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What's on the menu at your restaurant?
Food is a big part of the Disneyland experience. Sometimes, guests enjoy a meal at a sit down restaurant with table service. Other times, guests grab a quick snack as they run from ride to ride.
You and your partner have been asked to design a restaurant and two snack carts. The theme and name of the restaurant must connect to your land. Naming the snack carts is optional. One snack cart will sell food, and the other will sell beverages.
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With numerous birds coming and going as we head further into the spring, the arrival of a grey phalarope on 14/3 was undoubtedly the biggest surprise of the past month, and of the year so far (photo of a bird seen previously by Marc Hughes). Most UK sightings of these small wading birds occur in autumn, with only three previous records on the reserve. This bird will most likely have spent the winter in tropical waters off west Africa, and would have been moving up into the north Atlantic towards it's arctic breeding grounds. They normally migrate far off the coast so it's likely that stormy weather will have brought it up into the Irish sea where it eventually found the reserve. It remained for 10 days on the shallow lagoon where it was seen by many visitors up until 23/3.
Other highlights included a short-eared owl seen briefly on 30/3, a goshawk over on 7/4, a summer plumage Mediterranean gull on 13/4 and female marsh harrier over the deep lagoon on 14/4. Two Egyptian geese seen on 23/3 were also unusual having not been recorded on the reserve before, however like many exotic wildfowl species these were undoubtedly feral birds, either themselves escapees or descendants of birds of captive origin.
Meanwhile more summer migrants have continued to arrive following several exceptionally early arrivals around the end of February. Dates of the first sightings of the year for new arrivals so far include swallow on 11/3, willow warbler on 29/3, house martin on 5/4, sedge warbler on 10/4 and common sandpiper on 12/4. Other passage migrants have included wheatear which was unusually late this year with the first sighting on 29/3, white wagtails since 24/3, and redstart which was seen on 11/4 and again on 13/4.
While the summer migrants arrive, our winter visitors continue to leave with noticeable reductions in numbers of pochard, shoveler and mergansers on the lagoons, and an absence of goldeneye since 6/4. A pair of great crested grebes remain on the deep lagoon and have been displaying, while coots can now be seen sitting on their nests. Small numbers of goosander have also been present intermittently while other notable wading birds have included small numbers of black-tailed godwit along with individual greenshank and bar-tailed godwit on several days in March.
Up to two Lesser redpolls were present around the bird feeders in the wildlife garden area on 9/4 and 12/4, a rather late appearance from this species having had no previous records over the past winter. A nuthatch on 10/4 was another scarce bird for the reserve, although one with an increasing number of sightings over the last year.
With spring well under way there's now a good variety of insects on the wing with various butterflies including brimstone, orange tip, common blue, speckled wood, comma, peacock and red admiral. Bees have also been recorded including white-tailed, buff-tailed, red-tailed, tree and early bumble bees.
Events held on the reserve over the past month have included a seasonal themed event for children entitled ‘Signs of Spring’ on 23/3, and a Mother’s Day event also for children, ‘Nature’s Mums’ on 31/3 along with free entry to the reserve for all mums. A Gardener’s Market was held on 14/4 which proved very popular, while regular events included weekly volunteer led Wildlife Walks on Saturday mornings, ‘Muddy Puddles’ for toddlers on Wednesday mornings, Nordic Walking and Tai Chi Workshops for adults each Thursday, and a Farmer’s Market, as always on the last Wednesday of the month on 27/3.
There are plenty of children's events not to be missed over the Easter holidays including Easter Egg Hunts on Easter Sunday and a Fun Play Friday on 26/4. Meanwhile our ‘Wake up with the Dawn Chorus’ walk on 5/5 still has places left and will be a great opportunity to head out early to see and hear a wide variety of our summer migrant birds in full song, before heading back for breakfast in the coffee shop.
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Tiredness and a lack of energy associated with diabetes fatigue is one of the most common symptoms of diabetes.
Although you might feel tired from time to time, especially if you have been ill or haven't gotten enough rest, fatigue is a completely different story. You might have a lack of energy, a general feeling of tiredness, and the inability to concentrate.
Fatigue associated with diabetes is generally due to an imbalance of blood sugar. Your cells rely on sugar for fuel and energy. Insulin, a hormone, controls the sugar distribution throughout your body. However, when you have diabetes, your cells aren't using the sugar the way that they need to. As a result, you're not getting the energy that you need, and diabetes fatigue can result.
In order to combat diabetes fatigue, you have to get your blood sugar back to healthy levels. Sometimes, in mild cases of diabetes, this can be done naturally. You can lower your cholesterol by eating a well-balanced diet, and lower your blood pressure by exercise and dropping excess weight. However, in more serious cases of diabetes, you might need insulin in order to regulate your blood sugar, at least in the short term until your body begins to heal itself.
There are some ways to naturally help with diabetes fatigue. Staying active and getting exercise might sound difficult if you feel tired, but it is a good way of keeping your energy stable. Try going for short walks during the day, or even doing light housework. However, don't exercise close to bedtime as this can actually impair sleep and make it more difficult for you to rest.
In addition, it is important to eat a well-balanced diet that contains a lot of leafy green vegetables, fruits, and protein, which is a good source of energy. You might want to start taking whole food supplements, although you may want to check with your health care practitioner to ensure that nothing will react negatively with any diabetes medication that you might be taking.
Sometimes, you might feel as though you can't make it through the day without taking a nap. If you do feel as though you need a nap during the day, try to take one that isn't more than 30 to 45 minutes long; anything longer than that and you are likely to wake up feeling sluggish and even more tired. Also, try not to take a nap close to bedtime. Instead, try turning in earlier in the evening. If you nap late into the evening, you might have trouble falling back asleep. Not being to rest well at night will worsen diabetes fatigue the next day.
Indeed, getting enough sleep at night is very important in fighting diabetes fatigue. Sleep can play a major role in your overall health and shouldn't be taken lightly. Try taking a warm bath before bedtime. Do not get on the computer right before bed, and try to stay away from stimulants such as alcohol, caffeine, and foods that are high in sugar.
If you drink caffeine, then do so in moderation. Although caffeine is a stimulant, your body can come to depend on it and your energy level can "crash" when the caffeine wears off. Stick with decaffeinated tea and coffee. Better still, drink only clean water, herbal teas and fresh juices (watch the sugar content, though).
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The Japanese junior- and senior-high-school uniform traditionally consists of a military style uniform for boys and a sailor outfit for girls. These uniforms are based on Meiji era formal military dress, themselves modeled on European-style naval uniforms. The sailor outfits replace the undivided hakama (andon bakama 行灯袴) designed by Utako Shimoda between 1920 and 1930. While this style of uniform is still in use, many schools have moved to more Western-pattern catholic school uniform styles. These uniforms consist of a white shirt, tie, blazer with school crest, and tailored trousers (often not of the same color as the blazer) for boys and a white blouse, tie, blazer with school crest, and tartan culottes or skirt for girls.
Regardless of what type of uniform any particular school assigns its students, all schools have a summer version of the uniform (usually consisting of just a white dress shirt and the uniform slacks for boys and a reduced-weight traditional uniform or blouse and tartan skirt with tie for girls) and a sports-activity uniform (a polyester track suit for year-round use and a T-shirt and short pants for summer activities). Depending on the discipline level of any particular school, students may often wear different seasonal and activity uniforms within the same classroom during the day. Individual students may attempt to subvert the system of uniforms by wearing their uniforms incorrectly or by adding prohibited elements such as large loose socks or badges. Girls may shorten their skirts, permanently or by wrapping up the top to decrease length; boys may wear trousers about the hips, omit ties, or keep their shirts unbuttoned.
It is normal for uniforms to be worn outside of school areas, however this is going out of fashion and many students wear a casual dress. While not many public elementary schools in Japan require uniforms, many private schools and public schools run by the central government still do so.
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Is it possible for the ‘yet’ within ‘Are we there yet?’ to mean ‘still’?
Have we got there so far (‘at this time’)?
and it is even somewhat idiomatic.
Are we still there (‘even so far’)?
Is it totally impossible for the ‘yet’ to mean ‘still’ in this sentence? If so, why is it?
There is implied meaning and interpreted meaning. Implied meaning is the most direct and simple interpretation of a phrase, and although it could vary from person to person, "Are we there yet?" can have only one obvious implied meaning here, which is "Have we finally arrived?"
A phrase can have many interpreted meanings, and while the most obvious is "Have we arrived yet?", another interpretation (albeit very very obscure) is "And still are we there?" I stress though that it is very obscure simply because the implied meaning covers this interpretation almost entirely.
That said, if communication has any importance here, the implied meaning is all you should take into consideration.
Oh, are we still here?
Oh, are we here yet?
I think that's grammatical; however, as others have said, it would sound like I'm auditioning for a Shakespearian play.
Oh, is he there yet?
Oh, is he still there?
but again, it would sound dreadfully old-fashioned and melodramatic, and therefore I can only imagine it said that way for humorous effect.
Are we having this fight yet again?
But if that's the way you said it from the outset, I'm not sure how well-understood you'd be. You might even start another long argument.
Is he here yet? The question implies he is not at a place as of a particular time.
Is he still here? The question implies he continues to be at a place at a particular time.
Therefore, they mean completely different things.
"Are we there yet" is idiomatic. It suggests that the speaker is assuming the answer is negative (and would be surprised to hear the contrary). If the assumption is that we arrived, the appropriate word would be already: "are we there already?"
Already refers to things which have happened or which people think may have happened. Yet refers to things which have not happened or which people think may not have happened.
We are already here (for some time).
As a side note, there refers to a place that is not here, and here is by definition where the speaker is located. So "are we there yet" logically invites the answer "no", and any other answer would be surprising; this is part of the idiomatic sense this sentence has.
(Statement A), yet (statement B).
(Statement A). Still, (statement B).
In both cases, statement B is implied to be true, and be somewhat contradictory to statement A. Using yet emphasises the contradiction, and suggests that statement A is false. Using still diminishes the contradiction and suggests that statement A may also be true.
Many people think cellular phones are hazardous, yet there is insufficient evidence of any health problems associate with cellular phone usage.
There is insufficient evidence of any health problems associate with cellular phone usage. Still, many people think cellular phones are hazardous.
(See "Yet as a conjunction" here and "still in front position" here.
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Increase the version number to 3.8.7.3.
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I am currently working for Microfocus Cobol. I wanted to know the major differences between this Microfocus Cobol and other cobol (Mainframe Cobol) languages.
If anyone know the answer please let me know immediately.
1. COBOL is a generic term that's used to describe the programming language, the compilers, runtime libraries, the object code, etc., so this could be a variety of things. However, since your question seems oriented to compilers, I'm guessing you mean the original COBOL compilers from IBM, which were replaced by VS COBOL II.
The specific name for these compilers was the OS/VS COBOL Compiler and Library (5740-CB1). OS/VS COBOL is no longer supported by IBM (although equivalent runtime support can be accomplished through the use of Language Environment), and it only supported 16-bit addressing. It was quite cumbersome when it came to addressability, using a facility called BLL cells, and had other limitations.
2. VS COBOL II (5668-958) replaced OS/VS COBOL in the early to mid-eighties, and it provided 31-bit addressing as well as changing the language structure to make addressability easier through the use of pointers and other facilities. The migration was not transparent in most cases, though, and often some degree of application code modifications were required to upgrade to VS COBOL II.
VS COBOL II was replaced with COBOL for MVS & VM (5688-197), then COBOL for OS/390 & VM (5648-A25) and the current version of COBOL is called Enterprise COBOL for z/OS & OS/390 (5655-G53). Like OS/VS COBOL, VS COBOL II is no longer supported by IBM, and equivalent runtime capability is provided in Language Environment.
3. MFCOBOL is a generic term for the COBOL provided by MicroFocus through the use of compilers built into such products as Micro Focus Mainframe Express, Micro Focus Object COBOL Developer Suite, and Micro Focus Revolve. These products are much more than just compilers and libraries; they include a variety of development tools in addition, all packaged together. You cannot order MFCOBOL by itself.
In the case of the mainframe, these Micro Focus compilers provide equivalency with the IBM compilers mentioned above, but MFCOBOL is also used on other platforms such as UNIX, and MFCOBOL is also packaged into other vendors' products, such as Sun and Hewlitt Packard. IBM also has COBOL for other platforms, but they are separate products from the compilers mentioned above.
ramdantu wrote: If anyone know the answer please let me know immediately.
Please avoid using such words in your posts . . .
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What Careers Are Available At Airports?
Discover out what type of jobs are found in the airport.
Airports across the United States and the world employ thousands of people. These employees range from those with no degree to those with advanced degrees. With so many people needed to keep an airport running smoothly, there are many career paths that can be found, regardless of your level of education or skill set.
Air traffic control is one of the many career paths in an airport. Hired and trained by the federal government, more specifically the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), air traffic controllers track, guide, and control both the takeoff and landing of airplanes, as well as the air traffic above and in the general vicinity of the airport. Air traffic controllers can make anywhere from $37,000 to $149,000 a year, depending on market and experience.
Airport security is one of the most important jobs in an airport. It is the job of airport security to protect passengers from harm. Their duties include working X-ray scanners and metal detectors, checking identification, and following up on any suspicious baggage or activity in the airport. Security officers are on the low-end of the salary range, often making only part-time money or an annual salary of $18,500 to $39,000. Security specialists can make as much as $66,000, customs agents cap out at an average of $54,000 and sky marshals can make up to $65,000 a year.
Sky caps are similar to a concierge at a hotel. It is the skycap's job to help travelers load and unload their luggage, as well as give directions to the appropriate check-in areas. Some sky caps may also work in security by testing baggage for explosive residue before taking the baggage to be processed by the airline. Sky caps generally make a lower annual salary, around $25,000 a year, but also commonly earn tips.
Many careers at airports are provided directly through the airlines that call the airport home. These jobs include flight attendants, pilots and gate and counter ticket personnel. Flight attendants make an average of $45,000 a year, while more experienced pilots at a major airline can earn up to $250,000. Regional airlines might pay pilots as little as $15,000 for part-time routes or $60,000 for a full-time job.
Baggage handlers are another career choice at airports across the world. It is the duty of the baggage handlers to ensure that all bags get from the departure city to the arrival city by taking baggage on and off the planes and transporting them to their specific destinations. Baggage handlers can make up to $31,000 a year.
Line job employees work specifically for Fixed Base Operations (FBO). FBO is responsible for just about everything that occurs on the runways. Duties include guiding planes, fueling planes and securing planes. They may also include fixing planes, maintaining planes and performing plane safety inspections. Line jobs typically earn an hourly wage averaging $15/hour.
Custodial careers in airports revolve around keeping both the airport and airplanes clean. Custodians are assigned specific areas and duties within airports to clean bathrooms, vacuum floors, empty garbage cans,and perform other tasks that revolve around keeping the airport clean. The average salary is about $27,500.
Since layovers are common, food service is a very wide-open field for airport employment. These jobs range from full-scale sit-down restaurants to small food stands. Jobs are available ranging from busing to restaurant management. On the low end, food preparer's can make $9/hour, but operations supervisors with a related college degree can earn up to $90,000 a year.
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What is the single most important thing you learned from reading this book? I don't trouble with sleeping but I am usually unable to relax when I get back from work. I found this book has some handy tips I can apply for this.
Does reading this book change the way you think? Yes. Our lives are smothered with devices and gadgets that make our fast-paced environment even more demanding. This book teaches you take a step back.
Would you recommend this book to other readers? Sure thing. I think many people have become accustomed to surviving on gadgets. This book has so many tips that will help you lead a more balanced lifestyle.
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Today I had to refute yet again the Big Lie that hounds the Muslim community -- that we fail to speak out and condemn terrorism.
But as a good journalist, he had to ask the question he felt his audience wanted answered -- "Why do mainstream Muslims fail to speak out against terrorism?
It is a question that I get almost every single day, and it leaves me flabbergasted. I often respond to that question with one of my own -- "Why does the media fail to report on Muslims who condemn terrorism?"
, scholar of the Middle East and author of Engaging the Muslim World.
Cole's list was compiled after Thomas Friedman wrote an outrageous column in The New York Times claiming that "no major Muslim cleric or religious body has ever issued a fatwa condemning Osama Bin Laden."
As a Muslim and a patriot I don't know what more to do except continue telling the truth every time I get the opportunity.
If you can take a moment to consider, you might get a sense of the true burden your Muslim neighbors carry. The world wants us to be the monsters. When we condemn and fight the monsters, no one notices or cares. It's like the army telling a soldier who has just survived a hellish firefight that he was never in the war in the first place, and condemning him for his cowardice.
It would be a formula for despair for most people. And yet what is remarkable is that Muslim groups continue to patiently work against terrorism in accordance with their faith, even though they receive no credit for their deeds. They are secure that everything is in the hands of God. And, as the Holy Qur'an says, that the light of truth will never be put out by the mouths of liars.
And Gabriel smiled and said: "Just call mankind to the truth. God will make sure it is heard."
In response to this article, the new meme is being promulgated: "Muslims condemn terrorism, but it's all talk! Sure, Muslims say they condemn terrorism, but there's no action!"
Where do I begin to respond to this kind of nonsense? There are 1. 5 billion Muslims living their lives in peace, trying to put food on the table for their families. Over six million of them live here in America as patriotic citizens. They work hard, pay their taxes, and have ZERO contact with the criminal underworld where these terrorists breed.
I have never, ever met a terrorist in real life (it is ridiculous that I even have to say this). If I met one, I would turn him in to the authorities, as would every other Muslim I know. Since I don't have access to this shadowy underworld, I live my life on the surface in broad daylight, working in my community to promote interfaith cooperation, peace and prosperity. It is that grassroots effort that Muslims do to promote good in this world that receives ZERO coverage in the media. I could list every single good thing I and other Muslims have ever done to make the world a better, safer place, but people who hold this attitude don't care. It will never be enough. If I listed 1 million positive things Muslims are doing in their daily lives today on this planet, they would respond: "Why can't you name a billion things you've done? See, you're not doing enough!"
So I ask those who are outraged at this supposed Muslim inaction: "What have YOU done to defeat racism in this world?" List every single thing you have ever done to fight the Ku Klux Klan. List it here, right now. Times, dates and hyperlinks please. The response would be that I am crazy -- average Americans have nothing to do with the KKK, and don't need to justify their daily actions in support of righteousness to me or anyone else. But that same common sense response is rejected when a Muslim uses it.
The terrorists are a few thousand criminals (less than 0.01% of the Muslim population). They act in secret, in a shadowy underworld that is more like the Mafia than a public organization that holds meetings and takes minutes. Asking Muslims to list how they are fighting Al-Qaeda is like asking a pizza store owner what he is doing to destroy the Mafia.
Muslims fight these monsters by publicly denouncing them, leading lives as law-abiding citizens, helping their communities, and trying to educate people about the loving and harmonious values of true Islam.
It is what I am doing here, every single day.
So I respond in the way the Holy Qur'an teaches Muslims when they encounter ignorant people. I say to them: "Peace."
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What is the date on which the employment agreement is to be signed?
Select the date on which the letter of employment/ employment agreement is to be signed by the employee.
(ii) You providing the Employer with copies of your passport or birth certificate and all documents pertaining to your educational and professional qualifications and references from your previous employers (if any) to the Employer's satisfaction.
(b) You shall be employed with the Employer as ________. The Employer reserves the right to change your designation from time to time at its sole and absolute discretion.
(c) Your period of continuous Employment with the Employer shall be calculated from the Commencement Date.
(d) You warrant and represent to the Employer that you will not breach any obligation binding on you by reason of entering into this letter agreement or performing any of your duties and obligations under it or other third party contractual obligations.
(e) You warrant that all the information relating to you and provided by you to the Employer is true and accurate.
(a) You shall be on probation for a period of ________ from the Commencement Date. During this period the Employer may terminate your Employment by giving you 7 (seven) days prior written notice of termination. You may terminate the Employment during the probationary period by giving the Employer 15 (fifteen) days prior written notice of termination. It is clarified that during the probationary period, if you give the Employer prior notice of less than 15 (fifteen) days or purport to terminate the Employment prior to the completion of the 15 (fifteen) days notice period, you hereby agree to pay the Employer the proportionate part of your salary for that part of the notice period that is not fulfilled.
(ii) Terminate your Employment upon giving you 15 (fifteen) days prior written notice of termination.
(a) As compensation, you shall be entitled to receive a CTC of Rs. ________ (________) per annum.
(b) This shall accrue on a daily basis and be payable in the following periodicity in arrears by the 1 of the subsequent month by transfer to your bank account. It is clarified that 'CTC' shall comprise your total cost to the company and includes all payments made and benefits provided by the Employer directly or indirectly to or on your behalf, whether as salary or otherwise.
(c) You shall be entitled for one time joining bonus of Rs. ________ (________) at the end of a period of ________ from the Commencement Date. To receive the Bonus, you must be in service and not under any notice of termination on the date appointed for payment of Bonus. The Bonus, if any, shall be announced and paid on the dates specified by the Employer from time to time at its sole and absolute discretion.
(d) The Employer will formally review your performance annually. However, if you have not completed 6 months of Employment by the last date of the month in which the performance review takes place, your first review shall take place the same time next year and on an annual thereafter.
(e) The Employer is under no obligation to increase your CTC as a result of any review in performance. Any revision in the CTC following a review shall be effective from and subject to such terms and conditions as the Employer shall deem fit.
(f) The Employer may, in its sole and absolute discretion and based on your performance, pay an annual bonus ("Bonus") of up to ________% of your fixed CTC. While determining the Bonus payable (if any), the Employer may consider the regular feedback received about your performance from clients, managers and co-workers. The decision of the Employer in this respect shall be final and binding.
(g) To be eligible for consideration for the Bonus, you must have completed the following period: ________ of continuous service with the Employer, however based on your performance company may consider you for a pro rata Bonus payout before the completion of ________. To receive the Bonus, you must be in service and not under any notice of termination on the date appointed for payment of Bonus. The Bonus, if any, shall be announced and paid on the dates specified by the Employer from time to time at its sole and absolute discretion.
(h) The Employee acknowledges and agrees that the compensation and the benefits, as described in this Agreement, is the sole compensation to which the Employee is entitled in consideration for the Employee's fulfilment of the Employee's Duties.
(i) It shall be your sole responsibility to meet all requirements under Indian tax laws in respect of all payments made or benefits given under this Contract including proper and timely tax compliance and the Employer disclaims liability for any taxes and other imposts for which you are liable personally. The Employer shall be entitled to make such deductions which, in its opinion, are necessary and appropriate from any payment made or benefit given in connection with the Employment that require such deduction to be made by the employer and the Employer shall provide the Form 16 to the employee evidencing the deductions made.
(j) No liability shall attach to the Employer for your failure to pay any such taxes and imposts and you agree to indemnify and keep indemnified and hold harmless the Employer from and against any and all losses, costs, expenses, claims or demands which the Employer may pay, incur, suffer or sustain directly or indirectly arising out of or in relation to or howsoever connected with your failure to pay such taxes or imposts.
(k) The Employer shall be entitled, at any time during your employment, or in any event on the termination of your employment, howsoever arising, to deduct from your remuneration and any sums reimbursable to you by the Employer, any monies due from you to the Employer including, but not limited to any outstanding advances, payment for excess holiday, overpayment of salary and any other monies owed by you to the Employer pursuant to your employment with the Employer under this letter agreement.
(b) Your duties include those duties that would reasonably be expected to fall within this job title or such other duties, consistent with your status, as may reasonably be assigned to you from time to time to meet the needs of the Employer.
(c) The Employer may from time to time make changes to the position description or to the Employee's Duties, provided that such changes are reasonable in the context of the Employer's industry and in the context of the Employee's position.
(d) The Employer and the Employee may from time to time agree to make changes to the position description or to the Employee's Duties.
(f) The Employee must perform the Employee's Duties in good faith having regard to the best interests of the Employer, and in a careful, conscientious and professional manner and to a standard that can reasonably be expected of somebody with the Employee's level of skill, training and experience.
(h) You shall abide by the Employer's HR Policy notified to you from time to time and in the event of a conflict between the provisions of the HR Policy and this Contract, it is hereby agreed that the provisions of this Contract shall always prevail.
(i) Properly and faithfully serve the Employer and use your best endeavours to protect and further the interests and reputation of the Employer.
(j) Except when prevented by any emergency, illness or accident you will devote the whole of your attention and skill to the affairs of the Employer and use your best endeavors to promote its interests. You shall adhere to, execute, and fulfill all policies established by the Employer.
(a) You shall be employed at the Employer's office in ________ or such other place that the Employer may require from time to time.
(b) The Employer may at its sole and absolute discretion transfer you to any other office of the Employer within India or abroad.
(c) You hereby agree to travel to such parts of India and the world as necessary for the discharge of your duties as the Employer may direct or authorise.
(otherwise than on all holidays as notified in writing by the Employer from time to time).
(b) The Employee will be expected to work ________ hours a week.
(c) The office hours may be amended by the Employer from time to time. However, the Employer has the right to require you to work such further hours on weekdays/weekends and on other notified holidays, with additional payment as follows: ________, determined by the Employer by reference to the need to enhance and/or protect the Employer's interest or business.
(a) You will be entitled to ________ public (preferred) holidays in every calendar year in addition to such public holidays as may be notified by the Employer from time to time.
(c) You are also entitled to ________ days of casual/sick leave in a year. Casual/sick leave cannot be carried forward. Casual/sick leave balance, if any, at the end of the calendar year will automatically lapse.
(d) If you are absent from work and such absence has not been previously authorised by the Employer as provided herein, you must inform your Manager of such absence with reasons as soon as practicable, but not later than on the morning of the first day of such absence.
(a) Any leave taken by you for illness, sickness or injury will be deducted from your casual/sick leave entitlement.
(b) If you are absent from work due to illness, sickness or injury for a period exceeding 3 days, you must give us a medical certificate certifying such illness, sickness or injury on the fifth day following the first day of absence. For any absence thereafter, you shall upon our request provide a further medical certificate to the Employer certifying the continuance of the illness, sickness or injury.
(a) During the course of Employment, you will have access to information (whether or not recorded in writing or on computer disk or tape) which the Employer treats as confidential or which has the necessary quality of confidentiality.
(b)Further, you understand that the Employer from time to time has in its possession information which is claimed by others to be proprietary and which the Employer has agreed to keep confidential. You agree that all such information shall be Proprietary or Confidential Information for purposes of this Agreement.
(II) Use your best endeavours to prevent the publication, disclosure or use of any such Confidential information.
(III) Enter into a Non-Disclosure Agreement ("NDA") and Confidentiality Agreement ("CA") with the Employer.
(IV) Not directly or indirectly refer any information about the company on web based portals i.e Social Networking Sites, Blog etc.
(e) The above restrictions shall not apply to divulging/disclosing information to such persons as may be authorised by the Employer in the course Employment. The Employer's decision as to who shall be permitted to disclose such cConfidential iInformation shall be final and binding on the Employee.
(iii) Is required to be disclosed by any applicable law, regulation or order of the Court or by any competent judicial, regulatory, governmental or other authority or governmental agency.
For the avoidance of doubt, the termination of this letter agreement or variation of any of its terms or conditions for any reason shall not affect the obligations of confidentiality set out above, except that they shall cease to apply to any information or knowledge which may come into the public domain other than by way of unauthorised disclosure in breach of the above obligations by you.
(g) During the term of employment, the Employee will not improperly use or disclose any Confidential Information or trade secrets, if any, of any former employer or any other person to whom the Employee has an obligation of confidentiality, and the Employee will not bring onto the premises of the Employer or Employer's clients any unpublished documents or any property belonging to any former employer or any other person to whom the Employee has an obligation of confidentiality, unless consented to in writing by such former employer or person.
(h) It is hereby clarified that the Employee shall be permitted to take an independent regular membership of non-profit organisations such as ASSOCHAM, ICAI and similar organisations only with the written consent of the employer and subject to the condition that the employee shall not (a) act as a consultant to any entity or organisation other than the Employer; (b) share or disclose any information of the Employer including Confidential Information, or act as a representative of the Employer at such organisations unless specifically authorised in writing by the Employer.
(a) The Employee has submitted to the Employer a complete report with all supporting documents relating to all the Confidential Information, Intellectual Property and all other information developed by the Employee on or prior to the Commencement Date, which would be excluded from the scope of this Agreement. To preclude any possible uncertainty, the Employee sets forth in Annexure attached hereto a complete list of all Intellectual Property, that the Employee has, alone or jointly with others, conceived, developed or reduced to practice or caused to be conceived, developed or reduced to practice prior to the Date of Employment, that the Employee considers to be his/her property or the property of third parties and that the Employee wishes to have excluded from the scope of this Employment.
(b) You shall promptly and fully disclose to the Employer and keep confidential all inventions, discoveries, trade secrets, copyright works, designs or technical know how and improvements, whether or not patentable, and whether or not they are made, conceived or reduced to practice during working hours or using the Employer's data or facilities, which you develop, make, conceive or reduce to practice during your engagement, either solely or jointly with others (collectively, the "Developments") in the course of your Employment. All Developments shall shall be the sole property of the Employer and belong to and be owned exclusively by the Employer, and you hereby irrevocably, absolutely and perpetually assign to the Employer, without further compensation, worldwide rights in respect of all of the right, title and interest in and to the Developments and any and all related patents, patent applications, copyrights, copyright applications, trademarks, trademark applications and trade names in India and elsewhere free from encumbrances of any kind for the full term of each and every such right, including renewal or extension of any such term. Decisions as to the protection or exploitation of any intellectual property shall be in the absolute discretion of the Employer.
(c) The Employee agrees that all originals and all copies of any and all material containing, representing, evidencing, recording, or constituting all or part of the Developments, however and whenever produced (whether by Employee or others) and whether or not protected under copyright law or patentable or protected under other intellectual property law, shall be immediately handed over to the Employer upon its creations and any copies thereof returned to the Employer upon termination of Employee's employment for any reason.
(d) The Employee agrees that the exclusive ownership of all content and/or part of Developments that is not protected under copyright laws and /or other intellectual property law and/or that is not patentable shall be automatically and irrevocably transferred to the Employer from date of creation.
(e) To the extent any assignment of the Developments cannot be made to the Employer or its designees, at present, the Employee hereby irrevocably, absolutely and perpetually agrees to assign to Employer or its designees, all of the Employee's right, title and interest including intellectual property rights therein or any part thereof. You hereby irrevocably, agree to transfer and assign to the Employer all of your entire right, title and interest in and to any and all inventions, discoveries, methods, copyrights, software, data, processes, products, improvements and developments whether or not published, confidential, protected or susceptible of legal protection and whether or not any attempt has been made to secure such protection, which were made, conceived or reduced to practice at any time during the course of your employment with the Employer (whether prior to or after the execution of this letter agreement) by you, in whole or in part at the expense of, on the premises of, with the assistance of the employees or consultants of, or with the equipment or supplies of, the Employer or any of its affiliates, and any and all other confidential information belonging to the Employer. If you are the author of any work, or a subject matter other than a work, that was created or was being created in the course of your employment, the Employer may use it in any manner. You consent to this use whether or not it would, but for this clause, infringe your moral rights. The Employee explicitly waives all moral rights in the Developments.
(f) For the purposes of this clause, you agree promptly to take all action and sign and deliver all instruments as the Employer may require at any time hereafter. During and after the term of the Employee's employment by the Employer, the Employee shall and undertakes to assist the Employer, at the Employer's expense, in every proper way to (i) secure and maintain the Employer's rights hereunder and to carry out the intent of this Agreement and for vesting the Employer with full title of Developments and all rights, titles and interest including intellectual property rights therein and to enable the Employer, its successors, assigns and nominees, to secure and enjoy the full and exclusive benefits and advantages thereof.; (ii) to apply and prosecute registration applications in respect of intellectual property rights and the Developments for the Employer's benefit, in any and all countries; (iii) sign, execute, affirm all documents, including, without limitation, all applications, forms, instruments of assignment and supporting documentation and perform all other acts as may be required for the abovementioned purposes.
(g) You hereby constitute and appoint the Employer, its successors and assigns, your true and lawful attorney, with full power of substitution for you, and in your name, place and stead or otherwise, but on behalf of and for the benefit of the Employer, its successors and assigns, to take all actions and execute all documents on behalf of you necessary to effect the assignment set forth hereinabove.
(h) Should the Employer be unable to secure the signature on any document necessary to apply for, prosecute, obtain, protect or enforce any IPRs, due to any cause, the Employee hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Employer and each of its duly authorized officers and agents as the Employee's agent and attorneys to do all lawfully permitted acts to further the prosecution, issuance, and enforcement of IPRs or protection in respect of the Developments, with the same force and effect as if executed and delivered by the Employee.
(i) The Employee represents and warrants that he will not use or integrate in the Developments any third party materials or data that are not validly licensed to the Employer unless previously authorized by the Employee's reporting officer in the Employer. The Employee represents and warrants that the Employee has not violated the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party, and covenants that he/she shall not violate the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party in the course of his/her employment with Employer. Provided that in the event the Employer is held liable for the Employee's violation of any Intellectual Property Rights, the Employee undertakes to indemnify the Employer or affiliates as the case may be against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, actions, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees and court fees resulting there from.
(j) If, in the course of the Employee's employment with the Employer, the Employee incorporates Intellectual Property into the Employer's product, process or machine, the Employer is hereby granted and shall have a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide license (with rights to sublicense through multiple tiers of sub-licensees) to make, have made, modify, use and sell such Intellectual Property.
(k) The Employee shall not during and after the term of the Employee's employment with the Employer, in any way violate the Intellectual Property Rights of any client of the Employer. Provided that in the event the Employer is held liable for the Employee's violation of any Intellectual Property Rights, the Employee undertakes to indemnify the Employer or affiliates as the case may be against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, actions, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees and court fees resulting therefrom. The Employee further covenants that he / she shall ensure that all information and records pertaining to any idea, process, trademark, service mark, invention, technology, computer program, original work of authorship, design, formula, discovery, patent or copyright of any client of the Employer that the Employee comes across during the term of his employment with the Employer, is duly protected. The Employee agrees that all originals and all copies of any and all material containing, representing, evidencing, recording, or constituting all or part of the Intellectual Property belonging to any client of the Employer, however and whenever produced (whether by Employee or others) and whether or not protected under copyright law or patentable or protected under other intellectual property law, shall be immediately along with any copies thereof returned to the Employer upon termination of Employee's employment for any reason.
(i) If you have committed any criminal offence or been guilty of any gross misconduct whether during the performance of your duties or otherwise which, in the opinion of the Employer, renders you unfit to continue as an employee of the Employer or which would be likely adversely to prejudice the interests of the Employer.
(ii) If you wilfully abuse or misuse the Employer's computer system, or any password relating to that computer system or gain access to any file or load any information or program contrary to the Employer's interests or procedures.
(iii) If any information relating to your suitability for employment provided to the Employer in the course of applying for employment is found to be materially false or misleading.
(iv) If you are subject to immigration control in India, your Employment shall be conditional upon you having been granted leave to enter into, remain and take up employment in India, such leave being valid and subsisting at all times and not being subject to any condition precluding or restricting the Employment.
(i) Theft, fraud, intentionally providing false or misleading information or any act of dishonesty.
(ii) Any act or attempted act of violence or abusive behaviour towards people or property including causing deliberate damage to the Employer's property.
(iii) Indecent behaviour towards or harassment or bullying of fellow employees, suppliers, customers or clients.
(iv) Incapability to undertake your responsibilities under this employment agreement on account of your abuse of alcohol or other banned substances.
(v) Wilful breach of health and safety regulations, if any, prescribed by the Employer.
(vi) A serious act of insubordination or wilful refusal to carry out reasonable requests by the board of the Employer.
(vii) Serious or persistent neglect of duties or a series of persistent breaches of the terms and conditions of your employment.
(viii) Unauthorised use of or disclosure of Confidential Information of the Employer.
(ix) Falsifying records or expense claims.
(x) Conviction for a criminal offence arising from or related to your work for the Employer.
(xi) Conviction for a criminal offence committed outside working hours which in the opinion of the Employer adversely affects the Employer's business or reputation, or affects your suitability for the type of work which you perform or affects your acceptability to other employees.
(xii) Any act which you know or reasonably believe is likely to bring the Employer into disrepute.
(xiii) Unauthorized signing of documentation committing the Employer to any financial obligation which is not in the ordinary course of business of the Employer or exceeding your authority in any other way.
(c) Upon dismissal as specified above or the termination of your Employment, you shall forthwith return to the Employer all documents, books, materials, records, correspondence, papers and information (on whatever media and wherever located) relating to the business of the Employer or its customers or prospects, any magnetic disc on which information relating to the business is stored and any other property of the Employer which may be in your power, possession, custody, care or control or which contain or refer to any Confidential Information and shall, if requested to do so by the Employer, provide a signed statement that you have complied fully with the terms of this clause.
(d) Upon dismissal, you shall not be entitled to receive any accruals towards leave encashment.
(i) In the event of your death.
(ii) Upon the dissolution of the Employer.
(b) Upon confirmation of your employment, your Employment may be terminated by either party by giving the following notice: ________ written notice. The Employer may terminate your Employment by paying you salary in lieu of notice. It is hereby clarified that the term 'salary' for the purpose of this clause shall mean the proportionate monthly CTC and shall not include any other compensation payable to the Employee by the Employer.
(c) If you purport to terminate the Employment without notice or prior to the completion of the notice period specified above, you hereby agree to relinquish any salary for that part of the notice period that is not fulfilled. In addition, you shall also pay the Employer 1 calendar month's salary as penalty for not completing the stipulated notice period. Purported termination of the Employment without notice or on short notice or the payment of a penalty shall not and does not absolve you of the obligation to comply fully with the terms of this Clause.
(d) Nothing in this Contract shall prevent the Employer from terminating your Employment without notice if you have been dismissed.
(v) Not remain or become involved in any respect with the business of the Employer except as required by the Employer, including but not limited to not attending the Employer's places of business and requiring you to remain at home for all or part of the notice period.
(f) Upon termination of Employment, you shall be entitled to receive the basic salary portion of the CTC in lieu of any accrued but unutilised holiday entitlement. However, if you have taken holiday or casual leave in excess of your entitlement, the Employer may at its sole and absolute discretion deduct a sum equivalent to the basic salary portion of the CTC due for each day of absence in excess of the holiday or casual leave entitlement.
(g) On the last day of your employment with the Employer you must immediately return to the Employer in accordance with its instructions all equipment, correspondence, records, specifications, software, models, notes, reports and other documents belonging to the Employer and any copies thereof and any other property belonging to the Employer including but not limited to keys provided to you and which are in your possession or under your control. You will provide the Employer with any passwords in your possession and which are required to access these records, or any other such information relating to the Employer produced in the course of your employment. Furthermore, you will delete all information relating to the Employer produced in the course of your employment which is not stored on Employer property, including any such information stored on your personal computer. If you owe any money to the Employer, then the Employer has the right to deduct such sums from any payment due to you. This is without prejudice to the Employer's other remedies to recover any sums due from you to the Employer. No outstanding payments will be made to you until you, if so required by the Employer, confirm in writing that you have complied with your obligations under this clause.
(h) Any and all of the Employer's Property, Confidential Information and Intellectual Property of the Employer acquired by or in the possession of the Employee under this Agreement, shall be returned to the Employer immediately upon termination of this Agreement.
(i) In the event the Employee's employment with the Employer is terminated, Employee shall sign and deliver to the Employer a termination certificate in the format specified by the Employer.
(j) It is further agreed and understood that until such time as all of the Employer's Property, Confidential Information and Intellectual Property is returned and the Termination Certificate is provided as abovementioned, the Employer shall, in addition to initiating legal proceedings for recovery (and without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that Employer may have under law or equity), be entitled to withhold any salary, emoluments or other dues of the Employee then or in future payable to the Employee, to the extent allowable by law, and may further, at its discretion, deduct therefrom the full value of the said property/properties calculated at its then replacement price. The Employee recognizes and agrees that the Employer shall be entitled to recover from the Employee and the Employee shall be bound and liable to make good to the Employer any loss suffered by the Employer on account of misuse of the Employer's Property, Confidential Information and Intellectual Property by the Employee and/or any damage occasioned to the Employer's Property, Confidential Information and Intellectual Property whilst in the custody of or entrusted to the Employee.
