How long will the Swiss be working in the future?
A key government advisory committee on economic questions has warned that a rise in the retirement age is inevitable in the long-term.
In a report released on Thursday, it said that the falling birth rate and increased life expectancy meant that the "dogma" of pensions at age 65 would have to be abandoned.
Committee president Gebhard Kirchgässner, a professor at St Gallen University, said that population changes were "dramatic".
The low birth rate and rising life expectancy meant that there was a growing discrepancy between the numbers of workers and pensioners, he explained.
In 2000 for every ten people in employment between the ages of 20 and 64, there were 3.4 pensioners. By 2030 the ratio is expected to be 10:5.5 or 10:6.
A solution, said the committee, is to increase the retirement age in the long-term and to allow more older people to work part-time.
Early retirement would still be allowed in certain professions, including those with high levels physical exertion, such as construction.
But extra measures are still needed to shore up the pension system, said the experts. These funds could come from increasing the Value Added Tax rate or from creating a national inheritance tax.
They added that pensions funds also needed a financial overhaul to ensure that they were in good health for the future.
The committee, which is made up of economics professors, parliamentarians and business figures, also recommended more measures to help women combine careers and families.
These included improving the childcare offer and coordinating school hours – which currently vary depending on the age of the child – to allow both parents to work at least part-time.
The aim is to encourage more women into the workplace while increasing the birth rate, said the committee. At present, 40 per cent of women with a higher education have no children. Overall the birth rate stands at 1.4 per woman in Switzerland.
However, the committee ruled out encouraging more migrant workers to the country, mainly for political reasons.
Moves to increase the retirement age have so far been controversial. Swiss Interior Minister Pascal Couchepin has in the past proposed delaying the retirement age to 67, but the suggestion was not welcomed by unions.
Switzerland's association of small and medium-sized enterprises has also argued for later retirement, at 67.
The Swiss Employers' Association has called for the retirement age to be raised to 66 by 2013, to cover pension costs and spur economic growth.
Old-age and survivors' insurance is the cornerstone of the Swiss social insurance system. It is two-fold.
Old-age pensions should enable their beneficiaries to retire with financial autonomy.
Survivors' pensions aim to ensure that families already burdened by the death of a close family member are spared financial hardship.
According to the advisory committee's annual report, the retirement age, currently 65 years, should be increased in the long-term.
The population is changing with more pensioners in relation to the number of people in employment - meaning an overburdened pensions system.
Rise in retirement age inevitable say experts Oct 20, 2005 - 16:59 A key government advisory committee on economic questions has warned that a rise in the retirement age is inevitable in the long-term. In a report released on Thursday, it said that the falling birth rate and increased life expectancy meant that the "dogma" of pensions at age 65 would have to be abandoned. Committee president Gebhard Kirchgässner, a professor at St Gallen University, said that population changes were "dramatic". The low birth rate and rising life expectancy meant that there was a growing discrepancy between the numbers of workers and pensioners, he explained. In 2000 for every ten people in employment between the ages of 20 and 64, there were 3.4 pensioners. By 2030 the ratio is expected to be 10:5.5 or 10:6. A solution, said the committee, is to increase the retirement age in the long-term and to allow more older people to work part-time. Early retirement would still be allowed in certain professions, including those with high levels physical exertion, such as construction. But extra measures are still needed to shore up the pension system, said the experts. These funds could come from increasing the Value Added Tax rate or from creating a national inheritance tax. They added that pensions funds also needed a financial overhaul to ensure that they were in good health for the future. Women The committee, which is made up of economics professors, parliamentarians and business figures, also recommended more measures to help women combine careers and families. These included improving the childcare offer and coordinating school hours – which currently vary depending on the age of the child – to allow both parents to work at least part-time. The aim is to encourage more women into the workplace while increasing the birth rate, said the committee. At present, 40 per cent of women with a higher education have no children. Overall the birth rate stands at 1.4 per woman in Switzerland. However, the committee ruled out encouraging more migrant workers to the country, mainly for political reasons. Controversial Moves to increase the retirement age have so far been controversial. Swiss Interior Minister Pascal Couchepin has in the past proposed delaying the retirement age to 67, but the suggestion was not welcomed by unions. Switzerland's association of small and medium-sized enterprises has also argued for later retirement, at 67. The Swiss Employers' Association has called for the retirement age to be raised to 66 by 2013, to cover pension costs and spur economic growth. swissinfo with agencies In brief Old-age and survivors' insurance is the cornerstone of the Swiss social insurance system. It is two-fold. Old-age pensions should enable their beneficiaries to retire with financial autonomy. Survivors' pensions aim to ensure that families already burdened by the death of a close family member are spared financial hardship. Key facts According to the advisory committee's annual report, the retirement age, currently 65 years, should be increased in the long-term. The population is changing with more pensioners in relation to the number of people in employment - meaning an overburdened pensions system.


Practice the questions given in the worksheet on percentage of a number.
2. What is 5 % of $ 1400?
3. What is 7 % of $ 7150?
4. What is 40 % of 400 kg?
5. How many liters is 20 % of 15.125 liters?
6. In a public show 75 % of seats were filled. If there were 600 seats in the hall, how many seats were vacant?
7. A man earns $3580 per month and spends 65 % of it. How much money does he save every month?
8. To clear his stock a shopkeeper offers a discount of 15 %. Find the discount on goods worth $500?
9. An alloy of copper and zinc contains 45 % of copper and the rest is zinc. Find the weight of the zinc in 2 kg of the alloy?
10. In an exam, 85 % of the children pass. Find the number of children who passed, if there were 1700 children.
Answers for the worksheet on percentage of a number are given below to check the exact answers of the above questions.


Why is it easy to compose piano music? Because you have to start from where you are. This should be fairly easy; Otherwise you have not started from where you are. A suggestion is to start writing piano pieces for beginners in a progressive order.
The idea is that as the pieces get more complicated for the player they will also become more complicated for you to notate and compose and you will subsequently learn as you write. How is composing beneficial for your piano playing? 1. Your compositional endeavours will make you more and more aware of intrinsic musical subtleties in the music of other composers. When you start to think and feel like a composer you will also become a better performer as well. Performing is also a creative process similar to composing. 2.
When you compose you will become a better sight reader. I remember an assignment I had many years ago when I wrote the music to a musical. It made me aware of many notational problems I had not taken the time to solve for myself before. When I started to play my piano music again I was astonished when realizing it was much easier for me to sight read complicated piano sheet music.
The reason for this I concluded was my concentrated effort to notate my own piano music. The process to play something with my fingers and and then try to notate the music on manuscript paper was so to speak a reversed sight reading exercise. What about manuscript paper? You can use a notation program or you can write on paper or use both approaches. I suggest that you start writing on paper the way that composers have done for centuries.
Composing piano sheet music by hand on manuscript paper is a cheap and effective exercise to learn the various sheet music symbols. Very often I jot down musical ideas on ordinary white paper after drawing five lines by hand. It works fine if you can't find your manuscript paper. You can buy manuscript paper for sheet music or print out your favorite format for free on the site http://www.blanksheetmusic.
net In conclusion, composing piano sheet music can become a natural part of your daily practice routine. Spend half an hour a day composing your own piano sheet music and you will increase your musical knowledge and become an even better musician! And remember; Composing piano sheet music is fun!.


This presentation was written originally for PASS Summit 2013 in Charlotte, NC.
Is there a significant difference in the brain chemistry of someone fleeing a hungry mountain lion and someone presenting to colleagues in a corporate board room? The answer is: No.


Convert PPT to DVD-Quality video - PresenterSoft Inc.
Trial versions are available! You can Try it to make sure that it works properly on your machines.Please also view our refund policy first.
You can make your payment by Visa, MasterCard, Eurocard, American Express, Discover, JCB, Diners Club, Switch, Solo, wire transfer, check, cash,PayPal or purchase order. Please make your check payable to "ShareIt! Inc." if you are sending it to the United States, or to "element 5 AG" if you are sending it to Germany.
1) By secure online order form ! It's fast,100% safe!---Instant delivery!
Click the shareit button and select "Fax Order". You will be presented with an order form that you can fill out online, print and fax to Shareit.


Plot It is set in 1824 as Beethoven (Ed Harris) is finishing his Ninth Symphony. He is plagued by deafness, loneliness and personal trauma. A fictional character, a new copyist, Anna Holtz (Diane Kruger) is engaged to help the composer finish preparing the score for the first performance. Anna is a young conservatory student and aspiring composer. Her understanding of his work is such that she corrects mistakes he has made, while her personality opens a door into his private world. Beethoven is initially skeptical, but slowly comes to trust Anna's assistance and eventually grows fond of her. By the time the piece is performed, her presence is a necessity and she helps him conduct the premiere from a spot hidden amongst the orchestra.
It is set in 1824 as Beethoven (Ed Harris) is finishing his Ninth Symphony. He is plagued by deafness, loneliness and personal trauma. A fictional character, a new copyist, Anna Holtz (Diane Kruger) is engaged to help the composer finish preparing the score for the first performance. Anna is a young conservatory student and aspiring composer. Her understanding of his work is such that she corrects mistakes he has made, while her personality opens a door into his private world. Beethoven is initially skeptical, but slowly comes to trust Anna's assistance and eventually grows fond of her. By the time the piece is performed, her presence is a necessity and she helps him conduct the premiere from a spot hidden amongst the orchestra.


