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The city becomes a book.
literature of and about Naples.
The city is learned at school.
| 2019-04-19T06:18:04 |
http://www.associazionesmartlet.org/index.php?lang=en
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A few years ago, my senior associate dean at Stanford Business School told me that they needed to use their very scarce raise dollars to retain and motivate my younger colleagues who would be the future of the school. So, regardless of performance, I shouldn't expect much. Because I have tenure, I am much better off than many others, including partners at law and other professional services firms, told that "their best days are behind them" and that they have to go.
But wait a minute. This can't be. The norm of reciprocity, in which people invariably repay acts of kindness and generosity bestowed on them has been found in every society, and even among other primates, notably baboons. How can venture capital firms, management consultancies, law firms, and even universities not show appreciation for the people who helped build these organizations--and in many instances made the current set of ingrates rich and successful?
Seeking an answer to this question, I had a conversation with noted social psychologist Robert Cialdini. In his book, Influence, Cialdini discussed reciprocity; when we spoke, he had just completed yet another study on this idea. Our discussion led to these principles of reciprocity and recommendations to make the most of it in your career.
Gratitude is a much, much less powerful force motivating behavior and is fundamentally different from reciprocity. To fully activate the norm of reciprocity, you have to do something for another that wasn't requested and that benefits a particular individual--you have to go out of your way to do something for another person. Just doing your own job well isn't enough. For example, although it is true that others in the firm benefit from a partner's business building and great work, so, too, does that partner. While your workmates may appreciate what you have done to build your organization's reputation and success, that appreciation--gratitude--is not going to powerfully affect their behavior toward you.
Individuals and organizations reciprocate differently. Evolutionary psychologists have discussed why repaying favors and gifts could be functional for individual survival; such behavior facilitates coalition building by ensuring benefits will be repaid and also enhances the likelihood of other forms of cooperative behavior surviving and spreading. Meanwhile, organizations are filled with all sorts of procedures designed explicitly to override personal predispositions and tastes--after all, efficiency demands that hiring and promotions be as merit-based as possible, not premised on whether or not someone is beholden to the candidate.
Organizations are oriented toward the future, while individuals are much more captured by the history of their past interactions with others. Recent economic stringency has made this statement even more true. A New York executive recruiter, Richard Stein, quoted in an article on the growing frequency of easing out senior leaders, commented, "All the rules have changed...In a market that's become extremely lean and mean, these individuals who have tended to be the senior statesmen of their day are sometimes the first to go."
Make your accomplishments salient. What people notice and attend to is an important principle for understanding behavior. If you want people to be attentive to your past contributions, make sure those contributions feature prominently in their current thinking. Remind them of the history of the firm and your role in it, as well as past business successes of which you were a part. This strategy won't work perfectly because of the tendency to think of the future and because history of any sort is often forgotten in contemporary culture. But it can make a difference.
Do things for specific individuals and be sure they know about it. After Senator Lyndon Johnson was one of just two senators attending the funeral of a relative of Senator Robert Byrd's, their relationship warmed. Jack Valenti, the former head of the Motion Picture Association of America, would invite representatives and their families to private screenings of films at MPAA headquarters, and would go out of his way to pay attention to the children and spouses in attendance.
Don't expect that your past performance will matter going forward. Eschew any form of deferred compensation that is not contractually guaranteed, as it can disappear. Be sensitive, maybe even paranoid, about the intentions of your colleagues and don't rely on their kindness. Demonstrate your value anew.
We live in a competitive world in which people frequently act on the basis of their own self-interest. This means they will embrace you when you provide value and forget you the minute you don't. This tough lesson is being played out in work organizations every day. Prepare and act accordingly.
Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he has taught since 1979. Pfeffer has authored or co-authored 13 books on topics including power, managing people, and evidence-based management. He has lectured in 34 countries and has been a visiting professor at London Business School, Harvard Business School, Singapore Management University, and IESE in Barcelona. Pfeffer has served on the board of directors of several human-capital software companies, as well as other public and nonprofit boards.
| 2019-04-22T00:35:35 |
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-your-company-wont-repay-your-favors/
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The purpose of this task is to apply the framework in real-world situations, using data from state departments of transportation (DOTs). An initial case study will be carried out with Washington DOT to test the concept. This task is intended to initiate the first of several case studies applying the methodology in different context settings.
| 2019-04-24T06:30:50 |
https://rip.trb.org/view/1346923
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Have you made Cajun Barbeque Sauce?
1. Combine the seasoning mix ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
2. In a 2-quart saucepan fry the bacon over high heat until crisp.
3. Stir in the onions, cover pan, and continue cooking until onions are dark brown, but not burned, about 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Stir in the seasoning mix and cook about 1 minute more.
5. Add the stock, chili sauce, honey, pecans, orange juice, lemon juice, and rinds.
6. Continue cooking and stirring about 15 minutes more to let the flavors marry.
7. Add the butter and stir until melted. Remove from heat.
8. Let cool about 30 minutes, then pour into a food processor or blender and process until pecans and bacon are finely chopped, about 10 to 15 seconds.
9. This sauce may be used to barbecue chicken, pork or ribs.
This recipe contains potential food allergens and will effect people with Lemon, Butter, MSG, Poultry, Sulfites, Garlic, Natural Sweeteners, Fructose Malabsorption, Pecan, Hot Pepper, Oranges, Beef, Onion, Citric Acid allergies.
| 2019-04-18T13:18:00 |
http://www.recipekey.com/therecipes/Cajun-Barbeque-Sauce
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One of the most important differences between the Earth and Mars, according to Peter Ward, is plate tectonics. On Earth, plate tectonics does everything from provide a stable global temperature, which is necessary for the evolution of complex life, to recycling chemicals to keep the volume of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere relatively uniform. It also created the continents, which helped to create the large amount of biodiversity and aids in creating the magnetic field that surrounds Earth. All of these are important to the development and maintenance of complex life, and, except for a brief time, in which volcanoes were created, it doesn’t exist on Mars.
I don't know, I heard this on Coast to Coast a few nights back.
Even if one felt that Mars is not a place where life could start on its own, Earth rocks (though rare) have been landing on Mars for many millions of years. Is it illogical to surmise that if microbial life were confirmed on Mars, its origin may have been via Earth meteorites?
What if, suddenly, plate tectonics were to suddenly stop? First, the Earth’s core, which is extremely hot, would stop emanating heat and the plates that move, which is caused by the heat, are somehow changed so they become immobile. This may have been one of the processes by which plate tectonics stopped on Mars. The heat stopped emanating? Like it suddenly decided to slip into the 4th dimension or something? [-( I'd like the article better if they instead muttered about Mars' smaller size increasing the heat transfer from and frictional braking of the internal dynamo, and that leading to a loss of magnetic field and stoppage of plate movement.
Over here (http://physicsweb.org/article/news/3/5/1/1) the talk is all about an era of plate movements on Mars that lasts "a few hundred million years." Judging from post Noachian earth, that's long enough for bacteria to form via abiogenesis.
I'd be more convinced by the articles arguments about the unlikelyhood of multicellular eukaryotes evolving on Mars if anyone could point to a good argument as to why complex multicellular life forms took billion of years to evolve on Earth. Without understanding that mystery, I don't see how we can credibly speculate on how fast things might have evolved on Mars.
There's a dif between 'no life' and 'microbial life'. It seems to be lost in the article.
If there is microbial life on any planet or moon in our solar system, that has a huge impact on the Drake equation in my mind. It's a big Universe and it's been here a long time. If microbes are anywhere besides Earth, the chances for evolution to intelligent beings somewhere in the Universe would be pretty high.
It's a whole lot harder to get rocks off the Earth than off of Mars. The escape velocity is 2.2 times greater for the Earth, meaning it takes about 5 times the ejection energy to get it off the surface. I don't think biological material will survive.
I still lean toward the "Rare Earth" hypothesis that bacteria are common but that anything more advanced is rare. Still, it would be awesome to find life on Mars that wasn't related to terrestrial life.
IIRC, bacteria survived after 2 years in space on some Lunar equipment. (Not that I think Earth life has been transferred to Mars via meteorites.) There's at least suggestive evidence (http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=10&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=million+year+old+bacte ria&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr= all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesea rch=&safe=off) that bacteria might survive long enough to participate in galactic panspermia.
It's a whole lot harder to get rocks off the Earth than off of Mars...I don't think biological material will survive.
Quite right, but I was thinking over many millions of years, and as far as a successful seeding of Mars goes, if Mars was more temperate when a microb-inhabited Earth rock landed - though very rare, it would only have to happen once.
| 2019-04-19T07:26:07 |
https://forum.cosmoquest.org/archive/index.php/t-11395.html?s=be3c94e345b1f3b57a91771ec8365924
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What is an Iran Squash?
Iran squash is often served with prosciutto.
Iran squash is an heirloom variety of winter squash which can be found in some farmers' markets and specialty grocery stores. The flesh of Iran squash is not as stellar in flavor as some winter squashes, but it can certainly be used in soups, stews, and roasts just like other winter squash. It also absorbs flavor well, making it a great addition to curries and other zesty dishes as it will bulk up the food while enhancing the flavor. If you live in a temperate climate, you can also try your hand at growing Iran squash.
The exterior color of the heirloom squash varies, from a silvery green skin to an almost salmon orange, and it may be splotched in color. The plant has flat ribs and often resembles a pumpkin in both size and shape; if you've ever wondered what the splotchy green pumpkins in your market were, now you know that you were actually looking at Iran squash. When cut open, the plant has orange to almost reddish flesh, marked with a collection of seeds in the middle.
One of the easiest and most versatile ways to prepare Iran squash is to roast it. Cut the squash in half, scrape the seeds out, and put the two halves face down in a large roasting pan. Add a small amount of water to the pan, and roast the squash in a 350 degree Fahrenheit (177 degrees Celsius) oven for around an hour, until a fork can easily penetrate the squash. Turn the squash face up for 10 minutes or so at the very end to caramelize the flesh and enhance the flavor.
Like other winter squashes, Iran squash has a thick rind, so it is not suitable for raw consumption, but it can be cooked in other ways. Some people peel the squash and cube it for use in stews and curries, for example. The squash can also be stuffed for roasting, or wrapped in ingredients like prosciutto and bacon for a rich flavor. Often a simple sauce like an herbed butter is all that is needed when serving the squash, but you can also get more adventurous, if you like.
Like many heirloom plants, seeds for Iran squash can be difficult to track down. Some specialty seed companies may sell them, but you might try posting on gardening exchanges to see if someone has seeds which they would be willing to sell or trade. Once you obtain seeds, start them indoors in the early summer until they develop into hearty seedlings. Plant the seedlings out in well conditioned, fertile soil in plenty of sun, and make sure that the soil is kept moist. As the plants develop, you may want to stake up the squash vines so that they do not rot where they touch the soil. In around three months, Iran squash will have developed on the vines. You can harvest it and use it immediately, or store it in a root cellar for around a month, and sometimes longer in the right conditions.
What are the Different Types of Heirloom Squash?
What is a Mosaic Virus?
How do I Peel Squash?
| 2019-04-19T01:06:56 |
http://www.wisegeek.net/what-is-an-iran-squash.htm
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Weight: more than 330 lb (150 kilos).
I AM A KIND, GENTLE, LOVING, HARD WORKER, AND I HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN THIS TYPE OF CAREER BUT HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO OBTAIN IT. I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTERS IN LIFE, I LIKE HELPING PEOPLE, I OLD FASHION VEHICLES,I LIKE SPENDING TIME WITH MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WHEN NOT WORKING. I DISLIKE NEGATIVE TALK, ACTIONS CAUSE I HAVE SEEN ENOUGH OF THAT COMING UPIN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.NO I AM NOT BETTER THAN NO ONE, I JUST CHOSE TO DO BETTER WOTH MY LIFE INSPITE OF MY FAILURES IN LIFE.
I LIKE FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, SOFTBALL, FISHING, SWIMMING, SINGING, DANCING, CUTTING HAIR/EDGING, WASHING CARS. I LIKE TO LISTEN MORE THAN I TALK, I LIKE TO TALK BUT IT HAVE TO BE MEANINGFUL AND UPLIFTING TO A PERSON.
| 2019-04-20T08:46:51 |
http://acmodasi.com/a_5400.html
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What kind of diet is right for you?
Although the most important factor in a weight loss plan is to reduce the total number of calories, you'll also need to decide how you want to allocate your calories among carbohydrate, fat, and protein.
Some experts argue for a diet that's low in fat and high in carbohydrates; others recommend a diet that's low in carbohydrates and high in protein and fat; and others suggest a nearly balanced intake of all three. All of these have their advocates and there is a lot of debate about which is the best method of losing weight. Ultimately, which one is best for you depends on your individual health history and food preferences. Consulting with a licensed nutritionist or registered dietitian may be also helpful in deciding which approach is most appropriate.
If you're not sure, start with 60% carbohydrates, 25% fat, and 15% protein.
What's a heart healthy diet?
The first step in a heart-healthier lifestyle is a heart-healthy diet.
Being overweight is one of the primary risk factors for heart disease, so be sure your calorie intake is appropriate to achieve and/or maintain a healthy weight. See also: How many calories do I need?
2. Eat plenty of fiber.
A high fiber diet will help you control your weight (by controlling your appetite) and also can help you maintain healthy cholesterol levels. Twenty-five grams of fiber per day is the recommended minimum. Ideally, aim for 35-40 grams of fiber per day.
Fruits and vegetables contain fiber (see #2) but also are rich in antioxidant nutrients that help protect your heart. Eat at least five servings of colorful vegetables (such as carrots, berries, peppers, and broccoli) to get a minimum of 100% of the daily recommended amounts of vitamin A, C, K.
A heart-healthy diet doesn't necessarily need to be a low-fat diet. A diet rich in monounsaturated fats can help lower cholesterol, blood pressure, and other risk factors. Monounsaturated fats are olive oil, avocadoes, and nuts such as almonds. Use these as your primary sources of fat.
1. Eating fewer than 1200 kcal a day for more than a day or two is not recommended without medical supervision.
2. Be patient. Although quick weight loss may sound desirable, slow, gradual weight loss (1-2 pounds a week) tends to be easier to do (you're not as hungry) and longer-lasting.
3. Increasing your activity and exercise level will increase your "maintenance" number. That means you'll be able to eat more calories and still lose weight.
Why do we get fat? Because of refined, concentrated carbohydrates like starches and sugars, according to Gary Taubes, a respected science writer with a new book titled, Why We Get Fat: And What To Do About It.
You may wonder why I'm addressing overweight and obesity in the Heart Health Blog. Fatness is a major risk factor for the development of heart disease, specifically coronary artery disease (blocked arteries in the heart). Avoidance of obesity should reduce risk of heart disease.
Harvard's Frank Hu, M.D. suggests that refined carbohydrates are contributing to both obesity and heart disease. Excessive consumption of refined carbohydrates is also linked to development of type 2 diabetes, yet another risk factor for heart disease. High-carbohydrate diets apparently double the risk of coronary artery disease in women.
The link between refined carbohydrates and heart disease is much weaker in men, however.
Mr. Taubes's new book is a condensation of his 2007 book, Good Calories, Bad Calories, which was difficult reading for many. Why We Get Fat is shorter and easier to digest. I recommend it if you or someone you know is struggling with overweight or obesity. It's a real eye-opener, methodically questioning many of our long-held beliefs about weight management, exercise, and the dangers of dietary fat.
Why we get fat cont.
The fattening carbohydrates are highly refined and concentrated, things like sugars, rice, cereals, bread and other flour products, potatoes, corn, high fructose corn syrup, and liquid carbohydrates (beer, soda pop). These particular carbohdyrates raise blood sugar levels fairly dramatically, which in turn causes the pancreas to secrete insulin into the bloodstream to bring blood sugar back down to a safe range.
What most people don't know about insulin is that it is also the main hormone in charge of stroring fat on our bodies. Insulin builds fat tissue. Fattening carbohydrates lead to insulin release, leading to storage of excessive carbohydrates as fat.
The other two main components of our food - fats and proteins - have very little effect on insulin levels.
According to Taubes, obesity isn't an imbalance of calories-in versus calories-out. The dominant "calories-in/calories-out" theory of obesity has been our working model for the last half century. Look around you: it's not working too well, is it?
Taubes's proposal is that obesity is a disorder of excess fat accumulation. The limited number of enzymes and hormones that contol fat tissue are out of whack, and insulin is a major player.
How do we control fat storage?
If insulin controls fat storage by building and maintaining fat tissue, and if carboydrates drive insulin levels, then the way to reduce overweight and obesity is carbohydrate-restricted eating, especially avoiding the fattening carbohydrates. At least that's Taubes's and others' theory. I'm sure that's true for many people, perhaps even a majority.
Whats a heart health diet cont.
A diet high in sodium can lead to high blood pressure. The USDA recommends limiting your sodium intake to 2300mg per day--but most Americans eat about twice that much. Those with high blood pressure are advised to reduce sodium to 1500mg a day. See also: Tips for reducing sodium.
Foods that are high in sugar and refined carbohydrates (which includes many low-fat foods!) can create sharp spikes in blood sugar and ultimately increase your risk of both heart disease and diabetes. Choose whole grain foods whenever possible and consume sweets occasionally or not at all. For a naturally sweet treat, enjoy fresh fruit.
| 2019-04-21T23:02:15 |
http://blucoralfit.com/index-3.html
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Can you identify or date this wallpaper?
I uncovered this wallpaper while working on my kitchen. The house was built in 1920. The wallpaper is on a plaster wall and was painted over at some point. While the scenes in the illustration could date to the period when the house was built, I think it's more likely that this is kitschy wallpaper from a later date, but who knows? Any wallpaper experts out there? Or are there resources for identifying old wallpaper?
I'd guess 1950s-early 1960s but I'm having a hard time backing it up. It reminds me of this Quality Street vintage tin, if someone can date it.
Red hots (for sale on the cart in the wallpaper) were apparently invented in the 30s, so it's definitely after that. My guess would be 30s or 40s.
Thinking some more, the color palette seems more 1940s-mid 50s.
The color palette looks like it could be 40s to me. You might contact the good folks at Hannah's Treasures Vintage Wallpaper - I bet they could pin it down.
I'd agree with later 1930s-early 1940s, which would be late enough that the 1920s-ish cars depicted would seem old-fashioned and homey. Additionally there's the Red Hots reference as noted above, and a Civil War statue with a fresh wreath by it, which seems consistent with a Gone With The Wind / Lost Cause-era late 1930s timeframe.
And I'd guess that this stuff is for sure pre-WWII. Decor was overhauled pretty thoroughly after the war.
No. But it actually looks vaguely familiar.
I can all but guarantee that vanishingly close to nobody made cartoony wallpaper in the era depicted by the cartoons (say, 1900 - 1940). Non-representational or floral patterns were more the mark. Maybe maps or 'patriotic' themes. Never cartoons.
After that, people were looking forward, not backward. In the era of rocketship fins and aluminum Christmas trees, you're not going to see many horse-drawn wagons and Model Ts in people's decor.
After the mid 1970s and ever since, of course, very little that is illustrated and representational could possibly escape the gravity well of branding. This is generic, not Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, Lego, Smurfs, Sesame Street, Holly Hobby, Fritz the Cat, or whatever have you.
So I'm going with mid-1960s and mid-1970s.
Examining the materials used might be more helpful than the pattern.
It's interesting though how much of the 'action' appears to be moving from right-to-left. That argues against modernity.
How do you figure? I see "MDCCCX . . ." which can only be 1810 through 1849.
It might be "MDCCLX . . ." which would make it 1760 through 1799 (more likely 1789).
"MDCCLXXVI" might be a good guess.
I collect old quilts and fabric and this style is in keeping with pre 1950 patterns. Also earliest memories in the sixties I'd occasionally see this kind of wallpaper in relatives poor bedraggled rentals.
I'm very much inclined to say between 1947-1957.
hmm, but wait, Red Hots the candy may have been invented in the '30s, but Red Hots, the frankfurters, go back to the 1890s.
For search help, it's "scenic," and "figural," not "floral" or "abstract." Abstract patterns started getting bigger in the late 50s-late 60s, and figural didn't come back in in a big way until the 70s. This style is super influenced by modern artists - Picasso, Matisse.
Compare with 1950s picture book illustrations. I was reminded of the Madeleine books, which came out between 1950 and 1961. The palette of this "Jumping Gnome" book resonates.
This design very much partakes of midcentury Colonial Revival/Americana, a popular design choice postwar as people attempted to recover from war, begin families, resettle and establish homes. It was nostalgic and comforting and a little whimsical. Another two cultural drivers that help pin down this window: The plays Our Town, debuting in 1938, and The Music Man, from 1957. There's even a bandstand and band uniforms in your paper.
The reason I don't think it's pre-1950 is the whit and whimsy - the nostalgia is tongue-in-cheek, not as serious and comforting as the 1940s scenic wallpapers. It's got a humor and a conscious, old-timey feel rather than a backward-looking, tradition-revering feel.
Advancements in technology continued to affect kitchen design. In wallpaper, the development of colours that were resistant to fading by sunlight (“sunworthy”) and new screenprinting and photogravure processes meant that a greater variety of patterns could be produced in smaller quantities. This touched off another explosion in the number of wallpaper designs that were available. For kitchens, which in the new suburban house were places where the whole family might gather, there were now narrative scenes as well as decorative designs. Unlike the grand vistas of earlier scenic wallpapers for salons and drawings rooms, these narrative scenes “like good stories, are intended to hold attention, to intrigue and to delight. By their very nature they are not unobtrusive background patterns intended as a foil for paintings and pictures—they are by themselves the entire wall decoration.” The elephant knickknacks in the 1940s Eaton’s catalogue were perhaps a precursor to narrative patterns, such as the wallpaper with barns and cheery-looking animals that I remember from my grandparents’ Ontario farmhouse, which had been redecorated in the 1950s. The narrative themes seem to have been particularly popular in larger kitchens, where people other than the person making the meal could gather: the type of kitchen promoted by Lillian D. Millar.
Oh also, see if you can find an edge as you continue stripping. Sometimes the manufacturer, pattern name and other info is printed in small type along an edge.
I'm liking the mid 40s-mid 50s guesses more and more. Here's another comparandum with a similar color palette, theme, and attitude (here a playful circus), printed 1948-1958.
There are pre-war cartoons (example 1, example 2), but the feel is quite different.
We have verified 20s wallpaper in my mother's house that is made of cloth! Don't worry, you're not missing much.
It looks like early 1950s to me as well, based on style and coloring. Also, families often added wallpaper (and carpet) during that decade to houses that would have been plainer originally.
Thanks everyone! I'm going with early to mid 50s, based on your answers above and subsequent conversations with neighbors.
| 2019-04-22T17:22:56 |
https://ask.metafilter.com/317593/Can-you-identify-or-date-this-wallpaper
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Earths Oceans. The Oceans The water on Earth is divided into oceans The water on Earth is divided into oceans 1. Pacific Ocean biggest 1. Pacific Ocean.
| 2019-04-25T18:34:43 |
https://vdocuments.net/radioactive-water-from-fukushima-is-systematically-poisoning-the-entire-pacific-ocean.html
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Bashir Assad is an evil man, and the world will be a better place when he's dead. The best outcome for Syria would be for someone to put a bullet in his head. He has committed mass murder on a horrific scale against his own people, going to the demonic extreme of putting human shields on tanks to prevent rebels from firing on those tanks - an act that is not only evil, but also the act of a despicable craven coward. Assad is little more than a serial killer in an official position - as if Jeffrey Dahmer was the president of a nation. All of this is obvious.
That having been said, I disagree with calls for U.S. military intervention in Syria, just as I opposed military intervention in Libya last year. We do not have a national security interest and we cannot be the world's police force.
If we are going to commit U.S. military power in another nation, we need to have a couple things established before we intervene. First, we need to have a clear threat to our national security interests. As terrible as Assad's actions are and as evil as he is, I would not be able to justify telling the wife, daughter or mother of an American soldier that we should intervene without a clear threat to national security. Second, we need a clearly defined goal where we know what "victory" means - we need a clearly defined mission so we can keep our intervention limited.
I have seen no strong argument that the first condition has been met. But what would our goal be? Would it be to stem the civilian casualties? Without regime change, that is an open-ended mission that could go on for decades. Would the goal be to remove Assad from power? Perhaps, but what do we do after that? It certainly would not be good to see Syria devolve into chaos more than it already has if there is a power vacuum - and any American-backed regime would meet with resistance and be seen as empire-building.
This does not mean we cannot do anything at all. We should consider arming the rebels in order to give them a better chance at defending themselves from Bashir "Dahmer" Assad's forces- but we need to be very careful about doing this. After all, some of the rebels in Libya were affiliated with al-Qaida and we do not want to be arming our enemies. Can we arm the Syrian rebels without it coming back to harm us? We can also offer some humanitarian assistance.
But military intervention needs to be taken off the table unless Assad is foolhardy enough to threaten us or our allies directly as a way to distract from the crisis. We have spent too much blood and treasure with by using military force around the world, and we have created resentment and ill will in the process. We need to stop trying to be the world's police force and start minding our own business.
| 2019-04-20T03:11:53 |
http://www.sstibbs.com/scott/2012_archives/blog_2012_085.html
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2.3.1 How can I post a notice to the community portal? 1. Click the (red and round) community button at the top menu bar. The community dashboard will open.
2. Click the ‘Notices’ tab to open the notices section. Any existing notices will be displayed in a table format.
3. Click the ‘New’ button just above the notices table. A dialog will open.
4. Insert the ‘Start Date’ and ‘Expiry Date’ for your notice. Also add a subject and description.
5. Press Save to finish. The new notice would be visible at the bottom of the notices table.
2.3.2 How can I edit an existing notice?
3. Find the notice you are looking to change and click on its corresponding settings (gear) icon. A dropdown menu will open. Select Edit menu item.
4. A dialog will open showing existing notice details.
5. After making desired changes, press Save.
2.3.3 How can I remove a notice from the community portal?
3. All notices have a toggle button at the right end. For active notices, this button should be blue in colour with a triangular ‘play’ symbol.
4. Find the notice you wish to remove. Click on the toggle button at its right end. The button will turn grey with a ‘Pause’ icon. This is an indication of an inactive notice.
6. If you want to permanently remove a notice, click on its corresponding settings (gear) icon. A dropdown menu will open. Select Delete menu item.
7. A dialog will open asking for confirmation. Press OK to finish.
| 2019-04-24T08:43:05 |
http://support.mybos.com/community-dashboard/23-notices
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For other people with the same name, see Craig Brown (disambiguation).
James Craig Brown CBE (born 1 July 1940) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager. After his playing career with Dundee and Falkirk was curtailed by a series of knee injuries, Brown entered management with Clyde in 1977. Brown then coached various Scotland youth teams until he was appointed Scotland manager in 1993. He held this position until 2001, the longest tenure for a Scotland manager, and they qualified for the UEFA Euro 1996 and 1998 FIFA World Cup tournaments. Brown later managed Preston North End, Motherwell and Aberdeen. He retired from management in 2013 and was appointed a non-executive director of Aberdeen. Brown was awarded the CBE in 1999 for services to football.
Brown was born in Glasgow, but brought up in Hamilton.
Educated at the former Hamilton Academy, Brown played for the school in Scottish schools competitions and in youth and junior international teams, before joining Rangers in 1958 from Coltness United. He failed to find a regular first team place, and moved to Dundee on loan in January 1960.
Brown was the first signing of Dundee manager Bob Shankly. The move was made permanent in the summer of 1960. Brown always traveled with the Dundee first team squad but this was before substitutes were commonly used. Thus he didn't make a competitive appearance until November 1961 when captain Bobby Cox was injured. Brown played in nine consecutive league games before becoming injured himself on 31 March in a 3–2 win against bottom placed Stirling Albion. Dundee won the Scottish league title that season and Brown's nine appearances entitled him to a medal. Brown stayed at Dundee for four and a half injury affected years making 78 appearances for the Dark Blues.
He signed for Falkirk in 1965 and went on to make 42 appearances at Brockville. He called time on his playing career in 1967 after five operations on his knee.
Brown quickly showed a keen interest in being involved in the coaching side of football and he became assistant manager of Motherwell in 1974. He got his first managerial job as part-time manager of Clyde in 1977, where he spent ten seasons – winning the Second Division championship in his first season – whilst also working as a primary school head teacher then a lecturer in primary education.
Brown returned to football full-time in 1986 when SFA Secretary Ernie Walker appointed him as assistant manager to the national men's senior team. Brown was also in charge of Scotland's youth teams. In 1989, he coached Scotland's Under-16s to the final of the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship and three years later coached the under-21s to the semi finals of the 1992 UEFA Under-21 Championship.
Brown was appointed as manager of Scotland in December 1993, having been caretaker manager for the games against Italy and Malta. Brown took Scotland to Euro 96 and the 1998 World Cup, but resigned in October 2001, having failed to take Scotland to Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup. He was replaced by German Berti Vogts.
Under Brown, Scotland beat England in the last ever Euro Championship qualifier at the old Wembley in 1999 by one goal to nil, although they lost the tie 2–1 on aggregate. He took charge of Scotland for 70 international matches, more than any other Scotland manager.
Brown then had a spell in club management when he was appointed as manager of Preston North End in April 2002, but left by mutual consent on 29 August 2004 after a poor start to the league campaign. He later had a brief spell as football consultant at Derby County under former protégé Billy Davies, helping them win promotion to the Premier League in 2006–07.
In October 2008, sixty eight year old Brown was linked to the vacant managerial position with Scottish First Division side Dundee, but the job went to Jocky Scott.
On 28 December 2009, it was announced that Brown would be taking charge of Motherwell, with Archie Knox as his assistant. Brown and Knox established Motherwell in the top six of the Scottish Premier League during their time in charge.
Brown, who was working without a contract at Motherwell, rebuffed an initial approach by Aberdeen on 8 December 2010. He then had a change of heart after a second approach was made, and was appointed Aberdeen manager on 10 December.
On 14 March 2013, Brown announced he was retiring from football management at the end of the 2012–13 season. His retirement date was brought forward when Derek McInnes was appointed to the position on 5 April, with Brown accepting a position on the Aberdeen board.
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1. Preheat oven to 180C degrees. Prepare cake tin with butter. Cut pumpkin into squares, break chocolate to pieces.
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4. Pour mixture into cake tin and bake for 25-30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool in tin for about an hour before cutting to pieces.
5. Sprinkle with caster sugar before serving.
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Ist ein Nine-Darter wie von Gary Anderson ein Kunstwerk?
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A. The subject of study for the next three lessons is, �Why does God allow suffering and pain?� If God is a loving, omnipotent and wise God, why is there so much suffering in His creation and among those He created? NOTE: The problem of suffering is directly related to the problem of sin, and we will never get a satisfactory answer to suffering until we grasp what the Bible teaches about sin and its entrance into the human race. The issue of why a loving, omnipotent God would allow suffering can be traced back to why a loving, omnipotent God would allow sin into the world in the first place.
C. The problem of sin goes back to Adam and Eve, and what applies to them applies to the problem of sin in general.
A. God created Adam and Eve with a free will (Gen. 3:1-6). They were as free as any humans could be under the sovereignty of God. They had no sin nature and lived in perfect surroundings. Their wills were unaffected by sin or environment. God gave them the freedom to choose to obey or disobey Him, and they willfully chose against God.
A. The problem of sin is obvious from many a viewpoint, for Adam willfully disobeyed God and was totally responsible for his sets. This we can clearly understand.
B. However, from the divine aspect, the problem of sin is far more complex, for why would an omnipotent, holy, just and laving God allow sin to enter His creation?
A. God is and sin is; therefore sin must be part of the plan, for God cannot be detached from any part of His plan, for He is sovereign. If He is detached, He is not sovereign and if not sovereign, He is not God.
B. The Bible always places the responsibility for sin on man, never God. Man in his experience always recognizes this as a fact.
C. God hates sin even though it is included in the plan.
A. God, in His omniscience, knew that Adam and Eve would sin and He could have stopped it, seeing He is omnipotent, but He did not.
B. Christ was a lamb foreordained before the foundation of the world for sin (1 Peter 1:20). Therefore we conclude that God did know about the first sin for He made provision for it in eternity past.
C. God, being perfect and holy, can do no act of sin Himself (James 1:13,17). However sin is somehow included in the plan, and man is always responsible for it, yet God always has control over it. NOTE: Isaiah 45:7 probably refers to God creating calamity (tragedy) rather than sin.
D. God has willed to permit sin but He is in no sense the chargeable cause, for it was Adam and Eve who sinned, not God. God, by permission, willed the possibility of sin. The very fact that He allowed it to happen and did not prevent it shows that He wills its permission. NOTE: God takes the responsibility for the inclusion of sin as a theoretical principle in His plan. God is not shunning this relationship. However, God does not take the direct responsibility for sin. When God chose to include sin in his plan, He entered into a certain relationship to that sin in such a way that man is still held responsible.
E. When God willed to permit sin, this allowed Him to be sovereign over sin and yet not be the author of it. God is governor over sin, for He determines its exercise and regulates its bounds by permission (Psa. 76:10). He is neither the inspirer nor the infuser of sin in any of His creatures, but He is its master, by which we mean God�s management of the wicked is so entire that they can do nothing except that which His hand and counsel, from everlasting, determined should be done.
F. When God willed to permit sin, He also preserved man�s responsibility (will to choose good or evil). The permissive decree merely makes God the author of free moral agents, who are themselves the authors of sin. NOTE: Man is not a machine without a will or a puppet without a choice or an animal without moral responsibility. The nobility of man demands that he be a free moral agent under the sovereignty of God.
G. The inclusion of sin in the plan of God is the best plan and this will ultimately bring the most glory to God.
A. Arminian (freewiller): Some Arminians say God knew about Adam�s fall but could not do anything about it, for God can never overrule man�s free will. Another school of Arminians thinks that God was an idle spectator, sitting in doubt while Adam fell and was quite surprised. God was thwarted by the creature of His hand. Still others say that God is so sovereign that He limited: His sovereignty in the area of free will; thus He could not intervene into Adam�s choice because God had no sovereignty there.
1. If God knew about Adam�s sin and did not do anything about it when He had the power to stop it, then He is a merciless God. He is a monster totally unworthy of worship.
2. If Adam�s sin took God by surprise, then Adam frustrated God�s original plan, making Adam greater than God. God is less than a man and not worthy of worship.
3. If God limited His sovereignty in the area of free will, then He is really not sovereign. He is partially sovereign or semi-sovereign, for a limited sovereignty is no sovereignty at all. If God is not sovereign, He is not God.
B. Calvinistic (sovereignty): The Fall was foreordained by God in His permissive will. It in no sense came as a surprise to Him and after it occurred, He did not feel that He had made a mistake in creating man. NOTE: God could have prevented the Fall but did not; thus God had a purpose in permitting the Fall, having ordained it for His own glory.
1. God did not compel Adam to sin. He simply withheld undeserved, restraining grace, which God was under no obligation to bestow, and left Adam to his free will and this will chose against God. Adam acted freely but was under divine permission.
2. Possibly one reason God permitted the Fall was to show what free will would do, and then, by overruling it, He showed what the blessings of His grace and the judgments of His justice can do.
3. It is better to admit a mystery than to deny or water down either God�s sovereignty or man�s responsibility in the original sin.
VIII. WHY MIGHT GOD PERMIT SIN?
A. If there was not sin, God could not manifest His grace and love. If there was no sin, there never would have been a Cross.
B. God permitted sin that men might appreciate good as in contrast to bad. If we did not know good from evil, we would never obey or disobey, We would be machines. NOTE: Man was created to have fellowship with God and to love him. Compelled fellowship would bring no glory to God. Man is morally responsible to God.
C. Sin was a hypothetical principle that always existed and was allowed to manifest itself so it could be judged.
A. Our sinful, fallen and enslaved minds cannot begin to grasp the incomprehensible and unfathomable things of God and His purpose. We must be humble and have the courage to admit our ignorance and finiteness in understanding God�s ways (Isa. 55:8-9).
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I am a landscape photographer whose work concentrates on the water in the landscape near my home. I became interested in using computers in my work when I started work on a website to display my photography on the internet. In order to do this I taught myself to use Photoshop software. It was during the preparation of pictures with Photoshop that I started to use the zoom tool to zoom in on small areas of my scanned photographs. This echoed the way in which I used a 300mm zoom lens to take close-up pictures of water in landscapes.
The computer is allowing me to explore the process of abstraction in a much more immediate way than previous methods. The use of image maps or hot-spots is providing me with a way of visually representing the creative processes involved in making my pictures. I am a beginner in the use of computers in art so my ultimate accomplishment at present is my website.
As a relative newcomer to this area of activity, I have no expectations about the way computer art and graphics is progressing. Because of this I don't believe I have seen enough yet to make any comment on its progress. Like many people I wish that Steve Jobs had licensed the Mac operating system to other computer manufacturers instead of restricting its use to Apple Macs. I would imagine that the future for visual computing in science and art is a bright one as the visual representation of data often makes it easier to interpret than written information/numbers on a page. I think that the use of GIS (Geographical Information Systems) to represent data spatially will increase quite strongly in the future.
Ideally my work could be improved with the use of an inexpensive digital camera that had the image resolution of medium format film. A printer, ink and paper that produced prints with the same appearance and archival quality as Ilfachrome photographs would also be useful. I use a Canon 300mm Image Stabilising zoom lens on a Canon EOS camera to take my pictures which are then scanned onto my PC using a Nikon film scanner. The use of Photoshop and Dreamweaver software packages has affected my work the most in the last few years.
I don't have enough knowledge to answer this question properly. The use of art and design software and inexpensive computers has made it easier for us to create computer art and graphics but this can be at the expense of the quality of the resulting images.
I suppose the first important milestone in the development of computer technology to me was the use of the Graphical User Interface and mouse pointer of the Apple Mac and Windows operating systems. After this would be the increased speed of computers and availability of inexpensive printers. The last few years have been characterised by the easy availability of scanners to input images onto a computer and software to manipulate these pictures.
