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If you're keen to share your passion for science and physics, your talents will be in demand because there is a shortage of specialist teachers in these fields.
We're committed to producing talented teachers who can fill the gap. Achieving your PGCE with us will enable you to inspire your future pupils.
As well as giving you the essential skills for teaching success, we'll encourage you to explore what young people need to be learning as part of their secondary science with physics studies.
You'll have the chance to gain an in-depth knowledge of teaching and learning, which will provide you with the tools to become an excellent teacher who is able to teach a rich and diverse curriculum.
You'll engage in education, pedagogy and professional studies sessions, and curriculum workshops. These will take place in both university and school settings, and will develop your expertise in generic educational and professional issues, and subject pedagogy.
You'll gain the skills and understanding to take up positions in schools as a teacher of your subject with the potential to contribute fully to the life of the school. The course is designed around the Teachers' Standards and the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
You're encouraged to work creatively towards gaining evidence of your practice in the Teachers' Standards. University assignments are at Masters Level and complement your growing competence in school-based practice, enabling you to demonstrate evidence-based understanding of professionalism, and teaching and learning.
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Please note: If you are a graduate and wish to train as a Science with Physics teacher but your degree did not provide any or enough physics content for you to gain automatic entry on to a secondary Science with Physics teacher training course, you may be required to complete an appropriate Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) course.
You must have a good degree (minimum 2:2 but 2:1 or 1st preferred) from a UK higher education institution or equivalent, with a significant physics or physics-related content, for example from engineering disciplines or materials science.
You must have a GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent) in both English language and mathematics prior to enrolment and if you are offered an interview you will take a written test to assess your standard of English.
If you do not already have GCSEs in English language and mathematics, or their equivalent, and are not registered to take them, you should visit Equivalency Testing.
It should be noted that applicants taking the equivalency tests need to have passed prior to enrolment.
For entry onto a teaching course from September 2014 you will also be required to pass the Skills Tests in Literacy and Numeracy
For secondary teacher training there is an expectation that you will have had some general experience of working with secondary age students in a school setting.
In preparation for the selection interview stage of the recruitment process you are required to engage in a teaching episode, observed by an experienced qualified teacher.
It will support your application to undertake this teaching episode prior to enrolment and in advance of your interview.
Please read our guidance document before downloading the Pre-Interview School Experience Report which you will need the qualified teacher observing you to complete.
The selection interview will assess your subject knowledge and personal qualities such as the potential to relate well to secondary age students, enthusiasm, sensitivity, communication skills and robustness and resilience for teaching.
You will also take a written test to assess your standard of English.
Applicants must meet The National College for Teaching and Leadership requirements for Initial Teacher Training, which means being medically fit and successfully completing an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
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All applications for 2016 entry need to be made via the UCAS Teacher Training website. For more information on how to apply for a teacher training course please visit the UCAS how-it-all-works information page. The UCAS Teacher Training helpline number is 0871 468 0 469.
We also offer this programme through School Direct with the following schools:
You may be interested to know that from September 2015 we will offer PGCE Secondary Science with Biology as both a University-led and School-led (School Direct) route into teaching. Our partner schools offering the School Direct route include:
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If you have a specific career in mind, say how your chosen course will help you pursue this goal.
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You should also mention your future plans – if you're planning to take a year out, don't forget to give your reasons. Talk about any subjects you're studying that don't have a formal assessment and any sponsorships or placements you've applied for. And don't be scared to add in details about your social, sports or leisure interests.
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You may be able to obtain financial support to help you during your studies. For more information visit the Department for Education's Get Into Teaching website.
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Although this is a postgraduate course, current PGCE students are eligible for the finance support package available to full-time undergraduates. You may also receive a Teacher Training Bursary of up to £30,000 per year, subject specific.
The course is currently going through a re-validation process ready for September 2016. This is a regular feature of higher education courses and gives the course team the opportunity to ensure that the structure and content responds to the requirements of schools and trainees. The course will meet current policy requirements and will include a strongly school-centred approach.
Subject to the re-validation process, the course will contain three modules.
Core Educational Issues
Core educational issues such as professionalism in education, the Teachers' Standards, teaching and learning, the national curriculum, inclusion and equal opportunities, safeguarding, assessment and accountability. You'll develop an understanding of how children and young people learn, and how schools operate to facilitate this. You'll also learn how schools fulfil their responsibilities to bring young people towards creative and responsible citizenship with an awareness of factors such as democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
Physics Education Philosophy
The development of a secure philosophy for physics education and how it applies to all phases of secondary education. You'll use this module to focus on physics and learn how to use your in-depth knowledge and understanding in the classroom. The aim is to help you to develop the most effective and creative ways of teaching to ensure your pupils are inspired and motivated.
Evidence based research. This module will enable you to focus on an aspect of education that you wish to 'drill down' into. You'll use ethical research methods to gather evidence of an aspect of education, and will be able to present an argument about the context of the issue, and ways forward. This module supports your early and continuing professional development by equipping you with the skills to use evidence based research techniques to help build the institutions you'll work in during your early career and beyond.
You'll study education, pedagogy and professional practice. All are central to the curriculum. We'll encourage you to explore these areas from general, and science and physics perspectives.
You'll learn by attending lectures, workshops and seminar groups and by carrying out your own individual study. Your specialist knowledge will be updated throughout your course.