The purpose of this study is to evaluate the outcome of medication discontinuation, the safety and effectiveness of re-initiating risperidone long acting injection (RLAI) in case of relapse (the return of a medical problem) of schizophrenia (psychiatric disorder with symptoms of emotional instability, detachment from reality, often with delusions and hallucinations, and withdrawal into the self) during the study observation period of 36 months.
This is an open-label (all people know the identity of the intervention), prospective (study following participants forward in time), single-arm, single-center study to assess the consequences of treatment discontinuation and evaluate clinical response to re-initiation of risperidone in case of relapse. The study will consist of 2 periods: Period 1 and Period 2. Participants who were on RLAI for 24 months and in remission (when a medical problem gets better or goes away at least for a while) state will enter in Period 1. In Period 1: RLAI will be tapered and discontinued over a period of 6 weeks. Participants will be regularly and carefully followed-up until their first disease relapse or a maximum of 36 months. In case of relapse (i.e., participants experience the same or similar symptoms to those experienced at the time of study entry in the previous Study RIS-PSY-301), participants will be transferred from Period 1 to Period 2. In Period 2, participants will re-start medication with RLAI (25 milligram [mg], 37.5 mg, or 50 mg [maximum]) and simultaneously start on oral (taken by mouth) risperidone (1 mg, 2 mg, or 3 mg). Doses will be adjusted at Investigator's discretion. Oral Risperidone will only be given for the first 3 weeks until the RLAI injection becomes effective. RLAI injections will continue for up to a maximum of 24 months. Participants will be followed-up until a (new) relapse or the treatment stopped, during a maximum of 24 months. The total duration of the study will be 36 months and will include 16 visits. Assessments will be performed every 2 months in the first year and every 3 months during the following 24 months period. Time to relapse and rate of relapse will be measured as primary outcome for Period 1 and degree of clinical improvement will be measured by Positive And Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) total score for schizophrenia. Time to response after re-exposure to treatment with RLAI will be measured as primary outcome for Period 2. Participants' safety will be monitored throughout the study.
Participants will receive 25 milligram (mg) to 50 mg of RLAI intramuscularly (into the muscle) which will be tapered and discontinued over a period of up to 6 weeks. Participants will be followed-up until their first disease relapse or maximum of 36 months.
RLAI 25 mg to 50 mg will be administered, intramuscularly which will be tapered and discontinued over a period of up to 6 weeks.
Participants who will experience a disease relapse, will receive RLAI 25 mg, 37.5 mg, or 50 mg, every 2 weeks as an intramuscular injection in the gluteus (a muscle) for up to 24 months. Supplementation with oral risperidone 1 mg or 2 mg or 3 mg will be administered for 21 days from the first dose of RLAI (until RLAI injections becomes effective) and then taper off over the next 5 days. Thereafter, oral risperidone can be administered at the discretion of the Investigator if additional antipsychotic medication will be required due to acute exacerbation of symptoms between visits.
Oral risperidone 1 mg or 2 mg or 3 mg will be administered for 21 days from the first dose of RLAI (until RLAI injection becomes effective) and then taper off over the next 5 days. Thereafter, oral risperidone can be administered at the discretion of the Investigator if additional antipsychotic medication will be required due to acute exacerbation of symptoms between visits.
Participants who will experience a disease relapse, will receive RLAI 25 mg, 37.5 mg, or 50 mg, every 2 weeks as an intramuscular injection in the gluteus for up to 24 months.
Relapse will be diagnosed if 1 or more of the following occurs: a 25 percent increase in Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) total score ranging from 30 (absent) to 210 (extreme ill); Clinical Global Impression (CGI-C) score of 6 ('much worse'); deliberate self-injury (as per adverse event [AE] reporting); emergence of clinically significant suicidal or homicidal ideation (as per AE reporting); or violent behavior resulting in significant injury to another person or significant property damage (as per AE reporting).
Relapse will be diagnosed if 1 or more of the following occurs: a 25 percent increase in PANSS total score ranging from 30 (absent) to 210 (extreme ill); CGI-C score of 6 ('much worse'); deliberate self-injury (as per AE reporting); emergence of clinically significant suicidal or homicidal ideation (as per AE reporting); or violent behavior resulting in significant injury to another person or significant property damage (as per AE reporting).
The PANSS is a medical scale that assesses various symptoms of schizophrenia and provides a total score (sum of the scores of all 30 items) and scores for 3 subscales: positive subscale (7 items), negative subscale (7 items), and general psychopathology subscale (16 items), each rated on a scale of 1 (absent) to 7 (extreme). The total score is the sum of all 30 PANSS items, with a range of 30 (absent) to 210 (extreme ill). Higher scores indicate worsening.
Time to treatment response after re-initiation of RLAI will be the time that elapse between Baseline assessment of PANSS for Period 2 and fulfilment of the response which is defined as greater than or equal to 20 percent improvement in PANSS total score. PANSS is a medical scale that assesses various symptoms of schizophrenia and provides a total score (sum of the scores of all 30 items) with a range of 30 (absent) to 210 (extreme ill). Higher scores indicate worsening.
The PANSS is a medical scale that assesses various symptoms of schizophrenia and provides a total score (sum of the scores of all 30 items) and scores for 3 subscales: positive subscale (7 items), negative subscale (7 items), and general psychopathology (GP) subscale (16 items), each rated on a scale of 1 (absent) to 7 (extreme). The total score is the sum of all 30 PANSS items, with a range of 30 (absent) to 210 (extreme ill). Higher scores indicate worsening.
The PANSS total score consists of the sum of all 30 PANSS items and score ranges from 30 to 210. Higher scores indicate worsening. The symptoms are rated on a 7-point Marder scale from 1 (absent) to 7 (extreme psychopathology). Positive symptoms subscale consists of 8 items with total score range of 856; negative symptoms subscale and disorganized thoughts subscale, each consists of 7 items with total score range of 7-49, uncontrolled hostility (UH) or excitement subscale and anxiety/depression subscale, each consists of 4 items with total score range of 4-28.
The PANSS is a 30-item scale to assess the neuropsychiatric symptoms of schizophrenia. The symptoms are rated on a 7-point Marder scale from 1 (absent) to 7 (extreme psychopathology). Positive symptoms subscale consists of 8 items with total score range of 8-56; negative symptoms subscale and disorganized thoughts subscale, each consists of 7 items with total score range of 7-49, UH or excitement subscale and anxiety or depression subscale, each consists of 4 items with total score range of 4-28. Higher score indicates greater severity.
A participants will be 'in remission' when he/she is symptomatically stable and show progressive improvement in total recovery according to severity (mild or less simultaneously on 8 PANSS items:P1 delusions, P2 conceptual disorganization, P3 hallucinatory behavior, G9 unusual thought content, G5 mannerisms and posturing, N1 blunted affect, N4 social withdrawal, N6 lack of spontaneity or flow of conversation) and time (scores for 8 PANSS items above should not exceed the severity criterion mild at any time point of assessment for at least 6 months to meet the criteria of remission) criteria.
The CGI-S scale is a 7-point global assessment that measures the Clinician's impression of the severity of illness exhibited by a participant. A rating of '1=Normal, not at all ill' and a rating of '7=Among the most extremely ill participants'. Higher scores indicate worsening.
The CGI-C scale is designed to assess the change in the clinical condition over time. The CGI-C consists of a 7-point rating of change, questioning if the clinical condition of the participant improved, remained unchanged, or worsened.
The CDSS assesses the level of depression in participants with schizophrenia. It consists of 9 items: depression, hopelessness, self-depreciation, pathological guilt, guilty ideas of reference, morning depression, early awakening, suicidal, observed depression, each scored on a 4-point scale (0=absent, 1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=severe). The total score is a sum of the scores of each item and may range from 0 to 27. Higher score indicates more severe pathology.
The SOFAS is a 100- point single item scale that assesses level of social and occupational functioning of a participant and is not directly influenced by the overall severity of the individual's psychological symptoms.The scale values range from 1=most impaired to 100=healthiest individual. The scale also includes a rating point of 0=missing information.
The SOFAS is a 100-point single item scale that assesses level of social and occupational functioning of a participant and is not directly influenced by the overall severity of the individual's psychological symptoms.The scale values range from 1=most impaired to 100=healthiest individual. The scale also includes a rating point of 0=missing information.
The PGI-S is an 11-point (0=very well to 10=very poor) scale that requires the participants to rate the severity of their illness at the time of assessment, relative to the participant's past experience. The response options are: very much improved; much improved; improved (just enough to make a difference); no change; worse (just enough to make a difference); much worse; or very much worse.
The PGI-C is a 7-point scale that requires the participants to assess how much their illness has improved or worsened relative to a baseline state at the beginning of the intervention. The response options are: very much improved; much improved; improved (just enough to make a difference); no change; worse (just enough to make a difference); much worse; or very much worse .
The SF-12 is a validated 12 question quality-of-life questionnaire. The SF-12 extracts 12 items from the SF-36 questionnaire in 2 six-item subscales: physical component summary (PCS) and MCS (mental component summary). The SF-12 score ranges from 10=maximum impairment to 70=no impairment.
The SF-12 is a validated 12 question quality-of-life questionnaire. The SF-12 extracts 12 items from the SF-36 questionnaire in 2 six-item subscales: physical component summary (PCS) and MCS (mental component summary). The SF-12 scores range from 10=maximum impairment to 70=no impairment.
Study Director: Janssen-Cilag N.V./S.A., Belgium Clinical Trial Janssen Cilag N.V./S.A.
Emsley R, Oosthuizen PP, Koen L, Niehaus DJ, Martinez G. Symptom recurrence following intermittent treatment in first-episode schizophrenia successfully treated for 2 years: a 3-year open-label clinical study. J Clin Psychiatry. 2012 Apr;73(4):e541-7. doi: 10.4088/JCP.11m07138.
Responsible Party: Janssen Cilag N.V./S.A.