(a) You shall not during your Employment, without the prior written consent of the Employer, under any circumstances, whether directly or indirectly undertake as an employee or otherwise or discharge (for remuneration or compensation howsoever payable) for any other person in India or elsewhere any duties and responsibilities, of whatever kind.
(b) You shall not during your Employment, without the prior written consent of the Employer, during the term of employment hereunder, be engaged in any other business activity pursued for gain, profit, or other pecuniary advantage if such activity interferes with your duties and responsibilities hereunder.
(c) You shall not, for the following period: ________ after the termination of your Employment, without the prior written consent of the Employer engage, whether directly or indirectly, in any business, employment or activity related to the Employer's clients or customers, a Competitive Business (as defined hereunder) nor provide services and carry out duties for any Competitive Business which are similar to the duties carried out for the Employer during Employment. You agree that the above is necessary to safeguard any sensitive information of the Employer that may have come into your knowledge while in Employment. in order to safeguard any sensitive information of the Employer that may have come into your knowledge while in Employment.
Competitive Business(es)" include any firm, partnership, joint venture, company and/or any other entity and/or person that engages in the following business: ________ or carries out activities similar or competitive to the business in which the Employer engages or proposes to engage during the term of employment.
(d) During your Employment and for the following period: ________ thereafter, You shall not without the prior written consent of the Employer carry out or engage in, whether directly or indirectly, whether through partnership or as a shareholder, joint venture partner, collaborator, consultant or agent or in any other manner whatsoever, whether for profit or otherwise in any Competitive Business which competes directly or indirectly with the whole or any part of the business carried on by the Employer in India or elsewhere or in any activity related to the business carried on by the Employer.
(e) You shall not on your own account or on behalf of any other person, solicit or accept orders for products or services from any of the Employer's current or previous customers that are in competition with products or services of or in any way related to the business of the Employer from any of the Employer's current or previous customers.
(iv) Enter the employ of, or render any other services to, any person engaged in a business which competes with the Business, if (i) the Employee has prior knowledge of the same or (ii) gains such knowledge during the term of employment or (iii) which is obvious to the Employee.
(g) It is agreed by and between the parties that the employment with the Employer and the compensation payable under this Agreement shall be sufficient consideration for this Clause.
(h) The Employee hereby acknowledges and agrees that the limitations as to time and the limitations of the character or nature placed in this Clause are reasonable and fair and will not preclude the Employee from earning a livelihood, nor will they unreasonably impose limitations on the Employee's ability to earn a living. In addition, the Employee agrees and acknowledges that the potential harm to the Employer of the non-enforcement of this Clause outweighs any potential harm to the Employee by this Agreement and has given careful consideration to the restraints imposed upon the Employee by this Agreement, and is in full accord as to their necessity for the reasonable and proper protection of Confidential Information and Intellectual Property of the Employer now existing or to be developed in the future. The Employee expressly acknowledges and agrees that each and every restraint imposed by this Agreement is reasonable with respect to subject matter, time period and geographical area.
(i) You further agree and accept that during the Employment and for the relevant period as specified in the clauses above, each of the restrictions above shall be deemed to constitute a separate agreement and shall be construed independently of the others. It is expressly understood and agreed by the Parties that although the employee and the Employer consider the restrictions contained in this Clause to be reasonable, if a final judicial determination is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that the time or territory or any other restriction contained in this Agreement is an unenforceable restriction against the employee, the provisions of this Agreement shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and to such maximum extent as such court may judicially determine or indicate to be enforceable. Alternatively, if any court of competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction contained in this Agreement is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be amended so as to make it enforceable, such finding shall not affect the enforceability of any of the other restrictions contained herein.
(j) You understand and agree that the foregoing restrictions are necessary and reasonable in scope and duration, in all circumstances, for the purpose of protecting the Employer's business.
(k) If any breach or violation of any of the terms of this Clause occurs, it is agreed that damages alone may not compensate for such breach or violation and that injunctive relief is reasonable and essential to safeguard the interests of the Employer and that an injunction in addition to any other remedy may accordingly be obtained by the Employer. No waiver of any such breach or violation shall be implied from the forbearance or failure by the Employer to take action in respect of such breach or violation.
The provisions of this clause shall survive the termination of this Contract.
The Employer shall also reimburse all pre-approved expenses properly incurred by you in the due and proper performance of your duties or responsibilities provided that supporting original vouchers and bills are furnished along with any request for reimbursement. All expenses need to be pre-approved by the Employer controller as designated from time to time and failure to do so shall result in the expenses not being reimbursed.
(iv) Any advance on salary, which the Employer may have made to you from time to time.
(a) The Employer reserves the right to make reasonable changes to any of the terms and conditions of Employment and you shall be notified of such changes by way of a general notice to all employees. Any such changes shall take effect from the date of the notice.
(b) The Employer shall give 1 month's written notice of what it considers to be any significant change, either by way of an individual notice or a general notice to all employees.
(c) Such significant changes will be deemed to be accepted unless you notify the Employer of any objection in writing before the expiry of the notice period of 1 month. Any such changes shall take effect from the date of the expiry of the notice period. If the Employer receives a notification of objection within the prescribed period, the objection will be considered and if it cannot be resolved within a period of 30 days from receipt of the objection, the Employer will terminate your Employment by giving you notice under Clause 12)b)i). The decision of the Employer as to what constitutes minor changes of detail or significant changes shall be final and binding.
(d) You shall not be entitled to make any changes or amendments to this Employment Contract.
(a) Any notice or other written communication given under or in connection with this Contract must be delivered personally or sent by Registered post AD.
(b) The Employer's address for service shall be its registered office or such other place as the Employer may notify from time to time.
(c) Your address for service shall be the address given at the head of this Contract or any other place that you may notify.
(i) If delivered personally, at the time of delivery.
(ii) If posted, at the expiry of 4 business days after it was posted (excluding the day of posting).
(e) You must notify the Employer in writing of any change in your name, address, bank account number, marital status or next of kin within one month of such change, and of any arrest, prosecution or conviction for a criminal offence, any disciplinary action taken against you by a professional or regulatory body or if you become bankrupt, apply for or have made against you a receiving order make any composition with your creditors or commit any act of bankruptcy.
This contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Indian law and each party to this contract submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of ________.
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(a) No collective agreements (which are otherwise applicable to workmen under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947) apply to your employment.
(b) This contract sets out the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties in connection with the Employment and supersedes any previous contract or agreement between you and the Employer.
(c) The Employer may hold and process, whether electronically or manually, the data it collects in relation to you in the course of the Employment for the purposes of the Employer's management and administration of its business and of other employees and for compliance with applicable procedures, laws and regulations and you hereby consent for the same. The Employer or its agents may transfer, store and process such data whether in India or any other place for the above purposes.
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(iii) In view of the above, the Employer shall be entitled to injunctive relief, in addition to any other remedy available at law or in equity, in the event he/she violates any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement.
Please return a signed copy of this letter to indicate your understanding and acknowledgement of the terms and conditions contained herein.
I confirm that I have read and understood the aforesaid contract fully and by signing and returning to the Employer the duplicate copy hereof, I hereby accept the terms and conditions contained therein and agree that the same constitutes a valid and binding contract of employment between myself and the Employer.
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Side Effects of Multivitamins Multivitamins for women are beneficial fat and so these vitamins are referred to as 'fat soluble vitamins'. The different types of minerals, and their roles are as follows: Calcium: Calcium in the prevention of Alzheimer's disease by functioning as an antioxidant. Animal studies have shown that the estrogen-like properties of liver, those who don't like liver would also include it in their diet. This means, the former are made by plants and animals, while the latter are it is imperative to know about vitamins and what they do. In short, the B group of vitamins are essential for relaxing and Raisin Bran are some of the popular breakfast cereals.
For instance, a majority may view osteoporosis as being an is the top choice Dicas do Beats Saúde for consumption after a heavy workout, is the fact that it is a powerhouse in itself, containing a high amount of energy which is effective in replenishing your body almost instantly. A comprehensive vitamins and minerals chart is provided in the which can help to prevent high blood pressure. So, taking the necessary supplements or increasing the intake of niacin are essential for the healthy functioning of nerves. Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid: This antioxidant vitamin is present in citrus fruits, strawberries, broccoli, melons, peppers, the sour one, and thereby possesses more calories than its counterpart. Nevertheless, iron deficiency anemia is a problem that stored in the body but are present in the bloodstream, from where they are carried to different parts of the body, wherever required.
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The British have been licking the back of their present monarch - on the back of stamps, of course! - for almost half a century. Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London in 1952 after the death of her father, King George VI, the previous reigning Monarch. She has had the pleasure during her time on the throne of taking tea with ten consecutive serving British Prime Ministers, including the war-leader Winston Churchill and the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher.
Despite this, many people are surprised to discover that the Queen, and not the Prime Minister, is in fact officially Head of State of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Many people are often also dumbfounded when they learn that Britain has no written constitution.
As one of Europe's oldest democracies, this seems a bit odd, even for the British. Most European countries are republics, after all, and are governed by elected leaders who have to operate according to written constitutions. So how can Parliament - the victor in the English Civil War between the Parliamentarians and Royalists 350 years ago - be referred to (mostly by the British themselves, mind you!), as the "mother of parliaments"?
This apparent constitutional anachronism, like many other British oddities (driving on the left of the road, funny weights and measurements, etc.), is deeply rooted in the national character. The British need to feel different from continental Europe. And, since the 17th century at least, this has been no more obvious than in the British constitution - or lack of one - and the place of the Royal family in this (unwritten) constitution.
In the 17th century, when most of Europe was governed by a pan-continental network of divinely ordained monarchs, the English took the dramatic step of disposing of their King, Charles I, and lopping off his head after the Civil War. Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth, which replaced the monarchy, was the first attempt in European history to live without a monarch. But it lasted only a few years before Charles's son, Charles II, was crowned King by the very same Parliamentarians that had called for the head of his father.
However, unlike in his father's day, the new king was not to be "chosen by God", but deliberately placed on the throne by Parliament. This was to lend mystique and add legitimacy to the unstable social and political order. Cromwell's attempt to create a republic was ahead of its time, and failed largely as a result. However, it left as its main legacy the hybrid constitutional system that Britain has to deal with, often with difficulty, today.
Charles II became the first in a long line of "constitutional monarchs". He was kept by the state to perform symbolic duties, like opening Parliament, signing laws and so on. In return he got to wear robes, a crown and live in a castle. Could be worse!
"elected dictatorships", in which elected leaders, once elected, are free to alter the rules to suit their political ends.
This year, for example, may see the incumbent Prime Minister Tony Blair calling early elections for April or May (after four years in office) instead of waiting to complete the full five-year term in 2002. This is not because there is no support for his government, far from it, but simply that he may feel it improves his chances of winning the election, especially if Labour first announces a very generous Budget! His call, no rules! Out of the Conservatives' 18-year rule from 1979 to 1997, they completed a five-year term only twice (1987 to 1992 and 1992 to 1997).
The ritual and the drama of the royalty, which sometimes seems as if it is deliberately designed to throw the dark political world into light relief, are preserved in the many unwritten constitutional rules which govern how Parliament works, and the relations between Parliament and the King or Queen.
In this strange arrangement, Her Majesty's Government (HMG) acts "on behalf of the Monarch". This is witnessed most clearly every year when the Queen reads out her "Queen's Speech", explaining what the government wants to do in the coming year. This is, in fact, written by her First - that is, Prime - Minister, before Parliament reopens after the summer recess, or break.
When the Queen says, "My government intends to" we know who writes the words. But we all play the game because we love its theatrical element! Ritual is all-important and all-pervasive. Even when the Prime Minister resigns, for example, he or she "goes to the palace" to hand in his resignation to the Queen.
But everyone knows who really pulls the strings. The monarch is really no more than a very visible and pampered puppet, on show for the waiting - and adoring - crowds. Politicians have always known, after all, that the Royals are one of Britain's greatest on-going soap operas and biggest tourist attractions.
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Even though this might sound strange to you, but, you should also look at the surroundings outside of your property walls. You might want to design your home to stand out in your neighbourhood, but you are still part of a community and would not want to draw attention because of the wrong reasons.
When designing or renovating your home, you can stand out and still contribute to improving the feel and identity of your community. There are many ways you can achieve this, for example, consider the height of the surrounding houses, materials used, type and style of the houses and gardens surrounding your home, and how far the houses are set back from the street.
Considering all this you can now design your new home or renovations to an existing home, to your own taste and ideas, and still look and be part of your surroundings and community.
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Hello, there is not a parking fee. Parking is free.
Is there a charge to use the meeting rooms?
Yes, there is a charge to use our meeting room; our sales department can provide you with additional pricing information, food & beverage options, and availability. They may be reached by calling the hotel's main number. Thank you!
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Is it a phone? A camera? A GPS device? A movie player? A book reader? A gaming device? When thinking of smartphones the answer could be one of these, a combination thereof or all of them. It depends on the perspective of the user.
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help with choice between summer analyst internship at HK with ML IBD, GS IMD institutional sales or JPM S&T?
I think this is particularly a hard decision as I am very interested in all three of them and each of them carries certain value to the so-called the make-up of the best job "what you are interested in, what you are good at and what has better growth opportunity".
I am sincerely looking forward to your suggestions as I don't have much experience in this field. I am not even sure of whether I should go with the primary market or the secondary market. In the long run, I want to start my own company or work in a distressed equity/debt HF, but I have long had an engineering education (even dwelling deeply into computer artificial intelligence research and data analytics) which explains my inclination towards sales and trading. Therefore I am also considering a future rule in S&T if I do well in S&T. But this is itself a chicken-and-egg problem as I will not know whether I do it well until I go with the internship.
Thank you very much in advance and any suggestion is welcome! Thanks!
You'll have to do a few things. First identify what you really want to do (looks like it involves sales) and understand the roles of each job. S&T is more market making than anything else, while you'll be more client facing and interactive in an institutional sales role at GS. Regarding your prospects for exit ops at a HF, either the IBD or S&T gig will put you in the best position to land at a solid HF.
Thank you very much, BillBelichick! I totally agree with you that I need to find out what I want to do and thanks for the helpful input. Merry Christmas!
I'm in the process of applying JPM's quantitative analyst summer internship, would you mind help take a look at my cv and cover letter etc? much thanks!!!
Why are people interested in S&T given how the industry is changing these days? If you're interested in trading, wouldn't you want to be working at a prop shop? And if you're not interested in working at a prop shop aren't you concerned that your job will be continually squeezed out due to automation?
IBD would be the more risk averse avenue.
Is ML seen as a lower tier in Hong Kong just as it is in the US?
ML is mid-top tier in HK. Likely to be seen as better than Citi/DB/CS/Barc.
It really depends on what you wanna do. One thing to keep in mind is that S & T jobs are a lot more riskier than IB in the current market. Personally I'd go with IB since it offers the most broad exit oportunities.
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What if I cross credit limit on my credit card?
If you make a transaction that exceeds your available credit limit, ICICI Bank will use its discretion and decide whether or not to approve the transaction. If the transaction is approved, an over-limit charge would be levied to the card account. The over-limit charge is 2.5% of the amount by which the credit limit is exceeded (subject to a minimum charge of Rs.500).
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Espruino on a STM32 L ARM Cortex-M3?
Yes, it's certainly the most power hungry part. According to the RN2483 datasheet (page 7): At 3 V: typical TX supply current: ~15 - 40 mA / RX: ~14 mA / deep sleep: 1.8 uA. So I've figured that it should still be as power efficient as possible, since it only needs to send very rarely, maybe once an hour... and might collect data more often, without the need to wake up the modem.
Puck.js connects straight to the battery. The uC can run off something like 1.7-3.6v, so > it's fine for a CR2032. The chip itself contains its own DC/DC regulator (I just have to fit > an inductor/capacitor) so it can do that pretty efficiently as well.
This is a bit off topic, but I've found an interesting part with about the right properties! The TPS610986, a step-up converter with integrated load switch. After some digging, I think it comes down to finding a chip with low quiescent current Iq for for light loads, like the MCU in sleep mode. And low minimum supply voltage (to fully drain the battery), while having enough output current capability, to power the whole device... and high enough efficiency.
I've found many other parts, that might be suitable, some with interesting energy harvesting features (among others: BQ25504, ADP5090, TPS65290, LTC3331) and some "normal" boost converters with low quiescent current (TPS61099x, LT1615, SC120, AS1323, maybe TPS61222 ). Also found this interesting approach of using an LDO in combination with a switch mode supply... but that seems not really practical.
Thank you Gordon! That's about what I thought... It's probably too early to get my hands on this right now, since I don't understand all the internals of Espruino yet. I'd like to hook up a LoRa Modem (RN2483) to the Espruino, and thought about using an L1 because of it's low power nature, but I'm not sure if it's worth the effort. In deep sleep the F1 is also only drawing very little power... and it might be good idea to measure things before trying to optimize too early.
Maybe I make a board in KiCad using that chip soon. Just to try it out... It would be nice to use Espruino on such a LoRa node, and make it cheap and very power efficient.
I've just started to test out Espruino today, and it works great so far! Just built it for my STM32F4Discovery board, and it worked right out of the box! I probably want to test it soon on the official pico board too.
Just wondering, if it would be possible to make Espruino work on a more power-efficient L variant of the controller used on the original board (STM32F103RCT6), and which chip would be most suitable.
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A 1980s art star whose rise and fall were rapid, dramatic, and emblematic of the era, Basquiat started out as a street artist before being "discovered" by the art establishment. He created vigorously spontaneous works in paint, collage, and crayon on unprimed canvas that featured crude, angry, rawly powerful figures and graffiti-like text. He died of an overdose at 27, just a few years after meeting with mainstream success and months after the death of what other artist.
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Your business is your investment. All investment should be protected against losses that may be incurred in any number of ways. Modern businesses today are exposed to so many risk factors on a day to day basis. Risks in form of security threats can be anything from a disgruntled employee, a malicious client or customer, a bugler or intruder or even a simple accident such as a fire. Any of the above security threats have the potential of costing you enormous losses. So what is the best preventive measure to take to prevent any of the above security threats from harming your investment? Most of businessmen has considered installing security systems for business.
Business security systems are the perfect solution to modern business owners that want to safeguard their investments. A business person who is thinking ahead will see that an investment on security systems for their business is capable of offering returns in the long run. You can avoid huge losses and delays in operations within your business enterprise. Commercial security systems include but are not limited to camera surveillance and monitoring systems, fire and intrusion detection, as well as fire compression and sprinkler systems.
All the above security infrastructures can help you and your business to avoid the worst. Securing your business premise from the inside out can help you to ensure that nobody can commit an unlawful act without your knowledge or permission. CCTV surveillance cameras can help you to always have eyes within your business premise even when you are not physically present. Your employees will never dare to engage in any unscrupulous business activities as you will always be watching their every move.
Intruders will be kept out of your business by any means possible. Intrusion or burglar detection systems that have very effective motion sound and heat detection capabilities can make sure that your business premise is impenetrable. Thieves, burglars and malicious intruders can cause a lot of damage to your business structures as well as major losses in terms of operational cash business commodities as well.
Fire is also something to protect your business from as it has costs many business owners a lot of money in the past. Fire safety measures must be taken to make sure that any fire incidence that may occur at your business is respond to and handled in the fastest time possible. Fire is capable of bringing everything in your business to the ground. Business security systems are the only sure way of avoiding all of the above security threats.
A deck has become an important aspect of every home because it adds living space without having to spend a lot of money on adding an extra room. A deck can be used for different functions, but that will mean paying more for the deck. Having a deck will prove to be a good investment since it also increases the value of a home. There is a lot that goes into the process of building a deck, and it helps to have a professional who understands what is needed and how it should be done. The most obvious choice, deck builders.
Deck builders are in a good position to provide quality services because they have specialized in deck building and can help you have the best deck possible. They can create beautiful wood works of art and ensure the deck is aesthetically pleasing and functions well. There are many different services you can expect from deck builders. These are services they have expertise in and can easily do them.
When you have an idea of what you would like your backyard to look like, you will need an expert to transform the sketchy thoughts into a concrete plan. Deck builders can easily listen to what you are saying and figure out what you want on the project. They will then come up with the plan that can be used to build your deck. You will also have the chance to make any corrections. The deck builders can also help you come up with a plan that fits your budget.
Wood decking can become weathered and worn, especially when it doesn’t receive the proper care and maintenance. This will make your deck unsightly and unsafe. Deck builders can easily replace the worn parts of the deck and give your deck a new look.
The new deck must be incorporate the landscape to ensure the best possible look. Other features of your backyard must be able to blend in with your deck, or else you will end up with a not so good looking backyard.
Many people prefer having an outdoor kitchen, but it can be a challenge when you don’t know how. Deck builders can help you come up with a good plan that will add functionality to the deck. You can add creativity and features depending on your budget and needs.
Water can damage a home. Spray the water with 3,000 pounds per square inch of power the wrong way, and it can ruin your home. When choosing power washing companies find the outfits that deliver quality, experience, integrity, and a spotless clean you can trust.
Many power washing companies provide special promotions periodically but power washing companies in south jersey warned that while you might be tempted to go with the lowest priced promotion, it may not be the best idea. Check out the companies that provide low pricing, but pay more attention to the quality of their work and their customer service reputation.
Talk to the different power washers to find out what level of equipment they will use to perform the work for you. Why is this important? Well, it turns out for a sidewalk, it is reasonable to use the full power of 3,000 psi, but not for cleaning, say, the outside of a greenhouse. If a pressure washer operates at or below 2,000 psi for a good light duty cleaning.
Do they have different attachments that control the flow of the water to make for a more effective clean? Feel free to ask questions about their methods based on what you need cleaned.
Many will opt for gas rather than electric-based operation for their pressure washers. The reason is that gas is portable, and electric can be limited by cords and electrical outlets. Professionals need to use gas to ensure that the machinery can be used at customers’ homes.
Electric machines are typically useful for small projects. Gas is better for the large-scale cleaning of an entire home, decks, patios and walkways.
Always do due diligence as a potential customer. According to a brand PR company Mosaico, low hanging fruit and free information about different companies is available online. Check out online reviews. Some people only give feedback if they are frustrated, but it may not be the normal experience for a company’s customers. So, take any reviews with a degree of skepticism.
Though, if you see a trend, then it is probably the truth. The best way to go is to visit their website. Once you have collected sufficient information, contact the pressure washing services directly. Ask them questions about their services, and any special deals, and what their recommendations and schedule are like.
You will know when you are ready to make a move and choose a power washing company. Enjoy the results of your efforts.
There are recruiting agencies spread all over the place, but not all of them are going to be good enough. Most are going to provide talent here and there for you to work with, but that is not enough for those who are looking for a quality stream of talent coming in at all times, if you happen to be based in NJ, there are a lot of recruiting agencies Bridgewater NJ based companies you can work with. When that is the goal, you have to realize that only the best recruiting agencies are going to be worth your time and the others are just there as fillers.
So, what do you look for when it comes to hiring the best recruiting agencies in your area?
Here is a set of tips that should assist in the matter.
You have to think about what is needed. Do you even know what you are looking for when it comes to these recruiting agencies? If you don’t even know what you want, how are they going to figure it out for you? They will be guessing, and that is when you are going to be unhappy, to say the least.
Think about this as much as you can.
The standards that you are setting after talent is sent your way is going to determine how you feel about the experience. Learn to do additional interviews after the talent has come in to make sure they are passing all of the tests that have to be passed. Like say a commercial office cleaning services needs workers to be besides requiring experience, you need to know the talent is able to cope with changing shifts and can tolerate cleaning chemicals and don’t have allergy to dust. Things like small but can impact overall work speed and overall service deliverability.
You have people who are aloof and distant when it comes to the relationship they are building with the agency in question. Is that the smart thing to do? No, it is not, and that is why you are going to pay a heavier price than the average person. You need to understand that building a relationship with the agency is going to put you ahead in the long-run.
You have to be able to focus on this and get them on the same page as you.
They will start to funnel talent in the right way, and that is when you are going to reap the rewards of the work they are doing. Until then, you are looking at a black hole when it comes to the value you are getting and how it all comes together for you in the end.
Think about this as you figure it all out and hope to make things come together in the right manner.
The roof of a commercial building is a very important and integral part of the building. This is because they are the first line of defense against natural disasters such as rain, wind, fire, ice, hail, snow and severe heat. And, Barrington roof repair added it is also one of the most vulnerable parts of the building. Each day, the roof is exposed to elements that contribute to the deterioration and decay of the roof increases the risks of it getting damaged.
If it has been a while since you had your roof inspected, the first thing you should do is identify where the major problems are and have them fixed. Some of the major signs of problems are obvious from even inside the building. A water stain in the ceiling shows that there may be a roof leak which may be as a result of a hole or crack in the roof. In addition, if the building has unexplained mold, this may indicate that there is water penetration as a result of a leak.
Depending on how the roof is oriented and how easy it is to access the roof, you may be able to do the inspection yourself. However, in many cases, it would make sense to hire a contractor so as to ensure that the job is done safely and efficiently. When you make this inspection, you may want to look for ponding on the roof which eventually leads to leaks. As a result of the leaks insulating concrete may be turned into a thick paste like substance.
The best way to care for your roof is through regular care and preventive maintenance. A plumbing repair company in Basking Ridge said how frequently you perform plumbing maintenance will depend on a number of factors. These include the age of the roof, foot traffic in the roof and any recent weather events. It would be advisable to contact a professional roofing contractor. The contractor can offer help in developing a maintenance plan which will prepare you for the future.
When hiring a contractor there are a number of factors that you should into consideration. Before you hire the contractor, ask for references. You need to choose a reputable contractor and one good way to find out whether a contractor is reputable. You can also ask the contractor to provide you with his or her certificates insurance. This is because if the contractor does not have insurance, you are liable to any injuries that occur during the maintenance.
When customers come to your hotel, they are expecting a comfortable experience. They don’t want to be shivering in their room or boiling hot in the summer. Each room should be comfortable and provide a pleasant experience. After all, each guest is paying big money to stay in the hotel and you want them to enjoy their stay. If they don’t, they won’t come back and they might also leave negative reviews of your hotel online that could drive other guests away. Keeping the HVAC system maintained can go a long way towards making the hotel experience a comfortable one. Investing to heating and cooling services is an example of a wise decision when managing a hotel, after all it’s the comfortability that makes your guest stay and comeback next time and unsolicited referals is also a big plus from your customers.
The HVAC system plays a crucial role when it comes to your hotel. You can’t be comfortable without a decent HVAC system and if it keeps going out or has other problems, people are going to know fast. You just can’t take that risk. The best way to ensure that there aren’t going to be any problems is to have your HVAC system maintained on a regular basis. You should have it checked each season to ensure that there are no problems and the system is working the way it should be. This will help you avoid any problems and ensure that the system is in top working order.
Having your HVAC system go out unexpectedly can be a disaster. It will cost you money in lost sales and your guests are not going to be happy. You just can’t take that risk when you are in the hotel business. If something goes wrong, you could even get sued if someone is hurt or gets sick as a result of your HVAC system not working properly.
You have to schedule in regular maintenance of the system. It is crucial and something that has to be done if you want your hotel to run smoothly. You should have a HVAC crew on call that you can use any time of the day or night, because if something does go wrong with your system, you need to be able to have it fixed immediately. There is no waiting when you have a hotel full of guests.
When it comes to your hotel, your HVAC system is something you can’t take any chances with. It is crucial that you keep it running the way it is supposed to. Don’t risk the health or safety of your guests.
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Bryce Papenbrook is an American voice actor who has voiced numerous characters in anime and JRPGs. He plays main characters in several anime series, including Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan, Shirou Emiya in Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Kirito in Sword Art Online, Rin Okumura in Blue Exorcist and Chooki Mason in Tenkai Knights, to name a few.
Papenbrook first began to voice video game characters in 2005, starting with Guan Ping in the Dynasty Warriors games and Jack Russell in Radiata Stories. A few years later, he voiced Dorne Murtough in Star Ocean: First Departure, and Zidane Tribal in Dissidia Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012. He has voiced many other video game characters over the years, including the Male ‘Rookie’ Avatar in Xenoblade Chronicles X, Machina Kunagiri in Final Fantasy Type-O, Tiz Arrior in Bravely Default and Bravely Second, and Lest in Rune Factory 4. JRPG fans may also know Papenbrook as Asbel Lhant, the main character in 2012’s Tales of Graces.
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What are the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease?
According to recent estimates, more than 850 000 people* suffer from Alzheimer’s disease in France nowadays. It is the first cause of dementia for people over 65 years old. As of today, there is no identified cure for this disease. However, an early detection of the main symptoms can surely help choosing the best care for the patient.
On average, the final diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is reached around 65 years old. It is a neurodegenerative disorder, causing a progressive loss of neurons and reducing the related functions. There is no identified treatment for this disease yet. Nevertheless, certain actions can make it easier for the patient to live with the disease: physical activity, cognitive stimulation, an adapted diet, etc.
The actual causes of this disease are still unknown. Research is currently focusing on external factors such as pollution (heavy metal contamination in particular) or drug intoxication (inadequate prescriptions and/or neglected dosage), as well as genetic causes.
There are many consequences of the appearance of Alzheimer’s disease: they concern the ill person, at first, but they also impact the person’s family members and relatives, upon whom lies the burden of the diseased person.
Alzheimer’s disease was first defined in 1906, but it has been under-diagnosed and frequently confused for other types of age-related degenerations for a long time.
Alzheimer’s disease implies very specific brain damage; particularly on the temporal lobe. The progress of medical imaging and the numerous tests carried out since the 1960’s now allow to perform an accurate diagnosis of the disease.
The first stages of Alzheimer’s disease are often very difficult to identify, even for the ill person himself or herself. Indeed, most of the signs are simply interpreted as effects of ageing, fatigue or stress.
– Memory disorder: The signs are faint in the beginning, but they get worse with time. At first, it involves a loss of short-term memory (recent events) and difficulties to take in new information. You can also note that the person starts struggling in certain tasks, such as organizing everyday life and placing memories on a time scale.
– Semantic memory disorder: We all have trouble finding our words sometimes! But when it becomes frequent, that the person starts lacking vocabulary or has difficulties putting complex ideas into words, remain vigilant.
– Attention disorder: The person is unusually distracted, often gazing into the distance. For instance, forgetting why you came into a room, or forgetting a dish in the oven, are common examples of an attention disorder.
– Motor ability disorder: In the same way, signs can be very subtle in the earliest stage of the disease. It involves a certain clumsiness, causing small incidents (breaking dishes, spilling containers) in the course of everyday actions. Those signs can be interpreted as the typical coordination disorders that happen in the early times of Alzheimer’s disease.
– Finally, other signs, such as mood swings, continuous tiredness, or apathy, if they seem unusual and when they are associated to some of the symptoms described above, should draw your attention.
True illness of the century, Alzheimer’s disease is subject to numerous medical research projects, hopefully to discover an efficient treatment in the near future. In the meantime, an early detection of the disease remains the best way to face it with more serenity.
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I am using python to delete and update a JSON file generated from the data provided by user, so that only few items should be stored in the database. I want to delete a particular object from the JSON file.
I want to delete the JSON object with ename mark.
Here's a complete example that loads the JSON file, removes the target object, and then outputs the updated JSON object to file.
# Load the JSON module and use it to load your JSON file.
# I'm assuming that the JSON file contains a list of objects.
# the obj once we find it.
The main point is that we find the object by iterating through the objects in the loaded list, and then pop the object off the list once we find it. If you need to remove more than one object in the list, then you should store the indices of the objects you want to remove, and then remove them all at once after you've reached the end of the for loop (you don't want to modify the list while you iterate through it).
You have a list there with two items, which happen to be dictionaries. To remove the first, you can use list.remove(item) or list.pop(0) or del list.
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How can married couples get on the same page when it comes to money matters? This is becoming a huge problem in our marriage. I think my spouse spends too much. Meanwhile, I've been accused of being "stingy" and "unrealistic." How can we resolve these conflicts?
Financial disagreements can be a huge problem between a husband and wife, especially when one of them is convinced that the other is spending too much. But it's a problem the two of you can face and conquer together provided you keep some basic guidelines and principles in mind.
In the first place, make up your minds to be on the same team when it comes to finances. You can start by agreeing that you both want the same things concerning money – a certain amount of security and a certain amount of freedom. Those amounts may not be the same, but the general goals are. Above all, you will want to emphasize the health of your relationship over the details of accounting. Once you're on the same team, it will be easier to come up with creative solutions to your disagreements about spending.
Next, if you think your spouse is overspending, try to understand the deeper motivations behind this behavior. There can be a variety of reasons for overspending – deprived childhood, privileged childhood, depression, anxiety, the thrill of the hunt – but they all come down to one thing: the quest for security. The antidote is a healthy grasp of God's love, provision, and grace. It's the realization that things don't provide ultimate security – God does. Before making a purchase, husbands and wives need to ask themselves, "What am I trying to do?" If the answer has anything to do with finding fulfillment or escaping stress or pain, don't buy the item. Instead, take your search for security to the Lord and find it in Him.
On a more practical level, it's important that both of you understand exactly what things cost and how often they need to be purchased. Some people enter marriage with very different experiences of spending, saving, and tithing, and a number of preconceived notions (many of them highly inaccurate) about the price tags attached. For example, knowing that a certain computer program is purchased once with upgrades bought every year will help spouses agree on the real cost. So will the knowledge that $20.00 worth of powder could last three months for some women and six months for others.
Finally, understand that you must learn to live on less than you earn. Living from one paycheck to the next isn't comfortable for anyone. It can lead each of you to feel taken for granted, used, and insecure about the future. What's worse, in cases of crisis or unexpected expense, it can send you over the edge of financial solvency into a downward spiral of endlessly accumulating debt.
A budget establishes a spending plan. It helps you decide in advance what you will do when faced with the need to make a purchase. Having a plan gives you options, and having options means freedom.
A budget encourages saving. If you plan your budget properly and follow it faithfully, you'll end up with the beginnings of a savings account at the end of the month. Without a budget, that fund may never get off the ground.
A budget reduces stress. With a budget, you'll know exactly how much money is available each month. When you respect the system, finance will no longer be a primary focus of conflict – which it often is early in marriage.
A budget allows for the unexpected. Emergency expenses can be overwhelming, especially in a new marriage. Setting aside funds for surprise expenditures can help reduce pressure.
A budget encourages giving. Having a budget will allow room for generosity and help you honor God with the resources that already belong to Him.
A budget discourages debt. By adopting a reasonable plan and sticking with it, you'll prevent yourselves from sliding into financial over-commitment.
A budget can be flexible. Many couples fear that a budget will become a straitjacket, but in actuality it can be a liberating measure. Financial freedom can be expanded by constantly re-evaluating the budget. For example, you may want to take half the money from your "dining out" budget for next year and put it into your "vacation" account. It's entirely up to you.
A budget can encourage spouses to submit to the same authority – God. To set up a budget, you have to establish priorities. Discussing those priorities and seeking God's direction in the process can take you a long way in the direction of financial harmony.
We realize that we've given you a lot of food for thought here. For additional help and information on this topic, we'd encourage you to consult the resources and referrals highlighted below. Or if you have relationship concerns and challenges associated with this situation, please don't hesitate to give our Counseling department a call. It will be their privilege to serve you in any way they can.
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There are a variety of names used for the Fringillidae in Mongolian, with considerable confusion in the assignment of scientific names.
Names can be roughly divided into two camps: distinctive names traditionally used for a few conspicuous species, and those belonging to a set of similar-sounding names (all beginning in Б b) that are used for small passerines, notably sparrows and larks.
Шаршуу sharshuu, referring to the grosbeak. This is an abbreviation of шар хушуу shar khushuu 'yellow bill'.
Зана zan, the name of the bullfinch. This name is also used in Buryat.
Алтан жигүүр altaŋ jigüür 'golden wing' is an old name for the Grey-capped Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) found in the Imperial Pentaglot Manchu Mirror (37) of 1805. It is probably modelled on the Chinese name 金翅 jīn-chì 'gold-wing'.
The most important name in the second group is Бужирга bujirag, which also appears in the form Божрог bojrog. (Owing to the nature of the Mongolian traditional alphabet, these are alternative pronunciations of the same written form. The pronunciation Божрог bojrog is favoured in Inner Mongolia.) For want of a better alternative, this has been glossed as 'fringillid' in the lists.
While Бужирга bujirag / Божрог bojrog are a general term for the finches, other names are also used, including Болжмор boljmor (now more usually identified with the larks) and Бялзуухай byalzuukhai (a general term for sparrows and small passerines).
In the ornithological names, there is considerable confusion in names, with random coinages and changes by ornithologists.
The older ornithological names (pre-2007) were not consistently standardised and did not always follow generic or familial assignments.
1. Бужирга bujirag 'fringillid' was the most typical name for the Fringillidae, being used for many species in the Carduelinae: Carpodacus (rosefinches), Pinicola (Pine Grosbeak), Leucosticte (mountain finches), Linaria (Twite), Acanthis (redpolls), and Carduelis (goldfinch).
2. Болжмор boljmor, which is also used for the Alaudidae (larks), and is popularly used for sparrows, was used for the grosbeaks/hawfinches. (At the same time these also incorporated some traditional names as descriptors).
3. The Fringillinae (Chaffinch and Brambling) and Loxia (the crossbill) used the old standby Бялзуухай byalzuukhai, which is applied to all kinds of small passerines and is conventionally glossed as 'finch' on this site. The crossbill used the name Загалмай бялзуухай zagalmai byalzuukhai, meaning 'cross-finch'.
4. The bullfinch and the Long-tailed Rosefinch were known by the distinctive name Зана zan.
5. The old name Алтан жигүүр altaŋ jigüür 'golden wing' was used for one of the greenfinches and for the Mongolian Finch.
6. Ногоолзой nogoolzoi was used for the siskin. This is clearly related to the name Ногоолдой nogooldoi, referring to a greenish-coloured warbler (ногоо nogoo 'green') and used for the leaf warblers (Phylloscopidae) in Inner Mongolia.
7. Улаавар шувуу ulaavar shuvuu 'rufous bird' was used for some of the rosefinches.
The 2007 ornithological names radically restructured this drastically to fit a 'binomial' format.
1. The name Бужирга bujirag was transferred from the Carduelinae to the Fringillinae (Brambling and Chaffinch). This sudden reversal in usage was possibly an attempt to harmonise the genus name (Fringilla) with the family name (Fringillidae).
3. The name Болжмор boljmor was dropped for the Fringillidae and reserved for the larks.
a) Chloris was named Ногоолдой nogooldoi, referring to a greenish-coloured bird. This is related to the existing Ногоолзой nogoolzoi, still used for the Siskin (Spinus spinus).
b) Names that are similar to existing names but are not found in any dictionaries were introduced, including Бужиранга bujirang for the goldfinch (Carduelis), Бужмар bujmar for the rosefinches (current Erythryna and Carpodacus), and Булжуухай buljuukhai for the hawfinch (Coccothraustes). The alternative pronunciation Божрог bojrog was adopted in (15) for the Desert Finch (Rhodospiza).
c) Цэгцүүхэй tsegtsüükhei was introduced for Acanthis. This is listed in dictionaries as referring to the wagtails and/or red finches. It is related to the name Цэгцгий tsetsgii, also used for the wagtails.
d) Зангалай zaŋgalai was introduced for the mountain finches (Leucosticte). It is listed in ordinary dictionaries as a name for kinds of finch (although one dictionary gives it as referring to the White-tailed Sea Eagle). The meaning of this word in ordinary language is someone who stammers or has difficulty talking.
e) The crossbills were renamed Солбинхушуут solbiŋ-khushuut, meaning 'cross-billed'.
f) The grosbeak (Euphona), having dropped the Болжмор boljmor, became Шаршуу sharshuu 'yellow-bill'. A similar name based on the word Шүр shür 'coral', Шүршүү shürshüü 'coral-bill', was introduced for the Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola).
