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On a map of Earth, coordinates zero-zero are in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, near the coast of Africa. All the other latitudes and longitudes are marked from that point. On a map of the sky, those coordinates are in the constellation Pisces. And that’s just where the Sun appears early today – at the moment of the spring equinox. Confusingly, though, that spot is known as the First Point of Aries. More than 2,000 years ago, the Sun appeared against the stars of Aries at the equinox. That spot was marked as the zero-point of the celestial coordinate system – the equivalent of latitude and longitude. But Earth wobbles on its axis. As it wobbles, the Sun changes position relative to the background of stars. That causes the First Point of Aries to shift as well. And as the point moves, the rest of the celestial coordinate system moves with it. The constellations don’t change, but their coordinates do. The First Point of Aries moves westward by one degree every 72 years. So today, it’s in Pisces, where it’s been for the past two millennia. Around the year 2600, it’ll shift into Aquarius, the next constellation over. So spring will arrive in the northern hemisphere when the Sun is in Aquarius. The Sun will return to its current equinox location when Earth completes one full wobble on its axis – in 26,000 years. Tomorrow: collisions heard across the universe. Script by Damond Benningfield

Topics covered in this episode: New project to shorten django-admin to django because we are not monsters django-unicorn: The magical reactive component framework for Django Testing some tidbits The State of Python 2024 article Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training The Complete pytest Course Patreon Supporters Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org / @mkennedy.codes (bsky) Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org / @brianokken.bsky.social Show: @pythonbytes@fosstodon.org / @pythonbytes.fm (bsky) Join us on YouTube at pythonbytes.fm/live to be part of the audience. Usually Monday at 10am PT. Older video versions available there too. Finally, if you want an artisanal, hand-crafted digest of every week of the show notes in email form? Add your name and email to our friends of the show list, we'll never share it. Brian #1: New project to shorten django-admin to django because we are not monsters Jeff Tripplet has created django-cli-no-admin to shorten django-admin to just django. “One of the biggest mysteries in Django is why I have to run django-admin from my terminal instead of just running django. Confusingly, django-admin has nothing to do with Django's admin app.” Instead of typing things like: django-admin startproject mysite projectname We can type the shorter: django startproject mysite projectname I love this kind of developer speedup / comfort improvements And yes, Jeff wants Django to eventually include this as the default way to run the command line utilities. Michael #2: django-unicorn: The magical reactive component framework for Django Add modern site functionality: Quickly add in simple interactions to regular Django templates without learning a new templating language. Skip the JavaScript build tools No API required: Skip creating a bunch of serializers and just use Django. Brian #3: Testing some tidbits Ned Batchelder Different ways to test to see if a string has only 0 or 1 in it. And also, a way to check all the different ways to make sure they work. Fun post, and I learned about cleandoc - a way to strip leading blank space and maintain code block indentation I usually use textwrap.dedent() partition - splitting strings based on a substring Using | to pass imports to eval() - I don't use eval much. However, no pytest! Here's a way to check all this with pytest: Testing some tidbits with pytest Michael #4: The State of Python 2024 article Python usage with other languages drops as general adoption grows 41% of Python developers have under 2 years of experience Python learning expands through diverse channels The Python 2 vs. 3 divide is in the distant past Flask, Django, and FastAPI remain top Python web frameworks Most Python web apps run on hyperscale clouds Containers over VMs over hardware uv takes Python packaging by storm Extras Brian: More Django: Dracula Theme for Django Admin Michael: Zen Browser update Office refresh Transcripts (in some players) Joke: Volkswagen, passing all the tests

For over 30 years in the Australian state of Queensland, a final grade for physical education (in years 11 and 12) was given based on 50% theory and 50% practical, valuing movement and knowledge equally. This article was written in response to changes in a syllabus in the Australian state of Queensland in 2019 which awarded a final mark based on 82% theory and 18% practical or movement. Despite this unequal valuing of movement, the syllabus cites Arnold's perspective as ‘a philosophical and educative framework to promote deep learning in three dimensions: about, through and in movement contexts' (QCAA, 2018, p.1). Based on the syllabus citing Arnold's philosophy it is reasoned these principles (valuing knowledge and movement equally) will be evident throughout this Australian state syllabus. Confusingly, they were not. SueSee, B., Pill, S., & Williams, J. (2023). Arnold wanted X but we got Y – the Queensland senior physical education syllabus application of the Arnoldian perspective. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2023.2269955 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pwrhpe/support

Welcome to Part One of our intermittent ongoing look at The Trial of a Time Lord, a single 14-part Doctor Who serial that comprised the whole of Season 23, televised between September and December 1986, but broken up into four separate novelizations. Confusingly released out of order and non-consecutively. Jim Sangster, Doctor Who Literature's multi-talented co-producer, logo designer, and in-house band, adapted and performed this week's introductory number, appeared as a talking head on the Trial of a Time Lord DVDs (recorded 16 years prior to the production of this episode), and is this week's guest. We'll about about Liverpool and its many connections to Doctor Who, and speculate just when does Trial take place relevant to the Sixth Doctor's own timeline? If you enjoyed this episode, please follow, subscribe, and rate us!] Watch this episode and all previous episodes on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@drwhonovels. "Doctor Who – The Trial of a Time Lord: Terror of the Vervoids" features near-pornographic cover art by Tony Masero. Doctor Who Literature is a member of the ⁠Direction Point Doctor Who podcast network⁠. Please e-mail the pod at ⁠DrWhoLiterature@gmail.com.⁠ You can catch all past episodes at ⁠https://⁠⁠podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/⁠⁠doctorwholit⁠.

Alpine music — and more specifically Polka and Oberkrainer — are considered ancient German. But what many people don't know is that the origin is not in the Bavarian or Swiss Alps but in Slovenia. And even down under, polka is not only very popular at Oktoberfest. Phill Nadvesnik and Paul Gillett belong to the trio Alpen Musikanten. In conversation, they explain the origin of the genre, why it is actually dance music and why it is sometimes confusingly joyous. - Alpenmusik - und genauer gesagt Polka und Oberkrainer gelten als urdeutsch. Doch was viele nicht wissen: der Ursprung liegt nicht etwa in den bayerischen oder den schweizer Alpen sondern in Slovenien. Und auch in Down Under ist Polka nicht nur beim Oktoberfest sehr beliebt. Phill Nadvesnik und Paul Gillett gehören dem Trio Alpen Musikanten an. Im Gespräch erklären sie die Herkunft des Genres, warum es eigentlich Tanzmusik ist und warum es manchmal verwirrend fröhlich ist.

Welcome to episode 68 of the One for the Money podcast. This is part 2 of a 2-part series on novel investment strategies. In this episode, I'll review a novel investment strategy called factor investing.In the tips, tricks, and strategies portion, I will share a second tip regarding stock options this time regarding incentive stock options also known as ISOs. In this episode...Investment Factors & Potential Higher Returns [1:15]Factor Investing - Passive vs Active [6:32]Incentive Stock Options [9:12]Factor investing is a strategy that chooses investments based on certain attributes or factors that historically have had higher rates of return. The assumption is that these same attributes will continue in the future. The First one is that historically, stocks have outperformed bonds. Since 1926 stocks returned between 8% – 10% whereas the bonds returned between 4% – 6%. If you invested $1 in 1926 and earned the bond average of 5% it would be $113 by 2023, but if that dollar earned the stock average of 9% return it would be $4269. That's why for longer-term goals we invest in stocks because historically they give you more to spend in the future when things will cost more.The second investment factor is that smaller companies tend to grow faster than larger companies. Amazon and Apple all started in a garage and look at them now. But if people only invest in the S&P500 which all of the large American companies then they will miss out on buying the Apples, Teslas, Nvidia, Microsofts when they were smaller. From 1927 through December 2023 small stocks outperformed large stocks, 55% of the time after one year, 59% of the time after 5 years, and 68% of the time after 10 years.The third factor to consider while investing is the price of the stocks you are buying. Some stocks are more expensive than others. Confusingly, this has nothing to do with the price of the stock but rather the price of the stock relative to the earnings of the company. This is known as the P/E ratio. On average, value stocks have outperformed growth stocks by 4.4% annually in the US since 1927. From 1926 through December 2023 value stocks were higher than growth stocks, 59% of the time after one year, 70% of the time after 5 years, and 78% of the time after 10 years. The final factor to consider is profitability. That may seem like a captain obvious type comment but factoring in companies with higher probability can make a significant difference for investors. From 1963 through December 2023 high profitability companies were higher than lower profitability companies, 67% of the time after one year, 82% of the time after 5 years, and 92% of the time after 10 years. Successful investing really should target factors that generate higher expected returns. Looking at average annualized returns going back decades, small-cap stocks have beaten large caps, value has outperformed growth, and high-profitability stocks have outgained low-profitability stocks. Unlike active investing or trend models, factor investing doesn't use a crystal ball but instead is grounded in economic theory and backed by decades of empirical data. Of course, past performance is no guarantee of future results but investing based on science is way better than investing based on an active manager's hunch or predictions about the future.Tips & TricksISOs are usually issued by publicly traded companies or private companies planning to go public. My tip regarding ISOs is whether you should take a higher salary and fewer ISOs or a lower salary...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1070, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Novels Since 1900 1: 23-year-old Andrea Sachs gets a job as a personal assistant at Runway magazine in this Lauren Weisberger novel. The Devil Wears Prada. 2: "Texasville" and "Duane's Depressed" are 2 of the many tales of the small-town west by this author who died in 2021. (Larry) McMurtry. 3: The name of this realtor and Sinclair Lewis title character has come to mean a witless booster. (George) Babbitt. 4: There's a weapon in the title of this modern updating of an ancient English legend by T.H. White. The Sword in the Stone. 5: Paul Bäumer is a young German student turned soldier in this World War I novel. All Quiet on the Western Front. Round 2. Category: This Side Up. With Up in quotation marks 1: Dude, you're way too this word, nervous and easily annoyed. uptight. 2: This "Saturday Night Live" newscast title has been used since a weekend in 1975. Weekend Update. 3: "Casablanca" begins with an order to do this to "all suspicious characters and search them". round up. 4: In summer 2013 shares of Pandora stock surged after Goldman Sachs did this to it from "neutral" to "buy". upgrade. 5: Hang gliders ride these rising currents of air to stay aloft. updrafts. Round 3. Category: XOdus. With X in quotes 1: Back Off! I've got this irrational fear of strangers. Xenophobia. 2: A brand name, it's become a synonym for a photocopy. Xerox. 3: Second name of St. Francis, known as the "Apostle of the Indies". Xavier. 4: It's the 4-letter spelling of the shortened form of Christmas; many Christians frown on it. Xmas. 5: It's the alphabetical name for the troubling 1790s incident involving French agents. XYZ Affair. Round 4. Category: Pie-Pourri 1: Betty Crocker has a recipe for rhubarb pie topped with this fluff made from egg whites. meringue. 2: To make this pie topping, stiffly beat egg whites and add granulated sugar one tablespoon at a time. meringue. 3: You don't need a lot of dough to make pie crust; smash up some chocolate wafers to make this kind of crust instead. a crumb crust. 4: Confusingly, this official state dessert of Massachusetts is called pie but made with sponge cake. Boston cream pie. 5: Not chocolate silk or chocolate chiffon, but chocolate this glossy fabric is a favorite at Marie Callender's. chocolate satin. Round 5. Category: Great Places To Propose 1: At a spot near this spectacular site in Africa. Victoria Falls. 2: In Agra, before this monument to eternal love. the Taj Mahal. 3: High atop this British attraction. the Millennium Wheel. 4: On this oldest bridge in Paris, whose name means otherwise. Pont-Neuf. 5: On a beach on this Caribbean island, named for a female saint, with one of its famous volcanic peaks in the background. Saint Lucia. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Narrative CVs are increasingly being used by funders to capture how a successful grant application will positively impact society and promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Crucially, the narrative format also acknowledges contributions from citizen scientists, local communities and administrator colleagues.UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the largest public funder of UK science, is one adopter. In September 2021 it announced that its new approach would “enable people to better demonstrate their contributions to research, teams, and wider society”.In the final episode of this six-part Working Scientist podcast series about team science, Hilary Noone, research culture lead for the UK Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA), says that to push the boundaries of knowledge, we need to hear from more than just people with a long list of publications to their name. Narrative CVs, she argues, make these other, hidden contributions more visible, and more funders globally should start using them.Nik Claesen, managing director of the Brussels-based European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA), says his organisation is keen to see greater awareness of the role of research managers and how they support the scientific enterprise. Confusingly, the profession is called different things around the world, he adds.This is the final episode of Team Science, a six-part podcast series that showcases the roles of research managers, administrators and technicians, and their often hidden contributions to the scientific enterprise. It is a collaboration between Nature Careers and Nature Index. The series is sponsored by Western Sydney University. This episode, and others in the series, concludes with a section looking at how it is helping to champion team science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Bono Vox said in the 1988 film classic “Rattle and Hum,” “I don't mean to bug ya.” Well guess what, we're BUGGING you today as we kick off the Globo-Chem Division. Returning players Kari, Joel, and Susannah will have to contend with the return of Marge Excitable as she raves about pop culture properties whose titles employ the names of insects, arachnids, and other creepy crawlies. But she won't make you groan as much as our recently fired intern Robert, who has completely bungled our audio archives. So our players will hep us to sort through the detritus of the misfiled clips (and we'll give them some points for doing so). Also, I guess a lightning round happened! GUESS WHAT! If you're listening to this on the day it comes out, you have TWO DAYS to join the TGAPCQS Club! If you do, you can attend Taylor's music trivia night live on zoom. It's Wednesday June 14th at 9pm/8pmCT! Hit up Taylor on Discord to suggest songs and categories for full-contact Name That Tune! NOTES ⚠️ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.

