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May 17, 2018

Today’s executives have never had more options when it comes to ground transportation. Arrive at their destinations, and your travelers will find themselves confronted with everything from traditional taxis and standard black car limo services to Lyft, UberX, UberXL, UberSelect and UberBLACK.

In light of all this choice, how do you make the right decision for your executive travelers’ transportation needs?

While it’s tempting to say, “just use Savoya,” the long answer is… it depends. The appropriate travel solution for you and your executives comes down to a number of different factors, including your required level of confidentiality, your comfort with different security risks, your traveler’s in-vehicle requirements and, of course, your budget.

The Risks of Ride-Sharing Services for Executive Transportation

Uber and Lyft were revolutionary innovations in the transportation space, to be sure. Since 2010 and 2012, respectively, these companies have fundamentally changed the way technology is used in the travel space, in addition to creating new work opportunities for millions people seeking supplementary income worldwide.

However, as recent headlines have demonstrated, the impact of ride-sharing services hasn’t been entirely positive. Consider, for example:

While these challenges may be unsettling for all passengers, high-end travelers in particular may want to ask the following questions about using ride-sharing services for executive transportation.

Access to Personal Information

Uber’s safety website puts a heavy premium on transparency, emphasizing that, “All riders must create an account and provide their name and phone number before they can request a ride. So when you accept a request, you’ll know who you’re picking up and so will we.”

For the average passenger, Uber’s “no anonymous pickups” policy minimizes the risk associated with getting into a car with a stranger. This positive identification, however, may be undesirable in the case of high-profile passengers, who require a greater level of confidentiality when traveling. In these cases, a system that allows for traveler information to be kept hidden may be more desirable.

Lyft, unfortunately, is no safer from a privacy perspective. As Slate contributor Aaron Mak notes in a January 2018 column, “there are reports alleging Lyft’s employees also have a habit of snooping on customers.”

The allegation was made by a Blind app user who purported to work for Lyft, and who claimed that staff members regularly used their access to monitor the movements of passengers and to look up information on public figures like Mark Zuckerberg and popular actresses. Lyft claimed to be investigating the matter at the time of Mak’s reporting.

Driver Vetting and Security

Beyond privacy considerations, executive travelers must examine the security risks of digital taxi services like Uber and Lyft.

Currently, becoming a driver for Uber requires meeting four standards:

  • Be at least 21 years of age
  • Have at least one year of licensed driving experience in the U.S. (3 years if you are under 23 years old)
  • Have a valid U.S. driver’s license
  • Use an eligible 4-door vehicle

Once these thresholds are cleared, drivers must produce a valid driver’s license, proof of vehicle registration and proof of insurance before submitting to checks of their driving records and criminal backgrounds. Lyft’s driver requirements are similar in nature.

The ease with which drivers can complete the signup process has made Uber and Lyft popular options for college students, parents of school-aged children and retirees looking to earn extra income in their spare time. It hasn’t, unfortunately, fully weeded out problematic – or even downright dangerous – drivers.

Horror stories in this new age of digital taxis run the gamut from charges as severe as murder, theft, and assault to disruptive issues like dangerous driving and passenger abandonment. Safety risks exist in all forms of ground transportation, of course. 1.25 million people die in traffic accidents around the globe every year, and avoiding ride-sharing services is no guarantee of protection from these incidents.

However, in the case of executive transportation in particular, it’s worth remembering that the injury or death of a company’s principal could result in serious financial and logistics implications for the business itself. With so much on the line, asking important questions about how drivers are vetted and what security standards are maintained is a necessary part of fulfilling duty of care obligations.

In-Vehicle Experience

Think, for a minute, about the unique needs of executive travelers. While the average citizen may be most concerned with getting from Point A to Point B in the cheapest, fastest manner possible, high-level executives may rely on this time in transit to prepare for their next meeting or take a conference call.

Put yourself in the shoes of someone on their way to manage a multi-million, or even -billion dollar negotiation. Now, imagine yourself undertaking such a high-stakes situation after being transported to your destination by a soccer mom racing against traffic and treating Uber rides as her own personal social hour.

Equilar’s 2017 median salary data puts a CEO’s hourly value at $5,750.00, assuming fifty 40-hour work weeks per year. From this perspective, the difference in cost between a digital taxi service and a travel solution geared towards executive travelers is minimal, relative to the cost of the traveler’s potential productivity while in the vehicle.

You may find that your travelers get lucky and enjoy this type of in-vehicle experience with a ride-sharing driver every once in a while. But it is just as likely – perhaps even more so – that they will be matched automatically with drivers who smoke heavily, who don’t maintain their vehicles or who are more concerned about turning over trips than providing an exceptional experience.

Consistency matters. Ride-sharing is unpredictable – which, for many executive travelers, is unacceptable.

Choosing the Right Option for Executive Transportation

Ultimately, there’s no absolute right or wrong answer to the question of choosing appropriate executive transportation. If your traveler needs to make a quick trip – perhaps to a restaurant a few blocks away – while on location, ride-sharing services may be a more appropriate choice than rolling out a fully-secured transportation solution.

However, if you’re concerned about keeping your traveler’s personal information secure, about driver vetting standards or about the need for a consistent in-car experience geared towards the needs of high-performance travelers, a solution like Savoya’s may be a better choice. Evaluate these factors and more when making your final decision on executive transportation.

Do you use ride-sharing services for your executive travelers? If so, do you share any of the concerns described above? Leave us a comment below with your thoughts.

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Mr. Hooton serves as Savoya’s Vice President of Operations, giving him an insider’s perspective into the challenges faced by travel managers. His contributions are grounded in this insight, and emphasize travel and safety best practices for travel coordinators and the teams they serve.

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12.04.29, Štih, The Middle Ages between the Eastern Alps and the Northern Adriatic

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Marie Bláhová

The Medieval Review 12.04.29

Štih, Peter. The Middle Ages between the Eastern Alps and the Northern Adriatic: Select Papers on Slovene Historiography and Medieval History. East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450. Leiden:Koninklijke Brill NV, 2010. Pp. xxiv, 463. ISBN: 978-90-04-18591-3.

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Marie Bláhová
Charles University, Prague

Peter Štih, Professor of Medieval History and Auxiliary Historical Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, associate member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, is one of the leading scholars in the field of Slovenian medieval history. His principal research fields include the ethnogenesis of Slovenes following the Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps, early medieval polities in the eastern Alps, the history of nobility, and the emergence of the Slovene lands.

All these topics are included in the volume under review, which contains eighteen papers relating to the history of the region between the northern Adriatic and the eastern Alps in the Middle Ages based on the previously published articles of the author over a period of more than twenty-five years. As the author says, the articles have been partially reworked; in particular, they have been translated into English and made accessible to wide audiences of interested researchers. The "Slovene medieval history" mentioned in the book's subtitle is not related to the history of the Slovenes as a nation, but to the historical development in the area of the modern Republic of Slovenia. However, the region addressed in the book is generally wider, encompassing the "Alpine Adriatic", the region from the northern Adriatic to the Danube, and from Friuli and Venetia to western Hungary.

The published articles have been arranged as the individual chapters in three thematic parts or sections of the book. The book begins with part one, titled "The Middle Ages, Slovene Historiography, and the National Formation of the Slovenes," and dedicated to the examination of established national historical narratives. These four chapters follow the structure, origins, and function of those narratives, including their historical mythology.