The modules you study will be assessed through a range of directed tasks and targeted assignments.
You'll also have to complete a profile of evidence in order to achieve the standards required by the National College for Teaching Leadership and gain QTS (Qualified Teacher Status).
You'll spend two-thirds of your time in school, gaining real-life experience and using your specialist knowledge in the classroom. You'll teach alongside more experienced teachers and also on your own.
We'll observe your teaching practice and give you feedback.
Our MA Education, Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL) courses are designed to meet your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) needs.
Our trainee teachers - with PGCE credits at Level 7 – benefit from advanced standing on these courses due to the M Level credits that can be taken into them from the PGCE.
Through practice-based enquiry we can help you to build on your expertise, to meet performance targets and further the strategic priorities of your school or place of work.
Our School of Education gives you the opportunity to learn in an environment which is equipped with 'mock classrooms' and you also benefit from working in our partner schools.
We concentrate on giving you the up-to-date knowledge and real-world experience that will help you to launch your teaching career.
This is an 11-16 years course, with post-16 enhancement, which offers a high degree of employability within secondary teaching.
The high demand for our trained teachers and our consistently high employability scores mean that trainees who successfully complete the course to a high standard have very good employment prospects.
The course is structured around a minimum of two school experience placements. These will take up at least two-thirds of the course. Your first placement is usually paired. This means that you and your partner will usually plan and teach together up to 50 per cent of a science with physics teacher's timetable.
Your second school placement is usually conducted solo. You'll be expected to plan and teach a greater proportion of a science with physics teacher's timetable. You'll be expected to evaluate your teaching and use this to build improvements into your planning and teaching as the placement progresses.
You'll be assigned a subject mentor who will support and guide your work in consultation with your university tutor.
OpportUNIty: Student Jobs on Campus ensures that our students are given a first opportunity to fill many part-time temporary positions within the University. This allows you to work while you study with us, fitting the job around your course commitments. By taking part in the scheme, you will gain valuable experiences and employability skills, enhancing your prospects in the job market.
It will also allow you to become more involved in University life by delivering, leading and supporting many aspects of the learning experience, from administration to research and mentoring roles.
Employment prospects are excellent for our science with biology teachers, with consistently high employability rates.
In the latest Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) Survey (2011-13 aggregated data) 95 per cent of our trained newly qualified secondary teachers rated the quality of their training as "good" or "very good".
Our science teachers have taken up teaching posts throughout the Midlands and nationally.
Birmingham City University is a vibrant and multicultural university in the heart of a modern and diverse city. We welcome many international students every year – there are currently students from more than 80 countries among our student community.
The University is conveniently placed, with Birmingham International Airport nearby and first-rate transport connections to London and the rest of the UK.
Our international pages contain a wealth of information for international students who are considering applying to study here, including:
International students who have a serious interest in studying with us but who perhaps cannot meet the direct entry requirements, academic or English, or who have been out of education for some time, can enter Birmingham City University International College (BCUIC) and begin their degree studies.
BCUIC is part of the global Navitas Group, an internationally recognised education provider, and the partnership allows students to access the University's facilities and services and move seamlessly through to achieving a Bachelor's degree from Birmingham City University.
Our students come from around the world but our secondary science with physics course is most popular with international students from:
We are constantly investing in our estate and are currently in the process of spending £260 million on new learning facilities.
The School of Education boasts some of the best teaching and learning facilities in the country. As part of your training you will have access to our specially developed replica classrooms with interactive whiteboards, enabling you to experience the classroom environment.
Our laboratory and Science Education Learning Room have been newly built for the start of the 2015/16 academic year. The Science Education Lab will enable trainees to encounter and explore the latest Science Education pedagogies, and together with the Science Learning Room will facilitate trainees' transition from "subject expert" to "expert subject teacher". Trainees will work in a fully hands-on way with the core science education materials to develop excellent subject and pedagogic knowledge - the twin attributes of the outstanding teacher.
City North is a big, bustling campus, three miles north of Birmingham city centre. It's easy to get to and offers on-site parking. Located 5 minutes from Perry Barr train station, City North Campus is also ideally positioned along major bus routes.
The School of Education will be moving to City South Campus in Edgbaston during the 2017/18 academic year.
One of the most exciting innovations in recent years for our trainee teachers and students is our virtual school. You can encounter a range of real-life situations within a simulated environment, that teachers are often confronted with.
All our departmental facilities replicate the school learning environment.
Each student has a personal computer user name and server space Specific software for use by teachers and for use in classrooms.
Other items available include:
There are fully equipped art studios suitable for 3D construction, printmaking, drawing and mixed-media. For textile and ceramics specialists, there are sewing machines and facilities for batik work and a large kiln for firing ceramics. The department has an ICT Suite for digital media that includes both Mac and PC computers. There is also access to a bank of Apple iPads for on and off-site digital working including the use of social media.
The department has access to specialist facilities, including a dedicated teaching suite for food and textiles. The textiles area has 10 sewing machines, an overlocker, CAD/CAM embroidery machines, dye sublimation equipment, a felting machine and an electronic microscope that links to the interactive whiteboard. It is also well resourced with surface decoration and construction equipment.
