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I've written about how and why to craft a college mission statement, but I want to follow up with more detail and give a sense of how you might use the mission statement to help make your college search more efficient and effective.
Let's walk through Kim's mission statement and see how it works. And let me state something obvious that needs repeating: Kim's preferences are simply what she wants and likes. They're neither good nor bad, and they're different than yours. That's just fine.
What we put together is this: "I want to study social sciences and have opportunities for research and professional interactions with professors at a small- to medium-sized urban university, preferably on the East or West coast, with a traditional campus feel and a clear path to graduate programs."
* "I want to study social sciences" Kim doesn't know what she wants to major in, which is okay because she still has a year of high school left (and she'll probably change her mind once she gets to college). But she's pretty confident it will be in the Social Sciences category. Maybe Political Science, maybe Sociology, maybe Criminology. She'd like to be an FBI agent or work in public policy. When she thinks about giving back to society, it takes the form of public policy more than volunteering spare time or spare change.
* "and have opportunities for research and professional interactions with professors" Academics are only a part of college life. There are also lots of social, athletic, spiritual, and professional opportunities. For some people, classes aren't even the major focus of college, just something they need to do in order to have access to the other stuff. But for Kim, the academics are central. She'd like opportunities to help with research, and she's interested in interacting with professors outside the classroom.
* "at a small- to medium-sized urban university" Kim wants to live in a city. She's much more flexible on the size of the campus than the size of its location.
* "preferably on the East or West Coast" While based more on past experience than anything objective, Kim feels a strong preference for East and West. She won't ignore good fits from the South or Midwest, but she isn't really seeking them out.
* "with a traditional campus feel" This has come up a lot with Kim. She really likes a traditional college vibe. Stone buildings, a concentrated quad with a big lawn, things like that. She's reconciled this love of old traditional college campuses with her desire to live in a city she can explore by looking for schools that are like small self-contained spaces within a larger context. So, for example, Columbia in New York City is much more appealing to her than NYU. I suspect she's been heavily influenced by Rice University here in Houston, which feels very much like a small town in the middle of a giant city.
* "and a clear path to graduate school." Virtually any university is a path to graduate school, but Kim wants to make sure she's at a place where it's normal to go on to a graduate program and she can have support for working toward a graduate program.
We didn't get to this mission statement quickly--this was the fourth of six sessions. I wouldn't ask anyone to put together a concise mission statement about what they want until they've spent a lot of time really exploring what they want first. There are other things that Kim and I talked about that I know she'd like in a college, but these are her priorities.
After putting the statement into a readable, if lengthy, sentence, we went back and gave weights to each element based on a 100-point scale. By giving weights and scores to the different elements of her mission statement, Kim can be clear to herself and others what's most important, what's kind of important, and what's only marginally important. It also gives her a way to compare and even rank schools based on her criteria, not the criteria of a magazine or website. The "top 100 schools in the nation" don't matter to Kim--the "top 100 schools for Kim" matter to her.
* "I want to study social sciences" 40 points. As much as Kim likes to think about the aesthetics and general vibe of a school, she recognizes that studying for her degree is the most important to her, so she gives this a lot of weight. In our session, we looked up the most popular majors for schools on Big Future. If "Social Sciences" was on the list, she gave the school at least 30 points. If it was the top major, with over 30% of students majoring in social sciences? Then it gets all 40 points.
* "and have opportunities for research and professional interactions with professors" 40 points. This aspect is the other most important one to Kim. She needs to be at place, wherever it is, where she feels welcome to visit professors during office hours and she can have opportunities to participate in research and internships. She wants to be very hands-on with her academic classes. We had to use published faculty-student ratios as a proxy for access to professors and projects. This isn't a perfect measurement, but it's something she can get a better look at during campus visits and her own research.
* "at a small- to medium-sized urban university" 5 points. Size makes a difference to Kim--she doesn't want to feel lost at a giant school. But she also recognizes that she can figure out schools of different sizes as long as the other stuff is taken care of. Again, we used the official College Board designations to determine what is small and medium.
* "preferably on the East or West Coast" 5 points. Kim prefers to look at D.C., New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and Seattle. But she's open-minded if a good fit comes along from somewhere else.
* "with a traditional campus feel" 10 points. Kim's less flexible about the general feeling and tone of her college. This was the most difficult part to gauge for us in our short session. We mostly just looked at photos of campuses online and had to make a determination. She can work on getting a clearer sense over the next year through further searching and possibly visits.
* "and a clear path to graduate school." 0 points. For Kim's own motivation, and to be clear in her communication with schools about what she's interested in, she kept this in her mission statement. But we also recognized that it's really hard to measure, and that counting for this is probably the same as counting for opportunities for research and projects. So it stays in the statement but gets no points.
I also asked Kim to give bonus points for safety schools. I cannot overstate how important this is. Too many students have a completely separate search for safety schools. They apply to schools they want to attend, and then they apply to a few schools they don't have much interest in but are likely accept them. This can turn out disastrous! Safety schools should be schools that match your criteria...and also are likely to accept you. They may not be "dream schools," but you don't want to count them out. To help keep safety schools on the short list, we add bonus points to them. How exactly to define a safety school is different for each student and each situation, but this is what we did for Kim: we added 5 points for schools whose overall acceptance rate is over 80%. For schools where her SAT scores are above their mid range, we added another 5 points.
Then, to make sure everything seemed right, we tested the mission statement. We scored three schools that I already know she's really interested in to make sure they got high scores. We scored three schools I know she's not interested in to make sure they got low scores. This also made Kim rethink her weights and points. When Franklin Olin College of Engineering, which only offers degrees in engineering, got high marks for being in an urban center and having a really low student-to-faculty ratio, she had to decide if she wanted to put less emphasis on those elements and even more on a strong social science program. But Olin still got less than 50 points, so she kept things as they were.
So now Kim has a working mission statement, with weighted scores. Think about how useful this is to her.
It's useful in a passive sense, because when Kim gets a brochure or email from a college, she can get a quick sense of how interested she might be in the school with only about a three-minute online search. How big and where is the campus? What's the faculty-student ratio? Is Social Sciences a major department? Done. Kim doesn't overlook good fits just because she hasn't heard of them, and she doesn't waste time exploring not-so-good fits just because a school has a familiar name. It also helps her cut through the marketing and look at what's really important to her. She doesn't have to figure out which school she should pursue based on comparing one school's standard class-under-a-tree photo with another's.
There's also a more active way that this mission statement is useful. When Kim is doing more in-depth research, or visiting a campus, or talking to a school's representative, she has very specific questions to ask. She's trying to get accurate scores for the sections of her mission statement. So Kim is moving beyond just "is Social Sciences popular at this school?' and also asking "what percentage of Social Science majors go on to graduate programs?" And "Does the university have graduate programs in the social sciences, and if so how does that affect the undergrad program?" She's also getting a sense of just how much the school's community interacts--remember, she's looking for urban areas--with the greater community. Is there a subway stop nearby? What kind of local partnerships does the school have? Having this mission statement and weights gives Kim a clear way to actively seek what she's looking for rather than just going on a campus tour hoping to be wowed by the dining hall selections.
One last thing that I tried to make clear to Kim and I'll try to make clear here. While this process is literally formulaic, it doesn't have to be rigid. All it does is make you more self-aware. Kim can change and tweak her mission statement and the weights as much as she needs as she keeps developing over her next two years of high school. If there's a school that doesn't score high on her mission statement that she stills wants to apply to because it has some special feeling, that's great. If a school scores really high but just repels her for some reason, no problem. But she'll be aware that she's applying to a school that has a special something even though it doesn't fit what she says she wants. She'll be aware that she's passing up something that fits her needs, at least on paper. She can still be swayed, but she won't easily get played.
What's important to you is probably very different than what's important to Kim. She's not considering sports, Greek life, cost, quality of boarding, or several other things that many people do consider. But whatever is important to you, once you understand what that is, can be put into a mission statement like hers. It makes you a much more active problem-solver and less of a passive product hoping to get accepted somewhere.
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What is the best internet provider in DeWitt?
Just a stone's throw from the White River National Wildlife Refuge, DeWitt is a small Arkansas city with over 3,000 residents. Not only do residents of this city enjoy a variety of outdoor activities and attractions, they can enjoy high speed Internet access through a variety of companies.
One option to explore during your search is CenturyLink. Through this company, DeWitt residents can choose from DSL and fiber optic service available with a variety of download speeds. The network reaches far beyond the city limits of DeWitt to include other communities in Arkansas.
The primary cable provider in DeWitt is Suddenlink Communications. There are a few download speed options available through Suddenlink Communications, so there are options for local homes and businesses.
Viasat is a dependable option open to both homes and businesses in DeWitt. Through Viasat's national network, you can connect to high speed satellite service anywhere in DeWitt.
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Packing tips for the frugal traveler.
What items do you typically forget when you travel? For me it’s toiletries and beauty products. I usually find myself in a CVS soon after I arrive. My friend Heidi is a frequent, frugal traveler and she keeps a separate set of toiletries always packed.
This is a smart packing tip for frugal travelers. Stock up on travel sized toiletries when you find them on sale and just leave them packed in your suitcase. When you get beauty freebies and samples, you can also put these aside to use when you travel. I read that two of the most forgotten items are sunscreen and bug repellent.
My husband made a master list of travel items he needs and keeps it on his smart phone. Many airlines charge for overweight bags and second bags (both ways) so proper packing is imperative for the frugal traveler. Try sticking with one color scheme so that everything can be mixed and matched. Savvy packers recommend planning your outfits around your shoes and limiting the number of shoes that you bring.
If you arrive without the proper jacket or if the weather is different for what you packed for, head for the local thrift store such as Goodwill to find what you need. I keep a set of winter clothes at my Mom’ s house in Connecticut that I purchased at a thrift store. There is no need to lug my boots, heavy coats, and winter clothing back and forth from California.
If you plan to do laundry on your trip, pack a little laundry detergent, or a few laundry pods in a zip lock bag. Buying laundry soap at a laundromat is always at a high mark up.
Pack snacks such as granola bars, instant oatmeal, nuts, and trail mix that can tide you over if you have a long layover or get in late at night. Keep medications in your carry on in case your baggage gets lost or delayed.
I stop at Trader Joe’s before a flight and stock up on food for a meal on the airplane. It is healthier and cheaper than options at the airport. You can make a cooler in your hotel room with a trash can, a plastic bag, and some ice from the vending machine. Stop at a grocery store when you arrive and buy some fruit, cheese, bread and a few other staples so you can have some meals in your room. I always pack extra zip lock bags in my suitcase and find many uses for them while traveling.
I am usually working when I travel and bring a laptop, an iPad and a smartphone. I have a small power strip that I bring with me. Often there are not enough outlets in a hotel room or they are placed in an awkward spot.
When traveling (especially with the family) pack an over the door organizer. You can use it for keys, medicine, sunscreen, gadgets, chargers, tickets and much more.
Think how organized you will be! No more digging around everybody’s suitcases to find those items you need.
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We have already seen that the Poisson distribution essentially arises from the binomial distribution as a sort of "limiting case". In fact, the Poisson distribution is sometimes used as an approximation to the binomial distribution, even though it also arises in its own right in processes like observing the arrival of random particles from radioactive decay.
The Poisson distribution and the binomial distribution are related in another way, through conditioning on the sum of Poisson random variables.
Suppose we have two independent Poisson random variables $X_1$ and $X_2$ with means $E(X_i) = \mu_i$. Then the sum $X_1 + X_2$ also has a Poisson distribution with mean $\mu_1 + \mu_2$.
where $p = \mu_1/(\mu_1+\mu_2)$. So, the joint density of two Poisson random variables conditioning on their sum being $n$ is binomial!
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This article is about the American football defensive end. For the comic book artist, see Brandon Graham (comics).
Brandon Lee Graham (born April 3, 1988) is an American football defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Eagles in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft with the thirteenth selection in the draft and the first from the Big Ten Conference. He played college football at Michigan.
After completing his career as defensive end for the 2009 Michigan Wolverines football team, he had a total of 29.5 career sacks and 56 career TFLs for the Michigan Wolverines football team. In 2008, he led the Big Ten Conference in TFLs (20 in 11 games). In 2009, he posted 26 TFLs and 10.5 sacks in 12 games. As a member of the 2008 Michigan Wolverines football team he earned Second-team 2008 Big Ten All-conference recognition from both the coaches and the media. He was a finalist for the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football Hendricks Award. He was a First-team 2009 All-Big Ten selection by the coaches and media. He was named to several First-team and Second-team 2009 All-America lists by various publications. Graham was also named MVP of the 2010 Senior Bowl.
As a youth, Graham played football for the Police Athletic League Detroit Giants for seven years until joining the eighth grade team. Born and raised in Detroit, Graham attended Crockett Vocational Tech, a school that began participating in Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) football competitions in 1996 and that did not have a proper locker room for its football team before moving in his senior season. Since the football field had no lights, parents had to shine their car lights on the field for late practices. At Crockett, Graham. who had been playing competitive football since age seven, was expected to make an immediate impact upon joining the football team's starting lineup as a sophomore, and at the end of the season he was recognized as an honorable mention lineman 2003 All-Detroit selection by The Detroit News.
As a junior, Graham served as linebacker, offensive guard, placekicker and punter for his team, and he led his team to the MHSAA state championships, while becoming one of three juniors named to the 2004 First-team All-Detroit team with one source listing him as a placekicker and the other as a linebacker on the team. Crockett won Detroit Public School League Division 1 championship game at Ford Field and entered the Division 5 MHSAA semifinals with a 12–0 record, but Crockett lost 9–0 to defending state champion Lumen Christi Catholic High School. In addition to recording 91 tackles (20 for a loss), he maintained a 3.8 grade point average. In one game, he posted twelve tackles, four sacks, four forced fumbles, two blocked punts and scored on a 78-yard fake punt. He was selected for the Associated Press first-team Class B all-state team as a linebacker.
In high school, Rivals.com ranked Graham as the top class of 2006 high school football prospect in the state of Michigan, the number two inside linebacker prospect and the overall fifteenth best prospect in the nation. Scout.com listed him as the number three linebacker in the nation and described him as the number one overall prospect in the midwest. Scout also described him as "arguably the best inside linebacker in the nation". ESPNU ranked him as the number two inside linebacker and number thirty-one prospect in the nation. Recruiting analyst Tom Lemming, listed Graham as the best linebacker in the country for USA Today. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution listed him at 15th among their national top 25 prospects.
Entering his senior season, he was the overwhelming selection as the best high school football player in the state of Michigan according The Detroit News. He had run a 4.43-second 40-yard dash at the Nike Summer football camp. As a senior, he intended to also play tight end and fullback. One Detroit News preseason analysts listed him at linebacker, tight end and offensive guard. During the season, after missing four weeks to a knee injury, Graham was chosen as one of 78 players to participate in the January 7, 2006 U.S. Army All-American Bowl at the Alamodome. He was also named as a finalist for both the Parade All-America High School player of the year (The high school equivalent of the Heisman Trophy) and the Walter Payton Trophy. He was elected captain of the East team at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and recorded four tackles as well as a blocked field goal in the game that also featured two of his Michigan teammates: (Justin Boren and Stevie Brown). There were only 16 finalists for the Parade award, including future Michigan teammate Stephen Schilling and future Heisman-winner Tim Tebow. Graham led his team to a rematch against Lumen Christi, which they lost 35–21 in the MHSAA Division 5 district championship game. In Graham's three years at Crockett, they went undefeated in the regular season and as a senior he was again selected to the All-Detroit first-team as a linebacker. Graham was also selected as to the Associated Press Class B All-State football team as its player of the year. The Detroit News selected him to the All-Class state Dream Team. He was also selected as the All-class statewide best linebacker as part of the inaugural class of The Michigan Prep Football Great 8 awarded by the Mid-Michigan Touchdown Club for being best at his position in the state. By his senior year, he had a 3.2 grade point average.
Since Graham was the first Michigan athlete to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, he was not aware that he was violating Michigan state rules by participating in an out-of-state all-star game. He had to surrender his high school athletic eligibility for the winter and spring seasons. During his time away from athletics, he overate and added 40 pounds (18 kg). Although he had been recruited as a linebacker, with the additional weight he was moved to defensive end. As he lost the excess weight he began to realize that he could excel at a lighter weight.
For his athletic excellence, Graham received many honors. Among the recognition he received are Parade Magazine All-American, EA Sports All-American, USA Today All-USA High School All-America first team (No. 14 player in the nation by USA Today), Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year, first player from the state of Michigan to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, 2005 Detroit News No. 1 Blue Chip prospect, and No. 2 on the Detroit Free Press Best of the Midwest rankings. Additionally, he was recognized as one of ten top prep athletes in Michigan in 2005-2006, including men and women from all sports, as a 2006 McDonald's-Powerade Tomorrow's Winners honoree at the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame dinner.
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Graham arrived at Michigan measuring 295 pounds (134 kg) and 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m). Graham was initially listed as a linebacker at Michigan, but before the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season started for the 2006 Michigan Wolverines football team he switched to defensive end. Graham was (along with Greg Matthews, Carlos Brown, Brandon Minor and Stevie Brown) one of five true freshmen to play in the season opening game. Graham was the backup for 2006 Lombardi Award and 2006 Ted Hendricks Award winner LaMarr Woodley. Graham also performed as a reserve defensive tackle during the season. Graham made his first tackle for Michigan on October 28 against Northwestern and recorded his first sack and forced fumble on November 11 against Indiana.
As the 2007 Michigan Wolverines football team prepared for the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Graham got some unusual news off the field when he found out that he had been given a perfect 99 rating in the NCAA 2008 EA Sports even though his star teammates Chad Henne, Jake Long and Mike Hart had not. Also, off the field, Graham was issued a ticket playing loud music in a vehicle on July 24 and missed the September 18 court date after pleading not guilty. This caused a judge to issue an arrest warrant for failing to appear in court on a disorderly conduct charge. The charges were dropped under the belief that he had been misidentified. At the start of training camp, he weighed 262 pounds (119 kg) and was the projected starter at defensive end. Although projected to as the starter, Graham played sparingly in the opening game loss to two-time defending FCS champions Appalachian State Mountaineers on September 1. Head coach Lloyd Carr noted his disfavor with Graham at the start of the season: "Brandon, he needs to get focused," Carr said, "and do the things that he's capable of doing." He was disappointed in Graham's efforts in practice. In the third game, on September 15 against Notre Dame Graham recorded 3.5 sacks in the rivalry game to help lead Michigan to its first win of the season. The following week he had 1.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in a victory against Penn State. Over the course of the season, he started six games at defensive end. He led the team in sacks with 8.5 and was second in forced fumbles with 3. He ranked seventh in the Big Ten for both statistics. He was a mid-season Ted Hendricks Award watch list candidate.
Graham during coin toss with Tim Hiller and teammates Carlos Brown, Zoltan Mesko and Mark Ortmann.
Graham, who had been troubled by conditioning issues the prior season arrived at spring practice in very good shape, which pleased newly arrived head coach Rich Rodriguez, who was welcomed by a defensive line composed entirely of returning starters, including Graham. Graham began the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a Hendricks award watch list candidate for the 2008 Michigan Wolverines football team. However, the team began the season unranked in the Associated Press poll for the first time in 23 years. On September 27 Graham had 3 sacks and 2 forced fumbles against the Wisconsin Badgers, and he was named Big Ten Conference Defensive Player of the Week. Prior to the October 25 Paul Bunyan Trophy game against Michigan State, Graham guaranteed a victory. Although the team lost 35–21, Graham again recorded three sacks. Graham finished the season with 10 sacks. He led the Big Ten with 20 tackles for a loss (TFL) and 1.82 TFLs per game and was second with 0.91 sacks/game. He ranked second nationally in tackles for loss and tied for eleventh in sacks. After the season, he was recognized as a 2008 Second-team All-Big Ten Conference selection by both the coaches and the media. Graham was selected as the team Most Valuable Player.
Theo Riddick carries the ball as Graham breaks through the line during 2009 Michigan-Notre Dame rivalry game.
Graham began the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a watch lists candidate for the Bednarik Award, Hendricks Award, Lombardi Award, Lott Trophy, and Nagurski Trophy for the 2009 Michigan Wolverines football team. He was also selected by ESPN as the 10th best player in the Big Ten Conference before the season started. He concluded the season as the Chicago Tribune Silver Football recipient as the Big Ten co-MVP (with Daryll Clark). He was the seventh defensive player to earn the award and second in the last 25 years as well as the first co-recipient. Graham was the first player from a losing team in eight years and only the second player to win who was not either Big Ten offensive or defensive player of the year. He posted 26 TFLs in 12 games, which led the nation with 2.17 average tackles for a loss per game (ahead of conference rival O'Brien Schofield who was second with 1.884). His total of 10.5 sacks ranked fourth in the Big Ten Conference. Four times during the season, he recorded multiple sack games and he had three solo TFLs in four games. He ended his career at Michigan with 9 TFLs (8 solo and 2 assists) in his final two games, including a career-high 5 solo TFLs against Ohio State in the 2009 rivalry game, which was the final game of his career. Graham was one of seven finalists for the Hendricks Award. At the conclusion of the season he was a 2009 First-team All-Big Ten selection by the coaches and media. He was a First-team 2009 College Football All-America Team selection by ESPN, Rivals.com and Scout.com, and he was a Second-team All-American defensive line selection by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, College Football News and The Sporting News. He was an honorable mention All-American by Pro Football Weekly (which had no second team). Graham was again selected as the team MVP, which made him the school's first defensive player to be two-time MVP. As of December 2009, Graham was the only Big Ten player on Mel Kiper's "Big Board" Top 25. Brandon Graham earned MVP honors at the January 30, 2010 Senior Bowl with five tackles, two sacks, one forced fumble.
At the NFL Combine, Graham ranked 8th among defensive linemen with a 4.72 40-yard dash and 10th in the bench press with 31.
Brandon Graham pressures the Indianapolis Colts' Peyton Manning during a 2010 game.
Graham was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles 13th overall after trading up in the 2010 NFL Draft. Graham decided to wear number 54 for the Eagles immediately after the draft, but changed his mind and chose number 55. Graham shares the same sports agent (Joel Segal) as former teammate Michael Vick. He was the first Big Ten Conference player selected in the 2010 NFL Draft. He agreed to terms on a five-year contract on July 29, 2010. Graham recorded his first NFL sack against the Detroit Lions in a week 2 win on September 19, 2010. After suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in a week 14 game against the Dallas Cowboys, Graham was placed on the injured reserve list on December 14. He underwent microfracture surgery on his right knee on December 21. Graham was placed on the active/physically unable to perform list on July 28, 2011, before the start of training camp. He was removed him from the physically unable to perform list so he could return to practice on October 24 and activated on November 5, 2011. In 2013, Graham moved from defensive end to linebacker. Many people had predicted he would become a linebacker at the pro level back when he was still in college. After coming close to signing with the New York Giants, in 2015 Graham signed a 4-year $26 million contract with $14 million guaranteed with the Eagles to remain with the team.
Graham is married to Carlyne Graham.
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What makes us think that industrial scale delivers efficiency?
Thanks John I think the point you make is very important and quite fundamental. Bureaucracy can't handle complexity well (and people and their problems tend to complexity).
I do think you make one error - confusing scale with values. Smaller scale doesn't mean happier people necessarily - the local can be rigid, short-sighted and ineffective; this may be less likely but it is quite possible. Villages, even ones that are largely self-sufficient can be awfully rigid and conservative. Local government can be incredibly hide bound.
Toyota is pretty big and industrial too.
More power to your arm, this is a majorly important discussion I think!
I suspect that when we finally have the luxury of time to reflect on these shenanigans, one aspect will become crystal clear: we are trying to solve problems using the wrong toolset.
It is down to the structure of government. Government departments are not designed to produce results, they are designed to produce career-paths for public servants.
If results were the objective, managers and employees would be measured on performance against specific outcomes - not some "targets" that are easily manipulated. They would be fired for non-performance. They would have the same tax system as the rest of us - FBT, for example - and the same pension schemes.
Government departments typically have neither the focus, nor the will, to achieve anything specific. Permanent employment is the first goal for management. The second is to build the largest possible organization beneath them - this is reflected (thanks to the Hay System) in their salaries, and also serves to insulate them from any blame, should anything go wrong.
Blair had the misguided notion - shared by governments around the world, unfortunately - that change can be effected through central planning, and government action. One day we will all come to the unavoidable conclusion that this is the absolute most entirely wrong mechanism for change that could be devised.
With luck, that realization will come soon. But I'm not holding my breath. Mainly because the government's response to any conundrum such as this is to ask the Public Service to investigate.
Which will require more Public Servants to be employed. And so the wheels keep on turning.
There are a couple management maxims that immediately come to mind here. 1) you can frequently solve technical problems with management solutions but you can never solve management problems with technical solutions. And secondly you can not reduce the time of a pregnancy from 9 to 3 months by putting 3 women on the job. Both of these fundamentals are frequently ignored in government administrations and failing businesses.
The first maxim deals with not having the necessary or sufficient tools to do the job. The solution may be as simple as changing the process – a management decision. But if on the other hand the workers can not do their job because the management process does not fit or allow the required solution no amount of tools (PCs, Copiers, trucks, dispatching centres, operating theaters) will help until management figures out their mandated solution does not address the problem. In this last scenario the Japanese manufacturing management system rightly determined the best people to define the proper solution are those in the middle of the problem. Allowing these people on the ground ( or on the manufacturing line) to make the right decisions and fix the problems requires an act of faith on the part of management that the “right thing” will be done. And then the impoverished management structure will begin to rightfully doubt their value in the process.
The second maxim is more to the point of the author where many politicians and career bureaucrats are of the opinion that you can smash together two similar groups doing similar jobs and get some economies of scale. This only works if one or both of the groups is underutilized which no self-serving bureaucrats will ever admit.
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How to transfer existing customers between two reseller accounts.
Existing Reseller must open a ticket in their control panel authorizing the migration.
We value our partnerships with our resellers tremendously, and treat stewardship of their customers and their reputations with their customers with the utmost importance. As such, we don't want a reseller to be surprised by the loss of a customer and we want to make sure that they have the opportunity to retain the customer's business that they worked so hard to attain. To ensure the reseller has had this opportunity, we must have a ticket placed in their control panel releasing the customer from their account.
On left navigation bar under Client Account, click Support.
Click Enter A Support Ticket.
Fill out the ticket, then Click Create Ticket.
I would like to request that <customers domain> is to be transferred to <new reseller>.
Resellers bill their customers and have full access to the customer's account. Because of this, we need to make sure that the customer is aware of the migration, and authorizes the change. This authorization is documented with their ticket.
Since your previous partner is canceling your existing account and your new partner is creating a brand new account, your existing Quarantine and/or Archiving data will not migrate across accounts automatically. Please contact support for assistance if you need help exporting/importing/migrating data. Contact us anytime. We're always here. 24/7/365.
We ,<customers domain>, authorize the transfer of our account from <old reseller> to <new reseller>.
We charge our resellers for the customers in their account, and as such we don't want to surprise them with any unauthorized bills. The ticket from the new reseller authenticates the change, and provides our support staff with the ability to communicate any additional steps necessary to complete the transaction.
We, <new reseller>, Authorize <customers domain> to be transferred from <old reseller> to our account.
What if the old reseller will not release the customer from their account?
Please contact us if you have any difficulty with transferring an account so we can help you and your resellers conclude any issues or concerns.
We select only the best resellers to join our program, and typically our resellers have a similar code of conduct valuing their customers even when they choose to cancel or transfer.
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Hotmail will no longer work with firefox. Why?
All of a sudden I cannot get hotmail to work with my firefox browser. When I click on anything in hotmail, no action. Every other internet site works fine. Internet Explorer and Chrome will allow me to work with hotmail. Why all of a sudden is this problem occuring?
I have rebooted the computer and even downloaded Firefox again but still the situation exists. Can this problem be solved?
Have tried all those steps before and it didn't make any difference.
But for some strange reason Firefox is now working with Hotmail. I have no idea why. I didn't do anything.
Why are you trying to block pogo games?
Try Firefox Safe Mode to see if the problem goes away. Firefox Safe Mode is a troubleshooting mode that turns off some settings and disables most add-ons (extensions and themes).
Hello, '''Try Firefox Safe Mode''' to see if the problem goes away. [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode|Firefox Safe Mode]] is a troubleshooting mode that turns off some settings and disables most add-ons (extensions and themes). ''(If you're using an added theme, switch to the Default theme.)'' If Firefox is open, you can restart in Firefox Safe Mode from the Help menu by clicking on the '''Restart with Add-ons Disabled...''' menu item:<br> [[Image:FirefoxSafeMode|width=520]]<br><br> If Firefox is not running, you can start Firefox in Safe Mode as follows: * On Windows: Hold the '''Shift''' key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut. * On Mac: Hold the '''option''' key while starting Firefox. * On Linux: Quit Firefox, go to your Terminal and run ''firefox -safe-mode'' <br>(you may need to specify the Firefox installation path e.g. /usr/lib/firefox) ''Once you get the pop-up, just select "'Start in Safe Mode"'' [[Image:Safe Mode Fx 15 - Win]] '''''If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode''''', your problem is probably caused by an extension, and you need to figure out which one. Please follow the [[Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems]] article to find the cause. ''To exit Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.'' When you figure out what's causing your issues, please let us know. It might help others with the same problem. Thank you.
Clear the cache and cookies only from websites that cause problems.
Have tried all those steps before and it didn't make any difference. But for some strange reason Firefox is now working with Hotmail. I have no idea why. I didn't do anything. Thanks for all your help.
Now working fine all of sudden. And I haven't done anything.
Thank you for your suggestion of starting in safe mode but the problem seems to have solved itself. Your reply was very much appreciated.
Now working fine all of sudden. And I haven't done anything. Thank you for your suggestion of starting in safe mode but the problem seems to have solved itself. Your reply was very much appreciated.
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We propose a technique called staged simulation to improve the scale and run time performance of wireless mobile network simulators. Traditional wireless network simulators are limited in speed and scale because they perform many redundant computations both within a single simulation run, as well as across multiple invocations of the simulator. For instance, traditional simulators typically recompute node positions and power levels from scratch every time they may have changed, when, in fact, these values change infrequently and incrementally in practice.
Staged simulation proposes to eliminate redundant computations through function caching and reuse. The central idea behind staging is to cache the results of expensive operations and reuse them whenever possible. A naive application of function caching, however, would not achieve much speedup, as most events in a traditional simulator are dependent on simulation time. We provide a theoretical model of simulator operation, describe three fundamental ways (namely, currying, auxiliary result computation and time-shifting) to restructure events in a simulator, and show that they decouple events from simulation time and enable function caching to work effectively. This, in turn, enables expensive computations to be cached on disk and to be reused both within and across simulation runs.
We have built a staged simulator, called SNS, based on ns2. On a commonly used ad-hoc network simulation setup with 1500 nodes, SNS executes ~50 times faster than regular ns2; approximately 30x of this improvement is due to staging, the rest to engineering. This level of performance enables SNS to simulate large networks -- we have run 10000 node simulations in under an hour. SNS supports previously implemented protocols in ns2 and is freely available.
How staging works in SNS.
The SNS implementation is freely available.
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Acrylamide forms naturally in many plant-based, starch-rich foods when they are heated. Although acrylamide was first discovered to be present in food by the Swedish National Food Authority in 2002, we now know that acrylamide in foods is not new. Acrylamide has been present in the human diet for as long as people have been baking, grilling, roasting, toasting or frying foods.
Acrylamide is present in many different foods regularly consumed around the world. For example, it is found in 40 percent of the calories consumed in the average American diet - in foods ranging literally from soup to nuts, and including baked and fried potatoes, cereals, coffee, crackers, olives, bread, asparagus, prune juice, dried fruit and many others. Acrylamide is produced by cooking foods, regardless of whether the food is made at home, in a restaurant or in a commercial setting. This widespread presence makes it highly unlikely that acrylamide can be completely eliminated from one's diet.
While no health authority has recommended consumers change their eating behavior because of acrylamide, there are several practical methods to reduce acrylamide formation in many products. Food manufacturers and restaurants continue to explore and implement these solutions. Similarly, easy-to-follow advice is available for those consumers who want to reduce the formation of acrylamide while cooking at home.
What is industry doing to reduce acrylamide?
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Let s be a string containg several characters some of which may be digits. Write a function that returns the sum of all digits in that string.
"""Return sum of all digits in a string.
Let s be a string containing decimal numbers separated by commas, e.g. s = '1.26,2.3,1.76'. Write a function that returns the sum of all decimal numbers in that string.
"""Return sum of decimal numbers in a string.