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India captain Virat Kohli was seen having some discomfort with his back during the third Test against Australia in Melbourne, and those pictures raised fears about his ability to carry on for the rest of the series. But Kohli brushed those concerns aside, stressing that ‘niggles’ were a part of the game.
He said he’d been having those sort of issues since 2011, adding that it just had to be managed through fitness routines, which Kohli is widely known for adhering to.
“I’ve had this issue since 2011, it’s nothing new,” he said in Sydney ahead of the fourth and final Test against Australia.
“I’ve been able to manage it because of the physical effort I’ve put in over the past few years. And when you have a back that has these issues you can only maintain it that way.
"The motivation has never been to change history, it's only been to overcome the challenges in front of you"
“I’m not too concerned with it, you just have to manage it physically and stay ahead of the injury and I have been able to do it for now.
Ishant Sharma has been left out of the Sydney Test, while Ravichandran Ashwin is still under an injury cloud.
India will be delighted that Kohli is fully fit for the Sydney Test, where they could create history with a win or even just a draw. How much does that context matter to the players? Not much, as it turns out.
When asked whether they were thinking in those terms, Kohli said: “If you ask me very honestly, no… We need to stay in the present and focus on the things that we can do. We need to figure what the controllables are and focus on them.
Yet Kohli feels a series win would still rate among his top achievements as a captain for other reasons. “It would definitely be a big, big series win, not just for me but for the whole team,” he said.
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Let's start with some explanation on why this type of conversion isn't as easy as it sounds. After that, we'll try an example conversion and then, at the bottom of the article, discuss how to convert an order when given a dosage label.
One milliliter (British spelling: millilitre) (ml) is 1/1000 of a liter and is a unit of volume. 1 milligram (mg) is 1/1000 of a gram and is a unit of mass/weight. This means that we require an extra piece of information in order to be able to convert the measurement across. That extra piece of information is a density or concentration of the substance you are using (the density of every substance is different).
Let's look at an example. Pure water has a density of 1,000 kg/m3. Crude oil, however, has a density of around 870 kg/m3. Two very difference substances. So, you can see how important it is to ensure that you use the correct density figure for your substance in order to get an accurate conversion.
When it comes to drug calculations, every drug company manufactures their drugs in standard concentrations and you can find these on any container labeled appropriately for the particular drug in question. By law, pharmacies that dispense medications are required to have this info on the label.
Once you know the density/concentration of your substance, you can put calculus to work. Note that you need to ensure that the mass unit matches the unit used in the density. So, if the density is in g/cm3 (grams per cubic centimeter) you will need to ensure your mass figure is in grams. To convert from milligrams (mg) to grams (g) you divide by 1000.
At this point you can divide your mass figure by your density, which gives you your volume figure. That leaves the final step of converting your volume figure into milliliters. Let's try a couple of examples.
A liquid has a concentration of 15mg/ml. Let's say we want to work out how many ml there are in 45mg of it.
This gives us our answer of 3ml.
Should the density not be in mg/ml, we need to do a little more work.
Let's convert the density figure to grams per cubic centimeter (g/cm3). You'll have noticed that the density in our example is kg/m3, so we need to divide that figure by 1000 to give us a g/cm3 figure. 920 / 1,000 = 0.92g/cm3.
Next, we need to convert the unit figure from milligrams (mg) to grams (g). To do this, we divide by 1000. So, 10/1000 = 0.01g.
The final step is to convert your volume into ml. As 1cm3 = 1ml it's a 1:1 conversion. So, we don't need to do anything and therefore have our answer. 10mg of sunflower oil is 0.010869565 ml.
Should you not want to attempt the conversion yourself, try the weight to volume calculator, which is included below.
Please note: At this point I would like to advise anyone trying to work out figures for medications to check your calculations carefully and note my disclaimer. Note that this article and converter are here purely as a service to you, please use them at your own risk and do not use calculations for anything where someone's health might be affected as a result of an inaccurate conversion.
When it comes to medication dosages, it's common to see a label with mg and mg/ml dosage information. This video explanation from Pennsylvania College Math Department explains how to convert an order when given a label. It covers all three methods of conversion: nursing formula, dimensional analysis, and proportion.
Should you be interested, we've covered the conversion of International units (IU) to mcg or mg in an article here.
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We approach the following two fundamental problems in deep learning: (a) how can over-parameterized models generalize well in neural networks? (b) how does deep learning achieve the robustness against adversarial samples?
For problem (a), Max-Margin has been an important strategy since perceptrons in machine learning for the purpose of boosting the robustness of classifiers toward a good generalization ability, which experienced a renaissance lately to explain the success in deep learning. However, Leo Breiman pointed out a dilemma in 1999 that margin increase over training data results in a decrease in generalization performance, that will be shown ubiquitous in neural networks as well. In particular, we propose a new method to explain the mechanism of Breiman’s Dilemma, using phase transitions of normalized margin dynamics.
For problem (b), we revisit Huber’s contamination model in robust statistics, from a perspective of generative adversarial networks (GAN). When the outlier examples are fully agnostic in distributions, GANs are shown in both theory and experiment to achieve robust estimates at information-theoretically optimal rates, equivalent in statistical precision to the Tukey median estimate that is NP-hard to compute though. GANs may have wider adaptation than other polynomial algorithms proposed lately based on moment methods. Hence, by playing some zero-sum differential games, GANs provides us provable guarantees on robustness under Huber’s model.
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How much is Bridget Fonda Worth?
Bridget Fonda is an American and television actress who has a net worth of $10 million. Bridget Fonda earned her net worth as a popular film actress appearing in such award winning films as; The Godfather Part III, Single White Female, Point of No Return, It Could Happen to You, and Jackie Brown. She was born on January 27, 1964 in Los Angeles, California. Her father is actor Peter Fonda, her mother Susan Jane Brewer. Her grandfather was the late actor Henry Fonda, her aunt is Actress Jane Fonda. Bridget's parents divorced and she was raised by her father Peter and stepmother Portia Rebecca Crockett. She has one brother and one stepbrother she was educated at Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles. Fonda also attended New York University's Tisch School of the arts where she studied method acting. Fonda spent time at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and graduated in 1986 from NYU. The 1969 movie Easy Rider was her film debut, her father Peter Fonda also starred in the movie. Some of her other movie credits include; the 1988 film Scandal, Doc Hollywood in 1991, and Lake Placid in 1999. She has been married to film composer Danny Elfman since November 29, 2003, Elfman is also the former front man for the American rock band Oingo Boingo. Fonda and Elfman have one son named Oliver.
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Can Electric Current Make People Better at Math?
In a lab in Oxford University's experimental psychology department, researcher Roi Cohen Kadosh is testing an intriguing treatment: He is sending low-dose electric current through the brains of adults and children as young as 8 to make them better at math.
A relatively new brain-stimulation technique called trans-cranial electrical stimulation may help people learn and improve their understanding of math concepts.
The electrodes are placed in a tightly fitted cap and worn around the head. The device, run off a 9-volt battery commonly used in smoke detectors, induces only a gentle current and can be targeted to specific areas of the brain or applied generally. The mild current reduces the risk of side effects, which has opened up possibilities about using it, even in individuals without a disorder, as a general cognitive enhancer. Scientists also are investigating its use to treat mood disorders and other conditions.
Dr. Cohen Kadosh's pioneering work on learning enhancement and brain stimulation is one example of the long journey faced by scientists studying brain-stimulation and cognitive-stimulation techniques. Like other researchers in the community, he has dealt with public concerns about safety and side effects, plus skepticism from other scientists about whether these findings would hold in the wider population.
There are also ethical questions about the technique. If it truly works to enhance cognitive performance, should it be accessible to anyone who can afford to buy the device—which already is available for sale in the U.S.? Should parents be able to perform such stimulation on their kids without monitoring?
"It's early days but that hasn't stopped some companies from selling the device and marketing it as a learning tool," Dr. Cohen Kadosh says. "Be very careful."
The idea of using electric current to treat the brain of various diseases has a long and fraught history, perhaps most notably with what was called electroshock therapy, developed in 1938 to treat severe mental illness and often portrayed as a medieval treatment that rendered people zombie like in movies such as "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest."
Electro-convulsive therapy has improved dramatically over the years and is considered appropriate for use against types of major depression that don't respond to other treatments, as well as other related, severe mood states.
A number of new brain-stimulation techniques have been developed, including deep brain stimulation, which acts like a pacemaker for the brain. With DBS, electrodes are implanted into the brain and, though a battery pack in the chest, stimulate neurons continuously. DBS devices have been approved by U.S. regulators to treat tremors in Parkinson's disease and continue to be studied as possible treatments for chronic pain and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Trans-cranial electrical stimulation, or tES, is one of the newest brain stimulation techniques. Unlike DBS, it is noninvasive. If the technique continues to show promise, "this type of method may have a chance to be the new drug of the 21st century," says Dr. Cohen Kadosh.
The 37-year-old father of two completed graduate school at Ben-Gurion University in Israel before coming to London to do postdoctoral work with Vincent Walsh at University College London. Now, sitting in a small, tidy office with a model brain on a shelf, the senior research fellow at Oxford speaks with cautious enthusiasm about brain stimulation and its potential to help children with math difficulties.
Up to 6% of the population is estimated to have a math-learning disability called developmental dyscalculia, similar to dyslexia but with numerals instead of letters. Many more people say they find math difficult. People with developmental dyscalculia also may have trouble with daily tasks, such as remembering phone numbers and understanding bills.
Whether trans-cranial electrical stimulation proves to be a useful cognitive enhancer remains to be seen. Dr. Cohen Kadosh first thought about the possibility as a university student in Israel, where he conducted an experiment using trans-cranial magnetic stimulation, a tool that employs magnetic coils to induce a more powerful electrical current.
He found that he could temporarily turn off regions of the brain known to be important for cognitive skills. When the parietal lobe of the brain was stimulated using that technique, he found that the basic arithmetic skills of doctoral students who were normally very good with numbers were reduced to a level similar to those with developmental dyscalculia.
That led to his next inquiry: If current could turn off regions of the brain making people temporarily math-challenged, could a different type of stimulation improve math performance? Cognitive training helps to some extent in some individuals with math difficulties. Dr. Cohen Kadosh wondered if such learning could be improved if the brain was stimulated at the same time.
But trans-cranial magnetic stimulation wasn't the right tool because the current induced was too strong. Dr. Cohen Kadosh puzzled over what type of stimulation would be appropriate until a colleague who had worked with researchers in Germany returned and told him about tES, at the time a new technique. Dr. Cohen Kadosh decided tES was the way to go.
His group has since conducted a series of studies suggesting that tES appears helpful improving learning speed on various math tasks in adults who don't have trouble in math. Now they've found preliminary evidence for those who struggle in math, too.
Participants typically come for 30-minute stimulation-and-training sessions daily for a week. His team is now starting to study children between 8 and 10 who receive twice-weekly training and stimulation for a month. Studies of tES, including the ones conducted by Dr. Cohen Kadosh, tend to have small sample sizes of up to several dozen participants; replication of the findings by other researchers is important.
In a small, toasty room, participants, often Oxford students, sit in front of a computer screen and complete hundreds of trials in which they learn to associate numerical values with abstract, nonnumerical symbols, figuring out which symbols are "greater" than others, in the way that people learn to know that three is greater than two.
When neurons fire, they transfer information, which could facilitate learning. The tES technique appears to work by lowering the threshold neurons need to reach before they fire, studies have shown. In addition, the stimulation appears to cause changes in neurochemicals involved in learning and memory.
However, the results so far in the field appear to differ significantly by individual. Stimulating the wrong brain region or at too high or long a current has been known to show an inhibiting effect on learning. The young and elderly, for instance, respond exactly the opposite way to the same current in the same location, Dr. Cohen Kadosh says.
He and a colleague published a paper in January in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, in which they found that one individual with developmental dyscalculia improved her performance significantly while the other study subject didn't.
What is clear is that anyone trying the treatment would need to train as well as to stimulate the brain. Otherwise "it's like taking steroids but sitting on a couch," says Dr. Cohen Kadosh.
Dr. Cohen Kadosh and Beatrix Krause, a graduate student in the lab, have been examining individual differences in response. Whether a room is dark or well-lighted, if a person smokes and even where women are in their menstrual cycle can affect the brain's response to electrical stimulation, studies have found.
Results from his lab and others have shown that even if stimulation is stopped, those who benefited are going to maintain a higher performance level than those who weren't stimulated, up to a year afterward. If there isn't any follow-up training, everyone's performance declines over time, but the stimulated group still performs better than the non-stimulated group. It remains to be seen whether reintroducing stimulation would then improve learning again, Dr. Cohen Kadosh says.
Trans-cranial electrical stimulation has demonstrated an effect on numerical cognition for up to six months after treatment. A previous version of this article said that it was effective for up to 12 months.
With vagus nerve stimulation, a device is implanted in the upper chest and electrodes are connected to a nerve that runs from the brain-stem to the chest. A previous version of a graphic accompanying this story incorrectly said the device is implanted under the scalp.
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| 2019-04-22T12:13:08 |
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is a solid mass of metal.
lengthwise embedded in it and shorted together at the ends by thick plates.
higher peak torque will result if both windings are active at all times.
a modest size fan motor.
motors come down in price.
the shaft is turned by hand.
power tools, and washing machines and dryers.
accomplished by the use of 'shading' rings which are installed on the stator.
their vicinity just enough to provide some starting torque.
and flip the stator to reverse direction should the need ever arise.
can be used to effect speed control without damaging heating at any speed.
a fan or the bearings seize up, for example.
one of the windings or the capacitor (if used).
* Open coil winding - test across the motor terminals with your ohmmeter.
starting and running windings, check both of these.
up (but will still result in an overheating motor).
power, overheating, smoke, fire, tripped breaker or overload protector, etc.
repaired. They usually are not.
or it remains low, then the capacitor is bad (open or shorted respectively).
shorted, it is definitely bad. Substitution is best.
properly. Normally, an induction motor rotor is perfectly symmetric.
structural frame, remove the outer casing first.
removed to the convenience of your workbench.
free as the armature is withdrawn. Try to anticipate this in step (6).
will normally stay attached to the shaft as it is removed.
they can be reassembled in exactly the same orientation.
bells of the motor until they can be separated by hand.
of your choice if they both have extended shafts).
bushings or show evidence of the rotor scraping on the stator core.
visible or olfactory detected deterioration of wire insulation.
you will be doing this again very soon.
end first and hold them in place to prevent damage to the fragile carbon.
Tighten the nuts or bolts evenly and securely but do not overtighten.
not the case, some educated guessing and experimentation will be necessary.
case there is no capacitor and thus there are few unknowns.
* The motor came out of a furnace.
* It's marked with three amp ratings (4.5, 6.1, 7.5) - three speeds, right?
* The wires look like they were white, black, red and blue.
So, how do I connect the motor?"
would be: White is common, black is HIGH, blue is MEDIUM, red is LOW.
prevent damage to the motor if your connections are not quite correct.
Connect each combination of White and one other color. Start with black.
turn, then you are probably safe in removing the light bulb.
ratings, just bring up the voltage slowly.
If it does not make any effort to start turning - just hums, go to plan B.
It may require a starting/running capacitor and/or not be a 3 speed motor.
determined by the polarity of the input voltage.
electric knives, and cordless power tools.
and they will generally work equally well in either direction.
windings, a dirty commutator, gummed up lubrication, or dry or worn bearings.
current drain and overheating, or a totally dead motor.
deck motors but not as common a problem with typical appliances.
during operation and/or reduced speed and power.
at the same point at some point in the future.
may indicate the need for cleaning as well.
power supply is working, you can use this as well.
voltage regulator, wall adapter, etc.
in tape players and cassette decks used for the capstan.
happily up to perhaps 50% more input voltage than this value.
Note that many motors are actually marked with voltage and current ratings.
consumer electronics as well as toys and small appliances.
lead and black (or dark cool) color for the minus (-) lead.
worked on Pioneer PDM series spindle motors.
See the section: "Disassembling and reassembling a miniature PM motor".
for those tiny PM motors with metal brushes.
term reliability in any case. However, if you like a challenge, read on.
found in appliances and power tools.
all kinds of ferrous particles which are then very difficult to remove.
it is directly soldered to a circuit board!
without damage to the bushing.
it can be replaced in the same orientation.
will safely lift the brushes out of harm's way.
holding the cover in place.
the motor. If done carefully, no damage will be done to the metal brushes.
7. The armature can now be pulled free of the case and magnets.
8. Identify any flat washers or spacers that may be present on the shaft(s).
replaced during reassembly. Clean these and set aside.
FD, and CD drives, for example). Fortunately, they are extremely reliable.
cases, electronic component malfunction can be identified and remedied.
Not that common in appliances but this is changing as the technology matures.
this, for example). However, the common DC operated fan is not reversible.
cassette decks, turntables, and other precision equipment.
in the center of the blade assembly. Set these aside.
going zing across the room.
positions so that they can be restored exactly the way you found them.
5. Withdraw the rotor and blades from the stator.
exactly the way you found them.
bushing using a Q-tip and alcohol or WD40 (see there is a use for WD40!).
in the bushing and any felt pads or washers.
they don't go bad very often.
it is not easily changed.
will run at 900 RPM.
and gear unit can be replaced while retaining the stator and coils.
well. This may mean popping off a press-fit pinion gear.
possible. This will make it a lot easier to work on.
Epoxy seal in some cases.
from the shaft by gently tapping in the middle with a small hammer.
5. Withdraw the rotor from the motor.
6. Identify any flat washers or spacers that may be present on the shaft.
Inspect and clean the shaft and bushings. Lubricate with electric motor oil.
noise, rapid bearing wear, and ultimate failure.
a worn bearing. See the section: "Lubrication of appliances and electronic equipment".
| 2019-04-18T21:26:00 |
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Angela says- "Overall, I really liked my experience taking the Nursing Postnatal supplement from Fairhaven Health.. I am usually really bad about taking vitamins, but nursing my newborn, I really focused on making sure I did not forget to take these, so I knew I had the nutrients in my milk for my little one. Before taking these vitamins, I was always tired, due to lack of iron, vitamin D and who knows what else. Now, even with only getting 3-5 hours of sleep per day, I am able to function. I do not feel as run down and am able to focus on being a working mother of two. Another positive to the vitamin D levels in this supplement, I was also told by my daughters pediatric doctor, she does not need a supplement at this time.
The Nursing Postnatal supplement is both easy to swallow and is easy on my stomach, unlike other vitamin supplements I have taken in the past, including prenatals. I will have to say, I needed to take the Nursing Postnatals with a strong flavored drink to mask the overwhelming vitamin taste, but that is to be expected with vitamins.
I would recommend this to nursing moms who are not concerned with their abundance of milk supply, but more worried about the nutritional value of their milk, as I did not see a great increase in supply. My supply maintained throughout taking the vitamins, which for me was all that my baby and I needed. I am definitely going to be purchasing this product for continued use while nursing. "
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| 2019-04-18T22:23:31 |
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If you are not logged in, it will prompt you to login.
Step 2: Enter a name for your new parts list and a description to help you identify it in the future, then click ‘Save’.
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Step 2: Search for the parts list from which you want to transfer products and select.
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| 2019-04-19T14:22:50 |
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I've read that most of the nutrients of wheat are stripped for the sake of shelf life. Is this marketing propaganda or is there truth behind it? It was my impression that white flour (even fortified) is nowhere close to the original thing but whole grain flour is still pretty good.
The grinders are pretty pricy and after that even buying large amounts of grain (if you can find it) doesn't ever appear to pay off. Am I mistaken?
Are there any real benefits to doing it yourself (whether nutritional or not)?
You're very correct the grinders are pretty pricey. I believe we paid about $300 for ours.
There are a few good reasons for me to have a grinder. Whether they are good reasons for you is your call.
1- I can grind whatever I want. Right now I am using hard white wheat. Unbleached, hard, white wheat flour is more expensive than your run-of-the-mill flour and comes in annoyingly small bags. I also grind beans, quinoa, oats, etc.
2- I can control the fineness of the grind. This is a minor thing but it is nice for me to be able to experiment with the texture of the product. In practice I usually leave it on the same setting but it is finer than the flour I can purchase.
3- Wheat flour is very perishable. I go through a fair bit of flour. As much as 200 oz in a heavy week. In order to have enough wheat flour on hand for a couple weeks it would have to live in the freezer. I don't want to waste that much freezer space. Whole wheat berries last almost indefinitely.
4- I like the flavor better. It tastes fresher and more nutty. This may be imagined- I haven't done any double blind tests. I should do that.
5- Cost- I had to do some of the maths as I don't usually pay a lot of attention to this. King Arthur white wheat flour costs approximately $1.00 a lbs.
I buy 25lbs bags of bulk white wheat for $12-$15 or $0.50-$0.60 a pound. If I use around 10 lbs of flour a week (usually a little less, it varies) I am saving about $5 a week. If you don't have access to wheat that cheap or don't make that much bread then of course the savings will be less.
As for nutrition- I read all the time that the nutrients in whole wheat flour degrade very quickly. I'm not a chemist but those results seem plausible to me based on how quickly the flour itself degrades in quality.
A friend of mine has been experimenting with different kinds of rye bread for quite some time. He's come to grinding the rye flour himself. I've been tasting the bread for most of the time.
The grinders are indeed expensive. Manual ones are cheaper, but it's really a lot of work to grind even a smallish amount of grain (I've tried). Off-the-shelf flour is so cheap that the grinder probably never pays off in that sense.
Where I live, whole-grain rye flour isn't readily available in stores. Thus what you get by grinding yourself is certainly different, and in my opinion tastes better. The shelf life of whole-grain flour is relatively short, but that's no problem if you only grind what you use. I believe the scientific consensus is that whole-grain flour is more healthy than the standard stripped version (but I'm no expert).
It tastes better. If you bake a lot, I'd say that's enough reason to start grinding.
However, having said that, I don't believe there's much difference in taste nor nutrients between off-the-shelf whole-grain flour and self-ground flour. I certainly wouldn't start grinding wheat myself, but I don't like wheat very much. At least here you can get whole-grain wheat flour easily from stores.
I would like to comment on this as well, as I grind my own flour because of cost savings.
We bought our Kitchenaid Flour grinder for quite cheap, and with a wedding gift card, it only cost us $20.
I grind my own wheat, because it is very cheap. A farmer gets about $6-7/32L 32L = bushel) of wheat kernels. This amounts to 2-3 times about of flour, so about 90L of flour. Flour weighs about 0.5g/mL, so about 45kg of flour. For 45kg of flour, I'd say $7 isn't such a bad price. As I work with farmers, I've never had to pay for wheat kernels, as a ziploc bag is pennies to them.
Ground whole wheat kernels taste very strongly like bran. I would not recommend using 100% whole kernels as you feel like you are eating a bran muffin. I always mix my whole kernel flour with white flour and a dash of whole wheat flour.
I would also just like to point out that there are many types of wheat. Here in western canada, we primarily grow Hard-Red spring Wheat. This signifies a high protein, and is better for bread. Any of the "Soft" Red/White Wheat, are low protein, and are better suited for pastries. We need a higher protein, to have a higher gluten content, as gluten is responsible for the bread being able to rise well. I would also like to point out that, the protein content often is variable amongst every field yet, so if you're asking a farmer for a bucket of wheat grain, I would recommend having at least 12% protein so your bread will rise.
If you would like to know more about wheat, I would recommend asking a farmer!
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Are there ways in which you can overdo your thickening?
| 2019-04-26T02:30:02 |
https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/14535/are-there-substantial-benefits-to-grinding-your-own-flour
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Madonna hints at the mysterious Madame X -character - is this in store at the Eurovision song contest?
Madonna, 60, has been teasing his fans for a long time with new material, and now popkuningatar has finally offered something tangible to see and hear.
among Other things the Rolling Stone to tell, Madonna released the somekanavissa the minute-long video in which he explains the mystery of the character, which he calls by the name Madame X. Madonna is also heard singing briefly in the video.
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during his Career, numerous style changed and different lookeilla toying Madonna lists in the video a whole slew of roles, which Madame X is.
– She's a dancer, professor, head of state, housekeeper, riding, a prisoner, a student, a mother, a child, a teacher, a nun, a singer, a saint, a whore. A spy in a house of love. I am Madame X, Madonna said in the video at the same time, when she is seen dressed up in different characters.
in the Video Madonna also confirmed he gave the new album its the name of Madame X.
for a Long time a new album recorded by Madonna, released Monday, data that the disc's first single, Medellin will be published on Wednesday 17. April. The song heard in the also colombian singer yelawolf song .
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in Portugal, currently resident popkuningatar is attached to the may events held in the Eurovision song contest. Madonna is scheduled to occur viisufinaalissa 18. may, when he presented one new and one old song.
At that time on the stage may be, therefore, to see madonna's most recent alter ego of Madame X.
| 2019-04-24T16:43:48 |
http://www.jellypages.com/entertainment/Madonna-hints-at-the-mysterious-Madame-X-character-is-this-in-store-at-the-Eurovision-song-contest-h78011.html
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Professor Philip Rowlings has over 20 years research experience in clinical trials of new treatments, biostatistical analyses of large datasets in blood and marrow transplant for leukaemia, multiple myeloma, lymphoma and other malignancies, as well as health resource utilisation. In the last 10 years he has also been involved in autologous bone marrow stem cell therapy for heart disease and new methods of genetic analyses in multiple myeloma.
Professor Rowlings is a member of Scientific Advisory Committees for the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CBMTR) based in Milwaukee and Mineanopolis USA, as well as the Asia Pacific Bone Marrow Transplant (APBMT) group based in Ngoya Japan. He is current chair for the Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant Group of the NSW BMT Network, a division of the Agency for Clinical Innovation.
A biostatistical appetite was first whetted as a medical student in 1978, when I worked on a project looking at management of fractured neck of femur. However, when I became a doctor, haematology and bone marrow transplant became my passion.
The ability of blood and marrow transplantation to treat people with lymphoma involving the brain.New methods of genetic analyses to predict outcomes in multiple myeloma patients.Assessing whether patients with haematologic cancers take their medications as they're supposed to.The latest drug developments in treatment of multiple myeloma.
Can I say two? One was the development of a new analytic method for assessing graft-versus-host disease (a complication of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation). The other was collaborating with a cardiology colleague, and our team being the first in Australia, and one of the world pioneers in investigating autologous marrow stem cells in patients with heart disease.
Being able to help people using my love for science.
I had worked for over six years in the USA both as a bone marrow transplant doctor and researcher. I worked at SydneyHospital for a brief period after the USA, before joining the Mater in 2001.
The wonderful collaboration of doctors, nurses, clinical trial and laboratory staff.
Michele Gambrill and the clinical trials staff, Dr Anoop Enjeti, Dr Hong Zhang, Geordie Zaunders in the HAPS laboratory.
High school student! I've been involved in research throughout my medical student days and all my life as a doctor.
I love asking questions, measuring things and trying to work out how things work. I was fortunate to have wonderful doctor-researcher mentors throughout my early medical career.
Regular 5:30 am research meetings whilst at conferences in the USA, because of an extremely "driven" boss.
Long adventure walks with my wife and learning French.
I gave 150 mls of my own bone marrow under local anaesthetic, for bone marrow stem cell experiments.
| 2019-04-26T02:48:25 |
https://research.calvarymater.org.au/meet-our-researchers/phil-rowlings.html
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I'm really excited, too. Something to buy!
I'm intrigued, and also excited. I'd forgotten that LovendoR existed.
They've kept busy but with stuff that's harder for intl fans to follow. Radio, touring, some tv stuff and an award show.
Yuki composed Angerme's Desugita and Reina has written a few songs so I guess they've decided the band is ready for more creative freedom.
The large amount of solo work Reina has been doing has lead to a lot of rumor a disbandment announcement was coming soon, but apparently they announced they're releasing a mini album this summer. Hyadain did at least one song for them.
They never replaced that graduated member, right? So I guess it could look like they'd disband soon or keep it only as a side project.
Well, Marin was recently on a show playing the new game Horizon: Zero Dawn, so she's still active.
They had a member graduate?
Now I had to look it up, and it was Uozumi Yuki that graduated in September 2016. They're a 3nin group now.
I've seen bands do it before that just use touring members. It makes more sense for a group that has more creative control (if you've got a core group that really know what they want in a sound), but I've seen it. I feel like it doesn't really matter? How often can anyone name the full lineup in a band these days anyway. I wouldn't know if most of the people I listen to didn't have a full permanent musician.
I kind of get it but with these groups it's mostly that it's either a whole band or rather the band that records albums that are visual (or not). Or, in many cases, these bands have a popular lead singer. But with Lovendor it's that the main members (now 3) are the focus and the others are just mentioned once in a while. Not that it doesn't make sense, but I think it's a bit weird.
The only one that mattered other than Reina, you heathens!
Wasnt Yuki the one that did Desugita?
Lovendor has far bigger problems than the fact that the official members don't make up a full band lol.
I just added a long entry on LoVendoR at JpopeOnJpop. Probably tl;dr, but the final image caption is worth it.
Haha, I commented on this on facebook and didn't even realize it was yours. I'm in agreeance on everything though. Lovendor has been nothing but a missed opportunity.
How many bbs members are in that FB group? Seems like a lot.
There seems to be a fair amount from what I've seen. Especially since people post similar replies here as they do there. I mainly just lurk in both areas at this point.
| 2019-04-25T02:43:41 |
http://mm-bbs.org/index.php?showtopic=5147&page=15
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Keep leather boots as dry as possible.
If you have a boat with leather seats, have a leather living room set in your basement, or frequently forget to bring your leather boots or bags in from outside, it's likely you will have to remove mold from leather at some point. Although this task isn't pleasant, it certainly can be done.
Mold is a living thing, a fungus to be exact, that is primarily airborne. However, when it lands on a hospitable area, such as a leather sofa or handbag, it latches on and reproduces. This means you need to take care of mold on your leather right away. If you let it go for a while, the problem will only get worse. It becomes more difficult to remove the more mold there is, and it can even spread to other items nearby.
Just because you notice something brown or black on your leather doesn't mean that it is automatically mold. The stain could be dirt, ink or any other number of substances. If the substance isn't mold, the cleaning tips in this article may not work. Even if they do, you could save yourself some time and effort by using a different method more catered to the stain. It's usually mold if it has a puffy or fuzzy appearance and a very irregular shape. Severe mold will also have a strong musty smell.
If you have to remove mold from leather, especially if it is a large item like a sofa, you should wear a protective mask, long sleeves, long pants, rubber gloves and goggles. The act of cleaning will release mold spores into the air that can damage your lungs if you're not protected and the cleaning solution can harm your eyes and skin.
If at all possible, move the leather item outside.
Scrape as much mold as you can off the surface with a dry nylon brush.
Add four cups of lukewarm water to a bucket and put in a drop of liquid dish soap.
Dip a cotton rag in the soapy water, wring it out and scrub your leather, following the grain.
Check to see if all the mold comes off. If not, scrub again. This time use a new rag soaked in two cups of water and one cup of rubbing alcohol.
If any mold remains, try scrubbing with the alcohol solution and a soft-bristled toothbrush.
Let the leather air dry in the sun.
Treat the item with leather conditioner by gently rubbing it in into the leather in a circular motion.
Don't keep any of the cleaning solution or the rags or toothbrush. If you attempt to reuse any of the items, you'll just be spreading the mold around. Also, if the leather you're trying to clean is fancy or expensive, test all cleaning solutions in a small area before using them on the entire item.
Think of cleaning up any of these conditions as part of the process of how to remove mold from leather. If you don't correct them yet continue to store your leather item as before, you'll be repeating the process fairly often.
| 2019-04-26T06:05:02 |
https://cleaning.lovetoknow.com/Remove_Mold_from_Leather
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Why is the biggest holocaust in all humanity being hidden from history? Is it because it lasted so long that it has become a habit? It's been well documented that the killing of Indigenous people in the Western Hemisphere since the beginning of colonization has been estimated at 120 million. Yet nobody wants to speak about it.
It could be argued that the loss of 120 million from 1500 to 1800 isn't the same as the loss of 6 million people during World War II. Can 6 million in 1945 be compared to 1 million in 1500?
The North American Indian holocaust was studied by South Africa for their apartheid program and by Hitler for his genocide of the Jews during World War II. Hitler commented that he admired the great job Americans had done in taking care of the Indian problem. The policies used to kill us off was so successful that people today generally assume that our population was low. Hitler told a past US President when he remarked about their maltreatment of the Jewish people, he mind your own business. You're the worst.
Unlike post-war Germany, North Americans refuse to acknowledge this genocide. Almost one and a quarter million Kanien'ke:haka (Mohawk) were killed off leaving us only a few thousand survivors.
North Americans do not want to reveal that there was and still is a systematic plan to destroy most of the native people by outright murder by bounty hunters and land grabbers, disease through distributing small pox infested blankets, relocation, theft of children who were placed in concentration camps called "residential schools" and assimilation.
As with the Jews, they could not have accomplished this without their collaborators who they trained to serve their genocidal system through their "re-education camps".
In the residential schools many eye witnesses have recently come forward to describe the atrocities. They called these places "death camps" where, according to government records, nearly half of all these innocent Indigenous children died or disappeared as if they never existed. In the 1920's when Dr. Bryce was alarmed by the high death rate of children in residential schools, his report was suppressed.
The term "Final Solution" was not coined by the Nazis. It was Indian Affairs Superintendent, Duncan Campbell Scott, Canada's Adolph Eichmann, who in April 1910 plotted out the planned murder to take care of the "Indian problem".
"It is readily acknowledged that Indian children lose their natural resistance to illness by habitating so closely in these schools, and that they die at a much higher rate than in their villages. But this alone does not justify a change in the policy of this Department, which is geared towards the final solution of our Indian Problem". (DIA Archives, RG 10 series).
In the 1930's he brought German doctors over here to do medical experiments on our children. According to the study the majority of the lives of these children was extinguished. School children are taught his poetry with no mention of his role as the butcher of the Indian people.
It's not good enough to just remember the holocaust that took place during the lifetime of some of the survivors. We have to remember the larger holocaust. Isn't it time to uncover the truth and make the perpetrators face up to this?
In the west there are a whole series of Eichmanns. General Amherst ordered the distribution of small pox infested blankets to kill of our people. But his name is shamelessly preserved in the names of towns and streets. George Washington is called the "village burner" in Mohawk because of all the villages he ordered burnt. Villages would be surrounded. As the people came running out, they would be shot, stabbed, women, children and elders alike. In one campaign alone "hundreds of thousand died, from New York across Pennsylvania, West Virgina and into Ohio". His name graces the capital of the United States.
| 2019-04-21T12:16:40 |
http://nightslantern.ca/nativeholocaust.htm
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Eddie Jones has a skip in his step on the way from his car to his office at Pennyhill Park this morning, and it’s thanks in no small part to the gargantuan Vunipola brothers and Manu Tuilagi.
Saturday’s sacking of Dublin came as a direct product of the team Jones has been waiting to field since he was first approached to take over from Stuart Lancaster following an embarrassing home World Cup campaign, with the prospect of the aforementioned barnstorming trio kicking down front doors to expose the silverware likes of Owen Farrell, Henry Slade and Jack Nowell would eventually plunder.
However, only one of this gargantuan trio, Leicester Tigers’ Tuilagi, would serve as one of England’s battering rams on Saturday, with the Vunipola brothers surprising most with their lack of carrying. The Saracens siblings were served as true Trojan workhorses, lending their considerable combined weight of 247kg - or 38 stone in old money – to John Mitchell’s imposing white defensive line.
First of all, we take a look at how the lauded ball carrying of the younger of the brothers, Billy, was excellently nullified by the Irish defence.
Ahead of England’s first try, Billy carried into Ireland’s defensive wall but is well met by a mixture of Devin Toner and his opposite man Bundee Aki. Take a look at the image below, where the Irish duo managed to hold Billy up, in an attempt to slow English ball; something we'll see the Vunipola brothers achieve to great effect later in this piece.
The England number eight goes on to avoid Ireland creating the familiar sight of a midfield maul, by holding up an offensive runner, by freeing his big right paw and shifting the ball away to Ben Youngs.
This quick turnover of ball is what sets up Farrell’s ability to send THAT pass and set England up for the ideal start.
The Irish also managed to stunt Billy’s next carry, with openside Josh Van de Flier cutting down his quarry in true flanking fashion.
Aside from one or two carries from the England number eight, his offensive game was, for the most part, absent from the visitor’s armoury. Jones’s pack shared carrying duties over the weekend, with no one player standing out as the main source of hard yards.
So where did the Vunipolas come into their own over the weekend, and why were they so influential if not seen assaulting their opposition’s line with regular success? In short, the brothers were staunch defensive pillars for their side, with the younger of the pair proving once again that his breakdown threat is the silent killer of his game.
Often working together, we see a classic example of their influence in the image below. So often a source of carrying metres for the Irish, CJ Stander charged headlong into England’s defence, with captain Rory Best hot on his heels in a supporting capacity.
Billy makes the initial, thunderous hit, killing Stander’s momentum. Mako capitalises in this lack of impetus and grapples with the South African-born number eight, holding him up just enough to prevent Conor Murray from being supplied with quick ball.
Flankers Mark Wilson and Tom Curry were busy slowing Ireland’s ball in a jackling capacity, but Mako’s influence in the above clip is just as valuable at slowing down opposition possession, and at a much lower risk of conceding a penalty.
Five minutes later, we see one of Billy’s finest defensive contributions. Given the aforementioned value of holding a player up and denying your opposition’s halfback, Murray in this instance, quick service, Billy displays his hunger for work.
Below we can see him making consecutive tackles, firstly working in tandem with his brother once again, this time knocking Toner backwards behind the game line.
Billy goes on to commit himself to tackle Stander after Toner manages to get the offload away, working with tighthead prop Kyle Sinckler this time to hold his opposite number up and severely delay the ball Murray and the Irish backline have to work with.
Reaffirming his ability to not only use his considerable 126kg frame to hold players up and delay his opposition, Billy goes on to prove himself a breakdown pest.
