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It's the moment One Direction fans should have seen coming. Following Zayn Malik's departure from One Direction in March 2015, the boy band continued to make music with the release of their 2015 album, Made In The A.M. However, hope that the band could actually stay together quickly began to dwindle when One Direction announced in early 2016 that they would be going on a break. And now, yet another member of the band is going his own way: On Thursday, Liam Payne announced his intentions to pursue a solo career, following his signing of a deal with Capitol Records. The former X-Factor contestant took to Twitter to share the news with his fans and even reassured Directioners' heartbreak by tweeting, "One direction will always be my home and family but I'm very excited to see what this chapter brings." And now, it's only a matter of time until Payne will hit the recording studio. So, when will Payne start recording his new music?
For the sake of the fans, I'm hoping that Payne waits a bit for the news to sink in before he goes on recording. However, with the contract already signed, Zayn's music already topping the charts, and Harry Styles taking on acting in Christopher Nolan's upcoming film, Dunkirk, there's no reason why the singer wouldn't immediately dive-in to his own solo endeavors as well. And, while no release date for new music has been set, that doesn't mean that planning hasn't already begun.
However, on the flip side of things, there is also a decent level of hope for mourning Directioners. Considering the fact that Payne announced the news by saying, "They have an amazing history of artists, I hope I can follow in their footsteps," it does sound as if the contract was just signed. And, if that's the case, writing the music, lyrics, and getting all of the kinks figured out prior to recording could still be a ways off. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up taking him an entire year — maybe even more — to put out his first album. I mean, Zayn released his music an exact year after he exited the band.
So now, all Directioners can do is wait. When the time is right, Payne is bound to tease some insight into his music on his personal Instagram account. And, in the meantime, you can play all of One Directions albums on repeat and dream about the day they all come together once again. Because, hey, as much as they're doing what makes them happy, a One Direction reunion is still a possibility.
| 2019-04-20T12:42:36 |
https://www.bustle.com/articles/174099-when-will-liam-payne-begin-recording-his-new-music-it-might-not-be-as-soon-as
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I've written a story for the Sails and Sorcery anthology, and I'm pretty happy with it. It's got a lot of conflict, a ton of tension, and it's quite spooky, if I say so myself. But this weekend at Context, I went to a panel on "What is Horror?" that's making me rethink the story.
I would consider quite a few of my short stories to be horrific stories -- The Priesthood is very Twilight Zone, Mutawwa describes a dark, mind control distopia and while the end for the protagonist is ok, the rest of society has a pretty bleak future, and so on. My readers have, on the other hand, commented on how realistic these stories are. (Which to me says we're living in pretty horrific times!) Anyway, this response got me thinking what is the difference between the tales I was telling and a horror story. Which led me to my current story.
This new story, as it stands, is a tale of redemption. If I took out the redemptive part, and left only the horrific part, it would clearly be a horror story, and one that works pretty well, I think. Of course, it works well as it stands, but...(isn't there always a but?)... it's on the long side at 8600 words. The anthology's word limit is 9000, so I've squeaked in under the limit, but I'm thinking it will still be easier to sell a 6000 word story than an almost 9000 word story.
So now I am debating -- rework the whole thing as a pure horror story, no redemption, merely recompense, or leave it as is?
Agh! Decisions like this are tough. The story is fine as is, but it would also be fine without the redemption, certainly would be one of those chilling tales. So it's not a matter of feeling like I'm prostituting my art to the market, both stories would be good.
Only God and the editors can tell which is more likely to make it into the anthology. Maybe I'll send an email to the editors of the anthology and see which sort of story they are more interested in... That's probably a no-no as well.
| 2019-04-24T04:17:18 |
http://pksblog.pktaylor.com/2006/10/decisions-decisions.html
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32 gb iPhone 7 plus or 128 gb iPhone 7?
I have the option of getting either an iPhone 7 Plus with 32 gb or an iPhone 7 with 128 gb. I prefer the plus model, and I do take lots of pictures, but I do not use lots of apps, I'd say I use about 10 or 12 at the most. I don't know whether 32 gb will be enough, as the phone I have currently I am using 45 gb but that includes a lot of unused apps and unwanted photos.
32GB doesn't seem like enough to last very long but I guess you could start utilizing some cloud services if need be.
Since you stated that you take a lot of pictures, I recommend the iPhone 7 w/128 GB of storage.
I would definitely go with the 128GB 7.
| 2019-04-22T20:54:31 |
https://forums.imore.com/ask-question/399924-32-gb-iphone-7-plus-128-gb-iphone-7-a.html
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Q&A: Do Online Schools Break for Holidays?
Answer: This is an interesting question. Time-off depends on the circumstances, the school's policies, and the length of the classes offered. Different schools/programs may vary in length. Online classes may range anywhere from 4 four to 20 weeks per course. Some schools start a new class weekly and others start classes by "blocks" or "modules". Blocks and/or modules means new classes begin on a rotation. For example, every 4 four weeks or 6 six weeks, etc. Usually, the length of the classes and how quickly new classes are offered, determine the break schedule, if applicable.
Some schools observe holidays by allowing a break and some may only observe a day. Many (not all) schools observe Christmas. The way in which schools observe this holiday may vary. Some schools develop their schedules around the holidays so the course blocks/modules end before and begin after. For example, if Christmas falls on a Tuesday, your current class may end the Sunday before and the next block/module may begin the following week instead of the following day.
Some schools have classes in session during holidays and they may actually take an online break. Let's say you are in a 6-week course and only in week four around Christmas. Some schools take a 2-week break during the course. Instructors and students are encouraged not to log into their classrooms during this time and truly take a rest. After the holiday, class resumes. This usually means extending the course for an additional 2 weeks after the break.
Other than holidays, most online schools do not observe any other scheduled time off (i.e. spring and fall break, etc.). If a student has an emergency (i.e. medical, family, natural disaster, etc.), the school may offer an approved or official time-off. This is an allotted time away from class, approved by the school, without penalty and usually reserved for emergencies only. Depending on the circumstances, students may be required to submit proof of the need for time off such as medical documentation, etc.
If students need a break from school, that is not an emergency, they should consult their academic advisor and/or financial aid counselor, if applicable. As a student, always consult the school before taking time off because it may affect the class rotation, financial aid and/or graduation. If classes that you need to graduate are only offered during specific times, you may have to wait another quarter or semester before the class is offered again. If this is the case, you may opt not to take the break so you can complete your classes/graduate as scheduled.
| 2019-04-26T00:18:42 |
http://www.onlineschools.com/ask/holidays-breaks-and-time-off
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What's a good place to borrow $3,500 from?
My family of four might have to opportunity to move into a very decent place in the next month or so, but a few months ago I spent everything we had on moving to the unpleasant place we had to settle for. Where do you think a fellow could borrow $3,500 from for that huge chunk of money you need up-front for a new apartment.
I will be able to put together some money at least, and the difference will probably be a bit less than $3,500 for fees, movers, etc. I've got a steady job (10 years), and after moving, would be able to comfortably pay back a couple of hundred a month.
My personal e-bank does not do personal loans, and we have a car with a KBB value of over $3,000. My credit limit for a recently acquired card is $300. This is the Metro-Boston area.
Hmm - I mean I think this all depends on your credit score / income level.
I got a pretty good rate a few years ago from Lending Club. There are other peer to peer services that I'm sure you could shop around a bit for a rate.
Upstart might be an option. I would not call their interest rates objectively great, but they are much lower than what the credit card companies usually charge, especially if you don't have a long/robust credit history.
CreditKarma will take you through a prequalification process for personal loans - I'm not sure what kinds of rates/products are available, but it's not a hard pull on your credit account, so it might be worth checking out (and once you're prequalified you can apply for real without being too worried about getting turned down).
I would be concerned that if you're only able to qualify for $300 on a credit card account, no one is going to give you a personal loan for ten times that amount. I have always found credit card limits to be ridiculously high for what I felt my personal ability to repay would be, and even at times when I had a pretty limited credit history. Is your wife's credit perhaps better? Or is it possible to recruit a bunch of friends to help you do the move and rent a UHaul, versus hiring movers?
Why the $300 limit? - The bankruptcy almost eight years ago. Housing crash. Underwater mortgage. Locusts. And I haven't had a credit card since then, and then got one a couple of months ago from my e-bank to help with the occasional rental of cars. They're due to bump the limit up in a month or so after my good behavior. My credit number is, I think, not below 600.
I mean, I would say the most obvious answer, ask a wealthy friend or family member. I would lend a family member a few grand no problem, especially if they had a reliable income.
Um, that seems like a lot of money though. For what it's worth, it's a lot easier to ask a family member to gift you a housewarming present of a moving van, than to ask for a $1000 loan to rent a moving van.
People down on their luck that I know, typically move for as low of a cost as possible. I know you mentioned fees, but for movers and stuff, my family has always used pickup trucks and u-haul, loaded and unloaded ourselves, and saved around $2000.
I'd check with your nearest credit union. But also suspect that they'll be skeptical. Do you have anything you can pawn?
Thank you! I will be following up on the links above, and a credit union or two, and a loan secured with my car, and exploiting local youth. For lots of reasons, I don't have friends, and I've already tapped out my family moving here recently.
Also, pls note that when I say my place is unpleasant, I'm talking about drug addicts and bedbugs, not number of bathrooms. And when I say 'decent' I mean a place where I might be able to save a few dollars at then end of every two weeks.
Have you contacted Mass Housing? You live in Massachusetts. Contact Mass Housing and/or Mass Housing Partnership. They have a gazillion different kinds of housing programs for all levels of income from mortgage loans to section 8 housing to some stuff in between.
You might be able to get something through them for something like this. I'm not sure. But it's where I'd start.
Some charities help with first months rent or living costs. Try Catholic charities. Sometimes it’s easier to get 200 from ten different places than 2000 from one.
- You might check out your local Hebrew Free Loan Society. Free Loan means interest free - it is a nonprofit where donors give money so that it can be loaned out interest free to help people in need of a lump sum but are capable of paying it back over time if they don't have to deal with a ridiculous interest rate. I know that the one in San Francisco will lend to people who aren't Jewish. For that matter, just google "free loan society" and your city and see what turns up.
- You could also check out community services for your town - our local city offers family assistance to avoid homelessness - you might not be eligible but it would be worth a call.
- You could also call 211 (information directory for nonprofits) to see what turns up. A lot of it is housing assistance for people on the brink of homelessness but you never know.
Do you have a 401k through work? You may be able to borrow from that, check with them.
Do you have a local bank/credit union?
I was able to secure a $10k "line of credit" from my (local, Canadian) credit union based on my graduate student stipend (about $30k/yr albeit, tax free) - it had let me avoid monthly late fees and penalties and stuff.
The interest rates were very competitive.
I've been back in the black for years now, but it's nice still having that cushion to fall back on, just in case.
| 2019-04-20T23:12:01 |
https://ask.metafilter.com/315212/Whats-a-good-place-to-borrow-3500-from
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Description: What does a Zombie apocalypse survivor roaming the barren wastelands of civilization do for fun? How about some Zombie Golf? Instruction: Please follow onscreen instructions.
A cool shooting game which is one of the classics.
An awesome sword fighting game based on the Kill Bill movie.
| 2019-04-20T03:20:44 |
http://www.wahgames.com/play/game/3644/Zombie-Golf-Riot.html
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It's Obama's Budget ... And Bush's Deficit?
1. If you don't like the prescription drug bill, repeal it.
2. If you don't like the Middle East wars, end them.
3. If you don't like the Bush tax cuts, let them lapse.
This critique is straightforward without being serious. Obama has the power of the pen, but not of the purse, or of the polls. That is to say: He couldn't do these things by fiat, and even if he did, it would result in a popular backlash that would make the Tea Parties look like actual tea parties. Republicans have made it clear they vote won't for Medicare service cuts, so it's politically insane to push a partisan bill to repeal Medicare D. There is no congressional will to evacuate the Middle East -- and even if there were, you'd be acting against the advice of just about every general in the armed services. Raising taxes on the middle class with unemployment near 10 percent would be a gift to Republicans. The administration and the country face daunting problems, but these "solutions" would be ruinous, both politically and in practice.
Hennessey writes: "It is strange for a President to complain repeatedly about ten-year old policies and then not propose to change them." The strategy might be strange, but it doesn't mean Obama's wrong on the merits. The Bush year policies -- the tax cuts, wars and Medicare drug bill -- added $700 billion to the deficit in 2009. The recession added about $500 billion. The stimulus package added a little under $200 billion.
There are two questions here: (1) should Obama keep blaming Bush for the deficit, and (2) is Obama responsible for the $1.6 trillion figure? You can argue in good faith that No is the answer to both questions.
| 2019-04-23T22:09:03 |
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/02/its-obamas-budget-and-bushs-deficit/35527/
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Wallaby great Michael Lynagh says former team-mate Brian Smith will turn England into a potent attacking force against his fellow Australians on Saturday.
Lynagh and Smith were once rivals for the Australian No10 jersey but the latter is now a key member of England's coaching set-up under team manger Martin Johnson and has spent the week plotting the downfall of his countrymen.
It's a scenario that brings obvious pressures and difficult questions which probably explains why the attack coach has excused himself from facing the media today.
Lynagh, the former Saracens fly-half, is an admirer of what Smith has achieved, both as a player and most recently, as London Irish director of rugby, the role that made him the obvious choice for Johnson.
And the Sky analyst believes Smith can get the best out of talents such as outside-half Danny Cipriani and fullback Delon Armitage, who starred on his England debut in last weekend's win over the Pacific Islanders.
'I like the look of this young England back line under Brian and there is a great crop of players for him to work with in the squad,' said Lynagh.
'They will benefit from being around a coach like Brian who thinks outside the box. We know Johnno is a 'let's just win' kind of guy and so the combination with Brian is an interesting blend.
'I am hopeful that two teams coached by Brian and [Australia's] Robbie Deans will produce an exciting Test match on Saturday because they have players with real talent.
'Recent history shows us England have been happy to grind Australia into the dirt with powerful scrummaging and they made that advantage count, in the 2007 World Cup quarter-final.
'I am sure Johnno would be happy to grind us into the dirt again if it produced the win at the start of three tough Tests [for England] and that would be understandable.
'The Wallaby scrum has improved in the last year and with Brian on board, England do possess another threat through their backs.
Smith won six caps for Australia but his Test career with them ended after he moved to England to study at Oxford University and play for Leicester Tigers.
That led to him pulling on the Ireland No10 jersey, a move which infuriated many supporters of his new country.
Smith could be facing more flak as he tries to get the better of his countrymen at Twickenham but Lynagh is not among the critics.
'I am sure Mike Catt (London Irish backs coach) put in a good word with Johnno who needed somebody to do the attack role with England and I am thrilled for my old team-mate,' said the man who scored a record 911 points for the Wallabies.
'I don't have a problem with Brian coaching the England team against Australia.
This is a view shared by Eddie Jones, the Saracens director of rugby, who coached Australia in their 2003 World Cup Final loss to England.
He said: 'I'm sure both countries would have preferred to choose homegrown guys, but if there isn't anyone then you have to get the best person available.
'The challenge for Brian - someone I used to play against - is to turn talented individuals into a cohesive England unit.
| 2019-04-21T14:50:00 |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-1085387/Smith-ignite-England-attack-Aussies-insists-Wallaby-legend-Lynagh.html
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The 3-D movie “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” is a radical reboot of the Grimms’ fairy tale “Hansel & Great.” The main thing that the fairy tale and the movie have in common is that Hansel and Gretel are siblings who encounter evil witches. Except for a few scenes showing Hansel and Gretel as children, “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” is primarily the story of the siblings when they are adults.
Hansel (played by Jeremy Renner) is the impulsive type, while his sister Gretel (played by Gemma Arterton) is more level-headed. They are both fierce fighters who make it their mission in life to hunt and kill all evil witches must be destroyed. When the siblings go to a town where children have been mysteriously vanishing, they find out that there’s a coven of evil witches led by one named Muriel (played by Famke Janssen) that are behind the disappearances of the children. Here is what Renner, Arterton and Janssen had to say when they talked about “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” at the movie’s Los Angeles press junket.
How would you summarize the plot of “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”?
Arterton: The premise is that it’s two kids who defeated this witch when they were young and traumatized and what happened to them 15 years later. They’ve grown up, and they’ve become these bounty-hunter, witch-killing celebrities in the witch-killing world. It’s good fun and very action-filled and adventurous.
Can you describe your interpretation of the Hansel and Gretel characters?
Renner: I feel like they don’t exist without each other. It’s one of those “acting in tandem” moments. I was attracted to the story because I love the relationship between brother and sister. I just think it’s really dynamic. I have a very complicated one. I think they all are. And I think we were able to explore that in this [movie].
Arterton: Yeah, I think it’s rare to have a brother-and-sister duo, especially an action duo. And they sort of support each other. It’s not like two police cops. There’s an emotional drive for the both of them that’s inexplicable. And that was really fantastic to play. That was the central core to the whole piece.
What can people expect from the evil witch Muriel, played by Famke Janssen?
Arterton: Famke plays the queen bee of witches. We don’t know she exists in the beginning, so we discover her. She sort of challenges what we’re used to with witches. She has different powers and things like that. She’s pretty badass.
Jeremy, you’ve done a lot of action movies. How was training for “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” different from your other action movies’s?
Can you talk about the weapons that were used in “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”? A lot of people wonder why shotguns are in a movie that theoretically takes place in a time before shotguns were invented.
Renner: I had a random shotgun. They have this sort of modern flair to them. It’s also a fantasy movie where we’re shooting witches. Why not? People have a shotgun. But also, it’s made to look like what our surroundings are. There’s something quite queer and lovely about them. Then we had these little weird, quirky handguns.
Arterton: You had that great knuckle duster.
Renner: Oh yeah, like the brass-knuckle thing. That was all sorts of fun stuff, wasn’t it?
What can you say about the crossbow?
Arterton: I have a double-action crossbow, which is pretty slick.
Renner: Yeah, it’s pretty cool.
Arterton: It was really heavy, actually. I have to run around with it and do all these things with it, but also, it’s very, very fast shooting. It’s like a gun and a crossbow combined, but it looks really, really cool. It kills things efficiently.
What was did the candy house look like on the set?
Arterton: It’s so iconic, isn’t it? The candy house. Actually, that’s what I think of when I think of “Hansel & Gretel.” The day when I saw the exterior set of that in the forest, I took a photograph of it because it’s so iconic.
Renner: I had to tear a little piece to see if it was candy. I just had to check.
Renner: Yeah. Why couldn’t it be cotton candy?
What did you think about the costumes you had to wear for “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”?
Renner: They did a wonderful job to create a look for this movie. That was one of the first things I was really attracted to. The designers behind it were tremendous. It wasn’t easy to make something that looks cool and very functional at the same time. Not an easy task. We would get very, very fluid and move around and get beat up and roll around and have to do a lot of strange things, especially when you’re wearing tight leather. They did a wonderful, wonderful job.
Arterton: I thought the costumes were fantastic. Lots of leather, tight leather, for me. There were a couple of split-pants situations.
Renner: I remember that! That was awesome!
What was like working with “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” director Tommy Wirkola?
Renner: It was a lot of fun. Collaborative.
Arterton: “Collaborative” is a great word. He’s got this sick mind, actually, in terms of violence and story and comedy. All of his previous movies were unique in their tone, and he brings that into this [movie]. And he’s a great collaborator. Even though he wrote it, he wanted to have our input, and so it became a richer experience. He was really strong in his ideas of what he wanted in this film. We had a lot of not-so-much CGI. He was like, “No, no, no. I want this animatronic.” It was great for us.
Can you talk about the makeup used to create the witches?
Renner: She’s a gnarly one. A walking wart.
Arterton: And you know that she stank … She’s absolutely repulsive.
Renner: The makeup was all practical. So the day we had in the stone circle with the hundreds of witches. And then they’re flying off on a wire, so it’s literally all these witches flying around.
Renner: I don’t know if there’s a favorite one. They’re all wonderfully creepy and disgusting in their own right.
What’s you favorite scene in “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”?
Arterton: I love the scene in the bar with Thomas Mann’s character Ben, the fanboy. You get to see a bit of our relationship, their natural kind of “chilled” relationship. And I love the scene where we reunited after all the trauma. It’s the relationship of those two. And then you’ve got the action scenes, which are just fun and in-your-face.
What can audiences expect when they see “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”?
Renner: You can grab some popcorn and some soda and sit down and go on a great ride. That’s what I think.
Arterton: Yeah, and because it is very violent. It’s so violent that it’s funny as well. I think that violence and comedy aspect of it, that balance is really fun.
What appealed to you the most about “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”?
I grew up with the Brothers Grimm stories. They were very much part of the European upbringing in general. I grew up in Holland. All the Brothers Grimm stories we were told by our parents. We read the stories ourselves.
So when this [“Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”] script was first sent to me, I thought, “That’s clever.” I know that over the years, we’ve been very in vogue with these classic fairy tale stories told in different kinds of ways, but not quite in this way, where we see Hansel and Gretel as grown-ups and now taking life’s matters into their own hands and hunting down the witches who were responsible for the demise of their parents.
And then I thought about it, and I thought, “At the time these stories were already really dark, but this time around, it’s really, in the end, even though it’s clever to think about it, it sort of seemed very fitting to make it an R-rated film that’s dark and not told for children.” Ultimately, these stories were really very scary for kids to begin with. And them doing it in 3-D is this whole new element. It’s a modern version of [the fairly tale], but it sort of makes sense.
How would you describe Muriel?
Muriel runs this whole [coven] of very interesting witches — interesting in the best sense of the word, in variations that we’ve never seen before. We’re all very familiar with the classic witch with the long nose and the hair sticking out of her chin, and the broomstick, but they’ve really outdone themselves, in terms of how all the witches are portrayed, the prosthetic makeup, the things that they’ve done. It’s just a spectacular feast for the eyes to look at. I [as Muriel] run this whole bunch of witches, and I’m after Gemma’s character’s heart.
What did you think of how Muriel looked with all the witch makeup?
Muriel is not that pretty on the eye to look at. [She laughs.] It was a three-hour process every day to go all the way with the prosthetic makeup and the contact lenses and all that in creating this witch monster that I turned into. I’d never done that before, so it was a really interesting challenge and a way of looking at acting and coming up with playing a character when you can’t rely on the general acting muscles that you’ve learned to rely on and stuff.
Can you talk about what Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton brought to their roles as Hansel and Gretel?
The movie makes or breaks with the performance of these two people. Jeremy and Gemma are so perfectly cast for this. They have a really great rapport. It’s a great sibling story of sticking together and having each other’s back and how far you’re willing to go to protect your family member and all that kind of stuff. So that part of is very beautiful and kind of great, set in this dark, twisted setting.
What was it like working with “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” director Tommy Wirkola?
I teased him, “What happened to you in Norway? What have they done to you?” I met his parents, and they’re perfectly normal, but he’s got a really twisted mind. But he’s clever. Really, I have to give him kudos for this amazing job that he did.
He’s young, and it was a very big undertaking. He gave it a new, fresh twist. I’m very excited for him — really, really excited. He’s very, very talented.
How did you handle the fight scenes in “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”?
On a good day, doing fight sequences is a challenging thing, because we’re human. We make errors and mistakes. Actors, we all get carried away in the moment or whatever, but now add to that: prosthetic makeup, contact lenses through which I couldn’t see, a costume that was very restrictive and hard to move in. So those were really the big challenges for me in the film: staying upright, not falling over, trying to keep my own in these fight sequences with people like Jeremy who are as good as a stunt man.
What did you think of the sets and costumes in “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”?
From what I remember seeing (and it wasn’t much through those contact lenses), everything looked really good. The sets are incredible. The costumes are fantastic. We had a great costume designer: Marlene [Stewart]. It’s a classic tale. And everybody is familiar with that classic tale, but I like all the things that they did to keep it classic yet modern and all of the things they came up with to make it its own thing.
You just go in there and leave your life alone for an hour-and-a-half movie and just enjoy. That’s what it is: entertainment at its best.
| 2019-04-19T15:00:10 |
http://www.play.jeremyleerenner.com/12-articles/68-january-25-2013-jeremy-renner-gemma-arterton-redo-fairy-tale-hansel-and-gretel-witch-hunters-examiner-com
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For example, a person of the same race may discriminate against somebody who is from a different country: let’s say a boss from Haiti discriminates against somebody from Jamaica. A very common form of national origin discrimination takes place when a person’s accent gets mocked; or person’s practices or traditions. Ancestry discrimination is a form of national origin discrimination: it takes place when somebody gets harassed based on the fact that his/her ancestors come from a specific area of the world.
Ethnicity discrimination often takes place when an employee or a group pf employees are unfavorably treated due to their heritage (Hispanic employees, for example) or accent, or the way they were educated in the foreign country… While discrimination based on ethnicity falls under national origin discrimination of Title VII, it may also be alleged within 1981 Section frame: "the prohibition against racial discrimination [codified in Section 1981] encompasses discrimination based on ancestry or ethnic characteristics." Anderson v. Conboy, 156 F.3d 167, 170 (2d Cir. 1998); see also Ganthier v. North-Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, Inc., 345 F. Supp. 2d 271, 281 (E.D.N.Y. 2004) (Spatt, J.) ("Under Section 1981, 'race' includes ancestry and ethnicity."). See Sowemimo v. D.A.O.R Security, 43 F. Supp. 2d 477, 491 (S.D.N.Y. 1999) (considering a Nigerian plaintiff's § 1981 claim, stating "Sowemimo, as a black woman of African descent, is a member of a racial minority."); Ekandem v. District of Columbia, 1992 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4822, at *5-6 (D.D.C. Apr. 10, 1992) (denying defendant's motion to dismiss where Nigerian plaintiff alleged that he had been discriminated against based on national origin and referred to being African and black in his complaint); see also Franchitti v. Bloomberg, L.P., 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21071, at *8-9 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 20, 2004) (permitting the plaintiff to amend his complaint because he alleged he was harassed "at least in part because his ethnic origins are French").
Can an Employer require to speak English only?
Yes, but only if it relates to the business purposes. Otherwise, an “English only policy” will be found discriminatory.
| 2019-04-25T15:59:56 |
https://www.workharassmentattorneys.com/employment-discrimination-lawyers-new-york/national-origin-discrimination.html
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This is how war propaganda is done, the aim is to convince the other side not to start a fight. They laid out the IDFs strengths and weakness but did not do the same for Hezbollah and implied the IDF would get stuck in the swamp should they try attack. The current aim of the IDF is to limit and destroy any attack capability they can by a combination of destruction of arms depots and assassinations, they would also like to consolidate and extend their hold on the Golan heights and may expand in that area. They had been trying to create a proxy army using the Druze like they did with the Southern Lebonese Army, the Druze di not buy into this. Isreal also knows the Syrian war is drawing to a close so they want the strongest possible hand at the negotiating table, by creating a credible threat of invasion via the Golan heights, they hope to create a scenario that forces the Syrians to keep Hezbollah as far away from the border as possible.
Years after Bashar Assad’s regime lost southern Syria to rebels and jihadist groups, government forces, backed by Iranian militias and Hezbollah, are pushing deep into a strategically located rebel-held enclave along Israel’s northern border.
After seven years of deadly civil war that has involved superpowers and dozens of rebel and jihadist groups, the Syrian regime has regained 70% of the country with the help of Russian air power and Iranian-backed foot soldiers.
Op-ed: The Israeli officials who keep demanding international recognition of an annexation of the Golan will soon find out that those in charge of re-dividing Syria will pressure us to reach an agreement that will include an Israeli withdrawal to 1967 borders.
Turkey and probably Iran would never allow for an independent Kurdistan.
Apparently it’s all about to kick off again in Iran.
Hopefully the religious fundamentalists won’t be able to capitalise on the demonstrations to enforce severe Islamic rule.
It’s not clear what is going on there yet, but the initial protests have scaled back.
BAKU - As ISIS has scattered from the conventional battlespace in Syria, the focus has shifted to other parts of the country. The army of al-Assad, backed by Iran and Russia, have confined the rebel militias to pockets all over the country. The most significant rebel concentration is near the city of Idlib, where Turkish-backed militias and Islamist groups are held up. The war has continued by these parameters, but it has taken a different form. Nearly all the opposition figures who started the anti-government movement are no longer around and goals for regime change have vanished as well. This new phase in the war has little to do with al-Assad, ideology, international law, or even Jihadist groups. Instead, every belligerent wants a piece of influence in Syria, which effectively means the dismemberment of the state.
BAKU - In historic relation, Egypt has dominated the Nile River. In fact, it’s history, culture and national identity derives from the existence of the river. However, as a downstream nation, Egypt’s share of water is being challenged by upstream Ethiopia, which seeks to exploit its geographic virtue by the construction of hydroelectric power plants. Yet, the dispute over the Nile is not a recent occurrence. In fact, the historic struggle over water security in the Nile has shaped a distinct rivalry between Ethiopia and Egypt.
…Four of the suspected Isis fighters on the Interpol list are already known to European intelligence agencies. One of them “may have already crossed the Italian-French border, to reach Gard, a department in southern France, in the Occitanie region,” the agency says.
“According to the information obtained in the field of international cooperation, the Tunisian citizens are linked to Isis/Daesh and would have reached Europe aboard unidentified boats,” it added.
…A European counter-terrorism officer told the Guardian that the Tunisians on the most recent list are believed to have arrived in Sicily between July and October 2017 on fishing boats or small vessels that were then abandoned on the beach.
Torre Salsa beach in Agrigento has recently become one of the most popular landing points for Tunisian migrants attempting to reach Europe. Most depart from Ben Guerdane, a Tunisian city on the border with Libya, where Isis clashed with the Tunisian army in 2016, killing at least 28 people.
Tunisians, many of who are economic migrants, are packed on the small boats and mainly disembark on the beach at night, 20 or 30 at a time. The groups disappear into the countryside, a few miles from the coast, avoiding the Italian coastguard and police controls.
Local authorities call these arrivals “ghost landings” and believe more than 3,000 Tunisians have secretly landed on the coast of Agrigento since July. Of these, the police managed to block and identify only 400 people.
What tweets Trump? when the 18th largest economy does this?
While distracted with Syria, China sweetened North Korea who called an end to nuclear testing on the peninsula, if the south de-nukes too. I’m not aware of what nukes may be based in S Korea but I’m presuming their from the USA.
It’s a very clever move to pressure the USA to respond in kind or be seen as a belligerent.
I think Trumps opening world tour and that underground facility tunnel collapse killing some 200 important/crucial people in NK has a lot to do with getting things in motion. China are the natural geopolitical arbitraers and a way to save face for NK I would imagine.
South Korea have been giving Trump credit in the lead up to the warming of relations but it seems to go under-reported in MSM.
If you asked me I’d say the CIA-istas just lost their primary puppet state and a big revenue stream, a sick Truman show affair.
The horrible scenes in Gaza today may be a provocation. This is getting really serious and Trump does not have the patriotic support Bush had for any new middle eastern adventure.
The state of Israel is 70th today.
| 2019-04-24T00:04:02 |
https://thepropertypin.com/t/pan-chaos-libya-egypt-syria-iran-iraq-us/32895?page=84
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As the saying goes, ba'da kharab al-Halab – what's the point after Aleppo is destroyed? For American policy-makers, the ability to openly talk about their mistakes in the international arena is a huge convenience. As the world's only superpower, the United States can avoid paying the price for doing irreparable harm to places like Iraq.
As the saying goes, ba'da kharab al-Halab – what's the point after Aleppo is destroyed?
For American policy-makers, the ability to openly talk about their mistakes in the international arena is a huge convenience. As the world's only superpower, the United States can avoid paying the price for doing irreparable harm to places like Iraq. Over the years, foreign policy experts in Washington, D.C. published a number of books to reflect on their mistakes in Iraq, which the U.S. invaded to find Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction that weren't. The Arabs have a saying that points out the futility of talking about mistakes after the harm is done: Ba'da kharab al-Basra – what's the point after Basra is destroyed?
Since U.S. President Barack Obama will not be moving out of the White House for a few more months, the American foreign policy establishment has not started confessing what went wrong in Syria. Actually, the SETA Foundation's Kılıç Buğra Kanat recently published "A Tale of Four Augusts," the first major analysis of the Obama administration's Syria policy since 2011.
Attending the SETA Foundation's annual conference in Washington last week, I have not come across any fans of Mr. Obama's Syria policy. Most foreign policy experts remain critical of Washington's tactical alliance with the People's Protection Units (YPG), the PKK's Syrian franchise, and the administration's failure to support the moderate rebels. In retrospect, Mr. Obama's biggest mistake was to deny the moderates an opportunity to create and enforce a safe zone in northern Syria. Having failed to heed Turkey's warnings in Iraq, the US. scrapped the safe zone proposal – the only viable plan. At this point, Republicans and Democrats alike agree that Mr. Obama's Syria policy has been a disaster. Finally, former Secretary of State James Baker described his country's unwillingness to back Turkey's safe zone proposal, which he said could have stopped DAESH and fixed Syria, as "a very bad decision."
Sadly enough, President Obama's bad decisions not only turned the Syrian civil war into a complete mess but also created a transnational terrorist organization that calls itself DAESH. To make matters worse, the Obama administration poisoned Washington's relationship with Turkey, a key NATO ally, by openly supporting the PKK's Syrian franchise.
Nowadays, Turkey and the U.S. are trying to settle on a road map to force DAESH out of the Manbij-Mare stretch. Despite Turkey's concerns, the Obama administration prefers working with the Syrian Democratic Forces, including the YPG, instead of the Free Syrian Army. With the 2016 presidential election fast approaching, foreign policy experts who understand that the Pentagon's opportunistic reliance on the YPG places Syria's future at risk cannot get through to the public. If anything, experts are starting to believe that the American people have no interest in dealing with pressing problems in the Middle East and Arab countries.
At this point, both Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, and Hillary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, agree that the U.S. should let regional players deal with problems around the world. In other words, the foreign policy establishment is adopting President Obama's once-controversial view that "free riders" must carry their weight – which means that U.S. allies around the world are starting to realize that they are alone.
Washington's isolationist turn affects not only the Middle East and the Gulf but also South Asia and Asia-Pacific. Ukraine has to fight Russia alone. Saudi Arabia must compete with Iran by itself. Pakistan does not enjoy U.S. support against the Taliban and India. And Japan feels increasingly vulnerable in the face of Chinese aggressions.
To be clear, the Obama administration has more seriously offended Turkey by assuming a hostile stance against Ankara, which involves working with the PKK-YPG. For the time being, decision-makers in Washington are willing to ignore the fact that U.S. isolationism hurts their credibility around the world and weakens their relations with U.S. allies. Still, the situation in Syria and Iraq will be an extremely serious challenge for the next U.S. president. Needless to say, he or she will have a difficult time trying to clean the mess that George W. Bush and Barack Obama left behind.
Over the next years, Mr. Obama's policy advisers will publish a number of books to tell the American people that they were wrong to ignore Turkey's recommendations in Syria. As the saying goes, ba'da kharab al-Halab – what's the point after Aleppo is destroyed?
| 2019-04-25T15:09:53 |
https://thenewturkey.org/how-obamas-failed-syria-policy-is-the-next-guys-problem/
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What can a pro learn from preparing his whole family for an IRONMAN? A lot, as it turns out.
It has been roughly seven months of consistent training for my dad and brothers as they head into IRONMAN Texas. I was recently asked what I've learned from helping my family prepare for the race. I'll get to that, but what I think my family has learned is that my "job" is not as easy as they thought.
So what have I learned? Never to work with family. No really, I'm kidding. To be honest, there isn't one thing I can really pinpoint. After coaching athletes for quite awhile now, I have dealt with just about every situation that someone can throw my way. Nothing has surprised me from an athletic point of view. What I have come to appreciate though is learning where I got my competitive spirit from!
Honestly, the most rewarding part of the journey for me was helping my 67-year-old dad, Neil, prepare. I am not kidding you when I say he hadn't swam in 50 years. He hadn't ridden a bike since elementary school, and the last time he ran was probably over 40 years ago. Despite all of this, in seven months' time, with the right motivation and some direction, we have gotten him in good enough shape to complete an IRONMAN race.This journey was truly about getting him to a level that he could enjoy the day. I believe anyone can complete an IRONMAN event if they put their mind to it, but it was also important to me that my father be able to get out there and revel in the experience.
I have always preached that it should be a goal of every athlete to take their family to the finish line, and make everyone feel like they are a part of the day. When things get tough for me I always think "I am not the only person who has sacrificed for this." I have always dreamed of racing with my brothers and my dad, and I am excited to take on the challenge.
Daniel: My brother Daniel lived up to his promises, and looks to be in good enough shape to win back his under-12 Coca Cola yoyo title. He started off his IRONMAN Texas training with a hiss and a roar over the Christmas break, but then, you know how it goes—beer, cleaning the toilet, work—it all got in the way. (Those are listed in order of importance.) All that being said, Daniel has competed in 20-plus IRONMAN races and I know he has what it takes to suffer with the best of them. My time prediction for Daniel: 11:21.
David: If you have followed along, you know that the biggest obstacle getting David to the start line injury free. I know we are not completely out of the woods yet, but we're close. I am really happy with where he is, fitness-wise. David is a dream athlete to coach. You could tell him to run to the moon or stand still for 12 hours and he'll say with a cheerful grin, "OK." My time prediction: 9:36.
Look out for us all out their on the course at IRONMAN Texas and be sure to give a special cheer to the old bearded one!
| 2019-04-25T20:56:25 |
http://www.ironman.com/triathlon/news/articles/2014/05/all-in-the-family-may.aspx
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How Risky Is International Business Machines Corp.?
The company has some major advantages that help balance out the risk that its transformation fails.
Being a global technology company operating in more than 170 countries, International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) is no stranger to risk. Currency fluctuations, which hurt IBM's results in 2015, are an ever-present risk factor, particularly because IBM derives the majority of its revenue from international markets. Another risk: The potential policies of the incoming Trump administration could roil relations with countries like China, where IBM has a major presence.
All of this matters for IBM investors. But the biggest risk, one that could have an outsize effect on the stock price going forward, is the possibility that IBM's ongoing transformation fails to reignite growth. The company's growth businesses, what it calls strategic imperatives, now account for around 40% of total revenue while still growing at a double-digit pace. Meanwhile, legacy businesses are shrinking. The net result over the past few years has been a decline in both revenue and earnings.
The expectation of IBM investors is that this new revenue will be at least as profitable as the old revenue that's disappearing, thus eventually driving earnings higher when revenue begins to grow again. There are plenty of reasons to believe that this will be the case. But IBM has yet to return to earnings growth, and until it does, there will be a lingering uncertainty around its transformation.
IBM expects to produce at least $13.50 per share in adjusted earnings this year, down from $14.92 in 2015 and $16.53 in 2014. Revenue has been declining, driving a portion of the earnings decline, but currency has also played a significant role.
The rapid growth of IBM's strategic imperatives has yet to balance out declines in other businesses. Cloud revenue over the past 12 months was $12.7 billion, with cloud as-a-service reaching an annual run rate of $7.5 billion at the end of the third quarter, up 65% year over year. Strategic imperatives in total produced $8 billion of revenue during the third quarter alone, up 15% year over year.
Despite this growth, total revenue was flat during the third quarter. Part of the problem was hardware -- IBM's mainframe revenue was down substantially, a normal occurrence for where the product is in the cycle. But the bigger problem is that these growth businesses are still not big enough to drive growth for the company.
Once they do become big enough to drive revenue growth, the question will be whether earnings growth returns. Is IBM's cloud business going to be profitable enough to offset declines in hardware sales? Will moving to a subscription software model produce as much profit as selling software licenses? There's a chance that IBM ends up being structurally less profitable than it has been in the past. That's the biggest risk facing investors.
The good news for IBM investors is that the company's strategy involves going after areas where it can build a competitive advantage. IBM's cloud strategy is to focus on enterprise customers and hybrid cloud, instead of trying to compete on cost in the infrastructure-as-a-service market. IBM will never out-Amazon Amazon, but it can provide high-value cloud solutions to its customers, including services like Watson, the company's cognitive computing system.
IBM has one major advantage -- its existing customer base -- that shouldn't be overlooked. The company counts as customers 90% of the world's top 100 banks, 80% of the top 50 global retailers, more than 200 state and local governments, nine of the top 10 global telecom companies, and 49 of the top 50 healthcare organizations in the U.S. This large, sticky customer base increases the odds of a successful transformation for IBM and decreases the odds that the company ends up in a perpetual state of decline.
IBM has yet to prove that its transformation will be successful. The company has a long track record of reinventing itself, and its massive customer base and global reach give it an important advantage. But there's certainly a chance that things go wrong. As an IBM shareholder, I think this risk is small enough to warrant investing in the stock. But it's always in the back of my mind.
| 2019-04-19T08:17:36 |
https://www.fool.com/investing/2016/12/19/how-risky-is-international-business-machines-corp.aspx
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Objective: The children will identify some common items in the recycling bin and give them a new purpose.
Display the collection of materials on a table. Ask the children to identify the items and where the items came from.
Tell children all of the things can be recycled. When something is recycled, it is broken down and the pieces are used to make something else (see Did You Know).
Explain that they are going to think of a different way to use these things; we call this reusing.
Demonstrate reusing other items such as an empty cardboard box for storing spare toy parts, an empty can as a pencil holder, an empty yogurt container as a crayon holder, etc.
Ask the children to think of ways the other items could be reused. Record responses on chart paper.
Invite the children to choose an item for reusing. Allow them to decorate it with markers, crayons, construction paper, etc.
When the children have finished, ask them what they decided their item could be reused for.
Describe what it means for something to be recycled.
How could you reuse your item?
Can you make anything else out of any of the other items left on the table?
Continue to reuse recyclable items in the classroom. For example, use clean containers with lids to store paint, glue, or modeling clay, reuse empty yogurt containers for planting seeds in the spring, cut the tops off cereal boxes and use them to store magazines.
Encourage the children to examine items they are ready to throw away and think of ways to reuse them.
Recycle old crayons by collecting pieces of crayons, remove the paper coverings, melt them down, and pour into a foil lined pan. Allow time to harden. When hardened, break into large chunks.
Could children understand and explain the difference between recycle and reuse?
Can children talk about how reusing items is good for our planet?
Could the children choose an item and find a reuse for that item?
The average person creates about 4 pounds of solid trash each day. Many of the things we use every day can be reused for a new purpose. Finding ways to reuse products takes some imagination. Just as we found new purposes for boxes and containers, other items can be reused. For instance unwanted household items can be donated to a local charitable thrift store. Once there, the items will be sorted and reused. Many animal shelters will accept discarded newspapers as well as old towels and sheets.
reuse — to use again or use more than once.
purpose — the reason that something exists or happens.
watering can — a container, usually with a handle and a spout that has a perforated end, for watering plants.
container — something, such as a box, bottle, or can, that contains or can contain something else.
collect — to gather together.
Check the tops of any empty cans for sharp edges.
Be certain all containers are washed and dry before reusing them.
| 2019-04-25T04:19:57 |
https://www.pnc.com/en/about-pnc/corporate-responsibility/grow-up-great/lesson-center/recycling/reuse-it.html
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She was one of the most popular and beloved actresses ever to appear on Nickelodeon.
But behind the camera, Jennette McCurdy was struggling with an eating disorder, that was sadly aided by her late mother, Debra.
An emotional essay, personally penned by the 26-year-old actress was published by the Huffington Post on Friday.
Jennette's eating disorder began at just 11-years-old, and was unintentionally encouraged by her mother, who also struggled with her own eating disorder growing up.
'Mom had been hospitalized for anorexia on several occasions when she was a teenager and I'm not convinced she ever overcame her disordered eating.
By the time she was 14, she landed her big break as Sam Puckett in iCarly. As it grew in popularity, she began to stress even more about her diet, and began overexercising and undereating.
'I measured my thighs with a measuring tape every night before bed,' she recalled.
By the time she was 18, she began to binge eat.
Jennette was now a star on a hit show, had landed a record deal, and sadly, was forced to deal with the reality that her mother Debra was dying from cancer, after it returned.
Her binge eating led her to throw up what she ate.
People around her would actually compliment her on her new figure, which aided in her faulty mindset of the harm she was putting on her body.
Jennette wasn't alone in her desire to be thin, as she noted than many girls in Hollywood were struggling with a disorder like her.
It wasn't until one Thanksgiving that her sister-in-law intervened, once she walked in on one of her purge sessions.
'II swung open the bathroom door and came face to face with my sister-in-law,' she said.
The Long Beach native would eventually see a therapist named Laura, who would accompany her to events to help her avoid trigger sessions.
At one point, Laura let the star know she should visit an 'inpatient treatment facility in Colorado,' which cause Jennette to cut ties with her.
'Over the next year and a half, I continued to purge even as I also began to face various come-to-Jesus moments. My throat frequently bled and I popped blood vessels in my eyes from vomiting so much,' she recalled.
At 23, the Sam and Cat star received help from an eating disorder specialist named Hank.
'I had several relapses during my time with Hank and several more even after I finished the program, but Hank warned me about relapses and told me they were totally normal.
| 2019-04-22T06:49:57 |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6788861/Nickelodeons-Jennette-McCurdy-details-battles-anorexia-bulimia-emotional-essay.html
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In my other day job I am the captain of HMS Surprise. Therefore I took note of something I read about Bl. Pius IX and USS Constitution. You will recall from your reading of The Fortune of War that Jack and Stephen were aboard HMS Java in its battle with Constitution. Thus, the link.
1848 was a year of upheaval throughout Europe; in November of that year, Pius IX fled Rome and took refuge at Gaeta, a harbor town south of Naples. A month later, U.S.S. Constitution, “Old Ironsides,” sailed for Europe to show the flag and protect American interests and citizens amidst the political turmoil. After stops in Tripoli and Alexandria, the big frigate cruised into Italian waters and in August 1849 was berthed in Gaeta. The ship’s surgeon invited the pope and Kind Ferdinand II of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to visit Constitution, where the two rulers were duly welcomed with all honors. Pius IX blessed the Catholics in the crew, who were lined up on the gun deck, and after being entertained by the captain in his quarters, was seen off with another 21-gun salute. Pius later sent rosaries to all the Catholic tars on “Old Ironsides,” and gave the ship’s captain, John Gwinn, a medal with the papal image and coat-of-arms.
Which it’s a great anecdote, as Preserved Killick would say.
