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Writings and tables relating to musical theory, ca. 1777-1808; one volume by William Boyce, six by Marmaduke Overend, and two by J.W. Callcott. Workings by John Farey appear throughout.
Papers Relating to Musical Theory
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- ReferenceGB 161 MSS. Don. c. 136-44
- Dates of Creation[ca. 1777-1808]
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- Language of MaterialEnglish.
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Administrative / Biographical History
William Boyce (1710-1779) was a musician. Marmaduke Overend (d 1790), organist and composer, was a pupil of William Boyce. John Wall Callcott (1766-1821) was a composer. John Farey (1766-1826), principally a geologist, wrote articles on many subjects, including music. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).
The papers were bought from the Royal Institution by the Friends of the Bodleian in 1972.
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 38967-75.
The papers were given by Callcott in 1807-8 to the library of the Royal Institution.


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Los Alamos Farmers Market. 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Los Alamos Library parking lot. This week is the Ice Cream Social along with some of the freshest vegetables grown in Northern New Mexico.
The League of Women Voters’ Lunch with a Leader will feature Ellen Morris Bond the executive director of Self-Help at 11:40 a.m. in Mesa Library. This monthly event is open to the entire community.
Community Blood Drive. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., First Baptist Church, 2200 Diamond Drive.
White Rock Family Friendly Film Series. 6:30 p.m. Hotel for Dogs. White Rock Town Hall. For more information call 662-8265.
Retro games for all ages to cutting edge art, 4:30 to 7 p.m., at the Mesa Public Library.
Janice Wall and Shaun Gilmore Mostly Clear and Partly Cloudy: Climate as Metaphor. Artist Reception, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Mesa Public Library Art Gallery. Themes spin out metaphorically from climate: climate as natural occurrence and changing atmospheric conditions, climate as political and emotional states. Exhibit runs through Aug. 4.
The Los Alamos County Summer Concert Series. 7 p.m. Free. Bring lawn chairs. Ashley Pond: West African Highlife Band; dance band. For more information visit gordonsummerconcerts.com.
Creative Anachronism Medieval living history demo. 5-8 p.m. Fuller Lodge lawn. Hosted by the National Historical Society. For more information call 695-5251.
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Tether boosts transparency with real-time reserve reporting
Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, has announced that it will begin publishing reserve reports in real time in 2024. This move comes amid increasing regulatory scrutiny of the stablecoin industry and calls for greater transparency.
This commitment comes was made public in a Bloomberg interview with Paolo Ardoino, Tether’s chief technology officer and soon-to-be CEO.
As it stands, Tether updates its reserve information once daily, as published on the issuer’s transparency page. Beyond this, the firm releases monthly reserve reports and conducts quarterly reviews.
In 2021, Tether faced a $42.5 million penalty from The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on charges that USDT, for a substantial duration (26 months) between 2016 and 2018, lacked complete backing.
Despite this setback, Tether’s growth trajectory has been upward. Per its recent quarterly attestation, Tether maintains a $3.3 billion liquidity buffer to ensure stability within the USDT ecosystem and foster trust among stakeholders.
Overall, the company holds assets totaling $86.1 billion, and its liabilities stand at $82.8 billion, indicating a reserve backing of over 100%.
Tether, which is owned by Hong Kong-headquartered Ifinex, also provided a breakdown of its reserves, as well as a complete list of USDT reserve custodians. Specifically, the company holds a surplus in shareholder capital cushion of $3.29 billion across 15 different blockchain ecosystems. With the exception of Algorand and Polygon, Tether has the authorization to issue USDT tokens in large quantities.
Among these ecosystems, Solana takes the lead with a pre-authorized issuance value of $1.57 billion, followed by Ethereum and Tron with pre-authorizations of $617 million and $353 million, respectively.
Tether hasn’t given any statement regarding how important it is to have pre-authorization for issuance in relation to transparency and trust.
Tether’s transparency report contradicts ongoing concerns about its liquidity and asset backing. While Tether faced a $41 million fine by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission in 2021 for sharing “untrue” statements about its reserves, recent transparency reports have not raised flags from authorities over the past two years.
Tether has switched the accounting firm that audits the massive reserves that back its USDT token to BDO Italia, the 5th largest accounting firm in the world. It officially began working with BDO Italia in July 2022 for its quarterly attestations. With this alignment, the issuer moved towards the release of its attestations from a quarterly basis to monthly reports.
Tether made headlines earlier this month after Paolo Ardoino, the firm’s former CTO, was promoted to the CEO role. The previous CEO, Jean-Louis van der Velde, will now be contributing in an advisory capacity.

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1. Take lots of photos
Vivian Maier took over 100 000 photographs in her life, that we know of. There are probably rolls of undiscovered film elsewhere or that have been accidentally destroyed. Photographers know that not every picture is a gem. Even in film days we took many photos of the same thing, then making proof sheets before choosing the final photo. By taking plenty of photos you’re sure to produce a healthy collection. Try shooting the same subject from different angles or using different lighting. It will produce very different results. Indeed, even the same position and subject at different times of day or year, will show how astonishingly different the outcome will be.
2. Take natural photographs
Very few of Maier’s pictures are posed. Very many are in fact taken from some outsiders view looking in. Her street photography for which she has now become posthumously famous illustrates this perfectly. Many of her subjects seem to be completely unaware that she is a capturing in a moment in time, never to be revisited. Whether you are a street photographer, wildlife photographer or a landscape photographer, capturing a completely natural moment holds an essence that posed photography cannot.
3. Be opportunistic
Because capturing natural moments is a once only opportunity, you should be ready for that opportunity. All good things come to those that wait. Opportunity will not present itself unless you are waiting and looking for it. Henri Cartier Bresson, one of the best street photographers of our time, used to set his camera up with a certain scene and just wait for things or people to wander into his shot. This method made some of the best-known street photographs we know today. Take your camera everywhere you go and your day’s work will be sure to produce something special.
4. Capture anything and everything
Some of the best photographs can be of mundane subjects captured in an unusual way. Take photos of anything and everything. Most of the iconic street photography images are the ones taken at exactly the right moment, and very few of them are posed or thought about. Vivian Maier was good at capturing the secret public lives of people – a contradiction in terms perhaps, but easy to understand. She captured scenes that represented everything and anything. Couples in love, busy city life, solitude and loneliness, happy groups, sad groups. She even captured moments that could be interpreted differently by everyone.
5. Share your work
The saddest aspect of Vivian Maier’s prolific work is that it wasn’t discovered until after she died. Posthumous recognition is something that seems to come to many creative people. They never see the awe and wonder in the faces of those that appreciate their work. Whatever you do share your work. Upload it online on sites like Instagram and other social media. Make Prints for yourself, friends and family and you’d be surprised how many local art shops may even take it for sale. One of your images could be the next featured image in the photography world. Be discovered and enjoy your photographs.

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Two years ago Bankside and Bermondsey were selected as test-beds for the Government's neighbourhood planning process. 2013 will be the year that makes or breaks these schemes.
Under the Localism Act introduced by the coalition government, community groups can write their own planning policy for their neighbourhood which, if approved in a referendum, then becomes a material factor in decisions on planning applications.
Localities with an approved neighbourhood plan will also be able to retain a greater proportion of community infrastructure levy (CIL) cash from new developments in their area to spend on local projects.