Chapter one, "On National History, Myths and Stereotypes," is dedicated to the concept of the Slovenian history developed in the two last centuries, from the national awakening at the end of the eighteenth century to the present day. The author proceeds from the images contained in the bronze relief on the "Slovene Door," i.e., the new door of the main western portal of the archdiocesan cathedral of Ljubljana (consecrated by Pope John Paul II in 1996), which presents the fate of the Slovenian people and the building of their state. The author then deals with myths connected with the history of the Slovenes, which make up their national historical consciousness. The main scenes of the aforementioned bronze relief treated in this chapter are: the baptism in Bavaria of the first Christian princes of Carantania; the Prince's Stone (the upside-down Ionic column supposed to have served at the enthronement ceremony of the Carantanian princes) as the "symbol of the first Slovene state"; and Bishop Modestus of Maria Saal, regarded by Slovene Catholics as the first apostle to the Slovenes. The author further analyses visions of the Slovenian nation and its history from the Middle Ages to the late eighteenth century, when that history received national features during the nation's formation. The Slovenes who did not live in one state in the Middle Ages and did not have a common history saw the nation as a community of the same language--perhaps unlike the Bohemians, whose representatives were conscious not only of a common language, but more particularly a common history and social memory. The (fictitious) common historical tradition has been presented as the oldest independent kingdom under Samo, of the counts of Cilli, as evidence of the glorious history of the Slovenes in the early Middle Ages, of the democratic nature of the Slovene social order, of Slovene oppression by foreign lords for over one thousand years, etc., and that tradition was not developed before the nineteenth century. According to the author, "Slovene national history" emerged in academic circles as well as at the level of historical memory with the formation of the modern nations of Europe in the nineteenth century.

Also, ideas of the indigeneity of the Balkan Slavs, which are dealt with in the second chapter, "Theories of Indigeneity and their Like among the Slovenes," have been considered by the author to be historical myths despite the surprisingly long tradition of these ideas, which can be traced in Christian tradition as early as the tenth century. These are especially based on the famous letter of Pope John X to the Croatian rulers stating that the Slavs were Christianised in apostolic times, and appear in medieval chronicles as well as in modern scientific works. With the help of historical, archaeological, philological and other arguments the author states that these theories are baseless.

The other "myth" revealed is the supposed Carantanian oath and the democratic character of Carantania's social order ("On the Modern (Mis)understanding of the Old History in the Case of the Enthronement of the Carantanian Dukes"), which is often quoted not only in historical works, but also in the speeches of modern western politicians. This idea is based on the Conversio Bagoariorum et Carantanorum about the establishment of Carantania's rulers, which has long been connected with the (presumed) election and special enthronement ceremony, mainly with the oath of the nobles to the land. As in the above-mentioned events, Peter Štih states that this idea of the extraordinary democratic character of Carantania's social order--derived from literary tradition and considered the foundation of modern democracy--is not supported by any historical source.

This part of the book closes with an appeal not to cling to a historical paradigm elaborated in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries ("A Plea for a Different View of Ancient Slovene History"). The position of present-day Slovenia as well as the self-perception of Slovenes are different from those of the nineteenth century: therefore the view and concept of Slovene national history is changing, or should be changed.

The second section of the book, "From the Slavic Settlement to the End of Frankish Rule" (in eight chapters), is dedicated to the history of the early Middle Ages in the region under study, mainly to the Slavic ethnogeneses, to Carantania and the Carantanians as the only people defined as Slavic before the late eighth century, and to their role in the Slavic world as a whole.

This section begins with the longstanding question about continuity between antiquity and the early Middle Ages, and of the nature of change in settlements in the Eastern Alps region (chapter 5: "Wiped out by the Slavic Settlement? The Issue of Continuity between Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages in the Slovene Area"). Concerning the Slovenes, the author takes advantage of the results of the archaeological excavations of the past three decades, which have fundamentally changed the image of late antiquity in the Slovene territory, mainly with regard to the existence of Roman towns and villages that survived considerably longer than previous historians had supposed. In contrast to these earlier assumptions, Štih shows that the indigenous population was not wiped out, but that it persisted in the area after Slavic settlement and adopted a new identity, including Slavic names as well as their language, traditions, and manner of life.

In this process of change in the territory of the eastern Alps into the Slavic region, the relations (both separatist and assimilative) between the Slavs and their neighbours, mainly the Frankish Bavarians, were very important (chapter 6: "The Alpine Slavs and their Neighbours: From Confrontation to Integration"). Their conversion to Christianity contributed to the integration of the Carantanian Slavs into western European civilisation. In that connection Štih returns to the problems of the first section of his book, and comments again on the Slovene historical myth that Carantania represented the first state of the Slovenes, and that the Prince's Stone was the symbol of their ancient statehood. The author demonstrates again that these ideas only emerged at the end of the eighteenth century (chapter 7: "The Carantanians: An Early Medieval Slavic Gens"). As far the further area settled by the Slovene-speaking population, i.e., Carniola, the author argues that its political autonomy and the ethnical identity of its inhabitants were suppressed while still in its embryonic stage by the administrative reform of the southeastern Carolingian empire by the Frankish ruler Louis the Pious in 828 (chapter 8: "Carniola: Patria Sclavorum").

A separate chapter is devoted to the structures of the Slovene territory in the early Middle Ages (chapter 9: "Structures of the Slovene Territory in the Early Middle Ages"). Attention is paid to the geography of present day Slovenia as it was in the early Middle Ages; to the names used for the particular regions in the written sources of that time (Pannonia, Avaria, Krajina, Carantania); to lordship, ethnic and tribal structures; and to social and organisational structures. In the argument about lordship structures, the question about the pertinence of the Slovene territory under the different lordships is discussed (the Byzantine or the Lombard lordships, then the Avar one, and the potential subjection of the Slovene to the Samos tribal union--the latter is considered as a result of logical deduction, not based on positive data). In connection with the ethnic and tribal structure, the argument about the role of princes--župani and kosezi--as the bearers of the public authority is worth special attention.

The following chapter (chapter 10: "The Early Medieval 'State' and the Tribal Formations in the Slavic Settlement Area of the Eastern Alps") analyses chiefly the social and power structures and the ethnogenesis of the Carniolans. The subject matter of the next chapter (chapter 11: "On the Eastern Border in Italy in the Early Middle Ages") is the situation on the eastern border of Italy, i.e., on the geographical as well as the political border of that region and changes there during the early Middle Ages. The last region discussed in this section is Istria in the initial period of Frankish rule, i.e., under Charlemagne (chapter 12: "Istria at the Onset of the Frankish Rule, or the Impact of Global Politics on Regional and Local Conditions").

The third section of the book, "Bishoprics, the Nobility, and the Länder in the High and Late Middle Ages", is dedicated to the various aspects of the medieval history of the southern Slavic region, including themes which extend beyond that region at that time.