Confusingly, similar acronyms describe two very different conditions of the lower GI tract: IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) and IBS (irritable bowel syndrome). IBD is often treated with biologic medical therapies that are infused, injected, or taken orally. IBS, or irritable bowel syndrome, is a diagnosis of exclusion, and treatment includes a different set of medication options and dietary advice. Experts from the Digestive Diseases Center Benjamin Levy, MD, and Mary Ayers, RN, offer their insights into treating IBD and IBS... and how the two conditions may even overlap. The GI Research Foundation was able to produce this podcast with a sponsorship from Metro Infusion Center. To access other podcast episodes and learn more about research to treat, prevent and cure digestive diseases, please visit www.giresearchfoundation.org.

Jimbo, Duncan Alexander and Matt Davies-Adams take in the opening day of the 2022 World Cup. Ecuador ease to a comfortable victory over the hosts. Are Qatar among the worst teams to compete at a World Cup or were they just overawed by the occasion? Monday sees England open their campaign against Iran as they look to score some goals for once, while pale horse the Netherlands take on Mane-less Senegal. Tom Williams sings Wales' prospects ahead of their fixture with the USA while Sam Stejskal tells us the American kids are alright. Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER:  • PART 1a: Qatar 0-2 Ecuador with Nick Miller (02.30) • PART 1b: Senegal v Netherlands preview (12.00) • PART 2a: England v Iran preview (20.00)  • PART 2b: The Welsh perspective with Tom Williams (23.00) • PART 2c: The American perspective with Sam Stejskal (27.30) SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS • theathletic.com/totally Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Vonia dressed up for Halloween this year and Vonia fended off her rabid children for who demand candy 24/7. Mike is still loving the Irish murder mystery and the haunting intro music and Vonia is all about the spooks! Then it's a dancing tampon, some candy fueled depression, a good mannered southern kitty and a deep talk about God and rewiring the brain with some positive affirmations. Also, don't tell Vonia's kids, but yes, she threw away 75% of her their candy and they didn't bat an eye.

Today we come to Genesis 6:1-8. Perhaps you already know this, but these eight verses can be the most confusing verses in Genesis, and their easily the most debated verses in Genesis. And yet, almost everyone agrees with the main gist put forward here in these eight verses. Think of a forest with many trees.…… Continue reading Genesis 6:1-8 – Confusingly Clear

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US.   On today's episode, NLW catches up on recent crypto news including: Jerome Powell's recent comments on DeFi California enforcement actions An update on Do Kwon  TBD teams up with Circle - Nexo is a security-first platform where you can buy, exchange and borrow against your crypto. The company ensures the safety of your funds by employing five key fundamentals including real-time auditing and recently increased $775 million insurance on custodial assets. Learn more at nexo.io. - Chainalysis is the blockchain data platform. We provide data, software, services and research to government agencies, exchanges, financial institutions and insurance and cybersecurity companies. Our data powers investigation, compliance and market intelligence software that has been used to solve some of the world's most high-profile criminal cases. For more information, visit www.chainalysis.com. - FTX US is the safe, regulated way to buy Bitcoin, ETH, SOL and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors and trade ETH and SOL NFTs with no gas fees and subsidized gas on withdrawals. Sign up at FTX.US today. - I.D.E.A.S. 2022 by CoinDesk facilitates capital flow and market growth by connecting the digital economy with traditional finance through the presenter's mainstage, capital allocation meeting rooms and sponsor expo floor. Use code BREAKDOWN20 for 20% off the General Pass. Learn more and register at coindesk.com/ideas. - “The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with today's editing by Eleanor Pahl and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is “Razor Red” by Sam Barsh and “The Life We Had” by Moments. Image credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.

Do the Federal Reserve chief's comments reflect larger confusion between decentralized finance and centralized finance?This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. On today's episode, NLW catches up on recent crypto news including:Jerome Powell's recent comments on DeFiCalifornia enforcement actionsAn update on Do Kwon TBD teams up with Circle-Nexo is a security-first platform where you can buy, exchange and borrow against your crypto. The company ensures the safety of your funds by employing five key fundamentals including real-time auditing and recently increased $775 million insurance on custodial assets. Learn more at nexo.io.-Chainalysis is the blockchain data platform. We provide data, software, services and research to government agencies, exchanges, financial institutions and insurance and cybersecurity companies. Our data powers investigation, compliance and market intelligence software that has been used to solve some of the world's most high-profile criminal cases. For more information, visit www.chainalysis.com.-FTX US is the safe, regulated way to buy Bitcoin, ETH, SOL and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors and trade ETH and SOL NFTs with no gas fees and subsidized gas on withdrawals. Sign up at FTX.US today.-I.D.E.A.S. 2022 by CoinDesk facilitates capital flow and market growth by connecting the digital economy with traditional finance through the presenter's mainstage, capital allocation meeting rooms and sponsor expo floor. Use code BREAKDOWN20 for 20% off the General Pass. Learn more and register at coindesk.com/ideas.-“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with today's editing by Eleanor Pahl and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is “Razor Red” by Sam Barsh and “The Life We Had” by Moments. Image credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bloodsport/Futuresport/something Season continues with Death Race 2000! Confusingly released a week before last week's Rollerball it's another slice of dystopian American satire, but this time with less a stick up its ass, to borrow another American-ism. Next week, we watch the remake of Rollerball, it's, er, Rollerball! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! Download the soundtrack! Buy our Merch! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Announcing Squiggle: Early Access, published by ozziegooen on August 3, 2022 on LessWrong. Update: We've announced a $1,000 prize for early experimentation with Squiggle. Introduction Squiggle is a special-purpose programming language for probabilistic estimation. Think: "Guesstimate as a programming language." Squiggle is free and open-source. Our team has been using Squiggle for QURI estimations for the last few months and found it very helpful. The Future Fund recently began experimenting with Squiggle for estimating the value of different grants. Now we're ready for others publicly to begin experimenting with it. The core API should be fairly stable; we plan to add functionality but intend to limit breaking changes. We'll do our best to summarize Squiggle for a diverse audience. If any of this seems intimidating, note that Squiggle can be used in ways not much more advanced than Guesstimate. If it looks too simple, feel free to skim or read the docs directly. Work on Squiggle! We're looking to hire people to work on Squiggle for the main tooling. We're also interested in volunteers or collaborators for the ecosystem (get in touch!). Links Public Website, Github Repo, Previous LessWrong Sequence What Squiggle is and is not What Squiggle Is A simple programming language for doing math with probability distributions. An embeddable language that can be used in Javascript applications. This means you can use Squiggle directly in other websites. A tool to encode functions as forecasts that can be embedded in other applications. What Squiggle Is Not A complete replacement for enterprise Risk Analysis tools. (See Crystal Ball, @Risk, Lumina Analytica) A probabilistic programming language. Squiggle does not support Bayesian inference. (Confusingly, "Probabilistic Programming Language" really refers to this specific class of language and is distinct from "languages that allow for using probability.") A tool for substantial data analysis. (See programming languages like Python or Julia) A programming language for anything other than estimation. A visually-driven tool. (See Guesstimate and Causal) Strengths Simple and readable syntax, especially for dealing with probabilistic math. Fast for relatively small models. Useful for rapid prototyping. Optimized for using some numeric and symbolic approaches, not just Monte Carlo. Embeddable in Javascript. Free and open-source (MIT license). Weaknesses Limited scientific capabilities. Much slower than serious probabilistic programming languages on sizeable models. Can't do backward Bayesian inference. Essentially no support for libraries or modules (yet). Still very new, so a tiny ecosystem. Still very new, so there are likely math bugs. Generally not as easy to use as Guesstimate or Causal, especially for non-programmers. Example: Piano Tuners Note: Feel free to skim this section, it's just to give a quick sense of what the language is. Say you're estimating the number of piano tuners in New York City. You can build a simple model of this, like so. proportionOfPopulationWithPianos = (.002 to 0.01) // We assume there are almost no people with multiple pianos pianoTunersPerPiano = { pianosPerPianoTuner = 2k to 50k // This is artificially narrow, to help graphics later 1 / pianosPerPianoTuner } // This {} syntax is a block. Only the last line of it, "1 / pianosPerPianoTuner", is returned. totalTunersIn2022 = (populationOfNewYork2022 proportionOfPopulationWithPianos pianoTunersPerPiano) totalTunersIn2022 Now let's take this a bit further. Let's imagine that you think that NYC will rapidly grow over time, and you'd like to estimate the number of piano tuners for every point in time for the next few years. //Time in years after 2022 populationAtTime(t) = { averageYearlyPercentageChange = -0.01 to 0.05 // We're expecting NYC to continuo...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Announcing Squiggle: Early Access, published by ozziegooen on August 3, 2022 on LessWrong. Update: We've announced a $1,000 prize for early experimentation with Squiggle. Introduction Squiggle is a special-purpose programming language for probabilistic estimation. Think: "Guesstimate as a programming language." Squiggle is free and open-source. Our team has been using Squiggle for QURI estimations for the last few months and found it very helpful. The Future Fund recently began experimenting with Squiggle for estimating the value of different grants. Now we're ready for others publicly to begin experimenting with it. The core API should be fairly stable; we plan to add functionality but intend to limit breaking changes. We'll do our best to summarize Squiggle for a diverse audience. If any of this seems intimidating, note that Squiggle can be used in ways not much more advanced than Guesstimate. If it looks too simple, feel free to skim or read the docs directly. Work on Squiggle! We're looking to hire people to work on Squiggle for the main tooling. We're also interested in volunteers or collaborators for the ecosystem (get in touch!). Links Public Website, Github Repo, Previous LessWrong Sequence What Squiggle is and is not What Squiggle Is A simple programming language for doing math with probability distributions. An embeddable language that can be used in Javascript applications. This means you can use Squiggle directly in other websites. A tool to encode functions as forecasts that can be embedded in other applications. What Squiggle Is Not A complete replacement for enterprise Risk Analysis tools. (See Crystal Ball, @Risk, Lumina Analytica) A probabilistic programming language. Squiggle does not support Bayesian inference. (Confusingly, "Probabilistic Programming Language" really refers to this specific class of language and is distinct from "languages that allow for using probability.") A tool for substantial data analysis. (See programming languages like Python or Julia) A programming language for anything other than estimation. A visually-driven tool. (See Guesstimate and Causal) Strengths Simple and readable syntax, especially for dealing with probabilistic math. Fast for relatively small models. Useful for rapid prototyping. Optimized for using some numeric and symbolic approaches, not just Monte Carlo. Embeddable in Javascript. Free and open-source (MIT license). Weaknesses Limited scientific capabilities. Much slower than serious probabilistic programming languages on sizeable models. Can't do backward Bayesian inference. Essentially no support for libraries or modules (yet). Still very new, so a tiny ecosystem. Still very new, so there are likely math bugs. Generally not as easy to use as Guesstimate or Causal, especially for non-programmers. Example: Piano Tuners Note: Feel free to skim this section, it's just to give a quick sense of what the language is. Say you're estimating the number of piano tuners in New York City. You can build a simple model of this, like so. proportionOfPopulationWithPianos = (.002 to 0.01) // We assume there are almost no people with multiple pianos pianoTunersPerPiano = { pianosPerPianoTuner = 2k to 50k // This is artificially narrow, to help graphics later 1 / pianosPerPianoTuner } // This {} syntax is a block. Only the last line of it, "1 / pianosPerPianoTuner", is returned. totalTunersIn2022 = (populationOfNewYork2022 proportionOfPopulationWithPianos pianoTunersPerPiano) totalTunersIn2022 Now let's take this a bit further. Let's imagine that you think that NYC will rapidly grow over time, and you'd like to estimate the number of piano tuners for every point in time for the next few years. //Time in years after 2022 populationAtTime(t) = { averageYearlyPercentageChange = -0.01 to 0.05 // We're expecting NYC to continuo...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Announcing Squiggle: Early Access, published by Ozzie Gooen on August 3, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Introduction Squiggle is a special-purpose programming language for probabilistic estimation. Think: "Guesstimate as a programming language." Squiggle is free and open-source. Our team has been using Squiggle for QURI estimations for the last few months and found it very helpful. The Future Fund recently began experimenting with Squiggle for estimating the value of different grants. Now we're ready for others publicly to begin experimenting with it. The core API should be fairly stable; we plan to add functionality but intend to limit breaking changes. We'll do our best to summarize Squiggle for a diverse audience. If any of this seems intimidating, note that Squiggle can be used in ways not much more advanced than Guesstimate. If it looks too simple, feel free to skim or read the docs directly. Work on Squiggle! We're looking to hire people to work on Squiggle for the main tooling. We're also interested in volunteers or collaborators for the ecosystem (get in touch!). Links Public Website, Github Repo, Previous LessWrong Sequence What Squiggle is and is not What Squiggle Is A simple programming language for doing math with probability distributions. An embeddable language that can be used in Javascript applications. This means you can use Squiggle directly in other websites. A tool to encode functions as forecasts that can be embedded in other applications. What Squiggle Is Not A complete replacement for enterprise Risk Analysis tools. (See Crystal Ball, @Risk, Lumina Analytica) A probabilistic programming language. Squiggle does not support Bayesian inference. (Confusingly, "Probabilistic Programming Language" really refers to this specific class of language and is distinct from "languages that allow for using probability.") A tool for substantial data analysis. (See programming languages like Python or Julia) A programming language for anything other than estimation. A visually-driven tool. (See Guesstimate and Causal) Strengths Simple and readable syntax, especially for dealing with probabilistic math. Fast for relatively small models. Useful for rapid prototyping. Optimized for using some numeric and symbolic approaches, not just Monte Carlo. Embeddable in Javascript. Free and open-source (MIT license). Weaknesses Limited scientific capabilities. Much slower than serious probabilistic programming languages on sizeable models. Can't do backward Bayesian inference. Essentially no support for libraries or modules (yet). Still very new, so a tiny ecosystem. Still very new, so there are likely math bugs. Generally not as easy to use as Guesstimate or Causal, especially for non-programmers. Example: Piano Tuners Note: Feel free to skim this section, it's just to give a quick sense of what the language is. Say you're estimating the number of piano tuners in New York City. You can build a simple model of this, like so. proportionOfPopulationWithPianos = (.002 to 0.01) // We assume there are almost no people with multiple pianos pianoTunersPerPiano = { pianosPerPianoTuner = 2k to 50k // This is artificially narrow, to help graphics later 1 / pianosPerPianoTuner } // This {} syntax is a block. Only the last line of it, "1 / pianosPerPianoTuner", is returned. totalTunersIn2022 = (populationOfNewYork2022 proportionOfPopulationWithPianos pianoTunersPerPiano) totalTunersIn2022 Now let's take this a bit further. Let's imagine that you think that NYC will rapidly grow over time, and you'd like to estimate the number of piano tuners for every point in time for the next few years. //Time in years after 2022 populationAtTime(t) = { averageYearlyPercentageChange = -0.01 to 0.05 // We're expecting NYC to continuously and rapidly grow. We model this as having a constant gr...