20 seconds after his consecutive defensive offerings on the right side of the Dublin turf, Billy has worked his way just left of centre field, once again working with his older brother.
This time around, the Irish carrier is able to escape the grasps of big brother Mako, neatly stepping inside the first Vunipola brother to aim for the gap Jamie George was yet to close, whilst working away from the previous ruck.
Mako managed to scrag Healy’s right ankle and bring his opposite man to ground. With his target conveniently to floor immediately in front of him, Billy snatches the opportunity to compete for the ball before Tadhg Furlong can make contact with the man that would have been his British and Irish Lions teammate if not for shoulder surgery two years ago.
Such is Billy’s weight and core strength, it takes the added presences of both Best and second row James Ryan to clear the England number eight, and even then, we can see he is still able to fall towards the ball and attempt to disrupt Murray.
It’s undeniable that brothers’ carrying is a string of unicorn hair to England’s bow and something that while under the radar and less than prevalent in this particular match, proved hugely influential in continuing England’s game line dominance.
But the pairs’ impressive work ethic on the other side of the ball and, in particular, Billy’s added threat at the breakdown takes England to an almost unrecognisable degree when compared to last year’s dismal Six Nations campaign.
If Jones is able to boast the Vunipolas, Tuilagi and the sizable frames of Sinckler, Maro Itoje and even Ben Te’o, they’ll be considered contenders for both a Grand Slam and potentially, the Webb Ellis trophy. However, a lot can happen in eight months and boasting an injury free is a rare commodity.
| 2019-04-19T23:03:18 |
https://therugbymagazine.com/international/how-billy-vunipola-lent-his-weight-to-englands-dublin-victory-but-not-in-the-way-we-expected
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For this assignment, you are expected to infer some of the requirements from the unit tests. This includes string formats, exact names of methods, the order or arguments and the constructors required.
1. Instance variables with appropriate getter and setter methods: name, which is a String, and a customerID, which is an integer.
2. A toString() method which provides a well-formatted string representation of the instance variables in the Customer class.
3. Appropriate constructors for the class.
1. Add an instance of the Customer class to your BankAccount class as an instance variable with a getter and setter method. The name of the instance variable should be accountHolder.
2. Add appropriate constructors to allow creation of bank accounts to specify an account holder.
3. Update the toString method such that the string returned includes account holder information.
4. Add a method called transfer that takes an amount to transfer and an account to transfer to as arguments. The transfer should only take place if the account has enough funds.
A JUnit test is provided below for both the updated BankAccount class (20 tests) and the Customer class (5 tests). To qualify for the full team grade you must pass at least 20/25 tests.
Run JUnit test!! to check the work.
Put junit-4.12.jar and hamcrest-core-1.3.jar in this folder (available below).
Copy the test code with possible supporting files in this same folder.
Create the file with code as required.
Run the test using the command "java -cp .;junit-4.12.jar:hamcrest-core-1.3.jar org.junit.runner.JUnitCore BankAccountIA3Test" and "java -cp .;junit-4.12.jar:hamcrest-core-1.3.jar org.junit.runner.JUnitCore CustomerIA3Test"
Take a screenshot of cmd to show that file is working properly. If you need more information leave a question and I'll try to answer them ASAP. Thank you.
Give a brief history of Java.
| 2019-04-19T20:59:02 |
https://www.studypool.com/discuss/11036296/intro-to-java-instance-variables-parameters-and-method-returns-of-reference-type
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"I really like to drink banana juice!"
Translation:Ich trinke total gerne Bananensaft!
Can someone explain the word order on this one?
Bananensaft trinke ich total gerne.
Ich trinke Bananensaft total gerne.
Total gerne trinke ich Bananensaft.
but why total gern, not gern total?
Adverbs that modify another adverb or an adjective precede those. If you revert the order, gern modifies total => I like to totally drink banana juice.
Thanks - I thought it was total modifying gern.
Yes, it does, if it comes first ;-).
Anything wrong with "Ich trinke Bananensaft sehr gern"? I did a few things differently than the given translation, but I'm not sure which if any are incorrect.
| 2019-04-23T14:29:12 |
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/27797408/I-really-like-to-drink-banana-juice
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A Pronoun is a word that takes the place of a Noun. In other words, Pronouns can be substituted for Nouns without changing the meaning of the sentence. Pronouns are usually short words and are used to obviate repetition of nouns or noun phrases. A Pronoun can perform all functions of a Noun and can be a subject, object or complement in a sentence.
Let us see an example - How Pronoun make sentences short and simple.
Sentences without Pronouns : Vartika has a multi-talented robot. Avyan asked Vartika to give multi-talented robot to Avyan. Vartika loves the multi-talented robot so Vartika did not give multi-talented robot to Avyan. Vartika did not even obey the advice of Vartika's mother. Today also, Vartika plays with the multi-talented robot daily.
Nouns repeated in the above example are : Vartika, multi-talented robot and Avyan. The use of Pronouns obviate repetition of nouns.
Same sentences with Pronouns : Vartika has a multi-talented robot. Avyan asked her to give it to him. She loves it so she did not give it to him. She did not even obey the advice of her mother. Today also, she plays with it daily.
Often we do not use pronouns before small children because they may have difficulty in understanding which pronoun is used for which noun hence we repeat the complete noun in the sentence to make the child understand it properly.
There are eight kinds of Pronouns.
1. Subjective Personal Pronouns: Pronouns that represent Subject of the Verb are Subjective Personal Pronouns.
2. Objective Personal Pronouns: Pronouns that represent Object of the sentence are Objective Personal Pronouns.
I I am reading a book. Me Had you given the paper to me?
You You are my best friend. You She may call you.
She She is my sister. Her Don't break with her.
He He has done his job. Him Give this book to him.
It It may be kept in your drawer. It My wife has painted it.
We We have won the match. Us They will inform us before time.
They They are marching towards the Parliament. Them She made a complaint against them.
Number - Two Numbers : Determine whether the noun to whom Personal Pronoun represents is singular or plural. If Personal Pronoun is representing singular person or thing, Personal Pronoun will be singular otherwise it will be plural.
Person - Three Persons : Determine whether the noun to whom Personal Pronoun represents is of Ist Person, 2nd Person or 3rd Person. Accordingly Personal Pronoun of that person will be selected.
Case - Three Cases : Determine the case of Pronoun. In English grammar, a noun's or a pronoun's case shows its relationship in some way to other words in a sentence. The Main cases are - (1) Subjective Case or Nominative Case - Subjective Pronoun acts as the subject of a sentence; (2) Objective Case - Objective Pronoun acts as the object of a sentence; and (3) Possessive Case - Possessive Pronoun shows ownership.
| 2019-04-18T14:53:56 |
https://www.englishkitab.com/Learning_Course/ELC-45th_Day.html
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The drift focus helps set the game apart, but is the rest of the product good enough elevate it out of the pack?
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo ("drift" is actually nowhere in the game's title) is a solid, inoffensive racing title that most casual gamers will be able to pick up and enjoy. It's clear that the development team didn't have the inclination (or perhaps the time) to take its solid fundamentals and craft a more rewarding overall experience around them, however.
The meat of the game revolves around a story mode, which itself revolves around the well-explored (in the gaming world, anyway) concept of "drifting." Drifting is, in a nutshell, allowing the back end of your vehicle to fishtail around the outside of a curve, causing the driver to temporarily lose control of their vehicle. Sort of. The key is to be in control of this lack of control. If that makes sense. Anyway, the point is, it allows drivers to make it through curves with minimal breaking, at very high speeds. Game makers learned years ago that it also allows for a deliciously fun videogame racing experience - a fact that I-Play has now further reiterated.
The story mode takes gamers through the game's six tracks one after the other. First is a standard race against three opponents - crossing the finish line first is all that matters. Second, you'll be required to fill your respect meter entirely (by performing "mad drifts," of course) in one lap. Lastly you face off against the track's "arena master." Here you must earn more respect than the boss, but also come in first.
The progression and variation of these tasks works well - at first. The problem is that this exact same sequence happens over and over. Six times, across the six tracks, to be exact. There is no story. You get the exact same 1-2 sentence lead-in to every event. Race, show-off, boss battle. Six times. Then you're done. Why not throw in some time trials, or head-to-head respect battles, or at least something other than the same thing, repeatedly?
This lack of story mode variation isn't a huge problem however, for a couple of reasons. The biggest is that separate "Solo Runs" do feature some unique modes. Here you can take part in three one-off events on each track: Time Trial, Last Man Standing, and Survival Run. Survival run is my personal favorite. Your drift meter drops rapidly and continually, and you have to survive as long as possible by refilling it with elaborate drifts. The game saves your top score for each run variety on each track, increasing replay value, but it's a shame there's no support for online leaderboards.
The drifting mechanics themselves are the other reason the weak story mode isn't more of an issue. They have obviously been simplified when compared to console and arcade drift-centric racing games, but are still a lot of fun. Steer into a corner, slide around it, and hit the gas to leave tire marks, smoke, and (hopefully) your opponents in your wake.
There are other good features (upgrade car stats & designs) and detracting issues (wonky collision detection), but I didn't feel they had too much of a positive or negative impact on the final product. Tokyo is a competent racing game with a good, well-executed "hook," but it doesn't do much to elevate it above that level of just being competent. Gamers looking for a solid racing title won't be disappointed, but if you already have one (or more) on your handset, there isn't a big reason to add Drift to your library.
What's Not: Lackluster story mode. No multiplayer. Wonky collision detection.
| 2019-04-22T12:36:41 |
https://modojo.com/article/1098/the_fast_and_the_furious_tokyo
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Is it possible to have both type 1 and type 2 diabetes at the same time? I don't see why not if they are two different diseases. If you had type 1 and developed type 2 diabetes later in life, then you would notice that you would need more insulin, right (due to insulin resistance)? I'm just curious. I have type 1, duration 16 years. My grandfather and great grandmother had type 2 diabetes. There is no history of type 1 that we know of. Is it possible I could develop type 2 also someday?
What you suggest is certainly theoretically possible, but I have never read a convincing report of its occurrence. There are some difficulties though about the concept. The first is that diabetes can no longer be categorised as just type 1 and type 2. Type 1, for example, is now divided into type 1A which is antibody positive and type 1B which is antibody negative and very common in Hispanic and African American families, but not in Caucasians. Type 2 Diabetes is now increasingly recognised in children and, there are all the rare forms of diabetes in young people like the MODY's and the Mitochondrial Diabetes. A Japanese group recently described yet another form of acute antibody negative diabetes in young people.
Type 2 diabetes, on the other hand, is rather less well categorised, but already a variety of different chromosomal disorders have come to be linked to the disorder. On top of all this, the overriding principal of treatment of all forms is to keep blood glucoses as near to normal as possible by whatever is the simplest means. Because of this, perhaps, there has been rather little impetus to press for an exact molecular definition in all cases. Ultimately, this will get much more attention as treatment increasingly focuses on genetic engineering, on relevant environmental factors and on specific immunomodulations.
| 2019-04-21T19:03:08 |
http://old.childrenwithdiabetes.com/dteam/2000-07/d_0d_56d.htm
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The Education Renewal Recovery Programme describes the context for change and key issues we are facing in greater Christchurch. It incorporates a wealth of community feedback and outlines future directions and actions.
What is the interim decision for the Aranui cluster?
In September last year, the Government proposed that five schools (Aranui High School, Aranui School, Avondale School, Chisnallwood Intermediate and Wainoni School) should close and a new Year 1–13 campus be established on a single site.
This would mean that four schools, Aranui School, Aranui High School, Avondale School and Wainoni School, should close on 27 January 2017.
Chisnallwood Intermediate School should remain open as normal on its current site. Its future should be reviewed in 2020 after the community campus has been operational for a couple of years, and other changes to the schooling network have been made and settled.
The proposed establishment of a new Aranui community campus would mean that a range of services – community, health, sporting and educational – would be located on the school site. Special education, early childhood and tertiary education provision, as well as social, health, and sporting organisations could operate from the campus, providing an innovative learning hub. It is expected that this approach would fundamentally change how education is delivered in this community.
The Ministry would work with the Christchurch City Council and other relevant parties to identify facilities for the campus, such as a swimming pool, library and specialist youth facilities.
Since July 2010, the combined roll for the five Aranui schools has fallen by almost 500 students. In addition, all five schools have earthquake related damage and require strengthening, as well as weather-tightness issues.
The provision of Year 1-13 education on one site was proposed to strengthen schooling in this area. The larger roll of the school(s) would consolidate resources, funding and staffing and provision for all ages would assist better transitions between schooling stages. The community campus would also provide an opportunity to share resources between schools or year groupings within one school and provide valuable resources and facilities for the surrounding community.
The Board of the new school would be able to work with the community and groups to direct a new vision for education provision in Aranui. This would build on the work already undertaken by the Aranui Community Trust Incorporated Society (ACTIS), and help to ensure that education provision in Aranui is targeted to the local community. The community campus would create an environment which best serves the young people living in the area.
Is this the final decision for the schools proposed to close?
No, this is an interim decision. The final decision will be made after the Minister of Education has received and considered further feedback about the interim decision, and any arguments from those Boards proposed to close as to why its school should not close. Boards have been given the timeframe for this and have until 3 July 2013 to provide further feedback. Final decisions for the Aranui cluster are expected to be announced in September 2013.
What happens now for the schools proposed to close in the Aranui cluster?
In accordance with section 154 of the Education Act 1989, where the Minister’s interim decision is that the school should close, a school’s Board “may be asked if it has any arguments in favour of the school’s staying open”. This is usually required within a 28 day period, but in this case the Minister has decided that affected schools will be given longer to provide feedback on her interim decision.
The process begins when a Board is informed of the Minister’s interim decision. Boards have until 3 July 2013 to respond.
Does the Board have to re-submit its initial submission or the information that was in it?
There is no need for school Boards to re-submit their initial submission. Boards can be confident that what they initially presented will be considered alongside any additional feedback or argument the Board provides, as part of this phase of the process.
Boards can contract a Ministry funded facilitator to support them to put together a submission. The Ministry has staff to support your Board in its role, who will explain the process and seek answers to any questions your Board may have. New Zealand School Trustees Association (NZSTA) will also provide support for Boards.
If the Minister’s final decision is to establish a new school, the decision is gazetted and the Ministry can move to implement the process of establishment. In this case land is already available. The first step is to seek nominations for the Establishment Board of Trustees (EBOT). This Board is made up of five appointed people and it can co-opt up to four others. The job of the board is to work with the community to develop a vision and philosophy for the school, develop its policies and other documentation, and appoint staff. It also provides input to the Ministry into the design of the build.
The only final decision about secondary schooling that has been made is that Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti is to merge with Discovery One School.
Aranui High School is included in the interim decisions announced for the Aranui cluster.
There are currently no other proposals or decisions relating to any other secondary schools in greater Christchurch.
Late last year, secondary schools were asked to work together on developing innovative proposals for the future of secondary schooling in the greater Christchurch area. Earlier this year, focus groups were established and ideas and information from these focus groups have been provided to the Ministry.
The ideas and information from the focus groups will be taken into account when the Ministry formulates proposals to put to the Minister for her consideration in June 2013.
What property projects have been commenced since the proposal announcements in September 2012?
In April 2013 work began on building the new school in Pegasus Town (Waikuku school will relocate to this site), and on the complete rebuild of earthquake-damaged Halswell Primary School. Both of these school builds remain on track to be completed in 2014.
Significant progress has been made on repairing 23 school pools, with 19 now complete and the remaining two pools expected to be completed shortly.
any need for rationalisation and removal of surplus property.
What are the benefits of modern facilities?
Many of the buildings in Christchurch schools are over 60 years old, and the way that education is delivered has changed significantly since they were built.
New learning environments incorporate the latest technology and accommodate and promote the latest teaching and learning practices. They create a secure and stimulating learning environment that lifts student engagement, and leads to improved achievement levels.
Enrolment schemes are likely to change with changes to the network of schools. The Ministry will work with the Boards of schools where enrolment schemes are required to change, so that these are implemented in a timely way.
Enrolment schemes are established to ensure that all students have the right of access to a ‘reasonably convenient school’ in relation to where they live.
If our school closes, what will happen to all the money that our PTA has raised?
If such a group is independent of the school (for example an incorporated society) then how it spends its funds and whether it winds up is a decision for its members (usually a group’s constitution covers these matters).
If such a group is run under the auspices of the school (as many are), the funds raised form part of the Board’s assets. The residual agent will work with the school and its PTA prior to closure to make decisions as to how they would like the funding to be used. In a closure, any deficit or surplus will become assets handled by the Ministry.
If an Early Childhood Education service is on a school site that should close, when will we know what will happen to that service?
Sometimes there is an Early Childhood Education (ECE) centre on the site of a school that is proposed for closure. As part of the process, the Ministry will discuss the future of the ECE service with the licensee / owner.
Following the final announcements, the Ministry will work with each affected service to identify suitable options for the future of the service.
If it was decided that the ECE service would remain on the site, the land that it occupies may be surveyed off and not disposed of as part of the school site.
What are you doing to support students, parents, teachers and communities affected by potential closures?
The Ministry will be available to work with affected schools to provide tailored programmes to meet schools’ specific needs, in collaboration with community services, resource teachers of learning and behaviour, and social workers in schools.
Once final decisions are made, the Ministry will appoint a change manager to support the Boards of schools that are closing. Ministry staff will work closely with the change manager and ensure that there is sufficient support to schools throughout this process.
We bought new school uniforms for our children last year and now their school might close. We can’t afford to replace them.
Final decisions on the Aranui cluster schools are not expected to be announced until September 2013. If the interim decision becomes final, no school in Aranui will close until January 2017.
If you do need to enrol your child in a different school, you should talk with the Principal to see what options may be available to help families in your situation.
Will we still need to have Board elections this year if the school is going to close?
Yes, the election process continues.
If there is not enough interest to form a legally constituted Board (a minimum of three parent representatives), then the only other option is for a Commissioner to be appointed in place of the Board.
Why do we still need to have elections if the school is going to close?
The proposed date for closure for the Aranui schools is January 2017. Therefore there will be significant ‘business as usual’ governance work the Board will be required to do until this date.
Every school needs people to stand for election to the Board who have skills and attributes to ensure the school is well governed and led, whether the Minister’s final decision is to proceed with closing the school or not.
If the Minister’s final decision is to proceed with closing the school, the Board has important responsibilities as an employer to make sure that the staff are supported through the closure process, and to support parents and students as they transition to new schools. The Board’s job is also to carefully protect the school’s assets during the closure process.
When will schools be able to appoint permanent staff?
Once the final decisions are made, schools will be in a position to know whether they can appoint new staff.
When am I going to know about my job?
There are clear processes for school closures, and school staff have clear rights and obligations. These rights are detailed in the relevant Collective Employment Agreements, and will also be made clear to all involved at the start of a closure process.
Staff can get support from their Board of Trustees, and (if they are members) from their union (NZEI, PPTA, SFWU, AWU, PSA, SPANZ) and Principals’ Associations. All school staff can access free support from EAP Services Limited. Phone 03 348 0854 to find out more about their services. The Ministry will be able to provide information about further support that is available.
Does a school that is closing need to follow the annual planning and reporting process?
Yes, the school will have submitted a charter that covers 2013, and it will need to submit its annual report by 31 May 2013.
Schools can contact their senior advisor from the Ministry of Education for support and guidance in developing their planning and reporting documents.
A private partner is responsible for designing, building, financing and maintaining the school property for the term of the contract (25 years from the opening of the secondary school). The Ministry of Education pays the private partner quarterly, with this payment reduced if the school facilities do not meet the standards specified in the contract. This effectively provides a 25-year guarantee on the buildings, unlike schools procured under traditional procurement models.
The provision of education remains the responsibility of the principal and board of trustees.
PPP schools (for example Hobsonville Point Primary School) are designed and built to meet the Ministry’s weather-tightness requirements, but if any defects arise over the life of the contract, the private sector partner is responsible for correcting them.
| 2019-04-20T14:52:49 |
http://shapingeducation.govt.nz/guiding-the-process-of-renewal/faqs/faqs-for-interim-decisions-for-aranui-22-may-2013
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I have noticed that some people are better at hearing music, e.g. they are better in distinguishing the notes or noticing mistakes when someone is play.
Is it possible to train oneself to hear music better? If yes, how?
It's absolutely possible, based on personal experience.
I also recommend trying to playing/singing along with songs. It's easier to recognize notes when you know how they physically feel as well as sound, and I've found that playing with songs is the best way to learn to play by ear. You can clearly hear when you play the wrong notes (most of the time), and it's easier to experiment until it sounds right and write down / remember the note that you played, rather than trying to determine it purely by listening. Eventually I found that I was able to start picking up notes just from listening.
Training to play by ear starts with 2 of your senses: Feeling and obviously Hearing.
Most people underestimate their ability to Play By Ear. Practically ALL THE TIME, everybody would rate themselves very low in their scores until I show them their TRUE scores whenever I conduct a TALENT EVALUATION on them. It would be good to assess the strength of your ability in terms of the above and also your dexterity and memory ability. Once you know it, you will know FOR SURE what your chances are.
Learning intervals have a part to play. However, personally, I feel that by the time you analyzed the intervals, the music would have gone far, far ahead in real time....unless you have already memorized the tune and are playing it back from what you have heard; or you are rewinding the tape or CD over and over again just to listen to the relevant parts.
For me, having taught 5000+ people to play by ear over the last 25 years, I prefer to use "active sensing" to find the right keys. Of course, it takes time and making a lot of mistakes initially to acquire that ability. However, once acquired, you tend to zoom to the right notes quite quickly or at the least, nearby. If you 'miss'; you just simply "bluff" your way to the right notes.
What I mean by "active sensing" is: Each and every note in the scale (doesn't matter what key) have a character. Like learning to recognize faces, you learn to recognize sound. As you hum the scale, LISTEN and FEEL the character of each SOUND. Taking Note 1 as the reference point, you will notice that Note 2 tends to sound SMALLER (More comfortable visualizing it as smaller than bigger); Note 3 seems to rise up to a level closer to Note 1; Note 4 is VERY STRONG - higher than Note 3; Note 5 drops down to a level close to Note 1; Note 6 rises up a little and Note 7 DROPS A LOT and than Note 8 goes back to a level like Note 1 except of higher pitch.
There are finer things inside each note (maybe you won't be able to describe them but you can feel them) that you will notice as you go through the range. As you go along trying to find melody notes, you will UNCONSCIOUSLY hit the right notes as you go along.
These strength and weakness are relative to each other in a scale. People will ask me: Based on this theory, won't the expression spiral upwards or downwards with no ending? It is a mystery I am not able to explain as yet. Somehow they seem to fit like a close fitting right with lots of components inside and end up in circular motion (instead of spiral).
After interval training, which is a necessary first step, one important way to improve your ear is actually to improve your brain: learn music theory. There are musical conventions that let musicians make educated guesses when they have trouble picking out individual chords. For instance, in the chord progression Dm7 G7 X, there's a pretty darn good chance that X will be some type of C chord. Probably major. Maybe minor. Almost certainly not diminished. Knowing the theory will help you fill in some of the gaps by being able to predict.
The next step is to practice. Start by listening to songs with simple chords (pop music and country come to mind) and trying to identify the notes and chords. Use published chord books as an answer key. Then move on to more complex harmonies (jazz, classical). Music is about patterns. As you learn to recognize more patterns (the sounds of individual chords, like a sus4b9, the sounds of chord changes, like a bII6-V-I), you'll be able to recognize chords just based on "feel" (our powerful pattern recognition capabilities).
What does it mean to be tone-deaf musically and how does one improve?
How do I learn to detect chord voicing by ear?
How can one learn to reproduce notes with one’s voice?
| 2019-04-23T10:14:19 |
https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/98/how-can-i-train-my-ear-for-music/530
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WHEN dust clears from the current House-Senate conference, the federal education budget will show that Washington is stepping up its commitment to disadvantaged students. Call it election-year politicking or a change in priorities, the Reagan administration for the first time asked Congress for a major increase in education funds - $21.2 billion for fiscal year 1989. Congress will likely increase that amount slightly and shift more funds to aid the disadvantaged. The budget is expected to clear Congress this month.
Mindful of concern over the nation's economic competitiveness, the need for an educated work force, and demographics showing a growing underclass, lawmakers are crafting a fiscal 1989 budget focused on programs that serve at-risk students. The House, for example, appropriated $4.7 billion for Chapter 1 (remedial aid to disadvantaged students, the largest federal program), a $336 million increase over fiscal 1988; the Senate appropriated less, $4.6 billion.
In addition, House appropriations call for funding a host of smaller ($5 million to $25 million) strategic programs for the disadvantaged - for preschool and early elementary grades, migrant and homeless children, and college-bound students. The Department of Education's budget request, submitted last January, was $800 million more than Congress appropriated for fiscal 1988 and $6.1 billion more than its 1988 request. ``The administration finally sent up a budget that we couldn't reject on delivery,'' says Ellin Nolan, minority staff director of the Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and Humanities.
The upward trend in the education budget will continue through the new administration, according to Gov. Michael Dukakis and Vice-President George Bush. Both candidates have vowed, despite deficits, to boost the education budget.
Governor Dukakis proposes a $250 million National Teaching Excellence Fund to attract and retain the best teachers through scholarships, loan forgiveness, and creation of a national teacher corps. He also proposed a $25 million adult literacy corps and self-supporting college tuition prepayment and repayment plans. Funding the teacher corps is a first-year priority for Mr. Dukakis, says Thomas D. Herman, deputy national issues director for the campaign.
Vice-President Bush proposes a $500 million-a-year National Merit School Program for significant improvement in schools serving primarily disadvantaged students. He would also give the states $50 million for experiments in school reform. The merit program is a first-year priority, a senior aide to Mr. Bush says.
By making education a high-profile campaign issue, the candidates ``are very much in accord with public sentiment,'' says William A. Galston of the Roosevelt Center, a nonpartisan public-policy think tank in Washington. ``There is a very broad public consensus that education is increasingly important to the nation's economic future and to job opportunities for young people,'' he says.
``Education certainly will be one of the most talked-about issues'' in the new administration, says John Jennings, counsel to the Education and Labor Committee of the House. But he and other key congressional staff members say they doubt education will receive more funding, considering the $2.5 trillion budget deficit. ``Even the best-intentioned programs won't get funded with that legacy,'' Mr. Jennings says.
Any new programs funded by Congress, insiders say, would probably focus on early childhood education, especially for disadvantaged children. Research showing the benefits of preschool programs for at-risk youth is ``creating real pressure'' for funding from Congress, says Ms. Nolan.
The new administration can request budget changes for fiscal 1989 and '90, but insiders say the '89 budget will likely remain intact. They say new administration programs may not be funded until fiscal 1991, given Congress's slow budget process.
According to a recent report by the Congressional Research Service, federal spending for education increased 40 percent from 1980 to 1988, but decreased 8 percent when adjusted for inflation. Since 1980, the federal share of the nation's $310 billion education budget has decreased from 9 percent to 6 percent.
The federal education budget has grown rapidly since the Great Society era of President Lyndon Johnson. It has more than quadrupled since 1967, when Washington spent $4.5 billion on education. The most significant change has been the acceptance of federal aid, especially for programs serving the disabled and the disadvantaged.
| 2019-04-18T22:30:53 |
https://www.csmonitor.com/1988/0826/dfed.html
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I'd like to start making robots and tinkering with microcontrollers. Where do I start, and what do I need?
I'd like to make my own robots. I'm comfortable with programming (assembly and C) so I've got that part covered, but my electronics/circuits knowledge is a little weak. I have no idea what material to start with and which tools I need, nor how to put stuff together.
For the microcontroller, I'm thinking about going with the Pololu Orangutan LV-168 or the Arduino Duemilanove, although I'm leaning more towards the Orangutan because of the built-in LCD and pushbuttons (which I would expect to use, especially for debugging and user interaction). Am I on the right track? It seems to me like the number of I/O ports is small, but is that the case in practice?
I'd recommend getting your hands on a 3pi and an Arduino. They both use the same chip, and are a great place to start.
A soldering iron with a sharp point.
Some breadboards and some wire.
If you have no idea what to do with your microcontroller, I would start slower. I wouldn't say using a Kinect is that great an idea right now.
Some of the other answers mentioned using development kits and boards to avoid soldering, which I think is a great way to get started with embedded programming without having to worry about soldering practically anything.
My tip is to look into a great website I found when I knew nothing about robots: Society of Robots and their great $50 Robot Tutorial! There you will find a lot of basic information for people who want to build their own robots.
I'd suggest using kits to get you started. There are excellent resources today that will quickly get you enough confidence and knowledge to built great robots. I'd stick with as 'mainstream' technologies as you can in order to maximize what you can learn from others. The most mainstream microcontroller you could choose is the Arduino Uno, perhaps its newer replacement the Arduino Leonardo.
This gets you the documentation, microcontroller, electronics, and your first few projects to get started with. The documentation is excellent and takes you from very beginning to enough knowledge to do your own projects.
Add some electronics background by getting the Make Electronics book with the matching Components Pack 1 so you can do the projects in the book. This will get you familiar enough to add blinky lights and simple sensors.
The answers so far have covered the more general electronics stuff pretty well, so I'm going to focus on your mention of the Kinect.
Something Arduino-based is a good starting point for embedded electronics even though you already know C/assembly. What Arduino offers for you is a higher level API -- you COULD muck around with bitwise operations to modify peripheral configuration registers all day, but you have robots to make!
However, it has nowhere near the horsepower needed to make use of a Kinect on its own. It needs quite a bit of USB bandwidth just to process all of the raw output data, let alone do anything useful with it. I've heard of proof-of-concept robots connecting one to a netbook and I think once even a PandaBoard (which has smartphone-level performance using an OMAP chip), but nothing smaller than that.
Start reading up on ROS and the Kinect openni_camera and openni_tracker drivers. Use a laptop/netbook (the Raspberry Pi is apparently too slow to give more than 2-3 FPS) for the Kinect and have that talk over USB to the Arduino, which will control all of your other electronics directly.
It sounds like your enthusiasm is in the right place, but I think you're trying to make intelligent design decisions without knowing what you're designing. This is good! These are all things to be worried about when designing a robot, whether as big as your shoe or as big as your car. But they aren't what you should be worried about right now.
In your situation, I'd choose a robotics kit that's based on an Arduino. That will give you a good starting place in terms of seeing how other people solve the problems of materials, motors, etc. The Arduino has a huge user base and is pretty simple to program and re-program. You can always add your own hardware and software to a kit, to make it do the things you want -- keep pushing the envelope. Also, get some electronic kits (non-robotic kits are perfectly fine); they will teach you a bit about electronics and circuits that would be less fun to learn from a book.
Make as many mistakes as you can. There are no right answers or silver bullets when it comes to building robots... It's an iterative process that comes with bursts of inspiration. If you run out of I/O ports on the Arduino, start looking for another microcontroller board that has more of them. If you find you need more user interaction (LCD, buttons, etc), get a board that supports that.
Just don't try to solve all the problems before you take your first step.
Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged arduino microcontroller beginner or ask your own question.
Developing for 8-bit AVR-s, what are the current, open and free libraries out there?
What are some good cheap, silent, motors for mannequin robots and what kind of controller should I use?
For a quadcopter: Premade flight controller or custom made?
Should I use an arduino to control my balancing robot's motors?
| 2019-04-20T10:48:35 |
https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/215/starting-out-advice-on-making-robots-and-tinkering-with-microcontrollers
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In the newest version of PDF Combiner I introduced the following changes: - reduced file size after merge. The newest version of application can be downloaded from application page.
In the newest version of PDF Combiner I introduced the following changes: - changed way of files combining - improved behavior of keys: Move up and Move down - fixed layout issues when application is working on Windows with not standard DPI settings - added protection for accidentally overwriting source files. The newest version of application can be downloaded from application page.
In the newest version of PDF Combiner I introduced following changes: - added support for PDF documents that have been created according to the newest PDF document standard - added possibility to merge documents which opening is protected with password - added possibility to copy more detailed error information to Windows clipboard. The newest version of application can be downloaded from application page.
Today there is a new version of the tool PDF Combiner. It has introduced a choice of file pages PDF, to be used during the linking of documents. I encourage you to download the new version.
I've just added a new version PDF Combiner. Compared to the previous version: - Added automatic checking whether there is a newer version of the program, - Added additional information about pdf - Their size and number of pages. I encourage you to download the new version.
| 2019-04-21T16:42:21 |
https://www.jankowskimichal.pl/en/tag/pdf-combiner-en/
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Which best describes what multi-suite tagging enables?
A. The ability to maintain multiple report suites within a single company.
B. The ability to review individual and aggregate data sets in your company.
D. The ability to separate out development test data from business production data in your company report suites.
| 2019-04-22T05:07:07 |
http://www.sy0-401-dumps.com/category/adobe/9a0-381-study-guide
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This recasting exercise will give you practice in using the appropriate past-tense forms of regular and irregular verbs.
The following paragraph has been adapted from "Memorandum," an essay by E.B. White (One Man's Meat, 1944). Rewrite White's paragraph, eliminating the phrase "ought to" wherever it appears and putting the italicized verbs in the past tense. Follow the example below.
I ought to knock the wedges out from the frames of the pier, put a line on the frames, and tow them in on the high water.
I knocked the wedges out from the frames of the pier, put a line on the frames, and towed them in on the high water.
"I ought to take up the wire fence round the chicken range today, roll it up in bundles, tie them with six-thread, and store them at the edge of the woods. Then I ought to move the range houses off the field and into the corner of the woods and set them up on blocks for the winter, but I ought to sweep them out first and clean the roosts with a wire brush... I ought to add a bag of phosphate to the piles of hen dressing that have accumulated under the range houses and spread the mixture on the field, to get it ready for plowing... On my way in from the range I ought to stop at the henhouse long enough to climb up and saw off an overhanging branch from the apple tree. I shall have to get a ladder of course and a saw."
"I took up the wire fence round the chicken range today, rolled it up in bundles, tied them with six-thread, and stored them at the edge of the woods. Then I moved the range houses off the field and into the corner of the woods and set them up on blocks for the winter, but I swept them out first and cleaned the roosts with a wire brush... I added a bag of phosphate to the piles of hen dressing that had accumulated under the range houses and spread the mixture on the field, to get it ready for plowing... On my way in from the range I stopped at the henhouse long enough to climb up and saw off an overhanging branch from the apple tree. I had to get a ladder of course and a saw."
| 2019-04-18T20:41:50 |
https://www.thoughtco.com/exercise-recasting-paragraph-in-past-tense-1691283
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For me, achieving Emotional Balance is nothing but reaching our own mindful heart. I believe, that a mindful heart is one who feels 100%, understands 100%, with 100% awareness of being in the present. Once that is achieved, then it becomes easier for a human being to connect the present with the future to step up the ladder of success.
When I was working with an institute before, I attended a meeting, wherein, my colleague and I were given one project to complete. When we started working on the project, we realised that we were having a hard time achieving it. My colleague was looking at it through the lens of performance while I was looking at it through the lens of detail. Hence, since we didn't have a common approaches to a common goal, our process was that much tougher. When we tried to look at it again, we found that, both our thoughts were important, both our intentions were the same as we both wanted our project to be done wonderfully. But our ways were completely different. Both the ways have their own assets to leverage and at the same time they also have their own flaws. Rather than indulging in confrontation, we decided to have a meeting.
--Working on a project with more details gave us new insights and ideas towards it. Hence, we might struggle to achieve the project as we wanted it in our own way, in the given time-line.
--At the same time, when we work with little more leisure and freedom, it is good, since we work with joy. But again, there is a danger of not being perfect, or leaving important aspects unacknowleged.
So, how to achieve what we want to achieve? And how to seek the Balance?
What did we do in the middle of this Banter; and could we reach to the answer of Balance?
We both of us , decided to have a meeting, When both of us were discussing it, we decided that, we needed to answer the question, why we were behaving like this. And we started thinking upon the question; what was affecting our balance?
What we brainstormed is the answer of the above question.
1. We are unable to do it as expected because we have suddenly stopped giving a ear to each other, as if we don't know how to use hearing ability.
2. One thing we found that, we were getting hijacked by our own emotions. As if we were stuck with a Fevicol over there. No one wanted to move from that space.
3. Another thing we understood is that, we were reacting as if we were tied or we were working from our default modes.
4. We also found that we have developed a pattern. And not only this situation but also other situations we want to perform the same way.
5. Our empathy for each other suddenly reduced.
6. Our goal shattered, no coordination, synchronization and no motivation to achieve what we supposed to achieve.
7. Decision making capacities were on hold. They were actually not working that particular time, and even if they worked it was not for common good.
8. And we were very far from understanding the consequences about the situation.
We have discussed many other things but these were the main points which I feel important to place here.
Emotional Balance, or balance of any thing, takes place when two things come together with all their good effects. But it can take place only when we understand the imbalance. When we decided to minimize the flaws and work towards a common purpose, we started seeing the light, hope, various other options, and ultimately SUCCESS. We need all the above things to reach the balance. And we need both the parties to move towards it, have action towards the balance.
The answer to reach the emotional balance is to become mindful, look closely towards the situation and thinking from heart.
What happence when we apply our mindful heart?
1. With this 'WISDOM' is added into our final decision.
2. We develope a differenct perspective for Our final decisions, regarding our relationships, our work, our family situations, our social situations.
3. Our reaction turns into response.
4. Our overall Health improves.
5. Our Emotional well-being improves.
6. We become smarter than before with our emotions as well as our decisions.
7. We become more able to be in our own present moment awareness.
8. We are more able to understand our consequences and connect our present with our future. And step up on the ladder of SUCCESS.
| 2019-04-26T06:00:13 |
http://mindfulheartconsultancy.com/blog/tagged-awareness
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No matter how good your phone screen looks and feels, all of it means naught if it cracks at the slightest bit of impact. Which is why it was great that Motorola has decided to corner the market by introducing the Droid Turbo 2, its “first shatterproof” phone – apparently equipped with the ultimate screen indestructibility.
