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I have been trying to create more online traffic/purchases for my Scentsy business scentalot.scentsy.us Any suggestions?
I have had some new recruits and I am continuing to recruit.
We can check it out and maybe then offer suggestions.
I visited its site and its all about scented candles!
Have you try to use social media marketing? or done some SEO strategies to get more traffic/purchase you want?
The question I have is, why do you have such an obscure domain name. There is nothing in the name that indicates what it is that you are selling. That would be one of the first things - among many - that I would look at.
For today, let's focus on the home page of your website. Here's a portion of a checklist.
1 - Make the most of valuable real estate.
2 - Use quotes only if they support your marketing.
3 - Add a compelling, benefit-oriented headline.
5 - Clear and easy to follow.
Something basic and easy to remember.
Also, offer somewhere on the page for them to click to add a bookmark (a kind, gentle reminder to re-visit your page).
Those two things alone can really increase the traffic to your site. You'd be surprised how many sites are lost and forgotten from memory the moment the user leaves the site. If you have a hrd to remember url and they haven't added a bookmark, it is unlikely they will return.
I visited your site and its really nice. I would suggest traffic exchanges and mailers to promote your lovely site.
I wouldn't suggest buying traffic. That's like basically throwing money down the drain.
Sentalot, I notice you have not completed your profile (story) on your website. Multilevel marketing is all about relationships. People need to know you and know they can trust you - especially if you are recruiting them. Make it a success story if you can. and if you can get some testimonials from satisfied customers - and people in your downline - it will help both sales & recruiting. Are you promoting on Facebook and Twitter? If not start there. Next google "Attraction Marketing" & you will get all sorts of ideas (but watch out for "gurus" and other sharks out there). Good luck.
I don't think it should be out with the old and in with the new. This isn't what is meant by being flexible and keeping up with the times. If you're not careful, you could bite off way more than you could chew, leaving you worse off than if you didn't do any advertising at all.
What methods have you tried so far? Do you have an idea of what's working and what's a waste of time? Getting the answers is really just a matter of asking the right questions.
| 2019-04-19T15:09:05 |
https://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread/33011
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What happened to the methane of Mars? A strange secret is on Mars. Years ago scientists discovered traces of methane in the atmosphere of the planet. Now, the team collecting data from a satellite currently orbiting Mars has reported that the orbiter has found no evidence of methane in the atmosphere. The presence of methane is important because it is one of the basic elements of life, suggesting that the planet may once have been habitable.
Recently, a mission called ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) analyzed the atmosphere of Mars to see what gases, clouds and dust it contains, using an instrument called NOMAD (Nadir and Occultation for Mar's Discovery ) Spectrometer suite. In the recently released results, the NOMAD team confirmed that it had found no methane up to a highly sensitive level of detection of 50 parts per trillion and that it had made observations covering almost the entire atmosphere to the surface of the planet.
To add to the confusion, NASA's Curiosity Rover found methane on Mars earlier this year, though the results were not consistent over time: the rover found "seasonally fluctuating amounts" of the gas in the atmosphere , The leader of the methane-sensing instrument of Curiosity, dr. Chris Webster, told that he was certain the results would eventually be reconciled, as his team needed six months before discovering the methane peak as part of the planet's methane cycle. "I am confident that consistency will be achieved over time between the two datasets," he said.
It is believed that the cycle of methane on Mars originates from "microseeps" in the subsurface of the planet, where small amounts of gases seep through the rock. It is believed that due to living or geological sources, the methane comes from within the planet and does not come from outside the planet. This hypothesis is supported by data from the Trace Gas Orbiter, which shows that no methane is falling through the atmosphere.
| 2019-04-24T22:09:32 |
https://newsbeezer.com/mars-disappearing-methane-puzzles-scientists/
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What makes a strategy game good?
[INDENT] Well, my main question is pretty much exactly what the topic says, but I'll give you a quick explanation of why I'm asking first. If you don't care, just skip ahead to the questions below. I'm asking this because I've got a project in school, and my group decided to design a game. What we're thinking is a TURN-BASED (people tend to miss that part) strategy game, with some elements of a RPG, such as soldiers gaining experience from battles. I'm not going to share the details, as I don't want it to influence your comments, but we've got a pretty good idea of we want the game to be like. Now we want to know what others like too.
Now, to the questions. You don't have to answer every question, or any of them, as long as you try to keep your comments relevant. We just want to know what people like, and these questions are just examples of information we'd find interesting.
* What do you like in your strategy games?
* What is your favorite strategy game? What do you like about it? What do you dislike about it?
* Are there any features or aspects of a game which you've thought was great, or awful?
* Do you prefer strategy games which are realistic, or do you prefer strategy games which include fantasy races and magic?
Any comments you have on this would be appreciated as long as it is relevant.
iMogwai;5394237What is your favorite strategy game?[/QUOTE] Command & Conquer. The first one. It's real time, not turn-based, though.
iMogwai;5394237What do you like about it?[/QUOTE] Almost everything. It's completely outdated for today's standards, but I would love to play it again anyway. [QUOTE=iMogwai;5394237]What do you dislike about it?
Some missions are (or should I say were) quite hard to complete, especially NOD missions. [QUOTE=iMogwai;5394237]Are there any features or aspects of a game which you've thought was great, or awful?
Great soundtrack and nice cutscenes made with live actors.
[QUOTE=iMogwai;5394237]Do you prefer strategy games which are realistic, or do you prefer strategy games which include fantasy races and magic?
iMogwai;5394237[B]Now, to the questions. You don't have to answer every question, or any of them, as long as you try to keep your comments relevant. We just want to know what people like, and these questions are just examples of information we'd find interesting.
1. Decent graphics, mod support, leveling and upgrade system, multiplayer capabilities.
2. Star Wars Empire at War (along with the addon). It's a fun game, still has a good community playing online and cranking out mod. I'm also a big Star Wars fan. =p I don't exactly like how repetitive the game can get, though, and needs more available stuff.
3. Multiplayer, multiplayer, multiplayer! That's what gaming is all about these days.
4. Not magic. But sci-fi and realistic strategy (WWII type stuff) are my preferred type.
1. Development. Especially if you are talking about turn based. I like to start off weak and expand my empire military AND diplomatically.
2. Rome Total War if I HAD to pick, I'm only taking turn based into account for your benefit :). I like the idea of many different factions(opponents) and especially how you have 2 views to the game. An empire overview where you build your citites etc and a battle mode where you fight it out yourself. Much like SW empire at War.
3. Attention to detail and a wide range of units to command. I like variety.
I like imperial games where I get to conquer everything and build a badass empire... Rome Total War fits under that category. I do like a degree of realism though, which is why I mod my games a little bit.
My favourite strategy game had to be Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings, plus its expansion. I really enjoy the EaW series, has a strong (but violent...) community and tons of mods.
iMogwai;5394237 [INDENT]* What do you like in your strategy games? [COLOR=orange]Intense action & good realism.[/COLOR] * What is your favorite strategy game? What do you like about it? What do you dislike about it? [COLOR=orange]Star Wars: Empire at War/Battles can get intense at times and outside of battles, building bases on multiple areas is pretty nice. There's also a nice multiplayer and story. Being able to mod the game is also a lovely feature./Things aren't sized very well.[/COLOR] * Are there any features or aspects of a game which you've thought was great, or awful? [COLOR=orange]Not gonna bother to answer this one.[/COLOR] * Do you prefer strategy games which are realistic, or do you prefer strategy games which include fantasy races and magic? [COLOR=orange]I prefer realistic, or fantasy in a Star Wars or futuristic space battling times kind of sense, with advanced technology and stuff.[/COLOR] [/INDENT][/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Schofield;5396734]I really enjoy the EaW series, has a strong (but violent...) community and tons of mods.
iMogwai;5394237What makes a strategy game good? [INDENT] Well, my main question is pretty much exactly what the topic says, but I'll give you a quick explanation of why I'm asking first. If you don't care, just skip ahead to the questions below. I'm asking this because I've got a project in school, and my group decided to design a game. What we're thinking is a TURN-BASED (people tend to miss that part) strategy game, with some elements of a RPG, such as soldiers gaining experience from battles. I'm not going to share the details, as I don't want it to influence your comments, but we've got a pretty good idea of we want the game to be like. Now we want to know what others like too.
Definitely a large variety of units, and faction/race specific too, not similar units but different designs. Graphics also play a small to big factor, if the strategy game isn't all that great, at the very least with great graphics it gives off that intense awesome vibe which may pull people back in. Realism is a good plus, but not full realism. Also balancing, very important.... especially if you're going to make a multiplayer strategy game.
Men of War, for same reasons on top. Large variety of country specific tanks and support. Graphics are top notch makes you feel like you're in the battlefield. Realism behind the tank rigs.
Tank hardpoints... Overheating engines with molotovs, destroying tracks, turrets etc. In a strategy game its pretty great, plus you get to repair tanks and refill the crew with infantry so you get a new tank. Bad side was requisition points, I'm not much of a patient player, sometimes its just too painful to wait for points just to get 1 tank.
I'm okay with both, as long as the reasons above are satisfied. But there aren't many successful fantasy strategy games... Most of them are usually restricted 1 way or another.
You mentioned you are going to make a turn-based strategy game, then I think you definitely need a large variety of units... Turn-based strategy games in today's society is not really liked because of its slow-paced gameplay, plus if you have only a handful of units, people are going to get bored.
There is already a turn-based strategy game out there thats pretty good. The Disciples series. Still not much people know about Disciples.
I think the most important thing is depth; ideally, a TBS should be one of those games that is easy to learn, but hard to master. It should also have proper strategies; you should be able to do a lot of the things that would come naturally in terms of strategies and be rewarded for doing those things with actual results in some way; like cover should offer protection against fire, and if you want to attack someone hiding behind a wall you can destroy the wall, etc.
Favourite strategy games would probably be World in Conflict and Rome: Total War. I like the scale and idea of WiC, but I tend to prefer the kind of scale that RTW offers; big battles with thousands of individual units.
Detail is important; attacking something from behind is more beneficial than from in front, being able to preferentially target certain unit types with other certain unit types that they're effective against, etc.
Both are good if you do them well; it just so happens that all of the best RTS' I've played (notable exception being DoW, kinda) are based on historical periods, i.e. reality.
A question: Are you going to be just designing the game, or will you be making it as well?
| 2019-04-25T04:59:29 |
https://www.gamefront.com/forums/gaming-modding/what-makes-a-strategy-game-good
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The cassette tape head is the part of the tape transport mechanism that's responsible for 'reading' the information off of the magnetic tape. 'Reading' may be a bit misleading. It's not like a laser pickup in an optical media device (CD/DVD/Blu-ray...). The audio is stored as varied levels of magnetic density on the particles of magnetic material on the surface of the tape. The 'head' in cassette tape player converts the fluctuations in the magnetic field (on the tape) into an electrical A.C. waveform. The output is at a VERY low voltage. A preamp equalizer is the first circuit after the head. This is not the type of equalizer that you'd have in or under your head unit. It's a specialized preamp that changes the level of various parts of the audio spectrum to allow the tape player to produce a relatively flat frequency response. If a sine wave sweep (from 20-20,000hertz) was accurately recorded onto a cassette tape, the audio head would not be able to accurately reproduce the correct voltage level across the sweep of frequencies (especially at the lower frequencies). The equalizer circuit is employed to 'flatten' the response of the audio output and therefore produce a more accurate output. The same thing is true for magnetic cartridges for playback of vinyl LPs*.
The following image is the playback head from a budget cassette player. This is as simple as a stereo tape head gets. This head doesn't even have a tape guide.
This next head is a bit more complex. Cassette machines that can record have at least two heads. The first head erases the tape just before the second head records the new material. For a machine with only two heads, you have to record the material, rewind it and then play it to know how the recording sounds. For 3-head decks, the playback head is just after the record head. This allows you to listen to the tape as it's being recorded (with a fraction of a second delay) so that you can adjust the levels or other settings to get the best possible recording. This head is from a 3-head deck (Pioneer CT-F800).
In a previous section, it was stated that an 'autoreverse' tape deck could play both sides of a tape without manually flipping the cassette. On a standard stereo cassette tape, there are 4 tracks of audio. Each 'side' of the tape has a left and a right channel. A typical stereo tape head has 4 individual magnetic pickups. Each pickup basically consists of a magnetically conductive material wrapped by a coil of wire. The wires of the coil are connected to terminals on the back of the head. The diagram below shows the parts of a typical audio head.
The tape guides keep the tape properly positioned over the head.The mounting tabs are obviously used for mounting the head. Sometimes the mounting system will include a spring under the head. When there is a spring under the head, the mounting screws will also be used to align the tape head azimuth. Many car tape transports are made of stamped steel parts which may have a significant amount of variation from one piece to another. The azimuth adjustment is required to make sure the head is properly aligned with the tracks on the tape.
| 2019-04-24T16:11:44 |
http://www.bcae1.com/tapehead.htm
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That Islamic challenge consists of two components: on the one hand, an indigenous population's withering Christian faith, inadequate birthrate, and cultural diffidence, and on the other an influx of devout, prolific, and culturally assertive Muslim immigrants. This fast-moving situation raises profound questions about Europe: Will it retain its historic civilization or become a majority-Muslim continent living under Islamic law (the Shari'a)?
The PVV is libertarian and mainstream conservative, without roots in neo-Fascism, nativism, conspiricism, antisemitism, or other forms of extremism. (Wilders publicly emulates Ronald Reagan.) Indicative of this moderation is Wilders's long-standing affection for Israel that includes two years' residence in the Jewish state, dozens of visits, and his advocating the transfer of the Dutch embassy to Jerusalem.
Finally, the PVV benefits from the fact that, uniquely in Europe, the Dutch are receptive to a non-nativist rejection of Shari'a. This first became apparent a decade ago, when Pim Fortuyn, a left-leaning former-Communist homosexual professor began arguing that his values and lifestyle were irrevocably threatened by the Shari'a. Fortuyn anticipated Wilders in founding his own political party and calling for a halt to Muslim immigration to the Netherlands. Following Fortuyn's 2002 assassination by a leftist, Wilders effectively inherited his mantle and his constituency.
Wilders must also overcome his opponents' dirty tactics. Most notably, they have finally, after two and a half years of preliminary skirmishes, succeeded in dragging him to court on charges of hate speech and incitement to hatred. The public prosecutor's case against Wilders opens in Amsterdam on January 20; if convicted, Wilders faces a fine of up to $14,000 or as many as 16 months in jail.
Although I disagree with Wilders about Islam (I respect the religion but fight Islamists with all I have), we stand shoulder-to-shoulder against the lawsuit. I reject the criminalization of political differences, particularly attempts to thwart a grassroots political movement via the courts. Accordingly, the Middle East Forum's Legal Project has worked on Wilders's behalf, raising substantial funds for his defense and helping in other ways. We do so convinced of the paramount importance of talking freely in public during time of war about the nature of the enemy.
Ironically, were Wilders fined or jailed, it would probably improve his chances to become prime minister. But principle outweighs political tactics here. He represents all Westerners who cherish their civilization. The outcome of his trial and his freedom to speak have implications for us all.
— Daniel Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum and Taube distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. © 2010 by Daniel Pipes. All rights reserved.
| 2019-04-23T06:44:17 |
http://www.legal-project.org/598/why-i-stand-with-geert-wilders
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A Prize giving ceremony Paragraph: A prize-giving day is a day of great joy and enthusiasm to the students and the teachers of a school. On this occasion the school wears a festive look. On this day prizes are given to the students for their good results, attendance and their conducts, and for their special performance in various games and sports. Almost every school organises a prize day to distribute prizes among the students.
The last prize-giving ceremony of our school was held on the 25th February, 2015 in a befitting manner. The school was tastefully decorated with coloured papers, green leaves, flags and festoons and flowers. A big pandal was erected to hold the programme. A nicely carpeted platform was also made for sitting the chief guest, the president of the function and some distinguished guests. The prizes and the medals were arranged on a nicely decorated table. The chief guest’s chair and table were beautifully adorned with colourful flowers. The function was presided over by our Headteacher.
The Honourable Education Minister was the Chief Guest at the function. When he arrived at the function, the Headteacher, some senior teachers and local elites welcomed him with bouquets of flowers. The guardians and the elites of the locality also attended the programme. The volunteers with their distinctive badges were all attention to the guests.
The function began just at 10 a.m. with a recitation from the holy Quran. Then our national song was sung by some of the students. After that our Headteacher read out the annual report of the school describing the gradual progress of the school. Then the main ceremony began. The Headteacher called each recipient by name and the chief guest gave away the prizes to the winners. The winners of the awards were vigorously cheered by all. Then the chief guest delivered a short but instructive speech. He congratulated all the participants, the teachers and the students.
After that a cultural programme was arranged by the students. Some songs and recitations were performed by the students. A one-act play was also staged. All these were highly applaused by the audience.
The function came to an end with a thanks-giving speech of our Headteacher. It was quite an enjoyable day. The memory of the day is still fresh in my mind.
| 2019-04-18T21:11:26 |
https://lekhapora.org/essay-on-the-prize-giving-ceremony/
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MERS outbreak: Does Middle East Respiratory Syndrome pose risk to Ramadan pilgrims?
Around 20,000 Muslim pilgrims from the UK are expected to travel to Saudi Arabia during the Ramadan and Hajj periods. Although any large gathering raises alarm bells for public health authorities, the recent outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome has sparked concerns for some travellers.
MERS was first reported in 2012 in Saudi, and has caused over 400 deaths since it was discovered. In recent weeks, the focus has shifted from the Middle East to South Korea, where officials have confirmed the largest outbreak of the disease outside of Saudi. There have been 95 confirmed cases and seven deaths and more than 2,800 people are under quarantine in homes, health facilities and schools.
So does MERS, caused by a coronavirus from the same family as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome which killed over 700 people during the 2003 outbreak, still pose a risk to pilgrims travelling to Saudi?
Public Health England on Tuesday released a statement which said the risk to UK travellers remains very low, but has warned against travel for the elderly, those with chronic diseases and pregnant women. Yet PHE said cases reported from Saudi continue to increase. As of the end of May, there have been 1,149 confirmed cases and 431 deaths, mainly among Saudi residents.
Alimuddin Zumla, professor of infectious diseases and international health at University College London, said good control measures significantly reduced the chances of infection.
"With the Ramadan and Hajj periods coming soon, 20,000 British pilgrims and one million from 182 countries will be visiting Saudi Arabia," he said. "There is no major risk to travellers since there have been over a million pilgrims who have visited Saudi Arabia this year on mini-visits and none have acquired the illness. They have an excellent command and control centre with decades of experience in handling global infectious diseases threats."
Zumla warned that health systems should be vigilant with regards to MERS and implement infection control measures. "All health systems including the NHS should be vigilant and raise awareness of MERS at all points of healthcare and if any case is admitted they should emphasise infection control measures when admitting a patient. The South Korea outbreak shows how cases can transmit to others if these are not followed."
According to the World Health Organisation, MERS is not easily passed between humans. Yet in a recent commentary in the Lancet, Zumla warned that as with other coronaviruses, MERS is prone to mutations and can acquire an enhanced ability to be transmitted to human beings and between human beings.
Such mutations could increase the risk of a pandemic, especially as several million pilgrims travel to Saudi from various continents throughout the year. With this in mind, Zumla said a global response group needs to be formed for tackling all infectious disease threats.
David Heymann, professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said MERS is a nosocomial infection – an infection whose development is favoured by a hospital environment.
"As far as we know the major means of transmission is hospital infection. Usually the disease is spread on the hands of health workers who don't wash their hands or use sterilised equipment," Heymann said. "If you're in an airplane sitting by someone [with MERS] and you are debilitated you could be at risk, but it isn't something that could get into the system of the airplane and spread throughout."
Many Muslims observing the holy Islamic month from 18 June will undertake a 30-day fast, broken after sunset. Fasting poses no greater risk of infection as eating at the end of the day protects the body from malnutrition.
"During Ramadan fasting practices people break their fast every day so I don't think they become malnourished in any way, so I don't think it would be a problem," he said. "If people were fasting for five days in a row there might be some problems."
| 2019-04-19T20:47:15 |
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mers-outbreak-does-middle-east-respiratory-syndrome-pose-risk-ramadan-pilgrims-1505198
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Special characters in VDEX vocabularies?
One of the changes was putting an ‘ instead of ‘ somewhere, so that was a clue... Removing everything that began with & from the vocabulary helped.
Suppose you have several types (for example, event types like 'Birthday','Wedding','Graduation') in your portal which implement the same interface (for example, IIsCauseForCelebration), and you want to get items of these types from the catalog.
This has the additional advantage that if products added or modified later add types which implement the interface, these new types will also show up in your query.
Trying to set a default value (via the default_method tagged value in UML) on a reference field, and wondering why it didn't work, i ran into this discussion, and i found this post in the plone issue tracker, marking it as a requested enhancement. It seems that setting a default method for a ReferenceField not yet possible.
Why does user.hasRole('Manager') always return True?
I wouldn't know, but this may be a clue.
Bottom line: If you want to check for a user's roles from TAL, use "user.has_role()", not "user.hasRole()".
checks for roles on current context.
Why doesn't Plone index my pdf/doc/xls attachments, or why aren't they shown in the search results?
Because the file transform isn't registered in Portal Transforms. To add a pdf to text converter: Go to portal_transforms, click 'Add' (Transform), give it an id of 'pdf_to_text' and Module 'Products.PortalTransforms.transforms.pdf_to_text'. This step may be required when converters weren't available on the system during the Zope installation.
| 2019-04-26T11:53:46 |
http://keeshink.blogspot.com/2008/10/
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I've come to the understanding that arguments are of reason but faith is of the heart. One can be helped to be persuaded to believe through the exercise of reason, but the ultimate decision to believe is a matter of the heart.
Christianity is a faith, not a philosophy. Definitions to an undifinable God can lead to much frustration. If we break it into a mere philosophy, we kill what the faith is. Ours is not a legalistic, rule infested, one step out of line and you're bleeped off the face of the earth religion. Ours is not just a set of supppsed theories tht possibly might work, but that we can choose to ignore and suffer no consequences. Ours is something to be believed with all you can and know it is the truth because your heart and soul longs for it. We believe that we are brought into being because God said so. We believe that we have the Ressuraction and Eternal Life becaus if what He did. We trust in what God says because time and time again, He has proven Himself, and His people have also in His name. We believe in love because God is Love. We know what he demands of us will lead us to theosis because of the fruit that was born of his statutes.
What God has revealed of Hismself is sufficent for us now. If he were to show his fullness to us, we would die (again, because He said so). That itself should be truth enough of His love. We live.
As for human logic being flawed, remember, God prefects us through our imperfections. Our grumbles can be changed into gold. But we must rely on Him and trust.
There is one question I would like answered: Is the Orthodox Church more fideistic or evidentialistic in its thought?
Is the Orthodox Church more fideistic or evidentialistic in its thought?
People are always opposing these things. Why? Scripture doesn't. Tradition doesn't. Not to the degree that people do today anyway. And if they do oppose them, it is not to base one's entire theology around the difference/distniction, but if it is touched upon it is only as a side note. An example of this is how the Church Fathers discussed God working at different times (dispensations) with different peoples in different ways; nowadays certain people create their entire theology around dispensationalism. I suppose I can add Faith vs. Evidence to that list, though it has some links with a few of the others.
1Cr 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
1Cr 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
1Cr 1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
1Cr 1:20 Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1Cr 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
1Cr 1:24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
1Cr 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Please explain why you are quoting this.
It is used rather often to explain the superiority of divine faith over human reason.
Please Matthew, be more careful with yout terms and distinctions. (I know I need to be more careful myself!) "Evidence" (which is what you asked about) is not the same as "human reasoning," as your latest two posts imply. Evidence can be objectively true when it comes to theology; human reasoning is always open to inaccuracy. You did not ask about the human reasoning of Paradosis or Anastasios, rather you asked what the Orthodox Church--the theanthropic body of Christ--thought. And evidence can also be factually and objectively true when it is the Church weighing it (since Christ is the head, and the Holy Spirit leads us into all truth). Of course human reason is always flawed and faith is superior, * but your original post did not ask about human reasoning. What you did was try and put the concept of evidence against the concept of faith, asking which the Church was more like (or used more) in it's thought. If you had asked "Is the Orthodox Church more fideistic or more focused on human reason in its thought?" or if you had more precisely asked "Are Orthodox Christians more fideistic or more focused on human reasoning?" then I would of course have answered that faith trumps our own human reasoning. But that is not what you asked about. So, to sum up, in your original question (as you phrased it) you asked about 1)evidence and 2) the Church, but now you have changed terms midstream and are talking about 1) human reasoning and 2) we as indviduals. Those are two completely different discussions. Therefore, I await a rebuttal of anything I've posted on this thread.
*This is not to say that human experience is inferior to faith, that's a whole other discussion.
--EDIT -- Correction, I think it would be best if I just left all these conversations... . . May the Lord shine a light on your path, and may he save me from my own pride.
Evidentialism implies that it is not warranted to have a full religious belief unless there is conclusive evidence for it while fideism is the belief based on faith, despite what lack of evidence there may be.
I have come to the understanding that history cannot prove theology.
Hindus believe that Christ was an avatar of Vishnu. If that were true, then all the miracles of Christ could have happened just as recorded.
However, why do I believe that Christ is the Son of Yahweh and not the incarnation of a Hindu God? The faith of the Church and my own personal faith.
If the deity of Christ as we know it were a verifiable fact, then there would be little difference between believing the Christian faith and believing the equation 2+2=4.
Evidentialism implies that it is not warranted to have a full religious belief unless there is conclusive evidence for it while fideism is the belief based on faith, despite a lack of evidence.
I have come to the understanding the history cannot prove theology. If the deity of Christ were a verifiable fact, then there would be little difference between believing the Christian faith and believing the equation 2+2=4.
I didn't really read paragraph #1 but paragraph #2 is actually spot on. Read the Way to Nicaea by Fr John Behr for more on this.
"Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God."
"It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason."
Reply to the above thread.
I am not a great philosopher, though of course I have pondered the meaning of life, etc.
be able to be dissected and explained. I am a theologian, and I knew the Bible as a Protestant very well.
the Dormition of Theothokos came up. And I was lost. There was no way I could reconcile it to being a Christian.
But I continued to attend Holy Liturgy with my wife, who was a Catacumen and who had a date for her Chrismation.
proud because you think you know everything. You don't!"
And right there I realised I had to bridge the gulf between Proof and Faith. And I was converted on the spot!
I had all the book knowledge, the writings of the Early Fathers, the Canons and the Seven Ecumenical councils.
Spirit all these centuries, who was I to question them?
Church believes, praying the prayers in the prayerbook, because the Church believes. Living a Christ centred life, because the church believes, dying to self, because the Church believes.
United we stand, and the gates of Hell can not prevail aginst us. Divided we fall, and are lost.
Treat others as you would like to be treated!
I'm really digging Pascal's philosophy of faith: Reason is of the mind but faith is of the heart.
That's wonderful. When you're done playing armchair philosopher you are welcome to join us in the real world.
What do you not like about Pascal?
The reason acts slowly, with so many examinations, and on so many principles, which must be always present, that at every hour it falls asleep, or wanders, through want of having all its principles present. Feeling does not act thus; it acts in a moment, and is always ready to act. We must then put our faith in feeling; otherwise it will be always vacillating.
We know truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart, and it is in this last way that we know first principles; and reason, which has no part in it, tries in vain to impugn them. The sceptics, who have only this for their object, labour to no purpose. We know that we do not dream, and however impossible it is for us to prove it by reason, this inability demonstrates only the weakness of our reason, but not, as they affirm, the uncertainty of all our knowledge. For the knowledge of first principles, as space, time, motion, number, is as sure as any of those which we get from reasoning. And reason must trust these intuitions of the heart, and must base on them every argument. (We have intuitive knowledge of the tri-dimensional nature of space, and of the infinity of number, and reason then shows that there are two square numbers one of which is double of the other. Principles are intuited, propositions are inferred, all with certainty, though in different ways.) And it is as useless and absurd for reason to demand from the heart proofs of her first principles, before admitting them, as it would be for the heart to demand from reason an intuition of all demonstrated propositions before accepting them.
This inability ought, then, to serve only to humble reason, which would judge all, but not to impugn our certainty, as if only reason were capable of instructing us. Would to God, on the contrary, that we had never need of it, and that we knew everything by instinct and intuition! But nature has refused us this boon. On the contrary, she has given us but very little knowledge of this kind; and all the rest can be acquired only by reasoning.
Therefore, those to whom God has imparted religion by intuition are very fortunate, and justly convinced. But to those who do not have it, we can give it only by reasoning, waiting for God to give them spiritual insight, without which faith is only human, and useless for salvation.
The characterof a man's knowledge depends on the disposition, nature, and condition of his organs of understanding. At all levels knowledge depends intrinsically on the means of understanding. Man does not make truth; the act of understanding is an act of making one's own a truth which is already objectively given. This integration has an organic character, not unlike that of the grafting of a slip onto a vine, or its life in and from the vine (cf. John 15:1-6). Understanding is, then, a fruit on the tree of the human person. As is the tree, so are its fruits, as ar the organs of understanding, so is the knowledge they engender.
Analyzing man by his empirical gifts, St. Isaac the Syrian finds that his organs of understanding are sick. "Evil is a sickness of soul," whence all the organs of understanding are made sick. Evil has its perceptions, the passions, and "the passions are illnesses of the soul. Evil and the passions are not natural to the soul; they are accidents, adventitious, and intrusive, an unnatural addition to the soul.
What are the passions in themselves? They are "a certain hardness or insensitivity of being." Their causes are to be found in the things of life themselves. The passions are the desire for wealth and amassing of goods, for ease and bodily comfort; they are thirst for honor and exercise of power; they are luxury and frivolity; they are the desire for glory from men and fear for one's own body. All these passions have one common name--"the world." "The world means carnal conduct and a carnal mind." The passions are the attacks of the world on man by means of the things of the world. Divine grace is the only power capable of repulsing them. When the passions make their home in man, they uproot his soul. They confuse the mind, filling it with fantastic forms, images, and desires, so that his thoughts are disturbed and filled with fantasy. "The world is a prostitute," which, by means of its soul-destroying desires, beguiles the soul, undermines its virtues, and destroys its God-given purity. Then, the soul, having itself bcome impure and a prostitute, gives birth to impure knowledge.
A feeble soul, a diseased intellect, a weakened heart and will--in brief, sick organs of understanding--can only engender, fashion, and produce sick thoughts, sick feelings, sick desires, and sick knoweldge.
St. Isaac gives a precise diagnosis of the sickness of the soul and of its organs of understanding, and just as clearly he gives the remedy, offering it categorically and with conviction. Since the passions are a sickness of the soul, the soul can only be healed by purification from the passions and from evil. The virtues are the health of the soul, as the passions are its sickness. The virtues are the remedies that progressively eliminate sickness from the soul and from the organs of understanding. This is a slow process, deamnding much effort and great patience.
The Soul is made drunk by the passions but can recover its health if it will use the virtues as the path to sobriety. The virtues, however, are woven through with sorrow and afflictions. St. Isaac says that every virtue is a cross, and even that sorrow and afflictions are the source of the virtues. He therefore expressly advocates a love of oppression and sorrow, so that by them a man may be freed from the things of this world and have a mind that is detached from the world's confusion. For man must first free himself from the material world in order to be born of God. Such is the economy of grace; such, too, is the economy of knowledge.
If a man resolves to treat and heal his soul, he must first apply himself to a careful examination of his whole being. He must learn to distinguish good from evil, the things of God fro those of the devil, for "discernment is the greatest of the virtues." The acquisition of the virtues is a progressive and organic process: one virtue follows another. One depends on the other; one is born of the other: "Every virtue is the mother of the next." Among the virtues there is not only an ontological order, but also a chronological one. The first among them is faith.
It is by the ascesis of faith that the treatment and cure of a soul which is sick with the passions is begun. Once faith begins to live in a man, the passions begin to be uprooted from his soul. But "until the soul becomes intoxicated with faith in God, until it comes to feel faith's power," it can neither be healed of the passions nor overcome the material world. There is both a negative side to the ascesis of faith, freedom from sinful matter, and a positive side, oneness with God.
The soul, which was dispersed by the senses among the things of this world, is brought back to itself by the ascesis of faith, by fasting from material things and by devoting itself to a constant remembrance of God. This is the foundation of all good things. Freedom from enslavement to sinful matter is essential for advancement in the spiritual life. The beginning of this new way of life is found in the concetration of one's thoughts on God, in incessant pondering on the words of God, and in a life of poverty.
...In the ascesis of faith, man is asked to act according to a pardox that denies understanding: "Be dead in your life, and you will live after death". By faith the mind is healed and acquires wisdom. The soul becomes wise when it stops "consorting shamelessly with promiscuous thoughts." "Love of the body is a sign of unbelief." Faith frees the intellect from the categories of the senses and sobers it by means of fasting, by pondering on God, and by vigils. Intemperance and a full stomach cloud the mind, distract it, and disperse it among fantasies and passions. The knowledge of God cannot be found in a body that loves pleasure. It is from the seed of fasting that the blade of a healthy understanding grows--and it is from satiety that debauchery comes, and impurity from excess.
...Shame and the fear of God steady the tumult of the mind; the lack of this shame and this fear disturb the balance of the understanding, making it fickle and unstable. The mind is only on a firm foundation if it keeps the Lord's commadnments and is ready to endure suffering and affliction. It is enslaved by the things of life, it is darkened. Collecting himself through faith, a man awakens his intellect towards God, and by prayerful silence cleanses his mind and overcomes the passions. The soul is restored to health by silence. It is therefore necessary to train oneself to silence--and this is a labor that brings sweetness to the heart. It is through silence that a man reaches peace from unwarranted thoughts.
Faith brings peace to the intellect and, in bringing it, uproots rebellious thoughts. Sin is the soruce of restlessness and strife in the thoughts and is also the source of man's struggle against heaven and with other men. "But at peace with yourself, and you will bring peace to heaven and to earth." Until faith appears, the intellect is dispersed among the things of this world; it is by faith that this fragmentation of the intellect is overcome. The wandering of the thoughts is provoked by the demon of harlotry, as it the wandering of the eyes by the spirit of uncleanness.
...The passions can only be overcome by the practice of the virtues, and every passion must be fought to the death. Faith is the first and chief weapon in the struggle with the passions, for faith is the light of the mind that drives away the darkness of the passions and the strength of the intellect that banishes sickness from the soul. Faith bears within itself not only its own principle and substance, but the principle and substance of all the other virtues--developing as they do one from the other and encircling one another like the annual rings of a tree. If faith can be said to have a language, that language is prayer.
It is by the ascesis of faith that a man conquers egotism, steps beyond the bounds of self, and enters into a new, transcendent reality which also transcends subjectivity. In this new reality new laws rule; what is the unknown depths of this new reality, the ascetic of faith is led and guided by prayer; he feels, thinks, and lives by prayer. Tracing this path of faith in the intellect of man, St. Isaac notes that the intellect is guarded and guided by prayer, every good thought being transformed by prayer into a pondering on God. But prayer is also a hard struggle, calling the whole person into action. Man crucifies himself in prayer, crucifying the passions and sinful thoughts that cling to his soul. "Prayer is the slaying of the carnal thoughts of man's fleshly life."
Patient Perseverance in prayer is for man a very hard ascesis, that of the denial of self. This is fundamental to the work of salvation. Prayer is the fount of salvation and it is by prayer that all the other virtues--and all good things--are acquired. This is why a man of prayer is assailed by monstrous temptations from which he is protected and saved only by prayer.
The surest guardian of the intellect is prayer. It drives away the clouds of the passions and illumines the intellect, bringing wisdom to the mind. Unceasing abiding in prayer is a true sign of perfection. Spiritual prayer turns into ecstasy in which are revealed the mysteries of the Holy Trinity, and the intellect enters that sphere of holy unknowing that is greater than knowledge. Begun thus by faith, the healing of the organs of human personality are pushed wider and wider, self-centeredness being progressively replaced by God-centeredness.
"Love is born of prayer," just as prayer is born of faith. The virtues are of one substance, and are thus born of one another. Love for God is a sign that the new reality into which a man is led by faith and prayer is far greater than tha which has gone before. Love for God and man is the work of prayer and faith; a true love for man is in fact impossible without faith and prayer.
By faith man changes worlds: he moves from the limited world to the limitless, where he lives no longer by the laws of the senses but by the laws of prayer and love. St. Isaac lays great emphasis on the conviction he came to through his ascetic experience: that love for GOd comes through prayer--"Love is the fruit of prayer." One can receive love from God through prayer and cannot in any way acquire it without the struggle of prayer. Since man comes to the knowledge of God through faith and prayer, it is strictly true that "love is born of knowledge".
...Love is of God, "for God is love" (1 John 4:8). "He who acquires love puts on with it God himself." God has no bounds, and love is therefore boundless and without limit, so that "he who loves by and in God loves all things equally and without distinction." St. Isaac says of such a man that he has achieved perfection. As an example of perfect love, St. Isaac quotes the wish of the holy Abba Agathon: "to find a leper and change bodies with him."
In the kingdom of love the antinomies of the mind disappear. The man who strives in love enjoys a foretaste of the harmony of Paradise in himself and in God's world around him, for he has been delivered from the hell of self-centeredness and has entered into the paradise of divine values and perfections. InSt. Isaac's words: "Paradise is the love of God, in which lies the sweetness of blessings." Hell is the absence of the love of God, and those tortured in hell are tortured by the whiplash of love. When a man acquires perfectly the love of God, he acquires perfection. St. Isaac therefore recommends: "For acquire love, which is the original form of man's contemplation of the Holy Trinity."
Freeing himself from the passions, man disengages himself step by step from tha self-absorption that characterizes humanism. He leaves the sphere of death-dealing anthropocentrism and enters the sphere of the Holy Trinity. Here he receives into his soul the divine peace, wherein the oppositions and contradictions that arise from the categories of time and space lose their death-dealing power, and where he can clearly perceive his virtory over sin and death.
Faith has its own thought-forms, having as it does its own way of life. A Christian not only lives by faith (2 Cor. 5:7) but also thinks by faith. Faith represents a new way of thinking, through which is effected all the work of knowing in the believing man. This new way of thinking is humility. Within the infinite reality of faith, the intellect abases itself before the ineffable mysteries of new life in the Holy Spirit. The pride of the intellect gives way to humility and modesty replaces presumption. The ascetic of faith protects all his thoughts through humility, and thereby also ensures for himself the knowledge of eternal truth.
Humility is a mysterious, divine power which is given only to the saints, to those who are perfected in the virtues, and it is given by grace. It "contains all things within itself." By the grace of the Holy Spirit "the mysteries are revealed to the humble, and it is these humble ones who are thereby perfect in wisdom. "The humble man is the fount of the mysteries of the new age."
...When turned towards the world, a humble man reveals the whole of his personality through humility, imitating in this God incarnate. "Just as the soul is unknown and invisible to bodily sight, so a humble man is unknown among men." He not only seeks to be unnoticed by men but to be as utterly recollected within himself as is possible, becoming "as one who does not exist on earth, who has not yet come into beign, and who is utterly unknown even to his own soul." A humble man belittles himself before all men, but God therefore glorifies him, for "where humility blossoms, there God's glory sprouts abundantly," and the plant of the soul produces an imperishable flower.
The person of Christ the God-man presents in itself the ideal image of human personality and knowledge. The person of Christ of itself traces and defines the path of a Christian's life in every way. In Him is found the most perfect realization of the mystical union of God and man, while at the same time He reveals both God's work in man and man's in God.
God and man working together is the basic indication of Christian activity in the world. Man works with God and God with man (cf. 1 Cor. 3:9). Working within and around himself, the Christain gives himself entirely to ascesis, but he does this, and is able to do it, only through the ceaseless activity of the divine power that is grace. For the Christian no thought, no feeling, no action can come from the Gospel without the help of God's grace, and it is from this mutual activity, or synergy, that Christian personality is born.
On every rung of the ladder of perfection, grace is essential to the Christian. A man can make no single evangelical virtue his own without the help and support of God's grace. Everything in Christianity is by grace and free will, for all is the common work of God and man. St. Isaac particularly stresses this common work of man's will and God's grace in the whole of a Christian's life. Grace opens a man's eyes to the discernment of good and evil. It strengthens the sense of God within him, opens the future to him and fills him with mystical light.
The more grace God gives to the man of faith, the more He reveals to him the abysses of evil in the world and in man. At the same time, He allows greater and greater temptations to assail him, that he may tesst the God-given power of grace and may feel and learn that it is only by the help of grace that he can overcome the ever more fearsome and scandalous temptations. For as soon as grace perceives that a man's soul is becoming self-sufficient, making him great in his own sight, it leaves him and lets temptations assail him until he becomes aware of his sickness and humbly takes refuge in God.
By working together in God's grace and his own will, a man grows in faith to perfect stature. This happens by degrees, for grace entres into the soul "little by little," being given before all else to the humble. The greater the humility, the greater the grace, and wisdom is contained within grace. "The humble are endowed with wisdom by grace."
Grace-filled wisdom gradually reveals the mysteries to the humble, one after the other, culminating in the mystery of suffering. The humble know why man suffers, for grace reveals to them the meaning of suffering. The greater the grace that a man has, the greater his grasp of the meaning and purpose of suffering and temptation. If he drives grace from him by sloth and love of sin, a man drives from himself the only means he has of finding meaning and justification for his sufferings and temptations.
By an unceasing renewal of self through a grace-filled asceticism, a man gradually drives sin and the passions from his whole being and from his organs of understanding, in this way healing them of these death-dealing illnesses... Especial care must be taken with the chief organ of understanding, the intellect, for it has a particularly important role in the realm of human personality... Fasting is... the chief means of purifying the intellect... It is through prayer that the intellect is refined and rendered clear... Transforming himself with the help of grace-filled ascetic effort, a man acquires purity of intellect and with this purified intellect "comes to see the mysteries of God."
Answer: The perception of eternal life.
Question: And what is eternal life?
Answer: To perceive all things in God. For love comes through understanding, and the knowledge of God is ruler over all desires. To the heart that receives this knowledge every delight that exists on earth is superfluous, for there is nothing that can compare with the delight of the knowledge of God.
...According to [St. Isaac], contemplation is the sense of divine mysteries hidden within things and events. Contemplation is found in the finest workings of the mind and in continual pondering on God. Its abode is unceasing prayer, and thus it illumines the spiritual part of the soul, the intellect... By the help of a good life lived in grace, the ascetic of faith ascends to contemplation... "After this there arises in him the sweetness of God and a burning love for God in his heart, a love that burns away the passions of both soul and body." ... Human nature is capable of true contemplation when it is cleansed from the passions by the exercize of the virtues.