Although Bankside and Bermondsey were named as 'frontrunners' by the Government in 2011, the process has been slow to get going as all concerned have grappled with unprecedented procedural and legal questions.
"The Government has chosen to set up the process with very few guidelines and a lot of emphasis on local authorities making decisions as they see fit," Southwark's director of planning Simon Bevan told planning committee members last month.
A local authority must approve both the boundaries of the neighbourhood plan area and the governance of the neighbourhood forum body established to write the plan.
Southwark Council has so far received three applications: one for Bankside and two overlapping proposals for Bermondsey. A fourth application – covering East Walworth – is on the way.
The council is obliged to agree to designate an area for neighbourhood planning purposes, but can vary the boundaries from those submitted and cannot designate overlapping areas.
The Bankside Neighbourhood Forum has proposed an area which runs from the Lambeth border in the west to Borough High Street in the east, with the northern boundary along the river and the southern boundary to the south of Union Street.
A public consultation on the boundaries proposed by the Bermondsey Neighbourhood Forum and the Bermondsey Village Action Group runs until Tuesday 5 March.
Final decisions on the applications will be made by Cllr Fiona Colley, the cabinet member for regeneration and corporate strategy.
At the end of last month Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Community Council gave its comments on the competing Bermondsey proposals.
Members recommended that, whatever the final boundaries of the designated area, it should be described as the 'West Bermondsey' neighbourhood plan to make it clear that it covers only part of the wider Bermondsey area.
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Great Persons' Efforts Devoted to Vegetable Farming in North Hamgyong Province
Pyongyang, October 31 (KCNA) -- The construction of the Jungphyong Vegetable Greenhouse Farm is now progressing at fast tempo in Kyongsong County, North Hamgyong Province of the DPRK.
Some days ago, Supreme Leader
As the province is located in highland and faces on the sea, it is unfavorable to vegetable culture.
One day of June scores of years ago when he was giving field guidance to the province, President
At the meeting he said that it is very important to supply the citizens with vegetables all the year round as the city has many key factories and enterprises. Underscoring the need to sharply increase the vegetable production per hectare by further raising the utilization of vegetable field and putting the vegetable farming on a scientific and technological basis, he indicated the ways for realizing the two-and triple-cropping of vegetable in the city.
The paternal love of the President for the inhabitants in the province has been carried forward by Supreme Leader
Last year, the Supreme Leader visited the province twice in one month to choose a site for the vegetable greenhouse farm and guide its construction.
After all, a large-scale modern vegetable greenhouse farm came to take its shape, in the place where there was a military base, under his wise guidance.

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Rick Foucheux (Ah, Wilderness!), Meg Gillentine (Cabaret, Damn Yankees) and Nehal Joshi (Les Misérables, The Threepenny Opera) have joined the previously announced Tony nominee Kathleen Turner (High, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), Nicholas Rodriguez (My Fair Lady, Oklahoma!) and Erin Weaver (The Last Five Years, Xanadu).
The production, which will run Jan. 31, 2014-March 9, will be directed by Arena Stage artistic director Molly Smith.
According to Arena Stage, "Tough-as-nails matriarch Mother Courage profits off the very war that steals her children from her one by one. But will the cost of war be higher than she's prepared to pay? Artistic director Molly Smith helms this unique in-the-round staging of Brecht's powerhouse anti-war play fusing politics, satire and music into an epic theatrical experience."
Additional casting and a creative team will be announced at a later date.
Tickets go on sale Sept. 20. More information can be found by visiting arenastage.org.

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Peter Kenny narrates Claire North's mind-blowing, genre-defying audio trilogy. In the first story, the characters are from almost every country because the setting is the mystical Gameshouse, which can appear practically anywhere in the world. Kenny must switch between voices as the players play life-or-death versions of childhood games. One game of hide-and-seek takes place in Thailand with a Frenchman as the main storyteller. The second story is set in Venice in the 1800s, and the main character is a woman. In the final story, a game of chess is played with real people, all around the world. As Kenny disappears into his narration, the characters spring to life and capture the imagination of the listener. A.R.F. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2019]
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Epic. Family. Travel. Vacation.
Feel like those words don’t always end up in the same sentence? Well, we’re here to tell you that they do.
No matter where you are in life, there’s always room for adventure. Especially adventure with your family!
Here are 8 adventure tours for an epic family travel vacation.
The Thailand Family Adventure starts in Bangkok for a jam-packed, adventurous, 12-day journey. What makes this tour appropriate for families? Well, activities are appropriate for all ages and the hotels chosen are familiar with housing families. We love that!
You’ll learn from locals, eat like locals, and enjoy tons of fun cultural activities like a riverboat tour and a traditional Thai massage.
Thailand is a bustling city with lots of open-air markets and tons of souvenirs for all ages. On Day 4, this tour visits the ruins of Ayutthaya, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Are you looking to add to your list or start your children’s? Don’t miss this spot! Visit a Buddhist temple and even take a Thai cooking class – another great option to spend time with your family.
With older children, it can be challenging to plan a trip that really fits everyone’s needs.
We love this tour from EF Tours that explores the food and culture of Southern Italy. That’s amore! Enjoy pizza, pasta, fish, and wine with your grown-up children in one of the best spots in the world for it, Southern Italy.
This 10-day tour ventures through Rome, Capua, Benevento, Matera, Bari, Ostuni, Polignano a Mare, and Alberobello. Visit famous sights like the Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, and St. Peter’s Basilica all while tasting and enjoying the Italian culture.
We love Thomson Family Adventures because it lists tons of adventure tours that all accompany families.
And if you’re looking for something specific, you can search by destination, family reunions, multi-gen travel, teens, and tons of other filters for your next family vacay.
Adventure usually means action, right? That’s why we’ve chosen to highlight this adventure tour – which features tons of activities in the Galapagos Islands.
See giant tortoises in the wild, hike and snorkel on Santa Cruz Island, surf the island’s swells, explore Isabela and Santa Cruz Islands, kayak in Academy Bay, and hike the Santa Cruz Highlands. Wow!
Jam-packed with adventure, exercise, and adventure. Plus you get to see real-life giant tortoises?! I don’t know many people who have seen them in person… add it to your family travel bucket list!
If you’re looking for a multigenerational trip with Thomson Family Adventures, check out this trip that combines adventure, relaxation, and cultural intrigue.
Visit a local community of indigenous cultures. Get an up-close look at the modern engineering marvel of the Panama Canal. Explore the remote Gamez Island. Hike a trail of suspended bridges. Ride a jungle aerial tram. So many exciting and educational activities for you and your family to enjoy and become global citizens together.
Check out the beautiful picturesque scenery of Zion. With every detail of this camping and hiking adventure planned out, you just need to sit back, relax, and enjoy the time with your family. What’s better than a good old camping trip?
Along the way, you’ll enjoy fresh, healthy, sustainable meals to keep you fueled during your adventure. If you love national parks and spending time outdoors, then this is the perfect trip for you. Don’t forget the s’mores!
An added bonus: Kids traveling on the REI Co-Op Family Adventures will receive an REI day pack for their adventure.
Another great REI Co-Op trip is the Scotland Family Adventure. Over 8 days in a group of 4-16, your family will explore a medieval castle on the shores of mystical Loch Ness, hike in Glen Nevis, paddle canoes down the canal, learn archery, and hand-feed reindeer!