We take bold claims seriously, so we took the device out for a beating. The result? We’re damn impressed.
Watch the video for full details of our punish test, but here’s the TL;DR bottom line: The Droid Turbo 2 has an incredibly durable screen made for the clumsiest of users. In our drop tests on concrete, metal, and from a bridge, the screen barely suffered a scratch – and certainly no cracks.
However, you’ll still want to get a case for it as it’s not shockproof (nor does it promises to be), so even though the screen may not break, the rest of the casing will.
If you happen to be in the Chicago area, you can drop test it yourself at a holiday pop up shop starting this weekend.
The Motorola Droid Turbo 2 is available today exclusively from Verizon. International customers can purchase the rebranded phone as the Moto X Force from Motorola.com.
| 2019-04-25T19:46:08 |
https://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/11/04/we-tried-to-break-motorolas-shatterproof-droid-turbo-2-with-minimal-luck/
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Could This Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Really Be Worth $20 Billion?
This moonshot is exciting -- but it isn't a compelling reason to buy Biogen's shares right now.
Biogen's (NASDAQ:BIIB) plaque-busting Alzheimer's disease (AD) drug candidate, aducanumab, could represent a jaw-dropping $20 billion peak commercial opportunity for the company and its shareholders. Putting this monstrous figure into context, this experimental medicine has the potential to even surpass AbbVie's anti-inflammatory drug, Humira, which is on track to generate upwards of $16 billion in global sales by 2018 and is currently the world's best-selling drug.
Although this $20 billion peak sales figure may sound ridiculous at first, there are some solid reasons to believe that it's not completely far-fetched. First off, there are presently no disease-modifying treatments available for this devastating neurodegenerative disorder, reflecting the astronomically high failure rate of experimental AD drugs. Second, the incidence rates of AD have been growing by leaps and bounds largely due to an aging global population.
That's why J.P. Morgan's analysts, among others, have suggested that any disease-modifying AD drug that somehow makes it all the way to market would quickly rack up over $10 billion in sales. And without a major competitor to divvy up the market, that figure could balloon to over $20 billion by 2030.
Sounds good, but should investors believe the hype?
Biogen's AD drug candidate belongs to a class of experimental therapies designed to reduce beta-amyloid plaque levels within the brain, which theoretically should slow disease progression -- that is, if these plaques really are the root cause of AD. Unfortunately, the clinical data thus far have revealed a perplexing disconnect between plaque levels and underlying disease pathology.
As an example, Eli Lilly's (NYSE:LLY) solanezumab -- a drug not unlike aducanumab -- failed to show an improvement in cognitive ability in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease across two large late-stage studies. Making matters worse, several other anti-amyloid therapies have also failed to improve cognitive ability and/or daily function in AD patients, casting doubt on the amyloid plaque hypothesis.
More broadly, the picture that's slowly emerging is that the complex biology underpinning AD may simply make it impossible to develop a "one-size-fits-all" type of medication. Anti-amyloid therapies -- like those being developed by Biogen and Lilly -- may ultimately end up being used as part of a combination therapy as a result.
Given the disappointing clinical history of anti-amyloid therapies and the fact that researchers still don't fully understand the underlying causes of AD, investors should probably view this $20 billion peak sales estimate purely as a blue sky scenario. In other words, it's not impossible, but it's certainly not probable.
Biogen is in the midst of carrying out two phase 3 trials for aducanumab, dubbed "Engage" and "Emerge," respectively. Taken together, these two trials are expected to enroll 2,700 patients worldwide, which should provide ample power to assess the drug's impact on cognitive ability and the daily lives of AD patients.
Having said that, these trials won't produce top-line data until at least mid-2020. By then, Lilly's presumed last attempt at resurrecting solanezumab will have come and gone, perhaps providing a preview of aducanumab's fate in the process. But if history is any guide, aducanumab probably won't fare any better than solanezumab did in its first late-stage trials, meaning that this moonshot effort shouldn't be the primary reason for investing in Biogen -- despite its awe-inspiring commercial potential.
| 2019-04-22T16:14:59 |
https://www.fool.com/investing/2016/09/19/could-this-alzheimers-disease-drug-really-be-worth.aspx
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A climate of “anti-intellectualism”, faltering levels of trust in “experts” and an era of “post-truth” provides a rather dreary depiction of the state of academia today.
Compound this with the reorganisation of higher education – where universities are run more like businesses – along with the politics of austerity, and it may be little surprise that the sector is said to be in crisis.
This is all coming at a time when there is an increased expectation for academics to be more accountable for their research by evidencing its economic and societal benefits – known as impact.
This expectation has received mixed responses from many people working in universities. At first, some academics crudely dismissed impact as a nasty government idea. Many researchers could not see how their work could align with it and, fearing a loss of freedom some claimed “science is dead”. This was even accompanied by the arrival of a hearse outside the offices of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in the UK – sending out the message loud and clear that the impact agenda was problematic and unwelcome. All of which reflected deep emotional and moral concerns within academia about the over management and politicisation of knowledge.
But on the flip side, impact has been welcomed by others for the opportunity it provides academics to make their work more visible and accessible.
To find out more, our research looked at academics’ emotions in response to the impact agenda – both in the UK and Australia. As part of this, we carried out interviews with 51 professors and senior career-level academics.
Our findings confirm that while pockets of the academic community are deeply concerned about an impact agenda – both in terms of funding and assessment – these reactions do not reflect a lack of willing or sense of duty. Rather academics want to see disciplinary diversity respected and this reflected in terms of research policy.
The academics we spoke to expressed a range of emotions regarding this increased focus on impact. These ranged from distrust to acceptance, and from excitement, to love and hate. For every academic who spoke of despair, a balance of commitment and even love for their work (and its potential for impact) was also expressed.
It’s sort of where my heart lies – quite deliberately and specifically working to apply the research that you are doing to real world political and social challenges across domains of theory and practice.
We are paid from the public purse and we should be doing research – we are ridiculously privileged to work on whatever we like and it’s wonderful.
To bend your mind a little bit to the fact that some of the stuff you do does have benefits outside the academy, and to put measures in place to make that happen, it’s a minor tax.
But despite these positive sentiments, academics we spoke to also expressed concerns over their workloads and career security.
Others feared losing credibility and worried about being “exposed” or losing control of their work through public engagement. Though this is perhaps indicative of a lack of skill and confidence in this area. As well as a greater need for academics to understand how to communicate their research appropriately as opposed to “tokenistically”.
I don’t feel happy with it, and do I need to justify my job? How many levels do I have to justify it?
During the interviews, words such as “scary”, “threat”, “nervousness” and “worry” were used, as many spoke of their “frustrations”, “suspiciousness” and even “resentment” of the focus on impact.
Academics reported feeling sad, unhappy, jealous, anxious, demoralised and disillusioned by the impact agenda. And this sense of vulnerability seemed to be further exacerbated by risks of professional penalisation from their academic peers.
This agenda reinforces the notion that the only valuable thing in life is money. That is deeply worrying.
Ultimately, our research shows that most academics feel a duty to share their work, they want to make a difference, and they want to communicate their findings to wider audiences. But many are still uncomfortable with this idea of having to “sell” their work, as well as the preoccupation with what is “useful” – because after all how do you really decide what is or isn’t useful to society?
| 2019-04-21T22:49:31 |
http://theconversation.com/academics-fear-the-value-of-knowledge-for-its-own-sake-is-diminishing-75341
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Are Newspapers On The Way Out?
Almost as soon as the internet made its way into our homes, people began to predict the demise of the printed newspaper. With more and more news outlets appearing online, many free to use, and an increasing ability to view news from sources around the world, those voices have been growing louder. Surely, they claim, the day will come when printed newspapers will cease to exist - after all, they are old fashioned and out of touch, totally unsuitable for a modern readership. Is that true?
There is certainly plenty of evidence that the nature of news reporting is changing. One of the biggest is the reduction in journalism jobs: between 2007 and 2010, 13,500 journalism roles were cut in the USA alone, and similar patterns were seen around the world. With such a slimmed down staff, newspapers have had to become leaner and more efficient.
In such a context, it is easy to see the appeal of the online format for newspaper publishers. Printing costs big money - producing an online product is much more cost effective. Online newspapers allow publishers to offer a wider range of options to their advertisers - video, audio and click-through links - that in turn increase revenue and keep the business thriving.
There are advantages for readers, too. Online newspapers don't just allow their readers to interact with the news, they invite it. Readers can comment, link to alternative viewpoints and sources, express alternative interpretations of stories and make sure that particular news is spread around the world, for example by posting it on social media. Thus, some may say, the online newspaper promotes a democratic, citizen-led approach to news that simply cannot be done via print.
Perhaps the key advantage of web over print is that online newspapers are constantly updated. This capability, which is now almost taken for granted, may have changed people's expectations of news in a very fundamental way. It allows newspapers to compete with live TV coverage, and people to stay in touch with events in real time. Again, print cannot do this.
However, supporters of print point to its long history of being central to our culture: people are used to newspapers being available in print form (even if they don't read them) and may distrust publishers that produce newspapers for web alone. In other words, the traditional, high profile print versions of newspapers have a crucial brand value for their publishers. Without the print versions to give them credibility, would anybody be as interested in the newspapers' online versions?
There are also those in society who simply dislike reading online, who like to do the crossword or cut out recipes from a 'proper' paper, those who cannot afford an e-reader or who simply like to have the choice between print and screen.
Of course, over time it is likely that these latter groups will diminish, since technology is becoming commonplace, especially amongst the young. The exponential growth in sales of mobile technology, such as smartphones, is likely to affect the way that news is consumed. However, whether any of this means that printed newspapers will die completely, is a very different question, and we shall simply have to wait for the answer.
| 2019-04-21T11:05:35 |
https://www.britishseniors.co.uk/british-blog/life/are-newspapers-on-the-way-out/
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[00:00] What happened with you this week? - An introduction to the show. Nia has added lots of recipes to the new cooking section on the website, and everyone is amazed to learn that Justin Bieber has eight songs in the top 40, making him a world-record breaker. Do Starbucks staff really now called their whipped cream 'whooped cream', and Storm Barney has been keeping everyone up at night due to the stormy weather. Liv went on a school trip to the cinema to see Meryl Streep in the Suffragette movie and learnt that she 'can't cockney', and Nia still can't say sausage backwards. And where is the Titanic, in the Atlantic Ocean?
[07:40] Listener's Voice Message - Doreen Muscles leaves a message saying that the 'Halloween video was probably the scariest thing that she's ever seen in her life', and then Biddly Snoot Dog tries to sing a Christmas carol of sorts - Ding Josh Dun.
[09:25] YouTube Video of the Week - A chat about the funny prank that Jennifer Lawrence played on the Smosh Boys. J-Law gets rather cross when the interviewer takes off his shoes and she is 'waiting for the smell to hit her'. There is also a quick clip of David Attenborough when he popped in to see Greg James on Radio 1 and ends up doing a spoof commentary to Adele's new video for her number one single 'Hello'.
[11:15] Am I A Celebrity in the Jungle? - Nia reads out a list of the so-called celebrities that are on holiday with Ant and Dec in the jungle, to see if they turn out to be A-listers or Z-listers. Liv has to see if she knows who they are, but how many will she get right, and has she ever heard of Duncan Bannatyne? Probably not, because she doesn't watch Dragon's Den, and she prefers Adventure Time to Made in Chelsea. Play along at home, but remember, it's just for fun.
[17:00] Girl's On Film - Talking about movies, well one movie in fact - the Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2, with a quick film trailer. Nia was a complete emotional wreck at the cinema, as she cried at two parts, while Liv just kept jumping at all of the explosions. Expect high marks on the film review, because it is an amazing last film in the series, but it sounds like there are sad moments and a very cute ending - Katniss looked so pretty. And was it a tsunami of oil or tar?
[21:30] Dr. Jean News - This week we've made a new friend of the show. And it is the one and only YouTube star, Dr. Jean. She's famous on YouTube for her amazing children's songs, and her Banana Dance song has over 4 million hits alone. So what will Dr. Jean think of Nia and Liv's original Snowball Song, based on the same tune, with the green screen effects? It turns out that she has sent emails and even an 'awesome' voice message, which has been turned into a jingle for future podcasts.
[26:10] Brooklyn Beckham News - Well, what's Boy Wonder Brooklyn Beckham been up to this week? Not quite as much as normal, but he's still made some rather pointless headline news, and so have his family. His sister Harper was caught yawning after saying hello to Prince Harry, and David Becks is apparently now the 'sexiest man alive'. Big shoes for you to follow in Brooklyn. He never seems to take off his black Adidas cap, so let's hope that he washes it. And Liv gets over-excited talking about liking one of his photos on Instagram.
[28:40] Nia vs Liv - How do the girls react when they think that they are going to be blindfolded and then force-fed with a giant spoon and a plastic funnel, because it is a 'Hunger Games' podcast special. It is actually a 'Real or Not Real' challenge, with questions about cast members Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth and Elizabeth Banks, and the film in general. Who has nightmares about the Wicked Witch from the Wizard of Oz, and who is Kat-Pee?
[38:05] Good News - A real assortment of news this week, including a number of fascinating stories about clumsy Jennifer Lawrence and the Hunger Games, as well as the American haggis ban. And then there are stories about Nigella and her burnt lettuce, the flying car from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and plenty of X Factor gossip, including Olly Murs messing up on live TV.
[43:10] Christmas is Coming - It may not be December quite yet, but children are already counting the sleeps until Santa comes to town, and so are Nia and Liv. There are two very festive jingles to choose between and then we find out how the stars from Home Alone are looking, 25 years after making this classic Christmas movie. The years certainly don't seem to have been kind to Macaulay Culkin.
Where are the Home Alone stars now?
| 2019-04-24T16:56:41 |
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The interview extracts referred to in this article are from Michael Leach & Fethi Mansouri, Lives in Limbo: Voices of Refugees under Temporary Protection (UNSW Press, 2004).
The Coalition’s policy to “clear the backlog” of 30,000 asylum seekers in Australia on bridging visas by reintroducing temporary protection visas (TPVs) proposes a return to a Howard government policy, but with some new twists.
First proposed by Pauline Hanson’s One Nation in 1998, the TPV was condemned by then-immigration minister Phillip Ruddock as “totally unacceptable and quite extreme”, before adopting the measure in 1999.
The TPV regime operated from 1999 to 2007, and placed asylum seekers arriving by boat later found to be refugees on three year “rolling” temporary visas. This was explicitly conceived as punitive form of deterrent to asylum seekers, which denied them the certainty of permanent settlement.
The Coalition’s policy would go a step further, applying the TPV retrospectively to those already in Australia on bridging visas. It is therefore worth revisiting the impacts of the former TPV regime. Ten years ago, as the government argued with its critics, a colleague and I took a different approach, conducting interviews with TPV holders themselves. The findings should give anyone pause for supporting a return to the policy.
One key feature of the TPV should first be recognised: as a so-called “deterrence” measure it was a clear failure. By denying family reunion rights, the TPV led to a new pattern of boat arrivals, with women and children now accompanying men on perilous boat voyages.
Boat arrivals consequently spiked sharply from 1999 until the start of the “Pacific Solution”. 2001 saw the largest number of arrivals then recorded at 5516. This new pattern had tragic consequences in the case of the SIEV X in October 2001, when a boat overloaded with women and children sank in international waters. Women and children featured disproportionately among the 353 deaths.
This government is cruel to us…When will I see my mother and sisters? My dad is sick and wants his wife and children together in one place with him. He fears that he will die before seeing the rest of the family.
A 2006 study by the University of New South Wales found TPV holders had dramatically higher levels of anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder when compared to permanent protection visa holders, despite similar backgrounds and experiences. Many were found to live in a state of “chronic anticipatory stress” caused by ongoing uncertainty over their visa status.
Our future and destiny are unknown. We don’t have any freedom, we are out of detention but it’s like being in an open prison.
Facing the prospect of “rolling” periods of temporary protection, TPV holders were unable to put down roots, and described their status as an ongoing limbo: “we feel that our life is destroyed because it’s without hope. We don’t plan anything for the future”.
…a teacher asked one of my children about his hopes and wishes for the future in Australia. My son told her that he doesn’t wish for anything, because he only lives temporarily in Australia.
Contrary to ideas of “cashed up” asylum seekers jumping queues, interviews revealed Australia had usually been chosen as the more affordable option: cheaper than the better-known route of seeking asylum in Europe. Before their arrival, TPV holders had been routinely misled by people smugglers, and many had poor information about their rights and likely outcomes.
The study also found that TPV holders found welfare dependence especially difficult.
…every refugee hopes to work, and the allowance from Centrelink is like an illness, it kills us slowly, makes us reliant on others; we lose the spirit of living, building, and hoping.
Nonetheless, TPV refugees reported positive experiences of ordinary Australians.
I was welcomed by the Australians in all the places that I went to: Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne. Only the government didn’t want us there and is punishing us. When will the punishment stop?
With the ALP government’s “no advantage” policy likely to delay status determinations of this same group for years, both parties are in a race to the bottom. A better solution lies in funding United Nations processing centres adequately in regional transit countries, creating a proper regional queue for the first time, and taking from it in our annual offshore quota.
Australia’s failure to negotiate this has itself created perverse incentives for asylum seekers to take boats. This too would undermine the people smugglers’ model, with none of the human cost as vulnerable people are scapegoated to our increasingly harsh domestic political contest.
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The movie documents the systematic suppression of the technology but has now been revived by GM! Are there any good books on this topic?
The Volt is radically different than any on the road today. Although agreement about definitions vary, GM doesn’t not consider it a hybrid. Current hybrids cars, such as the Prius, are defined as parallel hybrids, meaning they have a small electric motor that moves the car when it is going slowly, but when speed or acceleration increases, a gasoline motor kicks in. The Volt, however, is considered an extended-range electric vehicle (E-REV). It has a very powerful all-electric 161-horsepower 45KW (53 KW peak) motor that is the only engine to power the car at all times. This engine should be capable of moving the car from 0 to 60 in 8.5 seconds, and have a top speed of at least 100 mph.
The electric engine gets its juice from a very powerful high-voltage battery pack that can store enough energy to drive the car up to 40 miles in standard driving conditions. That battery pack is recharged by plugging the car into your standard home 110 volt wall outlet, just like you do your iPod or cell phone. The full-charge cycle should take about 6 hours. Yes, this will increase your electric bill, but you will charge the car overnight when rates are lower. Much more importantly, you will need NO GASOLINE for drives up to 40 miles. So, if gas prices continue to go through the roof, you really won’t care. In most areas, your electricity costs should amount to a gas equivalent price of 50 cents per gallon. Studies suggest that 78% of drivers drive less than 40 miles per day.
Now in Canada average daily use is 46KM. This vehicle gets 65 kilometers. If all vehicles were required to be built along these lines 90% of our global warming emissions would be eliminated.
BUT these battery packs are a huge source of pollution and since they only last so long before having to be replaced, each electric car has to be credited with a lot of lead and/or cadmium being added to the environement.
That's true it would be nice if we could move beyond the belief that the energy efficient car is a panacea. Any car causes environmental devastation in terms of resource extraction and production, any car causes negative impact due to the need for building roads, highways, parking lots etc. Any car makes social space hazardous for cyclist and pedestrians. How about actually dealing with the issue of car dependence.
Ways to reduce our dependency on trasnport would be an excellent idea for a thread or three. But until such days when people are willing to abandon their vehicles and live in more self sufficient comunities it's still a good idea to push for technology which pollutes signicantly less. If we ask for the moon in our corporatized society we're likely to get nothing but stones.
I think the Harper government should be raked over the coals for this, undermine his completely false image as a "green" conservative. Aint no such animal.
Let's get real. Too many are dependent on the auto/and oil industries - some provinces and states much more than others, and the governments of all.
One of my first jobs, following WW11, was driving a battery-powered, bread delivery van. It was a thoroughly reliable low-maintenance vehicle.
With today's improved batteries, tires, aerodynamics, lighter unibodies, and vehicle controls including computer monitoring, 75 per cent of our commuting could be handled with plug-in vehicles.
When are we going to admit that we are victims of deliberately withheld technology?
I saw this documentary over the holidays. It had lots of information on the creation of GM brand electric cars and of course the conspiratorial manner in which they were taken off the road. But I agree, it would be nice to have books that provide an overview of the topic that you could read over and absorb at your own pace.
It's nice that GM is coming out with a new model of electric car but after seeing the documentary I have to say I'm a little wary about it. If they were so quick to shut down production and use of the original EV1's to the extent that they were hauled hauled off the roads and crushed, who's to say that they will properly promote the latest model? I suppose I fall on the conspiracy side of the issue.
Interestingly, from the film's website, it looks like there's a sequel in the works, called "Who Saved the Electric Car?"
In Canada, some people are taking matters into their own hands rather than waiting for the commercial manufacture of electric vehicles. In a CBC story from 2001, one man in Ontario built his own electric car by installing batteries in a Pontiac Firefly, expected to last about 10 years.
Thanks. built his own electric car That was really inspirational. He is not alone, of course.
There are many backyard mechanics doing what the auto industry seems incapable of but that has, in truth, strenuously avoided.
I'm really hopeful that GM's Volt plug-in vehicle will turn that around.
I, too, have a Pontiac Firefly (presently uninsured) and would love to get a conversion kit for it - if such were available.
Yeah, I thought someone converting their car was neat, and inspirational even for those not mechanically-inclined (e.g., me ). It would be nice to get an update on the subject of the story and see how the car's holding up, including whether the batteries have been changed yet!
I'm glad the GM-VOLT is generating buzz, if it contributes to its long-term success.
I think gas cars should be outlawed within city limits, and only electric cars allowed there. There could be banks of them available at 'transfer' spots for commuters (for a price similar to public transit) and people living in cities might own one.
My next car will be an electric city car, as soon as I figure out where to get one that is legally allowed!
I thought the added versatility with the battery trailer was a great idea. Doubtless, for many trips it would not be required, in which case it could be sitting fully charged for when needed. One should be extremely cautious, however, in mixing fully charged and discharged batteries. Do this with ni-cad and you end up with exploding batteries. Lead/acid/gel? I don't know. Not good I should think. Meaning, I suppose, that the vehicle batteries and those on the trailer should be charged separately, while disconnected from each other, unless both are in a similar state of discharge. Whew!
To save trailer insurance costs, I think I'd rather sacrifice interior space - even add a rear bumper tray. Either, or both would require a beefed-up chassis.
A great idea. Souped-up golf carts could do the trick. I think you would find quite a few riders sharing with such a system but would hope there wouldn't be too many fights over who got to take the wheel.
I'm gearing up to build an electric car myself, and have become something of an expert on everything available on the Net about them.
If all goes well, my brother and I are going to build them to sell... there are scattered individuals doing that already.
Using the CBC article that people have read as a launching point, I'll attempt a very short course in the economics of coverting gas to electric.
There are brave companies making true 'ground up' electric vehicles. But they are pretty expensive for what you get, and not very versatile. For the price of a new gas car that will do everything, you get a little bubble- a glorified golf cart really- that is only allowed to go on roads with a max 65kmh speed limit, and where the only Canadian province allowing that much is BC.
It's going to be a long time before the 'tipping point' of the economics takes the true EV to the point of being versatile and mass produced enough to bring the cost down substantially.
The EV conversion is a transition animal. Because the platform is an existing vehicle, it faces no regulatory obstacles. And you start with a platform that is low cost. A body in good shape is all that is required.
The sacrifice made in relation to non-conversion EVs is that the conversions are obviously heavier. The range and speeds attainable are the same, because the conversion can pack more batteries. The article is an extreme example of how the conversions have higher attainable ranges because thay can pack more batteries. Without going into extremes you can get 30km more range in a conversion.
The fact that the conversion is heavier means it is less efficient- meaning more batteries. But the non-conversions aren't feasible for most people.
Normal ranges are 65-85km [decreases some with hills]. Can be pushed as far as 130 for some 'stock' vehicles [S-10 truck, see below] without extreme modifications, let alone something like the battery trailer option in the articles or extra battery packs IN a pick-up box.
But lead-acid batteries can be 100% recycled. Higher end batteries with specialized uses already are. When there are any number at all of EVs out there, the same economics apply. If we do make vehicles for sale that will be true from the start: batteries retired from an EV will first be used in less demanding applications where they still have value, then returned to the original manufacturer [which is how you achieve 100% recycling].
Even if you didn't attend to 100% recycling, the overall pollution footprint of the conversion EV is FAR smaller than a gas car- let alone the vastly smaller overall emmissions foorprint [including the electricity production].
An EV conversion will last as long as a new gas car. The ecological footprint of 'manufacturing' the EV conversion is that of the very small production of an electric motor and controlling equipment; versus the HUGE manufacuring footprint for even a small efficient gas car.
Even counting the batteries which the EV 'consumes' for its whole life, the footprint for the ongoing maintenance of the EV conversion is still smaller than it is for a gas car, including hybrids.
Counter-intuitively, the fuel costs of the EV conversion are NOT cheaper than the gas car. At todays prices they are about the same. But gas prices will climb steadily if not steeply, while electricity and battery prices overall will if anything decrease slightly.
This is if you count the costs of the battery depletion- which should be counted since it is entirely determined by distance driven. Battery depletion costs are almost twice the electricity cost. Though we expect to get that down even with what is bought off the shelf now. When there is more demand for tailored batteries, the per kilometre cost of batteries will decrease.
The cost advantages of the EV conversion- and they are strong, come from the their minimal ongoing maintenance. Anyone with modest mechanical abilities can build an EV conversion. Anyone at all can do the ongoing maintenance themselves.
Compare a used gas vehicle, the same model as those used for conversions, any paying the same as one would for an EV conversion built by someone else [$10-13,000]. Then you take out the maintenance costs that are the same for both vehicles [tires, brakes, and running gear].
You are doing well if you can keep all the other maintenance costs of the gas vehicle- mostly the power train- down to $.10/km. The additional maintenance costs of the EV are virtually zero.
And the gas car maintenace costs will go UP from $.10/km, while the EV remains near zero.
There are the cost savings.
The Pontiac Firefly is one of the popular conversions.
Only manual transmission vehicles are feasible.
To date, the most popular 'donor vehicles' for the conversions are the 1990s small trucks- especially the Chev S-10. Aside from the fact that some people want the truck, they also are more efficient as passenger vehicles. Cheaper and easier to convert. Easier to make battery packs stable for crashes, batteries outside the passenger compartment [under the box even]. And less power used for heating the smaller passenger compartment.
Obviously doesn't work for families over 2- but most of those have 2 vehicles anyway.
The ideal donor vehicle is one with a blown engine or transmission, and no rust or rust that can be ground off completely. Anything requiring body rebuilding is not appropriate because the EV is not going to have a terminal mechanical failure.
I started a new thread in the Babblers Help Babblers category.
I'll post web links there some time. But if you have some of your own- go for it.
Interesting book called A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink. In it the new president of GM says that he is not an environmentalist and doesn't believe in Global warming. He says he is not a builder of automobiles but rather moving artworks that carry people.
Just what this planet needs, more auto industry presidents who are not environmentalists.
The 2009 Corvette ZR-1 VIN number 1 went for $1,000,000 the same night.
The 1960s era Shelby Mustangs are all selling in the $hundreds of thousands.
"There are cars everywhere. It's a bad place to be,"
Thanks for that correction, Martin.
Assuming one is able, I imagine a critical decision remains, whether to leave the vehicle or remain in it, since one may so easily be hit by another vehicle entering the mess.
Clearly, speed is very much a factor in these situations.
One thing's for sure, few, if any, EV's are likely to catch fire.
No, but I wouldn't like to be sitting against a stack of acid-filled batteries in a car crash. Except for the occasional burst of methane, nothing beats a horse.
What we really have to do is overcome the urban planning of the past 100 years that has resulted in everyone being completely dependent on private cars. Until we have rebuilt our urban reality--a long term undertaking--to make it possible that not having a car is not an inconvenience, people will continue to demand the right to drive a private car.
Free, efficient and sufficient public transport would also be extremely helpful in the short term while we still have the current urban legacy.
The same could be said for having (private) electric cars... which have a fraction of the overall ecological footprint of the gas powered cars they replace.
If, and when, the auto industry was to switch totally to EV production (I doubt for some time) there would not be an overnight discarding of of our polluting vehicles.
In the interim, much can be done to help. I don't have a link to the story, but Metronews, today, has an interesting story Choosing the right crop of biofuels It mentions that switchgrass can produce 500 per cent more renewable energy than needed to grow and process it. It's a native Prairie grass that thrives on agriculturally marginal land.
Maybe not, but if gas prices shot up to $5/litre and simple electric cars were marketed for $10K, you'd see a lot of gas-guzzlers go almost instantly up on blocks in people's backyards and a lot of transport companies switch to EV fleets and train&boat routes. Opportunity dictates choices.
...Two of the industry's ambitious scheme to find a new, non-petroleum power source for the world.
At this point, Burns says what the world really needs is a major city willing to offer itself up as a guinea pig in a massive experiment in fuel-cell transportation.
"I think about this stuff quite a bit," says Burns, a PhD civil engineer who is vice-president of research and development for GM, as well as head of strategic planning for the company.
The way Burns imagines his grand experiment, the city -- it would have to be a huge commuting metropolis like New York, Detroit or Los Angeles -- would agree to have dozens of hydrogen fuel filling stations built throughout its region. The upcoming experiments with small groups of customers clustered around single fuelling stations isn't sufficiently "real world," he says.
"What we need to have happen is for some city or metropolitan area to step up and say we'll put 50 to 80 stations in place. We'll locate them intelligently so our citizens are no farther than a couple of miles away from these places. Once we have a commitment like that I think the auto industry would be capable of targeting its first real, true first-generation vehicles."
The Equinox test program, he says, is not a real commercial test. "It's been engineered to commercial specifications but we're only doing 100" hand-built units. "The next step is to do 1,000 of something."
The Catch-22 is, "why build the cars if there are no stations, and why build the stations if there are no cars?" With the stations in place, "we can really do a commercial test" of hydrogen-powered commuting.
"The infrastructure isn't that costly," Burns told a small group of journalists at the Detroit auto show. "It doesn't even have to be in the United States -- it could be Shanghai or Brazil."
This approach of GMs- and all the appoaches of all the auto makers- are never going to get us where we need to go.
They aren't even "pieces of the puzzle working towards a solution."
Because they make the assumption that it still has to be a vehicle that can do everything and go everywhere and drive forever. "Sure it'll cost $200,000 to build now and doesn't have any infrastructure to support it... but We're Working On That."
They can build a $15-20,000 all electric car with current technology that can do what people need it for. And for a lot of people and tons of commmercial fleets it could be the 10K car Martin mentioned.
This is possible RIGHT NOW.
To be fair- it wouldn't sell in the numbers required to make a go of it.
Just watch India and China.
Vehicles sold here ahve to meet crash and safety standards. You cannot overemphasize how much of a difference that makes not just in cost thresholds, but what it takes to feasibly get a product off the ground and into the market.
None of this is about whether technology is currently available, or even whether it has already feasible applications. So when India and China start having tens of thousands of electric vehicles priced under $10K- that will have virtually no relevance and demonstration value here.
Not to mention that India and China face a comparable hurdle to the safety and crash standards required in the developed world.
In North America and Europe, an electric vehicle refueling infrastructure will develop with little nudging required. Given the creaky state of electricity delivery in India and China, it would take a state built and delivered refueling infrastructure to turn EVs into something more than a novelty.
And that's leaving aside the practical environmental implications that neither country is blind to. IE, when the state is looking to means for lowering emissions, creating a refueling infrastructure for EVs is going to be well down the 'bang for buck list'.
Yes you can and I think you have. Tata Motors, which has just unveiled the $2,500 Nano, has announced that the car is "designed to meet all safety and emission laws".
Of course the West will change theirs to keep it out.
Tata isn't saying it meets standards here or in the EU.
Another point is that electric cars are smaller ad this has an effect on safety. Stopping distance is not just a function of brakes and even if you can preserve a passenger compartment in a crash what happens to the occupant just by the deceleration is devastating. This is about physics. Smaller car, lower kinetic energy. This measn they can stop faster and if they crash the force placed on the body inside is lower due to the lower weight of the car. It sounds counter-intuitive but a smaller vehicle can be safer. the only safety problem is the differential when the "other car" is a large SUV or truck. Personally I think they are so big they should have extra protection for other vehicules in the case of a collision. The onus ought to be on the bigger cars to provide this.
But in practice it does not yet work out that way.
The only way that EVs are economical right now is with lead acid batteries.
The only EV with equivalent safety standards is one that is converted from a conventional internal combustion engine driven vehicle. Those conversions can give you a safe vehicle with significant cost and ecological fottprint savings.
The range of an EV is a function of how many of those heavy batteries you carry. And currently, to be enough lighter than the original vehicle to get the safety improvements Sean mentioned you'd probably have to stick with a range between charges of about 50km.
Mind you, 50km between charges is sufficient for a lot of people's daily needs. Especially since most households have multiple vehicles.
And the shorter your designed/built range capability, the more efficient your energy usage and lower your operating costs as well as original built price. An EV should only have as much range as will satisy most of your daily needs.
BTW: for a household that would have 2 vehicles anyway- one conventional vehicle and one electric vehicle would be more efficient than having two 'plug-in' hybrids.
Not to mention a lot less costly, and having a smaller total manufacturing ecological footprint.
There's nothing wrong with hybrids. But they are a relection of industry and consumers wedded to the notion that every vehicle has todo everything possible- whether we use it for that or not.
An all electric vehicle can meet all the performance standards of an internal combustion powered vehicle, except for the range it can drive before being recharged.
Most of us don't need full range capability on tap all the time. But our pockets and the health of our planet pay for that 'on tap power,' whether it is used or not.
I dabbled in a local EV movement in the early 80s, believing then, as now, in the viability of these vehicles. Twenty-five years later, I welcome the recent progress.
However, the one big problem, rarely discussed then or now, is the potential impact on the power grid if a million or so flivvers, arriving in the driveway at roughly the same time, plug in for their daily hit of 110v AC.
Ontario Hydro is frequently one pop-up toaster away from total oblivion, especially in July when every air conditioner in the province is on MAX and ice cold beer is a must. Urban areas in particular; people living in Winisk have an edge here.
You appear to be very well informed in this field and I would sincerely welcome your remarks. My next vehicle is going to have at least an EV component of some kind- my beautiful BMW 635CSi, which I love so very much, will be prepped for our "final" journey together. Not right away-I'm still buying green bananas, albeit in smaller bunches lately.
Solar panels hooked up to a home battery rack make any sense?
To the point of tedium, the switch to EVs will be graduated and can be accompanied by the production of much more "green" electricity - including that by the vehicle owners' home-based and/or vehicle-equipped photo-voltaic panels.
In my opinion bliter might be too sanguine about expecting greener electricity production just because it can be done.
But I'd agree that millions of EV battery packs being charged at the same time is an eventuality that is long enough off, and gradual enough in coming, that solutions will be relatively straightforward.
IE, photovalics will be cheaper. And if the peak demand is a constant problem then off peak power use will get a substantial discount... which will pay for stationary battery packs charged during off peak hours, that 'download' to EVs during peak demand hours. And part of the overall expense of using photovalics is the battery packs for storage. So if those battery packs also get use storing off peak power drawn from the grid... it makes the photovalics more affordable for consumers.
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http://archive.rabble.ca/babble/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=39&t=000177
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The former sportscaster accusing NBA coach Luke Walton of sexual assault says she was scared to tell her story CNNA former sports reporter has accused newly appointed Sacramento Kings head coach Luke Walton of sexual assault, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.
Neil Moodie Talks Working with Kate Moss, Corinne Day, and More coveteur.comWhile we could go on (and on) about how much fun we had with hairstylist Neil Moodie, that's not the point. The point is how insanely talented he is.
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Resolved Question: Scouted by Select Models.
I was recently scouted by Select Models and told to go into their office between Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm. I was thrilled as I've always been interested in modeling. However, there was a problem. I explained to the scout that I didn't live in London and that I live an hours drive away, but if they decide to sign me then I'm prepared to stay in London (I have lots of family down there), the scout seemed pretty understanding and told me to go into their office. I was just wondering what should I expect from a modeling interview? I know the basics, what to wear, how to present myself and such. Decline any agency/offer that ask for money and so on. But I knew that this wasn't a scam. I think that I'd do best in commercial modeling. I think I have a "pretty" face and the right body for it. Height: 5′8″ Bust: 36 C Waist: 24" Hips: 34.5″ Dress Size: 8 Shoe Size: 6 Here is a photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/87931804@N05/8047711808/in/photostream Basically, my question is: What should I expect from a modeling interview? Thanks.
I saw there was about 8-10. I saw Naomi Campbell and Kate moss but missed the rest!! Who else was featured?
| 2019-04-26T05:59:46 |
http://headlinegrabber.org/S/Stella-Tennant/
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Suppose several versions of an application, where both programs and data are fully, or in part, seperated. But all versions use the same logicals, referring to their execuatble- and datapaths. Some are /SYSTEM, others are /JOB, or /PROCESS.
For web-access, there is ONE document root for al versions, one index.html file that allows the user to choose the version, and one CGI-procedure that handles ALL requests. Each appliaction version has a tree below Apache, but that contains only the files required to create HTML output.
After the user has chosen the version to work in, everything is handled by that CGI-script; all references are passing that proceduree because the right environemnt needs to be set.
It implies that there is NO direct reference to the data and executable environment of the appliaction, and therefore there is no reference in httpd.conf to the appliaction versions.
Hyperlinks to graphical data (images) however could not be handled that way (see http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=972859) there IS a requirement.
imgnam.jpg doesn't work, since there is no reference to this location in httpd.conf.
imgnam.jpg van be used byt MUST be handled by the script - but that failed.
Makes sense - since the file will be read by Apache at startup - but it is a limitation I would like to get rid off.
First: Get rid off the '$' logicals. These are DIGITAL/HP depended.