In the Reverse of the Medal, Dr. Maturin, Stephen, a master of invective, flashed out some brilliance concerning Jesuits. Context: Jack Aubrey has met a son, fathered many years before out of wedlock, but he is distressed to learn that he is godforbid a Papist. He wonders if he was godforbid also trained by Jesuits.
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I have quoted that to my husband on just about each occasion I have read it – about 3 or 4 times. That is a great quote!
Not to speak for father here, but I would say that Fr. Baker et alia are the exceptions that prove the rule.
Thus making Pio Nono the first Pope to set foot on U.S. territory!
That also makes the USS Constitution a third class relic, right?
Don’t forget the late Fr. John Hardon. Makes up for a lot of bad Jesuits.
JonPatrick; I believe Fr. Hardon has been in heaven for some time :).
| 2019-04-18T20:53:57 |
http://wdtprs.com/blog/2015/09/pius-later-sent-rosaries-to-all-the-catholic-tars-on-old-ironsides/
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Underline the key concepts found in this principle.
Ruling our spirit is managing our behavior or emotions. Our behavior is directly affected by our emotions, so in order to rule our behavior we must control our reactions. Ruling our spirit is not always easy because it is what we really are. Everything that we hear, see, smell, taste or touch is entered into our mind. It analyzes the situations and recommends a response. We then decide to react or respond, affecting our emotions and in the end our behavior. Ruling our emotions means deciding to discipline or manage our responses.
It has been said that it is just as bad to think something as to do it. This is not true, because thoughts alone do not affect other people. It is the action that causes the damage. We all have emotions and can get upset about things, but it is extremely important that we learn to calm and manage those feelings or they will harm others and destroy us.
on people are nonverbal. The way we dress, walk and behave all transmit a message. The non-verbal body language we use says as much about our character as our words.
The emotions in us are energy. If that energy is harnessed it becomes a valuable asset. The most valuable types of energy when controlled are those with the greatest potential for destruction because of their great power. Consider nuclear energy, when out of control becomes an extremely destructive force but does immeasurable good when harnessed. The key factor is control, which creates value.
When we are in a crisis and our primary reaction is explosive, we waste opportunities; we may lose our businesses and ruin good relationships. When these behaviors are frequent we may become branded as unreasonable, and be rejected or isolated. The drive to react by impulse takes us out of control. If we learn to calm our spirit we will be in control of situations, rather than situations controlling us.
have consistency with your moods and attitudes.
2. Be more thoughtful and practice good behavior in all situations. You realize that what you sow, you will reap.
3. Avoid manipulation and in turn find more favor with others instead of barriers. You will handle yourself well while identifying problems and offering solutions.
What benefits will you obtain by raising your rating?
the truth and be transparent. Your emotions are like gasoline, so dont start your trip in life without a tank full. They will energize you for great achievements.
for you to control your emotions in the past?
2. How has it affected you when others have failed to control their emotions?
3. How do you usually communicate how you feel? Do others understand you or are there usually barriers between you and others because of emotions?
4. Have the trust and respect of others.
emotions. Feed your mind on values based on truth and the right principles. This will help your mind to advise you properly. Remember that the mind is primarily a processor and will recommend responses based on how it has been programmed.
2. Remind yourself of the danger and cost of extreme emotional stress. The right self-control of your emotions has a great impact on your personal well being.
3. Learn to recognize your emotions and govern its energy. Ask yourself why you sometimes have such quick reactions. Give yourself some time before reacting. Ask yourself if this situation is worth your reaction and if it is, give it your full attention and energy.
4. Eliminate moodiness. Learn to be more tolerant and dont judge others quickly. Do not expect perfection from yourself or other people around you. Program yourself to make constant self improvements. Moody and unstable behavior can bring much harm to you as well as to others. This instability may be the result of internal hurts that may need to be resolved.
Chapter 2: Personality, Self Esteem, & Emotions Section 2.3: Expressing your Emotions.
Your Thoughts Affect Your Emotions - Go Your Own WELLBEING...Your Thoughts Affect Your Emotions More (Much More) ... Listening to your self-talk is the first step in gaining control of unpleasant ... shouted inside your mind.
Understanding Emotions - SoulMate Alchemy Emotions ... Our mind takes a snapshot of the event, ... takes out the need to control your emotions and relieves you of a lot of work.
| 2019-04-25T18:46:36 |
https://vdocuments.site/the-self-government-principle-of-emotions-la-self-government-principle-of-emotions.html
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What were 500 tons of yellow cake uranium still doing at the nuclear research center of Al—Tuwaitha in Iraq when American tanks rolled into Bagdhad?
The fact that the material was under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for more than a decade opens an entirely different line of questioning: Is the entire group of United Nations bureaucrats running the IAEA legally insane?
These issues are somewhat separate from the Plame—Wilson—Rove dust up that's been roiling Washington recently, but nevertheless shed light on why Joe Wilson went to Niger in February of 2002 and why the bureaucratic tussle over those 16 words about the Iraqi—Niger yellow cake connection was so fierce.
The story begins at the end of the first Gulf War when inspectors found a 500 ton cache of refined yellow cake uranium at Iraq's primary nuclear research facility in Al—Tuwaitha outside of Bagdhad. The cache was part of a huge inventory of nuclear materials discovered by UN inspectors that included low—level radioactive material of the type used for industrial and medical purposes as well as a quantity of highly enriched uranium suitable for bomb production.
This HE uranium was shipped to Russia where it was made relatively harmless by a process known as 'isotopic dilution' — but only after the Iraqis dragged their heels for more than 6 months following the cease fire by playing a cat and mouse game with the IAEA's inspectors. The history of those early IAEA inspections can be found here and is an eye opening look at both the gullibility of the IAEA and the lengths to which Saddam sought to keep as much of his nuclear bomb making capability as he could.
The IAEA placed a seal on the nuclear materials in November of 1992. From then until the fall of Saddam, the agency attempted to make sure that Iraq did not use the yellow cake to reconstitute its nuclear program, something the IAEA acknowledged could be done if the Iraqis were able to rebuild its centrifuges and gain access to additional fissile material. Keeping track of the material was made extraordinarily difficult by the Iraqis who regularly impeded IAEA officials from carrying out even the most routine inspections.
Flash forward to 1999 when British intelligence found out through multiple sources that representatives of the Iraqi government had met with officials from the Niger government.
This fact is not in dispute. The mystery is in what they talked about. A memo obtained by the British — later proven to be a forgery — purported to show the Iraqis were interested in purchasing 500 tons of yellow cake uranium from Niger's mines. Forgery or not, since Niger's exports are extremely limited, consisting largely of uranium ore, livestock, cowpeas, and onions, one doesn't have to be an intelligence analyst to figure out in which one of those items the Iraqis might be interested.
Both the Butler Review and the Senate Select Committee on Pre War Iraq Intelligence (SSCI) point to other efforts by Saddam to purchase uranium, most notably from the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The Butler Review states in 2002 the CIA 'agreed that there was evidence that [uranium from Africa] had been sought.' In the run—up to war in Iraq, the British Intelligence Services apparently believed that Iraq had been trying to obtain uranium from Africa; however, no evidence has been passed on to the IAEA apart from the forged documents.
This then was the context in which Ambassador Joe Wilson went to Niger in February of 2002. Based on multiple sources and the best judgement of the CIA, Saddam Hussein was trying purchase uranium. Since there were no working commercial nuclear reactors in all of Iraq, his interest could only be based on his desire to reconstitute his nuclear weapons program.
There was no 'fixing' of intelligence or 'shaping' intelligence to fit some preconceived agenda. Despite UN resolutions and sanctions, Saddam was looking to build the bomb.
What about that 500 tons of yellow cake under seal at Al—Tuwaitha? As long as the sanctions were in place, the inspectors would be able to confirm, albeit with great difficulty, that Saddam would not be able to use the material for his bomb building program. But that fact doesn't answer the question: why would any organization charged with keeping a lid on nuclear proliferation allow that much fissile material to be kept by a bloodthirsty tyrant who had already demonstrated a desire to construct a nuclear weapon?
The actions, or more appropriately, the inactions of the IAEA regarding Iraq since the end of Gulf War I, betray the agency's true agenda. Rather than inspect, report, and implement restrictions in accordance with the provisions in the treaty, the agency has in effect become an enabler of rogue nations who are attempting, or who have already succeeded in developing or acquiring special nuclear material and equipment. In other words, the IAEA is simply a reflection of its parent organization, which routinely delays and obfuscates the efforts of the US and the UK in controlling banned substances and delivery systems.
Time after time, the agency has either intentionally or naively bought into the lies and deceptions contrived by nations of the Axis of Evil during IAEA visits and inspections. In most cases, the IAEA avoids confrontation like the plague in order to maintain access to the facilities. If they are booted out, as was the case with North Korea, their impotence is on display for all to see. In other cases, the agency joins in the deception, thereby allowing these rogue states to level the nuclear playing field with the West and Russia.
Clearly then, the IAEA was totally dependent on the sanctions to even carry out the limited inspections it was performing in the 1990's. But how long would the sanctions be in place?
It is an article of faith with critics of the war that 'Saddam was in a box' and there was no need for an invasion to remove him. It's a pity that many of those critics have such a short memory because a review of what many of them were saying about the sanctions prior to September 11, 2001 would show that they were eager to lift the very same sanctions that they now claim was keeping Saddam in check.
Thanks to a remarkable propoganda program that included funeral processions of Iraqi babies whose dead bodies were used over and over again in macabre effort to make it appear that the death toll of infants was higher than it was, the world community was, by 2001, agitating for the lifting of sanctions on the Iraq economy. And while the lifting of economic sanctions would not have meant a lifting of the arms embargo, given the limited resources available to both The United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) and the IAEA as well as Iraq's demonstrated ability to impede, obstruct, and deceive inspectors, it stands to reason that the continuation of the arms embargo would have been a sham. Even with the embargo, the Dulfer Report showed that Saddam's ability to evade the sanctions and purchase illicit weapons was extremely troubling.
All of this is important to remember when thinking about that 500 tons of yellow cake uranium sitting under seal at Al—Tuwaitha. How worried was the CIA that Saddam would someday be able to use that material to construct a bomb?
That question goes to the heart of the current controversy over not just who may have 'outed' a covert CIA operative, but whether the Administration was trying to discredit Mr. Wilson so that his charge that the White House manipulated intelligence to fool the American people into support for war would also be disbelieved.
Why would the White House want to discredit Mr. Wilson? Given that the Mr. Bush was in the midst of tight Presidential campaign, it's obvious that politics had something to do with it. But the effort by the White House to push back against who Mr. Wilson was running interference for — the CIA — was at bottom what this conflict has been about from the start.
I spoke to a number of reporters over the ensuing months. Each time they asked the White House or the State Department about it, they would feign ignorance. I became even more convinced that I was going to have to tell the story myself.
This is where the yellow cake story became a club that the CIA could bash the Administration over the head with. Never mind that Saddam already had 500 tons of the stuff on hand just waiting for the world to turn its back so that it could be used to jump start his nuclear program. And since the intelligence regarding Saddam's further efforts to purchase uranium was partially discredited, the President's opponents at the agency thought they saw an opening. Already under fire for missing the 9/11 plot thus making that tragedy the biggest intelligence failure since Pearl Harbor, the hyper sensitivity of the CIA to criticism would now manifest itself into an attack on its more vocal critics in the Administration.
One of the most underreported aspects of this scandal has been the hostility by a faction in the CIA toward the White House during the period following the discovery that weapons of mass destruction were not to be found in Iraq. This kind of bureaucratic infighting is usually too arcane a subject for most people to pay much attention to. However, in this case, there appears to be a measure of partisan politics on the part of CIA personnel thrown into the mix in addition to the very human impulse to shift blame for failure.
The Wall Street Journal commented on this conflict in an editorial on September 29 following a selective leak of a CIA report predicting post—war instability in Iraq. Not only was the leak a brazen attempt by the CIA to embarass the administration, but the fact that it came two days before the first debate between the President and Senator Kerry was evidence that this faction in the CIA was determined to affect the election.
Keep in mind that none of these CIA officials were ever elected to anything, and that they are employed to provide accurate information to officials who present their policy choices for voter judgment. Yet what the CIA insurgents are essentially doing here, with their leaks and insubordination, is engaging in a policy debate. Given the timing of the latest leaks so close to an election, they are now clearly trying to defeat President Bush and elect John Kerry. Yet somehow the White House stands accused of 'politicizing' intelligence?
The leaking of pre—war intelligence nuggets prior to the election in 2004 that showed the CIA in the best possible light by highlighting alternate analyses of Iraq WMD capabilities was a remarkable demonstration of partisanship by supposedly non—partisan bureaucrats. And while the partisanship was not necessarily due to any allegiance to the Democratic party on the part of the leakers, it did reveal a mind set that wished to establish a public record absolving the CIA of failure. The fact that the President would be hurt politically by the revelations was also a probable motive for the leaks.
Was Valerie Plame a part of this faction? In his column naming her as a CIA employee, Robert Novak describes her as an 'operative on weapons of mass destruction.' Since most of the leaks coming from the CIA faction at war with the White House involved the analysis of the WMD threat from Iraq, it's tempting to connect the dots and say that Plame was part of a group that wished to, at the very least, prove that the CIA was not as wrong about WMD in Iraq as some in the Administration were saying. At worst, Mrs. Wilson may have been a party to an effort to influence an election by trying to embarass the President.
And by connecting the dots between Mrs. Wilson and other agency rebels who sought to take down the President, doesn't this open up a whole slew of questions about Mr. Wilson? The former ambassador has been portraying himself as a whistleblower. What if he was an errand boy instead? Wilson, by virtue of his former employment at the State Department could be the perfect front man for a propoganda campaign by his wife's employer to shift blame for the WMD fiasco from the agency's incompetence to the neoconservative hawks and their rush to war.
Another question raised by this effort of the CIA to discredit the President is about the complaint filed with the Justice Department by the agency when Mrs. Wilson's "cover" was blown.
Having worked at CIA headquarters at Langely for nearly 6 years, the idea that any foreign intelligence service who wanted to find out wouldn't have known of Mrs Wilson's employment at the agency strains credulity. The turnoff from the highway into CIA headquarters is clearly marked. Is it possible that foreign spies could have observed Mrs. Wilson entering the complex at Langely over a six year period? Or, more likely, could they have gotten a hold of a list of agency personnel who work at Langely? Given the number of truly damaging revelations regarding traitors over the years, it seems logical to conclude that a list of employees at Langely could be in the hands of one or more foreign intelligence services. The filing of the complaint over the leak could then be seen in the context of further efforts by the CIA to get back at the Administration.
The question of whether or not Saddam wanted to purchase yellow cake uranium to augment his existing supply sitting in the Al—Tuwaitha facility, when viewed in the context of this White House—CIA conflict, becomes not a question of the CIA analyzing Saddam's intentions but rather a question of the CIA attacking the Administration's intentions. The rationale for war given by the President goes far beyond any disputed effort by Saddam to buy uranium. But the only way to attack the President's motives is by concentrating solely and exclusively on the lack of WMD. And since it's been widely reported that most western governments believed Saddam had a large stockpile of chemical and biological weapons prior to the invasion, the only possible line of attack by the President's opponents at CIA was the single reference to uranium found in the State of the Union address given by Bush in 2002.
Did the White House go overboard in its effort to push back against this effort by the CIA to discredit the President? At this point, it's unclear if any laws even were broken by Karl Rove or anyone else in the White House. But however the scandal shakes out, it would be hard to argue that Plame, Wilson, or Rove acted honorably and in the best interests of the United States.
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https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2005/07/about_that_500_tons_of_yellow.html
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Wet Wood Vs. Dry Wood: Is Soaking Necessary?
::Wet Wood Vs. Dry Wood: Is Soaking Necessary?
There are pitmasters who insist on soaking their wood chunks and chips before smoking meat, and then there are those who are adamantly against it. Does it make a difference, though?
The wet wood vs. dry wood debate is one that has raged on for ages. If you're on the fence or haven't formed an opinion yet, the following points might help make up your mind.
Point #1: Believe it or not, studies show that solid chunks of wood absorb very little water---even after hours of soaking. Cross sections of various hardwood species indicated minimal penetration beyond the surface layer and only slightly more water absorption in cracks and crevices. Wood chips do take on more water because of their large surface area.
Point #2: When you put wet wood on a grill or smoker, it doesn't start smoldering immediately. In fact, what you're witnessing is the water evaporating at 212ºF (boiling point) and turning into steam. Only once the moisture has completely evaporated will the wood chunk heat up to the point where it can produce smoke and impart flavor to your food.
Point #3: Point #2 kills the theory that wet wood will give you a longer smoke. If the wood is steaming, it isn't smoking.
Point #4: If you're using a charcoal cooker, soaked wood can smother the fire and reduce the heat. With temperature control being a crucial part of smoking, you're unlikely to want any interference.
Point #5: Many pitmasters soak wood chips because they tend to burn up in a heartbeat. Experts suggest that you place dry chips in a foil packet and then poke holes in it to release the smoke. This workaround not only prevents the chips from catching fire, but it also improves the quality of the smoke.
If you enjoy plank cooking, you'll want to soak the wood for a few hours before placing it over the heat. Although the plank won't absorb much water, the moisture will prevent the wood from catching fire and incinerating your food. If you forget to soak, you could find yourself facing a relatively expensive mistake and calling for takeout.
Ultimately, you want to create a clean burning fire with a sweet smelling smoke that's thin, blue, and almost invisible. While the wet wood vs. dry wood debate is likely to rage on as long as there's wood to burn and meat to smoke, the reality is that soaking is often unnecessary and shows very little benefit. Wood must be dry for it to smoke rather than steam, so you're essentially wasting time and H2O with soaking. If you're not convinced, go ahead and experiment. We'd love to hear your results.
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My Thuraya SatSleeve doesn't charge my iPhone even if the backup battery switch is on. What should I do?
If the Thuraya SatSleeve is not sufficiently charged then it can not charge your iPhone.
To charge the iPhone using the SatSleeve the SatSleeve battery needs to be sufficiently charged or connected to the charger.
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Federal District Court Judge Susan Bolton's decision in U.S. v. Arizona was a big win for the U. S. Department of Justice from a legal standpoint, and a bullet dodged by President Obama from a political standpoint. Perhaps of larger significance, the decision points to some important constitutional tensions that need to be recalled in a nation currently characterized by fractious Red states eager to embrace a power struggle with a Federal government controlled by, as they see it, Blue politicians.
This article first sets out some of the near-term procedural implications that flow from Judge Bolton's decision; then it appraises some of the legal bases chosen or ignored by Judge Bolton's opinion; and finally, it notes the historical seeds of tensions that could grow from (or be staunched by) the lawsuit if the Obama Administration plays its cards correctly.
Why an injunction and a "preliminary" one at that?
I still have to hear the evidence in the case but I think the DOJ is probably right and the Federal government will prevail in this case. In the mean time I don't want this law to take effect until I can hear the whole case with evidence and legal arguments. That may take months to hear, research and decide upon. Arizona can still present evidence and argument but I think when the case is over they probably won't be able to convince me that it is constitutional. But if I wait to make a decision for the months it may take, people will have suffered harm they probably should not have to suffer.
Some metrics drawn from the football metaphors that crept into the last paragraph might help to convey more clearly the magnitude of Judge Bolton's ruling. If a lawsuit was scored like a football game, the score might be of this magnitude: United States 48, Arizona 6.
How -- according to the Justice Department and Judge Bolton --is Arizona running afoul of the Constitution?
SB 1070 provided that for every arrest a police officer must undertake a mandatory investigation. Further, SB 1070 provided that an immigration inquiry would only occur during a detention if and when the officer had a suspicion that the person detained may not be a citizen or, if an alien, did not have sufficiently convincing proof of lawful presence in the country. Even for those persons merely detained (for a brief investigation or question by an officer), there would ensue an immigration ("your papers please") investigation if the detaining officer was suspicious of the person's immigration status. And when that happened, those detentions (like the full arrest) would be "prolonged" and for that reason constitutionally unreasonable.
"Under [SB 1070] all arrestees will be required to prove their immigration status to the satisfaction of state authorities, thus increasing the intrusion of police presence into the lives of legally-present aliens (and even United States citizens), who will necessarily be swept up by this requirement."
Two things about Judge's Bolton's legal reasoning stand out. First, she artfully focused on the harm SB 1070 would impose on U.S. citizens and legally-present aliens instead of harm that might befall illegal aliens or persons with problematic claims to being documented. Judge Bolton's opinion never ran off that track into heat provoking arguments about race and language-based stereotypes that so many commentators believed the bill would engender. Second, her legal analysis completely tracked and adopted the Supremacy Clause analysis contained in the brief and arguments submitted by DOJ.
It is interesting that the brief from the Department of Justice focused almost exclusively on the Supremacy Clause issue. It did not, as one might expect from a Department whose mission is to confront racial or ethnic discrimination, address those issues. Having won with Supremacy Clause issues, the decision to skirt potential discrimination issues seems prescient and astute.
Opponents of SB 1070 (who condemn it as a bill legitimatizing racial profiling) are possibly disappointed by the absence -- in the arguments of the DOJ, and in turn in the opinion of Judge Bolton - to racial or ethnic discrimination in policing that the law might generate. Passionate advocates on each side of the debate will have to wait for another vehicle. For this result alone, Judge Bolton's approach deserves respect for her legal reasoning, praise for her intellect and courage as judge, and admiration for her ability to avoid adding fuel anybody's fire.
Congress has primarily exercised its authority over immigration through laws aimed at employers, and only minimally directed at employment seekers. Federal law prescribes a maze of mandates for employers to check identification and cross check with numerous Federal law enforcement and immigration control agencies. Judge Bolton observed that the United States Congress (the political institution in which Arizona's senator, John McCain, once led on this issue) purposefully and deliberately rejected immigration control measures which focus on job seeking applicants. The job seeker's only duty is to not lie if queried about citizenship status when applying for a job.
Put differently, the national decision of our elected legislators (and the Republican and Democrat Presidents who have signed immigration legislation) has been that employers, not job seekers, should bear the burden of insuring compliance with immigration policy in the workplace. Arizona's legislators - under the guise of state's rights - are not at liberty to decide that Congress made the wrong decision and should have attacked the issue in a different way. It was a decision for Congress to make - or not make. Congress intended that it be done a specific way; not that it could be done one way in Arizona (and maybe another in New Mexico, or differently in Vermont.) That assignment of power to the Federal legislative body - and not to that of an individual state -- to make that policy choice is what the Supremacy Clause is all about.
Judge Bolton's opinion noted that in employment matters, state law typically occupies the field with little Federal intrusion beyond certain specialized topics - such as labor relations or immigration control where the Federal government wields powers that must be uniform. But with regard to immigration control, the DOJ argued and Judge Bolton agreed, the United States Congress had deliberately chosen to focus criminal sanctions only on employers and not on job seekers. Arizona SB 1070 placed criminal penalties on job seekers and this was not a policy choice for them to make under the Federal constitution's supremacy clause.
How Arizona arrogantly jumped the line of other security and law enforcement interests.
Another offending flaw in SB 1070 that DOJ lawyers emphasized, and Judge Bolton accepted, was the impact the law would have on Federal law enforcement and immigration control agencies. DOJ filed with the District Court affidavits from top law enforcement administrators of agencies like DHS and the FBI in Arizona. The affidavits supported the DOJ argument that enforcement of SB 1070 would mean Federal immigration and law enforcement personnel and computer systems would be burdened by responding to a tsunami of immigration status inquiries from local Arizona law enforcement.
Those calls from the patrol car or from the booking area of a local city jail in Arizona have to be answered and processed by someone. Employees of Federal agencies will have to respond in real time to give the information requested by officers in the midst of detentions and arrests.
On this argument Judge Bolton's analysis evoked visions of a Homeland Security or customs agent placing "on hold" a call from a Sky Marshall seeking information about the immigration status of a passenger on a jet bound for the United States while she responded to a request for information from an officer detaining a driver of pick-up truck filled with garden tools on a street in Arizona.
Arizona police officers would be demanding attention and thereby diminishing resources the Federal government was trying to focus on more serious threats from outside our borders. Federal resources to meet that challenge would be reduced while tending to Arizona's political hissy-fit over illegal immigration.
How a dangerous political challenge was met and is being rebuffed.
At a fundamental level SB 1070 was nothing more than a states' rights power play by the Arizona legislators and governor. In retrospect it may have been nothing more than a bluff, known by those who received legal advice before enactment to be unlikely to remain standing. Perhaps they surmised the Federal government would not want to bring a challenge (or it would hurt the Administration if they did so.) Thankfully, DOJ called Arizona's bluff.
The DOJ, led by Attorney General Eric Holder, and in particular the Civil Division legal team fielded by Assistant Attorney General Tony West, should be complimented for advancing a precise Supremacy Clause argument and winning a victory on grounds that would not heat up the rhetoric of racial and ethnic stereotyping. Judge Bolton should be commended for unblinkingly pointing out constitutional flaws written into the procedures enacted by SB 1070. Arizona's political vigilantes rode into a legal box canyon they devised through using a combustible mix of political and legal bluster; the DOJ rounded them up and restored constitutional law and order.
President Obama has famously proclaimed admiration for certain of his Republican predecessors. Two of them come to mind in crises generated by tension between Federal government prerogatives and "states rights." One is, of course, the 19th century President from Illinois who fought to hold a Federal government together in the face of a secessionist challenge by 13 southern states. The other was a 20th century president, Dwight Eisenhower, who sent troops to Little Rock to enforce orders of Federal courts when it was unpopular to do so with state officials in Arkansas, or for that matter throughout what were then southern (but are now strongly "Red") states.
Americans should keep in mind that in the past, disgruntled states -- not unlike Arizona in today's immigration kerfuffle -- insisted on their "rights" even when those rights conflicted with Federal law. Then, as now, states wanted to enforce (or not enforce) laws of their choosing without regard to their duty to obey the constitution and its allocation of governmental powers. Those states' rights tensions with the Federal government - as ugly as their history has been - are surfacing in the American polity now in virulent forms.
Hopefully, President Obama will consider some of that historical perspective as he decides to fight or acquiesce to future challenges of the kind embodied by the passage of Arizona SB 1070. As a student of Doris Kearns Goodwin's writings on Lincoln, he should remember Lincoln's genius was not simply in assembling a "team of rivals." It was in assembling them, discerning which team members gave the wisest and most courageous advice, and then encouraging that team member to provide leadership.
President Obama may have found "his Grant" in a cabinet of rivals; he already has honorific "general" rank and his name is Holder.
A more extensive version of this article first appeared in Truthdig under the title: "Why Arizona Matters"
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/obamas-general-wins-one-t_b_678845
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How can it help? ABA aims to develop and increase the good behaviours, and to minimise the behaviours that interfere with learning or relationships, or those that could be harmful. It can also help to teach basic skills.
Who can it help? ABA is designed to work with all age groups. But it is controversial – while some parents are firm fans, others in the autism community are critical.
What is it? PBS seeks to understand the reason for challenging behaviour. By assessing a person’s life history, physical health and emotional needs, it looks to minimise the triggers for this by making changes to the environment or to routines. So proactive strategies might be dimming the lights, tying hair back to stop it being pulled, giving rewards, or using a sign to confirm a task is finished. Reactive strategies include not responding to behaviour, distracting the child, giving reminders, or leaving the room. A good PBS plan has more proactive than reactive strategies.
How can it help? PBS aims to reduce anxiety or confusion that can lead to challenging behaviour. Additionally, PBS teaches a child more appropriate ways of communicating and getting what they want - using words or signs for example.
Who can it help? Anyone with behavioural difficulties, including children with ASD. PBS can also be used with people with learning, developmental and social difficulties.
What is it? PECS is a systematic way to teach a child to communicate using pictures. It provides an alternative means of communication allowing children who cannot talk or write to share their thoughts and opinions. For example, in simple terms, if a child wants a drink, he will give a picture of 'drink' to the adult who will then give him a drink.
How can it help? Originally, some believed PECS could hinder any progress with speech development. However, in practice even those previously uninterested become more open to trying other forms of communication, like speech. It also helps to alleviate frustration, minimising tantrums and challenging behaviour. It can be especially helpful to encourage children to interact and socialise.
Who can it help? PECS was originally designed for children with autism spectrum disorder and related developmental disabilities, but can be used for other non-verbal children as well as adolescents who have a wide range of communicative, cognitive and physical difficulties.
What is it? SCERTS is an educational model which aims to teach children with autism the core skills that are needed in order to have the best outcomes in later life, and to be able to apply functional skills in different settings. It focuses on social communication (functional communication and emotional expression) and emotional regulation (coping with everyday stress). It may involve modifying the environment or providing learning tools like picture communications, written schedules, or sensory supports.
How can it help? SCERTS provides a framework so that families, teachers, and therapists can all work on a child’s individual plan, which will cover goals and objectives for learning both at home and at school. So for example they may work in tandem on getting a child to communicate food choices at mealtime through pictures, words or gestures; or to respond in the same way when a child shows sign of emotional overload, whether that might be through offering deep pressure, or clarifying tasks with visual prompts.
Who can it help? Mainly children with ASD and their families, but the SCERTS model can also be used across a range of developmental abilities.
What is it? A framework for understanding and responding to the needs of children and adults on the autism spectrum. The aim is to provide a basis for communication, and reduce the disabling effects of autism. Developed by the National Autistic Society.
How can it help? SPELL looks at ways in which we can change or structure the environment to make an individual feel safe and reduce their anxiety. It helps us to see the world through their eyes and understand which noises or smells or environments can be overwhelming.
Who can it help? Any child on the autism spectrum. It works well with other interventions, especially TEACCH.
What is it? In collaboration with parents, TEACCH looks to understand the whole child or adult, focusing on their skills, interests and needs. Individual plans are designed to make the most of their strengths within a structured environment. This is sometimes called ‘structured teaching’ and involves looking at the physical structure or the organisation of the room, visual schedules (where/when/what the activity will be), visual information (what can we do in this work or play area), and task information (visually clear information on what the task is about).
How can it help? The TEACCH programme helps to prepare people with autism to live or work more effectively at home, at school and in the community by focusing on communication and social skills, independence, coping skills and skills for daily life. It provides a wide range of services including educational services, supported employment programmes, parent training and counselling and individualised treatment programmes.
Who can it help? Any child or adult with autism. Some people may need some form of TEACCH in place throughout their whole life. TEACCH is a key element of the SPELL approach and the National Autistic Society’s Earlybird programme.
What is it? A support programme aimed at families of preschool children. Parents sign up for group training sessions and home visits, which help them to understand autism, communicate with their child, and manage behaviour.
How can it help? It helps parents to understand their children and establish good practice at an early age by using techniques from TEACCH, PECS and SPELL.
Who can it help? It supports parents of children under 5 years old. The NAS EarlyBird Plus Programme is for families whose child is 4-8 years old.
What is it? Portage is a home-visiting educational service for pre-school children with special needs. It focuses on three main elements; child-led play, structured teaching and family focus. Portage teachers show parents how to take a ‘small steps’ approach to learning, breaking down long-term goals into achievable targets.
How can it help? Through playing and learning together at home, home life for the whole family can be improved. Plus, families can work together on the skills needed to interact and socialise outside of home.
Who can it help? Children with special needs and their families.
What is it? Sometimes also known as the Options Method, it's an alternative autism treatment where parents lead the teaching and therapy at home, where the child feels safest. Parents learn how to ‘join’ their child in their world so they can build a relationship before trying to teach any new skills. If the child starts flapping his hands or repeating an action, parents must copy. Parents learn to relate to the child in a way that the child can understand and a trust is built between them.
How can it help? By establishing trust, parents can then begin to teach through play, helping to develop communication and social skills.
Who can it help? Children on the autism spectrum as well as children with other disabilities.
What is it? AIT is an educational music programme based on the idea that some people are hypersensitive (over-sensitive) or hyposensitive (under-sensitive) to certain frequencies of sound. This can cause issues with concentration, understanding or communication, and may lead to irritability, tantrums, slow responses and tiredness.
How can it help? AIT involves a person listening to a selection of music that has been electronically modified so the frequencies have been changed. The aim is to reduce ‘distorted’ hearing and hypersensitivity of specific frequencies by ‘re-educating’ the brain, so that all frequencies can be heard equally well.
Who can it help? People who have ADHD, ADD, dyslexia, hearing sensitivities, autism, developmental delays, poor concentration, speech and language problems as well as a variety of other special needs.
What is it? A therapy to help people cope with sensory difficulties by exposing them to sensory stimulation in a structured, repetitive way. Sensory difficulties could be noise or taste-related, or they could be tactile or visual.
Treatments could involve wearing a weighted vest, being brushed or rubbed with various instruments, riding a scooter board, or sitting on a bouncy ball.
How can it help? The idea is that through repetition, the brain will adapt and respond in a more ‘organised’ way to sensations and movement. Sensory difficulties can make everyday situations unbearable, but therapy can change the lives of whole families, enabling them to do everyday things like taking a trip to the supermarket together.
Who can it help? Any child or adolescent, particularly with ASD, who struggles to process sensory information such as textures, sounds, smells, tastes, brightness and movement.
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https://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/special-educational-needs/autism/autism-interventions
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The ancient Egyptians had a complex religious system that combined aspects of personal/family deities, city gods, and a very small number of national deities. The best way to understand it is: every city had its local deity and that deity was the principal god for that local population. There was also the only true national god and that was the king. Again worship varied. There was individual prayer. There were community celebrations. There was worship and rituals within temples. Since the general populous could not go into the temples, there was no public worship in the temples. The major public worship ceremonies would be those where the god was carried out of the temple in a shrine and paraded around town for people to see and returned to the temple. Within temples an ordained/purified priesthood carried out the daily, monthly and seasonal rituals. Also, many of the deities in ancient Egypt were related to natural phenomenon and worship may have been developed as a respect for that (such asrepresentation of the Nile floods, appearance of certain stars, beginning of growing season, etc.). Christianity has recognized Sunday as the day of worship. Islam has Friday. Jews honor the Sabbath. Since the ancient Egyptians used a lunar calendar, all of their festival days are tied into lunar calendar dates. They also used a civil calendar and special national festivals were associated with the New Year time This varies immensely by god. Some of the more common rituals include waking, feeding, bathing, clothing, singing to, and putting the god to bed in the evening.
These would have happened on a daily basis. Each temple would have had additional rituals during the month. Funerals seem to be times of transition for the deceased. They are passing from this life into the afterlife. The corpse and spirit are ritually brought to the tomb and a variety of rituals are performed to assist them in making the passage to the afterlife where they are reborn in the Egyptian version of paradise. The funerals include much weeping and wailing, but also include a festival meal and libations for the decease There afterlife was a place where they were reborn in the company of the gods. It mainly included all of what they held dear in this world and many others, especially cool breezes, good food, a nice place to live, etc. There afterlife was a place where they were reborn in the company of the gods. It mainly included all of what they held dear in this world and many others, especially cool breezes, good food, a nice place to live, etc. This is a most discussed question. We assume that everyone could make it to the afterlife, but the social position of the dead in the afterlife mirrored that of the resent world. If you were a commoner here, you will be a commoner there.
They did fear death, but also recognized it was mainly an area that they have not experienced and thus that can be a very daunting thing. Yes, they did both regular and burnt offerings. It was normal that the produce of fields owned by temples was offered to the gods. It normally happened that the priests were then given a portion of that as their salaries once the god had consumed that part which he/she wanted. What was buried with the deceased was entirely based upon their social / economic standing. Wealthier people had more stuff, poorer had less. Wealthier people normally had better tombs, nicer coffins, etc. It truly was a reflection of their current wealth. Not in the sense that some beliefs from India have the spirit reborn into a different or better physical form in this world. Rather we need to remember that their rebirth was confined to the afterlife. Pyramids were restricted to those who could afford them such as kings and queens. We do see in the New Kingdom (1500 – 1100 BC) private individuals begin to place mini-pyramids on the tops of their personal tombs, but again those individuals were wealthy and could afford that extravagance. The gods were in charge of maintaining the world. Thus the king did his job of maintaining the country in good order and the gods rewarded him with a long reign (or so the theory goes). People worships the gods because the world belonged to them and if people disrupted the world, the gods could remove their protection over the people. It was definitely a system where the gods had the upper hand so to speak.
| 2019-04-24T22:07:09 |
http://egyptopia.com/religious-features/
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Headed to the shows? Here are our picks for Paris's best chic boutique hotels of every size, and on any budget, for fashionistas who live the part. Because who wants to come home to a hotel that's anything less than fabulous? These are the best hotels in the Paris Fashion District.
This under-the-radar gem is our new black-book favorite for indulging in a Paris fashion moment. Sleek, custom-finished rooms sport all the luxury touches that raise the bar on bespoke comfort. A swanky restaurant and bar, an intimate outdoor terrace, and an exquisite little spa don't hurt either. What's more, the private three-bedroom garden house for up to eight people is unique in all of Paris.
This adorable fashion-themed hotel mixes luscious sorbet colors with bold black-and-white accents for an ultra-stylish look. Rooms are truly teensy (except for the top-floor suite, which is a bargain for two) but for a bargain price you get cheerful service plus everything you need and more, as well as proximity to the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, and the Champs-Élysées.
Move over Ritz, it doesn't get more sophisticated (or more pricey) than this. Just like your own private pied-à-terre—with individual butler service thrown in—the over-the-top gorgeous Les Ambassadeurs bar, fabulous spa and pool, and two sumptuous restaurants make this fashion-week splurge totally worth it.
Drop dead gorgeous from the sleek bookshelf-lined "living room" to the candlelit pool, cozy restaurant and bar. You're in the very best of hands at the Le Roch, where the only thing that trumps the lavish design is the service. You're also in the heart of Rue Saint-Honoré shopping. What more could you ask for?
An inspired top-to-toe renovation gave this 19-room Left Bank hotel, tucked away on a charming street in fashionable Saint-Germain-des-Près, a chic new patina. Highlights include an intimate outdoor patio, a Champagne bar, comfy vintage-inspired rooms, and a complimentary mobile phone that's yours for the duration of your stay.
| 2019-04-25T06:25:26 |
https://www.fodors.com/world/europe/france/paris/hotels/luxury-list/5-favorite-paris-hotels-for-fashionistas
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If you raise the question that can Wii play DVD, the answer may be No. But it does not mean that there are no solutions, to play DVD on Wii. The frequently used methods are using DVD ripper to convert DVD videos to Wii supported, or to use Homebrew Channel to play DVDs on the glowing blue drive as well. The latter method to enable DVD played on Wii has certain risk. Therefore, using DVD ripper software to watch DVDs on Wii is more recommend.
AnyMP4 DVD Ripper is the tool, to convert DVD to Wii supported file format, like MP4, MOV, AVI and etc. And there are built-in filters, to edit converted DVD videos with powerful filters. The 6X conversion speed enables people to have super fast speed to rip DVD to play on Wii.
1. Rip DVD to over 160 output video and audio output formats, in zero limitations.
The DVD to Wii ripper software supports users to rip DVD to almost all popular video formats, and then extract audio tracks with large amounts of selectable audio formats as well.
2. Comprehensive filters to merge videos and add video and audio effects.
Trim, crop, rotate, add watermark, adjust video aspect ratio and parameters, choose audio track and subtitles and more.
The latest accelerating technology enables users to rip DVD to MP4 or else videos 6 times faster than common DVD rippers.
Step 1: Load the DVD disc on computer.
Download and install AnyMP4 DVD Ripper on computer. Register with your email address. Launch it and hit "Load Disc" option after inserting DVD into the DVD drive.
Step 2: Set the output video format to rip DVD to videos.
Click "Profile" menu, and then select the "Wii" as output video format. Browse Destination to save ripped videos into, and you can click "Settings" button, to do further editing tasks.
Step 3: Tap Convert to rip DVD to Wii supported format.
There is the huge icon for you to Convert DVD disc to video files, click it to start DVD ripping.
If you need to edit DVD videos, to change video settings or add additional video effects, finish all those tasks before DVD ripping. At last, you can play DVD as Wii format in fast speed as well.
The whole process to play DVD on Wii by Homebrew Channel can be divided into three main steps, to install the Homebrew Channel, and then DVD player, later let Wii play DVD movies directly. The key step is to install Homebrew Channel, which is also the most difficult part of the whole DVD playing process on Wii.
Step 1: Put your SD card into the reader, and then copy the Private directory of the Twilight Hack into it.
Step 2: Insert the SD card into THE Wii, and then find out Zelda save file to delete, in Wii File Manager.
Step 3: Choose the suitable Zelda version to insert. For instance, RVL-RZDE-OA-O is highly compatible with TwilightHack0. And the left ones are easy to find out its regular.
Step 4: copy the correct version of the hack, after you switch to SD view under File Manager.
Step 5: Insert the Zelda game disk, start and save the game. Copy the same operations on Homebrew Channel installer.
At this period, Homebrew Channel has been installed successfully, install any DVD player to play DVD on Wii using Homebrew Channel. Install it and open with the certain title to watch DVDs with Wii. In addition, WinX DVD Player will be the nice program, to read and play DVD videos on Wii.
Using DVD ripper software to convert DVDs to videos is easy to operate, and no extra damage will occur. In another word, the DVD ripper offers DVD to Wii conversion directly. And the 6 times faster speed enables every user to rip DVD to Wii supported video format as fast as riding the rocket. As for the cons of using DVD ripper for Wii playing DVD movies, it is not obvious to find out.
As for installing Homebrew Channel to watch a DVD with Wii, you are able to access DVD videos in the Wii directly. However, there is also the risk you need to take during the whole period of installing Homebrew on Wii. Once you do something wrong, it will cause corresponding damage of your Wii device. And you still need to install third party software, to play DVD videos with.
Therefore, using DVD ripper is safer and easier to operating. With the wide range of game console supported, DVD ripper is also the first choice, to rip DVDs to PSP, PSP GO, PSP 3000, PS3, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and most digital devices covered.
The above two Wii DVD movies playing methods are both useful, you can refer to above overviews, steps and comparisons, to decide which method to prefer finally.
You cannot watch Blu-ray on Wii U? Check out the truth for using Will U play Blu-ray.
There are Top 5 different methods to help you on how to play DVD on Windows 8/8.1.
| 2019-04-19T17:01:48 |
https://www.anymp4.com/dvd/wii-play-dvd.html
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As usual, my thoughts about the writing process might also be relevant to living.
Case in point: What to do when a manuscript is too long (or a life is too cluttered)?
I recently got a manuscript to edit that was a whopping 141,000 words. The writer obviously had a lot to say. But, sadly, too much to say. An agent or a publisher would not be impressed.
Publishing is a business and most of us are unknowns with no book sales track record. Some 170,000 books are published every year in the U.S. alone (more in the U.K.). That comes to about 475 books a DAY. Many (if not most) don’t earn back the money a publisher spends to produce them. Therefore, it’s highly unlikely a publisher will agree to buy a bloated manuscript because its prospects of making money are too uncertain – but the certainty it will LOSE money goes up the longer the book.
Remember: This is a business.
My novel "Fast Track" went through 14 major revisions. At one point, it was a 150,000-word mishmash. One publisher rejected it because it didn't fit into an easily identifiable niche - it wasn't literary, it wasn't a romance, it wasn't a mystery. He said he didn't know how to market it.
So, I took the manuscript to the book review club that met in my neighborhood. They read the story and then let me sit in on their critique. By listening to their comments, I realized I had three subplots I could easily jettison. That was the tipping point. I whittled it down to a lean 75,000 word-mystery that netted me an agent and a publisher -- and some very enthusiastic readers.
| 2019-04-24T16:20:38 |
http://johndedakis.blogspot.com/2010/05/whittling-it-down-what-to-do-when.html
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Is it Possible there is Media Bias against Trump???
In writing this article, I wanted to give a completely unbiased, thorough examination of the influence mass media has on America’s worldview. In talking to people on both sides of the political spectrum, I’ve made the observation that most debates really just boil down to faith in the mainstream media. So, in order to bridge any possible gap, I found it was required to give an honest, albeit uncomfortable, look at this country’s information wars.
Throughout human history, stories, legends, and myths have formed narratives that shaped everyday life. We’ve moved from heralds, to telegram, to radio and now to modern media. Sadly, as far as humanity has come, current narratives seem to come from myth more than anything. Television and radio has groomed an entire generation with a silver-toothed comb. This has established an almost unwavering loyalty to everything we watch, subconsciously shaping the consumer. This may seem like a bold claim to someone who shares MSM news stories on their Facebook wall (not to mention that Facebook can control your mood by altering your news feed). However, it’s important to know that small groups now have a chokehold on the information broadcasted in this country. Not only is this illusion of a free media squandered by a not-so-hidden monopoly, but the agenda of those in control can seep downstream into several connected news outlets. The bias tends to collectively have a liberal agenda that feeds into the natural confirmation bias of people.
It’s safe to assume the serious impact that news media can have on a person’s mind. But because of various studies, we can see the full impact of mass media. A professor at the University of Sussex has found that a constant barrage of negative suggestions in news has shown to be damaging to an individual’s psyche. A separate peer-reviewed study has shown that, through tweets, false political rumors tend to be a lot more difficult to resolve than rumors that turn out to be true. It would be a separate and difficult matter to make the point that Twitter gains something from these various rumors. However, the effect of rumors and information still stands.
A similar effect was found when Facebook learned they could alter a person’s overall mood and outlook of life just by modifying what was shown on their news feed. On the topic of social media’s impact, is a Cambridge study finding that shows how shared “misinformation” has lasting impacts on it’s viewers – even after it has been debunked. This control isn’t held by unknowing, incidental groups. This power is held by small, specific groups that may, and do, have vested interests.
Next, let’s look at the information that mass media pushes, and the angles in which they do. One should ask themselves: how alive is freedom of the press when CNN – one of the largest news outlets around – obviously silences guests with differing opinions?
I have a whole other article-sized bone to pick with CNN, but I feel as if Jay Fayza with Rebel Media did a good enough job.
Regardless, CNN is a massive news outlet. And seeing a much beloved source of information conducting themselves in this way is shocking and unacceptable.
Remember when the mainstream media made a huge fuss about Trump’s low-grade reading level? Well, although it is true that Trump’s vocabulary is fairly low in terms of former presidents.[hyperlink source above], an analysis done by Carnegie Mellon University found that most presidential candidates speak at a 6-8th grade level.[/hyperlink source above] Even Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders both used less complex vocabulary as their campaigns progressed. It is not common for a president to speak in a very high-grade level. I would talk about the Trump-Russian scandal next, but that’s a whole other can of worms.
Is the media biased toward Clinton or Trump?
Remember when NBC edited George Zimmerman’s 911 call?
