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0.999996 | I want to institute a high availability solution for SQL Server with no downtime. I am planning on using Microsoft clustering, but I have been told that in the event that the cluster moves the SQL Server from one physical server to another, that there is some downtime. Why is this so?
There is indeed a period of downtime whenever the SQL Server moves from one physical server to another in a traditional Microsoft clustering solution. Let's take a quick look at why that is.
In a typical Microsoft clustering solution, all the databases reside on shared storage which all the physical servers, called nodes, can access. However, only one node can access the storage at a given time.
In addition, the SQL Server service for a particular instance of SQL Server installed on the cluster resides on each physical node where SQL Server is allowed to run. For instance, in the case of a default instance, with a SQL Server 2008 default instance setup, we would see a service called SQL Server (MSSQLServer) on each node. For a named instance called MyNamedInstance, we would see a service called SQL Server (MyNamedInstance) on each node. Because the service needs to access the databases, only the node which has access to the shared storage can successfully have the SQL Server service running. All other nodes will have the SQL Server service present in the services list, but in a stopped state. And finally, because of the fact that this SQL Server instance will need to move around between the physical nodes, in a clustering setup the SQL Server is configured to run on a virtual node, one that can float between the nodes.
So in the example shown in Figure 1 above, the physical nodes NodeA and NodeB can run the SQL Server instance. They both can access the shared storage and they both have the appropriate SQL Server service installed. For someone who wants to access the SQL Server, they must do so through the virtual node, which I've called VirtualNode1. So I wouldn't connect to NodeA or NodeB, I would set my connection to VirtualNode1. Now I'm simplifying a bunch about how clustering works and how SQL Server interacts with the cluster (and vice versa), but hopefully this gives a good overall picture of Microsoft SQL Server on a Microsoft clustering solution.
Now that we have the big picture view, let's look at the specifics of SQL Server running. We'll start by looking at Figure 2, where NodeA has control of the shared storage and where SQL Server is running. You can note this by the thicker lines from NodeA to the various resources.
So if we take a look at both NodeA and NodeB, we'll see that NodeA has the storage. You'll see the drive letters which belong to the SQL Server databases on that physical server. You'll be able to access the files on them and read them (provided they aren't already in use, such as the SQL Server databases themselves). While you might see the drive letters on NodeB, you won't be able to access them. The operating system will give you an error telling you the disk isn't available. Also, if we look at the services, we'll see the SQL Server service started and running on NodeA. On NodeB it'll be stopped. And if we check on the networking side, we'll see that NodeA isn't just running with its IP address, but also the IP address for VirtualNode1. NodeB will just have NodeB's IP address.
Now let's look at a situation where an administrator gracefully moves the SQL Server from running on NodeA to NodeB. And when we look at what happens behind the scenes, we'll see why there is downtime.
Stops the SQL Server Agent service and any services dependent on the SQL Server service.
Stops the SQL Server service (meaning SQL Server isn't available at this point).
Releases NodeA's hold on the IP address and network name for VirtualNode1.
Releases NodeA's hold on the shared storage.
Tells NodeB to take control of the shared storage (which it does).
Tells NodeB to take control of the IP address and network name for VirtualNode1.
Starts the SQL Server service on NodeB (meaning SQL Server is coming back on-line for its clients).
Starts the SQL Server Agent service and any services dependent on the SQL Server service.
Again, I've simplified a lot of things, but this 8 step process is basically what the cluster is doing. Note that from step 2 to step 7 SQL Server is down. NodeA has to release the resources SQL Server is dependent on so that NodeB can take control of them. Until NodeB has control of them, it can't restart the SQL Server service. So even if the shared storage and networking transfer were to happen in milliseconds, you still have the time it takes for the SQL Server service to stop and restart as downtime. There are things that could cause this to draw out, such as a configuration on 32-bit servers where AWE memory is used (along with lock pages in memory). In situations like that, the downtime is extended to take care of these matters. But once the graceful move is over, we'll see our resources on NodeB, such as what is shown in Figure 3.
And when we look at the two physical nodes, we'll see that NodeB has the storage and the IP address for VirtualNode1. We'll also see that the SQL Server service is running on NodeB but is stopped on NodeA. The situation is a reverse of what we saw in Figure 2.
But what about when we have an unintentional "fail-over" such as when NodeA goes down? In this particular case, the cluster will have to realize the node is not available any longer. It does this fairly quickly, but then it still must tell NodeB to bring the resources on-line. So basically we'll be going through steps 5 through 8 from above. Again, we'll see the downtime from whenever the SQL Server became unavailable, such as when NodeA dropped off-line, until NodeB is able to get all the resources under its control and successfully starts its SQL Server service. This is the best case scenario, a perfect fail-over situation, if you will, and this is the quickest scenario for SQL Server to come back online in the event of a real problem. There could be other cases such as when NodeA isn't down but SQL Server is unresponsive (but the service is still running). In this case, the cluster won't note that SQL Server is not available until its "keep alive" check fails. Once it determines SQL Server is not responsive, it will go through the process of trying to gracefully go through all the steps. If there any complications, then the downtime will be extended as the cluster tries to deal with them.
So with a Microsoft clustering solution, there will always be some amount of downtime as the SQL Server moves from one physical node to another, whether this be intentional, such as when it's initiated by a system administrator, or in the event of a failure, such as when the physical node SQL Server was running on suddenly becomes unavailable. Generally, the amount of time its unavailable is relatively small and that's why its considered a satisfactory high availability solution for most scenarios. But it must be understood that in this configuration, downtime is a given.
Very simple and clear post! Thanks!!!
If a transaction is running and a fail over occurs, does the transaction continue once the instance comes up on the other node?
No, the transaction is rolled back during start-up. Imagine if your SQL Server had a sudden hiccup and went down in the middle of a transaction. When it came back up it would roll what had been completed of that transaction back. Same idea with a cluster fail-over.
I hope you find these useful and informative. Thanks for asking.
Sounds great. I like that a lot. I do still see the issue of the "kick the plug" bringing down SQL Server completely, though. And if you think about it, in a data center, if a particular circuit gets overloaded, the rack could come down. If your second circuit can't completely handle the load (redundancy in power, right?) then the fault tolerant server would be a victim to this issue. I have seen it, which is why I cite it. However, if you have different racks on different sets of circuits, this is an area where a clustered SQL Server instance can recover.
Can you provide a URL or two for these servers to get more information?
A fault tolerant server has the equivalent of two physical servers running in lock step as one logical server in a single enclosure. Everything is duplicated, right down to the power cords going into the wall. There is only one OS and one application; they see only one server image, not two. A hardware failure is transparent to the app because the app continues to run unaffected on the companion component or subsystem. The failed part or entire half of the server is automatically taken out of service. Repairs can be affected while the app continues to run and, after repair, replacement or whatever, the "two sides" will automatically resynch. No application downtime, no failover, no data loss. Transient errors also do not bring a true fault-tolerant server down. It will ride through transient errors, again with no impact on database operations. A fundemental difference between a clustered server and a fault tolerant server is that clusters are designed for failure recovery and fault tolerance is falure prevention technology. As far as SQL is concerned, you could run Standard Edition and get top-notch uptime reliability.
With regards to your article, it is a clear and cogent explanation of what happens in the cluster. Well done.
Because it is a fault tolerant server. That means it could have hardware failures that it can't absorb. Case in point, a few years ago we had a clustered SQL Server instance. One of the physical nodes developed an intermittent motherboard issue. Caused the server to bluescreen. We had hot-swappable drives and redundant, hot-swappable power, but you get the idea. In this case, we simply moved the instance over to the other physical node and continued running.
Another situation, especially in a busy data center, is the "I kicked the plug problem." You've got technicians swapping out servers and accidentally unplug one server completely or accidentally knock the power down for the rack. If you've got the physical nodes in different racks, you fail-over and keep running.
Why deal with cluster issues in the first place when you can run SQL Server on a single Xeon fault-tolerant server with virtually no downtime?
Those terms are considered dated, and here's why.
They were coined when most clustered installs consisted of only two physical servers.
They were coined when most installs could only support one or two SQL Server instances running on a cluster.
So if you put those two things in mind, think of a two node cluster. If you had one instance installed, you had an Active/Passive cluster. The physical node running the SQL Server at the time was Active. The other node was called Passive since it was sitting there idling. If you had two instances of SQL Server running, you tended to run one on each physical node. So the physical nodes were both Active, hence the term Active/Active.
Now that it's not unusual to have more than 2 physical nodes in a cluster, and even in cases of 2 node clusters it's not unusual to have more than 2 instances of SQL Server installed (for instance, our production clusters tend to have 4 installed, two 2005 and two 2008), those terms aren't used so much anymore.
You have explained in very nice way.
In clustering environment we usually talk about Active/Active and Active/Passive. Can you please relate this topic with that terminology?
I really like how you break down the downtime in your lists as well as the images. I think it really proves the point. | 2019-04-23T18:00:28 | https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1882/understanding-why-there-is-still-downtime-for-sql-server-with-microsoft-clustering/ |
0.998947 | Hi Jason, Thanks for writing. This sounds very cool! Under what license would the XEmacs documentation ultimately be offered? (GPL, I assume?) I'd be happy to dual-license the slides with the GFDL and the GPL. Please let me know if that's acceptable for XEmacs purposes, or if there's another license or whatnot.
Also let me know if there's anything I do to help adapt this material for documentation purposes. I confess, I haven't used XEmacs recently.
Dunno. Xemacs-beta subscribers: if it's not an off-topic question: what do you think?
2007/3/7, Phil Sung <psung(a)mit.edu> wrote: > Hi Jason, > > Thanks for writing. This sounds very cool! > > Under what license would the XEmacs documentation ultimately be > offered? (GPL, I assume?) I'd be happy to dual-license the slides with > the GFDL and the GPL. Please let me know if that's acceptable for > XEmacs purposes, or if there's another license or whatnot.
Could you tell us more about how you foresee the tutorial helper working?
Not much, I'm purely thinking in terms of under what situations content might want to migrate across legal boundaries. Basically I had in mind something like code to launch the various applications displayed (eg, adding a tour-specific drop down menu) if the user wanted to actually try them.
Wouldn't it be even more useful if the guided tour displayed itself as plain text inside XEmacs itself (maybe with text facsimiles of screenshots, ASCII art, and/or inline embedded graphics if someone spends the time to add them)?
Offhand, I don't really see why. The advantage to being "inside" of XEmacs would be practice in editing, as in the existing tutorial. Otherwise, I don't see why it matters whether the text is displayed in XEmacs or in a separate application launched from XEmacs. What do you have in mind?
On 3/7/07, Jason Spiro <jasonspiro4(a)gmail.com> wrote: > See http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3cc241693f0702201736r24a9... > for my conversation with Stephen about it. (I think it's the first 4 > messages in thread.) I personally think it'd be less confusing for > people, and more adaptable, if you just released it into the public > domain. :-) Hi Jason (and XEmacs), Alas, I recently (about a week ago) assigned my copyright for the slides to the FSF for contribution to GNU Emacs. I am not sure whether they could be persuaded to release this work into the public domain (I assume that it is their decision to make now).
Alas, I recently (about a week ago) assigned my copyright for the slides to the FSF for contribution to GNU Emacs. I am not sure whether they could be persuaded to release this work into the public domain (I assume that it is their decision to make now). Sorry! I realize this is suboptimal for XEmacs. But let me know if there is anything I can do to help out.
Alas, I recently (about a week ago) assigned my copyright for the slides to the FSF for contribution to GNU Emacs. I am not sure whether they could be persuaded to release this work into the public domain (I assume that it is their decision to make now).
If you ask the copyright clerk of the FSF he/she will be able to tell you whether a license to XEmacs would be granted for redistribution under the GPL and/or the Emacs 19 documentation license. If you would do that, we would appreciate it (the GPL is the more important of those two). In some versions of the assignment, this sublicense is from you, in others, it's from the FSF, so you'd have to ask to find out how to do it anyway.
It's a very simple license, compared to the GPL, but it is not a "template license". It is only usable with the old GNU Emacs manual and derivatives (such as the XEmacs manual), and refers by name to content that is not present in your tutorial. This is messy, and it's not clear to me what it might imply legally. I suggest two options for your consideration: 1. Grant us a single very permissive license, such as the "new BSD" or MIT/X license. These can be "promoted" to any of the licenses we use.
Ok, so I've made the work available under the GPL and the MIT/X11 license. Is that sufficient?
Yes, indeed! Thank you very much!
Why not move the Migrating to Emacs stuff to near the end of the Introduction to Emacs slideshow?
Maybe you should rearrange the webpage to encourage people to click the slides instead of the HTML.
Do you see any advantages or disadvantages to the users from packaging separately by medium (aside from the obvious "all-in-one-download" vs "space on disk" constrast)?
Hmm, I hadn't imagined that people would actually want to read the slides. ;) I've changed the layout a bit, as suggested.
On 3/28/07, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org> wrote: > Do you see any advantages or disadvantages to the users from packaging > separately by medium (aside from the obvious "all-in-one-download" vs > "space on disk" constrast)? I see no reason the HTML and slides need to be packaged together, since they are mostly parallel in content. I suppose people reading either format might want to know merely that the other format exists (even if it is in another package). | 2019-04-20T19:17:00 | https://list-archive.xemacs.org/archive/list/[email protected]/thread/GSWUMG5N5PNM7I4NBVW7D7V75UJTV6PA/ |
0.999912 | What is the most important information I should know about Korlym?
This medication guide provides information about the Korlym brand of mifepristone. Mifeprex is another brand of mifepristone that is not covered in this medication guide.
Korlym can harm an unborn baby or cause a miscarriage. Do not use if you are pregnant. You will need to have a negative pregnancy test before you start taking Korlym, or if you restart the medication after not taking it for longer than 2 weeks.
You should not take Korlym if you have unexplained vaginal bleeding, endometrial hyperplasia or a certain type of uterine cancer, if you are pregnant, or if you take steroid medications because of a serious illness or condition (such as an organ transplant).
There are many other drugs that should not be used together with Korlym. Tell your doctor about all other medicines you use.
Korlym blocks the actions of a hormone called cortisol, which can reduce certain side effects caused by excess cortisol in the body.
Korlym is used to treat high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) in adults with Cushing's syndrome who also have type 2 diabetes mellitus or glucose intolerance.
Korlym should not be used to treat type 2 diabetes that is not related to Cushing's syndrome.
Korlym may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
What should I discuss with my healthcare provider before taking Korlym?
if you take steroid medications because of a serious illness or condition (such as an organ transplant).
sirolimus (Rapamune, Torisel) or tacrolimus (Prograf, Protopic).
a problem with your thyroid or adrenal glands.
Mifepristone can harm an unborn baby or cause a miscarriage. Do not use if you are pregnant. Stop taking Korlym and tell your doctor right away if you become pregnant during treatment.
You will need to have a negative pregnancy test before you start taking Korlym, or if you restart the medicine after not taking it for longer than 2 weeks.
Korlym can make birth control pills less effective. Use a non-hormone method of birth control (such as a condom with spermicide or diaphragm with spermicide) while you are using this medicine and for at least 1 month after your treatment ends.
Korlym can pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing baby. You should not breast-feed while using this medicine.
How should I take Korlym?
Korlym is usually taken once per day with a meal. Follow your doctor's instructions.
Do not crush, chew, or break a Korlym tablet. Swallow it whole. Tell your doctor if you have trouble swallowing the tablet.
While using Korlym, you may need frequent blood tests.
What should I avoid while taking Korlym?
Grapefruit and grapefruit juice may interact with Korlym and lead to unwanted side effects. Avoid the use of grapefruit products while taking Korlym.
What other drugs will affect Korlym?
This list is not complete and many other drugs can interact with Korlym. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Give a list of all your medicines to any healthcare provider who treats you.
Your doctor or pharmacist can provide more information about mifepristone (Korlym). | 2019-04-22T04:00:57 | https://www.adventisthealthcare.com/health/library/topic/?id=d04718g1 |
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0.999999 | When the choking victim becomes unconscious, CPR should be started without checking the pulse. True or False.
When the choking victim becomes unconscious, CPR should be started without checking the pulse. FALSE. | 2019-04-19T14:39:56 | https://www.weegy.com/?ConversationId=RS2GVZLJ |
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0.99965 | "In the long run, about 17 percent of a cut in labor taxes is recouped through higher economic growth. The comparable figure for a cut in capital taxes is about 50 percent."
Do tax cuts pay for themselves? To a substantial extent, yes, N. Gregory Mankiw and Matthew Weinzierl conclude in their study, Dynamic Scoring: A-Back-of-the-Envelope Guide (NBER Working Paper No. 11000).
Mankiw and Weinzierl note that when the staffs of the Treasury Department or Congressional committees estimate the revenue cost of tax cuts, they traditionally adopt a process known as static scoring. That is, they assume no feedback from tax changes to national income. By contrast, some observers have suggested that tax cuts can generate so much economic growth that they may more than pay for themselves. Most economists are doubtful about either such extreme. The consensus view is that tax cuts indeed influence national income, but not to the extent that they are fully self-financing.
In 2002 Congress undertook the difficult task of "dynamic scoring" of tax policy. This means developing a set of economic models that can be used to estimate the true revenue effect of tax proposals, including the feedback effects of taxes on national income. This task is challenging, because there is little agreement among professional economists about how best to model long-run economic growth and the impact of taxes on the economy.
Mankiw and Weinzierl consider the problem in light of a particular theory of economic growth, called the neoclassical growth model. This theory is the most widely taught model of capital accumulation and long-run growth, as well as a popular tool in scholarly literature in public finance. In this paper, they use the model to show how changes in taxes on capital and labor income affect national income and tax revenue. The model yields simple formulas for how the true dynamic estimates of these revenue effects differ from the traditionally used static estimates. These formulas in turn allow for some illuminating back-of-the-envelope calculations.
The authors begin with the simplest version of the neoclassical growth model, but they also consider various generalizations of the model to see which conclusions are robust. One generalization of the model includes an elastic supply of labor, so that hours worked can respond to economic incentives. Mankiw and Weinzierl find that regardless of labor supply elasticity, if capital and labor tax rates start off at the same level, cuts in capital taxes have greater feedback effects in the long run than do cuts in labor taxes.
According to the researchers, the neoclassical growth model and all of its variants indicate that the dynamic response of the economy to tax changes is substantial. In almost all instances, they find, tax cuts are at least partly self-financing. The authors conduct some simple calculations, plugging in numbers that approximately describe the U.S. economy. They find that, in the long run, about 17 percent of a cut in labor taxes is recouped through higher economic growth. The comparable figure for a cut in capital taxes is about 50 percent. This means that the true revenue cost of a cut in capital taxes is only half of the cost estimated with static scoring.
These results depend on a number of key assumptions, which are open to debate. Mankiw and Weinzierl acknowledge that current studies do not afford clear guidance about how best to apply the neoclassical growth model to the actual economy. Economists will need to focus next on evaluating which generalizations of the basic model are the most salient and then on estimating the key parameters. This task, the researchers say, is urgent. In 2003, Congress adopted a rule that requires the Joint Committee on Taxation to analyze the macroeconomic impact of any major tax cut bill before the House votes on such legislation. "One conclusion is impossible to escape," say Mankiw and Weinzierl. "Difficult as it may be, the subject of dynamic scoring should remain a high priority for those economists advising lawmakers on issues of tax policy. | 2019-04-26T04:35:12 | https://www.nber.org/digest/jul05/w11000.html |
0.998489 | How does the Console determine how to display a time stamp?
NOTE: An issue exists in all Windows clients prior to version 4.0.1.9 that causes Log Data time stamps to be incorrectly recorded. Additional detail is provided below, but this issue may be resolved by upgrading to the latest version.
When logging is enabled on the client, a time stamp is recorded for each log entry. Each log entry is simultaneously written to a local log file as well as a special database that is sent to the enterprise console. Within the database, the time stamp is written as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), also commonly referred to as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Within the console, all information is stored with its corresponding GMT time stamp. By default, the console will display all times as GMT times. If the, "Display times in local time" setting is configured (additional detail below), times will be displayed as local times based on the time zone configured on the console server.
Match Data time stamps work exactly the same as Log Data time stamps. Match Data is assigned a time stamp on a per location basis and that time stamp is recorded as a GMT time stamp during a search.
Settings are all correct, but the Console display is still wrong, how can this happen?
An issue exists in Windows clients prior to version 4.0.1.9 that causes the entries to be recorded in local time but marked as GMT. Therefore, if a user has the, "Display times in local time" setting configured on the console, the local time reported as GMT time will be converted again to local time. In the Eastern time zone, depending on the time of year, that can mean that the time stamps are reported as a time either 8 hours or 10 hours prior to their actual time. This issue was resolved in version 4.0.1.9 of the Windows client.
NOTE: After endpoints are upgraded, new logs will have the correct time; however, previously reported, incorrect times will remain incorrect.
The time stamps for log and match data are generated based upon the local clock on the endpoint. If the time or time zone on the endpoint is incorrect, then the reported times will be incorrect until the clock settings on the endpoint are corrected. There are a variety of ways to configure Windows or third party software to normalize clocks across all systems in an environment. Additional information can be provided by the organization's local IT staff.
NOTE: After endpoint clocks are corrected, new logs will have the correct time; however, previously reported, incorrect times will remain incorrect. | 2019-04-20T09:13:16 | https://support.spirion.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000019531-Console-Log-Data-Displays-an-Incorrect-Time-Stamp |
0.999999 | The design of a piece of research refers to the practical way in which the research was conducted according to a systematic attempt to generate evidence to answer the research question. The term "research methodology" is often used to mean something similar, however different writers use both terms in slightly different ways: some writers, for example, use the term "methodology" to describe the tools used for data collection, which others (more properly) refer to as methods.
What is your theoretical and epistemological perspective?
What type of study are you undertaking?
What sample size will you base your data on?
What research methods will you use and why?
How will you triangulate your research?
What steps will you take to ensure that your research is ethical?
How will you ensure the reliability of your research?
Design is the deliberately planned 'arrangement of conditions for analysis and collection of data in a manner that aims to combine relevance to the research purpose with economy of procedure'.
capable of providing findings that can be generalized to situations other than those of your immediate organization.
The design of the research involves consideration of the best method of collecting data to provide a relevant and accurate test of your thesis, one that can establish causality if required (see What type of study are you undertaking?), and one that will enable you to generalize your findings.
Design of the research should take account of the following factors, which are briefly discussed below with links to subsequent pages or other parts of the site where there is fuller information.
Although management research is much concerned with observation of humans and their behaviour, to a certain extent the epistemological framework derives from that of science. Positivism assumes the independent existence of measurable facts in the social world, and researchers who assume this perspective will want to have a fairly exact system of measurement. On the other hand, interpretivism assumes that humans interpret events and researchers employing this method will adopt a more subjective approach.
See Empirical research – the theoretical framework.
Martin et al. examined ad zipping and repetition in (Marketing Intelligence & Planning, Volume 20 Number 1) with a number of hypotheses e.g. that people are more likely to remember an ad that they have seen repeatedly.
The most important issue here is that the design you use should be appropriate to your initial question. Implicit within your question will be issues of size, breadth, relationship between variables, how easy is it to measure variables etc.
The example (Jiao and Onwuegbuzie, Library Review, Volume 51 Number 2) looks at attitudes and the relationship between variables, and uses very precise measurement instruments in the form of two questionnaires, with 43 and 22 items respectively.
In the example (Judy Motion et al., European Journal of Marketing, Volume 37 Number 7), the RQs posit a need to describe rather than to link variables, and the methodology used is one of discourse theory, which involves looking at material within the context of its use by the company.
The sample is the source of your data, and it is important to decide how you are going to select it.
We referred above to the distinction between methods and methodology. There are two main approaches to methodology – qualitative and quantitative.
involve the researcher as ideally an objective, impartial observer require more participation and involvement on the part of the researcher.
have the drawback that they may force people into categories, also it cannot go into much depth about subjects and issues. have the drawback that they focus on a few individuals, and may therefore be difficult to generalize.
For more detail on each of the approaches, Quantitative approaches to design and Qualitative approaches to design later in this feature.
Note, you do not have to stick to one methodology (although some writers recommend that you do). Combining methodologies is a matter of seeing which part of the design of your research is better suited to which methodology.
Triangulation refers to the process of ensuring that any defects in a particular methodology are compensated by use of another at appropriate points in the design. For example, if you carry out a quantitative survey and need more in depth information about particular aspects of the survey you may decide to use in-depth interviews, a qualitative method.
by John Mangan, Chandra Lalwani and Bernard Gardner (International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Volume 34 Number 7) looks at ways of combining methodologies in a particular area of research, but much of what they say is generally applicable.
by Dilanthi Amaratunga, David Baldry, Marjan Sarshar and Rita Newton (Work Study, Volume 51 Number 1) looks at the relative merits of the two research approaches, and despite reference to the built environment in the title acts as a very good introduction to quantitative and qualitative methodology and their relative research literatures. The section on triangulation comes under the heading 'The mixed (or balanced) approach'.
informed consent (have the participants had the nature of the research explained to them)?
always treating people with respect, consideration and concern.
Are the findings applicable in other research settings? Can a theory be developed that can apply to other populations? For example, can a particular study about dissatisfaction amongst lecturers in a particular university be applied generally? This is particularly applicable to research which has a relatively wide sample, as in a questionnaire, or which adopts a scientific technique, as with the experiment.
Can the research be applied to other situations? Particularly relevant when applied to case studies.
In addition, each of the sections in this feature on quantitative and qualitative approaches to research design contain notes on how to ensure that the research is reliable. | 2019-04-24T18:05:43 | http://prospective-territoriale.info/research/guides/management/study_design.htm |
0.999779 | I am trying to get my mother to stop smoking and drinking. My mother had depression when she was younger, and she started smoking and drinking pretty heavily during her first serious episode of depression. She is now 74 years old and hasn't had an episode in a very long time, but she continues to have one drink a day with one cigarette. I heard that her risk of Alzheimer's disease might be higher because of her bad habits. Is that true?
Your mother has a number of potential risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD). First, a history of smoking in midlife increases one's risk of developing AD and other dementias later in life. Additionally, elderly smokers increase their risk of AD and cognitive decline compared to former smokers and those who never smoked. Furthermore, smoking in combination with frequent or heavy alcohol consumption further increases one's risk. So your mother has significantly increased her risk for AD and other dementias by smoking and drinking. If she also happens to carry the ApoE4 gene, smoking and drinking further increase her risk for AD exponentially. The multiple mechanisms involved in this association are complex and involve effects on blood vessels, inflammation, oxidative stress, and numerous other chemicals and processes in the body.
Lastly, a history of depression may also affect one's risk of developing dementia. Recent studies suggest that the presence of depressive symptoms may increase one's risk for dementia in the near future, particularly for vascular dementia. Depressive symptoms may actually be early signs indicating the onset of vascular dementia. However, there does not appear to be an association between previous depressive episodes and dementia. Therefore, if your mother is not currently experiencing depressive symptoms, her risk of dementia may not be affected by her distant history of depression.
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Lenoir H, Godin O, Lacombe J, Dufouil C, et al. Longitudinal analysis of the association between depressive symptoms and dementia: the three-city (3C) study. Presented at the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD); Chicago. July 30, 2008.
Panza F, Capurso C, D'Introno A, Colacicco AM, et al. Vascular risk factors, alcohol intake, and cognitive decline. J Nutr Health Aging. 2008;12:376-81.
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Rusane M, Rovio S, Ngandu T, Nissinen A, et al. The impact of midlife smoking on the development of dementia and Alzheimer's disease later in life: a population-based study. Presented at the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD); Chicago. July 30, 2008. | 2019-04-26T08:15:25 | http://www.lightbridgehealthcare.com/caregiver_resources/ask_dr_mindy/smoking_and_drinking.aspx |
0.99892 | What is a “Limited Partnership”?
The EB-5 project I wish to invest in is selling an investment in a “Limited Partnership.” What does this mean?
A Limited Partnership is a U.S. business entity structure. Other structures you may see are Limited Liability Company or simply a Corporation. An attorney can assist you with reviewing business structures and how they affect you as an EB-5 investor.
Generally, a majority of the Regional Center projects are structured as limited partnerships which are legal business entities. In a limited partnership, a Regional Center is commonly a general partner vested with all the rights and duties to manage the partnership business and affairs. EB-5 investors are commonly limited partners vested with policy formulation rights sufficient to qualify for an EB-5 visa. A general partner is generally fully liable for any debts and obligations of the limited partnership. Each limited partner''s liability is generally limited to his or her capital contribution to a limited partnership. A limited partnership is a very common structure for most EB-5 regional center investments.
A limited partnership (LP) is a form of a corporate entity. It can be similar to other company structures, such as the limited liability company. A limited partnership is structured so that there is generally one general partner or manager who oversees the company. The other partners, as in most regional center matters, are partners in the company but with limited rights. As such, in the EB-5 context, your profits and liabilities will be limited based on the partnership agreement that you enter into among the other limited partners and the general partner. In the LLC context, many of the EB-5 investors are members and the managing partner (or general partner) in the LP context is called the manager. Many EB-5 partnerships (whether an LP or LLC) are structured as such because EB-5 law allows limited partners to qualify for EB-5 status if they are provided the same types of rights as other limited partners on certain voting or operations matters. While the EB-5 law may specifically refer to the corporate law for limited partnerships, the U.S. immigration agency responsible for adjudicating EB-5 cases has continued to allow LLCs to qualify as well.
A "Limited Partnership" is a legal entity in which foreign investors can invest and have both limited liability and responsibility, and has some of the advantages of a corporation and some of the tax advantages of an individual partnership. Being a limited partner is one way to have ownership in the investment entity which, for immigration purposes, is legally sufficient to show the investor has sufficient involvement with the business entity.
A limited partnership is a type of business organization that has been around for a long time in the United States and is mostly used for real estate investment, today. The "limit" is a limit on the "liability" and the ordinary investors are "limited partners" who generally are not liable for the debts and obligations of the business. Limited liability means that, just like shareholders in a corporation or members of a limited liability company, an ordinary investor might lose his or her investment. However, the investor is not responsible for any other losses or if the company fails. Further, unlike a corporation or limited liability company, a limited partnership must have at least one "general partner" who has management powers but is fully liable for the debts and obligations of the business. Each state has its own laws governing limited partnerships, in which the rights of investors may differ. To qualify for a visa, an EB-5 investor must be engaged in the management of the new commercial enterprise (NCE). NCEs are often set up as limited partnerships because the EB-5 regulations specifically say that, if an investor has the typical rights, powers and duties of a limited partner in a limited partnership, the investor will be sufficiently engaged in the management of the new commercial enterprise. Limited partnerships are the only form of business organization that has such a clear approval in the regulations. While many successful NCEs have also set themselves up as limited liability companies, they usually try to give investors the same rights, powers and duties that a limited partner has in a limited partnership. Within EB-5, with respect to investor rights, there usually will not be much difference between an NCE organized as a limited partnership and one organized a limited liability company. People in civil law countries of Asia and Europe will be much more familiar with limited liability companies and corporations than they are with limited partnerships, but generations of real estate investors in the United States have invested in limited partnerships and they still do. Investors considering investing an EB-5 limited partnership should learn more by reading the discussion of investors rights in the offering memorandum, reading about limited partnerships in general investment publications and asking a trusted financial and/or legal advisor.
I believe you may be referring to a "limited liability partnership" (LLP). This is the usual structure under which EB-5 investors meet the requirement that you are not a passive investor in the business but have some say in the operation of the company and/or its policies, and that the partners share limited liabilities.
It is a partnership where you invest and get a limited ownership interest. This is routine and a very common form of ownership for investors in the EB-5 program. | 2019-04-25T02:22:46 | https://www.eb5investors.com/qa/what-is-a-limited-partnership |
0.999999 | (III.1) To find the center of a given circle.
(III.2) If two points are taken at random on the circumference of a circle, then the straight line joining the points falls within the circle.
(III.3) If a straight line passing through the center of a circle bisects a straight line not passing through the center, then it also cuts it at right angles; and if it cuts it at right angles, then it also bisects it.
(III.4) If in a circle two straight lines which do not pass through the center cut one another, then they do not bisect one another.
(III.5) If two circles cut one another, then they do not have the same center.
(III.6) If two circles touch one another, then they do not have the same center.
(III.7) If on the diameter of a circle a point is taken which is not the center of the circle, and from the point straight lines fall upon the circle, then that is greatest on which passes through the center, the remainder of the same diameter is least, and of the rest the nearer to the straight line through the center is always greater than the more remote; and only two equal straight lines fall from the point on the circle, one on each side of the least straight line.
(III.8) If a point is taken outside a circle and from the point straight lines are drawn through to the circle, one of which is through the center and the others are drawn at random, then, of the straight lines which fall on the concave circumference, that through the center is greatest, while of the rest the nearer to that through the center is always greater than the more remote, but, of the straight lines falling on the convex circumference, that between the point and the diameter is least, while of the rest the nearer to the least is always less than the more remote; and only two equal straight lines fall on the circle from the point, one on each side of the least..
(III.9) If a point is taken within a circle, and more than two equal straight lines fall from the point on the circle, then the point taken is the center of the circle.
(III.10) A circle does not cut a circle at more than two points.
(III.11) If two circles touch one another internally, and their centers are taken, then the straight line joining their centers, being produced, falls on the point of contact of the circles.
(III.12) If two circles touch one another externally, then the straight line joining their centers passes through the point of contact.
(III.13) A circle does not touch another circle at more than one point whether it touches it internally or externally.
(III.14) Equal straight lines in a circle are equally distant from the center, and those which are equally distant from the center equal one another.
(III.15) Of straight lines in a circle the diameter is greatest, and of the rest the nearer to the center is always greater than the more remote.
(III.16) The straight line drawn at right angles to the diameter of a circle from its end will fall outside the circle, and into the space between the straight line and the circumference another straight line cannot be interposed, further the angle of the semicircle is greater, and the remaining angle less, than any acute rectilinear angle.
(III.17) From a given point to draw a straight line touching a given circle.
(III.18) If a straight line touches a circle, and a straight line is joined from the center to the point of contact, the straight line so joined will be perpendicular to the tangent.
(III.19) If a straight line touches a circle, and from the point of contact a straight line is drawn at right angles to the tangent, the center of the circle will be on the straight line so drawn.
(III.20) In a circle the angle at the center is double the angle at the circumference when the angles have the same circumference as base.
(III.21) In a circle the angles in the same segment equal one another.
(III.22) The sum of the opposite angles of quadrilaterals in circles equals two right angles.
(III.23) On the same straight line there cannot be constructed two similar and unequal segments of circles on the same side.
(III.24) Similar segments of circles on equal straight lines equal one another.
(III.25) Given a segment of a circle, to describe the complete circle of which it is a segment.
(III.26) In equal circles equal angles stand on equal circumferences whether they stand at the centers or at the circumferences.
(III.27) In equal circles angles standing on equal circumferences equal one another whether they stand at the centers or at the circumferences.
(III.28) In equal circles equal straight lines cut off equal circumferences, the greater circumference equals the greater and the less equals the less.
(III.29) In equal circles straight lines that cut off equal circumferences are equal.
(III.30) To bisect a given circumference.
(III.31) In a circle the angle in the semicircle is right, that in a greater segment less than a right angle, and that in a less segment greater than a right angle; further the angle of the greater segment is greater than a right angle, and the angle of the less segment is less than a right angle.
(III.32) If a straight line touches a circle, and from the point of contact there is drawn across, in the circle, a straight line cutting the circle, then the angles which it makes with the tangent equal the angles in the alternate segments of the circle.
(III.33) On a given straight line to describe a segment of a circle admitting an angle equal to a given rectilinear angle.
(III.34) From a given circle to cut off a segment admitting an angle equal to a given rectilinear angle.
(III.35) If in a circle two straight lines cut one another, then the rectangle contained by the segments of the one equals the rectangle contained by the segments of the other.
(III.36) If a point is taken outside a circle and two straight lines fall from it on the circle, and if one of them cuts the circle and the other touches it, then the rectangle contained by the whole of the straight line which cuts the circle and the straight line intercepted on it outside between the point and the convex circumference equals the square on the tangent.
(III.37) If a point is taken outside a circle and from the point there fall on the circle two straight lines, if one of them cuts the circle, and the other falls on it, and if further the rectangle contained by the whole of the straight line which cuts the circle and the straight line intercepted on it outside between the point and the convex circumference equals the square on the straight line which falls on the circle, then the straight line which falls on it touches the circle. | 2019-04-21T02:55:03 | https://www.cut-the-knot.org/pythagoras/EuclidRef_III.shtml |
0.999999 | I made this cereal box when I was in High School. The task was to create a box or a package and then to come up with a concept for its design.
So the idea of having an octopus as a character for the cereal box is that it can use all of its tentacles at once - quickly open the box, pour the milk and the flakes and dig in with the spoon into the tasty cereal. | 2019-04-20T17:12:45 | http://kirilsemkov.com/project.php?id=21 |
0.99937 | The purpose of the contract is to keep a list of tasks and their active status. The contract owner can set tasks for different addresses with deadlines. Only the task receiver can set the task done or undone. The contract owner can also set a new deadlines. | 2019-04-23T11:57:57 | https://market.modex.tech/market/task-management |
0.999993 | I personally think it really depends on what framework/language/gadget you're using and what task you're wanting to accomplish in the end.
If we are correct, that all M15 cards should be Standard legal right now, then Gatherer is pretty HORRIBLE at keeping their legalities up to date. If I can get some confirmation that this is the case, I'll probably change the 'Standard' legality to be something that MTGJSON ensures is correct on the cards rather than trusting what gatherer has to say. Anyone have any thoughts on the matter?
Personally, I'm impressed that you are able to host a better solution to this problem than WotC's own Gatherer card search. That's definitely something to be proud of. I say if there's a way to make mtgjson/mtgimage better than Gatherer then I'm all for it.
I wanted to ask advice for anyone who might have some for me. I am working on parsing this data in .NET using the Newtonsoft Json parser. The issue I am having is that since the sets do not have a name/value pair I am having a hard time parsing the data from it. Does anyone out there have an advice on how to get around this?
If something is in JSON and it doesn't have a name/value pair, then that means it's in a list. Just iterate through the list to get the value.
Would it be at all reasonable to supply JSON that shows which sets have which icons? I'm currently scraping the set list from mtgimage.com to get this info.
It is a JSON object, each key is the set code, and the value is an array of rarity letters that are available for that set. Enjoy!
PS - Also updated CNS and M15 to high quality versions.
This may seem like a silly request, but could the AllSets JSON files be sorted in some way? I was thinking either alphabetically (like the AllCards JSON files) or by release date (as it's displayed on the website).
I'm actually in the very early stages of working with skibulk (http://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=7010#p88534) to create the missing set SVG's and for upcoming sets in the future. Still early stages.
Very cool! I look forward to seeing what you two accomplish!
I do not have the technical expertise to make SVGs, otherwise I would.
I know some of these have never had an "official" set symbol and, thus, aren't in BaconCatBug's delightful set icons. Perhaps for those sets put in a few placeholder images until one gets made?
Mana symbols, set symbols and other symbols.
All available in multiple sizes and formats.
Any plans to document aliases of illustrators? This is something I've been interested in and I actually have a good first-take of every artist and his/her known aliases (and non-aliases) if you're interested.
Not sure how I missed that because I was looking at the exact page on and off all day today.
It happens to the best of us! Thank you for all the hard work!
So, you could just make a copy of those 112 4th edition cards and put them into the RQS directory.
Do you ever plan on changing any of the expansion codes of any of the sets? Or do you plan on having a "multiverseid" equivalent for expansions in the future (i.e. a unique identifier for an expansion)? | 2019-04-22T22:46:52 | https://www.mtgsalvation.com/members/131835-starryknight64 |
0.989881 | A family claim they face being split apart because they are can't afford to pay a 'ridiculous' £7,000 visa fee.
Peter Dipnarine has lived in Edinburgh for 14 years with his wife Claire and three children but their residency visas expired in November 2016.
The parents, both 57 and originally from Trinidad and Tobago, have worked tirelessly, mostly in administration, until their visas expired.
But now the couple are struggling to find employment because they were unable to pay the fees to get a valid visa.
Now the family, none of whom are in full or part-time employment, say they are stuck in a vicious circle as, without a valid visa, they will not be able to secure jobs and fear they could be split up.
While son Rene, 27 is also from Trinidad and Tobago their daughters Chantal, 22, and Marie, 16, are citizens of the United States.
It would mean the family would be separated if the worst was to happen.
With Peter and Claire both unemployed, they are scraping by to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table.
After a fourth application to waive their fees was rejected by the Home Office son Rene resorted to getting public support with an online petition.
It has attracted more than 70,000 signatures.
In an emotional letter, Peter wrote: 'I don't even want to think about us being split up.
'We are all worried and are scraping by each month to afford to pay the rent and for food to live off.
'We are being treated like illegal immigrants. They should not be like this when children are involved.
'The Home Office just looks at a name on a piece of paper. They don't consider the consequences their actions have.
'We have friends here and we are happy. We just want to live a normal life. Edinburgh is our home and we don't want to go because we love it here.
After almost 12 years living in Miami, Florida, the family moved to Edinburgh in 2002 for Peter to complete his degree in business studies at Edinburgh Napier.
Peter is now trying to undertake odd jobs such as tutoring and sourcing car parts and he is unsure how long the family can continue their lives filled with uncertainty.
The family has recently been granted immigration bail with conditions to reside at their Drylaw home and report to their local police station every 12 weeks.
A fifth application was sent on June 13 in order to stay in Scotland but they face at least a six-month wait for another response.
Rene, who is in his final year studying network systems at Edinburgh Napier, has sent in a separate application which the family is awaiting for approval.