In the first study of this section, titled "The Origin and the Beginnings of Episcopal Property in the Territory of Present-day Slovenia", the author follows the administration of the Catholic church in Slovenia, whose territory was divided into six dioceses which belonged to four different church provinces, and the specific structure of the church properties, which was quite different from that of the ecclesiastical administration. Of the bishoprics which had ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Slovenia, only Aquileia and Salzburg were large territorial landowners, while the holdings of Trieste and Koper were only small, and the bishoprics of Györ and Zagreb had no estates at all in Slovenia. On the other hand, the Bavarian dioceses of Freising, Brixen, and Gurk--which executed no ecclesiastical administration in the Slovenian region--were the owners of large landed properties there. Of the five bishoprics that owned large properties in the Slovenian region, four belonged to the Bavarian ecclesiastical province, much like the secular properties that belonged mostly to the Bavarian nobility. All the large ecclesiastical estates were formed between the years 970 and 1070, during the establishment of the basic network of seigneuries, and of the intensive feudalisation of this region. The estates of Bavarian bishops originated as grants of crown property as well as of private property (which often also derived from royal gifts) in the vast area of colonisation, mostly as a reward for loyalty and service rendered to the ruler. The presence of Aquileia among the five bishoprics that acquired large properties in the Slovene territory is, on the other hand, quite understandable because Aquileia was the "domestic" bishopric in that region, and the largest part of central Slovenia was under its ecclesiastical jurisdiction.

The following survey, "The Patriarchs of Aquileia as Margraves of Carniola," relates to the southern part of present-day Slovenia, to the March of Carniola which was formed after the defeat of the Magyars in the battle of Augsburg in 955. This important region, which controlled the passes from Germany to Italy, was granted by King Henry IV to one of the most important figures in the medieval history of Slovenia, the patriarch of Aquileia, in 1077 during the Investiture Controversy. Štih follows the weak position of the patriarchs in the March of Carniola from that time to the occupation of Carniola and Carinthia by the Czech king Ottokar Přemysl II in 1274, and to the granting of Austria, Styria and Carniola as imperial fiefs by Rudolf I of Habsburg to his sons in 1282.

In the first part of the next study, "The Beginnings of Lubljana and the Bavarian Nobility," Peter Štih examines older ideas relating to the birth of the present-day capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, and searches for the oldest written record of its existence. He rightly denies earlier historians' dating of the first written record to the first half of the tenth century. Like some historians, he considers the record of the Liber traditionum of Reichersberg to be the first mention of a castrum at Ljubljana, but in contrast to the older historical literature, which put this record in the year 1144, he dates that record between 1112 and 1125. The second part of this study deals with the Bavarian noble families that had their properties in the Ljubljana Basin and in the central part of the Slovene territory, and with their role in the early history of Ljubljana.

The subject of the following chapter, "The Counts of Gorizia as Domini terrae in Gorizia, Carniola, and Istria," is the formation of the county of Gorizia, the rise of the Gorizian counts and their estates, and their role in the late Middle Ages. The author highlights among other things the great importance of the counts of Gorizia for the constitutional, legal and territorial development of the present-day Slovenian territory. In spite of this, Štih observes that the counts of Gorizia are not part of the historical consciousness of the Slovenes--in contrast to the counts of Cilli, who unlike the counts of Gorizia left practically no traces in the territorial development of the Slovene territory but are nevertheless linked to mythical Slovene statehood in the Middle Ages, and therefore occupy a high place in the historical consciousness of the Slovenes.

The next chapter, "The Counts of Cilly, the Issue of their Princely Authority and the Land of Cilly," begins with the tragic love of the brother-in-law of Emperor Sigismund of Luxemburg, Frederick II of Cilli (Celje), to a young lady of low descent, Veronica of Desenice. The event probably took place in 1425 and had a strong influence on Slovene drama. Frederick, who had earlier killed his wife, was imprisoned, and Veronica was accused as seducer before the court, where her father-in-law requested the death sentence for her. The court acquitted Veronica of the charge, but she was imprisoned even so. Above all, Štih's interest is in the legal and judiciary aspect of that tragic story. He follows the rise of the house of Cilli, the elevation of the counts of Sannegg-Cilli to imperial status by Emperor Charles IV in 1372, and the family contacts of the Cilli that reached into many noble European families including the royal dynasties. These contacts were crowned by the marriage of Barbara of Cilli with Sigismund of Luxemburg in 1406. (Sigismund, however, was not Herman of Cilli's father-in-law, as the author states, but Herman's son-in-law). Štih continues by describing their solemn elevation to Princes of the Empire, which took place in Prague's Old Town Square on 30 November 1436. He ends with describing their conflict with the Habsburgs and the settlement of that conflict in 1443. This detailed analysis of the position and privileges of the house of Cilli above all shows the type of court that could try Veronica: the counts of Cilli could not have possessed a noble court in 1425, and that the trial against Veronica could have taken place before the market-town court in Celje.

The last chapter, "The Enthronement of the Dukes of Carinthia between History and Imagination: Issues of its Tradition, Development, and Course," is devoted to a theme popular in the historical literature for over a century, namely, the installation of the dukes of Carinthia on the Duke's Throne--which, like the Prince's Stone mentioned above, has been preserved to the present day. After a detailed analysis of the reports in the historical sources (Ottokar of Styria, John of Viktring, the Schwabenspiegel), which date only from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the author tries to characterize a form of the traditional Carinthian enthronement ceremony, which may have originated as early as the eleventh century. He states that the ceremony described in the late medieval sources could not reconstruct and perform the old customs because many of them had been forgotten in the meantime. The ceremonies described in these sources were thus performed in a very improvised form and not in accordance with the supposed "old customs."

This book by Peter Štih provides a complex view of the most important problems of the Slovenian history of the Middle Ages and on Slovene traditions. The re-reading of known sources from a new focus, a new understanding of the information which they provide, and the study of the semantics of individual terms--all supported by a broad knowledge of the relevant literature--enable the author to redraw the image of the Middle Ages in the region of modern-day Slovenia from a wider perspective and without fictitious traditions. The book is provided with maps that facilitate the reader's orientation in the region under study. Similarly, genealogies of the main noble families dealt with, a concordance list of Slovene place names in German and Italian, photographs, and an index all help the reader understand the whole text better.

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Marie Bláhová

Charles University, Prague


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IMG_0175-1.JPGThe 2014 college football season is upon us and it marks the first official season of the new college football playoff. There is no more BCS anymore and we have a better, more stable playoff format that makes more sense. So instead of two teams only having a shot at the national title, four teams will play in a two game format for the championship. It’s not the GREATEST format because I believe it should be an eight team playoff, but nonetheless this is a step in the right direction. So with the debut of the new college football playoff, we say hello to a more fair system and more teams being given the opportunity to play for the national title.

I will now make my picks for the four teams I believe will make the playoff and who I think will take home the national championship. There are many really good teams this year, so this was tough to pick the four teams that I think will make it, but I managed. So without further ado, here are the four teams I believe will be playing for a shot at the national championship.

1.Alabama Crimson Tide (Opening season ranked #2): What is there to say about Alabama? We know the story with them, year in and year out they finish as one of the top teams in all of college football, even if it doesn’t result in a national title. Nick Saban is the best coach in the entire sport and always gets the most out of his players. AJ McCarron is out if Alabama though, so the ‘Tide have to turn to a new quarterback to lead them. McCarron was never a must see, explosive QB, but he was very manageable and kept Alabama in every single game. As long as the new QB can protect the ball and be a good game manager, Alabama will remain at the top. Nick Saban will get the most out of anyone at QB anyway, and I see him using his magic once again this year. Alabama moves on to the college football playoff.