Second: Is there a possibility to do this bij JOB or GROUP logicals ? I'm thinking this because sometimes this are executed in a job and subprocesses by Apache. The first you are using must be in the .CONF .
So BPS$FOTO must bij in the CONF. Maybe you can make a common top, and per version (possible logical) share beneath it.
NL: Meten is weten, maar je moet weten hoe te meten! - UK: Measuremets is knowledge, but you need to know how to measure !
Alias /BPS$FOTO/ "/APPLROOT/FOTO/" in httpd.conf, requires at runtime that BPS$FOTO, as used in "href="BPS$FOTO:...""
refers to APPLROOT:[FOTO] as well.
This is loaded at startup, and therefore, APPLROOT _must_be_known_ at start time otherwise Apache won't start. Hence, APPLROOT must be defined at least as /GROUP (that is: AP_HTTPD), and another value for APPLROOT at run-time is not possible. "Forbidden" - as the page says.
So if APPLROOT has to refer to different (in my case: version dependent) locations, you have to define a APPLROOT_ Alias line for each version in httpd.conf, and add each directory as stated above. In the HTML output, use the appropiate reference in the href-lines. The second is no problem at all (I have the version at hand so I can generate the right name) but I simply dislike the requirement of multiple references to application-based, version dependent locations in httpd.conf.
BTW - I found a way to get around it - have all dependencies handled by the CGI-scripts, so I could remove all dependencies from httpd.conf.
This is loaded at startup, and therefore, APPLROOT _must_be_known_ at start time otherwise Apache won't start.
Just an idea, which may or may not work, but have you tried defining the version logical /TRANS=CONC.
If it really gets physically loaded at boot, this will not help, but if part of it is handled by native VMS, the description IN APACHE MEMORY does not change, so you WILL get the value as valid during use.
Maybe worth a try, but no promises!
Click on the hyperlink, got "Forbidden".
- Connaot be chnaged on the fly once the server is started.
This applies for both SWS 1.3 and 2.1.
| 2019-04-19T04:27:35 |
https://community.hpe.com/t5/Operating-System-OpenVMS/logicals-and-APACHE/td-p/4939506
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What is the stopping distance?
Stopping distance (m) = thinking distance (m) + braking distance (m). Stopping distance is the distance travelled from the time the driver sees a hazard to the time the car comes to a halt.
Thinking distance travelled from the time the driver sees a hazard to the time he applies the brake.
The thinking distance is affected by the speed of the car and the driver's reaction time.
The driver's reaction time will increase if the driver is distracted (by a moblie phone or a cry child) or not in peak physical condititons e.g. old, tired, intoxicated (drugs and alcohol).
Braking distance is the distance travelled from the time the driver applies the brakes to the time the car come to a complete stop. The braking distance is affected by the speed of the car and the conditions of the car and road.
A large (massive) car tralleving at high speed with poor brakes and worn tires on a slippery road surface (one with little friction between the tires and road) will have a long braking distance.
What is momentum and how does it work?
Monentum can be of as a measure of how different it is to stop something from moving. An object s momentum increase as its mass increase and its velocity increases. A fast moving fully loaded train has much more momentum than a slow moving Ping-Pong.
What else is momentum clased as?
Momentum is a vector it has a size and direction. (if two objects are travelling in opposite direction one will have a positive momentum and the other a negative momentum).
What happens to the momentum in a collions?
In a collision momentum is always conserved. Total momentum (of all the object) before the collision = the total moentum (of all the object) after the collision. (the momentum of one object is often transferred to another).
A force is required to change the momentum of an object. The quicker the momentum changes the larger forces required. e.g. to stop a fast moving heavy train in a short amount of time will require a large forces (from very good brakes).
In a car cash the momentum (velocity) of an object changes in a very short amount of time so the body feels a large which can damage it.
Airbag, crumple zones and seabelts all increase the time of collision. This means the mentum of the driver is changed over a longer time which reduces the force on the driver that could cause injures.
(Remeber sudden or short time collisons such as banging your head on a hard table hurt because there is a large reaction force. When bouncing on a trampoline the collision (between you and the trampoline takes longer time so the force is lower.
What is meant by the term work done?
Work done is a measure of how much energy has been transferred from one type of energy to another type of energy. E.g a light bulb that has transferred 5000J of electrical energy into the light and heat energy has to do 5000J of work.
What is meant by the term power?
Power is the amount of work done every second. How much energy is transferred per second. Power is measured in (W) Watts or J/s. E.g. a 50W light bulb transfer 50J of electrical energy every second into heat and light energy.
What is Gravitation Potential Energy?
The higher up an object, the more mass and the greater the gravitational field strength the more Gravitation Potential Energy it has. (Potential tells us the energy is stored up).
The faster and the more mass of an object has the more kinetic energy it has. The velocity of an object has more impact on the amount of energy the object has than it's mass.
What is the conserveation of Energy?
Energy cannot be created or destory only transferrred. Energy in = Energy out. If a light bulb is provided with 300J of electrical energy it will produce 300j of heat and light energy.
| 2019-04-23T04:42:13 |
https://getrevising.co.uk/revision-tests/p2_uni_4_momentum_energy_work_and_power
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This article is about the golfer. For the showdog, see Tiger Woods .
For this golfer's detailed statistics, records, and other achievements, see List of career achievements by Tiger Woods.
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer among the most successful of all time. Currently the World No. 1, he was the highest-paid professional athlete in 2008, having earned an estimated $110 million from winnings and endorsements.
Woods has won fourteen professional major golf championships, the second highest of any male player, and 71 PGA Tour events, third all time. He has more career major wins and career PGA Tour wins than any other active golfer. He is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam, and the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments on tour.
Woods has held the number one position in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks. He has been awarded PGA Player of the Year a record nine times, the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average a record eight times, and has the record of leading the money list in nine different seasons. He has been named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year a record-tying four times, and is the only person to be named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year more than once.
Since his record-breaking win at the 1997 Masters Tournament, golf's increased popularity is attributed to Woods' presence. He is credited for dramatically increasing prize money in golf, generating interest in new audiences as the first non-white person to win the Masters, and for drawing the largest TV audiences in golf history.
| 2019-04-22T01:22:00 |
http://lakezone.com/Tiger_Woods.htm
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1. What to do in the event of a work-related accident or professional illness?
2. What to do after medical assistance.
3. How to proceed after medical discharge.
| 2019-04-20T02:22:00 |
http://www.clinicabellasnieto.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=15
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Question: I'm working on an outline for a series of books. These books have an adventure plot line and I'm finding that the story goal of each individual book often seems to be simply "Getting from point A to point B." My protagonist has his own goals throughout the story, and I have an overarching story goal for the series, but arriving safely at each destination seems to be the main goal for my group of characters. Is that enough?
Answer: Honestly, it sounds like a rather thin goal.
I might ask why getting to a certain destination is important to the characters. What do they need to do at this destination? Why not stay where they are?
And there should be a consequence if they fail (other than not getting to the destination). In other words, the goal should be to avoid a bigger threat that is growing closer.
If you have a goal for the series, then it is worthwhile to consider each book to be an act in the overarching plot. And acts are not all the same.
For instance, let's take a typical adventure goal such as finding a certain treasure. Dramatica would call that a goal of "Obtaining."
In a four act (or four book) story, only one of the four will actually have an external plot concerned with Obtaining. The others will be concerned with Learning (getting information), Doing (e.g. traveling), and Understanding--not necessarily in that order. Giving each part a different concern makes the story more interesting.
Assuming each book is one act in the entire story, then the first act is the Setup, the second is the Complication, the third is the Move to a Crisis, and the fourth is the Move to Resolution.
The point is that, in addition to having a complete story, each book should make the reader hungry for the next -- to see what happens next in the overarching story arc -- until everything gets resolved in the last book.
That means there should be a progression -- a build in tension or a ticking off of accomplishments in order to build towards a crisis and ultimately to the achievement of the goal. And a progression implies that each act is different.
Thank you so much for your response. I wasn't considering the consequences of what would happen if they did not achieve the goal and that makes all the difference.
| 2019-04-21T18:43:01 |
https://www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com/story-goals.html
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This year marks the tenth anniversary of a momentous event in the history of computing - freeware PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), created by Philip Zimmermann, became available to the world, thereby providing strong public-key cryptography for the masses.
PGP soon became the worldwide standard program for secure email over the internet. Versions are now available for all major operating systems. GnuPG (GNU Privacy Guard), developed more recently, is an alternative to PGP, which is generally compatible with all modern PGP versions.
Although GnuPG can do all the same things as PGP (and even more!), it is not so well known. However, for reasons to be explained below, it is now becoming important for RISC OS users.
Readers who are not already familiar with PGP may find it helpful to consult my previous articles "PGP for secure e-mail" and "Beginner's guide to PGP". An understanding of the basic concepts of public-key cryptography is essential for the proper use of GnuPG, as it is for PGP, and these concepts will not be repeated here.
The latest RISC OS version of PGP is 2.6.3ia, which was ported by Gareth McCaughan from the corresponding DOS version in 1997. Sadly, it is becoming seriously outdated. Windows users now have PGP 7, and versions 5 or 6 are available for most other operating systems. These later versions use a greater variety of algorithms for encryption and digital signatures, some of which are now more widely used. As a result, it has become difficult for RISC OS users to communicate securely with users of the more modern versions of PGP for other operating systems.
GnuPG is an open-source program, originally written for Linux or Unix systems and released under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL). This means that its source code is freely available and that the program may be used freely by anyone. GnuPG is fully compliant with the OpenPGP standard of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
What is the relevance of all this to RISC OS users? A RISC OS port of GnuPG was created recently by Stefan Bellon (see http://www.sbellon.de/gnupg.html), thus bringing RISC OS users up to date with the latest OpenPGP standards and enabling them to intercommunicate securely with users of all versions of PGP. In fact, GnuPG now provides all the same basic functionality as the latest Windows versions of PGP.
The downside is that GnuPG, like the ageing RISC OS version of PGP, can be used only from the command line. New users may be bewildered by the huge number of possible commands of GnuPG, but fortunately only a few basic commands are needed for most practical purposes. Nevertheless, until someone writes a convenient front end for GnuPG, it will be necessary to learn to use at least some of these commands in order to take advantage of this powerful program.
The reason why the RISC OS port of GnuPG is a command-line program is that it was created so as to mimic exactly the commands and functions of the original Unix-like version. This will make it easier to update the program if any enhancements are made to the original version. Indeed, such updates have already been released.
In an article such as this, it is impossible to explain all the commands fully, or even to mention all the things that GnuPG can do. My objective here is to give only enough detail to enable a beginner to make use of the main features of GnuPG for secure e-mail. I hope that this article will also be helpful to experienced PGP users, who will need to learn a somewhat different set of commands for GnuPG.
The installation procedure is simple. Download the archive "gnupg/zip" from Stefan Bellon's URL given above. This archive contains two applications, !GnuPG and !GnuPGUser, as well as some documentation.
Copy the entire contents of the archive to any convenient directory. It is important, however, that the two applications reside in a filing system that supports long filenames. If you do not have RISC OS 4 with an E+ formatted medium, you can use the raFS filing system (available from http://atterer.net/riscos.html) or any other filing system that allows long filenames.
!GnuPG is the application that does all the work. !GnuPGUser will contain all the data referring to you as an individual user, including your public and secret keyrings and certain user-defined options. Both of these applications must be "seen" by the filer before you can use GnuPG. If you intend to use GnuPG frequently, it is best to ensure that the filer "sees" them during startup of your computer by placing appropriate references to them in your boot sequence. Some advice about how to do this is contained in the !Help file inside !GnuPG.
Your installation is not yet complete. GnuPG requires a good source of pseudo-random numbers. For this purpose, the RISC OS version of GnuPG makes use of a module called CryptRandom by Theo Markettos. If you do not already have a copy of this module, download the CryptRandom binary from Theo's website at http://www.markettos.org.uk/riscos/crypto/. A copy of the module CryptRandom (with filename "CryptRand") should be placed inside the !GnuPG directory.
There are certain difficulties in using GnuPG to communicate with people who are still using PGP 2.x. First and foremost, GnuPG does not support the IDEA cipher, which is an essential component of PGP 2.x. This is a deliberate omission. The IDEA cipher is patented by the Swiss company Ascom-Tech AG, and a licence is required to use it for commercial purposes, at least in some countries (though it may be used freely for non-commercial purposes). Such a restriction is incompatible with the terms of the GPL, and therefore IDEA is not implemented in any official version of GnuPG.
Stefan Bellon provides a simple way of overcoming this difficulty and maintaining compatibility with the old PGP 2.x. On his website there are two additional archives, "gnupgidea/zip" and "gnupgpart/zip". These are an IDEA archive and a partially linked GnuPG archive. Using them, it is possible to build your own IDEA-compliant version of GnuPG. To do this, follow the simple instructions in the !ReadMe file contained in the IDEA archive.
Note that if you add IDEA functionality to your copy of GnuPG, you should not use the IDEA algorithm for commercial purposes or distribute the enlarged program again under the GPL.
Even after IDEA is added to GnuPG, there are still some complications in using it to communicate with users of PGP 2.x. A detailed explanation of how to use GnuPG as a nearly complete replacement for PGP 2.x can be found in a document "pgp2x.html" contained inside the GnuPG distribution. However, if you need to exchange messages with PGP 2.x users, you may find it simplest, at least initially, to use the old PGP 2.6.3ia for this purpose, especially if you have already been using PGP for this purpose.
where <keyfile> denotes the filename of the keyring file. If this keyring file is not in your currently selected directory, you will need to specify its full pathname. The same command can be used to import a public key sent to you by another user of PGP or GnuPG.
When importing keys, GnuPG behaves differently from PGP in at least two respects. First, in its default mode of operation GnuPG will not import keys which are not self-signed. Second, contrary to what an experienced PGP user might expect, the simple command "gpg <keyfile>" does not offer the option of adding any keys to your keyring; it is essential to use the "import" command as above.
Note the use of double dashes in GnuPG commands, in contrast to PGP, which uses only single dashes. However, certain GnuPG commands have standard single-letter abbreviations, which are preceded by only a single dash. For example, you can obtain a list of all the main commands by typing "gpg --help" or, in abbreviated form, "gpg -h".
GnuPG will then offer a choice of several options. It is recommended that you select the default option ("DSA and ElGamal") for the key types, unless you have a special reason for some other choice. To ensure high security for the foreseeable future, you should choose a reasonably large key size. GnuPG will also ask for your name and e-mail address, which together form a user ID to identify your key.
Even if you already have an RSA key pair from previous use of PGP, it is still highly desirable to generate new keys as described above, since RSA keys are deprecated in GnuPG and in some later versions of PGP.
Here the upper line describes a 1024-bit DSA signing key with key ID 6B71EC75. The rest of the line gives the date on which the key was created and its user ID. The lower line describes a 4097-bit ElGamal encryption key with key ID 34100D21. Note that in general different keys are used for signing and for encryption, and the encryption key is usually larger. The signing and encryption keys are generated together by the single command described above.
To view details of all the keys in your public keyring, use the same command as above, but without the parameter <name>.
If you have more than one secret key, you can set one of them as your default key. This is the key that GnuPG will use to create digital signatures. To specify a default key, uncomment the "default-key" line in the GnuPG options file "!GnuPGUser.options" (by deleting the initial "#" character on that line) and add the appropriate key ID at the end of the line.
where <keyfile> is the filename of the output file into which you want the public key to be extracted, and <name> specifies the key as described above. You can then send the keyfile to other users who want to communicate with you.
If an exported keyfile is to be included as part of an e-mail message, you should ensure that it is "ASCII-armoured". This will automatically be the case if the "armor" line in the GnuPG options file is uncommented, which is in fact the default configuration. (The RISC OS port of GnuPG retains the American spelling "armor" in its options file, as in the original version, although both spellings are actually accepted.) This setting will also ensure that all messages encrypted by GnuPG will be ASCII-armoured.
Suppose now that you receive an encrypted file from someone. You can decrypt it by means of the simple command "gpg <file>", where <file> is the filename. GnuPG will check that you have the secret key required to decrypt the file and, if so, it will ask for your passphrase for accessing that key. If the file that you decrypt contains a digital signature of the sender, GnuPG will report this fact and tell you whether the signature is "good". A good signature confirms that the file is identical to the one originally signed by the sender.
GnuPG will be able to check a signature only if the signatory's public key is in your keyring. If the required public key cannot be found in your keyring, GnuPG will automatically search a keyserver for it if you are online, or if your internet setup allows auto-dial-in. In that case, if the key is found, it will be downloaded and imported. Otherwise, if GnuPG is unable to connect to the internet, it will simply report that it is requesting the key from a keyserver, and the process will appear to hang. You can stop this by pressing <Escape>.
Before you can encrypt a message for someone else, that person's public key must be in your public keyring. If you receive someone's public key, you can add it to your public keyring by means of the "import" command described earlier.
To add a digital signature to an encrypted message, simply replace the "-e" by "-se" in the encryption command. In this case, GnuPG will ask for your passphrase for accessing your secret key.
If you want to be able to decrypt all your encrypted messages yourself, you should uncomment the "encrypt-to" line in the GnuPG options file and insert your key ID at the end of that line. Users of PGP will recognise that this serves the same function as its "encrypt-to-self" option, i.e. it encrypts all messages automatically with your own public key in addition to that of the specified recipients.
The commands described above should be sufficient to enable you to send and receive encrypted e-mail and to have "Pretty Good Privacy". In a future article I shall describe some of the other things you can do with GnuPG.
Finally, I thank Stefan Bellon for kindly suggesting some improvements to a draft of this article. Any remaining inaccuracies are, of course, entirely my own.
Back to download page, where you can also find information about other RISC OS security programs.
Main PGP page for general information about PGP.
| 2019-04-20T22:34:48 |
http://www.queen.clara.net/pgp/art3.html
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Suppose a company you've done business with is hacked, and the hackers get your name, user ID, password, credit-card number, and other personal info.
1) Does the company have to notify you to tell you that your information has been stolen?
2) If it happens that the company's lax security controls contributed to the theft, do you have a cause of action against the company even if you haven't lost any money or suffered other direct, quantifiable damages?
The answer to the first question is maybe, depending on the state in which you reside. However, just last week President Obama proposed a federal data-breach law that would create a single nationwide standard specifying when and how consumers would need to be notified when their personal data is stolen due to a data breach by an organization they have interacted with. At present, nearly all states have their own statutory data-breach notification requirements. The bad news is that the federal law might actually be less stringent in some areas than the state statutes.
Many of the questions pertaining to the President's proposal are answered by Robert E. Cattanach and Bradley Hammer in a January 19, 2015, post on the JD Supra Business Advisor. For example, the federal law applies only to organizations that collect personal information from at least 10,000 people in a 12-month period. Most state data-breach statutes apply to all organizations that collect such information. This indicates the state laws will not be completely preempted by the federal rule.
The Obama proposal broadens the definition of "personal information" to include home address and phone number; mother's maiden name; full birth date; any government-issued identification number (including driver's license number); any financial account information (including bank routing numbers); user names and email addresses in combination with passwords or security questions; and any combination of your first name-last name-middle initial, identifying number, and security code, password, or source code used to generate a password.
The definition of a "data breach" is similar in the federal proposal to existing state laws. Likewise, requirements for notifying individuals of a breach of their personal information are much the same. However, the federal statute would require notification of a federal agency, and subsequently the U.S. Postal Service, the FBI, and the Federal Trade Commission in the event of massive data breaches and breaches involving national security or law enforcement.
In a January 15, 2015, post on the Krebs on Security site, Brian Krebs explains that it's uncertain whether the federal law would serve as a baseline, and state laws could impose more stringent requirements on organizations who have lost individuals' sensitive information. Apart from the unresolved federal-preemption questions, critics point out that the law leaves open whether the companies would be required to disclose how the breach occurred. Another open question is whether organizations would have to notify people when their encrypted data has been lost. Currently, the encryption exemption excludes such data, but what happens when the company also loses the data's encryption key?
The answer to the second question -- whether individuals may sue for the increased risk of damages and other indirect costs resulting from the breach -- is probably not, although this may be changing slowly.
To date, few courts have recognized a right to damages for plaintiffs whose personal information -- including Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, credit-card numbers, and other data -- has been stolen as the result of a data breach suffered by a third party with whom they've transacted business. The only exception is when the plaintiffs can prove they've incurred quantifiable, direct damages, such as theft of funds from a compromised bank account. In nearly all cases, the risk of future damage alone, and the costs of heightened monitoring of accounts and other preventive actions, have been ruled insufficient to prove standing to sue for damages.
Similarly, defendants' motions to dismiss class action suits following large-scale data breaches are nearly always granted for two reasons. First, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3) requires that the members of the class have suffered the same damage, that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members, and that a class action is superior to other available methods for fairly and efficiently adjudicating the controversy." Second, when the members of the class seek damages at a level specified by a state statute (generally $500), the courts have still required that each member prove individualized damages.
The uphill climb class-action plaintiffs face in such situations are explained by Nicholas Ranjan and James P. Angelo in a December 15, 2014, post on the K&L Gates site.
The burden is not much easier on individual plaintiffs in suits alleging damages due to loss of their personal information in a data breach. How do you prove that the breach increased the risk of fraud, and that the increased risk isn't the result of some other unrelated factors? The victim of the breach may be a member of what MIT Professor Arnold Barnett calls an "at-risk population" whose fraud risk is higher independent of any specific data breach. Barnett describes the difficulty of calculating damages resulting from a data breach in an article from August 2012 on the Analysis Group Forum.
An organization's liability resulting from a data breach may widening, if two recent decisions by a federal district court in Minnesota are indicators of a trend. Kristin Ann Shepard and Marty Solomon explain in a January 14, 2015, post on JD Supra Business Advisor that the court dismissed Target's motion to dismiss a consumer class-action suit resulting from the company's massive data breach in 2013. The court rejected Target's claim that the 114 plaintiffs lacked standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution because they failed to allege any "concrete, certainly impending injury" caused by the breach.
Target did manage to get some claims dismissed under notification statutes in several states, as well as the plaintiff's bailment charges. The court let stand the plaintiff's unjust enrichment claims under the theory that they "would not have shopped" at Target if they had been timely notified of the breach. Finally, the plaintiff's breach of implied warranty claims survived Target's motion to dismiss, but their breach of express contract claims were dismissed.
While Target is far from bereft of defenses against the class-action claims of consumers and financial institutions, other potential plaintiffs may be encouraged by the courts' rulings to pursue their claims against the company, and against other organizations that lost their personal information due to a data breach. Most importantly, if companies know they may be hit hard in the pocketbook following their loss of customers' personal information in a breach, they're much more likely to increase their data-security efforts.
Everybody knows you shouldn't make a big change in lifestyle simply because you read about the results of some study. Still, after I heard about the dangers of prolonged sitting, as reported by Tech Times' Rhodi Lee in a January 20, 2015, article, I made a mental note to stand up and move around for a few minutes every hour. All because of research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on January 19, 2015, which compiled and analyzed the results 47 other studies on the effects of sitting for long periods of time.
The upshot? A sedentary lifestyle increases your risks of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and premature death -- by 15 to 20 percent in some cases, and by up to 90 percent for diabetes. More bad news: exercising regular doesn't mitigate the increased risk. "Prolonged sitting" is defined as between eight and 12 hours a day. To avoid the perils of a good, long sit, the researchers recommend that we stand up or move around for a few minutes each half hour we're sitting at a desk. And while we're watching TV, we should get up and dance to the commercials -- or maybe skip the commercials and do a few brisk laps around the living room.
Can you have your pizza and longevity, too?
Some studies you might benefit from overreacting to -- even if they eventually turn out to be not so telling as they first appeared. In a January 7, 2015, article in the New York Times, Gretchen Reynolds reports on the findings of researchers at King's College of London and the University of Birmingham in England who studied the health of very active older folks. They concluded that regular vigorous physical activity can keep your body young.
The subjects were men and women between the ages of 55 and 79 who bicycle regularly and are able to cover 62 miles in six-and-a-half hours for the men, and 37 miles in five-and-a-half hours for the women. They were not competitive athletes but rather "serious recreational riders." When they were given various physical ability tests, the riders were found to perform much closer to young adults than to other people their own age in terms of balance, reflexes, metabolic health, and memory.
Unfortunately, a high exercise level didn't prevent age-related declines in muscle power and mass, and aerobic capacity. Still, the cyclists rated much higher than others in their age group in these categories as well. As usual, the researchers warn against coming to conclusions based on the results of a single study, but they point out that staying active has benefits beyond possibly delaying the physical effects of aging. It makes you feel good, too, and you don't need a study to tell you that.
Excuse me, but it's time for me to hop on the old two-wheeler and ride -- all the way to the taqueria across town.
| 2019-04-18T22:34:15 |
https://www.workersedge.org/the-battle-against-data-thieves-heats-up-january-20-20151.html
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Every object has a given energy that sets its overall temperature.
Heat energy turns into electromagnetic oscillations that spread throughout the space. Without heat, objects tend to cool down.
When the electromagnetic oscillations hit other objects they get absorbed by the surface of the latter, turning into heat energy, warming up the objects.
Just like the sun emits radiation to heat up everything on Earth, the infrared panel generates radiation waves that acts upon the energy of surrounding objects.
| 2019-04-26T06:10:59 |
http://www.thermonordic.com/en/for-business/st-thermo/st-thermo-advantages/
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Consider all the forms candy can come in. Some are smooth and chewy, such as caramel. Some are gummy animals and others are rainbow of lollipops. All of these desserts can be made with the same main ingredient: sugar. It's through the wonders of chemistry that confectioners make the sweet stuff take so many different forms.
"Basically, candymaking is about controlling the size and shape of sugar crystals," says Alton Brown, creator of the TV shows "Good Eats" and "Good Eats: Reloaded."
Each grain of table sugar is a crystal — a tidy structure made of molecules called sucrose. Units of sucrose like to stick to their neighbors, which keeps each little chunk in a neat shape. But when sugar gets wet, some of those bits of sucrose want to attach to water molecules instead. This makes them lose their crystal structure and dissolve. Hot water can dissolve more sugar than cold water, so a cooked-up syrup will start to form crystals as soon as it cools back down. That's how many candies are made.
Candy texture is determined by the size and number of sugar crystals, which chefs can control by the speed and method they use to cool that sweet syrup down. The biggest crystals make rock candy: You can do this at home by dropping a string or stick into a glass of sugar syrup and letting it cool down slowly — by sitting at room temperature, undisturbed, for days. With no movement to keep sucrose molecules from clustering together, the sugar will form bunches of giant crystals on the string or stick over time.
On the other end of the sweet spectrum are confections with no crystals at all. Glass candy — such as a lollipop — is made by cooling syrup down so fast that sucrose molecules clump together randomly instead of forming the usual crystal structure. Adding gelatin during that process produces gummies and marshmallows. Cotton candy is made up of tiny threads of this glass, which machines create by heating sugar and then shooting it through tiny holes as it cools.
Chewy, fudgy treats are somewhere in the middle: You want crystals to form, but you want lots of tiny ones instead of a few giant, rock-candy-style chunks. Chefs achieve this by gently cooling their sweet syrup while also stirring it continuously.
"I think that in general, people don't really realize how much texture affects our perception of taste when it comes to candy," Brown says. "Honestly, whether it's fudge, brittle, toffee, taffy ... texture is probably about 70 percent of what we're sensing when we enjoy it."
| 2019-04-20T06:56:23 |
https://www.timestelegram.com/news/20190207/kidspost-sugars-chemistry-short-but-sweet-explanation
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What's Behind the Epidemic of Cranial Cruciate Ligament Disease?
The two main ways CCL injuries occur: 1) extensive physical trauma (notable injuries), and 2) nutritional deficiency, which weakens the ligaments over time, predisposing the animal to rupture without notable trauma. Nutritional therapy is the best way to prevent a CCL injury, especially in genetically predisposed dogs.
Unfortunately, cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) disease is an all-too-common problem in canine companions today. If you've known a dog with a CCL injury, you know how serious and debilitating it can be.
Studies have identified a genetic component for the disease in Newfies and Labs. Breeds unlikely to develop CCL disease include the Basset Hound, Dachshund, Greyhound, and Old English Sheepdog. The condition is rarely seen in cats.
The cruciate ligaments are bands of fibrous tissue, two per knee joint (called the "stifle") in the back legs of dogs. The ligaments connect the femur, which is the bone above the knee joint, and the tibia, the bone below it.
The cruciate ligaments are main stabilizers of the knee joint. They cross over each other, with one band running from the inside to the outside of the knee joint, and the other from the outside to the inside. In humans, the CCL is called the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).
Rupture of the CCL is a very common reason for hind limb lameness, pain, and arthritis of the knee in affected dogs. Ruptures can be partial or complete.
Indeed, with complete tears (picture a rope torn in half), nothing except surgical correction or replacement will make the joint completely functional again. The type of surgical technique selected and the competence of the surgeon have a lot to do with outcome success, along with rehabilitation therapy and long-term joint support.
However, the majority of dogs suffer from recurring sprains and not complete ruptures (picture a frayed rope). In these situations, I recommend you avoid surgery as long as possible by instituting an intensive management protocol.
CCL injuries are painful for your dog, and without proper treatment, permanent joint damage can result. Unfortunately, estimates are that from 40 to 60 percent of dogs with CCL disease in one knee go on to develop the problem in the other knee.
Is Surgery the Only Option to Treat CCL Damage?
Traditionally, surgery has been the recommended treatment for dogs with CCL damage, and many veterinarians still insist it is the only effective remedy. However, others in the veterinary community (I'm one of them) prefer to take a more conservative, multimodal approach whenever possible.
"Physical therapy can be performed to help with dynamic stabilization of the stifle by improving musculoskeletal strength in the affected limb. Management of pain through medication, Adequan injections, and other therapies, such as lasers or acupuncture, can help reduce the discomfort.
"Since we only train Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers and crosses of the two, we have a population of dogs that are susceptible to cruciate ligament tears," says Kennedy.
Dr. Narda Robinson, who heads the Colorado State University Center for Comparative and Integrative Pain Medicine, believes there are many non-surgical options for dogs with CCL injuries.
These include acupuncture, massage, laser therapy, therapeutic exercise, weight loss for obese dogs, pharmaceuticals, and supplements.
"In human medicine, the more conservative surgeons are recommending several weeks of rehabilitation and pain control before even considering surgery," says Robinson.
Far too often I see conventional veterinarians manage pain, but do nothing to reinforce remaining ligament integrity or support cartilage. Providing pain relief without slowing degeneration can actually make the situation worse, allowing the dog to overuse the injured knee and increasing the likelihood a partial tear becomes a complete tear.
Instituting chondroprotective agents (CPAs) as soon as possible helps reduce further damage to joints. For genetically predisposed breeds this means beginning CPAs proactively, at 6 months to 1 year of age. The most commonly used CPAs are perna mussel (green-lipped clam), eggshell membrane, glucosamine sulfate, MSM, and cetyl myristoleate.
Dogs that have had substantial CCL injury should be on progressive joint protocols for the rest of their lives to slow degenerative joint disease in the injured knee and improve ligament resiliency in the opposite knee.
The exact supplement, exercise, and dietary regimen is based on each dog's specific circumstances, age, activity level and job (for example, agility athletes and police dogs have different ligament stress than other dogs). I want to emphasize there is no "cookie cutter" treatment approach when a dog is first diagnosed with CCL damage, nor should a treatment be continued indefinitely without regularly reassessing the situation.
Partnering with a proactive veterinarian who will change protocols as your dog's body dictates is a critical part of managing "joint dogs" throughout their lifetime. A dynamically changing protocol that meets your dog's musculoskeletal needs throughout the aging process will be required to effectively slow down degeneration over time.
If the patient is eating a less-than-optimal diet, I always recommend a transition — at the dog's own pace — to a balanced, species appropriate diet supplemented with plenty of omega-3 fatty acids, which naturally help to control inflammation in the body.
Since carbohydrates (corn, wheat, rice, soy, millet and even potato) promote inflammation, I recommend a naturally anti-inflammatory diet for dogs and cats, and especially those with musculoskeletal issues, to help reduce, rather than foster, additional inflammation.
Once a patient's pain and lameness are improved, a physical rehabilitation program can be instituted to improve function and rebuild strength. I love using water therapy to help dogs recover from CCL injuries, because it helps build strength and muscle mass with little to no discomfort.
On an underwater treadmill, patients can exercise in a normal posture without putting weight on damaged joints. Water also provides resistance during movement, which helps strengthen muscles. During this time, I also typically recommend laser therapy, the Assisi loop,8 acupuncture, and electro-acupuncture to help alleviate joint pain. There are some excellent homeopathic remedies that can be beneficial as well, based on your dog's specific symptoms.
Chiropractic care can help your dog's postural imbalances, and may help reduce compensatory stress on his other knee. It's important to note that even with intense therapy, there are cases where complete rupture eventually occurs. That's why many dogs end up requiring CCL surgery to maintain an excellent quality of life.
Every patient and situation is different, so the challenge is always finding which methods of treatment are most suitable and helpful for the individual pet and his or her family.
Thankfully, conventional practitioners are now acknowledging what holistic veterinarians have known for a very long time: healthy ligaments just don't spontaneously tear.
One of two issues occurs in a CCL injury, the first of which is acute and notable trauma (think hit by a car, jumped out of a moving car or off a second story balcony, etc). If there isn't notable trauma, there's not a reason for a healthy ligament to slowly break, right?
We know dogs are meant to sprint up stairs, occasionally slip on ice (or a slick tile floor), and repeatedly jump up on the couch and not tear a ligament. And yet in my practice I was seeing patients who were just living their normal lives, with no trauma, who developed CCL injuries. What was going on?
The cases of overt trauma were rare and easy to identify and in my mind, the only logical reason for healthy dogs to suddenly tear a ligament would be a traumatic accident. Large and giant breed dogs had more CCL injuries than smaller dogs, but that was still a small fraction of my patients. Genetics may play a small part,9 but the other 75 percent of dogs I was seeing with CCL damage didn't fit into the first three categories.
Fat or out of shape dogs tax their ligaments more than thin dogs, but my patients weren't fat or out of shape. They were active, healthy animals. They weren't over-vaccinated, and they weren't desexed. That left nutrition as a possible cause for the vast majority of CCL injuries I was seeing in practice.
I continued my research and came up with one recurring factor in connective tissue resiliency: dietary intake of manganese (Mn). Manganese is required for healthy, strong ligament development and maintenance. A dog's manganese requirements are high. Food sources vary on the amount of manganese present.
Unfortunately, I still have clients who don't believe in following recipes when home-preparing food for their dogs. Most of these "prey model" feeders erroneously assume all the minerals are present somewhere in and amongst the variety of free-range, organic meat, bone and organ blends they feed their dogs.
But clearly, the number of non-traumatic CCL tears my veterinary orthopedic surgeon counterpart was repairing was telling a different story. Many of my clients who made their dogs' meals at home were missing this critical mineral (among others) in their diets.
The ancestral diet and lifestyle provided an abundance of opportunities to consume manganese, a very different story than feeding today's dog. The ancestral diet provided, on average, 3.1 mg of manganese per 1000 kcal (calories). This was, indeed, a naturally very ligament-supportive diet!
The Association of American Feed Control Officials' (AAFCO) minimum manganese requirements are 1.8 mg per 1000 kcal of food (and these are new standards, the old standards were less at 1.4 mg per 1000 kcal). This is roughly 50 percent less than what the ancestral diet provides!
A homemade prey model diet of "80/10/10" lean beef (blend of meat/bone/organ) supplies 0.22 mg Mn per 1000 kcal. Chicken 80/10/10 supplies 0.12 mg Mn per 1000 kcal. What does this mean? These excellent-quality, meat-based diets are even more deficient than AAFCO's too-low recommended minimums.
These facts highlight two things. Number one, the difference between supplying just enough nutrients to survive (AAFCO standards) vs. supplying the vast nutrients needed to thrive (the ancestral diet nutrition parameters) means lots of commercial diet/dry food-fed dogs end up at the veterinary orthopedic surgeon's office.
Secondly, prey model feeders — those people who are spending a lot of money to feed unbalanced, fresh food diets to dogs with torn cruciate ligaments — need to reassess how well "balance over time" is really working.
My recommendation for avoiding CCL injuries is simple: Don't guess at your dog's diet. Feed a homemade, fresh food diet you know is balanced for optimal nutrient intake (and not just manganese, all nutrients). Keep your dog in shape, intact (opt for an ovary-sparing spay or vasectomy, when possible), and titered.
I am a firm believer in nutrigenomics; you can up or down regulate genetic potential by what you feed your dog. If dogs are eating a ligament-supportive diet they should not have degenerative cruciate damage over time, unless hit by a Mack Truck. How do you know you are feeding a manganese rich diet?
If your dog has sustained a CCL injury, partnering with a good canine rehabilitation facility and proactive veterinarian will offer your dog the best chances of recovering from this common injury.
| 2019-04-24T07:59:41 |
https://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2016/05/25/cranial-cruciate-ligament-disease.aspx
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ISIS/Daesh: what now for the military campaign in Iraq and Syria?
ISIS has lost 98% of the territory it once held in Iraq and Syria and in December 2017 the Iraqi government declared military victory over ISIS. The situation in Syria remains complex with operations to defeat ISIS complicated by the ongoing Syrian civil conflict. The Coalition has committed to maintaining its military commitments in Iraq and Syria. While tracking down remaining ISIS fighters remains a priority, the military campaign has, however, steadily begun to transition towards stabilisation, capacity building and training.
ISIS has lost 98% of the territory it once held in Iraq and Syria, including Raqqa, the capital city of its self-declared caliphate, which was liberated in October 2017. In December 2017 the Iraqi government subsequently declared military victory over ISIS in Iraq and the US declared the end of major combat operations. Small pockets of ISIS resistance remain, however, focused in eastern Syria in the Middle Euphrates River Valley and around the Syria/Iraq border. Many ISIS fighters are believed to have dispersed into the desert and mountains; while others have attempted to blend back into urban populations.
