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What is the beck anxiety inventory is a twenty one question quiz given to mental health patients in an effort to discriminate anxiety from depression. Both anxiety and depression have many similar symptoms, and the Beck Anxiety Inventory was developed in response to a need for a tool that would allow clinicians to determine whether a patient is displaying symptoms of one disorder or another. The test itself consists of twenty one distinct questions. Each of the questions reflects a common anxiety symptom. The patient is asked to how much the symptom in question has bothered them over the course of the previous week. Answers are given in numerical form on a four point scale (0-3). The answers are tallied at the conclusion of administering the Beck Anxiety Inventory, yielding a score that will range from zero to sixty three. The Beck diagnnositc, which is published by The Psychological Corporation, has been used on thousands of occasions to differentiate depression and anxiety. Clinicians feel it has a very high level of reliability. Testing on the Beck Anxiety Inventory also shows it to have a very high level of validity. These factors have made it a one of the most popular batteries of questions professionals can use to help with the diagnosis of a patient who may be anxious, depressed, or both. 1 The Beck Anxiety Inventory is also a popular tool due to its efficiency. The test can be given in a relatively short period of time, as it features only twenty one questions. The scoring technique is very simple, allowing professionals to quickly understand circumstances and likely diagnoses. After a single quiz session with a patient and a quick tabulation of results, the psychology professional will be armed with valuable information to help determine an effective course of treatment.
The Beck Anxiety Inventory is a twenty one question quiz given to mental health patients in an effort to discriminate anxiety from depression. Both anxiety and depression have many similar symptoms, and the Beck Anxiety Inventory was developed in response to a need for a tool that would allow clinicians to determine whether a patient is displaying symptoms of one disorder or another.
The test itself consists of twenty one distinct questions. Each of the questions reflects a common anxiety symptom. The patient is asked to how much the symptom in question has bothered them over the course of the previous week. Answers are given in numerical form on a four point scale (0-3). The answers are tallied at the conclusion of administering the Beck Anxiety Inventory, yielding a score that will range from zero to sixty three.
The Beck diagnnositc, which is published by The Psychological Corporation, has been used on thousands of occasions to differentiate depression and anxiety. Clinicians feel it has a very high level of reliability. Testing on the Beck Anxiety Inventory also shows it to have a very high level of validity. These factors have made it a one of the most popular batteries of questions professionals can use to help with the diagnosis of a patient who may be anxious, depressed, or both.
The Beck Anxiety Inventory is also a popular tool due to its efficiency. The test can be given in a relatively short period of time, as it features only twenty one questions. The scoring technique is very simple, allowing professionals to quickly understand circumstances and likely diagnoses. After a single quiz session with a patient and a quick tabulation of results, the psychology professional will be armed with valuable information to help determine an effective course of treatment.
Although the simplicity of the test would make it relatively easy to use for an amateur, anyone who exhibits symptoms of either depression or anxiety should seek professional guidance and assistance. Self-diagnosis via tools like the Beck battery may be interesting for the amateur clinician who is concerned about his or her own well-being, but those with problems will certainly benefit a great deal more by discussing their concerns with a professional. One should not confuse the ease of the Beck test’s use as a justification for self-diagnoses.
Determining whether someone is depressed or is suffering from an anxiety disorder can be difficult. Many of the symptoms overlap. Optimal treatment, however, requires being able to distinguish between the two conditions. This need gave birth to the Beck Inventory, which is used frequently today by experts who need to understand “what they are looking at” quickly and clearly. Whenever one displays symptoms that could be related to either of the two common mental health problems (anxiety and depression), they are likely to be asked the twenty one question series known as the Beck Anxiety Inventory..
| 2019-04-20T09:04:02 |
https://healthissuestoday.net/what-is-the-beck-anxiety-inventory/
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Passage is a sculptural environment inspired by the rich history of this location. An elongated neon-lit canoe, a mural mosaic featuring the site's timeline, a paddle wheel kiosk and the rail-like features of the bridge are all connections to its past.
The confluence of White Oak and Buffalo Bayous created a natural portage for commerce and transport long ago; the merging of the water gave rise to the flow of modern progress. From the first inhabitants traveling by canoe to the barges and paddle wheels of early Houston, the Bayou has churned with activity. The water were witness to the inspirations and imaginations that transformed these banks many times over, passing from one generation to the next.
| 2019-04-24T10:44:04 |
https://www.uhd.edu/about/uhdart/Pages/One-Main-Building,-3rd-Floor.aspx
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Will India emerge as $5 trillion economy?
For India to become a $5 trillion economy, the government needs to go from being a spender to an even greater enabler of businesses than it currently is. Debates about the appropriate level of government spending abound. The tight balance between spending to boost critical sectors versus managing a fiscal deficit is a tightrope the government must walk.
Numbers such as the $526 billion infrastructure gap suggest that innovation in policy will be essential for India to truly bridge this gap, create jobs and generate growth. Our premise is that while spending by the government is important, it needs to focus much more on how to enable businesses, especially private investment in infrastructure.
According to a World Bank report, government spending as a percentage of GDP has averaged at 10.29 percent between 1960 and 2016, with the number in 2016 being 11.65 percent. There is pressure around both the fiscal deficit and revenue deficit in India. In addition, no remarkable change in tax revenues is expected soon that would provide a significant increase to government spending -- therefore it will be wise to assume that spending as a percentage of GDP will not see significant change upwards any time soon.
Hence for India to create necessary infrastructure and jobs it is essential to allow private capital to invest. The government must continue to spend and efficiently allocate public finances, but to truly push up growth rates and aspire to more than double the size of the economy, it is imperative that more thought is given to measures to boost private investment.
The recent policy by the Modi government to open the coal mining sector to the private sector is a welcome step. If implemented well, this should pave the way for more competition and higher efficiency.
The most important step towards allowing private capital into infrastructure is to bifurcate the infrastructure market to identify two segments: (1) The financially viable sectors (2) The economically value-creating but not fully financially viable sectors.
If infrastructure sectors such as ports, refineries, renewable energy, power transmission, mining, toll-roads, water and irrigation can all be categorised between the "financially viable" and the "economically value-creating but not fully financially viable", then the former needs effective and transparent regulations while the latter needs government spending in addition to effective regulations.
The above analysis needs to be based on robust cash-flow models and past project experience. The bifurcation is important because for financially viable sectors the government must push for regulations that attract capital. Tax policies to boost capital expenditure such as competitive accelerated depreciation, tax-free windows and centralised clearance windows would be the key. While for the sectors that deliver economic value but aren't fully financially feasible, government spending in varying degrees will be required.
What is important to realise is that high quality infrastructure will be essential to provide India an opportunity to push up growth rates. It is simply not possible for government spending to bear the entire burden of the infrastructure spending.
According to a World Bank global ranking of trade- and transport-related infrastructure for 2016, the Netherlands was given 4.29 points and Singapore 4.20. India in this ranking was at 3.34 points, significantly lower at 35th rank versus the Netherlands at 4th and Singapore at 5th position.
It is interesting to note that according to the World Bank, government spending in the Netherlands was at 25.04 percent of GDP, while the same number for Singapore was at 11.28 percent. While not all government spending is on infrastructure, what the data seems to suggest is that different countries, given their economic dynamics, have used different tools to boost infrastructure. It isn't essential for a government to spend a significant percentage of GDP to be a high-quality infrastructure country.
A $5 trillion economy is a target that is worth aspiring for. Infrastructure spending will have to form a significant component of the value-creation in the economy. The positive multiplier effect of infrastructure creation cannot be overemphasised in terms of job creation, economic growth and national prosperity. It is time for the Indian government to pay greater attention to its role as an enabler and facilitator of infrastructure.
| 2019-04-26T14:01:01 |
https://www.ibtimes.sg/will-india-emerge-5-trillion-economy-24926
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Women have a great body, whichhis usual state is simply obliged to remain small. Yes, it is the stomach. If it is a small, resilient if your abdominal muscles tight, then you will have good posture and health. "Outstanding" belly, of course, to some extent, you can hide, but the view is still "a little bit pregnant." And if the will power and the time is still not enough to charge, there will come Springtime - it's just that a critical feature when you need to make an effort and start to give myself up.
So - go ahead, to a flat stomach! To avoid painfully ashamed under the summer sun. And we have to go in two directions at once. First, reduce the layer of fat on the abdomen, which for women is arhitrudnym business. Second - to strengthen the abdominal muscles.
First. Folds of fat on my stomach, if you hold it with two fingers, should be equal to 1 cm If it is more -. It's overkill. In this regard, the main task: to eat less, 1-2 times a week to arrange fasting days, to move more. Down with fast food. Do not forget: the amount of food, especially greasy, spicy, fried, we are reducing, while use more vitamins (vegetables, fruit). But not only. Now it is definitely the use of synthetic vitamins and nutritional supplements. If you can not afford expensive imported vitamins, domestic use, (such as "Undevit"), they help to survive the spring vitamin deficiency, colds, bad skin.
Many dieters have noticed thatno matter what diet they are not sitting, belly sizes or do not change at all, or are beginning to decrease gradually in the last turn, when it runs out of patience. So one way out - how to train your abdominal muscles much as possible.
Here is a set of exercises that will help strengthen your abdominal muscles.
1. Lying on your back, arms extended along the body, palms touching the floor. Raise the straightened legs at the knees at a height of about 30 cm, 2 times a little tap one foot against the other. Then slowly lower your legs. Breathing evenly. Repeat 6-8 times.
2. Lying on your back, arms extended along the body. Raise the straightened legs holding a small dumbbell feet to a right angle. If you find it difficult to keep his legs straightened, a little can bend their knees. When lifting - exhale when lowering - inhale. Repeat 6-8 times.
3. Lying on your back, hands behind his head or chest. His chin dropped to his chest. On the exhale, sit down, try to reach the breast to the knees. Raising the body, try to slightly rotate the body alternately to the left or right. On the inhale, lie on the floor, do not lower your head. Repeat 5-6 times.
4. Lying on his right side, straight or bent at the elbow, right hand put under his head, the left - on the waist. Raise your left leg up without bending at the knee and lower. Exercise repeat 6-8 times. Then roll over to the other side and do the exercise with the other leg. Exhale do when picking up the pace.
5. On his knees, a little place feet, foot fingers touch each other, put his hands on her hips. Now arch your back. It is very intensive work knee joints. Back straighten, the chin lift. Exercise repeat 6-8 times. When the sag, breathe in.
6. Bike. Lying on your back, arms extended along the body, palms lean on the floor. Lift your legs up and do the movements, like riding a bicycle: foot describe small circles (carefully straighten the legs at the same time). Repeat the exercise 8 times.
7. Lying on your back, straighten your shoulders, arms slightly take away from the torso, palms lean on the floor. And now his feet do the movements as if you swim breaststroke: pull the legs to the abdomen, knees apart, heels together (slow motion). Then, abruptly lower the legs down to the floor and quickly connect them together. Exercise repeat 6-10 times.
8. SPIN. Make-pressed from the table or from the wall. 10 times.
Of course, it is necessary to achieve the desired effectwork hard, but worth it. And if you absolutely no time for yourself - then get yourself a simple habit - draw the stomach while walking. Although it quickly bored.
Exercises for quick weight loss.
Strengthening the muscles of the chest.
| 2019-04-18T14:19:24 |
http://healingandbodywork.com/fitness-and-sports/exercises-for-the-abdomen.html
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Book N Tech: Google Play credit card??
The Nexus tablet is a now widely known Google Play certified device but ships with a full HD movie and a mysterious $25 app credit. This could be a good way of setting the stage for parents who could let their kids and teens a prepaid amount to buy apps, movies, books, tv series, and magazines without worrying about their credit cards. Why I point this out is because this is extremely similar to the Windows Phone $25 pre-paid app card you got for buying a new Windows Phone.
| 2019-04-21T10:23:44 |
http://bookntech.blogspot.com/2012/06/google-play-credit-card.html
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Shoppers in Harrods and other fine London stores sometimes see a few Africans in colorful native clothing loading up on expensive goods.
Where, cynics ask themselves, did these people from desperately poor countries get the money? Was it corruption, bribes, dishonesty?
Such suspicions may be unfair. There are, of course, legitimate business people making honest money in mid-African nations. But some of these countries have justly earned reputations for corruption. And their economic policies have often been foolish and wasteful.
So when their governments plead for relief or forgiveness of their debts to rich countries and the institutions they control, such as the International Monetary Fund or the World Bank, the response has been tough: Yes, but only if you carry out economic reforms, has been the creditors' basic answer.
But to an international coalition of faith-based organizations, Jubilee 2000, the terms are just too tough. They are calling for more and faster debt relief for the world's poorest nations in Africa and elsewhere.
Up to now, only seven of 41 "Heavily Indebted Poor Countries" have qualified for a debt-reduction initiative the World Bank launched in 1996. It takes up to six years or more to get actual debt relief.
The tough guys in Germany, Japan, Italy, and the United States worry that debt forgiveness will just reward bad government and lead to piling on more debts in the expectation of future relief.
Some debts piled up as the US or its allies supported corrupt, anticommunist dictators during the cold war. And sometimes rich countries stirred up business for their own companies, even though the debt-financed projects made little economic sense.
The servicing of debts totaling about $220 billion leads to skimping on education, health measures, and other key needs in these desperately poor countries.
Yet ignorance and poor education tend to perpetuate poverty, corruption, and bad government. This cycle must be broken. There must be a way to steer more money to antipoverty efforts without the naiveté that results in large chunks of the money being siphoned off by corrupt officials lining their own pockets.
When the Group of Eight industrialized nations meet next June in Cologne, Germany, they should write a realistic plan to ease the debt burdens of more poor nations faster.
Many of today's rich nations were assisted to their prosperity by the generosity and flexibility of the US, through the Marshall Plan, and of other creditors after World War II. A similar spirit could help the world's poor nations progress today.
| 2019-04-21T14:07:45 |
https://www.csmonitor.com/1999/0104/p10s1.html
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WPH file You can uncompressed from by the 7-ZIP program. originally procedure: Remove your your battery (or battery and hard disk).
You should force the system to boot from either the FLOPPY, CDROM or a Flash Drive.
It’s a myth that BIOS updates somehow make your computer faster or run better.
In some rare instances, a BIOS update can fix a motherboard issue that might make your computer perform better, but it’s usually not related to speed.
Have a quite noisy laptop with Intel i7-3820 processor.Instead, I received one long beep and two short beeps. Is there a way to return to the default bios settings on this computer? HP's 'Health Check' recommended that I flash the BIOS of our new HP Dv7-1175. The utility for flashing the BIOS ran, seemed to work, shut down the computer. 1) Turned off the computer 2) Removed Battery and disconnected power cord.
| 2019-04-24T10:55:31 |
http://xegeq.pepla.ru/updating-bios-software-1456.html
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She's on the side of the road, her breath unsteady and her head beating like a thousand drums.
He was coming for her and he wasn't going to stop. One stupid mistake had cost her whole life.
Why couldn't she just stay away? Why did she have to seek shelter in that horrid house?
She tried calling out to the many cars passing her but just one look at her in her bloody state was enough to make them step on it.
Her throat was hoarse, she'd screamed so much that her voice was now matching the pitch of a small mouse.
The deep gash in her leg was still bleeding, dark red liquid oozing out of its wound. Her ribs were surely broken and her ankle was most definitely twisted.
A twig snapped and a look of horror crossed the girl's face and she looked back into the woods.
She could not see anything, her only source of light was the moonlight. A big, illuminating circle in the night sky of twinkling stars.
What a day to die. A beautiful night sky always fascinated her since being a young girl.
She'd always be seated at her windowsill, head in hands as her ocean blue eyes focused on the magnificent sky in front of her.
It made her feel safe, she always imagined the stars as people she had lost, watching down on her like guardian angels.
She always thought she'd be a star one day. Maybe that day is today.
She'd seen many horror movies before, there was a 3/10 chance of her getting away from a killer.
A car light flickers in the distance but the lump in her throat has hardened and she still cannot speak.
Maybe if she waved her arms like a madmen they'll see her. The woman steps out into the road, her body slightly shivering in the cold wind of the night.
"Help." Her voice is small and it's as if she's whispering. Her whole body aches as she flares her arms in the air, she's desperate.
As many of the other cars had done, it passed right by her as if she was invisible.
A chuckle emits from somewhere behind her and she whimpers, limping across the road as quickly as she could.
Her ankle kills as she walks on the injured foot and she hisses like a snake, every part of her body aches.
She's almost across the road before everything goes silent and her mind goes blank.
What is happening? She asks herself but she already knows. She moves a shaky hand down her body before her legs give out and she tumbles to the floor.
Sticky liquid drips out her body like spilled milk and she cries out, her voice timid.
She's rolled onto her back as the figure steps over her. She had not seen his face yet since it had always been covered by a thick black hoodie and a bandana.
The figure raises his chubby fingers to his hood and pulls it off his head, the moonlight suddenly reflecting on him.
She gasps in horror, she cannot believe the person standing over her limp body.
What had she ever done to him?
But she forces herself to wake up.
It's just a dream. Wake up.
Her eyes squeeze tightly shut, maybe if she wishes enough, she can wake up.
Come on. Come on Marie.
Wet tears slide down her face before her heart stops beating and the thoughts stop swimming around in her head.
It's too late. The girl's already gone.
She's in a state of panic, her whole body is covered in a heavy cold sweat as she rises up.
Her voice is clear and she lets out frightened whimpers. Her hand grasps at her chest for the gun wound but it's not there. Not even a trace of it.
Her chest rises up and falls back down again, her eyes flickering around the room.
She breathes out a sigh of relief and chuckles. What a nightmare!
Her head falls back down onto the soft pillow as she closes her eyes.
She opens them again and moves her head to the side. Her husband is on his side and facing away from her.
She wanted to tell him about the dream but felt something was off.
Her eyebrows furrow and she stretches her arm out across him to turn on the lamp.
The light flickers once but illuminates the whole room. There it is again.
The lump in her throat and the panic.
She was even shaking by the time she moves her husband onto his back.
His neck is slit and crimson still leaks out of it, his eyes rolled into the back of his skull.
An almighty scream leaves the woman's lips as horror seeps over her. She can't stop the screams emitting from the back of her throat as tears sting her eyes.
Her body tumbles out of the bed in shock. She can't believe it. She thought it was just a nightmare.
But now it's him who is dead and not her. She loved him and he was gone.
Maybe this was another dream. Maybe if she closed her eyes, she'd wake up again.
Surely she'd just had two nightmares in a row. Wake up Marie. Wake up!
The tears were still forming as she crawled into a ball on the cold wooden floor. She was like a small child afyer having a tantrum.
Harsh tears falling down her face, her mouth latched on her hand to stop the desperate cries leaving her mouth.
Someone had been here. Someone had killed him. They could still be here. They-they.
Her mind was panicked as she finally reached for the house phone on her nightstand and dialled 911, her shivers making it hard too.
Somebody was coming up the stairs.
This took me a while to get up but I finally did. Writer's block is a pain and I always seem to get it.
Ghosts In My Mind: Part II Review: At this point, the main character and her family have moved to the property with the mansion. Her mother is still missing.
| 2019-04-22T09:10:20 |
https://horror.media/the-nightmare-6
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"Gender equality and the empowerment of women is a fundamental human right and a force for the benefit of all", says the United Nation's Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.
Las mujeres y niñas de las zonas rurales, a quienes está dedicado este Día Internacional de la Mujer, componen la cuarta parte de la población del mundo.
Gender equality and the empowerment of women are gaining ground worldwide. There are more women Heads of State or Government than ever, and the highest proportion of women serving as Government ministers. Women are exercising ever greater influence in business. More girls are going to school, and are growing up healthier and better equipped to realize their potential.
Despite this momentum, there is a long way to go before women and girls can be said to enjoy the fundamental rights, freedom and dignity that are their birthright and that will guarantee their well-being. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the world's rural areas. Rural women and girls -- to whom this year's International Women's Day is devoted -- make up one quarter of the global population, yet routinely figure at the bottom of every economic, social and political indicator, from income and education to health to participation in decision-making.
Numbering almost half a billion smallholder farmers and landless workers, rural women are a major part of the agricultural labour force. They perform most of the unpaid care work in rural areas. Yet rural women continue to be held back in fulfilling their potential. If rural women had equal access to productive resources, agricultural yields would rise by 4 per cent, strengthening food and nutrition security and relieving as many as 150 million people from hunger. Rural women, if given the chance, could also help end the hidden development tragedy of stunting, which affects almost 200 million children worldwide.
Discriminatory laws and practices affect not just women but entire communities and nations. Countries where women lack land ownership rights or access to credit have significantly more malnourished children. It makes no sense that women farmers receive only 5 per cent of agricultural extension services. Investing in rural women is a smart investment in a nation's development.
The plight of the world's rural women and girls mirrors that of women and girls throughout society - from the persistence of the glass ceiling to pervasive violence at home, at work and in conflict; from the prioritization of sons for education to the hundreds of thousands of women who die each year in the act of giving life for want of basic obstetric care. Even those countries with the best records still maintain disparity in what women and men are paid for the same work, and see continuing under-representation of women in political and business decision-making.
On this International Women's Day, I urge Governments, civil society and the private sector to commit to gender equality and the empowerment of women - as a fundamental human right and a force for the benefit of all. The energy, talent and strength of women and girls represent humankind's most valuable untapped natural resource.
| 2019-04-18T11:08:46 |
https://www.cepal.org/en/articles/2012-international-womens-day
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Despite the potential of machine learning in embedded applications, the technology is struggling to gain adoption due to its complexity. To date, the field of machine learning has been driven by small populations of domain experts with advanced backgrounds in mathematics and computer science.
As a result, typical end users have been left to their own devices when attempting to leverage machine learning in their own applications.
One major challenge facing the lay developer is a dearth of data. In a typical workflow, training data is fed into a "learning algorithm," which in turn produces a "hypothesis function" that attempts to replicate the desired behavior (Figure 1). Test data is then run through the hypothesis function, and the results are used to optimize the function's performance.
Training data is usually constructed by domain experts, who often must make do with whatever data they can get their hands on. It is often difficult to obtain data from the field—and even more difficult to test the hypothesis function with real-time data from the target systems during development. This has prevented machine learning algorithms from reaching their maximum potential efficiency.
A related hurdle is that the modeling portion of machine learning development has historically required data center-class computing, and the output algorithms have not been tuned for embedded processors. Fortunately, development tools and hardware platforms are beginning to surface that tailor machine learning to embedded systems.
SECO, for example, has integrated components for machine learning model construction and algorithm training into its UDOO App Inventor (UAPPI) tool suite. UAPPI is a web-based integrated development environment (IDE) based on MIT's open-source App Inventor 2 platform.
UAPPI allows users to design systems and applications without writing any traditional source code (Figure 2). Rather, functionality in the UAPPI environment is developed and implemented using visual building blocks for each logical capability. The result is fast development and prototyping of core functionality, including graphical user interfaces (GUIs), network connectivity, and database storage, as well as machine learning modeling and algorithm training.
The core machine learning component within UAPPI is the UdooSvm, a supervised learning model and set of associated data classification algorithms based on support vector machines (SVMs). When provided a training data set that includes feature vectors and tags, UdooSvm uses a mapping function to classify unlabeled features as it encounters them.
For a better understanding of how UdooSvm generates machine learning algorithms that are suitable for use in embedded systems, let's explore an example.
Consider a system that determines when a banana is ripe by measuring gases released by bacteria. The hypothetical system consists of a banana in a container that has been punctured with air holes, as well as a companion gas sensor array that measures air composition every five minutes.
The kinds and levels of gases associated with "ripeness" are not known to the system when it is first being trained. Therefore, data collected by the gas sensor array is initially tagged as "Good Fruit."
As the days pass, the air composition changes while the banana completes its ripening, and data samples are tagged as "Going to Rot." The banana eventually becomes black, releases a different mixture of gases, and the data is tagged "Rotten Fruit."
With this data set, learning models can be created using a variety of SVM kernels, including a Linear, Polynomial, or radial-based function (RBF) kernel. To determine their accuracy, test data can be extracted from the original training data set and compared with the algorithm produced by each model (Figure 3).
Once the most accurate learning model has been selected, it can be used to generate a UdooSvm algorithm for the "ripeness" system.
UdooSvm algorithms are optimized to run on embedded processor targets but are also unaware of what specific feature vectors represent or even how they are generated. This means that feature vectors and tags based on data from components such as an embedded sensor can be folded back into the algorithm so that it can evolve autonomously over time.
UAPPI and the UdooSvm algorithm are optimized to work with SECO UDOO development boards, including the UDOO x86 Arduino 101 boards (Figure 4). Because UDOO x86 offers full compatibility with Arduino libraries and shields, developers can quickly source a range of sensors from the Arduino ecosystem to supply UdooSvm algorithms with real-time input data.
UDOO x86 is available with processors including an Intel Atom® processor X5-E8000, Intel® Celeron® processor N3160, or Intel® Pentium® processor N3710. This scalable set of processors available supports everything from algorithms with only a few vectors to complex applications with multiple data sources.
UAPPI, UdooSvm, and UDOO x86 are not the only machine learning prototyping tools available, but they do offer a level of abstraction that makes machine learning more accessible to developers of all backgrounds. And with access to the Arduino ecosystem, more sophisticated machine learning systems can be developed quickly and easily.
It isn't hard to imagine a not-so-distant future in which machine learning systems are deployed with an initial factory algorithm and then improve themselves on their own based on environmental data they capture in the field. At a time when automation has become the only way to keep pace with the fast-moving world of technology, systems that can learn independently will be too hard to resist.
| 2019-04-21T01:00:37 |
https://www.insight.tech/smart-city/shrinking-machine-learning-down-to-iot-size
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English Questions and Answers with "When"
2. I am leaving in five minutes.
3. When are you arriving?
4. I am arriving in two days.
5. When does the movie start?
6. The movie starts at 7:20 p.m.
7. When will he be finished?
8. He will be finished in two weeks.
9. When did you cut your hair?
10. I cut my hair yesterday.
11. When are you going to go to university?
12. I am going to go to university next year.
13. When will they begin?
14. They will begin soon.
15. When did she travel there?
16. She traveled there five years ago.
17. When will you leave Thailand?
18. I will leave Thailand in six months.
19. When will they buy a new car?
20. I don't know when they will buy a new car.
| 2019-04-23T14:27:46 |
http://thai.langhub.com/th-en/intermediate-english/143-when-questions-and-answers
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Showing results for tags 'wisa'.
I've got plenty of great active speakers that I would like to connect to my sound sources wirelessly. HD Control Center (without speakers) seems like a nice solution. However, I do need a WiSA receiver and DAC for each speaker. But these are not easy to come by. Found only one: http://www.summitwireless.com/summit-pro-audio-rx.html, which is actually just an eval platform. My questions are: Will the HD Control Center work with any other WiSA receiver? What receivers are available?
Started out with bookend speakers and was experiencing heavy base on them so much so it was hard to hear the voices. Contacted Klipsch and they told me to upgrade to the new firmware this was done. Still had the heavy base I mean it was not enjoyable and again contacted Klipsch and they responded ; the bookend speakers were carrying all the bass and were being overwhelmed I might want to add the bass or sub woofer. So I added the sound bar (hopefully for more base dispersion) and the sub-woofer. After adding and setting up the sub woofer and soundbar, the bookend and soundbar were still carrying the majority of the bass and only when intense explosions (sounds) are generated by the source does the bass come over the sub-woofers. So much so it is just crazy loud. Is there no way to balance speech with loud generating bass sounds like explosions, earthquakes, etc. Tried the limited adjustments in the menus area but to no avail. Am I missing something or does the sound system; Hub, bookend speakers, soundbar and sub woofer, need an equalizer? Love the idea WISA is venturing into just hope can get some level of balance.
Purchased the bookend speakers, sound bar, hub and sub woofer setup was a breeze unfortunately the bass unit can not be heard even after updating the firmware with the bass upgrade or fix. Secondly can not program my Tivo remote to turn on and off my Hub its a 2 stage process every time; 1) turn tivo which turns on the Samsung flat screen 2) Turn on the Klipsch WISA Hub . Secondly there is an annoying delay between the time you turn on the hub and the speakers begin to produce sound, assuming the hub has to pair with the speakers each time it is powered on/off. Another annoying problem one of the speakers LED lights and sound is lost from time to time. And finally drop outs are really annoying as well, occurs intermediately. Anyone have solutions for these pet peeves.
| 2019-04-18T18:21:36 |
https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/tags/wisa/&_nodeSelectName=calendar_event_node&_noJs=1
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In a Wednesday tweet, Elon Musk said that the Falcon Heavy uses the new Block 5 version of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which launched its initial voyage a year ago. This is the first commercial launch of the "Heavy" which is boosting the Arabsat 6 Satellite.
SpaceX confirmed this evening that the Arabsat-6A satellite, which will be used for communications, was successfully transferred into geosynchronous orbit. It has three rocket boosters, which are strapped together during launch and are created to then break apart and make pinpoint landings back on Earth.
In its response, Russia's rocket and space corporation energia had announced its plans to build a super-heavy-lift launch vehicle with help of existing components in 2016. Later on Thursday, Elon Musk said that both payload fairings were recovered.
Since the Falcon Heavy made its debut in 2018, SpaceX has received several orders for launches, including a US$130 million contract to carry a satellite for the US Air Force.
The company, which is owned by billionaire Elon Musk, launched its Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, atop a Falcon 9 rocket, cleared its first unmanned test flight in March ahead of its crewed mission planned for July, while the first unmanned test for Boeing's Starliner capsule is slated for August on ULA's Atlas 5 rocket. This telecommunications satellite will service areas of Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. The red Roaster - with a mannequin, dubbed Starman, likely still at the wheel - remains in a solar orbit stretching just past Mars. The company launched the rocket on a test mission previous year. That launch was the biggest rocket since the Saturn era ended in the 1970s.
The Falcon Heavy platform comprises three Falcon 9 stages.
She didn't think much of it until her eyes began to swell up that night and she experienced a stinging pain that made her tear up. A woman was shocked to discover that a group of bees were living inside her eye - and feeding off of her tears.
| 2019-04-22T23:53:59 |
http://actv7news.com/2019/04/15/spacexs-most-powerful-falcon-heavy-launches-successfully-on.html
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Three "stupid" things you might be doing at the gym, and the best ways to fix them.
1. You skip squats because they're bad for your knees.
2. You bench press with your feet on the bench.
3. You work your biceps with curls.
| 2019-04-26T16:06:25 |
http://midtown-fitness.blogspot.com/2014/09/
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This statment is aimed at looking into the spatial cognition of the Korean speakers through the prototype theory based upon cognitive psychology and looking at the relations in between Korean speakers` prototype cognition of the spatial sense and language expression. The achievements of this work can be summarized as follows; 1) The actual physical size and people`s prototype cognition to the space aren`t accord with each other. 2) The prototype cognition to the space doesn`t well match with relations of antonym. 3) The prototype cognition to the space is to be learned rather than to be genetic. 4) The prototype cognition to the space and language expressions are not closely related.
| 2019-04-20T20:49:09 |
http://www.jisikworld.com/paper/3985938
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1. Here's the new poster for Grown Ups 2, so you can put to bed your fears that Adam Sandler & Friends won't be palling around having fun this time around. They will be doing that! And as you can see, they'll apparently be doing it pretty much the same way they did in the film/poster, modest with their chests but never about how much they love being friends and going to waterparks as a movie plot. Rob Schneider is gone now, though. He'll just have to live out joys of famous friends and shirts-required waterparks vicariously, like the rest of us.
2. Remember how Drew Barrymore had been eyed to reunite with Adam Sandler for a third uneven pairing? Well, Variety has now confirmed her involvement, as well as that of longtime director Frank Coraci, the visionary behind The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, and Click. Happy Gilmore and Big Daddy director Dennis Dugan just got the privilege of Just Go with It, Jack and Jill, and Grown Ups 2, so it was only fair, really.
\n\n1. Here's the new poster for Grown Ups 2, so you can put to bed your fears that Adam Sandler & Friends won't be palling around having fun this time around. They will be doing that! And as you can see, they'll apparently be doing it pretty much the same way they did in the film/poster, modest with their chests but never about how much they love being friends and going to waterparks as a movie plot. Rob Schneider is gone now, though. He'll just have to live out joys of famous friends and shirts-required waterparks vicariously, like the rest of us.\n\n2. Remember how Drew Barrymore had been eyed to reunite with Adam Sandler for a third uneven pairing? Well, Variety has now confirmed her involvement, as well as that of longtime director Frank Coraci, the visionary behind The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, and Click. Happy Gilmore and Big Daddy director Dennis Dugan just got the privilege of Just Go with It, Jack and Jill, and Grown Ups 2, so it was only fair, really.
| 2019-04-25T16:36:46 |
https://iwatchstuff.com/2013/03/adam-sandler-at-least-being-consistent-w.php
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Why has gold plunged to five-year lows - and will a US rate hike send it spiralling below $1,000?
The gold price slumped to a five-year low of $1,080 last night, alarming investors who still hold it as a safe haven asset despite suffering big losses since the all-time peak of $1,900 in 2011.
A recovery to around $1,105 by early afternoon today hasn't calmed fears that the price will continue to take a battering, amid speculation that it could soon hit levels of $900-£1,000.
What's behind the sudden sharp fall, and how worried should investors holding gold as a hedge against inflation and other financial hazards now be?
Why has the gold price plunged?
The immediate cause of the price rout was a surprise five-tonne sell order on the Shanghai Gold Exchange overnight.
That set off a bout of 'stop-loss' transactions, where the price hit levels that triggered a wave of automated selling which magnified the fall, at least temporarily.
But gold market players were already rattled after an official Chinese announcement on Friday about the size of the country's bullion reserves - the first it had issued since 2009.
The figure of 1,658 tonnes was less than half of what everyone had previously suspected it had stashed in its coffers.
Last week also saw Greece get bailed out by its creditors yet again, removing the need to hold gold in case of an imminent eurozone meltdown.
But there are also longer-term reasons behind the decline in the gold price, which has been on a downward trajectory ever since its 2011 peak as global markets recover from the financial crisis.
Demand has diminished for the safe haven precious metal as inflation failed to materialise, despite the vast money-printing experiments carried out by central banks in the US, UK, eurozone and Japan.
Economic recovery is expected to bring a return of inflation in the longer run, but the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England are already preparing the ground for interest rate rises which are likely to keep price rises in check.
They would even probably welcome some mild inflation as a sign of normalisation and a boost to growth, as long as it doesn't get out of hand. The Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank, on the other hand, are still more worried about deflation than inflation.
In the meantime, the prospect of US rate hikes has also boosted the dollar, making it more expensive to buy gold and other dollar-denominated commodities.