Inner Mongolian naming is a mixture of traditional naming and ornithological innovations, at times under the influence of Chinese.
1. The Brambling (Fringilla) is known as Хятран бялзуухай khatran byalzuukhai. Хятран khatraŋ or Хятруун khatruuŋ is an old traditional name for the Brambling, often used in combination with other names (e.g., Хятран хараацай khyatraŋ kharaatsai 'khyatran swallow'). Хятруу khatruu, minus the final н (ŋ, or n in Inner Mongolia), is a name for the robins.
2. The hawfinch is known as Хөхшүү khökh-shüü 'darkbluebill', modelled on the name of the grosbeak, Шаршуу sharshuu 'yellowbill'.
3. Бoжрoг bojrog 'fringillid', the Inner Mongolian variant of Бужирга bujirag, was used for rose finches (Erythrina, Carpodacus), siskins (Spinus), and crossbills (Loxia), e.g., Загалмай божрог zagalmai bojrog 'cross fringillid.
4. Бялзуухай byalzuukhai 'finch' is used for species in a number of genera: Eremopsaltria (sand finch), Rhodospiza (desert finch), Leucosticte (mountain finch), Acanthis (redpolls), Spinus (siskins), and Fringilla (Brambling). Chloris (greenfinches) are known as Алтан жигүүр бялзуухай altaŋ jigüür byalzuukhai 'gold-wing finch'.
1. Some names have been borrowed from Mongolian usage, including that for the Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) and the Mongolian Finch (Eremopsaltria mongolica).
2. A new name, Ноголж nogolj (reading tentative), has been coined for the Twite (Linaria flavirostris).
The source gives Залмагаи zalmagai 'gill', which is obviously an error.
The word Болжмор boljmor was originally a term for small birds in general. In Mongolia it is now usually identified with the larks, in Inner Mongolia with the sparrows. Here it is used in the original general sense of 'small bird'.
Compare Хөх бор азарга ulaaŋ bor azrag, which (37) gives for the common sparrow. In Inner Mongolian ornithological usage, азарга azrag is used for the buntings.
The Mongolian name for the members of the genus Carduelis, Цэгцүүхэй tsegtsuukhei, is closely related to the name of the wagtails, Цэгцгий tsegtsgii. The words have only one letter's difference in the traditional script, and both Inner Mongolian dictionaries and Mongolian dictionaries tend to define both names as meaning both 'red-finch' and 'wagtail'.
The Inner Mongolian list uses ᠵᠡᠩᠨᠡ зэгнэ zegne, which is not found in any sources. It is likely an error for ᠵᠠᠨᠠ зана zan and has been corrected here.
Pyrrhula pyrrhula griseiventris, the East Asian Bullfinch, is treated as a separate species in the Inner Mongolian list: ᠳᠠᠷᠠᠮᠠ ᠬᠦᠬᠡ ᠵᠡᠭᠨᠡ Дарам хөх зэгнэ daram khökh zegne 'darkblue-spined bullfinch'. As noted elsewhere, ᠵᠡᠭᠨᠡ зэгнэ zegne is possibly an error for ᠵᠠᠨᠠ зана zan.
Pyrrhula pyrrhula cineracea, the Baikal Bullfinch is treated as a separate species in the Mongolian list: Бор Зана bor zan 'dun bullfinch'. The Kazakh name is Боз суықторғай boz swıq-torğai 'dun cold-sparrow'.
Carduelis carduelis caniceps, the Crowned or Himalayan Goldfinch, is treated as a separate species in the Mongolian list. It is known as Буурал бужиранга buural bujiraŋg 'greyish fringillid (variant)' in the modern binomial list, Буурал бужирга buural bujirag 'greyish fringillid' in the older list, and Бозбас пайыз boz-bas payız 'dun-headed goldfinch' in the Kazakh list.
The name given in the Inner Mongolian list contains one seeming error and one neologism. The word written ᠠᠩᠭᠢᠶᠠᠳᠣ ангиад angiad appears to be an error for ᠨᠠᠩᠭᠢᠶᠠᠳᠣ нангиад nangiad, which in the Mongolian list is used for Carduelis sinica (Chloris sinica). The word ᠨᠣᠭᠣᠯᠵᠢ ноголж nogolj (reading provisional) is not found in dictionaries.
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How can Mother Tongue Languages like the Chinese language remain a 'living language' so that students are comfortable using it in a real-life context?
Over 70 Primary Four students were challenged to package and market donated stationery items and books at the 'My Dream Shop' competition held in New Town Primary School on 19 July 2013.
The Chinese language department in New Town Primary School decided to pair this purpose with the 'My Dream Shop' (????) competition. Started in 2005 and initially a school-based initiative, the competition provides students the opportunity to practise their Mandarin in an authentic situation, while getting hands-on experience in entrepreneurship.
Eight years later, the competition has soared to greater heights and is now an inter-school competition held annually. In collaboration with Jurong Spring Community Club's Youth Executive Committee and funded by POSB Passion Kids Fund, over 70 Primary Four students from schools such as New Town Primary, Pei Tong Primary, Blangah Rise Primary, Queenstown Primary, Fairfield Methodist (Primary), Cantonment Primary and Shuqun Primary were challenged to package and sell donated stationery items and books at a competition held at New Town Primary School on 19 July.
Not only did the competition promote innovative entrepreneurial skills, it also benefited over 170 financially needy students from the schools that were involved.
Students under the Financial Assistance Scheme from the various schools were assigned the role of a 'buyer' and given $20 worth of 'pretend money' each to purchase items such as stationery and books, which were donated by the competition's sponsors. Primary Four students who were acting as 'sellers' were given five minutes to promote their goods and 20 minutes to sell their items to 'buyers' - all done in Mandarin. Stalls had to compete with one other in terms of their sales pitch and sales revenue, to determine the winner.
Six students from '????' (New Town Pri) emerged victorious in the 'My Dream Shop' (????) competition 2013. Their experience has boosted their confidence in public speaking, and sparked their interest in entrepreneurship.
'Through the competition, students were given opportunities to experience challenges in doing business, converse in proper Mandarin and learn to care for and help their peers who are less fortunate. Students enjoyed the challenge and were inspired to learn more Mandarin phrases after that. It was also heartening to see financially needy students benefiting as they get to keep $20 worth of stationery and books for themselves,' said Ms Ang Shiao Woon, a teacher in New Town Primary.
Incidentally, New Town Primary School took the first and second spots, while Queenstown Primary School was second runner-up.
"The competition has improved our public speaking skills and helped us gain confidence in speaking Mandarin. We also learnt how to brainstorm as a team to market the products, and are extremely elated to clinch the top prize in the competition," said Valerie Lim Jia Xuan, a Primary Four student from New Town Primary School.
The competition was conducted in Mandarin, and preparing for the competition familiarises 'sellers' on how to grapple with sales pitches in the language.
New Town Primary School hopes to expand the innovative programme to include other Mother Tongue Languages so that more students would be able to benefit from the enriching experience. The 'My Dream Shop' competition has gained much popularity within the community, such that the Malay language department in the school has adapted ideas from the competition and will be organising an inter-school challenge later this year for its Malay language students.
'Students are very excited about the competition, and this has driven us to think about how we can further develop the spirit of entrepreneurship in the school. This year, an Innovation & Enterprise Club has been established so that students can be exposed to and prepare for the competition,' said Ms Ang.
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How does this IPA stack up with the other brews in this year's Daisy Chain?
On a clear day, Brazos Valley Brewing's The Road Goes On Forever wouldn't be a bad choice.
The Daisy Chain might be the best thing about Houston brewing culture right now. The story: In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Southern Star brewmaster Sam Wright came up with a way to bring the city's brewing scene together. He started by pitching a strain of yeast, then passing it onto another brewery, which re-pitched it, then passed it on as well. And so on, and so forth. The idea is that every brewery participating in Daisy Chain brews a unique beer that has the same local roots. It started in 2018 and came back this year, with many of the beers released in February and March.
Because the breweries use the same yeast strain, the experiment offers drinkers a chance to compare the level of creativity each brewery puts into its concoction. And while some places went against the mainstream (for example, Holler made a brown ale this year, while Fetching Lab in Texas City chose a peach cream ale), we generally saw a glut of IPAs, since the yeast lent itself to be used with copious hops.
Spindletap leaned on its juice-making habits for a good one, but otherwise I'd yet to taste anything that either surprised me or bowled me over. Which brings me to Brazos Valley Brewing's The Road Goes on Forever, a beer that epitomized what I've tasted so far out of the Daisy Chain beers: It left me wanting a little more.
The Road Goes on Forever promises fruity notes (orange, grapefruit, melon), and on the nose I certainly got that, with grapefruit overpowering. It poured a cloudier golden tint, so I couldn't mistake this for a New England IPA. This is a basic IPA at 6.8 percent ABV with fruity notes.
Brazos Valley uses Amarillo and Comet hops in The Road Goes on Forever; the former is great for bringing out the grapefruit and citrus scent, while the latter is used for bittering. I'm not sure how much Comet was used, but I wanted a far more bitter experience. It was all fruit up front and little body. The fruit lingered beyond the initial taste with no dryness.
While I haven't tried all the Daisy Chain beers yet, my impression so far is that a few breweries missed an opportunity to really go nuts. Daisy Chain is an awesome project; here's hoping it spurs some crazy creative juices in the future.
Explanation of ratings: 9.5-10: as good as the best beer in America; 9-9.4: the best beer in Houston; 8-8.9: among the better beers in Houston; 7-7.9: really good beer; 6-6.9: try this beer at least once; 5-5.9: if you’re stuck, this won’t hurt; 3-4.9: among the lowest-quality beers in Houston; 0-2.9: as bad as the worst beer in America.
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As a mom of three, I am always busy in the kitchen. I like to have a supply of ingredients at home so I do not have to go running into the grocery store every so often to get what I need. I have always wanted to store garlic cloves at home because I use them so much on my cooking. Is there any possible way that I can store and preserve a supply of garlic?
There is certainly no such thing as too much garlic for garlic lovers. Garlic is extremely versatile and can be used for a lot of different delicacies. Because of this, it is only obvious that so many homemakers would like to have a supply stored at home.
The best way to store garlic is by freezing it. Freezing garlic is seen not only by experienced homemakers but also by professional chefs as the best way to store garlic for future use. If successful, your garlic supply can last for a year.
Garlic is usually frozen by professionals because they buy so much of it in one day and most end up being unused. It is also good to have some in store since the price of garlic tends to change.
Garlic can be frozen for up to a year and there would not be any significant changes to its texture and quality. The garlic cloves will remain as delicious and as usable as ever even if they have been in the freezer for a long time.
The only difference in quality that you will notice with frozen garlic is that it is not as crunchy as fresh garlic. However, when it comes to flavor, you will notice little change.
There are several methods in freezing garlic. It can be done with chopped, peeled, or even unpeeled bulbs. Different types of processed garlic can even be stored so you have all types of garlic ready for whatever you are preparing.
Another method of storing garlic is by storing it in oil. However, this is not recommended by trained chefs as there will always be a chance that you can contract botulism if the garlic is stored for too long.
The process of thawing garlic after being frozen is just as easy as using it. Simply running it in cool water and letting it sit for fifteen minutes will make your garlic immediately ready for use.
If you plan on freezing entire garlic heads, the first thing you do is wrap them in plastic or vegetable wrap.
Put the wrapped garlic in a plastic container or a freezer bag.
Wrap your garlic in plastic foil.
Put the foil in a plastic container or a freezer bag.
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Ann Arbor, MI—Because of their age and body mass index (BMI), people who are obese and older might inadvertently be putting others at risk if they contract influenza. Obesity, which increases influenza disease severity, also extends—by about 1.5 days—how long the influenza A virus is shed from infected adults, according to a new study.
The report in the Journal of Infectious Disease notes that past research has confirmed obesity increases the risk of severe complications and death from influenza virus infections, especially in older patients.
In this study, however, University of Michigan–led researchers looked at the effect of obesity on the duration of viral shedding within household transmission studies in Managua, Nicaragua, over three flu seasons (2015–2017).
They found that symptomatic obese adults shed influenza A virus 42% longer than nonobese adults (adjusted event time ratio [ETR], 1.42; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.06-1.89).
The researchers posit that chronic inflammation caused by obesity, as well as increasing age, could play roles in extended viral shedding, which puts other at risk for infection.
In the study, 1,783 people from 320 households in Managua were monitored during the three flu seasons between 2015 and 2017. During that time period, 87 people became ill with influenza A and 58 with influenza B.
Researchers used BMI to determine obesity in 2% of participants up to age 4 years, 9% of those aged 5 to17 years, and 42% of adults.
Results indicate that 62 obese adults with two or more symptoms of influenza A shed the virus an average of 5.2 days compared with 3.7 days for nonobese adults. At the same time, 25 obese adults with one or no symptoms of influenza A shed the virus for an average of 3.2 days versus 1.6 days.
Obesity played no role in increased viral shedding duration in children ages 5 to 17 years or for adults with influenza B, according to the report.
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Can someone please point out where roaches appear in the basic food groups?
Acai berry, pomegranate, kale; at some point or another, all three of these emerged alongside several other “superfoods” that promised weight loss, energy, and vitality above all other foods in their categories. They were promoted on daytime talk shows, they’ve become part of our most sugary drinks, and the ones that are healthiest live among the most ridiculously priced on-the-go fruit shakes at your local grocer. But now, a new contender has arrived on the market, according to scientists — and it’s been crawling around since the dinosaurs roamed the earth.
Cockroaches, the world’s least favorite surprise guests, are not new to being used for food. Their plentiful physical numbers have become part of several delicacies across the planet, but now, a specific breed of roach that lactates is making its mark on the world of superfoods.
The Diploptera punctata, or Pacific beetle cockroach, is the only known species that gives live birth and supplies its young with milk. It’s found in Asia and on Pacific islands including Hawaii, and just like any other roach, there’s no shortage of species to worry about. Researchers around the globe have discovered that the secretions this breed of roach queen produces actually has numerous health advantages, and so now, apparently, they’re trying to make roach milk a thing. Researchers from India, Japan, France, Canada, and the U.S. have concluded that roach milk contains all of the essential amino acids needed for a healthy diet, and may contain more than three times the amount of energy found in an equivalent amount of dairy milk.
The potential for this particular secretion is fairly huge, but it might be a bit of a hard sell. While the milk’s protein can possibly be used for healthy diets and bodybuilding, it’s not every day that someone looks at a product involving roach secretion and dives for it.
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I had my iud out recently, began bleeding two days later, was it my period, it was very much like a period. By the date I should have ovulated this past week but all of the ovulation test were negative. Could my ovulation be messed up?
The bleeding you expereinced was not your period. It was "withdrawal bleeding" and happens once you end a form of BC. You should get your period soon. Then just start testing 10 days after your last days since it is a common myth that all women ovulate 14 days into the cycle. The same thing happen to me when I got my IUD out. Now I am 8 weeks pregnant. You just need to ignore the withdrawal bleeding and calculate ovulation based on your normal cycle!
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Do you remember when a tall, thick ice cream sundae and apple pie was the perfect treat during the middle of the day? That sounds good, but let's face it, like everything else, our diet changes as we age.
Healthy fats can be found in seeds, nuts, avocados and fish. We all need fiber as we age and brown rice, whole grain cereals are much better choices for us and make sure to 'rough up' your diet. Raw fruits and vegetables and whole grains can cut down on constipation, provide vitamins, minerals, fiber and nutrients that you need in healthy aging. Getting good protein is as simple as adding beans, eggs, chicken and fish to your dinner plate. Adding garlic to your diet can also help reduce blood pressure.
We hear it all the time, but water is key. Water can do so many positive things for our bodies including a trick I learned about drinking water. It's easier to drink water that is NOT ice cold. If you have a specific medical condition, check with your doctor about foods that should be part of your daily diet.
It's not uncommon for senior citizens to become socially and intellectually withdrawn. But if you make an effort to stay engaged as you get older, you will find more joy and satisfaction in life and a good chance you will stay healthier.
We all have those moments when we forget where we put our keys, why we walked into a room, and discover when we are at the supermarket that we've left the shopping list at home. Everyone forgets things occasionally. Still, memory loss is nothing to take lightly. A strong memory depends on the health and vitality of your brain.
· Don't skimp on exercise or sleep. Treating your body well can enhance your ability to process and recall information. Physical exercise increases oxygen to the brain and reduces the risk for disorders that lead to memory loss, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
· Socialize regularly. Social interaction helps ward off depression and stress. Look for opportunities to get together with loved ones, friends and others - especially if you live alone.
· Feed your brain. The food you eat has a direct effect on your brain, which is why it's essential to eat foods that contain proper antioxidants for brain health.
If you're worried about memory loss -- especially if memory loss affects your ability to complete your usual daily activities, it could be time for a visit to your doctor. He or she will likely do a physical examination, as well as check your memory and problem-solving skills.
The tax season is upon us again, and like every other year my husband and I will gather the necessary paperwork and schedule an appointment with our favorite tax professional Ms. Harriet. For us, the process hasn't changed much over the years. We can usually expect our W2s from our employers in the mail by January 31st and all other information needed sprinkles in throughout the month.
Two years ago, when my father moved here from Virginia, he asked if I knew whether or not he still needed to file taxes and he wasn't sure because it was something my stepmother had always taken care of prior to her death. My first thought was to believe that he did not have to because he was retired. After a couple of minutes, I changed my answer because I realized that I really didn't know the answer. My only experience with a senior citizen and taxes had been my grandmother , who had never worked outside of the home and whose income had been my grandfather's pension and Social Security since his death.
After a phone call to my tax professional and a little online research, I found that every situation is different and if you have to ask, it's probably worth an appointment with a tax professional. This way you won't run into problems with the IRS later on down the road. Lucky for my dad, I found that he indeed needed to file and to his surprise he received a refund.
exceed 2 percent of your Adjusted Gross Income (AGI).
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Mushroom sauce is a type of sauce that strangely primarily consists of… mushrooms. This sauce is often usually white or brown depending on types of mushrooms. Just like every other sauce, there are numerous ways to prepare a tasty mushroom sauce. Each recipe comes different ingredients that serve a unique purpose in flavoring the sauce. Likewise, this sauce accompanies a variety of meals depending on the different regions. However, the distinct, creamy, sweet taste of mushroom sauce is universal. You are very likely to run into a unique recipe of this sauce wherever you go.
It is nearly impossible to distinguish the region from which the mushroom sauce originates. This is due to a couple of reasons. First, mushrooms are naturally occurring plants and have therefore been consumed worldwide ever since the beginning of time. Secondly, there are very many different ways of preparing mushroom sauce. For this reason different recipes for the sauce exist all over the world. Nevertheless, a cookbook from 1864 contains two mushroom sauce recipes that may just be the first ones ever documented.
Mushroom sauce has a long history as a very versatile sauce. It has been consumed by human beings for hundreds of years. Despite all this, it is hard to pinpoint exactly where the sauce originates from. The first ever documented recipe for the sauce was contained in a cookbook that dates back to 1864. However, the two recipes that are contained therein barely begin to cover the countless ways that the sauce can be prepared. Nevertheless, the two recipes are the most common preparation methods for the sauce. The first method results in sauce tournee and the second will result in brown gravy.
Ingredients typically seen are: Mushrooms, Butter, Cream, Olive oil, White wine, Pepper, Garlic, Lemon juice, Flour, Chicken stock, Parsley, Saffron.
Start by melting some butter in a sauce pan and add some fresh mushrooms of your likings. Stir fry for a few minutes.
Add your mustard bit by bit while stirring. Then add the double cream.
You can season as you wish by either adding in salt, ground pepper or even some chili. Allow the sauce to boil for a few more minutes so that it can thicken.
What goes well with mushroom sauce?
There are a number of foods that go great with the sauce. My personal favorite is mushroom sauce served with a good medium grilled steak. You can also serve this with pork or veal. It also compliments the flavor of vegetables and works very well with pasta dishes. In other regions of the world, mushroom sauce is often served with fish.
One of the most delicious sauces. Creamy and light that goes well with almost every dish.
Start by adding 15g of butter into a hot saucepan, and then 1 tbsp vegetable oil to stop the butter burning.
Now add the mushrooms. Chestnut, Cremini or Portobello you can use almost any kind you like.
Let them cook on a low heat. Avoid burning them and let them brown.
Add the white wine when the mushrooms are nice and soft and let it reduce by half.
Gradually add the mustard and stir in. I normally use Dijon but you can use whatever mustard you prefer.
Then add the double cream and let everything sit on a low heat for a minute or two, so the flavours get incorporated into the cream. You don’t want to just get a creamy flavor; you also want to taste the mushrooms. Don’t over reduce it.
Try adding a splash of dry sherry to the sauce. It makes wonders!
If you like this sauce then try the whiskey sauce too.
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Whether the decision by the HSE to grant a request under section 18 of the FOI Act for a statement of reasons why the applicant's discharge summary dated 22 October 2010 in the Mid-Western Regional Hospital contained errors has met the requirements of section 18 of the FOI Act in this case.
The FOI request in question was part of a broader FOI request received by the HSE on 21 February 2012. A request was also made under section 17 of the FOI Act for the amendment of the applicant's discharge summary dated 22 October 2010 which contained errors concerning who brought the applicant to Shannon Doc and to the Accident and Emergency department in the Mid-Western Regional Hospital (A&E). The discharge summary indicated that the Gardai had brought the applicant to Shannon Doc and then onto A&E. The HSE granted the request for the amendment to the record. The applicant asked for a statement of reasons for how these errors occurred in the discharge summary. The HSE granted the request and provided a statement of reasons by letter dated 03 May 2012. On 17 June 2013 the applicant sought an internal review of the HSE's decision as he was not satisfied with the statement of reasons provided. The HSE's internal review decision of 23 July 2013 provided two further explanations from the doctors involved to the applicant. On 24 November 2013, the applicant applied to the Office of the Information Commissioner for a review of the HSE's decision.
On 12 February 2014, Ms Mary Byrne, Investigator, spoke to the applicant by telephone outlining her preliminary views on the matter and providing him with an opportunity to make any further comments which he wished to have taken into account before this Office reached a final decision. The applicant gave detailed information on the background to his attendance at A&E and some detail about what occurred since that time.
I consider that the review should now be brought to a close by the issue of a formal, binding decision. In conducting this review I have had regard to the provisions of the FOI Act, the relevant submissions of the HSE and those of the applicant, and to the statements of reasons issued to the applicant.
This review is concerned solely with the question of whether the statements of reasons which issued to the applicant are adequate for the purposes of section 18 of the FOI Act. It is not part of the function of the Information Commissioner to adjudicate on how public bodies perform their functions generally. The Commissioner's remit does not extend to examining the appropriateness or otherwise of the particular act for which reasons are sought nor indeed would it be appropriate under the FOI Act to make a finding as to whether any "acts" carried out by the HSE were the correct ones in all the circumstances.
For the purposes of this review I am considering the three statements issued by the HSE to the applicant to be, together, the HSE's overall statement of reasons for the purposes of section 18 of the FOI Act.
Section 18 of the FOI Act provides that a person is entitled to a statement of reasons for an act of a public body where that person is affected by that act and has a material interest in a matter affected by the act or to which it relates. Where a person applies for a review of a decision of a public body on the ground that s/he is not satisfied with the contents of the decision given, the Commissioner's role is confined to deciding whether the public body has complied with the requirements imposed on it by section 18, i.e. whether the statement is adequate.
It would be useful to set out what the Commissioner considers should be the principal features of a statement of reasons having regard to section 18. In the Commissioner's view, a statement of reasons should be intelligible and adequate having regard to the particular circumstances of the case. The statement should be sufficiently clear to enable the applicant to understand without due difficulty why the public body acted as it did. It should identify the criteria relevant to the act and explain how each of the criteria affected the act. However, a statement must not necessarily contain a detailed clarification of all issues identified by an applicant as relevant to a particular act or decision. The Commissioner considers that the purpose of section 18 of the FOI Act is to ensure that such reasons for an act as may be identified are conveyed to the applicant; where reasons cannot be identified, it is not the purpose of section 18 to require the creation, after the event, of such reasons. Furthermore his remit does not extend to examining the appropriateness or otherwise of the particular act for which reasons are sought.
In its statement of reasons provided to the applicant in its letter dated 03 May 2012, the HSE provided a summary of events as set out by one of the doctors who treated him, following a review of the notes held by the HSE. That doctor said that there was nothing in the notes that indicated that the applicant was brought to either Shannon Doc or to A&E by the Gardai. She said that she cannot recall why she recorded incorrect information about this event, however, it was likely that the Garda presence was included in the discharge letter to illustrate the stressful situation the applicant was in prior to his admission.
On 23 July 2013 the HSE, in its supplementary statements of reasons, expanded on its first statement of reasons. In its letter to the applicant it included two statements, one from the doctor referred to above and another from a second doctor involved in his treatment. The first doctor again stated that she does not know why she thought that the Gardai had brought the applicant to Shannon Doc when it was clear that they had not. She said that she may have picked up incorrect information from the other doctors or nursing staff on the ward but given the passage of time since this incident she could not be sure. The second doctor said that, it is her understanding that the applicant was not brought to A&E by the Gardai, but given the passage of time and considering the hundreds of patients she dealt with in that year she said that she could not recall this exact event. She said that she subsequently requested a garda report to confirm this fact. She also said that his notes have been officially corrected in this respect.
Having examined the three statements of reasons given in the HSE's letters to the applicant it is clear that, given the passage of time, the doctors in question explain that they cannot recall why they recorded incorrect information on the applicant's discharge summary. However, both agree that the information recorded was incorrect and the HSE has since amended the discharge summary accordingly. Having considered the matter, the explanation provided by the relevant doctors are, in my view, reasonable and I see no reason to doubt them.
The purpose of section 18 of the FOI Act, as I understand it, is to ensure that such reasons for an act as may be identified are conveyed to the applicant. It is important to bear in mind that not every act of a public body must be capable of being explained by way of a written statement of reasons and the fact remains that an applicant may not agree with the reasons given without these necessarily being inadequate. In this case, I am satisfied that the explanations of the accepted (and subsequently amended) inaccuracies in the record are reasonable in the circumstances.
Accordingly, I find that the HSE's overall statement of reasons is adequate under section 18 of the FOI Act in the circumstances of this case.
Having carried out a review under section 34(2) of the FOI Act, I hereby decide that the HSE has complied with the requirements of section 18 of the Act in this case.
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Are you interested in a Gemini relationship? If a Gemini person is someone you really desire a relationship with, it's best for you to think in terms of acceptance, rather than devotion.
This is because the Gemini is usually so busy it's hard for anyone to figure out where they're at, physically or mentally. A Gemini is almost always a bundle of laughs, and someone who is rarely in a depressive mood, and even when they are, they don't want to share it with others.
But the Gemini simply doesn't 'get' the idea of belonging to another person, and will appear and disappear from your sphere in a seemingly random fashion.
The hardest thing for anyone who has, or is seeking, a Gemini friend is keeping up with them. They may be hard to pin down; because the Common Signs represent the transitional period between seasons, it's not uncommon to run into them when they are on their way somewhere.
If you both buy a book at the same time and run into your Gemini a week later, chances are good they'll ask you if you finished it, but watch out, because both of the Mercury signs, Gemini and Virgo, tend to read the end first. Gemini people like spontaneity, and may show up when you least expect them.
Try to give them a wide time slot on your calendar as well; leave them time for their distractions. Never try to figure them out; just relax and enjoy their delightful company.
The most difficult thing about a Gemini relationship is what appears to be their inconsistency. On their way to meet you, they may run into this person or that, or something comes up at work, or they realize that they'd forgotten an important errand.
They may come up with any number of excuses, and many people find it hard to believe that this tardiness is not their fault. The Gemini also bores easily and rarely wants to do the same thing more than once, or the same way.
Gemini people are also very social and like being involved in group activities, in which they will move from one conversation to another, and this behavior may cause you to feel like you're being ignored.
Some people are annoyed with the Gemini approach to problems; they feel that trouble means excitement and adventure, and the opportunity to try or do something new.
Gemini loves variety, and thrives upon change and innovation. A Gemini will never show up with depressing stories (unless they are leading you to a punch line) or boring ideas.
A Gemini person is very quick to adapt to sudden changes of circumstance; no one can beat a Gemini at figuring out how to make things work when there is a sudden reversal of fortune or twist of fate.
The Gemini habit of embellishing stories or even finding new expressions before anyone else does is always enjoyable. Their ability to multi-task and keep up with the latest news, ideas or gadgets is legendary.
If you are in Gemini relationship, you will never have to worry about losing touch; even if the Gemini is full of excuses for their distractions or other issues, their favorite thing to do is communicate. They can be great assets in business, and totally enjoyable friends.
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The content of this article provides interesting history, facts and information about the Decline of the Colosseum. What happened in Rome. Why did the gladiatorial games stop? What happened to the Roman Colosseum? What caused the ruin of the colosseum? Why was it allowed to fall into disrepair? What was the reason for not rebuilding the Roman Colosseum?
The Decline of the Colosseum started when the Gladiatorial games were stopped. The last known gladiatorial fight took place during the reign of the Emperor Honorius (reigned 393 - 423AD).
The catalyst for this change was was an Egyptian monk named Telemachus who had newly come to Rome and visited the Colosseum in 404AD. He objected to the savage bloodshed and slaughter in the arena and the midst of the bloodshed shouted for it to cease in the name of Christ. He was stoned by the outraged 'mob' and killed.
Three days later the Emperor issued a decree that the gladiatorial games were to stop. Less violent events such as hunting events continued to be shown until 523AD. The advent of Christianity led to a massive change of attitudes in the Roman Empire. The Roman culture changed from being antagonistic to becoming pacifistic. With the new Christian religion the morals, principles and values of the Romans changed.
At the height of its popularity the cost of the gladiatorial games at the Colosseum came to one third of the total income of the Roman Empire. The emperors who followed Honorius at first commissioned repairs to the Colosseum but as its political importance declined, together with the wealth of the Roman Empire, so did the enthusiasm for spending money on repairs. Constant warfare required heavy military spending. The Roman government was constantly threatened by bankruptcy and the emperors spent money on wars.
Storms, lightening, fires and earthquakes were the natural disasters which struck the Colosseum leading to its decline. The Colosseum was damaged by lightening and fires but an earthquake shook the ground so severely that parts of the upper stories and eventually the entire south wall fell. Although seriously damaged by two earthquakes in the fifth century, it is generally held that the Coliseum was practically intact in the sixth century. The later, catastrophic, earthquakes of 847 and 1231 caused the most stones to fall.
The precious metals such as gold and bronze in the statues, inscriptions and decorations were the first, most valuable items to be plundered. All of the marble which covered the walls, stairs and floor of the Colosseum was plundered and re-used. As the Colosseum declined stones and marble were plundered and reused for other constructions.
The steps of St. Peter's in Rome are made of reused Colosseum stones. The outer wall of the Colosseum is estimated to have required over 100,000 cubic meters (3,531,466 ft) of travertine stone which were set, without mortar, and held together by 300 tons of iron clamps. It has been calculated that 300 tons of metal were used just for the clamps. This metal was plundered during the Middle Ages to make weapons. The holes where the iron clamps once were can now be seen throughout the whole structure of the Colosseum.
It is ironic that when the Coliseum stood in grave danger of demolition it was saved by the belief that it should be left as a constant reminder of the Christian Martyrs who died bloody deaths in the Colosseum. The advent of the Christian faith was one of the major reasons for the Decline of the Colosseum but Christianity was also its saviour. The Colosseum is now visited every year by nearly 5 million people.
The content of this Decline of the Colosseum category on life in Ancient Rome provides free educational details, facts and information for reference and research for schools, colleges and homework. Refer to the Colosseum Sitemap for a comprehensive search on interesting different categories containing the history, facts and information about Ancient Rome. Just like the subject of Decline of the Colosseum there is hardly a page of Roman history and the Romans that is not, on some way, connected to the Roman Colosseum which became a symbol of Rome, its society, culture and life.
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Septic tanks are airtight to provide a hospitable environment for decomposing-bacteria to thrive in.
Every bit of water put into the septic tank must exit the tank. In other words in an efficiently functioning septic system, flushing the toilet causes 5 gallons of water to enter the septic tank and 5 gallons of effluent to flow out of the tank into the leach area.
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What type of advisor would be the best fit to help us think through creative design and productization of our sustainability consulting service?
Quick answer on this one: talk with somebody who has already succeeded in this field (built similar product or company). He/she will be able to quickly get you on track and avoid common pitfalls of your industry. If this person can't help you 100%, he/she will certainly be able to point you other people to talk with among their network.
When working with any company the typical place I start is mapping out the customer journey. This will include how a customer explores their problem, discovers your service (and those of your competitors), evaluates options, decides on your product/service, how their need is fulfilled, followed by any follow-up. What I look for through this process are the barriers that prevent a customer from moving forward to the stage.
So your key questions are how is my offering helping customers to overcome their barriers and fulfill their goals.
Happy to discuss customer journey mapping in more detail if it is of interest to you.
The type that believes what you believe. Not trying to make a buck off you.
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How do you filter out the noise?
You're missing smoke with those mirrors.
You could ask yourself questions.
[1.] Is the physical universe completely mathematical?
[2.] Is the physical universe partially mathematical?
[3.] Is the physical universe completely not mathematical?
It has also been suggested that the MUH is inconsistent with Gödel's incompleteness theorem. In a three-way debate between Tegmark and fellow physicists Piet Hut and Mark Alford, the "secularist" (Alford) states that "the methods allowed by formalists cannot prove all the theorems in a sufficiently powerful system... The idea that math is "out there" is incompatible with the idea that it consists of formal systems." Tegmark's response in (sec VI.A.1) is to offer a new hypothesis "that only Godel-complete (fully decidable) mathematical structures have physical existence. This drastically shrinks the Level IV multiverse, essentially placing an upper limit on complexity, and may have the attractive side effect of explaining the relative simplicity of our universe." Tegmark goes on to note that although conventional theories in physics are Godel-undecidable, the actual mathematical structure describing our world could still be Godel-complete, and "could in principle contain observers capable of thinking about Godel-incomplete mathematics, just as finite-state digital computers can prove certain theorems about Godel-incomplete formal systems like Peano arithmetic." In (sec. VII) he gives a more detailed response, proposing as an alternative to MUH the more restricted "Computable Universe Hypothesis" (CUH) which only includes mathematical structures that are simple enough that Gödel's theorem does not require them to contain any undecidable/uncomputable theorems. Tegmark admits that this approach faces "serious challeges", including (a) it excludes much of the mathematical landscape; (b) the measure on the space of allowed theories may itself be uncomputable; and (c) "virtually all historically successful theories of physics violate the CUH".
A structure that is isomorphic to an amalgam of ALL structures (vis a vis a "direct product" of structures) does not contradict Godel's incompleteness theorems.
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Why do women have smaller feet than men? It allows them to stand closer to the sink.
It allows them to stand closer to the sink.
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James II (French: Jacques; c. 1438/1439 or c. 1440 – 10 July 1473) was the penultimate King of Cyprus, reigning from 1463 until his death.
James was born in Nicosia as the illegitimate son of John II of Cyprus and Marietta de Patras. He was a great favourite of his father, and in 1456, at the age of 16, he was appointed to the archbishopric of Nicosia. After murdering Iacopo Urri, the royal chamberlain, on 1 April 1457, he was deprived of the archbishopric and fled to Rhodes on a ship of the Catalan Juan Tafures. He was pardoned by his father, and the archbishopric was returned to him.
In 1458, his father died, and his half-sister Charlotte became Queen of Cyprus. In 1460, with support from the Egyptian Mamluk sultan Sayf ad-Din Inal, James challenged her right to the throne, blockading her and her husband, Louis of Savoy, in the castle of Kyrenia for three years. When Charlotte fled to Rome in 1463, James was crowned King. In gratitude, he made his friend and supporter Juan Tafures Master of his Household and titular Count of Tripoli.
In Venice, on 30 July 1468, seeking political support, he married a 14-year-old Venetian, Catherine Cornaro, by proxy. She finally travelled to Cyprus and married in person at Famagusta in October or November, 1472. James died a few months later in Famagusta, amidst some suspicion that he might have been poisoned by agents of Venice, possibly by Catherine's uncles. According to his will, Caterina, who was pregnant, became regent. The couple's son, James III, died under suspicious circumstances in 1474 before his first birthday, leaving Catherine as regent of Cyprus. During her reign, the island was controlled by Venetian merchants. In 1489, Venice forced her to abdicate, and Cyprus became a colony of the Republic of Venice until the territory was taken by the Ottoman Empire in 1571.
The civil war between James II (called "Zacco") and Charlotte of Cyprus forms the historical background to the events of Dorothy Dunnett's novel Race of Scorpions.
Eugene of Lusignan also styled d'Armenia (d. Venice, 1536), married Dona Paola Mazzara of Sicily, with issue.
Janus of Lusignan (d. after 1552), married (1) 1504 to N de Toro, married (2) 1547 to Virginia Cosanza dei Duchi di San Sava, with issue.
Charlotte of Lusignan (d. c. 1469), married after 1463 Sor de Naves.
Charla of Lusignan (1468–in prison in Padua, 1480), she was either married or engaged to Alonso, batard d'Aragona (1460–1510), a son of Ferdinand I of Naples.
^ Sanudo, Marino; Stefani, F.; Berchet, G.; Barozzi, N.; Deputazione di storia patria per la Venezie (1882). I diarii di Marino Sanuto:. 8. F. Visentini. p. 648. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
^ Latrie, L. M. (1873). Nouvelles preuves de l'histoire de Chypre sous le reigne des princes de la maison de Lusignan. J. Baur et Detaille. p. 44. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
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How does the brain process sound?
The ear is composed of three sections, the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The outer flap that we normally think of as the ear is called the pinna. That and the ear canal, the long inner tunnel where our wax collects, comprise the outer ear. The ear canal ends in the ear drum, a thin membrane that stretches across the back end of the ear canal. The middle ear consists of three tiny, delicate bones that transfer sound vibrations from the ear drum to the cochlea, a fluid-filled spiral that translates sound vibrations into neural activity. The cochlea and the vestibular apparatus, which senses balance and motion, comprise the inner ear. Sound vibrations are captured by the pinna, channeled back to the middle ear by the ear canal, and communicated to the cochlea via the bones of the middle ear.
The fluid-filled cochlea is lined with hair cells, a type of sensory neuron that responds to sounds of specific frequencies. High frequencies (which translate into high pitched sounds) are recorded by hair cells at the opening of the spiral cochlea, middle frequencies in the middle of the cochlea, and low frequencies by hair cells at the end of the spiral. The hair cells send information to the spinal cord, which then connects to several regions in the brain stem. Here the auditory information is processed for the timing and intensity. These neurons connect to the inferior colliculus in the mid-brain, where some further analysis takes place. The inferior colliculus connects to the gate-keeping thalamus. Finally, the auditory information enters the cortex at the primary auditory cortex (A1), located in the superior and posterior (upper rear) temporal lobe. Association areas are nearby, including the regions that deal with language.
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"What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim."
Every Fourth of July since 1778, Kaskaskia residents have rung the "Liberty Bell of the West" in celebration of America's Declaration of Independence. The bell rang to commemorate liberty in a territory, and later a state, that enslaved African Americans. It rang over an Illinois plagued by racism, segregation and violence. While it rang, though, African American residents of Illinois fought for their freedom, never giving up on their quest for equality.
Their journey was a long one. The struggle to end slavery in Illinois, from its introduction by the French in 1719 to its official abolition with the 13th Amendment in 1865, took nearly 150 years. And the struggle wasn't over even then. Through the tumultuous years after the Civil War, black residents of Illinois continued to face discrimination, racial violence and segregation.
But a sense of expanding possibility – that proposition that all are created equal – drove African Americans to create opportunity, stability, success and even greatness. It prompted them to form schools, establish clubs, build churches, pursue professions, organize unions, mobilize politically, prosper economically and protest effectively.
"I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence."