Chantal is also at Napier studying digital media while Marie is in her final year at high school.
Edinburgh West Scottish Liberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine said: 'A member of the family came to see me and it is a heartbreaking case.
A Home Office spokeswoman said: 'When setting fees, we also take into account the wider costs involved in running our border, immigration and citizenship system so that those who directly benefit from it contribute to its funding.
'This reduces the burden on taxpayers.
'There are exceptions to application fees to protect the most vulnerable, such as for young people who are in the care of a local authority. | 2019-04-24T22:22:12 | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5891025/Family-Trinidad-Tobago-lived-UK-14-years-faces-torn-apart.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 |
0.999757 | College life is not that very easy to experience. In most cases, students are very much inclined to complain about the coursework requirements they face from time to time. Sometimes, it is very hard to imagine the significance of writing coursework in actual life. But because these are included in the college curriculum, then something important must be incorporated in doing coursework materials. This is especially true in engineering coursework which primary sets the business for community development.
What is engineering? Engineering is a segment of education and knowledge principles which intend to use scientific technical concepts to produce or create concepts for technological development. Sometimes, there is no actual difference between science and engineering for the former provide the knowledge while the latter produces the results. They are mostly intertwined because they both provide the tools for people to reach infrastructure development.
In that case, what is engineering coursework? An engineering student may have to face the tedious work loads in school by doing projects and laboratory experiments. However, this is simply not enough to learn the fundamentals of engineering. There is always a need to provide the written work to the instructor so that the complete delegation of knowledge is possible. A coursework is simply considered a project which is almost always in written form. In this case, an engineering coursework is the compendium of all the learning methods performed in class.
Is there any format to follow? Surely there are certain schemes in which coursework has to be written. There are the essays, dissertations and theses. Add to that the ever rigorous demands of research papers. In this aspect, a help essay writing principles can be needed. You may look for instructions on how to write articles based on engineering subjects. There are always online resources which can help you realize the importance of having a structured engineering coursework.
An engineering coursework is sometimes related to other fields of studies. For example, if you have already written a technology coursework or a computer science essay, then most probably you know the structures of these written documents. You need to have the introduction, the body and the conclusion. For research based writings, you must have a thesis statement, methodology, experimental design and results. These additional parts will let you expand more on the engineering topic of your choice. Of course, it will require also some additional tasks to consider aside from simply writing your essay material.
Students may face greater challenges aside from writing. The activities in school, dealing with family matters or even personal dilemmas can all contribute to the quality of writing engineering coursework. If you are having a hard time consolidating info as well as managing your schedule, you can simply order a complete coursework package from custom paper writing companies. They can help you build your coursework without any difficulties. All you have to do is to provide the research topic and see the difference of having a reliable partner in fulfilling your school requirements. Term papers online and editing services are also available. | 2019-04-24T09:58:22 | https://www.customessays.co.uk/blog/how-to-write-coursework/the-engineering-coursework-principles-in-writing |
0.998788 | Even though the bear market has yet to let go of the crypto space, there are several signs that it is weakening when compared to its strength in 2018. Everyone was hoping to hear the positive news in 2019, and while this may not be a rally such as the one in the second half of 2017, it is certainly a very good start.
One of the best examples that the bear market is slowly losing its grip is TRON (TRX). The coin is known for blowing up in 2018, at least when it comes to popularity, awareness, and development. Meanwhile, the Tron price continued to drop since January 2018, which has only started to change recently, and rather discreetly.
As mentioned, TRON has been losing value since January 2018, and no matter how successful it became throughout the same year — nothing was affecting its price in a positive way. An argument can be made that TRX value would have dropped even further down if the coin did not have such a successful year, but that is something that cannot be known with certainty at this point.
However, things started to change for TRX in late November, especially around November 27th. This was when TRX hit its lowest point in the year, with its value dropping to $0.011394. After that point, however, TRX started experiencing a discreet rally, which still lasts to this day.
The increase was not a straight line, and it spans over nearly three months, but it is clearly visible when looking at TRX performance. Slight drops followed periodically, but they were always replaced by an even bigger growth. Only a single month after its lowest point, TRX was back up to $0.020282.
Two weeks after that, on January 10th, TRX hit its highest point since mid-August by climbing up to $0.031726. Its price sharply corrected itself by dropping to $0.021 only days later, but immediately after that, it started surging again, until TRX reached $0.0303 only two days ago, on January 27th.
Right now, TRX is experiencing slight drops once again, and it is not alone. The entire market has been losing value in the last two days, with the price of TRON currently being at $0.026393, after a 4% drop in the last 24 hours.
Will the TRX surge continue?
There is no clear answer to this at this point, as there is still little certainty when it comes to predicting the behavior of cryptocurrencies. TRON has been making progress when it comes to its development and projects, that much is known already. It had a lot of success when it comes to the development of its dApps, with many more expected to come in the future.
Meanwhile, TRON’s team, led by the coin’s creator, Justin Sun, continues with the development of Project Atlas which is centered around BitTorrent. Apart from this, TRX has had numerous other successful moves in 2018, and it launched a TestNet, a MainNet, it moved its tokens from Ethereum network to its own, native blockchain, and it entered more partnerships with wallets, exchanges, and companies than anyone can remember.
However, in 2018, its price failed to reflect the coin’s success, as the bear market did not allow it. It is possible that the situation is changing and that TRX is maturing right now. Its growth was certainly slow and steady, filled with ups and downs, instead of a quick rise to the top followed by an equally quick drop as seen in late 2017 and early 2018.
Whether this will continue or not remains to be seen, but considering TRON’s behavior in recent months, its price will likely continue its steady growth that long-term investors have been waiting for. | 2019-04-20T22:38:29 | https://globalcoinreport.com/tron-price-behaviour/ |
0.997641 | Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza (1581?, Real de Taxco, now in Guerrero - August 4, 1639), one of the greatest Novohispanic dramatists of the Golden Age, was born in New Spain (modern Mexico).
The family of Juan Ruiz de Alarcón was of old Asturian nobility. The name Alarcón had been give to his ancestor Ferren Martínez de Ceballos by Alfonso VIII of Castile after he had successfully driven the Moors from the fortress of Alarcón near Cuenca in 1177. Juán Ruiz de Alarcón's maternal grandparents Hernando and María de Mendoza were among the first Spaniards to arrive in Mexico in 1535, when they established themselves in Taxco. Their daughter Leonor de Mendoza married Pedro Ruiz de Alarcón who was described as an hidalgo.
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón had four brothers: Pedro Ruiz de Alarcón, who was rector at the College of Saint John Lateran, Hernando Ruiz de Alarcón who was a priest and is known for having written a treatise documenting the non-Christian religious practices of the Nahua Indians of central Mexico, Gaspar and García, about whom little is known.
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón was born about 1581 at Real de Taxco, New Spain, where his father was superintendent of mines; his mother was descended from one of Spain’s most illustrious families, the Mendozas. He was small of stature and suffered from hunchbackedness. Besides, his red haired complexion made him an occasional object of scorn, since some sectors of the conservative catholic society in which he later lived held the prejudice that Judas Iscariot was a redhead himself. Because of this, his critics often ridiculed his appearance rather than his works.
He went to Spain in 1600, where he studied law at the University of Salamanca. He continued his studies towards a Licentiate in Law—roughly equivalent to a modern Master’s degree—which he finished in 1605, without, however, taking the degree. Instead, he practiced law for a while in Seville, then in 1608 went back to Mexico, and in 1609 received the licentiate from the University of Mexico. He completed his studies for his doctorate fairly soon thereafter, but never received the degree, in all likelihood because of the rather substantial costs attached to the ceremony. He worked as a legal adviser for a while, as an advocate, and as an interim investigating judge, all the while trying repeatedly and unsuccessfully to gain a teaching chair at the University.
Returning to Spain about 1611, he entered the household of the marquis de Salinas, and began a frustrating life of job-seeking at court. At the same time, purely as a way of making money apparently, he threw himself into the heady literary and theatrical life of the capital, eventually having a number of his plays performed. His first play, El semejante de sí mismo was unsuccessful, yet it attracted attention to him. By some, he was ridiculed and criticized; from others he obtained support.
For ten years, he pursued this double life, until he finally secured first an interim and then a permanent appointment to the Royal Council of the Indies (1626)—rather like an appeals court for Spanish colonies in the New World. Apparently, when political success came, he all but stopped his literary efforts—although he did have two volumes of his plays published (in 1628 and 1634), perhaps because some of them had been pirated and previously published with false attributions to his theatrical rival Félix Lope de Vega. After thirteen years of legal service to the crown, he died at Madrid in 1639.
Alarcón was the least prolific of all the great dramatists of Spain and is the only Spanish-American among the great dramatists of the Siglo de Oro. He wrote less than did others, and many of his works circulated under their names. He took pains to mull over his plays and polish both their versification and their general composition. Fitzmaurice-Kelly said of Alarcón: "There are Spanish dramatists greater than Ruiz de Alarcón: there is none whose work shows such constant perfection."
He wrote at least twenty dramas, the most famous of which is La Verdad sospechosa, (published in 1634). The first great French comedy in modern French literature, Corneille's Le menteur (The Liar), was confessedly modeled after La Verdad sospechosa. Embittered by his deformity, he was constantly engaged in personal quarrels with his rivals; but his attitude in these polemics is always dignified, and his crushing retort to Lope de Vega in Los pechos privilegiados is an unsurpassable example of cold, scornful invective.
More than any other Spanish dramatist, Alarcón was preoccupied with ethical aims, and his gift of dramatic presentation is as brilliant as his dialogue is natural and vivacious. It has been alleged that his non-Spanish origin is noticeable in his plays, and there is some foundation for the observation; but his workmanship is exceptionally conscientious, and in El Tejedor de Segovia he produced a masterpiece of national art, national sentiment and national expression.
This article incorporates text from the article "Juan Ruiz de Alarcon" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
"Juan de Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Juan_de_Ruiz_de_Alarc%C3%B3n_y_Mendoza.
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0.999983 | Should I Buy a DC58 or DC59?
If you are you trying to figure out which new Dyson cordless cleaning machine -- the DC58 or DC59 -- is best for you? Or if you are trying to justify the price gap and/or are simply wanting to clarify some differences between the the two, to gain a better comprehension of what both models can specifically offer -- then you have found the right comparison guide. Which will ultimately help determine which model is best suited to your specific cleaning preferences & which offers you the most 'overall' value respective to its price tag.
i) Two Tier Root Cyclone Technology -- this advanced & unique cyclone technology basically allows the DC58 & DC59 to generate incredible centrifugal forces (as opposed to the earlier models e.g. DC34 handheld & DC44 Digital Slim that had just the standard root cyclone technology) which allows for a very high pick-up rate of microscopic dirt & dust particles (as small as 0.5 microns). It also allows them to operate on a balgess mechanism & prevent loss of suction.
ii) The Digital Motor V6 -- they both share the updated & refined Digital motor (five generations more advanced from which the predecessors encompassed of the V1 digital motor) which runs on a 350 wattage, which is a far more powerful & efficient than motor than is encompassed within any cordless cleaning machine on the market. An engineering triumph that was achieved with more than 5 years Research & Development (and just under $270 million).
iii) The Re-configured Nickel Manganese Cobalt Battery -- this new powered up battery has basically allowed the DC59 to supply an extra 50% more power than that of DC44 in its boost mode (which is 65 AW), so the DC59 can produce a roughly just under 100 AW -- which is huge for a cordless machine (where it is comparison with that of the upright DC24 model with regards to cleaning performance) & hence the DC58 will be somewhat similar, allowing it to have "three times the suction of any other handheld vacuum in use".
There are some further distinct similarities too such as the improved run time (due to the trigger mechanism installed) -- where on the Dual power mode system -- they have run time of up to 26 minutes on the standard mode & 6 minutes on the boost mode (with them taking roughly 3 hours to re-charge from 'dead' to 'full power'). Moreover, they have the same bin capacity of 0.35 litres & simplistic bin release system along with the identical set of practical attachments/accessories: the combination tool (enabling powered dusting essentially) & stair tool (for use on upholstery too).
They also both come in an Animal version (i.e the DC58 Animal & DC59 Animal), whereas opposed to the Multi-floor version (i.e the DC58 Multi-floor & DC59 Multi-floor) -- you are also equipped with a specialised mini motor turbine which has been engineered for the sole purpose of efficient & effective pet hair pick-up. So if you are debating with DC58 Animal Vs Multi-floor or DC59 Animal Vs Multi-floor, that is the only difference -- there are no improvements with regards to power etc. (they also come in a slightly different skin colour).
The actual variation comes in the form of their intended cleaning purposes: the DC58 is a handheld and is hence designed for intricate cleaning jobs such as cars, stair ways & awkward gaps. Whereas the DC59 is designed as a stick vacuum, essentially a cordless upright (hence its wand component & carbon filament cleaner head) for use on all floor types.
What you should note however, is that the DC59 is actually a 2 in 1 vacuum where it can be manipulated through removing the wand (the 66 cm aluminium tube) & fitting the handle to the crevice tool -- which essentially turns it into the DC58 -- a handheld vacuum cleaner, a fantastic feature. So with the DC59 you are essentially getting: the DC58 which also has the ability for use as an actual upright vacuum cleaner (which can also be used to clean curtains, ceilings etc. due to it being so light & ergonomically weight distributed) as well.
Note: the DC59 also comes with a wall mounted charging docking station to allow it to be kept & stored away neatly (it can however be charged separately if needs be).
Conclusion -- Should You Buy the DC58 or DC59?
So if all you are after is a super powerful handheld vacuum cleaner then go for the DC58. However, if you are after a powerful overall cleaning machine that can offer you a whole range of multi-functionality (including what the DC58 is intended for) then opt for the DC59. However, I understand that you might have some troubles (as did I before the DC44) as to what you might actually use the DC59 for -- but I liken this dilemma very much to the iPad -- where when you don't have one, you aren't really sure what its purpose is, but then once you actually get one it all starts to make sense very quickly & you end up using it more than your actual computer (or in this case normal vacuum) -- because it provides 'convenience'.
In sum, they are both great cleaning machines to have - whether it be to either supplement your cleaning or with the DC59 actually somewhat take over (e.g. I personally intend to use mine for upstairs cleaning, in order to save me the hassle of having to lug up & down the stairway my heavy Dyson DC27 vacuum). Both are particularly great options for the elderly and/or those who have mobility issues due to two simple factors really: they are mobile (the benefit of being cordless & battery powered) and they are very light (DC58: 1.3 kg & DC59: 2.3 kg).
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding either the comparison account: DC58 Vs DC59' or about either of the models specifically (i.e the Dyson DC58 or Dyson DC59) then please do not hesitate to make them in the comments section that you will find just below and we will be sure to get back to you as soon as possible.
I have exactly the same question. I called Dyson and they said that apparently the motorised floor tool of the DC44 will connect to the DC58 and work properly. On the other hand the wand of the DC44 is not compatible with the DC58 ( according to Dyson). I don't really believe that. If someone could actually check and confirm that would be great. | 2019-04-26T13:40:50 | http://www.infobarrel.com/DC58_Vs_DC59 |
0.999905 | Why would anyone make art for money unless one was starving and homeless and could sell the art for food or shelter, or both? Money is not why art is made. Though sometimes art makes money, making money on art doesn't make it art.
Most artists I know are socialists, if they're anything at all. I asked a writer friend recently about his politics. He took a few moments to think about my question and then said, "I guess I'm a Marxist" as if he was surprising himself with his answer.
I don't know what I am. I know what I'm not, I'm not a Republican or a Democrat. I've been down in the dumps politically ever since the 2000 Bush swindle in Florida, and the more reading of American history I do the downer in the dumps I get. Woe is me and the hundred of thousands like me.
Since I turned 18 here's who I've had as my President--Nixon, Ford, Carter*, Reagan, HW Bush, Clinton, W Bush, Obama, Trump--a pretty sorry lineup. I put an asterisk beside Carter, who is retrospect wasn't terrible and is, as another friend put it, doing a really good job as an ex-President. I went door-to-door for Obama and look what I got! An inflated re-empowered Wall St., Guantanamo still open for business, and Trump, yes Trump who I lay on Obama's doorstep. But that's a subject for some other time.
I don't know what to say about Trump, I really don't. I don't understand the appeal. When I watch him speak, and I do with a kind of fascination, I watch the way his mouth moves. I learned this when I had a business associate who lied--watch the mouth move, the mouth will tell you as much as or more than the eyes. I know the type, a real estate developer. The game is all about using the word "great" as many times as you can in your presentation to the planning commission and in your press releases.
I guess what surprises me is how inept Trump is. I thought he'd at least be a decent administrator/businessman. That Cabinet! It really is a chamber of little horrors. there's no other way to look at it. A NY TIMES columnist was writing a weekly column, a contest to name the worst cabinet member, and each week Trump's team would joust among themselves for first position. Ross, DeVos, Perry, Mnuchin, Carson, take your pick. Don't forget either that Mitch McConnell's wife works for Trump as a Cabinet Member.
My idea for a Trump 'buyout' got no traction. I still think everyone dismayed with Trump could pitch in a modest amount of money, say $27 per person, to be dumped into a big sack and delivered to The White House in exchange for his resignation. At the very least it would be a great pr stunt and probably make the national news. The odds in Vegas of his accepting it would depend of course on the amount collected, but I'd wager they'd be 50/50.
Which brings me to Bernie Sanders, a socialist. I'm unequivocally backing Bernie. There's no more deserving candidate. I don't even care if he can win, which is the knock on him of course by the pundits. When I watched Trump's State of the Union speech, Bernie was the only person taking notes. While everyone else was clapping like the trained seals they are or sitting stone-faced like the trained seals they are too, Bernie was actually listening and taking notes with a Bic pen. This guy's a serious man, probably too serious for his fellow citizens, many of whom detest socialism without really knowing what socialism is, never mind that they're already operating in what could pass for a socialist system, and embrace the fantastical lies of a rich kid capitalist bully instead.
As to our pundits. I have to laugh when one of the talk show 'news' anchors asks a pundit if they'd, "Mind staying on for a few minutes more." Hehe. | 2019-04-18T13:12:33 | http://www.ifsfpublishing.com/pub-news/2019/4/7/bernie-sanders-takes-notes.html |
0.999999 | Enter the 22nd Annual Webby Awards!
Doing great work online? Enter your project in the 22nd Annual Webby Awards today to compete with the best of the Internet.
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From the latest viral social video campaign to cutting edge virtual reality experiences to must-listen podcasts and well beyond, The Webbys honors the entire spectrum of work online.
Whatever you’re working on, there’s a place for you at The Webbys. We accept entries across Websites, Film & Video, Advertising, Media & PR, Mobile Sites & Apps, Social, Podcasts & Digital Audio, and—new this year—Games.
Read on for a quick guide about The Webbys, and enter before the Extended Entry Deadline on Friday, January 26th, 2018.
The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, and has been for over two decades. Reflecting the tremendous growth of the Internet, The Webbys honors excellence across Websites, Film & Video, Advertising, Media & PR, Mobile Sites & Apps, Games, Social, and Podcasts & Digital Audio.
Webby Winners are selected by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), a global organization of industry experts and technology innovators. You can see them all here. The online public also chooses The Webby People’s Voice Winners by casting ballots for their favorite Nominees during the annual voting period.
+ Webby Winners run the gamut from the Internet’s biggest names to the smallest independent creators. And when you win, you stand alongside past Webby Winning creators and brands as the best in the industry, including: Airbnb, NASA, Google, BuzzFeed, Pokémon GO, Humans of New York, and Weiden + Kennedy.
Brandon Stanton, creator of Humans of New York, accepts his Webby for Best Cultural Blog at the 17th Annual Webby Awards.
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+ Winning a Webby also means an invite to the Internet’s biggest night, the annual Webby Awards show. This is your chance to rub shoulders with the Internet’s biggest digital creators and online luminaries.
+ But winning isn’t the only way to get in the spotlight. Each year, IADAS judges select outstanding entries to be recognized as Official Honorees (less than 15% of entrants receive this honor)—if selected, your work earns a permanent place in Internet history in the Webby Winners gallery.
We accept all entries on our entries page, and all you need to enter is a URL that directs to your work. You can also read about our Categories, Eligibility & Guidelines, and Judging Criteria, and consult the Entry Fees and Deadline section of our Eligibility & Guidelines for more information.
We want to make sure your incredible work gets the attention it deserves. If you need help deciding what to enter, contact Denise Gilley at [email protected] to discuss the best categories for your work. | 2019-04-20T07:20:05 | https://www.webbyawards.com/guide-to-entering-the-webby-awards/ |
0.995616 | Objective 1: Enable commercial processes for converting microbial lipids and the byproducts of their fermentation into marketable products. Sub-objective 1: Production of microbial glycolipids and variants to enhance commercial viability. 1A: Genetic engineering of P. chlororaphis for production of RL from low-cost bioglycerol and soy-sugar byproduct. 1B: Fermentative production of short-chain (C=12) and very-long-chain (C22) sophorolipids. Sub-objective 2: Synthesis and testing of value-added products from glycolipids and components. Enabling chemical and/or enzymatic production of glycolipid components and testing products as novel antimicrobial agents and novel sugar substitutes. | 2019-04-22T00:52:14 | https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/project/?accnNo=427752 |
0.999835 | Magazine production is the publishing of literature in the form of magazines. The publishing process is similar to how other types of publications are developed. In the case of a magazine, extra designs and special printing processes are involved.
Unlike a newspaper, a magazine has to have good packaging. This includes the front cover, the paper quality, the content and the presentation. Even the quality of advertisements in a magazine and a newspaper differ.
The nature of journalism for magazines and newspapers are one and the same. Often, newspaper publications have magazine publications as well. They use their same set of newspaper journalists to generate articles for their magazine.
However, there is one serious difference in magazine journalism. Certain magazines cater to a specialized area such finance, sports, industries, economy, and so on. The level of journalism needed in these cases has to have expertise, depth and wide knowledge. Magazine, as with newspapers, are taken seriously.
Sometimes magazine editors publish the work of industry people. These articles are otherwise called as columns. The extent of columns by subject matter experts in magazines is more than in newspapers.
How are magazine principles different from newspaper principles?
Journalism is a broad category that encompasses all types of publications. This includes newspapers, magazines, television news, radio news, and journals. The principles of journalism apply across these categories of publications.
The onus on reporters is to present accurate news than speculative news. Even if it were, there should be a disclaimer stating that the ideas and opinions essayed are subjective. This is often an aspect missing in most publications.
Journalism is freedom of speech, thought and action. But it should never be the misuse of it. The world is influenced by the media, and it is the onus of journalists to present only what they know is one hundred percent accurate.
There are countless types of magazines. However, here are some common categories.
Entertainment - Entertainment magazines are all about gloss and glamour. They are pure yellow journalism. The principles of journalism hardly apply here as all stories are about gossip, hype and speculation.
Sports magazines - Dedicated sports magazines are for the avid sports reader.
Business magazines - These magazines cater to the business community and are a very highly specialized magazine production niche.
Economic magazines - These are related to business magazines, but talk about national and international economic issues. | 2019-04-19T12:50:41 | http://media-communications.informationhub.net/posts/explore/learn-about-magazine-production-and-how-it-is-related-to-other-publications.html |
0.998274 | Wondering about tourist attractions in the Philippines?
The Philippines is perhaps most famously known for the rice terraces in Banaue and the historic city of Manila.
- Mount Apo National Park, located west of Davao city, is a great place where you can explore many nature trails and enjoy spotting over two hundred different species of birds.
- Fortress Santiago, located at the mouth of the Pasig River, is twenty meter wall made out of hard stone which offers amazing views.
- Cubao District is one of the top places to visit in Quezon City, and one of the best shopping and entertainment districts in the Philippines.
- Taal Volcano, located in Lake Taal, is an active volcano which you can climb and enjoy panoramic views of the valley and the lake itself.
- San Pedro Cathedral, located at the corner of San Pedro Street in Davao City, is another historical landmark constructed during the Spanish colonial period, and one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Philippines.
- Bat Caves, located in Boracay Island east of Yapak, is another interesting place to visit and catch a glimpse of the renowned giant fruit bats.
- The Banaue Rice Terraces (pictured), located in the mountains of Ifugao, are undoubtedly one of the major tourist attractions in the Philippines. These terraces are over 2000-year old and were carved into the mountains by the Batad people.
- Eden Nature Park, also located in Mindanao Davao city, is a popular stop among backpackers backpacking around the world, as the city offers many possibilities for outdoor activities that include hiking, fishing, camping and horse riding.
- Punta Cruz Watch Tower, located in Tagbilaran City, offers spectacular views of Cebu and Bohol Island.
- The Tarsier and Wildlife Sanctuary, located in Bohol, is another major tourist attraction in the Philippines where you can explore endangered wildlife. The sanctuary was built by the Philippine Tarsier Foundation to protect the Philippine Tarsier specie.
In fact, the Philippines are one of the most exciting places to live and a popular honeymoon destination in southeast Asia.
Apart from the Philippines, if you are looking for cheap beach vacations in southeast Asia, Thailand holidays and Vietnam travel are two other affordable destinations.
The high season (December to August) includes Christmas time, New Years time, Chinese New Year time, Philippines summer holidays and Easter time.
June through August is the rainy months and traveling during this time is particularly hot. Also, if you are traveling in May, Filipinos take their summer vacation during this time.
If you are looking to benefit from lower rates, September to October are usually good times to find cheap hotel rates and cheap airfare as fuel prices are normally lower during this time of the year.
* Manila Philippines Ninoy Aquino International Airport tax is around $10.
* Davao Philippines airport is around $4. | 2019-04-22T16:49:44 | http://www.mytravelguideposts.com/2009/07/tourist-attractions-in-philippines.html |
0.999686 | I. WHO IS AVRAHAM'S SERVANT? WHY IS HIS NAME NOT MENTIONED?
It is Eliezer who ran Avaham's household then (and he would therefore have been the natural heir, had Avraham not later had a son), and after this lengthy period he is called "the elder" of Avraham's house, "in charge of all that was his." This was the understanding of Chazal (Bereishit Rabba 59:9), and Rashi interprets verse 39 in the same vein. Why, then, does the parsha hide the identity of the servant throughout the story?
We encountered a similar phenomenon in last week's parasha. There can be no doubt that the son of Hagar who is observed "mocking," who is eventually banished with his mother to the desert, is Yishmael. But his name isn't mentioned even once in the entire story (21:1-21)! Obviously, we need to ask ourselves why this is the case.
In order to answer this question, we need first to turn our attention to an important biblical literary technique: the changing of someone's title or designation during the course of a story. The first systematic enunciation of this stylistic phenomenon in the Torah was made by Nechama Leibowitz z"l in her article, "How to Read a Chapter of Tanakh:"
"The same person ... is designated by different titles in the Torah... and the ancient commentators addressed the lessons hidden behind the change in appellations. This... is an important rule, and attention should be paid to it while one reads... Not only the speakers but also the Torah narrative itself (sometimes) changes the appellation by which a person is known, thus hinting at important issues, relations and ideas."
"Yishmael is not mentioned by name even once; rather, he is given various designations, which reflect the relations of others to him."
21:9 And SARAH saw the SON OF HAGAR THE EGYPTIAN whom she had borne to Avraham, mocking.
21:11 And the thing was very bad in AVRAHAM'S eyes because of HIS SON.
21:15 And [HAGAR] cast THE CHILD under one of the shrubs.
Here we see how his title changes, and how each title reflects his relations with the various people around him, from a subjective point of view. In Sarah's eyes, he is the son of Hagar; Avraham regards him as his own son; Hagar sees him as a young child who will always be her baby, even when he grows up; and in God's eyes, he is a "youth," a young man.
In accordance with the above, we can answer our question regarding the absence of Yishmael's name from the story in chapter 21. It seems like a deliberate technique to allow for a variety of descriptive appellations of Yishmael (employed by both the various speakers as well as by the Torah's narrative), hinting at the different perspectives of him on the part of the actors in the story. By means of this systematic exchange of titles, we also witness the mutual relations existing between the personalities in the story themselves. The use of the name "Yishmael," even only in some places in the story, would have distracted us from paying attention to the exchange of titles according to a fixed system.
Likewise, in the story of Yitzchak's marriage, the absence of Eliezer's name is meant to serve a similar purpose: to allow us to follow the exchange of his titles throughout the course of the story, in order that we may learn from this how the servant functions in fulfilling his assignment in accordance with the changing circumstances. The change of circumstances includes a change in Eliezer's perspective as well as a change in the attitude towards him on the part of the characters in the story. Let us look at these changes and attempt to understand them, and then to draw conclusions as to what the Torah is trying to teach us through them.
The various appellations for Eliezer, the servant of Avraham, appear a total of twenty-four times throughout the story, out of which the great majority nineteen times he is described by the narrative itself; only five times is he referred to by other characters in the story: twice by Rivka (verses 18 and 30), once by Lavan (31), once by himself (34), and once by the family (58).
He is first mentioned in verse 2, by a long and impressive title appropriate to his introduction at the story's beginning as its central hero: "And Avraham said to his servant, the elder of his household, in charge of all that was his...."
From here onwards, he is called "the servant" four more times by the text in verses 5 and 9, which describe him in relation to Avraham his master, who makes him swear to fulfill his mission, and also in verses 10 and 17, which describe his efforts to do so. His first action is: "And the servant took ten camels..." and his last action before the focus moves from him to Rivka is: "And the servant ran towards her, and he said, Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher."
Thereafter, Rivka becomes the active character in the story, until verse 28. The servant, who has temporarily concluded his action by running towards her and addressing her, now stands "wondering at her, holding his silence..." (21), and his actions and words are now simply an "addendum" to her energetic action. The verbs used concerning Rivka serve to replace the servant's previous haste: "And she hurried..." (verses 18 and 20), "And she ran again to the well..." (20), and finally "And the girl ran to tell her mother's household" (28).
Then the focus of action moves to Lavan, Rivka's brother: "And he ran..." (29), "And he brought..." (30), "And he said..." (31). We have the impression of a sort of "relay race" the hurry is passed from one character to the next.
Rivka reacts to his request to drink by saying (18): "Drink, my master...."
From here onwards the text refers to him as "the man," a total of seven times until verse 33: "And the man, wondering at her, held his silence..." (21); "And the man took a gold nose ring..." (22); "And the man bowed his head and prostrated himself before God..." (27); "And Lavan ran to the man" (29); "And when he heard the words of Rivka his sister, saying, So said the man to me..." (30), "And he came to the man..." (30), "And the man came to the house" (32).
An additional title is mentioned by Lavan in his words to "the man" in verse 31: "Come, blessed one of God, why do you stand outside..."
Verse 33 concludes the first half of the story, during the course of which Eliezer has come from Avraham's tent to Betuel's house, locating on the way the woman worthy of Yitzchak, and half of his mission has been accomplished. In this half, Eliezer is mentioned by the various titles a total of fourteen times, with the servant undergoing a strange metamorphosis: from "servant of Avraham" he has become a "master" in Rivka's words. But "master" is the unchanging title of Avraham throughout the story (nine times during the first half). Likewise, he is called "blessed one of God" by Lavan and this title, too, is more appropriate for Avraham, about whom we read in the introduction to the story: "And God blessed Avraham with everything." In seven other places, he is called "the man" a title also generally not used for a servant, but only for a free man.
Nevertheless, this leaves us with an important question: how can this servant allow Rivka and Lavan to continue to hold a mistaken impression of him for all this time? In terms of the text, this lasts from verse 18 until 33, about a quarter of the entire length of the story. In "real time," this must have taken at least several hours (the time to draw water for ten camels, plus the time it took Rivka to run home and for Lavan to come out, plus the time it took for the entire group to reach Betuel's house). Should he not have objected to Rivka's very first words to him, "Drink, my master" (verse 18), correcting her mistake by saying, "I am not a master, but a slave?"
V. "THE SERVANT OF THE KING IS LIKE THE KING"
I was on my way and God has guided me to the house of the brethren of MY MASTER."
The hiding of his true identity from Rivka and her family is done for the sake of the success of his mission. If he had corrected Rivka's mistake in calling him "my master," identifying himself as a slave, his mission would have suffered. The enthusiastic interest displayed by Rivka's family upon his arrival would have paled, the welcome he received would have been somewhat dampened, and the chances of them being prepared to listen to his message which would have lost its key element of surprise would be small.
By allowing their illusion to continue, he allows Lavan's expansive welcome while preparing (with an ironic inner smile that none of them see) his "surprise" for them. But he will not reveal his true identity and the purpose of his visit before exploiting to the full the enthusiasm and curiosity surrounding him: when they place food before him, he refuses, saying, "I shall not eat until I say my piece." Thus, he creates excited anticipation of what he is about to say. Rivka and her family do not know that they are what the stranger was seeking; that he has found the purpose of his journey. In their innocence, they believe that they are simply offering a stop-over to a rich merchant who happened to find his way to their city (perhaps an unexpected opportunity for the family to make some money), and why would this respectable stranger wish to make a speech? What does he have to do with them? The servant's speech makes it clear to them that their connection with "the man" who stands before them, as well as with the person who sent him, is a more fateful one than they could ever have imagined.
The beginning of the revolution which he is about to cause in their consciousness is encapsulated in one short sentence (verse 34): "And he said: I am Avraham's servant."
By thus revealing his true identity to them, he creates a dramatic turning point in the story. Firstly, in this sentence he all at once directs all the honor that has been showered upon him by the family towards its proper address: Avraham, his master. "The servant of a king is like the king," according to a Talmudic adage (Shevuot 47b). The servant of a king is also entitled to royal treatment, for he represents his king. But the honor is not really bestowed on the servant himself; it is meant for the king whom he represents.
Secondly, by mentioning the name "Avraham," the servant builds up tremendous excitement at what he is about to say. They know that Avraham is their relative, but they have no idea how he has fared in the distant Canaan. Now his dignified servant stands before them, at the head of a caravan of ten camels laden with all kinds of luxuries, and he has something important to tell them. They realize that he has not come to their city by accident; it is no coincidence that he gave expensive gifts to Rivka at the well and no coincidence that he asked to stay specifically at their house. What, then, is the purpose of his visit to them?
Following his opening sentence, the servant has already advanced somewhat towards achieving his goal in the rest of his speech: persuading the family to agree to Rivka's accompanying him to the land of Canaan in order to become Yitzchak's wife. This is achieved thanks to the deliberate postponement of revealing his true identity, and his readiness to play the role of the mysterious "man" up until the moment of the big surprise which opens his speech.
The continuation of the servant's speech is an abbreviated review of the events described in the first half of the story, from the beginning until verse 27, to the point where the family entered the scene (verse 28). Early and later commentators alike have discussed the wisdom invested in this speech, which finds expression in the many adjustments which the servant makes to the story as related by the text (which reflects the objective reality). All of these changes are directed at a single purpose: to persuade Rivka's family to agree to the match and to its conditions, and to remove any objections which they may raise. The same psychological insight and tactical shrewdness displayed by the servant in his speech here before Rivka's family was also evident in his previous silence and the way in which he waited to reveal his identity before the family in the previous section of the story.
He, the changing titles for thservant are not only an expression of the changing perspective of him on the part of characters who join the story; they also serve as a way of promoting the objectives of his mission. The servant makes wise use of the different perceptions of his identity, and the story makes use of them for the development of the plot.
During the course of his long speech (verses 35-49), Eliezer's title of "servant" is missing, simply because he is speaking about himself in the first person. However, he betrays a constant awareness of his status through his continual references to Avraham as his "master" (ten times).
The next time he is referred to as a "servant" is in verse 52, "And when Avraham's servant heard their words, he prostrated himself on the ground before God," and immediately thereafter in verse 53, "And the servant took out vessels of silver...." Both are parts of the narrative; now that his identity has become clear, the text also returns to referring to him by his true identity.
We cannot suggest that they are still harboring a mistaken impression of him, since in the next verse (59) we read, "And they sent Rivka... and Avraham's servant and his men," and this verse clearly reflects the perspective of the family. Therefore, the wording of the question posed to Rivka hints to us that no real argument took place between the family members and the servant with regard to Rivka's betrothal. Their demand in verse 55, "Let the girl remain with us some days (i.e., a year), or at least ten, and thereafter she will go," is the obligatory honor which they owe her. The Mishna (Ketubot 5:2), "A virgin is given twelve months from the time when the groom asks her hand to [prepare for the marriage and] bedeck herself [with clothing and jewelry for the wedding]," must reflect an ancient custom which was prevalent among the people of the biblical period.
This custom is the pretext for the family's demand that Rivka remain with them "some days," i.e. a year, as was customary. Had they not demanded this, it would have represented dishonor to Rivka and to themselves. But even in the midst of this very demand, they hint at their readiness to be lenient with regard to fulfilling this custom, as they are prepared to compromise at "ten," i.e. ten months. But the servant is not satisfied with this, and demands that Rivka accompany him immediately (verse 56). Rejection of the servant's demand will endanger the match (see verse 49), and the family does not wish to give up this opportunity simply in order to fulfill in detail this custom of honor. They are therefore prepared to leave the decision to Rivka herself. But they do not ask her, "Will you go with the servant of Avraham," but rather: "Will you go with this man?" this is "the man" who gave you expensive gifts (verses 22 and 53), and whose appearance is that of a wealthy and dignified master. Thus, they hint to Rivka how worthwhile it would be to go with him, and the response expected of her.
Here, too, the servant accepts their description of him as "the man" without objection, for it serves the purposes of his mission, just as it did in the first half of the story.
In one other place (verse 61), the servant is called "the man:" "And Rivka and her maids arose... and they went after the man." Rivka, in her innocence, still relates to him as a respectable "man" the impression he made on her at their first encounter, and the way her family refers to him in her presence. But Rivka's attitude towards him does not change the servant's own self-image, just as it did not affect him in any way at the well, and therefore verse 61 concludes, "And the servant took Rivka and he went."
At the end of their journey, with the appearance of Yitzchak before her, it becomes clear to Rivka, too, that "the man" with whom she traveled is a mere servant: "And Rivka lifted her eyes and she saw Yitzchak... and she said to the servant: Who is this man who walks in the field towards us? And the servant said, He is my master."
The servant's mission has concluded with complete success, and the characters finally go back to their proper places, even in Rivka's consciousness. Upon seeing Yitzchak, she immediately understands that YITZCHAK is "the man," while the person with whom she traveled is "the servant." And the servant himself confirms this when he tells her, "He is my master."
Twenty-two times during the story, the title "master" refers to Avraham (while Yitzchak is generally referred to as "the son of the master"), and here suddenly this title has become attached to Yitzchak. What is hinted at here is that in bringing Rivka to Yitzchak, the servant has completed the "changing of the guard:" Rivka is brought to Sarah's tent and she takes her place (verse 67), and Yitzchak, after taking Rivka as his wife, is now worthy of taking Avraham's place. The elderly and loyal servant has merited to bring about the passing of the flame from one generation to the next, thanks to the assignment which he fulfilled with such outstanding success and with such complete devotion.
"Servant," "master" and "man" are three titles of Eliezer in our story. Which other character in the story is called these three names? Who calls him this name in each instance? What is the connection between these three names for Eliezer and the similar names of the other person?
In our discussion, we pointed out that the various names for the servant appear a total of twenty-four times throughout the story. There is another character in the story whose name and various titles appear a total of twenty-four times (if we count the name and accompanying title as two). Who is this?
The subject of verses 55-61 is "the argument about Rivka's betrothal and her decision." Rivka is the most important character in this fragment. Twice she is called "young woman" (na'ara) at the beginning of the fragment, and five times thereafter she is called by her name. What is the reason for this change?
With regard to Lavan's words in verse 31, "Come in, blessed one of God," Bereishit Rabba (60:7) offers two explanations: "[Lavan] was convinced that this was Avraham himself, for his face resembled him. R. Yossi son of R. Dosa said: Eliezer was a Canaanite, and because he loyally served that righteous one he left the category of the cursed and was counted in the category of the blessed."
What problem did the Midrash answer by means of this explanation?
What is the connection between the two solutions given in the Midrash for this problem?
Which of these two solutions fits better with our discussion above?
5. Who is Rivka's "nurse," mentioned in verse 59? Why is her name not mentioned here? | 2019-04-20T02:32:38 | https://www.etzion.org.il/en/speech-and-silence-avrahams-servant |
0.99898 | The Kremlin plans to ram another business reform bill through parliament ahead of an imminent power change.
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev took further steps on Monday to improve the country's business climate as he strives to leave a legacy of lasting change and protect his business-friendly policies. Medvedev said he had submitted amendments to the Civil Code to the country's Parliament, in a move analysts say was long overdue. The president said the amendments should "help to strengthen the foundations of our economic life and improve our country’s investment climate." "It [the draft law] concerns practically every aspect of property relations in our country," Medvedev told an ad-hoc meeting of his senior administration officials at his Gorky residence outside Moscow.
The policy thrust of the Kremlin’s draft bill is to improve good governance practices and transparency of legal entities operating in the country. Through a raft of amendments to the Civil Code, the Kremlin has tried to streamline and simplify procedures for registration of legal entities and to set new rules for economic activities, such as bankruptcy and mortgage lending, Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov told reporters in the Kremlin on Monday. Some familiar forms of legal structure, such as additional liability companies and closed joint-stock companies, will cease to exist in Russia, Konovalov said. "The novelty of this draft law is that it systematizes the organization of legal entities, and first of all, that of commercial organizations and NGOs." Konovalov said legal entities in Russia will henceforth be delineated into public companies and private companies, while every legal entity will be expected to prepare its financial statements and shares-issue in line with the new regulation.