The food area has five electric cookers, combination microwave/ovens, an extensive range of industrial and domestic equipment, eg industrial ice cream makers and electric pasta makers, bench top printer and a CAD/CAM icing printer. The specialist tutor is a Speed Step and basic food hygiene trainer.
There is a specialist room for design and technology teaching and independent work, as well as a well-stocked reference library that contains a wide range of resources that are relevant for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Other features include a recycling materials area, specialist work benches and a bank of computers linked directly to CAD/CAM equipment.
There are plenty of replica artefacts in the department and other superb facilities, including a huge library of dedicated subject books and an interactive whiteboard. We also inspire our trainee teachers to bring history to life by offering them opportunities to travel to historic sites.
The School of Education has two dedicated English teaching rooms that contain a substantial children's collection of works including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, picture books and multicultural text. There is also a selection of phonics teaching materials, puppets and story bags that are used in teaching sessions.
You can explore the links between ICT and literacy through the department's Digital Blue cameras and electronic photo albums.
There are two dedicated teaching rooms for mathematics. The rooms make use of Promethean and Smart interactive white boards. Both rooms contain a library of recent and relevant publications as well as a wide range of resources for use while on teaching practice.
Trainees are supplied with the use of a laptop for the duration of the course. The laptops come with Autograph and Geometers Sketchpad software. There are a class set of iPads available for the teaching sessions.
This teaching room attempts to bring sacredness in its vicinities and a visitor will find precious collections of artefacts and devotional utilities, audio-visual resources, books, sacred texts and children's books from a range of religious traditions to support learning and teaching.
As well as enjoying very strong links with local schools and specialist nurseries, we have a specialist teaching room that has a range of story sacks and puppets, an extensive selection of planning resources, copies of key texts, and toys and equipment that are relevant for foundation stage.
The music department has two dedicated classrooms and seven practice rooms, five of which contain dedicated computer-based recording/sequencing equipment. There is also a fully equipped sound recording studio and Apple Mac computers for sound manipulation.
There is a fully equipped drama studio with stage lighting.
The PGCE Secondary Science: Physics course is delivered by experienced and dedicated specialists who are supported by well-motivated colleagues in schools.
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Reverse Beartrap
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The Reverse Beartrap is a mechanical contraption which is attached to a victim's head, and if the victim fails to unlock and remove it before the timer goes off, it will kill them by ripping their jaws open. Along with The Bathroom, the Reverse Beartrap is the most popular trap in the entire series.
Saw (2003 Short film)Edit
The film begins with a young man named David in an interrogation room talking to An unnamed interrogator. David is in handcuffs, and he is smoking a cigarette. According to his story, to his left was a small television, which began playing a video showing a frightening puppet that tells him that the device on his head is a "reverse beartrap", which is hooked into his jaws and will pry his face open with great force if he does not unlock it in time. The dummy tells David that the only key to unlock the device is in the stomach of his dead cellmate.
David is able to break free of his bonds, but by doing so he sets off a timer on the back of the device. Across the room, he finds the body that the puppet mentioned, but also finds that the man is actually alive but under paralysis. David panics, and slices into the man's stomach anyway. After finding the key, David unlocks the device and throws it to the ground, just as it snaps open. David escapes death from the device.
David begins screaming and weeping in horror. At the entrance to the room, the puppet from the video appears on a tricycle. He congratulates David on surviving, and tells her that she has proven he is no longer ungrateful for being alive.
The movie ends with the interrogator asking "Are you grateful, David?" causing him to again break down.
Hello, Amanda. You don't know me but I know you. I want to play a game. Here's what happens if you lose. The device you're wearing is hooked into your upper and lower jaws. When the timer at the back goes off, your mouth will be permanently ripped open. Think of it like a reverse bear trap. Here, I'll show you. There is only one key to open the device. It's in the stomach of your dead cellmate. Look around, Amanda; know that I'm not lying. Better hurry up. Live or die, make your choice.
Amanda Young was put in the Reverse Beartrap, unintentionally setting it off by pulling a cable attached to the back wall triggering a timer. She was able to remove the key from the paralyzed Donnie Greco's insides by cutting him open with a scalpel, and unlocked and removed the Beartrap seconds before it went off.
When Dr. Gordon examines John Kramer's cancer, you can see a drawing of the Reverse Beartrap on the table in front of his bed. This suggests that John is working on a modified version of the Beartrap used in Saw VI for Hoffman's Test.
Saw II Edit
The Reverse Beartrap on Amanda Young was seen several times in archive footage to Amanda's test.
Saw IIIEdit
Lynn Denlon found a Reverse Beartrap in Jigsaw's lair on a mannequin head. She investigated the device, accidentally setting it off. Shortly after this, Amanda talks to Lynn about it, and a flashback is shown to Amanda's experience with the trap.
Saw VIEdit
As part of Jigsaw's final request, Jill puts Hoffman in a modified version of the Reverse Beartrap with no apparent means of escape; however he was able to get free from the chair by smashing his hand with the front of the trap, and by placing the Reverse Beartrap between two bars on a window, preventing it from opening up all the way, and was then able to remove it. He did not escape unscathed however, as half of his lower jaw was mutilated.
Saw 3DEdit
To get Jill back, Hoffman puts Jill in the original Reverse Beartrap used for Amanda's test in Saw. Unfortunately she didn't escape. We all finally saw what the effects the Reverse Bear Trap caused on a human.