Write a function combine_elements(el1, el2) which takes 2 iterables (e.g. lists) of chemical elements, and returns a list of all possible compounds that can arise by combining an element from the first list with an element from the second list.
"""Return a list of possible compounds each containg a single element from both the first and second list.
Somewhat more complex task for more advanced students.
Your small company produces wooden chairs and tables. Profit from a single chair is profit_per_chair, profit from a single table is profit_per_table. To build a single chair, you need to invest wood_per_chair units of wood and manhours_per_chair manhours of labour, to build a single table you need to invest wood_per_table units of wood and manhours_per_table manhours of labour. How many chairs and tables (n_chairs, n_tables) should you produce per day to maximize your profit, if you can invest available_manhours manhours a day and available_wood units of wood a day, and if you want the numbers of chairs and tables to be integers?
Write a function that returns the optimal values given all the parameter values as arguments.
"""Return numbers of chairs and tables to be produced per day to maximize profit.
:param profit_per_chair: Company profit for a single chair produced.
:param profit_per_chair: Company profit for a single table produced.
:param wood_per_chair: Amount of wood required to build a single chair.
:param wood_per_table: Amount of wood required to build a single table.
:param manhours_per_chair: Amount of work required to build a single chair.
:param manhours_per_table: Amount of work required to build a single chair.
:param available_wood: Total amount of wood available for production each day.
:param available_manhours: Total amount of work available each day.
:return: (n_chairs, n_tables) tuple containing the optimal number of chairs and tables produced each day.
Suggestion: Proceed in smaller steps.
Create helper function to compute the total profit from x chairs and y tables.
Create a helper function telling you, whether when producing x chairs and y tables, the available amount of wood is or is not exceeded.
Create a helper function telling you, whether when producing x chairs and y tables, the available manhours are or are not exceeded.
Compute the maximal number of chairs and tables that can be produced per day, if you decided to produce only chairs/only tables.
Then combine it all to complete function compute_optimal_production(). Perform exhaustive search among all feasible pairs of values for n_chairs and n_tables.
Finish all the above tasks.
Read chapter 12 of [Wenthworth].
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Data augmentation is the technique of increasing the size of data used for training a model. For reliable predictions, the deep learning models often require a lot of training data, which is not always available. Therefore, the existing data is augmented in order to make a better generalized model.
Let's go through the above techniques one-by-one and implement them in PyTorch. First, let's define a helper function to plot the images.
:param transform: data augmentation technique to apply"""
In position augmentations, the pixel positions of an image is changed.
In scaling or resizing, the image is resized to the given size e.g. the width of the image can be doubled.
In cropping, a portion of the image is selected e.g. in the given example the center cropped image is returned.
In flipping, the image is flipped horizontally or vertically.
In padding, the image is padded with a given value on all sides.
The image is rotated randomly in rotation.
In translation, the image is moved either along the x-axis or y-axis.
The affine transformation preserves points, straight lines, and planes. It can be used for scaling, tranlation, shearing, rotation etc.
Color augmentation or color jittering deals with altering the color properties of an image by changing its pixel values.
One way to augment is to change the brightness of the image. The resultant image becomes darker or lighter compared to the original one.
The contrast is defined as the degree of separation between the darkest and brightest areas of an image. The contrast of the image can also be changed.
Saturation is the separation between colors of an image.
Hue can be described of as the shade of the colors in an image.
The color image can be converted into grayscale for augmentation.
The Generative Adversarial Networks are used to generate new samples of images. The generated new samples can also be augmented to the training set.
Neural Style transfer is used to combine the content of one image with the style of another. Though fairly new compared to the classical methods, these methods can also be used for data augmentation.
The above mentioned data augmentation techniques are often applied in combination e.g. cropping after resizing. Also, note that data augmentation is only applied on the training set, not on the testing set.
Data augmentation not only helps in increasing the size of the training set but also in avoiding overfitting. By increasing the size of data and adding diversity in data, data augmentation helps the model generalize better, hence preventing overfitting.
Which of the follwing methods can't be used for data augmentation?
The affine transformations, cropping and GANs can be used for data augmentation. Cross-validation, on the other hand, is a method to reduce overfitting, not for data augmentation.
Regression is a technique based on statistics to model the relationship between a set of variables to make predictions on unseen data. We explored are Linear, Logistic, Polynomial, Ridge, Lasso, Elastic Net, Stepwise regression.
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The Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon is an annual half marathon road running competition held in Gifu, Japan.
First held in 2011, the race is also called the Naoko Takahashi Cup, named after Naoko Takashi, the retired local runner who won the marathon at the 2000 Sidney Olympics and broke the marathon world record in 2001, becoming the first woman to complete the distance in under two hours and twenty minutes. The first edition featured top level and popular sections for the half marathon as well as a shorter 3-kilometre fun run. All the funds raised during the event went towards the reconstruction effort following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and Tsunami.
Some 9000 people took part in the inaugural event including elite Kenyan runners Martin Mathathi and Catherine Ndereba.
The 2012 edition of the race attracted greater numbers of elite runners, both international and Japanese. Mathathi won for a second time while South Africa's Rene Kalmer won the women's race. In 2013 the race gained IAAF Bronze Label status and attracted six-time World Half Marathon champion Zersenay Tadese, who set a course record of 60:31 minutes to dethrone Mathathi. Mestawet Tufa knocked three minutes of the women's course record with her run of 70:03 minutes. In 2015 Eunice Kirwa improved the women's course record to 69:37 minutes.
The course for the competition starts and finishes at the Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium. It has a single-looped format and mainly follows the Nagara River in the north and central parts of the city. The first section of the race heads south for 4 km, passing through the Yanagase shopping district, until it reaches the Golden Statue of oda Nobunaga beside Gifu Station. The course then returns north and, upon reaching the river, takes a 6 km-long route going east alongside the river, passing Mount Kinka and Gifu Castle. The course then crosses Tidori Bridge into the Nagara-Furutsu district and heads back west before finally ending up at the stadium. The Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon is an annual half marathon road running competition held in May in Gifu, Japan.
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Sorry, no photos in this one. We got back from the Perin wedding last Monday night and jumped right into the work week so it was all a blur.
On Friday, my friend Beth and I saw The Informant! Good but not movie-theatre good if you trust my opinion since I'm really not big into movies as it is. I liked how Matt Damon played his role but I got a little lost in some dry corporate law/scheming stuff.
On Saturday, we saw Extract with some other friends (I never go to the movies so much). Also a good movie to Netflix but not theatre-caliber in my opinion. I had heard it compared to Office Space so I was a little disappointed that it didn't hit that level with me though it was entertaining and I love Justin Bateman.
Sunday was non-stop football and we made appetizers throughout the day instead of meals which was really fun.
In summary, it was a good, low-key weekend and we're off and running with another work week.
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There are so many landscaping and home renovation products available on the market that for many homeowners, the most difficult thing about working on a new project is to make choices. When it comes to architectural stone products, for example, they are available in an impressive variety of colors, shapes, textures, and finishes.
Whether you are planning to work on your project on your own from start to finish, or you would like the help of an experienced designer or contractor, here are a few questions you can ask yourself to help you choose the right architectural stone products for your project. Write down your answers, as they will help you make your final choice.
1. What is the project I have in mind?
The type of architectural stone products you need will vary depending on the type of project you want to work on. The stone you would use for a family room fireplace, for example, would need different characteristics than the stone you would use for a patio or a walkway.
There are many different types of architectural stone products on the market, but you can easily narrow down your options by deciding if you need exterior stone products or interior stone products.
2. What is the climate in my area?
If you are working on an outdoor project, you need to take the weather conditions of your area into account when choosing your stone products. If you want your landscaping project to last for years to come, you need to make sure it can easily withstand the elements. Stone products that feature water repellant and color fast properties might be the best choice to ensure the durability of your project.
3. Do I need durable stone?
Hard, soft or porous. Stone products have different textures and levels of durability. If you are looking for architectural stone products for a garden walkway, or any other surface that will be walked on repeatedly, make sure you choose durable stone.
Most architectural stone products are virtually maintenance-free, but some types of stone require a bit more maintenance than others. Keep this in mind when you make your choice.
4. What color can complement my home or landscape?
Next, think about the colors that are already present in your home and landscape. If other stone products are already there, think about their style, texture and finish. If you want your next project to blend in with the style and the theme of your home, search for stone products that match.
Of course, you could also decide to go for a different texture or a contrasting color, to create a unique design that will make your house stand out.
5. What are the differences between the stone products on the market?
Now that you know what your needs are, you have to start searching for the right architectural stone products to meet these needs. The internet is a good place to start your research, but you could also visit a home improvement store.
Learn what you can about the different lines of stone products that meet your needs, so you can develop a good idea of what you want and what you don't want.
6. Where can I find architectural stone products?
Finally, ask yourself what your different options are to purchase your stone products. Keeping your budget in mind, search online for an architectural stone products manufacturer, or see what your local home improvement stores can provide you with. Choose the best stone products for your needs, for your taste, and for your budget.
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Woodworking: The Process Of constructing Something Using Wood The art of woodworking is one in every of the most ancient and widespread. From the earliest days when humans first experimented with the many uses for wood, our civilization has had a affiliation with this material, in all its varieties and forms. And the expansion and advancement of mankind has been closely intertwined with our ability to improve our woodworking skills and to develop new uses for wood. Primitive civilizations used wood as material for building shelters, tools, weapons, utensils, and different things necessary for survival. As time went on, they began to expand the utilization of wood to incorporate the creation of creature comforts like furniture and decorative things. They conjointly built boats and rafts for exploration, travel and trade. As skills and data continued to develop, and woodworkers began to understand the wide variety of properties of woods from completely different tree sources, wood became one of the foremost widely used materials, found in nearly all areas of life, from home to figure, production to pleasure. Those who had a talent for operating wood became necessary artisans and craftsmen, and guilds and workshops were developed to assist document and preserve the art, train apprentices, and represent the interests of these concerned. Totally different specialties at intervals woodworking began to develop, each with their own tools, projects, and techniques. These classes included: Wheelwright - A one that makes wood wheels and spokes. Cooper - A one who makes barrels and related product. Turning - Using a lathe and cutting tools to make symmetrical, spherical or curved items such as table and chair legs, pedestals, and candlesticks. Some wood turners, referred to as bodgers, centered specifically on creating bowls, cups, and other household utensils. Carving - generally refers to any woodworking project that involves removing items of the initial wood to form a finished product. Carpenter - traditionally a wagon maker but over time the term has come to be associated with woodworking in general and more specifically with home and business construction. Cabinetmaker - Someone who makes a speciality of making cupboards, shelving, and some items of furniture, like chests, curious and alternative storage things. Shipwright - professional shipbuilder, typically assisted by craftsmen from different areas of woodworking. Parquetry and Marquetry - Making stunning and typically complicated patterns with completely different wood veneers. Originally used as decoration on furniture and a few homes, but now has expanded to include artwork and picture making. Parquetry typically involves the employment of geometric shapes, whereas Marquetry attracts from life pictures and scenery. Today, some of these classes have become obsolete as steel, plastic, cement, and different compounds have replaced wood in many situations. Whereas wood continues to be utilized in numerous vital applications, together with home and business construction and furniture making, woodworking has become an activity practiced less for necessity and additional for pleasure, challenge, satisfaction, and honor. For some, woodworking continues to be a means of making a living, but for many, it is a fun and rewarding hobby. In addition, the tools, techniques, and applications have become more advanced and refined. A person simply getting started in woodworking might soon become overwhelmed with the wonderful range of decisions. Most experienced woodworkers would agree that the art continues to be a progressive expertise, taking many years to be told and advance in talent-level. The data needed to form a gorgeous and purposeful chest of drawers, alarm clock, desk or other fine piece of furniture for instance, takes time and follow to develop. And the talents needed usually overlap the different areas of specialization in woodworking. Not knowing where to begin or the way to focus their interests, several individuals new to woodworking become discouraged and frustrated and shortly provide up. In addition, taking over comes that are too difficult or making an attempt to figure with inadequate tools can also lead beginners to decide that woodworking is not for them. Luckily, tips and ideas from knowledgeable woodworkers can help those new to woodworking get off on the right foot. In a shot to supply a comprehensive overview of woodworking we have done the work, travelled and talked to consultants in their fields, and grilled them over their secrets, their challenges, all their experiences, and their key recommendation for beginners. Those interviewed include fine furniture manufacturers, master carvers, seasoned shop lecturers, and several different skilled craftsmen who have been working with wood for many years. One in every of the foremost common suggestions given was to start out with the basics of general woodworking and the use of common tools used, and to avoid getting too sophisticated too quick. There was robust emphasis on building a solid data of different woods, using key hand tools, starting with straightforward projects to develop key skills, and find out about safety. As one skilled toy maker, shared, "Getting a good operating data of woods and basic hand tools is the simplest issue a beginner can do to make sure future success. You would like to know what sort of wood works best for different comes, and if you know how to live, cut, shape and join with hand tools, you will be much higher at it when it involves using power tools and woodworking machines." Taking the consultants' advice, comments, and tips to heart we have a tendency to explored those beginning, foundation skills in a manner that is straightforward to perceive and will not intimidate beginners. You may study: - common woodworking terms - the traits and uses of a number of the most standard types of wood general woodworking safety - totally different sorts of hand tools and their correct use and care - basic types of comes for beginners - introduction to woodcarving and also the tools needed Also provided could be a resources list with details on completely different publications, websites, and different sources of knowledge for starting woodworkers. It's necessary to note that the field is crammed with proficient and skilled craftsman of each genders. Girls are active in all aspects of woodworking and have established reputations for quality work. We tend to spoke with several women in gathering material and their input was an necessary contribution. That is one amongst the beauties of woodworking; it's a field that is open to people of all ages, genders, races, backgrounds, academic levels, etc. Anyone willing to be told and to require the time to follow will become skilled. Woodworking could be a vast and fascinating realm with seemingly endless applications and opportunities to be told. Enthusiasts will take their skills to many completely different levels and interest directions, and even create a living with their woodworking talents. By mastering the basics and establishing a solid foundation, you take the primary, and maybe most significant steps to changing into a successful woodworker.
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I think that it is a little crazy that people think it is okay for the mentally ill to have guns. There are 73% that say that we should keep guns away from the mentally ill, and there are 27% that say we should not keep them away from them. It seems to me that if we give the mentally ill guns, that they might not think straight when they decide to use the weapons they own.
According to debate.org, mentally ill people are not able to control some of their responses and are more apt to use weapons irrationally to harm others. Mentally ill people are not able to control some of their actions and thus are more likely to show impulsive reactions with violence or are not equipped with empathy. With little to no empathy, there is a higher likelihood that harming others can occur. The inconsistencies and known unstable, dysfunctional behavior is more apparent with many that have mental health issues. Keeping guns away from mentally ill people is one way to help lessen violent acts with guns.
According to debate.org, the problem with targeting the mentally ill with gun control is that many people who use guns to harm people have no prior diagnosis of mental illness prior to committing their crime and don’t show behavior sufficient enough to raise red flags until it is often too late. Furthermore, violence is not always indicative of mental illness. Many mentally ill people are nonviolent and not likely to commit a crime using a gun. Many violent criminals show no signs of mental illness prior to using guns to harm others.
According to nytimes.com, for all their dysfunction, the Republican Senate and House have managed to act with lightning speed in striking down a sensible Obama administration rule designed to stop people with severe mental problems from buying guns. Congress says let the mentally ill have guns. I think that it is odd that the democrats and the republicans can’t come together on anything but as soon as former President Obama says something about gun rights that they act with lighting speed to strike it down.
According to cnn.com, some may think this may be taking away their Second Amendment. The United States Constitution protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms and was adopted on December 15, 1791, as part of the first ten amendments contained in the Bill of Rights. Washington (CNN)The Republican-led House voted Thursday to repeal an Obama-era regulation that required the Social Security Administration to disclose to the national gun background check system information about people with mental illness.Yes it may feel like we are taking away their Second Amendment Rights.But if you look around we take away a lot of your rights Example: Freedom of Speech when you come into school we say you can’t throw F bombs in all your classes.Freedom to Assemble when we want to have a parade we have to go get a parade permit.
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Passengers: I am astounded that this Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt disaster was (supposedly) a "great script that needs to be made" for several years, and no one in all that time was able to see the Big Problem with it. Insider sources confirm that it wasn't a matter of a late script change; the script was always this disturbing.
There are actually two parts to the movie. The less significant is the disaster movie in space, which is filmed well but entirely contrived. The disaster and all of the circumstances that lead to it are contrived. That there is no one but two useless passengers able to address the problem (instead of competent ship pilots, autopilots, or engineers that are awakened on a rotational basis to check the ship) is contrived. That the problem is exactly enough of a problem to threaten the ship but (ultimately) easily fixed by a single dangerous act (which fixes EVERYTHING that went wrong, instantly) is so contrived and silly that you wonder that this movie could be made only a few years after similar and far better movies like The Martian or Interstellar. The acting is okay, and there is one nifty shot of what happens to you when you're in a swimming pool and the gravity stops; that's about the only good thing to say about the movie.
The engineers who made this ships must be morons. No backups for things that "can't possibly fail". Right. No waking up the crew once in a while to perform maintenance or check that everything is okay? Right.No avoidance of hurtling rocks while traveling through space for 120 years? Right.
But who cares? The main concept of the movie is about a guy who accidentally wakes up on a ship that has 90 years to go and is, therefore, faced with the prospect of living and dying on the ship instead of on the world he was supposed to reach at the destination. The movie contrives most ridiculously that there is no way to reenter suspended animation (no backups!). And so, after going a little loopy for a year, the man does the vastly horrible and immoral act of choosing and condemning another passenger, a beautiful woman that he lusts over, to suffer that same fate because he doesn't want to suffer alone. Of course, he hides what he did and we know she is going to discover it eventually. And then the ship starts breaking down.
Spoilers ahead, but you should just skip the movie anyway.
The idea for the movie isn't terrible: the act is terrible, and the movie sort of acknowledges this. The movie is supposed to make us feel that he has done a wicked thing, but instead of punishing him the movie presents us with a freaking romance movie, and not a good one. We are supposed to be sympathetic with him and root for him. Thank god I was able to fast forward through much of the romance, because it made me ill. The two leads have some chemistry, but very little in the way of character .. but again, who cares? The act was the act of a desperate, drowning man, so maybe, MAYBE it is at least understandable, and maybe MAYBE if he was portrayed as horrible, and realizing how horribly he acted and immediately confessing his sins, she could come to forgive him for stealing her entire life from her. But not telling her for months and romancing her for an hour of movie time is unforgivable. Instead of the movie stressing that this is a sick man and his act was revolting, and his not telling her is even more revolting, it wants us to enjoy their burgeoning romantic chemistry.
She gets rightly pissed off after she finds out, but the movie doesn't end with her killing him and finding out what it means to be alone, or afraid of a man who would destroy her life, imprison her on a ship, and lie to her for many months just so he could trick her into sleeping with him. Instead, when they face the possibility of losing the entire ship, she realizes how much she loves him after all and can't face living without him. Oh. My. God.
And we're not even done. Through more idiotic movie contrivance, after saving the ship, he discovers a way to put only her (or any one person) back into suspended animation, and she chooses to stay and live her life with him on the ship.
Just to complete the stupidity, we also have a black guy who wakes up just long enough to help save the cute white couple and then die, because what would a sci-fi movie be without that?
Your Name: A beautiful, subtitled, animated body-swap film from Japan. Something like Charlotte Sometimes, a high school boy from Tokyo and a high school girl from a small mountain town near a lake begin to switch bodies through mysterious circumstances. This disrupts their lives in several ways, and they try to communicate by leaving notes. But most importantly, they try to find each other. And, for various reasons, it's not that simple.
This is a rich, complex tale. There are several points where you might expect the movie, if it were American, to end, but it just veers off in yet another direction. And yet, it all works beautifully; nothing is added just for filling, and all elements foreshadow or recapitulate other elements with perfect sense. The only thing I found extraneous were the Japanese pop songs, several of which intrude upon the film at various points. in my opinion, all of these but the last one should have been ditched (not that my opinion on Japanese pop music means much, but I think they were not particularly good, and in any case they tried to impose emotions in places where the movie was doing a perfectly fine job without them.) The brief song and graphics at the beginning actually hurt the movie by making the whole production look like a typical anime TV show.
Aside from the music, it was haunting, sweet, romantic, and tragic all at once. A great film.
A Tale of Love and Darkness: Based on the book of the same name and the autobiographical story of Amos Oz's childhood in Jerusalem before, during, and just after the founding of the state of Israel, this is Natalie Portman's baby: her first time directing, she also wrote the screenplay and starts as Amos' mother. While the book focuses on Amos, his parents playing significant but secondary roles, Natalie is the central figure in the movie sharing equal (or a little more) screen time with Amir Tessler playing the young Amos.
The movie shows a lot of promise, in that it is a lovely work of art but not particularly entertaining. There are grim and harrowing movies that are also entertaining (not fun, but emotionally investing, captivating, involving you in the story). This movie doesn't do that very well. Instead, it plays as a series of film scenes, all rather grim and bleak, some of them well shot, all well acted, but not very involving. Scenes seem to come and go without any warning or connection. The night when the radio announces the vote to create a state shows jubilation, but there were no scenes leading up to it that would have made us care. An early scene involving young Jewish and Arab children who were trying to be friendly until an accident drives them apart should be prescient but is never followed up in any meaningful way on screen, and the characters never reappear.
Natalie makes us understand the allegory of the scene, of course, and the omniscient narrator bemoans the senseless conflict with his personal political views. Shot well, voiced beautifully, but they're not the story. The story is that of the mother, her dreams of what Israel would be like and her descent into depression and - ultimately - suicide when the dreams don't become reality. Again, Natalie makes us understand the allegory of the mother's dreams with the unrealized dreams of the state, but only as that: an allegory. Not a movie, not a story. An art piece, not entertainment. Unfortunately, for most people this movie will drag on for far too long. It could have been cut down to focus on the art and statement, because as far as the story goes, it's just not interesting.
The film making is interesting, the movie is bleak but watchable, and the art is good. Hopefully her directing will be matched with better screenwriting the next time around.
Hidden Figures: Many women, as well as women of color, contributed to the success of America's space program through their hard work in engineering, math, and supervisory skills. In particular for the women of color, this was a challenge, since they did this work at a time when segregation was in effect in the south, which was where NASA's offices were.
I just saved you from having to see the movie.
Like other dull biopics, the screenplay presents the most obvious, unchallenging, straightforward scenes without a whit of depth. The acting, directing, set and costumes are all fine. But when a movie presents a story where the ending is known, there has to be something else there to keep the viewer's interest. There's no there, here. One of the characters is great at math. So - surprise, the white men scorn her until she proves she is capable. She has to run half a mile a few times a day to get to the colored bathroom. So - surprise, everyone wonders why she is absent for so long a couple of times a day. These are scenes that could have been incorporated into a great movie. Instead, these scenes ARE the movie, and that's it. And oh yeah, we send some white guys into space.
One of the real women (now in her 90s), expressed surprise that anyone would want to watch a movie made about her. This movie doesn't challenge that question.
There is a clock face lying on my table, upon which I have placed cheese on all of the numbers, one through twelve. I have trained a mouse to start by eating all of the cheese from whichever number it pleases, and then to eat all of the cheese of any other number, so long as the new number still has cheese and is either a multiple of, or a divisor of, the number from which it has just come. The mouse continues to run to new numbers with the same restriction. It can never go back to the same number (no cheese there).
My mouse is now smart enough to eat the maximum number of pieces of cheese that it can. How many pieces is that, and what is the order it takes (there are a few solutions for the maximum, not counting just flipping the entire route).
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How to meet the cast of The Defenders (TV Show - 2010) ?
The cast and crew of The Defenders (TV Show - 2010) participate in many convention or fanmeet. The cast also travels to comic-con and multi-fandom conventions in many countries.
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It appears Square Enix is not expected to release both Final Fantasy 7 Remake or Kingdom Hearts 3 in the calendar year of 2017. A recent schedule shows that they might not be out until 2018 and beyond.
Square Enix posted a PDF recently of its financial report. In the report, it shows a release date schedule for many upcoming games. Sadly though, Final Fantasy 7 Remake And Kingdom Hearts 3 have been categorized in the FY 2018 and beyond group.
Fiscal year 2018 includes the dates between October 1, 2017 until September 30, 2018. However, it does say “beyond” in the title so it could be possible both games could be delayed even further.
In other words, it’s unlikely both games will be released in 2017. This is sad news as everyone has been waiting for both games for many years. KH3 was first announced at E3 2013 while FF7 Remake was announced at E3 2015.
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Was Jack the Ripper a Prince?
Was Queen Victoria in reality Jack the Ripper?
The question makes a smuch sense as the recent suggestion that Queen Victoria's grandson Edward, Duke of Clarence, was the Ripper, who carved up five prostitutes in the autumn of 1888.
The killings took place in the Whitechapel slums of London and were particularly grisly. All of the victims were apparently seized from behind and had their throats cut. Four of the five women were mutilated.
To link the Duke of larence, brother of King George V and heir to the throne of England, with the Whitechapel killer seems to me to be utterly preposterous.
The man behind the Duke of Clarence theory was the brain surgeon Dr. Thomas E. Stowell. In a recent article published in The Criminologist before his recent death, Dr. Stowell hints that Jack the Ripper had royal blood.
That Prince Eddy,as he was popularly known, contracted syphilis as a young man, and the disease affected his brain and that on numerous occasions he managed to shake off Sir William Gull, the royal physician appointed as his watchdog, and prowl the streets of Whitechapel.
That the Whitechapel murders ceased because Prince Eddy was confined to a mental home.
That the police, as soon as they learned the royal birth of the killer, concealed his identity and destroyed incriminating evidence.
After two years of research into the Jack the Ripper crimes, I decided that the Duke of Clarence theory was too far fetched even to metir mention in the book I wrote on the subject.
In the 80 odd years that have elapsed since the Whitechapel murders, Jack the Ripper has been "identified" countless times, as an unfrocked priest, a sadistic policeman and an escaped gorilla, to name a few of the theoretical killer.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, was not alone in believing the killer to be a "Jill the Ripper," a woman, or a man disguised as a woman.
The Duke of Clarence has been singled out for notoriety because the British love to project all sorts of fantasies onto members of the royalty who are known to be soft in the head.
That Prince Eddy, who was sometimes called "Collars and Cuffs," was not quite bright is beyond doubt. The prince was barely 16 when his tutor, the Reverend Dalton, reported to the royal parents on Eddy's "weakness of brain, his feebleness and lack of power to grasp almost anything put before him."
Despite the fact that he could barely read, the prince was sent to Cambridge University, where he was given the honorary degree of Doctor of Law.
As for the "case" that the Duke of Clarence and Jack the Ripper were the same person, there is no evidence of syphilis affecting Eddy's already dim wits. Nor would it be an easy matter to persuade British police to conceal the identity of a murderer, no matter how highly born.
Far from being confined to a mental home after the last of the Ripper murders in 1888, Prince Eddy continued to lead an active life. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in his father's regiment, the 10th Hussars, and was engaged to Princess May of Teck in December 1891. A month later, he died at Sandringham of influenza that had turned into pneumonia.
My research into the identity of Jack the Ripper led me to conclude that the Ripper was a barrister named Montague John Druitt, who came from a well known Dorset family.
Druitt committed suicide by drowning himself in the Thames late in November 1888. No murders of the Ripper type occurred after that date and the police, after the suicide had been discovered, called off the search for the Ripper. From my own inquiries, I have no doubt that Druitt's own family suspected him of being the Whitechapel murderer.
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As an example, a 5% #"w/v"# #NaCl# solution would have 5 g of #NaCl# for every 100 mL of solution. A 25% #"w/v"# #NaCl# solution would have 25 g of #NaCl# for every 100 mL of solution, and so on.
Weight/volume percent concentrations are characteristic when solids are dissolved in liquids and are often used because volumes are easier to measure than weights.
Another important reason for using such percent concentrations is the fact that dilute solutions have a density that's generally close to 1 g/mL, which makes the volume of the solution expressed in mL nearly numerically equal to the mass of the solution expressed in grams.
As a conclusion, in order to calculate a #"w/v"# percent concentration, you must determine how much solute you have - its mass in grams - and how much volume of solution you have - in mL.
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Text: You can reveal this card in your hand; your opponent randomly chooses 1 card from your entire hand, then you discard the chosen card. Then, if the discarded card was not "Danger! Nessie!", Special Summon 1 "Danger! Nessie!" from your hand, and if you do, draw 1 card. If this card is discarded: You can add 1 "Danger!" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Danger! Nessie!" You can only use this effect of "Danger! Nessie!" once per turn.
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Answer 3 : Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In Python, module is the way to structure program. Each Python program file is a module, which imports other modules like objects and attributes. The folder of Python program is a package of modules. A package can have modules or subfolders.
Answer 7 : Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Yes. PyChecker is a static analysis tool that finds bugs in Python source code and warns about code complexity and style. Pylint is another tool that checks if a module satisfies a coding standard, and also makes it possible to write plug-ins to add a custom feature.
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Shape Bruce into Gotham City's protector (succeeded).
Destroy Gotham City in order to rebuild it in a better way (succeeded).
Destroy the Court of Owls (succeeded).
The Temple Shaman, also known as The Sensei, is one of the main antagonists of the third season of the FOX TV series Gotham, first appearing as a direct threat in the Heroes Rise arc.
The Shaman is the leader of the mysterious Court of Owls, an organization which controls the city of Gotham. Believing that the city has taken a wrong way, he and the Court intend to destroy it completely in order to reshape the new Gotham more to their liking. When Bruce Wayne starts investigating the Court, the Court has him kidnapped and brought to the Shaman's hidden mountain temple. There, the Shaman begins to train Bruce to become the protector of the new Gotham. However, it is revealed that his training serves only to indoctrinate Bruce, with the Shaman eventually succeeding in turning Bruce into a brainwashed puppet.
He is portrayed by Raymond J. Barry, who also portrayed Caleb Warrens in The Purge film series.
After learning that one of his disciples inside the Court had Thomas and Martha Wayne murdered, the Shaman angrily had him brought before him. As the man knelt before the Shaman, the Shaman angrily states that the Waynes were important leaders of Gotham whom both the city and the Shaman himself respected. After the man assured him that at least their son Bruce was unharmed, the Shaman angrily states that at least that, the man had done right. The Shaman then revealed a knife and killed the man.
After Bruce Wayne started investigate the Court of Owls, the Court kidnaps Bruce, replaces him with the clone from Indian Hill, and delivers the real Bruce to the Shaman's mountain headquarter, called "The Temple". Eventually, Bruce regains consciousness. When meeting the Shaman, Bruce claims that he will manage to get back to Gotham City. The Shaman replies that Bruce definitely will but that the Court's plan will have already succeeded when he does.
During his attempts to flee, Bruce finds him in the same corridor again and again. Eventually, he walks past his cell and finds the Shaman awaiting him inside. Bruce is surprised and asks the Shaman whether the corridors are all shaped the same.
The Shaman reveals to Bruce what he has planned for him.
Bruce and the Shaman sit down and the Shaman produces a set of acupuncture needles which have a weirdly shaped pin on their end. When Bruce asks what the needles will be used for, the Shaman holds it near Bruce's forehead. Bruce suddenly starts hallucinating and is transported back in time into the alley his parents were murdered. After emerging once again, a horrified Bruce asks the Shaman why he would transport Bruce back to this horrible day. The Shaman replies that Bruce has never left this alley and has lived there ever since.
When the Shaman turns up for another session, Bruce tries to ambush him but is swiftly overpowered. Although he apologizes and begs for mercy, the Shaman draws another needle and transports Bruce back into his mind . to the alley his parents were killed. There, Bruce attempts to attack the Shaman but the old man easily fends of all of Bruce's attacks and eventually hits him into the chest - throwing Bruce back several feet. The Shaman claims that there is still so much more that he has to teach Bruce and that he will shape Bruce into what he needs to be to be Gotham's protector.
~ The Shaman while Bruce fights his disciple.
The Shaman also has one of his disciples training Bruce how to sword-fight. Bruce is appalled and eventually refuses to cooperate. The Shaman seems annoyed but tells Bruce to pick up his stick again. He promises Bruce that the Shaman will let him go when Bruce manages to defeat his opponent in battle. Bruce gets back up and fights the man but is easily defeated.
The Shaman gives Bruce a choice.
