. I’m confident in my ability and want the fights to come thick and fast to build my experience.”
“It’s great to be boxing in my home city and the more fight nights in Dublin the better. The atmosphere is always great and I can’t wait to get in there and perform.”


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It's a hot home buying summer despite COVID-19-fueled market setbacks in the spring.
The stalled spring market spurred from the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic has led to increased demand in August with more Americans working remotely. And with back-to-school being held virtually in many parts of the country, the need for more space for work-life balance coupled with low mortgage rates is driving consumers to buy now.
Indeed, the average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances of $510,400 or less went down to 3.11% from 3.13%, with points increasing to 0.38 from 0.36 including the origination fee with a 20% down payment, the Mortgage Bankers Association data shows.
“The housing sector continues to recover a lot stronger than we had all expected. We had a big downturn in March and April with a lot of uncertainty given the job market, but we’ve now seen over three months of year-over-year gains,” Joel Kan, MBA’s associate vice president of Economic and Industry Forecasting, told FOX Business Wednesday.
Kan says people looking to buy homes in the spring waited until circumstances surrounding COVID-19 eased up a bit.
“Initially the thinking was, ‘OK, we didn’t have a spring buying season because of the pandemic and that was all pushed into late summer, but we might be at a point where potentially this is more than what was just pent-up demand," Kan said.
Kan says people considered buying in less populated areas with social distancing in mind. And separately, real estate firm Redfin in May it has seen "an exceptionally higher rate” of interest in homes located in small towns with populations under 50,000 compared to a year ago.
Refinance loans, meanwhile, were down 10% from the previous week as it becomes more costly. Government-regulated financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will now charge a new 0.5% fee on refinanced loans beginning Sept. 1. The fee, they said, was to offset the costs of delinquent loan repayments as a result of record-high unemployment rates during the pandemic.

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A Saanich woman critical of governments for not doing enough to fight climate change has recently launched her own site to inspire others into voluntary action.
Leslie Miller-Brooks launched co2reductionplan.org as a grassroots effort by ordinary citizens to encourage all people to voluntarily reduce carbon dioxide emissions and global pollution.
“Our local, provincial, and federal governments cannot or will will not act quickly enough in order to avert environmental catastrophe,” her site reads. “Each of us must commit to action — we can no longer afford to be bystanders.”
Miller-Brooks reiterated this appeal in a recent interview with the Saanich News. “They [governments] are really not leading us,” she said, as she questioned the provincial government’s decision behind the Site C dam and its support for liquefied natural gas. “There is no plan,” she said later, when talking about efforts to introduce emission-friendly vehicles.
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Would-be participants can do some or all of the items over the course of the 12 months, or just do the months that they want to do. They can start any time, and go beyond the recommended actions for each month. It is completely volunteer, and the site currently lacks mechanisms that allow users to track the impact of their reductions and ensure their commitment.
“The reward has to come from doing it yourself,” she said. “I don’t think we can assure anybody’s commitment to it,” she added later. “I don’t think that is possible. I think people will have to come to their own conclusions.”
This said, Miller-Brooks said she encourages users s to share with others what they are doing, and the site is still evolving, with the possibility that such features may appear in the future. For now, it exists as “a sort of primer” for action in the spirit of any plan being better than no plan at all.
The site itself evolved out of discussions with friends, who do not want the government to tell them what to do on one hand, but still want to do something on the other.
“It [climate change] is such a frightening thing — the floods, the fires,” she said. “I believe a lot of people my age don’t know where to start, and they believe nothing they do is going to make a difference anyway.”
Miller-Brooks’s site aims to cut through this mixture of collective fear and perceived personal powerlessness, and to spread its message, Miller-Brooks has reached out to local politicians, as well as media, and personalities like Bill Nye The Science Guy.
And despite her claims of lacking digital skills, Miller-Brooks has shown herself to be as savy as the current generation of Fridays for Future school children who are using the internet to spread their messsage in the digital and analog world.
When she and her husband recently visited the United Kingdom, she pinned a piece of cloth with her website’s address on her back. Carrying this form of viral messaging all around London produced several memorable moments, including the following.
Miller-Brooks was walking up some stairs in London’s Tate Modern museum, when a woman tapped her arm from behind.