- Saw (2003 film) (First Appearance)
- Saw
- Saw II (Archive Footage)
- Saw III
- Saw VI (Archive Footage)
- Saw 3D
- Saw: The Video Game
- Saw II: Flesh & Blood
- It should be noted that even though The Reverse Beartrap is one of the only Saw traps to be featured in more than one of the series' films, it has only ever claimed one victim, Jill Tuck, and that was because Hoffman rigged it so that Jill couldn't escape.
- In Saw II, a drawing of The Reverse Beartrap can be seen on a billboard in Jigsaw's hideout. Next to it is a picture of a football helmet. This strongly implies that this is what the trap was based on.
- In The First Saw movie, when Amanda is seen wearing it, the trap would not have gone off if she did not get up from her seat, because when the wire was removed, the timer on the trap would be activated.


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Will online freedom of speech decrease even further?
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(As told to Shishir Prasad)
The internet's a brave new world in so many ways—driven by the young invigorating the old. About 150 million Indians are on the web now.
Earlier, to express ideas publicly, you had to go through a newspaper, magazine, TV or a radio station before. The guardians of media regulated how such ideas were expressed, and published your ideas if you were important enough, if you followed the outlet's editorial line, and increasingly, if you paid them to carry your story. On the internet, you can find the only two persons—whether it's an auto-worker in Detroit or a policewoman in Thiruvananthapuram—who may be interested in your obscure idea.
Given the shrinking free space in mainstream media, a relatively free internet is important for a robust democracy. The United States' Tea Party movement on the right of the political spectrum and parts of the Arab Spring on the left owe their existence to the organising space on the internet. In India, the way the Information Technology Act and speech-stifling criminal laws have been used by the Central and state governments in the last five years has been unprecedented. Official data shows 1,600 people were arrested in 2011 for 'cyber crimes'—that's a 30 percent increase from 1,184 in 2010. Five years ago, the figure was 154.
Of course, a balance has to be struck between free speech, hate speech and defamation—lies, invasions of privacy and even calls to arms can be circulated with the click of a button. But some of the internet speech laws are such draconian gags that even a layman's reading shows they are unconstitutional. I suspect lawmakers didn't know what to do when faced with burgeoning online speech, and used boulders where careful scalpels were required.
These attempts to regulate the internet stem from the Information Technology Act of 2000, originally meant to facilitate business transactions and regulate e-commerce. The 2008 amendment introduced the now infamous Section 66A. Under this, any electronic communication that is grossly offensive, of a menacing character, false or misleading, annoying or even inconvenient can be penalised with three years in jail. The 'annoying or inconvenient' clause was meant to tackle spam and is now being used in a totally different sphere. Now, the police decide what is 'annoying' and whether to arrest you for saying things that are 'inconvenient'. But it's the business of a democracy to deal with what is 'annoying' and 'inconvenient' in the views of others.
There are quieter dragons lurking in the IT Act. The Intermediary Rules of 2011 ask a blog, an internet service provider (ISP), a social network, to look at everything that is posted under their purview and to take down anything that is 'disparaging', 'hateful' etc. What is 'disparaging' or 'hateful' is left to the imagination of the intermediaries. This means ISPs such as Airtel Broadband or even pure web service providers like Facebook, Twitter or Indiatimes have no 'safe harbour' from prosecution as they do in other countries. Here they are asked to police the internet, and remove 'unlawful' information posted in their purview; otherwise they can be hauled up for an absence of 'due diligence'. In effect, we are being told what not to say by the police and companies. The companies are incentivised to be over-conservative because they don't want to be sued. Breach of an important constitutional right should be decided by the courts, not by the police or companies.
How can all this be changed? For a start, Section 66A has to go. The basic structure of the Intermediary Rules is unconstitutional, companies decide who should be gagged and how, and the speaker is not even notified, leave alone given a chance to respond. The Website Blocking Rules are similar: The government needn't tell you what happened to your favourite website or why it was banned, unlike in the case of books.
And we can't keep our inheritance of British colonial oppression in our penal code—laws formulated to suppress Indians. Sections of the Indian Penal Code— for instance, some outdated law like the one on sedition—are often applied along with 66A. The UK and New Zealand have repealed it, Ghana has repealed it, as have other countries. Those who have the support of the mobs and seek to incite violence are rarely prosecuted for hate speech or sedition; who is it used against in India? Mostly independent commentators expressing an unpopular anti-government opinion, people like Binayak Sen, Arundhati Roy and Aseem Trivedi.
Section 66A is before the Supreme Court now, the other laws and rules remain, ready with shackles and gags if you say the wrong thing. The government, courts, companies and citizens are now aware of these holes in democracy. 2013 presents India an opportunity, to evolve a government and people who listen to other sides of the story, who build bridges between each other.
Karuna Nundy is an advocate in the Supreme Court. She specialises in commercial dispute resolution and human rights litigation. In Court, Nundy is leading litigation about the rights of the Bhopal gas tragedy victims against the Government of India, state of Madhya Pradesh, Union Carbide and Dow Chemicals.
a. A Congress Stooge.
b. A Hate monger against the upper caste Hindus.
c. A hate monger against the middle class.
d. A pro establishment apology of the ruling congress for its miserable records.