In order to further shape Bruce, the Shaman brings Bruce back into another memory - the wake of his parents. Bruce reveals to the Shaman that Bruce left during the wake because he was angry that everyone was only concerned about him when his parents had been murdered. Bruce states that he kept his father's cufflinks from that day, claiming that he could not let them go. By convincing Bruce to now let go, the Shaman helps Bruce who is now no longer controlled by the pain of that memory. Due to the immensity of the situation, Bruce passes out and the Shaman tells the unconscious Bruce that together, they will make Gotham pay.
The next day, Bruce fights the Shaman's disciple again and wins the fight. The Shaman asks what Bruce felt during the fight and is pleased when Bruce states he felt nothing. Bruce then asks whether he can go home and the Shaman states that he could if he wished to. However, he also states that if Bruce stays, the Shaman will take the pain of his past from Bruce completely and that Bruce will return to Gotham with a power yet unknown to him. After considering for a moment, Bruce agrees to stay. The Shaman later calls Kathryn Monroe, his right hand in Gotham, and informs her about the progress he has been making with Bruce. He reveals to Kathryn that he and Bruce will leave their locating the very night and that they will be returning to Gotham.
The Shaman urges Bruce Wayne to slaughter the Court of Owls.
~ The Shaman reveals that he indoctrinated Bruce.
The Shaman and Bruce arrive in Gotham at night, taking residence in a mansion outside of the city. There, the two continue their sessions and the Shaman states that there is a final memory. Bruce realizes that the Shaman is planning to take the memory of the death of Bruce's parents from him. The Shaman urges him to do what's necessary in order to banish the memories, but Bruce is unable to do so. When Bruce tearfully tells the Shaman that he wants to, but cannot do it, the Shaman decides that it is time to tell Bruce "the truth". To do so, the Shaman uses another needle which, this time, transports both him and Bruce into the Shaman's memory. The Shaman shows Bruce how he killed the Court member who ordered the death of his family. The Shaman then states that the Court's days are over and that they have to finally pay for their crimes. Fueled by this revelation, Bruce manages to seal his mind off the pain of his parents' deaths, much to the delight of the Shaman. After they return to the real world, the Shaman asks Bruce how he feels now about the death of his parents and Bruce reveals that he feels nothing.
Back at the mansion, the two are disrupted by a Talon of the Court. The Shaman reveals to Bruce that the Talon's are loyal servants of the Court and that they have been trained almost since birth. He tells the Talon to cut off his finger which the man does without reluctance. The Shaman then reveals that by sealing Bruce's memories, he managed to indoctrinate Bruce in a way similar to the Talons and when he asks whether Bruce will do his bidding from now on, Bruce tells him that he will.
With Bruce, the Shaman arrives at the main headquarter of the Court of Owls where its council is in session. While Bruce remains in the shadows, the Shaman asserts his rightful place as the Court's leader and addresses his fellow councilmen. He claims that three years ago, a great wrong was dealt by the Court's hands in the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne. One of the Court members accuses the Shaman of having left Gotham for years despite being the organization's leader and states that choices had to be made. After listening to the man's arguments, the Shaman asks Bruce to come forward. Reminding him that it were his parents who were killed, the Shaman tells Bruce to pass the judgement. However, he also urges Bruce to have the Court executed and when Bruce does not react, the Shaman claps in his hands which causes a group of Talons to emerge from the shadows and slaughter the leaders. After the deed is done, the Shaman coldly turns to Bruce and mentions to Bruce that he hesitated. Bruce promises that he won't next time and the Shaman tells him that he knows Bruce will not.
The Shaman prepares Bruce to destroy Gotham.
Later, the Shaman visits Bruce and asks him what he is thinking about. Bruce reveals to him that he though about his plans to avenge his parents and that now that it is done, he feels failure for not having been the one to give the order. The Shaman reveals that Bruce will have another chance to prove himself worthy. The same moment, a door opens and two Talons and Professor Strange enter the room. Strange is fascinated that Bruce is completely docile to the Shaman's demands and claims that he would like to study the Shaman's techniques. The Shaman states that one day, Strange will and then orders him to show them the bomb. As Strange does, the Shaman hands Bruce the detonator to the bomb. He reveals that the bomb will affect thousands of people in Gotham and that from the cities' ashes, Bruce will be reborn as a dark hero. He tells Bruce that it will be his task to press the detonator and Bruce promises that he will do so when the time has come for Gotham to fall.
While they prepare to leave, they are suddenly ambushed by Alfred Pennyworth and Harvey Bullock, who have learned the location of the mansion from the Whisperer gang. Alfred confronts Bruce and the Shaman and orders the Shaman to step away from Bruce. However, the Shaman calmly tells Alfred to better drop the gun and Bruce steps in front of the Shaman, shielding him from Alfred's gun with his own body. Bruce reveals that the Shaman showed him his true destiny, to destroy Gotham with his own hands. The Shaman and Bruce then walk off while a Talon attacks Alfred.
While the GCPD desparately tries to locate Bruce and the bomb, the Shaman and Bruce look over the city from Wayne Enterprises. The Shaman mentions that Bruce seems off and asks whether it was the meeting with Alfred that threw him off rails. Bruce replies that it is nothing and that he wants to be ready to fulfil his destiny. The Shaman reveals that Bruce will, and adds that after Gotham has fallen, the Shaman will bring Bruce to the man whose vision singled Bruce out to be the hero of Gotham. As the time for the detonation draws closer, the Shaman and his protegee look over the skyline of the city they are about to destroy.
While dying, the Shaman tells Bruce Wayne to seek out Ra's al Ghul.
When the moment has come, the Shaman tells Bruce to press the trigger to detonate the bomb. Before he can do so, Alfred storms into the room, having obtained Bruce's location from Strange. He begs Bruce not to press the button while the Shaman urges Bruce to do exactly that. Once more, Bruce steps in front of the Shaman to shield him. Realizing that Bruce is about to give in to Alfred, the Shaman jumps forward, grabs Bruce's hand and presses the detonator himself. While he does so, he is mortally shot by Alfred mutliple times. He slumps to the ground and Bruce rushes to his side. As he dies, the Shaman tells Bruce to find the Demon's Head in order to fully understand his destiny. Although he dies of his wounds moments later, the bomb still goes off and the Shaman has thus achieved his goals.
The Shaman is similar to Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars: They seek to take over the city and create an empire (though Palpatine succeeded in that) and they corrupt a young hero into helping them with their goals.
In the DC comics, an unnamed Native American Shaman, appearing in a Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight#1-5 was Bruce Wayne's last mentor before returning to Gotham and taking a mantle of the Batman. While in the comics, he was not affiliated with anyone of the Batman villains (and Court of Owls was created much later in 2011). On the show, he still fulfills the same function as in the comics, teaching Bruce the ways to forge his psychological trauma into his strength and some traditional medicine practices.
His association with the Court of Owls's plan to destroy Gotham City because he believes it to be corrupt is similar to Ra's al Ghul's plan in Batman Begins. Both also serve as a mentor figure to Bruce Wayne and influence him on his way of becoming Batman. He was later confirmed to be working on Ra's behalf.
In "Heroes Rise: Pretty Hate Machine", Hugo Strange called the Shaman a "sensei." There was a Sensei in DC Comics who is a member of the League of Assassins and Ra's al Ghul's father.
This version of Sensei was killed off making him one of the few Batman charathers in the show to be killed off before Bruce became the Dark Knight.
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Is it possible for one to agree with both Hal and Lee and the folks that believe that the monetary stimulus helped? Look at the graph on Glasner's page. It shows that an upward trend began in industrial production immediately following FDR's devaluing of the dollar. However, if you look closely at that graph, you also notice that the upward trend in industrial production gets relatively flat during the NIRA period before rising again.
These stories don't need to be mutually exclusive. It is possible that monetary stimulus was successful, but that the cartelization policy had an adverse effect on the labor market and stifled growth.
I'm not saying that one should accept the view that I am putting forth, but rather that I don't see how the two explanations MUST be mutually exclusive.
I would also like a response to Glasner/Sumner. Krugman's behavior is not really news.
Cole and Ohanian say that 'The main point of our op-ed, as well as our earlier work, is that most of the increase in per-capita output that occurred after 1933 was due to higher productivity – not higher labor input.' But according to the actual text of their op-ed 'the key point is that higher aggregate demand didn't significantly expand the amount of work that was done'. Further, as Brad Delong points out, Cole and Ohanian do not mention this 'main point' in the first three paragraphs of their op-ed, but focus on the argument that the level of production is unrelated to aggregate demand. It seems to me as their 'clarification' is an evasive maneuver rather than an attempt to tackle the criticism of their op-ed (by Sumner, Delong, O'Rourke, Glasner and maybe others I haven't noticed) head on.
Well, "aggregate demand" (whatever that is) can only affect output through labor -- the capital stock is fixed and productivity is beyond the control of the government. Ergo, if labor didn't rise, aggregate demand didn't raise output.
^ This makes no sense to me: aggregate demand simply means there is increased demand for the goods that firms produce. To meet this extra demand, firms can hire more workers, purchase more capital, work their available capital more, or invest in new productive technologies which increase their output per unit of input. Which one firms actually do will depend on the relative costs and benefits of each. So this idea that a change in "aggregate demand" would necessarily require a change in labor input makes no sense to me.
Doesn't this just pin point a key criticism of the RBC model. If there are frictions in hiring and firing workers, then increases in aggregate demand will show up as increases in productivity.
I guess if some workers are producing organizational capital, you don't even need frictions to have aggregate demand increasing measured productivity.
These graphs are pretty striking. Cole and Ohanian don't think leaving the gold standard had any effect?
"The demand for goods is not the demand for labor."
-- an insight well known to economists prior to Keynes.
"this idea that a change in "aggregate demand" would necessarily require a change in labor input makes no sense to me."
It made no sense to Hayek, either, who attacked the explanatory machinery of Keynesian economics on just this point.
"Doesn't this just pin point a key criticism of the RBC model. If there are frictions in hiring and firing workers, then increases in aggregate demand will show up as increases in productivity. "
No, they won't. The capital stock is fixed today, so if you don't hire any more workers you don't get any more output. Increases in demand will show up as a higher relative price of output today (real interest rate).
Don't you people understand basic economics?
The only way AD increases translate into output increases is through effects on the labor factor, e.g. employment/aggregate labor hours. It may not make sense to you and you're welcome to disagree with it, but it's just flatly true of the world as depicted by Keynesian models (New, Old, whatever). You should be directing your criticism to the Keynesians that came up with the models, not Cole and Ohanian.
It makes sense as well, really. If a firm could increase productivity without a change in labor/capital inputs well... they'd be doing it already. The capital factor is basically an empirical non-starter most of the time. That leaves the labor factor.
What kinds of productivity enhancing changes do you think firms are making that could plausibly be a response to an increase in AD?
" If a firm could increase productivity without a change in labor/capital inputs well... they'd be doing it already. "
But not if they thought the capital investment would not be worth it. Massive pre-1933 deflation meant that investments were likely to be a loss, and that saving your dollars was a better investment as they grew in value.
Since when did Keynesian economics exclude the possibility of changes in capital utilization?
Paul Krugman claims our economic history is in "incredibly bad faith"
Please do not lead with statements like this, the tears of laughter make it very hard to continue.
The comments in this thread are quite incredible. Therre is nothing in Keynesian economics that requires that changes in aggregate demand translate into changes in labor input, after all capital utilization is variable. Anyone who ignores that is either poorly trained or willfully ignorant.
That labour hoarding induces procyclical movements in measured productivity certainly isn't news to anyone who has lived through a few recessions and taken the trouble to read newspapers like the FT and The Economist. Actually, the WSJ was also a good newspaper at one time. But it publishes awful rubbish now.
if "There is nothing in Keynesian economics that requires that changes in aggregate demand translate into changes in labor input, after all capital utilization is variable", what is the relevance of Keynesian macrcoeconomics to counter-cyclical policy and recessions, and depressions. what is the point?
"relevance of Keynesian macrcoeconomics to counter-cyclical policy and recessions, and depressions. what is the point?"
Generally increases in aggregate demand increase labor input. Obviously Hayek could come up with some convoluted example where this wouldn't be the case. But generally this is the case, which is why increases in aggregate demand, like 1933-1937, cause rapid increases in labor input.
What is the relevance of non-aggregate demand based theories of the Great Depression? Basically zero from what I can tell. Outside of monetarism and Keynesianism, it's a desolate intellectual wasteland.
""Doesn't this just pin point a key criticism of the RBC model. If there are frictions in hiring and firing workers, then increases in aggregate demand will show up as increases in productivity. "
Don't you people understand basic economics?"
I'm not sure if you are being funny or you don't understand what adjustment costs are.
With costs to hiring and firing workers, during a downturn the firm will keep more workers than otherwise. They will look unproductive. If AD is stimulated, workers that weren't doing that much have more to do and look more productive. Really though, there ability to turn inputs into outputs wasn't changing. It's just being mismeasured.
"This makes no sense to me: aggregate demand simply means there is increased demand for the goods that firms produce. To meet this extra demand, firms can hire more workers, purchase more capital, work their available capital more, or invest in new productive technologies which increase their output per unit of input. Which one firms actually do will depend on the relative costs and benefits of each. So this idea that a change in "aggregate demand" would necessarily require a change in labor input makes no sense to me."
Good point, but it's murkier now. You could wonder was the increase in productivity independent of the increase in demand? Was it just a lucky advance in technology just at that time? Or did the increased deamand spur investment in new technology and utilization of it to meet the new demand?
In any case, even Stephen admitted that the giant increase in government spending from WW2 plummeted unemployment from extremely high to almost nothing. He just thinks that plummeting unemployment like that is only worthwhile if the government spending can be justified on its own terms, as a high return public investment, or for good social insurance, say.
"With costs to hiring and firing workers, during a downturn the firm will keep more workers than otherwise. They will look unproductive. If AD is stimulated, workers that weren't doing that much have more to do and look more productive. Really though, there ability to turn inputs into outputs wasn't changing. It's just being mismeasured."
"Really though, there ability to turn inputs into outputs wasn't changing. It's just being mismeasured."
Let me restate that for you: there is no evidence for the previous statements that were made.
Ironically, Cole and Ohanian's results (and arguments), far from castigating the NIRA and its wage provisions, confirm/validate their wisdom.
To see why, we have to stop seeing the NIRA and NRA as some sort of Frankensteinian experiment, with no fore or after thought! Cole and Ohanian attribute output growth to productivity, not labor growth. But this only confirms the basic underlying premise of the NIRA, namely massive productivity growth throughout the 1920s and 1930s that wasn't reflected in wages. FDR, Robert F. Wagner and the rest of the Brains Trust (especially Rexford Tugwell) were all of the view that wages had lagged behind productivity (owing to the spread of electrification and mass production). That productivity continued to rise in the aftermath of the NIRA simply corroborates their starting point.
Cole and Ohanian forget that Henry Ford (who campaigned for higher wages throughout the 1920s and 1930s) doubled wages in 1914. Did labor go down? No!!! But productivity continued to rise!!
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Cryotherapy is a technique that uses an extremely cold liquid or instrument to freeze and destroy abnormal skin cells that require removal. The technique has been in use since the turn of the century, but modern techniques have made it widely available to dermatologists and primary care doctors. The technique is also called cryosurgery.
Cryotherapy can be employed to destroy a variety of benign skin growths, such as warts, pre-cancerous lesions (such as actinic keratoses), and malignant lesions (such as basal cell and squamous cell cancers). The goal of cryotherapy is to freeze and destroy targeted skin growths while preserving the surrounding skin from injury.
Cryotherapy is not recommended for certain areas of the body because of the danger of destruction of tissue or unacceptable scarring. These areas include: skin that overlies nerves, the corners of the eyes, the fold of skin between the nose and lip, the skin surrounding the nostrils, and the border between the lips and the rest of the face. Lesions that are suspected or known to be malignant melanoma should not be treated with cryotherapy, but should instead be removed surgically. Similarly, basal cell or squamous cell carcinomas that have reappeared at the site of a previously treated tumor should also be removed surgically. If it remains unclear whether a growth is benign or malignant, a sample of tissue should be removed for analysis (biopsy) by a pathologist before any attempts to destroy the lesion with cryotherapy. Care should be taken in people with diabetes or certain circulation problems when cryotherapy is considered for growths located on their lower legs, ankles, and feet. In these patients, healing can be poor and the risk of infection can be higher than for other patients.
There are three main techniques to performing cryotherapy. In the simplest technique, usually reserved for warts and other benign skin growths, the physician will dip a cotton swab or other applicator into a cup containing a "cryogen," such as liquid nitrogen, and apply it directly to the skin growth to freeze it. At a temperature of −320°F (−196°C), liquid nitrogen is the coldest cryogen available. The goal is to freeze the skin growth as quickly as possible, and then let it thaw slowly to cause maximum destruction of the skin cells. A second application may be necessary depending on the size of the growth. In another cryotherapy technique, a device is used to direct a small spray of liquid nitrogen or other cryogen directly onto the skin growth. Freezing may last from five to 20 seconds, depending on the size of the lesion. A second freeze-thaw cycle may be required. Sometimes, the physician will insert a small needle connected to a thermometer into the lesion to make certain the lesion is cooled to a low enough temperature to guarantee maximum destruction. In a third option, liquid nitrogen or another cryogen is circulated through a probe to cool it to low temperatures. The probe is then brought into direct contact with the skin lesion to freeze it. The freeze time can take two to three times longer than with the spray technique.
Extensive preparation prior to cryotherapy is not required. The area to be treated should be clean and dry, but sterile preparation is not necessary. Patients should know that they will experience some pain at the time of the freezing, but local anesthesia is usually not required. The physician may want to reduce the size of certain growths, such as warts, prior to the cryotherapy procedure, and may have patients apply salicylic acid preparations to the growth over several weeks. Sometimes, the physician will pare away some of the tissue using a device called a curette or a scalpel.
Redness, swelling, and the formation of a blister at the site of cryotherapy are all expected results of the treatment. A gauze dressing is applied and patients should wash the site three or four times daily while fluid continues to ooze from the wound, usually for five to 14 days. A dry crust then forms that falls off by itself. Wounds on the head and neck may take four to six weeks to heal, but those on the body, arms, and legs can take longer. Some patients experience pain at the site following the treatment. This can usually be eased with acetaminophen (Tylenol), though in some cases a stronger pain reliever may be required.
Cryotherapy poses little risk and can be well-tolerated by elderly and other patients who are not good candidates for other surgical procedures. As with other surgical procedures, there is some risk of scarring, infection, and damage to underlying skin and tissue. These risks are generally minimal in the hands of experienced users of cryotherapy.
Actinic keratosis — A crusty, scaly pre-cancerous skin lesion caused by damage from the sun. Frequently treated with cryotherapy.
Basal cell cancer — The most common form of skin cancer; it usually appears as one or several nodules having a central depression. It rarely spreads (metastisizes), but is locally invasive.
Cryogen — A substance with a very low boiling point, such as liquid nitrogen, used in cryotherapy treatment.
Melanoma — The most dangerous form of skin cancer. It should not be treated with cryotherapy, but should be removed surgically instead.
Squamous cell cancer — A form of skin cancer that usually originates in sun-damaged areas or pre-existing lesions; at first local and superficial, it may later spread to other areas of the body.
Some redness, swelling, blistering and oozing of fluid are all common results of cryotherapy. Healing time can vary by the site treated and the cryotherapy technique used. When cryogen is applied directly to the growth, healing may occur in three weeks. Growths treated on the head and neck with the spray technique may take four to six weeks to heal; growths treated on other areas of the body may take considerably longer. Cryotherapy boasts high success rates in permanently removing skin growths; even for malignant lesions such as squamous cell and basal cell cancers, studies have shown a cure rate of up to 98%. For certain types of growths, such as some forms of warts, repeat treatments over several weeks are necessary to prevent the growth's return.
Infection. Though uncommon, infection is more likely on the lower legs where healing can take several months.
Pigmentary changes. Both hypopigmentation (lightening of the skin) and hyperpigmentation (darkening of the skin) are possible after cryotherapy. Both generally last a few months, but can be longer lasting.
Nerve damage. Though rare, damage to nerves is possible, particularly in areas where they lie closer to the surface of the skin, such as the fingers, the wrist, and the area behind the ear. Reports suggest this will disappear within several months.
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the therapeutic use of cold; see also hypothermia.
The use of cold in the treatment of disease.
/cryo·ther·a·py/ (-ther´ah-pe) the therapeutic use of cold.
The local or general use of low temperatures in medical therapy. Also called crymotherapy.
a treatment using cold as a destructive medium. Cutaneous tags, warts, condyloma acuminatum, and actinic keratosis are some of the common skin disorders responsive to cryotherapy. Solid carbon dioxide or liquid nitrogen is applied briefly with a sterile cotton-tipped applicator or cryospray instrument. Blistering, followed by necrosis, results. The procedure may be repeated.
A general term for the use of ice or cold compresses for therapeutic purposes; locally applied ice increases the circulation and relieves pain, and is of use in acute trauma. Practitioners of alternative therapies may advocate alternating ice and heat, as it is believed to “flush” a region with fresh blood.
A type of care in which ice or cold water is applied to a body part.
SOURCE: Adapted from Starkey, C: Therapeutic Modalities, ed 3., F. A. Davis Co., Philadelphia, 2004.
The use of low temperatures in medical treatment. Temperatures of about -20 C or below are useful in surgery, especially for destroying unwanted tissue such as warts, ACTINIC KERATOSIS and skin nodules (dermatofibromas). See also CRYOSURGERY.
the use of cold in the treatment of sporting injuries. Part of the RICE regime. Local application of cold will reduce bleeding and swelling and limit tissue damage, resulting in an earlier return to activity.
n the use of cold applications, such as ice packs, to reduce edema and inflammation, relieve pain, and encourage vasoconstriction. See also vapocoolant sprays.
Method of treating a disease by the use of cold as a destructive medium. It may be used in the treatment of retinal detachment and breaks, conjunctival melanomas, lid tumours, uveitis, distichiasis and trichiasis.
n a use of cryosurgery in the treatment of cutaneous tags, warts, actinic keratosis, and dermatofibromas. The agent is usually liquid nitrogen, applied briefly with a sterile cotton-tipped applicator.
the therapeutic use of cold. See also cryosurgery, hypothermia.
Cryotherapy is the general use of low temperatures in therapeutic treatment.
Other treatments include cryotherapy, heat therapy, pentamidine, azoles, amphotericin B, allopurinol, and paromomycin.
Fenster explains that out of the 100 and counting he's taken through the cryotherapy chamber, only two haven't made it.
Trying Cryotherapy And Oxygen Treatments: What's It Like?
Huddersfield Town's Head of Performance Services, Dr John Iga, said: "Our playing style and training regime are well documented and necessitate that we have the most comprehensive approaches to player recovery possible, and cryotherapy forms an important part of our strategy.
Superficial cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen has been found to be an effective therapeutic modality for ingrown toenail.
On Wednesday I'm booked to go for a session in a cryotherapy chamber in London.
We cannot call whole-body cryotherapy a treatment yet, but we have some good preliminary results suggesting that this might be a natural method of treating memory impairment," Joanna Rymaszewska, MD, PhD, of Wroclaw (Poland) Medical University said during an oral presentation at the at the 2016 congress of the International Psychogeriatric Association.
Leicester's sports scientists took note of what was happening in rugby and the Foxes became one of just three Premier League teams to also use cryotherapy.
Cryotherapy systems are specially designed chambers for recovery and rehabilitation, using supercooled air at temperatures of -135degC.
I first tried Cryotherapy in Moscow over 20 years ago," says Brown.
Cryotherapy is a biotechnological method used to eliminate pathogens from infected clonal plant materials and it is based on cryopreservation using vitrification techniques, in which the biological material is exposed to liquid nitrogen (LN) at--196 [degrees]C for a period.
a growing number of people are seeking cryotherapy -- a treatment that subjects their bodies to temperatures far below those found anywhere on Earth.
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Guide cars automatically without human driver.
I would use a RFID to construct a car guiding system. I'll put RFID tabs to crossroads so that cars can know where they are and drive themselves automatically. We no longer needs human drivers but "smart cars". We tell the cars the destination and they search for the corresponding RFID tab and calculate the route. When they reach cross road, they find out which crossroad they are at using RFID identifier and decide whether to turn right or turn left. These cars can be especially useful to replace current taxis.
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Background Video games are the most effective form of distraction from procedural pain compared to other distraction techniques, such as watching television or reading a book (Hussein, 2015). The degree of cognitive engagement with the game is a strong influence on the capacity of game-playing to distract from pain. By increasing game demand to a level that demands maximum levels of attention, it is possible to optimise distraction from pain; however, if the game becomes too difficult, it will fail to act as a distraction. Goals and Hypotheses The goal of this study was to measure neurovascular activation in prefrontal and somatosensory areas of the cortex in response to a manipulation of game demand and experimental pain. We hypothesise that activity in the prefrontal cortex will increase with game demand whereas neurovascular activation of the somatosensory cortex will intensify in the presence of pain. Methodology Participants 20 participants (6 female) with a mean age of 22 volunteered for the study. Game The game Space Ribbon, a racing game developed by Onteca, was used during this experiment. Four pre-set levels of game difficulty, determined by pilot testing, were used: Easy, Medium, Hard, and Impossible. Cold Pressor Test The Cold Pressor Test was used to induce experimental pain. The cold pressor apparatus included a tank of water at a fixed temperature of 2°c, in which the participant placed the foot. Cold pressor immersions were performed on both feet over the course of the experiment. Data Collection Materials Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) was used in this experiment to measure the neurological responses to game demand and pain. fNIRS data was collected using the Artinis Oxymon Mk II system in a 2x4 Cross channel configuration. A total of 2 sources and 8 detectors were used for the collection of optical density data. Data was collected from the prefrontal cortex at channels between Fz and: F1, AFZ, F2 and FCZ, and the somatosensory cortex at channels between CPZ and: CP1, Cz, CP2 and Pz. Accelerometer data was collected from a Shimmer 3 unit, which was worn around the head to collect head motion artefacts. Electrocardiogram data was collected from a Bioharness 3, which was worn around the torso. Procedure In order to ensure that data collected during each step of the experiment protocol was independent of the effects from previous steps, a 90 second baseline period was established. The experiment was carried out using the following protocol: 1. Baseline 2. Cold Pressor Immersion 3. Baseline 4. Cold Pressor Immersion with Game Condition 5. Baseline 6. Game Condition (With the same difficulty level as experienced during step 4) These six steps were repeated four times to account for four levels of game difficulty. The levels of game difficulty were played in a randomised order. During a cold pressor immersion, the participant was instructed to remove their foot from the water when they felt as though the pain they were experiencing was unbearable, up to a limit of 3 minutes. Pre-Processing Following the conversion of optical density data to Oxygenated and Deoxygenated Haemoglobin changes using the modified Beer Lambert Law, fNIRS data was filtered using a 6th order Chebyshev filter. This filter was applied to remove physiological noise, and to remove the effect of Mayer waves (Noori, Qureshi, Khan, & Naseer, 2016). Accelerometer data was filtered using a Butterworth filter, to reduce noise in the signal. Following data filtering, fNIRS data was processed alongside accelerometer data using the Acceleration-Based Movement Artefact Reduction Algorithm (Metz, Wolf, Achermann, & Scholkmann, 2015) to remove head motion artefacts. Results Subjective measures of workload (Task Load Index) and immersion (Immersive Experience Questionnaire) were collected as manipulation checks. Subjective mental workload [F(1,17)=9.78,p<.01, eta2= 0.66] and immersion [F(1,17)=4.94,p<.01, eta2= 0.47] both significantly increased as game demand was escalated. The amount of time that participants immersed their foot in the cold water was used as a behavioural measure of pain tolerance. An ANOVA revealed that: (1) playing the game significantly increased pain tolerance compared to baseline (no game), and (2) pain tolerance increased during Medium/Hard/Impossible games compared to the Easy game [F(3,11)=2.07,p<.01, eta2= 0.66]. A 2 (pain/no pain) x 4 (easy/medium/hard/impossible demand) x 4 (Fz-F1/Fz-F2/Fz-AFz/Fz-FCz) ANOVA was conducted on oxygenated (Hb0) and deoxygenated (Hbb) haemoglobin. The analysis of Hb0 data revealed a significant interaction between channel and demand [F(9,8)=5.23,p<.01, eta2= 0.86], post-hoc testing indicated that Hb0 significantly increased from Medium to Impossible demand at Fz-F2. The same ANOVA also revealed a significant interaction between channel and condition [F(3,14)=3.93,p<.03, eta2= 0.20], i.e. Hb0 was higher at Fz-F1 when participants played the game in the presence of experimental pain. No significant effects were observed for Hbb. An identical analysis was conducted on Hb0 and Hbb from the somatosensory cortex. A significant interaction between channel and condition was observed for Hb0 [F(9,14)=2.79,p<.05, eta2= 0.15]; post-hoc tests indicated that Hb0 was significantly higher at CP1-CPz during the experimental pain condition. Conclusions The study demonstrated that game demand exerted a significant effect on pain tolerance in the expected direction, i.e. increased demand = increased distraction and pain tolerance. Our fNIRS data revealed a significant lateralised effect of game demand and experimental pain on levels of Hb0 in the prefrontal cortex, i.e. the former was localised to the right hemisphere with the latter observed on the left side. As expected, levels of Hb0 in the somatosensory cortex increased in the presence of pain, but were not affected by game demand. The study demonstrates the feasibility of developing a neuroadaptive game engine capable of adjusting game demand in real-time in order to maximise distraction from pain.
Received: 28 Mar 2018; Published Online: 14 Dec 2018.
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Report credits Sons of Iraq, former insurgents who are now being paid by U.S.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- All major indicators of violence in Iraq have dropped by between 40 and 80 percent since February 2007, when President Bush committed an additional 30,000 troops to the war there, the Pentagon reported Monday.
The quarterly report to Congress noted that the military, political and economic gains made in the five-year-old war remain "fragile, reversible and uneven," and that Islamic jihadists loyal to al Qaeda in Iraq remain capable of high-profile attacks.
But civilian deaths have dropped from a peak of nearly 4,000 a month from December 2006 to January 2007 to about 500 a month as of May, and U.S. troop deaths have dropped from 126 in May 2007 to an all-time low of 19 in May 2008.
The report cited the emergence of the Sons of Iraq as a major reason for the downturn in civilian-oriented violence and deaths. The groups are made up of an estimated 90,000 Iraqis, often former insurgents, paid by U.S. commanders to help protect neighborhoods and provide intelligence on extremists.
U.S. troop deaths and civilian deaths spiked in March, when Iraqis battled militia forces loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Basra. At the end of March, an operation in Sadr City by U.S. and Iraqi forces to clear out insurgents firing rockets into the Green Zone also kept the death toll up, according to the report.
But while the death toll went up in March, it remained lower than the numbers that prevailed before the "surge" campaign began in early 2007. The next April and May saw a sharp downturn in deaths across the board, the report found.
The fighting in Basra and Baghdad was a major test for Iraqi troops. Military officials said the Iraqi operation in Basra initially looked like a failure, but has turned out to be a success as Iraqi troops continue to hold and stabilize the southern city.
In ongoing operations in the northern city of Mosul to drive out al Qaeda, Iraqi forces are showing clear signs of independent operational capability with little to no U.S. help, U.S. military officials said. The report suggested those successes are bolstering the ranks: More than 27,000 Iraqis have joined the country's security forces since the last Pentagon report, in March, bringing the total number of Iraqi soldiers and police to about 560,000.
Since the March report, the Iraqi government focused on resolving conflicts from Basra and Sadr City that dominated the political and security landscape over the past three months, the report said. The report also said increasing oil export revenues are putting more money into the country for development, reconciliation programs and security.
Insurgents continue to strike, however. An attack by a female suicide bomber Sunday in Baquba, which killed a reported 15 people, is one example of instability in regions with a heavy insurgent presence.
While death tolls are down, the report highlighted the negative influence Iran is having inside Iraq. The report said Iraq's neighbor "continues to fund, train, arm and guide" anti-American "special groups," the U.S. term for splinter factions of al-Sadr's Mehdi Army and other Shiite militants.
Iran has denied U.S. allegations it is supporting insurgent factions within Iraq. But U.S. and Iraqi troops have discovered Iranian weapons inside Iraq, including Iranian made roadside bombs -- and during the fighting in Basra, large stashes of Iranian-made weapons were found with manufacture dates on them as recent as this year, according to U.S. military officials.
The report said the Iraqi government continues to press the Iranians, who deny blame.
May 2008 marked a sharp drop in high-profile attacks from al Qaeda, according to the report. Attacks in May hit a two-year low, about 70 percent lower than the peak in March 2007.
The U.S. military said the drop is connected to U.S. and Iraqi operations directed at al Qaeda, but pointed out that in a single day -- April 15 -- a high-profile attack killed more than 150 people.