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Soil Temperature Effects on Uptake of Cadmium and Zinc by Vegetables Grown on Sludge-amended Soil1
- P. M. Giordano,
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The effects of soil temperature on the uptake of heavy metals by plants grown on sludge-amended soil has not been established. A field experiment was initiated in 1975 to determine uptake of Cd and Zn by several vegetables from Sango sil amended with 224 metric tons/ha of an anaerobically digested sewage sludge. A variety of commonly grown garden vegetables was selected since many home gardeners have been utilizing digested sewage for its nutrient and soil conditioning value. Soils were heated to approximately 27°C using thermostatically controlled resistance cables placed 30 cm deep and 30 cm apart in the soil. Crops were grown in 1975, 1976, and 1977 to measure Immediate and residual uptake of heavy metals in edible plant parts.
Concentrations of DTPA-extractable metals in soil increased from 1975 to 1977, but these increases were not reflected in higher plant concentrations. Soil heating significantly increased Cd and Zn concentrations in broccoli and potato; concentrations of Cd and Zn were higher in several other vegetables with heating but differences were not statistically significant. Liming reduced the concentration of Zn and Cd in the crops, but dilution due to better growth may have accounted for a part of the reduction. Analyses of soil cores taken after cropping in 1977 indicated movement of Zn and Cd to a maximum depth of 20 to 30 cm.Please view the pdf by using the Full Text (PDF) link under 'View' to the left.
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Author’s Note: A Man Called Ove was inadvertently left off this list. The post has been corrected.
It’s no secret that books are a rich source of inspiration for movies. And if you find that you rarely disagree with the “the book is better than the movie” premise, the 2017 Oscar nominees will give you plenty of fodder to fill up your TBR shelves. Every year I see every single nominated film, and of the 62 nominated films across all categories that I’ll attempt to watch, 18 have bookish origins. Alphabetically by film, here’s a breakdown of all the book-to-movie info:
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
- Nominations: Sound Mixing
- Adapted from: 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff (2014)
- 13 Hours tells the story of the events of September 11, 2012 when terrorists attacked the US State Department Special Mission Compound and a nearby CIA station called the Annex in Benghazi, Libya.
A Man Called Ove
- Nominations: Best Foreign Language
- Adapted from: Fredrik Backman’s novel, A Man Called Ove (2014)
- Ove is a curmudgeon. He seems to hate everyone and everything in his small Swedish community. He has staunch principals, strict routines, and a short fuse. But behind this grumpy facade is a heartbreaking story and a lovable man, if only he would let someone see it. I cried my way through the back half of this book and a solid 75% of the movie. Both are exceptional.
- Nominations: Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Cinematography, Film Editing, Production Design
- Adapted from: Ted Chiang’s 1998 short story “The Story of Your Life” from the collection Stories of Your Life and Others
- Without giving too many spoilers,the film and Chiang’s acclaimed story upon which it is based follows a woman who, as a linguistics expert, is tasked with figuring out how to communicate with an alien race that has unexpectedly shown up on Earth. Both the film and the story provide a “nuanced examination of language, humanity, and the nature of time” that is as exquisite on screen as it is on the page.
- Nominations: Best Animated Short
- Adapted from: a short story of the same name by Georgi Gospodinov, in the collection, And Other Stories (Writings from an Unbound Europe)
- The film, based on Bulgarian Gospodinov’s story, tells story of a girl who sees past out of her left eye and the future from her right—and so is unable to live in the present.
- Nominations: Visual Effects
- Adapted from: Marvel Universe’s Doctor Strange character, which has been part of MCU for decades. For something most similar to the movie, Jason Aaron’s most recent run, in Doctor Strange Vol. 1: The Way of the Weird and Vol. 2: The Last Days of Magic is the best place to start. Vol. 3: Blood in the Aether is forthcoming this March.
- Basically, the origin story is that surgeon Stephen Strange, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, learns the mystic arts from the Ancient One, played (controversially) by Tilda Swinton, after a career-ending car accident and after becoming brilliantly magical, faces off against a former pupil of the Ancient One, played by a criminally misused Mads Mikkelsen. Come for Cumberbatch, stay for the visual effects.
- Nominations: Best Actress (Isabelle Huppert)
- Adapted from: Oh… by Philippe Djian, a 2012 French thriller that is unfortunately not available in an English-language translation.
- Trigger warnings abound: A woman is brutally raped in her apartment by a masked intruder and promptly cleans up the mess and goes back to her life. I’m not going to lie, this film is incredibly difficult to watch, for reasons beyond the attack. But Isabelle Huppert gives the chilling performance of her life.