In what was was she suppressed. Really?
And in what way does she need internet to preach her hatred to the hoi polloi? She already had the years of Doordarshan and an education at one of the most privileged schoolings, what does she need the internet for?
And offcourse, "All comments are moderated" does not go unnoticed in such article as this. Possibly the author missed the irony?
That these sections are unconstitutional was raised by the few educated legislators we have, but in a crowd that our parliament is, voices of the sane got suppressed.
Hope in 2013 the courts will declare these rules unconstitutional.
Our democracy has gone wrong in the sense that these political parties who should be representing the various stakeholders, have actually become a key stakeholder themselves. The Congress, The BJP, The Left, The Mayawatis, The Yadavs, The Karunanidhis etc etc are primary stakeholders themselves and not just representatives of a specific set of Stakeholders within the state.
As a result, we do not have any true Political Party. They are only a bunch of vested interests. This is plainly evident as soon as you see the level of debate and inconsistency of political stance on any issues of economics and legislation. Just look at the circus around FDI in retail.
Add to this 'The Politcial Economy of the mass media'. The 'media' which was suppose to keep the system honest is now a vested party. They do not represent a stakeholder, they are themselves a big Stakeholders in the system.
Fortunately internet will now bring stakeholders face-to-face with each other instead of the intermediaries. For example it is now possible for me to actually hear the views of a twitter member whose name I can associate with a particular religion. It is possible for me to interact and also make my views known. (My own experience is that it is very possible to have some very civilized exchange on internet.)
The average politician(not the lawmaker. I point out the difference as they are two different stakeholders) is unable to come to terms and is hiding behind the draconian laws. They are only trying to protect their own turf.


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Carson welcomes us to the really big shew: The Wanted are going to perform with Team Blake, Justin Bieber will world premiere his new video and both Blake and Christina have to boot one more quarter-finalist.
After last night's shocking Instant Elimination of Team Christina's Jesse Campbell, and Team Blake's less shocking (but also less deserved) Instant Elimination of Jordis Unga, what will happen tonight?
Can opera man Chris Mann viva la vida in the competition? Will teenaged toddler without a tiara RaeLynn stomp her way to safety? We'll know soon enough...
But first we'll all enjoy "Glad You Came" boy band The Wanted perform a new single with a special appearance from Team Blake's Jermaine, Erin and RaeLynn. If you love it be sure to hashtag #TheWANTEDonTheVOICE on Twitter! Or maybe don't, because that means Christina Milian might see it. And you don't want that.
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Carson asks Adam to sound off on Christina's decision to eliminate Jesse. Adam's thoughts: "As surprised as I was by her decision, it's not my decision. I respect it. I feel like there was a lot of thought put into it on her part. ... If he was on my team I probably would've kept him around, but it's not for me to decide."
And Christina has more to say on the topic as well: "I'm glad [Carson] mentioned controversy. Let's face it, I'm no stranger to controversy and I'm OK with that. I'm fearless in the face of what I believe and I will defend every action that I make. I never back down from following my heart and staying true to myself. Jesse will go on and touch people with his voice ... I wish him all the best."
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It's Chris Mann.
Ugh. So much for my theory about evil genius Christina (or maybe America's misogynistic voting tendencies in televised singing competitions just foiled her evil plans).
Who's safe on Team Blake? Since there are two girls and one guy, take a wild guess.
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Now it's up to the four ladies to compete for a save...
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But enough with these wannabes. There's a real superstar in the house: Justin Bieber. He's here to world premiere his new video!
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After Lord Bieber makes his exit, we can return to the task at hand: Who will Christina save?
Carson asks Christina if her tears for Lindsey meant she's sad to see Lindsey go, or she wants to keep Lindsey around. Christina says she has a "special connection" with Lindsey's voice (toldja!). She praises Ashley as a "dynamo on stage." Christina calls them both "complete superstars who could record an album right now and blow up."
Nevertheless, Christina wants to go with her heart, so she saves Lindsey.
But she immediately rushes the stage to hug, kiss and reassure Ashley. This is the first time all season Christina has actually seemed legitimately upset about an elimination, so I'm sticking with my theory she wanted Lindsey and Ashley as her top two. Curse you America!
Team Blake's last chance performances kick off with Erin Willett tackling Tina Turner's "Proud Mary." It's a good, obvious choice to make an impression and I think I would've preferred Erin trying this instead of Adele last night.
But RaeLynn's got a trump card: The Band Perry's crossover country smash "If I Die Young." She twangs it up like never before, practically daring Blake to throw a cute little country girl under a bus.
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Hello? Blake? Can we get a name?
And he makes it official. He saves Erin.
RaeLynn's tears are the last image we see. Hey, it's not like NBC can keep all those rabid "Fashion Star" fans waiting.
I hope you're proud of yourself, Blake. You made a child cry on live TV.
We'll be back next week when I'm sure Adam's team will be whittled down to Tony Lucca and Pip. But at least we'll have to have Jamar and Juliet on Team Cee-Lo. Right? Right?
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Is it normal that commands #1 and #2 below do not return the same thing ?