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Although the organic lifestyle is on the rise, it is still difficult to ensure you’re enjoying a completely organic experience while eating out. When following a specific diet or healthy lifestyle, dining out can easily seem like the ultimate obstacle in your life. Luckily, there are some things you can do to make dining out organically a reality for you.
Doing just a little bit of research picking out the restaurants that you can visit goes a long way when it comes to finding organic dining experiences. A huge wave of locally sourced and organic ingredients used by restaurants has spread across the United States. Many restaurants have information available on their website about their ingredient sourcing, and more and more establishments have started incorporating organic foods as staples in their menus. Take a moment to consider the information listed on restaurant websites about their food sourcing, and then go a step further to check out the companies being sourced from to see about their farming and livestock practices.
Even if you find plenty of information about a restaurant’s food sourcing, I recommend calling ahead anyway. It not only gives the restaurant an opportunity to prepare for your visit and answer any possible questions about their organic options, but it also lets them know there is in fact a demand in their community for organically sourced menu options. The easiest thing you can do as a repeat customer at your favorite restaurant is to simply express your interest in seeing more organically sourced ingredients incorporated into the menu. Many local, family owned businesses depend on and cherish their return customers and are always looking for suggestions on how to ensure your satisfaction and repeat business. Never hesitate to drop a comment in their box if they have one, or simply call ahead or ask to speak with a manager during your next visit.
It is important to understand that just as the transition to an organic lifestyle brought up an uptick in your grocery expenses, dining out organically tends to get pricey as well. Pricier restaurants typically have more accommodations for organic lifestyles, but sometimes these aren’t the most realistic options for families with children. Your best family options are going to be local and family owned establishments in your neighborhood. Many of these smaller, family owned businesses already think more about the quality of their ingredients because they want the same for your family as they do for their own. You will often find ingredients sourced from other small, local businesses and farmers. If you remember, small batch farming is a huge component in organic farming, so oftentimes smaller farms tend towards organic practices. Just because it is local and small batch farming, does not mean it is organically sourced, so be sure to ask these important questions and research the companies and farms mentioned by your favorite local restaurants.
Dining out organically can be still be challenging, so make sure you frequent your favorite local establishment and encourage them to continue and expand their organic offerings.
Not sure what organic food is? Read this article. For more information and recipes for organic living, please visit NowFindOrganic.com.
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Still unclear about micro-blogging? Here's what you need to know.
Twitter is turning into a household name, but I am still unsure as to its benefits or necessity? Can you give me some advice regarding micro-blogging and it's advantages compared to email, IM or even SMS messaging?
Answer: Micro-blogging is a form of blogging that allows users to write and publish openly brief text updates (usually less than 140 characters) to be viewed, in real time, by anyone or by a restricted group that's chosen by the user.
These messages can be submitted by a variety of means, including text messaging, instant messaging, e-mail, MP3 or the Web.
The first and most well-known micro-blogging service is Twitter, which surfaced in 2006 and continues to grow in popularity. Twitter has since been joined by copycat services that include Plurk (a distant second to Twitter), Pownce, and Jaiku (recently acquired by Google).
The magic of Twitter, at least for those who use it regularly, is that with only 140 characters to work with per post, it forces users to use pithy statements on the fly which can become very addictive to both the sender and the message audience.
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Just War – Was the Vietnam War justifiable?
The Vietnam War occurred between the years of 1959-75, involving the Viet Cong against the Republic of Vietnam and the USA. It is arguable that the war was a civil war that the United States of America simply impeded on. Whether or not the involvement of the USA was justifiable comes is questionable.
The main argument that the war was justifiable comes from the idea that the communist ideology held by the North would spread - by the `domino effect` - to South Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and other such countries. The USA intervened to protect the South, and the surrounding countries from being taken over, as if the spread of communism increased, it would begin to create a sort of `super-communist-power` that would have to be dealt with at some point, and it was best to make the change early.
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Once the product’s end of support date has been reached, if you still use it, it will no longer receive security updates. Therefore, it is important to migrate to a newer version that provides the latest security updates to keep you and your data safe. In addition, Microsoft Customer Service will no longer be available to provide technical support for these products.
The process consists in upgrading the software or changing the equipment, including a newer version of the operating system.
What happens if you continue to use the product after the end of support date?
You can continue to use the product; but after the end of lifecycle, your computer will become more vulnerable to security attacks, malware, and viruses. This means that the software will continue to work, but you will no longer receive software updates, including security updates from Microsoft.
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In the United States presidential election of 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected President on February 9, 1825, after the election was decided by the House of Representatives. The previous few years had seen a one-party government in the United States, as the Federalist Party had dissolved, leaving only the Democratic-Republican Party. In this election, the Democratic-Republican Party splintered as four separate candidates sought the presidency. Such splintering had not yet led to formal party organization, but later the faction led by Andrew Jackson would evolve into the Democratic Party, while the factions led by John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay would become the National Republican Party and later the Whig Party.
This election is notable for being the only time since the passage of the Twelfth Amendment in which the presidential election was decided by the House of Representatives, as no candidate received a majority of the electoral vote. This presidential election was also the only one in which the candidate receiving the most electoral votes did not become president (because a majority, not just a plurality, is required to win). It is also often said to be the first election in which the president did not win the popular vote, although the popular vote was not measured nationwide. At that time, several states did not conduct a popular vote, allowing their state legislature to choose their electors.
Only presidential election where the person receiving the most electoral votes did not win; also only election (since passage of 12th Amendment) where electon decided by House of Representatives.
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And it all started with a little P90X.
She has been showcasing the fruits of her work-out labor since shedding two and a half stone.
And Kerry Katona was celebrating how far she had come in her body transformation as she shared before and after photos to Instagram on Tuesday.
The former Atomic Kitten singer, 37, looked strikingly different in the before photo taken in 2009, which showed her in a pink floral bikini and sporting a noticeably fuller figure as she frolicked in a pool.
A stunning after photo taken in recent months saw the mother of five slip her newly honed frame into a navy lace lingerie set, as she flexed her toned arms.
KERRY Katona showcased her body transformation today in jaw-dropping before and after pictures on Instagram. In a side-by-side snap, Kerry posed first in a blue bikini on the left pre- weight loss and then in her racy grey underwear on the right.
The scanty bralette revealed her ample cleavage and six pack, while the matching bottoms revealed her lithe legs.
Her pixie crop was styled in a tousled side-parting while her pretty features were enhanced with a rich palette of make-up.
One good suggestion changed his whole life.
#68 Before And After Weight Loss . I've Lost Exactly 152 Pounds And I'm Super Happy. I swear my legs just turned to noodles looking at the after picture 😍 amazing transformation 😊. #92 Weight Loss Transformation , From 180 To 130 Lbs In 14 Months.
Work it: Kerry Katona took to Instagram on Monday to share a candid before and after picture of Share or comment on this article: Kerry Katona shows off her body transformation . e-mail. Yolanda Hadid celebrates the 'freedom' of her bikini body after removing breast implants and fillers.
Last week, the singer proudly shared another before and after photo, to showcase her incredible weight loss.
The star looked dramatically different in the before photo taken in 2014, which showed her in a pink bikini.
In the gorgeous after photo, Kerry was seen draped in a sparkling gold gown, which showcases her slender waist and honed curves.
She captioned the snap: 'I am absolutely thrilled to be part of @skinnyrevolutionuk.
KERRY Katona has shown off her incredible body transformation after losing two and a half stone. The reality star, 38, is currently taking part in the next series of Celebs Go Dating - but she found the time to upload a throwback to Instagram showing how far she has come on her weight loss journey.
The keto diet promotes weight loss through a diet low in carbohydrates (less Instagram alone has a wealth of keto-focused hashtags that highlight crazy keto transformations (#ketotransformation and Check out the impressive before - and - after shots below—they may just turn you into a keto convert.
Kerry has been focused on maintaining her slimmed down frame, after losing more than two stone on her fitness journey.
Following the breakdown of her third marriage to ex George Kay, Kerry embarked on a stricter gym and diet routine in November 2017 and has since been committed to her lifestyle overhaul.
While she did confess to having a 'sh*t load' of liposuction and a mini tummy tuck to kick start her new look, she has since been relying on her own perseverance to hone her body further.
She revealed that cutting out alcohol has had a huge impact on her new look too.
She will next be seen on TV screens in the new series of E4 dating show Celebs Go Dating.
This Man’s 240-Pound Weight Loss Transformation Began at a Billy Joel Concert.
KERRY KATONA weight loss : The former Atomic Kitten singer has lost an incredible two stone since last Kerry Katona weight loss : She looks unrecognisable in before and after pictures (Image Kerry Katona weight loss : She has praised yoga for helping her to lose weight (Image: Instagram).
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How are dinosaur speeds calculated?
Paleontologists first measure the distance between footprints in a trackway (stride length), as well as the length of the footprints themselves. The estimated leg length is then determined by multiplying the footprint length by a known constant. For example, the constant for theropods is approximately 4.5. The relative stride length is determined by dividing the measured stride length by this estimated leg length. The resulting number would be referenced to a standard graph to obtain a dimensionless speed for the particular dinosaur. To get a real world speed, this dimensionless speed is used, along with the estimated leg length and the acceleration of gravity. This results in a more familiar number: speed in miles per hour or kilometers per hour.
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I would like to read this book. Scientists and philosophers currently appear to be on the cusp of discovering how the brain works, and the relation between the physical/chemical operation of the brain and personality. There is also the idea of perhaps a continuity of degrees or types of consciousness, varying among humans, other animals, and even plants or other components of the natural world. It is so fascinating, and this book seems like it would provide a journey through ideas that relate to this emerging understanding of the nature of existence. Or perhaps it is really a matter of rediscovering something that is/was known by other cultures. I am curious to find out what this fictional Galileo learns.
I would love to know your opinion after you read it!
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Micro summary: This Boeing 777 experienced turbulence while in cruise, fracturing a flight attendant's shoulder.
the in-flight encounter with unforecasted clear air turbulence.
The flight encountered unforecasted clear air turbulence while the flight attendants were providing meal service to the passengers. Several of the flight attendants were thrown to the floor by the turbulence, and a flight attendant operating in the rear of the airplane received a fractured left shoulder. The autopilot was engaged at the time of the event, and there were no pilot inputs during the turbulence encounter. Statements from the captain (the flying pilot) and the first officer indicated that the event involved clear air turbulence that lasted 3-4 seconds. The captain characterized the turbulence encounter as "moderate" and being similar to a wake turbulence encounter because of the extremely short duration. He indicated that there were no aircraft in front of them and the nearest thunderstorms were greater than 20 miles to the northwest. The first officer added that they had received no turbulence warnings from other aircraft and that they were clear of all weather.
On July 25, 2004, about 0115 eastern daylight time (EDT), American Airlines flight 955, a Boeing 777, N797AN, encountered clear air turbulence during cruise at flight level (FL) 370 approximately 25 nautical miles north of intersection GELOG. Flight 955 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida, to Sao Paulo, Brazil (GRU), with 204 passengers and 13 crewmembers on board. During the turbulence encounter, one of the flight attendants suffered a fractured shoulder. The flight continued to GRU, where the injured flight attendant was transported to a hospital. The flight was operated under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 under an instrument flight plan.
At the time of the turbulence encounter, which occurred about an hour after takeoff, flight attendants were providing meal service to the passengers. Statements from the flight attendants characterized the turbulence as "bad" or "severe" and indicated that there were at least two jolts that threw them to the floor. The injured flight attendant, who was located in the rear of the airplane, stated that she tried to hold onto an armrest in the last row after the initial jolt threw her down. She was tossed up and then down as the turbulence continued, and her shoulder struck one of the armrests. Two doctors responded to a request for help, and the injured flight attendant was treated with pain medication, ice packs, and a sling. The captain decided to continue to GRU after the doctors attended to the flight attendant and arranged for her to be transported to a hospital. The flight continued for approximately 6 hours before landing at GRU. The flight attendant was diagnosed with a fractured left shoulder.
Statements from the captain (the flying pilot) and the first officer indicated that the event involved clear air turbulence that lasted 3-4 seconds. The captain characterized the turbulence encounter as "moderate" and being similar to a wake turbulence encounter because of the extremely short duration. He indicated that there were no aircraft in front of them and the nearest thunderstorms were greater than 20 miles to the northwest. The first officer added that they had received no turbulence warnings from other aircraft and that they were clear of all weather.
The reserve pilot for the flight stated that he had been resting in the designated crew rest seat in first class at the time of the event. He stated that the turbulence lasted less than five seconds and involved approximately two groups of three rapid and abrupt jolts that appeared to diminish in severity over time. He indicated that the flight conditions were mostly smooth before and shortly after the event.
The seat belt sign was on at the time of the turbulence. There was no forecast turbulence for the entire route of the flight.
- vertical accelerations ranged from approximately 1.6 g's to 0.2 g's; lateral accelerations ranged from approximately 0.06 g's to -0.2 g's; and longitudinal accelerations (which averaged about 0.04 g's prior to the event) ranged from approximately 0.06 g's to -0.01 g's.
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Why should you consider a GPS device for you motorcycle? Easy - your next ride in the saddle could become an adventure with a motorcycle GPS device.
With a motorcycle GPS device you will no longer need to worry about getting lost. You will be able to discover new country sides, sceneries and destination all with the confidence of knowing exactly where you are at all times. You will have a new found freedom in exploring the open road.
The GPS system can make your voyage as easy, relaxed and hassle-free as possible. If you feel like having a coffee, grabbing a meal, going to the washroom or filling up on gas, your GPS will show you the way. With voice guided instructions, and software packed with points of interest (POI) - like restaurants, service stations, and hotels - your GPS can promise you a drive of constant pleasure.
Once you have decided to buy a GPS for your bike, what things should you look for when searching for the right GPS to buy? You will want to get the right balance between price and features. You will want a GPS device that is within your budget but which will also have the features that you will need. GPS devices purpose built for motorbikes have everything that a motorcyclist will need and are also vibration resistant, ensuring that the reverberation from your motorbike won't effect its internal workings.
However, if you are looking for even more features than the purpose built motorbike GPS devices offer, then you will want to take a look at a hand held device which comes with many more applications.
With a wide array of features and add-ons, for example: simple voice MP3 player, compass mode, guidance, and essentially portability, GPS devices like the TomTom Rider 550 and the Garmin Zumo 595 are perfect for motorcycles, plus a great variety of other outdoor activities. Or you use your smartphone. It's also effective and flexible. You don't need to spend money to buy a new device.
Maybe without realizing it, the ability of a smartphone to know its position on this would earth is becoming increasingly important. In fact, now this ability has penetrated into very general use. In general, all smartphones must have this capability.
Inside the smartphone is not GPS, but the signal receiver. The smartphone is the receiver, a.k.a the receiver or signal capture from GNSS satellites (Global Navigation Satellite System). The other term is 'navigation system'. In general, many are referred to as GPS receivers, because GPS is the most commonly known and first popularized navigation satellite series.
On smartphones, we can find specific locations using the navigation application (which utilizes the GNSS signal). More precise terminology for "GPS applications" such as Google Maps and Waze are: navigation applications that utilize the GNSS system, which is generally GPS.
With GPS systems becoming conventional, and new technology features and models incessantly striking the shelves, it can be quite a complex and difficult undertaking to decode the riddle of which GPS device will best suit your needs.
But don't be discouraged. A GPS device will make your riding experience a whole lot more fun.
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To reject the Bible’s instructions is to find ourselves like the person in the story who rushed to the beach on a sunny day and dove into the water to go swimming. After surfacing for air he saw the sign on the dock ¡V ¡§No swimming. Sharks in water.¡¨ The swimmer can decide the ¡¥no swimming¡¦ rule is a kill-joy that¡¦s taking the fun out of his day or he can decide it¡¦s a good thing to be aware of the dangers of swimming right now and heed the instruction ¡§no swimming¡¨. What would you have done? I know, you would have kept swimming.
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Hestia the Greek Goddess was (with Demeter and Hera) regarded as one of the three Great Goddesses of the first Olympian generation.
All offerings to the gods must be preceded by an offering to Hestia, giving rise to the phrase "Hestia comes first". According to the ancient Homeric Hymn to Hestia, she was owed the last as well as the first offering at every ceremonial assembly of Hellenes.
The cultus of Hestia the Greek Goddess and her equivalents (such as Roman Vesta) clearly goes deep into pre-patriarchal times, and is one of the fundamental aspects of feminine religion which was translated, in many respects unchanged, into the early patriarchal culture, being so profound, so sacred and so linked to the well-being of both the home and the city, that extensive tampering was considered unwise.
The Priestesses of Vesta, the Roman equivalent of Hestia the Greek Goddess, served in a sacred enclosure where no man – even the Emperor – was permitted to set foot, and all must be untouched by men. After thirty years of vow-bound celibacy they were permitted to marry, but few took the opportunity to leave an honored position in beautiful surroundings in order to place themselves under the authority of a man.
The thirty years' service of a Vestal Priestess(sacerdos vestalis), or "virgin", were divided into ten years as a student, ten in service to the Goddess and ten as a teacher, thus ensuring an unbroken disciplic succession and a tradition of feminine teaching extending directly back to pre-patriarchal times. Roman history makes clear that the Vestal Priestesses existed long before the foundation of Rome itself.
What was the nature of this cultus? At the deepest level it is the religion of Hearth and Home. To modern ears this may seem a relatively insignificant concept, thanks partly to the trivialization of the hestia or home in relation to what under patriarchy became the male domain of the agora or public world. More fundamentally, it may seem insignificant owing to the trivialization of life in general.
In order to understand the cultus of Hestia the Greek Goddess and universal pre-patriarchal Deity, we must remember that to the traditional mind, earthly things are the echoes of cosmic realities and that the microcosm of human life derives its profound significance from the fact that it reflects and ritually enacts the macrocosm of the Universal Whole.
The Sun in the Cosmos (and this ultimately refers to the Supernal Sun, and not merely to the physical center of a particular solar system) is reflected – or better, incarnated – by the heart within the microcosm of the body and the hearth within the microcosm of the house.
Thus, everything that pertains to the Supernal Sun and to the Sacred Heart of Being pertains also to the hearth-fire. And thus the cultus of the Hearth, whether conducted under the Name of Hestia the Greek Goddess or any of Her antecedent Names, is not other than the cultus of the Solar Mother. Yet again, we see that the representation of Dea as purely lunar and chthonic (earth-centered) is a result of the early patriarchal attempt to relegate the feminine to the lower symbolic elements. In truth the lunar aspect of Dea belongs to the Daughter (cf Demeter and Persephone), while the Mother, being the Supreme Deity, is always Solar and Celestial.
An early form of temple is the hearth-house, with the hearth-fire serving as sacred altar. Early temples in Crete, at Dreros and Prinias, were constructed on this model, as was the central altar of the Hellenic world at Delphi, which always had its inner hestia. It should be noted that this marks this most sacred and pre-eminent Classical center as pre-Classical, since among the Classical Greeks the altar was always in the open. This is understandable in the light of the established fact that the great Delphic Temple of Apollo was originally a shrine to Dea.
In a feminine culture every family hearth is a shrine to Hestia. Every mistress of a household was, in miniature and reflectively, a Priestess of Hestia, just as every house was an image of the Cosmos with the Sun-Hearth at its heart.
It must be understood furthermore that this likeness was not "merely symbolic", it was a part of the ritual actuality of life – the vital participation of all human activity in Cosmic Reality.
This participation was seen as vital to human well-being and authenticity. It is for this reason that, even in patriarchal times, the cultus of Hestia the Greek Goddess, or of Vesta the Roman Goddess, was not easily or quickly jettisoned and continued to retain many of its traditional feminine features.
The concept of the home as a specifically feminine domain was also retained, although this took on a more confining characteristic particularly in view of the creation of a new domain: the agora, or public-space, which was created as a masculine preserve and which took on increasing importance as patriarchal society developed until the "political" (from Greek polis: city) came to be regarded as all-important.
The very concept of the Greek open-temple could be seen as an early revolt against the sacredness of the matriarchal closed-space. Later, as churches and temples came to be regarded as part of the agora, and the idea of a "House of (male) God" was no longer perceived to be contradiction in terms, the closed place of worship was able to return to general use: now as a patriarchal institution.
This concept of the city as public-space developed slowly. The original feminine concept was of the city as an extended household: the greater household of our Mother God. Even in Classical times this concept was retained to a degree. The public hearth of Hestia the Greek Goddess was still the heart of the city, and with the foundation of a new colony, a flame from this Civic Hearth was carried to the new settlement.
Vesta, the Roman Goddess was even more polit-ically understood than Hestia the Greek Goddess, with the Hearth of Vesta explicitly seen as binding all Romans together in an extended family.
This concept was gradually subjected to patriarchal redaction. Even though the Temple of Vesta remained a feminine sanctuary until it was closed by the Christian Emperor Theodosius in 391 A.D., the concept of the city as a great household declined in importance and the notion of the literally heart-less agora, or public-space, became dominant.
Hestia the Greek Goddess, and her Roman equivalent Vesta, continued to lend a diminishing maternal aspect to the city-state, although the harsh polit-ics of patriarchy made this maternity more and more of a parody. This was necessarily the case, since a true household must have a Mistress at its Center both spiritually and politically.
Devotees of Dea today rightly wish to restore the traditional sanctity to the home and to make it once more a Sacred Enclosure. The ancient wholeness of a Sacred City ruled by the Solar Dea, who burns as the hearth-fire of its inner sanctum, as well as the the hearth-fire of every private hestia, or household, is impossible within a patriarchal polity. But the household itself can – and should – still be a Temple of Hestia.
And this is of primary importance once we rediscover the profound ritual and spiritual importance of the household. Polit-ics (in the sense of control of the agora) are a matter of relative unimportance. Our task is the re-creation of the feminine sanctuary, the Hestianic household, which, in this late Kali Yuga, is the only possible incarnation of the true polis or City of Dea.
Whether we use the name of Hestia, the Greek Goddess or of Sai Herthe, the Déanic Name, She is the one Supernal Sun who is the burning heart in each of us and the burning Hearth at the center of our sacred home.
The Day of Sai Herthe – the modern feast day of Hestia and the home.
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Imperial Count (German: Reichsgraf) was a title in the Holy Roman Empire. In the medieval era, it was used exclusively to designate the holder of an imperial county, that is, a county that was a fief held directly (or immediately) from the emperor, rather than from a prince who was a vassal of the emperor, such as a duke or prince elector. These imperial counts sat on one of the four "benches" of Counts, whereat each exercised a fractional vote in the Imperial Diet until 1806. In the post-Middle Ages era, anyone granted the title of Count by the emperor in his specific capacity as ruler of the Holy Roman Empire (rather than, e.g. as ruler of Austria, Bohemia, Hungary, the Spanish Netherlands, etc.) became, ipso facto, an "Imperial Count", whether he reigned over an immediate county or not.
Imperial count as a holder of a direct Imperial fief: The holder of a County held directly from the Emperor, which was therefore not subject to any other secular authority, was called an immediate (German: reichsunmittelbar) Count. This particular political position was formed in the Middle Ages and lasted until the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation in 1806.
Origins: In the Merovingian and Franconian Empire, a Graf ("Count") was a royal official who exercised the royal prerogatives in an administrative district (Gau or County) or who was the representative of the King or Emperor in a certain area (a march, royal castle, imperial palace or royal estate). Originally the counts were ministerialis ("service nobility"), but under the Ottonian emperors, the title became hereditary and the feudal system was gradually integrated with the hereditary nobility. A count who held his fief directly from the Emperor was an immediate Count (German: reichsunmittelbarer Graf) and had a seat and a vote in the Imperial Diet.
Power and Political Role: A seat and a full vote in the Imperial Diet made a count "immediate" and a member of the highest estate. In 1521, there were 144 imperial counts; in 1792 only 99 were left. Reasons for this decrease include elevations to a higher title, extinction of the male line, and territories being mediatized by more powerful imperial princes. Imperial counties were most numerous in Swabia and Franconia, and also in the north-western part of the empire.
End of the Imperial Immediacy: In 1806, with the Confederation of the Rhine Act and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation, all immediate counties were mediatized and annexed by neighbouring states. At the Congress of Vienna, it was decided that the affected families would keep their noble title and their status as equal in rank (ebenbürtig) to sovereign ruling families. A few counties had been elevated to principalities by Napoléon Bonaparte. Most of these were mediatized by the Congress of Vienna; a few survived as principalities until 1918: Lippe, Schaumburg-Lippe, and Reuß (in several lines).
Grant from 25 September 1789 to Marshal A. V. Suvorov of the Title of Count of the Holy Roman Empire as an award for his victory over the Turkish Army on 25 September 1789 at the town of Rimnike.
Imperial Count as a holder of a Title valid throughout the Empire: Those counts who had received their title by patent from the Holy Roman Emperor or an Imperial Vicar were also considered Imperial Counts. A title created by the Emperor was valid throughout the Empire and did not need acknowledgment by the imperial princes, unless stated otherwise in the patent. A title granted by another sovereign was, in principle, only valid in the country ruled by that sovereign. An Elector of Brandenburg, for example, could only grant titles valid in his lands and territories. An Emperor from the House of Habsburg could either (in his capacity as Regent of the Habsburg hereditary lands) grant an Austrian title or (in his capacity as Emperor) an imperial title. Titular imperial counts usually had no role in the ruling of the Empire, although there were exceptions. Sometimes, when a prince wished to marry a lady of lower rank and wanted to avoid a morganatic marriage, the Emperor might be willing to elevate her to Imperial Countess, typically upon payment of a fee.
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Unnecessary temporaries are frequent culprits that can throw all your hard work - and your program's performance - right out the window.
You are doing a code review. A programmer has written the following function, which uses unnecessary temporary objects in at least three places.
How many can you identify, and how should the programmer fix them?
Believe it or not, these few lines have three obvious cases of unnecessary temporaries, two subtler ones, and a red herring.
1 & 2. The parameters should be const references. Pass-by-value copies both the list and the string, which can be expensive.
3. This one was more subtle. Preincrement is more efficient than postincrement, because for postincrement the object must increment itself and then return a temporary containing its old value. Note that this is true even for builtins like int!
[Guideline] Prefer preincrement, avoid postincrement.
[Guideline] Watch out for hidden temporaries created by parameter conversions. One good way to avoid this is to make ctors explicit when possible.
5. This creates a temporary (empty) string object.
[Rule] Follow the single-entry/single-exit rule. Never write multiple return statements in the same function.
*. This was a red herring. It may seem like you could avoid a temporary in all return cases simply by declaring the return type to be string& instead of string. Wrong (generally see note below)! If you're lucky, your program will crash as soon as the calling code tries to use the reference, since the (local!) object it refers to no longer exists. If you're unlucky, your code will appear to work and fail intermittently, causing long nights of toiling away in the debugger.
[Rule] Never, ever, EVER return references to local objects.
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More detail on this person: Capt. Croucher was born December 22, 1943 in Baltimore, MD. He served his country as a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, where he was highly decorated and received the Purple Heart. He was a Christian and previously served on the church council at Christ Lutheran Church in Oakland Park, FL. He previously worked for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, where he instituted their Aviation Department. Capt. Croucher worked for ERA for almost thirty-four years and was the only pilot to be named Pilot of the Year twice. He was a member of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. His greatest joy in life was flying and had logged over 22 thousand hours in the air. He also enjoyed spending time with his family and traveling.
Capt. Croucher is survived by his wife of twelve years, high school sweetheart, and love of his life, Bobbie Croucher of Sonoma, CA; sons, John Croucher and wife Angela of Beaumont, TX and Alan Rockey and wife Tracy of Rocklin, CA; daughter, Shannon Tarrant and husband Sean of Petaluma, CA; brother, Gary Croucher; sisters-in-law, Judy Croucher and Sylvia Brewer; grandchildren, Katelynne, Nicholas, Jessica, and Richard Croucher, Zach, Wyatt, and Tanner Tarrant, and Ryan, Lauren, and Madison Rockey; niece, Kristen Croucher; and nephew, Christopher Croucher.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Cecelia and Lt. Col. William Croucher, Sr.; sons, William Croucher and Richard Croucher; and brother, Richard Croucher.
His memorial service will be at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel. Gary Croucher will officiate. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Wednesday from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
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Deductive research aims to test an existing theory while inductive research aims to generate new theories from observed data. Deductive research works from the more general to the more specific, and inductive research works from more specific observations to more general theories.
Deductive reasoning uses a top-down approach. It typically begins with selecting a pre-existing theory about a certain topic of interest. The theory is then narrowed down into more specific hypotheses that can be tested. Next, observations are collected to address the hypotheses. This ultimately leads to the ability to test the hypotheses with specific data and confirm or deny the original theory.
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What science says on Cosmological models on the origin and fate of the Universe?
Evolution of cosmological models: Cosmology is the study of the universe. It deals with the origin, evolution and fate of the universe. Over centuries, some of the brilliant minds of Philosophers and scientists have tried to develop an understanding of just what the universe is and where it came from, suggesting in the process a bewildering variety of theories and ideas, through various models. However, the most popular and accepted model of the universe, since 1687 to early 20th century, was “the Static Universe” as proposed by Sir Issac Newton in his book “Principia”. The Static Universe is a cosmological model in which the universe is both spatially infinite and temporally infinite, and universe is static, neither expanding nor contracting. Such a universe does not have spatial curvature; that is to say that it is ‘flat’ or Euclidean.
Surprisingly, in 1917 Albert Einstein while solving the equations of his revolutionary General Theory of Relativity (GTR) found that universe is expanding which is contrary to the most popular Static Model at that time! Thus, Einstein had a doubt on his results and did not believe results of his own equations because of the fear of the then scientific community who all were in favour of static universe model. Thus, he introduced a fudge factor called Cosmological Constant to counteract the expansion and concluded that Universe is Static and declared that his theory is in consistent with the Static Universe model.
There comes Olber’s paradox which states that if the universe is eternal and infinite and if it has infinite number of stars, then the night should be bright. But, the night sky is always dark till today. Olber’s paradox literally proved static model of the universe incorrect and paved path for dynamic universe. In early 20th century AD, three profound theories on the origin of the universe were proposed by different scientists i.e. (i) Steady state theory, (ii) Big Bang theory, (iii) Oscillating (pulsating) universe theory.
Steady state theory (flat model) was jointly proposed by Herman Bondi, Fred Hoyle and Thomas Gold, in 1928 and it states that the Universe is the same everywhere and for all time, both in the past and in the future, there is neither beginning nor end to the universe, and it has a constant mean density. Density of galaxies remains more or less constant as it expands (spaces filled in new galaxies).
Big Bang theory (open model) was proposed in 1926 by Georges Lemaitre and coined by George Gamow. Big bang theory says that the universe began about 14 billion years ago from a huge explosion of YLEM and that gigantic explosion is termed as big bang and that moment gave birth to time, space, energy and matter in all directions. About 14 billion years ago, the entire universe was less than an atom, confined to a singularity point which was infinitesimally small, but infinitely hot and dense. In an instant, the universe expanded very quickly in all directions, and then it settled down to a slower rate of expansion, cooling all the time. After a few minutes it had cooled enough for protons to form. It took another 3, 80,000 years to cool enough for hydrogen and helium atoms to form. This allowed light to shine through about 380,000 years after the Big Bang. This early light-sometimes called the “afterglow” of the Big Bang-is more properly known as the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR). And subsequently, after 13.8 billion years after Big Bang moment, present universe consisting of large number of galaxies was formed. Density of galaxies falls as universe expands according to big bang model.
The oscillating universe theory (closed model), proposed by Fred Hoyle, believes that the universe began in a giant explosion and is expanding. It states that the universe will continue to expand until the maximum and will then collapse on itself until it comes together in a big “crunch”. In the oscillating universe theory, this cycle would continue indefinitely.
The steady state theory depicts a flat universe as fate of the universe, whereas Big bang theory and Oscillating universe predict Open Universe and Close universe as the fate of the universe.
Birth of Expanding Universe: 12 years later after 1917 when Einstein managed to cheat his equations, in 1929, the American astronomer Edwin Hubble stunned the scientific community by announcing a dramatic discovery that Universe is expanding, but not static. Hubble found that the light coming from the galaxies was shifted towards the red end of the spectrum due to the Doppler effect (known as “redshift”), which indicated that the galaxies were moving away from us. Hubble showed that, in our expanding universe, every galaxy is receding away from us with a speed (V) which is in direct proportion to its distance (D), known as Hubble’s Law (V=HD), where H is Hubble’s constant, inverse of which gives the age of the universe (~13.8 billion years).