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
- Nominations: Production Design, Costume Design
- Adapted from: …isn’t it obvious? Just in case you’ve been living under a rock, this is part of the Potter-verse, and based on the book of the same name, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by her Rowling-ness
- Set in 1920s New York City, in the magical world of Harry Potter, British wizard Newt Scamander arrives on a ship, intending to head to Arizona to drop off one his many magical creatures. But his trip is interrupted by something mysterious leaving a path of destruction in the streets, threatening to expose the wizarding community to the No-Majs (American for Muggles), including the Second Salemers, a fanatical faction bent on eradicating them. To top it off powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, after wreaking havoc in Europe, is nowhere to be found. Even if you’re not a fan of HP, the costumes and production design are incredible and the story stands well on its own.
- Nominations: Best Picture, Best Actor (Denzel Washington), Best Supporting Actress (Viola Davis), Adapted Screenplay
- Adapted from: August Wilson’s 1983 play, Fences. While not strictly a “bookish” adaptation, the play is worth reading on its own.
- Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning sixth part of Wilson’s 10-part Pittsburgh Cycle, the film was adapted by the playwright before his death in 2005 and examines race, family, and ambition in the 1950s. Denzel starred in the Broadway revival and both he and Viola have earned well-deserved nominations in this adaptation.
- Nominations: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Octavia Spencer), Adapted Screenplay
- Adapted from: Margot Lee Shetterly’s 2016 nonfiction book, Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
- Though the film takes some historical liberties, both it and Shetterly’s book are fist-pumping celebrations of brilliant women of color who transformed NASA and sadly were unacknowledged beyond the scientific and mathematics community. The movie is an amazing achievement, both for cheering these women but also for the black actresses that portray them: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe. See the movie, applaud with the rest of your audience, then read the book ASAP.
I Am Not Your Negro
- Nominations: Best Documentary Feature
- Adapted from: James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript, Remember This House. While this manuscript is unavailable as a standalone work, the filmmaker Raoul Peck has released a companion to the film that is primarily made up of this text.
- Peck mined James Baldwin’s vast published and unpublished archives to create a documentary that not only reflects on Baldwin’s feelings about his assassinated friends, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Medgar Evers, but about race and society in America. Though he was writing in the 196os, Baldwin’s words (as narrated by Samuel L. Jackson) provides a striking commentary about modern day racial conflicts. (If you’re looking for more Baldwin once you’ve seen this doc, James Baldwin: Collected Essays is a good place to start.)
The Jungle Book
- Nominations: Best Visual Effects
- Adapted from: Rudyard Kipling’s collection of stories, The Jungle Book
- While its been done and redone, this live-action adaptation of Kipling’s tales about Mogli, a “man cub” raised in the jungles of India, is just as delightful and terrifying as the original animated Disney version. Keeping your favorite musical numbers from the 1967 film (you’ll totally want to sing along to Bear Necessities), the visual spectacle of this story as a live-action production is worth the price of admission alone.
- Nominations: Best Documentary Feature
- Adapted from: Ron Suskind’s 2014 memoir, Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism
- Suskind’s son, Owen, who can only communicate through the language of Disney movies, is at the center of this story, told by his Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist father. At three years old, the once-chatty Owen stops speaking completely and his family is at a loss for how to reach him…until Owen’s love and obsession with Disney films provides a pathway to language and a sense of being and empathy for the whole family.
- Nominations: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Dev Patel), Best Supporting Actress (Nicole Kidman), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Cinematography
- Adapted from: A Long Way from Home by Saroo Brierley (2014)
- Based on Brierley’s memoir, the film starring Dev Patel follows a five-year-old Saroo who, accompanying his big brother to work, falls asleep on a train that takes him hundreds of miles away from his home. Unable to read or write or even remember his own last name, Saroo survives in Calcutta before being adopted by an Australian family. As an adult Saroo is haunted by a family he misses and sets out on a quest (via Google Earth) to find his mother and brother. Bring tissues.
My Life as a Zucchini
- Nominations: Best Animated Feature
- Adapted from: Autobiographie D’une Courgette by Gilles Paris
- Sadly another entry that is not available in English, this story of a boy – nicknamed “Courgette” (French for zucchini, hence the film’s title) – who is shuttled off to a foster home after his mother disappears. Befriend by a police officer who accompanies him to this foster home filled with other orphans his age, Courgette struggles to find his place in this sometimes hostile environment and the world at large.