L := [`Norman.Mailer`, `Richard.Brautigan`]#1map(u -> convert(u, string), L);["Norman.Mailer", "Richard.Brautigan"]#2
`convert/string`~(L)["`Norman.Mailer`", "`Richard.Brautigan`"]Side question : I am not really familiar with the tilde operator and I often use map instead.Does it exist a better practice in these matters ?Thanks in advance
im just getting a generic recursive assignment plus first unused arg error
thats what the maple engine says im doing wrong ill get the number of recursives counted but i guess it just makes me the most angry because its like the same type of error for me every ******* time
Code & result:
> map((a::uneval,b)->'args',[a,b,c,d],1..4,x); ['a, 1 .. 4, x', 'b, 1 .. 4, x', 'c, 1 .. 4, x', 'd, 1 .. 4, x']> map((a,b::uneval)->'args',[a,b,c,d],1..4,x); [a, 1 .. 4, x, b, 1 .. 4, x, c, 1 .. 4, x, d, 1 .. 4, x]
Why is the output not:['a', 1 .. 4, x, 'b', 1 .. 4, x, 'c', 1 .. 4, x, 'd', 1 .. 4, x]and[a, '1 .. 4', x, b, '1 .. 4', x, c, '1 .. 4', x, d, '1 .. 4', x]?
let aa = map (+1.2) [1,2]let bb = map (+1.4) [2,3]foldr (aa . bb) [3.0,4.0]
I have a long list of two element lists, for example,
I want apply '/' to the elements of each sublist.
The result will be
I do not need the list, I could use vectors or matrices.
Is it possible to do this other than by iteration?
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The Question: Transforming functions to names
Bendesarts wanted to know how to make programmatic changes to characters in a list. He wrote:
I have this list :
T:=[alpha(t),beta(t)] I would like to create this list automatically:
In other words, how can I remove the 3 characters "(t)" and replace it by "_"
Do you have ideas to do so ?
Thanks a lot for your help
Joe Riel provided a complete answer that had three different approaches. He wrote:
Map, over the list, a procedure that extracts the name of the function and catenates an underscore to it. The function name is extracted via the op procedure, e.g. op(0,f(a,b,c)) evaluates to f. Thus
Note that this fails if the name of a function is indexed, e.g. f[2](a). No error is generated but the catenation doesn't evaluate to a symbol. Presumably that isn't an issue here. One way to handle that case is to first convert the indexed name to a symbol, then catenate the underscore. So a more robust version is
However, if you are actually dealing with indexed names you might want a different result. Another way to do the conversion, and combine it with the catenation, is to use nprintf, which generates a name (symbol). Thus
map(f -> nprintf("%a_", op(0,f)),T);
Let's discuss each approach by understanding the definitions and functionalities of the commands used.
The map command, map(fcn, expr, arg1, ..., argN) applies a procedure or name, fcn, to the operands or elements of an expression, expr. The result of a call to map is a copy of expr with the ith operand of expr replaced by the result of applying fcn to the ith operand. This concept is easier to grasp by looking at a few examples related to the usage of map in this question.
Example 1. map(x-> x2,x+y) returns x2+y2
Example 2. map(a -> a-b, sin(x)) returns sin(x-b)
The cat function, cat(a,b,c,…), is commonly used to concatenate (or join) string and names together. This function's parameters: a,b,c…, can be any expressions.
Example 1. cat(a,2) returns a2
Example 2. cat("a",3,sin(x)) returns "a3sin(x)"
The op function, op(i..j,e), extracts operands from an expression. The parameters i and j are the integers indicating positions of the operands and e is the expression. For functions, as in this example, op(0,e) is the name of the function.
Example 1. op(0,alpha(t)) returns the symbol alpha
Example 2. op(0, sin(x)) returns sin
Now analyzing Joe Riel's code will be easier.
In this approach Joe is extracting the name of the functions, alpha and beta, and then concatenating it to the underscore symbol. Then using the mapping function he applies the previous procedure to the list T.
This approach is a lot similar to the previous one, but he added the convert function in case the function inside of map was indexed. Convert(expr, form, arg3,..), is used to change an expression from one form to another. In this example op(0,f) has been changed from type name to type symbol.
Again this is a similar approach but it uses nprintf. This command, nprintf(fmt,x1,..xn), is based on a C standard library command of the same name. It uses the format specifications in the fmt string to format and writes the expression into a Maple symbol, which is returned. In this example the format specified is the algebraic format "%a".
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Assume we have a map f from a polynomial ring R to another polynomial ring S, I know how to compute kernel (a generator for the kernel ideal) of these maps by Singular, but I want to know can I do it with Maple too? Thanks.
An example;
Consider the homomorphism f:k[x,y]-->k[u,v] sending x to v and y to v^2 then using Singular;
ring r1=0,(x,y),lp;
ring r2=0,(u,v),lp;
ideal i=v,v2;
map f=r1,i;
setring r1;
So at above I took k a field of characteristic zero. The kernel is the ideal generated by x^2-y.
map(f, foldl(`*`, 1, a, b));foldl(`*`, 1, map(f,a), map(f,b));
map(f, foldl(`+`, 0, a, b));foldl(`+`, 0, map(f,a), map(f,b));
i discover it can auto calculate ring homomorphism,
if i define a function f below
factor(map(f, foldl(`*`, 1, a, b))+map(f, foldl(`*`, 1, b, c))) = map(f, foldl(`*`, 1, a, c));
how to convert this f into a function with two input parameters?