Thus, Hubble’s discovery led to abandon the Static Universe model, gave birth of Expanding Universe Model in 1929, and Einstein was also forced to remove his cosmological constant and to announce that introduction of Cosmological Constant as his “Biggest Blunder” he had ever made in his life. Thus, Einstein missed his second Nobel Prize in General Theory of Relativity (GTR) in his life otherwise he could have predicted expanding universe 12 years before Hubble and grabbed Nobel Prize. He landed up his Nobel Prize in Photoelectric Effect in 1921.
Soon after the confirmation of expanding universe by Gravitational Redshift and Hubble’s findings (equations), scientist started working on the origin and fate of the universe. Now, the next immediate question is – how did universe begin?
If the Universe is expanding, that suggests it used to be smaller and more compact. And if you go back far enough, then there was a moment in the past when all the matter in the Universe was packed into a point and exploded outwards. That moment was the Big Bang. If Big bang really happened, we would be really able to see the remnants of the afterglow of the big bang (CMBR) which was predicted by Ralph Alpher and other scientists in 1948. After the Big Bang, the whole Universe was flooded with incredibly bright light. As the Universe has expanded, that light has been stretched so that it is now microwaves. A microwave telescope can see this ancient light from the very beginning of the Universe. In fact, a view through a microwave telescope shows the whole sky filled with a glow, day and night. Unlike light coming from a star, it is the same wherever you look, and wherever you are. This glow is called the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation (CMBR). CMBR was found only by accident almost 20 years later its prediction, by Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, both of Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, were building a radio receiver in 1965 and begged 1978 physics Nobel Prize for their discovery. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2006 was awarded jointly to John C. Mather and George F. Smoot “for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR).” The cosmic microwave background has been observed on many missions. One of the most famous space-faring missions was NASA’s Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite, which mapped the sky in the 1990s.
Thus, expanding universe model is experimentally confirmed and Big Bang theory is also confirmed by experimental findings on the remnant signatures of big bang event. Today, expanding universe and big bang is the most accepted and undisputed theory of the universe.
Deciphering the age-old mythological tale!
In the tale-“thaina soraren atiyasi yamna nemlammee – Once upon a time, the sky was extremely low…” means “once upon a time, radius of the universe was very small, universe was very tiny, it depicts about the early or near to big bang event…”. “… fou subada sukna thenglammee – the pestle was also touching the sky…” symbolizes about the “infinitesimally small universe or big bang singularity…(Big Bang Model)”. “…atiyasi sukna khangsu sugatkhi – the pestle pushed the sky up suddenly…” means “…sudden explosion (big bang moment – khangsu sugatpa) has happened and the radius of the universe rapidly increases which also means that the universe got expanded suddenly due a mysterious type internal force (push)… (Expanding Universe Model)” “….adudagi adum atiyasi sum sum wangkhatkhi – then, the sky went up far and high since then……” means “…the universe is expanding since then (big bang event) and is continuing its expansion…(depiction of Open Universe model as fate of the universe)”.
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I would like to convey this is Truly a useful and a real safe of our indigeneous tales and for knowledges too.
Superbly explain n correlate the mythological tales of Manipur with Science. Great work !!! Your contribution made us eagerness to know more about the mysterious of our culture and philosophical thoughts flourished from the immortal times of our Unique civilization. Hope more of such contribution from you in future to input in our scanty manuscript n archaeological findings.
Thank you so much brother for sharing and explanation such a precious story to the world which is related to our forefathers. We should not forget that we are the sons & daughters of those brave forefathers and let’s follow their footpath. Sanayai Khuman.
Now there reveals the moral of the folk story..
From today, whenever i tell this story to any child, i will give this moral” Universe is expanding” by sure.
Even though Iam not an astrophysicist, sir u perturbed me to go through the world of Cosmology.
Wonderful amalgamation of the compiled scientific facts with mythological thoughts of your local. These thoughts are purely imaginative but there shines your skill of linking them with the big bang everlasting universal expansion. The illustrative figures with scientific elaboration makes one to read the article at a stretch. Scientific temper with your local flavour of writing may bring many young into science stream. Kudos Mr Raghu.
Very nice and interesting articles, solving many queries .
Your articles are real eye-openers, particularly, in the context of Manipur regions and are worth reading even people outside Manipur. All your articles are very informative, illustrative, and will be really unforgettable by the people of Manipur. Keep going the spree…Good luck Raghu…..
Very interesting article articulated well with facts and figures. Love reading it.
Very interesting and meticulously interpreted. Thanks Dr Raghu for the trailing innovative ideas and articles, which will be reverted back and forth to the young minds of Manipur state…. Good job and proud of you….
Another eye-opener master piece from Dr. Raghu Ningthoujam ! Lots of profound knowledge knitted in-depth in the tale, we never thought of so and just let it passed from one ear to another ear…! Now, the Pandora’s box is open with your understanding of the riddle with unparalleled correlations and verdict is loud now ! proud of your effort and work…proud of our forefathers who had laid their souls for the sovereignty of the land & us, and carry forward such knowledge over ages despite being rooted up and turned the society upside down…God bless you Raghu and keep going….
Thanks you for decoding such valuable treasure for the mankind. May the SIDABA MAPU BLESS YOU.
Great to see you again dear calssmate Dr. Raghu Ningthoujam. Such an interpretation can be done by those who keep in touch with indigenous culture and tradition to think with the natural environment.
Great Idea to correlate with local tradition which shows some of physical activity of natural science.
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dagor (Sindarin) 'battle' (or literally 'slaughter'), used in the Elvish names of some of the most important battles in history: Dagor-nuin-Giliath ('Battle-under-Stars'), Dagor Aglareb ('Glorious Battle'), Dagor Bragollach ('Battle of Sudden Flame'), and also seen in the name of the prophesied climactic battle for the World itself Dagor Dagorath, (usually translated 'Last Battle', but more literally 'Battle of Battles'). Also in the name Dagorlad, 'Battle Plain', taken from the great Battle of Dagorlad fought there during the War of the Last Alliance.
deep (archaic English) simply 'deep place' (from Old English déop, usually referring to a valley). In Helm's Deep it refers to the narrow gorge guarded by the Hornburg, and places connected with the gorge used the associative form Deeping (Old English déoping), as in Deeping-coomb, the wide valley that led to the gorge. The meaning of the same element in Deephallow is less clear, but probably refers to low-lying land surrounded by slopes. The same word was used in naming the underground levels within Khazad-dûm, which were known as the First Deep, Second Deep, Third Deep and so on, counting downwards from ground level. In Old English, the opposite to déop was undéop, 'shallow', hence the the 'Undeeps' (or shallows) of Anduin south of the Field of Celebrant.
delving (archaic English) 'digging, excavation' found in the names of two towns in the Shire, Michel Delving ('great excavation') and Little Delving ('little excavation'), whose names were no doubt related to the Hobbits' habit of creating holes for themselves. The word derives from the Old English delf, which can also be seen in the Shire, in Standelf 'stone digging', as well as farther afield in Dwarrowdelf, 'Dwarf-digging', a Mannish name for Khazad-dûm.
der (Elvish root) 'man', 'adult male', probably seen in the names Dervorin and Derufin. The full derivations of these two names are unclear; Dervorin is probably 'faithful man', while Derufin seems to contain the element fin, 'hair'.
dim (archaic English) 'obscured', 'overshadowed' (and by extension 'secret') in Dimrill Dale ('valley of shadowed streams'), and Dimholt 'dark/secret wood'. Also seen in the expressions morrowdim and evendim, the twilight of morning and evening, respectively (with Evendim also used as the name of a region). This usage of dim only occurs in Mannish names, and is not to be confused with the unrelated Elvish elements in Dimbar or Dimrost.
dolin (Sindarin) a form of dolen, meaning 'hidden'. The original Quenya name for the city of Gondolin was Ondolindë ('Rock of the Music of Water'), and the sounds of this name were adapted into Sindarin form as the more familiar Gondolin, which was interpreted as gond dolen, 'Hidden Rock'. Because of this unique etymology, the element dolin is only seen as part of the name Gondolin.
dor (Sindarin) 'land', 'occupied region'. An extremely common element of place-names, including the names of some very prominent lands such as Gondor ('land of stone'), Mordor ('Black Land'), Eriador ('Lone-lands') and Endor (an Elvish name for the whole of Middle-earth, literally meaning 'middle land'). The collection of other names including this element is extensive, with other common examples being Doriath ('land of the fence'), Andor ('Land of Gift'), Dorthonion ('land of pines'), Dor-en-Ernil ('Land of the Prince'), Dor-lómin ('land of echoes') and numerous others. Confusingly, a -dor ending can often also be seen in the names of peoples or individuals (with examples like Noldor, Nandor, Galador or Hador). These cases aren't connected to the interpretation 'land'; the -dor is generally a grammatical formation such as a plural (as in Noldor, the plural form of Noldo) or an agental ending (as in Hador, a 'thrower' of darts and missiles).
dora (Greek) 'gift', but etymologically the 'bag' in which the gift was given (ultimately from dorá, the hide from which a leather bag was made). Hence its appearance in the name of Dora Baggins is quite possibly a linguistic jest by Tolkien.
dori (Old Norse) in the form dóri, one of the names in the long list of Dwarves known as the Dvergatal, a late addition to the Völuspá. The name given by Tolkien to one of the companions of Thorin on the Quest of Erebor. Its interpretation is highly uncertain, and sources vary considerably, with some suggesting 'boring tool', and others 'spear' or 'peg', while yet others suggest a connection to Old Norse dari, 'fool'. Note that this Old Norse origin applies only to the Dwarf named Dori; despite the superficial similarity, the land of Doriath in Beleriand had a quite distinct Elvish etymology.
drake (archaic English) 'Dragon', from Old English draca, 'Dragon, monster, serpent' (ultimately from Greek drakon, 'serpent', which is also the source of the word 'Dragon' itself). Used by Tolkien in compound words naming particular types of Dragon, especially Cold-drakes and Fire-drakes.
drambor (Noldorin) from a root word meaning either 'blow' or 'hew with an axe', drambor is defined as a clenched fist, or a blow made with a clenched fist. It occurs only in Dramborleg, the name of Tuor's famous axe, and there its meaning is more broad, translating as the 'thudder' in 'Thudder-Sharp'.
drû (Sindarin) a name for one the mysterious Wild Men of the Woods, also called Woses or Púkel-men, taken from their own name for themselves, Drughu, of unknown meaning. As foes of the Orcs in the First Age, these people were considered to be part of the Edain, and thus acquired then name Drúedain. This element occurs in various place-names relating to these strange people, such as the Drúadan Forest (simply 'forest of the Drúedain') and Drúwaith Iaur ('Old Púkel-land'). The plural forms of Drû were either Drúin (for several Drúedain) or Drúath (for the entire people as a whole). In Quenya this word is rendered in the rarely seen form Rú.
dun 1 (Old English) from dunn 'dark brown, brown-black', representing a word in the language of the Rohirrim used to name the Dunlendings (who were dark-skinned and dark-haired), their home of Dunland and their language Dunlendish. This element appears only in those names, and is not to be confused with the dun- in Dunharrow (which means 'hill') or the common Elvish dûn, meaning 'west'.
dun 2 (Old English) from dún 'hill, mountain', seen in Dunharrow (modernised from Dúnharg, Dúnhærg, 'hillside temple' - Dunharrow was built on the site of an ancient holy place). A form of this old word survives into modern use as 'down' for a low rounded hill, and 'dune' for a ridge of sand is also connected, though less directly. Not to be confused with the dun- in Dunland, which is also from Old English, but has a quite distinct meaning (see dun 1 above).
dún (Sindarin) 'west' (as a separate word, accented dûn) seen in this form only in Dúnedain ('Men of the West') and its singular Dúnadan. Dûn derives from the same root as annûn ('sunset', implying 'west') seen for example in Henneth Annûn ('Window of the Sunset'). The names Dúnharg and Dúnhere are derived from Old English, and do not contain this element.
durin (Old Norse) a proper noun; one of the Dwarves named in the Völuspá (and there spelt Durinn). Interpretation is uncertain, but the name may mean 'one who sleeps'. If so, it would be appropriate for Tolkien's Durin, who slept for many centuries until after the Elves had awoken in Middle-earth. The same name was also borne by six descendants of the original Durin, and appears in numerous related forms (Durin's Axe, Durin's Bridge, Durin's Folk, Durin's House, Durin's Stone, Durin's Tower, and many others besides).
dwarrow (Middle English) 'Dwarf'; formally seen only in the plural dwarrows, which emerged from Old English dweorgas as the plural of dweorg, 'Dwarf'. This archaic term appears only in Dwarrowdelf ('Dwarf-mine' or 'Dwarf-delving') which represents a translation of Phurunargian, the old Mannish name for Khazad-dûm.
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(CNN) -- Thirty-two beagles that were saved from an animal testing lab where they were force-fed pesticides are now ready for new homes -- and will likely have no trouble being adopted.
Just an hour after the Michigan Humane Society announced it was opening the adoption process for the dogs Friday evening, it received nearly 400 applications, spokesman Andy Bissonette said. Society staff are now reviewing the applications and plan to start contacting candidates Monday.
The release of the dogs came after the Humane Society of the United States posted a video showing beagles being force-fed pesticides at Charles River Laboratories in Mattawan, Michigan.
The organization said in its report on the testing that 36 beagles were part of a one-year pesticide study for a new fungicide developed by Corteva Agriscience, the agriculture division of DowDuPont. It said the dogs that made it to designated end of the study in July 2019would be euthanized.
Corteva came under fire after the video's release, and almost a week later it announced it would end testing on the dogs. On March 27, Corteva agreed to release the beagles to Michigan Humane Society, a partner of the national humane society.
The Michigan Humane Society said more than 100,000 people signed a petition on the Humane Society of the United States' website demanding that the dogs be released.
Kitty Block, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, said they fought to have the beagles released to an adequate animal shelter.
In an official statement, the Michigan Humane Society said, "We are happy to announce that we have reached an agreement with Corteva Agriscience regarding the placement of the beagles from the study. We are pleased with their decision to work with us and look forward to a new beginning for each of these animals."
It is unclear why the Michigan organization received 32 beagles, while the testing involved 36.
Kathleen Conlee, vice president of animal research issues at the Humane Society of the United States, said in a statement, "We can't possibly know what kind of agreement Dow/Corteva had with Charles River but we do know that 36 dogs were ordered for the study."
She said that during their numerous conversations, company representatives never contradicted the 36 number.
"And, of course, we want to see all 36 beagles who were assigned to this study released to the Michigan Humane Society. It is up to Dow/Corteva to explain why there are only 32 dogs being released," she said.
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Is Philosophical Skepticism - the one that advocates true knowledge is impossible, the most rational standpoint?
I am asking this based on the observation that there are very few things whose existence is certain to be true.
We are not certain about the existence of the world we live in, because we see everything via our senses which is not 100% reliable, we could be dreaming for instance. We are sure that there exist at least one self-aware entity (remember Descartes). If this is the only premise we are sure of, systematic reasoning will not lead us any farther.
The use of "most rational" should not make this question subjective. I am interested in seeing if this is an extreme view point in terms of rationality, in that a more rational standpoint is impossible.
On the contrary, it is one of the least rational places to stand.
The question seems to tie skepticism with rationality, which seems to me an incorrect definition. Skepticism is a tool in the philosophers toolbox and reason is the mighty pillar on which the entire project of philosophy rests. Certainly it is often rational to be skeptical, but to imagine that skepticism is always or even usually the most rational course of action seems, well, foolish.
Philosophical Skepticism finds it's basis on the idea that reason is founded on some set of axioms which are not themselves provable. Even Descartes' cogito ergo sum must be accepted without proof, since it amounts to a circular argument. (The first term assumes the existence of a thinker, which is the conclusion the argument tries to reach.) But there are other tools in the philosopher's shed besides the hammer of skepticism. We could, for instance, simply agree on some common set of axioms on which to base our dialog.
Extreme skepticism is in fact self-defeating. According the the Wikipedia article linked in the question, "philosophical skepticism is an approach that denies the possibility of knowledge". Therefore philosophical skepticism can not claim even that philosophical skepticism is correct. Therefore a critic of philosophical skepticism can not be compelled to accept any of its claims.
Let's call that statement (a). I believe that it is mistaken and I'll use this space to explain why.
(b) If you're a skeptic, you believe that no truth is safe from doubt.
(For the moment, we'll ignore the various types of skeptics and stick with this concise definition.) It's clear that (a) does not follow from (b), so proving (a) requires more work. But immediately, if you start with (b), there's a potential contradiction: according to (b) a skeptic does not believe that (b) is safe from doubt and it's possible that it's not true. Which leaves me stuck before I even get started. In fact, no truth may be derived from (b) that is safe from doubt if you are a skeptic.
(d) All participants on philosophy.stackexchange.com are human.
I'd say (d) is true. But if one of the participants reveals that they are in fact some very sophisticated AI designed to save money at universities by replacing philosophy professors with computers and if it presented sufficient evidence, I'd have to reconsider (d). And if I didn't, I'd violate (c).
Am I a skeptic, therefore? By no means! But I do find skepticism to be a useful tool for combating misplaced certainty.
It sounds to me like you're saying philosophical skepticism is the position where we know true knowledge is impossible. I prefer ancient skepticism which advocates that we create equipollent arguments wherever we can and thereby suspend judgement. It's different than simply assuming we can't know anything, it leaves scarce room for cessation of inquiry. Jessica Berry's recent book on Nietzsche and the ancient skeptical tradition is an excellent in-depth discussion of this topic.
No. Academic skepticism is the most rational place to stand.
Academic Skepticism is the position that while you cannot have 'true' or absolute knowledge about reality, you can draw reasonable inferences based on current evidence.
Unfortunately as a consequence of skepticism itself the statement "skepticism is the most rational standpoint" can not be discussed without a lot of care, a fact (?) which Jon Ericson highlights in their dismissal of skepticism as self-defeating because it "would question whether it was correct, even if it were" (to paraphrase).
First, when we speak of positions like philosophical skepticism, we must resist the urge to come up with statements about whether they are "correct" or "incorrect". That a position would be "correct" doesn't make linguistic sense; it can be "defensible" and perhaps "the most rational to take", but "correct" implies that there are "right answers" in philosophy and the universe.
Next, when we speak of skepticism we must also talk about the scientific epistemological base, as those who subscribe to the former most likely will subscribe to the latter. Namely: a true philosophical skeptic would most likely not hold that their position is the "correct one to hold", but rather that it exhibits the most convincing evidence of being the most rational framework and therefore it is the position they take.
Does skepticism exhibit the most convincing evidence of being the most rational framework? I personally believe that it does. Physicalism asserts the possibility that the "self-aware entity" and consciousness itself are actually illusions, and we are just matter and energy. Seeing as this is not impossible (there exist no arguments definitively eliminating that possibility, and even if there were, it is possible they are flawed), we are faced with the possibility of a totally material universe with no supernatural or special entities like the self or consciousness. This resulting universe could "actually be" virtually anything you could dream of, so the truths of any statements asserted about the universe is rendered unknowable-for-sure by mere possibilities.
Only academic skepticism seems self-defeating as it makes dogmatic epistemological claims. Ancient skepticism, such as Pyrrhonism, seems most rational (defensible since they dont make claims one way or another). They lack beliefs and withhold assent altogether with regard to propositional attitudes.
Corollaries such as the Munchhasuen's trilemma which lead to necessary conclusions, such as justification is impossible and therefore knowledge, is self defeating, but is a logical progression which assumes the Law of Excluded Middle, Principle of Sufficient Reason and the Law of Non-contradiction by way of indirect argumentation. An attitude which an aporetic pyrrhonian skeptic would seem to temporarily adopt, due to his/her own proclivities. Should this propositional attitude be adopted when dealing with the problem of the criterion, it would seem that particularism, methodism, coherentism and skepticism are all equally rational propositional attitudes, especially if foundationalism/axiomatic reasoning is adopted.
Pyrrho advocated for withholding assent to propositions of this sort to achieve states of Ataraxia since arbitrary warrant seems not to be something that makes a proposition more likely true than false. Whether a position is question begging depends on whether one withholds assent or not to propositions.
Simple question is making assumptions rational or irrational? Ephectic pyrrhonism makes none, whereas, all others philosophical positions do.
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India's increasingly affluent population of 1.2 billion is attracting global consumer companies despite the need to overcome bureaucracy and other hurdles.
NEW DELHI -- PepsiCo (IW 500/19) announced Monday it would invest more than $5 billion with its partners in India to raise production, saying it had only "scratched the surface" of the Asian giant's potential.
PepsiCo said the investment by 2020 in India, one of its largest markets globally, would strengthen its capabilities in such areas as manufacturing, infrastructure and agriculture.
"India is a country with huge potential and it remains an attractive, high-priority market for PepsiCo," said PepsiCo chairman Indra Nooyi.
"We've built a highly successful business in India over the course of many years, and we believe we've only scratched the surface of the long-term growth opportunities that exist for PepsiCo," she said.
"This investment is PepsiCo's vote of confidence in India's future," she said..
The announcement is welcome news for the embattled Congress-led government, which has been struggling to attract foreign direct investment in the face of corruption scandals, a weakening rupee and slowing economic growth.
PepsiCo and its bottling partners aim to more than double production capacity in India by 2020. They currently have some 38 bottling plants and three food plants in the country.
Last year rival Coca-Cola Co said it would spend $5 billion in India over the next seven years to increase its operations.
PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are competing to woo consumers in emerging markets including India and other parts of Asia, as well as the Middle East and Africa.
India's increasingly affluent population of 1.2 billion is attracting global consumer companies despite the need to overcome bureaucracy and other hurdles.
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My friends and I made a card game about the twists of fate that can make or break a relationship.
The goal? To be the last couple standing, while sabotaging the other couples around you.
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The film broke records for opening-day sales and opening-weekend takings and was the highest-grossing film of 2001. Critics praised the film and the performances of the three leading young actors. The highly distributed British newspaper, 'The Daily Telegraph', called her performance "admirable". Later, Emma was nominated for five awards for her performance in the film, winning the Young Artist Award for Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film.After the release of the first film of the highly successful franchise, Emma became one of the most well-known actresses in the world. She continued to play the role of Hermione Granger for nearly ten years, in all of the following Harry Potter films: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010), and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011). Emma acquired two Critics' Choice Award nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association for her work in Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban and Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire. The completion of the seventh and eight movies saw Emma receive nominations in 2011 for a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award, and for Best Actress at the Jameson Empire Awards. The Harry Potter franchise won the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in February 2011.2011 saw Emma in Simon Curtis's My Week with Marilyn (2011), alongside a stellar cast of Oscar nominees including Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe and Kenneth Branagh as Sir Laurence Olivier, in addition to Eddie Redmayne, Dame Judi Dench, Dougray Scott, Zoe Wanamaker, Toby Jones and Dominic Cooper. Chronicling a week in Marilyn Monroe's life, the film featured Emma in the supporting role of Lucy, a costume assistant to Colin Clark (Redmayne). The film was released by The Weinstein Company and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical. In 2012 Emma was seen in Stephen Chbosky's adaptation of his coming-of-age novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), starring opposite Logan Lerman and Ezra Miller. This independent drama centered around Charlie (Lerman), an introverted freshman who is taken under the wings of two seniors (Watson and Miller) who welcome him to the real world. The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and received rave reviews. The film won the People's Choice Award for Favourite Dramatic Movie and Emma also picked up the People's Choice Award for Favourite Dramatic Movie Actress. Emma was awarded a second time for this role with the Best Supporting Actress Award at the San Diego Film Critics Society Awards where the film also won the Best Ensemble Performance Award.In summer 2013, Emma starred in Sofia Coppola's American satirical black comedy crime film, The Bling Ring (2013), opposite Katie Chang and Israel Broussard. The film took inspiration from real events and followed a group of teenagers who, obsessed with fashion and fame, burgled the homes of celebrities in Los Angeles. The film opened the Un Certain Regard section of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Emma also appeared in a cameo role as herself in Seth Rogen's apocalypse comedy This Is The End (2013). The film tells the story about what happens to some of Hollywood's best loved celebrities when the apocalypse strikes during a party at James Franco's house.Emma was most recently seen in Darren Aronofsky's Noah (2014), opposite Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Douglas Booth, Logan Lerman, and Anthony Hopkins. The film told the epic, biblical tale of Noah and the ark. Emma plays the role of Ila, a young woman who develops a close relationship with Noah's son, Shem (Booth). Noah has made an outstanding $300m since its release in March. In 2015, Emma starred in Regression (2015), written and directed by Alejandro Amenábar. Emma will star in the thriller opposite Oscar nominated Ethan Hawke. Set in Minnesota 1990, Regression tells the story of Detective Bruce Kenner (Hawke) who investigates the case of young Angela, played by Emma, who accuses her father of sexual abuse.In 2012, Emma was honored with the Calvin Klein Emerging Star Award at the ELLE Women in Hollywood Awards. In 2013, Emma was awarded the Trailblazer Award at the MTV Movie Awards in April and was honored with the GQ Woman of the Year Award at the GQ Awards in September. Further to her acting career, Emma is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN, promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women. Emma graduated from Brown University in May 2014.In 2017, Emma starred in the live-action Disney fantasy Beauty and the Beast (2017) and the dramatic thriller Сфера (2017).
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Beth Rowley (born in October 1981 to British parents in Lima, Peru) is an English singer-songwriter who moved to Bristol, England when she was two years old.In 2000, Rowley teamed up with Jazz saxophonist Ben Castle (son of British entertainer Roy Castle), who was well-known for his work with Jamie Cullum.
She began writing her own material and with Castle's encouragement and assistance she released three EPs, Beth Rowley (2004), Sweet Hours (2006) and Violets (2007). From the Violets EP she released a single entitled, 'Nobody's Fault But Mine' which was the iTunes 'Single of the Week' for December 2007.
Rowley has collaborated with other artists and bands, including Crowded House on their Time on Earth album providing backing vocals for the song "Transit Lounge" and Duke Special, who joined her for a duet on her début album, Little Dreamer.
Rowley's album entitled "Little Dreamer" was released in the UK on the 19 May 2008, and went straight into the UK album charts at number 6. On 4 February 2008, the lead single, "Oh My Life"(released on 3 March 2008) from the forthcoming album was featured as 'BBC Radio 2 Record of the Week'.
The second single of from the album is called 'So Sublime' and was released on 12 May 2008.Rowley attended The Edge of Love world premiere on the 18 June, which marked the opening of the Edinburgh Film Festival.
Based on the life of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, The Edge of Love opened nationwide from 27 June. The soundtrack to the film, for which Rowley recorded the exclusive track, 'Careless Talk'.In 2006, Rowley recorded a song entitled 'Too much too late' written by Bristol based singer/songwriter Steven Reid Williams in a collaboration featured on the album 'Corners'.
In the same year she provided the vocals on Nostalgia77's track 'Quiet Dawn' from their album 'Everything Under the Sun'.Rowley recorded a song called "Careless Talk" for the soundtrack to the new film featuring Keira Knightley called The Edge of Love.
On 22 October 2008, Rowley appeared with Burt Bacharach on the BBC Electric Proms series, singing 24 Hours from Tulsa.On 9 January 2009, a short clip of her song "Sweet Hours" was played on UK soap Hollyoaks on E4.
On 20 January 2009, Rowley was nominated for a Brit Award in the category for Best British Female Solo Artist.
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What wide angle and telephoto lens is best for a beginning photojournalist?
I am purchasing a Cannon Rebel T1i and I have been told that the 18-55mm lens that comes with the kit is no good. So I am looking for an economical wide angle and telephoto lens. Any Photographers out there that could give me some suggestions? I've been looking at a 75-300mm f 4.0-5.6 for a telephoto but I'm still not sure what to invest in. Please give reasons why your choice is the best, thanks.
The lens is fine, Canon have a balancing act to perform, though - they want to supply a lens to a 'beginner/hobbyist' camera to get people to buy them - but they have to do it economically. The same goes for all manufacturers.
At the same time, they can't give you a lens that is no good. Anyway, that doesn't answer your question.
Photojournalists have a habit of carrying two bodies with a lens on each(and a couple of flashes etc). An increasing number of modern day journo's have a wide/normal zoom and a telephoto zoom. Your kit lens and a 70-200mm are good ranges. The difference between your lens(es) and photojournalists is the speed of them.
They run larger maximum apertures. And there's the rub. Cost.
You'd be paying $1300 for a Canon 24-70 f/2.8 and $1300-$1800 for a Canon 70-200 f/2.8 without or with Image Stabilization to get the speed they require. Sigma and Tamron will offer cheaper alternatives, of course.
You could ramp up the ISO on your camera to keep your shutter speeds high enough with your kit lens and the other lens you choose (and get away with it) but I doubt you can get away with only one body - things happen too fast for you to be able to change lenses at a moment's notice. The flashguns are pretty much essential, too.
If, by beginning photojournalist, you mean 'bit of a hobby because I see a load of celebs' then you're good to go. If, however, you're being paid to get results then you should consider ways of raising the capital to get a higher grade pair of bodies and faster lenses.
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The 2007 Sydney Roosters season was the 100th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership and finished 10th (out of 16).
The Sydney Roosters had a relatively poor start to their 100th season, not recording a win until Round 7 against the St George-Illawarra Dragons on Anzac Day. This however was juxtaposed by a rather strong period in the middle of the year winning 5 of their last 8 matches between Rounds 7 and 14.
Despite their poor start to the season, the Sydney Roosters were having a late season resurgence under newly appointed Care-Taker Coach Brad Fittler. Since Chris Anderson left the club following their 56-0 loss to Manly Sea Eagles, the Sydney Roosters were yet to lose a game in 5 consecutive matches and were a few days ago, in 10th position. That came from wins over the likes of the Cronulla Sharks, Newcastle Knights, Melbourne Storm and Wests Tigers with a draw to the New Zealand Warriors. Then on 19 August, the run of being undefeated by Brad Fittler was broken, as the Gold Coast Titans claimed victory 22-18. This sits the Sydney Roosters on 11th, still a mathematical chance of making the finals.
In round 7 the Roosters defeated the St George Illawarra Dragons 18–4. This victory marked the 1,000th win in the club's history. The Roosters were the first club to achieve this feat.
The Roosters scored an unprecedented 64 points in round 13 against the Cowboys. This was the third highest number of points scored in a single game by the Roosters.
In the Roosters round 14 victory over the Penrith Panthers, the Sydney Roosters recorded their first back to back win since 2005.
The Roosters 56-point thrashing by Manly was their second worst defeat by Manly, and the Roosters seventh worst loss of all time. Following this loss, Chris Anderson resigned as coach with club legend Brad Fittler named as coach for the rest of the season.
On 14 July the Sydney Roosters defeated the Cronulla Sharks 23–12. This result after a restless week at the Roosters marked Brad Fittler's first win as a first grade coach.
With the round 20 victory over the competition leaders and premiership favourites, the Melbourne Storm (26–16), the Sydney Roosters recorded their first three consecutive wins since the finals series in 2004, a run which was halted by the Grand Final loss to the Canterbury Bulldogs.
In round 22, the Roosters became the first team in NRL history to go to Golden Point extra-time for two consecutive matches. They went on to win the match with a Joel Monaghan try.
In round 23, Brad Fittler tasted defeat for the first time in his coaching career, a loss to the Gold Coast Titans, 22–18.
On 28 August 2007, care-taker Head Coach Brad Fittler AM was appointed as the Head Coach for season 2008 (101st season for the Sydney Roosters).
The following is the Sydney Roosters squad named for the 2007 season. For Player Contracts see below in the external links section for details.
Jamie Soward as of 28 May has left the Sydney Roosters. He is now a member of the St George Illawarra Dragons.
Nigel Plum as of 5 June sought and was granted a release from the Sydney Roosters and has immediately signed with the Canberra Raiders.
Chris Flannery as of 15 June has been granted a release from the Sydney Roosters. Flannery, a seasoned origin player for Queensland has since signed with St. Helens in the Super League.
^ "Soward released by Roosters". Sydney Roosters. 28 May 2007. Archived from the original on 7 September 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2007.
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The state of Rhode Island during the American Civil War remained loyal to the Union, as did the other states of New England. Rhode Island furnished 25,236 fighting men to the Union Army, of which 1,685 died. The state used its industrial capacity to supply the Union Army with the materials needed to win the war. Rhode Island's continued growth and modernization led to the creation of an urban mass transit system and improved health and sanitation programs.
Fort Adams near Newport was used temporarily as the United States Naval Academy. In May 1861, the Academy was moved to Newport from Annapolis, Maryland, due to concerns about the political sympathies of the Marylanders, many of whom were suspected of supporting the Confederate States of America. In September, the Academy moved to the Atlantic House hotel in Newport and remained there for the rest of the war.
