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Monte Carlo in Practice
Techniques for Handling Increasing Uncertainty
By Access Analytic
Non-financial Information may be far more important than you think.
In fact, non-financial KPIs are often more important than financial information. Where financial KPIs are quantitative, non-financial KPIs can frequently be more qualitative and subjective.
However, they may well drive your financial KPIs, and can be critical for decision-making.
Deterministic vs Probabilistic Models
Standard 'deterministic' models typically deliver outcomes with single answer(s); based on limited input scenario(s) and estimated values and sensitivities.
However, a 'probabilistic' Monte Carlo model can deliver a range of answers that are based on estimated values, probable ranges, and statistical distributions for the various input variables.
In finance, they are often used to calculate the value of companies, to evaluate investments in projects at a business unit or corporate level, or to evaluate financial derivatives.
Monte Carlo in the Real World
In oil and resources exploration, their predictions of failures, cost overruns and schedule overruns are routinely better than human intuition or alternative 'soft' methods.
They can also be used to model project schedules, where simulations aggregate estimates for worst-case, best-case, and most likely durations for each task to determine outcomes for the overall project.
Monte Carlo methods simulate sources of uncertainty that affect value, and calculate a representative range of values. They are used to handle multiple sources of uncertainty, and typically, analysts will have an idea of the range of numbers expected but not the exact number.
Applying Monte Carlo to your Models
For simple Monte Carlo analysis, you can use Excel alone but it's much easier and more powerful if you use add-ins such as 'Crystal Ball' or @Risk.
To utilise the Monte Carlo technique, you'd follow the steps below:
- Construct financial model as normal.
- Identify the variables impacted by uncertainty.
- Identify the expected range of values and distribution type, based on historical data or estimate range.
- Generate a large number of random values using selected distribution.
- Run multiple simulations, record the results and analyse them.
Find out more
To find out more, just contact us to discuss how these techniques can be applied to your financial models and/or obtain training for your staff in how to perform and apply Monte Carlo.


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A proxy server acts as a security barrier between your internal network and the Internet, keeping others on the Internet from accessing information on your internal network.
What is a proxy?
In basic web speak, a client makes a request to the server, and the server sends back a response.
A proxy server is an application or system that acts as an intermediary between your computer and the internet, or more specifically, the client and server. The proxy makes requests on your behalf to websites, servers, and other internet services.
The proxy can reside on your local machine, somewhere in your network, or at any point between your client and the destination server on the internet.
Similar to the way parents might speak to each other through a child, the child is a proxy relaying all communications between the 2 parents.
Parent 1: Ask your father if he can pick you up after school.
Timmy: Can you pick me up after school.
Parent 2: Yeah.
Timmy: Dad says yeah.
In this analogy, the child forwards the information on behalf of each parent. Besides just relaying information, proxies can do much more.
- Record all traffic between your machine and the internet
- Reveal the contents of all requests, responses, cookies, and headers
- Route traffic to specified internet locations
- Debugging
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A proxy acts like a go-between to perform various functions. Postman has a built-in web proxy to capture API requests, the Postman Interceptor to intercept network traffic, and proxy settings to direct API requests.
Configuring proxy settings
This article describes how to configure the proxy settings in Postman to direct all requests made in the Postman app to route through a proxy server. This is different from capturing network traffic with the built-in proxy which allows Postman to intercept network traffic.
Postman's native apps for Mac, Windows, and Linux support configuring proxies. You can either specify to use a custom Global proxy or to use the system proxy defined in the operating system.
Use the Global proxy if all of your applications need to use the same proxy. Turn Global proxy on if you want to direct the requests from Postman go through a custom proxy server. Turning it off will direct the requests to not use the proxy server.
To configure the proxy settings, click the wrench icon on the right side of the header toolbar, choose "Settings", and select the Proxy tab.
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Postman allows you to configure Global Proxy Configuration that direct Postman to forward your HTTP or HTTPS requests through a proxy server. In other words, this will route all requests sent via the Postman app through a proxy server of your choosing.
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- The proxy server sends the request to the server.
- The server returns a response back through the proxy server.
Global proxy settings are disabled by default and can be turned on using the toggle switch.
Choose the type of proxy server by checking the appropriate checkboxes beside Proxy Type. By default, both
HTTP and
HTTPS are checked. This means that both HTTP and HTTPS requests will go through the proxy server.
The first field under Proxy Type is Proxy Server. Here, enter the host or IP address (without protocol) of the proxy server. The next field to Proxy Server is where the port of the proxy server is provided.
The Field below Proxy Server is Proxy Auth, turning this on makes the requests use Basic Authentication method, which requires a username and a password.
The Proxy Bypass setting lies below the Proxy Server option. A number of comma separated hosts can be provided here for which the requests do not use the proxy settings.
The Use System Proxy option allows Postman to use the system's default proxy configuration. It contains an
option to use
HTTPS_PROXY, and
NO_PROXY environment variables of the said system.
Using system proxy
If all of your applications need to use the same proxy, you might have a default proxy configured at the Operating System level. Use the system proxy settings to forward your HTTP or HTTPS requests in Postman through your OS's default configuration. In other words, you are telling the Postman app and all requests sent using Postman to follow your OS's default configuration.
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System proxy settings are enabled by default. Any request made through Postman will go through the system proxy.
You can turn this setting on and off using the toggle switch. When turned off, all the requests are made directly. However, regardless of the proxy setting in the app, Postman will still use the system proxy if there is an environment variable set.
Note: If the Use System Proxy and the Global Proxy Configuration are both turned on, then the Global Proxy Configuration will take precedence.