St. Isaac's theory of knowledge is dominated by the conviction that the problem of knowledge is fundamentally a religious and an ethical one... One thing is certain: that knowledge, on all levels, depends on man's religious and moral state. The more perfect a man is from the religious and moral standpoint, the more perfect is his knowledge. Man has been made in such a way that knowledge and morality are always balanced within him.
In this theanthropic way of life and knowledge, there is nothing that is unreal, abstract, or hypothetical. here all is real with an irresistible reality, for all is based on experience... This reality has no bounds, for the person of Christ is limitless.
"Doubting Thomas required direct proof of the Resurrection. A blessed faith is one which trusts in the risen Christ without proof."
Christ is ever present in the world. We are to see Him in everyone. And to love everyone as he loved. Alot of people saw the miracles and heard the teachings, ad still didnt belive. Even with the proof right there in front of them. Even if Christ were to show himself now, there would be people who would reject Him because their hearts are hardened against Him. He does show himself to us in faith and in our lives. But we must look woth out hearts and all of our being, not just with brains and intelect, but in faith.
The pharasees saw. Didnt believe.
The saducees saw. Didnt beleive.
We must in faith follow so that when the time comes we might recognize him with all of out being. And it msut be in faith because there is no other way to love Him but in faith.
Of course faith is important, and really the center of the Life in Christ. But again, to say Christianity is "evidential" or "fideistic" or "mystical" or "ascetic" or whatever else, to the downplaing or exclusion of other things, is to go astray IMO. See this page for what I believe to be a more patristically sound view of the person of St. Thomas and that particular verse. The Scripture witnesses to the fact that all of the Apostles disbelieved after the Crucifixion of our Lord, and that they all needed proof of some type. So you can say that Christianity is about faith, but the bottom line is that even the Apostles wanted proof. Biblical and Patristic Christianity is about balance. It's only in the "enlightened" western Christianity that you need to dissect everything and create a hundred artificial distinctions so as to systemize everything for rationalistic consumption. Thus you need to box or corner the faith, and ask questions like "Well is it FAITH or EVIDENCE?" The idea that the answer might be both (and a whole lot more) just doesn't seem to register.
According to Paul, isn't the only evidence we need the uniqueness of the cross?
| 2019-04-22T18:51:40 |
http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php?topic=4949.msg66847
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The United Nations stated that at least 700 migrants have drowned last week in the Mediterranean Sea, as they were trying to reach Europe.
UNHCR spokeswoman, Carlotta Sami stated that 550 people went missing after a smuggler boat carrying 650-700 people capsized on Thursday and only 100 survived.
Earlier, 150 people died as other ships sank on Wednesday and Friday.
What is the European migration crisis?
The European migrant crisis started in 2015 when a large number of migrants and refugees began their journey to Europe to seek asylum.
The migrants travelled across the Mediterranean Sea or through the southeast Europe mostly from Africa, Western & South Asia, and Western Balkans.
According to the United Nations, the migrants were seeking asylum from war torn countries including Iraq and Syria.
In 2015, migrant arrivals in Greece surpassed Italy's; 137,000 migrants arrived in Europe during Jan-Jun'15 out of which 68,000 had arrived in Greece.
According to International Organization of Migrations and UNHCR, over one million migrants had arrived in Europe by 21 Dec'15—three to four times higher than in 2014.
IOM stated that 3,692 migrants had lost their lives in 2015 at sea.
On 27 Jan, 26 migrants including ten children, died when their boat capsized near Greece's Samos Island, the first deaths in the sea in 2016.
On 7 Feb, 27 migrants including 11 children, drowned in Turkey's Gulf of Edremit, only two miles away from the shore.
On 5 Mar, 25 migrants were left dead when their boat sank near the Turkish coast.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reported that in over one million Mediterranean Sea arrivals to Europe between Jan'15-Mar'16, 46.7% were Syrian, 20.9% Afghan, and 9.4% Iraqi.
UNHCR stated that and 58% of them were men, 17% were women, and 25% were children.
UNHCR also reported that death toll shot up to record levels in Apr'15, when five ships, carrying around 2,000 migrants sank.
The survivors of Thursday's disaster said that two ships were carrying migrants; the first ship had 500 migrants and the second had 700.
The second ship began sinking when the first ship's captain cut the rope connecting both the ships to avoid damage to his ship, which caused it to whiplash decapitating a woman.
They added that 40 children, including babies, had died.
Last week’s combined death toll was 700, the deadliest since the Apr’15 ship sinking. In Apr’15 around 700-800 people, locked in a ship, had drowned after their vessel collided with a merchant ship sent to their rescue.
Nearly 670 people were saved from boats in the Mediterranean Sea taking the week's total number of refugees rescued from to 13,000.
They were rescued from the sea to the south of the Italian island of Sicily.
The rescue operations were reportedly carried out by the Italian coast guard and naval ships with help from German and Irish ships and humanitarian organizations.
Officials rescued a migrant boat carrying 20 people off the coast of Kent, and also captured two British nationals who were suspected of trafficking the migrants.
Robert Stilwell, 33, from Dartford, and Mark Stribling, 35, from Farningham were arrested and produced before a court for smuggling migrants.
They charged with conspiring to facilitate the entry of non-EU nationals, and remanded in custody.
According to UN estimates based on survivor's accounts, over 880 migrants died in shipwrecks in the Mediterranean sea last week.
UNHCR spokesman William Spindler said this year was "particularly deadly" on the Mediterranean, with 2,510 lives lost in the same period as compared to last year.
He added that it was "shameful" that the EU had resettled fewer than 2,000 people this year.
The Libyan Red Crescent has confirmed that over 85 bodies of migrants who attempted to cross the Mediterranean sea washed ashore in the country.
Officials said that relief workers were recovering more bodies, including women and children, adding that the circumstances of their death are still unclear.
Due to poor weather conditions, no sea patrolling and rescue had been conducted this week.
Greek officials rescued over 340 migrants and 9 boats after one capsized south of the Greek island of Crete.
Officials said that though they recovered 7 bodies from the wreck, the boat was thought to be carrying over 700 refugees.
The Greek Coast Guard rushed 2 patrol boats and a helicopter, and at least 4 other ships joined in the rescue efforts.
President Pranab Mukherjee signed the Ordinance on NEET after seeking information from the Health Ministry to make a final decision on implementation of NEET.
| 2019-04-22T02:33:22 |
https://www.newsbytesapp.com/timeline/World/2148/13391/the-european-migrant-crisis
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General Information The first step is to gather as much information as you can about South Carolina's Released Time statute, what classes, if any, are being conducted, and how a Released Time program may address state educational objectives (e.g. self-esteem, values education). Determine who will make the decision whether to allow a program and make an appointment to see that person. If the principal refers you to the school board, you would be wise to meet individually with school board members before presenting the concept at a school board meeting.
Further, South Carolina also allows Released Time. S.C. Code Ann. § 59-1-460 (2012) permits a school board to adopt a policy allowing for religous instruction by a private institution providing that is conducted in entirety by private institutions.
South Carolina also allows high school to honor Released Time instruction as elective credit. S.C. Code Ann. § 59-39-112 (2012).
South Carolina recognizes Zorach v. Clauson, 343 U.S. 306 in its school manual as the standard for establishing a proper policy regarding Released Time for religious instruction. Released Time, therefore is allowed in South Carolina as long as it is treated merely as an excused absence granted by the local school board and not a part of the official public school program.
South Carolina recognizes Zorach v. Clauson, 343 U.S. 306, in its school manual as the standard for establishing a proper policy regarding Released Time for religious instruction. Released Time, therefore is allowed in South Carolina as long as it is treated merely as an excused absence granted by the local school board and not a part of the official public school program.
No more than two elective credits can be awarded for released time religious instruction.
instant case is a largely passive and administratively wise response to a plenitude of parental assertions of the right to direct the upbringing and education of children under their control. Smith, 523 F.2d at 125.
Thus public school cooperation with Released Time programs for religious instruction is constitutional and "administratively wise." Although this case was about a program in Virginia, it does have precedential weight in federal courts in South Carolina.
In Moss, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the South Carolina school district's practice of awarding academic credit through a religiously-affiliated private school, reiterating that Zorach is good law and holding that released time programs, and the academic credit received for them, is an accommodation of the parents' right to choose the type of education their child receives.
| 2019-04-24T18:12:57 |
https://www.releasedtime.org/stateinfo/8-states/72-state272a
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"Peter is near that school."
Why is ''us school ke paas Peter he'' wrong?
Like English prefers subject-verb-object constructions, Hindi prefers subject-object-verb constructions. Since 'Peter' is the subject of the sentence, the correct translation is पीटर उस स्कूल के पास है. That said, you can sometimes change word-order in spoken Hindi to place emphasis on different words. For instance, when asked who is standing near the school, you could say उस स्कूल के पास पीटर है to emphasise that it is Peter (and not anyone else) who is near the school.
Is there a difference between उस and वह? Could you use वह here?
उस is the indirect form of वह to be used in the oblique case (when it is the object of a postposition).
The noun phrase 'वह स्कूल ' in the sentence is followed by a postposition 'के'. This means it is in the oblique case. 'वह स्कूल ' becomes 'उस स्कूल' in the oblique case which is why the latter must be used.
What does oblique case refer to?
The 'case' of a word can be understood to be its form that is dependent on its position and function in a sentence. In practice, there are three main cases that a noun or noun phrase can be in.
i) Direct case - This is the 'simple' (or default) case in which the noun phrase appears most often.
iii) Oblique case - This is when the noun/noun phrase is the object of a postposition. For example, in the sentence "I went to my old school yesterday", the noun phrase "my old school" is the object of the preposition 'to'. Similarly, in the Hindi sentence 'हरे डिब्बे में खिलौने हैं' (There are toys in the green box), the noun phrase 'हरे डिब्बे' is the object of the postposition में and is therefore in the oblique case (compare with the direct case form हरा डिब्बा ). The oblique case is actually composed of seven different cases depending on the type of the postposition but this distinction is only important in the case of pronouns.
| 2019-04-21T18:39:35 |
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/29223250/Peter-is-near-that-school
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Abstract: Tractable approximate Bayesian inference for deep neural networks remains challenging. Stochastic Gradient Langevin Dynamics (SGLD) offers a tractable approximation to the gold standard of Hamiltonian Monte Carlo. We improve on existing methods for SGLD by incorporating a recently-developed tractable approximation of the Fisher information, known as K-FAC, as a preconditioner.
TL;DR: We use a recent approximation for the Fisher information to improve approximate Bayesian inference for deep neural networks with Langevin Dynamics.
| 2019-04-19T02:31:21 |
https://openreview.net/forum?id=ry-Se9kvG
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Find all nondecreasing sequences of positive numbers which sum to a given number.
In the first line there will be a number of data sets t. In the next t lines data sets follows. Each data set is a single number ni.
For each data set write all nondecreasing sequences of positive numbers which sum to ni. Sequences should be ordered in a lexicographical order and separated by new lines.
| 2019-04-21T18:10:13 |
http://codechillout.sphere-contest.com/problems/onsiteround/SUMS
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Does Britain's education system need to go into a new gear?
These are proportions compare unfavourably, except in the case of HE entry, with most other EU countries. In other words some kind of gear change in policy is clearly necessary.
without necessarily achieving anything that the metaphor of gear change might be referring to.
In the 1960s there was an argument between the Left and the Right as to whether more necessarily meant worse - and there are echoes of it even today. The position adopted by the Right implies that we have reached limits of the capacities of our population to benefit from education and that therefore any increase in attainment or participation can only be at the price of reducing standards. I reject this argument; even within the UK Scotland has already reached 50% participation in HE. Furthermore, the continuing success of adults returning to education is a testament to the untapped talent in every generation. It is a seductive illusion of the educated, borrowed from an analogy with the gold standard- only if the well educaed are few in number can what they have achieved be really worthwhile.
I took my A levels in 1952 a year after they were launched, as one of only 3 in every hundred in the population who achieved them. Now in excess of 1 in 3 achieve two A levels. This makes A levels a very different phenomenon (there are parallels with increases in the proportion of those owning their own homes). Of course it makes A levels less valuable ‘on the market’ for a job or for entry into HE. However, it does not make them less of an achievement for the individual or imply any ‘dumbing down’.
•what is being measured by the different indices that are being used.
In this lecture I will suggest that the focus on targets – not the specific targets themselves, but treating targets as ends rather than means - can become a barrier to achieving what we all want and what the government intends – a more knowledgeable workforce and a wiser more educated society.
My argument is twofold. First, in the focus on numerical targets - we are in danger of forgetting the fundamental purposes of education- especially education after the compulsory school leaving age. To put it another way - numerical targets make the complex process of teaching and learning appear similar to other quantifiable outcomes. Of course, there are similarities. However, what makes educational outcomes different from say income levels or car ownership may in some cases be more important than what makes them similar.
Second, if we forget the question of the purposes of education, in an era when more and more jobs require high levels of knowledge and skill, not only will the country suffer, but those who will suffer most will be young people from families with low incomes and fewest resources.
In my view the gear change referred to in Lord Moser’s question is not primarily quantitative but qualitative - it is about the purposes of education and therefore about the thinking necessary prior to the formulation of targets.
What is education - and more specifically - schools colleges and universities and their curricula for? Do our ideas about this need to change and in what way?
This point may seem obvious, but it is often forgotten or at least taken for granted. The question then becomes what is the nature of that knowledge? how is it organised? Should it change?
The curriculum purposes most often referred to as appropriate to the 21st Century are flexibility, adaptability, ability to solve problems and willingness to learn; specific contents are rarely mentioned. The dilemma facing educationists is that people only learn specific contents in specific contexts. You cannot base a curriculum on being flexible or solving problems - people learn to solve specific problems.
•14-16 year olds who will be able to take GCSEs in areas such as Engineering and Leisure and Tourism.
In other words the compulsory element of core academic knowledge has been substantially reduced.The government hope that as a result of these reforms more students will achieve more GCSEs at higher grades and in the process, learn to make choices and take more control of their own learning.
There have been number of responses to these proposals.
(i)They were widely welcomed in the ‘serious’ press as at last giving a proper value to vocational subjects and as a belated recognition of the importance of flexibility and student choice.
(ii) Others see them, like earlier innovations that go back to the early 1970s when the School Leaving Age was raised to 16, as at best a half hearted attempt to inject some relevance and practicality into the secondary curriculum.
An example is the recent RSA report on the future of schooling which argued for a far more radical move towards a skills-based curriculum which it saw as more in keeping with the demands of the knowledge society.
There has been an absence of comment from mainstream educationalists. This may reflect a combination of an unease with the move to what appears as premature vocationalism for those with low attainments and a reluctance to appear elitist in defending a more traditional subject-based curriculum.
My problem with the government proposals is that they are governed almost entirely by the extrinsic purposes of education - trying to strenghthen the links between what young people study and their future in the world of work. Quite apart from serious questions about whether any link can be shown between obtaining a vocational GCSE and a young person’s future employability - this emphasis neglects the intrinsic purposes of education.
By this I do not the old idea of ‘education for its own sake’ but why we want more people to attend school, college and university - what is it that is distinctive about such experiences and the kinds of knowledge that can be acquired?
The case for allowing 14 year olds to choose L & T instead of geography or history is that the knowledge acquired will be more meaningful to young people - they will be taken out of the academic world of the school and into the everyday world of an expanding field of employment. It involves a shift in the criteria for what counts as school knowledge from a school subject such as geography to the knowledge involved, for example, in booking flights or holidays. In other words it assumes that the differences between academic and vocational learning are no longer important.
Is this shift merely a reflection of changing social needs in the new Century or does it imply something more fundamental about the type of knowledge acquired in the two cases. The remainder of my lecture moves beyond the specific case of geography and L & T to more general question implied about the basis for a “curriculum of the future“.
•a clear separation between the theoretical knowledge to be acquired at school and the practical knowledge that people acquire in their everyday lives?
•the clear separation of subjects that were established as the model for the school curriculum in the last decade of the 19 th century?
The belief that the knowledge acquired through the curriculum is cognitively superior to people’s everyday knowledge has been the major rationale for the expansion of formal education in the last century. On the other hand, radical educationists, including 19 th century socialists, 20 th century romantics and 21 st century adult educators have a long history of questioning these assumptions about the knowledge base of the curriculum.
Criticisms of a subject - based curriculum have gained a new and wider credibility in the last decade and come not just from radicals. A growing tension has become apparent between the flexibility and openness to innovation of advanced economies and the persistence of relatively rigid divisions between the different school subjects and between curriculum knowledge in general and the everyday knowledge that people use in their adult lives. Furthermore, it seems inconceivable that the curriculum could be immune from the dramatic changes both in society and in the modes and sites of the production of knowledge that we are currently witnessing. For example, universities no longer have a monopoly on two decades ago. On the other hand, a curriculum based on the separation of subjects from each other and on the clear separation of the curriculum from everyday knowledge has been an almost universal feature of education systems and has been has been associated with the massive expansion of knowledge and economic growth of the last two centuries. Those of us who gained our own education through such a curriculum, must think hard before rejecting it for the next generation of young people.
I want to sharpen the dilemma by characterising this tension between ‘past’ and possible ‘future’ curricula in terms of the contrasting principles of ‘insularity’ and ‘hybridity’.
The principle of insularity emphasises the differences rather than the continuity between types of knowledge. It rejects the view that the divisions and classifications between types of knowledge (for example between disciplines and between theoretical and everyday knowledge) in the curriculum are mere reflections of traditions established in earlier times and now increasingly out of date.
These classifications have, it is claimed, both epistemological and pedagogic significance; in other words they relate in fundamental ways to how people learn and how they produce new knowledge. The principle of insularity asserts that the conditions for new knowledge production and acquisition puts limits on the possibilities for curriculum innovation - in particular the crossing of disciplinary boundaries and the incorporation of practical ‘know-how’ and skills into the curriculum. There will be, it is argued, a pedagogic (and, in relation to research, an epistemological) price to pay for dispensing with such boundaries.
Not surprisingly, this principle of insularity can be invoked uncritically in defence of the curriculum status quo. However there are two points to make here. First insularity refers to relations between contents of knowledge, not to the specific contents themselves. Second, the argument in support of insularity is not just political. It is based on a view that knowledge cannot be equated solely with social needs or interests at a particular time. As Descartes put it nearly four centuries ago, real knowledge is beyond all ‘custom and example’.
The principle of hybridity is defended in terms of its consistency with the increasingly ‘boundary-less’ character of modern economies and societies. A curriculum based on the principle of hybridity provides, it is argued, a way of overcoming the traditional boundedness of school or academic knowledge and hence can make schools more relevant to the real world at the same time, by being more inclusive and adaptable, promote the goals of equality and social justice.
The principle of hybridity assumes a fundamentally relativist view of knowledge and has always appealed to radicals as a basis for exposing the vested interests associated with existing boundaries and their claims to universality. There are, however, specific political reasons why a curriculum based more on the principle of hybridity has begun to appeal to education policy makers; it appears to converge with the new policy goals of social inclusion and accountability. Pressures for social inclusion require the curriculum to go ‘beyond its traditional subject boundaries’ and recognise the knowledge and experience of those traditionally excluded from formal education. Likewise, pressures for greater accountability seek to limit the autonomy of subject specialists and open the curriculum up to a wider group of stakeholders.
In both cases the insularity of academic knowledge is set against social and economic arguments for a more ‘responsive’ curriculum that can be the basis for new kinds of skills and knowledge that transcend current disciplinary boundaries and academic/vocational divisions. In rejecting any link between specific knowledge classifications and either pedagogic requirements or epistemological principles, the hybridity principle implies that decisions about the curriculum will (and should) depend, ultimately, on market pressures and political not educational priorities. An example is the growing number of programmes launched in Higher Education designed with the primary purpose of attracting more students.
The outcome of the tension between these two principles seems currently to point in two directions. One is towards the progressive disappearance and replacement of the disciplinary curriculum and, it could be argued, the weakening of an autonomous critical role for educational institutions. The other is the emergence of new divisions between elite institutions (both schools and universities) which are likely to continue to maintain discipline-based curricula and mass institutions under pressure to develop curricula geared to more immediate economic and political demands.
The task yet to be taken up by curriculum theorists is to find a basis for the curriculum that goes beyond these options.
On the other hand, should priority be given to the unity of knowledge? If the answer is yes, there is a good case for the combination of practical and theoretical knowledge that is found in a field like Leisure & Tourism being just as acceptable as geography or history.
The alternative, which I want to argue for, is to accept the differentiation of knowledge argument but to recognise that its historical form is likely to change. The curriculum developed in the late 19 th/early 20 th century as a list of subjects; however, it was not only a list of subjects, it was also a set of codes, rules practices and forms of association among those involved in specialist fields of enquiry and in the debates about knowledge that developed within them. A future curriculum may not need to retain the traditional subjects; however it does need to retain the forms of social organisation that underpins their claims to knowledge.
This view of the curriculum depends on a number of assumptions.
•It was these codes and practices, associated with subjects and disciplines that set geography history and the sciences apart from the practical knowledge people had developed in all societies in the course of their everyday and working lives.
•These rules and codes were explicitly associated with educational institutions which were removed from the demands of either family, working or political life.
•It was this separation of educational institutions from the rest of society and of curriculum from everyday knowledge that gave the knowledge acquired through the school and university curriculum an objectivity and explanatory power that was not a feature of knowledge tied to practical concerns and the exigencies of everyday life.
•If the curriculum is to continue to be the basis of access to explanatory concepts, it cannot be based on everyday practical experience—at least not directly. If it is it will only serve to exclude those presented with such a curriculum from access to such concepts and therefore to what is generally defined as ‘an education’.
•The form and content that curriculum takes is not and should not be static. It has historical roots in the time when mass education began. It is this form and its structure that is being questioned in recent government reforms.
•We should be cautious about blurring disciplinary and subject boundaries and replacing knowledge based on specialist research and pedagogic communities with knowledge based on immediate practical concerns of employers.
•Reforms that replace knowledge based on the codes and practices of specialist subjects and disciplines with the practical knowledge of different occupational sectors are in danger of emphasising procedures which focus on ‘how to do things’ instead of on explanations concerned with ‘why things are as they are’ .
•Addressing ‘why questions’ is not something restricted to school subjects as we know them. However it does depend, as in the case of fields such as engineering, architecture, medicine and accountancy- on knowledge shared by specialist teachers, university researchers and professional associations. Not to rely on such forms of organisation- as in the case of Leisure and Tourism is to seek a short cut to increasing participation which can only perpetuate inequalities. This is of course not to say that such any particular field could never be the basis of subject knowledge in the sense that I have defined it.
•A curriculum of the future needs to treat knowledge as a distinct an non-reducible element in the ever changing ways in which people continue to strive to overcome the constraints of the circumstances in which they find themselves. In relation to the starting point of this paper, these circumstances refer to the making, remaking and crossing of boundaries between disciplines and between school and workplace knowledge. These boundaries can be “prisons and stereotypes; they can also be tension points condensing the past and opening up possible futures.
Some take for granted that knowledge is best produced and transmitted through insulated, specialist, and linear modes of acquisition and disregard the political and economic changes which are calling into question these principles as well as the inequalities of access and outcomes that are associated with them. However, there is a strength in this 'curriculum of the past'; it is located in a history of social networks, trust and codes of practice which give it an objectivity and a concept of standards which transcend its social origins.
Critics of the curriculum of the past emphasise its lack of fit with the global economic context; they interpret knowledge and learning needs from the statements made by employer organisations who call for a more flexible skill - based curriculum However they invaraiably fail to the importance of establishing the new forms of association and trust that will be needed if the new types of knowledge that they call for are to fullfill the claims made for them.
The result of the unresolved tension between the two curriculum models is a kind of ad hoc and pragmatic modification of the curriculum of the past; the ‘new’ curriculum is still underpinned, at least in part, by the traditional social networks of subject specialists. Two questions remain. First, what pedagogies need to be developed that will extend access to theoretical knowledge beyond the 50% who currently gain 5 or more GCSEs at gradess A-C? Second, how is the curriculum to be broadened and the new networks of specialists that underpin them be established to take account of global economic changes without losing the crucial independence that the was given by the old subjects?
..the rules of classic art teach us by their arbitrary nature that the thoughts arising from our daily needs, sentiments and experiences are only a small part of the thoughts of which we are capable.
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http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/does-britains-education-system-need-to-go-into-a-new-gear
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Is HIFU good for firming the skin?
What are the best methods available for firming up loose or saggy skin? Is HIFU the most effective?
3. Outer skin becomes thinner and wrinkly.
In order to reverse ageing with the aim of creating a more youthful complexion, there isn't a treatment that fits all. In many instances, a combination of treatments are exployed for optimal results.
HIFU, in short for High Intensity Focused Ultrasound, delivers focused ultrasound energy into the deeper planes of the face, namely the deep skin (dermis), superficial fat and muscle layer (SMAS layer – Superficial Muscular Aponeurotic System). The SMAS layer is the same site that is tightened in a surgical face lift. By stimulating focal contraction points (as shown in the image below), there is immediate collagen contraction, resulting in SMAS tightness. Delayed wound healing in the next 3-6 months will stimulate new collagen production for even greater results.
Other anti ageing treatments would include fillers, threadlift, botox and lasers.
In short, there isn't a most effective treatment per se. I would suggest getting professional opinion from a qualified doctor to decide which one is suitable for you.
Thank you for your question. There are many methods for firming the skin and they range from the non-invasive to the invasive surgical facelift.
In recent times, there has been quite a lot of attention given to ultrasound based tightening procedures to rejuvenate the face. Two of the common brands are HIFU and Ulthera. These are ideal for the younger patients as they cause skin tightening and provide a modest lift of the face. Personally, I have used both and I prefer the Ulthera as it provides a more definite lift with a long lasting result.
The HIFU is noted to be less painful and more sessions are required whilst some of the concerns of the Ulthera are that it can be more painful so we provide the patient with ample anaesthetic to numb the skin before the procedure to reduce the discomfort. There are also some radio frequency based devices which I have used but with limited success.
The Ultherapy aims to tighten the SMAS which is the same layer that we address during a surgical facelift. The ultrasound aims to cause contraction of the collagen at specific points which leads to lifting and firming of the face. New collagen is stimulated in the coming months and this causes the results to last. However, it is of course without doubt that the pull of these ultrasound based treatments are modest and cannot address significant skin laxity in the face or neck. In such cases a surgical facelift would be required. The other doctors have correctly mentioned that injectables such as botox and fillers can be done in combination to complement the Ulthera or HIFU to give a youthful, rejuvenated appearance.
Please seek an in-person consultation with a well trained plastic surgeon that is able to give you the full spectrum of options to address your problems. I hope this answers your question. Have a great week ahead and all the best!
There are many methods for firming up loose or saggy skin. They range from completely non-invasive, to minimally invasive and lastly surgical face-lift.
As you can see, which method of lifting really depends on which condition or problem an individual has. It is common to combine some of the above solutions to provide synergy to the result. There is an article on DxD that touches on the various skin treatment devices available on the market which would be useful for more reading.
HIFU can target multiple layers of the aging tissues on the face and would definitely be one of the most precise and versatile skin tightening options available. It is still important for a proper consultation and assessment by an experienced doctor to see if it is suitable, if there are any other issues to address, or if there are any better options.
HIFU as a form of facial treatment employs the use of concentrated ultrasound energy to the face and neck by a handheld device. It is a non-invasive treatment that helps stimulates the cells, resulting in tissue rejuvenation and collagen production. The overall effect of the treatment is to promote tightening and lifting of the skin in these areas.
HIFU treatment can help stimulate tissue rejuvenation and collagen production – resulting in the tightening and lifting of saggy skin – and can also be used to break down fat deposits. In the hands of a skilled practitioner, this can produce results akin to facial sculpting (but without the need for surgery).
As a skin rejuvenating procedure, HIFU can help women lift and tighten the neck, chin and brow, and improve lines and wrinkles on the chest. and even the tummy region.
There are no special preparations needed prior to the HIFU consultation and treatment. In the doctor’s office,I would will take the patient’s complete medical history and perform a thorough physical examination, especially the face and neck. With the exception of a diagnosed skin infection or existing skin problem that would require treatment at a later date, the HIFU procedure can be performed immediately after the consult.
Specially-trained nurses will perform a full facial cleansing and preparation for the patient.
The doctor applies ultrasound gel to the patient’s face and neck.
A hand HIFU device is glided over the patient’s skin. This delivers ultrasound energy to the skin, stimulating the skin cells to produce collagen and promote tissue healing, repair and rejuvenation.
Depending upon the patient’s skin condition, the physician adjusts the skin penetration depth setting of the hand piece As this procedure is being done, the patient may feel heat under the skin or a slight prickling. Each HIFU treatment lasts between 30 and 60 minutes depending upon the severity of the skin problem.
After Treatment, some patients have reported mild soreness, which typically resolves itself.
In the presence of these symptoms, the doctor may prescribe pain medications. Some physicians will also prescribe special facial creams to protect the skin from the UV rays of the sun and other harmful factors in the environment.
The patient does not need any downtime following HIFU treatment. She can immediately resume her daily activities. But again, she is required to apply sun protection creams to protect her skin.
To get the best results, it is advised to have HIFU treatments done for four to six weeks, followed by maintenance sessions at three to four month intervals.
Collagen production is expected to reach its optimum level at two to three months. It is during this period that a patient can already see her facial skin becoming younger-looking, healthier, softer, and supple.
| 2019-04-24T14:08:41 |
https://www.doctorxdentist.com/questions/is-hifu-good-for-firming-the-skin
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In classical logic, the operational definition of identity is that whenever 'A=B' is a theorem, you can substitute 'A' for 'B' in any theorem where B appears. For example, if (2 + 2) = 4 is a theorem, and ((2 + 2) + 3) = 7 is a theorem, then (4 + 3) = 7 is a theorem.
This leads to a problem which is usually phrased in the following terms: The morning star and the evening star happen to be the same object, the planet Venus. Suppose John knows that the morning star and evening star are the same object. Mary, however, believes that the morning star is the god Lucifer, but the evening star is the god Venus. John believes Mary believes that the morning star is Lucifer. Must John therefore (by substitution) believe that Mary believes that the evening star is Lucifer?
Or here's an even simpler version of the problem. 2 + 2 = 4 is true; it is a theorem that (((2 + 2) = 4) = TRUE). Fermat's Last Theorem is also true. So: I believe 2 + 2 = 4 => I believe TRUE => I believe Fermat's Last Theorem.
Yes, I know this seems obviously wrong. But imagine someone writing a logical reasoning program using the principle "equal terms can always be substituted", and this happening to them. Now imagine them writing a paper about how to prevent it from happening. Now imagine someone else disagreeing with their solution. The argument is still going on.
P'rsnally, I would say that John is committing a type error, like trying to subtract 5 grams from 20 meters. "The morning star" is not the same type as the morning star, let alone the same thing. Beliefs are not planets.
"morning star" ≠ "evening star"
The problem, in my view, stems from the failure to enforce the type distinction between beliefs and things. The original error was writing an AI that stores its beliefs about Mary's beliefs about "the morning star" using the same representation as in its beliefs about the morning star.
If Mary believes the "morning star" is Lucifer, that doesn't mean Mary believes the "evening star" is Lucifer, because "morning star" ≠ "evening star". The whole paradox stems from the failure to use quote marks in appropriate places.
You may recall that this is not the first time I've talked about enforcing type discipline—the last time was when I spoke about the error of confusing expected utilities with utilities. It is immensely helpful, when one is first learning physics, to learn to keep track of one's units—it may seem like a bother to keep writing down 'cm' and 'kg' and so on, until you notice that (a) your answer seems to be the wrong order of magnitude and (b) it is expressed in seconds per square gram.
Similarly, beliefs are different things than planets. If we're talking about human beliefs, at least, then: Beliefs live in brains, planets live in space. Beliefs weigh a few micrograms, planets weigh a lot more. Planets are larger than beliefs... but you get the idea.
Studying mathematical logic may also help you learn to distinguish the quote and the referent. In mathematical logic, |- P (P is a theorem) and |- 'P' (it is provable that there exists an encoded proof of the encoded sentence P in some encoded proof system) are very distinct propositions. If you drop a level of quotation in mathematical logic, it's like dropping a metric unit in physics—you can derive visibly ridiculous results, like "The speed of light is 299,792,458 meters long."
When sentences like these start seeming meaningful, you'll know that you've started to distinguish between encoded sentences and states of the outside world.
Similarly, the notion of truth is quite different from the notion of reality. Saying "true" compares a belief to reality. Reality itself does not need to be compared to any beliefs in order to be real. Remember this the next time someone claims that nothing is true.
| 2019-04-25T13:51:01 |
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/np3tP49caG4uFLRbS/the-quotation-is-not-the-referent
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Katie Crutchfield first made a name for herself as Waxahatchee in 2012 with American Weekend, an album of stark, stripped-down songs recorded in her parents house in Birmingham, Ala., during a freak snowstorm.
Since then, Crutchfield and her twin sister, Alison, have moved first to Brooklyn and then to Philadelphia, as Waxahatchee's stature has grown in the indie-music world with two high-profile releases, 2013's Cerulean Salt and 2015's Ivy Tripp.
Now, Crutchfield and her band named after a creek near her childhood home are back with the most immediate, emotionally direct, and emphatically rocked-out Waxahatchee album yet.
Out in the Storm (Merge *** 1/2), comes out Friday, July 14, with a tour-opening hometown-record-release show that night at Union Transfer. The band is also playing a Free at Noon concert at the World Cafe Live earlier that day.
The stylistic similarities between American Weekend and the tempestuous Out in the Storm, which is her second album released by the prestigious North Carolina indie label Merge Records, came about in part, Crutchfield says, because "both of them are kind of breakup records."
"They're different situations and different perspectives," Crutchfield says, talking up Out in the Storm on a breezy afternoon at a pop-up beer garden near her Powelton Village rowhouse, where her sister is crashing in the second bedroom.
"But they both come from that same place, that weird emotional start-over that happens at the end of a relationship," the 29-year-old singer says, "when you get very close to yourself, and you're right at your core emotionally. I was going for that. I really wanted it to be direct and rooted in my own experience."
That's in contrast to both Ivy Tripp and Cerulean Salt, which was recorded in the West Philly basement of the group house where she and her sister lived when they moved here in 2013. "Cerulean Salt was still very heavy-hearted," she says. "But it was a different type of heartache. With Ivy Tripp, I was trying to challenge myself, writing more abstract, poetic lyrics and cloaking them in metaphor."
Waxahatchee: "Out in the Storm"
"Never Been Wrong," the album's first track, introduces the theme of a relationship post-mortem with crashing guitar chords and the opening line: "I spent all my time trying to learn how to defeat you at your own game. It's embarrassing."
And on Out in the Storm songs like "Recite Remorse," Crutchfield sounds shaken, yet still resolute. "I was shaking like a leaf, I was clenching my fist," she sings. "I was losing my mind, yeah, I was dancing with death."
"That's a really vulnerable one," Crutchfield says of "Recite." "There's a lot more anger and frustration on this record than on my other records."
Doing press for Out in the Storm, Crutchfield is being pressed for personal details. She's not giving them up. "I feel that I've been very generous with the details of this relationship on this album. Someone did something wrong, and the dynamic became unfair. But it's vague, and I'm going to keep it vague. … This relationship completely changed me. It's like an injustice was done, and I think people are going to relate to that."
In January, Allison released her excellent solo debut, Tourist in This Town, also on Merge, and also a breakup album, after she split from Kyle Gilbride, the guitarist with whom she had previously fronted the indie-pop band Swearin'.
When Allison celebrated that album's release at the First Unitarian Church in February, Katie joined her onstage for a rousing cover of "Letter From an Occupant," by the New Pornographers, whom Katie then opened for this spring on a solo tour. And when Waxahatchee hits the road this month, the all-female band will include keyboard player Allison, who will also open shows when the tour heads to Europe.
Sisterly closeness is on display on "Sparks Fly," which ignites the "a woman reawakened" thematic through-line described in the Out in the Storm album bio. It's about gaining perspective with her twin while in Berlin on a European tour. "Then I see myself through my sister's eyes," she sings, coming alive. "I'm a live wire, electrified."
"The concept of that song is that when you're seeing yourself through your partner's eyes, sometimes, you don't like the person you're seeing, like you've gotten really far away from yourself," Crutchfield says. "I was out in Berlin with a bunch of friends and my sister, and she was seeing me as this funny, happy person, which is not how I was seeing myself."
The sisters will soon be not so close, geographically at least. After a run of Waxahatchee tour dates end in October, Allison plans to relocate to Los Angeles, a move foreshadowed on the Tourist song "I Don't Wanna Ever Leave California." "I think it's a good move for her," says her younger sister (by a few minutes). They have never moved farther away from each other than the 150 miles between Birmingham and Chattanooga, Tenn. She jokes that, "now that she's across the hall from me, I'm like, please go to L.A. But when she goes, I'll be sad."
And while the Philadelphia indie scene has been blessed with two Crutchfield sisters, it could soon have none.
"I'm considering leaving, too," she says. "I'm really missing the South lately. I kind of want to write my next record and make my next record in the South. When I left Birmingham, I was young. The older I get, the more I feel connected with aspects of that culture. When I was 21, I was really trying to shed that. I miss the people, the warmth. The culture, the food."
Her next record, she thinks, might reflect the influence of the George Jones, Tammy Wynette, and Loretta Lynn records she has been listening to. She also has been wearing out new albums by Aldous Harding and Kevin Morby.
"It feels right," she says. "I'm so eager to play these songs live." Writing them, she says, was "very cathartic. Songwriting has always really been a vehicle for me to process emotion and get closure on how I feel about situations," she says. "And then it's like, OK, I got all that out of my system. I feel better about it now."
Waxahatchee with Cayetana and Snail Mail at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden at 8 :30 p.m. Friday July 14. $16-$18. 215-232-2100. utphilly.com.
| 2019-04-19T17:10:23 |
https://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/dan_deluca/waxahatchee-returns-shaken-to-the-core-on-out-in-the-storm-20170706.html
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A video question is tied to a one-way interview text-based question. The video plays before the candidate records their answer to the question. The goal is to make the one-way interview more personal and engaging.
| 2019-04-18T23:02:33 |
https://support.sparkhire.com/hc/en-us/articles/235159428-Using-video-questions
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Mystery, thriller and YA books have become some of my favourites for this year and from the description, this book ticked all of my book loving boxes as it's a mystery YA book set partly in Italy and I LOVE Italy! Additionally it's a relatively short book and shorter books are great to read in between longer and more heavy going books.
I received *With Malice by Eileen Cook from the super super lovely people at Hot Key Books and I chose it because I'd heard great things about it from so many people on booktube; also the cover is really interesting and I obviously gravitate towards pretty and interesting looking books. It's 293 pages and on Amazon the genre is 'young adult' and 'action/adventure' and I'd definitely says it's a YA books but it's not really an action/adventure book - to me it is a YA psychological thriller/mystery.
The book follows Jill, she's woken up in hospital with no recollection of the past few weeks but what she does know is that something is very wrong and she hasn't been told the whole story and she doesn't even know the whole story herself. I don't really want to give anything away but it did remind me a little of the real crime case involving Meredith Kercher, so if you are familiar with that case then you will probably see some vague similarities.
I like the writing style and the inclusions of interviews with characters, transcripts and social media comments from various characters as it added an immersive element to the book. I got through the book in less than two days as it is an interesting and page turning read so I think it would be a great holiday or summer read. I did like a couple of the characters, especially Dr Weeks and Anna but eveytone else was annoying on some level and the way the lawyer, Jill's parents and others were to Jill was just so incredibly frustrating but I think it was written to be make you feel frustrated like Jill was rather than because of poor writing. I did have an issue with the ending which I think was a little rushed and wrapped up quite conveniently but it did leave questions unanswered. In summary, even though I did have issues with the book, I still think it's worth picking up as it's an interesting and entertaining book that kept me turning the pages to find out what happens. Overall rating: ★★★☆☆, 3.5/5.
Have you read this book? What have you been reading recently?
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Categories: book review, books, hot key books, with malice eileen cook.
It's a shame that the ending felt rushed because it sounds like it had the makings of a good story!
| 2019-04-21T19:03:49 |
http://www.ofbeautyandnothingness.co.uk/2016/08/book-review-with-malice.html
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What Is The VORC Score?
For the current year, I have enhanced the way the players are ordered in Draft Mode based on the four key stats - Value, Outlook, Reliability, Consistency.
You will only get the VORC score while in Draft Mode because the Value score is based on your draft pick for each round.
Here is how the score is calculated.
OUTLOOK - The Outlook is calculated by positive and negative criteria about the player's intangibles. Positive criteria adds stars, negative criteria subtracts stars. The maximum score is 5 stars and the minimum score is one star. The VORC score calculates points based on how many stars they earn: Five Stars gets 20 points, Four Stars gets 15 points, Three Stars gets 10 points, Two Stars gets 0 points and One Star gets -20 points.
RELIABILITY - A player is scored on reliability based on how many games they've missed, on average, over the past three seasons. If a player misses an average of less than 2 games per season, they have High Reliability. If a player averages between 2-4 missed games/season they receive Mid Reliability. If they average 4 or more games/season they get Low Reliability. A player receives 20 points for High Reliability, 10 Points for Mid Reliability and -10 points for Low Reliability. Rookies receive 0 points for reliability.
CONSISTENCY - Consistency is a measure of the players usage on a game to game basis during the previous season. Basically it's the variance in their usage divided by the number of games played and then each position is ranked. If you score in the top 10% of all players of the same type you get a 10, If you are in the next 10% you get a 9, etc. etc. If you score a 10 or 9, you get 20 points. If you score 8 or 7, you get 15 points. If you get 6 or 5, you get 10 points. If you get 4 or 3, you get 0 points. If you score 2 or 1, you get -10 points. If you're a rookie or didn't get at least 60 opportunities with the ball during the prior season, you get zero points.
So the highest score a player can receive is 90 points and the worst score is -60 points. These are also relative scores based on what round you're looking at. So a player in the first round and a player in the 10th round might have the same VORC score but the first round players are being ranked according to your draft pick #5 but the 10th round players are are being based on you draft pick #116. That's why you only see the VORC score in Draft Mode.
If you hover over the VORC score you will see the breakdown of how that player scored on each of these four stats.
The VORC score is designed to savagely punish players that don't score well on any of the criteria, that is why there are negative scores on all four of the critical stats.
Finally, each round in Draft Mode has some crossover with the round before and the round after. Players that have less than a 50% chance of being available in this round are considered LONGSHOTS, they have a pistol appear next to their name. If a longshot is still available and they have a higher VORC score than the recommended players, take that player. In the above example, you see both Saquon Barkley and Ezekiel Elliott as Longshots because their Expected Draft Position is earlier than the draft position #5.