Or how about when the media whitewashed (pardon the pun) the character of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown? First of all, they circulated innocent, younger, pictures of Martin, neglecting to show more recent pictures at the time.
Don’t get the idea that I’m defending Zimmerman. He’s a scumbag who attempted to later sell the murder weapon. Regardless, it’s clear that the media tried to push a specific, biased viewpoint. The media also pushed the false narrative of Brown having his hands up as well as neglecting to mention the footage of him committing strong-arm robbery at a convenience store.
This type of exploitation of race seems to be major fuel for the racial divide that now plagues America. [source hyperlink above] A study from the International Journal of Communication have shown that media can reinforce “activated gut feelings” for stereotypes of groups. The media can create “negative implicit attitudes”, and “alter explicit attitudes”.[/source hyperlink] Black Lives Matter – a volatile movement in its own right – even adopted the motto: [hyperlink BLM sign]“Hands up! Don’t shoot!”[/hyperlink BLM sign] during their protests (riots) for Michael Brown.
Lastly, I’ll bring up when Trump “made fun of a handicapped reporter.” Well, of course he did, right? A candidate for one of the highest offices in the world would make fun of somebody with a physical disability. Why not?
Wrong… It made for juicy headlines, but it didn’t make the accusation any less false. Trump makes said expressive, flustered expression to mock various people – including groups, and even himself! You can see this false narrative blown out of the water with even a bit of digging.
This whole debacle – and that’s what it is: a debacle – is tricky. You have freedom of press, which has seemingly fallen victim to sensationalism. This sensationalism deceives people, and it’s an abuse of freedom, but an expression of freedom nonetheless. It seems like the real question is: how can this harmful reporting be countered? Well, since finding the Proud Boys Magazine, I’ve been exposed to a more punk, grassroots, and community-centered form of reporting. As someone who aligns with a more populist worldview, this sort of thing seems like a healthy and new shift in power. Websites that challenge mainstream narrative, and seek out the truth no matter how they may be labelled by society, is doing great work. Still, outlets like these are a comparatively tiny opposition to these massive media organizations. I feel it is a responsibility of Proud Boys and seekers of truth to support these independent – truly independent – sources of news whenever possible.
Regardless, new and/or young journalists must push for the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Since when did that stop being the precise job of a reporter? A journalist is a commentator of society, investigating hypotheses, and abandoning or embracing them. Following truth wherever it may lead you – not to publish sensational propaganda to sway the masses.
Next article Anonymous Has A Warning. Who Cares?
Anonymous Has A Warning. Who Cares?
| 2019-04-19T04:59:01 |
https://officialproudboys.com/columns/televised-horse-blinders/
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I'm standing on a subway platform, listening to the steady, rabid beat of drums - a busker somewhere further down, obscured from my view. I notice without really noticing a melody underneath the drumbeat, a shy, thin strain on strange strings. Barely audible, but persistent.
For a moment it sounds like the two are keeping time together, and the observation calls the string melody into sharp focus. I listen closely. A few refrains more and it's clear the synchronicity was accidental. The music is not playing along with the drums, but struggling mightily against it.
The enormity of the struggle is extraordinary; the drums overwhelm the entire platform. The situation suddenly strikes me as utterly bizarre. What would compell someone to compete against such immensity of sound? But then again, what other options are there? Clear out whenever a more ostentatious act rolls in? Tap the player on the shoulder and say, "Excuse me, you probably couldn't hear me on the other side of the platform, but my music just can't compete with yours, so if you don't mind..."? Appeal to some imaginary authority for justice? I move closer to the source. It's a funny instrument that I recognize but can't name, played by a woman who hits each string with some sort of hammer. She's a small, thin, Asian woman - middle-aged, I guess, neither old nor young. Her bony body hunches over her instrument, eyes downward in deep concentration. I imagine her terrible battle against the rhythmic Goliath, bending forward, fighting to hear her own music through the roar of the drums, silently cursing with every note. Then I correct myself: she's probably just tuned it out, depending on how long she's been here.
A subway train comes through (not mine), taking even the ceaseless drumming with it. The wind off the train knocks the woman's music off its perch and she struggles - unsuccessfully - to replace it without breaking from the music.
My train still has not come, so I move toward the other end of the platform in search of the drummer. When I find him, he is in his element, flipping his drumsticks in the air and keeping time with easy expertise. You can't even hear the string music from here. Does he even know she's there?
I want to claim allegience to the woman and her strings, but the percussion is exciting and intoxicating. He moves effortlessly from beat to beat, his eyes soft, his muscles tensing and relaxing as the rhythm moves through them.
He must be improvising, mustn't he? It seems impossible, the beat is so crisp, so unwavering. I wonder what it must be like to create rhythm like that. To be so at one with it, so alive within it that the question of which drum to beat next and when becomes irrelevant, the answer is so obvious, like one's the next breath. It must be excruciatingly wonderful.
The drummer pauses to rearrange his kit, replacing one type of drum with another. For a second, before the divine cacophany resumes, you can hear the woman's tinny strains again, sounding very far away.
| 2019-04-20T18:30:54 |
http://leighscityscenes.blogspot.com/2011/01/drums-and-strings.html
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Direction (1 - 5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions: The given line graph shows the mixture of milk in the mixture of water and milk in 5 different vessel.
1. If the vessels-A, B and C, each of 400 liter capacity, then what is the ratio of milk and water in the resultant mixture, if all the three vessels mixture is poured into Jar?
2. There is 1000 liter of mixture in the vessel D. 200 liter of the mixture is taken out and same amount of water is poured into the vessel and again 400 liters of mixture is taken out and same amount of water is poured into vessel, then find the amount of milk in the resultant mixture?
3. The Vessel E of 120 liter of mixture of milk and water. 60% of milk and x% of the water is taken out of the vessel. If it is found that the vessels is vacated by 50%, and then find the value of x?
4. A vessel contains mixture of C, x part of the mixture should be withdrawn and replaced by water. If the ratio of the milk and water in the mixture will be 7:18, then find the value of x?
The given information is not sufficient to answer the given question. Because we don’t have any information about the initial quantity; instead, we only know the ratio of milk and water in the given mixture.
Directions (6 - 10): Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions. The table below shows the percentage discount allowed by different shops on different items. Note: All the questions are independent from other questions.
6. If the cost price of item B sold by shop Q is Rs. 2040 and the profit percentage earned by the shopkeeper on item B is 20 % more than the discount percentage allowed by the shopkeeper on item B, then find the marked price of Item B sold by shop Q?
7. If the marked price of item B sold by shop S is twice the marked price of item D sold by the same shop and the total selling price of these items is Rs. 8643 then find the cost price of item B which is sold at a profit of 10%?
8. If the marked price of item A and C of shop T is same and the discount allowed on item C is Rs. 192 then find the cost price of item A if the profit percentage earned by the shopkeeper of the shop T in item A is 25 %?
9. If the total discount allowed by the shop P on item C and D is Rs. 1462 and the marked price of item C is Rs. 8500 then find the discount percentage allowed on item D if the selling price of item C and marked price of item D is equal?
10. If the cost price of item A sold by shop R is Rs. 16500 and the profit percentage earned by the shopkeeper on selling the item is 2/5 of the discount percentage allowed, then find the marked price of item A?
The given line graph shows the mixture of milk in the mixture of water and milk in 5 different vessel.
1) If the vessels-A, B and C, each of 400 liter capacity, then what is the ratio of milk and water in the resultant mixture, if all the three vessels mixture is poured into Jar?
2) There is 1000 liter of mixture in the vessel D. 200 liter of the mixture is taken out and same amount of water is poured into the vessel and again 400 liters of mixture is taken out and same amount of water is poured into vessel, then find the amount of milk in the resultant mixture?
3) The Vessel E of 120 liter of mixture of milk and water. 60% of milk and x% of the water is taken out of the vessel. If it is found that the vessels is vacated by 50%, and then find the value of x?
4) A vessel contains mixture of C, x part of the mixture should be withdrawn and replaced by water. If the ratio of the milk and water in the mixture will be 7:18, then find the value of x?
Directions (6 – 10): Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions. The table below shows the percentage discount allowed by different shops on different items.
Note: All the questions are independent from other questions.
6) If the cost price of item B sold by shop Q is Rs. 2040 and the profit percentage earned by the shopkeeper on item B is 20 % more than the discount percentage allowed by the shopkeeper on item B, then find the marked price of Item B sold by shop Q?
7) If the marked price of item B sold by shop S is twice the marked price of item D sold by the same shop and the total selling price of these items is Rs. 8643 then find the cost price of item B which is sold at a profit of 10%?
8) If the marked price of item A and C of shop T is same and the discount allowed on item C is Rs. 192 then find the cost price of item A if the profit percentage earned by the shopkeeper of the shop T in item A is 25 %?
9) If the total discount allowed by the shop P on item C and D is Rs. 1462 and the marked price of item C is Rs. 8500 then find the discount percentage allowed on item D if the selling price of item C and marked price of item D is equal?
10) If the cost price of item A sold by shop R is Rs. 16500 and the profit percentage earned by the shopkeeper on selling the item is 2/5 of the discount percentage allowed, then find the marked price of item A?
| 2019-04-25T23:40:25 |
https://www.ibpsguide.com/sbi-po-quantitative-aptitude-questions-day-18
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Why are there no "gravitational atoms"?
Our world is made up of atoms: i.e. nuclei and electrons held together by electromagnetism. At the same time, though not all particles have electric charge, they all have a gravitational “charge” (i.e. their mass). And gravity is universal and attractive. So it is only natural to ask: why don’t we observe any "atoms" bound by gravity?
The answer is that gravity is weak: a small magnet can lift a nail against the gravitational pull of the entire earth. The weakness of gravity means that a gravitational “hydrogen atom” would have a radius larger than the size of the observable universe. Thus to make a gravitational atom, we need to look to places where gravity is strong—like around black holes!
Above: a schematic showing a "gravitational atom": a spinning black hole nucleus surrounded by a purple axion probability cloud.
Comparing the Coulomb force law F = e2 / 4 π r2 = α / r2 , where α is the normal electromagnetic fine-structure constant, to Newton’s law of gravitation: F = GNm1 m2 / r2 , we see that by simply defining the gravitational “fine-structure constant” as αgrav = GN m1 m2, we can map everything we know about the hydrogen atom to the gravitational atom. (There are corrections to Newton’s law close to a black hole, but these are small in our approximations). For example, the gravitational atom has quantized energy levels with quantum numbers (n, l, m) with the energies of typical hydrogen atom energy levels.
Similar to the hydrogen atom, the size of the gravitational atom is given by the “Bohr radius” r = h / (μ c αgrav). We need a very light particle to form our gravitational atom: for heavier particles, the size of the atom would be inside the black hole horizon.
The horizon of a solar-mass black hole is on the order of 10 km, which is the Compton wavelength of a particle with roughly the mass 10-11eV/c2—1017 times lighter than the electron! However, there are good reasons for such ultralight particles to exist. The best example is the QCD axion, which was proposed nearly 40 years ago as a solution to the strong-CP problem in the Standard Model and is an excellent and still completely viable candidate for the dark matter of our universe. Another aspect of the QCD axion that makes these gravitational atoms interesting is that it is a boson, and so is not subject to the Pauli exclusion principle. This means that unlike the hydrogen atom, the gravitational atom can, in principle, have an unlimited number of axions populating each energy level.
A light particle in a bound state with a black hole is a beautiful idea, but can it be observed? How would such a gravitational atom form?
for a hydrogen-like bound state with total energy E and magnetic quantum number m, and where Ω BH is the angular velocity of the black hole horizon. The energy and momentum gain happen if the particle’s angular velocity is less than the angular velocity of the black hole.
While it may sound mysterious, black hole superradiance is just one manifestation of a phenomenon that appears in a variety of systems. The most famous is “inertial motion superradiance”—otherwise known as Cherenkov radiation (also discussed in this previous KIPAC blogpost). In Cherenkov radiation, a non-accelerating charged particle spontaneously emits radiation if it is moving faster than the speed of light in the medium, and radiation that scatters inside a cone behind the particle is amplified. Similarly, superradiance of light waves occurs for an axisymmetric conductor (the Zel’dovich cylinder) rotating at a constant angular velocity. A light wave is amplified when the angular velocity of the object is faster than the angular phase velocity of the light. Black hole superradiance is the analogous effect, with the cylinder rotational velocity replaced by the black hole horizon angular velocity, and electromagnetic interaction replaced by gravity.
The superradiance process populates all levels that satisfy the superradiance condition, with the superradiating levels closest to the black hole growing the fastest. The process happens spontaneously. For bosons, the occupation number in an atomic level will grow exponentially starting from zero, forming a macroscopic “cloud” around the black hole, amounting very rapidly to a few percent of the black hole mass! A single level stops growing when the black hole spins down enough and no longer satisfies the superradiance condition—by this point, the level can be filled with more than 1075 particles!
The time needed for the number of particles in a level to double is typically 107 times the light-crossing time of the black hole or longer; for a solar-mass black hole, this can be as short as 100 seconds. This is quite fast compared to timescales on which the black holes can change due to astrophysical processes like accretion, which takes on the order of 108 years: if the superradiance condition is satisfied, superradiance can dominate the evolution of black holes.
The idea of black hole superradiance has been around for many decades, but only recently have people considered superradiance of solar mass black holes—this requires a new particle beyond the Standard Model but can have observable effects.
How do we see the black hole “atom”?
Astrophysical black holes make perfect detectors for the QCD axion, or any other ultralight bosons which interact almost as weakly as gravity and are very difficult to observe in a lab.
There may be as many as a billion solar-mass black holes in our galaxy alone. Since the black holes form from collapse or collisions of larger objects, they are often rapidly rotating: to conserve angular momentum the object must speed up its rotation as it collapses. Once a black hole forms, if it is spinning quickly enough and if any light bosonic particles with suitable masses exist, superradiance will automatically start to populate levels of the “atom” with these particles. The black hole spins down until the superradiance condition is no longer satisfied.
The fact that black holes can lose a significant fraction of their spin through this process already places constraints on very light particles.
In the plot above, the blue-shaded regions (each corresponding to different angular momentum levels) are affected by superradiance in the presence of a QCD axion with mass 10-11 eV. On the y-axis we plot the black hole spin, which ranges from zero (non-spinning) to 1 (extremal, where the horizon velocity approaches the speed of light), and on the x-axis we plot the black hole mass in terms of solar masses. If a black hole is created with spin and mass within the blue region, it will spin down rapidly in as short as a few years—this is very fast compared to the Eddington accretion time of 100 million years (the typical time it takes for a black hole to grow by a factor of two). The points are stellar black holes measurements with error bars, which tell us that is it unlikely that a particle with such mass exists (in which case there would not be any old black holes in the blue shaded regions today). This provides the first ever constraint on such light particles, relying only on their gravitational interaction with the black hole—that is, only their mass.
When there are a lot of particles in the “cloud”, there are two potentially observable processes that take place. Just like in an atom, particles can transition from higher energy states to lower energy states, but instead of charged electrons emitting a photon, these emit a graviton. And unlike electrons, if the particles are their own antiparticles, they can also pair annihilate into a graviton in the gravitational field of the black hole. Since the occupation numbers of the cloud are enormous, the number of gravitons emitted can be very large, and since the particles are all in one state, the gravitational radiation is coherent and monochromatic, which makes it a perfect candidate for detection with upcoming gravitational wave observatories such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO)—which consists of L-shaped laser interferometers at each of its two sites, thus the "half-diamond" reference in the title). While the processes are short on astrophysical timescales—10 years for transitions, and thousands of years for annihilations—they are very long on human timescales. Advanced LIGO could observe the same “atom” for the whole time the experiment is running!
To see how many such atoms we might be able to observe, we estimate the number of black hole candidates in our universe that are surrounded by a particle cloud. For a given particle mass, there is a range of black hole masses and spins that give signals which are observable from black holes in our Milky Way. Transition signals are more rare since they require two levels to be populated at once and last for a shorter amount of time. Advanced LIGO could optimistically hope to see one such transition event.
Signals from annihilations are more promising—hundreds of thousands of events could be observed with target advanced LIGO sensitivity!
Above: Estimates for number of events expected to be observed at aLIGO as a function of the particle mass are shown. Each event lasts thousands of years or longer. The vertical gray shaded region is disfavored by current black hole spin measurements. The width of the blue band corresponds to our estimates of astrophysical uncertainties, including the mass and spin distributions of black holes in the Milky Way. The energy of two annihilating axions is directly converted to the gravitational wave, so the frequency of the signal is approximately twice the axion mass (shown on the scale at the top).
Once a signal is observed, it can be studied in more detail—for example, changes in signal power and small frequency drifts could help establish it is as coming from the gravitational atom.
Future detectors at lower frequencies are in the planning stages (AGIS, eLISA); these would be able to see the signatures of gravitational atoms for even lighter particles around supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies.
Advanced LIGO is coming online within a year and may be the first experiment to observe gravitational waves. With the help of black hole superradiance, LIGO could also discover a new particle (perhaps the long-sought-after QCD axion) in the process!
And that would be quite a discovery, indeed.
To learn more details, see our paper (also on the arXiv).
A. Arvanitaki, S. Dimopoulos, S. Dubovsky, N. Kaloper,and J. March-Russell, Phys.Rev., D81, 123530 (2010), arXiv:0905.4720; A. Arvanitaki and S. Dubovsky, Phys. Rev. D 83, 044026 (2011).
| 2019-04-22T14:19:38 |
https://kipac.stanford.edu/highlights/detecting-black-hole-gravitational-atoms-sky-half-diamonds
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How do we learn to understand and trust what our feelings are saying to us? What makes it possible to change entrenched ways of coping that are not working? My focus in therapy is to help patients deepen their personal relationships and find their work more rewarding; medication can sometimes help alleviate symptoms that interfere with achieving these goals. By providing a safe and supportive environment for the patient's search for self-understanding, and listening closely to what is being said and not said, I collaborate with the patient in finding creative and pragmatic ways to overcome obstacles to change.
As a Harvard Medical School-trained Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist with thirty years of experience, I combine psychotherapy and medication as needed, to treat a broad range of psychiatric disorders. I specialize in the treatment of ADHD, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other anxiety disorders across the life span.
I accept most forms of Blue Cross Blue Shield, Harvard Pilgrim, United Behavioral Health and Tufts, as well as plans with out-of-network benefits, and offer daytime and early evening appointments, in a safe, private and convenient setting. I am comfortable seeing patients just for psychopharmacology, if they already have a therapist, but can also offer patients both psychotherapy and medication management, as needed. I'm sorry, but I am not accepting new patients at this time.
| 2019-04-20T02:22:31 |
https://www.drmarkstrecker.com/
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Social Security for veterans includes credits for active duty military service and expedited programs for disability.
En español | Q: I've heard that Social Security gives many veterans credits for extra earnings for their active duty military service. How does this work?
A: The program began in 1957, the year that members of the armed forces first began paying Social Security taxes on their military earnings. Through many of the years and wars that followed, Social Security gave them credits on their work records for more than they'd actually earned. The program was intended to help make up for the fact that military pay is low.
Q: What happened to all of those credits? How were they used?
A: Well, they did not constitute actual extra pay or a direct markup of benefit amounts, just higher dollar figures on veterans' earnings records for their military years. Yet because Social Security calculates benefits based on total earnings over a working lifetime, the credits would tend to raise the benefits veterans ultimately collect.
Q: Who exactly got the credits — and for how much?
A: From 1957 through 1977, members of the military were credited on their Social Security work records with $300 in additional earnings for each calendar quarter in which they received active duty basic pay. From 1978 through 2001, for every $300 in active duty basic pay, they were credited with an additional $100 in earnings up to a maximum of $1,200 a year.
However, there were exceptions. If a person enlisted after Sept. 7, 1980, for instance, and did not complete 24 months of active duty or a full tour, he or she would probably not be eligible for those extra credits.
Q: Did any other service members receive the credits?
A: Yes, people who served in the military from Sept. 16, 1940, to the end of 1956, including attendance at a service academy. Although service members did not pay Social Security taxes on their pay from those years, the lifetime earnings records of those who met certain conditions were credited with $160 for each month of service. By the way, Sept. 16, 1940, was the date that President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a law requiring American men of military age to register for the draft.
There have been no special earnings credits for military service after 2001.
Q: I served in the armed forces during the years when credits were being offered. Do I have to apply to take advantage of the credits?
A: No. Social Security says that the credits are automatically taken into account when your benefits are calculated. They won't show up if you access your earnings record through a "My Social Security" personal account, but if you call Social Security, a rep can confirm whether your qualifying military service is reflected.
Q: I hear that Social Security has begun to expedite disability applications being filed by seriously wounded veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Is this like the credits program and an effort to do something extra for veterans?
A: Yes, it is. Today, many wounded soldiers returning from battles abroad are eligible for Social Security disability benefits, although there's a huge backlog of applications. So this past March, Social Security launched a program to put the disability applications of the most seriously wounded veterans at the top of the stack.
The effort is directed at personnel who have a Department of Veterans Affairs "compensation rating" of "100 percent Permanent and Total (P&T)." Essentially, the designation means that the person is considered to be 100 percent disabled. The disability must have occurred during active military duty on or after Oct. 1, 2001, whether in the United States or abroad.
Social Security pays disability benefits through two programs: Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). The VA also pays disability benefits. However, things can be confusing because the two agencies use different rules and criteria to award payments.
For instance, Social Security disability payments, if granted, depend on the person's earnings record. VA disability compensation, however, depends on the service member's disability rating — expressed in those percentages. The higher the percentage of disability is, the higher the VA payment is.
Q: What is Social Security's definition of disability?
A: It puts it like this: "You must be unable to do substantial work because of your medical condition(s), and your medical condition(s) must have lasted, or be expected to last at least one year or to result in death." That is the normal, tough-minded Social Security definition that applies to civilians as well. However, many people live on for many years and even eventually go back to work.
Q: How much does the VA pay in compensation?
A: It depends. For 30 percent or more disability, an amount is added for each dependent. Additional sums are paid for severe disabilities such as the loss of use of a limb or an organ.
Q: What do veterans have to do to get expedited processing of their Social Security disability benefits?
A: Keep in mind that while the "100 percent P&T" rating will speed up the processing of claims, it will not guarantee the benefits. When applying, they should identify themselves as veterans with that rating. They can apply online at ssa.gov, on the phone at 800-772-1213 (TTY 800-325-0778) or by visiting their local Social Security office. The agency suggests that veterans call and make an appointment before they come in. During the application process, they will be asked to provide their VA letter that verifies their rating.
Q: How long does it take for an application to be considered under the fast-track program?
A: Social Security doesn't give a specific time frame but promises to work hard to make it fast. The length of time can be influenced by the nature of the disability, how quickly medical evidence can be obtained and whether the veteran needs a medical exam to confirm the condition.
| 2019-04-21T06:45:03 |
https://www.aarp.org/work/social-security/info-2015/social-security-and-military-disability.html?intcmp=AE-HF-FFR-VC-VET-R3C3-LL2
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"I think it's my job to protect everyone that uses Facebook. It's our government's job to protect all of us," Zuckerberg argued.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Last year at TechCrunch Disrupt, Mark Zuckerberg was making his first public appearance since Facebook's disastrous debut as a public company earlier that summer.
This year, with Facebook shares climbing nicely above the original IPO price, safe to say there was probably less pressure on the young CEO this time around.
It was also around this time last year that Facebook surpassed an unprecedented milestone to have ensnared more than a billion users worldwide.
Downplaying the event by remarking that "a billion isn't like a magical number," Zuckerberg said now the focus is "retooling the company" to fix other problems -- namely connecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide to the Internet.
Along with heavily revamping its mobile products in favor of native (rather than HTML5) apps, Facebook has been busy revamping its backend infrastructures to both connect its users with new content -- but also to better make sense of the vast troves of data within its grasp.
Zuckerberg also didn't hold back when revealing an undoubtedly ambitious goal for Facebook: To take on "a roadmap to understand everything in the world, semantically."
Facebook hasn't been mum on these changes at all, but many of the updates aren't as obvious on the front end to average users, sparking debates over privacy and what Menlo Park is doing with all that personal information.
Zuckerberg didn't deny the obvious business opportunity here, outlining that the company's mantra (as far as products are concerned) boils down to the following three actions: build, grow, and monetize.
"To sum that up, you want all the people?" asked former TechCrunch chief Michael Arrington during Wednesday's afternoon fireside chat.
Zuckerberg paused and then replied, "We want to help connect everyone. Not everyone uses Facebook, but mostly everyone uses social tools."
Arrington later went so far as to suggest that Facebook already has "more data than any other entity in the world."
But when it came to discussing how that data is being obtained and used by the U.S. Government, Zuckerberg was vehement in his response that Facebook opposed the way the National Security Agency has acted.
"I think it's my job and [Facebook's] job to protect everyone that uses Facebook. It's our government's job to protect all of us," Zuckerberg argued. "They did a bad job of balancing those things here. I think the government blew it."
Pointing towards the social network's first transparency report published recently, Zuckerberg defended that the company "worked really hard with the government behind-the-scenes to reveal the number of requests," admitting it wasn't everything Facebook wanted to declare in the end.
| 2019-04-18T12:39:33 |
https://www.zdnet.com/article/mark-zuckerberg-u-s-govt-blew-it-on-communicating-nsa-actions/
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Srinagar: Director General of Police, K Rajendra Kumar, today said that over 150 militants, mostly foreigners, are operating in Kashmir valley and security forces had more successes this year against them. 'Around 150 -160 militants are operating in Kashmir valley and mostly they are foreigners', the police chief told reporters after reviewing anti-militancy operations and security preparedness for the Assembly elections. Kumar said: 'We reviewed security, counter-terrorist operations and election preparedness in North Kashmir today. We have discussed all the arrangements.' The police chief said that police have received adequate security forces for the conduct of Assembly elections. 'We have been provided adequate security forces which were needed for elections', he said. Kumar after reviewing the security arrangements for candidates and election campaigns said that the elections will be held in good atmosphere. 'We reviewed the candidates' security and the security needed for the election campaign. Elections will be held in a good atmosphere in a nice way', he added. On the busting of the militant modules in Srinagar and other places in Kashmir valley, the police chief said that police is working actively against them. 'The busting of module means police is working constantly against militants, be it a sleeper cell or active module. Police is at it to identify and the bust such modules', he added. Kumar disclosed that security forces had more successes this year against militants and said that militancy is on decline. 'This year more militants were killed and number of militants has gone down', he added. The police chief said that militants this year made more attempts of infiltration but they were foiled successfully. 'Militants made number of infiltration attempts this year and they were foiled', he said. Kumar said that the number of militants who infiltrated this year has dropped as compared to last year. 'The number of militants who infiltrated this year has also dropped', he added. The DGP reviewed the security arrangements in North Kashmir ahead of polls. He directed the police officers to remain vigilant for smooth conduct of polls. Kumar also inaugurated new building of police station Qalam-abad at Handwara. He was flanked by IGP Kashmir, A G Mir, Superintendent of Police, Handwara, Ghulam Jeelani Wani, SDPO Mir Afrooz and other senior police officials.
| 2019-04-25T00:03:57 |
http://jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2014/kashmir20141031d.html
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GameChips: Custom ceramic poker chips designed specifically for board gamers to replace the poor quality currency often found in games.
153 backers pledged $31,878 to help bring this project to life.
When will the chip design be finalized?
The design shown is pretty close to final. Once I have actual sample chips in hand to review, there may be some tweaks needed. The special chips for (Start Player, Slow Player, and Time Traveller) are still being designed. I hope to have some draft designs soon and they will be posted.
Will there be pictures of the actual chips posted?
Check the updates tab. Pictures of the manufacturer samples have been posted.
Is a case for the chips included?
I considered including cases for the chips, but realized that there are many different styles that backers would likely prefer to pick their own.
Can I change the denominations included with a reward level?
Yes- If you don't like the mix of chips included in any of the sets (above $10 reward level), you can customize it. Just pick the level that includes the number of chips that you want and go ahead and back the project. Once the project is successfully funded, I'll send you a survey to find out which chips you want and how many. You have to pick from the list of denominations that I am having designed 1/2/3/5/10/20/25/50/100).
After the Kickstarter project ends, will the chips be available at retail?
Definitely a strong maybe. If these are sold post-kickstarter there will likely only be one or two different size sets. The beautify of kickstarter is that I know in advance what assortment of chips to order. After this project ends, I will need to order fixed quantities in the most popular set sizes. Also, cost per set will be higher than they are in Kickstarter.
Here are some additional details about the chips since I've had a number of questions: Denomination chips Weight: approximately 10g Diameter: 39mm (standard poker chip size) The denomination will appear on both sides of the chip. Chip Edges: the rolling edges will have color. Each will be a flat color to match the main color of its face. Special chips: Weight: tbd Diameter: will be likely be created as 42mm chips so that they don't get mixed in easily with the denominations. Reverse side: 1st Player - 1st Player image on front - GameKnight logo on reverse side Slow Player - same image on both sides Time Traveler - same image on both sides Chip Edges: the rolling edges will have color. Each will be a flat color to match the main color of its face.
| 2019-04-24T10:43:27 |
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gameknight/poker-chips-designed-for-board-gamers/faqs
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[Truncated abstract] Melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer and a major public health issue in Western Australia. Melanoma is thought to be the result of complex interactions between genetic, host and environmental factors. Whilst the major host and environmental risk factors have been identified, the genetic determinants and their interactions with environmental factors remain largely undefined. Studies designed to investigate genetic factors in large, representative and population-based samples are required to further elucidate common, low-penetrance melanoma susceptibility genes. Studies at the population-level are also required to investigate potential familial cancer syndromes and predisposition genes for familial cases of melanoma.
Scarring is an issue that affects all melanoma patients, as surgical excision is required by all patients to remove the tumour. There is marked variation in the aesthetic appearance of the resulting scars but limited knowledge regarding the genetic determinants of such non-keloid, surgical scar outcomes. Increased knowledge regarding these factors may help to identify melanoma patients at risk of poor scar outcomes.
Ward, S. (2013). The genetic epidemiology of melanoma in Western Australia: the Western Australian melanoma health study, familial aggregation of melanoma and scar outcome post-melanoma excision.
Ward, Sarah. / The genetic epidemiology of melanoma in Western Australia: the Western Australian melanoma health study, familial aggregation of melanoma and scar outcome post-melanoma excision. 2013.
Ward, S 2013, 'The genetic epidemiology of melanoma in Western Australia: the Western Australian melanoma health study, familial aggregation of melanoma and scar outcome post-melanoma excision', Doctor of Philosophy.
The genetic epidemiology of melanoma in Western Australia: the Western Australian melanoma health study, familial aggregation of melanoma and scar outcome post-melanoma excision. / Ward, Sarah.
N2 - [Truncated abstract] Melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer and a major public health issue in Western Australia. Melanoma is thought to be the result of complex interactions between genetic, host and environmental factors. Whilst the major host and environmental risk factors have been identified, the genetic determinants and their interactions with environmental factors remain largely undefined. Studies designed to investigate genetic factors in large, representative and population-based samples are required to further elucidate common, low-penetrance melanoma susceptibility genes. Studies at the population-level are also required to investigate potential familial cancer syndromes and predisposition genes for familial cases of melanoma. Scarring is an issue that affects all melanoma patients, as surgical excision is required by all patients to remove the tumour. There is marked variation in the aesthetic appearance of the resulting scars but limited knowledge regarding the genetic determinants of such non-keloid, surgical scar outcomes. Increased knowledge regarding these factors may help to identify melanoma patients at risk of poor scar outcomes.
AB - [Truncated abstract] Melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer and a major public health issue in Western Australia. Melanoma is thought to be the result of complex interactions between genetic, host and environmental factors. Whilst the major host and environmental risk factors have been identified, the genetic determinants and their interactions with environmental factors remain largely undefined. Studies designed to investigate genetic factors in large, representative and population-based samples are required to further elucidate common, low-penetrance melanoma susceptibility genes. Studies at the population-level are also required to investigate potential familial cancer syndromes and predisposition genes for familial cases of melanoma. Scarring is an issue that affects all melanoma patients, as surgical excision is required by all patients to remove the tumour. There is marked variation in the aesthetic appearance of the resulting scars but limited knowledge regarding the genetic determinants of such non-keloid, surgical scar outcomes. Increased knowledge regarding these factors may help to identify melanoma patients at risk of poor scar outcomes.
Ward S. The genetic epidemiology of melanoma in Western Australia: the Western Australian melanoma health study, familial aggregation of melanoma and scar outcome post-melanoma excision. 2013.
| 2019-04-24T14:12:04 |
https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/the-genetic-epidemiology-of-melanoma-in-western-australia-the-wes
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Rock music and cars, if not co-dependent, certainly go together pretty well. But few people have made them co-exist as successfully as Nick Mason. The only member of Pink Floyd to play a part in every one of the band's often turbulent incarnations, Mason's North London HQ is a working shrine to a life keeping time and keeping the flame for one of the world's greatest bands, but also a testimony to his parallel career in motorsport and cars. As you'll see above.
Pink Floyd's commercial breakthrough, 1973's The Dark Side Of The Moon, is the second biggest selling album of all time, with 45m copies sold and counting. Nick ploughed a tranche of DSOM royalties into a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, a car that cost him around £35,000 in the mid-1970s, and prompted close friends to seriously query his sanity. That same car is now worth anything up to £30m, though Nick is as deprecating about his good fortune here as he is in most other aspects of his life. It's a car, and he enjoys driving it, just as he does his Maserati 250F, McLaren F1 GTR, and countless others, including the new LaFerrari supercar, currently to be glimpsed through the window of HR Owen's Knightsbridge showroom.
But 2014 has been all about the unexpected return of Pink Floyd, whose new album reworked some 1990s studio sessions into a surprisingly lush and affecting tribute to the late Rick Wright, the band's keyboard player. Given that the internet barely existed when the last Pink Floyd album was released, a catch-up with Mr Mason was clearly overdue.
Nick Mason: I was surprised how well it was received. We spent so long on this thing, it was slightly startling when we actually finished it.
How did it come about? You managed to keep the project impressively secret.
It started in 1992/'93. The Division Bell was originally going to be a double album, half songs, half ambient, as they used to say. But we had a tour booked, and ran out of time. When Rick died [in 2008], there was a realisation this was the last of what we had, and a bit more effort was put into it. David [Gilmour] suggested bringing in Phil Manzanera, then Youth came on-board, and it really began to take shape. A couple of years ago Phil and I went to see the Wachowski siblings, and it could have become the soundtrack for their new film, Jupiter Ascending.
When you see the film, though, you realise it wouldn't have been right. But that experience focused our minds.
It's almost a love letter to a player in the Pink Floyd story who's perpetually under-rated. It has a warmth, but a haunting quality, too.
There is an element of that. If ever there was an opportunity to showcase what Rick does, and did, this is it. In the 21<sup>st</sup> century, more and more bands are dealing with this.
Queen, The Who, Michael Jackson - the place is now full of ghosts and holograms. The question is, do you do it, or do you not do it?
Pink Floyd's dysfunctionality has almost defined the band's work, and allowed for an unusual alchemy. Is that fair?
I think it's very fair. In years to come, treatises will be written about the curious dynamics of bands. Chaos creates great rock music. People often say, 'it's such a shame Roger left, it would have been great if you'd stayed together'. But if we'd been the sort of people who'd stayed together, we wouldn't have made the records we did. A lot of bands need an element of conflict.
Couldn't you have popped out another few albums, though?
[Laughs] We should all be really grateful we got this one out! I was surprised we were able to craft what there was into that shape, and that it engaged David sufficiently to do it. It does revive the usual questions about the band getting back together. That's something David wanted to avoid, so actually releasing a new album is a process that brings with it some substantial baggage.
The Endless River arrives into a world that's almost unrecognisable compared to the one that greeted Pink Floyd's last album. How do you view the commodification of music?
The world has changed. We can't change it back. Because of the internet and downloading, music has been devalued. Maybe it was over-valued previously, but it's a become a real issue now. We're missing out on a lot of great music simply because it's become so damned hard to make a living out of it. Obviously not for us dinosaurs, but for new musicians. People say it's not like the golden era, the Sixties or whenever, but actually there are some great players and writers out there, and you'll never hear of them.
They're certainly not going to get record deals. People who download for free, or from pirates, are getting poor quality and stealing from people they like. I think it was one of the Gallagher brothers who wondered why people would happily spend a tenner on a couple of coffees and a donut in Starbucks, but wouldn't pay for something they'll be able to enjoy for 40 years or more. Couldn't have put it better myself.
What did you make of the U2/Apple debacle?
It's been interesting seeing how badly that went down. Let me be completely clear about my position: if Apple had come to me and said, 'Nick, we want to release your album in exchange for £50m', I couldn't have thought of a better idea. [pause] Radiohead did something similar a few years ago [2008's In Rainbows], and it worked. But this has backfired. It's made everyone think again about how they want their music delivered, given or sold.
Look, U2 are a great band, and Bono's an extraordinary individual, so this isn't an anti-U2 tirade. But it highlights a vital aspect to the whole idea of music in the 21<sup>st</sup> century. What's also interesting is that Apple seem to have got off scot-free.
No-one's blaming them. Apple has done great things, but it has also contributed to the devaluation process. That said, iTunes is already beginning to look rather passé, and instead it's Spotify that looks like the future. What we need is another two or three billion people using it, then it would make more sense for musicians. At the moment, the pay-out, particularly for unknowns and only slightly-knowns is... pathetic. Pink Floyd is certainly not saying, 'we won't do it like that'. We'll stream, but we'll stream with higher quality audio, and with a lot more video, or other graphic interfaces that will make it part of a fuller entertainment experience.
I watched Peter Whitehead's brilliant film Tonight Let's All Make Love In London recently, which includes footage of you playing the legendary UFO Club. I'd forgotten just how far-out Pink Floyd were in the early days. When did you last watch it?
Oh, about 40 years ago. [laughs] It's not something I can watch easily. I have enough trouble with Pink Floyd At Pompeii.
One of the things that has surprised me about The Endless River is how much people have enjoyed the references to the early albums. I usually cite 'Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun' as my favourite Pink Floyd song - it's fun to play, and has interesting dynamics. I know exactly where it came from in terms of the drum part, which was Chico Hamilton playing in a film called Jazz On A Summer's Day.
He does a drum solo played with mallets. It's beautiful, and so different to any other drum solo. I'm all in favour of technique, and would encourage any young drummer to practice and learn the basics. But so much of rock drumming is about what not to play.
It's about the space in between.
Are you saying Pink Floyd were all secret jazzers at heart?
No, we weren't. Rick was, and I went through a period of being interested in jazz. But then I realised you need to have far too much technique, so I moved on... When I watch very technical drummers, I still find myself thinking, 'I wish I could do that'.
And I probably could if I put my mind to it, and stopped messing around with cars.
Speaking of which, I understand your LaFerrari has arrived. How is it?
Oh, mind-boggling. I drove it at Fiorano, which I know well but not well enough for me to have driven the LaFerrari beyond maybe three-tenths. The hybrid technology is stunning. I never felt entirely comfortable in the Enzo, the LaFerrari's predecessor, and I always preferred the F40 to it. The magic of climbing into that thing for the first time, and thinking, 'wow'. But the LaFerrari is the new supercar paradigm. That said, there's as much fun to be had in the older cars than the new ones. Sometimes more.
You own a Ferrari 250 GTO. Another, lesser example of the GTO sold for £25m at auction in California earlier this year, and all sorts of classic cars are now making stratospheric sums. Do you think the boom in classic car values has topped out?
[Pause] I don't think it has. When you look at contemporary art, there's a huge industry. But there are far fewer important cars than there are important painters, and there are wealthy people around who aren't interested in art but are into cars. Chinese and Russian collectors have yet to get interested in early cars, so it could grow further. Whether that's a good thing or not, from the point of view of being able to actually enjoy them, I don't know.
Martin Brundle raced my 250 GTO in the Goodwood TT, which is the most significant race of its type in the world, and it was absolutely brilliant. But I'm beginning to think it's not worth putting the car in there, against faster and faster cars. If you have a car worth £25m, you might be better off racing something else.
| 2019-04-21T08:08:58 |
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/video-nick-mason-tours-pink-floyd-seminal-locations-in-a-ferrari-california
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The new Slur platform -an open source, decentralized marketplace for selling secret information for bitcoin – aims to protect whistleblowers by granting anonymity to both buyers and sellers, what WikiLeaks failed to do, the platform developer told RT.
The Slur platform will have no restrictions on types of information that can be sold or the motives behind the selling, said Thom Lauret, spokesman for u99 Group, the developer of the platform, which will be launched in July.
Sellers will encrypt and upload their data anonymously and only the winners of the auction will receive decryption keys - this will give protection to whistleblowers, he said.
The information WikiLeaks distributes “always came at a price,” said Lauret, adding that at stake was the whistleblowers’ freedom, their assets and lives. He claimed that the Slur platform will protect the material interests of its whistleblowers.
WikiLeaks which was officially launched in 2007 and since then has released thousands of sensitive documents in its quest for transparency. The leaks have contained classified materials from Afghan war logs to Guantanamo files.
Similar to WikiLeaks, Slur wants to expose information that will have the power to “decimate the authority and resources” of governments and corporations, he said.
RT: Slur as much as WikiLeaks stands for public's free access to the truth. How free is it when people have to pay?
Thom Lauret: You are correct in that the truth will come at a price. But then the information WikiLeaks distributes always came at a price. Until recently that was at the expense of the whistleblowers. They paid with their freedom, with their assets and by risking their lives. Slur introduces a balanced system that protects the material interests of whistleblowers in exchange for the risks that they take. The Slur marketplace is not exclusively for compensating whistleblowers, however. It’s a general platform for selling secret information regardless of motives. But several features of the Slur marketplace were created with the public interest in mind. Crowd bidding for instance introduces a dynamic where the public can pool their funds into a single bid and use the collective financial leverage of the group to reveal secrets that perhaps would not otherwise have become accessible. The crowd bidding dynamic can also deal a crippling economic penalty to any organization intent on suppressing a leak by winning their own secrets at auction.
RT: How do bidders know that the information they purchase is something they need?
TL: The winner of an auction has an opportunity to view the information before the seller gets paid with a network protocol holding the funds in Escrow. If the information isn’t genuine or not what was promised then it is possible to file a dispute. In that case, five randomly selected users on the network will be allowed to view the information and will vote on to whom the disputed funds should go.
RT: What effect will the introduction of the Slur project have on the online community?
TL: We hope that when the online community witnesses firsthand how convenient and profitable it has become to sell their private information and how that same information can then be turned against them. But they will see the benefit in and take the appropriate steps to protect their privacy - such as encrypting their communication and shunning services like Google and Facebook that for the past decade have been selling every detail of their users’ personal life to third parties for profit.
RT: If this Slur platform allows users to trade classified documents and court records, won't it be illegal?
TL: For the users that depends on the jurisdiction in their location. But even in locations where participation is illegal the law is unenforceable since the market shields users’ anonymity. Source code is considered protective free speech in the US, therefore it is not illegal for us to write the program so long as we don’t profit from the trades between the users - and we do not.
RT: Do you think this has the potential for abuse - with governments and corporations obtaining game-changing information about their enemies or allies?
TL: In the short term, governments and corporations can use the market to their advantage. But in the long-term it will decimate their authority and resources. So we don’t consider such scenarios as abuse. There are no restrictions with regard to the types of information which can be sold because the central objective of the Slur project is to undermine and destabilize the establishment.
RT: The NSA has been trying to go after Tor users for a while now, but seemingly with little success. Do you think enough has been done to ensure this project will be NSA surveillance proof?
TL: The Tor network stands secure to the best of our knowledge, but we have taken the opportunity to armor the protocol further since this new application obviously will become a high priority target for intelligence agencies. In addition to the encryption Tor uses peers on the Slur network will have another layer of encryption based on a different line of mathematics. We’ve also built an open-source processor with security features designed to protect both the Tor relay and slow market applications. This is achieved by separating those processes from the host operating system with hardware-anchored cryptographic isolation. The system on chip is based on an OpenSPARC T1 by Sun Microsystems with substantial enhancements to the hypervisor and two cryptographic co-processors. That will be released in about a month and the designs for the development board and the logic of the system on chip will be of course open source.
| 2019-04-23T14:39:06 |
https://www.rt.com/news/220279-slur-market-leak-security/
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Bible. -- O.T. -- Apocrypha. -- Maccebees.
This dissertation endeavors to answer the question whether Maccabean martyr traditions informed Paul's theology of atonement? The thesis of this dissertation answers the question in the affirmative: Maccabean martyr traditions informed Paul's theology of atonement. The dissertation investigates selected texts in Greco-Roman literature, the key atonement texts in 2 and 4 Maccabees, key texts in the OT, and the key atonement texts in Paul in order to defend the proposed thesis. I allow my exegesis of the key texts to determine the soteriological similarities I see between Maccabean martyr traditions and Paul's theology of atonement. I only investigate the Pauline atonement texts wherein he shows an explicit soteriological, lexical, and conceptual connection with martyr traditions. Chapter 1 introduces the thesis and presents a history of research. Chapter 2 investigates selected texts from Greco-Roman literature, Leviticus 16, Isaiah 53, and the key texts in 2 and 4 Maccabees to demonstrate that 2 and 4 Maccabees speak of the deaths of the martyrs with similar language found in Greco-Roman literature, the OT cult, and Isaiah 53. I argue that the martyr texts present the Jewish martyrs as voluntary and vicarious, atoning sacrifices for Israel's sin. Chapter 3 investigates Genesis 22, Exodus 32, Numbers 25, and Isaiah 53 to see if these texts influenced the atonement theology in 2 and 4 Maccabees and in Paul: viz., a voluntary death of a human for the soteriological benefit of others. Since each of the OT texts investigated in chapter 3 mentions human sacrifice and since three of the four mention human sacrifice for the benefit of others, I limit my investigation to these specific OT texts. I argue that with the possible exception of Isaiah 53, the sort of vicarious human suffering and atoning death for sin for the soteriological benefit of others that appear in 2 and 4 Maccabees do not appear in these OT texts in the same way as the above concepts are presented in the key martyr texts or in Paul. Chapter 4 investigates the key atonement texts in Paul that demonstrate soteriological, lexical, and conceptual similarities with Maccabean martyr traditions. In addition to an exegesis of the key Pauline atonement texts and in addition to an analysis of the soteriological themes arising from an exegesis of the key texts, I offer arguments that defend how martyr traditions informed Paul's theology of atonement and why their influence on his theology of atonement does not undermine the soteriological value of Jesus' death for the nations. Chapter 5 offers conclusions and implications of chapters 2-4. I endeavor to tie together the arguments made in each chapter to argue the proposed thesis. In addition, I also present suggestions that could potentially further the discussion of martyr theology's influence on Paul's theology of atonement. My overall conclusions are that martyr traditions informed Paul's theology of atonement in addition to (not instead of) the OT and that a martyrological influence on Paul's theology of atonement does not undermine the soteriological value of Jesus' death for the nations in Paul's atonement theology.
| 2019-04-18T22:29:32 |
https://repository.sbts.edu/handle/10392/442
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Im thinking of getting some of this stuff.