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All the Dollar Store Hacks!
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Hyderabad aka The city of Pearls is the capital of southern India's Telangana state. A major centre for the technology industry, it's home to many upscale restaurants and shops. Its historic sites include Golconda Fort, a former diamond-trading centre that was once the Qutb Shahi dynastic capital. The Charminar, a 16th-century mosque whose 4 arches support towering minarets, is an old city landmark near the long-standing Laad Bazaar.
Hyderabad is spread over an area of 650 km2 (250 sq mi) and situated on Deccan Plateau in northwest Andhra Pradesh. It has an average elevation of about 536 metres (1,607 ft) above sea level. Most of the area has a gently sloping terrain and some areas are hilly. The original city of Hyderabad was established on the banks of Musi River, now known as the historic Old City, home to the Charminar and Mecca Masjid laying on the southern bank of the river. The extended New City on the north of the river has many government buildings and landmarks. Both parts of the city are connected with many bridges across the river, of which Purana pul ("old bridge"), built during the 1593 AD is the oldest. The Musi River originates from Anantagiri Hills, which is 70 km (43 mi) southwest of Hyderabad. Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar are dams built over the Musi river.
Hyderabad also was known as the City of Nizams says that Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah fell in love with and married a local nautch girl known as Bhagmathi or Bhagyavathi, Later when Bhagmathi adopted the title of Hyder Begum, Qutb Shah renamed the city as Hyderabad.Another theory says Hyderabad was named in honour of the fourth caliph, Ali Ibn Abi Talib, who was also known as Hyder.
Hyderabad is based on traditional manufacturing, the knowledge sector, and tourism. Starting in the 1990s, the economic pattern of the city changed from a primary service hub to a more diversified economy,] but the service industry remains a major contributor. As of 2006, the largest employers of Hyderabad are the governments of Andhra Pradesh and India, with 113,000 and 85,000 employees, respectively. The economy of Hyderabad's metropolitan area is estimated to be the 6th largest with an of $75.2 billion. Inorbit Mall in the city Since its inception in 1591, Hyderabad has been a global trade centre in multiple areas, including its status as the world's only diamond market. City-based handicrafts were sold in the Middle East and Western countries. During Nizam's rule in the 1930s, industrial growth started with the establishment of a diversified industrial zone, which grew in parallel with traditional manufacturing. In the 1930s and 1940s, city-based industries started importing technology from the western world for industrial manufacturing. With the introduction of the railways, the city became well connected with the port cities of Bombay Madras Calcutta and Karachi.
Hyderabad is located in the south-central part of India. There are several modes of transportation available in the city. It is very well integrated and has modern transportation facilities. Though due to its presence in inland, on the Deccan Plateau waterways through the sea is not possible.
The highway network linking Hyderabad to various parts of the country is very good As a growing city, regular multiple development projects, around the city had made traffic congestion a common issue. However, as in most in Indian cities, due to an increase in the population and the number of vehicles sold in last decade and the lack of perceptible lane discipline, chaotic traffic snarls occur throughout the day making driving in the city a stressful experience for vehicle owners. A series of flyovers have been developed at various important junctions across the city to decrease the traffic congestion.
Nationally, Hyderabad is considered among the important railway cities. The South Central Railway is headquartered at Secunderabad.A new railway station is proposed to be built near HITEC City at Madhapur. Also, the Moula-Ali station is expected to be improved to a world-class station in near future. These two stations along with Begumpet and Kachiguda are expected to considerable decrease the traffic at Secunderabad and Nampally (Hyderabad Deccan) stations.
The airport is connected to the city by three major roads The 11.6-kilometre (7.2 mi) Hyderabad Elevated Expressway provides dedicated high-speed travel to the airport. As of 2011, it is the longest expressway in India.The Nehru Outer Ring Road serves as a controlled-access expressway between Gachibowli and Shamshabad. Metered taxis and buses are available as transports to the airport.
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Sweetness and light
The best sort of openings are those that make no bones about their true social nature, that do not posture with lengthy speeches, thanks to sponsors and awkward viewings; basically they are the ones where you booze with friends and yack about art. It is later that you get to the heart of the work—over coffee, in bed, on a return visit. That is why I was glad when this invitation arrived in May: 'a convivial gathering, bring everyone'. The event was an installation/performance by A Constructed World (ACW—Turin/ Melbourne based artists Geoff Lowe and Jacqueline Riva). And so I happily braved the cold and fronted to Gertrude Contemporary Art spaces, assuming an easy evening. It is what I got, albeit without the anticipated social lubricant of gallery wine.
The installation comprised a circle of lit candles across the floor, spelling out 'unconditional regard', a warm glow, a crowd chatting and people filming. Candles are a common symbol of naïveté and hope—rare qualities in the art world, and it is an achievement that ACW managed to keep its work from lapsing into irony and religious kitsch. This symbolism did not keep the work from becoming installation-as-backdrop though, as the actual work offered little more than a couple of words to be read. All the same, the cosy atmosphere and content of those words acted to prime the audience with warm fuzziness, as they were told to go into the world with an unconditional regard for others. And so you turn to your friends with sweetness in mind. Convivial indeed.
This work falls within the realm of art that French critic/curator Nicolas Bourriaud has termed 'relational aesthetics', meaning work primarily concerned with creating inter-human relations. The stock-in-trade of such art is the opening/ performance/ event, not an exhibition as such, but a participatory event where one interacts amongst an active audience. Think of art as a meeting, a community, or a dinner for new friends. In this context it is understandable and probably intentional that the ACW artwork was treated as a backdrop, as a tool or a trigger to the real work—the relating that was carried out in front of it. This reading of Unconditional Regard brings it into conversation with (the formally dissimilar) work of Liam Gillick. While Gillick's modular, visually modernist and colourful sculptural installations seem to demand contemplation and seem to imply a meaning imbued in the artwork, the artist denies this as his focus. Instead the installations provide a type of stage for the audience, where their activities in the gallery become the focus rather than the artwork.
The creation of relations, once they become complex and binding, could also be termed the creation of community. Certainly both ACW and Liam Gillick illustrate how relational art reifies communal experience and exalts its creation as art's pinnacle. This is a pluralistic conception of community-building and it is the creation of micro-communities that is advocated, rather than grander all-encompassing groupings. While making relations is an admirable aim, as communities form the basis of humanity, artists working in this field (such as ACW) tend to set their sites on the immediately available and often pre-existing micro-community, which does little to broaden the relational sphere. Communities like those ACW create are formed of like-minded individuals. As such, these communities are based on normative rather than transformative community-building, and by creating a uniform community, room for dissent and otherness is reduced.
In ACW's work an authentic sense of forming part of a community is generated for the audience, and if the artists were content to work within this realm then they would be successful. However ACW are also intent on flirting with the 'real' world and affecting actual change beyond the gallery. To be successful on these terms, a project of conviviality is not enough, because in this exhibition, and in the use of social forms (such as gatherings, bars and meetings) we see the creation of communities reduced to superficiality. The most pleasant 'convivial' aspects of communities are fostered, rather than an interrogation of the more complex and uncomfortable aspects of living in relation to others. This is where an art context has the ability to provide an insight into socialisation. Rather than striving to provide a micro-utopia of conviviality, it can be a heterotopia: a place outside of the mainstream to reflect on the world, its dystopian aspects and potential sites of positive change.
Within the performance of Unconditional Regard it was only an inadvertent intrusion that opened the constructed conviviality to the disarray of the outside world. Mid-evening a newcomer wondered in and through the installation, scattering candles and ending up wearing the wax. In response to the unfortunate woman, most sniggered and suffered some mortification on her behalf. Cynic that he is, my date thought the woman a plant to intentionally disrupt the evening. I doubt she was, as it would hardly sit with ACW's studied harmony. I do wish she had been though, as it was in this act of clumsiness, discomfort and embarrassment (and the unfortunate sacrifice of her shoes) that the impossibility of forcing concord was revealed.
Though experience of Unconditional Regard was undoubtedly enjoyable for all bar this one waxed woman, with those visiting forming interpersonal convivial relations (we chatted and smiled), ACW's version of a heterotopic space for exchange feels watered down. Indeed rather than create a truly 'other' space for the formulation of experimental relations, Unconditional Regard seems to repeat the naïve positivism of some earlier manifestations of utopia. It does not interrogate the way we relate in the world or offer up new modes of relating. All forms of interaction are not equal, nor do they have the same outcomes. By couching the night as 'convivial', humanity is represented at its best, hierarchies of power and status are repressed and goodwill is encouraged. The complexities of relations in the world, in communities beyond the gallery, are ignored. Perhaps it is too much to ask of artists working with social relations to seek conditions for their change. In any case, Unconditional Regard is act two of five in a series of 'Five Acts of Optimism' planned for 2005, and in this ACW's standpoint of hope, optimism and belief in the innate goodness of humankind is to be applauded as an admirable starting point for constructive social critique.