Gains in the greenback always make the precious metal less attractive to foreign buyers, putting pressure on demand.
And for now, financial players also seem willing to hold the dollar as a safe haven in preference to gold.
What should gold investors do?
The gold price boomed for more than a decade before hitting a record high of $1,900 in the summer of 2011, as the euro crisis raged and a political bust-up in Washington over the debt ceiling prompted fears the US might default.
Ever since then, investors have seen their gains trickle away and with interest rate rises on the way a price upturn doesn't look likely any time soon.
Speculative buyers in gold who were originally attracted by the big price rises might well want to consider cutting their losses. However, most private investors hold gold as a form of insurance, and so will continue to see it as a store of value for the long term.
Adrian Ash, head of research at online gold broker BullionVault, said: 'UK gold investors now anxious about today's drop will regret not selling sooner. It's worth reviewing the reasons why you invested, and seeing if they still hold true.
'Big picture, global interest rates have never been lower, and central banks everywhere actually want to create inflation to try and juice economic growth.
'China's gold demand from the private sector of households and investors is almost three times heavier than the People's Bank. But while these underlying trends hold firm, speculative sentiment is now very bearish. Long-term gold owners should expect a bumpy ride short term.
'For UK savers holding a good spread of investments, gold continues to act as financial insurance, rising when other assets perform badly, but falling when equities in particular do well.
Investors have three main ways to go for gold, writes Simon Lambert.
Physical gold is the main way to tap direct into actual gold, by buying bullion or coins. This can either be done through a traditional dealer or through one of the new online services that have grown swiftly in recent years, such as GoldMadeSimple, or BullionVault. You can read more about how to do this on the World Gold Council's website.
Exchange Traded Commodities are also a direct route into gold. ETCs like Exchange Traded Funds track a particular sector, or in this case commodity.
They are passive investments and should merely mirror gold's moves, although some will offer leveraged returns or the opportunity to short the price. Make sure you understand the difference between ETCs that are physical (actually buying gold) and synthetic (set up to mimic its price). Read this guide to ETFs.
Funds enable investors to buy into a basket of shares of gold miners, producers and associated companies. However, the performance of individual firms does not always echo gold's rises and falls, and in fact, gold mining shares can fare worse than the gold price - especially smaller companies.
What does the City say?
Brenda Kelly, head analyst at London Capital Group, said: 'The slump in gold has been brought about by a large sell order that has squeezed the markets. Five tonnes, a fifth of daily average volume, have been unwound in the Shanghai Gold Exchange.
'The lack of implied volatility in equity markets, coupled with a stronger expectations for monetary tightening in the US are showing gold up for its distinct lack of yield and the cost of holding.
'Given the volatility in the Shanghai Composite lately and the six-month ban on liquidating any stock holdings, there is also likely a degree of gold position unwinding in order to negate investment losses.
Mike van Dulken, head of research at Accendo Markets, said gold was down due to a host of near and long-term issues, from the early morning events in China to a possible Federal Reserve rate rise this year.
He noted that the latter expectation has resulted in a strengthening of the dollar, which was weighing on commodities denominated in the US currency.
Van Dulken added that worries about Greece have receded, the US second quarter earnings season has delivered a solid start, and there was a conspicuous lack of inflation needing any hedging.
Bart Melek, head of commodity strategy at TD Securities, said gold was navigating very dangerous waters, where an unexpected sharp drop to levels significantly below $1,000/oz was possible.
'Signals that the Federal Reserve is ready to start normalising monetary policy this year, along with the accompanying US dollar strength and higher yields, seem to be the primary drivers prompting markets to sell the yellow metal.
He added: 'While talk of a decisive move below $1,000/oz as a base case scenario is still premature, given that any reduction of monetary accommodation ("tightening") by US central bank is very likely to be quite modest this year and US inflation is expected to pick up along with the economic recovery.
'Still, it would not take much to get us into $900/oz territory there in this technical environment should something unexpected happen.
Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at OANDA, said: 'Gold saw an enormous amount of interest overnight as a sudden sell-off in the precious metal triggered a number of stop losses, knocking almost $60 off the price in less than a minute. It has since stabilised to trade back above $1,100 but I expect interest in it to remain today.
'Gold has looked bearish for a while now but the yellow metal had been supported by safe haven flows as Greece appeared to be walking blindly towards the exit door.
Chris Weston, chief market strategist at IG, said: 'We have seen gold undergo what can really only be described as its mini "flash crash" with spot gold trading falling $49 to a low of $1,080. Talk from one local bank has been that five tonnes was dumped onto the Shanghai exchange, which is a huge order regardless of the time of day.
'The question is why would you hold gold, apart from the fact that everyone is now bearish? The Federal Reserve and the Bank of England are talking openly about normalising policy and both the USD [US dollar] and GBP [British pound] are flying.
Why has the gold price plunged to five-year lows?
| 2019-04-24T13:49:52 |
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/investing/article-3168240/Why-gold-price-plunged-five-year-lows.html
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The full course is 56 minutes long and available in a number of affordable formats.
Shippers must properly classify hazardous materials so that packaging, marking, labeling, and placarding requirements can be met.
Shippers of hazardous materials are required to prepare shipping papers in accordance with all applicable regulations before offering the materials for shipment.
When the driver is not in a transport vehicle, shipping papers must be placed on the driver's seat or in a holder mounted inside the driver's door.
Shippers of hazardous materials - including hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, and marine pollutants - must prepare and certify shipping papers before offering these materials for commercial transportation to, from, or within the U.S. Shipping papers identify and classify the hazardous materials being shipped, and notify shippers and carriers of their hazards. They help define the protective measures necessary to protect employees, the public, and the environment, and can provide critical information to emergency response personnel.
How can I determine if the material I am shipping requires shipping papers?
If the material being shipped is a hazardous material, hazardous substance, hazardous waste, or marine pollutant (as defined in the HMR), and does not qualify for an exception, it is subject to the HMR and shipping papers must be prepared if it is transported commercially.
Who is required to prepare the shipping papers for hazardous materials shipments?
Shippers are required to correctly prepare and certify shipping papers before offering hazardous materials for commercial transportation.
Are shippers and carriers required to keep copies of shipping papers after hazardous materials have been delivered?
Yes. Shippers must maintain copies of shipping papers for two years after initial acceptance, while carriers must keep copies for one year. Hazardous waste manifests must be retained by both shippers and carriers for three years.
What are the requirements for the Emergency Response Telephone Number that is included on hazmat shipping papers?
Someone must be available to answer this number at all times while the material is in transit. This person must be knowledgeable about the material and be able to assist emergency responders in case of an incident, or have access to someone who can.
If I am shipping hazardous materials and non-hazardous materials in the same shipment, can I use one set of shipping papers?
Yes, but you must identify the hazardous materials in one or more of the following ways: listed first, highlighted, entered in a contrasting color, or identified with the letter "X" (or "RQ," if appropriate) in the column captioned "HM."
Shipping papers must include a 24-hour emergency response telephone number for any hazardous materials being shipped. Someone must be available to answer this telephone number at all times while the hazardous material is in transit, including any associated storage time. This person must be knowledgeable about the material being shipped and be able to assist emergency responders in case of an incident, or have access to someone with this knowledge and information. If separate emergency numbers are needed for different materials listed on the same shipping papers, each number must be written after its applicable description. If only one number is needed, it must be easily located and clearly visible. Telephone numbers outside the U.S. must include an international access code, plus any applicable country and city codes.
| 2019-04-19T08:53:35 |
https://www.convergencetraining.com/dot-hazmat-shipping-papers.html
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The long game and the short game are different but critical aspects to golf.
The game of golf can be broken down into two elements: the long game and the short game. In the long game, power and distance are required so that the player's ball can approach the putting green in as few strokes as possible. In the short game, the skills needed are more finesse-related due to the need for accuracy. In order to be a successful golfer, a player must master both aspects of the game.
The first shot is played from a tee.
The first shot taken on a hole is a long-game shot known as a drive. It is made with the ball elevated on a tee and is typically struck with a large-headed club called a driver. The goal is to hit the ball as far and as straight as possible in order to be in position for a fairway shot. On shorter holes, a fairway wood club or even a long (lower-numbered) iron may be substituted for the driver.
Woods are used to achieve maximum distance.
Assuming the drive lands successfully on the fairway, the next part of the long game that comes into play is the fairway shot. With this shot, the player tries to get as close to the green as possible while avoiding any hazards that may lie on the course. If the distance to the hole is 160 to 180 yards or more, a fairway wood may be used. For shorter shots, a long iron club is usually substituted. The use of a tee is no longer permitted.
Chipping helps you get out of tricky green-side situations.
If the golfer is now within reasonable striking distance of the green with the ball located on the fairway, the short game now comes into play. The clubs used are the shorter (higher-numbered) irons since elevation and accuracy are usually more important than distance at this point. The object is to land on the green as close to the hole as possible to facilitate putting.
Sand shots can save you several shots.
Two important elements of the short game are pitching and chipping. Pitching is necessary when a player runs into a difficult situation such as when a ball lands in a bunker. While using a pitching or sand wedge, the player attempts to elevate the ball so it exits the trap and lands back on the course in the most favorable position possible. Chipping is a form of approach shot where the player is close to the green and wants to hit the ball a short distance so that it lands on the green and rolls toward the hole. The shot is made with either a wedge or short iron.
Some believe putting is the most important aspect of the game.
The final element of the short game, and for many players the most difficult to master, is putting. This occurs when the ball is on the green, and requires the use of a short, flat club called a putter. At this point, touch and feel are more important than power, so much practice and knowledge of the slope of the green are important to be successful.
| 2019-04-24T20:52:59 |
https://golftips.golfweek.com/explain-terms-long-game-short-game-golf-2064.html
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How do you rate University of Portsmouth?
I like my university - it has many facilities,which are built just for anything you need.there are also many clubs and societies,some of which have a tax to be paid in order to enter a specific society.The Wifi also stops sometimes,but for a short time.
The graduate outcomes for the University of Portsmouth show that six months after leaving university, 98% of graduates are in work or further study. The average graduate salary six months after leaving the University of Portsmouth, is £21,200 a year.
Does the Biomedical department get funding.
Just wondering where to apply for halls in my first year? Received an unconditional and really looking forward to start in September.
The facilities are ok. Caters basically to needs.
Best decision of my life coming here. It has really shaped me as a person and I love every minute. Not looking forward to leaving.
Great facilities and help with things such as careers, studying abroad, help with your course etc.
My daughter attended this university very disappointed with the support she received. They literally were not interested in any problems she had. She decided to transfer after the first year and they constantly gave her incorrect information. The accommodation was awful her room was full of damp, her shower leaked and you could smell weed everywhere. She wanted to transfer because she was dreadfully homesick and her tutors didn't care. The lectures were awful and compared to her college lecturers they fell short and lacked knowledge. She was told to withdraw after her exam in May but then they said she withdrew early so couldn't receive credits for her hard work. She was given no guidance on essays or her exam. When she required a reference her tutor could not remember her even though she had taught her on many occasions. I would never recommend this university do not be fooled by the open days as they give no academic or emotional support. On the plus she met some amazing friends.
Amazing university and not stuck on a campus somewhere out the way, it's spread across Portsmouth - the densest city in the UK and the UK's only Island city.
Portsmouth has catered for everything students need. The student services are amazing they are very prompt and helpful.
The facilities are fine, the wifi is good but that's pretty much all that is in Portsmouth! No one cares about the students - they are walking money for the university. Everything is very chaotic, there is no communication between departments. The BA courses are kind of alright, although you find tutors who have been out of the industry for 30 years and who teach you about it or who don't have an idea how to work with a certain equipment and you end up studying everything from youtube tutorials and books you buy, because in the library it is all taken or does not exist. The library is extremely small and always packed, same for any other building. It is a competition to find a space to sit and a plug with electricity is another level of hardness. The courses are with the same structures for years, no new things added ever. My advice is to NOT GO to study a Master's degree there in any case! Worst experience ever!!!
AMAZING!! I've really enjoyed my time here. Everything is so close and it's lovely to go to the beach on a nice day.
Portsmouth is a very small city. The halls I stayed in were run down and cramped. The uni is also spaced out over the city so we were constantly moving from building to building for each class. The nightlife was good however there is very limited places to go to. Overall I wouldn’t recommend Portsmouth as anyone’s first choice as there is so many better equipped places to study.
great business school with a lot of help provided by the business department, the student union is great too as they are always insisting to help students with any confusions.
Would I say Portsmouth is the best university? It's great, for the most part. The lessons and tutors are great and very helpful. The university itself? Not so much. If you have a problem, they don't help you at all really. Me and a friend had a problem with our timetables which they ignored all year. So not the best at getting help for things like that.
There is no better place to spend your university years. Sitting down on Southsea Common or the beach with a barbecue is severely missed. I left Pompey Uni over 3 years ago, but driving past that Spinnaker on the M325 still feels like I'm going home again.
Had an amazing 3 years at Portsmouth university. The student halls were very basic but mostly in a great location, next to the shops and nightlife and had friendly community to it was easy to make new friends with flat mates and neighbours. In the Summer it was great to be able to live near the sea, everyone heads down to the beach to have bbqs or play football. Lecturers all very helpful, course fairly interesting.
So much support from lecturers and other departments (purple door/placement office). Accommodation is the only problem, halls are very expensive especially for students (the loan doesn't cover the cost) and lots of the private accommodation is practically inhabitable. I would suggest looking sooner rather than later if you want a decent house for an okay price.
On paper the University of Portsmouth looks and sounds great. However, you do feel very lost when you start off there. Along with communication being a BIG issue. I wouldn't recommend this uni as most people I know there either are unhappy or have dropped out or considering.
All in all a great university, very vibrant and diverse with lots of opportunities, the only negative it that the library is not big enough for this very popular university so it's a pain in the arse to find any where to sit!
The university is great, although the campus is in need of some development.
I loved my time at university! It changed me as a person, prepared me for the future and I've never looked back!
Only a 1st Year brilliant uni. If you do work on the cloud expect it to cut out midnight for a couple of minutes. Lift in James Watson intermittently works now which is a bummer. But as a whole love everything else.
University facilities are of a good standard although I would like to see a wider menu at the Students union.
Love my course and the buildings, the societies only bother with you for the first week then lose interest same as the union, really lovely people though, everyone is friendly and the lectures etc are all so well paced. Love it here.
A great university, widely regarded as one of the most fun places you can be educated. Not only is it fun but it's a great city to live in for three year, with such a dense population there is a real sense of community amongst the locals, student and everyone together.
Could use more pool tables and live music.
The legendary union is a distant memory. There is no career opportunities although Purple door claim to help. The societies were intolerable.
Everything is close together, loads of shops and there are always people to help. Lots of things to do and the uni bus is free!!!
So far I have enjoyed being a student here. There's a close knit community at the uni, and I've made some amazing friends so far.
Join a society. It doesn't matter which one. But lacrosse is the best one.
Really fantastic lecturers and placement opportunities.
I loved my first year accommodation which cements my opinion that Portsmouth was the right university to go to, it's easy to settle in and make friends and I love my course!
The union made my first year amazing with both freshers, refreshers and basically the whole year round!
During my 3 years I have met, been taught by and worked beside so many great people. You can see how the university is focused on its students, constantly improving to provide the best experience and teaching.
Relatively a good university for my undergrad course; top 30 in UK for it. Next to the seaside so the ocean breeze is a good thing. Windy and not too cold like other inland UK cities.
The uni has a very friendly vibe to it, and there is loads of places to study quietly, the clubs and societies and very fun.
Had loads of help when needed, good facilities, really enjoyed being part of the au.
Very best modern university in United Kingdom.
Excellent facilities such as the new library. A wide range of awesome societies which means there's something for everyone. An all round amazing Uni!
couldnt have picked a better uni-amazing location/career help/facilities/people, especially the societies!
Friendly, laid back, full of resources and enthusiastic lecturers, awesome nightlife, beach and leisure facilities, free bus that runs very regularly, optional seminars so you can further your learning, great library full of journals, books, maps and archives. Overall just awesome, love it!
A fantastic university to be in! Thoroughly enjoy my time there, great communication with the lecturers, great research facilities and the Student Union is helpful and very friendly!
It's the best experience that a student can have.
Wonderful city .Great nightlife and seafront .
Portsmouth is a fantastic higher education institution that offers everything a student could need and more.
An outstanding university with good facilities and career opportunities.
After living my whole life in France I decided to spend a year at the University of Portsmouth.. Honestly the best decision I have made. I don't think I will be living in France any time soon !
| 2019-04-24T11:48:21 |
https://www.studentcrowd.com/university-l1005196-s1008386-university_of_portsmouth-portsmouth
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#define STRING "Hello, Ara! I am glad to see you, my friend! How are you doooing? Goood!"
| 2019-04-20T23:11:35 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) So, Ray Lewis, now that you've won a Super Bowl, what's next?
No, he's not going to that amusement park. The Baltimore Ravens linebacker is heading into retirement - and he can't wait.
Lewis ended his 17-year NFL career in perfect fashion, directing a successful goal-line stand that provided him a world championship to take into retirement. After the 49ers failed to score on three straight plays from the Baltimore 5-yard line in the closing minutes, the Ravens could begin celebrating their first Super Bowl title in 12 years.
The 13-time Pro Bowl star began his final night on the football field with a motivational speech to his teammates. He ended it looking upward into a waterfall of silver streamers and purple confetti. And minutes later, he put his hands on the Lombardi Trophy.
``What we did as a team today was the ultimate,'' Lewis said.
As an individual, Lewis made seven tackles. Nothing special, really. He had 44 in Baltimore's previous three playoff games. But the Ravens played like champions behind Lewis, and as usual, they drew inspiration from him.
The last time Lewis played in a Super Bowl, he was voted MVP of Baltimore's 34-7 rout of the New York Giants. This time, Joe Flacco was the MVP because the Ravens' offense outplayed the team's usually reliable defense.
Ever since Lewis announced on Jan. 2 that this would be his ``last ride,'' the Ravens have talked about providing him a title to take into retirement. And so they did.
What a journey it was.
After defeating Indianapolis at home to open the playoffs, the Ravens beat top-seeded Denver on the road and knocked off second-seeded New England. Then, underdogs again in the Super Bowl, Baltimore blew most of a 22-point lead in the second half before mounting one final defensive stop.
Lewis' old buddy, 34-year-old Ed Reed, contributed a first-half interception. Jacoby Jones scored two touchdowns, and after the second - a 108-yard kickoff return to open the third quarter - he saluted his retiring teammate with a rendition of the ``squirrel'' dance Lewis made famous.
Days earlier, Lewis was confronted about his use of deer antler spray in his effort to return from the triceps injury. He vehemently denied trying the banned substance, and that sideshow fizzled out quickly enough so that it was not a distraction Sunday.
The Ravens will have another middle linebacker next season, but they will never have another Ray Lewis. Coach John Harbaugh was asked why the team responded so passionately to him and his effort to go out on top.
Lewis was the second draft pick in Ravens' history, following Jonathan Ogden in 1996. Ogden, who was elected into the NFL Hall of Fame on Saturday, waved to his former teammate during the pregame coin flip Sunday.
Perhaps one day, Ogden will extend the same greeting to Lewis in Canton, Ohio.
For now, however, Lewis is looking to joining his family for some quiet time.
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https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/balitmore-ravens/lewis-ends-nfl-career-championship-fashion
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Jussie Smollett deliberately tried to mislead authorities by claiming that the men who 'attacked' him as white, according to a lawsuit.
The City of Chicago is suing actor Jussie Smollett after the actor refused to pay $130,106 worth of overtime that was accrued by police investigating a January incident that authorities believe was a stage attack.
'(Smollett) made this statement despite knowing that the Osundairo Brothers are not white-skinned,' it continues.
The complaint also provides a preview of some new information in the case that had not yet been revealed, including Smollett's cell phone records.
It is later noted that 'cell phone records indicate that at 12:49 A.M., [Smollett]and Abel spoke by telephone. During this call, [Smollett] told Abel the attack should take place at 2:00 A.M. at the agreed-upon location. Minutes later, Ola ordered an Uber to pick the Osundairo Brothers up at their home.'.
State Attorney Kim Foxx, whose office was in charge of the probe, has faced repeated calls to resign over her handling of the case.
The Chicago Police Department's Superintendent, Eddie Johnson, was aghast when her office decided to drop the case as was Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
They say it sent a clear message that Smollett was favored because he has friends in high places and there was widespread public outcry over the decision too.
The police complaint is likely to further inflame anger at the decision.
The complaint also reveals that Smollett stayed in contact with the Osundairo brothers after the alleged attack on two occasions.
This complaint was filed as promised by the city following a letter to Smollett demanding he pay for their police force's overtime on the case.
That was met with a blistering response from Smollett's lawyer.
'Your letter is both factually and legally flawed, and Mr. Smollett will not be intimidated into paying the demanded sum,' stated Smollett's lawyer Mark Geragos.
He then threatened to depose a number of Chicago heavyweights should the city try and file a legal demand, including former mayor Rahm Emanuel.
One of his lawyer's most bizarre attempts at explaining the case however was that he told police one of his attackers was white because the Nigerian brothers 'might have been wearing white make-up'.
The brothers told police Smollett enlisted them to beat him up and that he betrayed them by then going to the police, claiming to know nothing about the incident.
This has all bizarrely played out as Emanuel leaves office, spending his final days raging at Smollett and Cook County prosecutors for tossing out the 16-count grand jury indictment that was filed against the actor.
It is unclear how new mayor Lori Lightfoot will respond to this filing, in what will likley become her first moment on the national stage in her new role as mayor of the city.
Meanwhile Jussie Smollett was all smiles during a day at the beach in Hawaii on Wednesday as he enjoyed some down time with his family.
The 36-year-old Empire actor was pictured laughing as he ate , talked to his sisters and unloaded a car with children's bags and towels for a fun-filled day out.
They were spotted at the Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park in Kailua on the Big Island.
It is unclear how long he has been in Hawaii. His sisters, Jazz and Jurnee, supported him throughout his case but did not attend court as frequently as his brothers did.
| 2019-04-26T14:12:15 |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6914097/Jussie-Smollett-sued-city-Chicago-refusing-pay-police-130-000.html
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1. Let roast stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before grilling. 2. Preheat grill.
3. In a food processor, finely mince garlic, rosemary, basil, salt and pepper. Add mustard and olive oil, processing to form a paste. Smear the paste over the top and sides of the roast. 4. Grill the roast, bone side down, over indirect medium heat until cooked to taste, 1 1/2-2 hours for medium-rare. 5. Transfer to a cutting board and remove the bones. Loosely cover the roast with foil and let rest for 20-30 minutes. The internal temperature will rise 5-10°F during this time. 6. To prepare the dressing, place cream and garlic in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then lower heat and simmer until the cream coats the back of a spoon, 5-10 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in cheese. Season to taste with pepper. 7. Carve the meat into slices. Serve with the dressing. Makes 6-8 servings. Brands may vary by region; substitute a similar product.
2. Wash hands. Combine garlic, rosemary, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Press half of the mixture onto the beef. Wash hands. 3. Combine remaining seasoning mixture with oil and vegetables in a large bowl; toss. 4. Place beef on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Add vegetables to the pan. Roast, uncovered, for 30-40 minutes for medium-rare (internal temperature 135°F) or 40-45 minutes for medium ( 150°F). 5. Transfer beef to a board; tent with foil. Let stand for 15 minutes (temperature will continue to rise about 10°F). 6. Increase oven temperature to 475°F. Remove peppers from the pan. Continue roasting potatoes and onions for 10 minutes, or until tender and lightly browned. Makes 6-8 servings.
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http://www.costcoconnection.com/connection/2007_recipes?pg=135&lm=1510865135000
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What is the best approach for teaching young children? No question could be more pressing as teachers, researchers, and policy makers strive to make sure all children are "ready to learn." Yet, as of now, there is no definitive answer. This Digest discusses the existing knowledge base on the differential effects of various approaches to early education. Concurrently, the field eagerly anticipates results from the recently funded Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research initiative, which will use randomized trials to examine a variety of preschool curricular approaches.
The work began in the mid-1960s when Head Start was initiated. Well-implemented, conceptually coherent programs grounded in the scientific theories of the time were studied for their effects on children in the short and long term. Three studies are especially noteworthy (see Golbeck, 2001, for more detail about each study).
Miller and Bizzell (1983a, 1983b) studied (1) a traditional nursery school, also called Bank Street; (2) Montessori; (3) a direct instruction approach called DISTAR; and (4) a program called DARCEE, which blended specific pre-academic goals and motivational goals. Short-term effects of the programs were consistent with program goals. DISTAR and DARCEE produced the highest outcomes in pre-academic areas, while the more child- centered programs led to higher levels of inventiveness, curiosity, and social participation. However, by second grade, the boys from the Montessori program appeared to be outperforming other groups in reading and also showed a less severe decline in IQ. This advantage was maintained through middle school. Unlike the boys, girls seemed to fare better in the more pre-academic DARCEE program.
Karnes and colleagues (1983) studied five model approaches, including traditional, Montessori, and direct instruction. At the end of first grade, the children from the most highly structured pre-academic programs were most successful in school. But in a later follow-up, the original Montessori group contained the highest percentage of high school graduates, with the traditional program group close behind. Relatively low rates were shown for the other programs. On a composite indicator of success in school, the Montessori boys outperformed boys in other programs.
These studies have methodological limitations, but taken together, they present a pattern worthy of more exploration. To the extent that there are any differences across pre- kindergarten programs at the beginning of elementary school, they tended to favor the more teacher-directed approaches. Yet, in the long term, children in the child-centered programs fared at least as well or better. In all three studies, children in the direct instruction program had slightly higher IQ or achievement scores immediately following preschool. By middle school, these advantages had eroded, and boys, especially, were floundering more than peers from at least some of the child- centered programs.
The success of the Montessori models studied by Miller and colleagues (1983a, 1983b) and also by Karnes et al. (1983) merits closer scrutiny. Although Montessori models vary, in these studies, boys actually outperformed children in other programs at seventh and eighth grades. Karnes reported that children from the Montessori program showed the highest levels of school success, although they did not necessarily show the highest IQ scores. Perhaps working independently and persisting--both components of Montessori--were important program elements. There may be similarities between instructional strategies found in the DARCEE program, the Montessori approach, and more recent Vygotskian approaches to instruction. The Montessori teacher appears to scaffold from a distance. She keeps extensive observational notes on individual children, using this information to decide when to introduce new materials in a demonstration lesson. She supports the child as he works with carefully structured didactic materials in a carefully sequenced instructional experience.
Complementing these longitudinal studies is more recent work linking specific instructional variables in preschool and kindergarten classrooms to developmentally appropriate instructional practices. Diverse dependent measures have been studied, including child stress, interpersonal reasoning, and motivation for learning. Instructional techniques that emphasize drill, worksheets, and pre-academics, while minimizing child choice and decision making, lead to higher levels of child stress (Burts et al., 1990; Hyson & Molinaro, in Golbeck, 2001). The effects appear to be most pronounced among boys (Burts et al., 1992).
Motivational outcomes also vary as a function of preschool instructional practices. Although children in more academically oriented preschool programs fared better on achievement tests when compared to children in more child-centered preschool programs, the children rated their abilities lower, showed lower expectations for success on academic tasks, showed more dependency on adults, evidenced less pride in their accomplishments, and claimed to worry more about school. A subsequent study replicated these findings in preschool but suggested that these relationships become more complex in kindergarten, making it difficult to separate the type of instruction from the social context of teachers' behavior (Stipek et al., 1995, 1998; Stipek & Greene, in Golbeck, 2001).
Empirical support can be found for child-centered approaches to preschool instruction, especially if the emphasis is upon long-term goals and social-emotional factors related to academic success (e.g., self-regulation). Research suggests that there is an important role for play or active "meaning making" by the child in the classroom, but this must occur within an environment offering the teacher a clear instructional role (Case, Griffin, & Kelly, in Golbeck, 2001; see also Dickinson, 2002). As Stipek et al. (1995; 1998) note, the simple dichotomy between teacher directed and child centered is not adequate for characterizing the complexity of instructional practices in early childhood, and further research combining direct instruction with high nurturance is needed. There are varieties of child-centered approaches, and research shows they are not all equally effective. Similarly, there are varieties of teacher-centered approaches. The discrepancy between short-term and long-term outcomes suggests that there are benefits, and risks, associated with several of the approaches studied.
One way to pursue new paradigms for instruction is to ask teachers how they conceptualize their practices. Marcon (1999) queried teachers about their beliefs and practices. She found that when teachers were clear and their responses corresponded to a single coherent theory of young children's learning and development (based either on a didactic learning approach or a more traditional developmental orientation), children fared better than when their teachers' approaches were "eclectic" or inconsistent.
Practitioners, researchers, and policy makers must envision new approaches to instruction integrating proven success with new research on early learning. Developmentally appropriate practices must provide a clear role for the teacher, a sequence of content for the child to learn, and opportunities for self-regulation (Ginsburg et al., in Golbeck, 2001; Roskos & Neuman, 2002). Furthermore, new approaches must acknowledge the complex ecology of young children's learning and development. It is imperative to include (1) the interplay among emotions, social understanding, and cognition within the child (Hyson & Molinaro, in Golbeck, 2001; Pianta,1999); (2) factors within the classroom such as socioemotional climate and the teacher-child relationship; and (3) the larger context of school, family, and community (Rogoff et al., 2001).
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Burts, D. C., Hart, C. H., Charlesworth, R., Fleege, P. O., Mosley, J., & Thomasson, R. H. (1992). Observed activities and stress behaviors of children in developmentally appropriate and inappropriate kindergarten classrooms. EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH QUARTERLY, 7(2), 297-318. EJ 450 531.
Burts, D. C., Hart, C. H., Charlesworth, R., & Kirk, L. (1990). A comparison of stress behaviors observed in kindergarten children in classrooms with developmentally appropriate versus developmentally inappropriate instructional practices. EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH QUARTERLY, 5(3), 407-423. EJ 421 825.
Dickinson, D. K. (2002). Shifting images of developmentally appropriate practice as seen through different lenses. EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER, 31(1), 26-32. EJ 642 337.
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Karnes, M. B., Schwedel, A. M., & Williams, M. B. (1983). A comparison of five approaches for educating young children from low-income homes. In AS THE TWIG IS BENT: LASTING EFFECTS OF PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS (pp. 133-170). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. ED 253 299.
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Marcon, R. A. (1999). Differential impact of preschool models on development and early learning of inner-city children: A three-cohort study. DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 35(2), 358-375. EJ 582 451.
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Miller, L. B., & Bizzell, R. P. (1983b). The Louisville experiment: A comparison of four programs. In AS THE TWIG IS BENT: LASTING EFFECTS OF PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS (pp. 171-200). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. ED 253 299.
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Roskos, K., & Neuman, S. (2002). Environment and its influences for early literacy teaching and learning. In S. B. Neuman & D. K. Dickinson (Eds.), HANDBOOK OF EARLY LITERACY RESEARCH (pp. 281-294). New York: Guilford. ED 457 970.
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The Role of Curriculum Models in Early Childhood Education. ERIC Digest.
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https://www.ericdigests.org/2003-3/early.htm
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Explain to the Rakyat: How Does Helping Rich Malays Benefit Poor Malays?
SHAH ALAM, Aug 11 – PAS’ Khalid Samad challenged today Umno’s Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to openly explain how discounts on luxury properties work in favour of poor Malays, in a bid to win support from his community.
“Explain to the rakyat: How does helping rich Malays benefit poor Malays?” the Islamist party’s central committee member demanded, in relation to an ongoing public debate over scrapping the obligatory seven per cent Bumiputra discount for luxury homes costing over half a million ringgit and business properties priced at RM2 million and above.
Khalid was responding to the deputy prime minister claim that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders – namely PAS president Datuk Seri Hadi Awang and the DAP’s publicity chief Tony Pua – had conflicting takes on the issue.
“Umno is trying to cloud the issue using racial sentiments,” Khalid said and chided Muhyiddin for trying to stir up trouble among Malaysia’s multi-ethnic society.
The Shah Alam MP maintained PAS and its allies in the opposition bloc shared the view that discounts for high-end properties do not help the poor Malays, being beyond their budget; and only served to enrich wealthy Malays.
“If they can afford to buy a million ringgit facility... I don’t think the seven per cent is a make or break matter [for rich Malays],” he reasoned.
“The question of [financial] assistance for Malays is not in the Constitution… only the ‘special position of Malays’,” he highlighted.
Khalid explained that the seven per cent discount was part of the government’s affirmative action policy in the 1970s to balance out the economic disparity among the races.
“Poverty in the country knows no race,” he noted today.
The 53-year-old said savings from scrapping the discounts for well-heeled Malays could be put to better use.
“For example, instead of seven per cent, we can give 10 per cent [to poor Malays] so more people can afford to buy property,” he said.
Other suggestions include channeling the savings into a scholarship fund to enable students to continue their tertiary education.
Johan, tell me which part of the constitution of Malaysia that said a rich Malay is entitled to 7% discount for buying a house costing Millions of Ringgit? Also, who made these top 10 richest men? Is it PAS? No! It's UMNO!! Most of these filthy rich billionaires are linked to UMNO. So, who is the one that had forgotten their roots? The UMNO that shout for 7% discount for the rich? Or PAS that try to fight for the poors?
johan, you are missing the point!pls read the article again.by the way, the ten richest in malaysia are very far removed from you and me, so it is pointless to refer to them. for comparative reference, go to giant,tesco and carrefour and look at the trolleys of the different shoppers by race...suprised that the bumis trolleys are filled to the brim?? look at the others> do you know that policemen's children are paying with rm50 note?? the malays have arrived...but there are lots of malaysians who need help still... so cut out the race slant plz.
The pity is that many Malays have been led to believe that they live in Paradise where others work and the Malays get the perks through contracts and rent seeking like many of those Directors sitting on the Boards of many large Co-operative Societies in this country where the poor workers savings are used to enrich the Directors a la UMNO style. The modus operandi of UMNO and BN has crept into even the NGOs and Co-operatives and the Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia hides its head in the sand like the ostritch and does nothing to regulate these Allowance Collecting Directors.
Malays have only themselves to blame. If they cannot progress over 50 years of heavily subsidised and free affirmative action there is no chance that they will succeed in even 500 years when most of them carry Degrees from organisations with heavily manipulated pass marks. Just give them a Dato ship and some contracts and they think they have achieved what Bill Gates or Ananda Krishnan or Vincent Tan achieved through sheer business mettle.
Where in the Federal Constitution does it say that rich Malays shall be given discounts to buy expensive houses?