2.Oregon Ducks (Opening season ranked #3): Oregon always opens the season as a top team but finishes just short at the end of the year when they endure their one loss or two losses midway through the season or at the end that ruined their chances in the BCS. This is different, you definitely don’t HAVE TO finish undefeated to make the playoff, like you sometimes did for the BCS, but one loss definitely doesn’t end your chances to make the playoff. This really helps out Oregon because they always seem to get one crucial loss towards the end of their season that basically ends their run towards the national title. Now, when that happens, if it happens, it’s not as bad of news. Oregon has the best QB in all of college football in Marcus Mariota, who is the early odds-on favorite to be the #1 overall pick in the 2015 Draft, and probably would’ve been the #1 pick this year had he declared for the draft. A great coaching staff at Oregon always helps keep them in contention. An offensive scheme that at most times is unmatched is what really separates them from the rest of the pack and allows them to be the scoring machine that they are. I believe with a top QB prospect in an amazing offense is what will really allow Oregon to get into the national title picture and into the playoff. Oregon moves on to the college football playoff.

3.Oklahoma Sooners (Opening season ranked #4): Our lasting image of Oklahoma is storming from behind and defeating Alabama in last seasons Sugar Bowl in what was the best bowl game from last season. This year Oklahoma brings in a very good recruiting class and brings back a maturing gritty QB in Trevor Knight, who led the Sooners in that incredible victory over Alabama at the Superdome. Knight has a lot of work to do to show the world that his Sugar Bowl performance wasn’t a fluke. Bob Stoops is one of the top coaches in college football and with an even better team than last season, I expect Oklahoma to get back to the top and into the college football playoff. Oklahoma moves on to the college football playoff.

4.Michigan State Spartans (Opening season ranked #8): Year in and year out, Michigan State surprises us all and makes a little run. Ohio State has lost Heisman Trophy candidate QB Braxton Miller for the season and this opens the door wider for Michigan State to win the BIG10. Michigan State won the Rose Bowl last year over Stanford 24-20 in a great game. The team brings back QB Connor Cook after a breakout season as some draft experts think with some more improvement this season that he can be one of the top QB’s taken in the 2015 draft. Michigan State brings in a highly touted defense and one of the best pass rushers in all of college football, Shilique Calhoun. Calhoun is a consensus top 10 pick in next years draft. With a top defense and an evolving quarterback in what’s not exactly the toughest conference in football, I think MSU will make it to the college football playoff, and possibly end the season undefeated, that’s how good I think they are. Michigan State moves on to the college football playoff.

National Championship Game: Oregon 27, Michigan State 23. A rematch of their week two matchup. This time around the high powered offense will beat the power defense, unlike in the last Super Bowl.

Just missed the cut: #1 Florida State, #7 UCLA, #10 Baylor, #11 Stanford, and #13 LSU.

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Wake Up Call

I was in a car accident recently.  My own fault – sort of.  Exhausted out of my mind, I fell asleep for the briefest moment at the wheel.  Brief.  About three seconds.  Enough so that instead of making the left turn I intended, I went straight and slammed into a wall.  It was the airbag that woke me up or, rather, knocked me into reality.

Enter the bystanders.  “Are you alright?  What day is it?  Who’s the President?  Have you had anything to drink?”  Enter the paramedics, same questions.  Enter the police, same questions (were they all handed a script before checking on me?).

“Yes,” I answered, “I’m fine.  September 5th.  President Obama.  A few beers.”

Of course the ‘few beers’ part was enough to incur judgment.  No, I was not drunk, but I know it goes with the territory.  Did I need medical attention?  No.  Was I sure?  Yes.  Sign here, please.  Of course the officer did a field sobriety test.  Fine, let’s get it over with.  I passed with flying colors.  And of course, a few days later, I’m sore and I think I broke my right pinky.

My partner, Keith, showed up five minutes after I’d called him, which was about thirty seconds after the accident.  Thank god he was there.  Even if there wasn’t anything he could do, it was comforting to see him standing nearby, stoic but firm, asking questions I wouldn’t have thought to ask, offering me a genial smile each time I looked over at him.

The wake up call hit me later, when I was home, suffering the hurt I knew would come from the airbag slamming me in the chest:  I could have killed somebody.  I could have killed myself.  The road I was on is popular for cyclists; one could have passed by as I drove straight into the wall.  Luckily that didn’t happen.  The only major thing bruised – despite my chest and pinky – was my ego.

Of course I couldn’t have predicted that I might nod off, even for the briefest moment.  Maybe it was lack of sleep.  Maybe it was the stress of being unceremoniously slighted by Starbucks.  Maybe its’ the stress of finances.  Maybe not having eaten in 12 hours played a part.  Who knows?  All I know is I’m lucky it wasn’t worse.  Much, much worse.

My vehicle was towed.  According to Keith, it was pretty bad – whole front end smashed in and up.  After the cop let me go I went straight to Keith’s car and sat there until it was time to leave; I didn’t want to see it.  At least we have insurance, and everything – so far – is going the way it should: it’s in a repair shop, might be a total loss, what the fuck do I do now?  All I know is I felt such shame.  How could I have allowed this to happen?

“It’s just something we have to get through,” Keith offered.  And he’s right.  But still.  I’ve had dreams since about being slammed with the airbag, pushing me back enough to snap my neck, killing me.  I think what needles me the most is having to go about my business as if nothing happened.  Yep, I was in an accident, car towed, body ragged, mentality jarred…so how about this heat, isn’t it something??  I’ve already made attempts to grab my keys to go to the store, only to realize I have neither the keys nor the car.  It’s unsettling.

I take it in stride, I suppose.  I was in a massive car accident when I was 19 – wrapped that sucker around a telephone pole.  I knocked out all the power in Rancho Santa Fe.  And I lived.  You know what’s weird?  The cop had me do tests that seemed to have been tailored for me: finger/counting exercises (sign language, much?); stand on one leg, raise the other, count to 30 (um, hello, most of my gym workouts).  So, it makes me want to to say – are you ready, because it’s existentialism at its best:

It’s like what happened was exactly what I’ve made it out to be: a wake-up call.  I’m simply not meant to leave this world yet.  I have things to do, things to say.  I haven’t left a footprint on this world yet.  I chalk it up to fate, I suppose.

Anyway, now that I’ve sufficiently rambled.  I just needed to get this off my chest.  I need to take writing more seriously anyway, if that’s what I want to do with my life.  I guess it’s okay to ramble, then.

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Google Suggest Offers Query Refinement

Google is long, long overdue to provide query refinement tools that other search engines have had for ages. You know, like if you search for
cars on Yahoo, it will come back and say at the top of the page:

Also try:

used cars

rental cars

cars for sale

new cars

Or over at Ask Jeeves, a search for cars brings up a list of “Related Searches” on the right-hand side of the

This type of feature is great for searchers who begin too broadly with their query. Google’s beta tested refinement links like this in the past against a small random
sample of searchers. But now the new Google Suggest feature finally lets anyone use it.

There’s a twist Google Suggest from what Google’s experimented with before. Rather than show you suggestions AFTER you search, Google starts popping up suggestions
within the search box while you type, before you search.

It’s different, and I don’t really know if I like it yet. I wish I could get the traditional “do the search, we’ll show you the most popular related searches as
links” style of refinement in addition or instead of this.

Tara Calishain, where I picked up the news of the new feature from, also finds it a bit distracting and wants more as well:
Google Has A New One for the Labs — Google Suggest.

Gary points out that AOL’s Pinpoint Shopping has a similar feature that when you type “drops down”
suggestions as you type but before you search. I checked it out, and it’s a nice implementation.