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October 31, 2016
SHAH ALAM: Selangor will introduce a healthcare subsidisation scheme under its Budget 2017 estimated to benefit about a million residents in the bottom 40% income group (B40).
Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali (pix) said the scheme, called "Skim Peduli Sihat", applies to about 250,000 households in the state which are earning below RM3,000 a month and will cost about RM125 million annually.
"Skim Peduli Sihat will be managed by Selgate Corporation as a third-party healthcare administrator and will fund primary care treatment for each qualifying family for an amount of RM500 per year," Azmin told the state assembly today.
He said the scheme's beneficiaries will be able to receive treatment in 1,000 clinics registered in Selangor and the Klang Valley.
Those registered will receive a medical card and the scheme is also extended to the beneficiary's spouse and children below 21 years old.
Azmin said the scheme is also applicable to those who have resided in Selangor for more than 10 years and registration can be done in any state assemblyman's office, local governments and district offices, and at clinics registered under the scheme.
He told the state assembly that the reason the state government set up the scheme was because the federal government does not spend enough on healthcare.
"The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends governments to spend at least 5% of its GDP on healthcare. But in 2014 the WHO reported that Malaysia is only spending 4.2% of its GDP on healthcare," Azmin said.
Commenting on the scheme after the budget presentation, Opposition coordinator Datuk Mat Nadzari Ahmad Dahlan called the scheme a knock off of federally subsidised healthcare.
Mat Nadzari said the federal government already heavily subsidizes healthcare through government clinics, where people can consult a medical officer for as low as RM1.
Source: http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2044572


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the beginning of a true friendship. Come on Ezra, Randy just wants to be invited.
You're onto something-- is it really as simple as that?!
Dawn is sick of ya'lls crap!
From gripping suspense, to amusing and colorful characterization.
Who in his right mind keeps receipts from a titty bar and flaunts them in the car? Serves you well, Ezra.
Who has ever driven away from a titty bar *sober*?


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Colgate is very old international brand. It started its broad product range with starch, soaps and candles, but currently, it is associated and operating in the oral care such as mouthwash and toothpaste. The company is successful in offering its products in over 200 countries across the globe, and occupies the leading position in different countries. Colgate is successful in making its name in household area, which helps in fighting with bad breath and germs for continuing a complete oral care. Colgate has gained the trust of millions of consumers through providing the good quality products in most affordable prices. It continued to grow, after facing immense competition from rivals, but they took it positively and improve themselves (Colgate, 2018).
Product of the Marketing Mix of Colgate
Colgate is the brand which deals in different products in hygiene and oral care. Its products have different variants to satisfy the need of every single person, and genre. It introduced its special product range for kids, which includes the Colgate toothbrush along with soft bristles that are reachable to every corner and nook of mouth and fight with germs and decay. Its mouthwash and toothpowder are common, as they both are targeting different segments. Its toothpaste comprises of thirteen variants available in market. Some of them are;
• Colgate Total
• Colgate two in one Icy Blast
• Colgate Regular
• Colgate Active Salt
• Colgate Total Advance Whitening
• Colgate two in one kids strawberry
• Colgate two in one oxygen whitening
• Colgate Tartar control toothpaste
• Colgate Advanced fresh gel (Colgate, 2018).
Place of the Marketing Mix of Colgate
Colgate always encouraged the strategy, which is different and unique, for standing out in the competitive market. This also helps Colgate in developing the strong customer base and maintains the current consumers' interest in the products. Its distribution network includes a manufacturer, a wholesaler who quickly receives the product once it dispatched, and then sends to retailers for selling it to the final consumers. Its marketing strategy is more focused towards easy availability and quick delivery of the products to the consumers. It also deals with the dental association, which helps in marketing and promoting the brand. Many medical stores and dentists are now become the suppliers of the products along with departmental stores, local retailers, co-operative stores and general stores. Its products are easily available in semi urban, urban and rural markets. It also started its official website to get along in the online shopping world and connect to consumers more closely. This made it easier for the consumers to easily shop the things they need and more conveniently (Bhasin, 2018).
Price of the Marketing Mix of Colgate
Colgate's toothpaste is the mainstream products and hence, the brand has linked its oral care and hygiene products all around it. It mainly uses the competitive pricing strategy for combating the different customers. It product are almost of same price range or more or less higher than the competitor's one. Colgate basically plays with the consumer psychology for its benefits and portrays the fact of far-reaching effects and longer duration of its products. As the product or brand is recommended by many doctors too, additional cost are not a big deal and consumers do not feel burdened in paying more. For meeting the demand of different segments of consumers, its prices vary accordingly. For example, Max fresh toothpaste has low price than Visible white toothpaste, because the later provides the extra whitening with the oral-care regime. For maintaining the consumer base, prices are set in the most efficient way so that consumers do not feel the product expensive (MBA skool, 2018).
Promotion of the Marketing Mix of Colgate
For meeting the wants and needs of the consumers effectively, Colgate has to opt for the creative schemes and some attractive packaging ideas. Red is the standard color of the brand, and now mostly recognizable with this color. They have gained huge benefits because of this in the store-arrangement. To promote the sales of the products, Colgate has encouraged many advertising policies, through digital media, television, radio, print media etc. it used billboards, hoardings, newspapers, thus every channel for being connected to consumers. It endorsed many famous celebrities also to catch the attention of consumers (Bhasin, 2018).
Bhasin, H. 2018. Marketing mix of Colgate. [Online], Available at: https://www.marketing91.com/marketing-mix-of-colgate/, [Accessed on: 26th July, 2018].
Colgate, 2018. About us. [online], Available at: http://colgate.com.pk/app/colgate/pk/, [Accessed on: 26th July, 2018].
Mba skool, 2018. Colgate Marketing mix. [Online], Available at: https://www.mbaskool.com/marketing-mix/products/17266-colgate.html. [Accessed on: 26th July, 2018].