As such clearance operations continue, while stabilisation operations are increasingly becoming the focus of the campaign in Iraq.
In Syria, however, the strategic picture remains complex with operations to defeat ISIS complicated by the ongoing Syrian civil conflict and recent Turkish military action in northern Syria.
For the foreseeable future the Coalition has committed to maintain its military commitments in Iraq and Syria. While tracking down remaining enclaves of ISIS resistance remains a key priority, the military campaign has steadily begun to transition towards maintaining security, stabilisation and training.
This shift in the focus of the military campaign has been reflected in coalition air operations over the last few months. While airstrikes continue there has been a notable shift toward Syria and supporting SDF operations in clearing remaining pockets of ISIS fighters; while the number of airstrikes conducted has decreased significantly.
The United States, France, the UK and the Netherlands currently undertake offensive strike operations on behalf of the Coalition. Canada, Germany and Poland all continue to deploy reconnaissance, refuelling and transport aircraft in an enabling role; while NATO continues its AWACS surveillance flights.
With the transition toward stabilisation operations and capacity building, the training mission is set to continue and expand. NATO leaders recently agreed to initiate planning for a new training mission in Iraq that will put the training effort on a more sustainable, long term basis, focusing on the training of Iraqi instructors and developing Iraqi military schools. That training mission will be formally launched at the NATO Heads of State summit on 11-12 July 2018.
In Syria, the United States has stated that it intends to maintain a “conditions-based” military presence that will remain firmly focused on the threat posed by ISIS. Part of that presence will be the continued training of local security forces in Syria, including the Syrian Kurds which form a significant element of the SDF.
At present, approximately 850 UK personnel are supporting Operation Shader in Iraq and Syria, conducting airstrikes in support of local forces on the ground and providing intelligence and surveillance to Coalition operations. With the UK’s training contingent in Iraq (currently 500 personnel), the UK’s total footprint across the region in support of this operation is approximately 1,350 personnel. Those personnel on the ground are not combat troops.
The UK has been the second largest contributor to air operations in Iraq and Syria, behind the United States, conducting sorties at a tempo not seen since the end of the Second World War. To date, the UK has conducted 1,700 airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria and provided approximately a quarter of intelligence and surveillance to the Coalition. And operations are still ongoing.
With the start of transition to a military campaign focused on clearance, stabilisation and training, attention has increasingly been given to the long-term presence of British military assets in the region, in particular the air component. The MOD has made it clear, however, that the military effort is not over and “there will be no respite in UK operations against Daesh until we can guarantee their absolute defeat”.
| 2019-04-20T00:40:34 |
https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-8248
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What constitutes a 'healthy diet'?
The plans in this website demonstrate that what's 'healthy' for one individual need not be 'healthy' for another. We are all different and have different daily routines and therefore have different nutritional requirements. However there are a few basic 'rules' that are common to everyone whatever we do and whoever we are. The main one being we need to eat a wide variety of different foods, not just to prevent boredom, but as no single food contains all the nutrients we need, we have to eat a mixture.
All plans on this site take into account complete nutrition and variety, so use them as a baseline in order to teach yourself what you should be eating to suit your job, sport or metabolic state, and you can be assured of not only adequate nutrition, but also of optimum nutrition. It may seem confusing with all the names of all the different nutrients, so to help you out, this section gives a brief run down of all the main nutrients, what each nutrient does in the body, and the relevance of each to your nutrition.
In addition to the information in this section on the different nutrients we require, you may wish to refer to our Information on Foods and Supplements section, where you can read about some less common foods and nutritional supplements referred to in the meal plan text that you may not be familiar with.
The simplest form of carbohydrate and the building blocks of complex carbs, sugars are single or double units known as saccharides. Monosaccharides, such as glucose, fructose and galactose are single unit sugars, while disaccharides, such as sucrose (table sugar - two glucose molecules) and lactose (milk sugar - glucose and galactose) are made up of two monosaccharides, joined together.
These are short chains of monosaccharides (about 3-20). They often pass through the small intestine into the colon, where they are digested by the so-called 'friendly bacteria', helping them to survive and multiply in the gut. For this reason, some oligosaccharides, e.g. FOS (fructo-oligosaccharides) are known as prebiotics. As oligosaccharides taste slightly sweet but are not absorbed, they are used as bulking agents in low calorie granulated sweeteners.
These are commonly known as complex carbohydrates and are large molecules of many hundreds of monosaccharides, joined with different bonds creating unique structures. Glycogen is a storage carbohydrate composed of many glucose molecules in the muscle and liver as an energy store, to be broken down when energy supplies are required. Starch is the plant equivalent of glycogen, and is a major nutrition source in people's diets.
There are numerous methods of classifying carbohydrates, depending on their structure or digestibility and absorption, the most well known is the glycaemic index or GI. The GI measures the reaction of the blood glucose levels to consuming a carb-containing food when compared with glucose, which has a GI of 100. Low GI foods, below about 55 cause glucose levels in the blood to rise only slowly and over a long time period, compared with high GI foods of over 70, which lead to a rapid but short lived rise in blood glucose.
In practical terms, a low GI food with its more sustained release of glucose into the blood will keep you feeling fuller for longer compared with a high GI food that will satisfy hunger only for a short time period. The situation is complicated by the fact that consuming different foods with one another will alter the GI. Thus, eating high GI white bread with butter will lower the overall blood glucose response, so lowering the glycaemic load. Fat and protein both act to slow the absorption of glucose from carb-containing foods, reducing the glycaemic load of the meal.
Please see our Glycaemic Index Tables for GI values of foods.
Another relevant method of classifying carbohydrates is by the insulin index or II. This describes the response of blood insulin to consuming all foods, not just one that contains carbohydrate. Some meats and other low carbohydrate foods evoke an insulin response without a glycaemic response.
High GI carbohydrate foods include all sugars, cakes, confectionary, white bread, white pasta and some breakfast cereals. Medium GI foods include wholemeal bread, some types of potato and some high fibre breakfast cereals. Low GI carb foods include sweet potatoes, small new potatoes, basmati rice, quinoa, granary bread and oats.
Digestible carbohydrate, in whatever form is ultimately broken down into short chains or single units and absorbed into the bloodstream. Monosaccharides may then be converted to glucose and used immediately as an energy (ATP) source. Alternatively, they will be stored (associated with water) as glycogen in both the liver and muscle. This energy store can be quickly mobilised to supply the muscles and brain (which relies solely on glucose as its energy source).
The capacity for storing carbohydrate is limited when compared to the near limitless amounts of fat that can be stored in the body. Therefore, if excess carbohydrate is consumed beyond the body's needs, it will be transformed and stored as adipose tissue (i.e. fat). In most cases a reduced (but not zero) carb intake is advisable for fat loss.
Carbohydrates add calories (i.e. energy), they provide valuable vitamins, minerals and fibre, and they ensure that muscle recovery is swift and effective following training. The basis of an exercising person's diet should be low to moderate GI carbohydrates, to keep blood glucose and hence insulin levels stable. The pre-workout meal should contain sufficient amounts of low GI carbs to ensure the training is adequately fuelled. For hard exercising people, fast acting, high GI carbohydrate, immediately post training important to promote re-fuelling.
Fibre refers to the indigestible part of carbohydrates, consisting of non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) and other molecules such as oligosaccharides, inulin and pectin. Although, strictly a carbohydrate, we tend to classify dietary fibre on its own. Soluble forms of fibre may be used by the microflora in the colon for energy, helping to maintain adequate levels of 'friendly bacteria' and may also help control blood cholesterol levels. Insoluble fibre absorbs water and helps produce healthy bowel movements by creating large, soft stools that pass through the system more rapidly.
Sources of soluble fibre include oats, pulses (peas, beans and lentils) and some fruits. Sources of insoluble fibre include green vegetables and wholemeal and wholewheat products.
There are other, non-protein amino acids such as ornithine and taurine, which have their own particular biological functions. Indeed, many of the above standard amino acids also have non-protein functions in the body, as discussed below.
Structural – protein is incorporated into muscle tissue, and is needed for muscle growth. Other structural proteins include collagen, responsible for giving skin its structure and elasticity and keratin, present in hair and nails.
Enzymes – these are molecules of protein responsible for performing or catalysing metabolic reactions. For example, amylase is an enzyme that catalyses the digestion of starch into smaller molecules in the mouth and in the upper intestine.
Oxygen transport molecules – these facilitate the carriage of oxygen around the body in the bloodstream (haemoglobin) or in the muscles (myoglobin).
Hormones – some hormones, such as growth hormone, insulin and glucagon are proteins. These play a key role in anabolism and metabolism.
Immune system – some immune systems factors are made up of proteins.
Lysine is required to synthesise carnitine, an amino acid used to transport fat for oxidisation.
Arginine is metabolised to form nitric oxide, which is involved in blood pressure control, neurotransmission and immune function.
Tryptophan is used in the synthesis of the 'happy hormone' serotonin, which is why consuming tryptophan rich foods before bed such as milk or cottage cheese may help you sleep.
Many other amino acids have vital functions in the body. However, supplementing with these aminos will not necessarily result in, say, more creatine or more fat being oxidised, as they may just be surplus to requirements.
Biological value (BV) of protein is a measure of the percentage of protein ingested that is stored in the body. Whey protein has the highest biological value, with egg a close second. Further down the list is milk, followed by fish, beef, chicken, soy and pulses. This method of characterising protein has significant flaws, such as ignoring the amino acid profile of a protein (which effectively could have a high biological value but lack an essential amino acid).
When bulking, eat as much of your protein from lean food sources: grilled chicken and turkey, lean cuts of red meat, white fish, oily fish, tuna, low fat cottage cheese, pulses, egg whites, etc. However, for those with high protein requirements but not so big appetites, supplementary protein shakes can be a useful addition.
Fats are essential to any diet although the form of fat influences its metabolic fate and relative 'healthiness'. While fat does not make you fat per se, consuming an excess of these naturally calorie dense macronutrients may lead to weight gain, as they contain 9kcal per gram making fats the most calorie dense macronutrient. However, in spite of their high energy value, their effect on appetite is poor, making it easy to consume excessive amounts without the usual feeling of satiety that accompanies eating a meal rich in complex carbohydrate or protein.
Fatty acids are chains that can vary in length from a few units long to over 20 units in length. Some are essential, while others can be made from other fatty acids in the diet.
Saturated fats have been associated with an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, when consumed in excess. They are mostly found in animal products, and although fashionably maligned, can be a useful source of energy in some diets, provided they are not eaten in excess.
Monounsaturated fats may help to lower the level of 'bad', i.e. LDL, cholesterol in our blood, while keeping 'good', i.e. HDL, cholesterol high. They are found in olive and rapeseed oils.
Trans monounsaturated fatty acids are unsaturated but because of their structure, they behave more like a saturated fat. They are predominantly industrially produced during the creation of 'hydrogenated' fats, used in margarines and manufactured foods like cakes, pies and biscuits. They confer texture and shelf life benefits on manufactured foods. They have a worse effect on cardiovascular health than saturated fats. However, some trans fats are naturally present in meat and dairy products. Avoidance of industrially produced trans fats is possible by choosing products that do not contain hydrogenated vegetable oil.
The omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids are both types of polyunsaturated fats. Omega 3s are derived from the seed oils linseed, rapeseed and walnut oil, meat from grass-fed animals e.g. beef and green leafy vegetables. Omega 6 fatty acids are derived from other seed oils, such as sunflower, and soya oil. Both types of fatty acid are essential to humans, as they cannot be made in the body from other nutrients.
It is thought that the balance of intake between the omega 6 and omega 3 fatty acids is more important for health than the actual amounts consumed. Currently, far more omega 6s are consumed than omega 3, when they should ideally be consumed in a ratio of about 2:1 (omega 6:3).
The length of the fatty acid chain of omega 3s can vary. Very long chain omega 3s are known as EPA and DHA and are predominantly found in oily fish, fish oils and the algae eaten by the fish. It is thought that long chain omega 3s, derived from fish or marine algae have particular health benefits for cardiovascular health and brain development. These do not appear to be seen at equivalent intakes of omega 3s derived from seed oils, nuts and plant sources. It may be that at high levels of seed oil consumption, similar benefits are conferred and this is of particular importance to those who do not eat oily fish.
Studies have shown that fish oils may decrease blood pressure. They have been shown to decrease the level of blood lipids, improve the diameter of blood vessels and decrease inflammation within of the blood vessels. The retina and brain contain a lot of DHA. Some studies have shown that by supplementing with long chain omega 3s during pregnancy, the mental development of children may be improved. They may also play a role in the healthy development of the eye.
Storage – is often not a desired function! However, fat is a mode of energy storage as adipose tissue, visible in the form of external fat, located on the abdomen (common in men) or hips, bottom and thighs (common in women). Excess stored fat can increase risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer, decreasing mobility and therefore affecting fitness and affecting self esteem. Fat stored in the abdominal region is thought to be the worst in terms of the effects on health. Fat can also be internal, located around organs such as the liver or heart. This type of fat is a significant health risk.
Cellular structure – the membrane of every cell is composed of a type of fat known as phospholipids, which allows the transfer of molecules from outside the cell to the inside and vice versa. This is also a water resistant barrier between the cell and its external environment.
Hormones - such as the steroid hormones testosterone and oestrogen are made from fats.
Hard fats – the composition of these depends on the origin. Hard animal fats such as lard and suet contain a greater percentage of saturated fats. Butter contains milk fat and also a high proportion of saturated fats because it is hard at room temperature. Margarines and lower fat spreads have variable amounts of the different types of fat, some being high in poly- or monounsaturates. Some older spreads were made by hydrogenation producing trans fats so fortunately manufacturers have now begun to develop processes that do not result in the formation of trans fats.
Oils - vegetable oils, from plant seeds (linseed, rapeseed, sunflower seed, etc) or from the fruit (avocado, olive and most nuts) have variable fatty acid composition. Many are good sources of omega 6 fatty acids and monounsaturated fatty acids. Linseed oil is a good source of omega 3 fatty acid. Notably, palm oil and coconut oil are rich in medium chain saturated fatty acids.
Milk and dairy products – The fats present will depend upon whether the product is made from skimmed, semi-skimmed or full fat milk. Unfortunately most milk fat is unhealthy homogenised fat.
Eggs – provide a significant source of fat (mainly saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids) and cholesterol, most of which is housed in the yolk.
Fish oils – lean, white fish store their fat in their liver (e.g. cod) whereas oily fish will store it in the flesh (e.g. mackerel, salmon). Fish oils are a great source of omega 3 fatty acids.
Meat – the proportion of the different types of fatty acid in muscle meat will vary depending upon the species and the cut of meat. Leaner cuts will have a greater proportion of unsaturated fatty acids compared to saturated and are therefore healthier than those cuts with visible fat or 'marbled' effect.
Micronutrients are elements or small molecules essential for life but are only required in very small quantities, i.e. dietary minerals and vitamins. Always aim to get micronutrients into the body by eating a wide variety of foods. Supplements should only be used in cases of high requirements or clinical deficiency.
Sodium, potassium and chloride ions are essential to the regulation of water balance within the body. Deficiency of sodium, chloride and water, as seen with vomiting, diarrhoea, kidney failure, excessive sweating or loss via burns or dialysis can lead to characteristic symptoms of dehydration, i.e. physical exhaustion, reduced blood pressure and cold extremities.
Treatment of mild cases is best achieved by administration of sodium chloride and other salts orally with water being retained in parallel. For hard exercise, replacement of electrolytes by use of one of the many proprietary sports drinks is usually sufficient.
Excessive intakes of sodium chloride are common in the Western world, as salt is a frequent addition to processed foods to add flavour. Therefore, people's palates have changed to favour saltier tasting foods. The result of diets high in salt, even when these do not elevate levels high enough to impact salt content within the body, is often high blood pressure, which can put strain on the heart and lead to heart attacks and strokes.
These are minerals found in larger amounts in the body. Deficiency of calcium, phosphorous and magnesium can lead to bone wasting diseases such as osteoporosis, where the bone composition remains the same but the volume decreases, rendering the sufferer more prone to fractures. However, the causes of osteoporosis are multiple and not due to diet alone.
There is 1kg of calcium in the adult skeleton and this calcium is in constant flux between the skeleton, kidney and intestine via the blood, and the balance is maintained by hormones. Calcium is also required for muscle contraction and healthy teeth. It is primarily found in dairy products but is also present at significant levels in dark green vegetables, seeds (where it is highly bioavailable) oily fish with edible bones (e.g. canned sardines and salmon) and pulses.
85% of the phosphorus is within the skeleton, although it plays a vital role in the formation of DNA, ATP and the phospholipids that make up cell membranes. The skeletal form of phosphorus is calcium phosphate and provides stiffness and structure to the bone.
The skeleton contains up to 60% of total body magnesium. Magnesium is also essential for muscle contraction, formation of DNA and is a catalyst for many reactions such as the release of energy from ATP. Deficiency of magnesium has been linked to muscle spasms, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. Magnesium can be found in dark green vegetables, nuts, seeds and some whole grains.
Iron has vital functions in the body, as a carrier for oxygen (as part of haemoglobin in blood cells and myoglobin in muscle tissue) from the lungs, as a transporter in the ATP generation pathway and as an integral part of many enzyme controlled pathways.
There are two types of iron in the diet – haem and non haem, each with a different mode of absorption from the intestine. Haem iron is present in meat and meat products, non-haem iron is found in plant based products such as dark green vegetables, dried fruit, etc. Haem iron is more easily absorbed whereas non-haem iron is influenced by the iron status of the individual. In addition, iron's absorption is facilitated by vitamin C and meat products and inhibited by calcium, soy protein and phytates from raw bran.
Deficiency of iron can lead to anaemia, from dietary inadequacy, infection or tumours causing loss of blood. Symptoms include reduced endurance in relation to physical activity, as oxidative metabolism (and ultimately ATP generation) is impaired. Memory and learning may be affected, along with compromises to the immune system. Pregnancy is also a common time in which iron deficiency anaemia may occur due to the increased demands on the body.
Zinc is an essential mineral, required for normal growth. It is a constituent of certain enzymes, acts to stabilise cell membranes and is involved in DNA synthesis, protein digestion and synthesis, carbohydrate metabolism, oxygen transport and protection against free radical damage. Zinc deficiency is difficult to characterise but seems to cause reduced growth rates and reduced immune capacity. Good sources of zinc are dark red meats with a low fat content and unrefined (whole) grains. However, its absorption is hindered by phytates in wholegrain cereals and other vegetables. Animal protein enhances zinc absorption.
There are a number of other minerals required in our diet, but in minute quantities, and they are relatively easy to obtain sufficient amounts from food, with deficiency symptoms being very rare. Chromium is thought to enhance insulin sensitivity and has therefore been marketed as a tool for diabetics and as a weight loss aid, but its usefulness is unfounded despite what marketing would have you believe. Other trace elements include molybdenum, vanadium, copper, manganese, fluoride (which we obtain from toothpastes as well as diet), iodine and selenium.
Fat soluble vitamins are less likely to be lost on cooking than water soluble ones but are more likely to build up to toxic levels as they are not excreted from the body in the urine.
Vitamin A has two major forms: animal based retinol, found in liver, dairy products and oily fish; and the plant derived β-carotene, found in orange and dark green vegetables and palm oil (the latter has lower potency than retinol). Vitamin A is absorbed in the small intestine and mainly stored in the liver.
Vitamin A is involved in night vision due to its role in retina formation. Other major functions are in cell differentiation and the immune system's responses to infection. In addition to its vitamin A activity, β-carotene is also a potent anti-oxidant as are other carotenoids.
Deficiency is characterised by night blindness, and may also increase the risk of infections, especially in children. Vitamin A excess is possible and symptoms include nausea, vomiting, headaches, muscular in coordination, blurred vision and vertigo.
Vitamin D is primarily synthesised in the skin on exposure to UV light, although it is found in oily fish, eggs and fortified margarine. It has a hormone like action, controlling the absorption of calcium from the intestine and the flux of calcium between the bones and the circulatory system. Vitamin D also plays a role in the immune system. Deficiency is seen in Muslim women who practice Purdah and do not expose their skin to sunlight; the condition here is called osteomalacia and is characterised by bone pain. Deficiency in children is rickets, where the growth and mineralization of the bone is poor, leading to skeletal deformity.
Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant that helps to protect against oxidative damage from metabolic reactions in the body and exercise, compounded by smoking, poor diets and polluted atmospheres. Vitamin E plays a role in protecting fats from free radical damage. Vitamin E is also required in DNA synthesis, the immune response and has anti-inflammatory effects.
Studies relate intake of adequate amounts of vitamin E with a reduced risk of intestinal, breast and lung cancer and coronary heart disease. Vitamin E deficiency has several symptoms, related to cell membrane damage, which causes the leakage of cell contents such as enzymes, into the plasma.
Vitamin K is found in plant foods especially leafy green vegetables and vegetable oils. It is thought to play a role in healthy bone development, as deficiency may lead to bone disease. Its deficiency is also responsible for a haemorrhagic disease in newborn infants.
These are more likely to be lost on cooking (leaching into the cooking water) or damaged in food processing. Care must be taken to eat foods in as raw a state as possible, to obtain sufficient levels.
The greatest source of thiamin is in unrefined grains or starchy roots and tubers. However, industrial processing such as polishing of the rice grain removes the thiamin. Other sources include liver, kidney, pork, nuts and pulses as well as fortified breakfast cereals.
Thiamine is involved in the metabolism of carbohydrate, so it plays an important role in energy generation. Thiamin deficiency causes a condition known as beriberi, common in countries where refined rice is the staple. Symptoms are related to both the cardiovascular and nervous systems such as oedema, irregular heart beat, enlarged heart, vasodilation plus muscle weakness and neural degeneration. Thiamin deficiency is also seen in chronic alcoholism, resulting in Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, which causes neural damage that can eventually lead to psychosis and memory loss, if left untreated.
Found in dairy products, meat, fish and some green vegetables, riboflavin plays a role in the metabolism of other nutrients. Clinical deficiency in children causes growth retardation, skin rashes around mucous membranes as they meet the skin, e.g. at the nostrils.
Niacin is found in food in the form of nicotinic acid and the provitamin tryptophan (an amino acid). It is found in meat in both forms and also in cereals as niacytin (which has a lower bioavailability). Niacin is required as a cofactor in the metabolism of carbohydrate to produce energy. Deficiency results in pellagra, which is associated with diets high in maize or millet and is characterised by dermatitis and gastrointestinal lesions and discomfort. Diarrhoea and mental disturbance may also be observed.
While folate is widely distributed across many food sources, there is no one particularly good source (except liver). Fresh vegetables provide folate but high levels must be consumed and cooking losses minimised. Adequate folate status in women is essential pre-conception and during the first 12 weeks of foetal development to prevent neural tube defects, which may otherwise result in spina bifida. Folate also plays a role in DNA synthesis and in the regulation of plasma homocysteine, which, if allowed to reach high levels, can contribute to cardiovascular disorders.
Deficiency, even at mild levels, leads to a large increase in the incidence of neural tube defects in newborns and also to increases in homocysteine levels and changes to the blood, due to the compromised DNA synthesis. This last effect can lead to a type of anaemia, which is also associated with vitamin B12 deficiency. Deficiency may be due to dietary inadequacy, reduced absorption, the demands of pregnancy, use of anticonvulsant drugs and chronic alcohol abuse. Prevention of neural tube defects should be taken by supplementing with 400μg a day, before conception.
Deficiency of this vitamin leads to a form of anaemia that cannot be distinguished from that seen in folate deficiency but with the added symptom of neurological degeneration. Causes of deficiency may be dietary insufficiency, malabsorption and the use of certain drugs. Vitamin B12 is found only in foods of animal origin i.e. meat and dairy products. Vegetarians and especially vegans should manipulate their diet to ensure adequate status.
Dietary sources of vitamin C include fresh fruit and vegetables, especially spinach, tomatoes, broccoli, potatoes, strawberries, oranges and other citrus fruit. Vitamin C is sensitive to ageing of the produce and also to the cooking process. Vitamin C is actively absorbed by the intestine and circulates to all cells, with excess being excreted by the kidney, in the urine. It is an antioxidant and plays roles in the synthesis of collagen (a structural protein in the skin, maintaining elasticity) and carnitine (the molecule responsible for transporting fats for oxidation). It may also play a role in the immune system, although the effects on reducing the length of or even preventing the common cold are still equivocal.
The deficiency disease scurvy is well characterised, with symptoms including poor wound healing and swollen gums, bone pain and weakness and haemorrhaging through the skin. This may result in chronic dietary insufficiency or in malabsorption syndromes and alcoholism. Smokers and those under stress may be more at risk of vitamin C deficiency.
There are other molecules found in our foods, mainly in plants, known as anutrients or phytonutrients which purported health benefits. However they are not classic nutrients as they are not required for life and do not exhibit any deficiency symptoms. Examples of these include phenolic compounds like the flavonoids found in tea and red wine which may play a role as antioxidants in cancer prevention. Research is still in its infancy in this area and there are a large number of phytonutrients discovered and no doubt more still undiscovered.
| 2019-04-23T12:42:20 |
https://www.mealplansite.com/nutrition/nutrient-information.aspx
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How to learn to sing? To sing just and well? To answer these complex questions, I was interested in phonatory mechanisms, with speech therapists and phoniatres, I studied singing with a dozen singing teachers, I participated in many Masterclasses and trained myself in different institutions: first at the conservatories of Vaulx-en-Velin and Mâcon, then at the Regional Conservatory of Montpellier, and finally at the Haute Ecole de Musique in Lausanne where I am currently studying with Leontina Vaduva.
It is first of all through passion that I want to convey what I have learned. This is felt, according to the words of my students, in my way of teaching that reconciles the rigor of art and the pleasure of singing.
In my pedagogical approach, I clearly separate the vocal technique and the art of singing, that is to say the management of an objective mechanism, physical and physiological, of sound production (articulation of the language, management of the pressures subglottic and supra-glottic to achieve a pneumo-phono-resonantial balance), and the shaping of this sound to achieve musical beauty (make a beautiful "legato" line, tempo variations, nuances, etc.). ).
When I start with a new student, I first make a diagnosis to determine the range of voice, the level of resonantial passages, and check the health of the larynx (tone, endurance, flexibility).
The typical course begins with vocal technique exercises and ends with the work of a musical piece. I adapt my course according to the needs of each one (for example, I can start with a Feldenkreis or Alexander technique exercise, relaxation, breath, or a physical warm-up), but also according to the desires and tastes of the student (the technical part will last more or less long).
I teach at my home Avenue du Léman. I travel for a fee relative to the place and the number of students.
For the work of the pieces, it is better to bring me a double of the partitions.
I perform regularly in Switzerland and France as a soloist, mainly during liturgical celebrations, as well as as a singer.
Most of my students are amateurs who are eager to discover singing and learn to put their voices.
Some have prepared with me their entry in conservatory, or were students in conservatory who have found a good complement to their training, allowing them progress and passages in graduate cycles. I also accompanied students already holding a DEM (Diploma of Music Studies - highest diploma of Conservatory in France) in the preparation of auditions.
Génial ! En seulement 5 cours, j'ai appris énormément !
Singers, singers, a professional coach to help you perform on stage or prepare for a casting, contest or recording. . Also for the staging of shows: song, theater, sketches. Use the services of a professional to progress quickly. Help and advice for creating texts and compositions. For young people and adults. Internships at home (all of Switzerland, neighboring France 25, 39, 01.74, 73, Paris) or at home in St. Croix (Switzerland) in a very pleasant working environment.
Passionate about pedagogy, the most important thing I teach my students is to love music. Since September 2017 I am a student in master of pedagogy of singing at the University of Music of Lausanne. This course taught me a lot about voice and pedagogy, and confirmed my love of teaching! Whether you are beginner or confirmed; child, teenager or adult; whether you know how to read music or not; whether you want to sing opera or musical; do not hesitate to contact me, I would be delighted to make you (re) discover your voice! How is a singing class going? The first half of the course is usually dedicated to the work of breathing, essential for singing, and vocalizations necessary for good technical work (we will address the issues of placement of voice, support, resonance, treble ...) The second part of the course is devoted to one or more pieces. It is about applying the technical elements, but also, through the work of the repertoire, to develop your own musical personality ... and especially to make you happy! My journey : I have been teaching for about ten years. I first started in Paris, with a small group of 3 students. Then, thanks to the word-of-mouth, the circle widened to about fifteen students, in solfege, lyric singing and singing variety. I then gave private lessons during my years of study in Basel. Adult singers, children apprentice pianists: once again, I had students from many different backgrounds and ages. I know how to adapt! :) For a year that I live in Lausanne, I teach every day, and it is again very varied: children and adults both singing and piano! My background has also allowed me to conduct choirs, and to give group singing lessons. From September 2018, I am also a teacher of musical initiation for children, in a school in Cugy! Curriculum vitae : - Since 2017: Master in Pedagogy at the University of Music Lausanne - 2014-2017: Bachelor in specialized singing old music at the Schola Cantorum Basel - 2011: Master of Music & Musicology in Venice - 2010: Bachelor in Music & Musicology at the Sorbonne - 2007-2014: singing lessons at the conservatory in Paris, and in Venice in Erasmus - 1999-2003: Master of the Baroque Music Center of Versailles I have also always sang a lot in chorus, which allowed me to perform very often in concert and record several records including one rewarded with a golden tuning fork. In addition to singing, I also followed piano studies, as well as several years of lessons in keyboard harmony, harpsichord and basso continuo. I also took courses in choir direction, dance, theater, various sports, such as Qi Gong and Pilates.
Young and talented Italian jazz singer, graduated with honors in Jazz singing at the Conservatory of Bologna, offers lessons in JAZZ SINGING, modern singing, vocal technique and interpretation. Excellent program for beginners who want to discover their voice AND for already advanced levels to work on the repertoire.
Italian singer-songwriter (soprano) holds a Master's degree in operatic singing from the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin, offering classical, pop / current vocal and italian, espanol and espanol lessons in Paris. Ten years of experience. Work on breathing, posture, vocalises, technique, solfège, interpretation. For all ages and all levels. At home in Paris.
| 2019-04-20T16:54:42 |
https://www.apprentus.com/en/private-lessons/lausanne/art-et-music/childrens/coaching-technique-vocale-tout-style-et-ar
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Will you be making money or donating to the pot?
There is a popular tradition in bars around the country that when a football game is on, people can put a dollar amount down on a number and if your number on the grid matches the last number a team has for their score at the end of each quarter, you win the money.
Clearly you want numbers like 0, 3, 4, and 7. Think about it, with 0 if no one scores, you're in the money already. But 10 and 20 are common scores in football so you have great odds there.
3 is also a good number to have. 3 and 13 are very common scores.
4 for two touchdowns and two extra points and actually the most common ending to a football game is 24-17.
Which brings me 7. Obviously a good number to have with a touchdown and an extra point but 7, 17, 27, 37 are all good numbers.
2 is the WORST. Getting a safety is one thing but it takes a lot of field goals to get to 12. (Or two missed extra points for the glass is half empty people). Rarely do you see a 2, 12, or a 22.
Of all the possible outcomes, the best numbers to have in order are: 0...7...4...3...1...6...8...5...9... and finally 2.
| 2019-04-19T00:22:36 |
https://kcrr.com/super-bowl-squares-and-the-numbers-you-need-to-win/
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What prints best with letterpress? The short answer is: Text, line art, and fairly small areas of solid color.
Does that mean you can't use tints of your chosen ink to create shading within one design? Or do color mixing of any kind? Not at all. It just requires a different kind of printing preparation: a halftone screen. This means taking artwork that has shading or gradations and converting it to a pattern of dots. The patterned screen allows the printer to mimic lighter shades of the same color, or to combine inks in layers to create the appearance of blended colors.
Below, brown and red inks are used for one of Pinehurst's Christmas cards, which is printed each year by Parklife Press. The two inks are used at 100% everywhere except the illustration's background, where a lighter shade of the red was needed to create a soft, peaceful night sky. We could have printed this as a third ink color, but it would have added to the cost.
There are many different patterns of halftone screens, but the simplest is a grid of evenly spaced dots. Smaller dots are further away from each other (thus have more white space between them), creating the appearance of a lighter shade of the ink's full color. The dot size changes, but grid stays the same. So the larger the dot is, the closer to each other they appear … like cookies that melt into each other when placed too close together on a pan. The blank space between gets smaller and smaller, resulting in an overall darker appearance of color.
Our new Petal invitation (shown below) uses two inks — yellow and brown — but through halftone screens, it has the appearance of three shades of yellow. The shading gives the artwork a depth and a softness that wouldn't have been possible using only 100% yellow for the blooms.
Likewise, this invitation set uses black and a deep red for the text, which looks striking together with the paper color. But the cherry blossom illustration would have lost something if it didn't show a range of pinks in the flowers' petals.
We all learned in grade school that mixing colors together creates new colors. Halftone screens don't actually mix the colors, but when layered on top of each other, they create the appearance of blended colors, so the artwork looks to have a greater color range than it actually does. It's like a technique used by Impressionist painters (and more specifically, pointillist painters) — laying down adjacent dabs of color, leaving the "mixing" to occur in the eye of the viewer.
Below, blue and red ink screens create a swirl of blue, red and purple shades, suggesting a tie-dye effect.
And below, a rehearsal dinner invitation with a windowpane illustration comes to life with just three inks. Using gray ink at 100% for the tree line, and blending the white background with screens of pale blue and yellow, the image captures the the hazy summer sky at twilight — perfect for the couple's evening event.
Letterpress printing was invented in the mid-15th century and remained the standard form of printing until the development of offset printing in the 20th century. Halftone screens came much later — the first successful commercial use wasn't until the 1880s. So while letterpress printing wasn't specifically designed to print shades and gradations of color, you shouldn't let that limit your vision. It can be done — and quite successfully — by incorporating halftone screens.
Tagged with halftone screen, shading, graphic design.
May 22, 2013 by Sarah Arneson.
| 2019-04-21T04:47:28 |
http://blog.parklifepress.com/post/tag/shading
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Last Friday arrived at Zara a remarkable collection, which has no parallel in history.
In an interview for Liebster blogger award, I have confessed that my fashion favorite is Balmain. Who could resist the august collection of Zara (see pictures), which is almost his a carbon copy and hundredth of the cost.? So, I was ran into Zara, like the wind and had to see, had to try out, feast eyes. Top chiffon with skirt interwoven with pearls and beads, which for the coming collection did myself Olivier Rousteing, and who found inspiration in one of 65 Faberge eggs it is absolutely best choice for this season.
Minulý piatok dorazila do Zary nevšedná kolekcia, ktorá v dejinách nemá obdoby.
V interview pre Liebster blogger award som sa vyznala, že mojim fashion favoritom je Balmain. Kto by mohol odolať augustovej kolekcii Zary (viď obrázky), ktorá je takmer jeho vernou kópiou a za stotinu jeho ceny.? Takže som sa prihnala do Zary ako vietor a musela vidieť, musela vyskúšať, pokochať sa, popásť oči. Šifónový top so sukňou pretkaný perlami a perličkami, ktorý pre nadchádzajúcu kolekciu akoby ušil sám Olivier Rousteing, a ktorý našiel inšpiráciu v jednom zo 65 Fabergé eggs je absolútne najlepší nákup tejto sezóny.
Přibarvím si vlasy a můžu i tuto barvu. Perličky miluju. Už to mají i v ČR?
Díky. Musím se po návratu z dovolené kouknout.
I'm obsessed with the Zara dress on top!! I'm not sure which country you're from, but is the collection only available there or will it be available in the US also?
No wander , we we all are Zara -addicted !
Love Balmain, but will have to go with zara since i can afford it!
Zara is just getting it SO RIGHT lately. Proud to be Spanish!!
The skirt and the shirt of Zara are to die for!
Woe ..love the fall collection and specially your choices.. Stunning profile.
ano, urcite, ale ne ve vsech zara shopech. musis to obehat. najit zaru, ktera ma veskerou kolekci po cely rok. minimalne jedna se v cr najde. myslim, ze jedna je na prikopech, ktera by to mela mit.
I love this collection, I think Zara really did amazing things this summer, and it seems it is keeping the good job for this fall.
Loved the Balmain collection and Zara's pieces for aw are simply stunning!
I really, really love the Zara versions. In some cases I even prefer the inspired to the original like I do here!
| 2019-04-18T13:22:03 |
http://www.sheistheone.ch/2012/08/zara-vs-balmain.html
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In 1936, Disney's The Country Cousin was up against MGM's The Old Mill Pond and Paramount Pictures' Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor for Best Animated Short at the Academy Awards. At this point, Disney had already taken home the award four years in a row with its Silly Symphony films since animated short films were actually included as a category. Any guesses as to who won that year?
Abner Countrymouse is invited by his cousin Monty Citymouse to "stop being a hick" and to come live in the city with him. Excited at the prospect of finally living it up and leaving his simple country life behind, Abner arrives in the city and finds Monty's home. It becomes increasingly clear however that Abner is in no way prepared for city life.
Abner's ignorance contrasts in amusing fashion with Monty's high-class and cautious savvy. Abner is extremely clumsy and doesn't seem to have any idea how to not draw attention to himself. Poor Monty tries hard to be patient, but it must get pretty annoying to incessantly shush your dumb cousin. It's a bit shocking actually that Abner has somehow avoided getting eaten by all the wild country animals. The only thing I can think of is that he's got a patient country brother who's happy to finally be rid of him.
Probably one of my favourite things in The Country Cousin is when Monty shows Abner just how great city life can be. How great? Try a table weighed down by massive amounts of cheese, fruit, meat and desserts. The contrast of Abner and Monty continues to be showcased as the two mice dig in. Abner's "country-style eating" is on full display to great effect as he gorges himself on cheese and celery. He does try to emulate the polite mannerisms of Monty when he can, but the result is pretty lacking.