Videogames aren't always the most welcoming medium for newcomers, and one way they can confuse is through their titles; some series are easy enough to decipher, while others are Byzantine jumbles of numbers and subtitles. With game-industry legend Chris Baker on board, we look at five series with nonsensical titles, after which we'll dig into Summer Games Fest, the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase, Capcom's reveals, and the announcements from the above that you're most excited for.

Fatigue, constipation, weight gain, and thinning hair and eyebrows are only some of the common signs and symptoms that your thyroid gland isn't working as it should. You could also be experiencing feeling cold when everyone around you is throwing off their jumpers. Confusingly, when the thyroid is overactive (instead of the more common underactive thyroid) can cause symptoms of anxiety, diarrhoea, and weight loss. This is a really important conversation, because there are so many of us struggling with the effects of poor thyroid function. With the thyroid in particular, there are huge challenges when it comes to getting the right guidance for healing. Conventional medicine unfortunately usually only looks at the tip of the iceberg when it comes to thyroid testing. Today I have an awesome guest for you, Thyroid Expert Michael Rutherford.Michael is incredibly knowledgeable, and he is actually a mentor of mine within the functional nutrition space.Join us as we dive into all things thyroid: ● What the thyroid is and why it's important● The main signs and symptoms of thyroid dysfunction● Lab testing for the thyroid● Key factors at the root cause of thyroid dysfunction● How to support the thyroid naturallySubscribe & ReviewI'd absolutely love for you to subscribe to my podcast so you don't miss an episode! I'll be adding a new episode each week, and if you're not subscribed you might miss out. Click here to subscribe in iTunes!If you have a few minutes to spare, I would be so grateful if you left a review over on iTunes. These reviews help other people find my podcast and they're also so much fun for me to read. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let me know what you enjoyed about the podcast. Thank you!Links from today's episodeFind Michael on Instagram or visit his websiteLearn more about High Vibe & Gut Healthy. Click here to book your Free Strategy Session with Fran.Got a question you'd like answered? Contact Fran via Instagram @frandargaville or email hello@frandargaville.com.

In this week's episode, Tara and Haley discuss a parallel between Dean and Logan from Haley's first viral Tiktok. Confusingly, the comments were all about Jess, so (of course) they talk about the first (and only) time Logan and Jess meet. Grab a coffee and get comfortable because the girls have more to say.

The Field Guide to Particle Physics : Season 2https://pasayten.org/the-field-guide-to-particle-physics©2022 The Pasayten Institute cc by-sa-4.0The definitive resource for all data in particle physics is the Particle Data Group: https://pdg.lbl.gov.The Pasayten Institute is on a mission to build and share physics knowledge, without barriers! Get in touch.Charge KaonsStrangeness - as a property of particles - was an attempt to explain why some particles took a really long time to decay. By that measure, the charged Kaons are definitely strange.Weighing in at 493 MeV, the charged kaons are heavy. Three times as heavy as the pions. And yet, given their mass, it's surprising that they're lifetime is also measured in nanoseconds. About 12 nano seconds, actually. Quite long for such heavy particles.The charged kaons are composed of a strange quark and an antiup quark. Or an up quark and an anti-strange quark. Kind of like pions. Only STRANGE.Kaons are strange in more than the technical sense. Their decays confused everyone for quite some time.In the late 1940s, particle physicists discovered a few strange particles that all seemed to have about half the mass of the proton, but decayed very differently.Something physicists originally called the tau+ (a historical name, which should not to be confused with the tau lepton) decayed into THREE pions. A pi+ and two neutral pions. Something originally called the theta+ also decayed into pions, but only one pi+ and ONE pi 0. Confusingly, these taus and theta appeared to be IDENTICAL otherwise. They should have been the same, actually, except for those different decays. And up until that time, no particle had ever been seen decaying to BOTH two AND three pions.How could the tau+ and the theta+ be the same particle? It would be as if you were BOTH totally left handed AND totally right handed. Like you were literally your reflection in your mirror, but only sometimes. These ideas are captured by the idea of PARITY, nothing more than a twist on the idea of left and right handedness.  Decaying to THREE pions suggested that the kaon parity was ODD. But decaying to TWO pions suggested it had even parity. Numbers can't be BOTH EVEN AND ODD, how could particles?This might seem like an abstruse problem to have, but to physicists at the time, conservation of parity seemed as vital as the conservation of angular momentum. We know better now, as kaon decay involves strange quarks which each via the weak nuclear force. The weak nuclear force - carried by W and Z-bosons - violates parity explicitly. Maximally, as it turns out.The charged kaons decay to muons about 63% of the time. Those two pion decays? That's just over 20%. The three pion decays? Just about 5.6%. There are crazy things too, like the so-called semileptonic decays which include BOTH pions AND electrons or muons. Things get complicated when the masses get large. But this is only the tip of the strangeness iceberg. There's plenty more to come.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: What's Up With Confusingly Pervasive Consequentialism?, published by Raymond Arnold on January 20, 2022 on The AI Alignment Forum. Fictionalized/Paraphrased version of a real dialog between me and John Wentworth. Fictionalized Me: So, in the Eliezer/Richard dialogs, Eliezer is trying to get across this idea that consequentialism deeply permeates optimization, and this is important, and that's one reason why Alignment is Hard. But something about it is confusing and slippery, and he keeps trying to explain it and it keeps not-quite-landing. I think I get it, but I'm not sure I could explain it. Or, I'm not sure who to explain it to. I don't think I could tell who was making a mistake, where "consequentialism is secretly everywhere" is a useful concept for realizing-the-mistake. Fictionalized John: [stares at me] Me: Okay, I guess I'm probably supposed to try and explain this and see what happens. Me: Okay, so the part that's confusing here is that this is supposed to be something that Eliezer thinks thoughtful, attentive people like Richard (and Paul?) aren't getting, despite them having read lots of relevant material and paying attention and being generally on board with "alignment is hard." ...so, what is a sort of mistake I could imagine a smart, thoughtful person who read the sequences making here? My Eliezer-model imagines someone building what they think is an aligned ML system. They've trained it carefully to do things they reflectively approve of, they've put a lot of work into making it interpretable and honest. This Smart Thoughtful Researcher has read the sequences and believes that alignment is hard and whatnot. Nonetheless, they'll have failed to really grok this "consequentialism-is-more-pervasive-and-important-than-you-think" concept. And this will cause doom when they try to scale up their project to accomplish something actually hard. I... guess what I think Eliezer thinks is that Thoughful Researcher isn't respecting inner optimizers enough. They'll have built their system to be carefully aligned, but to do anything hard, it'll end up generating inner-optimizers that aren't aligned, and the inner-optimizers will kill everyone. John: Nod. But not quite. I think you're still missing something. You're familiar with the arguments of convergent instrumental goals? Me: i.e. most agents will end up wanting power/resources/self-preservation/etc? John: Yeah. But not only is "wanting power and self preservation" convergently instrumental. Consequentialism is convergently instrumental. Consequentialism is a (relatively) simple, effective process for accomplishing goals, so things that efficiently optimize for goals tend to approximate it. Now, say there's something hard you want to do, like build a moon base, or cure cancer or whatever. If there were a list of all the possible plans that cure cancer, ranked by "likely to work", most of the plans that might work route through "consequentalism", and "acquire resources." Not only that, most of the plans route through "acquire resources in a way that is unfriendly to human values." Because in the space of all possible plans, while consequentialism doesn't take that many bits to specify, human values are highly complex and take a lot of bits to specify. Notice that I just said "in the space of all possible plans, here are the most common plans." I didn't say anything about agents choosing plans or acting in the world. Just listing the plans. And this is important because the hard part lives in the choosing of the plans. Now, say you build an oracle AI. You've done all the things to try and make it interpretable and honest and such. If you ask it for a plan to cure cancer, what happens? Me: I guess it gives you a plan, and... the plan probably routes through consequentialist agents acquiring power in an unfriendly wa...

In considering this episode description I searched for 'best and worst small talk topics' and learned that 'weather' is amongst the best, and 'religion' amongst the worst. Confusingly, however, 'Jupiter, God of Weather' didn't seem to rate a mention at all. But enough about me. Have you heard any good podcasts lately?

Tonight Bjúgnakrækir, the 9th Yule Lad comes to town This is a 15-day Icelandic Christmas series. To hear about the  other Yule Lads that have already arrived and an overview of this Icelandic Christmas series, check out Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, and Day 9. Below is the Icelandic and English version of the poem about Bjúgnakrækir by Jóhannes úr Kötlum. Icelandic version of the poem about Bjúgnakrækir Níundi var Bjúgnakrækir,  brögðóttur og snar.  Hann hentist upp í rjáfrin  og hnuplaði þar.  Á eldhúsbita sat hann  í sóti og reyk  og át þar hangið bjúga,  sem engan sveik. English version of the poem about Bjúgnakrækir The ninth was Sausage Swiper, a shifty pilferer. He climbed up to the rafters and raided food from there. Sitting on a crossbeam in soot and in smoke, he fed himself on sausage fit for gentlefolk. Icelandic Christmas Tradition Menorah looking electric candle decorations. I was so confused when I saw these in the window of many Icelanders when I visited for the first time in December 2013 because I didn´t know so many Jewish people lived here. However, when I looked closer and inquired about it, these candles are not a menorah but closely resemble them.  According to the website Stuck in Iceland, these lights were apparently brought to Iceland by an illustrious businessman from Sweden in the sixties. The story goes that he bought a few handmade lights for his aunts but pretty soon everybody had to have one. Needless to say, he made a fortune on this rather lucky break. If something catches on in homogenous Iceland, well it takes off big time! Confusingly, Icelanders also prepare wreaths with four candles. The candles are lit on every Sunday on the advent. Share this post Share on facebook Facebook Share on email Email Share on twitter Twitter