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Levy provides a developmental model of how to engage with the homeless, striving to understand the language and culture of each individual to build a bridge to mainstream services.
Boston, MA (PRWEB) October 5, 2010
No one wants to see anyone be homeless, yet many myths about the homeless keep people from reaching out, and many programs fail to be as effective as they could be. Social worker Jay S. Levy responds to these issues with strategies for effective outreach and engagement with the underserved in his new book "Homeless Narratives & Pretreatment Pathways: From Words to Housing" (ISBN 9781615990269, Loving Healing Press, 2011).
People cannot help one another if they cannot communicate, and resolving America's homeless problem cannot be done simply through policies and procedures; it must occur on individual levels through learning to speak one another's language. In "Homeless Narratives & Pretreatment Pathways," Jay S. Levy presents multiple stories of how solutions have resulted from learning to communicate with the homeless. For example, Ben, who claims to be a prophet disowned in his own country and crucified by the government, finds a bridge to mainstream services through the common language of religious metaphors, including redemption and forgiveness. Such stories provide a path to understanding that can help the homeless population.
Interwoven with the stories, Levy provides a developmental model of how to engage with the homeless, striving to understand the language and culture of each individual to build a bridge to mainstream services. At the book's center is a focus on the need for patience, compassion, and understanding, a willingness to listen to the stories of those in need, and how to build trust so the homeless will allow you to help them.
Levy says, "I wrote this book to educate others about the plight of long-term homeless individuals with untreated illnesses (addiction, mental illness, medical conditions) and their need for pretreatment alternatives that promote health and housing stabilization. It is my hope and conviction that the client narratives and pretreatment philosophy discussed throughout this text will provide the well-informed perspective needed for improving policy, supervision, and outreach-counseling services with under-served populations."
Jim O'Connell, M.D. and President of Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, says of "Homeless Narratives & Pretreatment Pathways" and Jay S. Levy, "His poignant book is a testament to the healing power of trusting and enduring relationships." And Carol Hoyer, Ph.D., says, "This is one of the best guides I have read about working with the underserved and homeless. I wonder why all cities don't put it into place…. Anyone in the helping field will do a great disservice to themselves if they do not read this book."
About the Author
Jay S. Levy, MSW, LICSW, has spent the last twenty years working with individuals who experience homelessness. He has developed new programs and provided clinical staff supervision. Jay is one of the architects to the Regional Engagement and Assessment for Chronically Homeless Housing program (REACH). The Western Massachusetts Regional Network adopted REACH as an innovative approach toward reducing chronic homelessness.
"Homeless Narratives & Pretreatment Pathways: From Words to Housing" (ISBN 9781615990269, Loving Healing Press, 2011) can be purchased in paperback, hardcover, and eBook through local and online bookstores. For more information, visit http://www.JaySLevy.com. Publicity contact: http://www.ReaderViews.com. Review copies available upon request.


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I think these are a cosmos variety of blooms, but I'm not sure...
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I don't know, but they're very pretty. I would be very happy to lie down right there and soak up the sun and scents.ReplyDelete
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Whatever they are....I wanna go run in them with my kids and take pictures! heheReplyDelete
Those are definitely cosmos. Nice doubles too.ReplyDelete
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Welcome to the Clubhouse
Starting a blog is something that I have been giving some thought to doing for several months now. Since expressing that thought, alot of people in my life have been urging me to start a web page where I blog and express my thoughts on whatever is on my mind, from sports to entertainment, to news to whatever. So with the help of wordpress and with the support of those around me, I have decided to make that a reality. So today May 11, 2009 I have begun putting the pen to paper (or in this case punch some keys on a keyboard) on my first blog.
So now that I've come this far, the next logical question is where do I begin? I guess I should start by telling you about me. I was born and raised in southern California and am an avid fan of the LA Lakers, LA Kings and Oakland Raiders. When it comes to baseball I guess I would consider myself a LA Dodgers fan but I also will root for the California/Anaheim/LA Angels. To those of you coming across this south of the grapevine, I know it's pretty much blasphemy to say that now, but when I was growing up, southern Cali belonged to the Dodgers and the Angels were a complete after thought and not seen as any kind of threat to the "Azul" (some of you will get that Vic The Brick reference) and considering how little they had accomplished until the 2000's you can see why. My dad was taking me to my first Dodger games at the age of four or five. I didn't go to my first Angel game until I was 10…and it was a closer drive from where we lived to Orange County. While I love baseball and am heavily involved in fantasy baseball with some long time friends, I don't feel that I really root for my baseball teams with the same kind of passion that I root for my teams in the other sports.
At the age of 22 I decided to leave the comforts of home in southern Cali and move to Las Vegas with two of my friends if for nothing else to get away from home and experience a different way of life in different surroundings. Sin City is truly a unique place to live. It's too hard to explain in one blog but those of you that have lived there at one time in your life know what I am talking about. While living there I decided to return to school and earned my Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from UNLV. After school, I began my career in media as a freelance writer being published in Henderson Home News, Las Vegas Sun, Smash Magazine and LV Sports Magazine. But while I enjoyed writing I loved the spoken word even more and wanted to give radio a try so after seven years in the desert I packed up my bags and headed to the agriculture capital of central California…Fresno, to try my hand in that medium. Since living in Fresno, I have kept writing on the side and have had the privilege to be published in His Magazine, The Valley Amateur and on ValleySportsPulse.com. While I had fun working in radio and had wonderful experiences that will last me forever, life circumstances dictated that it was time for me to move on and do something else.
This brings me to where I'm at now. I decided to go back to school and get some different training so that I can go out and get a "real job" for steady income but since I love media I am going to keep my hand in some projects both on the writing and radio side of things. Besides this blog, you can read some of my work at valleysportspulse.com and I'm also working on a MMA radio project called the "Jim and Joe MMA Show" that we are currently trying to bring to a viable outlet near you. You can follow what Jim is doing over on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jimmmashow.com One of these days I will probably get on Twitter myself and register a name. For whatever reason I have been lazy about getting on there and registering but I realize that to get a following and be noticed you have to be made available to as many outlets as possible. (Update: I now have a twitter page at www.twitter.com/joesclubhouse)
Before I wrap up my first blog, I would like to thank the following people:
Kelli Martin for her love and support and for encouraging me to do this.
The Pacheco, Canzoneri, McCaulley and Verburgt familes for their love and support and for raising me to become the person that I am.
The Martin family for also helping me to plant the seed from which this blog will grow and for believing in me.
Chris Pacheco for giving me the opportunity to get into radio.
Jim Verros and Marcas Grant, two of my best friends, for showing me the ropes in the world of radio and for believing in me as a media person. You can hear Marcas give you updates every 20 minutes on the Sporting News Radio Network. Check the website http://radio.sportingnews.com for an affiliate near you. Follow Marcas on his blog at http://tiomt.blogspot.com or at www.twitter.com/MarcasG and check out his view of the LA sports scene on www.ValleySportsPulse.com
Jason Phalen, a friend that taught me a thing or two about being in radio and also believed in my abilities as both a broadcaster and writer and made my transition to life in Fresno a lot easier than it could have been.
Joe Arrigo for being one of the best friends in my life and being as encouraging and supportive as anyone. He gave me my first radio exposure as the sports guy on his afternoon show. Check out his blog at http://joeslockerroom.wordpress.com
George Takata for giving me a platform to continue writing and for making my two and half years as his radio producer some of the most enjoyable times in my life. Check him out on TV here in the Fresno area on CBS 47 and visit his website at www.valleysportspulse.com for the best coverage of the local sports scene here in the central valley.
Daryl Howerton who is one of the best people that I have ever met since moving to Fresno. Check out his NBA stories on www.nba.com/hoop and his website www.fresnobeach.com
Mary Hausch and Cathy Scott (www.cathyscott.com). They were two of my former teachers at UNLV that really believed in my writing abilities and helped teach me the skills to be a writer and it's because of Mary that I was able to get my first writing assignments and get published.
To all of the other important people in my life that I call friend, family, or whatever I thank you too. I know that we are all over many parts of this great country and even though we don't talk as much as we should or see each other very often, I still think about you frequently and consider you an important part of my life.
Hope you enjoy hanging out in Joe's Clubhouse. Thanks again.
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6 Comments on "Welcome to the Clubhouse"
May 12, 2009 at 3:36 am
The Kings are my balls. LET'S GO RED WINGS!!!
Your mentor and idol,
May 13, 2009 at 4:49 am
It's about time! Congrats, I look forward to seeing your website grow. You're off to a great start.
May 15, 2009 at 9:20 pm
and thank YOU, joe, for doing this blog. i'll defly be checking it out on the regular!!!
May 21, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Way to go Joe! I enjoyed reading your "insight" and thoughts…I'll be stopping by again. Talk to you later….
May 24, 2009 at 7:51 am
I am enjoying your writing as usual. And I now understand the Lost season finale a lot better than I used to!
Now for Ron's comments. He wants your opinion on the following subjects:
1. Should the NFL allow Michael Vick to return?
2. Will Michael Crabtree be a starter as a "white out" for the 49ers?
Keep following your life's passions………..
June 12, 2009 at 11:32 am
Nicely done!!! I have been reading your blog and it is pretty damn good. Thanks for letting me know about this and keep up the good work..