Which of the following methods in ThreadGroup class returns the number of threads in the group plus any group for which this thread is a parent?
This method in ThreadGroup class returns the number of threads in the group plus any group for which this thread is a parent.
Which of the following thread group methods returns the number of threads in a group, along with the group, for which this thread is a parent?
This method returns the number of threads in the group, along with a group, for which this thread is a parent.
Line 6 calls the run() method, so the run() method executes as a normal method should and it prints 1..2..
1 is incorrect because line 5 is the proper way to create an object.
2 is incorrect because it is legal to call the run() method, even though this will not start a true thread of execution. The code after line 6 will not execute until the run() method is complete.
4 is incorrect because the for loop only does two iterations.
It is given that a monitor called 'abc' has 4 threads in its waiting pool and all these waiting threads have the same priority. The name of one of the threads is 'thrd1'. How will you notify 'thrd1' so that it alone moves from its waiting state to ready state?
Execute notify(thrd1); from synchronized code of abc.
Execute abc.notify(thrd1); from synchronized code of abc.
Execute thrd1.notify(); from synchronized code of any object.
You cannot specify which thread will get notified.
This is the right answer as notify() method notifies the thread to move from its waiting state but does not tell which thread is to be notified specifically.
Because the class implements Runnable, an instance of it has to be passed to theThread constructor, and then the instance of the Thread has to be started.
1 is incorrect. There is no constructor like this for Runnable because Runnable is an interface, and it is illegal to pass a class or interface name to any constructor.
2 is incorrect for the same reason; you can't pass a class or interface name to any constructor.
4 is incorrect because MyRunnable doesn't have a start() method, and the onlystart() method that can start a thread of execution is the start() in the Threadclass.
At Point X in line 5, which code is necessary to make the code compile?
Option 2 is correct. This works because it DOES throw an exception if an error occurs.
unreported exception must be caught or declared to be thrown The class extendsException so we are forced to test for exceptions.
Option 3 is wrong. The catch statement belongs in a method body not a method specification.
Option 4 is wrong. TestException is a subclass of Exception therefore the test method, in this example, must throw TestException or some other class further up theException tree. Throwing RuntimeException is just not on as this belongs in thejava.lang.RuntimeException branch (it is not a superclass of TestException). The compiler complains with the same error as in A above.
A Runtime exception is thrown and caught in the catch statement in line 10. The code after the finally statement is run because the exception has been caught.
There are two ways of creating a thread; extend (sub-class) the Thread class and implement the Runnable interface. For both of these ways you must implement (override and not overload) the public void run() method.
(1) is correct - Extending the Thread class and overriding its run method is a valid procedure.
(4) is correct - You must implement interfaces, and runnable is an interface and you must also include the run method.
(3) is wrong - You cannot implement java.lang.Thread (This is a Class). (Implements Thread, gives the error: Interface expected). Implements expects an interface.
The class correctly implements the Runnable interface with a legal public void run()method.
Option 1 is incorrect because interfaces are not extended; they are implemented.
Option 2 is incorrect because even though the class would compile and it has a validpublic void run() method, it does not implement the Runnable interface, so the compiler would complain when creating a Thread with an instance of it.
Option 4 is incorrect because the run() method must be public.
It gives different output while executing the same compiled code at different times.
Both threads are operating on the same instance variables. Because the code is synchronized, the first thread will complete before the second thread begins. Modify line 17 in the following way to print the thread name.
It will print the numbers 0 to 19 sequentially.
It will print the numbers 1 to 20 sequentially.
It will print the numbers 1 to 20, but the order cannot be determined.
You have two different threads that share one reference to a common object.
The updating and output takes place inside the synchronized code.
One thread will run to complete printing the numbers 1-10.
The second thread will then run to complete printing the numbers 11-20.


Generally, children in fourth and fifth grade are similar in the ways that they learn. They tend to learn best by doing and experiencing.
9. Demonstrate comprehension of seven key principles of Catholic social teaching and have the ability to apply them to personal and societal situations.
· Compute with very large and very small numbers, positive integers, decimals, and fractions and understand the relationship between decimals, fractions, and percents.
· Reads, interprets, and constructs various types of graphs and explains which types are most appropriate for a given set.
· Elements and their combinations account for all the varied types of matter in the world.
· Identification of chemical properties, states of matter, structure of the atom, and how chemicals react to each other.
· Plants and animals have structures for respiration, digestion, waste disposal, and transport of materials.
· Water on Earth moves between the oceans and land through the process of evaporation and condensation.
· Energy from the Sun heats Earth unevenly, causing air movements that result in changing weather patterns.
· The solar system consists of planets and other bodies that orbit the Sun in predictable paths.
· Classify objects (e.g., rocks, plants, leaves) in accordance with their appropriate criteria.
· Develop a testable question.
· Plan and conduct a simple investigation based on a student-developed question and write instructions others can follow to carry out the procedure.
· Identify a single variable in a scientific experiment and explain how this variable can be used to collect information to answer a question about the results of the experiment.
· Select appropriate tools (e.g., thermometers, meter sticks, balances) and make quantitative observations.
· Record data by using appropriate graphic representations (including charts and graphs) and make inferences based on those data.
· Draw conclusions from scientific evidence and indicate whether further information is needed to support a specific conclusion.
· Write a report of an investigation that includes conducting tests, collecting data or examining evidence, and drawing conclusions.


An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons, but he didn't know which one he should give it to. He gave each of them a few coins and told them to buy something that would be able to fill their living room. The first man bought straw, but there was not enough to fill the room. The second bought some sticks, but they still did not fill the room. The third man bought two things that filled the room, so he obtained his father's fortune. What were the two things that the man bought?
I am the center of gravity, hold a capital situation in Vienna, and as I am foremost in every victory, am allowed by all to be invaluable. Though I am invisible, I am clearly seen in the midst of a river. I could name three who are in love with me and have three associates in vice. It is vain that you seek me for I have long been in heaven yet even now lie embalmed in the grave. What am I?
Which word that begins with the letter I and by adding the letter A becomes another word that is pronounced the same?


Stories based on the oftentimes complicated relationship between fathers and daughters may be unextraordinary to video game fans (Telltale’s The Walking Dead, the entire Bioshock series from 2K Games, and Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us spring readily to mind), but it’s a narrative that is sadly all too often relegated to the sidelines in favor of male bonding on TV. Until now.
The Passage, based loosely on author Justin Cronin’s best-selling trilogy of the same name debuts on Fox tonight, and promises, if not to revolutionize then certainly to overhaul a tired TV trope via a promising character-driven thriller featuring a deadly virus, vampires, and an end-of-the-world apocalypse, all explored through the lens of a father-daughter bond.
The show introduces ‘Project Noah,’ a secret medical facility where scientists are experimenting with a dangerous virus that could lead to the cure for all disease, but which also carries the potential to wipe out the human race. The facility is home to a number of failed vampire-like test subjects, including Patient Zero, a fellow scientist who first succumbed to the virus after being attacked and bitten by a mysterious patient claimed by some to be the world’s oldest, and healthiest, man.
Noting that virus test results improve in younger subjects, the lab sends Federal Agent Brad Wolgast (Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Pitch), a bereaved father and federal agent, to retrieve a young orphaned girl, Amy Bellafonte (Saniyya Sidney, Fences, Hidden Figures) as an unwitting test subject no one will miss.
Tasked with bringing her in, Wolgast changes his mind and goes on the run with his young charge instead. However, even after making the decision to become her surrogate father and protect her at any cost, Project Noah’s work threatens to accidentally unleash an unimaginable apocalypse on the world, just as Amy discovers she may be a crucial key to curing the virus.
The Passage eschews the book trilogy’s enormous time leaps (at least in the initial episodes we reviewed), and instead, and perhaps wisely, focuses its energy on the creeping dread of an unimaginable vampire apocalypse, and the growing bond between couple of cynical, world-weary survivors who find each other against the odds, and against the backdrop of a radically and violently changing world.
The Passage carries themes on the nature of parenthood, the complex relationship between fathers and daughters, the and just how far parents should go to protect their own, even if their choice flies in the face of what is considered the greater good. These subtle beats, set against an action packed scifi backdrop, make for one of the best pilots we’ve reviewed this season.
The series is written by Liz Heldens (Friday Night Lights), executive-produced by Heldens, Emmy Award winner and Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Ridley Scott (The Martian, Gladiator) and writer/director Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Cloverfield).
The Passage comes to Fox on Monday, January 14 2019 (9:00-10:00 PM).
Follow @ScreenSpy on Twitter for more scoop on The Passage this season.


Hershey's Unsweetened Cocoa makes me anxious.
Raw Cacao does not make me anxious. Or so it seems.
Does one have caffeine and the other not, or do they both contain caffeine?
Contrary to what most people believe, chocolate does not contain a significant amount of caffeine - about 2mg/g. It does however contain more theobromine - about 15mg/g. Both chemicals are xanthines, and many xanthines are stimulants.
Summary: both contain small amounts of caffeine.
The figures I've seen are 78mg/100g for cocoa (an espresso is about 100g). I strongly suspect that there's the same amount of caffeine in both (certainly not less caffeine in the raw product).