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Yahoo-Bing Promises More of the Same

We know Google attempted to get Yahoo paid search to use its program, but dropped the idea when the Justice Department thought they should investigate. Now Microsoft has gotten its hands on Yahoo search and the speculation begins again.

What impact will it really have? OK, Microsoft’s market share will be the combined number of the two companies. Add this to the slight rise Bing has received through the new branding and advertising, and Microsoft may be able to start grabbing a little more of the market from Google.

But will there be any real difference? Articles have been written about the impact on various API developments, such as BOSS, but many of them will continue, just under a new brand.

In highly competitive industries, there’s very little difference in the search results. Looking at the results on the three engines for the keyword “forex,” it’s almost as if they’re using the same algorithm mix.

Google has sitelinks and the “more results” link, as do the other two engines. Even the sitelinks look very similar. Interestingly, Bing and Google grab details from meta tags, while in this case Yahoo is pulling from their directory.

Interestingly, Yahoo drops in info about the currency fund above the first results, which is the same site as the other two.

The Bing result is very close, but is closer to the Google result. It calls the top listing the “best match” and has the search box similar to Google’s earlier rendition for searching other site pages.

If the quality and the actual links in Bing and Google are the same, then popularity and branding will be the big influences on market share.

I also looked at “pizza” — big market with some big names. Here the results were different.

Google has Dominos at the top spot — they’re also the big advertiser there. Meanwhile, Bing has two Wikipedia listings in the top five — regular at one and Chicago at four — and Pizza Hut and the generic pizza.com come before Dominos. Yahoo puts their local map listings at the top and then has Pizza Hut at one followed by Dominos and Papa Johns before Wikipedia and pizza.com.

Essentially the results are the same. So what’s the big difference? Yahoo and Bing — at least in my experience — converts better than Google.

The PPC conversion for both of them has always been less expensive than Google. Now that they’re combined, advertisers will only have to deal with one interface that has an aggregated number of more successfully converting traffic. This could be a big deal in the coming months.

If the conversion numbers continue to be better, then Google may see some competition now that there’s only one place to get access. Seems I’ve always heard people say they use AdWords because it’s simpler and the numbers are there.

Yahoo and Bing users seem to be like AOL users — they’re more shoppers than searchers of straight information. Now once AOL is separated out of Time Warner, maybe it would be a great addition to the search group Bing is creating.

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Alisa Alvis – more  than a bright spark

College student â 2000: âIâm intrigued by the human brain.â

by Jamila Soso-Vincent 05.DEC.08

The last time Alisa Alvis graced the pages of SEARCHLIGHT it was September 29th, 2000. The occasion? She had been awarded one of five Island Scholarships to pursue studies at the university of her choice. Additionally, she had been the only one of the bunch who had successfully completed four subjects apart from the mandatory General Paper. So, eight years later, we took the opportunity to catch up with this bright spark.{{more}}

With an A in General Paper, Bâs in Biology and Mathematics, and Câs in Chemistry and Physics, Alisa was a shoo in for the Island Scholarship award. A high achiever from day one, high grades had never been a foreign concept to her. In 1998, Alisa gained eight grade Iâs and two grade IIâs. Before that, she placed 3rd overall in the 1993 Common Entrance Examinations.

Back in 2000, when she was awarded an Island Scholarship.

In her interview with SEARCHLIGHT in 2000, the then 18-year-old shared her ambition of pursuing a medical career – in particular Paediatric Neurology. âIâm intrigued by the human brain,â she had stated. Her interest in that field had been sparked after her father had suffered massive head trauma in an accident when she was six years old. âHis convalescence was very difficult…â Added to that, she had been in the Science classes at the Girlsâ High School, so it seemed to be a foregone conclusion that medicine would be her natural path. However, as it is with this funny thing called life, directions change.

Now an Educational Psychologist working in the Ministry of Education, Alisa may not be the Neurologist she had planned, but her profession still reflects her interest in the human brain. She deals with students who have emotional, psychological and behavioural difficulties that prevent them from having the â…optimal educational experience.â Through cognitive behavioural therapy and other techniques, she tries to teach them the skills required to return to the classroom.

So what caused the change in career? Taking a gap year before going to university, Alisa became involved in a pilot group for AS Psychology at the Community College. She gained a grade A and found that she had really enjoyed the course. âIf I hadnât, I probably wouldnât have taken psychology as an elective at university. On attending the University of Toronto, Alisa became heavily involved in tuition and mentoring programmes for inner city and minority high school children. âIt was during this time that I really started to realize that my niche was in youth work… to help them achieve a sense of mastery in their work,â she recalled. âIt was extremely gratifying.â Additionally, she found that she was enjoying her psychology modules more so than her biology and neuro-anatomy modules. Although she wrestled with the decision, Alisa knew she was making the right choice by switching her major to Psychology in her third year at university.

University of Toronto Graduation photo from 2005.

After gaining an upper second-class honours degree in BSc. Psychology Specialist with a minor in Caribbean Studies, Alisa returned to SVG in 2005 and began work as a CAPE Lecturer at the Community College. She left again in 2006 to pursue an MSc. in Psychology of Education at the University of London in the UK. In 2007 she was awarded a high distinction for her degree.

As nerdy as it may sound, it is apparent that Alisa loves being in school. âIâm most comfortable in educational settings. If I had more time I would just do course after course to learn new things,â she admitted. Alisa also admitted that her time spent at university changed her. âIt was life altering!â Far away from home, her time spent in Toronto was her first time living on her own and she found it daunting at first. But as time passed, she found her own niche and made life-long friends.

Comparing the two cities, Alisa related that although she had enjoyed her stays in both London and Toronto, she had felt more at home in the latter. âThe wet dreariness of London can be so oppressive!â she exclaimed.

A Masterâs degree is not the end of her educational career, though. She hopes to embark on a PhD in School and Clinical Psychology next year to become a licensed clinician. Her ultimate ambition is to be able to contribute to the research community on educational issues that affect those in the Caribbean. âI hope that I will have the opportunity to work in educational reform… in the Caribbean. The world is changing and our children are changing along with it. If we are to create productive citizens, we have to start in the schools.â

Delivering a motivational speech at the KCCU Scholarship Awards 2008.

This 26-year-old tries not to be all about academics, though. âIâve always been active and some kind of athlete, and that has continued,â she said. At age 17, she began playing squash. At the University of Toronto she was on the Varsity Womenâs Squash Team, and currently coaches younger players at the Squash Complex. A black belt in karate, she also coaches in that sport.

Quite the busy bee, Alisa recently resumed her dance classes – practicing and performing with the Arabesque Dance Company. She is also an Assistant Guider with the No. 7 Petersville Brownie Pack. âI try to stay busy! Beyond that I like to relax with friends and family. You canât get so caught up that you donât have time to lime every now and again!â

To young people on the cusp of choosing a career, she advises them to follow their hearts. âAnyone can have a job… to be truly happy is to find something you love and make it your career. Make sure you are living your dreams… as opposed to what someone else has foisted upon you,â she encouraged. â… Be prepared for things to digress from what you anticipated. The only thing that is certain is that nothing will go exactly as planned.â


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Studying "Our Complex World: Balancing Unity and Diversity"; A Faculty Development Project

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Weeksville: Interpreting African-American History in an Urban Setting

To support implementation of exhibits, as well as slide and film programs, that will make available to the public the research findings and facilities of the Weeksville Society in Brooklyn, NY, dealing with Afro-American history, local history, family history, and local Black leaders.