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Passing along a river, the route turned flat, and the wind was finally from behind. Flat became again steep rolling hills, on and on. A small town (a rancher community?) was the second rest-stop. The food was much better than I was expecting: Fresh fruit, including peaches, watermelon, cherries, along with the ubiquitous bananas and oranges; some fresh baked goods, cookies; Doritos and pretzels, pre-made sandwiches on white or wheat bread, energy drinks and bars were in abundance. The STP food stops were parsimonious in comparison. Though for $70, I expected a step up from the usual fare.
But with all the nice food out, a swarm a yellow jackets tormented the place. I hope nobody got stung.
And at around 11AM, it was sunny and hot. I followed various pace-lines, which got me a little more speed, but eventually I got more and more tired, and I got dropped. I was surreptitiously checking my odometer; I considered the distance much more than should have, the scenery was nice, if not a little monotonous. At around 70 miles, I met another solo bicyclist who was having a hard time and he followed behind me for about 20-30 minutes. He and I had been constantly passing each other by, but not cooperating. Somehow him behind my wheel put me in a better mood.
In Petaluma, the scenery went from cows on hills, to houses, and col-de-sacs. The next rest stop was a park. I was hungry and this time ate pasta, more fruit, and plenty of snackies. I sat under an awning with some middle-aged foreigners (Germans?) and it turned out to be the property of the AIDS Ride crew. A women wearing bike shorts and a grass skirt, leis, and a straw hat came in and gave a little introduction to us all. She advertised that every night of the ride, there was a different sort of theme, and usually a dance, such as Hawaiian night. And that this year (or last year?) she did her hula-dance without the bike shorts on. (Without any shorts?) And that one of the stops last year was the Playboy Mansion. I asked her how all this fit into the AIDS awareness mission, but was ignored.
One of the funny things, is these people call these events Ride for AIDS, Ride for Leukemia, Ride for Cancer, etc. and I want to point out, these events sound like they're for these deadly diseases. They ask: "Would you like to join us on the Ride for AIDS?" And how might I answer that question?
I took great pleasure in all that food, but then starting on some more climbs in the sun, turned my stomach. I did not want to start throwing up, so I kept looking ahead and had my computer hide the distance so I wouldn't be checking it.
The remaining part of the ride took me back to where I had been earlier: it was just a matter of climbing back the opposite way. Hills were either too hot and steep, or gradual and hot, both which I didn't like. But on the flats with the (now afternoon) tail wind, I could crank it up to 22-24/mph, so I was eating away the distance quite well.
The last descent became too fast and since I was tired, I had to brake. Braking is basically wasting energy, what a nuisance! People started passing me, and one person who passed me, ended up hitting a pothole or grate, and when I went by him, he obviously had crashed. Luckily he landed in patch of straw, rather than slamming in the rocky wall to the right. I was a bit concerned, but he stood up and didn't look bloody, just wobbly.
An older women, who like me was concerned wondered if he was okay. There was a truck on the road, had he any mechanical issue. Talking, she and I took an even pace back together. She was from Sacramento, and I explained I came from Seattle. I could tell she had more bicycling than she wanted, I helpfully explained it was much harder than I had expected.
Back at the school where I started, I realized I needed a shower. I could at least wash up. So I then turn around, head to the hotel, shower, change and return. The food line's full of hungry people and I pick up my roast chicken, pizza, lasagna, salad, and various other sides. I sit quietly alone and eat.


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Love and the Practical Graces
09.03.2019 - By Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
In the first sermon of this series, we're going to look at 1 Corinthians 13:1-8 and ask these questions: What is heart character? What is inner love and joy? What is the inner supernatural change in character that God can bring?
This sermon was preached by Rev. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on January 13, 2002. Series "Practical Grace; How the Gospel Transforms Character". Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-8.
Today's podcast is brought to you by Gospel in Life, the site for all sermons, books, study guides and resources from Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church. If you've enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to support the ongoing efforts of this ministry, you can do so by visiting gospelinlife.com/give and making a one-time or recurring donation.


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I use those baking cups
for 6 large muffins
2 eggs
80 gr freshly grated parmesan cheese
1 small head of cooked broccoli florets
90 gr dry quinoa, I used white, red and black
1/4 tsp garlic powder
a pinch of oregano
Rinse the quinoa under a cold water, then place it in a medium size of cooking pot . Add about 300 ml water and cook it for a 20 minutes.
Five minutes before the time is up, add the broccoli.
Drain off any excess water.Whisk the eggs, add the cheese and the rest of the ingredients as well as the cooled mixture of broccoli and quinoa.
Using a spoon or a scoop fill the baking cups if you are using it or you can use any muffin tin , just make sure in non stick one.
Bake for 25 minutes on 190 C .
Thanks for reading! I would appreciate any comments or suggestions from you.