An Al-Qaeda leader suspected of recruiting White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite has been shot dead in Kenya.
Abubakar Shariff Ahmed was killed by unidentified gunmen as he and a friend were walking from a court in Mombasa to a nearby mosque.
A witness said that two gunmen had opened fire, with around 20 shots fired as Ahmed, also known as Makaburi - meaning graveyard, fell to the floor, dressed in a white checked robe. His companion was also shot dead.
The witness said that police arrived soon afterwards, and slid the preacher's body into the back of an official pick up truck.
Human rights activists' have claimed that the Kenyan government — rattled by the presence of Islamic extremists in Kenya and by the attack last year by al-Shabab on a Nairobi mall — was behind the killing, and were also responsible for the deaths of two other Muslim leaders.
Ahmed had been linked to fugitive terror suspect Lewthwaite, dubbed the White Widow, as he helped more than 100 Britons to join Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab, which counts her as a member.
The 29-year-old British Muslim convert is the world's most wanted woman after being accused of allegedly ordering the killings of two radical Muslim clerics, two Protestant preachers, and three others with links to al-Shabaab.
of 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay.
Ahmed was also linked to another British fanatic, Jermaine Grant, who is currently on trial over a plot to bomb hotels. A UN investigation has suggested that Ahmed and Grant took over the Kenyan and East African leadership of Al-Qaeda in 2012.
In October Ahmed told how he was 'living on borrowed time' after two other other Muslim leaders of a mosque that Makaburi was associated with were killed by unidentified gunmen in Mombasa.
When he was interviewed in October, Ahmed, who was seated under a cloth bearing a hand-painted sword and religious text in Arabic, railed against the killings of radical Muslim leaders, saying that while Kenyan security forces might think that killing them helps snuff out radical Islam, it actually increases the problem.
Worry: In October Ahmed told how he was 'living on borrowed time' after two other other Muslim leaders of a mosque that Makaburi was associated with were killed by unidentified gunmen in Mombasa.
'Mombasa youths are looking for guns. It was nothing, then knives, and now it's guns,' he said.
He added that whoever had ordered his two friends killed would also order his death. Police and the government have denied involvement but have made no arrests in connection with the shootings.
Yesterday the US Embassy deplored the recent violence in Kenya, including Makaburi's murder, and called for a full investigation.
Samantha Lewthwaite is the widow of 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay, who blew himself up on a Piccadilly Line train between King's Cross St Pancras and Russell Square stations.
She was the daughter of a former soldier before converting to Islam.
The British Muslim convert is linked to the Westgate Mall massacre in Nairobi in which 67 people were killed, and is thought to be hiding in Somalia.
Interpol issued a 'Red Notice' warrant for her arrest shortly after the attacks for terrorist offences in Mombasa dating back to 2011.
The 29-year-old is the world's most wanted woman after being accused of allegedly ordering the killings of two radical Muslim clerics, two Protestant preachers, and three others with links to al-Shabaab.
On Tuesday evening, just prior to his death, Ahmed had left a courtroom where he had helped more than two dozen youths accused of being part of al-Shabaab.
Hussien Khalid, an official with a human rights group in Mombasa called Haki Africa, said government agents are prime suspects in such killings. He said 20 Muslims have been killed in the city the last four months.
'We know the government is targeting us now,' he said.
Violent attacks have been increasing in Kenya. On Monday three blasts detonated in central Nairobi, killing six people Police said Wednesday they have since arrested 900 people from the Somali enclave of Nairobi.
Although described by some as charismatic and intelligent, Ahmed held radical views and notably said that the four al-Shabaab gunmen who slaughtered at least 67 people in Nairobi's Westgate Mall in September 'had every right to do what they did'.
'Islamically it is justified. We cannot allow foreign forces entering Muslim countries, killing innocent Muslim people and then it go unpunished,' he said, citing Kenya's military presence in Somalia and the need for an 'eye for an eye' defense of Muslim life.
A July report from the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea accused Ahmed of maintaining ties to a Kenyan terror group known as al-Hijra and said he wanted terrorist attacks to be deadlier.
Speaking in October, Ahmed said he was bound by the Quran to avenge the killings of his two friends, Sheik Aboud Rogo and Sheik Ibrahim Ismael.
'We will kill the people who killed them,' he said.
He argued that Muslims in Kenya have no other recourse.


We like you. Make sure customers do the same on Facebook.
Even brands with thousands of fans sometimes have trouble getting their fans to interact with them on Facebook. From huge consumer brands, to small B2B companies, getting Likes, shares and comments on post is sometimes equally challenging.
Facebook's search engine, Graph Search, provides results filtered based on the activity of your Facebook friends.
In a nutshell, Facebook's Graph Search is a search engine that provides specific information through the filter of your Facebook friends.


In terms of ill effects on the body, can you minimize the impact of a high sodium diet if you increase your water intake? It seems to me that as long as you maintain a certain ratio of water to electrolytes, things should run smoothly. You probably know how bad you feel when you work out hard on a hot day and sweat out all your electrolytes. Just drinking water won't cut it. So then does it stand to reason that an athletic person who sweats a lot can afford to eat more sodium (alongside with potassium, calcium, magnesium, etc.) given that they also make sure their fluid intake is also increased?
I suppose I never paid much heed to high sodium warnings. Indeed, I probably eat way more sodium than is recommended, but I also drink 3+ cups of fluids per meal. I have low blood pressure and am still a few years away from 40.


The person is supine with upper limbs, including palms, touching sides and lower limbs touching at sides.
2. To make a banana split, you halve a banana into two long, thin, right and left sides along the ________.
3. The lumbar region is ________.
4. The heart is within the ________.
5. Critical Thinking: In which direction would an MRI scanner move to produce sequential images of the body in the frontal plane, and in which direction would an MRI scanner move to produce sequential images of the body in the sagittal plane?
6. Critical Thinking: If a bullet were to penetrate a lung, which three anterior thoracic body cavities would it enter, and which layer of the serous membrane would it encounter first?


There are a couple steps to choosing a bonsai pot. What the tree look like that will go into it, what features do you need in the pot and what quality of pot do you need? The easy answer is to purchase a quality Japanese bonsai pot.


Arm/Group Description 270 African American adults received bupropion (150mg bid) for 7 weeks in addition to health education counseling. 270 African American adults received placebo for 7 weeks in addition to health education counseling.
Measure Analysis Population Description: One participant refused the question.
Measure Analysis Population Description: 6 participants refused the question.
Measure Analysis Population Description: One participant refused to collect weight.
Measure Description: CESD-10 assessed distress associated with depressive symptoms: possible total score ranges from 0 to 30, with a score of 10 or greater reflecting clinically significant depression.
Measure Analysis Population Description: One participant refused the questions.
Measure Description: PSS-4 assessed self-appraised global stress: possible total score ranges from 0 to 16. Higher scores indicate more stress.
Measure Analysis Population Description: One participant refused to answer.
Measure Analysis Population Description: 4 participants had samples that were unable to be analyzed.
Measure Analysis Population Description: Exhaled carbon monoxide was added after the study began and was collected only on 411 of 540 participants.
Measure Description: FTND assessed nicotine dependence: possible total score ranges from 0 to 10. 0 indicates minimum physical nicotine dependence and 10 indicates maximum physical nicotine dependence.
Measure Description: Number of 24-hour quit attempts made in the past year.
Measure Analysis Population Description: One participant declined to respond.
Measure Description: Motivation to quit smoking scale asking about how important it is to quit smoking in the next week. 1 item scale. Scale of 0 = not important and 10 = extremely important.
Measure Description: Confidence to quit smoking scale asking about how confident you are that you could quit smoking completely in the next week. 1 item scale. Scale of 0 = not confident and 10 = extremely confident.
Question asks "Which statement best describes how or whether you inhale?" Response options include 'I inhale deeply into my chest', I inhale partly into my chest', I inhale as far back as my throat', 'I inhale back into my throat', 'I just puff, I don't really inhale'.
Reporting number of participants who answered 'I inhale deeply into my chest'.
270 African American adults received bupropion (150mg bid) for 7 weeks in addition to health education counseling.
270 African American adults received placebo for 7 weeks in addition to health education counseling.
Based on our previous studies, sample size was determined a priori assuming a two-sided x2 test with a type I error rate of .05, a power of 80%, and a cotinine-verified abstinence rate of 15% in the placebo group and 25% in the bupropion SR group at week 26, with the assumption that those lost to follow-up would be imputed as smokers.
The x2 test was used to determine whether there was a difference between treatment groups (bupropion SR vs placebo) in verified 7-day point prevalence abstinence at week 26, imputing the missing participants as smokers.
All tests of statistical significance were two-sided, and all P values less than .05 were considered statistically significant.
Raw proportions were used to estimate the verified cessation rate in each group and corresponding odds ratio along with its 95% confidence interval .
This variant is related to nicotine metabolism and was collected from all study participants but not analyzed by study arm as it does not relate to the study medication. Data pre-specified to be collected and reported as a single arm.
All study participants were African American adults and received either bupropion (150mg bid) for 7 weeks in addition to health education counseling or placebo for 7 weeks in addition to health education counseling.
270 African American adults received bupropion (150mg bid)for 7 weeks in addition to health education counseling.
Analysis relied on examining quit rates using linear regression, where the hydroxybupropion was a significant predictor of smoking cessation. CYP2B6 genotype was not a direct significant predictor of cessation in either the placebo or bupropion arm.
Bupropion adherent individuals with higher hydroxybupropion levels were more likely to be abstinent at Weeks 3, 7 and 26 compared to individuals with lower hydroxybupropion levels.
This variant is related to nicotine metabolism and was collected from all study participants but not analyzed by study arm as it does not relate to the study medication. Data pre-specified to be collected and reported as a single arm. Blood was unable to be analyzed for CYP2A6 genotype for 6 participants.
Over half of the participants who expressed interest in this study were ineligible according to study protocol. The lack of assessment between standardized assessment points limited the ability to characterize the process of relapse.


How have you changed as a tennis player throughout your time at Pitt?
Amanda: "I have grown a lot since freshman year. Although we had different coaches, I improved my game tremendously over the years. I am also more vocal and a better leader on the court compared to how I was freshman year."
What has it been like to attend school and play on the same team as your twin sister, Molly?
Amanda: "I'm really glad I went to Pitt with my sister. We are both very competitive, but we also push each other to become better. It's great to have my sister on the same team and also my best friend.
"We are very close to the same level in tennis, but we are still competitive in anything we do, whether it's tennis or in school. We both work to do better than the other."
How has Coach Santos helped you become a better player?
Amanda: "Coach has guided me to become an overall better tennis player. He's taught me to become more aggressive and come to the net more. He also taught me how to utilize my strengths, and I'm a much stronger player for it."
How have you managed to be both a successful student and Division I athlete?
Amanda: "Now that I'm a senior, I have learned to manage my time a lot better. You learn to study whenever you have that free time and prepare for tests way in advance. Overall, it's all about learning time management skills in order to balance life as a student-athlete."
Name your best moment at Pitt?
Amanda: "I remember sophomore year, I beat Rutgers in the final match, and it was the first time we ever beat them in Pitt history. It was a really cool experience for me."
Molly: "As a freshman, I was a little bit more nervous but after playing in more matches and gaining competition experience, I have learned to go all out in every single match."
Your twin sister, Amanda, mentioned you two share a competitive relationship on the court. What has it been like to attend school and play on the same team as Amanda?
Molly: "It's all healthy competition between my sister and I, because we push each other throughout the year. We would not be where we are today if we did not have each other on and off the court. The two of us are always in competition whether it's running, lifting, etc. because we always want to outperform one another."
Molly: "It's been tough to manage the life of a student-athlete, because going back and forth plus practicing can take about five hours out of your day. I learned to keep a tight schedule and make sure I know when I'll be studying and when I'll be practicing. The Pitt Athletic Department and our team has kept us in line and makes sure we are on top of our classes. Even with finding a job, I kept on top of it, and I already have a job set for after I graduate. I think working hard on the court and academically allowed me to get the job I have now as a treasury analyst for an offshore drilling company in Houston, Texas.
Molly: "Last year, in the ACC tournament, Katherine and I beat Boston College in doubles, or in the beginning of the season when I won my first singles ACC matches against Maryland and Wake Forest. It was very exciting because it was our first year in the ACC.
"The ACC is more exciting and we get to play some of the best ranked teams, which pushes us to get better and to work toward becoming one of the top teams in the ACC."