The trip is packed with non-stop fun and adventure. A typical day on this tour will consist of 2-5 hours of activity – whether that’s swimming, hiking, or kayaking. This trip is also great if you like going geocaching.
G Adventures has teamed up with National Geographic to bring you National Geographic Family Journeys. On this epic adventure, you’ll experience the beautiful glaciers and black-sand beaches of Iceland.
Start off with a whale-watching journey looking for all kinds of whales and dolphins on Faxaflói Bay. On the following day, you’ll hike through an area of hot springs – perfect for relaxing and dipping your toes in. On day four, you’ll take a ride around the Golden Circle, a circuit that brings you to all of Iceland’s treasures.
This 7 day adventure will have your entire family talking about it for years after.
The Intrepid Travel Egypt Family Holiday will be an adventurous, educational experience for you and your family. With 8 days in Egypt, you will travel from Cairo to Luxor and Aswan. Along the way, there are plenty of opportunities to interact with the locals and experience life in contemporary Egyptian culture.
One moment we know you won’t forget: watch the sunrise on the dunes of the Sahara during a breakfast cruise down the Nile River. With a guide and a complete itinerary, Egypt will be much more manageable for you and your family – and prove to be one awesome, epic adventure.
Consider an ancestry travel trip and really learning about your roots with your kids too. And if none of these suit your family, take a look at these family summer vacation ideas for every type of family.
Now that you’ve seen our list of adventure tours for an epic family vacation, what do you think? Are you ready to book one? Leave us a comment below!

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New Tax Incentive for Development in Low-Income Communities, Part I
August 16, 2018
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), enacted on December 22, 2017, includes a provision that provides tax benefits to investors that develop in Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZs), which were created to stimulate economic development and job creation in distressed communities.
Part I of this seven-part series on QOZs provides an overview of the enactment of the TCJA, and defines QOZs, Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs), and Qualified Opportunity Zone Property (QOZP).
Enactment of TCJA
TCJA is tax legislation that affects individuals, businesses, and tax-exempt and governmental entities in a number of areas. For businesses, TCJA includes a miscellaneous provision that, until now, has garnered little attention. The provision, referred to as the Federal Opportunity Zone Program (the “Program”), allows taxpayers to defer payment of federal tax on capital gains from the sale of property if those gains are rolled into a QOF that invests 90% of its assets in businesses located or property used in a designated distressed community. Distressed communities are low-income areas with little economic stability that are disconnected from the growth taking place in other communities. For communities to qualify, the governors of each state had to submit for approval the areas they wished to receive the opportunity zone designation. Unlike previous efforts to encourage economic development in low-income communities, the Program takes a free-market approach that is not directly dependent on federal subsidies. There is no guaranty that an “opportunity zone” designation will attract investment into a particular community. Instead, developers and others involved in the management of private investment funds will generally determine where funds will be invested and the type of projects to be developed. The IRS is the authorized agency implementing the Program, now codified as Section 1400Z-1 and 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code.
QOZ, QOF, and QOZP Defined
QOZs are low-income census tracts that have been certified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. To qualify as a QOZ, the tract must be designated as a low-income community under Section 45D(e),
- with a poverty rate of at least 20%, or
- with a median family income that does not exceed 80% of area median income, or
- contiguous with a designated low-income community and the median family income does not exceed 125% of the median family income of the contiguous designated low-income community.
Investments in these economically distressed areas, under certain conditions, may be eligible for preferential tax treatment on capital gains tax liabilities. Click here to access a list of QOZs. A nationwide map of QOZs can be found here.
QOFs, set up as partnerships or corporations, are vehicles for investing is QOZs. QOFs must hold 90% of its assets in businesses located or property used in a designated distressed community. To be eligible for the tax benefits associated with investing in QOZs, investors must roll capital gains from prior investments into a QOF within 180 of realizing the gain.
QOZP includes Qualified Opportunity Zone Business Property (QOZBP) and stock or partnership interests in a Qualified Opportunity Business (QOZB) in which substantially all of the tangible property is QOZBP. At least 50% of the QOZB’s total gross income must be derived from an active conduct of a qualified business. For real estate, QOZP must generally be new construction or “substantially improved,” meaning rehabilitation costs must exceed acquisition costs over 30 months following acquisition. QOZP does not include investments in golf or country clubs, racetracks and gambling facilities, suntan facilities, massage parlors or liquor stores. In addition, a QOF may not invest in mortgage pools or merely debt investments.
Part II of this series will outline the benefits of investing in QOZs and QOFs, including the Temporary Deferral Election and Permanent Exclusion Election, and will discuss the potential advantages of investing in a QOF as an alternative to investing in a 1031 Exchange.
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Taylor Swift expected to testify in groping case in Denver
FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2103 file photo, Taylor Swift appears at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tenn. David Mueller, a former radio host, claims in a lawsuit that he lost his job because Swift falsely accused him of groping her. Swift has countersued, alleging she's the victim of sexual assault. Mueller is seeking up to $3 million in damages at the trial that begins Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in federal court in Denver. Both sides say no settlement is in the works. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Tatiana Flowers, The Associated Press
Published Sunday, August 6, 2017 10:44AM EDT
DENVER -- Pop star Taylor Swift is expected to testify about her claim that a Colorado radio host groped her.
A jury trial in the civil case is set to start Monday and last nearly two weeks. Court documents say it is unlikely that either side will settle.
Swift says David Mueller grabbed her in June 2013 during a visit backstage at the Pepsi Center in Denver.
Swift says she and her support team didn't call police immediately. Instead they called his boss. The radio station interviewed Mueller and fired him two days later.
Mueller denies inappropriately touching Swift on her buttocks and is suing the singer-songwriter for $3 million in damages for losing his job at country radio station KYGO.
Swift is countersuing Mueller, seeking $1 and a ruling that holds him responsible.

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CONTENT WARNING: Title IX and Sexual Misconduct
The Presidential Working Group (PWG) was created in September 2019 with a defined charge:
Formation of the Presidential Working Group in Early September
Working Group members were chosen based on their representation of different College constituencies - students, faculty, staff, and administrators. Broad representation was suited to the task of surveying the whole of the sexual misconduct prevention and response ecosystem as opposed to each of its constituent parts. While staff members with a direct role in the systems under review were consulted as ex-officio members, they were not themselves on the Working Group in keeping with best practices for program review. It is our belief that the diversity of perspectives and skill sets brought to the table by Working Group members significantly enriched our work and outcomes.
Our process entailed meeting weekly throughout the academic year, supported by outside experts in the Title IX field, and in conversation with all ex-officio members. We learned about the Title IX law, regulations, and guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Education and surveyed evolving best practices of handling sexual misconduct at comparably sized colleges and universities. We discussed various provisions of Emerson’s Title IX policy and procedures as they relate to students, the choices that Emerson made, and the alternative yet compliant choices that would be available. Our consultants interviewed various stakeholders on campus, including all ex-officio members of the PWG, and presented information about deficits in the working relationships between offices. A group exercise related to information flows during a case gave Working Group members the opportunity to discuss what choices are being made by various offices and learn how other institutions would approach those same situations. The Working Group then met with all ex officio members for additional discussion and follow-up questions. Formulation of findings and draft recommendations occupied the remainder of our weekly sessions.