- Nominations: Best Supporting Actor (Michael Shannon)
- Adapted from: Tony and Susan by Austin Wright (1993)
- Not only is Tom Ford’s film based on a thriller by Austin Wright, the movie’s primary narrative device is a novel. A story within a story, the real world story revolves around an ex-husband and wife; he has written a novel, the manuscript of which he sends to her and which she becomes consumed by, that is the other half of this film. Moving between both the real world and the fictional story, these characters are forced to reckon with their own past misdeeds. I haven’t read the book this movie is based on, but if its anything like its twisty adaptation, it deserves to be rediscovered by a new readership.
- Nominations: Best Cinematography
- Adapted from: Silence: A Novel by Shūsaku Endō (1966)
- Languishing for decades in development limbo, Martin Scorsese’s passion project follows two Jesuit priests from Portugal into 17th century Japan, where Christians are routinely slaughtered, to find their missing mentor and spread Catholicism. I can’t speak to the novel upon which the movie is based, but let me save you three hours, Silence is a plodding (mostly very boring) examination of the dichotomy of faith and prudence.
- Nominations: Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Adapted from: DC Comics’ team of villains of the same name. Your best bet is to wait until March for Suicide Squad Vol. 1: The Black Vault (Rebirth).
- Yes, Suicide Squad was nominated for an Oscar. I…have no words.
- Nominations: Best Sound Editing
- Adapted from: Highest Duty by Chesley Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow (2009)
- Also known as Sully: Miracle on the Hudson, this film (based on the pilot’s memoir) follows Sullenberger’s January 2009 emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River, in which all 155 passengers and crew survived with only minor injuries, and the subsequent publicity and investigation. Also, its Tom Hanks.

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- August 21, 2014
Bizzarro weaved their magic into a wonderwall of Australian beauty for Jurlique’s new “Nutri-Define” skincare range. We captured the beauty of botanicals which are the essence of all Jurlique’s products. Inspired by Kim and Kayne’s wedding, we created a floral media wall, the latest trend in floral arranging. Flower walls are a stunning visual backdrop perfect for any event.
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We were honoured to be a part of the launch of the luxurious VIP opening night for Burnside Plaza Lingerie. Using an hombre of passionate pinks fading into serene white flowers, we were able to create an abundance of exquisite flowers that flowed through the store just as the champagne did!
The flower instillation and head piece for the mannequin were a one of a kind, unique and exclusive for Burnside Plaza Lingerie store at Burnside. The pictures speak for themselves…
Event Design/Styling: Bizzarro
Photographer: Ben Ivor Nicholls Photography
A perfect day for a beautiful sweet girl. The soft yet vibrant colour pallet filled the Pavilion on a warm summers day. Delicate flowers were placed in petite vases giving guests a visual awe with each view being as beautiful as the doll like guest of honour.

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This year I took some inspiration from one of Kristina Werners Make a Card Monday videos and whipped up a few of these little cards. They are my hommage to the sewing ladies I spent the weekend with. Little quilt squares punched out of June Bug from Basic Grey! Yum!
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Kraft
Pattern Paper: June Bug by Basic Grey
Embellishments: Random Button (though I think they came out of a pack from Basic Grey), DMC floss, and Uniball Signo White Gel Pen


Who's ready for this epic new twist in the Dope saga? Yes, Dope have teamed up with Bristol's anarchic double bassist Fuck Authority to deliver the most rustic musical onslaught since The Wicker Man soundtrack, as glockenspiels, hunting horns and hand-drums conspire to orchestrate Fuck Authority's superb bowed sub bass themes on titles such as 'Cornish Funeral Paths' and the 16-minute 'The Ranters'.
Featuring seven track in all, this contrary CD release brings to mind the acoustic scrapings of Wolfmangler, or perhaps the endlessly repetitive themes of Padstow's Obby Oss.
Don't expect a vinyl release, neither - this stuff would just make your needle jump out of the grooves. Dope feat. Fuck Authority is the kind of music that could inspire a whole new genre of young musicians. Buy one for your fave musical nephew or niece and watch them make a cult of themselves.


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The speculators and gamblers that have profited from the financial system regardless of their impact on wider society are now running cap in hand to governments across the world. Brown and Bush are busy bailing out these ruling-class spongers to ensure that capitalism doesn't grind to a halt. Maintaining the system is all and bugger the costs.