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The Fab Lab and the Unwettables

There are occasional instances when my current employer makes me go ‘cool!’  or ‘I want that!’.  Today both have happened.

Recent research at MIT is codifying the way surfaces repel materials.  Researchers have been refining their understanding of the way thin liquids like oil can be kept from coating or being absorbed into a material.  By examining the way duck feathers resist the higher surface tension of water, scientists were able to come up with a surface that could resist coating by oil and even pentane (a solvent which has the lowest surface tension at atmospheric pressure, and is thus most liable to wet a surface).  They are now completing a list of the ‘rules’ that apply to wetting.  In this future this should mean super-wet-proof materials for consumers.  Cool.

In addition, based on MIT models, a new fabrication lab is being opened in Providence.  It will be an industry-grade lab that’s open to the public for a variety of projects and developments, and is being opened in association with AS220, an arts and technology collaborative.  Since its based on similar labs somewhere around here, it makes me want to go out and fabricate.  I have the ideas, and could possibly have access to the tools, so why not?  I want that.

Ahh, Scientific Investigation!

As mentioned previously, I could use a little help sometimes.  Perhaps Mail Goggles has proven itself not to be that help, but at least it’s a start.  The search continues…

Testing Google’s ‘Drunk E-Mail’ Protector – TIME

I need Goggles!

Ok, some of you may remember that time I sent the common room incident to my entire mailing list – including my TAs and my grandfather.  Other of you may even have been victim to me spazzing and hitting send repeatedly via the world wide web.  Fortunately, Gmial has built me in a little saftey net:

Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Stop sending mail you later regret.

I’m excited!  No more late night weekend mass mailings unless my brain can do math!  Yay!

Now, if we could only get this for teh connection between my brain and my mouth….

Let’s just give people money…

Ok, Google is pretty cool.  And, they have a sense of humor (unlike Kia).  But the recently announced Project 10^100th is beyond awesome.  Have a good idea?  Lack the technical expertise to implement it?  We’ll give you money to get the job done and hook you up with the appropriate know-how (we are, after all, a search engine).

I, for one, have about a thousand ideas I need to dust off, spruce up, and submit.  I’m not going to list them all here, because then you’d steal them and win the prizes for yourself.  But, that being said, the spirit of this whole competition is about doing good stuff for the world.  So, if you have your own ideas, please submit them here.  The due date for project submission is October 20th, so get cracking.  And if you do end up working on a project of ultimate coolness as a result, remember the humble blogger who sent you on your way to funding.  Heck, I’d even volunteer for a project of ultimate coolness…

Generational Myth –

Interesting and well thought out – so just read it.

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Popcuts? Why not.

I am a music imbecile.  As a young person already worried about descending into her thirties, that’s something of a challenge to admit, but it’s also honest.  I typically just don’t have the spare brainpower to focus on the music scene.  I forget the names of artists and songs, lyrics fly out of my head, and about the only thing I can say about my personal music preference is whether or not I enjoy a song while it’s playing.  Other than that, I am at least proud to be uncategorizable.

As this is the case, I occasionally allow myself to be bombarded with my friend’s music tastes.  This allows me to experience new artists that I would never otherwise discover (Suphala and Regina Spektor have both been good ones), and exposes me to new ways to listen to music (like Pandora).  In fact, I am enough behind in the trend-setting that I even allow CNN to provide me with new musical outlets.

Which brings us to the main focus of this blog ramble – Popcuts.  This is a place where even a bum like me can be a music snob.  It’s a way to dig into new music and something of an investment in that music.  The way it works is that the early purchasers of a specific song get a cut of later purchasers of that song.  Of course it means that those later purchasers end up with the short end of the stick in the sense that they get less out of their purchase.  But everyone still gets the song.  Sure, you could potentially get that same song from a friend for free.  But this system incentivises both the exploration of new music (ie, buying a new song first) and legitimate purchasing (ie, not just giving it away to your friends if you are one of those early purchasers).

While I haven’t actually tried it out myself (yet), it does make me want to say ‘bravo’ for a job well done.  This is the kind of company people need to set up to deal with the realities of modern media and how to capitalize both on its accessibility and changeability.

Chrome and the Wheel

Ok, this is going to be a multi-technology post, but the things i was thinking about were just too similar to segregate.  Plus, for once, I’m going to try and keep it short.

First, Google’s new browser, Chrome.  I don’t know why they call it that, or if they were thinking in line with 50’s retro or modern automaton, but the name is, at least, shiny.  I kinda like it that way.  I started looking at the associated comic, but I got bogged down with information that, while no doubt cool, is never going to apply to me using the product.  Especially as it’s hard realizing you’re dumber than a cartoon man – or at least less knowledgeable than one.  however, I like the open source stuff.  I like the thought that I have the ability to change underlying aspects of my software, even if I never do.  I like the idea of innovation, and quite a bit of what’s going on with Chrome as I understand it makes me go ‘oooohhhh, shiny!’

At the same time, I’m hesitant to embrace Chrome full-speed simply because it is different.  There’s always a learning curve on new sftware.  In this case specifically there’s quite a bit more I could learn if I chose, and I would eventually like to do that.  I’ve been a Firefox user for some time, even at work, and there are occasional issues even with that interface with certificates and such.  Firefox has always been a better browser as far as speed and reliability, but it makes me wonder about possible interface issues with Chrome, in particular issues that might spring up because of user failure once I learn enough to make myself dangerous.  But that’s just me – everyone else should go check things out for themselves.

Another look-see I’ve been wanting to do recently has been with some of the new E Ink book readers.  Of course there’s the Kindle, and I did play a bit with the Sony Reader Digital this weekend.  I must say, E Ink is awesome technology, and the way things are going, integration of everything I want to do is going to be all on one unit – phone, camera, internet, books, computer apps, games, and more.  But still there are disappointing trends for this version of the reader.  First off, as it’s Sony, I’m sure there will be issues with it being compatible with anything. Second, there’s the wheel controller.  I know it’s not really functionally a wheel on this model, but it’s almost a mimicry of the function of an iPod wheel.  I have enough problems with the iPod one – it always yanks up the volume when I want it to move to the next song, or the middle button gets hit three times in a row when i just want a bit less volume, or something.  I happen to have fingernails because I eat healthy and I’m too lazy to clip them every other day, and that makes me not have the same fingerpad directness of your usual nail-biting techno-nerd.  Sorry.  So yeah, when I’m reading, I don’t want to be scrolling with a wheel, or even moving to the next page with a wheel.  Not that I find the keyboard and forward buttons at the bottom of a Kindle better or more refined.

So, what are some other opttions?  A touch screen, a la iPhone?  That conflicts with the whole E Ink technology.  A numeric code, similar to a phone’s, for fewer buttons?  Still seem bulky and odd.  Some other sort of virtual or physical scrolling mechanism?  Seems potentially too difficult to control, but i will leave that to the scions of technology.  I remain wondering at what the future will bring, and unlikely to spend my cold hard cash on the virtual book anytime soon.

Discovery Channel to bring TV glamour to product prototyping | Geek Gestalt – by Daniel Terdiman – CNET

Ok, so not only am I completely excited excited for this new show, but I’m also trying out this new brief ‘press this’ button that WordPress is doing.  Super-quick summary in place of a whole post, here I come!  WHich could potentially mena more totally fun things for all of you…

Discovery Channel to bring TV glamour to product prototyping | Geek Gestalt – by Daniel Terdiman – CNET

My only remaining question is when do I get to start testing the superhero products?