Certain business-friendly provisions in the draft bill, the Kremlin hopes, may also persuade Russian companies not to register their businesses abroad. "It's common knowledge that big Russian businesses are increasingly moving to foreign jurisdictions these days," Konovalov said. "We must create adequate legislation and its enforcement in our country that would prevent businesses from going abroad to sue each other or resolve conflicts, but enable them to do this in our country." Many Russian businesses, which operate solely or primarily in Russia, are owned by holding companies registered abroad, meaning that the company can use foreign jurisdictions in case of legal disputes, the Associated Press reported on Monday. Russian business people often prefer European law and courts for their legal battles because the Russian legal system is seen as arbitrary and laws are outdated and vague, the agency said.
Opinion: Can an investment climate be improved from the top down?
President Medvedev ordered the Justice Ministry to prepare amendments to the bill in November, saying that they had to be ready by February 1, 2012. During a February 2 meeting in the Kremlin, Konovalov assured the president that the passage of the amendments will ensure that the "interests of investors and creditors will be protected in Russia in a substantially more reliable, modern and more correct way than they are now." He added that the amendments "offer new judicial and legal opportunities for the benefit of those who are investing and are engaged in business in Russia." "A considerable amount of effort has been invested to ensure that contractual rights and liabilities, property transactions, deals and contracts – that is, everything that constitutes economic relationships in Russia today – are legally guaranteed," Konovalov said.
However, the draft law still includes some controversial provisions, including requirements for offshore companies operating in Russia to disclose their beneficiaries. Konovalov said the provision was necessary to increase the transparency of the Russian economy and to prevent tax evasion. In order to fight sham companies, the minimum share capital for limited liability companies has been increased to 300,000 rubles, or $10,000, and up to one million rubles, or $33,000, will now be required to form a joint stock company.
First published in Russia Profile. | 2019-04-23T16:38:51 | https://www.rbth.com/articles/2012/04/04/russia_beckons_businesses_15251.html |
0.997859 | How much world diplomacy comes down to school vacations? from this interesting article in Politico about Obama’s trip to Cuba.
The Obama family made the requisite tourist stops, including the city’s grand Cathedral, built in 1777 from blocks of coral; they took a walking tour led by Havana’s remarkable official historian, Eusebio Leal. Despite failing health and being in considerable pain, Leal gamely guided the Obamas through historic Havana in and around the Plaza de Armas.
Eusebio Leal, a diminutive, silver-haired man in a dark suit, sips sweet Cuban coffee in an elegant salon of the Cuban Interests Section mansion on 16th Street NW and recalls the day they began calling him crazy in Havana.
The year was 1967, in a country not known for rewarding dissent, and Leal, then 25, was relatively new on the job as a city preservationist. He was leading a project to skin the asphalt off a historic street, revealing the original wooden surface, and he had a special load of vintage wood to restore the centuries-old grandeur. But government officials told him the street would have to be paved over immediately so it could be used for an important diplomatic visit.
The next morning, crews came to do the work — and Leal lay in front of the trucks to save the street.
In the early years Korda was most interested in fashion because it allowed him to pursue his two favorite things, photography and beautiful women. Korda became Cuba’s premiere fashion photographer. Korda disliked artificial lighting he said it was “a travesty of reality” and only used natural light in his studio…. “My main aim was to meet women”, he once confessed. His second wife, Natalia (Norka) Menendez, was a well known Cuban fashion model. | 2019-04-25T22:46:50 | https://stevehely.com/category/cuba/ |
0.999999 | Answering this question requires picking this target apart, as it encompasses two key —albeit distinct — issues: access and quality. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) 2015 flagship publication, The Early Years, is a timely resource to inform the discussion of these issues and the nature of this challenge not only for Latin American and Caribbean countries, but also other parts of the developing world.
The issue of access is the easiest to address as it all boils down to numbers. How far have Latin America and the Caribbean come in providing access to three important services: pre-primary education, daycare and parenting programs? The numbers are encouraging. The proportion of 5-year old children who are enrolled in kindergarten has soared in the last decade making universal access to kindergarten by 2030 an attainable goal.
Enrollment in pre-primary education for 3 and 4 year-olds is also on the rise. For working parents, access to quality care for their children is particularly important as it frees them up to work outside the home. The proportion of children who are in daycare (mostly publicly-provided institutions) has also increased (from a very low base) in the last decade—by a factor of two in Brazil and Chile, and by a factor of six in Ecuador.
Parenting programs that foster cognitive stimulating activities with caregivers at home reach only a handful of children in the region but new initiatives are starting to pick-up speed.
What about the quality of the services provided? Much progress is needed here. The quality of kindergarten and daycare is generally very poor and in many cases raises serious questions as to whether children are in fact benefitting from them. Overall, compared to developed countries, and compared to the expenditures made later on in the life cycle, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean spend very little on the early years. In the region, for every dollar spent on a child 5 and under, more than three dollars are spent on a child aged between 6 and 11.
At first glance, these figures seem to suggest that countries simply need to spend more. To some extent, this is correct — governments spend too little on early childhood. However, more spending will do little to solve the problem of poor development in early childhood if resources are not spent well. In particular, it is critical to consider thequality of services (parenting programs, daycare, early schooling) provided to young children.
What is quality? This is perhaps the most difficult question to answer. At home, in daycare centers and in early school, quality refers to a large extent to the interactions of children with those who surround them. The interactions young children have with each other and with adults can shape a child’s brain in ways that have lifelong implications. When adults are sensitive and responsive to children’s cues and needs, they are fostering child development. When adults treat children harshly (as many in Latin America and the Caribbean do), they are hindering child development.
Since improving quality is, to a large extent, about changing the nature of the interactions of children with their caregivers, spending on physical infrastructure does not by itself help. Parenting programs do not require infrastructure, but they do require well-trained, carefully supervised home visitors who can establish a relationship of trust with families and deliver a given curriculum with high fidelity. Building state-of-the-art daycare centers does nothing for child development if inside those walls children are not actively engaged, encouraged, and stimulated.
Going back to our original question: how hard will it be to ensure access to quality early childhood development? Increasing access is straightforward, but improving quality is not. It is a painstaking task—more difficult than building roads or bridges, and much less glamorous than inaugurating new daycare centers. It requires moving slowly with the expansion of services, especially because access to daycare and preschool has already increased dramatically in the last decade in many countries in the region.
Improving quality does require more resources, but what is most lacking is capable staff—home visitors, daycare staff, teachers, coaches, supervisors—who can ensure that services actually benefit children. In the end, raising the quality of services provided to young children will demand time but it is an effort that for reasons of both equity and productivity countries can ill afford not to make.
This blog post was originally published on the World Bank education blog. | 2019-04-21T18:36:46 | https://blogs.iadb.org/ideas-matter/en/793/ |
0.999949 | Think depression is only for new moms? Think again. It's well-established that women can experience pre- and post-partum depression (before and after the birth of their child), characterized by symptoms including feelings of sadness and hopelessness; under- or over-eating; lacking energy or motivation; withdrawal from friends and family; headaches, stomach aches and other unexplained pain; and other manifestations.
Research suggests hormone changes during and after pregnancy may contribute to depressive symptoms during this time. But men, too?
According to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry, a peer-reviewed research journal of the American Medical Association, men are also at risk for depression before and after the birth of their child. Among more than 3,000 men surveyed while their partner was pregnant and again nine months after their child's birth, a small percentage of fathers experienced prenatal depression symptoms, while double that amount experienced postnatal symptoms.
It's important to note that according to the study, a history of depression and social / relationship dysfunction were associated with depression risk, suggesting men already at risk for depression are more likely to experience it before and after the birth of their child.
The takeaway: Depression is a possibility for expectant mothers and fathers, so if you've got a little one on the way (or he/she has already arrived), both parents should talk to their doctor about any feelings of depression they may be experiencing. Your doctor can evaluate your symptoms and help find a solution (hopefully a nonpharmaceutical one) that let's you enjoy your new bundle of joy and one another. | 2019-04-19T07:23:46 | https://www.toyourhealth.com/mpacms/tyh/article.php?id=2351 |
0.998828 | I'd like to know if you need to reference lecture notes/ textbook giving to me by the Uni and whether you should only reference essays as I have an assignment which says I should cite all references used and its include a couple of questions + an essay?
Yes you reference lecture notes. On my degree we had to provide a bibliography for all assignments; I guess this probably varies between universities/courses.
Yes you reference lecture notes. On my degree we had to provide a bibliography for all assignments; I guess it probably varies from universities/courses.
What about textbooks provided by the university?
We didn't have those on my degree so I'm not certain but I guess you'd probably have to reference those too.
You should definitely reference any books, papers or websites you use unless your assignment brief states otherwise. Ad the above poster says, overkill is better than under referencing.
Lecture notes are trickier. We were marked down for using them as it showed that we were just repeating what we'd been told and hadn't done our own research. Referencing them would just draw attention to it. However if you're determined to use them, then referencing them is better than not referencing them. They should be referenced as "Personal communication" and attributed to the lecturer. If the lecturer has provided sources for their notes, then use those instead. But as you should always reference only material that you have read yourself, you should reference them as "Soandso 2011' in Jones 2014 Personal communication" (look up the exact format used by your uni).
Do beware of just repeating what you've been told in lectures without checking it from original sources. I had one lecturer who used to season lectures with the occasional nugget of credible-sounding rubbish, just to check who was researching assignments and who was only regurgitating what he said. | 2019-04-26T06:56:24 | https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3006263 |
0.999921 | I was talking to a friend of mine last night. He's happily married (going on 6 years) and has two children with his wonderful wife (both friends of mine from college).
Anyhow, he was asking about Nate, my 7 month old. Poor kid has been feverish the last few days and things had taken a nasty turn yesterday morning. He asked if John was sticking around to help out with Nathan because of how bad his fever was.
I was actually confused by the question. Why would John stick around? I could handle Nathan well enough on my own.
He explained, "No, I'm not implying you can't take care of Nate. I'm saying that if he were my son, I'd stick around to help out because I'd want to do what I could to make things better."
I shrugged my shoulders and said, "Meh. He probably doesn't think there's anything left for him to do and he did bring the Motrin I asked for."
He then said, "Is he at least coming early tomorrow?"
I actually laughed out loud and said, "No. There is absolutely zero chance he'll be here early."
Again, I was confused by the question. Why would John come early when I could take care of Nate?
However, at 3AM it hit me why my friend had been so appalled that John shirked his responsibilities in such a manner. Somewhere in between Nate puking all over the bed, floor, me, the cat (sorry Lucy) and waking up Vince with his inconsolable sobbing, I could've used a hand (or 10). Having not slept and struggling to properly care for this poor, sweet baby who couldn't get comfortable was just not working out well for anyone, Vincent included.
Had John actually recognized that his place was with his family, he would have been able to put Vincent back to bed, help clean the mess, possibly soothe the baby while I cleaned the mess, or any number of things. But John doesn't view family as a priority unless it's his "turn" to do so.
Problem is, parenting is not babysitting, but that's precisely how John has always treated it. It's infuriating, because you cannot cut up parenting like that. It's not always a 50/50 thing, but he nickels and dimes and will hold grudges until the field is made equal in his mind.
And stupid me, it never occurred to me just how incredibly asnine this has been. So many times in the past I've simply made excuses for him as to why it was okay to treat things in this manner. "Oh, he just wants to take Vince to play basketball and it'll be good bonding for them." "Oh, John has a dodgeball game to attend, I'll watch Vince, no problem." And when I'd suggest doing things together as a family, I'd always go out of my way to understand why he just couldn't do them. "Oh, he must be tired from working all week" (COMPLETELY ignoring the fact that I'd been doing the same), or "Oh, he hates being outside in the heat, so it's okay that he skips out on the Children's Garden this time..."
My God, it's like I had Stockholm Syndrome. I made excuses and extended sympathy instead of calling him out for his selfish, juvenile behavior. Worse, I WAS STILL DOING IT!
So when he came over the other morning, I ripped into him. He was taken aback and angry with me for blowing up the way I did (and in truth, I probably could've come up with a more diplomatic way of addressing the situation). That being said, I frankly didn't care.
Because ya know what his response was to me? Complaints. About how tired HE is and how hard it is from HIM to travel back and forth. About how hard juggling work and parenting responsibilities is for HIM.
He's seriously so far out of touch with reality that I'm amazed he's made it this far in life.
Guess even Stockholm Syndrome has its limits once you realize what's actually going on. | 2019-04-26T01:56:57 | http://www.mybrokenfiat.com/blog/stockholm-syndrome-of-the-idiot-wife |
0.999999 | What makes this video great and what can you learn from it?
What can you learn from the article?
Takeaway: On a purely guitaristic level the main take-away are the open-voiced triads. By learning the handful of shapes you'll gain a great musical tool for your own songwriting because you'll have a different, more open sound in your musical toolbox. Definitely worth the effort!
Music truism: if a song sounds good when only played on piano or guitar, you have a good song.
What's truly noteworthy (pun intended) is the highly effective use of open-voiced triads. A concept which works exceptionally well on guitar. The idea is to spread out the notes of the triad beyond an octave.
Takeaway: Regardless of whether you "like" a certain style of music or a guitarist's playing, there's always something to learn and to emulate. And when many famous guitar players have outed themselves as a fan, it's definitely a good idea to check deeper into it.
To many listeners Allan Holdsworth's music might sound too technical, too outside, too different.
And that's ok. Fortunately, taste is subjective and people are allowed to like what they like. However, when you play guitar (as a visitor of this site this is highly likely 🙂 ) you should definitely check deeper into Allan Holdsworth's playing.
What makes this video great?
Takeaway: Delay is one of the most commonly used effects for guitarists. Therefore it's important to know how to use it effectively. While most modern units help you set-up your repeated notes so they fall into a rhythmic subdivision automatically, it helps to understand the formula behind it.
A delay effect is one of the most common used effects for a guitarist. Many players use it to fatten up their lead sounds. However, when you start to increase the delay time parameter, you can also use it to add a more pronounced echo effect which allows you to play with/against yourself.
Takeaway: Kashmir is the definitive Led Zeppelin song. The addition of Egyptian instruments adds considerably to the "exotic" mood and feel of the song. Additionally, there's the use of musical drones, polyrhythms and DADGAD tuning.
According to singer Robert Plant, Kashmir is the definitive Led Zeppelin song. Guitarist Jimmy Page also considers Kashmir as one of the band's best compositions.
The song originally appeared on the 1975 "Physical Graffiti" album. And despite its epic length of more than 8 minutes Kashmir managed to get decent radio airplay.
Melody & feel vs. technique?
Takeaway: Call me nostalgic (which I might very well be) but Crossroads did quite a few things right. Lots of Blues folklore elements included in the story leading up to a legendary guitar duel between Karate Kid and Steve Vai.
This scene alone would have justified the whole movie. Most "mature" guitar players, meaning people older than millenials, will most likely already have seen this scene repeatedly. Anyone else can now rectify this omission.
Here's a quick rundown of the Crossroads story background leading up to the duel scene. Eugene Martone (played by Karatekid Ralph Macchio) is a Classical guitar student at the prestigious Juilliard School of Music. He is also into Blues and dreams of becoming a Bluesman.
He gets to know Willie Brown and helps him escape from an old folks prison facility so Willie can settle some unfinished business in Mississippi. As a reward for helping him escape, Willie would teach him a supposedly lost song by the legendary blues guitarist Robert Johnson. | 2019-04-23T22:34:05 | http://guitarlegendvideos.com/author/ma9sharp11 |
0.999936 | How to choose the Best Embossing Dies?
A die is a specialized tool that is used in manufacturing industries. It is typically use for the cutting and shaping of materials using a press. Just like molds, dies are generally specifically customized to the item that they used to create. Products that are made with dies ranges from simple paper clips to complex pieces that are used in the advanced technology.
The part of an embosser that makes the actual imprint is the embossing die. It has the logo or text that you want to emboss into the paper. When considering which embossing dies would best fit the bill, it is advised to first look at the logo and its intended use before deciding on which embossing die to use. Other areas to look at can also be the amount of sheets to be embossed at once, the type of paper that is commonly used and whether or not the embossing effect is wanted. Forming dies are typically made by the tool and die makers and placed into production after mounting it into a press. The die is a metal block used for forming materials like sheets of plastic and metal.
Firstly, look at the logo or the image and text that is to be made into a die. If it has a big image or large letters, a magnesium die will then be more appropriate for the embossing needs. If the image to be embossed is generally smoother with thin and crisp letters, then brass embossing dies willbest fit. Alternatively, plastic dies can also be used, but it is used to a more personal use instead of business use.
The two primary uses that embossing dies are for personal use such as artwork as well as business use such as embossing documents. For the personal use side, there are many craft tools that allows the usage and creation of embossing dies from home. Additionally, there are also machines for the business sides and are built to be of a durable material. Hand embossers can also be used for this matter. It is possible to use a craft embosser on business documents while it is being frowned upon and may not be as effective for the intended use.
The amount of embossing that is done all at once will determine the type of embossing dies that will be needed for use. If a high volume of sheets are to be embossed at once, it will be best to use an electric embosser. On the other hand, if the job to be done is of a low volume of sheets, the hand embosser will be the most appropriate. This is significant because embossing dies are all made differently dependent on the type of embosser that will be used.
Additionally, the strength of the paper that is commonly embossed also comes into question when choosing the embossing dies. Heavier weighted paper can take heavier embossing. The embossing dies are made with a depth whereby the more depth, the stronger the emboss. However, if the emboss depth goes too high, it will cause for the paper to rip.
The embossing die primarily also comes with three different edges for the different embossing effects wanted. The three different embossing effects are beveled, round and flat. A beveled edge is sharp and round that makes a smoothly indented edge whereas the flat edge will cause no embossing effect around the edge. The edge that is to be chosen should be considered upon the effect that is wanted on the paper during the embossing. | 2019-04-24T12:40:52 | http://www.thegreenbook.com/how-to-choose-the-best-embossing-dies.htm |
0.990277 | Have you sustained an elbow fracture? A broken elbow is not a minor injury. What kind of fractures can occur in the elbow? Is surgery always necessary? What kind of recovery can you expect? Getting the answers to these questions can help you obtain the best outcome and ensure return of your elbow function.
The elbow is comprised of three main bones: the humerus, radius, and ulna. The humerus is the bone that extends up to the shoulder and together the radius and ulna make up the forearm. A fracture to any one of these bones that comprise the elbow can be classified as an elbow fracture.
The most common cause of a broken elbow is trauma. A fall on an outstretched arm, an auto accident, or even direct contact can result in an elbow fracture. Broken elbows are the most common type of fractures in children. The most common ways children fracture an elbow is falls from jungle gyms, skateboards, gymnastics, football, and other contact sports. It is not uncommon for fractures to also be associated with elbow dislocations.
How do you know if you have a broken elbow? The most often symptom is immediate pain after the trauma has occurred. Often swelling will occur and the ability to move the elbow may be limited. Sometimes it is obvious that a fracture has occurred as the elbow will look disfigured. However, fractures can be present even when you are experiencing minimal pain, have little swelling, and no obvious deformity. Of course a diagnosis of a fracture can only be made by x-ray.
There are a variety of types of fractures in the elbow. From a general perspective, a fracture in an elbow can be classified as any other fracture. Non displaced fractures are fractures were a crack in the bone occurs but the bones stay in place. Displaced fractures result when the two ends of the bone that is fractured are no longer in contact. Other classifications of fractures include open vs. closed. An open fracture occurs when the bone protrudes through the skin whereas in a closed fracture the bones do not break the skin.
Because there are three bones that comprise the elbow, a fracture of any part of one of these three bones can be classified as an elbow fracture. One of the most common types of broken elbow is an olecranon fracture. The olecranon is the tip of the elbow and is most commonly fractured from a direct fall and is most often associated with elbow dislocations. Other types of fractures in the elbow include: radial head, radial neck, coronoid, capitulum, medial condyle or epidondyle, and supracondylar fractures.
The best treatment option will be determined by the type of fracture sustained. If it is a simple, non-displaced fracture, the best course of treatment is immobilization. In some cases a cast will be recommended and in others a brace. The position of your arm for casting will in part be based on the location of the fracture with the goal of ensuring appropriate healing. In addition, depending on the bone that is fractured, the wrist may also need to be immobilized. A second factor in cast positioning is placing the arm in a position that will be functional. Because the elbow can get stiff very quickly with immobilization, sometimes a brace will be used instead of a cast in order to allow for early movement.
If the fracture sustained is displaced, or specifically if the fracture extends into the joint, surgery will most likely be necessary. The type of surgery performed is open reduction, internal fixation or ORIF. This simply means the bones are relocated in place and a pin, plate, or wire is used to fixate or keep the ends of the bones aligned.
Following surgery a period of immobilization in a cast or brace will be required in order to allow for healing to occur. On average fractures take six to eight weeks to heal, however, a shorter period of immobilization is generally recommended in order to avoid loss of function.
An integral part of recovering from a broken elbow is physical therapy. As indicated earlier, an elbow will get stiff very quickly, in as little as 7 to 10 days, with immobilization. Thus, after up to six weeks of immobilization, regaining normal range of motion after can be difficult. The most difficult range to regain is extension or the ability to fully straighten the elbow. Because of this challenge it is important to initiate therapy early and be consistent with the prescribed exercises.
In addition to regaining elbow range of motion, physical therapy will help restore normal strength of the shoulder, elbow, and wrist. Recovery from an elbow fracture can take a number of months. Through physical therapy the goal of returning the elbow to normal function including cutting food, carrying groceries, and throwing a ball can be achieved.
What can you do to make sure you have the most optimum recovery from your broken elbow? First, early diagnosis is key. If you are having lingering elbow pain that has not responded to rest, see a doctor for a diagnosis. Getting an accurate diagnosis is the most important starting point for mapping out the path to recovery.
Second, make sure you are clear about what your doctor and physical therapist are recommending you to do, specifically when it comes to immobilization vs. movement. Often a lack of clear understanding results in patients not doing anything which can have negative results. Take the time to ask questions so there is no confusion as to what is expected of you.
Finally, follow your doctors' and physical therapists recommendations. A lack of following through with recommendations is the most common reason for poor outcomes. Therefore, if range of motion exercises are recommend three times a day, do them. If your physical therapist recommends utilizing ice to minimize swelling, use ice. If pain medication has been prescribed so you can tolerate the range of motion exercises, take the pain medication. It may sound like common sense but understanding and actually following the instructions will put you in the best position to regain normal elbow function.
An elbow fracture can be a significant injury depending upon the type, location, and severity of the fracture. Early treatment and physical therapy can help you ensure you’ll be able to regain normal function.
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0.999244 | New York Ramps Up The Battle Against A Measles Outbreak In Brooklyn New York is mandating measles vaccines in certain Brooklyn zip codes where there is an outbreak of the disease — mostly affecting the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.
There's a measles outbreak in New York City - the largest there in nearly 30 years. The city has declared a public health emergency, and the Health Department is taking a drastic step. They are mandating that everyone who is unimmunized and living in the affected areas has to get vaccinated unless they can prove a medical exemption. From member station WNYC, Gwynne Hogan reports.
GWYNNE HOGAN, BYLINE: Adults and children in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, are now required to get the measles vaccine. They could be fined up to $1,000 if they don't. This announcement comes as the number of measles cases has more than doubled in the last six weeks. The outbreak has mostly impacted the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community here. And with Passover gatherings coming up, there's concern it could worsen. Deputy Mayor Dr. Herminia Palacio.
HERMINIA PALACIO: When you make the decision not to vaccinate your child, please understand you're also making that decision for the people around your child.
HOGAN: City officials said they're hoping people will voluntarily comply, but if during investigations of measles cases, health inspectors find an unvaccinated person was exposed, that person could be fined if they refuse the vaccine. Community leader Rabbi David Niederman says he doesn't think it will get to that point.
DAVID NIEDERMAN: I am convinced people will learn how the Department of Health is committed, and it will never get to fines because everybody is going to be vaccinated.
HOGAN: But Dr. Jay Begun, a pediatrician in the neighborhood who's treated dozens of measles cases, says no community will get 100 percent compliance.
JAY BEGUN: But I'm hoping that we're able to raise the levels of immunization to achieve the herd immunity that's needed to prevent further outbreaks.
HOGAN: Begun says most of his patients don't ardently oppose vaccines; rather, they're hesitant because of misinformation about the safety of vaccines. He recalled one recent conversation with a parent who said they weren't ready for their toddler to be vaccinated.
BEGUN: So I said, well, when do you think you'll be ready? There's a huge outbreak of measles in your community. If not now, when?
HOGAN: He says he hopes the city's public health emergency might sway parents like that.
For NPR News, I'm Gwynne Hogan in New York. | 2019-04-22T09:15:38 | https://www.npr.org/2019/04/10/711693252/new-york-ramps-up-the-battle-against-a-measles-outbreak-in-brooklyn?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=nprprogramsmorningedition |
0.999989 | How long I will work on Foundation 1?
I'm thinking about purchasing Foundation 1 (I know there's the package with all 4 levels, but first I want to try the program and see if I like it). However, how long will take me (approximately, I know it's personal) to master the Foundation 1 movements? I'm not in a rush, I'll take all the necessary time to do this well, it was just to have an idea!
Some will take a year some will take more than a year. The time it takes you depends on variables that only you can decided upon.
Optimistically, assuming one month to master each progression, you could finish it in six months. That assumes you are a super-stud with equal parts strength and mobility. For many people, acing the mobility aspect is what keeps them from advancing. I didn't realize I had tight shoulders until I began working H1 (honestly, I didn't know shoulders COULD move that way). It will likely take me months to get up to snuff, but it could take a year for all I care. Being able to do that is a reward in of itself.
I will say this: no one ever says, "Boy, I'm glad I waited to start Foundation." Progress is often slow, but it's still progress.
Thanks for the inputs! I'm pretty sure I'll purchase Foundation 1 at the end of summer, when hopefully my lower back injury will be completely healed! A part from the cost benefits, do you guys suggest go with the whole package or purchasing just Foundation 1 to try it and see how it works?
it takes the time it needs. i don't like measure the progress basing upon a time. this does not makes sense.
If you don't like the program there is a 30 day money back guarantee.
One year just to complete F1? I read all foundations could be completed in 2 years..
If you're strong and mobile you can demonstrate passing it in a week. Taking a year is somewhat extreme and reflects an underlying Issue that needs addressing. I've yet to see anyone demonstrate that nothing in F1 can challenge them at all, but I think its possible if you've been doing your homework.
A couple years for the whole series is about right ime, depending on where you start, but for most I think F1 will be the longest. If you are mobile hard working and uninjured could be very quick.
I agree with this in general, but IMHO, the timescales given are very optimistic for the average person. Of course if you're working hard and making progress then it shouldn't matter, but it's a natural question before starting a course to ask how long it will take to complete it.
When asked this question in a recent podcast, Coach answered "18 months to 2 years on average" (I can't quote verbatim, since the recording is not up anymore, but he was referring to F1 and not the whole of Foundation. I checked). This sounds realistic, since there are few people who post regularly on the forum who started F1 with no background in GST and have progressed all of their elements to F2, although several are close.
If you are coming to the program with the mobility of a child and a reasonable level of relative strength then a year, or less, would be realistic. Otherwise I would argue that 'underlying issues' are the rule rather than the exception for the vast majority of adults, whether they know it or not. The good news is that, whatever your mobility/strength issues, foundation will go a long way towards rooting them out and forcing you to fix them.
I get the impression that by the time you have completed F1, you will have already tackled your biggest deficits. This should mean that, upon starting F2, you will have a similar level of strength and mobility as others at the same level and progress should be more predictable. This is not the case when you start F1 however, as it has no pre-requisites.
I'm doing the Foundation and Handstand courses. I've been training about 1.5 years and I'm about halfway through F1, the biggest thing holding me back is mobility and flexibility, both of which have always been terrible for me - I was literally the most inflexible person I knew.
I've still got a lot of work ahead of me but I've made tremendous progress (as far as I'm concerned at least), my biggest accomplishment so far as probably been getting the necessary shoulder mobility in H1. I'm overall stronger and more flexible than ever before and I owe that to Gymnasticbodies.
I'm 15 months into foundation and has finished F1 except for MN/PE6, which I will be on for a very long time indeed. Once again, it is poor mobility that is the culprit.
Yer it's different for different people's physical levels. I was on F1 for 4 months, I've now been F2 since March and on some elements I'm almost done. I had my SLS quite quickly and I've never had mobility problems.
No I'm being totally honest, before I started F1 I could perform a full pancake, pike, handstand and shoulder dislocates, I did gymnastics and martial arts in college and have always made sure I had optimal mobility. Movement and mechanics are of great interest to me. Hollow body rocks PE6 endurance was the big one for me on F1.
No way, man. Getting flexible or whatever after its been a real struggle feels great.
Progress has been slow for me but now I'm getting past those hurdles it's only made me work harder and really appreciate what was missing from my training.
Sorry! My phrasing was poor. I meant to say that I do not really have any issues with mobility. Still have have some work for the flexibility on dislocates, as well as pancake and splits, but my pike is pretty good, and I can do a full bridge.
Edit: So the point of my last post was to say that since the things that seem to make others take a long time with F1 are mobility issues and I don't have much of those, I feel worse about my slow progress through F1 (since I have only been having fitness issues).
Hey, I'm in the same boat as you are! My biggest struggle is my strength, since I started with very little of it, whereas the mobility exercises aren't really a big problem.
In my honest opinion, you shouldn't feel bad at all... F1 deserves the time and discipline. F2 is slightly shorter than F1 and F3 and F4 are shorter still. To answer the original question, don't focus in the time it takes....just buy it because it's the best training you can do!...period!! You say you're not in a rush but subtle undertones suggest u r wiling to buy the foundation program by measuring yourself up to someone you don't know just because they did in a quick time frame. Even if you are mobile enough and strong enough...u still have to prove it on the course and forfill the requirements l that allow you to progress to the next stage.
There is four foundations and minimal time it takes to complete each is 6 months (4x6months = 2 years). Then there is possibility to make one mastery week and one deload week and that would half your time. But I don't really believe that there is someone who could do that unless he is already a graduate gymnast.
I'm (now definately but also when I started F1) in better shape than average. I have worked for 7 months now for F1 and just passed the mid point.
In couple of months I might be able to start some movements from F2. I do know for me Side Lever progression is the slowest as Arch Body Holds and Rocks have been extremely tough for me.
What are we now, about 18 months in?
As a very untalented person and physically somewhat of a slow learner, albeit with passable flexibility on starting and a good work ethic/love for challenges, I've finished SLS and am winding up FL, RC, SL, Mn. I was 'fit' (competitive kicboxing/NHB, RKC style kettlebelling for a couple years) but a joke by GST standards when starting. Certainly a joke by my standards now A year or so on the WoDs here put a bit of muscle on me but I lost flexibility and gained strength very slowly. Too hard for me, I guess.
Jon is not a physical freak. In fact, with no disrespect to Jon, he is not even close to being a gst 'freak'.
As I have always told my athletes, 'Hard work beats talent when talent doen't work.' If you are not making the progress you would like to make, you need to ask yourself, is it because you lack talent - or because you lack character? And then most importantly ..... what are you going to do about it? | 2019-04-23T20:11:44 | https://www.gymnasticbodies.com/forum/topic/16865-how-long-i-will-work-on-foundation-1/ |
0.999986 | How does a diagnostician or clinician conduct an assessment for Aspergers?
Autism Spectrum Disorders are very complex, yet their features can be very subtle; they are not always obvious on the surface. As a result, an Aspergers (high-functioning autism) assessment will take more time than most other assessments. Below are the methods that clinicians who are new to the field of Aspergers can use as a guide. These are also the methods that moms and dads should look for to make sure they are getting a good assessment for their Aspergers child.
An assessment should be conducted by a doctor, psychologist, or psychiatrist who has expertise in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). This is important because most degree programs may only give passing information about Aspergers. A clinician may have a lot of experience in evaluating and may know the DSM criteria for Aspergers – but knowing the criteria on paper is not the same as having the background to really know all of the subtle features to look for. If you are a clinician and do not have the background experience with Aspergers yet, consult with a clinician who does. If you are a mother or father getting an Aspergers assessment done, ask about the background experience of the clinician.
Assess each of the core areas of difficulty along with the more subtle characteristics. Aspergers involves qualitative difficulties in language, social interactions, and more stereotyped and repetitive behaviors and interests; however, there cannot be a real delay in language – but it does often involve difficulties in how language is being used.
Does he have imaginative play?
Does he demonstrate sensory preferences that interfere with required or socially desires activities?
Does he approach others and initiate interactions?
Can he talk about someone else' preferred topic?
Can he switch tasks when redirected fairly easily?
Can he listen as well as talk?
These are just some of the more subtle behaviors that need to be observed in Aspergers kids who may be higher functioning. This goes beyond just asking, "Does your son or daughter socialize?"
Use observation in a variety of settings as the core of the assessment. Behaviors can be exhibited for more than one reason. For example, escape, reactions to sensory processing difficulties, attention seeking, and seeking rewards can all be the basis for behaviors. A question on a form reveals that a behavior is being exhibited, but does not reveal why or exactly what the behavior looks like. The only way to know the "why" of many behaviors is to observe in natural settings and to spend time with the Aspergers youngster.
It is not enough to simply observe the Aspergers child in a clinical setting. If clinicians take the child to an unfamiliar location and put her in a room with grown-ups that she has never seen before and then ask the parent to leave the room, you will not get a good picture of how this child interacts with others. If it is not possible to observe the child in a natural setting, then ask the parents if they can videotape their child during various activities.
It is critical to observe the child – close up – in a small playgroup. Observing play and social interactions may look good from a distance; however, when the clinician can (a) hear everything that is being said, (b) follow the child’s eyes, (c) see how he responds to interruptions and so forth, then the clinician can really assess the details of those interactions and begin to interpret them as possibly on the spectrum or not. The clinician can also tell if the child’s play is “parallel play” or if it is really “cooperative play.” Observations not only support the diagnosis, but they are essential in order to give individualized, rather than generic, recommendations.
Clinicians should pair observations with interviews, ratings scales and direct assessment. One rating scale alone should not be the actual assessment. However, rating scales should be given to support observations. If the results do match what is being observed, then check to make sure that the rating scales were completed correctly and ask the rater for examples of what was being rated high in the scales. For example, a behavior could be rated as being "frequently" observed. If it is occurring about 2 times per day, it may seem frequent, but according to the key on some scales, "frequent" is defined as 6 or more times in a 6 hour period. Thus, 2 times per day should be rated as "sometimes" observed. Also, make sure that the scoring follows the key, and get information about what the behavior looks like as well as examples of when and how it occurs. Many of the rating scales (e.g., Gilliam scales, CARS) have a high validity rating, and they are usually fairly correct; however, they are not always correct and cannot be used to make a diagnosis because the reported behaviors could be due to different causes.
Rule out other disorders that have similar characteristics. Many behaviors can be associated with more than one diagnosis. The trick is to look at what the underlying causes of the behaviors are – and what is maintaining the behaviors. With an Aspergers diagnosis, it is crucial to put all of the information together to get the big picture because Aspergers is a spectrum disorder (i.e., a spectrum of behaviors across three major areas of difficulty). If the clinician only looks at behaviors on the surface, then multiple diagnoses will be given for the same behaviors – or the child will get a misdiagnosis. If, for example, a child receives the diagnoses of ADHD, Bipolar, Autism, and ODD all at the same time, it’s likely that the clinician “cut some corners” and conducted a poor assessment. It is definitely possible to have a dual diagnosis that is accurate, but a good assessment will differentiate between diagnoses.
Leaky Gut Syndrome (LGS) is a gastrointestinal disorder that affects the lining of the digestive tract. Some researchers believe that this digestive problem is a contributing factor to Aspergers (high functioning autism). The digestive tract lining becomes irritated and permeable. As a result, undigested food particles (particularly proteins) and toxins end up leaking into the blood stream. This leakiness can lead to disturbances in neurological brain function.
Aspergers kids who suffer with LGS are bound to suffer frequent bouts of allergies or common illnesses as protein substances and other “hard-to-break-down” molecules filter through their intestinal tracts into the intestines, causing the body to misinterpret them as a harmful substance (such as a virus) and go into an anti-body production overdrive to combat these.
Other complications arising from LGS are caused when the child’s body starts to cause an auto-immune disease. As a result, (a) the body begins to attack itself, and (b) bacteria (that should only be found in the intestinal tract) gets transported to bloodstream, which causes infections and weakens the liver besides resulting in increased toxicity elsewhere in the body.
To avoid these problems associated with LGS, it is advisable for parents with Aspergers children to raise their awareness of this disorder. This includes avoiding intake of a diet that is high in carbohydrates, alcohol and caffeine content, and drugs such as ibuprofen and antacids – all of which work to reduce the impermeable nature of the intestinal walls that is a measure of disease control. Also, since the digestive system of Aspergers kids is very sensitive, medical advice strongly recommends going on a gluten and casein free diet – and avoiding spicy food.
There's a variety of supplements for LGS. The process of choosing the right ones for a specific case can be time consuming, but the results can be quite dramatic! While a diet composed of a combination of vitamins and minerals can be ideal, it might be better to take a gradual approach to introducing these elements into Aspergers children’s diet.
1. Shark liver oil often tops the lists of supplements that can be used to treat LGS.
Frequently track your youngster’s progress, and make sure to use a systematic approach for introducing different elements. After you've selected the best supplements for LGS, the results can be well worth the effort. Consult your child’s doctor before beginning any program.
Part of answering the questions about LGS revolves around finding out how the condition affects the brain. Research is a continuing process, which we hope will provide more answers in the near future.
Your older teenager or young “adult child” isn’t sure where he is going in life, and he is asking you for money every few days. How do you cut the purse strings and teach him to be independent?
Caring for an Aspergers (high functioning autism) youngster takes a tremendous toll on the whole family, and neurotypical siblings are no exception. As moms and dads, our exhaustion, stress, and uncertainty about how to respond to the needs of other children can leave us feeling guilty and drain our reserves — and might tempt us to downplay or ignore the impact a youngster's disorder may have on his siblings. By being aware of what neurotypical (i.e., non-Aspergers) brothers and sisters are going through and taking a few steps to make things a little easier, moms and dads can address many issues before they unfold.
Family routines and dynamics naturally change when a youngster has Aspergers, which can confuse and distress neurotypical siblings. In addition to fear and anxiety over the disorder, they often experience the feeling of loss of a "normal" family life, and loss of their identity within the family.
The way brothers and sisters express their needs will vary considerably — some may act out, some may try be the perfect youngster, and many will do both. Most studies find that siblings of a youngster with Aspergers or Autism are not at any increased risk for mental disorder, although they may be at greater risk for behavioral and emotional manifestations of their distress.
Pay attention to any changes in children' behavior, and talk to them frequently about how they're doing and what they're feeling. The more room children have to express their emotions, the less emotional turmoil and fewer behavioral problems they're likely to have. Signs of stress in children can include any changes in sleep patterns, appetite, mood, behavior, and school functioning. Younger kids may pick up on parental stress and show regressed behaviors (i.e., doing things they did when they were younger and had already outgrown). Even if you don't see any signs in your children, you can be pretty sure that changes to their routine and seeing their moms and dads and other family members upset is likely to be causing them stress.
1. Accept the situation for what it is. Realize just as you may mourn the loss of a more mainstream child, the Aspie’s brothers and sisters may also be sad they don't have the kind of sibling-relationship that other siblings enjoy. Let them talk about those feelings.
2. Be patient and attentive. Have a lot of patience with regressive behavior, especially on the part of neurotypical children, who may have trouble making sense of emotions. At a time when moms and dads' nerves are frazzled, it can be hard to stay patient and attentive, but it's essential for siblings. However, it's not a good idea to let children behave inappropriately or get away with behaviors that you would not have allowed before the Aspie received an Aspergers diagnosis. Rather than make a youngster feel relaxed, this can increase anxiety, jealousy, or feelings of abandonment.
3. Become informed. Fully educate yourself about your Aspergers child and then inform his brothers/sisters on an age-appropriate basis. Know that Aspergers kids find it very difficult to pick up on social cues and often have intense, narrow interests. Even a young sib can understand that, "Michael gets upset when we stop talking about trains, but we're working on ways to help him."
4. Include siblings in the treatment and care. Including neurotypical children in some of the treatment sessions can help demystify the disorder. They also can benefit from connections to other client’s' siblings. In addition, giving neurotypical children specific, non-threatening "jobs" can help them feel like an important part of the treatment process. Encourage their involvement in a variety of ways, and let them tell you how they'd like to be involved — maybe helping with social skills training to keep a the Aspergers youngster connected to life at home and school. Many treatment centers offer sibling counseling groups, workshops, and other programs that can help your neurotypical children feel less alone.
5. It's OK to have fun. Enjoying yourself and having fun can go a long way toward relieving stress and recharging your battery. In addition to trying to maintain a normal schedule of activities, whenever feasible set aside some time for your children to spend with friends and family without focusing on the disorder. You also can set aside one-on-one time with your neurotypical children where the focus is on them and everything that's going on in their lives other than their sibling's disorder.
6. Keep it "normal" as much as possible. Try to maintain continuity and treat your children equally. Stick to existing rules and enforce them. In addition to minimizing jealousy and guilt, this also can send a strong optimistic message about your Aspergers youngster's progress. And try not to fall into the trap of relying on neurotypical children as caregivers before they're ready. Accept help so that your neurotypical children can stick to their typical routines as much as possible. Also, do not coddle the Aspergers child any more than is necessary. He will need to learn how to hold his own in life, and dealing with siblings is a normal part of gaining this independence.
7. Keep the lines of communication open. Pay attention to siblings' needs and emotions. Encourage them to talk about their feelings — the good, the bad, and the guilt-inducing — and try to read between the lines of their actions. This can be difficult when you're exhausted and stressed due to caring your Aspergers child, but a little attention and conversation can let your neurotypical children know that they're important and their needs matter.