This JOhan is a joke. Do you know how many Melayu yang kaya. Most of my Malay friend kaya raya because you know why? Why? They never mix with poor malay like you. They always travel overseas. YOu can visit Bukit Kiara, Damansara, Taman Tun Dr Ismail. See for your self then comment. Looks silly on you.
Heh Johan, all poor people need help. Do you think your Malay brothers will come to help you if you are poor? Do you think that the rich CHinese help the poor CHinese? You better go ask. Open your eyes. OPen your ears. All poor people need help. Millionaires buy million dollar properties. They should be ashamed to ask for help from the government. Money should be channelled to the poor man. Do you want to subsidize anyone buying BMWs for their wives to show off? WHat about the diamonds all over their bodies? DO you want to "help" the rich Malays buy 1st class plane tickets?
Memang tepat sekali. Orang Melayu yg sudah kaya raya tu tak sesekali pun mengambil berat kebajikan saudara-saudara mereka yg masih miskin. Projek-projek mereka dibagi sesama mereka sendiri, yakni golongan yg kaya. Tak sampai-sampai pun kpd kita ni yg miskin meskipun berkali-kali diminta.
Bukan main berlagak mereka tu di dlm kereta mewah mereka, memandang rendah kita ni bermotor kapcai. Di khalayak ramai, bukan main berlagak lagi kononnya pandai speaking, meskipun perbualan adalah sesama kaum sendiri, seolah-olah kita ni tak wujud.
Memang jelas sistem pembahagian kekayaan negara di antara orang-orang Melayu berat sebelah ataupun telah salah-digunakan of golongan-golongan tertentu. Hak istimewa Melayu apa? Banyak di antara kita ni cuma tidur 4 jam atau kurang sehari, terpaksa bangun pukul 2 pagi setiap hari membuat kuih-muih yang dijual di tepi jalan atau kaki lima kedai orang lain. Pada pukul 2 pagi, orang kaya Melayu di mana? Kalau bukan lena tidur, ada kat pub-lah happy dgn member, betul?
Nampaknya orang kaya Melayu menjadi semakin kaya manakala orang miskin Melayu menjadi semakin miskin.
Jadi, diskaun-diskaun rumah mewah memang harus diberhentikan memandangkan ketidakseimbangan yang dialami!
Si Johan (3:49pm) ni kalau bukan buta dan bodoh, mesti dari golongan orang kaya Melayu. Kini, ia bukan soal "Hak Istimewa Melayu" lagi tetapi "Penyelewengan dan Penyalahgunaan Hak Istimewa Melayu"!
Begitu nyata bantahan mereka ni bukan pasal "Hak Istimewa Melayu" tetapi "Hak Istimewa Melayu Kaya"!
Johan, tak perlu susah payah membandingkan dan membabitkan kekayaan kaum lain untuk merumitkan perjuangan kau tu. Siapa rajin kerja, tanpa kira kaum, maka kayalah dia. Bukan seperti orang Melayu kaya kita sendiri ni yang saya amat malu kerana kekayaan bukan akibat titik peluh sendiri tapi tipu menipu mengambil kesempatan hak istimewa Melayu!
Johan, meskipun majoriti kaum kita masih miskin, kita ni bukan bodoh lagi yang dapat diperalatkan dan diperbodohkan oleh mereka yang kaya raya seperti kau ni!!! Hidup Melayu!!!
There is a huge disparity of income between Malay and other races. Why are you making a lot of fuss about it? Malay should be given higher discounts instead. Equity not equality!!!!
Why ? Because we have so many "tolols" among the malays who support them just garner their votes.
YB, your arguments are going nowhere.....just to please certain quarter to garner their votes.just like DSAI.welcome to club of "tolols".
Orang Melayu Islam yang kaya bayar zakat untuk orang islam yang miskin, di tempat saya orang Melayu yang kaya tolong buat Masjid. Cuba pandang luar dari kelompok kita untuk cari kebenaran.
Welcome to the well disguised wave of Orientalism, semi socialism of oldie far East, the familiar calls once made by the Malayan left, the champions of the Malayan hunger, the unwitting Malays that were made excellent baits. Stop this nonsense. Hope SB takes notice of this.
It won't benefit the poor, but it would definitely benefit someone like Moohideen.
The poor can't afford a 500k house anyway. In fact most Malaysians can't afford a 500k house.
One only need to do some simple Maths to expose the lies.
At least this would make more Malays into the rich list !
Tajuk "How does helping rich Malays Benefit Poor Malays?", saya berpendapat agak too general dlm isu memberi diskaun kpd bumiputera untuk rumah mewah.
Melayu yang berkemampuan (dari segi pelajaran, pengalaman dan modal)yang kaya boleh lebih berdaya saing dan maju. Maka golongan melayu ini boleh memberi peluang kpd yg kurang kemampuan atau miskin seperti pekerjaan, sambil berkongsi pengalaman dan seterusnya pengalaman dpt diteruskan/digunakan. Zakat juga dibayar (wajib) untuk membantu.
Tapi pemberian diskaun kpd rumah bertaraf mewah kpd bumiputera pula lain isunya. Isunya masih praktikalkah dimana harga mencecah RM500 ribu ke atas? Berapa kerat bumiputera yg mampu?
Mungkin ada mekanisma lain perlu diambil untuk lebih praktikal?
Sila rujuk kepada sebuah rencana yang menyentuh tentang komen Tuan mengenai pemberian diskaun kepada golongan kaya-raya.
What the inequality gap between the rich and poor malays?The answer is THE HIGHEST COMPARED TO OTHER RACES!!
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http://www.khalidsamad.com/2010/08/explain-to-rakyat-how-does-helping-rich.html
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Q: Is it illegal or unethical for a customer to transfer a voicemail from you to another person in his office and that person plays it to your boss?
A: No. By its very nature, voicemail is a recording that can be played back at a later date. When you send a voicemail, you need to recognize that your words may come back to haunt you.
It is very different from phone and in-person conversations for which you may have an expectation of privacy--an expectation that is supported by state and federal laws.
Q: When a company lays off more than 100 people, is it bound by law to give two months' severance?
A: No, there is no requirement that any employer give severance pay in the event of a layoff.
However, under the federal Worker Adjustment Retraining Notice Act, an employer that has more than 100 employees at a particular location may have an obligation to provide 60 days' advance notice of a mass layoff or a full or partial plant closure.
If the employer fails to provide notice, the employer may owe 60 days' pay plus benefits to the affected employees.
Q: I have been a salaried employee for three years in an office of about eight people. My hours are 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
My employer has a habit of arriving at the office shortly before 6 p.m. and announcing, "No one leaves because we must all work tonight."
The work almost always can wait until the following workday.
I was once kept until 3 a.m., receiving no overtime. I am a single mother, and in one instance my 11-year-old child was home unattended with a fever. When I mentioned my dilemma, my employer was not sympathetic, implying that if I refused to be "flexible," I would lose my job.
Are my employer's demands legal? Should I be entitled to compensation for all the overtime?
A: Employees who are exempt from overtime rules can be forced to work extraordinary hours without overtime compensation.
However, being salaried does not necessarily mean you are exempt from these rules. There are other factors, such as managing two or more people more than half of your time, administering the operations of your employer with discretion and independent judgment, or performing professional or artistic services.
And if you are nonexempt, it is illegal for your employer to require you to work more than eight hours a day, or 40 hours in a week, without appropriate overtime.
Although there are federal and state laws that allow employees time to care for a sick child, those apply to employers with more than 50 employees.
If your employer has a policy allowing sick leave, however, there is another state law that allows you to use part of your sick leave to care for your child.
It also is possible that your employer could lose its right to call you exempt and avoid overtime compensation if it unnecessarily requires you to work arbitrary and long hours. Although employers have a certain amount of leeway in setting hours for exempt workers, the employer might have to pick up a substantial tab for overtime compensation if the hours are unnecessarily excessive. The employer also could be liable if it terminates employees who rightfully refuse to work those hours.
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https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jun-17-wp-11479-story.html
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I recently say down with Changwon Yang in between our busy timetable of lectures and completing our assessments to talk about his recent industry placement in Korea. Changwon shared with me his experiences as a Banquet Attendant and how his first two terms at Leura Campus helped prepare him for his placement. As a Korean, it was great to get some insight into what his thoughts were about returning to our home country to complete an industry placement. Below is an extract from our conversation.
Where did you complete your industry placement, and what was your role?
I worked for Novotel Ambassador Seoul Gangnam hotel as a Banquet Attendant. I role saw me working at weddings, engagements, seminars, exhibitions. I also was a server during session breaks for various global meetings and conferences.
What was it like returning to work in Korea, your home country?
As a Korean, I was able to communicate well with my team members and was able to learn things much more quickly. Being back in an environment where I was comfortable and confident allowed me to excel. When I had days off, I was able to meet my friends and relax.
Who are the main guests of the hotel?
Novotel Ambassador Seoul Gangnam hotel is one of the best hotels in Korea. It hosts many global meetings and conferences. Guests from all over the world visit and stay in the hotel whilst attending these events, enjoying the quality five-star service provided.
How did your first two terms at Leura Campus prepare you for your industry placement?
Whilst working for the Novotel Ambassador Seoul Gangnam hotel, there were many ways that BMIHMS helped me to succeed on placement. My food and beverage training really helped me when working for the banquet team and serving drinks. My knowledge of wine service and drink mixology allowed me to provide great service.
What was a key learning opportunity you had whilst on industry placement?
Whilst on placement, I was given the opportunity to participate in a feedback project to the HR and F&B Managers. Each participant was asked to write a report highlighting things that had room for improvement. This was a great opportunity to be involved in a very important business process. I objectively reported on areas that the team were succeeding in and those that required some attention. I was able to identify particular issues and make recommendations for potential solutions to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
What is the most memorable thing you experienced during placement?
I received several compliments about the quality and efficient service I was providing. These compliments have made me even more passionate about quality service and the hospitality industry.
| 2019-04-24T04:25:32 |
https://www.bluemountains.edu.au/2017/08/changwon-yang/
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What is the best VPN?
Mobile phones and tablets have made online life very easy. A little too easy even, because it's a breeze for malicious people to break into your phone if you're not careful. You will not be the first to lose log-in data because you log into a public WiFi network, or bank online on a hotel network that does not appear to be the hotel, but a smart hacker who has turned on another WiFi that resembles the name from your hotel.
What can you do about it? First of all, it is always advisable not to use any public Wi-Fi network, because it is very easy to take over by malicious parties. And besides, you can of course be selective with what you do online if you log in to a public network. Searching for a restaurant, not your pin code to your partner, that work.
VPN allows you to do anonymous shopping and pay local prices in online stores, whether you live in the region of the offer or not.
To start the protection: a VPN masks your internet signal by encrypting it. This masked signal is also redirected to a VPN server that can not be linked to the location of your phone. If you log in on a hotel network that is not in the hotel, then a hacker can not do anything with your signal. He does not know where it comes from, whose data are, and can not read the encrypted messages either. Worthless!
A second advantage is that cookies do not work, small files that advertisers pass on what you're looking for, online, so they can offer personalized advertisements. Use your VPN, then such an advertiser has no idea who you are and what you love, so they leave you alone. No two months of spam from that one restaurant in Paris where you ever searched for five minutes on your phone!
And the advantages? VPN allows you to do anonymous shopping and pay local prices in online stores, whether you live in the region of the offer or not. That has to do with how VPN works. This masks the internet signal from your smartphone and, as it were, creates a tunnel around your connection that no one outside can see through. By masking (your smartphone gets a different, temporary and untraceable IP Address assigned) it is not clear to anyone what exactly that anonymous user is doing and who exactly is online at that moment. For example, travel agency computers only record that someone from the region wants to buy a flight ticket, not whether that person is actually in the region at the time of purchase, so that all local discounts apply!
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| 2019-04-24T23:52:37 |
https://www.5eurovpn.com/en/vpn-software/vpn-for-mobile
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0.998638 |
punkscience: has anyone ever done cost/benefit analysis on whether changing government policy is worthwhile?
has anyone ever done cost/benefit analysis on whether changing government policy is worthwhile?
The Salmon centre has just lost 80% of its funding from its 48 streams as state funds for the young dry up. Half its staff have gone, losing irreplaceable experience built up over years.
That irreplaceable experience. Does it ever get accounted for in planning the effects of cuts? Furthermore, does anyone ever account for the time lost to adapting and acclimating to a new legislative system when they plan these hatched jobs or clean sweeps or new guidelines? I don't think they do. Punkmum was a primary school teacher, retired a few years back. She used to dread general elections because the new lot would inevitably "reform" the education system- both were awful at it. As a result, half her career was spent familiarising herself with some new legislative environment, instead of refining her performance under a single one.
The same goes for hiring and firing people. In the science career path you are always seeing PhDs and postdocs come and go. The technical staff are broadly stable, unless your university enacts one of those sporadic orgies of destruction and contraction that have characterised the last decade. As a result I am very appreciative of the enormous value of the knowledge and expertise a single, experienced human being can carry around with them. When a good researcher moves on your lab suddenly has a hole in it where things don't get done and problems that used to be easily resolved suddenly become monstrous challenges. Furthermore, collaborations which once might have added novelty and power to an experiment- and yet were frequently easily achievable due to the experience of the collaborator- are no longer available or, again, become inordinately challenging to achieve. In contrast, when new staff appear they take time to acclimate to the bureaucratic environment and to establish themselves to the point when their expertise becomes available. This is more than a casual reference to Adam Smith and the division of labour. As an aside I also want to comment that, due to the overly competitive and highly results-driven research environment that has been cultivated in the UK in the last ten or fifteen years there are consdierable obstacles to young researchers engaging in any significant collaborations outside of their core experiments.
So I am very understanding when Toynbee writes about the loss of experienced staff and how an institution ca be crippled by the loss of a few, key staff (or pretty much all of them, in her case). This is not an anti-reformist post, as with most of my posts I'm calling for decisions to be made rationally and transparently upon the best evidence possible. And that includes costing the relative benefits of any legislative changes against intangible losses such as expertise as well as more tangible ones such as the time taken to train and familiarise new staff or for established staff to adopt new procedures.
| 2019-04-20T07:11:36 |
http://punkscientist.blogspot.com/2011/01/has-anyone-ever-done-costbenefit.html
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Maurizio Cazzati is one of the lesser known names from the Italian 17th century. A number of discs include pieces from his pen, but very few are completely devoted to his oeuvre. One of the reasons could be that in later times he was pretty severely criticized. Anne Schnoebelen, in New Grove, writes: "The judgment of early historians (e.g. Fétis and Torchi) has been hard on Cazzati as a composer, and indeed at best he can only be considered a composer of ordinary inspiration." In his own time he was involved in a debate which was caused by one of his masses that - according to his critics - included serious errors. However, it did not stop his music finding wide appeal: in his liner-notes to the present recording Rodolfo Zitellini states that "[he] was the most prolific printed composer of the whole century: 66 first editions (more than 100, counting reprints)."
Cazzati was born in Luzzara (today Lucera), near Reggio nell'Emilia, part of the duchy of Guastalla. Here he was appointed as organist at S Pietro at the age of 17. He was ordained a priest and then acted as maestro di cappella in several cities: Mantua, Ferrara and Bergamo. In 1657 he moved to Bologna, where he became maestro di cappella of the Basilica S Petronio. Only two years later the debate I already referred to started. It was initiated by Lorenzo Perti, a beneficed priest at S Petronio, later maestro di cappella of Bologna Cathedral. Anne Schnoebelen assumes that this controversy divided the whole community: Cazzati did not become a member of the Accademia Filarmonica which was founded in 1666. Although he initially enjoyed the support of the vestry board of S Petronio he was dismissed in 1671 and returned to Mantua. Here he acted as maestro di cappella at the Cathedral and maestro di cappella di camera to Duchess Anna Isabella Gonzaga until his death in 1678.
One of the notable aspects of Cazzati's activities is that he took the printing of his music into his own hands: during his time in Bologna he had a printing press in his official residence. He continued his activities in this field in Mantua. A number of collections of his music don't bear the name of a publisher which suggests that he himself had printed them. His output is large: 48 collections with an opus number include sacred vocal music and ten comprise secular works. In addition he composed several operas and oratorios, which have all been lost. His main contribution to music history is his instrumental music: between 1642 ans 1670 ten collections of sonatas and dance music came from the press. In his oeuvre we find a development from ensemble sonatas in the Venetian tradition to pieces which are divided into separated movements. In this respect he is a link between the early 17th century and Corelli's trio sonatas. Cazzati also was the first Bolognese composer who published sonatas for violin and bc. Even more important are his sonatas for trumpet and strings. Trumpet playing had a long tradition in Bologna but Cazzati considerably contributed to the city's becoming a centre of composing for trumpet and strings; later representatives of this tradition were Perti and Torelli.
This disc focuses on one collection of sacred music, the op. 36, which came from the press in 1665 under the title Messa e salmi. It comprises a mass, a Magnificat and six psalms. The title of this disc refers to the venue where Cazzati's music was recorded: the collegiate church of St Michael in Beromünster in Switzerland. The decision to record this music here is inspired by the fact that a copy of the op. 36 appears in the inventory of the music archive of this church from 1696. The archive has been lost but the inventory shows that Cazzati's music was once part of the repertoire of the church. An additional factor of importance is the presence of an organ, built in 1692. It is used here to perform the basso continuo - the singers and players are around the organ at the balcony - and to play the two organ pieces by Sebastian Anton Scherer. The latter was a composer from southern Germany, who worked in Ulm and whose organ works show the influence of the Italian style.
This disc includes the largest part of the op. 36; only some of the psalms have been omitted. I am wondering why that is the case, considering the modest playing time of this disc. In her article in New Grove Anne Schnoebelen states that modern scholars have a somewhat different view on Cazzati: they recognize his importance for the development of instrumental music and "his melodic gift in solo vocal music". That comes to the fore here as well. One should not expect any remarkable specimens of text expression or experiments in harmony for the sake of expression. This is nice music to listen to and it is understandable that it found a wide appeal. There is also much variety thanks to the mixture of traditional elements and traces of the style of the time as well as contrasting scorings within single works, for instance from one verse to the other.
The performers have found the right approach. These are good, straight performances, with fine voices and excellent instrumental playing. The text is clearly audible, which is especially important as the booklet omits the lyrics. This is not indispensable music, but it is well worth hearing. A valuable addition to the catalogue.
| 2019-04-25T18:44:36 |
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2016/Jun/Cazzati_mass_501605.htm
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Can I Use Electrical Tape to Cover the Wire in a Range?
Different parts of gas or electric ranges expose wiring to different temperature extremes. Some grades of electrical tape survive temperatures in areas containing control circuitry, but the same tape won't last in a high-temperature location. Burned wires indicate trouble with other components, not the wires themselves. After repairing the cause of the problem, replace the burned wires with new wiring rated for the same voltage and temperature range, instead of wrapping damaged wires with tape.
Other insulators withstand heat better than electrical tape.
Heat shields and insulation barriers separate the cooking zones of ranges from more delicate parts such as electronic components and wiring harnesses. Terminal ends of electric burner elements pass through the walls of an oven, for example, connecting to the wiring in the cooler compartment behind. Electronic igniters for gas burners use a similar setup, keeping vulnerable wires away from the most intense heat. In the hotter areas of the stove, wires need insulation with higher temperature ratings. In a Kenmore range, the wire with the highest temperature rating tolerates a maximum of 482 degrees Fahrenheit, according to ManageMyLife.com.
Premium vinyl electrical tape commonly sold in hardware stores binds to wires by tension as well as pressure-sensitive adhesive. Two or more half-lapped layers of this tape provide sufficient electrical insulation for wires carrying up to 600 volts, but the vinyl tape only stays stable in a temperature range of zero to 220 degrees Fahrenheit. Four of five temperature zones in a Kenmore range exceed that temperature. Fireproof glass cloth electrical tape with rubber adhesive withstands heat up to 302 degrees Fahrenheit, and safely insulates electrical connections in the control systems of furnaces and ovens, according to 3M.
Insulation color, number codes on insulation and parts numbers taken from parts diagrams reveal information about individual wires in a range. These codes mark different requirements for maximum current and maximum voltage as well as safe working temperatures. To know the exact specifications of any single wire, you'll need detailed servicing information for the range. Manufacturers might provide the information free of charge. Replacement wiring often sells as a single part, but an entire wiring harness usually is not needed to repair damaged wiring. Electrical supply stores can supply exact substitutions for individual wires if you can correctly interpret the coding system.
Unless applied correctly, electrical tape wrapped over splices can work loose and expose bare wires. Both vinyl and glass electrical tapes require half-lapping. Each turn overlaps the previous winding by at least half the width of the tape. Start beyond the splice on undamaged insulation. Stretching vinyl tape to about five-eighths of the tape's static width marks the right amount of wrapping tension, according to 3M. Always wrap from the smallest diameter towards the largest diameter of the splice. Wrap the last turn with no tension, pressing the adhesive in place without stretching. If stretched, the last turn pulls free.
| 2019-04-25T12:06:48 |
https://www.hunker.com/13407471/can-i-use-electrical-tape-to-cover-the-wire-in-a-range
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I'm off work sick today, because I woke up this morning with a huge headache, feeling a bit sick. I think I'm mostly better now, but there's no point going in for the last hour is there? No. So I'm watching the DVD of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. When Remus and Sirius turn Scabbers back into Pettigrew, he appears wearing a suit, but when he turns back into Scabbers later the suit just stays there. That can't be right.
1What's the oldest spoiler there is? "He comes back from the dead on the third day!"?
"Yeah, he comes out of his tent eventually and kills Hector"
"Just wait till you hear what he does on the sixth day."
1. They should reprint the Bible under a new title: "Contains Spoilers!"
Some reviewers justify revealing some stuff on the reason that it's in the first scene of the book/movie/whatever, that it is in fact the basis for the entire narrative.
I think the "could care less" thing is something I've picked up from American TV programmes, of which there are plenty in NZ.
Yeah, that's what I mean by "too sensitive" - that's not a spoiler, it's just what the thing's about. Giving the ending away's poor form though.
What if it's the first scene of a sequel, e.g. the first scenes of Back to the Future 3? If I hadn't seen Back to the Future 2 then to find out it was in the old wild west might come as something of a shock.
Well, I think it's fair enough with proper new stuff that has twists, I just think it goes on too long, and people are a bit too sensitive about what actually constitutes a spoiler.
I went away for a week, then was kind of rubbish and didn't bother doing anything about it. And I don't have a lot of time now before I go away again, so it'll probably be some time post scrabble picnic.
I was wondering whether anyone would object to my film review, so I didn't point out that Ian Curtis died at the end. Err . . . you did know that, didn't you?
When Apollo 13 came out, a friend of my then girlfriend went to see it and was on the edge of her seat at the end because she'd never heard of the real events and didn't know if they survived or not.
In case you're worried, they did.
1. And God said "Let there be light"
2. Lucifer: from lux (gen. lucis) + ferre "carry" -> Light bringer.
Same guy. It's all smoke and mirrors. Don't say you weren't warned.
| 2019-04-19T14:22:36 |
https://ruudboy.livejournal.com/581984.html
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The output supports water and basin agencies in their planning and decision making in the context of global change. The tool aim to give recommendations to contribute to the implementation of environmental policies and comply with the Water Framework Directive.
The Water Change project developed a methodology and a modelling tool (Water Change Modelling System – WCMS) to assess impacts of global change on water resources management and evaluate adaptation measures, to support and ease future planning. The different steps include global change scenario development, impact analysis and adaptation strategy evaluation through cost benefit analysis. The output of the project is a decision support tool which aims to help in decision making in the context of global change and better estimate the impacts of global change in long term water resources management. In the context of this study, global change is defined as all the anthropogenic changes affecting directly or indirectly the quantity and quality of water influencing the sustainable management of water resources. The methodology developed was applied to a case study: the Llobregat River Basin in Catalonia, Spain.
The Water Change Modelling System has been developed as well as the methodology for global change impact assessment. The tool has been used for the Llobregat river basin case study, impacts have been quantified and adaptation strategies evaluated.
The model developed could be used directly by basin agencies, as a decision support tool in the medium and long term water resources planning. Adaptation strategies can be weighed by decision makers thanks to the cost benefit analysis methodology proposed, which gives concrete support to the targeted authorities.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Water Change project developed a methodology and a modelling tool (Water Change Modelling System – WCMS) to assess impacts of global change on water resources management and evaluate adaptation measures, to support and ease future planning. The different steps include global change scenario development, impact analysis and adaptation strategy evaluation through cost benefit analysis. The output of the project is a decision support tool which aims to help in decision making in the context of global change and better estimate the impacts of global change in long term water resources management. In the context of this study, global change is defined as all the anthropogenic changes affecting directly or indirectly the quantity and quality of water influencing the sustainable management of water resources. The methodology developed was applied to a case study: the Llobregat River Basin in Catalonia, Spain.
| 2019-04-19T20:21:03 |
http://www.waterrtom.eu/projet/447
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How do we fight poverty without wrecking the planet?
In the 12,000 or so years since humans invented agriculture (the exact date is up for debate), we’ve only managed to come up with one proven method for moving large masses of people from poverty to prosperity: growth. The problem with that? Growth is also cooking the planet.
The escalator out of poverty runs on fossil fuels and forests. There’s overwhelming evidence on this point. Every affluent country, including the United States, cut down its forests to achieve its early economic prosperity. Southeast Asia is following our lead. In the 2000s, Indonesia cleared a forested area the size of Maryland for palm oil plantations, releasing more carbon than the equivalent of the annual emissions from all the passenger vehicles in the world. Terrible — except that a 10 percent increase in Indonesia’s palm oil plantations equals a 10 percent decrease in the poverty rate. In this case, it looks like a purely zero-sum game: What’s good for poor people is bad for the environment.
Does it have to be that way? Can we end poverty without wrecking the planet? That’s what I set out to discover in a six-month investigation. I focused on agriculture, because 70 percent of the 700 million people living in extreme poverty across the globe are farmers, and no country has reduced poverty on a large scale without a corresponding investment in agriculture.
The answer I found is that there are no perfect solutions. There’s always some tradeoff between alleviating poverty and protecting the environment. But there are good solutions: If we are smart, we can set our priorities to trade a little carbon for a lot of prosperity (here’s an example of a clear-eyed assessment of tradeoffs).
In my research, I uncovered plenty of evidence that humanity could choose a path that would improve prospects for subsistence farmers, endangered wildlife, and Greenland’s melting glaciers all at once. It requires that we plan ahead and make compromises — something, let’s face it, at which humans don’t exactly excel. But a species that managed to invent agriculture ought to be able to create something that reduces poverty and provides a sustainable planet. Let’s dig in.
Costa Rica modernized without wrecking the environment. Here’s how.
Not every route to prosperity involves trashing the planet.
Halt the destruction of the world’s last wild places, stop greenhouse gas emissions, and eliminate hunger? We can't have it all.
The root vegetable might have been key to the U.K.'s Industrial Revolution.
| 2019-04-26T10:00:03 |
https://grist.org/article/how-do-we-fight-poverty-without-wrecking-the-planet/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grist
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This database query took 83.3 milliseconds.
Output 37: This output is included in 5 transaction input(s).
Output 42: This output is included in 4 transaction input(s).
Output 60: This output is included in 5 transaction input(s).
Output 61: This output is included in 6 transaction input(s).
Output 110: This output is included in 5 transaction input(s).
Output 114: This output is included in 4 transaction input(s).
Output 133: This output is included in 4 transaction input(s).
Output 148: This output is included in 4 transaction input(s).
Output 159: This output is included in 3 transaction input(s).
Output 176: This output is included in 5 transaction input(s).
Output 183: This output is included in 3 transaction input(s).
| 2019-04-21T22:11:37 |
http://monerolink.com/tx/ec948c735351e5af40d4e330e876bf166f6d7449d836baa0b488a896be7298ad
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Convert bytes to megabytes. Please enter the bytes value to convert to megabytes (MB).
1 byte is equal to 0.000001 megabytes = 10-3 megabytes in base 10 (decimal) in SI.
1 byte is also equal to 0.00000095367432 megabytes = 2-10 megabytes in base 2 (binary) system.
Byte is the basic unit of digital information transmission and storage, used extensively in information technology, digital technology, and other related fields. It is one of the smallest units of memory in computer technology, as well as one of the most basic data measurement units in programming. The earliest computers were made with the processor supporting 1 byte commands, because in 1 byte you can send 256 commands. 1 byte consists of 8 bits, which go together as one unit in storage, processing or transmission of digital information.
One correction: Inside yellow box "Bytes to MB in Base 2 (binary)"
"1 byte is equal to 0.000001 megabytes = 10-3 megabytes in base 10 (decimal) in SI."
| 2019-04-26T15:39:08 |
https://www.gbmb.org/bytes-to-mb
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Where To Next: Israel, The Land Of Milk And Honey–And Now Whiskey?
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has been known as the land of milk and honey since Biblical times — but the land of single malt whiskey? One appropriately named distillery is trying to turn Israel into a whiskey powerhouse.
Smooth, honey-brown whiskey is not the first thing that comes to mind when most people think of Israel. However, at the Milk and Honey Distillery, rows of casks proudly stamped "Tel Aviv" hold liters of the stuff.
The country's first whiskey distillery is preparing to release Israel's first single malt whiskey.
"It's a young whiskey," said Eitan Attir, the distillery's CEO.
Attir says the brew is aged for three years and two months in virgin oak and old bourbon barrels at the company's renovated former bakery in a rugged industrial area of south Tel Aviv.
"It's complex for its age," he said. "The taste feels like more than three years, more like seven or eight and again the story is much more important in this case. This is the first ever single malt whiskey that any distillery has released from Israel."
Although wine has been produced in the Holy Land for millennia, and modern Israeli wines have gained international renown in recent years, whiskey production is new to the country.
Milk and Honey was founded in 2013 and began distilling small experimental batches of whiskey a year later. One hundred bottles from their first cask of Single Malt are set to be sold at an online auction starting Aug. 11.
Whiskey is universally acceptable for religious Jews to consume, Attir says, and Milk and Honey's drink is "ultra-kosher."
"We don't work on Saturday, we don't work on Yom Kippur or Passover," he said. "And we want to symbolize our being Jewish or Israeli and then we called it the Milk and Honey Distillery."
The single malt was made in Israel from start to finish, according to the company's website, though the ingredients, barrels and equipment were imported from the U.S., U.K. and elsewhere. The warmer climate in Israel allows for a speedier aging process in the barrel than whiskey made in colder climates, according to Ran Latovicz, an Israeli whiskey connoisseur and bar owner.
"In colder climates like Scotland or Ireland, whiskey usually ages for about seven to 10 to 12 years before it's even bottled because (it is) just the way, you know, it gets to its full potential," he said.
The distillery believes it is well positioned to ride a wave of growing international interest in new world whiskeys, like rising stars from Taiwan or India, and hopes this initial offering whets the appetites of aficionados everywhere.
"There's a huge demand nowadays for whiskey from other places around the world — new world whiskey. There's more than 70 countries now with a minimum of one distillery and one of them is Israel," Attir said.
Gal Kalkshtein, Milk and Honey's founder and owner, said he hopes that once the whiskey starts getting shipped abroad in 2019, it will create a buzz for Israeli whiskies.
"We want to be recognized for our quality, not the gimmick," he said.
| 2019-04-25T20:01:10 |
https://lifestyle.abs-cbn.com/articles/5405/where-to-next-israel-the-land-of-milk-and-honeyand-now-whiskey/
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1.PRINCIPLE: When at the desire of the promisor, the promisee or any other person had done or abstained from doing, or does or abstains from doing, or promises to do or abstain something, such an act or abstinence or promise is called consideration for the promise.
2. PRINCIPLE: A person is said to be of sound mind for the purpose of making a contract if, at the time when he makes it, he is capable of understanding it and of forming a rational judgment as to its effect upon his interest.
FACTS: X who is usually of sound mind, but occasionally of unsound mind enters into a contract with Y when he (X) is of unsound mind. Y came to know about this fact afterwards and now wants to file a suit against X.
(a) X cannot enter into contract because he is of unsound mind when he entered into the contract.
(b) X can enter into contract but the burden is on the other party to prove that he was of unsound mind at the time of contract.
(c) X can enter into contract but the burden is on X to prove that he was of sound mind at the time of contract.
The answers are: 1. (c); 2. (c).
1. Introducing a man, a woman said, “He is the only son of my mother’s mother.” How is the woman related to the man?
2. Raji is 5 ranks ahead of Raj in a class of 46 students. If Raj’s rank is twelfth from the last, what is Raji’s rank from the start?
Directions (Qs. 3 and 4): In each of the following questions, four words are given, out of which three are alike in a certain manner and the fourth one is different. Choose the odd one out.
The answers are: 1. (d); 2. (d); 3. (a); 4. (c).
(c) If conclusions I and II both follow.
1. Statement: India is the largest exporter of Lichi.
I. India only exports Lichi.
II. China and Japan are the most important customers of Lichi from India.
2. Statement: Reputed management institutes focus on both quality and advertisement.
I. There are only two important factors for a reputed management institute: quality and advertising.
II. Small management institutes focus on only one factor – quality or advertising.
3. Statement: The Australian Cricket team scored 300 runs out of which Andrew Symonds scored 151 runs.
I. Andrew Symonds was the highest run scorer of the match.
II. Symonds scored 66 runs in singles only.
The answers are: 1. (d); 2. (d); 3. (d).
| 2019-04-26T10:56:03 |
http://www.lawyersupdate.co.in/reasoning-the-reason/legal-logical-analytical-reasoning-18/
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It also brings personalized, dynamic content, robots in hardware stores, and the ability to order blue pens by pressing Staples’ Easy Button and simply asking for them.
Machine Learning provides the engine underneath AI. In a nutshell, machine learning is the art of building systems that can change their mind. Rather than writing strict logic for strict execution, a machine learning system weighs the available data to make a decision about a given goal. Which ad should we show? How should the bot respond to this question? When it gets new data, it changes its previous weighting to accommodate the new reality.
Machine Learning is categorized into Supervised, Unsupervised and Reinforcement Learning. A data scientist will choose a Supervised Machine Learning algorithm when the answer is already known (Is this a picture of a cat?), an Unsupervised Machine Learning algorithm when the answer is unknown (What do my best customers have in common?) and Reinforcement Learning when there is no absolute answer (What’s the best ad to show this type of person right now?).
We can correct the machine when it’s wrong about that cat, go out and find prospects who look like the customer segment it identified, and allow the machine to improve our return on ad spend over time.
The gap between the practical applications of this new tech and the heavy math behind it is quite wide. Aside from diving into a new Ph.D. program head first, how does a marketing executive ensure solid footing, quick comprehension and a competitive edge on the leading edge?