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Musical Chairs
Is the current situation at Warrior. With Kubat already confirmed to return to the IJGPC next season, and Östberg just confirmed to go to the Holmqvist team, Warrior are playing Musical Chairs with James Harding, Abel Osterhagen, and Ivan Lesic for their 2 seats. Here is a report card on each driver.
James Harding
James Harding was the sole Australian when he was signed up by Molto Veloce back in the inaugural season. He was consistently challenging for Top 10 positions and also consistently outperformed his almost forgotten teammate in Jawa Ahmed. A change to Warrior with rookie Michal Kubat had the potential for a small team to turn big in the future when horribly wrong when Kubat hit James, causing multiple severe injuries.
James is set to return to racing at Suzuka - a driver's favourite to reignite his career after a very long time. Until we see how he performs we won't get an idea of how he will fare.
Abel Osterhagen
Young Abel stunned the sporting world, driving his backmarker car to 4th place at Indianapolis, less than a second behind Tumo Kinnumen and Enzo Domenicalli. Since then he has consistently finished in the top 15 and was close to more points at Hockenhiem, before a brain fade from Domenicalli cost Abel valuable seconds in pitlane.
Abel has shown tremendous race pace and smart strategies in his Warrior car, as he has rarely has qualified inside the Top 20. It will be interesting to see how he copes with Harding who has been equalling Abel's times in the simulators already.
Ivan Lesic
Ivan Lesic has been in and out of the VGPC since the green light. He's driven for just a few rounds here and there, and is looking to make his mark when Peugeot give him Regi Abbot's seat.
Ever since his horrendous crash in Mexico at the last corner, Ivan has never looked back in reigniting his career as he attempts to prove to Dylan Lopez he is a driver worthy of a seat in the VGPC.
So now it's over to you. Will Harding and Lesic impress in their returns, and will both of them be able to meet the expectations Warrior will be setting them? Will Osterhagen drive to the points again this week in Monza, further backing his status as a World Class driver? Who do you think between the 3 of them should drive next year at Warrior, as Warrior have announced the loser of them all will go drive in the FSSC for at least a season.
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It's hard to know where to start with this one.
Despite The IoS rebranding their annual Pink List of 101 LGBTs of note, the Rainbow List, it was reassuring to see this year's selection is as ridiculous as ever.
Michael Cashman is in with a bullet at number one - though strangely this highly influential gayer was not in the hot 100 last year.
It's hard to see what has changed, beyond the former EastEnders actor being elevated to the House of Lords for services to Blairite brown-nosing.
What has he done for us lately?
Erm, in February he cut up his Visa card in the European parliament cause, you know, Russia.
Take that, Putin!
Maybe Michael got the sympathy vote - his civil partner and 'researcher', Paul Cottingham, died last month.
Of course it would be churlish to speculate there was some 'Vote for Michael' campaign organised by Labour Party HQ.
There's another high entry at number three - Vicky Beeching, a lesbian Christian Country singer!
If nothing else, I'm sure she's definitely the most influential lesbian Christian Country singer in the UK.
Does anyone seriously believe that anyone would have voted for Simon Topham (60), beyond maybe some of his adoring slaves at Millivres Prowler Group?
Luckily one of them, his loyal lieutenant Kim Watson, was on the judging panel.
Mind you, you can get on the Rainbow List with nominations in double figures.
As every year, the whole list is hampered by its tokenism; I'm sure Claire Harvey, the 'Team GB sitting-volleyball Paralympic captain' is a wonderful woman, but should she really be at number 38?
Thankfully there's no-one here nowhere near as record-breakingly pointless as last year's number 16, David Gwinnutt, the inventor of the Pink Jack flag!
But so many placings seem random and/or baffling.
The short blurbs describing people's achievements are so slapdash they must have been written by a particularly dim intern after a quick Google.
Separate lists for gay men, lesbians and trans people - put to a popular vote with no 'judges' tinkering - would be far more interesting and illuminating.
As it stands, this shit list is still Britain's biggest gay joke.
PS They say you can leave comments about the list, but you can't, oddly.
It's a shame because I wanted to thank all the people who voted repeatedly for themselves.


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GROW With HubSpot
HubSpot's (and indeed the industry's) biggest annual event GROW with HubSpot took place in Sydney yesterday. I say 'biggest' because HubSpot is no longer just a Marketing tool or platform but now includes Sales, CRM, Customer Service and Integrations. HubSpot also connects platforms as well for example seeing the launch of the XERO (accounting) <> HubSpot Integration, and more.
In this post (and if you've seen similar posts from me before) I try to consolidate the most important bits of the event, for those who missed it. And, I try to give more flavour to those who attended but wanted a perspective from my angle or if they attended different streams at the event. This time I am weaving in the video and pics (excuse poor quality but it makes for an authentic experience) to make it smoother and quicker.