What has the Cassini orbiter seen since arriving at Saturn? The above music video shows some of the highlights. In the first time-lapse sequence (00:07), a vertical line appears that is really Saturn's thin rings seen nearly edge-on. Soon some of Saturn's moon shoot past. The next sequence (00:11) features Saturn's unusually wavy F-ring that is constrained by the two shepherd moons that are also continually perturbing it. Soon much of Saturn's extensive ring system flashes by, sometimes juxtaposed to the grandeur of the immense planet itself. Cloud patterns on Titan (00:39) and Saturn (00:41) are highlighted. Clips from flyby's of several of Saturn's moon are then shown, including Phoebe, Mimas, Epimetheus, and Iapetus. In other sequences, moons of Saturn appear to pass each other as they orbit Saturn. Background star fields seen by Cassini are sometimes intruded upon by bright passing moons. The robotic Cassini spacecraft has been revolutionizing humanity's knowledge of Saturn and its moons since 2004.


The picture above shows a symmetric figure made from all notched square tetrominoes. You can't get a rectangle with these pieces, because the number of straight square sides is odd. Shifting rows of squares by half the length of the square side allows to match one straight square side with notch free halfs of two other squares.
Is there a set to cover rectangle? Let's have a look at the total number of notches and straight sides for different sets.
Beside the trivial sets only the set of one-sided pieces with three notches allows for a rectangle. The other sets have an odd number of notches, an odd number of straigth square sides or too less straight sides.
Using sets of pieces with different numbers of notches some construction of rectangles are possible and mentioned in the following table.
Here is the set of notched square tetrominoes with up to three notches. It was cut from plywood and the notches are marked with a permanent marker.
Beside the 12x16 rectangle you can construct some other figures with one or two axis of symmetry.
If each square tetromino has 0 to 4 notches, we get 28 different pieces but the total number of straight square sides is 39. Therefore we can't construct any rectangle but some stacked rows of squares.
Sets with 0 to 5 or 0 to 6 notches have an unbalanced number of notches but the set of pieces with 0 to 7 notches can be used to construct some stacked rows of squares.
Adding the piece with 8 notches to the set of pieces with 0 to 7 notches we get a set of 43 pieces. Squares from cutting the V-trominoes were left over and I marked the notches with a permanent marker.
The total number of notches is even but the total number of straigth square sides is odd and therefore you can't pack a rectangle. Two constructions of stacked rows of squares are shown below another one using the real pieces is in the title.
The set of all one-sided square tetrominoes with three notches complies with all constraints. The 14 pieces have a total of 42 notches and a total of 18 straight square sides and a rectangle of size 4x14 can be made.
There are 70 one-sided square-tetrominoes with an arbitrary number of 0 to 8 notches. Rectangles of size 14x20 and 10x28 can be covered. The pieces are essentially the same as the edged colored squares with four possible colors, because each color can be coded by a two digit binary number. For construction other than rectangles there is a difference, if squares are shifted.
The enclosing hexagon of the stacked rows of squares is almost a regular one.
Omitting the pieces with no or all 8 notches we get a set of 68 pieces with 1 to 7 notches. We can only cover a 8x34 rectangle, because for the 4x68 rectangle 72 straight sides are needed and only 64 are available.
There are 64 square-tetrominoes with 2 to 6 notches. With these pieces you can fill a 16x16 square and a 32x8 rectangle. These figures are 16-fold replicas of the square- and I-tetromino and you can replicate the other tetrominoes, too.
The set of pieces with 3 to 5 notches contains 48 elements, but only 40 straight sides are given. Therefore only a 12x16 rectangle can be covered. A 6x32 or a 8x24 rectangle needs 76 or 64 straight sides, respectively.


Dave Stewart was keyboard player with Egg, Hatfield & The North, National Health & Bruford, Barbara Gaskin was lead vocalist with the English folk-rock group Spirogyra. The two first met in 1969, and Barbara subsequently appeared as guest vocalist on some of Dave's bands' LPs in the 70s. In 1981 Dave struck out on a solo career, recording a version of the old Tamla tune 'What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted' with Colin Blunstone on guest vocals. The single, issued under the catalogue number 'Broken 1' (lifted from the song's title), was a hit in the UK. Dave and Barbara then recorded a tongue-in-cheek version of the old Lesley Gore classic 'It's My Party', which roared to the top of the U.K. charts and stayed there for 4 weeks. The single went on to become a hit worldwide, selling over a million copies.
Somewhat surprised by these events, Dave and Barbara decided to stick together and record an album. In late '81, they vanished into the studios, emerging six months later with their first LP, Disappear. The album remained unreleased for a few years while the duo released a series of singles on their own Broken Records label, some of which reached the lower reaches of charts. Dave and Barbara's fame spread to the USA and Japan, and in 1986, US company Rykodisc released the 14-track compilation Up From The Dark in the USA., making available for the first time the recordings from the Disappear sessions. Midi Records in Japan produced their own compilations Broken Records - The Singles (a collection of the first 6 Stewart/Gaskin singles plus their B sides) and As Far As Dreams Can Go - the remainder of the Disappear tracks plus 2 extra songs, 'The Locomotion' and 'Make Me Promises'. In 1987, Dave and Barbara started work on a new album, their first to be conceived as such since Disappear - this epic work was finally finished in May 1989, and christened The Big Idea.
Realising that they had just spent the best part of a decade in the studio, the duo decided to venture out and perform live, and achieved this objective (with the aid of guitarist Andy Reynolds and a mountain of equipment) with a 12-date tour of the USA East Coast and Midwest in October 1991. on returning to the UK they polished off a new album Spin, which was completed in July 1991. After its release, Dave, Barbara and Andy Reynolds played a successful concert tour of Japan, then in November 1991, topped the bill at Keyboard magazine's 'Cyberarts' festival in Los Angeles. The duo then retreated back to the safety of the studio to begin work on a new album, emerging in 1996 to perform at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall and more recently to play in Japan, accompanied on one occasion by Gavin Harrison on drums.
From 1981 to the present day Dave & Barbara have maintained artistic independence by releasing their music on their own Broken Records label. For a complete list of Stewart / Gaskin releases please go to Discography and CD Releases.


WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - UNCW officials have released a call to the university police department that sparked an alleged racial profiling incident on campus Tuesday.
In the audio recording, the caller tells a dispatcher that he noticed someone sitting on a bench behind Cameron Hall acting suspiciously. The person was later identified as Dr. Rajan Juniku, who teaches chemistry at the university.
"There's a man sitting there in a zipped up red jacket with his hands in his pockets," the caller explained. "But I just think it's odd that it's almost 80 degrees and he's sitting there zipped up in a jacket with his hands in his pockets watching people walking by."
The caller continues, "I don't know if he is a 10-60 subject [suspicious person] or just someone who wants to warm up."
After confirming where the subject is sitting, the dispatcher asks the caller to describe the person's ethnicity.
Dispatch: Can you tell if he is black, white or Hispanic?
The dispatcher reached out to a campus officer, stating "he's looking from the top of Dobo Hall. He said his skin looks darker. He's not sure whether or not he's a Caucasian male, but he's wearing a large red jacket."
Juniku said campus police approached him and asked him to remove his hands from his pockets very slowly with no sudden movements. They then ordered him to remove his jacket and proceeded to search it thoroughly.
In an interview Wednesday, Juniku said he was shocked at what happened. He said he doesn't think the school is at fault, but does believe the responding officer overstepped his bounds.
"I don't blame the school for this incident," Juniku said. "I understand at the present time a lot of bad things are happening, but they should be more careful with how they deal with this. I am a faculty, and if he knew that he never would have done what he did. I would never hurt anyone."
The professor said he asked the officer if he stopped him because he looked Middle Eastern and the officer said no, he was responding to a call of a suspicious person and was following orders.
UNCW Police Chief David Donaldson spoke out Thursday for the first time regarding the encounter.
"I want to be clear that the officer performed courteously, professionally and with sensitivity to the circumstances and consistent with the mission of the police department and our priority to public safety," Donaldson said. "The encounter was brief. It was not delayed. It was explained. He introduced himself and explained the nature of the concern and as soon as the concern was dispelled, the officer wished him a good day and he wished the officer a good day."
Donaldson went on to commend the unnamed officer, saying his conduct was professional and in line with the department's training.
"I'm proud to work with the officer. The officer performed and represented the department and the interests of the community to the highest level," Donaldson said. "Our responsibility was to respond, we were obligated to investigate, and I'm pleased that when we had that opportunity, we did it in a manner that was professional, courteous and was consistent with our expectations and training."
He continued, "Any reference to race or ethnicity influencing our response is misplaced and absolutely erroneous."
Juniku met with university officials Thursday to discuss his concerns about the encounter.
His wife took to Facebook after the incident saying "he's been sick the last two days and was trying to warm up" and "someone thought he looked less like a university lecturer and more like a terrorist."
The University's police department was contacted by an employee at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28. The caller expressed concern that a man was seated on a bench behind Cameron Hall wearing a zipped-up jacket that did not seem congruent with the warm weather conditions. There was no mention of race by the caller until he was asked by the dispatcher to provide routine descriptive information so that the man could be efficiently located by police personnel. A UPD officer was dispatched to the location and upon arrival, there was an interaction of less than 2 minutes between the officer and the man, who self-identified as a faculty member.