8. Look forward – not back. If you find yourself feeling guilty for not being a perfect parent to your neurotypical kids, don't beat yourself up — dwelling on the past is not productive. Instead, try to make a point of recognizing your children' feelings and needs now, and move on from there.
9. Say yes to help. Accepting help with transportation, meals, childcare, and other daily activities can take some pressure off of you so that you have the emotional reserves to be there for your family. You'll also be teaching your children a valuable lesson about accepting generosity from others.
10. Understand that Aspergers is an "invisible" disability. Siblings may be embarrassed in front of their peers when, for example, their brother (who looks no different than any other child) can't stop clenching and unclenching his fists.
Can you treat the child with Aspergers the same way you treat his siblings? Unfortunately, you can’t. The Aspie will probably need a lot more support than his siblings do. But at the same time, there are many things you can try to limit the amount of jealousy that the siblings will feel because of this inequality. | 2019-04-25T12:15:03 | http://www.myaspergerschild.com/2011/03/ |
0.999944 | Does a smart fitness device or app help you lose weight?
The new year is here, and that means new year's resolutions are in full swing. For those trying to lose weight or become more active, a smart fitness device like an Apple Watch or a Fitbit may seem like an ideal purchase to track calories and steps. However, before you buy, make sure you are using the device for the right reason and understand its limitations.
Irfan M. Asif, M.D., family medicine physician, who is also board-certified in sports and exercise medicine and the chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, says in order for smart fitness devices or apps to help, the person using them needs to be motivated.
"If you aren't in a stage that is ready to make a change, the watch or tracker isn't going to do anything for you," Asif said. "You have to incorporate things like nutrition, exercise and behavior changes in order to lose weight. The device can be helpful, but you need to be in the right mindset to do some of those things."
There are five behavior change steps people typically follow before they lose weight. According to Asif, the first is pre-contemplation, followed by contemplation, preparation, action and maintenance.
Those who will benefit the most from smart fitness devices or apps need to at least be in the contemplation or preparation phases.
"You need to be in a frame of mind to want to make a change," Asif explained. "Those who are considering buying a device or downloading an app may be motivated to incorporate movement into their daily routines, which would later bring them into action and hopefully then maintenance to sustain healthy habits throughout their lives."
On the other hand, Asif says, the watch will not be useful for people who are not technologically savvy or do not have any desire to make changes to their lifestyle.
Many of the devices track calories burned through steps or activity; but despite what your watch or Fitbit tells you, the calorie count may not be as accurate as you think.
According to Asif, the calories are tracked through a formula that looks at age, height, gender and weight.
"Most of the programs do not account for someone's fitness level," Asif said, "so a fit person like a professional athlete may burn more calories than someone who is the same height and weight, but not at the same fitness as the athlete."
If your goal is to get exact calorie counts, it is best to correlate your fitness watch with a food diary to track what you eat, whether that is by pen and paper or through an app that automatically has the calorie counts for various foods.
As for the 10,000 steps, do we really need to reach this goal each day to maintain a healthy lifestyle? If you want to lose weight at a safe rate of 1 pound per week, it may be best to put your walking shoes on and try to hit that number.
Asif says the 10,000 steps measurement is derived from the goal of losing 1 pound per week.
"A pound is 3,500 calories, so if you want to lose 1 pound per week, you need to eat or burn 500 calories less than you have eaten or burned in the past," Asif said. "If you walk or run a mile, that is about 100 calories, so 5 miles is 500 calories. A mile is about 2,000 steps. The programs that use 10,000 steps are basically trying to get you to reach 5 miles a day or burn 500 calories per day."
Social support is one way smart devices and apps benefit the users.
"Humans are social by nature, so if you are motivated to work out with others, whether in a virtual space or in real life, the apps and devices may help motivate you," Asif explained. "Similarly, however, you can consider getting a workout buddy to help keep you honest about your workout program."
While competition may be a motivator for someone, it is important to also measure only yourself as the constant.
"Do not compare yourself to someone else, as everyone is different," Asif said. "Set goals for yourself, and if it helps you, use the apps or devices to track your progress. Many who see success with weight loss or fitness goals will continue to be motivated and maintain a healthy lifestyle." | 2019-04-26T04:09:47 | https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-01-smart-device-app-weight.html?fbclid=IwAR1gxZZbgVahrm5putNxwvWtv1JTB0vjkCBPTkVrbbkLmFhAOW1jJwQT9K0 |
0.999945 | The number of of you have purchased an Android phone, utilized it for a couple of months, after that you bump into somebody with the same tool as well as you begin sharing your stories about exactly how excellent your phone is? The number of of you really felt seriously tech-un-savvy because the other person recognized a lot a lot more concerning what their phone can do compared to you did?
If you addressed "YES" to this concern then it is obviously time that you stand up to speed and also make the most of all the functionality your Android phone needs to provide. I would venture to guess that after a couple of months of utilizing this cool device that you are relatively accustomed to just what can be found in package. If your old-fashioned - you may have played Solitaire or Bubble Breaker due to the fact that it was already in the Gamings checklist. Or maybe you discovered the best ways to add picture's to all your get in touches with.
If you understood the Android video games as well as apps already on the device then you prepare to branch off to you web browser based Applications like Twitter and facebook. This is relatively very easy as both have actually mobile maximized website. Obviously, if you truly intend to 1-Up your friends as well as coworkers after that go with some third-party Android applications and video games which you can jump on the tool by accessing the app market and also checking out one of many third party app retail sites.
Currently when it involves 3rd event applications you need to take into consideration that you will certainly "obtain just what you spend for". There is a wealth of free applications - much of them with restricted functionality or that are just ordinary worthless. Lots of cost-free apps are designed to wet-your-appetite as well as ultimately hook you right into spending the $10-$ 20 for a fully-functional variation. Nonetheless, there are still a multitude of legit totally free android applications and also video games. It simply takes a while and also perseverance to find them but if you have neither the moment neither persistence then you might wish to trust the item assesses posted on lots of websites.
So to summarize - To efficiently 1-Up your good friends follow these 3 basic steps: 1. Invest adequate time with your new Android and also discover ways to use it and the applications that had it. 2. Go Mobile with Facebook, Twitter, My Area, or your various other mobile enhanced social media sites site. 3. Spend some time looking for applications that intrigue you. Whether you are interested in games or productivity applications you will certainly have plenty to select from. | 2019-04-22T18:08:21 | https://racialweapon4385.site123.me/ |
0.999633 | Hi, I'm looking to get some clarification on Hybrid Usage Benefit (HUB) for Windows Servers in Azure. I would really appreciate if someone could clarify it for me as its confusing.
1)With 120 VMs on 10 Windows Hyper-V Hosts (2 proc's in each host), with Data-center licencing - Am I entitled to get move all 120 VM's in Azure and get Linux pricing or do I only get 10 VMs (16 core) at Linux pricing (one VM for each Data Center licence) and the remaining are full price?
2)The VMs in Azure are subject to a 90 day restriction where the VMs can not move from the hardware in Azure that they are placed on. How is this managed in Azure?
You may use the Pricing calculator for detailed pricing.
The base compute rate used to calculate the Azure Hybrid Use Benefit is equal to the Linux rate for virtual machines.
Each two-processor license or each set of 16-Core licenses are entitled to two instances of up to 8 cores, or one instance of up to 16 cores. The Azure Hybrid Use Benefit for Standard Edition licenses can only be used once either on-premises or in Azure. Datacenter Edition benefits allow for the simultaneous usage both on-premises and in Azure.
Enterprise Agreement customers can deploy pre-built Azure Hybrid Use Benefit Windows Server images directly from Azure Marketplace or deploy them using Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI (Command Line Interface), or through the Azure SDKs. Customers without Enterprise Agreements can upload custom VMs and deploy them using PowerShell. Customers migrating existing workloads can use Azure Site Recovery (which is free for first 31 days).
If you still find any difficulties, Free billing and subscription management support has been provided.
So for clarity then - I only get 10 VMs (16 cores) at Linux pricing (1/2 price), not 120 +I need Software Assurance to get the HUB benefit. - please correct me if this wrong.
The second part of my question. The 10 VMs that do qualify for HUB must stay on the same hardware in Azure for 90 days - do you know how to make this happen ?
Sorry for the questions - its coming up a lot in customer conversations and would be very helpful to clear up this.
If the issue is still not rectified, for more specialized assistance on this kindly contact Azure. | 2019-04-21T08:17:37 | http://answers.flyppdevportal.com/MVC/Post/Thread/0078a0d4-eee5-46e0-88b7-e565a4832bf7?category=windowsazurepurchasing |
0.999999 | First Listen: Rufus Wainwright, 'Out Of The Game' Out of the Game succeeds because Wainwright remains stubbornly himself: pouring vibrato into each long vocal line, reaching for the higher note in a chorus, unfolding song lines that only make sense once he's luxuriating in them.
Rufus Wainwright's new album, Out of the Game, comes out May 1.
Those who greatly admire Rufus Wainwright and his swoony oeuvre don't just love him for his looks or for his family ties, though anyone who enjoys the sound of life becoming art is intimate with the richly songified saga of the intertwined Wainwright, McGarrigle, Roche and Cohen clans. We don't simply gawk at the free-spirited eclecticism that's led him down so many fruitful side roads, from cabaret pop to opera to his Judy Garland tribute. Nor do we merely enjoy his panache. The mordant wit, the sharp observations about bohemian life as a member of Generation XYZ... yes, those we appreciate, but they're not the key.
The key is his gift for melody. Wainwright's music throws lines in the air with a grace and confidence rarely heard in contemporary music. As an indie-pop melody maker, Rufus Wainwright has few peers — maybe Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, or Joanna Newsom. There's something dazzling about Wainwright's writing, brought to life by his grandiloquent piano lines and a tenor always pirouetting on some edge. He is the daring young man on the flying trapeze, and devotees love him because of the way he flies.
Great melodicists aren't as common as you'd think. With so much music already out there, it's easier for songwriters to simply weave together old earworms, rather than going somewhere new. Wainwright has never done that. As historically minded as he may be, steeped in the traditions of both the symphony hall and the Montreal nightclub, Wainwright has formed a language of his own by constantly pushing against conventional song structures, building new forms that seemed to mirror his own complex interior monologues.
Out of the Game, Wainwright's seventh studio album (out May 1), seems at first to set restraints on the wild wandering that has drawn listeners in ever since Wainwright's 1998 debut. This new work is produced by retro-soul fitter Mark Ronson, known for creating chic frames around outsize personalities like Amy Winehouse, Robbie Williams and Lily Allen. Ronson does gather context around Wainwright's core compositions: The title track has a Muscle Shoals country-soul feel, while "Bitter Tears" evokes the drama of Dusty Springfield and "Perfect Man" bears a hint of Hall and Oates. Ronson's goal, it seems, isn't to put a vintage costume on Wainwright, but to connect his work with that of older boundary-pushing tunesmiths like Van Dyke Parks and especially Harry Nilsson.
Wainwright is game to make these connections, but only up to a point. Out of the Game succeeds because he remains stubbornly himself, pouring vibrato into each long vocal line, reaching for the higher note in a chorus, unfolding song lines that only make sense once he's luxuriating in them. Ronson's challenge is to apply his toolbox to Wainwright's compositions without dominating them.
It's thrilling when the two talents come into alignment. The backing chorale in "Barbara" provides Wainwright with a mini-skirted Greek chorus as he waxes cool about the loneliness of drinking rose in the rain. A groovy bassline flirts with his piano in "Jericho," but doesn't push it too hard. And the heavily reverbed, almost surf guitar of the quiet "Sometimes You Need" frames Wainwright's lyric about the lure of infidelity, writing in an undertone of the 1970s while keeping Wainwright's musings in the present tense.
The best stories on Out of the Game are personal, reflecting the major life changes of a man growing up gracefully. Wainwright became a father in 2011, forming a family with the child's mother — Lorca Cohen, a lifelong friend — and his partner (and soon-to-be-husband) Jorn Weisbrodt. He lost his own mother, the singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle, the year before. The most moving songs here pay vulnerable tribute to these significant others, from the domestic fantasia of "Montauk" (a dream for daughter Viva) to the elegy of "Candles," a song nearly eight minutes long, signifying how hard it is for a mourning son to let go.
Like most of Wainwright's works, this one includes contributions from close friends and family members, including sister Martha and friends Sean Lennon and Thomas "Doveman" Barrett; Ronson brought in his own Rolodex, recruiting A-list studio denizens like The Dap Kings and Nels Cline. Still, it's that dialog between writer-performer and producer, a game of friendly, artful pushes, that makes Out of the Game special. That, and the flying — closer to the ground now, but still magical. | 2019-04-22T04:50:49 | https://www.npr.org/2012/04/22/150736532/first-listen-rufus-wainwright-out-of-the-game |
0.9992 | A man whose body was found dumped in an inner suburban Melbourne street on Saturday night was a convicted killer with possible links to underworld figures, Victorian Police said.
The victim of the weekend attack has been identified as Sean Vincent, 39, who had changed his name by deed poll.
The head of the Purana taskforce investigating the gangland killings, Detective Inspector Andrew Allen, said it was thought Vincent had links with underworld figures Carl Williams and Dominic "Mick" Gatto.
But he said it was too early to count Vincent as the 24th victim in the string of bloody underworld murders.
"[Links with Gatto and Williams have] been reported, but we're still looking at whether that's a tenuous association or whether there's something in that we need to further pursue," Detective Inspector Allen said.
"It's pretty early in this investigation so we do need to track down a number of those avenues and see whether, in fact, we can confirm that."
Gatto is on remand, charged with the murder of Williams' associate Andrew "Benji" Veniamin in a Carlton restaurant in March this year.
Vincent's body was found in Katawa Grove, Brunswick about 11pm (AEST) on Saturday.
He suffered gunshot wounds, and police believe he was murdered elsewhere and later dumped in the street.
Detective Inspector Allen said Vincent, a reputed martial arts expert, was previously known as Lewis Caine and used another alias, Adrian Bligh.
As Lewis Caine, he was convicted in two trials of the 1988 beating murder of David Templeton, after both men were ejected from a King Street nightclub.
He won an appeal after his first trial by successfully arguing the jury had not been properly instructed by the trial judge on the provocation defence.
He briefly escaped from prison officers while being taken to the court for the first day of the appeal, but was recaptured across the street.
A second jury found him guilty of Templeton's murder and he was sentenced to 15 years' jail, with a 10-year minimum.
It is understood Vincent was released from jail about four years ago.
Detective Inspector Allen said Vincent was not a person of interest in the Purana investigation prior to his death, and it was unclear how long Purana would remain in charge of the investigation.
"At this stage Purana has got carriage of this investigation as there are some links to other investigations," he said.
"We're not entirely sure or convinced this is a matter Purana will continue with."
Detective Inspector Allen said it was believed Vincent left his home in the city just before 8pm (AEST) on Saturday night, and walked or caught a taxi or public transport to another location.
"We would appeal to any taxi driver or anybody in the city who might have seen him and recognised him to contact us," Detective Inspector Allen said.
"We are trying to piece together the last hours of his life." | 2019-04-20T21:21:13 | https://www.smh.com.au/national/dumped-body-identified-as-convicted-killer-20040513-gdiwy5.html |
0.999994 | What happens when a steward reads out flight safety instructions? People yawn, or perhaps even go to sleep. Not in this case.
Passengers on a WestJet flight from Las Vegas in the United States to Regina, a city in Canada's Saskatchewan province, sat bolt upright and ended up rolling on the floor with laughter, metaphorically. Crew member Mike McAdam, who was handed the boring yet important task of reading out safety instructions ahead of the flight's take-off, decided to add some spice to his job.
The flight steward of the Canadian airliner demonstrated the safety instructions in a funny and playful manner -- blowing kisses at passengers, performing some seductive dance moves and flipping the oxygen mask around his face as if it were a beak.
McAdam's hilarious performance was recently posted by veterinarian Tanya Marshall on her Facebook page. She captioned the video: "We had the best in flight crew on WestJet. Laughed so hard [sic]."
The video has received more than seven million views and 163,000 shares on Facebook. You can check it out here.
Meanwhile, WestJet also posted a statement on Facebook saying it was proud of McAdams and the rest of the crew members for making safety demonstrations "more enjoyable".
McAdam's performance might just be what the doctor had ordered for flight safety. | 2019-04-19T18:34:28 | https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/westjet-flight-attendants-cheeky-safety-demo-goes-viral-1516106 |
0.999997 | After seeing it raved about by a rather stunning number of people on LJ, Usenet, and elsewhere online, I have read a fair amount (8 chapters) of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. My thoughts -- which will naturally include spoilers -- follow.
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality is a very ambitious fanfic indeed. In fact, it is an attempt at an AU -- Alternate Universe -- Harry Potter told from the very beginning, and as with many of the best stories, takes a single change as the departure point: specifically, What If Harry Potter's adoptive family were, instead of being the most self-blindedly and determinedly ignorant sort of people, the most determinedly rational, logical, and educated sort of people?
With that start, it appears to attempt to (mostly) adhere to Rowling's basic setup otherwise (with, I am guessing, at least one major change -- see later). This is, as I said, a tremendously ambitious fic, and a very demanding one to pull off well.
Fortunately, the author has what it takes to make such an attempt without humiliation. Speaking as a published author, this is an extremely well written fic. I hope that the author (who goes by the name "Less Wrong") will have the opportunity and/or interest to apply his/her/its talents to fiction for which they will be paid, as the quality of the writing is certainly eminently publishable.
The new characters are introduced smoothly (Aunt Petunia, while technically the same woman, is about as different from her canon version as Mirror Universe Spock is from the original half-Vulcan, so she counts as a new character). In the introductory chapter, Less Wrong draws on some of the knowledge we only gained much later in the original series in order to set up a completely different meeting of his adoptive family and the wizarding world, in the person of Deputy Headmistress Professor Minerva McGonagall.
The basic concept of the entire fic is (firstly) that Harry is a child prodigy (learning advanced mathematics while in third grade or the equivalent thereof) and thus arrives in the Wizarding World with a firm grasp of the scientific method, logical rigor, and a determination to apply this to figuring out how to best use magic (in a way that none of the prior wizards have).
As a general idea this isn't startling; I'm sure more than half the readers had at least some thoughts of "Jebus, if they can do THAT, why don't they...?" or "if *I* was there, I'd certainly try to...". I'm having to deal with exactly those issues in my current Harry Potter RPG campaign, which includes as PCs or significant NPCs Wednesday Addams, Hermione, Hadji Quest (from Jonny Quest), Jade Chan (from Jackie Chan Adventures) and a number of other ... interesting characters. The basic idea of a "wild card" character from "outside" shaking up an established order is very old, of course.
I rather liked Harry Potter (V.2.0) at first, but by Chapter 8 I've come to find him extremely annoying. I suspect strongly (and have since chapter... 2 or 3, I think, no later than 4) that Voldemort is actually LIVING inside Harry -- some of Harry's reactions are so very obviously those of an older and badly abused person that I think it's the only reasonable guess I can make. Unfortunately, though we had some nice vulnerabilities and uncertainties at the beginning, Harry's rational approach has been so powerfully effective that we are losing some of the sympathy that we should have just because he's a child being thrown into a world he was not familiar with.
This may well be the effect of the (assumed by me) presence of Voldemort or a part of him inside Harry; Voldy has the reactions of an adult -- if badly damaged emotionally -- man, with of course full knowledge of the Wizarding world, and is thus able through his own knowledge to guide Harry's actions -- but this has the effect of making Harry both much less pleasant as a person, at least in his overt behavior, and also so much more competent than even a prodigy ought to be that he is bordering on Sue-ish competence.
He manages to bully/intimidate/manipulate *McGONAGALL* -- within a day of meeting her -- and ends up calling her by her first name without getting smacked down. This either makes Professor McGonagall vastly weaker as a character, or implies a completely unbelievable force of personality and skill in manipulation on the part of Harry (well, it's believable if you take the assumption that Voldy's doing a lot of the basic work, but that doesn't help in the likeability department).
He then makes friends, or at least allies, with Draco Malfoy, in a sort of Borgia-level manipulation duel which would be perfectly appropriate for, say, Corwin and Eric of Amber or their siblings and relatives, but is very much something else when cast in the context of two children, no matter how well educated.
To Less Wrong's credit, this unlikeable tendency is not unnoticed by all characters; Hermione finds him interesting but extremely annoying as well. The problem is -- as a story -- that if I don't really like spending time with the main character, you need something truly extraordinary in the world to keep me around. Unfortunately, the basic universe of Harry Potter we already know. Moreover, Harry HAS claimed -- in this fic -- the really interesting territory of applying modern thinking to magic, which means that a lot of the good action will be forced to focus around him. I'm not sure I can continue to read the rest if I have to put up with his quite literal decision to Take Over The World (for its own good, of course, not in the way that Sauron meant it -- he wants to merge the two worlds, improve everyone's living conditions and so on) and so far nearly unflappable confidence; even when it SEEMS "flapped", so to speak, he quickly regains his advantages and demonstrates his control of the situation.
The original Harry Potter drew me in because he was a likeable kid trying to find his way in a world that was at once wonderful and an escape, and at the same time frightening and alienating, and we learned about the world with him. This version doesn't have the likeableness or much of the innocence that made Harry fun enough to be around that we tolerated him LATER when he became, for a while, an angsty hard-to-get-along-with teenager and so on. He built up enough credit, so to speak, that we could put up with his later fits of angst, self-importance, or self-pity. Less Wrong doesn't, in my view, give us enough chance for Harry to build up that credit. And he NEEDS it -- especially if my guess is anything close to correct. We need to see the nice boy Harry Potter for quite some number of chapters BEFORE the Dark Influence begins to change him -- otherwise, the real impression is that his niceness was because his mother had influence on him, and now that he's away from his parents he's no longer bothered by the need to be a nice guy unless it gets him somewhere (shades of Tom Riddle). I'm sure that's not the impression the author wants.
Still, it's extremely well written, and many of the ideas are explored well with a good leavening of humor, awareness of pop culture (Harry practically squees in joy when he discovers the existence of what amount to -- and he calls -- Bags of Holding), and carefully worked out logic to the story. I can certainly see why it's gotten so many rave reviews; I just feel it has certain key weaknesses that are probably going to keep me from reading much farther. | 2019-04-23T08:49:41 | https://seawasp.livejournal.com/221180.html |
0.996562 | The establishing shot of the San Francisco Bay Area is a northern aerial view over the Golden Gate Bridge. It is footage taken during the shooting of season 3; this is an earlier part of the same helicopter flight that also delivered the background footage presented on DAVID SELBY's season 6 main title card.
The establishing clip of the Golden Gate Bridge is followed by another establishing shot of Sausalito (Richardson Bay) before the first scene in Sharpe's office. The clip, which is stock footage from a film library, features a southwestern view of Issaquah Dock in the famous houseboat area in Sausalito, CA.
This clip means that Sharpe's office must be located in Sausalito. The fact that only low-rise buildings can be seen through the windows in that office also underlines this conclusion. But where in Sausalito could a 16-storey building (Sharpe's headquarters as seen in # 226) be located?
Mistake: In the scene with Sharpe and Danny in Sharpe's office, Danny's hand is not on the desk in the first frame (filmed towards him); in the next frame, however, it is on the desk (filmed from across). These close-ups are from various takes that were combined in the editing process.
Check # 011 (Lance and Lori) for details about this troubled filming technique.
Mistake: In the scene with Danny, Sydney, Pilar and Lance in the Falcon Crest Victorian Mansion sun room, Danny's wine glass is on the table in the close-up; in the subsequent wide angle shot, however, he holds it in his left hand. These shots are from various takes that were combined in the editing process.
Only a few seconds later, yet another mistake of that kind occurs: When Pilar and Lance leave, Danny's glass is already empty in the wide angle shot. But it is full again in the following close-up although nobody poured him more wine.
Once again, these are the mistakes caused by the filming technique; see # 011 (Lance and Lori) for details.
The apartment house where Danny lives is the same building where Claudia Chadway lived in season 7, a heavily used LORIMAR location, which is located quite near the old LORIMAR STUDIOS (previously MGM STUDIOS, nowadays SONY PICTURES STUDIOS), next to Tellefson Park in Culver City, CA.
The interiors, however, are shot in a suite at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, a big and famous hotel torn down in 2005 and meanwhile replaced with the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools. Opened in 2010, the new school building was designed to match the outer shell of the historic Ambassador Hotel's main wing, including the hip roof, and named in memory of the presidential candidate who was assassinated at the hotel in 1968.
Real life allusions: A poster of ELVIS PRESLEY is in Danny's apartment.
The San Francisco bar where Genele meets Brian is a bar in the former Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
The filming location for Brian's apartment is the bedroom in the same suite at the former Ambassador Hotel, which poses as Danny's apartment.
Fictional entity: Michael Sharpe has the pictures including the hidden bearer bonds sent via an airfreight company named Global Courier.
The filming location for the Global Courier delivery depot is the delivery area of the fomrer Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Cast and crew background: This episode's director, TIM HUNTER, obviously likes working with actor TAYLOR NEGRON. When HUNTER directed # 168, NEGRON joined the guest cast as Roger MacDonald. Now he is back again as another character, Wendell Carver.
Richard's nickname for Danny is "Mr. Warmth".
Sharpe Capital Ventures (the name is mentioned in # 222 for the first time) has several offices on the U.S. West Coast; the San Francisco or Sausalito offices are the headquarters.
Fictional entity: Genele tries to sell the bearer bond to the Century Brokerage Corporation.
The filming location for the offices are offices in the former Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
The Sharpe Capital Ventures parking lot and the walkway to it are parts of the grounds of the former Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, which was torn down in the early 2000's.
The red Volvo sedan is used as a prop again; this time, on the parking lot of Sharpe Capital Ventures (compare # 055 for details).
Genele now drives a white coupé.
Real life allusion: Sharpe mentions the Top of the Mark, the real restaurant on the top floor of the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco.
J. PATRICK McNAMARA, the actor who plays Bert, Richard's broker, this episode, also portrayed Maggie's doctor in season 5.
Bert's office is actually another office in the former Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
The scene with Richard, Lauren and the kids in the park is shot on the heavily filmed park on the backlot of CBS-MTM STUDIOS again (compare # 135).
Sharpe has a broker in the South Bay, i.e. the southern part of San Francisco Bay Area.
The alley in San Francisco where Sharpe meets Johnny Sacco is actually My Three Sons Street on the backlot of CBS-MTM STUDIOS, just between sound stages 12 and 16/17.
JAMES DiSTEFANO, the actor who plays Johnny Sacco beginning this episode, also portrayed the (uncredited) percussionist during the recording of Apollonia's demo tape in season 5.
Real life allusion: Johnny Sacco mentions the Indy 500, the 500-mile Indianapolis car race (established 05/30/1911).
Another Tuscany restaurant is mentioned: Rudolpho's. Michael is having dinner there when he gets the call about Danny's "accident". | 2019-04-23T02:40:47 | http://www.falconcrest.org/english/master.php?path=show/episodes/ai/bts/9/221 |
0.999936 | Describing plants can be quite a task for taxonomists. When a new species is discovered, the honor of naming it often goes to the discoverer. At the very least, they have some input. Some folks go for the more traditional rout and give the plant a descriptive name rooted in either Latin or Greek. Others decide to name the plant in honor of a botanist of the past or perhaps a loved one. Still others take a stranger approach in order to immortalize a famous celebrity. However, in doing so they risk taking something away from the species in question.
Instead of a descriptive name that clues you in on specific features of the plant, instead you hit an etymological dead end in which you are stuck with nothing more than a last name. This became quite apparent to University of Alabama botanist John Clark when it was time to name a newly discovered plant species from South America.
Had things been slightly different, the recently discovered Kohleria hypertrichosa would have been named after Chewbacca. One look at the flowers of this species and you can understand why. The long tubular petals of this gesneriad are covered in dense, fuzzy hair. This is unlike any other plant known to science. The appearance of these odd fuzz balls may seem puzzling at first but considering where this plant was found growing, it quickly becomes apparent that these flowers are a marvelous adaptation in response to climate.
Kohleria hypertrichosa is only known to grow in a very narrow swath of mountainous cloud forest in the Ecuadorian Andes. At home between elevations of 3,600 and 6,600 feet above sea level, this wonderful gesneriad experiences some pretty low temperatures for a tropical region. It is likely that the thick layer of hairs keeps the flowers a bit warmer than the surrounding air, offering a welcoming microclimate for pollinators. This could potentially make them much more likely to be pollinated in a habitat where pollinators may be in short supply.
At the end of the day, Clark decided to stick with a more traditional name for this new species. Its scientific name is no less interesting as a result. The specific epithet 'hypertrichosa' is derived from a condition in humans known as hypertrichosis, or werewolf syndrome, in which a person grows excessive amounts of body hair.
Describing plants is quite a task for taxonomists. When a new species is discovered, the honor of naming it often goes to the discoverer. At the very least, they have some input. Some folks go for the more traditional rout and give the plant a descriptive name rooted in either Latin or Greek. Others decide to name the plant in honor of a botanist of the past or perhaps a loved one. Still others take a stranger approach in order to immortalize a famous celebrity. However, in doing so they risk taking something away from the species in question. Instead of a descriptive name that clues you in on a feature of the plant, instead you hit an etymological dead end in which you are stuck with nothing more than a last name. This became quite apparent to University of Alabama botanist John Clark when it was time to name a newly discovered plant species from South America.
Had things been slightly different, the newly discovered Kohleria hypertrichosa would have been named after Chewbacca. One look at the flowers of this species and you can understand why. The long tubular petals of this gesneriad are covered in dense fuzzy hair. This is unlike any other plant known to science. The appearance of these odd fuzz balls may seem puzzling at first but considering where this plant was found growing, it quickly becomes apparent that these flowers are a marvelous adaptation in response to climate.
At the end of the day, Clark decided to stick with a more traditional name for this new species. Its scientific name is no less interesting as a result. The specific epithet 'hypertrichosa' is derived from a condition in humans known as hypertichosis or werewolf syndrome in which a person grows excessive amounts of body hair. | 2019-04-19T20:25:21 | http://www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/tag/gesneriad |
0.998611 | How Should You Choose Rimmed Baking Sheet?
The tray with raised edges which allow to keep the food inside without spreading out of a container while being cooked or baked. Thus it can be used in various kitchen duties both in the restaurants and at home. Though, the home cooks do not always see the true value of this tool. In order to understand all its options, you should visit a professional kitchen. After such experiment you will realize that the single rimmed baking sheet is not enough for you. Buy at least a couple of them or even more if there is a crowd at your table usually. They are much more versatile compared with a regular sheet.
You know there are several types of a rimmed baking sheet. But they are almost always rectangular. The most appropriate measurements are equal to 18 by 13 inches but you can find a large rimmed baking sheet or one half as much as a standard one. Still the above sizes are most useful. The perimeter is surrounded by a rim about 1 inch high. You should understand that this kitchenware is not identical, and various materials and constructions can be marketed. For example, the producers can take the different alloys of steel or aluminum or a tri-ply material consisting of two outer layers of stainless steel and an aluminum core.
Another thing: the thicker it, the better, because if a baking sheet is thin, it will be heated too quickly and that will cause burning of the food.
There are the cookie sheets which are not equipped with rims or you can find a raised lip in one place needed for comfortable handling, but in general all sides are almost absent. What is the difference for cooking? Both variants provide the same evenness of heating. This performance usually depends on the material but not on the sides. But when you create a kind of partially closed pan with ribs and in this way hold the temperature inside you make the foods cook faster and at the same time if you want to get the crispy crust you will achieve it on a rimless pan more successfully just for the same reason.
It does not mean that you will fail to succeed with these two operations: sautéing and browning using both of the kinds of the baking sheets. But you can take it into account when preferring one construction. It happens because in a rimmed pan the heat circulates within the restricted space while in rimless one the hot air raises to the top of the foods making them brown. The value of the matter makes only about three minutes. Does it matter for you to cook your meal that time earlier? But the rims allow to hold all juiced and oils within the tray and make your dish tasty. So, you can use it not only for baking small cakes but also for biscuit, for roasting of vegies and chicken and something else.
You can use a rimmed sheet for baking cookies and various cakes including biscuits, and that use is far from the single one. It is perfect for roasting fries, vegetables or meat. But it does not mean that it is only for baking. Such a sheet can be applied for holding cutlets before frying, for instance – preparing them beforehand so that they would not be broken.
The rimmed baking sheets are often related as half-sheet pans. Almost anything can be prepared in it if it is not a liquid. Every day in the kitchen you perform the tasks which can be much easier if you use this tray. For example, you can bake the fish of any kind, without garnishing or with vegies. The chicken cut in small parts or all in one piece can be cooked with use of this kitchenware. If you want to toast seeds or nuts, it is the best choice as far as you can distribute the foods evenly in one layer.
And again you can use it for some other kinds of operations not connected with the oven. If you need some convenient place to sort the dried beans, you have it within a baking sheet. Or spread out boiled rice or something like that in order to make it get cool faster for adding to salad. If you take a rimmed baking sheet with wire rack and place a cake above, you can top it with melted chocolate allowing it to stream down inside a sheet.
So, to summarize: you can toast nuts of any kind, granola, bake pizza, pies, and bar cookies, roast crispy potatoes and other vegetables, meat and fish.
As we have said there are different rimmed baking sheets on the market. Some baking sheets are good for both baking and roasting, the others are intended just for one method. Choose the one which corresponds your menu, recipes, cooking methods and amount of foods you are going to prepare with its help. It is important to provide even browning of the foods placed across the surface. It does matter how the cooked meal is released. Ask the seller about warping if you do not want to spoil the things just in a couple of times you put a sheet into a hot oven. Prefer a warp-resistant pan. Though, the experts say that the changes of bottom shape do not influence much on the result of your cooking, but still you’d better maintain it flat. Then, try to hold it in a hand and understand how comfortable you feel. Imagine that it will be loaded with heavy foods and it will be even more difficult to take it. The sides should be tall to contain the content and hard enough to keep shape. Of course you can evaluate the way how evenly the food is cooked only when you try it. But all the above recommendations will help you to make the right choice.
So, let’s look at the criteria once again. What should you pay your attention to when you buy a baking sheet?
Purpose. Find out whether it is for baking or roasting or both. The foods should be prepared evenly across the whole surface. It should be allowed to be preheated.
Obtaining the shape. Make sure that it is not warping. It should be tolerant to high-heat ovens and rapid temperature changes.
Comfort. Try to handle it. You should feel comfort. The ease of use is very important.
Of course you can by the sheets made of steel or tri-ply constructions. The steel pans heat unevenly and that is not good. As to tri-ply pans – they cost a lot. But for your money you will get the value: they heat up quickly, the temperature is spread all over the surface and retain the heat longer requiring a particular skill from a user to reduce risks to overbake cookies when you pull them out of the oven hoping that the sheets will cool fast.
If you buy a non-stick baking sheet you can forget about difficulty with sticking. But this variant is not for a long time as far as the coating is not durable. And there is another option like using parchment paper and aluminum foil. The foil lined rimmed baking sheet is easy to be cleaned. The silicone impregnated paper is very convenient both preventing sticking and protecting the surface of a sheet from being stained. Just line a baking tray with it when you are going to bake any cookies, and do not concern about any grease. Or there is another solution – buy a silicone baking sheet which can be used even in the microwave where metal baking trays are not allowed. By the way, it can be used 2000 times withstanding temperatures of about 480°F.
In order to clean these rimmed pans just wash them with warm soapy water applying the things for scrubbing. Using the above advices to refuse soaking as far as it is not very convenient considering the sizes of tray. The metal or silicon resist odors that is why one baking sheet can be used for cooking sweet pies and meat.
The baking sheets are so comfortable for the moments when you have to prepare foods for a crowd. Normally, if you have to make many batches of cookies at a heat, it is enough to use just one tray and spend your time needed for cooking just once. Moreover, you can use two sheets and place them in the oven simultaneously.
There is a wide choice of the rimmed baking sheets in the shops and you can choose any according to your needs and budget. We would like to count just some of them which are worth your attention without doubt.
Anolon Commercial Bakeware. You will find the sturdy baking sheets of this brand which provide even cooking, allow creating crisps and release the foods easily. Though, you should be careful as far as thanks to thin bottom the cookies baked up very quickly and can burn if you waste a time.
Nordic Ware. It is made of natural pure aluminum in the USA. Though it is commercial bakeware you will find here the professional quality. It is durable and rust resistant, provides even baking thanks to aluminums heat conductivity. The rims are made of reinforced encapsulated steel that is why you can forget about warping. You can wash it only by hand.
Bellemain. This baking sheet is made of heavy duty aluminum of high quality. It is extra thick that is why it can be used intensively for years without warping and providing the even cooking. It is often preferred by professionals due to its reliability. The reinforced rolled encapsulated steel rims, 1” tall ensure its perfect shape even after years of use under the high temperatures.
But whatever recommendations you can get from anybody, we should confess that simple is better. You can compare them and make your own decision. The chefs insist that the best baking sheets are made of bare aluminum marketed at price of about $20. You will agree with it when you cook for about a month. It is really versatile and that is its best option. At that the affordable cost generates even stronger appeal. It is easy to roast potatoes and make delicate cookies in it. You can buy several sheets for various purposes.
Here we should say that the particular features are not bad. They can provide the perfect even baking, but the high price is not always reasonable. For example, the baking sheets consisting of a sandwich construction cook the delicate cakes like meringues much more slowly preventing from burning but they are not for a wide range of dishes. The most foods just do not need this property. And if you take a regular baking sheet and line it with parchment paper, you will succeed in cooking any delicate cookies as well. There are also slightly ridged surfaces of a bottom which are designed for even browning and easy release of the foods. But this pleasant development is not really important if you want to save your budget.
Well, regardless of such simple purposes and requirements to this kitchenware, it is not so easy to find a perfect rimmed baking sheet, you know. First we would recommend to look it for in restaurant supply stores. The kitchen stores often forget about this item thinking that it is not so popular among home cooks and regarding it as a professional pan. Of course, you are free to go to the websites of the producers and find the retailers which really understand the day-to-day needs in the kitchen.
Just come here and you certainly enjoy the assortment of versatile rimmed baking sheet, amazon is full of them and not just that.
Should you buy Pyrex Simply Store Set?
Should you buy Wilton nonstick 12 cavity mini donut pan?
The kitchen should have utensils of all sizes and shapes. Otherwise, you will be severely limited. Find something that does not work. There are no univer- sal solutions.
A baking sheet is very convenient when cooking. Do not be afraid that your cake will burn on the surface of the metal. But it is necessary to approach the choice of materials responsibly, because both the cost of the sheet, and the quality of food depends on the material from which it is made.
Completely agree with you! When buying, you must first pay attention to the sheet of what he made.
ALEKS Completely agree with you! When buying, you must first pay attention to the sheet of what he made.
Undoubtedly, with a sheet for cooking there are many opportunities for experiments. But you must carefully choose! Not all manufacturers conscientiously treat soy products.
There is nothing terrible to have several kinds of sheets. They are always useful, because the cases are different. The main thing is to be able to cook, and love to do it.
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0.999998 | The Lingua File from TLF Translation: In The News: Are There Separatist Languages?
Montréal, Québec: The victory rally for the Parti Québecois was cut short when a gunman opened fire, killing one and wounding another.
Just after the event the mass-media was scrambling for information.
Currently the facts aren't particularly clear. The important facts, one dead, one wounded are confirmed by most news sources.
Certain facts, however, are open to interpretation... literally. Upon reading CBC I was informed, when arrested, the suspect said in French, "the English are waking up", making me think "les anglais se réveillent" were his actual words.
When I made my way to the BBC (usually my preferred site for news) I was told he had said, "the English are rising" leaving me to reconsider my initial opinion. Perhaps he said "les anglais se lèvent". Anyone who had studied French in high school would probably be familiar with both verbs and how easy it is to confuse them.
When I returned to the French language site, Radio-Canada, I was told his words were either: "les Anglais se réveillent" or "les anglais sont arrivés" [The English have arrived]. If it was the first option then CBC got it right, if not, why had nobody mentioned this? How could three different news sources give me three different answers?
"Les anglais se réveillent" or "les anglais sont arrivés"?
I also started thinking about how two languages (English and French) have shaped this event and indeed the political landscape of Canada.
The Parti Québécois is seeking to make Québec an indepedent nation. Most of Québec is Francophone, although there are large numbers of English speakers as well.
The gunman was reported to be speaking accented French (we can assume they are referring to a non-native accent, i.e., English-speaking Canadian) and talking about "the English". I doubt he is referring to the English (people from England) but rather the English-speaking people in Québec.
The large number of separatist movements spearheaded by groups who do not speak the main/official language of a country is no coincidence. Language, culture and history are all connected and it's very difficult for a group of people to associate themselves with only one without the other two. | 2019-04-19T02:49:30 | http://www.thelinguafile.com/2012/09/in-news-are-there-separatist-languages.html |
0.999999 | $100 Q&A: How should I protect user passwords stored by my web application?
This post is part of the $100 Answers Series.
Context: We have a web application that requires users to login with their own password. Assume that the application is storing passwords in a custom database table--the solution isn't dependent on database functionality, but databases are common and I like to build my examples on something concrete. We'll also assume that the user's password is sent to the application over SSL/TLS and that the threat model for the application considers that acceptable.
The rationale behind these steps is described in the rest of this post.
The procedures outlined above will give us decent protection in most cases. If a library doesn't have SHA-256, we'll go for SHA-1. If SHA-1 isn't available, consult a local security expert to determine which of the available algorithms is suitable. However, be prepared to swap out the hashing function. MD5's weaknesses are such that it's hard to recommend new uses, and SHA-1 is showing signs of weakening against the onslaught of hash research. It is best to be prepared and build your code to support swapping in a new hash function in the future.