You will also see players with a REACH icon next to their name. The REACH icon will appear for those players whose Expected Draft Position is very close to your next round pick. The players listed with a REACH designation on one round will usually be LONGSHOTS on the next round. You can also see Tyreek Hill as the second highest VORC score on the list. The blue hands indicate he is a Reach because his Expected Draft Position of #16 is the same as your second pick, so Hill will be considered a Longshot for the second round. In this case it would be very hard for me to justify passing on Alvin Kamara for Tyreek Hill as my first pick, but sometimes the Reaches will have the highest VORC score and you'll have to make a decision as to whether you take them a round early or gamble and hope they make it to the next pick.
I also provide you with the top 3 recommended players, they are the three players with the highest VORC score that are not longshots.
| 2019-04-23T08:10:39 |
https://fantasyfootballmaverick.com/my-perfect-fantasy-draft/tour/vorc-score/
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Like most Pentax users I have been tracking the progress of the new full frame for awhile. Every few weeks I'd type "Pentax" into my news feed just to see what popped up, hoping some of the rumors swirling about had coalesced into something a little more substantial. So, as you can image, I've been pretty excited lately. Ok, very excited. At the same time I've been a little apprehensive too. You see, for a long time (well, ok, at least since I started focusing on photography and learned that there even were different sizes of camera sensors) I have felt that the arguments between full frame and crop sensor cameras tended to be a little, well, exaggerated. Yes, I realize there are technical differences that affect the way the cameras perform in regards to field of view, depth of focus, focal length, etc. But I'm talking about real world, "out there on the street" kind of differences. If I slap on a SMC Pentax-DA 1:2.8 35mm Limited on my Pentax K-3 crop sensor camera am I really experiencing something substantially different than someone with, say, a Nikon D610 and an Nikon AF FX NIKKOR 28mm f/2.8D? Both cameras possess 24MP sensors, excellent color depth and dynamic ranges, a plethora of focus points (Nikon having more in total while the Pentax has a greater number of more accurate "cross type" points), and well regarded low-light performance. So while there may be significant differences between the two on paper would I ever find myself out on a shoot thinking "man, if only I had a full frame" while looking longingly at my friends Nikon or Canon? It's a test I always wanted to actually do. Sadly, I never got around to it and instead formed my opinion reading reviews, comparing a few RAW images, and just conversing with other photographers which, more than a few times, ended with someone saying "when you are ready to step up to being a professional photographer you'll know what I mean." Whatever. It reminded me of the old "ask the man who owns one" ad campaign, which works if your talking about 1949 Packards but, seriously, were talking about a camera here. Comments like that just solidified my opinion that "full-frame" really meant "I spent more" and had little to nothing to do with a real world experience.
"The development goal was not to follow the industry camera design trends, but to be unique, yet universal and simple... The design concept was to meet the expectation of Pentax enthusiasts who are accustomed to high quality."
And I must admit as a full fledged, card carrying Pentax fan-boy that quote is right up my alley. Pentax has always appealed to me in some intangible way. Somehow the features, build quality, history of the brand, and virtue of not having everyone and their brother carrying one added up to something greater than the sum of it's parts. The K-50 was not just a capable camera... it was fun! And so is my K-3. Not so fun when it goes into "machine-gun shutter freak-out mode" or inexplicably decided to rack it's focus but those quirks are few and far enough between to be easily overlooked.
So here I am, back to my original question at hand. Will my inauguration into the elite club of blessed full-frame users be a revelation or just an incremental upgrade? Will it transform my photography, revolutionize my art, and make me more popular at dinner parties? And, much more important to me, will it bring in more business, land me more clients, and help me generate more revenue? I don't know, and that's kind of exciting in and of itself.
I still feel that crop sensors and full-frames each have their place. They are slightly different tools meant for slightly different jobs, and each have their merits and deficiencies. The biggest difference between the Pentax lineup and the Canon/Nikon full-frames may not be sensor size at all. When you get right down to it, if I was to make a wish list of the top 3 "upgrades" I'd want to see to my current Pentax K-3 kit it would be tethering support, focus speed, and video performance, none of which may be significantly different in the upcoming K-1. It's those kind of real-world features that I think make the difference between a "professional" tool a "pro-sumer" device. My RAW files look fine, but why can't I show them to the creative team on my computer in the middle of a shoot instead of just showing them the back of my camera, Pentax? Hmmm?
| 2019-04-23T06:37:06 |
http://www.infinitypointstudio.com/whats-new/2016/4/30/my-jump-into-full-frame-the-pentax-k-1
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I am a Master of Science(Physics) student with a mind always open to new research work.
What is thermodynamics and why we need to study it?
Thermodynamics is the branch of science(physics) concerned with heat and temperature and their relation to energy and work. This branch of science is an integral part of oure life We will see its numerous applications and know why we need to study this course.
Applications All the vehicles that we use motorcycles,cars trucks, ships all of them work on laws governed by this branch.
. Air and Gas Compressors run by various thermodynamic cycles.
. This branch is even used to study distant stars and blackholes,measure their temperature and Luminosity . Big Bang Theory-This concept is understood on a deeper level using concepts of a thermodynamic phenomena.
So, We notice Thermodynamics is practically everywhere Hence ,it is very important to have knowledge of this field.
| 2019-04-25T06:07:38 |
https://unacademy.com/lesson/introduction-to-thermodynamics/3CJH80DS/?source=Course
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Breland worked up a sweat in warmups and got/caught her second wind in the first half.
Also, can we say "...and got a second wind in the first half" instead of "....and got/caught her second wind in the first half"? To me, "caught/got her second wind" sounds as if that was expected to happen.
The usual collocation is 'got his/her second wind'. 'Caught' is OK, but less common in my athletic experience.
. . . sounds as if that was expected to happen. Exactly. It was expected to happen. One of the reasons athletes warm up before starting their event is to get their second wind before they start.
'A second wind' sounds odd, probably because we think of an athlete as only possessing one 'second wind'.
"Second wind" takes a possessive. It does not thereby have any implication of inevitability.
"Get" is usual. "Catch" is possible, I guess.
Got/caught "a" second wind would alleviate the implication that it was forthcoming.
cobra panda 120 Got/caught "a" second wind would alleviate the implication that it was forthcoming.
No, it wouldn't. There is no such implication, and "a" does not go with "second wind".
"To me, "caught/got her second wind" sounds as if that was expected to happen."
He/She is obviously under the impression that "caught/got" imply expectation of a second wind. Those two words, being past particliples, actually alleviate the implication of expectation, because the "catching/getting" already occurred.
Yes, Anonomous, the word "a" can be used with a noun. Second wind is a noun.
cobra panda 120 Yes, Anonomous, the word "a" can be used with a noun. Second wind is a noun.
Some collocations are dictated by usage. In fact, they all are, but most conform to prescriptive grammar to the extent that it might seem that it is the other way around. The expression "second wind" used to mean a resurgence of vitality takes a possessive. It is an expression and is thus not subject to grammatical analysis. You can't get a second wind, nor can you get the second wind, which you should also be able to by your logic. You get your second wind. I'm just trying to help, here.
A second wind is a term for catching one's breath or their breathing returns to normal.
Please advise every common dictionary.
Breeze And Wind, Light Wind?
Take The Second Turn To?
The Wind Is Turning My Umbrella Inside Out.?
To Have The Wind Up?
| 2019-04-20T18:22:12 |
https://www.englishforums.com/English/GetCatchASecondWind/bnkxck/post.htm
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Many people have difficulty tracing their ancestors in early St. Lawrence County due to the lack of the above-mentioned resources. So, where does one find alternative sources? To answer this question, it is necessary to explain the various waves of St. Lawrence County immigration.
Rivers like the St. Lawrence were the major highways of the day transporting troops, goods, and immigrants from Quebec City and Montreal to Upstate New York. St. Lawrence County, originally being part of New France, was home to Fort La Pr�sentation, a French mission station to the First Nations people during the French and Indian War.
During the American War of Independence, thousands of Loyalists (people who remained loyal to the Crown and were mainly of British and German extraction) left the United States and were relocated by the British Government on the Canadian side of the St. Lawrence River mainly in Ontario and Quebec.
The Mohawk First Nations tribe was another War of Independence ally of the British and a member of the powerful Iroquois Confederacy. The Confederacy's control, extending into Ontario, Quebec, and New York State, played a decisive role in the War of 1812. The untimely death of the dynamic Chief, Tecumseh, who was killed during the War of 1812, contributed to the break-up of the Confederacy's traditional ties in Ontario, Quebec, and New York State.
The end of the War of 1812 meant that the border between Canada and the United States was established by the Treaty of Ghent. This act encouraged influential American families, like the Ogdens, to actively recruit immigrants from Montreal and New York City to settle in St. Lawrence County. Some Revolutionary War and War of 1812 veterans also settled in St. Lawrence County prior to the Patriot War of 1837-1838.
Local libraries, historical societies, and websites can provide alternative sources of genealogical records.
A convenient compilation of baptisms, marriages, and burials of mainly Quebec parishes.
1-2. La population des forts fran�ais d'Am�rique (XVIIIe si�cle): R�pertoire des bapt�mes, mariages et s�pultures c�l�br�s dans les forts et les �tablissements fran�ais en Am�rique du Nord au XVIIIe si�cle, Marthe Faribault-Beauregard, Tome 1, �ditions BERGERON, Montr�al, c1982 A fascinating book, written in French, that records the eighteenth-century births, marriages, and deaths of the soldiers, their wives and children, First Nations inhabitants, slaves, and captives residing in the forts and establishments of Saint-Jean, Saint-Fr�d�ric, de la Pr�sentation (de la Galette), Frontenac, de la Presqu'Isle du Lac Eri�, Duquesne (Assomption de la B.-V.-M.) Michilimakinac, de la Rivi�re Saint Joseph des Illinois (Miamis), and Cahokia (Sainte-Famille). North Country Library System.
The Ogdensburg [New York] Public Library has a microfilmed copy of the above-mentioned Fort La Pr�sentation records titled "Records of Fort De La Pr�sentation: Presented to the Public Library in memory of Mrs. Marion Brickey by Wadhams Hall on Sept. 6, 1968 Ogdensburg's Centennial Year."
During the French and Indian War (Seven Years War), Revolutionary War (American War of Independence), and War of 1812 (one arena of the Napoleonic Wars), Britain was led by a British king of German extraction. As a result, many German soldiers served under British command in North America. Palatine families (which refers to a region in Germany) were often headed by these German soldiers who settled in the Mohawk Valley of New York (near Albany.) During the Revolutionary War, some of these soldiers and their families moved to Canada. The men usually continued serving as Loyalist soldiers and were granted land and supplies by the Crown.
3-1. "The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710." Two volumes. Henry Z. Jones, Jr., Universal City, California, 1985.
3-2. "More Palatine Families: some Immigrants to the middle colonies 1717-1776 and their European origins, plus new discoveries on German families who arrived in colonial New York in 1710." Henry Z. Jones, Jr., H.Z. Jones Pub., 1991.
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (N.S.D.A.R.), "founded in 1890, is a volunteer women's service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America's future through better education for children."
Their "Ancestor Database contains the names of Revolutionary War Patriots whose service and identity have been established by the N.S.D.A.R. Included is information on the dates and places of birth and death, names of spouses, residence during the Revolution, rank and type of service, and the state where the patriot served."
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada's archival holdings are found at Library and Archives Canada.
6-1. The National Society United States Daughters of 1812 (N.S.U.S.D.1812), "founded in 1892, is a volunteer women's service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving and increasing knowledge of the history of the American people by the preservation of documents and relics, marking of historic spots, recording of family histories and traditions, celebration of patriotic anniversaries, teaching and emphasizing the heroic deeds of the civil, military, and naval life of those who molded this Government between the close of the American Revolution and the close of the War of 1812, to urge Congress to compile and publish authentic records of men in civil, military, and naval service from 1784 to 1815 inclusive, and to maintain at National Headquarters in Washington D.C., a museum and library of memorabilia of the 1784-1815 period."
Their Ancestor Database contains the names of War of 1812 Patriots whose service and identity have been established by the N.S.U.S.D.1812. Included is information on the dates and places of birth and death, names of spouses, rank, and the state where the patriot served.
The Onondaga County [New York] Public Library holds several indexes relating to War of 1812 pensions and records.
6-2. Index to War of 1812 pension files, 2 vol., Virgil D. White, Waynesboro, Tenn., 1992.
6-4. Military records War of 1812 muster rolls, Orem, UT, c2000. "More than 580,000 Americans."
The Patriot War of 1837-38 was a series of battles between the Patriots and the British troops for the purpose of freeing Canada from British rule. On November 13, 1838, an armed group of American Patriots sailed from Sackett's Harbor, New York and occupied a stone windmill near Prescott, Ontario (across the St. Lawrence River from Ogdensburg, New York). For three days, the Patriots fought believing that reinforcements would soon arrive. This was not to be as the American government did not look favorably on an invasion of Canada during a time when the two countries were not officially at war.
7-2. The Ogdensburg [New York] Public Library has a microfilm titled "Index to compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers who served from the State of New York during the Patriot War, 1838."
8-3. The St. Lawrence County Historical Association has an indexed copy of the diary of Mrs. Gouverneur Ogden of Ellerslie (Waddington, New York) which mentions the births, marriages, and deaths of several members of the Ogden family and important local citizens.
From its earliest times, St. Lawrence County, New York history has been marked by several waves of immigration. Prior to the Civil War, most immigrants fell into one of the following categories.
Because New York State did not officially begin keeping vital records until 1880, finding sources to prove relationships between generations in New York prior to 1880 can be difficult. Libraries and historical societies, town historians and county clerks are important resources that should not be overlooked.
Some of my favorite resources are the Ogdensburg Public Library, the St. Lawrence County Historical Association, St. Lawrence County Clerk's Office, Onondaga County Public Library, Library and Archives Canada, National Society United States Daughters of the American Revolution, and the National Society United States Daughters of 1812 in addition to a number of websites.
Old Fulton NY Post Cards. New York State Historical Photos & Newspapers from 1795-2007.
| 2019-04-23T04:40:39 |
https://www.archives.com/experts/more-sarah/st-lawrence-new-york-ancestors.html
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TOMS RIVER, N.J. (WABC) -- Two girls have been charged following separate hoaxes involving clowns in Ocean County, New Jersey.
A 14-year-old girl was charged after police say she claimed she was chased by a person armed with a knife and dressed as a clown as she walked to her bus stop in South Toms River on Wednesday morning.
The incident also allegedly involved threats posted online.
In response, authorities say additional police patrols were set up to search for a possible attacker. However, the prosecutor's office said the investigation led back to the teen, who recanted her story.
She is facing charges in juvenile court.
The prosecutor added that her parents will have to pay for the police services used while responding to this false alarm.
Meanwhile, a 12-year-old girl has been arrested and charged following a clown threat against a school in Toms River.
On Tuesday evening, police say they were contacted about a post from a Twitter account called "KillerClownFromNJ."
The tweet read, "Some people wanted Toms River Intermediate East Middle School; I will be there at 8:37 sharp on Thursday, October 6th 2016!!"
The tweet also had a number of emojis "implying violence," police said.
Police say they worked overnight on the case, and extra security was provided at the schools.
However, authorities say that at no time was there any credible threat, and it appears to be an "ill-conceived hoax."
The girl was arrested and charged with third-degree criminal count of causing false public alarm.
| 2019-04-23T16:08:43 |
https://abc7ny.com/news/1540660/
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He didn't look like a hardened terrorist. A short, meek man with a neatly cropped beard and glasses, Moez Garsallaoui was shy and courteous. He served me and a CNN crew sweet Moroccan tea and north African cakes in the living room of the pinewood Swiss chalet he shared with his Belgian-Moroccan wife.
That was in 2006. Fast forward to the present: A posting on the Shumukh al-Islam Jihadist forum Monday said Garsallaoui had been killed in "a cowardly, treacherous raid" somewhere in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region. He was 44.
In the intervening six years, he had become a jihadist of some standing, and may have influenced the young Frenchman who carried out a string of shootings in southwest France earlier this year.
"We received the painful news about the killing of another hero of the heroes of this Ummah, and one of its best," the posting by a militant calling himself Abu al-Laith al-Waziri stated, according to a translation by the SITE Intelligence Group.
A European counterterrorism official told CNN the claim appeared to be credible, but said confirmation of his death had not yet been received.
That cold afternoon in Switzerland, we had actually come to talk with Garsallaoui's wife. She was called Malika el Aroud, and was the widow of Abdessattar Dahmane, an al Qaeda operative who had killed the Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah Massoud in Afghanistan two days before 9/11.
Back then, she was attracting increasing scrutiny from European security agencies for running a pro-al Qaeda website and was earning a reputation as an "al Qaeda living legend" in radical circles because of a book she published about her time in Afghanistan.
Garsallaoui was tech savvy and showed us how he helped el Aroud administer the website from a computer in their bedroom. He was obviously in awe of his wife and her former husband, the al Qaeda hero.
After Garsallaoui traveled from Europe to the tribal areas of Pakistan in early 2008, the bookish Tunisian was transformed. Paramilitary training bulked up his physique and he became a significant operator in his own right amongst jihadists in the mountains of Waziristan.
In early 2008 he sent a picture of himself to his wife back in Belgium posing with a rocket-propelled-grenade launcher. "I saw the picture," el Aroud replied to him. "You are so beautiful." In another message - intercepted by U.S. intelligence - he told her he had killed several American soldiers in Afghanistan.
He appeared to be trying to prove to her that he was as worthy a Holy Warrior as her former husband.
In the months before he left for Pakistan, the couple had moved from Switzerland to Belgium, where they had worked to recruit militants to travel to Afghanistan to fight U.S. and NATO troops. Garsallaoui arranged for a group of Belgian and French militants to travel to Pakistan's tribal areas at the same time he did, and when they got there, he arranged for them to receive training from al Qaeda instructors, according to Belgian court documents.
One of the Belgian militants who traveled with Garsallaoui subsequently testified that Garsallaoui's marriage to Malika el Aroud had "opened doors" for him in Waziristan.
According to Belgian court documents, after his arrival, Garsallaoui formally joined al Qaeda by signing a membership document they presented him. He soon connected with senior al Qaeda operatives, including Abu Leith al-Libi, the group's Libyan military chief, and became acquainted with several al Qaeda recruits, including the American Bryant Neal Vinas.
He later told his wife that on January 31, 2008, he narrowly escaped being killed along with al-Libi in a drone strike after he spent the night at the Libyan's house.
European counterterrorism officials believe that although he declared his allegiance to al Qaeda, he kept a significant amount of independence, moving between various groups in North and South Waziristan as a sort of jihadist freelancer.
In late 2008 several of the European militants who had traveled with Garsallaoui to Pakistan returned to Europe, sparking a terror alert in Belgium and a wave of arrests. Among those arrested was his wife, el Aroud, who was subsequently sentenced to eight years in prison. Garsallaoui was convicted in absentia, given the same length sentence, and he was made the subject of an Interpol Red Notice.
"He represents the archetype of the fanatical terrorist, disposed to the worst excesses to see his liberty-depriving philosophy succeed. Human life appears to have little value in his eyes," the Belgian judges who sentenced him concluded.
Several of Garsallaoui's proteges shared that fervor. One of the Belgium-based militants Garsallaoui brought to Pakistan - Hicham Bouhali Zriouil, 33, a former Brussels taxi driver - also developed close ties to al Qaeda's top leadership. Last year, senior Libyan al Qaeda operative Atiyah abd al-Rahman entrusted Zriouil with a mission to help set up al Qaeda's operations in Libya, a Western security official told CNN, but he was arrested in Syria before he made it there. Zriouil was subsequently extradited to Morocco and handed a 20-year prison sentence by a Moroccan court for terrorism-related offences.
In the spring of 2009, Garsallaoui posted a message on a jihadist forum claiming he was fighting beside elements of the Taliban, and making cross-border raids into Afghanistan from the tribal areas of Pakistan to target American troops. He delivered this message for Western counterterrorism agencies: "If you thought that you could pressure me to slow down through the arrest of my wife, you were wrong. ... Those who laugh last, laugh more."
Not much was heard from Garsallaoui in the years that followed apart from the occasional statement under one of his many aliases on jihadist forums, and a few online exchanges with Western journalists. Western intelligence agencies believed he was operating mainly in the tribal areas of Pakistan, and acting as a facilitator connecting European militants to al Qaeda and other affiliated jihadist groups. They believed that the rising toll of drone strikes had led to Garsallaoui playing an increasingly senior role.
In October 2011, Garsallaoui released a statement railing against democracy in his home country of Tunisia. Two months later, Garsallaoui again surfaced to post a message in support of attacks by a then-little-known al Qaeda affiliated jihadist group in Kazakhstan called Jund al Khilafah, or JaK, according to Western intelligence officials. CNN has seen the posting.
Weeks later, Garsallaoui was in the spotlight of Western intelligence agencies like never before. In March 2012, a French-Algerian jihadist named Mohammed Merah carried out a series of shootings in southwest France that killed seven people, including three Jewish schoolchildren. Merah was eventually killed in a hail of gunfire during a siege at his apartment.
Before he died, Merah spoke with negotiators through a walkie-talkie over a 17-hour period. Some of his claims were at first treated skeptically by French officials, but subsequent investigations corroborated a significant number of details he provided.
Merah said that when he traveled to the tribal areas of Pakistan in September 2011 he connected with a group of al Qaeda fighters reporting up to Abu Yahya al-Libi, a senior al Qaeda Libyan operative. He also claimed he was provided weapons training by a Pakistani Taliban grouping.
But he said it was an al Qaeda figure who had spent time in France who encouraged him to return home to launch an attack.
"He told me, 'Return to France, kill them in France' ... and I thought about it, took some time to think seriously about it, and said to myself, 'Go for it, I'll take my chance,'" Merah told the negotiators, according to a transcript of his exchanges with them.
Merah said that he himself planned the shootings, including selecting the targets, and that he had no communication with al Qaeda after his return to France.
In the weeks after the Toulouse siege, Western intelligence agencies came to suspect it was Garsallaoui who encouraged Merah to bring terror to France, a senior Western intelligence official has told CNN.
"That is the working hypothesis, but it's something that's going to be painstakingly difficult to prove," the official told CNN.
The hypothesis is - in part - based on a series of indicators.
The first, according to officials, was that Western intelligence agencies received specific intelligence that Garsallaoui had joined JaK, the Kazakh jihadist group, whose leadership had moved to the tribal areas of Pakistan after a crackdown in Kazakhstan.
This was significant because in wake of the Toulouse shootings, JaK released two claims of responsibility for the attack. Though the claims were dismissed at the time by some as opportunist, subsequent investigations left French intelligence officials in little doubt they were authentic.
The second indicator came with the second of the JaK statements, issued April 1. The statement was signed by "Abu al-Qa'qa' Al-Andalusi" a name similar to two of Garsallaoui's known aliases - "Abou Souheil al Andalousi" and "Al Molla al Andalousi."
"I knew the brother (Merah) up close, and sat with him on many occasions, and I was for a short time one of those who guided him," Abu al-Qa'qa' Al-Andalusi wrote on April 1. He also outlined how JaK provided Merah weapons training.
A senior U.S. intelligence official told CNN it could not be ruled out that another North African jihadist in JaK authored the claim, as the jihadist fighting name al-Andalusi is popular with North African jihadists.
The third indicator, according to officials, was that the author of the April 1 statement claimed to have spoken French with Merah, recognized that his accent came from southern France, and acted as his interpreter. Garsallaoui was fluent in French.
The Shumukh al-Islam posting Monday confirmed Garsallaoui's membership in JaK, describing him as the group's "emir," or top leader. It added that he ran a center where he trained Kazakh militants in explosives and other tradecraft so they could return home to wage jihad. In confirming his link to JaK, he provided intelligence services with a fourth, and perhaps most compelling, indicator of a link between the Toulouse shooter and Garsallaoui.
The Shumukh al Islam posting also implicated Garsallaoui in the abduction of a Swiss tourist couple in the Pakistani province of Balochistan in July 2011. The two were kidnapped as they traveled in their camping van, and were subsequently taken by militants to the tribal areas of Pakistan. In March 2012 the couple walked free from their captors. The Swiss government denied media reports that it had paid a ransom.
A European counterterrorism official told CNN that Western intelligence agencies had suspected Garsallaoui of involvement in the kidnapping, and the posting provided a stronger indication of that.
Heil the revolution! Heil the war communism!
This reads like a Tom Clancy novel. From my perspective it appears Muslim extremists are losing ground. Moderate Muslims are increasingly speaking up & OPENLY denouncing terrorist tactics. I admire that because it takes real courage. BUT, that is what it will take to defeat Muslim terrorism. The extremists are becoming their own worst enemies, thru acts such as the attempted murder of Malala. Muslims have reached the point that they will no longer accept being murdered by their own. The hunting down of terrorists will continue for a while. But I see an end to it, whereas previously I had thought I never would in my lifetime.
Muslims can never be satisfied. if you the stuff free they still complain. you are right, there will never be peace in muslimland because of terrorists.
Misguided fools. It's entertaining learning about dead terrorists. Send em to whatever god they please.
It is obvious we are going to destroy our planet and every living soul and we won't be happy until we have done it.
Maybe we're just seeking quicker reconciliation with reunion with God.
Tea with a terrorist. Happens at the White House all the time.
So turn off Fox News, take off your tin-foil hat, stop whining and GET THE HELL OUT.
Yes, those people at the White House scare me more than the terrorists in the news.
The guys commenting on india are morons obsessed with india for some reason only they can understand. this article is not on india and india is 50000 miles away from this article. India has Hindu majority but what the dumbheads listing hindu organization doesnt know that india has the largest muslim population in the world after indonesia. To say India is the best secular country in the world would be very logical. Hindu, Muslims, Christain, Sikh, Buddhist all religion not only survive but thrive in India. Yes India is very populated country and moron politicians of india plus moron people shall wait and watch how india is going to rise and thrash them out.
Seriously INDIA a secular nation. Please ask muslims of Gujrat , Kashmir, Sikhs of Khalistan, the seven sisters, The Naxalites and Kashmir that if INDIA is secular or not.
In many Hindu temples there are sculptures depicting men having s@x not only with women but also cows. What is the meaning of this? Is not the cow sacred? If it is, then it should be worshipped not s@xually assaulted!
Don't tell me this is secularism, pllease !!!
The disenchantment of minorities is evident by the recent uprising in India. From Bangalore to Mumbai, to Goa to Kerala and Chennai and Pune not to forget Assam and onto New Delhi ..... this is a premonition of epic proportions. We are witnessing the implosion of India..some will grasp it now while others will need to see it in the rear view mirror.
I have one question. If this man is a known terrorist andhis location was known, which is obvious due to the fact that CNN was able to sit and have tea with the man. then why are we not taking action and bringing this guy in? Are we waiting for another tragedy to happen before we take action? I understand there are laws and proticall for these type of situations, but it makes no since to wait until a major catastrophe to happen to take action. That is what we did with Bin Laden and lthe outcome of our lack of action has forever crippled America mentally, physically, emotionally, and econmically.
Can you read? It says they had tea with him in 2006, 6 years ago!
Can't you read? HE'S ALREADY DEAD.
Pakistan is a magnet for all kinds of Islamic terrorist human garbage and the US tax payers get to pay for cleaning up this cesspool called Pakistan.
wow amazing to find out that only Pakistan is the magnet for all terrorists. should i remind u of who is playing a football game in the tribal areas... AMERICA.. please write something useful next time.
Sometime back there was an interesting blog on India "The bubble of India has burst: Humpty Dumpty has Fallen”. We here in Haiti continue to monitor the political and cultural turmoil in India as a large percentage of our population are sugar cane slaves from India. As of now, we reiterate our view that Hindu State of India is in a precarious situation and that a geo-political implosion is imminent (if not already in process) and the need of the hour. As you will recall, India was initially broken into pieces by Arabs, Afghanis, Persians, Pakistanis, and lately by Chinese and so on. And rest assured that is not the end. India is mired in poverty and has a suppressive regime with respect to minorities. Substantial aid by the world over the years to India has failed to reverse the downward trends. We can now confirm that India has become unmanageable. If it is not imploded in a controlled manner we are afraid China will chew it up and spit it out. Therefore, we urge the UN general assembly to put this high on their agenda and vote “YES” to further breaking up India. We further propose the following areas be amalgamated with Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and China. In God We Trust.
We wish our friends in India God Speed and may the courage of Maoists bless its soul.
You sure are jealous! Stop spreading lies and the same goes to all other posts from Pakistanis disguised as Patrick, Carlyle etc.
Are you ashamed to identify yourself as an Indian on this forum?
A few months ago an auction was being arranged in Europe of Gandhi's letters and other artifacts corroborating the foregoing. Apparently, the Indian government with assistance from expatriate Indian businessmen muscled the auctioneers and put a stop to this auction.
He left his wife to bang underage boys!!!! Bapu was a boy banger.
I fee the same when I talk to Pakistanis, talking with terrorists. First impression is the last impression.
You must be a member of these ku klux klan type terror groups in India.
| 2019-04-20T03:25:11 |
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/17/taking-tea-with-a-terrorist/
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To be very interested in something and prioritize it. My friends love going to clubs, but I'm not big on dancing. My family is big on education, so I know I'm going to college next year.
| 2019-04-18T23:09:23 |
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/is+big+on
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I'm getting quite overwhelmed making my first SCP and I just need somebody to critique me to see if I'm doing right and what I did wrong.
I just need some guidance because I feel a little bit in the dark.
The last thing to know is SPEAKING IS NOT PERMITTED IN OR NEAR SCP-2892.
Capital letters are not needed. It is expected that, in-universe, this document would be read carefully by anyone involved with this SCP object - they should know everything about it, with no need for particular focus on something like that. If it's really essential, you could bold it, but it is just as important as any other information around it.
You need to change this to something more clinical. For example, 'researchers are currently unaware of how SCP-XXXX produces this anomalous effect'. Don't take my example literally, it's just one more clinical way you could write it; examine the guides to clinical writing and see what suits you.
The paragraph stating its 'main' anomalous effect, starting with 'but', is written in a way that's very much informal and casual, when really you should get straight to the point. It's also clumsy, and a little confusing. Write what it does (SCP-XXXX does X to its victim so that Y happens) in a simple way without using descriptions such as 'wipe', and the last sentence just doesn't seem to fit what else you're trying to explain. I think I understand it, upon reading it five or so times, but it doesn't fit in with the rest of the paragraph.
There's a couple of little things to do with tone, such as the fact The Foundation uses metres/centimetres rather than feet, so plug that 6 foot of height into Google and ask for it in metres or centimetres.
Overall, you seem to be trying to tell a story here (something about a secret the statue holds, and that some people know about) but it doesn't shine through particularly strongly. At the moment, it's just a statue which could be shoved in a small room and left alone so it doesn't exhibit this effect until further testing has been done. What is the story behind this you're trying to tell? You don't have to tell people its secret, or why it does anything, but you have to know, and the story has to reflect your knowledge. At the moment, I'm not sure if you know, or if you just liked the idea - both are fine, but you need to develop it further, both in tone and story. Currently, for story alone, it wouldn't be a good mainlister, but that's okay - you can work on that! To me, a statue that can move on its own and steal mouths for no understandable reason is not particularly intriguing - but that's just me. If there were a story behind why it was doing this, a story I could understand via the clinical document, I'd be more interested, certainly.
"Human but not" sounds odd. Does it mean that it is a human, or that it is a statue of what is supposed to be a human? Also, to add professionalism, say "Subjects who view SCP-XXXX describe it as".
SCP-2892 moves by floating a few inches off the ground and researchers are still puzzled of how it does it.
Sounds very unprofessional. Could be like; SCP-2892 hovers a small distance above the ground time to time. - Adding something like "Researchers are still puzzled of how it does it" makes it sound not professional.
It is able to move its head and arms and when it does it makes a loud sound similar that of two pieces of stone rubbing each other.
Yet again, sounds weird. It would be better if put like; "SCP-XXXX is able to manoeuvre its limbs and head. - Adding "and when it does it makes a loud sound similar that of two pieces of stone rubbing each other" is very obvious as SCP-XXXX is a marble statue.
Try to find these small unprofessional bits. There are quite alot in there. I wish you luck with this SCP, as it was actually quite interesting to read.
I see that you're struggling with repetitive and uninteresting language, which I had this problem too.
If you feel like a word is repeated or unprofessional, I recommend going on an online thesaurus and broadening your vocabulary. Not only does it sound better and makes you seem a better writer, it also keeps people reading.
Also, if you need help with realism, try reading scp-1380. It sounds in a sentence ridiculous, but the writer science the hell out of it and now the article is doing well. Try it for yourself.
Brilliant idea though. Creepy enough that you have me kicking myself in the foot I didn't think of it first.
| 2019-04-25T20:34:10 |
http://www.scp-wiki.net/forum/t-2149970/my-first-scp-need-help-to-make-it-better
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What is a large mobility scooter?
A large mobility scooter (also known as full-size mobility scooter, heavy duty mobility scooter) is an electric scooter which is designed to accommodate the bigger person. While a regular mobility scooter unit can support maximum 300 lbs., a large mobility scooter can support the user with higher weight. The heavy duty mobility scooter is featured by the bigger motor, wider bases and seating area, bigger tires. As a result, a large mobility scooter is very stable and it can tackle rougher terrains. Most of large mobility scooters have a price of over $1000.
One of the most important features of the large mobility scooter is the ability to support person with maximum up to 550lbs. With large mobility scooter, you can run errands on your own easily.
Compared with the mid-size mobility scooter, large mobility scooter has higher velocity and longer travel distance on a single charge.
Choosing a large mobility scooter will depend on several factors such as your weight, driving-related factors and your budget.
Most of the users choose a large mobility scooter because a mid-size scooter can not accommodate their weight and the seat is too small for a comfortable drive. When you are in the range of 300 lbs., it is recommended you should take a large scooter instead of a mid-size model.
Consider the place where you drive: concrete road, grass, sandy places…and choose the model which can drive on a suitable terrain. Also, you should consider the maximum slope that the unit can drive safely because not all the scooter can drive on high slopes.
Large mobility scooters can be divided into 2 groups: one with medium speed and drive range (around 4 mph, 10 miles per single charge) and one with higher speed and longer driving range (18 mph, 45-50 miles per charge). The first group is more portable, lightweight and suitable for going in close places or bringing along traveling. The second one is for riding on the road similar to automatic bikes.
There can be as affordable as mid-range models, starting from $1000 and can go up to $10,000.
The Phoenixhd4 Phoenix 4 Wheel Heavy Duty Scooter from Drive Medical is one of the best portable large mobility scooters at a good price. It has a powerful motor, luxurious upholstered swivel seat (adjustable) with padded armrests, giving you the most comfortable driving possible.
The Phoenix 4 Wheel Heavy Duty Scooter can support up to 350 lbs., and it can drive to 8 miles per single charge. All wheel are flat free and non-marking with easy wheels option so you can drive on rougher terrains with ease. Especially, this model can be detached into 4 pieces so you can transport the unit on the car, truck during vacation.
This is a great deal because many large mobility scooters can’t be disassembled by users at home. This unit is equipped with quick connect battery, front basket and rear basket, finger pull throttle control, it is a great option for a large person with limited strength or dexterity.
People choose the Phoenix 4 Wheel Heavy Duty Scooter because it is a great scooter at a very good price.
When you compare several heavy duty units, the Phoenix 4 Wheel Heavy Duty Scooter is perhaps one of the most affordable on the market.
Unlike other large scooters, this Phoenix 4 Wheel Heavy Duty Scooter can come apart into 4 pieces easily and it can fit into a car so you can transport it during your vacation.
This scooter can hold the battery fairly good for about 5-6 hours in use.
This Phoenix 4 Wheel Heavy Duty Scooter is for traveling on concrete surfaces and can’t run well on grass or sand. Besides, this scooter has a low clearance (about 3 inches) so you should pay attention not to run over obstacles.
Go-Go Sport 4-wheel Electric Travel Scooter Heavy Duty S74 is a great large mobility scooter for seniors because it is very lightweight (about 80 lbs.) and have a high weight support (325 lbs.).
This scooter can run up to 4.7 miles per hour and last up for 12 miles per single charge. This scooter is also a great option for users who traveling a lot because it can be detached into 5 pieces and it fits the car perfectly. The scooter allows you to charge on-board and off-board easily. Besides, it has led light system, upholstered seating, padded armrests, ergonomic tiller and a front basket, rear basket, cup holder and armrest bag which is convenient for going to store and groceries daily.
Similar to any heavy duty units, this unit support person with maximum 325 lbs. While it is not lower than the Drive Medical Phoenix 4 Wheel model a bit, users feel it is quite sufficient for them at this value.
The good: better driving speed and range (5 mph/ 18mpc), detachable, bright ledlight, deluxe seating.
The Extreme 4-Wheel Heavy Duty Long Range Travel Scooter from Buzzaround is designed for outside using mostly because of its large size and driving performance. This is a large mobility scooter with a long drive range (up to 18 miles per charge) by using U1 batteries, giving you the ability to travel a farther distance.
Besides, it is equipped with spring suspension on all wheel, let you run smoother even on roughest terrains. This scooter can carry people up to 330 lbs. on its deluxe captain seating and it is also detachable for transportation. It is heavier than Pride Mobility and Drive Medical models (weight: 150 lbs) so it is not ideal to bring on a car during your vacation. Ultra bright led-light, 4 inches clearance.
Users choose the unit because it is a full-size heavy duty mobility scooter with longer drive range. When you are about to travel on road mostly, this 4 wheel model is better far more than lightweight versions because it can tackle roughest terrains.
Moreover, it has a higher speed (5 mph), extended drive range (18 mpc), the seat is roomy and comfortable, better clearance (4 inches) and long battery life. That’s why it receives a better rating from users.
When money is not the deal, the Electric Mobility Vehicle Scooter from Germany Mego brand is the ultimate heavy duty unit that you can find. This model has nonparallel features that no others can compete. Specifically, it features maximum speed at 19.8 mph and can run up to 50 miles per single charge. You basically can go anywhere with this scooter. This model has a short charging time (6 hours) and easy to maneuver with handle bar steering. FM/MP3 player included on board. However, it is very expensive around $10,000 range.
| 2019-04-26T08:33:45 |
http://trustedmobilityscooters.com/large-mobility-scooter/
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How should a hospital report to the NPDB when an adverse clinical privileges action it took against a practitioner is changed by court order?
Assuming all reporting prerequisites are met, the hospital should report the initial adverse action; the hospital should then report the judicial decision as either a revision or a void. For example, if a hospital revoked clinical privileges and a judicial appeal resulted in the court modifying the discipline to suspension of clinical privileges for 6 months, the hospital would be required to report both its initial revocation (as an Initial Report) and the court-ordered revision to suspension (as a Revision-to-Action Report). If the court overturned the hospital's decision, the hospital should void the Initial Report.
| 2019-04-19T17:05:58 |
https://www.npdb.hrsa.gov/guidebook/EClinicalPrivilegesQA49.jsp
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I've been meaning to start blogging for years now but every year, I would start and slowly stop. It was never really my "new year resolution" to start blogging and I don't really intended for it to be one. It's just a coincident that I start around the beginning of a new year and I slowly stopped as the year goes by... Alright I guess it is a new year resolution. But see, the problem with new year resolution is, most people don't stick with it and I'm not special enough to NOT be one of those "most people." So instead, this will be a deal or a bet, depends on how you look at it.
So what's the deal? Well, to keep blogging of course. I'm still unsure about what would happen if I fail to keep up my end of the bargain but my current thought is to donate money to some charity. However, I don't like the idea of portraying donating as a form of punishment so at the same time, I had this sneaky idea of donating anyway at the end of the year so now, I'm a bit perplexed. I do somewhat like the idea, because I also have this idea of developing a widget for it, showing how much I will have to donate, maybe also a poll on which charity I should donate to and even an option for others to join in. This will be a tough one so I'll come back to it later.
TLDR? I'm going to start blogging and hopefully keep up with it. It's not a new year resolution, it's a deal. I have no idea what I'm doing but I will do it anyway.
| 2019-04-25T06:50:59 |
https://blog.rithy58.com/new-year-new-blog/
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Bishop Abel Muzorewa, the head of the external wing of Rhodesia's African National Council, (ANC), said it may soon call on Cuban regular troops to help it topple the white minority Rhodesian government.
SV Bishop Abel Muzorewa speaking to reporter.
SPEECH IN: "Well I would say first..."
SPEECH OUT: ...when it takes place.
MUZOREWA: "Well, I would say first of all that in the past we've emphasised, we've always emphasised that we'll accept material help from other people, moral support and all that. But the actual (indistinct) in power that we want our people to involve themselves. But I think that there is a growing tendency on our parts to feel that we should may be involve other people. In other words invite what we'd call mercenaries. And the reason being that Rhodesia has already (indistinct) mercenaries working on their side."
REPORTER: "When you're talking about mercenaries, on your side, does this mean Cuban regular troops?"
MUZOREWA: "Yes, that's what it would mean, yes. That's what it would mean."
REPORTER: "You are prepared to do that right now?"
MUZOREWA: "Well, as I say, we have not actually asked them to do that, but I'm saying that we should not be surprised if we did that very soon, because Rhodesia is already using South Africa, there are Americans, there are West Germans and there are Britishers already working (indistinct) foreigners. And we have not employed foreign help ourselves, so we shouldn't be surprised if we should attempt to ask (indistinct) and other people to help us. What I believe will soon be very devastating on the enemy is the fighting from the air which they are using very much. I think that will soon be squashed, as far as I know."
REPORTER: "That means that you are getting sophisticated weaponry to counter that?"
REPORTER: "Could you tell us what kind and from where?"
MUZOREWA: "Well, I don't think that I would like to go any further than that, except to say that will publicist itself when it takes place."
Background: Bishop Abel Muzorewa, the head of the external wing of Rhodesia's African National Council, (ANC), said it may soon call on Cuban regular troops to help it topple the white minority Rhodesian government.
In an interview with Swedish Television filmed on Saturday (20 March), he said nationalist guerrillas would soon begin using sophisticated antiaircraft weapons against the Rhodesian Air Force.
The Bishop said there was a growing tendency in the Council to involve mercenaries, as he called them, in its efforts to bring down the Rhodesian administration.
Meanwhile, attempts to revive the talks between Prime Minister Ian Smith and the leader of the A.N.C.'s internal wing continued in both London and Salisbury on Tuesday (23 March).
| 2019-04-21T04:31:08 |
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA8JU7ODRISAWV6RXV86FFQY4RK-MOZAMBIQUE-BISHOP-MUZOREWA-HEAD-OF-AFRICAN-NATIONAL-COUNCIL/query/HELPING
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Judge Gonzalo Curiel Attacked By Donald Trump For Mexican Heritage The likely GOP standard-bearer has accused the judge of bias in the Trump University fraud case because of his Mexican ancestry. But he's widely respected and took on a drug cartel under death threat.
Who Is Judge Gonzalo Curiel, The Man Trump Attacked For His Mexican Ancestry?
Donald Trump has landed in hot water again, saying that a judge in a fraud case against Trump University is biased against him because he is "Mexican."