A device for covering a human or animal at rest on a surface comprising a support to reversibly fix the device relative to the surface, and an adjustable covering to cover the human or animal wherein the covering is reversibly fixable at a length so as to ensure that the human or animal's face is not covered by the device.
1. A device for covering a baby while resting on an upper surface of an item, the device comprising: a sleeve including an open end sized to receive a portion of the item, the sleeve having a lower sheet that acts as an encasement about a lower surface of the item, the sleeve further having a foldable upper sheet having two layers which are releasably engaged to the lower sheet for partially covering the upper surface of the item when the part of the item is received within the sleeve, wherein the upper sheet includes a closable opening extending through one of the two layers for receiving a supplementary blanket or quilt between the two layers of the upper sheet such that the upper sheet encapsulates the supplementary blanket or quilt; and an adjustable strap attached to opposite sides of the lower sheet to enable the sleeve to secure about the item at locations such that only a portion of the item is received within the sleeve along a length of the item; wherein the upper sheet is releasably engaged to the remainder of the sleeve such that the upper sheet along with the encapsulated supplementary blanket or quilt is enabled to fold away in their entirety from the sleeve and uncover the baby.
2. A device for covering a baby while resting on an upper surface of an item, the device comprising: a sleeve including an open end sized to receive a portion of the item, the sleeve partially covering the upper surface of the item when the part of the item is received within the sleeve, allowing partial coverage of an upper surface at different lengths along the surface, the sleeve having a lower sheet that acts as an encasement about a lower surface of the item, wherein adjustable straps are attached to the lower sheet to enable the sleeves' breadth and depth (girth) to be adapted to suit the size of the item with the inclusion of a baby at multiple lengths along the surface of the item and secure about the item at locations such that only a portion of the item is received within the sleeve along a length of the item; the sleeve further having a releasable upper sheet having two layers which can be disengaged from the lower sheet and folded back to the full extent of which it covers the surface, wherein the upper sheet includes a closable opening extending through the two layers for receiving a supplementary blanket or quilt between the two layers of the upper sheet such that the upper sheet encapsulates the supplementary blanket or quilt; wherein the upper sheet is releasably engaged to the remainder of the sleeve such that the upper sheet along with the encapsulated supplementary blanket or quilt is enabled to fold away in their entirety from the sleeve and uncover the baby at different lengths along the surface. 10 forms a continuous loop covering the upper surface, the lower surface, and side surfaces of the item.
4. The device according to claim 1 or claim 2 further comprising a plurality of adjustable straps attached to the lower sheet that enable the sleeves' girth to be adjusted and adapted to suit the size of the item and baby at multiple lengths along the surface of an item.
5. The device according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the item is a mattress having a length, and wherein the sleeve is a continuous sleeve when the upper sheet is engaged with the lower sheet, and wherein the straps enable the continuous sleeve to be secured and adapted or adjusted to entirely cover all the surfaces of the mattress at different lengths up to pillow/height.
6. The device according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the item is comprised of one or more of a bed, mattress, cot, car seat, bassinet or sleeping mat.
7. The device according to claim 1 or claim 2 further comprising a fastener at either side of a centre surface of the device to releasably secure the lower sheet to the upper sheet and allow for access within the sleeve at any length along the surface of an item.
8. The device according to claim 7 wherein the fastener is one or more of a zip, hook and loop fasteners, or buttons.


The Dutch national flag problem is a famous computer science related programming problem proposed by Edsger Dijkstra. The flag of the Netherlands consists of three colours: red, white and blue. Given balls of these three colours arranged randomly in a line (the actual number of balls does not matter), the task is to arrange them such that all balls of the same colour are together and their collective colour groups are in the correct order.
Q. Write a function that takes an array A and index i into A, and rearranges the elements such that all elements less than A[i] appear first, followed by elements equal to A[i], followed by elements greater than A[i]. Your algorithm should have O(1) space complexity and O(|A|) time complexity.
in tackling more complex problems.
it with the number n and select the first number that divides n.
All this looks very cool and straight.Now say suppose n is a prime number.
by any one of these numbers on the way? That sounds little stupid and requires a lot of work.
Do we have a better way?
In order to investigate into this matter lets start with few observations.
Let us take a number n=100.
linked with the largest divisor 50.
linked with a larger one and vice versa.
point smaller divisor = larger divisor.
So what is 10 in our case? 10 is the square root of 100.
need to look beyond the value of the square root for the smallest divisor.
The other side of the square root will always have the larger divisors.
the next odd number until we reach the value of the square root of n.


Why do people prefer using Windows for development?
As a Linux user who only really uses Windows for compilation, I've always wondered what the argument for using Windows for development was. From my perspective, there are a lot of disadvantages to Windows for (maybe) a single positive, with the single positive being that you're on the OS that most users are going to experience your program.
I don't dislike people who program on Windows, but what's the argument for doing so?
At risk of sounding like a Microsoft shill... (I'm not): It's like a positive feedback loop. Microsoft got its foot in the door, and then grew from there. The more people that are comfortable with the system, the easier it is to train others how to use it (if they need training at all), and the more people using Windows encourages people to develop and make pseudo-standards for Windows. Windows also has a cross-OS ecosystem (like Active Directory built-in to their Server product), and backwards compatibility for various older programs.
A lot of major products are only supported on the biggest platforms: Windows and MacOS (e.g. Adobe Photoshop). Why would a company spend the extra money to increase their market by 5% if it costs them 25% more money to maintain yet another platform [percentages arbitrarily chosen, could be inaccurate]? Companies like Wacom don't bother making tablet drivers easily available for Linux, and their public examples are only for Windows, so it's harder to set up your own (still possible, though). But as a counter to this, companies like Steam are taking the effort to port their games from DirectX to OpenGL to support Linux platforms, so bless them. But I doubt every company is in the position to do this, especially if shareholders of public companies disagree.
Windows also has a more-so unified GUI and window manager, while Linux has many to choose from. Yes, Linux lets you customize just about everything, but most consumers don't require that, and it can add confusion.
Also, there are some nice programming tools on Windows, like Visual Studio. MS pushed .NET as a unified interface for developing applications, compiled into a common assembly. And you can emulate/port many Linux utilities like gcc, make, and other command-line/shell tools. Also utilities like cygwin and msys2 exist, filling in more gaps.
At my work, for example, I work mostly on Windows, and most of our customers & people we hire to help with the products would be more comfortable with having the product be on Windows than Linux, even if Linux would have some advantages development-wise. There are many parts of Windows that annoy the crap out of me, and I wish I could burn most of it.
A security downside is that since Windows will be closed-source, there's no community to report 0-day attacks or other exploits.
If Windows is all that is used where one works, one doesn't develop Mac or Linux or Unix applications.
Being a self-taught, still learning, hobbyist I've tried Win and *nix programming. And still prefer Windows since it has a greater installation base than *nix.
More people use Windows, home and work.
There really isnt much 'real' difference. Visual studio is a better tool than anything unix offers, at least IMHO. Eclipse and kdevelop etc have been left in the dust.
unix can run visual studio, in a vm or whatever, though.
windows can run cygwin (i can mix and match dos and unix shell commands in my cmd console all day, even write batch files that call ls or grep etc). That is, windows can have the full unix shell, or so near that you won't miss the stuff you can't do.
The configuration of the OS stuff is really not a compelling argument. What exactly do you configure that is so darn important that can't be mimicked in windows?
you got me on the package manager. I don't remember what it even does, or why we need it, though. Ive gotten on just fine since before dos without one.
I can't offer a compelling reason to move to windows. There isnt one, because they can both do everything that needs doing.
Does unix still use makefiles (hands-on, not as a hidden mechanic)? Not using those is a MAJOR benefit to windows coding.
In my Computer Science studies, they forced us to use Linux for coding. After been using Windows since the beginning, going to Linux was a long and round-about way of coding in my eyes. Using something like Visual Studio puts everything you need in one application with the ability to get packages as needed. Doing this on Linux may seem easier when you've been doing it for so long, but for me it seemed like the long way around.
In the end, it's more about the feel of coding. If you start on Linux you probably will stay on it and same with Windows. But I think Windows has much more flexibility in how you code (Plenty of IDEs and can code like you would in Linux if you really wanted to).
BTW - With the newest Windows version, you can open up a Linux Shell. So that takes away a big reason to stay with Linux as I see it.
BTW - With the newest Windows version, you can open up a Linux Shell.
The old method of having to dual boot a Win machine was, was IMO, a bit of a pain.
In VS 2019 you can write your Linux code and run it in a VM.
I get the impression that some people think that developing on Linux means doing everything from the shell, and rolling their own make files. Maybe my impression is wrong?
Some people also have the impression that Linux doesn't come with many apps. In fact there are over 20,000 free apps available for most distributions.
Package managers are for installing and updating software. They are aware of dependencies and will download them also. Software can be built from source and installed in one operation. They can use secure keys. Each day I use the Software update facility, it checks for any new versions of all the software installed on the system through various repositories, the whole lot can be updated in one go if required. The kernel is included in this process. One can even use this for updating to a later version of the current distribution, eg from Fedora 29 -> 30. New versions of the distribution appear every 6 months.
I have been using Linux since it's first version Yggdrisil (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil_Linux/GNU/X), UNIX before that, so I have a strong leaning towards it, and this is reflected in my opinions.
I have heard many good things about VS, but I have never used it, probably because I was never going to pay for it. I did have a go with VS 2013 Community, but was turned off it mainly because at that stage VS was way behind in C++11 conformance. But these days VS is doing really well with conforming to new standards, and has the ability to use other compilers like gcc and clang.
But which system one uses is dependent on a number of things, all the systems will have disadvantages somewhere, and I guess they all have their own idiosyncrasies. So use what best suits all of the requirements, I guess.
I didnt know about the winx shell, ive used cygwin for so long. that is really cool!
Qt .. drives me nuts. Its lack of WYSIWYG (unless they have added it) makes it an exercise in frustration to get things to look right. It works, and it works great cross platform, but I really dislike the interface (and love the final results). Eclipse is the slowest, clunkiest thing I have ever tried to use for anything. Ive got 4 or 5 programs at work that were written on it, and a year or 2 back we had a real solar eclipse, and I finally understood the name... you stand around forever waiting on something to happen, is where they seem to have gotten the name! KD is very good, as you said.
Its whatever you spent the time in, really. Our systems targeted windows machines at my early job and college used VS (and defunct borland builder) and windows. I ran a group of sillicon graphics machines and a couple of linux machines tied to them (lolz at the 1/2 million dollar quad 386 effectively SGI box --give me a few min and I may recall the model) but I was brought on for the windows dev, and time I had to deal with those it was just as keeping them up / sysadmin not coder. So I spent all my time in windows, still do, so that is where I code (though my targets now are unix, there are so many layers between, its irrelevant, and my work machine is winx).