Will this protect me from brute force attacks?
Yes. There are two kinds of brute force attacks: online and offline. An online brute force attack involves simply trying guess the password across the network. The attacker (or more likely, the attacker's automated script) guesses a password and tries to login. If he fails, he guesses another password and tries again. And repeats. And repeats. Until he succeeds or gives up.
An offline attack requires the attacker to already have the hashed password (perhaps he stole it from a backup tape). The attacker then guesses a password, hashes it, and then compares the generated hash to the hash he already has. If they match, he has found the password. Otherwise he continues guessing and hashing until he gives up.
The primary defense against brute force attacks is to require suitably long and complex passwords, say, twelve or more characters that include letters (upper and lower case), numbers, and special characters. An interesting consideration in this regard is that if you require all passwords to include both upper and lower case characters then you make the attacker's job somewhat easier because he now knows that he doesn't have to test all of the cases where the password is just lower case letters, just uppercase letters, just numbers, or otherwise doesn't include both upper and lower case letters. This isn't a reason not to require mixed case, it's just good to know what you're doing.
Throttling is an additional layer of defense against online brute force attacks. Throttling means that attempts to login after failed logins are made to take longer or are simply denied for some period of time. For instance, after an account has had 5 consecutive failed login attempts, subsequent attempts trigger a timer so that the success or failure isn't reported back to the user until after 5 seconds.
What about stretching? Will that slow down offline attacks?
Yes, but I don't recommend it for most web applications. Spend your extra CPU cycles doing other useful things. Like logging, monitoring, and filtering inputs and outputs.
Stretching a password generally means that we recursively hash the password a bunch of times. The exact number of recursions is chosen so that it won't inconvenience a legitimate user yet will seriously hinder a brute force attacker. When an attacker tries an offline attack he'll have to repeat all of the recursive calls for each guess. This slows the offline attacks. Of course our web application must also consume extra CPU cycles for the recursive hashing, but in many cases this hit is not too significant. I recommend bringing in your performance experts to examine the potential impact of a stretching routine.
All of this is fine, and it will make the attacker's life harder. Still, I don't think it's worth the effort. Let's take a look at the abuse case. Offline brute forcing SHA-256 is not all that practical today. But it may be practical in 10 years. The attack is this: our adversary steals the hashed passwords today. He sits on them for a while and then in 10 years pulls them out and cracks them.
Now for the tricky part. Is our web application still around? Are there still active accounts from 10 years ago that have not changed their password in the intervening time? The likelihood of all of these things happening seems small enough that I don't lose sleep over it. I wouldn't expect a physical safe to resist 10 years of safecracking effort.
Still, let's say the data is sensitive enough that we are concerned about this attack. So we recursively hash the password to the point that we think it'll still be secure in 10 years. Good for us. In this case, though, our intrepid attacker simply waits another 5 or 10 years and cracks it with the technology that is current then.
There is no way to prevent this type of attack. At some point we have to say the security is good enough and stop chasing decreasing returns. I happen to think that it's not even worth starting down the stretching path with web application passwords. Hopefully, in 10 years time we won't even be using passwords, or at least they'll be augmented by something else.
However the concern is legitimate and luckily there is a simple solution: have the users change their passwords. Make the password change annual or every 5 years or every decade. As long as they change the password, the attack described above is thwarted.
The final step we should take to thwart brute force attacks is to introduce tripwire accounts. These are accounts that are not tied to any user. No one should ever attempt to login to them, and any attempt to do so is either a mistake or an attack. We set up a system so that login attempts to a tripwire account are immediately reported. Any successful login is immediately escalated. Be monitoring a set of these accounts with password of varying strength, we can get a feel for the types of attacks launched against the application and its users.
Will this protect me from the dreaded RAINBOW TABLES?
The list of hashes can be really big. Gigantic is a serious understatement. For instance, if a system required passwords of up to 8 case-sensitive alphanumeric characters then the hash table to crack those passwords contains just over 220 trillion (220*10^12) items. If we were using SHA-1, which produces hashes that are 20 bytes long, we'd need over 4*10^15 bytes of storage. That's over 4000 terabytes. Did I mention that the list of precomputed hashes is really big?
Since storing that much data is beyond the reach of most attackers (today...), they instead hash lists of likely passwords--such lists include names, words, dates, simple concatenations, and so forth. These lists are called dictionaries, and they are pretty effective. This is why avoiding common words, dates, etc. is a good practice.
Rainbow tables are another way of optimizing attacks using precomputed hashes. I encourage you to go read Wikipedia on rainbow tables, but the basic idea is to create a huge database of the starting and ending points of hash chains (a chain is a sequence of hashes where the current hash value is used to generate the next hash value). The attacker then creates a new chain of hashes based on the password hash that he's attacking and compares the values in that chain to the hashes in the rainbow table. If he finds a match, then he can (in many cases--but it's not guaranteed) recompute the hash chain from the rainbow table to find the actual password.
Salts, as described in the main answer, are the primary defense against these sorts of precomputation attacks. Using a salt means that the precomputed hashes have to be recomputed to incorporate the salt. This is possible, but generally not feasible because the entire 4000 terabytes of data have to be recomputed or the entire set of hash chains have to be regenerated. And this has to be done for each salt value you use.
Does the salt really need to be different for each password?
That's the best way to do it. A salt that is the same for every password is still better than no salt at all (see the discussion above), but unless we have specific requirements that absolutely prevent a unique salt for each password we should generate a random, unique salt for each password. By the way, in cryptography, a salt that is random and unique for each password is a type of nonce, a number used once. | 2019-04-24T13:54:11 | https://www.0xc0deshop.com/2008/01/how-should-i-pr.html |
0.998892 | Want to pick up a Mario game for your now-cheap DS Lite? Just look for the red boxes.
Nintendo is all about the future these days. It has a shiny new 3D-capable handheld and it has a brand-new console set to debut next week at E3 - why wouldn't it be looking ahead to the future? But Nintendo still has two consoles on the market, and the venerable old DS is one of the most successful platforms in gaming history.
If you're one of the four people on the planet who haven't yet bought a DS, it'll soon be cheaper: Nintendo has announced that as of June 5th, the DS Lite will be retailing at a MSRP of $99. That's $150 cheaper than the 3DS, and it also has way more games than its newer, bigger brother.
To help you find some of those games, Nintendo has announced that it will be re-branding six of its Mario games with newer, more eye-catching red boxes. Considering how the games in question - New Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart DS, Super Mario 64 DS, Mario Party DS, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, and Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! - are all pretty darn good, making them stand out on the store shelves is probably a good idea. | 2019-04-20T11:11:16 | http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/110523-DS-Lite-Drops-to-99-Mario-Games-Get-Snazzy-Boxes |
0.999999 | A young woman was about to finish her first year of University. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be very liberal, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favour of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth.
The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father.
He responded by asking how she was doing in school.
Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Audrey doing?"
She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over."
Her father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."
The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, "That's a crazy idea, how would that be fair! I've worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!"
The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, "Welcome to the CONSERVATIVE side of the fence." If you ever wondered what side of the fence you sit on, this is a great test!
If a CONSERVATIVE is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation. A LIBERAL wonders who is going to take care of him..
If a CONSERVATIVE doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels. A LIBERAL demand that those they don't like be shut down.
If a CONSERVATIVE is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church. A LIBERAL non-believer wants any mention of God and Jesus silenced.
If a CONSERVATIVE decides he needs health care, so he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it. A LIBERAL demands that the rest of us pay for his.
If a CONSERVATIVE reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have ?a good laugh. A LIBERAL will delete it because he feels I am a "hater." | 2019-04-25T10:42:02 | http://www.cinfoshare.org/story/father---daughter-talk |
0.996199 | News / Are Businesses Misusing H-1B Visas?
Conventional thinking is that H1-B visas are critical, but Norman Matloff, a University of California professor of computer sciences, says misconceptions prevail.
Over the last several years, there's been a steady stream of news stories and complaints from business executives about a talent shortage in so-called STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) areas. Many organizations, particularly in the technology arena, have made it standard practice to hire foreign workers through H1-B visas. There's an estimated 700,000 H1-B holders currently working in the United States.
Conventional thinking is that H1-B visas are critical. The program was created in 1990 to allow businesses to bring skilled workers to this country. However, Norman Matloff, a University of California, Davis, professor of computer sciences, argues that myths, misconceptions and outright deceptions prevail.
"There's plenty of evidence that there is no labor shortage in the STEM areas," he states. "Lobbyists and major tech companies have convinced the public and politicians that a problem exists so they can benefit financially."
Matloff, who authored a new Economic Policy Institute report, "Are foreign students the 'best and brightest'?, Data and Implications for Immigration Policy," asserts that H-1B workers often serve as a cheaper labor source for companies—particularly tech firms that aren't fond of hiring more costly workers who are age 35 and above.
In addition, they provide a more predictable employment situation for businesses. "The H-1B and green card programs give the employer heavy leverage to force workers to stay," Matloff says."If a worker changes employers, he or she often must start over with the multiyear green card process."
Although there's nothing illegal about hiring foreign workers for less, Matloff describes the situation as "handcuffing" and says that it creates a de facto form of indentured servitude, often for lower wages than American expect. "If you are a Silicon Valley employer, you don't want engineers and developers to leave you in the midst of urgent projects," he points out. "It is a financially advantageous situation."
Silicon Valley Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D) stated in 2011 that the average wage for computer systems analysts in her district was $92,000. However, the U.S. government's prevailing wage rate for H-1B workers for the same job stood at $52,000. In fact, several independent studies back Matloff's contention, and a 2011 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report concluded that significant reforms to the H-1B system are necessary.
Congress is considering bills that would either expand or limit H-1B visas. The Immigration Innovation Act (S. 169), referred to as I-Squared, aims to increase the cap from 65,000 annually to 300,000. Meanwhile, the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act attempts to redefine the term "prevailing wage" so that it would, as Matloff puts it, "reflect the true market wage." It would also extend H-1B-dependency restrictions to all employers.
Matloff says that some industry observers blame Indian or Indian-American outsourcing firms operating in the United States for abusing the H-1B visa—allegedly by creating low-cost workforces—while mainstream American firms presumably use the visa to fill skills shortages. "In reality, the problem is across the board," he argues. "The Indian [companies] merely serve as an easy target."
Among other things, the Economic Policy Institute report suggests tying visas to a legitimate job offer, while using a formula that incorporates STEM percentiles; eliminating employer incentives for using foreign workers as cheap labor; and eliminating the practice of using green card sponsorship to render foreign workers captive. | 2019-04-22T22:06:12 | http://www.baselinemag.com/news/are-businesses-misusing-h-1b-visas |
0.999999 | They said Hunter Peale didn't have a hope in hell of getting elected.
What power did Peale now have that brought men to their knees in abnormal pain - and made women writhe with unholy pleasure?
I was often asked, in the weeks after Hunter Peal was elected President, just when I was first convinced that he was going to win.
To get this into some sort of context: The 1970s weren't America's most cherished decade. Even before Richard Nixon saw his career come crashing down in the absurd (expletive-deleted)-up that was Watergate, he had already accepted the defeat of the world's most technologically powerful nation at the heroic hands of the Vietnamese people. Nixon's incomplete second term was thus a double-blow, striking at America's political perception of itself both at home and abroad. And just when it seemed as though things couldn't get much worse, they did, with the election of Jimmy Carter.
Nowadays, of course, he's virtually canonized, and has a Nobel Peace Prize on his mantelpiece (just like Killer Kissinger), but back in his days in the White House, Carter was seen as a figure of fun at best and a national disgrace at worst. His ineffectual period in office culminated in the bathetic shambles of the Iranian hostage crisis, and for a brief moment it really felt like we might be witnessing the beginning of the end for American power: it seemed as though every nation that had ever been kicked around by Yankee imperialism was queuing up to get themselves a bit of justice, tempered by vengeance.
What we've got here, then, is a curious hybrid of politics and horror, and I guess that's why it's not as well known as it might be. Written from the point of view of Hunter Peal's press secretary, it treats seriously the whole business of a presidential primary campaign, which would do little for many horror devotées, while its scenes of fairly graphic horror and supernatural violence are likely to alienate aficionados of political fiction. If you don't mind balancing the two, however, it's really very entertaining, and occasionally very illuminating.
Peal's promised land is one of rippling corn-fields and of nuclear families driving 1950s cars, but also includes a vision of thousands of B-52 bombers in the skies - and that latter element evokes just as much sentimental patriotism as the rest of his schtick. 'How many of you can say that you wouldn't choose to live in an America where that many bombers could fly over your heads?' he asks, and bizarrely it's a rhetorical question, because of course that's what everyone is supposed to want. Which is a damn scary concept. Much more so than the idea of Satan involving himself in human affairs. Because I don't believe that Satan exists, but I know for sure that those B-52s do, and the idea that deep in the psyche of white middle-class America is a dream of military ultra-violence is seriously worrying.
Then again, as a horror enthusiast, I can't help but admire the sheer story-telling power of the narrative. And that's not too surprising, since Thomas Luke is actually a pen-name of the incredibly prolific Graham Masterton, author of - inter many alia - books like The Manitou, Tengu and How To Drive Your Man Wild In Bed. You probably know his work, and you'll already know that he's more than competent, but even if you're not a big fan, this one is highly recommended. It feels as though it was written in a single breathless session without revision as a state-of-the-nation address by a major popular artist (a bit like John Fogerty writing 'Bad Moon Rising' to mark Nixon's election victory in 1968) and, as such, it has - apart from everything else - great historical interest.
Just as a footnote: I know I moan on a regular basis about the quality of the sleeves to these books, and I know it's repetitive and ultimately pointless, but really the packaging on this one is awful. The title's rubbish, the cover art is a disgrace and the notes on the back don't even manage to spell the name of the principal character correctly: it's Peal not Peale. Twats. | 2019-04-23T12:47:48 | http://www.trashfiction.co.uk/hell_candidate.html |
0.999398 | Dandelions can be a real nuisance around the yard. Getting rid of them can be quite a chore but your yard will look much nicer afterward. This is a guide about getting rid of dandelions.
To kill weeds, spray them with vinegar when the sun is shining. Spray all the leaves. They will shrivel up and die. It is non-toxic to animals, etc.
I have had great success killing off my dandelions with sulfate of ammonia, the 21-0-0 stuff (they must hate nitrogen). After watering, I just put a teaspoon of the dry crystals in the center of the damp dandelion. Since I'm a bit on the lazy side, I use a length of PVC pipe and a small funnel. I put the PVC pipe in the middle of the plant, dump in the crystals, then move to the next weed.
I have an uproar of dandelions and daisies in my garden and I won't be able to get rid of them without harming the grass and leaving the lawn like a huge spotty mess. I'm dubious about using chemicals because I have two small children, any ideas?
You can always go old-school and do it like my parents did when I was a kid -- remove them manually. Mom had old steak knives hidden throughout the flowerbeds, so if we saw a weed we could grab one and use it to dig out the weed, root and all. You wouldn't want to leave knives around with little kids, but there are various weed-popping tools on the market these days. No chemicals to worry about, and inexpensive. My parents had the best lawn on the block.
I used to pull them (live in an apartment so no lawn care for me right now) out using a screwdriver to get at the roots. Another option is to pour boiling water to kill them and the roots, but that also will kill the grass around it so I'd go for the screwdriver.
It's tedious, but it's the best option I've found that doesn't involve chemicals.
You can spray the flowers with white vinegar. The acidity will kill them. Or you can harvest the dandelion and use it in your salads.
I use a mix (2:1) of dish soap(dawn) and vinegar and spray it on the area. It will kill nearly anything, so don't spray it where you have grass you want to keep. Boiling water also works well. However, the vinegar dawn mix is much easier to carry around in a spray bottle.
You can get weed and feed to take care of them.
Does anyone know ways to kill dandelions and hedges without herbicides?
The only way I know of is to take a skinny trowel or long toothed forked out there and dig them up as soon as you see them. It's a bit of work and is a lifetime commitment, but well worth the effort.
My new husband and I are reclaiming several garden beds and the lawn-one dandelion at a time, lol! We have agreed that every time we are outside we will dig at least one up apiece. When we leave the house we each dig one up and drop it in the bin. When we come back, we dig up another one each. Whenever we go out to hang washing out, pick some greens for the salad, visit over the fence with the neighbors, whatever, we dig up at least one dandelion.
I concur with frugalsunnie. Manually is a sure-fire way to get rid of them without any chemicals.
When we moved into our house there were massive shrubs lining the walk up to the house. It felt like walking down a dark tunnel. I didn't like the looks, plus it was a potential hiding spot for bad guys. So my mom and I dug them up. Those things must have been there for over 20 years (huge roots!). It took a lot of digging and prying with shovels and forks, but after much sweat we got it done.
For weeds you may want to try full strength vinegar. Just drip it on the undesirable weed, careful not to get the grass. Given time it will kill the weed.
How do I get rid of dandelions in my flower bed? I have been cutting them to the ground, but many have roots that are way too deep for me to pull or dig.
I've sprayed with vinegar and they turn a little brown and bounce right back.
They have special tools for getting dandelions out. I got it at a garden center. I had over 300 pulled out in one afternoon using the tool when I moved into my home. You have to be diligent, and you will get rid of them.
Put a little bit of salt on the center of the dandelion and after putting the salt, if you have enough space to do not damage the others plant next to the dandelions, water them with boiling water. In the next few days you will be able to root them out easily. The perfect tool to root them out is the asparagus knife, the simplest type, long and straight, you push it into the soil along the root of the dandelion and when it is deep enough you bend it to the side.
You can also cut all the flowers of the dandelions before they reach the stage when they send seeds everywhere. You could also, only if you do not use chemical fertilizers, eat your ennemies ! because dandelions leaves make a delicious salad and their flowers a delicious liquor and jelly too.
Cut each of the roots and cut the flower off. If I doesn't work just don't water it :) Hope I helped.
Well, there are several waysto kill Dandelions.
1. You can spray them with a Dandelion killer.
2. Dig them up making sure you get all the root. Some people cook and eat the leaves.
3. Try vinegar. Be careful as vinegar will also kill the grass.
4. Not watering them will not kill them.They just go dominant.
5. Other posters may have more suggestions.
How can I manage the clover in my lawn (I want more clover) and get rid of dandelions? I like the clover, but I don't like the dandelions.
If our so called recession gets any worse you might want to eat those dandelion greens. They are quite tasty. I had them as a kid I don't know about the blossoms but the greens are great. Do some online research before you put herbicide on them. Nasturtiums are edible too.
Hosta's, geraniums and purslane (a so called weed) are all extremely healthy. Check it out.
I am a baseball coach and we are having trouble killing the dandelions on our field. What might you suggest we do?
Put gas in a squirt bottle. Put it on every weed, good luck.
These homemade recipes and tips sound great but I do not want to kill the lawn tried to get rid of dandelions last season and had dinner plate size dead patches in my lawn which had to be reseeded, this year hundreds more dandelions are growing around the outskirts of where the original plants were, help any tips for getting rid of without killing the lawn.
Do you have a recipe for killing dandelions, please?
Does anyone have any ideas on getting rid of dandelions in your yard? We bought some type of spray to use on them in Walmart, but they have come back.
Get a weed popper. It is essentially a 4 pronged fork very strong with tines about the diameter of a pencil, round, and pointed. It has a handle about 3 feet long. And is hinged to the popper. You place it by hand behind the weed then use your foot to stomp the fork under the weed and it will pop out. | 2019-04-20T04:31:45 | https://www.thriftyfun.com/tf/Gardening/Weeds/Broadleaf_Weeds/Getting-Rid-of-Dandelions.html |
0.999987 | Does the working class need to ask for its Labour Party back?
The more working class voters there were in a constituency in 2017, the more it tended to swing to the Tories.
When Theresa May called the general election nearly two months ago, all the evidence – opinion polls and local election results especially – pointed to the expectation that the Labour Party would be crushed, with many of its MPs losing their seats.
The assumption was that Labour under Jeremy Corbyn would be unable to win over Conservative voters, because he was too left-wing to appeal to those close to the political centre ground.
Some commentators, myself included, took this a little further, arguing that Corbyn was left-wing in a way that would alienate the very people he claimed to speak for, ie working class people, while appealing primarily to virtue-signalling middle class romantics like Corbyn himself, who have no more interest than he does in the business of parliament but love a good rally or social media spat.
The local elections that took place in May appeared to confirm the above expectation and analysis, with hundreds of Labour councillors losing their seats. However, opinion polls began to shift, and while different polling companies’ methodologies led to different estimates of support for the two main parties, all showed Labour on the rise – with YouGov predicting two days before the election that the Conservatives would win a mere 305 out of 650 seats, while Labour would win 266.
Despite a miserable campaign in support of a depressing manifesto, enlivened only by the promised revival of an anachronistic bloodsport beloved of the rural elite – indeed, a campaign so bad that political historian Glen O’Hara joked about having ‘watched and wondered whether Mrs May was a Corbynite sleeper agent’ – the Conservatives actually did slightly better than this prediction, winning their highest share of the vote since 1983 and coming to hold 317 seats to the Labour Party’s 262.
This left them only 55 seats ahead of their historic rival: a gap only very slightly wider than the 48-seat lead that they had after the 2010 general election, when David Cameron defeated the supposedly very unpopular Gordon Brown. The 2017 result would have been impossible without the activists who have stuck with the Labour Party regardless of their feelings about the leader, some of whom are now publicly expressing shame at the part they played in what is widely seen as Corbyn’s triumph.
Does the Labour Party’s unexpectedly narrow defeat refute the diagnosis of Corbynism as a middle class politics that alienates the party’s traditionally working class base, but doesn’t really care? Constituency-by-constituency analysis of the 2017 results by Paula Surridge, of the University of Bristol, suggests that it does not.
Surridge’s analysis confirms that this was indeed a trend: the higher the estimated Leave vote, the more the Labour vote share fell between 2010 and 2017, and the more the Conservative vote share rose during the same period. Blue dots represent actual constituencies; the red line represents the trend.
On the face of it, this is baffling. Both the Labour Party and the Conservative Party are officially committed to leaving the EU, and Jeremy Corbyn famously used a three-line whip to force his MPs to support the Tory Brexit bill in February.
The anti-Brexit parties were the Liberal Democrats, the Scottish National Party, and the Greens. There was therefore no sense in which a vote for Labour could have been a vote against leaving the EU. Why, then, should a constituency’s support or opposition to Brexit have made any difference?
This brings us to the paradox that the Labour MP John Mann has called the ‘Bolsover question’: why the second-largest Labour-to-Conservative swing in the country should have occurred in the constituency of Dennis Skinner.
Skinner is not only – as Mann observed – one of Jeremy Corbyn’s staunchest supporters in the Commons, but also – although Mann did not draw attention to this fact – one of the Labour Party’s staunchest advocates of Brexit. Why should a constituency that voted for Brexit by 29,730 votes to 12,242 have swung so heavily against a strongly pro-Brexit candidate for a pro-Brexit party?
Here’s a thought: maybe constituencies swung away from Corbyn’s Labour Party for the same sorts of reasons that they voted Leave, and swung towards it for the same sorts of reasons that they voted Remain? Or to put it another way: what if Corbynism appeals to the kinds of people to whom EU membership seems advantageous, and repels the kinds of people to whom it seems an encumbrance, regardless of the fact that Corbyn – as a disciple of Tony Benn – is resolutely anti-EU?
Let’s take a look at some of the other things that Surridge found.
Exit polling after last year’s EU referendum found that the more educated a person was, the more likely they were to have voted Remain. While some Remainers might like to dismiss this as ignorance on the part of Leavers, it can also be interpreted as an expression of anger at being left behind in Britain’s ever-more highly globalised economy.
So we should take note of Surridge’s finding that the higher the percentage of university degree holders in a constituency, the more it would tend to swing towards Labour from 2010 to 2017, and the lower the percentage of degree holders, the more it would tend to swing towards the Conservatives.
While a bare majority of white voters opted for Leave last year, large majorities of black and Asian voters chose Remain. The reasons for this are complex – but it is notable that Surridge finds that the lower the percentage of white British voters in a constituency, the more it would tend to swing towards Labour, and the higher the percentage of white British voters, the more it would tend to swing towards the Conservatives.
While it is certainly good news for Labour that it is winning votes in more diverse communities, it should think carefully about why this is not happening in less ethnically diverse parts of the country – particularly as these are often economically struggling areas unattractive to immigrants.
Now the biggest question of all. The Labour Party was set up to provide parliamentary representation for working class people, and the far left trumpeted Corbyn’s leadership as a triumph for "working class politics". But opinion polls showed something very different: under Corbyn, working class support for Labour rapidly fell to its lowest point ever.
Moreover, by-election results in the strongly working class constituencies of Stoke-on-Trent Central and Copeland showed swings from Labour to the Conservatives, as indeed they had during the Labour Party’s last flirtation with Bennism in 1983. Did the general election see working class voters change their minds and flock back to Corbyn’s "socialist" party?
My goodness. Surridge’s analysis shows that the more working class voters there are in a constituency, the more it tended to swing Conservative, and the fewer there are, the more it tended to swing Labour. To put some figures on that, she found that for every 10 per cent more working class voters in a constituency, there tended to have been a fall of about 3 per cent in the Labour vote and a rise of about 5 per cent in the Tory vote between 2010 and 2017.
Think about that for a moment. This is Corbyn bringing the party back to its "working class, socialist roots"?
I sense an objection: these figures show the swing from 2010 to 2017, and Corbyn’s only been in charge since 2015. Maybe it’s all Ed Miliband’s fault?
While it is true that many correlations are weaker for the period 2015-2017 than for 2010-2017, the positive correlations remain positive and the negative correlations remain negative.
In other words, working class voters, voters not educated to college level, and voters in ethnically homogeneous areas love Corbyn’s Labour Party even less than they loved Miliband’s. Meanwhile middle class voters, those educated to college level or higher, and voters in ethnically diverse areas love it even more.
It should also be noted that the positive correlation between the percentage of working class voters and the change in the Conservative vote, and the negative correlation between the percentage of voters with degrees and the change in the Conservative vote, are both stronger for the period 2015-2017 than they are for 2010-2017, indicating a rapid growth of support for the Conservative Party among the very social groups that Labour traditionally represented.
This should worry Labour politicians with ambitions to be in government, because there is simply no way that a Labour leader can become prime minister without persuading Conservative voters in Tory seats to switch to Labour. Corbyn may have put together an unexpectedly large anti-Tory coalition of voters, but it’s largely concentrated in areas that already vote Labour – and traditional Labour voters are being driven faster than ever into the Tories’ arms.
The triumph of the "socialism fan"
In recent decades, Labour has become the party of anti-racism. It can be proud of the fact that its vote share has risen in ethnically diverse constituencies – although it seems to me that the racism many Labour supporters (and in some cases, activists and even politicians) have shown towards the Jewish community ought to be treated with rather more alarm than it apparently is.
But whatever the positives in this mixed achievement, it should be hard indeed for the party to find cause for celebration in the fact that the Conservatives are so rapidly becoming the party of the "left behind".
In the post-New Labour era – and even more so under Corbyn than under Miliband – Labour has become a party of highly educated middle class people, "socialism fans" especially. I said it before the election, and it remains the case today.
Indeed, the Labour leadership’s understanding of this point seems the most likely explanation for their manifesto pledge to end student fees (a policy that would benefit only higher-earning graduates, since people who do not go to university do not incur student fees, and people who do but end up in lower-paying jobs don’t have to repay their loans) while maintaining the Conservative "benefit cap", which negatively affects low earners, disabled people and the unemployed.
To what extent Labour’s new middle class voters will continue to back the party in the future seems unclear. After all, Corbyn can’t really do anything about their student fees, since he is not prime minister, and while he could do something about Brexit (since Labour, the anti-Brexit parties, and pro-EU Tories such as Ken Clarke now collectively hold a majority of seats in the Commons), he’s promised not to (good Bennite that he is).
Then again, he might publicly change his lifelong position on Europe just as he has publicly changed his lifelong positions on terrorism, nuclear weapons and Nato. He wouldn’t be the first leader to decide that Paris was worth a mass.
Fair play to him, though. In losing the election by only slightly more seats than Gordon Brown, he won the anticipated leadership contest in advance. So if the working class asks for its Labour Party back, he can confidently tell it to get lost.
* Canterbury is a notable exception here, having narrowly voted Leave in 2016 but swung to Labour in 2017. A very small city with two well-known universities, it hosts a very big student population during term time (when the general election took place), a large proportion of whom would typically have been expected to be resident elsewhere during the holidays when the EU referendum took place. | 2019-04-22T16:03:28 | https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/06/does-working-class-need-ask-its-labour-party-back |
0.999962 | Satie's Trois Morceaux en forme de poire (1903 (with the opening movement, a 7th Gnossienne, dating to 1891 as a part of the incidental music to the play Le Fils des étoiles)), for piano, four hands, is a favorite piece with a favorite title. But I've always found that title an awkward fit for the music, too comic, too awkward, silly even. (Satie could do comic, awkward, and yes, silly, but that doesn't describe these pieces, even granting that the Trois Morceaux is actually a suite framing its titular Three Pieces with two movements in advance and two following for a total of seven movements.) But I think it's likely that I've been fundamentally misunderstanding this. How would you describe, in a single word, the shape of a (European) pear? There's a perfectly good, if mostly forgotten, word for that shape: spelled either pyriform or piriform. (There is ambiguity about the etymology here, the former suggests a Latin root, pirum for pear, but the latter of which comes from the Greek πῦρ, flame.) The image of a flame immediately suggests a character altogether different from that which we now associate with a pear-like form: a body in which most weight has drooped or dropped to its bottom, or even a event or action which has gone badly wrong. Gone South = Gone pear-shaped. But these pieces don't do that at all. Could Satie have been referring more to the lithe and pyric pear, tapering in and up to the top, rather than the amply-bottomed, bulbous, pear, tapering out and down to the bottom? The progression of the three pieces at the center of this suite — Lentement / En Leve / Brutal (slowly/rising/brutal) — certainly suggest more of a flame than a bottom-heavy fruit. A bit of research into pear history also tells us that the present premiership of the apple among orchard fruits is relatively recent and Satie would have come of age within the closing era of the regency of the pear, then thought more elegant and, as now, more delicate than its Rosaceae family cousin. The title of the Trois Morceaux en forme de poire is aspirational not deprecating. | 2019-04-24T16:55:00 | http://renewablemusic.blogspot.com/2015/12/ |
0.99998 | The Goods and Services Tax (GST), one of the biggest reforms in India's indirect tax structure, is likely to revolutionise the Indian economy in an unprecedented manner. As envisaged, GST will propel GDP growth to newer heights, lower income disparity and simplify decision making of businesses. The GST rollout will be a strategic milestone for the nation as its implementation will have a far-reaching impact on the Indian economy.
It will substantially lower the indirect tax incidence over a period, which will reduce the cost of manufactured goods. For instance, in the automobile sector, India currently operates at an indirect tax incidence of 32-40% based on the class of cars, whereas China operates at 17% and the global average GST is 16%.
Due to higher indirect tax incidence, our manufactured goods are far more expensive. Lowering of indirect taxes will boost domestic consumption of goods by 7 to 10 times as it will bring in disproportionate price elasticity effects which will drive India's economic growth in the next decade. There will be huge benefits of moving to a system that taxes goods and services at the last stage or at the stage of consumption. For corporates, it simplifies decision making as companies can now focus on business efficiency rather than tax benefits.
GST removes multiplicity of taxes across states and will create a single national taxation system and a common market. This will mean selling goods closer to the markets by creating fewer modern and at scale warehouses and an efficient inbound and outbound supply chain from these warehouses. As the above transformation happens, logistics sector will play a big role to ensure the full benefits of GST flow through the economy. The sector will be required to build efficient asset footprints (warehouse and trucks), adopt immense amount of technology and reduce turnaround time with increased predictability.
While India is one of the lowest transportation cost markets, it's also one of the most inefficient logistics markets (at 14% of the GDP). The missing piece in these two seemingly opposite assertions is "inventory".
In the US, in 1970s, inventory was 55% of logistics spend base, when the logistics spend was 16% of the GDP. The spend has now reduced to 7-8% of the GDP with inventory cost at only 10% of this spend base. Currently, Indian inventory spend (losses, obsolescence, wastage) can be up to 50-60% of the overall logistics spend. If it were to get to the US level of logistics efficiency, significant amount of capital can be unlocked through inventory.
For a USD 2-3 trillion economy, this could mean a potential of USD 200 billion wasteful inventory spend being available to deploy in productive value creation, thereby, further propelling the economy's growth. | 2019-04-21T18:48:58 | https://www.rivigo.com/insights/gst-s-hidden-treasure-of-usd-200-billion |
0.735451 | After showing how to decouple subtypes indirectly coupled to a base type via the Visitor pattern in the first part of this writing I demonstrate something more sophisticated.
In the same system another usage of the Visitor pattern impeded the refactoring: In the last of a chain of six singleton Spring collaborators a visitor has been used to accomplish a certain task by visiting the current instance of the blackboard subtype which has been presented in the previous post.
It can be seen that on every call of the method useVisitor() a new instance of the visitor is created. Since I needed to extract the whole collaborator chain, too, I needed to abstract this visitor from the blackboard subtypes as well. But in order to achieve this a special case collaboration had to be implemented: Singleton collaborator using prototype visitor. It is not very widespread, at least according to the systems which I've seen so far, but definitely a clean solution, because Spring supports lookup-method injection since version 1.x.
There was an additional step to get in a state where the this kind of injection could be applied: Extract an interface specifying the method returning the computed result.
In case of the new visitor in the new module there were no requirements regarding what result to deliver, therefore if was completely sufficient to return just a dummy result. With this whole change the collaborator chain could be abstracted and duplicated without having to extract the blackboard subtypes.
Refactoring and the Visitor pattern 1.
I like the Visitor pattern as one tool for embracing the Open-Closed Principle.
In one of my clients' project I faced two situations where it almost prevented refactoring and since I think the two cases are interesting and important enough I'll demonstrate them in two blog posts.
My roles in the project were development lead, architect and coach and with these responsibilities I tried to improve both, the system's structure and architecture as much as possible. One structural issue was that all subtypes of a generic and central abstract type implementing the blackboard architectural pattern were put in the same module. This lead to a confusing and complicated hierarchy consisting of more than 100 packages and more than 1.000 classes.
I didn't want to let that module grow further for obvious reasons, so I decided to create two new modules: One for the new subtype and another one for components and classes commonly used by the old and the new module. This is why I have extracted the blackboard base type into the commons module and had to deal with the Visitor pattern.
So if I just would have taken the base type without modification, then I should have extracted all its subtypes, too, because of the visitor. Therefore an extra step was necessary, namely the abstraction of the visitor from the concrete subtypes, what I have solved by introducing an empty (in other uses marker) interface.
By doing so there was no indirect dependency of the base type on the sub types via the visitor anymore and I could extract it and also implement the new subtype.
I came across this issue when I was working on a client's project which utilizes Spring for wiring dependencies. A new module in the project used the same web services as another one, so it was pretty easy for my junior co-workers to assign already used component names, thus introducing system-wide heavy failures.Although the usage of prefixes theoretically solves the issue, in practice there is no protection for overriding beans if you use a Spring container with the default setting.
Changing such settings is no problem in applications where you have the control of instantiating the container, but it is cumbersome in case of web applications using Spring's ContextLoaderListener for booting the container. Namely, this ServletContextListener takes care of the creation of the appropriate ContextLoader, which in turn constructs the ConfigurableWebApplicationContext whose properties can be adjusted.
Replace the standard by the custom ContextLoaderListener in the web application's web.xml.
It would be much better and natural to support a servlet context parameter (such as contextConfigLocation) for setting this essential behavior. | 2019-04-25T00:54:55 | http://www.andrashatvani.com/2012/03/ |
0.999814 | A Russian architect has designed a skyscraper shaped like a cobra and this skyscraper is intended to have 'nightclub or restaurant' in its head.
The skyscraper has also been aptly named ‘Asian Cobra Tower’ designed by Monaco-based architect Vasily Klyukin, from Moscow.
Klyukin also believes that his design would most likely entice developers in cities in Middle East and Asia as here snakes are seen as sign of wisdom.
The black and golden serpent also has changeable lights that run right up the structure and a diamond pattern can also be seen on the back to reflect Ying and Yang.
The cobra design skyscraper is also designed to change color as day goes into night. Mr Klyukin said: 'These buildings rise up proudly in columns looking over cities or stand alone in the landscape.
“Either way, skyscrapers grab our attention and awaken our consciousness, inspiring some and irritating others. These rising towers have changed cityscapes around the world and have become the clearest reflection of cultural and economic progress in the twentieth century. At times, it is skyscrapers that dictate the style of business regions and even whole cities,” he said.
Snakelike: The skyscraper is likely to have a nightclub, restaurant or bar. | 2019-04-24T06:14:01 | http://www.newsnation.in/article/120211-russian-architect-designs-cobra-shaped-skyscraper-a-nightclub-head.html |
0.998939 | Lucky Lucy Lindstrom finished college and headed west. She started as a financial analyst with a large company in Seattle. After just four years, she became a Registered Investment Advisor and began advising clients. Lucy also managed her own investments. With her keen insight into financial markets, Lucy soon began to move from traditional stocks and bonds into futures and commodities markets. Lucky Lucy was so successful in these markets that she now only manages her own large personal portfolio.
Lucy had invested $1,000,000 in stock in a Canadian oil "wildcatter" with the name Northern Long Shot, Inc. This company has been drilling new exploratory wells in the far north. Recently, the stock rose from the $1 per share that she paid to over $5 per share. Lucy was delighted with her gain and decided to give the $5,000,000 to a supporting organization (SO) with her favorite charity.
For the first two years, the SO distributed grants for charitable purposes. However, in year three, Lucy made a major mistake in her personal commodities investing. She wants to borrow $3,000,000 from the SO to "tide her over" through this difficult time. Since she needs all of her assets to cover her leveraged obligations, Lucy would like to obtain a no-interest loan for two years. After all, she thinks, "I gave $5,000,000 to the SO, so it surely would be okay to borrow $3,000,000 at no interest for two years."
Would this plan work? Can the supporting organization give a no-interest loan to Lucy?
There are major problems with the proposed no-interest loan. First, the supporting organization is a public charity that must be operated for the benefit of the public. Public charities are subject to the intermediate sanctions rules of Sec. 4958. A public charity may not engage in an excess benefit transaction. An excess benefit transaction occurs when a public charity engages in any direct or indirect transaction with a "disqualified person" and the disqualified person receives a benefit from the charity for which he or she did not pay. Excess benefits occur in many ways, including below-market loans from a public charity to a disqualified person and the payment of unreasonable compensation from a charity to a disqualified person.
A major potential issue for Lucy is the restriction on excess benefits under Sec. 4958. If a supporting organization (Type I, Type II, or Type III) makes a grant, loan, payment of compensation or other similar payment to a substantial contributor or related person, there is an automatic Sec. 4958 excess benefit for the entire payment. Lucy is subject to an initial tax of 25% of the amount of the payment under Sec. 4958(a)(1). An organization manager who participated in the making of the payment, knowing that the payment was made to a substantial contributor, is subject to a tax of 10%. Sec. 4958(a)(2). Second tier taxes of Sec. 4958 may also apply to the entire payments, not just the excess value.
With this huge potential penalty, Lucy decided to forgo the $3,000,000 loan from the SO and use other methods to cover her investment needs. Fortunately, the markets turned in her favor and she was soon back in excellent financial condition. | 2019-04-21T10:17:22 | http://cancergiving.org/?pageID=40&docID=1053 |
0.999709 | Implements access to cryptographic services.
Create a crypto object and bind it to the given cryptographic service provider. If no provider is defined, then the default provider "BC" will be used.
Encrypt the plain data using the algorithm defined by mech and the specified key.
The Crypto.RSA mechanism performs a plain RSA encrypt operation with no encoding format.
The Crypto.RSA_ISO9796_2 mechanism performs a plain RSA encrypt operation with no encoding format but according to ISO 9697-2. The result is less than half of the modulus.
The Crypto.PKCS1 mechanism performs a plain RSA encrypt operation with PKCS1 V1.5 encoding format.
The Crypto.OAEP_XXX mechanism performs a plain RSA encrypt operation with PKCS1 V2.1 OEAP encoding format using the selected message digest algorithm.
If the algorithm requires an initialisation vector, then the additional argument iv must be specified (DES_CBC, AES_CBC or AES_CTR).
Key mech Algorithm to be used to decryption. Must be one of Crypto.DES_CBC, Crypto.DES_ECB, Crypto.AES_CBC, Crypto.AES_ECB, Crypto.AES_ECB or Crypto.RSA.
Decrypt the cipher in data using the algorithm defined by mech and the specified key. If the algorithm requires an initialisation vector, then the additional argument iv must be specified (DES_CBC, AES_CBC or AES_CTR).
The Crypto.RSA mechanism performs a plain RSA decrypt operation with no encoding format.
The Crypto.RSA_ISO9796_2 mechanism performs a plain RSA decrypt operation with no encoding format but according to ISO 9697-2.
The Crypto.PKCS1 mechanism performs a RSA decrypt operation with PKCS1 V1.5 encoding format.
The Crypto.OAEP_XXX mechanism performs a RSA decrypt operation with PKCS1 V2.1 OEAP encoding format using the selected message digest algorithm and MGF1.
This method can also be used to perform an ECDH or an ECDHC with cofactor primitive using a private EC key. The method treats the data as x and y coordinate of the EC public key from the sending party.
The Crypto.ECDHC method returns as result the x coordinate of the multiplication of the private key value d with the cofactor h and the public point Q (result = xof(d * h * q)). The cofactor is a parameter of the curve.