It is regrettable that two student members of the Working Group resigned at different stages of our work, both of whom had particular insights to share; however, we did our best to assess the perceived shortcomings through extended outreach efforts so as to enrich our findings and strengthen our recommendations.
This draft report is broken down into three sections:
- Values that guided our work;
- Key findings and insights; and
- Draft recommendations
A communication from the Working Group in early April clarifies the process of community feedback to be conducted online this Spring and through an in-person Community Forum in Fall 2020.
Values that Guided Our Work
The PWG wishes to extend its appreciation and respect to the members of the Title IX team, to survivors and to all members of the Emerson community who have demonstrated a passion and commitment to the campus’ safety and well-being. The work is complex, challenging, difficult and nuanced. The purpose of this report is to share findings and offer recommendations to evolve and enhance the strong and committed Title IX work thus far.
The PWG approached its work by balancing best practices in Title IX with the vision of a community of care and the demands of federal compliance. Our chief value has been to ensure that all members of our student community are treated with the utmost care and dignity. We uphold the values laid out in the President’s statement upon forming the Working Group; that is, to “foster a community that is free from power-based interpersonal violence”; “to create an environment that empowers individuals to come forward to report instances that are antithetical to the College’s values”; and “to provide a process for addressing these instances that is fair and equitable for all parties.”
The Working Group recognizes that the U.S. Department of Education has, at the time of this writing, issued proposed regulations that would require many changes to the formal investigation and adjudication process for sexual misconduct cases. If these proposed changes are adopted into final regulations, it may change the dynamics in these procedures and work to shift the balance of support felt by complainants and respondents. Consistent with the values expressed above, we encourage the College to read the regulations as specifying a floor for protections, rather than a ceiling, and continue working toward the goal of treating all of our students with the utmost care and dignity both during and after any Title IX process. The College’s values should continue to be our touchpoint as we work as a community to ensure continued compliance with whatever may be required by final regulations.
The Working Group kept these values at the forefront as we probed the motivations behind the series of incidents that occurred during the closing weeks of the Spring 2019 semester, in which the names of students who were alleged to have violated the College’s Sexual Misconduct Policy were publicly posted. Our findings and recommendations are oriented to responding to the gaps within our ecosystem of care surfaced by students who felt the need to take matters into their own hands. It is our sincere hope that, once implemented, our recommendations will motivate students to act inside and not outside the systems and processes carefully crafted to sustain and nurture a College community free from power-based interpersonal violence and to fairly investigate and justly redress wrongs when they do occur. Only then can we be assured that our handling of sexual misconduct is holistically, with consistency and care, an apt expression of our stated institutional values.
Key Findings and Insights
- There is a lack of trust on the part of students that the College’s response to sexual misconduct, including those instances adjudicated by the Title IX process, will result in a timely and fair conclusion.
- Some students do not trust that sanctions, once given, will be consistently enforced.
- The disconnect between some offices, due to differing philosophies and approaches, impacts the student experience in a way that further diminishes trust in the College’s handling of sexual misconduct.
- Such distrust can lead, as it did in Spring 2019, to accusations of the College’s deliberate indifference to combating sexual misconduct on campus.
- The Title IX process is seen by students as opaque and lacking transparency.
- The overall student community, while not involved in a specific case, has a vested interest in the safety of their peers. Our community lacks an opportunity and space to review and discuss the sexual misconduct prevention and response ecosystem.
- Some students involved in a Title IX case have reported a lack of frequent and clear updates on how the case is progressing and their available resources and options.
- While student confidentiality laws allow the sharing of personally identifiable information about a student between College employees when there is a “need to know,” there is not at present a shared interpretation of the standard between Offices.
- The Title IX Office and the Healing & Advocacy Collective interpret “need to know” very narrowly, and this has led to misunderstandings on the part of some students who expect that other Offices have knowledge about a case when in fact they may not.
Communication, Education and Awareness
- The Title IX policy is dense, complex, confusing, and written in an overly legalistic manner that is difficult to navigate. This can be overwhelming to a person in crisis.
- The various offices of the College involved in aspects of responding to acts of sexual misconduct do not always communicate well with each other or share the information necessary for seamless coordination and collaboration.
- The College lacks a comprehensive orientation-to-graduation education, awareness and prevention strategy.
- The College lacks an articulated graduation participation policy that differentiates amongst the various stages in which a student can be in the Title IX process.
- There is ambiguity around eligibility to participate in leadership roles for students in various stages of the Title IX process.
- Access to resources such as counseling and academic support is important during the Title IX process. While institutional resources for complainants are well established and clearly articulated, such resources for respondents are less well established and articulated.
- There is a general lack of awareness and understanding of the function, purpose and location of the Title IX Office.
- The structural location of the Title IX Office within the Social Justice Collaborative is potentially confusing, as community members may not perceive the stance of the Title IX Office as neutral.
- The College lacks clear informal resolution options for sexual misconduct cases, which may create a barrier for reporting.
- There are opportunities to better articulate the sexual misconduct prevention and response ecosystem with Emerson’s unique campus culture (for example, sexual misconduct education specific to collaborative student work in non-supervised experiences, such as student organizations, co-curriculars, sets, crews, teams, etc.).
(1) Strengthen Cross-Departmental Communication and Collaboration
Based on the findings above that there are sometimes disconnects in trust, communication, approach, interpretation, and philosophy between Offices with a touchpoint in the sexual misconduct prevention and response ecosystem, the PWG recommends creation of a Standing Committee. A Standing Committee will strengthen communication and cross-Office collaboration with an eye to improving the student experience. It is expected that the Standing Committee will meet regularly (a minimum of once per month). We recommend that it be co-chaired by the VP of the Social Justice Collaborative, the VP of Campus Life/Dean of Students, and the VPAA/Provost and include representatives from all stakeholders on campus with a functional touchpoint in the ecosystem (Title IX Coordinator, Deputy Title IX Coordinator and Investigator, Residence Life, Healing & Advocacy, Student Conduct, ECPD, Sanctions Panel Chairs, and General Counsel). Its charge is to:
- Develop and maintain shared norms, vision and ethos;
- Identify and train on best practices, involving all parties as a shared exercise to deepen mutual understanding of each other’s roles and pain points;
- Craft a shared understanding of and protocol for ‘need to know’ and appropriate flows of information between Offices;
- Investigate and establish record management protocols and systems for improving information flow;
- Create a commencement participation policy for students in the Title IX process and guidelines on their ability to hold leadership positions in student organizations
- Develop a strategic plan to expand and unify education and prevention programming, informed by climate surveys and other data and with a coordinated and evolving implementation approach;
- Conduct an internal, College-wide review every three years to identify ways to strengthen operationalization (i.e. an implementation look back audit);
- Distribute an annual report to the College community on Committee foci and data on reports and investigations. Such reporting is crucial for establishing transparency, accountability, trust, and proactively distinguishing between facts and hearsay;
- Host an open Community Forum each year to ensure that channels of dialogue and response remain open.
Next Steps: Recommendation that the Chairs of the Standing Committee meet with the PWG and the President to be formally charged so that work can commence. Assemble team and develop a strategic planning document to address items above by December 2020.
(2) Expand and Coordinate Education and Prevention Programming
Create a coordinated, consistent, and comprehensive orientation-to-graduation education, awareness and prevention strategy that will build on existing strengths. It will be oriented to:
- Supporting a more forward-facing presence of Title IX on-campus messaging campaigns;
- Creating Emerson-specific and Emerson-produced programming (i.e. student-directed films or interactive games), after investigating other training models on-campus and elsewhere to find helpful examples.