The music in The Country Cousin is used to good effect as it usually is in Silly Symphony. Even the sound effects are great though. Things like Abner crunching on celery, blowing his nose or drowning himself in champagne are some good examples. The animation overall is also quite impressive as well, especially the hectic final minute or so which moves at a very quick pace.
Although I can't say whether or not Disney deserved to win the Academy Award for Best Short Film with The Country Cousin, there's very little wrong with it. It looks good, sounds good and the humour works well. We're not quite at Three Little Pigs level of funny, but TCC isn't far off. If anything, it proves just how consistent Disney really was.
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http://www.cinemawhatever.com/2015/05/country-cousin-1936-review.html
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As much as I love fall (the apples, the cooler weather, the leaves!), I also find that it's one of the most stressful times of the year for me. There's so much to get done at work and so little time to get it done.
So much to worry about. So much to think about. So much to do!
And as each year starts, I start to worry if I'm good enough. If I'm old enough, experienced enough, qualified enough. The kids don't worry me as much as the parents, to be honest. As a young teacher, a lot of parents look at me as if I don't know anything even though I've worked with preschoolers for nearly half my life (I started volunteering to help in preschool Sunday School classes in 6th grade).
I let it all go to my head. Part of me wants to prove them wrong but the other half wants to shrivel up and second-guess myself. I know that I've got what it takes but I let their thoughts (even if they don't say it aloud) go to my head and let it speak louder than the truth.
I've never had a good feeling of self-confidence. I've had bouts, but I've always struggled with feeling good enough, whether it's my body, my smarts, or in this case, my job. I'm not writing this asking for sympathy or a "you're amazing, girl!" but rather because I weirdly enough need to remember this and get this out of my system. I need to write about it and I need to let it all go.
+Stop comparing. I find that when I compare myself to others, I'm never good enough. Whether it be the people on television, the people on Facebook, or the people I work with, I cannot compare myself to them. Comparison truly robs me of joy.
+Give myself more credit. Not because I deserve it, but because I need to view myself in a better way.
+Realize and accept that I can't be the best. It's just not possible. Perfection isn't possible. And while it may seem depressing to some, I see it as potential for growth and a reason to relax a bit, too.
So do you ever have feelings of not being good enough? What do you do to prevent/cure it?
I feel you so much on this girl!
Yes and yes. And you are great!
Don't we all compare at some point? One of the big threads woven into Allume was that thought... comparison to others and how dangerous it is. It's such a hard temptation to fight!
I am right there with you on everything you said. I'm just trusting God that He knows what He's doing and is putting me where I am because with His help I'm capable. Of course, that's easier said then done.
First of all, I am praying the Lord sends you a parent who will be a champion for you. A parent who is grateful for all you do and who takes the time to thank you.
On worry a long time ago, a friend of mine mentioned that "worry" is our culture's socially acceptable sin. It can be so damaging and consuming. I'm so glad you're seeing this and fighting this tendency.
I may not be the best teacher out there, I may still have things to learn (because I do and truly believe we all can learn), but I am enough. - loved this. So much. You are enough, Kiki. And more.
Lovely post. A friend who homeschools her kids said, "I can't do this. I'm not good enough." Her friend said, "You can't without the help of the Lord."
We can't do anything of this without His help and seeking Him daily. Our confidence and trust always has to come from Him and not our own abilities in inablities. I think of Timothy who was young and now had to preach and Paul encouraged Him to not worry about that but remember Christ. He knows our weaknesses. He knows the things we struggle with but when we lean on Him and ask for help and wisdom He gives it to us. I never feel like a good enough parent and I think someone else could do a better job. But this is where the Lord has me and because I'm leaning on Him He helps me to serve my family with joy. This way He gets the glory and praise.
You definitely need to give yourself more credit, my friend!
AMEN!!! "comparison is the thief of joy" -CS Lewis. you are amazing girl!!
You are enough! And incredible!
I totally get where you're coming from! We all need to speak truth into each others lives and assure one another that we are good enough!
Kiki, you ARE good enough!
Oh man, I am WITH you on this girl. It's so easy to question and doubt, but remembering that we are enough is so important. The second I start comparing myself with people around me, the more and more and more discouraged I become....but I am so thankful for God's faithfulness in using books, blogs, and people around me to encourage and affirm who God created me to be.
Yes, we do! :) I feel like it's something that I'm constantly trying to overcome and yet find myself falling into that trap more often than not. Comparison is definitely dangerous and a terrible temptation, too!
Secondly, I love what you said about worry! It's so true that worry is seen as an acceptable sin (making it that much easier for me to fall back on it!). Like you said, it's a consuming, damaging, and just plain terrible habit to have!
Lastly, so glad you understand about the self-confidence thing! I'm glad I'm not alone in this boat. :) You are more than enough, too, friend!!
Thank you, Ladonna! I love that you pointed me right to Jesus because in the end (and really, in the beginning of each day and every moment in between!) I need to be looking and turning the Him. I've been trying to really work on surrendering to Him and just realizing that I CANNOT do it all on my own.
I love what you said about God knowing our weaknesses. There is so much truth in that! I heard on the radio recently (by Luis Palau, I think) that we were created for a relationship with Christ because He knew how much we needed Him (or something to that effect). What you said really just affirmed that because God does know our struggles and wants so badly for us to turn to Him so He can help!
So everything you just wrote? Just another message I know God placed into my mind and heart that I know is anything but coincidence!
I feel like it's definitely something that young adults relate to. I feel like with occupations such as teaching or counseling, it's bound to happen to young adults in these jobs because people are skeptical--especially if there are situations where they might not be right (you know?).
Anyway, I love what you said about our culture valuing perfection. It's impossible and something we're all taught, but yet it's something we still strive for--even if it's impossible to reach!
And I also love what you said about having God meet us where we're at. SOOOO true and such a great reminder.
I'm off to go watch the Francis Chan video now! I've seen him around the web a lot lately but have yet to read any of his book(s?). I think i need to change that asap!
Thanks again for these sweet words, Britney! It means a lot hearing them from a close friend like you!
It's wayyy to easy to play the comparison game!
uuhhmmm... did you write this about me!? I literally just spent the morning telling myself all of those things... I'm not good enough, you can't do this, you can't do that, you didn't do this... I have been stressed out the past couple of weeks and it all hit me this morning!! I will be praying for you that you can remember those things and that our worth is found in our Father, and not our jobs or how good we are at it. And even though you weren't looking for it, you ARE super duper AWESOME!
Yes you should read some of his books, Crazy Love, and forgotten God are really good! He also has a new one out that he wrote with his wife, that i wanna read.
No problem girl! We need to have that skype date soon!! Let me know when you can.
I think I heard more about his books because of the new one coming out that he wrote with his wife (I think that's the one that they're going to donate proceeds for, right?). I really want to read Crazy Love because I've heard it's one of those must-read books and he sounds like a fascinating person, too!
Agreeeeed. It's way to easy for me to fall back into that game/trap.
Oh girl, so glad to hear I'm not alone in this AND that you read this with such amazing timing!
Great tips and articles!! I definitely struggle with this in a lot of areas in my life... and I know there's a new one coming with motherhood too!
Stop comparing=YES! This is one of the things I am most guilty of and it truly does steals your joy. Excellent post.
AMEN! I can definitely say it to others but can never really accept it and hear it from myself. It's almost like when people compliment me and I say thank you but don't always feel like it really sinks into my heart and mind.
And I never would have connected that to Satan. But it's sooo true. We have to remember that sin is there and that we have to strive for HIM, each and every day.
Thanks for those wise words, friend!
| 2019-04-26T11:48:21 |
http://www.initstimeblog.com/2014/10/on-being-good-enough.html
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Andy McKay :: Will the TV license make sense?
Will the TV license make sense?
The BBC is supported by the TV license. I am a huge consumer of the BBC, I listen to the radio a lot. Along with the Guardian it's one of the few bright spots of being in UK. But then again I did consume a huge amount of the BBC in Canada, the web site is brilliant and I listened to the radio. In the UK I don't have a television which means I don't have a license.
This means I'm now marked by the BBC and had a chap who knock on my door, wanting to search my house to verify I had a television. It makes me think of a sketch where a comedian went around to Americans and said, "In the US you need a license to own a gun. Did you know in the UK you need a license to own a television?".
You need a TV Licence to use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set, set-top boxes, video or DVD recorders, computers or mobile phones to watch or record TV programmes as they are being shown on TV.
But the TV Licensing Authority now says watching the BBC's World Cup coverage over broadband will require a licence. This is to stop people receiving TV programmes for free on their computer when they would have to pay to see them on a regular television.
This move makes sense, yes 98% of the population own TV's and it's going to be a long time before that changes. But still it seems odd that I consume so much of the BBC yet don't pay for it. In some ways I would like to support, I believe in the quality that and independent organisation such as the BBC or my other favourite the CBC brings. But a new pricing structure should be brought in that reflects usage. I'd pay to subscribe to BBC content so I can view it online (and this what the new BBC media player will bring) but I'd pay less to get the BBC radio on my computer or access premium content on line.
Will the TV ever die out, not for a long time, but the idea of a TV license will start to get old quickly. Moving the BBC to either being funded directly from central government or for pay structure are some alternatives.
| 2019-04-26T04:18:31 |
http://agmweb.ca/2007-04-24-will-the-tv-license-make-sense/
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What's the connection between strong leadership skills and sales success?
In his classic book, "Think and Grow Rich", Napoleon Hill discussed the eleven secrets of leadership. Recently, as I was reading the book, it occurred to me that the attributes of strong leadership and effective selling have a tremendous amount in common. After all, to be really successful in sales, you need to be a leader, both within your own organization, as well as to your clients and customers.
To paraphrase management guru Peter Drucker, a leader is someone who not only does things right, but who also does the right things, while helping others do the same. The same holds true in sales: how better to serve your clients than to really know and understand what they do, and to truly help them do it better?
1. "Unwavering Courage": Selling successfully requires courage; taking a risk where the odds may seem stacked against you; courage to make that extra call, to deal with the tough client or prospect, and to not let anything deter you. As Hill says, courage is "based upon knowledge of self and one's occupation.
2. "Self-Control": The ability to set a course for yourself and take disciplined action each day is a key attribute of all successful salespeople.
3. "A keen sense of justice": Knowing right from wrong - understanding what is fair and just - allows you to make, wise informed decisions.
4. "Definiteness of decision": Deciding on what you want to achieve, and then doing whatever it takes to get there, even in the face of obstacles and setbacks, is crucial to your success. For those who don't quite make it, failure can usually be traced back to a lack of decisiveness about what they really want.
5. "Definiteness of plans": In Hill's words, "the successful leader must plan his work, and work his plan. Truer words were never spoken when it comes to selling. Plan your time, and then take action on your plan each and every day.
6. "The habit of doing more than paid for": Want to sell more? Go the extra mile for your clients. Want to get the respect, admiration, and cooperation from your internal "clients" - the people you need to rely on to implement or help you close sales? Go the distance for them as well.
7. "A pleasing personality": Is selling a popularity contest? No, but would you buy something from someone who was nasty and rude?
8. "Sympathy and understanding": Selling is about understanding what people DO, and then helping them do it better. Plain and simple.
9. "Mastery of detail": Ah, yes... The devil, as they say, is in the details. Ever work really hard to close a sale, only to have it fall apart because of some small detail that falls through the cracks? What may seem like a small detail to you can be a crucial one, maybe even a deal-breaker, to your prospect, customer, or client.
10. "Willingness to assume full responsibility": No matter how much customer support your company provides, you are the prime representative of your organization. If you try to pass the buck to someone else, you lose respect and credibility. "But it really wasn't my fault that the shipment was delayed in customs and then the delivery truck was attacked a pack of wild dogs..." Doesn't matter; accept the responsibility for any problem and all details, and then do whatever needs to be done to make things right. Your clients need to know that you are their advocate.
11. "Cooperation": You can't do it alone. Sales is a collaborative effort. Your prospects need to collaborate with you; you need the cooperation and assistance of others both inside and outside your organization to make things happen. The best salespeople are those who can work well with others, and with whom other people want to work.
Think about these eleven areas of leadership, and ask yourself how you do on each of these items. Find areas where you can make improvements and chart your course to work on improving what you do each day; incremental improvements each day become exponential over time.
| 2019-04-23T02:20:15 |
http://www.sideroad.com/Sales/sales-leadership.html
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Which sentence uses the correct singular possessive form of car? A. The car's stereo system is not working. B. The cars stereo system is not working. C. The cars' stereo system is not working. D. The cars's stereo system is not working.
The car's stereo system is not working. -uses the correct singular possessive form of car.
Which sentence uses the correct singular possessive form of dog? A. A dogs sense of smell is usually very keen. B. A dog' sense of smell is usually very keen. C. A dog's sense of smell is usually very keen. D. A dogs' sense of smell is usually very keen.
A dog's sense of smell is usually very keen. -uses the correct singular possessive form of dog.
| 2019-04-22T00:04:36 |
https://www.weegy.com/?ConversationId=53IGPP7W
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I'm making material using shadergraph and I want to attach it on mu UI element. how is it possible?
No make a sprite in a paint program shader graph is 3d only. Out of curiosity, why do you want to do this?
Make a sprite for the different colors of bar and move the bar with your health. Then either mask the end of the bar that sticks out or hide it at the edge of the screen.
the goal, I want to achieve is something different. I've already made shader. all I have to do is attach it on UI element. or maybe can I make 'fake' UI image?
I don't use shader graph, but in general, there is no a lot of difference between shaders for UI and world objects.
If it's possible, take a look on built-in UI shaders and compare it with the shader that shader graph gives you.
Simple shaders should work both on UI elements and 3D objects. It it's not - find differences between your resulting shader and built-in one.
I havent used shadergraph so forgive my ignorance but I believe you can add a material to UI components, for example if you look at Image components you'll notice an object field named material. You set it there.
UI materials are handled a little differently then normal 3D materials and there are some special considerations.
An example of special considerations is how _MainTex is handled in shaders designed for the Text component, _MainTex is passed a texture by the Text component itself and it is an image of the relevant letter I think.
It will depend on the UI element you are using, sounds like this will be an Image component if it is a health bar.
You can make shaders for the UI, though mine only seem to work in editor and not play mode unless I set the canvas to use screen space-camera, otherwise its just black for me. FYI if you want to get the colour of the UI element add a vertex colour node.
| 2019-04-18T12:38:01 |
https://answers.unity.com/questions/1558352/make-shader-for-ui.html
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What are the present challenges in industrial robotics? I need to write a thesis for submission to qualify for Masters degree, and Im interested in the field of robotics.
There are many robots working in manufacturing. Its a very robust market segment. In addition, Robotic inspectors are used in pipelines, power, nuclear and bomb disposal. Robotics for exploration in Space are very robust. robotics for data collection in underwater and aerial surveying is a great industry.
Japanese companies lead the world in both stock and sales of multi-purpose industrial robots. About 60 per cent of the installations were articulated robots, 22 per cent were gantry robots, and 13 per cent were SCARA robots and 4 per cent were cylindrical robots. The majority of installations are in the automobile sector. There are increasing sales into non automotive sectors such as metals and plastics.
Back when I was in college, years ago, the big theme was in collision avoidance of two robots working close side by side. This was accomplished mathematically without sensors. Along this same theme was two robots working on the same part in an assembly line. An example would be one robot picks up a part and the other drills a hole or mills a slot in the part. I'm not sure if there has been any advancements in this area.
Advances in safe human-machine interaction have been slow to develop.
Ultimately, this is a field of study that deserves serious investment in rigorous research.
There are a lot of hard, but solvable, problems to be addressed.
"This theme recognizes the emerging mechanical, electrical and software technologies that will make the next generation of robotic systems able to safely co-exist in close proximity to humans in the pursuit of mundane, dangerous, precise or expensive tasks. Co-robots will need to establish a symbiotic relationship with their human partners, each leveraging their relative strengths in the planning and performance of a task."
Thanks guys. The information you have pointed out has given me splendid ideas.
Wow! That sounds pretty exciting. I feel like a big problem (this isn't a super technical discussion) is the issue of acceptance in the larger community. There are a lot of people who worry that robotics will replace people, and then what will people do for jobs, what will be the larger societal impact. That could be an interesting topic.
| 2019-04-21T22:19:04 |
https://www.engineeringexchange.com/group/mechatronics/forum/topics/present-challenges-in-robotics?page=1&commentId=2316460%3AComment%3A140199&x=1
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There are more than five million visually-impaired people in India, and employability is an issue that they have to negotiate every day. But things are slowly changing for them. The College of Fragrance for the Visually Impaired (COVFI) in Mumbai that trains blind students for a career in the fragrance business, has opened new avenues for them, reports the Times of India.
How did the idea come into being?
CPL Aromas, an international fragrance firm headquartered in UK, conducted a survey where it tested 50 blind candidates in India on their smelling abilities and found out that visually-impaired people were better at determining and remembering smells than fully-sighted.
Director of CPL Aroma's Sheetal Desai, got in touch with Renuka Thergaonkar, head of the cosmetology and perfumery department at V G Vaze College, regarding developing a structured course that would formally train blind people to identify smells.
Thergaonkar, who is said to be equally thrilled about the idea, told TOI, that normal people are not as good at evaluating smells on account of the bias that comes from seeing colour or packaging.
In 2012, CPL launched COVFI - a non-profit initiative to train and groom the visually-impaired in Mumbai - that has so far trained and placed nearly 25 students in fragrance firms across the country.
What are students taught at College of Fragrance?
The candidates have to get through an 'admission test' that analyses their ability to recognise basic smells after which they become eligible for the year-long training programme, reports The Telegraph.
The course focuses on improving students' skill at evaluating different fragrances and includes lessons in communication, food tasting and psychology while introducing and educating students about a myriad of smells.
The course also offer technology training under which students are taught a software called JAWS (Job Access With Speech), that deals with basic documentation in computers and e-mailing.
The training has helped many students attain jobs in the fragrance industry within India that are better paying and more gratifying than their previous jobs.
One of the students Chanchal, an assistant perfume evaluator for a British fragrance firm in Mumbai, told The Telegraph that her new job has got her respect and a status that was lacking when she worked at a call centre.
Despite the path-breaking initiative, the firms are still unsure about taking on blind people as opposed to normal people due to fears that they might require some form of 'support system' to function and might still fail to perform.
Desai told BBC that providing training doesn't alone clinch jobs for the students and they have to go door-to-door to convince industries to hire them.
Most candidates enrolling for the course come from under-privileged background and need to be introduced to smells like strawberry and rosemary that the rich would regard as basic on ground of being able to instantly recognise them.
The college also sees a number of dropouts who find it difficult to cope with the lingering psychological and financial woes. They find themselves torn between wanting to devote time to learn and not being able to support their families through that period.
| 2019-04-25T04:00:38 |
https://www.scoopwhoop.com/this-mumbai-college-is-training/
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I believe the following excerpt has not only addressed why Skype and other similar Internet based applications could be the representatives of future Internet applications, but has also thoroughly explained why they would actually change everyone's life in the future, because the "stupid network" was, is and would be not owned by any particular one but by all of us. The word "stupid" here just means simple, flexible, customizable, sharable and scalable. So we choose the Internet, we use it, we develop it, we benefit it and we enjoy it!
"Former AT&T (Research) executive Tom Evslin has an explanation for the telecom industry's current merger frenzy. Nine years ago, AT&T Labs researcher David Isenberg wrote a paper, 'The Rise of the Stupid Network,' about the affect the Internet would have on telecommunications. According to Isenberg, the Internet, as a 'stupid network,' was better than the telco's 'intelligent networks,' because anyone could create applications for the Internet, while only phone company engineers could improve their networks. Evslin tried to get his colleagues to read the paper and embrace the Internet, but according to Evslin, they ignored him and made Isenberg remove his paper from AT&T's website. Nine years later, AT&T has been swallowed up in a wave of consolidation, and the Internet -- Isenberg's 'stupid network' -- is taking over the transmission of voice, video, and data".
| 2019-04-20T22:23:54 |
http://blog.baobing.info/2006/03/why-smart-people-love-dumb-networks.html
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Please note that the linking words do not need to be at the start of the sentence. You can use them more flexibly by changing their location.
Global warming should be taken more serious as it can result in a number of disastrous consequences. To give a clear example, the melting polar ice caps have not only caused a loss of habitat for polar bears but are also threatening seas levels worldwide.
More and more women are choosing to start a family later in life. 20% of women giving birth to their first child, for instance, are over the age of 30 in the UK.
Crimes should not have the same punishment. Minor crimes, such as pick pocketing and traffic offences, should not have the same penalty as major crimes, namely murder and manslaughter.
Children often learn behaviour from the adults around them subconsciously. To illustrate, around 50% of children who are brought up by aggressive parents often use aggression to solve their own problems later in life.
Parents should be responsible for teaching their children right and wrong. If, for example, they see their child using bad language, they should spend time explaining to their child the serious consequences that can result from this type of behaviour.
More and more people are leading sedentary life styles due to work conditions. Take, for example, office workers in the UK who spend at least 8 hours a day, 5 days a week sitting in front of their computers.
You can find a list of all linking words that can be used in essay writing: Linking Words for Writing.
| 2019-04-21T00:44:16 |
http://tzobjz.euweb.cz/457-another-word-for-example-in-essay-form.php
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And guess which were the top three largest online shopping categories during the Great Singapore Sale?
The top 3 largest online shopping categories for PayPal users in Singapore during this period were “Fashion and Accessories” which grew by 156% year on year, “Computers and Electronics” which grew by 536% year on year, and “Travel” which grew by 922% year on year.
Amount spent online by Singaporeans with PayPal merchants grew 236% during GSS. PayPal revealed that its Singapore users significantly increased their online shopping with local merchants by a massive 236% during this year’s GSS (May 27- July 24, 2011) than they did during the same period in last year’s GSS (May 28-July 25, 2010).
Singaporeans were clearly looking forward to the great online deals at GSS this year as the average daily transaction volume of Singapore PayPal users buying from local merchants grew by 29% during the GSS period (May 27-July 24, 2011) compared to the pre-GSS period (Jan 1-May 26, 2011).
With the average daily transaction count increasing by 53%, PayPal users in Singapore snapped up many online deals and enjoyed deep discounts during the GSS period. The top 3 largest online shopping categories for PayPal users in Singapore during this period were “Fashion and Accessories” which grew by 156% year on year, “Computers and Electronics” which grew by 536% year on year, and “Travel” which grew by 922% year on year. The high growth rates for PayPal’s domestic online sales show that Singaporeans are shopping more from local merchants than overseas ones.
“Simply amazing! The online results for this year’s Great Singapore Sale period show that there are no limits for Singaporean shopaholics as they are looking for great deals in stores and on the Web all the time. Fashion, electronics and travel are the top three online shopping categories and the greater variety of items being sold online, especially with the explosive growth of daily deal sites, has contributed to the online shopping boom,” said Elias Ghanem, Managing Director and General Manager of PayPal Southeast Asia and India.
Elias continued, “No doubt about it, Singaporeans are shopping-crazy about daily deal sites as they accounted for 6 out of the top 10 PayPal merchants with the fastest growth during the GSS period.
According to a recent PayPal study, the online shopping market in Singapore reached S$1.1 billion with 1.2 million online shoppers, above the age of 18, in 2010, the first time that online spending has broken through the billion dollar mark. The great news for local retailers is that a significant portion of online retail sales are domestic purchases as online shoppers spent nearly 40%, or approximately S$420 million, on local websites last year. With the online shopping market in Singapore expected to grow 32% annually to reach S$4.4 billion in 2015, traditional retailers should quickly adopt a multi-channel sales approach to capitalize on the high growth of online commerce.
| 2019-04-20T11:13:06 |
https://sbr.com.sg/retail/news/ka-ching-singaporeans%E2%80%99-online-spending-whopping-236
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TLDR: A brief introduction to our NIPS 2017 paper, A-NICE-MC: Adversarial Training for MCMC, where we introduce a method to train flexible MCMC proposals (parameterized by neural networks) that are provably correct and much more efficient than typical hand-crafted ones.
Unfortunately, the posterior is often intractable to compute, hence approximations are used in practice. There are two major paradigms for approximate inference: Variational Inference and Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods. In variational inference, the posterior is approximated with a simpler distribution: the problem is reduced to an optimization one, where the objective is to minimize some notion of distance between the posterior and a family of approximating distributions. In MCMC, the posterior is approximated with a set of particles, obtained by simulating a Markov chain. Variational inference methods are more efficient computationally but are limited by the expressiveness of the approximating family. MCMC methods, on the other hand, are generally slower but have the appealing property that they are asymptotically exact in the limit of infinite samples.
In recent years, there has been enormous progress in variational inference methods. One of the reasons is that because inference is reduced to an optimization problem, it can easily benefit from the use of expressive deep neural networks, automatic differentiation, and stochastic gradient descent. MCMC methods, on the other hand, have not benefited as much from these advances. MCMC methods typically use Markov Chains that are hand-designed, and generally do not involve a large number of tunable parameters; even if they do, MCMC performance metrics are difficult to quantify and thus optimize directly.
In this blog post we describe a new approach to automatically obtain more efficient MCMC proposals. Instead of using domain-agnostic and hand-crafted Markov Chains, we consider a flexible class of chains that are parametrized with neural networks and can be tuned to specific application domains. The network is trained through a novel adversarial training method which allows the discovery of efficient Markov Chains for posterior sampling. As we will demonstrate in the experiments, the learned chains allow us to generate posterior samples far more efficiently than state-of-the-art hand-crafted proposals such as Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC).
Given a distribution with some (un-normalized) analytical form , how can we sample from it efficiently?
Even with the analytical expression, direct sampling is difficult. The idea of MCMC methods is to instead set up a Markov Chain such that if we were to simulate this chain for a sufficiently large number of steps, the chain would ultimately converge (in distribution) to (its stationary distribution).
is always . In other words, regardless of how the proposal is chosen, asymptotically this Markov Chain will spend the right amount of time in each state , i.e., proportional to .
Metropolis-Hastings is the crux of most Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods (Brooks et al. 2011), and is widely used in Bayesian statistics, computational physics, computational biology and graphics. However, Metropolis-Hastings does not tell us anything about the convergence rate to the stationary distribution, which in fact depends heavily on the proposal used for sampling. Therefore, the selection of a good proposal is a crucial problem in MCMC. Unfortunately, selection of a good proposal is particularly hard, because convergence to the stationary is difficult to detect, and it is therefore hard to tell which proposals are “good”. Popular metrics to evaluate MCMC performance include Effective Sample Size (ESS) and Gelman-Rubin diagnostic 2.
Is it possible to automatically choose a reasonably “good” proposal for a specific distribution ?
(Left) Target distribution, which consists of multiple rings. (Middle) Sampling with HMC. (Right) Sampling with A-NICE-MC. A-NICE-MC performs much better than HMC.
Similar to black-box variational inference (Ranganath, Gerrish, and Blei 2014) which bridges the gap between variational inference and deep learning, we intend to bridge the gap between MCMC and deep learning, enabling the use of flexible proposals parameterized by neural networks.
Ideally, we would like to optimize the above objective using a set of samples from – this is how these techniques are typically used; however, in our case we are provided with the analytical form of instead of samples, and obtaining samples is the whole purpose of MCMC!
Initially, we obtain samples from a “bad” chain, which still converges to if sampled indefinitely. However, we only run the chain for steps.
We train our generator (by optimizing the transition operator) with these samples and . Effectively, we attempt to accomplish in steps what the “bad” chain did in steps, yielding a “better” chain.
We then repeat the process using samples obtained with this new, “better” chain.
In other words, this procedure allow us to obtain better samples and better proposals iteratively.
We need to be able to sample from it efficiently.
We need to be able to evaluate likelihoods according to the proposal to perform Metropolis-Hastings.
The proposal should be differentiable objective with respect to to enable gradient-based optimization.
| 2019-04-18T22:47:20 |
https://ermongroup.github.io/blog/a-nice-mc/
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If Mahiro Takano sounds like any 9-year-old, think again: The third grader from Niigata, a rice-growing region in Japan, stars in Sia's latest music video "Alive," the just-released single from the singer's upcoming album.
In a backdrop of stark gray, the girl, wearing a white and black wig evocative of Sia's hairstyle, performs a dazzling routine with quick fists and kicks, and an adorably determined concentration of energy.
The video shoot with Sia in a Tokyo suburb took about a week. She made a point to move to match the music, and "look cool," Mahiro said in an interview at her home, where she was gulping down her dinner of curry and boiled eggs before rushing to karate practice.
Mahiro — whose name means "ten thousand kindness, as well as ten thousand talents" — has a quick sweet smile when she isn't screaming.
When doing kata, you slip into a focused character, Mahiro says, by imagining "a far more powerful enemy."
And she practices with a ferocious frenzy, working out every day after school with her older brother. She was 4 when she started karate, inspired by her brother, then 5, who began lessons with their father, a truck driver.
| 2019-04-22T06:10:13 |
http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/webextras/ci_29138297/sia-video-features-child-karate-master-olympic-dreams
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Complete the sentences using the verbs in brackets. Use the present perfect where possible. Otherwise use the past simple.
I can't get in. I (lose) my key.
The office is empty now. Everybody (go) home.
I meant to call you last night, but I (forget).
Mary (go) to Egypt for a holiday, but she's back home in England now.
Are you OK? Yes, I (have) a headache, but I feel fine now.
Can you help us? Our car (break) down.
| 2019-04-21T19:15:29 |
http://levelup.asistech.org/lang/eng/gr/in/task.php?id=13.1
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Austin-based DJ Mel spinning at SXSW 2015.
How exactly does one start DJing for the president of the United States and then start feeling the Bern for a senator from Vermont? You've got to know someone.
DJ Mel, straight out of Austin, is an internationally known DJ who happens to know the right Democrats.
Last week, Mel announced on Twitter and Instagram that he'd be spinning for the crowd at Sen. Bernie Sanders' Iowa caucus headquarters in Des Moines. This week he's taking his turntables to Manchester, N.H., for the campaign's primary watch party.
Mel has always gravitated toward music. When he was growing up near Fort Hood, he and a buddy would sneak into bars. While his friend was socializing, Mel was studying the DJ and dissecting the sound. He was inspired.
A neighborhood friend supplied him his first mixer, a castaway from a dad's attempt at DJing in a previous life. Mel broke the cardinal rule of his own home — Mel took his dad's turntable, the man's pride and joy, from the living room and plunked it down his bedroom and hooked it up to a cassette player and the mixer.
"It was really, really hard," Mel said about his first attempt at DJing. "Way harder than I thought it was going to be."
He worked restaurant jobs and saved until he could buy a better mixer and his own turntables. He practiced alone in his parents house for months until he caught a break when a local club needed a DJ. He moved up through the Austin warehouse party scene, became the Monday regular at Nasty's, and racked up stacks on stacks of best DJ awards.
But Mel wanted to meet the president. He had a friend who worked in the White House and they'd talk about it every so often.
"I just wanted to shake his hand and tell him that I appreciate him," Mel said.
Mel said his friend generally rebuffed him, but then Mel booked the California delegation's party at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. The room was filled with heavy hitters for the Democratic Party. He did his thing and the party elites seemed to like it.
A few months later his buddy in the White House called: "What are you doing on Tuesday?" he asked Mel.
"I want you to play for the president in Chicago for election night."
The Obama campaign gave Mel 50 or so songs that they wanted played during the event. Mel's job was to keep the crowd going as results rolled in all night long. Sounds simple, except Mitt Romney's campaign was slow to concede the election to President Barack Obama. After a while of waiting, Mel's friend who was producing the event told him, "do your thing."
He knew the perfect song: "Twist and Shout" by The Beatles.
"I don't know why I had the presence of mind to play it," Mel said. "When I played it the place just went nuts."
Mel saw on social media that people like QuestLove and Mark Ronson were asking who was DJing and people who knew Mel from around the country would chime in and give him some love. The president gave his victory speech and everyone called it a night.
"To this day, I'm not really aware of the enormity of the event," Mel said.
Mel was invited to perform at the National Day of Service and the inauguration. He was in good company. Katy Perry, Usher, Jamie Foxx and Lady Gaga all performed at inauguration parties. Mel's job was to introduce them all.
In a rush to get from the DJ booth to the line for photos, Mel ran back stage and was almost tackled by Secret Service. He casually waited in line behind Alicia Keys and her boyfriend and then it was his turn to meet the president.
Ever since, whenever the White House has needed him, Mel's been there. He's DJed every Easter Egg Roll since 2012 and is gearing up for the 2016 bash. He said he is not paid to perform at the political events.
Someone from the Sanders campaign remembered Mel from his White House events and thought giving him a call was worth a shot for caucus night. Mel put some thought into whether he would support Sanders or not. After looking at the senator's plans for the country and his voting record, the choice was easy. He could feel the Bern.
"He isn't just saying the right thing to get votes," Mel said. "He marched with Martin Luther King. He's legit."
So he hopped on a plane in sunny Austin and landed in snowy Des Moines. What does he play to get the Bernie crowds going?
"Starman" by David Bowie, "We Take Care of Our Own" by Bruce Springsteen, "The Way You Do the Things You Do" by The Temptations and some Parliament just to name a few.
"The Bernie Sanders crowd is super passionate and super young. They're just really energized excited people. I definitely fed off that when I was DJing. It's hard not to."
Mel, who declined to specify his age or who he'd vote for, said that everyone should get out and cast a ballot no matter what candidate they support.
"Everyone needs to do their part, whether you’re in the right or the left you have to just represent who you want in office."
Mel will be DJing the Sanders event in New Hampshire and said he's ready to keep on Berning for the rest of the campaign season.
Keep up with him on Twitter @DJMel and on Instagram @DJMelTakesPics.
| 2019-04-24T20:27:29 |
https://www.guidelive.com/music/2016/02/09/meet-austin-based-dj-spins-bernie-sanders-president-obama
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A former McDonald's worker acquitted of charges he placed shards of glass into a police officer's Big Mac nearly a decade ago has won a settlement.
NEW YORK — A former McDonald's worker acquitted of charges he placed shards of glass into a police officer's Big Mac nearly a decade ago has won a $437,000 settlement from the city after arguing the officer fabricated the story to win money by suing the fast food restaurant.
Albert Garcia was 18 in January 2005 when Officer John Florio accused him of spiking his burger with broken glass. He initially confessed after being questioned by four detectives for hours in a small, windowless room in the Bronx restaurant.
But Garcia, who has an IQ of 81, soon recanted, and his lawyer's investigation revealed enough inconsistencies in the officers' testimonies that the state's highest court unexpectedly decided to hear the assault case this year. The case had been dismissed in 2012, a decision upheld by a lower state appeals court.
Last month, the city agreed to a settlement.
"I was thrilled when I found out," said Garcia, a 28-year-old father of two who works as a counselor at a Bronx YMCA and is studying criminal justice. "I really thought this wasn't going to happen."
It might not have if Florio hadn't pursued a $6 million civil claim against the McDonald's franchise owner about a week after the burger incident. The claim was settled in 2009 for $15,000, said Garcia's lawyer, Raymond Aab.
"That really opened the door for me," said Aab, noting it allowed him to take Florio's and other detectives' depositions, thus uncovering crucial inconsistencies.
Calls to Florio weren't returned. His former lawyer, Richard Kenny, said though he hadn't spoken with Florio in some time, he believed in his honesty and his innocence.
"He was crestfallen and I would say slightly even devastated by the implication that he conjured up this set of facts in an effort to make money," Kenny said. "I think Garcia's lawyer did an outstanding job on his behalf, but I think John Florio was a real victim here."
On this much everyone agrees: On January 29, 2005, Florio, a now-retired veteran officer assigned to the canine unit, stopped at about 11:30 p.m. at the McDonald's drive-thru window and ordered a No. 1 combo meal: a Big Mac, fries and a Coke.
But just minutes later, while driving on a busy expressway with his dog Dodger aboard, Florio testified that about three bites into his hamburger, he felt sharp pain and what he thought might be a cracked tooth.
He took Dodger to Randall's Island for about 45 minutes, called a superior and then made his way to a Queens hospital emergency room, court documents show.
But despite what Florio told fellow officers, medical records from the ER visit show Florio suffered from no apparent symptoms of swallowing glass, Aab claims in papers. What's more, while Florio said he told his family doctor that he had recovered glass shards in his stools, the doctor testified the conversation never took place, the papers show.
And there were more problems.
Restaurant workers testified that Garcia got to work a half hour late the night of the burger affair and thus wasn't even working when Florio was purchasing his meal — a piece of information that never found its way into a crucial police report, according to the papers.
The police department referred questions to a spokesman for the city's Law Department, who said the payout was in the best interest of all parties.
Garcia said he's glad to put a cap on the whole saga, which once grabbed many tabloid headlines — and earned another one Wednesday evening when the Daily News first reported the settlement.
"It's not fair what they did," he said. "It makes a lot of good officers look bad."
| 2019-04-22T19:13:55 |
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/11/21/glass-big-mac-mcdonalds/19374929/
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I need to put my TINI Board into an enclosure. Has anyone located a source of a box (plastic package) with suitable mounting posts and cut-outs for the connectors?
Systronix (http://www.systronix.com/) has cases that include power and serial pass-through ports (for example, the serial ports have female DB9's on the outside and male DB9's on short ribbon cables going to the inside). These cases also have cutout panels for 10-key keyboards and LCD displays. They're very, very good for the money. Note that Systronics own STEP, a socket board for TINI, is too big for these cases (I've tried it). But Systronix says that the case will work with their smaller TINI socket boards, and with DalSemi socket boards.
The keyboards and LCD displays available from Systronix have SBX-bus compatible interfaces, and Systronix's boards have SBX sockets on them. They aren't directly pluggable -- i.e., you can't plug the LCD connector into the Systronix board's SBX socket -- but Systronix has adapters available, and in June they're coming out with a slick little electronics driver board that provides electrical isolation between the TINI and external SBX peripherals. This board will solve a lot of TINI peripheral driving problems. TINI is great at 1-WIRE and CAN, but its fanout for driving other TTL loads is limited and makes the board unstable.
| 2019-04-26T08:57:51 |
http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=83352
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1. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4. Peel the garlic cloves and leave whole. Blanch in boiling water, drain and rinse. Repeat the process a second time.