French missionaries established a mission at Kaskaskia in 1703, naming the village after the Illini word for the Kaskaskia River. Their goal was to convert the local Native Americans to Catholicism. The stone Church of the Immaculate Conception was built there in 1714 to accommodate a growing population of French traders and settlers.
Historians believe the Jesuits – priests of the Society of Jesus – at Kaskaskia owned the first slaves in early Illinois. The Jesuits, with their wealth and powerful political connections, were in a position to buy slaves and have them shipped up the Mississippi River to the growing village. By 1720, the Jesuits owned sixteen to eighteen slaves, both African and Native American, making them the single largest owner of slaves in the Illinois Country at that time.
Flooding destroyed the original church, but it was rebuilt in 1893 and still stands today.
Kaskaskia Bell State Memorial, Kaskaskia French-Canadian fur traders and missionaries established the first settlements in Illinois at Cahokia (1699) and Kaskaskia (1703). What is today Illinois – known then as the Illinois Country – was part of the French colony in North America.
In 1741, King Louis XV of France ordered that a bell be cast and sent as a gift to the church of the Illinois country. The 650-pound bell was shipped to New Orleans, then pulled up the Mississippi River to be housed in the bell tower of the old stone Church of the Immaculate Conception in Kaskaskia. It took two years for the bell to make its journey.
When the American George Rogers Clark defeated the British at Kaskaskia in 1778, the Kaskaskia residents, now including many Americans, cheered. Running to the church, they rang the bell in celebration of the end of British rule. From that day forward, the bell has been known as the “Liberty Bell of the West.” It is still rung annually on the Fourth of July as a symbol of freedom and liberation.
Today, the bell is housed in the Kaskaskia Bell State Memorial, a brick building that also contains murals depicting scenes from Kaskaskia history.
Site of John Jones Tailor Shop John Jones's tailor shop at 119 South Dearborn St. was Chicago's main stop on the Underground Railroad, which helped transport runaway slaves from the South to the North or to Canada.
John Jones was an outspoken civil rights activist whose pamphlet, The Black Laws of Illinois and a Few Reasons Why They Should Be Repealed, proved instrumental in overturning Illinois’ harsh Black Codes. Jones' home also served as a meeting place for local and national abolitionist leaders, including Frederick Douglass, John Brown and Allan Pinkerton. A historic marker notes the location.
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The Royal Court Theatre have announced their new February – August 2019 season, which sees Harry Potter And The Cursed Child writer-director duo Jack Thorne and John Tiffany reunited, as well as an exciting line-up of new writing which includes a play about Kylie Jenner.
Thorne and Tiffany will once again team up for The End Of History… (from Thursday 27 June 2019) in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs. Set in 1997 Newbury, a socialist family reunion goes awry – after all, when all the kids are named after the parents’ leftist heroes, there’s a lot to live up to. The production features design by Grace Smart, lighting by Jack Knowles and sound by Tom Gibbons.
Seven Methods Of Killing Kylie Jenner (from Thursday 4 July), meanwhile, is written by Jasmine Lee-Jones, and plays in the smaller Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. Directed by Milli Bhatia, the show weighs up the problems behind internet influeners, whose actions don’t always speak louder than their words.
Opening the Downstairs 2019 season is the previously announced return of David Ireland’s Cyprus Avenue. This is followed in the theatre by a series of political events including composer and musician Matthew Herbert’s Big Band & Leavers’ Assembly on Friday 29 and Saturday 30 March 2019; Dismantle This Room, an immersive escape-the-room experience about power structures, playing from April 2019; and Passage: A Windrush Celebration (Saturday 13 April 2019), a day of celebration to celebrate a series of seven monologue films presented by the Royal Court.
The Jerwood Theatre Downstairs then hosts White Pearl (from Friday 10 May), a new play by Anchuli Felicia King, about an international PR nightmare for a company whose draft promotional video goes viral – for all the wrong reasons.
In the more intimate Upstairs theatre, alongside the play about Jenner, will play: Superhoe (from Wednesday 30 January), written by Nicôle Lecky and centring on a young woman who dreams of fame; Inside B**ch (from Wednesday 27 February), a devised ensemble performance which playfully subverts the representation of women in prison; Pah-La (from Wednesday 3 April), an examination of the future of non-violence; and Salt. (from Tuesday 14 May), a journey to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in an examination of the UK’s colonial history.
From May 2019, the Royal Court Theatre will also commit to running a weekly captioned performance on all their shows post-press night, alongside their usual access performances.
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Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Intense rain and gushing flood waters threatened Wednesday to cause more misery in monsoon-bloated Pakistan, where 3 million people are already suffering.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Americans to donate to relief efforts, saying that experience in post-earthquake Haiti showed that small donations can make a big difference.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani appealed to residents to curtail expenditures for Ramadan feasts and upcoming independence day celebrations and contribute instead to help their desperate compatriots.
As many as 1,500 people have died in Pakistan's worst flooding in 70 years.
Relief agencies were struggling to reach people who have lost everything to walls of water. Many were cut off after roads and bridges washed away.
Thousands of others were people already displaced by violence in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan, according to the United Nations refugee agency. The flooding also washed away tens of thousands of homes, devastated livestock and swept away farm land.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said it has distributed 10,000 tents so far, along with other relief supplies which have assisted some 50,000 people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces.
Speaking to reporters in Washington, Clinton stressed the importance of U.S. assistance to Pakistan, a strategically important country whose relationship with Washington continues to be a work on progress.
The Obama administration is looking to turn the natural disaster into opportunity, hoping a robust response to the crisis will help improve its poor image among a skeptical Pakistani public.
A senior Pakistani military official told CNN that six U.S. helicopters landed at Ghazi airbase Wednesday near the village of Tarbela Ghazi, just north of Islamabad, to participate in the rescue and relief work.
The United States has already committed $10 million in aid, and U.S. helicopters have airlifted flood victims and helped deliver critical supplies including temporary bridges and 300,000 halal meals, food that meets Islamic dietary law.
"We've been working hard over the past year to build a partnership with the people of Pakistan, and this is an essential element of that partnership -- reaching out and helping each other in times of need," Clinton said.
She urged Americans to use their cell phones to text the word "SWAT" to the number 50555 to make a $10 contribution to the U.N. refugee agency.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department predicted more misery in the days ahead. As much as 2 inches of rain is forecast over the next two days for central Pakistan while scattered showers will continue to fall in the north. Rushing river waters could cause more flooding in downstream areas by this weekend, meteorologists said.
In some areas, Pakistanis complained the government has been sluggish to respond. In a special emergency meeting Wednesday, Gilani said the government was doing all it could to address the crisis.
People stranded in Tonsa Sharif and Dera Ghazi Khan were still waiting for government relief, reported CNN affiliate Geo TV.
Meanwhile, limited access to clean water and poor hygienic conditions raised the threat of widespread acute respiratory infections, diarrhea and skin infections, said the medical group Medecins Sans Frontieres (also known as Doctors Without Borders), which is supporting health units in Mandrakhel, Wadpaga, and Gulbela in the Peshawar district, and the Paddi Hospital in the Nowshera district.
Collapsed bridges meant the medical teams were unable to reach the badly hit North Swat region. A case of cholera has been confirmed in Swat.
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What is Islam, and who is a true Muslim?
These are two fundamental questions of current times and for which the appropriate response is often obscured in light of political correctness and the fear of causing offense. Regularly I will be asked if so and so represents true Islam, because she seems so nice, is hospitable, and rejects the violent past of previous Islamic empires and conquests.
Whenever questioned along this line, I respond with the following. No religion, including Islam, can be defined by the actions of those who claim to follow it. The reason for this is simple: There is a very wide spectrum of belief and practice among adherents of all religions. As an example, many in the United States claim to be Christian, yet regularly travel to Las Vegas where they drink, gamble, and attend risque shows with scantily clad women - all actions that others who also claim to be Christian would never dream of doing, and who further find it offensive that Christians would participate in such activities. The same notion can be applied to Islam and those claiming the title of Muslim. Around the world one can find Muslims who are violent and others who are very peaceful; Muslims who attack Christians and Muslims who defend them from attack by others; Muslims who drink alcohol and those who refrain and consider alcohol a sin; Muslims who devoutely keep the traditional five pillars of Islam and those who are not so devout but are more relaxed and lenient toward them.
So who is a true Muslim? Who is a true Christian?
Neither Islam nor Christianity can be defined from the actions of those claiming the title. Rather, both are defined by a set of scripture and by the example set by the figure head of the belief. For Muslims, true Islam is defined by the Quran, the traditions of Muhammad known as hadith, and the example that Muhammad set for Muslims to emulate. Likewise, true Christians follow the teaching of Jesus Christ as recorded in the New Testament and the example Jesus set for them to follow.
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Can we just start letting the customers decide?
A&E has suspended Phil Robertson, star of its wildly popular Duck Dynasty, over comments he made in GQ that were critical of homosexuality.
His suspension comes in the wake of several high-profile media personalities losing their own shows because of things they have said, including Alec Baldwin and Martin Bashir of MSNBC, and, earlier, television chef Paula Deen.
In all of those cases, and the dozens of others that preceded them, the corporate parents decided that the risk of losing sponsorship dollars demanded some sort of action. (It should be noted that the show will go on with Duck Dynasty, just presumably - for the moment - without scenes with the family's patriarch.) It is, after all, about the money.
But, should it be more about the audience? Is there not an advantage in knowing the beliefs and values of the people whose media you consume, then making a decision based on that level of transparency about whether you want to continue to watch? And should media organizations be more upfront about the beliefs of their biggest stars, letting the viewers and listeners decide?
First, for those screaming for unfettered free speech, we need a caveat. The is no free speech in commerce, at least how we practice it in this country. It is a right as a citizen, but those protections don't allow you to go into jobs each day and offend the person sitting next to you in your cubicle. Speech can sometimes violate state and federal labor laws, and managers have to be careful to ensure that employees are not offended. What's more, company owners can be free to make any statements they choose about issues, even if those conflict with their employees. Paula Deen could say what she likes, but the Food Network had no responsibility to endorse it. Same with MSNBC and A&E.
Still, when companies intercede in situations like the Robertson controversy, they also have to live with the backlash from their audience and customers. That is where the Duck Dynasty problem is especially tricky: There was already a distrust of A&E because of attempts early on in the show to tone down the deeply held Christian beliefs of the Robertson family.
That is the rock and hard place A&E is now wedged between. On the one side are those who label Robertson as dangerously homophobic, despite Robertson's legitimate and honestly held religious objection to homosexuality (which, incidentally, is far from unique to American Christian evangelicalism, but is found in Catholicism, Islam and Orthodox Judaism). On the other side are those who view this as Hollywood's anti-Christian bias, and a slap in the face to people who try to live good lives as best they can, following the dictates of their faith, only to be criticized as toothless, uneducated rednecks.
Related: What Role Should Religious Values Play in Business?
As with most controversies, it is far more complex than the black-and-white way it is portrayed. The loudest arguments are coming from the poles on either side, and, at least in the Twitterverse, there is little sympathy for those trying to find a middle ground. Suggest Robertson should be allowed to continue in some way and you are branded a homophobe. Criticize the tone and nature of what Robertson said to GQ and you are called anti-religious or a member of the politically correct thought police.
This controversy, though, could be less about free speech and more about free markets. A&E could not sit silent, but it could have condemned the remarks and still let the audience decide whether Robertson was worth watching. Every episode, every theme on the show, could be parsed by all the sides of the debate, but, in the end, the viewers would vote with their eyes, and - more importantly for the marketplace - sponsors could decide how they wanted to position themselves.
Knowing what people believe, as abhorrent as you might find it, is helpful in determining whether you want to watch their show, vote them into office or follow them on Twitter. Knowledge is power. This situation could have been a meaningful test of the power of the free markets, and how they could serve as a forum for a debate over ideas. Sadly, all that might now be lost in the rhetoric.
How Should A&E Have Handled the Phil Robertson Controversy?
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Be a true Saint and send flowers in honor of Saint Valentine!
Saint Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day is on February 14. It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other; sending Valentine's cards, candy, or donations to charities, often anonymously. It is very common to present flowers on Valentine's Day. The holiday is named after two men, both Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines". Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards.
In the second half of the 20th century, the practice of exchanging cards was extended to all manners of gifts in the United States, usually from a man to a woman. Such gifts typically include roses and chocolates.
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broadcast: In the Array "Hello World" program, the last thing the Main::Main() constructor did was tell the first element of the helloArray to sayHi(). In this version of "Hello World," Main::Main tells the entire array of Hello chare objects to sayHi(). This is done by calling Hello::sayHi() on the array itself (instead of just a single element of the array).
sayHi(): The Hello::sayHi() entry method no longer has the if statement that tests if the object is the last object in the chare array. Instead, every element of the chare arrays invokes done() on the Main chare object (sends a message).
done(): The Main::done() entry method is now invoked multiple times. The Main chare object has a counter, doneCount, that counts the number of times Main::done() has been called. Once this count reaches the number of elements in the Hello chare array, the program exits.
numElements: Since the Main chare object is the only object that needs access to the numElements value, it has been made into a member variable of the Main chare class.
The source code for this example can be found here (BroadcastHelloWorld.tar.gz).
// has completed its task.
// Create the array of Hello chare objects.
// elements in the helloArray array of chare objects.
// When called, the "done()" entry method will increment the doneCount.
// completed their tasks, "done()" will cause the program to exit.
// objects have indicated that they are done, then exit.
// Otherwise, continue waiting for the Hello chare objects.
The makefile for this program is the same as it is for the Array "Hello World" program.
The only difference in the output of this program and the Array "Hello World" program is that all of the Hello chare objects are told to sayHi() by the Main chare object. This is reflected by the fact that all the output lines below have "told by -1" in them.
"Hello" from Hello chare # 3 on processor 0 (told by -1).
"Hello" from Hello chare # 6 on processor 0 (told by -1).
"Hello" from Hello chare # 9 on processor 0 (told by -1).
"Hello" from Hello chare # 1 on processor 1 (told by -1).
"Hello" from Hello chare # 4 on processor 1 (told by -1).
"Hello" from Hello chare # 7 on processor 1 (told by -1).
"Hello" from Hello chare # 2 on processor 2 (told by -1).
"Hello" from Hello chare # 5 on processor 2 (told by -1).
"Hello" from Hello chare # 8 on processor 2 (told by -1).
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A Puzzling Passage. After Jesus rose from the dead he appeared on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. The gospel includes some curious details: “On hearing it was the Lord, Simon Peter threw on some clothes (he was stripped) and jumped into the water” (NAB, 1970), or according to the most recent translation, “When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tucked in his garment, for he was lightly clad, and jumped into the sea” (Jn 21:7) (RNAB, 2010).
Sin and Separation. Peter was in the boat and Jesus was on the shore, and they were about one hundred yards apart. Peter may have loved Jesus, but the sin he committed when he denied Jesus three times put distance between them. Jesus is the reconciler. Jesus reconciled all things to himself through the blood of his Cross (Col 1:20). Therefore, at the sight of Jesus, Peter may have felt that mercy would be available to him if he would only go to Jesus.
A Major Conversion Moment. For Peter it was a time of decision, a moment of truth. Jesus had prayed for Peter’s faith (Lk 22:31). Jesus wanted Peter’s faith to increase to a much higher level. It was time for Peter to go from moderate belief to full belief, from hesitation to confidence, from doing what he wanted to whatever Jesus asked, and from wanting to safeguard his life to a willingness to lay down his life for God and the sheep (Mt 10:39;16:25; Jn 15:13). For Peter it was time to take a leap of faith, to take the plunge. Peter jumped out of the boat and into the sea to go to Jesus.
Lightly clad Peter. Some translations say that Peter was stripped or naked; others say that he was lightly clad. Peter would have been wearing a loin cloth, and when he went to see Jesus on the shore it would have been polite to appear before him fully dressed. Symbolically, Peter’s nakedness suggests that his sinfulness was exposed before Jesus and that he was in desperate need of forgiveness.
He tucked in his garment. Fishermen typically wore a smock, a loose outer garment, particularly during the nighttime hours when it often was quite chilly. A swimmer would not put on a cloak before swimming because it would create so much drag in the water, even if it was tucked in or tied down with a belt or rope.
Come to the water. By the time the Gospel of John was written, probably in the late 90s AD, the ritual for the Sacrament of Baptism was already established in the early Church. Peter was about to make a profession of faith with his three statements, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you” (Jn 21:15,16,17). Faith in Jesus leads to baptism. At the symbolic level, the outer garment may represent a baptismal garment, his jump into the sea may represent the descent into the waters of an immersion baptismal font, and his arrival on the shore may represent the emergence up the steps out of the font by a new believer. Through his plunge into the water, Peter’s sins were washed away, and he was created anew in Jesus who is living water (see Jn 4:14; 7:38).
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Who knew that I, a skincare rookie, would ever sit down and take time to write a beauty product review? Don’t let my lack of knowledge cause you to stop reading, because the benefits of this specific product are obvious, even if you lack the basic skincare know-how.
Here’s one fact you should know before I begin talking about RevitaLash’s eyelash serum: One time I was coming home from a long night out and was too lazy to use makeup-remover before going to bed. I did, however, notice that my mascara had clumped up and I, for some reason I still don’t understand, decided to use my fingernails to get rid of these leftover chunks. A few seconds later, I had managed to remove them and simultaneously pluck out a few eyelashes, leaving me with the most ridiculous-looking left eye imaginable.
Then I met RevitaLash. I went into this trial with two thoughts: The first was “This better work” and the second was “Show me what you got, RevitaLash.” So I tried it. The product itself comes in a thin, small stick that’s not too different from liquid eyeliner or your average lip gloss. The application tool is also thin and not too long, which I found similar to those of gel or again, liquid eyeliners. As for actual application process of the eyelash serum, it was easy. All you have to do is run the brush gently on the top side of your lashes (opposite your eyeball, from eyelid to the ends of your lashes ) and you’re done.
The serum is absorbed fairly quickly, so don’t worry about dripping serum all over your face. And yes, you can blink just fine. I applied the serum before bed every night to my top (and occasionally bottom) lashes, and I did this for about a month or so. Mind you, there were some nights when I just forgot, so don’t think of this as a full 30-day trial. The results were nothing short of amazing. I started seeing changes in my eyelashes not long after I started using the product which was a motivation for me to keep going. My missing lashes decided to forgive me and make a comeback, and the rest were thicker and longer. Basically, I went from a rookie skeptic to a die hard fan of RevitaLash in less than a month. So if you’re anything like me and your lashes need to be saved from the grip of your nails and barely-there skincare routine, do yourself a favor and get acquainted with RevitaLash.
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The Nobel-prize winning discovery of the acceleration of the Universe in 1998, and its attribution to the presence of a non-zero cosmological constant in the law of gravity, led to an effort by cosmologists to understand its very unusual small value (10-121 in natural `Planck' units). This is the biggest problem in fundamental physics. The best effort before this to `explain' it was the anthropic bound, first found by Professor Barrow (Professor of Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics since 1999) in 1986, long before the observation of the cosmic acceleration, which showed that a value larger than about 10-120 would have prevented the formation of galaxies and stars in the past. Barrow's work provided a new way to understand the unusual observed value for the cosmological constant. More importantly, it also precisely predicted the expected sign and value of the parameter that determines the fraction of the energy density in the universe that contributes to the curvature of space. This is a consequence of the prediction of the value of the cosmological constant's value and takes into account the small variations in the curvature of space created by the presence of galaxies and clusters. This numerical prediction remains consistent with the detailed Planck satellite mission data first announced in April 2013, with further detail expected in the next 12 months.
This research was the first to make a definite prediction of the value of the cosmological constant. It was able to do this by a small modification to the process which derives Einstein's equations of general relativity by a variational principle. It includes only variations that are causally connected to us in space and time. This creates an extra constraint equation, in addition to Einstein's classic equations. When evaluated in our universe, allowing for the presence of galaxies, it leads to a numerical deduction of the allowed value of the cosmological constant as the reciprocal of the square of the age of the universe in Planck units (10-121) and also predicts the curvature parameter of the universe to -0.0055.
Barrow and collaborators have followed a long programme of observational and theoretical work in the period from 1999 to the present which has used observations of quasars to establish, first in 1998, the strongest limits on any allowed time variation of certain constants of nature, and then in 1999 and 2001, to find the first evidence for a very slow variation of the fine structure constant. This variation was too small to be detectable in any laboratory experiment. This research has led to the development of a whole field of astronomical study of varying constants that did not exist beforehand. It showed how astronomical observations can give more precise information about fundamental physics than laboratory experiments. This is possible because of the enormous time that light has spent travelling from distant quasars to our telescopes. In effect, we can observe what the laws of physics were like more than ten billion years ago. There is an important link between this work and the study of the cosmological constant and the observed acceleration of the universe because it was found in this work that there cannot be a time variation in the fine structure constant after time when the expansion of the universe starts to accelerate.
This research in 1999 devised a new way to compare the separations between the wavelengths of particular pairs of spectral lines that appear in the spectrum of light from distant quasars with the separations found when the same spectrum is observed in the laboratory. This can be done with unparalleled sensitivity using astronomical detectors and the shifts in the separations for many pairs of lines can be compared with detailed computations of what the separations will be if tiny differences in the value of the fine structure constant exist between the time when the light left the quasar and its reception on Earth. This work has consistently found a relative shift of five parts in a million over about 13 billion years from the observation of hundreds of quasars and more than 1000 spectral lines using different detectors and different telescopes.
* References which best represent the quality of the underpinning research.
The impact has been the communication of new discoveries and theories about the structure of the universe to the public and young people beyond the academic world. These include (i) the discovery of the acceleration of the universe and Barrow's research to explain it, and (ii) Barrow's work on the evidence for very slow variations in the fine structure `constant' of physics over billions of years and his research to describe this. The impacts listed are entirely the results of Professor Barrow's research and its dissemination.
This quest to understand the expansion of the universe, the cosmological constant, and the evidence changing constants of Nature has been widely presented from 1999-2013: in talks, radio broadcasts (BBC, RAI), interviews, newspapers (Daily Telegraph, La Repubblica) and magazines (Standpoint, Scientific American) and books (Cosmic Imagery, 2008 and The Book of Universes, 2011). These included 24 public lectures in London 2008-11 during Professor Barrow's appointment as Gresham Professor of Geometry, and his lectures at the British Science Festival as President of the Physics-Astronomy section (2009) and of the Mathematics section (2012). Both Presidential Lectures (The Origin and Evolution of the Universe and Expanding Minds and Expanding Universes) covered Barrow's cosmological research. Expanding Minds and Expanding Universes was rated `excellent' by all audience survey respondents and highlighted as `informative and entertaining' . The audiences included school students, general public, teachers, journalists, and amateur astronomers.
Barrow talked about his research at many events around the world for paying audiences, including Hay (2011 capacity audience 500+), Frome (2012 capacity audience), Lichfield (2012), Ilkley (2011 capacity audience), World Science Festival, New York (2009 capacity audience + online transmission), Edinburgh (2008 capacity audience), Cambridge (2011), Genoa (2012 capacity audience 600+), the Royal Institution London (2011 x 2), Bath Scientific and Literary Society (2013).
Professor Barrow's BBC radio 4 appearance on In Our Time `Mathematics and the Universe' on 11/2/10 reached 2.2 million listeners and 30,000 online listeners (it is still listened to a few hundred times per week). Downloads from the BBC Podcast archive occur at 24,000 per annum for this programme.
Professor Barrow is the only scientist awarded the Faraday Medal of the Royal Society (2008), the Kelvin Medal of the IOP (2009) and the Christopher Zeeman Medal of the LMS and the IMA (2011) for the public communication of science, physics and mathematics. He is the only person since 1652 to have held two Gresham professorships in different subjects (`Astronomy', 2003-7, and `Geometry', 2008-12).
The Italian edition of Barrow's book Cosmic Imagery received the Merck-Serono Prize, the principal Italian literary prize for non-fiction, July 2011, and The Book of Universes received the 2012 Antica Pignolo Literary Prize at La Fenice, Venice, Italy in November 2012.
On 6/3/12 Barrow made a joint presentation on La Musica del Vuoto, talk plus performance about the vacuum in cosmology and physics, its role in explaining the acceleration of the universe and the musical analogues of silence and timing, with the leading Italian contemporary pianist, Ludovico Einaudi, at the Auditorium Parco Musica, Rome on 6/3/12 selling over 1000 tickets, and over 150,000 views on the dedicated webpage .
Articles by Barrow and article-interviews about this research have appeared in the online e-publication PLUS (www.plus.maths.org) for the general public, media, teachers and age 16+ school students: A Matter of Gravity (1/3/06 - 6647 page views) What is dark energy? (24/08/09 - 5287 page views), Are the constants of Nature really constant? (31/5/09 - 4252 page views), What happened before the big bang? (23/3/09 - 29,221 page views), Does infinity exist? (2/7/12 - 21,035 page views) .
The Book of Universes (2011) is translated into Hungarian, Turkish, Italian, German, French, Chinese, Czech, Polish, US, and Japanese and Cosmic Imagery (2008) into Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Russian, Czech, Japanese, Korean, and US .
Barrow's Gresham public 24-lecture series of which four were in period, attracted capacity audiences of 240 at the Museum of London plus 11,149 online views .
Barrow co-authored an invited Scientific American article Inconstant Constants about the work on varying constants in June 2005. This was also selected for inclusion, in extended form to take into account new work, in a special Scientific American issue entitled `A Matter of Time', Spring 2012 .
On 27/5/13 Barrow gave the two opening talks on the Cosmological Constant at the Stockholm International Workshop for Science Writers organised by George Musser (Senior Editor, Scientific American magazine) to inform science writers about cosmology .
8) 27/5/13 two opening talks on the Cosmological Constant at the Stockholm International Workshop for Science Writers: http://prime-spot.de/ww13/index.html.
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US gambling laws have swung from tolerance to prohibition to legalization of certain games. Often it has been influenced by religious conviction, economic realities, law enforcement and lately, technology.
The first settlers in New England and the surrounding areas were Puritans who rejected all forms of gambling, although in some states attitudes toward certain card based games were more tolerant. During the 1700s the colonies, faced with financial difficulties, were given permission to sponsor lotteries. These lotteries would prove popular and the money raised from these activities were used to fund churches, public works and universities.
By the 1800s wagers on horse racing were gaining popularity, and taverns would often hold card and dice games, paving the way for the establishment of casinos. In Mississippi, gambling became a legitimate business venture, becoming a haven for professional gamblers. The shenanigans of some of these players would turn the tide against gambling in America.
During the mid 1800s several groups protested and lobbied against lotteries and gambling. Although the move led to the abolition of state sponsored lotteries, it did not eradicate gambling in America altogether; the activity simply went underground.
As US gambling laws tightened in the east coast during the 1840s, people began moving to the west, and together with the Gold Rush, led to an explosion in gambling in California. Just as quickly US laws were enacted against gambling in California, and a struggle ensued, with some professional gamblers backing certain political groups. Nevertheless by the 1900s gambling was illegal in most of the States except Nevada, which would be frequented by gamblers.
However the laws prohibiting gambling in America ended with the stock market crash in 1929 and the Great Depression in the 1930s. Believing that gambling would help revitalize the economy, states, beginning with Massachusetts, began relaxing its laws, starting with the decriminalization of bingo. This was followed by several pieces of legislation, in particular the California Horse Racing Act.
While legal gambling was making a comeback, there was also an effort on the part of the authorities to eradicate illegal gambling. The sweeping action in the east forced criminal syndicates to shift their gambling operations to the west, particularly in California and Nevada. When the police cracked down on the mob in Los Angeles, Nevada became the hotbed for gambling.
During the late 1940s casinos began to spring up in Las Vegas, most of them financed by mobsters. A Senate investigation in the 1950s uncovered the links between gambling and the mob, resulting in sweeping reforms in US laws against gambling.
In the 1960s and 70s economic and tax difficulties led some states, including New Jersey, to adopt measures legalizing casino operations and sponsoring state lotteries. In the 1990s the Internet radically changed gambling in America and the world, in ways never before imagined.
The battle currently ongoing in the halls of Congress regarding Internet gambling is far from being resolved, with factions from both sides determined to have their way. Where this will lead to, if a compromise on US gambling laws can be reached, cannot be answered right now.
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If you're into history, there's probably not a better Travel Nursing destination than Washington, D.C. As you might expect, our nation's capital is full of important government buildings and monuments, as well as several of the country's truly great museums.
It's hard to imagine a trip to D.C. that wouldn't include a visit to the National Mall, a swath of national park in the downtown section connecting Capitol Hill to the Lincoln Memorial. Between them is the 555-foot obelisk of the Washington Monument, and the Jefferson Memorial across the still, reflective waters of the Potomac Tidal Basin. Cross the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial, and you can visit Arlington National Cemetery, which includes the Tomb of the Unknowns as well as the gravesites of many famous Americans.
The National Mall is also home to the Smithsonian Castle and museums, including the Museum of Natural History, the Museum of American History, the Air and Space Museum. It's also home to the Museum of the American Indian, The Hirshhorn Museum, the Newseum, the National Archives, the Holocaust Memorial Museum, and within walking distance of the National Building Museum, International Spy Museum, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Although all of these sights are within walking distance of each other, plan on taking several days to see them all. And don't forget to throw in a visit to The White House, as well!
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Дана характеристика бензгідразіду як ліганду в координаційних сполуках. Вказані потенційні області застосування бензгідразіду та його комплексів. Наведено загальну характеристику його здатності до комплексоутворення: донорні центри, таутомерні форми, теоретично можливі способи координації до металу. Розглянуто склад і будову бензгідразідних комплексів d-металів з різними аніонами. Для різних комплексоутворювачів охарактеризовані комплекси галогенідів, сульфатів, нітратів, тіоціанатів, перхлоратів, нітритів, ацетатів. Наведені приклади комплексів з кетонною та фенольною формами бензгідразіду. Розглянуто комплекси з сольватними молекулами води та метанолу. Для деяких сполук наведені загальні характеристики структур за даними РСА. Зазначено на особливості взаємодії з бензгідразідом солей міді(II) з різними аніонами. Наведено дані по комплексах ванадію, що включає бензгідразід з різними ступенями депротонування. Показано зміну способу зв’язування бензгідразіду зі ртуттю залежно від аніону. Наведені приклади біметалевих та змішанолігандних комплексів. Описано структуру комплексів [Co(НL)(Mal)(H2O)2]H2O (H2Mal – малонова кислота) і [Co(НL)3](OH)Cl(Н3Ssal)⋅H2O (Н3Ssal – 5-сульфосаліцилова кислота). Розглянуто аспекти біологічної активності деяких комплексів: бактерицидна, фунгіцидна, цитотоксична.
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British writer of detective and historical fiction, of Irish descent, born in Edinburgh, educated at Stonyhurst and the University of Edinburgh, where he studied medicine. After a brief and unsatisfactory medical partnership with a friend in Plymouth—The Stark–Munro Letters (1895) gives a fictionalized account of the episode—he practised in Southsea from 1882 to 1890, and later served as an army physician during the Boer War, writing a history of the campaign (The Great Boer War, 1900) and an influential pamphlet ‘The War in South Africa’, which was much translated. He married Louise Hawkins (d. 1906) in 1885, and Jean Leckie, who survived him, in 1907. In the novel A Study in Scarlet (1888) he introduced the private detective Sherlock Holmes and his impercipient friend Dr Watson, the narrator in most of the stories, and with whom he resides at 221B Baker Street; the other Sherlock Holmes novels are The Sign of Four (1890), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), and The Valley of Fear (1914). Doyle's immense popularity, however, stemmed from the Sherlock Holmes short stories, published mainly in the Strand Magazine, where the first, ‘A Scandal in Bohemia’, appeared in 1891. Tiring of the character, he wrote of Holmes's death in ‘The Final Problem’ (1893), but vehement public protest forced a resurrection in ‘The Empty House’ (1903). The stories are collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892), The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894), The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905), His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (1917), and The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927). Undoubtedly the best-known and perhaps, too, the best of all fictional detectives, whose influence on later writers is demonstrated by such figures as Freeman's Dr Thorndyke, or Christie's Poirot, Holmes owes something to his predecessors, Poe's Dupin and Emile Gaboriau's Lecoq, while his deductive method is partly borrowed from Doyle's teacher at Edinburgh, Dr Joseph Bell. There are over a hundred Sherlock Holmes films, the best-known being those of the 1940s with Basil Rathbone as the detective, a number of plays, two written by Doyle himself, and many radio and television adaptations. Doyle however, set greater store by his historical fiction, which combines exciting adventure with carefully researched detail. The best works are The White Company (1891) and its successor, Sir Nigel (1906), set in the fourteenth century; Rodney Stone (1896), with a Regency prize-fighting background; and the light-hearted stories of a cavalry officer in Napoleon's army, The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (1896). Also worthy of mention is The Lost World (1912), the first of a series of stories dominated by Professor Challenger. Doyle wrote many books on public themes, including a long history of the Flanders campaign in the First World War (6 volumes, 1916–19). His one-act play Waterloo provided Sir Henry Irving in 1894 with one of his most successful parts. In 1926 he published his History of Spiritualism, one of many books he wrote on the subject, in which he was greatly interested. His efforts to right miscarriages of justice resulted in the release of George Edalji in 1906 and of Oscar Slater in 1927, both wrongfully imprisoned. He published accounts of both cases. See lives by H. Pearson (1943), J. D. Carr (1949), and J. Symons (1979); and H. Keating, Sherlock Holmes: The Man and His World (1979).
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Personhood laws are laws designed to extend the legal concept of "personhood" to pre-born humans. Specifically, these laws give legal status as a person to any fertilized human egg, from conception until birth. This includes the zygote before it has implanted, and according to medical science, implantation is the beginning of a pregnancy. This conflicts with the traditional legal position that the unborn child is part of the mother, and its interests are the same as the mother's. These laws constitute one of the newest trends of attack in a long list of ways to make life really hard for American women who actually want to participate in their world by controlling their own reproduction. The attempt to pass such laws is largely restricted to the United States, though Ireland formally maintained a fetus' "right to life equal to that of the mother" until 2018.
Roe v. Wade is primarily founded upon a doctrine of privacy between a woman and her doctor, a relationship the state has no right to intrude upon[note 1]. It also addressed the Court's need to balance a mother's rights to make private medical decisions with the state's right to protect the living child in utero. The balance was placed strongly in favor of a woman throughout the first 5-6 months of pregnancy, at which point the State's right to protect the child enters. Specific notation in the majority opinion was the rejection of an "inherent right-to-life" for a fetus. The court ruled that a fetus was not a person in the terms of the Fourteenth Amendment, and hence had no right to life.
Personhood amendments seek to change that, by directly legislating a fetal "right-to-life", pushing that tenuous balance between privacy and the State's interest in protecting the life of a child far to the side of the growing fetus. Since the argument was privacy vs. potential, non-specified rights, legislating specific legal rights onto a fetus means privacy has no compelling grounds. Roe v. Wade would be circumvented by cutting at its core: it is not about a woman's rights, but the child's. And clearly, killing a child takes away its single most fundamental right to life.
However, despite the intention of the laws, the concept of personhood is a fuzzy one not defined in the Constitution and varying according to interpretation of individual laws: by comparison, corporate personhood does not confer the same rights as being a natural person, and fetal personhood may not convey full constitutional rights. Hence it's not clear that fetal personhood would even prohibit abortion. After all, corporate personhood doesn't prohibit winding up corporations.
Personhood laws are thinly veiled attempts to circumvent Roe v. Wade, by making the fetal life as important (or in some ways, more important) than the wishes, health, or in some cases life of the woman who is carrying the fetus.
The single most important goal for any personhood law is to restrict, if not make totally illegal, the right to access abortions. If the zygote is a legal person, then Roe v. Wade was found on false grounds and no longer applies. Also, the idea of "viability" as a test no longer applies. A zygote or fetus must therefore be protected from being killed, just like any other person is.
Following that, most forms of hormonal birth control can potentially be attacked. Birth control works in two ways. First, it regulates the body so an egg is normally not released. No egg, no baby. However, sometimes an egg is released, but the hormones make the uterus a hostile environment for the zygote, causing it to pass out of the body with the woman's next cycle. If you assume a "person" begins at conception, birth control would necessarily be harmful to that person. Murder, if you will. The Virgina and Oklahoma State Legislators, which are pushing personhood bills, were asked by those in opposition to put a basic rider protecting a woman's right to access hormonal birth control. In both cases, they gave a resounding "no", despite claims that they are not trying to make birth control illegal.
Another serious issue that is being brought up by ob-gyns in the states trying to pass personhood laws is the effect this will have on risky pregnancies, specifically ectopic pregnancy, because there are not sufficient legal markers/legal language to define a pregnancy as a "healthy one", nor define the rights of the fetus if it cannot survive.
Modern fertility treatments, specifically "in vitro" treatments, would also become problematic. Currently, when a couple uses in vitro they will have several eggs harvested and fertilized at one time, "just in case" (usually between 5-10, with an implant of 2-4 of them), because harvesting the eggs from the mother is a very invasive procedure. The potential problem here is that this practice creates thousands of zygotes, frozen in labs. Disposal of the fertilized egg can already be an ethical issue for the lab or parents, but this law would increase the complications. Potentially, all fertilized eggs must have a chance at life, so the couple would either have to only fertilize one egg at a time, or have twins, triplets and novemtuplets.
Less likely, but still possible, ramifications can include drastic laws against smoking, drinking or drug use while pregnant. While most women who want to be pregnant limit or remove those from their lives during pregnancy, some women do not, and some women cannot. Especially if they do not want the child in the first place. Though likely a violation of their civil rights, women are already charged for child abuse if they use while pregnant; personhood laws only make that situation worse. One can imagine a woman addicted to drugs who is living on the streets. She cannot have an abortion, but any child she has will face serious health problems if it survives to term. And our answer will be to put her in jail.
Any miscarriage can potentially be considered manslaughter or a murder, depending on what the woman did or did not do during her pregnancy.
Mandatory checks to ensure a woman is not pregnant before she enters a bar, flies across country, deep sea dives or performs other activities that slightly increase her risk to miscarry.
Limits to a woman's right to use aspirin, which is known to increase the risk of miscarriage or lack of implantation in at-risk women. Got a headache? Too bad—you might be pregnant.
Limiting a woman's access to medical care. Things like synthetic thyroid, heart medication, acne drugs, and insulin can all have serious effects on a fetus and cause miscarriage. It is after all, a person.
Women can take out life insurance every single month, and collect the fees when, as usual, the zygote doesn't implant though no fault of their own.
The division that produces identical twins occurs after fertilization - hence the term monozygotic. This would result in generating two "full persons" from just one. So, which is the original? Or has the original been killed and replaced by two new ones? Is there any legal precedent that would solve this absolute mess?
Speaking of twins, what happens if one is absorbed by the other? Has the surviving one committed murder, or merely an extreme case of identity theft?
Pregnant women would be carrying full persons, so would be allowed in the carpool lane.
On the bright side, a fertilized zygote will always be accompanied by an adult should it be accidentally taken to an R-Rated movie.
The fetus can sue his siblings for a part of the estate.
Women will save blood from each period for official examination by authorities to determine whether or not it was an early miscarriage.
If authorities determine a period is a miscarriage, authorities will conduct an investigation to determine the cause [see above].
If an early miscarriage was caused by the actions of the mother, authorities will determine whether it was accidental or premeditated and charge the mother with manslaughter or homicide as the case may be.
Women/couples with a history of miscarriage might be banned from attempting to reproduce at all, since the risk of the loss of a human life would be so great. In fact, since 31% of pregnancies are lost before 20 weeks gestation, all attempts at reproduction might be considered reckless endangerment since they clearly "[create] a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to another person".
Fathers would have visitation rights with fetuses.
A woman could put her fetus into foster care.
Personhood USA, a Colorado-based group, is the primary driver of the personhood movement around the county. They seek "to ban abortion, embryonic stem cell research, and human cloning", by defining a "person" with all the legal rights therein, "from the moment of conception". While they accept and admit that most methods of hormonal birth control, IUDs, and the "Morning after pill" actually cause a zygote to not implant in the uterus, Personhood USA insists that an attack on birth control is not their goal, though they have refused to put language in their amendments that would protect a woman's right to obtain and use any currently legal form of birth control.