Until Donald Trump's comments about the ethnicity of Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the judge overseeing the fraud case against Trump University in San Diego, Curiel was anything but a household name.
Then Trump began calling Curiel a "hater" who was being unfair to him because the judge is "Hispanic," because he is "Mexican" and because Trump is building a wall.
After days of controversy and strong criticism from fellow Republicans, Trump tried to amend his comments, which he's been making since February.
In a 700-word statement defending Trump University on Tuesday, Trump did not apologize. Instead, he claimed that he was "justified," but that his words had been "misconstrued."
"I do not feel that one's heritage makes them incapable of being impartial," Trump said, "but, based on the rulings that I have received in the Trump University civil case, I feel justified in questioning whether I am receiving a fair trial."
So Who Is Judge Curiel?
First, Curiel is American. He was born in Indiana, went to law school at Indiana University and is of Mexican ancestry.
After 10 years in private practice in Indiana and California, Curiel spent 17 years as a federal prosecutor in Southern California, rising to chief of narcotics enforcement in San Diego.
In the late 1990s, when Curiel was leading a joint task force to take down a notorious Tijuana drug cartel, law enforcement authorities got credible information that the cartel was planning to assassinate him.
Curiel's boss at the time was U.S. Attorney Gregory Vega.
"At that point," Vega recalled, "the United States Marshals Service removed Judge Curiel from his home and, for a year, had him live on a Navy base here in San Diego and then on separate occasions in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., outside of the danger area."
Vega, who had known Curiel for decades, told NPR he finds it ironic that a man who put his life at risk to fight the scourge of drugs from Mexico is being portrayed as incapable of being fair because of his Mexican background.
Curiel left the U.S. attorney's office in 2006 when California's Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed him to the state court bench. Five years later, President Obama named Curiel to the federal district court in San Diego.
At his confirmation hearing, Curiel had this to say about his heritage: "My parents came here from Mexico with a dream of providing their children opportunities, and they've been able to do that with the opportunities that this country has to offer."
On the bench, Curiel has a reputation as "completely fair," highly skilled and legally "sophisticated," according to the Almanac of the Federal Judiciary, which surveyed lawyers who practice regularly before the judge.
Off the bench, Curiel is known as an accomplished jazz guitarist. He is married to a court probation officer and has a daughter.
| 2019-04-19T09:36:56 |
https://www.npr.org/2016/06/07/481140881/who-is-judge-gonzalo-curiel-the-man-trump-attacked-for-his-mexican-ancestry
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This challenge includes a life changing decision, questioning authority, and a shopping trip… what will your imagination come up with?
The story is set during a military coup.
A character questions authority, and they are surprisingly over enthused about it.
During the story, a character makes a life-changing decision.
A character lends someone money.
The story ends during a shopping trip.
The story is set during a sporting event.
| 2019-04-19T15:14:56 |
https://artofchaos.blog/2018/06/18/2018-chaos-pen-challenge-template/
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Review: Fisher Chrome Clip -- clip that works on Apple Pencil - iPhone J.D.
A few weeks ago, I noticed a tweet by California attorney David Sparks that said "Simple solution for rolling Apple Pencil" with a link to the Fisher Chrome Clip for 400 Series Bullet Pen on Amazon. Sparks may have been talking about the Apple Pencil rolling around on a desk as opposed to a pocket, and that hasn't been a big problem for me because of the way that the Apple Pencil is weighted on one side and thus usually comes to rest pretty quickly when it does roll on my desk. But I liked the idea of having a clip on my Pencil for my pocket, and for only $4.99 plus free shipping as an Amazon Prime add-on item, I decided to check it out.
I've now been using this simple clip for several weeks, and I like it quite a bit. Most importantly, it solves my problem. It attaches easily to the Apple Pencil — just remove the cap that covers the Lightning connector and then slide it down a little bit. It is just the right size to have a firm connection to the Pencil; you can slide it up and down to find the best spot, but then it stays there. And it makes it easy to clip the Apple Pencil to my shirt pocket.
This clip is also a pretty good match for the Apple Pencil. While the barrel of the Pencil is mostly white, it does have a silver chrome band near the back. This clip is almost exactly the same color, so it matches the look of the Pencil. The clip is perhaps a tiny bit more shiny than the silver band on the back of the Pencil, but that really depends upon how it catches the light. I wouldn't go so far as to say that it looks like this clip was designed by Apple to go with the Pencil, but it is a fine match.
I've removed this clip from my Apple Pencil many times, and I don't see that it has ever scratched or otherwise damaged the Pencil by being attached.
Considering the popularity of the Apple Pencil, I suspect that others are designing clips to work with the Apple Pencil. I'm not sure how they would improve upon this simple clip, but it wouldn't surprise me if some creative developer has an idea that hasn't yet occurred to me. But until someone else builds a better mousetrap, I'm very happy with this simple clip on my Apple Pencil. It doesn't get in the way of using the Pencil, it makes the Pencil more useful, and it matches the Pencil enough that it doesn't seem awkward when I look at it. And yes, as Sparks noted in his tweet, it also makes it impossible for the Apple Pencil to roll around on your desk.
By the way, this clip is made by Fisher, the company known for its Space Pen used by astronauts. (Click here for that story.) You can also buy this clip directly from Fisher, where it only costs $2.00. However, the cheapest shipping (standard shipping, 7-10 days) costs $5.00, so you are spending a total of $7.00. If you are an Amazon Prime member, and if you are ordering something else and make this an add-on, then you can purchase this clip on Amazon for less money and have it delivered in only two days.
| 2019-04-19T02:47:54 |
https://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2015/12/review-fisher-chrome-clip.html
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How to delete duplicate nodes and their relationships in neo4j with cypher?
How to delete duplicate nodes and their relationships in neo4j with cypher based on a property of that node?
The problem is easy to understand. We have 'duplicate' nodes in our database based on the 'id' field on the node properties.
Well this sounds easy enough, until you have to actually do it.
My first attempt was to try and figure out which nodes are actualy duplicate (based on a property on the node). This seems to be pretty straightforward.
As it seems, OpenOffice's "day 0" is December 12th, 1899; that implies that January 1st, 1970 is day 25569 for OpenOffice. Now, if you divide a UNIX timestamp by 86400 (the number of seconds in a normal day), that will give you the number of days between the epoch and that timestamp (and some decimal, that you can use to calculate the time of day). And if you sum that number with 25569, you have an OpenOffice day for that timestamp.
| 2019-04-25T00:27:14 |
https://gist.github.com/paulozullu
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0.998348 |
Why doesn't my Rack PDU's network connection recover after a power outage?
My Rack PDU's network connection doesn't recover or is inaccessible after a power outage or power blip.
The onboard network card was not designed for quick off/on scenarios.
Customers protecting their PDU with a UPS, as designed, will not have this problem. All Rack PDUs should be protected by UPS power. In an unprotected environment, if the utility power flickers off and on quickly, the onboard network card may not power back on. In these instances, the PDU may power on but the LED display will be blank and any type of access (web, telnet, console) to the PDU will be disabled. On a Switched Rack PDU, this will also cause the outlets not to turn back on. In this case, you must power cycle the PDU again, by pulling the power cord, waiting at least 5 seconds, and re-applying power.
| 2019-04-25T16:30:13 |
https://www.apc.com/bs/en/faqs/FA156133/
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Ask a question about 24" Yuma Microfiber Dust Mop.
Construction: Microfiber Wholesale's 24” Yuma Dust Mop is constructed from looped microfiber fringe yarn and six rows looped microfiber yarn sewn to a polyester backing. The backing is a traditional slot pocket type which mates with a standard rigid dust mop frame and standard dust mop handle. This allows you to replace your conventional dust mops without having to upgrade your hardware. This replaces our 24” Microfiber Looped Yarn Slot Pocket Dust Mop. The yarn is this version is a big improvement over the dust mop it replaces, the backing is also superior.
Uses: This microfiber dust mop is best used to mop hard surface floors moderate to heavy soil. The 24” version is the perfect size for dust mopping around furniture in offices, shelving in warehouses, as well as desks and chairs in classrooms. The size makes it great for homeowners that need to quickly and easily clean up hardwood floors and tile floors. It also works well for cleaning professionals who need and quick and easy yet effective method for maintaining client’s floors between deeper cleaning with microfiber wet mops. Other uses for our Yuma Dust Mop include dust mopping basketball courts, gymnasiums, auditoriums, restaurants, churches, schools, and much more.
Method: Use this 24” Dust Mop like you would a traditional dust mop. Slip a rigid 24” dust mop frame into the mop and attach a handle to the frame. Then, while walking forward, work the mop in a systematic way from side to side while twisting the handle to turn the mop to maintain a leading edge. The idea is to keep the same edge of the mop in front, this will prevent dust and dirt from being left behind.
| 2019-04-18T21:04:46 |
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Without a doubt, running shoes are the most important thing that you will buy. The correct running shoe will cause your runs to go more smoothly and helps to prevent injury.
There are basically 3 types of running shoes: Motion control shoes, Stability shoes and Cushioned shoes. Each of these types of shoes are made for a certain foot type. So, you need to determine what foot type that you have.
The best way to determine which foot type you are is fairly simple. Wet the bottom of your foot. Then step onto a brown bag, a heavy piece of paper or a piece of thin cardboard (the type that comes in dress shirts). Remove your foot and look at the imprint. By this, you can determine your foot type.
1. Low arches - Flat feet. If you see your whole foot - you have flat feet. If you have this type of foot, then you need Motion Control shoes. Runners with flat feet generally hit the ground with the outside of their foot and then the foot rolls inward. Motion Control shoes are more rigid and usually have a wider sole. This will help prevent the excess rotation of the foot.
2. Medium arches - normal. This is the most common foot type. Runners with a normal foot type can wear any shoe type - but it is generally suggested that they wear Stability shoes. Stability shoes will give you a moderate amount of arch support. Stability shoes have elements of all types of running shoes in them. Some rigidity is required but not too much so normal pronation is allowed. Some cushioning is required to absorb the shock. These elements will help prevent injuries that the wrong footwear can cause.
3. High arches. This is the least common. Runners with high arches hardly have any rotation at all when they run. This can result in too much shock travelling up your legs. High-arched runners are more likely to get shin splints and knee injuries. Cushioned running shoes will absorb the shock, so are a must for this type of runner. Runners with high arches also must stay away from stability shoes as they want rotation in their foot.
Running is a great activity and can keep you fit and overall healthy for life. However, you need to be sure that you have the correct shoe for your foot type. I hope that this will help you when you go to buy your next pair of shoes.
| 2019-04-20T06:38:32 |
https://www.yogamatcleanerspray.com/news/tips-in-buying-the-correct-running-shoes
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What do George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, Queen Elizabeth II and Mark Zuckerberg all have in common?
The answer - they all share the distinction of having been named as Time Magazine's "Person of the Year".
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, was named as the Time Magazine 2010 Person of the Year earlier today.
The runners-up? The Tea Party, Hamid Karzai, Julian Assange and the Chilean Miners.
Given how Julian Assange (founder of WikiLeaks) has been dominating the headlines as of late, many people expected him to be named as the "Person of the Year", but the honor ended up being bestowed upon Mark Zuckerberg instead.
You can't really argue with the choice of Zuckerberg, as it has been a very big year for Facebook's founder.
Zuckerberg was immortalized by Jesse Eisenberg in the movie "The Social Network", which was adapted by screenwriter Aaron Sorkin from a Ben Mezrich novel. The movie opened to incredibly strong reviews and is considered to be a front-runner in the race for "Best Picture" at the Academy Awards.
Facebook has enjoyed another remarkable year, and is now used by an estimated 550 million people who spend over 700 billion minutes PER MONTH on the site. 700,000 new members sign up PER DAY.
The rapid growth of Facebook has made Mark Zuckerberg a very rich man. Facebook is currently valued at around $50 billion in secondary trading, which makes Zuckerberg's stake in the company worth an estimated $7 billion.
Zuckerberg, who became a self-made billionaire in his early 20s, has joined Charles Lindbergh and Queen Elizabeth as two of the youngest recipients of Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" distinction.
Does Zuckerberg deserve the title? I think so - what do you think?
| 2019-04-23T14:07:10 |
https://www.davemanuel.com/2010/12/15/mark-zuckerberg-named-time-magazine-person-of-the-year/
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Q & A: Is Karma yoga, Gyan Yoga difficult than Bhakti of Swami Samarth?
What kind of restrictions a person needs to apply while doing KARMA SADHANA OR GYAN SADHANA OR YOG SADHANA? I have been doing Shree Akkalkot Swami Samarth seva for 15 years. I am reading one book called "Shalakadarshan" on Swami Samarth written by Mukund Hanumante. He is very favorite devotee of Shree Swami Samarth. In that book, it is written that "Karma, Gyan and Yog marga are not easy to follow for common human being. Person has to do lots of meditation, pranayam, follow difficult rules etc. Especially Yog marg is very difficult." Will you be able to explain about yog marga? Is it same like yoga? Is YOG SADHANA very difficult to implement? Book says Naamsamaran is the easiest route to achieve God. Anyone can take naam anytime, anywhere. Devotee should not leave doing this sadhana at any cost. While doing sadhana, devotee may face some difficulties, but he/she should trust on Shree Swami Samarth and continue naam jap. Author had also mentioned about Bhakti marg. He had also mentioned that devotees find very difficult to do all other yoga, but Naamsamaran is easiest one among them. I have another question. I was experiencing one thing. I used to see "Maal" in Swami Samarth's photo, while doing naamsamaran. What is the meaning behind it? Have you heard about it?
It is great to hear your details and your devotion towards Sri Akkalkot Swami Samarth. In my view, you are doing absolutely great on the path you are on and you don't need to do any other yoga at all. What you are following is the Bhakti yoga which is the supreme yoga and the followers of this yoga are the most loved people by the God. All other yogas are for the people that do not have Bhakti within them (love or devotion without any expectations towards the God) and have more doubts towards the God than the Bhakti but still want to understand and attain the God.
Now, let me first repeat few statements that I mentioned in my answer to another devotee of Sri Akkalkot Swami Samarth.
The only thing you need is a very clear understanding that you are progressing in the right direction and that Sri Akkalkot Swami Samarth is always with you as long as you are in anusandhan with Sri Akkalkot Swami Samarth. The path that we are traveling is probably of several lives (for some seekers of God it might be a shorter one), therefore, we as the sadhaks need to be patient and not get distracted if we do not see the expected signs or get the experiences that we expect on our journey to the God. Bhakti-yoga is the supreme yoga that the God loves the most. In my view, you absolutely do not need any help from anyone in this world. I consider Sri Akkalkot Swami Samarth as an incarnation of Dattatreya (called Purnavatar in Marathi). Sri Akkalkot Swami Samarth is already helping you on your path from mumukshu to sadhana and he WILL continue to do so. Let there be no doubt about this in your mind.
In my view, there are various yogas by which person can attain God. Bhakti yoga, Karma yoga, Gyan yoga, Hatha yoga, Siddha yoga, Laya yoga ....and there are many more traits of it. Ultimately, they all are founded on the same principal of attaining the God (increasing sattva guna removes the maya – veil of ignorance, and helps in detachment from desires). The only difference being their approach (path) towards the God. Which yoga to follow (or the combination thereof) entirely depends on the individual sadhak (seeker of the God) based on their interest and inclination towards each individual path.
Having said this, if you feel like doing other yogas there is nothing wrong about it and with your background of Bhakti yoga they are not difficult either. In fact all the yogas are complementary to each other. Yoga does not have rules and regulations. It is all about trying to progress towards the God with ones abilities. God does not put any rules of our travel. He just helps us to move forwards from wherever we are. Every individual is absolutely a different combination of Gunas (Raja, sattva and Tamas) According to their gunas a person will have various interests, inclinations and desires in the life. So if you feel doing Karma yoga (doing karma without attachment and expectation of fruit) you can always try it in your daily life and actions. At the same time remember, when you feel Sri Akkalkot Swami Samarth is behind your actions you are already doing Karma yoga. What you need to practice more is detachment from the fruits of your actions. When you feel the result of your actions is the prasaad offered by Sri Akkalkot Swami Samarth you are already following the Karma yoga. (It is extremely easy to say but most difficult to follow in real life.) When you are trying to understand about other paths you are already trying to do the Gyan yoga. It is more about being yoga of “awareness”. Here again the “anunandhan” is the form of the Gyan yoga. Kundalini yoga or siddha yoga is more meditative and the followers of Sri Akkalkot Swami Samarth do the meditation too. During that period of meditation they are following meditative yoga anyway.
In short, in all the paths (except bhakti yoga) understanding the technicality of the God certainly helps (though it is not necessary) – It is again an individual’s choice which path to follow. But overall understanding the concept of the god always helps in the progress of an individual.
It is the effect of “devotion” within you. I feel you should consider this as a sign of your progress (sign in the path to the God) and that is great. At the same time we should not try to draw meaning out of it …that means we should not try to connect this to the material life that we live in because God is just helping to take you away from the world of Vikar, Maya and Desires. [What are Vikars? - Kama (Lust), Krodh (Rage or uncontrolled anger), Lobh (Greed), Moh (Attachment or emotional attachment) and Ahankar (ego)], Maya – where veil of Ignorance prevails - is a stupefied state of mind which we call as Mudhavastha.
Always remember, the experiences on the any road are just the signs on the road. It is the job of the driver to look at the signs. You are a traveler; you don’t need to look at the signs. You have most skilled driver (your faith in Sri Akkalkot Swami Samarth) that is capable to take you to your destination.
| 2019-04-22T07:13:03 |
http://www.thekundaliniyoga.org/question_answer/hinduism-god-yoga/sri-akkalkot-swami-samarth-is-karma-yoga-gyan-yoga-difficult-than-bhakti-yoga-differences/19.htm
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By design, any drill that is continous (ie. that "loops") must comprise entirely moves that permit continuation. This can be criticised as not allowing the practise of "finishing moves". Indeed this is a valid criticism. However it does not dissuade me from regarding continous 2 person "looping" drills as highly useful training. Rather, it merely suggests to me that they are only part of a well-rounded martial arts regimen. You shouldn't imagine that "looping" drills can replace kata and kata bunkai practise. Instead they add to them. How?
Our most basic embu based on Fukyugata ichi - demonstrated by me as a single person sequence, then by Sam and Clement as a 2 person sequence. In the latter both sides are doing the same sequence as demonstrated by me.
The answer to the above question lies in the closer consideration of "finishing moves": What happens when you attempt such a move and it doesn't pay off? Will you be able to rescue the situation or will you be so committed, both physically (in terms of your momentum) and mentally, that you won't be able to recover?
This is what I call an "oh sh*t!" moment.
How do you train to deal with these moments? A big part of my answer lies in our "embu"; our "looping" or continous 2 person forms.
A flowing drill designed for "koshi" (hip) training, but useful in the analysis of "oh sh*t!" moments.
Note how Sam (on the left) does a haiwan nagashi (high sweeping block) with his left hand and hits with his right at about 0:20. However at about 0:21 Sam has to convert his right hand punch into a brushing hand block (te nagashi uke) - to counter Oscar (on the right) who has thrown a left punch (in real life Oscar might have evaded/dodged Sam's right punch and Sam needs to be aware of that possibility occuring).
I think this concept of training for the "oh sh*t!" moment is largely ignored in the martial arts, yet it is crucial. "Looping" 2 person drills like our embu, if designed correctly, can address this issue.
If 2 person drills are designed poorly, are designed so as to be one-sided (ie. non-looping)3 or are too "formal" (eg. the 2 person gekisai drill designed by karate master Toguchi Seikichi, where one person performs gekisai with a high fidelity to the kata sequence while another sequence is matched to fit the kata),4 you miss out on the transition from throwing a blow to suddenly being forced into a recovery.
In other words, our embu training is the antithesis of "finishing blows" for a good reason. It is the other side of the coin. In my view karate training has traditionally spent too much time on "finishing" - and not enough on your recovery from the fact that you haven't been able to "finish".
In the end you need both.
1. See my article "The 5 elements and martial arts" on a discussion of how techniques can "destroy" one another and "generate" others (ie. how they can and should flow into other techniques that negate a destructive force).
2. Nowhere is the core concept of "converting a finishing blow" more evident than in our seiyunchin embu. Note in the single person version below at about 0:20 I throw a right cross - generally regarded as the most powerful punch and usually a "finishing blow".
However at about 0:21 note that the right cross is quickly converted into an evasion and a low block (dealing with the fact that your opponent has weaved/dodged your right cross and responded with a "low blow"). This is most visible in the video below at 0:26 to 0:27 where Jeremy (on the left) has thrown a right cross which is dodged by Nenad (on the right), forcing Jeremy to convert his punch directly into a "gedan barai" or low sweeping block against Nenad's counter.
Nenad and Jeremy demonstrate the 2 person performance of the seiyunchin embu.
3. A good example of a "one-sided" (ie. non-looping) drill is this excellent renzoku bunkai of the kata sepai, designed by Taira Masaji Sensei of the Jundokan.
Taira Masaji Sensei demonstrates his renzoku bunkai of sepai kata.
Note that while it is an excellent form of training that permits "finishing blows", the drill does not train for the "oh sh*t!" moment. My latter comment should not be taken to diminish the value of Taira Sensei's bunkai - merely to note that, like any other drill, it cannot be the sum of all your training. Rather, like our embu, it is just one facet of training.
Despite the outstanding performance of this drill, my comments remain the same: while the drill does have significant benefits, the emphasis that Toguchi placed on fidelity to the kata in terms of actual sequence means that the drill is, to my mind, too formal and ultimately different in body mechanics/movement from free fighting. In this regard it is worth noting that the drill does not contain any real tenshin (body evasion), but rather relies on straightforward stepping as per the kata.
As a matter of interest, I have recently completed a revision of our gekisai embu, reducing them from 2 separate drills into one short one containing (I hope) the most salient and useful features of the kata. This is hot on the heels of my revision of our fukyugata embu (see above) a few months ago. I have also used the opportunity in both cases to "value add" by using "internal arts" principles, particularly in the footwork. I will be publishing a video of the gekisai embu soon, along with a detailed explanation in this blog.
There are a lot of ways to do kata bunkai and I can well understand the value of both the "looping" and the "finishing blows" approach. I assume that the "loops" are programmed" too. If I understand correctly then what differentiates is the give and take versus the one-sided drill. Well, Toguchi's shoreikan did do the kata bunkai as a give and take and as you progressed in kata the parry could get pretty hectic. My experience with seeing Goju on You Tube has been (correct me if I'm wrong) that what most call bunkai was for us "programmed kumite." Our kata bunkai, especially advanced, was as flowing as your school's embu.
Or maybe we are talking two different things here.
Please elaborate if you can.
I've amended my article to make my point about Toguchi's work clearer. I don't wish to sound disparaging of that great master's work; I practised the drill shown by Wall sensei and Hopkins sensei for almost 2 decades. I just feel that it does not address sufficiently the criteria to which I refer. No drill will "be all things to all people" so it would be a mistake to assume that I am arguing that Toguchi's drills are not productive. Rather I'm advancing my reasons for preferring an alternative methodology (which has its own pitfalls - as every "construct" unavoidably has).
This is just to save face. The first time I had seen this video of Kimo I cringed. This is not how even Kimo taught it and much less practiced it. And I can well believe that this was not the way you practiced it either.
Don't get me wrong. I admire the inventiveness of your approach to kata application drills and consider them superior to what I was taught.
Maybe I will elaborate on what I mean in some future post on my blog.
The drill Kimo demonstrates is a bit different sequentially to how I was taught, but I thought it was near enough; the ending in particular is a bit different. I did like the tempo and timing (although I feel the distancing should be closer).
Here is a version that is slightly closer sequentially to what we used to do, but contains some movements I don't agree with (and the pace/timing is not nearly as good as Kimo's).
The primary issue I note is that with all sequences that must be memorized, so that A leads to B and B leads to Z and Z leads to C, the student is allocating too much cpu to visual response cycles and abstract memorization. Some of this is body mechanics based, but a lot of it is just pure memorization. There is also a positive and negative feedback loop to ensure that the person reacts based upon memorization and visual ques.
None of this does anything to improve a student's utilization of instinctual movement or the part of the brain that handles lizard like survival reflexes. Touch sensitivity and body balance harmonics are separate from the visual processing and cognitive/abstract memory centers.
The more of this kind of stuff people do, the more by necessity they must train the other parts to compensate. But that's not usually what happens.
For every hour a person spent memorizing a sequence, they must spend an equal hour forgetting it. For every hour a person spent doing the memorized sequence, they must spend an equal hour doing a drill without using the memorized pattern at all. What is most common however is that someone spends 2 hour per day memorizing it for like a week or month. Then spend 6 months to 5 years doing the drill in its memorized format. That is their scale and journey of improvement. The fact that it leaves enormous gaps that people only find out about and complain about later, is perhaps overlooked.
Years of training to reproduce memorized patterns is not simply just going to be replaced with efficiency against an enemy because people felt like it. It would be more likely that the body instinctively discards memorized responses and just goes with instinctual responses. Un trained responses at that.
The fact that people in the modern world often complain about just such incidents in fights, where they forget their training, is not something that should be easily overlooked.
For more advanced individuals, they are less burdened by this because they have already started using those brain centers in conjunction with body reflexes and visual reception. They figure it out themselves more or less. But for those at a lower scale, it's not the case. And it never will be if they continue to focus on areas that they aren't lacking in.
My previous response was in the context of the last 2 or 3 videos, btw.
There are ways to moderate some of the memorization requirements or shift the focus elsewhere, which is what I think Dan's embu accomplishes. But then there's stuff that doesn't seem to be trying, due to adhering to a format that isn't fully understood.
| 2019-04-25T02:27:33 |
https://www.wayofleastresistance.net/2009/05/oh-sht-moment-more-about-2-person-forms.html
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How do I change the director's date of birth (DOB)?
Paper forms must be filed at Companies House to change the director's date of birth (DOB). Unfortunately, this cannot be changed online.
If the director was appointed during company formation you need to file both the RP02A and RPCH01 together.
If the director was appointed after company formation you need to file both the RP02A and AP01 together.
A PR03 form should only be completed if your company is part of Companies House's PROOF scheme. The PR03 form is only available upon request from Companies House. If you are not part of the PROOF scheme do not file this form.
The forms must be sent to the appropriate Companies House address that is stated on the forms. The processing time is 10 days and will be reflected on the Companies House register.
Once Companies House has updated the changes - click the sync data with companies house button available from your account, so the newly filed information is updated.
IMPORTANT: Due to new changes as of 10/10/2015, the director's day of birth will no longer appear on Companies House register. For example, if a director's full date of birth is 25th July 1990, it will appear on Companies House register as July 1990.
When setting up a company, you are still required to supply the director's correct date of birth.
| 2019-04-25T22:05:05 |
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Constructing an assignment that elicits good writing may be as difficult for teachers as writing the essays is for students, a forthcoming study suggests.
Teachers must strike a delicate balance between giving students too much or too little choice about what to write about; select topics that engage students in complex thinking; and tell them to write for an audience that will actually read their work, according to the review of classroom writing samples conducted along with the 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress writing exam.
"We literally saw some 4th grade classrooms where the students were filling in the blanks," said Barbara Storms, an associate professor of educational leadership at California State University-Hayward.
But the same students wrote good essays when their teacher gave an assignment that had the correct balance of ingredients, Ms. Storms said. She spoke June 26 at a roundtable discussion of the research at the Council of Chief State School Officers' annual conference on large-scale assessment.
For the research, Ms. Storms and a team from the Educational Testing Service and the National Writing Project reviewed classroom writing samples collected as part of the 1998 NAEP writing test.
Researchers are using the classroom writing samples from 100 4th grade classes and 100 8th grade classes to analyze the state of writing instruction throughout the country. They also interviewed all of the teachers of classes that submitted writing samples.
"They were very forthcoming and very thoughtful about their practice," said Charlotte D. Solomon, the director of state services at the Princeton, N.J.-based ETS, who led the research project. "After reading the interviews, I got a wonderful, reassuring sense that people are thinking about their practice."
In their smaller study, Ms. Storms and Claudia Gentile, another ETS researcher, found that teachers needed to be especially careful about what they ask their students to do.
In their in-depth study of writing samples from 35 of the 4th grade classes and 26 of the 8th grade classes, Ms. Storms and Ms. Gentile discovered that the quality of a teacher's assignment could determine the quality of students' writing.
For example, a 4th grade teacher's assignment to "compare and contrast what you like and do not like about winter" yielded papers that were little more than sentences saying "I like winter because ..." and "I don't like winter because ..."
By contrast, one 8th grade assignment had students compare and contrast any two characters from a novel the class had read. The assignment worked better because it gave students a choice of which characters to write about, but limited the scope of the content, the researchers said.
"If the content was too small, it didn't seem to work," Ms. Storms said. "If it was too big, it didn't seem to work either."
"Total choice [of topic matter] was a nightmare," Ms. Gentile said, "and no choice was deadly."
Another important ingredient, the researchers found, was that students had to write for an audience that actually would read their work.
For example, asking a class to write letters to the editor isn't a useful exercise unless the students know the letters will be actually sent. Anything that involves such a "pretend audience" makes the exercise seem "artificial," Ms. Gentile said.
By contrast, an assignment that lists the teacher as the only potential reader can elicit good writing.
"The teacher can be a real audience," Ms. Storms said. "That's something we didn't expect."
The researchers discussed their findings at the conference here, but the formal reports are still being reviewed by the National Center for Education Statistics, the arm of the U.S. Department of Education that underwrote them. Neither study will be formally released until that review is complete.
"NAEP Board Begins Preparing for Changes," May 23, 2001.
"The Latest Dismal NAEP Scores," Commentary, May 2, 2001.
"Experts Preach Caution on Use of 'Precious' NAEP," March 14, 2001.
"Panel Mulls Offering School-Level NAEP Data," Oct. 11, 2000.
"Gap Widens Between Black and White Students on NAEP," Sept. 6, 2000.
"Three Decades of NAEP," Sept. 6, 2000.
"New Practices May Jeopardize NAEP Statistics," Sept. 6, 2000.
"RAND Report Tracks State NAEP Gains," Aug. 2, 2000.
Writing: Report Card for the Nation and the States, 1998, from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). An executive summary as well as major findings of the report are also available.
Explore the Writing resource of the Nation's Report Card, also from the NAEP.
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https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2001/07/11/42write.h20.html
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Solve 0.0875(720) through multiplication. If you missed this problem, review Example 5.17.
Solve 12.96 ÷ 0.04 through division. If you missed this problem, review Example 5.22.
Sales tax and commissions are applications of percent in our everyday lives. To solve these applications, we will follow the same strategy we used in the section on decimal operations. We show it again here for easy reference.
Step 1. Identify what you are asked to find and choose a variable to represent it.
Step 2. Write a sentence that gives the information to find it.
Step 3. Translate the sentence into an equation.
Step 4. Solve the equation using good algebra techniques.
Step 5. Check the answer in the problem and make sure it makes sense.
Step 6. Write a complete sentence that answers the question.
Remember that whatever the application, once we write the sentence with the given information (Step 2), we can translate it to a percent equation and then solve it.
Do you pay a tax when you shop in your city or state? In many parts of the United States, sales tax is added to the purchase price of an item. See Figure 6.7. The sales tax is determined by computing a percent of the purchase price.
To find the sales tax multiply the purchase price by the sales tax rate. Remember to convert the sales tax rate from a percent to a decimal number. Once the sales tax is calculated, it is added to the purchase price. The result is the total cost—this is what the customer pays.
Figure 6.7 - The sales tax is calculated as a percent of the purchase price.
The sales tax is a percent of the purchase price.
Cathy bought a bicycle in Washington, where the sales tax rate was 6.5% of the purchase price. What was (a) the sales tax and (b) the total cost of a bicycle if the purchase price of the bicycle was $392?
Identify what you are asked to find. What is the sales tax?
Choose a variable to represent it. Let t = sales tax.
Write a sentence that gives the information to find it. The sales tax is 6.5% of the purchase price.
Translate into an equation. (Remember to change the percent to a decimal).
Check: Is this answer reasonable? Yes, because the sales tax amount is less than 10% of the purchase price.
Write a complete sentence that answers the question. The sales tax is $25.48.
Identify what you are asked to find. What is the total cost of the bicycle?
Choose a variable to represent it. Let c = total cost of bicycle.
Write a sentence that gives the information to find it. The total cost is the purchase price plus the sales tax.
Check: Is this answer reasonable? Yes, because the total cost is a little more than the purchase price.
Write a complete sentence that answers the question. The total cost of the bicycle is $417.48.
Find (a) the sales tax and (b) the total cost: Alexandra bought a television set for $724 in Boston, where the sales tax rate was 6.25% of the purchase price.
Find (a) the sales tax and (b) the total cost: Kim bought a winter coat for $250 in St. Louis, where the sales tax rate was 8.2% of the purchase price.
Evelyn bought a new smartphone for $499 plus tax. She was surprised when she got the receipt and saw that the tax was $42.42. What was the sales tax rate for this purchase?
Identify what you are asked to find. What is the sales tax rate?
Choose a variable to represent it. Let r = sales tax.
Write a sentence that gives the information to find it. What percent of the price is the sales tax?
Check. Is this answer reasonable? Yes, because 8.5% is close to 10%. 10% of $500 is $50, which is close to $42.42.
Write a complete sentence that answers the question. The sales tax rate is 8.5%.
Diego bought a new car for $26,525. He was surprised that the dealer then added $2,387.25. What was the sales tax rate for this purchase?
What is the sales tax rate if a $7,594 purchase will have $569.55 of sales tax added to it?
Sales people often receive a commission, or percent of total sales, for their sales. Their income may be just the commission they earn, or it may be their commission added to their hourly wages or salary. The commission they earn is calculated as a certain percent of the price of each item they sell. That percent is called the rate of commission.
A commission is a percentage of total sales as determined by the rate of commission.
To find the commission on a sale, multiply the rate of commission by the total sales. Just as we did for computing sales tax, remember to first convert the rate of commission from a percent to a decimal.
Helene is a realtor. She receives 3% commission when she sells a house. How much commission will she receive for selling a house that costs $260,000?
Identify what you are asked to find. What is the commission?
Choose a variable to represent it. Let c = the commission.
Write a sentence that gives the information to find it. The commission is 3% of the price.
Check. Is this answer reasonable? Yes. 1% of $260,000 is $2,600, and $7,800 is three times $2,600.
Write a complete sentence that answers the question. Helene will receive a commission of $7,800.
Bob is a travel agent. He receives 7% commission when he books a cruise for a customer. How much commission will he receive for booking a $3,900 cruise?
Fernando receives 18% commission when he makes a computer sale. How much commission will he receive for selling a computer for $2,190?
Rikki earned $87 commission when she sold a $1,450 stove. What rate of commission did she get?
Identify what you are asked to find. What is the rate of commission?
Choose a variable to represent it. Let r = the rate of commission.
Write a sentence that gives the information to find it. The commission is what percent of the sale?
Check if this answer is reasonable. Yes. A 10% commission would have been $145. The 6% commission, $87, is a little more than half of that.
Write a complete sentence that answers the question. The commission was 6% of the price of the stove.
Homer received $1,140 commission when he sold a car for $28,500. What rate of commission did he get?
Bernice earned $451 commission when she sold an $8,200 living room set. What rate of commission did she get?
Applications of discount are very common in retail settings Figure 6.8. When you buy an item on sale, the original price of the item has been reduced by some dollar amount. The discount rate, usually given as a percent, is used to determine the amount of the discount. To determine the amount of discount, we multiply the discount rate by the original price. We summarize the discount model in the box below.
An amount of discount is a percent off the original price.
The sale price should always be less than the original price. In some cases, the amount of discount is a fixed dollar amount. Then we just find the sale price by subtracting the amount of discount from the original price.
Jason bought a pair of sunglasses that were on sale for $10 off. The original price of the sunglasses was $39. What was the sale price of the sunglasses?
Identify what you are asked to find. What is the sale price?
Choose a variable to represent it. Let s = the sale price.
Write a sentence that gives the information to find it. The sale price is the original price minus the discount.
Check if this answer is reasonable. Yes. The sale price, $29, is less than the original price, $39.
Write a complete sentence that answers the question. The sale price of the sunglasses was $29.
Marta bought a dishwasher that was on sale for $75 off. The original price of the dishwasher was $525. What was the sale price of the dishwasher?
Orlando bought a pair of shoes that was on sale for $30 off. The original price of the shoes was $112. What was the sale price of the shoes?
In Example 6.29, the amount of discount was a set amount, $10. In Example 6.30 the discount is given as a percent of the original price.
Elise bought a dress that was discounted 35% off of the original price of $140. What was (a) the amount of discount and (b) the sale price of the dress?
(a) Before beginning, you may find it helpful to organize the information in a list. Original price = $140, Discount rate = 35%, Amount of discount = ?
Identify what you are asked to find. What is the amount of discount?
Choose a variable to represent it. Let d = the amount of discount.
Write a sentence that gives the information to find it. The discount is 35% of the original price.
Check if this answer is reasonable. Yes. A $49 discount is reasonable for a $140 dress.
Write a complete sentence that answers the question. The amount of discount was $49.
(b) Original price = $140, Amount of discount = $49, Sale price = ?
Identify what you are asked to find. What is the sale price of the dress?
Check if this answer is reasonable. Yes. The sale price, $91, is less than the original price, $140.
Write a complete sentence that answers the question. The sale price of the dress was $91.
Find (a) the amount of discount and (b) the sale price: Sergio bought a belt that was discounted 40% from an original price of $29.
Find (a) the amount of discount and (b) the sale price: Oscar bought a barbecue grill that was discounted 65% from an original price of $395.
There may be times when you buy something on sale and want to know the discount rate. The next example will show this case.
Jeannette bought a swimsuit at a sale price of $13.95. The original price of the swimsuit was $31. Find the (a) amount of discount and (b) discount rate.
Write a sentence that gives the information to find it. The discount is the original price minus the sale price.
Check if this answer is reasonable. Yes. The $17.05 discount is less than the original price.
Write a complete sentence that answers the question. The amount of discount was $17.05.
(b) Before beginning, you may find it helpful to organize the information in a list. Original price = $31, Amount of discount = $17.05, Discount rate = ?
Choose a variable to represent it. Let r = the discount rate.
Write a sentence that gives the information to find it. The discount is what percent of the original price?
Check if this answer is reasonable. The rate of discount was a little more than 50% and the amount of discount is a little more than half of $31.
Write a complete sentence that answers the question. The rate of discount was 55%.
Find (a) the amount of discount and (b) the discount rate: Lena bought a kitchen table at the sale price of $375.20. The original price of the table was $560.
Find (a) the amount of discount and (b) the discount rate: Nick bought a multi-room air conditioner at a sale price of $340. The original price of the air conditioner was $400.
Applications of mark-up are very common in retail settings. The price a retailer pays for an item is called the wholesale price. The retailer then adds a mark-up to the wholesale price to get the list price, the price he sells the item for. The mark-up is usually calculated as a percent of the wholesale price. The percent is called the mark-up rate. To determine the amount of mark-up, multiply the mark-up rate by the wholesale price. We summarize the mark-up model in the box below.
The mark-up is the amount added to the wholesale price.
The list price should always be more than the wholesale price.
Adam's art gallery bought a photograph at the wholesale price of $250. Adam marked the price up 40%. Find the (a) amount of mark-up and (b) the list price of the photograph.
Identify what you are asked to find. What is the amount of mark-up?
Choose a variable to represent it. Let m = the amount of each mark-up.
Write a sentence that gives the information to find it. The mark-up is 40% of the wholesale price.
Check if this answer is reasonable. Yes. The markup rate is less than 50% and $100 is less than half of $250.
Write a complete sentence that answers the question. The mark-up on the photograph was $100.
Identify what you are asked to find. What is the list price?
Choose a variable to represent it. Let p = the list price.
Write a sentence that gives the information to find it. The list price is the wholesale price plus the mark-up.
Check if this answer is reasonable. Yes. The list price, $350, is more than the wholesale price, $250.
Write a complete sentence that answers the question. The list price of the photograph was $350.
Jim's music store bought a guitar at wholesale price $1,200. Jim marked the price up 50%. Find the (a) amount of mark-up and (b) the list price.
The Auto Resale Store bought Pablo's Toyota for $8,500. They marked the price up 35%. Find the (a) amount of mark-up and (b) the list price.
In the following exercises, find (a) the sales tax and (b) the total cost.
The cost of a pair of boots was $84. The sales tax rate is 5% of the purchase price.
The cost of a refrigerator was $1,242. The sales tax rate is 8% of the purchase price.
The cost of a microwave oven was $129. The sales tax rate is 7.5% of the purchase price.
The cost of a tablet computer is $350. The sales tax rate is 8.5% of the purchase price.
The cost of a file cabinet is $250. The sales tax rate is 6.85% of the purchase price.
The cost of a luggage set $400. The sales tax rate is 5.75% of the purchase price.
The cost of a 6 -drawer dresser $1,199. The sales tax rate is 5.125% of the purchase price.
The cost of a sofa is $1,350. The sales tax rate is 4.225% of the purchase price.
In the following exercises, find the sales tax rate.
Shawna bought a mixer for $300. The sales tax on the purchase was $19.50.
Orphia bought a coffee table for $400. The sales tax on the purchase was $38.
Bopha bought a bedroom set for $3,600. The sales tax on the purchase was $246.60.
Ruth bought a washer and dryer set for $2,100. The sales tax on the purchase was $152.25.
In the following exercises, find the commission.
Christopher sold his dinette set for $225 through an online site, which charged him 9% of the selling price as commission. How much was the commission?
Michele rented a booth at a craft fair, which charged her 8% commission on her sales. One day her total sales were $193. How much was the commission?
Farrah works in a jewelry store and receives 12% commission when she makes a sale. How much commission will she receive for selling a $8,125 ring?
Jamal works at a car dealership and receives 9% commission when he sells a car. How much commission will he receive for selling a $32,575 car?
Hector receives 17.5% commission when he sells an insurance policy. How much commission will he receive for selling a policy for $4,910?
Denise receives 10.5% commission when she books a tour at the travel agency. How much commission will she receive for booking a tour with total cost $7,420?
In the following exercises, find the rate of commission.
Dontay is a realtor and earned $11,250 commission on the sale of a $375,000 house. What is his rate of commission?
Nevaeh is a cruise specialist and earned $364 commission after booking a cruise that cost $5,200. What is her rate of commission?
As a waitress, Emily earned $420 in tips on sales of $2,625 last Saturday night. What was her rate of commission?
Alejandra earned $1,393.74 commission on weekly sales of $15,486 as a salesperson at the computer store. What is her rate of commission?
Maureen earned $7,052.50 commission when she sold a $45,500 car. What was the rate of commission?
Lucas earned $4,487.50 commission when he brought a $35,900 job to his office. What was the rate of commission?
In the following exercises, find the sale price.
Perla bought a cellphone that was on sale for $50 off. The original price of the cellphone was $189.