If I take antioxidants, say a powerful one - like Patrick Flanagan's Microhydrin/Megahydrate - will it 'neutralize' the Asea?
I mean, if the RS molecules are needed to activate the antioxidants - then it should 'use up' the Asea, right?
It won't neutralize ASEA... I used to take microhydrin myself - really good product. Don't take them together.
Take ASEA first on an empty stomach and then take the microhydrin about 10 minutes after... it will allow you to get even more benefit from the microhydrin.
I understand the rationale for taking Asea on a empty stomach, and if it absorbs quickly - then 10 minutes is sufficient?
How about after a meal? How long to wait?
My meal patterns can be pretty erratic.
Lastly, if the wait after a meal is not just 10 minutes... does it make sense to take a 4 oz dose once in the morning rather than 2 2oz doses a day? Is much/any efficiency of the Asea lost that way?
10 minutes is definitely ok after taking ASEA on an empty stomach.
After a meal, you have to wait about an hour before the stomach is empty enough to take ASEA.
2 X 2oz servings in a day is better than 4oz.
I read here that some people swish it around their mouths (for 30 seconds to 2 minutes) to get the mucous membranes to absorb some before swallowing it.
Also, the product literature says do not drink it out of metal.
Does that imply people with metallic fillings in their teeth shouldn't swish it around, and instead directly swallow? How fast is the effect of metal on Asea?
(I ask because I got 2 fillings, and my mother has 7 - and yes, we know they are bad).
Metal reacts with the stabilized molecules and causes a "chain reaction" where it will revert back to salt water. It can take up to 30 minutes or so - you can still swish it around but for absorption, taking 2 oz on an empty stomach has already been established to be a good serving, which accounts for some being neutralized in the stomach acids.
Bought some off of eBay (trying it out before signing up), about 5 weeks ago.
Im on my fifth bottle. Problem is, I started some other supplements at the same time - not sure what is affecting what.
Overall though - I feel ASEA is doing nothing.
I take 2 oz on waking up - so I know its an empty stomach. And 2 more, when Im, usually, sure its been 1+ hrs after any food.
Spraying it in my eyes really makes my eyes feel good is the only solid thing I can attribute to it.
I seem to be losing a little weight but am unsure if its the ASEA that is doing that.
I started my mother on it as well - about 2.5 weeks ago. Shes a better case study as she doesn't take many supplements - so far she feels nothing, except possibly requiring less sleep.
As we both have a 3 month supply - we will stick to it and hope something happens.
90 days is a good test for any supplement so you're all set.
If you were able to get your glutathione levels measured, you should be able to find these are elevated substantially at 3 months - SOD and catalayse enzymes as well.
The ASEA causes the release of belly fat into the blood stream to be used as energy - it is more energy dense than sugar/carbs or protein. This is what the Human Performance Laboratory in their double blind cross over placebo study showed. Saltwater did nothing but ASEA changed so many metabolic markers that it blew them away - never saw anything like it. This is what has enabled professional triathletes to take an entire HOUR off their time, when many struggle to reduce their times by a few minutes.
Requiring less sleep is reported by many people and I've experienced it myself still to this day after several years of daily use.
Update time. Im down to ~ 4 an a half bottles.
Initially, about 10 days before I started ASEA I had started another supplement. To that I hyperresponded with increased stamina and energy.
So, I could not attribute any changes to ASEA proper. I ran out of that supplement about 2 weeks ago. However, in the meantime I had started another rather experimental substance.
I find that my exercise routine is going great in the sense that it doesn't tire me out like it did, and I can push out a few more reps. This is great - *if* its the ASEA.
Unfortunately, the new substance I am taking is supposed to affect exactly that - so I cant be sure its ASEA, and given the cost, hope it isnt the ASEA.
My mother is a better test case - and she reports no major changes, being on ASEA for about a month.
Overall, I am unclear if ASEA is worth it. If it turns out ASEA is responsible for my increased exercise endurance - it will probably be worth the high price tag - unfortunately my gut tells me it just aint so (not to mention my mother's experience).
Will have to test more. May get another 3 cases sometime next year for a proper self test.
FWIW, will update when Im out of ASEA in about a month.
I haven't felt any effects that I attribute to it that are worthwhile.
My mom says it may have helped her joints a bit, but certainly not enough to justify the pricetag.
Only definite thing is it feels good sprayed into the eyes.
Of course, if after stopping I find something deteriorating in me or my mom - then I will post here.
Further, I may test it again, and/or I may test Renu 28 ... if I do, Ill post here.
I had high hopes for this product (helps an elbow regenerate!) but it just didn't measure up to the cost.
| 2019-04-26T16:40:42 |
http://www.energeticforum.com/health-fitness-nutrition/8819-redox-signaling-molecules-9.html?s=b1f59967598584a9f4a519f96e39f329
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I took delivery of an 03 Mobius yesterday and love the new boat. The factory radio has no external antenna. No radi reception. Has anyone else had this problem and should there be an external antenna on the tower?
You can just take a piece of co-ax cable and plug it into the antenna recept in the radio. Strip the middle part and connect it to a bolt for the tower or windshield.
Really???? Does that work with a VHF Radio as well (Marine Band CB)? If so you are my hero!!! Thanks!
I've had good luck using standard antennas and running it up inside the gunwale and extended somewhat. Put the antenna through cable runs or tie wrap to the electical bundle. It's out of the way and can't be seen.
Havent done it myself yet, just got the boat back from storage, so I will be trying soon. I actually read about it off wakewoprld or wakeboarding.com. They were talking about VHF not CB. I'll post an update here later this week.
The trick with the tower should be fine for radio reception, (i.e. AM/FM stereo)but in any case where you are transmitting (the radio has a microphone attached) you really want to have a proper antenna attached to the radio. The transmitter has to "look into" a properly matched antenna in order to function properly. This can be tricky, especially with fiberglass boats, due to grounding issues.
For VHF/CB etc. I would suggest that its best to seek local radio dealer advice and install. There can be issues related to interference with the electronics on the boat that are sometimes antenna related.
| 2019-04-18T12:38:37 |
https://forum.moomba.com/archive/index.php/t-184.html?s=01c179f9450228a8ce30329b8b543875
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What: "DNA is the archival record of our being. It's carried in every cell of our body. RNA is the working copy of that record. DNA is like the American constitution buried in a Washington vault. RNA is like the working law. It's fractional and varied, but it always reflects that document in the vault. "
"Sound evidence points to the theory that RNA is the first living molecule. RNA is good at copying itself and it carries a lot of information in its structure. In today's cell, RNA acts as a sort of office messenger. If DNA is the master architect, RNA is like an assistant who takes a blueprint from DNA and plugs it into cellular machines. (These machines, called ribosomes, are actually made up of RNA as well.) These ribosomes read the blueprint like a set of instructions that tell which amino acids to hook together."
What: See the link for a discussion of mrna.
What: "In effect, mRNA is like a telephone line, connecting DNA and cellular factories to convey instructions for protein construction."
the tRNA is like the translator that translates the message from RNA code into a protein."
There are many associations for trna floating around in the the binary sea that is the internet. The trna is a macro molecule that specifies that a given mrna codon is translated into a specific amino acid. Literally it is a linking molecule that contains a particular activated amino acid on 1 end and specific RNA sequence on the other. TRNAs span 2 molecular worlds. The world of macromolecules made of nucleotides with the world of macro molecules made of amino acids.
What: "The tRNA is like the stock boy at Nordstrom Rack The rRNA is like a chef. The mRNA is like the check out boy taking the items to another location"
"The secondary structure of rRNA is like flower, containing many stem-loop structure."
"rRNA is like a translator, it reads the mRNA and tells the ribosomes how to make proteins "
"The siRNA is like a gear: On its own, not much there. But it's not impossible to imagine that it could become part of a larger system."
"seems like miRNA is like the quantum-mechanics of biology, anything too complex and i bet sooner or later you will see a paper relating it to miRNA"
"The scientist uses several copies of another bit of RNA called a primer. A primer is like a mirror image of a short bit of RNA or single strand of DNA; that is, its sequence of nucleotides is the direct complement to the sequence of nucleotides in a known part of the target RNA or DNA."
What: "Alternative RNA splicing is like remixing music to produce a new song or re-editing a movie for a different effect." There are many helpful analogies in the teaching tips on page 80.
for example, removing vegetables from our fried rice.
What: "RNA polymerase is like the hands of the writer (RNA polymerase) tying up the script (mRNA)"The link is a discussion of students analogies for protein synthesis.
"No primer is used (RNA polymerase is like 2 in one paint and primer). RNA is made in the 5' to 3' direction (like DNA)."
"Using the analogy of a car; DNA analysis allows you to put your ear up against its hood to hear what is happening in the engine, and RNA processing is like opening the hood and being able to see the engine itself."
"It has often been noted that the distribution of RNA polymerase between different promoters in rapidly growing E. coli is like the distribution of wealth between the people in western democracies!"
| 2019-04-22T09:25:24 |
http://www.metamia.com/analogize.php?q=rna
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Protein Structure Idealization: How accurately is it possible to model protein structures with dihedral angles?
Previous studies show that the same type of bond lengths and angles fit Gaussian distributions well with small standard deviations on high resolution protein structure data. The mean values of these Gaussian distributions have been widely used as ideal bond lengths and angles in bioinformatics. However, we are not aware of any research done to evaluate how accurately we can model protein structures with dihedral angles and ideal bond lengths and angles.
Here, we introduce the protein structure idealization problem. We focus on the protein backbone structure idealization. We describe a fast O(n m/ε) dynamic programming algorithm to find an idealized protein backbone structure that is approximately optimal according to our scoring function. The scoring function evaluates not only the free energy, but also the similarity with the target structure. Thus, the idealized protein structures found by our algorithm are guaranteed to be protein-like and close to the target protein structure.
We have implemented our protein structure idealization algorithm and idealized the high resolution protein structures with low sequence identities of the CULLPDB_PC30_RES1.6_R0.25 data set. We demonstrate that idealized backbone structures always exist with small changes and significantly better free energy. We also applied our algorithm to refine protein pseudo-structures determined in NMR experiments.
When studying the functions of a protein, it is crucial to know the three-dimensional structure consisting of the Cartesian coordinates of all the atoms of the protein. These atoms are bonded together by inter-atomic forces called chemical bonds. It has been observed that the bond lengths and angles of the same type assume a Gaussian distribution with a small standard deviation (STDEV) in high resolution protein structure data. Typically, the bond lengths on protein backbones have STDEVs between 0.019Å and 0.033Å and the bond angles on protein backbones have STDEVs between 1.5° and 2.7° [1, 2]. These results suggest the possibility of modeling protein structures with the mean values of bond lengths and angles, which are often referred to as ideal values.
Ideal bond lengths and angles have been widely used in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) protein structure determination [3, 4] and in protein structure prediction [5–9]. Moreover, stereochemical restraints are also used in X-ray protein structure determination [10, 11]. In protein structure prediction, the main advantage of using ideal bond lengths and angles is a reduction in the search space for the target protein structure [12, 13]. Specifically, if the target protein has n amino acids, the number of n, C α and C atoms on the backbone is 3n, and thus the Cartesian search space for the idealized backbone structure has a degree of freedom of 9n[12, 13]. However, if all bond lengths and angles have ideal values, the protein backbone structure can be represented by a series of bond torsion angles in the feasible bond torsion angle space. In this case, the degree of freedom is reduced to approximately one tenth of that in the Cartesian space [12, 13].
Although ideal bond lengths and angles have been widely used and accepted, we are not aware of any research done to evaluate how accurately it is possible to model protein structures with dihedral angles. This motivates us to solve what we call the protein structure idealization problem: Given the coordinates of the target protein structure, find the coordinates of the optimal idealized protein structure. Here, an idealized protein structure is a protein structure with bond lengths and angles that are ideal with respect to a given scoring function; the function depends on the resultant structure’s free energy, as well as its similarity with the target structure. Thus, the idealized protein structure is taken to be a protein-like structure that is close to the target protein structure.
First, we solve the protein structure idealization problem by idealizing the backbone structure and then idealizing the side-chain structure. This approach is widely accepted because previous research suggests that the backbone conformation is archived before the side-chain conformations are archived . In our work, Ω dihedral angles are rounded to be either 0° or 180°. Some discussions on the properness of idealizing Ω dihedral angles can be found in [15, 16].
We introduce a novel dynamic programming algorithm with a run-time complexity of O(n/ε8), where ε is a small constant, to find the optimal idealized protein backbone structure according to our scoring function. In practice, we observed that it is unnecessary to remember the entire dynamic programming table. Thus, with a filtering technique, the run-time complexity is further reduced to O(n m/ε), where m is a constant integer.
In our initial study on the protein structure idealization problem, side-chain structures are determined using an exhaustive search which assumes that side-chain structures of different residues are independent from each other. The scoring function is similar to the one we used for backbone structure idealization. In practice, we observe that it is fast to regenerate idealized structures that are similar to a given idealized structure. We also refine the idealized backbone and side-chain structures according to our scoring functions iteratively.
We use our algorithm to evaluate how accurately it is possible to model protein structures with dihedral angles. We idealize all the X-ray protein structures from PDB which satisfy the high resolution and the low sequence identity constraints downloaded on June 6, 2008 [18, 19]. The results show that such idealized structures always exist and that they are very similar to the target structures in terms of the root mean square deviation (RMSD) of C α or all atoms. Moreover, the idealized backbone structures tend to have dDFIRE free energy scores [20, 21], which are significantly better than the target structures. The results support our conclusion that it is possible to model protein structures accurately with dihedral angles on all high resolution protein backbone structures.
One application of the protein structure idealization algorithm is to refine protein pseudo-structures either determined in experiments or predicted by computers. We have demonstrated one such case to improve poor (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles of protein structures determined by NMR. The experiment result is also consistent with the previous experiment showing that the idealized structure has a small RMSD and better backbone free energy. We discuss several potential applications for our protein structure idealization algorithm in the conclusion.
Given the target protein backbone structure, we would like to find the optimal idealized backbone structure. For an idealized protein backbone structure, the coordinates of O, H and C β backbone atoms can be calculated from the coordinates of n, C α and C backbone atoms. Thus, we specifically describe how to generate coordinates of n, C α and C atoms in this section. For simplicity, a structure is always referred to as a protein backbone structure unless strictly specified.
Given the target structure, we would like to generate idealized structures fulfilling two generation goals. First, the idealized structures should be similar to the target structure. Second, each pair of idealized structures should be at least some distance away to avoid redundant computation. Furthermore, we are interested in generating as many of these idealized structures as possible.
D ( P i , P j ) = max k D ( P i k , P j k ) .
D ( P 0 , P i ) ≤ r ∀ i > 0 D ( P i , P j ) ≥ ε ∀ i , j > 0 .
The first generation constraint assumes that the accuracy of the coordinates of the target structure is reasonably good, and no-worse than r. If this constraint is satisfied, the distance between the target coordinate and any generated coordinate representing the same atom is upper bounded by r. Thus, it is reasonable for any generated idealized structure P i to be considered similar to target structure P0. If the second generation constraint is satisfied, for each pair of generated idealized structures, there exists a pair of coordinates, one from each structure representing the same atom, such that they are at least ε distance away from each other. Therefore, both generation goals are achieved.
These generation constraints suggest limiting the search space inside a sphere with radius r, and discreting the search space with grids of size ε. When ε=0.001Å, the accuracy of X-ray crystallography and PDB (protein database) format is reached. Thus, this method is capable of generating all possible idealized structures at the accuracy of X-ray crystallography and PDB format.
Given the limited and discrete search space of each atom, one can generate idealized structure coordinates from the first atom to the last atom. For the first atom, an idealized coordinate lies within a sphere. Thus, the number of generated coordinates is bounded by O(1/ε3). For each generated coordinate P i 1 of the first atom, an idealized coordinate of the second atom lies on a ball surface with a constant distance to P i 1 . Thus, the number of generated coordinates is bounded by O(1/ε2). For each generated coordinate pair ( P i 1 , P i 2 ) of the first two atoms, an idealized coordinate of the third atom lies on a circle with a constant distances to P i 1 and P i 2 . Thus, the number of generated coordinates is bounded by O(1/ε). Similarly, the number of generated coordinates for any of the following atoms is also bounded by O(1/ε). Moreover, since we round Ω dihedral angles to either 0° or 180°, the coordinate of any C α atom is unique and can be calculated from the coordinates of the previous three atoms.
Therefore, the total number of coordinates generated for all atoms is bounded by O(1/ε2n+4) by induction. Here, it is acceptable to assume that r is a constant because it is only related to the first atom. For subsequent atoms, we did not limit the search space to be inside the sphere with radius r as described above, and thus the actual number of generated coordinates should be much smaller in practice.
where w a are the weighting parameters, S f (P i ) is the free energy score, D α (P i ,P0) is the root mean square divergence (RMSD) of C α atoms, D β (P i ,P0) is the RMSD of C β atoms, D H (P i ,P0) is the RMSD of the hydrogen and oxygen atoms participating in hydrogen bonds, and DΦ,Ψ(P i ,P0) is the RMSD of (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles.
where one log-odd score is calculated at each C α atom (by checking that atom type A i is C α ) for the previous amino acid (represented by the previous C α atom at i−3), P A A i − 3 ( Φ i − 3 , Ψ i − 3 ) is the probability of the grid containing (Φi−3,Ψi−3) on the Ramachandran plot of amino acid type A Ai−3, and P n u l l (Φi−3,Ψi−3) is the probability of the null model with a uniform distribution such that P null ( Φ i − 3 , Ψ i − 3 ) = 1 360 1 360 .
Structure similarity is evaluated by other distance matrices in our scoring function. We use D α (P i ,P0) and DΦ,Ψ(P i ,P0) to serve as distance metrics to conserve the backbone structures, and D β (P i ,P0) to serve as a distance metric to conserve the side-chain structure compatibilities; we also use D H (P i ,P0) to serve as a distance metric to conserve the hydrogen bonds. Thus, some global dependencies are addressed implicitly by distance matrices D β ( P i 1 , t , P 0 1 , t ) and D H (P i ,P0).
Theoretically, one can calculate scores for all generated idealized structures and find the optimal one with the maximum score. This method works well as long as similar structures always have similar scores. More formally, the method requires the assumption that D(P i ,P j )≤ε ⇒ |S B B (P i )−S B B (P j )|≤ε s , which is reasonable for small ε. Note that, since the total number of generated idealized structures is bounded by O(1/ε2n+4), this method is computationally expensive. Thus, we introduce a dynamic programming algorithm with a filtering technique to find the optimal idealized structure efficiently.
The dynamic programming algorithm has two assumptions. One assumption is that given two generated idealized structures P i 1 , t − 1 and P j 1 , t − 1 of the first t−1 atoms, such that D ( P i t − k , t − 1 , P j t − k , t − 1 ) ≤ ε , for any generated coordinate P i t of the t’th atom, there always exists a generated coordinate P j t , such that D ( P i t , P j t ) ≤ ε . The other assumption is that the scoring function satisfies the additive property, such that S BB ( P i 1 , t ) = S BB ( P i 1 , t − k ) ⊕ S BB ( P i t − k + 1 , t ) , under some addition operator ⊕.
D RMS ( P i 1 , t , P 0 1 , t ) = D RMS ( P i 1 , t − k , P 0 1 , t − k ) ⊕ D RMS ( P i t − k + 1 , t , P 0 t − k + 1 , t ) = D RMS 2 ( P i 1 , t − k , P 0 1 , t − k ) ( t − k ) + D RMS 2 ( P i t − k + 1 , t , P 0 t − k + 1 , t ) k t .
S f ( P i 1 , t ) = S f ( P i 1 , t − k ) ⊕ S f ( P i t − k + 1 , t ) = S f ( P i 1 , t − k ) + S f ( P i t − k + 1 , t ) .
The second assumption is fundamental to our dynamic programming algorithm. By induction, the first assumption implies that if D ( P i t − k , t − 1 , P j t − k , t − 1 ) ≤ ε , for any generated idealized structure P i t , n , there always exists a generated idealized structure P j t , n such that D ( P i t , n , P j t , n ) ≤ ε . Recall that the scoring function assumes that D ( P i t , n , P j t , n ) ≤ ε ⇒ | S BB ( P i t , n ) − S BB ( P j t , n ) | ≤ ε s , and thus there is S BB ( P i t , n ) ≈ S BB ( P j t , n ) . If S BB ( P i 1 , t − 1 ) ≥ S BB ( P j 1 , t − 1 ) , there is approximately S BB ( P i ) = S BB ( P i 1 , t − 1 ) ⊕ S BB ( P i t , n ) ≥ S BB ( P j 1 , t − 1 ) ⊕ S BB ( P j t , n ) = S BB ( P j ) . Therefore, if D ( P i t − k , t − 1 , P j t − k , t − 1 ) ≤ ε and S BB ( P i 1 , t − 1 ) ≥ S BB ( P j 1 , t − 1 ) , there is no need to generate P j t , n to find an approximately optimal solution.
where G g t − k + 1 , t − 1 = G i t − k + 1 , t − 1 , P j t − k + 1 , t ∈ G g t − k + 1 , t and S BB ( P j 1 , t − 1 ) ⊕ S BB ( P j t ) = S BB ( P j 1 , t ) . Thus, the dynamic programming table can be calculated from the first atom to the last atom. Finally, the optimal idealized structure is the one with the highest score max g G g 3 n − k + 1 , 3 n .
The run-time complexity of our dynamic programming algorithm depends on the value of k. To keep all possible (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles of the previous residue when generating C α atoms, we have to choose k≥5. For speed, we choose k=5 in our implementation. In this case, the number of score calculations required to calculate T BB ( t , G g t − 4 , t ) is no more than the maximum number of coordinates sampled for six consecutive backbone atoms. Recall that there are exactly two C α atoms in six consecutive backbone atoms, and the Ω dihedral angle is rounded. Thus, the coordinate of one C α atom can be calculated from the coordinates of the other C α atom and the two atoms between them. For this reason, the maximum number of sampled coordinates is bounded by O(1/ε8). Moreover, the number of score calculations required to calculate T BB ( k , G g 1 , k ) is no more than the maximum number of possible coordinates sampled for five consecutive backbone atoms, which is also O(1/ε8). Therefore, the run-time complexity of our dynamic programming algorithm is O(n/ε8).
To increase the speed for the dynamic programming algorithm, we applied an additional filtering technique to remember only the highly scored idealized structures. Specifically, the algorithm only remembers the optimal idealized structure for the top m scored tail configurations instead of all possible conformations. Thus, the run-time complexity is reduced to O(n m/ε). This approach works well in practice because an optimal idealized structure with a long poorly scored fragment is rare. Thus, we assumed that the local quality of the idealized structure should be reasonably high (in the top m score list).
After the backbone structure of the target protein has been idealized, we begin to idealize the side-chain structures. When doing this, the idealized backbone structure is considered to be rigid. This approach is widely accepted because previous research suggests that the backbone conformation is archived before the side-chain conformations are archived . After the side-chain idealization, we should have a complete idealized protein structure with all of the backbone and the side-chain structures idealized.
Protein side-chains suffer from low quality problems when determining protein structures. This is mainly because side-chains are not as stable as backbones, and they are more likely to have disorder problems than are backbones in crystals . Thus, the target side-chain structure might be a poor reference for defining the search space and for evaluating the structure similarity score for generated idealized side-chain structures. To address this, we perform an exhaustive search on the entire feasible torsion angle space, instead of the limited torsion angle space, around the target side-chain structure.
Our side-chain idealization method assumes that the side-chain conformations of different residues are independent of each other. Otherwise, all residues with dependencies have to be generated together and the run-time complexity increases exponentially to the number of atoms involved. Moreover, the Nη 1−C ζ −N ε −C δ and the Nη 2−C ζ −N ε −C δ torsion angles of arginine residues are rounded to be either 0° or 180°. Then, the degree of freedom of the search space for each residue is at most four and it is now practical to perform an exhaustive search for each residue independently.
where w k are the weighting parameters, S f (P i ) is the free energy score, D H ′ ( P i , P 0 ) is the root mean square divergence (RMSD) of all non-hydrogen atoms, and D χ (P i ,P0) is the RMSD of χ torsion angles.
In our scoring function, the free energy score S f (P i ) is defined as a simple χ torsion angle log-odd score, which is similar to the free energy score of our backbone scoring function. Moreover, the log-odd score is based on the popular backbone dependent rotamer library downloaded from Dunbrack’s lab . Certainly, other local free energy scores can be adopted here. Similar to the backbone scoring function, D H ′ ( P i , P 0 ) and D χ (P i ,P0) serve as distance metrics to conserve the side-chain structure.
To study the protein structure idealization problem and its applications, we implemente our protein structure idealization algorithm. In our implementation, we use the mean bond lengths and angles that had been reported in as the ideal bond lengths and angles, respectively. When idealizing the protein backbone structure, we set the search space radius of an atom as r=1.6Å and the discrete grid size as ε=r/5. We find that m=50,000 had a reasonable balance between speed and accuracy. When idealizing the protein side-chain structure, we set the search space of a rotamer dihedral angle to be within 3σ distance from the mean value, where σ is the STDEV of the rotamer dihedral angle, and we set the discrete grid size to be 10°. We also refine the idealized structure by iteratively reducing the search space and the discrete grid size by a constant factor of 0.5. Since finding the best scoring function for the protein structure idealization is out of the scope of this paper, we set all weights w a =1.0 for all a in our scoring function.
In this experiment, we addressed how accurately it is possible to model protein structures with dihedral angles. We idealized high resolution protein structures with low sequence identities of the CULLPDB_PC30_RES1.6_R0.25 data set [18, 19]. In fact, the CULLPDB_PC30_RES1.6_R0.25 data set is the complete set of X-ray protein structures in PDB with a sequence identity cutoff of 30%, a resolution cutoff of 1.6Å, and an r factor cutoff of 0.25. In summary, the data set contains 1898 proteins with an average length of 227 residues, as downloaded on June 6, 2008.
To show that the idealized and the target backbone structures are very similar, we calculated the C α -RMSD as shown in Figure 1. The C α -RMSD is a popular distance metric to evaluate the backbone distance between two protein backbone structures. The result shows that most distances between the idealized and the target backbone structures are small with mean 0.53Å and STDEV 0.08Å. Specifically, the smallest C α -RMSD reaches 0.16Å, and 90% of the C α -RMSDs are smaller than 0.63Å. Moreover, the C α -RMSD is upper bounded by 1.00Å, although the search space radius for each atom is set to be 1.6Å. This result is consistent with the result of checking (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles, where the average difference between the idealized and the target (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles is as small as 0.08°. Therefore, it is possible to model protein backbone structures in CULLPDB_PC30_RES1.6_R0.25 accurately using only Φ and Ψ dihedral angles.
We studied the C α -RMSD further in different regions of the target protein structures. In Figures 2 and 3, we see that the C α -RMSD of the α-helix and the β-sheet regions are smaller than that of the complete protein by 0.28Å and 0.12Å, respectively. Indeed, these regions are more restricted because of using D H (P i ,P0) to conserve hydrogen bonds of α-helices and β-sheets in our scoring function. We also observe that the C α -RMSD of residues that are closer to the geometric center of a target protein structure is 0.13Å smaller on average than the C α -RMSD of the other residues that are farther, as shown in Figure 4. Thus, the inner residues tend to be closer to the idealization state than are the outer residues. We did not observe any significant differences on the C α -RMSD between the buried and the exposed regions.
C α -RMSD of all regions v.s. α -helix regions.
C α -RMSD of all regions v.s. β -sheet regions.
C α -RMSD of inner regions v.s. outer regions.
We also calculated the all-atom RMSD to show that the idealized and the target structures are very similar. In Figure 5, we see that most distances between the idealized and the target structures are small, with mean 0.79Å and STDEV 0.13Å. Moreover, the smallest all-atom RMSD reaches 0.45Å, and 90% of the all-atom RMSDs are smaller than 0.94Å. Note that both the C α -RMSD and the all-atom RMSD between the idealized and the target structures tend to be stable when the target protein is long. Therefore, it is possible to model protein structures accurately with only Φ, Ψ, and χ dihedral angles.
The idealized backbone structures are also favored in terms of free energy. This is shown by checking the free energy differences between the idealized and the target protein backbone structures in Figure 6. Here, we calculate the free energy using dDFIRE [20, 21], and observe that the dDFIRE free energy of most idealized backbone structures are significantly better than are those of the target backbone structures. For the rest without significant improvements, the difference is close to zero. This may be the result of some tight thereochemical restraints used in existing X-ray structure refinement programs [15, 16]. It is also interesting that the observed free energy improvements are clearly not independent from the protein length. The figure suggests that the free energy difference has a square dependence on the protein length.
Protein backbone free energy (calculated by dDFIRE).
After idealizing the side-chain structures, the free energy is either improved by a relatively biger amount or worsened by a relatively smaller amount as shown in Figure 7. Unfortunately, in most cases, the free energy is worsened slightly but is still in a stable state with negative values. Again, here we used dDFIRE [20, 21] to calculate the free energy. We observed that the dDFIRE free energy is improved for 90 or 4.74% of the idealized protein structures and is worsened slightly by 44 on average. Moreover, the dDFIRE free energy is improved by 1585 in the best case, and worsened by 293 in the worst case. The figure also suggests that the free energy difference has a linear dependence on the protein length.
Protein all-atom free energy (calculated by dDFIRE).
Several side-chain prediction tools have been proven to predict accurate side-chain structures from native backbone structures [8, 9, 25, 26]. However, these tools does not perform well when predicting side-chain structures from predicted backbone structures. To address this, we compared the predicted side-chain structures given the native backbone structures and those given the predicted backbone structures in terms of free energy. Here, we treat the idealized backbone structures of the CULLPDB_PC30_RES1.6_R0.25 data set as those which are best possibly predicted. Moreover, we used SCWRL4 to predict side-chain structures and dDFIRE [20, 21] to calculate free energies. The result shows that the free energy is worsened slightly by 43 if the predicted backbone structures are used. We do not think this difference is significant to side-chain prediction. Certainly, more experiments will show if this is conclusive.
Finally, we study the effects of idealization on hydrogen bonds. As shown in Table 1, we compare the number of hydrogen bonds detected by the DSSP program [27, 28]. Here, only differences of the most popular types of hydrogen bonds are included. We note that the total number of hydrogen bonds is increased by 1.59% or 0.012 per residue after idealization. Specifically, the effects of idealization on hydrogen bonds of β bridges is minor, and the loss of the hydrogen bonds on α helices is reasonably controlled under 1.48%. Interestingly, the idealized backbone structures have significantly more 27 ribbons. The reason behind this observation remains open.
In summary, we demonstrate that using dihedral angles with ideal bond lengths and angles is capable of modeling protein structures that are highly similar to the ones in CULLPDB_PC30_RES1.6_R0.25 [18, 19]. Since CULLPDB_PC30_RES1.6_R0.25 is the complete set of PDB protein structures satisfying the high resolution and the low sequence identity constraints, it is reasonable to extend the conclusion to all protein backbone structures. A positive side effect is that idealization improves backbone free energy, while most hydrogen bonds are conserved.
In this experiment, we demonstrate an application of the protein structure idealization problem in NMR by idealizing 32 NMR protein structures. The NMR protein structures were randomly chosen from PDB with a sequence identity cutoff of 30% and a gapless fragment length cutoff of 80 residues. In cases of multiple chains or models of some NMR protein structures, only the first chain from the first model is used in this experiment. This addition to the conclusion of the previous experiment shows that poor (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles of the NMR protein structures are improved by idealizing them.
To demonstrate this, we compared the percentage of favored (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles calculated by PROCHECK in Table 2. After idealization, we see that 19 out of 32 NMR protein structures have more favored (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles. Overall, the percentage is increased by 4.34% on average and 27.30% in the best case, which is closer to the minimum percentage of 90% expected in a good quality model .
Note that for those NMR protein structures that already have more than approximately 75% of favored (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles, idealization harms the percentage by −0.85% on average. There are at least two reasons for this. First, our free energy score S f (P i ) is calculated from a data set that is different from the one used by PROCHECK. In fact, we used 1898 protein structures of the CULLPDB_PC30_RES1.6_R0.25 data set [18, 19], while PROCHECK used 118 protein structures, with a resolution cutoff of 2.0Å and an r factor cutoff of 0.20 . Although the percentages of favored (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles are decreased in Table 2, our free energy scores of proteins 1WI5, 1NMW, and 2LBV are increased by 0.22, 1.35, and 0.31, respectively, after idealization. Second, our implementation is trying to optimize our scoring function S B B (P i ), instead of optimizing only the free energy score. Thus, it is possible to see decreased free energy scores after idealization, especially when the target protein structure has a high percentage of favored (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles.
Our conclusion is further supported by the case study of the NMR structure with PDB ID 1WPI . From the Ramachandran plots drawn by PROCHECK in Figures 8 and 9, we find that (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles tend to move towards favored regions. Specifically, the native structure contains only 64.4% of (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles in favored regions, while the idealized structure contains a significantly improved percentage of 81.4% of (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles in favored regions. Moreover, the native structure contains three (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles that are not in any feasible areas of the Ramachandran plot. However, there is only one such case found in the idealized structure. Thus, two infeasible (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles are fixed by the (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angle log-odd score. Here, we did not, but certainly can, implement a hard constraint to disallow any infeasible (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles.
Ramachandran plot of the native NMR protein structure 1WPI.
Ramachandran plot of the idealized NMR protein structure 1WPI.
In summary, we have demonstrated that protein structure idealization can be used to improve poor (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angles of protein pseudo-structures. These protein pseudo-structures can either be predicted or be experimentally determined. More applications of the protein structure idealization problem will be studied.
We have introduced the protein structure idealization problem and performed our first attempt to solve it. The experiment results show that idealized structures always exist with small changes on the coordinates. Furthermore, the idealized backbone structures have significantly better free energy and (Φ,Ψ) dihedral angle distributions. Therefore, protein structures can be modeled accurately with dihedral angles and ideal bond lengths and angles, and it is feasible to predict protein backbone and side-chain structures by searching the dihedral angle space.
Our protein structure idealization algorithm may be improved in several ways. Since our scoring functions are very simple with all weights w a =1.0 in the current implementation, there is space for improvements. We are also looking forward to adding protein-ligand interaction energy to our scoring function and to studying the effect of idealization on protein-ligand interactions. Moreover, since some atoms are more flexible than others, we can also set different search spaces for different atoms in our algorithm. For example, when idealizing X-ray protein structures, the search space of each atom could be selected according to its B-factor. We can also adopt a divide-and-conquer algorithm in our algorithm to find the global, rather than local, optimal idealized structure. Specifically, we can divide the protein structure into small fragments, idealize each fragment separately, and merge idealized fragments. The key is to divide the protein structure by a tree decomposition of the interaction graph and to remember the optimal idealized fragment for each possible configuration of atoms with interactions to external atoms. Similar ideas have already been used successfully to improve the speed and the accuracy of backbone and side-chain structure predictions [8, 9, 25, 26, 31, 32].
Our protein structure idealization algorithm can also correct modelling errors of protein structures in PDB . In fact, previous research indicates that many bond conformations and side-chain rotamers are likely incorrect in PDB, and it is useful to have an automated mechanism to fix these problems [33, 34]. Thus, we can address these problems by idealizing all protein structures in PDB with our protein structure idealization algorithm and using our specially tuned scoring functions.
The idealized version of the PDB provides new protein structure references to study protein structures and functions. For example, we can rebuild fragment and rotamer libraries based on the idealized PDB. It would then be more intuitive to use the idealized fragment or rotamer libraries in the protein backbone or side-chain structure prediction algorithms searching the dihedral angle space. Thus, we expect to see some improvements of the accuracy of these algorithms with the idealized fragment and rotamer libraries. Therefore, we also provide a new approach for discovering unusual atoms and bonds by comparing the idealized and the original PDB structures. Although most of these unusual atoms and bonds are due to errors, we expect to discover some biochemical insights that assist in understanding protein functions.
This work was supported by a Startup Grant at City University of Hong Kong , National Basic Research Program of China [2012CB316500], an NSERC Grant [OGP0046506], Canada Research Chair program, an NSERC Collaborative Grant, OCRiT, Premier’s Discovery Award, Killam Prize and SHARCNET.
The algorithm implementation and all experiments were done by XC; the protein structure idealization algorithm was designed by XC and SCL; the CULLPDB_PC30_RES1.6_R0.25 experiment was designed by XC, SCL and DB; the NMR experiment was designed by XC and BA; the project was directed by ML; All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
| 2019-04-26T10:29:56 |
https://almob.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1748-7188-8-5
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How fast can a software LFSR run on a modern (2012) x86 processor? Here are measurements from an Intel Core i7-2600K running at 4.0 GHz. The numbers are measured nanoseconds per LFSR update cycle.
32 1.5 0.8 0.8 0.7 ? ?
64 1.5 0.8 1.0 1.0 ? ?
128 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 ? ?
256 2.1 2.2 1.8 2.0 ? ?
512 7.8 3.7 4.8 2.9 ? ?
1024 21.0 11.3 11.3 5.8 ? ?
2048 42.3 22.0 22.3 13.0 ? ?
4096 86.0 81.0 48.8 44.4 ? ?
1) The LFSR code and speed of execution are independent of polynomial selection.
2) LFSR width 8192, 16384 ... were not coded because primitive polynomials needed for maximal length sequence generation are not available. Once (2^8192 - 1) is successfully factored, LFSR width 8192 will be possible.
3) MS: Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 compiler.
4) gcc: version 4.7.3 (mingw-w64-bin-x86_64-20121103.7z) from http://www.drangon.org/mingw/.
note: gcc 4.8.0 and 4.8.1 produce slower code for this benchmark/processor combination.
5) Results are for x64 build. The code also executes properly when compiled for x86.
6) The YMM (AVX2) columns will be filled out when the Intel Haswell processor is released in 2013. A significant speed improvement can be expected for LFSR width 256 and greater. The AVX2 code is included and works properly with Intel Software Development Emulator 5.31.
7) The software first runs the GPR (general purpose register) version of the code. Then the XMM version is run if both processor and OS support AVX. Finally, the YMM coded functions run if both the processor and OS support AVX2.
version 1.0 11/12/2012 Initial version.
version 1.1 11/20/2012 Remove -flto from the gcc build command because AVX instructions were being generated where not intended, causing a crash on systems where AVX is not present.
version 1.2 12/30/2012 Add 4096 bit LFSR. Switch from VS2010 to VS2012 for Microsoft build.
version 1.3 08/14/2013 Correct allocation size for static array in lfsrymm.c. Add version number display to test program startup. Add obj file cleanup to test batch file.
| 2019-04-26T08:05:05 |
http://notabs.org/lfsr/software/index.htm
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What is the best time of day to get married? This is a question that many newly engaged couples ask themselves when the time comes to start planning the wedding. There is no great answer to this question as every couple is different.
You are going to find that many different things will come into play when you are planning the big day. Not only are you going to need to take your own thoughts and feelings into consideration but you are also going to have to keep in mind those that you are going to invite.
One of the first things that you may want to think about is the time of year that you want to get married. When thinking about the type of weather that you may have, such as is it a cool or hot time of year, can have a big effect on the time. If you are getting married outside, you may not want to pick the high afternoon to set a time. This would mean that not only are your guests going to be uncomfortable but you may wilt faster than the flowers. You may want to consider an evening wedding for something outdoors during the summer.
If you are to get married in the winter months, indoors is the place to be. However, if it is going to be a time when the weather is bad, you may want to try and find a time when it is easier for driving. As you can see there are many different things that come into play when you are thinking about the day and time for your wedding. Of course you want things to be the way that you want for your big day but if you want to have your friends and family around you and you want them to enjoy themselves than you need to think outside the box and look at the big picture.
The day of the week is also going to make a difference on the time that you choose as well. During the week can make it difficult for some as they may not be able to get away from work or find someone to watch the children in order to attend. You may want to consider a weekend wedding so that all have a better chance of attending. Keeping in mind on the type of food that you would like to serve as well as the after party also plays a role.
Perhaps you would like to turn your after party into something that goes into the evening. If this is the case, than perhaps a late afternoon early evening time would be the best. Or, if you are leaving early for your wedding holiday and have to catch a plane for your honeymoon, than the earlier hours would be a good choice. These are just a few more decisions that you are going to need to make when it comes to picking the perfect time for your wedding.
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| 2019-04-25T10:11:56 |
https://5starweddingdirectory.com/blog/whats-the-best-time-of-day-to-get-married/
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if I configured a pool of drives in ZFS without redundancy (like JBOD) and one of the drives failed, would I still be able to somehow repair the file system and get back the files that weren't stored on the failed drive?
This discussion implies that you understand traditional RAID levels. If you need to refresh your knowledge on this, read the Wikipedia article about RAID.
Let’s first start with a disclaimer: regardless of filesystem, RAID, and storage media, there are no guarantees about recovering anything from a non-redundant system. ZFS, however, is complicated and fun to go down the rabbit hole of details.
ZFS uses three-tier logic to manage physical disks. Disks are combined into virtual devices (vdevs). Vdevs are then combined into a pool (or multiple pools, but I’m talking about single pool now). Vdevs can be of different types – simple (single disk), mirrors (two or more identical disks), or RAIDZ/Z2/Z3 (similar to RAID5, tolerating one, two, or three failed disks respectively). You can add vdevs to the existing pool, and the pool expands accordingly (it will be significant later).
It may seem that if we make several vdevs consisting of a single disk each, and then combine them to a pool, the result will resemble a traditional JBOD. That does not happen. Traditional JBOD will allocate space for data from start to end of the array. When one of the disks fills up, the next disk is used, and so on (this is not exactly correct, but a good approximation nonetheless). ZFS pool allocates data blocks on different vdevs in turn. If a large file is written, its blocks are put onto different vdevs. However, if you add a new disk (and thus a new vdev) to the pool which is filled to near capacity, no automatic rebalancing takes place. Whatever files you add to the pool will be mostly written to a newly added disk.
Knowing the above, we can answer the original question – if [in] a pool ... without redundancy (like JBOD) ... one of the drives failed, would I still be able to somehow ... get back the files that weren't stored on the failed drive?
In general case, no. The pool without redundancy is not like JBOD. It behaves more like a RAID0.
There is an edge case: when the pool is expanded by adding drives one by one when the pool is nearly full, then it behaves more like JBOD. Some files can be recovered then, but still no guarantee.
Another important thing is, where does the metadata go? ZFS maintains several copies of metadata, but I’m not sure what will happen if one of the vdevs is full. It might so happen that after certain point updates will only go to the latest-added vdev. This part of the question must be largely academic because it will only happen when the vdev is literally full to capacity.
| 2019-04-20T13:03:42 |
https://www.klennet.com/notes/2018-12-20-no-jbod-in-zfs-mostly.aspx
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'They done let Zimmerman free lets kill that MF,' Louis David Jr wrote.
'If I go kill zimmerman how much time will I get?or will they let me out on bond?' Kenish.
Meanwhile, Zimmerman's lawyer, Mark O'Mara, told This Morning on CBS that he regrets letting his client apologize for killing Trayvon during his bond hearing.
O'Mara said, in retrospect, the apology was a mistake.
'To be honest, had I known that... I'm not sure that we would have done it at the bond hearing, because the purpose of it truly was to get to the family and to respond directly to the family's request.,' he said.
Zimmerman was led out of Seminole County Jail shortly after midnight Sunday and driven away to a secret location.
Seminole County Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Lester determined last week that Zimmerman is not a risk to the community, despite being charged with second-degree murder in the death of the unarmed teen in February.
Zimmerman was granted bond of $150,000 on Thursday, much less than the $1 million asked for by the state of Florida.
Shortly after midnight Sunday, he was seen leaving the jail wearing a brown jacket and blue jeans and carrying a paper bag. He met a man in a white BMW and drove away.
His ultimate destination is being kept secret for his safety and it could be outside Florida.
Judge Lester said at a hearing Friday he cannot have any guns and must observe a 7pm-to-6am curfew. Zimmerman also surrendered his passport.
Zimmerman had to put up 10 per cent, or $15,000, to make bail. His father had indicated he might take out a second mortgage.
Zimmerman worked at a mortgage risk-management company at the time of the shooting and his wife is in nursing school.
A website was set up to collect donations for Zimmerman's defense fund. It is unclear how much has been raised.
Bail is not unheard of in second-degree murder cases, and legal experts had predicted it would be granted for Zimmerman because of his ties to the community, because he turned himself in after he was charged last week, and because he has never been convicted of a serious crime.
Addressing Trayvon Martin's family directly Zimmerman said: 'I did not know how old he was. I thought he was a little bit older than I was'.
The 28-year-old is charged with second degree murder for the February 26 killing of the 17-year-old.
While on the stand, the prosecution asked why Zimmerman waited so long to contact Martin’s parents.
Zimmerman said he was told not to by his own lawyer.
‘I was told not to communicate,’ he said. Zimmerman sat stiffly while testifying, keeping his expression blank and blinking frequently.
Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester set several conditions Friday for Zimmerman's release.
He cannot have any firearms, drink alcohol or use drugs and must observe a curfew.
He will also have a GPS monitoring device.
He was questioned for about five minutes before the judge dismissed him from the stand.
Zimmerman's case may have improved slightly with the release of a new photograph, showing the back of Zimmerman's bleeding head following the incident.
The photo, obtained and released exclusively by ABC News, shows blood trickling from the crown of Zimmerman's head. ABC News notes that the blood is likely coming from two gashes.
The police report from the night of February 26 also noted that Zimmerman was bleeding from his nose.
However, Zimmerman was not sent to the hospital, nor did he receive stitches. Rather, he was treated by paramedics and brought in for questioning.
Zimmerman, who has not spoken publicly since the shooting, told police that he spotted Martin as he was patrolling his neighbourhood and called 911 to report a suspicious person.