2. Heat the oil in a large cast iron casserole pan and fry gently, until golden - about 10 minutes. Add the shallots to the pan and continue cooking until they turn colour.
4. Remove the pigeons from the casserole, transfer to a plate and leave to rest, covered in kitchen foil, for about five minutes. Strain the sauce from the pan - reserving the liquid and cooked shallots, mushroom and garlic in separate bowls.
5. Take the skin off the pigeons and carefully remove the bones from the breast and legs. Place all the meat on a plate and leave on one side while you make the sauce.6. Now make the sauce, tip the bones into a saucepan and pour in the stock and strained sauce from the casserole pan. Cook down until syrupy, over a medium heat - about 5 minutes. Strain the sauce and discard the bones. Stir in the butter, in small pieces, away from the heat - this gives the sauce a glossy sheen and adds richness.
7. Place the warm cooked mushrooms, shallots and garlic on a plate and cover with the pigeon meat. Pour the sauce over the pigeons and serve straight away.
| 2019-04-20T12:28:02 |
https://goodfood.uktv.co.uk/recipe/roast-wood-pigeon-with-port-wine-sauce/
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A remarkable feature of the brain is its ability to flexibly process information in a context-dependent manner. A hallmark example is selective visual attention. It allows to focus on relevant information, and to ignore distracting features of a visual scene, effectively routing information through the visual hierarchy .
A seminal hypothesis about how this routing is accomplished is 'Communication through Coherence' (CTC) : A neuron with oscillating membrane potential can be driven to fire by a relatively weak input when it is close to the threshold, while if it is in a phase of low excitability, even stronger input might fail to elicit an action potential. Thus, shifting relative phases of oscillating sending and receiving populations could be utilized to gate information.
Here, we investigate neural mechanisms of information routing and their effectiveness in a generic, two-layered cortical network model with lateral recurrent interactions.
Building on the CTC hypothesis, we construct a biophysically plausible network model mimicking the fan-in structure of the visual processing stream. It comprises four populations A, B, C and D of recurrently coupled networks of conductance-based spiking neurons. A and B correspond to sending populations in a lower visual area and have non-overlapping receptive fields. They project to receiving populations C and D in a higher visual area with larger receptive fields. Upon activation, all populations engage in oscillatory activity.
We show that introducing distance-dependent lateral inhibition brings the receiving populations in phase, and the sending populations in anti-phase, thus establishing a phase competition between the two sending populations: Only one population can be in a favorable in-phase relation with the receiving populations, since the other is automatically forced into anti-phase, thus hindering information transfer. This 'self-organization' of phase relations mediated by lateral inhibition distinguishes our approach from previous modeling efforts (e.g. [3–5]).
When increasing the strength of the lateral inhibition between A and B, the system transitions from a regime of mixed representations to a bistable one, where one sending population is in a favorable in-phase relation for an extended period of time. In this regime, a brief current pulse to one sending population is sufficient to set a desired phase relation and thus 'switch' information routing in the network. This mechanism bears two interesting consequences: First, it allows neural circuits to control routing using energy-efficient, short bursts of neural activity instead of requiring sustained elevation of firing rates. Second, such pulses delivered by electrical stimulation could be employed to externally direct the focus of attention, a possible application in the field of brain prosthetics.
This work was supported by the BMBF (Bernstein Award Udo Ernst, grant no. 01GQ1106).
| 2019-04-18T19:03:12 |
https://bmcneurosci.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2202-15-S1-P165
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Chelsea did not break any Premier League rules by not reporting allegations of historic abuse made in 2014 by former player Gary Johnson.
The club apologised earlier this month to Johnson for abuse he suffered as a trainee in the 1970s, having waived a confidentiality clause in the £50,000 agreement they made with him in 2015.
Although they did not break rules, the club have agreed to a full safeguarding audit.
A Premier League statement read: ‘After careful consideration, the board has determined that no Premier League rules were broken by the club not reporting this matter to them in 2014.
'The League has requested that Chelsea agrees to a full safeguarding audit from an independent safeguarding expert.
‘The League has no reason to have any concerns about Chelsea’s current provisions in this area, but, given the seriousness of these historical allegations, feels that such a review is an appropriate course of action.
‘The League has also requested that Chelsea provides them with details of the current review the club has asked an external law firm to undertake into historical abuse and how it handled Mr Johnson’s claim, and that a full copy of the review is provided to the Premier League and The FA upon its completion.
Meanwhile, former Crewe player Andy Woodward will be seen by Cheshire Police on Thursday to give a statement concerning his claims that two individuals abused him as a child.
Woodward complained this week that police had been slow to investigate his allegations.
'The Premier League has received from Chelsea FC detailed information regarding the circumstances that saw Mr. Gary Johnson in 2014 raise with them allegations of abuse from the 1970s.
'The League has requested that Chelsea agrees to a full safeguarding audit from an independent safeguarding expert. The League has no reason to have any concerns about Chelsea’s current provisions in this area but, given the seriousness of these historical allegations, feels that such a review is an appropriate course of action.
'The League has also requested that Chelsea provides them with details of the current review the club has asked an external law firm to undertake into historical abuse and how it handled Mr Johnson’s claim, and that a full copy of the review is provided to the Premier League and The FA upon its completion.
| 2019-04-26T10:42:20 |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-4060150/Chelsea-did-not-break-rules-not-reporting-historical-abuse-allegations-former-player-Gary-Johnson.html
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I'm using GOstats (version 2.42.0) to perform GO enrichment analysis in a non-model organism.
You will have to provide a self-contained example to show the problem for anybody to help.
The Go-term GO:0050136 has a count of 3 genes, namely 808221, 808224, and 808225 (entrezIds). In my universe the GO-terms corresponding to this genes are: GO:0016021, GO:0005747, GO:0008137 (for 808221); GO:0016021, GO:0005747, GO:0008137, GO:0042773 (for 808224); and GO:0016021, GO:0005747, GO:0008137, GO:0006120 (for 808225). The GO-term "GO:0050136" is not present at all in my entire universe.
Just to be sure that those enriched GO-terms which are present in my universe are also those matching the counted genes, I run a test for the GO-term GO:0008137 and everything was fine.
"808221" "808222" "808223" "808224" "808225" "808226" "808230" "100341941" "100344233""100353024" "100358684"
I can provide the gene list and the universe list, too. I'm just not sure how to attach it.
actually pulls in all parental terms of the specific annotated GO terms. Remember GO is hierarchical in nature and any gene that gets specifically annotated with one GO term will automatically also get all the parental terms. In your example, GO:0005747 is a child term of GO:0050136 . See http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0005747 and click on the "Inferred Tree View"
I wouldn't necessarily want to remove all the parental terms because they could find higher level terms that have several different child terms. However, to reduce the redundancy in your testing, do GSEAGOHyperGParams(conditional = TRUE) . This will test GO:0005747 first, and if it is significant then it will remove those 3 genes from the counts for all it's parental terms.
| 2019-04-19T18:41:51 |
https://support.bioconductor.org/p/102812/
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[19:45] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <tdonohue> <here>: Reminder that our weekly DSpace DevMtg starts at the top of the hour. Agenda at https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DevMtg+2017-09-13 With DSpace 6.2 out the door, we should have more time for open discussion today / questions (as they come up).
[20:00] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <tdonohue> <here>: Hi all, and welcome. It's time for our weekly DSpace DevMtg. Agenda is linked above.
[20:03] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> I've been undistracted.
[20:05] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <tdonohue> So, I'd like to raise that topic (recap of DCAT discussions about statistics) to the beginning here, unless anyone objects or has higher priority topics?
[20:07] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <terrywbrady> At the DSpace user meeting, @tdonohue raised a question: should DSpace maintain a stats repository OR should DSpace rely on stats vendors to report statistics.
[20:08] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <terrywbrady> I recommended this as a conversation for DCAT. We had a great discussion for a full hour and several folks shared their approaches.
[20:09] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <terrywbrady> There was no specific consensus to answer the original question, but it did feel like a topic that generated a lot of good conversation.
[20:09] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <terrywbrady> piwik came up as an alternative to Google Analytics.
[20:10] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> I wish I'd been there to add a third possibility: should DSpace export cases to be munched by general statistical tools, and provide places to display the results?
[20:10] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <terrywbrady> I think that if we brought a specific implementation idea forward, we could get some good feedback from DCAT.
[20:13] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> So which measures should be private, and which should be shared?
[20:13] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <tdonohue> Personally, I have doubts that DSpace can ever truly be "great at stats" in itself (which is why I asked this question). We just don't have the resources (and statistics are not easy, unless you only give very basic statistics, and even then, spider-filtering isn't so easy). But we can better integrate with tools/services that are "great at stats"
[20:13] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <tdonohue> And if the repository community starts to standardize on what tools/services are "great at stats" we can target those specifically.
[20:14] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> Which measures can you learn from out of a single facility, and which tell you useful things when aggregated across facilities?
[20:15] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> Which measures are important to (a) end users, (b) depositors, (c) local administrators, (d) sysadmins and developers?
[20:16] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> Which measures does it make sense to outsource (GA etc) and which should be done in-house (counts by author)?
[20:16] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <tdonohue> I know the other tool that has gained interest as of late is RAMP (Repository Analytics and Metrics Portal): http://ramp.montana.edu/ But, it currently *requires* Google Analytics itself, it just displays GA stats with some nice aggregate reports.
[20:18] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <tdonohue> Yes, it could make sense to possibly only concentrate on very specific in-house statistics (author specific, community/collection/item specific). But even then, visualizations/reporting is hard even if you limit out-of-the-box stats.
[20:19] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> Not if you ship the cases to R and the reports back into DSpace.
[20:22] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> Spreadsheet and stat products typically know how to get data out of databases. We could provide some read-only views for that, if there were data in the database to view.
[20:22] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <terrywbrady> It doesn't solve the bot filtering issue, but it does make the rendering of stats much easier.
[20:23] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> The only way to even come close to solving the bot issue is eternal viglance and frequent updates to the bot lists.
[20:24] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <tdonohue> In any case, I'm glad these discussions took place. I definitely don't see us dropping Solr Stats anytime soon. But, eventually, there may be a decision point (no idea when exactly). We have to admit that Solr Stats needs a lot of love (in the future) to make it better at bot filtering, easier to create custom reports/stats, etc. Or, we have to start looking elsewhere for these needs.
[20:24] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <terrywbrady> At our meeting in DC, I think there was also a suggestion that interpretation of bots/bot filtering might need to be subjective for an institution.
[20:25] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> Let me say something that I've been hinting at: we don't have to do *everything* inside DSpace; we don't have to do *everything* in-house outside of DSpace; we don't have to do *everything* via a third-party service.
[20:26] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> What we do need to do is to integrate statistical data products that make sense, and integrate well with external processes that want our cases.
[20:28] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <tdonohue> If we had a good plugin model, this would also be a great area where we can simply "surface the data" (via REST or wherever) and let a plugin deal with how to display visualizations, reports, etc.
[20:30] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <terrywbrady> This was a helpful discussion to have. It does not sound like we are advocating for the elimination of a stats repo within DSpace... but perhaps recommending simplifying how we interact with it.
[20:30] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> Are we talking about surfacing cases, or statistical products?
[20:32] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> Stats are not just always changing; different people want different data analyzed different ways for different uses.
[20:32] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> Sometimes they don't even know what they want and how to process it until they explore a bit.
[20:34] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> Well, cases are "someone somewhere fetched something." Statistical products are "277 downloads this month" or a global heatmap of interest in a given collection in July 2016.
[20:37] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <tdonohue> But that's just a very off the top of my head idea here.
[20:38] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> I'm not so sure we want to be pulling millions of cases out of REST.
[20:39] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <terrywbrady> I presume we would rely on DSpace (SOLR) to facet those records ... not to bulk export them.
[20:40] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> So we are talking processed data products, not cases.
[20:41] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> Heh, a real stat. package would make Solr's stat processing look like a discarded battery.
[20:41] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <tdonohue> Yes, the UI itself (especially angular) isn't meant for processing large amounts of data... data would have to be preprocessed.
[20:45] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <tdonohue> Are there other pressing topics anyone has to bring up for today?
[20:48] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> Well, that's one reason that drove us to Hibernate. But we'd need maintainers who have access to the various supported brands.
[20:49] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <terrywbrady> It would be helpful to hear the compelling argument for those database variants.
[20:50] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <terrywbrady> I know that in my past jobs, there was an enterprise desire to consolidate database vendors, but I am not sure that applies to our institutions.
[20:50] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> TBH I would have asked if we could move the Oracle sites to PostgreSQL and get down to *one*.
[20:51] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <terrywbrady> It seems like DSpace is chosen as a platform first rather than a specific database vendor.
[20:52] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <terrywbrady> Is hosting easier with one of these other database variants? Is the licensing more favorable? Is performance significantly better?
[20:52] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <terrywbrady> How widespread is the Oracle usage today?
[20:53] <DSpaceSlackBot1> that's 5%, 10% or 20% of overall sites.
[20:54] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <tdonohue> So, maybe the best we can do now is leave these tickets open for comment?
[20:54] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> Lately I've been doing a fair amount of testing patches for Oracle, even though I don't use it here. I have a VirtualBox I can spin up if needed.
[20:55] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> That's sort of a glimpse of how many Oracle sites we have.
[20:55] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <terrywbrady> My impression is that postgres has a strong reputation as an open source component. At one time, I remember hearing that MySQL licensing was becoming less open source friendly.
[20:56] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> MySQL is owned by Oracle these days.
[20:57] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> Years ago it was kind of an oddball in the RDBMS market, but it's been coming closer to the mainstream.
[20:58] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> Sounds well to me.
[21:02] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <terrywbrady> Have a great day!
[21:02] <DSpaceSlackBot1> <mwood> Thanks all!
| 2019-04-21T04:17:10 |
https://irclogs.duraspace.org/html-logs/2017-09-13.html
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Anchor Text is the visible, clickable text in a hyperlink. In modern browsers, it is often blue and underlined, such as this link to the moz homepage.
SEO-friendly anchor text is succinct and relevant to the target page (i.e., the page it's linking to).
Anchor text is the visible characters and words that hyperlinks display when linking to another document or location on the web. It usually appears as blue underlined text, but you change your website's link colors and styles through your HTML or CSS.
Anchor text can provide both search engines and users relevant contextual information about the content of the link's destination.
In the above example of the link code ‘Tiny dancing horse’ is the anchor text for the link.
If many sites think that a particular page is relevant for a given set of terms, that page can manage to rank well even if the terms don't appear in the text itself.
A brand name used as anchor text. For example: 'Moz' linking to an article on the Moz Blog.
A URL that is used as an anchor 'www.moz.com' is a naked link anchor.
A generic word or phrase that is used as the anchor. "Click here" is a common generic anchor.
Keep in mind that you often don't have any control over the anchor text that other sites use to link back to your own content. So, most of these best practices will govern how to best use anchor text within your own website.
What is the most concise, accurate way to describe the linked-to page?
What word or phrase would encourage users to click on a link?
As search engines have matured, they have started identifying more metrics for determining rankings. One metric that stands out among the rest is link relevancy, or how related the topic of page A is to page B if one links to the other. A highly relevant link can improve the likelihood of both page A and page B ranking for queries related to their topic.
Links that point to content related to the topic of the source page are likely to send stronger relevance signals than links pointing to unrelated content. For instance, a page about the best lattes in Seattle is likely to pass a better relevance signal to Google when it links to a coffee shop's website than it is when it links to a site with pictures of baby animals.
Search engines pay attention to the different anchor text variations being used to link back to the original article and use them as additional indicators of what that article is about - and for which search queries it might be relevant. This, in combination with natural language processing and other factors like link source and information hierarchy, make up the lion's share of link relevancy indicators online. To ensure your links send strong relevancy signals, keep your anchor text as descriptive of the target page as possible.
With the Penguin algorithm update, Google began to look more closely at keywords in anchor text. If too many of a site's inbound links contain the exact same anchor text, it can start to appear suspicious and may be a sign that the links weren't acquired naturally. In general, it's still a best practice to obtain and use keyword- and topic-specific anchor text when possible. However, SEOs may get better results by striving for a variety of more natural anchor text phrases rather than the same keyword each time.
Along those lines, one important note: Don't overdo it with keyword-heavy internal links. Internal linking is certainly a recommended best practice, but be careful with the anchor text you use to link your own pages together. If too many links to a page all use the same anchor text, even if they're on your own site, Google might sense spammy behavior.
Webmaster Guidelines Google's Official Guidelines for Webmasters.
Text Links and PageRank Head of the Webspam Team at Google, Matt Cutts', thoughts on hyperlinks in relation to SEO and Google.
| 2019-04-25T06:23:43 |
https://moz.com/learn/seo/anchor-text
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Q. How long after the concrete floor is poured can I put permanent carpeting down?
A. Concrete takes 28 days to fully cure. While it is curing there is moisture escaping from the concrete in the form of vapor.
Covering the concrete with glue and carpet before 28 days will increase the chances of the glue not bonding properly and the carpet having a damp, musty odor.
A vapor barrier should have been installed under the new concrete floor to help slow the amount of moisture vapor from the sub-grade from passing up through the concrete. If a vapor barrier wasn't used under the concrete, you can spray a moisture blocker onto the surface that will absorb into the concrete and help block any moisture vapor transmission up through the concrete and into the carpet.
| 2019-04-21T04:54:15 |
https://www.everything-about-concrete.com/carpeting-on-a-new-concrete-floor.html
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Next is to take into account how much traffic that would be in your community since it'll affect the flooring that you use. You need to make sure that the snap together floor tile will have the ability to handle the large traffic that is happening in your community and it wouldn't get grab or wear down also fast.
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| 2019-04-18T20:55:40 |
https://chatcasadedios.com/flooring/snap-together-floor-tile/
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Where is the pleasure in studying and living by the Torah? I like learning but all I see are stories and laws. I believe it is holy, but I do not see the pleasure in it.
I am 19, and have been learning inconsistently but watched programs such as 'Rabbi X' from time to time. Otherwise I have been reading the Chumash from time to time alone. Once in a while I join my religious friends to learn Torah and still do not see the joy in it.
You remind me of a story.
There once was a poor man who lived on simple means. One day he decided it was time to live the good life, and enjoy living. It was time to upgrade his diet and eat some real gourmet food.
So on his way home from Synagogue he stopped by the rich man's house and asked the cook what she serves the rich man for breakfast. The cook informed the pauper that she serves the rich man cheese blintzes, and then went on to tell him how the cheese blintzes are made.
If you want to discover the joy, meaning and richness in the Torah, you need to experience it authentically. If you water down the Torah, you will water down its taste.
The poor man goes home with the good news and asks his wife if she could make cheese blintzes. She says "sure, how do I make it".
Pauper: We need white flour.
Wife: we don't have white flour.
Pauper: use what we have.
Pauper: we need 6 eggs.
Wife: but we only have 2.
Wife: we can't afford sugar.
Pauper: Fetta Cheese, cream cheese and cottage cheese.
Wife: but we only have a little butter.
And so off she went, right into the kitchen to make "blintzes" out old dark flour, 2 eggs instead of six, no sugar, and a little butter.
The poor man could not wait. He was ecstatic. Ah, now he will finally live the rich life. Breakfast will once and for all be a delicacy. Life will be enjoyable.
And hour later his wife comes out with her piping hot "blintzes". The poor man says a blessing and digs right in.
He chews, makes a face, looks at his dear wife and says "I'll tell you the truth: now that I have tasted blintzes, I don't know why people make such a big deal out of them."
What you need is a good Yeshiva. Spend six months learning at Mayanot (www.mayanot.edu) in Jerusalem, and you will see why people rant and rave about our beautiful heritage.
If you can't start Yeshiva just yet, find a local Chabad Center, join some of their classes, and see if the rabbi can learn with you one-on-one from time to time.
(Pl.: Yeshivot) Religious school which teaches Jewish studies. Most Yeshivot offer secular studies too.
| 2019-04-20T16:17:35 |
http://www.askmoses.com/en/article/157,2165771/How-can-I-find-joy-in-Torah-learning.html
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There are many parts of good writing that are more about style than grammar, and active voice is one of those details. While a paper written in the passive voice can still be grammatically correct, it's almost always better to choose the active voice when writing academic papers. It will make your work easier to read and give your writing a much stronger voice. But how can you tell whether you're getting the voice right?
Verb. A verb is a word that describes an action or a state of being. Basically, a verb is something that you do. If you run, jump, hide, shout, eat, quote, or just are, that's using a verb.
Subject. The subject of a sentence is the thing that performs the action of the sentence. It almost always comes before the verb. For example, in the sentence "Lisa sat on the floor," Lisa is the subject because she is the one sitting. In the sentence "The photograph was viewed by all the students," photograph is the subject because it's what is being viewed.
Direct object. Direct objects receive the action of the verb. In the sentence, "She threw the ball," the word ball is the direct object because it's what's being thrown. You can usually find the direct object by asking "the verb what?" For example, "threw what?" - the ball.
So just what is voice? In grammatical terms, voice is used to describe who is doing the action in a sentence. In active voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action of the verb.
Liza picked up the soccer ball and punted it across the field.
Mark didn't understand the question, but Ariel explained it to him.
In each of these example, the subject of the sentence is the one performing the action. Liza picked up the ball, Mike doesn't understand, and Ariel explained.
In passive voice, the subject of the sentence is receiving the action of the verb, i.e., the action of the verb is being done to the subject. The subject itself isn't actually doing anything. Instead, in passive voice, the subject of the sentence is pretty much just sitting there while something happens to it. This is done by swapping around what comes before and after the verb and adding a to be verb (is, was, were, etc.).
The soccer ball was picked up by Liza and punted across the field.
The question wasn't understood by Mark, but it was explained by Ariel.
Again, note that the direct object has become the subject (question and it), and that the subjects in the active voice sentence are now part of a "by..." phrase.
What's wrong with passive voice?
There's nothing inherently wrong with passive voice - it's grammatically correct, and as long as you use it properly you can still say what you need to say. Passive voice is usually frowned on in professional writing, however, because it's often wordy and vague, which can make your work difficult to read. For example, if your work included the sentence "The suspect was questioned thoroughly," you've left out some key information for the reader: who was doing the questioning? The sentence could be rewritten in the active voice to give the reader the complete picture: "The police questioned the suspect thoroughly."
Passive voice is also not as effective as active voice in writing because it's less forceful. Saying "The British were defeated by the Colonial Army at the Battle of Yorktown" is not as compelling as saying "The Colonial Army defeated the British at the Battle of Yorktown." You want your writing to be energetic and exciting, and using passive voice can make it feel dull.
When can I use passive voice?
Despite its problems, there are some occasions when it's appropriate, or even required, to use passive voice. The most common of these is in scientific writing, when passive voice is used to put distance between the authors and the work being presented.
For example, in a scientific paper, instead of saying "We conducted experiments to test the resistance of the bacteria to traditional antibiotics," you would write "Experiments were conducted to test the resistance of the bacteria to traditional antibiotics." As you can see, the subject of the first sentence (we) is now gone, and there is no one performing the action (conducting experiments) in the passive voice sentence. It might seem a little weird, but it's standard procedure when writing in the sciences so that any sense of personal action or opinion is removed from the work.
Passive voice can also be used when you don't know who is performing the action of the sentence or if you want to deliberately keep that information from the reader. For instance, it's common in crime reports (The car was broken into at 11pm Monday night.) because it's not known who actually committed the offense.
How do I change sentences from passive to active?
Fortunately, fixing the passive voice in your writing is fairly straightforward. Start by going through your work and looking for sentences that use passive voice - they're usually easy to spot because they have a to be verb like was, were, or are. If you're not sure whether a sentence is in passive voice, ask yourself whether the subject is doing anything. If it isn't, then it's passive voice.
Once you've identified the sentences you need to change, you need to identify who is doing the action. This will usually be included in a "by..." phrase, but it won't always be. Once the main actor is identified, move it to the start of the sentence and adjust the verb accordingly. Often when switching from passive to active voice, the subject of the passive voice sentence can be turned into a direct object.
The tests were graded by the teacher, but she didn't do a very thorough job.
Here, the teacher is doing the action, so she becomes the subject, test becomes a direct object, and the to be verb is dropped.
The teacher graded the tests, but she didn't do a very thorough job.
Often when there is information missing from a sentence written in the passive voice you'll need to look for context clues to build the sentence using the active voice.
My roommate and I bought a large couch on sale, but we weren't sure where to put it.
After some debate, the table was moved into the corner to make room for the couch.
After some debate, we moved the table into the corner to make room for the couch.
Also keep an eye out for sentences that start in the active voice and switch to passive, which is something you'll want to avoid.
Michael wanted to have dessert, but all the cookies had been eaten by his sister.
In this example, you'd want to rewrite the sentence so that both clauses are in the active voice.
Michael wanted to have dessert, but his sister had eaten all the cookies.
Lastly, look out for dangling modifiers, which are phrases that modify the missing subjects of passive voice sentences.
Unable to find her purse, the police were called from a payphone.
Unable to find her purse, the woman called the police from a payphone.
After the movie was over, the theatre was quickly cleaned for the next showing.
After the movie was over, the staff quickly cleaned the theatre for the next showing.
The chair was broken, but Sarah says it wasn't her.
Somebody broke the chair, but Sarah says it wasn't her.
The book is being read by most of the class, but a few students are just going to watch the movie.
Most of the class is reading the book, but a few students are just going to watch the movie.
The food was brought to the table, but she wasn't hungry any more.
The waiter brought the food to the table, but she wasn't hungry any more.
| 2019-04-19T14:15:54 |
https://www.bestcustomwriting.com/blog/say-it-like-you-mean-it-active-versus-passive-voice
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What Are the Benefits of Eating Rice & Daal Together?
1 What Foods Mixed With Lentils Provide a Complete Source of Amino Acids?
2 Are Rice & Black Beans Healthy?
For diners who are newly enthused about Indian food, the term "daal" can be confusing. It's transliterated in several spellings -- dal, dahl and dhal among them -- and it can have two meaning: One, lentils or various small beans and peas that have been skinned and split to make a lentil-like shape, or two, a soupy stew or sauce made from those legumes. Both are commonly served with rice, a happy combination that offers many health benefits.
Proteins are made up of 20 different amino acids, most of which the body can manufacture for itself. But there are nine that your body can't manufacture, and you must get these from the diet. Those nine, called "essential" amino acids, are distributed unevenly in plant foods. As it happens, lentils and other legumes are high in lysine -- the amino acid that rice is missing -- while rice and other grains are high in the sulfur-based amino acids missing from legumes. Any combination of approximately 20 percent lentils to 80 percent rice has all the necessary acids, making a complete protein.
In Indian restaurants, daal is typically served over a white long-grain rice, such as basmati. Well-prepared white rice is culinarily versatile, but it doesn't contain a whole lot of dietary fiber. A 1-cup portion boasts only 600 milligrams of dietary fiber, just 2 percent of your daily value. Adding 1/4 cup of lentils to that rice -- just 4 tablespoons -- provides an additional 3.6 grams, or 16 percent of your DV, for a total of 18 percent. A cup of brown rice contains 3.5 grams of fiber, or 14 percent of the DV, forming an even more potent combination with your lentils.
Lentils might do the heavy lifting where dietary fiber is concerned, but rice is a more equal partner in overall nutrition. A cup of white rice contains 37 percent of your DV for manganese, 17 percent of your day's selenium and lesser quantities of several minerals and B vitamins. Four tablespoons of lentils provide an additional 12 percent of the DV for manganese; 8 percent of your iron, phosphorus and copper for the day; and 20 percent of the DV for folate. Brown rice is an excellent source of magnesium, phosphorus, copper, manganese and selenium and is also rich in several of the B vitamins.
Aside from the nutritional benefits, there's one other important benefit to combining rice and daal. They simply taste good together. Dishes of rice and lentils, usually perfumed with spices and caramelized onions, are a staple from the Middle East all the way to India. In its other incarnation as a highly spiced stew of lentils or similar legumes, daal brings bright flavors, rich aromas and often a vivid, visually striking color contrast to the simple dish of rice.
Fred Decker is a trained chef and certified food-safety trainer. Decker wrote for the Saint John, New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, and has been published in Canada's Hospitality and Foodservice magazine. He's held positions selling computers, insurance and mutual funds, and was educated at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.
Decker, Fred. "What Are the Benefits of Eating Rice & Daal Together?" Healthy Eating | SF Gate, http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/benefits-eating-rice-daal-together-11619.html. 21 November 2018.
How Often Should Vegetarians Eat Beans & Rice?
| 2019-04-22T22:14:51 |
https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/benefits-eating-rice-daal-together-11619.html
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What topics are dominating the hallways and panels at the World Economic Forum? From low-income countries to Larry Summers, David Kirkpatrick on six things everyone is talking about.
What topics are dominating the hallways and panels at the World Economic Forum? From low-income countries to Larry Summers, David Kirkpatrick on six things everyone is talking about. Plus, John Kao on the irony of Davos' elites bent on social innovation and the best video moments from WindMade's panel on wind power.
The realities of digital convergence are finally sinking in on Davos Men and Women (of whom there are more here than in past years), from the discussions to the behavior of conference attendees. At one session of 80 people, about 35 were carrying iPads, a device only first announced sometime around last year's Davos. What does Digital Convergence mean? That the proliferation of digital tools fundamentally changes the social and business landscape. Both hallway talk and numerous formal sessions explored the likely transformation of industries of all sorts as they face an empowered consumer, mobile devices, and the availability of instantaneous data over the Internet. For example, as panelists in one session asked, why should companies respond to complaints on Twitter—rewarding those who complain in public—even as they keep people on hold in their call centers? Actually improving customer service for every customer seemed to this audience more promising for a company's long-term health. Facebook was on many lips—Tim Brown, CEO of design firm IDEO, termed it "the biggest experiment in anthropology the world has ever seen."
GLOBALISM Are the "Norms" Shared, or Not?
"Shared norms for the new reality," is the theme of this year's World Economic Forum, but for many, especially from the developed world, the norms in poorer and non-Western countries seem strikingly different than what old-school Davos-goers from rich countries would like or expect. And there is a growing sense that what was once called "the developing world" is no longer content with second-class status in any way. Since income inequality gets talked about a lot here, the language matters, and some are using the phrase "low-income countries" to sound less judgmental. None of this is necessarily a bad thing, it just requires an adjustment in thinking. For longtime Davos attendees, what was once a mostly American and European conclave has acquired a more genuinely global cast. This clearly engenders a healthier dialogue that is "multi-stakeholder," to use a favored Davos adjective. And the opportunities for large companies in "low-income countries" come up more and more frequently. Some of them are a consequence of the aforementioned digital convergence—like the cellphone providers in Africa and Latin America that are now beginning to serve as banks because poor consumers find trading cellphone credits more convenient than using cash.
For the past two years, as the chief economic spokesman of the Obama administration, Larry Summers delivered self-contained, disciplined performances at Davos. This year, Summers, the former Treasury Secretary and Harvard President who incurred public wrath for his retrograde pronouncements about women and the sciences is ubiquitous, liberated—even a little evolved. At a dinner talk Wednesday, paired with Yale’s Tiger Mom, Amy Chua, he stepped back from his prior pronouncement that achievement was the best route toward self-esteem, not the other way around. These days, he mused, creativity might trump discipline and accuracy and rote learning—a la Harvard dropouts Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates. Kids should have a chance to be kids. “People on average live a quarter of their lives as children. That’s a lot. It’s important that they be as happy as possible during those 18 years.” Elsewhere, Summers has been omnipresent—appearing on several panels and strolling through the Congress Center unmolested. At a session on the politics of low-growth, he responded to a poorly thought out question without condescension, and threw in self-deprecating cracks about his appearance. Agreeable isn’t the first adjective that Summers brings to mind. But when told that he looks relieved to no longer bear the burden of speaking for the Obama administration’s economic policy, he nodded vigorously.
The World Economic Forum is like a fraternity—loud, clubby, and male. In years past, just 17 percent of the participants were women. This year, however, the Forum insisted that strategic partners—the big company that forks out megabucks for the privilege of aligning their brands with Davos—send one woman for every four men. Have the quotas made a difference? Not much. The quotas—and the topic of women and Davos—prompted eye rolls on deep background with several women who run large, name-brand institutions. Yes, there are plenty of powerful women on the program: Pepsico CEO Indra Nooyi, Google’s Marissa Mayer, MIT President Susan Hockfield. And some journalists might be tempted to stay Saturday just to see German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s address. But in general, women occupy secondary, supporting roles. The myriad support staff at the Congress Center is overwhelmingly female. Even women possessing coveted white badges are frequently presumed to be someone’s spouse. One woman who heads her own global organization wasn’t stressed when she sat down to dinner in the wrong room—she figured nobody would call on her to speak. World Economic Forum is primarily a business function. And in Europe and the Middle East, from whence a disproportionate share of Davos pariticipants hail, senior female managers are few and far between.
Generals always fight the last war, and Davos always fights the last meltdown. With Swiss precision (and rigidity), the World Economic Forum is planned months in advance, with improvisation generally confined to the Piano Bar. So when the globe springs January surprises, Davos can seem like an analog conference in a digital world. While the conference is devoted to containing risk, the risk that the population of the Middle East would take to the streets in fiery protests wasn't really foreseen. The result: Jamie Dimon held forth on ways to avoid future meltdowns, but the word Tunisia barely registers on the program. Davos is all about an establishment order. And this week a big chunk of it is being upended. The conference's planners are doubtless scouring the Internet for experts who can fit the bill for next year's version. Prospective theme: The New Order in North Africa and the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities.
An awareness of the gravity of global problems—climate change, income inequality, ongoing intractable wars in many regions—properly pervades the elegant halls of the newly renovated Congress Centre. But many attendees don't have any expectation that the path to progress will be found by governments alone. "The only place we can start solving the big problems is at the intersection of business, government, and civil society," said Raj Gupta, McKinsey's longtime managing director, at one session. In a hallway, Arianna Huffington, unprompted, echoed the same theme: "Our political system is so broken that to fix it we need to see how we can activate what's happening in civil society." That's one way Davos does make a contribution—it brings together an extraordinary number of NGOs and social entrepreneurs and mixes them up with rich and powerful executives of companies. While that might have sometimes been seen as intrusive in the past, now at Davos business leaders actively look to the social sector for ideas.
| 2019-04-26T16:29:11 |
https://www.thedailybeast.com/davos-buzz-multi-stakeholders-larry-summers-tiger-mom
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As I write this review, an iced glass of caffeine-free Diet Coke sits beside my computer. Calorie-free sodas are a part of my diet, and I'm likely to reach for a Coca-Cola product in the corner store. Even if you eschew sodas of all sorts, opening a Powerade, Nestea, Odwalla, or Dasani bottle (among many others) still supports the Coca-Cola Company. This global soft-drinks brand is colossal, with a net revenue of over $30 billion in 2009. And the company has come up against some serious backlash, both for its products' nutritional values and for its questionable actions overseas. Michael Blanding explores these controversies in The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink.
The book is loosely separated into two parts: first, the history of the company, and second, accounts of its current problematic operations. While some books, such as In-N-Out Burger or The King of Vodka take time to probe the emotional and economic depths of a powerful company's beginnings, Blanding takes a more rapid-fire approach. Quickly we learn that Coke was first bottled in 1886 by a pharmacist named John Pemberton. There was, indeed, coca leaf in the original formula but it was removed before Coca-Cola was distributed widely. In 1887, the company was largely bought out by Asa Candler, who began marketing the product in earnest.
Early marketing techniques advertised Coke as a medicinal product, but by the early 1900s patent medicines were out of style. Soda shops were the primary market for soft drinks at the time, and Coke distributed to such places nationwide. This very profitable business was going smoothly until the sugar ration of World War I. The government limited soda manufacturers to half their normal syrup quotas, causing business to slump. But Coca-Cola held on, and continued building their brand after the war.
During World War II, the company reached a turning point. After much lobbying, the government allowed Coca-Cola to maintain regular production even in the face of another sugar ration—provided that much of their soda went to soldiers fighting overseas. This international exposure planted Coke in new and untapped markets. The company's ability to capitalize on international markets has been its growth factor ever since.
After this perfunctory look at Coke's development, Blanding moves on to discuss one of the biggest problems facing the brand—obesity. He tells the story of several teachers and students who came to realize that their elementary and high schools were contracting with Coca-Cola for exclusive beverage distribution rights. Believing that soda in schools led to increased obesity among students, these activists campaigned to get rid of Coke on school premises—and sometimes succeeded. Overall, national focus on obesity has hurt Coke's sales in the past few years, while it has encouraged many "healthy" beverage brands to attempt to build sales in a nutritionally-minded marketplace.
Much of Blanding's narrative revolves around claims that Coca-Cola has funded militias in Mexico and Colombia that use violence against union leaders at soda-bottling plants in those countries. These claims are serious, though Coke has denied all involvement. Blanding provides gory details of what happens to victims of militia attacks, and is clearly frustrated with the lack of action being taken against Coke. He also catalogs other exploitative behavior, such as Coca-Cola bottling plants in India that sap the local villages of water. The book doesn't paint a rosy picture for Coke.
Given its title and subject matter, you may have already guessed that this book carries a rather overpowering bias against the Coca-Cola Company. Blanding is critical of nearly all Coke-related operations both domestic and overseas. He does provide some evidence for his claims and powerful first-hand accounts of Coke's wrongdoings. But as I read, I found myself constantly seeking out a counterpoint, some proof beyond Blanding's word of Coke's crimes. Perhaps that is exactly Blanding's frustration—the mainstream media isn't talking about these issues; and Coke's lobbying and influence seem to silence any criticism. This book is a heavy read, but will surely open your eyes to the alleged consequences of huge global companies and the power of a ubiquitous brand name.
| 2019-04-21T20:46:26 |
https://www.seriouseats.com/2010/12/serious-reads-the-coke-machine-by-michael-bla.html
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