Sophie saw a dress she liked on sale for $15 off. The original price of the dress was $96.
Rick wants to buy a tool set with original price $165. Next week the tool set will be on sale for 40% off.
Angelo's store is having a sale on TV sets. One set, with an original price of $859, is selling for $125 off.
In the following exercises, find (a) the amount of discount and (b) the sale price.
Errol bought a skateboard helmet on sale at 40% off. The original price was $49.95.
Kathy wants to buy a camera that lists for $389. The camera is on sale with a 33% discount.
Colleen bought a suit that was discounted 25% from an original price of $245.
Erys bought a treadmill on sale at 35% off. The original price was $949.95.
Jay bought a guitar on sale at 45% off. The original price was $514.75.
Larry and Donna bought a sofa at the sale price of $1,344. The original price of the sofa was $1,920.
Hiroshi bought a lawnmower at the sale price of $240. The original price of the lawnmower is $300.
Patty bought a baby stroller on sale for $301.75. The original price of the stroller was $355.
Bill found a book he wanted on sale for $20.80. The original price of the book was $32.
Nikki bought a patio set on sale for $480. The original price was $850.
Stella bought a dinette set on sale for $725. The original price was $1,299.
In the following exercises, find (a) the amount of the mark-up and (b) the list price.
Daria bought a bracelet at wholesale cost $16 to sell in her handicraft store. She marked the price up 45%.
Regina bought a handmade quilt at wholesale cost $120 to sell in her quilt store. She marked the price up 55%.
Tom paid $0.60 a pound for tomatoes to sell at his produce store. He added a 33% mark-up.
Flora paid her supplier $0.74 a stem for roses to sell at her flower shop. She added an 85% mark-up.
Alan bought a used bicycle for $115. After re-conditioning it, he added 225% mark-up and then advertised it for sale.
Michael bought a classic car for $8,500. He restored it, then added 150% mark-up before advertising it for sale.
Coupons Yvonne can use two coupons for the same purchase at her favorite department store. One coupon gives her $20 off and the other gives her 25% off. She wants to buy a bedspread that sells for $195.
Calculate the discount price if Yvonne uses the $20 coupon first and then takes 25% off.
Calculate the discount price if Yvonne uses the 25% off coupon first and then uses the 20% coupon.
In which order should Yvonne use the coupons?
Cash Back Jason can buy a bag of dog food for $35 at two different stores. One store offers 6% cash back on the purchase plus $5 off his next purchase. The other store offers 20% cash back.
Calculate the total savings from the first store, including the savings on the next purchase.
Calculate the total savings from the second store.
Which store should Jason buy the dog food from? Why?
Priam bought a jacket that was on sale for 40% off. The original price of the jacket was $150. While the sales clerk figured the price by calculating the amount of discount and then subtracting that amount from $150, Priam found the price faster by calculating 60% of $150.
Explain why Priam was correct.
Will Priam's method work for any original price?
Roxy bought a scarf on sale for 50% off. The original price of the scarf was $32.90. Roxy claimed that the price she paid for the scarf was the same as the amount she saved. Was Roxy correct? Explain.
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https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Book%3A_Prealgebra_(OpenStax)/6%3A_Percents/6.3%3A_Solve_Sales_Tax%2C_Commission%2C_and_Discount_Applications
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Can a Variable Frequency Drive control motor at Zero Speed?
In simplest terms, the variable frequency drive (VFD) starts at zero hertz (Hz) and can run there indefinitely. I can make such a bold statement because at that frequency, and with the motor stationary, there is only magnetizing current being taken through the semiconductors. The variable frequency drive normal cooling system can disperse the heat that would be generated in this situation.
The motor in this case is likely one of two types; Induction or Permanent Magnet (PM). We also need to be clear when discussing 'frequency' and 'speed' as they pertain to motors. While they are related, they are not necessarily the same.
In the case of the Induction motor, at zero frequency or even up to 0.2 or 0.3 Hz there is little or no induction of the rotor bars taking place so only magnetizing current and low level active (torque producing) current is being taken from the variable frequency drive, even at zero speed.
A typical high efficiency induction motor needs approximately 0.75 to 1.0 Hz of rotor bar frequency to develop full torque. That is to say, with a locked rotor condition (zero speed) the motor shaft would be developing rated torque when the rated (slip) frequency and rated stator magnetic field strength is circulating around the rotor. This relationship of frequency and speed is consistent throughout the rated speed range of the induction motor.
In the PM motor, the rotor flux is established by means of the permanent magnets rather than induction. Therefore, with the proper the stator flux the motor shaft would be developing rated torque almost immediately as the stator frequency beings to rise. This also means that the PM motor, with proper stator magnetic field strength, would tend to hold its rotor position relative to the stator field poles, even at zero Hz.
If position accuracy is the objective, an encoder feedback and a field oriented control algorithm are likely to give the best results.
Whether it is an induction motor or PM motor, the important factor is the proper management of the stator field flux and orientation so that the needs of the rotor are fulfilled by the variable frequency drive. Attention must also be given to the cooling needs of the motor at low speeds.
In either case, the properly sized variable frequency drive is not likely to have an issue with low frequency operation.
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http://www.gohz.com/can-a-variable-frequency-drive-control-motor-at-zero-speed
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Bunnie Huang's tour-de-force "Hardware Hacker" book is finally in print!
I've been writing about genius hardware hackers Andrew "bunnie" Huang since 2003, when MIT hung him out to dry over his book explaining how he hacked the original Xbox; the book he wrote about that hack has become a significant engineering classic, and his own life has taken a thousand odd turns that we've chronicled here as he's founded companies, hacked hardware, become a China manufacturing guru, and sued the US government over the anti-hacking provisions of the DMCA.
At what point does interesting-but-potentially-incorrect-or-misleading information become a potential threat to health? How do you regulate a product that current regulations were never set up to handle? The University of Michigan's Risk Science Center put together this quick cartoon that neatly summarizes the problems and questions at the heart of the FDA's crackdown on 23andMe, which Xeni wrote about on Monday.
If one of your loved ones was sick, what would you be willing to do to help? For millions of Americans in the US, even though they would give up anything and everything, there is no way for them to help. For many rare diseases, because they are so rare, there are no therapies or even diagnostics. What is needed is research. However, very few people have the funding and the access to the technology needed to perform such a study. Non-profits and foundations have been a major force in pushing forward research, but for many rare diseases, no such groups exist. Rare Genomics Institute (RGI) is hoping to change that, especially for children such as Maya.
Struggling with global developmental delays, Maya has not been able to speak, has had problems hearing, and has undergone many surgeries. However, after many genetic tests, there still was no answer. Then Maya’s mother found out about RGI and how they are helping children with rare diseases. With RGI’s help, Maya’s mother was able to connect with researchers and design a custom research project just for her daughter.
Ken Macleod and the European stem cell research consortium OptiStem have produced a CC-licensed educational comic about genomics called "Hope Beyond Hype." It's available as a free download, or as a &gbp;1 hardcopy, with translations to follow in many languages.
Macleod is a hell of a science fiction writer, and he's awfully good at comics, too.
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https://boingboing.net/tag/genomics
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Why Do So Many Southerners Go By Their Middle Names?
Turns out, the unusual custom serves a few purposes.
Reese Witherspoon, Garth Brooks, Dakota Fanning, and Brad Pitt are just some of the celebrities who go by their middle names. And all were born in, you guessed it, the South.
Friend: Why did you decide to start going by your middle name?
Me: I didn't. My parents have always called me this.
A cursory internet search doesn't return a definitive answer, and neither does there seem to be an expert on the topic, but there's lots of anecdotal evidence to support the theory. The best explanation seems to stem from Southerners' penchant for keeping a name going down the line, especially for males. You end up with John Smith Jr., III, and IV in one family, and calling a child by his middle name is an easy way to distinguish between him and his father. In my family, my grandfather, father, and brother all have the same first name, so my dad and brother are known by their middle names.
It doesn't help that, as retired Middle Tennessee State sociology professor Ben Austin explained, "So many generations of families have lived in the same place."
But how does that explain the vast number of Southern women, who presumably weren't named after their mothers, who go by their middle moniker? Psychologist Elisabeth Waugman, Ph.D., writes that Southerners have a tradition of giving girls "double names" — Mary Ann, Katherine Leigh, Sarah Beth — which has its roots in the "mass migration of the Scots and Irish into the South, with large concentrations in Appalachia." Both names used together, Waugman explained, have a lyrical "three beat" quality, which was "popular in 19th-century lyric poetry when many European immigrants were coming to the U.S."
Garland Pollard, a Virginia native living south of Tampa, Florida, uses his middle name because he is the fourth in a line of men with the same name. "At least in my family, the middle name was more of an early 20th-century invention," says Pollard, the director of communications for the Diocese of Southwest Florida and former editor of Virginia Living magazine. "Looking at genealogy charts, I seem to have many 19th-century ancestors with only a first and a last name."
Pollard points out that the use of a middle name, in general, can "preserve a surname that has disappeared from a bloodline." Reese Witherspoon, for example, is Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon — Reese is her mother's maiden name.
Pollard posits that, because the United States is not a monarchy, people dislike having a number attached to their name, so having the same first name (but not the middle) continue down the family tree makes more sense. The tradition that started with boys probably carried over to girls once it became popular and accepted practice.
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https://www.countryliving.com/life/a41490/going-by-middle-name-southern-tradition/
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When I was twenty years old a friend of mine at work began talking to me about the Bible. I was a fairly religious person and was a member of a local Baptist church. I regularly attended Sunday School and the morning worship service. My friend and I began "arguing" about what was involved in a person having their sins forgiven and becoming a Christian. Being a Baptist, I contended that baptism was not necessary for salvation and that a person could go to Heaven without ever being baptized. My friend very kindly and forcefully presented the verses in the Bible that prove that baptism is necessary for salvation (Mark 16:15-16; Acts 2:36-38) and encouraged me to be baptized. After over a month of discussion I could no longer ignore the clear teaching of GOD and I was baptized for the remission of my sins so that my soul could be saved.
After I was saved I began studying with the local preacher of the congregation where my friend (and now myself) worshipped . We had a Bible class every week. We started by studying the book of Acts and then the two letters to the Corinthians. There were many things I needed to learn about. One subject that gave me some problems for several months, maybe over a year, was the subject of whether or not it was right to sing a spiritual song while a piano (or some other mechanical instrument of music) was playing the song's tune. In other words, is it right to use mechanical instruments of music in worship?
While I was a member of the Baptist church we had instrumental music at every worship service. The organ and/or piano would be played for every song we sang and sometimes when we were not singing. Because of my experience with the Baptist church I was prejudiced in favor of the piano or organ. Instrumental music was a part of worship in the Old Testament (Psalm 150), I was used to it, I liked it, it made the singing sound better, and there were no verses in the New Testament that stated that instrumental music in worship was wrong. Because of the above reasons I was not able to teach that it was wrong to use instrumental music in worship.
As my study of the Bible progressed I went beyond merely gathering and understanding the facts and began understanding the principles behind the facts. One principle of Bible study is that those who profess to be Christians should "speak as the oracles of GOD" (1 Peter 4:11). Christians must only teach those things that Jesus Christ teaches in His New Testament. To apply this principle we must read every verse (Matthew 4:4) in the New Testament concerning any subject and then draw the appropriate conclusion based on Jesus' teaching. Another principle that I learned was that Christians must do the right things in the right way. We must worship in "spirit" and in "truth" (John 4:24; 1 Corinthians 14:15). Taking these two principles I learned that I (and everyone else) must only teach and practice those things that Jesus has taught (Colossians 3:17) -- the things we teach and do must be from "the oracles of GOD" and therefore they must be based on truth and not human conjecture or invention. The basic principle GOD has given us is that if something is not taught in HIS covenant with mankind then we must not practice or teach it. This principle is seen in Jesus' life while He was on earth.
What is one way we know that Jesus ushered in a New Covenant between GOD and men? Hebrews 7:12 tells us that "... the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law." We know the law has changed because the priesthood has changed. How do we know the priesthood has changed? Hebrews 12:13-14 states that "... For He (Jesus - dph) of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood." We know the priesthood was changed (and hence the change in the law) because Moses (in the Old Law) did not include ("spake nothing concerning") a provision for anyone from the tribe of Judah becoming a priest; and at the time of the writing of the Hebrew letter Jesus was a priest. It would have been against the law of GOD for Jesus to be a priest under the Old Covenant while He lived on earth (Hebrews 8:4) since the Old Covenant was silent (spake neither good nor bad) about a member of the tribe of Judah being a priest. In the same way, GOD has "spake nothing" about having mechanical instruments of music in worship here on earth under Jesus' New Covenant. The New Covenant lesson we learn from Jesus and the Old Covenant priesthood would teach us that if GOD does not mention something (like having mechanical instruments of music in worship) then we cannot practice it. If we would be pleasing to GOD we must stay within "the oracles of GOD" concerning music in worship.
Colossians 3:16 -- Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Romans 15:9 -- And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
1 Corinthinas 14:15 -- What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Hebrews 2:12 -- Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
James 5:13 -- Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
If we want to be a disciple of Jesus Christ we must sing songs praising and honoring GOD, teaching and being taught by one another as we sing, letting our worship in song express the joy we feel, and letting the music we make be that of the heart. That is Jesus' teaching and that must be our teaching.
Please consider the verses and thoughts we have presented in this lesson. Keep studying the Bible and challenging yourself and others to new heights of spiritual growth.
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http://www.religiousinstructor.com/jul99/instru.html
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This is a list of egg dishes. Eggs are laid by females of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, and have been eaten by mankind for thousands of years. Bird and reptile eggs consist of albumen (egg white) and vitellus (egg yolk), contained within various thin membranes all surrounded by a protective eggshell. Popular choices for egg consumption are chicken, duck, quail, roe, and caviar, but the egg most often consumed by humans is the chicken egg, by a wide margin.
Plain This dish includes boiling long enough to be ("hard boiled") or just long enough for the albumen (egg white) to solidify ("soft boiled").
Plain In cooking, coddled eggs are gently or lightly cooked eggs.
India Egg omelette stuffed, with cheese.
Plain Cooked in hot grease in a skillet: cooked lightly on one side only ("sunny side up"), cooked lightly on one side and turned over briefly ("over easy"), cooked on both sides so the white is solid but the yolk still soft and runny ("over medium") and thoroughly cooked on both sides with the yolk solid ("over well"), and with the yolk broken ("over hard").
Plain France A dish made from beaten eggs quickly cooked with butter or oil, but not further stirred while cooking, in a frying pan, sometimes folded around a filling such as cheese, vegetables, meat (often ham), or some combination of the above.
Sometimes an omelette will be placed under a grill to cook the top as it may not be possible to flip and the bottom may burn before the top is cooked through.
Flat Egg Plain UK Similar to an omelette, with a single beaten egg, but salt/pepper is added to the egg prior to cooking, and cooked in a dry pan, or with minimal oil. When one side is cooked, it is flipped to the other side. The egg is usually cooked until brown on both sides and then served on bread.
A flat egg is always served on bread as a sandwich style and never served on a plate with other items, as an omelette can be.
'Flat Egg' is a colloquial term, and differs from an omelette as it never contains any other items, and is used where a person doesn't like the white or yolk of an egg, so when beaten they can enjoy a cooked egg.
Plain Japan "Hot-spring eggs", traditional Japanese boiled eggs (tamago) slow-cooked in the water of hot springs (onsen).
Plain An egg that has been cooked by poaching, in simmering liquid. The term is also applied to a method whereby the egg is placed in a cup, suspended over simmering water, using a special pan called an "egg-poacher".
Plain A dish made from beaten egg whites and yolks of (usually chicken eggs). Beaten eggs are put into a hot pot or pan (usually greased) and stirred frequently, forming curds as they coagulate.
Plain Also known as baked eggs, it is a dish in which eggs have been baked in a flat-bottomed dish; the name originates from the type of dish in which it was traditionally baked. An alternative way of cooking is to crack the eggs into individual ramekins and cook them in a water bath, creating the French dish eggs.
Savory Mediterranean A family of sauces and soups made with egg and lemon juice, mixed with broth.
Savory Southeast Asia A steamed fertilized duck egg containing a partially developed duck embryo, it is commonly sold as street food in the Philippines.
Savory Tunisia A Tunisian dish consisting of thin warka pastry around a filling commonly deep fried. The best-known version is the egg brik, a whole egg in a triangular pastry pocket with chopped onion, tuna, harissa and parsley.
Savory Italy An Italian pasta dish from Rome made with egg, hard cheese, guanciale (or pancetta), and pepper.
Savory China Originated as an ingredient or an appetizer in Chinese cuisine made by preserving duck, chicken or quail eggs in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, quicklime, and rice hulls for several weeks to several months, depending on the method of processing. Now commonly found in some East and Southeast Asian countries, especially those with Chinese heritage.
Savory Japan An egg custard dish found in Japan that uses the seeds of ginkgo.
Savory A Chinese home-style dish found all over China. Eggs are beaten to a consistency similar to that used for an omelette, water is added and the mixture steamed.
Savory United States A breakfast dish consisting of toast or biscuits covered in a gravy made from bechamel sauce and chopped hard-boiled eggs.
Savory Italy Yolks of hard-boiled eggs are mashed with cream or mayonnaise, mustard, and seasonings and then mounded or piped into the white of the boiled egg. Served cold, often al fresco.
Savory India Similar to scrambled eggs, mixed with fried onions and spices.
Savory India A spicy dish made with boiled eggs, tomatoes, and fried onions and normally eaten with bread or rotis.
Egg butter Savory Estonia A mixture of butter and hard boiled eggs.
Savory China, Chinese diaspora Eggs are stirred together with vegetables such as bean sprouts and scallions, then quickly cooked in a hot skillet or deep-fried in oil, and served with gravy.
Savory An egg fried within a hole in a slice of bread.
Savory Egg salad is often used as a sandwich filling, typically made of chopped hard-boiled eggs, mayonnaise, mustard, minced celery, onion, salt, pepper, and paprika. It is also often used as a topping on green salads. It's also sometimes referred to as egg mayonnaise.
Savory A sandwich with some kind of egg filling. Sliced hard boiled eggs, egg salad and scrambled eggs are popular options. Additional fillings such as various meats and cheeses abound. A common version is the fried egg sandwich.
Savory United States Poached eggs on Canadian bacon on top of toasted English muffin halves covered with hollandaise sauce.
Savory or Sweet Bread dipped in raw egg yolk is shallow fried on a pan. Often topped with a sprinkling of powdered sugar, fruit, or maple syrup.
Savory An Italian egg-based dish similar to an omelette or crustless quiche, enriched with additional ingredients such as meats, cheeses, vegetables or pasta.
Savory United States A type of omelette made famous during the California Gold Rush in the 1850s. The most common version includes bacon and oysters combined with eggs and fried together.
Savory Mexico A Mexican breakfast featuring two fried eggs separated by a column of chilaquiles, and each egg is covered by a different salsa.
Savory Mexico A breakfast food made with eggs on tortillas with black beans and cheese, often with other ingredients such as ham, peas, plantains, and salsa picante.
Savory Latin America Eggs either poached in salsa or fried, served on top of corn tortillas and frijoles. Toppings may include avocado slices, melted cheese, sour cream, cilantro, etc.
Savory Spain Fried or scrambled eggs are served on top of fried potatoes, sometimes with ham and/or other types of meat such as chorizo. If the eggs are fried, they may be put whole on top of the potatoes or they may be cut up.
Savory A version of the omelette found in Indian cuisine. Its main ingredients are eggs, herbs, tomatoes and spices that vary by region.
Savory British corruption of Indian Khichdi. A dish consisting of cooked, flaked fish (sometimes smoked haddock), boiled rice, parsley, hard-boiled eggs, curry powder, butter or cream, and occasionally sultanas.
Savory Japan Black boiled egg, cooked in sulphur rich hot spring.
Savory United States White rice, topped with a hamburger patty, a fried egg, and brown gravy.
Nargesi Kebab Savory South Asia A kind of Kofta with a chicken egg in the middle. Named after Narcissus flower because when koftas are cut, they look like the flower's petals.
Savory Japan Egg-and-flour mix cooked on a griddle with various added ingredients, having various styles.
Savory Typically hard boiled eggs that are cured in vinegar or brine. This was originally done like many foods as a way to preserve the food so that it could be eaten months later. Pickled eggs have since become a favorite among many as a snack or hors d'œuvre popular in pubs, bars and taverns, and around the world in places where beer is served.
Savory France Quiche has a pastry crust and a filling of eggs and milk or cream. It can be made with vegetables, meat and seafood.
Savory Italy A type of omelette usually made with eggs, horseradish, and cheese.
Savory United Kingdom A hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat, coated in bread crumbs and baked or deep-fried.
Stracciatella (soup) Savory Italy Soup made from thin strands of beaten egg mixture in a meat broth.
Savory Prepared with beefsteak and eggs. Several variations exist.
Savory Japan A small piece of octopus encased in a round egg mix, developed into takoyaki. Called simply tamago-yaki (egg-cook) by the Akashi locals.
Savory Japan A small piece of octopus encased in a round egg mix, developed from akashiyaki.
Savory Japan Made by rolling together several layers of cooked egg, sometimes with sugar, soy sauce, mirin, or other additives.
Sweet Brazil A baked dessert, made chiefly from sugar, egg yolks, and ground coconut.
Savory Spain Also known as a Spanish tortilla, a typically Spanish dish consisting of a thick egg omelette made with potatoes and fried in olive oil.
Baid Mutajjan Savory Egypt Also called Baid Maza3lil or Baid Mezaghlil. An egg is hard boiled, peeled, then pan fried whole with butter and spices.
Raw egg Smoothie Also known as Raw Egg Milkshake and Raw Egg Protein Shake in different parts of the world, it primarily contains Milk or Yogurt, and Raw egg. Sugar, fruits and spices may be added for flavor.
Sweet Italy Dessert made from egg yolks, sugar and wine.
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Sometimes reading a heat gun review may not make sense, if you actually don't know exactly what is electric heat gun. It has happened to me before. Going to buy something because it is the best without having detailed information on the item. The good news is that am going to start where you are. That is with the basic information that you now know.
An electric heat gun works like a hair dryer, the difference is that an electric heat gun serves another function. But the working principle remains the same. The other difference between the two is that an electric heat gun has high temperature levels. Such that what you see coming outside is lots of hot air. That is why you are advised to never use an electric heat gun to dry your hair. Unless, you are looking for a way to burn it.
How an electric heat gun works?
As I said, the working principles of a hair dryer and electric heat gun are the same. Here is how I would briefly describe it? Inside an electric heat gun, they are two things. A heating element and fan. When you put an electric heat gun on, the fans start to rotate.
Giving out a mass volume of air, which then is directed to a heating element? Then air combines with the heat emitted, what you use coming out of the nozzle is the result of that reaction. When you adjust the temperature of the electric heat gun, you are really adjusting the temperature of the heating element.
Different electric heat guns will always come with different features. But here I want to show you the common features that you will find in most heat guns.
Dual temperature: That means that the heat gun comes with two temperature settings.
Variable temperature: This is a hybrid electric heat gun, which comes with lots of temperature level, from low to high and high to low. This is the most expensive electric heat gun.
Surface stand: This is a feature that makes it easy for an electric heat gun to stand in the upright position without rolling or tipping over.
Thermal cut off: This feature makes it possible for the electric heat gun to shut off automatically when it is overheating.
Ergonomic design: That means that the gun provides much grip on your hand so that you can catch easily.
Hook: Allows hanging for storage.
They are two types of electric heat guns. There is a small gun for doing simple projects at home. And there is a large electric heat gun for doing bigger projects.
Lots of things can be accomplished with this tool. I want to just go through simple projects that you can carry out at home with an electric heat gun.
To repair pipes or metal: You can use an electric heat gun to mold and weld things into desirable shape.
To soften substance: There are some substances which, if they touch the floor, they can be difficult to remove. One of them is wax from a candle or super glue. When they land on the surface, they harden fast. And getting them from the floor is hard. When you apply an electric heat gun, it will soften this piss of shitt and they will soften. Making it easier for you remove.
To bend copper pipes or PVC: You can use an electric heat gun to bend pipes that would otherwise take you lots of time and energy to do it.
To remove label and bumper stickers: If you have lots of stickers on your fridge or vehicle. With a heat gun, you can remove all this with much ease. If you were to do this same operation with hands, you will scratch the whole day. And in the long run, you would have consumed lots of energy and time that would have been directed to something else.
To strip paint: You use solvent paint to do the job. They may remove the paint. But they take time; beside you will need lots of them if you are working on a large project. Which can be very expensive if you are a DIY person working on a large project? With an electric heat gun, handling this job will take you a few minutes and not days. After removing all the colors, you can decorate your space the way you want it. You can also use an electric heat gun to remove old pieces of wallpaper.
Like any item that use electric power, you will have to know the safety ground that that you must never breach when you using an electric heat gun.
On the manufacturer’s manual, there is a list of temperature level for different tasks, from thawing pipes to removing paint. But if your task or project is not listed there. No problem, here is what you are supposed to do.
You need to take an electric heat gun put it on a level and begin working. You should keep on adjusting the temperature level until you find the best one that finishes the task quickly.
You are dealing with heat. First, you need to protect your eyes. Second, you need to protect your little fingers. Third, you need to protect your respiratory gland. That means, you need goggles, a respiratory mask and gloves. Then tackle the project with confidence.
Unless you are excited about inhaling fumes, its fine. If you don't have a ventilated room, then work outside so that you don't put your health at risk.
That is how simple an electric heat gun is. It has different temperature levels that run from 200 t0 1000 degrees. With a large one taking a temperature level of up to 1400 degrees.
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http://bestheatguns.com/what-is-electric-heat-gun/
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British university students have forced international banking giant HSBC to back down over the charges it intended to put on student overdrafts. More than 5,000 students joined forces in an online campaign to get HSBC to reverse its decision to charge students a whopping 9.9 per cent interest rate on student overdrafts. The bank also said it would refund any overdraft interest charged this month. Most banks offer students zero interest for the first year of any overdraft. HSBC decided to go against the grain and hit students with its charges. However, a post on the social networking site Facebook, titled “Stop the Great HSBC Rip-Off!!!” encouraged thousands of students to protest.
Andy Ripley, HSBC's head of product development, tried to put a brave face on the humiliating U-turn by telling reporters that: “Like any service-orientated business, we are not too big to listen to our customers.” The bank had little choice as it faced a public relations disaster. September is the month during which new university students enroll in their courses and start new bank accounts. HSBC could have seen a mass exodus of students. The anger on Facebook was very clear. One entry read: "I am so disgusted with HSBC right now - it actually makes my blood boil. Never before have I lost so much faith in an organization.” HSBC’s reversal also avoided a planned student demonstration outside the bank’s headquarters in London.
1. BANKS: Walk around the class and talk to other students about banks. Change partners often. After you finish, sit with your original partner(s) and share what you found out.
5. U-TURN: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘U-turn’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
6. COMPLAINTS: Brainstorm a list of complaints you have with banks. With your partner(s), discuss what people can do about these complaints if they joined forces.
7. QUICK DEBATE: Students A think students should pay interest on overdrafts like everyone else. Students B think the opposite. Change partners often. Share your findings.
University students made HSBC reverse plans to charge interest.
Over 5,000 students demonstrated outside HSBC’s London HQ.
HSBC wanted to charge students nearly ten percent interest.
Other banks charged students no interest on first year overdrafts.
An HSBC spokesman said the bank listened to its customers.
The bank backed down because it feared a public relations disaster.
There was a huge exodus of dissatisfied customers from HSBC.
A student was so angry with HSBC that it made his blood simmer.
British university students have __________ international banking giant HSBC to __________ down over the charges it intended to put on student overdrafts. More than 5,000 students joined __________ in an online campaign to get HSBC to reverse its decision to charge students a __________ 9.9 per cent interest rate on student overdrafts. The bank also said it would refund any overdraft interest charged this month. Most banks offer students __________ interest for the first year of any overdraft. HSBC decided to go against the __________ and hit students with its charges. However, a __________ on the social networking site Facebook, titled “Stop the Great HSBC __________!!!” encouraged thousands of students to protest.
Andy Ripley, HSBC's head of product development, tried to put a __________ face on the humiliating U-turn by telling reporters that: “Like any service-__________ business, we are not too big to listen to our customers.” The bank had little choice as it __________ a public relations disaster. September is the month during which new university students __________ in their courses and start new bank accounts. HSBC could have seen a __________ exodus of students. The anger on Facebook was very clear. One entry read: "I am so __________ with HSBC right now - it actually makes my blood __________. Never before have I lost so much faith in an organization.” HSBC’s reversal also __________ a planned student demonstration outside the bank’s headquarters in London.
British university students _______________ international banking giant HSBC to back _______________ the charges it intended _______________ student overdrafts. More than 5,000 students _______________ in an online campaign to get HSBC to reverse its decision to charge students _______________ 9.9 per cent interest rate on student overdrafts. The bank also said it would _______________ overdraft interest charged this month. Most banks offer students zero interest for the first year of any overdraft. HSBC decided to _______________ grain and hit students with its charges. However, a post on the social networking site Facebook, titled “Stop the __________________!!!” encouraged thousands of students to protest.
Andy Ripley, HSBC's head of product development, tried to put ___________ on the humiliating U-turn by telling reporters that: “Like any _______________ business, we are not too big to listen to our customers.” The bank had little choice as it _______________ relations disaster. September is the month during which new university students _______________ courses and start new bank accounts. HSBC could have seen a _______________ students. The anger on Facebook was very clear. One entry read: "I am so disgusted with HSBC right now - it actually makes _______________. Never before have I lost so much faith in an organization.” _______________ also avoided a planned student demonstration outside the bank’s headquarters in London.
1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘interest’ and ‘rate’.
Write five GOOD questions about BANKS in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.
What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘bank’?
What do you know about HSBC?
Do you think HSBC tries to give its customers the lowest charges possible?
What do you think if the Facebook post’s title “Stop the Great HSBC Rip-Off!!!”?
Do you think HSBC would try to rip its customers off?
Have you ever felt or been ripped off by a bank?
Do you think TV commercials for banking products are honest?
What do you think of the Facebook campaign by 5,000 students?
Are you a member of a social networking site?
Do you think HSBC’s U-turn was humiliating?
Did HSBC really “listen to its customers” or did it listen to senior managers trying to avoid a PR disaster?
Do you think more people should join forces and get banks to lower their charges?
What Facebook campaign would you like to start up?
Has a bank ever made your blood boil?
What faith do you have in banking honesty?
When was the last time you were disgusted with a company?
What questions would you like to ask HSBC’s boss?
British university students have forced international banking giant HSBC to back (1) ____ over the charges it intended to put on student overdrafts. More than 5,000 students joined (2) ____ in an online campaign to get HSBC to reverse its decision to charge students a whopping 9.9 per cent interest rate (3) ____ student overdrafts. The bank also said it would (4) ____ any overdraft interest charged this month. Most banks offer students zero interest for the first year of any overdraft. HSBC decided to (5) ____ against the grain and hit students with its charges. However, a post on the social networking site Facebook, titled “Stop the Great HSBC Rip-Off!!!” encouraged thousands of students (6) ____ protest.
Andy Ripley, HSBC's head of product development, tried to put a brave face (7) ____ the humiliating U-turn by telling reporters that: “Like any service-orientated business, we are not too big to listen to our customers.” The bank had little choice as it (8) ____ a public relations disaster. September is the month during which new university students (9) ____ in their courses and start new bank accounts. HSBC could have seen a (10) ____ exodus of students. The anger on Facebook was very clear. One entry read: "I am so disgusted with HSBC right now - it actually makes my blood (11) ____. Never before have I lost so much (12) ____ in an organization.” HSBC’s reversal also avoided a planned student demonstration outside the bank’s headquarters in London.
Write about banks for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information about HSBC. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. BANKING POSTER: Make a poster comparing the different banks in your country. Are they different from banks in other countries? Show your poster to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all find out similar things?
4. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about the quality of service provided by your bank. Include an imaginary interview with your bank manager.
5. LETTER: Write a letter to the head of HSBC. Ask him/her three questions “the Great HSBC Rip-Off”. Give him/her three pieces of advice about how to provide better service and fairer charges to customers. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.
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What are scriptures that could be used to either support or refute Calvinist beliefs?
I am on the fence .. thinking of joining a Presbyterian church.
Update 2: I am not writing an essay.
Best Answer: I believe that Calvinism is supported by the Scriptures. We don't know how God chooses people, but the Scripture is clear that He does choose people to be saved. Read the following passages: Ephesians 1:1-14, Romans 8:29-30, Romans 9:14-25. However, other verses seem to support the Armenian position: 1 Timothy 2:3-4, 2 Peter 3:9. I suspect that the Calvinists are right, although it's possible that the truth is somewhere in the middle. I'm not sure. I recommend the book "Chosen By God" by R.C. Sproul, which presents the Calvinist position.
Both Calvinism and Arminianism have all kinds of verses for support if that's what you're looking for--so quoting verses is really not going to help if you're trying to compare the two. It will only serve to further confuse you.
I'm Calvinist, and Calvinism boils down to the inability to merit Heaven through a sufficiently holy life. Pelagianism, semi-Pelagianism, and Arminianism fail at this, and Molinism and Thomism follow suit. I would recommend the Presbyterian church, but even they follow some Arminianism with the free offer of the gospel and the idea of common grace. Good luck with your decision.
There is much to know. WIth that said, if I were you I would concentrate on understanding the Bible and it's Principles. Many religions do teach basic principles but lack in recognizing the time period we are living in, much less, what our near future holds. They are unclear as to what God's Kingdom is. Often, they think it just means "heaven" and nothing more. Others will say it is "in your heart".
When Jesus Christ was on earth, he taught his followers how to pray. He left a "model prayer". Not to memorize it and repeat it over and over. It was a guide as to what is important for us all. It starts off telling us to glorify God's name, then it goes into the Kingdom which is actually a Government, that will be established in Heaven under Christ and we will see the affects on earth. However, not everyone will be there because people are making their minds up right now as to what their stand is on the issue.
Is Christ divided? Presbyterian, calvinists, and the list goes on and on. How does one know what is true.
We know the following to be true.
*There is only one church.
God is not the author of confusion and the most important thing we can do when studying the Bible is to study it in context. The whole Bible was written for us, but the whole Bible was not written to us! It is a huge difference.
That is why people can quote Bible verses that "prove" that their interpretation is correct. I used to be lost as a Christian until I understood that point. It completely changed my life and my walk as a Christian.
I would urge you to read the links and if you have any questions at all to email me.
1Co 9:25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.
1Co 9:26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing.
1Co 9:27 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
Presbyterians, Lutherans, Methodists, are all pretty much the same. I finally joined the Free church. It is accepting of most mainstream Christian religions.
You're in luck..... because statements taken out of context and translated dozens of times in various versions of the same text (which you won't be able to read for yourself unless you learn Aramaic and Ancient Greek) can be made to say just about anything you like.
How do you think we ended up with so many sects of christianity?
What criteria should I use to know which scriptures should be understood literally?
What are some positive ways that we can respond to those of differing beliefs and values?
What scriptural references lead one to believe that ONLY BELIEF is necessary for Salvation?
Could it be that Christians use scripture to answer questions because?
Is it intellectually dishonest for atheists to claim there is NO evidence to support belief in God?
Does u think baby Frank destroys atheists?
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Input text: [Surreal] shiny backdrop. A small mermaid is on a fish. It is leaning forward. Camera light is black. The sun is navy. A cyan light is left of the fish. A shark is 2 feet in front of and -3 feet above the fish. It is facing north. Sky is 2000 feet wide [water].
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1.7.4 Teams can choose between two different evacuation point tiles, which are both right angled triangles with sides of 30 cm x 30 cm: • Level one: The evacuation point is a black triangle with a bump of 5mm along the side that does not touch a wall. • Level two: The evacuation point is a black triangle with 6cm walls and a hollow center.
I observed that many evacuation point tiles following the level two rule have a base made by wood having about cm. 2 thickness, making the internal height to keep the balls/victims around cm. 4.
Is it a correct way to build it? I remark that in those conditions is easy some balls can come out pushed by others put inside time after time.
If a robot puts the first victim correctly inside the evacuation tile but after a while another victim pushes out the first from the tile the points for the first victim are granted or not? In other words the total points for the victims correctly rescued are calculated at the end of the run considering only the amount of the balls staying inside the tile or step by step everytime a victim is put inside the tile correctly (many robots can put more then one victim at a time inside the tile)?
We don't specify any building instructions. What the rule says is 6cm walls and hollow center. The center can have a floor but does not need to have a floor. However I would recommend to have a bottom since the judge can roll the dice during a LoP and move the evacuation point (if they suspect premapping) and it is much easier to move the whole evacuation point with all rescued victims if it has a bottom.
But 2cm bottom seems a bit overkill. Here in Sweden I think it is 12mm normal plywood as bottom.
A rescued victim can not be "un-rescued". Rule 3.5.12 says "A successful victim rescue occurs when the victim is moved to the evacuation point." Regardless where the victim may end up later on. But a victim can never be counted twice.
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https://junior.forum.robocup.org/t/evacuation-point-tiles-level-two/118
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Windows 7: 80-gig OS disk C close to maxing out - strategies?
My home computer has an 80g hard disk on which the o/s and program files go, and then larger mirrored D/F drives holding the data.
I essentially haven't had problems with the configuration, but today, in imaging the C drive after the monthly Windows updates, I noticed on my own (that is, noticed without getting a warning from Windows) that the C drive is pretty close to maxing out - as in about 900 Mb left in freespace on the disk.
Obviously I need to do something.
Other than the obvious two (band-aid by finding and deleting non-essential files from C; get a bigger hard drive!), any other suggestions?
The "obvious" is the real choice. Hard drives are relatively inexpensive so the thing to do is get a bigger drive.
How much space have you devoted to System Restore or the page file?
Do you need a hibernation file?
What have you done to locate and remove non-essential files?
With 128gb ssd's falling to below 60.00usd I would consider it the logical next step to clone your 80 to a128 or better yet a 256gb ssd. The speed will blow your mind and you'll wonder why you didn't do this long ago.
Fireberd, and anyone else reading the original post and left scratching their heads about how could anyone be so stupid - yes, new and larger hd ordered and on its way. Although I had not known how full the drive was, once I saw it this morning, I knew I'd have to get a bigger drive. I was more concerned about how long and well my band-aids might do the trick.
1. I'm not on the computer now, but am sure I could delete some old restore points as a measure. I don't want to muck with the page file.
2. As with the page file, the hibernation file that I have seems to work well, and I'd like to keep that without tweaking.
3. I searched the hd for "gigantic" files, which I think it defines as anything larger than 128Mb. There were only two, a couple video files that I'd for some reason saved to my desktop. I moved these to the D drive and that freed up a bit more than a gig. Doesn't seem like much, but that act doubled the free space. I then cleaned out the %temp% directory. In emptying the recycle bin I found that it had almost 2 gigs of stuff in it. So I've gone from about a free gig to around 3 free gigs. Again, I'm living dangerously, but a lot less so than was the case three hours ago. When I get home tonight, I will do a more thorough search and purge/move of the drive and I'll bet that finds me another gig.
This is a tricky question, but how much free space do I "need" on the drive, especially at boot time? I swear that I have seen no odd or degraded performance from this computer, so I was shocked at how full the drive had gotten!
Well then just leave well enough alone till the ordered larger drive arrives and then clone it, doesn't sound like the lack of space is effecting performance and you're just a UPS shipment away from space in reserve.
You never said how much RAM you have.
And I agree with Alan - a 128GB SSD for $60 would make your system sooo much better, especially in terms of performance.
I also recommend to run this program. It tells you everything regarding the data on the disk.
3. I searched the hd for "gigantic" files, which I think it defines as anything larger than 128Mb. There were only two, a couple video files that I'd for some reason saved to my desktop.
I'd run Windows built in "Disk Cleanup", including the option to clean up system files. For this drive as well as for your new drive--periodically. Maybe monthly.
Or download and use CCleaner. It has a cleanup function. You wouldn't have to use the registry cleaning side of it.
I've seen figures bandied about that you should have 20 percent or more free space, but I've never noticed any degradation and I've gone under 10% free from time to time.
I used ccleaner to remove about half my system restore points, and that didn't clear up much space. Is there something else I need to do to truly free that space? My recycle bin remains empty, but are those restore points "somewhere out there" still using hd space?
I'm still about to look for deletable files that might not be doing anything.
Disk cleanup didn't find much. The 87-meg thumbnail cache is the biggest item there was.
What did the WinDirStat output say.
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https://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/354811-80-gig-os-disk-c-close-maxing-out-strategies.html?s=93008ebfe6302a43cb130232f621ecbd
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Stem cells not a sollution?
Vit was born in May 2015 and was diagnosed one year later with deletion of exons 60-63.
Vit is our first and only baby and he is first boy affected with DMD in family. His mother is confirmed carrier.
"Thank for the great news, it seems to be part of Phase 1 of the this research: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov"
Michael Bazant replied to Chris's discussion Any new drugs expected next 3-5 years?
"I think this is also promising with clinical trials starting in 2017. http://solidbio.com/content/solid-biosciences-granted-us-and-eu-orphan-drug-designations-lead-gene-therapy-candidate"
Michael Bazant replied to Michael Bazant's discussion Stem cells not a sollution?
"Thank you for all the information. To me all the workarounds with stem cells seem to be question of many many years."
Jason Darienzo replied to Michael Bazant's discussion Stem cells not a sollution?
"Michael the article you posted does come off in a negative light for stem cell treatments by themselves. However, DMD will need to be treated with a combination of drugs and therapies. The article talks about muscle stem cells…"
Sanja Kogelnik replied to Michael Bazant's discussion Stem cells not a sollution?
Jay Griffin replied to Michael Bazant's discussion Stem cells not a sollution?
"I think stem cell is promising but many yrs way from trials"
"Thank you for sharing this."
| 2019-04-23T18:46:20 |
http://community.parentprojectmd.org/profile/MichaelBazant
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Please read the first part of the article.
Successful people treat failures as stepping stones to success. Incompetent ones call it quits upon recognizing the first signs of failure.
At first, they may be excited to start an endeavor. But then they lose interest fairly quickly, especially when they encounter errors.
Then they go & search for a new one. Same story & same results. Incompetent people don’t have the persistence to go on and fulfill their dreams.
Incompetent people envy other successful individuals. Instead of working hard to be like them, these incompetent ones spread rumors and try every dirty trick to bring them down.
They could’ve asked these successful ones nicely. But no, they’re too proud. They don’t want to ask advice. Moreover, they’re too negative to accomplish anything.
These are the people who do not have the idea what to do next. They may just be contented on eating, getting drunk, watching TV, or worse, staring at the blank wall with no thoughts whatsoever to improve their lives.
It’s perfectly fine to enjoy once in a while. But time should be managed efficiently in order to succeed. There should be a proper balance between work & pleasure.