 SPICE IT UP     SAVORY VS THYME Often there's a couple of herbs that look alike and even have similar flavour profiles. If you had them growing together in the herb garden, you may even confuse the two because of how closely they look to each other. Thyme is the better known herb in Australia, which from the 1950's was commonly used in soups, stews, scones and casseroles. For some reason, savory is not very well known in Australia, but it's commonly used America and England. In England, and America, it's quite popular and in the US, winter savory is a key ingredient in the stuffing for the 'Thanksgiving Turkey.' If you rubbed both herbs without knowing which was which, you would most likely think they both were the same herb. Winter savory, unlike thyme, is not sold as a cut herb in the produce aisle of your supermarket. Confusingly there is a 'summer savory' which tends to die off in winter and usually not come back. Looking after both herbs With their tiny leaves, both herbs are adapted to the dry regions of the mediterranean.  Both herbs are in the mint (Lamiaceae) family, but unlike mint, don't  feel you need to give either thyme or winter savory heaps of water with the exception of the hottest days in Australia's summers. I've never seen the seeds of savory being sold however if you have a pot of winter savory that's overgrown and become leggy, follow these tips to refresh it. Dividing the roots  in spring, will rejuvenate the plant. Start off by trimming about a third of any wrapped or circling roots. Divide the root ball into thirds or quarters, making sure that each section has a healthy piece of root and stems with green leaves attached. Remove one-third of the top growth, and trim away any dead or damaged stems and leaves. Re-pot into new containers and gift some to your friends. But can you substitute one for the other? Thyme has the volatile oil: thymol which is a strong natural antiseptic.   Wild thyme growing amongst a rocky outcrop You only need to use a small amount to get the flavour, and is a key ingredient in mixed herbs. Did you know there are over 100 varieties of thyme? The wild thyme of Provence is known for its strength of flavour. Think 'herbs de Provence' is a blend with this wild thyme. The answer is yes, both herbs are interchangeable, but savoury is less pungent than thyme. You will find winter savory, Satureja (sat-you-rea) montana, as a plant sold in most garden centres. So time to get some of your own. Let's find out more by listening to the podcast. I'm talking with Ian Hemphill from www.herbies.com.au If you have any feedback email realworldgardener@gmail.com or write in to 2RRR PO Box 644 Gladesville NSW 1675

Never surrender, no capitulation, “quitters don't win and winners don't quit”, “when you are going through hell, keep going”.  The leader is the organisation's rock, it's talisman, the one who overcomes all.  The mindset is hard headed, stubborn, able to persevere no matter what.  Confusingly, the leader also has to be flexible, supple, adaptable and adjustable.  These opposites remind me of the yin yang symbol, the essence of dualism.  How should we leaders operate in this dualistic ecosystem, where we are called upon to be hard headed and yet pliable at the same time?   When you think about it, leaders become leaders because most other people just can't be bothered.  As Yogi Berra, the American philosopher once noted, “Leading is easy.  It's getting people to follow you which is hard”.  That is the reason most people are followers – leading others is hard work, problematic and stressful.    As the boss, we sometimes have to fire people who underperform and unless you are a corporate psychopath, this is unpleasant, wearing and difficult.  As the leader we have to drive our people to accept our world view is correct.  Now we may believe it, but why is it true?  What is so special about us, that we have a much clearer vision than everyone else, on where we need to go and what needs to happen?  Are we secretly suffering from imposter syndrome, where we are second guessing our own decisions or are we like a mad pirate captain, aggressively shouting out orders that must be obeyed or else?   As the leader, we have to be accountable for the results. However, we can't do everything by ourselves these days, so we are forced to work through our people.  These are people who are totally different from us.  They are marching to the beat of many and various drums.  They also have secret drums, whose beat they never share with the boss.  There are hidden agendas flying around everywhere in the workplace. The boss has to corral all of these somehow and get the team to work together and toil away in harmony.  No wonder most people say “no thank you” and opt to be followers.   On top of all of this, the boss is busy, busy, busy. Working through people is fine as an idea, but the boss has a truckload of work to get through each day, to make sure things are moving forward as planned.    In this modern age, the time available to coach people has become a minimalist activity.  Also, the time to delegate properly to direct reports isn't there.  Delegation easily drops off the leader's radar.  This lack of delegation ability just boomerangs back into the boss's orbit the work which should be done by others.  As the boss, we should be working only on those high value items which only we can do and we should be delegating everything else.  Good in theory, but for a reality check, when I take a hard look at my daily work schedule and routine I wince.    How open are we really to the opinions of our team?  We see a lot of mouthing of platitudes by leaders about management by wandering around.  This can often just become issuing orders and directives from a new location, other than their spacious corner executive office.    The platitudes come thick and fast when the subject of “servant leader” pops up.  When I hear “I am a servant leader”, my ears prick up, I brace myself and the cynical Aussie in me emerges.  We all get the idea.  We have to work through people and we have to become enablers, allowing others to be the best they can be.  All laudable stuff.  But how does all of this fit into the messy world of the busy, driven, take no prisoners, get the job done, hard head executive?  Who actually is serving who in reality?   If we do want to tap into the full potential of our teams, we will need to change our priorities and mindset.  We definitely should make more time for our team members to coach and encourage them.  I can hear the shrieks of pain already from many leaders, myself included. How can we do this? Let's start by remember it isn't the whole day we are talking about here.  Good so far, but we are talking about paying the opportunity cost of coaching someone versus doing other high value, urgent tasks.  I realise I have to face the fact this is the cost I need to pay and reorganise myself.   Our mindset also needs to incorporate there are many paths to the mountain top and accept that maybe we don't know everything.  This is particularly hard because we are often reluctant to give up control and concede someone else's idea is better than ours.  We didn't become the leader because we doubted ourselves.  Can we concede others may have better ideas than we have?  How do we adjust to that approach, that angle?   In my own case, going for greater self-awareness is a good starting point.  This is how to realise that I have been hardwired by my experiences and attitudes to see the world in a certain way.   Consequently, I tend to lead a certain way, believing this is the “correct and only” way.    Conceding I am not perfect would have to be close behind.  Intellectually I know this, but I also know I am the leader and everyone is depending on me to be right and every time. How to do I regulate the perfection drive to incorporate more flexibility?  I struggle with this one all the time.   Let's do the job to the best of our abilities and let's not see flexibility as a weakness.  I have to constantly remind myself that while most people don't want the hassles of being the leader, they can still have ideas and views which are a plus.  I can select what I like and leave what I don't like.  I have to keep telling myself, “Greg, it is not a zero sum game anymore”.    The yin yang idea of dualism requires a flexible mindset, which requires work.  Like all hard work there are rewards at the end that make it worthwhile and this is another case, so let's switch up our thinking about what it means to be a leader.  I'm still a work in progress and I probably need this message more than anyone else.

Fantasy Zone, released on the Game Gear in 1991, is a bright, bold and breezy shoot-em-up starring Opa Opa, a sentient space ship. Confusingly, it is a reworking of Fantasy Zone, released on the Master System in 1986, a bright, bold and breezy shoot-em-up starring Opa Opa, a sentient space ship. Does the Game Gear version bring something new to the table? Is the game worth a go? What is a cute-em-up? Give us a listen and find out! Come join us on all the usual socials - follow, like, share, subscribe, rate, review and all that, if you please: Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook Music for this episode is by Stevia Sphere from the album Cell Division. You can find that and many more great tunes on their Bandcamp here: https://steviasphere.bandcamp.com/

Isaiah 2 is a short description of the turning that we'll experience in this book. While Isaiah 1 starts with the harsh disappointment that God has for the people of Judah, Isaiah 2 is a hopeful message of eventual reunion and reconciliation. These chapters are a mini table of contents for the rest of the book of Isaiah and it is helpful to keep these first two chapters in mind as we continue forward throughout the rest of the book. Noah's edit: I imply in this episode that Mt. Zion is the highest mountain in Jerusalem. In actuality, it's one of the smaller mountains with the west mountain being far higher. Confusingly this West mountain is sometimes referred to as Mt. Zion today, but the East mountain is the place where the city of David rested.

Top 3 Likes: John and James come to the forefront as characters, and these brothers are supposed to be taught a lesson about the purpose of the kingdom of God....also, reflecting on John as he supposedly composes his Gospel. Top 3 ?s: Confusingly, Galilee is forgotten rather quickly (why have we moved on into Samaria so quickly without seeing any portrayal of Jesus and the disciples prior), the parable of the Good Samaritan isn't portrayed as a parable and the Samaritan is actually wicked? And, is it a good idea to flash forward to John composing his material for a Gospel and confusing us as to why they are so sad decades later?

Anthony, Papi, and Lucas debrief a confusingly successful Syracuse season after losing to Houston in the Sweet 16. Then they hand out awards and recap some of the best (and not so best) moments from the season. They conclude today's episode with previewing the Final Four between Gonzaga, UCLA, Baylor, and Houston.  Follow Cali to Cuse on Twitter @Calitocuse

It's the first episode of 2021, and the first episode of Series 3! For new listeners, My Movie Minute is the podcast in which cinephiles Mark and Charlie discuss just 1 minute or less from the movies they love. Confusingly, Mark and Charlie have decided to start this series with endings having each chosen some powerful final minutes from movies.  Mark is up first this week with a rather meandering minute which comes at the end of an early 2000's movie of epic proportions. Find out why one of Mark's favourite endings involves a man, watching children play baseball...   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mymovieminute/message

Mentioned in this episode NaPodPoMo http://napodpomo.org  Pronounce Drug Names Like a Pro Online Course https://www.kimnewlove.com FDA Medication Guides Search Page FDA-Approved Drugs Search Page USAN Drug Name Pronunciation Guide Guide to pronunciation I’m publishing one podcast episode per day in the month of November 2020 as part of a challenge called NaPodPoMo.  It stands for National Podcast Post Month.  November is National Podcast Post Month, and the goal of the challenge is 30 podcast episodes in 30 days.  This is a bite-sized episode, which I’m using to help promote my new online course:  Pronounce Drug Names Like a Pro. In today’s episode, I share few ways to find brand-name drug pronunciations.  Finding the official pronunciations for some brand-name drugs can be a challenge.  Unfortunately, there isn’t a dictionary for them.   Brand name drugs have unique names for safety reasons.  Confusingly similar drug names can lead to errors.  Errors can cause harm.  Brand drug names are usually shorter and easier to pronounce.  It shouldn’t be that hard to pronounce them, but sometimes it is; even for me.    There are many ways to find brand name drug pronunciations.  Try looking inside package inserts and medication guides that are physically attached to brand name drugs or in the product packaging.  If you don’t work in a pharmacy, but you want to access the pronunciations, go to the FDA’s website.  Search for package inserts and medication guides for drugs.  The information is not always there, but when it is, it comes from the drug company.  Navigating the pages is explained in my course using screen-sharing videos.      If you see marks that indicate long vowel sounds and short vowel sounds, use a pronunciation guide to interpret them.  I like the drug names that are written in “common language” without marks or assumptions that you know long and short vowel sounds.  Watch for the syllables with the emphasis.  They are usually noted by capitalized letters or prime symbols.  Also note the separation between the syllables. 

This episode is a lecture tutorial that offers an overview of the doctrines of claim preclusion and issue preclusion.  These doctrines are also know as res judicata and collateral estoppel, respectively.  (Confusingly,) These doctrines are also sometimes jointly referred to as "res judicata."

Confusingly anti-utilitarians and utilitarians believe the same thing - one is pro happiness and the other is anti suffering. Anyway, we refuse to disclose if we are vegans or not because individual choice is not really relevant. Imagine thinking your diet is political?! Please go to this Youtube video. It is a masterpiece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMq1PiUbf-M

Abdominal pain is a common presenting complaint in children. Confusingly, there are many different causes. In this episode, we aim to equip you with the knowledge to help differentiate between urgent and less urgent causes. You don't want to miss: A general approach to abdominal pain Important differentials How to take a good pain history How to examine a child with abdominal pan Investigations to be considered  Discharge considerations Links and resources: Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourekiddingright.pod/ and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourekiddingrightpod-107273607638323/ Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW so you don’t miss out on any pearls of wisdom and RATE if you can to help other people find us!

In this week's pod we review Inception (Netflix).   Confusingly pointless or staggeringly brilliant?    Listen to find out what we made of it.  In addition:- The group ponders whether James Bond is A-list or B-list- Harry offers Leonardo Di Caprio some advice on building his CV-  Henry explains the concept of dubbing-  Dan recounts how his fiancée wasn't in the right mood to say hello to his little friend-  Kieran does a terrible impression of Mel Gibson doing a terrible impression of a Scotsman.Next week's film is Monos (Netflix). Why not watch, tweet us your review @lockdownfclub and tune in next week to see if we agree with you.  Cheers!

We continue in our verse by verse Bible study through the Book of Acts on Sunday Mornings with Pastor Jon Geraci at Calvary South Denver in Littleton CO. This week we look at Acts 2:1-21 in a sermon called “Confusingly Amazed.” Click Here

THE CELL!! Have you seen it? It's super weird! JLo goes into Vincent D'Onofiro's (for you Law and Order CI fans) actual mind and finds a lot of body jewelry not being used for its intended purpose. Confusingly, also starring Vince Vaughn, which is one too many "Vinces" for these podcast hosts. Check it out!