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its payback time huggy!
I forgot that Huggins was with WVU. I knew Beeline took over for Amaker. I think that after tonight Duke will be ready for WVU. Remember in 95 when Edney drove coast to coast to beat Missouri? on their way to a title. I'm not saying Duke will do this, but a 6 game win streak isn't out of the question is it?
its payback time huggy!
Turn them over and score easy baskets in transition.
Have some fun doing it.
Take good 3 point shots-not just any 3 point shots.
Play 100 times better than we did tonight, and then pray for a miracle
Seriously though we gotta play a little bit of "d". WVU looked good down the stretch vs UofA
I think the most critical matchup will be Singler v. Alexander (I assume that is who Singler will be guarding). Alexander really went off in the B-East tourney and is a true star player.
Perimeter defense, stick a guy on Alexander at all times, take and make good shots, and don't forget about Da'Sean Butler.
There was little to no driving by WVU in the game tonight, and Butler did most of what did occur. Arizona got looks, they just didn't capitalize. And Alexander can be turned over if you push him out of the paint.
I think we match up well with WVU. Singler has played decent D even in the games where he struggled...just needs to not commit stupid fouls. Markie needs some flu medicine; G needs to be put into cryogenic suspension immediately after his postgame shower.
Duke has to hit its free throws. We did okay in that area tonight but we'll need to shoot them even better on Saturday (and obviously tonight we needed every last one just to win). The reason is WVU is an aggressive defense and they'll put us on the line. Tonight, Arizona had 21 free throw attempts to WVU's 9, and for the season, WVU is near the bottom third of the country as far as opponent free throw rate.
I have a feeling this is going to be a defensive slugfest. WVU isn't as quick as Belmont 1 through 5, but they're longer and they're athletic vertically, i.e. very good leapers, and they'll cause problems in their own way. I don't think we're going to be able to shoot well against that combination of length, leaping ability, and aggressiveness and I just hope we get fouled a lot and make our free throws and WVU doesn't end up with 10 blocked shots. I can also see WVU giving us problems on the offensive boards with that combination.
I think we'll guard WVU pretty well on the initial shot because I don't think they'll be beating us off the dribble consistently, but who knows. I didn't think Belmont would play us to the wire, either. We have to chase and get a hand in the face on jumpshots and I think we can do that. Hopefully we'll grab the rebound when they miss. This game just has the feel of one of those ugly offensive games where both teams shoot about 40% and we lose at the end by giving up a key offensive rebound and putback. If we hit our free throws, hopefully that putback will merely cut into a lead we have. If we don't hit our free throws, that putback will win WVU the game or extend THEIR lead.
Step 1: Figure out who used to start the threads back in 2001. I don't think I did it, and I'm glad this one started before I could post another one.
Step 2: Get that person to start these threads moving forward!
I'll have some real analysis after I get a chance to mull over the matchup.
Here's what I've gathered from Ken Pomeroy's site.
He ranks them at #22 overall, with the #26 offense and #28 defense. (In contrast, Duke's O is 7 and D is 10.)
They play a slow tempo, and are one of the best in the country at avoiding turnovers. They aren't a great 3-ball team, nor free throws. However, they are fairly good at rebounding and great at blocking shots.
Their record is hard to break down. Only 4 of their wins came against teams in the top 75: Marquette (home), Syracuse (home), Pitt (home), and UConn (neutral).
They have 10 losses: Tenn (neutral), Oklahoma (semi-home), Notre Dame (away), Louisville (away), Gtown (home), Cincy (home), Pitt (away), Villanova (away), UConn (away), and Gtown (neutral).
In all, it looks like a team Duke can beat if they bring a stronger game.
I hope the "monkey" from last year's VCU first round loss is now "off their backs", and then can get back to playing Duke basketball... with some fun included
I think that the play of Gerald Henderson tonight will do wonders for Saturdays' game. Not only is G proving he can play at a high level despite the injury, he's forcing teams to come up with ways to stop him. WVU will look to stop Henderson from penetrating into the lane.
This plays right into Duke's wheelhouse. Teams for the last two weeks have been able to cheat on defense by pressuring the 3 pointer, forcing Duke to take contested 3s. Duke's strength is in the dribble-drive, kick, open 3 sequence, which is most effective when the defense actually believes that a dribble-driver is a threat.
Gerald Henderson is now that threat, and I envision the WVU defense collapsing on G in the lane as he kicks out to Paulus and Scheyer for a rain of 3s.
Supporting evidence: WVU is 205th in the nation in 3pt defense, allowing 35.6% from beyond the arc... worse than Belmont's 34.8 percent (150th in the nation).
On the other hand, if we play defense like we did against Belmont, we're not going to beat anyone...
One other thought... us FANS have got to focus on WVa... just like the team has to focus on WVa. And, ONLY WVa. Nevermind worrying about any other team in the tournament.
We need Nelson to bring it Saturday, not mail it in again. We need Zoubek to play like someone 7'1, not 5'11. We need contributions from everyone. We can't expect Scheyer and Henderson to carry the team on both ends, which they did tonight. We need to run our attack and dish offense, and not revert back into a 3 point chuck and duck after dribbling around for 28 seconds.
And I would love to see some fire from this team. We almost looked like it was a chore to be playing, in contrast to the excitement of the Belmont players and staff. Dawkins, Collins and Wojo looked like they were going to a funeral.
We'll come out hard on Saturday and get a great win. At least that is what I keep telling myself.
Play DUKE BASKETBALL. It's as easy as that.
Or so you would think.
I think we need to be more aggressive driving to the basket vs WVU.
A positive to take from tonight is we have different players stepping up. So, perhaps now it is time for Markie and Kyle to do their damage. Afterall. that was a strength (multiple options) earlier in the season. If anything, tonight showed we have many offecsive options to beat you.
Hard to imagine now, but my gut says we win by 9 saturday.


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Marketing Video: World Photography Day 2017 (123RF with PIXLR)
Context: To celebrate World Photography Day 2017, 123RF and Pixlr organised a contest to engage with photographers and contributors. In order to advertise the contest, a video was created, released on Vimeo, Youtube and other social media.
My role: copywriting the script, testimonial on screen for European and North-American markets. Video still available on www.youtube.com/watch?v=FutFTA4TONE