But it's likely that, given the scale of the bailouts of banks like the Northern Rock, that it will be us the taxpayers who bear the burden. As always. The super-rich don't bother with tax - that is for "the little people" as one notorious US billionaire tax evader once claimed.
Handouts to save bankers aren't available to improve our communities. The financial markets are move important than building new council housing, replacing our crumbling schools or cutting NHS waiting lists.
Our role, in Wales and internationally, is to ensure that it is not "the little people" who pay the price for the casino gamblers of the City. And to advance the ways in which the vast majority of the people of Wales, the working class, take control over their lives, workplaces and communities.
Dafydd Wigley, not a man of the left in normal times, is explicit in looking beyond capitalism: "We need a better system and we need it soon, but it has yet to be born".
That system will not be the dead hand of Stalinist bureaucratic Communism that stifled the human spirit and became as much an oppressor of workers as capitalism itself. The replacement we're looking for will be more in tune with the needs of peoples throughout the world - democratic, green and inclusive. Whether that system is called socialist, workers control or a "direct democracy" of a new kind remains to be seen.
But we can't go on as we are. Here in Wales, we're suffering higher than average fuel bills but lower incomes than any other part of the UK. Anglesey "enjoys" household incomes of just 53% of the UK level and inequalities are growing.
How do we achieve our goal of social justice, of equality for all and putting people before profits? How does this fit in with the debate over the future of the UK and Wales's place within it? Is there a parliamentary (or should that be Assembly) road to socialism?
This blog is one contribution to that debate. You're welcome to use it.

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After taking over the helm of the world’s biggest pension fund in 2015, Hiromichi Mizuno helped chart a course that not only made sustainable investing big in Japan, but also raised the strategy’s global profile.
The Government Pension Investment Fund’s former chief investment officer sidestepped public bemusement and criticism at home, as he sought to turn GPIF into a fund that — as one Harvard Business Review article put it — tried to “change the world” through its approach to environmental, social and governance investing.
But at a time when the pandemic has accelerated the global push toward ESG themes, the ¥178 trillion fund seems to be mostly treading water.
While its peers around the world have cut fossil-fuel investments and threatened to pull funds from firms that fail to meet ethical standards, the GPIF — constrained by stricter legal restraints — has largely been quiet on impact investing since Mizuno was succeeded in April 2020 by the more reclusive Eiji Ueda.
“The GPIF doesn’t have a mandate to pursue ESG investing in the face of lower returns,” said Takatoshi Ito, a professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs who headed a government panel to reform the fund. “It’s difficult to balance with the fund’s fiduciary duty.”
The GPIF’s overriding principle is legally mandated gains — the fund is required above all else to pursue a real investment return of 1.7%.
With Japan’s massive working generation retiring in droves and not being replaced, pensions are a more sensitive subject than climate change. Despite the fund’s long-term returns, questions are asked whenever it posts a quarterly loss.
Some rules also prevent the GPIF from taking a more hands-on approach to governance: it can’t legally hold direct stakes in companies or vote at shareholder meetings, and it outsources investments to asset managers.
That hands-off approach stands in contrast to Norway’s wealth fund, which has blacklisted Glencore PLC and other firms and put Japan’s own Kirin Holdings Co. on watch due to its ties to Myanmar. Two of Finland’s largest pension funds plan to make their portfolios carbon neutral over the next decade and a half.
“Under current legislation, we can’t sacrifice returns for the sake of buying environmental names or ESG names,” said Kenji Shiomura, senior director of the fund’s investment strategy department, who oversees selection of ESG indices, in an interview.
Japan-focused ESG funds returned 5.2% on average this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, underperforming the 8.6% return of the benchmark Topix index.
Mizuno once called fiduciary duty the “monster in the room,” arguing that failing to integrate ESG factors ran contrary to the duty for clients with long-term investing horizons.
The fund’s investing principles say it promotes incorporating ESG factors into the investment process, but only in addition to financial factors.
At the same time, the GPIF is coming up against other hurdles that prevent it from keeping pace with other pension funds — from the lack of a unified scoring method for sustainable investing to legal restraints that handcuff its ability to change companies’ behavior.
“I acknowledge that we need to produce results by dealing with ESG investment over the long term,” said Hirohide Yamaguchi, the newly-appointed chairman of the GPIF board of governors, which oversees the fund.
The GPIF had about ¥5.7 trillion invested in five ESG equity indices as of March 2020, the most recent date for which information is available.