Zoom Meetings Starts From Hell – Part Two   In Part One, we looked at planning our first impressions on-line, the importance of rehearsing the presentation, dealing with the tech and having an opening which grips audience attention immediately.   The potential damage you can do to your personal brand doesn't evaporate, just because you are now in the virtual meeting world.  No one cuts you any slack, just because you are now broadcasting from home.  We have to treat the on-line environment, just as we would the in-person occasion.  The only real difference is that the on-line presenting world is rife with less control, more tech issues and wholly, as opposed to partially, distracted audience.   We can be adding to the distraction factor ourselves.  When there are multiple presenters, the tech must be savagely brought to heel.  The curtain goes up, we start the presentation, but where does the camera automatically focus?  If one of the presenters is unmuted and shuffling papers, then they will suddenly appear on screen, even though they are not aware of it nor ready to go.  The inscrutable tech searches for sound and then synchronises with the camera views, capturing whoever that sound originated from.  The camera view can become quite chaotic, as each person's inadvertent sound contribution has the audience view flicking from one person to another, without mercy.  From a viewer point of view, this chaos is distracting.   It diminishes our perspective that these experts being rolled out, are actually competent experts.   As mentioned in Part One, have a slide of the event up on screen and keep the presenters in the background until needed.  The host should be muting everyone and no individual's camera should be turned on until the host gets the proceedings underway.  The host introduces the presenter with both voice and a slide detailing the key points of their resume.  We would do this in a live presentation when we were gathered in a room together, so why not do it on-line as well.  The host then throws to the presenter, who comes on camera and audio for the first time.  As mentioned last week, most presenters have their laptops on a table, so the camera is peering up their noses.  Raise the height of the camera so that it is eye line.  This is hard, but whenever possible, don't talk to the screen, rather talk directly to the camera.   Also replicate this control environment for the Q&A at the end.  This can be quite comedic, as the control of the tech is lost and the camera and audio are flying around between all of the presenters who are not unmuted and on camera.  The same rules apply. The host takes the question and then passes that question on to the appropriate expert, instructing them to come on camera and answer it, before submerging them back into silent invisibility.   One thing I dislike with Q&A sessions is that you can only lodge your question through typing it into the Q&A section or the chatbox.  Now we are in the hands of someone designated to convey what you have written to the expert panel.  Because they are more intelligent than us, they often decide to rework our questions into their own concoction and present that to the speakers.  This is very annoying because usually they have missed the key point or have switched the nuance of the question.    Question handling factotums should read the question as is, ignoring the inevitable typos, but keeping to the key import of the question.  The host often asks the first question. Sadly, rarely are those questions intelligent or probing enough. They usually palliative, lazily accepting motherhood statements as is and adding little to the proceedings.  Broadcasting that you the host are actually dim or dumb, isn't all that good for the personal brand, so be careful when questioning speakers.   If using slides, please spare us the slide deck from hell presentation.  Bad presenters are consistently bad presenters and all of their horrible habits are replicated in the virtual world.  They bridge across from their real world debacles, bringing them faithfully to their virtual stage.  I was attending a webinar the other day and the Japanese presenter had the most dense slides you can imagine.  Laughably, one slide had as the backdrop a Robinson projection of a flat world map, with information on where they had their company branches.  Confusingly, over America they placed the Europe information and over the Europe map, they had their American data.  How hard can it be to visually line up your branches data to match the background map?  How much credit do we give to a company claiming to be professional, who can't even rise to the most basic of intellectual challenges?   Speaking in a supremely boring monotone, I have noticed is not just a Japanese on-line presenter monopoly.  Often we are getting experts to give us presentations on the legal, taxation, HR, business and health issues associated with the current Covid-19 crisis situation.  These experts are notorious for putting all their eggs into the data dump and specialist knowledge basket and none in the communications, soft skills area.  Their dullness of delivery, in a funeral tone, assaults us during their data overload from hell content unveiling.  They are always like this but it is made so much worse in the on-line environment.  Streaming video on small screens and dubious audio quality take bad and transform it into horrendous.   People on these webinars are employing content marketing concepts during this crisis to show their value to potential buyers.  In many cases, they are revealing incompetence instead.  They fail to approach the on-line medium with a professional presentation mindset.  The tech issues are the fault of the platform provider.  The way the tech is used however rests with the presenters.   Here is a thought to get your head around - on-line audiences are usually vastly larger than what we would normally cram into a room to hear a speaker.  Telling the assembled on-line masses you are clueless is not the outcome you seek, but often the outcome you get.  It doesn't have to be that way.    

Ep 70 Confusingly recorded pre Ep69 just to fuck with you by Jen and Sophie

Tea is made from the leaves of Camellia sinensis, a small tree native to Asia. (Confusingly, this is not the plant used to make tea tree oil.) The difference between green tea, black tea, white tea, yellow tea, and oolong tea comes from how the leaves are processed. After the leaves are picked, they begin to … Continue reading "Episode 501 – Ding Dong Flap"

Episode summary: A short summary of Juro an contract management and collaboration tool, as well as an interview with Richard Mabey, Juro CEO.Episode Transcript (What does Juro do?)So on the menu this week we have London based Juro, an end to end contract management tool that combines flavours of contract generation, negotiation and ongoing contract management. Later on we’ll also be joined by Richard Mabey, Juro CEO to get his perspective on where Juro sits in the market and where it is going. Because Juro seems to straddle a few different categories of tool I want to give a quick summary of each of those so people know what we are talking about. Firstly, contract generation tools, typically these are workflow tools that enable business users to quickly generate tailored contracts within the constraints set by their legal or leadership teams, rather than having to get a contract from someone. Secondly, negotiation tools as we have covered on the show before are review tools that increase the speed at which a contract reviewer can negotiate a contract. Often they incorporate AI functionality to locate clauses, but not always. And finally, contract management systems, these act as a repository of contract data, enabling management of contract obligations via alerts and also the generation of reports and visualisations for leadership decision making. Confusingly however there can be overlap as in order to get access to the data these systems often incorporating the first two tools mentioned as well. Back to Juro now….in plain English what does it have? Well, it has an interface for legal teams to create template contracts and then if you are a sales person or HR person in that business, a way to request them without having to go to legal. It has a word style document editor for doing contract redlines with the counter party, an e-signature tool and a nicely designed contract approval workflow. None of this is particularly unique on its own, but Juro really stands out for packaging these features nicely in a consumer-like clear and appealing UI. In terms of AI functionality Juro doesn’t have the same depth of AI that other tools do, only being able to auto-locate a few more basic data points in a contract.  The built-in reports and visualisations are also not as configurable as you might find in other products, but that might not matter to you as it has integrations with both Salesforce and Greenhouse (the HR tool), which you might prefer to use for reporting anyway. I think at a high level I think it would be fair to summarise Juro as a Contract Management System light. One that has focused on user design rather than comprehensive feature coverage like some larger existing players. Episode Transcript (Who should use Juro?)Now that we’ve heard the pitch and have a sense of where Juro sits, who do we think should use it? The integrations, simplicity and well designed interface of Juro I think generally lend themselves for use by external facing business teams (e.g. Sales, HR, Customer Success), teams that traditionally have been frustrated with the lack of control, visibility and speed of the contracting process. The design-centric collaborative document editor and approval flows, helps those non-legal teams to easily understand where they are in the contracting process as well as what they need to do to move things forward. Juro's design first approach would also be a good fit for organisations keen to improve their customer's contract experience. A testament to this being that even though contracts can be downloaded from Juro and redlined in Word, 98% of counter-parties choose to remain in Juro throughout the negotiation process. Juro however cannot be all things to all people, and as a result of its simplicity I could see larger Legal teams being disappointed with limited functionality in areas like reporting, ongoing obligation management or AI. Larger Legal teams might do well by using Juro as a secondary tool or in conjunction with other systems. About Juro: Juro is an end-to-end contract collaboration and management platform that helps businesses agree terms faster, while giving deep insight into contract data. The AI-enabled system offers contract creation, negotiation, e-signing and analytics, saving businesses like Deliveroo, Reach plc and Skyscanner up to 96% of time spent on contracts. Visit Juro to find out more about contract management.About Legaltech Tapas:Legaltech Tapas is a regular podcast that serves up bite sized summaries of the latest legal tools, what they do, and why you might use them. Each episode discusses a different legal tool, and includes an interview with a guest from that company so you can hear directly from the horses mouth why you should be using their product. To get the next episode direct to your inbox, sign up @ https://legaltechtapas.substack.com/ Get on the email list at legaltechtapas.substack.com

Episode 6: S is for Sexting! Rob and Angel review research about teen sexting and talk about parental control. They unbox some sex toys. They chat about swinging and online dating. Sponsored by Swingtowns.com and Tracy’s Dog Sex Toys. Winners of the Kink Crate Naughty Librarian Giveaway: Our winner was Daniella from Tuscon and our runner up was Myk from Jacksonville who will get a small goody bag because we love our folks so much! Thank you to everyone who entered. Don't forget, even if you didn't win the free crate, you can sign up for Kink Crate and get 35% off using code "AtoZ". Stay tuned for more giveaways from us and other awesome sponsors.  Links from the show:The Article: Jonathon J. Beckmeyer, Debby Herbenick, Tsung-Chieh (Jane) Fu, Brian Dodge, Michael Reece & J. Dennis Fortenberry (2019) Characteristics of Adolescent Sexting: Results from the 2015 National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 45:8, 767-780, DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2019.1613463 Sex Positive Families Scarleteen WoCSHN DirectoryAASECT: Find a sex educatorKink and Poly Aware Professionals Directory Sponsors: Swingtowns.com: This episode is sponsored by SwingTowns (SwingTowns.com). Podcast listeners can show their support for this show by signing up for free with this link and "liking" the Professor Sex page: https://www.swingtowns.com/like/ProfessorSex *** The first 50 people to do so will also receive a FREE 1 year premium membership that comes with exclusive benefits!  Don't miss out -- SIGN UP NOW! SwingTowns, also called “the world’s friendliest dating site,” is the most inclusive platform for non-monogamous people out there. It’s a completely sex-positive environment where any straight, cis-gendered, or queer-identifying individual can feel confident asking for what they want. That could mean swinging, expanding a polyamorous dynamic, finding friends with (or without) benefits, or something entirely different! With millions of REAL members, it’s easy to find exactly who and what you’re looking for at SwingTowns.com. Tracy’s Dog:This episode was sponsored by Tracy’s Dog. At Tracy’s Dog they’re “reinventing sexual wellness for the modern woman”. Their mission statement is “Life for a modern woman can get overwhelming. Career. Relationships. Children. Obligations & Responsibilities. We feel you and we’re here to help. When every other thing in your life gets complicated, orgasms shouldn’t be one of them. And sometimes you just need a little help for them to happen.” We agree! They make a wide array of toys, but their speciality is luxury toys that focus on external clitoral stimulation.  Tracy’s Dog Giveaway Details: Those generous humans are giving away 5 of each of the toys we unboxed - Mommy Seahorse (MS): https://www.amazon.com/Clitoral-Vibration-Rechargeable-Stimulator-Pulsating/dp/B081PS2H3R/ref=sr_1_37?keywords=Clitoral+Sucking+Vibrator Baby Seahorse (BS): https://www.amazon.com/Stimulation-Vibrators-Vibration-Rechargeable-Waterproof/dp/B082NNSYTS  - and here’s how you can win: Note: you must have Instagram to enter this contest. To enter, you must post a photo of the product they want to win with a link to Amazon listing of the product in your caption. (Screenshot your photo from theAmazon links above.)You must also tag  their Instagram pages (@ilovetracysdog and @tracysdogsextoy) and ours (@sexeducator). Your post must get at least 50 likes. Once your post reaches 50 likes, reach out to Nina from Tracy’s Dog via Instagram (@tracysdogsextoy) to arrange to get your prize. AZ Scale for this article was 2.8Description of the AZ Scale: Rigor: 0 = Significant methodological flaws; 4 = No methodological flawsSex Positivity: 0 = Pathologizes sex or sexuality; 4 = Affirms sexuality as diverseInclusivity: 0 = Perpetuates stigmas or stereotypes; 4 = Affirms queer communities and other marginalized communitiesWriting: 0 = Confusingly written; 4 = Well written and clearComprehensiveness: 0 = So narrow in focus that is unhelpful; 4 = Includes all relevant features of topic(Angel’s Total Score + Rob’s Total Score) ÷ 10 = AZ ScoreTo figure out YOUR AZ Score, total them and divide by 5. Share your score with us! Let us know what you thought of ours. About Sex from A to Z™: Sex from A to Z™ is a sex science podcast discussing in plain language the actual studies that inform how sex therapists, sex researchers, sex educators, and medical professionals make decisions about sexual health and wellness.  On each episode we take a deep dive into a different piece of peer-reviewed literature, break it down and explore the social, scientific, and personal implications. This is a podcast for anyone interested in understanding the psychological, medical, and other scientific research behind sexual issues that impact all of us. Sex from A to Z™ is hosted by Angel Russell and Dr. Robert Zeglin, and produced by Steven Russell. Art for the podcast was created by Angel Russell. We will post links to all the articles we discuss and additional resources for exploring each topic. You can watch on YouTube or listen anywhere you find your favorite podcasts. To check out other episodes, updates, show links, and additional content, go to: ProfessorSex.com/podcast.