Personhood USA has carefully selected its legal team to ensure that the language of each bill improves both in its chance of passage, and exactly what it will cover and if it will or will not pass constitutional challenges. Personhood USA has been the source for the at-large (and failed) amendments in Colorado, Mississippi, and ongoing in California, Nevada, Florida and Ohio. They are also assumed (though not credited) to be the authors of the Oklahoma and Virgina bills that are being presented to the State legislature instead of the electorate.
The first attempt to give zygotes any legal status was made in Colorado during the 2008 elections. It failed overwhelmingly, 34 to 65. The same proponents tried again in 2010 and failed by a margin of 29 to 70 in 2010 A third attempt in 2012 failed to even garner enough signatures to appear on the ballot. Not to be defeated, Personhood Colorado managed to get a new bill onto the 2014 ballot. The new attempt avoided the word "personhood" by stating only "to protect women and unborn children", and presented the bill as a way for law enforcement to charge someone who causes a pregnant woman to lose her child as a homicide. This, despite an existing law that already allows the exact same thing, minus the language giving personhood to fetuses. The 2014 attempt also failed, and by a margin of 35 to 65.
Personhood Iowa attempted to place a bill on the 2011 ballot, however, it was removed for technical reasons and never went to popular vote.
One of the most surprising losses was in Mississippi, in the 2011 Elections. It was voted down, in one of the most conservative states, by a margin of 42 to 58.
Seeing that attempts to pass these laws by popular vote went down in flames even in extremely conservative states, in 2012, the Religious Right, unwilling to be hindered by the "will of the voters" that conservatives scream so often about, they turned to the state legislature to do what voters consistently and overwhelmingly would not do.
Virginia - On February 15, 2012, Virginia's House passed the first personhood law in the United States. After receiving quite a backlash on this and an ultrasound law, the Senate tabled the personhood law until 2013, a more politically advantageous time.
Oklahoma - On February 16, the Oklahoma state senate passed a fetal personhood law.
Full text can be found at Text of the Oklahoma Personhood Bill.
Full text can be found at Text of the Virginia Personhood Bill.
Section 32. Person defined. As used in sections 3, 6, and 25 of Article II of the state constitution, the term "person" shall apply to every human being from the beginning of the biological development of that human being.
The People of the State of Nevada do enact as follows: RESOLVED, That a new section designated Section 23 to be added to Article 1 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada to read as follows: "In the great state of Nevada, the term 'person' applies to every human being."
Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to define the term “person” to be from the beginning of biological development and grant such person constitutional rights and access to courts under the equal protection, due process, and open courts provisions of the Missouri Constitution?
The windup to the 2012 US Presidential run demonstrated an unprecedented attack on women's rights, including statements made by the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate, Paul Ryan, saying that it was his specific intent to pass a Constitutional Amendment for Personhood. The RNC added such language to their official platform. The fact that one of the most conservative states in the Union could not pass such a law didn't seem to faze the RNC from doing what they claim is the will of the people.
↑ Johnsen, Dawn E., "The Creation of Fetal Rights: Conflicts with Women's Constitutional Rights to Liberty, Privacy, and Equal Protection" (1986). Articles by Maurer Faculty. Paper 905.
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but I spoke the words.
The words brought me nothing.
What was I trying to learn?
My heart trembled, my heart sank.
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Why do beer steins have lids?
Beer can be enjoyed from different containers. There are Pilsgläser, Altbiertulpen, Weißbiergläser, Kölner Stangen, and Bierseidel. But those who like it traditional and special will drink their beer from a beer stein. The beer stein is not only the ancestor of all beer glasses, it is a symbol of Bavarian coziness. Especially Oktoberfest fans and real Bavarians appreciate the enjoyment of beer from a traditional beer mug. Whether a stone stein, a glass stein or a tin(pewter) stein - the beer stein has become a must. Beer steins are often artfully decorated with ornaments, paintings or coats of arms, making beer drinking a feast for the eyes. A special feature for many of the beer mugs is the hinged lid, which is moved with the help of a lid lifter, which also functions as a thumb rest.
Without the lid, a real beer mug is incomplete. The lids They are available in different shapes and sizes, from simple flat lids without ornaments to elaborately decorated lids. Possible decorations consist, for example, of handcrafted motifs made of pewter or an engraving. Sometimes wonderful pewter figures are also incorporated.
Sunshine, blue skies and the desire to socialise? Especially in summer at home in the garden or in one of the numerous beer gardens, countless visitors come together. Tables under shady trees invite you to linger and what could be more comfortable than sitting in the beer garden on a warm summer evening and enjoying your beer with friends. But especially if you drink your beer outside, there is the danger that insects fly into the stein or leaves fall into it. For such cases, beer mugs with lids are the best solution, because the lids also allow undisturbed beer enjoyment outdoors. They give annoying insects no chance to eat and protect the popular beer from leaves and other foreign bodies that do not belong in the beer. In addition, beer lids reduce the heat exchange and thus keep the beer cool for longer.
Today the beer stein lid protects the drink from falling leaves and flying insects. Its original meaning was much more important. The origin of the lid goes back to the plague epidemics in the 14th century, when millions of people died of black plague. After the plague, Central Europe was swarming with deadly shoals of mosquitoes. That is why in the 16th century there was a decree that all food and drink containers should be covered to protect them from dangerous insects. This is how the beer mug lid was created.
Even after the plague and dangerous mosquito swarms were a thing of the past, the lid remained a special detail on the massive mugs.
The poorer sections of the population used felt lids in earlier times. These felt coasters were used both as coasters and to cover beer. However, felt has the decisive disadvantage that it quickly becomes moist and is a good breeding ground for bacteria. The rich therefore preferred beer coasters made of tin (pewter) or silver. The lids on the beer mug therefore not only had a practical use, they were also a kind of status symbol of the upper class. The material of the lid was used to determine the level of the beer drinker.
Another wonderful side effect only became known sometime after the laws were enacted. Especially the upper class, who also use the steins and lids as a kind of status symbol, came to the enjoyment of tin (pewter) lids. In combination with the stone stein0, these lids preserve the cold and freshness of the drink for much much longer.
In former times also many waiters had the problem that they could not see whether the guest had still something to drink or not. The stein with a lid was a great solution. The lid was simply opened and left open on the table or counter. So everyone knew the guest was thirsty and would like another drink or refill.
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any monthly surplus income in the same way that non-discretionary expenses/medical conditions expenses are ?
There’s a simple test you can use to determine whether or not a medical expense will be considered a non-discretionary deduction: can you claim the expense on your income tax return?
For example, prescriptions that you have to pay for (and are not re-imbursed for) may be claimed on your tax return therefore your trustee will allow them as a deduction.
Vitamins, unless prescribed, are not tax deductible and therefore will not be accepted by your trustee.
If you are uncertain about a specific expense, ask your trustee.
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How did it happen: Superior Dental Care, an Ohio dental insurance carrier, has discovered an unauthorized individual has gained access to an employee’s email account and potentially viewed the protected health information of certain members.
Outcome: A third-party computer forensics firm was called in to assist with the investigation and determine the nature and scope of the breach. All individuals affected by the breach have now been notified by mail and the breach has been reported to appropriate authorities.
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Hatfield is a city in Pipestone County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 54 at the 2010 census.
Hatfield was laid out in 1880. A post office was established at Hatfield in 1880, and remained in operation until 1992.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.76 square miles (7.15 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2010, there were 54 people, 20 households, and 12 families residing in the city. The population density was 19.6 inhabitants per square mile (7.6/km2). There were 23 housing units at an average density of 8.3 per square mile (3.2/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 100.0% White.
There were 20 households of which 40.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.0% were married couples living together, and 40.0% were non-families. 35.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.67.
The median age in the city was 30.5 years. 37% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26% were from 25 to 44; 13.1% were from 45 to 64; and 16.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.1% male and 51.9% female.
As of the census of 2000, there were 47 people, 22 households, and 11 families residing in the city. The population density was 17.0 people per square mile (6.6/km²). There were 25 housing units at an average density of 9.1 per square mile (3.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 100.00% White.
There were 22 households out of which 18.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, and 50.0% were non-families. 36.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the city, the population was spread out with 21.3% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 34.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $25,938, and the median income for a family was $36,250. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $16,607 for females. The per capita income for the city was $11,796. There were 28.6% of families and 26.5% of the population living below the poverty line, including 43.8% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.
Hatfield is located in Minnesota's 1st congressional district, represented by Mankato educator Tim Walz, a Democrat. At the state level, Hatfield is located in Senate District 22, represented by Republican Doug Magnus, and in House District 22A, represented by Republican Joe Schomacker.
^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 418.
^ "Pipestone County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
This page was last edited on 7 April 2019, at 20:29 (UTC).
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Two rowers who became the first British women to win an Olympic title were awarded MBEs today as their coach praised their achievements.
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning made history when they triumphed in the coxless pairs, winning Team GB’s first gold medal of London 2012.
They were recognised by the Queen at a Windsor Castle investiture ceremony, as was their trainer, Robin Williams, who also received an MBE.
Sir David Tanner, British Rowing’s performance director, who introduced the talent-spotting Start programme which picked out Glover, was knighted for his efforts in guiding his sport to nine medals at London 2012, four of them gold.
The sportswomen dominated their race at Eton Dorney from start to finish and came home metres ahead of rivals Australia and New Zealand.
It was the start of Team GB’s medal rush and by the end of the Games the nation topped the rowing medals table.
Stanning, who is a serving Army captain in the Royal Artillery, said the military was now her focus but she wanted to compete in 2016 at the Rio Games in Brazil.
She said: 'I went back to work and had to decide what was my focus, so this year I'm focusing on this career - if I want to keep this career.
Speaking about his gold-winning rowers, Williams added: 'Obviously as their coach I know the scale of their achievement, I think it just capped off what's been a brilliant three or four years for them.
Rowing performance boss Sir David Tanner helped Britain win three rowing medals at the 2000 Games in Sydney, four at Athens 2004, and at Beijing 2008 his team topped the rowing medal table with six medals. At home for London 2012 Britain increased this tally to nine medals.
He said: 'As performance director London 2012 was my fourth Games, that's how long we've been planning to produce these kind of results - this is the legacy after Sir Steve Redgrave.
Show-jumper Peter Charles, who won Olympic gold in the team showjumping event with colleagues Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Nick Skelton, also received an MBE, as did cyclist Danielle King, who won team pursuit gold at London 2012 with Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell.
King, who earlier this year helped retain her team pursuit title at the World Championships, said after the ceremony: 'This has been absolutely amazing for me, it's all happened so quickly.
'British cycling has got such a great set-up and some fantastic staff, we train really hard and have got the best people supporting us.
'My family have been a major part of that as well, they've supported me through my whole career - I haven't been easy to live with.
Charles sold his gold medal-winning horse, Murka's Vindicat W, to rock star Bruce Springsteen for his daughter, Jessica, who competes in showjumping for the US.
The sportsman, who jumped a clear round to ensure Britain won gold at London 2012, said: 'We hadn't won a gold medal in 60 years and it came down to what I was going to do then in that moment - it's what you live for as an athlete.
Speaking about the American singer who bought his horse, he said: 'Not long after I sold my mount to Bruce Springsteen. He's a nice guy and his daughter's going ever so well on it.
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Debunking the old market adage, "as goes January, so goes the year."
Statistics are very prevalent in the field of finance, but they can be misleading. Two numbers need context for an accurate comparison.
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Until 1966, LSD and psilocybin were provided by Sandoz Laboratories free of charge to interested scientists. The use of these compounds by psychiatrists to gain a better subjective understanding of the schizophrenic experience was an accepted practice. Many clinical trials were conducted on the potential use of LSD in psychedelic psychotherapy, generally with very positive results.
Cold War era intelligence services were keenly interested in the possibilities of using LSD for interrogation and mind control, and also for large-scale social engineering. The CIA conducted extensive research on LSD, which was mostly destroyed. Project MKULTRA (also known as MK-ULTRA) was the code name for a CIA mind-control research program begun in the 1950s and continued until the late 1960s. There is much published evidence that the project involved not only the use of drugs to manipulate persons, but also the use of electronic signals to alter brain functioning; for details, see the MKULTRA article proper.
LSD first became popular recreationally among a small group of mental health professionals such as psychiatrists and psychologists during the 1950s, as well as by socially prominent and politically powerful individuals such as Henry and Clare Boothe Luce to whom the early LSD researchers were connected socially.
Their research became more esoteric and controversial, alleging links between the LSD experience and the state of enlightenment sought after in many mystical traditions. They were dismissed from the traditional academic psychology community, and as such cut off from legal scientific acquisition of the drug. The experiments lost their scientific pretence, and the pair evolved into countercultural spiritual gurus, encouraging people to question authority and challenge the status quo, a concept summarized in their catchprase, "Turn on, tune in, and drop out". Predictably, the drug was banned in the United States in 1967, with scientific therapeutic research as well as individual research also becoming prohibitively difficult. Many other countries, under pressure from the U.S., quickly followed suit.
LSD is, by weight, one of the most potent drugs yet discovered. Both subjective reports and pharmacological methods such as receptor binding assays determine LSD to be, per mole, around 100 times more potent than psilocybin and psilocin and around 4000 times more potent than mescaline. Dosages of LSD are measured in micrograms (µg), or millionths of a gram. By comparison, dosages of almost all other drugs, both recreational and medical, are measured in milligrams.
The dosage level that will produce a threshold hallucinogenic effect in humans is generally considered to be 25 micrograms, with the drug's effects becoming markedly more evident at higher dosages. In the late 1990s, LSD obtained during drug law enforcement operations in the United States has usually ranged between 20 and 80 micrograms per dose. During the 1960s, dosages were commonly 300 micrograms or more. Dosages by frequent users can be as high as 1200 micrograms, although such a high dosage may precipitate unpleasant physical and psychological reactions.
LSD is not considered addictive, in that its users do not exhibit the medical community's commonly accepted definitions of addiction and physical dependence. Rapid tolerance build-up prevents regular use, and there is cross-tolerance shown between LSD, mescaline and psilocybin. This tolerance diminishes after a few days' abstention from use.
LSD affects an enormous number of receptors, including all dopamine receptor subtypes, all adrenoreceptor subtypes as well as many others. LSD binds to most serotonin receptor subtypes except for 5-HT3 and 5-HT4. However, most of these receptors are affected at too low affinity to be activated by the approximate 10-20 nM of LSD which penetrates the brain. Recreational doses of LSD can affect 5-HT1A, 5-HT2A, 5-HT2C, 5-HT5A, 5-HT5 B and 5-HT6 The hallucinogenic effects of LSD are attributed to its strong partial agonist effects at 5-HT2A receptors as specific 5-HT2A receptor agonists are hallucinogenic and largely 5-HT2A specific antagonists block the hallucinogenic activity of LSD.
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How can I create and install a domain signed certificate in IIS using PowerShell?
In my environment we host a whole lot of websites and WCF webservices in IIS (on Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2012).
Create a domain signed *.environment.domain certificate in IIS, using the Active Directory Certificate Authority that is available in our network.
Enable HTTPS on the sites, by changing the site bindings and applying the generated certificate.
Given the number of machines and sites, we would like to automate the required actions. I can apply the correct site bindings to the sites during deployment, but I have not found a solution for creating and installing a domain signed certificate in IIS yet.
I have already found out how to do this manually, using the 'Server Certificates' icon in IIS, and invoking the 'Create Domain Certificate' action there. I can supply the correct credentials, and when I specify the Certificate Authority I can create the desired certificates.
And I have found that on Windows Server 2012 there is a New-SelfSignedCertificate PowerShell CmdLet available.
However, I cannot seem to find the required PowerShell commandos to combine all these actions on Windwos Server 2008 R2.
How do I create and install a domain signed SSL certificate in IIS, using PowerShell?
$fileBaseName = $Hostname -replace "\.", "_"
$fileBaseName = $fileBaseName -replace "\*", ""
$infFile = $workdir + "\" + $fileBaseName + ".inf"
$requestFile = $workdir + "\" + $fileBaseName + ".req"
$CertFileOut = $workdir + "\" + $fileBaseName + ".cer"
Write-Verbose "Creating the certificate request information file ..."
Subject = "CN=$Hostname, OU=$OrganizationalUnit, O=$Organization, L=$Locality, S=$State, C=$Country"
Write-Verbose "Creating the certificate request ..."
& certreq.exe -new "$infFile" "$requestFile"
Write-Verbose "Submitting the certificate request to the certificate authority ..."
& certreq.exe -submit -config "$CertificateAuthority" -attrib "CertificateTemplate:WebServer" "$requestFile" "$CertFileOut"
Write-Verbose "Installing the generated certificate ..."
It basically just uses certreg.exe rather than native PowerShell cmdlets, (I'm not sure they exists, and if they do, there are usually not on older OSes).
The request details are in the here string, fix the subject and other settings if you need to. You may want to move more values up into the parameters section.
I create an inf file for the new request and convert it into a request file.
Then I submit the request to the CA specified in $CAName, if the executing user is a domain admin, the request is issued right away.
Finally I complete the request with -accept and do some cleanup.
I usually also export the new certificate into a PFX file.
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A social media manager takes care of a company’s social media channels. Plan content material and supply and use tools like Hootsuite and Asana to manage a number of social media channels. A stable understanding of the usage of a variety of social media platforms, particularly in relation to advertising/branding and customers. Social media advertising and marketing managers should work with a social media group or some other members of workers to make sure consistency and implement ongoing training and training periods.\n\nHootsuite is an enterprise degree social media administration instrument utilized by over 10 million professionals. You’ll create strategies primarily based on proactive messaging (where you publish first) and reactive messaging (the place you respond to posts). Understanding learn how to use the increasingly advanced analytical instruments used by social media platforms, as well as having a thorough knowledge of both natural and paid social media advertising strategies might aid you progress.\n\nResearch has found that social media posts with photos obtain more engagement and forty three % of customers need to see more videos content sooner or later. Schedule posts throughout the top social networks, collaborate with your crew, and measure the performance of your content — all in one place.\n\nCollaborate with other teams, like advertising and marketing, gross sales and customer service to ensure model consistency. Considerably overlapping with social media manager’s tasks is an inventory of Content advertising manager responsibilities. Used by B2B businesses, Oktopost locations emphasis on tracking conversions and figuring out which channels and messaging drive results. \n\nA social media content calendar is the following step, gathering all social media messaging you may be using to promote your content and interact users, and organizing it by date and time. When you’ve gotten deliberate your social media strategy and executed it flawlessly, then you need to measure the results.
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What does a short story written in 1843 by Edgar Allen Poe have to do with being a gold enthusiast?
In Poe’s story, called “The Gold Bug”, the main character is a moody chap by the name of Legrand, who discovers a rare “gold bug” (a beetle). After being bitten by the gold bug, Legrand leads the narrator on a treasure hunt, which, in the end, is fruitful, netting a large chest filled with gold and precious jewels.
About fifty years later the United States was divided: farmers and miners in the west wanted “free and unlimited coinage of silver” while Republicans in the east wanted to remain on a gold standard. In 1896 the US presidential election hinged around whether the US would remain on a gold standard or adopt a bimetallic monetary system. It turned out to be one of the most controversial elections in US history.
The presidential candidates were William McKinley and William Bryan. Democrat Bryan wanted the United States to use silver to back the dollar at a value that would inflate the prices farmers received for their crops, easing their debt burden. This position was known as the Free Silver Movement. Facing a tough contest (Democrats had the White House for the previous term and were blamed for the depression of 1893), Bryan decided the best strategy for a Democratic victory was to bring his message to the people by speaking in person around the country. This was a new tactic, since presidential candidates traditionally stayed home and let others speak on their behalf.
Another political campaign tactic that made its debut in this election was the campaign button that consisted of mounted paper images protected by a thin coating of celluloid. McKinley supporters took it a step further and sported brass pins depicting a bug, and referred to themselves as “gold bugs”. The Democrats followed suit, with silver bug pins. Whether the bug reference had anything to do with Edgar Allen Poe’s gold bug I don’t know, but I could find no other reference to a bug that had anything to do with gold.
McKinley won the elections, defeating Jennings in the greatest electoral sweep in twenty-five years, and put an end to designs of a bimetallic dollar standard. He also, by the way, led the US into its first international war with a European power since the war of 1812 by aiding Cuba in its struggle to throw off Spanish rule. To secure a position in the Pacific McKinley annexed the Hawaiian Islands and after defeating Spain, the US gained control over the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam. It was the beginning of the American Empire.
About a year ago I caught a glimpse of a gold bug crawling up a friend’s suit. The friend was Brien Lundin, president and CEO of Jefferson Financial and editor of the Gold Newsletter. Brien had exact replicas of the 1896 gold bug pins cast in twenty-two carat gold.
I don’t know how many Brien has left, or if he’s going to make any more of them, but if you’re interested in owning a “real” gold bug I suggest you give him a call at (504) 837-3033 or (800) 648-8411.
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It is my intention to present, through the power of Intuitive Writing, some practical techniques designed to connect with your inner voice. Discover the different parts of yourself and strengthen intuition, creativity and inner guidance.
1. Discover and express your unique voice.
2. Honour and record your stories.
3. Embrace the different parts of yourself.
4. Become your own compassionate witness.
5. Honour the beauty and wisdom of your soul.
7. Access the subconscious and unconscious minds.
8. Strengthen intuition, creativity, and inner guidance.
9. Share your wisdom and unique gifts with the world.
10. Discover and manifest your life purpose.
11. Track the cycles, patterns and trends in your life.
12. Safely express fear and other strong emotions.
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Essential oils have been around for thousands of years. They are just now becoming more popular again and there is good reason for this. Essential oils contain powerful healing and mood enhancing properties.
Essential oils are natural oils that are derived from plants through a distillation process. You can apply them to your skin, ingest them orally, or inhale them in the air via a diffuser. The concentrated plant extracts are helping countless people with various ailments from the common cold to joint pain to more serious issues including cancer and autoimmune disorders.
Best for: General relaxation, calming, when feeling stressed and skin irritations.
Properties: The scent of lavender oil is believed to help calm the nervous system, ease headaches, and lessen anxiety. It can also help disinfect wounds or scrapes, relieve minor burns or rashes, and treat acne or insect bites. Some studies also suggests that it can fight hair loss by simply massaging it into your scalp.
How to Use: Apply directly to the skin or dilute with a carrier oil (unscented base oil) . You can also mix the oil with distilled water in a small spray bottle for misting into the air. You can also add 4 to 6 drops of lavender oil to your warm bath or use in a diffuser as an aromatherapy. For relieving sore muscles, combine 5 drops of lavender essential oil with 5 drops of peppermint oil and add to 4 teaspoons of a carrier oil such as coconut oil. Massage into your skin.
Best for: For concentration, increased energy, healthy respiratory function, clear breathing, upset stomach, mood elevation or when having a tension headache.
Properties: Peppermint contains the natural anesthetic menthol that makes it effective for headaches, nausea and stomach pains, cramps, or upset stomach. It is also energizing and a natural mood elevation.
How to Use: Take a few drops of peppermint oil for treating stomach discomforts. Topically, add 2 drops of peppermint essential oil to 1 teaspoon of a carrier oil (sweet almond oil or coconut oil) for massaging into skin. CAUTION: Peppermint oil may cause irritations so dilute it first if applying topically or directly to your skin.
Best for: When needing some immediate energy or mood boost, immune system enhancer as well as for cleansing.
Properties: Citrus oils are known for their anti-septic, anti-viral, astringent, disinfectant, tonic, and anti-bacterial properties. These oils help protect wounds from infections, stop hemorrhaging, prevent bad breath, strengthen gums, and stop dandruff or hair loss. They can also be used as an anti-microbial hand sanitizer once blended with aloe vera gel, and can lift the skin, firm the muscles, and even cure mild fever. Citrus essential oils are also a natural anxiety alleviator and mood enhancer.
NOTE: Inhaling lemon scents also help curve sweets cravings.
How to Use: Add a few drops of citrus oil to drinking water to purify it. To inhale it for lifting up mood, place a few drops of this citrus oil in a diffuser. You can apply these oils directly to the skin as well.
Best for: Soothing muscles, cleaning surfaces, when feeling congested and mood elevation.
Properties: Eucalyptus oil works as an expectorant that helps with chest congestion as it clears the mucus from your respiratory passages. It can also help ease asthma attacks when applied to the chest and throat and works as a pain reliever for fibromyalgia and shingles. Eucalyptus oil can also elevate the mood, clean surfaces and sooth tired and sore muscles.
How to Use: Use as a salve or add 4 drops of eucalyptus essential oil to 1 quart of hot water poured in a bowl. Lean over and inhale the steam for 10-15 minutes while having a towel draped over your head. You can also put eucalyptus oil in a diffuser or apply it directly to the skin.
Best for: When dealing with pimple breakouts and other skin problems as well as cleaning, immune system enhancement and protection against environmental threats.
Properties: Tea-tree oil’s anti-microbial property helps eliminate bacteria that causes acne or pimple breakouts. It is also effective for dandruff and can help treat dermatitis or eczema, nail fungus, warts, cold sores, athlete’s foot, and insect bites.
How to Use: To apply as a toner after washing your face, mix 5 drops of tea-tree essential oil with 4 tablespoons of aloe vera or apply it directly to the skin. For dandruff, add 1 drop to a dollop of your regular shampoo.
Best for: When cleansing or preventing infections and digestive issues.
Properties: Oregano oil is anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral, anti-parasitic, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidizing, and anti-allergenic. It helps protect from infections, cure allergies, soothe digestive inflammations, and even open up obstructed menstruations. Emotionally, oregano oil helps lessen anxiety and promote feelings of peace and calm.
How to Use: To relieve digestive issues, ingest 1 to 2 drops of oregano essential oil. To lessen sinus congestion or ease sore throat, add 3 drops to a glass of orange juice and drink 3-5 times a day until all symptoms disappear. Apply directly to skin with a carrier oil for skin issues.
Best for: When needing better cellular / immune / emotional health or for protecting the skin.
Properties: Frankincense oil is often used as a disinfectant, anti-inflammatory, anti-septic, diuretic, sedative, tonic, etc. It helps fight infections, heal scars, protect wounds from getting septic, cure colds and coughs, promote contraction in the blood vessels, muscles, and gums and promotes cell regeneration. It also assists healthy digestion, regulates menstruation, maintains uterus’ health, increases urination, soothes inflammation, lessens anxiety, and eases arthritis and Crohn’s disease.
How to Use: For relieving menstrual pain, add 8 to 10 drops of Frankincense essential oil to your warm bath and soak in it for at least 20 t0 25 minutes. Add Frankincense to your diffuser, apply directly to the skin or ingest 1 -2 drops for specific issues. CAUTION: DO NOT use Frankincense oil if using blood thinners.
Best for: When needing some tension relief and hormonal and emotional balance.
Properties: Clary sage oil is commonly used as an anti-septic, anti-microbial, astringent, anti-spasmodic, anti-convulsive, sedative, aphrodisiac, anti-depressant, etc. Clary sage oil helps uplift mood, prevent anxiety and depression, lower blood pressure, and stop convulsions through nervous system sedation. It helps protect wounds from becoming septic, eliminate body odor, helps relax spasms, promote contractions, increase libido and reduce sexual dysfunction. It also improves digestion, removes excess gas, relieves obstructed menstruation, and promote the overall health of the uterus and nervous system.
How to Use: Apply a few drops to the abdomen during menstrual cycle to relieve symptoms or diffuse it in your diffuser.
Best for: When improving metabolic function and oral health, circulation, immune system enhancement and cleansing.
Properties: Cinnamon oil has anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, astringent, cooling, stimulating, tonic, and anti-clotting properties. It is often used for treating or preventing blood impurities or blood circulation issues, heart disorders, diabetes, indigestion, colon cancer, menstruation problems, breastfeeding and birth control issues; and is also used for pain relief, wounds and skin infections, as well as cure for bad breath.
How to Use: Use internally in an “empty capsule” (for oils that may burn the tongue) or under the tongue (diluted). It can also be diffused into the air or added to food.
Best for: When treating dental issues, cardiovascular issues, powerful antioxidant.
Properties: Clove oil is considered as one of the best treatments for oral/ dental health issues such as Gingivitis gum disease, cold sores/ canker sores, and toothaches. It can also be used for fungal infections, athlete’s foot, prickly heat rashes, bruises, insect bites, wounds, cuts, and ear aches. Likewise, it has powerful antioxidant properties.
How to Use: For the ear, drop diluted clove oil on a cotton swab and tuck it just inside your ear canal. CAUTION: Clove essential oil is very strong hence should always be diluted in a carrier oil. People with super-sensitive skin may have to avoid it altogether.
Use only certified pure essential oil and/or food grade oils (especially if taking internally).
Use only a few drops and start with just 1 drop to test the oil and work your way up from there.
Do a skin test first using a small amount before applying it to any part of your body topically.
If in doubt, always dilute in a base carrier oil.
In case an irritation occurs, stop using the oil immediately.
Pregnant and nursing women as well as children under 6 years old should never ingest essential oils or use it internally.
If pregnant, nursing, or under a physician’s care for a certain medical condition, seek medical advice first before trying any of these essential oils.
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Record filter You can specify an individual record by appending the BankTransferID to the endpoint, i.e.
Modified After The ModifiedAfter filter is actually an HTTP header: ' If-Modified-Since'.
The BankTransationIDs are returned in responses for successful PUTs.
Date The date of the Transfer YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to current date.
Code The Account Code of the Bank Account. If Code is not included then AccountID is required.
AccountID The ID of the Bank Account. If AccountID is not included then Code is required.
You can upload up to 10 attachments(each up to 3mb in size) per bank transfer, once the bank transfer has been created in Xero. To do this you'll need to know the ID of the bank transfer which you'll use to construct the URL when POST/PUTing a byte stream containing the attachment file. e.g. https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/BankTransfers/ f0ec0d8c-6fce-4330-bb3b-8306278c6fd8/Attachments/ image.png. See the Attachments page for more details.
View a summary of the actions made by all users to the bank transfer. See the History and Notes page for more details.
Add a note which will appear in the history against a bank transfer. See the History and Notes page for more details.
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Is this the way to beat ransomware?
A reader wonders if having two drives is the secret to beating ransomware.
Unfortunately, ransomware works by encrypting files. It can lock your files no matter what drive they’re stored on. If you’re synced and online with the cloud, it can get to those files as well.
If you have files backed up on an external hard drive that isn’t currently plugged into your PC, they might be safe. However, ransomware does not always show itself immediately, so it’s possible for that type of malware to linger on your computer waiting to be triggered.
That’s why it’s a good idea not to leave a backup external hard drive plugged in all the time. If you’re backing up your documents, photos, and other important files to a flash drive, take it out of the drive as soon as you’re done.
Microsoft’s OneDrive offers a restore feature for Office 365 subscribers whose files have been locked and Dropbox allows home users to go back up to 30 days to restore files and business users get up to 120.
Prevention is the key when it comes to ransomware. Be careful where you click, make sure you have security software enabled, and backup externally regularly.
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Suppose you had a very unusual set of friends for whom you were preparing a Christmas shopping list and were looking for the following items: an orrery, the inside of a parking meter, an interval timer, a set of biology charts, a mirror cylinder (for light shows), five feet of medal ribbon, a tachistoscope, some musket balls fired during the Revolutionary War, a set of Lazy Dog [quoteright]missiles, a clone kit (for the super-egoist who has no intellectual equals), a life raft antenna, a 3" dummy shell of hardwood, and the escape chute from a four-engine jet aircraft. To what firm would you send an order for all the above items? There really is such a firm: JERRYCO. And no, I did not buy the last three items on the above list.
JERRYCO began issuing its fascinating, informative, and downright hilarious catalogs in late 1978. I missed the first one, but the second one, titled in capital letters 1-1/4 inches high, "NUGATORY CONTRIVANCES," started me on my long relationship as a pen pal of the proprietors. I had always wanted an orrery (which JERRYCO described as a "Copernican Planetarium," presumably because that's the way the maker, Hughes Aircraft, labeled it), and this was an opportunity not to be missed. The price was only $80, and the offer not only included the orrery but promised twelve different demonstration discs (transparent heavy plastic, displaying paths of asteroids, the best route to Mars, plotting grids, etc.). The ad said, "they are not brand new," a considerable understatement. Much of the solar system was in sad shape: the surfaces of Earth and Venus were flaking off, and the rings and half the surface of Saturn were no longer part of that planet. But then, it is not often that one gets to renew the surface of two major planets and restore another one. Gives one a feeling of real power. The shipment included only nine overlays, not the twelve promised, and three of those were duplicates. When I protested, JERRYCO did refund $10 - which seemed fair - and Hughes Aircraft generously duplicated a copy of its "Operation Manual and Astronomical Treatise for the Copernican Planetarium Model 500." The orrery "year" is just 23 seconds; I now have a second orrery with a year of 365-1/4 days.
Parachute in a Can: Canned parachutes were apparently a staple for our G.I.'s just like canned everything else. These are 24" nylon chutes, have (8) 18" shroud lines and are a real "Ripley" in terms of fitting into an unlikely can. The shroud lines are attached to the lid, whereas the 3- 1/2" diameter round metal can base just fell free when the "rip cord" was pulled, perhaps to do damage to enemy (or our own) troops. At a minimum they'd get a good chuckle out of it. The paramilitarist here guesses the can lid floating down played havoc with the enemy radar- another opinion is that these were drogue chutes that pulled out the main chute to lower material. A fascinating bit of military history. Canned chute, $2.00.
Giant Zipper: Please, no wise ones about how you make an elephant fly. This is a 41" white Robin zipper. Lying flat, it is 1" side to side. The metal zipper itself is 3/16". This zipper is topped at both ends, so it would be of limited value on the front of your fur coat. Great for slip covers for sofa cushions or for turning loose kids and/or artists. Imagine a wall hanging made of zippers sewn side by side with a different "surprise" behind each one? Or, make your own folios that zip all round! These are long zippers, and that's no fly. 3 Zippers $1.50.
The Hand of Fate: Genuine porcelain hands used in a glove factory for sizing purposes (assuming you want your purposes sized). Made of genuine porcelain, they carry the patina and talcum powder of real workaday use. Commanding displays, dandy ring merchandizers or to keep rings on a bureau, topical funk art. The apparent "stop" motion might make them useful for stationing at the front center of the refrigerator. Dynamite for mixed metaphorists who need to handle kid gloves. Sorry, no choice of sizes, and they only come in white. About 14" high. Porcelain Hand, $9.50.
Menagerie Brushes: Very soft brushes built for computer discs. (10) bristle bundles in (2) 7/8" long rows at 30° to one another. 5/8" long white bristles on 1-7/8" long square white handles. So much for specs. Would you believe HO gauge cow catchers, fur-bearing tooth picks, petrified albino caterpillars, record cleaners, or soft springs? Best of all, they stand on legs to be made into odd miniature animals by cub scouts and brownies. (12) Animal brushes $1.80.
A Big, Beautiful Dummy. Some woodworker convinced the US. Navy to make 3" dummy artillery shells out of gorgeous oak and maple. The navy bit, bought too many, and has stored brand new units in only slightly damp ammo bunkers for forty years. Just under 35" long, just under 25 lbs. in net weight, 4-1/2" maximum flange diameter at the base, 3-3/4" diameter wood shell body, tapering to 3" diameter "head." The flange and base are steel, and there is a steel collar near the tip, presumably to simulate real weight and balance so the boys in blue could play their games. A few of them have slight water stains, but your normally denigratory editor can only characterize as fabulous the visual impact of the rich butterscotch-colored hardwood and silver-colored steel. A striking object by itself, its impact is cumulative if you can afford rows, bannisters, furniture or arsenals. Wonderful gifts, presentation pieces, or "I mean business" doorstops. Shipped postpaid...If the rest of the Pentagon had the aesthetic sensibilities of the guy who built this bullet we'd have the most tasteful wars on the planet. For those of you into nomenclature, the base is marked concentrically "329486-B-6 BFT HMC 1944" and "MK 650 Cal 3" Dummy Cartridge. We have access to a large quantity...Wood dummy round, $45 ppd.
Well, now you know one more reason why the Pentagon budget is so high. Also, if you are in Chicago or Milwaukee and want to pick up one of these big, beautiful dummies (much cheaper than some other beautiful dummies you'd pick up in those cities), there is a $10 discount on the price. The same page advertising this item also carries descriptions of "Reagan-Begin Bombs" - baseball-sized parts of a cluster bomb ($2.75), "Bomb Bombs as Bomb" - a butterfly anti-personnel bomb (Candy dish? Ashtray?) ($4.25), "The Blue Bomb" - a Mark 15 Mod 4 U.S. Navy practice bomb, intended to be filled with 100 pounds of water ($30), "Musket Balls" - Revolutionary war period, used (4/$3), and "Bandido Garb" - 100 copper nosed dummy 30-06 rounds in metal gun belting. When JERRYCO sells war surplus, it is war surplus!
I have found one big problem with the JERRYCO catalog: those wonderful, funny descriptions cause me to buy things I don't need and probably won't use. Take the interval timer in the first paragraph. It seemed like a wonderful idea -a timing device for my Bell & Howell Tandematic Projector that would make it into a projector with an automatic slide changer with variable times between slides. It is still packed in the box it came in, a year and a half later. I got the clone kit to give as a gift-and then realized that anyone to whom I gave it would probably no longer speak to me, since the implications of such a gift are all too clear - at least to anyone with a modicum of intelligence - and I don't know anyone without that. As for the tachistoscope, it is fun to see how many digits or words you can grasp in 1/100 of a second - or 1/25 or 1/50. And it doubles as a very good projector for Viewmaster discs, except that the changing mechanism is set to project every frame, not every other frame. At least I haven't ordered the 3" Wooden Dummy. Well, not yet, anyhow.
Editor's Note 2008: The place is now American Science & Surplus.
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Is intelligent design theory a valid scientific alternative to evolutionary theory or is it only a religious view?
Is there a consensus in the scientific community one way or the other on this issue?
[+7] - farmerman - 11/27/2015Clambreath, Answering one of your rants would be like me trying to carry on a discussion about quantum chemistry with a guinea pig.
Yes there is a consensus in the scientific community.
By scientific community I mean all conventional scientific organizations which accept the scientific process (for example publishing in peer reviewed journals) which encompasses the great majority of scientists.
The consensus is that Intelligent Design is not scientifically valid.
I think the only formula to wonder about is the one Pythagoris discovered in Zeus cave so many thousand of years ago. The formula of phi which is 1 to 1.618 also mentioned in the Davinci code.While on Crete earlier this year it was reintroduced to me by the locals who knew much and plenty of that which has been diverted from our attention is North America. I think the greatest colamity was the sabotage of buring the library of Alexandria. because of that forces that be could manipulate historical truth to their wishes without the reprise from ancient written text.
As stated in The American Biology Teacher by the eminent scientist Theodosius Dobzhansky (1973), "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution." This often-quoted declaration accurately reflects the central, unifying role of evolution in biology. The theory of evolution provides a framework that explains both the history of life and the ongoing adaptation of organisms to environmental challenges and changes.
While modern biologists constantly study and deliberate the patterns, mechanisms, and pace of evolution, they agree that all living things share common ancestors. The fossil record and the diversity of extant organisms, combined with modern techniques of molecular biology, taxonomy, and geology, provide exhaustive examples of and powerful evidence for current evolutionary theory. Genetic variation, natural selection, speciation, and extinction are well-established components of modern evolutionary theory. Explanations are constantly modified and refined as warranted by new scientific evidence that accumulates over time, which demonstrates the integrity and validity of the field.
Some people contend that creationism and its surrogate, "intelligent design," offers an alternative explanation: that organisms are well adapted and have common characteristics because they were created just so, and they exhibit the hallmarks of intelligent design.
Creationism has not made a single contribution to agriculture, medicine, conservation, forestry, pathology, or any other applied area of biology. Creationism has yielded no classifications, no biogeographies, no underlying mechanisms, no unifying concepts with which to study organisms or life. In those few instances where predictions can be inferred from Biblical passages (e.g., groups of related organisms, migration of all animals from the resting place of the ark on Mt. Ararat to their present locations, genetic diversity derived from small founder populations, dispersal ability of organisms in direct proportion to their distance from eastern Turkey), creationism has been scientifically falsified.