'This guy looks like he is up to no good. He is on drugs or something,' Zimmerman told the dispatcher from his sport utility vehicle.
He added that the teen had his hand in his waistband and was walking around looking at homes.
'These a*******. They always get away,' Zimmerman said on a 911 call.
But Trayvon was not armed. He was returning from a convenience store with an iced tea for himself and a bag of skittles for his little brother.
A neighbour said there had been several break-ins in the community in the past year, including one in which burglars took a TV and laptops.
A dispatcher told Zimmerman to stay in his sport utility vehicle and that an officer would be there momentarily, but Zimmerman - for unknown reasons - got out.
Zimmerman told police he lost sight of the teenager and was walking back to his sport utility vehicle when he was suddenly attacked.
He claims he shot the teen in self-defence.
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For a while now I've been using subversion for my personal projects.
More and more I keep hearing great things about Git and Mercurial, and DVCS in general.
I'd like to give the whole DVCS thing a whirl, but I'm not too familiar with either option.
What are some of the differences between Mercurial and Git?
Note: I'm not trying to find out which one is "best" or even which one I should start with. I'm mainly looking for key areas where they are similar, and where they are different, because I am interested to know how they differ in terms of implementation and philosophy.
Disclaimer: I use Git, follow Git development on git mailing list, and even contribute a bit to Git (gitweb mainly). I know Mercurial from documentation and some from discussion on #revctrl IRC channel on FreeNode.
Repository structure: Mercurial doesn't allow octopus merges (with more than two parents), nor tagging non-commit objects.
Tags: Mercurial uses versioned .hgtags file with special rules for per-repository tags, and has also support for local tags in .hg/localtags; in Git tags are refs residing in refs/tags/ namespace, and by default are autofollowed on fetching and require explicit pushing.
Branches: In Mercurial basic workflow is based on anonymous heads; Git uses lightweight named branches, and has special kind of branches (remote-tracking branches) that follow branches in remote repository.
Network: Mercurial supports SSH and HTTP "smart" protocols, and static HTTP protocol; modern Git supports SSH, HTTP and GIT "smart" protocols, and HTTP(S) "dumb" protocol. Both have support for bundles files for off-line transport.
Mercurial uses extensions (plugins) and established API; Git has scriptability and established formats.
There are a few things that differ Mercurial from Git, but there are other things that make them similar. Both projects borrow ideas from each other. For example hg bisect command in Mercurial (formerly bisect extension) was inspired by git bisect command in Git, while idea of git bundle was inspired by hg bundle.
In Git there are four types of objects in its object database: blob objects which contain contents of a file, hierarchical tree objects which store directory structure, including file names and relevant parts of file permissions (executable permission for files, being a symbolic link), commit object which contain authorship info, pointer to snapshot of state of repository at revision represented by a commit (via a tree object of top directory of project) and references to zero or more parent commits, and tag objects which reference other objects and can be signed using PGP / GPG.
Git uses two ways of storing objects: loose format, where each object is stored in a separate file (those files are written once, and never modified), and packed format where many objects are stored delta-compressed in a single file. Atomicity of operations is provided by the fact, that reference to a new object is written (atomically, using create + rename trick) after writing an object.
Mercurial (as far as I understand it) stores history of a file in a filelog (together, I think, with extra metadata like rename tracking, and some helper information); it uses flat structure called manifest to store directory structure, and structure called changelog which store information about changesets (revisions), including commit message and zero, one or two parents.
Mercurial uses transaction journal to provide atomicity of operations, and relies on truncating files to clean-up after failed or interrupted operation. Revlogs are append-only.
Looking at repository structure in Git versus in Mercurial, one can see that Git is more like object database (or a content-addressed filesystem), and Mercurial more like traditional fixed-field relational database.
In Git the tree objects form a hierarchical structure; in Mercurial manifest file is flat structure. In Git blob object store one version of a contents of a file; in Mercurial filelog stores whole history of a single file (if we do not take into account here any complications with renames). This means that there are different areas of operations where Git would be faster than Mercurial, all other things considered equal (like merges, or showing history of a project), and areas where Mercurial would be faster than Git (like applying patches, or showing history of a single file). This issue might be not important for end user.
Because of the fixed-record structure of Mercurial's changelog structure, commits in Mercurial can have only up to two parents; commits in Git can have more than two parents (so called "octopus merge"). While you can (in theory) replace octopus merge by a series of two-parent merges, this might cause complications when converting between Mercurial and Git repositories.
As far as I know Mercurial doesn't have equivalent of annotated tags (tag objects) from Git. A special case of annotated tags are signed tags (with PGP / GPG signature); equivalent in Mercurial can be done using GpgExtension, which extension is being distributed along with Mercurial. You can't tag non-commit object in Mercurial like you can in Git, but that is not very important, I think (some git repositories use tagged blob to distribute public PGP key to use to verify signed tags).
In Git references (branches, remote-tracking branches and tags) reside outside DAG of commits (as they should). References in refs/heads/ namespace (local branches) point to commits, and are usually updated by "git commit"; they point to the tip (head) of branch, that's why such name. References in refs/remotes/<remotename>/ namespace (remote-tracking branches) point to commit, follow branches in remote repository <remotename>, and are updated by "git fetch" or equivalent. References in refs/tags/ namespace (tags) point usually to commits (lightweight tags) or tag objects (annotated and signed tags), and are not meant to change.
In Mercurial you can give persistent name to revision using tag; tags are stored similarly to the ignore patterns. It means that globally visible tags are stored in revision-controlled .hgtags file in your repository. That has two consequences: first, Mercurial has to use special rules for this file to get current list of all tags and to update such file (e.g. it reads the most recently committed revision of the file, not currently checked out version); second, you have to commit changes to this file to have new tag visible to other users / other repositories (as far as I understand it).
In Git tags are fixed (constant) named references to other objects (usually tag objects, which in turn point to commits) stored in refs/tags/ namespace. By default when fetching or pushing a set of revision, git automatically fetches or pushes tags which point to revisions being fetched or pushed. Nevertheless you can control to some extent which tags are fetched or pushed.
Git treats lightweight tags (pointing directly to commits) and annotated tags (pointing to tag objects, which contain tag message which optionally includes PGP signature, which in turn point to commit) slightly differently, for example by default it considers only annotated tags when describing commits using "git describe".
Git doesn't have a strict equivalent of local tags in Mercurial. Nevertheless git best practices recommend to setup separate public bare repository, into which you push ready changes, and from which others clone and fetch. This means that tags (and branches) that you don't push, are private to your repository. On the other hand you can also use namespace other than heads, remotes or tags, for example local-tags for local tags.
Personal opinion: In my opinion tags should reside outside revision graph, as they are external to it (they are pointers into graph of revisions). Tags should be non-versioned, but transferable. Mercurial's choice of using a mechanism similar to the one for ignoring files, means that it either has to treat .hgtags specially (file in-tree is transferable, but ordinary it is versioned), or have tags which are local only (.hg/localtags is non-versioned, but untransferable).
In Git local branch (branch tip, or branch head) is a named reference to a commit, where one can grow new commits. Branch can also mean active line of development, i.e. all commits reachable from branch tip. Local branches reside in refs/heads/ namespace, so e.g. fully qualified name of 'master' branch is 'refs/heads/master'.
Current branch in Git (meaning checked out branch, and branch where new commit will go) is the branch which is referenced by the HEAD ref. One can have HEAD pointing directly to a commit, rather than being symbolic reference; this situation of being on an anonymous unnamed branch is called detached HEAD ("git branch" shows that you are on '(no branch)').
In Mercurial there are anonymous branches (branch heads), and one can use bookmarks (via bookmark extension). Such bookmark branches are purely local, and those names were (up to version 1.6) not transferable using Mercurial. You can use rsync or scp to copy the .hg/bookmarks file to a remote repository. You can also use hg id -r <bookmark> <url> to get the revision id of a current tip of a bookmark.
Since 1.6 bookmarks can be pushed/pulled. The BookmarksExtension page has a section on Working With Remote Repositories. There is a difference in that in Mercurial bookmark names are global, while definition of 'remote' in Git describes also mapping of branch names from the names in remote repository to the names of local remote-tracking branches; for example refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* mapping means that one can find state of 'master' branch ('refs/heads/master') in the remote repository in the 'origin/master' remote-tracking branch ('refs/remotes/origin/master').
Mercurial has also so called named branches, where the branch name is embedded in a commit (in a changeset). Such name is global (transferred on fetch). Those branch names are permanently recorded as part of the changeset\u2019s metadata. With modern Mercurial you can close "named branch" and stop recording branch name. In this mechanism tips of branches are calculated on the fly.
Mercurial's "named branches" should in my opinion be called commit labels instead, because it is what they are. There are situations where "named branch" can have multiple tips (multiple childless commits), and can also consist of several disjoint parts of graph of revisions.
There is no equivalent of those Mercurial "embedded branches" in Git; moreover Git's philosophy is that while one can say that branch includes some commit, it doesn't mean that a commit belongs to some branch.
Note that Mercurial documentation still proposes to use separate clones (separate repositories) at least for long-lived branches (single branch per repository workflow), aka branching by cloning.
Mercurial by default pushes all heads. If you want to push a single branch (single head), you have to specify tip revision of the branch you want to push. You can specify branch tip by its revision number (local to repository), by revision identifier, by bookmark name (local to repository, doesn't get transferred), or by embedded branch name (named branch).
As far as I understand it, if you push a range of revisions that contain commits marked as being on some "named branch" in Mercurial parlance, you will have this "named branch" in the repository you push to. This means that names of such embedded branches ("named branches") are global (with respect to clones of given repository / project).
By default (subject to push.default configuration variable) "git push" or "git push <remote>" Git would push matching branches, i.e. only those local branches that have their equivalent already present in remote repository you push into. You can use --all option to git-push ("git push --all") to push all branches, you can use "git push <remote> <branch>" to push a given single branch, and you can use "git push <remote> HEAD" to push current branch.
All of the above assumes that Git isn't configured which branches to push via remote.<remotename>.push configuration variables.
Note: here I use Git terminology where "fetch" means downloading changes from remote repository without integrating those changes with local work. This is what "git fetch" and "hg pull" does.
If I understand it correctly, by default Mercurial fetches all heads from remote repository, but you can specify branch to fetch via "hg pull --rev <rev> <url>" or "hg pull <url>#<rev>" to get single branch. You can specify <rev> using revision identifier, "named branch" name (branch embedded in changelog), or bookmark name. Bookmark name however (at least currently) doesn't get transferred. All "named branches" revisions you get belong to get transferred. "hg pull" stores tips of branches it fetched as anonymous, unnamed heads.
In Git by default (for 'origin' remote created by "git clone", and for remotes created using "git remote add") "git fetch" (or "git fetch <remote>") gets all branches from remote repository (from refs/heads/ namespace), and stores them in refs/remotes/ namespace. This means for example that branch named 'master' (full name: 'refs/heads/master') in remote 'origin' would get stored (saved) as 'origin/master' remote-tracking branch (full name: 'refs/remotes/origin/master').
You can fetch single branch in Git by using git fetch <remote> <branch> - Git would store requested branch(es) in FETCH_HEAD, which is something similar to Mercurial unnamed heads.
Those are but examples of default cases of powerful refspec Git syntax: with refspecs you can specify and/or configure which branches one want to fetch, and where to store them. For example default "fetch all branches" case is represented by '+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*' wildcard refspec, and "fetch single branch" is shorthand for 'refs/heads/<branch>:'. Refspecs are used to map names of branches (refs) in remote repository to local refs names. But you don't need to know (much) about refspecs to be able to work effectively with Git (thanks mainly to "git remote" command).
Personal opinion: I personally think that "named branches" (with branch names embedded in changeset metadata) in Mercurial are misguided design with its global namespace, especially for a distributed version control system. For example let's take case where both Alice and Bob have "named branch" named 'for-joe' in their repositories, branches which have nothing in common. In Joe's repository however those two branches would be mistreated as a single branch. So you have somehow come up with convention protecting against branch name clashes. This is not problem with Git, where in Joe's repository 'for-joe' branch from Alice would be 'alice/for-joe', and from Bob it would be 'bob/for-joe'. See also Separating branch name from branch identity issue raised on Mercurial wiki.
Mercurial's "bookmark branches" currently lack in-core distribution mechanism.
This area is one of the main differences between Mercurial and Git, as james woodyatt and Steve Losh said in their answers. Mercurial, by default, uses anonymous lightweight codelines, which in its terminology are called "heads". Git uses lightweight named branches, with injective mapping to map names of branches in remote repository to names of remote-tracking branches. Git "forces" you to name branches (well, with exception of single unnamed branch, situation called detached HEAD), but I think this works better with branch-heavy workflows such as topic branch workflow, meaning multiple branches in single repository paradigm.
Output of "git describe", i.e. a closest tag, optionally followed by a dash and a number of commits, followed by a dash, a 'g', and an abbreviated object name, for example 'v1.6.5.1-75-g5bf8097'.
There are also revision specifiers involving reflog, not mentioned here. In Git each object, be it commit, tag, tree or blob has its SHA-1 identifier; there is special syntax like e.g. 'next:Documentation' or 'next:README' to refer to tree (directory) or blob (file contents) at specified revision.
A plain integer is treated as a revision number. One need to remember that revision numbers are local to given repository; in other repository they can be different.
Negative integers are treated as sequential offsets from the tip, with -1 denoting the tip, -2 denoting the revision prior to the tip, and so forth. They are also local to repository.
An unique revision identifier (40-digit hexadecimal string) or its unique prefix.
The reserved name "tip" is a special tag that always identifies the most recent revision.
The reserved name "null" indicates the null revision.
The reserved name "." indicates the working directory parent.
As you can see comparing above lists Mercurial offers revision numbers, local to repository, while Git doesn't. On the other hand Mercurial offers relative offsets only from 'tip' (current branch), which are local to repository (at least without ParentrevspecExtension), while Git allows to specify any commit following from any tip.
The most recent revision is named HEAD in Git, and "tip" in Mercurial; there is no null revision in Git. Both Mercurial and Git can have many root (can have more than one parentless commits; this is usually result of formerly separate projects joining).
See also: Many different kinds of revision specifiers article on Elijah's Blog (newren's).
Personal opinion: I think that revision numbers are overrated (at least for distributed development and/or nonlinear / branchy history). First, for a distributed version control system they have to be either local to repository, or require treating some repository in a special way as a central numbering authority. Second, larger projects, with longer history, can have number of revisions in 5 digits range so they are offer only slight advantage over shortened to 6-7 character revision identifiers, and imply strict ordering while revisions are only partially ordered (I mean here that revisions n and n+1 doesn't need to be parent and child).
In Git revision ranges are topological. Commonly seen A..B syntax, which for linear history means revision range starting at A (but excluding A), and ending at B (i.e. range is open from below), is shorthand ("syntactic sugar") for ^A B, which for history traversing commands mean all commits reachable from B, excluding those reachable from A. This means that the behavior of A..B range is entirely predictable (and quite useful) even if A is not ancestor of B: A..B means then range of revisions from common ancestor of A and B (merge base) to revision B.
In Mercurial revision ranges are based on range of revision numbers. Range is specified using A:B syntax, and contrary to Git range acts as a closed interval. Also range B:A is the range A:B in reverse order, which is not the case in Git (but see below note on A...B syntax). But such simplicity comes with a price: revision range A:B makes sense only if A is ancestor of B or vice versa, i.e. with linear history; otherwise (I guess that) the range is unpredictable, and the result is local to repository (because revision numbers are local to repository).
This is fixed with Mercurial 1.6, which has new topological revision range, where 'A..B' (or 'A::B') is understood as the set of changesets that are both descendants of X and ancestors of Y. This is, I guess, equivalent to '--ancestry-path A..B' in Git.
Git also has notation A...B for symmetric difference of revisions; it means A B --not $(git merge-base A B), which means all commits reachable from either A or B, but excluding all commits reachable from both of them (reachable from common ancestors).
Mercurial uses rename tracking to deal with file renames. This means that the information about the fact that a file was renamed is saved at the commit time; in Mercurial this information is saved in the "enhanced diff" form in filelog (file revlog) metadata. The consequence of this is that you have to use hg rename / hg mv... or you need to remember to run hg addremove to do similarity based rename detection.
Git is unique among version control systems in that it uses rename detection to deal with file renames. This means that the fact that file was renamed is detected at time it is needed: when doing a merge, or when showing a diff (if requested / configured). This has the advantage that rename detection algorithm can be improved, and is not frozen at time of commit.
Both Git and Mercurial require using --follow option to follow renames when showing history of a single file. Both can follow renames when showing line-wise history of a file in git blame / hg annotate.
In Git the git blame command is able to follow code movement, also moving (or copying) code from one file to the other, even if the code movement is not part of wholesome file rename. As far as I know this feature is unique to Git (at the time of writing, October 2009).
Both Mercurial and Git have support for fetching from and pushing to repositories on the same filesystem, where repository URL is just a filesystem path to repository. Both also have support for fetching from bundle files.
Mercurial support fetching and pushing via SSH and via HTTP protocols. For SSH one needs an accessible shell account on the destination machine and a copy of hg installed / available. For HTTP access the hg-serve or Mercurial CGI script running is required, and Mercurial needs to be installed on server machine.
"smart" protocols, which include access via SSH and via custom git:// protocol (by git-daemon), require having git installed on server. The exchange in those protocols consist of client and server negotiating about what objects they have in common, and then generating and sending a packfile. Modern Git includes support for "smart" HTTP protocol.
"dumb" protocols, which include HTTP and FTP (only for fetching), and HTTPS (for pushing via WebDAV), do not require git installed on server, but they do require that repository contains extra information generated by git update-server-info (usually run from a hook). The exchange consist of client walking the commit chain and downloading loose objects and packfiles as needed. The downside is that it downloads more than strictly required (e.g. in corner case when there is only single packfile it would get downloaded whole even when fetching only a few revisions), and that it can require many connections to finish.
Mercurial is implemented in Python, with some core code written in C for performance. It provides API for writing extensions (plugins) as a way of adding extra features. Some of functionality, like "bookmark branches" or signing revisions, is provided in extensions distributed with Mercurial and requires turning it on.
Git is implemented in C, Perl and shell scripts. Git provides many low level commands (plumbing) suitable to use in scripts. The usual way of introducing new feature is to write it as Perl or shell script, and when user interface stabilizes rewrite it in C for performance, portability, and in the case of shell script avoiding corner cases (this procedure is called builtinification).
Git relies and is built around [repository] formats and [network] protocols. Instead of language bindings there are (partial or complete) reimplementations of Git in other languages (some of those are partially reimplementations, and partially wrappers around git commands): JGit (Java, used by EGit, Eclipse Git Plugin), Grit (Ruby), Dulwich (Python), git# (C#).
Both of them are very similar in design but very different in implementations.
I use Mercurial. As far as I understand Git, one major thing git is different is that it tracks contents of files instead of files themselves. Linus says that if you move a function from one file to another, Git will tell you the history of that single function across the move.
They also say that git is slower over HTTP but it has it's own network protocol and server.
Both Mercurial and Git have very nice web hosting solutions available (BitBucket and GitHub), but Google Code supports Mercurial only. By the way, they have a very detailed comparison of Mercurial and Git they did for deciding which one to support (http://code.google.com/p/support/wiki/DVCSAnalysis). It has a lot of good info.
I use both quite regularly. The major functional difference is in the way Git and Mercurial name branches within repositories. With Mercurial, branch names are cloned and pulled along with their changesets. When you add changes to a new branch in Mercurial and push to another repository, the branch name is pushed at the same time. So, branch names are more-or-less global in Mercurial, and you have to use the Bookmark extension to have local-only lightweight names (if you want them; Mercurial, by default, uses anonymous lightweight codelines, which in its terminology are called "heads"). In Git, branch names and their injective mapping to remote branches are stored locally and you must manage them explicitly, which means knowing how to do that. This is pretty much where Git gets its reputation for being harder to learn and use than Mercurial.
As others will note here, there are lots and lots of minor differences. The thing with the branches is the big differentiator.
Note that this blog post is from August 7, 2008, and both SCM improved much since.
Mercurial is almost fully written in python. Git's core is written in C (and should be faster, than Mercurial's) and tools written in sh, perl, tcl and uses standard GNU utils. Thus it needs to bring all these utils and interpreters with it to system that doesn't contain them (e.g. Windows).
Both support work with SVN, although AFAIK svn support is broken for git on Windows (may be I am just unlucky/lame, who knows). There're also extensions which allow to interoperate between git and Mercurial.
Mercurial has nice Visual Studio integration. Last time I checked, plugin for Git was working but extremely slow.
They basic command sets are very similar(init, clone, add, status, commit, push, pull etc.). So, basic workflow will be the same. Also, there's TortoiseSVN-like client for both.
Extensions for Mercurial can be written in python (no surprise!) and for git they can be written in any executable form (executable binary, shell script etc). Some extensions are crazy powerful, like git bisect.
If you need good Windows support, you might prefer Mercurial. TortoiseHg (Windows explorer plugin) manages to offer a simple to use graphical interface to a rather complex tool. As state here, you will also have a Visual Studio plugin. However, last time I tried, the SVN interface didn't work that well on Windows.
If you don't mind the command line interface, I would recommend Git. Not for technical reason but for a strategical one. The adoption rate of git is much higher. Just see how many famous open source projects are switching from cvs/svn to Mercurial and how many are switching to Git. See how many code/project hosting providers you can find with git support compared to Mercurial hosting.
After reading all over that Mercurial is easier (which I still believe it is, after all the internet community is of the opinion), when I started working with Git and Mercurial I felt Git is relatively simpler for me to adapt to (I started off with Mercurial with TortoiseHg) when working from the command line, mainly because the git commands were named appropriately according to me and are fewer in number. Mercurial has different naming for each command that does a distinct job, while Git commands can be multipurpose according to situation (for eg, checkout). While Git was harder back then, now the difference is hardly substantial. YMMV.. With a good GUI client like TortoiseHg, true it was much easier to work with Mercurial and I did not have to remember the slightly confusing commands. I'm not going into detail how every command for the same action varied, but here are two comprehensive lists: 1 from Mercurial's own site and 2nd from wikivs.
Git saves a record of every version of committed files internally, while Hg saves just the changesets which can have a smaller footprint. Git makes it easier to change the history compared to Hg, but then again its a hate-it-or-love-it feature. I like Hg for former and Git for latter.
What I miss in Hg is the submodule feature of Git. Hg has subrepos but that's not exactly Git submodule.
Ecosystem around the two can also influence one's choice: Git has to be more popular (but that's trivial), Git has GitHub while Mercurial has BitBucket, Mercurial has TortoiseHg for which I haven't seen an equivalent as good for Git.
Each has its advantages and disadvantages, with either of them you're not going to lose.
Check out Scott Chacon's post from a while back.
I think git has a reputation for being "more complicated", though in my experience it's not more complicated than it needs to be. IMO, the git model is way easier to understand (tags contain commits (and pointers to zero or more parent commits) contain trees contain blobs and other trees... done).
It's not just my experience that git is not more confusing than mercurial. I'd recommend again reading this blog post from Scott Chacon on the matter.
I've used Git for a little over a year at my present job, and prior to that, used Mercurial for a little over a year at my previous job. I'm going to provide an evaluation from a user's perspective.
First, both are distributed version control systems. Distributed version control systems require a change in mindset from traditional version control systems, but actually work much better in many ways once one understands them. For this reason, I consider both Git and Mercurial much superior to Subversion, Perforce, etc. The difference between distributed version control systems and traditional version control systems is much larger than the difference between Git and Mercurial.
However, there are also significant differences between Git and Mercurial that make each better suited to its own subset of use cases.
Mercurial is simpler to learn. I got to the point where I rarely had to refer to documentation or notes after a few weeks of using Mercurial; I still have to refer to my notes regularly with Git, even after using it for a year. Git is considerably more complicated.
This is partly because Mercurial is just plain cleaner. You rarely have to branch manually in Mercurial; Mercurial will create an anonymous branch automatically for you if and when you need it. Mercurial nomenclature is more intuitive; you don't have to worry about the difference between "fetch" and "pull" as you do with Git. Mercurial is a bit less buggy. There are file name case sensitivity issues that used to cause problems when pushing projects across platforms with both Git and Mercurial; this were fixed in Mercurial some time ago while they hadn't been fixed in Git last I checked. You can tell Mercurial about file renames; with Git, if it doesn't detect the rename automatically - a very hit or miss proposition in my experience - the rename can't be tracked at all.
The other reason for Git's additional complication, however, is that much of it is needed to support additional features and power. Yes, it's more complicated to handle branching in Git - but on the other hand, once you have the branches, it's not too difficult to do things with those branches that are virtually impossible in Mercurial. Rebasing branches is one of these things: you can move your branch so that its base, instead of being the state of the trunk when you branched, is the state of the trunk now; this greatly simplifies version history when there are many people working on the same code base, since each of the pushes to trunk can be made to appear sequential, rather than intertwined. Similarly, it's much easier to collapse multiple commits on your branch into a single commit, which can again help in keeping the version control history clean: ideally, all the work on a feature can appear as a single commit in trunk, replacing all the minor commits and subbranches that the developer may have made while developing the feature.
Ultimately I think the choice between Mercurial and Git should depend on how large your version control projects are, measured in terms of the number of people working on them simultaneously. If you have a group of a dozen or more working on a single monolithic web application, for example, Git's more powerful branch management tools will make it a much better fit for your project. On the other hand, if your team is developing a heterogeneous distributed system, with only one or two developers working on any one component at any one time, using a Mercurial repository for each of the component projects will allow development to proceed more smoothly with less repository management overhead.
Bottom line: if you have a big team developing a single huge application, use Git; if your individual applications are small, with any scale coming from the number rather than the size of such applications, use Mercurial.
Git seems to be very popular with C developers. Git is the de-facto repository for the Linux Kernel and this may be the reason why it is so popular with C developers. This is especially true for those that have the luxury of only working in the Linux/Unix world.
Java developers seem to favor Mercurial over Git. There are possibly two reasons for that: One is that a number of very large Java projects are hosted on Mercurial, including the JDK itself. Another is that the structure and clean documentation of Mercurial appeals to people coming from the Java camp whereas such people find Git inconsistent wrt command naming and lacking in documentation. I'm not saying that is actually true, I'm saying people have got used to something from their usual habitat and then they tend to choose DVCS from that.
Python developers almost exclusively favor Mercurial, I would assume. There's actually no rational reason for that other than the fact that Mercurial is based on Python. (I use Mercurial too and I really don't understand why people make a fuss about the implementation language of the DVCS. I don't understand a word of Python and if it wasn't for the fact that it is listed somewhere that it is based on Python then I wouldn't have known).
I don't think you can say that one DVCS fits a language better than another, so you shouldn't choose from that. But in reality people choose (partly) based on which DVCS they get most exposed to as part of their community.
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where can i find translation from git command to hg command?
Git as mercurial client? Why no git-hg?
Can Git really track the movement of a single function from 1 file to another? If so, how?
In what ways is Mercurial better/worse than TFS?
| 2019-04-22T03:00:35 |
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1598759/git-and-mercurial-compare-and-contrast
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Will Thunder's big win with Paul George change thinking on Kawhi Leonard trade?
Paul George wanted to play in Los Angeles and intended to do so when the summer of 2018 rolled around. He'd made that clear last year before the Pacers put him on the trade market in earnest, and in doing so, dinged his own trade value as some teams simply assumed he would soon sign with the Lakers. Even the Lakers, it could be argued, bought George's desire to join the team enough to resist trading for him, thinking he could be signed this summer.
Still, the Thunder gambled that they could trade for George and, with a full year to push the organization's culture on him, would be able to persuade him to give up his SoCal dreams and stay in OKC beyond the one season.
Now, as NBA free agency has tipped off, the Thunder won that bet, as George spent Saturday evening in Oklahoma City at a party hosted Russell Westbrook, keeping one of the biggest free-agent prizes of this summer in town and away from the sunny California shores.
Before the midnight start to free agency on the East Coast, George and the Thunder had a $137 million deal in place, keeping him in OKC for at least three years, with an option on Year 4.
This chain of events immediately brought to mind one of the few overriding issues in this NBA offseason that carries more weight than George's decision - the fate of Spurs star Kawhi Leonard. In recent weeks, Leonard has made clear he wants out of San Antonio, and much like George, he's let it be known that he wants to land with the Lakers.
That fact has spooked potential suitors of Leonard, like the Celtics and Sixers, away from making too rich an offer for Leonard. If Leonard wants to go to the Lakers after a season, no team (other than the Lakers) is going to put forth a fair offer. It's a one-year rental.
Unless, that is, there is some inspiration to be drawn from the Paul George example. The Thunder bet George could be persuaded to stay put, and they were right. Could, say, the Sixers see the results of that success and be willing to up their offer to the Spurs for Leonard?
Well, maybe. If they were dealing with George, it would obviously be a gamble worth taking. But Leonard is a different story.
George just always wanted to go to LA because he was a local kid and would enjoy playing back home. Leonard's desire to go to the Lakers is driven, in part, by an appreciation of home, but it is also fueled by his agents, who want to maximize Leonard's exposure, especially before his contract with the Jordan Brand is up at the end of September.
Leonard was close to a new $20 million shoe deal four months ago, but the belief is that he could earn much more in a bigger media market than San Antonio, and could earn most of all by being in LA.
There's some difference, then, between George's motivation for going home and Leonard's motivation - and George's motivation was much easier to change. There's also a difference in personalities, and that's where things get tricky for a team thinking about taking an OKC-type gamble.
Asked about the possibility of the Thunder's success with George possibly inspiring a move for Leonard by a non-Lakers team, with no guarantee he would re-sign, one GM said, "Paul George is not the same guy as Kawhi Leonard. You can't approach them the same way. George is going to try to get along with the people in his locker room. Leonard does not care as much about that."
If he is set on going to the Lakers, another team that trades for Leonard will have to contend with that reputation for stubbornness. That was not the case with George. There is concern for any front office looking into Leonard that he might hold a grudge against a team that trades for him, unless that team is the Lakers.
In that light, as good a story as the Thunder keeping George may be, it does not have much impact on how teams will proceed with Leonard. They're much different personalities, with much different motivations.
| 2019-04-18T12:24:34 |
https://www.sportingnews.com/au/nba/news/nba-free-agency-thunders-big-win-paul-george-kawhi-leonard-trade/o96unb2htw9e1cc0d01dou8xh
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A dissertation, also known as a doctoral thesis, is the final required part of completing a student's doctoral study. Undertaken after a student completes coursework and passes a comprehensive examination, the dissertation is the final hurdle in completing a Ph.D. or other doctoral degree. The dissertation is expected to make a new and creative contribution to a field of study and to demonstrate the student's expertise. In social science and science programs, the dissertation usually requires conducting empirical research.
According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, a strong medical dissertation relies heavily on the creation of a specific hypothesis that can be either disproven or supported by data collected by independent student research. Further, it must also contain several key elements starting with an introduction to the problem statement, conceptual framework and research question as well as references to literature on already published on the topic.
A dissertation must also be relevant (and proven to be such) as well as capable of being researched independently by the student. Though the required length of these dissertations varies by school, the governing body overseeing the practice of medicine in the United States standardizes this same protocol. Also included in the dissertation is the methodology for research and data collection as well as instrumentation and quality control. A stated section on population and sample size for the study is imperative to defending the thesis once it comes time to do so.
Like most scientific publications, the thesis must also contain a section of published results and an analysis of what this entails for the scientific or medical community. The discussion and conclusion sections let the review committee know that the student understands the full implications of his or her work as well as its real-world application to their field of study (and soon, professional work).
Although students are expected to conduct the bulk of their research and pen the entire dissertation on their own, most graduate medical programs provide an advisory and review committee to the student upon starting their studies. Through a series of weekly reviews over their course of schooling, the student and his or her advisor hone in on the hypothesis of the dissertation before they submit it to the review committee to begin work on writing the thesis.
From there, the student can take as long or as short of a time as they need to complete their dissertation, often resulting in students who have finished their entire courseload achieving ABD status ("all but dissertation"), just shy of receiving their full Ph.D. In this interim period, the student — with the occasional guidance of his or her advisor — is expected to research, test and write a dissertation that can be defended in a public forum.
Once the review committee accepts the finalized draft of the thesis, the doctoral candidate will then get the chance to publicly defend his or her statements. If they pass this test, the dissertation is submitted electronically to the school's academic journal or archive and the candidate's full doctoral degree is issued once the final paperwork has been submitted.
| 2019-04-26T16:17:02 |
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-dissertation-1686550
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At one time the Blessed One was abiding in the monastery offered by Anāthapiṇḍika inJeta's grove in Sāvatthi. At that time about five hundred Brahmins of various states had come to Sāvatthi for some business and were living in Sāvatthi. It occurred to those Brahmins. This recluse Gotama declares the purity of the four castes. Who is able to dispute with the recluse Gotama on these words? At that time a young man named Assalāyana lived in Sāvatthi. He was young, shaven headed, sixteen years of age, had learned the three Vedas, knew, the rites and rituals as officiating priest, the phonology and etymology of words and the marks of a Great Man. Then it occurred to those Brahmins. This young man Assalāyana lives in Sāvatthi, is young, shaven headed, sixteen years of age, is learned in the three Vedas, knows the rites and rituals as officiating priest. He knows the phonology and etymology of words and the marks of a Great Man. It is possible for him to dispute with the recluse Gotama, on these words. Then those Brahmins approached the young man Assalāyana and said. 'Good Assalāyana, the recluse Gotama declares the purity of the four castes. Come, good Assalāyana, dispute with the recluse Gotama on these words. Then the young man Assalāyana said thus to those Brahmins. 'The recluse Gotama speaks the truth, it is difficult to dispute with those speaking the truth. It is not possible that I could dispute this with him,' For the second time the Brahmins entreated the young man Assalāyana, saying he was a wandering ascetic. He refused. For the third time the Brahmins entreated and the young man Assalāyana, saying he should not accept uncontested defeat.
When this was said the young man Assalāyana, became silent, confused, the bodydrooping, and the face turned down. He sat down not knowing what to say.
Then the Blessed One knew that the young man Assalāyana had become silent with confusion, body drooping, and the face down, told him thus. 'Assalāyana, in the past seven Brahmin sages lived in the forest in huts made of leaves. When they were conversing this evil view arose to them. Brahmins are of high caste, all other castes are low. Brahmins are pure, the others impure. Brahmins become pure, the others do not. Brahmins are the legitimate sons of Brahmā, born of his mouth, born of him, with his sign and heritage. Then the heavenly sage Asita, shaved his head and beard, robed himself in brown clothes, dressed in a hardy pair of sandles, taking a golden pole, appeared in front of the huts of leaves. There, walking up and down, said. 'Where have these Brahmin sages gone? Where have these Brahmin sages gone?' Then it occurred to the Brahmin sages. 'Why is it said, where have these brahmin sages gone?' when the seven Brahmin sages are walking mindfully like bulls tied to a threshing pole. They thought we will curse him and cursed 'Outcaste, go to ashes' When the sages cursed him, the heavenly sage Asita became more and more attractive and pleasant to look at. Then it occurred to the seven Brahmin sages, our austerities are useless, our holy life is fruitless. Earlier when we cursed, 'Outcaste, go to ashes' at once it became ashes, here he becomes more and more attractive and pleasant to look at.
'Then Assalāyana, the seven sages approached the heavenly sage Asita to worship him.
'The heavenly sage Asita, said thus to the seven sages. 'I heard, the seven Brahmin sages living in the forest in huts made of leaves. When you were conversing did this evil view arise to you? Brahmins think, Brahmins, are born, in the highest caste, all others are low. Brahmins are pure, the others impure. Brahmins become pure, the others do not. Brahmins are the legitimate sons of Brahmā, born of his mouth, born of him, with his sign and heritage. Didn't it?
| 2019-04-20T00:26:14 |
http://buddhadust.net/dhamma-vinaya/mnl/mn/mn.093.upal.mnl.htm
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Philosophy, et cetera: What is a "valid" belief?
What is a "valid" belief?
Okay, while I'm expanding my vocabulary, any idea what a "valid" belief is?
For example, D.A.N. writes that standing up for your beliefs involves "understanding that other belief systems are valid, and no less valid than your belief system." We are also meant to understand that "beliefs do not always have [need?] concrete evidence to support them and that a lack of evidence does not necessarily make a belief system invalid."
Now what in the world does he mean? I would have thought that "valid" meant something like "good", "reasonable", or "justified" (i.e. epistemically permissible). But then D.A.N.'s claims would be plainly false. It's just not true that all belief systems are equally well grounded. You really shouldn't hold baseless beliefs. And it wouldn't make much sense to "stand up for your beliefs" if you didn't think they were objectively any better than the alternatives. Emotivists aside, opposing torture isn't like cheering for your local sports team.
In short: relativism is false. But are those who claim that 'all beliefs are equally valid' just silly relativists, claiming that all beliefs are equally good? A more charitable interpretation, I guess, would be to understand 'valid' in this context as meaning something more like 'tolerable'. All belief systems are equally tolerable. Some are stupid, perhaps, but that's no excuse for persecution.
But now we seem left with a truism. (Who seriously advocates a new Inquisition to forcibly root out false beliefs? Setting aside socially pernicious ones, at least...) There's not much point asserting something that no-one disagrees with anyway.
Perhaps it's simply a metaphorical call to refrain from expressing negative judgments. Some beliefs may be daft, but you shouldn't say so. It ain't nice. For that matter, you probably shouldn't even suggest that some beliefs are false. Believers might be offended. Now, it really wouldn't do to imply that people are ever less than perfect -- they might not like that, see. What? Something to be said for recognizing room for improvement? No, no, that clearly implies that we're not already perfect. That just won't do at all. Not at all. No.
*cough* Sorry, just had to get that out of my system.
To be fair, overly harsh scorn and derision might take the fun out of life. But if we value truth and rationality at all, there must be some legitimate place for reasoned criticism in the public sphere. If weaselly talk of "validity" is used to undermine these values, that's something to watch out for.
cannot wait to read more.
I've always taken "valid belief" to be analogous to "valid argument." That is of equal justification but not necessarily equal truth. Just like arguments can be valid without being sound.
Of course this is used rather loosely by many - especially those with little philosophical background (or worse just enough to be dangerous).
I suspect that what your interlocutor is getting at is something like anti-foundationalism. Once you reject the idea of absolute incontrovertible basis for knowledge then there are all those other approaches to "knowledge." i.e. coherence, stability, etc. Given those varying epistemic approaches you can have multiple justified beliefs without concrete evidence. That is, an anti-foundational approach to belief.
However as we both know the philosophers espousing these approaches to knowledge are much more careful than most naive uses. As used, especially in far too many non-philosophical humanity departments, it ends up being a kind of quasi-relativism. Which is why a little philosophy can sometimes be worse than no philosophy.
To add, the big error folks espousing such views of "equally valid" is in never analyzing the reasons for belief so as to see if they are, in fact, equally valid. Considering that most justifications for belief aren't just deductive in nature but include induction and other logic then the assumption of "equal validity" seems rather doubtful a claim to make.
Clark - yeah, my first thought was that 'valid' = 'justified' (or reasonable, etc.) but relativism about justification seems no better than relativism about truth. So that's why I was wondering if there was some other interpretation.
The analogy with valid arguments is interesting. Loosely put, we might say that a valid argument is one that can't be ruled out simply as a matter of form. It needs to be considered on the merits of its content (i.e. premises). That's not enough to establish that it's a reasonable argument, of course -- the premises might still be absurd.
Is there an analogous status for beliefs? The status falls short not only of truth, but even of full justification. But it passes the most minimal test, say of being worthy of public discourse, or of getting a "fair hearing". Do any beliefs fail this test?
Of course, philosophers are likely to emphasise the importance of epistemic-value when assessing a belief; while people in "non-philosophical humanity departments" are often likely to emphasise other kinds of value. And I suspect that the disagreement between the two kinds of people stems not so much from any difference in opinion about the relative truth-values of various beliefs, as it does from a difference (and I think a quite major difference) in opinion about how to weight the different kinds of value that one can attribute to a belief.
I agree, though, that the word "valid", as often used, is vague and misleading: I think more effort should be made by the user to point out that beliefs can be equally valuable (in the broad sense of "value") without being equally true or equally well-justified.
This post got me thinking. I'm almost certain that your "more charitable interpretation" is what was meant. Using "valid" as a technical term (like a valid argument) obscures (literally) the common sense of the term.
I think of having a "valid" membership or a "valid" parking permit to the throne, which seems to mean "able to be tendered". This would fit with D.A.N's comment being about tolerance and also with yours: not all beliefs stand up to critcal/rational investigation as well as others.
I do wonder thought, how many strawmen are constructed precisely because someone listens to words in their technical dennotations that are meant in much more common, fluid ways.
I taught on Friday, and a student of mine said the *exact same thing*.
It would be better if he had said that there are many conflicting or contradictory views, each of which has just as much going for it as the others. (Obviously, not *all* beliefs are just as "valid" as others).
I suspect that this is true. It is either true because reasonable pluralism is true, or because there are many things we just don't know about. We might not know what you know (and haven't told us yet) and so believe something different. Or we might attach different subjective probabilities to some purported facts, and come to differing conclusions reasonably (provided the weighting is reasonable), and so on.
The claim that all beliefs are just as good as any others is probably my biggest pet peeve. It is not the height of intellectual sophistication to (pretend to) be a radical relativist.
| 2019-04-20T10:18:42 |
https://www.philosophyetc.net/2007/01/what-is-valid-belief.html
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Classifies a raster dataset based on an Esri classifier definition (.ecd) file and raster dataset inputs.
The .ecd file contains all the information needed to perform a specific type of Esri-supported classification. The inputs to this tool must match the inputs used to generate the required .ecd file.
The .ecd file can be generated from any of the classifier training tools, such as Train Random Trees Classifier or Train Support Vector Machine Classifier.
The input raster can be any Esri-supported raster and any valid bit depth.
The input .ecd file contains attribute statistics suitable for the appropriate classifier.
The input Esri classifier definition (.ecd) file containing the statistics on the chosen attributes for the classifier.
Incorporate ancillary raster datasets, such as a multispectral image or a DEM, to generate attributes and other required information for the classifier. This raster will be needed when calculating attributes such as mean or standard deviation. This parameter is optional.
The path and name of the classified image you are creating.
The output classified raster is defined by the input raster dataset and .ecd file inputs.
This example classifies an input TIFF raster.
| 2019-04-19T11:50:23 |
https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/spatial-analyst/classify-raster.htm
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Newtonian gravity from the holographic principle?
Is there something wrong with interpreting second quantization as "quantizing twice"?
Is the classical action for fermions grassman valued or real valued?
Prove isometry preserving excision is Killing-like?
Only vacuum is possible in the large $D$ limit of General Relativity?
What property of Hypergeometric function is used in this paper?
Is String Theory formulated in flat or curved spacetime?
This question was prompted by another question about a paper by Woodward (not mine). IMO Mach's principle is very problematic (?wrong) thinking. Mach was obviously influenced by Leibniz. Empty space solutions in GR would result in a Minkowski metric and would suggest no inertia. Mach's principle seems incompatible with GR. Gravitational waves could also be a problem. I had thought that papers like one by Wolfgang Rindler had more or less marginalised the Mach Principle, but I see lots of Internet discussion of it. Is it correct? Wrong? Is there evidence? (frame dragging experiments)?
In his book The Science of Mechanics (1893), Ernst Mach put forth the idea that it did not make sense to speak of the acceleration of a mass relative to absolute space. Rather, one would do better to speak of acceleration relative to the distant stars. What this implies is that the inertia of a body here is influenced by matter far distant.
There are so many different versions of Mach's principle. Which one do you have in mind?
@Gordon: The Stack* sites are not designed for "discussion" and they are not good at "discussion". They are designed for and good at Questions that have Answers. If you are trying to start a discussion you're doing it wrong. And a vague, imprecise question like "Is [something ill-defined] wrong?" is at serious risk of not having Answers which means it does not belong.
@dmckee -Well, I disagree, and in some cases, agree. If what is being asked is for experimental tests, current state of research, mainstream opinion of validity, then I think a question is fine. If it is a troll trying to start a fight, or someone asking if a crackpot theory is wrong, then you are right. If the purpose of stack is not to stimulate discussion, and that oracular answers to questions in isolation is the purpose, then again you are correct.
I think of Mach's principle (and the anthropic one) as one of those hotel showers that changes abruptly from being too hot or too cold, but is never quite comfortable. Similarly, these are either trivially right, or trivially wrong, depending on how you define things, but either way not all that useful or interesting. It always comes down to discussions of semantics, or who was right or wrong etc.
@Ben Crowell Gravitational waves consist of gravitons and contain energy. Anything that spreads energy is material.
@Anixx: "Anything that spreads energy is material." You can use this definition of "material" if you like, but nobody else defines it that way. By this definition, electromagnetic waves are material, and the term was originally created precisely in order to make the distinction between light and matter. The definition of the term may have evolved somewhat over the years, but not enough to make it include light.
Mach's principle has influenced Einstein but the final formulation of general relativity as of 1916 clearly invalidates Mach's conjecture. According to Mach's principle, motion - including accelerating and rotating one - may only be defined relatively to other objects. That would imply that there can't exist any gravitational waves.
However, general relativity predicts and experiments confirm that gravitational waves do exist: the relevant observations were awarded by the 1993 physics Nobel prize, too. The waves are vibrations of the space itself. It means that the metric tensor remembers the information about the geometry - and curvature at each point, even in the empty space, something that Mach's principle specifically wanted to prohibit.
Moreover, the perceptions and other effects of acceleration were supposed to be determined by comparisons with distant objects. This simple fact itself violates locality that has become important already in special relativity, and was simply inherited by general relativity.
If you care about history, the new cold relationship is mutual: much like general relativity rejected Mach's principle, Mach rejected general relativity - and already special relativity, in fact. ;-) If you care about sociology, there's been a poll among physicists active in relativity, and a vast majority of them would also say that Mach's principle is invalidated by general relativity.
Some people sometimes say that some effects predicted by general relativity, such as frame-dragging, are "Machian" in character. I think it is very misleading because it tries to make the listeners think that Mach's principle may be made compatible with the observations. It's very questionable what Mach's principle would predict about frame-dragging because Mach's principle has never become any viable candidate for a physical theory. But the idea that frame-dragging is Machian is more ideology and hype than a valid observation. Despite the vagueness about such very detailed effects, Mach's principle has said enough for us to be sure that it's incorrect in all of its forms.