Math, as most commonly taught in schools is tortuous and interminable. As a result, most people happily declare, “I’m not a math person!” That’s as unfortunate as people coming out of school saying, “I hate Shakespeare!” The gym coach can wreak a lot of havoc in a classroom. Even if your teacher was sub-par, a high school stats book will be much more helpful than a dense Wikipedia entry.
This is not to suggest that you’ll have to perform impressive feats of math in your head, but you do want to have rational conversations about data and the analysis of that data.
You need to know how to drive a car, the rules of the road, and where you want to end up. You don’t need to know how the car works, but when they say there’s a problem with your transmission, you should know enough to be worried about the cost of fixing it.
If the concepts of sampling, statistical significance, and linear regression are outside your comfort zone, take some time to cozy up to them.
When listening to actual data scientists talking about how all this stuff works, you quickly realize the freshness of this science. It is all so new that they will invariably refer to a canonical paper written in the past three months. If you are determined to dive in and learn ML from top to bottom, you have made a career decision, and not picked up a hobby. Things are moving so fast that you should not dwell on the specifics, but on the concepts.
Listen to podcasts like This Week in Machine Learning and AI to get a flavor of just how nascent and complex this line of research really is. Get to know the language, but only well enough to order off the menu and ask for directions.
That way, when there are articles about Google building Machine Learning machines that are teaching themselves how to build Machine Learning machines, you can read them without a glossary.
There are all sorts of start-ups creating all sorts of AI and ML tools as virtual personal assistants, data-driven decision making, organizing and analyzing visual assets, content creation, and general marketing platforms. Here’s A Marketer’s Guide to AI and 45 AI Marketing Tools to Get Started With.
Bring one or two of these into your workplace and try them out. Explore, experiment, exploit. Eventually, you will find some more useful than others, but for now, learning is the key.
These tools are very narrowly focused and really only so-so at their jobs. However, if you can train a generic Machine Learning tool to do a job as poorly as a human being, it’s still better, cheaper, faster than hiring a human. No breaks, no sick time, no pension and, at least for now, no collective bargaining (joke). Given time and enough data, it will learn to do the job better than a human. There are plenty of well-paid people spending a great deal of time doing rote tasks who can be freed up to do something more creative.
When you work with humans who weigh the facts and then change their minds, you count on them to explain why their opinion shifted. Psychologists will tell you that people make emotional decisions and then rationalize their judgment when asked.
Machine Learning systems are based on rationalization, without the benefit of emotions. Rather than check with their gut and determine that they should not eat sushi from a food truck on a hot, Summer day, an ML system tries to correlate every data point at its disposal to come to a mathematical decision. The reason for its decision is math, not logic.
Data scientists will explain just how opaque that process is. Women, between the ages of 18 and 34 are more likely to be interested in a new, floral scented deodorant, says the agency that did focus groups, online polls, and social media research.
The machine says that people who score a) 53.256% more this way, b) 45.980% more that way, and c) have exhibited one of these 273 behaviors in the requisite time frame are more likely to be interested. What do those numbers mean? When there are 50, 100, or 1,000 attributes under consideration, the meaning is mathematical, not understandable by a human. And yet, the results are impressive.
Therefore, you must get used to the idea that probability is your friend. This is very different from accounting. There are no binary choices anymore, there are only shades of gray.
Start by changing how you talk about computers. Take a tip from Zoni Nation on GitHub and never say never. Say, “chances are slight,’ or ‘it’s highly unlikely’.
As much as we crave certainty, nothing in real life is aside from death and taxes. Machine Learning is comfortable with fuzzy numbers and probabilities and has no trouble at all with learning from its mistakes, at scale.
Humans are far less forgiving. Fortunately, humans are far more intelligent. We have the capacity to bring all of our accumulated knowledge to bear on any given problem, while that machine can only work on a given task with what little data it is given at the moment.
Being an effective marketing executive depends on executive decision making. Solid executive decision making depends on experience and best practices. You can figure out what those best practices should be and take the lead, or wait for everybody else to figure it out and then try to catch up.
Leading is better. Because of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, judgment and boldness will be more valuable than experience and a solid track record.
There are likely to be one or more groups in your organization playing around with artificial intelligence in their spare time. They are attending conferences. They are mucking about with training datasets on cloud-based systems. They are building rudimentary apps. This is certain because artificial intelligence and machine learning are just so fascinating that everybody who works with software and/or data thinks testing some form of advanced, self-learning system is far more interesting than binge-watching the latest must-see television.
The first and most important step is to find the experimenters in your firm and get them excited about using their superpowers for marketing. These methods are in much wider use in product development, manufacturing, fraud detection, healthcare, and so on. Marketing simply hasn’t been on their radar.
Once your data scientists are enthused about the enormous amount of available marketing data and are convinced that they understand the goals of marketing, they will start testing. Make sure you stay in the loop so you can deftly nudge them in the right direction while keeping abreast of your firm’s growing capabilities.
You might start by training a machine learning system to suggest cut-and-paste paragraphs to your customer service reps, personalize some degree of content on your website, or choose the right time of day to send out e-mails. This will be a time-consuming and somewhat frustrating experience. That’s okay. It’s how we learn. After much testing and training, it will be time to open the floodgates and let the teenager drive the car solo. Slightly risky? Yes. Nerve-wracking? Decidedly. Necessary for the competency development? Absolutely.
Change management is the art of convincing others. The comforting thing about AI is that it can—and should—be done piecemeal. You should not try to boil the ocean. You don’t have to get the entire board, C-suite, vice presidents, directors, and managers in a room and “Explain the Future,” as was necessary with a digital transformation.
Where there is a knowledge bottleneck (e.g., medical diagnosis and treatment in rural areas).
Where the required knowledge is too expensive to provide broadly (investment advice, and perhaps even college education, are examples).
Where there is too much data or analysis for the human brain to master (programmatic buying of ads in digital marketing is a great example).
Where there is a need for consistently high decision quality (the best examples are insurance underwriting and credit decisions in banking).
Where regulatory pressures require a more informed process flow (again, investment advice is an example).
Working with an architect, a kitchen designer, a job foreman, and a city inspector is required to remodel your kitchen. Yet, all require very different tactics and modes of conversation.
Working with a data scientist is different from working with classically trained IT technicians, database designers, or programmers. Creating AI systems is not a case of defining requirements, generating designs, waiting for construction, grinding your teeth during testing, pulling out your hair during debugging, and holding your breath during launch. Creating AI systems is more of a dance. For that, it’s good to know your partner.
The most important message to deliver to your organization is that AI is not being brought in to replace people, but to work with them and help them work together better.
Your job is to get comfortable with statistics, keep on top of changes in the technology from about the 30,000-foot level, learn by trying things and see how they go, get used to shades of gray and uncertainty, and be the one leading the charge.
These may be baby steps for now, but eventually, your bot will thank you for it.
Jim Sterne is founder of the eMetrics Summit and cofounder and Board Chair of the Digital Analytics Association. An internationally known speaker and consultant, he is the author of numerous books, including Artificial Intelligence for Marketing: Practical Applications.
| 2019-04-26T10:05:23 |
https://conversionxl.com/blog/machine-learning-and-ai-for-marketing/
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How safe is this? It is a text file on the website. Are there any known instances of spammers retrieving this text file, stealing all the email addresses, and thus causing the internet business ALOT of unhappy customers/contacts? I am not sure whether the Data Protection Act applies to simply lists of email addresses, does anyone have any legal knowledge about this? I wouldn't want my customers to think their addresses could easily be hijacked.
We are talking about $mbase defined as "collect.txt" on line 61 of config.cgi right?
You want to be careful about this, because yes there could be potential for a spammer to scan that file, possibly. Spambots (the software spammers use) will collect almost anything they can.
(b) Do *not* put the file name in robots.txt (if you have one). Remember robots.txt can be read by anybody. Some spammers use this guide (which is supposed to tell search engines which pages not to index) as a guide for themselves to go grab more information.
(c) Do *not* let your own computer be a point of vulnerability. For example, viruses or spyware can give away personal data from your own PC which could include this file or its URL. So keep your computer free of them - keep antivirus software current, regularly scan for spyware (e.g. lavasoft.de) and avoid downloading programs which are explicitly adware or spyware.
- If you want to talk to them, ask them to turn off directory listing, atleast for your site, if not for everyone's. Most hosts do this already (except maybe some free ones), as it is good security.
- If you want to fix it yourself, create a file with the default name (usually index.htm or index.html but it varies by host) in any directory that doesn't have one. This can be an empty web page. It will stop people doing directory listing, as if they attempt it, they should get this file instead.
You still want to do the points covered in section 2 as well.
But, if this works, you should be able to password protect this "data" folder (either on your host's control panel or by creating an .htpasswd file) on almost any reasonable host.
If this works, this is the safest solution.
I am not a lawyer. My understanding is Data Protection Act is UK law relating to colletion of personal data.
I believe a copy of the act is online, and may be found in google if you want to read it yourself.
Whether this applies to just lists of email address, I don't know.
Jay deals with this kind of stuff. I believe Answers 2000 did register (you fill a form and pay a fee I believe), but of course, the data we might collect on our sites and uses we put it too, will differ from your site/business.
JRSnottingham Many thanks for such a complete response. I had thought of some of these things but not all, and it will be easier to follow your clear instructions and the examples to check if they work.
| 2019-04-26T09:44:36 |
http://www.ebookfriends.com/archive/topic11_2.php
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Sort the words according to the vowel / consonant pattern at the syllable juncture. As you say each word, ask yourself: Is the vowel sound in the first syllable a long vowel (VCV) sound or a short vowel sound (VCCV)? Take care with any %27oddballs%27. Think: Where would the syllable juncture be? If the vowel sound in the first syllable is a long vowel sound - the syllable juncture will be immediately after the vowel. This is an %27open syllable%27. If the vowel sound in the first syllable is a short vowel sound - the syllable juncture will follow the vowel-consonant. This is a %27closed syllable%27.
| 2019-04-22T14:44:55 |
http://www.kubbu.com/student/?i=1&a=51766_sort_12_syllable
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Sabre Sabre is a French brand founded in 1993 that deals with the creation of accessories for the kitchen and table. Its accurate and trendy design combined with the use of quality raw materials have made this brand famous all over the world. The group has been operating for over twenty years presenting collections always characterised by a careful study of details and the use of trendy colours. A pret-a-porter for the table where each piece is a small masterpiece. Plates, cutlery, china, glassware and everything you need to decorate the table and make every social occasion special. Sabre has taken all over the world its universe made of simplicity, innovation and colour. All its products are the result of a wonderful combination of aesthetics and functionality. Modern and attractive lines in which styles and colours are mixed with wisdom and skillfulness. Certainly, one of the most striking feature of Sabre's items created by the group is the beautiful match of sunny, lively and vibrant colours that will be able to give a special touch to every table. Spoons of different shapes, dishes of all kinds decorated as if they were paintings and fine porcelain for special occasions. And also the surprising use of different materials to create common objects. Magnificent combinations that surely will add style, grace and harmony even to the most anonymous table. Reinventing everyday objects to make them even more interesting without losing efficiency and functionality is one of the cornerstones of the group's way of thinking. A winning philosophy that is based on 'mix & match' to break the monotony and the static nature of the regular table setting. All this brand's products are a fine example of a careful planning for the creation of inimitable models of their kind that are also suitable for everyday use. For each proposed piece, there is the possibility to choose between an infinite range of colours to give life to the service of your dreams by forming personal and exclusive combinations and pairings. The cutlery is made of stainless steel and it is all dishwasher safe, and so are all the dishes and porcelain items. The only trick for a perfect maintenance is to avoid abrasive sponges to clean the products. Sabre offers the opportunity to create a table that can be informal but at the same time presents a strong visual impact. Many different sets are available, and setting the table with these items means using safe products, guaranteed and manufactured in accordance with current regulations. Salad sets, cake servers, forks, knives of all kinds and whole sets very refined, elegant and original. What makes Sabre accessories so special? It is enough to have a look at the line Tea Spoon line to understand the difference between using a normal spoon and a piece of this kind. A spoon with the shape of a small bird on the top to drink one of the most popular drinks of the world with absolute joy. This is just a small example, since every line placed on the market presents so many wonderful features that it becomes unique and incomparable. Whether you want to prepare a special lunch or dinner, or you just want to enjoy a normal meal in a new way, Sabre always has the right solution at hand. Each person can decide how to create an exclusive service including starters dishes, soup plates, dinner plates and dessert ones. And all these plates can be combined with an extensive catalogue of design cutlery to amaze with class all your guests. The splendid porcelain by this brand deserve a special mention: colour is the true and absolute protagonist of each item. Buying a Sabre product means relying on a brand that has high quality among its strengths. All its items are not only beautiful but also very durable over time despite daily use. Decorate your home with inimitable accessories making it unique and personal. Each Sabre model represents all the beauty, the class and the style of Made in France. Each dining room can be made special by the use of these products that have an excellent quality/price ratio. A new way to organize spaces and create unforgettable moments. Every table finds a new life and acquire a new light with the placement of a single Sabre item that will certainly make the difference. The combinations that you can create mixing shapes, colours and sizes are endless: your table will never be trivial and it will always appear fashionable. When art serves interior decoration, it originates some accessories that never go unnoticed. Every breakfast, lunch or dinner will become real parties and depending on your needs you will be able to give an elegant touch, or a breath of newness and freshness. Enter the colourful world of Sabre: it is the best way to give the house a new life because sometimes little accessories can make a real difference. Sabre offers all you need for the table: a high-class solution for any occasion and need.
The philosophy of Sabre is based on the 'mix & match' concept, in opposition with monotonous old-fashioned table setting. Established in 1993, this French brand creates colourful, happy collections that can be combined in endless ways. It answers the need for freedom in modern homes, where different tastes meet.
Sabre is a French brand founded in 1993 that deals with the creation of accessories for the kitchen and table. Its accurate and trendy design combined with the use of quality raw materials have made this brand famous all over the world. The group has been operating for over twenty years presenting collections always characterised by a careful study of details and the use of trendy colours. A pret-a-porter for the table where each piece is a small masterpiece. Plates, cutlery, china, glassware and everything you need to decorate the table and make every social occasion special. Sabre has taken all over the world its universe made of simplicity, innovation and colour. All its products are the result of a wonderful combination of aesthetics and functionality. Modern and attractive lines in which styles and colours are mixed with wisdom and skillfulness.
Certainly, one of the most striking feature of Sabre's items created by the group is the beautiful match of sunny, lively and vibrant colours that will be able to give a special touch to every table. Spoons of different shapes, dishes of all kinds decorated as if they were paintings and fine porcelain for special occasions. And also the surprising use of different materials to create common objects. Magnificent combinations that surely will add style, grace and harmony even to the most anonymous table.
Reinventing everyday objects to make them even more interesting without losing efficiency and functionality is one of the cornerstones of the group's way of thinking. A winning philosophy that is based on 'mix & match' to break the monotony and the static nature of the regular table setting. All this brand's products are a fine example of a careful planning for the creation of inimitable models of their kind that are also suitable for everyday use. For each proposed piece, there is the possibility to choose between an infinite range of colours to give life to the service of your dreams by forming personal and exclusive combinations and pairings. The cutlery is made of stainless steel and it is all dishwasher safe, and so are all the dishes and porcelain items. The only trick for a perfect maintenance is to avoid abrasive sponges to clean the products. Sabre offers the opportunity to create a table that can be informal but at the same time presents a strong visual impact.
Many different sets are available, and setting the table with these items means using safe products, guaranteed and manufactured in accordance with current regulations. Salad sets, cake servers, forks, knives of all kinds and whole sets very refined, elegant and original. What makes Sabre accessories so special? It is enough to have a look at the line Tea Spoon line to understand the difference between using a normal spoon and a piece of this kind. A spoon with the shape of a small bird on the top to drink one of the most popular drinks of the world with absolute joy. This is just a small example, since every line placed on the market presents so many wonderful features that it becomes unique and incomparable.
Whether you want to prepare a special lunch or dinner, or you just want to enjoy a normal meal in a new way, Sabre always has the right solution at hand. Each person can decide how to create an exclusive service including starters dishes, soup plates, dinner plates and dessert ones. And all these plates can be combined with an extensive catalogue of design cutlery to amaze with class all your guests. The splendid porcelain by this brand deserve a special mention: colour is the true and absolute protagonist of each item.
Buying a Sabre product means relying on a brand that has high quality among its strengths. All its items are not only beautiful but also very durable over time despite daily use. Decorate your home with inimitable accessories making it unique and personal. Each Sabre model represents all the beauty, the class and the style of Made in France. Each dining room can be made special by the use of these products that have an excellent quality/price ratio. A new way to organize spaces and create unforgettable moments. Every table finds a new life and acquire a new light with the placement of a single Sabre item that will certainly make the difference. The combinations that you can create mixing shapes, colours and sizes are endless: your table will never be trivial and it will always appear fashionable. When art serves interior decoration, it originates some accessories that never go unnoticed. Every breakfast, lunch or dinner will become real parties and depending on your needs you will be able to give an elegant touch, or a breath of newness and freshness. Enter the colourful world of Sabre: it is the best way to give the house a new life because sometimes little accessories can make a real difference. Sabre offers all you need for the table: a high-class solution for any occasion and need.
| 2019-04-26T08:03:43 |
https://www.lovethesign.com/uk/brand/sabre
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Archbishop Bourne and the Congo Question is a correspondence between Arthur Conan Doyle and Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, first published in The Times on 5 november 1909.
Dear Archbishop Bourne, - I send you a copy of my book on the Congo, in the hope that you may find time to read it. Should the facts contained in it move you, perhaps you still give us your weighty support in the Congo Reform Association.
An attempt is made by this gang of rubber merchants to antagonize their critics by pretending that it is a matter between Catholics and Protestants, or between English and Germans. It is, in truth, a matter between unscrupulous and heartless financial greed and humanity. Should you see your way to join us, as the Duke of Norfolk has done, it would be the best answer to this persistent attempt to sow trouble among Christians for the benefit of these traders.
As an example of how little religion has to do with the matter, the greatest outrage among the last batch which has reached us, which will shortly be published, was committed by an agent named Vancanter, who was an atheist, upon a Catholic catechist named Monkama, who came to pray in the station of Yele, on the Busiré River, in February 6, 1909. For being a Catholic he received 150 lashes from a whip garnished with nails, which flayed him to such an extent that five months afterward he was uncured. Dr. Dorpinghaus, of Barmen, Germany, and M. Johannsen, of Yele, were witnesses. The agent was, I need not say, never punished.
I trust that your Grace may see your way to come with us in this struggle. A message from you to the protest meeting, which will be held in Novemher 19 at the Albert Hall, would bring all England into line.
My dear Sir, - I have delayed acknowledging your letter of the 15th, and thanking you for your book which accompanied it, in order to be able to find time to read what you have written. Now that I have done so, though naturally in somewhat hurried moments, you must pardon me if I say that the perusal has strengthened me in my distrust of the methods of the Congo Reform Association, and in my reluctance to see Catholics identified with it in any way.
I have sufficient knowledge of, and confidence in, the Bishops and other authorized leaders of public opinion in Belgium to feel assured that they have taken, and will continue to take, all legitimate means to bring about such reforms as have been shown to be necessary. The fact that men in their responsible position are disinclined to hold public meetings and refrain from proclaiming their opinions or their actions in loud and exaggerated tones on the house-tops is, in my judgment, no proof that they fail to perceive or neglect to perform their duty. I am not prepared to play the impertinent part of being their critic.
The meeting which it is proposed to hold in the Albert Hall seems to me most inopportune and very unfair, both to our own Government and to that of Belgium.
I think that you state that the exportation of rubber has not been diminished. I believe that the actual figures are :- Value in 1906, 48,000,000 francs ; in 1908, only 30,000,000.
Dear Archbishop Bourne, - I was very sorry to receive your letter. The news which has just reached us from Brussels that complete reforms are to be introduced is surely final evidence that the reformers here, who have been demanding them so long, were justified in that demand. It is a sad thing to see the venerable Catholic Church falling out of line with the rest of Christian England over this scandal - though, of course, I am aware that your personal motives are above question.
Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex, Nov, 1.
Dear Sir Arthur, - May I not with equal reason claim that the reforms now announced amply justify the confidence which I have always felt in the Bishops and other public men in Belgium ?
Influence is not less powerful when it works quietly.
I trust that you have no objection to the publication of the letters which have passed between us.
Dear Archbishop Tiourne, - But the reform, such as it is, has come after eighteen years of a system which has lowered the good fame of Christianity and of civilization. It has now come, if it does come, as a result of the ever-increasing horror expressed by the world, and voiced not only by British, but by American, Swiss, French, and German Reform Associations.
The correspondence I leave entirely in your Grace's hands, but should desire this last letter to be included in it. With regrets that I should be in such strong dissent from your views.
Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex, Nov. 3.
This page was last edited on 21 June 2016, at 16:42.
| 2019-04-23T18:08:18 |
https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=Archbishop_Bourne_and_the_Congo_Question
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Personality: She herself is actually really kind and considerate. She is a calm person, extremely loyal to her village, and a dedicated shinobi. She knows she isn't the strongest, but hopes to be able to use her genjutsu powers to be a great shinobi some day. She isn't all out kind either as she won't hesitate to do what she needs to but she isn't ruthless either. She sometimes acts distant and far away because of her powers.
However, with inheriting the full Kurama clan genjutsu powers, she also has a second personality. This personality is completely ruthless and will kill anyone. This overwhelming personality is in control of her full true powers as she can't actually control them. So if this personality breaks out, destruction is sure to come.
History: Yuuko was born into the Kurama Clan, inheriting the full genjutsu powers that came only every few generations. She had always been a small child and not that strong. She also had a tendency to wander off, as she would follow an illusion that she had accidently created or such. Her parents wanted her to become a really great ninja, however, since she was weaker, it was harder for her to complete the tasks of a ninja like others could. Thus she decided to focus primarily on her genjutsu.
A set back had always been her second personality. It kept growing stronger in her until one day it came out. It wrecked havoc on the Kurama Clan's homes, killing all the people within the buildings. Thus her second personality killed off the rest of the clan. There are rumors that there are still some around that survived by luck that they were away on that day.
Yuuko was frightened when she finally regained control of her body. She found her clan's homes in shambles and lots of the clan lying in the streets dead. She didn't know that she had done it at the time, but the villagers realized what she had done and she became an outcast even though the Hokage ordered silence on the incident. Yuuko did eventually figure out that she had killed them all. She then became determined to fight this second personality and become better in control of her powers.
| 2019-04-22T22:42:10 |
http://geninevolution.forumotion.com/t167-yuuko-kurama
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Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions.
Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine global climates.
(Mastery) How does pressure effect me?
What types of pressures are there?
(Understanding) How is pressure different in different things?
Create a diagram that shows showing how pressure can be created, used, or changed.
Show how you use pressure in your daily life. .
Create a diagram that compares or contrasts many different forms of pressure.
Show how pressure exists accross the universe in different media.
Density is the amount of matter in a given space.
The property of an object to rise or sink is called buoyancy.
Pressure is a force spread over an area.
Pressure (air or water) increases with depth because of the weight of the fluid above.
Pressure in fluids (gasses and liquids) are transmitted or distributed in all directions.
Wind is created by air moving from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.
Local Winds are created by the unequal heating of Earth's surface.
Coriolis effect- The effect of the Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.
Southern Hemisphere - tend to curve left.
Jet Streams Bands of high speed winds 10 kilometers above Earth's surface. They blow from west to east at between 200 and 400 kilometers per hour.
Air Mass A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure.
In the U.S., Colder, drier polar air masses move south from Canada. Warmer, more humid air masses move north from the Caribean.
Fronts - The area where air masses meet and interact.
Cold, dry air tends to sink and warm, moist air tends to rise up, over.
Surface Currents are driven mainly by winds.
Deep Currents are caused by differences in water density. Colder, more saline (salty) water follows the hills and valleys of the ocean floor.
El Ni�o A change in winds and currents in the Pacific that changes the weather for the American continents.
Blaise Pascal,,(1623-1662) French mathemetician and religious philosopher whose interest in the mercury barometer led him to climb mountains and experiment with pressure. He invented mechanical adding machines that predicted computers.
Daniel Bernoulli (1700-1782) Swiss mathematician whosework with moving fluids is the basis of today's work with airplanes, submarines, water systems, and hydraulics.
Archimedes (287-212 BCE) Greek philosopher and mathematician. Supposed to have jumped out of his bath and ran down the streets when he discovered his famous principle of displaced fluids and buoyancy.
Hydraulic and pneumatic brakes in bicycles, motorcycles, cars, and trucks.
| 2019-04-20T08:25:58 |
http://etorg.us/ScienceUnits/Weather.html
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This article is about the Syrian Civil War from January to July 2015. For other time periods, see Timeline of the Syrian Civil War.
The following is a timeline of the Syrian Civil War from January to July 2015. Information about aggregated casualty counts is found at Casualties of the Syrian Civil War.
The FSA and al-Nusra Front launch an offensive against Hezbollah strongholds in the Jirud Fleita area, of western Kalamoon, near the Lebanese border. Media sources affiliated with the Syrian opposition report that the joint forces targeted a series of military checkpoints held by Hezbollah in the area surrounding the village of Flaita in Kalamoon. Heavy losses were reported in the ranks of the pro-Assad security forces and militants of Hezbollah, as the FSA rebels seized a number of heavy and light weapons as well as boxes of ammunition during the operation. At least three FSA fighters were killed. A military official of al-Nusra reported that the ISIS presence in the area has exceeded 700 men, amid fears of escalating violence between both groups.
The Combined Joint Task Force combating ISIL conducts ten airstrikes in Syria, eight of them targeting the contested city of Kobani, with the airstrikes destroying fourteen ISIL fighting positions and a building.
A Syrian airstrike killed at least 40* January 6 - The Combined Joint Task Force combating ISIL conducts ten airstrikes in Syria, eight of them targeting the contested city of Kobani, with the airstrikes destroying fourteen ISIL fighting positions and a building. people in a rebel-held suburb of Damascus. The Syrian air force carried out more than 5,000 airstrikes between 20 October 2014 and 20 January 2015.
The YPG clashed with Syrian government forces in Al-Hasakah city.
Hundreds of rebels armed with rocket launchers and anti-aircraft weapons take over the Brigade 82 base near the town of Sheikh Maskeen, close to the main north-south highway between the capital Damascus and Jordan. The base, one of several used to pound rebel-held villages and towns in southern Syria and along the frontier with Jordan, lies at the heart of a heavily fortified zone which formed a southern line of defense protecting Damascus. The Southern Front coalition says that this advance will help the rebels cut supply routes of Assad regime forces in the south from their supplies in the north to be able to eventually take over Deraa city. The capture of the base helped the rebels to overrun most of the nearby town of Sheikh Maskeen, which they attacked several times in last few months, but failed to seize.
Kurdish fighters recapture at least 90% of Kobanî, Syria from ISIS.
It is reported that many of the Syrian rebel groups which were previously favored by the CIA would have their money and supplies cut off or substantially reduced.
Hezbollah fired anti-tank missiles at an Israeli military convoy in Shebaa farms near the Lebanon border, killing two soldiers and wounding seven. In response, Israel fired at least 50 artillery shells across the border into southern Lebanon, resulting in fire-exchanges with Hezbollah, in which a Spanish UN peacekeeper was killed.
Islam Army leader Zahran Alloush said that a 120-rocket attack that killed three people was a taste of what the regime had visited on eastern Ghouta. Syrian Air force airstrikes killed at least 65 people in the Eastern suburbs of Damascus unknown quantities of them insurgents. According to rebel activists, the air force carried out more than 60 strikes on the suburbs of Douma, Saqba, Kafr Batna, Jobar, and Erbin.
ISIL claims that the American female hostage Kayla Jean Mueller has been killed by Jordanian airstrikes at the outskirts of Raqqa, Syria. The White House says that they have no proof of her death.
Five civilians were killed and dozens others injured due to aerial bombardment launched by the pro-regime warplanes in the eastern Ghouta of Damascus countryside.
The Kurds regain control of at least 163 villages around Kobani in the three weeks since they pushed ISIS fighters out of the town.
Kurdish forces backed by Syrian rebel groups take control of a hill south of Kobani which lies within the Raqqa province - the stronghold of ISIS. It is the first time the Kurds had entered Raqqa.
During an offensive aimed at cutting rebel supply lines to the Turkish border, Assad regime forces entered the village of Ratyan, north of Aleppo, and executions took place.
Rebels retake the village of Ratyan and capture 32 Syrian Army soldiers and pro-government gunmen, where fighting is raging as the two sides try to grab new territory ahead of a possible truce. More than 170 fighters are killed from both sides in the clashes.
Doctors Without Borders urges all parties to facilitate the evacuation of people wounded in the clashes near Aleppo, which it says had triggered a new wave of displaced families trying to reach the Turkish border to seek shelter. Medical staff are forced to evacuate an MSF facility on the outskirts of Aleppo because of the worsening insecurity.
Rebels recapture the village of Hardatnein near Aleppo, two days after it was taken by Assad forces. Intense clashes are taking place outside a third village, Bashkoy, which was also taken by the government on February 17.
The SOHR monitoring group reports that ten children were among at least 48 people killed in Rityan village when Assad regime forces executed six families of rebel fighters. Villagers had discovered the bodies when they returned to their homes after the regime forces withdrew on February 18. Five women and 13 rebels from the six families were among the dead. There was no resistance except in one house where a rebel opened fire at troops before being executed along with his family. Some of the bodies had been mutilated.
Eight people—among them two women and two children—are killed when a barrel bomb hit a building in an opposition-held area of Aleppo. Five people are also reported killed during the rebel shelling of regime-held areas of the city.
The Syrian air force kills at least seven people in rebel areas east of Damascus.
Turkish Army forces entered Syria to evacuate soldiers guarding the Tomb of Suleyman Shah, a Turkish exclave inside the Aleppo Governorate, and remove the sarcophagus. One Turkish soldier was killed in what a government official called an "accident" during the operation. The Turkish military convoy reportedly traveled through the town of Kobanî, recently liberated from ISIL control by Kurdish and FSA forces with coalition air support.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, ISIL has abducted 90 Assyrian Christians after it seized Assyrian villages near Tell Tamer from Kurdish forces.
Kurdish forces dealt a blow to the Islamic State by capturing Tel Hamis, a strategically important town in north-eastern Syria. The British-based Observatory said that Kurdish forces killed at least 175 members and commanders of the ultra-hardline Islamist militants in an offensive which began last weekend.
ISIL forces retreat following clashes in Tall Brak, a town in north-east Syria in the al-Hasakah governorate, in the second ISIL defeat in two days after also retreating from Tel Hamis.
Rebels set off a large quantity of explosives in a tunnel running underneath or near Air Force Intelligence's headquarters in the Jamiat al-Zahra district of Aleppo, causing part of the building to collapse and reverberating throughout most of the city. Immediately after, heavy fighting broke out, with al-Nusra Front fighters and hardline Islamist rebel groups bombarding the area and attempting to advance. Assad regime forces responded with artillery and called in air strikes, eventually repelling the attackers. The dead included members of Air Force Intelligence, pro-Assad regime militiamen and Hezbollah fighters, as well as rebel attackers.
In retaliation for the Air Force Intelligence headquarter attack, the Syrian army conducted an air strike against al-Nusra Front in the al-Habit area. As a result, the jihadists' military chief Abu Homam al-Shami was killed, along with three other prominent leaders. Meanwhile, in Aleppo, the government forces launched an attack on the rebels in the west of the city.
The head of the rebel-aligned Al-Anfal Brigade, alongside 70 of its fighters, laid down their weapons to the SAA.
The Liwaa Hateen Brigade from the Rif Dimashq Governorate defected to the National Defense Forces after fighting the SAA for more than three years.
The rebel-aligned Liwaa Sham Al-Rasoul brigade surrendered to the Syrian government-backed National Defense Forces (NDF). According to a military source, this is the third rebel group to defect from the FSA in 8 days – the other two rebel groups defected in the Yarmouk Camp and Al-Tadamon Districts.
A military-related source confirmed the downing of a drone identified as a U.S. MQ-1 Predator; the aircraft was reportedly shot down in the Latakia Governorate.
The Al-Nusra Front down a government helicopter in the Idlib province. Four crew members are captured and a fifth is reportedly executed.
Islamic State fighters move to attack the government-held Tadmur airbase near Homs as they continue their westward offensive. Islamic State fighters also down a Syrian government Su-24 warplane near the Shaar gasfield east of Homs.
The Al-Nusra Front have announced the capture of Idlib.
Jordan closes the Nasib crossing, its only functioning border crossing with Syria, following heavy clashes on the Syrian side between rebels and Syrian state forces.
Islamic State fighters infiltrate the Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk from the nearby Hajar Aswad neighborhood in Damascus and clash with members of an anti-Assad Palestinian faction called Aknaf Beit al-Maqdis. Large parts of the camp are taken by ISIS.
The Free Syrian Army and its allies take control of the Nasib border crossing with Jordan after forcing pro-Assad militias to withdraw from the area.
People's Protection Units (YPG) and Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters capture the Lafarge Cement Plant near Xerib Hishq in the Kobanê Canton after heavy fighting. The offensive also captures the towns of Janban, Munif Kor, and Xerib Hishq itself.
Meanwhile, ISIS launches an offensive to the west attempting to retake Nor Ali and Sabat Tahtani on the M4 motorway.
ISIS launches an offensive in Tadmur, with clashes erupting in the city's outskirts.
Syrian minister Ali Haidar reportedly met with Kurdish officials in Rojava, and conducted talks regarding some degree of de-jure autonomy for the region, in spite of Rojava already being de facto autonomous from the government.
The Jisr al-Shughur offensive in the north-west was launched by the Battle of Victory operations rooms.
The Battle of Victory captured the city of Jisr al-Shughur in northwestern Syria.
Unprecedented fighting erupts between Assad regime troops and National Defense Force members in the Alawite-populated Zahraa quarter of central Homs due to “internal differences” breaking out when the inhabitants of Zahraa and [a nearby Armenian quarter] began to complain about the actions of the NDF members.” The clashes resulted in a number of fatalities, and Assad regime troops found a car rigged with explosives meant to assassinate Homs Governor Talal al-Barazi in the NDF headquarters.
The Islamic State group seizes large parts of the town of Al-Sukhnah and its surroundings in the Homs province in clashes that killed 48 regime soldiers and IS fighters, in fighting since the previous night.
On May 15, 1st SFOD-Delta operators from the Joint Special Operations Command based in Iraq conducted an operation in al-Amr (Eastern Syria) to capture a senior IS leader named Abu Sayyaf, which in resulted in his death and the capture of his wife Umm Sayyaf, when he tried to engage U.S. forces in combat.