The fact is every mainstream scientific organization from the most prestigious AAAS and American Physical Society, to science educational organizations professional organizations accept evolution as fact and reject creationism and intelligent design.
The only exception to this are "scientific" groups that are connected to religious organizations. There are groups of religious people with scientific credentials, but these represent a very small minority. Gallup reports that over 95% of life scientists accept evolution as proven.
Justice Breyer (of the U.S. Supreme Court) once gave a speech to the AAAS about the need for a pool of science experts to serve as expert witnesses in court cases. Most court cases would involve something specific like DNA evidence, but other cases involve wider-ranging issues such as school board decisions on science education.
I think it's merely a postulate, at least until someone can rationally or empirically prove it. I wouldn't call it a scientific theory though.
I'm afraid that any mention of a "design" would make people think suddenly of Christianity when it isn't.
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The general principle proposed by Intelligend Design is that biological life is so complex that there is no way it could have come about naturally, and therefor, it is a result of Intelligent Design.
The Logical extension of that principle is that anything in nature which is beyond our ability to understand at the moment, must therefor be the result of Intelligent Design.
Gag . . . the reaction which i experience whenever confronted with theology . . .
As far as including intelligent design theory in high school science, the criticism that it is religious can be set aside. Intelligent design theory has not been corroborated to the degree that evolutionary theory has. I don't think that high school students should be given the false impression that intelligent design is a valid alternative to evolution.
I find the entire premise of ID to be illogical, not just uncorroborated. Since when does science say that anything we can't fully explain must be supernatural or mysteriously artificial, in origin. In a nutshell, that is what ID is saying.
Science is supposed to propose theories to explain nature, not to deduce that nature is supernatural simply because we can't explain something. ID is obviously not science, and when you remove it's scientific sounding terminology, shows its true theistic colors.
I think that even Aristotle's science, although naive, was an attempt to replace Greek mythology as an explanation of nature. Do you agree?
I don't know. I'm not familiar with "Aristotle's" science.
As scientists, scholars, and teachers, we are compelled to point out that the quality of science education in your schools has been seriously compromised by the decision to mandate the teaching of "intelligent design" along with evolution. Science education should be based on ideas that are well supported by evidence. Intelligent design does not meet this criterion: It is a form of creationism propped up by a biased and selective view of the evidence.
At 9 a.m. Saturday, only about a dozen members of the community sat in the auditorium for a program commemorating the rededication of Dover Area High School. Two hours later, about 100 people were on hand for the district's biology seminar on intelligent design.
The guest speaker was Michael Behe, a professor of biological sciences at Lehigh University in Bethlehem who has authored "Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution" and has published more than 40 scientific papers. Behe made five points why intelligent design - the concept that life is too complex to have been evolved solely through natural selection and must have been created by an intelligent designer - was a better explanation for the biological world's existence.
Darwin wrote that all forms of life were, in part, the result of numerous, successive slight modifications. But Behe said there are some biological systems, such as those pertaining to bacterial flagellum and blood clotting, which could not have evolved on their own. The systems are so complex, he said, that no one part could have worked or survived without all the parts associated with it today. The concept is called irreducible complexity.
Behe, who said he was a Christian, also said he has no trouble accepting that the universe may have begun with a bang some 13 billion years ago. But he can accept this only if the igniter of the bang did so with a plan to get life to where it is today.
He also said he believes there is enough DNA evidence to support the idea that life could have come from a single source and that life is changing to meet the demands of a changing environment. But, he said that may mean that God, or the designer, is creating through secondary means. "Natural selection does a whole lot," Behe said. "But the question is, can it be extrapolated into everything?"
Kyle Cunningham, a professor of genetics at Johns Hopkins University, made the trip from Baltimore to hear Behe speak. "The ID movement is not about enlightenment," Cunningham said. "It's about creating confusion in an effort to ultimately remove evolution from the classroom." During a question-and-answer period, he asked Behe how he reconciled evidence suggesting that DNA is in a constant state of evolution. "Through DNA sequencing, we can see similarities between organisms, and there are some good indications that we all have a common (ancestor)," Behe said. "But there is still nothing to suggest how all of this came about." The Rev. Chad Rimmer of Union Lutheran Church in York asked Behe if he really believed that high-school biology was the best place to introduce young people to intelligent design. Behe said yes because there is more evidence for a designer than for evolution. He also said the controversial nature of intelligent design would stimulate students into a discussion they would find interesting. In Dover's statement, however, the district said it "leaves the discussion of the Origins of Life to individual students and their families."
Cunningham said he got the impression that Behe believes everything that evolution teaches except what really took place during the universe's first moments. "If that's what it comes down to, that's a philosophical question, not a scientific one," said Rimmer, who has a biology degree from the University of North Carolina. "So take the discussion out of science and place it where it belongs, in philosophy."
I believe this debate has been trivialized by protagonists on both sides.
The situation is that science can neither offer a complete description for the origin and evolution of the universe nor prove that it was not created. Same goes for the origins of life. In both cases science has developed models which have been continually refined and extended, and which today can consistently describe most of the respective processes. Continued research can be expected to produced continued improvement in these models in the future, just as it has in the past. This, however, does not guarantee that science will be able to dispense with the idea of a creator - that question is still open and there are in some areas of physics and biology reasons to doubt that it will.
The notion that belief in God requires that one reject evolution or even scientific models for the expansion of the universe is patently false - despite the fact that some religious zealots assert that it does. It is entirely possible that there is a creator and that the laws of physics and biological evolution, which we are struggling to understand, are themselves a part of His creation.
Science is the disciplined process through which we have learned to systematically develop refutable hypotheses and use reproducable experiment to confirm, reject, or modify them. In educating our children and ourselves, it is important that we focus on what is being taught and exclude what is not. Religion, per se, has no place in a science classroom. One should instead focus on and teach the scientific method, which is based on refutable hypotheses and acknowledgement of the limits of our understanding. Since science cannot prove there is no God or no creator, this assertion has no place in a science classroom either.
In short, most of this as it affects education is a phoney issue. There is no conflict between science and creationism as long as we adopt the scientific method, which calls for us to acknowledge possibilities that are still open.
I understand your desire to take a moderate "middle of the road" stance. I don't think it is correct.
There is a very serious conflect between science and creationism because of the scientific methos. The fact is, for the vast majority of the scientific community, evolution is not an open question.
Not only that, this is far from a "phoney issue". The scientific community considers this a very important issue.
I work with both scientists and educators. The creationist movement is a source of constant frustration to both groups. When these news stories come up (i.e. the current school board politics in Kansas) they are always brought up by my colleagues. To a person we all feel that this is nothing less than a religious assault on reason.
I bring this up only to point out that this is a very important issue to both sides.
Two points from the perspective of the scientific community.
1) The vast majority of the scientific community feels that there is enough evidence to justify the broad acceptance evolution as valid. Gallup reports that over 90% of scientists accept evolution as a fact. The number for life scientists is over 95%.
This is not just a belief that one is a better theory than the other.
I can report (from within the community) that the vast majority of the scitific community consider creationism as a "lunatic fringe". I use this term because it correctly conveys the feeling we express within the community. As evidence look at the Scientific American editorial from the April issue. It is aptly and intentionally derisive.
2) Most of us in the scientific and science education communities feel that stopping the Creationism and Intelligent Design from science classrooms is very important. Read the statements from the AAAS and other prestigious science organizations that I posted earlier on this thread.
The scientific community is spending a great deal of energy to stop the Creationism movement. And there is good reason for this.
Of course there is political controversy here. But the question is whether the vast majority of the scientific community who accept evolution determines the science curriculum, or a small minority of religiously motivated dissenters.
To me, and to many others, this is a very important issue.
Most people are quite ordinary -- this tautology applies to all groups scientists included. History shows us they can be as wrong as many other groups in their consensus views, and that the consensus view has often stood in the way of real scientific progress.
I am not trying to steer a middle of the road course for purposes of forced moderation. I am instead rejecting the close-minded prejudices of both extremes.
No one seriously doubts that evolution is observably occurring more or less as Darwin and others have described it. That is not and never has been the real question. What is at issue is whether or not any other hypothesis may be required to explain our present existence. That question is still open. You may believe that conventional evolutionary models may one day prove conclusively that no other elements are required. However, you cannot know that to be true in a scientific sense. The only "scientific" course for you is to admit the possibility and go on, distinguishing belief from certainty.
Physicists have developed excellent models with which to represent the origin of the universe. Indeed remarkable inferences can be made about the early expansion of the universe after the big bang, however, no explanation is offered for the bang itself. Moreover the physicist's models fail to explain the observed size of the universe, so to overcome this deficiency they invent "inflation" , which is merely a word for a tyemporary suspension of the laws of physics to reconcile the model with observed reality.
Those who are concerned with complexity considerations are in an equivalent position with respect to biological evolution. We know the age of the earth approximately, and geologists can tell us roughly how much time has passed since physical conditions on it were able to support life,. The question remains -- is that enough time to produced the observed complexity of living forms?. As far as I know that is still an open question -- science as yet offers no definitive answer to it.
I agree that the teaching of science in schools should focus on science and not religion. However this debate does not require that science attempt to claim ground it does not yet occupy. If you advocate a close-minded approach to these questions merely to keep out those who advocate a different close-minded approach, you will have established your equivalence with those whom you oppose --- a very unscientific outcome indeed.
"EVOLUTION IS NOT SCIENCE, it is nothing more than another religion. It is a guess at something that cannot be tested, experimented, or anything else. It is a big guess that is sugar coated with "science" The only reason anyone still believes it is because it is the only thing that they can claim as evidence to the nonexistance of God. They want to do whatever they want, and if the "logical thought" b.s of "science" says that there doesn't have to be a God, everyone will jump on board."
Leaving aside the issue of a lack of clarity of expression in that statement, the aspect of an irrational fear of the teaching of a theory of evolution leaps out at one. I don't have a dog in this fight. I can go from one year to the next without discussing evolution or religion with anyone in real life. I cannot recall the last time that i had a conversation on the subject of evolution, which suggests to me that it has been twenty years or more since that occurred--because i have an excellent memory and recall conversations for long periods of time. I have brief discussions of religion from time to time, with a friend of mine who is vehemently anti-religious. He is a dedicated conservative, and a vocal supporter of the current administration--i feel obliged to mention that before anyone leaps on the statement and hurls abuse at a true and cherished friend who would not swat a fly needlessly. Apart from occassional discussions with that friend, who needs an opportunity to vent his disgust and anger, i probably have not had a conversation on the topic of religion in more than 15 years--i recall the last one vividly, although it may have been 16 or 17 years ago, i cannot recall the temporal references necessary to establish it with certainty. It was quite amusing, in a nauseating sort of way, because i was being solicited to join a bible study group by some very narrow-minded, exclusionary and hateful fundamentalists.
All of which does in fact have a bearing on this topic. Hatred flies about the debate, cackling with glee at the anguish wrought. The statement above is exemplary of the paranoia of those of faith, but little education and experience of a wider world. The same can be said of those who make science their religion (giving ammunition to those who advance silly hypotheses such as that which i have quoted), i just don't have such a succinct statement to offer exemplary of that side of the coin. Fifteen years ago, i met a woman with whom i came in frequent contact because of my employment situation. She and i became sufficiently friendly to converse, and it came out through a third party that she was "an atheist." Well, i am not "an" atheist, because it simply is not an issue with me personally. I am atheist in the sense that i am without god. She eventually offered me reams of documents from a local atheist celebrity. Such individuals abound, and they make atheism their creed and science their god. They are to me cut from the same cloth as the religious fanatic. The woman in question became disenchanted with my lack of "evangelic" fervor for atheism and we drifted apart--no loss to either of us, i am certain.
Were i not active here, neither the topic of the current state of religious belief in America, nor of the current state of science education would ever impinge on my pleasant, nearly-monastic life of intellectual asceticism and physical sybaritic self-indulgence. Because i do participate here, and i can anonymously indulge a penchant for beating up on the absurdities of religious belief, i have a reputation here as a mean guy, who hates christians. I hate no one in my life--i do despise, as a purely intellectual matter, appeals to an unestablished authority. That goes for bible thumpers, and for worshippers of science who cannot even articulate the simplest of descriptions of the process of natural selection.
The quoted statement above is chilling in view of the resurgence of religious revivalism and fanaticism in this country, which seems to be cyclical, beginning with the putative "Great Awakening," corresponding to John Wesley and the rise of evangelical revivalism in England. Few people questioned the validity of the theological claims of the revivalists then, and they were basically put out of business by the authorities of the established religions of the colonies who did not appreciate having their theological monopoly challenged. The bitterness lasted right up to our Revolution, and helped to create a good many of the factions which formed at that time.
In our times, however, that revivalism has a new target, and one which exploitative religious authority is only too happy to see assaulted, which is those parts of scientific investigation which challenge the principle of "revealed truth." As the statement above plainly shows, for some among the religiously convinced, this is a matter of the very survival of their respective credos, and a clarion call to do battle as a christian soldier against the gathering forces of evil who intend to strike down god and all he (?) stands for. It is this extremism which gives pause to those who are not extremists in matters of the veracity of scientific investigation, but for whom such activity has the character of a valuable societal activity.
There is a war going on, and as is always the case with war, the first casualty has been truth.
» Intelligent Design Theory: Science or Religion?
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Oklahoma Railroads And Railfanning In "The Sooner State"
Oklahoma is one of those unique places in the country that offer a mix of mountainous and flat, wide open operations. The eastern half of the state is somewhat mountainous and difficult while the western half is your stereotypical scene of America's central plains; flat and open country with farmland and grain elevators dotting the landscape. With Oklahoma being situated roughly in the middle of the country it was, historically, home to several well known granger and western railroads looking to primarily tap the state's agricultural regions. While today, the state has lost about half of its original rail infrastructure it is still an important state with the Union Pacific, Kansas City Southern Railway, and BNSF Railway all having important lines running directly through Sooner country (the UP and BNSF both operate through routes in the state). Additionally, Oklahoma is still served by several smaller railroads.
Oklahoma railroads date back to 1871 (36 years before Oklahoma officially became a state) when the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, long known in late years as The Katy, entered Indian Territory (as it was then known) heading south to connect to New Orleans. The railroad dated back to the Union Pacific Railway of 1865, intended to connect Junction City, Kansas with New Orleans. The railroad changed its name as the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad in 1870 to better reflect its goals as the company would never reach New Orleans. It became part of Jay Gould's empire in 1880 through the Missouri Pacific system. However, it would connect St. Louis with Kansas, Oklahoma, and much of Texas. Following the Katy, Oklahoma would find itself home to several classic lines by the early 20th century.
Today, Oklahoma is predominantly made up of the BNSF, Union Pacific and Kansas City Southern Railway although there are also a number of short lines. These smaller railroads include Class II, regional South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad as well as short lines Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad, Arkansas Southern Railroad, AT&L Railroad, Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad, Cimarron Valley Railroad, Grainbelt, Farmrail, Hollis & Eastern Railroad, Kiamichi Railroad, Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad, Stillwater Central Railroad, Sand Springs Railway, Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad, Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway, and the Wichita, Tillman & Jackson Railway.
Oklahoma's railroad network currently consists of over 3,200 miles of trackage. This total is about 49% of the state's peak mileage, that reached nearly 6,600 miles in 1920. Most of Oklahoma's losses since that time have mostly been due to the abandonments of unprofitable secondary and branch lines centered around farming and agriculture. For more information about Oklahoma, in terms of its route mileage over the years please have a look at the chart above. In any event, if you tire of watching the live freight railroading then be sure and visit one of Oklahoma's many museums or tourist lines. For instance, the Farmrail short line system operates an excursion train and the Oklahoma Railway Museum offers train rides and features a large collection of railroad equipment.
Unfortunately, the state does not have a lot of museums to choose from although there are a few including the Cimarron Valley Railroad Museum Frisco Depot Museum, Oklahoma Railway Museum, Railroad Museum of Oklahoma, Waynoka Air-Rail Museum, and Yukon's Best Railroad Museum. Also, excursion trains include the Farmrail Tourist Train and the Oklahoma Railway Museum offers rides. In terms of Oklahoma's passenger rail operations it has had a slight resurgence since 1999 when Amtrak began operating the Heartland Flyer that connects Oklahoma City to Fort Worth.
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We have just had our first child and need to get some Life Insurance. I cycle to work and was wondering if it’s covered?
The great news with Life Insurance is that generally (with most insurers) there are no standard exclusions apart from suicide in the first 12 months of the policy, so you would be covered for any sports or hobbies you might participate in, including cycling.
Having said that, as Life Insurance policies are underwritten upfront at the point of inception, you may have to disclose if you were to partake in a more hazardous pursuit, such as BMX riding (hitting jumps) or downhill mountain biking.
In certain instances these more extreme sports may be excluded from cover, although as Life Insurance is only concerned with death, it’s only in rare circumstances that such exclusions apply.
The other option that insurers have is to offer cover for the extreme hobby but increase the monthly premium to reflect a higher chance of a claim being made. It’s best to speak with an adviser who can confirm what would and wouldn’t be covered.
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eq I have data about some article and profile user data. So when we type I need to suggest profile user as well as user data in one request.
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Suggester does not work the same way as normal queries and is not aware of types, so the output is expected. As you have two suggesters with same name, it will return the same results. You should use the context suggester, that adds a context (http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/suggester-context.html), so that you can differentiate. To avoid any ambiguity, I tend to have more verbose name for my suggesters are they are not type aware (so instead of "name_suggest" I would call them "keyword_name_suggest" and "profile_name_suggest"). If you do so, you basically don't need to use the "context suggester". If you want to keep the same name, you'll have to use a context suggester.
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Tuple is similar to list except that it doesn’t allow the sequence to change. That also mean, once data is assigned to a tuple, the data they hold cannot be changed under any circumstances. tuple is useful especially if your function is designed to return a set of constant list which doesn’t allow any modification. Example of tuples like mouse cursor coordinates, data mapping result, etc.
Create tuple by separating the data with a comma.
Use len() to get the length of a tuple.
Use count() to return number of occurrences of value.
Use index to to get an element in a tuple.
Use slice() to access more than one data item in a tuple.
>>> numbers[3:6] #accesses the items from index location 3 up-to-but-not-including index location 6.
>>> numbers[2:4] #accesses the items from index location 2 up-to-but-not-including index location 4.
>>> numbers[0:3] #accesses the items from index location 0 up-to-but-not-including index location 3.
>>> numbers[:3] #accesses the items from index location 0 up-to-but-not-including index location 3.
>>> numbers[3:] #accesses the items from index location 3 up-to last index location.
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Just because you're over 50 doesn't mean you're destined to have skin flaps under your arms and above your knees. Will losing weight help? It depends. Many people wrongly assume that if they simply lose weight, they'll get rid of sagging skin. The problem is, many diets focus on losing kilos - but it's kilos of fat and muscle if you don't do it right. And when you lose muscle, your skin loses its tone.
Sagging skin isn't folds of fat. It's the result of skin that's not being supported by underlying muscle.
Stay strong to stay firm ... toned arms and legs achievable at any age.
That's why people who are "thin" often have floppy underarm skin or folds above their knees - like the now-famous images of Demi Moore's knees before her rumoured plastic surgery. Once your skin detaches itself from the muscle, it ages quickly.
Skin stays healthy by attaching itself to muscle and being nourished by it.
Our body is not meant to be too skinny. The first reason we have muscles is to be able to move, and the second is that muscle fills us out and gives us shape.
Hanging and unhealthy skin is the result of: 1. Losing weight too fast, 2. Poor nutrition, 3. Dieting without exercise, 4. Dieting plus endurance exercise, 5. Dieting plus low-range-of-motion strength training, 6. A diet low in vegetables.
1. Don't lose weight too fast. Don't embark on a crash diet, like a liquid diet that promises to help you lose 15kg in 30 days. A healthy rate of weight loss - that is, losing weight while building muscle - is up to 1kg per week. Sagging skin can happen when we lose weight too fast. The slower the weight loss, the more time for the skin to adapt and not lose its elasticity and connection with muscle.
2. Eat food rich in vitamins C, E, A, B complex and K; essential fatty acids; and three minerals - selenium, copper and zinc. All these muscle-and-skin-supporting essential nutrients can be found in vegetables, fruits, animal protein, grains, nuts and vegetable oils, but mostly in: asparagus, capsicum, broccoli, spinach, cauliflower, garlic, olives, leafy greens, bananas, vegetable oils, flax and safflower oils, flaxseed, rice, salmon, sardines, mackerel, oysters, poultry, eggs and lean meat.
3. Never lose weight without exercise. If you lose weight without exercising, you will lose weight but you will also lose underlying muscle tone. The muscle will not grow in the area where you lose fat and the skin will wrinkle and hang.
4. Never do endurance exercises while losing weight. If you lose weight by dieting and with endurance exercises - such as treadmill, stationary biking or jogging - you will lose fat and lose muscle. This is the worst scenario for losing weight; the skin will wrinkle and hang the most. Instead, do resistance training and speed lifting using light hand weights. This builds muscle while burning fat.
5. Use the full range of motion while strength training. If you lose weight by dieting and low range of motion strength training, you will not gain enough muscle in the area necessary. For example, if you do a half squat you will gain muscle in your thigh but not in your knee area; therefore, the skin around knees will wrinkle and hang. Lifting weights that are too heavy will also lead to hanging skin.
6. Eat twice as many fruits and vegetables as any other food at lunch and dinner. If you do not eat enough fruits and vegetables, your body will develop chronic inflammation and your skin will lose elasticity.
Aniela and Jerzy Gregorek are founders and head coaches of the University of California Los Angeles weightlifting team, and own a successful personal coaching and athletic training practice in LA.
Aniela is a five-time World Weightlifting Champion who holds six world records, and Jerzy is a four-time World Weightlifting Champion with one world record.
Find the authors online at www.thehappybody.com.
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How bad is it to eat liver and peanut butter when LDL is high?
QUESTION: I just found out two days ago that my LDL is high. I try to eat a 8 oz. bowl of oatmeal everyday.
It is very good that you are taking 8 oz. bowl of oatmeal to reduce your bad blood cholesterol level. However, there are several other ways for you to reduce the concentration of cholesterol in your organism and especially to minimize the LDL concentration.
First of all, try to prepare a prefect diet with limited amount of saturated fat acids. As you probably know, LDL and HDL cholesterol are formed in the organism in response to the food eaten.
When you are eating foods rich in saturated fats, the synthesis of LDL is going to be elevated, and this will lead to high LDL blood concentration.
However, if you are eating foods rich in non-saturated fat acids, the production of HDL (good) cholesterol is going to be elevated.
With regards to eating liver, I would say that is this is not a good practice for your, because liver contains a lot of saturated fat acids leading to LDL elevation. Therefore, you will need to exclude liver from your diet in order to improve your lipid metabolism.
Meanwhile, the picture does not stay the same when you eat peanut butter. Peanuts contain a lot non-saturated fats, which are increasing the production of good cholesterol.
When it comes to peanut butter, its oils contain both saturated and un-saturated fats. However, the amount of un-saturated fats (mono and poly) is much higher than the saturated ones.
Therefore, peanut butter, when taken in its normal dose (i.e. 2tbsp. serving), will not affect the LDL cholesterol; but will give a boost to HDL levels.
I want you to remind about other foods, which you can add to your diet, including pumpkin seeds, fresh tuna, oysters, beans and all fruits and vegetables.
Olive oil is the oil of choice when it comes to food preparation, because it is rich in non-saturated fats.
Besides taking oatmeal, you can start taking Artichoke leaf extract. In a German study, it is shown that the daily consumption of 1.800 mg of this extract is reducing the endogenous synthesis of cholesterol, and mainly the synthesis of LDL.
Other good remedy for the LDL reduction is drinking green tea once or two times a day. For your information, green tea is having the same stimulant effect as coffee has, so be careful when you are using it.
Therefore, it is a good practice to avoid drinking green tea after 20 o’clock as you will not be able to sleep.
The best lowering LDL cholesterol remedy is to do exercise in the evening. If you try to walk for about 1 hour or to run for 30 minutes, you will absolutely improve your lipid metabolism.
As you probably know all types of fats, including cholesterol, fatty acids and triglycerides contain a lot of energy. When you exercise, the organism is using high amount of energy, which at some point, lead to the usage of the energy hidden in the molecules of the fats.
As a consequence, you are going to improve not only your physical condition, but even your lipid status.
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Is blockchain the antidote to all cybersecurity woes?
Blockchain has been turning heads since it was first unveiled in 2008 to become the backbone of then relatively unknown cryptocurrency, bitcoin. Since then, blockchain and Bitcoin have skyrocketed in public awareness, with the latter becoming the most successful cryptocurrency in history. A large portion of bitcoin's success is due to its blockchain infrastructure, which prevents the duplication of funds (preventing double-spending) and automatically time-stamps every transaction.
The developer (or developers) behind blockchain created the software to be resistant to alteration or hacking, making it one of the more inherently secure systems that companies can use to manage secure infrastructures. Some have heralded blockchain as the ultimate tool to promote cybersecurity and reduce the risk of data breaches.
Then bitcoin, in addition to several other cryptocurrencies, were hacked. According to CNN, the attack erased the equivalent of billions of dollars and sent the value of the affected cryptocurrencies plunging. The incident has many questioning just how secure blockchain is and whether the software was simply a temporary fix, like so many others, against the ever-present threat of cyberattacks.
"Blockchain can give each registered device a specific SSL certificate for authentication."
While buzzwords are common in the tech industry, there are several legitimate reasons why blockchain has been celebrated as a secure platform. According to Info Security Magazine, one of blockchain's primary appeals is its decentralized data storage. While users can access blockchain data on a computer or mobile device, the program itself is typically stored throughout the network.
If one access point – or block – is targeted by hackers, then the other blocks will react to it. The attempted cyberattack will likely alter the data on the block in a way that is immediately noticeable by the rest of the chain. This block will then simply be disconnected, isolating the malicious data before it can impact the system.
Another helpful advantage of blockchain is its effectiveness against dedicated denial of service attacks. These cyberattacks target the domain name system, flooding it with so much data traffic that it essentially shuts down. Using blockchain software would allow the DNS to spread its contents to more nodes, reducing the effectiveness of the DDoS attack before it reaches a crippling stage.
Networks using a blockchain infrastructure can also bypass the need for passwords in certain situations. Instead of using the human-oriented password system, blockchain can give each registered device a specific SSL certificate. This mode of authentication is a lot more difficult for outside sources to access, reducing the likelihood of a hack.
Removing dependence on passwords may sound less secure but it is actually seen as an improvement. Employees can be careless with their login information or choose passwords that can be easily deduced by third parties. Eliminating the human factor from authentication actually goes a long way by removing one of the most common exploit points.
However, no system is 100 percent secure.
While many companies preach the value of blockchain, global computer security software company McAfee recently released a critical report on the software, stating that industries have every reason to expect cyberattacks. McAfee looked at early blockchain adapters, namely cryptocurrencies, and studied the types of cyberattacks still occurring within these companies.
The report identified four primary attack types: implementation exploits, malware, phishing and general technology vulnerabilities. Certain cryptocurrencies themselves have been used to help the spread of advanced malware, including ransomware. Coin miner malware alone grew by 629 percent in the first quarter of 2018, according to McAfee data.
Cybercriminals have also been using cryptocurrencies to mask their identities, taking advantage of blockchain's secure features to help them evade the law.
Blockchain builds its infrastructure securely, but not in a manner that is invulnerable.
Lastly, however, the attack of the cryptocurrencies themselves should highlight the limitations of blockchain. While the program may be innately secure, it is not an excuse to abandon other forms of caution. Technology is spreading at a rapid pace with information security specialists struggling to catch up.
In short, blockchain should be seen as just another tool and not a cure-all for cyberattacks. Its architecture can be helpful but must be implemented in a thorough, professional manner. Even then, it should also be paired with other programs and employee training to best reduce the risk of cybercrime.
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U.S. travelers to many European cities often note the very large number of bicyclists of all ages and abilities. Indeed, bicycles are used for nearly half of urban trips in cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen. Another notable feature of these cities is their extensive network of infrastructure dedicated to bicycling. Their bikeways allow cyclists to travel largely separated from motor-vehicle and pedestrian traffic, mixing it up with cars mainly at intersections.
U.S. cities looking to expand their mobility options have started to emulate these European bikeway systems. These efforts have shown promise to increase bicycle commuting and utility usage, especially when establishing or completing a network of high-quality bikeways that allows trips of up to 5 miles to be made easily by bicycle.
Bikeways that are generally separated from motor-vehicle traffic can alleviate potential bicyclists fears of traffic dangers. These facilities go by several names including protected bikeways, separated bikeways or cycle tracks. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has endorsed the term "separated bikeways," and has developed guidance documents for their implementation in the U.S. The official definition generally requires the bikeway to be physically separated from traffic by a raised divider, a different elevation, parked vehicles or raised devices located within a buffer area. Also, the facility should generally be available only for use by cyclists, requiring a sidewalk or separate facility for pedestrians.
While Denmark and the Netherlands get most of the headlines, Budapest and others are in on the action.
Separated bikeways started to become widespread in Europe in the 1970s, where they are generally known as cycle tracks. There were also a few trial installations in the U.S. at about the same time, but U.S. agencies were also beginning to install bicycle lanes separated from traffic lanes only by painted stripes. Early experience from Europe determined that separated bikeways appeared to be more prone to collisions between automobiles and cyclists, especially where the bikeways crossed intersections, exposing cyclists to turning or cross traffic. The promise of early striped bicycle lanes on the roadway appeared to result in less safety concerns. In addition, bicycle lanes were generally less costly to install on existing streets, and they posed less problems for street cleaning and snow removal. As a result, the U.S. moved to a system built around bicycle lanes, while Europe continued to develop and refine their design practices to provide cycle tracks.
After 40 years of experience in bicycle facilities, U.S. bicycle usage has generally remained at or below 1% of all trips, while European experience ranges from 10% to nearly 50%. There are many reasons to explain the differential, but many people believe that the low-stress bicycling environment may be necessary to see significant bicycle usage. This often appears to require separated bikeways and other facilities that provide a high sense of safety while leading to many possible destinations. There is increasing evidence that U.S. cities providing separated bikeways and other low-stress designs have started to see significant increases in cycling, large enough to begin to see changes in overall traffic behavior, especially at or near the city center.
Separated bikeway implementation in the U.S. is being closely watched to determine whether bicycle- and traffic-safety issues will become a significant problem. U.S. bicycle fatalities have been rising faster than other traffic fatality types in the past few years. Separated bikeways can result in car/bike interactions that appear to be similar to interactions on other road facilities that may result in crashes. These include “right hooks” where cars turn right cutting across the path of bicyclists to their right, and wrong-way cycling when a motorist waiting to enter the roadway looks to their left and moves forward into the path of a bicyclist approaching from the right, on the “wrong” side of the roadway. In contrast, separated bikeways greatly reduce the potential for crashes when a motorist overtakes a cyclist in their travel lane or when a motorist drifts to the right and sideswipes a bicyclist.
This bikeway in Long Beach, Calif., shows how to separate left-turn cars from through bicyclists.
Separated bikeways normally employ design features that are intended to regulate or reduce the incidents of traffic movements that account for crashes. These include more traffic signs and markings that more clearly warn motorists of expected bicycle movements, including the use of green-colored pavement across intersections and driveways. There is not enough information yet known about the effectiveness of standard and experimental treatments, but recent academic research studies in the U.S. and Canada have shown substantial improvements in safety for travel within the separated bikeway compared to other treatments, especially away from intersections or driveways. Research studies are promising for bicycle travel across intersections and driveways, but there are many varied treatments in use, and there is no widely known guidance on which treatments work best at specific sites.
The potential for crashes appears to be acceptable where separated bikeways cross driveways and roadways with relatively low traffic volumes and where there is infrequent motor-vehicle travel across the bikeway. This is especially true when the crossings are appropriately signed and marked to indicate that motorists should expect and watch for bicycles. Higher turning and crossing volumes are more likely to occur at signalized intersections and in commercial areas, especially when motorists can turn left or right into or across the bikeway at the same time as bicyclists can travel straight through.
Europeans have had over 40 years of experience in experimenting with bikeway designs to address these problems. A key feature at signalized intersections in Europe is the provision of traffic signal faces and indications that apply only to bicyclists. At the busiest intersections, the traffic signals are designed to provide a separate interval for bicycle traffic or provide for bicycles to start moving while cars are still stopped. They also often use right-turn signals to stop cars while bicycles can proceed through across the right-turn path. Designs also have been perfected that provide separate facilities for bicycles to circulate around the outside of the traditional intersection area.
This new bikeway was constructed in front of Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle and paid for by Amazon. Communities vying to become their second headquarters were asked about commitment to bicycle infrastructure.
Many of the new U.S. separated bikeways do not provide special traffic-signal operation at signalized intersections. Our experience suggests that these precautions may not always be necessary, but excessive traffic conflicts or bicycle-involved crashes can cause the need to reexamine our earliest designs. Communities that are considering designs to provide for separated bikeways may benefit from researching and copying designs that address similar circumstances with promising results.
European designers generally have not been satisfied with layouts that provide for two-way bicycle travel on one side of a two-way street, especially in busy areas where traffic often turns across the bikeway. They generally prefer twin one-way facilities located on each side of the street. Two-way facilities are more favorable in lower-density residential areas, semi-rural areas and along one-way streets that serve two-way bicycle travel. These experiences tend to hold up for U.S. examples.
Two-way bicycle facilities can be provided successfully alongside two-way roadways. But often they need extensive changes in traffic control, such as modernization of signal systems so that motorists are not permitted to turn across the bikeway, except when regulated by traffic-signal operations.
This two-way bikeway in Redondo Beach, Calif., features special signalization at major intersections. It serves over one million users per year of all ages and abilities.
Maintenance is another factor that should be adequately planned for separated bikeways. They are normally narrower than motor-vehicle travel lanes, so street cleaning and snow-removal equipment may not fit within the bikeway area. Bicyclists will ask for assistance with snow removal, especially on important routes used by commuters. Without sweeping, broken glass, leaves and debris can quickly accumulate in the bikeway area, making it highly undesirable and discouraging its use. This problem can often be solved by providing the width needed for a two-way facility, but the concerns over crossing traffic will become greater. A careful plan will normally be required to guide a properly designed facility that meets user needs without difficult maintenance.
Today, separated bikeways are often being designed using temporary features, such as traffic striping with plastic posts to separate bicycles from vehicles. These can be aesthetically pleasing and encourage use if done on fresh new pavement, but broken plastic posts and faded paint lines can age rapidly in an urban or weather-exposed environment. As communities become more confident in the permanent need for bicycle infrastructure, they will normally consider reconstruction to provide a median barrier, planter strips or a separate elevation for the bikeway.
A complete network of separated bikeways serving a dense city center can often attract 10% or more commuter trips to the city center from nearby neighborhoods. And once cyclists find that they enjoy commuting by bicycle, they are not likely to give it up. Bicycling can also serve many non-commuting trips, such as shopping, entertainment or schools. This can make a tremendous difference in areas where parking is difficult or transit is crowded because travel times by bicycle are often faster within the city center than driving or transit. But potential new bicyclists generally must feel safe and comfortable riding in bikeways and must be able to reach their destinations with minimal travel away from bicycle facilities.
A new post-protected bikeway in Los Angeles, where parking is regulated to provide better sight distance.
Bicycling can offer tremendous benefits for communities. These include reduction in traffic and parking, improved health and fitness, better attitudes, and more spending at local businesses. Also, often a strong majority of residents and voters will support the creation or improvement of a bicycle network, if it does not have a lot of negative attributes. The rate of bicycling in communities can almost always be increased through encouragement and infrastructure. When separated bikeways form an important component of the infrastructure, all that is left is the encouragement.
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"Alexa, show me a brilliant discount on the Amazon Echo"
If you're looking to buy an Amazon Echo smart speaker, there has never been a better to add one to your shopping basket. Amazon has slashed £20 off the price of the Alexa-powered speaker to celebrate Valentine's Day.
The new second-generation Echo is much smaller than its predecessor and has a stylish new fabric around the cylindrical speaker, which is available in Charcoal, Heather Grey, and Sandstone finishes in order to match the decor in your home.
Echo can be used to stream music and live radio broadcasts. Using Amazon's resourceful AI assistant Alexa, users can control smart lighting, check the latest headlines, traffic, and weather, set timers, add things to their Amazon shopping basket, order takeaway via Domino's and Just Eat, and more.
Amazon will deliver the second-generation always-listening speaker for free, so what you see is what you'll pay. The second-generation Echo typically sells for £89.99, so picking one up for £69.99 is not to be turned down.
Fancy getting even more information about the Amazon Echo? Well be sure to check out our detailed Amazon Echo review, which explains everything you need to know about the product as well as how it improves on the first-generation Echo, too.
Be sure to also check out T3's best smart bulb, best smart plug, best smart security camera and best smart home gadgets guides as well, as they're teaming with top products that can be controlled with the smart speakers.
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What can I do to prepare for the Common Core writing skills in my classroom? I teach 4th and 5th graders.
Merit has worked with many 4th and 5th grade teachers to teach writing skills. The Common Core writing standards align well with Merit's writing programs.
The best option is to first use Starter Paragraph Punch and then use Open Punch.
With Starter Paragraph Punch students learn how to write a basic paragraph developed through reasons, details, examples, and sequence. Pre-set writing prompts guide students step-by-step through pre-writing, organizing, revising, editing, and publishing. Student writing is stored in an easy-to-use management system which allows teachers to monitor learners' progress.
After Starter Paragraph Punch, try using Open Punch. Open Punch helps students learn to write narrative, fact-based, or opinion paragraphs - the writing concepts emphasized in the Common Core. Once teachers are familiar with the structure of the Punch programs, they can use their own writing topics with the program.
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What are the major changes between the current CISA Job Practice and the 2019 CISA Job Practice?
A CISA job practice analysis has been completed, resulting in a new CISA job practice for 2019. As the job practice reflects the evolving responsibilities of IT auditors, it serves as the basis for the exam and the requirements to earn the certification. They will be effective for the exam beginning in June 2019.
The 2019 job practice, or exam content outline, introduces subdomains to better organize task and knowledge statements within the broader domains.
Knowledge statements are rewritten to represent current technology and combined as appropriate to remove redundancies.
Conduct reviews to determine whether a project is progressing in accordance with project plans.
Perform technical security testing to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities.
Utilize data analytics tools to streamline audit processes.
Provide consulting services and guidance to the organization in order to improve the quality and control of information systems.
Identify opportunities for process improvement in the organization’s IT policies and practices.
Evaluate potential opportunities and threats associated with emerging technologies, regulations, and industry practices.
These changes to the CISA Job Practice, or exam content outline, enhance the preparation experience of exam candidates by including knowledge areas that directly indicate the content of the CISA exam and tasks to identify context for how the knowledge is used in practice.
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Beaucoup de travail a été effectué lors des derniers mois, me laissant peu de temps pour parler des nouveautés. Jetons un coup d'œil à la dernière.
Pour le développement de Salut à Toi nous ne voulons pas utiliser de logiciels propriétaires ou centralisés et nous utilisons Mercurial, aussi nous avons jusqu'ici été réfractaires à utiliser les plateformes actuellement à la mode. Avec les améliorations récentes de notre composant SàT Pubsub (vous pouvez lire – en anglais – l'article de jnanar pour plus d'infos), et de Libervia, notre interface web, il est devenu clair que notre vieille idée d'utiliser XMPP et SàT pour gérer les tickets était à portée de main, nous l'avons donc fait.
c'est décentralisé et fédéré, pas besoin de X comptes pour utiliser X gestionnaires de tickets. Vous pouvez également importer des tickets de projets tiers (par exemple des greffons pour votre projet) dans votre propre site web.
c'est standard : il est possible de retrouver ou gérer des tickets sur un serveur extérieur facilement, sans API propriétaire.
c'est extrêmement souple : n'importe quel champ peut être utilisé, et le mécanisme peut être utilisé pour toute liste (rapports de bogues, choses à faire, liste de courses, etc.).