Kyle and Gilbert talk iPads. A lot.Show NotesNarrated Podcast on Twitter (it's a fantastic show about audiobooks, definitely check it out).Gemini Photos Note: At first Gilbert erroneously referred to Gemini Photos as "Gemini 2." Looking at the icon it's clear they've just used the symbol for the constellation Gemini (which at first glance looks a lot like the Roman numeral II), and that Gilbert was woefully misled despite literally having the symbol tattooed somewhere on his body (he can't remember exactly where).And there's actual Gemini 2, which Gilbert also uses on his Mac for duplicate files (not photos). Confusingly, this also happens to be version two and the name is, in fact, Gemini 2. They probably did this because something something Mac App Store something something upgrades. And yes, it also has the symbol for Gemini. It's the egg shape that sets it apart, obviously. Note: this app isn't quite recommended yet. There's more to learn.Sony Imaging guru Mark Galer on the A6600.Peter McKinnon goes hands on with the Canon EOS-1D X MK III.Paper EmbossingOnce again, The Theme System.Studio Neat Totebook.Studio Neat Panobook.Steve Troughton-Smith's thread on how shitty and unreliable the Files app is.The incredible MusicBot.Jason Snell reviews the original iPad in 2010 (including the Keyboard Dock).ForeFlightMKBHD's How Magnet Paper Works.Super cool magnet paper on Amazon.Podnews on how to properly create HTML show notes.Logitech K780 with three-device Bluetooth switching and an integrated stand (Amazon).New Logitech K860 ergonomic keyboard with device switching looks very promising (Amazon).Piascore for iPad.And yeah, Kyle may have inadvertently compared Gilbert to Thanos.‌Note: At some point we might start using affiliate links to point to the stuff we're talking about and actually like. We'll never affiliate link to crap. And if it is crap, we'll tell you. Just so you know.

Coming Attractions/News: Fantasy Island - Trailer New Movies Marriage Story - Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together. Last Christmas - Kate is a young woman subscribed to bad decisions. Her last date with disaster? That of having accepted to work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, she meets Tom there. Her life takes a new turn. For Kate, it seems too good to be true. Parasite - All unemployed, Ki-taek and his family take peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks, as they ingratiate themselves into their lives and get entangled in an unexpected incident. Doctor Sleep - Years following the events of "The Shining," a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.   Undisputed Classic The Shining - A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.   1989 Henry V - In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415. Best of the Best - A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win? My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown - Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot. Staying Together - The complacent life of three small town brothers is shattered when their father sells the family business from under them. Next Week: Good Liar, Charlie’s Angels, Ford vs FerrariUndisputed Classic:1989: Little Mermaid, Steel Magnolias, To the Limit

On the second episode - and this IS the second episode - we talk about how, starting in the 80's, just having the word "American" in the title became popular, and we do a brief overview of some standout American titles. Confusingly, that doesn't necessarily mean the movie was made in America. To learn more, have a listen!

This week we wrap up the Bachelor In Paradise Finale the same way the show ended... Confusingly and leaving us with a number of unanswered questions, but still while making sense of the things we do know, like Pilot Pete officially becoming the next Bachelor.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9J9V5TLKG5VFE&source=url)

Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys dive into the most interesting hacks of the week. Confused by USB-C? So are we, and so is the Raspberry Pi 4. Learning VGA is a lot easier when abstract concepts are unpacked onto a huge breadboard using logic chips and an EEPROM. Adding vision to a prosthetic hand makes a lot of sense when you start to dig into possibilities of this Hackaday Prize entry. And Elliot gets nostalgic about Counter-Strike, the game that is a hack of Half-Life, grew to eclipse a lot of other shooters, and is now 20 years old. Show Notes: https://hackaday.com/?p=366837

Possums, wombats and a bull EE-I-EE-I-O. No, Ellie & Anna have not invested in farmland (as far as I know), but these animals do all feature in this week's episode, as the girls discover how language barriers can affect relationships. Plus, why's it so easy to "fall in love" when you're on holiday? In pursuit of the answer to that question, Anna shares a sexy story about a head brace-based snog she experienced with a boy named Bug Breath. The girls also delve into the Top Three Holiday Romances We've All Experienced! P.S. Probably should've had opened with this - it's HUGE NEWS - but this show's been officially happening for one whole year! Confusingly, there aren't 52 episodes of the podcast (holidays n that), but we'd all like to take this opportunity to thank you for listening!

The mushroom management anti-pattern is one that appears everywhere.  While it can be simplified to keeping employees in the dark, there is more to it.  The side effects of this anti-pattern can cause long-lasting problems and even prevent a company from success.  Let's look at it from the software development point-of-view. Defining the Mushroom Management Anti-Pattern The simple definition provided by Wikipedia gives us an excellent starting point for discussing this anti-pattern. [Click Here to See The Page] "Mushroom management is a style of management in which the personnel are not familiar with the ideas or the general state of the company, and are given work without knowing the purpose of this work, in contrast with open-book management. " I love this definition because it highlights one of our favorite topics.  This implies the value of knowing the "why" for your work, even at an enterprise level.  Confusingly, this is not a surprise to anyone.  The reason behind things like vision and mission statements is communicating a corporate "why" to employees and customers.  Why stop there?  It only makes sense to carry that sharing of why things are done down to the lowest levels.  When it is then you by definition are building the culture into everything a company does.  Need To Know If you have ever talked to people that work in highly secretive situations, then you have heard about the challenges those environments create.  This approach can even lead to the left hand, not knowing what the right is doing.  While that may be required to protect some projects, it should be avoided where possible.  There may be a sense of power in being able to keep knowledge from the staff, but that is detrimental to a team approach.  It implies that team members or staff are somehow not worthy or capable of knowing completely the problems they are solving.  I can not see how trust and loyalty will ever grow in such an environment. Trust Your Staff While there are many problems this anti-pattern creates, the most damaging is the lack of using your team.  A lack of information about a problem prevents team members from using their experience and skills to address the problem fully.  They do not have the context to bring all of their abilities to bear. For example, we can look at the idea of driving a nail into a board.  When all the worker is told is to hit the nail with a hammer, then they will hit it once and maybe without the best amount of power.  There is no context to allow them to use their nail driving skills.  Now, let them know they are to drive the nail into a board and that it is best to do so until the nail head is flush with the surface.  In this case, the worker can use previous hammering experience to take the best number of swings and proper force to complete the job.  Better yet, they will not just finish it, but do so faster and better than if you have to talk them through it blow-by-blow.

This post appeared first on written by Roger Bora, U.S. trademark attorney and former USPTO Trademark Examining Attorney. Trademark Searches & Trademark Clearance & “Confusingly Similar” Marks …“Oh My!” Podcast Episode Begins as :45s Should we conduct a trademark search In this podcast, I discuss the importance of U.S. and global trademark searches and clearance before trademark launch and trademark search considerations.  I also discuss common misconceptions about trademark rights and what constitutes […] Podcast 5: Trademark Searches & Trademark Clearance & “Confusingly Similar” Marks …“Oh My!”.

Now, Aaron normally gets home first and… but seriously, what was up with that light bulb? Walt has a new, really cool haircut… but seriously, how do you order a Continue Reading →

Two, possibly three, new particles were just discovered. 

Jane caught up with two members of the writing group for the recently updated Therapeutic Guidelines: Cardiovascular. Confusingly, they are also called Jane and Dan! Jane O'Connor is an Editor at Therapeutic Guidelines and Dr Daniel Scherer is a Cardiologist and PhD Candidate at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.

This episode of This Must be the Place is the first of our ‘walking tours’ – we are revisiting the walks of the 1980 book “Melbourne on Foot: 15 Walks Through Historic Melbourne”. This episode starts with David speaking with one of the authors of that book, Professor Graeme Davison of Monash University, about the genesis of the book in general. They are then joined by Elizabeth to discuss the Richmond tour specifically. (Confusingly this all takes place in St Kilda, ahead of a walking tour included in a later episode). Back in time, but later in the episode, Elizabeth and David retrace the 1980 tour of the inner suburb of Richmond. While some things have changed since then (beginning with tram routes, and also a cable tram station that has since been swallowed up by Punt Road), many of the houses and landmarks of Richmond’s layers of history remain. The tour takes in Richmond’s genteel hill area (now home to many urologists and cosmetic surgeons), down to the flat and the mix of 19th century housing and factory buildings (many of them now disguising, ‘iceberg house’ style, James Bond style apartments behind), and the civic buildings and shops of Bridge Road. It also takes in what is now known as the Dogs in Space house (reference to the 1987 film), but in 1980 was noted as an unusually large house for such a small street. Graeme had written ‘The Rise and Fall of Marvellous Melbourne’ while living in Canberra. On his return to Melbourne, some of the walks in the book originated as urban history material both for his students and for himself. They were also partly inspired by the book ‘Chicago on Foot’ and the Chicago school tradition of urban walking. Plus, they were also pitched at a wider readership. The authors – who comprised a mix of academics and of community activists - consciously did not pick (then) fashionable suburbs such as East Melbourne or Parkville, but instead encouraged readers to visit parts of the city that they perhaps overlooked or were reluctant to see historic merit in. Graeme’s 4th year dissertation was on Richmond and he was once picked up by the police there, for looking shifty with a bag. It was that kind of place then. Nowadays many of us probably couldn’t afford to live in places like Richmond, but you can still take a walk there. Or visit a urologist, as you see fit.

In this episode we take a wuick dive into a scenario that a lot of women face by not paying attention. You know who you are, so love who you are.

Almost fifty years since the concept of brain death was first introduced, some individuals and whole nations still struggle with its concept and justification. Many controversies continue to surround brain death, although there is broad consensus that human death is ultimately death of the brain. This crucially involves the irreversible loss of the capacity for consciousness combined with the irreversible loss of the capacity to breathe since, taken together, these elements represent the most basic manner in which a human being can interact with their environment. Confusingly brain death is defined in two different ways based on ‘whole’ brain and ‘brainstem’ formulations, although the clinical determination of both is identical. It is not widely appreciated that death is a process, and this leads to misunderstanding by both the public and professionals; reports of brain dead patients ‘being kept alive’ on a ventilator are familiar. Pragmatically, once a threshold of irreversibility in the dying process has been reached, and brain death is such a point, it is not necessary to wait for the death of the whole organism for the inevitable consequence of its biological death to be certain. The majority of countries specify that a clinical diagnosis of brain death is sufficient for the determination of death in adults, but there are major international differences in the criteria for the determination of brain death. There is unanimity that confirmation of absent brainstem reflexes is fundamental, but wide variations in requirements for the apnoea test. The diagnosis of brain death is robust when established diagnostic criteria are strictly applied but, somewhat worryingly, deviation from jurisdiction-specific diagnostic guidance is relatively common. This lecture will discuss the history and development of the concepts and diagnosis of brain death internationally, examine current challenges and controversies, and make the case for an international consensus.

ECONOMICS 101 Murray Rothbard's Economics 101 series 3. Capital, Interest, and Profit Profit is total revenue minus total costs. Ours is not just a profit system, it is a profit and loss system. Losses are a sign that you wasted land, labor, or capital, yet those who make profits are criticized. Entrepreneurship is an art not a course you can learn. Labor earns wages. Land earns rent. Capital earns interest. Confusingly, the word capital means both the machines used to produce goods and the funds available for investment. Bohm-Bawerk answered the question of where interest rates come from. Time is the key element in the earning of interest. The capitalist who pays out while he waits for the product to be sold before being paid, performs a vital function of paying for land and labor now. The capitalist is rewarded by being paid a discount on labor and land, discounted by the rate of interest. There are all sorts of rates of time preferences. The third of eight sessions from Murray Rothbard's Economics 101 series. A collection of eight speeches and lectures by Murray N. Rothbard, spanning from the 1970s to the early 1990s. He is speaking in a small classroom setting, explaining economics from the ground up, and systematically in the manner of a classic 101 course on the topic—but with a revolutionary approach. This lecture on YouTube: https://youtu.be/givU5UdY36Y Sourced from: https://mises.org/library/economics-101 We are not endorsed or affiliated with the above. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode Presented by Read Rothbard: Read Rothbard is comprised of a small group of voluntaryists who are fans of Murray N. Rothbard. We curate content on the www.ReadRothbard.com site including books, lectures, articles, speeches, and we make a weekly podcast based on his free-market approach to economics. Our focus is on education and how advancement in technology improves the living standards of the average person. The Read Rothbard Podcast is all about Maximum Freedom. We look at movies and current events from a Rothbardian Anarchist perspective. If it's voluntary, we're cool with it. If it's not, then it violated the Non-Aggression Principle and Property Rights - the core tenants of Libertarian Theory - and hence - human freedom. Website: http://www.ReadRothbard.com iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-read-rothbard-podcast/id1166745868 Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ii45fhytlsiwkw6cbgzbxi6ahmi?t=The_Read_Rothbard_Podcast Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/readrothbardclub Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/gp/145447582@N05/xB4583 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ReadRothbard Murray Rothbard, Murray N Rothbard, Read Rothbard, Anarchy, Anarchism, Free-Market, Anarcho-Capitalism, News and Events, Podcast, Laissez-Faire, Voluntaryist, Voluntaryism, Non-Aggression Principle, NAP, Libertarian, Libertarianism, Economics, Austrian Economics, Austrian Economics Overview, Capital and Interest Theory, Prices, Value and Exchange, Economics 101, Microeconomics, Supply and Demand,

"I'll turn the world we know into your enemy!" Confusingly, this isn't The Enemy of the World but in fact The Crusade - a swords and Saracens saga of identity theft, cross-dressing and honey traps. The Doctor is courting intrigue, Ian is caught in a sticky situation and Vicki is caught out cosplaying. Meanwhile Barbara and Princess Joanna are treated like sacks of flour and El Akir should surely be sacked for abusing his Emir's position - not to mention his long-suffering staff. There's also room for the sage Saladin, the smitten Saphadin and the Unscrupulous Hulk, not to mention some stereotyped light-fingered locals. So do Jim and Martin see The Crusade as a glorious victory or as successful as one of King Richard's hunting trips? Find out here.