Virtual options can augment in-person ones; these should be regular, brief, meaningful reminders regarding the need to collectively safeguard the well-being of our campus:
- Every incoming student should receive training and education by the end of their first semester, with records to support that this goal has been achieved;
- Higher-level programming should be offered to continuing students such that students receive regular and ongoing education and training throughout their tenure at the College;
- Educational approaches should be tailored to different stages of the student experience and campus locations;
- Every student organization should be required to have a yearly Title IX training focused on issues and interactions specific to that organization and the faculty advisor trained on how to serve as a resource and make mandatory reports to the Title IX Coordinator if issues arise.
- Education and training for all students need to be bolstered by programming for student leaders, faculty, and staff:
- Require training for faculty advisors and student leaders of organizations and co-curriculars on how to appropriately navigate interpersonal relations within collaborative, unsupervised spaces that make up Emerson’s unique niche. Work with faculty to embed sexual misconduct prevention and awareness into the first-year curriculum.
Next Steps: Recommendation that the Title IX Coordinator prepare a plan to ensure all students incoming during the 2020-2021 academic year receive training on the Title IX policy, as well as sexual misconduct prevention and awareness. The Standing Committee shall work to create a comprehensive training plan for implementation beginning in 2021-2022.
(3) Simplify Title IX Policy and Communication of Resources
Information about the policy, process and options for support and reporting need to be made more accessible and easier to understand. A revamped communication plan needs to be adopted in order to better educate the community about Emerson’s policies and processes related to sexual misconduct. Streamlined presentation will benefit users, especially those in crisis.
- Revise language of the policy so that it is universally easier for a user to understand. Utilize the expertise already applied to this effort in past proposed revisions;
- Create a communication plan that includes a redesigned website, poster campaign, and flow chart that clearly illustrates process and options. A student in crisis should be able to easily access relevant support resources and process steps.
Next Steps: Revise the policy in keeping with new federal regulations and with broad representation from the new Standing Committee. Employ internal and/or external experts to design a new communication plan.
(4) Develop Informal Resolutions for students who opt not to pursue a formal investigation
The Working Group identified a trend across U.S. universities where the majority of reports of sexual misconduct filed do not result in a formal investigation, and Emerson data reflects this national trend. We believe that more information about informal resolution options - provided online for review prior to making contact with the Title IX Office - will encourage more reporting and, we hope, help more students get the assistance or resolution most helpful to them.
- The Title IX Coordinator, in collaboration with the Director of Community Standards and Student Conduct, should create options for informal resolution that are currently available to the parties and publish it on the Title IX website, so that the complainant can elect what options they may wish to pursue and so that the respondent, upon notification of which options the complainant is amenable to, can review to see if they wish to agree to participate in that option as well.
- Not all of the accommodations, supports, resources, and informal resolution options need to be provided only through the Title IX Office. Other departments at the College, such as Residence Life or Community Standards, can and should be permitted to assist, provided they undergo training on the Title IX policy and are in regular communication with the Title IX Office regarding such activities so that they may be documented. For example, sexual harassment occurring on a residence hall floor should be reported through the Title IX Office, but the parties involved may want the Residence Life staff for that hall to help the students reach a mutually agreeable informal resolution that can then be reinforced by the staff members on site.
- The Standing Committee should discuss and revise to ensure that these informal resolution options are robust and reflective of the many resources and deep expertise across the campus community, both inside and outside the Title IX Office.
- The Standing Committee should explore creation of a student ombudsman and other potential mediation mechanisms.
Next Steps: In the immediate term, the Title IX Coordinator, in consultation with resources across campus, should make sure that all options for supports, services, and accommodations - both on and off campus - for students going through the process are consolidated, explained, updated with respect to contact information, and clearly visible on the Title IX website. By January 2021, the Standing Committee should complete its revision of the expanded options.
(5) Realign the Title IX Office posture
As the Working Group met with various stakeholders in the community, we identified an important philosophical difference in the interpretation of the mission of the Title IX Office at the College, which we believe is in need of resolution.
Title IX as an equity statute:
- the federal law ensures equitable opportunity to all students, regardless of sex, to participate in the College’s programs and requires that, if an allegation of discrimination or harassment is made, an investigation is conducted to make a determination as to whether such discrimination or harassment occurred. Until the investigation is finished and a decision is made, the College must continue to provide the parties with access to the College's programs (with some exceptions based on individualized risk in a particular situation). Part of providing that access is providing supports, accommodations, and resources to the parties and witnesses as needed.
- Once a decision is made, if harassment or discrimination is found to have occurred, the College must work to eliminate the harassment, prevent its recurrence, and remedy its effects. Meeting that obligation involves consideration not only of the parties in the case, but of the campus culture and the needs of the community at large.
- To run this process, it is important for the Title IX Office to be neutral in practice, and to be perceived as neutral by the individuals seeking justice through the process. The Title IX Coordinator must be there to make sure the parties (complainants and respondents) have access to the support, resources, and accommodations they need to continue to access the College's programs and activities. The Coordinator must make sure that the investigative process follows the policy, treats the parties fairly, and is conducted in an impartial and unbiased manner. The Title IX Coordinator must be able to answer the questions of both parties and their advisors about the process, as they are not an advocate for either party but instead an advocate for the process itself to be compliant, transparent, and fair.
Title IX as a component of social justice:
- The Title IX Office is neutral in practice; however, Emerson's Title IX Office is positioned within the Social Justice Collaborative alongside the Healing & Advocacy Collective. The Social Justice Collaborative rightfully takes an advocacy stance, noting that the historical mistreatment of survivors of sexual misconduct requires us to undertake the work now to ensure that victims are treated respectfully and with a trauma-informed perspective.
- While an advocacy stance is compelling to many of us individually and at a socio-political level, we believe the Title IX Office should be a neutral resource to all community members, no matter their role or position in the process. This belief is informed and supported by the guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Education that is currently in effect, as well as the proposed federal regulations.
- Because of this real or perceived misalignment between the mission of the Social Justice Collaborative and the function of the Title IX Office, the Working Group is concerned that housing the Title IX Office there may create an appearance of partiality that may have consequences for the parties. Will a complainant believe that as a survivor they will be supported, and then feel betrayed if an office within the Social Justice Collaborative ultimately determines after an investigation that no policy violation occurred? Will a respondent, seeking their own justice, believe that the process is biased against them from the start?
The Working Group believes that there should not be a need to ask these questions. Removing the Title IX Office from the Social Justice Collaborative will create the distance necessary to fulfill the neutral role that is expected and which will be emphasized under the final regulations that will be released imminently. It will also avoid such misfounded expectations among the parties and the community with regard to the outcome of each case and reiterate to the community the inherent fairness and impartiality that we expect in the handling of these cases.
Next Steps: The President should consider whether the reporting structure of the Title IX Office best serves its mission and obligations. Once the new regulations are in place, the Standing Committee should determine whether and which additional resources for complainants, respondents, and witnesses are required to be consistent with our value of treating all students with utmost dignity and respect.