Le fonctionnement est basé sur pubsub avec une extension expérimentale (non standard pour le moment): les schémas de nœud qui permettent de spécifier une mise en forme des données (en utilisant les « data forms » qui devra être respectée pour chaque élément (chaque ticket). De cette façon, les tickets publiés par des clients tiers peuvent être vérifiés et validés. Pubsub a également un système de permissions qui permet d'avoir des collections de tickets publiques ou privées (des nœuds dans la terminologie pubsub). Les commentaires utilisent l'extension microblogage de XMPP (qui aurait plutôt dû s'appeler « blog »).
Mais ça n'est pas tout ! Une autre fonctionnalité a été implémentée par-dessus ça : les requêtes de merges (« merges requests »). L'idée ici et d'avoir un moyen de proposer des modifications/améliorations à un projet sans être lié à un outil particulier, c'est-à-dire que l'on peut les utiliser avec Mercurial, Git ou potentiellement n'importe quel outil. Encore une fois, nous profitons de la décentralisation, et nous pouvons avoir des collaborations/contributions en personnes sur des serveurs différents.
Ci-dessous vous avez une petite vidéo (en anglais) qui montre les requêtes de merge. On utilise jp (l'interface CLI de SàT) pour envoyer les modifications à un serveur. Par défaut, le serveur va essayer tous les gestionnaires de « merge requests » jusqu'à ce qu'il trouve lequel peut gérer le dépôt demandé. Il y a une petite couche autour des commandes pour faire les opérations de base (en particulier créer les données à exporter), puis les données et métadonnées sont mises en forme et envoyées sur le nœud pubsub. Pour le moment, seul Mercurial est implémenté, mais Git va bien entendu suivre, et peut-être un gestionnaire de base utilisant un diff pour les cas les plus simples.
Bien sûr, la fonctionnalité est nouvelle et encore basique : il n'est pas encore possible de préciser les lignes du code auxquelles un commentaire se réfère, ou d'utiliser une mise en forme riche. Cela va bien sûr venir plus ou moins vite, mais si vous voulez accélérer les choses, eh bien, les « merge requests » sont les bienvenues ;).
Pour celles et ceux qui sont à Paris, je serais au « Paris Open Source Summit » (POSS) demain et jeudi (au stand A2, « Salut à Toi »). Si vous voulez aider le projet, nous sommes sur Liberapay.
It's been a little more that one year now that the crowdfunding campain has been successfuly completed, and that we have promised to develop a new Desktop/Android frontend for "Salut à Toi", our Multipurpose, multi frontend communication tool based on XMPP.
It's time for an overview of the state of the development. You'll find below a link to the first .apk (pre-alpha), FOR TESTING PURPOSE ONLY.
As we've already announced, the new Desktop/mobiles (Android only for now) frontend will be named "Cagou", a wind to the Kivy framework that we're using, and to this endemic bird of New Caledonia, which bark and can't fly.
Oh, and yes we know that "Cagou" has different meaning in different languages.
This part is technical, you can go directly to the next one if you're not interested.
After a short time to get familiar with the Kivy ecosystem, the first step has been to integrate "Quick Frontend", which is a common base that we are using, as you guess, to quickly develop a frontend and factorise the code (cache handling, contact list – or "roster" in XMPP world –, widgets, etc.), then to integrate the "bridge" which is the name that we are using for the IPC and which handle the communication between the backend (which is the heart of SàT) and the frontends.
This phase went relatively well, and was followed by a thought on the architecture and user interface.
Once all of this was more or less usable, the Android port could began.
Things have been a big more complicated there. The Kivy community has created several tools to develop on this platform, including python-for-android (compilation and archive creation tool), and Buildozer (multi-platform tool to facilitate the use of the first one). Using these tools take some efforts, specially for a project already well advanced (it's far more easy if you start directly with Kivy and the Android port).
There a 2 "chains" for developing on Android: the old and the new one. After the first unsuccessful tries with the new one, it has been temporarly put aside for the old one, the time to build the foundations of the port.
Pure Python dependencies can be imported easily, but as soon as it get more complicated, you'll have to creates "recipes" to tell how to build something to python-for-android. Fortunately, most of those needed for SàT (Twisted in particular) were already available, and just needed to be updated.
After all this dependencies and building chain problems solved, and after the joy to see the first .apk (no working), 2 other big troubles showed up: D-Bus which is the main "bridge" is not usable on Android, and how to have the backend and the frontend running together?
Being my first Android development, I've had to read a lot or documentation (which luckily is not lacking), and after a first try with a bridge "embedded", allowing to have backend and frontend in the same process, it's finally a new "pb" bridge which solved the issue. "pb" stands for "Perspective Broker", the Twisted IPC. Android native IPC is an other option to be evaluated in the future.
To launch the backend, Kivy comes with modules to start it as an Android service. With it, the backend can stay in background and process messages and other activities when the frontend is not visible to the user (which means frozen until the user show it again on Android).
This section is already long, so I'll skip other problems (like the lack of HTML widget), and let's now talk about the UI.
At the moment Cagou is usable on desktop (GNU/Linux, but other platforms will most certainly follow), and on Android.
The current release is a pre-alpha, the .apk is available below, only to have a rough idea of the software. It is really bugged, doesn't check yet server certificates, doesn't handle SRV record on Android, etc. This is linked for 2 reasons: showing the progress, and having feedbacks early enought to go in the right direction.
You can't create account from the application (this will come before the release), so if you have no account yet you can use Libervia(SàT), the demo instance of our web frontend, to create one.
Cagou's UI take inspiration from the excelent Blender. The widget selection and splitting are the most obvious examples. The huge bars that you can see should disappear later in favor of a small button, which may follow Blender example again. The goal here is that a newcomer can switch widgets intuitively, and an advanced user can use this splitting feature.
The contacts list is not the central element in the interface, it can be displayed if wanted, but it's not needed to use Cagou.
The upper menu, which is for now always visible, will certainly be only available on Desktop. On Android the menu button or a floating touch one should replace it before the release.
If you have notifications, they should appear for a couple of second on the top, but you can read them later by touching the cagou head on the upper left.
If there is an event needing user action (for instance a website needs your authorisation with XMPP), an other cagou will appear on the right, and the dialog will only appear after touching it. The idea is to never have an unwanted popup stealing the focus when you are doing something else: popups are displayed only with explicit user action.
In Android case, it may be replaced by the native notification system in the future, but it's not decided yet because notifications history would not be available anymore.
To change the mode (widget), you just have to click on the upper left button in the current widget. Only 4 widgets are available so far: the selector which display all widgets available, the settings, the contact list, and the chat. Other are planed, notabily the blogging one.
Inside a widget (only for chat so far), you can swipe horizontaly to switch between active conversations.
For now it's not easy to use the first time (you have to do a very quick swipe), it needs some tuning.
As for other SàT parts, Cagou is thought since the beginning to work with plugins and being easy to extend. All the widgets and file transmitting system (see below) are plugins.
As we want a frontend usable on small screens, which is simple but without making sacrifice on features, we have to find a compromise between data displayed on the screen and the elements/buttons needed for actions. Too many elements will make the UI more complicated and take room, but not enough will make the actions more difficult to do.
The current design (which can evolve) has a header with an input bar and a button (in addition to widget selection button), the body with messages, and a bottom input bar with a button too.
To talk with one or more contact(s), type some letters belonging to its name (anywhere in the name). For now, only identifiers ("jid") and already opened talks are looked for, but later the search will include names, nicknames and bookmarks.
Cagou detect if you want to talk to a single person, or to a group chat room, and will act consequently.
The end 2 end encryption is there, but only with OTR (v2) for the moment. OX (modern OpenPGP) and OMEMO are planed, but it's not sure that they will be available for the next release (they may be there for the following one, 0.8). To use it, you just have to click on the lock, it will be closed if the chat is encrypted, and will have a question mark if your contact is not authenticated.
Let's go directly to the input bar. You'll see on the right a "+" button, click on it and you'll have a sending dialog.
This dialog has 2 buttons on the top, with which you can choose between uploading the file or sending it directly using peer 2 peer. A text under them explain in simple language where your file will go, and if encryption is done (for now all files are sent unencrypted).
This text message is important to let the user understand where the data are transiting, it's the kind of information we plan to put in several locations.
The buttons below are the various transmitting options. On desktop, you can only use a file browser (for now), but on Android you can also send a picture from your gallery, take a new photo or a video, or record a voice message.
In addition to the work on Cagou itself, other things have been done.
A now mandatory feature with the explosion of mobile devices, carbon copy has been implemented. Server archives is implemented for long fot blogging, but not yet for chat messages, it will be done before the stable release.
Small binary files handling ("BoB" for "Bits of Binary") is now available. Implentation has been motivated by its use on the friend project Movim.
Delivery receipts and HTTP authentification have been contributed by Chteufleur.
Since the 0.6.1 version, messages handling has been improved, making now possible to implement features like last message correction, planed for the release.
Lastly, component (for gateways) and static blogs have also been implemented, but we'll talk about this later.
SàT is a huge project with strong ethical values (check the social contract), and it need help! It can be as easy as coming to talk with us (our room is at [email protected], also availble by clicking here).
If you can, financial aid would of course be useful, we have recently opened an account on the excellent Liberapay.
And of course contributions are useful, specially development but also translations, icons, CSS, etc. Most of the coding is done in Python, and working on SàT is working on a tool you may use everyday. You'll not find us on big centralised forges, but we are in the process of modernising our development tools (more to come on that).
Talk about our association and project around you is always useful.
I think the most important things have been said, I'll try to keep you up to date with shorted posts.
Cela fait maintenant un peu plus d'un an que la campagne de financement participatif s'est achevée avec succès et que nous nous sommes engagés à développer une interface bureau/Android de « Salut à Toi », outil de communication multi-interfaces et multi-usages basé sur XMPP.
Il est temps de faire un petit état des lieux du développement. Vous trouverez en bas de cet article un lien vers une première version (pré-alpha) POUR TEST UNIQUEMENT.
Pour la petite histoire, nous entendions faire une campagne plus importante à l'origine quand nous avons décidé de faire un financement participatif. Mais suite à des discussions avec l'équipe d'Arizuka (plate-forme que nous avons choisie), nous avons largement réduit la somme demandée, ce qui s'est avéré judicieux puisque nous avons réussi la campagne : nous avons récolté 3 326,00 € sur les 3000 € demandés, soit 3 159,70 € après les frais.
Évidemment, cette somme est insuffisante pour vivre, aussi nous avons repris une activité salariée (j'en ai d'ailleurs parlé ici) et dû réduire le rythme de développement : je suis le seul développeur actif à l'heure actuelle (avec quelques contributions, notamment les accusés de réception et la authentification HTTP par XMPP par Chteufleur).
Ajouté aux choses annexes (gestion de l'association, écriture d'articles, projets liés, etc), ceci explique le temps de développement.
C'est aussi cette situation qui explique que nous avons réduit notre participation aux événements du Libre, ainsi vous ne nous avez pas vu au Fosdem cette année.
La plupart des contreparties promises aux soutiens ont été fournies (mais pas toutes, certaines n'ayant pas encore été réclamées). La somme reçue n'a pas encore été utilisée, sauf pour les frais fixes (serveurs, plate-forme de paiement des cotisations, banque).
Si ceci vous intéresse, vous trouverez les détails dans le compte rendu de la dernière assemblée générale extraordinaire de notre association.
Comme déjà annoncé, la nouvelle interface de bureau et pour appareils mobiles (Android pour le moment) de SàT s'appelle « Cagou », un clin d'œil à l'outil Kivy que nous utilisons, et à cet oiseau emblématique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, oiseau qui ne vole pas et qui aboie.
Cette partie est technique, vous pouvez passer directement à la suivante si cela ne vous intéresse pas.
Après une petite phase de prise en main de l’écosystème de Kivy, la première étape a été d'intégrer « Quick Frontend » (frontal rapide) qui est une base que nous utilisons, comme son nom l'indique, pour développer rapidement un frontal et factoriser le code (gestion du cache, de la liste des contacts (« roster » en XMPP), des widgets, etc.), puis d'intégrer le « bridge » (pont) qui est le nom que utilisons pour l'IPC qui permet la communication entre le « backend » (démon qui gère le cœur de SàT) et les frontaux.
Cette phase s'est relativement bien passée, elle a été accompagnée d'une réflexion sur l'architecture et l'interface utilisateur.
Une fois ceci à peu près utilisable, le port sur Android a pu commencer.
Les choses ont été un peu plus compliquées. La communauté Kivy a créé plusieurs outils pour développer sur cette plate-forme, dont python-for-android (outils de compilation et empaquetage) et Buildozer (outil multi-plateformes qui facilite l'utilisation du premier). La prise en main de ces outils demande quelques efforts, surtout pour un projet déjà en place (c'est nettement plus simple quand on commence directement avec Kivy et le port Android).
Il y a 2 « chaînes » de développement pour Android, l'ancienne et la nouvelle. Après des premiers tests non concluants avec la nouvelle, elle a été temporairement mise de côté pour l'ancienne le temps de développer les bases du port.
Les dépendances en Python pur s'importent facilement, mais dès que ça se complique un peu, il faut faire des recettes (« recipes ») pour indiquer à python-for-android comment faire la compilation. Heureusement, la plupart de celles nécessaires pour SàT (en particulier Twisted) étaient déjà disponibles, il a toutefois fallu les mettre à jour.
Une fois ces questions de dépendances et de chaîne de compilation réglées, et après le plaisir de voir un premier .apk apparaître (mais non fonctionnel). 2 autres gros problèmes se sont posés : D-Bus qui est le « bridge » principal n'est pas utilisable sur Android, et comment faire fonctionner backend et frontal en même temps ?
Étant novice pour le développement sur Android, j'ai dû lire beaucoup de documentation (qui ne manque pas heureusement) et après un premier essai avec un nouveau bridge « embedded » permettant d'avoir backend et frontal dans le même processus, c'est finalement l'écriture d'un bridge « pb » pour perspective broker, IPC de Twisted, qui s'est révélé être la meilleure solution. L'IPC d'Android est aussi une piste à explorer à l'avenir.
Pour lancer le backend, Kivy fourni des outils permettant de le lancer comme service Android, ce qui permet de le garder en arrière plan et de pouvoir gérer les messages et autres activités quand l'interface n'est pas visible pour l'utilisateur (ce qui signifie sur Android que l'interface est gelée jusqu'à ce qu'elle soit de nouveau sélectionnée par l'utilisateur).
Cette section est déjà bien longue, aussi je vous passe les autres difficultés (comme l'absence de widget gérant le HTML), parlons maintenant de l'interface.
Cagou est donc utilisable sur bureau (GNU/Linux, mais probablement d'autres plates-formes également) et sur Android.
La version actuelle est une pré-alpha, l'.apk plus bas est fourni uniquement pour se faire une idée. Elle est très boguée, ne vérifie pas encore les certificats sur serveur, les enregistrements SRV ne sont pas pris en compte sur Android, etc. Elle est fournie pour d'une part montrer l'avancement, et d'autre part profiter des retours suffisamment tôt dans le développement pour prendre une bonne direction.
L'interface de Cagou est inspirée de celle de l'excellent Blender. En particulier la sélection de widget et la possibilité de faire des divisions à volonté en faisant glisser les bords du widget. Les grosses barres actuelle devraient disparaître à terme pour un bouton plus discret, probablement là encore inspiré de Blender. L'idée est qu'un utilisateur novice puisse changer de widget intuitivement, et qu'un utilisateur avancé puisse utiliser cette fonctionnalité.
La liste des contacts n'est pas l'élément principal de l'interface, elle peut être affichée si souhaité, mais n'est pas nécessaire à l'utilisation de Cagou.
Le menu en haut, pour le moment tout le temps visible, ne devrait être disponible que sur bureau, sur Android le bouton menu ou un bouton flottant vont probablement le remplacer d'ici la sortie stable.
Si vous avez des notifications, elles apparaissent pendant quelques secondes en haut, mais vous pouvez le lire en prenant votre temps en caressant la tête du cagou qui apparaît alors en haut à gauche.
Dans le cas d'événements nécessitant votre intervention (par exemple une autorisation d'accès via XMPP sur un site), un cagou apparaîtra sur la droite, et le dialogue n'apparaîtra qu'après l'avoir touché. L'idée est de ne jamais avoir de fenêtre modale (type « pop-up ») qui surgit et vole le focus alors que vous faites autre chose. Ces dernières n'apparaissent que suite à une action de l'utilisateur.
Dans le cas d'Android, il est possible que ces notifications soient remplacées par le système de notification natif, mais le choix n'est pas arrêté puisque l'historique des messages ne serait alors plus disponible.
Pour changer de mode (de widget), il suffit de cliquer sur le bouton en haut à gauche du widget actuel. Il n'y a actuellement que 4 widgets : le sélecteur qui affiche tous ceux disponibles, la configuration, la liste de contacts, et le chat. D'autres sont à venir, en particulier le blogage.
À l’intérieur d'un widget (uniquement pour la messagerie instantanée pour l'instant), il est possible de faire un mouvement de glisser horizontal pour passer d'une conversation ouverte à une autre.
Pour le moment ça n'est pas évident à utiliser la première fois (il faut faire un mouvement vif), il y a des petits réglages à prévoir.
Comme pour le reste de SàT, Cagou est prévu dès l'origine pour fonctionner avec des greffons et être facilement extensible. Tous les widgets et système d'envoi de fichiers (voir plus bas) sont des greffons.
Comme nous voulons une interface utilisable sur petits écrans, simple, mais qui ne sacrifie pas les fonctionnalités, il faut trouver un compromis entre les informations affichées/ables à l'écran et les éléments/boutons permettant des actions. Trop d’éléments compliquent l'interface et prennent de l'espace, mais trop peu rendent les actions difficiles d'accès.
La disposition choisie actuellement (qui peut évoluer) consiste en un en-tête avec une barre de saisie et un bouton (en plus du sélecteur de widgets), le corps avec les messages, et une barre de saisie avec un bouton également.
Pour discuter avec un ou des contact(s), entrez des lettres faisant partie de son nom (n'importe où dans le nom). Pour le moment uniquement les identifiants (« jid ») et les conversations déjà ouvertes sont cherchés, mais à terme la recherche se fera également dans les noms, surnoms et dans les marque-pages.
Cagou détecte si vous voulez parler à une personne seule ou dans un salon de discussion, et s'adapte en conséquence.
Le chiffrement de bout en bout est de la partie, mais uniquement avec OTR (v2) à l'heure actuelle. Il est prévu d'intégrer OX (OpenPGP moderne) et OMEMO, mais il n'est pas certains que ça sera disponible pour la prochaine version (ça sera peut-être pour la 0.8). Pour l'activer, il suffit de cliquer sur le cadenas, ce dernier sera fermé si la conversation est chiffrée, et aura un point d'interrogation si votre correspondant n'est pas authentifié.
Passons directement à la barre de saisie. Vous trouverez sur la droite un bouton « + » qui sert pour le moment à ouvrir le dialogue d'envoi d'élément.
Ce dialogue comporte 2 boutons en haut, qui permettent de choisir si vous voulez téléverser votre fichier ou l'envoyer directement à un correspondant en pair à pair. Un texte en dessous indique en langage clair où votre fichier transitera, et si le chiffrement intervient (à l'heure actuelle tout est en clair pour les fichiers).
Le message texte est important pour que l'utilisateur comprenne bien où vont ses données, c'est une indication que l'on va sûrement placer à divers endroits stratégiques.
Les boutons en dessous sont les types d'envoi. Sur bureau il n'est actuellement possible que d'envoyer un fichier de votre arborescence, mais sur Android il est possible également d'envoyer une photo de votre galerie, d'en prendre une nouvelle ou de faire une vidéo, et d'enregistrer un message audio.
En plus du travail sur Cagou lui-même, d'autres travaux ont été effectué.
Désormais indispensable avec l'utilisation sur appareils portables, la copie carbone a été implémentée. La gestion des archives sur le serveur est elle implémentée depuis longtemps pour le blogage, mais pas encore pour les messages, ça sera fait d'ici la sortie de la version stable.
La gestion des petits fichiers binaires (« BoB » pour « Bits of Binary ») est désormais disponible, son implémentation a notamment été motivée parce qu'ils sont utilisés par Movim.
Comme indiqué plus haut, les accusés de réception et l'authentification HTTP ont été implémentés par Chteufleur.
Depuis la 0.6.1 la gestion des messages a été améliorée, préparant notamment le terrain pour des fonctionnalités comme la correction du dernier message, prévue pour la version stable.
Plus récemment la gestion des composants (pour préparer les passerelles) et des blogs statiques sont également arrivés, mais nous en parlerons peut-être une autre fois.
C'est un appel que nous faisons souvent mais qui n'est pas toujours entendu, de l'aide serait grandement appréciée.
Ce peut être aussi simple que venir discuter avec nous (notre salon est à [email protected], disponible en cliquant sur ce lien).
Si vous avez de quoi, une contribution financière serait bien sûr utile, nous avons récemment ouvert un compte sur Liberapay, suite a discussion résumée dans le compte rendu de l'A.G. lié plus haut. Notre objectif est de réussir dans un premier temps à travailler un jour par semaine sur SàT et de compenser la perte de salaire par des dons.
Vous pouvez aussi adhérer à notre association, toutes les infos sont par ici. Vous choisissez le montant de la cotisation (entre 0 et 100 €).
Et bien sûr des contributions, en particulier du développement, mais aussi des traductions, du graphisme, du thème CSS, de l'administration des serveurs. La plupart du développement est fait en Python, et c'est participer à un outil que vous utiliserez potentiellement tous les jours.
Parler de notre association et projet autour de vous est toujours utile.
Je crois que l'essentiel est dit pour cette fois, j’essaierai de tenir informé avec des billets moins longs les prochaines fois.
It's time for a blog post on Cagou development.
Cagou is the new desktop/Android frontend for "Salut à Toi" (SàT), the full-featured social network based on standards (XMPP) and with a strong emphasis on ethics.
This frontend is using the very nice Kivy framework, and is already usable on desktop.
As you can see, the interface can be divided easily. This idea is inspired by the excellent Blender interface, and make it easy to adapt to a small or big screen by choosing the number of widgets accordingly.
Instead of being a discreet software that you'll use only when you want to answer to somebody, Cagou is an application which should be used full-screen, with a layout suiting the current needs.
Other important point: the contact list is not the central element (as it is usually in instant messaging software). You can access it by selecting the widget, or put it on the side to simulate traditional layout, but it is not visible by default and you can spend a whole session without using it.
About notifications, it will be slighly different on desktop and on platforms with their own notification system (like Android). In the later case, the native way will be used.
On desktop, a specific header is used. 2 cagou icons (thanks to Muchoslava for its contributions) can appear: one on the left for notes (i.e. short messages which will automatically disappear), and one of the right for more important notifications, needing attention from the user.
A click on the left icon will show the last 10 notes, and one the right one show the next important notification.
This was made to avoid popups: they are displayed only after an interaction of user, and will not appear all of a sudden while you are writting a message.
Thanks to the architecture of SàT, menus are already available with a couple of useful actions.
There are several ways to start a chat: you can click on an item in the contact list, or enter a jid (XMPP identifier) in a chat widget.
Discussions are not closed when you switch widget, and they can be later accessed by swiping the current one (see video below).
There have been a lot of work done and the interface starts to be really usable. Concerning the desktop the greatest part is already finished, the most important remaining thing is to adapt interface to features (e.g. displaying of delivery reciept) and to make new widgets.
The other big thing to cope with would be displaying of HTML content and of course the Android port. An Ubuntu touch port is an eventuality.
The project is still in active progress, but it is really demanding. If you can contribue in any way – code, distributions packages, tests, graphics, translations, etc. – please contact us by any mean shown on our website.
Last but not least, we reminds all of the Aziruka contributors of the crowdfunding campaign, that they can claim their counterpart if not done yet (or request it later).
Cagou commençant à prendre sérieusement forme, il est temps de faire un billet sur l'avancement.
Avant le début du développement de l'interface elle-même, des changements nécessaires ont été faits en particulier sur la gestion des messages. Outre la gestion des langues dont j'ai parlé dans des précédents billets, le plus important est que nous pouvons désormais changer l'état d'un message après réception, ou y faire référence. Ceci permet d'implémenter des fonctionnalités comme les accusés de réception, ce qui a été fait par une contribution de Chteufleur (merci :)). D'autres fonctionnalités qui attendaient comme la correction du dernier message vont bientôt pouvoir suivre.
Il était nécessaire de faire ce travail avant d'implémenter la messagerie instantanée sur Cagou, pour pouvoir partir sur de bonnes bases.
Ensuite il a fallu intégrer l'interface sous Kivy à SàT, et en particulier D-Bus et QuickFrontend, notre modèle pour faire des frontaux en Python.
Comme vous le voyez, l'interface peut-être divisée facilement. Cette idée est inspirée de l'excellente interface de Blender, et permettra de s'adapter facilement à un petit ou grand écran en choisissant le nombre de widgets et leur disposition.
Au lieu d'être un logiciel discret qu'on utilise uniquement quand on veut répondre à quelqu'un, Cagou est une interface qui s'utilise principalement en plein écran, avec une disposition adaptée à la situation et les outils importants directement visibles (si la taille de l'écran le permet).
Autre point important, la liste de contacts n'est pas l'élément central comme c'est souvent le cas dans les logiciels de messagerie. Vous pouvez y accéder en sélectionnant le widget, voire la mettre sur le côté pour reproduire le comportement traditionnel, mais elle n'est pas affichée par défaut et n'est pas indispensable.
Tous les widgets sont des greffons, a terme il devrait être possible d'en télécharger, ou de changer complément le fonctionnement d'un widget de base. Comme effet de bord, et surtout grâce au travail de l'équipe derrière Kivy, Cagou sera une plate-forme qui permettra d'échanger facilement des scripts Python sur Android (reste à voir comment on va gérer les permissions).
En ce qui concerne les notifications, le fonctionnement va être différent sur bureau et sur les plates-formes qui ont déjà un système de notification (comme Android). Dans ce dernier cas, le système de la plate-forme va être utilisé.
Sur bureau, un en-tête spécifique est utilisé. 2 icônes de Cagou (merci à Muchoslava pour ses contributions) peuvent apparaître : une à gauche pour les notes (c.-à-.d les messages court qui ne s'affichent que quelques secondes), et une à droite pour les notifications plus importantes, nécessitant l'action de l'utilisateur.
Un clique sur l’icône de gauche permet d'afficher les 10 dernières notes, et un sur l’icône de droite affiche la notification importante suivante.
Ceci a été pensé pour éviter les popups, ces dernières ne sont affichées que suite à une action de l'utilisateur, et n’apparaissent pas d'elles même si un quelconque événement les déclenche.
Les menus ont également été implémentés, ils apparaissent en haut sur bureau. Sur petits écrans (téléphones), ils ne seront sûrement visibles que suite à l'appui de la touche idoine.
Grâce au fonctionnement de Salut à Toi, ceux-ci permettent déjà de faire des actions de base comme ajouter ou modifier un contact et avancées comme piloter son serveur.
Enfin le lancement d'une conversation peut se faire de plusieurs manières. On peut en commencer une en cliquant sur un contact dans le widget « liste de contacts », ou en tapant son jid dans un widget « chat » (il devrait rapidement être possible de taper quelques lettres pour avoir les suggestions). Les conversations ne se ferment pas quand on change de widget, on peut accéder aux conversations en cours en faisant passer son doigt (ou sa souris pendant un clique) rapidement vers la droite ou la gauche, cf. la vidéo ci-dessous. Il sera bientôt possible de les fermer via un menu dédié.
Voilà l'état des lieux actuel. Il y a déjà eu beaucoup de travail, et l'interface commence à être vraiment utilisable. Côté bureau le plus gros est fait, il s'agit maintenant d'adapter l'interface aux fonctionnalités (afficher l'accusé de réception par exemple), et à faire de nouveaux widgets. Un gros morceau reste toutefois l'affichage du contenu HTML, vu que ça n'est pas géré de base par Kivy (mais il y a différentes solutions possibles).
En ce qui concerne Android, il va y avoir une partie qui risque d'être un peu difficile pour faire le port, mais je ne m'inquiète pas plus que ça.
J'envisage également de faire un port sur Ubuntu Touch, j'ai commandé à cette fin une tablette d'occasion qui devrait me permettre de l'installer (ce n'est pas une promesse, juste une éventualité).
Ah et bien sûr, Cagou va profiter des fonctionnalités de SàT, y compris le chiffrement de bout en bout (OTR pour le moment, mais OpenPGP est envisagé pour la 0.7, et peut-être OMEMO également).
Petite note pour les programmeurs : une fois la prise en main passée (qui n'est pas très difficile), j'apprécie beaucoup travailler avec Kivy, c'est souple, agréable à utiliser et ça fonctionne jusqu'ici très bien, félicitation aux équipes derrière.
Je conclus sur une bouteille à la mer : c'est un travail absolument énorme de travailler sur SàT, et à l'heure actuelle je suis pratiquement seul dessus, et en plus de mon emploi salarié. Le projet avance toujours à bon train, mais j'ai besoin d'aide. La base de code est importante, mais il n'est pas insurmontable de s'y mettre : Chteufleur mentionné plus haut a pu rapidement écrire des greffons et a fait les implémentations des XEP-0070 et XEP-0184.
Il est aussi possible de contribuer en dehors du code : empaquetage pour des distributions, tests, graphismes, traductions, installation de serveurs, etc. Contribuer à une bibliothèque utilisée par SàT (comme l'implémentation de XMPP dans Twisted ou Kivy) est également très utile.
Au passage, je rappelle à ceux qui ont participé à la campagne de financement, qu'ils peuvent nous contacter sur « contact chez salut-a-toi point org » pour réclamer leur contrepartie, ou la demander plus tard s'ils préfèrent.
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I spayed my female cat when she was about 10 months old. The first pee she took after her spay was in the litter box, but the first poop was in the shower.
She then sometimes used the litter box to poop in, and occasionally the shower. She always pees in the litter box. She never pooped somewhere else before the surgery.
I always clean the litter box, and I change the whole thing when the ammonia hits me.
I tried everything, leaving water in the shower, she pooped in the water.
I changed the litter type, she still pooped in the shower.
I put the litter box in the shower, she still pooped on and off in the actual shower cabin and not in the litter box.
This pooping situation is becoming more and more frequent.
Also, after her spay, she got really aggressive towards me to the point she attacks me out of nowhere although I play with her a lot with cat toys.
She is not aggressive towards my partner. She also started being very mean. She jumps everywhere, scratches everything, etc., although we give her the play time she needs.
She was very loving and calm and affectionate before the surgery.
The surgery went well. She healed completely. She doesn't have worms or any other medical issues.
It's been almost two months since her spay and it's getting worse and worse.
My thoughts: I'm sorry to hear your cat is having problems.
In my experience, cats don't normally undergo major personality changes after spay or neuter procedures, but any trauma, such as a surgery, can cause a shift in behavior.
develop at any time and the reason isn't always known.
This may result in pooping in the shower, the tub, the sink, on tile, wood, cement or other hard or smooth surfaces. This is obviously in contrast to the usual sandy soil that most cats typically prefer.
Also, some cats prefer to pee in one box and poop in another. This preference can develop at any time as well.
If she heads for the shower to poop whenever there are clumps of pee in the box, it's likely that she's become a two-box kitty.
Adding another litter box is the clear fix for a cat that prefers two boxes. While it may have no effect if that is not the case here, adding another litter box is never a bad thing.
It's possible your cat developed constipation after the surgery, and may have continued to experience some intermittent constipation. This led to pain while pooping in the box and a desire to use a different location.
If she's still experiencing constipation, you'll want to address that with your vet.
If placing the litter box in the shower didn't get her to use it consistently, that would lead me to believe there is something she didn't like about the box or the litter.
In addition to adding a litter box, some people have had success with using Feliway. This may help to calm her a bit. It can be helpful to increase exercise levels as well, and make sure she's not under any stress from any other source.
I'd also make sure the litter box is squeaky clean all day and night, and I'd be sure to use the same litter she used to use regularly before the surgery.
I hope that helps and please keep us updated on her progress.
I'm glad to hear you're making some progress. That's good detective work.
Given this new information, it sounds like you've discovered your cat has a clear location preference. The next thing to pursue then, is what is it about the two locations that's different? Why does one spot make your cat happy and the other not so much?
Although I could be wrong, I have an idea.
I'm normally not a fan of using bathrooms as a litter box location. The thing about bathrooms is that they are usually one of the smaller spaces in the house, and they typically have only one entry/exit point.
While cats often love tight spaces, this may not work well for litter boxes. An ideal litter box location includes multiple escape routes. If a predator comes calling while you're doing your business, you want to be able to get away.
In a bathroom, you're trapped. From a cat's point of view, bathrooms may be good for hiding or finding small prey, but not so good for going to the bathroom. Ironic, I know.
Another thing about bathrooms is that they're usually busy places, and the door is sometimes closed. All of these things make them potentially problematic.
The best location for a litter box is typically a not-so-busy room, but one that is not too far away from where your cat normally spends time. Like Goldilocks and the beds, it has to be just right.
Something I am in favor of is giving cats a choice wherever possible. I prefer to leave it up to the cat to decide.
That being said, I realize the ideal situation for the cat may be difficult or impossible in some cases. It may be possible, however, to start in the living room and slowly change the location. I'm in favor of the advice given by the Dumb Friends League on moving litter boxes.
Per their advice, you never just pick up the box and move it to another spot. That might work for some cats and not cause any problems whatsoever, but it's like running with scissors.
"When she has consistently used this box for at least one month, you may gradually move it to a more convenient location at a rate of an inch per day."
The pheromones may help make the transition easier.
I temporarily moved the litter box in the living room for a week, she used the litterbox constantly, not even once did she poop in another place.
The two litter boxes doesnt exactly work either, she just uses one, and the shower.
We're going to try the pheromones.
She is not suffering from constipation and when I had the litter box in the living room, it was pretty clear she can still use it. Its just like the minute she sees the shower she goes bazookas.
I will get back if there is any improvement in the near future. Till now is a work in progress.
If you have any other ideas, it would be much appreciated.
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No Twitter blasts from Apple shareholder's meeting?
As I type this, Apple is hosting its annual shareholder's meeting, where one of the topics of discussion is likely focused on the health of CEO Stave Jobs and a succession plan for the company if Jobs is unable to return to work in June. Jobs' absence from the meeting is likely reason enough for shareholders to raise the issue of Jobs' health.
If it were being webcast, I'd be listening in and live-blogging for you. But that's not happening today and it's unlikely that you'll be able to find any live coverage - not even real-time Twitter blasts from the shareholders in attendance.
Apple's meeting is more secure than Fort Knox. The company is not allowing any communications devices inside the meeting - no Blackberrys, no iPhones, no laptops and definitely no recording equipment, according to the company's proxy statement filing.
How much information the company will actually cough up is certainly unclear. But just because Apple has locked the media out and shut down communications, doesn't mean that nothing will be written about this meeting. Eventually, details will emerge. But the company risks further speculation and rumor-mongering as details trickle out.
But that's something that Apple is probably already used to.
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When did River get the vortex manipulator?
She got it in "The Pandorica Opens" (by blackmailing Dorium Maldovar). The date was 5145, while she was still in prison, though she'd broken out after receiving a phone call from Winston Churchill about Vincent Van Gogh's painting of the exploding TARDIS.
Note that River's ability to travel in time independently of the Doctor, using this vortex manipulator, meant that she could then meet the Doctor earlier in his timeline than the supposed crime (shooting him) for which she was imprisoned in the first instance. Because the sequence of episodes normally follows the Doctor's timeline, not River's, we saw River using her vortex manipulator (in "The Impossible Astronaut", for example) before we saw her acquire it.
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People of the Great White Lie?
John Paul Myburgh's film People of the Great Sandface (1986) has apparently been well received in Britain and Europe and hailed by respected, well-informed and critical South African media commentators as a breakthrough in South African ethnographic film. Yet People of the Great Sandface raises troubling questions, not only about how we portray the human dimension of southern Africa, but about the very nature of the academic enterprise known as visual anthropology. This film reaches new heights in the art of mystification; indeed, it might more accurately be titled People of the Great White Lie. Ultimately, Myburgh is concerned not with history but with perpetuating myth. And is a dangerous, even a killer myth: the myth of the wild Bushman.
Myburgh claims to have contacted and lived with the last group of "wild" or autonomous Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert, implying that he visually recorded their last days as independent foragers before they threw in the towel and settled at a government-provided waterhole. Since they do not live "traditionally" anymore, we have no way of verifying Myburgh's account and must take his footage as irreplaceable documentation of their supposed last days of hunting (thus enhancing the value of the footage).
Several filmmakers and anthropologists who have worked with Kalahari peoples have publicly expressed strong skepticism about the authenticity of this film, and it is skepticism well founded. The water-pump settlement which is the Bushmen's final destination, for example, features prominently in John Marshall's 1975 National Geographic classic, Bushmen of the Kalahari. Indeed, just prior to that film's release it was pointed out that Myburgh had rounded up a number of former foragers and gone back into the wilds to film their "traditional lifestyle" (Tomaselli et at. 1986).
People of the Great Sandface can be discussed on two fronts: What it says (and how it is said) and what it does not say. If this film had been made 30, or even 15, years ago, it would have been hailed a a masterpiece. So overwhelming has the political dimension been in southern Africa, however, that only a foolishly naïve or a conservative positivist filmmaker would not at least make some passing reference to the wider sociopolitical climate.
Moreover, even in the well-worked field of Bushman/San studies there has been a shift in paradigm from studying Bushmen as if they were the isolated last remnants of the Stone Age - people who might somehow inform us as to how our paleolithic ancestors lived - to treating them as an integral part of a larger social system. In the emergent paradigm, most powerfully and eloquently argued in Wilmsen's Lan Filled with Flies (1989), they emerge as an impoverished rural underclass.
Myburgh refers to his /Gwi objects (not subjects) not as "San" but as "Bushmen." San derives from the Name sab ("robber"); the term Bushman derives from the Dutch word meaning "bandit" or "outlaw." The term San serves to perpetuate the mystification process. (Many Namibian schoolchildren, for example, believe that while the San have always been found in the Kalahari, Bushmen have long since died out.) More importantly, however, the term Bushman was a lumpencategory used by the colonial authorities for anyone who resisted colonial rule. They did not get this label imposed upon them by living in the splendidly harsh, isolated, "survivalist" world of the central Kalahari.
Perhaps it is time to make Bushmen (and banditry) respectable again. Unfortunately, this film achieves the opposite: it panders to the dangerous myth of the "wild Bushman," offering an exceedingly narrow pair of ideological blinkers with which to survey the Kalahari. What the film does not say is in this case more important than what it says.
Of all the people living in southern Africa, those labeled Bushmen have been the most victimized, brutalized, and oppressed in the region's bloody history. It is a brutal tale of organized anti-Bushmen commandos and debates during the German colonial era in the Windhoek Landestag as to whether Bushmen should be declared vermin. Yet all Myburgh says in his film is that "Time and history have taken a toll on their numbers."
The war against Bushmen is still going on, now in more subtle forms. The main goal is still to dispossess Bushmen of their lands. In the region where Myburgh based his film, this dispossession took the following form. At the end of the nineteenth century, Cecil John Rhodes, British imperialist par excellence (and founder of the Rhodes scholarship), wanting a buffer against any German expansion eastward from Namibia, sent up an expedition that led to the creation of the so-called Ghanzi Block, an area settled by white South African farmers. Among the many - mostly Bushman - people dispossessed by this act were the /Gwi. The aboriginal owners found themselves to be squatters on their own land. (One of the academicians who provided a rationale for this land theft was Siegfried Pasarge, who was later to achieve renown as a Bushman "expert."