Clinical Experience with the Accommodative WIOL-CF acrylic IOL.
1 Clinical Experience with the Accommodative WIOL-CF acrylic IOL.
3/25/2017 Clinical Experience with the Accommodative WIOL-CF acrylic IOL. By Arthur Nylander, FRCS, FRCOphth, D.O. Consultant ophthalmologist East Lancashire hospitals, Lancashire, U.K. The author as no financial interest in these products Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 East Lancahire Hospitals Serves a population of people Burnley General Hospital Blackburn Royal Infirmary Rossendale General Hospaital Seven Consultant Ophthalmologist Five Middle Grade Doctors Nine Trainee Doctors Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF Accommodative Full-Optics acrylic IOL Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF Main Features and Benefits Accommodation capability > 2.25 Dioptres Low incidence of PCO (< 1%/year) Resistance to deposits Large glare-free optics Very good centration and position stability Potential for full reversibility - reimplantable Allows vitreo-retinal surgery Some clinical results will be presented in the second part. Let me summarize the main reasons why we are interested in this lens: Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF Posterior Chamber foldable acrylic IOL MAIN FEATURES: Accommodating Large continuous aspheric optics Fills the posterior capsule Highly biocompatible material Large lens implantable through a small incision This lens has the following main features: Mr A Nylander.
6 WIOL-CF design Full disc plano-convex lens up to 9 mm O.D.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF design Full disc plano-convex lens up to 9 mm O.D. Posterior polyfocal hyperbolic optics Optics continuous up to the rim Implantation: Preformed through < 3mm incision using a 3.0mm cartridge and titanium injector. Mr A Nylander.
7 3/25/2017 WIOL-CF acrylic IOL Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF “Full Optics” acrylic IOL MENISCOID ANTERIOR SURFACE C.T. = mm The profile shows the posterior surface which a hyperboloid and anterior is a modified spheric surface, or meniscoid. HYPERBOLOID SURFACE CONTACTING POSTERIOR CAPSULE O.D. – 8.6 – 9.0 mm Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF edge profile MENISCOID ANTERIOR SURFACE OPTICAL TRANSITION ZONE CONICAL FASETTE The lens has a sharp rim which then blends into the optical part via a narrow conical fasette. This rim may be one of the reasons why the lens is very resistant to posterior capsule opacification. SHARP EDGE HYPERBOLOID SURFACE CONTACTING POSTERIOR CAPSULE Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF Features Benefits High water content ( 42%, higher than any other IOL on the market today ) High carboxylate content ( only on the current market ) Low refractive index Superior biocompability High permeability Hydrated surface with low friction vs. tissue (e.g., capsule, iris, cornea ) Resistance to calcification Minimized surface reflections and glare at night Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF Features Benefits Negatively charged surface (only one on the market ) Partly dehydrated for insertion Resistance to protein deposits Resistance to cell attachment Resistance to opacification of posterior capsule No adhesion to tissues ( capsule, iris, cornea ) Increased strength for safer folding Non-slippery for safer grip Smaller size for implantation Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF Features Benefits Full-disc configuration Self-centering Excellent position stability Maintenance of posterior capsular wall Replaceability of WIOL-CF Very large optical zone Enables vitreo-retinal surgery Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF Features Benefits Continuous transition between optics and rim Sharp-edged continuous rim Aspherics hyperboloid optics No edge effects ( no glare, improved night vision ) Resistance to PCO Improved depth of focus Pseudo-accommodation Improved resistance to astigmation Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 Power Calculation Chart Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 Power Calculation For the WIOL-CF Lens 1.The surgeon calculates the lens power based on the A-constant for SRK-T. Lets’s assume that the calculated value is 21.5d. 2.Surgeon corrects the calculated value using the correction chart. The value of 22.5d (right red column) relates to the value 21.5d (left blue column). 3.Finally, the value of +0.5d is added to the corrected value. Therefore surgeon implants WIOL-CF of the dioptric power of 22.8 (23.0)d. 4.Anterior surface is the flat (plano) surface of the lens, posterior surface is the convex surface of the lens, it is easy to recognise from the side view. 5.Lens has to be rinsed by isotonic saline solution and positioned posterior (convex) side down into the cartridge. Procedure of folding is shown in the following video. Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 Surgical Implantation Video clip Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF accommodation Implanted in 51 eyes : Up to this date results in summary: WIOL-CF allows a comfortable everyday life and work or sports activities without use of spectacles or contacts Good patient preference and satisfaction. Objective examination shows 20/20 uncorrected acuity for both near and far vision Now some personal experience. My right eye was implanted more than 4 yeas ago and my left eye 2 years ago. In summary, this lens allow me a normal active life without spectacles – reading, night driving, sports, etc. Objective examination shows 20/20 vision both for near and far vision. Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF ACCOMMODATIVE IOL Implantation history First implanted in January 2004. Implanted 3 in 2004 Implanted 27 in 2005 Implanted 21 so far in 2006 Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF ACCOMMODATIVE IOL Implanted 51 lens in 38 patients 11 of these patients have had the lens implanted in both eyes 29 patients have had unilateral implantation. 19 males 21 females Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF ACCOMMODATIVE IOL Age Distribution Youngest Patient 43 years old Oldest Patient 87 years old Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF ACCOMMODATIVE IOL Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF ACCOMMODATIVE IOL Lens Diopters Lens come in Diopters powers from 15.0 to 30 Diopters Implanted from 19.0 Diopters to 29.0 Diopters NO difference in folding pattern All powers injected with the same behaviour Lens must unfold inside the capsular bag Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF Accomadative iol Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 Case Study 1 CASE 1 - Mr. S.H Aged 55 Hospital Administrator pre op: OD OS Add for N5 Right Phacoemulsification Wiol-CF IOL 5/5/05 Left Phacoemulsification Wiol -CF IOL 16/5/05 Unaided V.A. June 05 OD 6/4 OS 6/4-2 N8 N8 Patient very happy Unaided V.A. November 05 OD 6/9 OS 6/4-2 N8 N8 Right YAG capsulotomy Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 Case Study 2 CASE 2 - Mr. M. H. Aged 52 Taxi Driver pre op: OD OS Add for N5 Right Phacoemulsification Wiol-CF IOL 5/5/05 Left Phacomulsification Wiol -CF IOL 24/11/05 Unaided V.A. December 05 OD 6/9-1 OS 6/6 N5 N5 Patient say can read without glasses. Very happy. Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 Case Study 3 CASE 3 - Mrs. S.A. Aged 71 Retired Horse Trainer pre op: OD OS Add for N5 Right Phacoemulsification +19 Wiol-CF IOL 11/01/04 Unaided V.A. 6/6 N8. Very Happy. Mr A Nylander.
27 Case Study 4 Brought Husband of patient case 3.
3/25/2017 Case Study 4 Brought Husband of patient case 3. Mr. T.A. Aged 86 for Bilateral Cataract Right Phacoemulsification Wiol -CF IOL 23/2/06 Left Phacoemulsification Wiol -CF IOL 2/3/06 Unaided V.A. April 06 OD 6/9-1 OS 6/9 N12 N10 Patient happy. Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF accommodation: subjective patient's observations Good focus requires some effort and training Acuity degrades by fatigue, (e.g.after long work on poor computer screens or reading of low-quality print in poor light conditions) Far focus improves and double vision disappears by widely opening eyes Near focus improves by narrowing eyes and good illumination In addition to the objective results presented by Professor Pasta later, I have made some subjective observations: Mr A Nylander.
3/25/2017 WIOL-CF accommodation: subjective patient's observations Very near focusing requires conscious effort and time (1 to 2 seconds lag) Using both eyes improves significantly both near and far focus No glare or other vision problems while driving at night No degradation of peripheral vision at driving, tennis, etc. No acuity deterioration after 4 years (subjectively improved) Mr A Nylander.
30 Conclusion All patients obtained some accommodation.
3/25/2017 Conclusion All patients obtained some accommodation. Accommodation range from N12 to N5 Mostly N8. Better accommodation with 6/9 or 6/6 vision than 6/4 or 6/5. Encourage patients to use their accommodation. Mr A Nylander.
31 3/25/2017 Conclusion Older patients need more encouragement than younger patients. Correction factor appears to be accurate. PCO in 2 out of 51 cases. 1 YAG Capsulotomy at 18 months No problems with YAG Capsulotomy Overall results with the WIOL-CF lens are very promising. Mr A Nylander.
Download ppt "Clinical Experience with the Accommodative WIOL-CF acrylic IOL."
EXPERIENCE WITH THE LENSTEC KH3500 TETRAFLEX LENS.