In 1862, Fort Adams became the headquarters and recruit depot for the 15th U.S. Infantry Regiment. The USS Rhode Island was a side-wheel steamer commissioned in 1861 for the Union Navy, and it intercepted blockade runners in the West Indies and was a part of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
Senator Henry B. Anthony was born in Coventry, Rhode Island. He was a powerful newspaper owner and staunch advocate of the policies of President Lincoln during the Civil War. Rhode Island Senator Samuel G. Arnold of Providence was also a Republican; he served in the Union Army until 1862, when he was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James F. Simmons.
Rhode Island Governor William Sprague IV accompanied troops in the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, but he declined a commission as a brigadier general and remained in office. In 1862, he attended the War Governors' Conference in Altoona, Pennsylvania, which backed Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the Union war effort. He was not re-elected as governor, but he was elected as a Senator to replace Arnold; he took office in 1863 and served into Reconstruction. William C. Cozzens became Governor in 1863; he was succeeded by James Y. Smith who led Rhode Island during the last two years of the war.
Ambrose Burnside was an arms manufacturer, politician, and general in the Rhode Island state militia and was an influential army officer. He rose to command of the Army of the Potomac before his disastrous defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862. He later commanded the Department of the Ohio as well as the IX Corps. His field duty ended during the Siege of Petersburg with the Battle of the Crater, another fiasco for which he took the blame.
Major General Silas Casey of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, led a division in the Army of the Potomac during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign that suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Seven Pines facing George Pickett's brigade. He wrote the three-volume System of Infantry Tactics published in August 1862, and Infantry Tactics for Colored Troops published in March 1863. These manuals were used by both sides during the Civil War.
Isaac P. Rodman commanded the 3rd Division of the IX Corps during the Maryland Campaign. He led the efforts to take Turner's Gap during the Battle of South Mountain in September 1862. A few days later, he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam. Brigadier General Richard Arnold was the son of Rhode Island Governor Lemuel Arnold and the Chief of Artillery for the Army of the Gulf. His guns helped force the surrender of Mobile, Alabama, and Port Hudson, Louisiana.
Zenas Bliss of Johnston, Rhode Island, led an infantry brigade in the IX Corps during the Siege of Petersburg. After the war, he received the Medal of Honor for gallantry at Fredericksburg. George S. Greene of Apponaug, Rhode Island, spearheaded the defense of the Union right flank at Culp's Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. At the very end of the war, he was in command of the 3rd Brigade in Absalom Baird's 3rd Division, XIV Corps, and participated in the capture of Raleigh, North Carolina, and the pursuit of General Joseph E. Johnston's army until its surrender.
Brigadier General Thomas W. Sherman of Newport, Rhode Island, commanded the defenses of New Orleans, Louisiana, before taking command of a division in Major General Nathaniel P. Banks's army, which he led into action at the Siege of Port Hudson. He lost a leg during this combat and was consigned to desk duty for the rest of the war. Frank Wheaton of Providence led a brigade and then a division in the Army of the Potomac, seeing action in the Overland Campaign and the Siege of Petersburg. His men were hurried by train to Washington, D.C. in time to help repel Jubal Early's raid on the capital in the summer of 1864.
^ Sobel, Robert and John Raimo. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978. Greenwood Press, 1988. ISBN 0-313-28093-2.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1891). "article name needed" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
^ Bliss, Zenas Randall (2007). Thomas T. Smith; et al. (eds.). The Reminiscences of Major General Zenas R. Bliss, 1854-1876: from the Texas frontier to the Civil War and back again. Texas State Historical Association. ISBN 978-0-87611-226-7.
^ This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Naval History & Heritage Command.
This page was last edited on 24 July 2018, at 19:39 (UTC).
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In 1871, Hungarian astronomer Miklos von Konkoly-Thege became the first person to record this meteor shower.
When are the Alpha Capricornids visible?
The parent body of the Alpha Capricornid Meteor Shower is Comet NEAT (169P/NEAT), a Jupiter Family Comet that orbits the Sun once every 4.2 years. This orbit is the shortest of any known comet other than Comet Encke.
The Alpha Capricornid Meteor Shower is visible from around July 15 to August 10. It peaks around July 29. It is a relatively weak meteor shower.
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What is the value of the BizX dollar?
The BizX dollar is equal to the U.S. dollar. 1 BizX dollar equals 1 U.S. dollar.
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The Unidad Académica Campesina-Carmen Pampa (UAC-Carmen Pampa) is a satellite campus of the Catholic University of Bolivia founded in 1993 to serve the rural poor of Bolivia. It is located in Carmen Pampa, a small farming community 12 km. from the town of Coroico.
The Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno (Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University) is a university in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. It was created by a supreme decree of December 15, 1879. The first governor was Bishop Juan Jose Valdivia, and the school initially offered Medicine, Technology, and Law.
The University is named after thinker, historian, and literary figure Gabriel René Moreno, called the "Prince of the Letters".
The University is the third-best university in Bolivia, as of 2007, and is first in academic quality in the department of Santa Cruz.
Nur University of Bolivia was established as a Bahá'í school of higher education in August 1984 and started its first academic year in April 1985.
The Universidad Técnica de Oruo (Oruro Technical University), or UTO, is one of ten public universities in Bolivia. It is located in the city of Oruro.
The university was created on 15 October 1892 as Distrito Universitario de Oruro. It changed its name in 1937 to Universidad San Agustín and finally adopted its present name in 1941.
One of UTO's most prestigious colleges is the "Facultad Nacional de Ingeniería" (National Engineering School).
The Higher University of San Andrés (Universidad Mayor de San Andrés or UMSA) is a university in La Paz, Bolivia. It was founded in 1830.
L'université autonome Tomás Frías (en espagnol : Universidad Autónoma Tomás Frías) est une université bolivienne située dans la ville du Potosí, département de Potosí, situé au sud de l'État plurinational de Bolivie.
L'Université San Francisco Xavier (en espagnol : Universidad Mayor, Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca) est une université bolivienne située dans la ville du Sucre (Chuquisaca), capitale constitutionnelle de la Bolivie.
Bolivia Adventist University (Spanish: Universidad Adventista de Bolivia), or UAB, is a private coeducational Christian university in the city of Cochabamba. The university is affiliated to the Seventh-day Adventist Church and offers degrees in six major fields: Theology, Health Sciences, Nursing, Education, Economic and Administrative Sciences (Business, etc.), and Engineering. UAB is the only Adventist university in Bolivia, but is one of ten such establishments in South America. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.
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What's Granollers de Rocacorba like?
There's a lot visitors like about Granollers de Rocacorba, especially its bars and historical sites. Granollers de Rocacorba might not have many well-known attractions, but you don't need to travel far to find places worth a visit like Poblat ibèric de la Palomera and Golf Girona. You won't want to miss sights in the surrounding area like Centre de Visitants del Girones and Parc Natural de la Zona Volcanica de la Garrotxa.
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She brought the guitar into vogue. She created the first "fake" books designed for regular folks who didn't want to or were unable to invest the time and effort to master the guitar. Who was she?
Catherina Josepha Pelzer was born in 1821 in Mulheim, on the Rhine. She was the daughter of Ferdinand Pelzer, a leading German guitarist during the early part of the 19th Century. Ferdinand began tutoring his daughter when she was quite young - a task made easier by the fact that young Catherina was quite the musical prodigy. She made her London concert debut at the age of seven. Soon after, her family moved from Germany to England where she received much critical acclaim and gained fame as a performer. Her concerts and recitals inspired people all over to pick up the guitar. Catherina later became much sought after as a guitar teacher, instructing the likes of the Princesses Louise and Beatrice, among others. In 1854 Catherina Pelzer married a renowned flautist and composer, and took the name by which she is more commonly remembered - Madame Sidney Pratten.
After some time as an instructor, she realized that many people were not inclined to invest the necessary effort to master the guitar. Many others simply did not possess the skills to do so. She had the solution, which came in the form of several publications. Her most popular and successful manual, Learning the Guitar Simplified, included easy exercises, each of which was followed by a simple song, along with diagrams of the fingerboard to show where the notes were found. She created another publication that color-coded each note in the diatonic scale. This was known, logically enough, as Colored Diagrams of the Notes of the Fingerboard of the Guitar. And for those who had very little time to practice, she put together Instructions for the Guitar Tuned in E Major. One tuning. No muss, no fuss.
Mme. Pratten died in 1895, leaving behind a wonderful legacy. She had brought the guitar into popularity by showing the world how beautifully it could be played and by making it easier for the average person to play it well - or at least close enough for rock and roll.
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Dental receptionists take care of administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments and checking in patients. They answer telephone calls and do paperwork such as sending out reminders to patients of appointment dates. In this dialogue, you will practice the role of a patient who is returning for a yearly dental appointment.
Sam: Good morning. I have an appointment with Dr. Peterson at 10.30.
Receptionist: Good morning, can I have your name, please?
Sam: Yes, it's Sam Waters.
Receptionist: Yes, Mr. Waters. Is this the first time you've seen Dr. Peterson?
Sam: No, I had my teeth cleaned and checked last year.
Receptionist: OK, just a moment, I'll get your chart.
Receptionist: Have you had any other dental work done during the past year?
Receptionist: Have you flossed regularly?
Sam: Of course! I floss twice a day and use a water-pick.
Receptionist: I see you have a few fillings. Have you had any trouble with them?
Sam: No, I don't think so. Oh, I changed my insurance. Here's my new provider card.
Receptionist: Thank you. Is there anything in particular you'd like the dentist to check today?
Sam: Well, yes. I've been having some gum pain recently.
Receptionist: Alright, I'll make a note of that.
Sam: ... and I'd like to have my teeth cleaned as well.
Receptionist: Of course, Mr. Waters, that'll be part of today's dental hygiene.
Sam: Oh, yes, of course. Will I have x-rays taken?
Receptionist: Yes, the dentist likes to take x-rays every year. However, if you'd prefer not to have x-rays, you can opt out.
Sam: No, that's alright. I'd like to make sure everything is OK.
Receptionist: Great. Please have a seat and the Dr. Peterson will be with you momentarily.
Receptionist: We'll need to schedule an appointment to come in for the fillings you need?
Sam: OK. Do you have any openings next week?
Receptionist: Let's see... How about next Thursday morning?
Sam: I'm afraid I have a meeting.
Receptionist: How about two weeks from today?
Sam: Yes, that sounds good. What time?
Receptionist: Can you come at 10 o'clock in the morning?
Sam: Yes. Let's do that.
Receptionist: Perfect, we'll see you on Tuesday, March 10th at 10 o'clock.
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Building attachment security centers around the idea of responsiveness. A primary caregiver needs to be physically and emotionally able to respond to a baby's needs in a caring, loving, sensitive, and timely manner. How do you go about doing this? I've created a little acronym to help you remember some key steps: REACT. Whenever a baby is in distress (or needs your attention for one reason or another), it is important that you REACT.
Ideally, this means that you increase your physical proximity to your baby as quickly as possible. But as I know from experience, sometimes you are simply unable to get over to your baby very quickly. At minimum, a verbal response is needed. Yelling out, "I'm on my way, baby!" or "It will be okay! I'll be there soon!" Anything to let your baby know that you hear them and you're on your way. You want them to not feel alone.
Here, you want to literally ask your baby what's wrong. Even if you already know the answer. It's a good habit to get into. "Why are you sad, baby?" or simply asking "What's wrong?" shows your baby that you care about her well being. It shows that you are motivated to help. It allows your baby to start trusting that you will be there in her time of need.
Once you figure out what's wrong (and sometimes it's just loneliness), then you can move to acknowledging your baby's feelings. This is very important. Babies, toddlers, preschoolers (and even older children and adults!) want to know that they are understood. And when a baby believes that you understand them, secure attachment is being built. They want to know that their feelings are real, important, significant, warranted. Tell them. "This is frustrating. I understand." or "You are so sad. I would be too if I was this hungry." It may sound silly to have these conversations with your infant, but they are important.
Once you are able to get to your baby, it's important that you don't just talk to them. Pick up your baby. Hold, hug, rub, bounce, and carry around your baby. Human touch is vital to human development and especially vital during times of distress.
Whatever you do, try your hardest not to lose your cool. Yelling at, speaking meanly towards, ignoring, or getting physical with your baby are things you should avoid at all costs. I get it- this can be very hard to do when you're running of little sleep, little patience, or a combination of the two. We've all been there. But this is not about you and your feelings. This is about your baby who is in distress. Your tiny, little baby who needs you to help him calm down. Your baby needs you to be his rock. So it's your job to muster up all of your energy to help him achieve that goal.
Here are some sample interactions that you might have with your baby, gradually implementing the security-building steps discussed above.
Your baby is in distress.
You let your baby cry while you finish writing an email.
You walk away to get the bottle ready.
You pick up your baby and take him with you to get the bottle ready.
You pick up your baby and rub his back while saying, “Shhh, it’s okay. I know that you’re hungry. It’s time to eat.” You continue to shush him and tell him that the bottle is on it’s way while you get the bottle ready.
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The World Cup of Golf is a men's golf tournament contested by teams of two representing their country. Only one team is allowed from each country. The players are selected on the basis of the Official World Golf Ranking, although not all of the first choice players choose to compete. The equivalent event for women was the Women's World Cup of Golf, played from 2005 to 2008.
The tournament was founded by Canadian industrialist John Jay Hopkins, who hoped it would promote international goodwill through golf. It began in 1953 as the Canada Cup and changed its name to the World Cup in 1967. With Fred Corcoran as the Tournament Director and the International Golf Association behind it (1955–77), the World Cup traveled the globe and grew to be one of golf's most prestigious tournaments throughout the 1960s and 1970s, but interest in the event faded to the point that the event was not held in 1981 or 1986.
The tournament was incorporated into the World Golf Championships series from 2000 to 2006. In 2007 it ceased to be a World Golf Championships event, but continued to be sanctioned by the International Federation of PGA Tours.
From 2007 through 2009 the tournament was held at the Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China, receiving the name Mission Hills World Cup. There was no tournament in 2010, it having been announced that the event would change from annual to biennial, held in odd-numbered years, to accommodate the 2016 inclusion of golf at the Olympics. The 2011 tournament was at a new venue — Mission Hills Haikou in the Chinese island province of Hainan.
The United States has a clear lead in wins, with 24 as of 2016.
In 1953, the format was 36 holes of stroke play with the combined score of the two-man team determining the winner. From 1954 to 1999, the format was 72 holes of stroke play. Beginning in 2000, the format became alternating stroke play rounds of bestball (fourball) and alternate shot (foursomes).
The 2013 tournament was primarily an individual event with a team component. The 60-player field was selected based on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) with up to two players per country allowed to qualify (four per country if they are within the top 15 of the OWGR). The format returned to 72 holes of stroke play, with the individuals competing for US$7 million of the $8 million total purse. OWGR points were awarded for the first time. The top two-ranked players from each country competed for the team portion, using combined stroke play scores. The individual portion was similar to what would be used at the 2016 Summer Olympics, except that England, Scotland, and Wales had teams instead of a single Great Britain team as in the Olympics, while Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland again played as a single team.
In 2016, the format reverted to that used from 2000 to 2011.
From 1955 to 1999, there was also a separate award, the International Trophy, for the individual with the best 72-hole score.
Seve Ballesteros won the title twice as part of the Spanish team.
^ "Slow Greens Worry World Cup Golfers". The Age. 9 November 1967. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
^ Jimenez, Tony (15 March 2010). "Golf-Record purse of $7.5 million for new biennial World Cup". Reuters. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
^ "Omega Mission Hills World Cup to Become Biennial Event" (Press release). Asian Tour. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
^ "US wins golf World Cup". ABC News. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
^ "World Cup of Golf Moves to Australia". PGA Tour. 11 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
^ a b "N. Ireland, Ireland will team in WCup". ESPN. Associated Press. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
^ This was a combined Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland team. They competed under the Republic of Ireland flag although both golfers were from Northern Ireland.
All events listed in chronological order.
(A) - co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia. (C) - co-sanctioned by the China Tour. (E) - co-sanctioned by the European Tour. (J) - co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour. (K) - co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour. (P) - co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour. (S) - co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour.
This page was last edited on 23 December 2018, at 16:40 (UTC).
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What is wrong with this person? Hey, does Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes count? Fries are potatoes.
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The room the hotel gave Greg was bland, had an unusual funk, and the TV didn't work. It was another lonely night on the road of another boring business trip for him. The meeting tomorrow was later in the morning, so Greg decided to go downstairs to the bar. He sat there and had a couple of drinks while playing on his phone until a beautiful woman approached him. She made small talk at first, but then they got more comfortable with each other. She kept pulling out her pink lighter every time Greg reached for a cigarette. She finally mentioned that she was there for a gala in the hotel ballroom for an organization she worked for. She invited Greg to the ballroom where he quickly realized he was very underdressed, but he didn't care, and neither did the woman. They danced for what felt like hours, softly touching each other and kissing every so often. They were having so much fun, even after she lost that pink lighter she loved so much. The music was loud, the laughs were boisterous. Greg kept drinking, though most of it kept falling on his fancy tuxedo. All of his friends and co-workers were gathered around laughing. He looked over at the woman and saw her face begin to blur. She kept trying to tell him something but he didn't understand her. He tried drinking again but couldn't see his glass. He felt the now warm drink trickle down his head. The drink kept pouring down his head until he wiped it from his face and could see that it was blood. He still couldn't see her face but tried to hold on to her until he accidentally let go of her and then she was gone. Greg woke up and looked around. It was that same smelly room again with the broken TV. He saw several small unopened bottles of whiskey on the bed next to him from the open bar. He quickly put them all back in the bar and sat back on the bed in a feverish sweat. That nightmare comes and goes every night but he never gets used to it. Greg will never forget the night he lost his wife after the party to his drunken stupidity. He laid back against the bed post to try and relax, but felt something under his leg. He reached under and pulled out the lighter she lost that night.
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An estimated 4.32 percent of all the Monero cryptocurrency currently in circulation has been mined by botnets and cyber-criminal operations, according to a study published earlier this month by academics in Spain and the UK.
The research was one of the biggest undertakings of its kind in recent years. Scientists analyzed around 4.4 million malware samples to identify one million malware strains that mined cryptocurrency on infected hosts.
The malware strains they analyzed spanned a period of a whopping twelve years, between 2007 and 2018.
The research team says it looked at IOCs (indicators of compromise) and used static and dynamic analysis techniques to extract information from malware strains, such as cryptocurrency addresses and mining pools that malware strains used in the past to collect and funnel money through.
Researchers used the data they collected to track down past payments from mining pools to the groups behind each wallet. Further, the also organized the malware strains in campaigns based on similarities and shared cryptocurrency addresses.
According to the study's findings, while some groups mined various cryptocurrencies in the late 2000s and early 2010s, Monero (XMR) is by far the most popular cryptocurrency among cyber-criminals in underground economies, at the current time.
"Although this depends on when criminals cash-out their earnings, we estimate that the total revenue accounts for nearly [$57 million]," researchers said in their paper.
Some criminal groups have been more efficient than others. Researchers say that the groups who rented malware and third-party server infrastructure on underground marketplaces were usually more successful than the vast majority of groups who built their own tools.
However, overall, regardless if they rented the malware or built it themselves, the most successful groups were the ones who used botnets to deploy their malware at scale.
The report mentions previously well-known Monero-mining campaigns such as Adylkuzz and Smominru, but researchers also said they uncovered new groups, with the biggest being one they called Freebuf and one called USA-138.
One group, in particular, made over $18 million worth of Monero, which would round up to roughly 1.45 percent of all Monero coins.
Some of these groups existed for small periods of time, but others updated their infrastructure and malware cosntantly, still being active to this day. Researchers say crooks usually modified their code when their XMR addresses got banned from certain mining pools, or when they needed to update the malware to apply mining protocol changes.
When researchers looked at what mining pool criminal groups preferred to handle mining operations and withdrawals to their private addresses, by far the number one choice was crypto-pool.fr, responsible for cashing out $47 million of the $57 million the researchers managed to track.
While researchers saw some criminal groups put efforts into mining other cryptocurrencies in past years, Monero is now the preferred cryptocurrencies for almost all crypto-mining operations.
The reason isn't hard to guess, as mining Bitcoin-based cryptocurrencies have now a higher mining difficulty and also need special hardware, which makes deploying malware mining these types of currencies on regular PCs both useless and unprofitable.
A last conclusion of this research paper, but not the least interesting, is that most of today's criminal mining operations rely on the open source tool named xmrig, around which most crooks have built their crypto-mining malware around.
While researchers saw more malware samples built around the Claymore mining software, most of the active malware campaigns they tracked used a xmrig-based malware strain.
This statistics can be explained by the somewhat experimental nature of Bitcoin-based crypto-mining malware strain in the late 2000s when malware authors toyed around with Bitcoin mining malware but never deployed it in the types of large scale campaigns we've seen Monero miners deployed in the past two years.
For more details about the cryptocurrency mining malware scene, please refer to the researcher paper entitled "A First Look at the Crypto-Mining Malware Ecosystem: A Decade of Unrestricted Wealth," authored by researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and King's College London.
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Economic Logic: Are wages really that rigid?
The New Keynesian theory has come under increasing assault because its basics assumptions, price and wage rigidity, look more and more tenuous in the data. Now that we have much better data sets, for example, we realize that prices of everyday goods fluctuate a lot. This may be a recent phenomenon, as these data sets come from the databases that retailers use nowadays for scanners, and all this information technology has considerably reduced the cost of changing prices. So much for the now obsolete menu costs.
What about wages, then? Wages are typically set for at least a year, and collective bargaining sets wage schedules for about three years on average. But people change jobs, get promoted, get bonuses, so it is difficult to measure well wage rigidity. Still, there is some consensus that there is at least some nominal downward rigidity, as it is believed that there is some psychological barrier to reducing nominal wages. I am not that convinced, as the current recession has shown plenty of examples of nominal wage decreases. But I need more than anecdotal evidence.
There now also a study of wage rigidity across European firms, where one would suspect the most evidence of this given the labor market institutions. Martina Lawless, Jan Babecký, Philip Du Caju, Theodora Cosma, Julián Messina and Tairi Rõõm show that there is rigidity, and that it can be related very closely to the various theories that have been put forward to justify these rigidities: efficiency wage theory, insider-outsider theory, and collective bargaining. What I take from this: wage rigidity is for real, at least in Europe, but you cannot just assume it in a theory, you need to properly model its origin. Indeed, as this paper shows, rigidity is flexible as economic conditions change.
What does the Logician make of the claim that sales periods "don't count"? If you drop sales you're basically smoothing the data and you get more price rigidity than you'd have otherwise.
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Why you might want to consider taking this opportunity: Big Sisters experience a sense of discovery and enjoyment as they see a world of possibilities through a child's eyes. The program allows a Big Sister to truly help a child.
Duties / Roles / Activities: Spend time with a girl once a week or once every two weeks for 2-4 hours at a time doing things together that you both like to do.
Sample Tasks: Do things together that you both like to do. Some Big Sister matches like to cook dinner together, do crafts, go for walks, go shopping, do their nails together. The possibilities are endless.
Skills / Experience: Big Sisters are compassionate, good listeners and truly care about the child that they are matched with.
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MTV was the original channel to watch the latest music videos. It has moved a long way since then and now has a wealth of programming including a raft of hit reality TV shows.
One of the key offshoots of American music and entertainment network MTV, and by using the 10 spin-off channels in the British Isles for music videos and extra shows, the titular channel has been freed up to air general entertainment content, mostly from imported American shows. The network is perhaps most notable in recent times for producing the first official spin-offs of American reality show Jersey Shore, in the form of English-based Geordie Shore and Mersey Shore.
MTV Denmark is the Danish edition of popular American network MTV. The channel mainly features MTV shows and formats, including music videos and reality TV.
MTV Finland is the Finnish branch of the popular international network MTV, featuring music and entertaiment-based programming. The channel mainly contains the American and English-produced shows with Finnish subtitles.
MTV Lithuania & Latvia is a merged channel (formerly a separate network for each country) belonging to the international music and reality channel MTV. Programmes on the 24-hour network include the internationally-famed reality and entertainment shows on MTV, as well as music videos and localised 'Baltic' programming.
MTV Italy, as the name might suggest, is the Italian version of popular worldwide TV network MTV. Unlike many of its international counterparts, MTV Italia is free-to-air on digital terrestrial providers, while programming on the show includes the usual mixture of music videos and reality programming that all MTV channels recieve, as welll as a selection of local shows in these formats.
MTV Russia is the Russian division of international music and entertainment network MTV. The channel covers the biggest global shows produced by the network, as well as a handful of local productions.
MTV Sweden is the Swedish branch of international music and entertainment network MTV, created in 2005 as part of the former regional MTV Nordic channel. Programming on the channel is mainly imported American shows (such as MTV Cribs and Jersey Shore), though there are a few local productions by the network.
There are many streaming video clips available at this website. Not only will you find the latest episodes with you will also find the most popular music videos.
The MTV network is a television channel with offices in New York City. This channel was launched in 1981 and was originally intended to play music videos 24 hours a day. MTV has since changed their lineup and host a variety of television shows based on reality and intended for a younger audience. MTV is best known as were social activism important issues such as censorship.
MTV is home to so many popular programs it is now split into two channels: MTV and MTV2. These channels are responsible for several hundred of today�s top television programs. The MTV websites is a very nice job of providing information for all of their popular programs. In addition to background information, the MTV websites also provide streaming video for sneak peeks as well as bonus clips of these popular programs. Right now, the MTV website hosts a few thousand streaming video clips. Some other sneak peeks in bonus clips cover multiple seasons for the series they represent. Furthermore, some of the series do offer will episodes. These tend to be random episodes but are still very entertaining. But they do provide a section that focuses on just the latest episodes of their programs.
In addition to sneak peeks in bonus clips for all their series, the MTV website also provides movie trailers as well as celebrity interviews for actors of those movies. They also provided exclusive video clips not found on other websites. Since MTV is best known for their pop-culture presence, they pay extra attention to providing news and trailers for the most popular movies. They cover movies are currently showing as well as movies not at the box office yet. You can also find a nice selection of celebrity footage from the red carpet at movie premieres.
As MTV began as a music video television station, they still have a strong focus on music. Because of this, there is no shortage of music videos and concert footage that can be watched from this website. Additionally, they offer full playlists for videos they provide. Music videos are not the only form of music to the MTV website provides for its viewers. There is also a nice selection of MP3s available for your listening pleasure. This website will also keep you up to date on to worrying information for your favorite artists.
The MTV website has an extensive news section. The news found in this section pertains to music, movies, popular musicians, as well as current events. This is presented as an active blog that is updated as much as every 20 minutes. With this news section, MTV website has embedded additional video hosted from their website as well as popular YouTube video to complement each of the news articles. You will find many more streaming video clips that are both informative and entertaining within the MTV news section. And a consistent stream of articles is posted throughout the day. If you wish to be kept up-to-date on the latest in current events while still being entertaining the, this is the website to visit.
MTV does an excellent job of providing applications for mobile devices. There is a nice selection of applications available for the iPhone and iPad. These applications are completely free to download and will provide the latest in streaming video, MTV news, gaming apps, apps for listening to MTV music, and apps focused on specific shows. These applications are completely free to download and available through the website and the Apple iTunes store. Additionally, the MTV website provides an option to send mobile alerts to your cell phone. They will supply you with the latest news on their websites and television channel as a text message. This is a free sign-up.
We highly recommend the MTV television websites. There are many streaming video clips available to watch. All these videos are free and of very high quality. Aside from offering the latest episodes of their programs, they also provide their users with a large selection of music videos and celebrity interviews. But those video clips are just the tip of the iceberg. The website is laid out in an easy-to-follow manner. MTV goes above and beyond to provide their users with the video content they are interested in.
Review: I love music, and I love MTV as well.
Review: MTV is a great place for pop and RnB fans. It\'s also a good source of information on artists, although the site isn\'t easy to navigate.
Review: Well as my title says think it\'s the best site to watch new music videos. It\'s like when I see some awesome videos on the TV I know where I can find them. MTV. Just don\'t like the looks of the site. Almost a 5!
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Finding the source of a leak from the shower is a detailed process of elimination. There are several steps you go through to determine the source of the actual leak. Sometimes you might think you know where the leak is at, attempt to repair it, and then discover that this was not the source. This is why it is essential to go through each step carefully to avoid unnecessary repairs.
Step 1: Fill the shower pan with water.
Shower pans can develop leaks if they are not sealed correctly or develop cracks where water can leak out and onto the floor from underneath the pan. Block the drain with a plug or some other object to stop water from draining out.
Once filled, wait several minutes to an hour to see if water is leaking out from the shower. If not, then the leak is not with the pan. If it is, then replace the shower pan with a new one. You may want to call in a contractor or plumber for assistance.
Step 2: Check the drain.
Make sure the shower is completely dry. Then carefully pour several gallons of water down the drain slowly. If you notice water leaking out from under the shower, then you have a leaky drain. To fix this problem, you will probably want to call your plumber since it requires removing several pieces of the shower for easier access.
Step 3: Check the shower doors.
Turn on the shower and close the shower doors. Look around where the door seals to see if water is leaking out of the shower. The seals on the door can wear out over time and have to be replaced. In some cases, the door may just need to be adjusted to correct this problem.
If you have a track-type sliding door, look into the door tracks to see if water is overflowing out of the tracks. If this is the problem, then you want to add a larger exterior lip onto the shower track to stop it from overflowing out of the shower.
Step 4: Check all caulking.
Caulk can crack, break, and fall off over time. If the caulk is old, water can get under it and leak out of the shower. You will want to let the shower dry out completely, then remove all old caulking before applying new caulk to reseal the shower.
The only time to skip these steps is if you are lucky and the source of the leak is coming from the shower head. First, check to make sure the head is screwed on tightly. If it is loose, it will leak.
Next, with the water shut off, remove the head and see if there is plumbers tape around the end of the water line. If not, try using some plumbers tape and reinstalling the shower head. If it still leaks, all you have to do is replace the shower head with a new one.
We hope these tips helped you find the source of your shower leak. For new shower pans, shower enclosures, and combo tub shower enclosures, please feel free to contact American Bath Enterprises, Inc. at (888) 228-4925 today!
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Context.Linear polarisation in gamma-ray burst prompt emission is an important diagnostic with the potential to significantly constrain models. The spectrometer aboard INTEGRAL, SPI, has the capability to detect the signature of polarised emission from a bright γ-ray source. GRB 041219a is the most intense burst localised by INTEGRAL with a fluence of 5.7 erg cm-2 over the energy range 20 keV–8 MeV and is an ideal candidate for such a study.
Aims.Polarisation can be measured using multiple events scattered into adjacent detectors because the Compton scatter angle depends on the polarisation of the incoming photon. A search for linear polarisation in the most intense pulse of duration 66 seconds and in the brightest 12 seconds of GRB 041219a was performed in the 100–350 keV, 100–500 keV and 100 keV–1 MeV energy ranges. It was possible to divide the events into six directions in the energy ranges of 100–350 keV and 100–500 keV using the kinematics of the Compton scatter interactions.
Methods.The multiple event data from the spectrometer was analysed and compared with the predicted instrument response obtained from Monte-Carlo simulations using the GEANT 4 INTEGRAL mass model. The distribution between the real and simulated data as a function of the percentage polarisation and polarisation angle was calculated for all three energy ranges. The degree and angle of polarisation were obtained from the best-fit value of .
Results.A weak signal consistent with polarisation was found throughout the analyses. The degree of linear polarisation in the brightest pulse of duration 66 s was found to be % at an angle of degrees in the 100–350 keV energy range. The degree of polarisation was also constrained in the brightest 12 s of the GRB and a polarisation fraction of % at an angle of degrees was determined over the same energy range. However, despite extensive analysis and simulations, a systematic effect that could mimic the weak polarisation signal could not be definitively excluded.
Conclusions.Our results over several energy ranges and time intervals are consistent with a polarisation signal of about 60% but at a low level of significance (~ ). The polarisation results are compared with predictions from the synchrotron and Compton drag processes. The spectrum of this GRB can also be well fit by a combined black body and power law model which could arise from a combination of the Compton and synchrotron processes, with different degrees of polarisation. We therefore conclude that the procedure described here demonstrates the effectiveness of using SPI as a polarimeter, and is a viable method of measuring polarisation levels in intense gamma-ray bursts.
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Go meatless two days a week for a month.
At Christmas, give three gifts of experience rather than purchased items.
Buy local - purchase locally produced items from local businesses whenever possible.