(6) Process Update Standards
In response to findings about transparency, communication, and trust above, the Working Group recommends a prescribed schedule of regular updates
- The Title IX Coordinator should ensure that all parties are provided with updates on at least a weekly basis during a formal investigation. The updates may be provided by the investigator(s), the Title IX Coordinator, or the Deputy Title IX Coordinator. The Title IX Coordinator is responsible for keeping data on the frequency of updates provided to each party during each investigation.
- The Standing Committee should develop an update standard for all process stages (for example, after submitting a report and during the stage of pre-investigation) and the frequency and provider of updates for all pathways other than a formal investigation (for example, no contact orders, interim measures, informal resolution options).
Next Steps: Data regarding updates provided to each party should be submitted to and reviewed by the Standing Committee on a semesterly basis. The purpose of review will be to assess efficacy and consistency and will focus on timeline data points of updates to each party and not on the content of any particular case.
Until June 5th, 2020, feedback can be submitted at https://emerson.edu/pwg-feedback.

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In the event that the Hurricane Irma storm creates sustained winds of forty (40) miles per hour or more in the City of Perry, no Public Safety personnel (Police Department, Fire Department, Public Works) will be dispatched for service calls, unless the call is life-threatening. The safety of all Perry citizens, guests and visitors is of paramount importance. Thank you for your understanding.
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Steps legend Ian ‘H’ Watkins has undergone a complete mansformation ahead of his Dancing On Ice debut.
The Welsh cheeky chappy has swapped his iconic blonde curtains hairstyle for a much shorter crop.
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The 5,6,7,8 singer appeared on Good Morning Britain today to confirm that he’ll be taking part in the latest series of the ITV iceskating show.
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Coronation Street star Lisa George also confirmed she was taking to the ice during her appearance on Lorraine this morning.
Love Island’s Maura Higgins, TV legend Michael Barrymore, footballer Kevin Kilbane and news presenter Lucia Millarini will also be taking part in Dancing On Ice next year.
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connecting the base to the ground does no good. It makes the voltage constant but it makes it so there is no sound coming from my speaker. Also, removing the .02 cap didn’t work because I believe the npn acts as a highpass filter so removing the cap doesn’t work either.
I’ll try the oversampling.
If I remove the speaker, and leave the negative end of the 10uf (the one in series with the speaker) cap floating, there is a recognizable discharge waveform from the capacitor (measured from an oscilloscope in my lab).
So maybe this waveform is the reason for the random readings on the Arduino?


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There are some films in this world that deserve another go.
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In his farewell address, President Obama invoked the glorified version of To Kill a Mockingbird's Atticus Finch who has been incorrectly read as a civil rights hero for decades.
“On November 10 The New York Times reported that nearly seven in ten Republicans prefer America as it was in the 1950s,” Smith said, “A nostalgia of course entirely unavailable to a person like me, for in that period I could not vote, marry my husband, have my children, work in the university I work in, or live in my neighborhood.”
After a year and a half of unemployment, E.R. Braithwaite decided to try teaching and is posted to one of the worst schools in London’s East End -- and even there was confronted by the specter of racism. The experience became the subject of his novel, To Sir, With Love.
Like the rising demogogue at the heart of Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, All The King's Men, Trump understands that he is liberated from the burden of fact just so long as he continues to depict a reality that renders as True.
The Winter of Our Discontent is marked by the same sort of nationalism that has been given pride of place on the electoral stage. At the close of the first black president’s tenure, there has been a heightening of hate. The staggering reinvigoration of white supremacy--let’s call it like it is--is a response what some commentators have observed as a pushback against President Obama as a symbol for racial advancement. The racist underpinnings of presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign are, for some, a way to set back the “rightful” order of this country -- you know, to “make America great again.”
Margaret Atwood's 30-year-old novel sheds a dark light on today's attacks against women from how rape cases are handled to allegations against Planned Parenthood.
Jennifer Clement's latest novel, Prayers for the Stolen, maps the landscape of violence wrought on the people of Guerrero, Mexico by the drug wars and traces the story of some of its "stolen." THE ALIGNIST spoke with Clement about her response to the disappearance of 43 teaching students from the state last year and asked her how her work came to be one of social protest.

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Last week I shared what fun has been going on here. After sharing this with a friend, she said, “It’s not what you signed up for is it?” (A little background if you haven’t been around for long: Justin and I adopted two children from foster care, Payton is seven, and Jeremiah has non-verbal autism and is five. You can read more about Our Story.)
My friends words broke my heart, and shocked me. The strange thing is I share both the positive and negative with her, and before the last few weeks, Jeremiah and Payton had been doing really well, and most of my complaints center around how much pain I’m in, or how our family isn’t getting support.
What she said was also a reflection of how she feels about her life. Life has disappointed her, and she feels it’s not what she signed up for, but it’s not how I feel. I think she feels that if she isn’t happy with her life, which doesn’t have near the complications mine does (and that’s okay), I couldn’t possibly be happy or satisfied with mine.
However, I do love my life. Yeah there are hard times, but that’s a given with what our family is made of.
So, this IS what I signed up for. I signed up to be a parent.
I didn’t sign up for the expected, I signed up for the unexpected. Especially when I adopted two children from foster care. But frankly, most of the time life doesn’t go exactly as expected, and if it does, it’s probably fairly boring. Ha, when I hear people complain that their life is boring, I want to yell, “Come visit me! I’ll help you out with your boredom!”
I signed up for love, and I got it a million-fold. Jeremiah was crying last night when Justin put him to bed. He would cry a little and stop, cry a little more. This is odd, he usually stays in his room and plays until he falls asleep, so Justin offered him some crackers and water (that’s normally the only reason Jeremiah cries at bedtime – he needs something else), but he wanted neither. He wanted to watch a movie. Odd.
I asked Jeremiah what he wanted, he went to the movie again and picked it up, I sat it down and told him, “No movie, it’s bedtime.” He cried again. I laid down with him on his bed and held him, but he kept circling in and out of crying. I asked, “Did you have a bad dream last night?” It was the only reason I could think of for him to not want to go to bed. He stopped crying and looked me in the eyes. This is sometimes his way of saying, “Yes.” I responded, “I’m so sorry you had a bad dream or nightmare. I’m here and Daddy’s here, you’re safe.” He wiped his darling eyes and began to drift off into sleep.
I’m so glad I was there for him, even though it might not be what I planned on doing for those twenty-five minutes (I had laundry, and watering to do). Love, I do it because of love, and I loved those moments we had together, when he knew I would keep him safe, I would push away those horrible, scary feelings, the connection when I understood what could not be spoken.
I signed up for a child who could have a mega-ton more problems than he does. Frankly, we’re lucky he only has autism, it’s nothing compared to what it could’ve been.
I signed up for learning a whole new rulebook on life.
I signed up for the unexpected challenges that have changed me forever, and hopefully have made me a better person.
I signed up for really seeing humanity, viewing those people who are different in a whole new way.
So, yeah this IS what I signed up for.
No, not every day is full of sunshine and snowflakes, but without bad days, we wouldn’t appreciate the good. Without hard ones, we wouldn’t appreciate the easy ones (or the laughs). Without struggle, we wouldn’t know the gift of love when it arrives. I wouldn’t know what I do about humanity if it weren’t for what I chose. I chose two kids, I chose what I couldn’t see, but now my eyes have been opened. I choose autism.
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This is beautifully written. I know it will encourage more parents who may have not realized “what they signed up for” to find contentment and joy even on the tough days. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you very much!