A rebel coalition that includes the Al Nusra front and calls itself the "Army of Conquest" (or Jaish al-Fatah) seized the town of Mastouma and the town's army base in the Idlib province. Government forces withdrew south to Ariha.
The Islamic State captured Palmyra from government forces.
According to pro-governmental sources, ISIS continued their push towards Homs, with the frontline now being at Qurayteen, Al-Furqlus, the Shaer mountains, and the Tiyas airbase. According to these sources, ISIS was, at this point, 35 km from Homs.
The rebel "Army of Conquest" coalition (Jaish al-Fatah) attacked the town of Ariha in the Idlib province, the last major town in the Idlib province still held by the government. The town was captured by the rebels later the same day.
According to a military source, Jabhat Al-Nusra issued a Declaration of War against the YPG in the province of Aleppo.
ISIS began an offensive against Syrian government forces towards the city of Hassakeh, a city divided between the Syrian government and the YPG.
FSA and the Islamic Front seize Brigade 52 base from government forces, which is located east of the town of Al Hirak. (coordinates: Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 668: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.).
YPG and FSA forces captured Tell Abyad from ISIS uniting the Kobanî and Jazira Cantons.
YPG and Asayish forces clashed with the regime in Qamishli, capturing several regime held institutions.
A crowd of 200 Demonstrators of a Druze community in Majdal Shams on the Golan Heights attacked an Israeli military ambulance carrying 2 "injured Syrians" (alleged Islamic rebels), killing one of them and slightly wounding two IDF soldiers. The attack came two weeks after 20 Druze were killed in an unprecedented shoot-out with the Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front in the Idlib province in northwestern Syria.
ISIL launches attacks on the cities of Kobani and Hasakah in northern Syria. In Kobani two car bombs and subsequent clashes between ISIL infiltrators and the YPG left at least 30 dead, whilst 20 more were killed in the nearby village of Barkh Botan. In Hasakah, ISIL seized numerous districts and institutions in the city resulting in a wave of refugees fleeing the clashes in the city. 30 Regime and 20 ISIL fighters were reportedly killed in the clashes. In southern Syria, 51 rebel factions initiate a battle to capture the city of Deraa resulting in fierce clashes and heavy bombardment by the Syrian government. There are reports of casualties in Deraa and the surrounding villages.
Islamic State kills 146 civilians in Kobani, the second largest massacre since the start of the conflict when the extremist group executed 700 members of the al-Sheitaat tribe in eastern Syria.
An Islamic State suicide bomber kills at least 20 people in the city of Hasakeh.
Rebels captured a former Scientific Research Center in Aleppo, which threatened regime-held areas in New Aleppo.
Hezbollah and SAA announce they had entered the rebel-held city of Zabadani on the second day of a major offensive to capture the border area around the Beirut-Damascus highwaybroke. Over 2,000 rebels from groups that include Nusra Front have planted mines and fortified their positions inside the besieged city ahead of expected heavy street fighting.
After 2 weeks of fighting the SAA beat back Army of Conquest offensive at Daraa.
The SAA Tiger Forces capture the Ancient Quarries in the northwestern countryside of Palmyra after fierce clashes with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). According to a military source, SAA units are less than 2 km from the Qassoun Checkpoint that leads to the Qassoun Mountains of Palmyra.
More than 18 people are killed and dozens others wounded after the Assad regime helicopters drops several barrel bombs on al-Bab city east of Aleppo. Media sources in the eastern countryside of Aleppo confirmed that pro-Assad helicopters dropped four barrel bombs on the village of Qasr al-Bureij in al-Bab countryside.
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↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Syria forces execute 10 children of alleged rebels: Report. Feb 21, 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
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↑ Government forces reportedly launched an assault on rebel positions in the west of the city. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
↑ Reuters:Seventy insurgents defect to Syrian army in Damascus suburb. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
↑ Rebel brigade defects to the National Defense Forces in southern Damascus. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
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↑ Rebels take largest remaining army base in Syria's Idlib: activists. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
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↑ Nusra takes last regime-held town in Syria's Idlib. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
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↑ ISIS militants at the gates of Hassakeh. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
| 2019-04-18T20:41:54 |
https://infogalactic.com/info/Timeline_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War_(January%E2%80%93July_2015)
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This week in the Planet Earth podcast, Roland Leigh and Joshua Vande Hey of the University of Leicester describe the work they're doing with Leicester City Council to cut light pollution and help the council save electricity.
Sue Nelson: This time in the Planet Earth podcast, how monitoring the environment is helping a city reduce its energy bills. I'm Sue Nelson and this time I am in Leicester and even though it is during the day I am deliberately stood beneath a street light not far from the university campus near Victoria Park, because this is no ordinary street light - well at least it is not like any street light I've ever seen. It had the traditional base but at the top it has a rectangular black, almost like a step from a step glass, and underneath it are four rows of white circles, it must be some form of white lights and I can count almost four rows of, maybe, eight or ten of the lights themselves. We will find out why we're here in a moment as I am joined by Dr Roland Leigh and Dr Josh Vande Hey from the Earth Observation Science Group at the University of Leicester's Space Research Centre and also Manjeet Singh Virdee who is the Public Lighting Manager from Leicester City Council.
Manjeet, I'm going to start with you. What was I looking at and describing there?
Manjeet Virdee: Well you are describing the new LED lights, luminaire, that we are rolling out across the city.
Sue Nelson: It is very different from the lamp that is just down the road here which is a more traditional one and looks more like a sodium lamp.
Manjeet Virdee: It is and the programme that we are rolling out is a three year programme replacing all high pressure and low pressure sodium lamps. We have about 33,000 of these and at the end of the completion of the year we have clocked 10,000 conversions and we've got about 23,000 to go in the next two years.
Sue Nelson: What are the benefits then between the lamp above us, the LED one, so those little round dots I was talking about are obviously LED lights and the sodium lamp?
Manjeet Virdee: The sodium lamp is a 70 watt high pressure sodium luminaire which consumes just over 90 watts and it does throw some upward light, whereas in comparison to this LED light the majority of the light is downward, it's directional and it puts the light where you need it, on the road and the footpath.
Sue Nelson: Well that brings us to the two scientists who are here from the university, Roland Leigh, talking effectively about light pollution here.
Dr Roland Leigh: In the City of Leicester we are home to a number of keen astronomers who really like to see the night sky and understand it as well as the public who want to see the stars out thee and enjoy them, and what we have is a street that needs to be lit for public security, public information and we all like to be able to see where we are going at night, but we also have that reflected light bending up back in the atmosphere and coming back down to us as a night glow and as light pollution. So we have a very keen understanding and need to improve the situation and reduce light pollution.
Sue Nelson: And this led to a project called 'Night Mapping' that you are involved with, Josh. What did that actually involve?
Dr Josh Vande Hey: With our partner company called Blue Sky International we're developing a new instrument that can fly over cities and over rural areas and quantify the night pollution on the ground and also categorise sources automatically.
Sue Nelson: So you are taking aerial photographs effectively?
Dr Josh Vande Hey: That's right. By flying over the city and photographing the light pollution at night we can add some information to our current understanding from the cities well categorised and well understood light inventories to the private and commercial inventories which are not so well understood.
Sue Nelson: When you say private and commercial inventories, what do you mean by that?
Dr Josh Vande Hey: What I mean is whether it is bright lights that people may have installed on their homes or more often warehouses, retail parks, car parks. Many of these things are really used at night, the lighting is simply for advertising or perhaps for security purposes, but what we can do is say, well, look, there is this much light coming out from this location at night, is that much necessary, and we can inform those people, we can work with them to develop strategies to save electricity and lower the amount of light pollution.
Sue Nelson: So what sort of information have you got? If you go over the city is it the immediate information which may be an open air car park is throwing up more light than a shopping centre.
Dr Josh Vande Hey: That's exactly the sort of first questions we have asked. As you heard from Manjeet, the City of Leicester is doing really cutting edge work on managing and upgrading their lighting systems. What they don't have a good handle on is the sources that are off their grid - the private industrial light sources. So, for example, in our first flight over Leicester we saw that the car park on top of the Highcross Shopping Centre is the brightest spot in the city of Leicester and so we can identify these spots and then we can work with the city, with the industry partners and the commercial entities to come up with strategies that could be used to lessen the impact on these sources.
Sue Nelson: How has it been working with the council as a university? Has that been an easy or difficult thing - obviously Manjeet is standing right here so you've got to be fairly polite!
Dr Roland Leigh: So far it's been a very, very easy and interesting process. We first met with them about 18 months ago to understand what information they had and what processes they were putting in place, and then we've gone away and encaptured a data set that we think may be able to provide some new information.
Sue Nelson: What sort of data are we talking about?
Dr Roland Leigh: The data sets that they have are fantastic databases of all the lamps, all the light sources, the different kinds of bulbs and when they have been changed or are next due to be changed, so there's a great understanding of the public lighting infrastructure that we have, but what we can add to that is the understanding of how that light then interacts with the environment and all those light sources that aren't on the public grid.
Sue Nelson: In terms of environmental impacts, what are they?
Dr Roland Leigh: There's a number that you could perceive - one is the impact on humans in the city, how we humans interact, whether it is our sleep patterns or what we are doing when we are awake. There are also the ecosystems as well, whether it is bats or insects, how those systems are impacted by the different light patterns in the city.
Sue Nelson: And for you, Manjeet, I suspect it is a little more than saving the council some money, or is it purely economic that you are looking at this?
Manjeet Virdee: Oh yes it started with that with the authority making a commitment to reducing its carbon footprint by 50% by 2025 and we've been trailing and looking at the different light sources that are on the market and which are being developed by the manufacturers. The LED light technology has come on in leaps and bounds and also the price is something like half the price of what it was three or four years ago. In achieving the commitment that the authority has made, in procuring funding to replace all our low pressure and high pressure sodium lights, over the three year period we are hoping to reduce our energy consumption by more than 50%. We have actually seen that by changing to white lights we are getting just over 40% reduction in energy consumption, by just going to white lights, and by further dimming from 8 o'clock when the traffic count has gone down and then further dimming at 11 o'clock we think that we will probably hit 60% or more reduction in energy and carbon.
Sue Nelson: These are very impressive figures. Josh, what is it about white light that makes it so preferable to, what, let's face it the decades has been the accepted standard, the sodium lamp, the yellow light?
Dr Josh Vande Hey: First of all the LEDs have been optimised to be most efficient with the white colour that you see but also in terms of human perception when you use these white lights you can actually put fewer watts out to get the same perceived effect than you would in the sodium lamps.
Sue Nelson: So how do you characterise the type of white light that you see when you are flying over the city, because you are going to have different types of light aren't you coming up out into space effectively?
Dr Josh Vande Hey: That's right and in earth observation at the university we have a lot of interest and experience in spectroscopy and even in red, green, blue images, like a photograph, you can find out all sorts of things about the light source by looking at the ratios between the different colour intensities. So by looking at red versus green versus blue channels we can segregate the sodium from the traditional white light from the LEDs because of their different spectral signatures.
Dr Roland Leigh: Within the Earth Observation Science Group we use artificial light and sunlight to understand the environment which we work, so characterising our artificial lights is one of those aspects that is a natural offshoot of the spectroscopy that we do and the environmental science that we do and it is fantastic to be able to apply that understand of light sources to help manage this process of improving artificial lighting within our cities.
Sue Nelson: Manjeet Singh Virdee from Leicester City Council, Dr Josh Vande Hey and Dr Roland Leigh from the University of Leicester, thank you all very much for joining me in the city beneath one of these street lights. And that's the Planet Earth podcast from the Natural Environmental Research Council. You can follow us on Facebook and Twitter where we will post some pictures of today's recording. I'm Sue Nelson, thanks for listening.
| 2019-04-23T05:51:17 |
https://nerc.ukri.org/planetearth/stories/1640/
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Is there any way to prevent xautolock from locking while watching videos (either in browser or mplayer/vlc) or being in fullscreen mode?
I know there is the option -corners that prevents xautolock from locking if the mouse cursor is in that corner, but that would need me to remind this every time I'm in fullscreen.
It would be suitable for me if there is any other program with similar functionality as xautolock offers, and does not lock when in fullscreen mode or watching fullscreen videos.
| 2019-04-21T20:41:50 |
https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5513/prevent-xautolock-from-locking-while-being-in-fullscreen/index.html
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Is a Medical Marijuana Approval in Florida's Future?
Here's what the latest polling data suggests.
The big day is here: Residents of nine states are headed to the polls to decide the fate of marijuana provisions. One of the most closely watched of these nine decisions should be Florida Amendment 2, which will determine if medical marijuana is in Florida's future.
Florida Amendment 2, which is officially known as the "Use of Marijuana for Debilitating Medical Conditions," could allow Florida to become the 26th state to legalize medical marijuana. Unlike the other states deciding cannabis's fate, Florida's proposal requires an amendment to the state's constitution. Therefore, it will require a 60% "yes" vote in order to pass.
It's also worth noting that this is the second go-around for Floridians voting on medical marijuana, with a similar measure failing to garner enough support in 2014 (58% "yes" votes). Florida Amendment 2 offers a more specific list of the qualifying ailments compared to the previous medical-marijuana amendment voted on in 2014, and parental consent requirements are more clearly defined this time around.
Regulators have determined that the sales tax applied to medical marijuana would increase local and state revenue, but no rough dollar impact is listed.
If the most recent polling data is any indication of what might happen in Florida, medical marijuana looks well on its way to being legalized. A late October poll from The Polling Institute Saint Leo University found that 71% favored the state's medical marijuana amendment compared to only 22% who opposed it. Even with the margin of error and undecided voters factored in, this would lead to the amendment passing.
In fact, since 2015, there have been close to a dozen polls conducted on Floridians' opinions of medical cannabis. In every instance, the surveys have found at least 60% support.
According to an NBC News poll from 2015, 84% of people nationally favor the legalization of medical cannabis.
A victory in Florida would be important for two key reasons. First, seniors traditionally dislike pot, and Florida has one of the highest concentrations of seniors within the United States. If medical marijuana can gain approval here, it can presumably gain approval in just about any state.
Secondly, an approval in Florida would tip the scales to more states having legalized pot for medical purposes than those that have kept it illegal. That's a psychological milestone that could push Congress to eventually reconsider marijuana's scheduling.
Of course, even if medical marijuana becomes legal in Florida, it does little to help investors. Despite marijuana's enormous growth potential -- Cowen & Co. has estimated that the legal pot market could hit $50 billion by 2026 from $6 billion today -- the fact that the federal government has kept its stance firm on the drug as schedule 1 means there are inherent disadvantages that'll likely keep investors from partaking in this growth. Plus, recreational marijuana is by far the larger growth opportunity for businesses.
Though this could be a game-changing day for certain Floridians, it's probably a non-event for investors.
| 2019-04-23T16:51:04 |
https://www.fool.com/investing/2016/11/08/is-a-medical-marijuana-approval-in-floridas-future.aspx
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Given below is a description of the effect of an entrance on the life of an individual. Most often, people say that they are not experiencing the effect; in such cases it is found that they have not measured the angles correctly and are calculating the position approximately. In such matters, one should be as exact as possible.
Each side has been divided into 9 equal parts and each part has been numbered. The effect of each location is as below.
1. (Shikhi/Eeash/ Ish/Agni) -Ne (head Forehead) - Anxiety, Anger, Atmosphere like fights, very fiery atmosphere - loss due to fire - Fire hazard and misery.
2. (Parjanya/ Parojaya ) - East (eye Right eye) - Misery and agony for women of house .
4. (Mahendra/Indra) - East (neck,Right shoulder)- gain in ancestral anxiety Rajyoga, Blessing from others so very good, The best door entrance - Success in government work , gov favor.
7. (Bhrush/Bhrisha/ Barisham) - East (middle hand Right hand) - Mental relativity , fear from enemies , Krurta, Big lesson even for a small mistake - cruelty or unpleasantness.
8. (Nabh/ Akash) - East(elbow Right elbow), - Fear from thieves. Automatic disappearance of an object, People staying will have tendency for theft eg. Kleptomania - loss due to theft .
19. (Sigriv /Sugriva) -(shank) - Monetary loss & children, The children will be respectful and spend more and undue - financial loss .
20. (Pushpdant /Pushpadanta) - (knee) -Gain of son and money, Name & fame (The best place in West) - Financial and Human growth .
21. (Varun/ Varuna /jajaldi-paha) - (thigh) - Gain of wealth - Financial and Human growth.
22. (Asur/ Daitya) - (side) - Rulers Warth, Undue mental harassments from court, department, and people - gov harassment, financial loss.
25. (Roga) -(forearm)- If Rahu is bad then Killing or imprisonment, Disagreement, Ras rang, Mujra,Rangshala , but if door then very bad. If rahu is bad (there is dosha), but if rahu is good (no dosha) then there is budh - tragic death, accidental injury, imprisonment.
28. (Bhallat/ Bhallata) - (arm)- Increase in virtues, Get money with principles - financial gain and human growth .
32. (Diti) - (eye)-Poverty, Loss of money, Very poor - failure, unsuccessful, loss due to fire.
| 2019-04-21T18:19:16 |
http://jasbirmundi.com/?op=vedic1&id=145
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with the bold text in the example below: The Skychi Travel Guide : Cruise or All-inclusive?
On a flight from Miami to Indianapolis one of my passengers shared with me her cruise experience. She and her husband had just returned from a seven day cruise on Royal Caribbean to the Bahamas, St. Maarten, and the Labadee, Haiti.
Her favorite part of the cruise was her visit to St. Maarten. She said the people were very friendly and it was also very clean.
She did not enjoy her visit to Labadee, Haiti because the local vendors she felt were too pushy. She said one vendor asked her if she had a child. She said told him a daughter. The vendor asked her for the name of her child. When she told him, he started to make a bracelet with her daughter's name on it. She felt compelled to buy it. When she tried to pay him for it, he did not have change. Then he tried to stuff more merchandise in the bag for her to purchase. She told him she did not want the extra souvenirs. She demanded her change. She said several others on the cruise experienced the same thing with pushy vendors.
I tried to explain to her that they Haitians were probably pushy due to earthquake and their dire economic conditions. I am sure they are trying to support many family members with the tourist income.
The woman shared with me that onboard the cruise ship only water and juice are complimentary. Soft drinks and alcohol are extra. She said you can purchase a unlimited soft drink package or charge them individually.
Now I understand the tip from a travel agent warning about the bar tab at the end of a cruise can be big surprise for cruisers. All those drinks can add up to a hefty bar tab. The travel agent says that all-inclusive are a better deal because drinks are included in the package.
Which has been a better experience for you: a cruise vacation or an all-inclusive vacation?
| 2019-04-26T10:26:43 |
http://theskychitravelguide.blogspot.com/2011/01/cruise-or-all-inclusive.html
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2 Suggest strategies for resolving the following information management system problems: a) You want to summarise sales information by customer type but the report does not exist in the customer management system. b) Your computer is crashing regularly, causing you to lose data. c) Customer data has been provided to a supplier in error. d) Customers are complaining about shipping delays and backorders.
3 Select a component of an information or knowledge management system with which you are familiar. Describe the strengths and weaknesses of that system.
| 2019-04-18T10:49:10 |
https://myassignmenthelp.com/answers/management-why-is-it-important-to-research-stakeholder-requirements-for-an-inform.html
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Question: A woman gave birth a number of months earlier by way of Caesarean Section. [The doctor has advised] there is a danger in her conceiving [so soon] again in the forthcoming months, so is it permissible for her to take some pills to prevent a pregnancy or delay it?
Response: If the specialist doctors [in their professional opinion] have decided that a pregnancy so soon [after a Caesarean Section] would be harmful to her, then she can take whatever [is required] to delay the [next] pregnancy until such time she is [medically] fit for [the next] pregnancy.
| 2019-04-19T02:44:08 |
http://www.fatwa-online.com/delaying-next-pregnancy-after-a-caesarean-section/
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Originating in a article by Mark Simpson, Wikipedia defines metrosexuals as: It wasn't until almost a decade later when a group of gay guys with an eye for straight men brought the word into the American lexicon.
Of course, Hollywood is a breeding ground for the metro community, so I give the list of the top 10 metrosexual celebrities in no particular order: Orlando Bloom He hit it big playing an elven archer and from then on showed the world just how conditioned curly brown locks could be. To this day there are fights about who is prettier in the " Pirates " movies, Bloom or Johnny Depp.
I'm actually thinking of writing my doctoral thesis on this debate. Zac Efron Quick - name a movie where Zac Efron doesn't play a pretty boy Metrosexual man quotes sings to the girl of his affection. Bet you couldn't think Metrosexual man quotes one. Oh, and have you seen that hair? A normal man can't do that with his hair.
I've tried, for hours. Ryan Seacrest He has to bleach his teeth at least once a day. Though I suppose when your talent is hosting things, the "Metrosexual man quotes" you look, the easier it is to distract the audience from the real talent. Does he still frost his hair? David Beckham How does he even have time to be a soccer star when he spends most of his day trying to look prettier than Posh Spice?
He is pretty much the quintessential metro guy, and most women and a bunch of men aren't complaining about that. Brad Pitt Metrosexual man quotes he isn't adopting kids with his life partner, Pitt makes a living having impossibly rock-hard abs and a chiseled face for a man of his years He's 45!
Oh, and did you see him in Fight Club?
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Say what you will about the masculinity of a metro guy, he landed the queen of all cougars! Jake Gyllenhaal He was manlier in Brokeback Mountain than he is in real life. Gyllenhaal has that brooding theater guy look who you know ignored the girls in high school to learn lines for the spring drama production. Now he's all grown up and became the man theater guys aspire to become - talented, deep, and good looking.
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Paraphrased from William Cobbett's book Cottage Economy , published 1821. The book actually used was a reprint (London: Peter Davies, Ltd., 1926) with a preface by G.K. Chesterton. Cobbett was a social reformer fighting the then infant Industrial Revolution. The book appears to have gone through at least one other editon, or perhaps the book was initially published as a series of monographs.
A large kettle of at least 40 gallons capacity.
A wooden tub which can hold 60 gallons, standing off the floor to allow the underbuck to slid underneath it. It should be a little wider at the top than at the bottom. In the center of the bottom should be a 2" diameter hole. As a plug (which will also serve a valve), a long stick (a foot or two longer than the tub is deep) of 2" diameter which has been tapered over the bottom 8" or so.
When the plug/valve is raised, it will be necessary to hold it in position as the wort is released by degrees. Cobbett recommends a long split stick that reaches across the mashing-tub.
In addition, a stirring stick is required for the mashing. This is made from a long stick, with a few short dowels (8-10"), stuck through at the bottom, 3 or 4 inches apart, at right angles to the stirring stick and staggered around its circumfrence.
A low, shallow bucket that will slip under the mash-tub to recieve the wort after mashing.
The tun-tub holds the wort for the fermentation process. It should hold thirty gallons.
The coolers are one or more shallow containers to allow the wort to cool after boiling.
The recipe given is for a yield of 18 gallons of ale, as well as 36 gallons of small beer, or beer made from sugars residual in the used malt. For ale alone: two bushels of malt, appx. forty gallons of water, a pound and a half of hops, half a pint of yeast and a handful of wheat or rye flour. For both ale and small beer the list becomes: two bushels of malt, appx. eighty gallons of water, two pounds of hops, a pint of yeast and two handfuls of flour. The small beer makes use of the spent malt and hops, adding only an additional half pound of hops for flavor.
Fill the copper with water and bring it to a boil. In preparing the mashing-tub, the floor of the tub needs a filter to keep back the spent malt. What is suggested is a small amount of "fine birch"(1) (though, the author notes, straw or heath may do as well). The filtering material should be bundled and tied, and then lain over the hole. At this point the tapered stick is inserted into the hole, through the birch. The difficulty is that the filter will tend to float away as the plug is removed after mashing. Cobbett suggests a lead collar(2) with a hole in it be slid down the length of the stick, and also notes that some farmers use the iron center of a wheel for this purpose.
Pour enough boiling water into the mashing-tub to stir and separate two bushels of malt and, when the liquor has reached 170 degrees F, put in two bushels of malt.(3) Stir with the stirring stick for fifteen minutes. At some point here, you refill the copper and again bring it to a boil. After the malt has set in the original water for fifteen minutes pour in enough to yield eighteen gallons of wort. This may require thirty gallons of water, due to absorbtion by the grain. Better too much than too little. Stir well again and cover the mashing tub with sacks or suchlike, and let set for two hours.
At this point the underbuck is placed underneath the mashing-tub and the plug/valve is slowly raised, making sure that the sediment does not drain out with the wort. By using the split stick mentioned above, or some other means of holding the valve open, drawing off the wort can be done slowly enough to keep the sediment from coming past the filter. Of course, eventually the spent malt itself begins to act as its own filter bed. The underbuck will not hold all of the wort, so it must be ladled off into the tun-tub.
Ladle the cooled wort into the tun-tub. It should be at 70 degrees F (luke-warm) or near to it.
Put half a pint of yeast into a gallon container, and add some of the wort, as well as a handful of wheat or rye flour(5), mixing it well. Pour this into the tun-tub and again mix well.(6) Cover the tub-tub with a sack or two and allow the tub to stand in a place where the temperature stays about 55 degrees. A head will begin to rise in six to eight hours, and will keep rising for 48. After 24 hours skim the froth and put it into a pan or some other vessel. When the frothing has stopped the beer is made. Put it into a cask when the beer is cold(7).
After the copper has been emptied into the mashing-tun, refill it again and bring to a boil. After the mashing-tun has been drained of wort, stop up the hole again and pour in 36 gallons of the boiling water. Stir well, cover as before and let stand just one hour this time. This makes the small beer wort. While the ale wort is boiling and cooling place the small beer wort into the tun-tub. When the copper is empty, put in the small beer wort, along with the used hops, as well as a half pound of fresh hops. Boil for one hour.
While the small beer wort is boiling, clean out the mash-tub, cleaning also the birch filter. Put the filter back in, and the plug stick, and arrange the filter basket on top, to catch the hops from the small beer wort. After the small beer wort has boiled pour it through the basket into the mash-tub. Let cool and add a pint of yeast.
Small beer will not ferment as long as the ale, and should be ready for casking the day after it is brewed. Additionally the small beer should be put into the cask a little warm, so that some fermentation will take place in the cask.
Cobbett recommends a temperature of about 55 degrees for storage of ale. Put the barrel on a stand that will get it off of the floor, and which will keep the barrel from rolling during filling. The filling hole should be rolled to a little off the vertical, so that spilling beer will run down just one side of the cask. Great care must be taken to make the barrels as full as possible, else spoilage may occur. It may be necessary to use some of the small beer to top up the barrels in the original filling. The yeast will continue working for a day or two after casking, Cobbett says. A gallon or two of the beer should be reserved for topping up the casks as the yeast blows off beer.
When the beer is finished working right the cask so that the filling hole is vertical. Add a handful of fresh hops and put in the bung, wrapped round with a bit of linen. Cobbett mentions that the bung might be covered with a sandbag as well.
After the barrel is empty it should be tightly corked, to prevent moulding. Once a cask becomes moulded it cannot be made clean enough for brewing again.
To clean a cask, pour out the effluvia at the bottom, and then scald the interior of the barrel by putting hot stones into it, and then rolling the barrel.
Cobbett recommends an earth bermed cellar for keeping the beer cool. Under a hill is best, deep and dry. Ale should keep for an indefinite period, though he cautions that beer kept for too long may ferment more, and the vent pegs (bungs?) must be loostened to accomodate the pressure, then tightened again. Small beer may be drunk almost immediately, though there was some custom that it should see a Sunday. Cobbett recommends though that the small beer be given a few weeks of aging. But, he says, "...any beer is better than water."
Much of Cobbett's book is given over to fulminating against the laws and practices of the time, with an astonishing amount of space in the sections on beer taken up by protestations against the vile practice of brewing tea. A purist in his brewing(8), Cobbett despises any additional flavoring or ingredient beyond malt, water, hops and yeast. For instance, he gives a recipe for porter, which was in turn taken from a book published in London shortly before Cottage Economy. He does not cite the book, but it would seem to be a book for commercial brewers. Cobbett states that the author avows that these are ingredients used by many brewers.
To make five barrels of porter (180 gallons), use a quarter of malt(9) (eight bushels), eight pounds of hops, nine pounds of treacle(10), eight pounds of color, eight pounds of sliced licorice root, two drachms of salt of tarter, two ounces of Spanish-licorice and half an ounce of capiscum(11).
The difficulty now is finding a book which deciphers some of the measures and contents.
1) There is no indication here if "fine birch" means actual twigs or birch shavings. Cobbett does indicate "about half the bulk of a birch broom", so it follows that finding out how a birch broom was constructed will get an answer.
2) Though this is probably not wise, in light of what we know now of the ill effects of lead poisoning.
3) Of course, the small farmer or laborer of 1821 may not have had a thermometer, so Cobbett recalls a method "by which so much good beer has been made in England for hunderds of years...", which is to look down into the water, and when you can see your face clearly the water has become cool enought to mash with.
4) Cobbett recommend a wicker basket placed over the coolers.
5) The function of the flour is not known, but it is the custom of the country people and, according to Cobbett, it is doubtless of some use.
6) Alternately, place the gallon container at the bottom of the tun-tub and pour the wort into it, effectively mixing the yeast mixture.
7) If the beer is not cold it will be 'foxed', having a bad taste.
9) A quarter is a measure of grain equal to eight bushels. It derives from a quarter of a ton (probably of wheat), though malt is not so heavy. In the essay he gives examples of bushels of malt weighing 36 and 45 pounds per bushel. A drachm (dram) is either 1/8 ounce (avoirdupois) or 1/16 ounce (apothecary).
10) Treacle is molasses. If anything, treacle may be cooked a bit. Treacle candy is made by cooking molasses to the hard crack stage.
11) To make a note on the economy of the time, Cobbett states that barley costs 2 shillings eightpence a bushel, malt eight shillings per bushel, and the very best hops only a shilling per pound. (20 shillings to the pound, 12 pence (pennies) to the shilling, and four farthings to the penney in Cobbett's day) He is complaining, in the case of the porter, that what costs fourpence three farthings per gallon (without the despised additives, and less than fivepence per gallon with) is retailed at sixteenpence per gallon. Thus, the cost of the above batch of ale and small beer cost less than a pound. The entire apparatus for the brewing of beer as described above cost 7 pounds 10s (though some of the equipment was used) and that a 'brewing machine' of one bushel capacity was available for only 10s more. In depricating tea drinking, he gives the price of tea at fivepence a pound, and the value of thirty days work at 15 shillings (for a lahorer). The cost for a year's worth of beer for a family (274 gallons, ranging from two quarts per day in the coldest months to five quarts in July and August), as made above he places at 7 pounds 5s, including the wear of ustensils. The cost of a years worth of tea, poison to the body and soul that it is, he gives at 11 pounds 7s 2d, including lost worktime, the cost of fires and money lost by going to the public house to buy it.
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Are there any grants for SSI people to get my car fixed?
I'm disabled and live on a very small SSI benefit. Are there any grants to supplement my income?
Are there federal grants to train my dog to be a service dog?
How do I get a grant for a business? I'm on SSI.
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Low is now deceased, other family members and staff continue to carry on his important work. It can happen informally when several people get together, and in various contrived circumstances including self-help groups, peer-delivered services, warm lines, hot lines, peer programs, advocacy programs, outreach, mobile crisis teams, and respite Mead et al.
The purpose of this campaign was to: The only treatment options that might help to relieve symptoms were medications and electroshock therapy, along with maintenance and support services. Immediately prior to the 'Seventies, zoos had been reacting to earlier concerns about squalid conditions for animals by creating ever-more sterile exhibits which permitted a high degree of disease and vector control.
Further specific information on involuntary commitment statutes is included in Chapter II of this document. A literature review of the issues of involuntary commitment, mental health recovery, and peer support, including the established values and ethics of these initiatives; a historical perspective of past and current recovery efforts in Vermont; and related mental health programs.
Low wrote a book, Mental Health through Will-Training, that has been in continuous publication since that time. While some favored the well-ordered symmetry of the Beaux Artes [sic] classic revival period. The IRB process took much longer than anticipated because the boards did not respond promptly to the applications.
In San Francisco and Chicago, federally financed workers constructed modern open zoo exhibits with artificial rock made from gunite. In addition, being a scripted curriculum, it lacks the flexibility needed by people who have different learning styles, needs, and preferences.
What was new about London Zoo was the social nature of a zoo visit and the need for many simultaneous views by a large populace.
The findings of this study and the resulting program are contributing to that body of knowledge. In comparing London Zoo with that of Hagenbeck's, it is apparent the general solution to animal exhibit design of the latter arose not only from a different philosophical outlook, but also out of a consideration of the potential of available construction technology.
Please fill out the fields to generate your thesis statement. Though seemingly revolutionary, the new order is always a product of the society that fosters it and, until now, has always followed the architectural styles of the time.
This landmark study was hailed across the country and around the world as evidence that, given intensive education and support initiatives along with medical treatment, recovery from severe mental illness is possible.
Colemanwho has a lived experience of mental distress including institutionalization and who is an advocate for recovery, emphasized that recovery depends far more on self-help and collaboration than on being treated.
The structure of DNA was determined and in the succeeding decades there were developed: In addition, one person was very contentious, trying and sometimes succeeding to use the meeting to meet her personal needs, and making it difficult to get our agenda done.
The researchers had planned to train a cadre of people who have had mental health difficulties and a history of involuntary commitments to interview the study participants. In the period of successive of war, social upheaval and economic hardship that followed, zoos remained a mixture of London and Hamburg styles but there was never-the-less a tremendous amount of zoo development.
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George Brooks, who began working at the hospital in and was superintendent from towas highly regarded as a strong advocate for improving mental health care and for people who experienced mental health difficulties.
Finally, following WRAP training, people reported being more comfortable obtaining information about community services and engaging in self-advocacy. June 25, at 3: As a result of this campaign, people in the mental health system statewide learned about and supported the project.
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The Union Board felt that longer interviews would be needed; however, they acceded to the requirements of the Vermont Board.
The older zoos are reorganising their exhibits into bioclimatic or zoo-geographic themes.Thesis and Dissertation topics related to Supply Chain Management, Procurement Management, Inventory Management, and Distribution Management.
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I'm writing about moonlight in film and I was wondering if you knew any films that use natural moonlight other than the revenant and also when using moonlight what emotion are you trying to evoke as a cinematographer.
Did the 'Revenant' actually shoot under moonlight? I know there were a couple of landscape shots that were done at dusk with the moon but were any made at night? I have seen footage shot under moonlight but it has usually been time lapse or of a specialist nature. Cameras, some cameras at least, do have the speed to shoot quite a decent image with just the light of a full moon but I can't think of a scene shot entirely that way.