I have a maple code, which some expressions have more that 80000 terms and I need to double integrate them. The terms have sine, cossine trigonometric functions.
I tried to used de MAP command, it works for the first expressions but, after a while, Maple displays an error message related to too large expression.
Do you know how to handle large expressions ?
Thank you.
I use a map() command to get the values of function for each element of vector. Here is an example of a simple task:
I would like to do the same with piecewise function but it doesn't work. Here is an example:
h:=x->piecewise( 0<=x and x<= 5, f, 5<x and x <= 10, g ) ;A:=[1,2,8]:h_table_A:=map(h,A):Is it possible to work with piecewise function? Maybe someone has an idea how to do it in different way?
Kind regards,
What I want is quite simple but I have not seen it implemented anywhere yet.
I have an explicit map F from the plane into itself. (not an ODE but simply a map)
Then I have a set X, (something like a line segment or a rectangle in the plane) for which I
really need to keep track of the images $F(X), F^2(X), F^3(X)$, and so on.
Is there a way to plot the image of a set in Maple?
Thank you very much for your interests in the question.
Is there a way to make the first part of this look like the second picture depicted here? Also after intigration is there a way to make the highlighted posrtion not have an "ln(e)" parts and just have the exponetials and there constants?
Obviously I dont want to have to manually input this section everytime, is there some command I can use to achieve this goal?
Above is the outcome I am getting at the current time... and I used map(expand,...) to do the expansion then simplifing it goes back to the origional.
Below is the outcome I would like to achieve...you can see that this is a different method. The problem I have is this is the right click method of expansion and I am tring to build a program that solves matrix ODE's by just inputing the initial matrix and it doing everything so i can check my answers step by step.
So my question is, is there another method of command input to get the bottom line in the below picture?
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Playa del Carmen economy is based on tourism and tourism always brings male and female sex workers. You can find prostitutes from the beach, tourist attractions, around souvenir shops, clubs and the brothels.
There are high and low end bordellos in Playa del Carmen. Blow jobs in a low level brothel can be as cheap as $20, but a high class escort can cost up to $1000 for an hour.
Street Hookers
Playa del Carmen is a small place and everyone knows everyone. The same street prostitutes from the beach will be in the bars and clubs in the evening. If you are a single man traveller or a group of guys so the whores will approach you anyway would you like it or not. Street walkers are not so dirty as in Cancun, but still there is diseases like every where.
Today it is very hard to find street prostitutes in Playa del Carmen, because police do not tolerate it.
Constituyentes was very active in the past with all kind of streetwalkers and even had the nickname "prostituyentes". Today there are not as many street whores.
You can sometimes find street prostitutes near the beach, example on 4th street.
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Live Sex Cams are booming at the moment. Webcam models can be found from all over the world and you can find girls, guys, trannies, couples and groups of different ages performing to you. Watching live sex shows is usually free, but if you buy some credits, you will have much better chances to see adult action as desired! It's possible also to hire a webcam model to a private chat room where you can ask the person to fulfill your fantasies.
Adult Locations
Escort Services and Agencies
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There are several escort agencies in Playa del Carmen who are advertising their escort services online mainly for tourists.
Erotic Massage Parlors
Go to 5th Ave Playa Del Carmen there you can find all the action you need. Almost all the massage parlours offers full package there. Remember to bargain it is a touristic street and the prices have no logic. Blowjobs starts from $20 to $100 and full service from $30 to $300. Massage scene is not so massive in Playa del Carmen, but there are really nice young girls working around the clock.
Brothels and Sex Clubs
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The Pleasure Palace is Playa del Carmen's only luxury brothel. It's open 24 hours / 7 days and features the hottest escorts in Playa del Carmen. You can find the best selection of ladies available from 7 PM to 7 AM daily. English speaking staff and free round-trip transportation are always available. www.Playa-Escorts.com
Full bar and bottle service. Luxury clean rooms. Very safe and secure. Free roundtrip transportation from your hotel to the Pleasure Palace and back to your hotel. Log onto their website to see their ladies and for live chat to arrange a pick up: www.playa-escorts.com
The Pleasure Palace is located in the heart of Playa del Carmen in a very secure tourist area 1/2 block off of the pedestrian 5th Avenue. This facility is the top brothel in Mexico. Must be seen to be believed!
Strip Clubs and Striptease
Drinks at strip clubs tend to be expensive. You should be very careful opening up a bar tab, you might not be very happy when your bill arrives. The strippers can also be very pushy and aggressive and lap dances are usually $25 each. Strip clubs are good ONLY to see the show. The girls are a rip off if you're wanting an erotic massage or full service. In this case enjoy the show and have a couple of drinks and then head over to The Pleasure Palace - An Adult Oasis for a full service escort or erotic massage: www.playa-escorts.com
Here is a list of strip clubs in Playa del Carmen:
- Chilly Willys • kilometer 3 carretera playa del carmen • 011 52 998 898 001. Some people say that their main business is to cheat gringo customers.
- La Diva • la Avenida 20 con Calle 6 - 95% Mexican clients - very downmarket
- La Hueva • la Avenida 40 con la Calle 28 - Mexican clients and VERY downmarket
- Marlin's Mens Club • Highway # 307 - many scams have been reported. Pay for your drinks after each and every round.