Reduce solid waste - e.g., avoid purchasing items in plastic containers.
Reduce driving - walk, bike, take public transit for four trips this month.
Reduce food waste - Cook or eat what you already have at home before buying more.
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How can schools today guarantee that their investments in wireless technology will continue to perform over time? Just like when purchasing a computer, you want to know it will last a few years before being worth no more than a doorstop. Investing in the proper technology, with the right wireless network design, will ensure that your school's technology plan will continue to grow with you, and your students needs.
The type of equipment you choose matters, and cheaper does not always equate to long-lasting. We realize budgets and costs are important for schools, but implementing a cheap solution could end up costing you a lot more money in the long run.
Equally, if not more important than the type of equipment you implement, is your school's wireless network design. Having the correct design is a crucial component to consider before you purchase and deploy your new Wi-Fi network.
To make sure you know what you should be including in your new wireless network design, here are 5 critical building blocks that will ensure your success.
Schools are adapting a 1:1 ratio for students and devices, but this is only a minimum. They want to ensure students have one learning device to use, but many students have their own devices as well (BYOD), including tablets, smartphones, and now wearables.
The average number of devices is typically 2 per student in lower grades and 3-5 devices for high school and college students.
The increasing number of devices is challenging most school wireless networks because they are either outdated, or were designed for coverage and not capacity. Covering a campus with access points and designing for coverage is easy, building your network to support capacity and scale with you takes a little bit more understanding.
All of the various types of users your supporting, be it teachers students or even guests, need active directory accounts. This allows you to control the amount of access each user on your network has based on which role they're assigned to.
Essentially this prevents students from having access to privileged information and guarantees that everyone sees only what they need to see.
Suggested Reading: "3 Easy Ways Bandwidth Shaping Can Maximize Campus Wi-Fi"
Have you ever seen a wifi connection on your tablet but you couldn't connect? Some devices, such as tablets and smartphones have a fraction of the power of a laptop, they may see the signal from your access points, but are unable to communicate with it, resulting in either poor performance or no connectivity at all.
There are a variety of different types of devices in schools today, not just laptops, so in order to deliver maximum performance to every one and every device it's critical you design to the lowest powered devices.
With the growing number of devices per student, pre-shared keys are a thing of the past. Today's school wireless networks are all about automation.
For school owned devices, you should automate push settings and configurations using managed group policies.
For the personal devices of students, teachers, and faculty, create a registration process to gain access into your wireless network so you’re not having to deal with every device yourself.
Almost everyone is savvy enough with technology today that they can do this themselves and save you the hassle.
Students want to connect their personal devices to the school wireless network and believe it or not this is not a bad thing.
When you grant access to connect to the school’s network, you ensure users are routed through your web filter, so you can limit bandwidth and monitor the content that's being accessed.
You can also block certain applications that use a lot of bandwidth that may not be educational, such as Netflix.
You can still give your teachers access to Netflix in case there is a documentary or film that pertains to class, but most likely students do not need the same permissions while in class.
At SecurEdge, we are specialists in designing wireless networks for school environments, having planned, designed, and installed hundreds of successful and secure wireless network solutions for schools throughout the United States and the Caribbean.
If you have any questions regarding your school's wireless network, please contact us here, we'd love to see how we can help.
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Color(s): black and tan, sable, and black.
The German Shepherd Dog is a handsome, well proportioned and a powerful creature. The breed is sociable, direct and fearless, with a strong, athletic body, and alert expression. His nose is most often black; jaws are strong, with a scissor-like bite. The eyes are medium-sized and brown with a vivacious, intelligent, and confident look. The ears are large, stand erect and his tail is shaggy.
The German Shepherd Dog is longer than tall, deep-bodied, and presents an outline of smooth curves rather than angles. His coat is straight, hard, and medium in length, and he also has a dense undercoat. The coloring of the German Shepherd Dog can vary and includes black and tan, sable, and black. His weighs in at 60-80 pounds for females, and 75-100 pounds for males.
Due to their loyal and protective nature, the German shepherd is one of the most popular breeds. This is an alert, energetic, loyal, and very intelligent breed. The breed is so intelligent and learns so readily that it has been used as a sheepdog, guard dog, in police work; they are also used as a guide for the blind, in search and rescue service, and in the military. They are considered to be the third most intelligent breed of dog, behind Border Collies and Poodles.
These dogs are obedient and very quick to learn. He is one of the easiest of all breeds to train due to his high intelligence. Whining can be a problem with the German shepherd, as some will whine a lot. This breed has a distinct personality marked by a self-confidence and fearless, but not unfriendly, appearance. The German shepherd is known for its protectiveness too, and therefore makes a very affective watchdog; he will not back down if he feels that he or his loved ones are being threatened.
Is German Shepherd the Right Dog Breed for You?
The German shepherd is a loyal family pet and a good guard dog, the ideal choice for many families. He is known to get along very well with children, although you should bear in mind his size if you have younger children.
They should be trained and socialized from an early age, these are very capable dogs, and are eager to please their owners, although their personality makes them best suited to those with some experience of dog ownership.
German Shepherd Dogs love strenuous activity, preferably combined with training of some kind, these dogs are very intelligent and like to confront challenge. This is not a breed that will be happy simply laying around your living room or locked out in the back yard. Most shepherds love to play ball or Frisbee. Ten to fifteen minutes of fetching along with daily walks will tire your dog out quite sufficiently as well as give him some sense of purpose; if the required exercise is not provided, the German shepherd can become restless and destructive.
The life expectancy of the German Shepherd Dog is around 13 years.
There is a number of health problems associated with this breed. This includes spinal problems, eye problems, epilepsy, and pancreas problems.
There are some other genetic problems such as color-paling, hip dysplasia, monorchidism, weakness of temperament, and missing teeth are common, as well as turned or folded ears which never fully turn up when reaching adulthood.
The German shepherd will need regular exercise, including daily walks and regular runs.You will need to ensure that you provide your German shepherd with physical and mental stimulation; these dogs do not fare well when isolated or neglected.
The grooming requirements for the German Shepherd Dog are not excessive, and brushing his coat every couple of days should help to control shedding, although you will need to step up the grooming at certain times of the year when he is shedding more heavily. Check ears and trip claws regularly and bathe only when necessary, over bathing can cause skin irritation from oil depletion.
German Shepherd Dog is a heavy shedder all year round, and is therefore not well suited to allergy sufferers.
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Why do they call RC motors servos?
If they were true servos there would be a feedback signal generated. What is the proper term for these motors, maybe a stepper?
"Servo" is an abbreviation for servomechanism. It is a device used to control another mechanism.
IME, RC "servo motors" were originally regular motors (whether handmade or prebuilt) that used a return spring to draw the armature back to some preset "zero". The width of pulses sent to drive the motor resulted in a proportional force being delivered against the spring force, allowing control of rudders, throttles, etc. by deflecting the armature a given angle corresponding to the pulse width and duty cycle of said control signal.
I don't know whether the current servos used for RC control are actually steppers (a special class of motor that uses discrete pulses to deflect the armature a specific number of degrees per pulse) or not, but as long as they fulfill the mission of a servo motor they are then...servos.
THey are DC motors, with gear boxes and feedback pots. They are position servos. They are now controlled by a PWM train fed to them from the receiver, with a 50Hz PRF and a 20-50usec duty cycle.
The feedback is entirely internal. The device moves, if it can, to the position specified by its input signal. If there is a disturbance, the servo moves to restore itself to the position specified by the input.
A feed back signal is generated and used by the circuit inside the servo.
and some servos deliver pot-feedback to the controller such that it can be aware of the exact location of the armature.
. Servo is the masculine form of "servant" in Italian. Is that why electrical servomechanisms are called servos? I dunno.
As said, also a servo system in general is designed to follow an input so it moves as much as the input demands. There were RC systems called Bang Bang that just went all left/all right/centre for very simple control.
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Why is "Eat this food" wrong?
When you add "보다" to the verb form, it takes on the meaning of "try this action". So 먹어보다 (먹어보세요) means to try eating something.
Would a more literal translation be "See how this food tastes." ?
보다, when suffixed after another verb stem and 아/어, doesn't mean "to see," but "to try". 먹어보다 is then "to try by eating", which in English is reduced to simply "try (a food)". So, all this sentence means is "Try this food", even literally.
I type "Try eat this food" and got wrong. How?
Because that is incorrect english! You could write Try to eat this food, or Try this food, but Try eat this food is bad grammar.
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[. . .] Apart from all the BRIC countries, India has relatively high shares of other business services -- which comprise such types of services as merchandising, and other trade-related services, accounting, legal, advertising, architectural, engineering services and some others (Soo, 2012).
Apart from services exports, BRIC countries also possess a diverse structure of import services. China and Hong Kong possess relatively high share in transport import services, while travel services are more intensively imported by Russia and Hong Kong. Construction services hold a high share in services imports and exports of Russia. India has a share of 32% in imports which outperforms the others in terms of other business services imports (Soo, 2012).
China and India are ranked as the most dynamic economies in the world. In 2009, China was the second-largest economy in the world, and India was the 11th largest one, according to the survey of WTO (Soo, 2012). Liberalization began in 1978 in China and in 1991 in India by the governments existing in both the countries. The economic growth of both these countries is majorly attributed to this implementation of liberalization policies.
From the perspective of international trade China became the world's largest exporter of merchandise and the second-largest importer in the year 2009, whilst India was the twenty first largest exporter and fourteenth largest importer. According to the survey of 2009 China was ranked as the fifth largest exporter and fourth largest importer of services, whilst India was the twelfth largest exporter and importer. Thus China was more indulged in trades in services than does India. India possessed a higher share of both services exports and imports than the world average, with a rapid increase in the share of export services and decrease in the share in imports (Wu, 2007). On the contrary, China has a lower share of both services exports and imports than the world average. Commercial services were majorly exported by India, while transportation services were majorly imported by it. It also exported travel services at a small scale. On the other hand, China was a net importer of commercial services and transportation services. Considering export services sector, China is the world's third largest exporter of construction services, with its exports amounting to over U.S.$10 billion in 2008 (Wu, 2007). India dominates China in the domain of both finance and computing and information systems. India is thus ranked as the world's second largest exporter of computing and information systems services.
High Specialization Indices were attained by China, Hong Kong and Russia in transport services on the EU15 market. Similarly Russia was successful in attaining additional strong specialization in construction services. Brazil and India did not earn any strong SIs at the EU15 market during the period of 2000-2007 (Havlik et al., 2009). Considering the NMS12 market China and Hong Kong have strong SIs in transport services while Russia possesses high Sis in construction but not in transport. Brazil succeeds in having a strong specialization in personal, cultural, and recreational services sector on the NMS12 market.
BRIC countries played a significant role in EU trade in services. BRIC countries experienced an increase of total EU export services from 9.1% in 2004 to 10.4% in 2006. Considering total EU imports, the share of BRIC countries increased to 10.4% in 2006 from 8.6% in 2004. The EU was able to increase its surplus in trade in services due to the drastic increase in total exports and imports value to BRIC countries. The United Kingdom was the principal exporter to BRIC countries among the EU member states as it accounted for 19% of total EU exports in services. Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, and France are some other countries which are responsible for almost two-thirds of exports of services to BRIC (Hussain and Cannito, 2008).
Amongst all four BRIC nations India tops the services trade with the UK. There exists an interesting analysis regarding UK's service trade with India compared with other BRIC countries. The analysis has gained significant importance due to the growing clout of India as service exporter to rest of the world and the dominance of UK as a traditional service exporter.
According to the statistics of 2008, the services trade between UK and India was GBP 4056mn ahead of China (GBP 3743 mn), Russia (GBP 3290 mn) with Brazil in the last position grossing only GBP 942mn. UK's services trade with India grew steadily at the rate of 16.2% CAGR since the year 2000. Services trade with other BRIC nations has also grown at a steady pace with China measuring 22.4% CAGR; Russia 23.6% CAGR and Brazil 7.6% CAGR for the same time period (Hussain and Canitto, 2008).
International trade in services lends a hand in improving economic performance and provides a range of traditional and new export opportunities. It makes a significant contribution to employment growth, productivity, and innovation in most economies, and has become the most dynamic sector in the BRIC countries too. The share of services in the economy of BRIC countries has increased considerably in the past three decades. Communication, transportation, travel and commercial services tend to be the major components of services trade in a country. International trade in services is deeply affected by financial crises prevalent all over the globe, as it leads to the reduction in investments, which affects the physical economy of the country.
The economic rise of BRIC countries has brought about significant changes in the outlook of global economy. The share of services sector in the GDPs of BRIC countries has grown at a consistent pace since the 1990s. Technological advancements in these countries have enhanced the growth of services sector which has made BRIC countries a center of attention for the entire world. The rapid economic expansion in China has made it a global player and is ranked as the second largest economy of the world. Among the BRIC countries, China and India dominate the services trade sector as they constitute 60% of the total services imports and exports of the BRIC countries. Considering the geographical structure of international trade in services of BRIC countries, the EU tends to be a more significant market for them in comparison to the U.S. Or Japan. China and Russia possess heavy services export shares of EU in the EU27 market, while Japan holds high BRIC imports services share, due to increased imports from Hong Kong and China. India tops the export of computer and information services while Russia and China dominate transport and travel services. China has extended its construction services exports and India and China are considered as the most dynamic economies of the BRIC countries. India depicted a rapid increase in the share of export services and a gradual decline in import services. The drastic economic growth of India and China is attributed to the implementation of liberalization policies by their government policies. Moreover, among all the four BRIC countries, India tops in rendering international trade in services with UK. Apart from this, BRIC countries have played a major role in EU trade in services. The drastic increase in total exports and imports value to BRIC countries enabled EU to increase its surplus in trade in services. China, Russia and Hong Kong attained high specialization indices in transport services in the EU15 market.
Despite the above mentioned milestones achieved by various BRIC countries in the domain of international trade in services, there exists a room for further improvement for each of the BRIC countries in its respective domain. Brazil and Russia are required to attain a higher degree of specialization in any of the services trade category, following the footsteps of drastic economic growth of China and India. The pivotal role played by BRICS in the global economy is well depicted by the rapid recovery of these economies from the global financial crisis. This is an indicative of the fact that optimal global economic policy-making cannot be undertaken without including the BRICS economies at the highest levels of decision making.
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But the extreme conditions on hot Jupiters worked to the scientists' advantage.
"The day-night radiation contrast is, in fact, easy to model," Parmentier said. "[The hot Jupiters] are much easier to model than Jupiter itself."
The scientists first created a variety of idealized hot Jupiters using global circulation models—simpler versions of the type of computer models used to simulate Earth's climate.
Then they compared the models to the light Kepler detected from real hot Jupiters. Kepler, which is now operating in its K2 mission, was designed to register the extremely tiny dip in starlight when a planet passes in front of its star, which is called a "transit." But in this case, researchers focused on the planets' "phase curves," or changes in light as the planet passes through phases, like Earth's moon.
Matching the modeled hot Jupiters to phase curves from real hot Jupiters revealed which curves were caused by the planet's heat, and which by light reflected by clouds in its atmosphere. By combining Kepler data with computer models, scientists were able to infer global cloud patterns on these distant worlds for the first time.
The new cloud view allowed the team to draw conclusions about wind and temperature differences on the hot Jupiters they studied. Just before the hotter planets passed behind their stars—in a kind of eclipse—a blip in the planet's optical light curve revealed a "hot spot" on the planet's eastern side.
And on cooler eclipsing planets, a blip was seen just after the planet re-emerged on the other side of the star, this time on the planet's western side.
"We're claiming that the west side of the planet's dayside is more cloudy than the east side," Parmentier said.
This led to another first. By figuring out how clouds are distributed, which is intimately tied to the planet's overall temperature, scientists were able to determine what the clouds were probably made of.
The science team found that manganese sulfide clouds probably dominate on "cooler" hot Jupiters, while silicate clouds prevail at higher temperatures. On these planets, the silicates likely "rain out" into the planet's interior, vanishing from the observable atmosphere.
In other words, a planet's average temperature, which depends on its distance from its star, governs the kinds of clouds that can form. That leads to different planets forming different types of clouds.
"Cloud composition changes with planet temperature," Parmentier said. "The offsetting light curves tell the tale of cloud composition. It's super interesting, because cloud composition is very hard to get otherwise."
The new results also show that clouds are not evenly distributed on hot Jupiters, echoing previous findings from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggesting that different parts of hot Jupiters have vastly different temperatures.
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The Republic of Indonesia consists of five large islands and thousands of smaller islands (about 6,000 of which are inhabited), with a total area of 1,919,440 square kilometers (741,100 square miles). The country's soil and climate support a number of agricultural crops, with sugar being the largest commercial crop. Indonesia is the world's third largest producer of coffee (after Brazil and Colombia), the the second-largest producer of palm oil (after Malaysia). Rice production increased during the 1980s and 1990s. Because of improved agricultural techniques, Indonesia now grows almost enough rice to meet the country's demands. However, the unrestricted use of fertilizers and pesticides has also resulted in significant damage to the environment.
Indonesia's 17,508 islands have attracted traders, pirates, and adventurers from all over the world throughout its history. Located among ancient trading routes and rich with botanical resources, these remote islands quickly became a global interest. Spices were valued not only for their flavor, but also for their ability to disguise spoiled foods, freshen breath, and remedy health problems. Though eastern Indonesia's "Spice Islands" received most of the attention, the country's cuisine, as a whole, developed largely as a result of spice-seeking immigrants.
first began around 2000 B.C., influenced Indonesian cuisine and is still evident through the use of tea, noodles, cabbage, mustard, soybeans, and the method of stir-frying. The Chinese dish, nasi goreng (fried rice), is one of Indonesia's national dishes.
By 100 A.D., curries (spicy sauces), cucumbers, onions, mangoes, and eggplant were brought over by traders and Hindu missionaries from India. Ginger, cumin, cardamom, coriander, and fennel were also introduced, adding to the wide variety of spices. Around the 1400s, Muslims from the Middle East began incorporating goat and lamb dishes into the Indonesian diet, as well as yogurt-based sauces (though coconut milk is now used in its place).
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to significantly affect Indonesian cuisine. They took control of trade routes to and from the islands, bringing with them cassava (a tropical root crop) and sweet potatoes. Cauliflower, cabbage, and turnips were brought to the islands about a century later by the powerful Dutch East Indies Company, which gained control of the trading routes. Though the Spanish contributed peanuts, tomatoes, corn, and the widely popular chili pepper, they were unable to defeat the Dutch, who ruled until the mid-1900s.
After preparing the rice, heat the oil in a wok or saucepan and add the onion, garlic, and chili powder.
Add the rice, soy sauce, and sugar and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper, to taste.
Coconut milk is an essential cooking ingredient in Indonesian cuisine.
Place the coconut in a pan and cover with the water.
Allow to soak for 20 minutes and then squeeze the coconut very hard to produce a milky liquid.
When the coconut milk has been added to a dish, it will need to be constantly stirred at first to avoid separation.
Rujak is considered Indonesia's national salad.
Harvesting rice is labor intensive, but Indonesia now produces almost enough rice to feed its population.
The combination of geographic and cultural diversity in Indonesia has resulted in one of the most unique cuisines in the world. Although meals are generally simple, the plentiful use of various roots, spices, grasses, and leaves adds zest to most dishes. The common use of the chili pepper may mislead some to believe that all Indonesian dishes are spicy and hot. On the contrary, the most widely used spices are coriander (which has a faint orange flavor), cumin, and ginger, all relatively mild spices. In addition, most Indonesian food is prepared with contrasting flavors, such as a spicy sweet or hot sauce served over a bed of plain white rice, a popular meal throughout the country.
Rice is Indonesia's most important staple food. It normally accompany every meal and is often the main ingredient for desserts and beverages. The two most common types are nasi putih (long-grain white rice) and nasi ketan (glutinous rice), a rice that is most often used to make cakes, snacks, and other sweet treats. Those who cannot afford rice, or who live in a region with poor soil or low rainfall, must rely on an alternative staple, such as yams or soybeans. The reliable abundance of seafood across the country can also bring relief to hungry families. Most social classes, however, can afford drinks sold at warungs (street-lined food stalls) and kaki lima (food carts), including fruity refreshments and sugar- and cream-filled teas.
The most common method for preparing food is frying, though grilling, simmering, steaming, and even stewing (most often with coconut milk) are also popular. Some of the most commonly fried items are bumbu (basic spice paste), which frequently accompanies rice, and various meats such as chicken, goat, or beef. The final preparation for many meals consists of adding coconut milk, an essential cooking ingredient and a thickener for many sauces.
For as many similarities that exist across the islands, there are just as many regional differences. Bali, the most widely recognized Indonesian island, is home to cooked duck and babi guling (pig). Minahasa enjoys mice and dog, and the Sundanese of West Java prefer their meat or fish cooked in the blood of buffalo or pig. Most Indonesians also enjoy durian , an oval, football-sized fruit, although many Westerners consider its smell to be foul and unappetizing.
Scrub sweet potatoes, place them in a large saucepan. Cover with water and boil until soft (about 20 to 30 minutes). Drain and allow to cool.
When cool enough to handle, peel and mash the potatoes in a mixing bowl. Add in coconut, vanilla, and salt and mix thoroughly.
Shape about ⅓ cup of the potato mixture into a round pancake, put 1 teaspoon of brown sugar in the center, and roll the pancake into a cylinder about 3 inches long and 1 inch in diameter.
Repeat the procedure with the remaining sweet potato mixture and brown sugar.
On a lightly oiled baking sheet, bake the fritters for 15 minutes.
Serve at room temperature with coffee or tea.
Cook the granulated and brown sugar in water over low heat for 3 minutes, or until the sugars are completely dissolved and form a syrup; let the syrup cool.
Whisk in the eggs, salt, vanilla, and coconut milk.
Pour the mixture into a 2-quart heat-proof dish and steam over hot water for 15 minutes, or until the pudding is firm.
Place all the ingredients in a small saucepan and cook over a medium to low heat for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
This sauce adds an excellent taste when poured over plain rice.
To make the simple syrup, combine the sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium to high heat.
Stir until clear. Remove from heat and let cool.
Spoon out the avocado pulp and place in a blender.
Add the syrup and blend to mix, then add cold milk and blend.
Divide the mixture between two tall glasses. Top each serving with ½ cup chocolate milk (to form a separate layer) and crushed ice.
Heat the oil in a deep fry pan and deep-fry the tofu cubes until crispy and golden brown.
Remove the cubes and drain on paper towels; place on a serving dish.
Pour the soy sauce over the cubes, garnish, and serve.
Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Buddhism, and Hinduism are the five religions officially recognized by the Indonesian government. The vast majority (approximately 87 percent) adheres to Islam, giving Indonesia one of the largest percentages of Muslims in the world.
Tahu Goreng (fried tofu cubes with soy sauce) makes a healthy, satisfying main course or side dish.
Indonesians are enthusiastic about the durian, the football-sized spiky fruit that some Westerners have described as smelling like kerosene. Chefs use the flesh to make cakes, ice cream, and other desserts.
dawn. The fast is broken every day after sunset, when groups come together for a large feast. Lebaran (also called Hari Raya or Eid al-Fitr ) marks the end of Puasa , as well as the return of regular eating habits. Among family and friends, Muslims often prepare ketupat , blocks of rice cooked in coconut or palm leaves. Cake and cookies are served with a seemingly bottomless pot of tea.
Selamatan is a uniquely Indonesian tradition. The custom of praying to a God before a significant event (such as marriage or building a new house) is still practiced by most. Following the prayer (and at the kickoff of most major events throughout the country), tumpeng , a cone-shaped mountain of steamed yellow rice, is sliced at the top and served.
Hari Raya Nyepi , the Hindu New Year (also known as the Hindu Day of Silence), is most elaborately celebrated on Bali, home to the greatest Indonesian Hindu population. On New Year's Eve, food is prepared for the following day (particularly homemade pastries and sweetmeats) when Hindus refrain from all activities, including food preparation. Streets are deserted and tourists are often not allowed to leave their hotel.
Secular (nonreligious) holidays offer more reasons to indulge in celebratory feasts. The most popular is Hari Proklamasi Kemerdekaan (Independence Day), celebrating Indonesia's independence from Holland on August 17, 1945. One of the most spirited observances takes place in Jakarta, Indonesia's capital. The city and its citizens prepare for the festivities several weeks ahead of time. Money is raised for contests such as the krupuk udang (shrimp crackers)eating children's contests and the women's baking contest, which is usually an attempt to make the largest tumpeng .
The memory of Raden Kartini, Indonesia's first woman emancipationist, is celebrated every April 21. In her honor, traditional family roles are reversed on this day, leaving the responsibility of cooking and housecleaning to fathers and children.
Finely mash the bananas and mix with sugar and flour.
Heat the oil in a large saucepan or wok and drop in a large spoonful of batter.
Cook several at one time, but do not overcrowd the wok or the temperature of the oil will be lowered.
When cakes are crisp and golden brown, drain on paper towel and serve while still warm.
Makes 4 to 6 cakes.
Combine the water, sugar, and ginger in a saucepan and bring the mixture to a boil.
Cook over moderate heat for about 5 minutes.
Lower the heat to a simmer and continue to cook until all the coconut milk is absorbed.
Put the rice into a steamer (a vegetable steamer lined with cheesecloth set over boiling water will also work).
Steam until the rice is tender.
Boil all the vegetables (except tofu and cucumber), or steam until crisp and tender.
Cut the tofu into small pieces and fry until golden brown, then set aside.
Place the cooked vegetables on a plate, top with the tofu, cucumber slices, and sliced hard-boiled eggs wedges, and pour the peanut sauce on last.
Mealtime is typically a casual and solitary affair for Indonesians, who often choose to snack on a variety of small dishes throughout the day, rather than three larger meals. Indonesian women gather needed provisions early in the day, including picking fresh fruits and vegetables from their own gardens or purchasing ingredients from the local market. Once the meals are prepared, they are usually left, at room temperature, on the kitchen table for family members to nibble on whenever they are hungry.
When separate larger meals are consumed, makan pagi (breakfast) is normally a bowl of fried rice, noodles, or soto (soup), accompanied by Java coffee (which has become world famous) or tea. Makan siang (lunch) is often the main meal of the day, followed by makan malam (dinner) after the workday has ended. The base of most meals is nasi (rice).
When a meal is enjoyed together, the prepared dishes are usually placed in the middle of a table or a floor mat so everyone may share. Rijstafel (meaning "rice table"), an idea brought to the islands by the Dutch, almost always includes nasi , accompanied by a variety of meats and vegetables for the purpose of contrasting flavors and textures. Hot and spicy dishes will often be served with a distinct texture, such as crunchy peanuts or krupuk (crispy crackers), or a contrasting flavor, such as a creamy gravy, palm sugar, or kecap manis , a sweet soy sauce.
Place the rice and corn in a pot with 3½ cups of water and bring to a boil. (If using canned sweet corn, do not add water).
Simmer the rice and corn until the water is absorbed.
If using canned sweet corn, add the water now.
Lower the heat to low and cook rice and corn for another 10 minutes, until the rice is dry and fluffy.
About 6 percent of the population of Indonesia is classified as undernourished by the World Bank. This means they do not receive adequate nutrition in their diet. Of children under the age of five, about 34 percent are underweight, and more than 42 percent are stunted (short for their age).
The economic crisis of the late 1990s took a toll on the welfare of the nation's children; infant mortality nearly doubled between 1995 and 1998. As of 1999, UNICEF estimated that eight million pre-school-age children suffered from malnutrition. In 1994-95, only 63 percent of the population had access to safe water, and 55 percent had adequate sanitation. In addition, severe drought caused Indonesia to be the world's number one importer of rice in 1998. However, Indonesia has received much help from the UN, particularly through the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, in solving health problems. The Ministry of Health is also seeking to build up a health service to provide more facilities and better-trained personnel.
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What will happen if apical meristem is damaged or cut?
If apical meristem is cut off, one or more lateral meristem will grow faster in lateral manner. This will lead to a bushy growth.
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Described as a "small, dapper man", who was "outspoken, even 'cocky'", Hewitt overcame the setback to his career during the war and made his most significant contributions afterwards, as Air Member for Personnel from 1945 to 1948. Directly responsible for the demobilisation of thousands of wartime staff and the consolidation of what was then the world's fourth largest air force into a much smaller peacetime service, he also helped modernise education and training within the RAAF. Hewitt was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1951, the same year he became Air Member for Supply and Equipment. Retiring from the military in 1956, he went into business and later managed his own publishing house. He wrote two books including Adversity in Success, a first-hand account of the South West Pacific air war, before his death in 1985 aged 84.
Born on 13 April 1901 in Tylden, Victoria, Joseph Eric Hewitt was the son of Joseph Henry Hewitt and his wife Rose Alice, née Harkness. He attended Scotch College, Melbourne, before entering the Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay in 1915, aged 13. After graduating in 1918, Hewitt was posted to Britain as a midshipmen to serve with the Royal Navy. He rose to lieutenant in the RAN before volunteering for secondment to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as a flight lieutenant in January 1923. Hewitt undertook the pilots' course at No. 1 Flying Training School, Point Cook, and graduated at the end of the year. He was further seconded to the Royal Air Force in May 1925, holding a temporary commission as a flying officer until September. He married Lorna Bishop in Sydney on 10 November; they had three daughters.
In August 1926, Hewitt joined the newly formed No. 101 (Fleet Cooperation) Flight, operating Seagull III amphibians. Prior to the unit deploying to Queensland to survey the Great Barrier Reef with HMAS Moresby, he practiced manoeuvres around the centre of Melbourne, landing in the Yarra River near Flinders Street station. Media criticism of the escapade led to him being brought before the Chief of the Air Staff, Group Captain Richard Williams, who rather than upbraiding Hewitt expressed himself "reservedly pleased about the publicity". After completing its survey work in November 1928, the unit served aboard the seaplane carrier HMAS Albatross.
Hewitt's transfer to the Air Force was made permanent in April 1928. Promoted to squadron leader, he became commanding officer of No. 101 Flight in February 1931, and supervised embarkation of the Seagull aboard the cruiser HMAS Australia in September–October 1932. Hewitt finished his tour with No. 101 Flight the following year, and was posted to Britain in 1934. He attended RAF Staff College, Andover, in his first year abroad, and served as Assistant Liaison Officer at Australia House, London, in 1935. Although a specialist seaplane pilot, he converted to bombers in England, flying Hawker Hinds and Bristol Blenheims as commanding officer of No. 104 Squadron RAF from 1936.
Hewitt was promoted wing commander in January 1938. Returning to Australia, he was appointed senior air staff officer (SASO) at RAAF Station Richmond, New South Wales, in June. In May 1939, Hewitt was chosen to lead No. 10 Squadron, due to be formed on 1 July at the recently established RAAF Station Rathmines, near Lake Macquarie. He was preparing to depart for England to take delivery of the unit's planned complement of Short Sunderland flying boats when he broke his neck riding his motor cycle near Richmond, and had to forgo the assignment while he recovered. Fit for duty by August, he was given command of the Rathmines base to manage the deployment of No. 10 Squadron and its aircraft, but this was suspended due to the outbreak of World War II in September, and the Sunderlands and their RAAF crews remained in Britain for service alongside the RAF.
On 20 November 1939, the RAAF formed No. 1 Group in Melbourne, which evolved into Southern Area Command early in 1940 with Hewitt as senior administration staff officer. Having been promoted group captain in December 1939, Hewitt was made Director of Personal Services (DPS) at RAAF Headquarters in July 1940. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 11 July for his performance as SASO at Richmond. Described by author Joyce Thompson as having "a Calvinist background and rigid ideas on women's place in society", as DPS Hewitt opposed the creation of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) and later advocated that its members be enrolled on a contractual basis rather than enlisted or commissioned as Permanent Air Force staff. Promoted acting air commodore, he became Acting Deputy Chief of the Air Staff in October 1941. In January 1942, he was posted to the staff of American-British-Dutch-Australian Command in the Dutch East Indies. Hewitt served as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff in March and April before being assigned to the newly formed Allied Air Forces Headquarters (AAF HQ), South West Pacific Area (SWPA), as Director of Intelligence. He established cordial working relations with his American peers at AAF HQ, becoming a confidant of its commander, Major General George Kenney.
In February 1943, Hewitt was appointed Air Officer Commanding (AOC) No. 9 Operational Group (No. 9 OG). The RAAF's main mobile strike force, No. 9 OG initially comprised seven Australian combat squadrons and came under the control of the US Fifth Air Force. The month he took over, Hewitt's squadrons were reorganised into two wings based in New Guinea: No. 71 Wing, comprising units at Milne Bay, New Guinea, and No. 73 Wing, comprising those at Port Moresby. In March, No. 9 OG led the RAAF's contribution to the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, "the decisive aerial engagement" in the SWPA according to General Douglas MacArthur, resulting in 12 Japanese ships being sunk. Hewitt occasionally flew with his crews on operations, contrary to General Kenney's policy against commanders taking such risks.