Many Ghanzi Block farmers flouted one of the unspoken laws of the Kalahari - namely, that one person never refuses another water. Indeed, most of them chased Bushman squatters off their land. These Bushmen were driven into the largely waterless central area where the film was made. In the late 1950s, as Botswana was being readied for independence by the British, Raymond Silberbauer was appointed "Bushman survey officer." Silberbauer was concerned about the dispossession of Bushman land, but because of the pervasive obnoxiousness of Apartheid could not very well recommend a reserve for Bushmen based on ethnicity. Instead, he managed to pilot through the creation of the 52,347-km² Central Kalahari Game Reserve in 1961. In this large, seasonally waterless tract, Bushmen would be allowed to remain and practice their "traditional" lifestyle.
As European tourism developed in Botswana, the Central Kalahari Game Reserve became a popular spot. Part of its attraction was precisely its Bushmen (or Basarwa, as they are officially known in Botswana) (Hitchcock & Brandenburgh 1990). Naturally, some of these tourists grew upset when these Bushmen did not measure up to their expectations, which were fed largely by pulp movies such as The Gods Must Be Crazy and Laurens van der Post's musings. Moreover, the Bushmen they saw engaged in such disgustingly irritating behavior as "begging" (simply an extension of foraging). These European tourists, being highly conservation-conscious and being of the bourgeoisie, carried weight back in Europe. Their clout had an impact in the Kalahari because the Botswana government, ever eager to "develop" - especially if it could lessen its dependency on South Africa - was anxious to export beef to the European Common Market. Thus pressed by the needs to open areas for cattle production and placate the European conservationist lobby (which felt that Bushmen were killing too much game), the Botswana government announced in December 1986 that "the reserve would lose its integrity if people were allowed to stay there."
While this war was raging Myburgh was filming his "isolated" band, ostensibly blissfully ignorant of the tense political climate. To proclaim as he does at the conclusion of his film that "You see, no one is to blame" is to display a dishonesty of ethnocidal magnitude.
In the film itself, the subjects are not allowed to talk. Instead the filmmaker paternalistically describes the action, rather like the BBC's Barbara Woodhouse explaining how and why our pets behave the way they do. It is a narration filled with naïve romantic psychologisms that classify the Bushmen as a contemporary throwback to some imagined primeval man ("His only reality is to be a hunter"; they have "instinctive rhythm"). It is claimed that the consciousness gap between Bushmen and others cannot be bridged. Compared to other documentaries and ethnographies, Myburgh's /Gwi seem to have an obsession with killing which can be read as a sign of manliness (both for the objects and for the filmmaker) - the theme of survival pervades the narrative. The political implications of this claptrap are deadly and need to be located firmly in the sociopolitical milieu in which Myburgh is operating.
The truth of the matter, as John Marshall so eloquently pointed out at the showing of People of the Great Sandface during the 1900 Northeastern Anthropological Association meeting, is that there have not been any "wild Bushmen" for a very long time. Moreover, many of the "kills" were setups.
So why was this film so well received? Myburgh's claim to have spent several years with the Bushmen (Tomaselli 1989) and the moving vignette of Myburgh on South African state television's Uit en Tuis dressed up like a Bushman while ostensibly revealing how he did field work (Tomaselli et al. 1986) must have convinced some of the authenticity and authority of his project. The film is vastly superior to the South African government-sponsored pseudo-scientific documentaries. And yes, it does boast superb cinematography and indeed many of the sequences are stunningly poetic.
But can a filmmaker make liberal use of "poetic license" and then claim to have produced a documentary? And why did so many South Africans believe this film to be the definitive study of the last "wild" Bushmen? It is not as if South African academics are naïve; on the contrary, academic boycott notwithstanding, they are remarkably au fait with cultural studies and other developments in communications.
The wave that took People of the Great Sandface to its modest triumph was the same one on which The Gods Must Be Crazy rode to box office success (in South Africa and elsewhere), caused by a long and old groundswell. To understand this one needs to consider the role of the Bushman as cultural icon within South African society and the way aspects of fascism have permeated the unassuming nooks and crannies of South African intellectual life.
"Wild Bushmen" are a crucial piece of the white South African self-image. Discovering the "last wild Bushmen" has become something of a South African tradition. Myburgh's project has a long intellectual pedigree.
It is not fortuitous that the largest curio-store chain in South Africa is called "The Bushman Curio Shop" or that one of the hit attractions at any settler historical celebration in South Africa is a bevy of loinclothed "wild Bushmen," courtesy of an enterprising white Namibian impresario. Nor is it coincidental that the South African Defence Force (SADF) used Bushmen extensively in its counterinsurgency operations, and that at one time the Bushmen held the dubious distinction of being the most militarized ethnic group in the world. One of the major reasons for recruiting them was the belief that Bushmen were "natural" hunters and trackers, and thus would be effective counterinsurgency operatives.
These superhuman qualities of Bushmen were grounded not in humanity but in animality. Their inability to keep cattle was attributed to their lack of self-restraint. Because they are "extremely emotional," women cannot do without the men and this determines the length of patrol (Pretoria News 2/26/81). Time magazine (3/21/81) assured us that they are often distracted from a guerrilla track by honey and that the sighting of a hyena would provoke uncontrollable laughter.
The issue of Bushman rights is still very much alive. Five days before Namibia's independence, South Africa relocated some 4,000 military Bushmen, who apparently chose not to be demobilized, to a base in South Africa. The source of their military efficiency is not their "inherent tracking ability" or any such "natural" quality, but arises rather, as Enloe has suggested, from their pariah status in the wider society (Enloe 1980).
The white bourgeoisie's love affair with "wild Bushmen" is long and complex. As the urbanizing whites grow more alienated from their society, they mythologize Bushmen as the antithesis to society's problems. But also, as Maughan-Brown has recently suggested, the myth provides whites with moral absolution from accusations of racism (Maughan-Brown 1983).
The crass use of names and icons to sustain the SADF's symbolic dominance is a phenomenon worthy of further analysis. The original base used to train Bushman trackers was called Alpha ("the first"). Omega ("the last") base was later built to house Angolan Bushman refugees who were mercenaries in the Pied Crow battalion in which emblem, needless to say, the "white head of the crow symbolized the white leadership element."
Details on the Bushman situation are to be found in a monograph (Gordon 1984). Some newspaper reports also hint at this and anthropologists agree. Some of the most knowledgeable experts believe that all Bushmen born after 1960 have lost the ability to track and most of their veldcraft (wilderness survival) skills.
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1984 The San in Transition, Vol. II: What Future for the Ju/Wasi of Nyae-Nyae? Occasional Paper 13. Cambridge, MA: Cultural Survival.
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1983 The Noble Savage in Anglo-Saxon Colonial Ideology, 1950-1980. English in Africa 10(2):55-77.
1987 SADF's Bushmen: Desert Nomads on SWAPO's Track. Soldier of Fortune (January):32-37.
1984 SADF's Bushman Battalion: Primitive Trackers Fight 20th Century War. Soldier of Fortune (March):71-75.
1989 Interview with Paul Myburgh. CVA Newsletter.
1986 Myth, Race and Power: South Africans Imaged on Film and TV. Bellville: Anthropos.
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All of us love traveling and exploring new countries and places. Yet we always struggle to find the time and more often than not, we don’t get to travel as much as we’d like. Traveling is great for the soul, it opens our hearts to new and adventurous things, and we meet some amazing people and learn so much more. In a survey conducted recently on old people who were nearing their death, they asked a few of them what they regretted about life the most and almost all of them responded saying they regretted not having travelled more.Traveling from Mumbai to Delhi Flights, Delhi is an importent destination of India that connects every sector of the country and abroad by an extensive network of airways.
It is hard sometimes to find the time to travel with work and managinga home, but try your best to find time to explore new places so that you don’t grow old with the same regret.
1. The Exposure to Different Environments Boosts Your Immune SystemScientist have discovered that traveling more can actually help build your immune system up. Apparently the more you travel and expose yourself to different things, the more your body discovers new bacteria and this could in turn make your gut stronger. That isn’t to say however that you shouldn’t maintain good personal hygiene when traveling, you still need to wash your hands and keep clean. But a few new germs along the way isn’t such a bad thing after all.
2. Take Control of Your Stress LevelsAnother scientifically proven term is that traveling does indeed make you happier. It also lowers your chance of depression and helps you really relax. Research found that about three days after travel people said they felt well relaxed, in good spirits and not so very anxious. Better yet these feelings were said to have lasted a few weeks as well, how impressive!
3. Expand Your Brain PotentialApparently traveling really does improve your knowledge. When you meet different people and cope with various situations, you start to become more aware of the global and cultural aspects countries have to offer. This is awesome for your overall health as all the emotions increase your cognitive flexibility. It has been proven that travel connects you, helps you become more creative, gives you a greater sense of ethnic values and lets you evolve into a greater being. Also people who choose to study and work abroad show to be more stable and open minded.
4. Lower Your Risk of Heart DiseaseSince venturing to unknown places causes us to stress less and be happier, heart diseases remain at bay. Plus since your relaxing and taking that well deserved break, your stress levels chill out as well. Most drugstores have a travel zone where you can purchase travel-cameras and sacks measure chemical, conditioner, antiperspirant, toothpaste and anything is possible from that point.
Which might be why a study proved that women and men who travelled at least once a year are a lot less prone to heart failure and diseases.
5. Stay in ShapeNothing like walking around stretching those muscles. Even though travel does require you to sit long hours on a plane, it also gives you plenty of chances at being active. Our main focus for traveling is of course to see new places and try different things, which is why people invest tons of money into it.So be sure to try a new activity, walk around as much as possible and take a hike to experience all those beautiful places. Besides even if you were just planning to lay on the beach, walking around on the sand will get your muscles working twice as much.
6. Discover Natural Healing RemediesJust like discovering new places and people, travel helps us stumble upon natural healing properties that others have never even heard of. Some of which are natural hot springs that are said to soak in all of Mother Nature’s goodness and help increase your longevity, lower stress levels, relieve pain and improve the condition of your skin. If you’re into energy vortexes they exist as well, be it in water, electricity or wind you can stumble upon them in various places. These specific places where all the Earth’s power meets andthen transits it into rejuvenating, healing and calming properties. Some of the well-known places where these vortexes exist are the stonehenge, Egyptian pyramids and Sedona.
7. Live A More Fulfilling and Happy LifeBe it just traveling around your own country or flying overseas it does enhances your life expectancy rate. Because traveling gives us a new sense of being, reduces are worries and stress, keeps us healthy and boosts our immune system, which in turn provides us with better health and a better chance at living the fun way.
8. Value Your Home MoreTravel lets us evaluate and appreciate the things we have in life a lot more. When we find ourselves in places that have very few luxuries like water and electricity, it makes us value what we have a whole lot more. The exposure to people in unfortunate situation and living in bad conditions yet smiling through it all, show us true value and inspires us to lend a helping hand.
9. Familiarity in OthersAs we journey to different places we do learn more about people and their cultures but we also learn just how similar we are. Traveling lets us understand the common needs we share with people around the world and this helps us grow to accept and appreciate people more, irrespective of their background.
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This is an in-progress, straw man proposal for a set of overarching principles for user interface design.
Effective UI needs to be developed for situations with different combinations of mobility, touch-ability, capabilities, and form factors.
It is easy to fall into the trap of conflating these four qualities. It is also helpful to not segregate UI into camps of desktop versus mobile, since there is considerable variety even within such camps and many devices that break the mold. For example, a tablet device can be a mobile device with mobile network connectivity but is not a small form factor device like a smart phone. Similarly, a tablet device may not support mobile network connectivity. Some desktop and notebook computers have touch displays and support a touch interface. Different devices have different levels of capability. Many devices may have front-facing cameras, audio input and output. Only some devices have GPS, compass, accelerometer, and other such capabilities. In the future, speech control as an input mode will be added to the list of factors to consider when designing UI.
Because of this variety of different combinations of different qualities, UI guidelines are drafted separately to address mobility, touch-ability, device capabilities, and different form factors.
The user interface for all of the company's product offerings must be kept consistent over time.
The user interface should achieve a consistent high quality user experience across all products and should strengthen the brand aesthetic of the company.
The most fundamental way to ensure consistency of user interface across diverse product offerings, implemented using diverse technologies, and developed by diverse groups, is to develop a UI style guide that can guide UI design decisions in every project.
The UI style guide would provide the necessary dictates for the development of UI, such that if those dictates were adhered to, the resulting UI would be consistent across all product offerings and technologies.
UI consistency can be achieved as an artifact of code reuse by developing and offering standard libraries of UI widgets for different technologies as part of a UI platform to be used in developing various products for those different technologies.
In order to encourage developers to use the standard libraries, a good inducement is if using the standard libraries both meets their criteria and makes development easier upfront while also making maintenance easier over the long term. If developers shy away from using standard libraries, then it indicates a failure in the design of the standard libraries.
One can support consistency by defining standard UI elements upfront.
Definitions should be formalized for all UI elements likely to be needed at some point, including buttons, checkboxes, headings, panels, radio buttons, text inputs, drop lists, tabs, etc. In the absence of detailed definitions for all these elements that cover the different situations in which they will arise, developers will apply their own creativity to get the job done. With enough "creativity" being applied on a case-by-case basis, one will end up with a mishmash of different stylistic treatments.
A perfect example of creativity being applied is when it comes to buttons. How many different stylistic treatments of buttons does one need? How many different sizes can buttons have? How many different states can a button have? How many different colors can a button be? In the case of buttons, try to limit the set of variations and know why they need to exist and have a rules for deciding which of the standard treatments should be used in different situations.
Every app on every device should allocate space in a prominent location for placement of the company's logo, so that it is persistently visible.
It is reasonable to locate the logo towards the top of the UI - left or center. A possibly exception to this rule might be company branded hardware, where the logo is on the physical device. One could still argue, however, that in such hardware devices the logo on the physical case of the device is so peripheral that it is easily filtered out by the user. If the logo is visible within the interactive portion of the device (i.e. its UI / display), the brand promotion effect should be stronger. Also, if the same software runs in company branded and non-branded hardware, then conditionally displaying the logo in the UI might present problems of what to use the allocated screen real estate for when the logo is not present. Essentially, it's simpler, more consistent, and more beneficial to the company to simply always have the logo appear in the UI.
The UI should use language in a consistent way.
The UI should be consistent with its use of active style (e.g. "Change Settings") vs passive style (e.g. "Settings").
For example, if buttons are to use a "call to action" / verb / action phrase style of language, then this style should be used consistently. There shouldn't be some buttons with labels like "Set Call Forwarding Rules" and other buttons with labels like "Music on Hold". The same principle applies to section headings. Passive language is recommended for section headings, while active language is recommended for buttons and links that perform actions when invoked. To use an example, a section that addresses call forwarding rules can be labeled "Call Forwarding Rules", while a button that may bring up UI for changing the rules can be labeled "Edit Call Forwarding Rules", "Change Call Forwarding Rules", "Set Call Forwarding Rules", etc.
Terms introduced to the user should be used consistently to reinforce their learned understanding of those terms.
For example, if a section is titled "Music On Hold", a button in that section should not be labeled "Set On Hold Music" or "Change Music While Holding". A user should not have to wonder whether "music on hold" means the same as "on hold music" means the same as "audio on hold" means the same as "music while waiting". The user is already overwhelmed enough as it is by terms they may not deal with on a daily basis, so to remove doubts from their minds about what instructions in the UI may be referring to, be religious about using exactly the same term everywhere to refer to the same thing.
Just as it is useful to use terms consistently, it is also useful to established standardized words or phrases with which the user can become familiar.
One should consistently use the same word / phrase for substantially equivalent actions across all products and all parts of products. So, for example, if one is going to have a bunch of different dialogs in the app for modifying different types of settings, settle on a word like "save" for the save button. Don't use "save" in some places and "done" or "submit" or "finished" or "apply" or "set" in other places. In a link alongside settings that might bring up a dialog for editing the settings, don't use "edit" in one place and "modify" or "change" in other places. In places with links for showing more information, don't use "more..." in one place and then "more info..." or "further details..." in other places - settle on a standard phrase for such links. The same applies to "delete" vs "remove".
In general, establish a lexicon of standard phrases, just in the same way one would establish a set of standard visual designs for common controls.
Establish a tone for the organization that can be applied consistently throughout the UI.
There should be an understanding of what the intended tone, such as playful, casual, matter of fact, professional / businesslike, etc. Without formal guidance, the tone of language will be inconsistent across different products. It's possible that a single tone may not be viable if the products or audiences are too diverse, but any variance in tone should be deliberate / by design rather than as an accidental consequence of the changing mix of personalities of different product managers, visual designers, engineers, etc. involved in different products at different times.
The rules of language use in applications should be governed by a formalized language style guide.
Following the language style guide will help to achieve a consistent voice throughout the different applications and different parts of the applications. The language style guide can provide grammatical guidelines, a lexicon of standardized words and phrases, guidelines on tone, etc.
The cost associated with building UI for features of an application should be deferred until those features are invoked by the user.
As it applies to compiled applications, the loading of the code and resources is hard to defer as these are typically compiled into the app and the cost of fetching those resources across the network as needed can hurt the user experience.
For both native applications as well as apps built using Web technologies, UI should only be constructed for features as those features are invoked.
So, for instance, for UI that might be presented in a tabbed style of interface, UI within tabs or sections that are not yet revealed should not be built until revealed and needed. Therefore, there should not be a reliance upon connection between views - if two or more views reflect information derived from a common source / data model, it should be possible to safely change the information without having all the views already created. Views should be able to latch onto the underlying data at any time and synchronize to reflect the correct state. Once created, however, the app should reuse UI, even if the data source is changed.
UI widgets, once they have been loaded, should be reused across different data.
For example, a user configuration widget once loaded for a particular user should be reused when switching to configure a different user. This can be accomplished by view synchronization when switching between different instances of the data model. Furthermore, widgets that have been loaded and then idled in the background, when no longer in view, should be re-synchronized when revived so that changes that may have occurred in the data model while they were idle are reflected correctly.
Don't date the UI that should be consistently adopted by all products of the company by designing it according to the latest fashion trend within the design community.
At one point, rounded corners were the in thing and pill buttons were everywhere. Reflections were the rage at one point. The glassy look for buttons was popular. Drop shadows and text shadows were cool, along with gradients. Three-dimensional pop out ribbons / banners were fashionable for a while. Flat became fashionable again. Given the refresh cycle for various products, it can take years to cycle out an established UI. In order to avoid the look of one's UI being dead on arrival, one should avoid following the flavor of the day in design trends.
The best way to keep the UI feeling relevant is to design the UI to be as functional as possible, while still feeling sufficiently polished / professional. Highly functional will always be appreciated over a highly fashionable yet dated look. While emphasizing function over form, the UI should at least feel finished rather than having an unfinished look. It can be clean / minimal while still feeling slick and polished.
All UI should be designed to be touch-friendly.
With the proliferation of devices supporting a touch interface, it makes sense for UI to be designed generally with touch in mind. This is particularly important for UI developed for Web apps, where such apps might be brought up in touch and non-touch devices alike. While designing for a touch interface imposes some constraints on how much information can be presented in the available screen real estate, the added usability that comes from the discipline of keeping things clean and simple for touch interfaces can make up for the slight loss of usability for information display. Settling on constraining all UI to support touch-friendliness will eliminate the cost of designing layouts for touch and non-touch and will also reinforce consistency across the various product offerings.
The UI should be touch friendly, so that the Service Site can be used effectively on tablet and other large format touch devices, including notebook and desktop computers with touch displays.
Every interactive element should be large enough to accommodate a fingertip, and ideally large enough so that some part of the element remains visible outside the fingertip to reinforce the user's belief that they are touching on the element (i.e. their fingertip is within the boundaries of the element).
Every interactive element that is only large enough to accommodate a fingertip and that doesn't have additional "breathing room" should have sufficient clearance around it to eliminate the possibility of accidentally touching adjacent interactive elements.
If the element is oversized in any axis, then clearance around the element is less critical in that axis. For example, column headers in a table may have sufficient width for comfortable, unambiguous touch, but may need clearance above and below then if they are not tall enough. Buttons that appear inside rows of a data table should be given sufficient clearance if they are sized smaller than is ideal for touch in order to allow the table to show more data.
In order to provide assurance to the user, the touched state for UI components such as buttons should be visually highlighted.
On touch interfaces, the touched state can be highlighted using the same treatment as the mouse down state for non-touch interfaces. Because of the inherent imprecision of touch interfaces, users need as much feedback as possible to indicate exactly what UI action they are about to initiate by releasing their finger from the interface surface. This becomes especially valuable in cases where the UI becomes busier and there is more chance of accidentally activating adjacent / nearby controls.
The interactive elements of the UI should be designed with the mind to the fact that users on touch devices will not have the benefit of mouseover tooltips.
Therefore, interactive elements should be self explanatory. Ideally, all buttons that show icons should also show labels below or alongside the icons, so that their action is clear.
all interactive elements of the surrounding UI should be big enough for touching and have sufficient clearance to avoid accidentally touching elements that have an irreversible effect. Even if the action is undoable by the user, creating a finger trap that will often trip up the user will hurt the user experience.
For UI that is designed for small form factor mobile devices, additional layout considerations apply.
More and more, users are accessing services through mobile devices with a small form factor, relative to screen sizes of desktop and notebook computers. At the same time, users are migrating to mobile devices with larger and larger displays, with smart phones sporting screens above 5", and all the way up to the arguably phablet size of 6". With handheld touch screen devices of that size, UI elements located at the top left and top right of the screen become practically unreachable for the thumb.
To address this trend, it is recommended that frequently accessed UI elements be clustered towards the bottom of an app's UI.
There is simply no reason to force users to endure the constant annoyance of fumbling to reach awkwardly located UI that risks them dropping their device in the process. And the fact that UI has historically been designed with menu controls at the top of an app is not a good enough reason to impose that layout paradigm to newer mobile devices. Users will quickly get used to using controls that are convenient for them to access, even if it appears unusual at first glance. They will appreciate the choice of location over the lifetime use of the application.
With the trend towards increased mobility in computing, users are accessing apps on mobile devices in a wide variety of different ambient light conditions.
Until displays become truly passive with technology like digital ink / e-ink that supports fast enough refresh rates, app UI is likely to continue being rendered on active / lit displays. Active displays can be notoriously difficult to read in high light conditions. Therefore, UI should be design to be effective even in high ambient light conditions.
UI should be designed to generally be high contrast.
Under high ambient light conditions, low contrast UI becomes very hard to read. Maintaining a high contrast also is helpful in addressing accessibility considerations for individuals with vision difficulties.
UI should be designed to universally have a light background, with icons and text appearing in a dark color.
One could make the argument that all UI of the app should have dark-on-light styling - even app chrome UI that may surround a main / content area pane. There might be other ways to visually set the chrome apart from the content area that doesn't violate the principle of designing for high ambient light conditions.
To support legibility in high ambient light conditions, icon symbols should be simplified and employ minimal shading and color complexity.
Under high light conditions, a distinctive and recognizable outline of an icon is a better cue than color and shade detail that may become washed out and hard to notice.
To support a good user experience for apps under a variety of different usage conditions, including different ambient light situations, as well as devices with different form factors, extra effort should be made to make text as legible as possible.
Graphics designers often work in ideal work conditions that are not reflective of the conditions under which modern apps are used. Designers often have large, high resolution, high quality displays and work in an office environment with well controlled lighting. With mobility in computing, users are accessing apps in more extreme conditions. A user may be using a mobile app while walking outside in broad daylight while rushing to a business meeting at some building. With a mobile device with a small form factor, being viewed outside in broad daylight, and shaking in the user's hand as they walk, more effort than normal needs to be put into making all UI in an app legible.
Avoid using small fonts for subordinate information in the UI.
If constraints of the design are making it necessary to choose small font sizes in order to fit information in, it would be best to consider a different approach to the IA for the application, so that there is never a situation where there is information that the user cannot read under challenging conditions. Don't make users squint.
In situations where one might consider using a fainter / less prominent color for text, resist the temptation.
Consider an example of items in a company directory list, where the primary text for an item may be a person's name while the secondary text may be details about them, such as the department that they work in. One treatment might make the primary text true black while making the secondary text smaller and a mid gray. A better treatment for legibility under a variety of different reading conditions would be to make both primary and secondary text true black, while differentiating the primary text from the secondary text by making the primary text a bit larger and bolding it.
Consider using bold styling for button labels, tab buttons, headings, etc.
Make compromises elsewhere in the UI, if necessary, in order to ensure there is enough room to make text as large and legible as possible.
Free up space in order to make text a little larger by reducing layers of boxing around elements and containers. Minimize purely decorative elements / embellishments to buy space for legibility.
The approach to implementing the UI should facilitate good TDD practices, encouraging the development of tests during the feature development process, including unit and functional tests.
The approach to implementing the UI should support discrete testability of all components of the UI, from complex widgets down to their atomic building blocks.
Furthermore, it should ideally be possible to individually test all components of the UI in isolation from their surrounding UI. This suggests that all UI elements should be well encapsulated and have clearly defined interfaces that can be mocked in order to sufficiently satisfy their needs in order for them to function and be testable in isolation from the surrounding UI.
The UI should facilitate the natural human behavior of scanning to find things.
The UI for lists should be uncluttered, so that the user can focus on the data presented in the lists.
This suggests that borders separating rows and columns should be de-emphasized, in favor of alternating background colors.
To make it easier for the user to locate data in lists, the rows and columns should be eye-trackable so that the user has confidence in what the eye is seeing.
To make rows and columns more easily eye-trackable, alternating background colors should be used for rows and columns.
Rows can alternate between white and a light colored background, while columns can alternate between unlightened and lightened. Priority is given to eye-tracking for rows, since columns are wider than rows are high, and eye-tracking is more commonly needed across multiple columns of a row than multiple rows of a column.
A benefit of the alternating background colors approach is that it serves the added purpose of providing a separation between data in different rows and columns and obviates the need for cluttering border lines.
To make is easier to understand the correlation between column data and the column headers, columns headers should remain present / fixed at the top of lists, even as the list data is scrolled.
Ideally, it should be possible to search for features in the application.
When using a resource oriented design for a Web application, and where each area of the application is represented by a URI and navigable to (deep linking), it becomes possible to let the user perform a natural language search for an area of the application.
For example, if the user wanted to find the area for configuring a call forwarding feature of the application, the user could type "forwarding", "call forwarding", etc. into a search bar. Among the search results would be a link to the area of the application for configuring the call forwarding feature.
While a native application might not follow a resource oriented design, since the model originated in the Web sphere and doesn't apply as naturally to native apps, it should still be possible to provide some level of feature search capability.
Examples of feature search in native apps can be found in Mac OS, where search from the Help menu lets the user find features as they are exposed through options in the various menus of an application - even deeply nested menu options. Ideally, feature search in native apps would extend beyond just menu option text and would include description meta data for the features exposed through menu options. Furthermore, if an application's features were connected to a search engine, the search results for natural language searches of features could be ranked based upon click-through of users.
With a feature search facility in applications, it becomes theoretically possible to search for features that might only be conditionally reachable.
For example, if the user searched for a call forwarding feature in order to configure call forwarding, but if this feature were only reachable if the user had a particular account level, the user should still see the feature in the search results, be able to link to the feature and see the feature in a disabled state with an explanation as to why it is disabled. This approach could be used to good business effect by providing upsell opportunities to the user when searching for features that would require account upgrades or additional purchases.
All large lists of data should be searchable with a consistent and easy-to-use yet powerful search interface.
A search on a list of data should provide the ability to add one or more search parameters.
Each search parameter / criterion should be configurable, in a similar manner to filtering UI available within email clients for the purpose of organizing mail messages and filtering out junk mail. Among other things, this would allow users to search through tabular data sets by filtering for specific values or value ranges for specific columns.
A simple search box interface should be provided that the user can use as a first step before utilizing the more advanced parametric search UI.
Search terms entered into the search bar would be effectively resolved to one or more parameters in the parametric search. Especially if a shorthand syntax is provided for selecting, a search string entered into the simple search UI might resolve to multiple parameters in the parametric search. For example, a shorthand might be provided to let a user search for a person in a particular department (e.g. "john department:sales"). Such a search might be resolved to a parametric search involving two criteria.
In addition to the ability to search data presented in tabular form, ideally a search facility would be provided to search complex structured data.
This feature would be most comparable to the kind of system wide search that one can perform in a native operating system, where the search is able to index content stored in multiple formats and editable through multiple different applications. As the data set that an application exposes to the user becomes more complex, with different features / wizards available for manipulating data in different areas, it becomes increasingly hard to find where data is exposed.
To use an example, the structured configuration of an account should be searchable and search results from different areas of the configuration should be returned, with the ability to navigate to the areas where those results would be found and modifiable.
Using the example of a multi-user telephony system, it should be possible to search for a phone extension and see where that extension is in use. Such a search might bring up results such as the user for that extension, a voice directory configuration where the extension is listed, a call flow configuration where the extension is involved, etc. At a glance, then, one can see all usages of / references to a phone extension in the account.
UI components that can be arranged alongside one another horizontally should support a set of standardized control heights.
It should be possible, for example, to create a layout where a row contains a toggler control alongside a text input control alongside a drop list control alongside a button, and the layout can look tidy because all of these controls can be set to use the same standard height.
The tiny size for UI components should be used very sparingly, because of the difficulty of using them with touch interfaces.
Tiny controls should only be used in situations of very limited display real estate, such as in rows of table data, and care should be taken to abide by the principle of sufficient clearance.
The small size for UI components should be used for subordinate controls that are ancillary.
or an action button encapsulated within a medium sized heading.
The medium size is the standard size that should be used for UI controls.
The exact height chosen for the medium size should strike the right balance between usability for touch and efficient use of available display real estate.
As with the tiny size for UI components, the large size should be used sparingly.
The intent behind the large size is to allow a user interface to emphasize certain components very strongly - usually CTA type buttons (e.g. "SIGN UP FOR FREE TRIAL"). The large size is to UI components as all-caps is to messaging - too many components using the large size is like yelling at the user and dilutes the impact that the large size has.
When buttons (or other types of UI components) are disabled because they cannot be used in the current application state, this should be visually discernible.
When components are disabled, it should be clear by their appearance that they are disabled, but labels should still be legible and icons should still be sufficiently visible that the user can still make out what the feature is that is disabled.
Buttons (and other types of UI components) should generally be disabled when their actions are not valid and cannot be successfully executed.
An exception to this rule is any situation where it is more desirable to invite the user to attempt to trigger an action because dissuading might hurt conversion, and where providing a message on corrective actions the user should take might produce better conversion results than disabling a UI component for a conversion action.
When a button or other widget is in a disabled state, it should be possible for the user to discover why the component is disabled.
This could be done through a warning indicator (possibly including a message) associated with the component. In the case of a button in a Web UI, there may be no visible indicator UI (besides the button appearing to be disabled), but mousing over the button may produce a tooltip providing the reason for the button being disabled. In the case of a touch interface, either a visual indicator could be provided (such as a warning icon / exclamation mark icon alongside the button), or touching the button could produce a tooltip type of message.
One of the primary objectives of the UX design should be to increase user productivity.
Wherever possible, UI components that allow the user to select or modify a value should also allow the value to be entered / pasted in in a serialized text form.
The best intentions of providing a better means of selecting a value of a certain type can actually make things harder for the user in some situations. A UI should not impose a specific interface for entering a certain type of value as a means of enforcing valid entry - validation should always be enforced upon entry submission, always on the server and possibly also on the client.
To use an example to illustrate this principle, an interface shouldn't be provided for date selection that forces the user to select year, month, and date from separate drop downs while not allowing the user to simply type in a date. This consideration is even more important when considering the use case of the user wishing to copy-and-paste in values for fields such as date fields.
Wherever possible, UI components that allow the user to select or modify a value of a common type should allow the value to be copied from one field and pasted into another.
For example, a more sophisticated UI can be provided to allow the user to select a date visually through a calendar type interface, but such an option in the UI should be supplemental to raw text data entry, rather than replacing it and thereby preventing the most lightweight interaction of copying a date value, phone number value, etc. from a spreadsheet application or other data source.
This principle implies that all data entry UI components should at the very least have a text input field from which a value can be copied and into which a value can be pasted.
Wherever possible, a user should be able to select and copy any text / messaging they see to the clipboard.
If a user encounters an error message in a dialog or other type of control, they should be able to copy that text in order to paste it into a support form, e-mail, IM, SMS, or other form of text communication to a support representative. By the nature of Web technologies, this comes virtually for free in Web applications, but it might take extra work to achieve in native applications.
The guiding principle is that if the user sees something, they should be able to easily capture and communicate what they are seeing to someone who can help them troubleshoot.
As much as possible, to increase user productivity, the UX should facilitate "drinking bird" behavior, where the user can repeatedly perform the same type of action, with the least possible work between repititions.
If the user is presented with a slideshow of photos with forward and back navigation buttons, those buttons should remain in the exact same position as the user navigates through the slideshow.
If the position of the buttons were to be affected by the different widths of different photos, because it looked more aesthetically pleasing to have the buttons always snugly at the edges of the photos, then this design choice would increase user work, since they would have to locate the constantly changing position of the navigation controls with each new slide. The same navigation principle would apply to navigating through different months of a year in a calendar control. Rather than the navigation buttons being wrapped snugly around the month name (which would constantly change width), the buttons should be in a fixed location.
If the user is presented with a UI to let them select multiple items before taking an action on them, a collection type interface can be provided.
In the collection type interface, it is expected that the user may want to often collect contiguous chunks of items. An example of this would be a dialog UI for a social network app that lets a user select multiple users to send friend invites to. In the collection type interface, items that are selected by the user triggering a selection control (such as a checkbox, or an add button) are immediately moved out of the list and the remaining items are shifted in position so that the selector for the next remaining item is exactly where the user had just clicked or tapped. This means that the most frictionless interaction for the user is to repeatedly "peck" at the same position, thereby increasing the user's productivity and the virality of the application.
In situations where the user is presented with a toggling behavior, the toggler control should remain in the same position.
For example, if the user can click on an arrow icon to expand a collapsed section, then the icon to collapse the section again should be in the same place as the expand icon. That way, the user can easily collapse the section if they see at a glance that it doesn't contain what they are interested in. Contrast this approach to a "more..." link that sits under a section heading which then moves down to beneath the expanded contents of the section in the form of a "less" link, in which case the user has to visually locate the collapse control and move to trigger it in its new location. And because the control was in a new location, the user had to correspond that new control with the expand control, whereas maintaining the same location relates the expand and collapse controls by their identical location.
Content inside collapsed sections is buried enough as it is without training the user to have a negative inclination towards looking inside sections because of the added cost of collapsing the sections again. This same principle applies also to value togglers. Wherever there is a control that lets a user switch between on and off / enabled and disabled states for a setting, this should be provided through a toggler control where the control can be repeatedly toggled in exactly the same position.
Common annoyances to the user should be avoided.
A common annoyance users can encounter in progressive loading and rendering of UI is UI that shifts as elements load in.
Presenting the user with a UI that is interactive only to then pull the rug right out from under them as they are about to interact with some UI element, because the layout shifts and the element moves, is a recipe for frustrating the user and creating errors during user interaction. In cases of progressively rendered UI, space should either be allocated for not yet loaded components in areas of the UI that is likely to be immediately used, or the UI should not be interactive until the layout has settled. UI components shouldn't be moving targets.
Ensure that interaction highlights that are provided are reliable and not misleading.
There is no use to such a highlight other than to confuse the user. In such situations, it is better to make the entire box that is highlighted clickable (while also showing the pointer cursor on mouseover), thereby reinforcing that a mouseover highlight state means clickability and giving the user a larger target area for touch interfaces. The user shouldn't be left to second guess themselves upon a false click action and then to hunt for just the right spot to click on.
Settle on a single meaning for interaction highlights, preferably as an indicator of clickability / touchability.
For instance, don't use interaction highlights in some parts of the UI to indicate clickability and in other parts of the UI merely to highlight the area of the UI (such as a data table row or some layout panel) that the user is engaged with (e.g. mousing over), or establish a discernibly and consistently applied alternative means for calling out a currently focused / working area in the UI.
When navigation links are provided in Web app UI, such link components should behave as expected by the user, fully consistent with standard links in a Web document.
When forms are presented in the UI, the tab indexes for form elements should be maintained correctly so that tabbing through the form follows the logical order of the form elements.
Tab index ordering can break down as a result of form elements being dynamically populated into the UI, potentially as a result of the user making a selection in a form that results in additional choices being made available to them through additional form inputs that are added in a dynamically inserted subsection of the form. In such cases, tab indexes of all form elements may need to be recomputed and updated for all the form elements.
When text needs to be truncated in the UI because it cannot all be accommodated in the layout, the handling should be consistent in all instances.
Text that is to be truncated in the UI should be displayed with an ellipsis, with a hover tooltip behavior provided to allow the user to view the text in its entirety (within reason). The tooltip can be multi-line, as necessary, to allow all of the truncated text to be viewed.
When errors occur during the user's execution of an action, error messages that are reported to the user should ideally contain an error code that the user can reference when contacting customer support to troubleshoot the problem.
This is especially true for cases where pretty messaging is not provided for a specific error type because the error is infrequent or deemed too obscure to warrant messaging localized for all locales. It is also a good fallback to guard against bugs in the code that selects / constructs the pretty messaging. The error code can always be relied upon as the authority.
When fallback / catch all error messaging is provided for an error for which no pretty messaging is provided, the generic error message should be technically correct.
For example, the error messaging should not state that one of a few possible problems occurred if, in fact, none of the stated problems did occur. The error message should not serve as a catch all bucket if the messaging only lists a few of the possible problems in the bucket, making it not truly a catch all bucket, thereby misleading the user and complicating customer support. For instance, if obscure problem D occurred, the catch all messaging should not state "Your action could not be completed because [problem A], [problem B], or [problem C] occurred." The error message could, instead, state that "Your action could not be completed because [problem A], [problem B], or [problem C] occurred, or some other problem was encountered (error code: [error code for problem D])."
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The growth and advancement of technology have made mobile phones an important part of our lives. Many business owners have already understood this and are going well beyond to build mobile-friendly versions of their desktop websites. However, developing a mobile application is not an easy task as there are a number of factors to be taken into consideration while developing an app. Majority of the mobile app users are not that verse with technology and an app developer should never place all the users on the same pedestal.
Mobile app developers need to keep it in mind that users should have a smooth experience and do not face any hassle while browsing through the app. It is important to focus a few main points like user-friendliness, uniformity, easy navigation, etc. while conceptualizing the UI of the app. Here are a few tips that must be considered while undertaking the designing work to create a great mobile experience for your users.
Performance: Performance is one of the most important factors of a mobile application that requires a great amount of attention. Be it a desktop website or a mobile application, no user likes to use a slow website/application. Although, there are a number of factors that are not in control of the developer, however, optimizing the application by resizing the images and reducing the line of code improves the performance of the application.
Simplicity: All the users are not adept at using mobile gadgets. So, developers need to make sure the UI of the application is extremely simple and easy to navigate that can be used by a non-techie user as well. Try using the application with your family members at initial stages and note down the point where they got stuck while browsing through the application. Get those points rectified at the earliest.
Consistency: The application should look consistent throughout to give a professional look and to avoid any discrepancy. Icons behaving in the same manner should look similar and icons behaving differently should have different look. Novice designers often do this mistake and make all the icons of the interface look similar.
Understanding the User: It is extremely important for the developers to understand the accurate requirements of the user at a deep level. Only then you will be able to make their app experience smoother. Try to place yourself in their position and get an idea of what exactly they expect from the application.
Relevance: Relevance plays a significant role in offering great user experiences. Develop an application that targets your audience and their requirements accurately. Do your research well to give correct and accurate information about the organization and business to the users.
Optimization: Optimization of an application is a tough task as it requires minimization of the functionalities to make it more simple and user-friendly. However, optimizing an app improves its performance and engages the user for more time on the application.
So, next time when you begin to develop a mobile application, it is highly recommended to take care of all the above-listed points. Following these points will enable you to develop a user-friendly mobile application which will have a large number of happy users. Hire a professional mobile and web app development company, if you are planning to develop a mobile application for your growing business.
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