Very well stated. You signed up to parent there is no handbook and no promises but little arms around your neck are a million fold blessings for all those tougher times.
Thank you very much! Exactly.
Beautiful piece, and I’m with you 100%. We signed up for what we would be blessed with – and we are amazed every day with what we were given – the power of the love you describe. 🙂 Your sister in “blown away by Love”-hood, Cynthia 🙂
Thanks! So true.
Tracy, I feel like we are kindred spirits. My husband and I, at 64 and 54 years of age, respectively, adopted my grandson when he was 15 months old. We began fostering him when he was eight months old. He is now five years old. We knew at the time he had been subjected to meth in utero and post birth. While fostering, we found out he had fetal alcohol syndrome. A few months after the adoption, he was diagnosed with autisim spectrum disorder and sensory processing disorder. He is the most wonderful child in the world! When we run into friends at the store, my husband always tells them “It’s not what I signed up for!” I look at our son and he smiles the most engaging smile and my eyes well up with tears. I think, like you, this IS what I signed up for. I thank God he trusted me with the task. Most times I feel totally unworthy.
I’m so happy to hear you have this perspective! You’re amazing.
Great post. I hope others can understand now and take on board that this is what good parents have to do to be happy and fulfilled in their job. I too know bad times and have always got through them in the same way you do. Without the contrasts, the highs and lows we wouldn’t have a rich, full life or spaces to catch our breath.

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The relentless march of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape industries, and Devin AI, touted as the world’s first AI software engineer, stands as a potential catalyst for a paradigm shift. While its capabilities are still evolving, Devin’s ability to autonomously design, develop, and test software applications has ignited a wave of excitement across various sectors. However, alongside the potential benefits lie significant challenges that need to be addressed for responsible and successful integration.
Devin’s Arsenal: Demystifying Its Functionality
Developed by Cognition Corporation, Devin is more than just an automated code generator. It operates as a virtual software engineer, equipped with its own unique system encompassing a code editor, web browser, and specialized algorithms. This allows Devin to function independently, analyzing project requirements, writing code, and meticulously testing its functionality without constant human intervention.
Here’s what sets Devin apart from traditional coding assistants:
- Autonomous Operation: Devin thrives in a secure environment, autonomously making critical decisions throughout the development process. This empowers it to delve into complex engineering projects that might overwhelm traditional code-generating tools.
- Advanced Reasoning: Leveraging advancements in long-term reasoning and planning, Devin tackles intricate tasks involving thousands of programming decisions. This allows it to navigate complex software development challenges that require meticulous planning and execution.
- Machine Learning and Continuous Learning: Devin isn’t a static entity. It’s designed to learn and adapt over time using machine learning techniques. As it interacts with diverse projects and receives feedback, Devin refines its understanding of coding best practices and software development principles, continuously enhancing its capabilities.
Hype: Potential Benefits for Industries
Devin’s arrival has sparked a wave of optimism across various industries, with the potential to revolutionize how we approach software development. Here’s a glimpse into the potential benefits it offers:
- Enhanced Productivity in Manufacturing: Imagine Devin collaborating with human engineers to optimize production line processes or design new products using computer-aided design (CAD) software. This could lead to significant efficiency gains, faster product iterations, and even advancements in industrial automation.
- Revolutionizing Healthcare: Devin could be instrumental in analyzing vast medical datasets using big data analytics to identify patterns and support medical research. Additionally, it could automate tasks like scheduling appointments or generating basic reports, freeing up valuable time for medical professionals, potentially improving the overall patient experience.
- Transforming Finance: The ability to analyze complex financial data and identify trends at lightning speed makes Devin a potential game-changer for financial institutions. It could automate repetitive tasks like risk assessment or fraud detection using machine learning, allowing human analysts to focus on strategic financial decision-making and algorithmic trading.
- Boosting Innovation in Retail: Devin’s ability to analyze consumer data and purchasing patterns using techniques like customer segmentation could help retailers personalize marketing campaigns and optimize product recommendations. This could lead to increased customer satisfaction, improved sales figures, and a significant boost to e-commerce platforms.
Navigating the Uncharted: Challenges and Considerations
While Devin holds immense promise, it’s crucial to acknowledge the challenges that need to be addressed for its successful integration into various industries:
- Integration with Existing Systems: Seamless integration with existing software development workflows and tools is paramount. This will require careful planning and collaboration between developers, AI engineers, and potentially even DevOps teams.
- Human Oversight and Explainability: While Devin can automate tasks, human oversight remains essential, particularly for critical projects and ensuring code security. Additionally, developing mechanisms for Devin to explain its reasoning behind code decisions (Explainable AI – XAI) will be crucial for building trust and fostering collaboration with human developers.
- Ethical Considerations and Job Displacement: The potential impact of AI on the workforce in various industries needs careful consideration. Devin is likely to augment, rather than replace, human developers entirely. However, the transition needs to be managed responsibly, ensuring retraining opportunities and fostering a collaborative work environment that leverages the strengths of both AI and human ingenuity.
The Road Ahead: Collaboration and a Brighter Future
Devin represents a significant leap forward in the use of AI within software development and its potential impact across various industries. While it’s not a perfect replacement for human developers, Devin is a powerful tool that can enhance productivity, improve software quality, and potentially accelerate innovation.
As Devin continues to develop and learn, its capabilities are likely to expand. Here are some potential areas for future exploration:
- Domain-Specific Specialization: Tailoring Devin’s training to focus on specific programming languages, frameworks, or industry-specific development methodologies could further enhance its effectiveness in tackling specialized projects across different sectors, such as natural language processing (NLP) in healthcare or computer vision applications in manufacturing.
- Human-AI Collaboration: The future software development landscape might be characterized by seamless collaboration between Devin and human developers, where Devin handles routine tasks while humans focus on higher-level problem-solving, strategic direction, and human-centric design considerations. This collaborative approach could lead to the development of more user-friendly and ethically sound AI solutions.
- Mitigating Bias and Ensuring Fairness: As with any AI system, addressing potential bias within Devin’s training data and algorithms is crucial. This will ensure that its outputs are fair and unbiased, particularly in sensitive industries like finance or healthcare. Techniques like fairness, accountability, and transparency (FAT) principles can be employed throughout the development process to mitigate bias and promote responsible AI development.
The future of AI in various industries is one of collaboration and co-creation. Devin serves as a powerful example of how AI can augment human capabilities, accelerating innovation and progress across various sectors. As we move forward, it’s crucial to address the challenges of integration, ethics, and responsible AI development to ensure that AI serves as a force for good, empowering both humans and machines to unlock their full potential.


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Ella in Sri Lanka is a small laid-back town surrounded by the beautiful greens of tea. There are a lot of things to do in Ella. Take one of the most beautiful train rides from Nuwara Eliya to Ella and fall in love with the surroundings. You will probably end up staying longer than you actually planned to. Ella has a comfortable climate where the nights are cool, and the daytime temperature is around 28 degrees.