Whether you're sitting down to write a research paper for English class about Buddha or you're hours deep in the writing portion of SAT, you want to write a great essay. And although different people have different notions about what makes an essay truly "great," there are a number of things that educators and writers generally agree upon as gold-quality standards. Here are three of those qualities that can take your essay from basic to fabulous.
The usage of language in an essay is more than j4ust the actual words you use throughout. Things like sentence structure, stylistic choices, levels of formality, grammar, usage, and mechanics all come into play.?
Good language in an essay is merely adequate. It's basic. There's nothing inherently wrong with your language, but there's nothing exceptional about it, either.
Good essay language means you're using some variety in your sentence structures. For instance, you may write a few simple sentences interspersed with some compound sentences. Your level of formality and tone are also appropriate to the essay. You're not using familiar language and slang, for example, when you're writing a research report in class. Good language in an essay does not disrupt your thesis. Your point gets across and that's all well and fine if you're happy with a good essay.
Example: When Jack walked into his grandmother's kitchen, he spotted the freshly baked cake on the counter. He helped himself to a huge piece. It was chocolate, and the frosting was a delicious vanilla buttercream. He licked his lips and took a gigantic bite.
Great language is fresh, full of sensory detail when appropriate and propels your essay forward in invigorating ways. Great language uses a variety of sentence structures and even some intentional fragments when appropriate. Your tone isn't merely adequate; it enhances your argument or point.
Your language is precise. It's chosen specifically to add nuance or shades of meaning. The sensory details you select pull your readers in, giving them goosebumps, and make them want to keep on reading. Great language makes readers take what you've said very seriously.
Example: Jack stepped over the threshold of his grandmother's kitchen and inhaled. Chocolate cake. His stomach rumbled. He walked to the counter, mouth watering, and took a? rose-pattered china plate from the cabinet and a bread knife from the drawer. The slice he sawed off was enough for three. The first bite of rich vanilla buttercream made his jaw ache. Before he knew it, nothing was left but chocolate crumbs scattered on the plate like confetti.
Teachers are always asking you to "dig deep" in your essay, but what does that really mean? Depth is the level at which you analyze the topic you are writing. The deeper you dive into your essay, the more poking and prodding at values, tensions, complexities, and assumptions you will do.
The word "analysis" in and of itself implies a certain level of depth. A good analysis will use reasoning and examples that are clear and adequately demonstrate the importance of the topic. Support may be relevant, but it may come across as overly general or simplistic. You will have scratched the surface of the topic, but you will not have explored as many of the complexities as you could have.
Let's take, for example, this question: "Should cyberbullying be stopped by the government?"
Example: Cyberbullying needs to be stopped in its tracksby the government because of the harm that it causes to the victim. Teenagers who have been bullied online have had to be treated for depression, have felt compelled to change schools, and some have even committed suicide. A person's life is too important not to intervene.
A great analysis of a topic is a thoughtful critique that demonstrates insight. It critiques assumptions and details not hinted at in just a good analysis. In the example above, the good analysis mentions the harm to a victim of bullying and names three things that could happen to him or her because of it, but doesn't get into other areas that might offer more insight like societal values, governmental control, effects rippling from one generation to the next, for example.
Example: Although cyberbullying needs to be stopped - the effects are to dire not to intervene - the government cannot be the entity to regulate speech online. The fiscal and personal costs would be staggering. Not only would citizens be forced to give up their First Amendment rights to free speech, they would have to relinquish their rights to privacy, as well. The government would be everywhere, becoming even more of a "big brother" than they are right now. Who would pay for such scrutiny? Citizens would pay with their freedom and their wallets.
Organization can quite literally make or break your essay. If a reader doesn't understand how you've gotten from point A to point B because none of your dots seem to connect, then he or she won't be compelled to read any further. And more importantly, he or she will not have listened to what you have had to say. And that's the biggest problem there is.
A standard five-paragraph essay structure is what most students use when they write essays. They start with an introductory paragraphending with a thesis sentence. They move on to body paragraph one with a topic sentence, and then proceed, with a few scattered transitions, to body paragraphs two and three. They round out their essay with a conclusion that neatly restates the thesis and ends with a question or a challenge. Sound about right? If this sounds like every essay you've ever written, then you can be sure you're not alone. It's a perfectly adequate structure for a basic essay.
Great organization tends to move beyond just simple supports and basic transitions. Ideas will progress logically and increase the arguments success. Transitions within and between paragraphs will strengthen the argument and heighten meaning. If you start out organizing your essay strategically, with room for analysis and counterarguments built in, your chances of building a great essay improve by quite a bit. And some students find it easier to get more in depth by writing a four-paragraph essay instead of five. You can engaged more with a particular topic in the body paragraphs if you knock out your weakest argument and focus instead on providing a deeper, more thoughtful analysis with just two.
If your goal is to move forward out of mediocrity, then spend some time learning the basics of great essay writing. After that, pick up your pencil or paper and practice. Nothing will prepare you better for your next essay then writing strategically-organized, well-analyzed, and carefully-worded paragraphs when the pressure isn't on.


Saying it was "stunned" by its mistake, the company will issue a software update to fix how it calculates signal strength on its iPhones. So does that settle things, really?
Apple now blames reception issuesthat many new iPhone 4 customers are experiencing on a software miscalculation rather than on hardware design. But will a software update really fix the problems that many customers are reporting?
I'm not sure I am buying Apple's explanation.
Since the iPhone 4 launched last week, thousands of consumers have complained that when gripping the phone around the lower left-hand corner of the device, the signal degrades or calls are dropped. Apple acknowledged the problem, and explained that customers were simply covering up the antenna with their hand. CEO Steve Jobs told consumers the best way to fix the issue is to hold the phone differently. His other piece of advice: Buy a $29 rubber bumper to put around the phone so you don't cover up the antenna.
Now the company says its engineers have made a "stunning" discovery. People may be finding that their reception is poor and that calls are being dropped not only because they're holding the phone wrong, but also because they think they have a better signal than they actually do. In the statement, Apple says that it had made a mistake in the formula that calculates the number of bars that display the signal strength on all of its iPhones.
"We were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong," it said in a statement. "Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength. For example, we sometimes display 4 bars when we should be displaying as few as 2 bars. Users observing a drop of several bars when they grip their iPhone in a certain way are most likely in an area with very weak signal strength, but they don't know it because we are erroneously displaying 4 or 5 bars. Their big drop in bars is because their high bars were never real in the first place."
"We were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong."
Apple said that a fix, which will correct the issue not just for iPhone 4 phones, but also 3GS and 3G iPhones, will be available within a few weeks.
But hold on a second. How exactly will this ensure that the new iPhone 4 doesn't drop a call? The answer is that it probably won't.
"If the only thing that Apple is changing in this software fix is how the bars are calculated, then this is simply a pacifier for people who like to watch bars," said Spencer Webb, president of AntennaSys, an antenna design firm. "And signal 'bar watching' is a dangerous way to draw technical conclusions about a phone's reception."
Indeed, the bars that one sees displayed on any cell phone can be misleading. This is not just an issue for the iPhone, but for all cell phones, Webb explains.
Cell phones are usually within range of multiple cell sites. Cell towers in these areas are constantly pinging devices and handing off signals. So it's difficult to truly assess the strength of a signal simply from the bars displayed on the phone. There are also other issues to consider when talking about reception, such as how crowded the network is.
Any of these factors can cause a call to be dropped. And when customers are talking about low signal strength and poor reception, dropped calls is what they are really talking about. If the signal is weak and the call stays connected, no one cares or notices (except that a weak signal will also run down the battery on the phone faster).
Customers look to the bars on their phone to help them gauge the likelihood that they can make the call and keep the call going.
So Apple's explanation--that it is changing the way it calculates the bars--is somewhat misleading. If calls are being dropped, then rejiggering the calculations for the display will not change the outcome of that event.
This leads us to the real problem, which is that the iPhone 4 may be more sensitive to antenna disruption than other phones.
Apple has acknowledged that covering the little line on the outside of the iPhone 4 can disrupt calls. Numerous tests have been done, and here at CNET we've replicated the results of these tests.
In Apple's defense, covering up the antenna of any cellular device could degrade the quality of the signal and ultimately lead to dropped calls. In the olden days, when people walked around with big brick phones, the antennas stuck out of the top. Even early flip phones had antennas that could slide up. As aesthetic tastes have changed, antennas have disappeared from view.
"If the only thing that Apple is changing in this software fix is how the bars are calculated than this simply a pacifier for people who like to watch bars."
But cell phones are wireless devices, and all wireless devices need antennas. The problem with making the devices slick and cool-looking is that people don't know where the antenna is, and they inadvertently cover them up.
Apple itself has tried to explain this fact. But it also acknowledged that some users are complaining that the iPhone is more sensitive to antenna's being blocked than other devices.
"To start with, gripping almost any mobile phone in certain ways will reduce its reception by 1 or more bars. This is true of iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, as well as many Droid, Nokia and RIM phones. But some users have reported that iPhone 4 can drop 4 or 5 bars when tightly held in a way which covers the black strip in the lower left corner of the metal band," the company says in the statement. "This is a far bigger drop than normal, and as a result some have accused the iPhone 4 of having a faulty antenna design."
Webb believes that Apple is right to inform customers that they should avoid holding their phones in such a way as to block the antenna.
"This design appears to be more sensitive to the human hand contact than other designs," he said. "But I wouldn't necessarily call this a design flaw. Apple went for a cool design to get the phone as thin as possible. And they took a risk. But it's not something that can't be easily dealt with."
Some testing of the iPhone 4 even suggests that the new antenna has actually improved reception of the device over previous versions of the device. The Web site AnandTech tested the iPhone 4 and the Google Android Nexus One as they were held in different positions: gripping it tightly, holding it with an open palm, resting it on a table, and so on.
What the testers found is that each of the phones exhibited some attenuation when in different positions. But it appears the iPhone was more sensitive and signal strength varied more than other phones when held in different positions.
What's interesting about the results of these tests is that the iPhone 4 actually performed better in low-signal situations than either the Nexus One or the iPhone 3GS. But connectivity is affected when the phone is held in different positions.
"I can honestly say that I've never held onto so many calls and data simultaneously on 1 bar at -113 dBm as I have with the iPhone 4, so it's readily apparent that the new baseband hardware is much more sensitive compared to what was in the 3GS," AnandTech says in its blog. "The difference is that reception is massively better on the iPhone 4 in actual use."
So what does this mean for iPhone 4 customers? Steve Jobs original advice still stands. Just hold the phone differently. The software upgrade won't likely fix the problem. But not covering up the antenna will.