This was shot only by moon light.
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Prayers and thoughts with Nicky and the Hayden Family.
Damn, that's terrible news. Will keep him in thoughts and prayers.
And 'hospitalized in extremely critical condition in the intensive care unit of Cesena Bufalini with doctors who are trying to save his life, the American rider Nicky Hayden. The 36-year old, after the terrible accident that saw him come over by a car on Wednesday afternoon, reported a thoracic polytrauma and traumatic brain very serious and it arrived in a state of unconsciousness in the ER dell'Infermi, the 36 year old driver of the Team Honda World Superbike was involved in a car accident while training bike, and after being stabilized by the health of the Rimini hospital emergency transferred to "buffalo" in Cesena. It 'still hospitalized in critical condition, with doctors who have reserved prognosis, due to very serious injuries reported after the collision with a car and have procured, the American rider, a multiple trauma cranial and abdominal.
Roger Lee is on a plane to Italy to be with his brother.
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Nicky Hayden , was involved in a serious car accident in Rimini, in the early afternoon, while he was training bike, was transported to the Bufalini Hospital in Cesena, a few hours after the incident . The medical team of Romagna structure , particularly well-known and appreciated for its neurosurgery department, is currently unable to operate on the pilot, due to the widespread hematoma which causes a too high intracranial pressure, to think to be able to intervene . It has been tried to reduce such damage with a suitable probe, but still the result was not considered satisfactory. In addition to this result, Hayden suffered back injuries and a fracture to the pelvis and the femur . For the mouth of Dr. Senni, head of communications Cesena Hospital, the American rider is currently hospitalized in the intensive care unit, and is defined as in a "very serious".
A new update will only be issued tomorrow morning.
That is terrible. Prayers for him and his family.
'The Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team would like to share the latest news on Nicky Hayden.
'As well as having his fiancé Jackie by his side, Nicky has now been joined by his brother Tommy and mother Rose who arrived in Italy from the United States earlier today.
'Below is a statement on Nicky's condition from the Maurizio Bufalini Hospital in Cesena, Italy.
“Nicky Hayden's clinical condition remains extremely critical.
"The young man, who is still in the intensive care unit of Cesena's Bufalini hospital, has suffered a serious polytrauma with subsequent serious cerebral damage.
There are unconfirmed leaks from the hospital that Nicky is being diagnosed as Brain Dead and life support could be turned off in a few hours.
I am praying that this is completely false information.
That is terrible and a great loss to the sport.
Feel free to share EVERYWHERE!!!!
He accomplished more in 35 years then I have in 51.
God bless Nicky, and Godspeed. Rest in peace.
He is now up there turning fast laps and trading passes with Marco!!
Going through my pics from the 2010 Indy GP.
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https://fz10.org/thread/905/rip-nicky-hayden
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Are employers in Washington, D.C. required to (1) allow an employee access to her personnel file and (2) allow the employee to place a rebuttal in the file?
Employees always have the right to view their personnel file.
They do not have the right to add things to a file, but can certainly request that their rebuttal be included.
If you tell me what kind of employer this is (government or private) I can give you more info if you want it.
| 2019-04-20T06:17:03 |
https://www.justanswer.com/employment-law/1c15y-employers-washington-d-c-required-1.html
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"now, I will be the first to admit that I don't know the whole story. "
To repeat, the Toledo farmers market vendor could "sell" the cider by accepting "payment" in the form of a donation, but the vendor could NOT sell the same cider, according to the price set by the vendor because the cider was not resting in a refrigerator on the table where the cider was sold.
If it was a true health hazard, why would the vendor be permitted to "sell" the same unrefrigerated cider for a donation?
You could "buy" a cup of coffee by offering a donation, but the Toledo farmers market vendor could not sell you that same cup of coffee, according to the vendor's asking price.
And the reason for this was because the coffee was brewed at their wagon, located about 30 to 40 feet away from the vendor's table. The brewed coffee was placed into large thermos containers at the wagon, I believe, and then those large thermos containers were walked over to the table where you would pour yourself a cup.
But because the coffee was not sold at the exact same location as where it was brewed, the vendor could not sell it for the vendor's price. But obviously, it was not a true health hazard because you could still obtain the coffee for a donation.
Is the U.S. the only country that requires eggs to be refrigerated? When a chicken lays eggs during the warmer time of the year, those eggs don't pop out at 45 degrees.
Apparently, the morons at the health department assume that all eggs sold at the Toledo farmers market come from factory farms.
If you're an American, you probably store eggs in the refrigerator – and wouldn't think of doing it any other way.
Believe it or not, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) graded eggs would be illegal if sold in the UK, or indeed anywhere in the European Union (EU).
It’s all to do with the fact that commercial American eggs are federally required to be washed and sanitized before they reach the consumer.
EU egg marketing laws, on the other hand, state that Class A eggs – those found on supermarkets shelves, must not be washed, or cleaned in any way.
Only in a America can cleaning something actually make the item worse. But factory farm eggs must be sanitized because of the horrible conditions where those eggs are produced.
When you have eggs from tens of thousands of chickens – or more -- all under one roof, there's a good chance they're going to get feces and other contaminants on them. The US solution, rather than reducing the size of the flocks and ensuring better sanitation and access to the outdoors, is to wash the eggs.
I'm not buying bland-tasting, factory farm eggs at the Toledo farmers market.
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"Goin' to North Carolina, and from there onto China"
About two weeks ago, I went to two concerts at UNC-Chapel Hill's Memorial Hall that were tied to a conference on Music and the Global America South. I hadn't heard any of the acts before, but they were both pretty exiting, fun, and musically interesting, so I thought I'd say a few words about them.
The first concert featured two groups, the Carolina Chocolate Drops and South African singer and guitar player Vusi Mahlasela. On stage, the Grammy-award winning Carolina Chocolate Drops are very likable and unassuming. The four of them sit down to perform, perhaps evoking playing on a old-time Southern porch. They all play a few instruments, at least one being some sort banjo (I've never seen so many types). Dom Flemons (guitar, banjo), one of the group's leaders, is quite a character. He dances while he plays bones and just has a high-energy singing style. Rhiannon Gibbons (fiddle, banjo) was classically trained in voice, and you could tell she knew how control her breath. Despite their mostly Southern repertoire, probably my favorite piece was a Scots-Gaelic mouth-music medley, to which they added bones, bass drum, and cello.
Vusi Mahlasela is an outspoken (outsung?) advocate of the end of apartheid, and most of his songs were about African unity. Unfortunately, the words were either in a foreign language or hard to understand, and the music from the different tunes blended together. Perhaps the most interesting number of the concert an encore featuring everybody, "Diamond on the Soles of her Shoes" from Paul Simon's Graceland. Many view Graceland negatively because Paul Simon didn't give enough credit (or proceeds from the best-selling album) to his South African collaborators . But it was interesting to hear the music played by a South African band and I could hear the similarities with the rest of their music (the bass player in Mahlasela's ensemble played on Graceland).
The second concert was with Abigail Washburn, Kai Welch, and Wu Fei. Banjo player Abigail Washburn (who, I found out, is Béla Fleck's wife) was the headliner, having just made her second album, City of Refuge. But I had the feeling this show had evolved since the initial announcement. Kai Welch (who collaborated with her on City of Refuge) brought his trumpet, harmonica, guitar, and also digital looping to the show. Washburn got the conference to fly in her friend Wu Fei, a guzheng (Chinese zither) player from Beijing. Washburn has spend several years in China and had really fallen in love with the culture. While they performed several songs off the album, they also did some crazy things! For the second half of the concert, they convened in what they called "The Wu Force," which was as much an art-concept as a musical group. It was a bizarre mix of Southern and Chinese folk music. Not just clogging to Chinese folk songs (which they did), but some real genre mixing. It was true music without borders, and I felt like I was experiencing something that had never happened before, which was also exciting. One example of their mix was the song "Uyghur–Gaga," which mixed elements of the Chinese sub-culture Uygher's music and Lady Gaga's music.
The Wu Force exploited one musical feature common to both Appalachian and Chinese traditions: pentatonicism, which is using a scale that only has five notes. Most often (including this case), the pentatonic scale means basically a major scale with the half-steps removed (the 4th and 7th degrees), or the five black notes on a piano. It turns out that many melodies in both traditions are based on the same five notes, though the style in which the notes are sung are very different. I think the almost-seamless mixing was possible because of this correspondence.
Have you seen these groups or heard their music? What do you think?
If you are interested in Chinese/Appalachian hybrid music, a friend recently told me about Matteo, a group that plays American music on Chinese instruments. Maybe I'll include some of these instruments on a future Noteworthy Instruments post.
Speaking about going to China, I am! In about 10 days, I'm headed to Hong Kong for a week of fun and culture. Maybe I'll buy an exciting musical instrument to add to my collection.
While completing his doctorate degree in voice performance at the University of Michigan, Brian Tanner frequently stopped by Peter's study carrel in the music library to distract him from his serious musicological studies. Like Peter, Brian is fascinated by the intersection of scholarly research and pop culture. Also like Peter, Brian apparently cannot get enough of college, so he is currently in the MBA program at Brigham Young University. Tweet him at @briandtanner.
I thought this was brilliantly funny concept—take a downer song in a minor key and change it to the major (here's the original). Despite the switch, the end product doesn't really feel all that much "happier"—it's still about a crisis of faith and a severed relationship (at least I think, but it can be hard to parse Michael Stipe's oblique lyrics). The way this video plays with major and minor invites the listener to question the emotional preconceptions we have about each.
Major and minor are but two of the modes that exist in tonal music. Simply put, a mode is a way of organizing pitches into a scale. There are seven total modes, each built with a different pattern of intervals between the notes of the scale: Ionian (also know as major), Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian (also known as minor), and Locrian.* Although there are seven musical modes, the major and minor modes are by far the most common.
"Dorian…has the liveliest melody of all, arouses the somnolent, refreshes the sad and disturbed…[it is] like the Sun, who is deemed first among the planets… the foremost musicians today use this tone the most."
"Phrygian…not wrongly attributed to Mars…moves to choler and biliousness… loud words, hideous battles, and bold deeds suit this [tone]."
"Mixolydian…has more in common with Saturn…shows itself with stentorean voice and great shouts, so as to be a terror to all."
Just when Schubert gets to the saddest lyrics of the song he unexpectedly switches over to the major mode. By switching to the supposedly happier mode at a moment when the sentiment is the saddest, Schubert somehow makes the moment even sadder than it had been when it was in the minor mode because it now feels delusional and hollow.
Another great song cycle by Schubert, Die Schöne Müllerin (The Beautiful Mill-Girl), has two songs back to back in which the protagonist sings about how his fickle lover (fickle lovers are staples of Romantic-era songs) is fond of the color green. The first is called "Die liebe Farbe" ("The Beloved Color") and the second "Die böse Farbe" ("The Hated Color"). Judging by the titles alone, one would reason that the first would be in the major mode and the second in the minor mode, but Schubert does just the opposite, and as a result the first song sounds more pathetic and the second more unhinged than they would if they were written in the expected modes.
This only has two chords, B major and B minor, and it undulates between them so freely that the line between major and minor becomes blurry. Radiohead has a reputation as a cerebral band that writes music that takes multiple listens to sink in, and their refusal to resort to the emotional shorthand that the traditional use of major and minor modes affords may be a key reason why.
Can you think of other pieces of music that challenge our emotional preconceptions about the major and minor modes? Feel free to leave a comment below, or to tweet at me (@briandtanner). And thank you, Peter, for having me on as a guest.
*This Wikipedia article actually does a pretty good job of describing how the modes are formed and how they differ from another.
**The modes of the Renaissance are not quite the same the same as our modern modes, but confusingly they share many of the same names.
The plush, white cover of David Byrne’s How Music Works (San Francisco: McSweeney’s, 2012) proclaims the book an amateur’s sweeping guide to an elevated art, like a classy handbook for avid cricket fans, democratic yet capable of explaining the most complex in layman’s terms. The simple computer volume logo that accompanies the title reinforces this impression. Byrne open his arms with his sweeping title, claiming to explain how all music works for everyone, and, to be fair, he puts on a good show.
Perhaps the book’s title should be instead "How Music Works (for Me),” considering how much time Byrne spend talking about his own experience making music. Several chapters focus almost completely on this. This memoir-style storytelling may be exactly what fans of Byrne’s and The Talking Heads’ music are looking for, but Byrne does not always manage to make explicit how his reminiscences tie to the book’s supposed theme. Though uncritical of himself (not that we would expect him to be critical), Byrne thankfully takes a path less egocentric and more utilitarian than many other memoirs.
Byrne in no way ignores the book’s title, however—he alternates memoir chapters with bigger picture explorations about musical context, technology shaping music, the business of music, amateur music making, and psychoacoustics—an impressive range of topics for one book. Within the chapter level, however, Byrne is a bit rambling and unfocused, at times oversimplifying or making sweeping gestures not quite supported by his facts. Despite the organizational problems, Byrne deftly and impressively summarizes a wide range of scholarly activity on music from antiquity to the present. He is obviously well read. He is fairly good at presenting an even-handed argument, making space for both sides of an issue even when he does not agree. Every once in a while (seemingly out of nowhere), Byrne will say something remarkably insightful and pithy, enough to justify reading the rest of the book.
The best part of How Music Works is the chapter on business and finance, an extension of Byrne’s 2007 Wired article. This informative chapter sheds light on the mysterious inner-workings of the business of music with personal examples in Byrne’s best attempt at tying his life to the book’s title. His chapter on amateur music making, though as uneven as the rest of the book, is also engaging, providing an interesting argument for the renewed funding of arts programs across the nation. In his excitement proclaiming the virtues of musical democratization and vilification of the passive consumer, however, he does seem to forget (in spite his very detailed description of CBGB's neighborhood) that some music is inextricably connected with drugs and crime.
Byrne’s book, rambling its merry way to its sudden ending, mostly fails to live up to the cover’s promise of secrets revealed. Many of his insights, however, definitely deserve a closer look. How Music Works would make an excellent blog (I know my favorite posts), but falls short of being a cohesive book.
Did anyone else read the book? What did you think?
I've mentioned Jonathan Coulton on this blog before, and many of you know I've presented academic conference papers on him. Coulton's is an interesting music business case because he's one of few popular musicians (maybe the first) to make a living without signing onto a record label. Instead, he sells his music online (through Creative Commons licenses), tours, does cruises, and writes music for video games and TV shows.
Maybe sometime I'll get around to posting highlights from my Coulton paper, but for now I just wanted to highlight a current event. Other sources can present the situation better than I, so I'll give a brief overview with links if you want to know more.
Last week, Fox TV's Glee did a cover (popular music's word for a new arrangement of a popular song) of Sir Mix-a-Lot's racy "Baby Got Back." "So what?" you say. Well, Glee's version sounds suspiciously like Jonathan Coulton's 2005 cover, borrowing the melody that Coulton wrote (the original was rapped) and even possibly the original audio. And Fox did not contact Coulton or site him in any way. Someone from Fox told Coulton he should be grateful for the exposure—except the the Glee's viewers have no idea Coulton was even involved.
Has Jonathan Coulton been robbed? Can he do anything about it? The answers are complicated. Music rights have always been a problem since the first person heard a melody and then performed it somewhere else, claiming it as their own. In this case, since both Coulton and Glee's versions are covers, they license the music from Sir Mix-a-Lot. Copyright does not protect these covers, so Coulton does not have recourse from that angle. Now, as he explains on his blog and NPR's On the Media, Coulton does have copyright protection on his original sound files—which Glee may have used. For more about the copyright angle, you can read this story from the Economist.
So what has Coulton done in the mean time, while his lawyers figure out the details? He has re-released his original cover of "Baby Got Back," retitling it "Baby Got Back (In the style of Glee)" and asked fans to purchase it on iTunes, while donating the proceed through February to charity. So far, his cover has hit the top 100 downloaded iTunes tracks, which Coulton thinks is "amazing and hilarious."
Did Coulton do the right thing? Is Fox to blame? Is this an issue that should be dealt with in the next iteration of copyright law? Comments are welcome, as always.
P.S. Those of you who read this blog through an RSS feed should click over to the site and check out the hilarious and fun covers in the Featured Vocab box this week.
| 2019-04-26T11:48:30 |
https://www.signifyingsoundandfury.com/2013/02/
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A personal injury lawyer is a person who is responsible for providing legal representation to those who offer a claim of being injured. The representation could be physical, and it could also involve a mental representation. The person who files the case is a claimant while the accused is known as the defendant. A case is argued in court whereby the defendant is charged in the court of law for causing injuries to the claimant The defendant could be an individual, a company, government agency or other entity. The lawyer responsible is known to have the know-how regarding the law especially the tort law. The law of tort includes the civil wrongs that is done to the plaintiff, the rights violated or economic damages. Even though the personal injury lawyer are trained and has an experience of any field of law, they can only practice law that falls under the tort of law. Any kind of injury that is caused by any other thing that falls out tort law cannot be taken care by the personal injury lawyer.
Some of the injuries include losses that are caused by negligence. The plaintiff is the one who files a court case against the defendant. When the defendant is found guilty has the responsibility of compensating the plaintiff depending on the court statement. The cases are held in a court of law. The judge decides the terms and conditions to be followed so that the plaintiff can be compensated. There are some cases where the involved parties decide to take the matter into their hands instead of taking the case to court and, therefore they can settle by identifying the plaintiff and the one responsible for compensating.
When the case is proceeding, there are questions that are asked so as to give evidence that what was said was true so that they can take the right cautions. The first element is the fact that the party that is held guilty has the responsibility to take action according to the situation. The the defendant must have resulted in a violation of law. The third element is the fact that there must be a violation of the rights. The loss that has faced the plaintiff must be associated with the damage caused.
| 2019-04-20T12:45:28 |
http://www.onlegalresources.com/what-research-about-services-can-teach-you.html
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Courts evaluating airport-screening technology tend to give great deference to the government's national security interest in preventing terrorist attacks. But in this case, there's a strong argument that the TSA's measures violate the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
Although the Supreme Court hasn't evaluated airport screening technology, lower courts have emphasized, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled in 2007, that "a particular airport security screening search is constitutionally reasonable provided that it 'is no more extensive nor intensive than necessary, in the light of current technology, to detect the presence of weapons or explosives.' "
In a 2006 opinion for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, then-Judge Samuel Alito stressed that screening procedures must be both "minimally intrusive" and "effective" - in other words, they must be "well-tailored to protect personal privacy," and they must deliver on their promise of discovering serious threats. Alito upheld the practices at an airport checkpoint where passengers were first screened with walk-through magnetometers and then, if they set off an alarm, with hand-held wands. He wrote that airport searches are reasonable if they escalate "in invasiveness only after a lower level of screening disclose[s] a reason to conduct a more probing search."
...Broadly, U.S. courts have held that "routine" searches of all travelers can be conducted at airports as long as they don't threaten serious invasions of privacy. By contrast, "non-routine" searches, such as strip-searches or body-cavity searches, require some individualized suspicion - that is, some cause to suspect a particular traveler of wrongdoing. Neither virtual strip-searches nor intrusive pat-downs should be considered "routine," and therefore courts should rule that neither can be used for primary screening.
I strongly encourage you to read the rest of the article. It makes it clear that the TSA is not only not using the best available technology, but is engaging in violations of our privacy far beyond what is necessary, and without any additional security benefits. For example, scanner machines are available which do not create a complete detailed image of the person's naked body, but instead, "[i]f the software detects contraband or suspicious material under a passenger's clothing, it projects an outline of that area of the body onto a gender-neutral, blob-like human image," and that image can then be analyzed to determine if secondary screening of that passenger is necessary. The fact that the TSA machines are capable of recording, storing, and transmitting images is also problematic.
I am supposed to fly next month and I am sincerely hoping that before I head to the airport, the TSA engages in some serious evaluations of its policies, either voluntarily or because one of these lawsuits forces them to do so. I shouldn't have to chose between being groped by a stranger or giving the government a naked photo of my body in order to board a plane, especially when neither of these things actually helps keep us any safer.
YouTube | What the F***, TSA?
Did you see that? He had two 12" razor blades with him. Twelve inch razor blades! Remember, the 9/11 hijackers committed their horrific acts with box cutters, which have a similar blade, but smaller!
The scanner machines missed these razor blades. Completely missed them. "WTF" is right!
| 2019-04-20T15:05:57 |
http://www.sunshinestatesarah.com/2010/11/unconstitutional-useless-tsa.html
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The following was approved by the CUNY Board of Trustees on May 2, 2016.
5.1. General Statement. Academic freedom includes the right and responsibility of faculty to choose materials to assign to their students and to require for purchase by the students in their courses. As professional educators, faculty should avoid the appearance and the reality of any conflict of interest in making such determinations.
5.2. Avoidance of Economic Benefit. When faculty create materials either by authoring or compiling such materials and derive revenue from their sale and, either as individuals or as members of a group, make the determination to use materials that they have created in their own classes, then that portion of the revenue they derive from the sale of such materials to their own students should be directed to a program over which the authors have no control or influence and which is for the use or support of students. Such programs may include but are not to be limited to, student scholarships and emergency funds at the college at which they teach.
5.3. Departmental Decision-Making in Courses with Multiple Sections. Whenever materials that are created by a faculty member are to be used in multiple sections of a course, only some of which are taught by that faculty member, then the decision concerning which work is to be used must be made by an official group of faculty of the department and not by any single faculty member, including the department chairperson. The faculty author may not participate in that decision but may keep the revenue from sales notwithstanding paragraph 5.2 above.
EXPLANATION: This new section is intended to obviate any conflict of interest in connection with a faculty member assigning materials authored by him or her. This section is similar to policies at many other colleges and universities and is based on a proposal submitted by the CUNY University Faculty Senate, which has approved it.
| 2019-04-25T20:08:47 |
https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/facultyhandbook/Textbook_Policy_CUNY_BOT.htm
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In a follow-up tweet, the freshman congresswoman said she was referencing the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, a powerful pro-Israel lobbying organization.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) even equated her past comments to Rep. Steve King (R-IA) who was recently kicked off all his committees and formally disciplined by the House for his white supremacy remarks.
"We should expect all elected officials, regardless of party, and all public figures to not traffic in anti-Semitism", she said. "We urge you to join us in calling on each member of our Caucus to unite against anti-Semitism and hateful tropes and stereotypes", they wrote.
Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar went full antisemite on Twitter on Sunday, unleashing a viciously [anti-Semitic] conspiracy theory. "I assume she's using the vernacular saying it's just about money". "Implying that Americans support Israel because of money alone is offensive enough. She might as well call us hooked-nosed".
Omar quickly responded and responded that Republicans were victimizing her over her remarks about Jews.
Meghan McCain, the daughter of the late US Senator John McCain, encouraged Clinton, saying, "Thank you, Chelsea - antisemitism on all sides, in all spaces, no matter how uncomfortable should always be called out and condemned".
"At a time when anti-Semitic attacks are on the rise, our leaders should not be invoking hurtful stereotypes and caricatures of Jewish people to dismiss those who support Israel", Rose continued.
Some people tried to explain the lobbying group's influence, with one person drawing attention to a tweet by the US Ambassador to Israel that described AIPAC as "Israel's national strategic asset".
| 2019-04-24T14:09:52 |
http://bohemionews.com/2019/02/minnesota-rep-ilhan-omar-once-again-faces-anti-semitism/
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr is returning to Capitol Hill for a second time this week as lawmakers, the White House and the American public anxiously await his release of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report.
Barr will speak to a Senate appropriations subcommittee Wednesday, the second of two days of hearings about his department's budget. Like members of the House on Tuesday, senators are expected to be more interested in the nearly 400-page document than the budget details. Barr told the House lawmakers that he expects to release a redacted version "within a week."
Justice Department officials are scouring the report to remove grand jury information and details relating to pending investigations, among other materials. Democrats have escalated criticism over Barr's handling of the document and say they will not accept any redactions.
The House Judiciary Committee has approved, but not sent, subpoenas for the report , and top Democrats have said they are willing to take the battle to court.
At the House hearing, Barr bluntly defended himself, arguing that portions of the document need to be redacted to comply with the law. He said he's open to eventually releasing some of the redacted material after consulting with congressional leaders, but he drew a line at releasing grand jury material, which would require court approval. He said Democrats are "free to go to court" themselves and ask for the grand jury information.
Barr wouldn't discuss the substance of Mueller's findings but did explain some of his process for receiving and reviewing the report and what to expect when it is released: He said the redactions will be color-coded and accompanied by notes explaining the decision to withhold information.
Democrats said they were concerned that a four-page summary letter of the report's main conclusions Barr released last month portrayed the investigation's findings in an overly favorable way for President Donald Trump. The letter said that Mueller did not find a criminal conspiracy between Russia and Trump associates around the time of the 2016 election and that Barr did not believe the evidence in the report was sufficient to prove the president had obstructed justice.
Barr said "the letter speaks for itself" and revealed that he gave Mueller an opportunity to review the letter, but he declined.
Republicans defended Barr, with Alabama Rep. Robert Aderholt comparing Democrats' questions to theories surrounding President John F. Kennedy's 1963 assassination.
"So many of the questions here today have gone toward a grassy knoll conspiracy theory," Aderholt said.
Across the Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he had no concerns with Barr's handling of the report: "I think it really comes down to a question of whether you trust Bill Barr or not. And I do."
Barr said in the summary that Mueller did not reach a conclusion on whether the president obstructed justice and instead presented evidence on both sides of the question. Barr said he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein decided that the evidence was insufficient to establish obstruction.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said he was unsatisfied with Barr's answers to the appropriations panel, saying he could issue subpoenas "very quickly" if the report is released with redactions.
"We've done everything we could for the last weeks and weeks to try to reach an accommodation with the attorney general under which we would see the report and the underlying evidence," Nadler said. "He has been unresponsive to our requests."
| 2019-04-24T08:35:55 |
https://www.kotatv.com/content/news/Barr-to-testify-before-the-Senate-as-Muellers-report-looms-508366841.html
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I am planning a trip with a 2.25 hour layover in Paris (CDG). What can i do with this time?
I have never traveled abroad, so I don't know if this is enough time to go do something outside the airport. I also do not know anything about customs, so I don't know if that would be an extra inspection. So my first question is if I would be able to get out for at least 1/2 an hour and still make my... show more I have never traveled abroad, so I don't know if this is enough time to go do something outside the airport. I also do not know anything about customs, so I don't know if that would be an extra inspection. So my first question is if I would be able to get out for at least 1/2 an hour and still make my flight.
If I can get out, what is there to do in the available time? I am interested in sight seeing and museums, or possibly buying a bottle of wine or a cup of coffee in a cafe.
how long before a flight I would need to arrive at this airport.
Best Answer: Unfortunarely, you won't be able to do anything.
It would take you about an hour to deplane, get thru Passport Control and then to the RER station where it would be a 45 minute train ride just to get to Gare du Nord. From there you would transfer to the Metro and then to the sites.
it is in simple terms my very own opinion - yet i does not possibility it. in the time of the week site visitors into Paris would desire to be very heavy. additionally whilst they get returned to CDG they'd have protection and extra. Then in the event that they miss their flight, there's a difficulty with the unaccompanied luggage whilst it arrives in Singapore.
The security service at the airport will not let you out. Take a book.
5 hour layover in Paris (CDG) while Bangkok-bound?
I have a six hour layover in Paris...?
I have an 11-hour layover in CDG airport and would like to visit Paris...?
My family is taking a missions trip to Ireland we will have a 4 hr. layover in Paris, can we go sight seeing?
Do I need an Airport Transit Visa in Paris CDG Airport? 4-hour layover?
Which parts of Paris have the least Muslims ?
Was NotreDame Paris fire an inside job?
What artifacts do the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris house?
Why, Didn't NotreDame Paris have a fire sprinkler system?
How did Paris mess up sp badly with the Notre Dame fire?
A 300 year old cathedral Notre Dame in Paris burns to the ground, is it the renovations or something else?
Trip to PARIS money question?? Help?
Why are there many black people in Paris ?
| 2019-04-24T22:12:39 |
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090926120226AA9BsKD
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Is this consumer goods device company in a race to the bottom?
Fitbit (NYSE:FIT) sells more fitness trackers than their two biggest competitors combined. The consumer technology space is a challenging one with prices dropping year over year as technology improves. But what you might not know is that Fitbit has increased revenue per device sold in each of the last four years. In fact, this number has grown 69% from 2012 to the current 2016 average, as shown in the chart below.
Image source: Author calculations and Fitbit's earning releases.
Fitbit's ability to increase the revenue per device sold is important as competitors release lower-cost and lower-margin devices in an attempt to win market share from Fitbit. Often, consumer goods companies are stuck in a race to the bottom, competing on price. Consumer goods such as televisions, computers, and household appliances have all become commoditized with increased competition. It's a rare company that is able to maintain pricing power over the long run. Often they are innovative companies, that have great brands, and powerful network effects -- or a combination of those factors.
Can Fitbit be one of those rare companies? Revenue per device sold is the one number for Fitbit investors to watch. This number gives you insight into whether Fitbit's innovative product line, including accessories and other non-device revenue streams, is winning with customers.
Fitbit has gradually grown its product lineup from a single clip-on fitness tracker to seven fitness trackers ranging from $49 to $249 and a Wifi-connected scale.
This expansive product line has been the key contributor to revenue increases per device. The current product lineup is shown above. The table below shows the release dates of each of the Fitbit devices and the prices at introduction. In fact, six of the last seven new products were $129 or more.
Image source: Author chart based on Fitbit's press releases. *Force was recalled and replaced by the Charge five months later.
Fitbit doesn't release sales by device, but it did have a press release when the company shipped more than one million Blaze units in the first month it was available. The success of the Blaze contributed to Fitbit's 2016 revenue per device sold being over $100 for the first time ever. CFO William Zerella stated in the most recent conference call that Fitbit's "Q3 product mix benefited from the contribution of Blaze's $199 price point versus a year ago."
Fitbit's revenue is also helped by the fact that all of its new products released this year have trackers that can be removed from their bands. This allows users to personalize their trackers with different color bands, different band materials, or even wear their tracker in a stylish necklace. Fitbit accessories range in price from $4.95 to $195. The ability to personalize your Fitbit to your liking is key to customers using the Fitbit product after the purchase.
"One of the first things we learned in this industry is that fitness is personal -- and if something isn't your style, you won't wear it," said James Park, CEO and Co-Founder of Fitbit.
Fitbit has partnered with well-known design houses such as Public School and Vera Wang to provide fashionable alternatives to the standard fitness bands. Starting next year, Tory Burch will be added to the lineup. This accessory revenue for Fitbit could be an important driver to increase its revenue per device going into 2017.
While product mix and accessories are the biggest drivers for increased revenue per device, Fitbit has a few more tricks up its sleeve, including software, corporate wellness programs, and its newly announced digital health initiative.
Software offerings include Fitbit's Fitstar personal training app, premium subscriptions, and software and services related to Fitbit's corporate wellness programs. Fitbit doesn't report its revenue related to software and services in its quarterly reports. The last data point is the 2015 annual report, where both subscription-based premium services and software and services from corporate wellness programs were both listed separately, with each contributing less than 1% of revenue.
Corporate wellness programs reportedly contributed less than 10% of revenue for the sale of devices at the end of 2015, but no updates on corporate wellness programs have been given throughout 2016. As far as the digital health initiatives go, these are too new to even talk about in the earnings call. When Fitbit's CEO and Founder James Park was asked about digital health initiatives, he indicated, "we're going to reserve comments there until the next call ... while we might start to see some revenue streams there, they're going to be small initially."
Fitbit has made significant progress in expanding its product line to higher-cost devices like the Fitbit Blaze, Charge 2, and Surge to capture more revenue per device sold. Fitbit is also putting a tremendous effort into the accessory business to allow users to customize their Fitbits to their personal style. These efforts have allowed Fitbit to stay out of the race to the bottom, as often happens with consumer goods devices.
This investment in research and development is resonating with consumers. Our new product offerings-Blaze, Alta, Charge 2 and Flex 2-represented 79% of revenue in the quarter.
Fitbit's investments in innovation are defending its average revenue per device, but Fitbit will need to make its other revenue opportunities a bigger part of its overall revenue -- contributing more than 1% -- in order to become a valuable long-term investment.
| 2019-04-24T07:47:46 |
https://www.fool.com/investing/2016/12/26/1-number-for-fitbit-investors-to-watch.aspx
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Questions and Answers › Category: Programming › Which of the following statement is correct in C++?
B. An overloaded function cannot have a default argument.
C. All arguments of an overloaded function can be the default.
D. A function if overloaded more than once cannot have a default argument.
| 2019-04-22T23:03:38 |
https://www.kovair.com/blog/question/which-of-the-following-statement-is-correct-in-c/
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Apple is expected to introduce much faster charging in its trio of new iPhones, due to launch later this year, according to a research note by Jun Zhang of Rosenblatt Securities. The note, which was passed on to Apple Insider, says that Apple will upgrade its charging circuitry from 5V 2A to 9V 2A and 5V 3A, although it doesn't say if and how these will be split across the new iPhone models.
iPhone XI, iPhone 11 or iPhone X Plus: What's the story so far?
The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus already support fast charging if you use a USB-C to Lightning cable and Apple's (rather expensive) USB-C power adapter.
However Apple wants to increase charging speeds so the new iPhones can "support more applications, provide a quicker recharge and better compete with Android OEMs". The majority of Android flagships support fast charging already, being able to refill their batteries in around an hour, although it depends on the size of the battery and the charger being used. Oppo plans to introduce Super VOOC charging with its Find X smartphone, which claims to be able to recharge a 2,500mAh battery in just 15 minutes.
Apple's upgraded charging circuitry will allegedly come from Power Integrations, which it intends to use as its sole supplier of charging components. Zhang adds in his research note that once Power Integrations fixes a quality issue, it will replace ON Semiconductor and NXP Semiconductors to be "the main provider for the charging solution for all new iPhone and iPads."
The research note goes on to say that Apple will also use Texas Instruments for the wireless charging technology in the more affordable LCD iPhone, replacing Broadcom.
Is this what the new iPhone X Plus and 6.1-inch iPhone will look like?
As for sales, Zhang predicts Apple will manufacture 100 million units and ship 85 million of them before the year ends.
| 2019-04-19T14:43:59 |
https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/news/144838-2018-iphones-to-support-faster-charging-technology-says-report
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If I understood correct there are two Oriental Churches in India state Kerala.
One is Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (Baselios Mar Thomas Paulose II) and the second is Jacobite Syrian Christian Church (Baselios Thomas I).
Are both of these churches in communion with His Hollines Pope Tawadros II?