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Argenta is situated in Ferrara's province; it has about 22.000 inhabitants on 311 square meters divided in 13 hamlets. This city boasts of an ancient town-center ed a complex system of museums, the Eco-museum of Argenta, grown up around a beautiful oasis of marshland.
Argenta foundation goes back to roman time or a little later. His name seems to derive from silver reflections on humid ground and of waters that in the ancient times surrounded it. Since origins Argenta depends on Ravenna's diocese and, about X – XI century she known a period of great glory thanks to its river port on Po of Primaro, now called Reno.
From XII century Estensi dukedome wanted the control on the city and so Pope Clemente VI gave it in leasing during 1344 and Estensi kept it till Alfonso II's death in 1597 when the whole Ferrara dukedome was transferred to Pontifical State.
Inhabitants of Argenta fought during Independence Wars with hundreds of volunteers: the prevalent personage of this period was the lawyer Giuseppe Vandini, that was the first mayor of Argenta after national unification. During the Second World War Argenta was seriously damaged by the British Army.
After the post-war period Argenta developed, particularly in the last 15 years. Between the most important economic activities we want to remember agriculture, building trade, working plastics, commerce of vegetables and wicker or rush objects. In Argenta we have a large market on Thursday and a beautiful Fair in September, apart from theatrical performances and cultural initiatives.
Eco-museum: The modern concept of "Eco-museum" has its origin back in the '70s in France with the notion of musèe èclatè. This term clearly expresses the idea behind it, which is a type of museum that goes beyond architectural bounds and that, by enclosing the surrounding territory and socio-cultural background, opens a channel of communication with external reality. The Eco-museum of Argenta is composed of three museums and a natural site: the Museum of Marshes, the Museum of Reclaimed Land, the Civic Museum and the Oasi of Campotto.
The Museum of Marshes is placed in the former shooting lodge of Campotto, 4 kilometers far from Argenta town; it's a historical and natural documentation center. It houses both the organizational and visiting center of Eco-museum of Argenta, as well as the center of the Regional Park of the river Po Delta for all that concern services, information, reservations and guided visits. It also performs such tasks as tourist orientation around the area. Thanks to its peculiar communicative and educational system, in 1992, it has been awarded the prize "European Museum of the Year" by European Committee.
Outside is situated the educational little lake, which puts together and reflects all the different elements of the surrounding natural environment, Furthermore, in the museum's courtyard you can find a parking area as well as a sort of former shooting-box, where lectures and seminars are held to discuss certain topics in depth through the teaching instruments that the museum puts at the visitors' disposal. Finally, at the end of this a coffee break is also arranged.
Built between the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, the structure that houses the museum was originally a farmhouse of three floor, the original ground floor has been buried as a result of land reclamation that lifted up the level of soil.
On the actual ground floor the following facilities are available: the reception, the museum's lobby where are displayed some cartographical representations of the Oasis and where the bookshop is also situated, the meeting room, the historical section and the demonstrative plastic model showing the functioning of mechanical reclamation; on the upper floor there are the Room of Sounds, which offers the "Concert of the Marshes", a video that gives the opportunity to watch and listen to both images and sounds of the Oasis, with picture of birds and their solo and polyphonic singing; the Naturalistic Section offers a series of illustrated panels on the flora and fauna of the Oasis: these panels tell us about the route of migratory birds and their food, they also illustrate the height at which each species of birds nests and obviously all that can be seen in the Oasis (all these instruments are supported by dioramas and water and land environments models that faithfully reconstruct the natural wetland; the Laboratory, finally, supplied with microscopes is made available to allow visitors, particularly students, to participate in researches and studies trying to combine theory and practice together.
The Campotto Site of Argenta was acknowledged as wetland of international interest by the Ramsar Convention in 1972, the Oasis is an open-air museum that extends for about 1600 hectares. It's the 6th site of the river Po Delta Park and is composed of overflowing terrain case of Campotto, Bassarone, Valle Santa and of Bosco del Traversante. This is what is left from the large inner humid areas of fresh water and it functioned as a shooting preserve until '60s. It was only in 1977 that the Oasis for the safeguard and protection of flora and fauna called "Valli di Argenta e di Marmorta" (Argenta and Marmorta Marshes) was created, according to the will of the Municipality of Argenta, the local authority of Ferrara Province and the manager-owner body of "Consorzio della Bonifica Renana".
The Museum of Land Reclamation is sited at 1 km far outside the built-up areas of Argenta and it's placed within the water-scooping plant of Saiarino; it's not a simple historical documentation museum, but rather a sort of true "building" yard. It is, therefore, a living museum, the history of which is nowadays still in evolution. The only way to visit the museum is by guided tour, the museum being located inside an active work yard, which continuously monitors the situation of water in order to intervene in case of danger.
The route has been called "A history of men and waters" with the intention of setting up an indissoluble link between the two major actors dominating the scene in the museum and whose interaction has been historically significant: men and water. The route winds through the park and the buildings of the work yard, and the visitor needs an average time of 90 minutes to walk through it. The route is made up of the following stages: the drain of the bye-wash, the archeological walk-path, the pumps room, the thermo-electrical plant.
The Civic Museum is situated in the town center of Argenta and it's housed in the church of San Domenico: the Civic Museum is the center representing and embodying the historical and urban environment within the Eco-museum of Argenta. It's made up of the town Picture Gallery and Archeological Section. The church that houses the Museum is a typically 14th century one and it was influenced by Biagio Rossetti's style. Inside, its apse is adorned by the representation of the "Stories of Saint John the Baptist and the Doctors of the Church". In order to enjoy the visit to utmost, it is suggested that the tourist should first follow the artistic route of the Picture Gallery, which is located in the side niches of the church, and then admire the archeological collections, placed at the center of the aisle, that collects the finds of the excavations made on the territory of Argenta between 1980 and 1993. Those finds come from the marshy Palmanove, the country church of Saint George and from Matteotti Street and Vinarola Street in Argenta.


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Just when you're getting the hang of one buzzword, then along comes another. We're now happy to discuss storing our data in the Cloud with Google Drive, and don't think twice about using Cloud services such as Salesforce. We are beginning to take on board the concept of the Internet of Things, where billions of devices ("Things") in the real world use the Internet to make information available in the Cloud, and therefore to other Things, or people, or Cloud services. We can be convinced that the billions of Things in the Internet of Things will between them generate lots of information, which will become Big Data when we put it all together. And now we have…
… the Fog.
Like so much jargon it's not clear where the Fog came from, but Cisco is a name that keeps popping up in this context (see https://www.cisco.com/web/solutions/trends/iot/docs/computing-overview.pdf). They tell us Fog computing takes the concept of Cloud computing and moves it to the edge of the network, closer to the end user. This is good for Internet of Things applications requiring rapid real-time response, or where failure of the system when a communications link fails would not be good – applications like industrial automation, or transport. There is still a connection to the Cloud, but Fog computing takes care of the low level processes in much the same way as our bodies respond instantly to an outside stimulus with a reflex action, only telling the brain some time later what has happened.
The advantages of Fog computing include:
- Performance – potential for real-time response
- Reliability and robustness
- Improved quality of service
- Superior user experience
- Reduced data traffic over the internet
To see how this makes sense, consider a security system using multiple cameras. Using video processing techniques the system can recognise the difference between a cat and a burglar, and will automatically alert the operator for one of those and not the other.
With a simple Cloud architecture, all of the video from all of the cameras would be transmitted to an application in the Cloud – all the time. The Cloud application would process the information from all of the cameras, looking for events requiring an alarm. With multiple installations, we're looking at a lot of data and a lot of processing. And of course, if the Internet connection were to fail at just the wrong time, bad things could happen.
If we move some of the processing to the Fog, we have an autonomous sensing system which sends very little data to the Cloud, until it detects a threat, at which point it can send an alert and the associated video – all much more efficient and robust.
As with so many ideas in the Internet of Things, this is not a new concept – but it might just be handy to have a simple word to describe it.
[Update 3 November 2017] In the three years since this article was initially written, the concepts of the fog, and edge computing have come increasingly to the fore in Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Here are two recent pieces by some of the big players:
A guide to Edge IoT analytics – a blog by IBM
Enabling Management of Edge Computing – a blog by Cisco
I initially wrote this article for the Argon Design web site http://www.argondesign.com/news/2014/sep/18/after-cloud-fog/


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Comptroller of the Currency John Dugan has added his name to the list of lame-duck Bush-appointee financial regulators that oppose the Obama Administration's proposed regulatory overhaul.
Does this matter?
Well, it's the first time we have ever agreed with friend-of-Wall Street Dugan, a former industry lobbyist who was hailed by a fellow industry lobbyist (Bob Glauber) as a "godsend" in a glowing American Banker profile.
Dugan allegedly opposes the Obama plan on grounds that it gives too much consumer protection power to the states. Of course, he has also had a long-standing feud with the leading national consumer protection advocate FDIC chairman Sheila Bair.
Unfortunately, the addition of an industry apologist like Dugan to the chorus of opposition undermines the substantive critiques of the Obama plan made by Ben Bernanke and Bair. This lends credence to Tim Geithner's spin that all critics are just engaging in another bitter, pointless, inside-the-beltway turf war.
Bernanke and Bair's objections should be taken seriously here. Both have both emerged from the financial disaster with burnished reputations for being competent, ideologically-neutral, and patriotic public servants.
Both are cerebral Republicans, and in contrast to Geithner--a longtime protege of Bob Rubin and Larry Summers--they have no loyalty to a clique of discredited policymakers in need of redemption.