Well, there's a lot of discussion on the Internet about long-dead ideas in physics - and maybe mostly about them. However, the Internet has nothing to do with the current state of physics.
@Lubos - well the arxiv is likely a primary source of info dissemination and it is on the internet and I would argue that it is influential and that the internet will become more important, not less. That doesn't minimize all the garbage on it as well.
It doe depend on the formulation of "Mach's principle"--you can look at the fact that the flat space inside a spinning shell of mass rotates with respect to the flat space outside of the spinning shell of mass as a vindication of a certain version of "Mach's principle".
@Lubos, you say "This simple fact itself violates locality that has become important already in special relativity". Which seems to point out that the stars rotating cannot instantaneously influence an observer and so the effect must be different compared to the effect of the fixed stars on a rotating observer. So why did Einstein even bother to look at Mach's Principle?
Dear @Gordon, arXiv is representative of the whole literature. Still, you should make at least some post-publication quality tests. If a paper claims a discovery of a new fundamental thing and it has less than 50 citations after many years, it's probably wrong, and you need to rely on other people's knowledge, well, then this paper is probably wrong.
John, Einstein had thought that Mach's Principle was the way to go because it (also) made the universality encoded in the equivalence principle manifest. The equivalence principle says that all objects will be influenced equally - the same acceleration - by the whatever agent is causing gravity. Mach's principle satisfies the criterion "totally" - it removes any field-like agent. Well, it's going "too far" in this sense. Of course that Einstein was struggling for years to make Mach's principle compatible with the speed limit $c$ - and GR is what eventually came out of it.
But I really fall into the "Mach's principle is too vague to evaluate" camp.
Using Mach's 1893 definition of Mach's principle condemns the discussion to irrelevance. It's like posting on physics.SE with a question titled "How is the emission spectrum of hydrogen determined?," but then saying in the body of the question that we want an answer written in terms of the aether and Newtonian mechanics.
In the 1960's and 70's, there was a golden age of tests of GR, and one of the most active topics was testing GR against alternative theories such as Brans-Dicke gravity. B-D gravity is physically a very well motivated theory. The original paper is available online http://loyno.edu/~brans/ST-history/ and is very readable even if you're not a specialist. The idea of B-D gravity is to couple matter to a scalar field $\phi$, which provides a physical mechanism for Mach's idea that an object's inertia comes from the other matter in the universe. B-D gravity is more Machian than GR. Neither GR nor B-D gravity is completely Machian or completely non-Machian. B-D gravity has a dimensionless parameter $\omega$. In the limit $\omega\rightarrow\infty$, B-D gravity reduces to GR. Brans and Dicke committed themselves to the idea that "[...]in any sensible theory $\omega$ must be of the general order of magnitude of unity." This makes the theory falsifiable.
Experiments show that $\omega$ must in fact be quite high. The best current limit comes from the Cassini probe, which requires $\omega \ge 40,000$. Therefore, B-D gravity should be considered as falsified. So the modern, sensible answer to the OP's question is: Mach's principle is false, in the sense that experiments determine the universe to be no more Machian than GR -- which is not very Machian.
Mach's principle is simply a philosophical ancestor of the equivalence principle: matter tells geometry how to curve, geometry tells matter how to move. So, yes, you can have Minkowski as a solution for the vacuum Einstein equations, but the minute you introduce even the tiniest mass your solution is no longer Minkowski. You might point out that asymptotically the spacetime will still be flat and Minkowski. However, in GR (and in QFT) it is not only the local geometry that matters. Point is that there is no interesting geometry which does not also contain some matter.
A very general statement of Mach's principle is "Local physical laws are determined by the large-scale structure of the universe."
Depending on what day of the week it is and whatever interpretation is your favorite for that day, Mach's principle could be "right", "wrong" or "obsolete". But if stated in the simple manner above, then it is nothing more than a restatement of the equivalence principle and the question of its "correctness" is no longer an issue.
Absolutely. The right question is not whether it is right or wrong, but whether it is useful or not. Clearly this used to be useful, as a way to converge on something more precise and correct. Is it useful now? I don't see how.
Thank you @Moshe. As for the usefulness of Mach's Principle I think that there is an argument to be made in its favor, but that's for another time.
Dear @Moshe, I would respectfully disagree. In fundamental physics, the ultimate question is always whether XY is right or wrong, not whether it is useful - which is left to managers and perhaps engineers. The observation that Mach's principle is no longer "useful" doesn't mean that we can't answer the question whether it's right or wrong. Yes, we can.
@Lubos the proposition->*proof*->*proposition* style of physics that you advocate is not really the universal choice. There are a lot of known factors and also unknown factors which help prop up any great idea. Not all these can assigned an "absolute Truth value". Mach's principle happens to be one of these auxiliary ideas which form the foundation of GR. To attempt to separate Mach's Principle from the historical foundations of General Relativity is a lost cause. It was mixed in with the concrete.
@Lubos @Moshe In addition to usefulness, and rightness or wrongness, a prime criterion has to be a principle's or theory's explanatory power. For example, strictly speaking most effective theories are very useful, but strictly speaking, wrong, but they also have marked explanatory power.David Deutsch is a big advocate of this viewpoint.
Mach's principle, if interpreted charitably, requires that one include horizons as matter, along with gravitational waves, and light, and all particles. This is required to include black holes, and for consistency requires cosmological horizons too. Once you understand that "matter" means "horizon", the statement that all rotation is relative to distant horizons is just a stunted classical version of the holographic principle, and is sort of vacuously true.
In psychology there is a special effect called the "verbal overshadowing effect". It concerns the phenomenon that describing a previously seen face impairs recognition of this face.
Mach's principle is essentially target of this psychological effect. It is theoretically overshadowed in such a way that most physicists do not relate to the underlying empirical core but to the theoretical context under discussion.
Hermann Bondi and Joseph Samuel have tried to fix this observational core of Machs Principle. (The Lense–Thirring Effect and Mach’s Principle, Physics Letters A 228, 1997, S. 121–126) They called it "Mach0": "The universe, as represented by the average motion of distant galaxies, does not appear to rotate relative to local inertial frames."
It is just this coincidence that has theoretically to be explained. General Relativity is only a preferred theoretical tool of explaining this coincidence, but all attempts failed. Hence, from a historical point of view this empirical coincidence appears as an ANOMALY - as a fact that cannot be explained in any way by the running paradigm. The Answers given in this website do reflect this epistemological feature in an almost idealized way. MOSHE f.e. has compared it with a hotel shower that changes abruptly from being too hot or too cold, but is never quite comfortable.
As this empirical coincidence refers obviously to the ultimate boundaries of our universe, its solution resp.explanation can possibly not be found within the world, but outside from it.
+1 because there is a precise reference to a published paper.
This is an interesting argument, but I think it fails to hold water. In inflationary models, the rotation of the universe falls off exponentially with time, so these models provide a very natural explanation of Bondi's Mach0. See Barrow, J. D., Juszkiewicz, R., & Sonoda, D. H., "Universal rotation: how large can it be?," 1985 -- adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1985MNRAS.213..917B . Even without inflation, a time-dependence is predicted; see Barrow, p. 924, eq 4.8.
The Mach's principle in short is that inertia is not absolute, determined by the matter configuration, and there is no other source.
The first statement is included in GR and has been proven with the experimental measurement of frame-dragging. In fact inertia even can be screened so people in a rotating (against distant stars) spaceship could not detect the rotation.
The second statement is still not proven (in the rotational part) although verified to a high precision. The linear part simply follows from the conservation of momentum.
It is not really a case of Mach principle being wrong. It is something related to general relativity, and frame dragging or Lense-Thirring effect are similar to Mach’s principle. However, these are local laws of physics and Mach’s principle is a global hypothesis. Gravity does tell us that spacetime curvature induces motion of masses, and if these masses are large enough that can in turn change curvature. So gravity or spacetime curvature acts on a mass locally and the same experiences acceleration as seen from another frame. This is a geodesic deviation which is defined by the Riemann curvature. So this tells us the mass which is observed to accelerate is the same mass which responds to the curvature --- the equivalence principle. This also sounds similar to Mach’s principle: Inertia there determines inertia here.
Mach stated the centripetal force on a local rotating frame is equivalent to what happens if the frame is nonrotating and the entire universe rotates around the frame. Kurt Godel worked out a model of a rotating universe and found a very strange time-looping spacetime. If the universe rotates it has a structure which is radically different from Mach’s original conjecture. Further, this universe violates energy conditions. It is not a physical spacetime, even if it comes from the Einstein field equations. This does at least suggests there are some radical departures from Mach’s principle and general relativity. Mach’s principle does not appear to be a consequence of general relativity.
Mach’s principle is rather vague in some respects. The inertia of a body is said to be determined by the inertia (or masses) of all other bodies. Again this sounds like GR, but this extends across the universe. The actual gravitational interaction a particle here has with a galaxy at z = 8 around12.5 billion light years out is miniscule. So the interaction picture appears funny. It might be tempting to say the entire universe is some sort of single quantum wave function, and single masses we observe are entangled subsets. This might sound global and gets away from the $q/r^2$ drop off of gravity. From there one might be tempted to say inertial is inherited this way. However, entanglements do not involve forces, and inertia as an entanglement not defined.
I will also say that I suspect Mach had ideas of an ether in space when he suggested this. So he probably had some picture of a rotating frame moving through this medium, and this is somehow equivalent to the whole medium rotating around the frame. So the ether vortex in the case of a rotating world is what generated the centrifugal force on the rotating frame.
The honest answer should be no body knows for sure. Einstein was inspired initially by this principle when he was formulating GR. However it gradually became clear that there are solutions to GR field equations which does not confirm to Mach's principle. Einstein was thoroughly disillusioned in his latter years. As a matter of fact GR has some features which are definitely "Machian" but other features which are "non Machian". Whether this principle is right or wrong has been always subject of controversy. The present opinion of most experts seem to be totally negative about the Mach principle.
Actually, even if we have an ultimate theory of physics, the question of whether Mach's principle is true won't be settled. The main problem is that the principle itself is vague, not that we don't know the physics.
@Ted: Nevertheless, many great minds have been intrigued by this principle.
Agreed! There's no doubt that Mach's principle is of historic importance and is fun and salutary to think about, even if it's not sufficiently well-defined to admit of being "true" or "false".
@Ted Bunn --yes but aren't there some recent and planned experiments to test variants of it?
Dear Gordon, there are no serious physicists who want to test Mach's principle in 2011. Such things were being solved by Einstein in 1911.
Carlo Rovelli, in Quantum Gravity, lists 8 statements of Mach's principle and gives his opinion of true or false for each---see pg 76.
If you consider that rotation is relative then an observer on a rotating body may regard herself as stationary with the universe rotating about her. In such a view, to avoid exceeding the speed of light, distant objects must have orbits less than c/omega so space must be extremely distorted. Most of the mass in the universe will have a relative velocity close to that of light and will thus have hugely increased mass and therefore enormous gravitational fields. It seems quite possible to me that the resulting net force on the observer will increase linearly with distance from the centre of the frame as do centrifugal forces.
Many researchs has been carried out in last dacade on the machs principle. Researchers are trying to develop the theory based on mach's principle which can explain the universe properly. There are some recent papers where it is shown that the mach principle can explain quantum mechanics and also the cosmology without dark matter and dark energy. Therefor is not correct to say that the mach principle is wrong. You can go through these following research papers. They are ofcourse extremely mathematical, but most probably anybody can understand the logic. http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.6755 machian agravity and giant galactic forces. http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.0923 on the wavy mechanics of particles.
Both papers are by Santanu Das, who appears to be a total crank. No, Mach's principle cannot explain quantum mechanics.
| 2019-04-26T08:45:08 |
https://www.physicsoverflow.org/17420/is-machs-principle-wrong
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A controversial Dutch politician has been sent back to Holland after trying to enter Britain to show his anti-Muslim film in the House of Lords.
Geert Wilders had been invited to Westminster to show his 17-minute film Fitna, which criticises the Koran as a "fascist book", by a member of the House of Lords.
But on Tuesday Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary refused Mr Wilders entry because his opinions "would threaten community security and therefore public security" in the UK.
Mr Wilders went ahead with his trip anyway, and flew from Amsterdam to London on a British Midland flight.
When he arrived at Heathrow airport he was met by two plain clothed officers from the UK Border Agency.
As he was being led away, Mr Wilders said: "I am not nervous but is this how Great Britain welcomes a democrat?"
Earlier on the flight, Mr Wilders had launched a savage attack on the Government. He said: "They (the British Government) are the biggest bunch of cowards in Europe.
"I'm coming because I am invited by one of your members of parliament. I'm not provocative. I am an elected political representative. I am a democrat. I use my freedom of speech. I am using all the democratic means I have."
Mr Wilders has urged the Dutch government to ban the Koran and warned of a "tsunami" of Islam swamping the Netherlands.
His film Fitna sparked violent protests around the Muslim world last year for linking verses in the religious text with footage of terrorist attacks.
Mr Wilders had been due to attend a screening of Fitna, organised by Ukip peer Lord Pearson, in the Lords.
Lord Pearson said the screening would go ahead yesterday "with or without Mr Wilders".
In a joint statement, he and cross-bench peer Baroness Cox said they were "promoting freedom of speech" and accused the Government of "appeasing" militant Islam.
They added: "Geert Wilders' Fitna film, available on the web, is not a threat to anyone. It merely suggests how the Koran has been used by militant Islamists to promote and justify their violence.
"They react in fury and menace to our intention to show the film and have boasted that their threats of aggressive demonstrations prevented its previous showing in the Mother of Parliaments."
In the Lords, Lord Pearson asked Lord West of Spithead, a home office minister, said: "Do you think this situation would occur if Mr Wilders had said ban the Bible?"
Lord West replied: "I certainly don't think we are guilty of appeasement in any way whatsoever. The Government and I are great believers in freedom of expression.
"This is based not purely on Fitna, on that particular film. It is based on a range of factors, including prosecution in the Netherlands for incitement and discrimination and for other statements as well."
The National Secular Society said Miss Smith had made a mistake in denying an application by a "democratically-elected politician from a sovereign state who wants to come and express an opinion".
The ban was supported by the Muslim Council of Great Britain. A spokesman said: "Geert Wilders has been an open and relentless preacher of hate - there is little difference between his views and those of the far right."
| 2019-04-21T12:25:57 |
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html
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Can you "reverse" type 2 diabetes? Can you cure it?
Diabetes can go into remission. When diabetes is in remission, you have no signs or symptoms of it. But your risk of relapse is higher than normal.footnote 1 That's why you make the same daily healthy choices that you do for active type 2 diabetes.
There is no known cure for type 2 diabetes. But it can be controlled. And in some cases, it goes into remission.
For some people, a diabetes-healthy lifestyle is enough to control their blood sugar levels. That means losing weight if you are overweight, eating healthy foods, and being more active. But most people with type 2 diabetes also need to take one or more medicines or insulin.
Of those people who don't need diabetes medicine, some find that their diabetes does "reverse" with weight control, diabetes-healthy eating, and exercise. Their bodies are still able to make and use insulin, and their blood sugar levels go back to normal. Their diabetes is in remission.
Remission is most likely in the early stage of diabetes or after a big weight loss. It can also happen after bariatric surgery for weight loss, which can trigger healthy changes in the body's insulin system.
Remission is less likely in the later stages of diabetes, because the body may slowly lose its ability to make insulin over time.
Whether your diabetes is under control or in remission, the keys to keeping high blood sugar down are weight control, exercise, and a diabetes-healthy diet.
Can your diabetes go into remission?
There's no way to know in advance if your body can "reverse" your diabetes. It happens for some people and not for others, despite the same diet, exercise, weight loss, or even bariatric surgery. Experts don't fully understand why.
Your goal is to do whatever it takes to keep your blood sugar in your target range. You may go into remission, or you may not. Keep these guidelines in mind.
Eat a mix of foods. Carbohydrate raises your blood sugar higher and more quickly than any other nutrient. Eat foods with protein, fat, and fiber—they don't raise your blood sugar as much.
Control your carbs. To help take charge of your diabetes, manage how much and what type of carbohydrate you eat. Spread carbs throughout your day.
Stay active. When you are active, your body uses sugar. You can use activity to help lower your blood sugar and manage your diabetes. Exercise also can help you lose weight and stay at a healthy weight.
Move more. If you use medicine, you may find you need less of it when you increase your exercise. Over time, exercise helps some people stop using medicine.
Know your A1c. The A1c test gives you your average blood sugar level over the few months before the test. Generally, A1c is checked at least 2 times a year. Talk with your doctor about how often you should have this test.
Work with your doctor. Some risks related to diabetes, such as heart disease, are still higher than normal even when your blood sugar is controlled. So work closely with your doctor, and go to all of your appointments.
Buse JB, et al. (2009). Consensus statement: How do we define cure of diabetes? Diabetes Care, 32(11): 2133–2135.
Buse JB, et al. (2009). Consensus statement: How do we define cure of diabetes? Diabetes Care, 32(11): 2133-2135.
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http://wake.nc.networkofcare.org/mh/library/article.aspx?hwid=abo1541
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Is Kylee Evans Lesbian ?
Kylee Evans is an actress most known for her work on The Stanley Dynamic, Billable Hours and Good Witch. Evans is happily married to her longtime boyfriend, Sandy Jobin Bevans.
The proficient actress, Kylee Evans was born in the United States of America. She belongs to Caucasian ethnicity and holds American nationality.
Evans attended a local high school and also enrolled in the drama club at the time.
From her early age, Evans featured in several dramas during school. In 2006 she appeared on a popular comedy series entitled Billable Hours along with Jennifer Baxter, Fab Filippo, and Ron Oliver.
Additionally, she featured in The Stanley Dynamic along with Charles Vandervaart, Taylor Abrahamse, and Madison Ferguson. Recently she came to limelight as she appeared in a popular drama, Good Witch. The series stars Bailee Madison, James Denton, and Catherine Bell.
Kylee Evans is a happily married woman. While out on a date with another guy, she met her now husband, Sandy Jobin Bevans.
Evans and her then-boyfriend watched Bevans' show, and she immediately fell for his performance and dashing looks. Then, she approached him while he was backstage after the show.
Later she broke up with her then-boyfriend and started dating him. Eventually, Evans and Bevans exchanged their vows in 2011 at Pictou Lodge in Nova Scotia.
Seven years as husband and wife and the couple still shares a strong bond.
The promising actress in Hollywood film industry, Kylee Evans is living a lavish life with her husband as she earns a lucrative amount from her career. She holds the staggering net worth of $15 million.
Kylee Evan married her longtime boyfriend, Sandy Jobin Bevans. She walked down the aisle with her husband in 2011 at Pictou Lodge where their closest friends and families were invited.
| 2019-04-20T08:17:52 |
https://marriedwiki.com/wiki/kylee-evans
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Venise (Italie): An exorcism of a vampire ?
Matteo Borrini / Live Science - The skull of the "vampire of Venice," found in a mass grave with a brick stuck in its jaw.
What may have been an exorcism of a vampire in Venice is now drawing bad blood among scientists arguing over whether gravediggers were attempting to defeat an undead monster.
The controversy begins with a mass grave of 16th-century plague victims on the Venetian island of Nuovo Lazzaretto. The remains of a woman there apparently had a brick shoved in her mouth, perhaps to exorcise the corpse in what may have been the first vampire burial known in archaeology, said forensic anthropologist Matteo Borrini of the University of Florence in Italy.
Vampire superstitions were common when plague devastated Europe, and much, if not all, of this folklore could be due to misconceptions about the natural stages of decomposition, Borrini said. The recently dead can often appear unnervingly alive. As the corpse's skin shrinks and pulls back, for example, hair and nails may appear to grow after death.
The remains of the woman were apparently wrapped in a shroud, based on the position of her collarbone, Borrini suggested. A corpse might appear to have chewed through its shroud because of corrosive fluids it spewed as it decayed, perhaps frightening gravediggers into thinking it was a vampire. Vampire myths link the monsters with contagions, and the plague ran rampant in Venice in 1576, killing as many as 50,000 people, nearly a third of the city, including famed Renaissance artist Titian. The gravediggers that ran across this corpse may have wanted to prevent a vampire from ravaging the city further with pestilence, Borrini and his colleague Emilio Nuzzolese suggested in the Journal of Forensic Sciences in 2010. The "vampire" has since been discussed on Italian national TV and a National Geographic documentary.
However, now other researchers are openly deriding this claim. Where some might see an exorcism, these researchers see a brick accidentally falling into a skull's mouth.
"I find surprising that the reviewers of an important journal such as the Journal of Forensic Sciences had given permission to publish the article of Nuzzolese and Borrini with inadequate scientific evidence to support their hypothesis," physical anthropologist Simona Minozzi at the University of Pisa in Italy told LiveScience.
To start with, photos of the site where the purported vampire was found show her remains were surrounded by stones, bricks and tiles, Minozzi said. They also note the jaws of corpses often gape open, allowing any number of items to fall in — for instance, they note a skeleton with a thighbone in its mouthwas found in the cemetery of Vecchio Lazzaretto in Venice.
They also note there is no clear evidence of a shroud, as coffin walls might also explain the position of the collarbone. They add that the legend of the so-called nachzehrer, or " shroud-eaters," were apparently tightly confined to the East German region and not Italy. Minozzi and her colleagues detailed their argument in the May issue of the Journal of Forensic Sciences.
Minozzi called the vampire idea "nonsense." "Unfortunately, this is a common practice in the last few years in Italy," she said. "This is probably due to the strong cutting of funds for research in Italy, so researchers seek to attract attention and money through sensational discoveries that often have little to do with science."
Borrini and his colleagues strongly rebut the argument over their analysis. They discussed how the physical details of the site supported their interpretation in a response in the May issue of the Journal of Forensic Sciences, and that while the legend of the nachzehrer was found in Germanic areas, Venice was a crossroads during the epoch in which such legends from distant lands might have circulated.
"Regarding the criticism of my Italian colleagues, I have to admit that it's a quite unpleasant situation," Borrini said. "It seems that the main reasons of the interest in my research is its mass media success. Well, I want to be clear regarding this — I never looked for the media."
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http://www.archeolog-home.com/pages/content/venise-italie-an-exorcism-of-a-vampire.html
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Butter, Butter, Which Is The Better Butter?
As you know, I come from a long line of farmers and farmers tend to promote and use their own products. Many of our friends and family either have been or still are dairy farmers so, naturally, we are accustomed to farm-fresh milk and dairy products. Like most everyone I still run the gamut of which is better, natural butter or manufactured margarine. The debate goes on.
Even though they taste very similar, they are very different nutritionally. The main difference is the type of fat in the two. Here is how it breaks down.
Butter is all natural. It is made from milk from cows and consists of butterfat, water and proteins. Although it is pure in form, sometimes preservatives and salts are added to increase the shelf life. Butter is churned from cream until it reaches its solid state. This fact I know firsthand. Whenever I beat pure whip cream I like to get it as thick as possible. One time I pushed my limit a little too far and the whip cream turned to butter right before my eyes. I made butter without even trying. I soon learned that butter is soft at room temperature, liquid at higher temperatures and solidifies in the refrigerator.
Margarine, on the other hand, originated in 1869 as a manufactured substitute for butter. It is prepared from vegetable oils by passing hydrogen gas through the oils to solidify them. Vitamins A and D are added to enhance the nutritional value. Salts, preservatives and artificial color are also added. Margarine has no cholesterol and the saturated fats are less than what is in butter.
Although both are used in cooking, butter usually gets more votes for the better flavor. There is just nothing like good old butter melted on top of popcorn. However, margarine has a longer shelf life. The dairy alternative is also better for baking because of its higher fat content which yields better results such as more tenderness and flakiness in muffins, cookies and other baked goods. One word of caution here, though, whipped butter will not give the same results as regular butter for baking.
Margarine is not recommended for baking since it has as little as 35% fat content. The remaining 65% is mostly water. Many times if you use margarine in cookie recipes that call for butter you will be disappointed with cookies that spread too thin and end up burned.
When we are talking calories, both butter and margarine are the same. Both are rated at about 100 calories per tablespoon. If you choose light butter or margarine you can cut the calories in half.
Whichever route you go, butter or margarine, all the calories come from fat, with none from carbohydrates or protein. Thus, the type of fat is what differentiates the two. Butter is pure dairy fat whereas margarine contains plant-based fats like palm oil and palm kernel oil. Butter may raise a person’s cholesterol but the plant-based oils have triglycerides which are saturated fats. Saturated fats eaten in moderation may aid in healthy weight management but too much can increase cholesterol and the risk for heart disease.
So, it seems that the deck is stacked on both sides about equally as to which is healthier — butter or margarine. They both have their pros and cons. However, there are some middle-of-the-road choices which combine the good properties of both butter and margarine into one product. Yogurt butter, a soft tub butter, and margarine that contain liquid vegetable oil such as olive oil as the first or second ingredient are healthier than stick butter or margarines. Beware of any ingredient list that mentions trans fat because that is the bad boy of them all.
1. Mashed avocados are perfect emulsifiers in muffins, cookies, cakes and pie crusts. Even though it provides the same consistency as a dollup of butter, it has less calories and healthier fats.
3. Thick, creamy and full of protein, Greek yogurt can be swapped in the ratio of 1/2 cup of Greek yogurt for each cup of butter a recipe calls for. It cuts calories and makes protein-rich and super moist cakes.
4. Applesauce is super emulsifying and bakes up thicker and moister with fewer calories so you can actually have a bigger piece without feeling guilty.
5. Hummus, the Mediterranean chick pea spread makes a great sandwich spread and tastes great on crackers and pita. Use it guilt-free in place of butter, margarine and mayo.
6. You just can’t sing enough praises for olive oil, especially for cooking or pan frying. With its saturated omega-3 fats versus the trans fats of margarine, your heart will appreciate the switch.
7. Canola oil can be used as is in recipes calling for melted butter. It slashes saturated fats, cholesterol and sodium in half. When you swap this for butter you will have muffins and cookies ready sooner.
8. Fruit puree is pure mashed fruit preserves. No added sugar, just wholesome goodness. Strawberry, apricot, raspberry, mango, blueberry, pear or peach puree contain more fiber with less calories and no fat. So, go ahead, spread away on toast, muffins and the like.
9. Coconut oil is great for stir fries. It is high in saturated fats but lacks the bad trans fats. If you are not big on the coconut flavor, try flax seed oil for the same results.
Whether choosing butter or margarine, it is a personal choice that each one must weigh with regard to their personal health. It is good to know there are different choices out there so that everyone can find what is right for them.
| 2019-04-23T18:08:24 |
https://www.grit.com/food/butter-butter-which-is-the-better-butter-zb0z1605
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"Who does not publicly worship the Constitution? Who, in practice, observe it at all? Congress has only two great powers under the Constitution. The power to declare war and the power of the purse. The first has been relinquished to the executive; the second has drowned in a red sea."
"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy."
"When a man says he is planting a tree for himself and his posterity, he does not mean to be understood as saying that he has any thought of compelling them, nor is it be inferred that the is such a simpleton as to imagine that he has any right or power to compel them, to eat the fruit. So far as they are concerned, he only means to say that his hopes and motives, in planting the tree, are that its fruit may be agreeable to them.
So it was with those who originally adopted the Constitution . Whatever may have been their personal intentions, the legal meaning of their language, so far as their "posterity" was concerned, simply was, that their hopes and motives, in entering into the agreement, were that it might prove useful and acceptable to their posterity; that it might promote their union, safety, tranquility, and welfare; and that it might tend "to secure to them the blessings of liberty." The language does not assert nor at all imply, any right, power, or disposition, on the part of the original parties to the agreement, to compel their "posterity" to live under it. If they had intended to bind their posterity to live under it, they should have said that their object was, not "to secure to them the blessings of liberty," but to make slaves of them; for if their "posterity" are bound to live under it, they are nothing less than the slaves of their foolish, tyrannical, and dead grandfathers.
You are surprised to learn that I have not a high opinion of Mr. Jefferson, and I am surprised at your surprise. I am certain that I never wrote a line, and that I never….uttered a word indicating an opinion that the supreme authority in a state ought to be instructed to the majority of citizens told by the head, in other words, to the poorest and most ignorant part of society.
I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty, or civilization, or both…..
I have not had the smallest doubt that, if we had a purely democratic government here, the effect would be the same….You may think that your country enjoys an exemption from these evils….I am of a very different opinion. Your fate I believe to be certain, though it is deferred by a physical cause. As long as you have a boundless extent of fertile and unoccupied land, your labouring population will be far more at ease than the labouring population of the old world; and, while that is the case, the Jeffersonian polity may continue to exist without causing any fatal calamity.
But the time will come when New England will be as thickly peoples as old England. Wages will be as low, and will fluctuate as much with you as with us. You will have your Manchesters and Birminghams, and in those Manchesters and Birminghams, hundreds of thousands of artisans will assuredly be sometimes out of work. Then, your institutions will be fairly brought to the test. Distress everywhere makes the labourer mutinous and discontented, and inclines him to listen with eagerness to agitators who tell him that is a monstrous iniquity that one man should have a million while another cannot get a full meal.
In bad years there is plenty of grumbling here, and sometimes a little rioting. But it matters little. For here the sufferers are not the rulers. The supreme power is in the hands of a class, numerous indeed, but select; of an educated class, of a class which is, and knows itself to be, deeply interested in the security of property and the maintenance of order. Accordingly, the malcontents are firmly, yet gently, restrained. The bad time is got over without robbing the wealthy to relieve the indigent. The springs of national prosperity soon begin to flow again: work is plentiful: wages rise, and all is tranquility and cheerfulness….
…..I cannot help foreboding the worst. It is quite plain that your government will never be able to restrain a distressed and discontented majority….The day will come when…..a multitude of people, none of whom has had more than half a breakfast, or expects to have more than half a dinner, will choose a Legislature.
….On one side is a statesman preaching patience, respect for vested rights….On the other is a demagogue ranting about the tyranny of capitalists….and asking why anybody should be permitted to drink Champagne and to ride in a carriage, while thousands of honest folks are in want of necessaries….I seriously apprehend that you will, in some such season of adversity….do things which will prevent prosperity from returning; that you will act like people who should in a year of scarcity devour all the seed corn, and thus make the next year a year, not of scarcity, but of absolute famine….There is nothing to stop you. Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor…..Either some Caesar or Napoleon will seize the reins of government with a strong hand; or your republic will be….laid waste by barbarians in the twentieth Century as the Roman Empire was in the fifth…..
"We do not agree with the authors of the Declaration of Independence, that governments "derive their just powers from the consent of the governed." All governments must originate in force, and be continued by force. The very term, governments , implies that it is carried on against the consent of the governed. Fathers do not derive their authority, as heads of families, from the consent of wife and children, nor do they govern their families by their consent. They never take the vote of the family as to the labors to be performed, the moneys to be expended, or as to anything else. Masters dare not take the vote of slaves as to their governments. If they did, constant holiday, dissipation, and extravagance would be the result. Captains of ships are not appointed by the consent of the crew, and never take their vote, even in "doubling Cape Horn" . If they did, the crew would generally vote to get drunk, and the ship would never weather the cape. Not even in the most democratic countries are soldiers governed by their consent, nor is their vote taken on the even of battle. They have some how lost (or never had) the "inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," and whether Americans or Russians, are forced into battle without and often against their consent. More of despotic discretion , and less of Law, is what the world wants.
"And, as matter of fact, there is not the slightest probability that the Constitution has a single bona fide supporter in the country. That is to say, there is not the slightest probability that here is a single man in the country, who both understands what the Constitution really is and sincerely supports it for what it really is.
The government does not, indeed, waylay a man in a lonely place, spring upon him from the roadside and holding a pistol to his head, proceed to rifle his pockets. But the robbery is none the less a robbery on that account; and it is far more dastardly and shameful.
The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that he has any rightful claim to your money, or that he intends to use it for your own benefit. He does not pretend to be anything but a robber. He has not acquired impudence enough to profess to be merely a "protector", and that he takes men’s money against their will, merely to enable him to "protect’ those infatuated travelers, who feel perfectly able to protect themselves, or do not appreciate his peculiar system of protection. He is too sensible a man to make such professions as these. Furthermore, having taken your money, he leaves you, as you wish him to do. He does not persist in following you on the road, against your will; assuming to be your rightful "sovereign, on account of the "protection" he affords you. He does not keep "protecting" you, by commanding you to bow down and serve him; by requiring more to do this, and forbidding you to do that; by robbing you of more money as often as he finds it for his interest or pleasure to do so; and by branding you as a rebel, a traitor, and an enemy to your country, and shooting you down without mercy, if you dispute his authority, or resist his demands. He is too much of a gentleman to be guilty of such impostures, and insults, and villainies as these. In short, he does not, in addition to robbing you, attempt to make you either his dupe or his slave. The proceedings of those robbers and murderers, who call themselves "the government," are directly the opposite of these of the single highwayman.
"The American Constitution is a unique achievement in modern times and perhaps in all times in terms of government. There was a time many, many years ago, in prehistory and into early history, when the priesthood and the government were one and the same. If you didn't get along with the priest, you also didn't get along with the government. Gradually, over the years, those powers have been separated. We have gone through many revolutions and conflicts about changes in that structure. But, to my knowledge, even though the idea of a republic has come down to us from many hundreds of years ago-and it was not given to us by the Christians, it was given to us by the Greeks-it was not a republic in the sense of the one in this country."
| 2019-04-20T04:28:13 |
https://scholarisland.org/constitution.htm
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Hospital admissions and organ donor designation. Requires a hospital to: (1) ask a patient or the patient's health care representative as soon as practicable following the patient's admission to the hospital whether the patient wants to be a human organ donor; and (2) designate the choice in the patient's medical record. Hospital admissions and organ donor designation. Requires a hospital to: (1) ask a patient or the patient's health care representative as soon as practicable following the patient's admission to the hospital whether the patient wants to be a human organ donor; and (2) designate the choice in the patient's medical record.
| 2019-04-23T18:01:29 |
http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1068
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What do these situations have in common? At least one thing: Regulatory quality. In forming regulations, policy-makers need to balance caution with incentives. To do that, they must have multiple solutions to choose from, evidence to support them, and systematic procedures for selecting the best choice.
Enter a governance mechanism that is critical for developing effective regulation: Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA). Simply put, this is a process for checking the quality of new rules. Some of the questions policy-makers can ask during the assessment include: What would be the direct costs on businesses of this new rule? How would it impact on competitiveness? What is the cost to the public budget? How will the rule be implemented and monitored? This process is widely used in most developed countries.
More recently, an increasing number of developing nations have introduced similar methods. As one would expect, a systematic design and implementation of good assessments of this type is not a trivial task. While many developing countries have progressed well, others are still experimenting with the appropriate approach to assessing impacts of new rules effecting the private sector and public service delivery.
In early 2017, the Global RIA Awards were launched to identify and recognize innovate and impactful use of RIA in developing countries. The emphasis of the reward is on the actual practices and impacts of RIAs (as opposed to the design of the supporting institutions and guidelines supporting the RIA system.) In June 2017, a panel consisting of World Bank staff and academics from the University of Exeter selected winners from Armenia, Brazil and Bosnia & Herzegovina, along with several honorable mentions. The topics of the submissions ranged from regulation of the meat industry to bike helmets and alcohol consumption. But they all have in common their ability to introduce new thinking, efficiency and transparency into the process of developing efficient rules. Some have had immense impact on government procedures or on society as a whole; others have found new ways to collect information from stakeholders, or have come up with innovative regulatory alternatives. Congratulations to all the winners and honorable mentions!
In addition, the World Bank has developed the Global RIA Database to collect and make RIA policy documents from well over 60 developing countries as well as several OECD Countries. The Database serves as a depository of guidelines, laws, and policies supporting good regulatory management practices. The Global RIA Database provides input and documentation for several research programs. Among these, a forthcoming study by the World Bank identifies key factors contributing to the success or failure of RIA reforms in developing countries over the last 10 years.
Hence, this is how both Armenian food safety and Brazilian bike helmet issues can have impact far beyond their own jurisdictions and policy domains. Learning from peers is central to public sector development, and broad dissemination of practices that work is key to continuous innovation.
Sometimes it is faster to walk than wait and go by bus. From my experience, a journey of about 2 Km. takes the same time either way, whilst the physical activity in walking is more healthy. Of course if you do have a bicycle it is even faster.
I'm an active cyclist with a concentration on safety gear. I lost my older brother a few years ago in a local cycling accident (Vienna, Va). For some reason this particular day he was on his bike without a helmet. He never made it back home. His head injury got the best of him one day later. Since, I've made it a personal point to stress cycling safety. I have stopped almost every non-helmet wearing cyclist I encountered on the trail and road, to share my concern and even give away helmets. I have built several bikes for friends and neighbors. My neighbor recently shared a story with me as I dropped his bike off, after tuning it up for him, about how cycling basically saved his life by helping get his blood sugar and other health issues to a manageable level.
I am passionate about cycling and just wanted to share my little bit of a story. I love cycling and applaud any efforts to make it safer and accessible to everyone.
| 2019-04-20T17:25:29 |
http://blogs.worldbank.org/governance/comment/2120
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Decide what you're doing next?
Although, technically, I was supposed to graduate last October, I'm now on my final summer with the freedom of an education system. I'm feeling a lot of pressure to a) enjoy my final summer, b) work out what I'm doing with my life, c) get a summer job, d) (possibly the most stressful) starting the final year of my degree!
In the mean time, time to get up-to-date with my last project. I had three weeks to either complete a project or to create a pilot project. After my last project, looking at the consumerism of the flower industry, I knew I wanted to continue looking at botanics and still life photography. I needed to find a subject that was nearby, I couldn't be *too* ambitious because of the short deadline. I had a week to experiment, a week to narrow down my ideas, and a week to smooth out any rough edges.
Inspired by Anna Atkins beautiful cyanotypes, used to document her seaweed and botanical collection, I decided to firstly look at creating cyanotypes and creating them on location.
I chose a small area of hedgerow to base my work in a small 600m length of hedge with a junction at the start and finish. This is along the route that I walk my dog daily, part of my daily routine, with Dartmoor in the distance and surrounded by local farmland. Along the lane is a small wooded area, about half way. To begin my photographic exploration, I chose to walk down the lane and take images of what appealed to me, what stood out, and just react to my environment. It can be difficult to find something interesting in a place that you explore daily.
I mostly explored the details of the plants and the variety of plants that were along the hedgerows. I read somewhere that for every 5 species found in a square metre of hedgerow equals 10 years of growth (5 species = 10 years). Now it's the middle of Spring and approaching the start of Summer, the hedges have bloomed with wildflowers and plants. Turning what were wide lanes, into narrow and difficult to see beyond the nearest corner.
The wildflowers collected in a plastic bag with the evening light shining through them. I took the bag of samples home, to create small still lifes. Bringing something that was created to help the hedgerow's plants and creatures grow every year, put into the domestic location of my home. Reminiscent of being a young child and collecting wildflowers for your family and friends.
I went back to the lane several times along the three weeks, I went to explore what surrounded the lane. You couldn't see much above the lane, now that the wild plants were growing higher and higher throughout Spring.
This gave me the idea to photograph every wooden electric pole, along the lane, and to create a mini typography of items along the lane.
This collection of images shows how every pole is in a different environment, they all have their own mini environments around the poles. Some are in wooded areas, some have hardly any plants, some are in full blooming areas.
I then went onto doing 'experiments' along the lane. I would take 10 steps and then take a photograph on the right-hand side of the lane.
This created a lot of images, 70-something to be more precise.
I felt (and still feel) as though, I was only just beginning this project. I finished it as a pilot project. I'm interested in starting this project up again, in the future. Through the summer, I will look at creating my own small briefs and working more commercially. This project might be picked up again in September, or in a few years from now.
| 2019-04-20T20:45:21 |
http://kayleighbickle.blogspot.com/2017/05/an-exploration-of-hedgerows.html
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Last month, I provided three ways to build links in the age of Google Penguin–Google’s algorithm change which severely limits effective link building. One of the link-building methods I promoted involves building internal links. If you have a strong domain authority for your site, your internal links might be low-hanging fruit for your link-building efforts post Penguin. Mike Moran, the editor of this site, worried that internal linking would become just another negative ranking factor for Google once companies realize how it helps them improve ranking. This is a valid concern because of Google’s tendency to quash widespread SEO tactics. So I thought I’d devote a whole blog post on how to avoid negative penalties from internal link building.
Relevance: Before you rush off and create links from every page in your domain to every other page in your domain, a loud note of caution. This will look like gaming the system. The key is to create relevant links. With each internal link you build, ask yourself if your target audience will want to click it. If the answer is, “probably not,” don’t bother. You still are designing your experiences for your users first. But in the age of Penguin, high-quality, relevant internal links can help with ranking.
This passage begs the question: What are relevant links? Perhaps a better way of phrasing the question is how do I know whether a link is relevant enough? These are tough questions that don’t admit of universal answers. But on marketing sites, there are a few simple rules to follow in building relevant links. They all boil down to one simple principle: Links should create good user experiences.
Most marketing sites are built like a funnel. When you draw new users into them through search and social media, you can’t presume that they know what you do or how you define things. So you need a layer of fairly basic learning content that speaks to them on their terms and helps them understand your points of view on the issues they face. From there, perhaps you help them solve generic problems related to these issues with advice and case studies on common solutions. Then perhaps you help them compare and contrast different ways to solve the same problems using your products or services. And finally you help them buy the right combination of products and services to solve their problems. This is sometimes called customer progression. Each link in this chain helps them take the logical next step in their customer journey, which is why I call these stepping-stone links.
Users sometimes click the wrong thing. Perhaps you used generic link anchor text like click here instead of something more descriptive. Perhaps you were scant on your short description or the graphic near the link. For whatever reason, they land on a page and realize it is not relevant to their present information needs. Rather than forcing them to hit the Back button, give them an easier way back. Back-up links are always relevant enough for Google because it’s just good user experience.
One way to discover relevant links in your environment is to perform an internal search on your own site. (There are, of course, more sophisticated content analytics tools to learn the semantic relationships between your content, but internal search is universal.) You might discover that you have several apparently duplicate pages, which is an opportunity to consolidate, as I recommend in a previous post. But you also might find pages that are highly relevant to your users. For example, you might find a case study that supports your point of view. This is an example of how I define relevance.
If you think of a content strategy as a story that progresses from one page or asset to another, like chapters in a book, the next chapter in the story is a highly relevant link. I set these apart from stepping-stone links because not all stories involve customer progression. Some marketing stories are just that: Compellingly presented points of view. In large organizations, the story is crowd sourced in the sense that lots of teams create content without prior knowledge of complementary efforts, especially in the age of social content. Building story links in these environments is a matter of curating content from multiple sources into one compelling presentation. That’s the best kind of internal link building.
Take great care in building internal links not to overdo it. But if you limit them to the three types above, you should have no problems with negative ranking factors in Google.
Is your marketing still getting attention instead of paying attention?
| 2019-04-21T18:08:31 |
https://biznology.com/2012/09/three-types-of-relevant-internal-links/
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Sometimes, Cristiano Ronaldo appears to be as unpredictable off the field as when he is when inside a football pitch. After leading Real Madrid to victory last Sunday night, with his two first goals in this season's La Liga, Ronaldo granted a few statements after the game, where he took everyone by surprise, by revealing to be unhappy at Real Madrid. The Portuguese star didn't give many clues on the reasons behind his dissatisfaction, but media from all around the world didn't wait too long to start speculating.
An enigmatic Ronaldo came off from Real Madrid's locker room this Sunday night, right after the Merengues earned their first victory for the Spanish League on this season campaign. The Portuguese superstar decided to open up his feelings in the post-match press area, revealing to the journalists that he's currently sad in Real Madrid, but not pointing many clues that may help people understand the reasons behind it. As expected, these statements surprised half world and the media immediatly started speculating about all the possible scenarios that could justify this momentaneous and surprising sadness from Cristiano Ronaldo. Several players and celebrities have already commented on the issue, but the truth is that everyone is trying to guess what's in Ronaldo's mind and all the information that has been put out over the last days is just part of the speculation that keeps beind feed by journalists. Later this Tuesday, Ronaldo granted another round of statements, this time to clarify that his unhappiness has nothing to do with money or demands for a new contract, one of the theories that several newspapers had chosen to pick as the main reason for this imbroglio. Below, we'll be discussing a few of the theories that have been raised over the course of this week.
Journalist: Why didn't you celebrate tonight's goals against Granada?
Cristiano Ronaldo: "Perhaps I'm a bit sad. The only reason that can explain why I'm not celebrating goals is that I'm not very happy...", started by announcing the Real Madrid forward.
Journalist: Why are you sad?
Cristiano Ronaldo: "Some people know why..."
Cristiano Ronaldo: "No, it's not because of that. That's the less of my worries. This is about something a lot more important than that", continued replying the Portuguese star, without giving much clues on the true reasons for his sadness.
Journalist: Is it something related to Real Madrid?
Cristiano Ronaldo: "I'm not going to speak more about this. People know the motives that led to this situation..."
Journalist: Is it related to your current form at the club?
Cristiano Ronaldo: "I got 4 goals in the last 5 matches, so it's definitely not that as well."
Journalist: Does this have something to do with any personal or professional reasons?
Cristiano Ronaldo: "Professional reasons. People inside the club know the reasons why I am unhappy..."
Following these surprising revelations, one could anticipate how the media were about to approach this incident and the amount of theories and speculation that was going to be created in the following days. We'll be outlining some of those possible explanations, even though several of them lack any kind of credibility or consistency. More important than anything else though, is to realize that Ronaldo knows what he is doing and he certainly predicted that this speculation towards his statements would generate this much controversy and talking all around the World. The Portuguese player intentionally triggered this wave of attention for some misterious reason that few people know by now.
3rd hypothesis: The feeling of a lack of support from Real Madrid, towards his desire of winning the "FIFA Balon d'Or" next January, that became more proeminent after watching Iniesta winning the "UEFA Best Player in Europe 2011/12" trophy last week.
4th hypothesis: An allegged conflict with other Real Madrid players, such as Casillas, Marcelo or Xabi Alonso.
5th hypothesis: The club not having respected Ronaldo's intention of not playing against Granada, due to the fact that his father deceased roughly 7 years ago (6th of September, 2005).
6th hypothesis: Real Madrid not having supported and clearly defended Fábio Coentrão (one of Ronaldo's best friends in football), after the left-back got sanctioned with a 4-match ban for supposedly insulting the referee on Real Madrid's league match against Getafe, on the 26th of August 2012. The club filed an appeal, but nothing more than that.