Welcome to episode 29 of HubShots! Full show notes available at: http://hubshots.com/episode-29/ Recorded: Wednesday 13 April 2016 Welcome Breaking news versus valuable news Shot 1: Inbound Thought of the Week What is Inbound actually like? Thinking through some of the big benefits from attending Inbound: the motivation that it creates, and momentum that follows the quality relationships that are formed Craig’s latest HubSpot prediction: HubSpot (CRM and Marketing) adds social chat feature to allow teams to chat with each other within the product (i.e. similar to Salesforce chatter) Shot 2: HubSpot Feature/Tip of the Week *Finally* Send workflow internal notifications to multiple recipients: https://app.hubspot.com/notifications/1639603/Product/2722864 Watch out of where the Save button is!!! Has the Workflows layout changed? New Productivity Beta -> Confusingly named ‘Projects’ Projects in HubSpot Productivity Shot 3: Challenge of the Week Reminder to listen to Sam Shoolman’s interview: http://hubshots.com/episode-27/ Customer trying to change the definitions of what a lead is to fit their rapidly growing business processes – much better to embrace a known and proven approach eg wanting to change the Lifecycle stages: http://knowledge.hubspot.com/contacts-user-guide-v2/how-to-use-lifecycle-stages Shot 4: General Tip of the Week Inbound Sales Following on from last week’s episode about the inbound sales certification: Link to post by Mark Roberge > http://blog.hubspot.com/sales/inbound-sales-transforming-the-way-you-sell Here’s an example of a hypothetical sales process, mapped to the buying journey: Inbound Sales Buyer Seller Journey The 1-10 Closing Technique from the Inbound Sales Certification training: http://academy.hubspot.com/isc16/intro-to-inbound-sales Taking feedback from Sales and using it as an input in your content strategy. Shot 5: State of Inbound Item of the Week There’s a shift in how buyers operate: https://research.hubspot.com/charts/sales-sees-that-power-has-shifted-to-buyers HubShot Research btw the latest survey seems to be down: http://www.stateofinbound.com/ https://soi2016.questionpro.com/ Shot 6: Motivation of the Week Q: Should I guarantee results for a customer? A: Whatever you can control, you can guarantee example: if I can control content and channels I can guarantee 100 B2B leads per month Shot 7: Community Item of the Week Dharmesh responds to the Dan Lyons book https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/undisrupted-hubspots-reflections-disrupted-dan-lyons-dharmesh-shah Shot 8: Opinion of the Week Picking 2 or 3 key channels and doing them well. Social has so many shiny objects… Is Pinterest something B2B companies should explore? https://www.exacttarget.com/8-ways-to-make-pinterest-work-for-both-b2c-b2b-marketing Take a look at how Salesforce are approaching it: but on 6.7K followers (is this indicative, or is it an opportunity): https://au.pinterest.com/marketingcloud/ Snapchat isn’t for everyone https://medium.com/life-learning/snapchat-is-not-for-everyone-don-t-believe-the-hype-here-s-why-7d7b87a62417#.po4pwm9nz Building a Twitter following https://medium.com/@larrykim/why-buy-twitter-followers-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-followers-campaigns-on-twitter-d1ef6199e7e9#.rbkpjkh9g

"The Lies of Locke Lamora" and "Ancillary Justice." - Our book club returns with discussion of two books! First we talk Scott Lynch’s “The Lies of Locke Lamora,” a fantasy book about a gang of thieves that are even outlaws to other thieves (spoiler horn at 12:00). Then it’s Ann Leckie’s “Ancillary Justice,” a space opera about AIs and ships and empires and corpse soldiers that brings Iain M. Banks to mind (starts at 28:48, spoilers at 33:22). Confusingly long prologues! Fun with gendered pronouns! Questionable burrito metaphors! Plus: What are we reading (starts at 68:13)? Host Jason Snell with Dan Moren, Scott McNulty and Monty Ashley.

We've finally made it to the wonderful wines of Italy and on this pod cast we focus on Valpolicella wines from the hillsides and valleys of the Verona countryside.  The Valpolicella production zone is located in Veneto, one of Italy's twenty wine  growing regions.  The Veneto region is located in northeast Italy and  shares its southern border with Emilia-Romagna and Lombardia.  Its  eastern borders are the Adriatic Sea and Friuli-Venezia Guilia.  The  wine regions to the west and north are Trentino and Alto Adige.  Veneto also shares a portion of its northern border with Austria.  The Valpolicella zone lies south of the  Monte Lessini range and just north of the city of Verona ( think Romeo  and Juliet).  Verona is in the same latitudinal zone as the Willamette  Valley in Oregon and benefits from the moderating influences of Lago di Garda the largest lake in Italy and to a lesser extent the Mare  Adriatico (Adriatic Sea).Veneto is the third largest wine producing region in Italy,  surpassed by Apulia and Sicily in the south.  Other wines produced in  the Veneto region that you may recognize are Bardolino, Prosecco and  Soave. Valpolicella comes in several styles and starting from light bodied to fuller bodied the types are Valpolicella, Valpolicella Superiore, Valpolicella Ripasso, Amarone della Valpolicella and Recioto della Valpolicella.  In this cast we'll explore what each of these names means and how the wines are made.Valpolicella is made predominately from  three grape varieties, Corvina ( 40 to 70 percent ), Rondinella ( 20 to 40 percent ) and Molinar ( 5 to 25 percent ).  Barbera, Negrara,  Trentina, Rossignola and or Sangiovese up to a maximum of 15 percent can   also be used in the blend.  There's a sea of very ordinary Valpolicella that is made at cooperatives, but the better wines are usually made by smaller family owned, quality minded Fattoria ( farm/ wine estate ).   Confusingly though there are several large houses that make some of the best Valpolicellas.  As always we're searching for the best wines and  the most value for our buck and we found several great buys this time  around. The typical taste profile of basic Valpolicella is tart cranberry, red cherry fruit aromas and flavors.  The wine is  usually light to medium bodied with soft tannins, a tongue tingling  acidity and a slightly bitter finish.  We tasted eight wines, three  Valpolicellas, three Ripassos and two Amarone della Valpolicellas.  The price points ranged from twelve to sixty dollars a bottle. From a consumer standpoint, the wide varience in pricing and the  difficulty of knowing what style of wine is in the bottle, it's  understandable that one might default to wines they're more familiar  with.  In this way Valpolicella wines face the  same problem as California Zinfandel; if you don't know what the wine is   likely to taste like, how can you make an informed buying decision?In this pod cast you'll learn how to better judge what style of wine is in that bottle of Valpolicella.    You will also learn what type of foods pair best with these wonderful wines.  Most wine retailers will have several Valpolicellas for you to choose from.  A good way to find quality Valpolicella is to engage your favorite retailer by asking questions.  A smart  retailer will pick up on your interest and will go out of their way to  recommend wines that suit your taste preferences.  Of course the best  way to learn about wine is to pop some corks so let's get to it.  Open  up a Valpolicella, chop up some chunks of spicy Salami and Asiago cheese and listen up as we talk about one of Italy's most famous wines.

This episode of the Awesomed By Comics Podcast is brought to you by the hurricane that we pretty much slept right through, and which did not give us an opportunity to bond while "hunkering down" but which was also far less destructive than it could have been which in the long run is a better thing for everyone. Winny wins this week for Mystery Men, Gotham City Sirens, Space Wolverines, Punishers, Captains America and Buckies and Confusingly-numbered Iron Man minis. We bid a fond farewell to this confusing iteration of Wonder Woman, and lament that the last-ever appearance of Oracle was as a side character in a hack-ass book. Plus Dr Who, Zelda, Vs. System, Pokemon Board Games, Iron Man Armored Adventures, The Origin of Stan, AND MANY MORE! The 150th is nigh! Be aware of street preachers and disco remixes! As always, leave your comments or picks on and if you like the show.

One hour with Bob Edwards from the 1978. Confusingly the competition has the Radio Invicta theme tune in it. Many dedications - just a few here: Tony Harrison , Andrew Dolginski, Derek Astell, Montana Red, Roadrunners Trucking in Harrow, Sarah Costell. Maybe the estimate of 20,000 listeners for Thameside Radio 90.2 really was too low. 

Playing With the Past is an annual (we hope) event at the Edinburgh Film Festival where contemporary bands are invited to write new soundtracks for old films.  Last year was the first of these, when the superb British Sea Power wrote a brilliant score for Man of Aran, a (slightly fake) documentary about the lives of the inhabitants of a remote island off the West Coast of Ireland (extract here). This was such a success that the band have been performing it all over the place ever since.  This year David Drummond, who put the event together, decided to invite three different bands to work with roughly half an hour or so of footage each, and he started off by inviting eagleowl, who suggested a number of other bands, from which David chose FOUND and Meursault. We decided not to include more than a few excerpts of the music in this because the bands were a little uncomfortable about listening to too much of their stuff in the absence of the film to which it belongs.  So a big thank you to Tommy, Bart and Neil for coming in to talk about their music, and to David and Theresa from the Filmhouse who came by to chip in at the beginning, before having to rush off.  It may not be the catchiest of podcasts in a musical sense this week, but I think this is easily one of the best podcasts we've done - one of the most interesting, certainly. Also, although I haven't tracked down all these films on the internet, I have got some bits and pieces for you to give you an idea of what was going on.  Confusingly, they all have the original scores on these clips, but erm... well, hopefully you'll find them instructive. The Films: 1. eagleowl: Granton Trawler 2. eagleowl: Begone Dull Care 3. Meursault: Stan & Ollie 4. Meursault: Night Mail (Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3) 5. FOUND: Camera Makes Whoopee (Sorry, couldn't find this one anywhere - here's a Google search though if you want to have a go yourself. And a bit more about Norman McLaren, here.) Toadcast #84 - The Playing With the Pastcast 01. British Sea Power - Oh Larsen B (06.17) 02. eagleowl - Granton Trawler (Excerpt) (17.16) 03. eagleowl - Begone Dull Care (Excerpt) (24.46) 04. Six Organs of Admittance - Eighth Cognition/All You've Left (27.34) 05. Meursault - Night Mail (Excerpt) (35.46) 06. Meursault - Stan & Ollie (Excerpt) (43.24) 07. The Books - All Our Base are Belong to Them (46.25) 08. FOUND - Camera Makes Whoopee (Excerpt 2) (56.43) 09. Marvin Gaye - T Plays it Cool (68.39) 10. FOUND - Camera Makes Whoopee (Excerpt 1) (72.56)