Ok, one other question – once past prototype, will this show actually do something with its collnesses that (hopefully) work out?

Armchair science.

With the advent of the popularity of science, a variety of amateurs set of into the field to ‘discover’.  Amateur archaeologists destroyed countless cultural sites and shipped relics and bones to home museums.  Amateur biologists drove certain species (dutifully observed and collected) to the verge of extinction.  Amateur medical professionals brought disease more than they cured it.  To combat such errors methods were refined, and as technology marched forward, new more advanced tools were found to take the place of more bumbling human agents.  But despite tremendous technological advances, the world remains reliant on individual error checking and observation.  The human mind is still the most potent weapon we possess to filter and analyze the unknown.

Take the example of Alice Kober and the decipherment of Linear B.  Sure, guesses were made about what the script might be, and that its form might be linked to inflection.  Sure, certain reoccurring sign patterns were noted.  But it took a keen human eye and hundreds of categorical notecards to discern the real patterns of the script.  Kober (a woman, mind you, well-trained but serving as the assistant to another archeologist) was the one who had the time and patience to hunt down and analyze these patterns, without the drama of fieldwork or the assistance of advanced modeling platforms. Here is armchair science as it’s supposed to be – a discerning mind applied to a problem or question, without the need for recognition or success – to investigate the question is enough.

Today astronomy has brought us another example of a ‘real’ armchair scientist int he form of one Hanny van Arkel.  As a part of the Galaxy Zoo project, she has been spending her time and brainpower pouring over old archived photographs of galaxies far, far away.  The purpose of the project was to allow for quick categorization of each galaxy as spiral, elliptical, or something else, and involved amateurs to free time up for the main researchers.  It is the human element to perception (currently better than computer analysis) that allowed van Arkel to pick out an anomaly, currently being called a ‘cosmic ghost’ for lack of a clearer understanding of what we’re looking at, in one of the photos just below a bright galaxy.  They think the ‘ghost’ is a hot cloud of gas illuminated by a long-dead quasar even further away, but more research is to be done in the area.

What does this say for all of us?  As my sister, Shelly, likes to say, ‘use your brain’.  We are, all of us, still able of contributing something to the collective understanding of the world.  The human mind (or brain, if you prefer) is a tremendously complex wonder with an amazing power to analyze, categorize, and intuit.  As such, we are each the best tool possible for making something great, if we but use that power to question for the question’s sake, rather than the answer’s.

My new pen pal.

Occasionally ordinary incidents of the day strike enough of a chord in me that I feel the need to record them.  To others, there may be nothing singular or striking about these events, but I still find they have worth.  I don’t pretend to know the meaning behind each, other than to prove the world of Stacey is a strange place.

Of late, I have been doing some online dating.  When I say ‘online dating’, I mean trolling the internet for people I might actually like.  Usually there are some emails exchanged, and some of them even result in live, real-world dates.  At the moment I am on which has been highly rated by two people I trust, Mike and Gina.  However, I’ve had little success with it.  No one has emailed me out of the blue, and those who I’ve emailed have not responded.  I’ve also been looking at postings on Craigslist, which is where all the actual communication and dating has sprung from.

Even online, there’s no gentle way to let a person down.  Whether you’ve actually met them or not, the final ‘let’s be friends’ death-knell is difficult to give.  I myself have occasionally been prone to the ‘chicken’ method – never emailing or speaking to them again, no matter how many times they call/write.  I just hate to be mean to people, even when I don’t really like them.  I guess it’s because, despite the reasons and even a lack of interest in both parties, rejection stings.

I was pleasantly surprised then by a recent return email from a guy I’d told I would be willing to meet, but only as friends.  He said that he’d been talking to this other girl too where he had quite a bit of interest, so this kinda made the decision for him.  I don’t doubt that, but I do doubt his feelings in that regard were, as he said, ‘good’.  He did also say he didn’t really want to meet as friends, since he had trouble being friends with girls he like and wanting more.  Again, understandable and pretty much what I expected.  But then, he wanted to keep emailing anyway.

While I’m not opposed to the idea in principle (hey, I get bored at work – just look at how often I post in a single day), I don’t get it.  Is he trying to keep communication open in case I realize my mistake or things go horribly wrong for him and this other girl?  Is he really an identity thief on my trail?  Is he a Nightwatchman, a la Special Topics in Calamity Physics, looking to recruit?  Does he just really really like writing emails?  I’m not sure, but I think I find it intriguing enough to keep writing.  Why not?  if nothing else, it will shape up my form for the next online dating dive.

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Creative Assembly Releases 30 Minutes Of Total War Thrones Of Britannia Gameplay

Creative Assembly and Eurogamer have posted 30 minutes of Total War Thrones of Britannia gameplay on YouTube, showing off a good chunk of gameplay that we can expect to see for ourselves when the game comes out in April. The game is part of Creative Assembly’s new “Sagas” series, announced late last year.

Sagas is intended to bring Total War to various other, smaller periods in history that could still be interesting, such as this time period. In Thrones of Britannia, the British Isles are divided after years of devastating wars between Viking invaders and the native Anglo-Saxon, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh inhabitants.

The Viking kingdom of the Danelaw is a constant threat against the kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex, while the Irish wish to remove Viking influence from their island and the Welsh wish to reunite their kingdoms and regain the lands that the Anglo-Saxons stole from them in the past.

Players can claim victory through a number of routes, whether military conquest, renown from winning battles and building great structures, becoming the most technologically advanced faction in the game, or even completing a set of custom objectives depending on which of the ten different factions you play as.

The 30 minutes of Total War Thrones of Britannia gameplay footage allows players to see gameplay both on the campaign map and on the actual battle map as Vikings fight Britons for supremacy. While it’s not as epic as the Total War Warhammer battles, with no wizards, trolls, giants, or dragons.

Even without all of that, though, it will still at least be a welcome reprieve for history fans before Total War Three Kingdoms comes out at the end of this year.

To see the Total War Thrones of Britannia gameplay trailer for yourself, you can look further up the article. The game will be available exclusively for the PC on April 19 of this year.


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Visa IPO

Visa, the international credit card company, made its debut on the NYSE yesterday. It’s the biggest IPO in US history and the third largest worldwide.

Visa trades under the symbol ‘V‘ on the NYSE and the shares closed up 28% on their first day.

They are up another 12% again today.

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Ape Escape 2 For Playstation 2

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Ape Escape has hit the Playstation 2, and it's done so with a bang. Jimmy, cousin of the main protagonist from the previous game, has sent a large crate of monkey pants to the monkey amusement park...or so he thought. Actually, he sent over a crate of peak point helmets, which, when worn, boost intelligence. You know what that means! The monkeys put on these helmets, and, led by the evil monkey Specter, escape from the park and run amok. Now, it's up to Jimmy to go out and recapture all of the monkeys and stop Specter's plot for world domination.

Fans of Ape Escape will feel right at home with the sequel. You go from level to level, capturing a certain number of monkeys. Controls are exactly the same: designate the four buttons for your gadgets (most of which are carried over from Ape Escape 1), jump using the L1 and R1 triggers, move with the left control stick, and attack with the right.

Unlike the original, the characters actually have some personality. Along the way you'll come across a number of bosses, each one weirder than the last. It gives the game a lot more structure than the original had.