What has been presented to us as one of the strongest theories for Ronaldo's recent problems in Real Madrid, concerned precisely his contract with the club. The Portuguese ace signed a 6-year contract with Real Madrid back in 2009, which means that there are still 3 years left remaining for it to expire (June 2015). However and as time passed, not only Ronaldo has fallen into being only the 10th best paid footballer in the World, but he is also expected to start paying a bigger tax slice after he completes his 5th year residing in Spain. This has to do with the fact that under the "Beckham law", Cristiano Ronaldo has been granted with a 5-year period where he's allowed to pay only a 24% tax fee over his income, while after that period (starting in June 2014), the Spanish Government will start demanding him for a 44% tax fee.
Cristiano Ronaldo: "The fact that I am sad and have expressed this feeling, seems to have led to a lot of talking. I've been accused of doing this because I want more money, but hopefully one day, everyone will realize this isn't the case. At this stage, I just want to assure to all Real Madrid fans that my motivation, dedication, commitment and desire to win all competitions remains intact. I have too much respect for myself and for Real Madrid as an institution, to not give everything I have on every match. Best regards to all the Madridistas!", posted Ronaldo, earlier today on his social network personal pages.
With the 1st hypothesis appearently ruled out by Ronaldo himself, we can move on to the 2nd one.
Real Madrid former player, Guti, has actually been one of the celebrities who most criticized the way how Merengues have acted during this Summer's transfer season. Getting rid of Granero, Nuri Sahin (on loan) and Lass Diarra and bringing in Modric and Michael Essien as their replacements, is far from a scenario that doesn't generate controversy. The right-back spot remains being Real Madrid's biggest "Achilles heel", while in the other hand, players like Kaká or Ricardo Carvalho will remain in the team, even though they seem to have lost their space on the squad. One could also wonder if Ronaldo's unhappiness can have anything to do with the way the club showed the exit door to Granero or Nuri Sahin for example, or simply if it has to do with the fact that Real Madrid didn't bring any player that Ronaldo may have recommended before the transfer deadline expired (maybe a new partner for the attack? or a more consistent right-back?).
Even though this doesn't seem to be a very likely scenario, there's surely room for speculation to be made on this topic.
Could Ronaldo be feeling that Real Madrid is not doing all possible efforts to promote his image and with that help him raising the support he needs to collect the necessary votes to win the FIFA Balon d'Or? Just to remember everyone, this award distinguishes the "Best Player in the World" and it comes from the result of a voting poll among coaches, captains of international teams, as well as journalists from all around the World. The logical question we can raise on this, is if Real Madrid could in fact do something on this regard, that would eventually lead that more coaches, journalists and journalists end up voting on Ronaldo, next January. Is the Portuguese star expecting that Real Madrid directors praise him more often? With the "UEFA Best Player in Europe" awarded last week to Andrés Iniesta, Ronaldo probably felt some sort of an anticipated frustration to what may be coming in his direction on January, precisely the month when the FIFA Balon d'Or gala and ceremony is to take place.
Both former legendary players, Paulo Futre and Roberto Carlos, have expressed their view on this hot topic and the two seem to agree that this appears to be the strongest motivation behind this recent Ronaldo burst. Even though the Portuguese captain has repeatedly said in the past that this individual award is far less important than the titles he'll be trying to win with Real Madrid this season, we all know it still means a lot to him. However, I can't see as a plausible reason for Ronaldo to get sad at Real Madrid, the fact that the club doesn't engage into some sort of "Ronaldo praising campaign", which would potentially help him receiving more votes when the right time comes. Is Ronaldo being too harsh with Real Madrid or is this another theory that ends up being far from what's really happening?
This hasn't been the first time that several media suggested that Cristiano Ronaldo may have had some relationship problems with other Real Madrid players. A lot has been said about the status of his friendshipness with the likes of Iker Casillas, Xabi Alonso or Sergio Ramos for example, but this time, the name of Marcelo has also been put on the list. The Portuguese and the Brazilian have been great friends ever since Ronaldo joined the club in 2009, but over the last days, the media have been attempting to support the idea that their relationship deteriorated, especially after Marcelo suggested Iker Casillas as a potential FIFA Balon d'Or winner.
The truth is that we've seen Marcelo running towards Cristiano Ronaldo's direction in order to hug him and congratulate him for another goal this last Sunday, when Real Madrid took the lead in their game against Granada. Even if this was to be the case, it wouldn't make much sense for it to single-handedly to cause such a reaction in Ronaldo.
This is one of those speculations that are actually very easy to rule out, as most of the media out there don't even seem to have picked the right facts. Cristiano Ronaldo's father, José Diniz Aveiro, deceased on the 6th of September, 2005. This Thursday will mark precisely the 7th year since he passed away, so it wouldn't have made much sense that Ronaldo had asked anyone at Real Madrid to be sidelined in the game against Granada (2nd of September). If such a request from Ronaldo was ever to happen, one would expect it to take place already in the Portuguese National Team, since the date of the game against Luxembourg (7th of September), is actually a lot closer to the day where his father, José Diniz Aveiro, passed away (06-09-2005).
6th hypothesis: The Fábio Coentrão "dossier"
Cristiano Ronaldo and Fábio Coentrão have been very close friends since the left-back defender arrived at Real Madrid in 2011. Seen as the "ugly duckling" in the club ever since he landed in Madrid (probably because of the 30 million of euros price tag from his transfer, that sent him from Benfica to Real Madrid), Fábio Coentrão has certainly been struggling to win the affection from the Madridismo, since day one.
On the 26th August, Real Madrid visited Getafe for the 2nd fixture in La Liga, a game that the Merengues ended losing by 2-1. Near the end of the game, Fábio Coentrão has allegedly insulted the referee from the Real Madrid bench and got immediatly sent off with a direct red card. A few days later, the Spanish Federation Disciplinary committee extended the Portuguese left-back suspension into a 4-match ban and Real Madrid filed an appeal, which ended up being rejected. However and despite the club's appeal, there weren't many external signs from someone connected to Real Madrid expressing their wrath against such decision and it's possible that Ronaldo may have asked for a stronger intervention.
Just like any other of the hypothesis raised on this article, this is just another one being added to the speculation list and until Ronaldo discloses the real reason behind his sadness, everyone will keep firing guesses in the dark.
Real Madrid teammates Arbeloa, Kaká, Higuaín and Xabi Alonso have also recently spoken about this Ronaldo incident, with the first two saying that the Portuguese star will receive all the support he needs from the club, fans and his teammates. As for Xabi Alonso and Higuaín, the Spanish midfielder and the Argentinian forward tried to round the issue and said that they know nothing about it. Xabi even joked a bit and said that he surely isn't sad at all and that everyone has their own personality. As for Higuaín, he assured that Ronaldo didn't give any prior signs of being sad over the last weeks.
A good proof that these Ronaldo statements are having an impact in the entire football scene is that even Lionel Messi felt forced to answer a few questions on this matter, replying with the following words: "Whenever Ronaldo speaks, you don't have to ask me questions at all and the same happens when the opposite occurs. I have nothing to do with that!", replied the Argentinian forward, clearly bothered with the journalists for asking him questions about Ronaldo.
The only person besides Ronaldo who is surely more likely to have some reliable knowledge on what's really going on, is Jorge Mendes, precisely Cristiano Ronaldo's agent. The Portuguese FIFA agent also felt the need to speak out, as he preferred to allow Ronaldo to keep the mistery behind this, for as long as the Portuguese player wants.
Jorge Mendes: "In regard to several news from the media that implied that I got surprised and upset with my player, Cristiano Ronaldo, recent statements, I would like to clarify the following: What Ronaldo has said last Sunday night is based on reasons which I am fully aware of, but that will only be revealed if he ever decides to do so and whenever he feels it's the best timing for it", announced Jorge Mendes from his agency website, Gestifute.
Hopefully, Ronaldo will end up revealing what has been tormenting him lately and everything will be restored to normal in Real Madrid.
Cristiano Ronaldo has now joined his Portuguese teammates, as they will start the qualification stage round for the 2014 World Cup, to be held Brazil. This Friday (07-09-2012), you can watch Luxembourg vs Portugal, Holland vs Turkey, Moldavia vs England and Brazil vs South Africa, all matches provided from our football live streams section.
| 2019-04-21T05:00:49 |
https://www.ronaldo7.net/news/2012/551-cristiano-ronaldo-reveals-he-is-unhappy-at-real-madrid-without-disclosing-the-reasons.html
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Now-a-days most of the businesses are moving towards enterprise solutions as they give more flexibility to alter your business and allows you to stay top in the market by taking advantages of the opportunities and changes more swiftly. In this growing competition business organizations are paying more focus on the customers by assisting them to shop without any hitch through enterprise solutions like online shopping, online payment gateway and online billing systems. People always share good as well as bad experience in their circle and bad memories spreads faster than the good feedback and hence brands must take all possible steps in order to make the customer happy and satisfied. The main focus of enterprise referral solution is to help the customer to acquire products and services to satisfy their requirements and that will push the sales volume and revenue to a greater extent.
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| 2019-04-22T08:53:25 |
http://www.nextbee.com/resources/enterprise-referral-solution/get-your-own-enterprise-referral-solution.html
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Who Can File A Wrongful Death Claim in West Virginia?
Hopefully you will never be placed in a position of bringing a claim on behalf of a family member or loved one because that person was wrongfully killed. Nonetheless, if you are ever placed into that position, the claim on behalf of someone killed in an accident - which is called a wrongful death claim - is typically brought by the person appointed as the fiduciary of that individual's estate. The appointment is made in the County Clerk's office in West Virginia and in the Probate Court in Ohio. An attorney is usually necessary for the appointment. If the individual had a Will, then an Executor (male) or Executrix (female) will be appointed and he or she has the right to bring a lawsuit on behalf of the decedent for the alleged wrongful conduct which caused and/or contributed to the decedent's death. If there is no Will, certain individuals may be appointed to represent the interests of the decedent's estate (these individuals are defined by the laws of the respective State) which are typically called an Administrator or an Administratrix. The person appointed then has the ability to hire an attorney to investigate the claim and to prosecute it if it appears viable.
Any money recovered in a wrongful death settlement or a jury verdict is distributed to certain individuals in accordance with the laws of the state in which the claim was filed. In West Virginia, there is a specific distribution statute that defines the class of potential beneficiaries which includes: spouses, children, parents, siblings, and others who may have been financially dependent upon the decedent at the time of his or her death. The judge or jury decides to whom the money is distributed and the amount.
If a family member or loved one dies as a result of wrongful conduct, you should check to determine who has the right to be appointed to handle the decedent's estate. You should also check whether that individual has the right to hire an attorney to investigate and prosecute the wrongful death claim. Hopefully, you will never be faced with this situation; however, this is helpful information to know in the unfortunate event that you are.
| 2019-04-20T05:09:35 |
https://www.fitzsimmonsfirm.com/blog/2013/february/who-can-file-a-wrongful-death-claim-in-west-virg/
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Using pro amp with epic cf-3s?
You should be fine with that amp at 240wpc. Set the gains by setting a source on the preamp with nothing playing. Turn the preamp volume up to about half point or a tad more the set the gains on the amp all the way up. You should hear some hiss back the gains down till hiss is gone then turn preamp volume back all the way down and play something you're familiar with that's dynamic. Adjust the gains on the amp now to where the channels are balanced out. That's always been the way I did it in car audio with gains. It always depends on what the voltage out is on your preamp as to where the gains get set on the amps. My Carver amp, M-1.0t MKII Opt 002, produces 460wpc on my CF-3's and has no gain control. At least that's a start.
Thank you very much for your help. How does your cf-3s sound with that amp compared to others? I have heard mixed reports on pro amps.
My Carver is a home amplifier...not pro version. It's just had a major overhaul by some Carver "guru's". I do have a couple of Peavey/Crest amplifiers that I could bi-amp with (one is 300wpc and other is 180wpc) but I don't see the point since there is no power increase and I don't see those sounding better than mine by a long shot.
| 2019-04-24T10:01:07 |
https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/164540-using-pro-amp-with-epic-cf-3s/&tab=comments
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Related Story: How long does it take to lose your fitness?
At 82 years old, David 'Southey' Bell might not be the most intimidating figure on the rugby field, but that does not stop him from pulling on his boots every week.
He mostly plays touch rugby these days, but he occasionally takes to the field for a Golden Oldies competition that sees players over 35 compete in a less physical rugby union game.
"The fun of the game is more, not knocking someone over but just having the fun of the game," Mr Bell said.
His rugby career spans 76 years and started at the age of six in South Africa, with his first coach, Miss Mullins.
"We had a woman coach because there were no men about because they had all gone off to the Second World War.
"I remember standing there with a big fat leather football and thinking this was going to be good and from then I've always played rugby," Mr Bell said.
Mr Bell has played rugby union in several different countries including a stint playing for the English club Twickenham.
In the 1960s, after moving to Perth, Western Australia, Mr Bell joined the Cottesloe Rugby Union Football Club. He is now a life member.
"I joined them in '62 and I was lucky enough to play with them in first grade," he said.
In his words, his 'luck continued', and in 1963 and 1964 he played for the WA team.
"That was something I never expected because I'm not the greatest rugby player in the world," Mr Bell said.
After 76 years in the sport, Mr Bell is still modest about his skills, but his love for the game has never diminished.
"It's the people — I love putting the ball through their hands.
"It's just lovely to be surrounded by rugby people, people who love the game as much as I do," he said.
20 years ago Mr Bell moved from Perth to the south-west WA town of Dunsborough and took up with a new rugby team, the Dunsborough Dungbeetles.
He is a famous figure at their games, and his warm-up run before an Golden Oldies tournament is constantly interrupted by someone yelling out, 'Hey, Southey'.
Dungbeetles club captain Wayne Flood said at 82 years old, Mr Bell encouraged his 'young' 50-year-old teammates to keep playing.
"He's a legend of the club and he loves playing touch rugby with the boys.
"It inspires them to turn up and play touch when Southey's there," he said.
Exercise physiologist Dr Kay Cox said while keeping fit in your older age was recommended, rugby union was not quite what she had in mind.
"Well I wouldn't suggest that all 82-year-olds go and take up rugby," she said.
The University of WA associate professor said sports with body contact and sharp movements could do a lot of damage, so players who continued to play their chosen sport would need to adapt their playing style in their older years.
"If they are playing in a group of other 80-year-olds, the game can be modified to fit the fitness," Dr Cox said.
Dr Cox said exercise at any age was essential, but even more so for older people.
"Some of the body's systems start to deteriorate and they decline and we're not as strong as we used to be.
"But with exercise you can actually stave off some of that decline," she said.
Dr Cox said playing rugby at 82 was "exceptional" and suggested older Australians start with walking first and then move on to an easier sport, such as swimming.
Mr Bell is believed to be the oldest rugby union player in WA, but on the international scene, players as old as 85 have been known to compete for Japan in the Golden Oldies World Rugby Festival.
So when will Mr Bell finally hang up the boots?
"I will keep playing touch rugby until I can't," he said.
| 2019-04-19T17:18:21 |
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-01/82-year-old-david-southey-bell-still-playing-rugby-union/10957002
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Do I need a transport permit?
26 tonnes, where the driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and air suspension or suspension recognised as being equivalent within the Community or where each driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and the maximum weight of each axle does not exceed 9.5 tonnes.
Motor vehicle with two steering axles 32 tonnes, where the driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and air sus-pension or suspension recognised as being equivalent within the Community or where each driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and the maximum weight of each axle does not exceed 9.5 tonnes.
38 tonnes if the distance between the axles of the semi-trailer is greater than 1.8 metres and the maxi- mum authorised weight of the motor vehicle (18 tonnes) and the maximum authorised weight of the tandem axle of the semi-trailer (20 tonnes) are re-spected and the driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and air suspension or suspension recognised as be-ing equivalent within the Community.
44 tonnes, for a three-axle motor vehicle with two or three-axle semi-trailer carrying a 40-foot ISO container as a combined transport operation.
The weight borne by the driving axle or driving axles of a vehicle or vehicle combination must not be less than 25 % of the total laden weight of the vehicle or vehicle combination, when used in international traffic.
The maximum authorised weight (in tonnes) of a four- axle motor vehicle may not exceed five times the distance (in metres) between the axes of the foremost and rearmost axles of the vehicle.
| 2019-04-18T20:35:00 |
http://www.transportoversize.eu/en/eu_directive/vehicle_weights_/
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A well-known ancestor of some Strawbridges is Elizabeth Hooton, who has been described as the first female Quaker preacher; she was a disciple of George Fox, who founded the Quakers in England in the 1600s.
Before going into some details of her rather dramatic life, I will briefly trace her relationship to the Strawbridges. A good starting point is George Strawbridge. He married Jane Van Sise West, who was the daughter of Joseph H. West, who died in 1835. Joseph West was the son of William West and Elizabeth Hillborn; Elizabeth was born in 1765. (The information is rather sketchy for this line; I'm giving the dates that I have.) Elizabeth was the daughter of Miles Hillborn and Mary Edwards. Miles, who lived from 1738-1782, was the son of John Hillborn and Rachel Strickland. John lived from 1705-1747; his parents were Thomas Hillborn and Elizabeth Hooton. This Elizabeth Hooton, though, who lived from 1673-1732, was not the famous Quaker, though I suppose she was named after her. This Elizabeth was the daughter of Samuel Hooton and Elizabeth Smedley. Samuel was the son of the famous Elizabeth Hooton, whose maiden name is not known to a good degree of certainty.
Elizabeth Hooten (Hooton) (died 1672), Quakeress, appears to have been middle-aged in 1647, when George Fox first met her in Nottinghamshire. Fox describes her as a 'very tender woman' (Journal, ed. 1765, p. 6), and she is usually considered to have been the first person to accept the peculiar doctrines of Quakerism. It was not until 1650, although she probably preached earlier, that she formally received 'the gift of the minstry;' she has the honor of being the first woman who was recorded as a Quaker minister. She soon commenced to make ministerial journeys.
In 1651 she was imprisoned at Derby on complaint of having reproved a priest, and in the following year was imprisoned in York Castle for exhorting a congregation at Rotheram at the close of the service.
In 1664 she suffered five months imprisonment at Lincoln for disturbing a congregation. At Selston, Nottinhgamshire, she was violently assaulted in 1660 by Jackson, minister of the village, because she was a Quaker, although she does not appear even to have spoken to him.
In 1661, when more than sixty she went to America on a missionary journey, arriving at Boston in 1662. On account of the laws against the Quakers she had considerable difficulty in obtaining food or shelter, and for visiting some Quakers in prison, was taken before the governor, John Endicott [q.v.], who after insulting her sent her to prison. She was subsequently carried two days' journey into the forest and left there to starve. She managed to find her way to Rhode Island, obtained a passage to Barbadoes, returned to Boston, and after a brief stay came back to England.
Having procured a license from Charles II to settle in any of the American colonies, Elizabeth Hooten returned to Boston, where she attempted to settle, but found that the king's license was set at nought by the rules of the town.
She then went to Cambridge, where, because she would not deny her creed, she was thrown into a dungeon and kept without food or drink for forty-eight hours (a person who relieved her being fined 5 pounds for the offence). She was afterwards ordered by the court to be whipped through three towns, which was done in the depth of winter and with great severity. She was then again carried into the depth of the forest and left; she was enabled to find her way to a town, where she was befriended, and then left; after visiting Rhode Island, she returned to Cambridge, where she was again subjected to barbarous usage.
She returned to England and resumed her work as an itinerant preacher, but in 1665 she was committed to Lincoln goal [sic] for three months on a charge of disturbing a congregation.
Notwithstanding her age, she accompanied George Fox and a number of other Friends to the West Indies in 1670, and died very suddenly about the middle of January, 1671/2, in Jamaica.
| 2019-04-25T22:14:42 |
http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nwa/hooton.html
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MOSUL, Iraq - The trucks arrive empty in the ruins of the Old City, and always leave full. Some are laden with debris from the thousands of destroyed buildings, but others carry a more macabre payload - piled in the back, neatly wrapped in polythene, are the remains of people still being dug from the ruins.
Mosul continues to give up its dead even today, 10 months after Islamic State was defeated. In the Old City and surrounding areas, all but flattened by intensive US coalition bombing and Iraqi artillery, diggers work in shifts to move the estimated 10 million tonnes of debris, raising clouds of dust and fragments of bodies before the recovery teams move in.
The bodies of IS fighters are often disgorged from the ruins still wearing explosive belts, but among them are the innocent - tiny feet and hands are a common sight and, after one dig, a child's flower-shaped hair clasp is seen still attached to a skull.
Such was the destruction in Mosul that this grim work will continue for months to come - in recent weeks, according to media reports, civil defence teams recovered hundreds of bodies "of fighters and their families".
But the report does not explain how a body is determined to be an IS family member, rather than just a civilian caught in the crossfire. It simply groups all together as the enemy.
And, according to workers who spoke to Middle East Eye, many of the corpses are given no further examination and are now simply dumped in mass graves outside the city.
Nor does the Iraqi government have concrete figures of how many people were killed in the city. In December, the AP news agency estimated 10,000 people died in the battle for Mosul. The Iraqi government's figure stops at 1,260.
Mohammed, a 28-year-old working on the recovery of bodies, told MEE he expected there were another 9,000 bodies under the rubble - but that no one will ever know the true figure.
"We cannot give the official numbers of the bodies we have recovered," he says.
"The government asked us to keep count up until a few months ago. Then they told us to stop, and transfer the bodies directly to mass graves outside the city."
Among all of this come claims of widespread looting by the Iraqi military, police and intelligence services. Such activity would be nothing new: in 2017, Human Rights Watch reported homes being stripped of possessions and then burned as Iraqi forces closed in on the city.
If bodies go unidentified, what happens to their property?
A local police officer, who could not give his name for fear of reprisals, claimed the looting was systematic.
“When they open the houses in the Old City area, they know they will find money, gold, and lots of weapons," he says. "This is the reason why they do not want too many journalists around."
"Some of them have an agreement with the intelligence - they share the loot. They enter the houses of top leaders and if they find money and gold, they share things with each other.
"Even the weapons. Some are delivered and others sold on the black market."
The police officer said that the recording of property has gone the same way as the identification of the dead.
"I had the task to list the things they found, if there was money and how much, what kind of weapons, if there was gold or other valuable goods," he said.
"I should have handed that list to the army and institutions. I tried several times. They did not allow me to get close.
"I reported what I saw, and the obstacles, but they asked the local police office to move me and I changed my role. Now I work from the office, so they can loot undisturbed."
"Ten days ago, my men told me that in a house in the Old City there were money boxes. That money was shared between members of the civil defence and members of intelligence.
"The amount has never been reported to the institutions. Exactly like the real numbers of bodies."
While Middle East Eye cannot independently verify his claims - any attempt to do so with senior commanders would have led to expulsion - it was witness to several hours of digging at what was believed to be the home of a senior IS commander.
As soon as entry was gained, MEE was told to leave.
After hours of waiting, a civil defence officer asks: "Aren't you bored here? Why don't you go away? Go away."
The local police officer was adamant the exchange was due to what lay inside.
"It was the house of one of the leaders," he says.
"They know where to search, they have the map of the houses of the IS commanders and assume that there is treasure in those houses.
"The recovery of the corpses is an excuse. No one really cares how many people died in Mosul, what matters is finding the treasure of Islamic State."
In a building that was once Saddam Hussein's residence in east Mosul sits General Najm al-Jabouri, the head of security forces in Nineveh province and a veteran of Saddam's army.
The 62-year-old considers the task facing his men in Mosul. "The main problem today is reconstruction," he says. "We have completed two big steps: clear the city of IS and maintain security.
"Now we have a third - rebuild the houses, the schools, the shops and the infrastructure.
When that is achieved, the city can return to something approximating normality.
"The security of a city like Mosul is not just in the hands of the army," says Jabouri. "People are the security of the city. If you win people, you win the war.
But in the streets of the Old City and beyond, distrust and fear lingers - and for good reason.
Residents wait patiently for the diggers to move enough debris to get into their own homes and recover anything left intact.
Under Iraqi law, residents must recover the bodies of dead relatives to receive an official death certificate from the government, and accompanying papers proving they are not IS.
Those without become trapped in bureaucracy, meaning survivors will be denied food aid until they can prove they were not associated with the group.
"There is someone who comes to steal the dead," says one old man. "Without a body in the morgue you cannot have a death certificate, and without that you're stuck.
"Without documents you do not have the stamp from the intelligence and you do not receive food. So people come to steal the dead to get the stamps, because they need food aid."
Another local resident picks through the remnants of their former home, looking for anything that has not already been taken.
"They want to steal our things, and they usually do," they say.
| 2019-04-25T02:48:27 |
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/inside-mosul-where-dead-are-swept-away-looters-scour-ruins
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A majority of smokers in the U.S., 56%, believe they are at least occasionally discriminated against in public life or employment because of their smoking. In comparison, just one in six Americans (17%) who are overweight feel they have been discriminated against at some point because of their weight.
How often do you feel discriminated against in public life or employment because of your ... -- [ROTATED: every day, every week, about once a month, a few times a year, less than once a year (or) never]?
Thirteen percent of smokers say they feel discrimination every day, while only a fraction of self-described overweight people (1%) say they are discriminated against daily. These results come from a July 5-9 Gallup poll on Americans' consumption habits.
Discrimination against smokers can take many forms. According to news reports, smokers often say they are discriminated against through smoking bans, including more recent bans at some parks and beaches, higher insurance rates, and not getting jobs because of their habit. Analysis of income patterns has shown smokers earn less than those who do not smoke, although this difference could result from smokers tending to have lower average levels of education than nonsmokers.
The poll is the first time Gallup has asked about smokers' perceived discrimination in this format. Previously, Gallup asked smokers whether they felt discriminated against specifically because of smoking restrictions and high cigarette taxes, and found 58% believed they were discriminated against on each account.
Gallup asked overweight Americans about perceived discrimination one other time, in July 2003. The current results are virtually unchanged from the 82% of overweight in the U.S. who expressed this same sentiment in 2003.
How often do you feel discriminated against in public life or employment because of your weight -- [ROTATED: every day, every week, about once a month, a few times a year, less than once a year (or) never]?
Fast Company quotes those who are overweight as saying they have faced discrimination because of hiring practices or not getting salary raises and promotions. Others have pointed to bullying and peer pressure while growing up, though most Americans who are overweight say they are never discriminated against in public life or their workplace.
As the smoking rate continues to drop -- 17% of Americans in Gallup's July survey say they smoke -- fewer U.S. adults may potentially be subject to anti-smoking discrimination. But current smokers say they are discriminated against, with 13% saying they face discrimination daily. While there are smokers' rights groups in the U.S. fighting against discrimination, Gallup has found that the economic cost of smoking is significant.
Adults who smoke accrue $2,132 more per year in healthcare costs than nonsmokers, adding $92 billion in annual healthcare costs to the U.S. economy. These added healthcare costs do not justify discrimination, but they may contribute to perceptions of discrimination. Secondhand smoke and its effects are also likely a factor in discrimination.
In that same Gallup survey, adults who are overweight are calculated to accumulate about $378 more per person each year in healthcare costs than those who are not overweight, while those who are technically obese have $1,580 more in costs per person every year. Not as many overweight Americans feel discriminated against, but one in six do.
Both behaviors have health costs and clearly a stigma associated with each. There are fewer smokers than people who are overweight, but smokers are more likely to feel the brunt of this stigma.
For results based on the sample of 147 smokers, the maximum margin of sampling error is ±10 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. For results based on the sample of 438 adults who say they are overweight, the maximum margin of sampling error is ±6 percentage points.
U.S. adults are less likely to smoke and are slightly more likely to exercise regularly than they were in 2009, when Obama took office. But the percentage who report eating healthy on any given day has declined slightly.
| 2019-04-21T06:14:01 |
https://news.gallup.com/poll/214205/majority-smokers-feel-discriminated-against.aspx?g_source=SMOKING&g_medium=topic&g_campaign=tiles
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Are there arc-length parametrization functions hidden somewhere in Sage? I have some 3D parametric curves (smooth) of length L along which I would like to put n dots at regular intervals. What I've been doing so far is using numerical integration to find the arc length parameter, and then using find_root to find the positions of the dots (spaced by arc length L/n).
This is pretty slow, and has the further limitation that I need to specify a region on which find_root should work. If the parametrization is really uneven, it's tough to develop a good initial estimate for where to look.
So, does anyone have other ideas for doing this? Thanks!
Could you give an example of a typical curve that you're considering?
Unless a given curve has special properties (say, an ellipse) I don't know that there is a better way in general. Would it work for your needs if we did it this way but faster?
sure, faster would definitely be good. I tried writing some cython functions myself, but couldn't really get speed improvements.
I used some numerical integration (by hand) and without find_roots. It works quite well and quite fast.
| 2019-04-25T18:30:01 |
https://ask.sagemath.org/question/8474/evenly-space-points-along-a-parametric-curve/
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I'm studying English on my own.
Are you going to the States on your own?
No, I live on my own.
| 2019-04-26T12:36:01 |
https://girl-lish.com/own-goal/
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French president Emmanuel Macron thinks Europe should give African nations their art back, but other Europeans are less than enthused. Subscribe to The Daily Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Daily Show: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailyshow Watch full episodes of The Daily Show for free: http://www.cc.com/shows/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah/full-episodes Follow Comedy Central: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComedyCentral Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ComedyCentral Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comedycentral About The Daily Show: Trevor Noah and The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central.
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| 2019-04-22T22:24:46 |
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It has been described as both the best and the worst thing to happen to British higher education.
Though some still criticise the decision to allow the former polytechnics to become "new" universities 15 years ago, most now generally accept that it was the right move and that it has helped the sector respond to 21st-century challenges.
"You could say that the higher education agenda is now the former poly agenda - and I would say that is a very good thing," said Leslie Wagner, the former vice-chancellor of Leeds Metropolitan University who was, in 1992, director of the Polytechnic of North London.
"If you look at the main policy drivers of teaching and learning, access and skills, these are the former polytechnic agendas."
A major change focused on breaking down elitist barriers, widening university participation and focusing on higher vocational skills might sound like an idea from a leftwing think-tank. But it was a Conservative Government that ushered in the 1991 White Paper Higher Education: A New Framework that wrought such dramatic changes in the following year. How?
According to Peter Knight, recently retired vice-chancellor of the University of Central England, "When John Major got elected he put a note around the education department saying that he wanted a piece of legislation that would be both popular and cheap. Someone in the department suggested that you could always end the binary divide in higher education. Mr Major didn't go to university, so he had none of the snobbery values that might have put him off the idea."
The Act opened the way for 30 new universities to be created.
Some polytechnic directors were initially against taking a university title.
Professor Wagner said: "I felt we should capitalise on the polytechnic brand that we had built up over the previous 20 years. But when it became clear that a significant number of poly directors did not value the brand, there was no point in arguing for it."
Some former poly leaders, such as Michael Goldstein, who was director of Coventry Polytechnic at the time, felt that it should be business as usual despite the name change.
He recalled: "Our first marketing campaign as a university used a slogan like 'A change in name, but not in style. We are still the same inside'."
But most former polys used their new university status as a springboard to emulate the traditional universities by moving into research.
This was exactly what some had feared. Roger Brown, the recently retired vice chancellor of Southampton Solent University, who in 1992 was the chief executive of the Committee of Directors of Polytechnics, said: "It was not just heads of institutions, it was also their academic staff who were pushing for more money to be invested in research. Certain former polys immediately bought into the old university values - in some cases with disastrous results.
"This was symbolised in the way in which the old poly directors rushed to join the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals (now Universities UK). I think it would have been much better to have started with a completely new organisation to recognise that what we were doing was creating a new sector."
Nevertheless, even now that the newer universities are being discouraged from pursuing research by an ever greater concentration of funding, Professor Brown feels that the greater diversity that grew out of the creation of the universities was a success. It allowed them to "reach parts of the system that other institutions did not reach".
The pioneering nature of the new universities made them the perfect vehicle for rapid expansion. Student numbers in the former polys almost doubled in the five years between 1988 and 1993 and continued to rise rapidly thereafter. The downside was that this also dramatically drove student-to-staff ratios up and the unit of funding down.
Neil Williamson is a member of the University and College Union national executive who has witnessed rapid changes at De Montfort University, where he has been a lecturer since it dropped the title of Leicester Polytechnic. He said the impact on staff has inevitably been higher workloads and more work related stress.
"This has not been helped by the fact that the new universities have tended to adopt a more managerial approach to governance than the old universities, and there have been some glaring examples of bad practice."
But it is also this approach, some argue, that has allowed the new universities to respond rapidly to changes in government policy and the higher education market.
New universities are using their flexibility to embrace changes such as the emergence of a fee-based market for student recruitment, increasing selectivity in research funding and the Leitch agenda to increase the number of people gaining higher-level skills by several million by 2020.
According to lobby group Campaigning for Mainstream Universities, it is this skills drive in particular that places post-1992 universities at the heart of the sector.
Pam Tatlow, CMU chief executive, said: "Our member institutions have always been responsive to the market and the need for new skills."
But Malcolm McVicar, vice-chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire, fears that despite their resilience some new universities will struggle in the emerging market. "Although I don't foresee any institutions going bust, I think we are in for a time of significant turbulence," he said.
Pamela Taylor, principal of Newman College of Higher Education and chair of GuildHE, whose members include the latest institutions to gain university status in the past few years, predicts that new universities will form into new clusters of institutions with common characteristics, specialisms and missions.
Patricia Ambrose, former GuildHE chief executive, agrees that new gaps are likely to open between different types of institution.
"It will be more complex than a binary divide. We could see a range of different types of institutions that generate income in different ways," she said.
Ron Barnett, professor of higher education at the Institute of Education, put it more bluntly.
"The new universities are ducking and diving," he said. "Given that they cannot count on getting a huge amount of research money, they are fighting for anything they can get and pushing themselves in all kinds of directions."
Where this will lead could take another 15 years to become clear.
If there is one subject whose growth has been most closely tied to the expansion of new universities, it must be media studies.
Dogged for years with a reputation for being the mother of all Mickey Mouse subjects, the discipline has gained a respectable status of late, having disproved many of the arguments of its critics - most notably with much better-than-average graduate employment rates. It could be said that its evolution echoes the development of new universities themselves.
Data from the Higher Education Academy's subject centre for art, design and media show that from 1997 to 2006 the number of full-time media studies undergraduates rocketed by 344 per cent.
The analysis also shows that it is predominantly new universities, most notably Thames Valley University, Southampton Solent University and Bournemouth University, that are responsible for this growth, although there are now media studies students in most of the UK's higher education institutions.
Christine Geraghty, professor of film and TV studies at Glasgow University and chair of the Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association, said: "There were spaces in the former polys that made it possible for people who wanted to do new work to get on with it without having to have a huge infrastructure. It was a new subject, so the work could be done by individuals who had a passion for it and were based in quite small departments."
David Clews, manager of the subject centre, said: "There is no question that there was an element of getting bums on seats, since we were moving to a mass higher education system. To some extent, institutions took the path of least resistance by developing subjects that were cheapest and easiest to grow."
But he added: "Institutions were not just cynically filling courses. They were aware that in order to survive there had to be some quality in what they were delivering."
Oxford Brookes University stands as an example of how difficult it is to typecast new univer-sities.
It is one of a number of former polytechnics that have aimed, with considerable success, to occupy ground more usually associated with the traditional universities.
Both its former and current vice-chancellors have been clear that going after research ratings and grants is an appropriate ambition.
Former vice-chancellor Sir Clive Booth, who saw Oxford Brookes through the transition from a polytechnic, said: "I was never a believer in the idea that we had a hugely different mission from the universities or the idea that polys were vocational and universities were non-vocational.
"What you have now is a very fluid situation where in some old universities you have departments that do not have a spectacular research record, whereas in some new universities you have departments that have top-notch ratings."
In the 2001 research assessment exercise, Brookes' history department scored the top grade - five-star - beating its mighty neighbour Oxford University in this subject. League tables this year also place Brookes ahead of several "old" universities, on a number of criteria.
This success has been reflected in student numbers, which almost doubled from 10,000 in 1992 to 19,000 in 2006, and in a near-tripling of turnover to Pounds 124 million in the same period.
Vice-chancellor Graham Upton, who retired this week, said: "We are situated in a small city that has only one or two big employers. If we had gone for the same agenda as many inner-city new universities, taking in large numbers of second-chance part-time students and going after third-leg funding, we would have failed.
"Our success is down to having a clear vision that we have stuck to and not being blown off course by the vagaries of changing government policy."
| 2019-04-18T14:21:56 |
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/former-polytechnics-spread-their-wings/310328.article
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Many organizations are looking for that magic tool or methodology that will suddenly transform them into outstanding organizations. Unfortunately, there is no one right answer for all organizations or even for a single organization. Successful organizations skillfully integrate the appropriate improvement approaches with honesty, commitment, and constancy of purpose across all levels of management.
This book, part of The Little Big Book series, discusses the most common set of tools and methodologies used in managerial, strategic planning, project selection, and organizational improvement projects that are referred to throughout The Little Big Book series. It presents, in a concise no-nonsense format, the concepts and techniques that must be mastered by project managers and anyone tasked with managing an improvement project.
The tools covered in this book include affinity diagrams, brainstorming, cause-and-effect diagrams, the Kano model, organizational process improvement, Pareto analysis, project management, risk management, root cause analysis, storyboarding, value propositions, and workflow diagrams.
Because of the large number of tools and techniques covered, the book supplies concise operating guidance for each tool that is adequate to prepare readers to understand and use that tool. It also includes examples of how the tools are used.
The book provides a basic understanding of the tools you need to improve the processes you are currently using to manage your organization and, ultimately, to improve the quality, productivity, and agility of the products or services you are delivering to your customers.
The tools presented in this book are the essential tools that all organizations should be using. By understanding and using the tools covered in this book, you will possess a better overall understanding of the way your organization needs to function in today’s increasingly competitive environment.
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Charles (Chuck) Mignosa has more than 30 years of diversified experience in high technology, aerospace, telecommunications, food processing, and biomedical device industries.
He was with IBM for 25 years and holds patents in solid lubricants. He was the project manager in charge of implementing quality systems and is a certified course developer who developed many customized courses. Some examples include Total Quality Management, Continuous Flow Manufacturing, Customer Driven Quality, Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments, Team Building, Six Sigma, and Communication Skills. Mignosa also was involved with IBM’s Six Sigma projects that were designed after Motorola’s program.
Mignosa has delivered courses in Management Development, Team Building, Organizational Excellence, Conflict Resolution, the Stephen Covey 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and Principle Centered Leadership, along with many other topics.
After leaving IBM, he worked as an independent consultant, and has consulted for and done training with such companies as IBM, SanDisk, Owens Corning, Heinz USA, Siemens Automotive, General Mills, Connors Peripherals, HP, ADAC Labs, and many more. He has been an adjunct instructor with the University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana), Nova University (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), and the University of Nevada/Las Vegas.
Mignosa spent three years as the director of quality for Cholestech Corporation (San Diego) where he brought them into FDA compliance and registered to ISO 9001 and ISO 13485. He also spent two years as vice president of quality at P-COM, a telecommunications equipment development company in Campbell, CA, where he reduced out-of-box failures from 30 percent to less than 1 percent.
Mignosa presently is president and CEO of Business Systems Architects, LLC (Santa Clara, California). His teams specialize in the design and implementation of business and quality management systems, organizational excellence, continuous improvement Lean/Six Sigma, and strategic planning. His partners include H. James Harrington of the Harrington Institute and Jerry Mairani of the Institute of Performance Improvement. In addition to a BS in chemistry from San Jose State University, Mignosa has completed graduate work in statistics at Stanford, a masters in systems engineering at Systems Research Institute in New York, and management training with IBM. He is a senior member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), and is a certified Master Black Belt trainer.
H. James Harrington, PhD, is the CEO of Harrington Institute, Inc., in Los Gatos, California. In the book, Tech Trending, Dr. Harrington was referred to as "the quintessential tech trender." The New York Times referred to him as having a "… knack for synthesis and an open mind about packaging his knowledge and experience in new ways—characteristics that may matter more as prerequisites for new-economy success than technical wizardry. …" The author, Tom Peters, stated, "I fervently hope that Harrington’s readers will not only benefit from the thoroughness of his effort, but will also ‘smell’ the fundamental nature of the challenge for change that he mounts." President Bill Clinton appointed Dr. Harrington to serve as an Ambassador of Good Will. It has been said about him, "He writes the books that other consultants use."
The Harrington Institute was featured on a half-hour TV program, Heartbeat of America, which focused on outstanding small businesses that make America strong. The host, William Shatner, stated, "You (Dr. Harrington) manage an entrepreneurial company that moves America forward. You are obviously successful."
Dr. Harrington is recognized as one of the world leaders in applying performance improvement methodologies to business processes. He has an excellent record of coming into an organization as its CEO or COO, resulting in a major improvement in its financial and quality performance.
Dr. Harrington is a very prolific author, publishing hundreds of technical reports and magazine articles. He has authored 40 books and 10 software packages.
Dr. Harrington now serves as the CEO for the Harrington Institute with branches in many countries around the world. He also serves as the chairman of the board for a number of businesses.
In February 2002, Dr. Harrington retired as the COO of Systemcorp ALG, the leading supplier of knowledge management and project management software solutions in Toronto, Canada. Prior to this, he served as a principal and one of the leaders in the Process Innovation Group at Ernst & Young. Dr. Harrington was with IBM for over 40 years as a senior engineer and project manager.
He is past chairman and past president of the prestigious International Academy for Quality and the American Society for Quality Control. He is also an active member of the Global Knowledge Economics Council.
While he was chairman of ASQ, he was one of the leaders in getting the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award through the U.S. Congress and approved by the president. He also served as the first treasurer of the Malcolm Baldrige Consortium that set up and developed the award.
Dr. Harrington was elected to the honorary level of the International Academy for Quality, which is the highest level of recognition in the quality profession. He is a government-registered quality engineer, a certified quality and reliability engineer by the American Society for Quality Control, and a permanent certified professional manager by the Institute of Certified Professional Managers. He is also a certified Master Six Sigma Black Belt and earned the title of Six Sigma Grand Master. Dr. Harrington has an MBA and PhD in engineering management and a BS in electrical engineering.
He was appointed the honorary advisor to the China Quality Control Association, and he was elected to the Singapore Productivity Hall of Fame in 1990. He has been named lifetime honorary president of the Asia Pacific Quality Organization and honorary director of the Association Chilean de Control de Calidad. In 2006, Dr. Harrington accepted the honorary chairman position of Quality Technology Park of Iran. In 2008, Dr. Harrington was awarded the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award (UAE) in recognition of his "superior performance as an original Quality and Excellence Guru who helped shape modern quality thinking." In 2009, he was selected as the Professional of the Year (2009). Also in 2009, he received the Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University Medal. In 2010, the Asian Pacific Quality Organization (APQO) awarded Dr. Harrington the APQO President’s Award for his "exemplary leadership." The Australian Organization of Quality NSW’s Board recognized him as "the Global Leader in Performance Improvement Initiatives" in 2010. In 2011, he was honored to receive the Shanghai Magnolia Special Contributions Award from the Shanghai Association for Quality in recognition of his 25 years of contributing to the advancement of quality in China. In 2012, Dr. Harrington received the ASQ Ishikawa Medal, the Jack Grayson Award, A.C. Rosander Award, and the Armand V. Feigenbaum Lifetime Achievement Medal. In 2014, Dr. Harrington was appointed chair of TQM College Manchester (U.K.) Board.
Dr. Harrington has been elected a Fellow of the British Quality Control Organization and the American Society for Quality Control. In 2008, he was made an Honorary Fellow of the Iran Quality Association and of the Azerbaijan Quality Association. He also was elected an honorary member of the quality societies in Taiwan, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Singapore.
| 2019-04-21T02:55:50 |
https://www.crcpress.com/Techniques-and-Sample-Outputs-that-Drive-Business-Excellence/Harrington-Mignosa/p/book/9781466577268
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"I am NOT a VOLCANO!" (and other such stories.): Lilly-isms.
me: Do you know you're a good girl?
M: Do you know I love you?
M. Are you a princess?
L: No, I'm a pirate princess!!!
I went to hug her one night, and she smiled really big and said BOOOOBS!!!! and I was like "what?!" and she said "I like to hug 'em!"
Once, Brandon put Lilly to bed and later asked me if I had read her her chameleon book, about a chameleon who changes colors, and I said no, why. He said "Because she just told me she wants to be a different color."
Once, Brandon told Lilly she was so cute he could eat her up. She looked horrified and said "But then I'd be gone!!!"
We were talking about the Easter bunny and how he was going to bring her a basket of goodies and Lilly got this look on her face like she had just figured something out and said "He has a car!?"
Just before Lilly's 3rd birthday, she would tell people that she was "2 for now."
In may, we moved from Alabama to Utah, and we stopped to see some friends in Texas. We walked into a room to see Lilly and Brandon (the little boy who lives there, and who is Lilly's "boyfriend") laying in bed and watching a movie. I said "Are you guys friends?" and Lilly said "Yes, we're sleeping together."
When we drive to preschool, which takes 45 minutes, we would talk about everything, and sometimes the conversation would end up about Jesus. So, once I told Lilly that when Jesus came again in the Millennium, he would be our leader, and Lilly said "But when we're at preschool, Miss Wendi is the leader."
Likewise, once, on the way to preschool, Lilly asked me to sing a song I didn't know, and I said "I don't know everything Miss Wendi says." and Lilly said "She SAYS don't put your hands in your mouth, and don't play with your shoes because they're not toys!!"
L: Brandon, I love you.
B: I love you too, Lilly.
L: What do you want to be when you grow up?
L: Okay. I think that will make enough to support our family.
Once, Lilly tried to interrupt a conversation that Brandon (her dad) and i were having. We told her not to interrupt, and she got really upset and started crying and said "I-AM-NOT-A-VOLCANO!!!!"
One Sunday, Lilly was eating a sky blue sucker, and she looked at me and said "mom! I think that sky must taste like cotton candy!"
One morning, Brandon woke up cranky, and Lilly brought him a rock, and said "Daddy, this rock has Lilly magic in it, and it will help you not be cranky. And if you're still cranky, let me know and I'll find you a bigger rock."
Me: No one is perfect.
Lilly: Brandon and Jesus are perfect.
Me: Brandon's not perfect either, Lilly.
Lilly: Really? I was pretty sure he is.