The Crypto.ECDHP method returns as result the concatenation of the x and y coordinate of the multiplication of the private key value d with the public point Q (result = d * h * q). This method is a non-standard variant, only available with the default BouncyCastle crypto provider.
The ECDH decryption is a basic building block for cipher operations based on ECC. The result of the decrypt operation is a common secret, which can be either used directly as secret key or used as input to a key derivation process.
Key mech Algorithm to be used to decryption. Must be one of Crypto.DES_CBC, Crypto.DES_ECB, Crypto.AES_CBC, Crypto.AES_ECB, Crypto.AES_CTR, Crypto.RSA, Crypto.ECDH, Crypto.ECDHC, Crypto.ECDHP or Crypto.ECELGAMAL.
Sign the data provided using the mechanism and key specified. If the algorithms requires an initialisation vector, then it can be provided in the iv argument.
When the Crypto.RSA argument is supplied, then RSA with SHA-1 and PKCS#1 V1.5 encoding is used as signature algorithm. Crypto.RSA has the same effect as Crypto.RSA_SHA1.
When the Crypto.ECDSA argument is supplied, then ECDSA without a hash is used, i.e. the hash value must be provided as input.
A signature created using ECDSA is encoded in an ASN1 SEQUENCE object containing an INTEGER object r and s. See RFC3279 for details.
A method to convert a TLV encoded ECDSA signature into a binary concatenation of the x and y coordinate is provided in the tools/eccutils.js script.
Number mech Signature algorithm to be used. Must be one of Crypto.DES_MAC, Crypto.DES_MAC_EMV, Crypto.AES_MAC, Crypto.AES_CMAC, Crypto.RSA* or Crypto.ECDSA*.
For ECDSA the signature must be TLV encoded as defined in RFC3279.
A method to convert a ECDSA signature encoded as binary concatenation of the x and y coordinate into the TLV format is provided in the tools/eccutils.js script.
Number mech Verification algorithm to be used. Must be one of Crypto.DES_MAC, Crypto.DES_MAC_EMV, Crypto.AES_MAC, Crypto.RSA* or Crypto.ECDSA*.
Derive key from a master key using the mechanism specified and data for diversification.
The resulting DES key is parity adjusted, so that the number of 1 bits in each byte of the key value is odd.
This method can be used to calculate a public key (point) by multiplying the point with a skalar value and adding a second point (EC_MULTIPLY_ADD). This method is used in the PACE protocol to determine a temporary generator point using the formular G' = s * G + P.
The parameter G is the point from the masterKey, the point P is provided by the public key value in derivedKey and the skalar value s is provided in the argument data. The result is stored as public key value in derivedKey.
If the public point P is undefined, then only the skalar multiplication is performed. If the argument data is null, then only the point addition is performed.
Number mech Derivation algorithm. Must be Crypto.DES_CBC or Crypto.DES_ECB.
ByteString data Derivation data. The length of the derivation data determines the length of the resulting key (8/16 or 24 Bytes). For method EC_MULTIPLY_ADD the argument determines the skalar value. If data is null, then the skalar multiplication is skipped and only the point addition is performed.
Key derivedKey The key object to store the resulting key value.
// Calculate a new point by multiplying G with skalar s and adding P.
Calculate message digest for data using hash algorithm specified in argument mech.
Number mech Digest algorithm. Must be either Crypto.SHA_x or Crypto.MD5.
Number iterations Optional parameter defining the number of iterations to perform with the previous result as input for the next round (Default 1). This is an extension to the GP specification.
Generate an asymmetric key pair according to the specification from the public key object.
For RSA key, the key size must be defined using the Key.setSize() method.
For EC keys, the curve parameter must be set using the setComponent() method.
Number mech Type of key pair, must be either Crypto.RSA or Crypto.EC. | 2019-04-22T00:50:21 | https://www.openscdp.org/scsh3/crypto.html |
0.999999 | Manchester United and Arsenal have always seemed to match each other pound-for-pound when it comes to quality players. Eric Cantona was matched by Dennis Bergkamp, Roy Keane by Patrick Vieira and Thierry Henry by Ruud van Nistelrooy. Could Alexis Sanchez match the heroics of Wayne Rooney?
Obviously it is early days for the Chile international, who arrived at Emirates Stadium in a £35 million deal from Barcelona this summer. Meanwhile, Rooney celebrated ten years at Old Trafford having completed a £27 million move from Everton in 2004.
While Rooney is closing in on Bobby Charlton's scoring records for both Manchester United and England, Sanchez is only starting out on his mission to write himself into Arsenal's history books.
Despite Sanchez's lack of experience in the Premier League, he, alongside Rooney, is tipped to play a key role when Arsenal meet Manchester United. Do let's look at the key stats thus far and see who is likely to make the difference on Saturday.
For context, Sanchez has started nine games, appearing once off the bench while Rooney has started eight times in the Premier League. All stats are for league games alone.
Sanchez is the clear winner in this respect. The 25-year-old is hellbent on grabbing goals and reports say that Arsene Wenger has even told the Chilean to calm down a bit. Diego Costa seemed the clear favourite for the Golden Boot but Sanchez is certainly capable of pushing him all the way.
The Arsenal man also leads the way with conversion rate, hitting the back of the net an incredible 36 per cent of the time. Rooney meanwhile is languishing with a hit rate of just 13 per cent.
The above stats shows average passes per game/completion rate and starts to show where Rooney is at his best for Manchester United. Sitting deeper, Rooney will never match a poacher like Sanchez when it comes to goal scoring, but his efforts as a playmaker are second to none.
Not only does Rooney pass more than Sanchez, he completes more of the passes he does attempt. However, Sanchez's game is based around high risk/high reward movement. As a result, he creates more key chances in a game (2.4 to Rooney's 1.4). Essentially, if Arsenal's team used Sanchez's chances as effectively as United use Rooney's, Sanchez would have more than two assists.
When it comes to making a difference, Sanchez appears most likely to make a key difference to his team. While Rooney is a world-class player, he requires his team-mates to be on form to utilize the chances he will inevitably create.
Meanwhile Sanchez is a lone wolf. He will try to do the work himself and, as always, will be one of the hardest workers out there. Both have the ability to win this game for their team, but Arsenal will be looking to Sanchez more than Manchester United will be looking to Rooney. | 2019-04-18T20:26:42 | https://www.givemesport.com/523771-alexis-sanchez-v-wayne-rooney-headtohead-comparison |
0.999999 | What does the candidate have to do in their Preliminary exam?
interrogative and negative Talking about past events We watched a football match on TV last night.
I drove to the hotel.
Did John drink all the orange juice?
Talking about experiences The man has just eaten the sandwich.
I have never seen a dolphin.
Can + bare infinitive Talking about skills. I can play the guitar.
Imperative Following single-step instructions in a familiar context Take a piece of paper.
Basic adjectives For descriptive purposes, including expressing opposites My father bought a new car yesterday.
Comparatives and superlatives Talking about comparisons between people and things John isn't as tall as Jane.
Sue is the tallest / the most beautiful girl in our class.
My rabbit is older than /more beautiful than my friend's rabbit.
The possessive form Expressing ownership That sandwich is Jane's.
Mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs Talking about ownership, possessions, who things belong to My bicycle is newer than yours.
much, many, a lot, a lot of Talking about amounts of things which can and cannot be counted How much money have you got? I've got a lot of it!
some, any Talking about things which can and cannot be counted, in the positive and negative There is some bread.
by, with, next to Talking about where things are The children are standing next to the clock.
ever, never, ago, yet, just Talking about when things happen I went to Paris six years ago. | 2019-04-26T04:43:20 | https://www.anglia.org/preliminary |
0.998567 | With tensions rising in the top of the Premier League table between Jose Mourinho's Manchester United and Antonio Conte's Chelsea, it seems the two managers are taking things a little too personal amongst themselves. The tension in the points table has brought out a heated battle between the two managers, with both Mourinho and Conte taking digs at each other during press conferences. Probably the journalist wanted to say that but didn't have the courage, so he said 'Mourinho said you behaved like a clown'. I consider Mourinho a little man.
Mourinho intensified the spat following Manchester United's 2-0 win over Derby County on Friday, referring to Conte's ban over match-fixing allegations for which he was later acquitted.
But in 2016, the Italian was cleared by a court of any wrongdoing in the matter.
United and Chelsea are not due to meet again until February 25 at Old Trafford.
Conte had reacted angrily this week to Mourinho's assertion that he did not need to act like a "clown" in his technical area, saying: "I think he has to see himself in the past - maybe he was speaking about himself in the past". "For sure there is a good opportunity when we play against Manchester United".
"I don't blame the Chelsea manager at all and I understand his reaction". I'm ready. I don't know if he's ready'.
Conte then doubled down in his interview with the BBC, saying: "I think when there are these types of comments, and [with] the comment you try to offend a person, and you don't know the truth?"
"If you don't pay this attention, you are a little man". I repeat: I think before you speak you have to know very well what happened.
"He was a little man in the past, he's the little man in the present, maybe he will be a little man also in the future".
Conte was more scathing about Mourinho's behavior, providing the example of Mourinho attending a news conference wearing a training top with the initials "CR" following Claudio Ranieri's firing by Leicester in February a year ago.
In his response, Conte on Friday asked Mourinho to remember his antics at touchline in the past and said that he might be suffering from "senile dementia".
It all started earlier this week when Conte suggested that the United manager had forgotten some of his own past behaviour, when it was put to him that Mourinho suggested that he behaved "like a clown" on the touchline. | 2019-04-21T06:22:48 | http://stillwatercourier.com/2018/01/07/jos-mourinho-fires-back-at-antonio-conte-after-criticism/ |
0.999998 | Why is photosynthesis important to all life on earth?
Each enzyme does one work. Mammals have another specially adapted exchange surface called the lungs. Too much carbon in the atmosphere can lead to climate changes that may have a negative impact on humanity both economically and environmentally. Most of the planet is covered with water and the collective photosynthesis of lowly algae is the true oxygen machine. When eating broiled fish or roasted meat, try to add raw vegetables that contain rich vegetable enzymes which will help digestion. Dead foods have no living enzymes and most nutrients are diminished significantly. They require energy in the form of organic matter to sustain themselves.
Photosynthesis sustains many of the organisms that viruses use to reproduce. To transmit an impulse, first the calcium gates in the presynaptic node open. In the process of photosynthesis, plants decompose the molecules of hydrogen and carbon dioxide into hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen, to produce glucose, which forms the source of their energy, growth, and food. The main point of the nephron is to be able to filter out undesirable substances in blood, without losing water or useful molecules such as glucose. During the photosynthesis plants absorbs carbon dioxide and release oxygen to atmosphere. This happens in the presence of sunlight, of course. Photosynthesis is when the energy from sunlight is combined with chlorophyll to form sugar.
That they're the point by which soluble minerals and nutrients enter the plant is the reason why a plant's roots are important to photosynthesis. These organisms capture radiant energy of the sun and, by utilizing carbon dioxide and water, convert it to chemical energy stored in molecules of carbohydrates. After the air has diffused through the spiracle, it travels into trachea, which is impermeable to gas and water diffusion. Photosynthesis is when the energy from sunlight is combined with chlorophyll to form sugar. Without photosynthesis, all of the energy from the sun would be wasted, and there wouldn't be living things. During the 20th century, comparisons between photosynthetic processes in green plants and in certain photosynthetic provided important information about the photosynthetic mechanism.
What is the importance of photosynthesis in an ecosystem?
Animals can be divided into autotrophs and heterotrophs according to how they acquire this energy and nutrients. Photosynthesis is when the energy from sunlight is combined with chlorophyll to form sugar. Water has a high specific heat capacity to facilitate better maintenance of internal temperature and the usage of evaporation to cool down. Photosynthesis is a process that occurs in plants. Therefore, some low-lying regions will be flooded, while others will turn into deserts, and all life on Earth will be endangered. Best Answer - Chosen by Voters Animals and plants both synthesize fats and proteins from carbohydrates; thus glucose is a basic energy source for all living organisms.
Why Is Respiration Important for Living Things?
Ions are charged molecules, and therefore they cannot diffuse through the plasma membranes of cells. When enough chloroplasts are , the slug may forgo the ingestion of food. Best Answer - Chosen by Voters Animals and plants both synthesize fats and proteins from carbohydrates; thus glucose is a basic energy source for all living organisms. No other living creature can produce their food and thus, depend on plants or other creatures which feed on plants to survive. They feed off the organic matter in live or decaying organisms.
Also, rubber and gum are obtained from plants. Water diffusion is called osmosis and can be controlled a lot more variably by solutes adjusting the water potential of an area. Plants and photosynthesis are the basis of fossil fuels, too, but from millions and millions of years ago. These proteins can be gated, so that the influx and efflux can be controlled. Remember that lack of enzymes in the body, makes the blood dirty, and it is the base of many kinds of diseases.
Why Is Photosynthesis So Important to Plants?
The emerald green sea slug , for example, acquires genes and chloroplasts from Vaucheria litorea, an it consumes, giving it a limited ability to produce. Plants that stored solar energy in their bodies millions of years ago by means of photosynthesis, and animals that ate these plants, gave rise to the petroleum with which we are familiar, underground and under high pressure, after a period of millions of years. In most cases, the organisms they feed on utilized energy from photosynthesis or ate other organisms that photosynthesized. The oxygen released with water vapor, in transpiration as a photosynthetic byproduct, principally of phytoplankton, provides mo … st of the atmospheric oxygen vital to respiration in plants and animals, and animals in turn produce carbon dioxide necessary to plants. Studying those phases of this mechanism, full of astonishing miracles that have only recently been understood, will increase our appreciation for the infinite knowledge of Allah. Oxidation refers to the removal of from a molecule; refers to the gain of electrons by a molecule. Diffusion is also increased because the blood supply flows in the opposite direction to the water through the opercular cavity, called counter current flow.
Photosynthesis is a more or less important process for almost all living organisms in the Earth. Is it important for viruses, fungus, and bacteria?
Similarly, the energy you obtain from the food you eat is simply the solar energy stored by plants. The Indian pipe plant is a ghostly white color because it contains no chlorophyll. It is also an essential component of amino acids which make up proteins. To keep itself alive, a Cell needs to take in many things from its outside. Without photosynthesis, all of the energy from the sun would be wasted, and there wouldn't be living things. The production of this energy is possible through photosynthesis. Within the kidney, osmosis is required to reabsorb water from being lost in urine.
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The chemistry and physics are complex. Photosynthesis can therefore be considered the ultimate source of life for nearly all plants and animals by providing the source of energy that drives all their metabolic processes. Among all the living organisms on planet earth, only plants are capable of producing their own food and deriving energy from it. They must continually breathe in air to sustain life. Chloroplasts The photosynthetic reactions of plants occur in specialized structures within the cell called chloroplasts. Autotrophs make their own food from inorganic nutrients and obtain energy from non-living sources. Therefore, you should practice eating raw foods which contains enzyme.
The lungs have a large internal structure, packed with millions of alveoli - small sacks of air. The first thing that comes into your mind as you read this will be that your car actually runs on gasoline and that jetliners use aviation fuel. But this is enough chemistry. Chloroplasts contain stacks of membranes called thylakoid membranes where the photosynthetic process takes place. There, protected from , these organic remains were slowly converted to fossil fuels. Additionally, almost all the in the atmosphere is due to the process of photosynthesis. | 2019-04-20T07:13:37 | http://midiaindoor.com/why-is-photosynthesis-an-important-process-for-all-living-organisms.html |
0.999997 | If you have a road trip or two planned this summer, you might be tempted to use hand-held video games and DVD movies to entertain kids on your getaway. However, there are many fantastic ways to engage, entertain and interact with your children on a road trip that don't require electronics. These eco-friendly ideas are great for bonding as a family and creating long lasting memories of your time together on the road. Even better, they don't require a ton of planning, they're budget-friendly and easy on the environment. Read on to learn how to entertain your kiddos the next time you hit open road.
<h2>1. Play I Spy - The Nature Version</h2> Most kids love a good game of I Spy - what's not to love, its like a scavenger hunt without leaving your seat. Put a fun spin on the game by adding a nature twist. Tell your children the rules - the I Spy "item" has to be something in nature (a big fluffy cloud, a herd of cows, a mountain etc). This will make the game more challenging and get your child to observe nature, rather than just speeding past it.
<h2>2. Map It Out</h2> Kids are often drawn to maps - the colors, shapes, lines and the idea of finding where you will be going next. Your crew will likely get a kick out of helping you navigate using the family atlas or maps you create online before you go. Children can learn a lot from a map and learning to read a map as a child is fun and a helpful skill for later in life.
<h2>3. Have a Family Read Along</h2> A road trip is the perfect time to start a family book club. Before your trip, pick a book that the entire family will enjoy, then take turns reading the book aloud. This is a great activity to make long stretches in the car breeze by, while strengthening your children's reading skills and your family bond. Make sure to choose a book that will engage your children - something that they will find very interesting featuring favorite characters, activities, the place you're traveling to, etc. If you have very small children, you can read the book aloud to them instead.
<h2>4. Take a Nature Break</h2> Traveling with children can be difficult if they have a hard time sitting still for long periods of time. To ensure your kids don't go stir-crazy, plan a few nature breaks into your road trip. These "breaks" don't have to last very long periods of time, just enough for your children to stretch their legs and imaginations. Even if you only have 15 minutes to spare, take the time to collect leaves or rocks with your children or let them do a quick nature scavenger hunt or look for bugs in the grass.
<h2>5. Incorporate Environmentalism into your Trip</h2> Regardless of where your road trip will lead, there is always time to incorporate environmentalism into your trip. When your family stops for lunch or a bathroom or nature break, take the time to remind your children that they are the stewards of the world. Encourage them to pick up any trash or recyclables that come across their paths and to place them into the correct receptacles. Advise children of the importance of leaving nature the way that you found it (don't pick the flowers or break branches from the trees) and to report injured wildlife or acts of vandalism to the proper authorities.
<h2>6. Pack an Organic Picnic</h2> One of the hardest ways to be eco-friendly while traveling comes to the food that you eat. It sometimes just feels easier to pick up fast-food. However, fast food is not good for your family or the environment, so planning ahead is essential. Our family plans our meals ahead of time and packs them in a cooler in the back of our car. When we stop for a nature break, we also unwrap a sandwich or salad for lunch. If we are strapped for time or don't have space for a cooler, then we plan to stop at a grocery store along the way and pick up the fresh supplies that we will need to make our lunches. We also like to look for farmer's markets as we road trip, stopping whenever we see fresh fruit, vegetables or bread for sale - perfect fast food! | 2019-04-25T11:45:10 | https://inhabitat.com/inhabitots/7-eco-friendly-ways-to-entertain-kids-on-a-road-trip/road-trip-5/ |
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0.99989 | A driveline configured to connect a wind turbine rotor and a wind turbine generator has a planetary gear unit having a planet carrier rotatably supported relative to a housing part by at least one rolling-element bearing. The rolling-element bearing includes at least one inner ring and least one outer ring, and a plurality of rolling elements are disposed between the at least one inner ring and the at least one outer ring. The rolling element bearing further includes a spacer element disposed between adjacent pairs of the plurality of rolling elements, the spacer elements each having first and second running surfaces for guiding first and second ones of the plurality of rolling elements, and, apart from the spacer elements, a region between the bearing rings includes no cage elements.
1. A driveline configured to connect a wind turbine rotor and a wind turbine generator, the driveline including a planetary gear unit having a planet carrier rotatably supported relative to a housing part by at least one rolling-element bearing, the rolling-element bearing including at least one inner ring and least one outer ring, and a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the at least one inner ring and the at least one outer ring, wherein the rolling element bearing further includes a spacer element disposed between adjacent pairs of the plurality of rolling elements, the spacer elements each having a first running surface and a second running surface for guiding one of the plurality of rolling elements, and, wherein apart from the spacer elements, a region between the bearing rings includes no cage elements.
2. The driveline according to claim 1, wherein the spacer elements are comprised of plastic.
3. The driveline according to claim 2, wherein the plastic is polyether ether ketone (PEEK).
4. The driveline according to claim 2 wherein the spacer element is an injection molded spacer element.
5. The driveline according to claim 1, wherein the rolling elements have a hardened and ground surface and are free from black oxidation.
6. The driveline according to claim 1, wherein each of the spacer elements is disposed between the bearing rings such a radially inner-lying end of the spacer element lies radially below a pitch circle pf the rolling-element bearing and a radially outer-lying end of the spacer element lies radially above the pitch circle.
7. The driveline according to claim 1, wherein the spacer elements are connected to one another by a cord or a cable.
8. The driveline according to claim 1, wherein the rolling-element bearing is a cylindrical roller bearing.
9. The driveline according to claim 1, wherein the rolling-element bearing is a tapered roller bearing.
10. The driveline according to claim 9, wherein two axially spaced tapered roller bearings are axially preloaded against each other.
11. The driveline according to claim 1, wherein the spacer elements are comprised of injection molded PEEK, wherein the rolling elements have a hardened and ground surface and are free from black oxidation, wherein each of the spacer elements is disposed between the bearing rings such a radially inner-lying end of the spacer element lies radially below a pitch circle pf the rolling-element bearing and a radially outer-lying end of the spacer element lies radially above the pitch circle, wherein the spacer elements are connected to one another by a cord or a cable, and wherein the rolling-element bearing is a cylindrical roller bearing.
12. A driveline configured to connect a wind turbine rotor and a wind turbine generator, the driveline including a planetary gear unit having a planet carrier rotatably supported relative to a housing part by at least one cage-less rolling-element bearing, the cage-less rolling-element bearing including at least one inner ring and least one outer ring, and a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the at least one inner ring and the at least one outer ring, wherein the rolling element bearing further includes a spacer element disposed between adjacent pairs of the plurality of rolling elements, the spacer elements each having a first running surface and a second running surface for guiding one of the plurality of rolling elements.
13. The driveline according to claim 12, wherein the spacer elements are connected to one another by a flexible connector.
14. The driveline according to claim 13, wherein the flexible connector is a cord or cable.
15. The driveline according to claim 12, wherein the spacer elements are not connected to one another by a flexible connector.
16. A driveline configured to connect a wind turbine rotor and a wind turbine generator, the driveline including a planetary gear unit having a planet carrier rotatably supported relative to a housing part by at least one rolling-element bearing, the rolling-element bearing including at least one inner ring, least one outer ring, a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the at least one inner ring and the at least one outer ring, and means for spacing the rolling elements.
This application claims priority to German patent application no. DE 10 2015 201 171.2 filed on Jan. 23, 2015, the contents of which are fully incorporated herein by reference.
The disclosure is directed to a driveline located between a rotor and a generator of a wind turbine, the driveline including a planetary gear unit that includes a planet carrier. The planet carrier is rotatably supported relative to a housing part by at least one rolling-element bearing having at least one inner ring, at least one outer ring, and rolling elements between the inner and outer rings.
A wind turbine requires a driveline in order to conduct the torque generated by a rotor at its hub to a generator in a process that allows electrical energy to obtained from wind energy. For this purpose the rotation of the rotor must be translated, and a planet gear unit can be used for this purpose. An example of a planetary gear unit of a wind turbine is described in DE 10 2012 214 023 B3, a family member of U.S. Pat. No. 9,115,800, and U.S. Pat. No. 9,115,800 is hereby incorporated by reference.
In order to support a planet carrier of a planetary gear unit in wind power applications, full complement cylindrical roller bearings (or sometimes tapered roller bearings) are generally used. One of the principal reasons for using full complement bearings is that they require no cage and are thus more cost-effective than bearings that require cages. This can be particularly advantageous in view of the large size of the bearings generally required for wind turbines.
However, when full complement bearings are used, there is a risk of "smearing." Smearing occurs when two inadequately lubricated surfaces slide against each other under load and material is transferred from one surface to the other. The sliding surfaces involved may become scored and develop a "torn" appearance. When smearing occurs, the material is generally heated to such temperatures that re-hardening takes place. This produces localized stress concentrations that may cause cracking or flaking. Smearing is undesirable in wind turbine applications and may result in the rolling elements and possibly also the bearing rings becoming black oxidized. This in turn has a negative effect on cost.
A further disadvantage of full complement bearings is that these bearings are separable, that is, the individual parts of the bearing are only held together when the bearing is installed. If the shaft or the inner ring is removed, the individual bearing elements, such as the rollers, are prone to falling out of the bearing assembly.
In contrast, the high load rating that can be achieved by a full complement bearing is usually not needed in the above-described application.
An aspect of the disclosure is to provide a driveline having a planetary gear unit of the above-described type. This allows the bearing assembly to be embodied more cost-effectively, while still providing a sufficient stability of the bearing. Furthermore, the installation and removal of the bearing assembly is possible in a simpler manner than is the case when full complement bearings are used.
The disclosure involves disposing a spacer element between each two adjacent pairs of rolling elements. The spacer element includes running surfaces for the two adjacent rolling elements, and, viewed from the spacer elements, the region between the bearing rings is free from further cage elements.
The spacer element is preferably comprised of plastic, preferably polyether ether ketone (PEEK). The spacer element is preferably manufactured by injection molding.
The rolling elements preferably have a hardened and ground surface, which, however, is free from black oxidation.
The spacer element can be disposed between the bearing rings such that it lies with its radially inner-lying end radially below the bearing pitch circle and with its radially outer-lying end radially above the bearing pitch circle. This helps hold the bearing elements together even when the inner ring or shaft is removed.
The spacer elements can be connected to one another by a connecting element such as a cord or a cable. This helps prevent the bearing parts from falling apart during the partial removal of bearing parts and improves the connection between the parts.
The rolling-element bearing is preferably configured as a cylindrical roller bearing.
However, embodiments using tapered roller bearing are also possible. In such an embodiment, two axially spaced tapered roller bearings would be axially preloaded against each other.
The disclosure thus avoids the costs caused by black oxidized rolling elements (rollers). Instead, a cage-spacer piece (spacer) made from a suitable material for holding and guiding the rolling elements is used without using a cage. In this regard, the material PEEK has proven particularly useful. Advantageously the cage-spacer piece prevents smearing from occurring.
Furthermore, the presence of the cage-spacer pieces reduces the number of expensive rollers that are required for a bearing of a given diameter. Because the plastic spacers are less expensive that rollers, the cost of the bearing is reduced.
Another aspect of the disclosure comprises a driveline configured to connect a wind turbine rotor and a wind turbine generator. The driveline includes a planetary gear unit having a planet carrier rotatably supported relative to a housing part by at least one cage-less rolling-element bearing. The cage-less rolling-element bearing includes at least one inner ring and least one outer ring, and a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the at least one inner ring and the at least one outer ring. The rolling element bearing further includes a spacer element disposed between adjacent pairs of the plurality of rolling elements, the spacer elements each having first and second running surfaces for guiding one of the plurality of rolling elements. A further aspect of the disclosure comprises a similar driveline that includes spacer means.
A further advantage is that with the disclosed design of the planet-carrier bearing the bearing can be better held together by suitable construction of the spacer piece (i.e. of the spacer). Thus the handling, and optionally the bearing control and assembly, can be improved and simplified.
FIG. 1 is a schematic radial section through part of a planetary gear unit usable as a component of a driveline of a wind turbine.
FIG. 2 is a schematic side elevational view of two adjacent rolling elements of a rolling-element bearing and two spacer elements for a planetary gear unit according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
FIG. 3 is a schematic side elevational view of two adjacent rolling elements of a rolling-element bearing and two spacer elements for a planetary gear unit connected by a cord according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
In FIG. 1 a part of a planetary gear unit 1 is schematically illustrated, which in this case serves to translate the rotational movement of a (not depicted) wind turbine rotor in the driveline between the rotor and a (not depicted) generator. The planetary gear unit 1 includes a planet carrier 2 that is supported relative to a housing part 3 by a rolling-element bearing 4. The planet carrier 2 is thus rotatable about the axis a.
The design of a planetary gear unit is well known and will not be described further herein. However, a suitable planetary gear unit is shown in the aforementioned DE 10 2012 214 023 B3, and various embodiments can be found therein.
The design of the rolling-element bearing 4 can be seen in FIG. 2, where two adjacent rolling elements 5 and two spacer elements 6 are illustrated. One spacer element 6 is disposed between each pair of adjacent tolling elements 5. FIG. 3 shows that the spacer elements 6 on either side of one of the rolling elements 5 may be connected by a cord or cable 9.
The spacer elements 6 are comprised of plastic and as such are known as spacers in rolling-element bearings. For this purpose DE 10 2011 087 864 A1 of the applicant is referred to and expressly referenced, which shows general cage segments of a similar type. This document is a family member of US 2015/0078699, and US 2015/0078699 is hereby incorporated by reference.
Each spacer element 6 includes lateral running surfaces 7 and 8 that are configured to be complementary to the shape of the rolling elements 5. As can be seen from FIG. 2, the spacer elements 6 extend with their radially outer ends beyond the pitch circle having the pitch circle diameter DT; likewise they extend with their radially inner ends below the pitch circle. Thus a non-separable unit can be provided when the bearing outer ring or the bearing inner ring is removed.
Representative, non-limiting examples of the present invention were described above in detail with reference to the attached drawings. This detailed description is merely intended to teach a person of skill in the art further details for practicing preferred aspects of the present teachings and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Furthermore, each of the additional features and teachings disclosed above may be utilized separately or in conjunction with other features and teachings to provide improved drivelines for wind turbines.
Moreover, combinations of features and steps disclosed in the above detailed description may not be necessary to practice the invention in the broadest sense, and are instead taught merely to particularly describe representative examples of the invention. Furthermore, various features of the above-described representative examples, as well as the various independent and dependent claims below, may be combined in ways that are not specifically and explicitly enumerated in order to provide additional useful embodiments of the present teachings.
All features disclosed in the description and/or the claims are intended to be disclosed separately and independently from each other for the purpose of original written disclosure, as well as for the purpose of restricting the claimed subject matter, independent of the compositions of the features in the embodiments and/or the claims. In addition, all value ranges or indications of groups of entities are intended to disclose every possible intermediate value or intermediate entity for the purpose of original written disclosure, as well as for the purpose of restricting the claimed subject matter. | 2019-04-20T10:19:48 | http://patents.com/us-20160215873.html |
0.999494 | Developed by ambient pioneer Brian Eno and musician / software designer Peter Chilvers, Bloom explores uncharted territory in the realm of applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. Part instrument, part composition and part artwork, Bloom's innovative controls allow anyone to create elaborate patterns and unique melodies by simply tapping the screen. A generative music player takes over when Bloom is left idle, creating an infinite selection of compositions and their accompanying visualisations.
Recommended for headphones or external speakers.
Bloom is now a Universal app and runs full screen on iPad as well as iPhone for the first time.
Updated for iPhone X upwards.
To mark ten years since Bloom was first released, Bloom: 10 Worlds is now available from Opal Limited. Bloom: 10 Worlds is a reimagining of the original – not simply a remaster. If the original Bloom was a single, then this would be an album. The widely broadened palette of sounds and images can be experienced via 10 new ‘worlds’, each exploring a new direction for Bloom. The first world the user encounters is an echo of the original app, with circles appearing where the user taps, while the later worlds each introduce new combinations of sounds, shapes, colours and rules of behaviour.
Bloom represents a brilliant fusion of Brian Eno's ideas about "generative music" with the computing power and mobility of an iOS device, courtesy of software designer Peter Chilvers, a fine composer in his own right. It was innovative when it was first released several years ago, and thankfully Chilvers has now updated it to be compatible with iOS 10.
You could regard this as a sort of infinite album: a software engine that you can either customize or leave to its own devices, which will endlessly create a kind of music that Eno has, at different times, called ambient, generative, and "thinking music." The music never exactly repeats itself, though of course it's restricted in other ways by the specific design of the software and the limited number of sound-types available. If you've ever enjoyed the work of Eno and others in this vein, I highly recommend Bloom.
Please give option to remove the self-advertisements??
I’ve been a fan of Bloom for 9 years. I wish SO much there were a way I could revert to a version where you don’t see the ad on the initial screen for the other apps by the same people. For me those ads, even though they’re small, are so distracting and against what I think the spirit and experience of Bloom should be. It’s frustrating. Please give an option not to see them - I would pay for it!
I’ve had this app since it’s release and use it almost every night to help calm down before falling asleep. The generative music and it’s programmed forever changing order is both soothing, the almost repetition leading to a sort of gnosis. | 2019-04-21T20:10:02 | https://itunes.apple.com/app/bloom/id292792586 |
0.999999 | Front Text: After Gen. William Hull's surrender at Detroit early in the War of 1812, most of the Michigan Territory came under British and Indian control. To prevent a possible invasion of Ohio, Gen. William Henry Harrison, commander of the Northwestern Army, called up the Kentucky and Ohio militia. Rather than moving troops and supplies across the Black Swamp, he chose to use the Auglaize and St. Marys rivers. In November 1812 Harrison ordered Lt. Col. Robert Pogue of the Kentucky Mounted Militia to construct a supply depot at this site, previously an Ottawa village. Pogue, a veteran of the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794, named the post Fort Amanda after his 12-year-old daughter, Hannah Amanda. (continued on other side) Back Text: Quickly built, Fort Amanda initially consisted of four two-story blockhouses connected by 11-foot palisades, occupying an area of about 160 feet by 160 feet. Capt. Thompson Ward's company of Kentucky militia garrisoned the fort until February 1813, when Capt. Daniel Hosbrook of the Ohio militia assumed command. Under his direction the fort was enlarged to accommodate the growing quantity of supplies stored here, which included livestock, grain, munitions, and whiskey. Large rafts were constructed nearby to transport the men and materials downriver. The camp became a key debarkation point for soldiers and supplies heading north in the effort to recapture Detroit. Fort Amanda was abandoned by early 1815 and was subsequently occupied by local settlers.
Front Text: Begun in 1833, the Miami Extension Canal linked the Miami Canal to the Wabash & Erie Canal. Engineering difficulties, epidemics, and the Panic of 1837 delayed its completion until June 1845, when the packet boat Banner first navigated the 249 miles between Cincinnati and Toledo. Designated the Miami & Erie Canal in 1849, it served as the primary transportation artery between western Lake Erie and the Ohio River before the railroad era. It remained in use until 1913, long after the canal era had passed. The effective midway point between Cincinnati and Toledo, New Bremen was the northern terminus of the canal while work continued on the Deep Cut near Spencerville and the Loramie and Lewistown (now Indian Lake) reservoirs. Back Text: Sited at the junction of the Auglaize Trail and the surveyed route of the Miami Extension Canal, New Bremen was founded in 1833 by German Protestants of the City of Bremen Society. The canal quickly became the focal point of commerce for the growing town, and its influence in New Bremen remains apparent. You are standing opposite the towpath at Lock 1 North, the northern end of the 23-mile-long Loramie Summit, the highest level of the canal. You are 516 feet above the Ohio River at Cincinnati and 374 feet above Lake Erie at Toledo. Originally built of wood because of the local scarcity of stone, Lock 1 North was rebuilt in concrete circa 1910.
Front Text: The Village of Cridersville was founded in 1856. With the discovery of oil in 1885 the village prospered and grew quickly. Its business district developed along Main Street in the first block east of the railroad. The Town Pond Reservoir was constructed here in the 1890s to provide water in the event of fire. At 3:00 p.m. on May 2, 1918, a rubbish fire was started across the street from this pond and blew out of control. The fire ignited a nearby barn, and, with the aid of strong winds, soon carried to the business district on East Main Street. Wood frame construction and wooden shingles allowed the fire to spread rapidly. Within an hour both sides of Main Street were ablaze and the village had but a single hand pumper to fight the fire. (continued on other side) Back Text: The Lima and Wapakoneta Fire Companies were notified at once. Upon arrival, they began to pump from this pond and within an hour it was dry. Boy Scouts and soldiers from Lima also came to help fight the fire. The column of smoke could be seen for miles and the heat was so intense that trains could not pass through town. By 6:00 p.m. Cridersville's downtown was gone. Only the cast iron safe of the Home Bank remained among the embers. In all, 32 structures were destroyed and 50 people rendered homeless. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured in the fire. Before the development of municipal water systems, modern fire fighting equipment, and fireproof building materials, disastrous fires like this were all too common in communities of every size in America.
Front Text: The Dayton and Michigan Railroad provided the single most important impetus to the growth and development of Wapakoneta. Although Wapakoneta had been platted in 1833, at the time of incorporation (1848), "the town was still without any material improvement worth the name of enterprise, save in the erection of residences and opening of small retail stores and shops." On March 15, 1854, in its first ordinance, the village council of Wapakoneta voted unanimously to grant a right-of-way to the Dayton and Michigan Railroad Company to construct a railroad line through the community. The financial backers of the railroad ran short of funds during construction, and planned to end the line at Sidney, but local leaders raised $70,000 to ensure its extension. (Continued on other side) Back Text: Continued from other side) The Dayton and Michigan Railroad began operation in 1858, giving the people of Wapakoneta "their first railway connection with the outer world." It was the first railroad in Auglaize County and the first north-south line in western Ohio. With a route stretching from Lake Erie to the Ohio River, the railroad allowed local farmers and industrialists to ship their products and goods throughout the country, promoting economic development. Within a few years of the railroad's completion, many industrial enterprises were established, as well as two large grain warehouses. As business grew and employment opportunities expanded, the population of Wapakoneta more than doubled from 900 to 2,150 between 1860 and 1870, the largest period of growth in the community's history. In later years, the railroad line would be known as the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Chessie System, and CSX.
Front Text: The Shannon Stock Company, also known as Shannon's Famous Players, was a traveling theatre company based in Wapakoneta from 1913 until the Great Depression. Founded by Harry Shannon, the group included his wife Adelaide, their children, Harry Jr. and Hazel, and a company of twenty people or more. The Company performed in theatres in southern states during the winter and in a tent in Ohio, Indiana, and other Midwest states during the summer. When not performing, the Shannons prepared for the next tour while at home here in Wapakoneta. [continued on other side] Back Text: [continued from other side] Many Shannon Stock Company actors and crew members lived in this house with the Shannons, with rehearsals held in the back yard. For the tours, the cast learned different plays and performed them over five consecutive days in one town. Louise Miller, a former Shannon troupe member said, "We played simple plays. Our audience was nice, common people....And we never had anybody walk out on us." Like vaudeville, touring theatre was popular entertainment for Americans that faded with the advent of motion pictures and radio.
Front Text: The history of New Knoxville provides one of the best examples of chain migration to America. After the Shawnee were removed from what would become Auglaize County, James Knox Lytle, cousin to James Knox Polk, purchased land in Washington Township. Lytle platted a village of 102 lots in 1836, calling it Knoxville to honor his mother's family. Meanwhile, newly married Wilhelm and Elisabeth Fledderjohann Kuckhermann (later Kuck) immigrated from Ladbergen in northwest Germany. Having missed their boat to St. Louis, the couple lived briefly in Stallostown (Minster) and Bremen (New Bremen). They wrote home, encouraging others to emigrate; in the summer of 1835 the Fledderjohanns (Elisabeth's family), Meckstroths, and Lutterbecks arrived. The families bought land near the site of Knoxville. (continued on other side) Back Text: (continued from other side) Establishment of the village coincided with the earliest wave of German immigration to the United States. The former Ladbergers' reports from Ohio prompted an exodus to America, especially among those with limited economic opportunities. In many cases, immigrants arranged for their relatives and friends to follow them, creating a chain migration. Until 1850, all the settlers in Knoxville (renamed New Knoxville in 1858) were from Ladbergen. Later, others from northwest Germany joined Ladbergers in settling here. The immigrants' shared culture included agricultural and architectural traditions, Protestant piety, and language—Platt Deutsch (Low German). For more than a century New Knoxville residents were trilingual, using Platt, High German, or English at home, school, church, and in their rural lives. | 2019-04-22T14:51:54 | http://remarkableohio.org/index.php?/category/61 |
0.999996 | Problem: The student engages in off-task and possibly distracting behavior.
1.Medication Side Effect: Some students may engage in off-task and possibly distracting behavior as a side effect of medication.
2.Medication Interactions: Some students may engage in off-task and possibly distracting behavior in the classroom as a result of medication interactions.
3.Chronic Pain: Some students engage in off-task and possibly distracting behavior as a result of being in chronic pain.
1.Difficulty Attending: Some students may engage in off-task and possibly distracting behavior in the classroom as a result of difficulty attending (See Tutorials on Attention; Cognition; Cognitive Intervention/Rehabilitation; Transfer/Generalization; Instructional Routines). .
2.Uncertainty Regarding what is Required: Some students may engage in off-task and possibly distracting behavior in the classroom as a result uncertainty regarding what is required of them (See Tutorials on Language Comprehension; Organization; Cognition; Cognitive Intervention/Rehabilitation; Transfer/Generalization; Instructional Routines).
3.General Difficulty with Self-Regulation: Some students may engage in off-task and possibly distracting behavior in the classroom as a result of general difficulty with self-regulation (See Tutorials on Self-Regulation; Self-Monitoring and Self-Evaluating; Organization; Impulsiveness/Disinhibition; Initiation; Problem Solving; Cognition; Cognitive Intervention/Rehabilitation; Transfer/Generalization; Instructional Routines) .
4. Difficulty with Novel vs. Routine Tasks: Some students may engage in off-task and possibly distracting behavior in the classroom as a result of difficulty with novel versus routine tasks (See Tutorial on Attention).
7.Sensory Over-Stimulation or Under-Stimulation: Some students may engage in off-task and possibly distracting behavior in the classroom as result of sensory over-stimulation or sensory under-stimulation. | 2019-04-20T12:41:37 | http://projectlearnet.org/problems/at_school_7_off_task_behavior.html |
0.99902 | 1. In a large bowl, use an electric mixer on medium-high to beat eggs, brown sugar, and 1/4 cup sugar until light, about 30 to 60 seconds. Blend in 3 Tbsp. of the oil, then cider or juice, applesauce, and apple butter until combined.