Last December, it added two more for overseas equities, with ¥1.3 trillion invested against them, and has formed a number of partnerships globally to promote green bonds.
But that’s still less than 5% of its assets, and how the funds are allocated is opaque.
“To say we’ll invest ¥10 or ¥20 trillion in ESG is not most appropriate for our goals. We’re not driven by a numerical target,” said the GPIF’s Shiomura. “When you consider those factors, we can’t give a set amount or percentage of ESG investing we will do.”
Masaaki Kanno, chief economist at Sony Financial Holdings Inc. and another former member of the expert panel to reform the fund, said there needs to be more disclosure.
“It’s laudable that the pension fund promoted ESG so early on,” he said. “But it needs to do a better job of explaining the relationship between returns and ESG to the wider public.”
Unlike the outspoken Mizuno, who now shares his views on ESG investing and other subjects on his increasingly prolific Twitter account, his successor prefers to operate from the background.
Ueda has yet to give a media appearance in more than a year overseeing the fund, with President Masataka Miyazono deflecting questions in January by saying he, not Ueda, would be the one to face the public. He has also declined to give the size of the GPIF’s ESG investments, citing the potential impact on the market.
“The fund’s ability to communicate externally has gone quiet,” said Tamami Ota, a researcher at Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. “Mizuno was a skilled communicator.”
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Nearly eight months after Google announced Android 5.0 Lollipop, the percentage of devices running the newest versions is finally in double-digits - but 4.4 KitKat still dominates the platform.
Almost seven months after Google announced the latest version of its Android OS, over 90% of devices are still running versions up to five years old - but the Lollipop rollout is gaining momentum.
Six months after Google announced Android 5.0, just 5.4% of Android devices now have Lollipop - which means it's still on fewer devices than Android 2.3 Gingerbread or 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
Google have updated the Play Store, including a new UI and design language which is used in Google's Search apps, as well as Google Now. The new Store design is said to help users find new content.
Research finds that BlackBerry 7 is the most secure mobile OS, but researchers criticise Android's fragmentation as a security flaw, as well as its reliance on users understanding app permissions.


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NORTH SEWICKLEY TWP. -- The Riverside School Board still has about half a million dollars from a 2009 bond issue it would like to spend on building improvements.
The bulk of the funds, between $400,000 and $500,000, will be used for rooftop heating and cooling units, Robert Snyder, board president, said Monday.
David Anney, superintendent of schools, said he expects bids to go out for the rooftop units by the end of the month, which will allow the board to make a decision at the March 19 meeting.
Another large item in Phase IV of the improvement project will be what to do with the bleachers in the high school gymnasium. Cost estimates range from about $88,000 for all new bleachers to $5,000 to refurbish the existing bleachers, Snyder said. Another option is to re-surface the existing wooden bleachers and motorize the units at a cost of about $17,000, Snyder said.
Harry Beighley, a board member, suggested replacing the seating, which would cost about $30,000, while Raymond Abels, another board member, said the bleachers themselves were in good shape and that their funds could be better spent on other improvements.
Other improvements being considered are a new sound system for Riverside Memorial Stadium, at a cost of about $4,000; a new dishwasher for the high school cafeteria, about $48,000; a digital security camera system for the middle school, at a cost not to exceed $25,000; and the painting of lockers, no cost estimate released.
Board member Emmett Santillo suggested resurfacing the floor in the high school auditorium and perhaps installing carpeting in the aisles. Burt Lauten, director of buildings and grounds for the district, said that work, if approved, could probably be performed in house. Santillo said the improvements will improve the aesthetic appeal of the venue.
Snyder also suggested spending about $70,000 for new furniture in about 10 classrooms as well as in the high school library and a computer lab. However, furniture cannot be paid for with funds from the bond issue because they are not capital improvements. Snyder said the funds for the furniture could come from the capital fund in the district's budget.
The board will make decisions on what items should be included in Phase IV during its Feb. 27 meeting after a 7 p.m. preview of the high school musical "Fiddler on the Roof." The board meeting itself will follow in the high school library.
The musical will be presented at 7:30 p.m. March 1, 2 and 3 and at 2 p.m. March 4. The production will feature more than 50 high school students and 30 middle school pupils. Tickets are $10 and all seating is reserved. To purchase tickets, call the Riverside Musical Hotline at (724) 758-7512, ext. 2838.