Lilly: "Mom, Zarah has a mommy and a daddy tooth."
Translation: Lilly's friend, Zarah, from school, lost two teeth and now has adult teeth in their place.
Mom, are you going to put the laundry away sometimes this school year?
Any time Lilly sees something "old" or a scene from a past time in a movie: "Mom, is this 'back in the day'?"
(While reading a Book of Mormon comic book) Hey!!! They had Flip Flops back in the day?!!!"
Oh it is so great that you wrote you these down!!!
LOVE IT! this is why i blog - its a place to write down the adorableness before i forget what they said!!
Awe. Lilly sounds basically ADORABLE. Love it.
Hey girlie! I can't find an e-mail for you and haven't seen you around the community lately, so I was just checking in to see if you're doing o.k.
What a cutie!! I have a ninja princess at my house ;) I think they'd get along.
And she's the smart one. Maybe she should throw the rock at Grunt next time he's crabby. :) Just kidding! Don't give her that idea!
Love it! These will be forever great memories for you and her! Kids never cease to amaze me with what they say!!
| 2019-04-22T03:57:51 |
http://becauseidontscrapbook.blogspot.com/2010/07/lilly-isms.html
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| 2019-04-18T16:25:35 |
https://www.findtutorsnearme.com/city/mount-pocono/
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Per the rules of the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement, Paul George would have been eligible for a huge pay raise had he made an All-NBA team.
The NBA announced the First, Second and Third All-NBA teams on Thursday, unveiling this season's top 15 players, by position, as selected by a panel of NBA media members.
The 100 voters selected two guards, two forwards and one center for each team based on performance during the 2016-17 season.
A significant name not on the list? Indiana Pacers forward Paul George. Per the rules of the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement, George would have been eligible to receive the designated player exception super-max contract — a five-year extension with Indiana worth roughly $210 million (approximately $70 million more than any other team could offer) — had he been named to one of the three All-NBA teams. George, who has expressed interest in joining his hometown Los Angeles Lakers, can opt out of his contract with the Pacers after next season.
Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward, who can opt out of his contract and test the free-agency waters this summer, also missed out on super-max eligibility.
LeBron James matched an NBA record with the 11th First Team selection of his career, joining Kobe Bryant and Karl Malone.
Note: Players were awarded five points for First Team votes, three for Second Team and one for Third Team.
The rest of the NBA's regular season awards — including MVP and Coach of the Year — will be announced during the inaugural NBA Awards show, which will air live from New York's Basketball City on June 26 on TNT.
| 2019-04-19T13:19:02 |
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2017/05/18/all-nba-teams-unveiled-paul-george-lebron-james/101825262/
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The physician holds a urine glass (his own?) up against the candle. Death sneaks up from behind, places his left hand on the physician's shoulder and grabs the glass with his right hand.
This look very much like the dance of death in Bern (picture to the left). In Bern Death sneaks up from behind and strikes the physician's glass with a bone - breaking it and spilling the contents. The doctor clutches his crotch - as if he was ready to supply a new specimen.
In Holbein's picture Death doesn't break the glass, but instead seems to be handing it to the physician. In Holbein's great dance of death (picture below to the right), Death brings an old man to the physician and hands him a urine glass as a challenge.
Holbein's dance of death, the physician.
Hidden in the right part of the picture — half-hidden by the letter — is a devil with chickens' feet and one more urine glass. Evidently it is in the process of filling another glass. In the very high resolution detail image to the left one can see how the devil is turning away and letting its "finny" arm rest on its lower back. In contrast the animation reveals this devil as a rooster with a cockscomb, so maybe the demon is a shapeshifter?
The accompanying text for this letter goes: »Der gelert stirbt zu glycher wyß wie der ungelert / vnd dorumb hat mich verdrossen mines lebens / do ich sach das all ding under der sonnen böss woren«.
This is from Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth) 2,16-17 which in Luther's version sounds: »[...] Wie stirbt doch der Weise samt dem Toren! Darum verdroß es mich zu leben, denn es war mir zuwider, was unter der Sonne geschieht [...]«. In English: »For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit«.
| 2019-04-23T13:02:34 |
http://www.dodedans.com/Eholbeinm.htm
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Does Intellij Support Spring Applications to run with Tomcat inside it for debug?
I have a spring API application which is required to run on IntelliJ paid edition. I have tried almost everything but failed to run. Google search displays spring boot instructions but I see nothing regarding the spring. Obviously, spring and spring boot are not the same. Interestingly I can run my project in NetBeans with tomcat without any hassle. So, the question arrives, why I can not run my application in IntelliJ with tomcat?
File | Project Structure Select Artifacts in left side under Project Settings Click "+" Select "jar" Choose "From modules with dependencies" Select the class with your executable main method.
Building out a rest api that is being used to communicate to a database and return data to another end. I'm using Intellij and everything works fine when I run through the IDE, but the produced jar is unable run, giving exceptions related to being unable to create a datasource. My hunch is that it is having some problem reading the correct properties file, and that is causing it, but I'm having trouble narrowing down the problem.
I've been digging through stack overflow trying pretty much any suggestion I can find. Double checking properties configs, trying to use external properties etc.
Any suggestions at all are appreciated. I'm pretty sure something about how I'm generating the jar seems to be wrong. I'm guessing something with how Intellij is building could be messing up. I already had to make some changes to accommodate Intellij not packing manifest correctly.
I see that you can turn this feature off, but I'd rather keep it.
I'm trying to perform a Cucumber test that can click on the ng-select component (dropdown menu) and, after that, clicks on one of the options of the menu.
I've tried to use "element (by.partialLinkText('Solid Community')).click()", where "Solid Community" is the text that must be clicked. I also tried with "by.LinkedText" but it didn't work. I can not use "by.id" or similar because the options of the menu don't have an id (the whole dropdown menu has one).
style="margin-top:10px; padding: 12px 10px; width: 340px; height: 16px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"
If you selected the Build and launch checkbox, choose the target platform, Android or iOS. Depending on your choice, WebStorm will run the bundler with react-native run-ios or with react-native run-android.
Optionally, type the arguments to be passed to React Native, for example, specify the simulator type through the ‑‑simulator flag: ‑‑simulator="iPhone 4s".
react-native-cli run-ios "‑‑simulator=iPhone Xs Max"
The id 0299DF16-DD84-40FB-8B37-55FC7EFCE271 is id of iPhone X.
| 2019-04-22T16:08:12 |
http://quabr.com/49871010/disable-the-ability-to-automatically-add-characters-intellij-ide
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For appropriate values of "everyone", everyone knows that Unix files do not record any sort of "creation time". A fairly frequently asked question in Unix programming forums, and other related forums, such as Perl programming forums, is how to get the creation date of a file; the answer is that you cannot do that because it is not there.
This lack is exacerbated by several unfortunate facts: creation times are available on Windows systems; the Unix inode contains three timestamps, one of which is called the "ctime", and the "c" is suggestive of the wrong thing; Perl's built-in stat function overloads the return value to return the Windows creation time in the same position (on Windows) as it returns the ctime (on Unix).
How does one check and change ctime?
We are looking to change the creation time. From what I understand, ctime is the closest thing to creation time.
There is something about this reply that irritates me, but I'm not quite sure what it is. Several responses come to mind: "Close" is not sufficient in system programming; the ctime is not "close" to a creation time, in any sense; before you go trying to change the thing, you ought to do a minimal amount of research to find out what it is. It is a perfect example of the Wrong Question, on the same order as that poor slob all those years ago who wanted to know how to tell if a file was a hard link or a soft link.
But anyway, that got me thinking about ctimes in general, and I did some research into the history and semantics of the thing, and made some rather surprising discoveries.
SYNOPSIS sys stat; name; buf / stat = 18.
When did the ctime change from being called a "creation time" to a "change time"? Did the semantics change too, or was the "creation time" description a misnomer? If I can't find out, I might write to Ritchie to ask. But this is, of course, a last resort.
In the meantime, I do have the source code for the fifth edition kernel, but it appears that, around that time (1975 or so), there was no creation time. At least, I can't find one.
The i_lastr field is what we would now call the atime. (I suppose it stands for "last read".) The mtime and ctime are not there, because they are not stored in the in-memory copy of the inode. They are fetched directly from the disk when needed.
ub is the user buffer into which the stat data will be deposited. ip is the inode structure from which most of this data will be copied. The suword utility copies a two-byte unsigned integer ("short unsigned word") from source to destination. This is done starting at the i_dev field (line 9), which effectively skips the two earlier fields, i_flag and i_count, which are internal kernel matters that are none of the user's business.
14 words are copied from the inode structure starting from this position, including the device and i-number fields, the mode, the link count, and so on, up through the addresses of the data or indirect blocks. (In modern Unixes, the stat call omits these addresses.) Then four words are copied out of the cp buffer, which has been read from the inode actually on the disk; these eight bytes are at position 24 in the inode, and ought to contain the mtime and the ctime. The question is, which is which? This simple question turns out to have a surprisingly complicated answer.
What is going on here? p is the in-memory copy of the inode we want to update. It is immediately copied into a register, and called by the alias rp thereafter. tm is the time that the kernel should write into the mtime field of the inode. Usually this is the current time, but the smdate system call ("set modified date") supplies it from the user instead.
Lines 16–17 copy the mode, link count, uid, gid, "size", and "addr" fields from the in-memory copy of the inode into the block buffer that will be written back to the disk. Lines 18–22 update the atime if the IACC flag is set, or skip it if not. Then, if the IUPD flag is set, lines 24–25 write the tm value into the next slot in the buffer, where the mtime is stored. The bwrite call on line 27 commits the data to the disk; this results in a call into the appropriate device driver code.
There is no sign of updating the ctime field, but recall that we started this search by looking at what the chmod call does; it sets IUPD, which eventually results in the updating of the mtime field. So the mtime field is not really an mtime field as we now know it; it is doing the job that is now done by the ctime field. And in fact, the dump command predicates its decision about whether to dump a file on the contents of the mtime field. Which is really the ctime field. So functionally, dump is doing the same thing it does now.
It's possible that I missed it, but I cannot find the advertised creation time anywhere. The logical place to look is in the maknode function, which allocates new inodes. The maknode function calls ialloc to get an unused inode from the device, and this initializes its mode (as specified by the user), its link count (to 1), and its uid and gid (to the current process's uid and gid). It does not set a creation time. The ialloc function is fairly complicated, but as far as I can tell it is not setting any creation time either.
The atime field has erroneously been called ctime here, but it seems that since prof does not use the atime, nobody noticed the bug. And there's a mystery fill field at the end, as if prof is expecting one more field, but doesn't know what it will be for. The declaration of ibuf in the ln command has similar oddities.
So the creation time advertised by the CACM paper (1974) and the version 1 manual (1971) seems to have disappeared by the time of version 5 (1975), if indeed it ever existed.
But there was some schizophrenia in the version 5 system about whether there was a third date in addition to the atime and the mtime. The stat call copied it into the stat buffer, and some commands assumed that it would be there, although they weren't sure what it would be for, and none of them seem look at it. It's quite possible that there was at one time a creation date, which had been eliminated by the time of the fifth edition, leaving behind the vestigial remains we saw in commands like ln and prof and in the code of the stat1 function.
Functionally, the version 5 mtime is actually what we would now call the ctime: it is updated by operations like chmod that in modern Unix will update the ctime but not the mtime. A quick scan of the Lions Book suggests that it was the same way in version 6 as well. I imagine that the ctime-mtime distinction arose in version 7, because that was the last version before the BSD/AT&T fork, and nearly everything common to those two great branches of the Unix tree was in version 7.
Oh, what the hell; I have the version 7 source code; I may as well look at it. Yes, by this time the /usr/include/sys/stat.h file had been invented, and does indeed include all three times in the struct stat. So the mtime (as we now know it) appears to have been introduced in v7.
One sometimes hears that early Unix had atime and mtime, and that ctime was introduced later. But actually, it appears that early Unix had atime and ctime, and it was the mtime that was introduced later. The confusion arises because in those days the ctime was called "mtime".
Addendum: It occurs to me now that the version 5 mtime is not precisely like the modern ctime, because it can be set via the smdate call, which is analogous to the modern utime call. The modern ctime cannot be set at all.
| 2019-04-19T22:54:53 |
https://blog.plover.com/2007/01/27/
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When the Getty Center opened in 1997, it featured a dedicated room to provide digital access to the collection. Along with other museums, there was a perceived need to provide comprehensive access to the collection via a touchscreen kiosk, which it did in this room and in other locations around the galleries. At the time it was something that folks couldn’t do at home, now they can. Ergo, the Getty Guide Room is no more.
So the question became, what to do with the room? The most popular visitor request we get at our institution is about our founder, Mr. G, so the plan was to create a permanent exhibition about him. The museum field does not have a good track record of listening to what its visitors want. Let me rephrase that. The museum field has a great track record of listening to what its visitors want, but cherry-picks the information according to what it was already going to do. So now the former Getty Guide Room, is a lucrative children’s store.
In the mid 2000’s the Getty launched a handheld device that connected to this kiosk system, it was a system that was way ahead of its time. Before coming to the museum, a visitor could go online and build a tour of works of art they wanted to see, arrive at the museum, pick up a handheld, sign in, and the device would take them on the tour they created. In the galleries, they could add works to their tour and then dock the handheld with a kiosk, upload the augmented tour, and send it to themselves to review after their visit.
But wait, there’s more. The entire museum was enveloped in a wireless bubble and all content was streamed to the handheld, there was a location-sensing system in place that knew where you were. When you entered a gallery, the handheld would download the works of art in that gallery, in a clockwise sequence. It was an awesome system. When it worked.
If I tell you that this system was one of the presentations at the 2012 Museums and the Web Plenary session titled Epic Fail, you’ll understand how things went. But there was an upside. We were able to use the devices for various exhibition apps and under the strategy of “content outlives devices”, a good job had been done with organising the data, which was reused and can be seen roaming free on our website and iPods Touch Tours today. At some point the devices were sold to staff for $5 a pop.
Notice how thin the straps are now – a good thing. We used to charge for these devices, even the current iPod Touches that we now provide. Then for one exhibition we made them free, as you might expect we saw a dramatic increase in uptake. During this time, we surveyed visitors asking what they would pay for the devices, most visitors said it was worth $5. So after the exhibition we set the price at $5. Rentals tanked, indicating a significant difference between “worth” and “pay for”. Clearly visitors lied, justification in itself not to listen to them from now on, so we made them free again. Uptake soared once again.
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) seems to be here, at least its on the 0-1 year horizon for the 2013 Horizon Report, so that’s now. But I’m not sure I know exactly what that looks like. I’m a fan though, anything that gets us out of the hardware support business for our devices is very attractive. Clearly visitors have been BYOD’ing for years, so as an institution, when can you legitimately claim that you are a BYOD-designated museum?
Recent threads on the MCN listserv would indicate there is a growing movement to either install or improve wifi in museums, so if you provide free wifi, are you BYOD-designated?
If you’ve created a freely-available mobile app guide to your institution on iOS and Android, are you BYOD-designated?
If your Visitor Services and Security staff are trained to troubleshoot network access problems or download issues, are you BYOD-designated?
I think the defining BYOD designation is about sore-arse prevention. Anyone who has sat crossed-legged on an airport walkway floor, will know what I’m talking about. Why are the only remaining power outlets the ones farthest from any form of seating? Are they specifically situated there so that you are required to sit in full view of the traveling public? What is the police call sign for electrical-theft-in-progress?
Battery life is a challenge for mobile devices particularly in a high-demand, museum guide situation – or is that an oxymoron? One of the benefits of contracting with a handheld guide provider is that they’ll swap out the batteries when they fail. In fact, their batteries are often much better than those in your iPod, and swapping a battery in an Apple device is rarely an option, you need a new one. How many of us bought 500 AppleCare protection plans?
So, to be fully BYOD-designated I think you have to have all the above and provide comfortable charging stations. An espresso bar would be good too. And maybe one of those massage chairs.
| 2019-04-24T08:26:14 |
https://recoveringtechnologist.com/2013/12/17/bring-your-own-battery/
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In an unfortunate event that occurred a few minutes back at the Dubai Open 2017, Surat-based Indian player Jeel Shah, rated 1764, was suspended from the tournament for cheating during the game. Find out what happened.
In an unfortunate event that occurred a few minutes back at the Dubai Open 2017, Surat-based Indian player Jeel Shah, rated 1764, was suspended from the tournament for cheating during the game.
The incident came to light when Jeel was playing another Indian player Dushyant Sharma of Punjab, rated 2013, at the 2017 Dubai Open. Both the players had scored 0/2 in the first two rounds. In the third round, just out of the opening, the arbiter noticed suspicious behavior by Jeel which led him to investigate the matter further.
Jeel Shah's opponent for the game, 14-year-old Indian talent Dushyant Sharma, spoke to ChessBase India and explained what transpired: "Nine moves into the game, we had used up about 25 minutes on the clock, the arbiter arrived at our table and asked Mr. Jeel Shah if he is carrying any mobile phone. Mr. Jeel said he did not have any phone with him. After two minutes, the arbiter came again and asked him to stand up so the officials can check his arm. Jeel Shah refused to comply. Jeel further said,"I am getting disturbed and I will meet you after the game." The arbiters were not convinced and asked him to come with them for a body checkup. They were gone for a while and after some minutes, the arbiter returned to my table to tell me that I had won the game."
When asked by the arbiter to allow the officials to do a complete checkup, Jeel refused which resulted in a thorough check up anyway where he was found to be cheating.
He was immediately suspended from the game and the tournament.
Remarkably, this is not the first time the players/arbiters have been suspicious about Jeel Shah. A couple of years back, in a University level tournament in India, Jeel had caught the eye of the officials for his suspicious behavior, however, nothing concrete was found at the time.
In another case, he was under scrutiny in a tournament in New Delhi, but again, nothing incriminating was found.
Update: At the 2nd Mastermind Open in Chennai in December 2016, Jeel withdrew after five rounds because the arbiters got suspicious. The Dy. arbiter of the event Mr. Palaniappan Kasi says,"I could clearly see that his activities were not normal, so I monitored him. With some of the organizers and well wishers, we watched him continuously, but we couldn't find anything, and due to our vigil, he couldn't do anything. So he withdrew."
One has to note that in the tournament held before the one mentioned above, Jeel Shah had increased 90 Elo points in a tournament in Hyderabad.
Click here for new Report with complete details!
| 2019-04-20T08:15:18 |
https://chessbase.in/news/jeelshah-cheating
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Freedom is not worth having if it does not include freedom to make mistakes.
We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganised.? I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising: and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress, while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralisation.
| 2019-04-18T16:38:10 |
https://elizadashwood.co.uk/category/politics/
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Puppy house breaking should start just as soon as you bring your German Shepherd puppy home - and it is the best way to teach your GSD puppy to go outside when it has to relieve itself. This is a very important first form of dog training.
How long does it take - puppy house training, I mean? The easiest answer is: as long as puppy house breaking takes.
I had one German Shepherd puppy that house trained herself pretty much in just over 3 days, and I have had others that took closer to 2 weeks.
German Shepherd puppies are different and not all can be house trained in the same amount of time. Time of GSD puppy house training can easily vary from puppy to puppy.
Additionally, keep in mind that even though this article deals primarily with German Shepherd puppies (due to the focus of this web site) that many of these house training techniques can also be used with most other puppy breeds.
When you get your GSD puppy home the first day, start puppy house breaking him immediately. After he has been briefly introduced to his home and new surroundings, give him a drink of water and immediately take him outside to relieve himself. Take the GSD puppy to the area you chose before bringing him home.
Remember, choice of this house breaking spot is crucial as it enhances the house training - so take careful consideration of where "the house breaking spot" is before bringing your German Shepherd puppy home.
There is a direct correlation between the time you actually put into the puppy housebreaking process and the speed in which the housebreaking of the German Shepherd Dog puppy successfully occurs.
This is a very crucial puppy house breaking step so be patient and wait until the German Shepherd puppy relieves himself. It may take a while especially with all the new things happening to your GSD puppy, all the new smells, unfamiliar objects, etc.
Do not play with the GSD puppy however until after it has "done it's business". If you do it may make the puppy forget about going at all. Since house breaking is all new to the German Shepherd puppy it doesn't know what it's purpose of being in "the house breaking spot" is in the first place.
As soon as your GSD puppy finishes, praise it excitedly and immediately take him inside. From that point on, take the German Shepherd puppy to the same house breaking spot each time and encourage him with a command such as "go potty", "hurry up" or whatever you choose.
so that the German Shepherd puppy will learn to associate this act with the command. This will be a huge help in the future, especially when in a new environment or location when traveling, visiting relatives/friends, etc. Being completely house broken and completely reliable is the final outcome you are looking for.
You must watch them like a hawk at all times - in the beginning of house breaking especially. If you can not keep an eye on your German Shepherd puppy for some reason please put them in a safe and secure puppy proofed spot (such as a crate or some other small room with easy to clean floors, such as linoleum, closed off with a baby gate so you can peek in as needed).
If you are consistent in your puppy house breaking in the very beginning, ESPECIALLY when it is inconvenient to you (late at night, while you are watching your favorite TV show, etc.), you will actually help the German Shepherd puppy house break itself to alert you when it "has to go".
and again before he goes to bed for the night.
Another good house breaking tip is to take up the German Shepherd puppies water early in the evening and to not feed or water it after say, 6:00 at night.
Otherwise you may have to make more house breaking potty trips than usual outside to let the puppy relieve itself.
Keep the GSD puppy on a strict house breaking schedule, both feeding and elimination, and you will have German Shepherd puppy house breaking success much sooner.
Know in advance that a very young GSD puppy will probably not be able to go through the night without relieving itself so get used to taking it out during the middle of the night until it grows enough to sleep through the night.
You wouldn't expect a young human baby to be toilet trained in a week, would you? Give the same consideration to your new German Shepherd puppy. He will not be able to be considered reliable as far as house breaking goes either after only a few days. Remember, the GSD puppy is a baby too with a small bladder and weak sphincter muscles.
Like human babies, your German Shepherd puppy will be able to go longer between house breaking breaks as it grows older and will soon become completely house broken if your are vigilant in the house breaking process.
If you find your German Shepherd puppy has made a mistake in the house and you did not catch it in the act, simply clean the spot without comment.
Clean up all residue and clean the area with a bacteria/enzyme digester. These house training aids are available at your pet supply or grocery store. This will get rid of both the stain and the smell. And the smell is the most important part to get rid of.
Even if you can't smell the urine, believe me, your GSD puppy can and he will be encouraged to go back to the same spot again unless you remove ALL urine odors. This is absolutely critical in house breaking your puppy.
If you find the German Shepherd puppy "in the act", scoop him up as quickly as possible with his tail between his legs (to help prevent spillage) and take him out asap. Say "out" or "quick" as you take him out but never NO. Since No is used for negative things you do not want your puppy to think that eliminating is wrong, no matter where he does it.
If the German Shepherd puppy thinks that eliminating is bad he will probably start hiding it from you and you do not want that to happen. That is a whole other behavioral issue to contend with and believe me it's much better and easier to prevent behavioral problems before they happen than having to deal with them later.
Generally speaking, German Shepherd puppies are naturally clean dogs - assuming they had the right start clear from the beginning. GSD puppies raised in small runs or cages develop dirty habits right from the beginning making house breaking harder.
Since they are used to playing and sleeping in their own excrement they will not have any problem with continuing to do so. This is not the German Shepherd puppy's fault, it's just what they were accustomed to from an early age.
Keep in mind, house breaking puppies raised in these type of situations can be much harder and more time consuming than usual but house training can still can be accomplished.
Overall, puppy house breaking problems are often more of a human problem than a German Shepherd puppy problem.
If the new owner is steadfast in keeping a watch on the German Shepherd puppy in the beginning of ownership, especially during the first 2 weeks of house training, then puppy house breaking can be accomplished and the GSD puppy will become a reliable member of the family (as far as bathroom visits are concerned) and will soon be completely house broken.
Remember, as the new owner you must be patient with the entire house breaking process. Each German Shepherd puppy will house train at his own speed and with your help.
Take him out religiously as outlined above, and keep him on a strict feeding/bathroom house breaking schedule (as well as anytime the GSD puppy acts as though he has to "go out"). It is very important that you learn to read your German Shepherd puppies potty signals during the house breaking process: sniffing out "a spot", circling, whining, going to the door, etc.
Finally, think about how you would like to be house trained if you were in the GSD puppies place. The German Shepherd puppy won't enjoy being yelled at, jerked around or frightened any better than you would.
A kinder, gentler and more patient puppy house breaking approach will yield much better results, help your bond with your GSD puppy and develop a more confident house broken German Shepherd Dog in the long run.
And isn't that what we all want as German Shepherd Dog owners in the first place?
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| 2019-04-26T04:34:09 |
https://www.total-german-shepherd.com/PuppyHousebreaking.html
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If you tell people that you are visiting Wirral or Birkenhead they will most likely wonder if you are going to drop by the land of Oz on the way. The Genting Casino in Wirral is not in some long lost land which you have never heard of - it is just across the river from Liverpool.
It can be found within walking distance of the Birkenhead Central Train Station, which is your best bet of getting there if you are not going by car. The building itself is made from brick and with a huge Genting sign above the entrance it is very hard to miss it if you have never been before.
The opening hours can be a bit confusing but I will try and decode them in the best way possible. The venue itself opens its doors at 12 noon and keeps them open until 6am. However, during the first two hours after noon, until 2pm, you can only play electronic games. After 2pm all the standard casino table games will be available to play as well.
Casinos in the Liverpool area are constantly fighting for dominance and this means that there is usually quite a good selection of games available at the casinos. The Genting Casino in Wirral offers some of the most popular games currently on the gambling scene. Their four American Roulette tables are almost constantly packed with aspiring gamblers and the stakes go up to £100. When you have spent enough time spinning the roulette tables you can head over to the three Blackjack tables or visit the single Three Card Poker table.
Since the casino has two hours a day where it only allows electronic gambling it is a big part of the casino. There are currently 16 Electronic Roulette machines spread out across the gambling floor and if you are looking to play slots then you are really in luck. The venue offers two types of slot machines, the Dominator and the Super V+ Gaminator. Each individual machine has five different slot games on offer - giving gamblers a multitude of options when heading over for a few spins on the reels.
Poker lovers will also be happy to know that there is a dedicated Poker area where you can go up against some of the best Poker players to the west of Liverpool.
The Fahrenheit restaurant at the Genting Casino in Wirral is a new and exciting venue where you can eat some great meals. The Fahrenheit brand is known all over the UK as it is dedicated to Genting Casinos and it is quite popular amongst gamblers. The Fahrenheit menu is famous for offering a mixture of contemporary dishes with culinary inspirations from around the world. At this casino you can enjoy a two-course meal for just £9.95 and three courses will set you back as little as £11.95. This offer is available from Wednesday to Sunday every week. The restaurant starts serving dinner from 7pm and it closes for business at 2am.
If you are after a drink or two then you should head over to the Late Bar at the Genting Casino.
This bar is open throughout the day and closes at 4am. The bar itself offers a great selection of wines, spirits, beers and champagne. It is a great place to start out your night of gambling or finish a great night out. Many gamblers use it as a break from the bustling gambling floor or to get some refreshments. The Graze & Play menu offered at the Late Bar is an excellent choice if you feel too stressed to visit the restaurant or if you are not that hungry.
The bar also offers a 106 inch big screen where you can watch some of the most popular sporting events from all over the world.
Gamblers looking to find out what is going on at the Genting Casino in Wirral will do so easiest by heading over to their website. Clicking the "What's On" link will show you all the latest events and promotions going on at the casino.
In terms of promotions currently on offer the most popular is probably the Double Genting Reward Points. Every Tuesday to Saturday, between 7.30pm and 9.30pm, you will get double Reward Points on the DRS Jackpot slots. You can also get a slots club booklet at the reception where you can get up to £25 in rewards every month. Unfortunately they are not much more open than this with ongoing promotions and your best bet to get extensive information about the promotions is to ask at the casino.
Poker players are a bit out of luck if they are looking for a clear Poker schedule.
At the time of this review there were no upcoming tournaments on the Genting website but it is worth checking back from time to time for an update. They also provide a phone number to the venue where you can call and ask about upcoming events and promotions - including tournaments.
The Genting Casino in Wirral might not have the most exclusive location or be in one of the biggest cities in the UK. But it offers a great gambling floor with a bunch of games that will keep the people in Birkenhead happy throughout the day and night.
Food and drinks can be enjoyed at the Fahrenheit restaurant or at the Late Bar, depending on what you prefer. Getting to and from the casino can be done via public transport or car - and it is a hard place to miss. No matter what type of night you are after - you will have an excellent time at the Genting Casino in Wirral.
| 2019-04-19T02:23:48 |
http://www.guidetoukcasinos.com/liverpool/genting-casino-wirral.php
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Draw angles in standard position.
Convert between degrees and radians.
Find the length of a circular arc.
Use linear and angular speed to describe motion on a circular path.
A golfer swings to hit a ball over a sand trap and onto the green. An airline pilot maneuvers a plane toward a narrow runway. A dress designer creates the latest fashion. What do they all have in common? They all work with angles, and so do all of us at one time or another. Sometimes we need to measure angles exactly with instruments. Other times we estimate them or judge them by eye. Either way, the proper angle can make the difference between success and failure in many undertakings. In this section, we will examine properties of angles.
Properly defining an angle first requires that we define a ray. A ray is a directed line segment. It consists of one point on a line and all points extending in one direction from that point. The first point is called the endpoint of the ray. We can refer to a specific ray by stating its endpoint and any other point on it. The ray in [link] can be named as ray EF, or in symbol form E F ⟶ .
An angle is the union of two rays having a common endpoint. The endpoint is called the vertex of the angle, and the two rays are the sides of the angle. The angle in [link] is formed from E D ⟶ and E F ⟶ . Angles can be named using a point on each ray and the vertex, such as angle DEF , or in symbol form ∠ D E F .
Greek letters are often used as variables for the measure of an angle. [link] is a list of Greek letters commonly used to represent angles, and a sample angle is shown in [link] .
Angle creation is a dynamic process. We start with two rays lying on top of one another. We leave one fixed in place, and rotate the other. The fixed ray is the initial side , and the rotated ray is the terminal side . In order to identify the different sides, we indicate the rotation with a small arrow close to the vertex as in [link] .
As we discussed at the beginning of the section, there are many applications for angles, but in order to use them correctly, we must be able to measure them. The measure of an angle is the amount of rotation from the initial side to the terminal side. Probably the most familiar unit of angle measurement is the degree. One degree is 1 360 of a circular rotation, so a complete circular rotation contains 360 degrees. An angle measured in degrees should always include the unit “degrees” after the number, or include the degree symbol ° . For example, 90 degrees = 90° .
To formalize our work, we will begin by drawing angles on an x - y coordinate plane. Angles can occur in any position on the coordinate plane, but for the purpose of comparison, the convention is to illustrate them in the same position whenever possible. An angle is in standard position if its vertex is located at the origin, and its initial side extends along the positive x -axis. See [link] .
If the angle is measured in a counterclockwise direction from the initial side to the terminal side, the angle is said to be a positive angle . If the angle is measured in a clockwise direction, the angle is said to be a negative angle .
| 2019-04-24T18:34:13 |
https://www.jobilize.com/trigonometry/course/7-1-angles-the-unit-circle-sine-and-cosine-functions-by-openstax
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Do you have a Survivor personality? I'm referring to the long-running CBS TV reality program that airs on Thursday nights. I confess one of my guilty pleasures has been watching the show since it first premiered in the summer of 2000. To this day, I think the very first season is still the best one. Watching the show always makes me wonder if I could possibly withstand the rigors of such a difficult challenge. Would I be the first to go? Would my tribe cut me some slack? Would my winning personality help me form successful alliances? What kind of character traits would I need to outwit, outplay and outlast in order to win the Survivor grand prize of one million dollars?
Fans of the show know that it's an endurance test involving physical and mental adroitness. In many respects, the contestants' social skills and their ability to bond well with others often proves to be a major factor in how long they last on the island before tribal council votes them out. A tricky tightrope balance wherein players can combine personal likeability with deceit and manipulation and exert confidence without the cockiness, often advances them farther along in the game. In the hot, steamy jungle, it seems that clever strategics, persuasive ability and congeniality often win out over brute strength. Not unlike life as most of us know it in the day to day struggle of living in the real world.
On the other hand, the brain over brawn theory does not always apply to a particular age segment of Survivor females. If you're a "mature" woman player, you'll most likely be the first to go. Typically it's because the older women are not as strong as the younger gals. They are the weakest link and in the beginning of each game, they get dumped faster than you can say: "Snuff your torch, grandma". Personally, I'd love to see an entire Survivor season where all the players are baby boomers. Think Woodstock without the music.
While cunning, diplomacy and friendliness are of vital importance to winning the million dollar prize, physical stamina certainly is an essential element on Survivor. For 39 bug-infested days, contestants must survive in a hot, primitive, tropical island environment with little water, meager food supplies, no electricity and no running water. They sleep under a flimsy palm frond shelter which they've constructed themselves and are nearly eaten alive by droves of nasty, biting insects that leave welts the size of a coconut. As if that weren't enough, players traipse around in skimpy, filthy, stinking, threadbare clothes. They are soaked by pelting rain, bake in the broiling sun and are forced to eat slimey, foul, revolting, live bugs as part of the show's weekly challenges. The bug eating would end it for me. I can't stomach eating cooked spinach much less live, squirming worms. On a positive note, an interesting side effect of being on Survivor is that nearly all the players lose copious amounts of weight. OK, sign me up. That in itself would be reason enough for me to want to join the yammering gang of Survivor outcasts.
Truth be told, I've always dreamed of living on a real deserted tropical island...a female Robinson Crusoe. But as far as enduring on the Survivor TV show? From the moment they throw the contestants over the side of a ship and make them swim toward the island...I'd manage 5 strokes and then yell for a life ring, dry clothes and a martini. If by some miracle, I actually swam all the way to land without being devoured by a shark, I'd inevitably go beserk from the hoards of bugs. The heat and humidy would drive me over the edge. I'd be the first to fall off that damn skinny pole they rig up in the ocean. As for getting along with the sniveling, rag-tag band of jungle misfits....they'd cut me loose before I could stab any one of them in the back.
| 2019-04-21T06:06:15 |
http://www.boomerpie.com/2009/10/would-you-survive-on-survivor.html
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He _______ [have] blond hair when he was born.
I _______ [see] a great movie last night.
He _______ [start] playing basketball when he was 16.
She _______ [pass] her exams last week.
I _______ [get] home late last night.
What time did you _______ [get] up this morning?
I _______ [see] him last Tuesday.
We often _______ [go] to the zoo when we were little.
He _______ [study] French when he was at school.
I _______ [have] an accident when I was 12 years old.
She _______ [find] a dollar bill when she was walking down the street.
I was sleeping when my alarm clock _______ [wake] me up.
I _______ [see] you at the park while you were playing soccer yesterday.
I _______ [find] an interesting article while I was surfing the Internet.
My pencil _______ [break] while I was taking my exam.
When did you _______ [buy] this car?
Did she _______ [go] to work on Saturday?
She didn't _______ [go] to work on Saturday.
that I had a new computer?
What time did you _______ [go] to bed last night?
Yesterday I _______ [go] to sleep between 8PM and 9PM because I was really tired.
My grandfather _______ [die] last year.
Yesterday I _______ [go] to the cinema, _______ [buy] popcorn and _______ [watch] a movie.
I _______ [sleep] well last night.
I _______ [live] in New York for 10 years.
He didn't _______ [learn] any English when he was in England two years ago.
What did you _______ [eat] for dinner last night?
I _______ [wake] up at 7:00 this morning.
We _______ [get] home very late last night.
I was in a hurry, so I _______ [have] time to phone you.
| 2019-04-25T01:50:06 |
https://www.memrise.com/course/134203/learn-english-grammar/250/
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Where was the magical place that Gene called Paradise on the Wabash? In a 1903 article, Gene gave clues to where it was located. She mentions Stanley's end, Shimp's farm, a favorite picnic, fishing and swimming sot along the river. It was also a place she could easily reach by carriage as she wrote that "almost every day there was some wonder for her" at this place.
Gene spent summers in the field working on bird studies. Paradise on the Wabash was where she photographed many birds and their nests. Gene gave Bob Black credit for finding over forty bird nests for her to photograph. Bob, like Gene, had a way with birds. Gene wrote that "the birds trusted him."
In helping her with her studies, Gene wrote that oil men were the best "whether it was a millionaire lease holder or a ditcher in a trench." Bob Black was an oil man as was J. W. Paxson. Gene wrote that Bob was her best field worker and that Paxson was her best Limberlost guide. Gene would be lifelong friends with Bob.
At Paradise on the Wabash, with bob's help, Gene was able to photograph many birds and their nests. Gene penned that there was a scarlet tanager nesting in a mulberry tree, a vireo in an elm tree, a masked warbler (common yellow throat) in a wild plum, a crested flycatcher in a giant maple, a cardinal in a red haw. She also mentions a cuckoo, catbirds, robins, blue jays, doves and goldfinch. She noted that every hollow tree had flicker sapsucker, woodpecker or nuthatch.
There was one bird in this area that Gene did not like It was the cowbird. The reason is that they deposit their eggs in another bird's nests to let them incubate and raise, sometimes to the detriment of their own young. She referred to them as "the feathered interloper." Bob found a nest that contained an extra cowbird egg. Gene asked him to leave it as she wanted to use that nest as a study.
Paradise on the Wabash is on the east side of Geneva between the Wabash River and Riverside Cemetery. It was where Bob worked on the Stanley's Oil Lease. This area was sometimes referred to in the Geneva Herald as Bob Black's Park.
Today it is still a thriving place for bird life. The birds that Gene recorded over one-hundred years ago are still here. Those birds, as well as pelicans, snow geese, greater white-fronted geese, pileated woodpeckers, bald eagles, barred and great horned owls, and red-shouldered haws have all been seen in this area. Gene's Paradise on the Wabash lives on!
Inspired by Melissa Fey, my wife Phyllis started raising Monarch butterflies from eggs and caterpillars we found in the yard. Going around in the garden we came across other caterpillars, including some of the Red Spotted Purple butterfly (which she has already raised to butterflies and released). She asked me what a rather non-descript green caterpillar would turn into. I didn't know but answered if she wanted to know, she could raise it and see what it turned into. She did. She put it in a ventilated box with some of the leaves it was on and changed the leaves for fresh ones every couple of days.
As you can see in the photo, the wingtips have not completely straightened out yet. Being newly emerged, the colors are strikingly strong.
Some species of moths look a lot alike and are difficult (sometimes impossible) to tell apart just by looking at them. The color and pattern is quite unique in this moth The orange colored patches are described as "wide streaks of mottled orange." they remind me of glowing coals. it almost looks like there's a fire burning through the wings from below. maybe that's just my imagination.
Phyllis was fooled by the moth's camouflage pattern. Hanging among (wilted) leaves it really does blend in. It is a fairly common moth, but rarely noticed.
The caterpillar prefer poplar and willow. An interesting note is that this species overwinters as an adult, often in caves or in man-made structures like basements, barns and sheds.
| 2019-04-25T17:55:58 |
https://limberlost.weebly.com/blog/archives/09-2018
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Would a USB 3.0 to HDMI adapter work with the UPs USB 3.0 OTG connector?
It might, do keep in mind there have been issues with USB 3.0 ( see https://up-community.org/forum/public-otheros/931-usb3-0-device-is-being-recognized-as-a-usb2-device and https://up-community.org/forum/public-otheros/290-usb-3-0-otg-not-switching-to-superspeed ), so if the HDMI adapter can only work at USB 3.0 speeds, you might have issues. But if you have one at hand, it's advised to test it and report back.
| 2019-04-22T05:17:09 |
https://forum.up-community.org/discussion/946/usb-3-0-otg
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What adaptor do I need for Russia? UK to Russia adaptors.
UK to Russia power adapters - do I need a power adapter for a Russian power outlet?
Russia to UK power adapters will most likely be available to buy in the UK from airports such as Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Stansted, Luton, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Birmingham prior to departure, however the range of adapters might be limited to popular destinations. It is recommended to research the exact type of adapter required prior to shopping at the airport. Look in the travel accessories section of airport newsagents, electronic stores and pharmacists such as WH Smith, Dixons or Boots but expect to pay 50% more than regular prices.
All in one design - small and lightweight, under £20.
The universal travel power adapter will potentially be of use when you return to the UK as a USB charger.
You will only have to pack one unit instead of packing lots of domestic power chargers which costs roughly under £15.
Able to power more than one electronic appliance or device at once using just one power outlet, costing under £40.
As prices are roughly £5-£10 an adapter set works out cheaper than purchasing multiple individual plug adapters costing over £5 each.
British citizens will not need to use a converter as the voltage from a Russian power outlet is 220 volts.
A cheap power adapter starts at under £10 which will charge one device from a Russian power outlet (providing that works with 220 volts or it is dual voltage), but investing in anywhere £15-£20 means you can charge multiple devices at once and be able to use them in various different countries.
Most travel USB wall chargers and travel power strips could also function when you return back to the UK (if they also include a domestic plug).
Type C plug adapter - Allows appliances to connect to Type C power outlets without converting voltage, priced under £5.
Type F plug adapter - Allows appliances to connect to Type F power outlets without converting voltage, estimated price under £5.
Dual voltage travel hair dryer - Folding handle hair dryer with dual voltage suitable for international travel, estimated cost £10-£15.
Portable charger - A power bank is a portable charger which can recharge USB powered devices such as mobile phones and tablets on the go, costing £20-£25.
Universal travel power adapter - A typical universal travel power adapter can be used in over 150 different countries for use with appliances and USB devices, estimated price under £20.
Plug adapter set - Plug adapter set containing a number of different power plug adapters for use in different countries, estimated price £5-£10.
Portable international travel plug adapter - AC Wall Charger with 2 USB sockets and outlets for US, UK, Australia and European power plugs which works in over 150 countries, priced at £15-£20.
Gas hair straighteners - Cordless ceramic hair straighteners powered by gas cartridges, estimated price £30-£35.
| 2019-04-25T17:52:33 |
https://en-gb.wikiconnections.org/power-supplies/continents/europe/what-can-i-connect-to-a-russian-power-supply
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To fix a plumbing issue, you first need to be able to identify that there is a problem. Some plumbing malfunctions are difficult to detect without the correct training and experience. Keep an eye out for the following signs, as it could indicate that you have an issue with your Fort Bend plumbing system.
Your water bill should usually be around the same amount each time. The cost is determined by the amount of water you use with your shower, dishwasher, sink, washing machine, and a variety of other factors. Due to the uniformity of your water expenses, an inexplicable difference in the bill is a clear sign that you may have a plumbing issue. If there is suddenly a significant increase in the cost and you are not sure why, call a professional plumber so they can determine where and what the problem is.
The most common cause of an increase in water bills is a leaking pipe or fixture. Leaking faucets and showers are easy to spot, but some leaks occur underground in pipes that are not visible. Random wet areas around your home are clear signs that you have a leak. Specifically keep an eye out for wet spots on your ceiling, floor, or walls.
If your water flow is slower than usual or you can hear strange noises from your pipes or faucets, it could be another sign that you have a leak somewhere. A professional plumber can quickly determine where the leak is occurring and repair it.
Your toilet should be fitted firmly to the floor of your bathroom. If you notice that it is even slightly rocking, it is likely that the floor is rotting or weakening beneath the toilet. A rotting floor is often caused by a leak in your toilet somewhere and warrants a call to an experienced Fort Bend plumber.
If your water heater is functioning correctly, you should be able to easily access warm water. If you are having a hard time getting the water from your shower head or faucet to warm up, you could have an issue with your water heater or the pipes connecting the water heater to the rest of your plumbing system.
| 2019-04-26T05:44:14 |
https://www.mrrooter.com/fort-bend/about-us/blog/2018/june/5-tips-for-detecting-plumbing-issues/
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Does smaller have to mean less useful or lower quality? Not always. There are definitely instances where companies make their smaller offerings to the exact standards and specifications that larger models are subject to. The Caravan Displayshade 5 X 5 Canopy with Professional Top represents one of those situations. It's exactly like its bigger brothers in terms of quality and construction, just in a more diminutive package.
In terms of overhead protection, this tent offers a professional grade 500 denier polyester top. This top is wind-resistant, fire-resistant, and UV-resistant. This last designation is important because, unlike many canopies you'll find, this top provides you and your guests with nearly total protection from the sun's rays. That's important for the long-term health benefits and for the fact that blocking nearly all UV rays means that the area beneath the tent stays consistently cooler than you'll find in less protected models.
The frame on this unit provides a lot of benefits, too. The lightweight steel construction makes for a sturdy, stable base when providing protection for nearly any picnic or outdoor excursion. The pop-up nature of the design makes setup and takedown a breeze, and five available height settings give you a lot of options as to how you set up the tent for all sorts of different activities.
Pull-pin height adjustment, superior UV protection, and simplicity of setup are some of the main features this canopy brings to the table. There are plenty of others, but these are the real calling cards of this model outdoor shelter. Smaller stature, big quality, and top-level function are what this product is all about. If value, flexibility, and overall quality are highest on your list, then the Caravan Displayshade 8 X 8 Canopy with Professional Top is an excellent choice. WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Diethylhexyl Phthalate, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
Custom Colors Available in Gold, Black, Navy Blue, Turquoise, Orange, Grey, Yellow, Purple, Pink, Brown, Burgundy, Forest Green, Camouflage, Sky Blue, or Beige. There will be an additional charge for these custom colors.
Are side walls available for the 5x5? I am looking for a small canopy with 4 walls and zipper front entry.
Yes, you can purchase both solid side walls and side walls with a middle zipper.
| 2019-04-21T18:22:10 |
http://www.elitedeals.com/cadi5x5wiprt.html
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When you get old, you can't talk to people because people snap at you. That's why you become deaf, so you won't be able to hear people talking to you that way That's why old people die, eventually. People talk to them that way.
This passage is one of Grandma's many characteristic epigrams on "old people," epigrams as long-winded and senile as they are insightful. As an old person, Grandma occupies a privileged position in Albee's cast, figuring as a character marginalized by and posed to comment ironically on the violent spectacle before her. The epigram is thematically significant as it points out speech's capacity for violence—that old people die because of the speech of others. Grandma's own absurd conversational behavior, for example, her apparent senility or deafness, is a form of protection against this violence.
| 2019-04-23T08:40:03 |
http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/americandream/quotes/
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