If there are two roads to choose from, incompetent people would choose the wider road with less rewards than the narrower road with much better rewards at the end.
They don’t want any suffering or hardship. They want a good life. What these people don’t know is that what you reap is what you sow. Efforts & action will not go unnoticed.
If only they would be willing to sacrifice a little, they would be much better off.
Successful people made it through trials & error. They never give up. They are willing to do everything necessary to achieve what they aspire for in life.
Please do not miss out the the wonderful first part.
The mental representations may be very faint as such, but the idea of hurt to self is surely present. It is a belief that the real self cannot be hurt. The reason can be brought to consider vividly and believing all quieting considerations.
As a warning and as a maker of panic. The warning should be understood as given to reason. Fear need not appear at all, and that the panic is perfectly useless pain. With these discrimination in mind, we may now go on to a preliminary study of fear.
Fear is an impulse, a habit, and a disease.
Fear, as it exists in man, is a make-believe of sanity, a creature of the imagination, a state of insanity. Furthermore, fear is, now of the nerves, now of the mind, now of the moral consciousness.
The division depends upon the point of view. “Normal fear” should give place to reason, using the word to cover instinct as well as thought. From the correct point of view all fear is an evil so long as entertained.
Whatever manifestations, wherever apparent location, fear is a psychic state. Fear reacts upon the individual in several ways. In the nerves, in mental moods, in a single impulse, in a chronic habit, in a totally unbalanced condition.
The Ancient Greek storyteller Aesop’s Tale of the Grasshopper and the Ant is a perfect reminder of the detrimental impact of lazy living. Throughout the summer, the ant worked hard, gathering and storing food for the winter. The lazy grasshopper laughed at him, saying it was time to play and sing. When winter gripped the land, however, the grasshopper had no food and begged the ant to let him have some, but there was no excess to share.
Laziness is a habit that can lead to our living on the generosity of others. The apostle Paul showed little patience for those who were unwilling to work, stating that they should not eat (2 Thessalonians 3:10). He taught the believers in Thessalonica how to steer clear of procrastination and idleness. His instruction included never accepting food from anyone without paying for it and to work hard day and night so they wouldn’t be a burden to anyone (2 Thessalonians 3:8). He also urged them to settle down and earn a living and challenged them to never get tired of doing good (2 Thessalonians 3:12-13).
Jesus also spoke of working quickly to carry out the tasks assigned to us by God, for night is coming when no one will be able to work (John 9:4).
Although Paul delivers a stern warning against laziness, even challenging us to stay away from people who are idle (2 Thessalonians 3:14), he implores us not to treat the lazy as enemies. Instead, he urges us to warn them as we would a brother or sister (2 Thessalonians 3:14-15).
In Proverbs 24:30-34, the writer viewed the farmer’s property, he immediately discerned the kind of person he was—complacent, lazy, and one who lacked judgment. His property was overgrown with thorns and weeds and the wall stood in ruins (Proverbs 24:31). The sage’s audience would have been appalled at the farm owner’s carelessness and would have surmised: The owner’s sloppy habits and disorganization was evidence of his physical and spiritual neglect.
| 2019-04-23T18:13:21 |
https://dailylifetreasures.com/tag/habit/
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Example: I should have studied more.
The adj(i) form is not used frequently, but you might encounter it in some books or proverbs.
Because it is considered a noun, there is also a negative form and past form of べき, you conjugate it like any other noun.
You generally end べき with だ、but you can also attach other nouns like こと、もの or even use the verbal form of べき, べく.
☆ Be careful, べき is considered very strong language in Japanese and should only be used with (or when referring to) people on your level or lower.
べき is similar to はず be cause both express expectation. However はず literally means 'expectation' and simply states that you expect something to (or not to) happen.
This is considered strong because the thing that is expected to happen usually carries a sense of obligation (generally social) and if what should happen doesn't there is an implied sense of dire consequences for the person.
Amatuka Relevant grammar question & comments #post69006>here (fifth post).
bamboo4 べき is basically archaic.As such, it does have the effect of emphasis when used in ordinary conversation.
krafdhepkat My translation professor always grimaces if I use `beki` in class, he says it`s too bookish. What are some other options?
Miki べき can be replaced by （した）ほうがいい but not all the time.
ex1087 & 1088 this is a kind of set and cannot replaced.
I don't think it's not too bookish if you use a casual sentence like this. But this sounds a bit acrid compared to したほうがいい.
adamstudio Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have a sense that "beki" is really a noun rather than a verb -- much like "hazu" or "tsumori" -- a noun that is modified by possibly long left-branching phrases. So in "motto hayaku kuru beki datta" you'd have "[there was a] motto-hayaku-kuru beki." -- what do you think?
eidolon_shell An important note would be to indicate that beki is used in a sense of "you should do something" as if there was an obligation involved such as attending a very imperative meeting or conference as opposed to hazu which roughly means "you should do something" without an obligation, e.g. "You should read books to get good grades"
In terms of archaicness beki is moderately outdated.
eidolon_shell My correction. I made a tragic typo mistake. I meant to state that hazu is obligatory and beki is based on a general idea of supposition. Sorry about the confusion.
NR It is incorrect to use negative+beki. (I made this mistake in my speaking test).
akiokun If you want to say you should not read you say.
I wonder who says 欠くべからざる nowadays.
The other examples are all good.
Miki To Nick, #1087 欠くべからざる is still used in a speech and in writing.
実際、これらの目標を達成するのに不可欠な役割を果たしてきた would be a better alternative.
べき is the 連体形 of the classical auxiliary verb べし, which attaches to the dictionary form of verbs. It's not a noun.
gregory Hello. Need a hand here , guyz.
tigert Hey gregory すべき is japanese short form for するべき｡ and yes adding だった to the end of the sentence changes it to past tense.
I hope that helps a little, I would try and break into your example, work day has just ended and I`m off to prep for a much needed vacation.
Jinyanwa There is a negative form of べき that can be used instead of 方がいい. They have slightly different meanings behind them also.
| 2019-04-26T06:48:24 |
http://jgram.org/pages/viewOne.php?tagE=beki
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The global chemical weapons watchdog has concluded chlorine is likely to have been used in an attack on the Syrian town of Douma last April. The global chemical weapons watchdog has concluded chlorine is likely to have been used in an attack on the Syrian town of Douma last April.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said data gave "reasonable grounds that the use of a toxic chemical as a weapon took place". The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said data gave "reasonable grounds that the use of a toxic chemical as a weapon took place".
"This toxic chemical contained reactive chlorine," it added, without assigning blame. "This toxic chemical contained reactive chlorine," it added, without assigning blame.
Medics said more than 40 people died in the attack on the then rebel-held area. Medics said more than 40 people died in the attack on the then rebel-held area.
The US, UK and France accused Syrian government forces, who were besieging Douma, of using chemical weapons in the 7 April attack, and carried out air strikes in retaliation. The US, UK and France accused Syrian government forces, who were besieging Douma, of using chemical weapons in the 7 April attack, and carried out air strikes in retaliation.
The Syrian government has denied ever using chemical weapons. Its ally Russia has said the attack was "staged" by rescue workers. The Syrian government has denied ever using chemical weapons. Its ally Russia has said the attack was "staged" by rescue workers.
The OPCW's conclusions were based on environmental samples, witness interviews and other data gathered by members of a fact-finding mission that visited a number of sites in Douma two weeks after the attack. The OPCW's conclusions were based on environmental samples, witness interviews and other data gathered by members of a fact-finding mission that visited a number of sites in Douma two weeks after the attack.
The watchdog also said it found no evidence of the use of nerve agents in Douma, as some initial reports suggested, nor any evidence to support the government's claim that a local facility was being used by rebel fighters to produce chemical weapons. The watchdog also said it found no evidence of the use of nerve agents in Douma, as some initial reports suggested, nor any evidence to support the government's claim that a local facility was being used by rebel fighters to produce chemical weapons.
In June, the OPCW was given new powers to assign blame for chemical attacks. However, it was not the mandate of the fact-finding team sent to Douma to do so. In June, the OPCW was given new powers to assign blame for chemical attacks. However, it was not the mandate of the fact-finding team sent to Douma to do so.
| 2019-04-26T12:45:45 |
https://www.newssniffer.co.uk/articles/1746057/diff/1/2
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I have a bricked wii with a boot1 version that prevents bootmii being installed.
Is it still possible to flash boot2 with bootmii in it in this wii to unbrick it?
2) The version number inside boot2 (choices are 2, 3, 4) on the donor wii must be equal to or higher than the one on the broken Wii. If the donor Wii had boot2v2 and the broken Wii had boot2v3, if you flash a BootMii-modified boot2 section (with boot2v2), it will not boot on the broken Wii.
I have bootmii blocks of boot2v4 so I want to use these.
If you could not install BootMii/boot2 on your Wii normally, it will not work. Forcing an install of BootMii/boot2 would cause boot1 to reject it and refuse to boot the system.
You cannot install BootMii as boot2 on this Wii through any method, including with an Infectus.
The only way you can fix this brick is to find someone else with new boot1, get a NAND dump from their Wii, either through BootMii/IOS, Infectus or another program, use betwiin to convert the dump to your Wii. Then use the Infectus to flash it to your Wii. But you cannot install BootMii as boot2.
Also, you need your Wii's keys to do this. If you do not already have them, there is no way to recover your Wii I am afraid.
BTW, what type of brick is it? Are you sure it is a full brick?
No, however, if you have the keys from the bricked wii, you don't need to install Bootmii. If you don't have the keys, there is nothing that you can do.
I don't have the keys as I did not brick the wii myself. Sold a working board to this guy and kept his old board.
I will keep these 'new' boot1 boards and hopefully there will be a way to recover from a total brick in the future.
If you have a correct boot1 then the drive flashes quickly. I guess nobody ever wants to play with this though.
Even flashed a boot2v4 with bootmii in it and of course it did not work. But I wanted to try anyway. As I had the infectus on the board and all the soldering was done for nothing.
| 2019-04-21T02:30:16 |
http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?25,45535
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TL;DR: Regarding some blunders at Indian Science Congress 2015. And some thoughts on if Indians really discovered Pythagorean Theorem. We need to discuss the latter part; yes!
I woke up, like any other sane individual, woke up startled yesterday. At first it looked like a pun story, and I was confused whether somebody has mistakenly made the news from a funny, unreal article written somewhere else (trust me, it happens; the latest one is when People channel hosted a half an hour discussion on the news – that never was – that Zuckerberg forbade Facebook employees from using their own product at their office. In fact, this was a funny article ToI published, which People’s reporter took seriously and conducted a panel discussion on that! Given all such incidents, I cannot be blamed if I doubted whether the startling news was true or not!
The news said, at Indian Science Congress, some scientists claimed that Indians invented aeroplane 7000 years ago (Maharishi Bharadwaj was the architect and it was used even for the inter-planetary travels. Poor Nolan!). Glad they didn’t say King Ravana was the first pilot ever.
Things got a tad hard from there. The famous Helmet on Mars is from Mahabharata age, the scientists say. The kings travelled from Earth to Moon and then to Mars, where one of them lost his helmet which’s the Helmet on Mars. If Veda Vyasa is alive (he is, as per Hindu mythology, a Chiranjivi), he would just kill himself!
I laughed to the core when I read about the 24 ct gold which was extracted from cow dung. Alas, we sold all our cows ten years back. I stopped laughing. It had started to ache my tummy.
But then I stumbled upon another piece of news on Pythagorean Theorem. Someone at ISC claimed that though it is attributed to Greece, it was first discussed and contributed to by Indians. World media, including WashintonPost reported the hilarious proceedings of ISC, looking at which I really felt ashamed of the whole thing. What would people think of us, Indians, if the world gets to read this story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/01/04/indians-invented-planes-7000-years-ago-and-other-startling-claims-at-the-science-congress/. As the saying goes, one bad apple spoils the bunch. People will normally laugh at the Pythagorean theorem stuff too. They can’t be blamed.
There have been immense writings on Indian Mathematics and our contributions being attributed to the Europeans. Unfortunately, many tend to claim these without proofs (read about some of such things here: http://malayalam.usvishakh.net/blog/archives/category/indian-mathematics). However, there are contributions which are genuinely made by Indians, and are attributed to the foreigners. But when there are false claims, the whole bunch stinks.
A couple of months back, I stumbled upon a book titled “അനന്തതയിലേക്ക് ഒരു പാത” (A Passage to Infinity) by George Gheverghese Joseph. It came to my knowledge later that he is one of the leading scientists whose research area is Contribution of Indian Mathematicians. The book was an interesting read, and I ended up ordering an English copy of the same from Amazon. Let’s discuss some excerpts from this book.
The possibility of independent European discovery of some of the Kerala Mathematics is always there, although the choice of that as a default solution by most historians is debatable. Indeed without documentary evidence in the form of direct translations of Indian texts, or direct acknowledgement of Indian sources for these discoveries, the legal criterion carries a crucial weakness when it is extended to apply to the context of establishing scientific and mathematical discoveries.
… the similarity in the discoveries made need not necessarily imply influence – it may simply be the outcome of the independent discoveries of the best description of the world or best way of solving a problem. ….. For example, many cultures have independently discovered the right-angle theorem attributed to Pythagoras in the West, but this is not the outcome of diffusion of knowledge but objective states of affairs. They were independent discoveries that yielded the same knowledge needed for constructing buildings in all cultures.
If you read the last line in the above paragraph, that reiterates the importance of right-angle theorem in construction of buildings. That says a lot.
He also states that one of the Shulba Sutras by Baudhyana establishes the concept of right-angled triangles and the relation between their sides long back in BC 800. Aryabhata talks about this in his Āryabhaṭīya, whose 17th stanza starts with this knowledge.
We knew it – From Gurukulam!
The authors submit that the the right-angle theorem is wrongly attributed to Pythagoras (570-495 BC). Wikipedia says, “The Pythagorean Theorem was known long before Pythagoras”. There is dispute between who proved it first – Pythagoras or Euclid?
Humans knew about the Pythagorean triplets well before Pythagoras. It’s said that the Egypt used this knowledge in the construction of pyramids (recall what A Passage to Infinity said above). However, it was Baudhayana, an Indian who talked about the right-angle theorem. Read about it here: https://mysteriesexplored.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/baudhayana-pythagoras-theorem-world-guru-of-mathematics-part-8. He lived in the ~800 BC century (which was at least two centuries before Pythagoras was born!). They why is it attributed to someone else?
If you draw a square with the diagonal of another square as its side, then the area of the former will be the double that of the latter. (Further, this applies to right-angled triangle too).
If you add the areas of two squares made of sides equivalent to the length and breadth of a rectangle, then it will be equal to the area of a square made with the diagonal of the rectangle as its side.
Read the last line above. Don’t you feel that it is the theorem we are talking about? This is from Apastamba Shulba Sutra, a book by Baudhayana.
Disclaimer: I’m an amateur, math lover. Errors could be there in observations.
| 2019-04-18T20:25:36 |
http://taaism.com/indian-science-congress-pythagorean-theorem-aviation-cows-and-gold-and-stuffs-like-that/
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Brain Development - Myth or Fact?
Myth At birth the brain is fully developed, just like one's heart or stomach.
Fact - Most of the brain's cells are formed before birth, but most of the connections among cells are made during infancy and early childhood.
Myth The brain's development depends entirely on the genes with which you are born.
Fact - Early experience and interaction with the environment are most critical in a child's brain development.
Myth A toddler's brain is less active than the brain of a college student.
Fact - A 3-year-old toddler's brain is twice as active as an adult's brain.
Myth Talking to a baby is not important because he or she can't understand what you are saying.
Fact - Talking to young children establishes foundations for learning language during early critical periods when learning is easiest for a child.
Myth Children need special help and specific educational toys to develop their brainpower.
Fact - What children need most is loving care and new experiences, not special attention or costly toys. Talking, singing, playing and reading are some of the key activities that build a child's brain.
| 2019-04-22T10:04:54 |
http://childhooddevelopment.yolasite.com/
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Let me start by saying I really dislike the free copying of media and am firmly against doing it - I believe artist should be paid fairly for what they do and that if you enjoy media you should pay for it.
My question is about what this exactly means in different circumstances.
So, I have a media centre PC and I buy DVDs and rip them to the PC to watch - I consider this "fair use", although I know circumventing the CSS is breaking the law.
I also record a lot of films on my free-view recorder, and then transfer them to the PC to store and re-watch. In doing this I edit out the adverts.
I also record things like The Simpsons and transfer this over.
Where do I stand on copyright with these latter two?
If it is deemed to be ok to record broadcast media and keep it (thus saving the cost of buying the film on DVD), what constitues legal practice here: what is the difference between doing that, and downloading the film that someone else has recorded from the TV as long as I was in a position to have recorded it myself (but didn't)?
Example: I've been recording Spooks as it has aired on broadcast TV but missed the first series. I can download the first series from a BitTorrent, and I find it is a recording someone else made from the TV (i.e. not a DVD rip). Is that different from recording it myself, and if so, why?
Same with the Simpsons, over the years I may have recorded almost all of them from broadcasts but may be missing a few, if I download these from someone else who has recorded them, is that illegal?
I suppose there is a format issue - I can't, for example, rip a friend's DVD of Red Dwarf (notwithstanding the illegality of CSS cracking) to replace my version recorded on VHS ten years ago, because the DVD version is better quality, etc, and so it is not like-for-like; but does that extend to media which is broadcast and recorded digitally? In what way is this media different from the DVD which makes copying from DVD illegal?
I'd love a discussion on this, because I just don't know. Thanks.
You raise some interesting issues. Many of the arguments about format shifting of both music and video for personal use (eg music on CD to MP3 or ipod) have been put forward as recommendations of the Hargreaves Review and have been accepted by the government, although quite when the change to the legislation will take place is not known.
So in time much of what you want to do will be legal as long as it is for your personal use. Indeed at present the record companies have stated that they will not seek to prosecute any one who wishes to use format shifting of music for personal use, before the law is changed. The movie industry haven't gone that far and, given their hardline approach to illegal file-sharers, it would be foolhardy to jump the gun on movie format shifting until the law has been changed.
70 Recording for purposes of time-shifting.
(1)] The making in domestic premises for private and domestic use of a recording of a broadcast solely for the purpose of enabling it to be viewed or listened to at a more convenient time does not infringe any copyright in the broadcast or in any work included in it.
(b) if that dealing infringes copyright, it shall be treated as an infringing copy for all subsequent purposes.
(3) In subsection (2), “dealt with” means sold or let for hire, offered or exposed for sale or hire or communicated to the public.
As you can see there is no time limit set on how long such a recording may be kept, and 'lending' your copy to someone else is also not specifically prohibited, although if you operated a library service of such material that would constitute 'communicating to the public' so would be illegal, as would uploading your recording to BitTorrent for others to download.
Clearly when the law was written, the kind of recording envisaged was on cassette tapes or reel-to-reel for radio broadcasts, and VHS for televison broadcasts. Theoretically nothing has changed with digital recording and devices like the Sky plus, even though these technologies make format shifting (as well as time-shifting) much easier.
So until we see the exact wording of the proposed new legislation to allow format shifting there will continue to be anomalies like those you have highlighted, and the equally odd situation where it is permissable to make back-up copies of computer programs which come on CDs or DVDs, but not to make back-up copies of films or music which come on the same media, and which are arguably more likely to get damaged through repeated playing.
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Thanks for your considered response, the time you spent is appreciated.
It does seem to me that copyright law and practice has, on the one hand, a fair degree of pragmatism and, on the other hand (the digital hand), anachronistic straitjackets. Presumably, in time, it will be revised and refreshed to make it more joined-up.
Do you know if the ban on circumventing CSS applies in the UK as it does in the 'states, creating an anomoly where format-shifting a DVD is fair use, but cracking the CSS is illegal?
Yes circumventing 'technical measures' designed to prevent copying is generally illiegal under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act. You can read the details here.
The particular anomaly you mention is covered in Section 296ZE (Remedy where effective technological measures prevent permitted acts), whereby if an act of permitted copying is prevented by some technical measure, a person affected by this can seek assistance from the Secretary Of State (ie the Business Secretary) who can order the technical measure to be removed. Hopefully a new law on format shifting will address this issue in a more practical way and either ban technical measures, or provide a sensible workaround to meet the situation.
Well, when you read on the actual law that surrounds copying of materials, what you are doing is actually part of the piracy they call of.
And when you actually do that,then you are supporting piracy even though you claim to despise it.
And this could be considered as another case of being, to some degree, hypocrite about it. So if you really are against piracy, then this should be stopped as well.
| 2019-04-24T23:53:47 |
https://copyrightaid.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1119.htm
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And Yet They Deny: Eugenics In Action: "Flu kills 27 in Britain"
Eugenics In Action: "Flu kills 27 in Britain"
Never the industry to let up on fearmongering when on the contrary it thrives on it; the media networks across the UK are giving their fair dosage of doom and gloom for us all to sink our teeth into during the Holidays. Hmmm, what shall we focus on??: Well, there's the story of the missing young lady whose body has just been found on Christmas morning [reports are stating that she may have been strangled] - or there's the story of an apparent plot to bomb the London Eye - or how about the "severe" rate of deaths caused by the seasonal influenza virus and its variants?
Flu has killed 27 people in Britain since the influenza season began in October and transmission of the virus is picking up across the European Union, health officials said on Thursday.
A patient is given a H1N1 swine flu vaccination at the University College London hospital Enlarge photo Latest data from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) showed that 24 people died with the H1N1 flu strain that spread around the world as a pandemic in 2009, and three with from a strain known as flu type B. Eighteen of those who died were adults and nine were children.
"The level of flu activity we are currently seeing is at levels often seen during the winter flu seasons, but due to the fact that H1N1 is one of the predominant strains circulating at the moment, we are seeing more severe illness in people under the age of 65 than we would normally expect," said John Watson, head of the respiratory diseases department at the HPA.
European health experts have said other European countries should see the severe flu hitting Britain at the moment as a warning of what might be coming to them soon.
"Influenza transmission is now picking up across the European Union," Marc Sprenger, director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), which monitors disease in the region, said in a statement.
The H1N1 strain is among the seasonal flu vaccines being offered across the world this year after the WHO advised it was likely to be the most dominant strain of the northern hemisphere's 2010/2011 flu season. Flu vaccines are made by several drugmakers including GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi-Aventis and Novartis.
Sprenger said the ECDC's advice was that all those who are recommended to have the influenza vaccine by their national authorities should get vaccinated as soon as possible.
"Vaccines and vaccination can be an emotive issue and citizens rightly ask for assurance," he added. "The scientific evidence shows that seasonal influenza vaccines are effective and very safe. They provide a protection of up to 80 percent against influenza on an individual basis."
For most people, flu infection is just a nasty experience, but for some it can lead to more serious illness. The most common complications of flu are bronchitis and secondary bacterial pneumonia.
"Flu can be an extremely serious illness for people in 'at risk' groups, including pregnant women, the elderly and those with other underlying conditions such as heart problems, diabetes, lung, liver or renal diseases and those who have weakened immune systems," said Watson.
Health officials said on Tuesday that more than 300 people were in intensive care with flu in hospitals across Britain.
H1N1 flu was discovered in Mexico and the United States in March 2009 and spread rapidly across the world. The World Health Organisation, which declared the pandemic over in August, said about 18,450 people died from the virus, including many pregnant women and young people.
Source: Yahoo! News via Reuters.
| 2019-04-23T20:17:11 |
http://andyettheydeny.blogspot.com/2010/12/eugenics-in-action-flu-kills-27-in.html
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I am starting work on a scenario for the Plains of Abraham 1759, the battle that saw French Canada defeated. I have a quandary. In the actual battle, Montcalm believed the British were about to entrench, so he attacked before reinforcements could be called in from positions to the east (at least one battalion of regulars and some more militia) and before Bougainville could arrive from the west (1 ad-hoc regular battalion, several militia units). Wolfe had filled out his will but neglected to bring entrenching tools. Once deployed, he sent messengers for the tools.
The player will know this. Any ideas on how I put the onus of attack on the French instead of them waiting for Bougainville?
Setting up Plains of Abraham, as requested by members so they can see the French on the table. They haven't seen action in a long time. We have every battalion that fought save for the Guyenne. I thought we had all of them. There are enough French to form double ranks if we used militia in the second rank, but not enough British unless we pad their ranks with blue-coated provincials. That won't do so the regiments will be single-ranked.
I intend to take the French and attack, to see if we get the historical result. I'd rather that then go for a win. The French regulars will be line infantry in most respects but with militia morale since they incorporated a lot of militia. I will post the scenario in a few days.
...The player will know this. Any ideas on how I put the onus of attack on the French instead of them waiting for Bougainville?
If you play with Victory Points, you may saddle the French player with some handicap.
E.g.: "At the end of the game, the French have -2 VP having waited for Bougainville"
You may also make uncertain with how many units Bougainville will show up.
Or, make uncertain the date of Bougainville's appearance. The French player rolls each day until Bougainville appears.
So, each day that passes, the French player may lose half VP. This may urge him to attack.
One additional idea: Roll a number, this will be the number of days Wolfe needs to bring entrenching tools.
If the French player day trials to bring Bougainville exceed that number, he will have an additional VP penalty.
| 2019-04-25T16:44:09 |
http://honoursofwar.com/thread/598/plains-abraham-1759
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Why do people want General Wes Clark to be president?
After I read the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal today, I'm not confused. They support him based on a complete misunderstanding of him and the role he played in, amoung other things, Kosovo.
The author of the piece in the Journal claims Clark was the heroic liberator of Kosovo and that peace descended on that troubled part of the world when NATO moved in. Wrong! Sure, Kosovo was freed from the Serbian-dominated government of Yugoslavia, but Clark nearly caused a needless confrontation with the Russians (after they outsmarted him by rolling rapidly down from Bosnia and taking over the airport) that British General Michael Jackson put a stop to. I think Jackson's words were to the effect that he was not going to "start World War III" for Clark.
Clark was surprised again when the Kosovar Albanians (KA's) flooded back into their homes following the cessation of hostilities. Surprised again by their anger toward the Kosovar Serbs (KS's) who remained behind. Surprised by the killings and reprisals wrought by the KA's.
The peace imposed in Kosovo is largely there because of a segregation of the KA's and KS's into geographic zones where they are kept apart by a surprisingly large number of NATO troops (including US troops who were supposed to be home by Christmas of 1999 or was it 2000?). As has happened in recent months, when given the chance, revenge killings will occur.
How can Clark be critical of the length of time it has taken to get Iraq on track when we still have forces in the Balkans...under his watch. What was his plan to have these troops withdraw and let the nation-builders take over?
Unbelievable. That's the gist of former JCS Chair Hugh Shelton's assessment of General Clark. I would think he was in a pretty good position to know.
So, to the WSJ guest columnist I can only suggest that he do some more research before singing these praises.
Sen. Elizabeth Dole asserts that the Chinese are responsible for the loss of jobs in the US, especially in North Carolina, the state she represents. While economic statisitics don't support this, I want to encourage her to follow her logic to its conclusion. Every state in the United States that offers lower taxes or better incentives to business is also "stealing" business from North Carolina. She should attack them, too.
In fact, she should go after the state officials who have raised North Carolina's taxes causing businesses to by-pass the Old North State.
She won't. Bring back Smoot-Hawley. We probably deserve the depression we'll get if we can't elect Senators with some sense of how real world economics work.
| 2019-04-23T02:58:47 |
http://www.eaglespeak.us/2003/
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The Singles Bar: Katy Perry, "Wide Awake"
What are the odds? Two songs leaked off Katy Perry's Complete Confection reissue of Teenage Dream, and two post-breakup songs, which both seem indirectly inspired by the lead singer's real-life split with husband Russell Brand. Maybe Katy's guiding her new stuff towards that kind of literary verisimilitude, maybe only the saddish songs got left off the original Teenage Dream, or maybe Katy and co-writer Bonnie McKee were just in a particularly lovelorn mood during one Dream writing session, but whatever the root cause, with the recently leaked "Wide Awake," Katy now has two very well-timed heartbreak songs for her upcoming re-release.
You can guess much of the lyrical construct of "Wide Awake" from the title. Katy was in a poisonous relationship, about which she was oh so blind ("Yeah, I was in the dark / I was falling hard / With an open heart / How did I read the stars so wrong?") but now she's finally getting hip to the general badness of it all ("I wish I knew then / What I know now / Wouldn't dive in / Wouldn't bow down"). The most memorable lyric is the chorus declaration of "Falling from cloud nine," which has that kind of overly obvious figurative language feel that Katy has perfected on so many of her biggest hits ("Baby you're a firework," "You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream," etc.)—not super-subtle, but bluntly effective.
The lyrics are helped by the big-budget production, which has a sort of Ryan Tedder 2.0 feel to it—the same kind of booming background drums of a "Battlefield" or "Already Gone," with echoed synths and low-humming bass to create an expansive but not quite obnoxious bed for Katy to wail over. The song is melodically smart with its vocals, too, with Katy sounding cramped in the overstuffed verses (which have a kind of "Fly Away" cadence to them) and then soaring free on the "Faalllliiiing from cloouuuuud niiiiiine" chorus, making the feeling of romantic disillusionment sound positively liberating. It's not the most original or brilliant of songs, but everything about it just kind of fits right.
If this were Perry's latest single, we could understand fans being a little disappointed, since solid song though it is, it's not all that Katy in nature—even "The One That Got Away" somehow had way more of her personality than this song. But as a bonus track for an album that's been out for two years and already been reissued a couple times? Consider her two for two.
| 2019-04-20T14:58:23 |
https://www.popdust.com/the-singles-bar-katy-perry-wide-awake-1889401252.html
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When actress Laverne Cox asked a crowd of University of Georgia students if there were any "Orange Is The New Black" fans in the house, the deafening hurrah that erupted made it clear what drew many to UGA's Tate Theatre on Wednesday.
Between acting on the popular Netflix original series, and producing the "Transform Me" series on VH1, Cox is also a busy advocate on transgender issues.
"I stand before you a proud African-American transgender woman from a working class background," she said opening her lecture. "I haven't always been able to do so."
Transgender women and men face higher unemployment and incarceration rates, a suicide rate four times higher than average, and constant harassment and violence, Cox told the sold-out crowd.
One of the biggest obstacles facing transgender people are those that believe "we are always and only the gender we were assigned at birth. We will never be a woman."
Echoing a speech made by abolitionist Sojourner Truth, Cox asked, "Ain't I a woman?"
"I stand here claiming my womanhood which I am often denied," Cox said.
Born to a single mother in Mobile, Ala., a few seconds before a twin brother, Cox recalled being bullied every day growing up. She wondered how children at the age of 3, 4 or 5 knew to call her slurs like sissy and worse. Children are taught that everyone is either a boy or girl, but for many, that's just not the case, she said.
"Many of us don't fall into this idea," she said. "If we stop policing each other's gender, we'd all be better off."
If we as a country want to end bullying, Cox said, we need to creates spaces of gender self-determination.
Growing up in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Cox realized during puberty that her attraction to males was considered a sin by the family she loved. Later, as a college student in New York City, she found in the club culture a place where her "gender expression was celebrated."
Once Cox began to transition from male to female, she found relief in the transgender title, having spent most of her life somewhere in the middle.
Cox told the youthful audience about transgender women who'd been killed while walking down the street, and recalled her own experience with harassment, misogyny and racism - all without any physical harm.
"A lot of trans women aren't as lucky as I am," she said.
Cox theorized as to why African-American trans women experience harassment from within the black community: Slavery emasculated the black male and devalued the black female, causing a "collective trauma" still felt today. African Americans are a hurt people, and "hurt people hurt people."
Cox reminded the audience that "pronouns matter" when referring to trans people. Don't make assumption as to how a person is expressing their gender, she said.
"If you're not certain, it's OK to ask," she said.
Laverne Cox spoke at UGA with the help of the UGA Multicultural Services and Programs, LGBT Resource Center, University Union Student Programming Board, Black Affairs Council, Black Theatrical Ensemble and the Office of Institutional Diversity.
| 2019-04-23T18:32:33 |
https://www.onlineathens.com/article/20140227/NEWS/302279924
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There are two published books that teach Lojban; The Complete Lojban Language and What is Lojban?. There is also an incomplete but substantial guide, Lojban for Beginners, which teaches Lojban as a course.
"The Complete Lojban Language" is a complete description of the artificial language Lojban. It serves as a reference grammar for the language, offering an overview of the language, as well as linguistic details on every aspect of the language. This book serves as the standard defining the language design. That design has been declared frozen for a minimum 5 year period; anyone who learns the language from this book can be assured that it will not be continually changing. Though this description may sound imposing, technical and formal, the book is written in a light, often humorous style that teaches the reader about the Lojban language, about logic, and about linguistics in general.
An online version of The CLL called The Lojban Reference Grammar is available. A list of CLL, aka Reference Grammar, Errata is also available. Most of the errata have been approved.
Note that the book The Complete Lojban Language is still considered by quite a few new learners as the best tutorial although by design this wasn't meant to be any tutorial.
Namely, the order of chapters may seem to be arbitrary to those who wish to use this book to study Lojban. So one recommendation is ... to read various sections from the book randomly. If you don't understand something skip to another part.
If you still wish to try something else here are some newish tutorials.
The Crash Course is a course being written by la gleki by combining the feedback of people learning or speaking Lojban into a tutorial. You read it, report bugs or ask questions and get replies from the author or knowledgable Lojbanists, answers to your questions get included into the course.
The course tries not to use Lojbanic terminology much. It explains most Lojbanic terms in ordinary language that the learner uses from birth or school. This principle brings Lojban to people, rather than dragging people into Lojban. It adapts the teaching method to the language the student uses in everyday life. For example, for speakers of English (and most languages of Europe) The Crash Course method calls brivla "verbs", calls sumti "nouns". Although, such terms as "noun" and "verb" can mean different things in different languages they are fine for initially explaining how Lojban works.
The course has a compact dictionary as an addendum that gives examples for the most commonly used verbs and particles.
The intended finalization of this course are years 2017 - 2019. Until then minor bugs can be found in it but the course is mostly already usable.
A distilled overview of the language by ldlework, explaining much of the grammar succinctly using examples and diagrams.
A fairly complete textbook initially based on the format of the live lessons given in the Lojban IRC chat. Initially written by la klaku and la .kribacr. and updated over the years by many others.
Your feedback and suggestions can make the course more comprehensive.
You may translate and adapt this course to your native language if it's not already there.
Simple Lojban in phrases on Memrise.com teaches Lojban through phrases only allowing you to automatically passively learn the nuts and bolts of the language.
"What is Lojban?" is intended as a concise introduction to Lojban, providing a taste of the language for those who may decide to take an interest in it.
"Lojban for Beginners" is an introductory course on Lojban, consisting of fifteen lessons. It has been authored by Robin Turner and Nick Nicholas, and gives a gentle introduction to the structure of the language. Robin authored lessons 1–8 and 10–11 in 1999; Nick added to the existing lessons, and authored lessons 9 and 12–15, in 2001. This book is very accessible, and interacts with the reader using relevant exercises.
The errata for this book lives on this page.
All the words and rafsi appear in tiny white-on-white letters surrounded by dollar signs. This allows you to search for rafsi. For example, looking for $bli$ will get to to bliku.
Some "cheat sheets" are included to help the aspiring lojbanist.
Lojban words that are referenced from other definitions, but which don't have definitions of their own are listed in an appendix. The reader is encouraged to go and fix jbovlaste.
Lojban words that don't have English definitions that map to them are also listed in an appendix.
Seth Lojban Dictionary.pdf is a file designed for print-on-demand machines like the one on BYU campus. Seth Lojban Dictionary Cover.pdf is the book's cover, in similar style to the printable version of LFB. POD machines often require the cover and book to be separate files. The dictionary itself is simply the standard word lists put into a very friend format (no lujvo and such, because of the incomplete nature of such a list). I have used it for a few months and liked it enough to put up for anyone's use. I can also arrange for printed versions of it to be available if there is a desire.
Lojban Wave Lessons are a set of online lessons created by kribacr and a community of other Lojbanists that employ newer methods of teaching, including teaching the use of terminators as obligatory for the first several lessons and teaching xorlo and dotside as the normal rules. This is preferred over L4B or CLL by some students and recommended by several teachers as it teaches early on several key concepts which prevent confusion later on.
| 2019-04-23T17:58:25 |
https://mw.lojban.org/papri/Books
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In a divorce, most individuals will choose to label a divorce depending on if it is neutral or not. Grounds can be split into fault and no-fault between parties. In some cases, listing both can greatly help a divorce case.
A no-fault divorce can be granted when the marriage cannot work due to general conflict, both parties have lived apart for three or more years, or one spouse has been in a mental institution for three or more years.
A fault divorce means that one party has to prove that the marriage did not work due to the actions of the other party. Fault can be used to allow one party to come out of the divorce with a larger share of the marital property and can effect the child custody agreement.
Grounds of "Fault & No Fault"
In Texas, many couples are opting to put down both fault and no fault on the divorce petition. That way, if a grounds for a fault divorce cannot be proven, the divorce can still proceed in the courts.
For most alleged "fault", a spouse must be able to prove this claim to the court before a divorce is granted.
Adultery must be proven with clear evidence. If there is reasonable doubt that adultery did not occur, the court may not be able to grant a fault divorce. Adultery can be alleged even when a couple is separated, since relationships entered into at these times are done when a couple is not yet divorced.
Cruel treatment can only be alleged if it can be proven that the actions of one created an environment that essentially destroyed the marriage. Cruel treatment goes beyond just disagreements, meaning that the courts will have to examine each case carefully.
Abandonment can be used in a divorce only if it can be proven that the spouse that left did so of their own accord and with the intent of abandoning the marriage.
Regardless of the accusations, it is in the court's decision whether or not to grant a fault divorce. By listing both fault and no-fault on the divorce petition, it creates security for the divorce to be granted, regardless of the fault found.
| 2019-04-21T02:07:54 |
https://www.zenlawfirm.com/law-blog/2014/september/texas-fault-no-fault-divorce/
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Passages to the Past: Guest Post by Anna Belfrage, author of The Graham Saga, plus Giveaway!
Guest Post by Anna Belfrage, author of The Graham Saga, plus Giveaway!
Passages to the Past is pleased to bring you a fabulous guest post from Anna Belfrage, author of The Graham Saga. The third book in the series, The Prodigal Son, was released in July. Anna went on tour last month and bloggers loved the book, so she is doing it again in October and I am very much looking forward to reading those reviews.
Please enjoy this post and be sure to enter the giveaway at the end of this post. One winner will receive a copy of The Prodigal Son and another winner will receive a Kindle eBook bundle of Books One - Three.
First of all, thank you dear Amy for allowing me to post on your blog! I wish I could say I’ve kept it short and sweet, but you know me too well by now to believe that, so I might just as well confess straight off that this is not short. Nor is it all that sweet, but I hope you’ll find it entertaining anyway. When I was a child, I ran around with a wooden shield and sword, pretending to be a knight. Other children ran around playing at being fire-fighters, or doctors, or astronauts, or… Now and then, I’d be able to round up enough of my friends for a couple of hours of playing at being Robin Hood, or crusaders – or Spanish conquistadores – but mostly they’d prefer their games and I’d stick to mine.
We were all time travelling in a fashion, but where my contemporaries were time travelling FORWARD – to impending adulthood – I always time travelled backwards. I still do, and while I haven’t gone to the lengths one of my dearest friends has done (she has driven from stone circle to stone circle in Scotland, hoping that maybe, maybe the stones will sing for her and transport her two hundred years backwards in time – blame Diana Gabaldon for that), I tend to approach old monoliths, absurdly symmetrical rock formations and all sorts of crossroads with certain caution. After all, you never know; maybe those time nodes I write about do exist, places where the warp of time is frayed and fragile, thereby allowing the unsuspecting person to fall to another time, another place.
The rational me is less enthused by the prospect of ending up in, let’s say, the 16th century. It would be dirty and cold, it would be cramped and smelly, there would be lice and mice, the bread would taste of yeast and mould, the food would be depressingly similar day after day, and, as a woman, I’d be at the mercy of my man. Hmm. So why, one wonder, does the concept of travelling through time exert such a pull on me?
For a start, it is pretty obvious that the romantic me is stronger than the rational me. Also, being a modern woman raised in a home where both parents made it clear that only the sky was my limit, I am probably deluded enough to assume that IF I were to end up in Tudor England, I would probably succeed in changing things in my immediate surroundings so as to find them acceptable. My man would not hit me – he wouldn’t dare! – he would value my opinion, he would, by some miracle, be very much into baths and be rich enough to change shirts every third day or so.
The knowledgeable reader is already chuckling; I am describing an anomaly, as men in Tudor times didn’t wash much more than face and hands on a daily basis, rarely cleaned their teeth, wore their clothes well beyond their laundry date, and as a matter of course disciplined their wives – if it was considered necessary. Okay, so we skip Tudor England and go to… Ah; there’s the rub! Wherever you go, female emancipation is a relatively novel concept, with most traditional societies built around the concept of the man as the head of the family.
Of course, in real life I believe the women played a far more central part than that of being an obedient and meek spouse. Life was tough, requiring a couple to work as a team to ensure the survival of their children – and of themselves. Also, I do believe most people strive for some sort of accord in their domestic arrangements, if nothing else because it makes home life so much nicer, and so the pragmatic man married to a firebrand woman would strive to channel that energy rather than douse it.
Since some years back, I’ve come to terms with the fact that I will probably never time travel – not in real life. Which is why I have Alex Lind, the heroine in The Graham Saga, do so in my stead.
“Thanks a lot,” she mutters.
A modern woman, well-educated and successful, Alex is yanked out of her time (2002) and propelled through time, landing at the feet of a most surprised Matthew Graham. Adapting to an existence in the 17th century is tough – and being a computer expert is of no obvious value.
“Tell me about it.” Alex studies her hands, her dirty apron, and grimaces in the direction of the lowing cows.
“I could write you back,” I say.
Alex raises her brows. I nod, defeated. I could write Alex back to her time, but that would mean separating her from Matthew, and that, dear reader, would be an amputation neither of them would survive. Not now, not now that they have found each other and moulded together, two halves combining into a perfect whole.
“Mind you, he’s a tad old-fashioned at times,” Alex says, smiling in the general direction of her husband, a silhouetted shape against the orange evening skies. As if he heard her, Matthew straightens up, raising one arm in a wave. Alex is already on her feet, moving towards him with the grace and speed of a swallow in flight.
So far, I’ve published three books in The Graham Saga. In celebration of this, I am offering the latest as a paperback giveaway, and all three of them (one complete set) as Kindle books.
Passages to the Past has two lovely giveaways courtesy of Anna. Both are open internationally and ends on August 16. To enter, please complete the form below. Good luck!
Anna, what a delightful and engaging post! A writer of historical fiction myself(The Loyalist's Wife), I love the way you interweave your main character into the post as a real person taking part in this discourse.