The Coptic Church pretty much had a condemnation of Origen long before the council of Constantinople in 553. This started with Pope St. Theophilus (St. Cyril's uncle and predecessor) who along with the Tall Brothers also lead a campaign to condemn Origenism, which garnered support from St. Jerome at the time.
I think a lot of debate has resurfaced today in thinking whether or not Origen actually believed some of the things attributed to him, or whether it was people who claimed to be his disciple. The Coptic Church however has as saints St. Didymus the Blind and St. Evagrius Ponticus (St. Didymus for sure, but St. Evagrius I think; if not Copts, at least Armenians have him as saint). However, Origen is highly respected, but not revered as saint, and certainly some of the things described as "Origenism" is also condemned by the Coptic Church. You will even find that St. Dioscorus and St. Shenoute the Archmandrite were communicating with each other on fighting the Origenist monks who seem to be spreading such doctrines in the monastic areas.
I would venture to say that it's probably because of the Coptic Church that the Justinian the Emperor added those anathemas against Origen.
By practice, Coptic bishops have never chosen sides (even HG Bishop David, who before was ambivalent about the Malankara Orthodox, have now shown that he shares with them communion). We have maintained communion with both Indian churches, and we hope that this schism is resolved.
At the same time, the Coptic Popacy (both HH the late Pope Shenouda, and perhaps also HH Pope Tawadros) is usually quite silent about the issue, so as not to offend the sister Syrian Church, who we have maintained very close relationships with, closer than any other sister Church might I add, throughout the centuries.
Does some Oriental Orthodox Churches celebrates Easter according to new Calendar?!
As far as I know, the Malankara Church also celebrates the Nativity on Dec 25, so they seem to be following the modern calendar used by Catholics.
This is off topic: To be quite honest, the Catholics and Orthodox MUST unite major Feasts. I think it's essential for Church unity and probably the first step to something greater. I believe Pope Tawadros and Pope Francis are both very humble people, so I hope they can work something out.
When Coptic Church celebrates the Feast of the Resurrection of the Lord (Easter) in 2013 by western Calendar?
In Serbia we celebrate it at May 5th 2013.
Both Indian churches and the Armenian church go by the New Calendar, even for Easter. I'm not sure about the Syrian church. The Coptic, Ethiopian, and Eritrean churches follow the Old Calendar, even when it comes to the Nativity.
To be quite honest, the Catholics and Orthodox MUST unite major Feasts. I think it's essential for Church unity and probably the first step to something greater.
Indeed...we should worry about uniting our major feasts between Orthodox before worrying about Catholics. But at the same time, we should commend ourselves for not making it a divisive issue either.
How often do take Communion Coptic believers who attend the Liturgy every Sunday and fasting all fasts?
In Serbia we have two practice.
One part of believers take Communion every Sunday.
Second part take Communion only in fasting periods. If they want to take Communion in non-fasting period they fast one week before taking Communion.
What is practice in Coptic and other Oriental Orthodox Churches?
because we go up to the front for Holy Communion (and only rarely people go up for a blessing and not for Holy Communion), you can see that there are very few people left standing in church during that time who do not go up.
we just have to keep the fasts our priest says to (ill people and very young or very old don't fast very much) so during this time of not fasting, we just have to abstain from food and water (and marital relations) for 9 hours before Holy Communion and to have been to confession recently (usually this means in the last month).
of course, we should also prepare by repenting of our sins the day before and during the liturgy and by praying and having a relationship with God.
Did you mean to keep the fast Church says to? Or priests?
In Serbia we have 4 big fasts and every Wedensday and Friday.
What fastings do you have?
we have the same fasts, but if someone is a new convert, or still in school, or has medical conditions (like some bowel problems where too much beans will give you pain or even a bad infection) then they fast differently.
like a teenager who is growing fast might give up meat but still eat dairy.
most people fast from all animal products during great lent (ours is 55 days) and ninevah's fast (3 days - originated in syria), and fast from animal products except fish during saint mary's fast, the nativity fast (Christmas) and the apostle's fast.
we also fast from all animal products wednesdays and fridays (except the 50 days after Pascha where we don't do any fasting except the 9 hours before Holy Communion).
we fast 9 hours before Holy Communion instead of 6, although usually as it is in the morning, it doesn't make any difference if it is 9 or 6 hours as we fast from midnight anyway.
i suppose the only difference is that if Holy Communion happens really early, like at 7.30am after a 6am liturgy, then we would fast from 10.30pm the night before.
even then, if you are getting up at 5am or earlier to get to church, you should probably (for health reasons!) sleep by 10.30pm, so the extra fasting is no big deal.
we have the same fasts, but if someone is a new convert, or still in school, or has medical conditions then they fast differently.
The same here. Too young, too old and ill people do not fast full fast or do not fast at all and take Communion regulary. Pregnant women also do not fast and take Communion normaly.
Our Great Lent is 48 days. Any idea why we have a week less? Or why you have a week more?
We fast from the midnight no matter when the Liturgy starts in the morning. Liturgy usually starts at 8:00, 9:00 or 10:00am, depending from Diocese.
Actually, I think both your church and our Church fast 55 days, but we have different fasting rules. You have something called "Cheesefare Week". In the Coptic Church, the first week, according to a medieval Coptic set of traditions by Awlad al Assal is called "Heraclius' week", which is a preparation week. We fast fully Lenten during that week, no different from the rest of the 48 days. But from what I understand, your Church can have cheese and milk that week. Is this true for the Serbian Church?
Oh yes! Preparation weeks. Bravo!
Do Copts have Dormition fast?
I read that this fast is established in Serbian Church in 13th century.
Do you have that one fast also?
Yes we do have this fast and the feast is fixed on August 22nd. The rules for this fast are the same as the Nativity and Apostle's fast which consist of no meat or dairy, and no fish on wednesdays or fridays.
and the feast is fixed on August 22nd. The rules for this fast are the same as the Nativity and Apostle's fast which consist of no meat or dairy, and no fish on wednesdays or fridays.
Here is feast fixed on August August 15th.
How many Coptic bishops exist in the world?
Is there any link with list of names and sees?
I use it quite often. As far as I know, it is update often but I'm not sure the number of bishops is accurate. I think some are repeated but given a second number.
Do heads of Churches in communion with Coptic Patriarchate have some synaxis (council, meeting) from time to time?
Coptic, Armenian, Malankara, Syriac, Ethiopian... Did all of the patriarchs served the Liturgy together in last decades?
| 2019-04-23T18:14:20 |
http://tasbeha.org/community/discussion/13966/copts-for-beginners/p2
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Like is it just for ornamental purposes, like the over enthusiastic ab6indance of pillows and assorted cushions.
Does it have a practical application?
Best Answer: A bed runner was first used in stateroom cabins on ships, it was a strip of vinyl for passengers to place a suitcase to unpack to protect the bedspread from being soiled by dirt from the bottom of luggage, now it's use is decorative.
Now the bed runners are either strictly decorative or they double as a throw blanket if one wants to take a nap without getting under the bedding covers.
Generally it's cosmetic but as others have mentioned, in hotels, they are sometimes rubberized material so you can put your luggage and other items on them and not make the bedding dirty or otherwise messed up.
When people finally arrive at your hotel room after a long trip, the first thing many of them do is to flop down on the comfy looking bed, WITH THEIR SHOES ON. The hotels have learned to put a runner at the foot of the bed--much easier and cheaper to clean than having to wash the whole comforter.
None whatsoever. Purely decorative but otherwise entirely useless. I know a few people like that.
Hotel are switching to bed runner for convenience. Less to wash up. Easier and quicker to make up the bed. Looks better than nothing but sheets and a blanket.
A runner helps keep the bedding from sliding down.
It is really just decorative. They seem to be popular in hotels, possibly because the contrast highlight the whiteness of the sheets, or because it is easy for them to switch out the runner to match any updated décor rather than changing the whole bed.
| 2019-04-18T21:06:29 |
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20190321134529AAaP5Od
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Deliberate practice entails more than simply repeating a task -- playing a C-minor scale 100 times, for instance, or hitting tennis serves until your shoulder pops out of its socket. Rather, it involves setting specific goals, obtaining immediate feedback and concentrating as much on technique as on outcome.
Their work, compiled in the "Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance," a 900-page academic book that will be published next month, makes a rather startling assertion: the trait we commonly call talent is highly overrated. Or, put another way, expert performers -- whether in memory or surgery, ballet or computer programming -- are nearly always made, not born. And yes, practice does make perfect. These may be the sort of clichés that parents are fond of whispering to their children. But these particular clichés just happen to be true.
Ericsson's research suggests a third cliché as well: when it comes to choosing a life path, you should do what you love -- because if you don't love it, you are unlikely to work hard enough to get very good. Most people naturally don't like to do things they aren't "good" at. So they often give up, telling themselves they simply don't possess the talent for math or skiing or the violin. But what they really lack is the desire to be good and to undertake the deliberate practice that would make them better.
Since youth sports are organized by age bracket, teams inevitably have a cutoff birth date. In the European youth soccer leagues, the cutoff date is Dec. 31. So when a coach is assessing two players in the same age bracket, one who happened to have been born in January and the other in December, the player born in January is likely to be bigger, stronger, more mature. Guess which player the coach is more likely to pick? He may be mistaking maturity for ability, but he is making his selection nonetheless. And once chosen, those January-born players are the ones who, year after year, receive the training, the deliberate practice and the feedback -- to say nothing of the accompanying self-esteem -- that will turn them into elites.
| 2019-04-25T17:51:53 |
http://www.ruanyifeng.com/blog/2006/05/where_does_talent_really_come.html
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Jasmine and Riley came together as husband and wife in an intimate backyard ceremony at Riley’s father’s home, set in the backdrop of the Sunshine Coast. All of their close friends and family joined them in celebration of their commitment to a future together.
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| 2019-04-19T16:20:05 |
https://whitemag.com/blog/jasmine-riley-a-homely-ceremony/
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Is China headed for a hard landing? The chatter about one certainly has grown louder this summer. Annual economic growth has slackened to a three-year low near 7.6%, and demand remains weak, both at home and abroad. The latest HSBC purchasing managers index dealt another severe blow: Factory activity in August shrank by the most since November, while the glut of finished goods surged. Export orders fell for a seventh straight month, while an employment sub-index stretched its slump into a sixth month.
The question, of course: How much of the bad news is already factored into share prices? Last week, the Shanghai Composite Index suffered its eighth loss in 10 weeks, to plumb a 52-week low. It's down 20% over the past year and has surrendered two-thirds of its value since late 2007.
Asia fund managers have been cutting positions in China and steering money toward Hong Kong, India, and Southeast Asia, so it would seem that many have been bracing for economic deterioration. But a protracted recession still isn't in the consensus forecast. "Our base case remains that more policy easing in the second half will support growth of 7.5%-8% this year, but we see risks that policy inaction or delays may cause growth to slide further," writes Jian Chang, a Barclays economist based in Hong Kong.
Chinese stocks are slumping. They command just 9.5 times 2012 profits—versus 13.8 times for U.S. shares and 11.4 times for European stocks, according to Deutsche Bank's Asia strategists. Other Asian countries certainly aren't immune to waning exports and chastened consumer spending, yet most seem to be holding up far better. Price/earnings multiples are pushing 14.7 times in India, 14.2 times in Indonesia, 15 in both Malaysia and Taiwan, and 17 in the Philippines. In fact, South Korea is the only other major Asian market fetching less than 10 times earnings (at about 9.8 times 2012 profits).
Beijing's opaque policies and the lack of faith in Chinese data certainly don't boost investor confidence. But there's a popular saying in China: The bigger tree catches more wind. Is China bearing the brunt of skittish selling partly because it's the bigger target?
CHINESE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANIES have been left for dead. After all, the nation's boom is fading, and the country seems already overbuilt. But with Beijing relaxing monetary policy to goose its economy, bargain hunters are gingerly picking through the wreckage.
Not all construction projects are created equal. This year, investments in roads and rail have shrunk, but those for waterways have increased 13%. In fact, Shuwei Quek, a Macquarie analyst in Hong Kong, expects ports and waterways to deliver the strongest fixed-asset investment growth between 2012 and 2015: about 6% annually. China invested $1.25 trillion on transport infrastructure from 2006 through 2010, so the priority isn't to keep building more roads and railways but to better use them. And right now, there's still demand for specialized cargo berths for things from iron ore to crude oil, and deeper and wider inland waterways that can accommodate bigger ships.
All this is good news for China Communications Construction (ticker: 1800.HongKong), Macquarie's top infrastructure pick. The company has a 70% share of China's port-building business and half its dredging market. That stands it in good stead as Beijing, by 2015, aims to increase coastal deepwater port berths to 2,214, from 1,774 last year, while stretching the inland waterway network from 10,200 kilometers (6,338 miles) to 13,000 (8,078 miles).
And the company isn't content to hitch its boat to China's still-rising tide; it's also expanding into Southeast Asia, South America, and Africa. Last year, it snagged $15.5 billion worth of new contracts overseas. By 2015, it hopes to earn 30% of its revenue abroad, up from 11% in 2011.
While 13 of 18 analysts who cover the stock urge you to buy shares, many have cut their estimates in recent years, as Beijing hiked borrowing costs. Result: The company's market value has shriveled to a quarter of its late-2007 level. Trading around seven Hong Kong dollars (about 90 U.S. cents), the stock fetches 7.3 times its 2012 profit. That's also just 1.1 times book value, well below the 1.5 times average since 2009. Seems worth a look to us.
Slower growth sent the Nikkei to a fifth loss in seven weeks; Shanghai hit a low.
| 2019-04-19T18:16:38 |
https://www.barrons.com/articles/SB50001424053111904628504577593300442216644
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His tweets upset the upper crust of the Republican Party. He had an eye for women like "Wild Bill" Clinton, but didn't grab them inappropriately while in public office. As a rich man he won't be eyeballing the White House china on the way out of office. But that's not the three main reasons why I still like "The Donald" despite the Herald-Citizen running daily anti-Trump articles. They are: 1. He isn't Hillary. 2. He isn't Hillary. 3. He isn't Hillary.
| 2019-04-24T12:06:52 |
http://herald-citizen.com/stories/he-isnt-hillary,28367
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Last night's episode of Orphan Black, "The Stigmata of Progress," was a little more disjointed than the first two episodes of the season, but like even the most incohesive episodes of Orphan Black, it was chock-full of individually great moments and scenes. Between the battle of wills between Rachel and her even more heartless mother, the return of Ari Millen's Castor clones (who are apparently all programmed to have mommy issues no matter their upbringing), Felix's hilarious high persona, and the high comedy of Helena pretending to be Alison (because of course Alison would be most concerned about her "hostessing" duties while being interrogated by the police), there was a lot to love here.
And that's before we even get to the body horror, which has already been ramped up in a big way this season. It strained credulity that Sarah would have trusted the evil Neolution dentist to perform some sort of procedure on her in the first place (isn't she a former con artist?? She would never be this trusting) the scene in which Sarah is threatened with that wonderfully disturbing death-by-tentacled-parasite was terrifying. And, of course, there was Rachel's beautiful but painful-to-watch pigment treatment, because you can never go wrong with gross-out gags involving eyes.
I wrote in my review of the season premiere that the show was getting back to its roots as a stripped-down, occasionally gory conspiracy thriller, but is this increased body horror going to translate into a full-on foray into the horror genre? At one point in the episode, Cosima is taking care of Kira (because literally everyone takes care of Kira except for her mother, even random comic book store guys), when Kira starts to have a waking dream/vision, as creepy supernatural kids are wont to do. She tells Cosima that the sister clones were setting Sarah on fire, and when Cosima says they would never do that, Kira says, "You had to. Because she was changing." (CHILLING.) We already know that the robot maggot can release chemicals into its host, because it would have had to release anesthetic in order to remain undetected for so long. So does this mean that the maggot is going to release some sort of pod person/zombie chemical into Sarah's brain?
This would be a big gear shift for the show, but I definitely wouldn't put it past them. Many fans speculated when that crazy worm thing first happened in the third season finale that it was some sort of brainwashing tool from Neolution, and although their motivations are still a little spotty, it would be pretty on-brand for this show if they were trying to create some sort of zombie clone army. We'll have to wait and see what happens, but I would guess that Orphan Black, which is usually pretty straight sci-fi, is about to delve into a few horror movie tropes.
The entire explanation of Leekie's death- Cosima: "You killed Aldous Leekie?"
Donnie: "Boy, did I ever! Yeah."
Alison: "Cosima, there will be a time to debate the dos and don't of certain decisions later."
"Now go rent a jackhammer."
| 2019-04-18T15:05:39 |
https://www.outerplaces.com/science-fiction/item/11994-is-orphan-black-about-to-become-a-zombie-show
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Which is likelier to be fraught with consumer angst: buying a used car or buying a pair of earrings? Okay, okay– buying a used car. But after doing the research for this week's column, I can attest that we should never let our consumer guard down, no matter what the price tag says.
Gosia Glinska learned that when she went shopping on the Downtown Mall with an out-of-town friend right after Christmas. At Firenze Silver in York Place, Gosia bought a $40 pair of earrings and her friend bought a $150 ring.
Glinska claims that problems developed quickly with the jewelry: The earrings she'd bought had a "weird locking mechanism that made it impossible to easily put them on"– so much so, she says, that one ear was bleeding. Her friend's ring, she claims, "was poorly made and chafed her finger.
Glinska assumed that because they had their receipts and were returning (allegedly) undamaged merchandise, they'd get their money back. Not so fast: Glinska says that manager Nur Pratt, who had sold them the jewelry the day before, agreed to take back Glinska's earringsbut not her friend's ring.
Both sides agree on this much: Chaos ensued. According to Glinska, it began when she asked about the store's return policy and continued for more than 40 minutes. Glinska was under the impression that state law mandates a 30-day return policy (it doesn't), alluded to the (spurious) law, and asked again that her friend be allowed to return her ring. When Pratt refused, Glinska stated that what the owner (who turns out to be Pratt's husband) was doing was illegal.
By then, Glinska says, Pratt was "very agitated."
Pratt eventually agreed to give Glinska's friend store credit. Glinska claims that when she told Pratt that her friend lives in Boston and wouldn't be able to use it, Pratt was immovable. More arguing followed, during which Pratt called her husband and reported that he agreed that store credit was the only option.
Things really heated up after that. Glinska declared they'd take the owner to small claims court, and then Pratt "totally lost it," Glinka says. "She started screaming at me, saying that I was a very negative person and that I ruined her New Year."
To summarize what sounds more like a street rumble than a business transaction, in the end Pratt overturned the store-credit-only policy for Glinska and refunded her $40, but refused to do the same for her friend. Reluctantly, and with the intention of appealing to her credit-card company, the friend accepted store credit and they left.
When I visited the store, Pratt said that Glinska had been "very rude." She also showed me what she claimed were the returned earrings and pointed out that the clasp on one was defective, for which she blamed Glinksa (but volunteered that she hadn't mentioned that when the earrings were returned. The earrings are lovely). I could easily imagine that the locking mechanism, which was a type I've never seen before, might be difficult to operate.
I asked why the store's return policy wasn't posted, but I didn't get an answer. I returned to that question several times, both during our meeting in the store and later that evening over the phone, and pointed out that if Glinska and her friend had known– from the beginning– what the terms were, they wouldn't have been able to argue with the policy. Every time, Pratt changed the subject.
I don't understand why a store owner wouldn't post the return policy in clear view near the cash register and print it on sales receipts. That simple act might have saved all three women from an absurdly stressful transaction.
Glinska reports that her friend's credit-card appeal has been denied, and adds that she's "pretty despondent" about the debacle.
| 2019-04-24T07:50:32 |
http://www.readthehook.com/98376/fearless-consumer-post-policy-facts-make-returns-easy
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Add another species to the long list of plants and animals being eaten out of existence so men can try to get it up in the bedroom.
"It never disappoints, my wife is one happy woman," one Kenyan man told Radio Netherlands Worldwide . "Mukombero allows me to go the extra mile and be naughty with other women as well, it has guaranteed results.
According to Radio Netherlands, mukombero is available in Kenyan markets for as little as one euro, making it much cheaper than Viagra or other pharmaceuticals, which are too expensive for most users in Kenya.
Now, according to the very people who are harvesting it in the wild, it is getting rarer still. "I am overwhelmed by the demand," a man who collects and sells mukombero told Radio Netherlands. "Even in the forest where I get it from, I have to go in much deeper to get a mature plant. It is running out." Another vendor told Kenya's Daily Nation that he has to walk deeper and deeper into the forest to find the precious plant: "These days, it takes many hours of painstaking searching to get a mature plant.
Even as the plant is disappearing from the wild, foreigners are studying it and, if you believe the hype, preparing to sell it back to Kenyans. Kavaka Mukonyi Watai, head of bioprospecting for the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), told the Daily Nation newspaper that mukombero is being grown as a " cash crop " in Florida and China. He did not identify any actual companies growing the plant to back up his claims. "The Chinese must have obtained it from the region without informing communities that they could benefit from commercialization of their natural resource," he said. The KWS itself runs a small factory to commercialize the plant.
Now here's the unexpected part of the story: Unlike tiger penises and sea turtle eggs and so many other species used for so-called traditional medicine, there might actually be a grain of truth to the myth of mukombero's virility-enhancing powers. An article published June 19, 2010, in the Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology (available on Science Alert ) suggests the likelihood of using M. whitei as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, although the study did not detail any mechanism. The study was funded by the Tianjin Science and Technology Foundation and the National Natural Science Foundation, both of China.
The Kenya Wildlife Service does not list mukombero as an endangered species, but as a " priority" wildlife species for which farming may be allowed with special permits.
| 2019-04-20T10:39:56 |
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/kenyans-reportedly-chewing-potency-herb-into-extinction/?error=cookies_not_supported&code=51e22525-260a-49e2-a62a-b92744e1a016
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What are we doing wrong today that we do not even know? In other words, unions formed around 100 years ago to protest the conditions that were killing workers left and right. This is a progressive thing, no one was worried about AIDS fifty years ago. No one worried about atomic bombs until 70 years ago. To this day the idea of biological warfare is still more or less an unconcerning mystery.
At work we have a 30-60 minute long safety meeting every month and a two hour long compliance meeting every year, yet never an innovation meeting. The focus of large meetings (all employees or all salaried employees or all verification and validation employees) is very singular: stay safe. Rules and an organizational structure are put in place so that no time is lost in the production of the equipment we make. An important goal of course.
Perhaps more could be done? It is very easy to be isolated in the work that I do. I interact with the same people every day. I work with the people that do exactly what I do, the people that try to physically test the projects I virtually test, and the people that design the stuff we test. I'm not sure that is enough.
I created this little graphic to illustrate kind of how I'm feeling about the conflict of Compliance and Innovation along with the actual risk. I focused mainly on physical risks, like death. The size of the circles somewhat represents my perception of how people live their lives, most in compliance, some innovative, and a handful with significant risk. I suppose it all depends on what risks you are considering, I am sure that Toyota and Microsoft would say that they take significant risks, but I don'y really see the a Prius or a Surface as bodily risks, financial maybe, but I hope that life is not defined by money. What would an example of a game changer be? The Wright brothers 1903 Flyer, the Manhattan Project, the Internet, I suppose the iPhone, although that risk is pretty much just financial as well.
After I mocked this up I didn't really feel great about it. The problem is defining the risk. We are trained to anticipate risk and mitigate against it. The problem is that so many of the risks that we worry about (money, being liked, criminals, loneliness, police, etc) really are not worth worrying about because the result cannot be influenced by our worrying about it. In other words, I'm not going to make more money by checking my bank account. So I think a three dimensional scale would do better to incorporate the different levels of risk, compliance and innovation. Plus, these things are really multifaceted in addition to being multileveled so some sort of 20 point extruded star shape would probably be the result. For example, there is legal compliance, ethical compliance, social compliance and all different levels of those. On one level I did my socially acceptable college stint but on another I have longer hair and vacation in Pakistan. That's not really in the same league as driving the speed limit and using my turn signals. It's a starting point anyway.
One last comment on innovation, I think kids are really innovative. They come up with ridiculous ideas! Brainstorming doesn't work with older people because they just shoot each other's ideas down and many of them don't share their ideas for fear of getting shot down. Kids don't yet have those reservations.
| 2019-04-26T07:38:09 |
http://www.isaiahjanzen.com/2012/07/compliance-and-innovation.html
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Overnight contact planned too soon?
My Granddaughter is 4 1/5 and living with dad following court order since June last year, previous to this she spent 9 months in foster care, a couple of months with her Aunt, and lived in a violent and unsettled environment with mum (the reason for not being there now). CS have a supervision order to oversee contact with mum, which in the court documents was anticipated to start a few hours once a week and by now to have built up to overnight, however due to mum being unreliable on contact and only a couple of months ago saying she wanted nothing more to do with daughter it hasnt got that far and is at 9.30 - 4.30 every Sunday.
SW talked mum round and told her her daughter needed her and that he knew she didn't really mean it and apart from a couple of weeks ago, when it was her baby's first birthday on contact day and she didn't want her daughter there and wanted to swap days, she has been ok and kept to the agreement.
At a recent SW meeting with the school, where mum didn't attend, it was decided by SW that Grandaughter should start staying overnight with mum soon, obviously trying to get it pushed through before they leave the case in June.
Following contact last Sunday all G/D has talked about is Mummy has a new bed for me and i'm going to live with mummy. She was very unhappy at going into school this morning which was unusual and teacher asked if all was ok, had dad gone away for work as G/D hasn't been herself all week. I told teacher what she had been saying about mummy, and she agreed it was very confusing.
It is obviously playing on G/D mind, and she has had so much moving around she is not as settled as she appears to be. It is only about 3 months since she has started referring to her home with Dad as 'mine and daddy's' house, as opposed to where daddy lives. When she first had contact with mum at mums flat her reaction was that her bedroom had been made into baby's room, and mummy has put my toys in baby's room. When she first had a sleepover here, she thought she was coming to live here, and a few weeks ago dad had to go away for work for a couple of days so i stayed at their house with her, and she thought dad had left and it was me and her, again recently he had to go away for 3 nights so we had her here with us to stay to see if that helped and again as much as we all told her daddy was coming home, she still had that element of doubt in her, of believe when she saw it. She actually said to me, i don't want to stay with you Nanny, i want to stay with my daddy.
Sooo... how much power do SS have under the supervision order? Can my son, as the father, actually refuse to increase contact if he feels it is too much too soon? Or does he have to go along with it because SW wants to get it sorted before he is off the case in June?
Re: Overnight contact planned too soon?
I can see that your granddaughter has been living with her dad for some months now. And she is very much verbalising her wish to be with him! But unfortunately her contact with mum has progressed very slowly. You say she should already be having overnight contact with mum but this has yet to happen.
I think you are right to say that the social worker is hurrying contact along to overnight contact because the supervision order will be expiring in June.
Before June, she will have to make a decision whether or not to apply to extend the supervision order-although this is very unlikely given how well your granddaughter has settled with dad.
Once the supervision order expires, children services may move to close their case although they could still be involved with providing support, say, under a child in need plan -with dads consent. Ask the social worker what will happen in June.
Have you or dad raised your concerns about granddaughter being confused about going to mums overnight?
Maybe mum is giving mixed messages or your granddaughter just seeing another bed in her mum’s house, is making her anxious about a possible further move? Should the move to overnight be postponed-ask the social worker this? What are the pros and cons? What is in the best interests of your grand daughter?
Would your granddaughter benefit from some support, such as play therapy? She may well, as you have identified, still be feeling insecure given the amount of different placements she has had.
Why don’t you speak to the social worker and head teacher about what they think and what support might be available? It might be easier to access such support now, while there is still a supervision order in place and a social worker still allocated.
You ask have asked- how much power a social worker has under a supervision order?
Those who have the legal parental responsibility for a child can make decisions. All mothers have this (unless their child is adopted) and most fathers will have it, as well.
Children services would only have parental responsibility if they obtained a care order, interim care order or emergency protection order.
So a supervision order does not give them parental responsibility. They cannot make decisions about your granddaughter. They can support and guide dad in his decision making and dad should discuss any decision with the social worker.
However, when there is a supervision order in place, children services can return to court a lot easier (because the threshold criteria about harm has been proved) and ask that an order giving them parental responsibility (care order or interim care order) is made.
But this seems highly unlikely in your granddaughter’s case. More likely, the social worker wants to close the case. Your granddaughter is settling well with dad, and she has all the love and support from you. Dad and you are working well with the school and children services. Your granddaughter is not at any risk of harm. I very much doubt they will go back to court because contact had not moved forward to overnight contact but dad could ask the social worker this question.
If you have any further questions, please post back. I don't know whether any other posters can offer their expertise?
Thank you very much for your comprehensive and reassuring reply.
As far as we know, they are planning to close the case in June for dad and G/d as mum has CS support for her other child.
I think you have answered everything i have wondered since supervision order came about back in June, thank you.
However, If anyone here has any personal experience or anything else to add, it would always be welcome.
Well, things seemed to have calmed down, another contact day was had without any apparent upheaval. Son finally got hold of SW, who came to see them both last Thursday evening. Son and SW talked about overnight stays and SW said he hadn't said anything to Mum about overnight contact yet, but was thinking of Easter time for the first night and wants to do it now as he will be around to help if things dont work or go wrong he says.
Friday was a busy day for us playing at a friend of mines house with her small children which kept her occupied and tired her out, and she did mention she was going to have a sleepover at Mummy's house, which apparently she hasnt been told yet. Saturday she was here with Dad as he was working on a Quad bike he has for her, and she spent most of the day curled up on the sofa half asleep and no mention of mum.
Sunday, yesterday, was back with mum again and this morning she was again very loud and unsettled and full of 'i dont love Daddy, i dont want to live with him, He turned my Tele off this morning' Then went on to say 'Mummy is going to try her best for me to live with her' 'I had a bath at mummy's house with baby sister' 'Mummy said do i want to live with her. i said yes so mummy is going to try her best for me to live with her' 'Mummy has a mattress so i can stay with her any time i want' I tried to explain it was only going to be a sleepover with mummy, like the sleepovers she has here, but she was adamant she was going to live with mum.
G/D is obviously confused over whats going on and i personally feel it is still too soon for her. I appreciate the SW want to get it started before he closes the case, but G/D doesn't seem ready and neither does mum if she is giving mixed messages to her daughter about going to live with her, when she blatantly isn't as the court have placed her with Dad.
It also makes me wonder why Mum is so intent when she apparently hasn't been told overnight is happening yet. G/d has obviously heard it from mum, and probably SW talking to Dad too.
I have told Dad what was said this morning, and hopefully he will report back to SW.
I feel so angry that mum is doing this to her poor child!
Well things seem to have gone from bad to worse. The School are reporting g/d behaviour as being very unsettled and yesterday she even bit another child hard enough to leave marks on her arm which they said is really not like her at all. They say she is back to how she was when she first started School, but had got over that and had settled down, now its back to square one again.
Both at school and at home she has been very tired and subdued and keeps getting small infections. She has had an upset tummy, a cold, a rash, and is often off her food. She has started wetting the bed at night, wetting herself at school and is waking up in the night crying. It is obviously all playing on her mind and making her feel run down and confused.
Now for the last 2 weeks she has come back from contact saying 'Mummy says i have to tell John (SW) i want to live with her' . The same time mum has been saying to Dad SW wanted to talk to him about contact, and had he been in touch yet?
Mum is now known to be back in a relationship with her ex, the father of her baby and knowing how she works she is probably imagining a 'happy family' of her with her two children together and herself 'winning' over my son in getting their daughter back to live with her.
Obviously decisions are down to my son, but would this be reason to stop contact with mum altogether? I can't see things improving, and neither can my son. I also cant imagine how continuing to see mum, even if contact stayed the same as it is now for a few hours once a week, i cant see there being a way to repair the damage or mum to be trusted not to continue as she is now.
Obviously it would be quite unsettling for g/d to stop seeing mum and would be another hurdle and upheaval for her to overcome, but surely if contact is making her this unhappy, it would be better long term not to see mum again?
Has anyone got any outside suggestions or ideas?
I can see why you, dad and the school are worried about your granddaughter at the moment.
The symptoms you describe may well be anxiety. Wetting herself at school as well as in bed must be so distressing for her.
I agree with you, it is not fair for mum to tell your granddaughter she is fighting to get her back. Without realising it, mum may be emotionally abusing her child. This along with snippets she may have heard from dad and the social worker, must be very unsettling for her. Put in the context of the number of different places she has lived, this is bound to effect her.
If your granddaughter had come into care and was settling with a new family or family member, then children services may insist that contact is reduced until a child is settled. Is this something to put to the social worker in light of what is happening?
You say it is up to dad to speak to the social worker. I think you as nanny could do so as well. Why don’t you put your concerns in an email? What is the heads teacher doing? Is she reporting her worries to the social worker?
It may be that your granddaughter needs reassuring that she will not be moving back with mum. It is better to be also clear about what is happening with contact so that she doesn’t think the worse. The social worker could advise how this is best done.
The social worker could also talk to mum about how she is effecting her daughter.
Your granddaughter may also need therapy to deal with all the changes in her life and to recover from what she has experienced. But this only takes place, when a child is settled and feels safe.
I hope this helps but please post back if you have any questions or need more support.
I wonder whether anyone else can offer advice.
My son hasnt managed to get hold of the SW yet, he has left several messages for a call back but not yet had one!
The schools Family Liaison Officer said to me the other day she had told SW what was going on at school and put her concerns forwards.
Contact was going fine until mum started pushing for overnight stays, maybe cutting it down again is what's needed. It must all be so confusing for the poor child having just started to get settled with Dad and the routine of seeing mum a few hours a week. Dad and i are doing our best to make her feel secure, loved and wanted here, but it is very hard when mum is undoing it all in the background. it is hard to know how to talk to g/d or what to say to reassure her.
What would happen if Son decided to stop contact with mum altogether? Or if this were to happen i guess it would be better to cut down slowly, so could Son be the one to say, for the time being at least, he wants less contact hours?
I actually saw my 3 step children go through this, and it wasn't fun for them (they lived with mum and saw dad once a month) and don't want to see it repeated on my Granddaughter.
Before you stop contact, I think you or your son should email the social worker (setting out your concerns) and copy in the team manager and ask for an urgent meeting. Remind them of the supervision order and their responsibilities. Suggest the school are also involved, as they clearly have concerns as well. Or discuss the contact issues by telephone. Should contact be varied, given the upset your granddaughter is showing.
Until then, do as you are doing –re assuring your granddaughter that she is not moving home, for example.
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http://www.frg.org.uk/FandFCForum/viewtopic.php?p=30031&
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Is it possible to create a lighter wallet than simplewallet without giving up a view key?