2. In a separate bowl, stir together both flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and 1 tsp. of the cinnamon. Slowly stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until mixed; dough should be similar to cookie dough. If it's very wet, add additional flour 1 Tbsp. at a time.
3. On a work surface, lay out a long sheet of plastic wrap. Scoop half the dough onto the plastic and pat into a rectangle about 1 inch thick. Wrap and freeze 30 minutes or refrigerate overnight. Repeat with remaining dough.
4. When ready to cook, pour remaining oil as needed into a deep frying pan or stockpot, to a depth of 1 inch. Heat oil on high until it reaches 335 degrees F to 340 degrees F on a deep-fry thermometer, about 8 to 10 minutes.
5. In a small bowl, combine remaining 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon and mix well; set aside. Line a cooling rack with paper towels.
6. While oil heats, roll out chilled dough on a floured work surface into a rectangle about 3 to 4 inches wide and just under 1/2 inch thick. Cut the rectangle widthwise into 1/2-inch-long strips. Lightly roll each strip into a snake and form it into a ring, securing the ends. There should be about 22 rings. Stretch rings if needed so hole is 1 to 11/2 inches wide. Transfer rings to a plate and repeat with second piece of chilled dough.
7. When oil has reached 335 degrees F, carefully place doughnuts in the hot oil, 4 to 6 at a time, leaving at least 1 doughnut's worth of space empty. Fry for 60 to 75 seconds, turn, and fry the second side for 45 to 60 seconds, until the doughnuts are a dark golden brown. Use a slotted spoon to transfer cooked doughnuts to the rack. Keep the oil at a constant temperature while frying; monitor and adjust the heat if needed. Add additional oil to maintain depth and heat to the proper temperature if needed.
8. When all the doughnuts are cooked, roll in cinnamon sugar and serve. | 2019-04-26T14:09:23 | https://www.hannaford.com/ensemble/Recipes/Fresh-Magazine/Breakfast-Brunch-lunch/Mini-Cider-Doughnuts/pc/22280/c/28833/sc/28839/10826.uts?refineByCategoryId=28839 |
0.99846 | If I try to explain trellis coded modulation then someone can tell me whether I have complete misunderstood it, got part or all of it wrong, am missing whole vital pieces of the story. Would someone help with that?
It seems to me that trellis coded modulation should not be just shortened to trellis coding as it is not just another code, that's the whole point of why it is so revolutionary. When Ungerböck invented it in the 1970s it was the first time that anyone had blurred the boundary between coding and modulation (=choosing waveforms) so that the two can't be dealt with solely in isolation but have to be cionsidered together and a design was produced that links the two, with a coding scheme that only makes any sense if a particular associated type of modulation is also used with that coding; the two were co-designed, and have to be.
You have a QAM constellation with so many points in it. One of those points on a 2d plane is the value of a transmitted symbol and as it is 2d its position can be written as a pair of numbers (x,y) coordinates or viewed as a complex number x + iy. The distance d between two points is the euclidean distance given by pythagoras as d² = x² + y² . The euclidean distance is a measure of how distinct the values are, of who difficult it is to confuse two symbols and decide you're hearing one value when another value was intended. If the distance is too small then the points will be too easily confused in the presence of noise.
The trellis idea is that you take the set of all possible positions of a point in the constellation and you split or ‘partition’ that set into so many distinct subsets of possible points, say into two subsets that are halves, or four quarters or whatever. The magic of trellis comes in when it was realised that if you pick the subsets intelligently you can do it in such a way that the points in a subset partition are all spaced apart much further in fact spaced so that the minimum distance between any point in one subset and any of the neighbours that belong to the other subsets is really large compared to the nearest distance spacing found in the full whole subset. Keeping points much further apart like this hugely increases noise resistance because it is much more difficult to get points confused.
The coding part of TCM is where values of symbols were restricted so that they were limited by having to conform to a time sequence of permitted values, symbols could not be sent in completely random patterns the value of one symbol was restricted depending on the previous so many symbols sent, so only certain sequences in time were legal. A signal corrupted by noise can be spotted as corrupt because the received pattern does not conform to any of the allowed pattern sequences. The restrictions on permitted sequences of values form a code, and this restriction means fewer possible combinations of symbols over time, so it slows communication down. However, by some surprising miracle, it turns out that the extra noise immunity gained by the modulation scheme that uses set partitioning can be used to give a performance benefit that is greater than the performance loss due to the long-windedness imposed by the trellis code requiring the generation of more bits as output from the code to send a given message. The extra noise immunity can either be kept as a reliability benefit or the system can be pushed harder to get more speed by having a more complex and thus more fragile / risky constellation with more points in it with the more robust modulation scheme restoring reliability to the same level. So it really is a free lunch. It is very surprising that this is true. Surprising that a coding scheme that makes transmitted data more long-winded can actually end up speeding the whole thing up.
The cost is in the complex decoding process which involves looking at the time pattern of the received sequence of symbols and comparing it to the permitted time sequences to try and guess which was the most likely intended transmitted value. There is quite a lot of information available here in the possibly slightly corrupted or more corrupted information coming in and different decoding algorithms can cost more cpu cycles or more silicon.
I hope that some of that is correct. Would someone tell me what is wrong / right, if anything?
This is my take on it, from back in the days when I could get my head around things and pre-pain, FM and Gabapentin blurring my headspace.
TBH I don't intend re-capping it atm as GDPR is taking up all my energy right now.
I wrote this when there wasn't hardly anything about TCM elsewhere on the net and I could still code compression type algorithms so it may have a programmers edge on it, but I tried to explain it in a two dimensional way to aid understanding.
Could anyone tell me if they think I got it right, or got it wrong, or made a hash of the above?
I really hope I retain your level of intellectual curiosity when I am retired, Sir.
I am retired due to ill-health, not extreme age. But it amounts to the same thing. Crap brain. Found some excellent lectures on quantum field theory on youtube - google tobias osborne. The web and youtube, god I wish I had had things such as this when I was in my teens, things would have been so different.
I lost so much of my brain 2 years ago that I have about half the amount of cells left in the frontal lobe if not the whole brain, and have tardive akathisia and my body similar to that of a parkinsonian especially as time goes by. 32mg Perphenazine could have ended up in my body only because of Psychiatry creating it and killing with it. 16 is enough to do the same but not in a mere 6 weeks. What I was given is 16 but with Sertraline 100mg that increases the blood levels to 32, because it was given 2 months prior to starting Perphenazine and it took a month to get to 16, leading to acute intoxication. All of this on purpose. This actually happend after being hospitalized for 0 reason on purpose, to be injected Haloperidol and be made a complete zombie, I got out without those shots, just yet another blood-level increasing combination of Fluoxetine 20mg+Haloperidol 2mg that increased it to 20-30mg, but then stopped it as soon as I got out with things getting better every day, damaged but alive. I always wanted to steer clear of Psychiatry but the situation got there just like that and totalled 2 hospitalizations over 3 years, then I got killed on private counseling by being fooled into taking Perphenazine 16mg that is in the end 32mg to replace something else that wasn't ideal to continue taking (the strongest anti dopamineric approved for prescription by the FDA, 5 times stronger than Haloperidol, and also affects an additional receptor type. Each time it attaches to a doapmine receptor it sets it back to 14% activity, on a total of two receptor types) instead of being put on the weakest medication (for it to be easier to stop eventually), when it damages you at any amount, 4mg Perphenazine is enough in at least two thirds of the cases that Perphenazine is their last resort, because it instantly starts killing you with the speed determined by the dose. It spell binds you once you take it too and you are incapable of comprehending key elements in the situation. I've just been dragged into it, doesn't matter how anymore. I blame my family for this, because I only wanted to distance myself as far as possible from it and never have I wanted to take any of it because I knew it is pure poison, and everyone is totally fine when it's not them taking it, pushing others into it. I was forced to go or have to take being terrorised as if I'm making some grave error. People take what seems like an eternity to remove their wishful thoughts about the existence of Psychiatry. I didn't even want to private counsel, nor did I trust any psychiatrist, but pressure from people affects other people all the time. I can't feel any emotions anymore, they just start and are fully inhibited. And my brain hurts the last two years without a moment of halt, in a nearly unbearable amount, but in my spirit I can't bear it anymore.
Hope it wasn't too long.
And my brain hurts the last two years without a moment of halt, in a nearly unbearable amount, but in my spirit I can't bear it anymore.
Hang in there my friend. Brains are remarkable things that can reorganise themselves and self heal in ways that seem impossible. | 2019-04-23T00:09:18 | https://forum.kitz.co.uk/index.php?topic=21556.0 |
0.923088 | Need Ahaetulla pictures and info of the following species!!
Hello, I need pictures and information of the following species in the genus Ahaetulla. Ahaetulla mycterizans, Ahaetulla fasciolata, Ahaetulla dispar, Ahaetulla fronticinta, Ahaetulla perroteti and Ahaetulla pulverulenta. I would like to use the pictures for my website that I am creating on all species of the genus Ahaetulla. Any pictures will have the names of the persons who gave them to me and I will actknowledge them. I already have information on Ahaetulla prasina and Ahaetulla nasuta as I keep this species already and I am very experianced with them. (Any pictures on them would be good though). I am looking for information such as distrubution (specific if possible), Scale counts, coloration, care, feeding, breeding, Orginal names , who and when were they discovered and other good information. Sincerely, Tony Baez.
: Hello, I need pictures and information of the following species in the genus Ahaetulla. Ahaetulla mycterizans, Ahaetulla fasciolata, Ahaetulla dispar, Ahaetulla fronticinta, Ahaetulla perroteti and Ahaetulla pulverulenta. I would like to use the pictures for my website that I am creating on all species of the genus Ahaetulla. Any pictures will have the names of the persons who gave them to me and I will actknowledge them. I already have information on Ahaetulla prasina and Ahaetulla nasuta as I keep this species already and I am very experianced with them. (Any pictures on them would be good though). I am looking for information such as distrubution (specific if possible), Scale counts, coloration, care, feeding, breeding, Orginal names , who and when were they discovered and other good information. Sincerely, Tony Baez. | 2019-04-21T04:08:10 | http://forum.kingsnake.com/asia/messages/1083.html |
0.999999 | How Does Firefox's Software Security Device Protect Passwords?
Mozilla claims someone can sit at your computer and get your passwords for each site in 15 seconds. I learned while writing a Firefox extension for the first time that I could access any file in a users directory (given that it was owned by the user). If the passwords are decrypted and written somewhere in the users directory, then they are accessible during a session by a malicious extension or site that uses web code that may access a users directory. What is the process the Software Security Device uses in Firefox that ensures site passwords are really secure from such malicious code?
Decrypting passwords to the hard drive would be insecure because other processes could read them. Does the Software Security Device decrypt them to the users directory?
If not, then does the Software Security Device decrypt them only in ram? If so, then what are the possibilities of another application reading the application space of the Software Security Device?
Describing the process shouldn't be a secret, because secrets are an indication of vulnerability and weakness, instead a true secure method requires brute force to break. An open policy about the encryption process gives a wider audience, which increases the potential for more secure solutions.
I bring this up, because it's not described in the Software Security Device explanation or Master Password explanation on the Mozilla site, leaving me wondering if we are really secure using that feature.
The passwords are stored in the SQLite database signons.sqlite in user's profile directory. By default they are not really encrypted - extracting them from this file and "decrypting" is trivial. To have some security here the user has to define a master password (on the Security tab of the Firefox options), this one will be used to encrypt the passwords in the database. If that has been done then extracting passwords from signons.sqlite is non-trivial, one has to guess the master password.
But Firefox needs to decrypt the passwords to use them of course. If some browser code requests a password (via nsILoginManager) a master password prompt appears - the user needs to enter the master password to allow decrypting his passwords. The decrypted passwords are never written to disk but the browser (and any browser extensions) will be able to access them after that.
Firefox doesn't do anything to prevent extensions from accessing passwords because it would be pointless. The only way to prevent a malicious extension from getting to your passwords is to avoid installing a malicious extension in the first place. Even if nsILoginManager were not there, a malicious extension could still sniff on your communication with the web page when the password is transmitted. Or it could listen to what you type when asked for the master password. Or it could fake a master password dialog and get the master password directly. There are tons of possibilities - an application cannot possibly beat another application that is running with the same privileges.
PS: Software Security Device is for certificates, not passwords - entirely unrelated. But it uses the same master password, hence the confusing dialog.
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Can browser extensions keylog user input? | 2019-04-20T13:20:36 | https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9310459/how-does-firefoxs-software-security-device-protect-passwords |
0.999987 | The temperature at which a liquid boils.
Why should you study chemistry?
Chemistry is the study of matter, its changes, composition, properties and the changes it undergoes. Inasmuch as this definition of chemistry will suffice, a singular definition of chemistry will leave one lacking in a true understanding of what chemistry is and/or what a chemist does. In fact, chemistry is everywhere and we are all chemists with varying degrees of awareness and skill. This is true because chemistry encompasses virtually every aspect of our daily lives. It is the science that provides a connection between all of the natural sciences—biology, physics, chemistry and geology. For this reason, chemistry is often referred to as the "central science".
The history of chemistry spans almost 3000 years and it begins with the Greek philosophers of antiquity in around 600 BCE. The earliest Greek philosophers believed that the earth consisted of essentially 4 elements--earth, air, wind and fire. Aristotle was a chief proponent of this idea and added a fifth element that he called "aether". The ancient Greeks believed that all of the universe consisted of these elements in varying amounts.
The notion of an indivisible particle (an atom) began with Democritus who, unlike most Greek philosophers, did not believe in the continuity of matter. (eg; The notion that matter can be infinitely subdivided.) The term "atomos", which means "indivisible" was born of this notion.
The next 2000 years of chemistry were marked by the various quests and aspirations of the alchemists, one of which was the ability to change baser metals (such as lead or iron) into gold. While they never achieved the power of transmuting metals, alchemists were successful at gaining some understanding of the elements, their chemical properties as well as their chemical reactivities.
Atoms of elements exist. Not only do they exist, they react in predictable ways.
When atoms react with each other, they form new compounds--the masses of which being equal to the constituent elements from which they are formed.
By the mid 1800s to the early 1900s, scientists like Williams Crookes, JJ Thomson, and Ernest Rutherford, Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein and Irwin Schrödinger were well on their way to discovering the secrets of the atom--the internal structure as well as the features of the subatomic particles contained therein. Around the same time period, the knowledge gained by contemporary scientists led to discoveries of how the atom, once thought to be indivisible, could be split in a process called fission. This discovery marked the age of nuclear chemistry, which was both promising in the benefits it offered mankind and terrifying in its ability to annihilate all life on the planet.
Because chemistry is the central science, it plays an important role in many other related scientific fields. The following occupations all require chemistry either as a major or a component of a general course load.
In addition to preparing an individual for these occupations, studying chemistry will help students understand the technological world--and in so doing, allows the student to make better choices for the future.
AP Chemistry is a really difficult course. Should YOU take AP chem? Why should you take it? Why would anyone take it? Here are some reasons why you should.
Use the interactive periodic table to show the groups names, electron configurations, boiling and melting points, and other properties of the elements.
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Social-constructivism, in an educational context, refers to the notion that knowledge is acquired through the social interactions between individuals. This theory of education is most closely associated with the ideas of Lev Vygotsky.
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0.99903 | When one presents a chart showing that there has been no global warming for the past 12 years, one can expect that the AGW alarmists will be . . . well, alarmed. As a result, we can expect that the total arsenal of "you can't believe your lying eyes" type of rationalizations will be brought forth in an effort to show that it doesn't matter what the data says. Their arguments fall into two types, and so I will try to deal with them here.
The first argument claims that the starting point for the data has been cherry picked, and therefore proves nothing. Let me mention at this point that last year the argument was also used that the end point was cherry picked because the data ended in a La Nina. This year the data ends in an El Nino, and the trend is still flat. So that argument has been disposed of by time.
The alarmists objection typically asks why an earlier or later starting point was not used. I think that we have to answer that question in respect to the question that we are trying to answer in producing such a chart. The question that I want to answer is "how long has the global temperature trend been flat". If I choose a date before 1998 I am not answering that question. I know already that the temperature was rising before 1998. I am not trying to debate that point. And I know that if I use data from before 1998 that I will get a positive slope. But I'm not making the statement that temperature has been flat for 15 years or 20 years. I'm making the statement that it has been flat for 12 years.
Then the question is asked, "why did you start with an El Nino year and not with 1999 or 2000". This is actually a relevant question, because 1998 was strongly effected by an El Nino that would serve to lower the slope of the trend. In other words, if I cut off 1998, my trend goes positive. But what all of the alarmists choose to ignore is that there were 8 ENSO events in that 12 year time period (5 El Ninos and 3 La Ninas) and that one has to consider them all to decide if the flat trend is actually just and ENSO artifact. So while the 1998 El Nino exercises a strong influence on the slope, one can't simply overlook the fact that the 98 El Nino was followed, only 3 month later, by a La Nina that lasted over two years. The effect of those two events at the beginning of the chart on the slope of the trend basically cancels out. I show how the ENSO events effect the slope here.
The profound effect of the ENSO correction can be seen at the beginning of the chart where the 98 El Nino is brought way down. But as the chart shows, with corrections for all ENSO events accounted for, the remaining trend was still basically flat. Furthermore, the difference between the trend lines for the ENSO corrected data and the non corrected data is tiny. The ENSO corrected chart should put to rest any arguments that the starting point is cherry picked to gain the benefit of a powerful ENSO year. But you can bet that the alarmist will still try to find a way to support that misconception.
The second part of the argument that alarmists present against this kind of chart is that it is not statistically significant. In other words, we cannot say that the trend lines shown in the chart represent the true trend with 95% certainty. This argument is a straw man for more than one reason. We are not trying to present the new trend line as being the new trend with 95% certainty. We are simply saying that there has been no warming for the past 12 years. The argument against such a short period of time is that the variability around the trend is too large to give the trend meaning. That is fine as an argument if you don't look at the physical reasons behind the argument. Climate has large elements of variability over the shorter time period. These are things like ENSO, PDO, AMO, solar, volcanoes, aerosols, etc. But we know what all of these things are, and we can investigate how they effect our chart using things like the ENSO corrected data that I used above. By the way, that correction removed much of the variability, thereby shortening the time period needed for significance. The problem with the current 12 year flat trend is that it cannot be explained by natural elements of variability. I have asked the alarmists, like Gavin Schmidt, many time, to explain the elements of natural variability that were overriding the CO2 signal. But they have no answer.
This means that the answer is one of two things. Either the forcing expected from CO2 is too large, or there are elements of natural variation that are very strong and that are not accounted for by current climate knowledge. If the later is true, then those elements of variation are also not accounted for in the models.
Trend is flat because you start it in 1998. If you tarted the graph in the 1970s you;d see that the trend is all up, and that this year is warmer than every year in the 19070s, 1980s and up to 98.
Where I live in south-eastern Australia rainfall is about 30% down on historical norms since about 1998, but if I only had figures since then I wouldn't know there was anything amiss. As it is I do have previous data (plus lots of now dying street trees planted in wetter times and other signs).
Oh, and this drying is caused by global warming, which is anthropogenic, of course.
I have an explanation for most of your objections above.
John, what is your evidence that the earth has warmed since 1998?
John might also ask Kevin Trenberth why he calls the diverging CO2 and temp. curves over this same time period a "travesty".
John: [i]but if I only had figures since then I wouldn't know there was anything amiss[/]That's exactly the point.
So, what's going on then? What forces are (at the moment) stronger than Public Enemy CO2?
Great article Tilo, I will be linking to it.
You provide graphs of the UAH and RSS global average temperature series, so let us look at the five year average global temperature anomalies from those series. Using five year averages helps to smooth out the shorter-term variations, making it easier to detect trends.
Do you agree that that information is correct (ie it provides correct UAH & RSS data)?
Do you agree that it shows continued warming, albeit at a lower rate recently than previously?
So, if you want to compare those two 5 year pieces, then get an ENSO corrected version of them and show me what you have.
So, having started your article with graphs constructed with raw data from UAH and RSS, you now object to me showing that raw data?
As I explained above, using five year averages helps to remove the noise of inter annual variations in average global temperatures caused by relatively short term events such as ENSOs and volcanic eruptions It is a rough and ready method of removing such noise from the temperature series.
There, both the UAH and RSS data are plotted: in neither case is the best linear fit and limits of two standard deviations either side of it (established before the year 2000) exceeded by the data after 2000.
Finally, you attempt to justify your use of the data starting in 1998 by claiming that you are merely interested in "how long has the global temperature trend been flat". That is a rather bizarre metric, but if you insist on using it, why have you not made a similar measurement throughout ALL of the UAH and RSS data series? Why have you not shown us the length of other flat periods within that data set? Why do you just cherry-pick the latest period of flat trend and ignore any of the others?
You give absolutely no evidence of having read the article for this post or for having read the article for the post that I linked in my last comment. I don't mind debating someone on my views, but debating someone with their fingers in their ears is a waste of my time. I'm going to explain it one more time. Go and look at my chart on this post. Click on it to expand it. Then look at the ENSO periods at the top. See the 99 and 00 La Nina's. See their effect on the temperature. Remember also that the ENSO effect is delayed by 3 or 4 month. Your first five year period is an ENSO artifact when it is compared to the second five year period. Your five year period is simply not enough to remove the ENSO effect. In fact, my twelve year period is often not enough either. That is why I have an ENSO corrected chart. Also, don't bother me with links to Tamino. I have answers for Tamino, as do many other people, but he will not post our comments. Tamino is a statistical sophist that runs a propaganda site - plain and simple.
"There, both the UAH and RSS data are plotted: in neither case is the best linear fit and limits of two standard deviations either side of it (established before the year 2000) exceeded by the data after 2000."
Again, look at the starting point. It is in the depth of a La Nina. Of course the trend is up from there. Again, Tamino's demonstration depends on an ENSO artifact. The argument that 1998 also produces an ENSO artifact would be true if it were not followed immediately by a long La Nina. As it is, the two cancel each other out. That is why 1998 is a legitimate place to start while 99 and 00 are not. But you can end the whole argument by using ENSO corrected data, like I have. And the ENSO corrected data still shows no trend.
"why have you not made a similar measurement throughout ALL of the UAH and RSS data series? Why have you not shown us the length of other flat periods within that data set?"
I showed that two such periods were natural variation artifacts. One was an ENSO artifact and the other was a volcano artifact. The current 12 year flat trend is not an artifact of anything. That is why it is so significant.
Now if you want to continue this discussion, then at least show that you understand what I have already written in the articles. You don't have to agree. But at least begin by comprehending.
Well, your one legitimate complaint against me is that I hadn't finished reading your Jan 11th post: your first three paragraphs there are little better than a rant, and I've read far too many of those. So, as I was short of time, that’s as far as I got.
If you want people to consider what you say, please cut out the "stampede the population of the earth, for UN profit", "climategate decline hiders from the CRU", "torture the data into confession", "filled their own coffers with research grants" etc etc. It is difficult to take anyone seriously with that sort of garbage flying around.
Before I get to some of the issues that have arisen already, let me draw your attention to one thing that puzzles me with respect to "ENSO adjusted data". (I've not seen this discussed elsewhere – maybe it has been.) If you look at the graphs of ENSO adjusted versus raw data (eg any of your Jan 11 figs 1- 4) what is striking is their similarity. In every single case the ENSO adjusted data is simply a somewhat damped version of the raw data – every peak and trough in the raw data is replicated in the ENSO adjusted data, though usually not so extremely. Why should that be? If an El Nino is responsible for a peak in global temperatures, then why should one expect a peak, albeit smaller, in global temperatures in the absence of an El Nino? The inescapable conclusion is that one should not, and that therefore the ENSO adjusted figures do NOT show what the global average temperatures would have been in the absence of El Nino/La Nina episodes.
I appreciate you are not responsible for the ENSO adjusted figures, but you ARE using them as if they showed what average global temperatures would be in the absence of El Nino/La Nina episodes. It seems to me that that cannot be justified, and if that is correct then your entire assumption that you have removed their impact on the temperature graphs you show comes crashing to the ground. All you have shown is that if you mute the effects of El Nino/La Nina episodes somewhat then, for example, the almost zero slope of the temperature graph since 1998 does not disappear.
In short, you have assumed the ENSO adjusted figures are really what they say they are. I really cannot see how that can be the case.
A more general statement of the same thing is this: the ENSO adjusted temperature graph is still very noisy. Clearly, that noise cannot be attributed to rapidly varying levels of IR absorption by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. In other words, the noise is caused by something else (even if it isn’t El Nino/La Nina episodes), but with respect to the signal it is still noise. Therefore, the fact that the signal is masked by the noise for extended periods is still inevitable: that is what happens when your data consists of signal plus noise. The lack of positive trend does not show that the signal has gone away.
would still demand explanation. Merely dismissing them with a few ad hominems isn't good enough. And besides, if they did start in a La Nina episode (as I think you state) then that would increase the slope and make it more, not less, difficult for the last decade to fit into the pre-2000 trend lines. Those graphs shows that there has been no statistically significant change in trend since 2000.
2. As far as the use of raw or ENSO adjusted figures for the last decade (eg my UAH figures) is concerned, since such evidence you provide (from HADCRUT3) shows very little difference between trends, I cannot see that it makes much difference using the five year data either.
"If you look at the graphs of ENSO adjusted versus raw data (eg any of your Jan 11 figs 1- 4) what is striking is their similarity. In every single case the ENSO adjusted data is simply a somewhat damped version of the raw data – every peak and trough in the raw data is replicated in the ENSO adjusted data, though usually not so extremely. Why should that be? If an El Nino is responsible for a peak in global temperatures, then why should one expect a peak, albeit smaller, in global temperatures in the absence of an El Nino? The inescapable conclusion is that one should not, and that therefore the ENSO adjusted figures do NOT show what the global average temperatures would have been in the absence of El Nino/La Nina episodes."
But there are other, higher frequency, elements of natural variation still in the data. So what you see is exactly what you would expect from filtering out ENSO. I suggest you read Thompson's paper. He talks about how it all works. Also, Gavin has used Thompson's method to produce an ENSO corrected GISS data set. So you can probably get better details of how it works from him.
"The lack of positive trend does not show that the signal has gone away."
High frequency elements of natural variation are not going to make the signal go away or even disguise it. So you can leave them there and still see what the real trend is. Thompson talks about at least one other high frequency element of variation. And he shows a graph of it. But I'm sure that Thompson doesn't cover them all.
"It would not matter if Tamino were a serial murderer:"
No it wouldn't. But it does matter if he doesn't take contrary views. You can't assume that what your read there is correct when no one is allowed to challenge.
"And besides, if they did start in a La Nina episode (as I think you state) then that would increase the slope and make it more, not less, difficult for the last decade to fit into the pre-2000 trend lines. Those graphs shows that there has been no statistically significant change in trend since 2000."
I'm not sure what you are talking about here. If you start with a La Nina at the beginning of a trend line, then you are going to make the slope of that trend line go up. In regards to the pre 2000 period, there was plenty of warming going on in the 90s. So you don't have to worry about a comparison with the first five years of 2000.
"since such evidence you provide (from HADCRUT3) shows very little difference between trends, I cannot see that it makes much difference using the five year data either."
Actually, if you start both your adjusted and unadjusted periods in 99 or 2000 you will see a lot of difference in the trends. It is just incidental that starting in 1998 gives you a fair balance of influences when using unadjusted data.
"The trend in the ENSO-related component for 1999–2008 is +0.08±0.07°C decade–1, fully accounting for the overall observed trend. The trend after removing ENSO (the "ENSO-adjusted" trend) is 0.00°±0.05°C decade–1, implying much greater disagreement with anticipated global temperature rise."
You can start in 1999 and the trend is still flat. The silly "but you're starting in 98!" argument goes away.
Thanks anonymous. Your point is the same one that I make in my most recent post - namely - stop arguing about starting points and look at the ENSO corrected data. Then you can start any time you want and the trend will be flat. Of course you can't start before 1998 because we freely admit that temperatures were rising before 1998.
Unfortunately, your link doesn't work and I'd love to have it. Can you give it another shot please.
I went back and reread the first three paragraphs and I still don't see a "rant". Seems like a justification for how the graph was assembled to counter future questions (which John promptly ignored). To me a rant includes ad hominens - didn't see it.
Once you get the training to see why you are horribly wrong, then maybe people will start to listen to you.
"No I think the common response would be, "why don't you get the same graph as the experts get?""
Eh, because I'm plotting their data since 1998 - the time period that I'm making a statement about. You are linking the time period since 1850. Now why would I want a 160 year chart to find the trend since 1998. | 2019-04-21T11:03:34 | http://reallyrealclimate.blogspot.com/2010/01/twelve-year-satellite-temperature.html |
0.999884 | The Times’s horse racing experts, Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert, break down this year’s story lines and make their picks for the 2013 Kentucky Derby.
By Erica Berenstein and Justin Sablich on Publish Date April 29, 2013.
This week our humanities-class collaborators chose their usual eclectic mix of Times stories to read and write about.
Below, ideas for learning about black history and the Kentucky Derby; exploring historical connections to a disaster in Bangladesh; and arguing ideas of gender parity via a piece about street-naming in Berlin.
Kevin Krigger was the first black jockey to win the Santa Anita Derby in its 78-year history. Krigger, who is on the doorstep of becoming a top race rider, grew up riding and racing horses in St. Croix and this weekend he has the chance to become the first black jockey to win the Kentucky Derby since 1902.
Your Task: This weekend the Kentucky Derby will be run. One of the many stories in this year’s race is about the jockey Kevin Krigger. Summarize the article, making sure to explain the history Kevin Krigger will make when he rides in the race — and potentially wins.
Watch this slide show about Kevin Krigger.
Use this Times activity (PDF) to organize your paragraph around that classic news structure, the 5 W’s and an H.
The Kentucky Derby is a piece of American history. Watch this TimesCast to get a preview of this year’s race and the personalities involved.
Fashion also plays a large role in the derby. This slide show focuses on some of the hats worn to last year’s race. After looking at the slide show, put your design skills to use: design either a hat that could be worn to the derby, or silks that a jockey might wear in the race. What would you include in your design that says something about you?
In a 2012 series called “Breakdown: Death and Disarray at America’s racetracks,” The Times investigated how the racing industry treats many of its equine racers. From a high horse fatality rate to the rise of racinos — racetrack casinos that pump money into thoroughbred races — Times reporters like Joe Drape and Walt Bogdanich explore the troubles facing horse racing in the United States. Read and discuss what Times reporters have discovered about the conditions and attitudes toward horses at American tracks. What do you think casual horse racing fans, like those who tune into the Kentucky Derby, should know about the industry?
In “Clothed in Misery,” author M.T. Anderson asks readers to stop and think about where their clothing comes from.
He compares the recent collapse of a Bangladeshi factory complex — the latest, deadliest chapter in the story of miserable labor conditions in the international garment industry — with similar disasters that happened in the United States in the first phase of our national industrialization.
Your Task: Imagine you are a newspaper reporter in Pemberton in 1860. Compose a newspaper article describing the Pemberton Mill tragedy. Using information from Anderson’s Op-Ed, include general information on the workers and the construction of the mill.
Look up more information about the Pemberton Mill tragedy using your computer or smartphone. A good place to start is this Times article, which is a firsthand account published the day after the tragedy in 1860.
Highlight or list facts about the tragedy from the Op-Ed or from other resources.
Choose the most important facts to include in the narrative you create.
Deadly workplace accidents are not a thing of the past. Last month, an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas leveled part of that town, killed at least 12 people, and injured more than 200 others. According to Bloomberg News, the plant was last inspected in 1985. Listen to M.T. Anderson on The Takeaway and read this week’s Room for Debate. Decide for yourself if corporations have a responsibility to stay and improve working conditions or if they have the right to move production out of areas with terrible safety records.
Learn about another industrial disaster of the past via the Learning Network’s collection of resources on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
M. T. Anderson, who wrote this Op-Ed, is also an award-winning author whose Young Adult books are thought-provoking and interesting. Explore his Web site and see if you are interested in reading any of his books.
When local authorities asked the Jewish Museum in Berlin to propose a name for the cobblestone square outside its new education center, museum officials promptly suggested Moses Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn was a famous 18th-century philosopher but the museum’s proposal was rejected because Moses Mendelssohn was not a woman.
This section of Berlin, called the Kreuzberg district, requires that streets and public places be named for women until parity is reached with men. Do you think this legislation is a good way to end gender discrimination?
Your Task: Write a response to this question: Should street signs be used to foster parity between men and women? Use at least one piece of evidence from the text to support your position.
Take a side on the issue. List the reasons you can support your position and be sure to include the most important in your essay.
Find a quote, statistic, or reporting from Melissa Eddy to include as support for your argument and be sure to properly identify the source in your writing.
What other stories can you find in The Times that raise questions about gender equity? Read a week’s worth of reporting and see how many pieces you can find that speak to this debate in some way. Then, pretend you are reading an edition of The New York Times in 2050. How, and to what extent, do you predict gender equity will still be in the news, if at all? Why?
Note: All Common Core Standards cited in this post are aligned to Grade Level 9-10, but the tasks can be adapted to reflect higher or lower standards.
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0.998331 | Bob: Cal, I'm going to stray from the consensus liberal line on the issue of intelligent design. The Dover, Pa., school board had a good reason to allow the teaching of intelligent design as a scientific alternative to Darwinism in the school system's science classes. Despite the overwhelming consensus of the scientific community that evolution is the sole explanation for all living things, these scientists have yet to prove the theory conclusively. Not only are there still gaping holes in the evolutionary chain from single cells to man, the science crowd hasn't come close to explaining why only man among all living things has a conscience, a moral framework and a free will.
Cal: What I find curious about this debate, not only in Pennsylvania, but in Kansas and throughout the country, is that so many scientists and educators are behaving like fundamentalist secularists. Only they will define science. They alone will decide which scientific theories and information will be taught to students. That sounds like mind control to me, Bob. If their science is so strong on the issue of origins, why not let the arguments supporting intelligent design into the classroom where it can be debunked if it can't be defended? You liberals are always accusing us conservatives of censorship. It sounds like your side has picked up the disease on this one.
Bob: One reason is that your side insists on making this debate about religion. I believe there is a good science debate here. Many people believe that the Christian community is using intelligent design as a backdoor for teaching creationism. If not, this issue would not be in the federal courts in a constitutional argument over separation of church and state. But there are a number of serious scientists who believe in intelligent design as a theory of evolution based on scientific argument.
Cal: Exactly right, Bob. And many of them have advanced degrees from the same universities from which the evolutionary scientists have graduated. And what about some of the greatest names in science - men like Isaac Newton, Louis Pasteur, Johannes Kepler and Galileo? Charles Darwin was a devout Christian as a young man, but his religious views - like his scientific ones - "evolved" as he got older. By the time he wrote The Origin of Species, he was as good a practical secularist as any non-believer. Was the later Darwin smarter than the combined wisdom of those scientists who believed the universe did not come into existence by chance but had a creator behind it? Readers can Google "scientists and intelligent design" for the names of many more scientists who believed someone was behind what we see in the sky with our eyes and beyond through a telescopic eye.
Bob: Good, now you're talking science, not theology.
Cal: But I doubt the secular fundamentalists and their judicial friends will ever allow this debate to occur. That's why I support, for this reason and many others, pulling conservative and Christian kids out of public schools and placing them in private or home-school environments where they can get a real and truthful education.
Bob: Cal, if you encourage Christian believers to take their kids out of public schools, then it's likely intelligent design will never get a fair hearing and forever be seen as Biblical creation only. That's not fair to those who want competing theories to Darwin introduced as a scientific debate, not a theological food fight.
Cal: Fair point, Bob, but the primary responsibility of parents is to their children. If they are teaching them one thing at home and in their place of worship, and they are subsidizing with their taxes the teaching of conflicting views - which are taught as truth in the government schools - they are undermining the very things in which they believe. School choice would settle a lot of this, but those politically beholden to the National Education Association aren't about to allow parents the freedom to choose where to educate their kids.
Bob: Some public school systems may well be hostile to Christian dogma, but most are looking at intelligent design as a church-state issue, and until told otherwise by the federal courts will continue to keep the debate out of science classes. You can't blame them. Nearly the entire school board in Dover was defeated over this very issue in the last election. Pulling Christian kids from public schools only helps the "Darwin only" science crowd.
Cal: Scientists have accepted theories in the past that proved to be wrong. Science is supposed to be about openness to competing ideas. But the very people who want to impose evolution as the only scientific explanation for life on the planet violate this basic tenet of science when it comes to intelligent design.
Bob: True, but these scientists will say the overwhelming body of evidence supports evolution, and no other theory comes close. Well, of course it doesn't because no other theory has been studied seriously. This crowd has a vested interest in proving Darwin correct, and anything else is dismissed out of hand. This from the same scientific community that for years believed the universe was shrinking. They have since discovered the Big Bang and now believe the universe is expanding.
Cal: You're making my point, Bob. Science advances by considering all theories and evidence, not by conspiring to teach only one to the exclusion of others. This is Flat Earth Society thinking.
Bob: But if this debate continues to be viewed as an attempt by fundamentalist Christians to get their beliefs into the public schools, then intelligent design will never get a fair hearing, and it deserves one. The scientists who view intelligent design as a science, not a dogma, believe that the smallest building blocks of life are so complex that they couldn't simply evolve from amoebas. That's about as far as I can go in my understanding of all this.
Cal: What has been set up is a false premise: that the Bible and science are in conflict and that nothing in Scripture can be tested scientifically. That is just not true. But when God asks Job - "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?" - the question should make scientists humble about their certainties concerning the origins of the earth and of human life.
Bob: There you go again mixing science with the Bible. We both want to see intelligent design introduced into the scientific debate. Can't we leave the Bible out of this while we're trying to convince the public that this is a debate about science? It's a means-ends issue, Cal.
Cal: Some Christians are trying to water down what they really believe for the wrong reasons. It would be better for them to exit the government schools so they can teach their beliefs without compromise. For those who remain - like you - and want intelligent design taught alongside evolution, why not have a series of televised debates so the public could make up its own mind?
Bob: That's a start. The scientific community has gone out of its way to depict intelligent design as a religious view. Most people have no idea that serious scientists believe there is a strong case for intelligent design. These scientists have been denied a forum, and a series of public debates would be educational and give the intelligent design researchers a chance to tell their side.
Bob: I'm all for it. I just wonder if the Darwinists will show up.
Cal Thomas is a conservative columnist. Bob Beckelis a liberal Democratic strategist. But as longtime friends, they can often find common ground on issues that lawmakers in Washington cannot.
I don't understand how people so ignorant about a subject can speak so authoritatively about it. Do they have no humility?
Apparently the more ignorant the more arrogant.
That article was so inane it really is quite embarrassing. I have to wonder if perhaps it is a parody.
Well that was depressing, or was it funny? Abbot and Costello did it better in any case.
Who dominated the land first?
Dino saw're who dominated the land first?
If Darwin was a man and a man saw who dominated the land first then men must have dominated the land first.
No Apes came before men.
Aaaaaaabbbbbboootttt! Then why are the apes still around?
AbE: Oh yeah, I'm not sure what all scientists fear, but I personally fear wholly ignorant and science illiterate people discussing science as if they are equal in knowledge to a scientist and trying to change what it is through political fiat, like the poor man's version of abbot and costello from your OP quote.
Science as a spectator sport with traditional loudmouthed commentating duo, there's a novel approach.
Scientists fear a general public that is so scientifically illiterate that they think the above article is in any way representative of science.
Really it is the general public that should be afraid. If the radical right successfully starts teaching caricatures of science as science, then the US will lose its lead scientifically and economically. Our science establishment is already completely foreign dependent (like our dependency on foreign oil) because most Americans are too poorly educated to work as scientists.
Once those foreigners start staying home (which is already happening), the US will be completely screwed since it will take generations to reverse the willful stupidity being foisted on the education system.
I couldn't help but read this again...I think it might be a parody, as holmes indicated.
How can what Cal said be considered "science" in any way shape or form? Since when is "science" considered to be the teleological views of 17th century physicists? Or since when is "science" any view held by those practicing science? Cal just spewed a great big "argument from authority" and Bob says, "Now you're talking science."
Most of what they say truely doesn't make any sense; i just don't understand.
What scientists fear is a general re-emergence of the "dark ages". Do we remember them? Yes! Those were the days when the Church rose up to dominate science. It's scary. Have we learned nothing?
There is no voice louder than the voice of ignorance.
Those who know the least expound the most.
Here's the kicker folks. I believe in ID and Creation but I do so without a religious coloring. Vision is so much more unrestricted from a great height and the mind is an organ of perception but to put it to best use it must be unfettered by dogmatic bias.
Methinks there is not much in the way of threat in this duo.
But I realize now that these people were not in science; they didn’t understand it. They didn’t understand technology; they didn’t understand their time.
That's a classic example of what TV pundits think a "debate" looks like - two people who agree with each other waffling on without challenge to their beliefs.
Re: what do scientists fear?
So this piece was serious journalism... truly frightening. | 2019-04-23T05:02:29 | https://www.evcforum.net/dm.php?control=msg&t=12192 |
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0.999286 | I am trying to explain to a non-developer the difference between an API an SDK. I need to explain why a commercial fingerprint software vendor will likely not provide an SDK, although they may certainly have used one.
Both device vendors and software vendors can and should expose a well-defined API. This API allows other software programs to (be written to) inter-operate with the vendor’s own software components or hardware devices.
If someone has more ideas to explain this clearly, I would very much appreciate the suggestions. I want to emphasize that the goal is to explain the concepts to a non-programmer who does not know developer lingo.