- Climb up Little Adam’s peak
- Walk along the rails on the Nine Arch Bridge in Ella
- Tea Field Views at Lipton’s Seat
- Swim at Diyaluma Falls, 2nd highest waterfall in Sri Lanka
- Ella Spice Garden
- Get a fresh shower at the Ravana Fall
- Hike up to the top of Ella Rock


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The Annapurna Circuit in Nepal is a trekking wonderland that draws travelers from all over the world all year long. While spring and fall are usually the best times to go trekking in the Annapurna region, trekking in December also gives you a special and magical experience. Therefore, in this blog, we’ll discuss why the Annapurna Circuit trek in December is a great decision, what to expect in terms of weather and scenery, and important advice to maximize your winter trekking journey. So, here we go-
Weather in December
Trekking the Annapurna Circuit in December comes with distinct weather conditions that you need to prepare for. Since December is a part of the winter season in Nepal, the days can be quite pleasant, and the nights are obviously cold. So being a winter season, the temperatures eventually drop below freezing at higher elevations. Here is a summary of the weather you may expect:
- Daytime Temperatures: There is basically no problem during the day at lower heights, such as in Besisahar and Manang, where temperatures can vary from 10°C to 15°C (50°F to 59°F). However, temperatures will sharply drop as you climb to higher elevations.
- Nighttime Temperatures: Temperatures can drop to -15°C to -20°C (5°F to -4°F) or even lower in higher-altitude regions like Thorong Phedi and Thorong La Pass. Therefore, it’s essential to be adequately prepared for these cold nights.
- Precipitation: December has a lower chance of rainfall in the Annapurna region. However, at higher altitudes above 4,000 meters, you might occasionally experience snowfall.
Why Trek the Annapurna Circuit in December?
Despite the lower temperatures, there are certain advantages to adventure the Annapurna Circuit in December:
- Fewer Crowds: In Nepal, December is regarded as the off-season for trekking. For that reason, there will be fewer trekkers around the Anapurna region. So, taking advantage of this silence, you may appreciate the beautiful surroundings and develop deeper ties with the local people.
- Clear Views: December often sees a bright, clear sky because of the cooler, drier weather. This means you’ll have superb vision and amazing views of the snow-capped mountains and surroundings.
- Unique Wildlife Encounters: For those who enjoy wildlife, December is a great time to go. In this season, you might be able to see rare and elusive animals that descend to lower altitudes in the winter to find food. So, Keep an eye out for Himalayan pheasants, blue sheep, and maybe even a glimpse of the elusive snow leopard.
Challenges of Trekking in December
Although trekking the Annapurna Circuit in December may be a magnificent experience, there are a few difficulties to be aware of:
- Cold Weather: You need to bring layers, sleeping bags, and gear since it gets chilly, especially at higher elevations.
- Shorter Days: December has shorter daylight hours. So, plan your daily trekking schedule accordingly to make the most of the available daylight.
- Risk of Snow: While snowfall might heighten the landscape’s beauty, it can also make the route slick and more difficult to walk. Exercise caution and be ready for this kind of circumstance.
Accommodation Options in December
Accommodation options on the Annapurna Circuit in December offer a diverse range to suit different preferences. Trekkers can choose between tea houses (lodges) and camping. The teahouses offer basic amenities and a chance to connect with fellow trekkers. And for those seeking a more immersive experience with nature, camping will be a great option. So basically, tea houses provide a cozy and culturally enriching experience with local hospitality and camping gives the true trekking adventure. However, camping requires more equipment and preparation.
Hence, whatever you decide, knowing about accommodation options in December is essential for a pleasant and enjoyable trip over the Annapurna Circuit.
Trekking Itinerary for December
Here’s a sample itinerary for the Annapurna Circuit trek in December:
- Day 1-2: Kathmandu to Jagat and then to Dharapani
- 3-6: Trek through villages like Chamje, Pisang, Ngawal and Manang
- 7-9: Explore Manang, acclimatize to the altitude, and head to Throng Phedi.
- 10-11: Trek from Throng Phedi to Muktinath Via Throng La Pass and then to Tatopani
- 12: Trek from Tatopani to Ghorepani
- 13: Trek to Nayapul(1070M) and drive to Pokhara
This path takes into account the cooler temperatures at higher altitudes and allows for gradual acclimatization.
Conclusion for Annapurna Circuit Trek in December
Trekking the Annapurna Circuit in December offers a unique and less crowded experience, with the bonus of clear skies and Unique Wildlife Encounters. Even if the cold and fewer days bring difficulties, the right planning and equipment may make your winter trek a lifetime memory.
As you travel through this stunning area in December, embrace the enchantment of snow-capped peaks and the friendliness of the locals. Your December trip over the Annapurna Circuit might be one that you will never forget if you get into it with the right mentality and safety measures. So, Plan ahead, and be ready to savor the beauty of Nepal’s Annapurna Circuit in its winter magnificence.

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More gridlock without light rail
May 12, 2010
Last month, we got a preview of the traffic problems we will endure if we stay on the same path: A motivational program in downtown Tampa April 27 jammed the roads.
As director of the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), I have the advantage of knowing many different routes to get from one place to another. But that did not save me from a trip that took more than an hour.
This is our future if we do not start seriously changing our transportation priorities.
On the plus side, we have a newly adopted 2035 MPO Long Range Transportation Plan that proposes a transportation system that uses a variety of technologies, including the automobile, that will give people choices. We have got to understand how these technologies can work to make our community competitive with other metropolitan areas.
Companies looking for new locations for job creation in major metro areas eventually come to the question of what kind of transportation system a community has and how their employees will get to work.
The top of the food chain is high-speed rail (HSR). The most important thing to remember is that HSR does not function as a short-distance transit system. For all practical purposes, it should be thought of as an airplane on steel wheels. It is not the most efficient form of transit for distances less than 30 miles.
The HSR proposed for Tampa to Orlando would take about 10 miles to accelerate to its full operating speed of 168 miles an hour, and it takes about four miles to stop. It is very large and makes very wide turns. It is the ocean liner of trains.
This is a fantastic way to connect regions, but it makes little sense as the way to connect downtown Tampa and Tampa International Airport or Pinellas County. Bus rapid transit or light rail would be a far more efficient technology for these shorter distances.
HSR would never come close to its designed speed in such short distances. HSR cannot make sharp turns, making it difficult to operate in urban areas.
These attributes make HSR the right choice for connecting Tampa and Orlando but not for serving a transit role within the urban area of the cities themselves.
This is the first true HSR project in the Western Hemisphere, and it will be the first one completed due to its relatively short length and the advanced planning Florida has already done.
With the world's largest tourist attraction, Walt Disney World, soon to be only 38 minutes from downtown Tampa, the opportunities for our future are endless. The Tampa Bay area will be on the world's map in a way that it never has been before if we take advantage of different ways to connect to it.
The perfect technology to connect to HSR is light-rail transit (LRT). LRT, unlike high-speed rail, is good for short routes, typically less than 30 miles, within urban areas. It's much smaller in size, can accelerate and stop quickly, make sharp turns and even operate in mixed traffic with automobiles.
It is the perfect vehicle for urban transit use, which is why it's the technology of choice in most new Sunbelt urban centers such as Charlotte, Phoenix, Houston and Dallas. LRT can run every 15 minutes or more depending on need. And it appears to be the best way to connect the high-speed train to the rest of Tampa Bay's regional centers.
Light rail, teamed with a greatly expanded express bus system and expanded roads, will provide a complete transportation system that can serve local residents' diverse needs.
The community's future economic development, quality of life and national appeal will be determined by the choices we soon will make. The opportunity is here.
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