And I loved meeting Jamie and Claire in The Outlander series. All of Gabaldon's characters were so well drawn that I could see them, hear them and feel with them.
Your books are new to me but I shall be stopping by to pick up a few. Finding a new and lovable series/author is every reader's dream.
Glad you liked the post. Ms Gabaldon is a star at what she does, and Jamie is...well, Jamie, is Jamie. But my Matthew isn't too bad either! Should you be kind enough to pick up one of my books I hope you enjoy it!
| 2019-04-18T21:04:02 |
http://www.passagestothepast.com/2013/08/guest-post-by-anna-belfrage-author-of.html
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- With television lights glaring, 20 lawmakers will gather next week to revisit the fight that consumed Congress before Christmas over renewing a Social Security payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits.
Little real work will be done, but the meeting will mark the formal start of an effort to untangle a dispute that both parties want to resolve, though for different reasons. Following is a look at the path Round 2 could take, based on interviews with participants on both sides.
Q: Can you remind me what's at stake?
A: After a bitter clash and just a week before a New Year's Day deadline, President Barack Obama and Congress renewed a 2 percentage point payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and benefits for the long-term unemployed through February. They also temporarily forestalled a deep cut in doctors' Medicare fees that threatened to make it harder for the elderly to find physicians who would treat them. Now, the two sides need to figure out how to extend all three measures through 2012 and cover the roughly $160 billion cost.
Q: Are they expected to succeed?
A: Yes, though it will probably take until shortly before the current extensions expire Feb. 29. There are complicated decisions ahead, chiefly what programs to cut and what fees to increase to offset the price tag. Just as important, Democrats won't be in a hurry to finish.
A: Republicans took a severe pounding in December when the House GOP resisted a bipartisan, Senate-approved, two-month extension of the payroll tax cut, which was designed to give lawmakers time to negotiate a longer version. With control of the White House and Congress at stake in the November elections, many Democrats think the GOP could incur further damage if these latest talks take time.
Many Republicans doubt the economic benefit of a payroll tax cut, a foundation of Obama's plan to create jobs. But as December's battle unfolded, GOP leaders worried that they would suffer political damage from opposing the deeply popular tax cut, worth $1,000 annually to a family earning $50,000 a year.
With the House's fractious conservative wing balking until the very end, the fight made the GOP look like it was opposing the tax reduction - which Democrats contrasted with Republican support for tax breaks for the wealthy. Most Republicans want this year's fight to end quickly so they can change the subject to their own efforts to cut taxes, federal spending and Obama administration regulations.
Q: How long can Democrats prolong the negotiations?
A: If they're not careful they could overplay their hand.
Democrats scored points last year by forcing Senate votes on their proposal to finance the payroll tax cut with a small surtax on people earning $1 million or more a year. They have a new incentive to do something similar this year with the GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, a wealthy venture capitalist, being cast by party rivals as callous and out of touch.
As a result, many Democrats want to begin this year's talks on extending the Social Security tax cut by targeting the wealthy for a tax increase, perhaps with the millionaire surtax or by limiting their deductions. The millionaire surtax has no chance of passage in the GOP-run House, and Democrats could be accused of blatantly playing politics. Democrats and Obama have a reason to cut a deal: They believe extending the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits will goose the economy and reduce the risk of another economic downturn that could hurt their election prospects.
Q; What will the 20 members of Congress do?
A: House and Senate party leaders each have appointed bargainers to hash out differences over the bill, following Congress' tradition of naming conference committees to craft compromise legislation. But as usual when high-profile battles are being resolved, party leaders will have tight control over the ultimate deal. Still, conference committee members will play a role in writing details, and their endorsement of a package would let leaders argue that they didn't jam something down the throats of rank-and-file lawmakers.
Q: Who are these 20 lawmakers?
A: They range from formidable committee chairmen to lowly freshmen, but each has a stake in the fight.
The chairmen of Congress' two tax-writing committees are included: Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., of the Senate Finance Committee.
Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., is the Senate's No. 2 Republican and a close ally of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, facing re-election this fall in the pivotal state of Pennsylvania, has repeatedly been given a visible role in the payroll tax fight by party leaders.
Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., a party leader, should be a leading opponent of Republican proposals to help finance the plan by effectively denying the child tax credit to many illegal immigrants. Freshman GOP Rep. Nan Hayworth is from a closely contested district in New York's Hudson River Valley.
Hayworth and Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., are doctors, which could give them roles in the talks involving Medicare. A pair of Maryland Democrats, Sen. Ben Cardin and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, are sure to battle a Republican proposal to make federal employees contribute more to their pensions.
Q: Do they bring other experience to the bargaining table?
A: Seven have participated in recent, failed bipartisan efforts to contain mammoth budget deficits. Those were Congress' supercommittee, talks led by Vice President Joe Biden, the "Group of Six" senators, and a presidential commission headed by former Wyoming GOP Sen. Alan Simpson and former President Bill Clinton's White House chief of staff, Erskine Bowles.
None of those groups succeeded, largely because party leaders could not agree to the controversial tax increases and cuts in entitlement programs like Medicare that would have been required for the trillions of dollars in savings needed.
Far smaller savings are needed to resolve the payroll tax fight, and the consensus is that this time, the president and leaders in both parties want a package that can become law.
| 2019-04-22T04:02:13 |
https://www.theskanner.com/news/usa/13074-unemployment-and-taxes-the-fight-resumes-2012-01-18
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How to Increase the Life of a Motor Grader?
It goes without saying that all the heavy equipment found at any construction site are very costly. Further, once bought, after a span of time or few years, they are bound to depreciate due to their increasing life and continuous usage. Hence, it becomes imperative to use the equipment in the right way, maintain it properly and take all the possible steps to increase its life. The same is the case with heavy equipment like motor graders/road graders/graders as well which are majorly used in the construction and maintenance of roads and for making smoother surfaces, fine grade, levelling soil and shifting small amounts of dirt.
In order to increase the life of heavy equipment like motor grader, it is necessary to have a proper maintenance strategy in place that can identify all the faults before they happen. For that, the first step is to formulate a plan detailing all the minute things. You need to create and follow a maintenance schedule which would have notations on how often each part of the machinery should be inspected for problems, repairs and general maintenance. Further, during each scheduled service, the machine should be examined from top to bottom and special attention should be paid to possible weaknesses, defects or component faults. By proactively detecting and repairing flaws, you can save your considerable time and money.
If you see any change in certain conditions like reaction time, vibration or temperature, it is usually indicative of a developing problem. Hence, it is necessary to carry out checks in between the maintenance schedule to rectify the defects as soon as possible.
If your motor grader is exposed to extreme operating conditions like extremely rocky terrain which puts extra pressure on the cutting edge and leads to fine dust clogging up in the air filter, thereby compromising the blade slide and turntable functionality, then you may have to readjust your maintenance schedule and carry out maintenance more frequently. Due to extreme operating conditions, you may have to check the blade more frequently for wear or change the oil filter and lubricate or replace slide guides and other small moving components.
Apart from having a regular maintenance schedule, it is extremely necessary to maintain and inspect the equipment regularly so as to keep it safe, corrosion-free and in the best condition. The day-to-day machine inspection list should include the machine frame, circle, tyres, wiring, cylinders, hoses, tools and any areas susceptible to damage or wear and tear. Also, check for leaks and any noticeable abnormalities. If you hear any unusual sounds from the engine, then take it as a warning sign. Always keep the motor grader properly greased during winters.
a. Since, the motor grader easily face wear and tear or malfunction or damage due to harsh or rocky terrain, operators need to know as to how to handle the equipment at any such site and prevent any unnecessary damage to the equipment.
b. The operators should essentially know about the correct positioning for the moldboard. The mantra is that it should be always kept straight up and rolling the grader blade forward to make the edge blunt.
c. Operators should never roll the moldboard back as it can negatively affect the final grade and ultimately produce low quality results. Thus, in order to avoid any damage, operators need to keep an eye out for both sides of the edge.
d. While grading along gutters and curbs, operators need to pay extra attention to the task as any slight error can result in the machine running up against the curb and the edge being chipped as well as the mouldboard being highly affected. They need to switch from left lead to right lead to minimise wear on the blade.
e. During the fine grade operations, the mouldboard should be tilted sporadically to ensure more even wear of the blade. Further, operators can even change the blade to the back position to sharpen the edge and achieve a better grade.
f. Operators should never articulate the grader when operating on steep slopes. Grader can roll over and sever personal injury or death can be caused.
g. Operators need to note and avoid all hazards and obstructions such as over-hands, ledges, slide areas, electrical lines, underground cables, water mains or gas lines.
Last but not the least, in order to extend the life of your motor grader and breathe new life into it, you need to recondition or rebuild the equipment. With this, your machine will be re-engineered according to the original specifications, properly tested and thus, will be able to work for long.
So, if you own a motor grader, then do take the above mentioned steps to increase the life of your equipment and use it happily for some more years without any of the major wear and tear!
| 2019-04-19T22:56:08 |
http://mahindraconstructionequipment.com/blog/how-to-increase-the-life-of-a-motor-grader
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As lead vocalist of the Cranberries, Dolores O'Riordan was one of the most visible females in early-'90s alternative rock. Born the youngest of seven children on September 6, 1971, the Limerick native grew up finding solace in music, singing from an early age as well as playing classical piano and harmonium in church. In 1990, she auditioned for a Limerick-based band named Cranberry Saw Us and received the position of lead singer, having impressed her future bandmates with her lilting vocals. The group soon changed its name to the Cranberries and began releasing demo material, which sparked the interest of several major labels. Due to management problems, however, the Cranberries' debut effort Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We didn't come out until 1993. The following year saw the release of No Need to Argue, an album whose lead-off single, "Zombie," brought the group to fame in several countries and threw O'Riordan into the public eye. To the Faithful Departed was issued in 1996, and three years later Bury the Hatchet hit shelves.
As the '90s progressed, the Cranberries' commercial success steadily waned. Nonetheless, they released Wake Up and Smell the Coffee in 2001 and the greatest-hits compilation Stars: The Best of 1992-2002 in 2002. Shortly thereafter, however, the bandmembers announced that they would be splitting up, giving O'Riordan time not only to focus on her family and health (she had battled anorexia and anxiety throughout her time in the spotlight) but also on her solo career. She contributed a song, "Pure Love," to Italian superstar Zucchero's album of duets, Zucchero & Co., and in May 2007 her solo full-length debut, Are You Listening, was released worldwide. Her sophomore set, No Baggage, followed two years later, its release coinciding with O'Riordan's acting debut in the David Grieco film Secrets of Love. In 2010, the Cranberries ended their hiatus with a reunion tour and a new album, Roses, which was released in 2012. In the following years, O'Riordan remained relatively silent. It wasn't until a chance meeting with former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke in 2015 that she explored new territory as a member of super trio, D.A.R.K. Along with Rourke and New York producer/songwriter Ole Koretsky, she arranged and produced D.A.R.K.'s New Wave-inspired debut, Science Agrees (Cooking Vinyl), which was released in 2016. The next year, the Cranberries returned with the acoustic reworkings of Something Else, an album of reimagined Cranberries hits packaged with a trio of new tracks.
| 2019-04-18T23:43:52 |
https://tidal.com/browse/artist/3638377
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In the traditional fluorescence detection, samples are tested in the solvent, and the mutual effect of solvent, micro impurity and sample affects the fluorescence characteristics. Meanwhile, such effect includes vibrational relaxation, electron rearrangement of solvent molecule, special role of the sample with the solvent molecules and so on. The experiment of fluorescence quantum efficiency at atmosphere reduces the interference, because the distance between molecules is much larger in gas phase. In addition, the research of quantum efficiency can also promote the understanding of LIF and expand the range. <p> </p>In this paper, the fluorescence quantum efficiency of 3 different samples at atmosphere was compared, and the electrospray ionization source was selected for its soft ionization characteristics. The ionization method did not spoil the fluorophore of the sample, and the drift tube of ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) was used for ions transport and desolvation. The ionization source was on the one side of the drift tube and the test point was on the other side. The paths of excited laser and emission light were orthogonal at the test point. Meanwhile, stable ions flowed through the drift tube. The emission light was captured by the camera, which was coupled with a long-wave pass filter. The test samples were Rhodamine 6G，Rhodamine B and amino copper indium sulfide quantum dots of the same mass fraction. The energy of excited laser was between 30 mW and 150 mW. Then the results showed that the emission intensity was proportional to the laser power in gas phase, and the sort of the fluorescence quantum efficiency was the quantum dots>Rhodamine 6G>Rhodamine B.
Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS), having an advantage in real-time and on-line detection, is an atmospheric pressure detecting technique. LA-IMS (Laser Ablation Ion Mobility Spectrometry) uses Nd-YAG laser as ionization source, whose energy is high enough to ionize metal.<p> </p>In this work, we tested the signal in different electric field intensity by a home-made ion mobility spectrometer, using silicon wafers the sample. The transportation of metal ions was match with the formula: T<sub>d</sub> = d/K • 1/E, when the electric field intensity is greater than 350v/cm. The relationship between signal intensity and collection angle (the angle between drift tube and the surface of the sample) was studied. With the increasing of the collection angle, signal intensity had a significant increase; while the variation of incident angle of the laser had no significant influence. The signal intensity had a 140% increase when the collection angle varied from 0 to 45 degree, while the angle between the drift tube and incident laser beam keeping the same as 90 degree. The position of ion gate in LA-IMS(Laser Ablation Ion Mobility Spectrometry) is different from the traditional ones for the kinetic energy of the ions is too big, if the distance between ion gate and sampling points less than 2.5cm the ion gate will not work, the ions could go through ion gate when it closed. The SNR had been improved by define the signal when the ion gate is closed as background signal, the signal noise including shock wave and electrical field perturbation produced during the interaction between laser beam and samples is eliminated when the signal that the ion gate opened minus the background signal.
Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) is a key trace detection technique for toxic pollutants and explosives in the atmosphere. Ultraviolet radiation photoionization source is widely used as an ionization source for IMS due to its advantages of high selectivity and non-radioactivity. However, UV-IMS bring problems that UV rays will be launched into the drift tube which will cause secondary ionization and lead to the photoelectric effect of the Faraday disk. So air is often used as working gas to reduce the effective distance of UV rays, but it will limit the application areas of UV-IMS. In this paper, we propose a new structure of curved drift tube, which can avoid abnormally incident UV rays. Furthermore, using curved drift tube may increase the length of drift tube and then improve the resolution of UV-IMS according to previous research. We studied the homogeneity of electric field in the curved drift tube, which determined the performance of UV-IMS. Numerical simulation of electric field in curved drift tube was conducted by SIMION in our study. In addition, modeling method and homogeneity standard for electric field were also presented. The influences of key parameters include radius of gyration, gap between electrode as well as inner diameter of curved drift tube, on the homogeneity of electric field were researched and some useful laws were summarized. Finally, an optimized curved drift tube is designed to achieve homogenous drift electric field. There is more than 98.75% of the region inside the curved drift tube where the fluctuation of the electric field strength along the radial direction is less than 0.2% of that along the axial direction.
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is characterized as a powerful tool in in-situ online analysis with its fast and multiple detecting abilities. But in the area of detecting trace sample in aqueous solution of low concentration, the turbulence, scattering, absorbance and cooling effect of liquid medium limits its performance. Traditional method includes liquid jet, liquid-solid transformation and pre-concentration on other medium, yet the procedure of sample preparation is complicated and time consuming. In this work, we propose a new method to achieve pre-concentration, in which filter paper and electro-spray ionization (ESI) are used. In our experiment, we choose MnSO<sub>4</sub> as sample. The surface of filter paper is sprayed with MnSO<sub>4</sub> aqueous solution of different concentration by an ESI. The pulsed laser is focused on the surface of filter paper and the plasma is formed in the focusing area. Through an optical fiber the spectrum of plasma is detected by a spectrometer. The ESI system, pulses generator system and the UI on PC are home-made. The spectra lines of Mn at 257.6nm, 259.4nm and 260.6nm are analyzed. Results show that the limit of detection at 257.6nm is sub-ppb and the R<sup>2</sup> of calibration curve is more than 0.93. Compared with traditional method, like soak and drip processing, our method can increase the concentration of the sample by simply expanding spraying time, achieving a higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a lower limit of detection (LOD). In addition, the consumption of sample solution is as low as several hundred μl in each detection.
Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) is widely used in the field of chemical composition analysis. Faraday cup is the most classical method to detect ions for IMS in the atmospheric pressure. However, the performance of Faraday plate was limited by many kinds of factors, including interfering electromagnetic waves, thermal(Johnson) noise, induced current , gain bandwidth product, etc. There is a theoretical limit in detection of ions at ambient condition which is approximately 106 ions per second. In this paper, we introduced a novel way using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) to bypass the limitation of Faraday plate. Fluorescent ions which were selected by IMS get excited when they fly through the laser excitation area. The fluorescence emitted by the excited ions was captured exponentially and amplified through proper optoelectronic system. Rhodamine 6G (R6G) was selected as the fluorochrome for the reason that excitation wavelength, emission wavelength, and fluorescence quantum yield were more appropriate than others. An orthometric light path is designed to eliminate the adverse impact which was caused by induced laser. The experiment result shows that a fluorescence signal from the sample ions of the IMS could be observed. Compared with Faraday plate, the LIF-IMS may find a potential application in more system at the atmosphere condition.
| 2019-04-19T06:44:10 |
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/profile/Quan.Yu-2775?SSO=1
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WHERE WAS LAFAYETTE MADE A MASON?
'��Where and when La Fayette was made a Mason is not known. There are at least two quite different traditions, but neither rests on any very substantial basis or historic fact. Not improbably it was on the eve of his momentous diplomatic mission to France when he was just twenty-two almost certainly it was in the Army Lodge very probably it was at the insistence and in the presence of Washington. What is more likely than that Washington should have desires to weave the bond of Masonic brotherhood around the young man who was to play so delicate and important a part in the relations between the great Mason who commanded the American Army and the other great Mason, America'��s greatest diplomat, Benjamin Franklin, who was American Ambassador to the French King.?
'��When La Fayette made his last visit to the United States the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania received him with distinguished honors, but before doing so appointed a committee to investigate and report upon his Masonic regularity. The committee reported that they had made careful investigation and were fully satisfied, but unfortunately their report gave no information whatever as to the evidence upon which this conclusion was based.
'��General Lafayette arrived in this country on June 14, 1777 received a commission (honorary in effect) as a Major General from the congress and was later assigned to Washington'��s staff July 31, 1777 led part of the troops in the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, where he was wounded in the leg and remained incapacitated at Bethlehem, Pa., until the later part of October. He volunteered for duty when scarcely able to place a boot on his foot, was assigned to the command of General Green and assisted in a reconnoiter with a view of giving battle to Lord Cornwallis, strongly entranced at Gloucester Point, N.J. The fact that the whole country between New York and Philadel-phia was held in British grip precludes the probability of a gathering of general officers of the American Army attending a Masonic function at Morristown, N.J. between the first of November and the fifteenth of December 1777, on which date Washington went into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pa., where Lafayette was quartered until after Dec. 30, 1777, after which time he went to Albany, N.Y.
'��In December, 1777, the Army retired to Valley Forge, and it was there - according to evidence which seems to be of a trustworthy character - that General Lafayette was initiated. The French Officer, though he had been received very warmly and kindly by General Washington, experience much uneasiness from the circumstance that he had never been entrusted with a '��separate command.'�� During the winter he learned there was a Lodge working in the camp. Time hanging heavily on his hands, and the routine of duty being monotonous, he conceived the idea that he would like to be made a Mason. His wish, on being made know to the Lodge, was soon gratified, the Commander-in-Chief being present and in the chair at the time of his initiation.
Findel, in his '��History of Freemasonry,'�� states that Lafayette attended a Masonic meeting December 25, 1775, for the purpose of consecrating a lodge named Da La Candeur. Particular mention was made of Lafayette being present.
'��This statement was made to members of the Grand Lodge, from some of whom it was received. I have no doubt that he said what I have here given, for the parties making the statement were gentlemen as well as Masons, and their public lives show the estimate their fellow citizens placed upon their honor and characters. I know that much doubt and contradiction had been bandied about the important point in Lafayette'��s life. Various places have been stated as the point of his initiation - but an Army Lodge was always the organization in which he secured light.
'��Dr. George W. Chaytor, well and favorably known, was a notable physician and enthusiastic Mason. He was born December 25, 1813, initiated September 7, 1841, raised November 2, 1841, and died April 14, 1878 respected by all men. He served his lodge as Master and in 1845 became a permanent member of the Grand Lodge of Delaware and was immediately elected Senior Grand Warden, Grand Secretary, 1849-59, Chairman of Committee on Foreign correspondence in 1875, elected Grand Master of Masons of Delaware in 1875.'�� Just how much Dr. Chaytor really knew, and how much he was influenced by tradition is now only a matter of speculation. Even a reliable and worth witness may easily be misled in reporting on history a hundred years after the fact. It is interesting, at least, that Chaytor and Gould report the same language as coming from the lips of Lafayette as far as the '��separate command'�� is concerned. No attempt is here made to settle a question which has vexed the most learned. That Lafayette was an enthusiastic, loyal and devoted Mason no one can doubt his reception on his final visit to this country was one long Masonic Pilgrimage with Grand Lodges and Lodges vieing with each other to do him honor. But just where he was '��brought to light'�� is so involved with contradictions, that only further discoveries seem likely, finally to settle it to the satisfaction of Masonic Historians.
Attached to the program is a Tableau of 100 '��Les Chers Freres Visiteurs.'�� The Marquis de Lafayette is listed among the visiting Brethren.
While this seems to establish conclusively that Lafayette was a Mason in 1775 before coming to America, it leaves unanswered the question of when and where he was made a Mason.
| 2019-04-20T13:20:09 |
https://masonicshop.com/masonic-articles/article/?a=539
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Let's use rectangles to understand the distributive property with variables.
A rectangle has a width of 4 units and a length of $m$ units. Write an expression for the area of this rectangle.
What is the area of the rectangle if $m$ is 3 units? 2.2 units? $\frac15$ unit?
Could the area of this rectangle be 11 square units? Why or why not?
Here are two rectangles. The length and width of one rectangle are 8 and 5. The width of the other rectangle is 5, but its length is unknown so we labeled it $x$. Write an expression for the sum of the areas of the two rectangles.
The two rectangles can be composed into one larger rectangle as shown. What are the width and length of the new, large rectangle?
Write an expression for the total area of the large rectangle as the product of its width and its length.
For each rectangle, write expressions for the length and width and two expressions for the total area. Record them in the table. Check your expressions in each row with your group and discuss any disagreements.
Here is an area diagram of a rectangle.
Find the lengths $w$, $x$, $y$, and $z$, and the area $A$. All values are whole numbers.
Can you find another set of lengths that will work? How many possibilities are there?
Here is a rectangle composed of two smaller rectangles A and B.
One side length of the large rectangle is 3 and the other is $2+x$, so its area is $3(2+x)$.
Since the large rectangle can be decomposed into two smaller rectangles, A and B, with no overlap, the area of the large rectangle is also the sum of the areas of rectangles A and B: $3(2) + 3(x)$ or $6+3x$.
Since both expressions represent the area of the large rectangle, they are equivalent to each other. $3(2+x)$ is equivalent to $6 + 3x$.
We can see that multiplying 3 by the sum $2+x$ is equivalent to multiplying 3 by 2 and then 3 by $x$ and adding the two products. This relationship is an example of the distributive property.
| 2019-04-21T18:17:07 |
https://im.openupresources.org/6/students/6/10.html
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War games in a hot zone?
Argument: Should war games be held in a hot zone?
A British Royal Navy warship has fired a torpedo into a dockyard wharf in a training blunder at Devonport Naval Base where UK's nuke-armed submarines are refueled and repaired.
Military authorities launched an investigation after a torpedo was mistakenly fired by HMS Argyll on Wednesday afternoon.
| 2019-04-19T16:53:11 |
http://debateneutral.com/war-games-hot-zone/
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Please explain: Victoria Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Natalie Hutchins.
THE state Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Natalie Hutchins has twice written to the Framlingham Aboriginal Trust asking why an administrator should not be appointed.
A spokeswoman for the minister said show-cause notices had been served on the trust and replies were expected in a fortnight.
“After considering a range of relevant information over recent months, including some obtained personally through consultation meetings at Framlingham, the minister came to the view that there may be relevant grounds for appointing an administrator," she said.
“The act enables the minister to appoint an administrator to the trust in certain circumstances. In this case, those circumstances relate to an administrator being required in the interests of trust members and residents."
The spokeswoman said that on August 24, the minister issued a notice pursuant to the act calling on the trust committee to show cause as to why an administrator should not be appointed.
The notice set out the relevant ground on which the minister relied for the serving of the notice and details of issues at the trust which were of concern, and which the minister had sought a response.
"The relevant ground is that the appointment of an administrator may be required in the interest of the members of the trust or the residents of Framlingham," the spokeswoman said.
"In particular, the minister is concerned about the failure to hold annual general meetings, community safety concerns around ongoing violence, bullying and intimidation within the trust, and conflict of interest and mismanagement concerns.
"In accordance with the act, the minister has exercised her discretion to consult with residents of Framlingham and invited both the committee and residents to make submissions as to why an administrator should not be appointed.
"Before the minister makes any decision about appointing an administrator she will carefully consider any representation in respect of the relevant issues outlined in the show-cause notice."
A second letter was sent about an ongoing trust share issue.
"On May 17 this year the minister met with trust members at Framlingham, where the transfer of the late Ms Alice Clark's shares to Mr Geoff Clark was raised," the spokeswoman said.
"This issue had previously been raised with the minister on numerous occasions. It is evident that concerns about the share transfer remain an ongoing, contributing factor to community tension among trust members."
The spokeswoman said that in March last year, the minister issued a notice requesting the trust committee produce evidence the share transfer complied with the act.
"By letter dated October 17, 2017, the minister informed the trust that she was satisfied with the response to the notice," she said.
"However, this issue continues to be raised with the minister, and it clearly remains unresolved at the community level."
The spokeswoman said a further review had been carried out of the relevant information provided by the trust in response to the notice.
"It appears the share transfer instrument used to transfer the shares may not be a 'proper instrument of transfer' within the meaning of the act," she said.
Framlingham trust administrator Brian Davis has been contacted for comment, but has as yet not replied.
Framlingham trust chairman Brian Davis has questioned why Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Natalie Hutchins is calling for please explains while there is an ongoing review into the future of Victoria's two Aboriginal trusts.
Mr Davis said letters asking to show cause why the Framlingham trust should continue under the current committee had been received and were being answered.
"We are in the process of answering those concerns. The lawyers are sending in a response. We expect that to be sent in today," he said.
Mr Davis said the Framlingham Aboriginal Trust did hold its annual general meeting, although that meeting was late and held on April 30 this year.
He there were good reasons the AGM was held late and Aboriginal Affairs Victoria had been kept completely informed of those factors.
"We've done everything we possibly can. I don't think appointing an administrator is going to help in any way. The community is just too divided. There are people who will never speak again," he said.
"Yes, we believe we can answer all the questions that have been asked. Who knows whether it will be to the satisfaction of the minister."
Mr Davis questioned why letters were being issued by the minister and there was the threat of appointing an administrator when there was a review into both the Lake Tyers and Framlingham trusts.
"Why would the minister be appointing an administrator when they're rushing through a review by next month?" he said.
| 2019-04-23T22:07:32 |
https://www.standard.net.au/story/5635321/trust-asked-for-two-please-explains-by-minister/?cs=72
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How do I clear my browsers cache/cookies?
Click on the 'Menu' tab (located in the top right of your browser).
Click on 'More Tools' and click on 'Clear Browsing Data'.
Then click on 'Clear Browsing Data'.
In your Internet Explorer browser, proceed to 'Tools'.
Then click on 'Internet Options'.
In the 'General' tab in the 'Browsing History' section, check the box that reads 'Delete browsing history on exit' and then click 'Delete'. Ensure the box 'Preserve Favorites website data' is UNCHECKED and all other boxes ARE CHECKED in this screen and click on 'Delete'.
Click 'OK' to close the menu.
Click on the menu button and choose 'Options'.
Then proceed to click the 'Clear now' option.
Click on Safari in the top left corner of your browser.
Select 'Preferences' from the drop down menu.
Click on 'Passwords', then in the search bar type in 'Zylom'.
Once you have located all the saved passwords for Zylom, select on them and click 'Remove' for each one.
Then click on 'Privacy' in the same window.
Then click on 'Details' next to the cookies section.
Again, do a search for Zylom in this window and click on 'Remove' for all Zylom cookies found.
| 2019-04-23T01:52:26 |
https://zylom.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/217393458-How-do-I-clear-my-browsers-cache-cookies-
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10 Questions for 10 Days: After Josh Norman, what's the plan at cornerback?
No. 5: What can the Redskins expect from Derrius Guice?
No. 4: After Josh Norman, what's the plan at cornerback?
In a way, the Redskins are quite lucky. Not every team in the NFL has an unequivocal No. 1 corner. Washington has that in Josh Norman.
His interception numbers in 2017 did not get the job done, but he still played quite well. Norman got targeted significantly less than the league average, which means NFL quarterbacks actively chose not to mess with former All Pro.
Still, Norman needs more interceptions than last year. He grabbed none, and he will admit that he must create more turnovers.
Regardless, Norman is not the Redskins question mark at cornerback. What happens after Norman is the question.
Washington moved quick this offseason to lock up Quinton Dunbar off restricted free agency. Dunbar has size and range, and has looked quite capable, in spots. He doesn't have a ton of experience, however, and will be asked to start this fall. The team also signed veteran Orlando Scandrick - from the Cowboys - as a likely nickel/slot corner.
Second-year man Fabian Moreau will be expected to take a significant step forward this fall. The Redskins would like very much to be able to primarily rely on Norman, Moreau and Dunbar while asking less of Scandrick.
Don't forget Washington lost Kendall Fuller and Bashaud Breeland this offseason. Fuller got moved to Kansas City as part of the Alex Smith trade, and Breeland remains a free agent.
Redskins coaches won't tell the exact truth, but the the team would love for Moreau to emerge opposite Norman and let Dunbar play in the slot. Or maybe let Moreau emerge in the slot, like Fuller did in 2017, and Dunbar opposite Norman. Scandrick hasn't played a full season since 2013, and the 'Skins brass can't expect that in 2018 for the 31-year-old corner.
Josh Holsey, Adonis Alexander and Greg Stroman will provide depth at the bottom of the roster. That's two seventh-round picks and a supplemental sixth round pick. While each player provides reasons for optimism, it's hard to think any of the three young players will provide immediate help. They're better focused fighting for a roster spot than a starting spot.
In 2017, cornerback ranked as a strength for the Redskins.
In 2018, it's a big question. Elite play from Norman could change much of that equation.
| 2019-04-20T13:29:35 |
https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/redskins/10-questions-10-days-after-josh-norman-whats-plan-cornerback
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Made these last night and they were yummy. I even used reduced fat dressing! Next time I think I will double the recipe so we have more leftovers. Enjoy!
1. Place chicken in a 3-4 quart slow cooker with 1-2 cups of water (enough to cover chicken), cover and cook on low heat for 4-6 hours.
2. Remove chicken from cooker using a slotted spoon and drain the water from the slow cooker. Place chicken on a cutting board and pull chicken into shreds, discarding any fat.
3. Place chicken back in the cooker and pour dressing, Parmesan cheese, parsley, and pepper over the top. I really make sure that I discard any fat pieces so by the time I was done I only used about 1/2 cup of dressing but you may need more if you have more chicken. Stir until mixed evenly. Cover and cook on high heat for 30 minutes or until mixture is hot.
4. Spoon 1/4 cup mixture onto each slider bun if you are making sliders or more for regular sized buns. Top with extra shredded Parmesan cheese and lettuce to serve.
| 2019-04-18T17:11:30 |
http://www.ourbubblelife.com/2012/01/crock-pot-chicken-caesar-salad.html
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news is reporting that of the 6 in critical condition that 3 are medical students. From when i rotated there 3 years ago, it had only been AUC students there, especially on the family medicine side. I went to AUC and there has been no mention about the medical students. Anybody know more?
Sorry to hear that. Hope all the students are safe there.
Is the following article what you are talking about?
Are you talking about this? Disgraced doctor threatened former colleagues before rampage anyone clarify what happened? We are are focusing on the shooter, however, what was the reason he got mad? Who were the parties involved and why did they do what they did? It is no secret that people pull things all the time (people are doing power plays, especially with medicine, law and politics), and I am betting that there was a clear reason why it escalated to that point. If you aren't careful, the media will make the victims look like the aggressors. They should see if there was any validity to his claims, based on what I've seen, there probably was validity to his claims and he was justified in his anger. In the following article, 'We fired (Dr. Henry Bello) because he was kind of crazy. He promised to come ba they are saying they fired him for something he did AFTER he was fired. If you get screwed over, have your rights walked all over, and you are powerless to do something about it, of course, you'd be more than angry. This guy lost 4 years of his life and 100s of thousands of dollars, and their best excuse was 'he was kinda crazy'. Doesnt seem like an acceptable reason to me. That label will follow him, and a simple phone call from someone at that hospital that doesn't like him, will hurt his chances at getting a job, being able to pay back his student loan, or even make rent and provide for his family. Literally, his life was ruined by that firing (Ross isn't cheap). They are clearly using his reaction to quite possibly being wrongly fired, and the events leading up to it (which probably included false hospital gossip, rumours, hazing, ostracising, manipulated, being intentionally misled and sabotaged, taunting[being the subject of jokes/and bias, continuous questioning of motives, sabotaging of new friendships, unwanted communications with family and friends who were outside the hospital circle], unfair treatment, bullying, intrusive investigations (which the article clearly states were done via background checks), psychological tests, and more - then those people who did that to him, went upstream, and were rewarded for it[got promotions and raises, and even possibly made to look like the rational ones] and even justified doing what they did to him) to justify him getting mad. You are dealing with an organization of people known for overcharging, bringing in on average $300,000 yearly, people who on average come from families that are upper class to upper middle class and justifying taking that money it at the expense of well being of the public, you cannot trust what they say. This is a bunch of hospital PR and lies.
Last edited by JoeRogan; 07-02-2017 at 10:30 AM.
Based on the police record of the shooter, you're just plain wrong. Dude obviously had serious issues, and a history of them.
Whether politics came into play, or not, is immaterial. One does not go into a hospital and start shooting people. Duh.
So you are saying that a person who has been screwed over should react in a way that the people that screwed them over (or people in power) want them to react? Genius.
If that was the way things worked, Hitler and many more dictators would be doing just fine these days.
Ah, are you referring to the 23yo woman he was arrested for sexually assaulting? She was certainly screwed over.
Threatening the lives of co-workers and being arrested for assaulting someone are usually pretty reliable ways to get oneself fired. I wasn't there, and I don't know any of the people involved. I will readily concede that it is possible that he was ganged up on and rounded out of residency for some reason. I don't know, and I doubt that you do, either.
But holy hell, if you are saying that -- no matter WHAT -- this individual was somehow justified in shooting and killing a doctor, and shooting and injuring two medical students, two other doctors, and a patient... then you might need to re-think some things about life in general. Because that is messed up.
I am justifying the fact that he got angry with due cause. He reacted to an unfair situation, and after the hospital did wrong by him. He reacted by spouting the threats, which made no difference because he was clearly at the end of his career (everything up to that point had ruined him). He was accused, not arrested by those women - who might have even been friends (or the media is making it up to demonise him now that he is dead and can't defend himself). I know a lot of practising doctors who have done much worse, uttered threats privately, done bad things for real, and gone unpunished. I think the American media has brain washed you into thinking that if you have a position, you can pull nonsense without repercussions because everyone will react by following protocol. Some things are beyond forgiveness and cannot be taken back with money, apologies, or anything else. What I'm seeing is the possibility of systematic provocation. Then when he got mad, the provokers played the victims. Accusations like that are pretty permanent, they turn people against you and cause drama. Were people continuously messing with him? Systematically and intentionally, provoking him and then playing victim? Many of these doctors are sociopaths and borderline politicians, I've seen it. They are not good people. These medical criminals are pulling nonsense, then playing the victim when they are clearly in the wrong and hiding behind laws. But, people who follow these laws wont get justice because the laws are made to protect the very people who are secretly pulling nonsense and keeping them free of repercussions. Then they continue to do it, without fear, when in reality, they are the scum that hurt so many people. You are blindly believing these dishonest manipulative people that have media connections.
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ANGRY is fine. ANGRY is no problem. ANGRY is good, if he was mistreated. But when he grabs a gun and shoots people, he's no longer got any support from me at all. Zero.
Now, I have seen what you are talking about. An ugly underbelly exists -- not everywhere, mind, but it exists.
I also take much/most of the US media with a grain of salt (as does much of the rest of the world, with the US dwindling at No. 43 on the World Freedom of the Press Index, between Burkina freaking Faso and Comoros... FORTY-THREE! That is shocking.). I get most of my news from overseas sources -- since I live overseas -- and away from the big players in US journalism.
The police record was public record. It was reported by resources that I tend to trust. Is it possible that it was fabricated? Maybe, you have to believe in something. And hell, anyone who is willing to shoot innocent people in a hospital probably could be suspected of having a few other demons batting about the belfry. That is not hard to extrapolate.
A specialist shot in the neck by a disappointed ex-partner at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital was relied upon to be discharged Monday, while five different casualties remained hospitalized.
Dr. Oluwafunmike Ojewoye, a moment year family pharmaceutical inhabitant and graduate of Temple University School of Medicine, avoided passing in the wake of being shot by Dr. Henry Bello, who killed himself after the assault on Friday.
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What do evangelicals do with Bible verses which describe interactions with god, as if he were a physical person? One particularly interesting passage is in Exodus 33. Moses wants to see his face, but he isn't allowed to, but he was granted a view of his hind parts.
"Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.” …“you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.” …, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.” "This translation just says back, but the KJV says …thou shalt asee my back parts: but my face shall not be seen."
What is the theological significance of seeing the 'back parts'?
You keep missing the point, where is your evidence from scripture? I don't care if the Mormon god caused you to take flight and soar all over Australia, you demonstrate for me from God's Word the Bible that what you have invested your soul in is true. That's the problem with the Mormon approach, it's all based on hocus pocus revelation and magic rock gazing and subjective feelings that have no basis in reality. The BoA, for example, has been shown to be a total farce. The "god" that Smith recognizes as the Mormon god is an Egyptian god sitting on his throne exposing himself. Wake-up man! I don't care what kind of spiritual experiences you've had, if they come from an entity other than the God revealed in the Bible, you're just messing with demonic forces. These forces can provide you with spiritual entertainment all day long. When I read the Mormon accounts of their spirit(ism), it's not real difficult to see what the cult is/was into. Eastern mystical religions and New Age Cults can provide you with the same spiritual phenomenon, warm fuzzy feelings and all sorts of "enlightenment".
Jesus demonstrated from the Law and the prophets who He is after His resurrection when He was standing right in front of the disciples, which one would think would have been enough proof. But He goes to the Scriptures. We read time and again in the Book of Acts how Paul demonstrated from the Scriptures as to who Jesus is. Mormons just groove on the idea of "revelation" and that's why they are so easily deceived.
Now don't give me that jive about, "it's your opinion or your interpretation". That's just cult talk Ralph. Given your standard and method of Biblical interpretation, everything is truth. There is objective truth to who Jesus is. It's contained in God's Word and also the traditions of the Church.
You've been sold a bill of goods Ralph with nothing but blue sky to back it up.
If you want to entertain yourself with visions of becoming a god, that's one thing. But you have a family Ralph that's following you down this black hole of deception. If you don't care about the destiny of your own soul that's fine, but give your family a chance at the eternal life that God is offering through His Son Jesus Christ.
Well here's some more for you. Jesus describes himself as "living water", "bread", "a door" and God is also described as a "shield" and I believe also as an "eagle".
There are a variety of linguistic devices used in the Bible to make a point. So it's important to look at the full council of the Word of God. What did Jesus say about the Father? Off the top of my head wasn't something about no one having seen God at any time and that God is a Spirit?
The problem with Mormons is that they don't use any type of spiritual discernment or systematic approach to understanding the Word of God. They much prefer "revelation" because it sounds super spiritual. It's also an approach that leads to erroneous renderings of the Biblical text and results in misunderstanding, confusion and the formation of false doctrine.
Well I've kind of lost track of where I am out here now with my back and forth with Ralph over the last few days but let me make a point.
Ralph believes in Mormonism because he thinks he's had some spiritual experiences that confirm to him the truthfulness (of Mormonism). I've been encouraging him to search the Scriptures, in some acceptable systematic fashion, in order to prove to him that the Jesus of Mormonism is not the Jesus that is revealed in God's Word, the Bible. Mormons don't like to do this for a couple of reasons. First of all they like the subjective practice of spiritual revelation and spiritual experience. It's much more exciting than searching the Scriptures and it makes them feel like they are in the spiritual gifted and talented group. Actually I run into this with Christians also, but as I have pointed out previously, at least the Christians have their doctrine of the nature of God right.
What our buddy Ralph doesn't realize is that supernatural and spiritual experiences can easily come out of the soul of the person wanting the experiences. Also, when someone recognizes a "god" other than "God" they are opening themselves up to all sorts of demonic spirits. Reading of the happenings of the early Mormons, it's pretty easy to see what these folks were tapping into. This is especially so since they were following a guy, Joseph Smith, who was a practicing occultist. But the desire to believe and experience supernatural phenomenon is very strong in some people and they simply throw caution to the wind.
The Bible tells us that Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. He can dangle a shiny new object in the fashion of a supernatural experience or confirming feeling and the easily duped go for it just like prey chasing some bait. It's a trap but the prey doesn't see the trap because their eyes and appetites are on the bait.
There's a price to pay for chasing after false spiritual bait. Once the trap door of death is slammed, there is no escape. There is no second chance. There is no do-over. God's Word, the Bible has made it very clear who Jesus is and what He did for us on the cross. The Bible also makes God's plan of salvation clear and understandable.
I think I've pretty much exhausted what I've had to say regarding this particular thread at this particular time. My only hope is that having been exposed to the truth, the Mormons who visit here will take the opportunity to turn their lives over to the author of our faith, the Jesus who reveals Himself in the Bible.
Pingback: The Jesus of the Bible compared with the Jesus of Mormonism. | Defending. Contending.
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To _ means to disagree with the majority opinion on the Supreme Court.
Question: To _ means to disagree with the majority opinion on the Supreme Court.
The correct answer is: dissent.
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Will Twitter follow Facebook's IPO road?
The logo of social networking website 'Twitter' is displayed on a computer screen in London in this September 11, 2013 file photo.
Twitter began pitching its initial public offering to investors Friday with a price analysts described as unexpectedly cheap, but the social network could decide to follow rival Facebook's path by increasing its price or size after gauging Wall Street's interest.
Twitter updated its IPO filing Thursday afternoon, announcing it plans to sell 70 million shares in a price range from $17 to $20, which would send $1.4 billion to Twitter's San Francisco headquarters and value the company at $10.9 billion at the high end of the range.