Synopsis The Doctor answers a summons and finally returns to his homeworld, , seat of the . However, when the President of the High Council is assassinated, he becomes the prime suspect, while an old enemy lurks in the shadows, pulling the strings. [] Plot The has arrived on Gallifrey from the Time Lords. Along the way, he has a precognitive vision about the President of the Time Lords being murdered. As soon as the materialises within the Gallifreyan Citadel, an alarm sounds and it is surrounded by soldiers. Their leader, Commander Hildred, reports to Castellan Spandrell. Both note that the TARDIS is a Type 40, which is no longer in service. Since the arrival is unauthorised, the soldiers are ordered to impound the TARDIS and arrest the occupant. The Doctor overhears this, and realises that the Time Lords did not summon him. Someone has gone to great lengths to set him up. Spandrell goes to see Coordinator Engin in the Archives Section, leaving Hildred in charge. Hildred and his troops enter the TARDIS, but the Doctor manages to sneak out and make his way to a service lift that leads to the main tower. A soldier is present, and threatens to place the Doctor under arrest. However, the soldier is quickly killed by a phantom-like figure who disappears before the Doctor can get a good look at him. The Doctor sends the lift on its way, in an attempt to fool the soldiers into thinking he has fled deeper into the Citadel. All of this has been observed by the Doctor's old adversary, , who is wearing a black hood that conceals his features. "Predictable as ever, Doctor," he snorts, before returning to the shadows. arrives outside the TARDIS to see the situation for himself. Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor is watching a news broadcast by a reporter he recognises as Runcible (whom the Doctor nicknames "the Fatuous"), a classmate from his days at the Academy. It is revealed that the President is set to retire, and he is to name a successor before he does. Runcible is talking to Cardinal , one of the Doctor's former teachers. He asks Borusa who the Presidential successor will be, but Borusa brushes him off. The TARDIS is transmatted to the museum, and the Doctor takes the opportunity to steal a set of traditional Gallifreyan robes to mingle with the crowds. Meanwhile, deep within the archive tower, the Master, revealed to be horribly emaciated, confers with an unseen accomplice. He says that the trap has been set, and they must make sure the Doctor dies quickly. At the Panopticon, the disguised Doctor briefly converses with Runcible before the outgoing President makes his entrance. The Doctor scans the area and notes a camera stationed on an unguarded catwalk. He also spots a next to the camera. The Doctor fights his way to the catwalk, warning that the President is about to be killed. Unfortunately, for the Doctor, the assassin is actually among the delegates. He pulls out a and shoots the President dead. The crowd sees the Doctor on the catwalk with the rifle and assume he is the assassin. The captured Doctor insists that he is innocent. Eventually, Spandrell starts to believe him and orders Engin to assist him in an independent investigation. Meanwhile, Goth and Borusa debate over the Doctor's impending trial. Goth notes that the election for a new President will occur in forty-eight hours, and he is eager to see the Doctor executed before then. Borusa, however, wants to ensure that the Doctor receives a fair trial, according to law. The Doctor surprises everyone by invoking Article 17: he will run for President, which will mean he can only be tried if he loses the election. The Master and his assassin are not pleased with this turn of events. The Doctor returns to the scene of the crime with Spandrell. They discover that the sight on the Doctor's rifle was fixed, making it impossible for this weapon to have killed the President. They conclude that the real assassin would have been caught on tape by a nearby video camera, but when they inspect the camera, they find the shrunken body of the technician inside. The Doctor then realises that the Master is behind this. Runcible attempts to take the tape from the camera to the archives for review, but he is killed by a spear to the back. The Doctor realises that the Master sent the Doctor the premonition of the assassination through the , a vast computer which turns thought patterns into . He decides to enter the Matrix as a means of tracking the Master. Engin warns him that if he dies in the virtual world, he will die in the real world as well. The Doctor enters the Matrix and finds himself in a forbidding landscape of crumbling white cliffs and sparse vegetation. The disembodied laughter of some unknown presence echoes off the canyon walls. The Doctor is then engaged in a series of surrealistic sequences. First he nearly walks into the open jaws of a hungry , which simply disappears into thin air. He is then attacked by a masked warrior and falls from a cliff into unconsciousness. He revives upon an outdoor operating table with a masked surgeon standing over him. The surgeon tries to inject him with a substance from an extremely large . The Doctor pushes the surgeon away and runs off to find himself in the midst of a battle. Shell and machine gun fire is heard and gas canisters explode all around. A soldier and his horse stumble out of the smoke wearing . The Doctor runs bewildered until he comes upon a train track, the rail of which closes upon one of his boots and traps him. A group of three masked men appear and one attempts to run him down with a mine train. The train disappears before hitting the Doctor and he works his foot free. The Doctor realizes that his surroundings are but an and tries to deny their existence, but passes out from the strain. Recovering consciousness he becomes aware of the two large black eyes of his unknown adversary in the side of a cliff, telling him that he is the creator of this world and that there is no escape. The Doctor, dehydrated and thirsty, hears the sound of running water, but when he attempts to dig into the ground to locate its source he is greeted by a red-nosed peering through a window, laughing at him. He is then strafed by machine gun fire by a masked pilot in a , eventually receiving a bullet wound in the leg. The Doctor tries to deny the existence of the wound, and it disappears. However, the disembodied voice of the assassin reminds him that this is his reality, and his rules, and the wound reappears. The Doctor declares that he will then fight the assassin in his reality. In the real world, Engin tells Spandrell that the Doctor's adversary is using a lot of energy to maintain the virtual environment, so the Doctor can defeat him if he provides an adequate distraction. Inside the Matrix, the dry barren virtual environment merges into a thick, sticky jungle, and the assassin soon appears dressed as a big game hunter, a mesh veil obscuring his face. The assassin concludes that the Doctor will need water, and, leaving his backpack behind him, goes off to contaminate the local supply with poison from a small bottle. The Doctor finds the assassin's backpack and takes a grenade and some twine, setting up a makeshift booby trap. The assassin returns and trips it, setting off an explosion which wounds him in the abdomen. Fearing that his protégé might lose, the Master sends a hypnotised guard to kill the Doctor's physical form. Back inside the Matrix, the Doctor continues to be hunted through the virtual jungle. Coming to the pool of water, he finds dead, floating fish and the empty bottle and realises that the water has been poisoned. He finds a small amount of uncontaminated water and drinks it through a reed, then uses the reed and some thorns off of a nearby tree to make a , dipping the ends of the darts into the remnants of the poison from the bottle. The Doctor climbs up into a tree and shoots the assassin in the leg with a dart. The assassin fires his rifle and hits the Doctor in the arm, causing him to fall out of the tree. Ripping his pants leg open to reveal a potentially fatal wound, the assassin injects himself with an antidote while the Doctor again escapes. In the real world, the hypnotised guard makes his way to the Matrix chamber, but Spandrell manages to shoot him before he can sabotage the Matrix link. Back in the Matrix, the Doctor has made it to a gas-filled marsh, where the assassin reveals his true identity: Chancellor Goth. Goth tries to shoot the Doctor but ignites the marsh gas, setting himself on fire. Goth falls into the water to extinguish the spreading flames. The Doctor comes out of hiding to confront him, but is caught by surprise by Goth and tackled. Intense hand-to-hand combat ensues, with Goth seeming to gain the upper hand. He attempts to drown the Doctor. However, the strain of fighting and keeping up the virtual reality overcomes Goth. The Doctor breaks free and hits Goth over the head with a large stick. The Master, realising that Goth has been effectively defeated, decides to hedge his bets and tries to trap the Doctor in the Matrix by overloading the neuron fields, even though this will also kill Goth. Engin manages to get the Doctor out, but Goth is not so lucky. The Master then injects himself with a . The Doctor and Spandrell, accompanied by soldiers, manage to make their way to the chamber where the Master and Goth were accessing the Matrix. They find the Master slumped in a chair without a pulse and Goth dying. Goth reveals that he found the Master, near death, on . The Master was nearing the end of his twelfth and final . Goth went along with his schemes mainly for power: he knew the President had no intention of naming him as a successor, but if a new election was held, he would be the front runner. Before he dies, Goth warns that the Master has a doomsday plan. When Spandrell relates the story to Borusa, the Cardinal orders that a cover story be created to maintain confidence in the Time Lords and their leadership. The official story will be that the Master arrived in secret to assassinate the President, and Goth heroically tracked him down and killed him but perished in the attempt. The charge against the Doctor will be dropped on condition that he leave Gallifrey. Attempting to piece together what the Master and Goth were planning, the Doctor inquires as to what becoming the President entails. He is told that the President has access to the symbols of office: the Sash and Great Key of . As Engin plays the records of the Old Time, which describes how Rassilon found the within the "black void", the Doctor realises these objects are not ceremonial. The Doctor inspects the hypodermic needle, and realises that it contained a neural inhibitor. The Master is still alive. The Doctor, Spandrell, and Engin arrive at the morgue, to find that the Master has revived and killed Hildred. Armed with Hildred's staser pistol, the Master seizes the Sash from the President's corpse and traps the three in the morgue. The Doctor explains what he has deduced: that the Eye is actually the of a black hole, an inexhaustible energy source that Rassilon captured to power Gallifrey, and the Sash and Key are its control devices. The Doctor deduces that the Master was planning to steal this energy to gain a new cycle of regenerations. However, if the Eye is disrupted, Gallifrey will be destroyed and a hundred other worlds will be consumed in a chain reaction. Inside the Panopticon, the Master makes his way to the obelisk containing the Eye. He unhooks the coils that connect it to Gallifrey, and is prepared to access the energy. The Doctor makes his way to the Panopticon via a service shaft. The Citadel begins to quake, and cracks appear in the floor. The Doctor and the Master fight, until the Master loses his footing and falls into a chasm. The Doctor reconnects the coils and saves Gallifrey, although half the city is in ruins and many lives have been lost. The Doctor is now free to return to his TARDIS. He bids farewell to Borusa, Spandrell, and Engin, but also warns that the Master may not be dead. He had harvested some energy from the obelisk before he was stopped, and may have been able to channel it. As the Doctor's TARDIS dematerialises, Spandrell and Engin witness the Master sneak into his own TARDIS – disguised as a grandfather clock – and make his escape. Spandrell concludes that it is only a matter of time before the two enemies cross paths again. [] Cast notes Bernard Horsfall guest stars as Chancellor Goth. He had previously appeared as an unnamed Time Lord (credited as 'Time Lord 1') in the serial prompting some speculation that they were the same character. Other parts played by Horsfall in Doctor Who were Gulliver in and Taron in . [] Continuity This is the only serial of the original Doctor Who series in which the Doctor does not have a companion. This was reportedly at Tom Baker's request as he wanted to try a solo adventure. In addition, some have suggested that the production team hoped to discourage Baker's interest in solo serials, but his enthusiastic reaction to the scripts seems to have belied this.Although this story was well-received, the experiment of the Doctor without his companions was not repeated until the revived series episode "" in the 2008 series. Robert Holmes later stated how difficult it was to write a script without anyone for the Doctor to share his thoughts and plans with (the character is seen to talk to himself more than usual).The planet Tersurus, where Goth says he found the Master, is seen in the 1999 charity spoof . How the Master arrived there in an emaciated state is described in the novel by .The character of reappears in , and . In each subsequent story, the character is played by a different actor, Borusa having regenerated. He has also been promoted in each interim, a cardinal here, Chancellor, President, and Lord High President in the later serials, respectively.Earth is referred to as Sol 3; this name is again used in "". The Factfile for that episode on the official BBC Doctor Who website, compiled by fan Rob Francis, refers to the term as Earth's Gallifreyan name. It is used as such again in "".The Doctor's and the are mentioned. [] Notable additions This is the first story to state that there is a limited number of times that a Time Lord can , and that this number is twelve. None of the Time Lords who are killed in this story are seen to regenerate, and the Doctor does qualify (in ) that his people can live forever "barring accidents." In , the fourth Doctor states that his people chose to not live forever because "death is the price of progress."This episode is one of the very few where we see the written Galifreyan language by way of a note to the authorities the Doctor leaves in the Tardis. The handwriting, done with a quill pen, resembles random stylized penstrokes shaped like the upside down capital letter L.The source of the Time Lords' power and that of the is the , the of a that lies beneath the citadel on . The Eye (or a link to it) is seen inside the TARDIS in the 1996 television movie. Whether the Eye survived the destruction of Gallifrey mentioned in the is not clear, though the TARDIS is seen twice ("", "") drawing its power from the time rift in Cardiff.This story introduces who, along with (introduced in ) would become the central figure in Time Lord mythology. When Rassilon's name is first mentioned, the Doctor inquires who he is.One of the artefacts that controls the Eye of Harmony is the Great Key of Rassilon, a large ebonite rod. Confusingly, there are two other Keys of Rassilon mentioned later in the series. One, also known as the Great Key, whose location is known only to the Chancellor, resembles an ordinary key and is a vital component of the (). The other, simply called the Key of Rassilon, gives access to the Matrix (). [] Production Serial details by episode: Episode Broadcast date Run time Viewership (in millions) "Part One" 30 October 1976 21:13 11.8 "Part Two" 6 November 1976 24:44 12.1 "Part Three" 13 November 1976 24:20 13 "Part Four" 20 November 1976 24:30 11.8 Working titles for this story included The Dangerous Assassin (which Holmes changed to "deadly" because he thought it "didn't sound right"). The final title is a : a successful assassin must, by definition, be deadly. However, since Time Lords can in general , and the assassin's victims do not, he is perhaps "deadly" in that sense.The story drew considerable hostile commentary from , who particularly objected to the extended freeze frame of Goth drowning the Doctor at the end of episode 3. [] Outside references The story was largely inspired by the film and book , down to the inclusion of a .The serial begins with Tom Baker doing a voiceover introduction referring to Time Lords in the third person, over a text crawl similar to that seen in the opening of (although The Deadly Assassin predates the premiere of Star Wars by six months). The , "", "" and "" are the only other stories so far that begin with a voiceover.See also: [] In print book Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin Series Release number 19 Writer Publisher Cover artist ISBN Release date 20 October 1977 Preceded by Followed by A novelisation of this serial, written by , was published by in October 1977, entitled Doctor Who and The Deadly Assassin. [] Broadcast This serial was repeated on BBC One in August 1977 (04/08/77) to (25/08/77) on Thursdays at 6.20pm. The to Episode 3 — where Goth holds the Doctor's head in an attempt to drown him — came in for heavy criticism, particularly from television decency campaigner . She often cited it in interviews as one of the most frightening scenes in Doctor Who, her reasoning being that children would not know if the Doctor survived until the following week and that they would have this strong image in their minds during all that time. After the episode's initial broadcast, the master tape of the episode was edited to remove the original ending. However, off-air recordings of the original broadcast exist with the ending intact, and have been used to restore the ending on the VHS and subsequent DVD release. [] VHS and DVD release This story was released in March 1989 in edited omnibus format in the US only.It was released in episodic format in the UK in October 1991. It was also re-released & remastered for the exclusive Time Lord Collection in 2002 with a better quality freeze frame for Episode 3.DWM 404 confirmed this story for 2009 DVD release. Play.com has it listed for 11th May and Amazon.co.uk have this listed for a 4th May release.

Profit is total revenue minus total costs. Ours is not just a profit system, it is a profit and loss system. Losses are a sign that you wasted land, labor, or capital, yet those who make profits are criticized.Entrepreneurship is an art not a course you can learn.Labor earns wages. Land earns rent. Capital earns interest. Confusingly, the word capital means both the machines used to produce goods and the funds available for investment. Bohm-Bawerk answered the question of where interest rates come from.Time is the key element in the earning of interest. The capitalist who pays out while he waits for the product to be sold before being paid, performs a vital function of paying for land and labor now. The capitalist is rewarded by being paid a discount on labor and land, discounted by the rate of interest. There are all sorts of rates of time preferences.The third of eight sessions from Murray Rothbard's Economics 101 series.