The sound is superb. Great music, though missing the charm that the original composer had. The voices are great, much better than all the unfitting voices the previous game had. Several you'll likely recognize if you're a Pokemon fan.

Ape Escape 2 takes the original and improves upon it in almost every way. Fans of the original must pick this game up.


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September Jobs Reports, Canada and US

A perfect example of the unpredictable volatility in the Canadian jobs report, the September gain of 67,000 jobs was dramatically larger than economists’ expectations of roughly 7,500 new jobs. Most of the rise was in part-time work, however, and it was boosted by 50,000 additional self-employed workers, which tempers the excitement over the outsized strength in payrolls last month. In other words, take this news with a grain of salt.

The September figures round out the third quarter data, posting the strongest quarterly growth of the year. Q3 employment increased by 62,000 (up 0.3%), following little gain in the wild-fire battered second quarter and a 33,000 gain in Q1.

More people entered the labour force, which is good news, keeping the unemployment rate unchanged at 7.0%.

Year-over-year, payrolls rose by 139,000 (0.8%), but most of the growth was in part-time work and the total number of hours worked rose only 0.2%, indicative of an underperforming economy.

Gains were posted in Quebec, Alberta and New Brunswick, with little change in the other provinces. Quebec’s job scene improved for the second consecutive month taking the unemployment rate down a tick to 6.9%, its lowest level since early 2008. While employment in Alberta increased 13,000 last month, year-over-year gains were still down, as 47,000 (-2.0%) fewer people held jobs in the province and the jobless rate was up 1.9 percentage points to 8.5%. Alberta’s economy remains mired in recession. (See table below for the unemployment rate in the other provinces.)

Bottom Line: Although the employment gains were much stronger than expected, the details of the report continue to show a less vibrant picture with much of the improvement in the labour market in self-employment and part-time jobs. Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Wilkins stated in a speech yesterday that the unemployment rate belies actual excess capacity in the labour market, which has been most evident recently in slowing wage growth. The Bank has been disappointed by the pace at which excess capacity has been absorbed, and revisions to their growth forecasts in the October Monetary Policy Report shows slack persisting for longer than previously projected.This is consistent with the Bank of Canada’s forecast for continued slow growth and will do nothing to move the Bank off of the sidelines in the near term, despite an imminent Fed rate hike. A slowing housing market in response to Monday’s Department of Finance announcement of measures to reduce mortgage lending and home sales might well lead the Bank to cut interest rates once again next year.

US Jobs Report Shows More Americans Re-Enter the Labour Market

Although the headline payrolls gain of 156,000 missed estimates and the jobless rate edged up a tick to a six-month high of 5.0%, the overall message is is positive. Wage rates continue to edge upward as labour markets tighten and the average work week for all workers is rising. Indeed, there are reports in the Fed’s regional survey, the Beige Book, of labour shortages in trucking, construction, and technology. While there is still slack in the economy, some sectors are seeing jobs go unfilled.

The underemployment rate, which includes part-time workers who would prefer to work full-time and people who want work but have given up looking, remained unchanged at 9.7% in September.

Record job openings drew more Americans into the workforce. The labour force participation rate, which shows the share of working-age people in the labour force, increased to 62.9% from 62.8%. It has been hovering near its lowest level in more than 30 years. Improving prospects for jobs will underpin further wage gains, boosting consumer spending, which has been the driving component of the U.S.growth this year. Today’s report, along with improving durable goods orders, consumer sentiment, and exports, will encourage the Federal Reserve to follow through on its forecast to raise interest rates by the end of the year–likely at its December meeting.


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By now, you’ve probably heard of Google fonts. This wide directory of fonts can improve the look of websites, and have become a requirement in creating great looking websites.

WordPress is no stranger to awesome looking visuals, as its best characteristics include its customizability in terms of layout and theme design. In fact, many visual artists and web designers have turned to WordPress as a convenient way to create websites with amazing layouts and appearances. The rise of typography has also motivated site designers to focus on making text fonts the heroes of the site.

Experienced web designers are able to customize website fonts by changing the CSS files of the WordPress installation. Unfortunately, not everyone is skilled enough to pull this off.

If you are interested to merge the best of both worlds, then you should check out WP Google Fonts, a free plugin built to integrate Google fonts into your WordPress website. Here’s what the plugin author has to say about this ultra-useful plugin:

The WP Google Font plugin makes it even easier to use Google’s free service to add high quality fonts to your WordPress powered site.

When you install the WP Google Fonts plugin, you will gain access to hundreds of free and open-source fonts beyond the usual. As of this writing, there are 632 font families deposited in the Google font directory. That’s a lot! Here are some of the salient features of this font customization plugin:

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The Imperial Delhi celebrates World Environment Day

Imperial Hotel Delhi held an eye-opening afternoon session that emphasised the importance of ‘home grown food’. The talk featured two prominent experts in this area, Sangeeta Khanna – an eminent blogger and a healing food expert and Khetify – a startup that helps urban homes with their home farming needs.

Audience engrossed in the gripping session by Sangeeta Khanna

That global warming is imminent (unless you are Trump!) and everyone needs to make a contribution is something we all know but the session highlighted the extent of the peril. Sangeeta Khanna told us how grave the situation is – especially as we contribute to the mounting pile of waste every day, that ends up in landfills contributing further to global warming and climate change.

She enlightened us further on composting and how simply it can be a part of our daily lives leading us to not only contribute to a greener planet but a ready solution (as manure) for us to grow plants at home.

Avocado, lime, tomato and cilantro with dehydrated banana chips

Further through the session, she highlighted plants we can grow at home easily as well as many alternatives to produce like lettuce that is more nutritious, tastier and does not travel hundreds of kilometres for us to consume.

This was taken further by Shabnam Kapur from Khetify, who told us ways in which the company can help us grown our own produce at home. Khetify uses smart technology to come up with innovative ways to make a garden in our homes. It was surprising that most of the food we consume daily can easily be grown in a corner of our house, without any worry of pesticide laden, unethically sourced food.

The Imperial recoonects with Nature on the occasion of WED 2017

Mr. Vijay Wanchoo, GM – Imperial Hotel too enlightened us on the virtues of homegrown produce and went ahead to highlight ways in which the hotel contributes to reducing waste and being environmentally friendly.

Chef Alok Verma and Ms. Sangeeta Khanna catch up on a quick chat over the green hi-tea spread

The afternoon culminated in the best way possible, with a specially curated Hi-Tea menu by Chef Alok Verma. It featured a spectacular spread including Purple quinoa, parsley and millet salad with pomegranate; Avocado, lime, tomato and cilantro with dehydrated banana chips; Charred red peppers, goat cheese pyramids in sour dough; Beetroot and millet focaccia, smoked salmon, rocket leaves, honey mustard; Spinach, avocado and Aloe Vera smoothie;  Caramelized apple cake with ragi and cinnamon amidst other delectable delights, offering a healthy and nutritious ode to the nature.

besan chilla with edible flowers and micro greens

Cauliflower and Orange mousse

Food like this showed everyone how one can incorporate extremely healthy, nutritious food in our daily diet and leave behind the toxic food that we presently consume.

Charred red peppers, goat cheese pyramids in sour doughBuckwheat blinis with spinach and lentil pattiesCarrot and Mint Kanji

The session was informative and inspirational in every way possible providing simple and elegant solutions to our dietary needs that are not only good for us but also for the planet.

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