Analysts were mildly surprised at the pricing, since Twitter said in its updated S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it had valued its shares at $20.62 in the private market in August. Though that estimation was likely done with a different share count that did not include the 70 million shares created in the offering, moving down from that number shows a tame approach to the process that could drive investors' interest.
"It's a lower price than expected and lower than the private shares markets indicated, which means it is highly likely to be oversubscribed," meaning there will be much more demand for shares than Twitter is so far willing to sell, Wedbush Securities managing director of equity research Michael Pachter told The Mercury News on Thursday.
The company will determine demand for its IPO during its "road show," which kicked off Friday with the posting of a video presentation Twitter will use to pitch the offering and executives' visit to underwriter Morgan Stanley's headquarters in New York. The road show presentation notes that Twitter plans to sell shares and begin trading the week of Nov. 4, and the company could choose to increase the price or number of shares offered ahead of that process.
"Shrewdly, the company has started the process very conservatively," SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Robert Peck, who has already given Twitter shares a $50 price target, told The New York Times. "Based on the investor interest we've seen, I wouldn't be surprised to see the price go up 20 percent."
Facebook, the IPO Twitter is most often compared with due to the similarity of their services and revenue generation, started out with a much wider range of $28 to $35 before going on its road show with a much more polished video than Twitter. After investors showed great enthusiasm for the offering, the Menlo Park company chose to add more shares to the pot and increase its price range to $35 to $38, eventually selling shares at the top of the revised range for a record-breaking valuation.
Twitter's initial range gives it wiggle room to raise the price while likely avoiding the issues that caused Facebook to trade lower than its IPO price for more than a year. The original range "gives them room to move up the price without offending investors' sense of value," Rett Wallace, CEO of Triton Research, told The Wall Street Journal.
A more definitive test will be if Twitter decides to increase the size of its offering. Facebook added 95 million shares to its offering after the road show, with all of the additions coming from early investors seeking to cash out part of their private stash of Facebook shares. In the end, Facebook offered 183 million shares while stakeholders offered 301 million, including the overallotment.
So far, no early Twitter stakeholders have chosen to sell stock in the company's IPO, which would give a small group - including co-founders Evan Williams and Jack Dorsey - the majority of shares in the public company. That could be important for two reasons: Twitter has chosen to establish a single-tiered stock system, so each share has the same say in control of the company, leaving large stockpiles as the only way to have an outsize influence; and it looks good to investors that those who picked the company early believe it will continue to prosper.
"You don't see a big owner coming out and selling everything," Suntrust's Peck told Bloomberg News. "That shows conviction about the long-term prospects of the company."
Twitter seems to be learning from Facebook's mistakes. After Facebook's first day of trading was botched on the Nasdaq exchange, Twitter chose the rival New York Stock Exchange for its listing, and has already run a test to ensure a smooth opening day. Twitter also goes public with strong, definable mobile revenues, while Facebook took more than a year to show mobile revenue growth strong enough to push its shares above the IPO price.
When deciding on whether to increase the price or size of its offering, Twitter will likely again err on the side of caution - and the other side of Facebook - by choosing one or the other if making a change.
"Raising both the price and the size was Facebook's fatal mistake," PrivCo CEO and founder Sam Hamadeh told Reuters.
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https://www.middletownpress.com/business/article/Will-Twitter-follow-Facebook-s-IPO-road-11838315.php
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INTRO: The U-S Senate is moving toward a vote that could force the withdrawal of America's ground combat troops from Kosovo next year, unless lawmakers approve their presence. V-O-A's David Swan reports.
TEXT: The plan reflects a longstanding frustration with the Clinton administration's military moves overseas. Republican Senator Pat Roberts says this operation has no end in sight.
What is the endgame here? Not only are there no clear objectives that would end our involvement in Kosovo but there is no understanding, at least from this senator's standpoint, of what constitutes winning the peace. I would like somebody to tell me.
The proposal sets a deadline of July first, 2001 for the troops to quit their peacekeeping mission in the province. To keep them there, the next president would have to win agreement from the next Congress. The White House argues any deadline on the deployment would be seen as a sign of weakness and would touch off new violence between Serbs and ethnic Albanians.
INTRO: The U-S Senate has handed President Clinton a foreign policy victory by turning aside a challenge to the American peacekeeping presence in Kosovo. The move comes a day after the House of Representatives voted for a potential troop withdrawal from the province. V-O-A's David Swan has details.
TEXT: By a narrow but decisive margin (53 to 47), senators backed away from a threat to the peacekeeping mission. Lawmakers killed a proposal that would have required American ground combat troops to leave Kosovo by July of 2001 -- unless the next president won Congress' approval to keep them there longer. The idea drew fierce opposition from the White House and NATO Secretary General George Robertson, who earlier in the day called it a matter of deep concern. In a move that may have swayed some Republican votes, the party's presidential candidate, George W. Bush, attacked the plan as an overreach of power by Congress. Republican Senator George Voinovich is one of many who warned the measure would strengthen Yugoslav President Milosevic.
Imagine the last U-S plane, the last armored personnel carrier, the last soldier leaving Kosovo. How confident can we be that (Yugoslav President) Milosevic will not renew his reign of terror against the people of Kosovo in an effort to solidify his power?
But the deadline's supporters charge the administration has overstepped its bounds in Kosovo, sending troops on an ill-advised mission without having a way to bring them out. Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison had anger in her voice as she defended the plan.
Our goal is a lasting peace in the Balkans -- not an un-ending morass of indecision that wears out our troops, debilitates our own national security and does not help our allies or the Serb people at all.
INTRO: Stock prices in the United States were mixed in lackluster trading on Wall Street today (Thursday) as concerns about future interest rate increases continue. Correspondent Barbara Schoetzau reports from New York.
TEXT: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up seven-and-one-half points at 10-thousand-777. The Standard and Poor's 500 Index - reflecting the broader market -- was down 10-and-one-half points, about three-quarters of one percent. And the NASDAQ Composite Index continued its slide -closing down 106 points -- as investors sold shares in telecommunications and biotechnology stocks. Concern that the U-S central bank will raise interest rates again was compounded by new signs of a tight labor market. For the second consecutive week, new claims for unemployment benefits fell. (Begin Opt) Elizabeth Miller follows the market at Trevor Stewart Burton and Jacobsen in New York.
The market for the short-term is really going to try to figure out how soon the Fed is going to make its next move and, particularly news like this initial jobless claims tells investors it is going to be sooner rather than later.
(END OPT) Last week's interest rate hike also contributed to the highest U-S 30-year home mortgage rate in five years, according to the Federal Home Mortgage Corporation.
In business news, investors showed concern after reports that U-S government anti-trust officials are taking a second look at Worldcom's proposed acquisition of Sprint. Shares of both telecommunications companies were down. In other news, McDonald's is expanding. The international fast food giant plans to open 18-hundred new restaurants. Most of the new restaurants will be outside of the United States. Restaurants outside of the United States account for 60 percent of McDonald's sales. McDonald's chairman Jack Greenberg says the company is continuing to limit U-S growth to 200 to 300 new franchises a year.
I think that can inch up over time but we want to be sure that we balance expansion with operator profitability. So we are being very careful to open profitable new stores.
INTRO: The capture Wednesday of the leading rebel leader in Sierra Leone is drawing the editorial attention of The Washington Post. Disturbing allegations of unnecessary killing by U-S troops in the Gulf War is also under discussion, as is the latest violence on the West Bank of the Jordan River. Other editorials to be found in the U-S press include: the debate over normalizing trade with China; the latest Federal Reserve rate hike; Colombia's ongoing turmoil and Haiti girds for a nationwide election this weekend. Now, here is __________ with a few excerpts and a closer look, in today's U-S Editorial Digest.
TEXT: The capture of Sierra Leone rebel leader Foday Sankoh elicits this immediate reaction from The Washington Post.
VOICE: People are literally dancing in the streets in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. Foday Sankoh, leader of the brutal armed band known as the Revolutionary United Front (R- U-F) was captured by pro-government forces yesterday and turned over to British soldiers at Sierra Leone's international airport. Mr. Sankoh's soldiers had violated a cease-fire and [taken as] many [as] 340 United Nations peacekeepers hostage. His arrest offers hope for Sierra Leone after its nightmarish nine- year-civil war.
TEXT: The Wall Street Journal is a good deal more skeptical about the situation, despite Mr. Sankoh's capture, because of the intervention of U-S civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. To the Journal, it sounds like deja'vu.
VOICE: Been there, done that. Mercenaries nabbed [Mr.] Sankoh in 1997 and turned him over to the government that had hired them, that of the democratically elected president, Ahmed Kabbah. [Mr. Sankoh was duly tried and found guilty of treason. Rather than being executed, however, he was unwisely released last year in a peace process godfathered by Reverend Jackson. Until mid-week, [this week] when a hail of criticism forced Reverend Jackson and the U-S to retreat, Washington kept expressing the hope that [Mr.] Sankoh could be coaxed back into politics. ... Reverend Jackson drew a comparison between the R-U-F and Nelson Mandela's African National Congress; he withdrew that later in a telephone interview with the press agency Reuters. Poor Sierra Leone.
TEXT: A disturbing accusation reported in The New Yorker magazine earlier in the week, about U-S military activity at the close of the Gulf war, draws this editorial comment in The New York Times, where the author used to work.
VOICE: The Army this week brushed off (discounted) new reports that American forces needlessly attacked retreating Iraqi troops after a cease-fire was declared in the Persian Gulf war. The accounts, ... in a New Yorker article written by Seymour Hersh, cannot be so easily dismissed. Though questions about the battle were raised as the war ended in 1991, and subsequent Army investigations found no fault, there is good reason for the Pentagon and Congress to revisit the matter. // OPT // Some officers familiar with the American assault offer detailed testimony that one of the country's most decorated commanders, General Barry McCaffrey, ordered a punishing and unwarranted attack. // END OPT /// Secretary of Defense William Cohen should appoint an independent review panel. If he does not, the Senate or House should conduct its own investigation.
TEXT: Back to the Washington Post now, for these comments on the latest violence on the West Bank of the Jordan River, and the tortuous peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.
TEXT: This country's central bank, the Federal Reserve System, has increased a prime lending rate by one-half a percent, to control the threat of inflation. The move draws this reaction from The Philadelphia Inquirer.
TEXT: Regarding Latin American, The Los Angeles Times, says "Colombia Is Bleeding," in the wake of an especially brutal terrorist killing of a woman that has thrown the peace dialogue into chaos.
TEXT: The Times ends by saying "Bogota will have to restore the state's authority in territories now controlled by guerrilla regimes built by extortion and drugs." And it implores Congress to quickly fund the additional one-point-seven-billion dollars Colombia needs to bolster its fight against drug traffickers and several guerrilla armies.
TAPE: Haiti votes Sunday on long-delayed, parliamentary elections. The Charleston, South Carolina, Post and Courier worries about what it sees as failed U-S policies toward the troubled island republic.
VOICE: Despite millions of dollars in aid, massive assistance in creating democratic institutions, and training what was touted to be an honest police force, Haiti has become a major hub for drug traffickers. President Clinton must refocus his administration on Haiti, once hailed as a foreign policy achievement, but now deemed a chronic disaster zone. In his approach to Haiti, Mr. Clinton revealed one of his greatest failings, his short attention span for problems that are not the subject of opinion polls. /// OPT /// ... Washington's inattention to the steep decline in public safety, the worsening economic situation and the political vacuum left when president Rene Preval dismissed parliament have had even more disturbing consequences than foreseen, even in worst-case scenarios. ... It is now clear that the failure of U-S policies has led to a situation that is worse for Haitians - and also more threatening to Americans - than when President Clinton intervened.
TEXT: Domestically, one of the most horrific events of the civil-rights movement, the bombing of a Birmingham, Alabama, African-American church, that killed four little girls, may finally see justice. The New York Times comments on the arrest, three decades after the event, of two white men, accused of setting the bomb.
VOICE: It was a crime that helped bring white Alabama to what Dr. Martin Luther King Junior called an accord with its conscience. Now, the fact that a legal resolution is still being pursued after so many years holds the promise of a new definition for Southern justice.
TEXT: On that note, we conclude this sampling of editorial comment from the U-S press.
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1. Preheat oven to 350o.
2. Place garlic in small baking dish. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil; toss to coat. Cover dish with foil and bake until garlic is tender; about 20 minutes.
3. Cool garlic slightly. Peel.
4. Combine roasted garlic, 1 tablespoon oil, lemon juice, rosemary and mustard in mini-processor. Blend well scraping down sides of processor occasionally.
5. Transfer mixture to small bowl. Whisk in mayonnaise.
6. Season aloli with salt and pepper. Set aside.
7. Prepare grill (medium heat) or preheat broiler.
8. Stir sugar and balsamic vinegar in heavy small saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
9. Simmer mixture until syrupy and reduced slightly. Cover; keep warm.
10. Brush mushroom caps and onion slices on both sides with 3 tablespoons oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill or broil mushrooms and onions until tender and cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer to platter; cover with foil to keep warm.
11. Brush cut sides of bread with remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Grill or broil bread cut sides toward heat, until lightly toasted, about 2 minutes.
12. Spread 1 tablespoon aioli over cut side of each roll bottom.
13. Top each with ¼ cup of arugula or sprouts, then 1 mushroom cap and 1 slice of onion.
14. Drizzle a bit of balsamic syrup over onion on each roll.
15. Spread 1 tablespoon aloli over top half of each roll. Place atop sandwiches and serve.
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The NY Times profiled a report on charter schools that was released today. The group conducting the investigation was led by Caroline Hoxby, an economist based at Stanford's Hoover Institute who has published a number of articles in prestigious journals that find positive returns to school choice. The report is written in plain English and is very easily readable even for those who have little background knowledge or statistical training (which was quite a surprise to me given the highly technical nature of most of her work).
-It's unclear whether students who are lottery winners apply to more charter schools than those who are lottery losers (one could imagine that a more motivated parent would apply to 10 charters and be more likely to end up with their child in one of them than the parent who applies to 1).
-The study points out that lottery losers are 32% more likely to transfer to a private school or a school outside of NYC than are lottery winners (p. 72), but I'm not sure they fully investigate the effects of this. It sounds as though lottery-losing leavers have test scores that are no different than lottery-winning leavers, but this isn't really the full story. Current test score is only one predictor of future test score, and since they're measuring growth in test scores, I'd have to imagine that motivation is a better predictor of growth in test scores. And as far as I can tell, it's entirely feasible that more motivated students are more likely to leave the system if they're not enrolled in a charter school.
-They estimate the average growth in test scores for charter school students to be .12 (math) and .09 (reading) standard deviations above and beyond those of lottery losers each year (p. 42). For one year, that's not particularly impressive, but they calculate that these effects add up over time to create quite a powerful effect.
Assuming that these measurements are accurate and that higher test scores reflect more meaningful growth as well (neither of which should be taken for granted), I'd argue that schools over .2 might be worth getting excited about and schools between .1 - .2 are probably doing something right. Making those two dangerous assumptions, we might say that a majority of schools seem to be doing something right. It also becomes evident why, as I've argued in the past, charter school advocates should advocate closing more charters. Think how much higher the estimates would be if the bottom 20% or so that are getting returns that are negative or no different from zero were closed.
-Why are charter schools doing better (same two assumptions apply)? The authors measure the effects of a wide variety of variables on page 64. The most notable number is that adding 10 days to the school year boosts achievement .15 SD. This is the only number that is both meaningful to me and statistically significant at traditional levels. The average charter school has about 10 more days of school than the average traditional public school. Meanwhile, the average charter school advantage is about .10-.11 SD. Which raises the possibility that charters are doing better mostly because they have longer school years -- a reform which could very easily be replicated in all schools.
-You should ignore all the calculations regarding the benefits of attending a charter high school. In the last year of data, there are four charter high schools in NYC.
I'll e-mail the team about the first two bullet points, hopefully I'll hear back -- I'll post the answers if and when I do.
There are few things that leave me more cynical about Ed Reform (with a capital E and R) than the way "charter vs. regular" has become the lens to compare schools.
Is it the governance model that produces the differences that Hoxley sees, or the length of the school year? Or some other factor such as class size or teacher pay?
It's possible that how decision are made affects what kind of decisions are made. But it's the "what" that really affects students.
And though calling for the abolition of traditional school districts appears to be the new new thing in Ed Reform, I think it would be a lot easier to add 10 days to the school year than to re-make the governance structure of public education.
On our website, you will see our thoughts regarding charter schools.
Corey, I can't find your reference you cite to students leaving charters. (You pegged the number at 14% and said it appears on p. 71). Was that an annual attrition rate (which seems to high) or the average attrition rate over 8 years (which seems to low)?
A sound study, but I'd appreciate your thoughts on student attrition.
Claus: It's pg. 71 in my Adobe Acrobat, but it's labeled page VI-I in the report. It reads "So far, about 14 percent of charter school students analyzed in this report have returned to the traditional public schools." It's the percentage of students who have left over the course of the study -- I'm not sure how long the average student in the study has been attending a charter school. Another good question for me to ask the report writers (or to read more closely to try and find).
Though, actually, now that I think about, the number that leave charter schools is at least 17% (look at the table on the next page). I'll correct the original post.
Hoxby seems to address the attrition question on the following page. Though I'm not entirely convinced by her analysis, she does not simply ignore the attrition problem, as claimed elsewhere.
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http://www.edpolicythoughts.com/2009/09/few-thoughts-on-nyc-charter-schools.html
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Matches, aka Ketse, is the most valuable currency in the Kin-Dza-Dza universe, and even half a match is enough to buy a transportation device. The setting is dystopian/resource depleted ("we used our oceans for fuel") and the value of the matches are said to be "because of the chemicals" Wef is even shown scraping a match head in a scene.
So, why are those chemicals so valuable? Match technology nowadays is based on potassium chloride and sulfur, but in the movie they clearly have access to other sources for that, like wood and hair. Did the Soviet Union in the 80s use a different material for matches? (I don't remember them tasting any different as a kid) Why would it be precious in a resource depleted world?
Wood and hair aren't useful to making match heads (the wood isn't precious, clearly - the violin isn't considered a treasure despite containing enormous amount of wood; and there was a scene in the film where they threw out the useless wood from matches that Mashkov burnt). If you think back to ancient history, lighting the fire was considered a very difficult task specifically because of how difficult it is to start fire/sparks absent proper materials.
ПЖ: Ясно. Вот, ксати, у меня сразу вопрос возник насчёт КЦ. Дело в том, что мы нашли этикетку от спичечного коробка, на котором написано "КЦ" - фабрика Клары Цеткин, это не оттуда, случайно, взято?
ПЖ: А, понятно. Т.е. это они, наоборот, уже из фильма взяли.
ПЖ: А что Вы имели в виду по "КЦ", просто сочетание такое букв, да?
ГД: Ну, кц - это кц.
He basically denies that "KtZ" name has any meaning.
Out-of-universe answer: In dystopian/post-apocalyptic worlds, mundane everyday items become currency quite often. Matches are a typical example. In Metro2033 universe, they use AK-47 ammo as currency. Anything that was in mass production, but technology for that mass production is lost or resources are limited, could become a currency.
I do not remember an explanation in the movie, maybe someone who saw it recently may provide an in-universe answer.
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| 2019-04-26T14:36:05 |
https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/157936/in-kin-dza-dza-why-are-matches-so-precious
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0.998163 |
Brendan Comiskey, the former Bishop of Ferns, did not choose to resign last April but was forced out of his job by the Vatican.
The revelation is contained in a follow-up to the BBC documentary Suing the Pope, which precipitated one of the biggest ever crises in the Catholic Church in Ireland when it was screened last March.
The programme documented - in graphic detail - the abuse of several boys by Father Sean Fortune in Co Wexford in the 1980s, and told of the alleged cover-up of that abuse by the Catholic Church's hierarchy, including Comiskey.
Immediately after it was broadcast, the 66-year-old bishop disappeared from the public eye, prompting speculation that he had fled the country. But after 10 days he reappeared and on Easter Monday last year announced his resignation at a press conference in Wexford.
At the time he denied that any of his superiors had attempted to influence his decision. However, an episode of BBC2's Correspondent series, which will be shown on Wednesday night, presents a letter which shows Comiskey was told to go for 'behaviour unbecoming of a bishop'.
Father Tom Doyle, a former Vatican ambassador, says the decision to push Comiskey to go was taken, not because of the revelations of child abuse, but due to a 'fear of bad publicity'.
A spokesperson for the Church said yesterday that he knew nothing about the allegation.
'All I know is that Brendan Comiskey resigned, I don't know the intricacies,' he said.
It has also emerged that the four men who blew the whistle on the Church's role in the Father Fortune affair, including Irish Person of the Year for 2002 Colm O'Gorman, were subjected to a barrage of hate mail and abusive phone calls in the following months.
Last April Comiskey, who is now believed to be training as a counsellor in the United States, said that he would write to each of Father Fortune's victims to explain his part in the affair. So far, he has failed to do so.
A former associate of Comiskey's in his Wexford diocese said yesterday: 'He's very bitter about what happened and feels he was made a scapegoat.
Father Fortune committed suicide in 1999, a week after being charged with 29 counts of child abuse.
Colm O'Gorman, Donnacha Mac Gloinn and Pat Jackman are still pursuing legal actions against the Pope and Brendan Comiskey.
| 2019-04-23T19:58:24 |
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2003_01_06/2003_01_26_Byrne_IrishBishop.htm
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0.998185 |
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| 2019-04-21T05:03:37 |
https://check-distance.com/route/amarillo-tx/tallahassee-fl
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0.999434 |
I was recently in a car accident (non-work related) and my Dr. has given me a note to work a maximum or two 8-hr days per week for the next 2 weeks, then to be re-evaluated.
My boss feels that she needs to hire someone to come work the 3 days I'm out and that she feels it's unfair to pay both me and the person she needs to hire to do my job.
As I'm a salaried (40-hr) exempt employee, does she have to pay me the entire work week or can she legally pay only the days worked? We are allowed 3 sick days, all of which have already been exhausted earlier this year. I have had to give up my last 3 vacation days to cover the days I've been out so far.
She wants me to file for TDI, but according to TDI law, I have to have been out for 7 consecutive days, which I have not. She also mentioned that she could lay me off so I could collect unemployment during the time I was out, but I don't think I'm eligible as my understanding is that I have to be able to work while on unemployment. And my Dr's note states I can't work full-time.
I really feel like I'm caught in a rock and a hard place and just want to know what my rights are, if I have any recourse at all.
Do you know if you are under the FMLA?
(7) An employer is not required to pay the full salary for weeks in which an exempt employee takes unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act. Rather, when an exempt employee takes unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, an employer may pay a proportionate part of the full salary for time actually worked. For example, if an employee who normally works 40 hours per week uses four hours of unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, the employer could deduct 10 percent of the employee's normal salary that week.
From my understanding of the FMLA law, the employer must have 50 or more employees. The agency I work for has less than 50 employees (24 total). I'm not really sure if that helps me or hurts me??
The FMLA protects your job and allows the employer to dock your salary for partial day absences. But from I way I read your posts, you are working full days, just not a full workweek.
What type of sick leave/PTO does the employer provide?
We get 3 sick days, 2 personal and 10 vacation days. At this point, all I have left are 3 vacation days. We are not eligible to use our holidays for anything other than holidays.
And you are correct. I am working 2 full 8-hr days (8-hrs is a full work day for me). I spread it out so that I work my 2 busiest days so that my employer would not have to hire someone to fill in for me. But she doesn't see it that way as she does not want to pay me for the entire week.
I'm just not sure what my options are at this point. I simply cannot afford to live off of two days work even for 2 weeks. I'm not sure of TDI (STD in RI) is my only option. I'm sure my Dr. would prescribe me out for 7 consecutive days, but I thought that I was due my full salary if I worked even 1 day out of the week. I thought that was one of the perks of being salaried, exempt. The overtime I put in doesn't get paid for, but any time I need out due to situations such as this should be protected... or at least that was my understanding. It may seem as though I misunderstood at this point however.
I am not trying to weasle money out of the company or be unethical in any way. I didn't want to be in a car accident, nor do I want to be out of work. I know the mess I'm going to have to clean up when I get back and if I could work to my full capacity, I would gladly do it. But I do feel that I'm being ripped off by my boss because she simply does not want to pay for my being out.
If I have any options available to me, I would greatly appreciate any info. Like I mentioned, the company has less than 50 employees, I do not have sick time left and the 3 vacation days I do have will need to be used this week to cover my time out. Do I have any rights??
Can the personal days be used for sickness or injury? Honest, there is a reason I'm asking.
I do not have any more sick or personal days left. I only have 3 vacation days, 2 of which had to be used for the day of the accident (I was on my way into work so I was unable to get to work that day) and 1 of which will have to be used for this week.
Hope that answers your question. To my knowledge, I am allowed to use the sick and personal days to cover, but with none left, I don't see that being an option.
No, I didn't ask what you had left. I asked if the personal days that you are given can be used for illness, but it sounds like they can, is that correct?
If the employee gets at least a reasonable amount of sick days per year (a minimum of 5 days generally meets the "reasonable" definition), then an exempt employee's salary can legally be docked for full day absences due to illness or injury once the entitlement is exhausted. However, I am not at all certain that, in this case, the personal days would be added to the sick days to meet the "reasonable" definition. You might want to call the federal Dept. of Labor to inquire, since this is a federal regulation.
Last edited by Pattymd; 10-21-2008, 09:56 AM.
If your leave is not FMLA-qualified, however, docking your salary for partial day absences (as opposed to whole-day absences) after you have exhausted all available paid leave, however, might cause the employer to fail the "salary basis" test and forfeit your exempt status thereby making you eligible for overtime compensation under the FLSA, which is a whole different question.
For the FMLA to apply in the first place (i.e. for the FMLA to possibly protect your job and for your leave to be FMLA-qualified), (i) you must have worked a full year for your employer, (ii) you must have worked at least 1250 hours for your employer within the preceding year, and (iii) your employer must employ 50 or more employees within a 75 mile radius of where you work. You said that the agency you work for only has 24 total employees. Thus, it would appear that the FMLA does not protect you because you are not covered under that Act. Note that there might be some state law protections, you would need to look into that.
According to the DOL and the District Court of Masschusett's Caperci decision, if your partial-day absence is not for FMLA-qualified leave, an employer can dock your available paid leave balance for partial day absences without failing the "salary basis" test and forfeiting your exempt status, but cannot as a matter of practice dock your pay for partial day absences once your paid leave is exhausted without thereby failing the "salary basis" test and converting your overtime status from exempt to non-exempt. Again, this only applies to partial day absences, not full day absences.
C. Andrew Head, Attorney, Crowley Clarida & Head LLP http://overtimeattorneygeorgia.com/. Licensed to practice in Georgia. The foregoing does not constitute legal advice and should not be construed as establishing or attempting to establish any attorney-client relationship.
Thanks for responding again. I misunderstood your question. A personal day can be used for anything. We aren't required to say what we need a personal day for and if we run out of sick days and want to use a personal day if we get sick, we are allowed to.
I have a call into the US DOL and I will ask that question. Thank you very much.
I hope no one thought my responses were rude or meant to attack anyone in any way. I'm so grateful for those who have posted and given their knowledge freely. Perhaps I read too much into your post, but I got the feeling that you may have thought that.
Thank you also for responding. I'm not quite sure I understand what you wrote though. I am really green in this area and need it broken down in language I can understand. I know at this point I'm not eligible for FMLA, so I'm hoping there is other recourse.
I can't really afford to go on TDI (temporary disability insurance) right now, but it looks like I might not have a choice because I can't afford even more to be paid only 2 days a week. It doesn't look like I have very many options open so I guess I'll just have to see what happens from here.
OP, there is no other legal recourse (because FMLA does not apply), other than what the DOL might say regarding whether the 3 days sick PLUS the 2 days personal equates to a bona fide sick pay plan. If it does, since you have exhausted that, your salary can be docked for full day absences. If it does NOT, then it cannot be. Since the personal days can be used for any reason, I'm guessing their answer will be that it does not, but again, that's just an educated guess. That's the regulation I linked you to in my earlier response.
Last edited by Pattymd; 10-22-2008, 04:01 AM.
Ok. Thanks for your help in cutting through the "legaleze" on all this. I actually just got off the phone with someone for the US DOL and he mentioned that since we use temp agents (which would bring us up over the 50 employee mark) that FMLA might qualify here. He said he was on the road and would have to look that up and get back to me tomorrow.
At this point I've done all the research I can and I have to just let God handle things for me.
Thanks again for your insights and helps in this matter.
| 2019-04-25T21:53:07 |
http://www.laborlawtalk.com/forum/employment-and-labor-law/osha-state-federal-labor-laws-posting-requirements/rhode-island-labor-laws/194276-exempt-employee-out-on-partial-leave-rhode-island?view=thread
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The epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest known. Recently made more accessible in a fresh version by Stephen Mitchell, it tells the story of an arrogant king who takes advantage of his subjects, despoils nature, and offends the gods. When his best friend dies under a god's curse, Gilgamesh seeks the secret of eternal life, hears the story of a flood that almost destroyed humankind, and finally finds, then loses a plant said to have the power of restoring youth. The story in Mitchell's version ends with Gilgamesh arriving home and describing the wonders of his great city.
The ending is disappointing. It doesn't answer the key question: Does Gilgamesh grow up and change his ways?
Did facing up to his friend's death and wandering in the wilderness in search of eternal life bring about some great alteration in Gilgamesh's behavior? The verses don't say explicitly. Some subtle clues suggest that, on his return, he at least has the potential for humility (sadly lacking in his early life) and a more neighborly attitude toward both his subjects and the gods.
Clue #1 is how Gilgamesh reaches the "island of the blessed" where dwell his ancestor Utnapishtim and his wife, who survived the great flood. (I picture them being played in the film version by Billy Crystal and Carol Kane, reprising their roles as Miracle Max and his wife in The Princess Bride.) Gilgamesh glides down a river, uses dozens of poles to push a boat across a stagnant sea, then stands up and holds a robe so that the boat can sail the last distance. In other words, first he coasts -- which is what he's been doing all his life, and then he uses his own brawn -- still in keeping with how he has always lived.
However, the other shore cannot be gained by Gilgamesh's own effort; he must allow the wind to glide the boat to its landing. In the Sumerian pantheon, the wind god is Enlil, the same god who decreed that Gilgamesh's friend, Enkidu, must die. Gilgamesh stands as a mast. A mast would come from a tree, and trees were prized in Mesopotamia as spoils of war (Roberts, 2006). (Earlier in the text, after slaying a monster, Gilgamesh celebrates his victory by chopping down all the trees in the forest that the monster was guarding.) Standing in the boat, Gilgamesh offers himself to the wind, to Enlil, as a conquered state might offer trees as tribute. When he arrives at the home of Utnapishtim, he is no longer keen to do battle, but is ready to listen to his ancient ancestor reveal the secrets of the gods. A man of action, not of words, in his early life, Gilgamesh is showing signs of change.
Clue #2 is how Gilgamesh loses the magic youth-restoring plant. He lays it down while he bathes in a pool at the end of a day's traveling, and a snake smells it and carries it away, shedding its skin to show that it has been transformed (or will be, once it eats the plant). Bathing in a pool of water is also a symbol of transformation, much older than Jesus' baptism at the hands of John the Baptist. Gilgamesh is truly frustrated and sad when he dries off and realizes that his journey to the edge of the world has been in vain. But in my imagination, I can see him watching the snake's theft and deciding to do nothing about it. After all, he was having second thoughts about this "secret of youth" idea. How long would the youth last? When it wore off, would he look his actual age? Or would he still be younger, just not exactly youthful? If he ate the herb many times, would he finally turn to dust when the last dose wore off? Once the pool has revived him, he may decide that the magic plant isn't the solution after all.
Clue #3 is that, at the gates of Uruk, Gilgamesh praises the beauty of Ishtar's temple, rather than railing at her, as he did earlier in the story after she propositioned him. He is no longer angry at the gods, but I don't think he feels subservient to them either. I can imagine him sprucing up the temples, as Book I of the epic describes, not as an offering, but just as one good neighbor would help out another.
This change toward a less insular and more constructive attitude is supported by the text in Book XII, which Mitchell does not include in his translation. The additional material includes the story of the huluppa tree, which Gilgamesh cuts down for Ishtar, to make her a bed and a throne. Yes, he's still cutting down trees, but for a purpose, not in an emotional frenzy. Maybe he and Ishtar have both found that they need someone to talk to.
Whether Gilgamesh becomes a great and wise king, I can't say, but I do see him as a changed man, more ready to listen, perhaps ready to give up bluster and arrogance for a more neighborly relationship with both the gods and his own people. As Book I relates, he finally shows some concern "for the welfare of the people and the sacred land." He has at least the potential to grow further.
Mitchell, S. (2004). Gilgamesh: A new English version. New York: Free Press.
| 2019-04-18T23:16:58 |
http://placekeepers.net/newblog/2007/8/3/does-gilgamesh-grow-up.html
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That was the question late last year as a Honolulu public relations firm announced the arrival of the reggae hip-hop artist and the release of his new album, "Rated R," on the independent Hard Eight Records.
An additional question should've been "Where is RawSun from?" Was he a product of the Hawaii recording industry?
It turned out that RawSun has visited Hawaii but is not a resident. He wrote and tracked his album in a series of mainland studios. As our local artists struggle to crack the national market, RawSun has some valuable insights to share.
As he explained by phone from somewhere in California, "Me and my brother waited a lot of years, and passed on a lot of opportunities to put out albums, because we just didn't feel it was right and we didn't want to put out anything we weren't proud of. ... We've been shopping the major labels through a couple of different management companies, spent some time with Digital Underground ... and finally, in the last year, got this record together and the opportunity to put it out."
There's a hint of a Jamaican accent in his voice, but unlike the many Jawaiian singers who affect the Caribbean island vocal lilt, RawSun came by his naturally. He was raised by his father, Jahsun, and grew up in Jamaica, hanging out with his father's band, Strictly Roots. He picked up a pair of drumsticks at the age of 2 and was performing at 11. He joined Strictly Roots at 14 but didn't "come out" as a vocalist until after his father died in 1998.
An album, "Generation," kept Jahsun's legacy alive and brought RawSun to Hawaii.
"It was mostly a Jamaican band at that time ... and the record was a reggae album. It didn't really have a large market around the world but, for some reason, Hawaii loved it and it became a big hit out there around '99 or 2000. So I signed with Sony Music International and they brought me and my band to Hawaii. ... I met Fiji and all the different groups and pretty much everybody embraced it. ... Since then, I've had a pretty large fan base out there."
In 2001, there came a parting of the ways between RawSun and his father's musicians. They were reggae purists approaching middle age while RawSun and his younger brother, keyboardist/record producer Don Juan Cartel, were moving towards a sound that was "more hip-hop, more radio, more kind of mainstream stuff -- a little bit out of what the roots Jamaican band was doing. Me and my brother signed our first record deal right about that time down in Los Angeles."
THE DUO spent several years working in L.A., doing studio work for other artists while laying the foundation for their own project. Fiji was featured on three tracks on "Rated R," as well as being one of several secondary writer/producers. In the last few months, RawSun, Don Juan and the band have been promoting the album every chance they get, and the hard work is paying off.
"We're doing about 4,000 copies a week, which is really big for an independent. We set out with Warner Bros. watching us and Interscope interested in us, and we set out knowing that if we moved between 30- and 50,000 units, that all the major labels would come and start making offers. We thought that number would come at the end of the summer and as it's looking right now we might get those numbers before we even get into summer. We're definitely ahead of schedule."
Although "Rated R" is far removed from the roots reggae he played with his father, RawSun remains in touch, via the antique Ethiopian coin he wears as a personal talisman.
"My father's group had a lot of Ethiopian fans over the years. (One of his friends) was a distant relative of Selassie I ... and my father had been there for him over the years, so he presented the coin to my father. My father wore it for his whole life, from the mid-'70s until he passed on (in 1998) and I've worn it since then. It's (Emperor) Menelik II (on one side) and the Lion of Judah (on the other)."
With luck, "Rated R" will land RawSun that deal with a major label, maybe in time while doing the 2006 Reggae Sunfest in Jamaica in July.
"It's going to be my first performance in Jamaica. For the last three years, they've been trying to get me to come down there, and I've wanted to, but I've got so much respect for the musicianship and the level that everyone's doing things in Jamaica (that) I really want it to be right and have the right material and the right band (and) have everything just be perfect to really make an impression. The time is right now."
| 2019-04-19T06:37:13 |
http://archives.starbulletin.com/2006/01/20/features/story07.html
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0.999396 |
Is there any appetite for a patch to migrate the codebase from Path::Class to Path::Tiny? In my $work codebase DBIC is the only remaining thing using Path::Class and getting it out of the loop is desirable for a few issues relating to maintainability and its upstream dependents. It looks like Path::Class is only used in a few small places outside of DBIx::Class::InflateColumn::File, which is deprecated and perhaps can be removed now. I am happy to send a patch or pull request if there is a chance it would be considered.
Use of Path::Tiny is out, but the rest of your request has already been implemented in https://github.com/Perl5/DBIx-Class/commit/e48635f717 Realistically it can make it into the 0.0828xx line due to complexity and time constraints. The 0.0829xx line is still blocked on a severe performance regression, which is unlikely to get resolved for the next several weeks. Please stay tuned I will mark this as "patched" ( because logically it is ) and it will transition to "resolved" once the release containing above commit makes it to the index.
| 2019-04-19T06:36:25 |
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=125825
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0.999993 |
DVDs are a must-have media format for movie and video fans. A lot of people choose to play games and watch movies on portable devices, but how to put DVD on these portable devices? How to rip DVD to MKV, AVI, MOV, MP4, M4V with subtitles? Maybe you are confused with these questions, in this article we will show the easy way to help you rip DVD to MKV/AVI/WMV file with amazing speed and high image quality, or rip DVD to various video and audio format for portable devices.
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Here, Pavtube BDMagic/BDMagic for Mac – As the top of DVD Rippers, DVDAid not only can convert any commercial DVD to normal popular video format MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WMV, etc smoothly, but also to new video formats M3UB and H.265 easily. What’s more, it allows you to adjust video resolution and bitrate to decide the output video size on your own in case your mobile phone has no enough storage space. Now you can backup and rip 2D Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray and standard DVD to SD, High-Definition formats (H.265/HEVC, MKV, MP4, etc.) or even create 3D videos with excellent video/audio quality in fast conversion speed. Try this top DVD ripper by downloading a free trial here.
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Click “Convert” button, Inside Out DVD to MP4/MKV/WMV/AVI, etc conversion begins. When the process finishes, open the output folder to locate it.
You can transfer ripped DVD movies to Seagate Wireless Plus for your kids playing on iPad in the car. Or upload it to a NAS to make it available in the Home Theater system no various devices.
| 2019-04-24T00:35:20 |
http://www.investicijos.biz/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=74956
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Is the recession driving more people to pawn? MT samples a day in the life of a local pawnbroker.
Two to one you won't get your stuff back. So goes the old pawnbrokers' joke to explain the three golden balls hanging over their doorway. I don't like those odds. But as I head off for a day at Harvey & Thompson in Hammersmith, I wonder if the recession is driving more people to play them.
When I think of pawnbrokers, I picture a dark and dusty version of Cash Converters, run by a leering vulture like the bloke who lusts after the late Mr Scrooge's stash in A Christmas Carol. Ignorant, perhaps, but then I don't know anyone who's ever used one. Until recently, getting a loan was easy enough without letting someone run their claws over your family jewels.
So it's a surprise when I arrive at 10am to find what could almost pass for a regular high-street branch of HSBC, complete with glass-paned counters and framed posters offering services such as cheque-cashing and low-interest loans.
This is modern pawnbroking, says Robert Greville, H&T's regional manager. He tells me H&T is the UK's largest pawnbroker by size of pledgebook, with profits last year up 52% to £10.9m. But footfall, apparently, hasn't increased since the downturn. The chain deals primarily in jewellery, and Robert attributes its recent success to the strong price of gold, not to people wheeling in heirlooms by the barrow-load because they can't afford petrol any more. Most regular customers just seek a quick cash injection while they pay the rent or clear up quarterly bills, with an average loan of £130.
All jewellery pledges are valued by weight and carat. Robert takes me behind the counter to see how the testing works. Always ask permission before you test, he says - the process involves filing a section of the piece and then dropping acid on it to see how it reacts. Robert goes to work with the file, then puts a pair of goggles on and reaches for the acid. It's all highly incongruous, like Johnny Ball revealing all in a bureau de change.
Through a lupe, I watch the filed area develop a brown stain: it's 9-carat. If it wasn't, Robert would use another acid, timing how long before a yellow stain appeared. Within seven seconds, it's 18ct; if it takes 14, it's 22ct. The platinum rule is: never tell a customer that their jewellery isn't gold - the piece may have been a gift. Instead, you say it doesn't meet the requirements.
But this law isn't applied when a grunty man shuffles in to pawn a diamond ring his girlfriend bought him. 'That's not a diamond,' the girl behind the counter tells him. 'How is that not a diamond?' he replies. His beloved seems to have conned him. Or is he just trying to put one over on the broker? He seems the sort. Later, he's back trying to pawn some earrings, and she asks him for ID. 'Well, I got my name badge from work,' he says, pointing where it says 'Murray'.
Robert doesn't deny that the odd dodgy item comes through, but he says it's not in H&T's interest to handle stolen goods. You can't be too judgmental, though, he says - plenty of honest people need to raise collateral, and you can't just write them off as thieves. He reckons you develop an instinct for spotting them.
A man swaggers in wearing a parka, and collects a chunky gold bracelet that looks like it would snap your wrist if you put it on. He pays £500 for the privilege. Another visitor is wearing a black baseball cap with a sequinned double-dice logo on the front. It's an apt emblem to see at a pawnbroker's. Next to him, two Muslim women are paying the price of gambling with their memories: they'd pawned £400-worth of jewellery but failed to reclaim it in time, so it went to auction. Luckily, they retrieved it and are now in feverish discussion about a new loan, flourishing £20 notes to settle the interest on the old one. With rates at 8% a month, a half-year contract with these risks seems a mug's game.
But that doesn't stop the punters - the store has plenty of regulars. One turns up most mornings, makes a pledge of around £300, then zips next door to William Hill - returning with his winnings to collect his stuff. Another pledged a gold tooth.
With just a handful of customers all morning, there's time for me to do some testing. I put the lupe to my eye and file away at a heavy gold bracelet. The damage is minimal, but through the lens it looks like horrific vandalism. It's as if I'm hacking huge chunks out of someone's dreams, and putting them to the acid test to see if they're worth anything. Even if they are, it's a risky game: that hefty interest rate might turn them into a nightmare.
| 2019-04-21T04:13:06 |
https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/sharp-end-pawnbrokers-chain/article/909817
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