By April 1943, Hewitt had been dragged into the divisive personal conflict between the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal George Jones, and the AOC of RAAF Command, Air Vice Marshal Bill Bostock. RAAF Command was the Air Force's main operational formation in the Pacific, controlling 24 Australian squadrons. Jones, administrative and de jure head of the RAAF, sought to extend his authority into the sphere of operations by posting a "more accountable" officer into Bostock's position, namely Hewitt. The Minister for Air, Arthur Drakeford, backed Jones' manoeuvre but was informed by Prime Minister John Curtin that MacArthur, as Supreme Commander SWPA, "would insist on the replacement of AVM Bostock by an equally able officer", and that "Air Commodore Hewitt ... was not considered an adequate replacement." Hewitt recognised qualities in both Jones and Bostock, and tried not to take sides in their feud.
No changes were made to command arrangements in the South West Pacific following this episode, and Hewitt continued to lead No. 9 OG in its bombing and strafing campaign against Japanese airfields and lines of communication in New Britain, north-east of New Guinea. By mid-June 1943, he had set up Group Headquarters at Milne Bay, and No. 73 Wing HQ at Goodenough Island. On 22 July, he mounted an operation against Gasmata airfield using 62 aircraft from five of his squadrons, the largest strike undertaken by the Australians to that date. No. 9 OG would take most of the credit for the RAAF reaching a peak of 254 tons of bombs dropped in October, as against 137 tons delivered the previous month. On 8 November, Hewitt sent out a formation of three Bristol Beauforts in a severe electrical storm to attack the heavily defended harbour at Rabaul. This was conceived as a "make or break" effort to prove the worth or otherwise of the Beaufort as a torpedo bomber, in which role it had so far been a disappointment; in what the official history of the RAAF in World War II described as "an heroic attack", at least one enemy tanker was struck, for the loss of one Beaufort. The planning and execution of the raid led to conflict between Hewitt and the commanding officer of the Beaufort squadron, Wing Commander G. D. Nicoll, and Hewitt dismissed Nicoll shortly afterwards; the decision was swiftly reversed by Air Vice Marshal Jones.
Although Hewitt was performing an "excellent job" according to Fifth Air Force commander Major General Ennis Whitehead, he was controversially removed from his post in mid-November 1943 by Jones, over accusations of poor discipline and morale within No. 9 OG. RAAF historian Alan Stephens later described the circumstances of Hewitt's dismissal as "murky", and the allegations leading to it as unofficial. Drakeford defended Hewitt's service record, informing the Prime Minister that "the present position may be largely, if not entirely, due to some temporary physical stress brought about by the strain of his important duties as A.O.C. of No. 9 Group." Hewitt himself believed that he had been smeared by a disgruntled former staff officer; historian Kristen Alexander identified Wing Commander Kenneth Ranger, who would play a leading part in the "Morotai Mutiny" of 1945, as having made allegations regarding Hewitt's supposed "lack of balance, vanity and lack of purpose in the prosecution of the war". Hewitt returned to his previous position as Director of Intelligence at Allied Air Headquarters, and the Air Member of Personnel, Air Commodore Frank Lukis, took over as AOC No. 9 OG in December. General Kenney considered Hewitt's removal "bad news".
After completing his tour as Director of Intelligence at AAF HQ at the end of 1944, Hewitt became acting Air Member for Personnel (AMP) in 1945. As AMP, Hewitt sat on the Air Board, the RAAF's controlling body that consisted of its most senior officers and was chaired by the Chief of the Air Staff. Along with the other members of the board, he reviewed the findings of the inquiry by Justice John Vincent Barry into the "Morotai Mutiny", which had involved senior pilots of the Australian First Tactical Air Force (No. 1 TAF) attempting to resign their commissions to protest the relegation of RAAF fighter squadrons to strategically unimportant ground attack missions. Hewitt recommended that the AOC No. 1 TAF, Air Commodore Harry Cobby, be removed from command, along with his two senior staff officers. The majority of the Air Board saw no reason to take such action, leaving Hewitt to append a dissenting note to its decision. Drakeford supported Hewitt's position, and the three senior No. 1 TAF officers were later dismissed from their posts by Air Vice Marshal Jones.
Hewitt's appointment as Air Member for Personnel was made permanent following the end of World War II in August 1945. In this role he was directly responsible for the demobilisation of what had become the world's fourth largest air force, and its transition to a much smaller peacetime service. Hewitt considered that the RAAF was in danger of losing some of its best staff through rapid, unplanned demobilisation, and recommended that its workforce be stabilised for two years at a strength of 20,000 while it reviewed its post-war requirements. Although the Air Board supported Hewitt's proposal, government cost-cutting resulted in the strength of the so-called Interim Air Force remaining lower than planned, being reduced to some 13,000 by October 1946 and under 8,000 by the end of 1948. Despite claiming that employing women in the Air Force was an important factor in reducing "antagonism and prejudice" against them in the work force in general, Hewitt also recommended that the WAAAF be disbanded after the war.
As AMP, Hewitt was responsible for reviewing the potential employment of senior officers in the post-war Air Force. This review led to the early retirement of such figures as Air Marshal Richard Williams and Air Vice Marshals Stanley Goble, Bill Bostock, Frank McNamara, Bill Anderson, Henry Wrigley and Adrian Cole, ostensibly to make way for the advancement of younger and equally capable officers. Hewitt helped draft the letters to each of the retirees, explaining the reasons for the decision and redundancy payments involved. He was also responsible for rationalising the Air Force List of officers and their seniority that had become a source of numerous irregularities due to the temporary and acting promotions granted during wartime. This resulted in many officers of senior rank being demoted as many as three levels, such as group captain to flight lieutenant, in the first post-war List released in June 1947.
Hewitt was responsible for initiating major improvements in Air Force education that took place between 1945 and 1953, playing a key role in the establishment of RAAF College and the introduction of an apprenticeship training programme. The purpose of the College was, in Hewitt's words, to "sow the seeds of service" for future leaders, helping create a special RAAF esprit de corps. He added that it was "almost a truism that the future RAAF can be no better than the Air Force College". Founded at Point Cook in January 1948, RAAF College's inaugural commandant was Air Commodore Val Hancock, who also drafted its first charter. With the support of the Air Member for Engineering and Maintenance, Air Vice Marshal Ellis Wackett, Hewitt developed the Apprenticeship Training Scheme to raise the standard of technical roles in the Air Force, introducing it with a nationwide publicity campaign to attract recruits. Its base was the Ground Training School, which opened at Wagga, New South Wales, in early 1948 to provide education and technical training for youths aged 15 to 17. It was renamed RAAF Technical College in 1950 and the RAAF School of Technical Training in 1952.
Parallel to his initiatives in Air Force education and training, Hewitt introduced a revised aircrew ranking scheme that consisted of skill categories with various levels, such as navigator level 4 or pilot level 1, rather than the regular military ranks such as sergeant or flight lieutenant. This was abandoned in 1950 due to dissatisfaction caused by the lack of obvious equivalence between these specialist "ranks" and the traditional ranking system common to the rest of the RAAF and other defence forces. After completing his term as Air Member for Personnel in 1948, he was posted to London as the Australian Defence Representative. By now promoted air vice marshal, Hewitt was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1951 New Year Honours, in part for his leadership of No. 9 OG during the war. Returning from Britain the same year, he took over as Air Member for Supply and Equipment (AMSE) from Air Vice Marshal George Mackinolty, who had died suddenly of cancer. Hewitt served as AMSE until his retirement from the RAAF in April 1956. In this role, he again cooperated with Air Vice Marshal Wackett—now the Air Member for Technical Services—to introduce the concept of acquiring spare parts based on "life-of-type", whereby the forecast number and type of spares necessary for an aircraft's projected service life would be ordered when it was first deployed operationally, to reduce support costs and delivery times.
Following his retirement from the Air Force in 1956, Hewitt joined International Harvester Co. Australia as Manager of Education and Training. He became a trustee of the Services Canteen Trust the same year, serving in this position until 1977. Having retired from International Harvester in 1966, Hewitt became an author in later life and wrote two books on his experiences in the military. The first, Adversity in Success, was published in 1980 and gave his account of the air war in the South West Pacific. He followed it in 1984 with The Black One. Hewitt also acted as chairman and managing director of his own publishing house, Langate Publishing. Predeceased by his wife Lorna, he died in Melbourne on 1 November 1985, and was survived by his daughters.
Historian Alan Stephens credits Hewitt with being primarily responsible for the "education revolution" that took place in the RAAF between 1945 and 1953, noting that Hewitt's initiatives while Air Member for Personnel were carried on by his successor in the position, Air Vice Marshal Frank Bladin. According to Stephens and Jeff Isaacs, the importance of RAAF College and the Apprenticeship Training Scheme in contributing to the professionalism of the post-war service "cannot be over-stated". Air Vice Marshal Ernie Hey, the Air Member for Technical Services from 1960 through 1972, declared that the apprenticeship programme was "one of the best things" the RAAF ever established and that its graduates—numbering some 5,500 from 1952 to 1993—were "absolutely outstanding". Joe Hewitt is commemorated by Hewitt Reef in Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, named in his honour by the survey team on HMAS Moresby, with whom he worked as a member of No. 101 Flight in 1926–1928. Hewitt also founded an eponymous trophy for small arms proficiency in the Air Force.
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Can Glycemic Index Help with Gestational Diabetes?
You may have heard that eating foods lower on the Glycemic Index (GI) is healthy, but what does glycemic index really mean? What foods are low and high on the glycemic index?
The Glycemic Index is a ranking system designed to determine which carbohydrate-containing foods are more rapidly absorbed in the body and which are more slowly digested and absorbed.
Examples of carbohydrate-containing foods include: grain products (bread, pasta and cereals), some dairy products (including milk and yogurt), fruits, starchy vegetables and legumes (including potatoes, peas, corn and beans). Those that are more rapidly absorbed, such as baked goods, white bread, rice and juice will raise blood sugar levels more quickly; those that are more slowly absorbed, such as most whole fruits, beans, and whole grains including oats and barley will produce a gradual rise in blood sugar levels, which is beneficial to health.
This GI system may be especially helpful for people women with gestational diabetes (GDM), as it focuses on how different foods affect the rise in blood sugar and insulin response, though we must remember to take this and all other diet plans with a grain of salt when it comes to making food and eating decision.
The catch is that even though the carbohydrates in a particular food may be more slowly absorbed than those in another food, this does not necessarily mean that one is “healthier” than the other. Take a baked potato, for example, which is actually higher on the glycemic index than potato chips. Most people recognize that the high fat, salty potato chips are not better for one’s health than the potassium and vitamin C-rich, virtually fat-free potato. The lower GI value of the chips is actually due to their fat content, which slows down digestion and carbohydrate absorption into the bloodstream hence creating a slower blood glucose rise when compared to a baked potato, which doesn’t contain fat to slow its absorption. The same goes for ice cream which is also a low GI food, though this does not mean it is a “health” food.
GI looks at foods individually, when in reality there are many factors that can affect how our bodies process and respond to a particular food, including fiber, protein and fat content, how much of the food we eat, how the food is prepared and stored, and other foods that we consume with it. For example, if that high GI potato is made into potato salad tossed with a vinaigrette dressing and kept in the fridge, it will have a much lower GI than freshly baked potatoes. This is because the cold storage increases the potatoes' resistant starch content and the acid in the vinaigrette slow stomach emptying, therefore slowing blood sugar rise.
To prevent rapid blood sugar spikes, a meal should be looked at as a whole instead of focusing on the GI of its individual food components. Try to include fiber (especially soluble), protein and healthy fat in each meal. As a result, even if a food is high on the GI, the meal as a whole will create a stable rise in blood sugar. Soluble fiber, found in barley, oats, legumes, and root vegetables (including potatoes!), absorbs water making the contents of the stomach more gelatinous and viscous. This binding nature causes nutrients from foods, including sugars, to be absorbed more slowly into the bloodstream. Protein and fat, as noted above, also slow down digestion which reduces spikes in blood glucose as well.
The recipe for preventing chronic disease and controlling GDM can certainly include the GI, but also needs to be mixed with the assistance of a Registered Dietitian and dash of common sense.
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Classical vs. Modern Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria. He was born to an overbearing and ambitious father, Leopold, who was more than anxious to exploit his son's extraordinary musical gifts. The most common classical music instruments are piano, organ, strings, woodwinds, percussion or brass and songs are at least 30 minutes long.
The most widely used instruments in pop music are electric piano, drums, and guitar, but also organ. Classical music vs. Pop music There are a lot of differences between the two most popular styles of music. These musical styles have different history, used instruments, size of audience and height of popularity.
Classical music and popular music are both part of the culture of most Americans and Europeans. They share some aspects of Video created by Yale University for the course" Introduction to Classical Music". Every day around the world, billions of people listen to music of one sort or another, and millions listen to Western classical music. Why do we do it? 1. 2 Popular Music and Classical Music Compared. Baroque vs. Classical Music Essay When many people listen to music from earlier periods, they classify it all as classical music, when although there were many periods of music.
Although the two may sound similar to the untrained ear, the Baroque style and the Classical styles of music have many differences. In this essay I am going to look at the differences between Classical music and classical music. There are many differences between the two, one is an era and the other is a type of music. Classical is an era, it is from about 1730 to just after 1800. Whereas a pop recording, very broadly speaking, depends on an interaction between performer and song, classical music rests on a triad: composer, work, and performer.
And generally speaking, the dynamic range, the difference in volume between the loudest and the softest moments, is greater in classical music than in pop. The American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers offers scholarships to undergraduate and graduate college students who are studying music composition and arranging in an American college, conservatory, or university.
Yes, pop music is inferior to classical music on several levels, most notably performance and training. Classical music is a higher art form than pop music. Composing and performing classical music requires rigorous training to A scholarship and arts training program for high school students in S.
California (Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Diego) in these categories of music: classical and nonclassical voice; jazz instrumental; classical instrumental.
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Recommendations could force major changes to a political institution that has given Iowa vast influence over presidential nominations.
Iowans will almost certainly hold caucuses in 2020, and they very likely will be the first presidential nominating contests in the nation.
But recommendations to be finalized this week by a panel of national Democratic activists could force major changes to a political institution that has given Iowa vast influence over presidential nominations and shaped politics within the state for the last five decades.
"We know we’ll be needing to make changes, and we welcome that," Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price said. "We look forward to that."
The Democratic National Committee’s Unity Reform Commission will hold its last meeting this Friday and Saturday in Washington, D.C., during which it’s expected to offer reforms affecting caucuses and primaries across the country as well as the party’s superdelegate representatives to the national convention.
Among the items on the table: absentee voting for caucus participants and publicly reporting candidates’ raw vote totals. Both would represent major changes for Iowa.
The commission’s recommendations ultimately will be taken up by the DNC, with the goal of enacting reforms in time for the next presidential campaign. A wide field of Democrats is expected to take a run at the presidency in 2020. New rules for Iowa and the rest of the states could have a profound effect on how that race plays out.
The Unity Commission was formed during the 2016 Democratic National Convention with detailed instructions on how to reform the nominating process after the bruising contest between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton.
The commission is charged with making caucuses “less burdensome and more inclusive, transparent and accessible to participants.” It is to make “specific recommendations” to streamline the time-consuming “realignment” period in which supporters of candidates deemed unviable must throw their support to another candidate and to publish a “headcount” at each caucus location.
The objective, several commission members and other Democrats involved in the proceedings said, is not to threaten Iowa’s first-in-the-nation status but to build on its existing strengths.
If anything, several members said, appreciation for caucuses and confidence in Iowa has grown over the last year as the commission has done its work. Unity Commission Vice Chairman Larry Cohen highlighted the direct-democracy aspect of caucuses, and their potential for activating voters.
Still, Iowans showing up to caucus for a presidential candidate on a snowy night in early 2020 could face a much different process than they’ve encountered in the past.
Provide some degree of public reporting on the raw number of supporters backing specific presidential candidates.
While the details remain unknown, both steps would represent revolutionary changes in Iowa.
The Iowa Democratic Party has long resisted publishing raw vote totals on the philosophical argument that expressing results in terms of state convention delegates builds consensus and better demonstrates candidates’ viability. There’s also a more practical argument: reporting raw votes might upend a long-standing peace with New Hampshire, the first-in-the-nation primary state.
Similarly, Iowa has moved slowly on expanding participation beyond voters who show up and take part in the preference group and realignment process. Getting voters into a local, in-person meeting is seen as vital to party-building and, again, ensures that Iowa’s caucuses remain distinct from New Hampshire’s primary.
On the whole, though, Iowa activists have been encouraged by the substance and tenor of the discussion so far.
Sterzenbach, who served as the Iowa Democratic Party’s caucus director during the 2008 campaign, was invited to make a presentation on the caucus process to the Unity Commission last August, and has followed the process closely all year.
Bauer, the Iowan on the Unity Commission, said she sensed a widespread commitment at work to improve the nominating process and elect more Democrats rather than settle scores from 2016.
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Draw a doodle. Preferrably keep the doodle in its own layer with a black background beneath.
Use the Liquify tool to distort the doodle. Liquify resides in the Filter > Liquify... menu. Using the various “forward warp”, “twirl” and “pucker” tools residing in the menu to the left, you distort the doodle as if you were fingerpainting.
Once you’ve applied the liquify transformation, select Edit > Fade Liquify.... In the dialog box that appears, set the opacity to 50% and apply.
If you enjoyed this tutorial, you might also enjoy my Creating Microworlds in Photoshop tutorial.
Nice trick. I love tutorials. All this time reading your blog I had a slight hope that you will publish some. (Especially in Flash :D).
Well now I have the time, so maybe!
One way to make the smoke look more realistic would be to use Liquify to create large and small swirls and eddies in the layers to recreate the turbulence inherent to actual smoke.
The thing is, this technique is scalable in the way that if take the time necessary to create great detail, you’ll get much more realistic results. The screenshots shown here are pretty basic and quick.
Pretty Neat… I believe actions in PS can also be applied to this.
I believe actions in PS can also be applied to this.
Maybe. The thing is, each “liquify” process requires a different distortion for the results to be good. You may need actual Photoshop scripting if you plan to automate it.
I love a good photoshop tutorial. Thx dude.
Realy nice tutorial, and this is one of the best tricks i saw. Thanks a lot mate!
Wow, that’s pretty cool! Thank you for sharing.
I can’t believe that the smoke came out of the doodle!!
Awesome. Nice trick, will try it soon.
Not only is this digg worthy.. it’s stumble worthy :).
Definitely a nice tutorial and very quick and to the point. I’ll have to save this one to give it a try here in the next few days… thanks for sharing this!
yeah, lot more stumblers out there than I thought, great tutorial, it’ll be good for class.
very cool trick. I will def be trying it out.
Add me to that list of stumblers. Nice effect!
That was pretty cool. I think I will try it.
not only is it stumble- and digg-worthy, i’d say it is also, (insert shameless self-promotion), tumblr-worthy. thanks for the tip and in such a concisely written way. lovely.
Another Stumbler here. Nice one dude.
are you all blind?! this is a terrible example of photoshop ability. WHOEVER MADE THIS NEEDS TO BE SPLASHED WITH HOLY WATER AND STABBED THROUGH THE HEART WITH A STAKE!!!! that is all…goodbye.
XD stumble rocks, another one here.
That’s very useful sir. I enjoyed this. Found you from stumbleupon.
brilliant .. just brilliant !
Thanks for that. I am doing an animation based on the word “fire” at the moment, and the smoke trick is obviously very useful.
Great! What a great way to “make some smoke” Or fog. I didn’t know it seems so easy. I thought that one had to go through a lot more just to get some smoke.
niice werk cap’n. helluh-uh useful.
Very pretty! Found it useful, thanks.
Great and easy way to create some smoke..
Found your through stumble upon and really enjoyed this tutorial. I will definitely use it again in the future!
I don’t use whatever digg is…. but I do Stumble… and its certainly worthy of a ‘like’ on stumble.
Very informative and useful. I have to try this soon.
Thanks, you made my day! Just what I was looking for.
This is without a doubt one of the best and most natural looking Smoke effects I’ve found in my searches.
The effect is just what I’ve been looking for.
These is a very helpful tutorial indeed… Great work! Thanks for the resource.
Great technique, will certainly be using this on my next website design. Stumbled it! -thumbs up!
SIMLPY BRILLIANT.Thanks a lot….this will be invaluable.
Greats work 😉 Thank you.
Doesn’t look like smoke to me. Looks like a cloudy photoshop scribble.
Nice try though. You could probably get it to look more like actual smoke with those techniques if you did more by hand rather than letting the program do it.
Great tutorial! Wish I would have found it two days ago for a project I was working on.
Nice tutorial to create smoke using Liquify technique in photoshop. Overall nice post Joen, keep it up….
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ReutersFacebook has said it isn't working on a 'crucifix' reaction emoji, after a Christian user called for one alongside the LGBTQ Pride flag.
Facebook has said it is not working on a Christian crucifix emoji after a high-profile Facebook post called for one in response to the social media giant's LGBTQ Pride 'reaction'.
Arizona-based evangelist and vocal conservative Christian Joshua Feuerstein posted the below image on Facebook on 26 June.
The image, originally shared by Facebook user Hikmat Hanna, garnered significant attention, having now been shared more than 9,000 times, gaining 20,000 likes and more than 2,000 comments.
The most popular comment challenged the sentiment however: 'OK so by that logic there should be one for Muslims, Jews, Buddhists and all other religions. Stop feeling persecuted, because it's not like they have reactions for all faiths except Christianity,' wrote Jamie Dunham.
Another wrote: 'being gay is not a religion. This is a false equivalence'.
A Facebook spokesperson told the Huffington Post that there were no plans for a crucifix emoji. 'This reaction is not actually available on Facebook, and is not something we're working on,' they said.
Feuerstein is no stranger to controversy and social media uproar: in 2015 he gained notoriety for blasting Starbucks for its red Christmas cups that made no explicit reference to the Christian festival.
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Is it okay to wave at kids even if they're strangers?
Lana was in a car with a friend recently. They pulled up beside another car and Lana started waving to the kid in the backseat of the car next door.
Her friend told her to stop it and even called it 'a bit weird', but Lana admits she's been doing it for years!
Is it really that odd to wave back to a child if you don't know them?
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If the client can be able to consider a number of factors, they can be able to have an easy time when making the choice. The first factor to consider is to look for a good dealer. The market has been filled a lot because the sellers want to make money and that has made them to be after the clients. The client for that matter has to be able to do some research so that they can choose between the many sellers that there are. The client should be able to choose the dealer that has a record of delivering the office furniture in the manner that the clients want them. With that the client should be able to trust that they can deliver what is needed of them.
The other factor is to check the condition of the furniture. The office furniture that the client chooses should be able to have a condition that they are fit for use. The furniture that is in the best condition is the one that the client should be able to have assurance that they will be served for long.
Consideration should be given to the budget as the other factor for the client. The budget refers to the cost that the client has to incur when getting the office furniture. The affordability of the cost should be ensured and that means that the client should be able to handle it fully. The client must also ensure that they get after sales services like transport because they can be able to cut on the costs.
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Set up a tour for a closer look at Club fitness.
Stay healthy and fit with Northwood Country Club's state of the art fitness equipment. Our fitness center, completed in late 2011, includes treadmills, upright and recumbent bicycles, elliptical machines, free weights and strength training weight systems. The fitness center is open typically 7:00 am - 7:00 pm, staying open longer or closing earlier depending on the time of year. Please contact a member of our club staff for more information.
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Can the government compel someone to decrypt their own hard drive if the digital evidence may be self incriminating?
A former Pennsylvania police officer has spent the last 7 months in jail for refusing to decrypt his own hard drives. The prosecution believes the hard drives may have unlawful images stored on them. The court, therefore, ordered the former officer to decrypt the hard drives, which he refused. The defendant claimed that by decrypting the hard drives, he’s essentially testifying against himself, which he’s protected from doing by the 5th Amendment.
The outcome of this case may become case law in regards to whether or not a court may compel someone to decrypt or unlock their own encrypted digital evidence, such as a hard drive or iPhone. In the case mentioned above, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) claims, “Compelled decryption is inherently testimonial because it compels a suspect to use the contents of their mind to translate unintelligible evidence into a form that can be used against them.” Therefore, the EFF claims, one should not be compelled to decrypt his own digital evidence.
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Našli jsme další záznamy k osobě שמואל מאיר.
שמואל מאיר je pohřben(a) na hřbitově Gadot Cemetery v místě zobrazeném na níže uvedené mapě. Tyto informace o GPS jsou k dispozici POUZE na stránkách BillionGraves. Naše technologie vám pomůže najít umístění hrobu a také další členy rodiny, pohřbené poblíž.
שמואל מאיר was 8 years old when World War II: The Allied invasion of Normandy—codenamed Operation Overlord—begins with the execution of Operation Neptune (commonly referred to as D-Day), the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The Allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history. The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945). The Allies promoted the alliance as a means to control German, Japanese and Italian aggression.
שמואל מאיר was 19 years old when Disneyland Hotel opens to the public in Anaheim, California. The Disneyland Hotel is a resort hotel located at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, owned by the Walt Disney Company and operated through its Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products division. Opened on October 5, 1955, as a motor inn owned and operated by Jack Wrather under an agreement with Walt Disney, the hotel was the first to officially bear the Disney name. Under Wrather's ownership, the hotel underwent several expansions and renovations over the years before being acquired by Disney in 1988. The hotel was downsized to its present capacity in 1999 as part of the Disneyland Resort expansion.
שמואל מאיר was 27 years old when John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas; hours later, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in aboard Air Force One as the 36th President of the United States. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. He served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his presidency dealt with managing relations with the Soviet Union. As a member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy represented the state of Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate prior to becoming president.
שמואל מאיר was 42 years old when Jim Jones led more than 900 members of the Peoples Temple to mass murder/suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, hours after some of its members assassinated U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan (pictured). James Warren Jones was an American religious cult leader who initiated and was responsible for a mass suicide and mass murder in Jonestown, Guyana. He considered Jesus Christ as being in compliance with an overarching belief in socialism as the correct social order. Jones was ordained as a Disciples of Christ pastor, and he achieved notoriety as the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple cult.
שמואל מאיר was 45 years old when The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission. The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for development. The first of four orbital test flights occurred in 1981, leading to operational flights beginning in 1982. In addition to the prototype whose completion was cancelled, five complete Shuttle systems were built and used on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011, launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Operational missions launched numerous satellites, interplanetary probes, and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST); conducted science experiments in orbit; and participated in construction and servicing of the International Space Station. The Shuttle fleet's total mission time was 1322 days, 19 hours, 21 minutes and 23 seconds.
שמואל מאיר was 54 years old when Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.
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are there any videotutorial to see how video renders work?
Because the manual does not understand the operation well, and if there are films to see the objects that move.
ci sono videotutorial per vedere come funziona il rendering dei video?
Perché il manuale non capisce bene l'operazione, e se ci sono film per vedere gli oggetti che si muovono.
We have some video tutorials like this one: https://boxshot.com/boxshot/tutorials/howto/3d-book/ but most of them are text based, as we believe they are easier to follow this way.
You can also search for "boxshot" on youtube, there could be some other tutorials and reviews done by other people.
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Are humans becoming cyborgs? Here is a list of software applications that I for one might actually die without.
Kills pop up windows automatically.
Syntax highlighting for any language - easily customisable/extensible.
support for both types of end of line char.
Wanted: a very lightweight version of VS.net, which is little more than an immediate window in run mode - so you can quickly test new lines of code against it. (And which supports intellisense as in version of VS.net > 1.0).
If you only had one application on your 'business' computer then it would be a web browser. Next inline would be a spreadsheet.
Most of the time if I open excel I am probably not going to use its graphing capabilities, or use it for accounting, timesheeting or any of your other typical business uses.
I'm probably going to paste in some raw data and use the text-to-columns feature, plus insert column, to turn that data into something more useable (maybe HTML, a DOS batch file, a big sql command, a piece of generated code). Then I copy the information out, close down excel and start using the generated text.
The first noticeable drawback of text to columns is that you can't save your settings. (Unless you record a macro, which is like using a bazooka to open a door). The biggest drawback with using Excel to crunch your data (as many people have learnt the hard way) - is that Excel will autoformat your text, screwing up everything from dates to leading zeros.
I'm imagining a great new developer tool that would only allow text-to-columns and other data manipulation functions (ie. regular expression search/replace), and allow me to do them superfast and repeatably.
A very extensible html editor. Lots of capabilities, but still fast, intuitive and non-instrusive.
Also has nice integration with FTP, though I haven't had the opportunity to use that feature in some while.
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From the moment polls close, the varying successes and failures of unabashed liberals running in traditionally-red states (such as Beto O’Rourke, Stacey Abrams and Andrew Gillum) and the staying power of their moderate counterparts in increasingly-red states (namely Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.)) will be compared and contrasted in an attempt to divine which type of candidate would have the best chance to defeat President Trump.
In the face of these inevitable electability prognostications, though, I want to offer my fellow Democrats my view on what what characteristics the party’s nominee in 2020 should have. In an election in which it feels like the fate of the country, not to mention the fate of the millions whose lives have already been negatively affected by a Trump presidency, the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in 2020 should have the courage to be bold and the willingness to acknowledge nuance.
Bold is a fairly ambiguous adjective. According to dictionary.com, its definition is, “not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring.” When I use this to describe a potential nominee though, I specifically mean having the courage to acknowledge not only the systemic inequalities which currently plague society, but the fact that they reveal that the United States has not lived up to the values it purportedly champions. It means connecting the lack of economic mobility, the continued disadvantages of racial minorities, and the continued inaccessibility of our democracy to the facts that the United States has never had equal economic opportunity in anything more than name, that the effects of the nation’s founding document valuing racial minorities as three-fifths or less of a person did not disappear when we elected our first African-American president, and that the chorus of the masses has always and still does sing with a distinctly upper-class accent.
More than this, it is the recognition that the flaws of the United States are not irredeemable, but that recognizing the nation’s wrongs is not the same thing as righting them. It is a sincere belief that shining a light on injustices only discredits the Union if it is not used as an opportunity to make that union more perfect.
Nuance can be a similarly ambiguous noun, defined as, “a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.” In this context, I mean the willingness to accept that campaign-trail poetry will, and can, never perfectly translate into governing prose. This means acknowledging that progressive policies and ideas will have drawbacks in their conception, much less their passage and implementation, but that this doesn’t render them obsolete or irrelevant. It means recognizing that single-payer healthcare could lead to higher wait times, and that it will need higher revenue. It means taking into account that paid maternity leave being too generous could actually reinforce sexist traditional family arrangements. It means addressing that while guilt may be a productive emotion that prompts self-introspection, the shame often foisted on those accused of being racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic or any other -ism or -obia may not be the best way to rid our nation of those views.
Together, boldness and nuance mean acknowledging a fact of life that politics has tried to ignore for too long: imperfection. They mean recognizing that both candidates and the country they run to represent have imperfect pasts and imperfect presents, and will certainly have an imperfect future, but that futility only lies in attempts to ignore these truths. They mean stating clearly and plainly that every policy will have winners and losers, and that asking for anything else is simply asking to be misled. They mean accepting that there are few clear-cut answers in life, and even fewer in politics, and that this is why we should embrace uncertainty, not run from it. They mean trying to split hairs, seek out differing opinions, and have difficult conversations more often, not less often.
There is no guarantee that a Democrat that runs a bold campaign infused with nuance will beat President Trump in 2020. Then again, as we found out two years ago, there is no such thing as a guaranteed outcome in electoral politics, unless only one person is on the ballot. That’s why, the next time Democratic voters go to the polls for a national election, beginning on Feb. 3, 2020, in Iowa, they should demand a new type of candidate.
Not one who will speak of the future as if it’s detached from the past, but one who realizes that our nation’s past flaws are its current flaws and will be its future flaws if we continue to recognize but not right them. For too long, the United States has run from its past; it’s time that we elected a leader who will finally help us face it.
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Take the sidewalk fun indoors and illustrate your favorite Bible stories with chalk. My Bible Chalkboard Book is a hands-on Bible story book written by Su Box and illustrated by Melanie Mitchel.
This is a hardcover board book with wipe-clean chalkboard areas. It has full-color illustrations on the pages and cover making it an attractive book for kids storytime. It includes four different colored chalks, welcoming kids to add their own color and imagination to the book.
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