Develop and provide an SDK (one step beyond an API) to make it easier and faster for software developers to write programs that work with my device. SDKs may provide helper code libraries, reference applications, documentation etc.
an API is an interface. It's like the specification of the telephone system or the electrical wiring in your house. Anything* can use it as long as it knows how to interface. You can even buy off-the-shelf software to use a particular API, just as you can buy off the shelf telephone equipment or devices that plug into the AC wiring in your house.
an SDK is implementation tooling. It's like a kit that allows** you to build something custom to hook up to the telephone system or electrical wiring.
*Anything can use an API. Some APIs have security provisions to require license keys, authentication, etc. which may prohibit complete use of the API in particular instances, but that's only because particular authentication/authorization steps fail. Any software that presents the right credentials (if required) can use the API.
**Technically, if an API is well-documented, you don't need an SDK to build your own software to use the API. But having an SDK generally makes the process much easier.
Suppose company C offers product P and P involves software in some way. Then C can offer a library/set of libraries to software developers that drive P's software systems.
That library/libraries are an SDK. It is part of the systems of P. It is a kit for software developers to use in order to modify, configure, fix, improve, etc the software piece of P.
If C wants to offer P's functionality to other companies/systems, it does so with an API.
This is an interface to P. A way for external systems to interact with P.
If you think in terms of implementation, they will seem quite similar. Especially now that the internet has become like one large distributed operating system.
In purpose, though, they are actually quite distinct.
You build something with an SDK and you use or consume something with an API.
Application Programming Interface is a set of routines/data structures/classes which specifies a way to interact with the target platform/software like OS X, Android, project management application, virtualization software etc.
While Software Development Kit is a wrapper around API/s that makes the job easy for developers.
For example, Android SDK facilitates developers to interact with the Android platform as a whole while the platform itself is built by composite software components communicating via APIs.
Also, sometimes SDKs are built to facilitate development in a specific programming language. For example, Selenium web driver (built in Java) provides APIs to drive any browser natively, while capybara can be considered an an SDK that facilitates Ruby developers to use Selenium web driver. However, Selenium web driver is also an SDK by itself as it combines interaction with various native browser drivers into one package.
I'm not sure there's any official definition of these two terms. I understand an API to be a set of documented programmable libraries and supporting source such as headers or IDL files. SDKs usually contain APIs but often often add compilers, tools, and samples to the mix.
API is specifications on how to do something, an interface, such as "The railroad tracks are four feet apart, and the metal bar is 1 inch wide" Now that you have the API you can now build a train that will fit on those railroad tracks if you want to go anywhere. API is just information on how to build your code, it doesn't do anything.
SDK is some package of actual tools that already worried about the specifications. "Here's a train, some coal, and a maintenance man. Use it to go from place to place" With the SDK you don't worry about specifics. An SDK is actual code, it can be used by itself to do something, but of course, the train won't start up spontaneously, you still have to get a conductor to control the train.
SDKs also have their own APIs. "If you want to power the train put coal in it", "Pull the blue lever to move the train.", "If the train starts acting funny, call the maintenance man" etc.
How about... It's like if you wanted to install a home theatre system in your house. Using an API is like getting all the wires, screws, bits, and pieces. The possibilities are endless (constrained only by the pieces you receive), but sometimes overwhelming. An SDK is like getting a kit. You still have to put it together, but it's more like getting pre-cut pieces and instructions for an IKEA bookshelf than a box of screws.
You use an SDK to access functionality of a library, and an API to control it.
An SDK seems to be a complete set of APIs that allow you to perform most any action you would need to for creating applications. In addition an SDK may include other tools for developing for the platform/item that it is for.
An API on the other hand is just a series of related methods that may be good for a specific purpose.
As an example, the JDK (Java Development Kit) contains the API as well as the compilers, runtimes, and other miscellaneous tools. The Java API is simply all the libraries that make up the core language that you can work with out of the box.
Examples of APIs: Java API, Google Maps API, Flash Player API.
Examples of SDKs: JDK, GWT, Flex SDK.
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what would you expect? What does happen is that 2, not 1, is returned. | 2019-04-22T14:36:51 | https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2009-April/532566.html |
0.999999 | Is it a good or bad idea to rotate developers on a single project?
Is a game of musical chairs refreshing or distracting?
I'm part of a small team that will begin working on a large new project with another small team. The other team is currently working on a legacy system that they have been working on for years.
The manager has decided that the developers from my team will be rotating every few months to replace developers working on the legacy system. That way the other team will have a chance to work on the new project and have a better understanding of the new system.
I want to know the benefits and drawbacks (if any) of rotating the developers from the project every 2-3 months.
I know that this is a similar question to "Is rotating the lead developer a good or bad idea?" but that question focuses on a lead developer. This question is about rotating the entire team on and off the project (our tech lead for the new project may or may not be rotated—I don't know yet).
Cross pollination of institutional knowledge: everyone will know the legacy project and the new one, at least in theory.
Cross training: different projects require different things often. You grow much more as a developer working in ugly legacy projects than in nice, clean greenfield projects.
Fundamentally better projects: nothing like having a new team coming in to make you finish documentation and clean up ugly processes you are willing to live with but not publicly admit to.
Better code: more heads are better in most cases.
Likely morale improvements: variety is the spice of life. And who wants to be stuck in legacy project bug fixing/duct-taping mode permanently? Also keep in mind your "new" project will become legacy at some point: do you want to be stuck there forever?
Probably the only downside is the productivity drop you get from switching places but that should only hurt bad the first go-round. Afterward, both sides will have some seat time in both places, and the ugly parts of the handoff will probably be better understood and perhaps solved.
I'm surprised that everybody thinks this is such a good thing. The authors of Peopleware (which, in my opinion, is still one of the precious few software project management books actually worth reading) strongly disagree. Almost the entire Part IV of the book is dedicated to this very issue.
The software team is an incredibly important functional unit. Teams need to jell to become really productive. It takes time (a lot of time) for team members to earn each others' respect, to learn each others' habits and quirks and strengths and weaknesses.
Certainly, from personal experience, I can say that after a year of working with certain people, I've learned to laugh off certain things that used to rile me up, my estimates as team lead are much better, and it's not too difficult to get the work distributed so as to make everyone happy. It wasn't like that in the beginning.
Now you might say, "Oh, but we're not breaking up the whole team, just moving a few people." But consider (a) how blindly unproductive their replacements are going to be in the beginning, and (b) how many times you'll find yourself or other teams saying, without even thinking, "I really liked X," or "This would have been easier with Y still around," subtly and unconsciously offending the new members and creating schisms within the existing team, even sowing discontent among the "old" members.
People don't do this on purpose, of course, but it happens almost every time. People do it without thinking. And if they force themselves not to, they end up focusing on the issue even more and become frustrated by the forced silence. Teams and even sub-teams will develop synergies that get lost when you screw around with the structure. The Peopleware authors call it a form of "teamicide."
That being said, even though rotating team members is a horrible practice, rotating teams themselves is perfectly fine. Although well-run software companies should have some concept of product ownership, it's not nearly as disruptive to a team to move that entire team to a different project, as long as the team actually gets to finish the old project or at least bring it to a level they're happy with.
By having "team" stints instead of "developer" stints, you get all the same benefits you would expect to get with rotating developers (documentation, "cross-pollination," etc.) without any of the nasty side-effects on each team as a unit. To those who don't really understand management, it may seem less productive, but rest assured that the productivity lost by splitting up the team totally dwarfs the productivity lost by moving that team to a different project.
P.S. In your footnote you mention that the tech lead might be the only person not to be rotated. This is pretty much guaranteed to mess up both teams. The tech lead is a leader, not a manager, and he or she has to earn the respect of the team and is not simply granted authority by higher levels of management. Putting an entire team under the direction of a new lead whom they've never worked with and who is very likely to have different ideas about things like architecture, usability, code organization, estimation... well, it's going to be stressful as hell for the lead trying to build credibility and very unproductive for the team members who start to lose cohesion in the absence of their old lead. Sometimes companies have to do this, i.e. if the lead quits or gets promoted, but doing it by choice sounds insane. | 2019-04-22T16:21:03 | https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/is-it-a-good-or-bad-idea-to-rotate-developers-on-a-single-project/ |
0.999995 | Are You Hard To Classify?
Comparables are more useful for selling your business than your products.
When Sidney De Haan fulfilled his post-WWII ambition and opened a hotel in Folkestone in 1950 he soon realized that once the summer holiday-makers had gone home retired people flocked to the coast: he wisely began to cater especially for their needs. He pioneered the all-inclusive holiday and later direct mail too as his empire grew. His business eventually became Saga, the international business providing a wide range of services for the over 50s, with an enterprise value of £3Bn or so and some 2.1m customers. It’s in the news at the moment because in May it aims to raise £550m through an IPO.
Although “the over 50s” clearly covers many large and valuable market segments, with differing needs, Saga has managed to position itself as a trusted specialist provider to this large and varied super-segment because it seems to be addressing a market that values expertise, trust, and one-stop shopping. This is no mean feat and something that can only be achieved by degrees over an extended period of time. Loyalty like this is partly explained by its age; it has now been around for such a long time that any sagacious personification of the brand would be “over 50” too and a target customer.
One of the reasons that Saga has been so successful is that, due to the breadth and depth of its offering, it is recognized as being an expert at providing services to this age group. It is also unique: no one else competes with it directly. In that respect, it reminds me of McCarthy & Stone, another very successful and long-standing business which has a target market that overlaps with Sagas. McCarthy and Stone have been completely focused on building retirement homes and flats for decades.
Saga’s uniqueness has made it a little tricky to classify by the London Stock Exchange and it has successfully managed to argue that it should be classified under the “specialist consumer services” section rather than in the “insurance” subsector for its listing in May. This allows it to compare itself with businesses that have higher valuations than those in the insurance sector and hopefully this will get it more for its shares. The justification of this though is very interesting as it has been based on the fact that 60% of revenues come from non-financial services, even though 72% of its earnings come from home and motor insurance. I personally would put them fairly and squarely in the insurance category, even though that doesn’t seem to fit LSE rules: if 72% of your profit comes from insurance then to my mind you are in the insurance business, no matter how many lower margin holidays you also sell.
Saga’s success to date has been driven by many things, but most notably by its expert positioning, which is clearly compelling to its target market and, luckily perhaps, by focusing on a market that has done nothing but grow since Sidney bought his first hotel. Expertise is one thing but it should be very successful business owners’ main objective to copy Saga and be hard to classify, to be unique in a way that its clients want. However, although it may help you when you come to sell the business to say otherwise, you must always be very clear about where most of your profits come from and therefore what business you are really in. Whilst comparables may be useful to help you maximize proceeds when selling your business, they are never helpful when selling your products, then you need to be unique, just like financial services company Saga surely is. | 2019-04-24T06:32:10 | https://businessgrowthguides.com/hard-classify/ |
0.999999 | Israel: Did Blair know all along?
Tony Blair, who has delayed his holiday to Barbados, is facing claims that he knew Israel's attack on Lebanon was coming but did not try to stop it as he conceded yesterday that his Cabinet is divided over his stance on the Middle East.
The New Statesman magazine reported that Israel informed President Bush in advance of its plans to 'destroy' Hezbollah by bombing villages in southern Lebanon - and the Americans promptly informed Britain.
Newly returned from his trip to the U.S., the Prime Minister admitted yesterday that there were close colleagues who 'profoundly disagree' with his refusal to condemn Israel's actions as disproportionate, but insisted he was not waging a 'religious war' or a 'crusade'.
He said he hoped a UN resolution could be agreed as soon as today to bring hostilities to an end.
But in a further blow to an increasingly isolated Mr Blair, a senior former ambassador launched an extraordinarily outspoken attack on his leadership.
Sir Rodric Braithwaite accused the Prime Minister of failing to defend UK interests and of doing more to undermine Britain's position in the Middle East than Sir Anthony Eden, who led the country into the Suez crisis. Mr Blair has been left out on a limb over his refusal to condemn Israeli tactics or call for an immediate ceasefire, with ministers and backbenchers in open revolt.
His comments came as Israeli warplanes launched a fresh wave of strikes on southern Beirut, while a Hezbollah rocket attack on northern Israel eight dead and many others injured.
Mr Blair, who is due to leave for a holiday in Barbados this morning at what he admitted was a 'critical time', dismissed suggestions that his reluctance to call for an immediate ceasefire had given a 'green light' to Israel to continue fighting.
The claims that he knew of Israel's plans to destroy Hezbollah before the guerilla group kidnapped two Israeli soldiers are made in today's edition of the New Statesman, a respected Left-wing journal.
Mohammad Sarwar, Labour MP for Glasgow Central, said: 'There will be widespread anger among the people of Britain if our Prime Minister knew in advance what Israel was going to do.' Israel bombed southern Lebanon on July 12 in response to the capture of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah fighters. But the Israelis were said to have planned a military campaign weeks before the soldiers were kidnapped.
Israel had briefed Washington about its concerns before and London was 'kept in the loop', according to one insider. MPs also seized on the revelation that Mr Blair's Middle East envoy - and chief fundraiser - Lord Levy had met senior Israeli ministers dozens of times in the run-up to the conflict.
While the controversial peer frequently meets top Middle East figures as part of his role, the contact was stepped up during June and July - revealing how close the links are between London and Tel Aviv. A senior White House source insisted President Bush was not informed in advance of Israeli actions against Hezbollah. 'Look, we don't have a green light. President Bush is in close contact with Tony Blair - but he couldn't tell Blair what he didn't know,' added the source.
Dr Pike said he believed there was an agreement between Israel and the U.S. that Iranian nuclear plants would eventually - probably next year - have to be bombed to stop the development of a nuclear weapon. Once that bombing takes place, Iran will order Hezbollah to attack Israel. Thus, Dr Pike claimed, the U.S. and Israel agreed in secret that at some point before the attack on the Iranian nuclear sites, Hezbollah had to be disarmed and that as soon as a pretext became available, Israel should use force. | 2019-04-24T18:39:43 | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-399005/Israel-Did-Blair-know-along.html |
0.999047 | Security has been stepped up across France because of Sunday's presidential runoff, which Emmanuel Macron won.
Over the past two years, the country has been hit by a series of Islamist militant attacks in Paris.
Paris: Police gradually began reopening Paris' Gare du Nord train station early on Tuesday morning after earlier evacuating the platforms and cordoning off the area because of a security alert, local police authorities said.
A Reuters witness at the scene said there were between 20 to 30 police vans outside the station in central Paris with security forces wearing balaclavas and carrying assault weapons.
"End of security checks. Gradual return to normal," Paris police said in a tweet.
Authorities gave no other details about the nature of the operation.
Over the past two years, the country has been hit by a series of Islamist militant attacks in Paris and other cities in which more than 230 people have been killed. | 2019-04-21T00:36:33 | https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/police-slowly-reopen-paris-train-station-after-security-alert-1691141 |
0.998745 | The researchers were interested in the effect of the U.S. Border Patrol's Consequence Delivery System program. Rolled out between 2008 and 2012, the CDS set up three different levels of sanctions for the people that USBP apprehends: precluding the detained person from acquiring a visa in the five years following detention, repatriating the person at a location far away from where they entered (to stymie efforts to reconnect with smugglers), and criminal prosecution.
Because of how the CDS was rolled out—piecemeal across the various border patrol sectors over four years—the paper's authors were able to take advantage of pseudo-random variations in its application to ask: to what extent did the CDS's consequences stop people from trying to reenter once they had been apprehended? In other words: to what extent does punishment deter illegal immigrants from attempting to cross the border again?
For most of the past half-century, a person apprehended at the southwestern border by the U.S. Border Patrol has simply been summarily "returned," i.e. dropped off at the border and sent back in to Mexico. The majority of apprehended people did not face any administrative sanctions, nor would they expect to go before a judge or spend time in a jail cell. The USBP preferred this approach given the sheer volume of people they were responsible for dealing with every day.
All of this of course is tied to the Trump administration's immigration policy. Attorney General Jeff Sessions's instruction to southwestern-border U.S. Attorneys to prosecute all border crossers still stands, although its application to families remains in legal limbo. Prosecution initially showed lackluster results, but the administration pointed to month-on-month declines in border apprehensions in June and July as evidence of the program's success. | 2019-04-22T03:59:27 | https://freebeacon.com/issues/study-consequences-cut-illegal-immigration/ |
0.999992 | Theatre Local: Tell us a bit about your piece: What’s it about? / What can people expect to see?
I’d like the audience to transcend the noise with me. We all could use some peace, if only for a moment.
TL:Is this the first piece you’ve created specifically for a small audience?
NY: I’ve created a few pieces that are most effective with a small audience. My absurdist “Mandy Panda”, about a Caucasian actress who wants to play a Chinese panda, is so lo-fi with its slide projections and glockenspiel that it celebrates a rough-and-tumble environment with a casual, small crowd. With Kathy Moretton I created “Lichtenstein’s an 8: A New Formula to Quantify Artistic Quality”, a Brechtian piece that, by comparing and contrasting science and art, proposes that artistic value can be assigned a quantifiable number. It encourages audience participation – or at least alienation – and seems to work best in a small space. After all, a character leaps out of the audience to refute the scientist-character’s theories. Again, it incorporates slide projections and a dinky glockenspiel; I find my love of lo-fi works best in a small space.
The reason why I’m appreciative of small spaces and small audiences stems from my love of modern dance. I’ve attended many performances by EDAM and Kokoro Dance in relatively small spaces where I absolutely had to sit in the front row because I wanted to see the dancers sweat, hear them breathe, hear their bare feet squeak, see the white paint dripping off their bodies to riddle the black dance floor. When I watch La La La Human Steps perform in rather large spaces, and I’m sitting far from the stage, I lose the intimacy between performer and spectator.
“In this moment.” is all about clarity and communion between performer and spectator, rejoicing in the shared time and space, and is best served with delicate intimacy. Further, I find that sometimes the most intense moments of focus, the clearest of moments, happen during live performance, which is the most ephemeral mode of art. By its very premise, “In this moment.” celebrates ephemerality.
NY: My next big project is playing the role of Hassan in the stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner” (play written by Matthew Spangler). This Canadian premiere is produced by Theatre Calgary and Citadel Theatre, from January to March, 2013. I’m thrilled to be playing such a complex character in a story that is absolutely relevant to our current state of affairs. I’m also excited to spend my winter in Calgary and Edmonton, despite people warning me about the cold. I ain’t scared. I can’t wait to experience my first chinook. | 2019-04-26T16:40:30 | https://theatrelocal.org/2012/09/16/norman-yeung-chats-about-his-newest-work-in-this-moment/ |
0.999886 | Panasonic GH1 battery: what are the options?
Which battery does the Panasonic GH1 take?
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 is a enthusiast mirrorless interchangeable lens camera that features a 12MP sensor. It is powered by the Panasonic DMW-BLB13, which is a rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery pack. Lithium-Ion batteries offer a high energy density and low self-discharge, and are nowadays found in many portable electronic devices.
The DMW-BLB13 operates at a voltage of 7.2V and has a capacity of 1250mAh. It can be charged from a standard electrical outlet via the Panasonic DE-A49B charger (that can be purchased separately, for example, at amazon). The battery pack measures 44mm in width, 22mm in height, and 36mm in depth. It weighs 55g. The DMW-BLB13 has been on the market since September 2008 and sells at good camera retailers, such as amazon, for about $70. Generic alternatives (see below) that are compatible with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 can be obtained at substantially lower cost.
The Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) has established guidelines (click here to download the pdf-document) that manufacturers are supposed to respect when reporting the battery life of their cameras. According to this CIPA-rating, the Panasonic GH1 can take 300 images on a single charge. Given the relatively demanding energy usage of the CIPA procedures, this rated number should be achievable or be surpassed in most practical situations. However, if the environment is cold, the LCD screen is used heavily, or the camera is turned on and off frequently, battery mileage might drop below the rating. Also, as the battery pack ages, its performance will tend to deteriorate.
Indeed, one can easily find a variety of competitively-priced DMW-BLB13 replacements from different vendors at major online platforms (see, for example, here on eBay). All these generic alternatives should work fine with your Panasonic GH1. So why would anybody then buy the more expensive original battery? Well, below are some arguments in favor of the genuine DMW-BLB13, which can perhaps be summarized as "peace of mind".
The Panasonic GH1 is not alone in using the DMW-BLB13. Several other cameras from Panasonic are powered by the same type of lithium-ion pack. The adjacent table lists some of them along with a selection of their headline specifications.
The DMW-BLB13 is the standard power source for the Panasonic GH1. As such it is an indispensable camera accessory. Below are some additional questions and answers concerning some particular aspects of the battery pack and Lithium-Ion power units more generally.
No, the battery is specifically designed for use in the Panasonic GH1 and other selected cameras from Panasonic. | 2019-04-25T20:46:46 | https://www.apotelyt.com/camera-power/panasonic-gh1-battery |
0.999999 | Translations in context of "mon petit cochon" in French-English from Reverso Context: Je m'en I am lookin' for a big hot dog to put in my bun, you old dog, you. Translations in context of ", ma petite cochonne" in French-English from Reverso Well, that was fast, you hot little. And he use the pig, as his signature. joe cocker - i put a spell on you Translations in context of ", ma petite cochonne" in French-English from Reverso Well, that was fast, you hot little. And he use the pig, as his signature. Translations in context of "mon petit cochon" in French-English from Reverso Context: Je m'en I am lookin' for a big hot dog to put in my bun, you old dog, you. | 2019-04-21T10:13:18 | http://courseforme.co/Bite-qui-jute/cochonne-sexy-i-put-a-spell-on-you |
0.999999 | Take some time off and let Heinz® Vinegar do the work for you. By the time you are finished relaxing, you will be rested and ready to enjoy the flavorful excitement that Heinz® Vinegar marinades add to your meals.
Blue Ribbon Barbecue Sauce 6 http://distribution.heinzcookbook.com/RecipeImages/34f37e722b214440951a26991e0ca89b/1 10 min 1 hr & 10 min 1/4 cup Heinz® Apple Cider Vinegar 1 medium onion, minced 1/2 cup Lea & Perrins® Worcestershire Sauce 1/2 cup pineapple juice 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup molasses 1 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes (optional) 2 large garlic cloves, minced 2 cans (28 oz.) crushed tomatoes <p> </p> In a large saucepan sprayed with nonstick spray, sauté onion over medium-high heat for 8 to 10 minutes, or until soft. Add all remaining ingredients. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for one hour, stirring occasionally.
Marinated Mushrooms http://distribution.heinzcookbook.com/RecipeImages/34f37e722b214440951a26991e0ca89b/1 1 min 1 min 1/2 cup Heinz® Garlic Wine Vinegar 3/4 cup vegetable oil 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon granulated sugar 1/2 teaspoon dried basil leaves 1/4 teaspoon ground thyme 6 peppercorns 1 clove garlic, split 1 bay leaf 1 1/2 pounds small mushrooms, rinsed, stems trimmed In large saucepan, combine all ingredients except mushrooms; heat to boiling. Cover; simmer 10 minutes. Add mushrooms; simmer, uncovered 3 minutes. Pour mushrooms and liquid into bowl. Cover; chill several hours or overnight, stirring occasionally. Remove bay leaf. Drain and serve as an appetizer or on a relish tray. Makes about 3 1/2 cups.
Marinated Vegetable Salad http://distribution.heinzcookbook.com/RecipeImages/34f37e722b214440951a26991e0ca89b/1 1 min 1 min 2/3 cup Heinz® Apple Cider Vinegar** 2/3 cup vegetable oil 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon paprika dash pepper 2 cups frozen cut green beans, cooked* 1 small head cauliflower, cut into flowerets (about 4 cups) 1 cup diagonally sliced celery 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions, including some tops 2 tablespoons chopped pimiento lettuce For marinade, combine first 6 ingredients in jar. Cover; shake vigorously. Combine beans, cauliflower, celery, onions and pimiento in large bowl; pour marinade over and toss. Cover; chill overnight, tossing occasionally. Drain and serve on lettuce. Makes 6 servings (about 5 cups). *1/2 pound fresh green beans, cut into 1-inch pieces, cooked, may be substituted.
Texas Barbecue Sauce 13 http://distribution.heinzcookbook.com/RecipeImages/34f37e722b214440951a26991e0ca89b/1 5 min 15 min 1/4 cup Heinz® Apple Cider Vinegar 1/3 cup Lea & Perrins® The Original Worcestershire Sauce 3/4 cup Heinz® Tomato Ketchup 1/4 cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon salt <p> </p> In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine all ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. | 2019-04-21T02:11:59 | http://www.heinzvinegar.com/Recipes-Category.aspx?Category=452 |
0.999978 | Why is R22 Freon so expensive?
Does this situation sound familiar: For the past few years you've been having your air conditioner serviced and once a year when the AC comes out he always informs you that your system has freon leak and the component that's leaking can either be replaced or you can fill the system back up with freon. You've gotten used to the whole deal and every year you have always decided to fill the system back up with freon since replacing the leaking component costs a heck of a lot more than filling the unit back up with freon, except this year he explains to you that the price of filling your unit up with freon is going to be more than double what it was last year, yikes! How can this be? Is he pulling your strings? If you feel like your getting ripped off you're not alone, but believe it or not there is a reason for this sudden increase in the price of R22 freon and it has to do with supply, demand, and the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to phase out R22.
So why has the price changed so much from last year? The reason is that this is one of the last years for R22 to be produced in the United States as production of R22 is to cease by 2020 and only available after 2020-2030 through refrigerant recovery and recycling centers for very specific applications. How come? Well, this all started around 30 years ago in 1987 when several nations came together and signed a document titled "The Montreal Protocol". This agreement which was formed by several environmentally concerned nations (more than 190 nations, including the United states) was a declaration to slowly phase out the use of harmful ozone depleting man-made products like HCFCs (Hydrochlorofluorocarbons) with R22 being one of those HCFCs on the top of the list. Why? It turns out R22 is actually pretty harmful to the Earth - R22 is a refrigerant so it evaporates at really low temperatures and as a gas it begins to float up and mix in the air, the harmful HCFC slowly makes its way up into the Earth's atmosphere and into the stratosphere where literally rips the Earth's protective layer of ozone apart, which harms the environment (hints why the Environmental Protection Agency wants it gone). HCFCs like R22 harm the planet by destroying ozone up in the stratosphere which allows the suns harmful UV light to penetrate down to the surface as well as increase ozone concentration around the surface, both of which are not a good thing for life on Earth.
So why did they invent R22 in the first place or any HCFC? Before HCFCs there were CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) being used in air conditioning equipment which were found to be toxic to people, the environment, and flammable so as air conditioning quickly became popular in homes and residential applications around the world scientists soon realized this would become a problem, so HCFCs were soon invented. These new types of refrigerants were non-toxic, non-flammable, non-corrosive, and made great alternatives to the environmentally harmful and life toxic CFCs they soon replaced (for the most part). Little did science known at the time what exactly HCFCs held in store for the Earth's atmosphere, which is why now HCFCs like R22 are slowly becoming prohibited and becoming replaced with HFCs (hydroflourocarbons) like R410a.
R22 was so popular and leaking all over the world from air conditioning systems, that it actually caused nations to come together and agree to stop using it, along with other CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) and HCFCs (hydro chlorofluorocarbons), which is why the Montreal Protocol was established. This year you can't even buy air conditioning equipment that uses R22 to cool down your home or office, and the production of R22 refrigerant has been reduced by 90% which has drastically raised its prices. What used to cost the AC man 200 dollars for a jug of R22 at the refrigerant supply store now costs over 1200 dollars, and the price unfortunately gets reflected onto the consumer making it a very expensive process to fill up an R22 air conditioner. As of now our prices at Adams Air are $100.00 a pound, which isn't bad considering most companies charge around $200 a pound, but even at these high prices it can be a huge expense to fill an air conditioner back up with 12lbs of R22 freon when it's only going to leak out again. This year the news is especially bad for people with air conditioners that use R22 because they can't replace their piece of leaking R22 AC equipment (because R22 equipment is no longer in production) which forces people in this situation to either buy the expensive R22 refrigerant or upgrade the entire air conditioning system to a different refrigerant, ouch!
Air conditioning companies have been saying this for years though, the Montreal Protocol was no secret, and you may of heard about it before (possibly from an air conditioning contractor). My father who used to own his own air conditioning service company and taught me air conditioning at a young age used to tell his customers years and years ago this was eventually going to happen. Since the ban date was so far away and production enforcements didn't yet exist most people were left speculating if the ban ever really was going to happen and they decided to stick it out and fill their systems up with R22 freon and just wait and see if the Montreal Protocol ever began to be enforced. Well as the deadline is growing closer, the United States and the HVAC equipment and refrigerant manufacturers are finally conforming to the Montreal Protocol by reducing production by 90% and 95% by 2020. The USA is actually one of the last countries to still use the stuff as all of Europe has already been converted. Unfortunately if this is one of those years where you may be down on your luck and can't afford the R22 freon or the new HVAC system the AC man quotes you, you could find yourself stuck between a rock and a hot place, and in Houston that's now where you want to be!
What really happens between R22 and the ozone in the stratosphere?
For all you science fanatics out there, in order to first understand why the ozone layer gets depleted by HCFCs like R22 we need to first look at the atoms that make up Hydrochloroclourocarbons like R22 and the atoms that make up Ozone. Ozone consists of 3 oxygen atoms whereas HydroChloroFlouroCarbons like R22 are very stable molecules that consist of atoms of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, and carbon. The high stability of these compounds allows them to persist for a long time and slowly reach the high altitudes of the Earth's stratosphere without much interference. Up at this altitude high above the Earth in the stratosphere, the molecular bonds within the HCFC that attach the chlorine atoms to the HCFC molecule get separated by the sun's intense UV light penetrating into the ozone layer within the stratosphere (which is of much higher concentrations than it is down here on the surface). These free radical chlorine atoms happen to be the problem - The chlorine atoms react with the oxygen atoms that make up ozone, forming chlorine monoxide and in turn destroying the ozone molecule by breaking the molecule apart. Due to chlorine's high stability factor it has the potential to persist in the atmosphere for more than a century, allowing each individual chlorine molecule to repeat this process over and over, continually bonding with and destroying hundreds of thousands of ozone molecules. This is why nations around the world are coming together to ban HCFCs like R22 as they all contain at least 1 chlorine molecule (and some several more).
Although the stratosphere and the ozone within it's lower levels was and is naturally regulated, destroyed and created by the Earth, as the ozone is unnaturally influenced and torn apart by the addition of unnatural processes such as the one described above it becomes imbalanced, which allows more and more harmful UV light to pierce through the ozone's protective features. As more and more UV light passes through the Earth's layer of ozone in the stratosphere, the UV light begins to cause reactions with molecules located under the Earth's stratosphere and more and more ozone gets created under the stratosphere where it reaches harmful concentrations, specifically near the Earth's surface where it causes harm to life including people and plants. So, not only does R22 directly deplete ozone up in the stratosphere, it indirectly creates ozone closer to the Earth's surface which is why it will soon be prohibited except in very rare instances.
Are there other replacement refrigerants for R22 without upgrading the entire system?
Reason #1: Capacity Loss. From a heat capacity and comfort stand point, these alternative refrigerants simply cannot compare to their R22 counterpart when it comes to their ability to transfer heat. These refrigerants are all a massive blend of several other refrigerants allowing them to operate at the pressures created by the R22 compressor. Since these alternatives are a blend of several refrigerants, and as each refrigerant has its own distinct evaporation point, boiling point, freezing point, and condensing point, (also known as saturation temperatures) an inefficient coolant is created. Due to the different saturation temperatures, what's known as a 'Temperature Glide' is created because each individual refrigerant has its own heat transferring characteristics and one part of the blend will evaporate or condense before the other. This ultimately leads to discomfort and unpleasant results by drastically reducing the system's capacity which makes it run constantly without ever achieving the desired cooling set point.
Reason #2: Additonal Components. Some of these refrigerants also require the addition of expansion valves which are additional mechanical components that regulate the flow of refrigerant flowing through the HVAC system. This can lead to additional costs.
Reason #3: Safety. Most of these drop-in refrigerants also contain a mixture of propane or some other flammable refrigerant, which is a fire hazard. R22 systems are in some cases under over a hundred pounds of pressure per square inch, if the refrigerant was to somehow ignite from a short within the compressor or from a lightning strike, the results could spell disaster in the form of an explosion and a house fire.
Reason #4: Oil Compatability. Most of these alternatives also cannot mix with the mineral oil that R22 systems used to lubricate the R22 compressor and keep it operating. This means the R22 mineral oil has to be flushed out and replaced with a different type of oil that the alternative refrigerant is compatible with along with the refrigerant itself during the alternative switch out. This can also lead to additional costs.
Reason #5: Warranty. No matter which one of these alternative refrigerants are used, they all absolutely void the manufacturers warranty.
So when it comes to using these alternative drop-in refrigerants the above risks should be carefully weighed. Alternative refrigerants really should only used as a last-case scenario when someone needs cooling in their home but simply cannot afford to upgrade the entire system. Yes it can be done but it should only be done as a last-resort. The rule of thumb is - If you have a choice between upgrading and using alternatives, you should always upgrade. Not only will these refrigerants not provide the level of cooling you would expect from an air conditioner, but they are also a safety hazard that voids the systems warranty completely. | 2019-04-23T22:50:35 | https://www.adams-air.com/houston/why-is-r22-so-expensive.php |
0.999999 | - She enjoyed the ease of living in a house where the servants did all the work.
- His mind was at ease when he received his pension.
- He passed all the exams with ease.
- He played the organ with ease.
- After winning the jackpot, she lived a life of luxurious ease.
- We took our ease on the patio.
- He eased his conscience by confessing.
- He loosened his shoe to ease the pain.
- The provision of extra staff eased their workload.
- We eased the rope, then lowered the sail.
- We had to ease the entry requirements.
- He eased the cork from the bottle.
- The pain eased overnight.
- The car eased onto the motorway. | 2019-04-25T06:53:28 | http://wordrequest.com/word-definition/?word=ease |
0.99692 | How can you prep for the fallout when a big data breach strikes your agency?
There are a few things to know, said Jeff Wagner, director of security operations at the Office of Personnel Management. One of the most important is not to be "shocked that you're feeling overwhelmed."
He likened the feeling to the moment in the movie "Jaws" when Chief Brody first gets an eyeful of the shark and says, "We're gonna need a bigger boat."
At an Oct. 15 cybersecurity event presented by FCW, Wagner said everyone from the top managers to the CIO, communications staffers and congressional liaisons must know what to do if and when -- and increasingly, it seems to be a matter of "when" -- they get a call telling them about a data breach.
"Cybersecurity professionals are the only ones who can set management up for success," Wagner said. Non-specialists "don't know what they're looking at per se, so you need to set them up [and] pre-stage that kind of environment."
Preparing includes having preplanned talking points and timelines. It also means managing expectations. IT managers must prepare senior leaders for the reality that, as Wagner put it, "just because I find a breach at 9 a.m. doesn't mean I can give you an entire timeline of all systems affected and where the data loss is by noon."
In the wake of the OPM data breach, the government tightened agencies' ability to monitor the contractors that host their data. New contract language allows security pros like Wagner to do penetration testing and other data security checks.
"The government has now recognized that there's a huge hole [in the data security posture] and contractors are kind of that weak link," he said.
Before the breach, Wagner said, he would have had a hard time sending a couple of testers to a big contractor and demanding access to its systems. Things have changed.
"If I want to show up and root through your stuff, I'm showing up and rooting through your stuff," Wagner said. "Because it's not you reporting to Congress, it's me."
The OPM breach, which involved a data center operated by the Interior Department, has also served as a wakeup call to users of shared-services providers and improved collaboration between data owners and system owners.
"It strengthens a lot of things," Wagner told reporters after the event. "Now as we collaborate together, we're going to put these new controls in place. Instead of two groups that are now seen as entity silos, these two groups are now shared victims, and they simply work together better." | 2019-04-22T14:56:52 | https://fcw.com/articles/2015/10/15/opm-bigger-boat.aspx |
0.998882 | For the second time, Costa Rica is seeking to extend its deadline for entering the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA).
Vice President Laura Chinchilla met with Peter Brennan, the chargé d´affaires at the U.S. Embassy, on Friday to request more time to enter the pact, according to the daily La Nación.
Chinchilla said the country would miss its Oct. 1 deadline after the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down an intellectual property law designed to put Costa Rica in compliance with CAFTA.
The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court (Sala IV) found that lawmakers had failed to consult indigenous groups when debating the bill, as required under a 1989 United Nations convention. Lawmakers must now fix their error and pass the bill again.
The proposal was the last of 13 bills required for Costa Rica to enter CAFTA, which was ratified in a national referendum last October. After lawmakers missed a Feb. 29 deadline for passing the bills, Costa Rica´s trading partners granted the country a seven-month extension.
Chinchilla said the administration will decide how much more time to request once the Sala IV releases its full ruling. The other CAFTA signers – the United States, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic – have all entered the treaty. | 2019-04-23T17:02:58 | https://ticotimes.net/2008/09/12/costa-rica-seeks-more-time-again-on-cafta |
0.998464 | Sentiment analysis of free-text documents is a common task in the field of text mining. In sentiment analysis predefined sentiment labels, such as "positive" or "negative" are assigned to texts. Texts (here called documents) can be reviews about products or movies, articles, etc.
In this blog post we show an example of assigning predefined sentiment labels to documents, using the KNIME Text Processing extension in combination with traditional KNIME learner and predictor nodes.
A set of 2000 documents has been sampled from the trainings set of the Large Movie Review Dataset v1.0. The Large Movie Review Dataset v1.0 contains 50000 English movie reviews along with their associated sentiment labels "positive" and "negative". For details about the data set see http://ai.stanford.edu/~amaas/data/sentiment/. We sampled 1000 documents of the positive group and 1000 documents of the negative group. The goal here is to assign the correct sentiment label to each document.
The KNIME Text Processing extension enables to read, process, mine and visualize textual data in KNIME. It provides functionality from natural language processing, text mining and information retrieval. For more information see http://tech.knime.org/knime-text-processing.
The workflow starts with a "File Reader" node, reading a csv file, that contains the review texts, its associated sentiment label, the IMDb URL of the corresponding movie and its index in the Large Movie Review Dataset v1.0. Important in this blog post are the text column as well as the sentiment column. In the first meta node "Document Creation" document cells are created from the string cells, using the "Strings to Document" node. The sentiment labels are stored in the category field of each document in order to extract the category afterwards. All columns except the column containing the document cells are filtered afterwards.
The output of the first meta node "Document Creation" is a data table with only one column containing the document cells.
The textual data is preprocessed by various nodes provided by the KNIME Text Processing extension. All preprocessing steps are applied in the second meta node "Preprocessing", as shown in the following figure.
First, punctuation marks are removed by the "Punctuation Erasure" node, numbers and stop words are filtered, and all terms are converted to lower case. Then the word stem is extracted for each word using the "Snowball Stemmer" node. Indeed, selection, selecting and select refer to the same lexical concept and carry the same information in a document classification or topic detection context. Besides English texts, the Snowball Stemmer node can be applied on texts of various languages, e.g. German, French, Italian, Spanish, etc. The node is using the Snowball stemming library.
After all this pre-processing to prepare the text, we reach a central point of this analysis: extract the terms, that we want to use as features in the document vectors, and thus take into account for the classification of documents afterwards. To be able to create document vectors, using the "Document vector" node, first a bag of words (bow) data table has to be created, using the "BoW Creator" node. The "Document vector" node requires a bow as input data table and takes into account all terms contained in this bow to create the document vectors.
After the bow has been created we filter out all terms that occur in less than 20 documents. We do this by grouping by the terms, counting all unique documents containing these terms, filtering this list of terms, and finally filtering the bow with the "Reference Row Filter" node. Thereby we reduce the feature space from 22105 distinct words to 1500. The feature extraction is part of the "Preprocessing" meta node and can be seen in the next figure.
We set the minimum number of documents to 20 since we assume that a term has to occur in at least 1% of all documents (20 of 2000) in order to represent a useful feature for classification later on. This is a rule of thumb and of course can be changed individually.
Based on these extracted words (features), document vectors are then created. The document vectors are numerical representations of documents and are in the following used for classification by a decision tree classifier. The "Document vector" node allows for the creation of bit vectors or numerical vectors. As numerical values, previously calculated scores or frequencies can be used, e.g. by the "TF" or "IDF" nodes. In our case bit vectors are created.
For the classification we can use any of the traditional mining algorithms available in KNIME (e.g. decision trees, ensembles, support vector machines, and much more). As in all supervised mining algorithms we need a target variable. In our example the target is the sentiment label, which is stored as category in the documents. The target or class column is extracted from the documents and appended as string column, using the "Category to class". This category can then be used as the target class for the classification procedure. Based on the category a color is assigned to each document by the Color Manager node. Documents with label "positive" are colored green, documents with label "negative" are colored red.
As classification algorithms we used a decision tree applied on a training (70%) and test set (30%). The accuracy of the decision tree is 93.667% the corresponding ROC curve in the following figure.
The next figure shows a view of the first two levels of the decision tree. The most discriminative terms w.r.t. the separation of the two classes are "bad", "wast", and "film". If the term "bad" occurs in a document it is likely to have a negative sentiment. If "bad" does not occur but "wast" (stem of waste) it is again likely to be a negative document, and so on.
Of course other learners, such as the "Tree Ensemble Learner", "Naive Bayes Learner", or "SVM Learner" could be applied as well and the preprocessing chain could be optimized for other classification algorithms. Instead of bit vectors, also numerical vectors could be created by the Document vector node. Furthermore ngram features could be used in addition to single words to take into account negations, such as "not good" or "not bad". | 2019-04-22T02:04:55 | https://www.knime.com/blog/sentiment-analysis |
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