Karaoke and KTVs
KTVs (hostess karaoke bars with beautiful female staff) are popular in some parts of Asia but you cannot find any of them from Playa del Carmen.
Swinger Clubs
Swinger clubs (lifestyle clubs), are formal or informal groups that organize sex-related activities or establishments where patrons can engage in sex acts with other patrons.
Sex Shops and Adult Stores
If you don't feel like visiting or cannot find any local sex shops in Playa del Carmen, you can easily order adult products from Online Sex Shop.
- Papichulo Sexshop
- 1 Avenida norte entre Av constituyentes y calle 20
- loc 3, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
- Tel: +52 984 803 3813
Love Hotels and Short Time Hotels
Love hotels are popular in some parts of Asia, especially in Japan. There are also many love motels and short-time hotels in South America. Unfortunately you cannot find any real love hotels in Playa del Carmen. All the prostitutes know the nearest short-time hotels where you can go and do your "business".
Gay and Lesbian
Gay modeling in internet is getting more popular all the time and it's a big market alongside with gay porn. You can watch gay live sex also in Playa del Carmen as long as you are connected to internet.
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Gay Playa del Carmen is the best gay friendly Riviera Maya destination on one of the best beaches in Mexico. It is open, somewhat bohemian and very cosmopolitan. In many respects, Mexico is still a developing country, and attitudes towards LGBT travelers can at times be hostile.
For night life try out:
- La cueva del MAYA – T - Calle 1Sur No.267 entre 40 y 45 Col. Centro
- Club 69 - 5th Avenue
- Blue Parrot BeachBlue Club Playa del Carmen
- X-Mahan-Nah Playa del Carmen - Avenida 55 Poniente
- Coco Beach - Fantastic beach for cruising many tourist trying to find cruising company.
Also try Ave. 5 a lot of cruising boys around western countries.
Other Adult Services
Dating in Playa del Carmen can be a bit tricky due to cultural differences, so your best bet is to sign up for a dating site before your trip so you can meet a few locals ahead of time. AdultFriendFinder.com, for example, lets you meet local members in Playa del Carmen and get to know them on a personal basis before you arrive. Take advantage of features like live chat rooms and member webcams so you know who you are chatting with before arranging a face-to-face meeting. Since time in your destination may be limited, get to know each other's desires beforehand so when you do meet, you can skip the awkward introductions and start having some real fun.
Transsexuals and Shemales
Thousands of trannies all around the world are making their living by acting as a webcam model. You can watch transsexual live sex shows also in Playa del Carmen as long as you have internet connection.
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There are thousands of beautiful T-girls living in different parts of Mexico. High percent of them are also working as prostitutes. If you don't find one and you really need to find ladyboys, you can always go to Cancun.
Many years ago you also encountered Transvestite's and shemale´s on the street of Playa del Carmen, but in the more touristy area of Playa near what is called "calle corazon" and 10th avenue.
Sexual Services for Women
There are thousands of local men and male tourists in Playa del Carmen so it's not difficult to find a holiday romance.
Sleeping and Girl Friendly Hotels
Playa del carmen depend on tourism, so hotels try to make your stay as nice as they can, but still I would remind the receptionist when checking in that you'll bring companion.
There are reports of prostitution activity around Rosa Mirador Hotel, 1a. Privada Norte entre 12 y 14 Nte., Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
Stay Safe
You always wear protection and avoid exchanging bodily fluids. If you go through an agency, ask an employee how often the girls get tested. If they don't have a good answer, that isn't a good sign. All prostitutes must register and submit to medical examinations. However, you should still be cautious.
Some escorts, but especially the local strippers, can be very aggressive. This could easily catch a novice off-guard. Make sure you are watching your money and valuables at all times.
See Also
- Mexico, Mexico City, Cancun, Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta, Monterrey
- United States of America, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco
- Age of consent in Mexico
- Spanish Sex Phrasebook
- Prostitution | Street prostitution | Global prostitution prices
- Sex topics & Phrasebooks | Sex worker | Prostitute types
- Red-light district | List of red-light districts all over the world
- Brothel | Escort agency | Call girl | Erotic massage | Strip club
- How to Behave in Strip Clubs | Massage Parlor Etiquette
- Sex tourism | Sex industry | Countries with most prostitutes
- Gay | Lesbian | Gay and lesbian travel | Bisexuality | Shemale
- Age of consent | Stay safe | Scams | Safe sex | STD | HIV/AIDS


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The criteria for inscription in the World Heritage List are defined in the Statement of Outstanding Universal Value.
"As the birthplace of the Lord Buddha, testified by the inscription on the Ashoka Pillar, the sacred area in Lumbini is one of the most holy and significant places for one of the world's great religions" (Criterion iii).
"The archaeological remains of the Buddhist viharas (monasteries) and stupas (memorial shrines) from the 3rd century BC to the 15th century AD, provide important evidence about the nature of Buddhist pilgrimage centres from a very early period" (Criterion vi).
The values therefore encompass the site to be both an archaeological site as well as a place of pilgrimage.
The boundaries cover the central area around the Ashoka Pillar of 130 by 150 metres with a buffer zone designated as the remaining area within the water body as designed by the Japanese Architect Kenzo Tange in a master plan for Lumbini.
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