In the question How much information is passed from the daemon to simplewallet when scanning for a wallet's transactions?, it was clarified that simplewallet receives the entirety of every block from the connected daemon in order to maintain the wallet's balance and tx history. This means that while a wallet does not need to maintain the entire blockchain, it does need to receive and scan the entire chain, though the newest version of monero-wallet-cli can fast-sync all blocks up to a certain height if it is known that there are no outputs in those blocks belonging to a wallet.
With the intention of designing the lightest possible wallet that keeps all keys (view key, spend key, etc) private, is there information that simplewallet currently receives that it does not always need (for example, if the transaction does not belong to a wallet) and therefore sending that information could have been avoided if designed to minimize data transfer? If so, what is the bare minimum information needed to find all of the outputs in the blockchain that belong to your wallet?
If it makes a difference, this can be answered from both the perspectives of the daemon being trusted and untrusted.
You need to pass every output public key, along with every transaction public key. If we assume RingCT (going forward), this is 3 * 32 bytes per transaction (1 transaction public key + 2 output public keys -- currently much more than that due to denominations). This is the bare minimum with the current implementation.
You will leak which transactions you're interested in to the daemon if doing this, as you have to request additional information when you find matching outputs. You could include a bunch of false positives if you want, though, or request them from multiple daemons.
Most of the space in a block is transactions. Most of the space in transactions is signatures (especially with RingCT). The wallet doesn't actually verify signatures, the daemon does it (you're running your own daemon, right ?) Signatures are an obvious candidate for eliding when transmitting new data from the daemon to the wallet.
Pretty much all of the rest in a transaction is needed if the wallet keeps the keys, but it's not very much. The block data can be skipped, if you must. You lose things like timestamps, but hey, you want light.
A wallet which would sacrifice accurracy of the actual balance to be able to be lighter.
The idea is to have some kind of outside signaling for when you received the funds. In many cases, you expect payments, or someone lets you know that he sent you the funds. This could be used as an advantage. You'd just have to ask the sender for the block height, and your wallet would then request only that block ± a few from the daemon. Then, your wallet would generate the key images for the outputs found in this way and could ask the daemon to check if it has been spent. By doing this, you'd have some spendable balance, but maybe not all of the maximum possible ie, the actual balance. If you're running a full wallet at home, you could occasionally pass the info of all the blocks which contain your outputs to the fuzzy-wallet, which would then show the correct balance.
The wallet would also have to fetch some random blocks from the blockchain to be used for ring-singatures.
So, here you don't give up your private view key, but you give up something else (accurracy).
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What is the reason why its so hard to implement Monero into current wallets?
What takes the most computing time in a monero wallet?
| 2019-04-21T22:14:16 |
https://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/2390/is-it-possible-to-create-a-lighter-wallet-than-simplewallet-without-giving-up-a
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When it comes to advertising does Facebook want to be Google?
Facebook collects less than the 5 percent of the $500 billion spent on advertising each year. For Facebook to achieve the deepest, darkest dreams of Mark Zuckerberg, the company must become the first one that dominates both the kind of precision ads that built Google and the emotional ads that made TV the world's dominant marketing force.
Facebook has so far cracked the first half of that equation, following in the footsteps of Google by locking down what's called "direct response" advertising. If I own a store in Brooklyn that sells running shoes, I naturally want to find people who are in the market for what I'm selling. If someone types "running shoes Brooklyn" into Google, the company has a pretty good clue that is a person I want. My store can pay to show a link to my website to this probable Brooklyn runner.
Largely because Google became an efficient way for many businesses to find people who are looking for exactly what the businesses are selling, direct response ads make up the majority of online advertising. Facebook is pretty good at this type of advertising, too, again because we tell Facebook who we are and what we like.
But dominating direct response ads with Google isn't enough for Facebook. About $200 billion is is spent each year on TV commercials, mostly on direct response's handsome brother, branded advertising. Brand ads are those TV commercials of a smiling couple driving an Audi through a snowy mountain range. The next time we go car shopping, Audi wants us to have this innate feeling that its vehicles will make us happy and beautiful.
Away from the internet, brand ads make up a majority of advertising. And they're lucrative. The average cost to reach 1,000 people with a prime time TV ad was $50 in 2015, according to a Bloomberg Intelligence analysis. The comparable ad price on Facebook was $5.
Facebook wants these pricey brand ads desperately. Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg is fond of saying that for advertisers and their $500 billion budgets, the social network is like the Super Bowl every night. She's wrong. Facebook is way bigger than the Super Bowl. More than 1.1 billion people use Facebook daily. About 110 million people watch the Super Bowl telecast.
Sandberg's pitch is about convincing advertisers to think of Facebook as a place that is even bigger than TV's biggest stage but with the stockpile of personal information to target ads only to people who are most likely to buy an Audi. In Facebook's view, it is the best of Google's bloodlessly efficient direct response advertising with the mass reach and charm of TV commercials.
It sounds beautiful, but it turns out it can be hard to be both Google and television. The world's biggest advertiser, Procter & Gamble, told the Wall Street Journal that it found targeting niches like teenage shavers on Facebook generated too narrow an audience for P&G brands that need to sells millions of bottles of Tide and Gillette razors. This seems, I don't know, blindingly obvious?
P&G said it won't spend less money on Facebook, but it and some other big advertisers seem to be falling back in love with TV. The top 100 marketers spent 1 percent more on TV ads in the first quarter of this year compared with the amount in the period a year earlier, according to a Morgan Stanley analysis published in May. That was a lift from a 2 percent decline in their combined TV ad spending last year.
P&G was among a handful of top brand advertisers -- also including GM, Pepsi and Verizon -- that sharply increased their TV ad spending this year after pulling back in 2015. "Investors should feel better about TV's place in ad budgets today than they did a year ago," Morgan Stanley wrote.
What's good for TV is probably not good for Facebook's ambitions in brand advertising. Still, the winds are at Facebook's back. Younger people in particular are spending more free time on their phones, including on Facebook, and less on TV. Facebook is expanding the pool of potential advertisers to small businesses that never advertised beyond the Yellow Pages. Facebook's commitment to online video -- which looks a lot like TV -- helps it lure brand ads, too.
It won't be easy for Facebook, but the company knows it won't crack the next 95 percent of that advertising spending unless it figures out how to become the perfect advertising medium for companies hunting for the best blend of TV and the web.
| 2019-04-25T09:47:51 |
https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/advertising/when-it-comes-to-advertising-does-facebook-want-to-be-google/53663459
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SLAP on the fish slime, the sun’s out. A substance made from fish mucus and shrimp shells may make a good natural sunscreen.
Some fish produce a slick of amino acids that absorb the DNA-damaging UV rays in sunlight. Vincent Bulone of AlbaNova University Center in Stockholm, Sweden, reacted these amino acids with a chemical called chitosan, derived from chitin in the shells of crustaceans. Chitosan is soluble, so fluid containing it can be applied to skin (ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, doi.org/6kd).
Attaching a thirtieth of the amino acids they could have added let the material absorb as much UV as some commercial sunscreens. Attaching more could mean it will protect even better.
KILL, Fido! Docile ants become aggressive guards after a secret signal from their caterpillar overlord. The idea turns on its head the assumption that the two species exchange favours in an even-handed relationship.
The caterpillars of the Japanese oakblue butterfly grow up wrapped inside oak leaves. To protect themselves against predators such as spiders and wasps, they attract ant bodyguards with sugar droplets. But Masaru Hojo from Kobe University in Japan and his team found that whenever the caterpillar flipped its tentacles inside out, the ants moved rapidly and acted aggressively. Ants that had not eaten caterpillar secretions did not react when the tentacles flipped (Current Biology, doi.org/6jt). Hojo thinks that the caterpillars drug the ants and manipulate them into attacking predators.
HOW would the first language have developed?
A popular theory is that early hominins began communicating using gestures, with any sounds they made being inconsequential. That is because gestures tend to physically reflect their meaning – a property known as iconicity – while sounds are more abstract.
Marcus Perlman from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his colleagues wanted to test this. They challenged nine pairs of students to express certain words, such as big, slow or attractive, using only simple vocalisations.
From the outset, the students tended to pick vocalisations with similar acoustic properties. As the sounds were said back and forth, they became increasingly similar, both within pairs, and between.
Ten of these sounds were then played to a new group of people. On average, they were able to match the sound to its meaning 35 per cent of the time, much higher than chance.
Perlman says this suggests vocalisations can also be iconic – to the students, their acoustic properties somehow resemble the meaning they are trying to convey (Royal Society Open Science, DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150152). So it’s not infeasible that our ancestors’ grunts may have had meaning.
FOR some fish, global warming might be no sweat. In fact, they might thrive in the hotter oceans of the future.
As the planet warms, many fish will have to migrate from their original habitats to cooler waters, or else face extinction. However, certain species can quickly adapt to warmer waters, recent studies show.
Now Jennifer Donelson from the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, finds that one species may revel in the heat: the maroon clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus), which lives in coral reefs in the western Pacific. In her lab, Donelson reared three groups of the fish in different conditions. One group experienced the present-day temperature of the Great Barrier Reef, from where the parents of the fish were collected. The other two groups lived in water 1.5 °C and 3 °C warmer, representing different scenarios forecast for 2100.
Fish need more oxygen in warmer water, and Donelson found that the clownfish adapted by having a faster metabolism. She also found that those reared at temperatures 3 °C warmer grew 8 per cent larger and 29 per cent heavier than the other two groups, which were of comparable size and weight (Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, doi.org/6js).
IT’S the stuff of nightmares. The legs of the Southern Ocean giant sea spider span 25 centimetres – similar to those of the world’s largest land spiders. But arachnophobes shouldn’t fear this beast: it lives at the bottom of the ocean around Antarctica and it’s not actually a spider.
Giant sea spiders are so widespread that Leese wondered whether they really are all part of the single known species. His team examined DNA from 300 specimens, and found that there are probably five species. Some 20 lineages started diverging a million years ago, perhaps during ice ages when they were separated in ice-free refuges, but then they mixed and interbred again (Royal Society Open Science, doi.org/6jr).
EARTH’S magnetic field powered up early. The finding, gleaned from field lines frozen into zircon crystals up to 4.2 billion years old, offers a glimpse into our planet’s infancy – and may hint at how Earth was able to hold on to its life-sustaining atmosphere.
To probe the origin of Earth’s magnetism, a team led by John Tarduno of the University of Rochester in New York retrieved rock samples from the Jack Hills in Western Australia – home to some of the oldest rocks on the planet. They spent months extracting silicate crystals – called zircons – from the surrounding rock. The team measured the ages of the crystals, which were a tenth of a millimetre in size, and used a custom magnetometer to look at ancient magnetic fields locked into even tinier deposits of minerals inside the crystals.
They found that the fields were surprisingly old – the youngest crystal was 3.3 billion years old, and the oldest 4.2 billion years old (Science, doi.org/6hz).
That helps settle a debate about how Earth cooled down. Its magnetic field is driven by a rotating liquid-metal core called a geodynamo. Some models of our planet’s past temperature suggest it shouldn’t have started spinning until about 3.5 billion years ago.
An early magnetic field would have stopped the oceans and atmosphere being swept away in the fierce solar winds of the early solar system. The new measurement offers support for this early magnetic shield. “This is more compatible with the atmosphere and the ocean as we know it today,” Tarduno says.
EVIDENCE has appeared out of the air. A team of investigators for the Italian police has lifted a fingerprint off a pistol trigger with the help of vaporised superglue.
Triggers might seem like a natural place to look for fingerprints, but they are small and get touched repeatedly, so it can be hard to get clear, usable prints from them.
Last year, a small pistol was found in a warehouse in Italy. There was no record of who owned it, which is illegal in Italy – all guns must carry an identification number and be registered with the police. Investigators looked for prints to find the owner with visible and ultraviolet light, but found nothing.
So they put the gun in a chamber filled with vaporised superglue, a commonly used technique that has a low success rate for firearms. The superglue fumes settled on the sticky residue left by a finger, turning it white. They got lucky, and a print on the trigger emerged.
“We obtained a result which you can see perhaps only in the TV series,” says Andrea Chiuri of the Department of Scientific Investigations in Parma, one of the investigators. “We obtained a trace directly related to the person who handled the gun, which allowed us to identify this person” (Forensic Science International, doi.org/6h2).
The suspect is currently on trial.
A MANE of dark matter may stream out from the Earth.
Nearly 85 per cent of the matter in the universe is thought be so-called dark matter – stuff that has not yet been detected directly because it only interacts with normal matter via gravity. Rather than being distributed smoothly throughout galaxies, simulations show that dark matter particles should clump into features like halos, discs and streams.
Gary Prezeau at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California, wondered what would happen if a stream of dark matter pierced a planet like Earth. He calculated that the planet’s gravity would bend the particles’ trajectories and focus them to a point. This “lensing” effect would concentrate dark matter along an axis passing through Earth’s core, reaching densities about a billion times more than average at the focal point (arxiv.org/abs/1507.07009).
Prezeau calls these features hairs. The focus, or “root”, of one such hair would be about a million kilometres above Earth, “just beyond the moon”, he says.
“If you find where these hairs are, you can put a detector right in one of them,” Prezeau says.
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https://www.newscientist.com/inbrief/?issue_num=3033
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1. Babur succeeded to the throne of this kingdom in 1494 at the tender age of 11. Identify the kingdom.
Answer: Farghana. Farghana is located in modern Uzbekistan.
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https://masterstudy.net/discuss.php?qid=87871&type=1
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There is a debate among fine artists and fine craftspeople about what to call work that has a function. Is it art, because it is creative? Or is it craft, because of its function? I'll admit it, I am one of those potters who fall firmly on the side of craft vs art. First, I have no degree- I am largely self-taught. I have an extensive background in art history, and while in college, I took several courses in painting, then explored the field of art education through museum internships. Art education takes up more room on my resume than pottery- it takes more of my time, as well. I have been known to make art, but my pottery is meant to be used, so that, combined with the lack of my formal training leads me to call it craft.
When I was in graduate school, I sat through a grueling review in which a friend, Ky Johnston (scroll down to see some of his beautiful, functional pottery), now a professor at Delta State University in Cleveland, MS , was thoroughly raked over the coals. Ky was working towards an MFA and brought one of his beautiful, simple mugs to the review. The thing that most stood out to me from that review, other than the professor's seeming rancor, was Ky's statement that he "wanted to make beautiful things for people to use everyday." Every time I'm at the wheel, every time I am at a sale talking with a customer, I remember that statement. That's my goal: to provide beautiful things for people to enjoy using on a daily basis.
There are a very few pieces that I make that I'd call art. This is one of them, but they are few and far between. I think that I prefer function in my own work. I am privileged to work with a true artist, Deirdre Daw, at the Brooks Museum. Her work is mind-bogglingly fabulous (and famous!) and she is a gracious mentor, generous with her time and knowledge. Perhaps someday I'll be able to pick up her gift for combining art with craft, or I will pursue art as ardently as I do my craftsmanship. For now, I'll continue to call my pottery craft and hope that people will use it as it was meant to be used, daily.
| 2019-04-19T00:46:06 |
http://www.bridgmanpottery.com/wwwbridgmanpotterycom/idgmanpottery.com/2008/01/why-i-make-pottery-ii.html
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football begins to move with a velocity of 10 m/s.
figure. B and C are connected by string as shown in the figure.226 Newton's Laws of Motion 12. Two masses M and m are connected by a weightless string. the 10 kg mass 2 has acceleration 12m / sec . At the instant shown. If the pulley is pulled up at an acceleration g. ends of a light string passing over a smooth fixed pulley. The tension in the string connecting A and B is (where g is acceleration due to gravity) (a) g (b) g 9 8g (c) 9 10g (d) 9 3 kg A 1 kg B C 5 kg . They are pulled by a force F on a frictionless horizontal surface. What is the acceleration of 20 kg mass 20 kg 10 kg 200N (a) 12m / sec2 (b) 4 m / sec2 (c) 10m / sec2 (d) Zero 16. The system moves over a frictionless pulley. A force of 200 N acts on the 20 kg mass. The tension in the string will be the tension in the string will be (a) M 4w1w2 w1 w2 2w1w2 (b) w1 w2 13. F m (a) FM m M (b) F M m (c) FM m (d) Fm M m In the above question. Two weights w1 and w2 are suspended from the 14. (c) w1w2 w1 w2 (d) w1w2 2(w1 w2) 15. the acceleration of mass m is (a) F m (b) F T m (c) FT m (d) F M The masses of 10 kg and 20 kg respectively are connected by a massless spring as shown in T Three weight A.
(c) For upward acceleration apparent weight m(g a) 10. (b) Since. 8.. (a) Acceleration of block in a stationary lift = F m(v2 v1) 0. (b) In this case. (a) The coin falls behind him it means the velocity of train was increasing otherwise the coin fall directly into the hands of thrower. 20 . the fictitious force will act on both the pans. produced 11. (b) F ma for a given body if F constant then a = constant. a (103 0) 100m/ s2 10 Mass = Force 105 103 kg . we can conclude that lift was moving upward with constant speed and suddenly stops.Newton's Laws of motion 227 (SET –4) 1.5 × 10 –3 N-s 12. so the equilibrium is not affected. 5. 60 kg. 9. (b) Acceleration then apparent weight = m(g a) because we will consider In the problem it is given that scale reading initially was 60 kg and due to sudden jerk reading decreasing and finally comes back to the original mark i. 2.e. retardation. 3. Net forward force on 20 kg mass = 200 – 120 = 80N Acceleration 80 4 m/ s2 .5 (10 0) 250N 1 / 50 dt . 13. In case of physical balance. one 2 kg wt on the left will act as the support for the spring balance. but in the problem (retardation) Acceleration acceleration = – a of block = [g (a)]sin = (g a)sin 4. (c) Force on the football F m dv dt in jet = Changein velocity Time If lift suddenly stops during upward motion instead of acceleration. 6. Hence its reading will be 2 kg. So. (d) The fictitious force will act downwards. then it will be (g– a)sin. Accelerati on 102 (c) Impulse = Force × Time = 50 × 10–5 × 3 = 1. So the reading of spring balance will increase. (c) R m(g a) m(g 4g) 5mg 7. force needed to overcome frictional force. *** g sin If lift is descending with acc. (a) T 2m1m2 (g g) 2m1m2 (g a) m1 m2 (m1 m2) T 4m1m2 4w1w2 g m1 m2 w1 w2 (b) As the mass of 10 kg has acceleration 12 m/s2 therefore it apply 120N force on mass 20kg in a backward direction.
ma F T . (d) . (a) 15.228 Newton's Laws of Motion F m M T M a= M 14. on mass m. (b) Net force a F T m T 2 mB mC 2 1 5 g g 10 g mA mB mC 3 1 5 9 16.
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Q: If your dog is barking at the back door and your wife is yelling at the front door, who do you let in first? A: The dog, of course. Hell shut up once you let him in.
A: The dog, of course. Hell shut up once you let him in.
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I am one of those link builders who only post my blogs for the sake of links. As I read this article, it opened my eyes and my mind to create blogs for the benefit of my site visitors or readers. Thanks for sharing this wonderful article..
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Je suis rémoise, je suis allée supporter Yohan en mars. ma déchirure du tendon d’achille m’a empéché d’aller devant l’écran géant, mais dieu merci, il y a france 2. Merci, merci, merci, super Championnat du monde et un grand coup de chapeau aux blogeur et commentateur.
I have a friend who isn't as close to me as several years ago as we now live so far apart, but she is totally gung-ho on the Tea Party. They seem radical but they aren't the enemy or rebels in disguise. From what I have learned when they tried to recruit me (I WOULD NEVER JOIN THEM!) that they are wanting change in the USA and are tired of how the gov't screws over the people and now with Obama, they are going to see to it he is voted out of office. That is as much as I can tell of their rebellion.
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| 2019-04-19T18:42:54 |
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Should Japan Increase Immigration to Arrest Depopulation?
Every time I give a public lecture which features Japan's 21st century demographic structure someone inevitably asks whether immigration could be a 'solution' to Japan's depopulation 'problem'. I put those words in quote marks for emphasis because I don't necessarily think that depopulation is a problem requiring a solution; at least not in the conventional sense of the solution being to arrest decline. Anyway, here's why I think Japan might not increase immigration as a means of stabilising population numbers.
I am a firm advocate of analysis being based on sound evidence rather than instinct. This is particularly when we address potentially contentious issues such as international migration. With this in mind, we should ask how the data on past and current international migration and population change in Japan inform us about the potential for immigration to 'solve' Japan's depopulation 'problem', then ask how many people would be needed, and finally think about the realistic possibility of an expanded immigration policy being successful.
Current data show that net international migration to Japan is declining from a peak of over 100,000 persons per year in 1990-94 (Figure 1). For the three year period 2010-12, net migration turned negative for the first time since 1975-79, with 181,000 Japanese leaving and 23,000 non-Japanese entering Japan. But this masks some annual volatility. In 2011 56,000 non-Japanese left, while in 2012 77,000 entered, most probably as a result of the impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster - the high figure for entry in 2012 would likely have included returnees who had left in 2011 due to radiation fears, for example. Significantly, the number of Japanese leaving has been increasing since the 1990s, with more than 300,000 leaving in 2005-09, 25,000 leaving in 2010, 73,000 in 2011, and 82,000 in 2012, more than cancelling out of the gains from non-Japanese entering the country since 2005. Currently, therefore, Japan is a net exporter of people; not a good position to be in if depopulation is viewed as a problem.
Figure 1. Net international migration in Japan. Source: MIC Statistics Bureau (2014).
Combining migration data with figures for natural population change (births and deaths), the impact of migration on overall population change has been small (Figure 2). In the future, as the natural population decrease accelerates with the widening of the gap between the number of births and deaths, so the relative significance of international migration will decrease unless larger numbers of non-Japanese enter and the number of Japanese leaving the country is reduced substantially (or even reversed).
Figure 2. Population Change in Japan. Source: MIC Statistics Bureau (2014).
How many migrants would Japan need?
In order to know how many migrants Japan would need we need to understand the terms of the question. Helpfully, but some time ago now, the UN Population Division produced a report whose title asked: Replacement Migration: Is it a Solution to Declining and Ageing Populations? (UNPD, 2001). I have taken the liberty of reproducing the top half of the table for Japan (UNPD, 2001: 55). Scenario III, where the population remains constant at 127 million, would require net inward migration of 17 million people through to 2050, or about 340,000 persons per year starting from 2000. Scenario IV, which is based on a constant working age population, would require net migration of 33.5 million people, or about 660,000 persons per year. Scenarios V and VI are more extreme and unrealistic.
Figure 3. UNPD Scenarios for Migration Effects on Population Change. Source: UNPD (2001).
Given these figures begin in 2000, and we are now in 2015, then the numbers required annually would be greater than the UN figures project, because Japan's net inward migration amounted to just 109,000 persons over the thirteen years of 2000-12. If Japan were to achieve Scenario III on time, then it would need to immigrate at least 459,000 people per year till 2050, and the age-based support ratio would fall to one working person supporting him or herself plus one other. The actual support ratio would be more serious than this, because of the numbers of 15-64 year olds not working, those in full time education and informal care roles, and those not paying their share of contributions.
One issue to note is that the UNPD assumes a slower population fall to 2050 than Japanese government projections. The UNPD anticipates that Japan will have approximately 105 million people in 2050 with no immigration, while the Japanese government projects around 88 million because its assumptions on future fertility are more pessimistic (NIPSSR, 2014). So far the latter's projections have proved to be more accurate. Consequently, my best conservative guesstimate projects that by 2050, if the numbers of Japanese leaving is taken into account and Japanese government projections prove to be accurate, the country would need to immigrate potentially up to 900,000 persons per year starting in 2015 to achieve Scenario III of a constant population with a deteriorating support ratio.
There are reasons to suggest that immigration would not solve the depopulation problem, even if the required numbers could be found. Here's why.
Depopulation is not geographically uniform, but has different causes and outcomes region by region, indeed community by community. It is a complex process that involves demographic, economic, social, cultural, and political processes that aggregate and correlate recursively out of low fertility and out-migration, ageing and, eventually, a fall in the numbers of people (Matanle et al, 2011). Depopulating areas tend to be economically less attractive for potential in-migrants due to fewer and poorer employment opportunities. Depopulating areas are geographically more peripheral, distant from major transportation nodes or with comparatively inhospitable terrain and climate, and are less likely to be chosen by migrants for settlement.
Critical for considering immigration is the perspective of the sending countries, something which is often overlooked by people from developed countries. Where would 900,000 people per year come from? Presumably China, which itself has a below replacement fertility rate, would not wish to lose millions of people with economic and biological reproductive potential. Moreover, as countries such as China and Indonesia develop their own economic and social systems to something approaching Japanese levels of comfort there will be progressively less desire on the part of entrepreneurial Chinese and Indonesians to move to Japan, when opportunities at home are expanding. There will always be some people wanting to make a move, to have an adventure, but Japan is competing with a lot of countries for high quality human capital, and in the coming decades there will be many more depopulating countries in Asia and Europe. Will Japan be the destination of choice for the best and brightest? Perhaps, but perhaps not.
Finally, international migrants tend to originate in low resource consumption countries, or at least countries with lower per capita resource consumption than Japan. Moving large numbers of people from a biocapacity creditor country, such as Indonesia, to Japan, which is a heavy biocapacity debtor, would exacerbate current environmental problems because the migrants would tend to adopt the consumption habits of their new residence. Japan's consumption levels are seven times the level necessary to maintain environmental sustainability (Global Footprint Network, 2014). Simply put, international migration is environmentally destructive and makes a sustainable human presence on Earth more difficult to achieve; and Japan doesn't have a lot of wiggle room on this issue (USEAI, 2013).
At this point we need to remind ourselves that currently Japan is a net exporter of people. Moving from that position to absorbing around 900,000 people per year from other countries is probably politically impossible for Japanese society in its present state. The very best that immigration could do, if depopulation is considered a problem requiring the solution of more people, is to provide a softer landing than otherwise might be the case. However, we also know that there are considerable societal and environmental problems associated with this course.
In sum, my analysis points to Japan not going down the immigration path. The numbers required for population stability are too large, and it is questionable whether migrants would settle in the regions that need them most. Finally, international migration won't on its own help us to solve the real problem facing Japan and the rest of the world, which is environmental, and might make it worse. Indeed, I question whether depopulation is a 'problem' at all. Rather, I think it might prove to be an opportunity.
Global Footprint Network (2014) World Footprint: Do We Fit on the Planet?Global Footprint Network Website, Accessed: 1 January 2015.
Matanle, P., Rausch, A.S., with the Shrinking Regions Research Group (2011) Japan's Shrinking Regions in the 21st Century: Contemporary Responses to Depopulation and Socioeconomic Decline, Amherst, NY: Cambria Press.
MIC Statistics Bureau (2014) Japan Statistical Yearbook 2015, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Statistics Bureau Website, Accessed: 30 December 2014.
NIPSSR (2014) 将来推計人口・世帯数 (Population and Household Statistics Projections), National Institute of Population and Social Security Research Website, Accessed: 30 December 2014.
UNPD (2001) Replacement Migration: Is it a Solution to Declining and Ageing Populations? UN Population Division Website, Accessed: 4 January 2015.
USEAI (2013) Japan is the second largest net importer of fossil fuels in the world, United States Energy Information Agency Website, 17 November, Accessed: 4 January 2015.
| 2019-04-24T06:30:14 |
http://www.peter-matanle.net/blog/tag/immigration
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Each query will generate two numbers on the display. These numbers each represent the total sum of two of the values listed in the table below.
A = Number of correct colors in the correct positions.
B = Number of correct colors in the wrong positions.
C = Number of colors not in the solution at all.
| 2019-04-20T16:59:17 |
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| 2019-04-19T10:28:58 |
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Choose the correct possessive to fill in the blank.
My rooms are always a mess.
My little now lives in San Francisco.
What is the correct plural form of the noun?
In the following sentence, the linking verb is the word "remained". What two words are being linked by this verb?
My sister remained very calm during the emergency.
was jealous of her sister.
What does this metaphor mean to you? "My sister has a heart of stone."
My sister is really strong.
My sister is really brave.
My sister is really uncaring.
My sister is actually a statue.
What are the pair of words (in the order given) that make the following sentence correct?
I ate for lunch with my yesterday.
Which choice best fixes the sentence?
With his sister by his side.
With his sister and his brother.
James got along well with his sister.
James and his brother with his sister.
Where do the commas belong in the sentence below?
My sisters are Tina Lucy and Donna.
My sisters are Tina, Lucy and Donna.
My sisters, are Tina Lucy and Donna.
My sisters are, Tina Lucy and Donna.
Which sentence has the same meaning as the one below?
My sister thinks that bats are weird.
My sister thinks that bats are cool.
My sister thinks that bats are strange.
My sister thinks that bats are interesting.
My sister thinks that bats are fun.
Who wrote the Happy Birthday song?
My sister is the band's .
Which word is a common noun?
My baby sister is learning to crawl.
| 2019-04-18T16:44:06 |
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I have a major problem. We conduct surveys and track them, so that we can call outstanding invitees and remind them to complete the survey. We also send detailed tracking information to clients.
The most recent survey has a bunch of responses that have no email associated with them, meaning I cannot tick them off the list. We have fixed the cause, which seems to have been in the link within the invitation where for some reason it sent out as http://oursurvey.com/s?s=1664&i=[ID]&k=[KEY]&ro=[REOPEN] where the "amp;" is incorrect, when we removed the "amp;"s the email address was correctly attached.
I am in desperate need of support to try and find/re-associate the existing responses with their emails.
This problem can happen on old versions of Opinio, when switching from simple to advanced edit, and then back to simple edit again. We have replaced the text editor component with a new one in newer versions of Opinio. I recommend an upgrade. The latest version is currently 7.1.1.
Unfortunately it is not possible to see which of these invitees that have responded. The best suggestion I have is to go to the "Manage invitees" screen, and check "Resend" for all invitees that did not respond (before you corrected the link), then click the "Resend" button. You can then customize the message and explain the situation, and ask them to submit answers again, using the correct survey link.
Since there will be duplicates, you can get more accurate report results by applying a date filter on the report. In other words, the start date should be the day you corrected the link.
| 2019-04-20T10:16:00 |
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How much water are we carrying? A lot. Based on a somewhat measured guesstimate of 22 to 24 miles round trip, with no expected refills, we've decided on six liters each.
Okay—five and a half for me. Trevor and I both pre-hydrate at the car, trying to fill our bellies with as much fluid as we can. Then we heft water-heavy packs and start trudging upward in air that is already unwelcomely warm and maybe even a touch muggy. At the Pass—elevation unknown—we'll drop a liter or so to save weight.
But for now, I fiddle with my waist and shoulder straps, trying to find the magic formula to get as much of the load as possible off my back and onto my hips.
We pass the trailhead sign, then start a stout climb right away, which soon gets us to a cattle gate and a big and oddly-steep holding pen.
Obviously and unexpectedly, ranchers drive cattle through here. In fact, it's soon obvious, via the dung on the trail ahead, that the cows go all the way to the pass.
I've never actually seen a cow do much of anything except graze in a field. The thought of them pushing their way up this inarguably steep trail suggests they're hardier than I credited.
Meanwhile, as with all stock trails, the downside for us humans is both the poop and the dust. All those heavy hooves crush ordinary dirt and rock into fine powder, producing sandy ground that swallows our hiking boots and puffs up around us.
As we hike upward, I'm soon coated in dust and soaked in sweat, already losing those precious bodily fluids. No doubt about it: we'll be playing the salt game, extreme edition, today.
We come to a sign and a fork in the road. Humans to the right, cows to the left. The 'cow driveway' looks to be the direct approach—even steeper than the human trail. Where do the cows get their water, I wonder? Trevor and I go right, up a long series of switchbacks, and all the while I'm imagining those hardy mountain cows, marching upward.
| 2019-04-21T04:11:47 |
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PREUUUUUUUUUMMMSS!!!(on sait jamais avec un peu de chance ça marche aussi au 43ème message) Dire que ça n’a pas encore commencé et j’ai déjà hâte-hâte-hâte que ça achève… putain un mois!!
Rännumees, työnsaanti voi olla tällä hetkellä Virossa tosiaan vähän hankalaa, mutta voihan sitä aina yrittää! Pääset nyt sentään noinkin tiuhaan täällä käymään, on sekin parempi kuin ei mitään. Anonyymi, ehkä kaamein gojira ikinä. Olen lievästi järkyttynyt, että leppoisa talitiainen saattoi olla noin verenhimoinen.
For your American readers, you might want to clarify that "chicken marylands" are NOT the recipe for "Chicken Maryland," a particular variant of fried chicken with cream gravy, but rather what we refer to as a leg-quarter (both the drumstick and the thigh, uncut). This recipe sounds terrific, by the way! I hope to try it soon.
| 2019-04-19T21:23:46 |
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188. From 1970 to 1990, sea otters made up a steadily decreasing percentage of the marine life population in North America. The increasingly widespread effects of pollution and habitat destruction were responsible for this decrease. However, although pollution was a more frequent target of environmental legislation, it was found that pollution in North America increased by a greater percentage than did the rate of habitat destruction.
Which of the following, if true, most helps to account for the finding?
(a) Environmental legislation limiting industrial pollution was much more financial onerous on North American firms than legislation protecting marine habitats.
(b) The decreasing percentage of sea otters among the marine population had a positive effect on the species that sea otters typically prey on.
(c) Most of the habitats likely to be destroyed by human activity had already been compromised for marine life by 1970.
(d) Habitat destruction was a more frequent target of environmental legislation than pollution in the decade preceding 1960.
| 2019-04-21T01:13:59 |
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Los Angeles - Kanye West is "desperate" to buy Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch.
The huge property - which was owned by the late Thriller singer from 1988 to 2005 and included an amusement park and petting zoo - recently went up for sale for £65m and the 37-year-old rapper reportedly wants to buy it as a gift for his wife Kim Kardashian West, after falling in love with the 2400 acres, following a few visits.
However, the All Day hitmaker has asked for a £10m reduction on the asking price of the ranch, located in California.
A source told the Daily Star newspaper: "Kanye is desperate to own Neverland but he's not prepared to pay the price they want."
Kim and Kanye only recently moved in to their latest home with their daughter North, after it required extensive renovation, but they could be about to move again if the Gold Digger star gets his way.
While Kanye is able to afford the £65m property now, he revealed this week that he had to "fight to be accepted" into the fashion industry, after starting out as a musician.
Kanye said: "It's a tough world out there. You're going to prepare yourself for politics, bad bosses, hating employees - and usually when you're the absolute best, you get hated on the most."
| 2019-04-24T20:59:36 |
https://www.channel24.co.za/Gossip/News/Kanye-West-is-desperate-to-buy-Kim-K-Michael-Jacksons-Neverland-ranch-20150601
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